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rnub an dt&e "Durham County's qjreat Family Journual" VOLUME 9 Counci11lor Challenges fis Road Surfacing Wiil Proceed Features Last Council Meet Councillor Ray Dilling precip- itated a hiatus in the pre-dissolu- tion session of Town Couxicil when 'he refused t6 put his signature to the statement ,of current accounts as submitted by Finance Chair- mran, Owen Nicholas, who reads the items as prepared, by the Clerk. When the matter was ex- plained, the complainant voted for adoption of the report. An- -other intcresting feature of the session, which proved to be the shortest o! the year, was the statement o! the manager o! To- Tonto Construction Co. that final surf acing of King St. epairs -would probably begin the follow- ing day, Dcc. 4th. Assessment Item Reeve Sidney Little, the Mayor elect, assumed the chair in the absence o! Mayor C. G. Morris, who appeared later to preside over the remaining business. The complaint o! councillor Dilling ap- pearcd to be that he had not been advised or consultçd on one item in the accounits, namely $250 for extra- help in preparing recent assesament rolîs. After councillor E. J. Gibbs, chairman, Court o! Revision, explained the matter the -bill was approved. King St. Project E. W. Harilan, manager Toronto Construction Co.' and resident engineer W. C. Irvin, reported on prospects o! complcting the King St. work which has been delayed for some time. Mr. Hanlan ex- plained that hie hacl done his best to get another f irm to do the top sur!acing and had good assurance that it would proceed at once. Engineer Irvin stated that this surfacing might be held, up in case o! rainsicet or ice but would not be delayed if conditions o! dry snow prevailed. Communications: Department o! Elighways wmote to confirm share o! Province li King St. repairs. ,~Glexi Rae Dairy asked permission ~ 'to ree steets'in.Public Pro- perty Committee given power to act. R. W. Scott asked removal of a tree. It will be done if Hydro gang can be induced to do the work. Government Coal War Assets wrote o!!ering sale o! briquettes left over at Intern- ment Camp. Advice adduced' is that the material is useless. Con- ant andi Annis, Oshawa, solicitors for Mr. Terry, Liberty St., sought compensation for damage alleged to be -caused by blocking drain and backing up water into his cellar. Roads and Streets will in- vestigate. Bowmanville Fuel and Supply ask for a light near their premises. Property Committee will deal with it. Petition !mom 29 ratepayers asks for more lights on King St. between Brown and Liberty. To be dealt with. No Rink Jack McNulty o! McNulty's Sports Shop wrote that he is managing two bantam hockey tcams, sought use o! town rînks. He will be advised that the coun- cil, lacking a municipal rink, can do nothing but refer him to Ro- tary, to Board o! Education and Memorial Park Cojnmittee. Public Dairy Oshawa District Labor Council petitîoned counâ to take a pleb- iscite on establighing a local pub- licly owned. dairy. Filed. Account o! Mrs. Kate Cowling $75.00 for injuries received in faîl on side- walk, referred to Insurance Com- pany. Authority for expenses approv- cd for council delegates to Public Wel!are Conference, Cobourg,. Dec. 6th. - Police Committee will report on request o! night con- stable to bear part o! expense o! moving househcld e!fects to town, which pre stored. pending.a home to live in. No further reports and no new business came up prior to per- functory adjournment. C. àf C. Comrnittee Reports Show_ Interest and Activity At the quarterly meeting o! the Bowmanville Chamber o! Com- merce, held in the Council Cham- ber, Friday evening, the chair- mnan o! the six committees set up to deal with particular questions i aid o! the eiecutive, present- ed the !ollowing comprehensive reports: Civie Committee, Civic-Chairman, Apha I. Hod- gins. Enquiries in regard to the new Memorial Hospital covering the raising o! !unds and secuing o! materials reveal that a wise course is being pursued i view o! current conditions. Calling for tenders will be governed accord- ixigly. A sub-committee has been set up to keep i touch with the H{ospital Board. The matter o! pressing for a municipal system o! garbage col- lection Was taken up by formal representations to the Town Council and will be !uther ex- 'plored. A statement was prepared covcring the present water supp- ly. It was learned that installa- tion o! another water main could increase supply to some extent without going to the lake. In the event a lake source becomes xiecssary the womk would in- volve a capital outlay o! $200, 000, and take 6 to 8 months to construct given normal condi- tions. No debentures are now out- standing. A esolution was !omwarded to Town Council commending a!