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Ws Lived Like Kings' The cameras of TV Ontario were busy trying to capture shadows of the Pine Ridge Training School's past last Thursday. A camera crew from the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) were on the school's grounds to tape interviews with a Second World War veteran and the former engineer of the Prisoner of War camp for German officers located here during the war. The host of the OECA TV series "Magic Shadows", Elwy Yost, had his staff come to the school to shoot some footage from the grounds which serv,ed as a POW camp during the war. The series, seen on Channel 19 at 7:30 during each night of the week, shows feature length movies of the past in half-hour segments until the film has been éompletely shown. The movie for which the scenes at the school were taped is called Captive Heart, a 1948 film about the experience of a prisoner in a German POW camp. Get Top Treatment Originally hoping to find a soldier to talk to who had been retained in the Pine Ridge camp the crew settled for interviews with two local men when the one POW who was found, turned down the offer to appear on the show. It left the camp's maintenance foreman, Donald Kemp of Bowman- ville and Vice-President of Branch 178 of the Royal Canadian Legion, Roy Clowes of Oshawa, to describe the conditions they encountered in their respective roles. It was the now 68 year-old Mr. Kemp who set some of the background for the movie in his reflections on the camp for German POWs at Pine Ridge. "They lived like kings," he replied when asked by the show's host how the prisoners were treated. Recalling the manner of care they received, he cited a particular example which stood out in the minds of the guards and Canadian soldiers stationed at the spot. While the men responsible for maintaining the camp were having beer rationed to just several pints (Turn to Page Two) ezrnabr;n Volume 123 A $183,000 tender for the expansion of the Bowmanville water treatment plant was approved by the Durham regional council in Whitby last Wednesday. The tender includes an addition to the Smart Ave. water plant, new pumps and modifications to the water treatment system. The project is part of a $1.2 million The Orono Fire Hall will likely have a new, $31,000 tanker truck by October, Newcastle Fire Chief Jim Hayman said last week. The town's fire department was authorized to buy the new vehicle during a special council meeting in BowmanvilleFriday afternoon. - Mobile Tank Industries, of Agin- court, Ontario will equip the truck with firefighting apparatus, includ- ing a tank with a capacity of 1500 gallons of water. The company estimated that it will take eight to 12 weeks before the new fire truck is ready for delivery., Chief Hayman told members of 22 Pages Bowmanville, Ontario, Wednesday, August 3, 1977 20e Per Copy scheme to double the amount of water that will be available in Bowmanville. At present, the Bowmanville water treatment plant dan treat two million gallons of water per day. But, with the recent renovations that have been approved by the Durham region, the plant will handle, approximately four million gallons council that two higher bids on a tanker truck had been received by the fire department. One quotation totalled $35,298 and a third one was $40,500. The fire chief explained after the council meeting that the Orono fire hall does not have a tanker truck at present although it does have two pumper trucks which can carry smaller amounts of water to a fire. With the new tank truck, the entire northern area of the municipality will have an emergency water supply if a fire breaks out, Chief Hayman said. The engineer of the former prisoner of war camp located where the Pine Ridge Training school is now, reminiseed about the camp last week before TV cameras. The POW camp's maintenance foreman, Donald Kemp (left) of Bowmanville was engineer while it was used for German officers from 1941-1945. Host of the TV Ontario series, Magic Shadows, Elwy Yost Issue 31 Issue ~i daily, according to a report from the $800,000. Work on that project is region's works department. already underway near the Bow- During a brief discussion of the manville harbor. expansion of the water plant, Last week's tender on the modifi- Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard cations to the Bowmanville water told regional council that subdi- supply plant was awarded to PLS visions planned for Bowmanville Construction Limited, Waterdown. have had to be held back until While only two tendèrs on the enough water and sewer facilities project had been received and the are available. lowest bid was higher than the Expansion of the water treatment Durham region had estimated, plant along with the Bowmanville regional council decided not to sewage plant will allow more re-tender. 'development in toWir ^ A r'epott t Teginaitonidl iatëd Earler this year, the Durham that there was no guarantee that a regional council approved a tender better price could be obtained if the for a new intake pipe into Lake tenders were re-called later this Ontario at a cost of just over year. Let C ontact for A new arena for the village of gave their final okay to the village Newcastle now appears to be just arena project at a special meeting in several months and several hundred Bowmanville last Friday. thousand dollars away from comple- On a recorded vote of three to one, tion. the councillors agreed to hire a Members of Newcastle council Trenton, Ontario contracting firm to Water. Scarcity Cuts Solina's Growth Development in Solina should proceed slowly, residents were told last Wednesday evening at a public meeting in the Solina community hall. "The ground water supply for extensive development is limited," said Dr. Mofeed Michael, the director of planning for the Durham region. He explained that because of a possible shortage of water, only About 65 residents of the Solina area turned out last week at a meeting called to discuss the future of residential development in Solina. Three one to five homes should be constructed in the hamlet each year. At present, the hamlet has a population of 120 people living in 40 houses. There have been no building permits issued.in Solina for the last three years. Water Study A slow but steady development was recommended in Solina because of a study done by the Durham region last year on water supplies in many of the area's hamlets, Dr. Michael said. The study estimated that there was a 10 to 25 per cent chance of getting a 10 gallon per minute water supply at a well drilled in the hamlet. That amount is about twice what night be found in a stream of water