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J? Y /~ ~UL1 Due Keavy Ice onm Roof0 Due to the excessive accumulation of ice and 7on the roof of Memorial Arena, the building ~losed Wednesday noon as a precautionary Messure. Re-opening will depend on the whim of the weather. This information was released to The States- ~anshortly after noon on Wednesday. Apparently, both, Arena officiais and members of the Town's .Works Department agreed that il was a wise move. They. were basing their decision on warnings which have'been broadcast about the possibility of large roofed buildings collapsing under the tremendous Aeight they are carrying this winter. Also, the story of the curling rink which caved in recently and killed several near Huntsville is f resh in memories here. The closing, if extended more than a few days, will upset many plans. The Arena is booked almost solidly for this month with a wide variety of events, including the huge skating carnival scheduled for next weekend.' There also will be playoff hockey in the many leagues coming up inl the near future. As one officiai said: "lWe realize the closing wiII be a great hardship to many, but it is better to be saf e than sorry". As soon as conditions improve, the notice board on the Library Building corner wiII be posted with the announcement that the building has been opened. Five Sp lit. $500 Prîze :,,thnaStag Night ýXoetan 200 men hada1 grand prize. The last name tôrusing good time on Thursday drawn to receive a $200 prize, evening at the annual Lions- and the othier four to receive Rotary stag dinner held at the $75 apiece. Keith Billett was Lions Community Centre. Jack the lucky winner of the $200 Brough, chairman n charge ý.jf prize, and the $75 winners were atrangements. presided. Othe-: Bert Parker, Bob Reynolds, Roy raembers of the Lions Commit- Turner anci Nick Knapp, Osh- *tee tor the event were Raipli awa. Ted Dqidson won $10 for Ame;. Bob Kent, Jim Bell, Wal- being the -first name drawn ly Braden and Bill Burk. They and Ivison Munday $10 for wet'e assisted by Fred Cole, the drawing his own name. p ait presidcnt, and Glen Lan- The excellent entertainmer.t er' The Rotary Club commit- tee in charyýe of arrangements given by Les Barker, Toronto, was composed of Dr. H. B. and Miss Dez Bailey, also of Rundie, Toini Rehder, Frank Toronto, del.çthted the audience. Jeinieson, Bill1 Thiesberger, and Mr. Barker, P talented cartooni- Doi Morris. ist. amused all present with h-s Fun and excitement were clever drawings, which he ex- ad ed to t-ie occasion by th,2 ecuted at an amazing speed. The drw: on wh.:ch everyone pres- ! cartoons wer.- projected as he cthad a chance. Ail names drew them, ane. magnified many were drawii, the $500 grand tinies on a large screen. Miss prige to be z7warded to the last Bailey dancedi with rhythm and rétmaining rame. Prizes were zest. The Ladies' Auxiliary of diven at each lth name drawn. the Canadia.n Legion with the When five names remained, presi dent, Comrade Florence the men~ in question decided on Knight. as convenor, catered an arrangernent to split the for the delicious dinner. Drifing Snow.Icy Roads _&Ous oMa"iy Accide nts Major Foote Helps Friend ln 'Trouble IVelI kiiown and popular Hon. John W. Foote, V.C., the M.P.P. for Durham, re- niembered an old wartime frtend iast week and savcd hlm from a jail term for thef t. Many of bis frlends ,,Wthis arca have comment- that this action ivas so ."'yplcal of the Majer's wili- Ingness to help those. in trouble Mhat it should be mentioned in this paper. Both Toronto evening pa- pers ran feature articles on the incident. Major Foote appeared la police ceurt where lie told Magistratc J. Graham that Alfred Hambleton was a "pretty good fellow" and that lie wuuld personally supervise him if hec vas given a suspended sentence for stcaling a radieoîwhiie drunk. The former Ontario Re- forms Minister who won the Victoria Cross at Dieppe while serving as a padre, said Hambieton had served in bis unit and that they were captured by the Ger- mans at Dieppe. A coilision occurred at 11.55 last Thursday between a 1957 Chevrulet, driven by John C. Whitehiouse, age 27, Eastwood Avenue, Oshawa, and a Bell Teleplione service truck. The accid-2iit happened on the Scu- go- Road about a haîf mile north of Eîiniskillen. Richard Goldburn, age 24. 