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THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1942 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE FIVE fflocM=o ------- ------ ----- m DSOCIAL AND PERSONAL Phonme 663 Miss Elva Potter visited friends in Toionto. Pte. Frank Burns, Medical I Corps, Cornwall, was home. Miss Shirley Challis visited in Oshawa,, Rev. and Mis. E. Farnsworth, SBelleville, visited ber sister, Mis. W. A. Bunner, Liberty Place. Urs. Ted Bird and Sgt. and M .Jack Brummell were in Peterboro ove r the weekend. Mr. and Mis. Herring and Jean, Oshawa, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. Leggott. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hancock visited her cousin Mis. J. E. Allin, Allindale Faim. Mis. John Iiwin and two chil- dren are visiting ber parents at Winnipeg, Man. Mis. Harry Winstanley, Wind- sor, is visiting her cousin Mis. Loîne Stevens. Editor Geo. W. James was in Montreal Saturday attending a gathering of weekly editoîs fîoin Quebec and Ontario. Seîgt. Tom Sutton bas again gone on active service. He is in a Bomber Reconnaisance Squadîon on the East Coast. Mis, S. Leggott îeceived a cable from England on Fîiday morning informing ber of the death of her father on May 27th. Miss Gertrude Dewel], Nicholls. Hospital staff, Peterboro, visited her parents, Mr. and Mis. Alf. Dewell. Sgt. Leslie Luffman, '*terans' Guard, was home on leave fîom his duties guardîng Hun prisoners at an eastern point., Mis. Chas. Fletcher and Mis. Mary F. Tinney, Toronto, are guests of Mis. A. Roach, Ontario Street. Mi. and Mis. J. J. Brown re- ceived a cable fîom their son Lieut. Wm. Brown on Saturday sending greetings from Ireland1 where he is visiting relatives while on leave. Me~ and Mrs. C. A. Bartlett accompanied their daughter Sel- ma to Montreai Saturday where she îemained to assume the duties et her. new.position in the Techni- cal Depaîtment, Head Office of the Shell Qil Company. Miss Fein Wilson, Oshawa, fiancee of Corp. Dave Preston, somewheîe in England, spent Sunday with Mis, S. Preston. Mi. and Mis. Bob Preston, Maurice, Ray and Ruth, Maple Grove, were also visitors. Miss Maigaet Tîebilcock was In Peterboro Saturday attending the Cîagg-Trebilcock wedding.1 The bride, Miss Florence S. Tre- bilcock, is daughter of the late Mi. and Mis. Paul E. Tîebiicock. À. jap-a-Lac PAINTS For Walls For Floors For Furniture and for exterior painting Fully Guaranteed PRICES RIGHT SUNTESTED WALLPAPERS for every room i your house JOHNSTON'S BOOK STORE Phone 651 Dowmanvllle We close at 8 o'clock PIARO &" DORGA N RECITALO by PRYLLIS R. MHALUS, A.T.C.M. and her pupils wlll be presented FRIDAY, JUIZ 5 at 8 p.m. Trinity Church BO WMAN VILLE Undçr Auspices of Queen Street Group Trlnlty Church W. A. Adults 20e - Children 10e -Tickets Now On Sale - Mr. Ralph Carruthers is bere frorn New York City to attend the wedding of bis sister, Miss Elsie Carruthers, on Saturday. Mi, R. M. Mitchell, Belleville, was in town Wednesday te see bis mother Mis. J. B. Mitchell who is seriously ill in Bowman-' ville Hospital. Mi. M. J. Elliott attended the Conservative Business Luncheon at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, last week, xhen John Diefenda- ker, M.P.. was guest speaker. Mis. S. Preston, Mis. T. Wright, Mis. J. Hurnphries, Mi. and Mis. Eric Coiwell, Bruce and Linda Anne, spent Saturday witb Mi. and Mis. H. M. Richards, Toronto. Mis. L. T. McLaughlin, Miss F. M. Galbraitb and Mis. J. Coyle attended the annual meeting of Peterboro Pîesbyterial of W.M.S. at Brigbton. Sergt. Norman Falk, Royal Australian Air Force, of Arn- cliffe, New South Wales, Aus.. is spending bis leave with Mi. and Mis. Arthur Hoît. Mis. C. A. Bartlett, wbo bas been attending Oshawa Business College for several months, bas been engaged as Principal of the college beginning the middle of June. Mi. John Challis celebrated bis 8ist birthday on May 3lst. The occasion was marked witb a fami- ly gathering at his home on Liber- ty St. when 24 relatives were present. AC2 Edward Milîson, R.C.A.F., St. Thomas, Mi. and Mis. L. Moore and Jon, Tyrone, Mi. H. L. Rutherford and Audry, Toronto, spent Sunday with Mi. and Mis. A. E. Moffatt, Cburch Street. Soldiers Tom Carter, Dave Os- borne, Lorne McQuarrie, Ducky Neads, Lanark and Renfrew High- landers, Active force, Ottawa, were home on leave over Sunday, lookin' their heilan' best. Gasoline