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Bowmanville's l7th annual Santa Claus Parade is fast -approaching. Saturday, November 18, is the date of this year's event and the theme of the parade is "Christmas Lights Up Your To help light up the parade this year, organizers of the event are looking for more floats and fillers. If you would like to help, cal parade chaîrmen George Stephen at 263-8374 or John Pogue at 623-3269. Both chair- men would be glad to hear from you. The parade committee has announced that nine bands will be appearing in this year's festivities. These include the Oshawa Senior Salvation Army Band; the Peterborough Krescendos; Oshawa Shriners' Band; Seneca Optimists Drum and Bugle Corp and the York Steel Band. The steel band wilI be doing a repeat performance of last year's concert which was staged at the four corners of Bowmanville. Everyone enjoyed their playing very much. The Santa Claus Parade Button Blitz will be held Saturday, November 4 and The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 25, 1978 17' T op Disco Dancers at Dutchmni1. this year, just as last year, lucky buttons will be among the regular buttons being sold. Anyone who turns up a lucky button will win a prize. This year's parade route will be the same as last year but if the work on King St. is not completed there will be a sllght detour. The Santa Claus Parade Committee reminds everyone that since Santa only cornes once a year it is up to the community to make sure this year's visit is a memorable one. Young Pear Picker The operators of Bowman- ville's dial-a-bus service are hoping that more people get to know about the regular routes they are running through the town. Tom Vanderende of Bow- manville Taxi explained last week that the company has been running a Monday-to- Frîday bus line through Bow- manville between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The bus service uses a blue and white 12-passenger mini- bus which makes a complete circuit through Bowmanville every hour. Beginning downtown, the dial-a -bus travels into the southwestern Waverley Gardens area. It then travels northward into northe rn Bow- manville and completes its run by covering the south Five-year-oldI Tara Snaw of Bowmanville is holding a basket of deliejous pears she and her parentspicked on Saturday afternoon at Peter Newell's orchard on Bennett Road. Quite a few people have taken advantage of Mr. Newell's generosity in inviting people to corne and pick the pears rather than letting thern rot. Capt. David Le-wis of the Salvation Arrny has been ma--king frequent visits to the orchard also because Mr. Newell suggested that instead of pickers trying to pay hirn, they rnight make a donation to the Army. LI FEBUOY SOAP 3 Bars Scott FamiIy SERVIETTES 9910 Crest TOOTH PASTE 100 mi. Cottonelle TOI LET TISSU E 4 Rolis Capri SHAMPOO 450 ml. Dee Tee LIGHT BULBS 3 Pkgs. of 2 Adorn-Ultra HoId OnIy HAIR SPRAY 8.4 oz. plus More 5 King St. W. Telephone eastern part of town. You can catch the bus along its regular route (a map of the route is available from Bow- manville Taxi) or you can dial the bus. For an extra 25 cent fare the driver wîll leave his regular route and pick you up or drop you off at your front door. The bus service has been operating for about three weeks now and although some people are using the bus there are not a large number. of passengers taking advantage of it so far. Twenty-five persons used the dial-a-bus during one busy day last week. However, Mr. Vanderende says he needs 60 to 70 passengers to make the service work. He explains that he intends to use the bus until the end of the year to see if business will pick up. "If people areni't going to make use of it, they're cutting their own throats," he explains. He pointed out that if bus service is discontinued it is not likely that another service will be operated in the town for some time. The municipality ran a trial bus service about one year ago but it was discontinued after a lack of passengers was report- ed. Unlike the town's transit system, Mr. Vanderende explains that his bus service operates completely as a free enterprise. The fare is 50 cents for a regular trip and home pick-up for persons who dial the bus is available for an extra 25 cents. Customers are requested to dial the bus 10 minutes in advance for home pick-up. The phone number is 623-4424. CACHOU l Farrah Fawcett HAIR SPRAY 100 MI. Final Net HAIR SPRAY 8 ozs. $1.77 Cool-Ray SUN-G LASSES 25%/oOff Stayf ree MAXI-PADS $2@19 3's Gillette Trac Il BLADES, 990p 5, Short & Sassy HAIR CON DITIONER -300 ml. $h1.399 Yard Iey DISCONTINUED LINES reo Bowmanville 623-5792 Un r riulay anu Saturday nignLs, patrons of me new Prisms Disco lounge at The Flying Dutchrnan have a treat in store for them when W. B. Chancey and his partner Lynn Duffili not only perforrn but also give demonstrations. They are shown ilere about to dernonstrate the fine points. Organizers Prepare For Santa Parade The King Street West re-construction has reduced the traf fic ln our store, so merchants in offering you some "'extra-special" buys!. Folio w the crowd to McGregor Drugs! Town Bus, Servi*ce