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,;O,31 3 Electors Eligible to Vote On Monday, JuIy 8, ,WîId Sforem Hits Area Last night's thunderstorm was one of the worst i>n many years. Lt did considerable damage,ý as well as keeping Most of the area awake for hours. BHS teacherý Hugh Laing's home at 78 Church Street was hit by lightning and sustained extensive, damage to the roof eave area. One bedroomi light fixture was tossed across the roomo and a window broken. Firemen were called to this house, as well as to the corner of Queen and Brown where a hydro wire was broken."Sev- eral industries in the Base Line industrial area were without lights. At Pine Ridge School. the f ire alarm system was knocked out and probably other reports of damage wiIl corne in as the day progresses. Ontario Hydro Line Fore- man, Ben Rowe told the Canadian Statesman this morning that as a resuit of last night's thunderstorm, the hydro has been knocked out in miany of' the rural districts (Con!tin ued on Page Two) Number of Electors on Revised Lists for Electoral District of Northumberland-Durham NumL Polli Municipality Stati Cartwright ................. Manvers................... Cavan..................... Millbrook .................* South'Monaghan............. Alnwick .....i............... lerc ..................... Hastîngs........ Haldimand........ Hamilton (Urban)..... Hamilton (Rural) ........... Cobourg.................... Hope,..................... Port Hope ......... .. ..... Clarke....... .. Newcastle .................. Darlington ................. Bowmanville............... ber of ling tions 7 7 2 2 3 6 3 4 17 30 8 25 15 5 26 30 TOTALS ................... 206 TOTAL NUMBER 0F VOTERS 50,313 Three persons were injured in, a single car collision Thurs- ýiy afternoon at appruxîmate- two p.m., three and a haîf miles west of Bowmanville on Hwy. No. 2. One of the victims, Terry Brian Carpenter, 13, of R. R. 6 Bowmanville was rushed to Oshawa General Hospital and later transferred to Scarborough General Hos- pital, where he is reported in ed extensive brain damage. The driver of tbe 1967 Rambler, Gary M. Quinn, 18, of 519 Albert St. in Oshawa was 'taken to Bowmanville Memorial Hospital, examined for minor injuries, and releas- ed. The other passenger in the car, Douglas Mitchell, 23, of 139 Wilson Road North, Osh- awa, was admitted to Bow- manville hospital and treated for injuries to nîs ieft shoui- der, leg,,foot and lacerations to bis face. 11e was released hy the huspital on Friday. The Ontario Provincial Pol- ice, Newcastle Detacbment, report that the 1967' Rambler was eastbound on Highway Two, passing another vehicle on a curve when it pulled back to avoiti oncoming traffic. The car went out of control, left the road striking a culvert on the VOLUME 120 suiuth side uf the highway, flipped uver, hit a farm tractor and broke a telephone pole. Gary Quinn has been charg- ed by the OPP with dangerous driving and is awaiting trial on July 29th. H1e is also charged with having liquor in a place other than his, resi- dence. The investigating offi- cer is P.C. D. H. McDonald. 161Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNÉSI)AY, JULY-3. 1974 ilîc Per Copy NUMBER 27 Expect Over4,000 for OrangeParadel Urban Rural 1,659 1,659 1,884 600 599 644 1,434> 658 2,006 1,019 7,509 6,192 6,756 Three Politîcîons Show Effects of Long Elecfion Campaign 4,150 1,-950- 3,869 1,258 6,467 21,476 28,837 kiwanis Sponsor All Candildates by Bill Arnott An AUl Candidates meeting Thursday night at Bowman- Graveyard Vandais Someone pushed over eight gravestones and memorials in the Bowmanville Cemetery sometime late last Wednesday night, and Durham regional police are investigatiflg. Police say some of -,the stones had marbie balîs on them weighing at least 200 pounds, that were moved and damaged. Nothing was broken, however. Cm-harged W'ith é' n oinmviIle maln was a 1,rrested on a Charge of imiper- s onation after telephione calîs toý two local pharmacies were placed by a man claiming he was a, doctor who wantedi prscipios for drugs. Poliue arrested Kevin Dail LeBlanc, 33, of 164 King St. W., Bowmnvilewhen he enter- ed a King St parmacy. Hle was released t appear July 16 in Bowmanville Prov- incial Court. ville High Schools the Bowmanvi]l Club gave the thr, es a chance to r< views for the be Bowmanville resi The format was at a previous "al meeting" held t] nigtbefore atBr( School east of thI Newcastle. Eact was gîven the op Meetiîng sonsored by make a 10 minute address on le Kiwanis bis position in the July th ree candidat- federal election, then the eiterate their meeting was open for resi- meefit of 300 dents to ask questions