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rnt4bt4n tato "Durham County's Great Family Journal" FIRST SECTION rty and Confidence asic to Success in Sports Syl Apps Tels Champions The Rotary basketball team, as ' the principal guests at the Rotary Club dinner, Friday evening, lis- tened with absorbed attention to1 the words of guest speaker, Sylj Apps, famed hockey star, who told with much detail and many stories the "inside" picture of pro- fessional hockey -Ind the qualities most necessary to achieve success ?th in sports and in any walk of! life. He stressed integrity and confidence as basic to success, the former having many aspects which he explained and the latter an essential offset to the defeat- ist complex of "beaten before you start." That his message "got across" was.manifest in the many questions asked by the basketball boys and the great applause which followed his remarks. Guest Speaker to nothing, they took the next 4 with inspired, cooperative team- work, keyed to a high pitch by the inspired, even explosive de- mands of their mentor, Major Conny Smythe. Get Together With this opening, Mr. Apps went on to tell something of the life o.f a hockey player and the qualities developed under the general heading of integrity. When the active season closed there was a feeling -of relief from great strain and the "never again" feeling was quite general. But after a sumnier's rest at various occupations, the feeling was like- wise universal again to don skates and get into active competition. This was likely true in any sport, including basketball. The pre- season in hockey took the form Everyone present and indeed of a luncheon prior to the grind half the continent was familiar of active practice on the ice. with the record of Syl Apps in the At the luncheon, the coach, realm of hockey, said Walt De- manager and officials, met vith Geer, Rotarian coach of the bas- the players, new and old in the ketball team, who added this per- spirit- of a reunion. The talks sonal history: Born at Paris, Ont., were informal, touching summer young Apps played school and activities and the new candidates junior hockey.which he continued were introduced. Old, experienc- gt McMaster University for three ed players found themselves spec- years prior to going on to star ulating whether the youngsters with Hamilton Tigers. Snapped would grab their places on the up by Toronto Maple Leaf Hock- team, a useful stimulus to the ey Club 10 years ago, he still hits competitive spirit. Then came the headlines as its sparkplug. the intensive grind of two weeks Appointed Captain of the team in or more, taking the bumps and 1941, he took time out to serve in loosening up the kinks to get the war and returned to his POsi- ready for the first league game in tion in centre ice last fall. In 1942 the season's total of 50 or more. he was awarded the Lady Byng Practice Grinds Trophy representative of clean play. An athlete, a gentleman, an Constant practice was the key- intellectual was Mr. DeGeer's note, and very often, particular- footnote on Mr. Apps. It may be ly if the team was off form, these added that he contested a seat for grinds were more exacting than the House of Commons in 1940. competitive play. During 80 per t ae eot ouseo .cent of the schedule, the teams Games Not Fixed were at their home bases and Glad to be associated with the periods of every day were given basketball team as honoured over to long, hard practice. Trips guests of Rotary, Mr. Apps dis- to other cities came as a break posed of a public misconception and a relief,-but players had lit- that sometimes hockey games tle time for sight seeing. With were "fixed" especially in the their coach, most of their time was playoffs. He gave his personal as- spent resting up at their hotel surance that hockey teams at all when not travelling on trains. In times took the ice determined to normal times the team travelled win. The idea of any sort of fixing in a special coach. Berths were would be quickly dispelled should assigned generally according to any fan step into the dressing seniority, with the recruits taking rooms between periods and hear upper berths. the language of a coach. He in- Diet and Trips stanced the playof!s in 1942 when the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Speaking of diet, Mr. Apps said Cup. After being down 3 games (Continued on Page