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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, December 21,1994 Section Two Cmmitian tatdmnn "Durham County's Qreat Family Journal" VOLUME 101 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22nd, 1955 10c PER COPY NUMBER 51 Issue Building Permit tor Public Building At Planning Bd. Session Bowmanville Planning andlly the Bob Battle (arm, was Development Board had a busy given the green light but part New Election Called For Dep. Reeve's Post Due to Technicality night Monday when they con sidered numerous proposed building sub-divisions and the issuing of several building permits. permits. The new post office, to be located on the corner of Temperance Temperance and Church came in for some criticism. It was felt that this government government building should be further back from the sidewalks according according to the by-law but as plans and specifications for the building building had been drawn up before the passing of the Zoning Bylaw Bylaw it was decided that a building building permit should be issued. Two sub-divisions were recom mended to council for approval. of the industrial zoning in this area will be changed to residential. residential. The Allchin sub-division also received the official blessing blessing of the board. An inquiry from Leo Berger regarding his property at the south end of Liberty Street at Highway 401 was dealt with. Mr. Berger wanted to know if a residence could be built on his lot when it is in a light industrial area. As long as the lot and building conform to the specifications specifications for a residential area as far as the board is concerned this is possible. However, they cautioned Mr. Berger that he would likely also have to get permission from the Dept, of The Jones sub-division, former- Highways and the Health Unit, Once Trinity Organist Tom Stanley Honored By Port Hope Church Thirty years of service as organist and choir director of the Port Hope United Church were fittingly recognized recently recently when Thomas W. Stanley, 79, was honoured by many well- wishers at a gathering in the United Church Sunday School Hall. Prior to moving to Port Hope .Mr. Stanley was organist ana choirmaster at Trinity United United Church, Bowmanville, for several yeafs. Missed Only Once Mr. Stanley, who came to this country with his* wife 50 years ago, has been living in Port Hope f6r 30 years; In that time he has missed only one Sunday service. He still carries on fulltime fulltime duties as music director in the public schools. Geld Key Presented In an informal .addresi, A. E. Fulford told the gathering of the formalities entered into by the committee, of which he was a member, when Mr. Stanley's contract was drawn up and sign- e'd. "That contract has been doubly fulfilled," he said. A gold key to the church organ was presented to the well known organist, with an invitation to use the organ as and when he .wished. Miss Netta Brownlee, preS' ident of the choir, paid tribute to Mr. Stanley's work with both senior and junior choirs, and Mrs. J. S. Reynolds presented him with a boutonniere and Mrs. Stanley with an orchid corsage. Earlier in the season Mr. .Stanley had received an armchair armchair as a tribute to his work, from the United Church choir, (Continued on page seven) Tap Payments teyExçeed '54 Despite Strike Tax payments in' Bowmanville have been very good this year in spite of the three-month General Motors strike which has affected affected many local workers. Tax Collector Collector Clarence Oke has reported. reported. Only ,$39,000 out of a total 1855 tax roll of $315,000 remains to be collected, he «ta ted, and it is expected that this will be whittled down to less than $30,000 by December 31. He felt that collection's might even be as good as 1954 when only $22,000 in uncollected taxes was carried over at the end of the year. During December . $11,571 had been collected in taxes up until the 21st. Shortest Run On Record for Fire Brigade The Bowmanville Fire De partment had one of the short est runs on record on Friday afternoon when they were called about 2.30 o'clock to a fire just a few yards west of the fire hall at the corner of Church and