of the ;idents. candidates. Bruce Colwell s the same as chaired the meeting and Rick il candidates Santomero was the official the Tuesday time keeper. Both are mem- own's Public bers of, the Kîwanis Club. he Village of Similarities to the Brown's ýh candidate Sehool meeting were prev- pportunîty to (Lontinued on Paqe Two)_ Waste Disposai Site Approvai Withheld A certificate of approval for, a proposed privately-operated waste disposai site at the south end'of the old Township of Cartwright is not being issued "at this timne", the applicant has been advised. ONLV ONE SHOWED UP On Sunday Cable TV held an electiop f orufor tka politican candidates to be initerviewed by niews media people. It will be cablecast tonight, Wed., at 8:30. There wag only a slight problem, just one of the candidates showed up. Russ Walker, the 'NDP candidate Was there, but Allan Lawrence for the PCs and Allan Beckett, the Liberal, must have been busy else- where. So. they went ahead with the forum anyway. Durham Excluded From N'ew Transit Authority The Durham, Region was e-xcluded froma the Toronto Area Transit Operating Auth- uiyshortly before provincial !-egislation to set up that body %~as approved on Friday. Johin Rhodes, Transporta- tion and Communications minister, said the province is recognizing a resolution pass- ed by the region uppusing the area transit concept. "We had hoped they would reverse that decision prior to the bill being introduced. They have not dune su.' Therefore, we are deleting them from the (Continued on Page Two) Oshawa lawyer, Ronald Worboy, who headed a com- mittee of area residents in opposition to the application, announced on Friday, that Denis Caplice, the director of environmnental approvals branch of the Ministry of Envîronment, has served not- ice On Harvey Ambrose that the certificate will not be issued peniding a sýtudy by the (Continued on Page Two) This unposed photo of the three political candidates in the area was ta en at the ail candidates meeting in Bowmanville uigli Sehool last Thursday, and shows quite clearly that al three of them are showing the wear îing effects of the long and amuus campaign and the almos t. ýaîily ets 11,WV it ill be ail over next Monda ynigit nd they'll be abfe to catch up on some much needed sleep. They are, from lef t to riglit, Liberal Allan Beckett, NDP Rùss. Walker and Progressive-Conservative Allan Lawrence. The poils on Monda v will be open from 9 a.m, until 8 p.m. Advance polls Iast Sa turclay and Monday set new attenctance records 'as eleçtors going ni holidaysto datg of the oppor tuni- to cast their ballotýs ear1y. Between 4,000 and 5,000 Orangemen and women are expected here on Saturday for the annual celebration to mark the 284th anniver- sary of the Battie of the Boyne that took place in 1690. Representatives from 15 jurisdictions wiii be on hand to take p art in the parade that begins at 1:30 p.m. The parade wilIý form up at Memorjal Park grounds, and led by. King BiIIy (Tommy Wright) onl. bis white horse, wil mardi forth on Lib- erty to Well!ingto, west to Silver, sou th W King, east te Ontario St. on their way to the park. There should be at least 25 bands in t'he parade, ranging frqin large groups to ver y smail. One of the feat- ures of the paradie willi be the appearance of four giant Derty drums that are played oàr beaten with sticks and produce an amazing amount of rhythm. Local ladies of the Benevolent Lodges are arranging to serve lunch to the large numbers of visitors. Awards wiil be pre- sented to the parade' winners on the Memor- ial Park grounds later in' the afternoon. WINS PLAYERS RACE Bill Brack of Torontown the Players Ontario race foýr Formula Atlantic cars ant Mosport on Monday when Sweden's Bertil Roos was penalized 30 seconds for passing un a yelow flag. Aýt Edmonton on Jufie 2nd, Roos lost that race too for the samte reason when he was dropped frumfrtt o~h ~r now l.eads the challenge serimes after four races. Goodyear Strîke IBTS0PE ii Town Employees Favor Into Ii th VWeek cmnh'eti Stl,,hr s nugn edA Tentative Agreement A strîke by 400 workers at Ken Houper, presîdent of for three hay wagonta tors or horses. Anyone the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Local 189 ut the United Rubber who can help is asked to contact Fred Griffin at Town of Newcastle outsîde only workers from the former orkers wîl Co. here will begrn its loth Wrkers saîd, last week nu 623-3115. workers have ratified a tenta- Town of Bowmanville enjoyed wages by Il week on rnursaay witn no endtîmeetings ihave UCCI set Up, in sight. with management. "Goodyear is even refusing DRUGS AT MOSPORT to sit down and clear up local Underco.ver. men