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tan hie ~rn "Durham County'ys CGreat Family Journal" VOLUME 92 SECOND SECTION .BOWMANVILLE,'ONT., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1946 PAGE-S i 14UBR4 Wartime Leader of Wrens rx Tells of Trp Overseas At Women's Canadian Club -q Speaking .with ail the captivat- ing interest, the wit and humor, which always enlivens her writ- ings and addresses, Mrs. Nancy Pyper, Toronto, addressed the Women's Canadian Club, Bow- roanville, Monday afternoon, Oc- tober 21. Her subject, "My Trip Overseas" became a masterpiece of colorful diction replete with in- timate descriptions and many poignant passages as she describ- ed the scenes in wartime Britain which came under her view as the Senior Public Relations Offi- j- u u u u E M E E u E E E E M E E M M E M M E E u M E M E M E E M E M E M E E E M M E M M E M M M E M M ~ M M M M E M E E lu cer with Canadian WRENS. High- lights were her personai audience with Queen Elizabeth and her visit with Lady Montgomery, mo- ther of the famous military lead- er, General Sir Bernard Mont- gomery. It was the first faîl meeting of the Women's Canadian Club and tea was served to the large num- ber present. The president, Mrs. LF. S. Phillips welcomed the memn- bers and many out of town guests who were in.terested visitors. A One of the guiding policiez of this store has always been to provide for your convenence- through the easy and convenient display of merchandise - through never-ending effort to, bring you the newest and best- and through constant extension of ou.r facilitiez. You will like to shop here! MA&SON & -DALE :ARDWARE - S'PORTING GOODS - FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRICÂL APPLIANCES - FINDLAY STOVES B-H BNGLISH PAINT - 3TROKBBRG-CARLSON AND MARCONI RADIOS Phone 408 King Street East short business session preceded the address o! the day. AtIantlc Crossing Mrs. Pyper spoke of her plea- sure again to be with her many !riends in Bowmanville. She told o! her several years in Canada and Newfoundland on officiai dui- ties with the Womnen's Naval Aux- ilîary prior to being posted over- seas early in 1945. *Sailing from Halifax on the Aquitania with 10,- 000 souls aboard offered oppor- tunity for descriptive passages that highlighted humorous inter- ludes of great interest. Describing the overload o! bag- gage, the tin hats, the crowding o! 15 into a cabin for six, the biar- ing loud speaker night and day, the orders, the drills and the ever present life beits and later the submarine danger; ail this was enlivened with humorous passages often referred to as a "scream." Bagpipes Then came the river Clyde and Glasgow, seen by many for the first time. A bagpipe band play- ed 0 Canda. An onlooker asked: *"What's that itune?" The pipe leader said: "Mon just a grand lament." He was a disciple o! Colin Glencannon. VincE&nt Mas- sey met the incoming Canadians, had lunch with them, invited them to visit him in London. The train, journey to London, a blackout, the get-acquainted sand- wiches, the new friendships, al was described by Mrs. Pyper with amazing detail. And so on to London and headquarters where the speaker found many young girl friends from ail across Can- ada and the Empire. "Just youngsters" she said, who, igngring danger, were doîng a magnificent job. Breakfast at Euston Hotel. Scenes she re- membered as a VAD in world war I. The food question. Ordering bacon and eggs, toast, marmalade, forgetful o! shortages, rationing. An indignant waiter whose menu was: "Omelet (egg powder), fish cake, sausage." Wartime Britain She settled for, just toast, with a wafer o! butter. It was London and England winning back to freedom. And the "bawth" an inch or so of water. With dialec- tical skill Mrs. Pyper painted the wartime picture. A train trip to Wales to see her mother, first time in 25 years. Re- luctantly sharîng lunch with strangers as' she had forgotten her own. A new found lady friend pressing on