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r %.n ;cDurhani County's f3,çatamiy Journal" VOLUME 96 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, TAURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 1950. 6c PER COPY Flelpless Orono Citizens Watch Renovated Church Burn It was a pitiful scene in Orono on Sunday afternoon above can be seen the extent of the f ire early in the after- when the recently renovated Park Street United Church noon. At right are members of the church removing the was completely gutted by fire. As soon as the f ire was nw stained gaswnosfo h eetyeetdvsi noticed the Orono brigade was called, but the conflagration nue e glass wndlo saom therecenlyerected vesti already was beyond control, and even with the help of the bue Soedrswealoavduthssensnla hastily sumrnoned Newcastle f ire fighters nothing could be Imeagre amount to replace the $14.000 spent in renovating done but protect the clapboard parsonage imrnediately to the building last summer. Already donations are starting the south of the Church. Water from a nearby cistern soon to corne in for the reconstruction of the church - your help gave out and the ice crusted firernen finally had to resort will be gratefully appreciated. The building *was partially to the town creek for a source of water. In the picturè covered with insurance. -Photo by Hugh McDonald Orono United Church Gutted In Tragic Fle,Ou Sunday After CompleteRenovation The Park Street U ni t ed Newcastle formed a layer of ice Church structure reached the1 more than one inch thick on the end of its 87 year if e span at ide of the clapboard building. Orono ast Sunday when the Pasngin ane entire interior crumbled ln a asnginD ge mass of flaming and smoking For a while it was thought that debris. It is estimated that the the end of the church might fal loas wihl run to $80,000, includ- against the parsonage. But the ing the $14,000 spent last Sum- thick walls contained the raging mer on the renovation of the fire, and even today they can building. Nearly every citizen be seen standing at alrnost full of the village of Orono congre:- heigit. covered with ice on the gated at a safe distance from the outside, and blackened with car- church to watch the fire-fight- bon on the inside. Gaping holes ing operations. Smoke billowed mark the place where stained fromn the cracklmng centre of the glass windows formerly shed edifice, spreading a pail over their colored ligit on the congre- the whole conimunity, and sett- gation. At the southeast corner ling thickly in the ravine to the the tail chimney towers starkly 6outheast. over the mute ruins. After a prolonged attempt to- The blaze began some time be- control the flames in the church, fore 3:30 p.m., supposedly from e weary firemen turned their an overheated furnace. Care- hoses on the frame parsonage taker William Stainton reports situated not fifteen feet away. that he had gone to the church Frantic friends of the minister, around noon to put a few shovels Rev. A. E. Eustace, raced back of coal on the fire. At about 3:30 and' forth from the parsonage he left his Èécuse, which is just stripping the house of its behong- across the street, to add more ings and even tearing the elect- coal to the furnace to keep the rical fixtures from the ceilings church warm against the sub-zero a Idwlls.Unknow to thém at blasts of the wind. He then noticed b at time, al this effort was smoke rising from the peak of the asted. The hoses of the com- bined f ire brigades of Orono and (Continued on Page Six)i Firsi Meeting of Kinsmen Club Held Tuesday ai Balmoral Hotel Eleci Officers and Executive Formed just one day after the thirtieti annîversary of the found- ing of the original club, the Bow- manville Kinsmen Club ield is inaugural meeting Tuesday even- ing et the Balmoral Hotel under the leadership of members of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club and of the District Executive. Until almost ..three hours of addresses and dis- ussion had taken place, the six- '~en local *men who attended the supper meettng were just on- lookens. But when Stan Dunn znoved and Ken Nicks seconded, that the Charter be applied for, the assemblcd group suddenly began to be aware of its feeling of Klnship witi othen Kinsmen Clubs ini Canada. It was fnom this moment that the established mnembens at the head table ac- ceptcd the Bowmanville members. A slate of officers wasdrawn up which will direct the-ectivities of the Club until the end of the present fiscal ycar. The officiel include President, Jeck Lender; Vice-President, Ken Nicks; Secre- tary, Bill Tait; Treesurer, Roy Swxndells; Registran, Tom