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Critical of PC's Methods BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1976 24 Pages Ni New Libe rai Leader Feels NDP's and Socialism WII Stagnate Country "The NDP have been totally deficit, finally trying to cut STATESMAN NOW 20 CENTS irresponsible in recent back", although he added-that Effective with this edition, weeks", newly elected leader "they're doing so in a very The Canadian Statesman of the Ontario Liberal Party, foolish way and sometimes in follows a pattern that has Dr. Stuart Smith commented a cruel and arbitrary way, but been set by many other area in Oshawa Thursday evening. they're at least trying." newspapers by raising the Dr. Smith made the Meanwhile, Dr. Smith sees per copy price to 20 cents to comment in his address to the the only thing the NDP seem offset increased costs. members of the Durham East to be able to do is "criticize Yearly subscriptions have Liberal Association at their every single move the govern- been increased also to $10 annual meeting in the East- ment nakes to do this." per year in Canada and dale Collegiate Auditorium. He suggested that if one because of major increase He granted some credit to talks to the NDP's Economic in postal rates in the United the present Conservative Expert they would find out States for Canadian papers, Government for "after many that what they really want to it has been necessary tf years of overspreading, do is increase taxes. increase that price to $21 per getting us into deficit after (Turn to Page Two) year. Ribaldry Is Alive and WelI During Drama Workshop's How the Other Half Loves OnIy As OId As You Dr. Stuart Smith, new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party addressed the annual meeting of the Durham East Liberal Association Thursday evening in Oshawa's Eastdale Collegiate. Dr. Smith, although granting credit to the ruling Progressive Conservative party for their attempts to eut expenditures, was quite critical of the methods they are using. -Photo by Doug Taylor eezes Luberal Leader Criticizes Hospital Closing In Smaller Comm The attempts being made by the provincial Conservatives He suggested howe to correct the mess they have the Conservatives a made, despite credit for at trouble shooters but least attempting, came under makers who are hi fire Thursday night by Dr. trying to cover their Stuart Smith, new leader of Dr. Smith's remark the Ontario Liberals. Dr. Smith compared the f situation to that ofa salesman i k Love who one day comes along seiling a n D urham E the carpet and he returns the Following an add next day selling new carpet- their new provincia ing. leader, Durham East "Do you think you'd be Association members likely to hire me?", he asked their new executi' his Durham East Liberal Thursday evening. Association audience in the Elected President Eastdale Collegiate Auditor- association was E.R ium. Lovekin of Newcastle "That's what they are Executive Vice Pres ioing", hie said, "They maÏde Marlene Jarvis of Bo the mess in the first place, ville, First Vice J. CaB] they caused the trouble and Oshawa, Second V now they want credit for Rutherford of Orono shooting." Vice R. Folk of Bowm v r Lu tr ,ks Program unities er that during his explanation of the e "not Conservatives methods of re- trouble ducing expenses by closing rriedly entire hospitals rather than acks." cutting the number of beds in came (Turn to Page Two) kin ast ress by al party tLiberal elected ve last of the R. Dick sident is owman- ilysle of Vice S. ), Third nanville. Heads Liberals Treasurer T. Legate of New castle and Secretary L. Housley of Newcastle. The eight directors electe were H. Wade of Newcastle D. Mitchell of Oshawa, G. Cochrane of Newcastle, L Davey of Oshawa, H. Murphy of Oshawa, C. McSweeney of Oshawa, W. Leask of Oshawa and A. Furlong of Oshawa. Elected as ex-officio are M. Dakin of Darlington and Kirk Entwisle of Newtonville. Wins Awards for Sports and Photography At the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association convention at the Skyline Hotel in Ottawa last week, The Canadian Statesman received two awards for Best Sports and Best Photography for newspapers in the 6,500 to 10,000 circulation category. Here, Rick James, left, the youngest member of The Statesman's photography team is congratulated by OWNA President Jim Dills. by Shawn Marshall Ribaldry was alive and well in Bowmanville for the three nights that "How the Other Half Loves" was performed in the Bowmanville High School auditorium. The play ran from Feb. 26 to 28 with the opening night crowd almost filling the lower half of the auditorium. Recover Stolen Vehicle Provincial Constable George Moon, on patrol last