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Leap Year Record At Memorial Hospital :4 The odds against one Leap Year baby at al doubt, and Dr. Allait B. Sylvester for the other one. lhospital, particularly in a town of our population, are The babies are shown above with their proud mothers. great, but this year Memorial Hospital established a Tey are, lef t to right: Mrs. John Killeen, King St. W., p ~with hier wee daughter who was the first; Mrs. Peter record with four babies, three girls and a boy, born on Joyner, Odeli St., and daughter; Mrs. Wesley Hilîs, Monday, Feb. 29. Dr. E. D. Hubbard was the attending R.R. l* Enniskillen, and daughter; Mrs. James Farrow, physician at three of the arrivais, another record no, Liberty St. N., with bier son. Rotary 's Glowing History Unusual Shopper Many visitors from dit Portrayed ai Club Here c ats omnileo corenneg omavileon Friday evening the town1 y a new kind of visitor, aithoi one who also camne into B( To M rk 5 th A nivesar manville te obtain provisi( A deer wa he e v en Rotarians are moving for- esting presentation with Rex the Edwardian age, technol- Creorl K.iFrethey an wardn -okn oapyteWlesadD.W M. Ru- ogical and social changes were .stable Tracy Davise 0fep esnsof the past toward dell, two past presidents of making their impact feit. Men BowmanvillePoieDp building an even greater to- the Bowmanville Rotary Club, were becoming fogged with anment took charge of theê morrow under the Rotary as narrators. Walter DeGeer, anonymity and impersonality~ mal and chased it into banner of "Service Above a former district governor, was that stifled their natural de- wooded flats behind the Go Self," Walter Reynolds, chair- in charge of the musical in- sire for recognition and achie- year. man of the International ser- terludes when popular songs vemnent. It is believed that thea vice committee, told the Bow- reminiscent of various perids It was this sort of loneli- mal came to town îooking mnanville Rotary Club at the1 during the last 50 years were ness in a big city that gave food because the heavy sr luncheon meeting held in the played. Paul Harris, a Chicago. law- of the previous day's ste Flying Dutchman. 55 Yer Ago yer, the idea of forming a~ had made foraging difficuli Mr. Reynolds and his com- club which would help him~ the country. Keith Conr inittee were in charge of the The first narrator turned to get to know other men bet- proprietor of the Creamn program in celebration of Ro- back the pages of history 55 ter-the Rotary Club. As Re- B3arley, has seen tracks tary's 5th anniversary. High- years to the day the Rotary tary fellowship grew inteo wiîd deer a number of tir hights of "Rotary's Onward wheel started turning. Be-Ifriendship in this first club,ion the northern part of March"l were given an inter- neath the golden surface Ofl unselfish service became a, property recently and bas1 central motive for its activi- hay out for them. tA tities. The Rotary idea soon' spread to other cities. tary Clubs and 1,800 Rotar-j tits #Stîl Posig Pro lem ans. The Rotary idea took' root in Winnipeg, and the first BGN ESLC international border was BGINRSLC - F or ou*'rt c'ecrossed by Rotary. Then it Fuels started a curliný The water situation at the Chamber of the Township ataryLwasdestnegd.tebeoe ship curling team at site of the proposed High Hall, Hampton. international in its member- Assn. Annual Bonspii School in Courtice was dis- Clare Allin, chairman of the ship, its contacts, its clubs, week. In addition t, cussed at a meeting called by building committee, presid-, conventions and the applica- Stephien received an~ the building committee Of the ed. While the members of theltien of its ideals. By 1915 the beautiful mounted ba Durhm ContyDistrict High committee were dubious as tone' fRtrin a Durhm Cunt Dalintentheamont f waer hatnumer f Rtarans had other members of the School Board with alntnteaotofwer ht grown te 20,700 in six ceun- Township Council and the could be secured at the north tries. In the next five years