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Salvatîon Army Welcomes Commissioner to Bowmanville ~be tttmbîan Volume 122 20e Per Copy BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1976 40 Pages Issue 51 Woman KIIed, en Inlured Report Says Darlington Power Plant Would Cause ý%d ditio n-aI Trumf fiîc -Ho r e, If Ontariol Hydro is able to go aheadwt plans for a $3.5 billion n ucl!ear genierating sta- tionl west of Bomanvillle, you may notice mnore traffic on Iýal ronds during the 1980's. tra traffic is one of the -nsible side effects that the const ructLion ofa Darlington Generating station could have on local communities. Othier possiýble, effects are described in aniOntario Hydro repo)rt condiucted by the con- s ulting firm of James F. MacLaren Limited. The MacLaren report estim- ates that highway' two, Cour- tice Road and one Service road will need upgrading in order to accommodate traffic caused by thie Drig The cost of the extra road work would be $612,000. The report states that i! highway 401 is upgraded by 1981, the road network next to the Darlinigton site will be able to handle the extra traffic. t adds that the re-designing and re-widening of the Cour- tice Rond interchange is a must if traffic is to be kept running smoothly during the height of the il yenrs of construction at Darlington. But, extra traffic is only one result of the Darlington gener- ating plant construction. 1Extra People An estimated 3,500 person- nel will wo'ýrk a t the Darlington site during ithe peak of activity in the idi 1980's and part of the Macbaren report deals with the impact the workers will have on the communities of Bowmanville, Oshawa, Courtice, Newcastle Village and other areas inside and outside the Durham Region. Basically, the report seemis to indicate that the influx of al these extra people won't make Bowmanville into a "company town. " The report suggests that the majorîty of the Hydro workers will find homes in Oshawa and tliat Oshawa will have no difficulty supplying the (Turn to Page Two) Bowmonville Boy Donates to Christmas Cheer Drive Iloping that some other boy might like to find a toy under the tree this time of year, Shawn Gray decided to give some of his own toys away to someone else. Mtfer hearing of the Salvation Army's Annual Christmas Cheer Drive, the five--year-old Bowmanville boy delivered the toys to the centre on Division St. This year's drive chairman, Captain Robert Perry, was more than hapy to accept the gifts which will go on to help a family less fortunate t an Shawn's- WHIITE CHRISTMAS? The hopes of those' who are dreaming of a white Christmas wiII corne true, according to the long range weather fore- cast for this area. The forecast calis for suinny periods oi Frîday with I ow tem1peratures ngeàr --î degre-s~ Celsitis and highs near -8. Christmas day wviII bring sniow and tern- peratures ranging from -12 to -1. School B1us Car CoIîde, One woman died and two men were injured in a collision between a car and a school bus at an intersection west of Blackstock Tuesday morninig. Dead is Patricia Joan Hall, 31, of Janetville. Police say she was a passenger in the car. The driver of the car, 30-year-old Frederick Appleton, also of Janetville, was taken to Scarborough General Hospital where hie is listed in serious condition. Fifty-six-year old Oliver Rohr er, the driver of the school bus, was taken to Port Perry Hospital., Police say that 39 students were on the bus but none was seriously hurt. However, a spokesman for the Newcastle OPP said this morning that hie understood some of the students were shaken up in the collision. The bus was headed towards the high school and elementary school in Blackstock. The N ewcastle OPP detachment reports that the bus was eastbound on the fourth concession of Cartwright township. The car was southbound on the west quarter line of the township. The time of the collision was 8:20 a.m. Police say charges are pending. Keeps SItudents O u t of S Ch o ol-1 Icy roads and sleet cancel- led classes for about 12,000 studIents of the Northumber-, land NwateBoýard of Ther ere no buses run- ning in the, area servîIced by the,- Northumberland New- castle Board because of condi- tions described by one board ~BITS & PIECES ý4 BACK TO DEEP FREEZE - ln case you'didn't notice, Tuesday was officially the first day of winter and there was no doubt about it because the thermometers sank well below zero or whatever that is Celsius. The change after several days of thawing was hard to take, especially when the chill was accompanied by strong winds. No doubt business must have perkedi up at the travel agencies as those who shiver easily book passage for warmer climates. ATTRACTIVE KING ST.