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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, February 7,1990 7 A New Term for B.H.S. Students Popular Bingo Veteran Marks 80th Birthday v _ «mn'f finrl Martin rl11f.v as floor rnntnin. Rut But, it's safe to say that ed carrying tables and prior to the forma By Michelle Lowry Exams are now over, and a new term is beginning here at B.H.S. To get this term off to a good start, this week is Spirit Week in support support of the heart fund. Carnations Carnations will be on sale all week for $1.00. Monday was slob day, with a Simon Says contest at lunch. Tuesday was GQ and Vogue day with a paper airplane throwing contest at lunch. The rest of the week's activities are as follows: Wednesday is rubber day with a yo-yo contest at lunch, Thursday is time warp day with a bubble gum blowing contest at lunch, and Friday is red, white and pink day with an air band contest. On Friday 9, there will be an International Love dance. Tickets are $4 in advance advance and $5 at the door. Students must bring i.d. in order to be admitted to the dance. For all students who are returning to B.H.S. in the fall, option sheets are being distributed in English classes. classes. If any students were not in English class when the counsellors were distributing distributing materials, they should pick up an option sheet and course calendar from Student Student Services. If students have any questions or concerns concerns about their choices for next year they should see a counsellor in Students Services. Services. Option sheets must be signed by a parent or guardian guardian and must be handed in by Friday 9. On Thu hursday, January 25, our Senior Boys' basketball basketball team went to Cape Breton Breton for an eight day invitational invitational tournament. The boys won 5th place out of the 10 teams who participated, and held a 2-2 record. There was also an academic contest in which students wrote a test on the history and geography geography of Cape Breton. Our team won first place academically academically and Chris Have won a $500.00 award for the highest mark. Congratulations Congratulations team for your academic academic and athletic successes. Finally, there has been some question about a fire alarm which went off on Tuesday 30. This alarm went off at the Fitness Center Center next door and did not affect affect students, because Monday Monday 29 was the last day of exams. Tuesday and Wednesday were PA days, so nobody was in the school at the time of the alarm. You won't find Martin Molloy calling out numbers at the the Thursday night bingo games held in the basement of St. Joseph's Church. But the 80-year-old Bowmanville Bowmanville resident , has been working behind the scenes to ensure that the St. Joseph's Joseph's parish bingos have been successful for the past three decades. He's still active at the . Thursday night outings where he can be found on duty as floor captain. But last Thursday, February 1, was especially memorable because he was honored by bingo workers and players alike with a cake marking his 80th birthday. Afterwards, Afterwards, he recalled some of the memories associated with 30 years of bingo in Bowmanville. "When I started this thing, I said there's one thing I wouldn't do and that's call," said Mr. Molloy. "I-never did" But, it's safe to say that he has tackled every other job associated with keeping the bingo operating each week. The parish bingos started in the Goodyear Union Hall located over Carter's Bakery in downtown Bowmanville. At that time, the Catholic church was also located downtown, alongside the site of the current Bowmanville Bowmanville Fire Hall. In the early years, the job of running the bingo includ- Darlene Crawford, her husband, John, and her eight-year-old daughter, live in Oshawa. But, Darlene says .that she would love to live in Bowmanville. "I love Bowmanville. I would love to live here if only my family and everything everything else in my life weren't so far away." Darlene worked in Bowmanville Bowmanville for two years in a convenience store on Waver- ley Road and fell in love with the people and the town in those two years. "I came to know and like the people here in those two years. So, when I was looking looking for a location for my business, I naturally thought of Bowmanville." Bowmanville was not only her choice because of the congeniality of the residents, residents, but also because there was no other business quite like hers in the town. "I checked into the Oshawa area and found that there were six new and used clothing outlets there. A check into Whitby and Port Perry proved that they had one Such outlet each. Bowmanville Bowmanville had none." "Now they have one," she says with a smile. She chose a new and used clothing outlet because she had always "checked them out to see what she could buy" when she found one to browse through. Darlene opened with all Darlene Crawford shows off her shop's newly-acquired wedding dress. The store, which retails new and nearly- new clothing, has done a good business since she opened it last fall. Prices are right and the clothing is in excellent excellent condition. new stock that she had ordered ordered from suppliers, but she now has several regulars regulars who bring in clothing for the store. At present, there is clothing clothing for everyone in the family family from the youngest to the oldest, both new and gently used. Although constantly on the lookout for used or new items, Darlene insists that the clothing be cleaned and pressed and any tears or rips repaired and the buttons' buttons' and zippers must be in place and working. For this, she will sell your clothing and split the profits with you 50 - 50. Darlene is determined to make this store work. "It is something that is needed now with clothing costs rising rising all the time. It is hard to clothe a family from top to bottom (especially when children out-grow their clothing so quickly) |br a reasonable price." The store is perfect for mothers looking to replenish children's nearly worn-out winter wardrobes at a fraction fraction of the cost of new clothing clothing when the season is (hopefully) nearly over. There are also bargains for the men and women in the family. Skirts, blouses, sweaters, cocktail dresses and party clothes, scarves, jackets, slacks, jeans and even a Russian mink coat line the walls of the store on King Street East. All of these items have had previous owners hut the clothing is in