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Santa Parade Better than Ever By Donna Fairey Smiling young faces peering from warm snow suits, curbs lined with excited children, mittened hands waving, adults standing in rows three deep, set the scene for the 18th annual Bowmanville Santa Claus Parade last Saturday morning. Though the sky was overcast, the thermometer had dipped, and a biting wind nipped at over 25,000 people linirig the parade route, the crowd's spirits could not be dampened by Mother Nature. They were there to see St. Nick and the half mile extravaganza of entertainment which preceded his reindeer drawn sleigh. The "Christmas is for Kids" theme inspired 27 child oriented floats designed to depict various storybook, nursery rhyme or Christmas character portrayals. To the delight of the children, 80 costumed walking people shook hands with them and performed various amusing antics along the parade route. Nine marching bands pumped out rounds of mood setting, festive music. Making its first appearance here, Kitchener's Dutch Boy Cadet Band led the parade from Central School to its completion at Memorial Park. Sporting their distinctive red and white uniforms, Bowmanville High School band members were color co-ordinated to precede Santa and his sleigh. Riding atop his present filled sled, Santa waved, smiled and shouted greetings to his thousands of wide- eyed fans. Standing amid the reindeer were Santa's four lovely helpers, Denise Smith, Angie Sheehan, Jo-Anne Tucknott and Sharon Michelson. After the parade an appreciative crowd listened to a special outdoor concert of precision music by the York Steel Band in front of the Bank of Montreal. In addition to their participation in the parade, this and's popularity has precipitated the post parade concerts. Taped for a later showing, the parade in its entirety was recorded 623-3303 25C Per Copy 125th Year tait man es BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1979 Issue 47 by Oshawa Cable T.V. and a color commentary was provided by.Rose Fitchett and John Pogue. Aired on cable television Monday evening, it is scheduled to be shown again next week in conjunction with Whitby and Oshawa's Santa Claus Parades. According to parade chairman, George Stephen, no major hitches were encountered in getting the procession on the move. It was also reported that Santa Claus booster button sellers were met enthusiastically by the crowd prior to the parade. Winner of the Carson Elliott trophy for the best senior float entry was "Old MacDonald Had A Farm ' which was constructed by the Sunday Morning Breakfast Club. Incidentally, this win makes their group two time winners, having been chosen first place winners last year. First Bowmanville Scouts with their entry of "King Arthur's Sword" chalked up first place in the junior division and took home the committee trophy. When the crowd dispersed, the parade planning committee could be credited with having done it again. Months of planning produced yet another great Bowmanville parade which is a feather in the community's cap as well as its organizers. An alert from a Newcastle man saved the C.N.R. station at the base of Duke Street from being totally consumed by fire early Friday morning. Motoring on Highway 401, Bruce Johnston, R.R. 2, Newcastle, spotted flames emanating from the railway station south of the highway and informed Durham Regional Police. His alarm brought 16 Bowmanville firemen, two pumpers and the emergency van to the scene. Fire Chief Jim Hayman stated the building was almost totaly involved when the department arrived The Durham Region has trimmed $1 .1 million from the price of the new Port Darlington sewage treatment plant being designed for Bowmanville's east beach area. A new batcb of tenders was opened by egional officiais last week and they indicated that the cost of the project would be approximately $9.4 million. That amount includes not only the cost of the sewage treatment plant but also a trunk sewer lime and an outfall into Lake Ontario. 1 The latest tenders are lower than bids received earlier in the fall. CNR Station Fire shortly after 4:00 a.m. Nearly four hours were spent extinguishing the fire which Chief Hayman said appeared to have originated in the building's furnace room. The east end of the station is used for C.N.R. maintenance supplies and the northwest portion for communications and dispatch. The fire chief estimated damage to the building at $30,000 with no firm loss figure established on the station's contents. According to Chief Hayman, although the fire caused major damage, the building can be repaired. However, they still represent a sizable amount more than the orig- inal budgeted cost of $5.7 million. Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard said in an interview this week that he is optimistic funding to build the plant can be obtained. He said the Durham Region works committee is going to explore the various avenues for financing that are available but declined to identify these sources since a report on the topic has not yet been completed. The Durham Region works committee discussed the Turn to Page 2 Town to By Peter Parrott Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard prodded council to get on with the job of planning the future of 200 acres of property occupied by the Pine Ridge Training School. In a report to council, Mayor Rickard recommended that a concept for the land be prepared by December 14 so that a response can be made to the Province of Ontario which owns the school property.- Newcastle council agreed Monday Prepare night to accept the deadline for a report on Pine-Ridge. And municipal staff have been authorized to begin work on the document. 