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New Features Planned For 139th Orono Fair Forthcoming Marriage In less than a month the Orono Fairgrounds will become become a beehive of activity as the 139th Annual Durham Central Fair becomes a reality. reality. A hardworking board of directors and more volunteers volunteers than you can keep track of make this Fair a must on many calendars in the Town of Newcastle and from many far distant points as well. "See you at the Fair" is a common closing closing to many conversations as the fair gets closer. A common retort when some people are asked "are you going to the Fair?" is 'There's nothing new, I saw it all last year. Well these people will be hard pressed TJuvuzad - 'WeAduUf Jo Anne Carruthers and Hervé Dunand were united united in holy matrimony before the Lord, on April 6, 1991, in France. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carruthers, Bowmanville, Ontario, and the groom is the son of M. et Mme. Jean Dunand, Lyon, France. Hervé is the mechanical engineering technologist employed in the family business, Sociétés Dunand, which designs and manufactures pipe organs. organs. Jo Anne is assistant to the pastor of an evangelical evangelical church and teaches part-time at a Language Institute. Institute. The bride and groom were pleased to nave family from Canada attend the wedding including parents, Bob and Pat Carruthers; brother Russ Carruthers and his wife Loralea, Scarborough; brother Steve Carruthers Carruthers and his wife Karen, Seaforth; great-aunt Edna Hughes, Bowmanville; and aunt and uncle,. Betty and Keith Smith, Cambridge. The newlyweds reside in France and plan to spend the Christmas holiday visiting visiting with family and friends in Canada. -ft- AKZO sikkens Opaque Wood Coating Penetrates and Protects Sikkens Opaque Wood Coating Is designed to.beautify exterior wood surfaces, old and new. Available In I Î rich solid colours, Its special formula penetrates, preserves and protects wood from the harsh effects of sunlight sunlight and moisture. It's Ideal for use on fences, decks, siding, verandas and pressure treated wood. To preserve and protect your exterior exterior wood surfaces, use easy- to-apply Sikkens Opaque to find an excuse not to attend attend the fair this year. Many new events and new entertainment has been added added to the program for the 91 fair. Starting on Thursday September 5th the gates open at 4:30 p.m. The midway midway will be operating throughout the fair and the first of the new entertainment entertainment is at 6:30 with a pre pageant demonstration by Theatre Dance Academy. This is a high energy, fast moving demonstration guaranteed guaranteed to get the fair on to a running start. 30 minutes later in front of the Grandstand the draft horses assemble for the Horse Pulls. This event has been absent at Orono for many years and the re introduction introduction is expected to bring out many of the excellent teams and drivers in this area. At 8:00 Wally Macht, News Director at C.H.E.X. Peterborough will officially open the fair. On Friday and for the remainder remainder of the fair a new demonstration area will be set up in the Agricultural Building with local artisans and craft people available to discuss their craft. A class for Honey is also new this year and will be displayed in the Agricultural Building along with the Fruit & Vegetables. Vegetables. Also new on Friday is the Kiddie Tractor Pull Sponsored by the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen. Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. another event returns to the fair after a 50 year absence. absence. A baby show, a very popular feature from 1910. until 1940 and will be revived revived this year by the Great Pine Ridge Kinettes. The baby show will be limited to 50 entries. Also on Saturday an Arm Wrestling tournament tournament will be held for the first time. This event will be sponsored by Chatterton Electric of Orono and will feature five amateur classes including Ladys Open. 1st 2nd and 3rd trophies will be awarded for all classes. Another Another new évent on Saturday Saturday will be the Remote Controlled Controlled car races sponsored by Racers Choice of Bowmanville. Bowmanville. These R.C. cars are very popular and the sponsors expect to draw amateur amateur competitors from throughout the area., Saturday evening an-. other first will be the "Cana- ■ dian Mini Tractor Pullers Association" Tractor Pull. The association promises this to be an exciting, fast paced,'crowd pleasing event. Big Brothers of Newcastle Newcastle will return on Sunday to sponsor the Second Annual Pet Show. This show will be in a new location and promises promises to be bigger and better than ever. Racers Choice will sponsor sponsor a second R.C. event on Sunday afternoon. This is a professional Remote Control Pull, and is expected to bring competitors from as far away as the U.S. A complete program listing listing all the events will be distributed distributed through the post office office the week prior to the Fair, barring a postal strike. Information on any of these events may be obtained obtained from the sponsors, members of the fair board or Fair manager Ron Locke 987-4406. Blackstock and Area News by Joyce Kelly Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 14,1991 3 Engagement Announced r . M Susan Canfield and Tobin Rowe will be married in September, 1991, at Trull's Road Free Methodist Church in Courtice. Susan is the daughter of A1 and Louise Canfield of Courtice. Tobin is the son of Harvey Harvey and Doreen Rowe of Bowmanville. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING DEVELOPMENT CHARGE PROPOSAL The Town of Newcastle is considering passing a Development Charge By-law pursuant to the Development Development Charges Act, 1989. Town Council will be holding a public meeting, in accordance with Section Section 4 of the Development Charges Act, 1989, to enable the public to 1 /island generally the development development charge proposal. All members of the public are invite*. *- nd the meeting which will be held on: Monday, September 9,1991 1:30 p.m. Council Chambers Municipal Administrative Centre 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario Members of the public will be given an opportunity at the meeting to make representations regarding the proposed development charges. In addition, written submissions may be forwarded to the Town Clerk, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3A6 no later than 4:30 p.m., September 9, 1991. Written submissions received by the Clerk will bo available for public viewing during business hours at the Clerk's Department at the above address. Submissions received in writing and those expressed at the public meeting will be considered in preparation preparation of the final roport(s) and implementing by-law. In order to provide background to the proposed by-law and to ensure sufficient Information is made available to the public, a Development Charge Policy Report has been prepared by the Town's Consultant Consultant and can bo obtained from the Clerk's Department at the address noted above, or by calling (416) 623-3379 (local) or (416) 686-2054 (Toronto), Copies of the Development Charge Policy Report prepared for the Newcastle Hydro-Electric Commission may be obtained from the Commission office at the corner of Lambs Road and Highway #2, Bowmanville or by calling (416) 623-4451. The cost of the Development Charge Policy Report Is $30, plus G.S.T. A copy Is available for public viewing at the Clerk's Department, the Newcastle Hydro-Electric Commission office and at the following library locations: 1. 62 Temperance Street, Bowmanville 2. 127 Church Street, Orono 3. 50 Mill St. N„ Newcastle Village Requests for further Information should bo directed to the Clerk's Department. Date of Publication August 7,14,1991 < in lowitx y ZI Newcastle ONIAWo" ' PATTI L. BARRIE, A.M.C.T. TOWN CLERK Intended for last week Congratulations to Roy and Harold McLaughlin for placing first in a Horseshoe Pitching Tournament held in Trenton on Saturday, July 27 with 23 teams competing competing from various points in Ontario and Quebec. Eileen Eileen and Edith also enjoyed the day taking in the festivities. festivities. Our horseshoe champions champions haven't lost their touch. Congratulations! Best wishes to Murray Traquair and Yvonne Dagus from Port Perry who were recently married in Black- stock United Church with the reception and dance in Blackstock Recreation Centre. Centre. Murray and Yvonne are living in Whitby. Dale and Janet Van Camp, Mary and Michael enjoyed a holiday in a cottage cottage near Coboconk. There were 13 tables at the Tuesday evening weekly card party, with the following following winners: Nerta Masters, Harvey Partner, Richard Manns, Elwood Manns, Dorothy Dorothy Edwards, Harold Swain and Dave Hall. Draws were won by Meta Swain, Clara Warren, Mary Finney, Ron Werry, Dora Scollard and Earla Hill. Plans are well underway for the 126th Blackstock Fair. The annual Sunday evening Church Service which includes all denominations denominations of the Township will be held on Sunday, August 18 at 7 p.m. at the Recreation Recreation Centre with Reverend Doreen Van Camp as the leader. The service includes numbers by various church choirs and much singing of favourite hymns. A great way to begin Fair Week. Quite a number of the Van Camp clan from this area attended the party to celebrate the 85th birthday of Norton Van Camp at Lis- towel last Sunday. Heartiest congratulations to you on be- ' half of your many friends from this area. At the United Church on Sunday, members of sister congregation of Nestleton joined for the regular morning morning service. In the absence of Reverend