Ten) Radio Broadcast By M. H. Staples On Federation and Co-operation A series o!teight broadcasts are1 curently attracting much local interest since they are concerned with farm problems and the co- operative movement. Each Tues- day evening at 7:45, the voice of some well known farmer is heard over station CHEX, Peterboro. The broadcasts are sponsored by the Co-operative Union of Can- ada. On June 4, the programme was assigned to the Durham Cpun- ty Federation of Agriculture, with M. H. Staples, Orono, as spokes- man. The text of Mr. Staples' broadcast follows: Durham County Federation On February 23rd, five years, ago, some two hundred farm men and women of Durham County came together in the Township Hall at Orono. The meeting had been called by the Provincial Federation of Agriculture for the purpose of discussing how the various local farm associations could devise ways and means of acting together when necessary as one body. Mr. H. H. Hannam who was the principal speaker pointed out that ail other occu- pations and professions were so organized that they could express their needs and press their claims, and unless farmers took a lesson they were bound to lose out fin- ancially and in every other way. Out of that meeting grew the Durham County Federation of Agriculture with directors repre- senting every Township, every Farm Forum, and every farm as- sociation including Women's Insti- tutes. The County Federation thus became the channel for un- ited action within the county, and also the link between the local members and the Dominion and Provincial Associations for whice it provides a large share o! the required funds. Right from the start the Durharr County Federation has been a ery active body. Once a month the directors have gathered ir some farm home and always there s a full slate of business. Con t is maintained with local for- urns and their findings collected and published. In December an - annual supper and programme featuring an outstanding speake: takes place with five hundred o: more in attendance. Opeating in this way the Dur- ham Federation has really gone to wbrk. First of all it suggeste< and sponsored a county healt] survey with the co-operation of the Ontario Department of Healthi .and it is credited with being (Continued on Page Ten) CONVENTION TIME IS HERE This weekend your Statesman advertising manager and your Back Shop reporter, plus their better halves, are heading west- ward to London to attend the first post-war convention of the On- tario-Quebec weekly newspapers. The silvery haired editor is re- maining at home to keep the wheels turning, probably the first convention he has missed in 20 years, but he and the farm editor are tonight making up for it, to some extent, by attending the soccer game in Toronto. * * * The event is a two-day af- fair featuring guest speakers on all manner of subjects of interest, including recent de- velopments in the printing in- dustry, ideas for improving the quality of the papers and other stuff which to you would be as boring as blazes but which tb us is good listen- ing. There are also several luncheons, dinners, trips to historic spots, shopping tours for the ladies, etc. But the best parts of any convention are the friendships which are developed, the conversations held with other newspaper- men who tell their problems and solutions and give out wih some worthwhlle ideas whch canbe applied at home. The pleasure of the convention for your Back Shop reporter and probably for the balance of the convention has been marred be- cause for fifteen minutes he is one of the guest speakers. There must be a shortage of speakers as well as other things this year. Un- fortunately, the programme com- mittee did not see fit to allot any subject, which makes things still more awkward. They might have made it "The Weekly Newspaper in a Post War World" or "How to Keep the Wife in Nylons in Three Easy Lessons," but they didn't. ** * After considerable ponder- ing on whether these people should be told about terrible conditions in Europe, about the filth and starvation of Sou- thern Italy, about the German looting and destruction of (Continued on Page Ten) BOWMANVILLE, ONT., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946 Soldiers' Day Memorial Service and Presentation Juniors Win 4-0 Wednesday Night Bowmanville Juniors went all out on Wednesday night when they defeated