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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 1 Aug 1979, p. 7

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Display Sparks Public Aware'ness on Vandalism As part of the Durham Regional Police Force summer jobs corps programr, two project members organized an informationai display in Bowmanviiie Mail last Saturday to spark publie awareness regarding vandalism. The government program is funded by the office of the Solicitor General of Ontario and the seven man project unit works in conjunction with Durham Regional Police. Similar displays on vandalism and other criminal offenses have been staged in ail the area mails. Shown here are project members, Paul MeLimond, left, and Harry Schouwerwou, second year Durham Coliege graphics students. itu 49 Vears Ago Thursday, JuIy 17, 1930 The following ptupil of _Mrs. J. Albert Cale su passed the music exi Toronto Conservato: Traditional 3piece BEDROOM SUITE Oak finish, -triple dresser with 9 drawers drawer chest and double size full panel bed. Bowmanville. Junior Piano Aileen Wight, Primary Piano S Nellie Mutton, Introductory 5 Piano - Ruth Ives, Byron Crawford and Norma Searle. -- Pupils of Francis Sutton, Johr t m Jury passed Elementary tPiano, Grace Crawford Junior Piano and Chester Jury, Elementary Violin. ;uccessfully Town council voted ai xams of the council on Monday- night to ~held in pay the cost of pavmng - Concession Street from Lib- erty Street ta the Boy's Training School, amounting to $7500 from the McGill bequest maney, now being over $9000. in the bank, and the tender of John M. Rowe of $300. for painting the outside of 'the tawn hall and the library interior, was accepted. The list of successful stu- dents who passed their En- Li H 7N1 trance Examlinations froî Orono are Sidney Barrabal ie world Marguerite Bell, Charles Buckley, Edith Clayton, Lloyd - Clysdale, Clinton Farrow. and framed mirror, rooamy 4 This week's special ................ ............. $31 5.00 Night table avaîlable ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45.00 1Queen Size SPINAL GUARD ROLLAWAY COTS by King Koil irm Complete with salid foam Double Size support, quilted ta faam, mattress. MATTRESS box spring and mattress From From set. $299.OOdm74%5O% durO IN, 0UR WAREHOUSEI pick 0 i p énd SAVE 39" CONTINENTAL. BEDS BED-CH ESTER FIELDS by King Koil. Camplete with legs and Foam cushions, durabl e headbQaard. Caver, double sîze mattress. Onl4 1 19 9.00 Carl Farrow, Beverley Fogg, Ruth Fogg, Charlie Glanville, rNeil Hamm, Lawrence Har- n ris, Elmer Hobbs, Raymond *Hughes, Clifford Jones, Mor- riley Kellett, Roy Little, Robert y Stapleton, Alfredl Waddell, -Herman Webb, Gardon Win- r ter, Neil Wood, Jennie Wright, Margaret Milîson and Roy ýtPatten. 0 M. J. Holman, Liberal candidate in the July 28th Federal Election will oppose s the encumbent Conservative 0 member Fred W. Bowen who ýtrepresented Durham County since 1921. r 25 Years Ago e Thursday, July 22, 1954 r Ed and Harold Leslie, proprietors of the Bowman- ville Cleaners and Dyers have installed a new "adjustiform" unit far finishing jackets,. The Bowmanville Recrea- s tion Department presented d, on Shay, Recreation Direct- *or, here for four years, with a mantel radio, at their regular ,meeting last week. Don leaves next week for Simcoe where he has taken a similar position. The first water from Lake Ontario was pumped into Bowmanvîlle homes last Thursday through the new $320,000 water supply system. Arthur Coverly bas been appointed caretaker for the new Vincent Massey school and was choseh frnm 22 applicants. A new physician, Dr. E. Derry Hubbard, will begin practicing in Bowmanville on August lst, bringing the num- ber of doctors serving the town ta eight. One of the aristocrats of dogdom is the grey, shor 't- haired Weimaraner, known as "the cleverest dog in the world" and Ex-Mayor C. G. (Ted) Morris, local sportsman and dog fancier. owns the only one of its breed in the area. This years Beacock Family re-union drew nearly 70 mem- bers of the family to the annual picnic held on Satur- day, at Little