won't believe that Ge( Darlington Planning Board.on ýCourtice location. Reeve Gar- between 1920 and 1925 Rotary YT Monday evening. The meeting net Rickard said that Dar-,became active in Il addition- A TOUGH BREAK - was held in the Council1 lingten. Council felt that the! al counitries. Rotary clubs con- announced that Keith new High School shoul d be~ tributed funds for the relief o od ie rr situated in the township be-, ef flood victims, and refugees on oahLesfm (i,~,.r,< ~cause of Darlington's large in war tomn Europe. day evening, near I Clerk\' IOIIIer population. Cuclpitd Chartered in 1924 brother Ronald pulla Toronto wounil oiter1 "The Bowmanville Rotary bank, Keith was ko out that if suf ficient aei Club a chartemed o Janu amy Highway No. 2. Weu Dies Inj or nt coulà net be obtained in thelllth, 1924. Since its inceptioni lc oadpsil Courtice area theme mus t be- e oadpsil Jon . eyolsToonelother sites in the township (Cniudo aetite) is i Port Hope hospite Jon0 enls ootwhere water is plentiful. The nb ko h o father of R. B. Reynolds, Town committee voiced the opinion B.ntb ako h o Clerk of Bownianville, died thtisrnertswud b ys DBusiness tough break for the ov en Saturday. He is survived l îS500l if the prepesed new U eased somnewhat by the by his wife, one daughter school were te be built in Bow- shligdrn tei Marjorie (Mrs. C. H. Tillett) . . . is helping theuring the gnd three sons, Murray an ille, whîin thtasper-ul - A n :l tatANncost in tha case woul ~rue, orote ani teOetbe about $1,000 more. 13owmanville. Accomding to informed seur- Rev. Dr. C.M. Mustard con- ces, ne decsions were inade' ducted the funral serv ce at the meeting and ne agree. whichi was held at the Ward ment reached on the next Funeral ParleursVesten, on mexc te I elp solve this per-' Tuesday aftQrnoon. plexing prblem. W. U.s Kopper Karnival' Set For Thurs., Mar, loi The Kopper Karnival on Over 60 articles include four Thursday, March 10 is the large quilts, two crib quilts, ]Bowmanville Women's Imst blankets, pillow cases, dishies, doi1ies, knîtted articles, mens tute's only money-makîng pro-!xear, etc. Members are re-i ject of the year. Proceeds are. minded te have their gifts ;n used mainly in cemmunity te the convenors by Satumda'Y, work. Tickets are on sale by! March 5. W.I. memnbers or may be pur- Refreshments will be served chased on the day of. thp Kar- during the afternoon in the Fred A. Kramp nivl a th Lins ente. tea reom. Decorations there i Tt was announced this week President of the Bowman-i feature a breath eof spring with thtFe .Krm,3,c ville branch is Mrs. George pussy illows and daffodils. Bht redpton, aptîrc3acd tf Alîchin. Convenors for the day The home bakîng table willBrmtnba ucseth are: Gifts-Mrs. W. Corden be visited by many in search stock and wil opemate the fur- and Mrs. S. Corden. Homie. of tarts, cakes, buins or pies. niture business, on King S". baking - Mrs. A. Richards,'1 Those wîth a sweet tooth are 1 M"orrs eman ortd the s MUrs. L. Rundle, Mrs. E. P9as- in%,ited te the candy table. 8i Mor Tis pnmorve vlas- sant. Candy--Mrs. S. Buttery,' Mayor Wilfmid Carruthers lo80 te ris nîi y e iea- C\Mrs. Hutchinson. Tea Roem-' will begin the draw at 8:00 l'ot theiMrsFuil i t te. MIrs. T. Buttery. Mrs. G. Rici-' p.m. Five lucky dcraws arte tei ful hpl hirnh otheywl ards. Quilts-Mrs. G. Jones. be made at the closing te hold-, built last year. Mr. Kram p for Ticekets-Mrs. M. Wiseman. j'rs of winning numbers. I the past 12 years has been ---------- - - - - with the well-known McKil- ]o p Comnpany, furniture dealersi in Brampton. Prier te that, i APITAL PUNISHMENIfT >lie was vth Goodvear,Ne 1 RorVto.ie is married te ~ E Yformer Brampton girl, Freda S U la If E y hite and they have thmec E childmen, Kamen il, John 8 and Douglas 5. They plan te E Please fui in this coupon and mail te The I move into the apartment above E Canadian Statesman, P.O. Box 190, Bowmanville, the store around Easter. Mr. as eonas ossble ~,Kramp is a veteman of fou y ears xith the navy, a Kins- 9 man and an