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An1 Egg Within An Egg Real Es fate Sales Hîgher Here KeinGbson, a Grade il Environmental Scienci--e Student at Courtice Secondary Sehool, broughýt what could only be termied one of Natures Freaks to school recently. Inside the large egg held in Kevin's hand is another egg completely intact. The term "freak of nature" cornes from the University of Guelph' When it was reportedto the university by Kevin's Environmental Science teacher, Pierce Farragher, the head of the department of Poultry Science told Mr. Farragher that the chances of i t happeningi were on in a quarter million; and what happens is the egg gets stuck in the reproductive tract of the chicken then another egg cornes down and forms around the first. This egg was laid by Kevin's eight-month-old white Sussex hen. The outer egg is three and a haif inches, long and two and a half inches wide, and blunt on both ends. But Lower in Real Estate sales in cities and towns east of Metropol- itan Toronto totalled $357.9 million i 1974 compared to $376.6 million in 1 973, accord- ing to a survey by local realtor G W. Frank Real Estate Limit- Last year there were, 5,978 transactions compared to 8,342 sales in the previous year in the 8 communities studied. E The average prîce of proper- E ties sold in Pickering, Whitby, w and Oshawa ' Bowmanvjlle (Newcastle) Port Perry, Fort Hope, Cobourg and Lindsay ,vas $59,872 in 1974 compared to $45,142 in 1973. There was a decline in F roperty sales volume in the as t half of 1974 which offset record real estate sales in the first two quarters of the year. With lower first mortgage interest rates (currently 10.5 per cent) in the spring of this year, compared to a record 12.5 per cent last faîl, the volume of home sales in the first quarter of this year hasWz "picked up" considerably, the, e' W. Frank Real Estate Limited report concludes. The following is a compar- ison of 1973_1974 real estate sales volume in the triangle between Pickering, Lindsay and Cobourg with 1974 figures in brackets: Pickering $64- 907,354 .($41,766,266); Whitby $81,104,403 ($51,976,057); Osh- awa $168,332,611 ($181,063,684) Bowmanville $19,788,270 ($33,612,178); Port Perry $6,564,252 ($5,832,153); Port Ho pe $9,301,193 ($15,195,'476); Cobourg $12,125,268 ($12,359,- 235); Lindsay $14,456,075 ($15,113,700). Recreation Reviews Tennis Clhnic A Children and Teens Clinic will be conducted at the Lions Centre Tennis Courts starting on Ma y 24th and the following Saturdays May 3lst, dune 7th, l4th, 2lst and 28th. This clinic is conducted by the Depart- ment of Recreation in con- junctionwith the Bowmanville Les Cha Tennis Club. The fee is $1.00 per person and Registration ship's wh( dates are: Monday May sth toT Monday May 23rd- in the Hope to1 Recreation Office, Bowman- teens Terni ville Town Hall, 8:30 a.m. to Park and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Sports Cei Friday. spring sea Qe"ther Sections BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY,.MARCH 26, 1975 SECTION TWO -randimother Clocks Tic«kOf ours for TwoLocalllobbyistfs itham sits among his handy craft. The candlesticks, the table, the grandmother dlocks and the ieel were ail made by Les Chatham in spare time. Tentative have children and nis Clinies in Orono d the Darlington mtre during the Ison. Six New Wolf Cubs Join 7th, Pack at St. John's This is the first grandmother dlock Les Chatham buil t. This article which is made of black walnut laulnched the creation of many other masterpieces. Scowmanville's 7th Wolf Cub Pack last Wednesday received a new flag donated by a pack friend Gary Cole. He is shown here left rear, with Mike Cancilla, Akela Jack Hartwell and Stephen Goddard holding the new flag. Albert Sturrock takes great care in being precise when cutting a board of black walnut, in his new workshop. He presently has two grandmother dlocks under construction. Members of the 7th Cub Pack includes, fron t row, left to right, Brent Hooey, Mike Cancilla, Stephen Goddard, Todd MeRobbie-, Tirn Therteli, Daniel Shak and Peter Crocker; middle row, Chris McKee, Mike Murray, Mike Day, Ross ýStorey, Robert_ Storey and Richard Hartwell; back row, Larry Dadson, Jack Hartwell and Glen Austin. -MeRobbie Photos. Local Barber Mayor Apologîzes Donates Flag For Being, Crusty To I PckAtConcept Meet Oln Wednsda- M r.l, 19 six boys of the 7th Bowman- ville Cub Pack took the first important step in the Boy Scout Movement by becoming Invested Cubs. Af ter Pack opening and a quick steam-off game, the boys and their parents parti- cipated in a first aid quiz. This quiz was to test the boys on one of their star requirements and to let the parents know what is expected of their boys. Before the investiture, Mr. Gary Cole, a local business- man and a friend of Scouting,, preseoted the Pack with a new Cub flag. Michael Cancilla and Stephen Goddard accep- ted the flag on bebaîf of the Pack. During ,the investiture, AkelaJack Hartwell was as- sisted by the parents, who placed the Cub bats on their sons . This signified that the boy was now a Cub (no longer, a new chum) anid as such was entitled to weýr ail of the uniform and to participate in ahl Cub activities. Eacfl boy also receiveci the gcrup's distinctive scarf. The safis royal blue in color, with a gold crest of an ea-gle (emblematic of St. John) on thep oint. These crests were alI designed and band-made by Mrs. Hornigold a member of St. John 's Churcb, wbo put a great amount ni tîme and thought loto the project. This is a very large and most appreciated contribution to the Pack. .The boys who were invested were: Michael Cancilla, Peter Crocker, Brent Hooey, Todd McRobbie, Daniel Shak and Timmy Thertell. Mayor Garnet Rickard ap- ologized on Thursday nigbt for some rather sharp answers he gave to questions about the Courtice Concept Plan at the meeting held two weeks ago. 300 ratepayers attended the meeting in Courtice Second- ary School, and Mayor Rick- ard explaîned that he had not been expecting a lot of questions about the plan whicb proposes rdeeoped Courtice with an eventual population of about 37,000 people.' He added that he had been to a lot of late meetings that week and was tired prior to fielding the questions about the plan. "I was not at my best,- the Maý,or offered, "I am sorry for that performance." This grandmother dlock which stands in Albert Sturrock's basement, would be worth more than 1 Picton Lbief Charles Fletcher, 49, son of Mr. and Mrs. AI Fletcher, Queen St., was recently pro- mnoted to Chief of Police in the Town of Picton, Chief Fletcher was born and educated in Bowmanville where he participated in football on the high school team, and later enlisted in the army. He joined the Ontario Pro- vincial Police in September 1948 and was stationed at No. 9 District Headquarters in Belleville. In Nov. 1949, he was moved to Picton with the OPP's two-man force there. In 1964, be was promoted to Corporal and transferred to Napanee .and following the completion of a supervisor's course in Toronto, returned to Picton in 1965 as Detachment Commander. In 1968 he was promoted to Sergeant. Follow- ing a posting to Minden, Sgt. Fletcher i esigned from th e OPP and retuî ned to Picton where be ]oioed the town's force. He and bis wife Teresa bave lived in Picton since then. (See siories on pages 3 and 7.)