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'Suga~ PIm' OesThis ýSaturday 82~o2 U~aitda1a ~a4frd 31 On Monday evening, a fire broke out mysteriously in a dump located f-orth and eastl of Salem, sending billows of foui black smoke into the air, It continues burning unabated at press time. SWh.ile attending the blaze, iBowman- ville's Fire Chief, Jim -Hayma-n slipped on ice and fractured- a bone in his right ankie. The, fire was, reported. about 9:00 p.m. in the rear of 'Bowmrianville Sand a-nd' Gravél's pit where Goodyear lias been, dumping wastes for a niumber of years. Coincidentally, GToodyear hlad arranigedl to stop, using this site as of Mý.onday. Fire Chef Hayman believed thej( fire was started by vandals as no oneir had -used that part of the dump for the previous -five days. H1e said snowmob'ýilE- tracks anid foot, steps were nioticed near thie area where flie fire was believed to have started. The Bowmnanville - Drigo Fire Department aîttenlded the blaze truhu the night but, couitd do nothing, to haitl the fire's progress throughý the tý ons of. dîscard. ed pic-ces of rubber products and other industrial wastes. TFUR1N To, PAGE TW/O>ý VOLUME 117 14 Pages Board Takçes Large Crowd Attends Odd Fellows Centennial Dinn<E Another Look.. At Bus Problemi Kelly Amie Brown, 3%/, 15 ready for Sugar Plum's upening A gala o eni~ f Sugar Plum Mountain, Bowmanvill(E's new winter sports bu, is planic nedfr this, Saturday. The festiLvities ýwill get underway at 10 am. and last througheut the morn- ingý andaferooi A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place about one p.m., Garry ook of Bowmanville will act as mster of cerernonies. There il be free horse rides and even dag rides, and there wîll be no charge for, the-s of the ski-tow for the day. Sporting stores in Bowmanville are spon- soîn oboggan races, and have eager teams itching to swoosh down the slopes. Origaniizers assu-re there will b-,e fun for the wbole family, The 00-yrd kI run and winter sports area has been butiilt mainly with youth nPmm, !Ét provides an alternative ta Kirby, and tbough not as grand, is far mfyore onenen for local yott o use. rganie epect "tbousands cf people" to attend the one day bill opening Shî,ort onclMeeting cu gAPedstrianWI Refrrdo a Cmmtee fLýD PFIRE HAULL ON Anyoiine whu buys the property on wich the old fire 1ha1ll5 is ituafted will rbbli e mu)re interested in the lanid than the build- To make sureBoman- ville Towa Councjilhas addl- cd a provisqoonto tlic e teder calis - the btdIldig must bie removced withi thrcee muGn{ýs oi the date of the, The cdays of the iç,d ire, -all]are surely eumibered. HOCKEY DRAW TWINNERS Last weekend, the big. d"Iw for the SnO-Jet and the two Wj-kd ook place- at the Aena, -with the wiinem of the Sno-.Tt kbehig Kier, Ronald, R. R. 6, Bow- maonvile. The !Whiz-Skids,, donated Tool Ltd. ,vere won hi' GleReynold, R. R.3, and bia Fiee of WaverleyRod In ,jne of Its shortest regu- for slzer pedlestrianI trave2 la -r meetings they have lad along Scugog Road was re- sInce installed ta office a ferred tao a coiuncil commaittee year ago, -the members of the of tlree forreonndtn Bowmanviile Town Cauncil -ALi rar rport was pre- set for 40 minutes on Mondey sented, a decision wmas reacl- nîght. ed respecing the rentai rate Twelve items of correspon- for a taxi stand ami île west denice wýere tabled with des- sidie of Divisionret~ n patch and a petition, signed byý MerriI Brown7ý was appointed 59 persans expresslng a rneed' (T URN, T-0 PAGE TWO) Former 'Classmates Teamn up in Le gai Firm Located on King St. W. A new Jlgal fitrm,ý Barbe.r J. Barber, a, lawyer from Lon-. andi Kelly, Barristers and Sa- don, Ontario). licitors, oppeed et 28 Kirig Boti hw-ere classmates et Street West in Bowmanville Osgoode Hall, University' cf on MýIonda ' . Toranita (C la sof 1968). The firm a ppartnership of Mr. Barber is e native of MevnKlywho las been Toronto. HTe attended York practising iaw in Bo0wmanvilie University' prior tai lis law with Strike and Strike for the training, He is married ta the past three years and Douglas (TURN TO PAGE TWO) An attractive young Orono area mother, Mrs. Howardj