Thursday on the 6th line of Darlington, 'came across a 1973 Dodge Clubcab pickup at 12:02 p.m. A check on the vehicle revealed it had been reported stolen about 8:30 a.m. the same day from Knocker Paving of 124 Elgin Street, Oshawa. Const. Moon found the vehicle undamagedostuck in the ditch and it was soon returned to its owner. Six actors and actresses from the BowmanvilleDrama Workshop took the parts of three couples in the play directed by Wynne Wonnacott. The labelof adult entertain- ment was clearly written on posters advertising the play and anybody who gave any thought to it might have taken warning. But as it turned out, the label was a subtle under- statement. The play itself involved three couples who are brought together when one half of two of the couples has an extra- marital affair. (Turn to Page Two) ORONOORPHANSPLAN REUNION The Orono Orphans of yesteryear are planning a reunion at the Orono Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday, March 13th, which should be a most interesting event. The committee in charge of arrangements includes Raymond Lunn, Charles Armstrong, Bill Armstrong and Dane Found who coach- ed the Orphans for a number of years when they were a real power ln the area. BITS& PECESf - WHAT A STORM - As this is being written, area citizens are still digging out after an intense storm Monday night that tied everything up tight early d Tuesday. School buses weren't running, cars were stuck all over the place and many of'those who ventured out were involved in accidents. Mother Nature certainly packed a wallop in that one, with a f good possibility of more to come. After a couple of weeks of comparatively mild weather, the switch back to winter came as a real blow. You had to feel sorry for one chap who arrived home last night, all tanned and rested, from holidaying in Puerto Rico. JUVENILE PLAYOFFS - The schedule for the St. Marys Cement Juveniles playoff series with Penetang was finalized early Tuesday evening, with the first game in Bowmanville this Sunday at 7 p.m., the second in Penetang at 8:30 Monday, the third, depending on the toss either at Hampton on Wednesday or Friday at Penetang. The series is best of five. RED CROSS MONTH - As usual, March has been designated as Red Cross Month, including the annual campaign for funds. Make a note of it and bei generous when canvassers call. With earthquakes fnd other tragedies occuring throughout the world,1 funds are urgently needed. The campaign will be spread out for the entire month with a higher objective than last year. OLD TIMERS -This Friday night at Darling- ton Arena at 8 o'clock, the NHL Old Timers will show their stuff against a team calling them- selves the Has-Beens from Bowmanville. The event is sponsored by Bowmanville Kinsmen Club and those who attend should see some great hockey by the old pros. The proceeds will be used for Community Service work. WON'T BE LONG - Just a couple of weeks and it will be the March Break for students and teachers when many will be heading for warmer climates, including the BHS band on their way to Disneyworld, Florida, They've been most success- ful in raising the needed funds, but this Sunday evening, the London Brass Quartet will present a concert at BHS, hoping to add still more money to the pot. Don't miss it. REHEARSAL IN PROGRESS - Speaking of school events, Courtice Secondary's Drama Club is busy with rehearsal for their presenta- tion of South Pacific from April 21-24 at Bow- manville High School. Always a popular music- al, it will be most interesting to see how well the students handle the production. POOR SELECTION - From the comments we have heard, emanating from several young people, middle aged and older folks who attended the Bowmanville Drama Workshop's performances of 'How the Other Half Loves' last weekend, the only conclusion to be drawn is that it was an unfortunate selection. The acting, apparently, was well donePl but the subject matter left something to be desiredF to say the least. Y Desire to Punch Brings Charge The desire of one Bowman- villecman to punch someone has caused Durham Regional Police to counter the action with the long arm of the law. Charged with assault causing bodily harm for court appearance in Bowmanville March 23 is James Samuel Mann, 21, of Apt. 8, 4 Bernard Street, Bowmanville. The victim of the incident Jonathan Mosher, age 17, of Bowmanville, accompanied by a friend, was apparently proceeding along Liberty Street in his vehicle about 2 a.m. Sunday when the driver of another vehicle honked its horn and flashed.its lights. Attempting to be co-oper- ative, Mosher told the police he pulled over and stopped., Mann is then alleged to have, got out of the second vehicle and walked