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- PAGE vO 5 ' po THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1930 arton Coach Lines Have Their Home in Bowmanville Garton Bus Lines Growing "Around. Ideal of Service FOR wow SPEOIAL~ ~=PBOW vite a story of the Garton Ee Sk " Bissasaity to write a adh ron, himself, fov AN doi nes ana oe Garton are pe ons complete story could Bob be» wrtiap wiibout the mention "Mr, Garton helng the' sulding ar behind the enterprise it: 18 ossity first to tell what led np 0 the formition * of the Gurton Conch Lines in Bowmanville, In fact At Is better to start at the beginning and the heginnk oe ho J Garton was Bor noma on a _meay the elit " farm, honk t form' = Just Roross (from the far 'where his wife' wis born, He w wducated at Bt. Thomas and when quite a young man hecame a sta~ 'tionary enginger with third class (papers, A shorty time later he Was successful in obfalning Wis second olags papers and was appointed Chief Enginder in the Ford Motors "plant In London, Ontarfo, When this company moved from London to Ford City or as it is Wow called (East Windsor, Mr, Garten, after three years service severed his con mection with the company, Ran London Bas Service The first time ho ontered the transportation business he commens cod & bus service on the streets of the city of Jondon. 1ike every- thing My, Gagton had done this ATH A Suton ul unthh the olty fded place pro ve taxes ~ ues and forced him out of ty. At that time there must have been In or near the eity of London a hooster of Bowmanville for Mr, (Ourton heard that Bowmanville with its close proximity to Oshawa with its industrial plants was 1h noed of a bus service, Holtled Weve In 1992 Mr, Garton then packed the pros varbal tyunk and mrived in Bow. I manville on a coll morning in "ab ruary of 1022, He viewed the pos- sibility of starting a bus line, found the possibilities favorable and com- bhencad with a sixteen passenger Bus of anelent (ype runging a two hour service from Bowmanville to Whithy, « As Mr, Garton was the sole man on the Mnes at that time he was obliged to do most of the driving himself apd his do: votion to duty has heen one of the onuses of his signal success, Wight. teen months later he added a sec. ond Hus and a little latter a third HEAD COACH LINES TURNEY A, a RION Who eight years commenced the operation of "the Garton Bus Lines In Bowmanville, Mp, Gar. ton ly a member of the Town Council, and then commenced a regular schedule much an we have iL tor day, About five years ago Garfield Baryett, a Bowmanville boy starts od to drive for Mr, Garton and it in significant that Mr. Barrett is : the hn. the town was erected, agi on' "The dob and will likely be many years to gome;, In 1020 the nag business necowsiiat od the establishment of a bus sta tion in Oshawa and one was bpen- od 'on Prince Bireet, ull Bus: Hiation +oppANAINE business mes Wh) tod in LM ion Joga ot fle n ing bu atin ation. HE Ch ADAY 5 RETR iF. " 5 pense behind dh Sot tho best" with the v ou one of the most modern buildings in This bulld- ing 1s seen In Mr, Oarton's Adver- tisement on this page. f To go back to Mr, Garton himself he had by this time becomes one of the most popular men in the town and without permission ev. orybody commenced to eall him by his first name and that was wrong Al that, Wa all know him now as Tim but his real name Is Turney. Last. year the Chamber of Come merce decided that Mr, Garton was the Kind of a man that Bowman- ville needed on its council and wo nominated him, It seems an amas ing thing that the first time he ran for council Mr, Carton headed the poll with the largest number of voles nolled in many years, An other thing that fs most Interesting at this time fs the fact that he is a Bhriner and he has been one of R Juju A ' 1 the bord working hosts of the thous sands which have visited the eity of Toronto this past week, As a sporteman he is well known and great tribute was paid him for his a by the General Motors Lacrosse Club at a banquet in Bowmanville lst fal), 4 Travel by Bus It is gonorally gonceded now that most comfortable way to travel bus that fg no doubt the rea- that during the course of exch # Mr, Garton 1s comminsioned to Ke many ahyttered trips from saw minyio 0 all parts of Ontario, 8 sanost advice for any resident of Oshawa, Bowmanville or Whithy to follow in, "If you want comfort, travel, the Carton way." If your ohureh fs holding a plenle, glva Mr, Garton a ring and he will have na comfortable bus at your service, Tt you would lke with. a few friends to visit the Thousand Telands Nin gara alls or anv other weenie point in Ontario Mr, Garton will pet you there In good time, In comfort and at the most veasonnhle cost. Court oous, careful