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Presents Handmade Pilars to Jerusalem Loc Reject Park Le vy Following considerable dis- cussion with developer Mario Ventri on Monday, over the proposed passing of a bylaw for the levy of fees on single lot severances and apartment construction for park use, council on a recorded vote rejected the bylaw 4-3. The byiaw was recently proposed to committee of the whole by Planning Director George Howden as it was not deemed fair for subdivision developments to bear the brunt of allotting five per cent of their land or money in lieu of it for park purposes, while apartments and single sever- ances for creation of a single family dwelling were not charged. Mr. Veltri brought forth considerable argument against the park levy, mainly suggesting that it would dam- pen infill development in the town. Coun. Ann Cowman and Coun. Ken Lyall supported the feeling of Mr. Veltri as they had previously at the March 8 committee of the whole meet- ing, during which Mr. Howden presented the proposed bylaw. Coun. Cowman accused Mr. Howden of working without direction from council on the matter and although Mayor Rickard and Coun. Don Allin felt such action on the part of the town staff was quite acceptable, Coun. Lyall insist- ed that they should be working under direction of council and not blindly on their own. The bylaw would have seen apartment developments fac- ed with payment of $100 for each bachelor unit, $250 for each one bedroom unit, $400 for each two bedroom unit and $550 for three or more bedroom units. Similarly, senior citizen dwelling units, operated by Volume 122 20c Per Copy BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17. 1976 :24 Pages Nur OHC or other approved, non- profit organizations would pay $100 per unit. A single family detached dwelling on a lot existing under distinct and separate ownership from abuRting lots as of the date on which the bylaw was passed would have (Turn to Page 2) Decide to Concentrate Housing in Bowmanville Rather Than Courtice Photo shows, from left to right, Wor. Bro. Clifford Trewin, Wor. Bru. Robert Guthrie, Wor. Master Everett W. King, Wor. Bro. Harry Jermyn, District Deputy Rt. Wor. Bro. Wilbur Dickinson, Past District Deputy Rt. Wor. Bro. Harry Inkpen. A unique event was witnes- sed at the regular meeting of Jerusalem Lodge ~ No. 31 A.F.A.M. on Wednesday, March 10th on the occasion of their annual inspection by Rt. Wor. Bro. Wilbur J. Dickin- son, D.D.G.M of Port Hope. Rt. Wor. Bro. Harry Inkpen of Whitby introduced Wor. Bro. Harry Jermyn of Whitby to the officers, members and visitors after which Wor. Bro. Jermyn gave a detailed account of the origin of the altar pillars, before present- ing the Lodge with three beautiful pillars, made by him. They were gratefully accep- ted on behalf of the Lodge by the Master Wor. Bro. E. W. King. Wor. Bro. R. Guthrie and Wor. Bro. C. Trewin presented Wor. Bro. Jermyn with a handpainted picture and book in appreciation, on behalf of Jerusalem Lodge, whose members will forever be in debt to Wor. Bro. Jermyn for his masterly workman- ship, which will always be a lasting tribute to a sincere and dedicated Mason, and an asset of beauty fo enhance our Lodge. May Close Two Stations Regional Police Cut Backs Wi Mot Aff ect Bowmanville By Doug Taylor Whitby and Ajax may have to satisfied with its present $250,000 from its 1976 budget. Residents in Bowmanville be closed to reduce spending. function. t has been assured b need not panic as a result of The Division 16 office in The proposed closing of the Commission Chairma b the announcement at Thurs- Bowmanville will remain open Whitbv office (Division 10) Thomas Jermyn that th day's meeting of the Region's Chief Jon Jenkins assured the and the Ajax office (Division ciosing of the two offices wi Finance Committee that Re- Statesman Monday morning 24) has been made by the in g o way affect the respons gional Police Stations in He said that the Bowmanville police commission in compli- time, he pointed out, as th office is a necessity as it now ance with Regional Council's "patrolling area will also b d stands and that all are quite wish for the commission to cut the same." LJ%JUdI Appoints PPrincipas At last Thursday's meeting of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion, approval was given to the appointment of the following three principals: J.R. Simser, acting princi- pal of Orono Public School since last fall, is assuming the duties of principal of that school. R.S.A. Fair, takes over the principalship of George Ham- ilton Public School where he has been acting principal. Both of these appointments were effective as of Thursday eveings smeeting. H.0. Bradley will become principal of Courtice Second- ary School on September lst, 1976. He is presently vice- principal of that school. Former Council's Zoning Amended tc Meet New eqet Newcastle council found themselves again Monday faced with amending a zoning restriction of the former Newcastle Village Council. It appears unclear why it happened, but the former council, while zoning the remainder of the commercial area on the villages main street as C-3, for some reason deemed it logical to zone Glanville's Variety Store as C-1. The problem which was brought to the attention of council by Cour. Kirk Ent~ wisle was that Mr. Glanville now wishes to irstall a lunch bar in the store, a move not permitted under the C-1 