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THE C!ANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIOTHRSYDC5t,14 eIt ~nablan jittoeunn Established 1854 Wlth whiceh is Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono Nrews M Years Continuns Service Tro The Town of Bowmanviiie and Durham County. Authorlzed as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Member Audit Bureau ta ii ILN of Circulations Canadian Weekiy Newspapers Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES j2.00 a Ypar, strictly ln advance. $2.50 a Vear in the United States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. * Shop Early - Mail Early as Part 0f the Christmas Spirit The merchants of Bowmanville, the Post Office staff and The Statesman are the three leading factors in promot g throughout this district the two mn- esen-- rais in avoiding dis- appointment at Christmas time. Shop Early and Mail Early is the slogan, which if carried out will bring happiness "to those who give and those who receive." This issue of The Statesman gives a pre- view of where to shop and what to buy well in advancc of the tîme to fil tl4e stockings on the Christmas trees and the last cali to mail parcels at the Post Office. Seldoma have local stores had such a splendlid range of useful gifts at fair prices as at this particular time. Better goods, better values cannot be obtained than in your own home town. The merchants* who advertise use The Statesman to project a view of their attractive window displays and their stock and prices to the people of town and countryside. With it goes their welcome and assurance that they. stand back of what they offer. That is a gen- uine Christmas Greeting which should be re- ciprocated. It is with great pleasure that The States- inan has the privilege of presenting this issue as a Christmas Shopping Guide to is many readers. We invite a genuine co-operative spirit in supporting the merchants who extend their greetings at this time and the Post Office staff already working overtime. So Shop Early, Mail Early right in your Own Home Town. Second Nomination CaIIed To Fi Vacant Council Seats An almost unprecedented situation arose -from the regular, annual nomination meeting called to bring out candidates for the 1947 Town Coéuncil. Interest created by The Statesman's campaign to inspire greater concern in civic aff airs brought out the greatest gathering for many years. But the net resuit was failure to secure enough candidates who wouid consent to qualify. Hence four council seats remain vacant and a second nomination meeting be- came necessary. It will be held tomorrow night, Dec. 6, in the Town Hall. We are advised that the 1946 council must continue in office until the new one is consti- tuted and until the siate is cdmplete, nomination meetings must continue to be held at legal in- tervals. In view of this situation, surely enough public interest will be shown to restore this Qbvious lapse in our appreciation of funda- mental democracy. We have fallen into a habit of complaining much, then shuffling off respon- sibility. Once again we direct attention to the fact that the work falling upon the new council will be the most exacting for many years past. This in itself shouid be a challenge to ratepay- ers interested in assisting those aiready chosen Chamber of Commerce function in this town has been failure to bring out openly many of the things which merchants and others have had in mmnd. The resuit was "behind the door" discussions which defeated the purpose of frank, co-ordinated efforts so essential in a body cre- ated to serve the best interests of ail the people. The recent meeting compietely reversed the picture. Much was said which wiii lead to fur- ther examinat?>f of the matters brought out and which we believe is ail to the good. and should prove a factor in increasing both memberships and effectiveness of the Chamber of Commerce. Viewpoiflts derived fromn actual experience are always worthy of examination. It wiil be the purpose of The Statesman to discuss these from time to timne after testing general. public opinion. Effective decisions derive only from exploring ail sides of a question and th e sphere of the press is to stimulate thought by publish- ing both sides. Meantime we congratulate the officers of the Chamber of Conmmerce on their decisiofl to adhere to broad general principles as the keyriote of its developmnent. In sound financial