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Durham -"Crmnty/s . vea Family Journal"s «VO LUME 101 BOM0VIL. ONTARLIO, THUESDÂY, -AUGUST 25th, 1955 loc PER COPYNUBR4 ,Winner Receives -Keys for Lions Buick, Lions Club President Wally Braden is shown presenting the keys for the 1955 BuiCk car to A. Ginder, Jane Street, Downsview, on Saturday morning at the Liens <~Community Centre. Mr. Ginder, shown with his wife, is very proud of his new Bikini Corai and black car. "Even the boss .only drives a '52 Buiek," he laughed. -t'he winning ticket was bought in Toronto from a former Bowmanville man. Downsview Man Wins Lions Club Buick ai Success fui Carnival Blessed with perfect wea- ther, and with Lake Ontario swimmer Shirley Campbell as a powerful drawing card, the Bowmanviile Lions Club Car- nival at the Central Public School. grounds last Friday .Mîght was the best patronized cf any carnival held in recen~ * 3'Cars. n The huge crowd came early, folio wing the parade through Bowmanvill. streets by the Leaside Lioiis Club Boys Band and Majorettes, and stayed late to try the in any, booths and .,ames oi chance set up on the ?gro ds 'by the local Lions. dbe hard to say wheT of the three major at- tractions offered bY the Lions; the p 'ÉM~ance of the band and ex4èrttes, the~ appearance o f Shse Campbell or the two-car daw, was mainly res- "sib *ïr attracting such a- I ý OULgýtuoùt.' Probably it was j~com Ption of the three, andl Wfr ainly -ail threée event, prov- ed very',pnpular. Swîiunner Draws Tickets Miss Camnpbell drew the ,wirin tickets for thre Buick car given as the draw prizel and also for the special bicýy- cie draw. The Buick was won by ticket 12953 held by A. Gin- der, '.251 Jane St. Downsview (a suburb of Toronto.) Seller _%ýf the wý-nin" ticket was a - 3ovrnaiiv.ile man _yathe o Ro Airaof! 'fater fPion AFr oAf _owmanville, \vho is presentlv ivirig a. 4". Ossirigton Avenue, Toronto. For this ho received an attractive 1955 Chevrolet. Mr. AIdler was present at the carnival as he hadi been visii- ing his -daughter, Mrs. Williani Barribal, Southwax- Drive. He was presented wth the keys by Lion Dave Prcsto. chi man of the committee in charge of the carnival. Mcr. Aider did not bave a 'car himsel.f, ai- though he stated there were il1 cars ln the family". I've been selling tickets for the Lions for 20 years", he said. "I gutesa 1 was bound to win something sooner or later". Mr. Ginder, the winner of the Buick, carnedown ta Bowman- ville Saturday morning ta pick Up the attractive two-tone car. Night forernan af a Toronto knitting miii, Mr.' Ginder ai- ready .awned a 1950 Plymouth, but stated that be planned ta sel this and use the proceeds ta heip pay for bis bouse in Downsview. He bought bis sin- gle winning ticket from Mr. Aider on the, street. The bicycle was won by Mrs. M. Bowman, 281 Simcoe St., S. Osbawa. Band Makes Hit fThe leaside Lions Club Band and Maorettes started the evening's activities off by pa- rading down Division St., aiong Keing, Street ta Silver, and theu, uif_ ta the Centrai sohoal- graunds. The two, cars given as prizes in the car. draw also took part la the parade and they were driven by Lion Pro- sident Wally Braden and Lion George Brown. The large crowd whièh had been iining the parade route iollowed the band ta the schooi grounds and saw the 18-piece band and the 13 attractive drum majorettes put on a very fine performance. Dressed la the Lions Interna- tional colors ai gold and pulpie the drui-i and bugle band brought hcarty applause from the audience with their well- played musical numbers and a fine display ai marching. The majorettes aiso gave an excel- lent display ai precisian march- ing and baton twirling. They wero smartly dressed la white (Continued on page seven> Architects 'are Appointed for New Post Off ice Fisher & Tedman, a To- ronto flrm aof arclilteets, have been selected ta draw the plans for the new Bow- manville Post Office, John M. James, M.P. for Dur- ham, bas been informed. This firmn is a very cap- able gnd well-known or- ganization which bas done considerable work for the Federal Governinent in the past. It is expected that an architect's