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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 29 Aug 1973, p. 2

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2 The Canaidian Statesmank, Bowmanville, August 29, 1973 Tells of International Conventilon ipMSwiltzerland 'lhle Augu.st 23r'd meeting of mad(e fthe' trp to auan ib owmaniville Rotary clubMorssd"tecvo epatured a first-hanid report of Lasneral aid outftec" thje 6th annual Rotary Inter-wec e mat for us atth national convention beld il, Palais de Beaulieu, the con- Lausanne,.Sîteran lst vention (centre.1The evenling May, Two mnembers of the spectaculars încluded muntsic( . Bowmianville club and their -ians, whip crackers, oeler, iesmade the trip overseas dancers, bell ringers, drummï,), for the four-day gatberînig. ers and singers giving dis- Éor Don Morris, it was his plaYs of Switzerland's folk ighth Rotary convenition, arts." maikinig him a real vetleran of The convention's themîe wasf, th ovnintrail, while for "a New- Look at World Pea(c' il TemVann it was his fîrst and the featured spe-'akers experience at the big internat- included American astroýnat, ioilget,-together. Edgar Mlitchell, the sixth malýn ï eing as wise in the ways of to set, foot on the moon, uonventions as lie is, Rotarian, Canadiain Maurice F. Strong, D)on had the sense to book the executive director of the ho el reseiwa tions as soon as t United Nations Environm-en- m'as possibleI. As a zesul, thýe taI ProgrammIe, and Com mý Bowmnanville cou ples stayedp( issioner Arnold Brown fromi in a ov,Q old1C.Estabisb England, fthe chieff of staff of mèent' calledl Hotl-cd(e la Paix, the Salvation A'rmy. not five minutes fromi the For the Cana d ans who convention centre in downi,'- attended the Rotary conven- to~nLausanne, Mor ris said in one of the ihpit a the Swiss Alps couldl be seen to hb' the election of Gerald R. from one side of the h1 otel Wol a formerBo anle wliile, from the other side, the Residentý, to the post of view looJ<ed out over a Treasurer of RotarY Interna- boutiful ak and the French tional. Its quite an honor for border~. the St. Catherines resident lie also reported that over because Rotary is a mnu!lt 20,000 Rotarians froim.f3 rmillion dollar operation. The counitries attended the affaîr outgoing Treasurer reported and,5- ot, n0dffrn that the club's assets exceed- surrounding communities ed liabilities by $6.7 million. were required fo lodge the Rotarian Morris capped off huge crowd. Somne of the bis presentation by showing- conventioneers stayed in hot- somre color slides' he had els, as fatý as 50 muiles from the taken, not Qnly of Lausanne city, so the local Rotarians and the Rotary convention, were no doubt extremnely but also of the rest of pleased withi their foresighýt Switzerland, Vienna, the Rhi- about booking early. neland, holland and Scotland. Morris and Mann were It sounded like quite a trip. among 613 Canadians wbo ln Other Rotary Affaiîrs: D)on Morris' experience at Dr.Thoas . udd, badInternational Convention of Agriculture Canad's Seed combined, no doubt, with is Biology Laborator, bas been fine work for the local club, elected president of the Aýsso- bave earned bim the Bow- iation of Officiai Seed Ana- manville club's nomination 1ssfor, 1973-74. for District Governor for, the next Rtary year. 'Congratu- jlations' and od Xuc'are in GlCash aoday order . , The Bowmnanville Rotarians Fr OId ApplinRCE-s agear te love to travel. In througha dition to Don Morris' tales (hroughof exotic foreign counitries, S T TES NM A N 1R'otarian Fred Bosma broughit C LA S SIPFIE DS flieBowm1nanille club baa Phone 623-3303 j anner from the Rotary lub _________________ in Coaldale, Alberta. BELL CANADA,! BUILDING GORDON F;, SEDGCEWICK, C.A. BURT R. WATECRS, .CA PHONE 728-7527 5fl NOTICE THERE WILL BE NO PICKUP MAONDAY, SEPT. 3rd GARBAGE PICKUP IN THOSE AREAS NORMALLY SERVED ON A MONDAY WILL BE ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 4th Council meeting wilI be, hel d ruesday, Sept. 4thl, at 8:00 p.m,. JMcILROY, A.M.C.T. Town Clerk-Administrator r Fire in Hen House Moy'Wipe out 40-Year-OId Egg Route on Sunday, shortly before noon; a fire in a chi destroyed the building and about 100 hens. MTvr. Hcý over 40 years but hie thinks now that he may give it were able to save other buldings nearby. Mr. Hoc The Statesman it probably was from the electri( Fother Presents 25-Year Pi Fellow workers at the Goodyear plant arrangt Ilarry Cooke (at righit) to commemorate his '25 yý company. Hlarry's father, Maurice Cook (at'left), was broughit in fromi Mimico to make the present. The younger Cooke began his career with Goodye to the position of Department Foreman in chai Special Prodlucts and the Reclaim Operation. 