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-£ -A Food was given top bil- lnugd'ast year by re"idents of Sham County. lZfr of the ney they spent went for f od and b---rages than for Trhe faotand figures are revealed in a survey, copy- -righted by Sales Manage- ment, of New York, te deter- F00» mine the spending ability and the spending habits of people in alI -parts of Cani- ada and the United States. Each community was ex- amined, in this connection, as to its purchases of cars and other automotive equipment, of general merchandise. of furniture and of drugs, as well as food. In Durham County, last year, most local earnings found their way into the cash registers o! the retail stores. The chief empbasi.s, it was found, was on food, wbich took 26 cents of every dollar DXL' more than was allotted for the purpose by familles in most parts of Canada, 22 cents o! the dollar. In the Province of Ontario the aver- age was also 22 cents. The actual size o! the lo- cal food market is indicated Food purchases in the year, ini the meat markets, grocery' stores, bakeries, delicatess- ens and such, hit $7,350,000. It was $6,617,000 in 1956. ý!rhis was equivalent to $700 per household, if spread equally among the local pop- ilation. w- r . ..iure . iiswa y me toai aLIAunt sp~je4LL. . - t is exclusive of the cmes ouring 197.J. ou e r3cns amount spent ln restaurants and ini other places serving food and beverages for con- sumption on the premise. This ability to indulge in food to a greater extent is one sign of the trend toward more luxurious living. It was made possible by better in- $Z35 00O To varYing degrees, other retail stores also prof ited frein the big spending done in the year. Those selling au- tamotive equipinent, such as cars, motorcycles and farm. machinery, had a sales vol- ume of $5, 172,000. This was equal ta 18 cents o! the dol- General merchandise' out-, lets, including departmnent stores and variety shops, ac- counted for $2,485,000 or 9 cents. Furniture and household appliance store sales came to $632,000, equal te 2 cents. Drug stores had a $761,000 Open the Door and Let Me In Durham County's Great Family Journal Mr. an4Ïrs. George Lewins, Jackman's Road, had an unexpected guest early Saturday rnorting. Ail was quiet in the house when there was a shattering of glass. Going to investigate, Mr. Lewins found the large glass pane broken in their aluminum ,utorm door and on the floor in between it and the inside door, sat a partridge sti lgreggy from the collision,.lHe and Mrs. Lewins placed the bird in a box outside until it recovered from its minor injuries. How the partridge lost direction and Vsmashqd into the door is unknown. Maybe it saw its ref lection in the glass and like niay-à us wasn't too p1l.ased -withM .t ,early rin t1he -morning. Local Citizens Committee Criticizes Council's Move In Rushing Liquor Vote The first public opposition to the forthcoming liquor vote in Bowmanville developed last week at a well attended meeting o! the Citizens Com.mittee in St. Paul's Auditorium on Wed- nesday, Sept. l7tb. D. Alex McGregor wbo acted as chairman of the evening was elected the new president o! the organization. Other officers are Vice-President Ernest Brad- ley, SecretaryV~rs. Wm. Porter, Treasurer andhlead o! tbe Fin- ance- Committee Mrs. M. E. Leask, Publicity Chairman Gor- don Elliott. The main decision taken by the group was to advertse a public meeting for Tuesday, Sept. 30th, at 7:30 p.m. in Trin- ity Church in order to enlist as much support as available quick- ly. At that meeting, a complete erganization set up will be ar- ranged to carry on the cam- paign. Considerable criticism was voiced by several speakers who complained that couincil had seen fit to pass a by-law granting the vote by the unusual method of Cushing it through its three read- Ings in one evening. It was also pointed out that, contrary to Kinsmen Colleci $25 6.00 There was a good general ro- sponse ta the Tag Day held bv .