Westlake appealed to sehool trustees Thursday, not to make it necessary for hier six-year- ai1d daughter to walk half-a- mile down .a country road, oni WORKS REPLACEMENT Bowmanvîlle council has ap- proved the recommendation of the town engineer' to hire D. Sheehan to the Works Depart- ment staff as of February 2, 1971, in place of F. Barreil who recently resigned. NAMED TO OAPADS Stewart Chisholm, Bow- manville, was namned execu- tive committee member of the Oshawa Area Planning and Development Study by the four county separate school board, ait a recent meeting 'of the board ini Peterborough. Woodrow Demoe, trustee from Port Hope, was named, as alternate, NEGOTIATORS MEETING The negotiating committee of Bowmanville Town Counicil will attend the annual meet- ing of the Association of Muni- cipal Police Governing, Auth- orities which will be held in Toronto's Royal York Ilotel on Mardi 4th and 5th, The Association hopes ta 1 secure the Attorney Genera1 Wisbart as, a speaker-. Backs Bih Alex Caruther, theý1 Dur- hem rP..,states 1that he will ýsupport William Davis in his tbld for the leadership of the, fOntario Progressive Conseýrva- ltive Party at the Leaderýishipi Convention slated for Feb' 10, 1l and 12. Says Mr. Carruthers, '"Bill Davis bas -proved In the way he' has handled the ljepart- ment of. Education that he Is a man, of great abllity., This department Is the most de- manding and 1 admiré the way hie has carried out its business. "I feel he wIll make a good leader and I arn confident he will provide the party with a strong campaign during a gen- eral election" bThere has been much talk Eiately about an election being' heid within the next few Emonths, but Mr. Carruthers :pointed out that there Is no rneed for the governiment to cail an lection until, 1972.- Guide. Student Thespians Ready for 'We st Side Sçktory' It as eena c-dpratve ourtîce Seconidary School play is a presentationintyo whomi posed during a re- venuretîoug an trouibave combinied their respec- produced and dJirected- bylhearsal of the song 'A-Merica'. anfd île firsitlime sudf anltive talents to produce the teachers Bo-b Sheridan o)f ÏBH1S They are from tle left, Linda ndetakng ls ben îtempt- musical, West Side Story.land Katly Coverly of C5S. Eyman <CSS), Walter Taylor ed y wo cholsintl~ara ith a c-as of 40, drawn eqia7l- 0Of course, the ruai stairs ae (SS ,Iatipe Eyman (C55),0 ~owanvIl Hii cbol nd lyfroiithe two .5scios, the tLhe stdnt hemselveq, oe (UrÇ TOPAG E TWO), dark, cold winter's mnornîngs in order to go ta school. 1At their previous mneeing,; the members of the Northu,,m- berland - Durham County B.d. of Education overruled a rec- omrnendatîon from the admrin- istrati*on tare-route a -chooIl bus so that the- littie girl would ',. not haive ta leave home at 7:00 * a.m. to walk to the end of the;~ road to catch the bus. After hearing that thie ol %~~VV- alternative was for her ta cross > 2V a seven lane Iiighwe,,y, the M.j junctian of Uïighwaày 35 and 115 to catch e Jeter bus, and after being told that wolves ~~ ~~~ have been in, evidence on the ~~'~ country road where the child has to walk, the members voted eight ta five against re- . (TURN TO PAGE TWO) SIGNS ON BUILDINGS Bowmanville Town Council0 bas appointed ar committee o f .. .i, administrator ta make recomr- .A.- mnendations about placing signs 'ii -~- on arosntncipal buildings.~ Councillor Cba was ap: On Saturday evening, members an d guests of Youngma,i.G,, is. nez BougheBr , W Bou 'pointed chairmanm; Councillors Florence Nightîngale Lodge, I.O.O.F ., markedý the V.G., Bro-. G. L amant, P.G., P.C.P., reading. the iProut and Bell the two mem- lOth birtbiday. of the ladge at a dinner held in Centen- bistory, Bro. G. Michelson, NUG, 1Sis. K. Mi--cbý bers, They are expected ta re- port ta the next regular coun- niai Hall, Queen St. Head table guests included, froým MrsRal-ph Yager and Bro, RaipliYgepast. ( cil meeting, ia two wý,eeks time. lef t te, right Bro A, Youngman, D ID.G.VE, S is. J ean se, Grand Scrietary of GadLagDf 0Or BITS PIECES 11is hands fin leetiswate, esini ïhfe oil1 Batrý, ik.fMnteion Teniperanwe Stý . ey wre (theý wrong