adhercnt of the' DO YOU FAVOUR CAPITAL PUNISHMENTl Presbyterian churcli where he' ~is a member of the session YES ------ -- and board of management. He alse belongs te Brampton Le-i 1, I gion and the Curling Club. His NO i'~wi*fe is president of the Kmn- NO------------- - rette Club of Brampton. Mm.1 E I Kramp specializes in interier, W YES (witb reservations) -- -decorating and roem planning. - w w He took over proprietorship on Honor Ross Strike Bowmanville came in for a large share E.A. Secretary, D. -P. Cliff, Mr. Strike. in of honor and glory at a Tuesday night dinner in Toronto. But this was incidentai to the honor accorded Bowmanville's popular and highly respected citizen, W. Ross Strike, Q.C. The dinner, held in the Canadian Room of the Royal York --Le1, was part of the program of the 5lst combined Annual Convention of the Ontario Muni- cipal Electric Association and the Associa- tion Municipal Electrical Utilities. After introduction of head table guests in his capacity as lst Vice Chairman of Ontario Hydro and for his own long association with the municipalities, was called upon to make Long Service Award presentations to some 15 municipal com- missioners. His remarks were noted with interest by the assembly, who with the exception of Mr. Strike were aware of the next part of the program. When the last presentation had been made and Ross Strîke sat down, the Chairman, Bert Merson, President O.M.E. A. and Chairman, Toronto Hydro, vacated dent, Ray Pfaff,- who told those present that "There remains one more award which cries out to be made." He wau referring to tributes and a dual presenta. tien to be made to Mr. Strike for his own long and faithful service. Mr. Pfaff said he was the first of five of the head table guests who had eagerly agreed to speak on this occasion and went on to pay, on behaif of the A.M.E.U. and himself, many glowing tributes to Mr. Strike. He finished by saying, "The only explanation I can offer for the excellent by OJntario HLyclro Commissioner and O.M. the chair in favor of the A.M.E.~U. Presi- (Continued on page seven) Durham County's Great Family Journal VOLUME 106 14 Pages BOWMAN VILLE, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 3rd, 1960 10c Per Copy NUMBER 9 Now Local 74 of N.U.P.S.E. Town Signs hastiBroadcast iugh in.Big Game at tCollingwood )art- ani- For the benefit of local the fans who wiIl be unable to ood- make the trip to Colling- wood to-night, the big an, - game between our Juven- for iles and theirs wiIl be iow broadcast. rm Two public-spirited Bis Iin -Bill Smith of Smith's ncli, Beverages and Bill Steven Lof of Robson Motors - join- Sof ed forces and ivili co- [es sponsor the broadcast over bis CKLB, Oshawa. left Broadcast wIIl start at 8:30 P.m. & fAieces - George Stephen of Stephen g career recentiy by defeating a member of the champion- the Ontario Fuel Dealers' el held at Woodstock last to, the annual trophy, Mr, nindividual trophy and a aremeter. They -tell us the team and the opponents just ýorge neyer curled before. - Recently, The Statesman Burley had purchased Gart- SClare Garton. Last Thurs-, Ylorrish, while helping bis a. car trailer eut of a snow .ked down and run over on understand that at least one y one arm were broken. He ýl, and it is expected he will b for several weeks. A very ýner of a new business, but e knowledge that Mr. Garton crisis. ï AN IDEAL CARRIER - This week 'a couple of yeungsters were trudging up one of the local streets, wbeeling a baby carniage. Soon they start- ed te play a bit with the vehicle, sboving it back and forth from eone te another, until it tipped over. No baby fell eut, se everytbing appeared under control. Next view ef the carniage was outside the Wash-O-Mat on Churcb St. Apparently, the lads were transporting the family laundry in the carniage and even ran it threugh the machines for their mother. Could this start a trend? AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP - The Canada Ceun- cil recently announced that it bas awarded a grant te Ray