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- - - - a . ~ s w- '- "ar-- r v 'v -K v'~ -"flflvs...- Local Grocer Disappears *On Visit to Montreal >Fiends Fear FOUI Play William H. Tate Friends i Bawmanville and the surrounding district arc anxiously hoping for some word that will help salve the mystcry of the disappearance in Montreal on Christmas Day of William H. Tate, a weil known and ýpopular Bowman- ville grocer. It ih fearcd that he met with fouI play. Mr. Tate worked ail day prior te Christmas lu bis large grocery store ou the corner of King and! Division Streets bore. He wished bis staff a Merry Cbristmas when the store close.! and! was bappily looking forward te joining bis wife lu Montreai for the holiday. MJrs. Tate bad gone ta montreal te visît re- latives eariier lu the week. Lcaving Bowvnanvillc on Uic late night train Mr. Tate ar- rîved at Windsor Station, Mon- treal at 8.30 a.m. on Christmas Day, and went ta church with some relations of his. After- wards, he telephoned hîs wife and told her of Christmnas pre- sents he had for her. Nie said he wauld like to take a short walk in the fresh air, and would ýhen drive out ta have Christmas dinner with her and her relatives. This is the last known word aziyone' has had with Mr. Tate. Montreal police are investigating. He wau bornlu High River, Alberta, 51 years ago. He came to Bowmaflville 15 years ago, and for a number or yours was employed in the Beit Department of the Good- year Tire and Rubber Comn- pany plant here. He aise oP- erated a turkey ranch and! market garden from bis home, R. R. 2, Bowmanville. Mr. Tate purchased Pat Yeo's large grocery business on Mon- day, October 6th, 1958. He was keenly irterested in the meat, vegetable, and grocery depart- ments of his store, and made many friends among his cus- tomers. Rev. Housiander Opens Inaugural New Council Plans to Hold Two Open Meetings a Mont h Appoints Works Dept. Supt. At the inaugural meeting of proclaim the commèncementq Bowmanville Town Council foriand termination date for day-, 1960-61, held in the Council light saving time in Ontario, Chamber at the Town Hall oniperhaps on a zone basis, and Monday evening, Rev. Wm. K. that this be a permissive procla- Houslander, pastor of Trinity mation rather than one which United Church, invoked the must be followed by ail munici- Divine Blessing. palities in the province. The address of His Worship, Deputy-Reeve Ivan Hobbs, Mayor Wilfrid Carruthers, is seconded by Councillor Wesley carried in full in another column Fice, moved that council en- of this paper. His Worship dorse the Woodstock resolution. called on'Reeve Sidney Little Counillor 0. J. Presson said as the only Ex-Mayor of Bow- that there is a lot of mnent in manville present at the meeting. council having the liberty to Reeve Little congratulated the set its own dates for daylight Mayor an his acclamation and saving time. "Some c ouncils wished himi every success. He feel that only two or three expressed the opinion that ail months is enough. Others like inembers of the council would ta start carlier or cxtend it in work hard to make it a suc- the fail. We might abject if cessful two years. only July and August were de- Two Meetings a Month cided upon. I think it should T was decided that Bowman- be longer. There will be di- Ville Town Council will hold two vision, the governmcnt's de- meetings cach month. The cision will not suit ail of us," reguler councîl meeting on the Councillor Presson asscrted. eveiii& of the first Monday, Deputy-Recve Hobbs explain- and rspecial council meeting cd that the resolution only re- en the evcning of the third fers ta a zoning basis which Monday eaeh month. Board of would be advantageous to Bow- VWorks meetings will be hcld ruanville, but it does nat mean pz~a~ch month on the evening that the govcrnmcnt would of the third Tuesday. inak.i a liard and fast rule re- Uniform Dayllght Savîng garding the dates of daylight A letter was received from saviiig time. It would be per- Woodstock Town Council1 re- missive, with certain dates re- questing Bowmanville Town commcnded ta eliminate the Couticil to endorse a resolution confusion that now exists in this asking the Provincial Govern- connection, the Deputy-Recve mnent ta givc consideration ta said., nome mcthod whereby the Lieu- Councillor Ross Stevens stat- tenant Governar in Council shall (Continucd on page seven) Minor Injuries Resuit, When Car Strikes Truck car was taken ta Memorial Hospital, Bowmanvillc, whcnc be was treated for minor in- juries by Dr. E. D. Hubbard. Constable H. R. Comnell o! the Bowmanville Detachment o! the Ontario Povincial Police investigated the accident. On Sunday a!ternoon a! two o'clock there xvas a two car col- lision on Na. 35 Highway at the intersection o! 7A Highway. The cars involved wcrc a 1957 Meteor owned and diven by Leo Leddy, 161 Church Street, Bowmanvilie, and a 1949 Mer-i cury driven by Kenncth A. Preston, R. R. 1, Bethany. Theme was considenable dam- age ta Mr. Leddy's car and min- or damnage ta the Preston vehi- cie. Mr. Leddy sustained a cut lip in the accident and was treated by Dr. Charles Austin, Bowmanvile. Constable W. J. Reimer, O.P.P., was the ives- tigating officer. Thene was an accident on No. 2 Highway bai! a mile west o! Uic bridge aven the CPR tracks a! the west end o! Bow- inenville when à car crashed inta a Robson tow-truck. The * truck was engaged at the time in pulling a car owned by Roy E. Stoneburg, 38 Ontario Street, ou! o! the ditch. This car had been diven by Clifford Bran- r nigan, 206 King StreetEat The Robson tow truck was partially on the noad and the driver, Irving R. Buckien, 12 Bred.shaw Street, was busy hclping ta move the Stonebung vehicle when a car driven by James Brayiey, R. R. 3, Bow- m' nanville, smashed into it. Sig- nal lights on the truck were on ut Uic time o! the collision, it Was stated. There was extensive damage ta bath the Brayley car and ta the tow-truck. Peter Sztaj- docher, Bloor Street East, Osh- awa, a passenger in the Brayley Many Appointmenfs Made by Coun cil at Inaugural Meeting By-iaw No. 2752 was passjed Bwavlc o n er ,t the meeting of Bowanvie Rupert Hamlyn was appoint- Town Coundil at the Town ed a member of the Board of Hall on Monday evening to Directors of the Bowmanville !nake the following appoint- Public Library for three years, mnents of representatives. and Mrs. R. Lunney was ap- "4.à" Deputy-Reeve Ivan Hlobbs pointed a member of thi.s board was made the council's repres- for two years. entative on the Board of Direc- W. David Higgon and Nel- tors of Memorial Hospital, son Osborne were appointed members of the Bowmanvillc Industrial Commission for a year. Jack Brough wsmd Avoid th Rush a member of the Bowmanville Planninit Board for threc years. ~ 60 Lice ses na~Reas Sidney Little was Lice seS name asthe counil's repres- .111 entative on the Traffic Advis- /06wo Avaiable ory Board for a year. Alex Me- IlVLIILII#I'~ Gregor was appointed a mcmi- ber o! the Durham County Dis- New 1960 motor vebicle trict High School Board for licenses fer Ontario are three years. nmew obtainable at. Hlggon Councillor Ross Stevens re- Xiectrie, the local Issuer etfcéeived an appointment ta the meotor vebicle liermits. Lake Ontario Development As- .i.number of local peo- sociatian for 1960, and Coun- pie bave taken the early cillor O. J. Prcsson was ap- bird as an exainple, as pointed a member of the Cen-- n eversi sniart new 1960 Il- frai Lake Ontario Conservation oenae Plates bave beenl Authority for a year. Council- ag m and trucks lor Keith Lathangue was made gi vek.AUl new Plates the council's represientative on els'be .tbblu. 17Mr the Bowm anville Chamnber of 180 1MCMme for 18846 Tax Discountsi Possible by PrepaymentI It bas been announced by the Bownianviile Town Clerk, R. B. Reynolds, that the following discounts will be aliowed ail who wish to prepay the first and! second Instalments of their 1960 taxes. January Ist to 15th, two per cent; January l6th to February 15th, one and! a hait per cent; February 16th to March 15tb, one per cent and! March 16th te April l5th one hail of ene per cent. Receipts will be given for advance payments iu mult- iple of $5. Payments wiiI b. base.! on the 1959 taxes. Town 's WeIf are Costs $421 .37 The Welfare Department re- port for December submitted by IL J. Welsh, the administra- tor, to the meeting of Bowman- ville Town Council held in the Council Chamber on Monday evening showed that there were 41 Welfare recipients during the month, and 310 indigent days. The report stated that In the total for December there were seven unemployable heads of familles with 19 dependents, five single persans, 10 people i nursing homes, three desert- ed cases with five dependents. Five new applications were ac- cepted. The total cost for direct wel- fare, nursing home care, and medicines for the month was $2,1b6.84. Expected recoveries from provincial subsidies and chargebacks is $1,685.47. This means that the actual cast ta the town for welfare for De- cember will be $421.37. Local Young Thespians Present Play A large audience cnjaycd the play, "Little Sheep of Bethle- hem," prcsented by a number o! local children in the Town Hall auditorium onc evcning during the Christmas holidays. The play was sponsoned by the Bowmanvillc Recreation De- pertient, and was ably direct- cd by Miss Berta Higgon, Miss Venue Foran, and! Muray Walker. The lcading role of Carmi, a shepherd boy, was acte-d by Mary Jane Waltens, Who show- cd real talent in hem portrayal of the gentle lad. The fins! act depicte.! a hiilside scene nean Bethlehem whcme Carmi hed bccn left ta wetch the sbccp whiic the olden shepherds had gone into Bethlehem. Two other shepherd boys came elang an.! were thene with Carmi wbcn an angel appeared and told thcm o! the birth of the Christ Child i the nearby tawn. The thnce young shepherds decidcd ta go ta sec Uic Christ Chil.! and to each take Him a gif!. Carmi wes worried be- cause thc only gif! he coul.! take was a rather tattere.! looking gray lamb. Howevcr, Uic little lamb turne.! white whcn Carmi presente.! hlm et Uic Manger. Other mcmbcrs of Uic ex- cellent cast wene: Mereb, Cor- rine Eliiott; David, Susan El- lot!; Michael,, Wendy Stephen; Nachor, Pet Chant; Zene'h, Petty M~cKnight, Hakinm, Jau- ice Allun; Shepherd Boy, Deug MicKnight, Master o! the Inn, Paul Charbenneau: Angel, Sta- ccy Stu!!; Joseph, Bruce Wal- ters, and Mary, Karen Math- Lesson Editor's Nete - The foi- lewing item from Nestîcton was so typical of the Won- derful way car citizens re- acte.! during the recent storm, that we are piease.! te feature It ou the front page this week. By Mrs. Grant Thompson Nestleton was pleascd to have ail o! its inhabitantg rea- sonably warm end well fed duiriýng thc 20-hour power shortage caused by thc severe sîcet storm of the pas! week Those relyin-g entireiy an hydro werc taken in by neighbours and candies, warm drinks, hot water botties, bot thermases, soups -and nieals werc provid- in ed for those who had no caok- lng facilities. Mr. Eliner Nesbitt remained ln bcd but M.r. end Mvrs. Har- ris, sent i warm meals. Also Mrs. E. Wood who had been BJI was unable ta go ta the neigbbours s0 Mr. and Mrs. Herron looked aftcr their wel- lare and took oven hot meals. The Finlay family wcme in dis- tress as Carl was ill and onc of the chidren had measies. The Hamris' sent warm saup at noon, then Messrs. Heaslip andi Davison took Carl ta Port Pen- ry hospital and Mrs. Finlay and threc childnen staycd until Tuesday mamning with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Heaslip. 3Mldred Colley invitcd neigh- bours to share ber warm au!. chen and a! one Urne had il enjoying a ho! mca! and good fellowship ln cramped quarters. The George Prosser family vis- ited the Robert Prossers. At the Bowers were the Arnold Wil- liams family Mrs. Wilfrid Vine and faxnily and Mrs. Nelson Marlow. Those with stov'es kept ket- tics and soup pots boiluug for any emcrgcncy. Even tic birds wcrc looked atter, with many ocattcring crumbs duning their critical food shortage. Congratulations Nestîcton - thc fnicndly comimunity - you've .done j! againi By Mayor WVilfrid Carruthers Ladies and Gentlemen, first may I congratulate Deputy- Reeve Hobbs on bis acclama- tion to that position also my congratulations ta Councilions Lathangue, Presson and Nicks on their re-ciection ta Council. We extend a welcomc ta ex- mayor'Little on his election ta the office o! Reeve and ta for- mer Councillor Fice on being elected and ta Councillons Ste- yens and Hughes who arc en- tering this Council for the fins! time. I take this oppotunity ta thank the electors for honour- ing me with the office of May- or for a two-year tex-m. .We are stanting another de- cade in the governing of aur town. According ta the records 1 amn the only member o! coun- cil ta be a member o! the 1950 Council. At thi.t time the pop- ulation. of Bowmanville was 4,- 639, today-7,203. Assessment $3,037,200, 1959 - $7,283,435, Tax Rate 57 milîs, I1959-68.85; Budget $173,120.40, I1959-$639,720.00. wein nt a goodlyear erio! Durntthis ten y easrpenîod progress. The town has acquir- cd a worthy asset by the pur- chase of the former post office building. This building hs the home o! aur Public Library which is a credit ta, the com- munity. It aise bouses our works departrnent office and4 other extra office is rented ta acivantage. A dog pound was built in 1959 on town proper- ty. During the ten yeam peiod the town hall bas been renovat- cd from basement ta- auditor- Council Strikes- Committees for Only One Year Thei report of the Striking Committee appointing the com- mittees for the coming ycar was read by Reeve Sidney Liz- tle at the meeeting of Bow- manville Town Council held in the Council Chamber on Manday evening. "We did aur best ta place the members whene thcy will be of the most service ta the town. We trust you will ac- cept those appointments and do your best to act on these committees," Mayor Wilfrid Carruthers ýtated. He pointcd out that aithough the Town Coun-il has been elected for two years the committees have been set for 1960 only. At the end af the year they wlll be reviewed, or changed, he said. Adoption of the Strikingl Committee's report was moved i by Reeve Little, seconded by (Coatiaued on paso sever4 1 ium. We now have a building the town can be proud of, and the overaîl cost was relatîvely small. The f ire hall has been enovated and provision made in the rear o! thc building for thc "senate" composed of our cldcniy men. Bowmanville Memoniai Has- pital was opened in 1950 and now wc find it seniously over- crowded so plans have been made for 100 bcd addition. Ar- tif icial ice equîpment was pro- vided for the arena in 1952 thmough the efforts o! the Kins- men Club with the town car- rying the debenture. In 1959 extensive repair h-ad to be made ta the building and a sprink- ler system was installed ta me- duce the insurance rate and cut down the fine hazard. Over the tcn year peniod new machines and equiprnent have been purchased for the roadis and streets department. A new fine truck was purchas- cd in 1959 ta replace a 19 yean aid model. We now have tw modern trucks and aur ie !ighting equipment h o! the highest standard in the towns history. Municipal garbage col- lection was instituted late in: 1956 and a mod'(emn Sani-vani was purchased for the job. Ne w Bowmnanville bon E. B. Cox, weil-known Toronto sculptor, wes nccently chosen as sculp- ton for the Family Group stat- uary, which is ta stand near the main entrance of thc new Hamilton City Hall. MnE. Cox, who is vice-presi-1 dent o! the Sculpture Society, graduated from the Universitvl of Toronto In 1938 and taught languages for ewhile at Uppeni Ace Richards Wins Trip' To Florida H. C. Downham Na""er release.! Information recent. ly that Ross (Ace) Richards ef Bowmauviiie ha.! won the President's Tropby and a twe-week vacation la Flornda, He was their top salesmnan for 1959. Mr. and ?m Richards left this week by car, ac- companied by Mr. aundMm. Keitb Smitb ef Hampten. Mr. Smitb aise won the trip as the top sales manager for tbe company. Durhanm Conntysç Great FamfIy Journal VOME106 18 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7th, 1960 10c Per Copy NUMBER 1 Bowmanville's New Council Inaugurated' on Monday Several new faces were in evidence on Monday evening, when Reynolds, Counilor Glenholme Hughes, Deputy-Reeve Ivan Hobbu, Bowmanville Council for 1960 and 61 took office during an impressive 1 Councillor Keith Lathangue who was absent due to illness, and the Rev. inaugural ceremony. They are, from left to right: Councillors Ken iNicks, Wm. K. Housiander who was in charge of the eustomary prayer service O. J. Presson and Wes Fice, Reeve Sidney Little, His Worship Mayor at the opening session of a new council. Wilfrid Carruthers, Couiicillor Ross Stevens, Town Clerk Robert ffltsanc1 £Jeces BUY LOCATION - Information is now definite that the new liquor store will be located opposite the Canadian Tire Store on Church Street, on the ohd Manning property, directly, east of Roy W. Nichols' garage. It is expected that the two-storey residence now on this site will be torn down to make way for the new structure which probably wil be started in the spring. tt t t SAVE VOUE WASHING - Work -las started on the former St. Joseph's Church on Church St. to transform it into a night and day, self service coin laundry. As soon as the alterations have been completed, Keith W. Kingsland in charge of the operatian for M. K. Laundry Investments hopes ta have delivery cf the special pink Maytag washems that will be installed. Mr. Kingsland has been delayed in this pmoject due te the steel strike which closed the Maytag plant in the States. It reopened Dec. l4th and lie has been pressing them ever sixice for delivery. So. save up that dirty laundry and give the new setup* a trial when Jit is ail ready te function. t 1*t t t 1 MOVES AFOOT - While no officiai announcement lias yet appeared'. it is ne secret lu town that Jack "Chuck" Childs is busy peparing the fermer Ken's Men's Wear on King Street for an opening due early in February. He is expected ta handle ladies' ready- to-weam. The store ta the east cf W. J. Berry, the former Parker Plumbing shop, is supposed ta be tumu- ed into a butcher shop, but ne details have been available. It is also understood that Maher's will soon start renevating the fermer Lander Hardware in prepamation for an epening in the spring, if net earlier. This xill leave the present Maher location vacant, but it probably will be filled quickly. The enly ether vacancy along the shopping seàtion is the former John & Judy store in the Kniglit block. t t i. t t PLAYOFFS COMING - Juvenile hockey playoffs will soon be underway here. The Arena management informs us that those hockey fans with Booster Tickets will have fimst oppatunity to purchase play-. off tickets for the seats they pref cm. Incidentally, bath the Midgets and Juveniles have been playing such top noteh hockey that the crowds are starting ta corne ou! ta give them the support they deserve. t t t t tI.. BITS THE AIR WAVES - We now have one of our local citizens iu the broadcasting business. Rqp Kitson, son cf Mm. and Mrs. Wilfred Kitson, started ta work recently with CKLB, Oshawa, as an announcer. Hie will broadcast the news and other items each even- ing during the week until 1 a.m. and on Sunday, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. lion, who lias been with the RCAF lun Germany, returned home las! November. While in Zwiebrucken, lie did -boadcasting for two years. He even had lis own dise jockey pragrams. t t t t t MAKES IT PAY - When young Peter Vanstone broke lis leg a few weeks ago and had it put lu a cas!, the Junior Red Cross started ta make money. Friends, relatives, doctors. and nurses were invited ta sigu their name on his spotless white cas!. The only catch was that they a! the same time were invited ta drap a contribution inta a box alongside his bed. Te date, Peter lias raised $6.50 which will be donated te the Junior Ried Cross in his schaol room, Grade 8, where Tom Turner is the teacher. Peter is the enterprising son of Mr. and Mmu Byron Vanâtone.,King St. West. r ti 1office equipment and furniture 1have been provided in oui, municipal offices bringing our standard oni a par with other business establishments. Our 'pdlice departaient has been provided with some modern equipment for crime detection and control. The first pension plan for aur' town employees was in- stituted in 1950, and this past year was replaced with a broader, and better plan. Group insurance, homaitalization and, a medical plan4 were provide.! for employees in the early f if- ties on a 50-50 basis. These plans have since been improved ta include P.S.I. The town en- ployees now enjoy workirg conditions and benefits on a par with most industries. During the past decade On- tarioalias enjoyed tremendous industrial expansion. Unfortun- ately Bowmanville, bas flot ac- quîred much new industry dur- ing this period but our estah- lished industries have had con- siderable, expansion especially, Goodyear Tire & Rubbcir Co. Our business section of King St. lias undergone great chan- ges and improvements in the (Continued on page seventeen> Canada College. Ris latest large picces arc those in front a! th new Addison Hall, V.IctoriT College. The Famniiy Gmoup will donc in an Ontario rock, cn,, talline limestone, if Mn. C la able ta obtain the white ta he desires. Mr. Cox's father, Mr. o Cox, resides ou Duke Stret After the Ice Storm 1 walked 'neath skies o! purest blue, Iu a world o! spotless white, And as the sun came smiling through, A fairy land! burs! luto view, Quicksilver, gieamîpg brigh!. The trees, that werc just elms befome, Weme crystal chandeliers, The spruces, froste.! flounces wone, The weeping-wiilow near my door, Shed! sprays o! diamon.! tears. And as I watched thet gtittering soene, Al l iings of earth in beauty dressed, No! ail mcn's marvels thet have been, Non jewellecI. robes o! mauy a king, Cen e qual Naturc's bei!. -Marjoges~nhga Il I 3 Co - operat ion t~ iMayorts Inaugural Address - Fui! of Optimism for 1960 Scuiptor Elfred B. Cox To Make Family Statue for Hamilton City Hall