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PAGE SIX THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARTO THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1943 MOTHER By Edw~in L. Sabin Mothers are the queerest things! 'Member when John went away. AIl but mother cried and cried When they said good-bye that day. She just talked. and seemea to be Not the slightest bit upset - Was the only one who smiied! Others' eyes were streaming wet. But when John came back again On a furlough, safe and sound, With a medal for bis deeds, And without a single wound, While the rest of us hurrahed. Laughed and joked and danced about, Mother kissed hlm, then she cried Cried and cried like aIl git out! Education And Efficiency By C. H. Tuck Optemetrist £yesight Speciaflst 'Disney Bld. (opp. P-0.) M) Oshawa Phone 1516 CONICAL CORNEA AND THE CONTACT LENS The frontal curves of the cornea may be mechanically measured by a machine for the purpose and every Optometrist should be equipped with an instrument for this purpose. These measure- ments, as well as assisting to de- termine the type of trouble also assist to determine its correction. The moment when a certain type of error begins to change its pro- gress may be checked frorn tirne to time and anything that may be contributing to the change may be relieved. For young and old alike, where these cases may arise, it must be considered necessary for prompt attention to be given; these are not the ones where it may be hoped indefinitely that they will grow out of it or that when they get older that the condition will becorne better. If there is any hope of improvement it should be in correcting the condition early in life before the tissues and muscles become fixed in their condition of error. (To Be Continued) Wise H ousewives Use Lots 0f MIILK -FOR BAKING -FOR SOUPS -FOR DESSERTS Good cooks know the value of good, rich Bowmanville Dalry mllk ln cooking and baklng and make use of it ln liberal quantities - especially now wlth stricter ratlonlng. It also helps keep you well and happy - You can always depend on BowmnanviUle Dairy quallty. Bowm anville Dairy PHONE 446 bk WEUEKLY IDU.PIItP LOOKS AT Ottawa Wrftte, spedly for Me, w»kly n.wspopers of Caade Prime Minister Churchill and daughter, Mary, greeted on return trom U. S. by Mrs. Churchill and Prime Minister King1 Quebec - Ahead of Britain's ter Mackenzie King, back from newspapermen present that nei- Prime Minister, Mrs. Churchilldde- the United States. Mr. Churchill ter Mrs. Churchill's cheerful en- scends the steps of the train that stepped frorn the train to a wait- thusiasrn nor her husband's cigar brought her husband and daugh- ing car without a coat despite a were affected by the weather. ter Mary, talking to Prime Minis- ramn storm. It was evident to , National Film Board Photo THE C.W.N.A. CONVENTION By Jim Greenblat This article, due to my attend- ance there, will deal briefly with the 24th annual meeting and War Conference of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Digressing this week from Ottawa news. I think is justified because what interests weekly newspaper publishers iriterests readers of the weekly papers, those folk back home so closely rooted to the soul of Canada. Mixing as we did with visiting people, important in the daily newspaper field, industrialists, public relations men, even states- men and politicians. This time more pronounced than ever was their sincere tribute paid on al sides to the place the weekly press has in the Dominion 's economy-in a personalized and concrete sense. And there was also a humble acknowledgment that the backbone of this Canada of ours is securely fastened with an unbreakable zipper made up of the men and women living and working and rearing in the bighways and byways. You know who I mean; who they mean. So take a bow. The Royal York Hotel in To- ronto was a fitting locale for our warvention. From a window bigh up in this magnificent edifice one could see the beauty of a peace- fuI Ontario and in the same eye- full a glimpse of Canada's war effort. Hurrying uniforms on the sidewalk below, long trains pull- ing through the railway yard, loaded solidly with grim looking instruments of retribution tagged for the Axi5. A stone's throw away from that on Lake Ontario, trim sailboats scudding past huge freighters carrying grain, foods, coal, physical armarnents of a nation geared to a serious war. Editors from aIl over Canada were gatbered. Men, wbo, as Walter P. Zeller, well known bus- iness man characterized in a speech, "I firmly believe that upon you will rest. in large mea- sure the final attitude of a bost of Canadians who ponder the post-war Canada in wbicb they will live." Representative of al you people, tbey were there frorn British Columbia, and Yukon to Newfoundand and Prince Edward Island, from the grain fields 0f the prairies and the orchards and fisheries of the Maritimes. And it was easy to detect in the eyes of outside visiting personalities, big names of Canada, a suspicious nostalgia for the life of a country editor and rural people as a whole. I sat in a roomn and watcbed a big name Torontonian listen with