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----z- -. .----. - tatr~m~m 'Durham County's Great Family Journal" WUiUME 103 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, THUIRSDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1957 10e PER COPY NUMBER 32 Float Features Beach Moving the West Beach uptown for the Penny Fair parade on Wednesday of last week proved flot to be a difficuit task for the imaginative West Beach playground. Depicted on the float are things to see and do at the beach and following behind is the life saving boat. This display was only one of the several original floats in the parade which highlighted the annual playground carnival. -Photo by R. Carruthers, Bowmanviile Big Weekend af Beach ;4ttracts Many Visif ors S5id Smith Plays Ru fus Laý rwds of visitors and West Beach store, on Saturday ej oyed thé 'splendid evening. Showers Sunday after- and"~hiedprogramme at the faon ruuined many of the gaily WetBahAssociation's annudil decorated cottages, but iuckily Cîvic Holiday Sports Weekend they ended before the concert Iield Saturday, Sunday and Mon- that evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bob elay. Kent were judges for the best Among the many colourful decorated cottage contest and Iighlights of the gala event they chose Mrs. Tom Woodlock's Were a children's costume par- cottage as the winning entry, ade, minstrel show, races and On Sunday evening amateur games for ail ages and a bingo. talent from the area and the Trhe entire program was under cottagers entertained a large the direction of Beach Associa- audience with their beach con- tion President Ab Lowe and bis çert. It opened with an appeal- committee. ing Hawaiian hula dance pre- Best Decorated Cottage (Contînued on page eleven) Proceedings began with a bingo which was beld at the Vr i Digging Begun For Twp. Hall At Hampton The condItion of the township forestry lot on the aid Toil Gate Hill was discussed at the regular Darlington Council meeting on Thursday and the district for- ester will bc contacted ta see if any improvements can be made. Reforestation was started on this lot at the time W. R. Allun was clerk of the township. Dur- ing the past years this and hasI been left unattended and Council feit that the undergrowth should be cleared away and the trees thinned aut. The matter wasl lef t with Coun. Fred Smith. Council farwarded authority ta the Hydro Commission ta re- set the pales on the Solina Road and at lots 20-21I an the third concession. Estimated cost is $510. A by-law ta regulate slaughter houses in Darlington Township was given its three readings. The Reeve and Treasurer were authorized by council ta sign cheques in payment for the materials for the new township hall. Excavations for the build- ing have already been started and the foundation wili soon be built. Council wiil petitian the De- partment of Highways of Ontario for the 1957 interim road sub- sidy. Leo Mutton SPrize Winner Ip,BalI Draw S\.utton, 14 Liberty street >' ,Von first prize of $15 in ýow&n Equipment. Bow- naýville Harvesters basebail draw heid at Vincent Massey Park Monday morning Second prize of $10 was won by Ena Etchir, 3 Orchard sgtreet. Norman Coweli won the $5 prize for third. Ab Piper, _19 Church street, and Jacki Zmmerson, 55 Division street *ach won a consolation prize Sa cigarette lighter donated the teami asponsor, Tomn vmior riooai At East Beach Main Breaks A broken watermain prompt- ed public utility repair crews inta action when a three foot stream of water from the main caused a minor flood at the side of the road at Bowmanville East Beach around noon Thurs- day of last week. Repair crews under the di- rection o! Town Engineer, Ah! Bickell, quickly shut off the water supply and replaced the plug which had blown out of the T fitting causîng the flood. They fiinished the work and had water service restored by 11.30 P.m. ~Gray Bros. Oat5 Jud ged Best In Competition Oat Crop grown by Graý Brothers o! Newcastle, w&. judged the best out of 2' judged in the Durham Centra1 Agicultural Society Field Cror Oats competition. Judging al the fields was done on July 26th and 28th by John Baker. The standings are as follows -lst Gray Bras., Newcastle; 2nd A. L. Blanchard, Hampton; 3rd John Rickard, Newcastle: 4th Gerald Brown, Newcastle; sth W. Yellowlees, Enniskill en; 6th Ernest Gilbank, Orono; 7t1- Jas. T. Brown, Newcastle; 8t1 G. B. Rickard, Bowmanville; 9th Clarence Tink, Hampton; luth Gus Wilson, Orono. Came Home From Holidays The Hard Way Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Seblingensiepen and family came home the hard way trom their bolidays aven the weekend. They came into town behind a tow truck, ivith the-damaged front end of their car raised off the ground. Apparently, they encoun- tered difficulty a r a u n d Bracebridge. Travelling ini a line of traffie, a "Blue- hernies for