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PAGE TWO, THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO ---- ---- - - - Establîshed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which is Incorporated The Bowmmnville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News 92 Years Continuons Service To The Townl of Bowma.nville and Durham CountY. Authorlzed as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Weekly Newapapers Association SUBSCRIPTON RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year I the United States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. Imp ortant Meeting of Hospital' Citizens Should Attend The annual meeti ng of the Bowmanville Hospital Board takes place on Friday, Mar. lst. At that time there will be elected the Board upon whom will fail the major re- sponsibility of pursuing, co-ordinating and effecting plans for erection of the new Memorial Hospital. At this tine a direct responsibility rest.s upon the entire coin- munity to choose the strongest Board pos- sible for the work ahead is of a character demanding the greatest possible driving force and executive capacity. Frankly we believe it ivili generally be conceded that the Board in the past has. not had the public support necessary to the tasks laid upon them, We must end ail this apathy. What is the position? RatepaYers carried by a large mWority a by-law authorizing $100,000. debe ntures as part of funds re- quired for a new Memorial Hospital. Ap- proval wvas thus given for a project con- sidered the first concern of arny community. Since then, a coniplacency hias reigned save among the few who have made personal donations. The stalemate hias resulted in a warning voiced in the Town Council that delay might resuit in jeopardizing the de- benture issue. Meantime, too, Darlington Council has pledged $12,000. What steps have been taken, meantime, in other direc- tions, we do not.know. But no concerted drive has been made. A change in the whole tuatter is imminent and imperative. Former residents sparked the drive. We have fallen ini their hopeful anticipations. Donations plus the govern- ment offer to take over the old building, plus the debentures approved and Darling- ton's contribution 110W approximate $137,000 for minimum capital estimates of some $18,000. Is there anything formidable ini the task of raising the balance of $47,000? The Board will make a fuil report at the annual meeting. There is but one word to add. The public lias approved the sciieme. It is up to the public to attend the meeting and get down to brass tacks. Thiat or fait into an invidious position unworthy of a modern, enlighteîied community. Mark Fni- day, March lst on youir calendar for the Hospital meeting iin the Agricultural Rie- presentative 's office. Red Cross Membership Drive In spite of heavy commitinents at home and abroad, involving inillions of dollars, the miagnificent fiîîancial support which the people of Ontario have given the Canadiaiî Red Cross Society miakes it nlecessary for the organization to al)peal for funds until 1947, Mr. C. Bruice Hlli, President of the Ontario Division of Red Cross annouinced this week. Branches of the C'anadian Red Cross will, however, hold simuiiltanieous menibership drives froîn March i1 to Mardli 9. For six years of wvai, becauise every sixti Canadian was a mieinher of Red Cross, the Society wvas able to do0 tîose ting.s foi- oi' Aried Forces, our Prisoniers of War, and for ivilian war sufferers wvhieh inaniv tiimes mneant the differ- ence 1etweeii tîfe a;id death and whiclî al- ways 1rouliht coinfort aiid încervy where and whien it w-as îniost lieedc(l. If the Red Cross is to remnaili a strong ami potenit fact.or ini the imnprovemient of health, the preventioîî of suifferiing and the mîtiga- tion of suffering througliotnt the world, (aiîns of lRed Cross listed ini its charter,) its iîîen- bership inuist be mnaintained at a lîlgi level. A strong mnembershîip wil enable the C'îi- adian Red Cross to begin the operation of its new free Btood Transfusion Service; and of its Outpost Hospitals on isolatecl frontiers; to bring mercy anîd comfort to grallant and disabled veterans and health, lîappiness anîd comfort to mny people tlîroughi the Soc- Oommyissionei'5 withl powers andi duties sîm- ilar to those of the Board of Grain Commis- sioners; the Board to have power to admiin- ister, under the Departxuent of Agriculture, the Livestock and Livestock Produets Act." "'That members be appointed in consult- ation with organized agriculture; that Acts be revised to vest in the Board power to