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i , t -' -' '. -v ' .1w "Durham County's Grècst Family Journal"9 VOLUME 101 pDCv WT~K~TT T £ %%,m nA ~j .~ I2 Friends and neighbors had a difficuit time persuading Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chapman of Hampton to enter their beautiful garden in the Oshawa Horticultural Show on Saturday. But, when the resuits were announced the Chapmans were a very happy couple. They won the Society's Challenge Cup for the best large flower and vegetable garden. Due ta a mix-up, Oshawa's Mayor, Norman Down, presented them with. a much larger trophy than the one shown, but the following day every- thing was straightened out. The sign in this photo came from Bok Tower in Florida where they visited two years ago and more than anything sums up this charming çouples thoughts on gardening. It reads: "The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song oTf the birds for mirth. One is nearer God's heart in a garden, than any- where else on earth." Asphait Pooriy Laid Superin fendent States Roads Being Repaired- e A crew af- workmen of the *> W.A.. Ryder Paving Company cf Toronto are working on P bi Bowrnanviile streets removing Pu lc M e ig 'ectinso ~pliait pavements Àý4vwZich are beginning ta break n a nd replacing them with a %.,n arb ge soiid fill of crushed stone. No actual paving is being donc at this time, nom is it ex- Set for Sept. 1.5 this yeam. A sealer coat ai The Chamber of Commerce asphait is ta be put on variaus bas set Thursday, September sections af mad in the town as 15, as a tentative date for a part ai the annual repair and public meeting on -the subject construction programn which the of municipal gambage colle£- town bas been undertaking tion. during the past few years. Tbe meeting wiil be bcld in The work presently under- the auditorium of the Town way is caused by a lack of Hall, and authorities who have knowledge or a lack of care on information backed by facts re- the part af whoever was in garding the pros and cons af charge of putting down the the topic will be present to state asphait a few years ago. The their views and answer ques- paving whicb is now being re- tions. The Chamber bas set tbe ilaced was laid on a base of time as 8 P.m., at their execu- clay, which retains moisture tive meeting Monday. and causes the road ta crack Ail persans who have an in- and break up, Coulson Pitt, temest in the question, who Roads and Streets superinten- would like to sec the incorpora- dent, stated. tion of municipal garbage cal- Where the cracking bas been lection, or who would wish ta discovered, the road is being continue with the preseiît dug out ta a depth of about anc priva tely-opcrated system, are fo t and a granular base is be- invited ta turn out to this Mn put in. No surface pave- meeting, conducted by the mient will be put on until at Chamber ai Commerce with the least next year. The work is approval ai the Town Council, beirig donc in a method that and express their views. will allow the roads ta stand Everyonc who wishes ta pre- up ta winter frosts and tbaw- sent facts or opinions will bei ing. If the work remains solid heard.1 and level, a bot mix surface- Among the business discuss-1 might be applied next yeam. cd at the Chamber ai Com-î Such work la being donc on merce executive meeting was ai Ontario, Elgin and Queen Thanksgiving banquet, plannedt streets. .for the ndddle of rtf(,'fr-,., Zoning By-Law Has Final Test September 1l5th Over 'two years in the m a ki ng, Bowmanviile's Zoning By-iaw cornes up for its final test on Thurs- day, September 15th. On this ,'date at 10 a.m. in the Council Chamibers The On- tario Municipal Board will hear ail parties interested in supporting or opposing the new By-law. The complete revised By-law is printed In this issue starting on Page 14 along with a map of the town. Read It thoroughly so that if you have a com- plaint it may be registered at this meeting rather than after it becomes law. Man's Arm Badly Injured At Goodyeàr Samuel C. Adams, 18, son of Mm. and Mrs. Zachary Adams, 36 Liberty Street North, was taken ta Toronto Western Hos- pital last Thursday afternoo.i with semiaus injuries ta 'his lcft arm and shoulder. Plant nurse, Mrs. Dorotb3 Tuerk, administered iirst aid, and Adams was moved ta Mcm.