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10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmnanville, May 12, 1976 Celebrates 92nd Birthdoy, Fantosy Charocters CorneAlive for School Chlldren gives on the racquet will be useless to bim. Sometbing anybody in the market for a racquet should know is the general standards in weigbt for a racquet. Racquets sbould weigh 13 onces if they are labelled light, and 131/2 if tbey are medium, he said. Another mistake that the consumers can make is to dlaim to be a "good inter- mediate'" skiers when actual- ly tbey are just beginners. Mr. Balsdon, who also gives ski clinies in the sports stores that he travels-to in the area, said the only way the sales- man can give a customer proper equipmnent is if the customer is bonest with him. He also recumnmended buy- ing equipment in a sports store that deals only in sports equipmeflt. If you need to know pro- fessional advice the specialty store is the best place to find it, be said. The belief. that the mer- chandise in a spf-cialtv shon is goîng to be more 'costly is a fallacy, he claimed. Mass merchandising stores do not have lower prices than specialty shops, he added. Anotber recommendation that he made for the discrim- inatinî1cons~ulmer was not t.n buy equîpment' strictly be- cause it bas a good name. "Buy a product by its menit and not necessarily because it's a name you happen to know," be said. The proof that sports are going through an upgrading process can be seen just by looking at today's minor hockey in which almost every player owns a top line skate, be said. Witb the amount of inform- ation currently available to consumers, "the old cliche about the buyer beware should not concern you when making a sports equipment pur- chase,"~ Mr. Baldson said. The family of Arthur Stain- ton, now into lis 92nd year of full and active living, honour- ed him at a reception recently. Greeting guests with Arthur were bis two daughters- Berniece (Mrs. Adam Haw- ley) and Eileen (Mrs. Tom Sobil) and, three granddaugh- ters, Diane (Mrs. Alan Wer- ry), Lynda (Mrs. Brian Lee) and Catherine Hawley. Seven great-graadchildren - James Werry, Misses Sandra and Sharon Werry, Misses Susani, Nancy, Barbara and Allyson Lee, assisted in serv- ing the attractive cheese and bread trays, with tea and coffee, as well as being in charge of the guest book. Long time close friends presided in the kitchen, keeping things running smootbly as over 200 relatives, friends and neigh- bours called to express best wishes to the honoured guest. One of the highligbts of the day was the presentation of a plaque from the Governmerit of Ontario, presented person- ally, by Duug. Moffatt M.P.P. for Durham East. Arthur is a man of many talents - farming bis father's and grandfatber's farm at Zion for 40 years, before retiring tu enjoy carpentry, bowling and golfing. Making their annual tour of some of the public schools around Bowmanville and Courtice, a Courtice Secondary School theatre arts class performed a short play for children at Courtice North Public Sehool recently. The play, Fairyland Characters and the Way They Learned- Their Lesson featured characters such as, Mother Goose and Little Miss Muffet. The players included Nancy Sproull, Cobey Boyce, Jim Maguire, Greg Balson, Christy Pearce, Melody Baragar, Patty Makena, Russ Konyk, Audrey Maschke, Dateen Patchaude, Scott Suddard, Deb Read, Julia Eyman and Dianne Woodley. Their director and theatre arts teacher, Kathryn Coverly and the students make the tour of the public schools in the area every year. Library Expansion Limited By Smal Municipal Budget Both the library board'and An examination of thef staff are interested in further capita expenditure fort improving and expanding the province shows that Ne libraries collection, service, castie region ranks far beli and programs. However, we other municipalities. must work within budgetary The following statisticsa restrictions set by council. comparisons of per cap -,jvnp(iirpqI O UfarIihrra'c CLARK PACKERS 1SPECIALIZING IN Custom Slaughtering - Cuttilng 1Wrapping and Freezing Freezer-orders cf l'op QuatiWY Park and Beef supplied from aur own f eed lot, cuL, wrapped and f rozen. Ail Meats Government Inspected. PHONEWELCME 753-2354 Consum,,er Enthusiasm Greater thon Knowledge In Current Sot per the .0w- are pita 1974. Peterborough - $4.94 per capita. Lindsay - $637 per capita. Trenton - $771 per capita. Ajax - $8.81 per capita. Markham $733 per capita. Whitby- $931 per capita. Oshawa_ - $975 per capita. Newcastle $251 per capita. Inthe entire province of 10 regions, there' are only 4 regions lowers than' New- castle. We stand 99th in rank and the library soon bas to get a priority if it is to move ahead. Witbout adequate funds, the T-elevision for the Holiday Travel Season!t or a second TV for the home. ADMIRAL THE HARRINGTON 12" Black and White Portable TV *Contemporary polystyrene cabinet *Swivel pedestal base *Walnut grained finish 100 per cent solid state chassis Solid state VHF tuner Solid state detent UHF tuner Rotary controls for on-off - volume, contrast and brightness Earphorie and jack included One 3" speaker Monopole telescopic antenna Dimensions 17/-H, 16-D, 121/4" H. LOCKE TV (Bowmanville Audio-Vision Ltd.) 20 King St. West 623-23 12 BOOM By Shawn Marshall There are even gray areas and now a salesman for sports Althougb sports sucb as Where consumers are not sure equipment, Mr. Balsdon said7PeeKic nSut tennis and cross-country what they are buying because that it is a mistake to buy skiing have recently been of the gap in knowledge, Mr. equipment strictly because of growing rapidly, the con- Balsdon asserts. its name. sumers knowledge of sports Mr. Balsdon, owner of a Besides mîssing bargains on O I equipment bas remained be- sales agency in Toronto saîd good equipment, the beginner hind, Peter Balsdon, a sports 'he bas watcbed botb racquet wbo makes the mistake may equipment salesman, told sports and skiing grow tre- flot even be suited for expens- members of the Kiwanis mendously over recent years. ive eupent yet.9 0 Club at their meeting on May A one-time Ontario Junior Anyod buying a tennis 5th. Circuit amateur tennis player racquet should look for certain qualities to fit their stage of 2 L% a S r etEastB wm4t development in the sport, he.. ..... Ol sa id, M o Pleaosaecd If the buyer does not know Tlp n.6355 making the purchase, the information tbat the salesman With Kiwanis n flm 9 Mmm&fl ff uwm MýMMmmmu m Creek In tere-s tÏ cc~ Speakîng to the Bowman- Ma yor Rickard explaîned> ville Kiwanîs Club last Wed- that it is the soft services that I_ nesday, Mayor Garnet Rick- rest fraîntasisd îffîcuinmet o tod ,t ard suggested that the cut-rsritast dfcu o backs in "soft services" which eut back on bard services suche government restraints are as roads and sewers without frag wbicb o sevie clus were cman oie 'soekslodpanyFn cn bad thing. jobs.edn h iaî et Tbe mayor feit that these ing to discuss witb the club theyF uts will elp to bing the work ide fd e oing the Bowns ee- Il originally organized, back into from Vanstone's Mill soutb focus.' into parkland, Mayor Rickard He explained that he bas said that Bowmanville is Ip ca iig i noticed government legisla- graced with its own natural p cilzig i tion over the years gradually features and should not be taking over many of the patterned after other com- wbleretrins reno (urtoag4,~eIIing and I nstaqllng Fenc inç functions of service clubs muiic causing a "swingback." Second Section)I CHAIN LINK Vinyl Wire Includes: Galvanized Tap Ra il ____________________________________________ -. ... ... ... ..Lne Pasts & Caps Bagttom Wire Ties CASH 'N CARRY INSTALI (Delivery Available) or (Price- o ad0 O pento gh..... ........."x 11gauge p er ft. $p Snn w mnhi .... i....12" x 11 gauge $8921 The Long Sault Ridge Run- ners snowmobile club will remove the fence that bas kept tbem from driving their snow- mobiles on a road allowance in Clarke Township since De- cember, 1974, according to club member Tom Hoar. The Public Works Commit- tee on May 6 told Mr. Hoar and library cannot provide books needed to fulfili the growing needs of the community. Nor can we expand other, services such as large print books, programs, films, book dis- cussions and crafts, which are being requested by patrons. Book circulation bas almost doubled in the past year, which" is your way of saying thank' you to the board and staff. With the addition of Darling- tons per capita grant to the Newcastle library board our budget 's considerably higher and bas enabled us to have more money available for services. With the large increased circulation, your library board and staff felt that a sidewalk was necessary for saf ety reasons. However, once again, we are severely hamp- ered by some members of council. t is up to you if you find that the library is not providing the services and programs which you expeet, to let your elected board members know of your desire for increased lacilit ies. Only when the municipal counicil is made' aware of the desire of community mem- bers for improved. literary service wili Uic, pet, (apitd expenditure be increased. And, library service can only be ir-nproved if the library receives increased per capit, support, a representative from the Ontario Federation of Snow- mobile Clubs (OFSC), Peter Hurd that they were allowed to use the road because it was a public rond allowance. The club had been unsuc- cessful in their earlier at- temrpts to obtain permission to use the road allowance be- tween Lots 26 and 27 on Concession Nine because of a disagreement wîtb Fred Beau- cage, a landowner in the area that the club wanted to use for snowmobiling. In the latest meeting be- tween the club and the Town of Newcastle, Mr. Hoar was told that the club did not need the permission of the municipality to use the rond. "The road in fact is a common and public bigbway, " one committee inember said. Committee Chairman Bruce Tink said the issue of allowing the club access to the road aliowance bas been beld up for a year and that it could go on longer unless some action was taken. The club also tried to have the road ciosed in their eaniier, efforts to gain access to the fenced off area. By having the road losed to the public, the club was told that they couid lease it from Mr. Beaucage from January to April if he was interested in buying the land from the municipality. 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