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'Vf An exhibition of Orono photos iiiii flltli lllül •s liiillli ni illllllil lillllilil An interesting photographie display of Orono subjects by Cathy McNabb of the Ryer- son Institute aroused a lot of local interest over the weekend at the Orono Town Hall. Cathy (left) discusses her exhibition with Wendy Pooler or Orono, Form Co-op Art & Craft group Eighteen • local arts and craft people have paid dues and formed a Craft and Fine Arts Co-Operative which is to establish a retail outlet in Orono for their crafts and art. The group elected a board of directors last Wednesday evening and will now meet to elect their officers officers including a president, secretary, treasurer and directors. directors. Seven of the eighteen were elected to the directorate. directorate. Those elected to the directors directors were: Doris Roberts, Ann Dreslinski, Shirley Wilken, Don Staples, Elizabeth Bunton, Debbie Davis and Eileen Stephens. It is the intention of the cooperative cooperative to set-up a retail outlet for their arts and crafts in the north section of the Orono Armouries building., The section comprises two levels with an open, space. It is the intention of the group to hold special events in the open space which could include include flea markets, auctions and other commençai ventures. ventures. Besides ■ taking out membership in the cooperative cooperative the group will provide provide sufficient time to man the retail outlet and to promote promote its objectives. The membership fee to the cooperative cooperative has been set at $50.00. All articles and items to be placed on sale will be juried with a fine arts section having to meet rigorous requirements requirements as to quality of work. Crafts being offered will be the work of the members and will offer a wide variety of items for sale from wood crafts to weaving, artificial flower arrangements, quilts, needlepoint, antiques, lingerie, water and oil paintings paintings and many others. Durham Co-op started in the days of water power John Stone who has held a Orono. • that time, stated Stone, great interest in the Durham He pointed out that the co- a number of meetings were Farmers' County Co-' operative was the brain-child held throughout the area as operative outlined a history of the Durham Federation of to the formation of a co- of the co-operative over the Agriculture which promoted operative and on June 24th, past thirty-five years at the the. idea in 1947. It has gone 1947 a joint meeting of all in- annual meeting held on Mon- beyond anyones vision of ^Continued pace 8) day. Stone noted that the cooperative cooperative had now celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary and its twenty-fifth anniversary anniversary in its present location north of the Village of Newcastle plans 2nd annual promotion day Durham Co-op pays 5 percent dividend The Durham Farmers' County Co-operative held its thirty-fifth annual meeting on Monday night in the Orono Oddfellows Hall in savings showed in the finan- $505,758 at the end of 1981. Sales in -1982 showed an increase increase over that inT981 with a total of $1,909,990. Net Orono. t During the course of the meeting the meeting gave approval approval for payment of a five percent patronage dividend on member business during the past year amounting in total to some $60,000.00. In all the local Cooperative Cooperative was congratulated for its financial position and its sound' financial be e accumulated accumulated over the years. Current and fixed assets now amount to $856,738 with working capital at the end of 1982 amounting to $525,293 which has increased from cial statement in the amount of $117,105. Brian Caswell, chairman of the board of directors, chaired the meeting and referred to the success of the co-operative not only over the past year but throughout its thirty-five period. Glenn Stapleton,, John Stone and Robert Allin were elected to the directorate for a three $ear period and will serve with present members of Sam Turner, Lawrence Harris, Ewart Robinson, Stanley Millson, Bill Forest and Wesley Oke. c tmppenmg£ ♦ ♦ ♦ • } WINS ORONO MERCHANT COUPON DRAW Lean ne Rossiter, Orono, Ontario, was the winner winner of the $25.00 coupon draw held last week-end. Rossiter had made her purchase with coupon at Stutt's Pharmacy. The promotion was sponsored by the Orono Downtown Businessmens' Association. BOB BEST MEMORIAL MIDGET TOURNAMENT The annual Bob Best Memorial Midget tournament tournament is being held tonight in the Orono Arena commencing commencing at 6:30 p.m. Four teams will compete in the tournament. tournament. You still have time to take in the games and there be some good hockey played. Brian Caswell and Robert Morton having served six continuous years as directors of the co-operative were retired according to the constitution. constitution. Harvey Malcolm, visiting the annual meeting conducted conducted the election of three directors and congratulated the local co-operative for its excellent co-operative growth over the past years and stated that the Durham Farmers' County Co-operative was one of the most sound cooperative cooperative financially in the The Town of Newcastle is to hold its second annual promotion promotion ,day and on the tenative date of May 27th will zero in on "Industry in Newcastle," An outline of the promotion promotion was presented to council members on Monday with the proposal that the event will ibe hèld'in.the. Lions Centre in Bowmanville. The goal and objective of the promotion is to improve the quality o'f life through strengthening and expanding industry in the Town providing providing employment opportunities opportunities for its citizens. The • day is to feature an Ontario Hydro speaker outlining Heat Utilization from the Darlington Generating Station as well as a speaker outlining the aspects of the Eastern Ontario Ontario Development Corporation Corporation under which the Town of Newcastle is now a part. ;These two speakers will take up the morning Sessions to be followed by a noon hour reception and luncheon and a luncheon speaker. It is planned to hold a panel discussion in the afternoon. afternoon. The Town expects to have a number of displays at the Centre for the occasion including including such as Consumers Gas, Ontario Hydro, those relating to recreation in the area as well as other industrial industrial related interests. To head Durham County Farmers* Co-op The Durham County Farmers' Cooperative held their 35th annual meeting on Monday even ing in the Orono Oddfellow's Oddfellow's Hall. . Shown above are the (lirectors for the coming year. (Back row) Stanley Millson, Bill Forest, Wesley Oke and Glenn Stapleton, (front row) Lawrence Harris, Robert AUin, Ëwert Robinson and John Stone. Sam Turner • was absehti