Whitby 4-0 at the High School grounds. Artie Clem- ence on the mound for Bowman- ville oniy aliowed threeWhitby boys to reach first base and none of them got by second. In other words the local lads just couldn't do anything wrong. Ted Hoar was again Bowman- ville's star at the bat. He account-, ed for 2 of the four runs and out of three times at bat made first everytime. Gilhooley and Stur- rock accounted for the other two runs. Line-ups: Bowmanville: Ferguson lb; Cornish, 3b; Gilhooley, 2b; Hoar, lf; McIlveen, cf; Clemence, p; Strike, c; Sturrock, rf; Hooper, ss. Whitby: Harlow, cf; Gates, rf; Rae and Major, 3b; Yuill, lb; Quantrill, p; Reed, ss; MacDonald, 2b; McEwan, lf; Harden, c. RHE Bowmanville 211 000 0 4 6 1 Whitby 000 000 0 0 2 1 Evening of Farewell To Worthy Citizens A few evenings ago some 50 or more men and women met at the delightful home of Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Slemon, Church Street, to bid adieu and convey sincere good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Mc- Taggart and Mr. W. C. Ferguson. They weree for many years loyal members o f Trinity United Church, leaders in the Sunday School work, and members of the Session, who were now leaving Bowmanville to reside in Union- ville and Blackstock, respectively. Dr. Slemon was master of cer- emonies and in a kindly, light- hearted spiritimade ahi present sit back and enjoy the many jokes that were freely passed. The Dr. had many kind words to say since he had been a personal friend of the guests who were being hon- ored. He indicated that *the church and community would feel the loss of their kindly personal- ities and their moral and spiritual support to all things good. Rev. J. E. Griffith added words of af- firmation to all that had been said. Souvenirs of the occasion were presented to Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Taggart and Mr. Ferguson in the form of pencil sets to the mer and kid gloves and scarf to Mrs McTaggart. Responses from eachl were full of gracious words of thanks. Mr. Griffith conducted a sing song of hymns of long ago. Boyc Slemon was present and sang twc selections which were heartil3 appreciated. Chamber Commerce Elects Board Walter DeGeer Named President Last week over 60 persons join- ed and elected an executive of the new Bowmanville Chamber o! Commerce. These sixty members, of whom almost half are private individuals, joined the Chamber voluntarily for various reasons without being canvassed, but mainly to see that Bowmanville progresses. The ten directors they elected include: A. J. Allin, Jack Camer- on, Charles Carter Sr., Charles Cattran, Walter DeGeer, L. W. Dippell, Miss A. Hodgins, W. G. James, C. G. Mbrris and Ross Stevens. The ballots for the elec- tion were opened and counted by G. Frank Jamieson, Roy Lunney and Geo. W. James on Saturday mormnng. The first meeting of the execu- tive of the Chamber of Commerce was held on Tuesday night when Walter DeGeer was elected Pres- ident. Other officers elected were lst Vice President, Charles Cat- tran; 2nd Vice President, Wm. G. James; Treasurer, Jack Allin, and Secretary, Charles Carter. E. M. Crawford acted as chairman for the first part of the meeting and conducted the election of officers. The remainder of the meeting was taken up discuSsing the advis- ability and the availability of a permanent secretary. No action was taken but at the next meeting suggestions will likely be forth- coming from the President and other members. Considerable discussion took place on the building campaign for the new Bowmanville Hospit- al. It was decided that a commit- tee composed of Charles Cattran, Miss A. Hodgins and L. W. Dip- peU be formed to inquire into the need and the cost of the hospita] and report back to the executive The members o! the executive feli that before jumping headlong in- to giving their support to the cam- paign a thorough study o! the matter should be undertaken. A letter will be addressed tc the Board of Education endeav- ouring to secure a room at the High School for executive meet- ings. The next meeting will likely be next Thursday, June 13, wher the hospital committee brings ir its report. Mr. W. J. Mills and daughter, Mrs. A. G. Wilson, St. Marys, were i town Tuesday attending the funeral of Miss Mary Jane Mc- Leod of St. Paul, Minn. They al- so renewed acquaintances by call- ing on old friends in M. Milis' native