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'Orono VOLUME 33, NUMBER 24 Weekly'Times ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE l9th, 1969 AlIIElectric Glass Plant Coming To Newcastle Busing indergarten Children out 0f Orono Co-siîde-red HonlouringO rono Consideration ,has been given bY tbe Administrative staff of the County Board of Education to bus* kindergarten children ii Or- yono to Kirby Where the Orono Kindergarten cass' would be in. ed witbh the Kirby Kindergarten lass. Tbis consideration bas been de- veloped due to proposed rent to be charged by the Orono Unitedl Cbiunch. It had been the intention of the Board to hold the Orno Kindergarten in the basement of the Orono United Church where a clans of twenty would be mnn- ducted in the mornàng with a sim- flan class in the afternoon. Conideration to bus these clas- ses to, Kirby came wrhen -it was learned that- the Orono Clurch was to charge a rent ýof $2400.00. Tihis rent, apparently, is much greater than rentais charged ini other areas of the district for comparable accommodation. The moving of the Orono Kin- dergarten to Kirby would resuit in a 40 pupil class in, the morn- i ng and* a 40 pupil class in. the a£- enonboth havine two teaeLh- ers. The'lasses would be býeld in the ld one-room Kfirby School. The move was descilibed by.one authanative person as a '"distincet possibility«v" while another feit "'Îi -will not happen." it ls understood that furtber negotiations are to be held with dihe (rono United Churdh Who are to reconsider their rentai charge for this purpose. .Newcasýtle Muni'cipal and Utili- tics officiais were out in ful force recenly at the site of tbe Custom Glass ýLtd. factory at the south end of Newcastle where an Feat ure Addedl To MeOeting The meetings of the Nonthuin- berland-Durhamn County Board of Ecluc-ation wiii have an added fea- turc fnom now on. Educational presentations made by representatives of the vanlous schools in the board anea xii take up the first 15 minutes of each regular meeting. -A. A. H. Strike, who acted as ehairman at the meeting, in the absence of J. M. Rolph, said the idea of presentations was Vo up- date, the members in educational progress. W. Frank Thom said it would give the membens a background in what la happening in the cdu- cational system at present. A report to the board stated that in these changinà times many school boards wene anxious to, be informed on the philosophy, methodology and procedures which are moat commonly accept- ed by modern educationiats and lsoof the degnee to which these are being implemented in the school systeni. Many boards were now setting aside a port.i of each meeting to receive- information concenning nexv educationai ideas xene em- hodîed in programa in achools in the United Counties, and these 'wouid be présented Vo the board for their information. A sampling of the topies in the edueationail prognam include use Urge Purchase 0f Batterwood Farm Port Hope Towvn Councl la to send.a letten Vo Russeil C., Honey M.P., urging hlm to bring to the attention of thefeeg gon- mient the imipor-tance of puhehas- ing Battenxvoc)-,l Farm,ý the borne of the late Vincent l'assey, to bc used as a National. historic ste >and, park.o 1 Thene was oDne dissenting vote when the proposai of whiethen or not to send the letter was present- cd to council. Councillor Arthur Brooken, who intnoduced the letter, said that the write-up in the Globe and Mail last xeek Stating that Batter- 'xvood Fanm waaý beîng offered for Public slale had aroused the inqdý - nation of Canadians as a whoie but býad intensely affronted the people of Port Hope and vicinity. The fact that this home of a great leader, our firat Canadian- born Governon-Genenal, a man of lettera and phiîianthropist, sbould pasa into pivate bianda was in ex- tremne ovensîghct on the part of the federal government., of fil ms for tcaching. English; the discovery appn oach in mathemnat- ica; the integnation of nusie ,and othen subjecta; projeet in "tape- a-story," multiapproach Vo reading novels; world polities in Grade il anIdàt daarocess.ing in Grade 10. Mr. Stni.ke asked the director of education to migke out a list of piorities for the board. officiai sod4urnýinig cenemony by Douie Di Cesso, P.UC. chairm,- [Reeve Douglas',Cunninigham ýwas Stan Graham, PUC manager, Tom conducted. Included in this -l-,,to Messenigen, Councillors, J. Frit. lefit to night, are the contracton, anýd Frank Hbar, Reeve Cunning- Teacher Fridaiy This Friclay evening, June 2tb, the comunity xiii bonour Mrs. Ethel Carleton at an open bouse at' the scbiool. Mrs. Carleton, wbo retires at the end of the ' scbhool term bas been a teacber at the Orono School for a peni-od Of tweýnty-one years. The' open bouse is to bé bheld from'-7:00 p.m. untll 10:00 p.m. The cQmnmittee in cbarge of the occasion has sent invitations to soine seven hundred former stud- ents of Mrs.' Carleton. They also Invite parents and other interest- ed citizens to pay tribute to Mns. Canleton. Kirby Pupils Ta ke SchooI Trip Grade Six of Kirby Centennial Sehool, with their teacher r -M. Tompkins travelled by bus to the Toronto International wbere they had cbartered à- Air Canada Viscount. Tbey f.lew over Lake Ontarljo, Niagara Falk