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Children Enjoy Kiwanis Christmas Party At the Kiwanis Club Christmas party in the Town Hall December 22, approximately 100 children were treated to a magic show by "The Great Hardini" from Oshawa and then each of the youngsters in turn had a visit with Santa Claus. Each of the children brought a toy with them and the club distributed these gifts to the hospital. Kiwanis members wish to thank Dominion, A &P, IGA, Dykstra's, Mac's Milk, Beckers and McDonalds for donating the oranges and candies each youngster received from Santa. NNMSKILLEN A beautiful first Sunday of His blessiag wiil foliow. t was the New Year 1976, had 50'a deligbt to understand and folks gathering in fellowship follow ensily the spial at the church service. It was Order-of-Service, wîth te ac- with regret we learned of the companyingpriated for n death, following a lengtby the bulletin. e congregation illness, of a friend from our stood and joiaed witb the neighboring community, Hay- minister la six stewardship don, the late Mr. Charles resolutions for the New Year. Garrard. Our sincerest sym- The Motber's Fellowsbip pathy goes to his sorrowaing wll meet tomorrow afternoon wife, two sons and daughter at one o'clock at the bore of aad their families, his sister Doreen Lamb. and many other relatives and t is time once more for close friends. annual reports. Ah reports The Sacrament of the Lord's must be handed in as early as supper was observed at the possible'and treasurer's books Sua. a.m. service. The Com- will be welcomed by tbe audi- munion table was set with the tor soon. bread and the wine by Jessie If there are people who wish Slernon assisted by ber niece to join Communicants Class Janet Millson. Our minister kadly get in touch with tbe distributed the elements as- minister. sisted by four members of The Officiai Board wiil meet Session, Edgar Wright Keith Wednesday of this week at 8 Ferguson, leith McGiil, Wil- p.m. at Eaniskillea. bur Blackburn. Ray Ashton Mr. and Mrs. Jim Osborne presided at the Hammond and famllv. Toronto, were organ and was sup orted by Thursday afternooa visitors five ladies of the ïr. Choir. wîth Mr. and Mrs. Adam The title of our minister's ser- Sharp. mon "The King Reveals Him- Mr and Mrs. Lawrence self" was based on Gen. 12:1-3 Wearn, Peterborough R.R. which was God's command were Friday eveaîng dnner and promise to Abraham and guests with Mr. and Mrs. family. Rev. Bigby made brief Adam Sharp reference to predictions and Mrs. Gertie Lyons spent resolutions for the New Year - Christmas and New Year's these will pass but God's with ber daughter Mr. and purpose for us is to make our Mrs. Maurice Pollard and oveantOe S with Hlme , 1976 awd faieiay. NEWS The E. Wright families were last week visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wright and baby Jeffrey, Pontypool. Mr. Arnold Empey, Red Deer, Alberta, was a Tuesday dinner and overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Beckett and family. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Rahm and Melody, Orono, were recent evening callers at Mrs. R. Griffins. Sunday, Dec. 28 dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Trewin's were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dittburner, Ottawa; Miss D. Fegan, Mrs. C. E. Horn, Oshawa; Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Slemon and family, Haydon; Mrs. Fred Trewin, Lloyd and Earle, Mrs. Albert Wright, Blackstock; Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Taylor, Mr. Russell Ormis- ton. (Mrs. C. E. Horn and Mr. and Mrs. Dittburner remained for a few days). Mr. and Mrs. Allan Werry, Mrs E. A. Werry and Mrs. Harvey McGill, attended the funeral service of the late Miss Olive E. Luke, Toronto, which was held at Giffen- Mack funeral chapel, inter- ment in the family plot Union Cemetery Oshawa. Lunch was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hanna, Kedron. Mr. Harold Spry, Rochester, N.Y spent a few days with the TOWN OF NEWCASTLE Pick-Up Christmas tree pick-up will begin the week of Jan. 5th to Jan. 9th weather permitting. Trees should be put out with the regular week's garbage pick-up end will be picked up with dump trucks - not garbage vans. J. Dunhar Director Public Works E. Wright's and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Werry and family spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Werry and with Mr. and Mrs. David Cecchetto, Sudbury, Leanne and Ralph returned home with their parents from holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lamb, Baysille, were holi- day guests with Mr. and Mrs. L. Lamb. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Sher- win and family, Picton were over night guests of Mr. and Mrs E.R. Taylor and all joined a New Year family gathering held at Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Taylor's. Mrs. Edith Stainton spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stainton, Bow- manville. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Werry, were guests last Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Vickers, and family, Hamilton. Mrs. Allan Werry accompanied Mr. ýand Mrs. Tom Sobil Taunton to attend a funeral of a cousin, the late Mrs. Louie Martin (Stainton) Toronto and were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs..eter Martin, Aurora. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Van Meer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Piper and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Haass, and family, Bowmanville, Miss Roxanne Rutkay, Courtice, Mr. and Mrs. Roy McGill, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kinsman and family were New Year guests of Mr. and Mrs. Keith McGill and family. Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Goyne, Don and Audrey, Courtice, Miss Marie Flintoff, Maple Grove, Mr. and Mrs. John Go yne, Julie and Jamie, Mr. andMrs. Loran Pascoe, Dale and Robert, Oshawa were New Year's Day guests with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Beckett, Penny, Pauline and Jeffery. Dr. and Mrs. Clark Werry, John, Elizabeth and Peter Etobicoke, Miss Winnifred Cole, R.N. Willowdale, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hanewich Oshawa, Miss Sharon and Master James Werry, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Werry, Susan, Scott, Wendy, and Carolyn, were New Year guests of Mr. and Mrs. EA. Werry. Mr. and Mrs. ER. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Earl Trewin and Donald were New Year guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Siemon and family, Haydon. Mrs. Jack Herod, Toronto, Mrs. W. Rahm, Tyrone were recent callers at Mrs. R. Griffin's. Barry Gerrard spent New Year's Eve with James Werry. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Slack and Holly, Oshawa, Mr. Locki McNair, and Miss Jen Bartlett Toronto, spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. E. MeNair. Mr. Locki McNair has re- returned from work in Hawaii. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Taylor, Bowmanville, were New Year's Eve guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Taylor. Mr and Mrs. Mike Grills, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boynton, wvrc'Thlirsday afternoon visi- .. Virtue's. -eo. Pethick, Picker- ing, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pethick, Scarboro were visi- tors with Mr. and Mrs. S.R. Pethick. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dor- land, were New Year's Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Turner, Oshawa. Mrs. Harry Gregg, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gregg, Lesley and Brian, Glen Burnie, Maryland, Mrs. D.B. Kay, Mr. Bill Kay, 'Toronto, have re- turned home from spending holidays with the Sharp families. Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Dickey, Miss Velma Dickey, Miss LaVerne Orchard, Bowman- ville, were New Year's Day supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. Stainton. Mr. and Mrs. C. Avery and family had New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rekker, Newcastle. Mr. and Mrs. Angus King, Little Britain have been re- cent guests with the C. Avery's. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Martin, Bowmanville were Friday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. Virtue. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ditt- burner, Ottawa, Mrs. C.E. Horn, Oshawa, Mr. Russeil Ormiston were Monday dinner g uests of Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Scouton, Kingston, Mr. Ian Dennison, Sault St. Marie, Mr. John Werry, Etobicoke were New Year over-night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Werry. Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Clemens. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Clemens and family were Thursday evening callers at Mr. and Mrs. E. Wright's. Cory and Jay Sweet, and Miss Melanie Axford, were supper guests on New Year's Day with Mr. and Mrs. E. Wright. A number of our local boys participated in a hockey tournament at Brantford last week also a number of parents were spectators. Mr. and Mrs. b. Lamb had New Year's Day dinner with Mrs. Trew, Bailieboro. Mr. and Mrs. W. Griffin, Dale and Heatlber, Mrs. R. Griffin, Miss Lynn Naylor, were New Year supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Rahm, Orono. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Lamb were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Wray, Orono. Mr. and Mrs. R. Howe and family spent New Year's with relatives at Beaverton. Mrs. Barry Alexander and Janelle, Seagrave were recent afternoon visitors at the H. Ashton's. New Year's Day guests of Mr. S. Kersey, and Mr. and Mrs. H. Ashton were Rev. and Mrs. Ted Kersey, and family, Dundas, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kersey, Hamilton, Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd Kersey and family, Caledonia, Mrs. J. Section Two Florist Has Interestinq Sideline on TV A lot of customers in Bev's Floral Art have Deen aoing doubie takes when they've been served by this gentleman ... and no wonder. Aside from being manager of the store, Allan Anderson is a familiar face to television audiences who may have seen him in Molson's, General Motors, Bank of Nova Scotia and Canadian Acceptance Corporation commercials recently. He has also been seen on several segments of "Police Surgeon" and has a minor role in the upcoming feature film "Love At First Sight" in which he plays the part of a ranting, raving minister. (In real life he's soft-spoken and pleasant!) 11Iroduction t0f01oliics By Coun. Ann Cowman I was introduced into poli- tics by the issue of the Murray V. Jones Courtice Concept which had received approval in principle by the Council of Newcastle, and was presented to the people of Courtice in writing followed by a public meeting. The plan called for an increase of our present popu- lation of 3,000 to 46,000 to be housed in high density units over a twenty year period. This was sufficient to stimu- late nie a "floating voter" t0 my first political event. The distress of the people at that meeting, the magnitude of the plan and the apparent attitude of the idealistic plan- ners was sufficient to stir me to the task of "doing some- thing about it." I was determined to obtain some alternative suggestions that allowed for a smaller number of people and that this development would be sensi- tive to the existing residents. My first step was to be elected to Newcaste Town Council. I sat on the O.H.A.P. (Ontario Housing Action Pro- gram) committee dealing with the Courtice Consept in the company of planners from Murray Jones and the Region. It was astonishing to dis- cover that large far reaching decisions dealing with the allocation of land and housing were being made on paper from maps and photographs without the actual land sights ever being inspected on foot. I endeavoured to instil into these professional people the need to have a closer and more sympathetic approach to the existing population when making these plans. This is a matter sad ytoo frequently neglected in this age of increasing bureau- cracy. I insisted on taking them on a tour of the area showing them back yards they intend- ed to run their new highways Henson, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Len Player and family, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Ashton, and Paul, Bowmanville. Miss Deana Palmateer, Norwood was a holiday visitor with the Harold Ashton's. Mr. and Mrs. George Lead- beater, Laurie and Mark, Miss Candy Clark, Oshawa, were Sunday supper guests with Mr. and Mrs. A.beadbeater, Tom and Ross. Mr. and Mrs. A. Leadbeater were New Year's Eve, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Brown, Hampton. Mr. and Mrs. A. Lead- beater, Tom and Ross were New Year's Day guests of Mr. and Mrs Robert Clark, Oshawa. Young Richard and Wee Elisabeth Worden spent New xear's Eve and New Year's Day with their grand-parents Margaret and Orville Ashton also New Year's Day dinner guests were Lois and Keith Worden B'ville R.R.2, Karen and Charles Ashton, Oshawa. Berta Werry and Margaret Ashton were recent afternoon visitors with Nellie and Gary Groveneveld. We welcome Mrs. Helen Millson and daughters to our community as she now resides in the upper apartment with her sister Jessie Slemon. Sorry to report Mr, Paul Groeneveld Sr. is back as a patient in Oshawa hospital. Mrs. Ria Presson David and Amy, Oshawa were' visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Groeneveld Jr. through and pointing out how busy Number 2 Highway is already which was particular- ly strange to these planners as "the computer" said it could accommodate the proposed extra load. In the meantime I was becoming involved with bud- gets, swimming pools, com- munity halls, local disputes with Hall Boards, acquainting myself with the psychology of other political personalities and the Rice proposal for a retirement Mobile Home Park. I did and still do believe that what Mr. Rice can offer the retired citizens in his villages is tremendous and a credit to him and the municipalities that are advanced enough in their thinking to accept such a "different" project. While a member of the lanning advisory committee, I seemed to share with others confusion over the terms of reference. It is understood we are waiting for the Region to inform us of our powers. In the meantime why not inform the Region of our intentions and proceed. However, under this g resent regime this is not to e. Every application whether to build a garden shed or a subdivision should be given a fair hearing and within a reasonable time, an answer, but the procrastinations that go on literally for years are formidable. There appears to be a barrier between the people and their elected representa- tives. There is Them and Us...Why