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Lions Serve Lip Smackin' Good Chicken Vacation Bible School at Maranatha In August 22 - September 2 the Maranatha Christian Reformed Church on Hwy. 2 and Cemetery Road conducted conducted a Vacation Bible School. Bible stories and crafts were much enjoyed by the children from the Bowman- villé and Newcastle com munity. The children's offerings for the two weeks totalled $180 which went to the "Christian Reformed World Relief Committee." This is a committee which not only tries to relieve hunger through teaching people how to grow their own food and helps when disaster hits in any part of the world, but along with the physical needs the Word of God is also brought to meet-the spiritual needs. We thank the Maranatha C.R.C., thank the children and their parents for their generosity. Drama for 23 Years! Who wants a drumstick? I do, I do, says 3-year-old Jenny Ewert of Newcastle Newcastle Village. Jenny was a guest Mon., Sept. 26 at the Bowmanville Lions Club annual family night where members served up heaps of fried chicken, salads and ice cream. The freckled little chicken eater above is the granddaughter of Lion Ed Ewert. you've come a long way, drama club! It was in Dec. of 1960 that the combined efforts of 20 persons brought to stage the first Bowmanville Drama Club production. The debut featured three one-act plays - The Valiant, The Hungerers, and Suppressed Desires. Since that date, the club has staged plays to please every taste: from drama to comedy, from suspense to music. Names of some of those individuals involved in the early drama productions bring back fond memories. Remember the work of Margo Samuel, Ken Dennis, Tom Park, Wyn Wonnacott, Keith Jackson, Apha Hodgins, Ede Cole, Elizabeth Prower, Mary and Bob Kerr, Jean Sheridan? More than one of these names will again appear on the club's Lions Club Members Host Annual Family Night Nov. program of "And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little." Which names? Read this paper weekly and we'll inform you. In the club's early years, plays were staged upstairs in the town hall. Backstage ac- Region Expects Surplus of $Vi Million The Durham Region is looking forward to a surplus of approximately one-half million dollars in 1983 expenditures, expenditures, according to a report received by elected officials at last week's meeting meeting of the Durham regional council. The report predicts a surplus of $535,000 in general general levy operations this year. The main reasons listed for the surplus were unconditional unconditional grants and interest rate revenues which are in excess of the amounts foreseen foreseen in the 1983 budget. Surpluses were also projected projected for each of the three self-supporting operations, including waterworks, sanitary sewers, and waste disposal operations. Some regional departments departments also noted that they would be opérating with small surpluses this year. "I, - think the council should b ( € commended for running a very tight operation operation and coming up with surpluses," said Councillor Jim Witty, chairman of the regional finance committee. committee. commodation for make-up, storage, and dressing was very restricted, but those were comfortable seats and the visibility was quite acceptable. acceptable. However, the lighting for those early plays posed many a problem. Jack Darch became became renowned for his construction construction of tin can lights and for rescuing equipment and people when a smoking problem problem affected the lighting system. True, the lights at the high school lack the uniqueness uniqueness of the tin cans, but the technicians agree that lighting surely has come a long way!. Only once has a planned production failed to reach stage and only then because of a facility problem. The who- done-it in an Agatha Christie play never was known because because authorities discovered that the asbestos had been done to the high school. Everyone has had favourites favourites over the years. Some of the best remembered probably probably include Mad Women of Chaillot; Move Over, Mrs. Markham; Separate Tables; The Waltz of the Toreadors; the two musicals done in conjunction conjunction with the Rotary club; and, most recently, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Now club members are hard at work to add another production production to your personal list of favourites. Plan now to see "And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little" on Nov. 24, 25, or 26. Question of the week: What were the names of the three Neil Simon plays the Bowmanville Bowmanville Drama Club produced? Answer next week. Bowmanville Lions club members held their an- group