village o! Enniskillen. Local Breeders Sell Holsteins at National Sale at Oakville Arch. Muir & Sons, Courtice, re- ceived $800 for a four-year-old heifer at the National Holstein Sale held May 29th, at Oakville. She is Elderslie Korndyke Bonnie, sired by the XXX bull, Eaton Hall Chieftain Fayne, who was All- Canadian and Reserve All-Amer- ican three-year-old in 1942, and Reserve All-Canadian Aged Bull in 1945. J. H. Jose & Sons, Newcastle, sold apair of two-year-old heifers at $550 and $525. Both these heif- ers are bred to a son of the Excel- lent cow, Oakridge Bonerges Ellen who was Reserve All-Canadian Aged Cow in 1944. A new Canadian record price for a bull of $15,200 was paid by W. A. Hodge, St. Laurent, and H. L. Guilbert, Vercheres, Que., for Raymondale Rag Apple Yalta, consigned by Senator D. Raymond, Vaudreuil, Que. R. Ray McLaughhin, Oshawa, paid $14,000 for Glenafton Rag Apple Aladdin, a bull calf offered by J. J. E. MeCague, Alliston. This bull was sick and could not be shipped to the sale but was sold sight unseen. St. John's A.Y.P.A. Hod Camp Meeting At The Beach Over 60 members of St. John's1 A.Y.P.A. had a gay time at Bow- manvihle Beach Monday night when the last meeting o! the sea- son took the form of a party. As- sembling at the Parish Hall, eager young people piled into cars and trucks and rolled away to the west beach. Some of the more ambit- ious members hiked the distance to the lake, although the majority saved their energy for later in the evening. There was continuous dancing in the "shuffle-shack," with a few entertaining demonstrations of jit- terbugging. Between dances some strolled along the beach taking in the fresh air, while others row- ed up the marsh. The weather couldn't have been better and the water was calm. As the sky darkened and the stars began to appear, the com- mittee in charge retired to For- rest Dilling's cottage to prepare refreshments. Logs and wood (Continued on Page Seven) Iigh School Field DayhFeatured By lunior Girl Talent Bowmanville High School held ts first track and field meet since before the war when champions "I ail classeso!girls' and boys' vents were declared. The track neet was held in order that a team nay be picked to represent Bow- nanville at the inter-school track and field competition to be held :his fall. Winners of the various champ- ionships included Girls' Senior, Vivian Rowan; Intermediate, Joan Greenfield; Junior, tie between Jane Marjerrison and Rhona Ev- ans. In the boys' events Gregory Friend won the Senior champion- ship, Bill Dadson the Intermed- ate and John Cattran the Jun- or. Ideal weather helped to make the meet one of the best in the history of the school. Training of the contestants was in the hands of Mr. Latremouille and Mrs. A. Vanstone. The list of winners in the var- ious events appears below with names in order of merit: Girls' Events-Senior 75-yard dash-Jean Caverly, Margaret Wight, Marie Moise. High jump-Vivian Rowan, Jac- queline Heyland, Margaret Wight. Broad jump-Vivian Rowan, Dorothy Evans, Jean Caveriy. Basketball throw-Rose Kibzey Collette Ferguson, Jean Cavely. Baseball throw and catch-Rose Kibzey, Vivian Rowan (53 ft.); Alice Sumersomd, Christena Campbell (53 ft.); Ruth Cole, and Margaret Wight. Senior Champion-Vivian Row- an, 14 points. Girls' Events-Intermediate 75-yard dash-Joan Greenfield, Marlee Gibbs, Vivian Prout. High jump-Joan Greenfield, Ethel Gilbert, Pearl Breslin. Broad jump-Joan Greenfield, Joyce Cox, Marilyn Carpenter. Basketball throw-Joan Green- field, Jean Johnston, Doris Chart- ran. Baseball throw and Catch- Audrey Northcutt and Joyce Cox, Lois Fisher and Mary Paterson, Mary Kennett and Marion Herr- ning. Intermediate Champion - Joan Greenfield, 20 points. Girls' Events-Junior 75-yard dash-Rhona Evans, Patricia Bowles, Jane Marjerrison High jump-Jane Mar3errison Gladys Brooks, Ruby Collett. Broad jump-Jane Marjerrison Rhona Evans, Jean Reynolds. Basketball throw-Betty Hoop er, Rhona Evans, Jean Dudley. Baseball throw .and catch- Gwyneth Griffith and Virglni Hopkins, Jean Dudley and Betty (Continued on Page Ten) NUMBER 23 Alter Building Regulations By By-Law Passed at Council . . Dogs Come Under Discussion Town ounci in is reg l 1AbL e 4e Here are some of the views ducted the service with Rev J. E. Father S. J. Coffey, Mayor C.G. to Mrs. Alex Colville who re- taken at the Soldiers' Da e- Griffith at the microphone. The Morris and Rev. J. dePencier ceived it on behal! of the next- orial Service and Piresentation. others from left to right are Major Wright. The lbott;omr pictui r- siiu vv of-kin of those fallen in the late On top we have those who con- J. Cooper, Lieut.