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PAGE TWELVE-.-- -- ----- THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PASI Prom 1%e Stateamma Vile TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO played for dancing. March 9, 1922 An interesting program was presented at the High School by Durham Old Guards with wives Gwendolyn Williams, Janey Mas- and friends numbering about 125, on, Florence Morris, Muriel Dech enjoyed a banquet and social ev- and Gladys Jackson. ening in the Wingfoot Hall. A The marriage o! Florence Edna fine program included duets by Morris and George Wesley Gar- MisSeweil and Miss Thickson; ner was held at her mother's Novelda and Leland 'Berry; a home, Mrs. D. L. Morris, Horsey trio by Edna, Ainion and Her- St. Attendants were.Miss Evelyn bert Fletcher; recitations by W. Joness and Goldwin H. Anderson. J. Berry. Morrison's orchestra1 Fire Chie! William Edgen read rW an Borrow $20 to $1000 for almost any worthwhile purpose, without endorsers or bankable security. And take 12 or 15 months to repay. Or even 20 or 24 months on loans of larger amounts. Here's ail you do to borrow. Just phone or visit the Household branch office nearest you. Tell us the amount you need and how long you want to take to repay. Your money can be ready- usually the same day you apply. Use Household Finance's prompt and friendly money service whenever you need money. No other company in your community offers lower rates for this type of service. 15 Simce Street South (over Kresge's) Phone Oshawa 3601 OSHAWA, ONT. Hoa9te 5 or b, appont.e - Loans mode to former# and r.sidents of nerbY #owUS KUCI m 9 rasOe £, I NANC Fe'-~i!!k4. "cK" 'y1" EA! - [4 L a report to Council stating lire loss for year was very small, Stephenson Question$ ance companies. Requested rub- Rural Mail Carriers ber hats and mitts for firemen, ____ 200 ft. of hose and installation of We hri tpesn .. seveal ydrats.Durham County, took up person- Strong representation was made ally with the Postmaster Gener- for Hoskin Park and the Wil- ai the question of a better deal Sliams' property to be converted for rural mail carriers, it led to a ïinto a recreational park. general debate in the House, last- Chamber of Commerce exec- ing two days. Hon. Mr. Bertrand 1utive is divided into two teams acLmitted that thousands of car- for a memnbership campaign, un-~ riers had flot received, a wartime der A. M. Hardy and R. E. Wil- bonus and were not told about it son as captainfl. by the goverfiment. Speaking in 9 Honor Roll for Februairy at the House, Feb, 21, Hansard quotes the Central School, Sr. IV Lucy Durham's mem-ber as follows: Oliver, Bernard Mitchell and Ru'by Hallman. Jr. IV Doreen. Mr: Stephenson: It has come out Battle, Annme Taylor, Dick Wid- in this discussion that there were decombe, Gladys Hooey, Harvey about 14,000 mail contracts and Brooks, Annie Cartwright, Ruby that in '1941 or 1942 representa- Wîtheridge, Lillian Sutton, Earl tions were made to the govern- Manners and Edward Rundle. ment by some of the contractorsi HighSchol tem wis sheldthat they could flot carry out their in the Central Inter-Collegiatedtisefcntywhutom Hockey League. Players were kind of bonus, and so the govern- S. JmesArmsrong Somrvile, ent passed an order in council Fr as, rtrog, Poe, Hllgiving authority to pay -the bonus. and Oliver. Referee, Frank Wil- The Minister of Labour apparent- liams. ly has been tryîng to prornote har- Dr. . C. Devitt is re-elected monious labour relations in thisi President of the District Foot- country, and we find, another de- ball Association. partment of government taking A delightful musical was held authority to pay a bonus to the1 at the home of Mrs. (Dr.) John rural mail drivers and yet not ad- 1 Spencer >and proceeds of $90.0() vising them that they were goingg was presented to Bowmanville to pay such a bonus. I cannota Hospital.Anio imgaine any Company deciding to 1 Thomas Ansno behaif of give an increase to its employees I' friends at the Goodyear Club and then hiding that fact so that Hotel made a presentation to Mr. only those who heard about it andv and rs.JohnA. unn n teicame7 forward to, daim the in- 'l ad rsg.JonAGunothr crease would geit it. The govern- n Mis JenieMechat rceiesment should set an example in fi hîsshestbnoin musian cle satgood labour relations, and when c hiety Lad imuieseg atthey realized that more money E hTyoneWs. hve ares should 'be paid to the rural mail s4 etationefor M. . E.aempens drivers, was it not only right that h~ enttio fo Mr. A E.Cleensthey should have informed the mi who is leaving the community.