Was entertained with a magic show. Shown nual family night get-together Monday, Sept. 26th above dishing up the fried chicken and salads are where Lion relatives received royal treatment from left: Lions Brian Hall, Ralph McIntyre and and a fried chicken dinner. Following dinner the Ed Leslie. BhJHE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY p OF DURHAM JRMAM HOLIDAY CLOSURE OF SANITARY LANDFILL SITE The DARLINGTON WASTE DISPOSAL SITE will be closed Monday, October 10,1983, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Normal operations will continue on Tuesday, October 11,1983. W.A. TWELVETREES, P. ENG. COMMISSIONER OF WORKS THE WALLPAPER CENTRE'S Buy One Get One Too Old To Be Homesick Well, Maybe... But never too old to want to know what's going on at home. Keep up with the sports and social news while you're away at college. *ON A BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF IN-STOCK WALLPAPER* Have the Statesman mailed to you each week 6 mos. . . . $ 8.00 12 mos. . . . $ 15.00 THE WALLPAPER CENTRE OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS UNTIL NINE 08HAWA 140Slmcoe St. S. (Just S. of John) 679-1666 AJAX 1313 Harwood N. (Just North of Hwy. 401) 666-0719 SCARBORO 553 Markham Rd. (Just S. of Lawrence) 431-4468 Efje Canadian Statesman 62 King St. W. Bowmanville 623-3303 Section Two The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, October 5,1983 7 Local Policeman Receives Service Medal Constable John Logan of Bowmanville, an officer with the. Durham Regional Regional Police force, was honored Fri., Sept. 23 during the annual Police Awards Night banquet held at the Ajax Community Centre. Mr. Logan was among 10 Durham Regional Police officers to receive the Canada Police Exemplary Service Medal. The officers were first time recipients of the new medal to recognize long service with the force. Constable Logan who has marked 20 years service in policing began his career with the Metro Toronto force in 1962. In 1967 he joined the Oshawa force which was later incorporated into the Durham Regional Police force. Constable Logan is currently assigned to the community services branch for Whitby. Fewer Welfare Recipients The Durham Region reports reports a decline in its welfare welfare figures for July and August. August. In fact, because the regional regional welfare rolls are less than expected, the Durham Region finance department estimates that there could be a surplus of $350,000 to $400,000 in the amount of money budgeted for welfare welfare payments this year. Since the provincial government government pays the majority of General Welfare Assistance Assistance benefits, Durham would have a net surplus of $40,000. Regional councillors were told that the number of persons receiving wel- : fare benefits in July declined declined by 10.9 per cent from June; the August-total is up only 1.7 per cent from July. The number of persons on welfare rolls as of the end of June totalled 6,569. Regional Councillor Diane Hamre, chairman of Durham's social services committee, pointed out that the large increase in welfare welfare recipients feared last winter has not occurred. The decrease represents an improvement in the economy economy of. the Durham Region, Region, she added. "We are still up considerably considerably over 1982, the regional councillor said. Now Available Beginning Farmer Assistance Program A New Ontario Program to Help Farmers Get Started in Their Own Operation Over the next five years, the Ontario government will be investing up to $135 million to encourage competent new farmers to enter the farming business. This will be done-for qualified applicants-by making it easier for beginning farmers to meet the present-day high costs of farm loans. How theprogram works: • The Ontario government will pay a direct cash rebate for 5 years on the amount of loan interest in excess of 8%, up to a maximum of 5 percentage points. This interest rebate will apply on loan amounts up to a limit of $350,000 per person. • The loans will be administered by the FCC (Farm Credit Corporation) and other authorized lending institutions including the Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Toronto Dominion Bank. • The program applies to qualified loans granted on or after May 10,1983. • Applicants must never have been a farmer before (either for a majority of their time or for a majority of their income) and never owned a viable farm, but must have agricultural experience and/or agricultural education. FULL DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE from local OMAF county offices or from lending institutions. Ministry of Agriculture and Food O n 13 r i O Downs Timhioll, Mimslor William Davis, Pioimcr