197 memaorable year for Harry Cooke because, il milestone year with his company, he was inducted the President of the Bowm-anville Rotary Club. Subdivisions (F rom ,Page 0One) presnt there are iess than 100 homnes in Nwovle Grant Brooks, a Port Hope d eveltoperi, appeaned, before P lanning Board on Au,,gust1 231rd and is seeking te build a 14 un wit subdivision in Newton- ville. Stanley Guidje was also on biand to) apply1, for perm-is- sion te construct 52 bo;uses On 34 acres in two diffenent sitesý in the village. .Another developer, Jon Ochonski, bopes te buiid an 89 home subdivision in Orono., To date, the largest comn- pleted housing project'* in Clarke bas been the W83 unit subdivision calied Orono Estates. It, wouid appean that. the re1centiy uinveiled Officiai Plan for Clarjke Township wouild faothe INetoniiville locaion fi or futuredecip ment. A sec-ondary aspect of the Of.ficial Plani will be prepared wihwilI encour- age expansion on the less produlctive farm iand in the corridor between Newcastle and Newtonviiie. from ici- Northumber!Iond & Durham County Board of Education EVE'NUNG CLASSES REGISTRATION 1973 - 1974 BOWMANVILLE HIGU SCHOOL 49 LIBERTY ST, N. DATES- Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1973 Thursday, Sept. 20 1973 TIME: - :009:00 P. m. PLACE: Just inside imain entrance Watch for an advertisemlent to appear in Septem»ber wvithl a list ot thle courses, Classes begin the first week of October. For flurthier informnation, phone 623-4416 wvay 401 to thé Second Conces- sion I addition to the conven- tiona]housingsubdivison pro posais, Clarke Townisbip bas recievýed_ two applications to build buge myob)ile home ne- tiremrent parks. Earlier tMIS summer, Rice Conistrutction, unveiled their plans to place close to 1,000 mobile homle units on a 264 acre site soutbl of uighway 401 near the Darling- ton Twp. boundary Mlore recently, a iilar appliaton bas beern made to isaji nalmost idienticai mjobýile bomie park in the south-ast corner of the tbwn- sbip oin thé 250 acre farmn of Hýoward Payne. However. the Planing Board bas recommnended to Townsh;tip Council that both these mobile bome- parks applications be rejected. Council As tabled tUisrecm- eriodin, Horae Bet theclerqk and Buiing spector fori.ake idctdthat an)y decision regarding tbe lNewtonv'Hlle proposals mw iav to await thec outcome of a fecasibility study concemning a pipe water supply for tbe village. Best also indicated that the prmessretom aIl je buildig applications bias prnmpted Clarke's Planning Bo.ard , with beip from tbe Township's planning consultant, to under- take the drafting of a masteýcr plan- for bousing developmrent. It is assumied that this overaîl plan wý,ould include suggested growth rates for !the -varloýus twsand villages in thie townishîp. Eacýh individual building application w-ould probably be fitted into tbe overail plan said Best, ith) developmnent being pbased in, rathier than being built aIt at once. An ironic aspect to the, considerable developmrent taking place, niot ny in Clarke, but tbroughout the new muniiicipality of "New- castle", was the original intention of the province's Regional Govertnment pro- posais. "The lmuniicipality (Newcatl)",Statddlast Dec- embers poai, "wiulbe a strhong, slowly ur7baniizinig area Horticulturali <Froijn Page One) ar-rangement in the show, went to Mr. Merlin Slute. Mrs. Wifnnîe Dîliing, lleader of the newly organized Auiffor Gardeners, congratuiated the ,junior members on their effort as they had entered over 90 and vitality that is not Scommon in many smiall townst Stoday. Shouid the proposedt devlelojpment go ahead, it M would capture business from the centrai business district. The over-optimistic, projec- .