over to Mosher who had rolled down his window. (Turn t Page Two) Cdn. Club Speake Mer yn J. Hobbs enjoyed his 20th (or was it his 19th) birthday party at the school named in his honor on Friday morning. A leap year baby, Mr. Hobbs was actually 80 on Sunday, though it waspointed out that since there was no February 29th in the year 1900, he has only observed 19 leap year birthdays. Even if the numbers are a bit confusing, Mr. Hobbs was nonetheless in fine form at the party. Here he is shown with Mrs. Olive Moffatt, a former teaching côlleague whom he worked with at Maple Grove Public School during the forties. Mr. Hobbs is holding a photograph of the school that was presented to him earlier by student council president Steve Bienkowski on behalf of the staff and students. -Photo by Liz Armstrong Hold Party for M. J. Hobbs To Celebrate His Birthda That Cores Every 4 Years By Liz Armstrong Even though the exact Leap Year age of Mervyn J. Hobbs is hard to pin down, he was 80 (regular) years old on Sunday....give or take a few days. 1Mr. Hobbs was born on February 29th, 1896 and since no leap year was observed in the year 1900, the arithmetic gets complicated. Accordîng to the well-known educator himself though, Mr. Hobbs is D's Object to Conditions SoCTaes is Bylaw by Doug Taylor costly for salvage yard oper- Also required would be a A new bylaw to regulate the ators. buffer zone between the operation of salvage yards The new bylaw would allow fencing and additional screen- within the Town of Newcastle an approximate -five year ing by trees of some 25 feet. was tabled Monday night on period during which Dom's Mr. Skells indicated that the second reading by council and others in the town would cost of planting trees around because of objections being have to replace present board the 11,000 foot perimeter of voiced on behalf of Dom's fences with a six foot high Dom's 57 acres would run at Auto Parts. chain link fence. (Turn to Page Two) A TarnnI Calculations aside, the grade 7 and 8 students at M. J. Hobbs helped their namesake celebrate his birthday by having a party for him at school near Hampton on ra oHobbs, his wife Flossie and other members of his family were entertained by the Hobbs 'Denim Blues' choir, and tributes were paid to him by the Superintendent of Instruction for the North- Board of Education, H. R. Moorcroft and Music Super- visor Ross Metcalf. In addition to a huge birthday cake, Mr, "Hobbs received a framed photograph of the school ailan m. J. o bs e p , presen e d to hi m on behaf of'tl staff and students. '0 Year Career It was in September 1966 that M. J. Hobbs Senior Public School welcomed its first class (Turn to Page Two) Norman K. Rebin The Canadian Club of West Durham will meet on Wednes- day, March 10 at 8:15 p.m. ir Trinity United Church Hall, Bowmanville. Norman K. Rebin will be the speaker. A native of Saskatchewan, Mr. Rebin studied Political Science at the University of Saskatchewan and Law at, Dalhousie. At both universi- ties he received honors as the top student orator and has £Turn to Page Two) £Turn to Page Two) service. $37,750. iî joronto solicitor, J.T. Skells, Q.C, advised council on beha'f of Dom's that they feel what is proposed in the bylaw will prove much too KINETTES DONATE GAMES Thanks to the Bowman- ville Kinettes, the Boys and Girls Club is well equipped with games to play when they meet each Monday aight at Bowmanville Senior Public School. Early this week, the Kinettes donated $100 worth of games includ- ing Monopoly, cards and Chinese checkers to the club as part of their community service. Payment of Brine Pipes Tabled to Finance Meet A possible method of paying for new brine pipes in the Bowmanville arena fell prey to criticism from Coun. Ivan Hobbs Monday night. Coun. Hobbs objected to a portion of the recommenda- tion from the Community Services Committee of Feb. 16 which called for acceptance of a tender from Cimco (Can- adian Ice Machines) of $37,750. The part Coun. Hobbs ob- jects to is the additional recommendation that an amount of $40,000 be provided in the Capital Budget but handled from current funds if possible. Coun. Hobbs suggested that if the expenditure has to be paid for through such a- debentured method then the capital forecast of the town (Turn to Page Two) These Leap Year babies turned four years old on Sunday, February 29tn ana maaged to 1ook quite pleased with the situation even though their official birthdays roll around only once every four years. From lef t to right they are Jane Hills, Rosemary Killeen, Don Farrow and Kelly Joyner. All were born 16 ears ago in the maternity ward at Memorial Hospital. Volume 122 20c Per Copy ÊFe Together Again to Mark Leap Year's Return 1unber 9