Temperance Streets. Workers engaged in tearing down the three old residences at this corner to make room for the new Post. Office had built a small fire to keep warm, The blaze got away from them and set fire to a wooden partition in one of the partly demolished demolished houses. Using two lines of hose from the water tank on the truck, the firemen quickly extinguished extinguished the fire. They later hooked up a hose to a hydrant at the northwest corner of the intersection, however, to give the woodwork a good soaking and prevent any further outbreak. outbreak. Rotary Club Pays Annual Visit to B.T.5. Twenty-three members, of the Toronto Rotary Club paid their annual Christmas visit to the Boys Training,School here Tuesday evening, bringing with them handsome gifts for each boy remaining at the school over the Christmas season. Following an excellent chicken chicken dinner the visiting Rotar- ians presented a program of entertainment which included piano selections by a talented member of the Toronto club and community singing of Christmas carols. Santa Claus arrived in due course and presented each of the 60 boys present with a pair of skates, a box of chocolates, chocolates, a book and a bail-point pen. These very fine gifts were provided by the Toronto RO' tary Club members. B. T. S. Superintendent Ken' neth Werry welcomed the To ronto Rotarians and also Rev. T. A. Morgan and Pete Newell of the Bowmanville Rotary Club. Fire Escape Being Erected At Town Hall A new fire escape was erected this week on the south side of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Town Hall by a Trenton Trenton firm. The escape leads down from the landing between the balcony and entrances to the main floor of the Town Hall auditorium, At present, the only means of getting onto the fire escape is through a window, but this will be made Into a door to enable people to use It more quickly should a fire break out. Iron railings have also been added to the new cement steps leading up to the Police Department. Foundry Employees Enjoy Christmas Party A puppet show put on bv John Mclnncss and John Rvckman two Toronto teachers who pur mini Clinmas parly given bv ] sue puppetry as a hobby, wa tiie l'iiinpntiy on Tuesday even- ' also a big hit. Employees of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Foundry Co., their wives and children, enjoyed the an ■^SLs you celebrate die Birthday of Him, who was born In Bethlehem upon the Holy Night of long ago, may the true spirit of Christmas surround you and your loved ones, lifting your hearts anew With its glorious promise of "Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men-* The Management, Staff and Correspondents of oIke Canadian Statesman Because of a technicality in connection with his resignation from the Durham District High School Board to run in the Darlington Darlington municipal election on December 5, Garnet B. Rickard, who was elected Deputy-Reeve of Darlington for 1956 at that time, has had to file a writ disclaiming disclaiming his right to that office, and a new nomination - and possibly possibly an election - for the position position of Deputy-Reeve will be necessary. The nomination meeting to fill the position will be held at 12 noon on Tuesday, December 27, and it an election is necessary necessary it will be held on Thursday, Thursday, January 5 at the same polling places as the December election from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Resignation Wrongly Submitted The technicality which made it necessary for Mr. Rickard to disclaim his right to the position of Deputy-Reeve, which he won by 1,389 votes to 609 over Cyril H. Mumford, was that Mr. Rickard Rickard submitted his resignation from the Durham District High School Board to the wrong officer officer in order to contest the election. Since he was appointed appointed to the High School. Board by Darlington Township Council, Mr. Rickard believed that he should also file his resignation with that body. Accordingly, on nomination day, he tendered his resignation from the Board to Darlington Township Clerk Web ter Bundle. He subsequently ran In the election, defeated his opponent, Mr. Mumford, and believed, as did the