Dudley ef Courtice, well known local pianist, te play in an international competitien in Brus- sels, Belgium. His many friends bere wili be wishing bim everv success. t t i.t t TOBACCO MEETING - Tobacco growers in Dur- ham will hold their Ninth Annual Flue-Cured Growers' winter meeting in Orono on March 1Oth at the township hall in the evening. A good pro- gram is planned including tecbnical advice on problems which regularly confront the industry. The Provincial Tobacco Extension Service is presenting the program in cooperation with the Canadian Dept. of Agriculture. Î_ t t 1 t t ALL MIXED UP - Gremlins gave us trouble last week. The Cancer Society was looking for drivers te take patients te Toronto. We suggested that people caîl Don Marsden if they could belp. Tbat was fine, except Mn. Marsden is bead of the Red Cross, net the Cancer Society. The right person te cail is Mrs. Bert Syer, MA 3-3177. Aise, the Cancer Socîety's drive for funds will be beld April 26th, net April 6th, as reponted. While we are on the subject, this appears te be an ideal spot te mention that the Red Cross canvass in the rural areas will take place during the next two weeks. t t t i SCHOOLS OPEN HOUSE - Supervîsîng Principal A. M. Thompson advises that the Public Scbool Open House will be held next week. Ontario St. School will be open Monday, Central on Tuesday, Lord Elgin on Wednesday and Vincent Massey, Thursday, from 7 te 9. Parents are especially asked te attend te see the children's work and te make contact with the teacher in charge. Also, this will be an ideal time fer citizens te view the interior of the new Lord Elgin School. Staf f 2- Yr-. Snow Canc WiI Keep The heavy snow last Thurs- day evening forced Mick Brown to again cancel his Case Show on Friday and a new date March l8th has been set. It also cancelled the Le- gion Zone Finals of the Pub- lic Speakin-g Contest. If al, goes weil, the orators will go into action this Friday at the Legion Hall here at 7:30 p.m. Public invited. No charge. One group that braved the wintry blasts included several hundred vegetable growers who met at the Lions Centre here on Tbursday evening. They arrived beîfore the snows had really hît their peak, but many of thern were unable to return home after the event. We had hoped to present a report of this meet- ing this week, but our corres- pondent mnust have been .snowed in. Possibly, it wM l arrive in time for next week's issue. Town and township road crews worked hard all week- end and even yesterday were, stili carryin.g away snow, and clearing roads that had drift- ed in again. For January and More Jýoins union Agreement ne' Bowmanvllle T o wn CL Council in a special meeting :els S ho~w s held ini the oniChfbe on Monday evenîing decid.ed to dispense with the services of Dr. F. M. Wheatley, tihe Bow- Trying.manville Dog Control Officer. February, Bowmanvile's costs pointed out in the discussion for snow remjoval, sanding, that the expense of a full time plowing, etc., were $9,818.76. veterinarian was flot necessary, No report had been received, although it was agreed that from Darlington, but their Dr. Wheatley was well quali- costs must have been large. fied and had done gobxl work also. here. It was moved by Coun- cillor Wesley Fice, seconded Rural -visitors continue to by Deputy-Reeve Ivan Hobbs comment on the 15 to 20 foot and carried, tihat notice be giv- piles of snow that have been en to Dr. Wheatley on Tuesday blown up by the rotary nfow by the Town Clerk, R. B. Rey- blowers which were brought nolds. in toaclcar some of the prov- incial highways. They say the The agreement Ibetween the country is a photographer's Corporation of the Town of paradise, but h- forany- Bowmanille and Local No. 74 body living there. of the National Union of Public Services Employees was ap- proved by coundil on motion of Cana dianf Courncillor 0. J. Pression, se- Hobbs, It was signed ib Mayor Wilfrid Carrutihers, and R. B. Club Speaker Reynolds, ýthe Town Clerk, for the Municipal Corporation, and Local No. 74 iby