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PAGE SIX THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMAN VILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, SEPT. 2nd, 1943 BEACHNEWS WEST BEACH Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Cousins, Miss Shirley Cousins and Mr. Keith Clarke, Oshawa, with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Parkhill. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Flegg, Osh- awa, at "Kilkare." Miss J. Arrowsmith, Toronto, with Mr., and Mrs. T. E. Brett and Earl, Itsootsus." Mr. and Mrs. N. Ostovich, To- ronto, with Mrs. D. Martin. Mr. Chas. Cattran, Charles and John, town. with Mr. and Mrs. E. Varcoe, 'Restawhile." Messrs. Rice. Sr., and J. Rice and Ronny, Toronto, with Mrs. W. H. Currie, "EEEE." Mr. and Mrs. Theron S. Mount- joy, Haydon, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Downey. Base Line, Mrs. Harry Milîs and Patsy, Montrea], and Mrs. D. Cameron, town. at "Sand- hurst." THE COVE Prof. J. Newcombe and son. Jimmy, and Barbara Crighton, Toronto, with Mrs. A. Myers, Mrs. L. Sutherland, and Mrs. S. Gage. "Bunny Burro." Sub. Lieut. Win. G. Ormsby. Montreal, Able Seaman Chuck Ormsby, Halifax, Miss Betty Wise, Toronto, with Mrs. C. Ormsby, "Ormanook." Twelve milk-weed gatherers were entertained Friday night by the White boys at Cove Cottage. The table decorations were in autumn grasses and bulrushes. The place cards were made inter- esting with small milk-weed pods. Before the dew feIl they shredded two huge stacks of dried leaves. the evening finished with games and a sing-song at which Grey Barrick entertained them with solos on the saw. CHAPEL-ON-THE-HILL A special announcement was made concerning our King's cal to prayer next Sunday. Mr. Bal of "Cedar Crest" will conduct a1 short service at 11.30. Every cot-1 tage is asked to stop in its closing- up efforts and send at least one representative to keep the link ofg Empire intercession unbroken. The Sunday School under Mrs.i W. H. Carlton was again an openi session when the year's work, dealing with the progress of the Bible around the world was re-i viewed. The leading parts in the Wise H ousewives Use Lots 0f MILK -FOR BAKING -FOR SOUFS -FOR DESSERTS Good cooks know the value of good, rich Bowmanvllle Dairy mnilk i cooking and baklng and make use of it in liberai quantities - especially now with stricter rationing. lit also helps keep you well and hiappy - You ean always depend on Bowmzanvilie Dalry quality. Bowm anville Daîry PHONE 446 BOWMANVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL RE-OPEN TUESDAY, SEPT. 7th Ail pupils enrolling at the Public Schools should report at 9.00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 7th, according to instructions issued by Principal A,.1M. Thompson. W. A. EDGER S. R. JAMES A. M. THOMPSON Chairman Secretary Principal BOWMANVILLE BOARD 0F EDUCATION programn "Making the Merry-Go- Round Go Round" were taken by Nancy Varcoe, Tommy Harrap, Bill Carlton, and Gordon White. Willa Simpson and Mary Mc- Gregor took solo parts. At the end of the service Albert Simp- son, David Barr and Robert White received promotion certificates to next year's senior services. Mr. Wm. McCartney's timely address on "Looking Forward" included a bit of looking back- ward. He gave a short review of the war years since early Septem- ber, 1939, when the Chapel-goers left service early to hear the King's Caîl to War. Then be gave a glance into the years abead and gave a warning of the re- sponsibility of the individual in a democratic state. The session's farewell bymn, 'God Be Witb You Till We Meet Again," rang out with its usual pathos around the hill. Nestieton Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey, Toronto, at Mr. Wm. Lamb.. . Mrs. Cecil Wilson and Miss Eunice, Mr. Wm. Lamb in Fenelon Fals... Mrs. Andy Ford and Mrs. Robt. Ford, Toronto, at Nestleton.. . Mrs. Jas. Williamson with her sister, Mrs. Byers, Janet- ville, wbo is quite ill. . . Miss Hilda Johns withbher cousin, Miss Ruby McGill, Janetville. . . Mr. and Mrs. Rae Malcolm, Yelverton, Mr. and Mrs. L. Joblin at Mrs. Jas. Malcolm's, Port Perry... Mr. George Malcolm who bas been sick in Bowmanville Hos- pital carne home Sunday. .. Miss Genevieve Beacock with her mother, Mrs. Wesley Beacock... Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joblin, Janet- ville, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Job- lin with their sister, Mrs. Richard Williams, near Newtonville. GRAIN YIELDS FOUND DISAPPOINTING The wcekly reports of the On- tario Department of Agriculture have reached the stage of record of the progress of the year in which a fairly accurate estimate of results and returns may be ap- proximated. And there is no cheering from the grain fields. Here is Durham: "Yields of faîl wbeat are quite disappoint- ing, with few yielding more than 25 bushels to the acre. Spring ICanada DRIVES to VICTORY Nobody can iick Canada - because Canada "gets there faster." More cars per person than any nation i the world; that's why we get to, work quicker and corne home fresher than any of our opponents ini the great Battle of Production! YOU1 TO1 YOUR CAR IS A Personal and Com- munity Asset. Let's KEEP UT Up to VIC- TORY STAN- DARD! WANT TOUR CAR KEEF RUNNING AND LAST LONGER! WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT DO BOTH - AND LETTING US DO IT WILL KEEP YOUR DRIVING COSTS DOWN! MOTORS are our business. Whether you want to get id of a slight knock or need a compiete overhauling, the greater sklll of our high grade mechan- les - -plus our modern machinery and rigld Inspection - make it pos- sible for us to guarantee satisfaction. Drive in for check-up, today! GARTON'S GARAGE Phone 2666, Bowmanville grains are very disappointing1 and it is doubtful if there will be more than 40 or 50 per cent of the normal crop. There is a large acreage of buckwheat and this crop to date is promising." Hastings - Good quality seed1 wheat is scarce. Cutting of grain« and stook threshing are progress- ing slowly. Considerable western grain is being brougbt into the county. Northumberland says its farms are reporting from normal to haîf a crop. Part of the crop in Mus- koka is up to expectations. Peter- boro finds spring grain yields "Ivery low." Barley and oats are only fair in Victoria, and Prince Edward says the grain returns are the poorest in years. The same note runs through the week's reports all the way through Hastings, Frontenac, Lennox-Addington, Leeds, up to Carleton. Over on the west side, for instance, Lambton remarks that the oat crop "is practically a failure." Wentwnrth's estimate is about 30 per cent of the normal spring grain yield. Haldimand's appraisal is "very low, 10 to 25 bushels of oats to the acre." However, pastures are general- ly excellent; potatoes are a strong crop although some blight is men- tioned bere and there, and corn is doing well. Burketon Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sinclair met at the home of Mrs. F. Caughill on August 20 and presented them with a lovely chenille bed spread and a pair of silver candle holders. Mr. Jack Smith made an entertaining speech. Miss Marion Oleson read the address and Miss Hazel AI- dred made the presentation. The bride and groom expressed their thanks to their friends. The rest of the evening was spent having a viener roast. A jolly time was spent singing oldtime songs and after the older folk went home the young folks finished up by having a square dance on the highway. Visitors: Mr. and Mx-s. J. Strong, Toronto, at Mrs. F. Caughill's... Mr. C. Hoskin at Toronto. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT VOUR TELEPHONE EXCHANGE WAS A "WAR PLANT"? Consider your telephone ex-i change as one of the 415 "war plants"-all under one manage- ment-staffed by more than 1l,- 700 loyal, diligent Victory-mind- ed workers throughout Ontario and Quebec. Some 4,600 "soldiers of the switcbboard" man these busy central offices every minute of the day and night, speeding on their way the thousands upon thousands of vital war calîs that go into the manufacture and de- livery of ships, guns, tanks, planes and all the Canadian output of armaments and ammunition. Backing themn up are another 7,000 telephone men and women also working barder in every capacity of the wartime Bell ser- vice on the home front. By the time you read these lines, 2.000 of our former colleagues in this business will be on Active Service in all quarters of the globe. Obituary T. C. NICHOLLS T. C. Nichoîls, a former mayor of Uxbridge, died in Uxbridge, August 27. For many years be was in business there as a drug- gist. He graduated from Victoria College in 1885 and received his pharmacy degree in 1889. An active member of the United Church of Canada, in which he bad hcld many offices, he was ac- tively interested in the Young Men's Bible Class. In 1892 he married Caro Mc- Dowell, daughteir of the late Rev. D. C. McDowell of Bowmanville, who predeccascd him last year. He is survivcd by one son, Lyman, postmaster in Uxbridge, and two daughters, Mrs. W. M. Myers, Sudbury, and Mrs. P. A. Lapp, Toronto; also a sister, Mrs. Dr. Forfar, Toronto, and a brother, Dr. William Nichoils, Kingston. IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST - From The Statesman Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO August 29, 1918 Say, Mrs. Farmer. why do you allow Sow Tbistle, Daisies, Cbicory, Paint Brush, Ragweed, Bladder Campion and Tbistles to grow 50 profusely? We notic- ed some good farms growing alI of these. Mr. W. J. Morrison, B.A., new High School Principal, bas ar- rived in town. Major E. C. Southey is taking over duties at the Mowat Hospital as disciplining officer. Ebenezer: Alf. Ayre and Jno. Montgomery have sold their farms to city parties. . . Ptes. T. Trull and G. Gord, Barriefield, are home. . . Mrs. Lewis Truli is sporting a new car. Enfield: Our scbool bouse bas been newly renovated and 91 sq. f t. of new blackboard put in and now all's in good shape for the new teacher. * . Farmers have good yields of alsike. John Mc- Cullougb tops the buncb witb a yield of 75 bus. from 5 acres. 