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PAGE 1'WO Eutablished 1854 With which Is Incorporated The Bowînanvilie News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News 93 Years Contlnuous Service to The Town of Bowmanvilie and Durham County. Authorlzed as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Member Audit Bureau Canadian Weekly Newspapers Z Association SUBSCRIPTON RATES $2.50 a Year, strictly ln advance. $300 a Year ln the United States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor Canadian Towns Concerned With Imminent World Decisions In March and April Canadian government representatives will sit around a table in Europe with negotiators from sixteen other nations. They will make decisions which will affect em- ployment and world trade for many years. These meetings will be held thousands of miles away from Canada in an atmosphere heavy with the clash of gigantic interests. In such an environ- ment, it is possible that matters of prime im- portance to many small towns and villages in Canada may be overlooked. Numerous small municipalities in Canada, which perform the important function of serving the people in the surrounding rural areas as social and trading centres, depend for their existence and growth on the pay-roll and taxes provided by local manufacturing industries. To live, these industries must flot only compete successfully with industries in other towns op- erating under Canadian conditions, but must also compete with goods made in other countries under conditions entirely different to those existing in Canada. Mayors and civic officiais weil know that it is not the workers in other countries, making goods to be shipped into and sold in Canada, who wear out the doorsteps of our local re- tailers, subscribe to the local newspaper, queue up at local movies, live in houses buiît by local bricklayers and carpenters, or cail in the local doctor to ensure happy landings for new Can- edians. It is gainfully employed Canadians who ensure the activity of Canadian towns. Bowmanville has industries which may be affected by decisions made at the international trade conferences. No doubt the manufacturers have already put their views on trading agree- ments and tariffs before Ottawa. However, our Town Council seized with the importance of this gathering in Europe passed a resolution at its inaugural meeting to be forwarded to the Min- ister of Finance telling him how important our industries are to Bowmanville and.its citizens, and asked that great care be taken that no agreements be reached which will reduce the employment potential of our local industries. Man lives in a community where he can earn his daily bread and that of his children. When this is no longer possible he moves elsewhere. What applies to Bowmanville undoubtedly applies to other similarly situated municipalities in Canada. For example, Canada's textile in- dustry operates 617 manufacturing establish- ments in 183 villages, towns and cities. It is essentially a small-town, small unit industry. If it should be adversely affected by decisions made at meetings in Europe, these municipalities for years to corne will be adversely affected. It would appear that other civic officiais through- out Canada should take immediate action be- cause communities and industries must live to- gether, one is dependent on the other, both have common interests. Featuring Bad News is Morally Unsound Policy Canadian Science Monitor, whose vast circula- tion and influence has penetrated most of the countries o! the globe. Ail of which sums up to the conclusion that the public can be fully accommodated without resort to the expediency of the «"depressive." Dealing with this comparatively modern treatment of news a speaker at a weekly press convention pointed out that a featured crime in Montreal that was highlighted in the daily press led to three other crimes of like nature within the space of a week. Canadian dailies have been prone to follow the "yellow journalism" of the U.S.A. i this respect. It is a deplorable devel- opment which wifl not be followed by the weeklies. The speaker at the Rotary Club made & point in hMs observations which is generally knowfl. Whether it wUll register on the public consciousness Is a matter o! doubt. If the voice of the weeklies has any influence it will be found in1 accord with his