Ednci Thomson Day Care Centré Opened by Her Soni ~'1~1'K~ Li l~1l L~LL~~1kUl Volume 122 15e Per Copy ]BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1976 24 Pages Ž4-umber 2 Lord Thomson 1ii Unab!e to Attend Opening, t was a colacidence that added a beautiful touch to the ribbon-cutting ceremonies at the New Edna Thomson Day Care Centre on Church Street hast Friday. Kenneth Thomson, acting as the famihy represeatative at the open of the centre named in-lonor of bis hate SUMMER JOBS Announcement bas comne from the Town of Newcastle Recreation Departmeat that students seeking summer employmenti'should register now for the playground training course. The course wil be held at Bowmanville Higb Sebool in March. Two Barns Desfroyed by Weekend Fires of Centre' mother, pointed out that the January 9th date was parti- cularly special. It was Mrs. Thomson s birthday. Mr. Thomson noted too that it wasespecially appropriate that the day ýcare centre be named after bis mother because " she bad great con- cern and love for her own and, ail cbildren." Illness preveq~ted his father, Lord Thomson b f Fleet, from attending tbe officiai opening, but be bopes to be able to visit the centre later this montb before returning to his borne in England. In bis youtb, Lord Thomson spent several of bis bolidays witb tbe family of tbe late (Turn Td Page Two) Kenneth R. Thomson, Chairman and President of Thomson Newspapers Ltd., performed the traditional ribbon cutting at the opening of the Edna Thomson Day Care Centre, named in honor of his late mother.'His fathèr, Lord Thomson of Fleet, was unable to take part in the'officiai opening on Friday because of illness. With Mr. Thomson in the photo is John Anderson, Assistant Deputy Minister (Social Resources) of Community and Social Services for the province. At the next meeting of te Town of Newcastle Council's Finance Committee or as soonr Sto rag.,e o K Provided Mayor Rickard can confirm witb the ownçr of a King Street East Building, the town mnaking temporary use of it, the storage facilities for the Recreation Depart-f ment will be moved to that location from the Drop Ia Centre. There has been co,,niderable between the Recreation Departmient and ',,le Visual1 Annrove Grant' as possible af ter that date, it is the intention of council to cal a meeting of ail organizations ing St. E. Arts group who also use the Drop In Centre, as to space recuirements. for which the town colleets and turns over tax dollars. The pu ose of the meeting, requested7 Monday at the Finance Committee b y Mayor Garnet Rickard, would be to stress to the'organizations the. financial status of the town and the need to contain increases for 1976 within the guidelines spelled out by the province. Mar Riekard felt that isue Aru gruO1C] o IL v xIMaU X u apparently want. more space somleFeople seem to feeh the for their _programs and 'as a guide ines merehy provide 0 4MMI (Tun o ag To) them the opportunity to buy $ - P l By D-,oug Taylor councih's Commnuîty Ser- ai'ter that dae wili Ibave to a e7 - Dojg owïners la the wi, of v sCmnit jan. 5 ailvn gere of $0 e ~ Newcastle ,who bave already passed ea recumm-eadation Tne $0fée was approve DýIDN"iT BELIEVýlE IT - Lasi. week, a speciai purchased their 1976 dog tags thÏat the anflual tee be rie to for the late buyers, to (ai advertisemnent appeared in the Statesmani offering at the $7 fee may get off a $8 for those purcbasiag the itate a higber incomne for fhé dollar cheaper this year than tags before- Apr. 1, wbile those animal control departmnent by fýree advertisemnent to anyone wanting 40toseIl those who býaven't. heaviag the purchase until eacourageinq more to, buy - - - - --sometlung -at a price less ttian $10, but so tar only 0f~ $468fr two people have, taken advantage of the free offer. M We gotth idea from a letter Colin Taylor sent from e England recently.ý Over there the free classlfied 'Tenni - tSadvts. are really big. Ail you need to do is cut out Cuiture and Recreation Min- the special coupon, fill in the details and mail or ister Robert Welch today bring it in. There is no charge. The gimmick is that announced approval of a grant you have to have or buy a paper to getthe, coupon, $4,668 to assis tin the ùimprove- but it's silara agi.Cektedtiso mient of recreationfacilities in siiara agi.Cektedtiso th oroation of the Town of page 15 andsend them in. Don't phone, please. Newcagtle. 