1 YOUR SRE4D /S TOPS!' WRAPPED AIR TIGHT TO PROTECT POTENCY- ALWAYS F)EPENDABLEI 50 VEARS AGO August 30, 1893 Mr. .J. B. Martyn and Masters Harry and Tommy have been vis- iting friends at Cannington and Port Perry... Miss Lena Bennett, Toronto, is visiting ber sister, Mrs. F. J. Manning . .. The police magistrate at Belleville let a wife beater go under suspended sent- ence, but fined him $10 or three months for beating bis horse.. Harry Rice and W. Allin are homei from St. Thomas. Courtice: Anson Pickell is vis- iting his brothers in Manitoba. He took along bis driving mare which be bas sohd for a good price. Tyrone: Rev. J. H. Strike vis- ited Cobourg friends. . . Some fine grain turned out at W. Brent's threshing. Enniskillen: J. C. Milîs is at- tending High Scbool at St. Marys L. B. Williams will attend the Model School, Port Hope... Minnie Rogers, Mary Virtue, A. McCullough, AIf. N. and C. Har- old Mitchell are at Bowmanvihle High School. Kirby: S. J. Courtice is with us again and still carnies the ohd sweet smile. .. Jno. Clemence bas finished the stonework under bis bouse. DELUSIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS THAT BEGUILED US IN THE GAY SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES AND NINETIES By ",Whistllng Jim" A popular delusion is something that everybody believes in or takes seriously today and then, tomorrow, will regard as too ab- surd, silly and asinine to menit discussion or comment or any- thing else except contempt and 2laughter. Furthermore, there hasn't been Pa single minute since the birth of time during which a majority of the population bas not been abso- lutely and fatuously convinced of the fact that black is cither white or pea-green. Yes, we travel as a herd. The highbrows speak of "mob psy- chology," which is another term for ahi going crazy at the same time. The funny part of it is that while we are goofy or batty or in the clutches of our favorite brain storms no one can convince us that we have gone qucer. It is onhy in perspective that we dis- caver our idiocies and marvel at them. I think the finst extraordinary delusion I recaîl was one that prevailed in the seventies-the Renaissance period of wax flow- ers, Congress gaiters and the twin bed room pictures of "F as t Asleep" and "Wide Awake." Away back yonder when ankles and knee caps were supposed to be luxuries instead of mere pro- turberances. Well, my memory is good and I can now recall that one outstand- ing lunacy was the general belief that legal voters couhd best prove the fervor of their political con- victions and establish the high character of their patriotism by walking mile after mile carrying torches and permitting kerosene to, drip on the clothing - the Torchligbt Procession, in wbich we smaîl boys, as well as our fathers, yelled at the top of our lungs: "Hurrah for Blake' and "Hurrah for Blackstock!" Now we come to something outstanding-the bustle. 1 con- tend that the bustle was the most unbelievable item in buman bis- tory. Let us try to talk about this device without being too an- atomical. Lookîng back at it (although that wasn't the best way in whicb to obtain a fair view), what was the idea of a well-dressed woman constructing abruptly and in a southerly direction, from just be- low ber waistline, something that looked like an aft deck or a rumble seat? We are not talking about the Dark Ages, the Spanisb Iriquisi- tion or Salem witchcraft. We are1 listing certain delusions, whicb have been popular within the re- collection of any man or woman not too old to play golf, and s0 they will be put into the present tense. Fuzzy whiskers are ornamental1 and beal oul on the hair is a sym- bol of elegance. The more artificial hair a lady heaps on top of her fevered dome and the more gaspingly she is constricted at the waistline, by the aid of armor plate and whip- cord, the greater is ber charm and the more desirable she becomes to members of the opposite sex. Sunshine, filtered through blue glass, will drive away aches and miseries and tone up the system. Any ailment not cured by blue glass or calomel will be instantly relieved by the application of a redhot plaster. A buckeye or petrified potato, if carried in the trousers' pocket, will protect against rheumatism, and any tot wearing a bag of "assifidity" suspended from a string around the neck need not fear mumps, measles, whooping cough or the itch. Those who bathe very often be- come puny, and there were actually laws against bathing in bathtubs more than once a week or month. Any male thrush wearing a Prince Albert coat, who