- anial Hospital within 15 min- utes, where Dr. A. B. Sylvester toak charge. It was decided theme that Adams should be sent ta Western Hospital, To- monta. because of the nature ai the injumy ta bis arm. No anc witnessed the accident, Councillors Viéw Street Repair Work LRoads and Streets Superintendent Coulson Pitt, centre, explaîns ta Councîl- ilors Dave Higgon, left, and Glen Lander, the work. being done on some Bowman- ville roads to repair an error made when they were ariginally put down. The asphaît pavemnent was laid with a minimum of gravel, ani the dlay base retainied moisture whîch caused the surface ta crack. The s olt sections mut now be remaved and replaced ýw"t s"Uâhed atgn. f a I IAJ VVIXI.t± VJLJri.. UNTARtUU, 1lU1CISAY, S 1'i±MU15 lst, 1955 Hampton Gardeners Take Top Honours at Oshawa, Horticultural The village of Hampton was well represented among the prize winners at the annual show of the Oshawa Horticuil- tural Society in the A. E. Loy- ell Public Scbool, Oshawa, on Saturday. The Oshawa Horticultural Society Challenge Cup for the best large fiower and vegetabie garden went to Mr. and Mrs. W. Chapman of Hampton. The E. Eward McLaughïin Challenge Trophy for the best rock garden went to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warren, Hampton. The cups for the winners were presented by Mayor Nor- m1an Down of Oshawa. The list of winners included the names of Mrs. C. Tink, Mrs. C. Warren, and Mrs. W. Chap- man -several times. Mrs. Clar- ence Tink Won seven firsts, three seconds, eight thirds and anc fourth. Mrs. Warren bad three firsts, seven seconds and one third, and Mrs. Chapman Extra Week's Holidays For Two School Grades To Finish Construction Only part of Bowmanville High Scbool wiil be ready on the first day of the Faîl school terra, principal L. W. Dippeli bas announced. Howcver, all students will register on Tuesday, Septem- ber 6, at the school. Pupils of grades 9 and 10 will register at 9 a.m. Pupils of grades il, 12, and 13 will re- gister at 1.30. Classes will commence on Wednesday for grades 11, 12, and 13. After being assigned to their forms and given their book lists, students of the low- er school (grades 9 and 10) will have another week of bol- idays. They will not be requir- ed to attend until Monday, September 12, due to a lack of complete accommodation. Bock Exchange A second band' book ex- change will open in the Asseni- bly Hall at 3 p.m. an Tuesday, Sept. 6. Construction wark at the ncw1 addition to the scbool is now inj the finishing stages, but not far1 enough advanced to allow thei use of more than a very fcw of( the ncw rooms. When the work A~ completed, sometime this faîl. students of Bowmanville High School will bave one of the most modern high scbools in the area, and certainly the newest. For a while, until the workmen move out, the pupils will bave to put up with the noise and bustie whîch accom- panied their studies all spring. Cafeteria Sept. 12 The cafeteria, bult in the basement of the aid school building and part of the new, will open on Monday, Septem- ber 12. A well-balanced bot meal will be served, with pri- ces well within the budget of every pupi. Students may bring their own lunch if they wisb, but it is urged that tbey take, advantage of the nutri- tious bot meals. The cafeteria services are subsidized and made available to pupils af the school at alightly lcsstban cost. Until the workmen complete the school, students will have to put, up with many inconven- lences, but tbe final results of the work that is going on will no doubt compensate for the rSeveral New 'Teachers" On Public School Staff Ready for Opening Day Bowmanville's three public schools will open at 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 6th, super- vising principal A. M. Thamp- son announced this week. An increased enrolment cf 60 pupils over the final day's total of last terra is expected. One new classroom bas been opened in the gymnasium at Ontario Street School ta 'belp accommodate these pupils. The total enrolment expected at the three schools is 1127. Several new teachers bave have joincd the staffs af the schools. At Central School, Mr. Donald Kennedy af Hammond la tbe only newcamcr. New teachers at the Ontario Street School are Miss Jean Bragg, Bowmanville, Miss Audrey Hay, Peterborough, Miss Beth Powell, Peterborough, and Mm. Roy Turner, of Blackstock. Miss Marion Pascoe ai En- field will join the Vincent Mas- sey Sehool staff. Miss Diann Hogaboam of Bctbany will be the new music aupervisor for the schoals, re- placing Mm. David Peters, wbo will be fuil-time at the High Awarded $23,OOO for Bus Line Revenue Loss Garton's May Appeal rClame Garton, aviner ai Gar- 1ton Coach Lines, Bovimanville, Eand Fred DeNure ai DeNure Bus Lines Ltd, Port Pemmy, areSt io Ag n fconsidering appealing against the Ontario Municipal Board Aê . decîsion annaunced Tuesday. It t ewcastle awarded tbemn $23,000 and $18,- 000 respectively as compensa- tion for present and future lass Cur in Accident ai revenue on their lines caus- By Gardon Agnew J d by the Oshawia city buses opemating in competitian with The papular local C.N.R. Sta- themn over areas annexed b tlin Agent at Newcastle, Mr. the City ai Oshawa. The cases Percy Hare, had a narrow es- werc beard in May. cape on Manday aiternoon The compensation under the when a piece ai ilying steel decision would be paid ta truck bum a glancing blow on them by the City ai Oshawia the bead while be was inspect- rather than Canadian National, ing a fast moving freight train Transportation Ltd. (Oshawa passmng bis station. Railway Company) since the .Mm. Hare vias standing at the City of Oshawa ordered the aide.ai the door watcbing the city