1 Funds granted will go to- wards construction of tennis courts 'at the Bowmanville High School on Liberty Street North. The provincial assis- tance is provîded tbrough The Commuaity Recreation Cen- tres Act, administered by the Arts Division, Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Whea announcia a roya of this-graat, Mr.ec said the new ministry bas siacere interest in the development of local recreation opportuaities and hie was pleased to bave a personal involvement in New- castle's community projeet. Week of Pro yer Preacher Rev. Anthony Cap on Next week, from Tuesday until Friday, Week of -Prayer services wîll be heid la the- Penitecostal,.Cburch on Liberty South every evening at 8 o'clock. Guest preacher (rom Tuesday to Thursday will be ý he Rev. Anthony Cbarhey 1 ony) Capon. Bora and \,>ucated in England, hie received an M.A. in modemn languages (rom Triait y col- ege, Cambridge, and aBDîv. ~LOa Hil Teological Col- lege, London. He came to' Canada in 1956 with Scripture Union, producers of Bible study programns and mate- riais, ïla 1975 lhe became Director of Developmeat for Wycliffe Theological .Colhe e, University of T-oronto. e Rev. Wesley Oake of Trinity wlil ïpreach on Friday evening. OPENINGS- Civic Officiais are going to be busy this Saturday, with the opening of the new Tyrone Community Centre at -2 p.m. followed by anotheropening ofan activity centre at Enniskillen Conservation Area. If the snow doesn't slow up before then, the only ones at- tending may have to corne in by snowmobile or snowshoes. For our subscribers spending the winter down south, it should be noted that about nine inches of that white- stuff fell overnight, making driving quite hazardous, but the scenery- is beautiful. No doubt some school pupils and teachers will be getting a holiday. OPEN U1OUSE - For those who diÙ1 not attend the officiai opening of the Day Care Centre on Church St. another opportunity to see the facilities wili be provided on Friday and Saturday afternoons of this week from 2 to 5. Staff members wiil be on duty to provide information and explain the details. FIRST BABY - Memorial Hospital didn'tset any records in the first baby of the year con- test. In fact, the first baby didn't arrive until Saturday, Jan. loth, when a beautiful baby girl was delivered to Mr. and Mrs. P. Dillon, R.R. 1, Pontypool. To mark this happy occasion, Mrs. I Down, President of the Hospital Auxiliary, pre- sented the baby with a silver baby's mug. Miss Dillon weighed in at 7 pounds, 151/ ounces. RAN OVER HIMSELF - Early this morning, an aileged friend phoned to see if we had heardabout the chap who ran over himseif last night. The story goes that he was driving a tractor and stopped ut in front of Cresi. Hardware where he asked a young passerby if he would go over to Frank's and buy a Statesman for'him. When th,'e young man refused, the chap got off the tractor and 'ran over himself '. Those kind of jokes we don't need so early in the mnorning.' FIRST CONCERT - The opening concert in the series being sponsored by the BHS band Assn. to raise funds for their trip to Disney- world is being held this Sunday night, with Oshawa Symphony orchestra, directed by Roy V. Cox, with Viofinist Winston Webber of Toronto Symphony as guest artist. See photos on the Entertainment page. SNOWMOBILE RUN - Now that we have plenty of snow, the Bowmanville Snowmobile Club is holding a run tonight, starting at 8 o'clock from Port Darlington Marina Hotel. It will be a 2½/ to 3 hour run and f ree hot chili-wili. be served afterwards. Should be funW. CUPE Staffs Vote to Continue'Negotiati.ng The days before a legal strike can be undertaken by the Canadian Union of Public Employees of the Northum- berland-Newcastle Board of Education are dwindliag. -, Last weekead, the 160 mem- bers of local 1206 of care- takers, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and general laborers supported tbeir negotiating team witb a vote of confidence to resume contract bargainingî in total disregard of federal wage coatrol. TPhe union expects to be called back to negotiating by the board of education sometime this week. Tbat team has, until January 23, to corne up witb a wage offer which is accept- able to tbe CUPE local, other- wise, the union wîll be in a legal Position to strike. A "no board report" was received by the local this past Friday, fromn the province. The union may legafly strike, fourteen days after the report is received. Union local president Ron Wilde said that the member- ship may not strike immedi- (Turn To Page Two) YOUNG CANADA DAY Local teams wil be matched against those from out-of-town in hockey tourn- ament competition on Satur- day, Jan. 24. The event will mark Bow- manville Young. Canada Hockey, Day, commencing at 9 a.m. and running to 10 p.m. at the Bowmanville arena. earIy anci to lacîlitate the cost of paying someone to collect from the late buyers. 11 At the beginning of the discussions o f the fee, Coun. Don Allin expressed the feel- ing that it should be left at $7, however Coun. Ann Cowman quickly noted that others such as Wbitby are charging $15. Animal Control officer Jim Hancock advised he heard Whitby's fee was $20. Coun. Ken Lyall also seem- ed to support the lower fec commentîng, "I don't care wbat they'recharging.'" Mayor Garnet Rickard pull- ed a tag be had purcbased for bis dog from bis pocket and tossed it on the table suggest- ing that the $7 be bad paid for it would not cover the cost of animal control with the result that ahl resîdents are assessed a portion of the cost in their taxes which he did not believe fair. Coun. Don Allin bowever, (Turn To'Page Two) cheaper but don't apply to themselves. Coun, Ivan Hobbs, agreeîng witb the, Mayor that such a meeting would be a good thing, moved tbat it