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Orono Weekly limes, Wednesday, February 27th, 1980-7 THE ENTERTAINERS at the pines Memorial Hospital The Hospital Auxiliary Will hold the 68th Birthday Donation Donation Tea in March. The first recorded minutes of this organization are dated . 1912 and the membership fee was 50 cents. (It is now $2.00). Mrs. S.A.W. Tole was first President and there were 30 members. We now have 52 active members, 24 associate members, and 40 volunteers (In-service and gift shop). During the early years the Auxiliary furnished the linens, linens, china, cutlery, etc. both for the Hospital and the Nurses residence and in the Province of Ontario were unique in so doing. Just as we do today they raised money with bake sales, dinners etc. and in 1914 a dinner was served at thé Bowmanville Fair. Hot pork and beef dinner - 50 cents, cold dinner 35 cents. ! In March, 1913, Mr. A. Taylor offered the use of his skating rink and a carnival ' was planned with prizes (presumably for the best skating) and although the ice was too soft on the day it was still quite a successful affair. This appears to be the beginning of the Birthday Celebration. Over the years these affairs have changed. The elegance of the 'picture hat and parasol', not to mention the fihe china and donations of jams and jellies, have been replaced by a more casual approach and donations are now ; monetary. Over the years, with the expansion in Membership, although money is raised in much the same way as in the past years, our horizons arc wider in the volunteer work performed in the Hospital itself. We have, also donated a number ol valuable pieces of equipment which in turn benefits the whole community. At an assembly on Friday at the Pines the above students provided the musical entertainment. They are pictured pictured above along with their teacher and assistant. (From • maine Prole, Steven Orme left to right) Allan Reinstra, and David Brown. Students Joy Ritchie, Mrs. A. Creigh- from the school will be ton, Kelly Wilson, Mrs. Char- competing in the Kiwanis musical competitions to be held in Peterborough in April. The school has eleven entries in the. competition. Income tax service for Seniors Last year, a great many Seniors in the Town of Newcastle were able to take advantage of this income tax assistance which was offered through Community Care. Thirty-eight people requested requested the help of Rev. Tom Smith, who went to their homes for aid in filling out the income tax forms. Six people took advantage of the free services of Mr. John Winters, a professional accountant. This year, these two gentlemen gentlemen have generously offered their time and services again. Mr. Winters' office is at 23 Silver Street, Bowmanville. He will be available there on the evening of March 12th from 7:00 p.m. Please phone for an appointment either, through the Community Care Office at 623-2261 or directly to Mr. Winters' office at 623-9461. Rev. Tom Smith will be happy to assist you in your own home. Please make these arrangements through Community Community Care. Remember, the end of April comes up sooner than you think so-if this income tax service would benefit you, don't hesitate to use it. Landscape exhibition proving popular The Margot Samuel Gallery continues to draw capacity,- crowds to its present Landscape Landscape exhibition. The show includes watercolours by Jennifer Jennifer Colby, Kèn Cummings, John Leonard, Bent Reinert, and Sally Wildman, and oils , by Jim Kraemer, Alfred • Muma, and Diane Pugen. Jim Kraemer is a local Oshawa artist, Colby is from Brighton, Reinert comes from Peterborough, and Wildman Wildman lives in Claremont. Muma .resides in Bancroft, and Leonard and Pugen are from Toronto. Exhilarating discussions of controversy are being stimulated by the diverse approaches of these vibraht young artists and 'their individual interpretations interpretations of a common topic. The Landscape show continues continues until March 8th, noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday at the Margot Samuel -Gallery, 899 Nélson Street, Oshawa. Prize winning essay at the Pines School The following essay written by Alice Devos was judged to take first place in the Heritage Day essay contest at the Pines Senior Public School. School. Alexander MàcKenzie When you hear the last name Mackenzie, what do you think of? A trader? A discoverer of Mackenzie River? River? A frontiersman? The little rebel? A politician? All of these are famous people but the Prime Minister of Canada was a different Mackenzie, all together. Alexander Mackenzie was a poor boy who was born and raised on the countryside of Scotland. He grew' up uned- stonemason helper then finally finally he stayed with building. Mackenzie was always interested interested in politics, but never really thought of himself as future Prime Minister of Canada. On his own, Alex would study literature, science and history. These* subjects interested interested Mackenzie very much. Mackenzie was the first liberal and!the (2) second P.M. in office. Mackenzie won and defeated McDonald in the Election of 1878 which was* about 102 years ago. , People say that it was luck that Mackenzie was elected as Prime Minister of Canada because the opposition of Mr. ucated because he had to John A. McDonald accused leave school after five years. Mr: John of taking $350,000 in Alex's first job was working on a farm, then he: was a bribes to build the C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railroad). While in office Mackenzie had to face a depression that was world-wide. The people, because Mackenzie was the Prime Minister, blamed him. Also while Mackenzie was ruling he had to finance money for Indians because the Buffalo herds were disappearing. disappearing. Mackenzie, still having troubles with finances, did a real favour and introduced a new voting system which was a secret ballot. His government government set up the Supreme Cqprt of Canada. Mackenzie built a Royal Military College in Kingston. This was the biggest achievements achievements of Mackenzie. Mackenzie couldn't support the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad because of the two other major problems he had to face. Therefore, the Railroad wasn't built as fast as it possibly could have been. Mackenzie thought that all churches were to be treated the same (he was a baptist). Not like in England. Although this was triie, Mackenzie was against Catholics and never really considered them as true liberals. Although Alexander Mackenzie, Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada, made many mistakes, mistakes, he did the best he could for dur country. McDonald defeated Mackenzie Mackenzie in the election of 1883 ,and he was Prime Minister once again. I think we're lucky to be able to live in a country where we get freedom of voting, and the people can, pick their choice of prime ministers. 1st Prize, Alice Devos, 8E. OPPOSE NEW FIRE HALL LOCATION from page 1 ) Manager strongly suggests that the Hydro building in Orono be used for some form of commercial enterprise rather than a fire hall. It is pointed out that the downtown area-of Oropo neèds strengthening strengthening as a commercial area and that a commercial enterprise enterprise in the building "would enhance this end. . , It is'also pointed out 'that the building is much more suited to commércial use than the present fire hall on Main Street, and does have excellent excellent office space in the front of the building. It is located in the centre of the business section. The letter states the use of the Hydro building as a fire .hall would cause* the loss of parking in the area adding , already tp à critical situation. It also states it would add unnecessary risk to safety of both firemen and the general publip. " " . Those signing the letter felt the vacancy of the present 'fire hall would hastèn its deterioration and become an eye-sore on the Main Street. It was also felt the costs- of upgrading the present hall would be lesser than renovations renovations to the hydro building for the purposes of the fire department. The local businessmen state their prime concern is the economy of the business section of Orono and the use of the Hydro building as a fire hall w&uld have an adverse, effect. It is understood that the Town Manager, Albert Guil- er, is awaiting a report from thé Ontario Fire Marshall as to the 1 use of the hydro building as a fire hall before bringing this report to the Social Services committee.