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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 25 Jul 1962, p. 10

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A 1938 Cadillac, author of this story, driven by ,waiting to apnear on C7'hannel 9, TV. IWritten by Aleen Aked's 1938 Cadillac Car Did I make it? Il say 1 did! So did alI the other Antique Autos wbich stated from Lon- don, Monday morning, July 9 on the "Fiftb Annual Lon- don to Brighton Tour" spon- sored by the Ontario Region of the Antique Auto Club of America. Based on the Englisb "London to Brighton" runý which started in 1896 an( in true 1Bitisn. ashion is still go- ing strong. Our tour of 250 miles compares with their one of 57 miles and is beld about the sanie time. In the same spirit of the covered wagon trains-a kind- ly hlping hand always there, when necded- our driversi hended us along today's bigh- ways detorrnined evon the "1ailing" ones must got theme. (At least ton of our drivers Regional Director Ross Elliott of Port Hope and "Mrs." Ken Adams, Orono, photographed at Brighton after taking a turn in Laurence Sherwin's "Just Married" car. You have ta COMBINE equipmnent in safe working order with habits if you dont want to harvest a p, FARM SAFETY WEEK, C ý CoopertorsInsuranc, TREWHAVE CONSIGNAO SALE Monda y, JuIy 1962 - at 1 p.m. To be held at TREWHAVEN FAIM which is on the Scugog Road 15 miles north of Bo'w south of Blackstock or 7 miles east cf Port Peri 50 WE OFFER PURE BRED HEAD HOLSTEIN CAT W. are offering a useful group cf Fresh and Sprt and 2-year-olds, as well as a flamber of Yearlir ACCREDITED - VACCINATED - The maJority are ready for Immediate export. AI cligible to enter listed or certified arts, NEXT SALE WILL BE HELD AUGI Auctioneers : A. MIKE BRLTBA HOWARD TREW About 400 Present NETNIL A ui. aar. and Mrs. W.J. Han-Miss Joean Walkev. Mr. and cock of Peterborough, were Mrs. Frank Gilme Atto T p HRdIolstein ClubsM CR.Oive nd Moors.Ml Mye T IandeMr.aTHen eronsreaong daf' Coboursgw th rand Mrs ull c ar. ilgh 0tMessrs.CR.tb Fdisrîc and Beatty, Port Hope, were Sun; ý F r e H e n e r s o w e r a m o g d a o ni s t o r s w a t o r n dP a r f o ThelacaCnuawl Tvight M eeingtterEmrDwnadLnMsefonic Gand Ldgetrint o Reia Wodpadcnîc.,a Uing of the Durham Holstein Clement, sang several most onto last week. Mr. and Mrs. Don Elliott Club was held on Frîday ev- enjoyable selections. Little Shelley Marie Brownan! girls rnotored out to Mid- enîng at the faim of J.W- The guest speaker, George infant daughter of Mr. and land over the weekend. Bowman, Enniskillen. ThereiM. Clemons, Brantford, was Mrs. Ross Brown, underwent a 1\r and Mvrs. Ross Brown was a large attendance at thetintroduced by Ben Brown. A slight operation in Memorial and farni]y were Sunday even. successful event and a il en- graphic account of a trip Hospital last Tuesday. ing guests witl Mr. and Mrs. joyed the înterestîng programn through Africa, which was Courtice Girls Soft ba il Bill lorton of Canton. Ross Stevens is the president taken recently by Mr. Clernons Team played in Newtonvîlle Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hender- of te Drha Hosten Cub.and his wife, was given by theî last Tuesday ni ght with usoanfmlvwtMran Prize winners in the Judg- guest speaker. Afterwards a local teami winning by the Mrs. Cecil Henderson and ing Comipetition were: Junior,, deliclous lunch was served. ýclose score of 12-10. farniîy of Bowrnanville, left J. Hancock, Joseph Flett, Ka-1 Prize for the Judging Com-ý Mrs. W. H. Jones