drawing of the new local Post Office, tvhlch is scheduled ta be erected by early 1957, wil be available soon. It wlIl be Published in The Cana- dian Statesman as soon as it is received. Five. Year OId [n Accident On .Satfurda-* Donald Sheehan, age 5, was injured about 5:30 Saturday aiternoon when he darted from the sidewalk into thie side of a car on Ontario Street. He was taken to Menioriai, ,Hospital where he was treatcd by Dr. H. Rundle. No bones were broken. At the point where the acci- dent occurred, near the corner ai Albert Street, the sidewalk along whîch the child was running is very close to the road. When the womnan driv- ing the car saw the boy, che swerved and went through a bedge on the property of Wal- ter Oke, at the corner of Albert and Ontario Streets. Donald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Sheehan, Durham Street. ______Selis Winning Lions Ticket Frank Aider, former Bowmanvile resident for 13 years, sold the winning 'E.tcket in the Buick car draw held in connection with the Bowmanville Lions Club 4Iarnival at the Centrai Public Schooi grounds last Friday night. For this he received t~he 1955 Chevrolet given as a seller's prize, and he is shown above receiving the1 keys for the two-tone car from Shirley Campbell, famnous Lake Ontario swimmer, who was one of the main attractions of the carnival. A former Goodyear employee, Mr. Aider is the father of Ron Aider of Bowjianvile and now lives at 477 Ossington ,Avenue, "Toronto. Hie did flot previously own a car. e-Photo by Carson Studio, Port Hope Engineers WitI Ixamnine -Huge Tree Smashes Cottage During Storm Newccmstle "Hpk-oinmWaIIC-7" John M. James, Member -of Parliament for Durham, bas re- ceived a reply ta hi. 3request for action to relieve the dan- gerous condition af the l'Hale- in-the-Wall" 'subway east ai Newcastle. The letter, fram the. Board of Transport Comxissioner for Canada, states that one af the Board's Engineers will inspect the location and report on ihe condition of the subway. The "Hole-in-the-Wail" ' on ,highway 2, has been the scene ci mmny accidents, the mnost 1e- ,cent of which causecj njury ta 23. vépeple -in a westbound bus wbich crashed the 'rear of à, transport. 1"he empty car trans- Port wms stopped toalalow two oth er.large vehicles *ta came thréiue:~the narrow umderpass. TIte leftter also states that a new overpass bas been approv- ed for construction in Lot 30, and is expected ta partially re- lieve the traffic using the "Hole-in-the-Wall", which js jr. Lot 35, on the second conces- 'sion of Clarke. Tree Smashes Cottage During Freak Storm LuckilyNone Injured A report that the heat was just as bad at ewmanville West Beach as in-the town it- self probably saved the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Wili H. Car- * ruthers iast Saturday evening. But for this information they wouid have gone ta their cot- tage on the West Beach for the weekend and been in it when a huge cottonwood tree crash- ed down, splitting it in balf, during a sudden violent wiind squall at 7 p.m.I The cottage- was completely smashed by the huge trec, which measured fiv'e feet at the base and ,nearly four feet at the point where it was brok- en off by the high winds about eight feet above the ground. The ancient tree is believed to have been weli over 100 years aid and was three-quarters punky or - rotten. Had Narrow Escape "It was just providential that we did flotý go ta the cottage because we had been planning ail week ta go down for Satur- day' evening and Sundqy", Mrs. Carruthers, said. "Someone from the Beach told me that it was very bot thera 50 we de- cided flot ta go. If we had, we certainly would have been kill- ed or badiy xnaimed". Mr. and Mrs. Carruthers' daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wilfrid Carruthers, and ber daughter, Elizabeth, had been at the cot- tage during the day, but bift in the late aiternoon. The short, violent windstorm ln the form of a miniature hur- (Continued on page seven) Poor Drinking Water Causes Much Con cern At East Beach Homes jResidents ai a certain section of BowmanvIle*s East Beach have a prob]èinta wbich they have not yet found