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PAGE FOtiRTEEN - TEE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVHLE~ ONTAmC> THURSDAY, NOV. Sth, ION Bi' Warden Garnet B. Rickarul The year in which I served as Warden of these counties is coming to an end. It has been interesting, challenging and educational. Many people, es- pecially in this area, ask what are the duties and functions of County Council. As the County offices are b- cated ini the County Town of Cobourg, many citizens fromn this area are not too familiar with the activities of the Coun- ty Council. I would like there- fore te review soe of the functions of the Council. Formed 109 Years ago The United Counties of Nor- thumberland and Durham were formed 109 years ago. There are twenty-four muniicipalities, 14 in Northumnberland and 10 In Durham. The Counties are generally rural in character, having no large cities, though we are experiancing rapid growth. Oshawa, situatad in the west, is growing rapidly and spreading in Darlingten Township and Trenton in the east is spreading into Murray Township. Cobourg is the largest town with an assessment of $11,108,- 281 and a population of 9,768. Of the ten miunicipalities in Durham County, Port Hope has the largest assessment, being $9,154,596, followed by Bow- manvulle $7,178,088, Darling- ton $5,930,055, Clarke $3,453,- '757, Hope $3,020,573, Manvers $2,110,761, Cavan $942,213, and Miilbroek $602,880, giving a to- tal for Durham Ceunty of $36,- 134, 272 against Northumber- land's total of $35,916,206. These are 1959 equalized assess- ment figures. Each municipality does its Own assessing but when the to- tais are sent ln te the counties there are occasionally varia- tions in the assessment values that have been submitted. [t is therefore the duty of the County Assessor to equaliza, as near as possible, these tetals in order that there is a just relation of oe to anothar. $2,000,000 Budget It Is upon this equalized as- isessment that our miii rate cf 11.7 is levied. The money rais- ed in this levy, subsidized by1 varlous Government grants,j gives us a budget in the coun- ties which this year is close te two million dollars. Local assassors are calIed te- gether twice a yeap fer the pur-1 pose of trying te get a more1 uniformn assessment. The coun-i ties also have a comrnittea of1 three members o! council te as- . FUEL Prompt Deflvery sist the assassor ini bringing his report ta council. Thara la also a Court of Revisiesi appointec by tha Counties to deal with any appeals. The population o! the tw< Counties is 76,220. Du.rham has 37,341 and Northumberland 38,- 879. O! the tan municipalities in Durham the largest is Dar- iington with 8,450 foilowad by Port Hope 7,690, Bowmanvillh 7,112, Clarke 3,766, Hope 2,906, Cavan 2,024, Manvers 1,956, Cartwright 1,498, Newcastle 1,- 134, and Miiibrook 805. Countias Council membership is made up of Reevas and De- puty Reeves frem each o! these municipalities. A municipality with lass than 1,000 proparty owners bas a Reeva and where there are more than 1,000 pro. perty owners the municipality aise bas a Deputy Reeve. In a municipality of over 2,000 property owners the Reeve has two votes at Ceun- ties Council sessions on record- ed votes. If more than 3,000 the Deputy Reeve aise bas two votes. Thus with twenty-four municipalities thera ara 42 members with 52 votes. Counties Council holds five sessions a yaar, in January, April, June, August and Nov- ember. The initial meeting is set by the Statutes of Ontario for the third Tuesday in Janu- ary. The first order o! business is the election o! a Warden who is chosen alternately from the two Counties and net since 1850 bas a Warden beld office for more than oe year. Appolntments To Committees At the first session, elections or appointments te the varieus committees ara made.Thara are six standing comntittaes, name- ly Finance, County Property, Read and Bridge, Agriculture, Equalization of Assassmant and Legisiativa