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PAGE THREE THURS., DECEMBER 23rd, 1943 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO g0/ -Oail our good we send hearty îg them happiness, prosl and/ PEACE filiI 1 SANTA CLAUS VISITED LOCAL ARMOURIES Santa Claus radioed trom AkIa- vik to the Soldiers' Wives Club that he would be at Bowmanville Armouries Saturday afternoon to bring gifts to the children whose fathers were overseas on battie fronts, on the high seas and on coastal commands in Canada. And sure enough he breezed in on time to be greeted by President of the Club, Mrs. Marion Crowe who in- troduced him to the soldiers wives and 120 of their children. The stage was ail set, the tree al ready but before he opened his huge hamper of gifts he called for songs and a program from the children. So they gave a per- formance to his huge delight. .Margaret Lindsay, accompanied at the piano by Dorothy Faulk- ner, gave tap dances and acro- batics. Reva and Lydia Bates sang vocal duets. Patsy Smith and Betty Jackman executed delight- ful piano duets. Bobby Graham recited Christmas verses, follow- ed by piano duets by the three Crowe children. The9e were others too but in ail the excite- ment the reporter forgot their names. Santa praised them al and hoped their fathers would be home for next Christmas. Then they whooped their applause and thanks for what he had for them. There were 120 special gifts, one for each child besides pop corn, chocolate bars, oranges and much good cheer. In unison they thanked Santa, wished him good health, a long life, and they would be on hand to greet him next year too. The Presîdent, Mrs. Crowe seconded the thanks of the children and told how the 2nd Midland Battalion had contri- buted $50.00 for the occasion and thanks were tendered to the Mid- lands through Major Joe O'Neill, M.C., who was present and re- sponded in a felicitous speech. He too hoped their fathers would be home by next Christmnas to greet Santa in person. Then away went .ait Nick upthe himnyand &'!ýss the worpld on his great an- ,e mission. Home went the ,'~y happy children to write to N absent fathers of their joy that Santa had not forgotten them in this fifth Christmas of the war. SHIFTS IN EMPLOYMENT Defense Industries, Ltd., plants at Nobel, engaged in manufacture of explosives for the past four years, are to be gadually shut down, beginning in January. Notice to this effect came of- ficially to the D.I.L. management from Ottawa, and today the word was passed on to employees. It is believed the shut-down will ex- tend over somne months and the employees will be dismissed gradually. Parry Sound wili feel the effect of this curtailment of war-plant operations. The normal popula- tion is between 3,600 and 3,800 and at present the town records about 5,800, th~e resuit of the over- flow from Nobel, six miles north. At the moment thçre are re- ported 3,600 employees at the Nobel plants, several hundred be- ing women recently engaged. The payroll has fluctuated between 3,000 and 4,000 for a year, and at its peak the C.I.L. plants engaged 4,500. At Nobel over 200 new houses were erected by Wartime Housing Ltd., with 180 more at Parry Sound. Readjustments in wartime manufacture a nd employment will increase as we enter the final phases of the European war. The unemployed will be shifted else- where to such plants, for instance, as Goodyear which is undergoing present expansion. Ajax likewise will have to curtail production and it would seem the part of wisdom for Bowmanville em- ployees there to heed the trend and seek permanency. SALADA TEA CO. PICTURES 50 YEARS' PROGRESS We have just received an 8-page illustrated folder from the Salada Tea Company, Toronto, titled "Looking Back." Its text and pic- tures illuminate progress from 1893 to 1943, a period of 50 years, during which Salada grew from infancy to world wide propor- tions. Its front page shows Can- ada's first horseless carniage, a thin-spindled baby carniage with canopy top, with text that tells of new "fads" advertised and in- side pages show fashions of the day, farm threshing scenes and news extracts from daily papers. A few news items of 1893: A To- ronto magistrate fined a cabman $2.00 or 10 days for driving a lady on Sunday. Home Rule forý Ireland rejected by the Lords. World's Fair, Chicago, attmacted 27,539.041 people. Toronto City Council takes plebiscite re opemat- ing street cars on Sunday. Free land stampede