transportation system ta go passîng train wben a piece ai inta the annexed areas follovi- scmap metal, approximately ing a council meeting in Febr'i- one foot long and weighinfl amy. Annexation took place in about four pounds, flevi framn 1951. The city transpartation one of tbe freight cars bounced system began ta aperate in the off bis bead, went in thraugh annexed ameas in whicb the De. the doarway hitting a picture Nure and Gartan lunes bad for- on the wall and then bouncing merly operated excîusiveîy on back ta the dadrway. March 14 tbemeby cutting the Mr. Hare was knocked un- revenue ai these two campan- consciaus by the biavi. Wben jes conidcrably since that he rcgained consciousness he time.Afct was lying on the station plat- AfcaBoth Firinu fatni and crawled over where The eNur lie isaffetedhe couid attract the attention iNtheOeNu wa neaiect Ofaisanie men loading a car an in omt Obaw onthir run a neamby siding. Tbe men came froni Port Pemry ta Osbawa by ta his aid and calicd Dr. L. S. having competition from city Miklos viho, aiter administer- buses in the annexed area ing first aid. had the injured wvhere thcy formerly bad noane. man removed ta Memorial Hos- Carton Coach Lines novi baye pital, Bowmanville, for iurther competitian from city buses on treatment and examination. bath the east and west ap. codn a eot m proahesta shaa o No 2 Hare narrowly escaped instant Highway on their Bowmanville deatb in that the ilying missile Ita e Whîtby r ow hit him a glancing blow rather In te estGartn'snowbasthan a direct blow. ta compete with city buses for It la reported that Mr. Hare passengers from Harmony ta is recavering fromn the shack the Darlington Township Line, 1 ai the blow and aside fmom the a distance afl 31o miles cut in bsha sdigangt hch is densely populated. The accident is bcing laves- W.Ontiniigdo= pue i.vmn). igated by CuN.R. Offuca. t4te~1u4n 10e PER COPY l%.TTTT~4TU~'.P Q~ - - - - N ~ *I*J.S&JAk t~U Utilities Chairman, Reviews Town Waferworks History New Town Street Signs Going Up The f frst of the new street signs for Bownian- ville are now being erect- ed, Coulson Pitt, Roads and Streets superintendent has anxiounced. The first of the signa are at the west r end of town, at Waverly Road, and the nex~t few 1 wilI hie erected dloser to the m a in intersection. V There are enough signs n ready now to keep the V workmen busy putting 1 them Up for at least a 9 nionth. Some of the Roads a and Streets employees are e now working with the Ry- der Paving Company on repairing streets, and the remainder will work on the stree$ slgns when they f find time. The signs, on e metal poles, are black Jot- E tering on white metal, t easily readable from a good distance. I New Equipment i Proves Boon at Hiospital Here New equipment, arriving every few days at Memorial Hospital, bas been a real boon ta busy nurses, doctors and a rush of patients. Now, for the first time, the hospitàI bas a croupette to take came of whooping cough pat- ients. Peculiarly, it was put to work shortly after arriving when a wbooping cough case was admitted. The same situation developed with a new oxygen tent, the second awned by the bospital. It was barely unpacked wben an emcmgency arose and it was put into worthwbile use. Admissions have been excep- tionally high recently. Last week, tbere were 43 flew pat- ients admitted, which is a faimly busy schedule for a 50-bed haspitl. Open -Season Dance Sept. 9 The Teen' Town Club will start activities for the 1955-56 season on Friday evening, Sept. 9, with a dance at the Lions Community Ceirtre. Ail members of the execu- tive are requested to be present at the Lions Centre early in the evening to discuss the proper methods of choosing an execu- tive for the coming season. Recreation Director Doug Rigg, who bas had considerabie experience with -the Oshawa CRA Teen Town organization, will be present, prepared ta addl any advice possible. Ail teen-agers in the Bow- manville district, whether mcm- bers of the club or flot, are in- vited to attend this first dance of the season. Records will provide the music, and there will be prizes for special dances. An outiine of the many uîm- provements made in Bowman- ville's water suppiy since 1912 was given to the Bowmanvilie Rotary Club at the' regular meeting Friday by Past Presi- dent W . Ross Strike, Q.C., the present Chairman of the Bow- manville Public Utilities Com- mission. Mr. Strike, who is 2nd Vice Chairman of the Ontario H.E. P.C., has been a member of the Bowmanvilie P.U.C. since 1932 and served as a town council- lor as early as 1928. On bis 1 very first year on council, he recalied, water probleis werc occupying the attention of that body, since the Skinner Springs, northeast of Tyrone t were not able to meet the de- i mands for water. These springs c were brought into use between c 1910 and 1912 and a 150,000 c gallon equalizer tank was bult c at the hili on the farm of Rob- , Used Gravity Feed Mr. Strike pointed out that since these springs were 