and By-laws. Each commidttee bas one re. presentativa from every muni- cipality. Correspondance and petitions aie directad ta these committeF~s where they are dis- cussed in full. The action de- cided upon is directed back tu Council for adoption or further discussion. The Warden doas net act as Chairman of any o! thase com- mittees as aach comnsittee elects its own *Chairman. There are several other com- mittees te which mambars ara alected by vote for oea or more years. These are The Board of Management to the "Golden Plough Lodge"l, The Road Com- mission, The Board of Haalth, Ref orestation Committea, The Special County Property Cem- I I OIL 'Rour Service Stephen Fuels IC.N.R. Yards BowmanvMle Phone MA 3-5410 USED CAR BARGAINS We must sacrifice thase to make room for our trade-ins on new 1960 models. 1957 PLYMOUTH SAVOY 4-DR. 6-cyl., radio, washars, wheel covers, back-up lights. Only 17,000 miles. Local owner. New car condition. 1956 PLYMOUJTH V-S 4-DR. Power Flite transmission, radio. Runs like new. 2-tone blue. 1956 PLYMOUTH 6-CYL.,, 4-DR. Radio, black and turquoise. Clean. 1955 PLYMOUTH 6-CYL., 2-DR. Suburban. Radio. New blue paint. 1954 PLYMOUTH 2-DR. New blue. 1952 NASH RAMBLEB Runs like new. 34,000 original mileage. 1950 OLDSMOBILE 6-CYL. SEDAN Radio and signal lights. 2-tone green and black. Runs good. 1950 PLYMOUTH SEDAN A very good running car. Palmer Mot or Sales. CRY.SLERàM -PLYMOUTH *FARGO SIMCA DEALEES le King st. Bad MA 3-5487 Sava tion Am' New Junior Choir d 0, ei Areety-omdJ AryiDomnvlei r rh on epl' ign SeilAssessîentyomittea, t rti mn cf ustie C sts ro oTere are iasither cmmit tee nameod fremtime dtedm tec deal Rith speiic roems such as the buildin o! ,Thed ministation BuilingCormte tadtion o ute CuntyHme Thre ars also o commit- t todeal with the rabieproblem adtionaden 5 ahe oyme.c every committea se there have been occasions this year when 1 have attended as many as eleven meetings in a week. The responsibiities of these com- mittees I wil outline later. Demands Increasing The demands being made on the services previded by the County are incrcasing each year an tbecame apparent a few years ago that the accommoda- tien the ceunties had in Ce- bourg was ne longer adequate. Shortly after the uniting o! the Counties in 1850, the Counties had rented the space for offi-j ces and administration from thea Town e! Cobourg. In 1955, after much discussion council vted in faveur o! building their own administration building. This building, which was completed and openad in 1957, bouses ail the County offices, the County1 Court for the ,administration cf IJustice, and in cludes office space 'for the County Judge, the Law Library, Jury Rooms, the Coun- ty Sheriff and the Crown At- torney. Also provided in this new building are the Registry Office and the Health Unit, both o! which previously had their own buildings. This building, which f la - cated on Highway No. 2 west o! Cobourg bas attractad visit- ing dalegations from other Counties o! Ontario and they have been meat favourably im- pressad by its facilities. Soe Counties have oniy ona centraliy located Registry Of- fice but with the distance cf our united counties from east te west it did net secm practi- cal to bring ail the offices into one. As a resuit thera are four offices locatad in Bewmanville, Port Hope, Cobourg and Col- borne. Rapid growth in the -'B Bowmnanville, Nevemiber 3, Ont., 1959.1 The Editor, The Canadian Statesmnan, Bownsanvilla, Ontario. Dear Sir: Eanly Saturday morning soe tboughtless vandals saw lit te dastrey the beautiful blue spruca wbich bas been a part o! eus High Scheol for thirty years. We, the -senier students, wish to assure the public that this was an act cf an irrespon- sibia minority and is lane way raflectiva ofo! urown achool spirit. This display o! ignorance doesn't evan fit into the cate- gery of a Hallowe'en prank. We sinceraly ýhope that your readers will net, bacausa of this single thoughtless incident, condarnn the general studant body. Signad Grade 13. 