- rural mail drivers that a bonus lE Mrs. 'Samuel Hooper passed a- a obpid Thn ayteý way.Farer' Clu ha anen-bonus to ail alike. Apparently 4,- B joyable social evening. 000 of these rural mail drivers re- R Burketon:-Honor Roll, Sr. IV ceived the bonus. What about w Florence Avery Willie Hudson the other fellows who did not bi and Herbert Waterhouse.-Miss know about the bonus and did oi E. M. Werry addressed the C.G. ntgtî?I ttolt od n-t [.T. who meet each Monday. fltigetatbosut tool Arte oy- t]r Solina:-L. T. Pascoe moves to otîgot them? Aue nrelythey uti Hiampton and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac houe of he pitu eie ndThey , Hardy take over his farm.--S. E. te have given athul srviceandof h Werr, A L.Pasce ad Tos-bonus. Surely to goodness, if we Sý Baker are elected trustees of Sol- are striving for good labour rela- cc CourtHael.MScmpeene tions in this country, the first one gi iuiHcey tea. mpee nosneto set an example should be the w quils.-Hckeyteamenjos angovernment itself in treating isl oyster supper at Clarence Pen- empîoyees fairly. I cannot un- di Eondiskiln rsb derstand why a notice was not te Ehrc ndiln Pebtra sent out to ahl the mail drivers P( Chr B n property are sold to that the government was going to wl Mr urgmaster. pay a 'bonus. What is to be done isl about those who did not get it? of FIFTY VEARS AGO Mr. Bertrand (Laurier): They w« Marh 1, 197will get something in the future if Pl March 1, 1897the circumstances justify the in 'Victoria Hockey Club of Win- granting of a bonus in their par- fri ipeg erected a memorial in ticular cases. Theire is no proof Of Bowmanville cemetery to their whatsoever that some con-tractors W. Dmrade Fred T. Hîgginbotham, who deserved the bonus did flot ga )ne of the best hockey players get it because they were not )f his day. E. R. Bounsail wilî aware of its existence. When 4,- ýrect the monument. 000 got the bonus, people gener- Miss Alicia Simpson, youngest ally hear about these matters. ME laughter of the late Hon. John Mr. Stephenson: But does it flot flij ;mpson, was married to, Wm. J. seern reasonable that ail the mail ter 'Hara, son of Henry O'Hara of drivers should have been noti-- oronto. fiedi? It is the principle I arn talk- S.O.E. Lodge held a successful ing about. I think it would have 'At Home." Piano solos by Miss been only fair to notify ail the lorence Tilley, Miss Annie Aluin, mail drivers that a bonus would [iss Millie Grigg end Arthur Cor- be paid. The Postmaster General ish; guitai- music by Master Ce- says that a bonus is to be paid in -il Osborne; clarinette music by the future if the circumstances [aster Tommy Browtn; Apollo justifY it. I should like to know tarp and guitar music by F. C. if any consideration will be given lethick and Frank Tapson; read- in the way of extra payment to ngs by F. R. Foley, E. J. Hart those rural mail drivers who, ow- nd Miss A. M. Haynes; vocal so- ing to 'bad weather in the winter :s by Misses Nellie Saunders, and, to mruddy roadsin the spring, fosetta James and W. L. Hunter. cannot cover their route by the Rev. J. H. Barnett was inducted ordinary road but go a certain spastor at Trinity Congregation- distance and then have to retrace 1Church. Special choir music their steps and complete their icharge of E. S. Meath, director, round by another road. Is there id Miss Emma Brown, organist. to be any extra pay for that extra Miss Ena Trebîlcock is taking a driving? ecial music course at Ontario e Mr. Bertrand (Laurier): In cas- adies' College, Whitby. esof that kind we pay an lionor- Mrs. R. Cherry went to Schen- arium after we have ascertained ýtady, N.Y., to be with her ail the facts, and found that the ughter Carnie, who is seriousîy drivers have to do quite a lot of 1. ~work which they did, not con-tem- Mrý. T. Hoar and Mrs. S. Mason, plate when the contract was sign- Sbehaîf of the W.C.T.U. present- ed. 1Mr. W. Hyslop with a comrfort- Mn. Stephenson: Again I ask, )le arn cair.have the mail drivers been noti- Mv. J. A. James attended the fied that they wiil be paid this ex- rnugunal ceremonies for Presi- tra amount for extra driving dur- nt W. McKinley, in Washing- ing the badi weather and road î, D.C.conditions, or is this just another -,D.CB. cs hr nytoewok orow's house was destroyed by lE STATESMAN NOW SOLD ATe. THESE STORES ?castle: J.S. Dyer Drug Store., ripton: G. A.Barron & Son. RUSua T1 W vT ,skillen-T. M. Slernon & Son kstock: H. T. Sayweil. ;tleton: J. G. Thompson. ' ~.