of the issues whichi don't involve RCMP drug squad arrested money," said Mr. Houper. four Peterborough people and H1e said. this indicates the une St. Catharines man at company isn't bargaining in MuspurtPark over the week- good faith. end and have charged them The workers went on strike with various drug cunnected, April 25 to protest their offenses. Three of those appre- failure to obtain a cost of hended were men and two living formula. were girls aged 16 and 18. Basic rates according to They wiII appear in Buw- union range from $3.73 an hour manville Provincial court at a to $4. Goodyear produces later date. -conveyor belts. FROM OMEMEE - Byron Hyland writes from Omemee that lie will be bere if the parade. 11e marched in 1927 and 1958 and will be accompanied by his eight-year-old Husky and bis part Gern'an shepherd. The Husky marcbed with him in Peterboroughi, Port Hope, Lindsay, Beaverton and Port Perry and lie doesn't tbink any other dog can equal that record. We'll look forward to seeing Mr. Hyland's enrourage. POLLS CLOSE AT 8 - Election Day is Monday and don't be fooled b y the times that were in effect for the Advance Poil. Time for voting ýon Monday is from 9 a,.m. until 8 p.m. Daylight Saving Time. Voters will already have received notification from somnebody's campaign headq4,aters where they will be voting. CONCENTRATION - Don't tell us The States- man doesn't attract attention. Last Wednesday afternoon in one of the local supermarkets, a maie customier had just checked bis groceries through the cashier when he noticed The Statesman had been delivered. He bought one and was so interested in the paper's contents that hie was almost out the door before hie realized he'd left bis groceries on the counter. That's readership! SCHOOL CROSSING - That school crossing section on King Street near Silver is coming in handy- for north side business people and customers. Many motorists think it is a crosswalk and are most obliging, stopping to let you cross over. Last week, somebody painted over thle big Xs on the road, but the other whiite lines are still there and realiy work. Otherwise, around five o'clock, traffic is so heavy you, could wait for quite a while before running the gauntiet. MORE GIRLS - The Kinsmen Club is running into problems finding girls wbo will take part in the annual pageafit in connection witb their carnival on July l2th. First prize is $150 plus other prizes and this year the girls will be judged in sportswear and evening wear only ... NO bathing suits. The clothes will be supplied. Any girl who would like to enter, or anyone who bas a name to suggest should contact Harvey Webster 623-2612 or Don McGregor 623-2542 by Friday at the 1 tet. ARK WEATHER - With rain falling every day in large or smail quantities, someone bas suggested we should publish plans for building an ark. It certainly has been the right kind of weather for such activity, but we don'know wherewe can obtain the necessary instructions for carpenters to follow. Any suggestions? tive agreement reacnecl between Local 74 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the town. The agreement, which will give 35 workers a two-year contract, was reached a week ago Monday and voted on last Wednesday. Prior to this agreement, the cost ofuliiing clause ana those from Clarke and Dar- lington Townships, who com- prise the majority of Local 74, did not. The town had wanted tu take the cost uf living allowance away from the former Town of Bowmanville employees. Under the new agreement, il achieve parity of the second year of the contract. Effective immediately, ex- Bowmanville workers' will receive an increase of six cents an hour to bring truck drivers up to $4.45 an hour. Workers of the two townships wilI receive an increase of 80 cents an hour to bring themn (Continued on Pý.ge Two) Bsoth Legs Broken in Accident at Miii Dam Last Wednesday afternoon, Stuart Candler, veteran empioyee at Vanstone's Mill sustained fractures to both legs when a slab of cement poppedi out of the west wall of the dam they were reparng. H1e stepped back, b ut» slipped, and was caught by the heavy slab and pinned. Bowmanville firemen and the ambulance unit from Memorial Hospital were cailed to the scene and af ter some time were able to extricate the victim from the wreckage and haul him up to the top of the dam on a stretcher. He was taken to Oshawa Generai- Hospital where his riglit leg, that was broken between the knee and the hip, is in traction, and his lef t leg, with~ a compound fracture below the knee, is in a cast, This photo shows where lie was working at the time of the accident. Three, Injured in Serio-us Accident ai it