67 studeuts igned this letter. inior Choir at tiç Salvation aving a great asset. ýKnown as gCompany, this fine, group ýgular services as well a-, the 1by the Army. Lef t to fiht, ru, pianist; Virginia Popovitch, -y, Patricia Peterson, Marjory I Çecreaio, By Doug Beginners Skating Class Arrangements, hava b ee n con-pleted for - the Recreatien Dapartment in ce - operation Iwith membars o! the Bowman- ville Skating Club te operate beginners skating cl-ass for children eight years old and undar. Tha classes will be beld ev- ery Monday afternoon fromn 3:00 te 5:00 p.m. Thera will be supervisors on hand f r o m 3:30 te 5:00 te belp instruct tlhe childiren with their skating. Classes- %vil get undarwaY on Mexulay, Novamber 23rd at .1:00 p.m. The fea will be $2.00 for the completa season of apprex- imately 20 weeks. Application forms are now available at the Rereation Of- fice in the Lions Coxnmunity Centre on Beach Ave. If you requira further infor- matien pleasa contact Deug. Rigg, MIA 3-3335, Ext. 6 or Alf ISarneils, MA 3-3454. Girls Broom Balil The Recreatdon Department is preparedi te oparate a girls broom bail league for girls 9 to 14 years o! age. If you are intarasted in play- ing broom bail please pick up an application form at the Re- creation Office in the Lions Community Centre. The games wil ha played on Monday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. if there is enough interest shown by the girls. The only aquipman>t requirad is an ordùnury bouse broom and skates. Sweaters will ba pro- vided by the Recreation De- partment. The basic idea o! the ganie is the saine as hockey but with much less body contact and a rubber bail is used instead o! a puck. Swiming Awards The Bewnianville Recreation IDapartment anud The Bowman- villa Red Cross Branch will hoid their second annuai Swim- ming Awards Night this com- ing Fricbay, November 6th, at the Bowmanville Town Hall, starting time is 7:30 p.m. The highlight o! the evening wiil ba the prasentation e! swimming awýards in the Tad- pole, Red Cross Beginners, Juniors, Intarmediates and Sen-1 lors, Mr. W. Bagneli and Mrs. Ruth Stevin two of the swim- ming instructoirs wil ha on band, to maka the presenta- tiens along with Mr. Don Mars- den, president o! Red Cross. Thare will aise be a display o! water safety equipmenit and films wili ha shown. Chlldren's Crafts *Any children interestad in jornng the craft classes are in- vited te attend this coming Saturday, November 7th, at 9:30 a.m. This clatss meets every Sat- urduy morning at Memorial Park Club House under the leadership o! Linda Brooking and Comiïie Osmond. At the present time thue cbild- ren are in the process ef mak- ing band puppets with the thought of putting on a amal shiow laiter in tba season. Children's Theatre This group maeets evary Fri- day, at the Lions Community Centrne at 4:30 p.m. and is un- der the leadership o! Verna Foran, Berta Hig'gon and Mur- ray Wallcar. At thxe present time thea cbfld- ren are making plans te pre- sent a Christmas play and a pantomine. If yeu are intarasted in join- ing "u group Plu"feel free Henry, Marilyn Cromwell, Mrs. Albert Bothwell, leader. Middle row: Peggy Whalen, Dayle King, Donalda Drew, Sandra Gibson, Lynn Wilson, Cheryl Forsay. Front row: Debbie Adams, Ruth Hoffman, Joanne Mitchell, Linda Bothwell, Elva Kinnear, Lorry Jones. Absent when picture was taken: Judy NeiL -Photo by Rehder1 n fReviews [glas Rigg te attend» this crning Friday. 1Minor Hockey Iractice Times Midget-Juvenile League 5:00 p.m.- Dodgeri Saturday, Novembir 7th rPee Wee Leagut 17:00 a.m.- Bruins 7:45 a.m.- Canaclians <dean ice) -8:35ý a.m.- Leafs 9:20 a.m.- Bears (clean !ce) Bantam League 10:10 a.m.- Cubs 10:55 a.m.- Flyers 11:40 a.m.- Tee Pees Monday, November 9th Atom League 4:30 p.m.- Rams 5:15 p.m.- Indians Midget-Juvenile League 6:05 p.m.- Rockets 6:55 p.m.- Comets 7:40 p.m.- Raiders Wednasday November lit!, Atom League 5:30 p.m.