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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 28 Aug 1963, p. 1

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b anabtrnt__ein_ __________ ____________Durham County's Great Family Journal______ ÔI7ME 109 16 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28th, 1963 10c Per Copy NUMBER 35 Three Provincial Politicians Test Biscuit Baking Skills of Constituents Lî ons Car Goes to 0Oshawa With a provincial election underway, it was to be the building bousing the inside exhibits just as the expected that. the three candidates seeking office for resuits of the O.N.O. Club's biscuit baking contest Durham County would be in attendance at Black- were announced and couldn't resist the temptation to stock Fair on Saturday to meet and talk to as many lure them into sampling the prize winning items. constituents as possible. Statesman photographer Munching away, from lef t to right, Alex Carruthers, happened to find ail three of them assembled nearI the Conservative sitting member; Allan Beer, the TIhe Importance of the Pro- vincial-Federal Conference fi be held this autumn was em- phasized by Allan Beer, Beth- any, the Liberal Candidate for Durham County, when ho ad- dressed a meeting last weel held in Canton by the Hope Township Liberal Association executive. ef eq uest made by the Conser. Yvative Premier of Ontario jJohn Robarts, that he be giv- en a strong and clear man- Post Off ice Hiours for Labor Day Holiday hours at Bow- manville Post Office on Labour 'Day, Monday, Sep- 4I1er 2, 1963, are as fol- Box Lobby open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.ni. Public Lobby open from 8:.30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. There will ho no Rural Mail Delivery, Money Ord- er or Savlngs Bank Bus- mness. There will bc one Street Letter Box Collection at 2:30 p.M. Mails wlll be dospatched: East - 11:00 a.m.; West - 4:00 p.m.; Ail Mail - 7:00 P.m. There will bc no despatch of mail after 4:00 p.m., Sat- urday until Il a.m., Mon- day. Wins E -date by the people to take toi ýo Ottawa, when the provincial1 i- Tory leader has not indicateýdYo n e c ri i- f0 fhem what stand he plans Y u g r a h r Th4e. people of Ontario areFroinmUg anda k entitled to know definitely, ,e what stand Mr. Robarts pro- n poses f0 take if he were ablei (oMig undav ta attend the Provincial-Fed-1 ýë éral 'Conference," Mr. Beerý .- stated. He added that ail pro-ý, , vinces must act responsibly! -and in the interests of the i- country as a whole. "Ontario residents are wor- ried as a resuit of Premier Robarts' statement made ini Quebec last month endorsing the taxation demands of Que- bec Premier Jean Lesage. Unless Mr. Robarts denies it, wo must assume that he in-, tends ta support Lesageoin his taxation demands against' the ferleral government. "Such a position taken by Canada's two greatest pro-,: vinces, Ontario and Quebec,I could reduce this country to~ a loose arrangement of 'hav-, and have-not' provinces," M'l Beer warned. Ho spoke of the Pension' Plan as the other major item on the agenda for provincial- ferlerai discussion. Mr. Beeri referred to a recent editorial,I ,which pointod out that the' public needs only one plan, Rev. Henry Okulîta also that a governmenf pen-, sion plan should ho national wido Anglican Congress as a in scope. This could be ob-lyouth delegate of the one- tained only through the fed-lyear-old Church of Uganda and eral governiment, he said. ý Ruanda-Umondi, and aftor The Durham Liboral caýndi-Ithat ta spend two yoars ini date, Mr. Beer, stated t hatiffurther training al Virginial, Canadians are unoasy about Once again St. Johns Church' the opposition ta the propos-,is fortunate in having a visitoril TURN TO PAGE TWO) ( TURN TO PAGE TWO) 3est - Showman Award John David Allun, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Allin, Waverly Rd. South, onthe coveted award of Best Showman in the Caîf Club entries on Saturday at BÀackstock. Hie is showrn here receiving a pen and pencii set irom j. G. Porter, Manager of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Port Perry. ÇBtts and1 General Motors inspection staff employee Gavin "Red" liendali, 113 Conant St., Oshawa, was the lucky ticket holder for the Lions Carnival Chev- rolet sedan on Saturday evening. The ticket was sold by Mrs. G. Arbourne, R.R. 2, Bowmanville. .Actually, her husband sold the ticket, but wrote ber name on it and she is not cornplaining because it was worth $500.00 in cash. The Arbourne's have eight children. She is shown here, left, with Mr. Bendall. centre, receiving the car keys frorn Lions President Russell Oke. Carnival. iChairmen Fred Cole and Lloyd Cliffon were also in the photo, but lack of space eliminated them. They do appear in the photo of the television winner inside the paper.