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~rn4bflm t4t#1n rn "Durham County's CGreat Famity Journal" YQLU E 10 BOW ANVILE, NTARO, T URSD Y, ARCH 12lst, 1957 lOc PER COPYNU B R1 KiOME OWNEaRSi PAF637 N MILLzS indusiriai a« ndCommercial. Miii Raté Jumps 10. 7 Milis, Education Takes-Biggesi Bite Thiree Winning Musicians from' Bowmanville Three Bowmanvjlle musicians who were winners in Rundle the only entry in the clarinet solo class for 15 years their respective classes were (left to right): Alec Wiseman, and, under, 80 marks. These three won their prizes at the second, with 82 marks in the cornet solo class for 15 years Peterborough Music Festival last week. and under; Doug James, first, with 81 marks in the tram- -Photo courtesy Peterborough Examiner bone solo class for 18 years and under, and Howard Beer or Meals? Church Groups Are Forcing H oie! IoOperate ai Loss? ITnfair competition from the çl4ch groups and other organ- :Ize-Pns whose fund raising Programs include catering has prampted the Balmoral Hotel ta request Town Council ta pass a by-law forbidding any un- lcengpd group or individual ta ,Bowmanville. etter read by council at t1épcial budget meeting Fni- day !erbert Wooley, proprietor, stated that the hotel is losing approximately 85 percent o! the catering trade ta church groups and organizations. "They are undercutting the price in. food ta such an extent that we can not possibly meet their price."1 Free Food and Labour R q 'r h e "Their food is donated in al cases, as well as the labourl Mn. Wooley stated. "Ail that is Mo re Teacl-ers purchased is the mnegt or fowl Wýhichever the caséinay be, n S pt m e and this often at a neduc2do ' éP-'èm e price." "T hese groups do not pa: property tax nor do they pa: business tax. They are, hov ever, in business and in it t (Conitinued on page seven) ay Ar- to Western Tire Store Opens Here Saturday Alvin BoycJ, Enniskillen, wîll wherc hc bas worked at a van- fulfil an ambition when he of- iety of jobs.' ficially opens his new Western His family includes his wife, Tire Store at 85 King St. West, the former Jean McLean, of Sâturday. Uxbrîdge, a son Gardon, 10, Mr. Bayd has invited every- and a daughtcn Martha Jean 7. one ta drap in and brouse They are members of the Unit- around the store, whîch will be eqd Church. Mr. Boyd is aiso a earrying a complete line of au- memben o! the Loyal Orange tomotive parts and accessonies. Lodge, Tyrone, and the ,Ma- Trhree large prizes are being sonic Lodge. given away duing the opening. To Manage Store Draw tickets will be avai 1 Neil McLean, Mr. Bayds bro- able for anybne attending. Sat- then-in-law will be managing urday, March 30, there wiil Lie the store. He has had severai a draw held for the pnizes, years' experience in the auto- which includcd a bicycle for a motive parts field. During the boy or girl: ane pair of new war he served with the RCAF tires for the mon and a deep as a wireless operator and eni- fnyer for some lucky lady. tened the automotive parts field Hoids Franchise after receiving bis discharge. The store has been an amn- In additionta carrying a wide bition of Mr. Boyd's for several range of auto parts and acces- years. He has heid the fran- sanies they will have a service chise for a Western Tire store departmnent in the rear. The in this area foar mare than two service department is equipped years. Presently he is empioy- ta give ail minar repains. Mr. ed at General Motors in Osh- Boyd expects ta stant this ser- awa as a spot weldcr. vice early in Apnil. For the past 30 years hie has Open Saturday been a resident af Enniskillen and is 'wcIl known in this anca. The store xii be open from Born in Bc'thesda he attcnded 8:30 a.m. ta 6 p.m. ta serve the school at Purpie Hili and then public. On Friday it will re- rnoved ta Enniskillen. main open until 9 p.m. Among the man yauto parts they will HsfrtFirst Job carry are: fant belts, fuel pumps, Hsfrtjob was with E. A, generatons, aIl types of tools, Wenry, livestock dealer in En- tires and the regular line o! niskillen. He was employed auto parts and accessories. For there for ten yeans. This is his further details see advertise-f l7th yean with General Matons, ment on page 1M.1 Who Us Most Valuableý Combines' Ployer?.1 - Several hockey fans have started a project ta select I teMost Valuable Player on the Bawmanville-Orono ombines hockey teamn for the 1956-57 season.r r These people have ail nNiade a donation of either cash 9 or merchandise ta be awarded ta