- Bombers Friday, Novambar 131h Atom League 5:00 pan.- Hornets and Barons Thare is a possibility that al Atorniand Mid'get-Juvenile lea- gue games will ba switched te Saturdlays startin'g November 21st. Aduit Art Class Anyonna nte~rested in joinang the Aduit Art Class is invited te attend this coming Friday, November 6th at 7:30 p.m. in the Lions Community Centre. The class is under the direc- tion o! -Mr. Charles Wakefield and meets avery Friday at the Lions Centra. Senior Citizens The next Senior Citizens meeting will hae heldi ait the Lions Cormmunity Centre on Tuesday, Novamber lOtis at 8:00 p.m. This is a particularly impoer- tant meeting as the names will ba aninounced o! tha five mem- bers, eiected by the senior citi- zens te act as a representative committee te work with the members o! Club 15 in plann- ing the yaars' activities. Mr&. Reg. Harding wiil be on hand to show an interesting- travelogue film and Mrs. M. Hutchinson wiI conduet fthe reading group. If you require transportation to -the meeting cail: Mrs. P, Passmora MA 3-5531. six Children 0 f Mom Whyte Go to Parents1 Six o! the children taken, fromn Mrs. Bertha (MOîn) Whyte's mission, near Bowmaa- ville, by welfare department officiais last summer were re- turned to their parents Oct. 28, as the bearing concerning dis- position o! the children contin- uad la the Port Hope tewn hall after a recasa o! more than a month. The hearing was adjoua to Nov. 18 when the case o! the last o! more than 90 children ilivolvad wili be heard. At aarlier bearings bald ln the Darlington Township mun- icipal building, Hampton, Fam- ily Court Judge, W. R. Philp, Q.C., o! Peterborough, ruledi that the children were neglact- ad within tha meaning e! tha Child Welfare Act. Ha made soeao! themn temporary wards o! the Cbildren's Aid Society and returned soeate thair par- ent. One child was made apr manent ward of the society. A substantiai majority of the children have been returned to their parents. Wards cf C.A.S. 0f the 15 children whose cases were heard tociay, five were made temporary wards of th- Northumberland and Dur- ham Children's Aid Society for three months, in order to give their parents an opportunity to find. housing accommodation in Regents Park, Toronto. If the parents are successful they wili be awarded unconditional cus- tody of their children. Three children were made temporary wards of the society for a year. 1Parents of only four children were present a t the bearing. MVrs. Whiyte was absent and was noX represented. Liýý former sessions of the heariný eý ia~ session wvas helà xïtr camera. The most cmmon disguise of envy is in tho praise of what is subordinate.-Waishing.cton Ails- ton. Clear Thinki On Temperai Says Mission Mr. Robert Russell, a member of the faculty of Oshawa Mis- sionary Collage sounded a cai for positive, constructive and clear thinking on the part. of Christian citizens on the ques- tion of temparance when ha spoke to the members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Oshawa, at a special service in observance of World Teznper- Duck Tail Cut Brings Remarks By Magistrate An Ontario magistrate recent- ly castigated some long-haired youths who appeared in Court, describing their hair styles as "badges of dishonour". Some aduits thought this condemna- tion too sweeping, but most would agree that greasily fes- tooned hair is flot an attractive sight on a young man. However, the Ontario Safety League points out that an os- tentatious "duck cut" may be a road safety valve, or at least a warning signal. Teen-age emotions are strong, and the desire for recognition-a basic human need-is extreme. Boys who do flot have spectacular abilities, or physical advantages, seek to attract recognition by other means-eccentricities of dress or appearance, noisy be- haviour, boasting, quarreling, and so on. These attention-getting de- vices rnay help to satisfy some of the inseettre teen-agers. Others turn to more spectacu- lar and dangerous