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- - - r - - - - Y n br 0an4b1~rn "tDurham County's Grecu Family Journal" t4tt~1u~Tn VOLUME 100 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL lst, 1954 10e PER COPY NUMBER 13 A nnual Hospital Birthday Party Enjoyable Event Memorial Hospital Annual Meeting Shows St ronger Financial Status Some of the ladies of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary who the pretty tea table at thîs year's party which took place last Thursday, ennually commemorate the opening of Bowmanville's first hospital with March 25. Many ladies from Bowmanville and surrounding district came a Birthday Party held in the Nurses' Residence, are seen gathered about during the afternoon to bring their birthday gift and enjoy tea. -Photo by Carson Studio, Port Hope Receiving* at Hospital Tea Welcoming the many guests who came to the Women's Hospital Auxiliary annual Birthday Party last Thursday afternoon, March 25th, were president of the Auxiliary, Mrs. T. Wesley Cawker; Acting Superintendent Miss Frances Hincks, and lst vice-president, Mrs. L. W. Dippeil. The Birthday Party, held in the Nurses' Res- idence, was attended by many ladies of Bowmanville and surrounding district. -Photo by Carson Studio, Port Hope Poor Weather Cuts Attendance At Annual Hospital Birthday The annual Hospital Birthday arranged on a lace tea cloth, Party which commemorates the completed a very pretty pic- opening o! Bowmanville's first turc. hospital was a pleasant event Mrs. Warren Turner, Mrs. A. last Thursday. Over 90 ladies O! G. Scott, Mrs. L. T. McLaugh- Bowmanville and district were lin and Mrs. Joe O'Neill poured welcomed and cnjoyed after- tea during the afternoon, and naon tea in the Nurses' Resi- tea assistants incîuded Mrs. dence. Inclement weather ear- Clarence Allun, Mrs. Ray Lath- lier in the day and bad roads in angue, Mrs. Byron Vanstone, surraunding communities kept Mrs. James Brown, Newcastle, the number o! guests smaller Mrs. A. M. Thompson. than it would otherwise have Mrs. Duncan Smith and Mrs. been. The Birthday Party is 0. F. Robson were in charge lu sponsored annually by the the kitchen; Miss Mary Jewell Women's Hospital Auxiliary. and Mrs. Charlie Bagnell of Receivîng were Mrs. T. Wes- money gifts; Mis. William ley Cawker, president of the Challis and Mrs. W. H. Brown Auxiliary, Miss Frances Hincks, of other gifts such as fruit and Acting Superintendent of Mem- marmalade. crial Hospital. and Mrs. L. W. Other members o! the Aux- Dippell, first vice-president o! iliary assisted in variaus ways, the Women's Auxiliary. Mrs. E. each- having a part lu making V. Hoar, assisted by Mrs. L. T. the 1954 Birthday Party a pleas- McLaughlin, was convenor for ant and successful event. this year's very successful par- ty. Ahi guests were asked ta sigu thein narnes in the negister which was in charge o! Mrs. Norman Allin, Bowmanville, and Mrs. E. Cole, Hampton. Mrs. O. W. Ralph, Orono; Mrs. L. Goddard and Mrs. Walter Revnolds, Bowmanville: and Mrs. I. Colwill, Newcastle, in- vited guests ta the tea roomn .&turing the afternoon. The tea table made a charm- ing picture with a centrepiece o! daffodils, iris and pink car- palýns which were donated by H. H. Juyand arrang- The. flowers wene in a silver bowl and fianked by yellow ta- pers lu silver candlesticks. The color motif kept in mmnd the Uqgpitai calors o! purple and ,,Àdition ta the dainty re- frs ts provided by the la- dies o! the Auxiliary was a beautiful birthday cake, the gift of Mr. Robert Noble. Bowman- ville, which came as a conîplete surprise and drew much admir- ation. The cake was iced and decorate'i witli pink roses and pink bithday candies. During the aftennn it was formally a:t by IMrs. Cawker and Miss Hinckis and served ta the guests. Mr. Noble's thoughtful gi!t was sent lu appreciatiori o! atten- tion and services received dur- ing a stay at Meniorial Hospi- tal. Gleamiing tea services at mth« end o1 tbd table- aMd aU E. A. Summers To Arrange Tour For Conservation Group At a meeting a! the executive of the Ontario Conservation and Reforestation Committee at Port Hope, March 23, Mr. E. A. Sum- mers, representative o! the On- tario Dcpartment o! Agricul- ture, Bowmanville, was ap- pointed a member o! a commit- tee ta arrange a tour o! the Ganaraska Authority on June 18. The O.C.R.A. was invited by the Ganaraska Conservation Authority ta visit their area and this invitation was accept- cd. Others