the player selected. Any- one wishing ta make a donation toward this project is dl ~ked ta contact Garry Venning at Bruce Minns' Clothing. li dy donation ta aid the project will be greatly appreciated. A xinner will be decided by a majority vote, Appearing in this issue of The Statesman on page 11 is a ballot forma listing the' players. Just cut out the ballot and B check the player that you think has been the most valuable t. during the season. A ballot box will be Iocated at the S Arcna for your convenience.c Presently donations have been received from the pi following: Hooper's Jewellery, John Stutt, Shoe Store;. Ken's Men's Wear, Jack McNulty's Sport and Cycle, Bill v th Mutton's Service Station, Lander Hardware, Bruce Minns' st Clothing, Don Boe's Service Station and Anonymous, $5. tb At least three additional teachens will be required by the Bowmanville Public School Board this September ta look after the even increasing en- rolîment. In addition teachers will have ta be hired ta, replace those wha are resigning. The nesignation of Mn. John iLemon, Ontario St. School teachen, was received at the re- gular meeting o! the board held Tbursday evening. Supervising Principal A. M. Tbompson was given permission ta advertise immediately for the new teacb- ens and replacements. A letter xvas neceived froni the municipality o! Bowman- ville stating that the board was requined ta make three ap- Paîntments ta the Public Libra- ny Board. The foliowing were appainted-A. M. Thampson for three years, L. W. Dippeil for twa and Mrs, Elsie Lunney for ane. The board decided ta pay thein share of costs along with Darlington and Clarke» for the tnansponting of Cerebral Palsy pupils ta the' special school in Oshawa. Two Families Receive Cali From Wagon During the past week, meim- bers of the Business and Profes- sional Women's Club represent- ing the Welcome Wagon service arganized by the Bowmanv-Ile Chamber of Commerce, calied on two new familles in town. Mn. and Mrs. Adam H. Keane, 205- King St. E., moved here fromn Oshawa in Decemben. They rad lived previously in Onono. The Keanes are retired and have four marnied children. rhey attend the United Church. The other family calied on .vere Mn. and Mrs. George Geary, Apt. 1, Cowan Block, King Street. Mn. and Mrs. Geary arrived hene the weekr before Christmas. Mn. Geary wras previously employed by Asvl Tree Surgeons in To.c ronto and is now with the ground cnew af the Bowman- I ville Public Utilities Commiss ion here. They have two chu:- Inen, George age 3, and Williami, 10 months. The Gearys belanged ta the0 )vercomers' Church in Toronto t] and expeet ta become affiliatede with the Baptist Chunch in Bawmanville. The Gearys saîd they cnjoyed reading the d Statesman. but suggested it s -arry a radia and TV page, aLiO T -oic strip, as it is the anly P aper they read. f( B. & P. members report those sf isited mast appreciative o! hr ;eir caîl and the gift coupons, bý treet map and information on W~ he town given to thezu ti Tax Payments Sta rt May'.. 1st Due fe the delay li an- xounclng the Bowrnanvllle municipal budget It bas ben necessary for council te postpone the f irst of four installments of taxes te May 1 and the three 'suc- ceedlng payrnenfs wlll be due July 15, September 16, and November 15. To aid m in hepreparing of fax notices Clerk Alick LYle bas been given per- inisison te hîre temnporary office help. Miss 1. Shaw Hospital -Supi. Resigns Here Miss Irene Shaw, Reg. N., Superintendent o! Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, bas resigned bier position bere ta take effect Apr. 30. The Hospital Board accepted ber nesignation witb regret. Miss Shaw, wbo took up ber duties as supenintendent bene in May, 1954, bas accepted a position as Superintendent of Nursing et the Ontario Hospi- tel, North Bey, Ont. She came ta Bdwman'ville from Bramp- ton wbere she bed been Super- ixtendent o! Peel Memorial Hos- pîtal. Form Two Girl' s' Hockey Teams to Play-Mur. 30 Bowmanville bas become famous for many things, but a recent occurrence will probab- ]y put our community in the news across the nation. On Friday afternoon Bow- mnanvi]le's fii'st girls' hockey team for over two decades xiii hoid a practice session at Mem- anial Arena. More than fourte-e'n young girls, between the ages o! 10 and 12 will don tlbeir eqv~ipmfent ta practice for an appearance at Minpr Hqckty Night on March 30. In addition to the regular playoff games between the minor hockey teams that night, fans will