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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 6 Nov 1974, p. 1

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Where Arn I Going to Tether My Horse? Money Hi Durham Regional Police are looking for a thief or thieves who committed a number of break, enter and thefts recently in Bowmanville. The only link between the incidents is that the burgiars seem to be only interested in money. In each case, other valuable items were left untouched, as the thief or thieves searched the premises for money. Monday night, Nov. 4, a fire door on the roof of the Canadian Tire Store at 160 Church Street, was pried open and entry gained to the store where $40 in change ungry was stolen from a Coke cooler. A Swiss watch valued at $50 and a 22 calibre, six shot pellet revolver worth $35 were also taken. The theft was discovered by Carole Gould at 8:15 Tuesday morning. Coupons valued at approximately $150 were in a drawer opened by the robbers, however were left untouched. Hallowe'en night, the office of Dr. William Kent was broken into and $124 in cash and a Simpsons-Sears AM-FM radio was taken. The thieves got into the office Loose which is located in the Professional Building at 222 King Street E. by breakin a window which faces into the parking lot. Sometime between November 3 and 4, there was a break-in at the Clinic Pharmacy also located in the Professional Building, $10 in cash was taken. The means of entering was the same, iareaking a window. It was reported in last week's paper how thieves broke into Glen Rae Dairy, Oct. 29 and removed $50 in cash. Volume 120 30 Pages. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1974 15c Per Copy Bowmanv lle C of C Requests Meeting to Express Views Bank Manager Retires After 38 Years Believe it or not, this unusual appearin man appeared at Newcastle United Church on Sunday morning, looking for a itching post to tie up his horse whil he went to the service. Actually, he was part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Newcastle United Church and is supposed to be the Rev. Anso] Green who rode into the village back in 1824 in November to hold the firs Methodist meeting. In real life, he is Russell Powell who donned this outfit t lead the parade frorm the Original meeting place to the church. More picture: of the event appear on the front page of the second section. Council Refuses to Support Nuclear Generating Station Std AfterVoteHeld Hr Newcastle passed the fol- lowing resolution, Monday mght, that the cierk repiy to the Honourable Minister of Energy's letter dated October 17th, to point out:- That there is considerabIe apprehension in this commun- ity about the proposal to establish a nuclear generating station near Bowmanville. That this council can lend no Study NIP Mavor Garnet Rickard has appointed a committee of himself and two others, Kirk Entwisle and Don Allin to investigate the need for a Neighbourhood Improvement Program, (NIP) in response to a decision by Newcastle council, Monday night. Derek Little of Municipal Planning Consultants Co. Ltd., attended Newcastle council, sup ort to the proposai until HyTro and the Provincial Government have fully pre- sented the proposal, and its complete implications, to the public, and until a referendum of the Town's citizens demon- strates the public's accep- tance of the proposal. The letter from Darcy McKeough, Minister of Ener- gy, stated the. procedure Program to answer questions posed by councillors about the (NIP) program. The objectives of the pro- gram are to improve olcier rundown neighborhoods and improve housing and living conditions of the residents. The Neighbourhood Improve- ment Program provides funds for improving the municipal (Turn to Page Two) Ontario Hydro was taking t construct a generatimg station on land owned by them near Bowmanvile. It also stated (From Page One) Bowmanville Michael James Henry, 19, of 87 Prospect Street, has been charged with criminal negli- gence following a high speed chase through Bowmanville at noon bour Friday. Ontario Provincial Police from the Newcastle Detachment report that at times the chase reached a speed of 90 miles per hour. According to police, a con- stable spotted a car approach- ing Bowmanville from the east, at high speeds. The cruiser gave chase into town, north on Scugog Rd. to Taunton Rd., then east on Taunton about two miles, where the car was finally stopped. Police believe the driver was the only occupant of the car. OnKng-! John Pogue a pproached Newcastle Council, Monday night, to ask that it host a public meeting, so that the views of the Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce and residents could be heard by council and members of the planning advisory committee over proposed shopping cen- tres in Bowmanville and in particular the one proposed for King St. and Simpson Ave. John Pogue was addressing council on behalf of the Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce. Councillor Ivan Hobbs re- plied to Mr. Pogue's deputa- Cation by stating he remember- ,e ed a similar meeting held in y Bowmanville at which il n people attended. He added t SURPRISE THIEVES OA man who lives near ýs County Chrysler Dodge Ltd. surprised three youths who were apparently'stealing tires from the car dealership on Hallowe'en nîght at approxi- mately 10:30. The man who wished to remain unidentified was hit over the head wlth a tire iron, and kicked for bis efforts. The youlhs fled after the incident and the mnan was taken to BomanilMemorialHosp- ital, treaýted ind released,ý Cdn. Lb Speaker John Haselu The Canadian Club of West Durham will meet on Friday, November 15 at 8:15 p.m. in Trinity United Church Hall, Bowmanville. Mr. John Hasell will speak on the topic "Outward Bound". Mr. Hasell is Executive Director of Outward Bound. (Turn to Page Two) Simpson Centre that he stood to be corrected, but "to the best of my knowledge there was no mem- ber from the Chamber of Commerce present." This statement was then clarified, when it was acknowledged that the president of the chamber presided over the meeting. Mr. Pogue informed council that be had made a survey of nine people that morning who said they would make every effort to attend. Councillor Ken Lyall made a motion that council meet with the Cham- ber of Commerce to discuss the King Street and Simpson Avenue Shopping Centres. (Turn to Page Two) FREEZE IN BLACKSTOCK Over strong objections from Mayor and Regional Council- lor Lawrence Malcolm of Scugog, a freeze has been invoked by Durham region council on development in the former Village of Blackstock until next May, because of septic tank problems. Dense Fog Blamed