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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTAP.IO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1943 Estabiished 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Wlth which is Incorporated The Bowmanviiie News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 88 Years' Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanviiie and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau ~~ 0f Circulation, di I Canadian \~I1V Weekiy Newspapers <* Association Class A WeekUes of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year in the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. BEULAH TOMMEY, Associate Editor Would'st tbou fashion for thyseif a perfect life, Then fret flot over what is past and gone And spite of ail thou may'st leave behind Begin each day as tho' thy life had just begun. -Goethe. Teamwork Causalanca lias i)ioved nuot 0111 *v fte cf- feetiveiiess but iso tfli ueessitv- of teuinu- wvork foi'thfui 'uited Natiouis. Evcu'vonce lias a par't iii buiidig teauiwou'k. w-liulier it lie Cliuuu'iuil I and Rooseveit. ou' oir nationual leaders on Parniaineuit lii -lulus.baui(l auud ivife ut homue, the fclow beliid fh lueuruss doou'. ou' fle uniuoni leader'. A u'cceuît opy of thli ulioni papeu' of a Cauuadiuuu ai'cuaft plantf calis ouu its uuemibers f0 aulopt as, fhîir sloganu fou' 1943-"Teain- w-ork ' . Tluev go stili fuutiîcr.auud sa - howv if oaiu becuuclieved. '-'This is no fiuuue f0 poinut at tlue oflicu fellow. "tfie papei' stafes. All of lus uîuust faice il) fo our iuistakes and p])ii toLct lier. Teanwoî'k is muor'e than agree- inug oui wbut we like ou' whuouu we hute. If is Duot w-o ' -uihu. ]blt wiuaf's ighult. One w-ouuaîu wiuose iusbauud -ou'ks lon' houîu's inu fle Halifuax Shlp'uuu'ds. decidcd thaf teauuuw'oî'k fou'belieu nearut geftiug up f0 unake lis br'eakfast. Tis i îad puaetiî'ai i'sulfs ho- cause fî'oun tiieuuou i le lias ne\-er nissed a day 's work. wieîu befou'e lue used f0 take twuo or tluree duîys off a w'eek. A uunionu iea(leu' built teaunwork w-len lie apoiogized f0 flue couupauuy official lue ias deali ii«g ithi for not helieving a word flic officiai said abolit conuditions itfle plant. He said lie wanted f0 put lis cards on the table fu'orn flen oui. anud begin f0o do hiniseif w-bat lie expecfed of thc other fellowv. Teauuw'ork begaii for the head of an in- dîusfî'Y w'lieuulie adunîfted lie bad fired two mcen iecaiuse lue feared flîcir union activities woiuld affect bis profits, uot just because there w~as ne'ed fo lay muen off. He made an apology practical by reinstafiuîg thcm., and eveîî paid fhem arrears iuu wag(es. Tiiose wlio buiid this kind of teamwork around fluer will uof oniy bc producing a maximum w'ar effort. but tbcy ivili be laying the foundafions for a workable democracy -Cauuada' patfern for a iiew world. -V Selfishness Must Go In every deccarafioîu of our w'var-aiunis, in the speeches of Pu'esident Roosevelt and Vice-Presideif Wallace, and deep in flic bea'rt of everv Canadian aîud Aincricauu, there lies tlue dreanu of a uew îvorld. free from bute auud grecd. luust and fear. (Christian anud anfi-Clristian forces are iocked in morfal combat, aud flhe outcome will bc a Chiristianî or au auti-('hrisfian w'old order. Overseas the baffie Elles are-cleau'iy drawuu. The price we are aiready paying. ini thous- ands of lives anud bîilions of dniiaî's. is grim proof of our earnestiuess. But if our figlit is for a new', moral order of flings, fliere is a baffle-hune f0 beciearlv seen bere at home. Tiiere is a moral line whieli marks flic ideological bafflc-liuue. Itfifnds ifs vay tlirough evcry heurt, every famiiy. facfory anîd farm. Foir here as w-cil, subflc forces are w'orki.ng day and iit f0 desfroy the moral siuews of civilîzation. Hate, greed, lust and fear are baffhing for confrol in Canada auud in ev'erv ('anadiauu. lierc chiseliîug fighufs luonestyv. whiere ambition figlits patri.otisîn. w-lure iudividualism figlits fcamwo'k. fliere ruuus the Elle, alive aund red wifli fle blood of tîmose wluo are sacuificed on flic altar of selfisluncss. Selfisiness and total victory are iru'econ- ciluble. Those wluo, wbile promnising- peace, point flic road of jidulgence, are flic cuemies of flic people. Neyer in history lias a just social order becu built upon a disreg-ard of absoluf e moral standards. Our