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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 5 Nov 1969, p. 1

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Nine Carnels Complete Journey ýFrom California VOLUME 11.5 18 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1969 150 Per Copy NUMBER 45 Ho nored After 20 Years of Service A large number of f rîends gathered in St. Paul's United Church Fellowship Room on Sunday evening, November 2nd, when a reception was held to honor Rev. and Mrs. Harold Turner on their completing twenty years of continiuous service to St. Paul's. They are shown above with the set of swivel rockers "his" and "hers" the gift from the congregation; also the corsage and boutonniere pre- sented by the CGIT girls. They also received many cards and letters of congratu- lations and best wishes. Refreshments were served by the ladies of the U.C.W.* in the church hall which was beautifully decorated with arrangements of Fali flowers. Mrs.__AIClarke Wins__Wardrobe ail Fash ion Fantasy ?69 $7bnsored by Rot ary'-"Club' At tracts Large Audience_ The Pal Fashion Fantasy '69 lield at the Lin Centre on~ Tuesday, Nov. 4th. turned out nD as wamen f~roi r; itS oe D to be an overwhelming suc1 attended in surprsing num-, bers. The Rotary Club sponsoredi l Mary C. Shoppe ancO jewel- lery co)urtèsy of H-oper's' Jewellej s, had a beaud.ful fali setting created by Georg'ieý IntoCOSSA inals i Dalrymi le and Aua Van Belle. Vivian Cowan welcomed the ' - ___ ~ ~-- B wanville High Sho' womn nd May Connorsi<il Senior Football Team breezed began the show as commen-!Sill K Q f tor by Nicholson College of Belle-ý tator. The models for the dis - ville on Tuesday, Nov. 4th by play were Madge Thiesburger, 1Â e I a score of 33-8 and in so doîng Jeanette Lyn.n. Lillian'H op-I~ re roatin If set themselves up for thec er, Jean Stevens, Debbie Ste-i finals of the COSSA Senior yens, and Marilyn îiMMechan. a ý a ad 'A' Championship. The locals Mrs. AI. Clarke was the bigl a as P ra e will play against Peterbor- winner of the night when her! ough St. Peters next Wednes- number was picked for theý The Santa Claus ParadeI day, Nov. 12th at 2 p.m. in1 door prize of a $100) ward-i Committee wishes ta, empha-1 Bowmanville for the title. robe. The presentation was size strongly the new parade In the game against Belle- made by Phyllis Witherspoon.* route. "Leave Central School ville for the semi-finals, Lunch was in charge of yard. down Silver to Church Nicholson's fate was shown Anna Marie Bryson and Iso- Street, west on Church ta early in the game when Sandy bel Harris. The pianist was Seugog, south on Scugog tW Brown an an end run ran the Jean Billett. Mary MaeGre- King, east on King ta Liberty. bailI in for the locals the first gor supervised the door prizes south on Liberty ta Memoriali time they had tihe bail. John draw and Jean Murray head- Park." 'Groats' convert attcmpt was ed the ticket committee. ýTURN TO PAGE TWO) TURN TO PAGE TWO) Paper Handiers Tour Bowmanville's ('ivic Service of i Remembrance This. Saturday A civic service of Remembrance wiIi b. held at the C.notaph.'in Bowmanville on S atur- day morning, Nov. Sth at 10:45 o'clock with al citizens invlted to participate in paying tribut. f0 those who paid the supreme satrificein war. The Royal Ca nadian Leégion, Town. Council and Bowmanvilie Ministerial Association wiII conduct the. speciai service. Voterans will par- ade, led by the Legion band. In the evening, the annual Remembrance Day dinner wiIl be held at the Legion Hall when guest speaker Arthur -Duncan of Bata Shdes wili deliver a remembrance message. If if shouid be raining on Saturday morn- ing, the service will tbe heid. in the Town Hall auditorium. Retaîlérs See How Shoplif fers Work Nearly 50 retallers and their staff members attended a meeting at the Library on Tuesday evening, Oct. 2Mt, where they saw a film on "Shoplifting" and also dis- cussed the Littering problem in town. The film tihat had been o- tained from the London Chamber of Commerce show- cd the many devious ways that certain customners use to, obtain goods fromn stores without paying for iihem. Providence Farmer Hurt Douglas Wight of Provi dente is iWestern Hospi- tal, Toronto, following an accident early Saturda, morning, when a 1,200 lb. plow on blocks, slipped and feul, plnniug bis rlght arm above the elbow. Mr. Wight wax working beneath the implement wben It slipped off the blocks as lie trled tu tigliten a nut. He was rushed to Toronte by Bowrnanvlle ambulance. Apparently, thé heavy welght dld cousiderable damage to the nerves and also the main artery In the arm ls blocked. As of Tues- day, he had regalned sme use of the arm and could open and close bis band. Holiday Nov. il Alters Garbage Pick Up. Schedule Because clvlc employeca wilI be observîng the Re- membrance Day holiday on Tuesday, Nov. llth, sme changes have been made iu tbe achedule for garbage plck-ups. Please check the adver- tisement appearlng en page two of thîs edition for de- tails. Posirnaster George Vice adviseq that the Post Office employees will be on the job as usual on Remem- brance Day and regular borne deliveries will be made. Goodyear Pant 4:st Wednesday, members of the Technical Sec- 1 visited the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plant toMaterials Hnln Committee of the Canadian 1and toured the fac:ory. They are shown above, being Pulp and Paper Association held a meeting at the we]comed by Jack Taylor who is in charge of Good- ying Dijtcbman ooIn.Ith fenote ersBwavl prti. 1 Off duty town policemen, 