and Mrs. on Saturday morning for a Ron Fallis and Don Barrabeli from the Ponty- tby Nelson, Warren Down, petition were donated by the Zena Carlaw visited Mrs. D. holiday trip to the east coast. pool area, with two ladies of the Golden Plow Lodge, Ch arles Stevens, Jimi Kenne-1 BeavrLmeCopn.M-J rilofW kwthas M.adMs, .Cltn Coborg. he bys wre "ot tuff in1hesecoat;i Lasdes, MHolBob Pa t îp-i Gregor's Hard w a r e, N. J. Wednesday, the occasion being Robb of Westmount, have Cobourg.The boyswere "ho stuff "in thesecoats i rsa rd, Hepburnt BrothersrdEl-barncerebration- ofcethealatter'the corne'supotoup tho reicottagge for.a and brought laughter wherever they went.I son, Mrs. F. Jose, Mrs. J'tri dersîje Farrn, Neil Malcolm,! birthday. few wceks.. - Coombes, and Mrs. Don Budd; CddaleFar.DhamCodf-s!,ieNebîtwasA SClub's emblemi attached to my mouth-L. Chapman, '22 Ford ý Men, Mark Hancock, Harold ea e arn urm o Mrs. Jîm Gîlmer and arn- Ms AisNeb front. A green 1930 Model A -Garry McMillan, '29 Graham Werry, Don Richards, Ken Op, W. H. Brown, the Case ily of Port Hope. were Wed- frorn Toronto for the wveekend. Coue hd alage ign"Jst age- Gore Eliot,'14 Holliday, Bob Stevens, Ralph' dealer, and Bo w ma nvi ew nesday visitors at Mrs. F. Hen- The Sedorka family are Married" on its back; Law- Model T Ford- William Sau- Glaspel, and Alex Muir. The Farm.ero'. holidaying at a cottage at receSbrinan bsbrdede,'14 Model T Ford witb prizes were presented by Mse abr tpeo Midland. from Orono were on theiri brass front- Ray Bell and FacsJe. ndoyce Carnpbell are work- M.adMs Jc lit Shoneymoon. flot least me '38 Cadillac- About 40people asebld rnornîng for a tnp to the St.durin As 40 asen-e W~LtIV1L L ig atHony Hllowdurng n D ortripeft otMonda. Aswe set off on the Grand Aleen Aked. on the Bowman lawn for the thewbonidays. a . __________~~~ Tour on Monday morning, Tuesday mroning we met fine programr which had been The July meeting of theï Miss Betty Skelding is______ those in the back seats of tbe at the Ford Assernbly Plant. arranged by the committeeiUnited Church wornen was spending some of tbe holidays rghost writer Aleen Aked, Fords huddled under their I needed another boost i tecornposed of Francis Jose, Ben held in the cburch basement witb bier grandparents, M.ir~J Br 'skin robes in a biting drizzle. rear to get started- Ford Brown and Mel McHolrn. A on the afternoon of July 18. 'and Mrs. George Skeldinga IPOver Fanshagewe m to tbe pats I are nrnye! Frornithecordial. welcome to all present The devotional was in charge Blackstock. H l were niechanies and PoerVlaehre eryrmrkIgteed thissth was given by Mr. Bowman. 'of the president, Mrs. Clarence Mr. Oswald Wragg. Osh - Fna Ro 1 1trck toedspreparts!) Did1 one was guided around the largest assernbly plant in the The Durham contestant for Nichols assisted by other aw,ýa, was callîng on old Fn l R ce fo we slow up traffic? We sure bidnsbacarinlay'nts EnpreayayorDry Queen, Mrs. Francis niembers oif the executive. La- friends in the village last1 did Thsemodm, auy cl-whorn we called Connie- the tourists rode in "dolly" cars Jose, also spoke. idies were pleased to welcornewek ored cars just couldn't pass puigrm raen ifr ntervst hi yspo The Four In Accord, a ta]- Mrs. Allan Holdaway. There, 'hs S a o by-tby tope t wn-ence to bier or her pioneer cot- tected by plastic eyegass ne abr bpqatt1eetw e rs ulsù Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Staple-Ths S s n us b-te tpe own ton dress - we saw ahl the also bicycles are used for in- coe abrso