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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, September 25,1996 7 Covers Mosport With Many Cameras VOLUME 117 20 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1971 15ÿ Per Copy NUMBER 38 Carruthers Wins PC Nomination In accepting the nomination, Mr. Carruthers reiterated the iromises which have carried dm to victory in the past. "I will hold the same ideals and principles which have guided me through the years," told the assembled party faithful, "and the desire to ve, to share responsibilities, to hold office only at the will of tlie people." He expressed his indebted- above, was one of the many International p h o t o g raphers Who attended the Player's Bjorn Benkow in the picture ito catch the mood of Swedish -- -, racer Ronny Peterson at the start of the big race. Mr. Ben- ..._ , kow, who works out: of New,,., „ .... Grand Prix of Canada held at|York City, was-sent here to;world's top Formula One rac- Mosport last week. Here he cover the event for the Stock-ers are Swedish -- Ronny ponders over what lens to use .holm Expressen, the largest! daily (circulation 600,000 plus) in Sweden. There's an obvious interest in Grand Prix racing in that country. Two of the (TURN TO PAGE TWO) Have Spent Over $33,500 on Park Rotarians Plan Improvements Before Turning it Over to the Town Bowmanville Rota r i a n s have re-kindled club interest in their number one commun- . ity project-- Soper Creek | Park. Excelsior Choir Seeks Voices As the Excelsior Choir be fins its 10th year of choral work, a full schedule of events has been arranged with rehearsals and fall concerts. The choir is looking for new voices and there is a place for any interested singers. The director is especially interested interested in solo voices that can be used for concert work. Come out and join this fine choral group. Concerts are planned as f llows: On Oct. 22-23, The inadian Christian Choral oup and the Maple Grove est School Choir will be guests at the Annual Fall Concert. On Dec. 18th, the Excelsior Choir will present The Messiah. Other performances performances still to be confirmed Include a Christmas TV ap pearance on Channel 8 Cable east, and a performance of Handel's Messiah at St. Hedq- wig's Polish Roman Catholic Church in Oshawa. In a meeting held at the Flying Dutchman Motor Inn last Thursday, club president president A1 Sylvester announced that for the first time since the Rotarians bought the property property in 1961. the club has been able to establish a budget budget for maintenance, repair and further construction at the site. The amount-- $5,000. Dr. Sylvester explained that budgetary spending bas become become feasible because the mortgage payments on the ldnd have dwindled until there is only $700 left to pay. He calculated the budget on the basis of raising $1,000 from hockey draws, $1,$00 from' Xmas tree rsrie,. JUUSj i from the Nassau trip' drays. $500 from the: millionaires night, and $500 from car washes, football raffles, lad' les bridges, etc. To the present time, financing financing has been "hand-to- mouth", Dr. Sylvester said 1 (TURN TO PAGE TWO) by Derek Sidenhlus Alex Carruthers,. incumbent Progressive-Conservative Progressive-Conservative M.P.P. for Durham was acclaimed last night as the candidate for his party' in the coming election. Approximately 350 people meeting in the gymnasium gymnasium at Clarke High School, warmly applauded Mr. Carruthers, who has been the Durham County riding member since 1959. This year's fray will mark his fourth provincial election battle. ness to his family, and to the people of Durham, and took a moment to eulogize Irwin Colwill of Newcastle, a former former president of the Durham P.C. Association, who died last weekend. "He will be sorely missed in the community for which he has played a major role,'-' Mr. Carruthers said. Referring to the 28 years of (TURN TO PAGE TWO) Entire Carruthers Family Attends Nomination Durham Enrollment From Bowmanville Is Short of Expectations Enrollments at Durham College have, fallen short of expectations, - Dr. Willey, the college's president told The Statesman on Monday afternoon. afternoon. And the response from Bowmanville, in particular, has been disappointingly low, he added. "There probably Is a justi- Santa's Parade Set for Nov. 20th The Bowmanville Santa Clana Parade Committee has adready been In action. They held a meeting recently recently and set the date for Saturday, Nov. 28th, starting starting at 18:38 sjn. This being the 10th Anniversary Anniversary of the Santa Claus Psrade here, the committee decided the theme for the event should be "Highlights from Previous Previous Parades." The new. Float. Chairman Mi- Cole whU Hàè fuir support from all organisations organisations who have «altered floats over the past decade or new groups and ask» that you contact her as soon as possible by phoning 623- 8405, to help make this ■ major anniversary year's parade, Orono Resident Wins $2125 In Legion's Monthly Draw The September Draw of Branch 178 Canadian Legion Welfare Fund ' was made at the monthly dance in the Legion Hall on Saturday, Sept. 18th. Earl Young of Oshawa, who was In attendance at the dance, was called on by the draw chairman to make the first draw. He pulled out ticket ticket C5844, held by Mrs. Louise Louise Boriclc of R.R, 1, Orono, which made her the winner of $2,125 as first prize. Mrs. Boricic purchased her ticket at Noone's Restaurant and Mrs. Noone received the seller's seller's award of $212. Second prize was won by Mr. H. Kelsh of 1314 King St. W„ Oshawa, who received the customary $100 for ticket C5264. Mr. Cec. B. Hamlyn of Oshawa received the $10 sel- ler's award for the sale of this ticket. President Stan. Dunn reports reports that sales were down slightly this month but now well over the $4,000 target, with a total of $4,450, and that the prize should now continue to be In excess- of $2,000. This draw has enabled enabled the Branch of the Leg ion to assist all worthy causes (TURN TO PAGE TWO) HAMPTON HOME ON FIRE As we go to press, 8remen are at the scene of a 8re in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Borek, Ormiston Rd, Hampton. They have it under control. control. There will be conslder- able damage. fiable reason, but I would like to know what," he said in an interview following a pres: conference at the Oshaw. Holiday Inn, held to announce the opening of the new Durham Durham College building. He suggested it may be because because Bowmnaville is more academic- oriented than schools such as Courtice Secondary Secondary which offer the gamut of technical courses, and where the response has been good. But he intimated there may be other factors as .well. He said he hoped to Initiate a stepped-up program this year--to carry the Durham College message to BHS and other schools in the area which are not making proportionately proportionately high use of the community college. Dr, -Willey remarked that response Was disappointingly low in. the Ajax, Pickering and Uxbridge areas too but considered the reason In these places was easier access to training' 'centers In Toronto. '■ ,< Wfiat'ijW"'must 8b Is' 1 offer lùch an: appealing program that -we will be- able to attract attract these potential students to Durham," he said. The whole family was on hand to congratulate Alex Carruthers in securing the nomination to stand for the fourth -straight time as P.C. candidate for Durham Durham County Ritiing at a meeting held in Clarke High School last night; On the left, daughters Karen Doherty of Fort Francis and Marion Manrlers of Clarke; on the right, Mr. Carruthers' wife, Yvonne, and their youngest daughter, 18-year-old Cathy. Mr. Carruthers has : beea Durham County M.P.P. since 1959. Statistics Tell Story of Last Ont. Election in 1967 Ah, statistics. People either hate them or love them. There is no in between. During the next few weeks however, whether the gentle populi like it er.not-they will tie hearing much about these odious little creatures. Because it is election election time, and because statistics statistics represent to the politician not only food for thought but the very sustenance on which jvotes, polling 7,657 of thé 16,- PIECES BITS Mi® Ottawa Driver Dies in Accident at Mosport One of Canada's tup lacing cal' builders and drivers wan killed instantly on Sumh-.v when he rounded ("mm-i Mm At Momiui-i on (In- second lap of the FoiTO'iM l 'nrd race pic- llmitiar.v to the Player's Grand Prix aiid culliued with an nm- bulanco that was called out to) the track for on earlier accident, accident, Wayne Kelly, age 36, of Ottawa, died in the wreckage of his Titan Mark 0 race car, ills wife Marlene ami one of his tluee children, 16-ycar-old M-'ik. were watching the race. Five cars, following behind, crashed at the scene and the race was abandoned, In the picture above, taken minutes after the tragic mishap, mishap, Kelly's car Is in the middle. middle. On the left is number 221, an SCR Ferret, driven by Stu Lamont of Ilanuvor, Ontario, and on the right hard against the guard rail tlie racer which brought the ambulance out in the first place, a Lotus 51-C driven by Bill Hnllnndal of Flint, Michigan. Mr. Hnllnndal had spun out ns he entered the sharp right- handed curve of the first cor- .(TURN TO RAG* TWO>, NEW CHAMPS -- Last night, the Men's Town Soft- ball League came to a blistering conclusion in its sixth game of the finals. Whyte's Upholstery were leading 7 to 5 going into the final frame when the " roof fSl in on their opponents, Frank's Variety, with the game.ending at something like 18-7 for Whyte's to end the series. We understand there were several disputes and angry arguments during the tense game. So, there it is until next'year. Frank's must be given credit for coming up with two wins after they lost the first three games. t t t t t PAPER DRIVE -- Boy Scouts will be on the prowl this Saturday for the first drive of the ■ fall season. Please have your bundles on the curb as early as possible so there will be no delays. It's a good time to clear out the summer reading