awe to the experiences of Father J. E. McGraine of Lac La Biche, 175 miles north of Ed- monton-on the fringe of civiliza- tion - who ministers to Indians and halfbreeds, lives in and guides a hospital, runs a weekly newspaper, teaches cadets signal- ling and loves it ail. His sparklîng blue eyes and healthy face glow with life. Just a country editor and a great Canadian. At one breakfast I talked with Editor McLeod of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. A former bus line organizer, he had been a medical practitioner in New York State. Yet two years ago took over a weekly and loves it because be neyer was so near to Canadian people before. There was white baired Editor Udail of Boissevain, Manitoba, over forty years re- cording births, deaths and happi- ness of bis farmer readers. "Wouldn't be anything else," be told mae. Mingling with the crowd well known Editor Barrett 0f Curling, Newfoundland, who now watches the "men who go down to the sea in sbips" heading to battie U-boat maurauders: and there was a hands-across-the-border touch with fellows like Editor WHERE DOES YOUR Tbat's why you need a sure plan for healthful er;I -t...*c- at nahv n o'pr vuh"Eat-rn.. faxiy mis. Work-to-Wir that takes the in-*... authoritative FREE booklet, CLIP THIS COUPON ieguesswork out of nutrition.-------------------------- Sendfor our REEcopytodat "NUTRITION FOR VICTORY', ClptendcouyonrnFteEcopyto ady : BOX 600, TORONTO, CANADA Clip he copon n therîght and Pieuse send me my FREE copy of"Eaî-îo-Work-to-Win" I mail it NOW! Sponsored by I ' BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) drs____________I in te.intee s of nutition and hcalth g as au aid to Victory.*Cù_________ Prov._____ ____...........________- -- -- -- ---.---j DISMISS COUNT AGAINST OSHAWA M.P.P. AS STRIKE OBSTRUCTOR Arthur Williams, C.C.F. Legls- lator for South Ontario, Freed In Gaît Picketing Case. As an aftermath of a mass picket of striking steel workers that took place at Gaît Malleable Iron plant on June 5, Arthur Wil- liams, C.C.L. representative and recently elected M.P.P. (C.C.F.), for South Ontario, and Hector Hall appeared in Gaît police court on charges of obstructing police in the execution of their duty. E. B. Jolliffe, Ontario C. C. F. leader, acted as defense counsel for both. Magistrate PoIson dis- missed the case against Williams, declaring evidence did not show he had obstructed police in the execution of their duty. "There were about 50 police there, and partial obstruction of one officer cannot be considered obstruction of the police." Hall was convicted and fined $25. Throughout both trials Mr. Joî- liffe insisted that the mass picket was held for a test case against a reported ruling of Inspector Doyle of the Provincial Police that picket lines must be limited to six men. In the case of Mr. Williams, Pro- vincial Constable Kittney said he had urged Mr. Williams to "move on" three times. Twice-he had moved a short distance and stopped and the third time he had refused to go farther. Provincial Constables Rutherford and Kit- tney then escorted Mr. Williams to the police car. Both constables said he had a pencil and paper in his hands, was waving his arms, and had, at first, resisted being taken to the car. Mr. Williams said he had nothing in bis hands, that he had not resisted at any time, and that Kittney had rnoved him along by pushing bis fists in his back. Soldier's Letter Dear Mrs. Theron Mountjoy: I hope you and Theron are in the best of health as 1 arn fine. Please thank Theron for the 300 cigarettes, I was sure glad to get them. I also got a box with a lot of nice things to eat from a club in Bowmanville. The people in Bowmanville have been won- derful to me. 1 get cigarettes from the Lions Club and last Christmas 1 got two boxes from people I don't know. I have written and thanked them and hope they got my letters. If you know who they are please thank them again for me. D15162 L.-Corp. Harry Milîs l6th Field Co'y. Royal Can. Engineers, Can. Army Overseas. of tha British War Information Office, an Anthony Eden in dis-1 guise. Prominent publisher Smith from Australia; John Bracken in persan, and among othars such good friends of the weekly press as John Martin, Ron. Evarson, George Johnston, Frank Prendar- gast and Cecil Lamont. Sornething neyer neglacted at the gatherings were toasts ta Ris Mai esty, the King, and then "The President of the United States." The convention sent along an an- thusiastic telegram of g o o d wishes, expression of solid sup- port to Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt at Quebac. It was a big convention -a na of the best attanded. Shouldn't do it in wartime? Oh, yes. What tbese weekly editors got was re- newed faith in our country, our allies, the United Nations and our cause. A better vision of what their job is for Canada and the world. All to be transmitted ta you folks out there. It was worth a lot. And basides, the Canadian Pacifie and Canadian National, bard prassed as facilities are, thought it important enough to maka it possible for editors from ail over Canada to corne to this important warvention, an appra- ciated gestura. Canadian