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[,LOCAL NEWSj In the report o! the Durham Esorthorx Breeders' Banquet at the lbUiE Houa Iaut week we incor- reactly axinounccd that Russel Os- borne presided at Toastmastcr. This iiould have been Mr. Otte Bragg, th~e President of the Association. We regret this error. Trinity Young People Trinity Young People held iLs reg-1 ular meeting on Monday, Feb. 9th,1 bL charge of the Missionary Dept., Miss Florence ives read "The Perfect9 Prayer" which was followed by the1 Lords Frayer in unison. Bob Cor-1 beLL read the acripture esson. There was the folbowing program: PianoJ solo, Misa Doris Jamieson; Mrs. W.& Adams gave very lnteresting read-1 ings on the Women and Girls o! Japan; Chester Jury played a violi solo, accompanied by John Jury; piano duet, Evelyn and LorraineÀ Pickard; Mr. Smith Ferguson gave a1 talk on "The Christian Message in Jspan To-day". Next meeting Feb. it. Mr. B. E. Ingham, M. A., willi lie thc speaker Another Compliment Ontario weekly newspapers contin- ue to remark on thc improved condi- tion o! The Statesman and the Whitby Gazette and Clironicle said ýn its editorial columins last weck: "'The Gazette and Chronicle extendsl' .Ucongratulations to The Canadian, Statesman, Bowmanville, in the im- provement made in its appearance in recent weeks. Advertiaements have been moved f rom the front page and a nice dress, with single and double clumn headings. adopted. Thc Statesman has always been recogniz- ed as being one of Ontario's beat weekly newspapers. IL la now even better, and Editor James and his as- sociaLes are deserving o! the com- mendation they are receiving f rom fellow publishers.' L. T. B. Instali Officers The installation o! officera o! Con- federation Lodge L. T. B. No. 474, was held in the S. O. E. HaUl on January 16t1. with D D G M E. G. Mitchell presiding. Officera instail- ad are: W M -Mrs. E. Large; D M --Mrs. G. Kinsman; Rec Sec'y -E. G. Mitchell; Fin. Sec'y.-Mrs. D. Bic- kle; Treas.-Mrs. C. King; Chaplaili -Mrs. F. Tomlinson;D. o! C.-Har- otd King; Conductor-Eileen Large: I T -Mrs. F. Armstrong; 0O T.-D. Gilfillan; Firat Committeeman - Claude Oliver. 2nd. Com. Man-F. Armstrong, 3rd-H. Hooey. 4th-Mrs. T. Heighton, 5th--Clarence King; Panist-Margaret Colville. P.D.D. G.M. Sister I Follis o! Oahawa pre- sexted P. M. Sister Mitchell witbh er jewel. Sister Mitchell in a brie! re- ply thanked the members for their support and co-operation during ber ~tes-m. o! office. A fincly aerved sup- per brought the evening to a close. Valentine DIace at E. T. S. One o! the prcttiest dances o! the sesaxi was held at the Boys' Train- Isg School on Wednesday last whcn tec staff entertained a arge number et guests at tbeir annual Valentine Dance. Thc Perguson Hall, where die dance was held. was prettlby dcc- orated in red and white streamers wth beart and arrows predominat- Ing in the arrangement. On the stage a dainty sitting room was laid oSt complete with a gowing red fire. and the colorcd lights whidh fiaahed across the hall durlng every dance made a beautilul picture as it con- "antly clanged the bue o! the lad- ies' evening dresses. Shortly before inldnigbt the ladies o! the staff, as- gstcd by the mcxi, servcd a buff et luxicheon consistlng o! sandwiches, layer and cbocolate cake, tea cakes, ice cream. nuts and valentîne cani- dies. SneUl's Orchestra o! Oshawa piroided the music. Road Noeds Repairing The beach at thc foot o! "Thc Old indian Trail' whlch rnsnadowu p&M the Fresis Air Camp at the lake wesl of town is in danger o! being closed te Lhc public unlesDarlngtor Township Council takes some steps to have the present roadway repair- cd or builds a ncw roadway down to *Ms popular pîcnic ground. The present road is on the property of tic E. J. Burke Estate. the execu- tors o! whlch have abways alowed this road open through their farn 'for the convenience o! those who patronized thia part o! the beach. 0f late years his road known as NEWCASTLE BOA» OF EDUCATION Thec Board of Education held lts 1931 inaugural meeting in the Coun-4 cil Chamber on Wednesday evening,1 Feb. 4th. with the following mem-1 bers present: C. T. Batty, H. W. Dud- ley, J. W. Glenney, H E. Hancock. J. H. Jose. Thos. Moffatt, Rev. W. P. Rogers, John Scott, H. J. Toms. The Board re-elected Major H. W. Dud- ley chairman and Mr. Thos. Moffat vice chairman; and struck the fol- lowing standing committees: Financet -C. T. Batty, Thos. Moffat, J. H.t Jose; Property-John Scott.' H. J.t Toms, J. W. Glenney; Medal andt Prizes-Rev. W. P. Rogers, Rev. F. H. Mason, H. W. Dudley; Visting- J. H. Jose, H. E Hancock, John Scott, Religious