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IIWAlT ~ m' ~~IW %B.OIWDLLfN~VILLL. ONTL~ ARIOTUSDY UY 4i U I ~ Current ~ 7 'Y ~andi 'ýwCon fidential9 By Elsie Carruthers Lunney BOWMANVILLE'S OCTAGON It is rather interesting how the sanie subjeet is often in the minds o! people who arc strangers and miles apart. For instance, a couple o! weeks ago tbe Editor said to us, "The Oc- tagon House would make an inleresting subject for an arti- cie." We agreed. Before we had done anything about it, wbat should appear in the Globe and Mail that Saturday but an ar- ticle on an octagon bouse by James Simpson. It wasn't Bow- manville's octagon bouse,'ut one five miles south of Býrant- ford on No. 24 Highway. Tbe bouse about which Mr. Simpson wrote was over a bundred years old. The Bow- manvillo "Octagon" is net thut old. From information we have obtained tbrough the kindno.ssý of Miss Margaret Allen of Beecb Ave., the house was built as the parsonage of the Congregational Church of Bew- manvilie, and was dcsignod 1-y the minister who was here from 1876 te 1881. This was Mr. W. H. Heu de Bourck. It is net known what Mr. Heu de Bourck's racial extrac- tion was. but his wife is sa'd to bave been a German baron- ess in ber own right. This addsi a teuch of romance indeed te' the history of a bouse in a Canadian town. Why tbis wertby gentlemnanif sbeuld bave chosen te desi-fn' an eight-sided bouse for h;s abode cannot bo conjectured ti- day. It is net a style which produces well shaped reoms, but perbaps Mr. Heu de Bourcl< tbought that Bowmanvillk could do witb somthing a lit- tle different in the way of ar- chitecture. It weuld be iner- osting if we ceuld only knowv where be picW~d up tbe idea, wbether in Canada or Europec. There are a few such lieuses scattered across Canada, v.e believo, but thoy are net rmany in number. We believe there is also an octagon barn seme- wbere in Ontarie. Wo remeni- ber seeing a picture of it in seme periodical. At any rate the designer cf Bewmanville's "Octagen" xvasý an interesting gentleman. Theo following description cf hilm cernes from Professer John Squair's "The Townships cf Darlington and Clark"-"Mr. Heu de Beurck was a repres- entative of an eld-fashjoned class o! clergyman whe has beceme very rare in Canada. Very punctilieus as te dres, even te the gleves which ho were, be mounted the pulpit with great gravity, and deli'7- ered himself, eften Iaberiouslx-, ,of a deeply meditated sermon, cf dignified and carefully turn- ed phrases, al hased upen t!-(. Scriptures and the formulas of the great orthodex theelegians cf English Cengregatienalism. You'II "njpy making JAMS and JELUIES this fast Sure way". It takes only 15 minutes from the Urne your fruit is pre- pared te make a whole batch cf jain or jelly with Certo. For Certo is fruit pecin ... the natural jellying substance extracted frein fruit ... concentrated to an exact con- sistency for sure resuits in jain and jelly making. Now's the tinte, as the levely fresh fruits cor nj, te start rnaking several delicious kinds. lt's se quick and easy with Certo because- WVith Certo you boil for just one minute. No longe. tedieus boiling and stirrin g ever a hot steve. 2You get up te 50%j' more glasses fromr the same amounit of fruit. Your precieus juice doos net go off in stcam as it dees ia long boiling. 3 You use fully ripe fruit instead ef the under-ripe fruit caled for in "long beiling" recipes. The lovely, frcshi taste and celer o! fruit at ils very best stay right inf our jam or jelly. ,4 Results wilI be sure cvery turne if you follow Certo's kitchen-tsed recipes CERTO FRUIT PECTIN FREE RECIPE BOOKLET with every bmttI and in every package A P-Md ci Gugn. i bds No onL* learned anything rude or flippant frorn Mr. Heu de 'Bourck. To look at him and to listen ta bis well-balanced per- iods throughout the Sundays of a year constituted an education of no small value." Many in town well remem- ber when "The Octagon" was the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Tait. Mr. Tait was May- or of Bowmanville in 1906 and was a well