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AReal Pucker for 50-Yr. Bride ~t4te~1un 1858- 198 -Centennial Year ln Bowmanville - Old Home Week Jimne 28 - JuIy 6 Il Mr. and Mrs. Lieuwe Bergstra of Ylst, Netherlands, [and 71 respectively, celebrated their golden wedding neymoon recently on board ship. They arrived in 'nada on Saturday, disembarking from the Holland- America liner Maasdam with 500 other Dutch visitors, mostly elderly couples here to spend the summer with their kin. The Bergstra couple have one daughter in Bowmanville, Mrs. H. Ferbeek, 95 High St., and two other daughters in Peterborough and Campbellford. It is seven years since they last saw their daughters. Dedication of Qrganh Dream Corne True for Enniskillen Church ENNISKILLEN - Sundey ev- ening May lltb, et 7:30 wes the happy hour which the Senior and Junior Choirs and the con- gregation o! Enniskillen United Church have been enticipeting for a long time. It wes the de- diçating of e Hemmond Organ in a very speciel service. Thlé hope o! purchasing an electric organ brgan when the Senior choir had accumulated a fund from presenting two plays in approximetely 60 per- formances under the direction of Mrs. R. M. Seymour. Lest eutumn a very definite cam- peign was sterted to fui! il this hope. Winter cerd parties sponsor- ed by the 'Senior choir gave (Continued on neye seven) VOLUME 104 18 Pages Invite To BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY l5th, 1958 Canada'ys Prime -10e Per Copy NUMBER,26 M'inister June 9 Fi nd Part of Loot New R. From'Blown Safe . A portion of the loot taken by the obbers who cracked tnie safe ijthe Newcastle Post Of- fice Iâst weekcnd, was recov- ered by the Bowmanville De- tachment of the Ontaria Pro- vincial Police on Tuesday a!- ternoon. Found in the woods near Bow- menville were urlemployment insurance stamps ta the value of $1,633.00, and cheques worth $200. The daring robbery took place in the early hours o! Sunday morning, or late on Saturday night. The thieves forced the window in a washroom behind the stage ta gain entry. The Post Office is situeted in the front part o! the Newcastle Community Hall building. The two inside doors ta the Post Office wvere jimmied. The safecrackers, epperently professionals, blew the safe open with nitro-glycerin. First they had iuoved the 500 pound safe a distance o! 20 feet. and filled in the cracks around the door, and hinges, with a mix- ture o! putty and soep.. To deaden the sound o! the blat the criminels hed packed mail bags about the saf e. To prop them into place they used the lower hall o! a dutch door. People living nearby heard notbing« during the nigbt, but a window near the sefe was cracked by the vibration of the blast. Jack Wede. the postmaster, H-Stoyeing Printed SGîeves F ascinating Story 0f Town in Retrospect Red Shield Canvass Going WeII SThe Bowmanville Salva- lion Army's Red Shield Ap- peal' I. now infulilswing, according to John M. James, campalgn chairman, and the total to date la $473180. The response to the general canvass which be- gan May lst. la vcry en- couraging, and it is feit that the local objective of $4,- 150.00 wvi11 be .reached. The first book on Bowmean- ville's bistory ta be published since 1906 will soon be coming !ram the printers in time for the celebration o! the town's Centennial. As its title, "Bowmanville: A Retrospect", suggests, it is a look beck over the years. It is not intended ta be a complete bistory, but a glance through the table of contents quickly reveels thet ahl the bighligbts are there, !rom the !irst settle- ment in 1794, ta the 'apening o! Bowmanville's newest bank in 1958. There are besides, meny items !rom the pest neyer before re- vealed in book !orm. Why for instance, was Bowmanville known as the Cow Town? Where wes Bowmanville's coal mine? Did vou know we bad -a boop skîrt fectory? And doni't miss the vividly told story of the Great Bank Robbery, and ifs sequel. The busy deys o! the port are recalled when tbree-masted schooners docked here. and the deer dead days wben they shut the electric ligbt plant down at midnight. The famous Beith stables, happy times et the aid Drill Shed grounds, the bicycle craze.. the coming o! the motor car-these as well as the story o! aur scbools, churches and in- dustries make this book not anly one o! absorbing interest, but ilistoricai vaiue. Meny in- teresting aid photogrephs illus- trete the book. A tremendous emount of re- search was necessery, begin- ning when the Historical Com- mittee of D. R. Morrison (chair- man), R. G. Hamlyn, and Mrs. Roy Lunney was appointed by the Centennial Committee in Februery, 1957. The completed menuscript was banded in on (Continued on page seven) said the total taken !rom the safe amounted ta $6,211.00. This was cdmprised o! $415 in cashý $666 in postage stamps; $1,633 in unemplayment insurance stamps; $3,300 in denaminative money orders and $200 in che- ques. Some registered articles were also stolen, Mr. Wade said. However, he pointed out thal the $1,633 in unemployment in- sq.rance stamps would be worth. less ta the robbers. Also thel the $3,300 denominative maney orders could not be casbed by them. In addition 100 blank mone.v order forms were tek- en. but Mr. Wade explained that these were flot negotiable. The break-mn was discoverec by Sicnley Powell, careteker af the building, on Sundey alter- noon when he opened the build- ing for a meeting of the New- castle Sportsmen's Club. He a' once notiiied Postmaster Jack~ Wade and the Provincial Po. lice. Constable J. W. Cartwrigh,t O.P.P.. is the investigeting of- ficer on this case. United Af fer 44 Years Two sisters were re-united ir Tyrone this week after a se-per- ation of 44 yeers. Mrs. Bert Johnson, Tyrone, ege 62, seil. ed !rom Scotlend for Canada in 1914 when her yaungest sis- ter, Rita.,*was- a yeer old. baby. 7%'e sigt iýbWd iot m'et sÈincj until Mrs. Rita Stevens arriv- ed to visit ber sister et the Johnson !arm a few days ega. Mrs. Stevens, now a widow, and her 10-year-old deughter Moire, !lew ta Canada on April 27tb. She was met at Melton Airport by her brother, William Irvine. wha lives in Dundas neer Hamilton. and her sister, Miss Isabel Irvine, Hamilton. Since then she bas been visit- ing ber brother and sister be- fore caming to Tyrone. "Canada is a beautiful coun- try. It is wonderful ta be here in Tyrane witb my sîster. I plan ta return ta Scotland in about two montbs. end will visit an- other sister Margaret in Sarnia before then". Mrs. Stevens told the press. She explained she and Mrs. Johnson are having a won- derful time telking over old times. "Yes, 1 have been telling ber about the days belore she wes born when our father wes e forester on the estete of Lord Ails o! aîzeen Castle near Ayr. rs. JQbnson seid. "Alter the wer this cestie was given ta President Eisenhower." Hammond Electric Organ Dedicated at Enniskillen S At an impz'ssive service Sunday evening, Enniskil-~ ville, seated at the organ, took part in the service. At left, len United ChiuÏedicated its newly acquired Hammond IMm. W. Logan, B.A., B.D., who conducted the service and, electric organ. a1ne of the choir members had departed Ifer right, Mr. James Arthur Werry, one of the sènior for home 'vhen this pictume was taken. but this repre- members of the congregation who received the organ key su,-v group and Mr& C. Bamçtt# A.T.C.M.x o£ Bowman- from the neer. t t C. Church to be Built This Year Starting in June, this beautiful, mo dern structure will be constructed on the east side of Liberty Street, opposite Mernorial Park, in Bowmanville. It will be the property of the Roman Catholic Church and replace the small St. Joseph's Church on Church Street which bas become overcrowded. The $150,000 project will seat 450 and include flot only the church, but a rectory, vestry and several offices. Accommodation will be provided for three priests and a housekeeper. The church will have laminated arch construction, wiith buff brick outside and celcrete block on the interior. Frank H. Burcher of Hamilton is the architect and tenders have already been called for the construction work. The peak of the building will be 56 feet above ground and a modemn tower will rise above that to a height of 116 feet. The Reverend F. K. Mal 'ane, parish priest for Bowmanville, stated that they have high hopes of completing the structure this year. Council Gives Approval 0f Recreation Budget Playgrounds Open uIy7 Star t Fund To Assist Rebuilding A fund has been started hy Reeve Wilfrid Carru- thers ta assist Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Tomlinson li rebuild- ing their home. The Tom- linsons loat their little dau- ghter, Catherine when their farmhouse near Belleville waa completely destroyed by fixe last Friday. ..The ._Ceeil Tomlinsons were good neighhaurs, and fine people", Reeve Carru- thers said. "They lived on Scugog Street before they moved to their new farm two years ago lait autumn". "Bowmanville p eo plIe sympathîze with them in their sorrow in the tragie death of their littie girl. 1 amn sure thir friends here ,%ould