Sale" sign at- * tracted the driver of a car five ahead of them. He or shte stopped suddenly and * the balance of the Iîne pil- ed up ini jarning accidents. Mrs. Schlingenslepen was thrown against the wind- shield when their car bit the one ahead and was hit by the car behind. She was taken to haspital for treat- ment of dits and released later. There were no other injuries ln their car, but both front and rear of their auto were damaged exten- sively, so they had to be towed home. No Information ls avail- able on how the driver at- tracted by the blueberries miade out The accident wIll not interfere wlth the Sch- lngenstepen's caretaking acitvities ini getting Trinity United Church ready for service ln the near future. Already, they are hard at work cleaning up after workmnen have completed considerable renovation Calypso Night Is Featured By Kinsmen Members o! the Bowman- ville Kinsmen Club enjoyed a bamburg and hot dog raast bîghlighted by an evening o! calypso music at their second summer meeting held at the second marsh recently. The Kinsmen, their wives and guests were ail appropri- ately dressed in calypso cos- tumes for the event. They al joined in a sing sang around the charcoal tire. Highlight o! the evening was when Kmn Ken Nicks and a group sailed toward the beach performing a variety of calypso numbers for the on shore par- ty. The group inciuded Pres: - dent Jake Brown and Mrs. Brown, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Cattran and Gary Venning and bis guest. Sid Smith Will Make Draw For Lions Club Càr Sid Smith, veteran right winger of the Toronto Mapie Leafs Hockey Team will be on hand ta draw the winning tick- et in the Lions Club Car Draw for a 1957 Oidsmobile 1«88" at their annual carnival being held at Central School grounds beginning at 7 p.m. this Satur- day evening. In annauncing that the,, N. H. L. star would be making the draw Lions Club President Fred Cale said Mr Smith wauid draw the winning ticket at 11.30 p.m. A highlight of the carnivai wiii be the R.C.A.F. Band fram Trenton. They wiil officiaily open the carnival with a pa- rade and after their arrivai at the grounds they wili enter- tain with their martial music. The parade wili march down Division street ta King, west aiong King ta Sïlver street and north to the schaol grounds. Severai draws have been planned in addition ta the main car draw being heid. There wili be a draw for a portable TV and radio combin- ation set. Tickets on thîs prize are obtainabie fromn Lions Club members only. A number of small draws wiil also be held and tickets for these xiii be available at the booths aiong the midway. A spécial prize of' $500 wili be awarded the seller of the winning car draw ticket. In addition the Lion selling the most tickets on the TV will receive a prize. A gay and colourful midway featuring some 19 attractions hEC beeen planned by the Lions. There wili be a merry-go-round, fi:h pond and booth affering to4 Lassie dags for the chiid- reri. Another favourite of the kit1dies will be the refresh- ment and hot dog stand con- veiiiently located along th'e midway. Iror the adults there wvil1 be a wide variety of games offer- ing; vahuable prizes. Heading th4g list is a monster bingo, while the many games of skill and chance include Over and Under, Crown and Anchor, bam, fruit, free money, bal] thtow, horse races and nuin- erops others. A handy booth for those per- sons who like gaad food and delicacies will be the home cooking booth aperated by the Lions' wives. Ail proceeds of thé carnival will go ta aid the Lidns in their excellent com- munity projects. If rain shouhd interfere with the present plans the carnival wili be held next Saturday, August 17. Daring Rescue Saves Four From Drowning' When Outboard Upsefs For close ta an hour, four into shore about 3:30 p.m. when people clung ta an overturned a high wave rollea over the boat, waiting for rescue, 400 transom and swamped the boat. yards off shore from Bowman- The owner, Barney Perry, 89 ville East Beach Saturday af- Liberty South and the three ternoon. High waves and ice passengers, Stella McPherson, cold water conditions added ta Joan Karigan, and Clarke Oli- the harrowing experience. ver ail stayed with the boat The 16-foot boat powered by and shouted for heip. a 25 h.p. motor was returnîng The incident occurred just after a heavy storm and the beach was aimost deserted at Ta ke $442.11 lauswteba nispe carious position from the West rom M et rs Beach and he told Larry Han- From M etecock, beach lifeguard. This Week loock afttr the p~ennies and the dollars will look after them- selves could easily become the motta for parking meters in the Town o! Bowmanville. The haul tram the meters duning the past two weeks amounted ta $442.11. During the tirst two weeks of aperatian $391 was deposited in the meters which brings the grand total ta over $800. O! this money