- Bowmanville's main street, with its colorful decorations on the poles and across the intersections has certainly taken on a festive appearance. But, making it attractive at this season has ap- parently cost about $2,600. The Chamber of Commerce is trying to pay for the improved appearance by asking business establish- ments to kick in some money. Town council has already made a grant and service clubs have been approached. We doubt if they'd turn down assistance from individuals as well. TRAGIC TIME - One has to feel sorry for the parents of those young people who have been arrested on drugcharges in Oshawa, Whitby and Toronto.-It must be rough to face at this time of year. But, not nearly as tragic as the school bus-car accident near Blackstock early Tuesday morning. No details were available at time of writing, but it is understood one woman was killed and her driver -seriously injured. Some of the school children and the bus driver were al-,o hurt. STATESMAN HOLIDAYS - To make up for Christmas and Boxing Day holidays, The Statesman office will be closed on Friday and Monday. There will be no Country Cou- rier piublished 'this week or next, but The Statesman will be published at the, regular time next week, if the staff have recovered from Christmas in time to produce it. SUBSCRIPTIONS POURING IN - The past few days, the mails have been.filled with letters from subscribers all over the country, sending in their annual renewals for this newspaper. Many of them have been taking The, Statesman for many years, although they haven't lived here for some time. Quite a few write some friendly comments that are apprçciated. It's good to hear from them, and learn that 'the old rag' is still like la letter from home. It gives us a nice warm feeling that we must be doing something right, because the number of readers keeps increasing every year. BEST 0F THE SEASON - Now,, with just a couple of days left before Christmas, may we extend best season's greetings to one and ahi. Have a good holiday! Hope you 've enjoyed the Letters to Santa. Some of them are really ente! of education spokesman as "unsafe". Robert C'litheicroe, of, the tra)nsportation departiert of thec board saïd thaýt icy conditions on the back roads and some of the paved roads made, driving conditions haz- ardous. While many rural schools' remained open, f ew pupils turned out because of the lack of bus service. And for some students in the Northumberland Newcastle system, examinations sched- uled for Monday had to be postponed., (Turn to Page Two) 1NO FIRES The Bowmanville branch of the Newcastle fire department reports that the week before Christmas has been peaceful. Fire Chief Jirn Hay- man said this morning that no cails have been received at the Bow- manville station since last Wednesday. He said the advice fromn the fire department on how to keep the holidays free frorn fire rernains the saine. "Just be careful with Christmas trees, and papers," Chief Hayman said. They Hod a Good Time Greeting Deor OId Santa When the entertainment was over at the Legion party on Saturday, there was a loud Ho Ho and in came old St. Nick, big tummny and al.. and it was rea Son the ichildren were g athering around to meet himn and these two yo ung ladie hopped up ofl his lap, with no fear, to tell him what they wanted fr Christmas. Sterling Mather of Orono was Master of Ceremonies for the Eldorado S ubm ils Plan Foer Port Granby Dump Nuclear Waste Cleanup Eldorado Nuclear Limited announced Mondny an eight point program aimed at dlean- ing up nuclear waste at the Port Granby disposai site. The report is the result of an Atomic Energy Control Board directive handed down this summer. The board asked that the Port Granby site, located south of Newtonville, be decommissioned by Janunry 31, 1977. Mentioned in the report is a new refining process which will reduce the volume of liquid and nitrate wastes resulting from Eldorndo's re- finery operations in Port Hope. Liquid waste has been considered the problem at Port Granby. The Eldorado report states that a network of damns for the recycling of water as well as infilling and security systems will be installed as part of the decomrnissioning project. A lagoon system will pu-rify water of arsenic and radiumn 226, according to the Eldorado plans. School Bus CoIIides witlh Car West of Blackstock This photo shows the school bus and the car that collided about 8:30 a.m.- Tuesday at the first intersection west of Blackstock. A Janetville, woman was killed and several Cartwright High Sehool students were shaken up by the collision and the impact of the side of the bus and a pole when the bus swung around following the fatal crash. The car was demolished and the front tires of the bus were tomr off. OPP Newcastle are investigating.