quislings today are' tbose wlio try f0 persuade us that this eau be done. The force of moral re-armament is ouftf0 save tlie deunocracies from this great delusion. Eaeh Canadian must figlit and win this battie in bis own heart. More flian ever before iuu hisfory, we need flic voice of God and conscice uu our every decision. -v * Nastionalism Deflated Let us for a space close our cars fo politîcal dema-oguies aîîd fake a fîullw'artiîîe ieîv of oursciî'es anud w-haf"'e lav'e so far' donc in fhls w'orld-wide srigl.We lhave leeuu practisiuug %v'iat w'e have eoudend-fliat is uafioualisin. Alinosf allue "effective'" mefluieI' of flue fedeu'al cabinet, inceludinug flie primue nilister, luave 1arrofed repeatedly before seicet audienuces flue iteins contaiuued un liffle Mboo l0ks counpiled by frov'rnmeuut emplo ' ees. The feuîor lias beeiu: "Lookit whîat ive've donc iin ternis of population comparabi)ith tfheficIT.S.A." Certaiuîly we have douucw'onders but we au'e far short of what w-e uiglit ave doue aud a, bef fer f ime to complaccut. satisfaction but invites nany to believe that the government and inot tlhe comimon people deserve the credit. W7e do0 fot seein to be conscious of or af- flieti.d ith the boastin.-s of Russians-or even l)ctroiters, trying to inprcss Can- adians of w-lat thcy have donc or are doing iin tins war. Fromi recent releases we note these faets " Industriai plants in the De- troit area aloue are turnîngi out a greater volunue of war nateriais fo(layflian ail the plants iin Canada from ceoast f0 coast. "And this : ' One million. eiglht lhundred thousand Russia ns. as pisouers of war, have been shot. starved, or brutalized to (leath by their Geriiiani(il)tors. 'lThis does not incelude the nmillion or so kiiied ini hattie. Yet the Rus- sianis pr'ess ou naîd carry ine-tentlus of the iili of' warfarc. Caniada *s army losses at Hloiig-Kong ,anid Dieppe, iii killed and miss- iiug. as coiipared witiu the Russuan, represent a bout .0076 peur cent. Ili vicw of the sig-ni.ficant facts of this wavaund to pu'o\ide the publiec with a proper perspective of Caniada 's wvar contribution. wc situgest tlhat the next issue of littie bNue books cag the tune from 'conpared w'itiu the '. S. A. "'. to "'counparcd with the E.SS..' \e arc warned daily- about the dangrus of cconomic inflation., We believe we cati stand a liffle deflating in this h3'1brid n at ion ai isiiu. -V The War of Ideas This is a war of stupendous batties-of Brifain. of fthc Atlanfic, of Africa-to name but a few. But the greatest battle of al does nof often reacli the headiines. If is be- in-~ constanfly w'aged. The baffle line runs through every farm, factory, office and home. In facf. evervone who reads this uucwspaper is in it. If is the batfle for the minds of millions. If is the most vital battle of ail, for our enemies realize that if men's uinds can be captured or confused. flue strongesf miiitarv defences wil faîl. That wayv nations in Europe have -one down, and the strongest outposts of Empire. Sometimes men 's miuds liave be-en captured -ith para- lvzing fear. sometimes just wifl complae- encv and softness, and in everý- case internai friction hias played its part. 'Whatev-er our weakness, the enemvy lias piayed on if. Unmneasuued forces are on the mardi. We have f0 reekon not onilv wifh planes, tanks, guns and subrnarines, but also with thec force of revolufionary ideas. "Behind the force of enemy planes there stands the force of enemy brains. On the baffle front lie must be out-fought but for total victory lie mnust be out-thouglt." The driving force behi.nd our enemies' at- tack lias been the passionate conviction that they ean mould the world to their pattern for a thousand ycars to come. Wc may cal this fanaticism, but if ivili sweep ail before if unless we liave a stronger figliting faith and a greater idea. If is not enougli to believe that we are figliting for our existence. We need to know that we are building a new world now. So that wecean assure our figlit- ing men that 've know-wliaftlihey're fighting for. Then tlicy will put that last ounce of endurance or daring or tlioroughness into fthe scales for victory. _V The New World Order In takingy up the fight to ivin freedoin for flue people of the w'orld, the United Nations have taken on a big job. After dweliing on tlic subjeet for sometime ve- corne f0tlie conclusion that winning wliaf has now