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( ion Planned for this Weekend fV; vf This Saturday and Sunday will be the seventh annual annual Collector Car Auction, Car Show and Flea Market Market at the Oshavva Auto Auction. Over 200 rare and desirable automobiles will be available for sale or trade from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Above, Terry MacDonald displays this 1929 Ford Model A. Election Fever is Underway All three political parties say they welcome Prime Minister John Turner's election call. Durham-Northumberland Liberals Liberals are holding a nomination meeting meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, at Port Hope High School, to select their candidate. The Progressive Conservatives will hold their nomination meeting 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, at the Clarke High School. And the New Democrats, who elected their standard-bearer last April, have already left the starting V V gate. Roy Grierson, the NDP candidate, candidate, says he has been conducting a door-to-door campaign since his nomination but he adds that he wel comes the Turner announcement because it ends the suspense over when the long-awaited election would take place. Durham Northumberland MP Allan Lawrence fired his first shot in the summer campaign at Prime Minister John Turner and his decision decision to postpone the royal visit in favor of a September 4 election. "The main reason Mr. Turner called an election is because he believes believes the opinion polls show the Liberal Party to be ahead now," Mr. Lawrence explained in a statement issued Monday afternoon. He labelled the move as "blatantly "blatantly cynical." Such contempt for the Crown was shown in the past by iSSO ;er King " Introduce the Whopper The Town of Newcastle became the "home of the whopper" late last month when a new Burger King outlet outlet was opened at the site of the Imperial Imperial Esso Service Centre near Newtonville. Gord Thomson, president of Esso Petroleum, Canada, was on hand to formally launch the new franchise on Tuesday, July 10. He was assisted assisted by Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz as well as officials from Burger King, the Town of Newcastle, Newcastle, and Imperial Oil. The fast-food restaurant on Highway Highway 401's westbound lane represents represents an experiment to test the operation operation of a Burger King outlet combined combined with an Imperial Service Centre. Depending on the response from the Newcastle franchise, other outlets may follow. "We feel very confident that putting putting a Burger King here is going to be very successful for Imperial Oil and for us," said Robert Thomas, franchise district manager for Burger King. While the project is a first for Canada, this kind of institutional franchise has proved successful throughout the United States, Mr. Thomas said. The local outlet will be open 24 hours and feature breakfasts and a salad bar in addition to the Burger King menu. At present, the restaurant employs employs 108. Seating capacity is 140. Mr. Trudeau. Obviously, Mr. Turner is no different." The MP also slammed slammed the outgoing Trudeau government government and the incoming.Turner regime regime for the number of political patronage patronage appointments which have recently been approved. "I look forward to this election as a chance to get rid of these scoundrels," scoundrels," he said. "They may have a new figurehead on the ship, but the crew is the same bunch of incompetent incompetent rascals." Turn to Page 2 Newcastle Councillor Wants Orange Parade In Bowmanville for '85 The fifes,.drums and banners of the annual Orange Parffif.e will be coming to Bowmanville "next year, if Newcastle council has its way. Acting on a suggestion from Councillor Councillor Ivan Hobbs, council agreed to invite the Loyal Orange Lodge to hold its 12th of July parade in Bowmanville Bowmanville during 1985. "It's one way of encouraging things to happen in the town," Councillor Hobbs observed. He also pointed out that it's unfortunate unfortunate the town did not hold the event this year, to co-incide with Newcastle's Newcastle's tenth anniversary. The town's responsibility would be minor and would include providing providing a few prizes for some of the events. Councillor Hobbs noted that the invitation does not guarantee the parade will occur here next year. In some cases, a municipality has to wait until organizers find it is possible to hold the event in their town. LIONS CARNIVAL - The Bowmanville Lions Club has been busy planning its annual carnival, slated for this Friday night behind the Beech Street Community Community Centre. Take note that it is not being held at Memorial Park. No doubt, the Lions will have plenty of