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'Opportlunity Opportuniity classes for slow learners was jroposed -Co the Clarke Township School Board on Monday, eveing by the Public School Suerintendent, Mr. Mac- Leod. After some discussion a motion was presented by Mr. Grieenw\oodl, seconded by Mr. Lowery that the Board give fav- o)urable consideration to the est- ablishment of Opportunity cass- es for September 1968 and that they investigate the setting up -f these classes. Mr. Turansky voted un favour. of the motion with Mr. Stutt ahid Mrs. Barlow voting a- VOLUine'31, NUMBER 10 gainst the motioni. The secretary is now empowered to write the Legal Iranch of the Department of Education' to ascertain whether or flot this motion is carried. It was contested at the meeting that a two-thirds mai ority was nec- essary to carry a motion and that 3-2 decision was *ot a two-thirds majority. In reporting to, the Board, Mr. MacLeod sa id that the 'drawiug of plans for the General Purposec rGoln in Oronio was now awaiting th)e approval from the Ontario WeeklÎy ClaCSS, Municipal Board. Iu his proposai for settiug Up one or more Opportunity, Classes in Vhe Clarke Public Scliool sy- Lem, Mr. MacLeod said lie was net, ryiug Vo set up one need ov- er another, Opportunity versus Kindergarten. "I know Kinder- garten will come sometime," lie said. "There' are other ueeds oo," he saîd. We have sent out quest- ionaires regarding slow learuers and find Vie resuits somewiat a- mazing, he said.,11e stated there were enougi students for at least one and possibly two Oppor- Times -In tuliity classes with the present information they now have. He pointed out that BoWmanville bias two such classes and Darlihgtou three. H1e said he thought the need was comparable to Kinder- garten. Also he pointed out an- other need of replacinv the Or- ono Public School building. "You have to look at the total need and the ability to pay for -hese q.-,eeds. Opportunity classes are set up in four divisions; Primary, for ages 7 to 9; Junior for ages 8 to 10; Intermediate, 10 to 12 and Senior. About 12 students can be accommodated in a Primary class, 16 ini a Junior and 20 in an Inter- mediate. At Bowmanville they first set up a Junior class and it was in this grouping that the superîntendent f eit they could start in Clarke. Mr. Stutt said that a Kînder- lispute gartch would eliminate a, lot of the problems that Vhey are now faced witi and feit tliey would lie puttin'g îïhe cart before tie hýorse by first setting Up Opportunity Classes. Mr. MacLeod said that Kindergarten would hot elimin.- ate the slow learner. Mr. Stutt tien asked how far, lis would go in making useful citizeus. 11e also' asked who tested the studcùts Vo enter ,these classes. The Supenin- tendent stated that it necded a qualified auxiliary class teacher Vo make Vie tests. This requîred two summer classes but tiat one summer class would be sufficienV i the beginning. An ordinary teachýer is noV qualified Vo give sucl t'ests lie said. Mr. Greenwood said that iV,' would noV only help the individual student but also relieve the teacli- (Continued on page 4) Heur Lack 0f, Co-operation, Toward Local lndustry At the Orono Chamber of Com- merce meeting on Monday even- ing the presidett, Mr. R. Hazel- den, reported that Mr. S. Mather, was planning to hold a bingo jointly wth the Orono Athletic' and that present plans were to hold the. first bingo sometime near the end of Mardi. it wa s also considered to again hiold the annual blossom tour with some new fetures to be added. it was thought that the tour could etid in Orono rather than to continue, on to Mosport and througli the Gabaraska. Mr. Hazelden also reported that a White Elephant Sale would be held sometime it the latter part of June. Mdr. Fred Storsbergen reporte d to the meeting that the option on the industrial land south of the north Curvply plant would run out at the end of May. 11e said after studying the agreement lie could see no other way than that the Cliamber let it lapse. Mr. J. Xlasner aiso spoke iu conhection with the option on the land stat- ing that the land would be avail- able if,,aii industry is înterested in locating in Orono. Mr, Klasner said there was a lack of interest in industry in the niunicipalîty and said that they had endeavoured to make use of the Village dump but were told that it was not setup for- indust- rial use. "Here at the Chamber you waùt industry to come into the area . . . they tell you hey are not ready to assist itdustry," he said. We would be willing Vo, buy 10 or 15 acres for dumping purpo6ses. ,We would give the Vil- lage our ininerator to place in their -dumîp and they could buru ail material in it. 11e said they would be' delighted to get it out from the south plant so they could.- dean Up the area. This would benefit not only Curvply but also the residehts in the area of the factory and eliminate al burning at the plant. H1e said he had spoken to Mr. Woodyard in this matter but liad niot receîved any cooperation from the Trust- ees. "We are willing to pay for a good service," lie said. This opened up the meeting to considerable discussion on plan- ning and the issuing of building permits ln the municipality. It appeared to lie the general opin- ion that at least answers should be given when requests are made. The matter of the two triplex re- quests by Mr. Ochonskî was cited as a case where council has neith- er said 'No' or 'Yes'., The matter continues to be tabled. The president set up a commit- tee to investigate further in the permit for industrial buildings alid other relating aspects., The committee is composed of Fred Storsbergen, Harvey Partner, Bill Schmal and Dick Hessing. The committee is to report Vo the next meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce. Midgets Were , Near Champlis Tic Orono Midget hockey club came close Vo a near tournam enV win on Saturday last wheh they entered lu a Midget tournament being lield ln Keene. Elgit teams were entered lu Vie tournament witi Orono advancing Vo Vie filn- alis of Vie tournament. 