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Orono Weekly Times, 5 Jun 1974, p. 1

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?%L.L.AN D1'CKII. J iblerýal Candida;te ~Allan Lawrence P.C.s candidate AUlan Law\rencne incuimbent Progressive( Cosra iMP Northumberland and Dur- k.i was unopposed as the Conservative candidate for the fo(rthicomtinig election. Mr. ~ .Lavwrence formerly with the Ontario govcrnment w.on the -- seat in 1972 by handly defeating the then incumbent Liberal member, Russell C. Honeyv. The nomination wvas held in Port Ilope on Thurs- day evcning with near six hundr(bed i attendance. The hia-sh test will be < whether I've proved myseif a constitucncy man, he said, as hie outlinied his work since the Oct. 30, clection in 1972. Hc has visited is riding everyý 'kend, is now a resident of "'-,-eriding and hias, at bis own expense, installed a telephone answveing service which, he said, averages seven calis per day from his constituents. Turning bis attention then to the Liberal governrment, Mr. Lawrence described it as a lethargic government, led by a man who received a personal def'eat in 1972, but due to one province, hie got an extra lease on life. ('onservative (Candidate O)RONO %Wl LKLY IINIES, JUNE-5thIi,174 Prool Rnrlv Mr. Lawrence recalled that in 19ý72 hie had said, Mr. Trudeau was a danagerous man because his knowledge stopped aI the Otw aly 1 was called a race baiter and a bigot, besai.I said it thien and 1 stand by it today. M'r not being anti-Frenc-h, 1'm mcrcly anti-Trudeau. WORSE SILAPEI Canada, hie continued, is in worse shape today than it was sin 1972 and parliamnent has been reduced to an empty meaningless facade. Hunge deficits have been piled up, hie said, and im- migration lau-s have been fluutd. Six monthis of parliamnent was wasted on an emiotional outpouring on capital punish- (continued page 2) Closed Th'le weather over the week- endi co operated and every- thing appeared go for the Orono Sw\imming Pool. Un- fortunatley the human cie- m-ent failcd and the pool remained eloscd even though the sun shone hot and humid. Due Io the fact the pool was without chlorine it could hot be openied cither on Saturday' or Sunday nor on Mlonday. it wxas found,( on Monday when the chiorine wais to put into thec pool that some of the ecquipment was malfuniction- ing and so aniother postponle- ment was necessairyý. It is expectedi that, the pool may' open cither on Tucsday or Wedncesday. Other repairs are also still necessary at the pool and this includes the need for a new diving board which it current- ly broken. R. Wa lker w 1ins NDP nomination Russell Walker, an cm- ployvce of the Cobourg Post office, received the nod last inih of the Northumberland- 1 Happenings TELL 11T LIKE IT' IS - Young aduits fromn Peterborough under the direction of the organist and choirmaster of St. Paul's Preshyterian) Chiurch are to visit thec Orono United Chutrch this Sunday to present "Teil t Like It Is". The program is a folk musical about God, who Hie is, and How He Reveals. SWIMINGPROGRAM EXTENDED INTO A UGUST -The Orono Water Safety program hias been cxtended into the month of August to V~commodate ail] those who enrolled last week. The classes for the month of July have been filled exccpting foi, Bronze where a few can yet be accepted. There are 'openings in ai classes for August. The program opens the first Mlonday in July and operates from 8 arn. until lp.m. Four instructors have been hired with full qualifications, Shirley and Jean Reynolds, of Hampton, Kathy Gustar, and Tracy Stutt of Orono. MWOBILE HOMEI APERS IN NEWCASTLE VILLAGE -A unit of the controversiai Mobile Home proposed by Rice Con1struLctionl for- a development in the Town of Newcastle south of 401 Hlighiway'% and west of the Wilmiot Creek has been set up in thec Village of Newcastle and is soon; to be open to the Public for inspection. 'lhle. unit is now located on a commercial site beside the ElmhuLrst hotel. No doubt the unit wvill have miany visitors when opened. Durham ND)P 10 bc that party's standard bearer in the Jufly 8th election. Mr. Walker defeated Hugh Jenney, a teacher fromn Warkworth, in the balloting hcld at the Bowmanville library. In a speech he delivered to the 60 people present, Mr, Walker asked that a large delegation of New Demnocrat- ic Party mnembers be sent to Ottawa -to effectiveiy tackle the problcms", of inflation and housing. Mr. Walker criticized the Liberals and Conservatives and being "friends. of corpor- ationis" and thus unable to exer'cise cnough control over what he considers to bc the root cause of inflation, multi- national corporations. He proposcd a "prices review board with teeth" that would be able to control and rol back pr ices. He said only an NDP govcrnmnent cani set up suich a body. Mr. Walker said the banks acpartically responsible for the high cost of housing. Hie said profits by hanks for 1973 &0 %0 %A y found in ruins The