___________________________ Speaks at Port Hope Conservatîves Plan fa Stress Liberal and Harry Ashton, the NDP candidate. TheG od G v nm nThe too young to vote constituent cooks, from left to right: ' o d Gv r m n h m 3rd prize winner Janice Byers, 2nd prize winnera Elizabeth Thompson and lst prize winner Carol Wotten. Ail samplers, including the photographer,C a r t e s T l s E e u i e fikeces THE HARD WAY - Last week, a car driver came to dinner at the Flying Dutcbman, but he did if the hard way. Apparent ly, he stepped on the gas instead of the brake and his car almost came through the window int o the dining-roomn. t t t t. t CLOSE FIGHT - The junior softball entry in the Ontario playdowns had a real scrap in Mount Albert last night. They lost the game 6-5 after 14 innings of play. Bill Osborne hurled throughout. This eliminates the locals as they lost the opv.-ner as well. Playing under the lights for the first time, they certainly gave a good account of them-. selves. i.t 1*t i t it NO FRIENDS - Champion gladioli grower Frank Samis, 132 Ontario St., is wondering.what's wrong with bis flowers. For the past week, he has been telling his friends to corne down to his place and he'd give them a bouquet, but nobody bas shown up. So, please make Frank happy again by caîl- ing at his 'place for some free f lowers. He'll be glad to see you! t t t + 1~ t NOW OPEN - Last week we omitted mentioning the opening of Cliffcrest Cleaners in the former Higgon Electric store. Lorne McQuarrie bas done a fine piece of work witb sparkling new counters and other renovations. t I t 1t t ON HOLIDAYS - Sports Editor Frank Mohun takes his annual vacation for the next two weeks. He has arranged for most of the reports to be sent in, but those not contacted are requested to submit their copy directly to The Statesman office. ï t t t ALTERATIONS- Roy W. Nichols garage at Courtice is undergoing major alterations under the expert eye of builder Charlie Warren of Hampton. The front is being fixed up and a large addition is also being planned for the rear. t t t t t NEW TEACHERS - Two new teachers will be welcomed to Bowmanville High Scbool on Tuesday when 530 pupils are expected to return t0 the grind. Henry Von Schilling, Kitchener, replaces Miss Helen Cowan, teaching maths. in ail grades, and Gordon Safrance, Windsor, will teach English History and coach football. The agricultural building is expected f0 be ready for use. PORT PERRY FAIR - On Monday, many from the area will be celebrating Labor Day by visit- ing Port Perry Fail Fair, always an interesting holiday event. t1 t t t t OLD POLITICS - Our thanks to Mrs. Lewis Clark, R.R. 3, Newcastle, who dropped in some old elect ion material from 1874. Candidates Jas. McClung and J. Simpson got real nasty with each ot ber during their campaign. Mr. Simpson accus- ed Mr. McClung of making foui charges against bim, of trying f0 influence electors with tbreats. If must bave been quite an exciting scrap, but we haven't been able to determine wbo won. Gooci Government will be the theme of the Progressive Conservative Party in the present camp'aign, Mr. Alex Carruthers, Progressive Con- servative Candidate for Dur- ham, stated in an address ta the Port Hope executive of the Conservative Association on Friday evening. With a record of good gov- ernment over the past years and with a promise of good government in the fututre under the leadership of the Hon. John Robarts, the party enters the campaign confident that the people of this pro- vince will recognize its policy a~s sound, progressive and for the betterment of ail seg- ments of our society. ln expressing his apprecla- f ion for the co-operation of the party organization and for the confidence and assis.' tance afforded him by muni- cipal counicils, school boards, various pubtic organizations and individual c it iz en s throughout the county, Mr. Carruthers stated that he had endeavoured ta fulfili that confidence placed in him byr serving the citizens of Dur- ham Counfy to the best of his a'bility regardless