license, regulate, control facilities for as- sembiing, transporting, yarding, slaughter- ing, processing, packing,. with facilities for grading and selling ail produets 80 affected, and empowereîl to levy funds under the scieme to defray costs of the Board 's oper- ations, etc." Having now gone on record twice on this question, it is lîkely the matter will be pressed to a conclusion. It shouid not be out of the way to recal the John Bracken, leader of the Opposition at Ottawa, issued his Charter for Agriculture in 1943. It was the privilege of the editor of Tic Statesman to be shown the original draft of this 30-point Charter by Mm. Brac- ken before elease to thc public. We recal the first objective: "To correct tie inequal- ity for agriculture that has endured for too long." And Clause 5: "We shaîl appoint a Board of Livestock Commissioners with power to regulate anid direct ail aspects of livestock marketing in a manner such as the Board of Grain ýCommissioners regulates the handiing of wheat." Tic above objectives seem aimost identical. Does Hydro Pay Taxes? Why Kili The Goose? Ini the February issue of Hydro News is an editorial posing tic above queries. It deals with tic question raised in briefs sub- mitted to tic Royal Commission on taxation and defends tic position taken by ilydro that additional direct taxation on this public utility would have an adverse effect upon ates and ultimate tax revenues. Quoted is tic submissioîi of Commissioner iRoss Strike, K.C., that tic Bief is a "must" that should be ead and re-nead. It has become quite evident that tic public at large is none too familiar witi tic issue and many believe tiat Hydro remains fax free. Tic foliowing facts are quoted together with information ob- tained from tic local Public Utilities. Provincial ilydro is aleady paying more than $3,500,000 in direct taxation, annually, and has been operating almost 40 yeams. Bowînanvilie Hydro paid business and pro- perty taxes of $533.44 last year, is assessed propomtionately caci yeam as arc tic otier 900 municipalities co-opemating iin develop- ment of low-cost power. Total Hydmo tax load, tierefome, is of considerable propor- tions. Iîicreased taxation on tuis publiciy owned entemprise wvould increase costs, heîîce mîgit up ates, certainly jeopardize the current practice of reducing thim and would narow tic gcîîcral tax base. Low cost Wý-dro has been a main factor in creating a highi standard of living, ex- pansion of industmy, mining, pulp and paper and has educcd costs and time witi power supplied to farms. The argument is tiat low cost power means expansion, greater national wealth tiroughi ncî'eased produc- tion. To iincrease c osts of ciectnic energy by w'ay of taxation means contraction ini iîidustry, unempioyincnt. Tic end resîîlt is a narrowed tax base in industmy and personal income witli ultiînate provincial revenues pmobably muci below those secuired by addecl direct taxes on this public utility. Present- in g this picture, tic submission concludes: "Wiy Kill thie Goose?" Boy Scout - Girl Guide Week For 170,000 Canadiani boys and girls, and thcir parents and friends too, this week has a special interest. It is Boy Scout-Girl Guide Wreek ini Canada. Thc observance of tuis week is îîot an appeal for funds, but ratier a wcek dedicatcd to tic purpose of tclling the publie how tiese moveinents came into beiîîg, liow they seck to serve boys and girls, and why iin icss than forty years they have spread to every part of tic world, cmbracing withiin tiei' fcllowsiip mîillions of young people of every race, coton and creed. Whien Lord Baden-Powell first iîitroduced Scouting iii Great Britaini in 1908, littie did lie think tiat thc ideais of a happy useful life sug-gested by his prograin voutd within a decade b)c aclopted ini ucarly fifty foî'eign 'ontries, ini addition to more than forty p)arts of ticelBritish Empire. It is unlikeiy too that lie realized that lus program would su-ccp across ail barriers of r'ace, and colon and creed. rJ7hcrciî lies inuch of thc grcatiiess aînd ini- fluience of tic Boy- Scout and Girl Guide Movemients. Tlic sound training for good citizeiiship t.iey provide is w-cil recognized. Tic contribution tiey inake towamd solvin g tic juvenîle delinqucncy probiem is widely know-n. Tiat boys and girls wio have had Scout and Guide training almost invariabty beconie uprigit citizens is gencraily a:,c- ccpted. But it is ini tic international field that these inovements make thii most important contributionî. Scouts and Guides correspond. and hike and camp witi tlicir feilows of other lands. Tiey lcariî