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Caesarea Women Freed To Join re Department The Scugog Fire Depart- applicant's sex was raised ment bas been told there about a month ago by some should be no discrimination of women from Caesarea who sex made against a person applied for jobs - with the applying for a job as a department. firefighter. When the women complain- Representing the Fire Mar- ed to Scugog's Council about shal's office, the Assistant the hiring policy of the Chief of Fire Services Alan L. department, the councillors Dupuis said in a Seugog said that it was the respons- Council meeting on March 8 ibility of Caesarea Fire Chief that all applicants should be Len Scott to approve one allowed to try out for a application over another. firefighter position. But Mr, Dupuis told the The question of whether the council that a local bylaw fire department can dis- places the responsibility for criminate on the basis of an hiring on them and only allows "Flowers with Feeling" For Any Occasion Tel. 623-3377 CLOSED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS- 133 Church Street Bowmanvi le Fresh Flower and Dried Flower Arrangements for FUNERALS - WEDDINGS HOSPITAL and HOME Be sure and take a look at our Bridal Showcase n our window. 8ff Jiome IT'S BEAUTIFUL! Wicker Furniture and Accessories Natural or Painted to Your Own Color Scheme Do drop in and let us show you our latest Shipment! Oshawa the chief to recommend appli- cations to the council. Under the bylaw there are four members of the fire department who will have to be officially hired by the council if they are to keep their jobs legally, he said. Mr. Dupuis also indicated to the council that because no medical exanination had been made on the applicants, the department was violating another local bylaw. "It's a practice that perhaps has gone on for over the past 10 or 15 years," he said. "Perhaps the changes (in the bylaw) just weren't looked at as closely as they should have been." Mr. Dupuis said that if the fire chief gave the women the usual tests required of an applicant for a. firefighting position, he might change his mind about their qualifi- cations for the job. "If they are sincere, the applicant should be allowed to go through the tests," he told the council. In his experience, he said he has seen men "as strong as an ox" go to pieces in certain fire situations. When questioned about the prospect of mass resignations from the male members of the firefighting team, he said he bas never seen a fireman refuse to make a call in his 21 years as a fireman. The threat of resignation he also suggest- ed had been made in an emotional state of mind. "I think they would change their minds if they thought about it," he added. The council approved set- ting up a committee to make up the tests for screening applicants comprised of the fire chiefs and a represent- ative from the Ontario Fire Marshal's office. The council also moved to have the probationary fire- men who are not legal members of the department yet to go through the tests after they are made up by the committee. At that time the women and any other appli- cants will be allowed to take the tests to qualify for the job. The council also recom- mended Mr. Dupuis' sugges- tion of a survey for the township. Any recom- mendations that could be made from the findings of the survey would not have to be compulsory and could be stretched over as long a period of time as the township needed, Mr. Dupuis said. TOWN ACCIDENTS Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday tallied one reportable traffic accident each for investigation--by Durham Regional Police officers from Division 16, Bowmanville. On Thursday, two cars collided at the intersection of Lawrence Crescent and Waverly Road causing a total of $1,050. Const. Larry Wood invest- igated the 7:15 a.m. incident involving a '69 Chev driven by Christopher Fox of 3 Ontario Street and a '72 Ford operated by William Clark of 61 Deerpark Crescent. The Clark vehicle is report- ed to have been westbound on Lawrence and'stopped at Waverly. The Fox vehicle, southbound, apparently made a short left turn, colliding with the Clark vehicle. Const. Wood estimated dam- 1 1 Drama Festival Award Winners from CSS The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 17, 1976 3 The Courtice Secondary School drama club, made up of the group shown above, left the South ui Iawartha Drama Festival held in Picton with some fine results. The group directed by