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Clarke Township Museum & Archives In recent minutes of the Clarke ed in for the facility. Museum and Archives it is noted The board is holding an auction tl| f he Town has made their com- in July and the list of items is now nihüient to the expansion of the being composed along with the new proposed building at Kirby for receiving of donations for the auc- the museum. tion. Monies from this event will be A letter from the Town to the used for the expansion of the Ministry of Cultural Services has facilities. been noted which contains the The auction is being held on July Town's support for the expansion 1st and according to Helen Mac- facility. 1 Donald the list of items donated is Counc. Hamre has also informed beyond all expectations. The auc- the board of directors that the tion is being held at the Kirby capital budget has been approved School House Museum, and the Town funding is thus lock- Outlines history of old Orono bank building At the official opening of the new Apparently rumours began to cir- Kay Lycett law office and resource culate when the Dort Motor Car centre in Orono recently Helen Company of Flint, Michigan, stop- Schmid presented a history of the ped production. The Standard bank building in Orono. The new Bank had loaned money to the law office has been located in the Canadian company, known as former Canadian Imperial Bank of Gray- Dort Motors Ltd. located at Commerce building at the corner Chatham, who were in a financial of Park Street and Main Street. mess. These rumours had to be The first bank in Orono opened squelched and thç finance minister in 1902 as the Standard Bank and declared the Standard Bank perfect- was located at thé location now oc- ly solvent. cupied by Wallace Auto Supply. The Standard Bank changed its The bank served in this location for name when a merger took place in 18 years when it moved across the November, 1928, it then being call- road to the present corner location. ed the Canadian Bank of Com- It was announced in July 1919 in merce. The plaques on each side of the Orono News that the Standard the buiding bearing the insignia of Bank had purchased the lot at a the bank, with a lion holding a flag, price of $1,000. It also included â had to be removed, house that was moved to Princess The latest merger took place in Street. 1961 and we now have the Cana " The building of the bank was dian Imperial Bank of Commerce, begun early in September with J.H. No bank is without its hold-ups Galloway as the contractor. Roman and break-ins, and Orono was no Pressed Brick was used on the ex- exception. Would-be thieves terior walls. By the end of October entered through a coal chute in a local tradesman, Robert Gordon, January 1949, but the alarm sent had finished plastering the interior. them fleeing. A real hold-up took Unfortunately, there are few other place on October 21st, 1954 at 2:45 details of building operations ex- in the afternoon, just before closing cept for a mention in January when time; the story filled several col- they were awaiting some fittings umns of the Toronto Daily Star, which were being made at Preston. Two robbers left with $1,700 but It was not until early in April of were captured while drinking in a 1920 that James Stalker had the hotelbarinOshawathatevening.lt honour of transacting the first is interesting to note that Kay's business in the new bank. He was aunt, Mrs. Harry Lycett, on her welcomed by the manager, William way out of the bank, had a gun A, Waddell, a man who had grown pointed at her, and forced back in. up at Antioch east of Orono. The robbers each received a Mr. Waddell had to face a run on sentence of five years in jaÿ. the bank in 1923 when depositors Mrs. Schmid also stated that as a began withdrawing their funds. lifelong resident of Orono, she was When I spoke to the late Mr. Wad- pleased to see the old bank being dell some years ago, he explained put to such good use without any the situation but rather reluctantly. drastic changes. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 14, 1989-7 Just George As I sit at home writing this, the TV has just finished reminding me that today is the anniversary of "D" Day. (How soon we forget!) And no I didn't cross the channel that day, nor did I take any part in the invasion, I was on a warship in the north of England, little knowing that in a few short weeks I would be in the South Pacific fighting the Japanese. (Perhaps the "D" Day landings "May" have been more comfortable, to what we experienced!! experienced!! -- But that's another story) I suppose in a way, I was lucky! And come to think of it, I've always (so far) been "lucky". And on that theme, 1 was also recently referred to as "Happy George", by a very good friend. These remarks tend to become embarrassing, embarrassing, but I must admit that I am not only "lucky", but also "happy" and why not? In this village I'm surrounded by good friends and neighbours who make my life very happy and therefore I "am" lucky, and so, if you pass me in the village and I say 'G' Day, I really mean it. (And yes, I have been to Australia!!!) To quote an old, yet very true expression, expression, "Cry and you cry alone, -- Smile and the whole world smiles with you." And talking of crying, Lynne recently talked me into visiting a car dealer (name withheld to protect the innocent) -- that's the joke of the day!!! This visit entailed the possibility of buying a new car. Everything was going smoothly until until we found out that our 'three' year old car (in perfect condition) was now worth exactly 'half' of the original price. So endeth the lesson!!! I think our Buick will be adorning my driveway for many months to come. (I thought we had to keep up with the Jones, but come to think of it, I don't think I know any Jones!!!) If any of you read my story last week, you may recall my habitual complaint regarding our postal service service (well founded, I might add) -- but not directed at Carol or Blain naturally. However, to add insult to injury, a couple of days later, I received a 'flyer' in the mail entitled 'Better Mail. Service'. (I imagine you all got one, you lucky people) wherein they state and I quote "Delivery, in the same Province -- 3 business days. This statement would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous! Oh well, I suppose we can't expect miracles - even if we have to pay top price for them. And on that cheerful note I must bid you farewell'for at least another week. It's being so miserable, that keeps me 'happy'. As Usual Just George New this week at DULEES Chicken Burger Breast of Chicken served on a bed of lettuce Fish'N Chips Lightly battered Haddock with Fresh Cut Fries Come help Kirby Burgers <* ' Celebrates It's 5th Anniversary Tuesday, June 20th 5a PEPSI WITH YOUR ORDER Everyone has a chance to win Two tickets to a Blue Jays game in the Skydome