~tions developed in the consul- t4ý tant's report have no chance of being fuifilled and as a . result ther-e can be littie doubt that the repercussions on the central business district would f be severe in both magnitude ~ ~ and duration. Because there is lîttie chance of there being1 S sufficient business te support ,W both the existing core area and the new centre in the near1 S futLure, the resuit would mnev-1 lioation of the now tbniv-1 ~~.Mi ng core area of the town. Erni 1{okada's frm i Solna shawva, An Object Lesson iicken house at ri okdysfi.inSla Ken Nicks, a Bowmanvilie ickadayr has sold eggs to )cîtizens in thîs area for businessmnan for the past 20 up. Bowmianville firem-en aný,swýered the cail and jycars, said he favors a steady ady doesn't know how thje fire started, but told adcnrie rwbbtti kada type of growth is too much too ic w1rmng. soon. He said Oshawa is an object in t SonNew Shopinq lesson in what happens when a in to Son ~pp g shopping centre opens in a 'XFrm Pge One' commrunity, the downtown is biighted. anid Higbway 2 but th)ey faile Within weeks of the opening to reach a consensus concern- of the Oshawa Centre, lie said, ing the projeet. The meeting anmbe fdwtw ui bad been cailed by the nesses foided and the down- Bowmranviile Planning Board. town became an eyesone. Tt Gary Smith and Richard bias taken yeans of planning te Hamil1ton represented the de- redeveîop a once lively busi- veloper of the project, LDCM nesaeiad 'Mn. Nicks, investments Limited, seeking ikles Frieadly Atmospheme a change in the zoning for a jan Williams, a homeowner parcel of land predentiy in the inbousing deveiop- designated for high density mient near the proposedCen- dweliings beside a piece Of tre, said she and ber husband iaýnd zoned for commercial have recently moved here, purposes. At present, four from Toronto and like the acres is' zoned te -permît. fiendly atmosphere of the comrcilan eti .U town. She expressed concern .~whiie a funther five acres is flot only about what'such a needed to make the project deveiopment would do to the feasible for the developer. town but also what'effect a "The impact of the prOject massive highnise developmnent on existing businessinBw might mnean as wel. mnville is a legitimat o- Rbn ykstra,1 of Dyk- cern",. said Mn. Smith, "Ibut stra's Food Market, told the ý7 -Mn. Riailton, the contrac- Planning Board that lie and planning consultant, bel- bis brother have spent a great reesi the Centre ,vould 'lot deal of rnoney in the downtown do-wntown business area as is Officiai Plan and any major feamed by some oa uies change in that plan would mren. adverseiy affect ail that they H-e said a population 'Of had worked for. -25,9a)predicted by 1981 for the Two Other Proposi s Town of Bowmanviiie, wouid Spokesmnen. for two other jcertainly need and support gmoups prescrnt at the meeting ,J such a centre. Right now, he. indicated that they intend to said 70 per cent of th submit plans for other Centres shoipping money is drifting out proposed for Bowmanvîlle. ôt tcof town to Oshawa or Toronto. Trhese plans, they suggested, Re... preel aivso h would be availabie within 45 SCO.JPB,, the Town's Planning day%,s. They both said they - osltanits, questiôned that woulid lke imne to study thec ig~.a~gs.t~y~WOU41I~deveioper's proposaisad, h înterested to se>e how ià was town's consuitant's analysis of obtýained. Gerry Camneron, a tha-t submllission, before stig- Pianner with the Central g'tn an alternative. ~d secil urpis ,o Otai-o joint Planniing Board Niyon Ivan Hobbs prescrnt- edaspeof srvice withe lwýhicb acJts as con1sultant te the cd a motion to the Board that a Gooyearpensioner sed the mneeting outliningadysioretoaowcien ,ation of the 25 yearl pin. num11ber of areas 0f contention to'make wnitten submissions ~arin 948an ha rien withn the proposai. based on the presentations of rge of Conveyor Beits, would tnot be in keeping with Pla nning Board on beb-aîf of 3 is shaping up to be a the adopted strate"g f tetw n h ee e' n addition tLo being aî r t.Indeed, such a. centre proposais. Iearlier this summner as co, have unhappy conise-Heassuesdthtbh cý1ecc fr hedontwnconsultants gttg te otry area, educing the social, te determine where the othier WlAii conomîce, administrative an iWrong.Th town's consul- Dow asle cltualactivity whîch makes tants3 will aiso do a traffic (Frm ag Oe) thec town viýbrant. study to determine the effects F'owast e ihi Dawes. Project Planiner of the deveiopment on the ,Ib )m (-,ý tl "bas b e select- w itb th e C O JP B , told the anea ' e t ewnnn er in i the Bowmianvilie Planning Board ,he Board concurred wih Cbabers Nam-te-Mni-tht "hecnîrtenia used for the Mayàor and the mneeting ciaity cntstwhohwa tad aeadefinition ar as adjoumned by Planning held inColijunction w"ith Jlys nsfficien and incomtplete