~<the Boiwmanville Kinsmen Club ~nFriday evening, and ahl day Ilaurday. Gardon Wilcox, chairman o! the Tag Day corn- * mittee said the club was pleas- ed with the returns. The re- ceipts amounted ta $256.00. .Other members o! the Tag Turley, 31 Craig Street, Toron- Ing and Gorden Stringer. Al the members of the local Kins- tnen Club took part. Tagging started on Frîday evening at a'clock and continued until p..On Saturday the Tag e y was hold froin nine in the cyoning until six o'clock ili the evening. The Kingiin were assisted i tagging ~y fine boys frorn the Centrl( 211ublic School who tagged trig out the town. Thmo who took part were: Lar-j ry. Taylor, John Stancer, Ar-. nold DeMan, Barney Haw- thorne. Ron Johnston, Micha.-l lieddy, Rosm Myers, Glen Eld- sidia and Peter Vaaaon. newspaper reports, there bad out any advance warning that been opposition in council ta this it was coming. procedure - and ta allowing Cost o! the vote was brought the vote. It was by no means into the discussion and it was a unanimous decision. disclosed that tbe vote will cost Several members o! the group the ratepayers of Bowmanville suggested that they bad been a minimum o! $1,500 which will caught unawares by the suel- be addeci to their taxes. Tbe denness of the vote which bad meeting was told that the been "sprung on the town" with- (Continued on page seventeen) The Cornerstone of the ncw St. Joseph's Roman The present St. Joseph's Church, on Church Street. Catholic Church, Liberty Street, will be laid on Sunday was buit 101, years ago. The 1865 issue of the Sutherland afternoon, September 28th at four o'clock . The Right Gazetter contains a reference ta the Roman Catholic Reverend B. 1. Webster, D.D., Bishop of Peterborough Church, Church Street, Bowmanville, erected in 1857 of and the priests from neighbouring parishes will be present.1 brick at a cost of $800.00. The land for the church was His Excellency, Bishop Webster, will off iciàte, assisted by rented or lent for 21 years. the Rev. F. K. Malane, parish priest of St. Joseph's parish.! On February 2nd, 1878, Robert Taylor Raynes, The Cornerstone will contain a history of St. Joseph's; Montreal, and his wife Elizabeth Rayries, the last surviv- Parish, a history of the Diocese, a copy o!f the Bowman- ing daughter of Charles Bowman for whom this town was ville Centennial edition of The Canadian Statesman, and named, gave the land ta the church. The deeds in the coins of the realin. Bowmanville Registry Office o! the change of ownership The architect for the new St. Joseph's Church is bear the names of Mr. Raynes and bis wife assigning the Frank H. Hurcher, Hamilton. The contractor is J. A. land ta the Roman Catholic Church Corporation o! Kings- Wilkinson. It is expected the church will be completed ton. Previaus ta the formation of the diocese of Peter- and ready for services by December lst.___ borough, this town was part of the Kingston diocese. 1 VOLUME 104 18 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 1958 Deriungton Turns Down High Schooi BouardEs Pieu For ýReversail of Sitaecso Space Age. Appliance Amazes Spectators at Westingho'use Show Nearly 400 women-and a few husbands wbo wanted. to see wvbere their money might soon be going-viewed a demonstra- tion in the Town Hall on Tues- day evcning, of electrical appli- ances that take the work out of the housewife's life. The demonstration, called the "School of Modemn Living" was sponsored locally by Lander Hardware and the, Jack and Jil Club, and was brought bere by the Canadian Westingbouse Company. Mrs. Jack Dunn, who with ber busband is president o! the Jack and Jill Club, introduced Five Cars In Crash lAt HlI>.ffP: Pive cars were involved in1 an accident on No. 2 higbway1 at the railway subway known as the 'hole in the wall' near Newcastle on Sunday a!ternoon at 4.30 o'clock. It started witb a rear end collision between the first two vehicles, wbich start- ed a chain reaction o! collisions by tbe following three cars. Constable Robert Diamond, 0. P.P., investigated the accident. The owner drivers of tbe fîve cars were: John Nydegger, 188 Eglington Avenue East, Toron- to; Harry Madden, 63 Westbury Crescent, Toronto; Lawrence Parker, 37 Wineva