thii ways of life, thieir habits, thii hobbies and thii aspir- ations, and in doiiig so, come to understand tlicir distinctive cultures and their igit to retain tieni. This understanding, gnowing up betwecn thie youti of many nations, is a broadening step) towamds the day wien thene rFFT Y YEARS AGO February 19, 1896 Kim Morrison, formerly of Bowmanville, is now at Mont- gomery, Alabama, stenographer to the superintendent for that district of the Louisville and Nashville Railway Co. L. Munson, brother of Mrs. J. Lyle, sent a box of rabbits, prairie chickens and salmon trout from Manitoba. Fred Parker has made a good record on the examinations at O.A.C., Guelph. Winners at the skating carnival were: Alice Shaw, Arthur Scobeil, Pete Garrett's cadets, Frank Bai- ley, Wm. Spry, M. Worth. Newcastle: Geo. Eilbeck will carry on the undertaking business of the late Mr. Alin ---A. Pow- ers, Kirby, is giving up farming to engage in business with J. Coul- son here. Blackstock: The schoolhouse was bumned on the 4th inst. To rebuild, ratepayers have seiected a site south of the old one and im- mediately north of Mr. Graham's house --- Quinn and Taylor have dissoived partnership. Courtice: Wm. Simpson has rented A. Annis' farm------ Mr. Wright has rented a farm in Cartwright. Enfieid: L.'Reattoire has pur- chased the farm of D. Tramner. Masonic Night V (Continued from Page One) given you what grand lodge is-c what it does and ail tiat-tonigit a I wish to tell you for a few min-r utes what, in my opinion,' Mason-c ry is and what its purpose. WeE arc Masons, not tiat wec daims privileges, but tiat we serve. Wc i know how certain people and na-t tions in our own day have brougitc tic most appalling suffcning up-s on otiers because they first ands forcmost asserted what they deemcd to be their rigits andr privileges. Irrespective of tic needs or aspirations of others the set to work to carry out thcir own selfisi purposes. That is tic vcry antithesîs of tic spirit of1 masonry, and it can be counteredt only by the humble, faitiful ser-t vice of men wio regard life as an opportunity for tic strong to hcip tic wcak, for caci to be ready to bear tic burdens of oti- ers. Tiere is, perhaps nothing more truc than that the reai tragedy of tic worid lies in tic fact tiat men arc strangers; not that men are poor, for ail men know some- thing of poverty; not tiat men are wîcked, for wio can dlaim to be good? not that men are ig- norant, for who can dlaim to be wîse? but ail men arc strangVs.1 Freemasonry witi tic help andi guidance of tic Great Architecti of tic Universe shows us ail tic pati to friendship. Let us waik aiong that pati togetier to a f u- turc whcn our sons and ticir sons, can witi confidence face tic years ahcad in sure knowlcdge tiat ahl carry in their hands not a sword of war but a sword against cvii, and in their hearts a happiness born of tic knowiedge tiat ail is weii in tic world, tiat caci and ail are glad to be alive and determined to do somtiing to make tic wonld a better place for tiose wio come aftcr them. Tic principal purpose and ob- jcct of masonry is to make men better; to take tic mateial-tie canddate-and improve it; to leave tic world a littie better be- cause Masons have lived and worked and stnivcd in it-and tic principal target of suci efforts and activities is men-men indi- vidually-mcn in groups-ordin- ary men-men we can find on iigiways and by-ways. Oniy so can Masonry justify its structure, its history, its traditions, its rit- ual, its iodge meetings. Ail, ev- ery bit of it, is of importance and value; oniy to tic extent tiat it contributes to tic purpose and object of making men better. Wc are concerned not 50 muci to direct man's outward social activties as we are to discipline and mature uis mind tiat he may TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO February 17th, 1921 General John Hughes, Orono, has sold his residence to Thos. Cowan and will move to Van- couver, B.C. Helen Garbutt, daughter of Rev. John Garbutt, was a win- ner in the oratorical contest at Oshawa High Sehool, her subjçct being "The Best Vacation." Bowmanville public schools' teachers are: Principal R. D. Day- idson, Misses Jennings, Morris, Wickett, McKowan, Montgomery, Bragg, Wilson, Hamley, Arm- strong, Galbraith,.Wright. Courtice: C. M. Penfound is taking a short course in agricul- ture at Toronto.. Enfleld: J. Adams is moving to Fred Mountjoy's farm, East Whitby. Enniskillen: Geo. Gow has bought a grist miii near Lindsay. Solina: Thos. Shortridge and daughter Audrey, Thomnhiil, Man., are visiting his mother. Newcastle: Harry Jose