Cowan, and Directors, Art Hooper, Stan Dunn and Neil Lathangue. This executive wxi persist through Charter Night, the officiai open- ing of the club, until next August when tic new officiais will take over. Charter Nlght lni April Junior Basketball Semi-Finals Start SaturdayNight Those who want to see a first class basketball contest will do well to attend the semi-final play- off game Letween the Bowman- ville Juniors, Lakeshore District Champions, and the Eastenn On- tario Champions, to be held at the Bowmanvilhe High School Gym- nasium, Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Af ter seeing the firat class show- ings put up against teams in higi- er leagues, there la reason to be- live that the local boys will come through with a victory. A dance will follow the game. Canvassers Needed To Help T.B. Survey On Feb. 27th the 13 Captains of the X-Ray Teamns wihl com- mence their canvas of the en- tire town of Bowmanvilhe in preparation for the X-Ray Clinic which will take place in the Lions Community Centre, Becch Ave, from March l3th to Marc 17t1 The ladies of the Home and School Club, who have agrced to give their assistance in this worthy venture, which is again being sponsored by the Lions Club, are in need of at least 10 canvassers for each district. There is a general meeting for alI captains and canvassers in the Central Publie School Gym- nasium on Friday,'Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. Any pensons interested in as- sisting with this canvass will be most welcome at this meeting. Captains of the tearns are the foilowing ladies: Mrs. , Gordon Moffatt, Mns. R. Hutchinson, Mrs. F. Dilling, Mrs. Roy Webber, Mrs. W. Clarke, Mrs. Gordon Richards, Mrs. Selby Grant, Mrs. Fred Wood, Mrs. A. Coverley, Mrs. Ross Richards, Mrs. I. Munday, Mrs. W. Siane, Mrs. W. G. Coyle. Plan to Attend Annual Meeting Hospital Board Wlth so much lnterest cen- tred on the erection of the new Meamorlal Hlospital ln the immediate future, it is of utmost importance that al interested persons attend the annual meeting of the Bow- manville Hospital which will be held tomorrow evening. (Friday) in the Council Chamber§ of the Town Hall, at 8 p.m. There ivili be an election of officers for the coming year as well as a discussion of other matters of Impor- tance i connection witli the new building as well as the present hospital. World's Day of Prayer to be Hefd At St. Andrew's Ch. Womnen of Bowmanville are cordially invited to attend the Women's World Day of Prayer Services which are being held on Friday, February 24 in St. An- drew's Presbyterian Churci. Tht afternoon service com- mences at 3 p.m. and wil be con- ducted by represefitative mnem- bers of all churches in tic town. Thc speaker will be Mrs. Capt. E. Deening, of the Salvation Army. The Evening Service which has been annanged for women unable to attend the afternoon meeting and for th C.G.I.T. groups will be held at St. Andrew's Church at 8 p.m. Miss Margaret Farmer will be the speaker and special music will be pnovided by Miss Donalda Creasser. LocalHockey_Stars 01 To-morrowi Charter Nigit will probabiy be fI~,', with invitations extended to Kins- .Th Mm men Cltbs throughout DistrictF No. 8, the district in which the . Forty-five happy boys. ranging Bowmanville Club will be sit- 'n age fnomn eight to twelve ycars, uated. Local dignitaries will be journeyed last Satunday to Ton- invitcd to attend, and the Osh- onto to have their first taste of awa Club, which la the parent skating on tie wide expanse of Club, wili' take care of ail an- the ice surface of Maple Leaf rangements. Gandens. Tiese boys made up The formation of the Bowman- wiat was to be an Al-Star teamn ville Club is one incident in tic composed of the best froma the Canada-wide movement towards local Pce Wec ranks. But wien a greater Kinsmen membership. they anived at game time, Vince' Since tic last Great War, tie Mathewson and Jack McNulty de- Kinsmen have spnead into eveny cided to ice tic entine aggregation, smaîl nook in Canada. In tic fîve at a time. arca sunrounding Bowmanvile Considering thc lack of cohen- three Clubs have corne into exist- cnt fonward and guard lines tic ence in tie past two ycars, Lind- Bowmanvilhe PecWees showed up say and Uxbridgc under tic spon-wllButeyostoaCo- sorship of Oshawa, and Ajax un- viii Btteylstt Cos der the auspices of tic Toronto terlc team, wiich was much bet- Downtown Club.te organized. by a score of 9 - 0. ElveSpeaersThe ice was donated for the FiveSpeaerssecond annual tourney to tic Five speaker§ outiined to tic Central Ontario Zone Recreation- (Contiued on Page Seven) Ial Directors by