603 Hortop Street, Oshawa, was the driver of the truck. Poor visibilitv due to drift- ing snow was apparently the cause of the collision. Mr. Whitchousc vas northbound at the time and the service truck \vas coming south. Constable Patricki Harte-Maxwell, O.P.P., invPstigated. Mr. Whitehouse. who sustain- ed a fractured ankle, received treatment at Memorial Hos-pi- taI, Bowmanville. Mr. Gold- burn was treated by Dr. J. Pat- terson at the Oshawa Clini' for head and chest bruises. There was also a collision on Fridav when a 1958 Chevrol2t pick-up, truck, driven by Greta M. Stewart, age 26, Pontypool, and a 1959 Chevrolet driven bv Frederick B. McGillivray, age 39, 131 Fitzgibbon Avenue, Scar- borough, crashed. This accident was also due to bad visibility because of gnow. No one wvas injured, but both vehicles were considr'rably damaged. The ac- cident happe2ned on No. 35 high- waY approximately one mile north of Enterprise F-1.11.Con- stable Don Foulds, O.P.P., was (Continued on Pagle seven) Durham County's Great Famlly Journal VOLUME 105 18 Pages BOWMANVILLÊ, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY l2th, 1959 10e Per Copy NUMBER 7 Sta In tesman Wins ExcelleneTrophy Weekly Newspaper Competition The Canadian Statesman con- tinucd its traditional prize-win-j ning history last week by win- ning two top &wards in compe- tition with Ontario's larger weeklies. At the annual convention of1 the Ontario Weekly Newspapers1 Association in Toronto's Royal York Hotel on Friday and Sat- urday, The Statesman wasi awarded the Aurora Banner« Trophy for general excellence ini communities of 4,500 or over population. It also was award- ed second prize for the Best Front Page. Adjiàd~icator of the awards was A. M.-Pratt, director of curriculum for the Depart- ment of Education, Manitoba. Thoroughly Digested In opening the convention- the best attended in many years -President Barry Wenger, pub- lisher of the Wingham Advance- Times declared that "the rural O1~its andi weekly la stili the one medium in our land which la thoroughly digested in every detail. It is the only publication of any kind into which the character, repu- tation and truthfulness of the publisher is projected in a personai, n'cîghbour-to-neighbour fashion". Speakers at the various din- ners and sessions includcd Jack Baldwin of the Fairchild Instru- ment Company of New York who spoke on greater use of pictures in advertising. Oakah L. Jones, general m-anager of Consumers' Gas addressed the Friday lun- cheon on behaîf of ail natural gas companies in the province, stressing the great care the gas companies take in their attempts to proteet the public from gas accidents. During the afternoon session Edward J. Mannion, director of <Continued on naze seen §Aieces SPORTY HOGS - From Enniskillen cornes the best story of the week. It concerns fat hogs, not ground- hogs, which are in season in February. A trucker, unidentified, went to load some hogs for market at a farmer's, also unidentified. As there was an obstruc- tion in the gateway, some> other method had to be devised for loading the hogs. The hogs refused to plunge through the deep snow, so local ingenuity came to the fore. The farmer, .trucker and assistant placed the hogs, one by one, on a toboggan and they sat there quite contentedly while being pulled over the snow banks to the truck. Don't be surprised if you see hogs skiing on the Kirby run one of these days. ï. t t t i. EMBARRASSING MOMENT - A local swain was really in trouble recently. He lives outside town where t]bie, snoxýv. piles up and, blocks readwa-ys.- nèiËhbôW? wAiî thoughtful the other day atter a;È'v4 snowstorm. He took his tractor out and cleaned not only his own but this young man's driveway. When the Good Samaritan returned to the house, he picked lup the party line 'phone to tell the chap that he could now use his car because the road was cleared. The line wvas being used, but our helpful frîend recognized the voice as that of his neighbor so he butted in and passed along the information that the road was clear. There was an embarrassed silence an-d some fast talk- ing because at that moment, the young man was speak- ing long distance, telling his girl friend that he wouldn't be able to visit her that night, he couldn't get his car out of his driveway. t t t t t COWS SURPRISED - Vic Cookson's big truck a being loaded with grain on Tuesday morning at Bob Stevens' Glen Rae Dairy farm when the back wheels broke through the floor and the rear of the truck dropped several feet. iFortunately, it was halted by a steel beam before it landed on the cattie below. After men worked aIl day, the truck was jacked Up and rcleased Wednesday noon. Spectators said it wvas the queerest sîght to walk into the bottom part of the barn and see the huge wheels dangling in mid-air. t t t t t KING 0F THE CASTLE - Kiddies along King Street had a wonderful time Wednesday playing on the huge piles of snow that Works Department employees had built up during the night. In front of The Statesman off ice, a couple of youngsters plaved for hours, romp- ing up and down the steep slopes, playing that old familiar game "King of the Castie". They seemed to be the only ones who really were enjoying the plenteous supply of snow. Police, highway sanding trucks and an Imperial Oul truck driver stuck on the hill approach at the west end of the town, were not quite so enthusiastic about nature's glistening beauty. Club Stag Statesman Staff Admire Their Newest Trophy On Friday, at the O.W.N.A. Convention in Toronto, The Statesman was presented with the Aurora Banner Trophy, the highest general excellence award for Ontario papers in centres of over 4,500 population. Editor John M. James received the trophy