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House on Hancock Road Tuesday Night rWntario Witrois coming to Bow- manville next month. anyone who wa The draw will be broadcast the draw in per live from the Bowmanville b ofr HighrSchool auditorium on the Lottery officii evening of Thursday, Febru- confirmed the ary 3rd. date yesterdaye And tickets for the draw wiîî, Pooler said. be going on sale soon accord- But the annou ing to Larry Pooler, a spokes- not a complete man for the Bowmanville Bowmanville'. Jaycees who arranged for the plied for permis event. Wintario drawi He said that about 640 of 1977. tickets will be available for The club knE Draw fereFeb. 3rd. rnts to watch *son. i Date ias la Toronto February 3rd afternoon, Mr. incement was surprise. s Jaycees ap- ision to host a in the autumn iw last week that Wintario would likely be coming to town some time in February although tests had to be made to make sure that it is possible for 'television crews to broadcast from the Bowmanville High School. Mr. Pooler pointed out that the town will be the host of not just the regular Wintario draw but the bonus draw. 1Bonus Draw This means 100 additional bonus numbers will be drawn in Bowmanville. And with alI those extra numbers, more people are likely to be watching the program next month, Mr. Pooler explained. At present, the Jaycees are working out last minute de- tails on exactly how the Wintario draw will be ar- ranged. It is expected, however, that there will be two shows. One will take place la the after- noon when the 100 bonus numbers are drawn and the second show will take place Thursday evening. The Jaycees are planning an qvening of entertainment that will lead up to the drawing of the numbers at 9 p.m.' The Global television net- work broadcasts Wintario draws from cities and towns zacross Ontario. More details on the draw will be published in future editions. Volume 123 24 Pages Bowmanville, Ontario, Wednesday, January 12, 197 20ec Per uopy Issue 2 Storm Closes Sehools,, 2 Arenas Damage te the interior of this home on Hancock Road North was estimated at $15,000,following a fire that broke out shortly after nine o'clock last evening. Damages to contents, of the home were estimated at $2,500. Fire Chi4'ef Jim Hayman said this morning that the fire started in a porch and spread inside the building. He said the blaze is believed to have been caused by flamable material touchine an electric heater. The bouse is the residence of George Montgomery, of R.R. 3, Bowmanville. Firefighters from Bowmanville were on the scene until just after il p.m. As the season's worst -snow Storm was sweeping across southern Ontario on Monday, Most Bowmanville residents were tak- ing the day in their stride. -The high, school, some local busi- nesses and indus- tries, however were unable to continue, and closed down early. B.H.S. was closedl at noon hour after only one bus ar-. rived and an esti- mated total of 300 students ýattended in the morning. But employees of both Goodyear Canada Ltd. and St. Mary's Cement Co. in Bowmanville put in average work days at their plants with few reported cases of workers being absent. General Motors of Canada plants in Oshawa,> however, closed down operation at (Turn to Page Two) Kinsmen Plaque to Distinguish Clubhouse, $6,OOO F rs Strikes When Furnace Floods At Dal'ngton Arena t was business as usual at Fanning said that the arena was out of order. But, the the Darlington Sports Centre was back in operation around arena schedule was flot dis- last week in spite of a $5,000 to 6 p.m. Thursday evening., trupted, MVr. Fanning added. $6,000 fire that blackened the He said that holes in the The fire, whicb started in a bulilding around two o'clock building's roof were patched furnace room et the centre, Tbursday afternoon. with plywood and portable destroved one of the building's Newcastle's Director Of heaters had to be brought in three furnaces, according to Parks anad Recreation Bud because the beating system (Turn to Page Two) Coun cil Briefs They Could call us qthe Towpship of Neweastle Or the area MunicipaLity of New- castle or eveni the Borough of Newcastle. Council is conisidering, changing the niame of the municipaÀlity ta something othier than fthe Town of Newcastle. And a coiitte orposed of Mayor Rickard, plus al three regional councillors will (Turn to Page Two) Public Schoi SEAF May Take I Legal. ActionI A spoesma forSEAP under a license from the A spkesan or EAPAECB. (Save the Enviroment From That license expires Janu- Atomic Pollution) said yester- ay31st. day that bis group woâid be Jrohn Veldhuis, chairman of opposed to the extension of the SEAP, adysedyta i license on the waste disposai saipud yterdea tactisn site at Port Granby. tgrop wutak egalactiron ctear n LiiEdorati Nu- operating after January 3lst. on ar L ke sorte Hadcoldsaid the legal action facilityopLksoeRa ul take the form of an injuction. r "Our