Avenue, To- ronta; J. Skelly, 491 Oriole Parkway, Toronto; and Edward Turley, 31 Craig Street, Toron- te. The cars sustained consid- erable damage ta tbe fronts and backs. Anna May Corneil, Home Econ- omist for Westinghouse, and Mr. Charles Pearce of tbe same company who bas bad 30 years' experience in the appliance business. .Between them, Miss Corneli anld Mr. Pearce with entertain- inig commentary, demonstrated the advantages o! the applian- ces on the stage which includ- ed à' range with extra large oven, a Laundromat and auto- matic dryer, refrigerator, dish- washer, and an electronic aven. All these automatic wonders are not things of the future, Mr. Pearce emphasized, but are available now. In fact, the ap- pliances used during the even- ing were offered for sale at the conclusion of tbe evening. Tbe electronic aven, which seenis somewhat o! a miracle, (Continued on page seventeen) It has been brought to the attention of the Bow- nianville - West Dra Commlttee of the C.N.I.B. that an organization, known' as the Canadian Federation of the Blind is making an appeal for funds by letter in this area. The local C.N.I.B. Com- niittee wlsh to inform. the public that thifs group lias no affiliation or connection whatsoever with the Can- adian National Institute for the Blind. May we re- pea.t, - NO CONNECTION WHATSOE VER. On October 2th, the An- nual Caxnpaign for Funds 'for the C.N.I.B. will be held in Bowmanville and West Durham. This will be your opportunity te Help the Blind. At a special meeting Thurs- day evening, Darlington Town- ship Council turned down a request to reverse their decision and support debentures for a new bigh school at Orono. The meeting was held in Hampton at the request of, the Durham District High School Board who sent a special committee to the session. Members of Darlington Coun- cil apparently remained uncon- vinced by the argument offered by the special commnittee. Their stand was backed by a state- ment of statistics presented by J. R. Raymond of Municipal Planning Consultants, Toronto. Ail members of the Council were present. The Durham County District High School Board committee was composed of the chairman, Carroll Nichols, Alan Strike, Bowmanville; Dr. R. F. Richards, Port Hope, and Walter Reynolds, See'y.-Treas of the Board. The committee was welcomed by the reeve, who called on Mr. Raymond to give bis views regarding population and ex- pansion. Increased 74 Percent The population of Darlington Township bas increased 74 per cent from 1950 to 1957, Mr. Raymond said. In tbe same 7 years, the increase bas been even greater in Division 3 and 6 e! Darlington., The.Division 3 increase bas been 124 per cent, and Division 6 bas increased 117 per cent. Bowmanville's in- crease bas been 41 per cent dur- ing this period. The projected increase in pop-, ulation for Darl ington is 511 per year giving a total of 20,000 people by 1980. Bowmanville's projected incerease is 367 a year and its population will reach 13,000 by .1980, Mr. Raymond pointed out. A Greater Increase He stated that the increase ini population in Darlington is greater than anywhere else in the Durham County District Hîgh School Board area. The total enroliment at four Higli Sehools in the area is 1,473 this year. Bowmanville High School bas 744 students, Orono 115, Millbrook 85 andPort Hope High School 529. Reached Saturation Point Carroll Nichols, the Board chairman, thanked the Council Unveil, Plaque October l5th Honoring Founder c Air" important event is to take place in Bowmanville on Wed- nesday, %October l5th at 2:30 p.m. wben a plaque is to be erected to the memory of an illustrious son of this town, Col. Charles R. McCullough, who was the founder of the Canadian Clubs movemnent which. began on Dec. 6,el892. A meeting o! the executive members of the Bowmanville Men's and Women's Canadian Clubs was held Saturday after- noon in the Town Hall to con- sider plans for this ceremony. Mr. D. F. McOuat, secretary of the Ontario Archaeological and Historie Sites Board, which op- erates under the Ontario Dept. of Travel and Publicity, was present and