on the committee to arrange the itinerary are Art Latarnell, Ganaraska Author- ity and Malcolm D. Kirk, Lands and Forests. Lindsay. Announcemnents o! the tour, with a map, will be mailed ta approximately 200 of those in- tcrested by Secretary Ralph Banbury. Some counties do nat actively participate and the se- cretary was instructed ta write each County Cl r euesting that the O.C.R.A. and thc tour be discussed by the proper coin- mittec. It is haped that Provin- cwa officia is wlattend un Double Header is Scheduled at Arena Saturday Night A good hockey double head- er is slated for the Memorial Arena on Saturday night at 7.30 and 8.30 p.m. Iu the first gaine the Leaside Lions will clash lu a T.H.L. Minor Bantam game with the Oshawa Flyers. Iu the second game the West- ern Barons. Intermediate To- ronto Hockey League Cham- pions will take on the team o! 0.11. Evans who are the cham- pions o! the T. H. L. Senior "B" division. Bath these teams have very fine records. The Barons won 13 straight games this year and have been playing together for seven years. They were T.H.L. Junior "B" champions in 1951 playing under the name o! "Columbias". O. H. Evans' Senior "B" champs have won five straight group tities and last year woni the T.H.L. King Clancy series. A percentage o! the gate will be donated ta the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital new building fund. Children's Story Hour at Library Saturday Morning A children's Story Hour, a ncw venture sponsered by the Bowinanviiie Public Library, drew 31 interest- ed boys and girls lait Sat- urday, March 27. The Story Hour la lu charge of Mns. J. Hutchinson, assistant Li- brarian, and will b. held eacb Saturday between the houri of 10 and Il Ini the morning. It la ilmited te chiidren between the ages o! 6 and 8. years. Children in thla age bracket are welcome te corne te the Reading Room of the Library on Saturday mornlngs and enJoy the. Story Heur. Shouid num- bers lucrease beyond the capaeity of the Library, the Councl.l Chamber wiil b. .aed for "bis goe. Port Hope Junior Badminton Players Take 4 of 5 Events in Champion Tournament Here Junior players froin Port Hope captured four o! the five maj or events at the Central On- tario Junior Badminton Asso- ciation Championship tourna- ment held at the Bowmanville Badminton Club on Saturday. The hast club came through lu one event, however, when Don Laird, 16-year-old Bowman- ville player, defeated M. Har- rison o! Port Hope ta win the boys' singles. In the consolation round Mike Varcoe o! Bowmanville also won lu the same event, the boys' singles. President Gary Tighe o! the Bowmanville club presented cupa ta the winners, boxes o! badminton birds ta the runners- up, and boxes o! chocolates ta the consofation round winners. A good crowd o! spectators watched the events, with spec- tators as well as players being present from Bowmanville, Port Hope, Peterborough and Osh- awa. :. Wlnners Listed Followving are the wînners in the various events: Girls sin- gles . semi-finals: Marilyn Leask (Bow.) def. M. Laurie (P.H.) 21-13. Finals, Nancy Laurie (P. H.) def. Marilyn Leask (Bow.> 21-13. Boys' singles, semi-finals: Don Laird (Bow.) def. G. Plummer (P.H.) 21-5. M. Har- rison (P.H.) def. E. Louvenmark (P.H.) 23-20. Finals, Don Laird (Bow.) def. M. Harrison (P.H.) 15-5, 18-13. Girls' doubles. semi-finals: M. Laurie and B. Haultain (P.H.) Zoning By-Iaw And Town Map In This Issue A very important by-iaw for the future of Bowman- vile-the proposed Zoning *By-iaw prepared by the Bowmanvilie Department of Planning and Develop- ment-may be seen in Its entirety on pages 12, 13 and 14 of this paper, along wlth a new map of the town, This by-iaw is belng printed so that ail citizens of the town wili have an op- portunity te examine and study It preparatory te a pulcmeeting to discuss it which wili be heid in the near future. The by-iaw divides the town Into residentiai, comn- mercial. Industrial and agri- cuiturai districts and spe- cUlies which sections of the town are ciassed in these categorles. Ail citizens are asked te read this by-law carefuiiy as It affects every- 1 oeeIl the town. de!. V. Bruce and S. Peters, (P. H.) 21-4; Nancy Laurie and Shirley Pointer (P.H.) de!. Marilyn Leask (Bow.) and B. Elmnsley (Pete) 21-11. Finals, Nancy Laurie and Shirley Poin- ter (P.H.) de!. M. Laurie and B. Haultain, (P.H.) 15-5, 15-8. Boys' doubles, semi-finals: M. Harrison and A. Mustard (P.H.) def. E. Louvenmark and D. Mc- Mahon, (P.H.) 21-5; Don Laird and Mike Varcoe (Bow.) def. G. Plummer and R. Croft (P. H.) 21-5. Finals, M. Marrison and A. Mustard (P.H.) def. Don Laird and Mike Varcoe (Bàow.