and interesting driv oth have eave of the busses and Mr farton will reromnany ang exned| tion and exnlain the noinl® nf In terest plonm the route, Ha hae travelled widely nnd han n weeith, of knowledge and move than the ordinery pmonnt of wit and » (rip with My, Carton. ns tha ranductor fs hound {a he one of the most nleasant you have ever undertaken Past Mayors of Bowmanville Since Bowmanvilly was Incorpora- ted aw a town in the year 1858 there has been a con:iderable number of mayors but it is interesting to note that some of these mayors served the town in the capacity of Chief Magise trate for ten years, The list of may. ars for the town since its incorporas tion is: 1828-59~Tames McFecters, 1860 ~Frederick Cubitt, 1861 ~Jdmes MecFeetern. 1008-03 Ueonue Haines, later police magistrate, 1866-74~=TVrederick Cubitt, 1875 ~F, F, McArthur, 1876-78--Willlain Thompson, 1879 «Frederick Cubitt, 1880-83=F, F, McArthur, 1884-85-R, R, Loscombe, 1886-87-=Willlam M, Horsey 1888-89-~Abraham Younie, * 1890 «J, K. Galbraith, 1891-92--W, F. Allen, 1893-1900-~R, R. Loscombe 1901-02], B, Mitchell, 1903-04==M, A, James, 1905-06-=Archie Tait, 1907-1908=Thos, Spry, 1908-10], B, Mitchell, 1913:15-=Dy, 8, C, Hillier, 1916-19], B, Mitchell, Mr. Mitchell retired on June J, 1919 and wis succeeded by A. N. Me. Millan for the rest of the year, 1020:23=H, 1. Quinn, 1924-28Thos, S. Holgate 1929-30-=Milton J. Elliott, In all these years since Bowman- ville . was ducorporated a village in 1853 there has been only three clerks, James Falrburn was clerk when Bowmanville first became a vil lage, Richard Windatt became clerk in 1855 and held that position until 1897 when John Lyle, the present town clerk, took over this office, Before the town reached the stats us of a town but was yet 8 village there were during the five "years three reeves, David Fisher, D, Fletcher and James McFeeters who later became the first mayor of Bowmanville. During the 78 odd years of the town's existance there were a total of thirteen treasurers but John Lyle, the present clerk held this position on three different occas sion, The complete list and dates are ns follows: 1858-61==Alan Lockhart, 1861-81=Malcolm Galbraith 1881+1900-=Thomas Burden 1900-02 Tohn Lyle 1902-14= John Moorcraft 1014-16-=A, Barber, 1916 ==John McDougal, died in of- fice, 1916-20], 8, Mooreraft, 1920:22==J ohn Lyle, 1022-23=R, D, Davidson 1924.26--H, R, Jollow 1927 «John Lyle 1928-30-Alec Lyle. GERMAN PLAYWRITE DEPICTS NAPOLEON | IN MODERN ATTIRE Borlin.~~Napoleon in pajumas, at the telephone, in a lounge suit and generally lHving upto 1030 customs is the feature of a farce st the Barnowsky Theatre in Stresemann Birasse. With disregard for all historical sentiment, Walter Hason- clover, the author of varisus grot- esque plays, in his latest farée som- ody 'Napoleon Grieft Ein" (Napol- eon Taker 4 Hand) has the Emperor come to life again in the Paris wax- works cabinet, the "Musee Grevin." There the romantic little eorp- oral separated from his particular chum, thq French hluebeard Landry to slip into the trousers of Mus solini, and jacket of Btrssamatn. late German Foreign Minister, to to n meeting of the council of { o League of Nations convened at ths instigation of Wall Street financiers for the purpose of founding the United Btatey of Europe, Here the procesdings for cons summating hig pet idea arouses the violent opposition of Napoleon, He encounters hig one-time spouge, the Empress Josephine, as thé coms panion of a United States banker, He kills her for her infidelity and is interned in an asylum hut finally hy his expressed wish is vestored to the museum as he remarks: "My time is past, A hero had better remain among the waxworks," 4 ve Ho Falls: this summer. COACHES Added to the Fleet of Whv not treat your friends toa trip to Niagara A Garton bus will take you all the way while the driver will show you the points of interest along the route. overs at certain points for refreshment and a . visit to the largest power house in the world _ at Chippawa Falls is included in the trip, You will be more than surprised too, at the mod: 4 Stake cant of such fine outing. Stop- $e GARTON COACHES AD THE WAY Travel the " GARTON " Way HOME OF GARTON COACHES, BOWMANVILLE OACHES Antti: trip which is well worth while is one to the Thousand Isles. A trip of this kind is not only inexpensive but it is interesting and there is no better way of spending the day. Mr. Garton will personally conduct this trip - and will point out the interesting things alonit the way, When your Sunday School or Lodge is planning art outing think about a trip to the Thousand Islands, and after thinking act and one of the most pleasant days of your life will " be the result. Bowmanville