hait wihl go ta Duncan Miller, Strattord, as part pay- ment for the meters and the other bal! ta Bowmanville. Annual__Penny Fair As onlookers watched frora shore, Hancock and Williams st.irted out in the lifeguard's ro"bbat for 'the submerged boat but before tbey could make much headway one of the oarlocks broke. According- ly, Hancock manned the one good oar and Williams used a paddle. The rough water made it slow going for the two teen- agers and at times it wasý im- possible for them ta see th2 floundering boat. Finally the boat was reached and its four (Continued on page seven) Týhe Greatest Little Show on Earth landed in Bowmanville Wednesday evening as the sev- en Bowmanville Playgrounds presented their annual Penny Fair. Net result of this venture was f:àve thousand pennies. Freaks To Bathing Beauties The fair had everything from freaks ta bathing beauties and featured a . gigantic parade along the main streets and a thrilling midway at the Lions Centre. The midway was creat- ed and operated by the child- Precision and Beauty at Penny Fair No parade is complete without eye-appealing drum majorettes and in this respect the Penny Fair parade had this attractive group of girls who added a note of precision and beauty to the parade. Attired in blue anid white costumes, the young girls put on a pleasing show for the several hundred spectators along the parade route. The group was under the direction of Linda Purdy. -Photo by R. Carruthers, Bowmanville iren with the costs o! the at- tractions being onhy a penny. High-Stepping Majorettes Starting the parade off in high spirits was a group of high stepping drum majorettes deck- ed out in blue and white cos- tumes. This charming graup was under the direction of Lin- da Purdy. Providing marching music for the occasion was the Boys' Training Schooh Band who, as usual, turned in an excellent performance. Franklin Takes Honors Each of the playgrounds marched as a group and vied for honours of having the best presentation in the parade. Standing in this respect as de- temned by the judges was Franklin, Lions Centre, Mem- orial, Vincent Massey, West Beach, Ontario, and Central. "The Old Woman who ]ived in a Shoe" was the feature of Franklin's prize-winning entry in the parade. This playground also had a colourful array of Mother Goose characters and decorated bicycles and car- niages. Numerous other floats on! trucks or pulled by tractors were also standouts in the long, winding procession. Clowns. circus performers, story book heroes and heroines added the finishing touches. Head For Midway Atter arniving back at the Lions Centre the parade quick- ]y dispersed as everyone head- ed for the midway. Each play- ground was responsible for two or three of the displays and en- thusiastic young barkers kept business at a steady pace. For The Scare of Your Lite For one penny you couhd have the scare of your life in the House of Hon-ors or you could be awestruck in the Side Show. The Side Show had such marvels as a 12 carat ring, the hast chord, one-eyed monster, fountain of tears and other eye- poppîng attractions. Central playground presented these two carnival shows. Foollng Weight Guesser Or if you fooled the weight- (Continued on Page cleven) Local Officiais Mayor's Guests At Lindsay Lake Ontario Developmeni Association President Elmer T. Banting and Secretary-Man- ager of the Bowmanville Cham- ber of Commerce, Ken Morris, were guests of Mayor A. E Hick, of Lindsay, at a special industriai day held in connec- tion wîth the Lindsay Centen- iah Fniday o! last week. Principal guest or honour and chie! speaker at the function was N. R. Crump, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr. Banting as president of the L.O.D.A. was seated at the head table and had as his lun- cheon companion The Hon. Leslie M. Frost, Premier of Ontario. During the mnorning and af- ternoon Mr. Banting and MVr. Morris enjoyed a tour of Lind- say's major industries. Water Usage Jumps 10 % During July Bowmanville residents used a total of 22,000,000 galions of water during the month of Juiy and this was a 10 percent nise over the number o! gallons con- sumed in July a! 1956, Public Utilities Manager George Van Bridger. announced this week. Highest day for cansumaption during the month was Juhy 31, when 1,250,000 gallons o! wa- ter was used, Mr. VanBridger said. The peak day for con- sumption is always either in the month of July or August, he pointed out. Kinsmen Plan Monster Bingo With Car Draw Bowmanville Kinsmen Club will be holding a monster bingo in connection with their Kins- men Car Draw ta be held on Fniday, August 23, it was re- ported at ttieir third summer meeting beld at West Beach Tuesday evening. P'r e's i d e n t Irvin "Jake" Brown chaired the meeting and received reports tramn the car draw captains. Kin Li Parker chairman o! the carnival com- mittee calhed a special meeting