observations. Col. R. S. McLaughlln I-onored As First Citizen A delegation o! men prominent in affairs in the City of Oshawa took occasion New Year's Day te caîl at Parkwood and tender congrat- ulations ta Col. R. S. (Sam) McLaughlin, on having eached his 75th birthday. In bringing greetings ta both Mr. and Mms. McLaughlin, they brought an iiluminated, leather-bound book with a scmoll containing signatures of some 200 eitizens who acclaimed Mm. McLaughlin as Oshawa's first citizen. The stamy is gaphîcally told in a recent issue of the Oshawa Times- Gazette. The pictures include anc of Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin admiring a cartoon by Jimmy Frise depicting Sam's career. It is a clever pro- duction. The cartoon partrays Sam in bcd waftcd away in deams of the past. An inset shows hlm on a high-whecl bike camying a bouquet hcading in the direction o! his sweethcart's home, naw Mms. McLaughlin. The early factomy at Enniskillen, the later factories at Oshawa of McLaughlin's and Genemal Motors arc shown. Sa too the intemcsts o! Sam in fishing, hunting, curling, his fine Camp Samac for Boy Scouts and the cups won in the King's Plate. It is the epitome o! a busy public spirîtcd successful life. In nesponding to this gesture of fellow cit- izens Mr. McLaughlin said he had built his home in Oshawa in a. district he could neyer leave and when called he only then would say adieu to Parkwood and the city and district he loved. The entire community of Darlington and Durham County will wish ta join in tribute ta the 75th birthday of Mm. McLaughlin for it was heme he was born. With his revered father the late Robent McLaughlin and his brother, the late George McLaughlin, their gcnius brought immense benefits ta this district and ta Canada. Over many years Sam McLaughlin has been a first citizen and a loyal friend in the estcem ,of the editor o! The Statesman. Wc too, sincerely extend, many happy returns of the day. Clarence Oharters Goes to Ottawa To Direct Public Relations of Party The wcekly press o! Canada is not only honored but assumes an added distinction in national affairs in the recent appointment of Clarence V. Charters o! the Brampton Conser- vator as Director of Public Relations for the Progressive Conservative Party. In taking up his new duties at Ottawa, Mm. Charters carnies with him a background o! outstanding executive experience and a wide knowiedge of Canadian affairs. For the past 111/2 years he has been Managing Director of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and during that timne has travelied constantly across the entire coun- try, with frequent trips to the U.S.A. and was a press delegate overseas during wartime. In another column appears a news release tclling of his appointment. Mr. Charters also has the advantage o! being familiar with politi- cal history for he is son of the late Sam Char- ters, for 23 years a member of the House o! Commons. During his tenure with the C.W.N.A., the weeklies have taken on a new intencst and influence in national affains and their editorials have admittediy aroused greater public concern with the questions of the day. Mm. Charters has had much ta do with this advanced outlook. Hence his new appointment is expected ta lead ta continued and widened interest in political affairs throughout the press o! Canada by in- forming the public. Comment on the appointment o! Mr. Char- ters is that the national leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, Hon. John Bracken, a prac- tical farmer himsel!, has chosen wîsely in select- ing Mm. Charters, who with a lifetime association in newspaper work, will be enabled ta assemble the views o! more than six million ural readers most of them farmers who are striving for the objective announccd by Mr. Brackcn when ap- pointed leader, "Equality for Agriculture." In congratulating Mr. Charters on his appointment we feel assured that the task accordcd hlm is in good hands. Message to Canadian Women by Byrne Hope Sanders,-CBE honor, CBE, for a truly magnificent public ser- vice. Now hem talents are immediately turned ta cnlisting women and youth ta accept espon- Eibility and leadership within Canada's greatly enlamgcd world status. If we may be permitted a small-town voice in welcoming Byrne Hope Sanders bark ta the realm o! journalismn we- should propose her named as the First Woman o! Capada. She has