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4te~iu4fl IBOWMAN~V14U>, -ONTARtIO, TRSDAY, JUNE l8th, 1959 1~ Per Cnnv WTTM~ 2R Majority -1982 Alex Carruthers, the Progre ssive Conservative didatecandidate, piled up a decisive 1,982 vote majority over his idid te Lbera andCCF opponents last Thursday evenmng in one of the quietest provincial elections on .record. About 64%7of the electors came out to.vote, com- pared with 66%, in 1955. In ail, 13,677 electors cast their ballots. Mr. Carruthers' total vote as compiled by Return- ing Off icer Lyall Lowery of Orono was 6,982, compared 'with 4»90 for*Liberal E. R. Woodyard and 1,735 for Roy IArmstrong the CCF candidate. In the 1955 election Major IFoote won with 6,939 votes, Liberal David Ford had 4,612 and COF Roy Arnmstrong had 1,454. Al municipalities gave the Conservative candidate a majority, except Newcastle, where he and the Liberal candidate tied with 220 each. Results by Municipalities In his first attempt as a candidate.iim a provincial election, Alex Carruthers cfGarden Hill retained Durham for the Progressive-Conservatives last Thursday 4with «h - impressive majority of nearly 2,000 votes. He is -shown here with Mrs. 'Carruthers. Legion Ladies Auxiliary Forms Guard of Hon or' For Decoration Service A representative crowd o! McKnight was the marshall. people from the district gather- The Bowmanvîlle Ladies' ed at Bowmanville Cemetery on Auxilîary ta the Canadian Le- Sunday afternoon for the Mem- gion formed a Guard o! Hon- onial and Decoration Day Ser- our at the cemetery gates. A!- vice sponsored by Mayor Wil- ter the parade, the members of frid Carruthers and t.he Town the Auxiiary headed by the Council. president, Comrade Florence Priar ta, the ceremony at Knight, marched into the ceni- Bowmanville Cemetery the etery behind Branch 178 o! the members o! Branch 178 o! the Canadian Legion.' Canadian Legion formed up The Colour Partyý was form- outside the Legion Hall, Queen ed by Comrade Bll B1ates, Com- Street, for the march to the rade Ernest Perfect. Conirade cemetery. The Bowmanville Edythe Rundie and Conrade Legion Pipe Band led the pa- Gladys Belsey. rade which was headed by The Cail to Worship was Comrade Ed Rundie, presîdent givep by Rev. Harold Turner. o! Brandi 178. CorVade Ross (Continued on page 21) Mercha nts May Close On Mondays King Street Merchants have been debating uniform hours of business and have conducted an informai sur- vey to see how many are lu favour of closing al day Monday, to give their staffs a long weekend, and re- mainilir open ail day Wed- nesday. To bring this matter to a definite conclusion, and to diseuss other Items of ln- terest, a meeting of al Bowmanville Merchants bas been called by the Chamber of Commerce for 7:30 p.m., Thursday, lune 25th, in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Getting Ready for Opening il This has been a hectie week arou.nd Marr's Jewellery. Merchandise and fixtures have had to be carried one door east of the premuises thîs store has occupied for many years and re-displayed in new surroundinga, ready for the re-apening tomorrow. The regular store staff has been assisted in the move by several volun- teers, but the big job has fallen on, the shoulders of Jimn Marr and Mrs. Audrey Cook- $en; who are shown here setting Up soin. of the merchandise. Total Bowmanville _____ Port Hope Newcastle Millbrook__ ____ Clarke _______ Cavan. - Darlington Hope Manvers Armistrong Carruthers -370 1168 274 1597 - 44 220 - 27 240 104 757 - 31 476 - 82 428 -653 987 5 8 567 -- 91 493 1735 Majority for Carruthers- 6962 1,982 Woodyard 1074 1032 220 101 663 200 129 876 425 237 4980 Plan Campaign for Funds To Enlarge Knox School Inspector Checking Buildings Melville Moore, the new Building Inspector for Bow- nianville, who received his ap- poitnt fromn Town Council :ast moth,' is busy these days with inspections to ensure that ail provisions of the Building Code and the Town's By-laws are carried out. Mr. Moore bias had considerable experience for niany years 1 à the building busi- ness. He was- foxmnlly a wefl known contractor. Hie was born ln Litte Britain, Ont.. and educated there and in Lindsay. Hie started in the con- tracting business in the Lind- say district and later moved to Whitby. During Werld War Il, Mr. Moore was empioyed by' Gen- eral Motors of Canada and worked on the manufacture of war materials. For the last 12, years lie las been engaged in the building trade in Bowman- ville as a contractor. Mr. MSore1 is' a prominent member of the Independent Or- der of Odd Feiiows, and a Past Grand of the I.0.0.'. lHe is an ardent fisherman and hunter. Mr. and Moes. Moore and their son, Lloyd, and daughter, Mar- ilyn, attend Trinity United Church. Former Supt. Takes Salute At Inspection The Cadet Corps at the On- tario Training Sehool for Boys, Bowmanville, were coniplimen- ted for smartness after the an- nual inspection held in the Training School grounds Oïl Mondaîëy exeniig. îA. R. Virg, frer T.S. Superintendent here and nowv direutor of the Training Schools Section of the Reform Institu- tions Service, was the inspect- ing officer. Lieut. S. P. Hunter,1 Arcà Coina-andIlieauquarters, Kingston, accompanied by Cap- tain James Knox, a son of Wil- liam Knox the chief engineer at the Training School here, and John S. Morrison, superinten- dent of the Ontario Training School for Boys, Bowmanviile, were also ini the inspecting par- ty. Captain A. Cuthbertson, Lieut. W. W. Bagneil and Lieut. John Graham, were in command of the cadets. Mrs. Morrison, wif e of t.he superintendent, D. H. Wiliams, the assistant superin- tendent, Mrs. Williams, and Rev.i D. R. Dewdney, Newcastle, the chaplain. of the Training School, and Mrs. Dewdney, were pres- ent on the reviewing stand. Following the general inspec- tion an excellent display wasl given by the band of the Train- i ing School. Efficient demonstra- tions o! rifle sighting adBen gun assembling and dlsmantling were also given. *It was decided to hold a cam- Ipaign to raise funds for the ne- cessary enlargement of the schooi at the meeting o! the IKnox Christian Schooi Society held in Bowmanvilie recentiy. It is expected that the addition to the schooi wii be completed durmng the schooi year 1960-61. During the discussion as to the best means to secure money for the expansion o! Knox Christian School it was stated that when the building o! the school started three years ago the Knox Christian School So- ciety Lhad only $15,000 available. Aithough the actual cost of con- struction was $25,000 !unds had been received to pay for it, and ever since the expenses have been baianced by the reoeipts, it was pointed out., "If we in our faith'keefr ii mmnd the part of the Scripture we read tonight, Proverbs 3:1-4, the Lord will surely provide the needs to help us in teaching our covenant chi ldren to be first good citizens for Ris King- dom but aiso, one includes the other, to be good citizens of this aur Canada," a spokesman said. It was decided ta make a change in the by-iaws o! the society regard ing the number o! board members which pre- viousiy was limited to seven. From now on the board W111 consist o! seven members or more, though the lapproval o! the -membership wili be neces- sary for the election o! addi- tionai members. An election was then held and two new members were added to the board. 1Hey, You, This Is a Ladies*" Dressing Room! From the expression on the faces of these three would-be members of the Bolshoi ballet, the photographer's intrusion on their privacy was flot welcome. They were the youngest members of the cast for the Fifth Annual Spring Recital in the Town Hall auditorium on Friday evening. From left to right: Susan Leask, Irene Tietmuller, and Lisa Nicks. "Lord Elgin" Public School .Chosen as Officiali..Name. Two Pup iIs 'Wi*n *$4'EacI h Judges have decided that "Lord Elgin School" wili be the officiai name for the neW pub- lic school to be built in Bow- manville this summer. Carol Sheehan of Central and David Goheeen of Vincent Mas- sey will each receive $4 for submitting the winning name. Donna Lee Lyle and Paul Welsh, both of Central, wil win $1 each for their titie "Elgin Heiglits". The >winners were announc- ed at a meeting of the Public Sehool Board recently. Tenders were opened for the school and found to be higher than estimates., The architect Officiai Opening, on Friday ONE WAY TO BEAT HEAT One day iast week thre n -0 ~ ~~ tarlo