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Qverflow Crowd Welcomes Pearson Port Hope Iigh School auditorium was packed to overflowing on Tuesday eening when Russell C. Honey, lef t, was nominated without opposition as Iurhlam constituency's Liberal candidate for the April 8th federal election. Present for the event was Hon. Lester B. Pearson, the Liberal leader,' right,' Who was high in his praise of Mr. Honey's record as a Member of Parliament since last June. eader Proposes iculture M inister post-war huoyancy, and in the Diefenbaker years has been caught tighler than ever in the price cost squeeze. "We believe the farmer needs seeurity and a fair share of the national income. In our dairy program the em- phasis on price supports will be shifted from butter to skim milk powder and cheese. This will help overcome the butter surpIls problem without hurt- ing the farmer's milk cheque. "A new Liberal goverament will take the initiative in for- mulating in co-operation with the provinces, with farmers (TURN To PAGE TWO> n anïd western agri- speech was puncluated by will each be repre- niuch applause. oy a cabinet minister The lime bas corne for an vLiearl. B. Pnear- Ansociate Minister of Agri- Lheaderhusiastic rw culture with cabinet rank in th nthus overflowd eaddition tb a Minister of Ag- th.1toverlowe thericultue r ero ttd pe High School aud- elrM.Pero ttd last nighit. Mr. Pear- Hemsdeclared that the prob- eived a standing ova-les of eastern and western his arriva], and-bis farmers are similar oniy in - - that they are agricultural. "Frers stand 10 gain' more from good, stable gov- ý,Rae Holà "more ernrnent than most Canadian ritÂLC*JO , TLevJh ,vÉ- in 1 Q ouse" his week, area will ýy of view- t interest- wmianville lae Dairy use" from wilI on a tour of years had less than their pro- per share of the national in- corne. The farmer was less able to share in the immediale Staff _Îembers d uct visitors oü dairy, where demoi wili showv how 1h( handlcd frora the 1 trucks to the final stage. The 50-year-old irecently underwen crable expansioni new'est equipment field was installec vide the vest dairy *vailable for distric f Pjcre ill bce 1< for ]h'u'k!y ones.' '. should bc a real e3 for those %vho ha, seen the interioro of a modern dairy. VOLUME 109 18 Pages Qualified Voters Increase by Over 200 Since Last Election PORT HOPE\ - Preliminary In the other rnunicipaîities voters' lists compiled from re- subdivisions and polling sta- cent enumeration show an in- lions will correspond. New- crease of 224 voters in Dur- castle has lhree subdivisions ham riding since the 1962 for the first lime. eleclion. Revision of lists will Revising agents in urban entail some changes, but the, (TURN TO PAGE TWO) final count is expected 10 ap proximate the 21,792 total o b-r . tained at enumeration. Lite N He e The breakdown of volers byLIIe N H L municipalities with increases or decreases is as follows ly o n Cartwright, 906 (down 18)P; yd wn Manvers, 1144 (down 20); 1527n 1197wnup33); lare, 3 ere Saturday 15avadn, 193up2); a Ho,217 (up 57); Darlington, 4681 (upl Saturday afternoon and 144); Millbrook, 488 (down evening at Memorial Arena 34); Newcastle, 714 (up 39); ivili decide which Little Bowrnanville, 4228 (up 57); NHL hockey teams will Port Hope, 4770 (up 12). make the trip to the finals While Port Hope bas the in St. Catharines on April grealest number of voters.j 18-19-20.n Darlinglon Township a n d There will be three games I Bowmanville, s ec o nd and in the afiernoon starting at1 third, have shown greater in- 2, o'clock, with teams in the t creases since the last election. Atom, Pee Wee and Bantam There will be 93 polling classes competing from Port stations in Durham plus ad- Hope, Cobourg and Bowman- vance poils at Blackstock,1 ville.b Millbrook, Port Hope, New- 1 In the evenlng, froin 7 castle and Bowmanville. This o'clock, another tbree games is four less than the 1962 elec- will be played to determined lion, because of changes made the winners. in some of the polling sub- divisions since then. Port Hope will have 18 pol- .ing subdivisions with no split Ç 3t n polis; Darlinglon 13 subdivis- Y is a c ions and 20 poiling stations Bowmanville 14 and 15 and~ RAINS CAME - Tue, Clarke Township 9 and Il. tremendous change in the down most of the nig P. Mv. Comino throughout the onwr ' man, NO FISHING signs1 iT0 Port o e cellar which has been pai Hoperutsrem Goodyear Erecting New Ihcinerator fo- Cure -Smoke Problem )nsraion iAt the regular meeting of Council received a letter riuge tank Bowrnanville Town Councilfrom the Bowmanville Plan- R.Hn onG ifnae Li bottling ýhcld in the Council Chamberning Board in reply 10 ils re- This Friday