earned that distinction. While scmving for a period with the Ration Admiinis- tration we came to know Mrs. Sanders persan- ally and leamned of the great service she ren- demed ahl the people from coast ta caast. The manvel was how she caried on with such poise and discernmcnt, an able executive with an ever-rcady smile. It must be a great relief ta be home again. Personally we feei as happy as hem associates on Chatelaine and t-he entire staff o! Maclean-Hunter that she can now sPend evenings with her family. THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVICLLE, ONTARIO NE3W APPOUITKNT1 C. V. Charters Hon. John Bracken, leader of the Pregressive Consenvative Party, has announced the appoint- ment o! C. V. Charters o! Bramp- ton as Director o! Public Relations fone the Progressive Conservative Party. Mm., Charters wilh assume his duties at Ottawa at once. Geoffrey Heweicke, who has been editor o! the panty news- pâ*ier "Public Opinion" for the past fcw months, wiii be associ- ated with Mm. Charters in public relations wank and will remain as editor o! "Public Opinion." Clarence V. Charters is probab- ly anc o! the best known news- papermen in Canada. He is cen- tainly known ta evcry wcekly newspaper editor in this country because until September o! hst yean hc was managing directon o! the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. He was associated with this organization for aven 15 yeans as a director and for the last h11/2 years was managing dir- ector. During this latter period he built up membenship from 237 ta 611; naised the income of the as- sociation fnom $3,058 ta $13,322 annually, and made hundreds of ncw friends for himself while he naised the prestige o! the ongan- ization. "Printer and Publishen" ecent- ly stated that the better newspa- pers and the betten printing in Canada's weekly newspapcrs in the past few years are langely at- tributed ta his ceaseless efforts ta hclp and improve the wcekly press o! this country. Clarence Charters was born in Brampton, in January 1892, son o! the late Sam Charters, publish- cm o! the Brampton Consenvator. He was educateci in Brampton public and high schools and at the age o! 14 went ta work as a "prin- tcr's dcvii" in his fathen's plant. He became secnetany and man- ager o! the Charters Publishing Ca. Ltd., when it was incorpar- ated in 1919 and president when his fathen diedi three years ago. He retincd fmom the C.W.N.A. in- tcnding ta take a more active part in his own 'busincss. Besides his association with the C.W.N.A. he has been honorcd by the Newspaper Association Managers of America whose head he was during the past year. Whiic Canada was at war, and while his two sens served avenr- seas, he was active not oniy in community wan work, but on the Canadian Publishers' War Fin- ance Committce which had charge o! ail adventising and publishing fan the Victory Loans. For thne ycars he was executive assistant ta the Printing and Publishing Administrator o! the W.P.T.B. In 1942 he reprcsentcd the Can- adian Weekly Press in a tour ovenscas. He is an Anglican; a past pres- ident o! the Lions' Service Club, a memben of the Ad.vetising and Sales Club, Toronto. In politics Mn. Charters has ai- ways been a Conservative, and a supporter a! Peel County's two sitting membes-Gordon Gray- don and Hon. T. L. Kennedy. His father representcd Peel in the Ontario Legisiatune from 1908 ta 1913, whcn he retircd. In 1917 he was chosen as Union Govern- ment candidate and neprcsented his canstituency in the House o! Commons from that ycan until 1935 whcn he rctired. He was Consenvative Whip under Hon. Arthur Meighen and latcr under Hon. R. B. Bennett. To his new post Mr Charters will bring nat only a great news- papen and organizing background, but a keen interest in and know- iedge o! politics. Golden Wedding MR. AND MES. PETER MARTIN Mm. and Mrs. Peter Martin, for- mer residents o! Bowmanvillc, who have been nesidling in Tom- onto for some time, were tendered a surprise party and presentation on Satunday evening at the home o! Mrs. James Thompson, 145 Chamberlain St., Toronto, on their fiftieth wedding annivensary. Mr. and Mns. Martin were in- vited ta spend the evening at Mrs. Thompson's and soon after their arrivai friends from Bow- manville and Tomante gatheredti t congratulate them on fifty yeans o! mamn:ed life. I4any neighbors from Toronto calied, also