flo Welland Canal'system and the surronuding cities. After the plane fiight and a tour of the airport, the cblidren then went- to the Toronto 'Domin- ion Centre where tbey veiwed the City from 'the Observation Centre. The Grade 7 and 8 elass, Mn. 1. Toinpkins teacher, xiii be l aving their plane fliglit on Thuinsclay. bain, Custom Glass Ma T. Sinclair and Plani Plato Capepanaki.s. (] tesy Bowmanvilic Stat 0MB Hearing 1,Adlourned, To 3 Mon' .ter, five hours of heanine on Mondiay in connection with the OIlarke Townghip 7oning Bv-l-,v the eliairman, Mr. TFhonipson of thxe Ontario Municipal B'aixd ad- Journed the hearing to a future date yet Vo bc determined. T-e stated that the future date wil have. Vo be set by Ontarlo Mun- icipal Bard whidh may be - two or three months awvay. In view of some.,of the fiadirll-a durng moaday's hearing* Wh- sug.- gested thiat skme of the obvious changes Mvhich appear necp,-rv to the present by-laws be setfonth_ lna aTownship amending',bIv-là:*. duly published and processed with the intention of having thiss 5'- gested aimen.ding .by-law -'", at the next heiaring. Also, he said if Coundil was con'sidering "- ,ia the Ml Industrial Zone and in the Development Zones tb-~0 Max aiso be proçessed. However he feit that there may not be tirne to ýcarry out the nec----~, study ln these areas. He dut say it was up to Counoil to deoision. The adjounament of ing on Monday leaves in, Clarke Township as beea in regards Vo land s9Peaking to Reeve Foe ed that he was disappc the matten was not cie Monday. One of tbe first total electrie manufatunLing plants in Ontarlo and possibly iii Canada, the new $450,000. Custom Glass Limited factony is under construction at Ne~wcastle, Ontarlo. This ultra modemn factory la s b-ieduiled to be produc<ing hevm- eticaily sealed glass units -also ar- chitectually designed aluminum produets sucb as sliding glass doors, windows ,etc., by late Aug- ust or early September. A' sod turning ceremony took, Place on the site of the factoery, Toronto Street, Newcastle, on Ffl- day. The sod was turnned by Reeve Douglas Cunningham 'In the pres- ence of Village Council members and the Public Utility officiais.> Work already sas. beguîn on the site. The foundation walls. and concrete slab flolon ,.aré- being placed by Jovin Contracting, Lim- !ted, 'WeSton. The fýirm, Custom Gmass, Lishited, xviii act as uis.own contractor. The f'actory 'building will ýbe erected by Roxson Con. tratons TÀmited of Toronto. It will consist of 'a strand steel pre-, ýengineered nianiufactuning' build- ing, 180 feet by 182 feet, provid- ing a total spiace of 32,760 square feet. v ~Custon Glass Ljsnited la an'ex- c-jlsdvely Cainadian-oWned organi- zation, wbich a1io l CanadIan-. openated and sponisored. No Air Pollution The factory will ýbe one of the first gIass fabnicating plants com- pletely fnee of combustion and air pollution. This wifl bc achieved beboauise the factory xviii be ail- electnically ,operated. and xviii ,have electric heatin1g and air con- ,ditýioning in the plant and office. Since the factory xviii be operated emntireiy by elect ' icity there xviii definitely be no air pollution, Manager William T. Sinclair stat- ed. -He added that the 875.000 cubie feet of -wonking space wdll be heated wath a combination of el- ectric hot. air fan type units and infra red eiectric units oven all ,the working, aras to produce a tempýerature of at least 68 dýegneesý The lighting xviii consist of mer- cury vapor or igh capacity flu- orescent lamps. Mr. Sinclair- stated ;that the plant xviilcontain three main ar- ýeas. Tbe fiest section, 60 feet by 182 feet, xviii be used for hand- huge overbead crane xiii bein stalied to bandie tbe glass estim- fated to amount to approximately four fneight cars of glasis per week. In the second secton, fabrica- tion of pan-o lite bermeti.caily serkIýd gla'ss units xiii take place. ihe'ultimate capacity la expected to amount to one-million square feet per yenn' of glass units for residential pictune windows, of- fice Windows, etc. In the thir area, eabrication of architecturally designed alumnin- >umn produets such as wndows, sliding, glass doors and suspended ce4ji.ng systems, xiii take place. Expanding Work Staff The factory manager stated thet 40 staff members per sbift xiii be bired initialiy from the Newcastle, Bowmanville, ,Onono diistricts. The plant, howeven, is inager. Wm. designed for a two-shift operation it Foremlan, and it is expected that this will Photo cour- ibe necesay soon after the fact- tesman.) orT goes into operation since the miarket is expected to growz rap- idly, Mn. Sinclair stated. Hie added that the Pneside&t Ih s and Genenal Manager, J. J. Casey, of Edimonton, expects that this plant, one of three owned by the th Ciompany, will be making most of the products necessany to supply" oü make the the Eastern canada market by the end of the year. The first rnachinery for the plant la sched- the hear- uied to be movcd in by tihe iast sconditio(ns week of july. stheY have Mr. Sinclair, wbo is the Eastern bd use. In Canada division manager, stated 'ter he stat- that the new aflelectnic factory at >onted that Neweastle will be an important ýearedup on îinkin l this rapidly growing ail- - Canadian companY.