known grocer. He was married in June of that year to Miss Aurilla MeNali of Port Hope. We noted this in going over the 1906 file copies of The Canadian Statesman a few weeks ago and made men- tion of At in the "49 Years Ago"I column of June 16. The bouse since Mrs. Tait's death is the property o! ber nephew, Mr. Mac Irwin, of R. R. 3, Port Hope, we understand. It was converted into apartments some years ago. We do not know the numnber of its rooms originally, but it is a good-sized two stor- ev bouse with a cement-like finish! Wbat -is under the cer- cnt or stucco we do flot know. f FESTIVALS Excellent wrîte-ups have bsîen given ail three plays at Strafford and we are sure rnanv of you are planning te go. For anyene wbo would care. te censult it, we bave at The Statesman office a calendar o! perfor-mances. We believe these xvere mailed eut te ail tbo-ze who bad attended last year or thie year before, but if yen have nover been and wouid like te sce the dates cf the different pla ys, a look over it might be useful. The plays cf course are, "Juiius Caesar", "Qedipus Rex" and "The Mer-j chiant of Venice". Witnessing ra performance at Stratford is anj eutstanding experience irn any- one's life, and this is ne exa- geratien. In Teronto the Shakespeare Festival o! the Earle Grey Company ls in its seventh sea- son. Shakespeare under the stars, on a stage similar te that usecl in Shakespeare's ownr time, also previdos a thrîlling experience. We hope te see th'e Fanle Grey presentation of "Ma.cbeth" this week. The Company opened with "The Two Gentlemen cf Verona", the first prefessional perform- ance of this play in Canada, as far as is known. For this week only, it's "Macbeth", and the final two weeks, July 18 te Juiy 30, "The Merchant o! Venice" will be the presenta- tion. The place - Trinity Col- loge Quadrangle. A ticketen- titles yeu te a Sunday evenîng concert. 1 THE HI MAC TREND We've often thought that this "pal" attitude wbere everybody is called by bis first name on sigbt fromn age cight te 80, bad gene tee far; that a ]ittle polite dignity would be more becoming especîally la greups of varied ages; that a little reserve is a very fine thing. We bave neyer dared te state the opinion publicly be- fore, but we are bolstered te braveness by an article written by an Amnerican e! ail people, appearing ln the Saturday Evening Post, Read it la the current issue and sec if you don't think be hbas a good ar- gu mont. Probably there are a good many others wbo think as wve cie. A trend can onîy go se far in one direction. How about starting a revival o! respect for geod mannors, and a mort- sure o! formality? People could still bce friendly, but tbey weîldnt be cxpected te gré-et a stranger like a long-lest bro- ther. Sc hooi's Out! ! School's eut for the summer, and now that the excitement of the first day is gone, Carolyn Meadows and John Miller have gone fishin'. They'expect a big catch, as the expressions on their faces indicate. Carolyn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Meadows, 8 Orchardview Blvd., and John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Miller, 163 Church Street. -Photo by Carson Studio, Port Hope Clarke 'Township Council1 Sets Miii Rate at 10.5 Milis The Clarke Township Coun- cil met Juiy 5 with ail present. At the meeting tic varlous Mill rates were presented and pass- cd with the Township being able te hold their rate o! 10.5 miuls for township purposes. Tbis rate will have now exist-ý ed for tbree years. Mr. McCallum spoke te Council concerning Insurance oolicies carried by the Town- ship and also on a weed and warbie fly spray insurance. On the latter be stated that dlaims were being registered wiere wveed spray was causing damn- age te field crops, especially tobacce and tomate crops. Ho pointed eut that the $3,000 pro- 1 )erty damage policy was be- 0ow that e! otier townships. iouncil decided te increase heir road liability insurance to 20-50 and 5 aise te carry Non owned Auto Lîability Ia-1 surance and tbe Weed and Warble Fly Spray Insurance." Caries Tamblyn, sec'y