- forts to keep roads and streets i good repair. A copy o! Bowmanville's !imst building by-law is now being studied by the Civic Committee. Beach development plans are be- ixig studied sînce Council has authorized drawing up plans to that end. Commercial Committee Con¶imemcial: Chairman, Jack Cameron. An extensive survey was un- dertaken among local stores Jeading to decision on uni!orm practise in regard to settîng up a closing -by-law. Many 'opinions prevailed anid the !ollowing ec- ommendations arc suggested to be presented to Town Council: (1) To close at 6:PM, ahi days save Wedxiesday. (2) Close Wednesday a!ter- noon at 12:30 whether a holiday oclÉrs the same week or not. 3) Close at 9:PM. Saturdays, (4) To be allowed to stay open till 9:PM. ift the 7 days prior to Christmas. (5) That penalties be provid- ed by way o! fines: $5. for the first infringement; $25 for second and $50. for third. The question will be further explored. Social Welfare Committee Social welfare: Chairman L. W. Dippell. The rink project, xiecessity for field for School Field Meet, Com- Inunaty Centre and general re- <Continued on Page four) HONORED AT OTTAWA Dr. Harold Siemon, F.R.C.S. xIn an officiaI investiture held at Ottawa recently by the Board o! Govemnors o! the College o! Surgeons o! Canada, Dr. Harold Slemon received the honor o! F.R.C.S. (Fellow o! the Royal College o! Surgeons) a distinction o! high order in the medical pro- fession. Among the !ew others honored at the same time was Lord Alexander, Govemnor-Gen- eral o! Canada, under whom Dr. Slemon served as a Major in the Italian campaign. Dr. Slemnon is a son o! Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Slemon, Bowmanvillc. 1A graduate o! Bowmanville High School he received his medical degmee at Toronto University and at the outbreak o! war he enlistcd for service with the Medical Corps. xIn Italy he became noted as a surgeon and became a spcc- ialist in brain surgery. Promoted to the rank o! Major he was mentioned in despatches and cited for special services. He was married on the field July, 1944, and recalled to Canada on special duties in November o! the same year. After a pcriod as con- sultant with the Sick Children's Hospital he was appointed acting surgeoni at Toronito Western Hos- pital and teacher o! surgcry at Toronto University. Few youxig men at so early an age have attaixied such distinction in the medical field as has Dr. Harold Siemon. The honours which have fallen to him are a source o! pride to his parents and the eptire community which still welcomes Dr. and Mrs. Slemon as frequent visitors and li fact as distixiguished citizexis. Mr. H. S. Barrie and Mrs. W. G. Werry attended the funeral o! their cousin, Dr. Willard at Tor- onto, on Friday. BOWMAVILLE ONT, THUSDAY Chamber of Commerce Exec. Gives Fine Quarterly Report IViews on Business Ethics Fjr e of Unknown Origin Destroys Tyrone Bl acksmith Shop Cecille Park, thmce year old with ber dog, Skipper. Top centre daughter o! Mm. and Mms. Walter is the shop, its insides gutted by Park, Tyrone, -s creditcd with the fime but the stone foundation arousing the village to the realiz- still intact. Top right is' Robert ation that the local blacksmith McCullough, 76, who began his shop was ablaze early Saturday smithy career in this building in morning. She is pictured top le! t. 1890, and now plans to rebuild the Machine Lays Asphait Wednesday Noon Front Street Section Breezing into town Wednesday noon, Dec. 4th, with 15 trucks, an asphaît spmcadcr, a steam mol- 1cm and a hustling gang o! 30 mcxi, the H. J. McFarland Construction Co. o! Picton, Ont., was welcomed by citizens and !rustrated busi- nessmen even as Santa Claus. For they came to lay the top dressing on the two stretches o! .King St. on which the original contractors, -Toronto Construction Co. have been laboring for many weeks. Lacking equipment to finish the job the contractor secured the McFarland Co. to complete the surfacing. Unloading sharp at 12.30 noon, the McFaland gang stamted on the Scugog-King St. section and within one hour had, completed hal! the asphaît foundatioxi. The street was lined with spectators waiting to see the remaining op- eration, the application o! a smooth top surface. The truck fleet hauls the asphalt mix !rom the !irm's plant at Pic- ton direct to the spreadem and the oller promptly packs the sprcad. It was learned that the head o! the McFaland Co. le!t school at an early age to graduate in the college o! hard-knocks and ise to ownership o! one of the best equipped firms o! its