behiaviour. Aggressive and show-off driv- ing is the most popular ehoice. Youths haunted by a sense of inferiority wiil go ail out to have People notice them-dead or alive. Psycehologists describe them as "linsecure-aggressive semi-schizoid". "In tolerant aduits may use a briefer and ruder description. Yet fathers who look at them honestly will often see an accurate picture of themselves a generation ago. But if human nature was the same forty years back, the sur- roundings were not. Father had a bicycle, or one or two horses at the most to help him create a sensation on the roads. Today his son rides the potentially destructive power of 200 horses, and often the rein is loose. The exuberant, attention- seeking teenager of today will be, in the main, the balanced and useful citizen of the fu- ture . . . if he survives! But his damp duck-cut now, coupled with the traffic accident statîs- tics of the insurance industry, serve notice that in this auto- mobile age he is a special prob- lem. A problem that will stead- ily increase over the next ten years as the surging flood of "war babies" reach drivinig age, and the proportion of young, insufficiently trained, drivers on our roads Increases. New Crop, No. 1 Grade, Floride ORANGES. SIE 252 Warden Outlines Little Known Facts On Counties Council 4 PLUMBINQ and HEANTING Divisin Street Sol"t REA 3-5615 BOWMANIVKLLZ SëUPERRIrGKT ML42 DSPICL4L*V PORK ROASTS SHANKLESS LEAN SHOULDER MEATY BUTT b29c SIRLOIN STEAK WELL TRIMME COTTAGE ROLLS SWEET PIC PORK SAUSAGE MEAT Sea SeakL SOLE FILUETS lb pkg39c 139c lb 't3 Dr.asd lb à!5 c - - BA&KERf ,EATURE iA»E PARKER LEMON PIE 'each 435C Reg 49. m- SAVE40. 2dOZ49C . é4,y I ~ J L ~.r ., f I . ng Needed rice Question acry Speaker ance Day. Professor Russell serve&sa the officiai faculty sponsor of the College chapter of the Can- adian Temperance Society which arranged for the special service this week-end. Adven- tist congregations throughout the world observe the fourtli Saturday ini October as Worldi Temperance Day inail of theiç churches. Referring to recent dlsclos*. ures relating to the expansionu of the beverage alcohol indus-' try he warned that "the cause of true temperance cannot bu served by the old tools of a by- gone era." He suggested thaf; what was needed today wa's "an aggressive, intelligent, ad-. entifically founded progranmru of public education and enlighj.; enment so that the massesCe learn the inescapable facts 'o:X the relation of growing alcoholk ism to a rising level of lilqut outiets and legisiative and mu- ral laxity." It is not enough to figbit every local option vote on lil- quor," the public deserves M better shake than a purely ne. gative approach that does littie to enhance the reputation of those who are deeply conceri.- ed with Canada's rocketing a. coholism problem,"l he deela:r- ed. A positive pragramme of edie- cation will bring in its walte the desired legisiative reforrma soundly based upon an arousled public opinion, Mr. Russeil de- clared. "In the meantime, wie must not, while looking for boet- ter methods. relax our efforts to stem the tide of a profit..rnad industry bent on enguifing ,jso- ciety in a swelling ocean of drunkenness," he said. Envy always implies conseàeus inferiority wherever it resides. .-Pliny. B ORDER NOW 00 and assure your home of having à steady uupply Of heat ail winter! USE THE BEST LIQUIFUEL FIrmst Quality Stove and Furnace Oil for safe, economical heat Metered Deliveries n - ED :KLED, VAC PAC LaIre Erie, Headleu end SMELTS BowmauVlfl Pioduoe Dpectivls Criop, .Iuicy, Fancy Grade, Cold Storage Stookt. ^Alu Loaie APPLES McNTOSH 3-ibcelba29e NO. 1 Grade, Large Original Dlunehes, Araeoi,à CARROTS 2 lun ims25e Visit Our Flower and Plant Departrnent Mer a variety of TroPieal Plant* and Potted M urnettracti vol>' prt.ed. AUl Price, lo This Ad Guaranteed Thi muob Saturda>', November 7tIh, 195t, i m PAGE rOIMTEM - THE CANADM STATISILALN, BOVIL&NVnJ.X ONTAMO TRURMAT, NOV. M, 10» . 1 . * t. t