outlined the pro- cedure in carrying out such a program, as this Board is re- sponsible for the erection of the plaque. During the past year over 50 plaques have been erected to commemorate persons, events and buildings of historic im- portance in Ontario. The late Col. McCullough is a native of Bowmanville, born in this town on Feb. 18, 1865, son of Thomas McCullough.' He died in Hamilton, April 2, 1947, in bis 83rd year. In referring to bis passing The Hamilton Spectator said, "He was a man o! keen intellect and <Continued an page seven) ÇBtts andi Col. Mc Cullough f Cana dian, Club r CoL Charles B. McCùillough £Pteces THANKS, BUT WHO SENT IT? - This week the business office o! The Canadian Statesman was most gratified ta receive a letter stamped from Nestleton, with $1.05 enclosed. The donation is sincerely appreciated, but we suspect it was sent in ta pay an account. So, whoever the kind soul is who sent it, please drap us another note ta let us know your name and what tbe money was for. Thanks. TOO BAD THE STRIKE'S OVER - The good folk o! the Shàw's Home and School Club probably won't like the idea o! being associated with the beer strike which ended yester- day. But, it may have cost them a bit o! business, 'because Tbe Editor bas been advising beer drinkers he bas encount- ere d to visit Shaw's this weekend when they will hold their annual market ta raise funds for school purposes. Tbe sale will start at 9 a.m. Saturday with fruit, home baking and a large assortment o! other good things for sale, O! special interest ta the thirsty ones, mentioned above, are the jugs and jugs.o! swýeet cider which will be available. Much botter for you than thé beer, too, and far better quality than sanie o! the brew the boys have been making during the drought. A CLOSE CALL - When the Boy Scouts held their paper drive last week, it almost proved disastrous for over 1,000 copies o! the Centennial history of Bowmanville. They were stored in cartons near wbere the paper was being piled and the collectors picked thom up and carried them away without anyone missing thoni until later. When the loss was discov-' ered, there was a good doal o! frantic 'phoning arrd the latest infprmation is that they were recovered. ELUSIVE LITTLE NOTE - This week a small piece af paper fell out o! the Editor's picket after resting thote for several weoks. Scrawlod on one side was a sh'opping list and the other some news picked up wbile buying said groceries at Pat Yeo's. Tb1ýe news is a bit old but still good and concerns Len Richards' pigeons, 24 o! them, which he took to the C.N.E. He won 12 prizes with bis rollers and racers, two firsts, six seconds, throe thirds and one sixth. 'At the morqent'ho is grooming them in preparation for the Royal which will be held Nov. 14 te 22, in Toronto. Reéeive SwiÉmming Awuurds Over a hundred parents and children attended the first An- nual Swimming Awards night in the gym at Central School. The higbligbt of tbe evening was the presentation o! s*im- ming 'awards in the Tadpole, Red Cross Beginners, Juniors, Intermodiato and Senior Swim.. mers. Mr. Bull Bagneil and Mrs. Ruth Stovein, swimming in. structors, presented the child- ren with their awards. A display of water safety' equipment and Red Cross were on disp]ay. Two films we-e shown "No Time To Spar."$ dealing with the Holger Niel. sen rpothod of artificial respira- tion, and "Don't Drown". This film was designed ta acquaint people with the fact that drown. ing mishaps are largely avoid. able. The fundamentals' of swim-ming and handling boats is dealt. wi.th ini tlis film. The 'past swimming season was the best in the number of etudents who passed their Red Cross Swimming and Wate-r Sa!ety Tests. In the Beginners Class 46 out o! 53 passed their tests. In the Juniors 25 out of 31 passed. In the Intermediate tests 7 out of 10 were'suceyus- fui and in the Senior divla1oi three passed. Swimmers unable to attend lafft Fridayls Parent' Niglit 'ci pick up their .swimxnîng 'awirdi at the Recreation OUiela1 Lions Centre. .1 KIrTS Cornerstone Wi Il Be Laid Sunday 10e Per Copy NLTMB.ER 39