kind i this country. They cetainly produce results. Garnet Rickard Wins Reserve Titie At Chicago Exposition Garnet Rickard, outstanding stock and grain farmer, RR. 4, Bowmaxivillc, won the Rerserve Championship for North Amer- ica on his exhibit o! oats at the !amed International Livestock Exposition, Chicago, when judg- ing in the grain classes took place last week. Mr. Rickard's exhibit was Cartier oats weighing 45.3 pounds to the bushel. The Grand Championship for oats !ell to Gor- don McArthur, age 31, Stayxiem, Ont. on a sample o! Beaver oats. These two juniior farmers who have brought honors to Ontario, have much ini common. Outstand- ing i junior farmer activities, each is active in church and school affairs, each having a di- rect intçret i seed1 cleanixig plants, anid about the same age, each has beexi Presidexit o! Co- unty Crop Improvement Assoc- iafions. Mr. Rickard, son o! Mm. and Mrs. W. J. S. Rickard, Shaw's, !arms in partnership with his father. He is a Past President o! the Ontario Crôp Improvement Association, Past President, Dur- ham Couxity Federatioxi o! Agri- culture and the first Chairmaxi, District School Area Board, Be- sides being a real dimt farmer he operates the only seed cleaning plant o! the district. Married to Annabel Hendry, daughter o! Mr. and Mrs. John Hendry, Newca-stle, whose family are outstanding i educational and agricultural attaiximents, the young couple have two children. Congratulations are extended to Garnet for putting Durham Co- unty on the map at the world's greatest seed fair. interior s0 that hý can carry on with his womk. Lower le!t is F. L. Byam, Tyrone stomekeeper, whose huge stock was endangered duing the height o! the blaze. He called Bowmanvil]e Fire Brigade to render assistan~. Lower might Walter Park Sm. a !ew Tyrone people stop pour- ing water and lifting equipment to pose for our photogmapher. They are !rom le!t to right: Rus- sel Orchard, Walter Park, Robert McCullough Jr., son o! the own- cm, Jack Gibbs, Ab. Hockey and Prominent Author Statesman Subscriber The editor o! The Statesman was honoumed to receive in Tues- day's mail a vemy compliment- amy letter and a yearly subscrip- tion !rom a noted author and journalist in the Province o! Quebec. Arthur Prevost who is *assoc- iated with Editions Princeps, Sorel, Que. writes: "I have al- ready received a few numbers o! your newspapem, and besides the quality o! the printing, I ap- preciate the presentation and the space given local news which certainly must please the town o! Bowmanville." Mr. Prevost is also a play- vright who has lately written a play, "French and Langlais" a very notable contribution to bet- ter understanding between the French and English elements o! Acclaimed "Miss Darlington"" of 1946 Miss Eunice Leask, Solina One o! the most interesting pre- most attractive girl present. She sentations made at Darlixigton was presented with a banner and FootallDane i Necasle ria chest o! silver by Roy Nichols, Foobal Dace xi ewcstl, Fi-General Motors dealer. at Cour- day night, was te Miss Eunice tice. who sponsored the everit. Tr*ak . S o ir, na. se c n ~ i . A.i i .f ...1 ,S..4 - - - - * Early Saturday morning the blacksmith shop owned by 76- year-old Robert McCullough in Tyrone was complctely gutted by lire. It was thought at one time when the fire was at its height that the entire east end o! the village might be wiped out but by prompt action by residents and later by the Bow- manville Fime Brigade avemted a catastrophe. Little three year old Cecile Park was the !irst to smell the smoke and she immediately caîl- ed hem mother Mrs. Walter Park. The child's mother immeddately summoned Russ Virtue who lîves in part of the Park house and he hastily awakened the villagers. This all happened between 3.30 and 4.a.m. F. L. Byam whose Genemal Store is immediately across the road !rom the blacksmith shop turned in the caîl for the Bow- manville Brigade. It is believed that the snow on the roof o! the blacksmith shop and adjoining1 Engi'neer as Casey Jones Rescues Rotary Seake Failure to get an outside speaker for the Rotary Club luncheon, Friday, obliged the programme chaimman, Charles Carter Sm. again to resomt to im- provization. He sought to !ill the gap by callin.g on six local mcm- bers to give short addresses i the nature o! classification talks but the sum total, ranging from a simple assertive to an average paragraph, trailed of! into a state o! doldrums. President For- bes Heyland thexi took a hand and unexpectedly called on a visiting Rotamian, Harold Francis o! Smiths Falls, to come to the escue. He hit pay-dirt, for the extemporaneous address o! Mr. Francis proved, one