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Orono Weekly Times, 21 May 1980, p. 6

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(i-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 21st, 1W Curriculum Night Jobs for 16 to 17 in Agriculture The Parent-Teacher Liai- for parents and the public to interested spectators get a son committee of Clarke High view the different areas of look at the artistic talents of presented a Curriculum Night learning at Clarke. Here, the students. Guidance department The Guidance Department school. Parents were able to dealing with all areas of is important part of the pick up booklets and papers education to take home. Do you want to play first? youwantto play first? A androids is displayed on T. V. and is played with computers, e age game involving ath and a game Once again this summer, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Agriculture and Food will be operating two programs which assist young people in providing summer jobs for them and provide farmers with assistance as far as summer work is concerned. The Junior Agriculturalist Program takes 16 and 17 year old young people from urban backgrounds and places them on farms for a summer work experience. This program provides the opportunity for these young,people to learn about agriculture during a nine week work period. Farmers involved in the program are able to teach young people about farming as well as getting work assistance from an • enthusiastic enthusiastic young person over the summer. In the past many farmers have not taken advantage of the program. If you are interested in having a Junior Agriculturalist work in your farm this summer, please call the Agricultural Office for ■' further details. Elinor Humphries, a University University of Guelph student from Renfrew County will be co-ordinating the Junior Agriculturalist Agriculturalist Program from our Peterborough office this year. Elinor can be contacted there at 705-745-2403 or through our office in Bowmanville. The Agricrew Program is entering its third year and was well received by area.' farmers last year. 'Crews of four (4) young people are hired by farmers on a day to day basis to do work on the farm. The farmer pays a daily rate of $90.00 per day for the service. Jobs such as: fence building, ■ painting, haying, building renovation, cementing cementing and many other things on the farm can be carried out by an Agricrew. Louise Van Camp of R.R. 1, Blackstock, a student at the University of Guelph will be The Math Department has puter. The proceedings of a closely by these parents, recently acquired a com- computer game are watched Orono JOB PRINTING Weekly Times co-ordinating the Agricrew Program this year during the; summer. Louise will be working out of the Bowmanville Bowmanville offices. Farmers interested interested in using the services'of Agricrew should get in touch with Louise at our office as 'soon as possible so that she can start scheduling the work '■ throughout the area. The Junior Agriculturist Program, will operate for a nine-week period from June 16 to August 16, 1980. The Agricrew program wili operate operate for an eight week period from June 23 to August 16th. If you have steady work for the summer or if you have a lot of odd jobs to do during the summer than maybe Junior Agriculturalist and Agricrew. are for you! Genea logist_ and Author to visit Bowmanville library Angus Baxter, well-known lecturer and author of "In Search of Your Roots: a guide for Canadians seeking their ancestors", will be giving a public talk on genealogy and ancestor hunting at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Branch of the Public Library on Tuesday, June 3, 1980 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Baxter lias been a guest on many TV and Radio Shows in Canada and the U.S. He covers the following points in Canadian records: Civil Registration, Church Registration, Archives, Archives, Census Returns, Wills, Land Grants, Lib- 1 raries, Newspapers, sources in local societies, and'overseas and'overseas and American records of a similar nature. Mr. Baxter has been interested in genealogy genealogy for some 30 years and tells many amusing stories of tracing his own ancestors and those of many well-known Canadians. He will answer your questions after the talk. Admission is free and refreshments refreshments will be served. Come to 62 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, Ontario, 623-7322. Clarke Museum will be holding a ■ ■ E B <i ■ Open House | ; I to begin its 1980 season 5 I Sunday, May 25th | 2 to 5 p.m. Refreshments served. ■ *

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