o! Or- 'ne Band, requcsted a key for the band, since the lock bad been changed on the Town le c t ti Ic ti MORRISH Piano Recital On Weclnesday, June 29 at 8P--. the piano pupils of Mrs. Wilson gave a recital ln the' Sunday School June 29, whicii WSwcll filled with 'Parents and friends. Prgran opened with "0 Cilaada" and Song of Welcome b ' v senior grades. Jane, Ann Plid Claude Hlarness and Ruthi MLIU-xin each contributed a sh~ort Piano selection. Elaine Anderson sang very sweetly .If 1 Wcre You" accompanied by M..Wilson on the piano. Mich- ziel Bevan, Mary Beckett, Rod- gcer Harness and Mary Bevan -1am-e next with more advanc- S Cd Pieces. A piano selection by Mrs. Hcel McHolm and a pi- ana dcinet by Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. H. McHolm breugbt this Verv~ pleasant part of the pro- grain te intermission time. Jan Hariless gave an open- ing (-cctono of the second partI of or.m followed by a pi- ano cluet by Rodger and Claude 1 ý, Ann Harness, Join ýa-nRodger and 'Claudle I Hrncs, aryBeckett, Mich-, nladalnrl Mary Bevan againj Puox t'( hey were keeping welI UP in tiieir musical studies.: Eline( Anderson again pleasedý lier audience by singing, "MY Little Shadoxv" accempanied by. ie e' teacher. The pregram con- cludecl \ith txvo musical sel- ec!îenýý by Mrs. Wilson and two Piano duets by Mrs. Helen* MýcHli-n and Mrs. Wilson. Little Miss Jane Harness lv plaed vrv the air f he Queen lvokelverv e air fshe calm- cencluding this. very pleasant i e venin g of musie. Great credit must be given1 IM-rs. Wilson for ber patiencei an.d individual training of these yoLung musicians and we are verv pleased to know Mrs. Wil- son- will oe ith us again In September for another school tel m. Ouir church bas been given a new look, the roof of Church. i Sndav School and kitchen 1aVe been. paintcd a very fiee shade of green harmonizing wVith the. dark red spire and white painted window frames. Mrs. F. Cornish, Mrs. E. Wil- son. -Mr. Jack Cornish had a pienic supper with Mrs. Wm. McomJune 29tb. Miss E.' 2 Wilson, Torohto, came later t, attend the musical prograin that eY ning. 1n Hall. A similar request was made by Orono Police Trustées s0 tiat entrance could be made te the Town Clock. Policy te bave one key la possession of caretaker was upield by coun- cil. Road voucher for June show- ed payroll o! $891.00 and totalý voucher $5,612.30. Deputy-reeve Brown brought up the question of the Provin- cial Police directing traf fie from the Highways ente Town- ship road. He feît that some compensation sbould be con- sidered. Mr. Walkey pointed out that ho bad learned that the opinion was that the Prov- lnce paid fifty per cent e! the .cost and were ontitled te do se, aise that car owners pur- chased ]icenses se tbey could1 drive anywicre. It bas been( found that a great deal of traf-1 fie is using the town line and ether linos te avoid 'the inter-1 section at Ne. 401 and No. 2i bîgbways.1 A letter frein Mr. Hendrs,( Orono, was received la wiich1 the writer felt that the rondj and ditch- was encroaching on is property. It was decided y Council to dtch and placeb a culvert in front of bis proper- ty. If this did not meet with Mr. Hendry's 'approval a suir- vey is to be made of this sec- 'tion of the road. Road Superintendent sae that about 12 miles of the Township roads bad been sprayed for brush and weeds. It was bis opinion that brush spraing vas much hae than cutting brusb. He askeJd if council would support buying a second barrel of spray for brusb. Mr. Brown wented to see some weed spraying done i n certain sections of the Township and it was decided' to do both and to split the barrel of spray between weeds and brusb. Weed spray costs $2.00 per gallon while brush spray costs $9.00 per gallon. Superintendent vas la- structed te contact Orono Po- lice Trustees and report te couincil on their requests of digging out a section of Church Street north, preparing Station Street for chip stone surface, oiliag streets and grading Prin- cess Street. A letter f rom Mr. Carson to run water from bhis property to a township