be- coure fthe"global war" is but the first step. Canada 's greatest statesman, Mac- kenzie King, lias this fo say: "Tlie war for freedom ivili not have been ,von when tlic fear of Nazi and, Japanese domination lias been destroyed. Tlie era of freedor will be aeliieved only as human wclfare and social security become tlie maini conceril of men and nations. Tlie ncw order must be a world order. It must be governcd by a universal rule of law. If musf be based on humiail rigluts anud not on tlie riglits of prol)erty, priviJlcge or position. "In thfli modemn worid, Nationalism is tlie strouugest political force, lndividualismi the strongest eeonuoic force. Over mauîy years, iii botl Gerîuauy and Japani, Nationaiity and Industry w~ere perverted from their truc pur- pose wii is the service of H-uinanity, to the taise enuds of uaterial poNver and world domination. If' men are to be truiy free, bofli Nationaiity anud liidustry must becnmade fo serve, not to ensiave mankind. "To bave Natiouuaity and lnidustry serve Huuiiinaitniîyan nd nius be p ut to rmnopoly to businesses w'hichi are decreasing advertis- ing because fiîey aie supposedly ovcrsold. Jf is, "'do you drop youî' life insurane just l)ecause you feel too liealthy? Affer ail ad- vertising is flue hrieiless ingredient in that immneasurable commnodit ' knowuu as 'good ivill', anud if you don't believe good ivili bas a mnonenfary vaiue try f0 buy a going busi- ness and sec whaf vou wxili puy for this good m'il]. ', ~~Capt. E re Pd e t IN WHICH WE SERVE the story of real Englishmen and English women. It is the story If you like your movies, like of the women and boys and girls childhood bedtime stories, always who wait for thosé men wbo sail to end "and they lived happy ever the seas. And it is the story told after," stay away so simply, with so. iittle exaggera- from the nrei tion, with s0 little embellishment, British mov tbat its teiling constitutes the most classie entitledj§;;:« true to life picture yet to come Serve."out of this war. B u tif yu...THIS ENGLAND want one pieceý.« of the key to the,. Time, the weekly news maga- understanding of.'.: zine, calls this picture the great- a grat nopi,ý.....'.".est ever made. That, of course, ae gretnopeis a matter of opinion-which I ard's movie clas- do pot happen to share. But "In sic. For in every ~.... Which We Serve" is great because it deals witb a great subject in a word, it is a competent way. greaer pctur *~Outsiders rarely understand the than"Mr. Mi- .1. Brtish Empire. Large sections iver-greter t ~ of the people of the free part of iver"greatr atthe British Empire neyer pene- sensthint hredso er fe trate the mask on the face of the "Mrs. Miniver" is forgotten, this pol fEgad hsge o film wili be preserved as thems many Canadians. They neyer get accurte o ail ictuezatost beyond the character of thxe stage the character of the men andw Englishman, with the monocle in men now intimately concerned bseeada grvtdcs with Britain's senior and silent of adenoids, which seems to have servce, he Ryal avy.affected bis brain as well as bis serice th Roal av speech. So they neyer know thýz The Russians have a great geL-reai 'Englishman nor the real erai stili in bis early forties. He England. is the chap who worked out the For tbe real England is not the plans wbich bagged the 22 Ger- one wbich likes to advertise to the man divisions at Stalingrad. He world about how it always bas written of wbat lie calîs "the "muddles tbrough" ail during the amazing British". For he served years wben there are some Eng- with them on the western front lish people who know exactiy in World War I. Always with where they are going, bow they the inevitabie pipe, be says, and are getting there, and why. neyer moving faster than a wai.k Among the reasons wby tbey do either in advance on in retreat. get there, and why Spanish kings, There is, as ail the worid knows, French Napoleons and German a typical British Tommy just as Hitiers do flot succeed in crossing there is, or was, a typical British the littie strip of sait water which sergeant-major and a typical separates England from the conti- colonel-type (of whom "Biimp" nent, is the Royal Navy. The Roy- was not at all characteristic). ai Navy does not muddle through. But those of us who served in It knows the score. It knows ex- or with that reai man's army can actiy what it bas to do, how it frankly say, wbat