The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The soothing tones of the Dulcimer Bernie Martin with his Dulcimer sounds from the instrument. young but give a lesson in playing entertained all age groups over the Above he not only entertains the the instrument, week-end with interesting musical United Church congregation fete Everett and Gladys Brown On Sunday morning at Orono United, the Congregation made a presentation to Everett and Gladys Brown, "in appreciation" for all their many involvements in church, through the years. He in stewards, trustees, session and she in choir, music and U.C.W. Carlos Tamblyn made presentation presentation of a very attractive plaque to the couple from the congregation and spoke of the many years he'd known the couple. Following a delicious luncheon, a program of music followed, with Rev. Milnes welcoming everyone and opened with prayer. Happenings . . . ' PRE-CHRISTMAS CONCERT St. Saviour's Anglican Church, Mill Street, Orono will be hosting a Pre-Christmas Concert on Saturday, November 25th, presented by Déjà Vu Choral Ensemble from Oshawa. Tickets are $5.00 a person, refreshments will be served by St. Saviour's after the show. Please come out for a very entertaining and enjoyable evening and get into the spirit of the season. For tickets contact Geri Bailey at 98,3-9295 or Charles Gray at 987.-4551... . 1 ... AN EXCELLENT CHRISTMAS GIFT The Newcastle Historical Society has Prof, S'quair's book, "The Townships of Darlington and Clarke," for sale. Phone Mabel at 983-5514. ' ORONO TOWN HALL EUCHRE RESULTS Here are the euchre results for the Orono Town Hall, Wednesday, November 15th with 11 tables in,play. High scores Edgar Meuleman wit,h 91; Ken Gimblett with 88; Margaret Todd with 86; Ruth Henderson with 81; Joyce Cowan and Hazel Pigott each with 78. Low score Edgar Millson. Winners of the draws were Ken Gimblett, Walter Murphy, Kay Beggs and Dean Westbrook. Euchre is held every Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. Ladies please bring lunch. THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD Don't forget this week-end, November 25th and 25th, the Clarke Museum will be presenting the Special Holiday Program "The History of the Christmas Card". Using the Museum's hands on wood block printing program, visitors will be able to try printing their own unique greeting card using 1840's technique for hand prin- These will also be a special display of the turn of the century cards «id ffee candy canes and activity sheets for the children. Don Staples acted as M.C. and the afternoon programme commenced commenced with excellent music by "Mellotones", our local orchestra. Band members are, Martha Farrow on piano, Doreen Lowery on drums, Carrpan White and James Lowery on saxophones, Carlos Tamblyn on Cornet and Dick Morton Morton on trombone. Don then invited Gladys to come to piano and he led the crowd in a. fun singalong! Dick Morton on trombone assisted by Stella Morton on piano ' rendered a fine solo and much enjoyed. enjoyed. The Orono Church choir (assisted by former choir leader Ross Metcalf) presented the spirited "Gonna Build a Mountain". We were happy to welcome Ross and new wife Judy to our party! The Mellowtones again favored us with more very listenable music. Don Staples then called Isabelle Challice to read out a humorous poem, entitled, "This is your life," to Everett and Gladys. She'was ably assisted by Norman Allin, Janice Quantril and Carlos Tamblyn, who all relived many happy old memories, with the. couple. Isabelle closed with prayer. Both replied how much they enjoyed being back "home", with old friends and they joined in cutting the very pretty cake. The crowd all joined in signing their card and singing, "For they are jolly good fellows". ' Isabelle presented them with the booklet of poetry and pictures. Before joining in calfe 'and punch, Rev. Fred and Gladys joined joined in presenting some more music, and a social time closed a happy time together. Special guests included included Mr. and Mrs. Bark Sr., and Steven and Evejene Bark (nee Brown) all from Peterborough. Craft show a decided success at Town Hall The Orono Town Hall Craft show and sale lived up to its claim of thirty-two exhibitors with a wide range of crafts and articles for sale, all with a Christmas theme. Most every square inch of the Town Hall was in use from the basement up to the main floor and balcony. Plaques, pillows, clothing, bows, flowers, books and .many many more items were on display which were all enjoyed by- an excellent crowd throughout the three days from Friday through Sunday.- The roasted chestnuts and hot cider were a hit for those who ventured ventured to the balcony, an area of the Hall which hasn't been used too often of late years. It has an ex cellent view of the main floor. Those présent were as well entertained entertained musically by Sara Pooler at the piano and Bernie Martin with the dulcimer. According to Ann Dreslinski, president of the Hall Board everyone expressed satisfaction with the show being well.organized and well advertised. "We'll be back next year". Many of the exhibitors stated they were well pleased with sales. The Town Hall is an excellent setting setting for such an event. It is understood that the Craft show will net the Hall Board some SldOO.OO with roasted chestnuts playing a big part in the profit margin. Newcastle-Enniskillen Post Offices under gun? The Town of Newcastle is calling for a public meeting in the Town to be attended by the Standing Committee Committee on Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Government Operations Operations to fully explain th'e future plans for the Post Offices in Newcastle Village and Enniskillen. In the preamble of the resolution calling for the.' meeting the Town refers to a recommendation by the committee that the two Post Offices be closed. * The Town committee on Monday was told that as a result of an advertisement advertisement Town staff had phoned the Standing Committee where they were told, that the Post Offices in Enniskillen and Newcastle» were on a list for closing. - A copy of the resolution is being referred to Sam Cureatz and Ross Stevenson. In contact with Carol Boyd, Orono Postmistress, she said she had not heard of the proposal and that in fact enniskillen had been closed for three years and residents in that area make use of the Hampton Hampton Post Office. In speaking with Charles Grey, Newcastle Post Master, he said he had not been aware that the office was being closed in Newcastle. He said box holders over the past few years has ijjore than, doubled from 1000 to some 2300 at the present time. Extra staff has been allotted to the Newcastle office. Grey did say there is consideration consideration for Super Mail boxes in Newcastle. He questioned what may happen when he retires in January of 1991. Tree by-law slated for Town of Newcastle The Town is proposing to pass a by-law at their next regular meeting regulating the cutting of trees in the Municipality. It is noted in a report that complaints have been submitted submitted to the Town over the cutting of trees but such complaints cannot be acted upon. Under the by-law tree cutting and vegetation removal are prohibited in all areas of the Town that are zoned Environmental Protection or identified as Environmentally Sensitive Sensitive Areas. Tree cutting will also be prohibited prohibited on Town property and on lands where there is a development application filed with the Town. On the latter it could be allowed through a development agreement. Everett and Gladys Brown, now of Peterborough, cut-an Appreciation Appreciation cake Sunday afternoon at the Orono United Church where the congregation expressed their appreciation appreciation to this p'opular côupie.