theatre-arts MARCH 15 RED CROSS MONTH teacher, Kathryn Coverly, won the one-act play festival, competing with eight other entries with their Please be generous when your canvasser cils. production of a play by George Herman, "Brighten Every Corner". From left to right (back row) are Deb MacDonald, Derek Baird, Tammy Kehoe, Blain Vaneyk, Neil Killens, Dave Down, Linda Vetzal, John Schoonderbeek, Bill Goodman, (front row) Kathleen Eyman, Pam Tuerk, Linda Gehmair, Janet .0Wfafville Robichaud, Ida McLaughlin, Penny White and Kathleen Connell. The play will be performed again on April 12 - April 14 in the regional finals at Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational School in Oshawa. - Photo by Shawn Marshall 84 KinL StW- 9 gao, v. 623-5520 "We Specialize in Shirt CLE ANER Laundering" ELIZABETHVILLE Church servitces were held Brantford over the weekend. as usual. The choir sang an Mrs. H. Thickson spent a anthem. Mr. Bev Gray assist- ed with the service. Rev. R. Bartlett spoke on, "The re- wards of Discipleship". It was the second service in Lent. On Tuesday afternoon the United Church Women, Unit II held their March meeting at Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beat- ty's home. The president, Mrs. K. Trew presided. Mrs. H. White had the Devotional part of the program as well as the program on, "Storm the Fort", a talk on World Development service. The minutes were read by Mrs. H. Quantrill. We have received several invitations'to other units in April which will be accepted after the general meeting on Tuesday evening of this week. Lunch was served. Rev. Ramjt bas been home for awhile and goes to to Toronto for treatment today. Mr. and Mrs. O Mercer left for Montreal on Friday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mercer. Actually the weekend was not much better than last weekend when they were unable to go due to the bad weather. Mrs. H. Thickson spent Monday in Toronto on regular checkups. Mr. and Mrs. E. Elliott,RG Oshawa, visited in the area on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. Fowler spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. J. Sevenhuysen, Toronto. Miss Doris and Diane Beatty, Toronto, were home over the weekend and had dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. Beatty. Mr. and Mrs. H. Quantrill attended the Farm Safety Annual Meeting in Orono on Friday evening. On Friday evening the Games Night was held, not too big crowd due to the icey arivmg. Mrs. J. Dekoker, Sunder- land, spent Friday n ght with Westheusers due to the bad weather and planned to visit Mr. and Mrs. H. Staats, couple of days this week Mr. and Mrs. H. White spent keeping Alyson and Lesley Wednesday in Peterborough- Westheuser while Mrs. West- and visited Mrs. Ella Strong heuser and Mrs. Dekoker and Mrs. White's mother who shopped. is in the hospital. age at $350 to the left front and grill of the Fox vehicle and $700 to the front of the Clark vehicle. Fox is charged with a turning infraction. At 4:05 p.m. Friday on Temperance, south of King Street, a '75 Olds operated by Frank Bowen suffered $250 damage when a '69.Plymouth driven by Delores Fredericks of 51 West Beach came out of a driveway at 17 Temperance and struck it in the right rear. Fredericks was charged with failing to yield while the vehicle she was driving, owned by Leighton MacMillan of 170 Simpson Avenue sus- tained no apparent damage. Const. Les Ricard investi- gated. A single vehicle crash on Liberty Street North early Saturday morning left a '66 Meteor operated by Wayne Leroy Moses of Oshawa with damage of $100. The vehicle, owned by Gilford Rupert, also of Osh- awa, was northbound on Liberty when it struck the east bank, went out of control, mounted the bank, sideswiped a small tree and came to rest on the front lawn of 243 Liberty north. The 4:40 a.m. mishap left Moses charged with exceeding .08 and driving without a licence. SIIORT CIRCUIT IN STOVE What has been classed as a short circuit in an electric stove brought Bowmanville firefighters into action late Thursday afternoon. The 5:54 p.m. cail was reported by Mrs. Linda, Gib- son of 67 Simpson Avenue with two trucks responding but they soon returned to base with no damage incurred. 9 et qJouk 34alf (Ae (av ng â Take Advantage of our Spring Special Bleaching $20.0 NOW$1550 Streaking Reg 5 MEN'S PECIAL WHAT A NICE WAY TO TUNE IN THE SPRING WITH A SUPER NEW HAIR STYLE FROM AR TISTIC Barber and Beauty Salon 233 King St. E. Dominion Plaza 623-2931 1 Ilý