Connie Smytie p1e Leaf Gardens and the management of tic Gar- dens. Tic Rotary -and Lions Clubs shared tic cost of tic bus transportation to Toronto. Mn. Corden and Mn. A. Clark took two car loads of young hopefuls. Bowmanville: B. Colwell; B. Cowling; M. Richards; L. Stain- ton; J. Clark; L. Bicklc; H. Ken- nett; O. Smith; J. Fenguson; M. Walken; B. Kirkton; B. Joinston; P. Leddy; B. Kirk; D. Brannigan; F. Vanstone; J. Lunn; J. Master- son; T. Fairey; B. Crockett; T. Gould; D. Leask; S. Adams; G. Kennctt; B. Carruthers; W. Lar- mer; J. Fowler; B. Jackson; K. Purday; G. Crossey; J. Mason; D. Cattran; B. Fairey; M. Buckspan; B. McKnight, K. Hodgson; D. Al- lin; B. Clark; V. Vanstone; G. Lane; M. Richards; R. Conden; J. Stutt. Miss Toronto 1949 WVill Feature Sprinq Style Show Newi of the Spring Fashion Re- view which is to be presented by EBreslin's Ladies'- Wear, at the Iýggh School Auditorium, March 3, has met with such an over- whelming response from local women, that Mr. Breslin has de- tided to present la second show at 9 p.m. for the benefit of the ladies who were unable to secure tickets for the 7.30 p.m. presenta- tion. A few minutes before going to press Mr. Breslil 'phoned from Toronto to inform The Statesman and its readers that the famous ýWalter Thornton model, Mis Irene Mclnnis, Miss Toronto of 1949, will be one of the stars of the Fashion Show. ' , Tickets are available now for 50 cents. Ail proceeds will be donated to the Ladies Auxiliary ;of the Bowmanville Hospital 'Local Ski Club Plans Excursion 'To Collingwood Doesn't a weekend spent on the bis of Collingwood sound won- derful? Well what are you wait- Ing for? Our own Bowmanville Ski Club has chartered a bus to leave here on Friday March 3rd and return Sunday March 5th. Bar "Red" McDonald and Jack Tait are ready to answer any questions concerning the trip, so get in touch with thema right away. Let's have a good crowd- Brush up on our old ski songs too because it is a long trip!! See you on the bus. Don't forget this Sunday our club' will hold its annual ski competition again. We think we will be able to get out to the his. So gang lets ail turn out and make this the biggest ski competition of them ail. Cons. Pollard Moved Marçh lst To Peterborough Due to changes made among the staff of the Provincial Police, Constable Russ Pollard will be leaving his post at Orono on the first day of Mardi. He has been transferred to the Headquarters ùtPeterboro-'--Mrs. Pollard wilI remain in 'Orono until satisfactory accomodations have been arrang- ed. Mr. Pollard regrets leaving Durhamn County. He recalîs that he bas spent a very happy six- and-one-half years in the county, distributing his time among Bow- manville, Port Hope, Newcastle, and Orono. 'It la one of the best districts I have ever been in,"i said Cons. Pollard. "I have found nothing but the warmest of fiendship." 1To Address W.M.S.1 Miss Sybil R. Courtice who wl1 he the chief speaker at the annuai meeting of the Oshawa Presbyterial Woman's Missionary Society to be held to-day in Trin- ity United Church, Bowmanvillç. Miss Courtice who is a missionary has chosen as her topic "Tie New Age in Japan." Inspiring Day For Presbyterial W.M.S. To-day at Trinity Today, Februany 23, will be a speciai day of intenest to members of the Woman's Missionary'Socie- ty of the United Church of Cana- da in this community when the 22nd annual meeting of Oshawa Presbyterial W.M.S. meets in Tri- nity United Church. Bowman- ville. President of the Presbyter- ial W.M.S., Mrs. W. P. Rogers, Bowmanvîlle, will preside. There wili be departmental con- ferences at il arn. and ail auxil- iary secretaries are requested to make a special effort to attend their respective conference. Pres secretaries are asked to bning press scrap books up to date andi have themý on exhîbit. A prizel will be given for the best press scrap book on display. The "In Memoriam Service" will be conducted by Mrs. R. M. Sey- mour, Enniskillen and Miss Vesta Spargo, Bowmanville. Guest speaker will be Mi5s Sy- bil R. Courtice, A.L.C.M., of Ja- pan, and Mns. A. A. Outram, Tor- ônto, -2nd Vice President of Do- minion Board. Mrs. Outram will conduct the election and installa- tion of officers for 1950., Mrs. Outram is aiso scheduled to give an address at 10:35 ar. Miss Sybil R. Courtice has cho- sen as her topic, "The New Age in Japan." Mrs. L. W. Dippeli, Bowmanvillc, will introduce Miss Courtice. The Ladies' Quartette of Tinity Church, composcd. of Mesdames James, Alldread Van Dniel and Richmrod, wit1 sing duning the af ternoon. Former Newcastle Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Saturday Night Z" 