Board Chairman A. M. Sidecwalk Sale. aýnd the methods of application Thompson. Miss ilred Yo(ung of 74 of the critemia are both Scàugog Street w\as awarded iaeuaeyexpiained and the $3ý0 first prize for entering2 inaccurate." the Bo)wcasLe name. Actually, Uce saidi, -the growth rates several people came up witb pr;-eened by the consultant ini the nam.e Bowcastle and the bis report are mnisleading and Chamnber of Commerce dinec- tndti over-em-pliasize ftie tors deccided to pick the namnes presenlt growth rate in both frma bat to de ternine the the ton nd itýzs srroundîng eventulal winner arVea,ý Seodpnize money of $i15 The con1sutant's report, wxent to St uant Candier of 1,51 saîd n.1 Dawes, indicated KingI Street East for bis entry that the population Of the of '"Massey" and Sharron Pnimnary Trade Area wl Farrow, of 229 Libenty Street increase by an amnounit in T "âI aiong wîtb the name"Nw qui red for the major servicing castie.i teOtoe st inistallations wiil be made in 1 electon. he near future. that will act asa rural land-use buffer .1 It bas beeni speculated thiat the developers are trying to get as mrany subdivisions approved by tie present local governmients as possible before- Regionai oermn becomes a reaiit.y in! tb,new year. MnL. Dawes took issue with thle daimr that some- 6,557 tax retunns were eceived from the Town of Bowmanviiie in 1970. Hle said that statement was highiy questionable. Thiere were 6261 names on the voters iist that same year. The core area, said n.r Dawes, "e-Xhibits a strength exhibîts. Top winners in the summer garden competition were Janet McKnight, in the under 10 years section, and Carol Slute in the 10 years and over section. Refreshrnents were served during the, evening by the social committee.- Society president, Mr. Archie Whit- Imee tbanked ail those who bad helped to make the show a sucécessfui undertaking, 'and then conducted the draw for the special door prizes. These winners were-first prize of $35. won by Mrs. Ann Ebiglish,. Liberty St. S., 2nd. prize of $20. won by Mrs. Susie Graham, Jane St., and 3rd. prize of $10. woni by Mrs. M. Short, Lakefield. Primary French (Fromn Page One) grants for this type of prog- ramn and the number of French teachers available. Wilson feels that teachers whose motlher tongue is French are probably better equipped to teacb the Ian- guage and that a. preference sbould be given to Quebec French rathen than Parisian French. Committee member Ken EXPERIENCED REAL ESTATE AGENTS WANTED FOR EXCL\USIVE AREAS BHAMTNVI NEWCASTLE NE WTON VILLE ENNISKILLEN GROW WITH TUE COMPANY THAT CARES. NOW OFFERING: Sell in your own chosen area Corporate area development programf Guaranteed ref errai system part of company policy *Unlimited listing contacts with private and development corporations. -In-comp;any training programs and seminars Most modern sales tools and techniques available Top commissions plus incentives, - inancial assis tance for continuing education Company owned mortgage departmeat with instant approvals INTERESTED., toy 'vCampbell, Brandi Manager Yo(unlg & Biggin Reaitor 278 Kent St. West, Lindsay Box 454 324-5450 Caîl or write Limited SCHOOL WILL OPEN FOR, THE 1973-74 TERM on TuesSept 4th at 9): 00 a. m ANY STUDENTS NEW TO THE AREA MAY PRE-REGISTER DURING THE WEEK 0F AUGUST 27 to 31 PLEASE TELEPHONE THE SCHOOL FOR AIN APPOINTMENTL 987-4842 Lyall assured the Board that the committee bas been "ver v alert to the cost." Lyall added "French i~ important for their (the st- dents) future. By exposing the eldren.,to French at an eamly age, even if they don't use it now, some time in the future they may need it and it will be flar easier for themn to pick up the language than for somneone wbo has neyer had an.- background in French." If introduced, the programn would pmobably be taught on a half-bour-per-day basis. Dr. Wilson said that the commîttee feels that at least one public meeting should be held in each of thé western, central and-eastern areas of the Board's jurisdiction, "so that a dialogue can be heid with the parents and other interested people to see whe- ther they are of the same opinion as the commîttee and to obtain their ideas and suggestions. Tbe committee wili be meeting again on September 4th, with representatives, of the Ministry of Education and officiais fnomf other school boards where similar Fmench prgasaebin agrt

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