thieves are busy. The Brookdale truck was sipboned, leaving only enough gas for a short trip out of 30 gals. in tbe tank. Announcement bas been macle from Attorney. General Conant's departrnent in Queen's Park that M. G. Gould, K.C., barrister, North Bay, bas been appointed magistrate for North Bay, îeplac- ing Magistrate J. H. McCurry wbo retires June 6tb. Mi. Gould is son of Mi. and Mis. M. G. V. Gould, Bowmanviile, and son-in-law 6f Dr. and Mis. G. C. Bonnycastle. Saturday, June l3tb, wili be a gala day for all Veterans of 1914- 18, Legion or otberwise. At Nia- gara Falls, New York, they join witb U.S.A. veterans in celebrat- ing observance of Magna Charta, as a reminder of the blessings of political and religious freedoma handed down by the Great Char- ter. Many frorn here are going. No passports are needed. Crossing to the U.S.A. is on foot over the new Rainhow Bridge, at 7.30 p.m. Representing Trinity College Schooi, Port Hope, in tbe District Athietic Meet, Aiden D. Wheeler of Bowmanville won tbree fiists and broke the record for the high jump at 5' 8". He also won the 880 yd. dash and the hop, step and jump. In the Trinity College meet, Mi. Wheeler was also ex- trernely successful, when he won the senior 120 yd. high burdles, the senior 880 yd., and the senior higb jump. Alden attended B.H.S. for three years and was always most successful in the junior and intermediate sections of the ath- letic meets.. Miss Catherine Wight, daughter of Mis. George Wight, Provi- dence, graduate of Bowmnanville High School and former employee of Downham Nurseries, has been accepted in the Women's Air Auxiliary Force, Toronto. Miss Wight applied at the recruiting depot, 200 Bay St., Toronto, on May l4th, and is pleased to be called in such a remarkably short time. On May 3th she report- ed at the recruiting depot again, and frorn there she was trans- ferred to Manning Depot for the W.A.A.F. at Havergal College, Jarvis St., Toronto. Here she will hold at first tbe rank AW2, from wbich she can work up. She will do the work of a clerk-steno- grapher. Altbougb many Bow- manville boys bave joined the figbting forces, Miss Wight is one of the very few girls of the town to enlist. Oshawa Promotors Bîood Donors Service Pîeased with HeUp Letter to the editor from How- ard C. Bradley, Oshawa, should interest many of oui readers. It reads in part: "The Statesman I received to- day telling of your interest in the Osbawa Blood Donors Service de- ligbts me greatly. Mis. Bradley and I bave spent a great deal of time in helping to get this work under way and have higb bopes for its successful future. The se- curing of Blood Donors in Bow manville will be a very real help as we need another 500 at least. The set-up of the Clinic bere is so perfect that we find we can do almost twîce as many a day as we had anticipated. Perhaps if you could spare a few minutes sorne Monday or Tbursday moîn- ing ta come over and see it in operation it would be of use to you in fuither informing your town people. Sbould you decide to corne any morning I would be glad if you could let me know in advance. I would plan ta meet you there and pilot you about." May we again remind men be- tween tbe ages of 25 and 55 years who wisb ta donate blood ta get in touch with Alex McGregor at -his drug store. ~g~f FROM BANKS POST OFFICES DEPARTMENT STORES - DRUGOISTS OROCERS . TOBACCONISTS BOOK STORES end oher RETAIL STORES 22S Daily Ramn Storms Holding Up Seeding Operations in Durham We remember one night in a distant city, standing under a canopy wbile ramn poured in tor- rents and flooded stoîm seweîs in its mad race into an aîm of Puget Sound. A block away gleamed a sign, "RAIN'" with Jeanne Eagles as star of the play. So we went to see it with ail its South Seas sodden glamour and1 from that time to now, rain has1 been something of an obsessioni when administered in large doses. It gets, if continued day by day, something like the pest one meet when travelling who says, "Stopq me if you've heard this one." i Ail of which is pîeparatoîy for information that has just come from the Meteorological Office, that May 1942 is the wettest since 1894, and back of that for 100 years or so. With Saturday night's torrent, the total for May was 5 inches above normal. We re- cord this for posterity; for 'the "dim and distant." It did not stop the war or even slow it up, but it did stop farming. For weeks