'Time's gone on for six months and we really haven't got anything prepared," Mayor Rickard said. He said he believes it is the municipality which ought to do the planning for the former school property and not other government agencies. "I believe it is imperative that the PineidgePlan town move quickly with a study on how the total property may fit into the long range planning of this municipality," Mayor Rickard said. He recommended that staff in the municipality under the direction of the town manager, develop a concept on the probable land use of this area. The staff report would take into account information that the municipality already has received on the school. Town Manager Albert Guiler said Council Reaches Agreement Over Splash Pool Financing Newcastle Council reached an the municipality wili accept a money to cover sbortfalls caused if agreement Monday night on how it contract to build the pool. However, the contract price is higher than will tackle the job of raising an SPLASH bas raised $553,210 as of expected. estimated $1.2 million for the last week and fund-raising efforts -The final cost of the pool is not municipality's new indoor are continuing. known but estimates indicate that swimming pool. The agreement between SPLASH the following sources of money are After more than an hour of debate, and Newcastle goes on to say that needed in order tofund the pool: council approved a memorandum of the municipality will provide SPLASH Committee $740,000; agreement between the Town of interim financing provided that the Wintario grants $370,000; and Newcastle and the committee which $610,000 is raised. However, community centres grants $75,000. is working to build an indoor pool SPLASH will have to raise enough Turn to Page 2 and squash court complex at the Bowmavle High School. BtgasHtNe'Yteo r g The agreement states that the Town of Newcastle's SPLASH Committee will have to raise more funds. The committee must collect $610,00a in cash and pledges before wk ai i are contin ing. éta tuh Rprtn h beki that to date the Town of Newcastle has information on exactly what is in each building at Pine Ridge and knows the estimated cost of re- constructing these buildings. He said the municipality already has a detailed history on the school as well as a proposal on how Participation House would like to see the area developed. The deadline for comments to the Province of Ontario on the future use of the school has been extended to the end of the year. $1o WINNERiI - This week's winner in the 'Let's Get Acquainted' contest is Theresa Cowles, 9 Duke St., Bowmanville. If she will drop in to The Statesman office, her $10 prize is waiting for her. Congratulations and thanks to the nearly 100 contestants who participated. Try again this week and you may be the lucky one. GREAT PARADE - Dear old Santa certainly.drew many thousands of supporters here on Saturday for one of the best parades in its 18 year history. Even the weather co-operated quite well. The floats were superb and represented a great deal of work, the costumed figures added plenty of color and action, the many bands brought good music and marching. Ail in ahi, it was a good show and a credit to the com- mittee and the community. Our staff tried some- thing dif ferent on the second section front. Hope you like it. APOLOGY - We've just noticed that Wilma Gatchell's name under a photo of the Courtice United Church's 25th anniversary was printed as Gatchett. Our apologies. GRAND OPENING - Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, McGregor Drugs will hold the official open- ing of their large store at the corner of King and Temperance Streets. There will be many special buys to mark the occasion. YOUTH SERVICE - There's a Youth Service this Sunday evening at St. John's Anglican Church at 7:30, with Rev. Doug Patstone and a singing group The New Beginnings. ONE VOTE MARGIN - Those two by-elections that Joe Ciark's PC government lost on Monday leave them with a mere one vote majority over the combined forces of al opposition parties, always provided the Socreds vote with the PCs. Poor Joe is treading on thin ice, but the Liberals would do well not to upset the appIecart and force an election. It could be disastrous for them. Better they shouid wait for a while. PAPER DRIVE - This Saturday, Bowmanville Boy Scouts will be roaming the town looking for bundles of paper that should be placed on the curbs by 9 a.m. 3-HOUR METERS. - All the parking meters on Church St. are being changed to permit three in- stead of two hours of parking in future. FREE TICKETS - Ticket holders for the BHS Band Parents Assn. draw should check their numbers. If the last digit is No. 2, they are winners of free concert tickets to the concert at BHS on Nov. 30th at 8 o'clock. Present ticket stub at the door. VISUAL ARTS CRAFTS - Don't forget this Friday you are invited to the Arts and Crafts show at the Cream of Barl4y Mill, now Visual Arts Centre, where they are holding an Arts and Crafts show en- titled 'Yuletide at the Mill', starting at 7,p.m. See Coming Events for details. BROTHERHOOD - Last night there was an historie event in town in the name of Brotherhood. The Masonic lodge promoted a dinner at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Hall, inviting members of the community's fraternal organizations to join them. A few years ago, such an event would have been unthinkable and probably would have ended in a donnybrook, so maybe we are making progress in human relations. SANTA RETURNS - Jolly old St. Nick wili be back in the area, at Oshawa, on Saturday at 11 a.m. where he will take part in a parade downtown. GOVERNOR DIES - Bowmanville Kinsmen will be shocked to learn that Lorn Scanlon, 35, of Blackstock, Governor of Kinsmen District Eight, was killed in a one car accident early Saturday morning. He is survived by his wife Carolynn, two children Lorn Jr., 13 and Tammy, seven. The funeral was held today. Senior Winning Float in Santa Claus Parade The 'Old McDonald Had a Farm' float entered by the Sunday Morning Brea, category winner in Saturday's Santa Claus parade. These photos show the front sect ber cow bringing up the rear. This is the second year the Breakfast club has won top Region to Investigate Financing Setwage ender ower But Still Over Budget