1Cpi. Ron Parker, Constables iDon Andejrson and Tracy Da- vis were present at the meet- ing and spoke briefly on the subject, as well as answering questions from the audience. Citizens Group Not Supporting Any Individuals Apparently the Chamber of Commerce Directors have been receiving sorne complaints following a re- port that appeared last week in this newspaper. The report read that the Citizens Comniittee was diworking on getting an ef- fective slate of candidates to run for council". Tlhe C of C Directors would like to point out that thi was flot intended to meà.n Uiey are aupporting certain. individuals. Th e Citizens Comitttee is nicre- ly doi'ng its utmost to en- courage more candidates ta run for council. Last week, the nine camels purchased by Keith the most famous one, Portland, who bas been featured Conneil at a recent auction in California, arrived eat in Camel cigarette television commercials. The lower Bowmanville Zoo and have settled in for the winter. 1photo, shows the four young ones, including a rare Top picture shows the five aduit animais, including1 white camel. CNIB Blitz at $2,500 Mark The town and rural re- turns for the 1969 CNýiB campaign as of Nov. 4th are approximately $2500. Wlth Bowmàj covered this figi tiaiiy 1 week complet ME~ETING' -Tonijzht at 8.00 o'cli Subdivision Drainage Problems Strailghtened Out by To wn Council sthree major areas in Mario Veltri, the builder of new Agreement and the build- ànville stili 'o be the new houses on WaverlY ing inspector had already ap- dr itIshpm h. oaprsnted cuel tpovdtos uldnsU4i Ch oose Cast w ich iw i l e s tae t supposed ingdo n onen i the stod b in the ft ur. e if a ny Increased within the tihe question of what was he wanted' tb know where heFo M usc i le the campaign. iweeping tiles. Apparcntly, a such changes were made recent Subdivision Agreement again. Elsie Wilson, producer nt Shad altered his original plans After a lcngtlhy discussion 'South pacific', has announc. and -he was now anxious for on the subject, Councillor cd the oast, as chosen by dir. council ta decide what action Robt. Dykstra movcd that in ectors Wilf Pcgg and Rose.. he should take. the first stage of the devclop- mary Merklcy: § ..Veltri stated ta ement whàch includcd 132 Jh msuy ocek vou'l have an had flot been informed of h < TURN TO PAGE TWO> (TURN TO PAGO- TWOi opportunity ta learn about some of the complexities of the proposed Regional Government if you attend the meeting at Memorial Park Clubhouse. Some confusion resulted yesterday when a neighboring newspaper announced that the meeting would be held Iast night. Whitby's Mayor Des Newman, Bow- manville's Mayor Ivan Hobbs, Durham's MPP Alex Carruthers and Councillor Les Coombes will form the panel, with Stew IVcTavish the moderator. FIREMEN - Bowmanville's Fire Department will be sponsoring a Tag Day to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy on Nov. 14th fromn 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. and on Nov. 15th from 9:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m. Please help with this most w orthy cause. i. it i.t CANDIDATE - As will be noted elsewhere in this edition, a new candidate for mayor has joined the battie. He is Herbert Wesley Knapp better known as "Red" who operates a service station and towing service on the Base Line. Mr. Knapp was an un- successful candidate for council the last time around and is hitting for the top spot this year, against I-is Worship Mayor Ivan Hobbs and Reeve Annie Oke. No new prospects for any of the other positions have announced their intentions. t t. t t tI BREAKFAST - Early Sunday morning hockey players and others will be delighted ta learn that the Odd Fellows will start serving break- fast at the, Centenniai Hall this Sunday and plan to continue the service throughout the winter.1 1 1 t t it *t NATIVES - This area is obviously making quite a contribution ta Oshawa's welfare. Yesterday, the Oshawa Times featured pictures of two people born around here who were elevated to governing posi- tions because of Mayor Murdoch's resignation for health reasons. Alderman Dr. Charles McIlveen who apparently bas gained quite a bit of weight since he left here was boosted to Board of Control and Russ McNeil, formerly of Newcastle, was chosen to f iii the aldermanic vacancy. Congratulations and best wishes ta bath from former friends here. i. t t -1 tI+ SIRENS !- The two ambulances operating f rom Memorial Hospital are now equipped with new sirenu, horns or whatever, of a type that wili distlnguish them from police and fire vebicles. The sound il quite distinctive and similar to that used by officiai vehicles in England and parts of Europe. TWO BIG GAMES - Tomorrow (Thursday) at 2:00 pm. Bowmanville High School Juniors will meet Nicholson Catholie College in the COSSA Jr. Semi- finals hore. Next Wednesday, the Senior Redmen will take on Peterborough St. Peter's School here for the COSSA'A' championship, after winning the1 semi-finals ini Belleville on Tuesday. Bath games1 should be filled with plenty of action. Don't miss1 them 1i Rotary Ladies Model Fait Fashions The Lions Centre's main hall was p acked Iast night for the Fali Fashion Fantasy '69 presented by the May C. Shoppe and sponsored by Bowmanville Rotary Club. Thit picture was taken just before the program began and showd the models who took part. They are, front raw, left to right, Marilyn McMechan.; Lillian Hooper; middle row, Jean and D ebbie Stevens; back row, Madge TbWs- burger and Jeanette Lynn. -ana

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