is this? Is it lack of public relations?I would like to see a better liaison in this field. I am growing more aware of a need for improvement in fire protection. So far this year, we have increased our compli- ment of one full time fireman to two supported of course by volunteers. Newcastle is over 200 square miles, I feel there is room for further improve- ment. But to accomplish this will require an increase in taxes, In 1976, we have to consider The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 7,1976 9 the economic belt tightening that the provincial govern- ment is demnding in a town that is alreay run on a shoe string. This will be some task. We are to consider the Nuclear Generating Station and the Durham Official Plan. Both items are capable of irrevocably changing the face of our town. Are the personnel directly concerned with these projects really interested in our thoughts and desires or are they simply going through the motions? Af ter giving much thought to the question of develop- ment, I have reached the conclusion that there should be controlled, orderly pro- gress, allowing for the best possible arrangements for the existing residents. This will take strong leader- ship and a united council to negotiate terms not only with developers, Ontario Hydro, but also with the Region. Then much effort will be required to prevent these democratic de- cisions from being convenient- ly lost in the bureaucratic mire of government. Is this possible? OBITUARIES JAMES E. (TED) JACKSON James Edwin (Ted) Jack- son, a well-known auctioneer and an active member of this community all his life, died suddenly, December 21, in his 76th year. Mr. Jackson of 334 Queen Street in Port Perry was born on Scugog Island, June 16, 1900, but moved to Port Perry with his family as a boy. He lived here allfis life, first auctioneering here with his father, and when his father died, he continued auctioneer- ing on his own and operated an implement dealership. Mr. Jackson's commitment to society and community began very early in life. He served in the Royal Navel Air service during the First World War when only a teenager, and when he returned to Port Perry, becarne involved in community work. He was an elder and steward, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Port Perry United Church, a mem- ber of the Oddfellows, an active Legion member, a Port Perry councillor for over ten years, a hydro commissioner, and the chairman of the committee that built Port Perry's present arena. Surviving are his wife, the former Gertrude Elliott of Port Perry; son Wesley of Toronto, daughter Zula of Port Perry, sisters Marguerite Brock and Patricia Love, both of Port Perry, and brother Dr. G. H. Jackson of Port Perry. Seven grandchildren also sur- vive. Deceased is a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Rennie. Funeral service was held December 24, and interment was at Pinegrove Cemetery in Prince Albert. EVERETT JOHN FICE Everett John (Bucky) Fice died suddenly at the family residence, 148 Simcoe St. N., on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1975. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fice, he was born August 28, 1897 at Tyrone Ontario, and was a resident Oshawa for most of his life. Mr. Fice retired from the General Motors of Canada truck chassis north plant in 1960. He was a member of UAWA, Local 222, a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 43, a member of Orange Lodge, number 399, Purple Hill, and a veteran of the first World War. Mr. Fice is survived by his wife, the former Ina Hobbs Henry. He was predeceased by his first wife, Leta Gilbert. He is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Percy Beir- ness (Marion), Mrs. Gary Winton (Lois), Mrs. Ray Fowler (Elva), Mrs. Gordon Brown (Elsie), all of Oshawa, seven sons: Wilmer, Stanley, Lorne, Earl, Allan, Morley, all of Oshawa and Ralph, of Thunder Bay. Mr. Fice is also survivedby six sisters: Mrs. Roy Terwi- ligan (Shirley), Mrs. Emma Nobles, Mrs. Minnie Lyon, Mrs. Frank Gates (Alma), Mrs. Verna Corby, Mrs. John Lindsay (Certie), all of Osh- awa, two brothers, Wesley, of Bowmanville, and Edward, of Oshawa, 35 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday, at Armstrong Funeral Home, followed by interment at Groveside Cemetery, with Rev. Alfred Wookcock officia- ting. Memorial donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated. TYRONE (Intended for Last Week) Congratulations are extend- ed to Mr. F. L. Byam on winning the Legion Draw in Bowmanville, a couple of weeks ago. Glad to report Mrs. Don Davey was able to be home from Memorial Hospital, Bow- manville for Christmas and the holidays. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Edna Wood and family and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cameron on the sudden pas- sing of their brother-in-law, Mr. Harold Trivett, West Hill, the Saturday after Christmas. Advrtising helps you compare 9b MI