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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 7,1983 50 Years Ago Thursday, December 21,1933 Howard R. Wight, son of Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Wight, has been elected a member of the 13th Older Boys' Parliament, defeating Nelson Osborne by seven votes. The local Goodyear Tire and Rubber Plant has received an order to make a huge conveyor belt from Johannesburg South Africa. The belt will measure 1100 feet in length, 42 inches wide, 10 ply, Va inch cover, made of plywood, the whole belt to be in one piece. This is believed to be the largest belt ever made. Mrs. Stuart Alger, accompanied accompanied by Mrs. C.H. Dudley sang two beautiful solos at the concert given by local artists and the Canadian Legion Band in the Bowmanville Town Hall on Sunday evening. Mr. George W. James was chairman. chairman. The band was under the direction of the new bandmaster bandmaster Mr. R. Fountain. Also on the program was the St. Paul's Male Quartette composed composed of Alex McGregor, Donald Williams, Eric Coombes and Wilfred Carru- thers. Itm anil listant last devoted service to hospital patients. Those honored were Dorothy Visser, Sheila Marchant, Barbara Smith, Debbie White, Barbara King, Nancy White, Virginia Tripp, Renata Geratschek, Gail Heard, Helen Niklaus, Chris Noordstra, Dawn Vaneyk, Jane Forbes, Heidi Hiemstra, Helen Vermeulen and coordinator coordinator Mrs. D.L. CHilds. Executive members of the Brown's Community Centre who attended the monthly meeting on December 16th are Fred Hawes, president, Warren Thaxter, vice- president, Carole Godfrey, secretary and Betty Johnson, publicity. Johnson, publicity. Clerk-administrator Walter E. Bundle and Mary Niddery, deputy clerk for Darlington Township will retire this year when the township becomes the Town of Newcastle. New Low Fitness Centre Rate for Off Hours Use The Town of Newcastle plans to introduce special fees at the Fitness Fitness Centre in order to encourage more people to use the building. In a report to members of council recently, Community Services Director Director Bud Fanning noted that a new rate is being introduced for adults who wish to use the Centre during off hours. These hours are between seven a.m. and four p.m. on weekdays. The new off-hour rate will be $88 per year. In addition, membership for senior citizens and junior memberships memberships will be cut in half to encourage encourage people in these age groups to utilize the Fitness Centre. Mr. Fanning pointed out in a report report that the special rates for adults using the building during weekdays will encourage more people to use the Centre. In addition, he noted that senior memberships and junior memberships memberships have never been popular. By cutting these rates, it is hoped that memberships will increase. Town council approved the new rates for the Fitness Centre at its regular meeting on Monday, November November 28. And while some special fees will be decreasing, an overall increase of five per cent has been recommended recommended for all other rates. The new fee means that an adult membership in the facility will be $176 peryear. A family membership will be $331. A 10 per cent increase in the rate for use of the multi-purpose room has also been recommended by the community services department. 25 Years Ago Thursday, December 4,1958 The question of Sunday sports in Bowmanville was firmly settled at the polls on Monday when 1,034 people voted against it with only 601 votes in favor. All members of the Town Council, Ivan Hobbs, Keith Lathangue, A.H. Sturrock and Lloyd Preston were re-elected. Ken Nicks, a newcomer to municipal politics was also elected. A huge crane from Oshawa removed the huge bell attached to the clock at the town's library in Bowmanville last Thursday. Assisting in the job were town employees Bun Welsh, Murray Sheehan, John Geboers and Harland Trull. The General Motors Pipe Band members held a presentation for their Pipe Major, Donald MacLelland of Courtice, on the occasion of his retirement, Saturday evening in the Grey Room of Hotel Genosha. Organizer of the General Motors Pipe Band, his duties will be taken over by James MacGregor. On Tuesday afternoon in the Newcastle United Church, Miss Kwan Mee Kam was married to Peter Woo in a colorful ceremony by the Reverend M.C. Fisher. Miss Kam recently arrived from Hong Kong. Lome Stevens, owner of the oldest taxi business in Bowmanville now has three brand new Pontiac taxicabs, ready for any kind of weather. The drivers are Mr. Stevens, Elgie Hamden and Roy Crawford. 10 Years Ago Wednesday, December 19,1973 A special Reception and Awards ceremony was held at Trinity United Church in the Sunday School Room on Monday evening when adult and Candy Striper volunteers were honored for their No Buddies In This System In time, all production employees at the Bowmanville Bowmanville plant will have certificates certificates to prove their efficiency. "It's part of our new training program to bring uniformity to the job," explained the plant's safety, training and personnel supervisor Charlie Trim. The plant has abandoned the "buddy system" of training, where new employees were trained on the job by fellow workers. The first two employees to receive certificates were experienced experienced belt builders, Dave Allen and Dennis Ferguson. "Wé know our jobs," said Ferguson, "but we still learned learned something from the course, which used classroom instruction instruction as well as on-the-job training." training." Ferguson sees the program as an advantage to experienced experienced employees. "When new employees come for on-the-job training on the floor," he said, "they'll already have classroom classroom instruction, which means we won't have to spend as much time with them. It will make for a better operation operation all round." Allen and Ferguson build fabric belts up to widths of 255 centimetres (102 inches), "There's quite a bit of skill to do this job," Trim said. "It's not something you can pick up quickly. We expect the new program will shorten the training time." The certificates are awarded awarded as recognition of the employees' employees' skills, Trim said. "It gives some meaning to the effort they make to become proficient at their jobs," WingfactCJan In Bowmanville V . 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