-Col. -J. C. Gamey, the Mayor making a presentation war. Clothing Drive Ori Former Committee WeUI Known Teachers ti Well Known Teachers th Pass Pedagogy Exams J At College of Education m di A long list of students in the n faculties of health, medicine, mu- n sic and pedagogy of the Univers- r ity of Toronto, was released Sat- t urday as successful in passing ex- c aminations at the end of the year's w work. These include the names of the following men from this dis- f trict, all of whom ranked highly f in the results.P Don G. Ferguson, resident stu- c dent in the School of Physical p Health and Education, Faculty of 5 Medicine, is named as having suc- R cessfully passed the examinations a in his 2nd year. Don is a son of t Dr. and Mrs. Harold Ferguson. e He is spending the summer at home at local employment and is B the snappy lst baseman on theT Rotary baseball team.- In the results announced by thep Ontario College of Education, To- i ronto University, two extra-mural1 students, Gordon R. Elliott and Stanley J. S. Rickard, ranked i highly in the papers they chose i to write off this year. It is be-s lieved that both are studying for the degree of Doctor of Pedagogy.E Mr. Elliott, a popular teacher ati Bowmanville High School, wonp his diploma on the Science of Ed-y ucation. He takes a keen inter-e est in community affairs and for the past year has been president of the Men's Canadian Club. Mr. Rickald, a son of Mr. andc Mrs. Walter J. S. Rickard, Shaw's,' won distirnction in two depart-N ments. He was successful indUn-r it 1, The Development o! Modern Educational Systems, and in Un- it 2, The Development of Modemn Educational Thought and Prac- tice. At present he is Principal o! Millbrook High School. Con- gratulations to all three are gen- erally expressed. TRINITY W.M.S. On June 4th Trinity W.M.S. met with Mrs. Chas. Wight, pres- ident, in charge of the business period. Guest speaker was Mr. Wilson, a teacher from Dondi, Africa, who is on furlough and who gave a very interesting talk on the classes with whom he comes in contact, finding equal - in intelligence and personality to the other races. Miss Spargo's group conducted the devotional a session and a beautiful solo "He Y Knows" was given by Mrs. Nel- son Osborne. 4 eetpacswtintecr Town Council in its regular p monthly session, Monday evening, d moved in three directions in par-p ticular to tighten up and speed i up matters of current interest. a "Action was taken on many com- 'I plaints concerning the dog nuis- i ance. A speed up is planned onBtheu1 town's housing programme. But-t] main interest and discussion hing- r edi.on adraft bylawto tighten up building restrictions. With minor amendment, the bylaw received 0 three readings and was passed. ] The building bylaw was sub- :i mitted by Deputy Reeve A. W. : Northcutt, Chairman of Public Property Committee, who witht building inspector Fred Pattinsona had spent much time in its prep-c aration.c Building Bylawt Briefly it provides for dividingt the town into three separate areasé within which specific building re- strictions are set forth. It covers all types of buildings and provides for penalties in case of infractions. Every person desiring to build ori make alterations above a mini-i mum of $100 must make writtent application, giving all details,z which must be'signed and approv-c ed by the building inspector. In case of dispute or if furtherc consideration is indicated a spec- ial committee of council will act as a board whose decision is final. The bylaw must be submitted to the Department of Municipal Af- fairs for its approval, after which, it is expected, the general terms will be published for the infor- mation of the public. Stray Dogs The matter of stray dogs caus- ing damage, which was previous- ly brought to the attention of council by Cecil Alldread, again came up for discussion. A letter was received from N. J. Scott, manager of Brookdale-Kingsway Nurseries, asking for a copy of the dog bylaw and what action could be taken against dogs causing damage. Another letter came jointly from three nursery firms on the same lines. A