position, its future appears to be well .Aund' at'a Urne when a'body of thskn s -e mima reauliM for expbnding prosperty. Roy Nichols Inaugurateis Better Community Spirt Seldom has this district shown greater in- terest in cultivating a real community spirit than in the great gathering in Newcastle Com- munity Hall last week which assembied at-the invitation o! the host, Councillor Roy Nichols of Courtice. Upwards of 1,000 people came to enjoy a social evening and dance 'and to take renewed faith that Darlington and Durham. County offer the best as a local trading area within a splendid farming community. Mr. Nichols who has won marked success and high public confidence in his automotive business, has a way of thinking up constructive projects and putting them into practice. In business at Courtice since 1922, confidence in his abiiity was expressed when he was returned at the head o! the poli in Darlington Council and his re-election by acclamation this year. This confidence was further expressed at the great gathering at Newcastle. Kigher Wages and Common Sense Sir William Beveridge, whose Social Secur- ity scheme was hailed as a remedy for ail social ills, is himself by no means sure that his elabor- ate plan will alone make people happy and prosperous "from the cradie to the grave." In- deed he foresees the possibility that the inter- val between the cradle and the grave might be abbreviated, so far as prosperity is concerned, if too much dependence is placed upon it. After his plan was p.ublished he hastened to explain that the working of his scheme depended upon the maintenance of full employment to provide the wages out of whîch'the premiums for se- curity insurance could be paid. Full employment, in its turn, depends upon the maintenance of industry, trade and com- merce on a sound economic basis. In a subse- quent statement, entitled, "Full Employment in a Free Society,"'Sir William warns against excessive wage demands by organîzed labor, which he says will destroy his whoie security plan, by increasing the costs o! production, and decreasing the purchasing power o! wages by raising prices. This is how he puts it: "Particular wage demands which exceed what employers are able to pay with existing prices, may bring gains to the workers in the industry concerned, but they will do so at the expense of ail other workers, whose real wages fail owing to the rise in prices. The other workers will naturally try to restore the posi- tion, by putting forward demands of their own. There is a real danger that sectional wage bar- gaining, pursued without regard to its effect upon prices, may lead to a vicious spiral of in- flation, with money wages chasing prices and without any gain in real wages for the workîng ciass as a whole." That is a plain and undeniable statement o! fact. It is just common sense. And yet we have' these repeated strikes for higher and higher wages, which not only tend to reduce the value of wages, but create a state o! unem- ployment and reduce the workers to a state o! poverty. Collingwood Clears Debt by Calling Ail Debentures The Ontario Gazette, Dec. 9, Carrnes officiai, legal notice o! the intention of the Town o! Col- iingwood to redeem ail its outstanding deben- tures. Hoiders of debentures maturing in the years 1947 to 1957 are thus obliged to accept cash for principal and interest. A further paragraph serves notice that al maturities as of March 1958 are calied for re- demption. To complete the formalities the Town Council wiil on Dec. 16 deciare that al interest will cease to accrue and the above is- sues will be declared due and payable. No information is given as to the source o! funds out o! which these maturities wiii be paid. It will be interesting to iearn the facts leading to this enviable position. It may be o! profit for the Bowmanville Council to enquire into the matter. Ontario Red Cross Relates Its History in War and Peace It is usuaily during &~artime that the great work of the Red Cross becomes emphasized in the minds o! the people as a whole. But too few, we believe, are impressed with its immense services across this entire nation when people resume peaceful pursuit4 Fewer stili are aware of its history and the details of its expanding work. Many no doubt have wished to know more of its story. We are happy therefore, ,to direct attention to a new book, "History o! On- tario Red Cross, 1914-46" written by Major E. H. A. Watson, Field-Secretary o! the Society 1939-46.