literally hundreds of acres have lain under water, unseeded. Other hundreds, wîth grain sprouted, are tuîning yellow, water-logged, drowned. For many faîmers the matter is seîious indeed. They are at the point where seeding time is al- most too late. What to plant now is the problem. One humoîist wîth many acres submerged has suggested that it my be a move of the government to encourage planting rîce now that the Japs have cut us off. He said, "My acres are more like paddy-fields than Ontario faimo land, but wbere can we buy rice for seed?" And away he went to consuit Ed. Summers, Agricultural Represen- tative. Gardens in town have been washed away in many places and sunk in sult in others. We can do without rain and rice for some time. LODGE INITIATES NEW MEMBERS On May 28th Court Bowmar'- ville No. 964, C.O.F., met with D. Pickard presiding. Cand i d a t e s from Whitby and Oshawa lodges were present, and received the initiatory degree. Lunch was served by Mis. C. Ferguson, Mis. C. Braun and Miss Elsie Burns. Committee composed of Bros. Pickard, Greenham and Black- burn was appointed to work with the Oshawa Committee for a joint picnic in July. May we agaîn remind oui readers when they send in news items, articles or letters for pub- lication youî name should be given. This is not necessarily for publication, but ýo the editor may know it is bonafide. Two articles sent in recently weîe 'not pub- lished because they were not signed. NOW PL'AYING the thrilling story that the whole country is talking about ...the story of "KING'S ROW" Ann SHERIDAN Ronald REAGAN* Robert CUMMINGS Betty Field Claude Rains REVIVAL FRIDAY at il Henry Fonda Gene Tierney "The Return of Frank James" Monday for 3 days Edward G. Robinson in "LARCENY INC."y Jane Wyman Jack Carson Broderlek Crawford - Plus - Bugs Bunny Color Cartoon "The Wabblt Who Came To Supper" Next Thurs., 3 days John Payne "TO THE SHORES 0F TRIPOLI" hItechnieolor Th Ïe resignation of Mis. C. A. Bartlett as treasurer of the society was accepted with keen regret, and a motion of appreciation of Mis. Bartlett's work was made by Mis. W. P. Rogers and by Mis. C. W. Siemon. At the July meeting membeis of W.M.S. will entertain members of the Baby Band and their moh- Righlights About the Lif e of Lient. General Kenneth Stuart 1 top- EXPRESS COMPANY HANDLES 16,000 DAY OLD CHICKS With the flood of ramn all dur- ing May came also a flood of baby chicks. People passing the office of Jack Gunn, local agent at the C.N.R. express office, may haveÊ wondered what was the sound that came from the crates stacked Up within. It was a pleasant, plaintive sound like the tinkle of .tropic ramn upon a coirugated roof and it was produced by fluffy baby chicks crying for their moîn- ing's Shredded Wheat. The curi- ous would pause to drink in the melody and town denizens would sigh, briefly, for a bit of land and the privilege of raising these chicks to chickens, and then pass on to the- gray dullness of the factory. This reporter, caught by the tiougbt that times bave changed, stepped into Jack's sanctum and said: "How many of these fluffy chicks have passed thîough your hands this season and how do you feed tbern wbîle waiting for the owners?" And this is the story. Until the tuin of the century, farmers used 'settin' liens and raised their own with huge loss and vermin and varmints in the off ing to harrass the survivors. Then came the home-made, smel- ]y, kerosene incubators that often gassed the fiuffy products, or the light wvent out at night and the mess was consigned to the manure pile. Finally came common sense. Specialists took on the job with science as their hand-maiden and we got mass production, 100% guaîanteed, healthful, healthy, baby chicks with a scientific me- thod of transportation. Now far- mers come to town and buy tbemn wholesale. The local newspapei carnies the adveîtising messages and buyeî and seller meet and even the chicks are happy about it. These "modern methods" have upped production, i mp r ove d breeds and health and added con- sideîably to Express Co. revenues. Said Mi. Gunn, "Out of 16,000 chicks we've bandled this season, only 9 have died." And that seems to be something to boast about. If your soul is sick and you're in a black mood some days just pause at Jack Gunn's door and get a new lease on life listen- ing to the baby chicks. TRINITY S.S. HOLDS ANN IVERSARY The Sunday School Anniver- sary