soldiers overseis have married an astimated eight thousand English and Scottish girls. EAST DURHAM SCHOOL PROVINCIAL WINNER IN RURAL SCHOOL CONTEST The final judging of County or Inspectorate winners in the Rural School Grounds Improvement Competition bas been completed and Bunker Hill, S.S. 9, Hope, bas been daclarad tbe winner and entitlad ta hold the J. E. Carter Trophy for a year. Miss Margaret H. Pollard, teacher, ber pupils and the trustees are tu be cungratulat- ed upon tbe enterprise and co- operation which won this Provin- cial recognition. Thera were 10 entries, winners in 5 county and 5 Inspectoral compatitions, in the Provincial competition. Thasa 10 and all the otbers represanted in the smaller competitions dasarve commenda- tion for their efforts at the beau- tification of tbeir scbool grounds and premises. Instaad of our scbool premises and grounds be- ing the least wanted and most naglacted spots, as would appear from the condition in whicb many are left, tbey should be examples setting the standards for the com- munities wbicb they serve. A lawn-mower, a rake, some plants, some sbrubs, some treas, some seeds backed by enterprise, im- agination and willing bands can do much at srnall expense. The emphasis in the competi- tion is not on the prize but on the improvement; the game is the thing; the prize is tangible recog- nition of a job well done. RURAL BUSINESS MEN MEET AT NESTLETON Darlington- and Cartwright Business Men's Association met at the home of Grant Tbompson, Nestleton on August 18. Guest speaker was Charles Tbompson, Hamilton, who gave a survey of the war situation in the East in relation to the scarcity of drugs, spices and rubber. A vote of thanks to the speaker was expressed by L. Byamn and Tbeo. Slemon. It was decided to hold the next meeting in the form of a corn and weiner roast, Following the meeting a deli- cious lunch was served by Mrs. Thompson. PROTECTION FOR POTATO CROFS IMPORTANT Late Blight Disease May Cause Heavy Losses Although this year's provincial potato acreage in Ontario is con- siderably below the five year average, weather conditions to date, have been favorable for the growing potato crop throughout the Province. This fact, together with the increased attention be- ing given by way of caring for the crop, by specialized potato growers, may account for the 10 per cent increase in potato pro- duction over last year, as re- quested by the Dominion Govern- ment previous to the planting season. d"However, it is early yet to pre- dit final yields, and much can develop during the next few weeks to destroy the potato crop, which produces more food nutri- ents per acre than most farm crops," says R. E. Goodin of the Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch of the Ontario Department of Ag- riculture. For instance, this is the season of the year when the ravages of late blight disease in potatoes usually begin to multi- ply. Hot hurnid weather is most favorable for development of the disease which, each year causes loss to potato growers amounting to several tbousands of dollars. Particularly during the past three years, total potato crop losses have been experienced by rnany growers, and this disease account- ed for the famine in Ireland about a century ago. From experience, our best po- tato growers now fully realize that efficient spraying or dusting the growing plants with Bordeaux mixture is cheap insurance. This year, witb the abundance of moisture, most fields are showing an unusual amount of top growth; this interferes with circulation of air, and entrance of sunlight sur- rounding the plants, bence gives leaf hoppers and late bligbt or- ganisms favorable circumstances for development. Growers who keep the growing plants thoroughly covered witb Bordeaux spray or dust material should not fear losing their crops. Bordeaux mixture, properly ap- plied, will give protection to the plants, and increase yields and quality of tubers. If the crop is within your grasp, make sure of it. Now is the critical tirne, when the weather is damp and "sticky". The country needs the potatoes, therefore for protection with profit, and ample food supplies for our people, the potato crop should not be neglected at this time. IrattIe iThcuahts 1 The Statesman takes pleasure in publishing the following inter- esting poemn written at the tirne of Dieppe by Capt. A. G. Keith (R.C.E.) who took part in that memorable engagement. Captain Keith is a son of G. W. Keith, Principal of the Lindsay Collegiate Institute, who is a cousin of Mrs. L. T. McLaughlin of Bowmanville. In these grim days, so pregnant with the thoughts of war- And deeds as well-but few Canadians have felt Their anxious, pounding hearts uplifted by the roar 0f guns supporting themn against the foe. Snows meit And open up the gates of Europe, Heav'n or Hel- We know flot which. For we will fight from beach to town, Across the lovely fields of France, in spite of sheli 0f bomb which maim or strike so many brave lads down. But I, awaiting orders to attack, don't think Of death or loss of limbs. Ail that rnay corne too soon» I think of home and folks I love, of meat and drink, 0f warrnth 1 