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TOPS Members Lose Quarter of a Ton Police iSearch forîld Durham Regional Police are looking for a red or maroon car in connection with the striking of two parked vehicles and proper- ty damage to two hedges and a fence, on Liberty and Church Streets. Early Sunday, at approxi- mately 1:30 a.m., the un- known vehicle, which is believed to have been north- bound on Liberty Street, i 15e Per Copy went out of control and hit a 1969 bronze Dodge owned by Walter Goode of 21 Liberty Street, a police spokesman reports. The Dodge was parked in the driveway at 21'Liberty facing south. After being hit, it was facing south on the front lawn. Police estimate $1,000 damage to the left side of the Dodge. The unknown vehicle then drove Liberty and across Liberty Street, where it went through a fence and a hedge at 32 Church Street, and hit a Chev pickup parked in the driveway, owned by Bar- bara Henderson. The car then sped f rom the scene of the accident, southbound on Liberty Street, Police re- port. The investigating offi- cer is Durham Regional Constable John Logan. through a hedge at 21 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2.1975 22 Pages Last week members of the Thursday night TOPS club held what could be called a celebration as many were recognized for having achieved their weight losing goals. In ail, t he members shown here lost 564½ pounds of surplus weight and that's a quarter of a ton they don't have to carry around. Fèllowmg the ceremony, they posed for this photo on the Lions Centre stairs. -'sy are, front row, left to right, Gwen Hughes, Queen Marion Malley, Ev. Caid; 2nd row, Dorothy Johnston, Marg Clemenger, 3rd row, Ricki Talsma, Ev. Mayhw: 4throw, Christn Joes eyansssita Tillcock ; )th row Jean Danilko, Ev. Terrill and Marg Pearce; absent, Ruth Gibson, Susan Netten, Betty Vellier, Dorothy Mott and Cecile Yurko. Pne Ie Sehool Teacher The March 26th Draw for Br. 178 Canadian Legion Welfare Fund was made at the Ladies Auxiliary Bingo on Wednesday evening in the Legion Hall. Total sales for the month were $3541., an increase of $141. over the February total, but sales are still lower than last year by $1039. for the first three months of 1975. Mrs. Helen Burtch of Scu- gog Street, Bowmanville was the winner of the $25. Jack- Pot, but preferred nbt to make New Manager A t Domnonn At 22 years of age, Graham Arnold is one of the youngest to earn the position of man- ager. He was appointed man- ager of the Bowmanville Domninion Storé,eiduring the second week inrJnuary 1975. He has worked bis way up through the rank and file. Sta-iîng on a part tîme basis, i. 7,the last 412 years be bas been a permanent employee at Dominion stores in Osbawa, Belleville, Cobourg and Osh- awa again. This is his first appointment as manager. He is married and has two chik'en. His wife's name is Bex ,y and the children are Tindhy 4 an d Cheryl 2 montbs. At present they are rentin.g a bouse in Oshawa, bowever, Mr. Arnold stated he was interested in buying a home in Bowmanville. When asked how he liked Bownanville, Mr. Arnold re- C led "I love it,"" As to hobbies, e stated "I don't have time." He was born in Whitby and is presentlv takîng a nigbt course at Humber College in effective communications. e Legion Draw the Draw, so Chairman Stan. Dunn called on Mrs. Vi. Thompson, who was calling the bingo numbers, to make the draw. Mrs. Thompson selected number C 5697, held by V.A. Smith as the winner of the $1700. first prize. Mr. Smith is a teacher at the Pine Ridge School and lives at 354 Waverley Street North in Oshawa. Bill Roche of 40 Ontario St., Bowmanville, also an employee at Pine Ridge Scbool, received the $170. seller's prize for selling the lucky ticket to Mr. Smith. (Turn to Page Two) Do'tForget Ceg Don gy Says Reve rend by Glenn Henry There must be greater communication between hos- pital staff and clergy in the future. That was the comment of Rev. Wesley Oake, of Trinity United Church on Tuesday morning as he addressed tbe assembled nursing staff of Bowmanville Hospital who were attending a four-part seminar on the relationship of the Church to the hospital. le said doctors and nurses should make greater use of the ministry tban they now do. Mr. Oake said, "70 per cent of the problems people have today are psycholoically in- duced," and spiritual aid would be of great assistance in helping them. Communication between hospital and clergy is of vital importance in this cause. H e asked all staff to be more sympathetie to the spiritual Re struggles of the patient as he so that i fights his hysical sickness. not beu When asked if he would tell Acco a terminal patient that he was "Death dying, he said he "would have meani to" in all honesty, but first he physica would consult with the doctor (Tu 1Qake v. N. Wesley Oake the hospital staff would undermined. rding to Mr. Oake, is what makes life ngful. Although our l body dies, the spiritu- Lurn to Page Two) Fire Department Busy Good Friday Bowmanville Fire Depart- yea; Dam at 12:55 p.in At 3:22 ment had a busy Good Friday. p.m., they rushed to three Firemen were called to extin- separate grass fires, one at quish a fire along the CPR the Baseline Road and Lamb's tracks at 10 a m. It was a Road, the second north of grass and railroad ties fire. At Highway 2 on Lamb's Road 12:08 p.m. they extinquished a and the third at the corner of grass fire at the Taunton Road Concession Street and Lamb's and Durham Regional Road