'Iu the final feature Orono was defeated by ohie goal by Vie entry of Keene wio were Vie ournament champions. In Orono's first game they de- feated Oakwood by a score of 5-1. In Vils feature the Oroho goals were scored by Ken Partridge, Stepli, n Black, Jerry Murphy, Bill Robinson and Terry Stark. h-i Vie second game for Orono Vie local boys defeated Beaverton bya score of 5-0. Steven West gained Vwo of Vie Orono goals with Stepien Black, Bihl Robin- son and Raye West scoring Vie other counters. In Vie final and championship game Orono faced Vie entry from Keene and'lu inte first Vwo per- lods were swamPed by their op- posiion. During Vie first two per- lods Keene weut aliead lu Vie gaine 6-0. In Vie third peniod Or- ono ook Vie initiative and soor- ed five goals but were unable Vo gain a tie breaker before Vie final buzzer. Steven West paced Vie Orono club in Vils peniod witli four of Vie goals and pushing lis day's total Vo six goals. Bill Robinson scored Vhe otier Orono goal. Orono was put at a disadvant- age liaving Vo play Vie Vwo final games it a Vlree-game period and Vils caused some showing-up in the final feature for Vie local club. Nesting Furniture Completeés, New Modern Production Line During the past few moùnths the key-word at Nesting Furniture Limited lu Orono has been mod- ernization of production. Most of this work lias now been complet- ed and the plant is operating lu a unewly enlarged quarters of 11,000 square feet. Late last year the plant was extended with an addition of 6,000 square feet which lias greatly enhanced the operation at the plaht. The oper- ation uow is on a production line witli a good section of the Une being conveyorized. The new section of tlie building houses a greatly enlarged spray- ing area througli whicb chair frames and table frames pass' on a conveyor. From hils area the conveyor line passes through a newlyistalled bake oven whe>re the enamel finish is baked to the frames. Passing through'the new bake ovens tlie frames arrive at a location where the seats aàd backs are riveted by machine Vo the frames ready to be packed for shipping in the shipping de- partment., Prior to being placed oh tlie conveyor the frames are steam- wasied at a newly installed steam bootli. The bending of the tubing anàd Vie punching of holes and 'the welding of the frames are carried out ini the original building, In this department Mr. Taub in- forms us that a new bender to speed-up production is on order and sliould, be installed in the plant within a few days. The hune of chairs and tables under production at the plant lias been extended and upholstered chairs are 'now included in the shipments from tlie plant. Mr., Taub states that well over 900 chairs eau be produced daily in the plant under the preseùt system of operation. This, at one time, was the weekly production at the plant. Tel*y 'Action Line', Now-In Picture 0f Local School Busing, A two-hour bus trip from selol to home lias brouglit Action Line of tlie Toron3 Telegram into tlie local public sehool picture. On request of a local parehut Action Lînelias writteu the Clarke Township School area two letters asking wliat action the Board is taking lu the matter of busing whicl iÉlvolves two-hours from the school Vo, the ciild's home., The two letters came before the Board meeting on Monday eveuifing vwen the Board held their, Mrdi monthly meeting in the Lchr' School. The Ac- tioýn Line letter referred to two etters written to it by Mrs. John- sobi, RR 1, Orono, referring Vo the long buis trip some studeuts were compelled to take, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Winter-, heit were both present at the meeting iiskihg that someVthWng be doue to reduce the travelling time of the bus route. Mrs. Jolinson's letters stated thatboti a doctor and a nurse had said tliat the child was just plain ired from the excessive bus trip. It also stated that the Board lad been only giving excuses even thougli everyone claimed 'the time spent ou the bus was'too long. It was stated that it was un- fair for parents to have to pay transportation costs as itdividu- also to correct poor busing con- ditions. It was feit that this was a respousibility of Vhe School Board Mrs. Barlow stated tiat to cor- rect the situation would necessi- ate settiùg up another bus route ...but who was goiug to pay for this. Mrs. Johinson asked that if someone would pick up the children after school, would the Sciool Board pay for this service? Mr. Greenwood said this would not be of auy further cost to the Board as it would be a matter of takibg students out of one con- tract and placing lu another. 11e did not, however, know of any- one who wouid undertake the job as it would require tie, prop- er signing of a vehicle and poss- (Continued page 6) Gymnastic Display At Clarke iligh Last Friday eveniig the Clarke High Schooli Gymnastic teama prie, sented an interesting and enter- taining gymhas tic display lu the school gym. The disphay was at- tended by parents and students of the school. Mr. S. B. Rutherford made the introductory remarks anid tien turned the commentary over Vo Mrs. Carlson,, wio explained the various performances presented by the studenits. SAn. open mat exercise by the whole team opened the display and was followed by Trampoline demonstration by Tim Waltoùn, Mike Aiken, Barbara Hiles, Hea- ther Hughes, Pat Rudeli, Fred Buntiug, Ron Rayuard and Caro- liue Johnson. Pyramid buildihg by the boys was also preseuted. Caroline Mai- er and Nancy Forrester demon- strated their skill on the Balance Beam as did Rick Neal and Mr. Johin Tiglie, a guest artist, on Vthe Coultinued page 5 Sliowùn above is the new spray bootli at the Nesting Furniture Limited wliere chairs and table frames pass-tirougli on a con- veyor. This lias miuimized liand- ling of the frames and speeded-up production. Above workmen at Nesting new bake oven seen lu the top Furniiture are assembling seats riglit corner of the picture hangs and backs to chair frames fol- from the ceilihg and heat is ap- lowiug tlie bakilig process. The plied by banks of heat bulbs. ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THIURSDAY, MARCH 14tIh, 1968