of Trinity United Church was celebrated on Sunday, May 31, at morning and evening ser- vices. In the morning, Dr. J. C. Devitt, S.S. superiritendent and Rev. J. E. Griffith officiated. The church was charmingly decorated with beautiful spring flowers. Each child, marching into, the church carried a fiower which was then placed on the large Crown, Cross and Anchor at the front of the church. The Cross was covered with red peonies, some of which were later removed by Mi. Griffith to make room for the white flowers he put in their places, forming the levers IHS (Jesus Saviour of Men). Lurana Sieep, Joyce Richards, Eleanor Johaston and Eleanor Wight read the cali to worship. During the service the primary choir, in the front seats of the church, and the junior, senior and aduit choirs in the balcony de- lighted the congregation with their singing. Mi. Griffith preach- ed an impressive sermon on "I arn the Light of the World". In the evening Miss Doris Dud- ley, vice-president of the Young People's; Union, officiated in place of Mi. Louis Dewell, who is now on Active Service. Rev. S. Little- wood, Orono, preached an inter- esting sermon, using as bis text "Ye have not resisted unto blood striving against sin" (Hebrews). Mi. Bert 4ohnston read the lesson and Miss Hazel Rundie and Mr. Bill Buckley sang a duet "Corne Holy Spirit." TRINITY W.M.S. HEAR REPORTS 0F PRESBYTERIAL Trinity W.M.S. met Tuesday afternoon, with Mis. C. W. Slemooi and ber group in charge of the worship service and program, and Mis. Geo. Foster at the piano. Several members îead short passages of scripture, and Mis. Carnie Curtis led in prayer. An interesting feature of the service was a questionaire con- ceîrning theprsnnepl of the o of England clergyman, but bis grandfatbers and great-grandfatb-' UAT~HER BALLOON ers for years back bad been wan- riors.DROPS ON FARM It was only natural then, thatNE RB R T N K. Stuart went to Royal Military ____ College, Kingston, after attending Bisbop's College School at Len- Fee Bros. Lot 22, Con. 3, Cart- noxville, Que. He graduated from wright, on May 29th, were arnaz- R.M.C. in 1911, was comrnissioned ed that a parachute sbould de- in the Canadian Engineers and scend upon their property, when proceeded to Scbool of Militany parachutes and paratroops were Engineering at Cbatham, England, considered today to be military served briefly with the British pierogatives. But a paîacbutist Army and returned to Canada. in the faim of cellophane covered, Wben the First Great War broke composition box, named Sonde out, he went overseas in command Track, floated to earth on their of the First Army Tioop Com- faim, witb an invitation that news pany Caadin Eniners. of same be transmitted ta the pany Caadin Enîners. proper authorities. They brougbt By 1917, he was a Lieut-Colonel the contraption to The Statesman and commanding the Seventh office as proof. Battalion, C.E., and the following Examination revealed tbat it year he was awarded the Distin- bad been released at Buffalo, May guished Service Order and the 22nd, in the form of two balloons, Military Cross for consistent good one large and one small, with îed woîk and devotion to duty. He Parachute attached; that it had won't speak about it but records been neleased by the U.S.A. Wea- disclose it was for personally ne- ther Bureau as received from the connoitering the route, under Washington Institute of Tech- heavy sheli fine, over whicb bis nology. When it neached a beight Battalion had to advance to bridge of 12,000 feet, a gadget burst the a river. balloon and released the pana- Back in Canada and in peace- chute with box attacbed. While time he beld various staff appoint- in the air an instrument acted as ments: District Engineer Officen at a radio bîoadcasting the tempera- Calgary, Quebec and Victoria; As- ture, pressure and moisture of the sistant Director of Military Intel- air. The finding bas been report- Igçnce at National Def ence Head- - ed to the proper authorities. Tali. graying, pleasant, Lieut.