Education-Rev. W. P. Rogers, Rev. F. H. Mason The Board re-appointed Mr. Jos. Toms as School Attendance Officer at thet former salary of $15 a year. and re-1 appointed Miss B. McIntosh a mem-t ber of the Memorial Library Boardt for another three-year termi; also appointed Mr. C. T. Batty and Mr. J. W. Glenney delegates to the 0. E. A. convention in Toronto during Easter week. Principal Thos. A. Rodger address-t ed the Board relative to, public school matters and Principal Geo. A. Coyne on high school matters. Principal Rodger asked for binseif and staff one day's absence each some time çlurmng the year to visit some other or perhaps more than one school in order to observe other teachers' methods and practice and get new ideas. Request granted. Principal Coyne. among other mat- ters, spoke of the activities of the girls' and boys' basketball teams and o! how the girls, after losing to Ux- bridge and Port Hope. had won the third gamie froma Cobourg. Miss Neya Switzer is coach. He also ex- tended on behaîf o! the school a hearty invitation to the Board mem- bers and their wives to attend the school's Valentine party oný Friday the l3th. the invitation being con- ditional upon their bringing refresh- ments in accordance with suggestions they would recelve later, with them. Members present accepted the invi- tation and conditions. The Board disposed o! certain routine business and correspondence. including a written request from Miss Annahelle Hendry. secretary of the H. S. Literary Society, for two Giant pencil sharpeners for general use. The request was granted. Principal Rodger submitted the public school attendance report for January and explained that under the present regulations teachers are required to keep a very accurate re- cord o! the attendance or non-at- tendance of each pupil and to specif y the exact reason for a pupil's ab- sence, even if il is only for hall a day. Following is Principal Rodger's at- tendance report for January for theI three rooms of the public school. Parents should read it with interest and some concern: Total actual attendance for 20 teaching days 1606 M Total possible attendance 16331,V2 Total perfect attendanoe. 1'94 No. of pupils enrolled 92 Average actual attendance 80.3 Total no. of days bast by absence 17/ Total no. o! days legal absence 1601'/ Total no. of days illegal absence 27 Total no. o! lates 20 Total no. of days lost through slckness: legal 152 illegal 21'/ Total no. of days lost through home help: legal 6V'/ illegal 51/2 Total no. of days bast through parental neglect. illegal 6!!2 Total no. of days loat through other reasons: legal 2 illegal 9 V23 Total no. of days lost'through privation, iliegal 2 Magnesia Best for Your Indigestion Warns Against Doping Stomach With Artificial Digestants t Most people who sufer, either oc- i casionally or chronlcafly f rom gas. ,sourness and indigestion, have now sdlscontlnued disagreeable diets, pat- -ent f oods and the use of harmful o drugs, stomacli tonics, medicines and eartificlal dîgestants. and lnstead take ,fa teaspoonful or four tablets of Bis- - urated Magnesia in a ittie water d after meals with the result that their n stomach no longer troubles them, o they are ableto eat as they please - C4~AP~AN oeA~AU. ~WMA~&E. Tap~q. NWABT 18. lUI -~ -. C - - ..a as.... ......ti. Sa - - vam I IifltYfl8fl J.~VUL1i ni L~ZK B 1w ueralchu whlch kepl hlm cou- j ~ G. EL 5. I a Fi Cham Aiford Prom the year 1850 to 1875 great changes teck place ln Maple Grave district,.flhc old fashloned fireplace and out-doar avens for baking bread were replaced by the kitchen steve. The stove peddler with a wagon load o! themn did a thrivlng business in those days. The tallow candles that our motheîr used to make were re- placed by the coal où lamps and how we would look at them and wonder if they would not blow up and causej trouble for us. Money was scarce li those days, but there was one thlng that would always bring the cash, the sinus o! any o! the wild animais, and the game laws were not so strict as they are today. The spiritual welf are o! the settlers was well looked alLer. There was a Wesleyan Chapel opposite the pres- cnt residence o! Arthur Burgess on the pavement and the Episcopal Methodists gave a weekly service in the achool for many ycars. Asnong those who took a leading part li the Chapel was a Mr. Thomas who lived north on the farm now owned by W. J. Snowden, and Mr. Cole, grand- f ather of our own T. J. Cole. No choir in those days and it f eUl to their lot te start the tunes. Among the Episcopal preachera in those days were the Revs. Pomeroy, Denlke, Sanderson, and others. Mr. Sander- son was statloncd on the