a suitable solution. The, water which they get from a community pump located la the centre ai a group ai twelve cottages is nat ftý,for drinking. The .well was instal0d ini its present location over i0 yeai'i ago. by .Fred Depew1 Ige r-4he ,k r ~ fwhich hé a ult'the at the time. It ie'a deep well, completely bricked irora .tb ta battom. The *ater began ta "go bad" last year, and now, cattagers are beginning ta notice rust appearing whan the water is boiled. The snack bar, now operated by Harry and Helen Depew, uses water which is carrled down from their Liberty Street home in tanks la their car. Mr. Depew finds it more canven- ient ta transport fresh water froni the town's supply in bis car, than ta carry it ail the way irom the well ta the snack bar. Carry WVater front Town Several cottagers bave been doing the same tbing, rather than take the risk ai using the water from the well. The cottages invoivcd are located1 on property owned by the Port1 Dariington Harbour Commis- sion, situated on the plot of land between the road presen-g ly in use and the creek. Mrs. Walter Oke, one ai the more vociierant complainants,1 sta tes, "I'm sick ai carrying pails." The cottage where ýhe1 lives was one ai the iirst built la the area. The land wVas very swampy when the cottage was1 built, almost 30 years ago, she said.* She directed some ai ber complaints toward the towa ai Bownianville and Town Coun- cil. Mrs. Oke said the roadway alotig the creek, which is bboclced off at -pýesent, Is In poor shape Jýr- cais travelling f. Shes~he people are just led up with it ... paying ,ithaut reeelving the due ý=In f C.r0aeir 1>"the tawn. * "Nover, 9'tna £Cent'- lOI-iey've neyer spent a 'cent on us," 'Mrs. Oke asserted. She said the- cottagers .would help fix the road, and put sali on it ta f111 in the large bales, but "why sbould we do it," she asked, "'we're paying for it." (Continued on page seven) Ab Mavin Deai.t Perfect Cribbage Hand The cribbage piayer's dream came true for Ah Mavin oa Saturday when be was dealt a perfect hand ai 29 points while playing with Glen Therteli at- the Legian Hall. He was dealt the jack ai spades, the five ai bearts, clubs and diamonds, while the five ai spades turned up ta give hlm the 29th point. Mr. Thertel also received a caunt ai 20 in his hand, wbich aiong wlth seven points-la the crib, gave a grand total ai 56 points la the -three bands. Th ree Days of Activities, Completes Playgrounds The summer playgruds scbedule wvound up last week with three days ai speca c tivities. On Tuesday, sotbaîl and voileyball tournaments held at Central School found the home teams champions in bath sports. Ontario Street playgraund was runner-up in bath tournaments. Bike Marathon On Wednesday, the feature ai the day was a bicycle mara- thon race. Two' prizes were given for standard modal bicy- cles, and two for racing modais. The route was about five miles long, and the winner, Bob Richards, who rode a standard model, iinished iniapproximate- ly 12 minutes. Bob represented Central Schcol playground. Ia second place was Larry Han- cock, ai Central, riding a rac- ing model. Third and fourth were Ken Park and Erie Barr, bath oi Franklin Park, on rac- ing bikes. Gord Walker, ai Franklin Park, who fin ,shed fiith, got second prize, for standard bikes. There were 12 entries la the race. The prizes wera credit slips from two local sportinigogods shaps. Money raised at 'the' Penny Pair recently was used ta buy prises. CIestat Dar Thursday, a full day ai ac- tivities at Memorial Park be- gan at 9:30 in the rnorning and .continued rigbt. through. to 4.3 in the aiternoon. Buses tranis- epoted chlldren tram Frankln ark and Central School ta the mnt uautherly ai the five sumn- Imer plçtygrounds. Central Schaol finished the day with the highest number ai points, followed by Ontario Street, and Lions Centre. The avants included cricket, beanbag throwing, quoits, teth- erball, a bike rodeo, bubble gum blowing contest, freckle conltent, wldest grin cantest, and beautiful doîl contait. Jackle Mutton, ai Memorial Park, -won the bubble gum con- I test. David Milne, ai Central Schoal, hàd a grin measuring 83/8 inches, for the 4rize. Ia the freckle contest, Winstan Vanstone, ki Ontario Street p layaund, had them ail beat. mucontest. was judged by ana square inch af freckled face. Bad Good Year Becrestion Diractor Doug Nu.and bis aplaygrounds staff coswàer that this year wax very guceeuiful, and plan ta* have a letter-organized pragramn for next yeer ta meet the requfr- ments ai the large number ai children attending the play- grounds. Trophies wil be, a- rwarded for neit year's clasing programn. Before closing their easan., the pl.ayground supervisons had a - party at Newcastle beach, with a wiener and marshrnal- low rouat-.