urewretoRdCosqit tnsiavsting ofhoe fornm der or to gawk and to ques- days-of-yore fixings. Ail the door transportation. AIl cars KnBoketefrmswih eefn-tonherurne bo rnefithe!m atrr rteac tion us when we stopped. isbed duning the afternoon. tj' bnyon ~ bird season was beld from :Wr e aigHwsiî-Model T's went up into tbip bave been ordered- none goi----_Final report on the strawberry WVest. Folevet, Ont. A distance of 350 Vilage I aslef ina iel tostck ile Feigt crsStuff"! Dressed in long heavv 'festival was given byte Newtonville Royals plaved we wrent raingcars (I the, iair miles. we ere't acig crs!(Ifsulking. I wouldn't start! A bring parts into the building fur coats witb long black treasurer Mrs aodBs in Newcastle last Tus Th e frs brdbone wa we were our drivers would good boost in the rear by Don then an electric brain or tele- beards and derby hats- wbich hwn aveystfcor lkdb LRiadsta win any race bands down!) Scott in Ron Fawcett's truck type cornunication syst emr they wore all day- they srofin. A erytisactory nigbt, a clo 13-y2contete fan lccdb .Rchrsa Are we wrecks? Try driving from Oshawa soon got me picks out the right parts for brougbt laugbter wbereverprftAreotn the West Oro the esult being 13-1202.54inrdsav- abnho25wekadi-section rally of the Cobourg oumh oasrinute. Second was Earl and a unb f 5wrck adi-started. They thougbt I was eacb car and plunks it on it they went! Presbytenialhbeld in Plain- 1 Miss Brenda Hender s o ri Ralph Luke. 3. Don and Bruce tance at least 250 miles. (I cov- a big stiff but I was really frorn the ceîing or from the Served by the courtesy of 'ville in June was given by' spent a few days in Port Hope Stainton. 4. Brown Brothers. ered 571 miles before I got onîy a bit stiff! floor level on an endless beit. !tbe Golden Plow, coffee and M .Bnowluh hr with bier cousin, Miss Karen:5, .Bttel . ie n back to my stable- garage I Next visit was the B. John- Althougb 750 models are made !pop refreshed us before takîng 1wr.E.16 adis resent and Gilrner.5Woo.aottr. . iprers.n mea.) or urage whcbston & Hoît Boiler Works near of different types tbey neyer i a tour of their splendid new seAen littie boys. Picnlcalunc rang we frin92-93 oodeBurford and a bob-nob witb seem to get rnîxed. My driver':building wbere we saw bow Isenjoyttedby.Peeylncha! t normal oundto, e notsopd some antiquated or rather "ne- was 50 mixed up before we'some problenis of old age are lHyr nson a r erlyen e-. atna ParkLios ara een-t up or camoufaged- just our- lies of antîquîty steami boîl- stax-ted thuit she' hâr a 1962 ' solved. This we appreciated- ltertained the quilters, espec- ing. b we bad had more than a few "wkfobr tMn. ordon Bain of Harnul-- selves. Were we covered b problenis of ohd age ourselves' i ally Wor or e Nîgbt is ton ws adine%.ues insurance? We bad to be. Comng iwsadinrgeto Mn. and Mrs. Charles Boister' n" Saturday witb Mm. and Mrs As we folowed along on . had their pictures taken in Tbere were 58 at Sunday A. Wade. Higbway 401 at 30 miles an ~one of those Model T's like the Sbo n Sndy mmig Mn. and Mns. Kari Bickle hour bebind four Model T. one in wbicb she learned to witb tbe supenintendent in and farnily left on Saturday i Fords going to London, which drive; also tbe lady in the kit- charge. Morning scipture xvas morning for a holiday tnip to we joined in Sunday's 90 de- chen wbo was rnixing 48 cups read by Barbara Clarke and lSauît Ste. Marie and other tho' Henry rd m hugad -1 of f lour for tea biscuits for one 1the prayer by James Nichos nonthemo points. - gree