D. Davis who is on vacation, the service was conducted by Thelma Wright and Andrew Knei- wasser who gave an excellent excellent sermon on Getting our Priorities Straight. Barry Van Camp was the organist/ pianist for the service. Guest soloist was Louisa Burgess who sang Amazing Grace very beautifully. Michelle Dominique Saunders and Randy Edward Drew together with their parents, John and Gilberte Saunders of Oshawa and Joe and Lilah Drew of Hampton, wish to announce their engagement. Baat from last Choose "Miss Penny Fair" for 1966 VOLUME 112 14 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1UIH1 10c Per Copy NUMBER 33 Appreciative Boatsman Pays Nautical Tribute to His Hospitable Rescuers Former Health Nurse Hurt in Crash A letter of appreciation from a yachtsman for helpful kindness kindness and courtesies extended to him by local people was received at the meeting of Bowmanville Town Council on Tuesday evening, Aug. 3rd. It was written by Alan Blank- field, Grand Island, N.Y, "I am writing this letter to you steeped, in gratitude, describing describing the exploits of one of your citizens. Perhaps exploit is not the proper term, in that it connotes a heroic action; nevertheless, I would like to take a few moments of your busy schedule to describe the Magistrate's Court Held In Bowmanville On Tuesday evening, judges were unanimous in their decision to award the title "Miss Penny Fair" to Rhonda Mclanson, G-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raî'pMÎ.Ielanson, Durham St. She is shown here receiving the award from Deputy-Reeve Wesley Fice, with the other contestants in the background. Miss Melanson represented the Ontario Street playground. , Ross Strike Accepts Post As Honorary Chairman Of Centennial Committee mittee held at the Lions Centre Centre on Thursday evening, August August tlth, it was announced that W. Boss Strike, Q.C., had accepted the position of Honorary Honorary Chairman of the Centennial Centennial Committee. It was also reported that Mr. Russell Honey. M.P., Mr. Auzust 16th. 1966 John Albert Kuney, 283 Currie Avenue, Oshawa, aged 60, pleaded not guilty to a charge of careless driving and also failing to report an accident accident to police, May 14th. He was represented by Terence Kelly, Q.C., Oshawa. Constable P. C. Harte-Max- jwell, OPP, testfied that while on patrol at midnight he found a 1964 Chev. in the ditch of County Road 73 which runs into Highway 35 at the south of Orono. Marks showed that the vehicle, southbound, had travelled 56 feet off the travelled travelled portion of the road. No accident was reported at the office. While on his way home one and one-half hours later he observed Mr. Kuney walking walking south on Highway 35 at the C.P. overpass north of Newcastle. He had been drinking. The officer estimated estimated damage to the car at $130. Mr. Kelly explained that his client was on his way home from Erinli Golf Club and got lost. He said that Mr. Kuney had no previous record and asked that the plea be changed changed to guilty of careless driving. driving. Magistrate R. B. Baxter levied the customary fine of $50 and costs, or seven days. The second charge was with- OPP, told the court that Miss Devorskl came to the Detachment Detachment Office at noon on May 13th and stated that she had been involved in an accident on Gravel Pit Road at 7 p.m. the evening before. She said that the 1965 Chrysler she was driving was damaged but that (TURN TO PAGE THIRTEEN) At a meeting of the Bow-, Alex Carruthers, M.P.P., Mr.] Further news on this event manvlllc Centennial Com- E. V. Hoar. Mr. C. E. Rehder]will appear in The Statesman " and Mayor Ivan Hobbs would - very shortly TL;L H m n ;^.Si r0 h n o S ;4 Mr. A. H. Sturrock. Presl- drawn by Ihe'Crown. ^ iEy°Ç«î m c COn i im n,mn h< hn" dcnt of North Ward As-: Stephanie Dcvorski, R.R. 6, : sociation, presented a planjaged 16, pleaded not guilty to *' for the Lord Elgin Park, failing to report an accident events which led to my meeting meeting of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Kilpatrick, Sr., 76 Scugog, Street, Bowmanville, Ontario. 1 "My wife and I were taking a pleasure cruise on a 27 foot: Charter Cruising Sailboat, navigating Lake Ontario dur-, ing the week of July 11-15. 