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BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO; WEDNESDAY. MARCH 17. 1976 SECTION TWO Mrs. iarneîuucaru cust heI rionJlo open mIeI Im anj i mnitylriair,; J Connie Nelson, Brownies Theresa Hannah, left, and Debbie Gates held the ribi At 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, 1976, Mrs. Garnet Rickard, wife of the mayor of the Town of Newcastle, gra- ciously cut the ribbon to officially open the Fifth Annual Community Fair held at Bowmanville High School. The ribbon was held by Brownies, Theresa Hannah and Debbie Gates. Although the fair is sponsored by the Mothers Association of the lst and 5th Brownie Packs and the 3rd Guide Company, the participants include a vast array of community groups and organizations, not only Brownie and Guide groups. Each of the attractively decorated booths presented an interesting selection of items to tempt the shoppers, both young and old. The committee was unable to decide which was the best decorated booth this year. As a result, two first prize winners were selected: the Mothers Association of the 4th Brownie Pack and 5th Guide Company, and the Strathaven Nursing Home. The former group sold home- made breads and rolls and their booth was most appro- priately decorated with old fashioned baking utensils and sacks of flour. The nursing home, whose members sold leathercrafts, chose and carried out a western ranch theme. Congratulations to both winners and to all runners up. Those who took part and the booths each has selected are: St. Paul's UCW, Baking; Bowmanville Lion- ettes, Baking; lst Guide and 3rd Brownie, Mothers, candy; Hospital Auxiliary, candy; Bowmanville Nurses' Assoc., kitchen; 4th Brownie and 5th Guide, Mothers, bread; Bow- manville Kinettes, crafts, $2.00 and under; Business and Professional Women, used books (2); 2nd Newcastle Guide Co., youth crafts; 3rd Bowmanville Cub, mothers, used toys; 2nd Bowmanville Brownie, mothers, soft toys; Mrs. Sul, doll clothes; Dur- ham Christian School, Ladies Aux., country store; Trinity CGIT, taffy apples; Strat- haven Nursing Home, leather- work; Bowmanville Minor Hockey, mothers, pillow talk; Brown's Busy Bees, penny sale; Bowmanville Jaycettes, Easter; 6th Bowmanville Brownie, mothers, fishpond; Red Cross, knitting and cro- cheting; 1st and 5th Bowman- ville Brownie Packs, cookies; 3rd Bowmanville Guide Co., frogs; TOPS - Newcastle ON2098, delicatessen; Girl Guides of Canada, Division, public relations display; B.H.S. Student Council, coat check. The Tea Room, conducted by the sponsoring mothers association, did a gratifying business. Those who stood so patiently in line waiting for their tea are much to be comnended. A special word of com- mendation goes to the Student Council of B.H.S. Al other groups participating in the fair did so, legitimately, with an eye to making a profit for their particular cause. That is the idea of the fair. However, it is worth mentioning that the B.H.S. Student Council con- ducted a FREE coat check at the fair as a public service. Letter to the Editor McLeod Medical Centre 340 McLeod Street Ottawa, Canada Dear Sir: I should like to bring to the attention of you and your readers some details of Bill C-83 (Peace and Security), now before Parliament, which may be unknown to you and undoubtedly are unknown to most of your readers. This "package bill" cannot serve Canadians well - lump- ing as it does such divergent issues as electronic surveil- lance, ,gun control, crime inquiries, parole. etc. into one bill, to receive one vote for or against by an M.P.' I personally feel that the gun control section is unnecessary and will do nothing to reduce or prevent crime:' Section 106.3 (16) - places arbitrary and unrestricted powers in the hands of an appointed official, who can restrict and control in any manner he wishes, even if not prescribed by regula- tions, how a person may use, carry, possess, handle or store any firearm or ammu- nition. Section 99. (2) - every one who stores any firearm or ammunition in a "careless manner" is guilty of an in- dictable offense and is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. Section 100.1 - every person in a business concerning firearms or ammunition must keep a record of every transaction and a running stock inventory. Every small country store will have to record the sale of even one box of ammunition. Section 88.(1)f an "unli- censed person" possessing firearms or ammunition is guilty of an indictable off- ense and liable to imprison- nut for 2 years. A "fire- a" includes "any frame, brrel, receiver, breech block, firing pin or ham- mer". This means that your wife or a friend, unless le- ensed, could make no pur- chase or delivery on your be- half, deliver a part of a fire- arm to a gunsmith for re- pair, or even temporarily, store or transport a firearm for you in home, automobile, trailer or van. Section 95. (1) - same penalty as above, but covers "every one who sells, barters, gives, lends, tranfers or de- livers any firearm or ammu- nition to an unlicensed per- son". What do "transfer" or "deliver" mean in actual practice? It is ominously vague. "Explanatory Notes", page 13 - "entire costs of this pro- gram" are to be borne by the gun owner. No fee is stated - will it rise annual- ly to prohibitive levels? Section 106.8-anything omit- ted, or more probably, felt to be a hindrance to pass- age of the bill, can be brought in later by Cabinet order overnight - no notifi- cation of Parliament - no de- bate - no vote. 900 new "registrars" are to be hired. So much for holding down government expenditure. I intended to place the enclosed advertisement in the weekly newspapers in Ontario at my own expense, but I found that the cost would be too much when I learned how many weekly newspapers there are. I hope therefore that you see fit to communi- cate, in some measure at least, this information to your readers. An informed public will, at least, be able to make a sensible decision about the merits of this bill, and I hope, make their feelings known to their M.P. Yours very truly, T.FB. Philips, M.D. LONG SAULT Mr. and Mrs. Keith Goble and boys, Blackstock, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Baker and Pam- ela, Burketon, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hall, Dunsford, Mr. and Mrs. John Baker and boys were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. Baker celebrating Ruth, Pamela and Steven's birthdays. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boud- reau, Dawna and Greg, New- market were Saturday supper guests of Miss Grace Smith. Mrs. G Kovacs, Judy and Louise attended Kingsview United Church service Sunday B & P Women's Club did a fine business in books.