weather, we tbougbt ah-meal. Tickets were bought on MreAsi aeavr n Master Wayne Harness of . million of tbem he had neyer . a raffle for the lovely quilt tenesting account of hier week Bowrnanville spent a few days q figured on today's barmen bigh- imade by the G.P.'s ladies. As as camp councillor at Quin- îast week with the Porters. -. ' . ways. Every 30 miles the Mo- 1 we left bow were we to know Mo-Lac witb a group of seven Rev. C. R. Rudd of Peter- del T's had to stop for water. !Mn. Murphy's Lizzie was try- girls, bier special charge, ten borougb was in charge of our Not a drop on that highway ring to do the "twist" - we 'and eleven yeans of age. Their cburcb service last Sunday for the tbirsty travellers- so . tbougbt it was the "shimmy"! week of regulated work andronng tbey caried gallons of it along At the edge of Brighton, play sounded like excellent Next Sunday t h e guest in their covered and uncov- Ross Eîîiott cbanged cars witb training and botb Marie and! speaker will be Mn. Arthur'rLe t a Uu R O do ered wagons. We bad lemon- 'Lawrence Sberwin, wbicb bad Bonnie wbo returned last Sat- steel of Cobourg. the Pun i ade. After lunch at Milton faithfully cannied the "Just! urday from the camp, enjoyed Mrs. Francis McCullough who sbould appear wearing a Married" sign on its back. the experience very much. and Mn., Wilson of Windsor AVING TIME .-. . REDUCe ten gallon bat but Pres. L. Mc- Ken Adamis, Orono, made a Sunday School was closed SeeFiayvstn wt m ING LABOR ... INCREAS.- Neil of Toronto's Durbam 1 "cute" bride especially about iwith a prayer in unison by the adMs o tpeo. ING PRODUCTION. DURO Club meeting Rotarians. !the uppers but looking a bit 'primary class.: Mn. and Mrs. Bill Wilkinson Pumps, designed for Farm duty Such a welcome from tber strangre witb his trouse rs r A comrnittee of Uni te d manager and excitement at the i bwn eo isbu rs.rCburcb wornen met .olwn of Milliken, spent a few days 'supply fresb water where anti Arvilla Grande Motel, Lon- s We in eow ids e-t-tidr urbseviein folwigrecently witbh lem brother, Mr. wben you need it ... in the home Arila radeMoel Ln-Weaginjone nsetotal huchsevie nthe evenîng Dave Denault. b aron poultry yard don, when we arrived to spend anp tvpoice esetaon oprpr o h b rs- Master Bruce Trim of Stark- truck garden ... provides rcseî-ve the night. Bill Sauder's '14 i noon proudly paraded upvc for wbicb thîey are e-vlevstdMse i i-frfn rtcin Model T charged Up the ce- .:. .. . .. .. . .. ..ngbton's main street to the ponsible on August l9tb. vmle îste ast ek.ilGl o fr rtcin ment steps of the Motel and iri cutri i od s t ods Town Hall wbere the Mayor jN ext Sunday morning the' Mn. and Mrs. Don Vinkle See your Plurnbtr D made it the first time- for- . pesr and the Reeve, with Lavemne ! service here will be conducted'andhe dealer for fuIl inf,'matiou aboà tunatehy his wife and four driver in the group (73), at the Ford Plant in Oakville. Chapman and Jack Bray as- by a speaker from the Tem and Mrs. C Bunley spent te tyeo UOSaowc chidre go ou beore th , 'sstig wlcoed s ad pe-erace edeatin ad frveekend at the Burley cottage 1theetp e of URO alow oé,ce chidrn gt ut efr-th 1es. From the platform of aI Fond muifflen clarnped to my sestn e ecb diver nd wîtb an ee fîgto Sandayorsat Lake Kenniisis. i'Deiefr W eII Pmp u ng eed o swmmngpolwa sve b enedeah rve wth a h fllwig w Sndys1Mn. and Mrs. Wrn. Stapleton rfle,"unn a. simgpolwssvdb'steamn boiler, Laverne Cap- Irea- perbaps what we need brass plate "Fifth Annual!service will be witbdrawn