feit beneath the Summer sun at noon.', Such simple yet abiding things provide us al With dreams, and link us wath our life before this life. We will corne back if God postpones His muster cal]. We will corne back when we conclude this awful strife. Jan., '43 A. G. KEITH (Capt. R.C.E.) Every member of Canada's of that paid men in the armeà "Arrny Show" is a fully-qualified forces. soldier. The recent increase in pay for . Illiteracy is not a cause for re- the Canadian Women's Army Jections in the Canadian Army. Corps brings the basic pay of Intelligence and the "learning women in uniform to 80 per cent ability" are the chief requisites. ICanada DRIVES to VICTORYI Nobody can lick Canada - because Canada "gets there faster." More cars per person than any nation lu the world; that's why we get to work quieker and corne home fresher than any of our opponents lu the great Battle of Production! YOU WANT YOUR CAR TO KEEP RUNNING AND LAST LONGER! YOUR CAR IS A Personal and Com- munity Asset. Let's KEEP UT Up to ViC- TORY STAN- DARD! WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE1 BOTH - AND LETTING US: WILL KEEP YOUR DRIVING9 DOWN! IT DO DO IT COSTS MOTORS are our business. Whether you want te get rid of a slight knock or need a complete overhauling, the greater skill of our high grade mechan- les - -plus our modemn machluery and rlgld inspection - make it pos- sible for us to guarantee satisfaction. Drive lu for check-up, today! GARTON'S GARAGE Phone 2666, Bowmanville GL&SSLESS GREENHOUSE ..w. SHATTERPROOF Pete Dragon of Albion, New York, visiting the warvention. "Gosb, tbere's no difference be- tween us folks," he said to me. "Tbat's our job now to make the whole world feel the some. The weekly editors heard sorne thoughtful stuff at their gather- ings. Talked over ways and means to help prepare public opinion and tbougbt for the post war period. Theirs is a respon- sibility so vast as to nearly frigbt- an one. Tbeirs is a job of tre- mendous implications ,and this was emphasized by Publisher George McCullagh of the Globe and Mail when he spoka in intro- ducing at a banquet that outsized but awa inspiring figure of a man Donald Gordon, Chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trada Board. Mr. Gordon gave tbe editors a significant thought, but one tbey are aware of and probably sbould lend their pens to. Ha said the world war front looks prornising but our borne war front is "far from happy;" tbat wartime controls are losing the active public support they receiv- ed under the stimulus of possible defeat. Here is one of bis punch uines: "Many people fed up witb restrictions and controls are tend- ing to let self isbness rule their judgment, forgetting tbat ini 50 doing they not only weaken the drive needad for the knockout blow to our anemies, but risk also the benefits achieved by thair for- bearance and co-operation up ta the present time." The editors met a now promi- nent figure, Hon. George Drew, Premier of Ontario. In a speech ta them, Mr. Drew made, ta me, a very significant staternent in view of the mornentous Confer- ence at Quebec. "The best way, (to answer insolationists) is ta prove by our own conduct witbin the British Empire tbat nations separated by wide stretches of water can work in successful partnersbip aither in war or peace." Tbey gave us spiritual food for thoughft too. Rev. Thos. B. Mc- Dormond, at an 8.30 arn. break- fast, spoke on "Christian Educa- tion Advance Movement." Wa were guests at a luncheon by the Boy Scouts Association. Chief Executive Commissioner John A. Stilas gave one of the rnost in- spiring addresses, asking for further support by the press to the Scout movement, to keep boost- ing, helping the Scout leaders in the towns and villages. Everyona was thrilled becausa ha spoke of Canada's greatastasset, our kids -the future farmers, business men, cabinet ministers of this nation arnong nations of tbe future-wben the war drums are stilled. The editors got variety in in- teresting personages-jolly sin- cere Mayor Conboy of Toronto, presenting the traditional keys of the city after the lads bad already pocketed them; Eliot Warburton Up in the nase the bamb aimer sits [n a cosy littie "greenhouse" ail his awn. Between him ond the stars and empty space belaw is a curved, crystal-cleor moterial that laoks like glass -but isn't. Tougher by far thon glass, shotterproaf for safety, it is a clear transparent plastic that con be shaped and moulded ta serve a thausand war.> time uses. Plastics are infinite in voriety, indispensable ta modern war, and fabulaus quantities of pure war alcahal are required ta make them. Alcahal plays a vital part not anly in the making of plastics, but in the manufacture af synthetic rubber, in keeping fighting planes ice-free, and in the war against infection in hasoitols and an the battiefield. Every ounce we con praduce is urgently needed. Thot is why ail aur plants are now an 100% war production. HI1RAM WALKER. & SONS LIM ITED TH.E FOR SAFETY... SERVING THE SUNITED NATIONS WlTH WAR ALCOHOL) PAGE SIX THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1943 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO