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i PAGE TmN Tiny Electric Plant Furnished Power ln Newcastle in 1896 Newcastle's main street hadi The system was operated by - electric lights in 1896. In that'Ontario Hydro until Januany, year Samuel Wilmot installed l 1 1937, when it - was taken an electric generating plant' over by Newcastle. Ontario on bis property "Belmont", Hydro continued to supervise ituated one mile west of1 the Newcastle system with the Newcastle On Wilmot Creek, help of Bowmanville P.U.C. where he operated a chopping1 until March of the following rxull.year, at which time the sys- Thi erterrisng usiesstem was transferred to the, man acquired a franchiseney-rmd ecateHE from Newcastle municipal C..1I 1938 there were only 231 counicil and erected hiles in' customers in Newcastle and the municipality to serve the;the load was approximately, residents with electrie power.: 120 kw. Today there are more: In 1911 the power plant and than 460 customers and theý system was taken over by the load is approximately 875 kw. Seymour Power and Light For years the Newcastle hy- Co. and this company operat- dro electric system was hand- ed it until 1916 when it was. led entirely by one man, Han-, acquired by Ontario Hydro. vey S. Britton, present Man- ager and Secnetary. Today, in addition to Mr. Britton, who~ now confines most of bis ac-1 tivities to office affairs, thene is a lineman, Donald Lake, * Sand Bruce Whitby, a part time worker, who gives as-1 sistance on major repairs and any emergency. Some intenesting lilstory is revealed in the minute book of the Newcastle H.E.S. The system started by Samuel A young customer pays Wilmot in 1896 provided teng street lights of 32 candie pow Hydro office. er, each of wbicb costth town $1:00 a year. In addi-H a tion thene were approximate-H rvey B ritt4 ly 80 domestic services. The bouse service was o p flat rate of 40 cents per month for each oule.Poerws uplebL inkced with 1 fromn dusk to midnigbt. F ,uu C '. It is interesting to read the For Lon Sp rJET1ME M& SORYearly records and learti that TOAT ke bigallin Newcastle is famous also for In Newcastle for many as TODA Y! g having one of the finst fisher- years the naines Harvey Brit- met M Iew 0.s $119.00 that eneirgetic pioneen, Sam- ton and "Mr. Hydro" have ting uel Wilniot.is octd n been alrnost synonymous. He on Newcastle slctdo built lines, made repairs, TI J K BR GHHighway No. 2 and is a pro- carried out maintenance full JAC1 BRO CIRgressive little community. It work, read the meters, in- E.C PLUBIN ad HATIG tretches from the lake and stalled the street lights, han- the PLUMBNG an BEATNG i almost two miles square. dîed the office work and col- He Division Street South The population at present is lected the bis. This dynamic ed MA 3-5615 BOWMANVILLEI 1,125 and it is growing stead- figure was ubiquitous and Lai - ________________ ily. kept the hydro system opera- trai NOTICE Registrations now being acceptedl for the FALL'TERM at the OSHAWA BUSINESS COLLEGE commencing Tuesday, Seplember 6, 19R1 BUSINESS TRAINING PAYS OFF! Over 100 Graduates Placed in Permanent positions in 1960. A New Record set in May with 15 placements in ONE week. If you want a career - with Attractive Salary - Advancement - Security - Interesting Work - Excellent Conditions, then get Specialized Business Training! Act Now - Get FREE Bulletin. Get the Facts - Then Register at Once. Capacity enrolment anticipated by early August- HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! 10 SIMCOE STREET NORTH - DIAL RA 5-3375 TM CANADIAN SAIAN OVANVRILEONTARIO he bill toManager Harvey Britton at Newcastle ons Nome Hydro an of Time well as the office work ater reading and bill collec g. Besides this he carriec with bis store until 1949 'bis energetic mati devotec Itime to the Newcastle H from then on and movec hydro office to bis home did the work single hand. until 1956, wben Donalc ce was hired as a linemar ânee. Harve.y Britton gav( ting efficiently. him careful instruction and Early training fitted Har- Lake is today considered by vey Britton for the sometimes Mr. Britton ta be one of the Jdifficuit and extremely busy finest linemen in the busi. life that he had led in mun- ness. ning the aflairs of Newcastle Harvey Britton keeps bis Hydro-Electric Commission. finger on every aspect of the Born in Newtonville, five Newcastle H.E.C., even though miles east of Newcastle, lie he leaves most of the outside compieted bis grade schooi work to Donald Lake. Mr. education and started at the Bridton is kept busy with thé age of