Leslie Piper, - the president, Mathew Mar- chant, vice - president and, Snow More Wind .Tust to make life more miserable, may we lnform our readers that weather forecasters are predicting another big storm today. It may have already ar- rived by the time this pap- er reaches you. In fact, if the 6 to 10 inches of snow hits this area before the mailmen complete their rounds, it mqy be Satur- day before you read this. But, have faith, March has established a reputa- tion for being rough at the start and fading out in beautiful sunshine to con- clude the month. Let's hope the weather- men have made a dreadfui mistake this time. If they haven't, we wish you a pleasant hibernation until we again sce you iu town in the Spring. Frank Kitchen, the national representattive. The generai purpose of the agreement is te establish and maintain collective bargaining relations between the Corpora- tien and its employees, andi to lyrovide machinery for the* prompt and equitable disposi- tion of grievances, and set and maintain mutually, satisfactory werking conditions, hours and wages for ail employees sub- ject to its provisions. The heurs of work are 1,o b. 42 per week upon the signing of the agreement, and 40 per week one year after thbe sign-- Ing. The agreement is to be effective from January 15th, 1960 until January 3lst, 1962, and fromi year te year thei-e. after unless either party gives notice in writing, not more then 60 days, nor less than 30 days prier to the expiration date in any year of a desire to amend or cancel it Under the agreement thle Corporation recogniizes the Ujn- ion as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all emn. ployees save and except super- intendents andi those above tItis rank, office staff andi persona (Continued on page seven) 'Trinity Men Hear Interesfing A ddress On Lifte in the East The tremendous upsurge of of Churches, was introduced the peoples in the East was by Gordon Elliott, who said vividly describeti by Rev that Mr. Bennett was educat- v Reg Bennett, B.A., B.D., B.T. ed at MVcMaster University and H., Toronto, in a stimulating Emmanuel Cellege, and had address at the dinner held for an outstanding career in mis- the men workems of Trinity sionary work Mr. Bennett United Church in the Sunday went te India In 1929 as a School Room on Saturday missionary for the Baptist evening. Rev. W. K. Hous-j Church of Canada, and was lander, minister of Trinity stationed in the Telugu area. United Church, was the chair- In bis present position as Next Tuesday evening, Mar. man. Secretary of the Department 8th, will be another memorable The Women's Association of Overseas Missions o! the day in Bowmanville when The under the con venomship of Canadian Council of Chur- Canadian Club of West Dur- Mms. Earl Osborne catered. ches, Mir. Bennett travels ham will meet at the Lions Sevemal lovely vocal selections-widely in Asia and Africa, and Community Centre at 8:15 p.m. by Mrs. A. A. Merkiey, and! he gave the dinner meetinig Speaker on this occasion will Mms. Sam Black were enjeyed.1 an interesting acceunt in his be Mm. Alan Jarvis, newly ap-j The piano accompanist was'raddmess o! the general situa- CainaedanConfrenceo! the Murdoch Beaton.1 tien o! the peoples of the Or- Canaian onfeenceof te lent and Africa. Arts. His subject will be s The guest speaker, Mm. He spoke o! the risin-g of a Art Necessary?" Ail members Bennctt, the Secmetamy of the ainlsi prti are requested te bc in their Department of Overseas Mvis-,srn ainlsi prti seats on time. siens of the Canadian Council i (Continued on page seven) Celebrates 15' Years W'ith Hydro W. Ross Strike, Q.C., of Bowmanville, is shown in the photo are, from left te right: Mrs. A. A. H. Strike, holding the illuminated scroll wbich was presented te Mrs. Ross Strike and their son Alan. Bowmnanvillil him Tuesday evening in Toronto te mark bis l5th P.U.C. Chairman Milton J. Elliott gave a laudatory anniversary as an Ontario Hydro Commissioner. Alse speech on behaif of the citizens of Bowmanville. C 'blute