circuit f or the second time after it was chang- ed to South Darlington. The Par- sonage on the bld circuit was at En- niskillen and it was a heavy day's, work in the winter for a maxi to per- 1 f orm. He woubd start f rom home inj the mornixig, preach at Mt. Vernion, then to Maple Grove at two o'clock.! and home at Ennisklllen atniglt. The late Dr. Carmari preached at the opening service o! Maple Grove Churcb in 1872. Some o! the older ones in the north will remember ai very popular preacher in the new church, Rev. C . A. Simpson. While on an auto trip last f all along with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Snowden and my brother Fred, we called on Mr. Simp- son in the town o! Brantford. It was a great treat to meet hlm once more. He is past ninety, superannuated, en- joying good health, stands erect for a man o! lis years. The ftrst school teadlier in the brick school was John L. Power, bro- ther o! the late Thos. Power o! the Base Line. He was a resident o! Cadinus in Cartwright for many years and lived te be ncarly 100. While on a visit in Winnipeg some elghteen ycars ago in company with my brother-in-law, we went te Yonge Methodiat Church on a Suxiday morning. As we were early my at- tention was drawn to a very elderly man itting in the f ront o! the church. My brother-in-law in!orm- ed me that he was James McClung, a brother o! the baLe Wm. McClung. "Vkhy," I sald, "that man taught 1 Maple Grove school in the year 1860. A ter teadhing for sometime lie stud- led for the ministry and waa one o! the pioncer preachers in the Mani- toba province. At the time I saw hlm le was living in Winnipeg, sup- erannuated. A son o! bila married Miss Nellie Moonie <Nellie McClung) whose books are in manY Sunday aclool librarles f romt coast te coast. A short stery by 1er appcarcd in an edition of McLean's Magazine last month entitled "The Girl Proma God Knows Wvhere," which I thouglit was quite a thriller. Hector Inchio! Port Hope was re- Ielected president for 1931-32 o! the jOntario Beekeepers Association in Iconvention at the Royal 'York Hotel lin Toronto. QUESTIONS and ANSWERS WILL FEATURE NEXT MEETING 0F BOWMAN VILLE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY A public meeting of thîs Society wlll be lield in the Council Etoom in the Municipal Building. Bowmianville Monday Evening, Feb. 23 at elght o'clock. Mr. Geo. E. Carr, of the Boys' Training Scliool Staff. will give a short report on the very successful Convention of the Ontario Horticultural Association held this month ini Toronto. AlLer which the meeting will be open for questions, verbal or written. on any horticultural points in connection with the growing of indoor and outdoor plants. perennials. roses. shrubs. trees, and lawna. A commlttee o! practical local men composed o! Messrs. A. S. Baker. Chas. W. Bagneli, Geo. E Carr. and A Herb Fletcher, %vill be on hand to answer the questions put. and in this way give practical service to those requiring it. Bring your liorticultural troubles to this meeting. T. A. DUSTAN, MRS. E. V. SCOBELL. President. Secretary-Treasurer. TEN MORE ÔVERC oz"e la his home for just a day. j czLEjATU MrHAT 1 Durhm Co.atr Famm Urgel te Exibit Sou st PeleuberoNerI menti' Durhiam County farmers will be interested to learn that the Quinte District Seed Flair for 1931 is to be held on Marcli llth. 12tli and 13th. at Peterboro. In past years Durham lias made a very creditable showlng in the various classes and we trust the same interest may be manifested this year. The Quinte District Seed Pair is primarily educational and is aiming to encourage the production of bet- ter and more profitable crops togeth- er wlth the use of better cleaning machinery. Therefore, exhibits must have been grown selected and pre- pared by the exhibitor in the year 1930. Those having seed of exceptional good quality mlght be well advlsed te save a small quantity for the World Seed Pair te be held at Re- gina in 1932. Under the regulations for the World Seed Pair entries may be taken f rom any year's crops. At the Quinte Seed Pair the fol- lowing quantities are necessary for each entry: Wheat, oats, barley, buckwheat, peas, potatoes and beans 1 bushel; Grass and clover. 1/2 bushel. Championship cups are given as speclal prizes. but the samne entry that may have woni the cash prize wlll be eligible for the cup. Prize lists may be obtained f rom E. A. Sunimers, Port Hope. Keep in mind, too. that the Quinte Seed Fair in 1932 wlll be held li Bowmanvllle. 