~PN itypool: J. Crowley.XIO I vtonville: W. C. Lane & Co. me: F. L. Byam. 'mnanville: W. J. Berry, J. W Jewell, Jury & Lovell, W. J it beat and tub in Bagnell, Statesman Office. uikelief you get =iuefat-drying, no etr<rng or unpleàsant cctoe LARGE )47 wages and materials wiîî Gt ouetoa;6e5CCNOIA 1the C. N. R. $1000,0 15-46 tbny 'than the 1939 rates. Canada needs an a1l-out, effort to avoid inflation and win an econ- omic war, the comxnunists are the real p;,ofteers." Music H~ampton AAson's o! the Ted Kersey, Hamilton, was at be pnt home. therc Mrs. W. Nichols and Mrs. Wal- sisted ter Snider, Courtice, at Jack and Sun( J. R. Reynolds'. well- Mr. and Mrs. Merwin Cryder- storm: man, Joan and Grant, and Mrs. sof Ettie Hastings, Oshawa, visited on.i mi Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cryderman. anied Miss Pearl Gilbert, R.N., and roads Miss Eleanor Boyes, R.N., Toron- Bis to, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bw Geo. Gilbert. rla -Mr. Fred Ellis, Enniskillen, at home. A. E. Billett's.hoe Ms. W. Rackham, Manilla, vis- Miss ited Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hogarth. onto. Mr. and Ms. Geo. Edger, Mr. Nishi and Mrs. Garnet Tubbs and sonichol Courtièe, Mr. and Mrs. Bloyd Wil-' Cherry cox at H. Wilcox's. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Wray, Mrs. J. Oshawa, at T. Wray's. Bruo Misses Betty Knox and Janet Chatte: Sniden, Toronto, at J. R. Knox's Mr.E M. and. Mrs. Percy Aluin, Osh- Mrs. J. awa, at Mrs. Cora Allin's. onto. Misses Jean Keetch and Ethel - Gilbert were at home. Sunday, March 2i3rd wihll be Our lnsui Church Thankoffening services. Warui Rev. Donevan Jones, Albert St. Ti UJnited Chunch, Oshawa, will be Td guest preacher in the aftennoon and Rev. J. E. Griffi-th, Trinity At tl Ulnited Chunch, Bowmanviîie, at Confed( ;he evening service. Presidei A number o! Presbyteny Unions the dan were entertained by Hampton inflatioi Y"oung 'People's Union on Fniday cost o! night. 'Membens were present in Canz nrom Ebenezer, Solina and Tyn- lem des, one, and were welcomed by the by ail Hampton president, Audrey Ken- solution ey. The worship service was oun stai held in the chunch auditorium, and reverse. vas conducted from the back gai- "deliber lery with dimmed, lights. Those ificial ri baking part were Madlyn Wilcox, rate o! Bertha Armour, Eileen Wray and a probl Rev. E. S. Linstead. Steven Say- savings well of Oshawa pnesented a nurn- was whý ber« o! interesting lantenn slidés a year :f Oak Lake Summer camp with regret ti 2e script b'eing prepared and Nova S .ead by Jim Young, Oshawa. A o! the vi umben o! beautifully illustnateci pantmen iymns were sung throughout. Ap- es, mak neciation was expnessed to Mr. life insu Saywell and Mn. Young. At the Speak moclusion o! this part o! the pro- expansi( ,rami ail gathered in the basement during1 'hene Miss Glenna Wilson, Con- major re rence Recreational Leader con- sistence lucted a period o! recrea-tion a!- tany sti er which the Hampton Young "Fromc "eopie senved a dainty lunch, "linflatioi vhich was carried, out with "Ir- ada's ec( sh Shamrock" decorations. A vote active1 ýthanks to the Hampton Union same ini as expressed by Rev. Yardley o! dangg fCourtice on behaîf o! the visit- ail." He g young people. Ail joined in a o! dimini riendship circle for the singing new pur f"Blest Be The Tie That Binds," createda 7hich concluded the enjoyable the pubi athering. o! inflat statistics (Intended for Last Week) annual ni The dance sponsored by the iy halte( len's Bowling Club on Friday fean o! ight at the school was well at- Canada. rided and, a jolly time was spent.1 even the was provided by Ruth Wil- surance company's president, Variety Band though some when commenting upon its in- ýe members were unable to cneased volume o! new business; 'sent owing to noad and wea- for temporarily at least the sales conditions. They were as- o! life insurance are made easier by Alec Stackaruk. by the same pnocess o! inflation iday services wee faily whih is endangering our econ- attended considening the omic future. ty day, when a veny heavy C. D. Devlin, general manager, fal continued ail day and noted that during 1946, its 751h :o the night, later accomp- year, Confederation Life wrote by high Vyinds filling the more than $ 100,000,000 o! new with drifts. business, and passed the $700,000,- ýRuby Clatworthy, R.N., o! 000 mark for total business in ,anville, with Mns. Lorenzo force. In the past 10 years busi- and Mrs. Lewis Truli. - ness in fonce has increased by ,mond Petit, Hamilton, at approkimately 75 per cent. Pay- ments to policyowners and bene- sJean Balson was in Ton- ficiaries during the year, includ- ing dividends o! $1,956,796, total- sDora Purdon, Port M- led $15,196.080. 