and Eric Pearce are attending a short course at Toronto University ---- Newcastle School Board: Frank Rickard, H. R. Pearce, George Wright, Mark Allun, Thos. Moffatt LH. W. Dudley, L. B. Davidson, Rev. Fgnning, J. E. Matchett, Merkley Clark, John Scott, W. J. Moore, J. S. Montgomery. worthily perform the duties of life, to fortif y us soul for life's struggles and adversities to fasi- ion uis inner spirit and to devel-j Dp a consciousness of rectitude and honor-in short, to build tice man is the function of Freemas- onry. Therefore it cannot be too emphaticaily urged tiat Freema- sonry is not a service club nor is it constituted to fulfil these func- tions. Relief is one of Masonry's cardinal tenets, but that relief is spontaneous in its impulse and sulent in its operations. Put it thus if you wiil; the great major concern of Masonry is tic man himself, tic husband, tic fathen, the citizen. Its procedures and its programs must of neces- sity accord with its supreme aim. No man passing tirougi our por- tais can do other than realize that Masonry has an aim above that offered by other institutions and tiat it addreses itscif im- mediately and directly to the con- siderations which determîne ciaracter and human happiness. Ail this accords to tic craft a very distinctive, even a unique place in human life. So fan as I know no otier movement, except it be religion itsclf, has 50 higi an aim. Masonry supporting, not compcting witi or offering op- position to tic agencies of relig- ion, throws all its powers and prestige into the great task of de- veloping tic mental and moral strcngti of wortiy men and cre- ating a standard of citizenship, boti national and world citizen- siip, in tic hope of building and guaranteeing tic iappiness and welfare of mankind. With suci exaltea aîms, when was tiere ever a day to compare witi tic present, but in great- ncss of human necd and in vast- ness of opportunity to contribute to the wcifare of tic human fa- miiy? We nced a new worid- the days of reconstruction surely lie ahcad of us and if tic convic- tions of Masons are convictions in very truti-if tic lessons wc inculcate witiin our teachings are. eternai venities conccrning hu- man conduct and man's dcaiings with uis feiiowman, tien just be- cause wc have a loftier aim we have a greater privilege, par- ticularly in tuis hour of worid making. Undoubtcdly too greater opportunity, greater privilege, must speli for us greater respon- sibility. Let us not forget that fact. Tiose wio are cxaitcd iighcst in tic point of priviiege must bear tic greatcst penalty if ticir duties are not weli perform- ed. This tien is Masonry, ladies. This is tic organization of whici your iusband or swcetieart form a part; tuis is wiat wc ask you to encourage in your menfoiks and wiat you arc entitled to expcct ~ NTHE DIM AND DISTANT PASI - ~ftom Tne stamaa vues -O -.p - - - - - U> UUUU - U THURSDAY, PME. 2lst 1946 THIS )f them. Wor. Master> may I again thank rou for the honor of responding ,this toast.- My wife and I ap- ýreciate your very kind invita- on to be with you tonight -and [ok forward to a pleasant and appy evenmng. W.' Bro. James Marr proposed ,ie toast to "The Ladies" in a very witty manner. He said La- lies' Night was one of the high- ights and one to which the Ma- 3onic brethren look forward with great anticipation, when members f Durham, Jerusalem and Orono ntertained the wives, 9weethearts and fniends of our Masonic breth- ren. He said he heard that Bro. Fred W. Bowen said that woman was at her best when she was seven years old, she will then sit on a man's knee without hesita- tion and without putting his knee to sleep, will lîsten to what he has to say, and while at that early ige she is no gold digger and wili for a copper give him a big kiss and hug. She does not at that age use powder, paint her nails or use tobacco. Tastes change, lit- le girls like painted doils,, lit- tle boys like soldiers, but when they grow up boys like painted dols and girls like soldiers. He concluded his laughter-provoking remarks with the tribute to the ladies for their ioyalty, ioveiiness and ail their other estimable qualities. Mrs. Cecil S. McLaren, Orono, replied in a very charmîng man- ner and said it was a privilege to respond to the toast to the ladies.. The evening was one of the high- lights of the year an event the ladies always enjoyed and it gave them an opportunity to meet with the Masonic brethren and .ncluded in the bond of feliow- ship which they vaiiied so highly. At the conclusion' of Mrs. Mc- Laren's remarks V. Wor. Bro. Percy Hare, Newcastle, presented