lawyers tell us we I ueachers e"O very $ood case", the o a c hSEAP chairman added. Accept 1977 Contract Minor Hockey Public school teachers for the Northumberland and New- castle Board of Education received a 6.2. per cent increase in salary under the 1976-77 contract agreement reached on Jan. 5tb. In addition to the wage settiement, 49 per cento f the' teachers will also gain iincre- ments worth, approximately 2.4 per cent, the teachers' chief negotiator, John Ralfe said last week. About 285 of the 580 teachers under the board's jurisdiction are eligible for the additional benefits based on the number of years experience that. tiwy have. The new contract whicb shouid take effect after it is presented by tbe board's chief negotiator, Bill Carman at the inaugural meeting tomorrow nigbt, aiso calîs for the formation of anew committee. Comprised of administra- tion, board and teaching representatives, the commit- tee would serve as a panel for solving problems facing the Northumberland and New- (Turn to Page Two) Showdown on Mon., Jan. 17 Minor Hockey Showdown Finals for Bowmanville Minor Hockey Association teamn will be beld at Darlington Sports Centre on Monday, Jan. l7tb from 7 to 9 p.m. There wiii be two represent- atives, from each of tbe 12ý teams plus one goaltender and the com petition will include penalty shots, time skating, timing and stick bandling, skating and handling the puck. Feb. 28th Deodine for New Licences Line-ups at the Bowmanville licence bureau are still well under control at the present time. The last two weekends next month, however, will bring out large crowds to the office to meet the February 28th deadline. The bureau is open Monday to Friday from 8:45 to 11:4.5 a.m. and from 1 p.m, to 4:45. Here Dave Higgon takes care of a couple of customers Cdn. Club Speaker Bank of Commerce The Canadian Club of West Durham will meet at 8:15 p.m. ulîý; r n in Trinity United Cburch HallW on Friday, January 21, 1977.O e C re Fernand Labelle The speaker will be Fernand Labelle, Director, Maison des Arts Louis St.Laurent, Quebec City, whose topic will be "Communication - Artist - Painting. " Landscape artist Fernand Labelle has successfully com- bined the two 'careers of teaching and painting. He was (Turn to Page Two) Plans for moving the Cana- dian Imperial Bank of Com- merce across the street from its present address to the northeast corner of th~e King St. and Temperance St. inter- section are now underway, the Council Votes F or Shorter Mem bers of th-e Townl of NwsteCouncil willÎ prob- ably not lose very much sleep over one decision tbey made on Monday. In fact, the councillors may even gain some sleep because of a council resolution which may put an end to marathon' council sessions. Ln the past, council meet- ings sometimes adjourned well after midnight. But, followîng, a suggestion (Turn to Page Two) STORM ýSTORIES - Mondiay's snow storm caused many disruptions throughout the area and many local people must have had som e interesting and unusual experiences as a resuit. If you know of any, drop a line to The Canadian Statesman, P.O. Box. 190, Bowmanville. NEITHER SLEET - The boys who deliver the, mail to, Bowmanville. homes were justi- fiably proud of themselves becguse they lived up to the post office slogan, and made their deliveries while mail carriers in Metrodidn't budge from the office. At tîmes, the post office receives considerable criticism for its service, but you can't fault the local carriers if they will brave Monday's wintry blasts and high snowbanks to get the mail delivered. That's dedfication. By comparison, several busi- nesses remained closed ail day Monday. Cus- tomers were quite scarce, most of them must have been home shovelling. EXAMINER - Mrs. Aino Waldin will be in Bowmanville on January 22nd to conduct examinations for the Royal Conservatory of Music, so getto work you piano pupils. Mrs. Waldin bas taught piano for over 25 years and bas performed on both radio and stage in Canada and Europe. FOUR MONTHS TRIP - Warren Lowes of the Orono area has a most inteiesting trip in prospect. He applied to join Lt.-Col. Lionel Gregory's 8th Comex group on a four month Commonwealth Expedition and was accepted. "A Blritisher, Lt.