material, ready for winter. t t t t t NEW RESIDENT -- We would like to welcome to Bowmanville a new resident Uncle Benny of CHOO Radio arid his family. Uncle Benny is well known for his Country and Western program on the Ajax station. No doubt he will also be welcomed by Bowmanville Bowmanville Lions as he is a director of the Whitby Club. Possibly, he and that other great local exponent exponent of Country and Western music, 'the Honorable Senator' Jim Coyle may be able to get together on some jamborees this winter. t t t T TV PROBLEMS -- The Toronto Daily Star published published an article by Wendy Darroch this week telling about a new night course that will be offered at George Brown College in Toronto this fall. It will run for 10 weeks and students will learn not how to repair their television .sets, but how to tell if they are being repaired properly by service personnel. The instructor-is William • Dykstra, formerly of Bowmanville. t 't t I i SÂD NOTE -- It is with deep regret that we record the decision by Toronto Telegram publisher John Bassett to cease publication of that highly respected old lady formerly of Melinda Street. The announcement announcement was made last week but no definite date has been given for suspending publication. We are also sorry to report that there will he a cutback in General Motors staffs in Canada that could involve many residents of this area. The reason for this move has been the growing popularity of small foreign cars, especially those from Japan. t t t t t FEAST OR FAMINE -- Last week at this time, only one prospective candidate had indicated he would be seeking the Liberal nomination. Now. we understand there are at least three in the running, Bruce Taylor of Enniskillen announced his intention Inst Wednesday morning. Since then, Milt Dakin, R. It. 6, Bowmanville and Robin Russell of Cobourg have said they me throwing their hats in the ring. Tonight is she moment of truth when the nomination meeting will be held at, the Township Hall in Orono. We'll have more for you next week about who Mine the nomination. he thrives. But there is only one statistic ; slightly which ultimately means any-; votes . he recorded in the 19o3| thing to him -- the final count; el cction. on election day. I Dick Lovekin, a Newcastle] Here is the way it went last lawyer, received ' 5,079 votes time round -- on October 17, compared with 6,412 for Lib- 1967. , , eral Allan Beer in 1963. There were three candidates! Doug Moffatt strengthened contesting the Durham Countyjthe NDP position by polling a rash of pop i riding -- Alex Carruthers, 4,163 votes as compared with; break-ins that have P.C., incumbent MPP; E. Rich- the 3,028 received by Harry *** ln lrri dor ard Lovekin, Liberal candidate!Ashton in the previous elec- and Douglas Moffatt, NDP lion. candidate. I Since 1925_ when the elec- Mr Carruthers was re-elect- (oral district of Durham was ed with a majority of 2,8291 <tUhn to page two) im.it | vuica, putting i.uvi ui mv ivi j £97 votes cast; The total was; Utir! slightly down from the 7.908; THEFTS AT MOSPORT . RACE While fans watched the races at Mosport on Sunday thieves were active In ateal- lng their vehicles. Twe motorcycles and three ear» were reported stolen. Newcastle O.P.P. reported today, they have recovered two of the cars. Hit Garage Pop Machine» Nichols Garage at Coer- tlce was the latest scene o< machine occurred occurred in the area during the past few weeks. An estimated estimated $5 In change was taken from the machine sometime sometime during Thursday evening. evening. . Thieves and Vandals Loose Break Into Area Schools Area schools have taking a beating this past week-and-a-half from thieves and vandals. Last week Courtice Secondary Secondary and M. J. Hobbs, were forcibly entered by persons apparently in search of money. On Saturday, vandals caused caused an undetermined amount of damage at Orono Public School when they turned on been all the water taps in the school and threw hooks and papers on the floor. The Orono Orono Fire Brigade had to be called to help clean up the mess. Finally, sometime during Monday evening or early|ing through Tuesday morning, seven area, glass. ' schools were broken into,- According to Newcastle On- some goods taken and damage, taro Provincial Police, theft» done. The schools were: Ken-i Included a couple of transi»- dal, Salem. Solina. South! '.turn to face twqi Courtice. Kirby Centennlll, Mitchell's Corners, and Clarke High. The method of entry hid been the same in each case-- a broken window near a door which was opened by reach- the shattered Chanae Name to Stockholm Statesman The fui..- •vc.t W6i k»'Wl. ;•! - -;t • .- iCiV-.i I'?,.•:••• I lal W .iv Sc at M-spor ', l -'i'.-:. u.--:-! U-- ,ill; .-r.-'-.'f. r- =. !' - .-.cures ters tr. i..:; ;; Prix race. In the ;'. c'.uiv [taken at Mosport. .Prix race. In the g.itait, by..'. ,. 1 Bjorn Beskov/ and Julienlchccka through :ho negatives' > -I oi winch will Stockholm - i," ,i uilp Jul- :■ .-ni, vc ir-to the .jo- c-i ol UPI l-V-IOS (If* ..g distance tele- VO PA35 TWO).