can make a loud speech, with many ges- tures, is qualified to enact laws or hold an executive position. To cure a sore throat, bandage the Adam's apple with a used sock. A freshly laundered sock is no good. A collection of newly elected legislators, assembled in a large building with a dome on top of it, can, by merely calling the roll, reverse the laws of supply and de- mand, confer happiness upon the oppressed farmer and mechanic, and change the ingrained private habits of the whole population. Suppose we compare some of our latter-day hallucinations with the popular delusions listed by George Ode, the octogenarian American humorîst, and collected by himn fromn a book written by Chas. McKay, L.L.D., 65 years ago. The author allowed that the most popular and inexcusable de- lusions of history had been as follows: The Mississippi Scheme, the South Sea Bubble, the tulipo- mania, the alchymists, modern prophecies, fortune telling, the magnetisers and influence of politics on the hair and beard. He told how the wisest f in- anciers of Europe poured their if e earnings into the fantastic prospectuses of the Mississippi Scheme and the South Sea Bubble -how deluded Dutch merchants paid thousands of guilders for one tulip bulb-how the most astute rulers of the Middle Ages promoted all sorts of experiments for converting base metals into gold-to tell how the great and smaîl went to Mother Shipton and had ber peer into the future for them-to tell how the fake magnetisers befuddled the courts -to tell how silly customs. regu- lated the hirsute adornments of all the aristocrats of Europe. W a s t h e tulipomania any stranger than paying $10 each for orchids to be worn at a grand opera? Were the alchymists, trying to convert base metals into gold, any more deluded than the good citi- zen who goes into a cellar with some corn meal, raisins, a cake of yeast and a portable stove, and tries to concoct a potent but harmless beverage for his dinner guests? Were those who believed in Mother Shipton any more credu- bous than the victims of stock company promises and campaiga pledges? W e r e those who accepted prophecies in the fifteenth cen- tury any worse fooled than the millions of Americans who, be- tween 1900 and 1916, believed the college professors who said that we neyer could become involved in another war? As for fortune tellers, they are still going big, only now they cal them financial editors, market ex- perts and students of business conditions. The old magnetîsers collected pennies, but the new exponents of fancy healing, psychonalysis and telepathic control collect dol- lars and dollars and dollars. As for sîlly haircuts and land- scape effects on the frontispiece, bow about the frantic efforts of 'the girls to change from long to short and then back to long again? All of it is incredible unless you survey, with a cold eye, the superstitions and delusions, which have befuddled and made monnkeys of our seacoasts and r that a soda jerker or cash girl may learn to be a great screen artist by attending a correspon- dence school, or observe the sixty-year-old debutante, with piano underpinning and chin after chin, going into a beauty parlor to be done over into a close re- semblance of Marilyn Miller or Madeleine Cameron. The tallest man in the Canadian Army is six feet il inches. He is 41 inches around the chest, 36 at the waist and bis length of leg is listed as 38 inches! SEPTEMBER 2ND A RED LETTER DAY Thanks to Alied successes on land, sea and air and also to our ship-builders, 'SALADA' Tea- lovers wilI be able to enjoy a third more of their favourite beverage starting September 2nd. This means M' lb. of 'SALADA' every six weeks instead of every cighL. TOour policyowners Life Insurance Representatives are friendlY souls. That is why they have won and held the respect and confidence of 4,000,000 Canadian policyowners. The more you take your Life Insurance Representative into your confidence, the more helpful he can and will be to you. His advice and experience and that of his Companylis always at your service. When your policy becomes due he will be "right on the job" to see that you or your beneficiaries are promptly taken care of. Representatives of the Confederation Life are men of the highest character and integrity. Planning Life Insurance with policyowners is their hf e work. Many of them have been at it for over twenty- five years, serving two and three generations of the saine family. The next turne our representative calîs upon you, give hum a friendly reception. You'll find hlm a real man and a friendly soul besides. C oufederation Lîfe Associationi HEAD OFFICE TORONTO HAMBLY'S CARBONATED BEVERAGES - OSHAWA Authorized BottIer of "Coca-Cola" When you order Cocon Bo sure tb ask log The Chocolute Cocoa Childrèn thuive on it 44S ___j THURSDAY, SEPT. 2nd, 1943 PAGE SIX THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO 90ý6eý