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Local Red Cross Receives New Charter Council Wants Meeting With Boa CalI Education Newcastle Council resolved Monday evening to advise the Northumberland and New- castle Board of Education that the rate increases for the citizens of the town, as per the board's '76 budget, are out- rageous and unacceptable. They request a meeting with the board to discuss the increases. Coun. Kirk Entwisle initi- ated the motion with Coun. Ann Cowman seconding it and noting difficulty in merely having such figures put in front of one without the basis behind them being known. Treasurer Joe Descent pro- vided a report to council on the increases which the budget the board has adopted will bring to each area of the town, the overall increase being Budg.et some 26 per cent above last year. A second report by Mr. Descent concerning the Reg-' ional Water and Sewer Defi- cits for 1974 and '75 brought a duplicate motion from Coun. Entwisle. Mr. Descent's report shows, based on 1974 actual figures and 1975 estimated figures, a total of $89,459 deficit for I utrgI water anu $237,165 for sewer. A breakdown shows Bow- manville with a deficit of $6,513 for water and $230,703 for sewer, Newcastle Village $69,103 for water and $6,462 for sewer and Orono $13,843 for water only. Mr. Descent explained that town council must pass a resolution to have the Region collect the deficits on the ~tate~nî~ Volume 122 20c Per Copy BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WED NESDAY, APRIL 7, 1976 26 Pa town's behalf by means of a surcharge on the Regional water and sewer billings to the users He stated that it will also be necessary to direct the Region toapply to the sewage deficit of the town of Bowmanville, the reserve fund of $24,057, which was transferred to the Region on January 1, 1974. gU ages Number 14 In addition to presenting awards to the many volunteers who have made the local Red Cross successful, 2nd Vice President of the Ontario Division of the Canadian Red Cross, Fred Blucher presented them with their new charter. The new charter which officially makes them the Durham East Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society, was received by the branch's president, Pat Griffin. Region and Education Bud gets Making it Alost Impossible For Council to HfoId Tux Line Despite the efforts by New- castle Council to maintain increases in their 1976 budgets within the guidelines laid down by the provincial gov- ernment, it appears increases in taxes may be unavoidable. The increases will however not be the fault of the council but instead the responsibility can be focused on two other bodies, primarily the North- umberland and Newcastle Board of Education and par- tially Regional Council. Town Treasurer Joe De- scent, as requested by the Finance Committee last week, reported to Monday's council meeting on the increases to be faced from the Board of Education. The eoverall levy for the entire town for public schools according to the budgets the board have approved, is up $371,464 or 23.076 per cent. The town 's levy for High Schools is up to $399,376 or 29.806 per cent over last year. Breaking the figures down into the various areas of the town (public schools first) Bowmanville's assessment is up by $134,280 or 23.784 per (Turn to Page Two) Hotel Mattress Ignited By Cigarette Oshawa Woman Wins $1500 During the Awards Night presentations, Mrs. C. Scott was given a Certificate of Merit in honor of her "outstanding voluntary service" to the local branch of the Red Cross. Three gentlemen who also received awards for their contribution to the Durham East Branch were (from left to right) Fred Griffin, George Forsey and Roy Spry. In his presentations to the men, Inspector Blucher commended them for their roles as "long suffering husbands" of Red Cross workers. Continue to Chop Costs To Hold Budget deliberations kept Town of Newcastle Council- lors busy last week as they stretched the March 29 meet- ing of the Finance Committee into a three day session. The Monday session ad- journed at 10:25 p.m. and resumed on Thursday morn- ing until noon, starting again on Friday with an adjourn- ment of 10:30 p.m. Among savings that the committee cut from the bud- gets was an estimated amount of $2,000, with the recommen- dation to council that the Region Public Works Depart- ment be advised not to paint a name on the Bowmanville water tower. Another saving of $8,200 was managed by recoimending to council that the Regional Works be advised that from Down Tax Rate the point of view of residents of Orono, the installation of water meters is not necessary and the expenditure should be deleted frora the budget. The committee concurred with a recent recommenda- tion of Planning Director George Howden to have new maps of the entire of Town of Newcastle prepared. They recommended that an amount of $1,000 be placed in the budget for the purchase of such maps. An $8,000 grant was ap- proved for the Fair Board on the understanding that the Orono Athletic Club could use the arena in the winter months. Fire Chief Jim Hayman was requested to revise the budget to reflect a total amount of 20 Local Business People Study Financial Statements A business management Fitchett, C.A., of Dunwoody seminar primarily for people and Co., Oshawa, were made in small business was held at and the participants were The Flying Dutchman Motor actively involved in the group Inn on Mar. 30th, 1976. workshops. Arranged by the Management The Federal Business De- Services Department of the velopment Bank (formerly the Federal Business Develop- Industrial Development ment Bank, in cooperation Bank) makes bans to busin- with the Bowmanville Cham- esses of ail types for a variety ber of Commerce, the seminar of purposes. Almost haif of the was one of several hundred Bank bans are for $25,000 or conducted by the Bank in less and the Bank is especially smaller cities and towns interested in assisting smal across Canada. businesses. 