- General Kenneth Stuait, D.S.O, M.C.. Chief of the Canadian Gen- eral Staff, above, is an author, editor, student and teacher as well as a soldier. He might, too, lie called a prophet because for years before the outbreak of the Sec- ond Great War he foîesaw the course it might take and had wiitten of the importance of air- craft and mecbanized armaies. Born at Three 'Rivers, Que., Sept. 9, 1891, he came from a long IOOOO@OOOO~@O~O~OOOOOL. quarters; General Staff Officer and Professor of Tactics at R.M. C.; Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at National De- fence Headquaîters; Commandant at R.M.C.; Deputy-later changed to Vice-Chief of the General Staff, and now Chief. He was one of the original members of the Can- adiac-American Joint Defence Board whose deliberations now have taken on an even greater im- portance. It was whiie he was alteinating between R.M.C. and National De- fence Headquarters that he edited, in what littie spare time he had, "The Canadian Defence Quarter- ly," published by "A committee of Officers at Ottawa." He not only edited the publication but wrote for it as well and it was in these articles he warned of the nature of the struggle to corne. He pro- phesied it accurately, as the Ger- man blitz through the Lowlands and France years later was to prove. A graduate of the Imperial Staff College, Carnberley, E n g i a n d, Lieut.-Ceneral Stuait's career fol- lowed much the same channels as did those of two other great Can- adian soldiers, General McNaugh- ton and General Crerar, the latter Chief of Staff when Stuart was Assistant Chief. He served under McNaugbton at Victoria and Ot- tawa, four years in ail. Marîied, he bas one son-a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force -and one £laughter. BRIDE-TO-BE OUEST AT SOCIAL AFFAIRS Miss Elsie Carruthers has been guest of honor recently at sev- eral social affairs in recognition of ber approaching marriage on Saturday. On Tuesday evening Mis. J. Wallace Braden entertained a number of the youngeî set when a miscellaneous shower of lovely and useful gifts were given Miss Caîruthers. Miss Yvonne Tighe assisted the hostess when a de- lightful evening was enjoyed. Miss Jean Wight entertained at a dinner party at the Chez Paree Restaurant, Bloor Street, Toronto. Thursday evening for Miss Elsie Carruthers, bride-to-be. The table was charmingly decorated with pink tapers and a centre piece of pink roses. Miss Carruthers was presented with a corsage of red roses upon taking ber seat at the table. Those present were: Mis. Gordon Lowry, Mis. Ernie Brown, Miss Patricia Fox, Mis. Max An- derson, Miss Jean Wight and the guest of honour, Miss Elsie Car- ruthers. Misceilaneous shower gifts were given to Miss Carîuth- ers and a deligbtful timne xas en- joyed. A surprise paîty xvas given by St. Paul's United Church choir on Sunday evening for Miss Elsie Carruthers who will become the bride of Mi. Roy Lunney on Sat- urday afternoon. The couple en- tered the Pîimary Roomn where the choir had gathered, and were greeted by the strains of the Wed- ding Marcb. White wedding belîs hung above the tables which were beautifully decorated with bou- quets of tulips, iris and bridai wreath. Mis. Reta Dudley, oîganist and president of the choir, comment- ed on the length of time she had known Elsie, fîom her first music lesson and following on to ber choir woîk. She then called on Miss Donnie Creasser to îead an address from the choir, when a beautiful set of Cory coffee ma- ker and electric plate were pie- sented to Miss Carruthers and ber husband-to-be. A social time folloxved with community singing, and Miss Lena Taylor sang a solo, "Garden of Happiness." Mi. Stephen Say- well, who bas been supply minis- ter of St. Paul's for the past thîee and a haîf months, congratulated the bride and groom, and spoke of bis appreciation of the choir's work and support during the time he bad been xith the chuîch. Mr. Alex McGregor, leader of the choir, repiied, and the happy gathering closed. Rev. H. W. and Mis. Foley had a surprise visit from their son, Dr. Frank C. Foley of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Dr. Foley is a geologist and is in charge of the ground water problems of the State of Wyoming for the U. S. National Departmen of Geology. He was on a business trip to Washington and detoured from Pittsburg to - spend foui days with his parents. mmý. MOK SUMMER CLASSIC a 1 ers. PAGE FIVE THURSDAY, JUNE 4,1942 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO Lt. General K. Stuart line of fighting men. His father, Rev. H. C. Stuart, was a Church Coats IN TWEEDS AND POLOS Perennial Summer favorites. Because they are "rlght" everywhere-so figure-flat- tering. Weil tailored, llned. 8.95 - 32*50 COUCHI JOHNSTON& CRYDERMAN, LTD. BaOWMANVMLLE