their nephcws and nieces in the city, Mm. and Mns. Jim Martin, Mm. and Mrs. Gardon Martin, Mm. and Mrs. John Brichai and Miss Phyllis Martin. Ficnds present fram Bowmanville were Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Martin, Mn. and Mrs. George Pumdy, Mr. James Martin andi Mrs. E. Moore. A purse o! money was present- cd ta Mn. and Mrs. Martin ta mark this auspiciaus occasion and many happy speeches o! fel- icitation and best wishes were ex- pressed ta them. Dancing, the singing o! favorite sangs andi playing varieus games featured a very enjoyable evening which concludeti with a bounteous lunch appropriate to the occasion and the singing of "For They Are Jolly Good Fellows." Duiduam Fedieration. Piano Annual Meeting At Bowmanville, Feb. 6 Durham County Fedemation o! Agriculture met in the council chambers, Newcastle, on January 2nd. Attendance was small due ,ta bad noads. Only necessary bus- iness was tansactcd, election of officers fan 1947, bcing lct over untîl February. Theme were two interesting re- ports made; one referring ta the scheme for calfhood vaccination. The suggestion had been made that in co-opemation with the County Agricultumal Committee Cartwright. and Hope township should be completely organized. A !uthen meeting will be held ta complete plans. If this works out satisfactomily, the County Fed- cration hopes ta caver the wholc county. Thé other report deait with the meinstating e! accncdited herds throughout the county. The ne- quest is being made that thîs be donc as soon as possible. Several resolutions wcrc ne- ceived from other counties ask- ing support at annuai meeting. Wellington County is asking that a bonus ef $2.00 be allowed~ for each fox killcd. Durham agreed in principle but suggested- that the bonus be paid te anyone and that it should be province widc. Duf- ferin caunty is asking that a Po- tata Preducers' Association lie formed, and Dumham is pnepared te endorse this action. Huron county wants daylight saving ta be aboiished,, but Durham decid- cd that no action be taken. Prince Edward wants more drastic ieg- isiation me the haif miii levy but Durham county is' satisfied with the legisiation as it stands. The secretary was asked ta no- tify ail forums that a report must be made me delegates ta the Short Courses before the Federation grant can 'be aliowed. This ne- port should be sent ta cither the secretary or treasurer. The following were appointcd delegates ta the provincial con- vention in Toronto: W. Bannister, A. Hendry, G. Rickard and J. J. Mellor. Next meeting will be held in E. A. Summens' office, Bowmanville, on Thursday, Feb. 6th at 8 p.m. The election of officers for 1947 will be heid and a lunch served. What Should the World Fedieration Do ? (By Ruth I. McKenzie o! the National Farm Radio Forum) For twenty years the workens o! the wold have had an inter- national organization whosc main cancern is ta obtain better condi- tions for wonking men, women and chiidnen. The International Labor Onganization was formed at the demand o! onganizcd wonkers a!tcn Wonld War I. Only since last May have farmers had a com- parable onganization in the Inter- national Federation o! Agnicul- tural Producens (IFAP). IFAP came inte being in Lon- don, May 1946, at a conference at- tended by representatives from 31 nations. The Canadian delega- tion consistcd o! il men from farm organizations in ail parts a! Canada and was led by H. H. Hannam, Pnesidnet of the Cana- dian Federation of Agriculture. Unlike the International Labour Organization which is financcd by governments but democnatically controlled by representatives o! emnployers' and wonkers' onganiz- atiens as well as o! govemnments, IFAP is bath financed and con- trolled by !arm organizations and has fia cennection with govern- ments. As such it. has fia power ta pass laws or neguhations a!