'fHI .MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM A. HENNING Mn. and Mrs. William A. Hen- ning, Cedar Street, Oshawa, oh-1 served their golden wcdding an- nivensany on Satunday wicn theyl wene tic guests of honor at a din- nen arnanged by ticir f amily and close relatives at the home of thii son, Mn. W. A. Henning and Mrs. Henning, Albert Street, Osh- awa. Mr. and Mrs. Hcnning werc m.arried in Newcastle on Febru- any 22, 1900, and have lived in Oshawa since 1941. Mrs. Henning wio was tic former Ellen Pan- sons,. vas bonn in Devonshire, England, and tic bridegroom was born ini Goderici, Ontario. They have nine children, Mrs. G. Laking (Aithea), Mns. W. Gîb- son (Manie), Mrs. G. Graham, (Rose), ail of Newcastle; Mns. C. Osborne, (Violet), Mrs. J. Thomp- son, (Dorotiy), of Bowmanville; William, Leonard and Gerald of Oqiawa and tic late Clarence Hcnning. Tiey have 21 grand- children and one great grand- ciild. At tic dinner, Mn. Harold Hen- ning, Bowmanville, gave tic toast to ils aunt and uncle. Tic couple were tic necipients of sev- enal lovely miscellaneous gift including a punse of money fnom ticir f amily. School Inspector T. MdcEweu' Talks To Board of, Education On New Ontarlo Curdcuhun- Highlight of the February meeting of the Bowmanville Board of Education held Friday evening was a talk by Public Schools Inspector T. R. McEwen who told how the revised curricu- lum as laid down by the Ontario Department of Education is sup- posed to work. The meeting was held in the library of the High School with Chairman D. Alex McGregor presiding. Prlmary Division Inspector McEwen deait main- ly with the Primary division as it will be the first to corne into ef- fect. In this division a teacher's class of approximately 30 pupils, which wili likely be larger in Bowmanville, will be divided in- to three grades. The basic idea behînd this move is to aliow the brighter pupils to complete their various grades in from 6 to 8 months and in the case of retard- cd pupils rather than repeat an entine year they may be able to pass the grade with an additional 4 to 6 months instruction instead of taking two complete years when it isn't necessary. Instead of making a rnaýur chanige ingrades every year under the new system an average pupil wîll only make a change to a higher division every third year. The clever pupils on the other hand may possibly be able to'switch to a higher division in two years. Purchase Books It will be the responsibility of the Board of Education to pur- chase the readens and pupils' neader workbooks for th es e grades this year and for the high- er grades as the scheme progress- es year to year with the incoming group of pupils. Readers will re- main in the school and with prop- er care should last for many years. It is expected that the books and readers for Grades 1 to 6 for this year will cost in the neighbonhood of $1,000. Inspector McEwen warned the jboard that in the very near tuturÏ eit will likely be necessary for the rboard to add an addition to thé -new Ontario Street School and il ithis is flot sufficient possibly build another new school to ac- commodate the steadily increas- ing number of pupils who will ha 3coming aiong in the next few Lyears. He based this estimate on cthe high birth rate in th2 town during.the past few yeirZ. He also strongly recô-nr--en-dedâ that the old Ontario Streýt School be disposed of as soon as possible. Chairman Alex MèGregor stated that before anything czIuld be dore about the old school it would be necessary to, have a meeting with various in.zrested parties living near the sch-ool as promised. Other business at the meeting included granting the use of the B.H.S. Auditorium to J. H. Aber- nethy for a Pittsburghî Paini show on color dynamics on Mareb 28, for B.reslin's Spring Iiashior. Show on March 3rd and for, thd Masonic "At Home" on March 24. Use of the gymnasium at the Central School and the auditori- Sum at the Ontario Street School, under proper supervision, was granted to, the Bowmanville Boy Scouts Association. New Purchases Chairman of Property Com- mittee, Dr. J. C. Devitt. recom- mended that during the year the board purchase for high schodl 200 new chairs for the auditoriun', 2 f iling cabinets, new. books for the library, new floor in the girls' lunch room and that thres roomei be redecorated. At the public schools he advised new floors for three rooms, redecorating and turning one of the small upstairs rooms into a book room to look after the sehool-owned textbooks. The contract for fepcing the Ontario Street School property was awalrded to the Lundy Fence (Continued on Page Six) Canadian Press News