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r Wednesday, 1 November 23,- 2005 Orono Weekly times - '3 f ) Places I've done time Orono's Baby Boom Last week I made mention of some embarrassing mishaps that took place due to my drinking. Not all embarrassing mishaps were caused by alcohol alcohol though. Once when I was young and just starting out, a girl was the source of an embarrassing time. We had mutually agreed to "get it on," but there was one draw back. Condoms. Back then there was no such thing as the pill. You were on your own, and condoms were the way to go. The girl said get them in Bowmanville, because if you buy them in Orono; everyone will know that we are "doing it." The first drug store I went into was the Jury and Lovell, I think. The girl waited out on the street. I remember my mouth being dry and my hands sweaty. I mumbled something about condoms that was barely audible to the clerk. "Speak up son," the lady said. I could hardly speak. "You sell condoms?" I asked. "Yes we do." I couldn't bring myself to ask her for some, so I said, "Could you wash your hands and give me two 10 cent ice cream cones." I took the cones out and told the girl they had no condoms, so we ate the cones and cooled off. Let's try the drug store at the other end of town, and in I went. The druggist was a man and I bravely asked him, "Do you sell condoms?" His pleasant face turned red and surly and he chased me . out of the shop yelling all kinds of insults at me. And calling me a heathen among other things. That left us both badly shaken. Our last resort was the drugstore drugstore in Newcastle. I. went in and girl sat across the street on a bench just in case there was another angiy druggist in that store. I went in and there was a young girl at the counter. I whispered, "Do you sell condoms,?" And she whispered back, "Yes." I slipped, a $5 bill on the counter and she reached under the counter, slipped the condoms condoms into a brown bag and slid them across the counter. I never waited for change--I was out the door. - I handed the girl the bag and she said, "There are 12 here, what are you going to do with 12?" "Maybe I could put two on - at a time," I said. "Well you're not doing it six times she said. "Well I'm not putting 12 on at once," I said. That was the end of that courtship. Later on when I worked in a the gas station, I bought condoms condoms by the gross from the wholesaler. I bought 144 condoms condoms for $12 in packages of three. I sold them for one dollar for three, and made a tidy profit profit of $36 per gross. They weren't the best on the market, hence the sudden surge of babies in the '60s in Orono. Country Christmas Onen |jy^ri|7086 Old Kirby School Rd. v '-' y Featuring KIRBY CENTENNIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOIR Join the Kirby School Children in n Christmas Carol Sing-A-Long as they return to the original Kirby Schoolhouse SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26th 1:00 - 3:00 pm Admission is free! Tour our Hunting Grounds exhibit while you enjoy hot apple cider, and Christmas cookies The Museum Shop will be open with unique Christmas gift items, including handcrafted German glass tree ornaments and historical publications. For more Information call the Museum office at: 905-623-2734 First Annual Newcastle Santa Claus Parade It all comes down to the weather now,. says Mark Hendrikx of the Newcastle Santa Claus parade, "and right now the forecast is good," he told the Orono Times reporter last Friday. This first-ever Santa Claus Parade in Newcastle, is like "a snowball rolling down a hill," said Hendrikx. The committee, which has been working on the family oriented parade all year, had hoped to get two good • bands, and 15 floats to come through downtown Newcastle. "Three weeks ago we had one band and one float signed up," said Hendrikx. Once Halloween was over and the weather turned colder, the applications started to come in. "We now have 43 floats and seven real bands," said . Hendrikx, and says he is still getting an average of three applications a day. 'In fact the parade is now longer than the parade route," Hendrikx said. Newcastle first annual Santa Claus parade is set to roll out at 5:30 p.m. this Sunday, November 27, with a surprise. The parade will start,on North Street at Remy Court. It will go south on North Street, and east on King Street to Arthur Street where it will end. Besides the floats, vehicles, clowns and zoo animals entered in the parade, letter carriers carriers walking the parade route will be collecting letters to Santa. Parade organizers will also be collecting non perishable perishable food items for the Clarington East Food Bank. There are over 10,000 candy canes to be handed out, and parade organizers are still looking looking for some volunteers to handle handle this task. NOVEMBER 25, 1955 The family and friends of Beth and John Carr would like to congratulate them on the celebration of their 50th Wedding Anniversary. May you both enjoy many more happy years together. Now available in Clarington only at FRED'S AUTOBODY 163 Baseline Road, Unit 1 Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 314 * FREE ESTIMATES Tel: (905) 623-6353 * competitive RATES Fax: 905-623-3913 * INSURANCE CLAIMS E-mail: FAB@on.aibn.com Complete Collision Repair, Fred DeVries, OWNER Restoration and Refinishing ~ Happenings ~ % Wednesday. November 23 Newtonville United Church "Time and Talent Auction" - 6:30 p.m. Frank Stapleton auctioneer. Lunch available. For more info call Wally 786-2239 or Don 786-2906. Thursday. November 24 Orono Horticultural Society Potluck Supper Annual Meeting & Christmas Show - 6:30 p.m. at Orono United Church. Guest Vocalist - Rachel Martin; Mitten Tree & Winter Woollens for Salvation Army; Non-perishable food items for Food Bank. All welcome. Saturday. November 26 Community Care Durham Adult Day Program "Annual Craft & Bake Sale, Tea Room, Raffle 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 20 Robert St., Newcastle (corner Mill & Robert Sts.) Saturday. November 26 Ncwfic Dance with "Boyz from the Rock" at Kendal Community Centre. Light lunch. Tickets $12 in advance or $15 at door. Available at Kendal Post Office and Di's Pizza. Saturday. November 26 Country Christmas Open House at old Kirby Schoolhouse 1 to 3 p.m. Admission is free. Join Kirby Centennial School children in a Christmas Carol Sing-a-long. Enjoy the Hunting Grounds exhibit, hot apple cider anti Christmas cookies. Museum Shop will be open with variety of Christmas gift items. Sunday. November. 27 1st Annual Newcastle Santa Claus Parade - 5:30 p.m. King Avc. Bring a non-perishable food item Saturday. December 3 Euchre Special at Kendal Community Centre, 7 p.m., Light Lunch $10 per person. For more info call Sheila 905-983-9615 Saturday. December 3 Heather Rcbckah Lodge #334 Christmas Bazaar - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Odd Fcllow/Rcbckah Centre. Tea Room, Baking, Candy, Crafts, Ncw-to-You Table, Quilt Draw, Penny Sale. SuiidiDi LNmubiT.i Kendal Orange Lodge Annual Turkey Supper - 5 to 7 p.m. at Kendal United Church. Tickets available available at door. Adults $12. Under 12 $6. Pre-schoolers free. $ I/ticket donated to area family in need for Christmas. Non-perishable food items collected for food bank. Wednesday. December 7 Odd fcllow/Rcbckah Centre Lasagna Luncheon - 11 a.m. - I p.m. $8/pcrson. 983-9571 or 983-5358. Thursday. December 10 FREE Photo with Santa - Slutt's Pharmacy 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sumliiy» LHmuhvr 11 St. Saviour's Holiday Heritage Dinner - 5:30 p.m.- Music; 6 p.m. - Tourtière Dinner; Adults $12. For pickets call 905-983-9642 or 905-9S3-9506. ■ Jj