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V The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 14,1990 Canadian Club Speaker Has Time on His Hands Alternate Plan for Newcastle Name Game What's in a name? Dear Editor: Your suggestion, tc change the name of the Town of Newcastle, to District District of Pine Ridge, has some merit and would be fine with me. Perhaps you put your finger finger on the problem by suggesting suggesting to drop the designation, designation, Town. That being so, then in stead of dropping "Town", all that needs to be done is make this Municipality: The Township of Newcastle! Webster describes Township, Township, as being a territorial subdivision of a county subject subject to local municipal government. government. Tyrone Trend Setters Meet Local clock collector Ralph Poole was the guest speaker at the March 7 meeting of the Bowmanville Men's Canadian Club. The clock displayed in this photo photo was located in the post office of a Quebec town for man cf f earS ' Built in 1830, it is made primarily Ralph Poole is a man with time on his hands. In addition to collecting and repairing ' antique clocks, he's also the owner of Bowmahville's large tower clock which disappeared from the comer of King St. and Temperance St. over 30 years ago. Last Wednesday, he recalled recalled some of his adventures adventures as a clock collector during a meeting of the Bowmanville Men's Canadian Canadian Club. Mr. Poole also showed slides of his recent travels to England during his presentation. presentation. The March 7 meeting of the club took place at the Trinity United Church. One of the highlights of the evening was a 1830 Montreal-built timepiece which had been installed in the post office of St. Scholastique, Scholastique, Quebec. Still Ticking During his speech, the old Quebec clock proved its durability by chiming the hour and, no doubt, setting a whole new standard for the slogan: "it takes a licking licking but Keeps on ticking." The clock, which is made almost entirely of wood, was taken to a repair shop in 1875 and while it was in the shop, the post office burned down. It later turned up in a farmer's corn crib in 1960 and was rescued by a collector. collector. "It is believed that the first clocks were made in Central Europe in the 13th Century," said Mr. Poole. Early clocks were not very accurate and were primarily used to tell priests and monks when it was time for prayer and other church functions which took place throughout the day. One of the major advances advances in the development of the clock came in 1657 when the pendulum was invented. And by 1700, the basic design design of the clock was completed. completed. "Anything after that was minor improvements and additions," explained Mr. Poole. Bowmanville Clock In discussing the history of public clocks, the guest speaker briefly recalled how he came to own most of the remaining parts of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Post Office clock. The timepiece, which was installed in 1912, remained a landmark at the northwest corner of King St. and Temperance Temperance St. until 1958 He explained that when the Bank of Montreal demol- { mimanly e; Earl Pas- coe, a clock collector from Whitby; and Bert Snowden, President of the Bowmanville Men's Canadian Club. slide of the famed Salisbury On Tuesday, March 6 at 7:00 the Tyrone Trend Setters Setters started their fourth meeting. This meeting was about travelling and how to get around. Nancy Pleasance started the meeting as our president Melanie tinristou was unable unable to be there. All members members and leaders repeated the 4-H pledge. The roll call was discussed which was "what would you consider to be a good rule of courtesy when travelling?" All members members answered the question well. For the business we learned that the Bowmanville Bowmanville Women's Institute gave us a donation. Mrs. Pleasance Pleasance asked our opinions on places for our party. We decided decided on Bowmanville Restaurant Restaurant and this will be March 26, 1990. The leaders reviewed last week's home activities. Mrs. Pascoe went over an article on funerals that appeared in the Oshawa paper. last week. The meeting was handed over to the leaders. Mrs. Pleasance gave us some general rules for guidance guidance when travelling like dress neatly but comfortably, comfortably, and wear a watch so you don't bother others asking for the time. We also reviewed reviewed walking, cycling, trains, planes and buses. Mrs. Pascoe had Heather Forbes demonstrate how to pack a suitcase properly. "Don't worry, Heather I wouldn't have been able to shut it. At least you did get the lid closed." Needless to say we are not travellers but we are wiser now. We touched on being a house guest and staying in a hotel. Nancy Pleasance conducted her second youth assignment. assignment. This was an article entitled "Why Be Polite" and questions that went with it. After the questions were completed the leaders blind folded us to simulate a handicap. We had to see if we could feel what coins we had in our hands and hear with ear plugs in our ears. The home activities were reviewed and we judged thank-you notes. The meeting was adjourned adjourned shortly after 9:00. The next meeting is Monday, Monday, March 19 after March Break at the Tyrone United Church. Submitted by Nancy A. Pleasance. Press Reporter. That is what this, Town of Newcastle is all about. This town is part of the Region Region of Durham, which already already contains the Township Township of Scugog, calling The Town of Newcastle, the Township of Newcastle, would be much more according according to its true nature. This will leave local identities identities where they belong, The Town of Bowmanville The Villages of Newcastle, Orono, Tyrone, Enniskillen, Hampton, Newtonville, and Courtice, all in their own right as part of The Township Township of Newcastle. One will find this kind of municipal arrangement in many areas without the confusion confusion we have here. I remember well the first meeting," many years ago at the Liberty street park clubhouse, clubhouse, where this whole idea of creating a large municipality municipality on the east side of Toronto Toronto the great, was pro- W claimed as our salvation, and still wonder about .the wisdom of mapping an area ten times larger than Metro into one, believing it would provide sensible local ernment? Thanks, Mr. Editor, ...tor keeping us informed, when'I saw that impressive Newcastle Newcastle Lake Plan, on (he front page March One,- I checked my calendar".to make sure the date wasn't April One, a more appropriate appropriate date perhaps. „ Do we need more concrete concrete to block our view? ... Did council not ban developers' developers' displays in th town hall, last year? Or does that not apply'to everyone? Yours truly, Dirk Brinkman. R.R.