copy of the bylaw was tabled by the Clerk-as amended from the original act passed in 1912. It pro- - vides that all dogs not having cur- - rent paid up tags can, if caught, e be summarily destroyed. It was found that police are obliged to states has just undergone a suc- cessful operation and is still alert, interested and interesting at over 90 years of age. Several hundred men o! the Canadian army are reported ar- riving at Halifax, June 8, aboard the S.S. Aquitania. Not one, ac- cording to the list furnished The Statesman, is destined for this district. t VOLUME 92 1 st copies of the bylaw at 20 Eferent places within the cor- * ation. I'he Police Committee was au- >rized to study the present act d bring in amendment, after .ich, if accepted, 100 copies will printed, due notices posted and " public advised on finality of " question. Meantime the cur- nt bylaw will be enforced. Housing Delay Progress report on the building the first units in the town's )using scheme, found a general ipression that things were not oving in the manner desired. It as resolved to contact the con- actor who will be required to )pear at all regular sittings of uncil or at any special meetings Lled, to present directly an up- -date report on the project Ac- >n will also be taken by submit- g plans of the proposed Scugog ývelopment for approval at ueen's Park. Bad Streets Still another highlight was the solution adopted to give author- y to the Mayor and a committee meet the Minister of Highways . his office, June 4th, in an en- avor to come to some agreement i costs to repair two bad spots i King St. Under present ar- tngements the province is re- onsible for repair and upkeep É 50 percent of a 30-ft. centre rip along King St. A recent survey disclosed that make a permanent job oppos- e Glen Rae Dairy and around .e curve at Bowmanville Dairy ould require an expenditure of proximately $20,000. Hence the rovince will be asked to bear alf the financial burden, even if art of the work is outside the entre strip. The result of the nference will be reported back o council for final consideration. Sewer Tax Other items of business includ- d discussion of several requests or sewer extension at various )oints. It was found that some esidents planning new homes vere held up because neighbours vould not agree to bear their ;hare of frontage tax. To avoid >ossibility of having to instali eptic tanks for the few, the de- ision was to place the matter be- ore the Health Inspector, County (Continued on Page Ten) ganized With es in Charge Orgnization of the second clo- rhing drive, which takes place une 17-29, has been arranged Tith the same officers and com- mittees that officiated in the first rive. This announcement was made Monday by general chair- man Jack Cole. The same ar- angements will be observed hroughout save that the central ollection depot in Bowmanville will be at the Badminton Hall. In order that the public may be ully informed as to details, in- ormation may be had by tele- phoning either the town or rural 'hairmen. Jack Cole's house phone is 2675 and his office phone 67. The rural chairman, Reeve R. R. Stevens, can be contacted Lt his home, phone 2637. Mean- ime before the drive starts, oth- er details will be published. The result of the last drive in Bowmanville and Darlington Township added up to 25 tons of used clothing, shoes, etc. In the present drive the provincial com- mittee suggests a minimum of 11½ lbs. of good used clothing from each donor to achieve the objec- tive set. Clothing should be tied in neat bundles and pairs of shoes tied together. The door to door collection in Bowmanville will take place dur- ing the week June 24-29, so am- ple time to make an inspection of your wardrobes and clothes clos- ets and get bundles together. There will also be the special matinee at the Royal Theatre for children who will gain admission by bringing their quotas o! used clothing. The date of the show will be announced later. Chair- man Cole asks that people begin athonce to sort out and set aside SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. B. M. Warnica has recently returned to Oshawa, after visiting friends in London. During her visit Mrs. Warnica has renewed old .acquaintances some o! whom are former citizens of Bowman- ville, Rev. E. F. Armstrong, Mrs. Jhn' Garbutt and Mm. John El- liott. The latter, Mrs. Warnica __ 1 1 1- 1 - 1