Lake Park, Midland. Marjoriç Shane and Lorelei Hetherington, playground supervisors at Franklin Park, and the yaungsters attending the summer program present- ed a skit Reveal by Donna Fairey When reproducing your signature, did you know a forger draws the letters upside down? By writing your "John-Henry" in this manner, bc hides any tell-tale characteristics of bis own penmanship. This and other trade secrets of the forger were disclosed ta Rotarians last week by John Brown, a representative of Paymaster Cheque-Writers, (Canada) Limited. Mr. Brown's company is an organization wbich specializes in giving advice regarding forgery ta the cbartered banks and assisting police in their fraud department in çonnec- tian with this form of embezzlement whicb he refer- red ta as a "white colar crime". Your signature is as valuable as the keys ta your car as it provides the forger's tool ta tap into your bank account, said Mr. Brown., Rotarians were told aur banks 'are too often blamed by the public for cashing fraudulent cheques wben we really have no one ta blame but ourselves for not taking proper precautions. Mr. Brown advocated extreme care be taken in how we issue and mail cheques for bath personal and business use. One of the forger's greatest allies is aur Canadian postal system. Mare cheques pass tbrougb the post office than any banking institution in the country, he said. AU a forger need do is knock off a gavernment mail box and it's like money in his hand. Did you know a cheque put into one sucb mail box can make up ta seventeen stops before your cancelled cheque is4returned ta yau? This gives the forger seventeen chances ta get bis def t bands on your paper money and your signature. When be daes, your cheque is in the hands of a profession- al and Mr. Brown assured Rotarians tbey are artists at their work. Tbey knaMi what type of mail ta look for and can have your cheque out of a sealed envelope in a matter of seconds witbout tearing it open. Anyone caugbt with a tomn envelope faces a federal rap, bowever, if it is intact they may only be cbarged witb theft under, accarding ta aur Canadian criminal code. Using a set of needie type forcepts called "forger's fingers", Mr. Brown gave Rotarians a demnonstration of just bow quickly, and easily one can extraet a cheque fromn an envelape withaut breaking t4t seal. If the amaunt shawn on your cheque doesn't suit the forger, StLudent's Statesman Interview By Craig de Biais The Canadian Statesman is 125 years aid this year. Mr. James has been working here for 50 years. There are three reporters, an editor and a part time photographer. There are 30 paperboys. The Statesman gives out 7000 papers every Wednesday. Classes are not allowed ta go ta the Statesman because you must be 16, it's insurance regulatians. The printing roomn is at the back of the building. The Stýtesman gets ahl kinids of ads. Ail the ads they get are very interesting. The ads they get neyer concern tragedy involving children. The, Statesman get the paper from' Spruce Falls in Kapuskasing and the paper is made by Florg9ers' he simple alters or erases the figure and substitutes whatever turns his hand. Mr. Brown explained erasure of ail or water base inks is a "piece of cake" to -the experienced forger. Drugs and forgery have' been found, to be clasely related, said Mr. Brown. Forginig cheques provides the cash with which to support a drug habit. A signature alone may be sold ta a "cheque fence" and the resuit is the same -- easy money. Some forgers will take a wax imprint of a person's signature which will keep in a refrigerator for 60 days and at least 10 copies may be taken from the one impression. Too much trust in a company employee who has access and knawledge of your chequing system can resuit in the employer being ripped off to just about any tune. Stories about the long service "girl Friday" who -absconded the country with a good chunk of her employer's money are not fictitious, accarding to Mr. Brown. They do accur and can only be prevented when an employer maintains monthly overaîl contraI of lis books. SAbout this time last year, a forger working