coming from a normal faucet. However, not everyone agreed possible options for development were shown to the residents by representatives of the Durham region's planning department. that Solina has a limited water supply. Disagree One resident pointed out that there is a spring just north of the community hall containing a flow of water about two inches thick. Another-resident said that one well in the village is able to supply two or three nearby houses. (Turn to Page Two) GIVE BLOOD - Today, at the Lions Centre, Beech Avenue, the Red Cross is holding its vitally important Blood Donor Clinie for August..They will be happy to welcome new and old donors. The need is especially great at this time of year when essential operations have had to be delayed because precious blood is in short supply. The clinic is uperating from 1:30 until 8:30. BIG GAME - This evening at 6:30, the Memorial Park Tykes take on Peterborough to decide which team will come up as the league leaders. Drop down and see these young players in action, you'Il enjoy it and help the local lads with your encouragement. The Electrons will be playing their first home game of the playoffs on Saturday at 2 against Whitby. That's at Soper Creek Park, Tykes play at Memorial Park. TRAGIC ACCIDENT - His many friends in the area will be shocked to learn that Joe Mantle, 76, of Waverley Road was killed in a boating accident on the weekend at Rice Lake. He was in a boat fishing when another boat collided with his. Mantle's funeral was held on Tuesday from Northcutt Elliott Funeral Home. ONLY FOUR GIRLS - To date, only four local las- sies have indicated they will be contestants in the Kinsmen Beauty Contest during their annual carnival August 12 and 13. They need more to make it a super competition. Prizes are good so don't be sby. Phone Siebe Luchies or Mark Borutskie at 623-7315 or 623-4665 and enter today, time's running out. (centre), asked him to describe the kind of treatment the prisoners received and related a few major incidents that occurred while he was stationed at the site north of Concession St. In the photo above, assistant cameraman Volker Seeding (right) gives the cue to start rolling the tape of the interview. Region Rents Computer LThe Durham region agreed last week to rent its own computer system at a cost of $8,539 per month. The rental agreement over a 75 - month period means that the region will be paying over $600,000 to keep up with its paperwork during the next six years. Regional council was told, however, that the Durham region has been paying $12,000 per month to use a computer in Toronto on a part time basis. "It's quite normal for an organiza- tion of this size to have a computer installation of some kind," said John Aker, the chairman ofthe Durhan region's fiance committee. Councillor Aker stated that there had been discussion on the region sharing the computer used by the City of Oshawa but it was decided build the new skating facility at a cost of $460,630. The arena will have an ice surface of 80 x 180 feet. There will be four dressing rooms, a canteen and an elevated viewing area in the new building. The seating capacity will be 500. The contractor will be allowed 32 weeks to build the arena, according to the terms of the tender approval by council. However, it is believed that temporary skating in the arena may be possible before all the finishing touches are applied. Costs Climb Ward three Councillor Alf Gray told members of Newcastle council that the cost of the arena project being recommended for the town's approval was $4,800 higher than the lowest tender submitted in July. He explained that due to soil studies undertaken at the arena site, that this arrangement wouldn't work. The councillor added that com- puters, like pocket calculators are becoming smaller and less:expen- sive. As a result, organizations are buying their own machines rather than sharing them. Departments such as the Durham regional police, the region's finance department and publie works de- partment would make use of the computer. The machine would assist in such things as keeping police records, preparing payrolls and sending out water and sewer bills. Money for the computer is already in the budget, Councillor Aker stated and regional council was told that ne extra staff would have to be hired to operate the computer. Le"Arena it was recommended that the contractor be paid another $4,800 to cover extra expenses, involved in building footings. "The soil report is not good," Councillor Gray said. Originally, theiNewcastle village and District Arena Funding Com- mittee had received four tenders on the arena starting at $455,770. The extra expense for footings brought the lowest tender to $460,630. If a $23,600 sprinkler system is installed at the arena for fire protection, costs could climb toward the half million mark, according to other figures mentioned at the council session last week. Councillor Gray told councill.that the provincial Ministry of Labor will be letting the arena building committee in Newcastle know whether or not sprinklers will have to be installed. He added that the (Turn to Page Two) BUCKHORN BOY - In Sunday's Sun, there was a story about Roger Neilson, the new coach of the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team. Apparently, when he first came to Peterborough Petes as their coach in the Major Junior A league, he also coached the Keene Expos midget "D" baseball team when they upset the Kendal Eagles several years ago. Possibly some of the present senior Kendal Eagles may remember that game and wish him luck in his new job as replacement for Red Kelly. A former Toronto boy, Neilson isn't looking forward to returning to that city, he's living in Buckhorn and loves it. OUR ERROR - Apparently those glads that Mrs. Barnes brought in recently didn't have an association with the Horticultural Society, but rather with the Glad- iolus Society. Some more arrived Tuesday morning and they are magnificent. Incidentally, the Gladiolus Society is holding a show here at Memorial Park on August 13th and the Horticultural Society's show- precedes it at Me- morial Park on August 10th. See Coming Events for de- tails. WESTERN WEEKEND - Port Perry's Western Weekend begins Thursday and continues through until Sunday with manyevents for young and old, both on land and in the waters of Lake Scugog. For details check their advertisement on page five, first section. BUMPF-R STICKER - Andy Sutch who lives out Orono- Pontypool way has a real sense of humor. He had sonie bumper stickers made up in Florida reading "Pray for me, I drive on the 115". 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