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WINS LEGION CAR After the first meeting of the Durham Regional Council on Wednesday, October 17th, Newcastle's Mayor Garnet Rickard commented he wasn't happy with the selection process for the newly-estab- lished executive committee of council. At the council's second meeting, on October 24th, he did something about it. Originally, the executive committee was to be made up of the chairmen of the four standing committees of coun- cil, the two members of the Durham Police Comrnission and Regional Chairman Walt- er Beath. However, Rickard felt that having the standing committee chairmen sit aut- omatically on the executive committee was putting too much responsibility in too few hands an dthat the council as a whole was being by-passed in making these important app- ointments. Hence, at the very beginn- ing of the October 24th meeting, Rickard made a motion that the original ruling should be rescinded in favor of the members of the executive committee being elected by the council as a whole. This motion was successful and the council went on to elect six of its members to the executive council. In all, nine people were nominated to the committee but Counc. Pilkey from Oshawa withdrew before the voting. In the final counting Garnet Rickard poll- ed 29 of a possible 30 votes and be was followed by Des. Newman (Whitby), 26 votes, J. Potticary (Oshawa), 24 votes, John Howden (Oshawa) 23 votes, and Lawrence Mal- (Turn to Page Two) There was plenty of shocked happiness in the Sam Brereton household, Newcastle, late Saturday night when they were informed that his wife Margaret's ticket had been drawn at the Legion Millionaires Night, with the prize a 1974 Chev Bel Air Sports Coupe. To make the event even more joyful, her husband had sold her the winning ticket, so he will receive an additional $200. Legion President Ed Majer, also of Newcastle, is shown handing over the keys to the lucky car winner. Mrs. Brereton is the Newcastle Editor for The Canadian Statesman. Durham MPP Defends Choice of Name for Region and Claims it Should Cause Town No Problem ' 4gg esa1 qrardedLothe. iista;y ce-hl(wn ,-o!Durham, a- esting thduplication of Treasury, conomics and In- comnunity of 2,500 about 60 flie name "Durbam" has been tergovernmental Affairs by r'iles north of Guelph. By plebiscite, the new regional government in this area is called Durham. The Town of Durham expressed its view that this duplication of Blam ed for Death of names will create untold confusion, not only through the mails but also in telephone and telegraph communica- Atagcy head through the slip knot in , and transportation. Saturday evening, October the rope and he is believed to It was also stated in the 7lii- , ii- c*fîlfCuhnvIC nie a-A (Turn to Page Two) 27th , has claimed the life of a 10-year-old Darlington Town- ship boy. According to OPP reports, Daniel Herman Dixon died of asphyxiation after acciden- tally hanging himself with a rope tied to a tree at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Apparently the rope, with a slip knot in the end, had been used as a swing. According to Mrs. Jo-Anne Dixon, the boy's mother, Daniel and his four-year-old brother, Donald, had gone out following dinner to play in the backyard of the family home on the Broken Front Conces- sion. Somehow, 10-year-old Daniel managed to get his nave fallen and strangled himself. The younger brother re- turned to the bouse for help only five or 10 minutes after the two boys had left the bouse. Daniel Dixon Sr., the boys' father, immediately took his son down from the tree and his mother adminis- tered artificial respiration but to no avail. He was pronounc- ed dead on arrival at Bow- manville Memorial Hospital The funeral for Daniel Dixon was held on Tuesday, October 30th at the Morris Funeral Home and he was buried in the Bowmanville Cemetery. Rickard Elected Vice-Chairman Executive Com. A reliable source indicates that the newly-elected execu- tive committee of the Durham Regional Council met on Saturday, October 27th and selected Garnet Rickard from Newcastle as their vice-chair- man. Rickard had won the highest number of votes from his fellow council members on Wednesday, October 27th, when the members of the (Turn to Page Two) Honor Top Durham 4-H Boy and Girl On Saturday at Clarke High School, many 4-H awards were presented but ne highest ones were won by Marilyn Knox and Ron Metcalf who were chosen t a special committee as the top 4-H Club members in