perfect condition. Darlene now carries a line of custom : made vests and blouses. She is also stocking new and nearly- new jeweliy, knick knacks , floral arrangements, purses, shoes, belts and other accessories accessories to round out your decor decor and ensemble. Darlene is a very determined determined young woman - a Winter Winners from ^HITACHI te-8706 28" Colour TV ■ MTS stereo ■ 137 channel FS tuner ■ 500 lines horizontal resolution ■ On-screen function displays ■ On-screen picture/sound control graphics ■ Luminar white balance control ZO-YEfIR SOLID-STATE WARRANTY 5-YEAR WARRANTY 195 Only *1249 M.S.L. $1698.95 (Includes Stand) * Only $39.54 per month (on Approved Credit) Bowmanville Audio-Vision "Bowmanville's Complete Electronics Store" 58 King Street West Telephone 623-2312 Repairs to fill Makes" * over 60 months carry-over from when she was a youngster. Her first unrelenting war of wills was fought when she decided that she wanted to become an army cadet. Not fazed by the fact that this was an all-male organization, organization, she and two other other girls persistently showed up at the meetings until the army capitulated, and they were accepted into that formerly formerly all-male bastion. Once established as a cadet, cadet, she rose quickly through the ranks to become a commander. Now, 20 years later, she commands a mixed corps of army cadets in Uxbridge. "I'm glad I didn't give up," she laughs. "I met my husband at the cadet meetings." meetings." Darlene's daughter is an army cadet now, just like her parents. Darlene has had only one set-back on the road to success success and that was a shattered shattered glass panel in her newly-delivered newly-delivered showcase. However, that was soon re-' placed by a very helpful glass replacement service and for a good price too. That somebody up there likes Darlene was proven by the fact that while this interview interview was taking place, she wished that she could get in some wedding dresses to round out her inventory. Just then, a brown car pulled up in front of the store. Out got a young woman woman with a large, white box. We watched as she came up the steps and into the store. "Hi," she said with a cheerful cheerful grin, "I have a wedding dress here and I wondered if you would like to take it on consignment." Darlene just beamed as she opened the carefully- sealed white box to reveal a beautiful organdy bridal gown with seed pearls decorating decorating its bodice. "I have to be careful about what I ask for," she murmered. "I find I usually get it." Darlene has a lay-away plan for shoppers' convenience convenience and is. starting a book sales rack. The options are open for Darlene to take this enterprise enterprise in many directions. Never Too Late To Say Thanks Dear Johnny: This letter is late but however very sincere. Even though I pushed for our Fire Station in the north, I had helpers and many supporters. I could never have done it alone. Bill Brouwer, a new comer to our village, who put our petition on nis computer, computer, so it was clear print, who also walked our village to collect names, Wilbur Blackburn of Hnydon who covered that area; Mrs. Bobby Bobby Clarke and Tyrone Gen. Store and Tyrone Mill, who S laced copies in their places, fancy our post mistress at Hampton. Our own Enniskillen Enniskillen Gen. Store for ■ S / r : I';'-. ' ' ed carrying tables and chairs, pop and chips up the flight of stairs to the Goodyear Goodyear Workers' Hall. A typical typical bingo night required five or six hours' work. And, aside from an occasional night when he was sidelined by a cold or flu virus, Martin Molloy kept on working. The bingo later moved from downtown Bowmanville to the new St. Joseph's Church. Born in Ireland, Mr. Molloy Molloy came to Canada in 1948 with his late wife, Margaret and two sons, Vincent and Tony, who were bom in England. England. A third son, Teny, was born in Canada. Until his retirement, retirement, he worked 13 years on the housekeeping staff of Memorial Hospital Bowmanville and, prior to that, he worked for the-Bow- manville Foundry. He has been active in a number of bowling leagues, including those of Memorial Hospital, the Bowmanville Foundry and St. Joseph's. He was active in the Knights of Columbus even prior to the formation of a. local Knights of Columbus;.. Council in Bowmanville. 'He's the papa of the Council," Council," says A1 Arsenault. He also has the distinc- ; tion of being an honorary, member of the C.W.L., in recognition of the help that he supplies to that organization. organization. Today, St. Joseph's is one' > of the few successful small , bingos still operated by church volunteers strictly . for the benefit of the community. community. Attendance averages- about 80 to 90 per evening ! and it takes a crew of four of. * five to oversee the event on ! a typical night. And, al-'. though there are bigger bin'- ' gos available, the one in Bowmanville on Thursday nights has the advantage of operating year-round, including including the summer months. ; Its prices are modest and it is close to home for many of the natrons. And, like its founder, Martin Molloy, it has become become a well-loved Bowmanville Bowmanville institution. I . ■ Martin Molloy poses with just a few of his many friends at the weekly bingos held at St. Joseph's Church. The popular floor captain has donated his time to the bingos for the past 30 years and his 80th birthday was observed last week during the usual bingo evening held at St. Joseph's. c 5fuipnwtù t VISIT US AT OUR NEW LOCATION! 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Sandra Yates Phone 623-5873 Muriel Moynes Phone 623-7741 The story is told, and some deny that it ever happened, that early in 1890, Bowmanville experienced its first and only gold rush. According to those who spin this tale, a young resident of Tyrone by the name of Albert Bowman was visiting his Aunt Matilda in Bowmanville, and because the February weather that year was most mild, he decided to take a stroll along the Bowmanville Creek. Being a lad possessed of no small amount of imagination, once he saw the creek swollen to a raging river not unlike the Yukon, he dreamed of the possibilities of finding gold right there in Bowmanville. Carefully picking his way along the bank, he came to a sharp bend where a deposit of gravel had built-up, and there at his toe was a small object shimmering in the icy waters what was it? more next week. îiip.m.sunsiuî n a ci fngi BOWMANVILLE BUSINESS CENTRE