Darlington officials, that he was properly elected as Deputy-Reeve of the township for 1956. On December 15, however, however, he learned that his qua! ifications for holding the office were being questioned and he Checked up on the matter. As a result he found that he was technically not qualified for the Deputy-Reeve's office because the Municipal Act requires that he should have tendered his resignation resignation from' the High School Board with its secretary, rather than with the Darlington clerk as he had done. Neither he, the clerk, or the Darlington Council had been aware of th»t I,ct when he filed his resignation. Had Mr. Rickard done nothing, it would have been.up to his opponent, qr his Opponents sup- • porters, to question the legality of the election in the courts. Had they not done so within six weeks, according to the Municipal Municipal Act, his election would have been legal. . Instead, he Informed the Township Clerk, Mr. Bundle and been submited to the wrong person. Council instructed Mr. Bundle to ask the Department of Municipal Affairs at Queen's Park for a ruling. He and J. D. Hogarth went to Toronto the following day and officials of the Department confirmed the fact that Mr. Rickard's resignation should have been made to the Secretary of the High School Fur Jacket Lifted From Breslin's Store Evidently one local person believes in doing her Christmas shopping without bothering with the formalities of paying for her purchases. Maurice Breslin, proprietor of Breslin's Ladies Wear Store, noticed on Monday morning that a $199 fur jacket was missing missing from his stock. He believes Ihe article was stolen sometime during shopping hours on Sat-, urday. Local merchants would be well advised to look out for such shoplifters during the last few shopping days while their stores are crowded with persons making their Christmas Christmas purchases. mg, Dec 2li. ni I lie Legion Hall. AI II ni I lull |H'ii|j|e well: p resell I for 111..I guv evvlll, half of whom were voung.-tci.-. Mr. Tom livlirler v. as muster of ccrcinotiic: ami gut the program program under way with community community carol singing, acvnni- pi,'fivd at the pinnn bv Dorothy Mi, \|J of Osliawa. Guild entertain- entertain- cut was provided bv Dorothy Merrill with piano an I necordinn nnmiiri . ni. l 11:1' a: I E • ,\i ■ ' T m.ig Santa Clans arrived and had a lovely present for every child, suitable to bis or her age. Naturally, much excitement cti.-ncd and everybody had a really happy time. There were lucky dnnr prizes for the ladles, and these were won by Mrs, Norman Kennedy, Mrs. Gordon Yen, Mrs. Jack I'm kin, Mrs. Kiimmunta. Mis f lillii'i t All ai k. Mis Frank IV ..' M: ,l"i... Kenned . M V. ,;t V !i ' i Mi t'lai kc Pipe Band Held Turkey Draw Mrs. Harold Thertcll of Bow- manvillc won the first prize in the Christmas Draw held by Ihe Bowmanville Legion Pipe Band during a bingo they staged staged at the Legion Hall on Saturday Saturday night. Chairman Bob Lockhart was in charge of the draw and ladies present at the bingo drew the winning lick' cts. Ollier winners in order were R. Cassclman. Port Hone; Bill Riummcll, Bowmanville; ,1. Hornigan, Osliawa; Bob Calc, Bowmanville: Grace Gaines, Newcastle; Ellen Humphrey, Ajax; Mac McPhall, Orono; Keith Waite, Bowmanville; Doug Ferrar, Dorchester; P. Martincllo, Toronto and R. Hayes, Trenton, A quill was also raffled bv Ihe Tartan Club. Indies auxll- un of die Pipe Band, and tli> Second Vesper Service Enjoyed at Trinity Choir's fine rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Handel's Messiah, The second annual carol vesper vesper service of Trinity United Church was held on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 18, with the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Senior Choirs under the direction of Arthur Collison, Mus. B., L.R.S.M., taking part. The minister, Rev. T. Arthur Morgan, Morgan, conducted the service. The choirs entered singing the processional hymn, "The First Noel", and took their places, the Junior and Intermediate Intermediate Choirs being in the gallery on opposite sides of the church, , Following the Invocation, the Senior "choir sang a group_ of numbers composed of "Fanfare" "Fanfare" by