aswere weekend visitors witb h amNeeàt' a stout fence around it! Sun- man from Pontypool our Tour 1i an electrie b nain too! You'London to Brighton Tour! Rev. M. Freeman will be on:Mr. and Mrs. Lennox Vasey da veigth rieswent Chairman, went on the air to! would tbink the mechanies 192"forthrca tey roe.holidy inoahddeadrcevdtIltewrd i u oings, were really mad hamrnerîng What an achievernent! Those1 Last weekend Mrs. Fred Congratulations to Mn. and directions, my driver was s0 wbilc the others dibblcd de- 'the windsbield glass into place: drivers tbink tbey did it! How Hoskîn and balby son ineturned Mns. Ed. Rowe who were mar- pleased to be accepted as one iclous watenmelons (supplied!rwith mallets. Anyway a cup fan would tbey bave got witb- to Peterborough after spending ried in Sbilob Cburcb last of te "oys"andnot ust"a the steam boilers) down 'of cof fee stopped aIl that me- out us- their cars? the days since Wednesday, Stna feno.Sreo lady driver". Like a bill ofrtheir fronts. My driver bad'chanical wonder for the 10 Yo ol hn ha a 8b ihbayPu' rn-tose fro tewonvile wo salea lrgewbie crdb ardaways wanted to drive a 'arn buzzen left rnany tbings the end-but no! Back to Co- parents, Mm. and Mrs. A. wee uets at the weddîng "London to Brighton" was steam engine so she was in- stili Utp in tbe air. Onie Of bourg and another parade into'Tborndyke and Mr. and Mrs.: were: Mn. and Mrs. R. Trim, plastemed on my back, the vited to steen that Rogers thern was oun leader Laverne the Arrny Ordnance Depot Percy Hoskin here and at: Mn. and Mrs. Phil Gilmer Mn. - ~~Stearn engine made by Saw-r Chapman wbose son wvent off to be welcomed by the Colonel Welcome. se1osa r and Mrs. Stan Rowe, Mrs E. yen Massey wbile the f irerin'shopping in another car with More coffee and pop! Then We are please osyMs Pearce, Mms. H. E. Walkey, -~~~~ ~put wood in the boiler. Such itbe key to bis father's car in!aohrrd o u cros .Bibo sfeigsm ______________ goings on for a lady! I looked! bis pocket. 0f course they took on a "toast rack" with an 0f- better and members of bierr clowvn ry long black bood and,'pictures of two of rny pals,'ficer escont around the Depot.1 fami]y visiting bier last Friday DEAD STOCK wouldn't stant! Witb traff ic!one was Bill Davis '13 Model Tbey peered at cartons wbere nigb t were Mnr. and Mrs. Mer- - stopped, another boost in the T igbt in front of the big Ford 'isÏsored everytbing Canada's vyn Clarke of Hamilton, Mrs.' SERVICE rear and away 1 went out of plant sign. Everyone knew armies migbt need; these are 'Shirley Mackenîzie and Sss hse corigtosz that field -not so fast the wbat they were witbout being sorted, crated and sbipped to Ji'r, Danny and Michael and Pucaned condito iz SLizzie whicb broke a rod andtold, withi their dernure black fan awýay places. Sucb a big Idat'gbter Cheryl of Ltterson adcniin 1:1took thnee mechanies nearly ý sun-bonnets and narnow stil- place! The soldiers admiredl M- and Mz. (Ge-). M.itun jJACK BROUGIKrmov 3 bours to replace it and get :etto-beel tires! us' But the Army was not for !of Orono visited witb Mn. and Phone Colleet, Peterborough PLUMBING and HEATING b er going. What a girl! But A n'ad rush to get to CFTO us althougb Ray Bell's bnassy- Mns. H. Barrowclough on Rvrie282 even sbe couldn't fool those:'TV Station to ho on _theý air fronted Model T tbougbt sbe'rSunday afternoon. Rvrie282 Division Street South nons fl ing and music play- 'lin thon down to Whitby fol- it a quiet and restful holiday.! ing. At tbat moment my d.iv- lowing No. 2 tbru Oshawa and