booths and games of chance to entertain all ages. Should it rain, the carnival will be postponed postponed until Monday, July 16th. POLKAROO IS COMING - The crew from the Polka Dot Door will be coming to the Bowmanville Library Library this Friday, July 13th. We're not exactly sure what a Polkaroo is, but we've been assured that he is a big hit with the children. The show gets underway underway at 3:00 p.m. and is free of charge. More information information can be obtained by phoning 623-7322. The Town of Newcastle will reap some of the benefits from General Motors' $1 billion plan to enlarge and modernize its Oshawa plant. "We'll be looking forward to industrial industrial expansion in this area as a result," Mayor Rickard said Monday. Monday. Speaking at a meeting of Newcastle Newcastle council on Monday, the mayor described General Motors as the area's biggest employer. "There is probably no industry that employs more people in this municipality than General Motors," Mayor Rickard Rickard said. His comments follow an announcement announcement last week by General Motors of Canada President John Smith who stated that the company will be investing over $1 billion in Oshawa operations. The move is intended to create a world showcase for automotive production. production. Improvements in Oshawa will include a $228 million stamping stamping plant to provide jobs for about 200 and the expansion of the Oshawa truck plant so that capacity will grow from 45 to 60 trucks per hour. The truck plant expansion will increase increase the size of the existing truck assembly plant by 60 per cent and cost approximately $556 million. Mayor Rickard said the GM decision decision speaks well for the confidence that the company has in this area. The Newcastle mayor noted that this municipality can be proud of the fact that the man who founded General Motors of Canada, Col. R.S. McLaughlin, grew up in the Tyrone/ Enniskillen area. Mayor Rickard observed that GM suffered the least during the recent recession in the automotive industry industry and as a result, this community was spared some of the hardships seen in other centres dependent on automotive production. The latest sales figures from General General Motors of Canada indicate that the company has had its best June in five years. June's sales were up by 15.3 per cent over June of 1983 and the year's total sales have climbed by 30.3 per cent over a comparable comparable figure in 1983. June car sales were 40,925. , ,fpj fjz H : P ■■ ;!) i'j ,;Vj Ilf |lj i-j I i j-ifi 623-3303 25= Per Copy ft 7 VC,' < ni c/'tno / t. <>■ -Z'\ >. j /. ■: ; ,v ■ fi < •--/' -S. v- v V !■!>' U : \ ' j IL/t.i i; j i y v y '■}. 1 / /-). ! v => V V 'V - xy ^ x V V HA j V f ' V l r.) ]:> Issue 28 28 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1984 130th Year ADVERTISING WORKS! - Last week, a customer advertised a house for rent in the Classified Ad section of Œfjc Cnnnbmti *tntcs'mmi and tEljc Jîetocatftle Dnbrpcnbcnt. Apparently, he was flocked with more than 100 calls and the house was rented on Wednesday Wednesday night. Once again; it pays to advertise. CAR WASH - Members of the Bowmanville Minor Hockey Association will have their rubber boots and chamois ready on Saturday for the B.M.H.A. Car Wash to be held in the Bank of Montreal parking lot. Funds raised from the day will go towards association association activities. NOT AMUSED - We suspect that the Royal Family is not amused with Prime Minister Turner's announcement announcement that we will be going to the polls on September 4th. You have to feel sorry for the thousands of entrepreneurs and companies that had prepared for the Royal visit, no doubt suffering monetary losses that will reach into the six or seven digit figures. To give an idea of the impact of the postponement, imagine if you had a party planned for 50 people and at the last minute, everyone cancelled. cancelled. You're left holding a pile of stale hors- d'oeuvres. SPEAKING OF CARNIVALS - The Newcastle Lions Club will be setting up booths and attractions in proportion for its annual carnival this Saturday. Free draws, games of chance and a dance will be featured at the Newcastle Community Centre. The fun starts at 3:00 p.m. ; DOING FINE - For all those who have been enquiring enquiring about the Editor's health, he is on the mend since an operation last week. Although he will be absent from his desk and camera for a few weeks, he is in good spirits and is certainly enjoying the rest. He passes on his sincere thanks to everyone who has sent flowers and cards while he was in hospital. hospital. Unfortunately, he isn't able to have visitors for a while yet. HOCKEY MEETING - A recreation hockey meeting is scheduled for this Sunday, July 15 at 1:00 p.m. in Court