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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 24, 1975 7 Boomtown: Merry Christmas, and a prosperous New Year Jean and Ozzie Williams of Williams Electrie 43 -rince St. 623-5149 wuJýýý . . . Merry Christmas to Ail and to Al a Good- A night!" from Bev and Al at 133 Church St. Bowmanville By STAN DAVIES Star staff writer Ed and Kathv Bednarek like Bowmanville because they feel their standard of living is higher than if they lived any where else in the Metro Toronto area. They believe this is because their housing costs are lower. Ken Brown, a Bowmanville real estate salesman, said he has sold a lot of houses to people who have moved there from Toronto and he has never heard of any of them moving back. He says house costs are lower in Bowmanville than in any other part of the Toronto economic region. Perhaps this is why Bow- manville is the fastest grow- ing small community in On- tario. That includes all com- munities between 10,000 and 40,000. Population doubled A survey of five subdivisions nearing completion in Bow- manville indicate that house prices there are about $10,000 or 20 percent under prices of comparable properties in Metro. The population of Bowman- ville has doubled in the past six years and now stands at about 10,000. He projected population for the year 2001 ranges from 30,000 to enough space in the im- mediate vicinity of the com- munity for either growth. There have been more new nouses constructed in Bow- manville in the past five years than were previously in ex- istence there. Bowmanville has a higher per capita expenditure for residential development than any other town in the Toronto Centred Region. A plan for growth A study of future growth for the area, known as the Courtice Plan, established that more than half of the work force of Bowmanville commute westward to work every day. Most go to the General Motors plant in Osh- awa, the rest go to Whitoy, Aiax. Scarborough and down- town Toronto, 40 miles away. Bowmanville is considered to be the fringe of the Toronto area commutershed. Bowmanville ceased to exist as a separate municipality on Jan. 1, 1974, when the Ontario government established sev- eral new regional munidipal- ities. Bowmanville along with the townships of Clarke and Darlington and the village of Newcastle became the new Town of Newcastle. However, Bowmanville will always be the new town's urban centre and the name is never likely to disappear. This is taken'as an accepted fact in the Courtice Plan report which also envisages a new growth area at Courtice, To our manyfine custome s. May your Holiday Season be full of happy blessings and the joys of Christmas cheer. FROM THE PARKER FAMILY AT Paddy's Market R.R 1, Hampton Taunton Road 2632241 Parker Furniture TV 88 Simcoe St. N. Oshawa 723-1221 Bowmanville's lower house price 'gives town area's fastest growth days of being docked right on Front Street, the pulse beat of the islanci. Everything in the capital city of Hamilton is there at your finger tips--free port shopping at the end of the gangplank, great restaurants, ferry boat rides, top hotels, it's all there for the taking. Always a beautifully opera- ted luxurious ship, with the roomiest staterooms afloat, this grand lady has just had a five million dollar face lift. Almost everything aboard the s.s. Statendam is extrav- agantly new. Getting to Ber- muda and back will be half the We like Bowmanville, say Ed and Kathy Bednarek, and the two-storey house in the background which they bought for just over $40,000 is one of the reasons. The community is dynamie, has a good future, Bednarek believes. Growth plan will preserve small town character. à tiny community within the town limits of Newcastle, just east of the City of Oshawa. This year, Newcastle is again expected to far outpace a 1 other Ontario centres under 40,000 population in growth and is taking aim at exceeding the expansion urban centres over 40,000. Much of this growth will be in Newcastle's downtown ur- ban area -- Bowmanville. Some of the older residents of Bowmanville do not like this growth and expansion but almost without exception the younger and newer residents ike it very much, and the average age of the new residents of Bowmanville dur- ing the six years it has doubled its population is about 35. T he Bernareks summed it up by saying: "Bowmanville has become a dynamic place. It's got everything." Typical of the enterprise of local businessmen and their attitudes is Walter Frank, president of W. Frank Real Estate Ltd., a firm which bas helped attract three industries to the town! in the past six months. The most recent is Dennison Manufacturing, products of labels and other paper pro- ducts. During Bowmanville's growth, Frank has also ex- panded his own business from a one-man operation to 17 offices employing 250 sales wi Bermuda A by Darlene Lang Bermuda's one island that's got it all together--everything a warm weather loving vac- ationer could possibly want, and it's all wrapped up in a neat little package that méa- sures 21 miles bv 2. No wonder so many Cana- dians think of it as their second home, and wouldn't cornsider going anywhere else for a holiday. Last year over 33 thousand Canadians visited Bermuda by sea and air, and the number keeps going up every year. First time visitors are always impressed with the island's apparent lack of poverty. No tumble down shacks have they, inhabited by impoverished locals. Un- employment is virtually un- known, and everywhere one looks. well cared for Bermuda homes that have a distinct style of their own can be seen. Sky blue, pink and yellow are all favored colors that contrast sharply with their chalk white roofs of overlap- ring layers of locally quarried imestone. The roofs are so constructed to catch the recious rain in tanks located eneath or beside each build ing. Almost guaranteed spring- like weather year round is just one of the many inducements that brin gvisitors, many of them avid golfers. The surge in popularity of tennis is reflected in the fact that the number of courts available has more than doubled in recent years. It's been said that there is more golf here per square mile than anywhere onsearth, and when one considers that seven, 18 hole championship courses exist on such a small place, it must be true. You don't have to be a golfer; however, to enjoy yourself in Bermuda. There is something planned for every- one at all times of the year. Bridge tournaments are now being arranged for the winter months, while the Bermuda Society of Arts will present outstanding exhibits of local and foreign painting and seul tures at City Hall. Al of the activities 'being planned for the coming months come under the head- ing of "Rendezvous Time," which is the season when the Bermuda Golf Association schedules one tournament after another. Also at City Hall each Tuesday, guests will be able to sip afternoon tea while watch- ing a resort wear fashion show put on by the local merchants. Bored husbands can usually be found enjoying a pint or two of Britis-4 beer in the "Pickled Onion," h pub set up in City Hall just to keep them happy. Other schedu ed events will include visits to Sessions House, where Parliament ineets, followed at noon by kilted pipers and drummers at Fort Hamilton, performing the colorful "Skirling Cere- mony." Ideal for the independent sightseer is the ever popular "auxihiry cycle." Like the Moped tbat's caught on in Canada Hundreds of them zip all around the island, hope- fully on the left side of the road, to such all year at- tractions as Gibbs Lighthouse, for an unforgettable view of the island, the historic Duck- ingstool, the superb Aquar- ium, the Zoo in palm fringed Flatts Village, and the east At Christmas we're espeeialiy happy to express our thanks and warm ..... wishes for a very special holiday, to you and your family. AI Cole s Mobile Automotive fun, with a wide array of entertainment and activities, plus gourmet meals being planned for the quests aboard. The ship will act as your hotel, while you do your own thing in Bermuda. Fares begin as low as $485, and that includes all tipping-- unheard of with other steam- ship lines! They also offer an attractive fly-sail pro gram. And if you're realy in a hurry to get there, American Airlines will begin daily 707 luxury jet service into Ber- muda on September 8. De- parture time will be 7:30, and the airfare is $220 return.