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Wayne Kennedy's 663 lb. pumpkin was the largest entry in the Orono County Co-op's Giant Pumpkin Contest last weekend. . Wayne Kennedy's pumpkin pumpkin weighed in at 663 1 lbs. making it the heaviest pump- kin to weigh in at the Orono Co-op's Giant Pumpkin Contest, last Saturday. This is Kennedy's largest pumpkin ever, to make it to competition. Last year he had one that weighed 770 lbs., but it split open just before competition competition seasonbegan, "This pumpkin should have been heavier for the size it was," said Kennedy, but this was not an ideal pumpkin growing season. The Kennedy's will be driving their pumpkin to Ottawa next weekend, to have it officially weighed and entered into the World Championships. The seed from this pumpkin pumpkin came from a 914 lb. pumpkin from Nova Scotia. "The genetics of this one is very good, it's the best seed in Canada right now," stated Kennedy, who is still always looking for a better seed. Son Darrell Kennedy placed second at the Co-op Competition with a 525 lb. pumpkin, and . Keith Henderson, who got the Kennedy's started growing pumpkins, placed thier with a 395 lb. pumpkin. Kennedy will make some of his giant pumpkin seeds' àvailable at the Co-op later this fall. The minutes stated that, "an informal meeting was held for the purposes of receiving applications and to procure jewels and other necessaries." necessaries." This modest entry dated Dec. 17, 1874 marks the first announcement of Orono's oldest fraternity. At that first meeting of eleven Masons, the Orono Lodge grew and has witnessed many changes over the past one hundred and twenty-five years. The first lodge master was W. Bro. W. T. Lockhart. He had previously held the same office in Durham Lodge Newcastle and with the increasing population and prosperity in Orono and Clarke Township, felt the time had come to establish a second Masonic Lodge in pur area. Meetings were first held in the Sons of Temperance Hall. The lodge members soon found this inadequate and moved to a room on the west side of Main Street in a building building just north of the Orono Times. With the arrival of electricity in Orono the membership membership had the hall wired and turned on the lights in 1912. In 1918 they moved across the street to several rooms over the store of C. J. Armstrong. Here they remained until the Orono Presbyterian Church was purchased in 1941 mid has served as the centre of their regular monthly meetings since its opening in 1945. Over the past one hundred and twenty-five years there have been many memorable evenings and events. These include the church parades and special events. The latter include the Junior Warden's Night hosted by Orono annually annually since 1948. This event features masons from each of the fifteen lodges in Ontario District. Normally upwards of one hundred masons attend. In 1975 the centennial was held at Clarke High School with a crowd in access of two hundred and a similar large number is expected for the 125th anniversary. The Masons are not a service service club but have always assisted charitable organizations. organizations. Minutes of 1875 to the present record donations to Sick Children's Hospital, Canadian Cancer Society and various Masonic projects. projects. The latest is Help2Hear. This is a project to raise funds to be used for research into hearing loss and restoration. To celebrate the 125th anniversary, a banquet with entertainment is being held at the Orono Arena on Saturday, October 14, 2000. All net proceeds from this evening will be givèn to the Help2Hear fund. This event is open to everyone- everyone- Tickets are $15.00 per person and available at Orono Electric until October .7, 2000. SUBSCRIBE BASIC BLACK ARTHUR BLACK WHAT'S YOUR LINE? When you run into a stranger at a party you can usually count on having to answer one drearily predictable predictable question before you can chow down that cocktail wienie. Sooner rather than later, your newfound friend wearing the lapel tag that says HI! MY NAME IS IZZY! - is going to ask you the 24- karat conversational gambit: "So, what do you do for a living?" I don't mind really. It's a question I've answered many times in many different ways, having been employed over the years as everything from GOLF CLUB ♦♦♦♦ dishwasher to door-to-door encyclopedia flogger and not forgetting plumber's apprentice, apprentice, TV host, farm hand, comic book editor, advertising advertising salesman", B-movie actor, tar and gravel roofer, inventory inventory clerk, and cowpuncher at the Ontario Public Stock Yards. I don't mind that first question about what I do for a living; it's the second question question that drives me nuts. Take this jbb, for instance. 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