Shaw; "Let Carols Ring", a Swedish carol; a -setting of "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear" by Stainer in which Mr. Colin Taylor was soloist; concluding with "Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light" by Bach, The ladies' chorus sang two lovely numbers, "A Christmas Carol From Lapland" in which Mrs, Sam Black and Miss Vivian Vivian Sadler were soloists; and "In Winter Cold" by Bell. Mrs. A. Merkley was soloist in the choir number, "How Beautiful Arc Thy Feet" by Handel, The ' young voices large Intermediate heard to advantage in an Aus trian carol, "Shepherds' Christ- t | t ,y, T( ; S j n the large wart mas Song" in which Miss Carol, ho)| , c which j, dangerously Plummer was solois ; and ,n, ]ow f(ll . „ m . ÿery s! ndi. He Somerset Carol • ^ ,e se v ' ^ , pointed nul that II,e danger In sung in parts, and the lovciy ,| )c |,| an { vnuts results as much Extreme Cold Serious Threat At B-K Nursery The unexpected cold snap of Tuesday and Wednesday threatened threatened to destroy between $100,- 000 and $150,000 in nursery stock stored in the new warehouse warehouse of the Brookdale-Kings- way Nurseries Ltd. Norman J. Scott, owner of the firm, believes, however, that the good co-operation lia received from local heating contractors who rushed extra heating equipment to the warehouse warehouse has probably saved the valuable nursery items. He will know in from 10 days to two weeks if any of the stock was ruined. Mr. Scott slated that lie was unprepared for such sudden low temperatures so early in the winter, He had previously installed two 4,5110-watt heat- r .. i ers in the building but they os oi i.ic proved insufficient to cope with ■'J";. 1 ihe below-zero temperature.-. The temperature dropped to Bill Bagnell Wins Skating Club Turkey Elaine Richards, skating star from the Minto Skating Cluo who has appeared in several local skating carnivals, drew the winning tickets in the raffle raffle held by the Bowmanville Skating Club Tuesday night. Winner of the first prize of a 10-pound turkey was Bill Bagnell. The second prize, a panda bear donated by McNulty's McNulty's Sports and Cycle, was won by Herbert Goddard. Third prize of a Christmas cake donated donated by Mrs. Derry Hubbard was won by E. Greenaway. In addition to Miss Richards, Don Jackson, Junior men's skating champion of Canada, also skated as a guest of the club Tuesday night. Garnet B. Rickard Board. They also stated that Mr. Rickard could disclaim his right to the office, and. a new nomination - and a new election, if necessary - could be held t# dispose of the matter. Filed Writ of Disclaim Mr. Rickard filed his writ of disclaim with Mr. Rundle that same day - last Friday. His defeated defeated opponent, Mr. Mumford, appeared at the Township Clerk's office after the writ had been filed to protest the election, but since the writ had been filed the protest was too late, and the matter did not need to go to the courts for a decision. Darlingtoh Council met the following , day, Saturday, and after discussion agreed that a new nomination meeting, and possibly an election, would be necessary. It set the new nomination nomination meeting for noon on December 27 and the el&tion for January 5. The only post te be filled at the nomination meeting meeting will be that of Deputy 1 - Reeve. _. , ' Needless to say, Mr. Rickard has personally delivered his resignation to the Durham District District High School Board Secretary, Secretary, and being now properly qualified, has announced that he ihe^Council at their last regular intend, to be a candidate at the meehngrof the year last Thurs- December 27 nomination meet- day that his resignation had I mg. Farm Forum Manager Explains Its Function At Interesting Dinner harmony was most effective. The same was true of the Junior Choir, also a largo] avllon, group, who sang "Sing Yu s. Blain Songs of Praise", an American carol, and "The Shepherds Had an Angel", an English carol, from the sudden drying effect of the frost as from the frccz- S. Blain Elliott mid A, K. Chic rushed extra heating mi Fire Destroys Prize Rabbits On Tuesday Several prize rabbits and bantam roosters belonging to Ernie Rundle, who lives on