1 Some 20 people attended the The Management Services seminar which considered the Department of the Bank financial statements of a publishes a series of pam- small business and the effect phlets on Small Business that an expansion bas on Management, provides in- them. Brief presentations by formation on Federal assist- the Bank's officers, supported ance programmes available to by the guest speaker, G.A. businesses.A Promote Two Firemen Accept Two Monday's meeting of the Community Services Commit- tee concurred with a report IMPROPERLY DRESSED We expected some re- action from readers in con- nection with a photo of Allan Lawrence, our MP, that we published along with his spe --on nuclear reactor sa- other countries, but nobony complained. Mr. Lawrence was shown leaning on a podium, in his shirt sleeves. You just don't do that in the House of Com- mes. There's no podium to lean on and Mr. Speaker would take a dim view if you appeared without a jacket. It was the only photo we could find at the moment. Our apologies. Applicants from Fire Chief Jim Hayman for promotions and new mem- bers within the Orono and Newcastle Village volunteer fire brigades. In Orono, Captain Jack Mercer is promoted in rank to Deputy Chief, replacing former Deputy Chief Gordon Watson who recently retired from the brigade. yireman Reid Cochrane rises to the rank of Captain in place of Mr. Mercer while an application from James R. Hutton to join the force was accepted, bringing the bri- gade back up in strength to 18 members. In Newcastle Village, the recent retirement of fireman Lawrence Gaines is being replaced by the acceptance of application from Jeffrey L. Alldread. $170,000, including debt charges of $9,200. It was also recommended that increased revenue be derived by raising the Com- mittee of Adjustment fees to $50 per application. In Legion The monthly draw for the Br. 178 Legion Lottery was made on Wednesday, March 31st, 1976 at the Ladies Auxiliary Bingo in the Legion Hall. Total sales for the month were $3470 and the chairman of the Legion Lottery called on various bingo players and Legion members and ladies auxiliary members to make the five draws for the March BUDGET NOT TOO TOUGH Ontario's Treasurer Hon. Darcy McKeough produced a budget last night that hit the sinners who smoke ciga- rettes or drink liquor, plus those who are covered by OHIP, but gave small bus- iesses a tax break. On the surface, the budget is not as tough as predicted, indicating that the govern- ment has kept its options open, just in case there might be an election in the months immediately ahead. F' BIT S & P -EýC ES SOME SUBSTITUTE - Mrs. Arnold Etcher (Ena) recently visited her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Amundrud, Regina, Sask. While there, Ena filled in for her daughter, Susan, who was in hospital, on her bowling team and made headlines in the Regina Leader Post. She rolled 337 in one game and a triple of 769. No doubt the other teams were happy to see her leave. PRESCRIPTION SERVICE - Local phar- macists were a bit annoyed over an item in this column last week about the non-availabil- ity of an emergency prescription service in town on a Sunday, holiday or after hours. T'aint so! First, call your doctor or the duty doctor and he may then call the pharmacist 'on call' so you may receive medication if needed. The pharmacy on call will be open for emergency prescriptions only on Sunday from 1 - 2 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. STORE SOLD - Yurko's Neighborhood Store on Ontario St. has been sold to a Mr. and Mrs. Richards who took over on Thursday. The deal was completed by Stew McTavish of W. Frank Real Estate. We wish the new owners well, and suggest they install a phone and have the number inserted in the phone book. We tried to phone Yurko's or Neighborhood for more information but couldn't find a listing for the store. CIRCUS COMING - The Shrine Circus is coming to Oshawa again this year on May 8th and interested citizens who would like to obtain advance tickets at reduced prices would do well to contact Specialty Paper Products office on Temperance St. as soon as possible. This in the past, has been a great show for adults or kiddies and Shriner Fibber McGee assures us it will be up to par again this year. BIG BAZAAR - Several committees of Rotarians are busy working on their big bazaar and sale at Bowmanville High School in May. So far, not too much evidence of progress has been seen in the beard growing contest, but it may come better with the warm weather. Right now, they are looking for top quality donated articles, NOT clothing to sell in the bazaar, the ladies are looking after the baking products. A house to house canvass for articles is planned for Saturday, April 24th; In the meantime, items may be left at Lander's Hardware, Glen Rae Dairy, Jan Oegema's 92 Queen and Canadian Tire. RECOVERING - If this edition doesn't turn out the way it should, blame the Editor. He and his son returned Sunday from Bermuda, after five days as guests of Air Canada and the Bermuda Dept. of Tourism. They are still recuperating from the beautiful but busy experience. 