Road. The fire department 57. At 5:42 pm. they rushed to was also called to extinguish a the scene of a rubbish fire rubbish fire behind Eastway behind the Burketon School Bowling Lanes on hwy 2 near and at 702 they extinguished the Town Line. a grass fire behind Courtice Two fires were reported on Secondar School. Sunday, March 30, a vehicle tire at the corner of King Five fires occurred on Street and Frank Street which Thursday, March 27. The fire was out when the firemen department was called to arrived, and the ballast of a contain a grass fire east of kitchen light that blew at 30 Waverly Road near the Good- Silver Street. Vote to Have Water, Sewer, And Landfill Responsibilities Returned to Local Municipality Durham Region's northern water, sewers and land fill site ed since the region took them communities, Uxbridge, Scu- responsibilities returned to over. gog and Brock may have their local council. They are Coun. William Ballinger resentlvu the resonsibilit of (Turn to Page Two) Gi*ving Away Free Seeds Most everybody loves flowers, and pharmacist Fred Tippins of Frederick's Pharm- acy likes flowers so much, that as long as his supply lasts he will give a full size 25c packet containing about 76 seeds free of charge to an adult. "These flower seeds,' said Mr. Tippins, "are packed by one of the oldest, depend- able seed processors and are guaranteed to grow. They can be planted when al danger of frost is past and wil flower beautifully in this climate." If you would like a free packet of flower seeds just stop at Frederick's Pbarm- acy, 67 King Street East, Bowmanville and they will be glad to give you one without any obligation to make a think," said Mr. Tippins "that most people like flowers and will enjoy these when they bloom. Wouldn't it be wonder- fui if some of tbe people' who get the free flower seeds would give away just one flower bouquet after they bloom, a pleasant surprise for someone confined to home or bed" p. y pk y the region. Council members, six from Brock, four from Scugog and seven from Uxbridge voted unanimously, Wednesday, March 26, to support a motion made by Reg Rose (Scugog) which said "the best interests of our communities are not being served and we therefore want control of water, sewers and landfill sites returned to the area municipality. Uxbridge Mayor Carl Puter- bough, who chaired the special meeting in the Scugog Council chambers stated "those of us who are members of regional council have be- come quite concerned about the cost, and we think the inefficiency of water and sewer services," have result- TWO TEAMS IN FINALS Bowmanville has two All Star teams still in the Ontario hockey finals. The Bowmanville Sports Midgets have already played two games in Essex, winning one and losing the second. The third game of the best-of-five series will get underway here at 7 p.m. on Saturday and the fourth on Sunday at 6 p.m. If a fifth game is required it will be played in Essex on Satur- day, April 12th. Knapp's Towing Bantams open their best-of-five series with Paris at Memorial Arena tonight at 8, with the second game in Paris on Friday at 8, the third here on Sunday at 8 and the fourth, if necessary in Paris on Tuesday. Motorbike Think Celsius After April 1 Hits House Two Hurt This morning at 12:10 a.m., a 1969 Honda driven by Allan Nielsen, 22, of First St., Bowmanville and owned by Mario Steppacher, 23, of 853 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, who was a passenger on the bike, went out of control, crossed the front lawn and bit the corner of the bouse at 27 Sunset Road. The bike then proceeded down into a water- way where it bogged down. Both ouths were taken to Bowmanville Memorial Hos- pital. Durham Regional Police report Mr. Nielsen injured both ankles and Mr. Step- pacher suffered a broken lef t ankle. He was transferred to Oshawa General Hospital. Charges are pending. On Monday, March 31, five-year-old Thomas Rae Sheehan, of 90 Queen Street was hit but not injured when he darted into the path of an eastbound car on King Street near George Street. 175 Mernber Music Assembly Performs me-i alying crý of the music-loved "Battle Hymn of the Republic", the majestic tones of Hayden's "The Hea- vens Are Telling", the haunt- ing spiritual, "The Wear Trave llr", the lilting folk hymn, "The Wedding Ban- quet", lively marches, sing- along. All this and more will be performed by the Ontario Christian Music -Assembly CANCEL PAPER DRIVE - Apparently, there is a surplus of waste paper at the moment. Local Boy Scouts have been advised by the people who take their paper that they won't be able to handle any in April. So, there will be no Boy Scout paper drive this month. We'll have to let you know later about what will happen in May. UP GOES MILK - It's getting to the point where a fellow just doesn't know what to drink; everything keeps going up. Effective April lst, fluid milk producers will receive an increase of $1.16 per cwt. that amounts to an advance of 31.5 percent in producer prices since April lst last year. The increase will be reflected in the consumer price by a jump of 4 to 5 cents a quart. Guess even the cows have formed their own union. LITTLE GEMS - Our reading material for the year is now complete. A couple of weeks ago we received a copy of Dr. Chase's Almanac and this week, courtesy of Fred Tippins and his Pharmacy, we welcomed the 1975 edition of the Farmers' Almanac. It's filled with information, jokes and pearls of wisdom such as "There was a man who