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lie 04u4am «Durham County's Great Family Journal" VOLUME 96 BOWMANVJILLE, ONTARI09 THURSDAY, AUGUST Slat, 1950 6c PER COPYNUER8 ~<atepayers Likely to Vote n Public School Addition 1At Dec. Municipal Elections The ratepayers of the Town of Bowmanville will iikely be asked at the Municipal election in De- cember, whether they are in fav- our of building an addition ta the Ontario Street School. This decision. was reached at a joint meeting of the Town Council and Board of Education Monday night with Mayor Lawrence C. Mason presiding. Th.e question of building a four- room addition ta the recently com- pleted Ontario Street School has Sbeen controversial ever since it 'JMas announced recently. It is IWeieved that it will cost in the pletely furnished and ready for use. The Board of Education was in- structed ta go ahead and hire an architect ta draw up plans and ta get a definite price sa that complete details af the question may be presented ta the ratepay- ers at the election in December. Practically every angle of the emergency was gone inta at the joint meeting but no practical so- lution was unanimously reached. It is expected that in September 1951 there will not be enough classroom space ta accommodate ail the prospective students, and by September 1952, the situation wiil be next ta impossible unless four rooms are added. At pres- ent the Ontario Street School car- ries pupils from Kindergarten ta_ Grade 7. If the addition was added this school wauld carry the entire Public School curriculum. Several Councillors brought ijp the matter ai using the aid school but it wvas felt that even thîs would be inadequate and possibly just as expensive ta put into shape as building a new struc- ture. The question of abolishing the kindergarten was raised. Chairman of the Board of Educa- tian D. Alex McGregor, feit that the kindergarten was necessary ta maintain aur present day educa- tional standards. Councillor M. Vanstone men- tioned that citizens are wonder- ing why, when the new school was built, it was not made large enough ta hold the future increase in enrolment. Chairman McGreg- or answered that the new school was first planned in 1945 and at that time was more than ade- quate ta look aiter the needs. Since that time Bowmanville has grown considerably. The num- ber ai children in town has in- creased tremendously during the past few years. Another question asked was "If you build four rooms now how can you be sure that it will be sufficient ta accommodate the students a few years from now." The answen supplied by a Board ai Education member, "You can't be sure-you can't anticipate the gleam in citizens' eyes." Nany Duties of Chamber of Commerce Explained by Lew NcConkey At Bowmanville Lions Club The question, "What is a Cham- ber ai Commuerce?" was readily answered by L. W. (Lew) Mc- Conkey, Secretary ai the Oshawa Chamben ai Commerce, in a pro- vocative address delivered at the Lions Club dinner meeting Mon- day, August 28, at the Commun- ity Centre, Bowmanville. A Chamber af Commerce is a canibination of business, indus- trial, professianal and farm rep- resentatives banded tagethen "For the purpose ai promoting and imnproving trade and commerce, and the economic, civil and so- cial welf are ai the community." Speaker Introduced Introduced by Rotarian Walten Branch ai Oshawa, the speaker said that an organization ai this nature "should be ready ta serve the community at ail times." It should have a definite prognam; encourage new industries, and help those alneady established. It should assist the community in general, and encourage farmn folks by oifering a program ai farm or agricultural activity. Mr. McConkey, onc time Mayor aof Niagara-an-the-Lake, the town that boasts being the first capital of Uppen Canada, told assembled Lions that ta be effective, a com- munity pragram should be de- veloped along five different lines. Industrial, commercial, civic, fanm and provincial and national are the five phases he mentioned. Industrial Phase An effective Chamber of Com- merce should conduct a thorough survey ai the industrial possibili- tics ai the community it serves, acconding ta the speaker. Market proximity, transportation costs, insurance rates and fire hazards should be kept foremost in mind. Naturally, effort should be made ta persuade new industries ta locate in town, but a great deal ai time shauld also be devoted ta industries alneady established. "What industries are there in your town?" the speaker ques- tioned, "and