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H the Museum Miss Diane Layng, curator assisting at the Museum this at the Clarke Museum and summer. Miss Janet Sharp who will be 1 Down Main Street The display o£ Main Street Orono and appears in the at the Clarke Museum has display in almost original many interesting items on condition. The doll carriage, display which originated in baby carriage and much of this area in the distant past, the clothing comes from the The wagon in the foreground Qrono and Clarke Township of the picture was built in area. Portraits of the Bellwoods Portraits of the Bellwoods, Museum being donated to the early settlers in Clarke Town- Museum by Mr. and Mrs. ship now hang in the Clarke Harold Dean of Orono. JOB PRINTING Orono Weekly Times 983t5301. Clarke Museum open for 1980 by Sheri Yeo On the top floor of the Clarke Library building in Orono is found the Clarke Museum which on Sunday held their official opening for the 1980 season. Many new and interesting items have been moved into the museum for the new season and in these most represent early life in this area. Local exhibits are becoming more and more prominent at the Museum and along with their interesting history is an interesting place to visit. The Museum is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. Group tours may be arranged by appointments. appointments. My opportunity to tour the Museum came on Monday and I will endeavour to relate the story as we pass from one exhibit to another. The tour begins with the Log Cabin Interior. Families first settling in Canada in the 1840s would live in a one room cabin like this. Items brought from the former home are visible - clocks, chelsea pattern dishes - and the necessary everyday items and tools - traps, apple drying rack, bellows, candle mold. The local artifact of interest here is the letter being read by the "settler". Sent from Illinois in 1838, it is addressed to "Mr. Richard Rudduck, Clarke, Newcastle District, Upper Canada". The letter was folded to make its own envelope and sealed with wax. The next period of time that I came upon was the Victorian Victorian Era, 1880-1890. In the parlour and bedroom many patterns and colours and layers of drapery are displayed. displayed. Many pieces of children's children's clothing are being sorted and aired in the bedroom. Lying at the folding bed is a christening set for winter made of lined cash- mere. The maple chest, child's horse and sleigh, dresser set and boy's dress all cbme from this area. The cradle' found in the Victorian bedroom was used by the family who originally owned the house which the library and museum occupies - the Waddell family. Moving along I came to the street and offices of Edwardian Edwardian time. Of main interest on the street are a wagon made by Hiram Eddy, who had a blacksmith shop on Cobb Hill, and a goldrush saddle. The saddlè was given to Eddy in payment for his services when he was in California panning for gold. Eddy didn't have much luck with gold, but his trade was prosperous, so revealed by this saddle. The doctor's office contains account and text books from Dr. Rutherford, who began his practise in Orono in 1875. The skull used by Dr. Butler of Newcastle's seen on one of the shelves in the office. Before the invention of x- rays, doctors used a comparison comparison of a skull and the human head to treat bone fractures. The telephone office apd, barbershop actually has a working switchboard. Rules for the use of a telephone are posted by the switchboard' even one warning of the "sinful" use of more than four rings. The archives room is available available for public use by appointment - phone 983-9425. Of special interest here 1 are the framed portraits of Mr.' and Mrs. Charles Bellwood of Clarke Township. The paintings paintings are new donations and the museum is especially proud of them. Thê building which houses the Clarke Library and Museum Museum was built for John Waddell by John Martin for a cost of $509.29. A copy of the original bill and a picture of how the house used to look are found in the museum. . • If you are looking for some local history, a look at the styles and decorating of times past, Clarke Museum is the place to go. For a history.of school, plan to visit the Kirby Museum which will be open Sundays, starting sometime in June. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 28th, 1980-9 centration. "The results indicate that acid stress in lakes may be a pre-condition for the faster uptake of mercury by fish," Dr. Parrott said. "To further clarify the effect of lake acidity and mercury contamination contamination of fish on human health, we are continuing research on the relationship between mercury contamination contamination of yearlings and of adult sportfish in acid stressed precambrian lakes," said Dr. Parrott. The use of yearling fish for the study of water conditions conditions has been developed since 1975 by Environment Ontario's limnology and toxicity section. Young fish travel only short distances and their analysis therefore pinpoints sources of contamination contamination better in space and time than a study on older fish. This investigation can also indicate quickly and reliably changes in contamination contamination and the effect of abatement measures. ■ Young fish sampling has also been used in mercury investigations in the Wabi- goon-English River area; to measure the quality of effluents effluents from sewage treatment treatment plants; to identify contaminant contaminant sources in the Great Lakes and for contaminant contaminant trend monitoring. Hamiltons Insurance Service * * * Susan M. Sawyer Office 983-5115 Home 983-5270 Main St., Orono WOKKWANTED D.&R. Custom Fencing •and custom chain-sawing 983-5005 or 983-9627 Orono, Ont. Searching for your | Ancestors a talk by . Angus Baxter, author of "In Search of Your Roots" > Tuesday, June 3rd 7:30p.m. Mr. Baxter will be happy to answer your questions after the talk. . Program is courtesy the Central Ontario Regional Library System. . Admission Free, Refreshments. Newcastle Public Library Board Bowmanville Branch 62 Temperance Street Bowmanville. 623-7322 . * Environment Ontario research indicates mercury in fish linked to acid rain Fish living in acidic water show a higher level of mercury mercury contamination than fish living in lakes less affected by acidic precipitation, reveals reveals the report "The Effects of- Water Quality and Morphometric Morphometric Parameters on Mercury Uptake by Yearli'rig Yellow Perch" released today today by Ontario Environment Minister Harry C. Parrott. "Ministry scientists, have completed a study of one- year old fish in 14 precambrian precambrian lakes in Ontario as part of our acidic precipitation program. Ontario is spending more than $5 million this year on research into aspects of acid rain," said Dr. Parrott. Parrott. "This specific study is one stage in our long-term , research to determine the possible effects of acid rain on human health." Depending on the acidity of the lakes studied, mercury residues in the young fish ranged from 0.02 parts per million (ppm) to 0.197 ppm. These levels of mercury contamination contamination are significantly below fish consumption guideline levels. Normally fish of the size studied Are not éaten. Lakes studied ranged frbm highly acidic to alkaline with high buffering capacity. Lowest mercury concentrations concentrations were found in fish from lakes with high buffering capacity, and in one lake that had been experimentally experimentally treated with lime iti 1975 and 1976. Another factor that influ- , enced the mercury 1 uptake of fish wap the sjze of'the lake's drain'age basin. In lakes of similar acidity higher m<3r- cury contaminations iwere found in fish from lakes with' larger drainage basins. In lakes with low acidity and high buffering capacity the sizes of drainage basins did not have ,any measurable in- t fluence on fish mercury eon- Corporation of the Town of Newcastle Department of Community Services, Ladies Only Roller Skating Instruction Ladieà interested in receiving Roller Skating Instruction are asked to call and le aye their name and nu.mHer at the Newcastle Community Services office. ■ , v Lfessons will take'place on Tuesday mornings or afternoons depending on demand. For further information call: ■ 623-3114 or 987-5039. '