aflemnoon at 3 .:30 on Monday evening il was de- quest regarding the regula- Durham County Progressive cided on recommendation of t ions governing the building Conservatîves will welcome Glen Rae ithe Police Committee bo ac- of garages. T h e Planning the Prime Minister of Canada, t consid- cept the tender of Robson Board had been asked bo con- Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker, thin th e Motors for a Pontiac Police sider the malter of allowing 10 Port Hope where he will n thepro Cruiser with certain fringe privale car garages to be speak at a major gathering ini v 10pro-t benefils. The price is $1,250. buil doser bo side yard limits. the High School at 3:30 p.m. Erous 'Four tenders were received. The communication informed Local PC candidate Garnet B. A By-Law aulhorizing the1 Pancil that il appeared bto te Rickard will also address the ',or prizes temporary advances 1 Planning Board that cases meeting which is expected 10 The tour the cost of certain worksun where an owner wants o Spfial argemetsaudtrium.1 ý, oenr drtke aun-ca ipr, build a garage adjacent 10 bis pcalarngmns.r e YCopne drlke a aloalimrve- ing made 10 provide transpor- tve everI bouse, and the structure venyrment pending their comple- tto rmBwavlead operations lion was given three readings,i would be a foot or two be- tain1o omnil n surrounding district. See ad-1 ___passed. and numbered 1869.1 (TURN TO PAGE TWO) ýverlisement for details. Counies Warden Walkey Honored By FelIow t. t., Last week in the Odd Fellows Hall, Orono, close to 200 men and wvomen gathered to honor H. Earl Walkcy of Newlonville who had recenlly become Warden of the United Counties "of Northumberland and Durham. Among the guesîs were colleagues who have worked on council with Warden Walkey who is also Reeve of Clarke Township, political figures on the national and provincial levels including Russell C. ,Jioney, Alex Carruthers, M.P.P., as well as Past ýarens Garnet B. Rickard and Allan Beer. Each leegentlemen paid tribute to Warden Walkey in bai toasts 10 the Dominion and Province. Gerald .0 nimediate Past Warden, proposed the toast to Citizens -ÀNý Durham County's Great Family Journal BOIWM NViLLÈE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6th. 196j i flp Ppr rnnu --.1-J NTTMP1~R in Taxi Driver Completes 50 Mile Trek in Fast Time Slush, snow and deliberate splashing by passing motorisîs failed to haît 24-year-old Phil Wilson of 172 Liberty St. N. in his bid early Monday to walk from Toronto to Bowmanville (50 miles). He strode inb town between 4 and 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, just 12 hours and 43 minutes after he -had lef t the City Hall steps in Toronto. This time was considerably better than that of President Kennedy's brother in the U.S.A. He took 17 hours and 50 minutes for the same distance. Mr. Wilson had a companion aI the start, Ian Cruickshank, Il King St. E., who completed 23 I 9ices esday evening saw a eweather as rain poured ight. Many basements ef looded. At The States- have been posted in the artly transformed into a T t t SCHOLARSHIP Malcolmn Reed, younigest son of Rev. and Mrs. Fred Reed, formerly of Hampton and now of Sunderland, has been awarded a Canada Council Scholarship for study toward a Masters Degree. Now, a second year history student at Queen's, Mr. Reed is also a graduate in Architecture from University of Toronto. Out of 383 applicants fromn across Canada, 65 were select- ed for awards, only 18 from Ontario. t i t t NEW BUSINESS - 19-year-old Jim Dolan, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. "Paddy" Dolan, Liberty St. S., and former employee of J. Hl. Abernethy's, started ini business for himself on March 1sf. He pu-rchased the Port -Hope paint' and wallpaper business operated by Rae Abernethy. Best wishes to Jim in this new enterprise. tt t t COMPLIMENTS - The mural painited by Paul Mutton for Boy Scout Week and shown in last week's Statesman has brought many favourable comments. Among themn was a letter f rom former Bowmanvilleite B. H. "Bert" Mortlock, now with Boy Scout Headquarters in Ottawa. Bert requested a print of the painting for use in the national Scout magazine which cornes under his j urisdiction. 