her a most precious present, an egg. Camaraderie o! wartime. A porter carrying the egg alof t, leaving her with per- sonal luggage. Touring London, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Liverpool, gradually getting the picture of vast des- truction, streets with every house Large Congregations Feature Anniversary At Trinity, Church Anniversary and thank offering services held at Trinity United Church, Bowmanville, Sunday, October 20, attmacted. large con- gregations at both morning and evening meetings. The pastor, Rev. J. E. Griffith and the Chumch Board, together with organist and choirmaster, W. E. C. Workman effect.ed a program o! eligious ob- servance and music greatly ap- preciated and wholesomeiy shan- ed.1 The outstanding part of the ser-I vices were the powerfui, thought- provoking sermons delivered by guest-minister, Rev. Harry'Mel- low, B.A., 'pastor of Leaside Unit- ed Church, Toronto. His subject for morning worship was "One Talent Persons." In the evening his message was "Speak to My People That They Go Forward." These themes, eloquently pre- sented,, were, a challenge to the people of today to accept their responsibilities and devote their talents to a future in which Chris- tian faith and resolution will be the safeguards toward a universal and lasting peace. The Scriptural lesson for the morning service was taken from Matthew, 25: 14-20. The hymnals were accompanied with two an- thems; King Ail Glorious and Green Pastures. Mr. Boyd Sle- mon was the tenor soloist. The evenîng lesson was read from Ex. 14: 5-15, and Acts 1: 8- lia. The organ prelude was the Pilgrim's Chorus. The anthems were, Open Our Eyes, and My Faith Looks Up to Thee. Announcement»was made of a special showing o! Cavalcade moving pictures in the church, Friday at 8 p.m. and next Sunday at 7 p.m., the service theme will be, What is the Cavalcade? blasted, to rubble. And people, grimly working, children too. Poignancy and humor, scenes ne- ver to be forgotten, winning through. Came the incre£Iible night of May 7, 1945. A night memorable for restrained revelry, universal joy. Crowds everywhere ail night long. Big Ben lit up, striking midnight. Long darkened win- dows thrown wide and lighted. Small family groups in parks, warmed by countless tiny fires. A dawn vigil. England again was free. Ireland Leaving at dawn to fly to Eire and her birthplace, Belfast, . Mrs. Fyper withstood the air hazards in a rocketing Douglas plane, its cockpit sign: "Prepare to meet your God." And ail below, dlean meadows, green hedges, tiny hu- man dots breaking out fiags far below. Peace at hast. At the border o! Eire, stili neu- tral, stili aloof, no uniforms ai- lowed to pass. Customs inspec- tion. Back at service in Derry Cathedral; a saiior's service, the strong, free, Irish character. It was V-E Day. Came the visit with the Queen. Pressing her uniform- waiting on a staff car; commnandeering a taxi; at the palace on time. Lady Hyde suggesting no form o! approach; curtsey or salute. Perplexity. The Queen at Home Received by the Queen, alone, who came forward with a hand- clasp. Just a famihy fineside; they sat and talked. It was just like home, her Majesty, simple, unaf- fected, utterly sincene. They talk- ed o! Canada and the WRENS. An hour neyer to be forgotten. But behind her eyes was sadness. She had seen war and is terrible con- sequences; but her people with heads held high. Praise for the women o! the Empire who performed incredible tasks. Sorrow for the dead, the maimed. The iasting impression, thein fortitude. Old couples, hand in hand, typified the collective-na- tional spirit. Pnincess Elizabeth entered quietly, an heiress - apparent. whose rare dîgnity, poise, friend- liness, would set her apart any- where. Her mother's interest in hen hair-do. Princess Margaret Rose also came, true to her name, fresh and charming. A coid room with huge fire- place, a tiny fine: The observation: "You Canadians and Americans must miss greatly