745 feet above sea level and the equalizer tank 'on Collacutt 1 Hill was 250 feet higber than the present pumphouse on Church St., the water was fed .nto the town system by grav- t ity and the springs and the ti equaiizer tank were ail that f( .vas needed. The engineers be- s, îieved at that time that this 8 system would provide -for the s needs of a town up to 10,000 f< population but events soon f: proved them wrong. k By 1928 when Mr. Strike was n on Town Council the water shortage caused by increasiîng use of water in bornes and in-a] Lustry bad become so bad that b; he was forced to go down to a] EDITORIAL Story of Bowmanville Waterworks System cbief of police one day and haIt their operations. The maxi- mum 285,000 gallons a day frorn Skinner Springs was be- ing used and much more was needed. Aftcr hcated discussion by council members at the springs themselves, when Mr. Strike recailed that a council- lor even took a swing at the mayor, it was decided that a second equalizer tank of 150,- 000 galions capacity should be buiit on the Coliacutt property. This gave the town water sup- ply a rcserved capacity of 300,- 000 gallons and relieved the shortage until the mid-1930's,. By that time, the speaker said, the P.U.C. realized that; hey would uitimatciy bave ta go toi Lake Ontario for an ade- quate water suppiy, but they lid flot do so at that time be- cause they were stili paying off debentures on the previous vaterworks construction. Ta undertake the lake project then wouid have meant that local water rates would have bad ta be raised so high as to be far out of line with neighboring municipalities. Two Wells Drilled To obtain additional water in the mid-30's other springs in the area around Skinner weze ested, test holes were driilcd r welis, and two wells were ink at Happy Valley near the J -inch water main from the Drings to the town. It was und however, that the water [rom the wells cobld flot be ept free of gravel, and sedi- nent. In this predicament, tbe only' lternative which the P.U.C. iad was ta dam Soper's Creek rid put in a settlement tank One of the most important and progressive steps the citizens of Bowmanville have taken in the past 50 years was the installation of a modern waterworks system back in 1912. Yet we will venture the opinion that very few cîtizens, of the ages of 50 years and under,,know much about the f ascinating history of the establishment and growth of the local waterworks system. Strange ta say, every advancement in the promotion of the system, through the years, has met with a certain amount of opposition. But in spite of these obstacles the majority of citizens have been far-sighted enough ta create a mai ority each time when put ta &,vote of the people. In order. that our citizens may be better informed about the history, present operations of the waterworks systemn and future developments, we would suggest that they read the report in this issue of a most revealing and informative address given on the subject by W. Ross Strike, Q.C., chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, at the Rotary Club meeting on Friday. There is no man in town better qualified ta talk, in an authoritative way, on the histary of aur waterworks systemn than Mr. Strike, as he has been a member of the P.U.C. for the past 25 years, and most of that time as its Chairman. Too often we take for gmanted the long and tediaus hours of public service, which sometimes stretch into years, which men like Mr. Strike and others have wholeheartedly and generously dcvoted ta the advancement and betterment of living con- ditions in aur tawn. Seldom do citizens express their personal thanks ta public servants for a job well done. It seems ta be a human weakness, instead, ta criticize and find fault. Whichever group you belong ta, read the above report of the history of waterwomks in Bawmanville and thus be better informed on this important civic projeet. They Rave Their Own Mobile Cottage After years of renting cottages around Lake Scugog, Arnold Damant, 1-amp. ton, last winter decided ta build his own - anc he could Omove. Reading Mechanic Illustrated, he came across the very thing ho wantcd, a floating houseboat. It took six months of spare time, after haurs at Goodyear where he has xvorkecl for over 20 years. But, it was all set ta go in june and the launching took place after a float had hauled it ta his old favorite, Lake Scugog. Nôw, he and his wife and family stay at Port Perry for a while, then, unkie and spend a week or so at Caesarea or Williams' Point where this picture a taken at L. T. Trul1's dock. Thie boat cost about $1,600, is 22' long, about 61/' ide, with power coming from a 3:3.4 Evînrude outboard. It has four bunks, a washroom, kitchenette, decks at bath en.ds as we]l as a sun dcck on top where Mrs. Damant, her children and a few friencls are ý itting. Accoding to Arnocld tis is the best way to enjoy a êunu.rer cottage. L 1 --- - Liiiuuiu ui uuLuiDer. 1 10e PER COPY NTTMRRR. RIX E) ýTeen Towners