- Its 90 pages, bound in green buckram, gold-lettered, tell an enthrailing story. The preface is a history o! the founder of the Red Cross, Henri Dunant, a Swiss. The chap- ter then deait with the Red Cross in Worid War I, the decade 1919-29, the great depression 1929- 39; then Wonld War II, foilowed by the names o! officers and executives for the period. Unfold- ed is the story o! war relief at home and abroad, the spalendid work among prisoners o! war, the tote for Hospital NR..d le Great. mtates Orono M.D. To the Editor: As a physician practising in Clarke Township I feel that my sentiments with respect to the building o! a proposed new hos- pital' in Bowmanville rnay be of interest to those in this district who will shortly be asked to vote on whether we will assume «a share in its cost. Not so many years ago most seriously iii patients, particular- ly those requirîng operation, were sent to a city hospital. Dur- ing the past ten years and with increasing frequency they have been availing themselves of treatment at Bowmanville. Due to increasing admissions from the surrounding districts the strictly limited bed space in the present structure has become inadequate. We of the Medical Staff have long admitted the de- fects of the present building- iack of soreiy needed beds, no elevator, inadequate laboratory and X-ray facilîties etc. That the hospital has been able to carry on is largely due to the hard work and devotion to duty of an exceptionally fine nursing staff. .The proposed new building is one which will be modemn and up-to--date in ail respects; one in which proper mecical% and nursing care can be assured our steadily increasing number of patients. Let us in Clarke Township face the facts. For years Bow- manvilie Hospital has assumed the moral obligation of looking after our hospitalized patients, sometimes to the detriment of their own townspeople. Bow- manville plans a modemn hospital in which our sick are assured of every care which a large city hospîtai affords together with the acivantage of being close to home and friends. If we are to share in these privileges, can we in this township be "pikers" and fail to subscribe the very small sum suggested? Let us not say that it does not concern us because we have a hospital roughly twénty miles on either sie of us. On more than one occasion during the past year desperately ill patients were treated in Bowmanville who would normaily have gone to these hospitals but were prevent- ed by their overcrowding. I am convinced that those who have had treatment in Bowman- ville Hospital in the past wil be anxious to further this cause. Remember too that human irail- ty being what it is, the reader may at some time fînd himself in hospital through sickness or accident, and it is very much to his advantageto have an institu- tion such as we propose so close to home. At the moment there are 8 patients in hospital from Orono and its immediate vicinity 5 of them cases which have re* quired urgent major operations. Bowmanville and surrounding districts have realized the urge- ncy of the situation and we are assured of a new building. Let us of Clarke Township resoive to pay our share in this cause and not impose on the generosity of our neighbours. Signed A. F. McKenzie, M.D. Orono, Ontario Cornmunity Man Favors Hospital Quotes Figures The people o! Clarke Township wiil be called on to vote on the question of support to the Bow- manville Hospital on December the ninth and as citizens of Clarke Township we shouid be seized with the importance of this vote. It is not so much a matter of money but it is one of supplying a much wanted need. At present we have to travel many miles to get the best care for our sick andin the new Mem- orial Hospital in' Bowmanville this efficient care can be brought much dloser home, and by vot- ing in favour o! the by-law we wiil become a part o! this hos- pital. How much this new hos- pitai will mean to Clarke Town- ship when it has better facilities can be measured when we find that even now oun people de- pend on Bowmanville Hospital for care. Here are some figures showing how we havé used the hospital. From November lst, 1945 to November lst, 1946, there have been 171 admissions-43 maie and 128 female; 64 Clarke Township babies have been born in this hospital, 39 boys and 25 girls. The day's stay were ad- ults, maie 133, female 1,087, and in addition the day's stay for babies