o! the high- lights o! the year. He spoke on "Safety" as related to railway and highway traffic and it was certainly a lesson well told. Safety TalkÉ Mm. Francis, known clear across thîs country as "Rusty" is a loco- motive engineer with the C.P.R., xiow i his 42nd year o! service. He was mcently given a month off by the Divisional Superintendent to organize a safety campaign on the Eastern Division among C.P.R. personnel and his visit to Bow- manville embraced that purpose. His presexit tour concludes on Dec. 15, !ollowing which he will return to the throttle li his accustomned mole o! Casey Joncs whomn he per- !ectly typifies as a rollicking The maj purpose of his mis- Sion, said Mm. Francis, was te get the employees tegether and îay down the fùndamentals o! safetY over the right-of-way, with par- (Continued on Page Four) the fire !rom speading and do- ing even greater damage. Bob McCullough, son o! the owner, saved a considerable quantity o! the tools in the build- ing but over $3,000 damage was ceated by the lime. Mm. McCullough has been in business in this same blacksmith shop for 51 years. He !irst came to Tyrone in 1890 but spent a !ew years on outside work before set- tling down at his present busi- ness. He recalled that it is just over a 100 years ago when the shop was burnt down for the !irst time only leaviA'g the solid stone walls standing. Geo. Emmemson was the original own- er of the business and he was succeeded by Mm. McCullough. Early Saturday morning, when the damage the fire had wrought could be easily ascetained, Mr. McCullough had already laid plans for fixing up his shop. Work will start on the building as soon as possible and should be open for business within a couple Stores Remain Open .Bowmanville stores will re- main open each Wednesday afternoon between now and Christmas and also in the evenings the last week before Christmas to acconunodate the entfre district in shopping. 'Postal regulations in regard to Iast minute dates for mail- ing parcels are aiso announe- ed In thisflssue of The States- man. It is hoped that these two Intimations wlll be noted by the buying public since the season's shopping is ex- pected to be the greatest for many years. Diocese Director Speaks at St. John's The weekly meeting of the Ev- ening Branch of St. John's Wom- en's Auxiliary was held in the Parish Hall Friday evening, Nov. 22.' Memabers of the Senior Branch of the W. A. and many ladies from the congregation were visitors to hear the two outstanding speakers, Mrs. Gre- ville and Mrs. Fraser !rom Tor- onto. Mrs. Greville is Secretary for the Afternoon and Evening branches of #ie W. A. through- out the Diocese. The Pres., Mrs. E. S. Naylor introduced the speakers whose addresses were inspiring and helpiul to ail pres- ent. Lunch was served by the girls of the Evening Branch. New Rates Effective Jan. lst, 1947 The annual subscription rate for The Statesman will be raised front $2.00 to $2.50, beglnnlng January 1, 1947. But meantime renewals will be recelved at the $2.00 rate up to Dec. 31,* 1946. These will melude ail subseriptions expiring in 1946 as well as those expiring in 1947 if paid by Dec. 31. New rates for 6 months will be $1.25; 3 months 65e and the U.S.A. $3.00. To make the position even more clear, ail renewals re- ceived, no matter what the date of expiry, if paid by Dec. 31, willUbe at the old rate of $2.00. If remltted after Jan. 1, 1947, the rate will be $2.50. It is with great reluctance that we are forced to make this announcement., Examining the entire pic- ture it is feit that our readers will be glad to shar.e with ad- vertisers whose rates have ad- vanced, part of the excess costs arlsing froin current compulsory conditions which include more than 70 per cent increase In paper costs and many other items. Reduced to simple terms the advance of 50 cents in subscriptlon rates means an mecrease of slightly less than one cent per week for the calendar year. In asking this moderate in- crease we continue our assur- ance that the standards long maintained by The States- man will be continued and your home town paper willl reach you bigger, better and brighter lu the New Year. A Christmas present at the old $2.00 rate is available in the meantime. Wheelers Bgeat Grada At Basketball 46-19 Bowmanville Wheelers Inter- medilate Basketball Team defeat- cd a picku.p Bowmanville Export squad in an exhibition basketball fixture in the High School gym, Saturday night by a score o! 46- 19. Exports were Bowmanville boys residing outside town but several !ailed to appear and sub- stitutes had to be introduced. Wheelers showed fine form according to coach Walt DeGeer, who described