fourteen with the Port office affairs, which are in- Hope Telephone Comý5any in creýasiing in this growîng Mun- 1905 as a lineman and trou- icipa.ity. hie shooter. (Today he is Pre- It is interesting to see the sident of that telephone com- customers come to the Brit- pany, which has more than ton residence to pay their hy- 1,218 customners.) dro bills. This is an efficient In 1911 Mr. Britton joined office with a friendly atmos- the field staff of the Midiand phere. because Harvey Bnit- Construction Company on ton knows aIl the customers, power line building for the Most of them by their first Seymour Iight and Power names, even the cbiidren who 'Company, Two years laten, sometimes come to pay the he worked for a short time1 bills for their parents. for the Welland P.U.C. to -_______ build hydro lines in that town. 1PUTiflT That same yean he came to Newcastle where he took over the groceny and bakeny busi- ness that had been operated by bis brother. While stili running the story he stanted, in 1918, to carry out meten reading, some maintenance, street lighit installation and bill collection for the local hydro system. Twenty yeans later Mn. Bitton assumed the full op- enation of the newly forncd Newcastle Hydro - Electnic Commission. This meant that he did ail the maintenance wonk and new construction, TOP VALUES IN USED CARS w. FRON NICHOLS 1959 VAUXHALL STATION WAGON Custom built radio. 1959 VAUXHALL SUPER 4-DR. One owner car. 1958 VAUXHIALL VICTOR 4-DR. Two from which to choose. 1956 CUSTOM VOLKSWAG'EN 2-DR. In A-i condition. 1955 PLYMOUTH 4-DR. A-1 shape. 1954 FORD 2-DR. A nice, dlean car. 1953 CHEV. BEL AIR 2-DR. Two-tone, red and beige, ini beautiful shape. AUl the above cars have been checked and reconditioned i our shops 0 - and are ready for many carefree miles of summer driving. m Chevrolel m Corvair and Emvoy (Driish Bull) Cars 10O WNN ILLE Chovrolel TraukC Pi COMRME me MA 3.3922 1I1LUi'i Mrs. Douglas McLeod, Craig and Bradley, Miss Jean Mc- Intyre, Toronto, visited Mn. and Mns. J. C. Cook. Mr. Clif- ford Cook, Georgetown, also called at their home. The Sunday School Picnic is to be held at Cedar Park this Saturday. Congratulations teo M rs. Lorne Annis on winning the, Monarch Pastry Flour Com- petition at F. L. Byam's store. Mrs. Elva Beckett is assist- ing at The Cedan's Nursing Home, Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rose- vear visited bis father Mr. E. A. Rosevear, Cobourg, and ai- so visited relatives at Cold- Mr. ~ Sand Mrs. A. Geisber- ger and family, Zion, were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. Park Sr., and Monday Mr. and Mrs. Alex Carruthers M.P., Port Hope, were Monday guests. ville, holidayed last week with Mr. and Mrs. R. Coombes. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gibbs and boys enjoyed a week's holiday ton ring to Parry Sound, Sud- bury and North Bay. Lynne Stainton spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. V. Davcnport, Richmond Hill. iMiss Ada Wood, Miss Ham- ýer, Aurora; Misses Leta and Ruby Bragg, Bowmanville, were guests of Mrs. H. Philp last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay, Oshawa, were Sunday evening igucsts of Mr. and Mrs. A. Knowlton.t Mr. and Mrs. Harold Noxel and girls, Welland, spent a couple of days with ber sis- ter Mr. and Mrs. T. Scott. Mr. and Mrs. T. Scott and: boys visited Mr. and Mrs. A. Marshall, Humber Bay. Gail returned home after a weeks' holiday and Gary remained for a holiday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Murphy and family visited Mr. and, Mrs. W. Gillis, Millbrook.ý onto, is spending this weeka with Mrs. E. Murphy. 3 Mr. and Mrs. R. McLeanV and family, King City, visited Friday evening at Mr. and j Mrs. C. H. McQuinn's enroute to New Brunswick, Arthur s Rumble returning to his home. Mr. Yosh O'Kura, Scarbor- ough; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rahm, Judith and Kevin, were Saturday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. Rahm. Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J. Parkinson >were bier parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Thiffault and family, kand ail picnicked at Cedar > Park. Mary Thiffault return- Id ed home. 9-Mr. and Mts. C. H. McQuinn, !d Bonnie and Brian, visited Mr. 1and Mrs. J. McQuinn, Scugog Id Island. The best of luck goes to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McQuinn who dhave bought the Red and 1White grocery and meat store ,formerly owned by W. H. dTate, Bowmanville. ey Mr. and Mrs. W. Banks and daughters, Weston, were Mon- day evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. Rahm. e Club 50 met at Mrs. E. hMurphy's home last week, 17 eladies and three cbildren were present. e About 17 ladies of Tyrone _W.A. visited Haydon W.A. .last Thursday evening. NE WTON VILLE tRev. and Mrs. M. C. Fisher were taken on Thursday to Baltimore, by Rev. and Mrs. R. C. White to attend the fun- teral service of Rev. A. C. )Luffman. Later Mr. and Mrs. aWhite entertained Mr. and Mrs. Fisher at luncheon in the British Hotel at Cobourg, af- ter wbich a pleasant evening was enjoyed at the parsonage at Newtonville. The morning service at >Newtonville United Church was well attended. The min- ister introduced a summer series of sermons on the gen. geral theme of "The Church speaks out on- What makes znews in 1960". As the first of the series he preached on the subi ect, Present fears and false securities of the Nuc- lear Age. Twenty-one ladies of the Women's Institute took in a chartered bus trip to Toronto on Tues., l2th. The first stop was at the museum to view the things of the past, then on, to Queen's Park where his-i tory is in the making. Someý of the ladies voiced the opin-' ion we were losing out in notý being more familiar with thel inner workings of Panliament.: After travelling past beautifuli wooded estates, the C.N.I.B., Sunnybrook Hospi t a 1 etc.1 there was a stop at Don Milîsý Shopping Centre for dinner.1 A tour of Casa Loma was en- joyed in the afternoon. Ail were pleased with the pleas- ant profitable day. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie BurleyJ and two sons of Port Hope,i spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Don Vinkle. Mr. Wm. Stacey spent the1 weekend with Miss Marilyn; Carlyle of Sterling. Mr. James Nesbitt of lsling- ton, Virginia has arrivcd for a short holiday with the home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Erowný and Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wade and Gregory have taken a cottage at Daîrymple Lake for a week. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Rumble of Toronto spent Sunday with! Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Eley. Mrs. Rumble is remaining for a few days. Mrs. Willis Jones and Mrs. Zena Carlaw attended a fam- ily party at Warkworth on E'riday for the former's moth- er, Mrs. David Merrili, wbo was celebrating bier 80tb bir- tbday. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Greatnix and Cathy and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hood of Kingston along with daughter Dorothy were Sunday visitors with Mr. and M4rs. Geo. Stapleton. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hender- son and family. Peter and Carol and Mr.and Mrs. Arn- old Wade and son Grant at- tended a Henderson family picnic held at Jackson's Point Hlarvey Britton (centre) discusses the day's work with Donald Lake, line- man (right) and bruce Whitby, bis part time helper. ___________ Plans Completed for Ratepayers' Picnic ,Saturday A fternoon Plans bave been completed for the Darlington Ratepay- ers Association Picnic to be beld this Saturday, Juiy 23rd, at Bert Budai Jr.'s farm. It wîll start at two p.m. It is not necessary ta, be a memben of the association ta attend the picnic, whicb promises ta be fun for ail ages, the executive bas announced. Various events are ta be on the program for the young and young in beant. There wiii be attendance prizes for three: lucky winners, and prizes for the races and contests bave been donated by menchants and business finms in Bow- manvîlle, Oshawa and Cour- tice. There will be a Beauty Con- test, a peanut scramble, joke telling contest, biggest lie con- test, tug-of-war, sack race, three-legged races, and many other types of races. In ad- demonstration, a soccer game, music and refresbments. all of Lakefieid; Mn. and Mrs BETHANY H. Dawling, Mn. and Mns. C Dafoe, Sharon and Bnyan, mi Mrs. B. P. Preston and Miss and Mns. M. Moncreif anm Hazel Preston of Stonewall, Miss Jessie Moncreif, Mn. an( Mrs. R. MonCreif, Linda an( Mati., are guests for two Dale, Mn. and Mns. R. Mcl weeks at the home of their moyle and Sheliy, K. Bullock daughter and sisten, Mrs. Em- ail of Peterborough; Mn. an( ory Smith. Last Sunday a Mns. A. Andrews, Paul, Wil family gathening was heid in liamn and Ruth of South Mon tbeir bonon. Those present aghan; Miss Gail Gibbs o w ene Mns. E. Preston and Millbrook; Mn. and Mns. Char. Harold Preston of Selwyn; les Smith and Ross, Mn. anc Mrs. M. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Mns. 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