zon- ing. He therefore moved with council's unanimous concur- rence that the planner prepare the necesary bylaw to amend the former zoning bylaw. A second zoning change in the village was made by the passing oftbylaw 76-14 which amends the former village bylaw 73-15. The amendment was neces- sary to permit the arranging of a "nursery school" in the Baptist Churchson Mill Street Nor~th. Tigers Win Cartwrigh t Dram a Contest Continuing a long tradition, Cartwright High School presented three one act plays on Friday and Saturday evening at the Blackstock Community Centre. Each of the school's three houses, the Alicats, the Ookpiks and the Tigers entered the drama competition, and all of the productions were fully directed, produced and acted by the students themselves. "A Cue For Cleopatra" presented by the Tigers, was chosen first by the judges. In the photo above, Paul Larmer, the ravishing (though well-muscled) Egyptian queen displays some of his talent while Tammy Demerchant provides a cooling breeze. y n e Ill e e e The closings, therefore, will not bring any reduction in the number of officers on duty, (Turn to Page 2) I The Ontario Housing Action Program (OHAP) has decided to concentrate its increase of housing starts within Bow- manville and to leave Courtice out of the program for now. The decision was made in a meeting on Friday in which Housing Minister John Rhodes and Newcastle town officials reviewed the housing start program of OHAP. Although no final decisions were made during the meet- ing, a participant said Bow- manville was considered a more feasible choice for the concentration of housing starts because of the fewer servicing problems that would be encountered. The group also agreed that some minor changes could be made more quickly in Bow- manville than they could in the Courtice area. So far the province has spent $230,000 studying the feasibility of housing starts in, the town of Newcastle. The original proposal in 1974 for 30,000 starts for Bowman- ville was cut back to 15,000 due to opposition from a number of to opposition from a number of Search for Murder Suspects home owners who felt the estimate was too high for an agricultural area like New- castle. The next step that the group agreed to follow is arranging a meeting with regional officials for including the program in the proposed offical plan for the region, he said. In the official plan, areas that are now designated as special study areas have to be changed to residential areas in order to include the housing start program. (Turn to Page Two) Scugog Allotted Highest Wintario Grant in Region Scugog Township Mayor Lawrence Malcolm was admittedly caught by surprise Friday on hearing that a $100,000 Wintario grant had been allotted toward the construction of an arena and community centre in Port Perry. The mayor reported that he had been talking to the clerk only an hour before learning of BpITS& IS THERE'S HOPE - Yesterday's unexpected four inches of snow didn't helD cure the March blahs, but one of our staff saw and heard a flock of geese honking their way north on Monday, so don't give up the ghost. Spring may be just around the corner. It can't come too soon. WANTS PROOF - Allan Lawrence MP phoned from Ottawa on Monday concerning the press release from Councillor Ken Lyall in last week's Statesman, about the missing boat ramp in Newcastle harbor. Apparently, he had already written Councillor Lyall asking him to forward any proof that there was a boat ramp, so he can pass it along to the department con- cerned. They, at the moment, don't acknow- ledge they have any record of such a ramp. Mr. Lawrence is all set to continue his efforts but needs help from this end. MAY ELECTION - By the time this appears in print a provincial election may be in the cards. As this is being written Tuesday evening, the two opposition parties in the Legislature are threaten- ing to join forces to defeat the government. But, we'll be surprised if it comes off. We doubt if any party or elected member is that eager to go to the country right now. Finances must be in short supply for all of them, and that's a mighty important factor. FOR DO-IT-YOURSELFERS - In the Henry Buildall advertisement this week, there's a coupon to be filled out if you would like to reg- ister for their special FREE construction course. If you are contemplating building a rec room, a veranda or practically anything, check the advertisement for details on page three. ONE MACHINE SHORT - This week started off with an aggravating bang at The Statesman when one typesetting machine suffered a major case of breakdown. Special parts have to be flown in from the United States, but so far they have not arrived. So, the typists have been working staggered shifts, the photographers have been pouring out pictures to fill up the spaces and we hope this week's paper will still be published at the regular time. Oh, yes, some of this week's news may be held over. DRIVES ON AGAIN - Apparently, the over supply of waste paper that has existed for the past year or so is over for the time being. So, the Boy Scouts will be starting their paper drives again early in May. More details later. HEADING SOUTH - The geese may be heading north but tomorrow the Bowmanville High School Band takes off on its trip to Disneyworld, Florida. They leave by bus at six p.m. for the long haul so be at the school if you want to wish them good luck. DISTURBED