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Unveil Cairn at World Plowing Match e0 Dscuss Are •s Future at Meeting Counting the seats in the portion of Bowmanville High School's Auditorium, used for the presentat- ion of the planning alternatives to the people of the town of Newcastle Monday night, one could easily determine, since they were not all filled, that under 250 residents were on hand. The evening was put on by the Regional Planning Department as a means of presenting to the general public the alternatives that are being consicdred for the formulationof official plans for the Town of Newcastle, the municipalities within it and ultimately the Region of Durham as a whole. The matters covered by the alternatives included population distribution, commercial and industrial development, agriculture, transporta- tion, Conservation and Recreation. A limited number of the Regional Planning Department's report, "Choices for the Future", were provided at the meeting, however, others were encouraged to put their name on a mailing list and they will receive a copy when more have been printed. Members of the Region chaired the meeting, Planning Director Dr. Mofeed Michael, reading off a summarization of the facts of the report, while a three projector slide-presentation was tocused on the white wall at the rear of the stage. In the new Durham East riding, Orono Public School Principal Doug Moffatt, mak- ing his third try for a seat in the Ontario Legislature, rolled up a sizeable majority of more than 2,000 votes over ineum- Volume 121 15e Per Copy BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1975 44 Pages Number 39 (Turn to Page Two) On Tuesday afternoon, the International Canadian and World Plowing Match was officially opened by the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. Wm. Stewart who took over in place of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. At the conclusion of the addresses, this magnificent maple leaf shaped cairn was unveiled, with the names of all the countries participating inscribed. At left, Mr. Stewart is standing with Robert Timbers, Chairman of the Durham Local Committee. Three Arrests FoIIow Dairy Barn Robbery Three Oshawa residents ed shortly after they fled were charged with armed with $100 taken from a robbery following a Monday young female cashier at morning hold up of the 10:40 a.m. Dairy Barn in Bowmanville. Shortly before 11 a.m. Const. Joe Kerr apprehend- Perry Hopkins, 16, of 227 cd the three suspects at Durham Street, Michael Olive Avenue and Central Gurney, 16, of 171 Guelph St. Park Boulevard and seized and Curt Mapp, 20, of 77 the .22 calibre rifle used in Cromwell Ave. were arrest- the robbery. Two Car-P Collisions, Cham. ber Obetting tO Within less than anhour early last Thursday afternoon, 0 two separate vehicle- j n q pedestrian collisions occurred Tacxê P• rkô a and Pa-v ,ngBomnvile rn aThe first came at 12:18 p.m. Criticism was launched Led by C of C. President valuable business parking at the intersection of King and Monday by members of the John Pogue, a delegation space. Iemperance Streets when a Bowmanville Chamber of appeared before the commit- The businessmen indicated mother and her 18-months-old Commerce at council's Com- tee complaining of the present they rely on much of this son were struck. mittee of the Whole meeting practice of taxis parking along parking for customers and are Division 16, Durham Re- regarding taxi operations in the business section of King concerned about taxis using so gional Police report a 1968 Bowmanville. street and thereby taking up (Turn to Page Two) Chev owned by Donald Bond and operated by Terry Albert Bond, 18, of 65 Dearpark tCrescent was travelling nortb Ap ro altaPocedwihturn to go west on Kn tet Hiring FulI-Time Fireman The weli hashed over matter of hiring a third full time fireman for the Bowmanville 4tto s nuow ba-ck fufll- j h bands of councîl'spesnl committee. The matter was referred from council last week back to committee of the whole for an NEWS OVERFLOW Our news staff has been so busy of late that there are quite a few stories that wl ,have f0 be held over untîl next week. You'll also notice that this is a 44-page edition that includes inserts from Beaver Lumber and Henry Buildall, featuring many bargains in building mater- ials. exact interpretation of why he was being hired and what his duties would be. Councillor Ken Lyaillbas reasoni for b.iring the third fireman, if he is just to be relied on for a backup purpose. Councillor Lyall told the committee Monday that he could only support the hiring of the third man if it was to mean a breakdown into three, eight hour shifts which would give full 24 hour manning of the fire station. Councillor Lyall also voiced the opinion that it is unwise for the department to start get- ting involved in a mixture of full-time and volunteer fire- men. Mr. Lyall feels that it may resuit in the volunteers stating in effect that 'They're getting paid for it so let them (it, wb toug Tw e the, personinel comm11ittee, sfim- (Turn to Page Two) MIDGET HOCKEY Il was' announced this morning that the Newcastle Recreation Dept. will accept boys up to age 17 as of Dec. 31-t, 1975, for participation creation League. For more information, please caîl 623- 3379. Darliongton Arena, Water Solution An apparent solution has been reached to the water shortage problem at the Darlington Arena as a result of the recent on site meeting of the council, drillers and engi- neers. Gas Pocke t Explodes D g Cabn urn Fire resulting from well drilling operations in New- castle village Sunday after- oon resulted lu an approxim- ate total loss of $130,000. Subsoil Exploration Limited of Peterborough were operat- ing a brand new drilling rig on the site of the Rainbow Motel on Highway 2, just east of the village when they struck a pocket of methane swamp gas under tremendous pres- sure wich exploded. Operators of the drilling rig are reported to have hit a "kill switch" immediately on strik- ing the gas pocket which should have eliminated any chance of ignition, however igition did occur and the workers only got some 30 feet from the rig when the explo- sion occurred, shaking the ground around the entire area. Firemen from Station Two (Turn to Page Two) Mayor