for Series of Accidents Early Thursday Morning Newcastle OPP blame a dense fog for an accident that injured four school children and two women, on Hwy. 115 and 35 north of Kirby about 8:30 Thursday morning. A school bus coming from the Kirby kindergarten was turning from an unnamed side road onto the highway when it TAKES YEAR IN JAIL Lawrence Beaupre, 45, owner of Orono sports, was sentenced t'o'12 innths in jail or a $51,000 fine, September 19 in provincial court in Cobourg, on a charge of wilful tax evasion. Beaupre was convicted Sept. 10 for evading more than $50,000 in provincial sales tax. He was given until Oct. 22 to pay the fine. This week, Mr. Beaupre decided to take the jail term. was hit broadside by a car. Rita Charlebois, 47, of 58 Landfair Cres., Scarborough, driver of the car, was rushed to Bowmanville Memorial Hospital where she was treat- ed for facial lacerations. (Turn to Page Two) Post Office Closed Tight Next Monday At the Post Office in Bowman- ville, there will be no wicket service, no letter carrier delivery and no rural route deliveries on Monday, Re- membrance Day. The lock box lobby will be closed. Street letter boxes will be cleared at 5 p.m. with mail despatched at 7 p.m. IlBITS, PIECES I BUY A BUTTON AND A POPPY - From all reports, the canvassers selling buttons to help raise funds for Santa Claus parade expenses did exceptionally well, raising over $1,000. They are still on sale and will be until after the parade on November 23rd. In the meantime, Legion members are also out in full force, selling Remembrance pop ies, so wear a button on one lapel and a poppy on t e other and you'll be right in style and doing your bit for two worthy causes. REMEMBRANCE SERVICE - Don't forget the annual Remembrance Day service at the cenotaph this Saturday morning, beginning at 10:45 o'clock. Other services are being held in Orono on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. and Monday in Newcastle at 10:30 and Newtonville at 10:45 a.m. TIME FOR CAROLS - It's only about eight weeks until Christmas, so we've included a special supplement in this edition, filled with carols for the festive season. Additional copies are available free of charge from merchant advertisers in this special section. Might be a good idea to pick up a supply now for your Christmas party. Sorry we couldn t include the music. STILL TRYING - A short item in last night's Oshawa Times indicates that city still has its eyes on those 10 westerly lots in former Dar- lington Township. Apparently, they've done a 'unbiased' study on the subject that will be presented to the regional council where they probably will have problems selling it. Maybe they'll try a saw off with Newcastle to give them the topographical maps of the area they want for nothing, instead of the $5,000 suggested for copies. You just can't be up to 'them city slickers.' For 38 years in the banking service and seven of those years as bank manager of the Canadian Imperial Banlk of Commerce in Bowmanville, Malcolm MacKenzie was honored at a retirement party, Saturday night at Centennial Hall. He and his wife Geraldine received Redwood Lawn Furniture, a leather key case, wallet and travel kit from staff, past and present, as well as a number of guests who turned out to honor him. Among the guests were Mr. W. H. Armstrong, vice-president and regional manager from head office in Toronto, Mr. C. R. Corson, marketing manager of the Ontario East and West Region, Mr. D. L. G. McQuaid, personnel manager, Ontario East and West Region, and Mr. C. H. Harper rom the inspection division of head office Toronto. Still Having Problems with Building's Air Conditioning Complaints about heating tract for 1975 which would poor because of the unrelia- and air conditioning problems eliminate large expenditures bility of the system. persist again this year at the and perhaps improve the $1,300 Bill Outstanding Fire Hall and Police Station. quality of maintenance at the A legal hassle is brewing The Finance Committee is new town hall. Apparently, over a $1,300 bill incurred by considering awarding a $7,000 complaints are being received Bowtown Construction for le- maintenance-insurance con- that working conditions are (Turn to Page Twoj Glen Rae Plant Manager Retires PROBLEMS - That food conference underway at present in Rome has certainly given everybody something to think about. We here in Canada are only experiencing high prices, but there's still plenty of food around if you can afford it. But, in many parts of the world there is genuine starvation that is expected to get worse unless countries with a potential for producing surplus foods start doing it immediately. Otherwise, we are all going to be in considerable trouble. One of the problems to be faced here and in the USA is that farmers must be paid what they consider satisfactory return for their efforts and investment to encourage them to The young couplein the foreground, talking to photographer-artist-photo gallery director, Neil Newton, grow more. Otherwise, no dice. are Mr. and Mrs. Lawrie Raskin of Toronto. He is an architectural and graphie designer and she is a sychology graduate of York University. They have joined forces in photography, a hobby at which they FEDERAL BUDGET - From now until Nov. have become highly skilled as will be obvious to residents of this area who visit the Photo Gallery at the 18th we can speculate on what will be contained library this month where some of their work is being displayed. They and their camera equipment will be in Finance Minister John Turner's first budget leaving in a few weeks, to return to North Africa where they previously spent two years, riding camels, since the July election. Suppose he'd listen if living with nomads in the Sahara, and taking fascinating photographs that tell of living conditions there we wrote and told him what we'd like to see and the people. They have been aided in their endeavors by Arts Council grants. included? Plant Manager at Gien Rae Dairy Ern Twist bas seen a lot of changes in the business since he first started in 1931, on the Glen Rae Farm. There was a time be did ail the processing and bottling of milk himself. Wednesday night, members of the plant gathered at the Flying Dutch- man Motor Inn to honor Mr. Twist on the occasion of his retirement. He was presented with a silver platter suitably inscribed. The ipresentation was made by Bob Stevens (left) and Ross Stevens (right). Mr. Twist, bis wife Ivà and their four children Raymond, John, Cathy, and Murray live on a farm just south of the Bow- manville Golf Course. B urglrs Number 45 C ounci ppoints Commîttee ta,

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