the Peter- borough-Lindsay area managed to, dupe individuals and busînesses out of a quarter of a million dollars. He was subsequently appre- hended, however, our criminal code doesn't levy sufficiently stiff penalties for forgery. On a fîrst offense a forger is likely to draw a suspended sentence. A repeat offender will not receive more than a three year term. and Mr. Brown cited one unusual example where a convicted forger was sentenced to six months working with the Salvation Army to which Rotarian and Salvation Army Captain Doug Lewis gave a hearty "hallelujah! " Becoming a victim of forgery is an everyday threat but how does a persan protect/ himself? Some of Mr. Brown's, advice included mailing your cheques in your personal stationary as opposed to the pre-addressed envelopes pro- vided by the government and businesses which would indicate a payment may be enclnsed. A preventive measure for businesses is the utilization of the cheque writing machines marketed by. Mr. Brown's company which provide cheques that are perforated, imprînted and insured. Despite Mr. Brown's suggested precautionary mieasures, he left Rotarians- with the unreassuring words, "If a forger really wants ta get yau he will find a way to beat any system." The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 1, 1979 7 Trad Seret atRotary This is just how easy it is for a fraud artist to remove a cheque fromn a sealed envelope as demionstrated by Rotary guest speaker John Brown, an employee of Paymaster Cheque Writers (Canada) Lîited. I Sae $500 on Insulation and Labor Yes . .. if your home was built prior to 1961, you may qualify for the governiment grant that wIlI pay up to $350.00 for materials plus $150 for labor. Insulate NOW and SAVE! For more information and f ree estimates, cali Hu tton & Wiggans Insulation Telephone 623-2551 -,Bowma.nviIlle '1' But much of the air conditioning season stili lies ahead! Here are six ways to reduce your air conditioning cost! 1. Place the thermostat on the highest comfortable setting. For each degree you raise the air conditioner thermostat, you can save at least 5%/ on the cost of operation. 2. Save your moisture producing activities, such as shower- ing and Iaundry,- for cool early mornirngs or late evenings. if possible, use a bathroom exhaust fan. 3. Whenever possible, run the tan wthout using the caoling portion of your unit, or use window tans instead of air con- dit loners. 4. When oufside temperature draps below the temperature inside, open your windows ta let heat escape. Close your house tightly during the hotfest part of the day. You should also, keep out solar heaf by closing blinds and draperies o) windows ex- posed ta direct sunlight. 5. Check fhe filter periodically, cleaning or replacing it as necessary. A dirty filter makes the air conditioner work harder ta do the same job. Regular cleaning wilI also cut down on your repair bilts and costly energy waste. 6. The single most imporfant factor in reducîng the amount of energy needed ta heat and cool your home is proper insulation. n tact, its the most dollar-saving, energy-conserving measure a home owner can take. WASTE N#*T Bowmanville Publ"ic Utilities Commissilon 19 King St. W -623-4451 HaSkinSeSIIS Chartered conas Local Partners,Jý osef Adam, BSc.< Econ.), CA Anthony J. Murray, CA Gardon F. Sedgevvck,CA Burt R.VWaters, FCA Bell Canada Building, Oshawa Centre, PO. Box 800, Oshawa, 1 Te/phone: <(416) 579-8202 Offices across Canada and associated firms throughout th( FAqNTASTIC SAVI NOS AT YOUR LEEPSPECIALISTS! JjUT N'JURL BEAUTY SHOP LORRAINE SMITH Violet Cook, owner af the Kut 'n' Kuri Beauly Shap. is pleased ta announce that LORRAINE SMITH has jaîned her staft. Lorraine is an experienced hairstylist and well known in the Bowmanville areaý Her initial training was under Mr. Frank Marasco (forme r International Hairstyling Champion). Previnus to joining Kut 'n' Kuri she was employed by the Family Hairstyling Centre in Bowmanville. Lnrraine invites triends and-patrons te her new location. 71 King St. E., Bowmanville 623-5019

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