#1, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K2 Township of Newcastle Region of Durham, Ontario. - New Office Hours - (effective April 1st, 1990) DR. ELEfiNORE VINCENT KING STREET, NEWCASTLE Hours; Mon. 2 - 8; Tues. 10 - 5; Wed. 2 - 8; Thurs. Walk-Ins 10 - 4* Frl. 10 - 2 * her patients only - No annual health exams New Patients Welcome Phone 987-4ZZO ished the old Post Office building, it offered the clock to the Bowmanville Museum. Museum. The museum declined the offer. The clock was then purchased by Ken Nicks and stayed in the basement of Ken's Men's Wear for at least 10 years. It was then owned by Lewis Lyle, of Rehder Ave. for about another decade. Mr. Poole acquired the clock when he discovered it among goods being prepared for an-auction sale. Faces Lost It has since been restored to working condition, although although Mr. Poole notes that two of the four faces of the clock have been lost. He has one clock face and the second second is owned by a Whitby collector. Tower clocks used by the public generally have a diameter diameter of one foot for every 10 feet of height of the building. building. Therefore, it's possible to estimate that Bowman- ville's post office tower was about 40 feet above the street level, since its clock faces are four feet in diameter. diameter. Knowledge gained in repairing repairing Bowmanville's clock helped in the restoration of the 100-year-old Uxbridge Library clock, Mr. Poole recalled. recalled. After being restored in 1987, the clock in the Uxbridge Uxbridge Library is in good enough shape to run another another century, Mr. Poole added. In addition to discussing local clockwork, the Canadian Canadian Club's guest speaker took his audience on a visit to England as seen through the eyes of a clock enthusiast. He showed the group a News from St. Stephen's Clock which is still running after over 600 years. Big Ben And the audience enjoyed an inside look at the Westminster Westminster Clock which is better better known as "Big Ben". • In fact, "Big Ben" is the name given to the largest of the tower bells -- the one which strikes the hour. This bell weighs 13.5 tons and measures nine feet across its widest point. The hammer inside weighs 400 pounds. As guests of the Horologi- cal Institute, Mr. Poole toured the inner workings of the clock and managed to stand beside Big Ben as it struck the noon hour. It was truly a memorable experience for the local collector. collector. And last week's speech to the Men's Canadian Canadian Club was also a memorable memorable one. Mr. Poole, who retired from Goodyear after 41 years in the engineering department, department, was introduced by Charlie Trim. He was thanked by Farewell Blackburn. Blackburn. À ÉETTER DEAL • 1st., 2nd. and 3rd. Mortgages ^Open privileges • Same day service lLmIx a. CALL NOW FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION Recently, a great number of activities have been occurring occurring at St. Stephen's High School. The midget boys basketball basketball team completed their regular season with 8 wins ana 4 losses. The Junior Junior Boys also completed their regular season with a very good effort against Port Hope High School. Our Senior Senior Boys defeated Port Hope High School 45-44 with a little little aid from the able-bodied Juniors. Coach Palmer reports reports that it was a fine season. season. In other events, our hockey hockey team defeated Clarke High School 8-3 in the opening opening game. They ended up being being overtaken in the finals with a loss 6-3. In volleyball news the Girls Midget team played in the Kawartha finals, defeating defeating Clarke High School in both games. They went on to receive a silver medal February February 28 at the C.O.S.S.A. tournament. Mr. Quigley who coached the girls, says they played well and deserve deserve ihegrty congratulations. congratulations. lies really looking forward forward to next year! Friday, March 2 our Grade 10's made their annual annual weekend trip to Camp Northern Lights with Father Father Bill Moloney. Earlier in the week on Shrove Tuesday, Tuesday, pancakes were made and sold at luhclThour. Kristen Kristen Macey proved to be an able cook! February 28 our school gathered in the auditorium auditorium for our mass for Ash Wednesday. The Grade 9's helped in planning this school event. Last week also saw another trip to the ballet ballet in Toronto for students interested in an evening event.. Preparations are now under under way for the up-coming Lakeshore Arts Festival. Our school band, dramatic and visual arts groups will be making presentations. Last, but not least, students students here are beginning to gear up for rugby and track and field. The most important important date circled in everyone's everyone's calendar though, is March 12, the beginning of March Break! Especially excited are those staff and students who are off to Paris. There will be more about their trip in upcoming columns. Have a great holiday everyone! everyone! Sarah Moonshiram St. Stephen's Secondary School presents • an evening of interest to the Community on our Lenten theme ; "Caring for the environment, Caring for our future" The evening will include an address by Christine Stewart M.P. and a presentation of the "Passion Play" by the school's drama classes. 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