what can the Cham- ber ai Commerce do ta help themn prospeir, the-reby enabling the empioyment ai added help. As for new industny, he toid Lions that a multitude af facts should be a s s em bled incorporating enough favounable information ta encourage the location ai new business establishments. Commercial Phase A Chamber ai Commerce Is pri- marily concerned with the needs ai its community. Businessmen are generally a vital force in any iocality and they should be arg- anized ta deal effectively with the many issues that arise. Bus- iness men wha are members ai the Chamber ai Commerce, are interested men. They should en- deavaur ta advance the prosper- ity ai the town constantly. As a gnoup they should ensure that local taxes and iegislation are. aperating fully and adequately for town merchants. Uniiorm (Continued on Page Six) Hospital Supt. Gives Reasons For Rigid Visiting Hours In Address At Rotarv Club ~The pink bat was attractive, but the woman was even more so. She stood before an ail maie audience at the Rotary Club luncheon Friday, August 25 at the Balmoral Hotel, and without ap- parent nervousness, highly rec- ommended the Blue Cross Hospit- ai Plan as one of the best; ex- plained what visiting hours at a hospital were for and why people should adhere to them, and outlined the present person- nel set.up of Bowmanville Hos- pital. [n professional terms the speak- er is known as a Hospital Super- in tfndent, but speaking before Rotary she was Miss Lenore J. Harding, R.N. Club members list- ened quietly to the well-spoken woman who displayed no trace ofa nervous tension as she dcliv- ered her message. She did ad- mit, howcver, that at the age of 17, when first she cntered nurs- ing, she had been slightly afraid af the opposite sex. Vislting Problem Known ta many as the stern guardian af the hospital entrance during non-visiting hours, the frienaly, but firm Superiintendent said to Rotarians, "We're not fond of having the place full of visitors morning, noon and night." She said she could candone off- ------MJ mý hour visitons if a patient were seriously ill, but otherwise. NO! Many saund reasons substanti- ate the need ior restricted visit- ing hours. She explained that a hospital staff is unable ta pen- iorm its propen function "if the halls and nooms are full ai visi- tons." In her opinion, when a Superintendent Lemore Harding persan is sick he gocs ta a hos- pital because he wants ta get well. A hospitai raom, thenefore, should flot be mistaken for a favaunite hangout fan oid cranies who drap ini at any time. (Çontinucd on Page Five) Training School. Marks 25th Anniversary Over 1,000 guests attended the 25th Anniversary Eastaugh , Superintendent of the Ontario Training School celebration of the Ontario Training Sehool for Boys at fo! Boys; A. R. Virgin, Director of Reform Institutions; Bowmanville, August 24th. Founded in 1925 when Social Leslie M. Frost, Premier of Ontario; Dr. G. E. Reaman, Pro- Workers, Juvenile Judges and Children's Aid Societies in fessor of English at Ontario Agricultural College and the Ontario saw the need for a modern school in a rural setting, the Training School has handled over 4,000 boys. Principal Hon. W. E. Hamilton, Minister, Department of Reform speakers at the celebration were (left to right) W. J., Institutions. Hospital Received Over $3800 in 1949 From Blue Cross Miss L. J. Harding, Supeninten- dent ai the Bowmanville General Hospital revealed today that over $3,800.00 was received duning 1949 in payment for Cane pnovided en- roiled membens ai Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Cane. "Several thousand residents ai Durham County are enroiled in Blue Crass which is a non-profit Plan offered by the hospitals through their own Association in Ontario," Miss Harding stated when making the annaunicement. Miss Harding points out that a hospital bill canl cause much fin- ancial concenn for a family and aiten makes it necessany ta go in- ta debt or martgage future carn- ings. "It Is anc thing ta decide ta pur. chase a needed article or luxury," Miss Harding commented, "and anothen ta be faced with an un- cxpected expense. It is this 'un- expected' element ai the hospit- ai," she explained funthen, "that promated the hospitals ta develop the Blue Cross Plan through which aur citizens could 'prepay' their hospital expense." It was indicated that Blue Cross was not a commercial enterpnise but an "extension ai hospital ser- vice." The Plan is as much a part ai the hospital programme as are the dactors, nurses and sci- entific