-Col. Gregory conceived the idea 10 years ago, of gathering a group of people together from Commonwealth coun- tries and head out on a goodwill bus tour to meet and make friends with other people in Commonwealth countries. More than 400 will be in the party, travelling from Britain al the way to India and back. Mr. Lowes has promised to outine details in an article before leaving and hopefully will send back several reports en route. They should have some in- teresting experiences. SEEK VOLUNTEERS - Do you have time to be a Volunteer? This is your'invitation to become a partipat or a participette.,You'are invited to the Holiday Inn, Bloor St. E., Oshawa on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. for the pur pose of forming a volunteer group to assist with the Participation House project, Durham Region. Ladies, gentlemen and young people are needed. May we counton you? branch's manager, Carl Zinn said last -week., Cost of construction on the new bank, expected to begin within two years, along witb demolition work.on the build- ing presently located on the site is still unknown, Mr. Zin said. The bank's plans, still in the initial stages, caîl for 3,500 sq. ft. of floor space at the new site, twice the amount that it now bas. A secondc branch of the bank, in the new shopping complex in the east end-, the Bowmanville Town Maîl, will also be ready to open in thje spring, Mr. Zinn said.' The new branch will have 2,200 sq. ft. of space in the (Turn to Page Two) ray'Dudley Coming to, Port Perry Music loyers in this area certainly bave a treat in store when Raymond Dudley ap- pears in concert at Town Hall 1873, Port Perry. Bora and' raised in Bowman- ville, Mr. Dudley received bis first piano lessons from bhis mother at an early age. He continued bis studies at Toron- to's Royal Conservatory of Music, and later in Milan, taly. He bas travelled widely,, both on tbe'American contin- ent and in Europe, performed with famous orchestras in New York, Toronto, Detroit, London, Manchester, Dublin and under the baton of eminent conductors. Mr. Dudley brings bis own instrument, a Vienna type Fortepiano, successor to the barpsicbord and predecessor of the modern piano, when he performs in Port, Perry, Friday, January 21 at 8 p.m. A handsome new additioni to the Bowmanville Kinsmen's clubhouse on Highway Two, the former Shaw's Sehool, was presented to the group at their meeting last week. the hand-made pflaque with the club's insignia on it to mark the centre in the future, was comp eted by Kinsmen Harvey Webster. Above are-Mr.ý Webster, left, and club president Dave Crawford, show holding the Kinsmen plaque. Recomm ,eýàn d Rebu lding 0f Ar-ena in Newcastle A committee from the Village of Newcastle bas recommended the cheaper of two, solutions to, the village's arena problems. The Newcastle Village and District Arena Funding Or- ganization is recommending' to council the rebuilding of the Newcastle arena on the present arena site. The estimated cost of such a projeet bas been placed, at $250,000 according to engin- eering reports that were discussed during the Fail. Another alternative Would have meant the construction of a new arenaat'aneýv site with an estimated cost of ýver $500,000 excluding the prièle of 'land. Joe Berney, amebro the village funding organiza- tion, told cou-ncil Monday afternoon that 78 per cent of the people replying to a recent survey were in favor of re-building at the present site. 1He stated that the funding organization' is also of the opinion that a niew ^arena should be built'on the site of the present arena, on Caroline Street. But having sought the pub- lic's opinion, the group is now asking for council's help., "Lt is the opinion of this arganization that we have gonie as far as possible wîthout t.he sanction of counrcil," Mr. (Turn to Page Two) Local Men Charged TIwo Bow nanville men are facing charges after break-mns at North Brock Motor Sales in Whitby Occurred twice last week. Durham Regional Police made the charges after $2,740 in radio and television equipment was missling from the Whitby ffrm after, two incidents on Jan. 6th and 7th. The two men, Keith Lewis Mliapes, 21 of 105 King S't. E. and Gerald Edward Poirier, 22, of 31 Sunset Rd., have both been charged with break, enter and theft. The office is brewing at the Port Granby information centre in Bowmanville's Wa- verley Plaza and officials with Eldorado Nuclear Limited will be on hand to answer your questions. Ediorado announced last Tbursday that Port Granby, south of Newtonville is the place where tbe crown cor- poration bopes to build an $80 million nuclear refinery. SThe company bas purchased 657 acres of land for a refinery site, 'Eldorado bas also an- nounced. And the corporation bas followed up on that announce- ment with the opening of information centres in Bow- manville and Port Hope. The Bowmanville offices opened at noon last Friday and they are designed to be places where the public cani take a look at Eldorado Nuclear's Port Granby plans, .(Turn to Page Two) Bmowmanvlllo Fireflght.rs CaIIed to Darlington Arono Damage to the Darlington Sports Centre was estimrated at between $5,000 and $6,000 following a minor explosion and fire at the build ing lastTh ursday. The fire, whikh broke out in a furnace room, is believed tohave been caused by burning fuel. Voluniteerfien from Bowmanville were on the scene 'shortly after 2:15 p.m. and they prevented the blaze fromn spreading beyond the furnace area. Skating and hockey programs at the arena continued in spite of the fire. Centre Open Noon to, Nine El dorado Opens I nfrrmation Centre Un Bowmanville,