took out a million dollar insurance policy. But, it didn't help, he died anyway." Pick up a copy and enjoy it. LENGTHY SPEECH - This week we received a copy of Hansard that records the speeches of members in the Ontario Legislature and noted that our own Alex Carruthers had participated in the Throne debate. Without checking the length of bis contribution, we handed it out to be set. You'l1 see part of it in this issue and more wll be included next week. Alex's speech wasn't terribly long, but those other members kept interrupting as you will note. He kept them awake anyway, and that's something! TWO CANDIDATES - Last week we were somewhat premature in stating under the photo on the front page that Mrs. Ann Cowman had decided she would not be running as a candidate for council in Ward I. We should have said she was reconsidering her earlier decision, until she talked it over with her husband. This week, we are pleased to state that she definitely will be a candidate. There will also be a second candidate, Alex Matthews, who was a candidate from Darlington in the first election. More information on both these candidates will be published next week, along with information on any others who may be considering tossing their hats into the field. Election Day is May 12th and Nominations close Monday, April 21st at 5 p.m. at Trînîfty toniegt, Wednesday, Apil 2, at the Trinity United Curch, under the d'irection of Mr. Leendert Kooy, A.R.T.C. Besides being an able and inspiring director Mr. Kooy is also an accomplished concert organist and composer. The Free Frozen There will be free French Fries for low income families, the disabled, and senior citi- zens. A tractor trailer, loaded with 30,000 pounds of McCain's French Fries will arrive in Durham Rerion on Tbursday to begin distribution. The tractor trailer will stop in Ajax, Whitby, Port Perry, Blackstock, and at 5 p.m. will be at Bowmanville Hig h School on Liberty Street. Th e frozen French Fries will be distributed from the truck to anyone showing identification that he belones to one of the (Turn to Page Two) TonIg ht concert will also feature some of 'his own work. The OntariorChristian Music Assembly is a non-profit or anization, supported by the colections- taken at concerts. It began oyer a decade ago as (Turn to Page Two) French Fries PRESTONS DOWN TWO The Preston the Mover Major Atoms, probably still weary from their many games in the Lions International tournament at Brampton Iast week, dropped the second game of their playoff with Markham last night, 3-1. The game was played at Darling- ton Sports Centre. The third game will be played at Memorial Arena here on Saturday at 5 p.m. with the Movers facing elim- ination if they don't come up with a win. Anders Celsius, creator of the Celsius sca le. Did you wake up this morning to spring-like celsius degrees? If you didn't, you should know tat April 1, 1975 oa the date set for thie national conversion of actual and forecast temperatures to Cel- sius. Celsius is a metric unit of measure. The thermometer is called "Celsius" after Anders Cel- sius, a professor of astronomy at Uppsala, Sweden. His most noteworthy accomplishment was a thermometer based on 100 degrees of difference between the freezing and boiling points of water. The introduction of celsius precedes other metric conver- sions of weather information. The Atmospheric Environ- ment Service of Canada that provides weather data to the media will make the switch to metric precipitation measure- ments on Sept. 1. The introduction of metric units for wind speeds and air pressure will occur April 1, 1976. In other metric news, Gen- eral Motors has announced that all cars, except some Cadillac models, will have dials reading in miles per hour or kilometers per hour. TDPýlteietI ytmg itS start in .France in 1789 when King Louis XVI signed into law a new system of weights and measures. The use of the metrîc syste nspread across Europe with Napoleon's armies. Pro- gress has been rapid since then and now approximately 80 per cent of the worid's population live under the metric. In Canada, the metric system has been legal since 1873, but it wasn't until 1907 that Canada joined the Con- vention du Metre. HOUSE FULL OF SMOKE The Newcastle Fire Depart- ment rushed to the home of Ken Kelly on Durham County Road 57, where the electric furnace shorted out and filled the house with smoke, Tues. day, at 5:57 p.m. gm-grn------ al oin Large Class Completes St. John Ambulance Course For the past eight weeks, every Thursday night, the men and women in this photo have been taking part in a First Aid Course conducted by St. John Ambulance personnel at the Fire Hall. Last week was examination day and graduation when all of the participants were tested on the knowledge they had acquired. It was one of the best attended courses ever held here and those in charge have high hopes that out of it will come the formation of a St. John Ambulance brigade here. Shown in the photo, not in order, are Jan, Thea and Jack Oegema, Doug Bird, Dick Carlson, Max Case, Judy Cooper, Harry Cuffe, Janet Duval, Lynda Gibson (A), Joan Gimblett (A), Charlie Harris, Julie Harris, William Henning, Scott Hewlett, Gail Bryn-Jones, Marion Lansdowne, Clarke McDonald, Jim Read, Jill Savard Don Scott, Betty Severn, Terry Severn, Wayne Sweet, Sharon Whallen, Diane Greenwood, Arnold Wallace (A), Carlos Smith, Joyce English, Joyce Tanner, Instructor Robert Keene and Asst. Instructor Alf Brown. Volume 12 Number 14 A