on behaîf of the paper. In the top photo some of the printing staff are admiring the attractive shield, from lef t to right: Laurence MacDougal, Brian Butson, Mrs. Sarah Matthews, Chris. Barchald, Board WilI Build Three New Schools The Durham Cuunty Dist- rict High Sehool Board at a meeting held iast week ap- proved the building of three new Higli Schools. Two identical schools for 400 students ecd wili be built in Clarke and Darlingtun Townships. The third wil be one for 150 pupils in Milibrook. No sites have yet been chosen. A motion ivas aise passed authurizing the hoard te continue with the Orone Public School Board for a two-year period. The rentai ilil be increascd by $1,000 per year. Editor James, Pat Gould and Don Bishop. In the lower photo, part of the editorial, advertising and business staff are checking to find an appropriate spot on the wall where the trophy will hang for a year. They are, frai-n left to right: Mrs. Ralph Ames, George Morris, George Graham, Mrs. Roy Lunney and Mr s. Stuart Candier. The Statesman also won second prize in the best front page contest. W iii Dedicate Carillon Be Ils In Trinit y Unit ed on Sunday Honor- Memory Dr. Williams A service of dedication wiIl be held Sunday February lSth for the 'Carillonic Beils" instru- ment and which the Public Ad- dress System were recentiy in- stalled ai the Trinity United Church. This announcement was made bx' Rev. Wm. K. Houslan- der who said that the belis and Public Address System are a gift to the church by Mrs. L. B. Williams in memory of Dr. L. B. Williams. the low G bell is equal in tone mcrich Carillons, Inc., have to a cast bell weighing 13,250 caused a revolution in bell mu- pounds. sic. For generations America has The 'Carillonic Beils" instru- turned to Europe for its cast ment will be played from the belis. Durîng recent years, how- keyboard of the organ console. e'ver, this practice has been re- Selector swit.ches will permt the versed and Europe is n0w turn- belis to be heard within the ing to America for "Carillonie church alone, solo or with the ýells". Schulmerich installations organ. as well as from the tower. are in churches and missions in Europe Turns te America virtually ail par'ts of the world, "Carillonir Belis" instruments, providing fine bell music which produced exclusively &'y Schul- (Contintied on page seven) ment is known as a "Corona- 96 Pe mits ion' Carillon and is an exclus- !*w o u s S ive dc\'clopment of Schulmer- ich Carillons, Ine. of Scllersville. - q Issued for Pnsî n eistuetFeat ure Skatugfinia conist of25Miniature bell tone "" 7ALI ~~~generators of bronze bell metal ThCanvlbbpretd YogMis rnwn ru ~~ 51 ~~~~~ by the Bawmanvil]e Skating thesSrtod a o e mhie retrouck by exatarucam- m er , p od cin e act tr îe el C lub at the A rena nex i w eek c o t n a a a] te s a . Total construction cosis in tones almosi inaudable 10 the on Fridav and Saturday even ktngalo 5e reîia ýeBowmanvîlle d u r i n g 1953 human ear. These bell vibrationsigs euay 0han 2steepîal bliat uur amounted *o $517,461, an in- are then amplified over 100,000ie, erur 2t ad21t crease of $2,036 over the pre- tîmes by means of special]v de- prm1 'y n ttn gfo e h baie e iv~ was signd e î ccîronieice show. The nrogram wîll of-dc~ ndlwe njon vious vear aithough there asind'1eetoi equipment. i'fer spectacular and amusîng en-vas~dtevug~ aa a decî-Lase of six in the num- producing true bell music with tertain rient, and there is a wide ineerèwnxlSela ber of permits îssued. . aI] the depth and richness of variety of colourful numbers.pse errhCSAFg~ No permîts were issued ifl traditional cast belis of massive TetMs1rthr sas Decccmber. Fronm January lst, !proportions. Two guest stars will take part, mebno h Gep ol~ 1958 to Navember 301h, 1958 1 bath are outstandîng figure ska- the permits were issued in Bow-i The instrument which has ters and ice dancers. 'JamesFiueSangCb.Seia ;anHle as follows: dwelligIbe ntledi rnt ntc Hutchinson, a member of the neeo r n r.Nra It was a tense moment when only f ive names were to split with the last name drawn to win $200 and the rest 27, private garages 35, a'ltera- Church provides the tonal equi- Guelph College Figure Skatinq etBwavle Icf t of the 2.00 originally in the draw at the Lions Centre $75 each. Keith Billett was the big winner and he is lions and additions 19, sunporch- 'valent of 79,462 pounds of cast Club, a silver dance mcdalist, M.Hthnô n isBu on Thursday. The fiv'e were given a few moments to shown here in the centre with his winnings. Others, from'e ,~es5 n hrh n blstndt h ietE.]s and fohr]naoitb Shlip-e rwilsaehept u decide if they %vanted 10 spli the proceeds or if one wanted lef t tb right, Roy Turner, Bert Parker, Nick Knapp and 1I funka ndapeo ne for uso- stanMdds. CTheG rocange s G boe is ad Jonons fcerFies . asCrsin nesna tw carry on Vo the end and take hi& chances. They decided Bob Reynold8.-Photo by R<hd& aà totalel a& 1 and It is interesting to note that manship and ability. Cniu4caag.w > Areza Lu cky Money Winners at Service Io