Saturday's tilt as a canter before taking on Fairlawn Intemmediates, Toronto, in an ex- hibition at the High School, to- night, Dec. 5th, at 8.30. The usual admission o! 25c will gain entre Local Merchant Deserves Mention Readers will agree that the full page advertisement o! Breslin's, Bowmanville, which' appears li this -issue, marks a highlight li local advertising. The cuts and illustrations, a feature prepared for this week's Christmas Shopp- ing Guide, are an invitation to the public to do Christmas shop- ping early in a store that has the goods at prices featuring utmost values and i surmoundings o! most pleasing conveniexice. Illustrations o! show windows and interiors kre productions o! The Statesman's staff photo- grapher which bring out the theme o! quality merchandise anid th%~ spaciousness and light- ing that make Breslin's the pop- ular shopping centre it has be- ome. Back o! the courtesy ithat will be !ound affong the staff 18 the guarantee o! complete satis- faction or your moncy back. It is advertisements o! this character that do so much te put the Émall town on the map and to emphasize that enterprising merchants can provide goods and values second to none. It is a pleasume indeed to caîl attention to this outstandixig advertisement anid to support its appeal, Shop with Satisfactiqn lin Your Own 4 g The first quarterly report of the Bowmanville Chamber of Com- merce, presented before a repre- sentative body of members in the Council Chamber, Friday vening, Nov. 29, completely justifled its existence. The submissions of the chairmen of sub-committees re- valed an amazing amount of con- structive work done since the Chamber was reorganized a few months ago. i These reports are sujÇmarized i another column to permit herewith a general report of later discussions on business ethis which began with the prac- tical and trailed off into the aca- demie. Closlng Ilours The discussions began with con- sideration of the possibility of xi- stituting a uniformi hours-of-clos- ing by-law and the Wednesday half-holiday. A further survey will be undertaken lin this regard leading to probabe eommenda.. tions to the roable il.The next matter advanced was, a sug- gestion that the community should.k co-operate with the merchants in a buy-at-home campagn. This led to an extended debate involv- ing particulary the local Hydro, the Goodyear Company and The Statesman. Resolution on Hydro Arising fromn the discussions came the only formai resolution of the evening which was submit- ted by the Mayor. I-ts terms were: "That the matter of retail sales by the local Public Utilities Com- mission be referred to the Com- mercial Committee to report back at the next general meeting of the Chamnber of Commerce for ac- tion." Carried. Adopting as a premise that local merchants are a chie! factor in the prosperîty of the towni, Mayor Morris emphatically supported the buy-at-home principle and con- demned what he termned the un- fair competition in retail sales of the local Hydro. He was inform- cd that Hydro was not a member of the Chamber o! Commerce while six business meni in the el- ectrical business were, and many o! them returned veterans. Many other municipalities, he affirmed, had no such local Hydro compe- tition. Buy at Home The speaker went on to point out that local people buying gooda outside towxi when they could get equal value at home simply les- sened local prosperity and ability (Continued on Page Five) Trwo New Buses On Local LUne Keeping right abreast of the imes in modemn bus transporta.. tin, Councillor T. A. Garton, Chairman, Roads and Streets Committee, Town Council, has recently added two new busses to his superior travel service, Garton's Coach Lines. His fleet now numbers 13 coaches serving the Bowmanvilîe - Oshawa-Whit.. by and the Lindsay..Bobcaygeon districts. The new busses, one built at Leaside, the other at Kalamazoo, Mich, are the acme of legance, painted in the familiar white and blue exterior finish and with pullman appointments for seat- ing arrangements. The uphoîster- ing is In maroon velour with soft head rests covered with washable linen over-covers. Mr. Garton who keeps his na- me before- the public with regular ads in the Statesman, also oper- ates an up to date public garage with excellent repair service and is agent for the Studebaker line of cars and trucks. His chief in- terest ic better roads, better transportation, two things, he has donc much to foster in the dist- Fire Guts Dl4,çksmeith Shop Owner to. Rebuild ai Tyrone BOWMANVILLE, ONT., THURSDAY, FIRST SECTION DECEMRER 5, 1946 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING GUIDE NTTMRFIR. dq- y