be beld as part of the next finance committee which would be scheduled for Court Room 2 in the Police Building, on Cburch Street. The next regular meeting of the finance committee would faîl on Monday, Jan. 26., Opposition to holding the (Tura To Page Two) There is still concern in the minds of Newcastle Council- lors that double charges are occurring at two private landfill sites in Clarke town- shi*D 1ý e matter arose when it was made known that a request had been received from one of the firms for an increase of 10 per cent in. 1976. At present t he cost bas been $1,500, per month and the increase would -bring it to $1,650 a montb or some $19,800' per year.h, rasrr o pen thslih, rasrr o Descent advised the meeting of the Finance Committee Monday tbat an approximate annual cost of $31,000 is beinig experenced for landfill charges on tbe two sites, a regional cost whîcb is charged back to the town. Noting tbat former Clarke township council used to pay $3,000 per year for the rights to dump on the Hale site, Coun. Ken Lyall once again attacked the bigb cost of services wbicb the Regional Government bas brougbt about. Coun. Kirk Entwisle, siding somewbat witb Coun. Lyall indicated that the irony ap- (Turn To Page Two) In the top photoa bright gloýy of fire, easily visible to those passinIg by on Highway 401,1 lave Latrday evenijng ýjeStroyed a small barni and itslvetc ~o~>~ts atR.R , anvle. T h îanml ildi h ie stinîxated value of SiPoo, mere owned by Peter MieyEr, occupant of the property owned by two Oshawa mn-cr. The bto photo shows the remnainis of a barn east o OtonIo SUudayeveing1,1lburning beyond thepsbe *Shope Offie n îsavmng any of he sfructure. Consi4rable loss was sustained i'n the loss of the buildng owned by P. Whitelhead ,)f R.:R.I, Ka, and the stored conteýnts, own ed by several other parties.- Photos by Doug Taylorý Loss Aprahes $00 i TwoWeekeends Ram Fi s ires Two weekend barn fires ln the Town of NeWcastle hrougbt firemen fromi Bow- manville and Orono into action and caused a ýoss that probably will reacb close to a total of $50,'00 0 ' The firsi occurred late Saturday eveaing wben a 11: 17 p.m. alarm sent Bow- manville firefigbters to a barn being used by Peter Meyer of R.R.2, Bowmanville. The small barn, estimated in value at between $4,000 and $5,000, was iocated on pro- perty owned by Sydney Burns and' a Mr. Greenburk of Oshawa along the south side of Legion Pipe Band Holds 25th Bobby Burns Dinner Compfete Pipers Duncan Bradley and Bill Colville stand ali Robert Gowan of Oshawa slices into the haggis Bobbie Burns after they had piped in the haggis ai. the during the traditionai address in Gaelic that is annual Burns dinner on Saturday night. JohnWestovE aiways a mosi. intriguing performance. Pipe Band honor of carryîng the 'puddin'. Entertainment was p. President George Kerr was Master of Ceremonies the Burns School, Oshawa, and two members of' Oshai for the event. delicious dinner was served by the ILadies Auxiliary. 401 between Bowmanvilhe and Courtice. An unidentified passerby saw the fîre and awakened Mr. Meyer but by the time ilthe alarm had been received and firemen arrived, the, building was a mess of flames and beyoad saving. Mr. Meyer had iastbeen in.r the barn at 7 p.m. that -eveniag at wb,,icb time ail was in good order. He bad then gone in the bou)Lse and retired early for 1the asening as be exphained h pigs2,a horse, goat, thee (Tùrn ;To Page Two) hng t;maî,ke e a o re-gardingi-making equi- metat the Bowmnanvil Aeawhich due toota9tn it omllife epcac a finaly brke idown The matter wýas brought beor he rFinance Committee meetng Mond 'ay morningb Reccreat.ion Director Bud Fan- niing and Area Manager Roy Neads, concerning one of the evaporator cylinders having sprung a leak. As a repsult, the freezing1 systm ofthe arena is p r e sently uning at hî capa ity througb use of Pa smlrr evaporator unit. Mr. Neads advised that sucb is fine for the present due to1 the colder weather but that if warmer weather should corne in February it may present difficulties in maintainmng a good ice surface. Mr. Fanning explained thatý- the Ieak couldf be patched but t1latsuch an act is frowned on by CanadianIce Machines and a rough estimate for a new evaporator was given as- An advantage of the new unit which Mr. Fanning and Mr. Neads stressed, is the fact that it would not be located3 inside the arena but rather on the outside so that it would rernain of a portable natureý andthereby not be a loss i counci' should ever de, de to cse the arena and construet another new one. According to Mr. Faning, delivery of the unit could be accomplished in about aý ngsîde a bruised' busi. of month's time, the reasoning. 25th Legion Pipe Band's behind the urgent request to er ad SeveOkehadtheget the unit in operation bet2ore, ýer nd tev Okehadthewarmer weather arrives. ýrovided by dancers from Coun. Ann Cowiman remin, > iwa Festival singers. The ed the committee that te (Turn To Page Twoj Coun cil Fears Landfill LCosts Double Charged May".or Collisfor Meeting To pel Ot GuideUines May Mlove Recreatt*on Mak e Dog0Tgs$ Y,