equipment. Every third resident ai Ontario naw participates in Blue Cross and it is the desire ai the hos- pitals that as many as passible will have the opportunity ta en- nol. Orono Horse's Win Top Honours, At the Pe terbanough Exhibition, many horses raised around Orono, took top honors. The hanses ai O. W. Rolph, who runs a stable ai standard breeds, won twa finsts, twa seconds, and ane third. The Pilgnim, a road hanse awn- cd by T. A. Reid & Son, took top honours in ail competitians in which it was entered, winning five firsts altogether. Pnize winning horses at the Peterborough Exhibition Will be exhibited at the Durham County Agicultural Fair at Orono, Sep- tember 8 and 9, 1950. Admission Free At Kinsmen Bingo Friday, Sept. lst Eskimos travel miles ta play it. Dankeys by the thousands bray it. Even the tirnid Irish say it: "Bingo Nite is here." From ahl reports it will be the biggest Manster Nite the Kinsmen Club has planned. The date set is Friday, Septemben lst, and the sometimes national indoon activ- ity gets undenway at 8 p.m. The scene, as befone, is the Memonial Arena, Bowmanville. "You can't aiford ta miss it,"1 Kinsmen say, "we've added more wonderiul prizes ta the arrany than we had last time, and ar- rangements have been made ta increase the seating capacity.'" There is no admission charge at this second Monster Bingo. It's simply walk in, take a seat and place your corn kernel on the little square numben. Keep in mind the punc-bned puppy dog that will go ta some fortunate bingoist halding the lucky doon-prize ticket. Arrange for a night off naw. Plan ta attend the Kinsinen Mon- sten Bingo at the Memorial Arena, Fniday, September ist. Dr. E. W. Sisson Again Successful Ai Si. Catharines and C.NE. Shows Three people from Bowman- ville and district attended the Gladiolus Show in St. Catharines on August 22 and 23. They were Mr. H. Jose, Newcastle; Mr. F. E. Morrili and Dr. E. W. Sisson, Bow- manville, with Dr. *Sisson the only one ai the three showing f lowers. The show was the Ontario Re- glanai Show of the Canadian Gladiolus Society, and this year's show in St. Catharines was one of the bcst ever held in this pro- vince, as far as both quantity and quality of bloom was concerned. Large crowds which visited the show included many fans from various points in the United States. Dr. Sisson, who reccntly won many prizes in bath the Peter- borough Gladiolus Show, and the Oshawa one, again kept up his good record, winning three firsts altogether. In the. open class which is one of the hardest to win, since At is open to everyone whether they be amateur or pro- fessional, he won twa firsts and one third with his own origina- tions of three entries. In the three-spike seedling section he won one first and two seconds on four entries. Not content yet with ail his winning, Dr. Sisson went on ta stili more honors, in the Toronto and District 'Gladiolus Society Show held at the Horticultural Building at the C.N.E. on August 25 and 26. In the open classes he was successful with six firsts, one second, and two thirds, and more than that he won the sweepstakes for Single Spike in the section. In the seedling section, large size, Dr. Sisson won a f irst and second. He had no entries in the medium and small divisions. In the collection ai six difierent varieties, he won a first, and an- other first in the collection oi nine different varieties. Mr. Morrili aiso entered some flawers in the C.N.E. Show, and in the seedling class, with onc entry in the medium section he won first prize. The variety was a ruffled yeilow, No. 39-407-1, that he had there on trial from Proiessar Kuhn, Cornell Univer- sity. This variety is a proposed introduction for 1951. A white seedlmng No. 12-1-6 on trial here from Mr. Jack Harris, Sarnia, Ont., was the best seedling in the show. Dr. Sîsson's new black red, Ace af Spades, introduced last fail, won first in its section at bath these shows. Dr. Sisson certainly bnings hon- our ta Bowmanviiie, by his mark- ed success in every Show ini which he enters his flawers. Largest Number of Students In History of Dowmanville Expectedto Start on Tuesday "Sehool days, schooi days, Dean a 'Id Golden Rule days; Readin' and 'ritîn' and 'rithmetîc, Taught ta the tune ai a hick'ry stick.1 Oshawa Firmn To Repair Road September l5th We may not be "taught ta the ____ tune ai a hick'ry stick" so much now-a-days as long as we behave Mast councillars breathed a but it's a cammon fact that there sigh ai relief Monday night when is still the "readin' and writin' tenders for the repainîng