> 15-5, 18-13. Mixed doubles, semi-finals: Marilyn Leask and Don Laird (Bow.) def. A. Mustard and S. Pointer (P.H.) 21-7; Nancy Lau- rie and M. Harrison- (P.H.) de!. M. Laurie and E. Lo6uvenmark (P.H.) 21-13. Finals, Nancy Lau- rie and M. Harrison (P.H.) def. Marilyn Leask and Don Laird (Bow.) 9-15, 15-5, 15-8. Consolation winners: Girls' singles, Shirley Pointer (P.H.); boys' singles, Mike Varcoe, (Bow); girls' doubles, S. Joyce and S. Jackson (Osh.); boys' doubles, R. Wakley and T. Jex, (P.H.); mixed doubles, A. Jack- son (Osh.) and M. Wright <Pete.). Memorial Arena to Close on Sunday Report Good Year The Bowmanville Memorial Arena wîll close its doors on a busy and successful season on Sunday afternoon, with the final event ta be a game be- tweeh the Bowmanville Good- year teain and the New Toron- ta Goodyear team. for the inter- plant championship at i p.m. Despite the !act that the Osh- awa Trpckmen deserted the Arena as home ice just when the playoffs were starting, it, will finish the season with a better profit than the season before, Bob Watt, Chairman o! the Arena Management Com- mittee stated. H1e also said that several or- ganizations who deserted the Bown-anville Arena lu favor o! the rnks at Port Penny and Whitby early lu the season came back to Bowmanville before the year was aver. This speaks high- ly o! the pervice given by the local arena and neflects much credit on the Anena Manage- ment Committee. The General Motors Office League have already booked time for next season and other graups have also stated they will be caming back uext fali. The Arena Management Com- mittee plans ta keep Friday nights de!inîtely for public skat- ing next season. Miss Lena Taylor Guest Speaker At Bowmanville W.I. Meeting The regular meeting of Bow- cal, gradually through the years manville Women's Institute was but not too rapidiy. Superstition held in the Union Hall on gave way to discoveries and a Thursday, March 25. Mrs. I. form o! sanitation, pasteuriza- Buttery presided for the busi- tion, immunization whNch we ness meeting. Mrs. L. Dums now enjoy and take for grant- Mrs. E. Passant and Mrs. M. ed was formed. The four most Wiseman were appointed to essential needs were summed present the new slate o! officers up as 1. physicai; 2, mental; 3, at the April meeting. emotional: 4, spiritual. Grouped Mrs. E. Passant acting con- together they forin aur pattern vener for Mrs. H. Richards, of daily living. Miss Taylor then absent through ilness, introduc- answered several questions ask- ed Miss Lena Taylor, Reg. N., ed by the members. a cJiarter member of Solina W. Master Owen Scott delighted 1.. and nurse on staff o! Durham his audience wîth two accordion Health Unit, who spoke on "Up solos. the Years. In Health and Re- Mrs. Passant thanked Miss search".1 Taylor and Oweni for helping Research shows that as fart her present the programme. The back as 1200 B.C. in the atone 1 group then served tea whilc a a., a type oi wmmwas practi- ihall hour chat wua uijoyed. Ini the past three years the Mémorial Hospital, Bowman- ville, has shown a steadiiy stronger financial position, with the annual deficit from actual operation shrinking from $10,- 394 in 1951 te only $1,069 last year. This fact was revealed at the annuai nMeeting of the Board of Directors held in the Town Hall Monday night. Figures alsca showed that the revenue and expenditures of the hospital have increased tremendously in the same period, with re- venue amounting to $158,533 last year and expenditures to- tallîng $159,602 to give the $1,- 069 deficit. Revenue in 1951 was only $82,244. Chairman of the Board Joel O'Neill presided over the meet- ing which included on the agen- da the élection of officers for 1954. Ail six of the present di- rectors were re-elected for an- other term. They are: Joe O'Neill, Sidney Little, Jack Lan- der, Ivan Hobb.s, Harry Cryder- man and George Hackmng. A seventh candidate had been named by the nominating com- mittee consisting of Stu James, Norman Scott and Mark Roe- nigk, but he was defeated in the élection. The same nomin- ating committee was re-appoint- ed to bring in a siate at the next annual meeting, W. J. Coggins, Toronto, was re-appointed au- ditor. Had Very Busy Tear Chairman O'Neill in his ad- dress