like ta help them get started again". Contributions to the fund for the Ceeul Tomlinsons tan ha made at Alex Me- Gxegor's Drug Store, King Street. and at the residence of Reeve and Mrs. Wilfrid Carruthers, 227 Scugog St.. Masons Attend Service Members o! Jeruselem Lodge, A. F. & A. M., attended the evening service et Trinîty Un- ited Churcb lest Sunday even- ing, when Rev. Henry Moore o! Greenwood. District Cbap- lain, conducted the service. Distinguished visitors in et- tendance were Rt. Wor. Bro. R. E. Mowbray o! Brooklin, Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master, and Wor. Bro. Lamne McCoy. Brook- lin, District Secretery. The an- nual cburcb attendence wes under the leadership of Wor" ship!ul Bra. A. E. Maf!att with1 1Bro. C. E. Allun acting as Mer- ishal. Special music under the di- rection o! Mr. Arthur Collison. added ta the irnpressiveness o! the service. The Senior Choir sang the anthem. "Tarry With Me". in wbich Mr. Colin Tay- lor was soloit. Other numbers were by the ladies' quartette composed o! Mrs. L. Van Driel, Mrs. S. R. James. Mrs. O. Rich- mond and Mrs. D. R. Alldreed, who sang 'Remember Now Thv Creator", and a lovely ëolo hv Mra. Lloyd Ayre. -I ShaUl Not Paus Thls Way Aéi""O ___ Town Council has approved thie Bowmanville Recreation De- pertment's budget for 1958 amounting to $8,936.15 it was announced et the reguler month- ly meeting o! the depertment on Thursday evening et the Lions Community Centre. A portion of the budget is subsidized by the Ontario Department of Edu- cation. The Chairman, Jc Lander, presided. Playgrounds in the town hall will open on Monday. July 7th. They will continue until Friday, August 22nd, Doug Rigg, direct- or of recreation steted. The 12 pleyground supervisors, and a swirnming instructor for West Beach will be hired in the near future, he said. W. W. (Bill) Bagneli will again be in charge as chie! in- structor o! the department's summer swimming classes. The, departmnent will, hire an as- sistant to Mr. Bagnell. A re- quest has been made, for use of the swimming pool et the On- taria Training School for the classes. The swimming courses will begin early in July and will continue for six weeks. The Red Cross Tests will be given at the end o! the course. Classes will be held on Monday, Tues- day and Wednesday mornings. It was decided toaedd tennis and erchery instruction ta the summer program. It was sug- gested by Mr. Rigg that a week- long camp be beld in the sum- mer, also one for the girls. 'the meeting discussed the idea, and it seemed ta meet with generai approval. Dates for these camps have flot yet been set. Playground supervisors will <Continued on naze seven> Trinity Pastor Accepts Cali to Ottawa Church Wil Leave Here JuIy i The Reverend T. Arthur Mor- gan, pestor o! Trinity United Church, Bowmanville. advised The Stetesman this week that lie had eccerited a caîl ta Wrood- moffe United Cburch in Ottawa. He preeched there Sunday evening and The Ottawa Jour- ne] reports that the decision ta rail Mr. Morgan wes unanimous- ly cndorsed by the congregation. _-ie expects ta take up âls new cluties July lst, succeedling the Reverend Kenneth Woodwark. Mr. Margean was born in Hamilton, in 1920, the son of a weli-known photogrepher T. Herry Morgan. Educeted in city schools, be later gradueted from McMaster University and re- ceived bis theological degree !rom the University o! Toron- to (Emmanuel College) in 1943. He was first posted ta San- gudo, Alta., northwest o! Ed- monton, and while out west, merried Lillian Reid, who liv- ed northeast o! Calgary. They now bave tbree children, Mau- reen seven; Michael, three and Edwin, one. Shortly after gaing west, Mr. Morgan wes appointed General Secretary o! the Relîgiaus Edu- cation Council of Alberta. His next appointment was as assist- ant minister o! St. George's Un- ited Church, Toronto, where be assisted Rîgbt Rev. Dr. Willard Brawing, Moderator o! the Un- ited Churcb o! Canada from 1948 ta 1950 and, aiterwards, assisted Dr. John Short. He came ta Bowmenville in 1952, succeeding the Reverend S. R. Henderson wbo bad been called ta Windsor. Since, bis congregation bas grown consid- erably in size, the Sundey School bas been completely re- novated and enlarged and, re- oaUýYé a new, mode=, church organ was installed. Mr. Mor- gan's influence was especially strong with young people and severel new organizations have been promoted bv his efforts itot !unctioning cburch groups. His new charge presents, what he terms, a reel challenge, The district is new et the west end o! Ottawa and growing very rapidly. They have e manse Rev. T. Arthur Morgan constructed and are using a large hall which they hope ta expand in the neer future. There is no church, but Mr. Morgan feels confident that within a short time, plans will be under- wey ta rectify this situation. His meany friends here will be sorry ta see the Morgan family leve but will xisb tbem every hep piness and successini their newi lindtaking.1 open Tragic Death By Fire The tregic deeth o! little six- year-old Catherine Tomlinson lest Fridey brought sorrow ta the many friends o! the femiiy in Bowmanville and district. Catherine was born in this town. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ceci Tomnlinson moved ta the Belleville district in Octa. ber 1956. The cbild lost ber 111e li a f ire which destroyed ber farin home six miles southeast of Belleville. Her parents were in Belleville wben tbe fire broke out in their two storey freme bouse. A brother, Clark, age 17, wa3 workinz in tbe barn. When lie saw the bouse burning he rush- cd ta tbc building, and manag- ed ta pull out a wasbing nme- chine, but he did not know bis sister wes in the bouse. The Belleville Fire Depart- ment !ougbt the flames, and prevented them from spread- ing ta nearby buildings, but the bouse was a total loss. Fire Chie! Gereld Vance said the little girl's body wes found be- sîde the space beater. He thought, it was passible thet she was'trying ta ligbt it. In addition ta ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ceci] Tomlinsali, she is survived by three bro- thers. Clark, Clinton and Leon- ard. The lamily formerly lived on Scugog Road, Bowmenville. Many friends and former nei- gbbours have remarked on the devotian o! ber brothers ta their little sister, and told of their kindness ta ber. Her grand!ather is Frankc Tomnlinson, 95 Kingz Street East, Bowmanville. Syd Tomalinsor., Prospect Street, and C. Tam- linson, Queen Street, are ber uncles. Bill Tomhlinson, Orona, is also an uncle, and an aunt, Greta, Mrs. John Lenz, ]ives in Georgetown. She alzs .uered lois by tire recently Centennial 28th His Excellency the Governoi General o! Canada, Rt. Hon. Vincnt assey, has sent a let- ter of good wishes for the suc- cess of the Bowmanville Cen- tennial celebration, and regrets that he will be unable to attend, the Rev. A. C. Herbert, the chairman, announced at the meeting of the Centennial Com- mittee held in the Council Chamber et the Town Hall on Tuesday evening. This message fromn the Governor General wvilI be printed in the officiai Cen- tennial program. IWe are investîgating the possibility that Prime Minister John Diefenbaker may visit us on June 28th for the opening o! Old Home Week, Mr. Herbert saîd. "Dr. R. P. Vivian, M.P. and Major John Eeote, V.C.. M.L.A., have assured us that they will be here," he added. Name New Member Xeith Conneil was named as a new member of the commit- tee. Mr. Conneil is the proprietor of the Cream of Barley Park which will be used for the cere- manies on July 28tb, for the Community Pienic an July lst, and for the, Orange Walk on the l2th of July. Miss Violet McFeeters report- ed that arrangements for reg- istration are weUl advanced. Her committee through the Business and Professional Women's Club are now busy obtaining adver- tisements for the Centennial Souvenir Program. Members of the B. and P. Women's Club will be in charge of registration at the Bowman- ville Badminton Club during Old Home Week, Miss McFeeters steted. The Women's Institute will supervise the museum whicli wilI also bel in the Badminton Club. Pralse for Little. N.H.L. Ed. Rundie gave the. final re-. port on the Littie N. H. 1, Tournament held in Bowmen- ville during Easter week. Mr. Hferbert praised Mr. Rundle for the way the tournament hed been orgarized and paid tributs to the hospitality of the townsp people. 1.About 900 Letters Ivan Hobbs gave the publicity committee's report. Two letterd are being sent each month to about 900 former Bowmanville residents. Experts to Decorate Merle Slute, chairman of the decorating commfittee, reported on the plans for decoration of the Bowmanville municipal buildings, the Town Hall, Pub- lic Library and Registry Office, Lamp standards on King Street will be uniformly decorated. Mr. Slute elso seîd thet the merchants are enthusiastic about the plan whereby they have ar- ranged to have experts, the ABC Display Company, decorate their stores. An Excellent Hlstory The- Centennial Committee Cheirman, Mr. Herbert, spoke (Continued on page seven) -., - -- la