1 Mixed weather patterns were' in evidence ranging from sev- 1 crest thunderstorms and hnil through flat calm. While" mak-, ing a transit from Cobourg to Oshawa during the evening of : Tuesday, July 12, the good; ship Barbara and her crew, encountered dense table fog I two miles off shore which later proved to be Port Darlington. Darlington. "When the fog closed in, there was only one boat length visibility. By the usual means of dead-reckoning, compass, (TURN TO PAGE TWO) Pinned by Car Door Oshawa Driver Dies Enroufe to Hospital Wayne George Fox, 26. of Oshawa, died on Monday night while being taken to Toronto General Hospital. He was fatally injured when the car ed by Mr. S. L, been set up to organize a program program for a general meeting to be held at the Town Hall Auditorium on Thursady ev- ening, Sept. 29th, at 8 p.m. Grade XIII Results Only One Over 807<> But Overall Average Much Higher This Year showing three ball diamonds, May 12th. She, too, was rerunning rerunning track, football field presented by Mr. Kelly, and a spot for a lacrosse box. 1 Constable L. J. Mahoney, New Manager Well-known Bowmanville athlete and sportsman Alan H. Osborne will start his new career as manager of Liberty Bowl this Saturday and his many friends will wish him every success, Mr. Osborne, who retired recently from Goodyear, is filling the vacancy created by the death of George Elliott, manager of the bowling establishment establishment since its opening. An advertisement on the sports page tells of the special opening this Saturday. he was driving went out of control on the Second Concession, Concession, a mile east of Solina Road. The eastbound vehicle left the road and plunged into the ditch. Apparently, the left front door flew open. Fox was partially thrown out of the seat and pinned when the door hit a pole and bounced back. He was taken to Memorial Memorial Hospital by Bowmanville Bowmanville Area Ambulance and after examination, transferred to Toronto, where he was dead on arrival. Two passengers, Thomas Edward Dowell, King St., Bowmanville. and Willie Sprcnkcls, Whitby, were uninjured. uninjured. OPP Constable Harvey Cook investigated. The anxiously -awaited Grade XIII examination results results were received this week at Clarke, Courtice and Bowmanville Bowmanville High Schools with the customary mixed feelings by students who were either successful or not. There was only one Ontario IScholar from the three schools, Douglas Hamm of Clarke 'High, who had an 82.5G> average. average. He will be attending Queen's University in the fall. Discussing the situation with the three principals. The (TURN TO PAGE TWO) Installing Warning Light On West Pier For the past couple of weeks, a fairly large ship, The Slnicoe, has been moored moored frequently off the harbor harbor at Bowmanville Beach or Port Darlington as it was called for many years when used extensively by shipping. shipping. The ship belongs to the Federal Department of Public Public Works and the purpose of Its visit is to Install a cement platform at the end of the west pier that will take a navigation light. Give Demonstration of Life-Saving (Bits and (Pu On Friday evening, The Hccvontlon Department combined with the tied Jriiss to present their minimi "Swim Night" at the Cream at Harley Fuel, There were many demonstrations by swimmers ot all catenaries, but one of the most Interesting was the display of llfc-snvln,; methods. This photo shows the demonstration demonstration In propres» at the side of the pool, being watched by several hundred spectators. Due to a shortage of space, several other photos ot the other events have been held over, ieces DASTARDLY -- Last week The Statesman published published a picture of the historical plaque commemorating commemorating one of Oshawa's most famous citizens, the late Hon. Gordon D. Conant, 12th Premier 1 of Ontario. Some time Friday night, the four foot square, 100 pound plaque was stolen by a person or persons as yet unidentified. t t + t t RAINED OUT -- Both Senior and Junior Men's Softball games were rained out last night, but Cobourg OPP's took Bowmanville to the cleaners 11 to 1. Playing in the mud, both teams will need to send their uniforms to the cleaners. Bill's and Stephen's will play tonight in the Senior playoffs with Kramp's and Ken's playing Thursday. Juniors Whyte's and Ellis will now ploy on Thursday Thursday and if Ellis win, the finals will open Monday, t t t t t PRINCESS -- Don't forgot that the C.N.E. opens this Friday. Visitors next Wednesday will be able to see Durham's Dairy Princess in action. She is Mrs. Doreen McHolm, R.R. 1, Port Hope and wilt be taking part in the competitions. Later, she probably will be making appearances at Black- stock, Orono and Port Hope Fall Fairs. We wish her the host of luck at the ONE. t t t t + HOCKEY -- It may seem a bit early, but Bow- manvillc's Midget hockey All Stars will hold their first practice on Thursday, August 18th . . . that's tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. They are making an early start to be ready for a special competition to determine the Ontario representative in the Canadian Centennial Midget Hockey Championships. Championships. All team members and prospects are asked to be on hand for the first practice. t t t f 1 t APOLOGIES -- On Tuesday evening, The Statesman Statesman photographer took several flash pictures of nil the Playground Princesses and also went to Newcastle to record the successful Horticultural Society's Annual Show. Later, in the