~ ~ 1! The largest tree on the west side of Bowmanville Beach broke off about eight feet above ground during the sudden wind storm Saturday evening and almost com- pletely wrecked a summer cottage owned by Mr. W. F. Carruthers, Scugog Road. Fortunately, there were, no occupants at the time& By a peculiar accident, the wooden outhouse, directly behind the cottage didn't suffer a scratch although the tree trunk ended its damaging fali within hait au.inch of one corner. Roses Even Plýayoff Series Beat Orono 5-1 The Lakeshore Intermediate "B" playoff series betwee Orn-, ona and Bowmanville was tied up at two games apiece Tues- day. The Roses won the fourth game mn Orono, with a score ai &-i. Buck Cowle was the big gun for Bowmanviile, Iatting in two runs in the top oi the fiith inining ta bring the Roses ahead af the Orphans. Orono scored their only tally la the second inning when the Roses took the option af a double play from second ta first for two sure outs, or a try at one out at home pÎlate. They chose ta let the, run score. iCo k.sÈouble over the cen- t.re- fr]v'e head scored Gil- hedbe' andi, Mamilton ta make it 2-1. Gallagber drove Buck in witb the third run of the la- ning. The final ruas scored la the top ai the seventh inning when Gilbooley drove in two with a double. George "General" Jones, the winning pitcher, burled a fine game for the Roses, while "Gramp" West took the loss. The same evening, a protest was aired ia Port Hope, where- by Bowmanville tried ta 4iave the iirst game in Bowmýanvile repealed. They lost. Legion tb March Warriors' Day At Exhibition The Bowmanville Legion Pipe Band and a large nurn- ber ai Leglan members will ho taking part in the War- riors' Day Parade ai the Canadlan National Exhibi- tion in Toronto an Saturday. The Branch wlll probably charter two buses ta make the trip and they will beave the Legion Hall on Queen Street around 10 a.m. Many members also plan todrive thefr cars ta Taranto. Secretary Ron Richards reports that free tickets are avallable at the Legion Hall for the Warriars' Day activ- Mies. Any veterans la this district oaa obtaîn tickets for themselves and their familles by calllag ai the hall. Pear -Shaped Tomatoes in Tyrone Garden Mrs. Walter Rahm ai Tyrone wondered whether one ai ber tamato 'plants was growlng tamatoes or a cross between tomatoes and pears whea she visited ber tomato patch recent- ly. Oaa large tomato plant was producing an odd variety ai tomato which la shaped qulte a bit like a pear, only flot as large at the big end and flot tapered quiites sharply. The odd- saped tomatoes are about thr*ee luches long and five ichas arciund at tbe biggest end. Their color la flot quita as red as the comnon round tamato and ti%1y do flot seem ta have as many seeds. Mrm. Rahm reports that they taste very much like an ordinary tomato. She obtained the odd pear-tamato plant along wlth a nurmber ai regular tomato plants from the hot-bed ai Walter Park ira Ban tams Win' League Championship Defeat Port Hope in Three KBowmanville Bantam Leg- ionnaires won the Lakeshore Bantam "B" champianship Tuesday evening for the second straight year, deieating Port Hope in the third game of the playofi series 12-2 at Memorial Pgrk. This year the team are al riew players, except 1oiý four from last yean.. They defeated Port Hope, the oniy other "town" team in the four team league, tbree straikht games. Score Tuesday was na Indica- tion of thé game. For the f irst two lnnings, there was no scoring, and the bal ganie was tlght and