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irle Des troys NVewtonville Store Sid Brown, Newtonville store- keeper for more than 25 years, celebrated his 65th birthday yester- day with no intention of retiring, but fate stepped in and burned his store to the ground early tig morning, probably forcing him to quit work. The fire, according to nearby neighbors, began with an explosion and within a short time, the entire brick structure was ablaze. Fire- men f rom Newcastle Village were called and in turn sent for help from Bowmanville. In spite of their best efforts, there was no way the tinder dry structure and contents could be saved. Fortunately, they were able to keep it from spreading to a house only a few feet to the west. Firemen were on the scene for several hours, with tankers bring- ing in fresh supplies of water on a regular basis from the hydrants in Newcastle. The store was. operated for many years by the Lane family before Mr. Brown purchased it. Lt was also the post office until a separate federal building was bujît during the period when Russell C. Honey was the Member of Parliament for this area. Fire officiais are still investi- gating the cause of the blaze and so far have not released an estimate of the loss w7hich undoubtedly -will run into many thousands of dollars. iows the burned out store after the roof had collapsed. Note n the roof at right, pouring water onto the flames. lrg e Ret Hkes 13 Pe ent or idir- ds i in Ar eac ,d by totaiied $208. 80 per month. The average rent granted ýssed came to $189. 19 per month. nent The Rent Review BoarcFs rent statistics state that as of June, cent 18, the Oshawa Rent Review has office which serves the Dur- view ham region, had held 53 asss hearings and deait witb .634 mner units. Over four thousand applications were made to the and local office frorn tenants and re- landiords. gion (Turn to. Page Two) ethe Volume 122 20e Per Copy BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WED, LNUIAAUV! 'a Eldorado Dumpni May Clo0seý End of July, SEAP chairman John Veldhuis said last night that about 25 members of the SEAP (Save the Enlvironment From -~ &~ Atornie Pollution> group were on hand yesterday - to stage a peaceful ~. deof tAtomi nefroynt~T ofESthe JUIN i 24 Panes Control Board offices in In addition to the, SEAP members outside AECB offices, a delegation composed of Mr. Veidhuis, Durham East MPP, Doug Moffatt and Newcastle Councilior, Ken Lyail met inside the AEC13 building to speak with mem- bers of the Atoice Energy Control Board. The meeting took place arouznd 9 a.m. The board convened yester- day i is regular monthiy meeting. On the agenda was the question of whether the present license for Eldorado Nulear Limited's Port Granby dump should be re- newed. An AECB decision on that question is expected today. Unotliciaiiy Official However, Newcastle coun- cillor, Ken Lyail said this morning that it is "uinofficially officiai" that the dump wiil be nîiglerthe rezular hi Limit to forth or fiftl onof in Three E cost a lot of money. "The license fee for the fourth and each additional dog shall be $50o,," the new regulation states. The purpose of the by-law is to discourage people in resi- dential areas from keepiing large numbers of the animais o Boxe ks Comm ittee Debate laint of a resident 'a'verley Gardehs bas shown that ydro .transformers operly located on property in that owmanville, New- ommittee of the old on June 28th. gto the town's Engineering, John e three square ft. ly located and require the permission of the homeowner to exist where they are. The Commi ttee of the Whole voted to send the site plan agreement signed by the former Town of Bowmanville and the development firm, Wilswar Enterprise, back to the original consulting en- gineering company, Proctor and Redfern for review. Tesite plan agreement signed at that Oime only provided for storm sewers and fafled to include the necessary easements for the installation of the transformers, Mr. Ferguson said. Mayor Garnet Richard re- ceived a letter fromi the complaining resident, Roger Delorme, 32 Càrruthers Dr., and the matter was taken to the Commnittee of the Whole (Turn to Page Two) Iogs on their property. Prior, to this. regulation, dog licenses were $10.00 per ani- mai, rno matt'er how many of them you happened to oWn. Councillor Ken Lyall told couancil during discussion ,of the by-law Mlonday night, that the regulation would not apply to a bona fide kennel owners operating under the proper -licenses. The councillor also said he has had complaints recently about people in residenitial area keeping large numbers of dogs. He said there is one place in the Village of New- castle with 13 dogs and another one with five. That's too many, according to Councillor Lyall, who said dog complaints had been "drîving him nuts." Councillor Kirk Entwisle suggested tche new by-law would be difficult to enforce. He said the number of timnes the town would collect a $50.00 ,ee could be counted on one finger. Police have charged a 36-year-old Bownmanville man with the rape of a 12-year-old Oshawa girl. Police report the girl was attacked early Sunday morn- ing around 12:30 a.m. while babysitting for an Oshawa family. Thomas Edward Dewell, of 84 Scugog St., Bowmanville has been charged ,Àith rape. He appeared in Oshawa provincial court Monday morning, where he was remanded in custody until July 12. The Branch 178 Legion Lottery Draw was held in the Legion Club Roomns on Wed- niesday, June 3th, 1976 at 11: 15 p, m. Total sales for the month were $3056 just slightly over Jast month's figures, and Uduring the monith the following Day Care Pi donatioi p callecion t! y Ladies Au, Il First Priý 1, (Turs S UOPc pilsï THAT'S BETTER - After several days of soggy, overcast weather last week, it was nice to see the Sun corne out on Sunday and stay that way for a1 couple of days. No doubt, farmers with haying to be1 done were delighted at the change, as were the strawberry growers whose season is an extremneiy brief one with the best of weather. HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Last Thursday was Canada's lO9th birthday and the whole Town of Newcastle went ail out to celebrate the event. In Bowmanville, Pat Gould's Photo Shop on King St. West presented a most attractive win- dow display, including two large Canadian flags as background. The only other flags in evidence were in the east window of Rickaby's Ltd., 91so on King St. W. That was our big cele- bration. Some birthday! CHAMPION TWIRLER- Cindy Langford, 1O--years-old, of 28 Mill Lane, Bowmanville, won the Juveie Canadian Twirling Championship at Thornhill Community Centre on June 25th. She competed against others in the samne age group from across Canada and topped them ail. Nice going and congratulations. OPEN HOUSE - Don't forget'the Open House at the Edna Thomson Day Care Centre on Church St. today and tomnorrow. Hours for to- day are from 7 to 9 this evening and on, Thurs- day from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. There also are movies for youngster-9 at the Library this after- noon and craft classe,, next Monday. WENT ASTRAY - Last week's Canadian Statesmans that should have gone to the Oshawa area on Tuesday evening apparently went astray, much to the chagrin of a niumber of subscribers. We're not certain just what happened to themn, but they arrived back in Oshawa somne time on Monday af ter being returned from Ottlawa . Hp he a nice trip. op1 hy a seemns o t usuially ing al, n ail rer Id to see many ,are dried up g as though it onts, parts of adful drought, -. And quite a end some of it to do it. As a 'he Statesman thas been for s are findinig Yesterday was a fine day for a parade, so 10 childnen and foûr adu1ts the Edna Thomson Day Cane Centre on Church Street took advantage( sunny weathen to dness up and march downtown. In the photo, little L Jason Walsh and baker Colin Smith, both three years old, pause at thc corners during a momentany break in the procession. Befone the sur holidays started, ennolîment at the day care centre reached a high Chiîldren, and the staff hopes to attract more by holding an open house fro p.mr. this evening and fromn 2:30 until 5:30 tomonrow aftennoon. Every( welcome and parents are invited to bring their children along. -Photo by Liz .Arms, th Rape ring Res panse ta Craft Class at Library DNESDAY, JULY 1. 1976 1 24 -Pages lis taIteInaný e 'ni