Garnet Rickard re- ported to Monday's Finance Committee meeting that in is recommended that two new wells which were drilled and found to produce sufficient water. be activated by connec- tion through a pump into the present storage tank and that a second storage tank not be installed at this time. The Mayor advised that the wells should sufficiently han- dle the situation as the deliveries of water by tbe town's fire department water tanker since the on site (Turn to Page Two) WOMAN SHOT A 24-year-old Bowman- ville woman died from gun- shot wounds early this week. Police 1sf the tragic inci- dent as a suicide. Cabin Demolished in Early Morning Blaze destri an Thursday In the process, the vehicle came into collision wfth Lynn Marie Lemieux of 44 Conces- sion Street who was carrying her young son on her left arm. Both the vehicle and the pedestrian are reported to have been proceeding on (Turn to Page Two) FALSE ALARM A false alarm shortly af- ter the supper hour Tuesday evening sent firemen scur- ring to the site of the Pine Ridge School. Fortunately for the school the call had resulted from an alarm station being set off. A second truck responding to the scene was cancelled enroute. Region Pl-nners Offgr 'Choices for the Future Assistant to the Clerk of the Region Joyce Wayman, left, records in shorthand the questions from the public and their respective answers at the public meeting Monday night in Bowmanville High School. The meeting was one of a series throughout the Region which the Regional Planning Department is holding to present the "Choices for the Future" to the public. Standing is Allan McPhail from Brock, a member of the Regional Planning Committee. Seated from left are Bill McAdam, Commissioner of Planning and Development, Planning Director Mofeed Michael and Manager of the Projects Planning Branch, George Teachman. PCES "Choices for the Future" Préenl *difnAran rm6f-ý7nc RAINED OUT - The heavy rains on Saturday morning forced cancellation of the Olympie Walkathon sponsored by Bowmanville and New- castle Lions. A rerun will be held on Oct. 4th, also a Saturday, giving walkers a bit of time to line up more pledges. We are pleased to announce that one of the newest members of our editorial staff, Liz. Armstrong, was dared into entering by the Lions at their meeting on Monday. Shell be out there with the entire Statesman staff behind her . . . well back. WHAT WILL YOU HAVE?,,- That meeting on Monday night when ail the planning concepts were presented to the populace must have left most of us non planners confused. Each propo- sal had about three to five alternatives with fu- ture populations ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 for our pleasant community. Courtice is in about the same boat. Just who is going to de- cide what plan is the best one and when it will become effective is anybody's guess. But, they're sure doing a ple of planning and soon will have to add more space just to store all the maps. In the end, whatever comes of it is bound to meet with loads of objections, WANT TO BE PRESIDENT? - In yesteryear, we can recall when stress was placed in school and out of the great possibilities that existed in the United States for everybody. Youngsters were told they had as much opportunity of becoming President as any other American. After the recent attempts on his life and earlier assassinations, we'd gamble that now eight out of 10 youngsters wouldn't run for President if they hadthe chance. We don't blame them, it's a good way to keep from growing old. ANYBODY SEEN GEORGE? - Ever since Saturday, we've been trying to catch up to George Pollitt, the Returning Officer, to obtain the official pool by poll figures for the Durham East election. On Monday night, successful candidate Doug Moffatt was at the planning meeting and told us his majority was around 2,300. His defeated opponent Kirk Entwisle was there at the time and didn't argue so we'll leave it at that until we can catch up with George. UN E #luoïiU av "R u EE.IE With the aid of the three projector slide show, Regional Planning Director Dr. Mofeed Michael, presented a sumn- marization of the Regional Planning Department's report "Choices for the Future" to those attending Monday even- ing's public meeting at Bow- manville High School. Following Mr. Michael's presentation and a break for coffee and donuts open quest- ions were receîved from the floor of therauditorium. Newcastle Councillor Ivan Hobbs was first to his feet, putting his matter of concern more in the form of a statement rather than a quest- ion. Mr. Hobbs was voicing opinion apparently on the favoring of plans which would extend Mearns Avenue to 401 with an interchange to handle the traffic volume from Mos- port Park, eliminating the necessity of using Liberty (Turn to Page Two) PLOWING MATCH - A large crowd was on hand Tuesday afternoon for the official opening of the International Canadian and World Plowing Match north of Oshawa, but Prime Minister Trudeau felt he had to cancel his appearance because a couple of Rhodesians had come to plow. The competitors rom Kenya walked out as well. It was a bitter disappointment to the crowd and the organizers but was one of those international complications that foul things up. The interruptions by the People or Planes people at the start of the ceremony also made the opening somewhat less than peaceful. The show will continue for the rest of this week and Above are the remains ýf Cabin Unit Three at Woodland Park on Highway 2 at the Prestonvale Road is well worth seeing. We didn't get to see any plowing but that will come later. Even Tim's west of Courtice which eas completely involved with fire when Bowmanville firemen arrived early in b th e er n Tuesday morning. Fire sftrted in the area of a gas space heater leaving the cabin a $5,000 complete loss. Rent-All has a booth there, we understand. A well driling rig worth more than $100,000 was wrecked by fire on Sunday while drilling a well east of Newcastle on the Rainbow Cabins site. One woman was hurt and a cabin partially destroyed when the drill hit a pocket of gas that was released under great pressure and ignited. Here, a crane is trying to remove the drill 125 feet down in the ground. Big Winner Well Drilling Rig Burns in Gas Fire àIýLI X. men