of 90,000 Kansas- Oklahoma, kilîs 8 people. Women wear high button shoes and 16- inch waists. Flannels and bloom- ers give way to silk. The inside pages reproduce a full front fom the Toronto Eve- ning Telegmam with an imposing Salada "ad" by P. C. Larkin & Co., 25 Front St. East, Toronto: "Teas we offer you through your grocer, the finest tea the wold produces; will you tmy them?" The last page footnote, "Looking Ahead," shows modemn Canadian and U.S.A. offices and waehouses of Salada, with "We have an un- bounded faith in Canada's future -the high purpose and integrity of hem people pomise continued and growing greatness in the days ahead." Nothing we have seen so well illustrates our progress duing the past haîf century. MEN 0F THE TREES DOING A GRAND WORK We have just received the De- cember bulletin of The Men of The Trees from Vice-President Dr. L. B. Williams, Toronto. The Men of The Trees is a voluntary society of loyers of trees, which was formed some years ago and meets once a month in Toronto. Its objectives are to plant and pro- tect trees everywhere and create public interest in their usefulness and beauty. Its offices are at 169 Yonge St., Toronto, and member- ship fees are $2 per year and $1 additional for each member of a family. Two items of local interest ap- pear in the latest bulletin. One tells of a Toronto teacher who bas planted a woodlot on her property near her summer cottage, Wash- burn Island, Lake Scugog. There are now over 200 trees on the pro- peity consisting of poplar, red maple, silver mapie,> red oak, locust, black walnut, a variety of pines and native cedars. The pro- vincial forestry station, Orono, has promptly and è;enerously re- sponded to requests for trees. The report of the Ontario Dep't of Education for the County of Durham by Inspector J. J. Tilley, in 1871, contained this sentence: Eyesight Education And Efficiency By C. B. Tuck Optemetrist SI'ecslist Disney Bldg. (opp. P-0.) Oshawa Phone 1516 -288- Lenses were discovered in Troy about 300 B.C., others from 5 to 10 diopters have been traced to Tyre, Egypt and Nola, Italy, al being made from rock crystal. While these early people guard- ed their secrets wfl, they travel- led along the coasts of the Medi- terranean and the neighboring islands founding new colonies and so their knowledge grew and they became more modern. There are a few doubtful refer- ences in the literature of the dark ages and the times up to the more classical period referring to the use of glasses in the aid of vision. The fimst definite authomity is the Arabian philosopher, (965 A.D.), Alhazen, who spent most of his time in Egypt where glass was made, fllowed by his studies in neighboring places. <To Be Continued) "There are few trees and fewer wells," which indicates that so long ago the matter of reforesta- tion was recognized and com- mented upon. The Hon. President of the So- ciety is Rt. Hon. Sir William Mulock, P.C., K.C.M.G., who planted a large tract to black wal- nuts in the Nçwmarket district over haîf a century ago. "A Tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation robes." -Pope. "The diligent farmer plants Trees, of which he himself will neyer see the fruit.".-Cicero. Singers & Their Songs BY FRED R. FOLEY THE LOST CHORD Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, And my fingers wandered idly Over the noisy keys. I know not what I was playing, Or what 1 was dreamîng then But I struck one chord of music Like the sound of a great Amen. It flooded the crimson twilight Like the close of an Angels Psalm, And it lay on my fevemed spirit With a touch of infinite calm. It quieted pain and sorow Like love overcoming strife, It seemed the harmonious echo From our discordant life. It linked ail perplexed meanings Into one perfect peace, And trembled away into silence As if it were loth to cease. 1 have sought but 1 seek it vainly, That one lost chord divine, Which came from the soul of the organ And entered into mine. It may be that Death's dark Angel Will speak in that chord again. It may be that only in Heaven I shahl hear that great Amen. 1 It may be that Death's bright Angel Will speak in that chord again, It may be that only in Heaven I shaîl hear that grand Amen. .