the comfonts o! central heating." An unaf- fected, simple, !amiiy circle. Lady Montgomery And again to Eire to visit with the aged, sharp-eyed, strong-wiii- ed Lady Montgomery. Inspection o! ail the rooms o! the home; the Zoo, a room with four beds shar- ed by smail sturdy sons, whose paintings decorated the whoie house. Her tales o! "Monty." A delightful visit. Mrs. Pyper clos- ed vith hem expression o! !aith in the strength and resolution o! the British peoples that peace shall reign in this shaken worid. The story is ail too briefly told in this limited space. Great ap- plause o! hem audience will make up for the ghortcomings o! this reportorial review. Mrs. A. J. Frank eported on the Coifmunity Council and Mrs. A. S. Baker was nemed represen- tative o! the Club to this new body. By standing vote it was re- solved to hold teas at future meetings. Speakers secured in- clude Willsoit Woodside for Nov- ember, Dr. Sidney Smith for De- cember and Dr. Althouse for Jan- uary. Splendid Musi Features Lion cc St til ra at A 0 SE N ai p c( ai t. rr c P b a F 1 a e 9 c Six panels o! musical interpre- ation o! old masters and modemn .mpositions, both vocal and in- .runlental, presented by interna- .onal]y acclaimed artists were the -re treat enjoyed by an appreci- tive audience at the High School ýuditorium, Wednesday evening, Dctober 16. It was the first of a ;ries o! monthly concerts for fal] 1id winter, sponsored by the Bowmanville Lions Club. Three Canadians who'have won public and press applause in Can- da and the U.S.A. in concert ap- .earances, Miss Nora Conklin, ontralto, Russell Skitch, banitone, and Frederick Skitch, pianist, were the trio who captivated the local audience. They were in- troduced by Eari Riddolls, chair- man o! the Lions Club Concert Committee. Miss Conklin presented the first panel which included three num- bers. enriched by her unusually Lppealing' contralto not6s: Ir Praise o! God (Beethoven), AVE Maria and Morning. Russell Skitch with powerfu' and modulated 'banîtone, interpret- ed, Long Ago in Alcala (Messa. ger), De Ol1 Orks A-Moverin, an< Alil Day on the Prairie (Guion) {id Into the Nig# t invited the en. core, Song o! the~ Open Road. Fredenick Skîtch introduced hiý piano selections with Prelude ir E Flat (Rachmaninoff) and fol .owed with Valse Oubliee and Li Cavalier Fantastique. His enconi was Debussy's A Clair de Lune Mr. Skitch was accompanist fo: the vocal selections. He is orig inally fromn Port Hope and is cousin o! Russell Skitch. Following an intermission, Mis Conklin rendered an Aria fron Saint-Saens, then a negro spirit ual, He's the Lily o! the ValleJ and a plantation song, Ma Curl: Headed Baby. Her selection fror Robin, Could I Be itr Love, dam ed an encore, Ma Lindy Lou. Russell Skitch followed wit' One World, composed since thi close o! the war by Geoff rey O1 Hara, Toronto. His fuhl-voicec The Lord's Prayer preceded a encore; Sigh No MoWe Ladie (men were deceivers). The ciosing numbers, in lighi er vein, were duets by Miss Coni lin and Russell Skitch; Becaus You're You, fnom the Red Mi. and My Hero. With insistent al plause the audience claimed a fir ai encore, Rio Rita, and Mi Skitch led the audience in a finz rousing chorus, We're Ail Pa« Togethen, fitting postlude to a d( lightful evening. The Singing Skitches (Mi. Conkhin is Mrs. Russell Skitcl endeared themseives to Bov manville music loyers. In briný ing to a rural community the magnificent talents in the culturi sphere o! music they very notabl promote the splendid musical tr dition that is becoming more ar more apparent in the nation, life o! this country. The Rad. Artists Concert Series has caugl on from this opening presenti tion by The Singing Skitches. Annual Sliorthorn Blue Ribbon Sale Brings Fine Entrnes LTJ6.