the county. Both iived wrist watches donated by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and presented by C. L. Gunter, manager of the Orono branch. Deadlock Continues n School Dispute as Both Sides Hold Firm The deadlock continues in the contract dispute between the 428 high school teachers in Northumberland - Durham and the Board of Education. The school board trustees met on Thursday evening, October 25th for what turned out to be a marathon session. Eventually, they decided to ask the teachers to resume negotiations,cwithout the stip ulation that the teachers first had to resume their voluntary services., A meeting was arranged for Sunday afternoon, October 289tb, at the HldyIiin ini Oghawa but no headiiyias) made in resolving the out_ standing issues.lHence the witbdrawal of voluntary ser- vices by the teachers will continue "until the Board makes a meaningful offer." After the last contract offer from the board was over- whelmingly rejected by the teachers on October 16th, the teachers negotiating commit- tee stressed five problem areas that stood in the way of an agreement. However, as far as the teachers were concerned, the board offered no meaningful compromise on any of these problems. Teachersspokesman Jim Breckenridge of Clarke High School said, in a press release, "the teachers offered to re- sume their voluntary services immediatelv if the Board (Turn to Pagie Two) Winner of $5,OO MiniKin Lottery O SVded NBITS mi PIECES WET, ISN'T IT? - Atmospheric conditions have been a bit on the damp side the past couple of days, but as one local wag commented, "It's a lot easier shovelling than snow". The unidentified chap in the north end of town whose sump pump went on the blink might not agree as he sloshes through several inches of murky water in his cellar. CANCELLED - Everybody seems to be too busy these days, according to a Kinsmen spokesman who announced that their Advertis- ing Night event slated for Nov. 6th, next Tues- day, has been cancelled. Apparently, there was an overwhelming lack of participation. Too bad, it was always a good show. SHORT OF FLOATS - On the same theme, George Stephen of the Santa Claus Parade Committee dropped into The Statesman office on Tuesday urging us to make another plea for local floats or that event may also have to be cancelled. The response so far has been very slim, so if you want to see a good parade this year, please help by dreaming up an idea for a float and phoning the head of the Float Committee Ede Cole at 623-2405. She may also have some ideas that would help. Do it today, huh? Nov. 17th is not too far distant. YOUNG POLITICIANS - Tomorrow evening, at Port Hope High School, 7:30, the Northum- berland-Durham Young Progressive-Conser- vatives will be electing their new executive at their annual meeting. Everyone is invited and there is no charge. Topics concerning this area will be discussed and probably Allan Law- rence, M.P. will be present. ANOTHER MONTH - Today, is not only Hallowe'en Night but it is also the end of October, and we're not even going to mention how many shopping days are left until Christmas that incidentally is on a Tuesday this year. Already some area stores are bringing out their toys and other gift items for the Yuletide season so get in there early and let the moths out of what's left of your bankroll, it's coming up to that costly time of the year. Better hold back quite a chunk this year, it seems certain that heating bills are going to be higher. NOT TOO HELPFUL - Oshawa's Mayor Jim Potticary is feeling a bit unhappy because he wasn't one of the two Durham Region council- lors who will sit on the Durham Police Board. Bowmanville's Mayor Ivan Hobbs and Whitby's John Goodwin won out in an election. Mayor Potticary points out, the irony of it is that Oshawa's police building will probably be used as headquarters for the force and Oshawa will contribute more than half the personnel. What must have hurt was the fact that three Oshawa councillors voted for someone else. That's politics for you! Myste ry It took a fair amount of digging but we finally deter- mined who the winner of the recent $5,000 MiniKin Lottery was. The only information avail- able at first was that D. Hubbell of R. R. 1, Orono, bas won the big cash prize. However, he orcshe wasn't listed in the phone directory and neither the Bowmanville Kinsmen nor the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen in Orono bas sold ber tbe winning ticket. ( urn to Page Two) Credit Given to Wrong