see these young miss- es play a regular hockey garne. Plans for the team were started after Doug Rigg, R2- creation Director, received a letter from the group late in February. The letter was sign- ed by Il girls who were inter- ested in forming a girls hockey teamn. Since then, Margie Piekard, who heads the group has inter- ested several other girls in the idea. They hope ta form a girls league next season. Thîs.league would be similar to the league prçÉenfly fomned Lor boys., Each o! the girls have neceiv- ed their parents' consent in the venture. Two teams have beenj formed from the 14 girls. Ran- selected by one team, while gerete asbon pthsee nam Blind Commit tee Sets Objective ut $4,000 Chairman Don Williams pro-1 sided et the March meeting of! the Northumberland - Durhamn Advisory Cammittee of the C. N.I.B. on Tuesdey, March 19 with ten membens present. Mn. Williams announced ta the Cammittee that Mn. W. T. Simmonds, the District Field Supervisor, was beîng moved ta Toronto. Tribute was paid ta Mn. Simmonds for bis tire- less work on behaif o! the blind pensons of five countîdýs that made up his charge. The ternitony încludep the counties o! Nothumben and, Durham, Peterborough, Victoria and Hal- iburton. He w-as also commend- cd fan bis valuable services in allying the needs o! the blind ta the wonk o! the various coin- mittees in their respective areas. Newv Field Secretary Mn. Sirnmonds replicd that he was ]eaving the District ta take up the work o! Mn. Eddie Brown, who in tÙrn is to com- mence dutieso! Chie! Libran- !an for~ the C.N.LB. He extend- Iwho was prescrit. The commit- tee learned that Mn. Caruk P'r- rives in the District well equip- ped with sound training and experience, camîng dinectly from London where he bas been assistant ta Field Secretany Mr. Wheelen who was respansible fan the new centre necently 9pened there. Prior ta this Mn. Caruk work- cd under Mr. Hamiltan in Ot- tawa and attended Canleton Col- lege thene. * Wide Experience Mn. Simmonds !elt thet the 'ew Secretany wauld bring new vigour ta the District, ' for, ii addition ta his experieixce, his Personal interests. in Crippled Children's and Wel!are Wark wilI be o! great value to his new post. Mn. Caruk was thui welcomed ta the local commit- tce. Before the meeting was ad- journcd, a ncw objective o! $4,000 was set for the caming campaign. A cempaigri commit- ed good wishes ta the new Field venonship a! Don Williams ta Secretany, Mn. Joseph Caruk, meet immediately. 1 Council Seeks Pay - Increase The first fwo reading for a by-law- te double the compensation now being re- ceived by the Mayor and councillors was given unan- Imous approvai at the bud- get meeting Friday and the by-law will now be for- warded te the Ontario Mun- icipal Board for approval. Af present the mayor re- ceives $250 and fhe remain- der of counchl $100 as an- fluai remunerafion for the Urne, effort and service fhey render te the carry- ing out of municipal busi- ness. If the by-law fa ap- vroved they will receive $500 and $200 respectivcly. Stili a Few Tickets Left For Dinner Tickets for the special wel- coming banquet ta be held Tucsdey evening in honoun o! Johnison and Johnson Ltd. are et a pnemium Chamber of Commerce President Rick Rickaby bas announced. He urges ehl members and any othen interested citizen ta pur- chase a ticket immediately. Among the 60 invited guests at the banquet will be officiels a! Johnson and Johnson Ltd. and representatives o! the tradie and industny branch of: the On- tario department o! planning and dcvelopment. Supper wiIl ic serned et 6:15 p.m. sharp and tickets are avaiI!ible frtvm thé Chamber'di- nectars who - are as follows: Rick Rickeby, Glen Lenden, El- mer Banting, Clarence Hocki', Calvin Breen, W. A. Courtney, John Stutt, A. Sturnock, Keith Lathengue, George Hacking, W. H. Brown, W. G. Pescoe and Bernard Kitney. Tickets are also being sold thnougb the Chember office in the Town Hall. Hold Party For Hospital This Afternoon Don't forget - today is the day a! the annual Birthday Party o! the Mem- oriaI Hospital, held by the Women's Auxiliary of the hospital at tht Lions Corn- munity Centre. Thetitme-3 te, 5.30 o'clock. This is always a pleasant event where friends meet for a cup o! tea and a so- cial time. Receiving itt bc Auxiliary President, Ms L. W. Dippell, asslsted by Miss Irene Shaw, Superin- tendent o! Memorial ilqs- pifai, and M.rs. Bruce Mat- ton, Auxiliary Vice-Presi- dent. Ladies o! Bowmanville and surrounding district