well-played. Trhe- Legioiaires- gôt hvo rns in the îhird, then picked up-,nine more in the fourtb. Er- rors caused a good' part-af Port Hope's troubles;. Each -team got one rua la the fifth inning, and Port Hope scored a singleton in' the sixth, ta finish the scorlng for the game. Bill Bates pitcbed the who]e game for the home team, while Port Hope. used three an the mound. Bates bas pitched in 18 of the 19 games played this season, and bas a rcmarkable record ai 17 wins and only one ioss. He bas also been chosen captain of the team by players, manager and coach, who hope ta be able ta make Bates a 20- game winner this year. Bow manvîlle will noW enter O.B.A. playdowns witli other Ban tam "B" teams. Bowmanviile BantamEr have made a fine showiag this year, and it is hoped tbey can go even fartber. Manager, coach and fans are, ail very pleased with their performanoe ta date, and are iooking forward ta winning playofi games as wel!. A good crawd was on band -for Tuesday's game, but a lot of people stili do not realize tihat they are missing a fine ex- hibitioti ai minor baseball ac- tion when the Legionnaires play- This is the second year Murrayý McKaight bas been manager of the team, and lie gives most of the credit thlis year ta coach George Piper. R 1H1E Bowmanv'ille 12 9 2 Port Hope ---------- 2 5 4 Dave Morrison Honoured After 40 Years of Service. David Raymond "Dave" Mor- rison bas received many con- gratulations, nat oniy irom fris fellow employees ai the Good- year iirm here but irom bis wide circle of friends in this' district, on being *awarded a 40-Year Service Pin irom the campany recently. A large gathering ai ieilow employees .and long service pin holders gathered la tbe confer., for the Dunlop Rubber Ca. in Toronto but returned ta Baw- manville a year later and start- ed in July, 1915 with the Good- year iirm as a chemlIst. Ia bis 40 years as a rubber chcmist be bas accumulaloci vast ex- perience and skillinl rubber compounding. A native ai Bowmanville, Dave received his public and high sohool- education here. Tbrough the years he bas been very active la comrnunity ac- tivities. He is a charter mcm- ber and one ai the most fait b- fui and active mornbers of thie Bowmanville Rotary Club and bas held the offices ai Presi- dent, Secretary. Club Histori- ian and continuous pianist sinco the Club was organized 31 years aga. He was secre- tary ai the first Chamber af St. Paul's United Cburch, and a past president of the Men's Canadian Club. It may well be mentioned that Dave inherited much of bis musical abilities tram bis father, the late David Morrison, Sr., wbo thrbugb the years waçc leader ai several local bands and orchestras, as well as giv- -, g Ja ny yeung peoJt pie j nlfc Litr ~'< ~ * ~ tfoundation training la instru- ~ ,~.. ~(Continued an page savon) -Water is Dai .Morrisan once rcom ai the Bowmanviile N ~ U s f plant for the presentation N w U s f which was made by Vice-Pre sident Wally Denny ai New At Piers The career ai Mr. Morrisan, Water in the pier at Bowman- who is Chiai Chernist in charge ville B3each, la naw UNSAFE for of testing and eompoundlng at swimming, accarding ta tests by the local plant, was outlined the Durliam - Northumberland by Personnel Manager Jim Health Unit. Presson. Elginr Varcoe handed An item whieh appeared in over numorous telegrams and last week's Statesman stated messages ai congratulation that tests ta that dabe had con- fram bis many Goodyear talned a caunt ai bass than 1,000 friands la Canada and the Un- bgcteria units. An officialinl- lted States. formed The Statesmnan Friday Graduais of U. of T. that a test raceiyed irorm the Mr. Morrison worked for the laboratories that day contained Durham 'Rubber Company la well airer the mark at which the 1908 an the moided gonds water la considered polluted. pressas and leit about the Urne Slgns îrotiying the public af Goodyear took. over this f irm the condition of the water have ta attend the University ai To- been posted. Swlmmers are ad- ronto. Thora ha took a course vised ta watch for such signi in Chemnical Engineeging, grad- hel-e anid wherever they are uating in 191t. lBe went to worlc acmuatomced ta swimug,