&A qýF &à JLA %.d %-f A 1 jý .al ils e- ýg- jir -al ly ,a- al ýht ta- The fourth annuai Blue Ribbon Shorthorn Sale, which takes place at Blackstock, Fridaýy, November 1, wili feature, according to Man- ager Jack Baker, pnobably the finest aggregation o! pedigneed Shorthorns offered for auction since this annual event oiginat- ed. An advertisement in this is- sue o! The Statesman gives fur- ther particulars o! the sale. Thirty-one head are offered, in- ciuding 6 maies and 25 femaies, severai with calves at foot. They come from 12 prominent breed- ers, as !ollows: . H. W. Greene, o! Gneenefarms, Peiietanguishene ieads off with eight c.ntries headed by pnogeny o! the famous International Uon- gress Grand Champion, Edellyn rtoman Mercury. Lew Richardson & Son, Ash- bunn, contributes three head. W. F. Rickard and Son, Newcastle, and A. J. Howden, Columbus, have two each. E. J..Munphy, Onillia, !ollows with two, and Baker Farms, Hampton, . contribute six. John Mclntyre, Myrtie Station, Roslyn Flett, Oakwood and For- rest Pugh, Uxbridge, each have one. F. J. Gabounie, Oshawa en- ters three, and E. -F. R. Osborne, Bowmanville, and Grant Christie, Port Penny, comrplete the list with one each. Catalogues are being mailed this week to some 400 beef cattie fan- ciers and a brisk demand is ex- pected under auctioneers Duncan Brown, Shedden, and Elmer Wil- bur, Hampton. The sale will be held in the rink, Blakstock Fair Grounds and lunch will be available. Mr. Baker has just returned from the Fat Stock Show, Sher- brooke, Que., where 150 fat steers were auctioned. The Grand Champion brought $2.50 per lb. live weight, a 13rice o! over $2,000 paid by the T. Eaton Co. The Reserve Champion sold at $1.571/2 per lb. Keen demand for pedigree Shorthomns stihi prevails in the U.S.A. Mr. Baker has just receiv- ed his sixth order this season for a truckioad fmom a Connecticut buyer. L~V~LI~UII, M ..... fl*IPulic Speaking S ,ical ecital Draws 18 Contestants J ýSClub sena Cartwright Schools bE Sle The Public Speaking Contest cc for the Public Schools of Cart- * wright township was held in the rade High School, Blackstock (which Crusaders' Cavalcad wag jammed to the doors) on Fn- D Starts This Week day evening, October 18.M A Pictorial Story Mr ar hl, himn fal TheCruades' avacad o!Area, acted as chairman. The The Uie C ur'Cawilcae hef judges were R. P. Aluin, M.A., the rl th Ushawa fhrom Saturday, eto-principal o! the High School; Mrs. n ber 2shaw t odnesday, O30. Edith Butler, teacher (English Terusa t Wdes October 0 and History), and Miss Janer The rusaers'Cavalcade is a Moore, language specialist. pictorial presentation o! the Un- Th uinewa ie ae ited Chrcho Cndaahm treat, îistening to the 18 contes- tE andabrad.tants who ranged in age from il w Tuesday, October 29, will be to 13 years. Musical numbers by Women's Day in the Crusaders' the various schools were given p, Cavalcade. A most interesting between every three speakers. V program has been prepared which Thtecrsaeobecga- is asifollo s: n-S. n rw s ulated for their part in training h Mornng essin -St. ndrw'sthe nine boys and nine girls that Church competed. After thé contest while J t9:00-Sectional Rallies. the judges were summing up, b 1 1:00-Woman's Association meet- short addresses were given by h ;t ing, Mrs. Clay ton Lee. Open- the members o! the board of ed-a - ing services: Address, "~The uication, Earl Dorrehl, chairman o! y Presbytery Woman's Associa- High School Board, Rev. Mr. Har- E * tion" Representative Dominion rison, Reeve Norman Green' and * W.A. Council. some o! the teachers. 11:30-Conference on "The Pres- Mr. Allun in announcing the de- il Closing. ' Asoiaio. cision o! the judges, congratulat- 12:5ox unh.Vounar ed the speakers and stressed the o 121-o uc.Vnayo- value of the art o! public speak-v d fering. ing, lamenting the fact that noto Afternoon Session - King St. enough consideration was gîven n -Church to it in the schools o! today. a 1:30-Visit Missionary Exhibit. The list of contestants follows,1 is 2:30-Women's Mass Meeting - with the speaker first followed* byv n Mrs. W. P. Rogers, President, subject, school and teacher inE 1- Oshawa Presbytenial. that order: e Opening Service. Jessie McArthur, Life o! Monty1 .e Service of Dedication to the Montgomery, Blackstock, Missc e. Church and the Kingdom - Rep. Phyllis Gray.r )r Dom. W.A. Council. Jean Tremblay, The Story o! Panel Discussion - "Women, the Sugar, Caesarea, Mrs. Dalton Dor-% a Church and Today's Needs - reli. Bowmanville Auxiliaries. Bryce Philp, The Waiking Stick,1 S Offering for the Crusaders' Ca- Mahoods, Mrs.Hrodtisn n valcade. Lorna Harris, Florence Nightin-1 t- Vocal solos - Mrs. A. Drummond gale, Archer's, Miss Lois Larmer.1 Y, Address: "Youth in the Fel- Wayne Wilson, The Story o! [y ]owship o! the Church" - Miss Paper, Caesarea, Mrs. Dalton Dor- M Wilna Thomas, Youth Secre- reli.%c ..'tary o! Dom. Board o! the W. Ralph Strong, A Dog's Love for1 M.S., former Chaplain's Assis- His Master, Purple Hill, Miss M. h tant. Hockin. 'i Closing. Harvey Graham, A Dog and His1 4:30-Visit Missionary Exhibit. Master, Purpie Hill, Miss M. d, Evening Session 'L King St. Hockin. n Church Allan Jackson, The Life o! ~5 isionryRaly.Henry Hudson, Caesarea, Mrs. D.1 Earl 'Bowers, Pens, Cadmus, ~ Hapy s h th palce ! woseMrs. G. Johns. k_ Hppyis h th paace f wose Donald Prosser, Migration o! se affection is founded upon virtue, Birds, Cadmus, Mrs. G. Johns. il walled with riches, glazed with Don Black, The Whale Industry, P- beauty, and roofed wîth honour. 1 Mahoods, Mrs. H. Stinson. - n 1-Francis Quanles. Garry Ferguson, Robert Louis III rnOMOC rocii 0 a 0 And growing more and more every da>, What makes these youngzters so healthy? Plenty of milk, butter, cheese - al vitamin, protein and mineral-rich foods that build stu.rdy bodies, strong bones and alert minds. Serve our dairy products often to ail the family for more delicious meals - better health. 1Phono 444 Glen Rae- Dairy Bowmanvilh g , 9" m ohns. Ruth Whitfield, Princess Eliza- àeth, Archer's, Miss Lois Larmer. Nora Venning, Louisa May Al- zott, Blackstock, Miss Phylis Gray. Alfred Thoroton, The Alphabet, Pevitt's, Miss Thelma Ferguson. Doreen VanCamp, Franklin )elano Roosevelt, Blackstock, MIiss Phylis Gray. June Cochrane, Princess Eliz- abeth, Egypt, Mrs. J. Venning. , Shirley Hamilton, Better Ways of Living, Egypt, Mrs. J. Ven- ing. The prizes (ahl donated> were: ist and 2nd prize winners, Water- man's Pen and Pencil Sets,, boys, leather wallets; girls, cosmetic sets or snapshot albums. The teacher who trained the lst prize winner, comb and brush set. After God Save the King the people were shown through the varîous rooms of our High School and spent a very enjoyable social hour. The lst and 2nd prize winners, ressie McArthur and Jean Trem- bley, compete at Orono for county honors on Friday, November lst, and. the Township of Cartwright wishes them. success and a trip to Brighton. POLIOMYELfTIS Two children f rom the village of Warkworth in Percy Township were admitted to hospital in Tor- onto on l6th October with polio- myelitis. One aged 10 years wvas admitted to Riverdale Isolation Hospital, and one aged 3 years was admitted to the Hospital for Sick Children. Two aduits were admitted. to Riverdale Isolation Hospital, Tor- onto, on 19th October with polio- myelitis. One was a boy aged 18 years f rom the village of Wark- worth. The other was a woman aged 34 years from a farmi near Warkworth in Pçrcy Township and the use o! a respirator .has been necessary in hospital, al- though she was reported this mor- nîng to be feeling slightly better. The other 4 cases int hospital are reported today as showing im- provement. This brings the total number o! cases in the Northumberland- Durham Health Unit area this year to 9. 0f these 5 were ad- mitted to hospital from or near Warkworth in Percy Township between l2th and 19th October. It is reported by the Ontario Department of Health thaot the peak of the outbreak o! poliomy- elitis in the province was reached in August and the number of cases reported is d.ropping; over 50 per cent of ail cases reported have no 1paralysis.