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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 13, 1988 £ PONTYPOOL Happy New Year from all the friendly people at COWAN PONT1AC-BUICK LTD. Aâ we approach oust 20th Anniue/ti&Uf âe/uU+uj, the motobUuf public oj Howutanuille and UiMoundinq c*ea, the *Jotal Sta^ at Cowan Pontiac would like to thank tfou j/o* a Banned 'Ifecfi, in 1981. !#- \j - ii, ' ' ' if, ' ' , ' />■>-'• •* ■ ' -v jv r-'y Ok/ /IQ/1 QQ.. • • • • • • ' • ':y$- • • ÿf pv ' j,:/ r r ^ ■ ' 7,; 1 v-; , ^-v-L: , : " , WITH ALMOST 20 YEARS BEHIND US, OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT LOOKS LIKE THIS: ' - ; ' " , • ■' ' „ • '- l : ' •; '■) ' Ii f We nav^:paid oilr errnpioyees over 6 million dollar^ ■ . 1 ^ • V •' " ■ : - >; . r-n, ■ .wwy We have paid the Town of Bowmanville business ahd property taxes ;..h 237,904. 00 We have paid Unemployment Ins., Canada Pension, Workers' Compensation 424,421.°° We have paid retail Sales Tax over 5 million dollars 5,259,407.°° We have paid utilities Cheat, lights, power and water) 282,295.°° We have paid telephone to Bell Canada 86,381 °° We have paid Advertising and Promotion (within Bowmanville) 322,813.°° We have RETURNED to the Community and Ontario a / grand total of over 12 million dollars $12,667,221.°° YES, BUYING LOCALLY DOES GIVE YOU A RETURN ON YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLAR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE OUR BUSINESS PHILOSOPHIES • Customers are the focus in everything we do. ; • Quality service comes first. • Continuous improvement is essential to our success. • Employee involvement is our way of life. • Integrity is never compromised. • We are never satisfied until our customers are satisfied. YES...we appreciate being part of Bowmanville's growth. YES...with (over 100 million) $102,744,524. 00 worth of sales, we appreciate yoür business. . YES... we remain and promise to remain competitive. YES...buying local does give you a RETURN on your hard earned dollar. i BOWMANVILLE 166 King Street East Telephone 623-3396 NEWS by: Nettie Aiken The Pontypool Firefighters Firefighters Association would like to thank those people who supported our annual Christmas draw, and help make it a success. A special special thanks to Mr. Curtis McKay for his help with the draw. I'm happy to report that we have purchased the Re- susi-Annie mannequin, and is in our possession. This piece of equipment is vital in C.P.R. training and will also be very helpful in auto- extrication exercises. Notice to the residents of Manvers, regarding the emergency Fire Department Department phone number. The new emergency fire phone number is 277-2121 and is the same number for Pontypool, Pontypool, Bethany and Janet- ville. Please update your phone lists before it's too late. Anyone interested in becoming becoming a member of the Fire Department is asked to call District Chief Barry Pretty, at 986-4403. Remember: Remember: this is one way. you can help out your community. community. •The Catholic Parish and the United Church Congrégation Congrégation will be sending representatives representatives door-to-door to conduct a census in order to determine what can be. done to best serve the in : . terests of the people in our community of both faiths. ' Please welcome them and' give them your co-operation. co-operation. This project will be ., completed over the period ' of the next two months. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bailey are gradually moving from their home in Pontypool to take up residence in Maynooth, north of Bancroft. Bancroft. The new owners take possession on January 15th. We wish them every happiness in their new location. location. We will miss having having you as neighbours. Alex Joncas has been troubled with a sore shoulder shoulder and was very much surprised surprised to hear that his sister Opal Dugay broke her shoulder recently. She is from Val Dor, Quebec. During the Christmas Season, Season, until January 2nd, his niece, Joanna Smart from Dorval, Quebec made a visit to him. There was an attendance of twenty-one at Bingo on Wednesday, January 6th. Most games had single winners. winners. The new jackpot for January 20th is $100.00. Most of the ladies of the Pontypool Bowling league were glad to be back at the game on January 4th. This was the last day of the fall term. We look forward to a happy winter term, with, open roads to get to Millbrook, on Monday afternoons. afternoons. Although I do not generally generally mention about Council meetings of Manvers Township;. Township;. there is space in this column to relate à few matters matters of interest for 1988 that took place during the December December 8th meeting. Appointments for 1988 on various organizations: Reeve Brown appointed as the council designate to the Kawartha Conservation Authority for the 1988year. Deputy Reeve Barry Pickering Pickering appointed as council designate to the Ganaraska Conservation Authority for 1988. Road Committee for 1988 consists of Reeve Brown, Councillor Dean Joncas and Councillor Terry Staples. Councillors Terry Staples and Charles Morton are to be council representatives for 1988 to the Manvers Arena and Community Centre Board. Council representatives to the Manvers Recreation Committee for 1988 are Dean Joncas and Terry Staples. A card system is to be incorporated incorporated for 1988 for owners owners and residents fof Manvers Manvers Township to use the Township Waste Disposal Sites, and the said cards are to be included with the 1988 Interim Tax Bill. A draft by-law will be prepared authorizing authorizing the Township to licence commercial waste disposal carriers with thé municipal boundaries. Mr. R. Gaynor attended council meeting to discuss the possibility of the Township's Township's inviting Banking Institutions Institutions to locate a branch office in the hamlet of Pontypool Pontypool as there is no longer a Toronto Dominion Bank Branch. It was duly moved, seconded and carried carried that the Township contact contact various bank institutions institutions in the area to discuss the possibility of opening a bank branch in the hamlet of Pontypool. The Ministry of the Environment Environment has been specifically specifically requested by the Victoria Victoria County Planning Department Department to do an environmental environmental study relating to concerns of lot density in the hamlet of Pontypool. "Patience is a quality that is most needed when it is exhausted."