bodyv of a Bowmn area' man. was disci amid the ruins of his fii troyed home by\ Bowmý firemen, late Wedr) night. Dcad is Sylvester Ma te, 51 of R.R. No. 2, Bo, ville'. Investigating O1 ficers have termed. the 1(Continued page 2) NDP Candidate Emergency ward termed 'i.nadequate' Thle Durham -Judiciai Dis- trict Grand Jury making its first visit to the Memorial Hosital in Bowmanvilie lre- p)orts thiat space is most inadiequate for the emecrgency ward. It aiso reports that the physiotherapy, unit and, the phiarmlacy -were too simall. In speatking with Mrjj. Jim Stutt, a member of the Board, ianville hie said that hie had not scen ,overed the report. Thie emiergenjcy rede- ad at the hospitai hias been, iavilie(donie over and revamped for esday lth, past y ear. Mr. Stutt did state that it was reaiizedi that isio-space was iniadequate but wmani-until the iMinistry decides just ýPP of.- what is to be donce there edeath is no(thlin-g the board cani do. said there is a need for, al overali redesign of the buiid- Cia rke bands delight audience The Clarke High School bands Thursday evening oi last wcck provided a mnost delightful and wcell executed program of miusic for a paeked auditorium. Those in attendance were high in their praise of the bands and the selections prcsented in the varied programn. To say the lcast the Annual Spring Con- cert was a surprise to everyone. The programi started with selections by the second year hand and included such num- bers as Greenisîevýes, Grand- father's Clock and a solo, Trumpet Conerto, by Ed Hoad. The latter rendition won first prize at, the recent Kifestival in Oshiawa, The second part of the program included a brass ensemble, a second place winncr, with Fanfare in F, followcd by a Woodwind Ensemble, also a second place festival winner. This portion of the program con- cluded with a Saxophone Ensemble which had won third place in the festival.. The Vear 1 band also delighted their audience with such tunes as Soldier Boy, Aura Lee and Gay 90's> During the intermission a number of dlraws were held and refrcshmnents were serv- ed, The Senior band with its full coriplemen,ýt of musicians and iinstrumnents gave a Most varicd programi of music with selections from the PiratesQ of Penzance, HI.M.S. Pinafore, and pop songs as Amazing Grace and King of the Road. The famous Bach ario, Ario- B5eckett no liberal can Allan Beckett, 50, a residenit of Hamilton Township was elected thc lîberal candidate for thie Northumberland and Durhami Federal riding on Tuesday cvcning of last weck. Beckett won the nomination wi,-th no opposition and was thus acclaimied. For- the past 14 years Beekett hias headed an econ- omnist consulting firmn in Toronto. Having rctired from the firm hle now lives in Camnbourne in Hamilton township. As an economnist, he said he spent the night of May 6 analyzing the late federal budget for the business comn- munities nin Montrecal and Toronto and then those clowns didn't vote for it. Hle said hie has anaiyzed cveryv fedteral budget since the days whcn Donald Fleming %Vas finance mninister in the Diefenibaker governmnent and MIr. Turner's budget was one of the finesi to be introduced ing but a lot of factors have to be considered. Hle pointed odut that in the past few years there.-has been a great upswing in the use of the emergency ward and out-patient services at the hospîtal. Social For Home aond Sckool Ontce, again a school year has passed, students and teachers have worked hard and are looking forward to the summtiner holidfays. The Orono Home, and School Association plans to end the school year with a social evening on June il to vwhich ail students and their parents are cordialiy invited. The highlight of the evening will be bail games; fathers versus sons and moth- ers versus daughters. The kids have been practicing for the last couple of weeks, s0 vou mnothers and fathers be prepared to face stiff compet- ition. lot dogs and pop will be served. We hope that al parents will come and part- icipate in the activities. (conItinueId page 2) mninaterd id idate^ in the fast 15 years. The Progressive Conscrv- atives and the New Demo- crats lie saîd, refused to support it, anl action, he claimied that was.,irrespons- ible. Although the issue iis unre- lated to the federal election campaign, MIr. Beckett voiced his stand on CPR's proposai te transport Mletro Toronto's garbage to landifill sites in Hlope Township. An insane proposaI, lhe said, and we hope it's dead but if it's not and a CP train comnes down with that stuff, it's going to have to run right over my dcad body. He sa id the landf ill proposaI i s 25 years out of date and Metro should use the present technology for recycling. There is some solid waste here from Toronto he said, and if we dIo the kind of job we should dIo, mnaybc we can reunthe favor and ship il back to Toronto. . ...... - - ------- ...... .. .. . ....

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