ail the British bas to do it, and at what cost. people have said for bundreds of We hear a lot of the "miracle years past, "Tbank God, we've got of Dunkirk". We get a better idea a navy." Coward brings it to of how that miracle came about life on the screen. wben we see an actual picture of What Noel Coward bas done wbat one real destroyer did to was to take the if e of one sbip. make this miracle come true. He shows it being built-and bis That is why I found this picture pictures are wortb the attention a real tonic. As a Canadian there of shipyard workers bere in Can- are many tbings that the Englisb ada. He shows it being launcbed. do, and don't do, that figurativeiy He shows it doing ahl the things drive me to drink. But when I which British destroyers do in a add up the world's score of what literai war of life and death. nations have done, and kept from But in the sbowing of the life of being done, I take off my bat to the ship, from the moment she the 1'tight littie isle". For on bal- slides into sait water tili she turns ance, the tight littie island is a over and siowly, painfuliy dis- littie bit of ahl right. And this appears beneatb the waves, keel picture shows a little bit of what up, bie tells a larger story. It is makes it so. SIN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST From The Statesman Files - - -.. -.-..-- - - -- --.-- -- FIFTY YEARS AGO A Sons of England Benefit So- ciety is shortly to be organized February 22, 1893 at Tyrone. A few of those fur boas which Maple Grove: A horse of 'Wm. are being sold at exactly baîf Gimblett, Jr., broke a leg recentiy; price stili lef t at Couch, Johnston and one of Mark Munday's was & Cryderman's. severely kicked. .. Truman Pow- Fire broke out at James Fish- i er, wbile skating, feul, cutting a leigb's but no serious damage bad gasb on bis chin. .. Dr. Chest- done. er Power dressed the wound put- M .Glrib uirceko tingin tree titces.Standard Bank, Newcastle, bas Hampton: John Elliott was laid been removed to Bewmanville. He up witb erysipelas in the face.. is succeeded by Mr. Creigbton, son John T. Cole is improvmng. of Rev. J. Creighton, B.D., of Taunton: C. A. Lander bas been Blackstock. appointed leader of Zion choir, Alex Wannan, V.S., late of and a choral revival is anticipated Blackstock, bas decided to open ..Several friends spent a pleas-anofcinBw nvle ant fteroon t WsleyBroos', "Joe" Hess is rapidly recover- the attraction being a Cbristening. ing from bis severe illness and ex- Mount Vernon: Bertram, son of pects to be able to start once more Sam Soucb, and the daughter of into the temperance work at an Mns. Pearn, Port Perry, are very eariy date. iii with diphtheria at Wm. Souch's. Meeting of reeves and deputy- They caugbt it at Port Perry. reeves of Durham was beld at Tyrone: Dr. Mitchell bad a liard Orono to consîder subject of sep- time reacbing Tyrone being coin- arating united counties. pelled to leave bis horses part way badly used up, and compiete bis trip on foot. Geo. Weiceh WNYFV YER AG drove him to bis next destination. TET-IEYAR AG Enfield: Edgar Bradley bas quit February 21, 1918 teacbing schooi owing to sickness ____ ..A sleighload f rom here attend- Fuel shortage will be more ed a party given by Editb Argue, acute next winter than this one Solina. Our "January" tbaw struck Solina: E. G. Pascoe lost a valu- liere Asb Wednesday, Feb. 13. able horse by falling on the ice Officers and members of the ..Bertha Hogarth gave a party. Board of Management for Public 4 _____ Stick To Your War Savinge Certiflcates No better interest rates are paid on any Canadian war financing securities than on War Savings Certif icates-if you hold tbem until full maturity. They are meant to be held, not casbed. Canada promised that it would cash the certificatys under certain circumstances, but this was done to avoid hardsbip in special cases, not because casbing a Certificate before maturity was anytbing but bad for the owner and bad for Canada. That promise will be kept, of course, as Dominion of Canada financial obligations have always been kept-to the letter. But too many tbougbtless owners of War Savings Certificates-are ask- ing Canada to give them back their cash now-without any good Library are: James Deyman, pres.; Mrs. F. R. Foley, sec'y; and Mrs. E. R. Bounsail, treasurer. Members: Mrs. Tole, Mrs. J. A. McClellan, Mrs. Editb