POLITICS - The resignation of Consumer Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet yes- terday in Ottawa came as a shock to the Commons and leaves Prime Minister Trudeau in a spot. He can't justify accepting a French- Canadian minister's resignation and refusing Drury's. Maybe he'll decide he doesn't need all these problems and resign too as Prime Min- ister Harold Wilson has done in Britain. These certainly are mixed up times. the grant approval, at which time both were unaware of it. The grant, one of nine announced Friday by Culture and Recreation Minister Rob- ert Welch, when added to that collected by the town's new arena committee brings the available total for the project to about $200,000. It is the hope of the committee, the mayor ex- plained, to raise yet another $100,000 through solicitation of ail sectors of the township,. Other grants announced Friday for projects in Durham Region total some $173,535 of which the Town of Newcastle get $42,000 to build a new community hall, ncluding meeting and recreational fac- ilities, in Tyrone. Legion Branch 43, Oshawa, are awarded $17,000 to build a fenced-in, floodlit, community minor league basebal dia- mond with 300 seats. Construction of a target Ca adia->,'fîn Club Speaker Deplores a,0thy of Citizens Ovr Changes Taking Place i Our Way of Lif e %-.ý M range and development of its gun safety program got $7,000 for the Oshawa Union Rod and Gun Club. Other grants include $500 to the Baker Park Neighborhood Association in Oshawa, $360 to the Orono Amateur Athletic Association, and $250 to the Bowmanville Area Track and Field Club. Metropolitan Toronto Police morning hours of Sunday, are looking for two suspects in Feb. 8 with two unknown men connection with a February at his home and that these two 11, 1976 murder of James men could possibly have been Douglas Taylor, age 41, of 147 from the Oshawa-Whitby area Elmhurst Avenue, Willow- or transient workers, possibly dale. French Canadian, who were to The deceased's body was help the victim with his found beaten to death in his painting business on the residence on the above date. Sunday. It has been determined that The first suspect, in the the victim spent the evening of composite above, is described Saturday, Feb. 7 and the early (Turn to Page 2) Miniature Golf Issue Agaiýu*n Haunts Council1 By Doug Taylor decision Monday being to the Newcastle Village Com- refer the matter to Planning munity Hall to again question Newcastle Council are con- Director George Howden to (Turn to Page Two) tinuing with examination of further study its feasibility. the possibility of allowing a Gordon Reid, one of two miniature golf and driving brothers who have confrontedVote range to be located at Maple council with the problem, Bylaw Asked Grove Road and Highway 2, a attended Monday's session in Norman K. Rebin, guest speaker at the Canadian Club of WestDurham, broughtChus audience in Trinity United Church Hall last Wednesday evening an excellent address on the topic "Crusade for Canadian Credibility." His statements concerning the attitudes and outlook of most modern-day urbanite Canadians were, to say the least, disturbing as he com-_ pared the genuine neighbour- liness of the average Canadian of an earlier age to the disinterested, apathetic, somewhat greedy worker of to-day. At one time, Canadians who stemmed from many Eur- opean cultures were sincerely friendly, helpful, hospitable citizens who cared about the affairs of their fellows, their community and their nation community and their nation and now the speaker found the same group helplessly de- pioring their inability to be effective in directing or alter- ing the course of big business or government. He found it disturbing that, while our major cities were full of violence and crime, our citizens generally were not prepared to become involved or even support police action. Wrong Questions Due to realization by Towu Clerk Joe Mdroy that the three questions on the recently approved bylaw calling for a liquor plebiscite in Newcastle Village were not côrrectly worded, council quickly re- pealed the bylaw and replaced it at Monday's meeting. The fîrst byiaw, prepared by the LLBO and sent to couneil, contained three questions which were said to have not received previous approval of the village residents. Mr. McIlroy, realizing the mistake, contacted the LLBO and called on council Monday to make the necessary adjust- ment in the questions for the vote which will still be held on May 18. Orono Couple Bring Greetings from 1,000-Yr-Old Holland Town Couny ateook a short break took a trip home Iast August i dances balls and flower Monday affernoon, time to connection with the 1,000 festivals. The Orono residents receive a return gift from a anniversary of Rynsburg, a were on a six week holiday municipality in South Holland. municipality in South Holland tour as they still have rela- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glasber- from 975 to 1975 tives in the municipality of gen of Division Street in The event is reported by the approximately 8,000 to 10,000 Orono, residents of that com Glasbelgens to have been 10 population. mnunity for the past 25 years, days of celebrations, parades, Mayor Garnet Rickard who gave the Glasbergens a gift to Rynsburg on behaîf of New- castle, accepted the return message which he hopes to have suitably framed and hung in the municipal quarters. mber 11 -