Vareoe's Road in Darlington Township. were destroyed when a lire limned Ihe Mid in winch they were housed curly Tuesday afternoon. The Bowmanville Fire Department Department was called to the blaze al 1.20 p.m. and made the seven-mile run in good lime. The sited was located quite near Mr. Bundle's linu-o Cole rushed extra heating im- and other house- hut the uuMs PetMrk^of Tmd'kVnrti^Minidii'd m ' tinn of ll,u fir( ' nu ' n P 1 evont- r Quehel hroti'i' The lemur's ,,(l " ,c Wu!!e fmm and old a.ts.e vwtn litur trick», i Wikun and Mus Smrlcy Young. I Tyrone The congregation joined lit the ringing of .several fumill.ir • atme had I c"ii Irvuuhl lu "I nti'ir were l".n -nni" in III Christmas carols. The .-crviie ilegrec ■ tv We.'.iie. ur\. .ml hen it. I 1er !•••- w Inlii'M i wa wnii by Margo Murphy of i was brought to an impren , Mr. Km" limud v.iai ■'■mu. iv„ r ir ,r.tU from out- Tyrone. I conclusion by the Senior | damage had been avoided, i heated pipes, Fairmount , Church Hall, northeast of Ida in Cavan Township, was the scene of a dinner sponsored jointly by the Durham Federation of Agriculture and the Co-operators Co-operators Insurance Association on Wednesday evening of last week. Jack McPherson, Secretary- Manager of the Ontario Farm Radio . Forum, was the gues. speaker and addressed the 61) guests following an enjoyable roast pork supper. He explained explained the work of the Farm Forums Forums and outlined what happens happens to the findings set down in the questionnaires after each meeting. "Forums give to their members members in proportion to the ef- fort made", Mr. McPherson de- dared. "An expression of forum forum opinion' is .the considered opinion of a group of farm people who operate on the age-old principle that two heads are better than one. Many benefits now enjoyed by farmers were originated by Farm Forums and you may be sure their findings go to the right places to do the most good". Head Table Guests Chairman of the evening was the incoming President of the Durham Federation of Agriculture, Agriculture, Clarence Allin, Newcastle. Newcastle. Seated with him at the head table were Victor Morrow, Morrow, Fieldman for the Ontario Farm Forum; Mrs, Sadie Me- Bain, agent for the Co-opcra- lni'5 Insurance Association m Cavan Township; Rev. I.aro, Ida; Mrs. Allin, Mr. Mc Plier- snn, Sam Black, Bowmanville, District Supervisin' fur the C. l.A, in five counties: Jack Arndt. Arndt. Fieldman lor the Durham Federation of Agriculture; and Mi.-. Arnnll. The speaker wa- introduced bv Mr. BlncK and thanked by Mr. Arndt. Mr. Black introduced three men from the Turontu uflt 1 ' ; d' C.I.A.: Russ Bradley. Bit'. Summerville and Cliff CIiu.j- pell, wild answered quested- limn the flnnr regarding tin LU A. it,i- • ■ i i:..iPi-. t i.' " il»' Dr"i.'ii l I A l.'-> ■' icc, introduced 'ltd Spencclc;, who entertained, the guesfl with several songs, accompanying accompanying himself on the guitar. Other guests were Robert Moffatt, Orono, Secretary-Treasurer ot the Durham Co-operative Medical Medical Services; Charles Osborne, Osborne, Ebenezer, Director of the Durham Federation of Agriculture; Richard Bowles, Blackstock, Vice-President of the Durham Federation. Stores Closed On Tuesday Others Open It appears that the store owners and their employees will be the only people in Bowmanville who will be. getting a holiday next Tuesday, Tuesday, December 27, although It had- been proclaimed officially as Boxing Day by the Mayor, Tile banks,-the Post Office ami the major industries will all lie open fur business and The Canadian Statesman office will be open all day. The stores are now busy looking aflcr the needs of late shoppers and report busbies,s surprisingly good In view of the long General Motors strike. They will remain open tonight, Friday Friday and Saturday evenings until !l p.m. witli the exception exception of the food stores which will close at I! p.m. on Saturday Saturday . The food stores, like the other shops,- will be closed all day Tuesday, The hanks will keep their usual hours on Friday, from ID a,m. to !! p.m, and from 4:3(1 p.m. to ti p.m, They will lie closed all day Satin Satin il,n ami Monday Inti will keep tlieir fi'S'iltr hours on Tuesday,