Governinent empioyee "> ~ really were immersed ta their e~ work. Dressed in bathing trunks and hip rubber boots, Although the Canadian Tire Associate Store on and equipped with a net, they Church Street has been operating for somne weeks, tomnor- waded and swam ln the hale rweeigwlb e sd o tfiiloeig h beiow Vanstoue's mirw vnngwl blelaiefo tdofcaiaemg h gathering data on the inaect, avent will be preceded by a parade, with bands, enter- animal, plant fiah E&111e ot tainmrent and plenty of exeitemnent for young and old. the strea.u. itfmil wM For details, see page 15 in this issue. In this photo, Pro- give a picture of the type ef fish1.'fo best suited for the waters of~ prietor Stew McTavish staged an unofficial openingfo each particular &ti.um 1our photographer earlier this week. was instructed to revise the spe- cifications ta reduce costs. After reviewing the revised specifications, the tender sub- mitted by D. Redpath Construc- tion of Oshawa was accepted. It wiil be a six room schooi. Town council will be asked to approve and issue deben- tures for $200.235 to cover the complete cost o! school and1 land. Other business included granting permission to the Le- gion and Lions to hold carni- vals at Central Publie School grounds. Agreements wiII be signed with groups using the school grounds during the summer to, repay school board for dam- ages. The summer painting con.. tract was awarded to J. R. Abernethy by tender. The board will also hire help to weed and trim hedges and will also ar- range for a caretaker for the school garden during the suin- mer. p çei1s and1 /Aieces NO FATALITY AWARD - Once again, Bowmanvile was honored this year by the Ontario Safety League for completing the year 1958 without a single traffic fataiity in the municipaiity. Mayor Wilfrid Carruth.. ers was in Toronto on Tuesday to attend a luncheon when the awards were presented. Only nine towns ini the 5,000 - 10,000 population ciass received citations. t t. t t ti NEW POSITION - Jack Ross, popular teacher al, B.H.S. for several years, and more recently Principal of Carleton Place High School, has a new position as an inspector. Although our information is sketchy. we understand he wili be one of the f irst inspectors o! Physical Education in the Province of Ontario. Il is quite possible thal lie and his fami]y will be return- ing to Bowmanvi]le to live. t 1 t t - FIRST TIME IN HISTORY - O]d time Conservativ'es are stili shaking their heads over one aspect of the election which puzzles them - and everybody else. Out in Manvers Township, one of the staunch strong- holds of the Conservative party in Durham, the Lib- erals had a majority in the Pontypool sub-division for the first time in history. Not so many years ago. there were so few Liberals in that area that it was impossible to find enough of them to man the polis. Tommy White, Pontypool poli chairman for the Lib- erals may receive a special "Award of Menit". FIRE HITS HOME - One of The Statesman staff had much more than a passing interest in the dreadfui fire at' Lanark early this week. L. A. "Mac" MacDougal of the Statesman mechanical staff, is a former resi- dent o! that village, and his mother and sister live just a few doors from the sash factory where the blaze started. Their home escaped damage, but it was aimost midnight ýbefore Mr. MacDougal could get through by telephone to learn that they had flot suf- fered ioss aiong wîth so many others. He la going to Lanark Saturday morning and taking parcels of ciothing. Anyone wishing to donate goodt used cloth- ing please diai MArket 3-5606 by 6 p.m. Fridgy. t t t. ' tt COLTS TAKE OVEK TRACK - Orono's Chamber of Commerce, one of the znost active groupa of its klnd ini the area, recently sponsored a Miss Orono beauty contest. This week, they have something different ta offer the public - a 30 class Colt Stake at Orono Raceway on Saturday, June 2Oth, with the first race at 2 pan. The promotion is to help local horsemen to iniprove the breed of standard bred horses in the district. Entertaimnint will b. provided for the. you.ngstera. 22 Pages Carruthers' Successful Provincial Car trv Y TR ffiLi i dl= VOLUME 105 ti 100 Per COIM P42M Durham County'at Great Fail'y journal NIYNMER 29 go