rier with a loveiy bouquet of flowers. The toast to the visitors was proposed by Bro. J. J. Mellor, Orono, in his usual capable man- ner and responded to by W. Bro. H. Curtis, Whitby. W. Bro. Robert W. Walton led in the community singing. Bro. Wm. Rowland, chairman of committee who arranged the very enjoyabie and successful ev- ening expressed to Mrs. Fred W. Bowen the thanks and apprecia- tion of the committee for the ex- cellent manner in whîch No. 9 Home and School Club had cater- ed for the banquet. It was a big- ger and better banquet this year and as usual the members of No. 9 H. and S. had served a most deiicious repast. Bro. Rowland then presented Mrs. Bowen, with a large heart-shaped box of cho- colates. Mrs. Bowen replied gra- ciously and thanked the Masonic bmethren on behaîf of No. 9 H. and S. Club. At the conclusion of the ban- quet the evening's festivities con- tinued with an excellent program given in the auditorium by Russ Creighton's Variety Entertainers. This was foilowed by a dance with music by Russ Creighton's Orchestra. It was with consider- able regret that the hour came for the cessation of a deiightfui evening, the success of which was mainly due to the untiring efforts of the foilowing committee with Bro. William Rowland, Newcastle, as chairman, W. Bro. J. Marr, Bro. W. Found, W. Bro. A. North- cutt, Bowmanville, W. Bro. C. McLaren, R. W. Bro. O. Rolph, Bro. J. J. Melior, Orono, V. W. Bro. Percy Hare, R. W. Bro. H. Toms, W. Bro. R. Osborne, W. Bro. Harold Gibson, W. Bro. Don- ald Gîbson, W. Bro. T. W. Jack- son, Bro. F. W. Bowen, Bro. C. Cowan, Bro. John Rickard, Bro. E. Fisher, Bro. G. Crowthem, Bro. A. Hendry, Bro. B. Stapieton, Newcastle. TRITYUNiTED9CUcH PAID 10 BENEFICIAIES Many hiome. were kept intact and youngsters' ediication as- surod by the six million dollars paid out to the dependents of the 2,200 Policyowners who died durlng 1945. 1945 IJIGHLIGHTS Policyowners and Beneficiaries $ 38,712,602 4b Inaurances and AnnuWtes In Force $924,233,769 POUCY DIVIDENDS HIGHER Direct evidence f careful and F economical stewarclshiP is that the Company was able to adopt an increased scale of dividends for policYownlSi as frOni JanuazY Izt, 1946. $129,773,112 Assois $245,030,031 ROY 0. LUNNEY, Representative REMEMBER the big storm of last December... .the streets and high- ways waist-de ne n sw . . . the traffic paralyzed ffor days? It was a worrying time for one young mother. You see, she had a bungry, 14- rnonths-old baby to feed-and very littie milk in ber refrigerator! Hour after hour the blizzard howled, piling the drifts higher and higher. TChen there came a knock at ber door. It was her milkman, huggiftg two precious quarts of milk in the shelter of bis arm. He knew she would need it for the baby. He knew it was hopeless to at- temp t the streets in the neîghUborhood by truck. So he had driven as j close as he could on1 Phne 444 one of the few _ploughed road .. . then trudged the rest of the way through the deep snow to lue customer's house. It's just a simple story . .. yet you can imagine how grateful this mother %was. Many similar stories could be told of the hundreds of other milk delivery men, highway truekers and dairy farmers who fought the blizzards and ice and snow of this record-brealdng winter to maintaîn your daily rmIlk service. It's a service you takce fgr granted * .but take a moment now and S then to consider just how vital i t is to your daily convenience, and the [j healthy well-being of Glen Rae Dairy Dolmufflie is the post. war period110W! Dominion TWCxtl IS HELPING CANADA AND CANADIANS TO MEET THE PROBLEMS 0F THIS PERIOD BY: 1. Giving year-round employment to thousands of Canadian men and women; we employ 30 per cent. more now than before the war. 2. Paying wages which total more than twice the 1939 payroll. 3.Producing and delivering a steady stream of cotton goods for Canadian consumers, even more than the great quantities we turned out in pre-war times. 4. Guaranteeing, as a result of out years of ex- perience, a peak of quality 'and durability in these materials. JDOMINION TrexrTue COMPAINY LIMITED Makers of Cotton Goods for al Domestic and Industrial Uses including such Famnous LUnes as MAGOG FASTEST FABRICS COLONIAL SHEET S AND PILLOW SLIPS PRUE YARNS c * 'Cottofl - %1e Master Fabic".» jv 4? GREA-WET LIE ASURACE OMP N NE WALKED THE STORM ... INTro A MOTHERS HUART 1 r IVENC4 iE 48 King St., W. Bowmanville, Ont. fAID TO POLICYOWNERS Daing. 1945, ton million dollars were paid to Policyowners, on- galing them to enjoy the leisure and other benefits they had planned and deserved.