Manager Tells Woiien'sCanadia Story Dehind-ýYourDailyPaper ".News nmeans nev i iormation, fresi events. It is the story of people; it concerns whet .they do and how they do it. News is the warp and woof of existence and it is as old as the human race." With these rernarks Mn. Frazer McDougall, Chief of tie Ontario News Press, of Canadian Press, addressed tic members of the Women's Canadian Club in St. John's Parish Hall on Monday afternoon. The speaker who was intro- duced to the Club by the Presi- dent, Mrs. H. Gibson, la respon- sible for sending daily news from Ontario ahi over the country. Duning political campaigns, suci as the 1949 election, Mr. Mc- Dougail keeps Canadians supplied with a fair, unbiaged report on party members running £or of- fice. Early Hlstory Since most of his listeners knew littfe of the history of news reporting Mr. McDougail found an appreciative audience as he unfolded the progress made since the beginning of time. Tic business of spreading news started away back in the days of cave men, when the primitive woman told her neigibour three caves away of her ncw necklacc of dinosour teeti; and the per- sonal media is as popular as ever. News t'o-day' "'Today, a wider cunlosity bag anisen tp, challenge us,", said Mr. McDougall. "A new dictator ÜL Europe, the marci of Cornmunr ism in China, the financial criais in Britain, the manufacture of the H-Bomb in tic United States has a fan reaching effect," he said. "Tie daily newspaper is the liv- ing age of iistory, iacklng the perspective which only time can bring," he contînued. News for women is extremely important. At a recent meeting of tic managing editors of daily newspapersin Niagara Falls, Wo- men's News was higi on tie agenda. Ticy decided that women were a special kind of people who deserved special news space'. Editons set a high standard' for women folk, and they go to i great deal of trouble to look up outstanding women with high ideals who are dedicated to the well-being of human kind. Tiey are intenested in the numerous worthwhile women's organizations suci as tic W.I., the I.O.D.Ej, churci groups and of course tie Women's Canadian Clu bs. Sensat»ional News t s true, of course that news- papers play up the Hayworths and the Bergmens, but it is In. (Continued on Page, Sixi>,--- Local Red Cross Society Reports Successful Year ai Annual Meeting. The annual reports of tic Bow- manville Branch of the Red Cross Society were presented before a very small audience in the Courx- cil Chambers of tic Town Hall on Monday evening. Mn. Chas. H. Carter, Sr., president of thc local society, acted as chairman for the meeting. Following fie reading of the minutes by the Secretary. Miss Helen Cryderman, the treasuner's report was presented in the ab- sence of Treasuner Dr. W. M. Ru- dcli. The total rcceipts for 1949 were $906.38; expen d i t u r e s amounted to $238.28, leaving a balance of $668.10. In his report on the financiai campaign which took place last spning Mr. Carter stated that he iad considerable dlfficulty due to the numerous other campaigns of similan nature which took place around the same time. In spite of this, however, he was able to sol- icit througi lettens to the private businesses and industries in the town, a total of $811.85. Mrs. V. H. Stoney, chairman of the Home Nursing committee re- ported that 20 womnen took part in tie spring class i Homne N uns- ing. It was impossible to organize a ciass in the fail due to the lack of responst f rom the local women.9 The election of officens wasi conducted by Mayor L. C, Mason. i The foliowing is the 1950 execu- tive: President: Mr. Chas. H. Carter Sr.; lst. Vice Pnes.-MrS. V. H. Stoney; 2nd Vice Pres.- Mayor L. C. Mason; Treasuner- Dr. W. M. Rudeli; Reconding Sec- netary-Miss Helen Cryderman; Telephone Committee-Miss Ma- bel Borland. Thc following committee mcm- bers were, ne-appointcd: Cam- paign Commnittee-Mr. Chas. IL Carter Sr.; Women's Wonk Comm;. -Mrs. Henry; Liason Officen for Vetenan Affaira-Mn. Bert Park- er; Emengency Relief-Mn. Chas, Carter Sr.; Blood Donos-Mr. L. Goddard; Publicity-Mn. Chas. Carter Sr.; Home Nursing-Mrs. V. H. Stoney. Directons for 1950 ane-Mrs; Henry, Mns. J. O'Neill, Rev. 9. Sigston, Mrs. W. R. Stnike. Mrs. E. J. Gibbs, Mns. R. L. Mitchell, Mr. J. O'Neill, Mayor L. C. Mason, Ray Dilliing. The Society appointcd tie Prei- ident, Mn. Chas. Carter, Sr., as thein dIplegate to tic annuel meeting of the Ontario Division whici will take place at tic Roy- al York Hotel, Toronto, on Marci 111h, The annual financial campaigri, as already announced ln prcvious issues dif The Statesman, cern- menues on Marci lst. tan