- fecting the countries o! its mcm- bers. How then, wiii it wonk? The chie! function o! IFAP will be ta advise and assist the Food and Agriculture Organiza- tion o! the United Nations, which represents the governments o! its member nations. IFAP will be the link betwcen the farmens o! the world and FAO in much the same way as the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is the iink between the Canadian farmen and the Do- minion government. An important aim o! IFAF is ta promote the wehfame of farmers and ta asure them faim andi stable pnices for thein products. IFAP believes that by helping farmens ta improve thein mcthods o! pro- duction, pnocessing and marketing it will aise be helping ta bring about a more equitabie distribu- tion o! food for the people o! the womld. The work o! IFAP is ta be dis- cussed in National Farm Radia Forum on January 13, 1947, under the topic, "What Sheuld the World Federation Do?" Haydon We weicomc Margot Rankinet aur public school. Mrs. Cecii Sieman is with hE parents, Mn. and Mrs. H. Brop] ing, Port Britain. Mrs. Edigar Wright and fanr ily, Mns. Don Carr and Canolyz Enniskillen, at Mr. A. Beech's. Mn. and Mrs. Bill Stevens, c Bewmanviile, at Mm. Fran Moone's. New Ycar's Visitons: Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Mountjoya Mrs. J. E. Elliott's, Bowmanvill( Milton, Lloyd andi Gardon Sle mon at Mns. C. John's, Hamptor Mm. and Mrs. Sulas Tmcwin, Mi and Mrs. Clifford Tmewin, Mi Jim Martyn, Miss Clame Trewir Bowmanville, Miss Verna/Trewir Oshawa, at Mr. W. Trcwin's. Mm. and Mrs. A. Beech ang Lloyd at Mn. Cecii Rahm's, Ur ion. Mn. and Mrs. Frank Moore ani Bifly at Mn. Bill Stevens, Bow manville. Mm. and Mrs. Louis Ashton an( familyý Tomante, at Mm. H. AsIi ton's. Forturiately for seiaus minds,a bias recognized 19 a bias steriliz- ed.-A Eustace Haydon.1 's RSDYJA. , 9- THURSDAY, JAN. 9th, 1947 ln the. Edtor's Mail To the Editor o! The Statesm-an: After eading the report of the Bowmanville Fire Dept. appear- ing in your paper on Dec. 24th, I feel that it is most mislcadîng to the citizens of Bowmanville. Be- ing a fieman mysel! and realiz- ing that the citizens of Bowman- ville shouid understand the equip- ment and personnel of the Pire Dept. may I correct the foliowing statements appearing in the re- port: 1. Ahl firemen do not have al- arms in their homes, there being five without alarms, and four of the five are without telephones and are depending entirely on the siren at the Fire Hall. 2. There is no one on duty at the Fire Hall day or night and when an alarm is turncd in, fire- men have anywheme from one block to thme-quarters of a mile to go 'before reaching the hall. 3. Instead of having 3,000 feet of hose as reported which is the ameunt usually carried wc only have 2,450- feet, bcing 550 feet short at the present time, as for the 250 feet of 1%½ inch hase this is something wc have neyer had. 4. The hig'h-powered detachable electric search light is another item we do net have. The only lights being the ardinary firemen's electric lanterns which we have had for the past four years. 5. The new aluminum laddems refemred te, worth $1,000 and. long enough ta reach the top of any building in tawn, is most ni- diculous. We received twa alum- inum ladders with the R.C.A.F. fine truck, one 14 feet long and one 24 feet long se anyone can sec that a 24 foot ladder will not reach the caves trough an many of our houses in town let alone the top of the highest building in town. As for the cost of $1,000 the two ladders new cost approx- imately $500. 6. With reference ta the first aid work and use of the inhalator, there are no special classes as mentioned. About three years ago when the inhalator was purchas- for the past year or mare it has been droppcd completely, se any- one can readily see we are not trained in the uine of work. 7. Firemen do net receive an honorarium of $25 for 25 years of service and firemen do net me- ceive fowl for Christmas. In fairness to the firemen, the citizens of Bowmanville should cieariy understand just what ta expect of the firemen, as there are stili improvements -ta be made an*d equipment taebe added ta ring the Fire Dept. up ta its peak of cfficiency as reported in The Statesman. Yours sincerely, Walter Hately, Fireman in charge of truck. Editor's Note: The repert on the Bowmanville. Fire Department which recently appeared in The YOUR EYES fiS ION By C. H. TUCK opt. Eyesight Spcciaiist Disney Bidg. <Opp. P.O.) Oshawa, Phone 1516 ANY TASK INVOLVES VISION Ail we learn, ail we know, is influenced directly or indirectiy by the eyes. Thiftk of thîs as ap- plied ta school children. Modemn methods of eye examination and correction make it passible for more people today ta enjoy vision than ever before. When your eyes trouble you consuit your Optometrist. You will be shown the way ta preserve or conserve your vision. 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