1Miss Margaret Purdon, o! ywood, and Miss Elizabeth COMMU ISTrS ARE Hamilton, with Mn. and PROFIETEERS Purdon.4 'e Caverly with George "Thene were few on no profit- rton, Oshawa. eens in Canada duning the war," and Mns. Ken Caverly and The Financial Post observes edi- rR. Reynolds wene in Ton- toriaîîy. "But with the wan oven, ýrance President us Dangers Riding of Inflation he 75th annual meeting o! leation Life Association, ent V. R. Smith warned o! igers o! niding the tide o! )n. "The level at which the fliving will be stabilized lada is," he said, "a prob- serving veny close attention Canadians, for upon its ndepends the stability of indand o! living - on the ." He added that the 'ate, progressive and art- reduction in the long-term interest" was stili as gneat lem for trustees o! the ;o! insuned pensons as it .en he protested against it ago. He also expnessed that, with the exception o! 3cotia, present negulations 'arious succession duty de- nts were, in many instanc- king il impossible to pay inance dlaims pnomptly. king o! the unparallelied [n in sales o! hife insurance 1946, Mn. Smith said one ssason for this was the per- o! inflation in the mone- 'uctune o! the dominion. one standpoint," he said, :n is a stimulus to Can- onomy, making for more business now; but this iflation is potentially fuill ,ens to the future o! us esaid he couid see no sign ution in the rate at which irchasing power is being and put aI the disposai o! lic. "Not until the process tion (illustnated by the in the Bank o! Canada's .epont) has been effective- ad, wiil the widespnead rising pnices abate in This fact must temper erejoicing o! a life in- ana Canadian industry striving to win awir place in world trade throug! production o! quality goods at lowest cost, a new type o! profiteer has emenged" The Post adds. "This is the commu- nist agitator, who seeks to dom- mrate the ranks o! labor. By var- ious methods he is tnying to push, above the bounds of common sense and sound economics, wage demands o! the men who unwit- tingly follow him. The commun- ist knows that if he can push those demands high enough, the Canadian economy will begin, to crack-and in those cracks he can drive further the wedges of 'Communism. At a time when Ti-e ASPHALT TULE To combine beauty With endurance for a lifetime foor Laid and Finished Complet. by Expert. Workmen Bromley & Son Phono 653 SALES OFFICE Sheppard & G11i Lumber Co. Limited 96 King t. E. Phono 715 ONTA4RIO 9S progress and proeperity are directly dependent on ber ability to produce goode in sufficient volume to meet domestic needs and the demanda of world markets. Neyer before bas the demand for the producte of Ontario's great induatrial plants, ber farms, mines and forests been s0 great. Production must be increà8ed . .. and that requirea akilled hands ..skilled bande for plant expanion ... ski.led bands for industrial operation ... skilled banda to provide homes for Ontario workere. And bigber wagea, job security, better working conditions are witbin eaeier reacb of tbose who bave mastered a skilled occupation. Today, tbrough the plan sponsored by tbe Department of Veterans' Affaira and other agencies, bundreda of young workers are being trained to meet tbe building needs of tbis province. Graduates of these rebabilitation courses are now ready to take tbeir places in Ontario's industry. Available to you are veterans, well started on tbe road 10, skilled building trades such as hricklaying, plastering, plumbing, steam-fitting and carpentry. Seek tbem out with confidence. Tbey are your future craftsmen. ............ .e s CAUPENTRY The Carpentry Course gives the student a: basic knowledge in both practice and tbeory.: H ia training ranges from hench work and the care of tools to the banging of doors and the laying o! flooring. Available at al achools,: :this course is the equivalent o! third ycar :apprenticesbip. Vocational training courses are offered al training oenires Iocated - in the following cities and totos TH in Ontario: Toronto, London. Hlamilton, Kitchener, Windsor, BREWI Ft. William, Brockvijle, Prescott,: INDIS?' Kingston, North Bay, Ottawa,: 10 Guelph, Kemptville, Haiieybury. ONTARIO ee*e....ee.......a *. ... Published by THE BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) 'I * ii~ THUI BALY'S TEA ....... . . . . . . . 'fflDA)e, M-ARCH 1-3th, 1947 Tex LEARNING TO BUILD