My passenger Agnes Payne, er was cleaning me up. Nolf Bowmanville to Newcastle and 1wbo bad to ride kneelingo time to finish, we dashed over up to the Diana Motel, Orono, the floor to womk my wind- -so in the middle of Oak for tbe nigbt. In the evening 'shield wiper by band, didn' t Queen Plaza, witb absolutely a parade tbru' Orono where tiks.I sr antfor no privacy, rny bath was fin- ;we were joined by sevoral carsme- wben's the next tour? îshed witb the belp of two, including Ross Elliott's '21 Corne on boys, let's go! boys. Because I was the la1*- McLaughlin and Ken Moore'si _________ sne ihasmart handbag like my baby) . Around the Above photo shows Mr. R. Stel, our farm building representative, conainngnot onebu w'oety ad Oo Fi E N Z R tins of the new Liquid Simon- Track. Such dust- you would11 standing beside our new iSpray Polish presented by'bave thougbt Harvey Partner TeEenn ni fUW LTD. ta ho Store. Auo with bis plurnbing could bave ýmet in tbe Christian Education 1 L D. he ollwin Aniqu Auosspared a little water! But ho enr on Tbursday, July, wmanville and %/ mile with their drivers wero in our:did a wonderful job banding 19tb. Unit Leader, Mrs. ElmerPO T B E U D OR F E R ry ia ighay A.lino-up; 1926 Ford Touring- out bot dogs and pop besides Dowo occupied the chair andr Elmen Adarns, '13 Model T- a huge bonfire with the other opened the meeting with the ieristeawetoutorfdnguintb 50Ken Adamis, '29 Dodge Sedan' Oronoites at the weiner roastproposod hymn of the UCW. 1 I $tdyspls edsve . oWse dan-Bruce Mountjoy, '22 Ford Motel.1 on the tberne of missions was Size 4 x 16 buit on pre-treated wood skids for $ 9 7 .0 0 TLE HEAD -John Pratt, '29 Packard Wednesday monning with well presented by Mms. Ken ýCMLT T LE HEADConx'. Coupe- Ron Fawcett, 'our goal in sight, crowds lined Tink and Mrs. Lloyd Covemly. easy handling ini barnyard or field. OPLT igling Young Cows'3 Ford Coac- Jack Bray,: the roads, passengers joined Mrs. Wes. Down then, read1 ings and Calves. '37 Ford- Ron Fallis. '26 Ford ou ranks, we cruised down to,'letters from Miss Muriel Stev- Coupe - Jack Bray, Ford, Newcastle and directed the ens wbo is in Africa. Every- BLOOD TESTED Spoedster created from parts gang along No. 2 Highway. My one was very interested to .11 cattie tested or by Ernest Sohuster who is our driver tried unsuccessfully to bear of Muriel's experiences, a berds.oldest driver and a life mcm- bord sevoral old cars tbat-a- :and inspired to greater effort We invite you te inspect the portable feeder i ed.ber. '17 Moon- Tom Wills, way, wbicb turned out not to in the Missionary cause. a u ad-o eehn A338 n LJST 27th '17 Cadilac- John Wills, '211 ho our gang! A stop-over at Meeting closed with the a u ad-o eehn A338 n McLauglin- Wilhur Miller, the Golden Plow, Cobourg: Benediction. sekwt r tl 1902 Nother- the oldest carbow we loved the old people rAll gathered in a friendship pa wihM.Se -Glen Russell who also had1 theme and they loved us! Two circle wbon refresbments were ACHER, Kitchener, Ont, a '10 Fond. '30 Model A Ford oif oun lads Ron FaIhis and'served by committee in charge M.N Blackstock. Coupe - Lawrence Sberwin, Don Barrabeil froni Pontypool -Mrs. Harold Osborne, Mrs' B 0 W M A N V 1 L L E 13 Ford- W. Davis, '31 Ford area roally clovned it up. By H. H. Nichols, Mrs. Walter ISedan- Boyd Wood, '32 Ply- this time tlîey were "Ihot Brown and Mrs. E. Spoelâtra. Sale Manated by: TREWHAVEN FARM LTD.B 1.1. 1. Burketon, Ont. Phone Blackstock 986-4957 a

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