's March prize winners. First ticket drawn by the winner of the Jack-pot Bingo ($25.00) was ticket No.C 3812 held by Mrs. Rose Fowler of 91 Patricia Avenue, Oshawa. Mrs. Fowler purchased her ticket at work in the Oshawa General Hos- Vehicle by Doug Taylor Following the questioning by one citizen of two items in the new refreshment vehicle bylaw, now before council, the bylaw was tabled on second reading for further considera- tion. Jaycee Jim Robinson appeared before council to question the portion of the bylaw regulating where and for how long a vehicle may stop to vend goods. Mr. Robinson feared that if the bylaw was passed as prepared, the requirement that such a vehicle not park within 200 feet of any public park or other eating establish- ment might create some problems. Mr. Robinson indicated that it would eliminate the catering trucks from attending such a site as the Soper Creek Park to provide the workers employed there under the Jaycees LIP grant with refreshments. He also questioned whether it was council's wish to prevent such vehicles from setting up next to a park while an event such as a ball game was in progress. The bylaw in that respect would limit the time the vehicle could situate in any one location to a half hour. Preparation of such a bylaw has been in the minds of councillors and town officials Lottery pital, which won for her the $1500 first prize. Alex Joncas, a Legion member of Branch 178 sold Mrs. Fowler the ticket, and that made him the recipient of the first seller's prize of $150. (Turn to Page Two) Bylaw for some time. Heavy criti- cism late in 1975 of vehicles like the Burger Bus and various Chip trucks, essential- ly caused more emphasis to be placed on it with the resulting bylaw being prepared. The bylaw has provisions for controlling the operations of those vehicles and also provides for them to pay an additional licencing fee which is in lieu of the usual business fee paid by other commercial outlets. Previously, refreshment vehicles have been licenced under the Hawkers and Ped- lars regulations and subject to only a minor fee while the new bylaw will require payment of $200 for the first vehicle and $100 for each subsequent vehicle. NDP NOMINATION MEET On Thursday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, the New Demo- cratic Party in Durham East will hold a provincial nomination meeting at the BHS Library, with Stephen Lewis as guest speaker. This will be the NDP leader's first major address since the provincial budget was unveiled in the Legis- lature on Tuesday evening. Doug Moffatt, MPP, is expected to retain the nomi- nation. Bowmanville firefighters stand clear as smoke rolls out the rear emergency door on the top floor of the Castie Hotel Saturday morning. The smoke was caused by a burning mattress, found in the wasbroom. Donald Smith, occupant of one of the rooms, had apparently been smoking in bed and ignited the mattress, took it to the nearby washroom and extinguished it. It rekindled later, calling firemen into action at 7:47 a.m. -Photo by Doug Taylor Regional Wef re Aed lif ewGo'tLe-i a The impact of recent pro- vincial government legislation forcing all able-bodied people receiving benefits to work or ose them will be small on the Region of Durham, according to Social Services Commis- sioner Doug Johns. Mr. Johns said last Thurs- day that the welfare depart- ment has been refusing wel- fare assistance to able-bodied people for a period of a year. The new regulation for the welfare department went into effect on April lst after it was proposed by Social Services Minister James Taylor in February, and gained the approval of the cabinet about two weeks ago. The commissioner said the regional welfare department was free last year to refuse benefits to able-bodied perons under the legislation then in effect. The regulation that was just made mandatory last week saved the welfare department $200,000 last year, he said. The policy of the depart- ment last year was to cut able-bodied persons off wel- fare if they did not accept suitable employment, in- cluding anything they were "physically or mentally able to do," he stated. Mr. Johns said however, that the department will make a saving under other areas of the new legislation. The regulation will also refuse welfare assistance to any single, employable person under 18 except in special cases. Under this area of the regulation, the commissioner estimated that a $100,000 savings will be made to the department's budget. The legislation also reduces payments to any welfare recipients sharing accommo- dations with each other, The saving that this will make for the department bas not been estimated BHS CONCERT TONIGHT This evening at Bowman- ville High School, outstand- ing alto saxophonist Paul Brodie wiH be the featured artist in a concert presented by the BHS Concert Associ- ation. The school band will also perform, their first appearance since returniug from their trip to Florida. BHS Band in Action at Daytona Beach During Their Recent Florida Trip The B.H.S. band in action, performing at the Shopping where they also were wel received by spectators, including Centre in Daytona Beach, led by Director Elliott Tremeer many Canadians holidaying ini the area. They also took part in a bi-centennial parade at Disney World - Photo by Rick James Council Tables Refreshment