Foresters In last week's edition of the Statesman we erroneously stated that the organization who contributed a cash grant to the newly-formed Bowman-i ville Drug Action Committee1 was the Independent Order of Foresters. The group that actually was generous enough to kick in the funds was the Bowmanville branch of thei Canadian Foresters. While we're on the subject of (Turn to Page Two) 1 We wouldn't want to scare anyone out of their wits on Hallowe'en Night, but when Bill and Barb Wilson, of Stephenson's Road, east of Newcastle, showed up at the Lions Club Hallowe'en Dance in their Dracula and victim costumes on Saturday, they were a real hit. This is Bill in his excellent makeup. Another photo of the couple appears on the Newcastle page, along w1th others. If we have time, we may try a little fancy stuff with some color to make him look more realistic, but if it appears in black, you'll know we were rushed at the last minute. Legion Prize Money *1656 Goes to Oshawa Residents Trustes Appoint L. Greenwood to Bd. of Education Lawrence Greenwood, a Kendal area farmer and a former school board trustee, was picked on Thursday, October 25th, to fill the seat vacated by Ken Lyall on the Northumberland - Durham Board of Education. Greenwood defeated the four other nominees for the trustee's seat in a ballot vote of the members of the board. In the December, 1972, Board of Education elections Greenwood fell only i votes short of winning a spot on the board. He had been a trustee since the inception of the Northumberland - Durham Board in 1969. The other nominees for the vacant trustee seat were W. C. Keyes, a Port Hope busi- nessman, Sidney B. Ruther- ford from Clarke Township, Murray Patterson of Newcas- tle and Mrs. Pauline Storks, also from Newcastle. Lyall resigned his seat earlier this month in order to run for the Durham Regional council in the new Newcastle iunicipality. The October Draw of Bran- ch 178, Royal Canadian Legion wash eidin'the Legion hall at the Ladies A uxiliary Bingo, on Wednesday, October 24th. Tot- al receipts for the month were $3312. just $58 less than the' September total and the chairman seemed quite pleas- ed with this figure in view of the fact Branch 178 was also holding a Car Draw on Saturday, October 27th in Saturday, October 27th in (Turn fa Page Two) conjunction with the Million- aires' Nigt. Mrs. Helen Brayrook, the top winner in the Bingo for the evening was called on by the chairman to make the two draws. The first ticket drawn was no. E 1379 held by Mrs. A. Frost of 281 Wilson Road North, Oshawa which gave her first prize of $1556. This ticket was purchased by ber (Turn to Page Two) Allon Lawrence Heads New Committee to Deal With Provincial A ffairs It has been confirmed by the "Most provinces feel so federal Progressive Conser- strongly about it that they vatives that Allan Lawrence have a minister responsible MP Northumberland-Durham for this alone," he said. willi ead the new committee Mr. Lawrence explained on provincial relations. tbat the party wiii attempt ta Mr. Lawrence becomes the determine if formation of party's house spokesman on such a department is feasible, provincial affairs. while it is the opposition. The Northumberland - Dur- ham MP said the appointment The former Ontario Attor- showed that the Conservative ney General was recently Party, particularly leader chairman of the PC caucis Robert Stanfield feels that committee on consumer and somebody should be charged corporate affairs. His appoint- with the responsibility of ment was part of a realign- co-operation between provin- ment of the party caucus cial governments and the announced by chairman Don federal government. Mazankowski, MP Vegreville. Present Mcaple Grove Guides with Canada and All Round Cords On Tuesday, Oct. 23rd, at Maple Grove Christian Education Centre two members of 1st Maple Grove Guides were honored. Sheila Marchant received Guiding's highest award, the Canada Cord and Marie Brooks was presented with the All Round Cord. Taking part in the impressive ceremony were, from left to right, Division Commissioner Mrs. Joan Hawes, Mrs. Evelyn Marchant, pinning the cord on her daughter Sheila's shoulder, Mrs. Marg Brooks attaching her daugher Marie's cord, and District Commissioner Mrs. Jean Hoornweg. It sHallowe'en NIght! Watch Out or Spooks Like This VOLUME 119 20 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31, 1973 15e Per Copy NUMBER 44 Rickard. Convinces Regional Council to Alter Selection Of New Executive Committee