1t t t t NEW SCHOOL - Alex Carruthers. M.P.P., advises that a grant for a new public school building at West Courtice has been approved by the Ontario Government. Cost of the project has been estim- ated at $25,962. tt t t t METRO HOCKEY- There should be plenty of exciting hockey here this weekend. The Little NHL playoffs for this region will be held here on Saturday, with games in the afternoon and even- ing. In addition there will be Metro NHL play-. offs here Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday from 3 to 8 p.m., when the f inest f rom that area will be in action. t t t t t FLAG FLYING - Many probab]y haven't noticed that the Town Hall has a new f lag f Iying from the mast. To mark Red Cross month, the special flag of this organization, showing the bright red cross on a white background will be atop the flagpole ahl during the month of March. miles and was forced to retire.HiWospMao Ivan Hobbs met Wilson at the Town Hall steps with La message of congratulations. In the photo, froni left to right, Mayor Hobbs, Mr. Wilson, 83-year-old Allie Shrubb (world champion long distance runner) who acted as tramner, and Lorne Haynes of Cab 500 who sponsored the walk. Garnet B. Rîckard, Progressive Conservative candidate for iDurham, Councillors Ken Hooper and Wes Fice and Town Clerk Jack Reid were also present at the informai welcoming. Appoints New Secretary 'Chamber Changes Ope ration To Fit Altered Circumstances The Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce announces a ser- ies of organizational changes, intended to ensure the con- tinued successful operation of ils most important projects and comunity services, despîte the loss of ils fuli-time Secre- tary-Manager and ils former office in the Town Hall. Appointed Secretary is Mrs. Ronald A. (Peggy) Frank,_1 Rehder Avenue who will, per- forrn the day-by-day steno- graphic and clerical duties. Former Secretary-Manager Ken Morris will serve as Re- cording Secretary and will continue to administer the Chamber's popular group in- surance program. Vice-Presi- dent B. L. Burk will also serve as Treasurer. Committee ehairmanships have been assigned to various Direclors as follows: Member- ship-Walton G. Pascoe; Re- lail Merchants-Wm. Hutchi. son; Ways & Means- H. Gor- don MacNcill;, Projects- E. LloydCOuf ton. As problems, enquiries andI new projects arise, President W. B. (Bert) Syer will assigis them to the appropriate com- (TURN TO PAGE TrWO> Large Crowds Attend A & P Opening t Rickard Outlines i ýAgricultural Policy 'At Meeting in Orono MM The policy of the Progres sîve Conservalîve pary is to develop a framework for agri culture thal will enable far- mers bo receive a more equit able share of the national n. come wilhout having bo de- pend so much on subsidies, Garnet Rickard said Saturday1 at Orono. In an address to Orono area farmers, the PC candidate for' Durham said: "The govern- ment's position should not be to hold up agriculture but 10 promote the type of legisla- lion that will allow agricul- ~ ~ c ture to hold ilself up." After referring 10 the gov-1 ~ , ... ernment's suecess in selling t the Counties which Wardep Walkey answered. Chair- wheti etr aaa r Riekard said that an Eastern 1man of the cvening was Deputy Reeve John Stone.lFeed Grain and Assistance Entertainiment was provided by The Country Four Act was on the House of Com- quarlet and cornet solos by Carlos Tamblyn, wilh Mrs. mons Order Paper on Feb. 5. Richrd orin acompnyig. he Uite Chrch "This Feed Bill aimed at Rihad tonvihle a dn. T elUiious rchstabilizing supply, equalling! Women of etnil provideda eiou dinner1 prices, encouraging Eastern' Shorlly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, the new Great with Lorne Perrault expressing the gathering'si production of feed grainý and!Atlanlic and Pacific Tea Company's food store in Bow- appreciation. The photo shows a beautiful travelling, giving slability of prices," Mr. manville at the corner of Liberty and King Streets, bag, presented on behaif of the group by Russell~ Rickard said. !was oificially opened by His Worship Mayor Ivan Osborne and Past Warden J. Hartwell Lowery. At Hl iv okInuty Hobbs. Throughout the entire day, in weather that the ear thehonred ues andhisfamiy, iss oan The PC candidate said that i therea, he onoedguet ad is amiyMis Jonýthe government was trying t0was bright and balmy, the store was packed with Walkey, Mrs. M. Walkey, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wle increase the livestock induslry ,curious customers who expressed amazement and and son John. <TURN TO PAGE TWO) japproval at the many features of the store. Included in the opening ceremonies, bottorn photo, left to right, Ronald Found, Gerald Merkley (Meat Dept.), Charles Temple (Dist. Supervisor), John Smith (Asst. Man- ager), Mvayor Hobbs, Art Asher (Manager), Barry Jones (Produce), Mrs. Joan Virtue (Head Cashier), Bill McKnight (Price Marker), George Towns (Dairy DepI.), Allan IRaby. Upper photo shows a portion ci i the crowd present for the opening. 1 -t iberaI L R4a Sie r culture sented 1 in a vf Liberal son tuld of 1,80<0 Port lio itoriuni son rece lion on- .-I% 10e Per CoDv NUMBER 10 r i