were 544 making a total day's stay o! 1766. It can be seen how much more it wili mean to Clarke Township and in a xUuch widen scale when x-ray and clinics are added and first-class provision for operations are pro- vided. The by-law calis for a grant o! $8000.00 from Clarke and it is planned to pay this in four annual payments o! $2000 thus making the demand on any tax- payer very small. Lets get -behînd this move and put this by-law over and thus make the proper provision for our future hospital needs. Signed Joseph Mellor St. Paul's C. G. I. T. Regular metting o! St. Paul's C. G. I. T. was held in the Lect- ure Roomn on Nev. 26 with a small attendance. President Joan Rice opened with the C. G. I. T. Hymn and Purposet fol- lowed by The Lords Prayer. Junior Leader, Miss D. Creaser was in charge o! the worship ser- vice. Business period opened with the minutes and roll call. A speaker will be at C. G. I. T. on Dec. 4 and a good attendance Is requested. Groups then divlded for their discussions. iUUUU U %..mrmmm-imI wuu I N THE DIM, AND DISTANT PAST From'iThe Statfflman Fil«. FLFTY VEARS AGO December 5, 1896 A pretty wedding took place at the Anglican Church, Janetville, when Bella McNeil was united in marriage with William James Stutt, of Orono. Messrs. W. Trenouth and E. Worden and Misses Fannie, Ellen- or and Isabeila Lawrîe were home from Port Hope. Model School. Miss Mosetta James sang at the annual Conversazione o! Victoria University, Toronto. Fred Cherry, Schenectady, N.Y., was here attending the funeral of his grandmother. iNewcaster W. T. Lockhart shipped 10,000 bushels of barley from Port Newcastle to Oswego, N.Y.-W. Rickard is fittîng up the new Post Office building. Maple Grove: Geo. K. Macshane has left for his home in Tavistock, England, after making his home here three years. Blackstock: The new village school house, just completed, is cone of the best in Ontario. G. H. McLaughlin was contractor, R. Chambers did the mason work and G. Patterson, Prince Albert, the painting. Shaw's: James Rickard is build- ing a new pig-pen.-Miss Dodds, teacher, is leaving at Christmas and wîll be succeeded by Ada Motor Sales, Oshawa. William Challis will be the local sales man- ager and L. Harris in charge of repairs and service. Kendal: Miss E. J. Milne has given up her position as teacher here and wili be succeeded by Miss Kate Stephens, Bowmanviile. Burketon: Our new blacksmith, Mr. Insley, is doîng a thriving business. Tyrone: Mrs. F. G. Byam has bought the William Cryderman home on Church St., Bowman- ville; her property here is soid to F. L. Byam.-Garnet McCoy is on a trip to British Columbia.-W. S. Staples, J. H. Mutton, Velma Sta- pies an~d Evelyn Brent heard Harry Lauder at TorontÔ. Newcastle: Marjorie Helen, ei- der daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan J. Galbraith, was united in marriage with Arthur Regin- aid Wynn, of Niagara Falls. Wesleyville Sunday School at 11:00 with twenty-five present. Church at 7.30, a very smail at- tendance with Mrs. Carroll Nich- olis as organist. Dr. Oke gave an impressive sermon on the Christ- ian's idea of God. Miss H'lene Barrowciough was Gravenhurst. Mrs. Shields o! Mount Pleasant Enniskillen: Mrs. Calver is with her daughter, Mrs. Carrol keeping house for her brother, Nicholis. James Burr, our worthy northern Mrs. George Jones' of Port stage driver. Hope with her daughter, Mrs. TWENTY-FIVE VEARS AGO William Payne a few days this December 1, 1921 week. We are sorry to report that Mr. Robert McLaughlin, founder O! Harry Nichoils is in the Hospital. the McLaughlin Carniage Co., He suffered a stroke last Thurs- passed away at Oshawa in his day. 86th year. A Progressive Euchre in aid Wreford Souch has purchased of the Red Cross was held on an optical business from Mr. An- Wednesday night at Mr. Carl derson at Cobourg. Payne's. There were 10 tables Dr. R. E. Dinniwell1 has opened played with Miss Muriel Mason dental parlors in the Mason Block, and Mr. Victor Thorndyke win- opposite 'Bank o! Montreal. ning high score and Miss. June Mn. and Mrs. Wesley Couch, Inch and Mn. Percy Snell winning Ontario St., announce the engage- the consolation prizes. ment o! their eider daughter, Mr. Truman Austin was con- Stella May, to Albert A. His, fined to the hospitai a few days eider son o! Mn. and Mrs. H. His, last week and had an operation Enniskillen. on his hand. Bowmanville C.G.I.T. and their Mr. Ethen Jones and famiiy leader, Miss Amy E. McKowan, with Mrs. William Payne on Sun- pnesented an excellent program in day. St. Paul's school room with these Mrs. Charles Snell had the girls takîng part: misfortune to break three ribs Mildred Lawrie, Grace Caverly, due to a fail down the stainway Ione Quinn, Helen McGregor, Le- last Wednesday evening. nore Quick, Ruth Grigg, Janey Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Thorn- Mason, Mildned Souch, Marion dyke and Carol spent Sunday at Warder, Dorothy Belîman, Aileen Carl Payne's. Parker, Jessie McDougal. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tufford and A. W. Pickard has disçposed of-, family visited Mns. Charles Snell, his place o! business to the Moffatt1 Saturday evening. To, The 0F Hampton (Intended for last Week) Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nelson, Toronto,' and Mrs. Edwin Wood, Bowmanville, at S. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Baker, Gail and Ronnie, Solina, at Sam Dew- ell's. Miss Ruby Dewell, at Percy Dewell's. Mrs. A. Northcutt and daught- er, Bowmanville, at A. L. Blan- chard's. Mr. and Mrs. Blake DeHart, Miss June Lockwood andi Miss Betty Reid, Brooklin, with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Farrow, Sun- day. Mr. W. Dustan, and J. Cattran, and Miss Bonnie Wood, Bowman- ville, Mr. Albert Balson, and Miss Ileen Balson, Solina, at Jack Rey- nolds. THE Pontypool The schools of the district are busy preparing for their annual Christmas concerts. The local Sunday School aiso has a con- cert in the making.. We are glad to know that Miss Burke is able to resume her dut- - ies at Drum School after being in a bus accident several weeks ago. Mrs. John Crowiey and Elea- nor spent the week-end with- friends in Toronto. Louis Webb and family an Mrs. Gray have moved to Pet-_, erborough. Thomas White has bought a r home in Toronto and expects to move there soon. Sidney Irons and famiiy are moving to Burketon.1 T~Bare rnany knd r fnifling- one «rnmagnetic" rilker-the De Lavai Magnetic Speedway ... tbat assures uni. form, fast and gentie rilking at:ail tirnes It is a wonderful feeling to know that your cows are being milioed ini the smrni- f orrn, correct way day after day. And the resuits of De Lavai fast, uniforrn rilking are wonderful, too. Wby flot talk it over with us today? DE LAVAL-MIUCER 0F CHAMPIONS Moae B ienske. tApple Pra. e0-I M . j. S.E. MC e, . OeoeIl FeM: Alleten.. e.. b ho . .= o' e, ILe feHbreedefer penier four-year.ldî e Ihree.l-91 y ze = 147UbeN. »e P Oreord De.L2va,4eparlbos .11 .jlavai t e Stj1 erlgrIetd : w If you want cleanea skiné- Ming, hiahese quality ce"a p oU cion, longe s servIce s C.d &Sn e tow s spam' sot-il i Ioesicost per yeat oftuse-a& De Lavai Separator is your aoswer. And ihere la a ite and style lust eight for you. Hand or motor drive. If you ame tooking for De Laval quality miiking at comewhat lover irst coot, set the facts on th. De Lavai Sterling Milcer PuatorLbs .ntY sMo movint parts - providlea precise uiiiking action. W. H. BROWN DEALER FOR Case Farm Machinery - Firestone Tir DeLaval Miikers and Separators Beatty Bros. Stable Equlpment 91 King St. W. Phoi wes Dne 497 Ratepaýyers Townshipof Clak We again cail your attention to the vote being taken in your township on the 9th December on the by-Iaw for a grant of $8,000 frorn the Township of Clarke towards the cost of building the new Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville. We ask you to support the grant which is a modest one in view of the need of a larger hospital and the use made of it by the residents of Clarke Township. Over 16 per cent of the patients adrnitted to the Bowmanville Hospital during the past year have corne frorn your Township. Bowmanville with Iess than 50 per cent of the patients to the hospital has made a grant of $100,- 000 towards the new building. Your share on this basis would be over $32,000; we are only asking you for the modest surn of $8,000. We feel sure that the residents of the-Township of Clarke wilIi ppreciate; their duty and support the by-law. W. ail understand that while the present building i. large enough to accommodate the Bowrnanville resi- dents, it iseflot nearly large enough to give proper service to the whole district. The need for the new hospitailes great. Give it YOUR support. We urge you not only to get out and vote for theo by-law but see that your n.ighbor gets out te support It aiso. THU' JRSDAY, DEC. 5th, 1946 PAGE iwrb ir