are cordially invited to attend the 44th birfhday party o! the hospital. Plan to meet your friends at tht Lions t Lakefield Has 17 Penalties Combines Win Three Siraîght Score Twîce in Firsi Minute- ]Bowmanville - Orona Com- Big Gun for Combines bines thumped Lakefield Lumn- Raye 'Gusty" West, whose bermen 5-2 before more thun specialty this season bas been a 1,000 cheering fans at Meni- the bat trick, triggered thre-e criai Arena Tuesday nigbt, ta weil placed mankers for the move themn into a 3-0 lcad in Combines in the first nine min- thein best-of-seven Lakeshore utes o! the game. He bad Rad [ntermediete "A" Hockey Play- Wasson ducking nubben in the 3ffs. first 14 seconds as be fired Whether Lakefield wene stîli betwecn the goalie's legs to reelîng fnom the defeat tbey make it 1-0. su!fered at Peterborough onTh Friday night on just out oif Teanena echoed the cnowd's practice is uncertain, buti thei roars and cheens when be found played a sluggish three periodsth mark .just 23 seconds of hockey. Their attempts to laten.. At 37 seconds be sur- use sticks and clbows ta softcn. prised the aient Wasson witn the local lads wene promptîi a similar shot. efter gnabbing *urteiled by aient officiais, a pess !rom brother Junior. Suffer Hcavy Penalties Pulls Hat Trick Laeficld's rougb-bouse boys Raye tallîed bis third et 8:34 Iid a total o! 42 minutes in the ta dlinch bis bat trick. He in bin for 'heir scullduggery. went in besidc the cage to They spent 32 minutes in thc check e Lakefield player carry- penalty box for minor of- ing the puck. Once in possess- fenses. Don Floyd earned hîm- ion o! the rubben be turncd self a ten-minute misconduct and fired at tbe night band In the third period for talkîng corner, before Wasson reei.ized ack to the referce. Our lads bis teammate had lost it. were issued four minor penal- Dean West put the Combines tes during the tilt. abead 4-0 at 14.08, wbile bro- ther Junior receivcd credit for bis second essist. Dean !ircd a high slap shot from the left face-o!! circle and the puck landcd in rigbt corner o! the cage. Tallys First Lakefield Goal Keith Montgomery put Lake- field on the score sheet at 11:40 o! the middle frame. Pau' Doris relayed from the cornon and Montgamery slapped the manker past Hawes. Keith West scored Bowmaîî- ville - Orono's !i!th goal by flipping in a rebound that Wasson hed camepartly out of tbe nets ta defleet. Lowell Dykstra was credited with the assist. Mary Donaghile blinked the lamp for the Lumbermen at 15:17 o! the second fnamc, ta score the final goal. He shct the puck in aftcr it hiad dr.- ficcted off Hawe's skate in front o! the nets. Bath teams played a close checking style o! hockey in the (Continued on page seven) Bowmanville town councillors uttered -a woeful groan Friday evening at the special budget meeting as Clerk Alick Lyle announced a tax levy of'70.1 mills'forý commercial and manufacturing properties an d 66.37 milis for residential properties ta, raise council's estîmated budget of $478,207.73. This groan-is being re-echoed thrQughout Bowman- ville as taxpayers are once again faced with an increased miii rate. Last year's rate stood at 60 mills and the 1955 rate at a mere, 47 milis. Educaltion Takes Big Share Education costs dlaim the lion's share of the budget with 48 per cent allotted for this purpose while thebreak- down of the remainder isas foliows: county rate ;- 15 per cent, general - 33 per cent, and debentures - 4 per cent. 0f the money to be raised for taxation only onie- third will be used for town purposes. Chief items among the estimated $199,299 expenditures are roads and, streets, $62,497; police, $M,900; public property, $22,000,- fire dçparta. ment, $17,115; salaries, $13e975, and civic, $10,300. Receipts ta partially offset town expenditures will amount- to approximately $38,400 and include a $16,000 provincial road grant, $3,500 from the cemetery and an estimated $2,000 as a penalty for back taxes. Following is a comparison of expenditures and rt«iii» rate for 1957 as compared ta 1956. Town Gen. Rate Public School High School Counties Rate in explainin g the season for the rise in spendings Deputy- Reeve Wilfrid Carruthers, chair- man of the finance committee, stated that the ratio of industrial and commercial assessment ta residential assessment is out of balance. Assessment Wili I nerease However it is hoped, he said, that the acquisition of Johnson & Johnson Limited, the addition to Bowmanville Goodyear Tire and ýRubber plant, the Venture Inn Motel and the several new busirresses whieh have openedi will herald a new era of: in- dustry and commercial exbptnsion for Bowmanville. 