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t A victory Photo Courtesy Statesman Sam Cureatz holds Durham East 'true blue' with 1435 majority Sam Cureatz, representing the Progressive Conservatives in Durham East, was one of but sixteen sixteen conservative candidates on Thursday last to be elected or reelected reelected to the Ontario Legislature. Although elected by a smaller majority majority in the new Durham East riding he withstood a trend against the conservative party. On the official count Sam Cureatz held a 1435 lead over his closest rival, liberal candidate Diane Etamre and a 4,496 majority over the NDP candidate, Marg Wilbur. The successful candidate lead in all areas with the exception of Manvers Township where Diane Hamre held a 522 to 495 lead over the ultimate winner. Marg Wilbur was a close contender as well in Manvers with 456.: In the final count Cureatz polled a total of 11,301 ballots, Hamre 9,866 and Wilbur 6,805. Sixty-one percent of the 46,385 electors, 28,382 cast their ballots on Thursday some seven percent greater than in the )985 provincial election. The Qronô polls were far above their turnout of two years ago. In explaining Sam Cureatz success success at the polls, Dr. Peter Zakarow, campaign manager, said Sam is a hard working constituent member with a high profile and identity. "He has a proven record and works for everyone regardless of party affiliation". He said Cureatz's campaign goes on day after day and then goes into high gear at the time the election is called. We knock on doors six days a week and attend all social functions. functions. "Sam has a royal following of workers working on his behalf", said Zakarow. He pointed out that a good constituent representative is able to'buck adverse trends. Peter Zakarow commented that the Durham East party is now in better shape than even during the times of large majorities in the riding. "We only lost out by a few votes in Manvers and was not (Continued page 4) An agricultural fair . . . it was at Orono 3 4-/(3' PuMished E very Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 16, 1987 Stapleton Road name an issue at council - closed out with vote After considerable discussion and debate on Monday the Stapleton Road sign is to remain on a sideroadin concession three, lot 13 area, rather than being replaced by Hale's Road. Council on July 27th had moved that the Road Map plan be changed to eliminate the Hale Road sign and have it replaced by Stapleton Road. The motion still stands. Councs. Hamre, McKnight, and Stapleton voted that the motion not be rescinded while Couns.- Cowman, Hubbard and Wotten voted in favour of the rescinding motion. As the Mayor abstained ' from voting it was a negative vote , and the motion was defeated. Ray Stapleton, a resident of Lot* 13, concession 3 spoke to council on Monday supporting the name Stapleton. He referred to the fact that his great grandfather had settled settled in the area in 1850 on lot 13, con cession's and that Stapletons have always lived in the area. He said a Centennial Plaque was erected in 1967 and that the Stapletons had now been in the area for a period of 137 years. Stapleton said he and his brother Glenn have assembled 604 acres in the area. It was further stated by Stapleton that the Hales were not ■established in the area until a period after 1913. The delegation said he was unaware of the signing as Hale Road only at the time the signs went up. It was pointed out in the debate that the Road Map plan had been out for over two years and had been made public. Counc. Hubbard said the issue was. splitting coun.cil and the community community supported the rescinded of the motion' so that the proper Gypsy moth damage tip in Northumberland Although gypsy moth damage took a dive in most of Ontario, it did. increase this year- in Northumberland Northumberland County. According to reports from coordinator coordinator Jim Tedford defoliation is up 50 percent to 5,320,acres in the county. procedures to change the name could be undertaken. Counc. Stapleton said the Stapletons blazed the road in the mid 1800s and that the Hales had only been in the area for the past 70 years. Counc. Hamre said that the Town had brought the Road Name Map out two years ago and that changes have been made to the road names since that time. She said that Counc. Stapleton and her had been elected by the Ward Three electorate electorate and that people were telling them that the Stapleton name should be used for the road. "This is history", she said. Another year, anotner Orono Fair, and it all happened last weekend weekend with a start on Thursday evening evening to close out late Sunday afternoon. afternoon. Sunny skies were not a feature of the three day event with a pour- down on Friday evening and grey skies throughout Saturday. It was cause for some juggling of events. According to Harold Ransberry, manager, gate receipts declined by $4,000 from 1986 which fair recorded recorded an all-time high :of $31,600. A previous high had, been set at $28,000. Attendance held both on Thursday Thursday evening and Friday with the largest drop on Saturday. Sunday attendance showed to be above 1986 and this resulted in wagering reaching a $26,000 mark comparing with $19,000 in 1986. , As to the agricultural aspect of the fair the Holstein Show was a mammoth success with entries almost doubling that of 1986. Entries Entries in the beef cattle division was stron'g in ah breeds and Blonde Aquatain, wh'ich were showing for the first time at the fair, had 30 en tries. Dairy breeds other than holsteins held firm for the annual show. Again the poultry department had close to 600 entries and the rabbit rabbit show almost filled the cattle barn for Saturday and Sunday. The, classes in the Sunday sheep show had up to twelve entries. Disappointing was the turnout of heavy horses for the Saturday afternoon afternoon show but saddle classes were well lined-out for the afternoon. The Jumpers and Hunters on Sunday Sunday were also out in numbers for their annual event. The art show was one of the better better shows in years while the needle craft dep'artment seemed to have good support from exhibitors. The flowers show was down from former years while frpits and vegetables still suffer from lack of competition. The domestic science department had some excellent exhibits of baking baking and were really worthy of noting. The same is true of the school project and student exhibits. The fat calf show had some fine (Continued page 4) Most of the damage be the leaf- eatin caterpillar accured .north of Castleton. Small poôcets were also found in Hope Township, Bewdley, near Wooler and near Warkworth. Tedford said there was a failure of some property owners to spray heavily infested areas. And the Queen walks forward. . . . Photo Courtesy Statesman --Happenings .. ---- DRAW WINNERS ÀT ORONO FAIR Winners in the Clarke Museum draw held on Saturday at the Orono Fair were Roman Malanozyj of Port Hope with ticket number 0721 who won first prize of a $500.00 food voucher. The second second prize of a $200.00 food voucher went to Mrs'. Bernice Soper of Kendal with ticket number 941. The winner of the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Shopping Spree was Joan Murphy of Bowmanville. RUN/WALK-A THON AT CLARKE H.S. Clarke High School will hold their second annual "Run For Athletics" at the school's 400-metre track-on Friday, September 25th for one hour in the afternoon to raise money for the school's athletic program. Pledges may be made on a per/lap or maximum pledge basis. Your support would be greatly appreciated for this worthwhile cause. The 1987 edition of the Orono Fair Queen competition was a most successful event last Thursday evening. evening. Five contestants were in competition competition for the crown which is now being carried by Leanne reid of Kirby Kirby who was sponsored by Kirby Burgers. , Pictured above with the Queen are (left t® right) Lisa Morris of Orono sponsored by the Apple Blossom Shop, Sharon Stapleton, New'tonville, sponsored by the East Durham 4-H Club; Leanne Reid ; Queen; Sonya Sallows, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, sponsored'by the Royal Canadian Canadian Legion Branch No. 178 anc "Sherry Mcfnnes, Newtonville. sponsored by Newcastle Recycling.