prescription fr theitor, se i o aels a pair, withl dark rimîs, have ýsomn-ebady bring you te The Statesm-fan and youi'I. lie able te see again. t t ' - t j- SNOW - Te town's Works Department lias been going ail out this week, remeving tons of snow from streets and boulevards se there will be s;ome place for the next batch te land when it conies, probably later this week. It's too bad the sýtuff can'*t be marketed, somebody would make a fortune -up around London way. Here we'll bet ail that overtime that's being put in will pile up a fair amount iu the snow remýoval budget. You can't have it bnth ways, t t , t, t t TRAGEDY - Ski instructors and patrols wihl be twice as alert for the rest of the winter te, keep any- bedy-off those rope tows who is wearing a long scarf, taq ueor anything es that might catch. A 17-year- old girl, ;kiing for the f irst time, near Barrie, was strangled wben hier traiing scarf caugbt in the tow-~ ing apparatus. t t t t t CONGRATULATIONS - That banquet put on Iast' Saturday te mnark the 1Oth birthday of Florence Nîghtingaie Odd Fellowvs Lodge showed quite clearly that the ledge may be getting old, but the membhershîip still is quite young and ctive, Congratulaions are extended on reach- îing the centenniaî and best wishes formany, more years. t t j t t CLOSED - It is understood that one cf the town's comparatively new industries, Canadec, making Christmas: decorations, bas been closed and is in receiversbip. No details have been announced, but it is lunfortuniate n-ot just for the owners, and credit- ors, bt aLso for the mainy young people who in the patfew vyears hjave been employed there during the production seaso, t t t t t QUIET - No further word has been heard from Goodyear's Bowmanvile plant concerning new contract negotiations. Last week, negotiations were at',a, standstill, with nu meetings sche duled, There may be ne action there, but at the- waste products dump used by Goodyear, north of Bow-_ manville, things certainly 'warmed up Mlonday night, wben some of the ruliber products duimped there caught fire and created quite a blaze for a while. t t t t t, COVER - The caver on this month's Wingfoot Clan shows Jack Darêh, a former Bowmanvilleite, astride a type of snowmobile be built for bis own use on, bis 30-acre -billy property in Collingwood. Inside' the Clan is a story on Jack and bis'genius for invention. He is in charge of engineering at Goodyear's Collin.g- wood plant. tt t t t >GOT AROUND - Last week, a clipping fromi Wref Souch in Winnipeg showed a picture of a Dominion Organ & Piano Company instrument manufactured here 'during the Iast century. Ap- parently, it brought back memories te Cliff Evans, Church Street, and organist at St. John's Anglican Churcli. Before he and lis family came here from England, 16 years ago, Mr. Evans played the organ in St. Lilda's Anglican Chi-rcli in, Darlîngton, which also is in Durhami Conty over there ... and the organ lie play-ed was fr-om the D.- 0, & P, in Bowmhanville, Ont. DelaysSeveral rjet For a Total of $2,O the 1971 budget for, capital $3ý77,32!5 worth of rec"n d-' expenditures on ioads in Bow- ed roadi impravements for the manville was presenlted te camring yeal'. Town Council on January Councillors eoncurred withl 25th.1 some of the projecta - costing Meeting i Commiýttlee-of- an estimated $126,400, but ds the-Whole (fram whieh the carded the rest. They rej-ectedl public and press Is exýcluded, two major items in,'the re- Council leard town engineer port which together totailed Charies Watt, deliver hîs re- $290,000 and decided ta bold port outliýning an estimated <, TURN TO PAGE TWO) NEW DOOrR FOR AREN4 Th BwanileAreria W, 7l' be gettiing a new do-or fv west iD f'the bujilding-, cost, of$30 T-he proa asgvely the town icouncil mr.eetinig ini ccorxnite- oý c f- Ithe - 'Vhlole on january 25th. During the moust ;successfu-l Kiwanis Cluib's-annuial Ladies Nigbt. on Satu- at the Lions Centre, one cf Ithe bigblights cf the proranwas the presen of the Past President's paqeta Bob Cook, ce-ntre. Taking part inî the prc tation were Lieut.-Governor,ý Don Blàkely of LindIsayý, lft nd Kiwanris Presi Bill Jewell.,