of political- or other affiliations. the very high esteem in whicli Durham County and ifs citi- zens are held in the Legisla- tive halls of this province, and It has, indeed, been a great privilege and honour to have had fhe opportu.nity of representing a riding of sucli distinction." The change oyf leadership (TURN TO PAGE TWO> Annual Legion Picnic HeId at Waltona Park The annuai Legion Picnic held at Waltona Park on Sun- ÂI day afternoon was a decided vvinte rmever success. Perfect weather andI a well organized programn cor- bined to make the event mostil o t H p ejybefor the membersnortHp of Branch 178 of the Royal Canadian Legion, their wives, Iornorrow and familles. Ed Rundie, chairman of the Spocial Events Ontario Liberal L e a d e r Committee, was in charge Of John Wintermoeyor will be the arrangements. special speaker at a meeting The large crowd gathered to be held in the Dr. Powers ý.ýearly in the afternoon, and School, Ward and Hope Sts., as crown attorney in the coun- the fun started with an excit- Port Hope, tomnorrow, Thurs- t ies. ýing candy and peanut scram- day evening, at 8:30 o'clock. Coming ta Port Hope iin ble. Then the program of GlIenholmne Hughes, presi- May, 1962, Mr. Bonnycastle races and contests got under- dent of the Durham Liberal was associated with the firm 'waY. Association, announced today of Bonneville, Fitzgibbon and ý The first race was for child- that Mr. Wintermeyer has ex- Bonnycastle for abouit a year., ren live years old and undor pressed a personal wish te Previously he worked lu for 25 yards and each young- Open the Liberal Provincial Montreal at the head office of ster that took part receivod a Campaign ini Central Ontario (TURN TO PAGE TWO) TURN TO PAGE TWO) iTURN TO PAGE TWO> Plaque on New Base Line Bridge wonian moember of Town, Superintendent, and Council-' Council, was called on by Hisilor Wesley Fice. Worship f0 unveil the plaque. Mayor Hobbs on behalf of« On the left, reading from Bowmanville Town Couneil left fa righf, front row, are expressed appreciation fa the Councillor Ken Hooper, Coun- firrn of Proctor and Redfern,1 cillor Glenliolme H u g h e s, and McLean-Foster Construc-i Reeve Sidney Little and Coun- tion, Limited, for their dona-' cillor Roy W. Nichais; 2nd tion of the handsome bronze: row, Clarence Oke, the Towniplaque.1 Assessor; T. K. Stewart, Worksi The i n scri p ti on r ea da. "Quarry Bridge, erected 1963, Ivan M. Hobbs, Mayor; %oy W. Nichols, Roads and Streetg Committee Chairmnan; Reeve Sidney Little, coznmiftee memo ber; Conilor Ken Hoopi er, 'Commitfee Member; Pro>- tor and Redfern, Conhulting Engineers; McLean - Fostel Construction Limaifed, Gene«aJ Contractors Geoffrey F. Bonnycastle of li Bowrmanvillc, recently ap-t pointed Crown Attorney for the United Counties, appeared1 for the Crown in Bowman-N ville Magistrate's Court onc Tuesday.1 Mr. Bonnycastle succeeded1 Judge Harry Deyman of thelj Peterborough County Court Unveil Large Crowds Attend Gala Lions Carnival Here Saturday Night Large crowds throng e d also kept busy. Memorial Park aIl Safurday Every 20 minutes during the evening durmng the gala 1963 evening a luéky person woni Lions Carnival, and everyone a free draw for a coffee fable, who aftendod had a wonder- or a stop table. There were fui time. Carnival Chairnian, 12 delighted recipients. Lloyd Cliffon, and bis suc-! cessor, Fred Colo, were in The president of the Bow- Tepau ntenwBs charge of arrangements for manville Lions Club, Russell h lau n h ewBs the outstanding event. Oke, drew the winning ticket: Lino Bridge over Saper Creek in tho industrial area was un- A wde arify r dffeentin the Car Draw. The 1963 veiled last ovening in a cere- and novel booths attracted 1, rd hvrlt Sea mony at 6:45 o'clock. His1 erveryofLe and there were was wo n by G. Rendall, 113 Wrhp ao vnHbs as a merry-go-round and'Conant Street, Oshawa.. The Wsi pMaoIvnHbs ls a seller of the winning ticket Ptred. e oth it1 other rides for the kiddies, a was Mrs. June Arbourne, R.R. Pftued bovzeflatue reh fishpond, refreshment booths 3,Bowanvîlle. Clarence Hoc-'o h boz pau re and games of chance. The ~ w Mayor Hobbs and Councillor enormous Bingo tables were <ITU RN TO PAGE TWO> lAnnie Oke, who as the only. i .1 I - I. I . 's L-iberal L..andidate bays P. C. Leader Should State' What His P§inWI e At Con ference in Ottawa ýG. F. Bonnycastie New Crown Attorney 1. il

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