-Adelaide Proctor. For a hundred years this ap- pealing old sang has run through court and corridor and chancel and will, no doubt, continue to do so for another century. Ade- laide Anne Proctor, the author, was born in London in 1825 and departed this life in 1864 at the early age of 39. Her father, Bryan Procter, was a well known writer under the pen naine of Barry Cornwall and following in his footsteps, Adelaide was the author of many poems and sketches under the pen name of Miss Berwick. Why the Procter name was not used is not reveal-1 ed. Charles Dickens was a :riend of the family and occasionally1 published Adelaide's poems andi lyrics in his paper, "Household Words." He also wrote an intro- duction for her book "Legends and Lyrics," and in terms of ad- miration told of her mental re- sources, her humor, cheerfulness and beneficence. At the age of 38 her health gave out and for fifteen months she was a helpless invalid, but she continued her writing with no trace of depres- sion or regret. Adelaide Procter was brought up in the Church of England but at the age of 26, went over to the Church of Rome, though there is no evidence of this change in her writings. Other well known hymns writ- ten by Miss Procter are: My God I thank Thee, Who hath made the earth so bright; I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road; The shadows of the evening hour faîl from the darkening sky. Humor From British MiIk Control Board The Wartime Milk Contro] Board of Brîtain, has its occasions to laugh, in spite of the grimness of war and falling bombs. Here are a few extracts from actual letters sent in to the Milk Control Board by English mothers. "Please send me a form for supply of milk for having children at reduced prices." 'I posted the form by mistake before my child was filled up properly." "I did intend coming to the milk office taday but have had 15 children this morning." "I have one child two years old and looking forward to an in- crease in November; hoping this meets with your approval." "I am glad to report that my husband who was reported miss- ing is now dead." "Sis-I arn forwarding our mar- niage certificate and two children, one of which is a mistake, as you will see." "Unless 1 can get my husband's pay I will be forced to leaci an im- mortal life." "You have changed my boy into a littie girl. Will this make any difference?" 'Please send my money as I have fallen into errors with my landiord." "I have no children as my hus- band is a bus driver and works day and night." "In accordance with your in- structions I have given birth to twins in the enclosed envelope." "Milk is wanted for my baby arnd the father is unable to supply No one who faces full esponsi- bility in life will ever find him- self out of a job. Unity is more than treaties. It is built, as confidence is built, by many selfless acts. And can be broken by a single inconsiderate demand. STARBUST 'Our blessirngs are as the star-d"s Strewn by the hand of God2' *Cluster of stars in a winter sky v 1 shadows of dusk drifting into niglit ;2 shinimer of snow ini the starligbt, an field and roadway androf . .. glow of Iigyhted windows patterming the darkness . .- and distant climies trembling through the stillness. * Christmastide ... and the New Year bekoig ... a fitting season for quiet thouglit and thankfulness. * For peaceful days and quiet nights.;. for homes secure and the laugliter of littie chidren ... for food enough and to spare ... for the right ta live as free mren live ... Let us be grateful. * For the bounty of the harvest gath- ered in ... for the fertility of our fields ... for the rich resources of mine and forest and waterway . . . for the glanions strength of this, our Canada . Let us give thanks. * 0f ail we havc-endured ... the sacri- fices we have made . .. of unaccustomed task and sterner effort . .. and of aur bigli resolve that freedom shall farever live. .. Let us be proud. * In ail we shall endeavour ... in ail we must achieve ... in Journey through the darker dayis that came bl re the dawn ; .;in aur unshaken faith in victory ... Let us be unafraid. * Nigh upon two thousand years ago, a Star led the Wise Men ta the manger. throne at Bethlehemn, there ta, hall the advent of the Prince of Peace. Sa may the steadfast stars inspire us ta migbtier effort and ta greater sacrifice . .. that evil may bce overthrawn and that the day may swiftly dawn "When wair is flot, and haie is dead, When nations shall in consort tread The quiet ways of peace.ý ; 2'1 THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION 0F ONTARIO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURS., DECEMBER 23rd, 1943 -î-we, FÀ 1 AL '% 1