ai Bow- and 'rithmetic" and many othen manville's main street wene open- subjects as well, and we can be ed. This controvensial matter has certain it's school days, at îeast been gaing on for so long that it will be, corne Septemben Sth, Roads and Streets Chairman, whenthedoos a th litieredFrank Jamieson and ather caun-: sehool houses and huge brick ciln1lothdgvnU f buildings open once again ta ad-J despair ai having the extnemely mit the throngs ai students ail bad hales fixed this year. aven the province returping to It appears now that work will glean the knowledge that thein start on, or shortly aiter, the teachers try ta impart ta them. lSth ai Septemben. The contract Summer holidays are at an cnd, for fixing the main thonaughiare and school is about ta begin. was awarded ta the W. B. Ben- Along the street in neanîy every nett Paving Ca. Ltd., Oshawa, at store window can be seen note- a cantract pnîce ai $15,657.35. Two books, text books, pencils. pens, other tenders wene neceived, anc crayons, scibblers and goodness for $29,977.80 and the second for knows what all else, topped by $18,227.85. ,The sections ta be repaired la- (Continued an Page Six) clude those an King Street be- tween Liberty and Ontario Streets Loca ManWinsand thnee parts in the main sec- Loca Manwînstion ai the tawn between Silver Amateur Prizes and Division Streets. The contract has ta go ta the At C.N.E. Show provincial government fan final approval before work may com- In this season ai flowens and mence. The Ontario gavernment ilowcr shows the lîsts ai pnîze pays 50% ai the cost whîch mteans winners would not be complete that the tawn's share wiil oniy be without the winnens ai the com- $7,828.68. Engineer D. J. Kean ai petîtions at the Canadian National Whitby, is looking aiten the tawn's Exhibition. interests on this job. Mr. G. E. Osborne. R. R. 2, At the special meeting, at which Bowmanville, won a number ai aIl members ai the council were prizes in the Amateur Division ai present except Reeve Norman the Toronto Gladialus Society Allison and Cauncillor Melville S. held in the Hoticultural Building Dale, the matter ai the schoi at the C.N.E. an August 25 and addition was brought Up and the 26. His prizes included three repains ta the fine hall wene gone firsts. ten seconds, and three into. thirds. He was alsa winnen ai Cauncil as a body went aven ta the Single Spike Division, Ama- the fine hall and looked aven the teun Class, and Sweepstakès win- suggested repairs. As yet no ner ai the entire Amateur Sec- definite price has been abtained tion. for widening the main doors. Howard Gibson Fruit Inspector In Niagara District Many people ai Bowmanvilie and district have probably won- dered what happened ta Howard Gibson aiter he soid his dairy and appie farm ta Messrs. Arm- strong and Hyman ai Durbine, South Afnica. In a letter ta The Statesman, Mn. Gibson explains that aiter 21 years ai farming on the Town- ship line bctween Clarke and Darlington about three miles north east ai Bowmanville, and following the sale ai bis farm, he has joined the Ontario Fruit Branch and is presently in Nia- gara Falls. Until recently the ex-appie grower has been attend- ing classes an fruit inspection at Fruitland Gnading Station. Duning the summer months, the Gibson famiiy have been living at Twin Cattage on Bow- viiie's wcst beach, but recently Mr. Gibson purchased a house at Quccn and Ontario Streets, Baw- manville, that was farmcniy awned by Mn. A. W. Blue. AI- thaugh Mr. Gibson is presently working in Niagara Falls, the family wili live in Town, and hîs daughtcrs Ruth and Joan wiil at- tend Bowmanville Public Schooi. At present Mn. Gibson is at- tached ta the Bnights Canning Company, Niagara Falls, as a inuit grader and inspecton for the De- partment. Canada Offers Opportunity . To Youth Premier Frost Says At D.T.S. 25th Anniversary.; The Province of Ontario has a school population of 750,000 ac- cording to Leslie M. Frost, K.C., Premier of Ontario, and during the iast six years, between five and six hundred schoois have been buiît ta accommodate them. 25th Anniversary Speaking before an estimated 1,000 people at the 25th anniver- sary celeo)ration of the founding of the Ontario Training Schooi for Boys, Bowmanville, Thursday, August 24th, the Premier directed the majority of his remarks ta the 180 Training School Students as- sembled on the athletic f ield. "You are a section of the sehool population of Ontario," he stated, "and wonderful opportunities in business, industry and agricul- ture lie ahead of you." "It's