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F mèmbrance Day at Orono Public The Orono-Lockharts Public Public School held a Remembrance Remembrance Day service on Tuesday Tuesday when a number of veterans from the village were invited to attend and poppies on the children who in briefly outline their part.ici- turn donated to the poppy pation in the services/ fund. Mr. Jim Middleton, a Above Bruce Mercer as-, veteran of the First World sisted by Marg Mercer pin War assisted with the pro- Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, November 12th, 1980 . Charles Gray to leave Orono post Harvey Partner tops polls for Hydro Charles Gray who has been postmaster at the Orono Post Office for over 13 years will be taking up duties as Postmaster at the Newcastle Post Office on December 30th. The announcement was made last week by the Post Office department. Gray had worked at the Newcastle Post Office and $ater accepted a position as a clerk at the Bowmanville Çost Office. He was appointed t Postmaster in Orono following following a period of time at Bowmanville. Gray will take over from Mr. Jack Wade who is retiring at the end of the year as Postmaster in Newcastle. The position of Postmaster in Orono is now up for competition within the department department with an announcement announcement of the new postmaster sometime in the near futuré. Mr. and Mrs. Gray and family have as yet made no decision as to moving from Orono. Charles Gray ( happening*... ] BOARD OF EDUCATION SWEETENS POT The eleven-week strike by 125 secretaries and computer personnel of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education has been settled and secretaries are now back at work. Both the board and secretaries have ratified the agreement which carries until September 1st, 1982. Union members supported the contract 84 to 14 on Sunday. Tÿe secretaries will receive a nine percent increase immediately ; an eight, percent increase on September 1,1981 and an added feature of 2 percent on March 1, 1982. They have kept the Cost of Living Allowance which is limited to twelve percent and will be paid in a lump sum. At the end of the contract a secretary with five years c hence and at level five would receive $J5,769. A starting As y at level one would be S'.i.oiu. . Harvey Partner of Orono topped the polls throughout the Town of Newcastle for the Town of Newcastle Hydro Commission and is the only incumbent member other than Mayor Garnet Rickard to return to office with the Commission. Partner will be joined by Bop Stevens of Bowmanville, Irwin Hamilton, Bowmanville and Wilbur Blackburn of Hayden along with Mayor Rickard to form the Commission Commission for the next two years. The voting pattern was Farther 4204, Stevens 4037, Hamilton 3841, Blackburn 3534, Bill Morrison 3354, Irv McCullough 3089, Doug Simpson Simpson 2960 and A. Dunk 1259. This was the first election for the Newcastle Commission Commission which was formed last yeai; through appointments made by council of the Town of Newcastle. Through the election Bill Morrison, Bowmanville Bowmanville who hâs been chairman chairman of the Commission,and Irv McCullough, Newcastle SLOCOMBE NEW BOARD OF ED. MEMBER . ; There was little change in representation frorp the Town of Newcastle on the Board" of Education. W. Carman and George Cameron, Wards were returned by acclamation, Mike Slocombe, Bowmanville and incumbent Keith ' Shackelton in Ward.2 were voted to officç on Monday with newcomer Clayton Morgan being defeated.'Ward 1 voters returned their two incumbents, Al. Werry and Sid Worden. Mike Dakin making his first bid for school board office was defeated. . . * Kevin Morris was returned to the Separate -School Board along with Adrien Hache frqm the Town of Newcastle, Electors have fancy for fairer sex The electors of the Town of Newcastle have a fancy for the fairer sex and at the polls on Monday elected. three' to their council, all with, a. comfortable edge over their opponents. Diane Hamre, Orono won thé regional seat in Ward 3 ", over four other candidates from the Ward. Hamre polled a total of 948; votes against 576 for Clarke, 561 for Barr, 431 for Gray and 264 for Irwin. gram. George Dunlop, Bill Slater, Stirling Mather and Roy Forrester also assisted in the event. ' ' Diane Hamre Hamre was up against three former members of the Town of Newcastle council jn incumbent Barr and Clarke and former Gray. Irwin was a new member to the contest. In Bowmanville the elector's elector's again ; came out in strength, for Marie Hubbard with 1739 votes with Ken Hooper taking 1136 and Dick Broadbent',619. Hubbard was elected to the local seat and it was her first attempt in local politics. Hooper was formerly a member ,of the former Bowmanville council. In Darlington Township voters voted almost 2 to l for ' Ann Cowman over Jasper Holliday for t the Ward 1 regional seat. Cowman polled polled 1919 votes compared to Holliday's 1053. . Ted Woodyard Ted Woodyard, Orono, swept Ward 3 for the local council seat running up a total of 1318 votes compared to 833 to Lyle West and 534 to Walter Hale who both were making their first bid for a seat on council. Woodyard was regional regional councillor forward 3 for the 1977-78 term of council. Bruce Taylor won the local council seat with ease in Ward - 1 defeating Bernie Heming 1732 to 1164. Taylor held the regional seat in Ward 1 during the 1977-78 term of council. Maurice Prout, the incumbent incumbent local councillor from Bowmanville, will now also sit on Regional council having won out over incumbent Ivan Hobbs, Don Allin and George Stephens. Prout 1119, Hobbs 944, Allin 789 and Stephens 676. The Mayor's race was a close one during the opening recording, of polls on Monday night between incumbent Garnet » Rickard and Bill Hulsman. Rickard did however however 'pull away recording a total vote of 5031 compared to 4290 for Hulsman who was entering his first political contest pledging sound busi- ( Continued page 2) Student sides with 115 MTC plans Harvey Partner lost their positions. Councillor Jasper Holliday who was also appointed by council to serve the one year term did not run as a commissioner. The new five-man Commission Commission will take office on December 1st with only two familiar faces returning. The Commission services Oronp, Newcastle and Bowmanville." Consideration has been given on the take over of the rural • system and will be considered again in the future. It has found to be a costly venture, according to reports at the all-candidates meeting. I am a second year Civil Engineering Technology student student and am taking a course entitled, "Municipal Planning". Planning". A recent assignment for this course was to research and report on the issue of thte widening of the 35-115 from the 401 to Peterborough. Peterborough. In my research I looked through past issues of the Orono Timds and I talked to several people, among whom were Mr. Clifford Lumley, The Senior Project Manager of the Planning and Design Office frbm the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Communications, and a member of the "Stop the Super Highway" Committee. I got facts from these people. The first of which was that a problem exists with the Nelda Knapp highway as it presently stands due to the volume *of traffic travelling It which means accidents and fatalities. fatalities. From the data I received, including the Technical Technical Assessment prepared by the MTC, I drew the conclusion that the MTC is providing the best possible solution. "Being a resident of Orono' all of my life I can understand the feelings and objections of. the "Stop" Committee. The widening of the highway with the concrete median « was designed to provide the least inconvenience for all of the #residents; the MTC went out of their - way to be co-operative co-operative with the residents and were concerned with the views expressed by the residents. residents. Most of the people are presently satisfied with the. design and I feel that any inconvenience caused will have been worth it if the widening prevents just, one death. - •I would like to thank Mr. , Forrester, Mr. Lumley, and the other people, who helped me with my research. / 1 Nelda Knapp, ,. ' Sir Sandford ; Fleming College, Peterborough