1 slat an IM Mn or Cburgh101 m machbine he wua worklng et Edwaris & Edwards fuatory in Utat tm. Start Your Decorating. Early I amn showlng two f ull Unes of the new 1931 Wall Paper at 10c per roilanu p. Everything to suit every purse. Job right and price right. P..HAYWARD Paluter sud Decorator Phone 374r6 Tyrous in Durham congratulated David Kelth In their cobumnsn last week on the attainnient o! bis 97th blrthday. Mr. lKeith Is anc of the oldest meni in the United Counties and one o! the brigîtest of the old people, too. Extends Bus LUnes S. J. Collacutt o! Oshawa, pro- prietor o! the Colacuut Coach Lines, bas purchased the Kingstan te Gan- axioque bus ine and tlrougl busses f rom Toronto te, Gananoque without change wli corne into efect on May lst. Until that trne a change at Kingston wUll have te be made. No Casualties As far' as The Statesman is able to ascertain there were no casualties on Prlday, February l3th. This day whlch la suppased te hld terrors for the superstitious passed off lu a most conventional everyday manner. But tbose who believe i the iII luck o! "Frlday thc thlrteenth" must re- member lIaI Un.thlrteonth of next month also fails on a Priday. I CLI Ail Oddments to make room for New Spring Merchandise regardless of cost 4 doz. Ladies' Hats, 49 values to $3.95 ....... 9 3doz. Kids' Velvet 29c and Feit Rats.......... 5 only Boys' Tweed Overcoats, wool lined, .. $.9 6 doz. Boys' Combinations, sizés 26 to34Y reg. 98c, per pair ........29c 4 doz. Boys' and Girls' Pullovers, Windbreakers, Sweaters, etc., values to $2.98, ~ 1 clearing for ........... $ .1 10 only Ladies' $179 Kimonas for ........VA#7 25 doz. Men's Gashmere and Silk and Wool Sox, reg. 25c 50e for .............. 10 doz. Men's $1,00 69 Work Shirts ............. 25 doz. $1.98 Tubfast $1 0 House Frocks .........10 29 dozen Ladies'19 Vests...................... 9 35 dozen Ladies'29 Vests......................29 47 dozen Ladies'29 Bloomers .................29 10 dozen Men's Work Pants, regular $1.59 for ......................... 98C EXTRA SPECIAL I1I SiIIc and WooI Hose 49c About 40 dozen broken lines and odd colors and sizes, values ranging from.79e to, $1.49 pr. We are throwing every pair out to cleai' at th e ridiculously low price, 49c NELSON'S STORE' FOR BIGGER AND WALK A BLOCK BETTER BARGAINS BOWMANVILLE AND SAVE A LOT OATS T-HIýs WaIE:C AT" ~I ~ 1. EARING Third AnWhwoay D FilMgi' Ob- served by DIrIida Parti, on Tuesday Evenlng. Durham Chapter, No. 181, Order o! the Eastern Star, oelebrated its third birthday on Tueaday evening, Pcb- ruary lOth. AlLer thse regular meet- ing, the husbands o! the members were entertaincd in honour o! the occasion. A short musical program, consisting o! communlty singing, with Mrs. E. Smith Ferguson as ac- companist, an instrumental solo by Mrs. Harold Clemens, an instrumen- tal dueL by Mrs. J. E. Andersan and Mrs. Ceci H. Dudley was given, al- Ler wbich a couple af jolly contests were engaged in. A claintY lunch was then served by the ladies. An inmportant f eature o! the evenlng was the large blrthday cake, on wblcl stood Lîrce flamlng candîca, placed in the centre o! the room. Coîborne la to receive a grant o! $2000 for relief work. UNITED COUNTIES NEWS Aubrey "~Dt" Clapper, well knowni Cobourg boy, is te marry Miss Lar-j 'aine Pratt o! Vancouver in the sprmng it is announced. Thc bride-to-be is sald te be the prospective heircas te 8 million dollars. The groom plays hockey f or the Boston Bruina and it was on a tour wlth this team that le first met Miss Pratt. Little Jeasie Linton o! Roseneath was badly burned wlen lier clotli- ing caught fire. Her mother was ab- sent f rom the kitclcn for only a f cw minutes and on lier return found lier littIe girl in flames. Her condition is still critical. Ail Port Hope unemploynient relief money las been cxpended and al relief laborers were laid off on Sat- urday. Over 100 men were worklng tbiree days a week on watermains anid other improvements. 0 0 0 Cobourg veterans arc to provide a position for Lt. Charles S. Ruther- ford, V. C.. wlo was refused the pos- ition o! township clerk o! Haldi- mand. The job paid a salary o! ess than $10 per week and the Cobourg Leglon will endeavour te find a posi- tion more in keeping witl the honor whicl Lt. Rutherford attained dur- ing the war. Dr. P. R. Drewry o! Cobourg was appointed a member of thc Colbcg- late InstItute Board, rdorescxting thse public school board, last week. Dr. Drcwry is president of the Rotary Club. Ronald Smith, agcd 4, son o! Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Smith, Port Hope, had a miraculous escape from ser- ious injury when le sklddcd on bis bobsleigh in front o! a truck going rigît across the patli o! that vehicle Ibetween thc front and back whcels as IL was moving. He sustaincd just wv-ý& du