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■Y/sY/ÀYS/, ' Jt % % mmm mSÊmSÊk ÈÊÊm ■ ■ WKÊwmt l JBR wm$m Delivered j Free of Charge to 18,000 Homes in Clarington from The Publishers of Canadian StaUsmau 1 #|e WiM-MM *6üi Éell wMmwwMê ülü«r WÊÊÊÊ£ Saturday, May 7,1994 -gg ezth Year, Issue 18^* • - IM wmmmêMk ppl ^*es ■VMmmMàmËmÊËêi wmmmmMÊÊmm Ontario St. School Welcomes French Exchange Students by Laura J. Richards It was as if the Grade 6 students at Ontario Public School didn't know whether they were nervous or excited on Wednesday night, May 4. Which ever they were the roughhousing roughhousing and energy bum-off activities activities they were involved in dissolved when the bus carrying the much anticipated anticipated exchange students from Sept-Ilses came around the comer. "Here they come!," bellowed one student. A swarm of students who had been running to and from the curb for the last forty minutes fell back and then swelled up to the sidewalk again as the bus parked. Ontario Street School Principal Steve Fortier greeted the four chaperons chaperons as they and the 26 students got off the bus. Their arrival at the school around 7:30, Wednesday night was the next to last stop of their trip from the community on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The exchange visit by the students students from Ecole Gamache was made possible through fundraising and the Society for Education Exchanges Exchanges and Visits in Canada, otherwise otherwise known as SEVEC. Students from Ontario will be visiting their new found friends later this month in Sept-Iles. While the students are here they will be billeted with the families of the students who will be going to Sept-Iles. Once the students and their gear were unloaded from the bus, they were ushered into the school for a number of welcomes from local dignitaries dignitaries including Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre. She told the students this exchange exchange is something they will remember remember and appreciate all through their lives. "I have heard the organizers have an excellent program lined-up for you over the next couple of days," Mayor Hamre said. The mayor noted the opportunity to become bilingual is one that will help them throughout their lives. Ward Two Trustee Mike Slo- combe told the parents and students while he had never been on a student student exchange his brother had been about 40 years ago. Last year, the person who had come to visit 40 years ago, came to visit again. "It is an experience that you will remember for the rest of your lives. I hope you make a lot of friends, and hopefully keep in touch with Continued on Page 4 I '-•***' * Flag Raising Marks Start of Cystic Fibrosis Month May is Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Month in Clarington. Members of the Duriiam Chapter of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Susan MacRury, her 19-month old daughter Meaghan, who has cystic fibrosis, and Mary Williams are joinedby Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre and Councillors Councillors Ann Dreslinski, John O Toole and David Scott. -- photo by Laura Richards Ontario Street Public School Grade 6 students welcomed 26 students students from Sept-Iles, Quebec to their school and homes on Wednesday Wednesday night, May 4. After claiming their billets for a four-night stay in Bowmanville, Larissa Grabowski (left) and Sara Bruce (end) presented presented Tania Grégoire and Annie Hounsell with Blue Jay baseball caps and a personal supply of pins and buttons from Clarington, the Northumberland-Clarington School Board and the province. «tcCejlze#tcte*t£ A & P Cable TV* Canadian Tire* Canadian Tire Catalogue* Graham's IGA* Kamstra* Miracle Food Mart Oshawa Tool Box T& C Small Engines ('Indicates partial distribution) For Information about inserting flyers in The Independent, please contact our office at 623-3303 by Lorraine Manfredo Bowmanville historian George Vice has timed the released his new book entitled, The Post Office and Early Development in Bowmanville, Bowmanville, to coincide with the 200th anniversary anniversary of the first settlers arrival in the area. The retired postmaster of the Bowmanville Post Office spent 12 years researching land claims and documenting the early beginnings of commerce which helped shape the present community of 15,800 people. people. Scattered throughout the book are several photographs of pioneers and turn of the century architecture, much of it no longer standing. In his book, he describes how some aspects of life in the community community have changed dramatically, and also observes where some things have come full circle. Vice also ventures ventures some predictions about postal service in Canada based on his 38 years of service with the Post Office. Office. George Vice and his wife Kay have given 450 copies of the 90- page paperback to the Bowmanville Museum, sales of which will go toward toward the museum fund. Another 100 have been given to the Rotary Club, where Vice has been a member member since 1954. These will be distributed distributed to weekly speakers and club members on their birthdays. Vice can trace the arrival of his own maternal ancestors to Bowmanville Bowmanville back to 1797. His paternal ancestors ancestors arrived in Solina in 1872. George Vice served as the town's Postmaster from 1954 - 1974 and is now a member of the Heritage Club of the Canada Post Corporation. His book gives a vivid account of pioneers' early efforts to get mail across the country then just starting to open up. He gives a detailed history history of the local post office which reveals much about the times, the town, and its residents. Back before the 60's, the post office office was a hub of activity for the town, Vice recalls. Prior to 1966 there were no letter carriers. Many residents and most business-folk made a daily stop to check the long wall of mail boxes in the original post office and chat with friends. "Everybody came down in those days," Vice notes. "At 7 a.m. you couldn't find a parking place in town." General Motors workers would Continued on Page 4 Ill, x::: ! My;. The Bowmanville Post Office was demolished in 1957.