for this week ta make plans for the bingo and other booths at the draw. More than 120 members were in attendance and they enjoy- ed a bamburg barbecue. A so- cial evening afterward was tho- roughly enjayed by ail. Top Level Shift As part of the setting up of an integrated Canada- U.S. Air Defence Command, the Minister of National Defence, the Hon. George R. Pearkes, has announced top- level shifts for the RCAF. Air Marshal C. Roy Siemon (left), Chief of the Air Staff, and son-in-law of Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Siemon, Bowmanviile, is to become Deputy Com- mander-in-Chief of the new integrated command with headquarters at Colorado Springs. He will be succeeded as Chief of the Air Staff by Air Màrshal Hugh L. Camp- bell, (right), who has been Deputy Chief of Staff (Opera- tions) at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Forces Europe (SHAPE) since 1955. -National Defence Photo Hail Bigger' Than Eggs Dama ges Farm Crops During Freak Stor'm Hail stones, bigger than hen's Due to the grossness of the eggs, left their frightening mark stones it took considerabie time on the Durham countryside Sat- for the sun to meit the chunks of urday afternoon as crops were ice. scarred and windows shattered. 4 The freak storm sailed through the centre of the county in a south-easterly direction passing Two W inners north. of Bowmanvilie and New- castle. Most of Durham receiv- ed ramn but it was only a nAr e la row strip of the county that en- countered any hail. 1AÀ&i. [:.., ,.1 Ar.... Apples taok a severe beating, especially thase of Harold Gib- son and Irwin Coiville. A great many apples were either knack- ed from the trees or split by the force of the bail stanes. Not too much damage was done ta the grain, Ed Summers, agricuiturai representative. re- ported. Hawever, corn was af- fected in same parts including the crop of Charles Gienney, Newcastle. Tomato growers Austin Turner and Clarence Allin suffered similar setbacks. Percentage-wise tobacco escap- ed with little damage. P. G. Newell reported that of the 110 tobacco farms in the district only five were struck by bail. The I damage in these areas was in no ri T w n cmparsonwith the catastrophic reports in other tobacco areas esuch as Simcoe, he added. ~~ To show friends the unu suai P e n n ie s size of the hall stanes. many bad collected samples of the stanes 'and placed them in freezcS s. Rocket Lands Safely To mark the end of the For. tune Jubilee Diamorfd Mine draw last Saturday two cou- pans were drawn fram the drum and oddly enough bath were five percent shares and worth $21. The winners were C. Ellis, R. R. 3, Bowmanvilie, and Mrs. B. Perry, 31 Liberty Placé. Thus ended the weekly draws that were highly popular among the Bowmanville shoppers for the past year and one-haif. This Saturday's draw inci. dentally would have been worth $500. Betty Gibson Stili in Coma After Accident The tragic accident last week, which claimed the lives of two local girls and left another cri- ticafly injured, continues ta be very much on the minds of lo. cal citizens. At hast report, Miss Betty Gibson, 19-year-ohd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harohd Gibson, R. R. 2, Newcastle, was stili unconsciaus in Toronto Gener- al Hospital. The funerais of the other two girls involved in the car- truck collision were held Fr1. day. Miss Nancy Mitchell, dau- ghter of Mrs. J. B. Mitchell, was buried from Northcutt & Smith's FuneraI Home, follow- ing a private funeral canducted by Rev. D. R. Dewdney of Newcastle. Miss Therna Larsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hen- ry Larsen, King St. East, was buried from Morris Co. Funeral Parlors, with Rev. T. A. Mor- gan in charge of the service. Miss Mitchell was ta hlave been a member of the teaching staff at Ontario St. Public School this year She was a highly respected and popular girl in this cammunity. She has one sister, Mary. Miss Larsen was a compara- tive newcomer ta this district, caming here from Denmnark with ber parents several months ago. There are two other child- ren in the family, Lena and Pe- ter. Fou rth of pli Here Coming in for a safe landîng after a thirillingrt rcket Bowman ride through space is one of the many junior space 'rangers hast te Pi at the Penny Fair. Although the ride was no more than of-five lui siipping down a slide in a cardboard box. it was a thrill for bail serles bath the participants and the playground who thought up se Park 1 and operated the ride. Besides the rocket ride there, were p.m. Thui many other midway attractions costing only one cent. lnig the st -Photo by R. Carruthers, Bowmanvihie te une. iGame ayoff s To-night Iville Orphans are lrt Hope in the me of their test- ienhie "B" base- at, Vincent Mas- beglnnlng at 6.30 irsday <tonlght). re Presently lead- eries two games Greatest LittIe Show 11 Attracîs Over 5000 zbt NUMBER 32