ta the gathering of 17. Basebail Club Cails Meeting For TuesdayNig-t A meeting o! the Bowman- ville Intermediate Basebal Club will be held on Tuesday, April 6 in the Badminton Hall at 7 p.m., Business Manager Jim "Ticker" Crombie has announc- cd. Ail citizens as well as al players interested lu the team are asked ta be present ta show their support in forming a team for 1954. There is a possibility that the club may not operate this year and for this reason it is especially important that al interested persons turn out at this meeting. There is good player material available and the diamond at the Bowmanville High School grounds wil also be available this summer, sa it would be un- fortunate indeed if the team is not able ta function due ta lack o! support. The Bowmanville Intermedi- ate Baseball Club, playing un- der the name Brookdale Rases for the past three seasons under the sponsorship of Norman Scott, has built up an enviable reputation, lu 1951 it won the Ontario Intermediate "A" cham- pianship, in 1952 it was lu the Lakeshore Basebali League fi- nals1 and last year in Interme- diate "B" classification went ta the Ontario finals before bow- ing out ta Listowel Legionnaires iu a close series. AIl basebaîl fans in Bow- manville will be eager ta see the team continue its fine record this year. Goodyear Leagues Inter-Plant Teamns Here on Sunday The hockey teama of the Bawmanvîlle and New Toronto plants o! the Goodyear Tire .and Rubber Company will clash at the Bowmanville Memorial Anena at i p.m. on Sunday for the inter-plant hockey cham- pionship. In the first game in New To- routa last. Sunday the two teams fought ta a 3-3 draw in a thnilling game. A crowd o! 1,200 fans, including a busload from Bowmanville, were on hand for the wide open game. The first period was !airly even with bath goalies mak- kng many fine saves. Bill Cowle lu the Bowmanville nets was especially good when his team was shorthanded due ta a penalty ta Carl Raby. Shortly after Raby returued ta the ice Pettigrew apened the scoring for New Toronto assisted by Gordaneer, and this was the only tally in the first period. After 3%A minutes o! the sec- ond Don Masters tied it up 1-1 on a beautiful solo rush. Just twa minutes later New Toron- ta made it 2-1 on a tally .by Hugh. Bowmanville came eut flying lu the third frame and George Sellers again notched the count at 2-2 on a pass froin Carl Raby at 2.10. Sellers put the local squad out in front 3-2 on hîs second goal at 3.03 assisted by Bud Perfect. Three minutes la-, ter Huyma, ane o! the stars for New Toronto, scored the final goal o! the game ta make the count 3-3. After the game the Bowman- ville players and fans were treated te a deliciaus lunch at the New Toronto Goodyear plant and later bowled in the bowlinga aUeys stated that thc year 1953 had been a very busy one at the Memorial Hospital for the staff, the board, and the Womens' Auxlliary of the hospital. Proof of this was to be found, he said, in the fact that there were 12,- 976 patient-days at the insti- tution, highest in its histoiy: A total of 2,385 patients were treated in the hospital and an additional 1,287 out-patients used the institution - a total o! 3,672 patients. The average number of pat- ients per day was 35.92, Mr. O'Neill said, and on several oc- casions the hospital was com- pletely occupied. The total earned froný, hospital rooms was $90,032 and the total caru- ed by the operating room and X-ray laboratory was $54,661. Operating cast per patient- day was $11.63 which rose toaa total cost of $12.70 when de- preciation costs were added. Mr. O'Neill pointed out that salaries and wages paid out during 1953 amounted ta $96,281 and that the salary cost per patient-day was $7.39. Cost o! itood only during the year was $14,330 which worked out ta $38.97 per day. Cost o! food for a patient for a day was $2.74. The financial report given by Secretary-Treasurer R. J. Dilling gave detailed figures on revenue and expenditures, and t h e superintendent's report given by Acting Superintendent Miss Frances Hincks gave de- tailed data on admissions and discharges, and the medical aspects o! the hospital's opera- tion. Many Increases Noted This showed admissions of 1,841, an increase o! 237 over 1952; 12,967 patient-days, an increase o! 721, over 1952; 436 births, an increase o! 64. and 301 major and 635 minor opera- tion.s. There were a total of 698 indigent patient-days, she said, o! which 154 werc of