darkroom, ho gave vent to wrath when none of the flash pictures appeared on film. Apparently, one small lever on Ills camera had shifted, wrecking the proper synchronization. Sorrjd ^ OMISSION -- In the recent picture of Bowman- villo's Bantam ball club, the names of two players wore omitted, Warren Alder and Doug Parker, t t t t t DESPERATE -- Ralph Armstrong, Ills wife and four small children ore worried. He has been here since Spring as a Social Worker at the Ontario Training School for Boys and so far has been unable to locate n house. They've been living in n trailer, It anyone in the area can come up with n house for vent with three or four bedrooms, it would ease the situation considerably. They arc not looking forward to living In the trailer all winter. Call C23-3301 If you can help, t + t t 1 SUNDOWN -- This Saturday, at Mosport, Canada s longest sports car race will take place In the Sundown Sundown Grand Prix. Program starts at 11:30 with the feature six hour race beginning at 4:30 mid finishing alter dark, Should lie flint t t t t t SADNESS -- Port Hope has been having trouble with neighboring rival Cobourg. Some time ngo the railways decided to stop at Cobourg mill not Port Hope, n terrible blow to the hllltoppors' pride. Recently, it was announced that the CNR telegraph telegraph office would he moved to the eastern town nnd again, all hcek broke loose, The move has been delayed until November due tq the protests. Local Woman's Back Broken in Two Car Accident Mrs. John Harris, 20 Wellington Wellington St., Bowmanville. Is in Clvlo Hospital, Peterborough, Peterborough, with a serious back injury following a two-car accident Sunday afternoon, south of Bancroft. Mr. Harris, who suffered bruises and cuts, was abto to return to work at Goodyear Goodyear on Tuesday morning. Their children, Debra 9, Pamela 7 and Ian 5 sustained sustained only minor Injuries and are with relatives. They were asleep In the rear of . Mrs. Harold Murray, Hamilton, Hamilton, a passenger in the second car, driven by her uninjured husband, is In Bancroft Red Cross Hospital with undetermined Injuries. Both cars were extensively extensively damaged. Mr. Harris credits scat belts with saving their lives. Mrs. C. E. Thornton, Millbrook, better known in this area as the former Lena Taylor, a school health nurse hero for a number of years, was injured Sunday night in an unusual accident at the intersection of Taunton Road and Highway 115. She and her husband were uninjured in an accident that occurred as they entered the intersection, but while they were attempting to shove their car off the road, a third car collided with the rear. Mrs. Thornton suffered a fractured leg. plus many cuts and bruises. She was taken to Oshawa General Hospital by Bowmanville Area Ambulance. Her condition was reported satis- factory on Tuesday. Mr. Thornton sustained cuts and bruises. Nearly 600 People Attend Annual Swimming Display CIoso to 600 people watched, the Recreation Department] "Swim Display" held at the, Cream of Barley Pool on Fri-; day evening, August 12th. j This was a recap of the; various fundamentals taught j to the children during the classes at the Boys Training, School and the Cream of Bar-' ley Pool. Boys and girls 5 years to 16 years of age were involved in this "Swim Dis play". W. W. 'Bill' Bagncl!, Director Director of the Swim Classes, acted acted as Master of Ceremonies and gave a running common- tarv on the various dives, life saving, mouth to mouth breathing, "artificial respiration respiration and other fundamentals pertaining to swimming. T. A. Fanning, Director of Recreation, Mrs. M. Lucas, Recreation Committee, Wm. Wallis, Bowmanville Red Cross, presented awards to the young swimmers. All in all it was a very successful and enjoyable cv« ening despite the cool wca« ther, which was probably rougher on the swimmers than the spectators. The Department of Recréa* tion would like to thank all those who assisted in making the display a noteworthy event* Ontario Committee on Aging Visits Area Nursing Homes On Tuesday, Ilowmnnvlllo was honored with a visit from the Ontario Select Committee on Aging, headed by Chairman Alex Carruthers, Durham's M.P.P. They had luncheon at The Flylni: Dutchman, talked to Senior Citizens at the Lions Centre, and visited mtrslni! homes In the town before ccmthmlni; on to Newcastle. Port Hope and Cobnut'i;, The Statesman ihotogrophor coup,ht up to the primp at Strnthnvcn iarsing Homo where Mrs, J, Childs took them through her modern nursing home, She, and Mr, Carruthers, right, are shown here with the group, Including In the foreground Mrs. A. Pritchard, M.P.P. for Hamilton Centre, Committee Secretary bliss McElroy and In the luck vow, II. Worton, M.P.P., Wellington South, J, R. Knox, M.P.P. Lnmhtim West, N. Davison, M P.P, Hum- ilton East, ,!. It. Trotter, M.P.P,, P.irkdale and Consult Consult it Lawrence Crawford.