V. Scobeil, A. H. D. Ross, R. D. Davidson, F. R. Foley. Pontypool lost its oldest resi- dent in the passing of William Davis, Feb. il, a native of Dev- onsbire, Engiand, at 97 years, He leaves five sons and a daughter, William, Manvers Station; John, Jeffery and Arthur, Bethany; James, Bowmanville and Mrs. Wm. Bogues, Manvers. Frederick Norman Moore, whp was killed by the faliing to earth of his aeroplane, is said to be one of the young aviators wbo was lost and landed southwest of Hamp ton last week. p Gilhooley-Piper:-At Toronto, Feb. 12, Joseph Gilbooley, Toron- to, and Olive, daughter of Nelson Piper, Bowmanville, in St. Annis de Paul R.C. Cburch. Palmer-In Western Hospital, Toronto, Feb. 10, Mrs. Geo. Palm- er, eldest daugbter of late James Allin and sister of Mrs. Tbomas Richards, Bowmanville. Smale-In Darlington, Feb. 19, to Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Smale, Prov- idence, a son. M. J. Hutcbinson, manager of The Edmonton Journal, bas been elected Governor, District No. 12, Western Canadian Rotarians Com- munity Service. Seven cities are included in Governor Hutchin- son's constituency. He is a son of William Hutchinson, Bowman- ville. Ewart J. Creeper, a Hampton boy, has been unanimously elect- ed chairman of the Board of Ed- ucation at Owen Sound. Action of Counties Council (Durham members particularly) was being* criticized for voting $500 to help Cobou&rg hold plow- ing match. Annual Plowing Match was set for Ottawa instead. Tyrone: Mr. and Mrs. Jabez ýMoore, Enniskillen, visited at W. H. Moore's. . . One of our re- spected citizens, in the person of John Rundie, passed away at daybreak. Funeral was held from Tyrone Church to Bethesda. Union services were held in Opera House Sunday, under aus- pices Methodist, .Presbyterian and Disciples' Church. reason, except that they want f0 spend the money-and at a time when the money is badly wanted f0 fighf the Battie of Freedora. Every person wbo buys a Cer- tificafe does a patriotic action, and af flic same fime gets bimself a good investment and cushion againsf post-war liard times. Every person who cashes in a Certificate unnecessarily, does an unpatriotic action, ebeats bimself of part of its value, and weakens fthc sbock absorber wbicb may save hira from nasty post war bumps. The Certificafe for whicb you pay $4 now is wortb $5 if you keep if to maturity. If you cash if in after six monflis you only gef $4 for if. Net loss $1! And acfually you lose more than thaf, because by spending your $4 at present high prices you get less value per dollar than you wiil when prices are back to nor- mal. Farmers have learned ail about the differences in the purchasing power of money by painful ex- perience! Thaf is one reason wby they are among flic least offend- ers in this matter. The group whicb ghares this bonor wifh far- mers is the financial group-fbe men wbo eacb year buy the max- imum amount of War Savings Cerfificafes aiiowed by the regu- lations. The financiers, f0 wbom one- tentb of one per cent. means a lot of money-wbo understand the exact value of money and interest in terms of whaf if is really wortb Don't things change? It was jusf a few years ago wben ail a fellow bad to worry about was termites. . ON 5-YEAR GUARANTEED 3Y2% TRUST CERTIFICATES An Ideal cauthorlxed ln~.stent for individul comani, ce=.r boards, execuf ors ot rustees. THE STERLING TRUSTS 372 BAY STREET CR OA IN TORONTO à CHAS. D. SEARLE - PHONE 402 CMADIAN RED CROSS k v I 491PE-,Maaif0~f~ *a~ /ace - -------- - PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO -bang on to their War Savings Certificates like grim death. It is the best paying thing they can find in Canadian war investments. It is so good, in fact, that in order to prevent them buying huge amounts of War Èavings Certifi- cates instead of Victory Bonds, the Government limits thëir pur- chases to $480 per head per year. RHYMING ADVERTISMENT PLEADS FOR HOUSING The following advertisement in rhyme appeared in the classified department of the Winnipeg Tri- bune recentiy. It echoes the cry of manV Canadians in the larger centres for a suitable roof over their acbing beads. WANTED TO RENT It's somewhere in heaven -And that's no, iaugb- A two-room apartment With kitchen and bath. Furnisbed or not, A close-in spot, Within walking distance, Would mean a lot. 'Twould make us so happy, Me and my mate, If you bave the set-up, Heaven can wait.