1957 $160,980 23 150,834 22 81,843 12 72,035 l1 2.8i M.3 t2.1 10.65 1.85 milis $ 197 6. $134,84716.7 134,584 20.7 67,06710. 65,016312 Folowig13,M.003 2 he'l complete report: Explaina Difference Trhe presentation of the 1957 budget which calls for an iii- crease of 10.7 nills on industrial and commnercial properties and an inc1rease of 6.37 mils on resi dential property deniands some explanation. Ilieretofore ail pro- perties pald the same mil rate because the Provincial uncon- ditional grants to the. municipal- ity applled ta ifl propertlee. -This year -the uriconditinal' gri#ts were risd fImm $1.7 5.per japýita to $3.26 but weère made' applic- able to residential. and farni r! . j milis 'I g, Fu'rmers and, Unions. Roth Com plain 'About' Not Getting fair Deal The common interests and problems o! the farmer and in- ,dustnial labour wene discussed by a highly infonmcd panel representing the Ontarib Fanm Union and onganized labour C.L. C. at a combincd meeting of fanm and labour wonkers in the Bowmanvlle Town Hall, Tues- dey evening. Professar George Grube, Uni- versity a! Toronto, was chair- mnan of the panel which consist- ed of Albert Cormack. president of the Ontario Fanm. Union; Mrs. Evelyn Prosser, women's presi- dent o! the Union, and Sam Bow- mnan, editon o! the Farm Union Press. The labour viewpoint was .ipheld by Cliffard Pilkie, fin- ancial secretary of Local 222, U.A.W.-C.I.O., Oshawa; Mrs. Mlary Eady, directon o! education, UJnited Packingbouse Workers, and Murray Cotterill, United Steel Wonkers. Labour and Farm Statua To stant the discussion Prof. Grube called fan the panel's opinion o! the position o! the farmer and industrial labour in he present period o! what is ermcd great prasperity. Albert Cormack pointed out hat the national income has in- creesed by aven 32 million dol- las since 1946 but the farmer is receiving less. In 1931, he ex- plained, the farmer was recciv- ing 13.36 per cent of the national inome but it bas now dccreascd to 5.6 per cent. Mrs. Prosser added that, costs have increased almost 52 per cnt since 1951 and the fermer ibeing ceugbt in a terrific sueeze. Murray Cotterill stated that te average earnings and the Leg ion Wins District Crîbbage Tournament t] C h ir iJ tc Sc t] 'Fo rresl Dilling New President Movie Club. Election of officers for the Oshawa and District Movie Club was held recently, with Forrest Dilling, Bowmanville, elected as the new president. Other officers are Vice-Pres. - George Thrasher, Bowman- ville: Sec.-Treas. - Leola Thra- sher, Bowmanville;- Programme Director-Wm. Wonnacott, Osh. awa; Transportation Directors- AI Fletcher, Bowmanville, VI Reynard, Oshawa; Coffee Host- ess-Lillian Dilling, Bownian- ville; Publicity- George Thra- J sher, Bowmanville; Member- ship - Audrey and Meredithi Moffat, Betty and Earle Wil- son, Oshawa; Competition - Jlack Delvin, Keith Taggart and Loretta Gates, Oshawa. Visitors will be cordiaUly wel- comed ta the club's meeting tai be heid Thursday (to-night) in~ the Lions Community Centre at 8.15. Richard Bnitton of Oshawa will show bis film on Texas and Mr. Dave Armistead, Bow- manville, will show pîctunes taken while on a trip to Eng- land. Resuits of the annual comn- petition for 8 mm. and 16 mm. have been neceived and w111 tha announced at this meeting. AI Fletcher, Bowmanville, ha» donateci rose bushes from his On Saturday. Manch 16, 30 members o! Bowmanville Bnanch, Canadien Legion jour- neyed by cbantered bus .ta Hastings ta compete in the Dis- tniet Cribbage Tournament. Twelve teains representative of ail parts of the District met in this annual event for the chance o! representing District "F" in the Provincial Tournament 'ta be staged et Sudbury during the month of Apnil. Bowmanville Brancb wes bonorcd in that the winning team captaine d by Comrade George Perfect were District Champions and will attend the Sudbury meet. Members o! this winning team are Conades R. Cale, W. Mairs, J. Firth, J. Kim- bic, T. Sheehan, P. Batbgate, D. Mains, S. Stier, S. Eaton, J. Knigbt. At the negulan meeting Thurs- day. March 14, Comrade Cil- ford Shrcd was initiated by tht pnesiding officens. Cornrade T. Shechan was appointcd Deputy Service Officer. President J. Firth on behai! o! bis Branch received a new Union Jack -for Legion use, the gift of Comrad. S. J. Adanui. t- k ~~I ru - r 1 1 - - lmgw ý1- 1