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8-Orono Weekly'limes, Sepiember 12, 1984 Bicycles galore in Sehool parade Bill Clarke heads St. John Ambulance~ Bill Clarke of Newtonville has taken over the duties of chairm-an of St. John Am- bulance, Oshawa Branch. There were bicycles galore noon and although numbers terest was still strong and view as the chîldren amrde in the Public Sehool Orono ,miay have been down slightly there were some interesting their way to the fairgrounds. Fair parade on Friday after- overaîl in participation, in- floats and decorated bikes to Thne hon. Dennis Timbre/i opens Fair Phonï 41i-23.339,wi Orono cali 983-9547 Clarke who had been honourary chairman was ask-, ed to take over the duties of this position from the former chairman, Peter Brown, who sîepped down for personal reasons. Browne has however taken on the duties of the honourary chairman. The Oshawa Branch operates out of an office in the Oshawa Shopping Centre and now has three brigades ini the area including the recent- ly formied Newcastle Divi- sion. The three brigades last year provided 10,.113 hours of volunteer service at munity events througholut the area. St. John also were the-reci- pients of two Mobile First Aid Units during the past year through the efforts of thie Bowmfanville Kinsmen, Bowm aniiv i1le Leg io n, Bowmanville Knights of Col- umbus and the Newcastle Lions Club who provided on of the mobile units. The second unit was donated' through the generosity of the Oshawa Royal Canadian Legion. St. John Ambulance is now, preparing for the fal and winter seasons of instruc- tions and courses related to First Aid, Patient Care and CPR training. Court asking air conditioning A provincial court judge has warned that court ses- sions may be moved from Port Hope if air conditioning is not installed in the Port Hope Town Hall. It has been reported the court is unbearable during the hot months of summer. The Hon. Dennis Timnbrel, During the ceremnonjes he of the local fair which dates Minister of Agriculture and presened Dot elhpresi- back Il11 years. Food, officially opened the dent of the Agriiclturail Timbrell also spoke of the Durham Central Agricultural Society, with an Ontario imnportance of agriculture .Fair in Orton.9 on Thursday Bicentennial plaque outlin- and the part such annual fairs event. ing, briely, the early history play in its development. Dutch EIm Dîsease (Conitinued from page 7) many areas. Just as the Chestnut blight killed almost ail our Sweet Chesnuts, Dutch elm disease has spread like wildfire across the pro- vince, since iî was first observed in North. eastern Ontario in 1946. So called because of the Dutch scien- tiss whose studies ideifiedl the causal fungus, the disease was imported 10 North America in shipments of logs which brought its host, a European train of Elm bark beetie, to our shore.. Fortunately, there are still significant numbers of trees around. And Dutch elm disease is a slow killer. Ih blocks the vascular system of the îree and shuts off the natural flow of liquids caus- ingi t 10 wilt and the leaves tIo yellow. Death occ:urs sometime later. So p athologists have been able to block the spread of disease by injecting a number of sytmefungicides under pressuýire. One of the major advocates for ihis method of cure is the Elm Research In- stitute in Harrisville, New Hampshire, which reports a 96 percent success rate on over 8,000 trees injecîed dur- ing a 10_ycar period. Another.step towards Elm survival has been taken by plant breeders who have pro- dciI ed hybrids, su"1Ch as Homestead and Pioneer for home owners using Asiatic parent species. But these hybrids lack the vase shape and hence 'much of the original appeal. Selection of seedlings resis- tent to the disease also holds promise. While not immune to the fungus, these new strains show good resistence afier 10 years of age. But ex- pert opinion still holds that the trees are vulnerable when planîed close togeiher, such as they are in ciîy streets. Here they require constant monitoring and pruning since the, disease can spread îhrough natural root grafts and the carrier beetle breeds in dying irees. Over thie long haul, the irec's enormous production of' seed mIay well be its key to survival, ai least in rural areas". NEW FIRE EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS Town of Newcastle Fire Department EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1984 For A reas:- Bowmanville Courtice, Hampton Enniskillen Burketon For Areas:- Newcastle Orono Kendlal Newtonville Clarke Township 623-9l11 983-9 11 For ameas within the Town of Newcastle, where long distance charges, apply to cail the Fire Department. Cail the Operator and ask for Zenith 9111 Dateo! t Pubication:Sepembr 2th. l9th. 26th. 1984 PO.« No. 0559