diteh wxas grant- ed. Township accepts ne ras- ponsibility la tbe matter. A discussion followed on purcbasing land for the Payne bridge and Ceuincil were net satisficd with the agi-ement in the purchase of the land. How- ever if the bridge is te bc completed it xvas felt it wouldi bave te be purchased. Council are paying $75 per acre for the land. Tenders for the Payne bridge1 and Soper bridge were opened and the centract was awarded to Farrow construction at to- tal price of $4,234. A second contract of $6,364 was receivedý frorn Finnigan Construction but net accepted. It was point- ed out that the bridge appro- priation would flot be used in the two bridges and it w'as thouglit that another bridge project could be undertaken. OBITUARY The deatb eccurred sudden- ly ini Bowmanvillo Hospital on June 24, 1955, o! Eliza Victoria Dorland, widow o! the laie John Dorland, Enniskillen. De- ceased was bora in the Osbawa vicinity and had livod there until 1911 when the family moved te a farm noar Burke- ton. Ia 1939 she and ber bus- band retirod into the village of Enniskillen. She was in ber 86th yoar and bad enjoyed good health until a few days before ber death. Mrs. Dorland was pre-deceas- ed by ber husband la January, 1952. Surviving 'are two sens, Frank, of Burkoton, Dr. Clarkc Dorland, Lapeer, Midi., and a daughter, Audrey May of La - cildren and a brother, Rich- ard Jenkins e! Oshawa, The funoral service, conduct- ed by Rev. R. M. Seymnour, was held fremn the Morris Funeral Chapel on June 27th, and was largely atteaded by relativts an d frien ds. The many floral tributes testified te the esteeni in wbich the deceased was beld. Palîbearers were Walteri Oke, Adam Sharp, A Brunt, H. 1 MeGill, Francis Werry and E. A. Werry.i High Schooi Area Increaseý X Clarke Miii Rate by 3.5 Milis At Council meeting of Town- ship of Clarke on July 5 the milI rates for various purposes showed an increase of 3.5 milîs over the 1954 rate for proper- ty owners within the Town- ship. This increase is due te a 3.5 mill rate jump in the Dis- trict High School rate and amounts to $3.50 for every tbousand dollars o! assessment. The total mill rate in Orono including S. S. No. 12, rate amounts this year to 52.5 as compared to 49.0 milîs in 19541 or 46.9 in 1953. Every part of the Township will thîs year, be affected by the increase as it is caused by tbe increase in rate of the Dis- trict High Scbool. This in- crease it due to the new con- struction at Port Hope and Bowmanville. A comparison of miii rates witb 1954 are as follows: 1953 1954 County rate-- 10.7 10.13 Township rate - 10.5 10.5 Township rate for Orono 10.5 6.8 Orono rate 6.0 9.7 High Scbool 5.8 9.3 General School__ 4.5 4.4 Ganaraska ----------.5 '5 Township of Clarke bas thîs vear decreaged its rate for those in tbe Village of Orono by 3.7 milî andthi will be in lieu of the _$2,000 ,grant formerly giv- en the village. The village ap- plies this amount 3.7 milîs to their tax rate bringing it Up to WANTADS i .7 milis. This procedure is ini accordance wsth the Municipal -1 Act. Increases are noted in the ICounties and District Hiqg n School Rate while a .1 mli rate decrease is noted In the Township General School Rate. School Resuits- NO. 5 SCHOOL, HOPE Grade 8-Stanley Ellis. Grade 7 - Michael Bevani, Douglas Young, Sam Hutnyk, Rodger Harness. Grade 6-Joan Marvin, Mary Beckett, Betty Rimsik. Grade 5-Elaine Anderson, Mary Bevan. Grade 4 - Claude Harness, Marie Lewis, Mary Fenton. Grade 3-Ruth Marvin, Billy Beckett, Richard Ireland. Grade 2-Ann Harness, Bob. by Beckett, Christine Ireland. Grade 1-Jane Harness, Bob. by Young, Donnie Beckett. Barbara Lewis, Elwood Fen- ton. Alayne Wilson, Teacher. "What fun to have a picnie lunch! This one's tasty, I've a hunch, And the picnic's peak for nme is niy top beverage, you see: Milk to drink while 1 munch!" -I (1, Gien Rae Dairy MA 3-5444 Bowmavl Some . things spe aR louder than words.. Every gleaming inch cf this glamour car says, "Here's distinctive design expressed in perfect taste." 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