Bowmanville patients. Miss Hincks reported that during 1953 roll curtains were installed in the three four-bcd wards, giving more priVacy to the patients in these rooms. In June. an inter-communication systeru was installed by the Women's Institute which saves time as well as steps when paging a doctor or nurse, thus giving better medical attention to the patients. She stated that another pro- ject - the Recovery Room - was made possible by the pur- chase o! three anaesthetic stret- chers. This enables the patients ta receive speclal attention froin a nurse who is on duty in the recovery room until the patient is fully conscious. The report o! the Women's Auxiliary o! the hospital au given by President Mis. T. Wesley Cawker is printed else- where in this issue. Chairman O'Neill pointed out that there have been several staff changes at »the hospital. (Continued on page seven) Kinsmen Club Ladies Night Feature.s Dance and Program A very large turnout of mem- bers of the Bowmanvile Kins- men Club, their wives, and guests, enjoyed the 'annual Ladies' Night banquet and dance of the club held at Varcoe's Pavillon on Tuesday evening. Food, entertainment, music and fellowship were ail of the highest order, and ail present were unanimous in their praise of the aff air. Each lady was presented with a handsome silv- er spoon bearing the Kinsmen crest and Mrs. Roy Swindells, wife of Kin "Red" Swindells, also toak home a lovely table lamp which her husband won in a draw. President Ken Nicks welcom- ed the ladies and the many guests, and also introduced the head table guests. These were: Mrs. Nicks, President George Moody o! the Bowmanville Ro- tary Club and Mrs. Moody, President Barney Vanstone of the Bowmanville Lions Club and Mrs. Vanstone, Vice-President Jack Knight of the Bowmanvîlie Branch, Canadian Legion, and Mrs. Knight; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Metealfe, Kin Gerry Connelly, Deputy Governor for Zone "C" of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs, and Mrs. Connelly. Former Members Present Each of the Kinsmen present introduced their wîves and guests, who included two form- er Bowmanvîlle Kinsmen, AI Tamblyn of Lindsay and Art Humpage of Kitchener. Pres- ident Nicks made a farewell presentation to Mr. Tamblyn and Mr. Humpage and also to Kmn Tom Cowan who is also leavîng the club. Birthday roses were presented to Kinsmen Stan Dunn, Fred Yates, Bill Smith, Keith La- thangue and Don McGregor by Registrar John Graham. Deputy Governor Connelly la a brie! address congratulated President Nicks on his ?ecent election as Deputy Governor of Zone "C" te succeed him. He also congratulated Kmn Clarke Wilson and Kmn Lionel Parker, whose Kinsmen bulletin, "Kin- formative" was judged the best o! any club in Zoné "1C". He stated that the bulletin o! the Bowmanville club wifl be enter- ed in the District competition. The tables were decoratcd in the Kinsmen colors o! purple and gold with this color theme carried out in the bouquets of iris and daffodils and in the candles. Following an excellent turkey dinner the gatherîng en- joyed the jokes, dancing and banjo, accordion, and saxaphone playing o! Billy Meek. a Toronto entertainer who always makes a hit with his audiences. He was introduced by Kin Howard Sturrock. The Kinsmen Quartette, made up o! Willy Wallis, Howard Corden, John Graham and Ivan Wooley, which reccntly won the campetition as the best Kmn quartette lu Zone "C", entertain- ed with three nice numbers and Mr. Corden also led a general sing sang wlth Ivan Wooley at the piano. Kin Fred Yates lu a !ew wel chosen words paid tribute ta the ladies and expressed the pleasure o! aIl the men at having the ladies' campany. Dancing ta the very fine music o! an Oshawa orchestra rounded out a very pleasant evenîng. Mrs. R. M. Jamieson and daughters, Mrs. Duncan Cam- eron. Oshawa, and Miss Gladys Jamieson, Windsor, also Mrs. Margaret Ru!!, Tara, have just returned from thrce weeks' vacation iFlorida. Don Laird Takes Titie k Don Laird, outstanding young Bowmanville bad- minton player, is shown at lef t above, following his victory over Mike Harrison of Port Hope, showri at right, lu the finals for the boys' Junior singles championship of the Central Ontario Badminton Association. Don défeated the Port Hope junior 15-5, 18-13, at the C.O.B.A. Junior championship tournament held in the Bowmanville Bad- miinton Club last Saturday. -Photo hWuCano ti&dàoPort £ope q NUMBER 13