going ta be you.r job when you finish," he told the boys, "ta' go out and help carry the burden in this country." He said there was no other country like Can- ada in the world. "It's worth working for-worth living for- and some have found, worth dy- ing for," he said. Excellent Suggestions, lJuring the course of his speech, the Premier suggested ta Super- intendent Eastaugll, that ail boys be given an extra day holiday at Christmas as a reward for the fine display of team work they showed at the 25th Anniversary celebration. Geniai Judge Hawley Mott of Toronto's Juvenile Court, recom- mended that students be given a certif icate of merit when they graduate irom the Training School. At present, the Ontario Training School for Boys, ai- though considered a part of the educational system af Ontario, does not award certificates on graduation. Superintendent Eastaugh feit that the School would be pleased ta issue certificates of menit ta future graduates if citizens of On- taria and employers in particular, would recognize that graduaton from the Ontario Training School for Boys is a real achievement. Minister Introduced Prior tp the Premier's address, Chairman W. J. Eastaugh, Super- intendent af the Ontario Training School for Boys, introduced the Hon. W. E. Hamilton, Minister of the Department of Reform Insti- tutions for Ontario, ta the crowd. In a short address, the Minister explained that corporal punish- ment and detention is not a fea- ture of the Training School for Boys today. Referring to the caiisthenic dis- play staged by 96 students under the direction af Physîcai Instruct- or Winton Bagneil, and featur- ing tumbling, horse work and. Superintendent of B.T.S. Receives Gjifts Staff members of the Ontàrio Training School for Boys, Bowmanville, presented J. J. Brown, who has been assocîated with the School since its founding in 1925, witli a Morris chair and a smoking stand complete with plenty of smokes. The presentation was made following the Training School's 25th anniversary program, August 24th. Mns. Brown received a beautiful bouquet of gladioli. Pictured in the aijove photograph are (lef t ta night) W. J. Eastaugh, Superintendent of the Ontario Training Schoal for Boys; J. J. Brown, head of the Bowmanville School; Mrs. Brawn and Morgan Newton, Supervisor of Training School Houses._____ LITE O KINSMAN DINDGO FRIDAIY MEMOIA ÀLAR A 1 spring-board g ym na s t ics, ho stressed the need for team work in both gymnasties and living. He told the boys that they were "being trained for success," but that they would have to be will-, ing "to accept knocks and roughi going." The Training School Bugle and Drum Band, under the direction of William Shotter, opened the an- ni'versary program by leading 180 marching students onto the ath- letic field. Premier Introduced The Minister of Reform Insti- tutions introduced Ontario's Pre- mier as "the leader of the team.'! Mr. Frost also complimented the boys on the showmanship and close co-operation displayed in their gymnastic presentation. He told the gathered students that they were a section of the 750,000 school population in On- tario and that "wvonderful oppor- tunities in business. industry and agriculture," lay ahead of themn. In the Premier's opinion, Can. ada is a wonderful country offer- ing wonderful opportunity and a wonderful way of life. (Continued on Page Ten) Bus Involved In Accident Monday Passengers Sixaken Thirty-two people were shaken Up and a panel truck extensively damaged in an accident involv- ing two trucks and a Colonial Coach bus on No. 2 Highway on the outskirts of Bowmanville at 2:30 p.m. Monday, August 28. The accident occurred. when ant eastbound three-ton truck driven by Harry Pack, Madoc, Ontario, skidded on wet pavement and sideswiped a panel truck operat- ed by Forrest Kirk of Milliken, Ont., and the rear end of a To- ronto bound Colonial Coach bus. In order to avoid a rearend collision witli the sideswiped pan* el truck, bus driver Jerry Tuepalc, 263 Albiert Street, Kingston, pull. ed his vehicle off the road where it skidded a short distance and im- bedded itself in the soit earth on the lip of a gully. "I know if I ever hit him I'd kili him," the bus driver said. Ail drivers said that it wvas too slippery ta apply brakes on the pavement. Mr. Pack, the driver of the truck that went out of control, said "We can certainly give cre- dit to the bus driver for what ho did." Passengersinli the bus Involv- cd in the accident were trans- ferred to a second west bound bus and continued their joumney to Toronto.