Room One of the Police Building. However, However, we should point out that this meeting is in no way associated with the Bowmanville Minor Hockey Hockey Association, or the Town of Newcastle's Community Community Service Department. These two organizations organizations will be meeting at another date to discuss their plans for the upcoming season. SIDEWALK SALE FUN - Be sure to check this week's Statesman for all the events that are planned for next week's Sidwalk Sale. In the second section we see there are ads for an "Alleycat" show, sidewalk specials, and the popular bike parade. Should be a lot of fun for everyone who gets involved. Ontario Restraint May Shift Burden To Municipalities Town councillors are afraid that the provincial restraint program may result in a heavier burden on the municipal ratepayer. This fear was expressed Tuesday, July 3, when the general purpose committee discussed a report on how the latest Ontario budget will affect the municipality. Deputy Treasurer John Blanchard, Blanchard, told council in his report that while the Province should not consider it necessary to control mill rates formally, consideration is being given to ways in which the Province can more closely monitor the spending performance of local government." Councillor Ann Cowman accused the.'Province of attempting to sup- jarfy. social programs through its property taxes so that it wWld hot nave to raise income taxes. She also j claimed that the province was in- ! sensitive to concerns of local politicians. politicians. "Local politicians are cannon-fodder cannon-fodder as far as they're concerned," concerned," she said. Councillor Harare pointed out that the Province puts greater requirements requirements on groups such as museum boards and libraries but then forces the municipalities to foot the bill by raising taxes. She said she is upset that both levels of government don't try to work together. "The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing." Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard mentioned that provincial restraints restraints can be seen in areas such as road maintenance where fewer subsidy dollars are being doled out by Ontario. "Either our roads are going to deteriorate or we may have to spend 100 per cent (municipal) dollars to fix our roads," he said. The general purpose committee has called on staff to prepare a more detailed report on the impact of Ontario government restraint programs in time for the first meeting meeting to be held by the committee in September. Local Student Nominated for Medal miim Larry Argus, Light, past president of the OAC Alumni Association presents Glen Austin of Bowmanville, OAC's nominee for the Winegard medal, with the OAC Alumni Graduation Award for Engineering at a recent convocation awards luncheon at the University of Guelph. This is the 25th year the OAC Alumni Association has provided the award. Mayor Urges Compensation For Home Owners Affected By Regional Sewer Flooding Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard has urged Durham's elected officials officials to act quickly in the development development of a policy which will see home owners compensated for damage caused by the flooding of regional sewers. A policy considered by the public works department would pay home- owners up to $250 each for cleanup costs incurred by a sewage backup. However, that policy will now be reviewed by Durham's finance committee committee before receiving final approval approval at council later this year. "It concerns me that this is not going to be addressed until September," September," Mayor Rickard said at last week's regional council meeting. He noted that there are several Bowmanville homes which are awaiting word on whether or not they will be compensated for a mishap mishap which occurred this year and resulted in some basements being flooded with raw sewage. Mayor Rickard said after last week's meeting that current regional regional policy only provides for a cleanup at regional expense if the problem has been caused by negligence negligence on the part of the Durham Region. Region. Costs of accidental flooding are not covered by Durham's insurance insurance program. Regional Chairman Gary Her- rema said the change in policy to assist homeowners needs further review so that legal implications can be investigated. A*r, j i rtLfl.y ■ ' ( f rw'j • , hi ; M--J Memorial Park Tykes Drop Two Games to Belleville Darren Keates of the Memorial Park Tykes is caught on film just as he makes contact with the ball, during a double header on Sunday against Belleville. The local crew had trouble controlling the bats of the visitors, as Belleville won both games, despite strong support from parents and friends of the Memorial Park team.