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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Monday, December 23, 1996 17 Sanfa Visits the Legion Santa Claus paid his annual visit to the Bowmanville Canadian Legion on Saturday afternoon. There to greet him were between 200 to 300 children. The youngsters sang songs, and revelled over the antics of three Legion clowns. When Santa arrived gifts were distributed. No one was ovèrlooked, no matter how small. In the picture above, one child receives her gift while a floor full behind her wait restlessly for their turn. Carruthers Resolution Adopted Teachers Get Full Pension After 35 Years of Service resolution affecting pen- s for a large number of ario's teachers, introduce ■ v Jin the last session of the L<4islature by Alex Carruth- érs, M.P.P., formed part of the Government's package of legislation legislation receiving Royal Assent Assent on Dec. 17tn. The Carruthers resolution, which was supported by all three parties called for the reduction of the teaching period from 40 years to 35 years regardless of age qualification qualification for a full pension under the Teachers' Superannuation Superannuation Act. Amendments to the Act, introduced introduced by the Hon. Robert Welch on Dec. 13th adopts the Carruthers resolution in principle principle and makes it possible for a teacher to retiré on a class A pension after 35 years of service. To accomplish this, the present present age-related reduction factors factors are eliminated if the teacher retires • at a point in time when his age at last birthday added to his years of credit in the fund equals at least 90. A teacher with 35 WINS STARK TROPHY On Deçember 10th, a Kendal Kendal baseball banquet was held al Nod.ie's Restaurant. Each year one lad is chosen as the most valuable player on the Junior teams. This year Donnie Donnie Dennis, a player on the Pee Wee team, was chosen and presented with the .John Stark Memorial Trophy which he holds for one year with his name Inscribed on it. He ts given a small trophy which he may keep. The presentation presentation ,was made by Terry Stark. years of service and age 55 will now be entitled to a pension pension of ; 70% while a person with 33 years of service at age 57 will be eligible for a 66% pension. The legislation will have the effect of reducing the present surplus of teachers, will accelerate the introduction introduction of new teaching methods and ideas and will permit retiring teachers to engage in other activities. Merchants Doing Well Ask almost any merchant in Bowmanville how business has been this Christmas and he will likely smile broadly and say it's been either "good", "very good" or "excellent". • That is the indication the Statesman received after completing a brief survey of 16 town businesses this week. Business has been good. Unanimously they say it has been better than last year when the local economy was hard hit by the protracted G.M. strike. A few businesses claim the best year ever. This year's Christmas buyer seems to have more money to spend. He is looking more for quality than "bargain deals" in his selection of gifts. Essentially he appears to he tradition-minded, and from all accounts seems to know what he wants in completing his Christmas list. There is no doubt he is doing more of his shopping in Bowmanville. Various reasons were offered for this bright trend. One, that he shops here because he wants to avoid the heavy crowds in Oshawa shopping centres. Another, that he shops, here because he gets better, service. Finally, some- merchants felt he has as good a selection of goods here as would be found in other centres, and sometimes even a better one. Whatever the reasons, the Christmas shopper is finding what he wants here, and that is making everyone very happy indeed. (TURN TO RAGE TWO) Call A Cabbie Cheaper Than Day in Court Regular police patrols will be maintained throughout throughout the holiday period and though neither the Bowmanville Bowmanville nor Ontario Provincial Provincial Police forces anticipate anticipate setting up spot cheeks, the officers will be on a sharp look-out for the drinking driver." "Call a cab," fe OP-f. Staff Sergeant Swingham- mer's adyUeL "It's a lot cheaper than a day In court." . Anyone found guilty of Impaired driving receives an automatic three-month suspension of his , driving licence and a fin* up to $501. "Besides that there Is usually a stiff Insurance Increase," Increase," Staff .Sergeant Swlnghammer said. Oshawa Resident Wins Legion Draw of $2,275 The T-Î-™ mber draw was made on Saturday, December 18th at the Legion monthly dance which was attended by one of the largest crowds of the year. Mrs. Prentice of Grafton, having been the winner winner of the door prize, was called on to make the first draw, and she drew tickçt No. A6665 from the drum, declaring declaring Mr. Walter Yurkowski of 941 Simcoc Street North; Oshawa, Oshawa, as the winner of first prize - $2215.00. Seller of the winning ticket was Ewart Bragg, The second prize ticket, No. A6339, held by Helen Ravary of 790 Athol Street, Whitby, Ontario, for $100.00 was drawn by Mrs. Lorraine Bruton of Orono. Mrs. VI. Howard of Whitby was the seller of the second prize ticket. Total sales for the month were $4,630.00, down $98.00 from last month, but this was an increase of $1,818.00 more than December 1970 sales. President Stan Dunn, Chair' man of the Draw, wishes to take this opportunity of thank- (TURN TO PAGE TWO) WINNER A Bowmanville woman, Mrs. Stoop of ■ R.R. 3, was named one of 100 winners in a Canada-Wide contest sponsored sponsored by a major flour com. pany in conjunction with a sewing machine manufacturer. The prize - a $600 touch 'n' sew machine. Box Full of Dolls for Salvation Army Captain liutli I 1 'm l of the Siiivtilkm Army corps In Bowmanville ncveuir, mi behalf of her husband, a box full of dm!.-. i'n,m iWmmivilli? Kinetics, Iris Murray. Murray. Ki'thx llii'iniv Ih-i'i). md Huh' Woodward (foreground! (foreground! ' I Al i n. i.. <•: annul; of Uni club's Christ mas Piojvi.i Cnmmiuev; vli's. Iliinnm- and Mrs. Woodward Woodward members thereof, A fourth member of the eom- tnittse, Jean Williams, was unable to attend, All the gifts, which included a room full of toys, were donated by residents in the area who answered the Kinette appeal for donations last fall. The Kinettes have spent long hours cleaning, scraping, washing, painting, stitching, stitching, mending, dressing and doing what they could to make all the toys shine like new ... to match the shine of wonder which will fill many a child's face this ^Christmas morning. , Goodyear Staff Changes At Bowmanville Plant There have been acme major changea at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Goodyear Plant. Hartley Deyman, development development manager of the plant, haa been promoted to production production manager. David King, manager of industrial engineering, engineering, haa taken on a new department, that of personnel. personnel. Stu Caunce has been appointed snowmobile eng ineer, and Reg. Bowen named 'oremen of the apartment. Mr. preparation Deyman started with Goodyear in Toronto in 1940, (TURN TO PAGE TWO) HONOR ORONO SR. CITIZENS Orono Senior Citizens enjoyed enjoyed a delicious turkey din- ner with vegetables and dessert dessert on Friday, December 10th end served to th'em by Orono Rebekah Lodge. They also provided them with Christmas Christmas corsages. Mrs. Morris thanked the Rebekahs on behalf behalf of the Senior Citizens and everyone had an enjoyable enjoyable evening exchanging gifts and playing cards. BUS m® PIECES THANKS -- Remember an item à few weeks ago about a paper box of pastry the editor saw on the road and tried to recover, only to be foiled by a motorcyclist who ran over it and wrecked those tarts and Danish pastries? It turned out they belonged to Pearl Leach, our Solina correspondent, who this week brought the Editor an identical package to have for coffee break, at home, which was nice of her. They were good tool t t t t t GOOD LUCK -- Word comes from Ottawa that Deputy Speaker Russ Honey, MJP. for Northumberland Northumberland and Durham, his wife Aqne and daughters, daughters, plan a week's holiday between'Christmas and New Year's -- if they can get away from Parliament -- on a skiing trip. He didn't say where but did mention that none of them has ever skied before. Hope he'll send pictures and get good care from the nurses and doctors, t t t t f DIFFERENCES -- From recent reports, there seems to be something awry between the town council (or certain members thereof) and the police. The most recent indication is when council couldn't see its way clear to allow members of the force to attend a seminar that had been arranged in Peterborough for area departments to receive detailed instruction concerning new arrest procedures. The request seemed seemed reasonable and probably would not have cost the town that much in overtime. Wonder why they turned turned it down? t t t t t LOST GIFT -- Last week the mailman brought us a Christmas card which had gone through the post office addressed simply: To Velma, with love from Mother. The letter contained a card printed by the Statesman announcing the gift of a subscription to the paper. There were no names on the announcement form either. If either Velma, or Mother would like to try again, we have the form here, already for her to sign, seal, and deliver. t t t t t VALUATION DAY -- Finance Minister Edgar Benson Benson has indicated that on or before January 1st, Valuation Day will come to Canada. To prepare for that,. Canadians would be well advised to begin keeping a record of some of the things they acquire which may have a resale potential; such things as land, jewellery, stamp and coin collections, pictures and other works of art. Though items under $1,000 are exempt from the new measures, it would be interesting interesting to keep a record for all your "valuables". You may be surprised by yoùr wealth. Try not to let Mr. Benson see your smile though! t t t t t GUSTO -- This coming Sunday the congregation of St. Paul's will be singing with extra gusto. During the morning service there will be a special special ceremony -- burning the mortgage on the new Christian Education Building, t t t t t DILATORY -- Both Darlington and Bowmanville councils -haven't flipped over backwards to learn what the newly formed Sports Complex Committee has in mind to build a new arena and pool in this area. Christmas pressures provide a nice excuse for being dilatory. Let's hope the New Year generates something to get them moving on this most important joint community project, . Boosting the Big Print Books The Bowmanville Library has a new feature for the hard of seeing these days. Called Big Print books, they are specially designed books printed in extra big print, and on specially treated paper. The books are supplied by the regional library in Kingston. About 20 books are loaned to the local library. They are changed periodically by the regional branch. In the picture above, Mrs. Jean Henning, left, assigtarit librarian and Mrs. Dorothy Pollock, children's librarian* hold open one of the books, while head librarian Mrs. Marjorie Stout, looks on. New Polite Arrest Procedures To Take Effect January 3rd A manual has been prepared to describe the duties of peace officers with respect to arrest and pre-trial release and detention detention of accused persons. The procedures it outlines have been the subject of considerable considerable study by Ontario police bodies. Last week the Bowmanville police force re- TURKEY DRAW Walter Woodward of 44 Prospect Street was the winner winner of Swain's Fish and Chips turkey draw held on Dec. 18. ceived its instructions in them from Police Chief Bernard Kitney. , The procedures give the officers guidelines as to whom they may arrest and whom they should not. A set of eight questions has been drawn which the officer must mentally mentally refer to before effecting an arrest. Sample questions: Is it necessary to arrest the person to establish his identity? identity? Do you have reasonable grounds jto believe the accused accused will not appear in court if (TURN TO PAGE TWO) Office Hours At Statesman Over Holidays For the convenience of Statesman customers, the business office will be open Friday, Dec. 24th and' Fri-, day, Dec. 31st, and closed Monday (Boxing Day), Dee. 27th. What You Need While on a Safari Though the crowd attending attending last Wednesday's Snowmobile Snowmobile Clinic at the Town Hall was disnppolnlly small, it was nonetheless an attentive attentive ami receptive group. Numbering about 30 I hey heard five speakers talk on a wide range of subjects pertaining pertaining to tile sport. A re- Dtd^ntative from the Depart ment of Limits 'Hid Forests told them where they could snowmobile in provincial parks. A member of the Newcastle Newcastle O.P.F, Murray Jujnt. tallied to them ahoui. safely and the laws governing Hie use of the machine! In the province. An insurance man, Jim MacDonald, yd vised the kinds of lnsurancOlans open to tin-ill. A I'epteiviuative It'ioin Arctic Cat in Peier- >borough, Kick Mcllmoyle. ve- j\lowed sound preventative imnini) oa'K-r. '.practices And .1 public r-i, 'liions man Norm Webn of Molson's Breweries, ;v,-sponsor of the rtinie, acted acted as master of ceremonies. The presentation last 2 Vk. (TURN TO PAGE TWO»;