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.............................................................................................- TRURSDAY, APRIL 2th, 1950 DB.H.S. Senior Baskethall Team Losi in Finals ai Gueen's Tournament1 -On Wednesday morning last, came Tournainent champions anc the Senior basketball teah of the first holders of the beautiful Mc- High School le! t town for the Gaughey trophy donated by Al- lar-oif town o! Kingston to be- bert College. The game was by corne the first team to represent far the best game of the section Bowmanville in the Queen's Uni- as both teams went flying up and Versity Basketball Tournament. down the floor to gain possession The invitation came from the o! the precious bail. B.H.S. jump- Professor of Physical Education ed into an eanly lead and ther .t Queens, Prof. John F. Edwards. settied down to protect that lead. -~The team realized they would Renfrew broke through however e2ave ta lose at least three days and emerged the victors, 31 - 22. of their preclous Easter holidays, It would be nice ta say thal and that they would have ta pay we won and carried home the their own expenses. But they wonderful trophy. We iost the Jumped at the chance ta engage trophy but how much more did teams from other parts of the we gain? There was an exchange province in friendly combat. of ideas as pupils of 20 schools .At 3 o'clock on Wednesday the met ta discuss flot only basketbalJ team met their first competitors, but just about every other sub- 'Picton Collegiate. The team that ject you can mention. There was Iast only one league game dur- the shouldering o! responsibility ing the year and that by a single not only for themselves but for point, ran up an easy 32 - 14 vic- the team as a whole. This is tory the bigger Picton players. something that is often missed as On Thursday at 10 a.m. Bow- we try too hard ta guide and manville met the Renfrew Raid- neyer give them a chance ta gov- ers, the tournament favorites. cmn. The game was close ail the way Finally they were able ta watch and Bowmanvilic came through a basketbail game from an ob- with a 27 - 21 victony ta put them jective viewpoint, unprejudiced in the semi-finals. by team loyalty. And as they Thursday at 7 p.m., playing watched the intricate manoeuvr- 4&eir second game of the day, ing they Erradualiy began ta rea- (1qWnanville won a rough and lhzc that the team, not the indivi- Admble victory from Prescott, dual, was the thing. 30 -13. Some one once said, "We enter Bomanville was in the finals a tournament not ta win but ta and awaited the winner o! the pace each other ta excellence." Consolation senies. Ren! r e w These young men gained much defeated Picton and became the more. other finalist on Friday. Renfrew Raiders and Bowman- IF 1 HAD A BOY ville team played the finals o! "C" section. The Raiders be- IF I HAD A BOY, I would say ta ______________________ him, "Sonn LINOLEUM RUBEER MASTIC Coioured Wall Tile CERAMIC - PLASTIC ESTIMATES FREE Work Guaranteed H. G. EAL I Phone 29 02 Bowmanville i Be fair and square in the race you must run; Be game if you lose, and be mcek if you win; Be better and nobler than I've ever heen; Be honest and feariess in ail that you do, And honour the name I have given ta you.'" If I had a boy, I would want him ta know We reap in this life just about what we sow; iAnd we get what we eamn, be it littie or great, Rcgardicss a! luck and regandless o! fate: I would teach himn and show him the best that I could, That it pays ta be honest and upright and good. We would grow up together, and I'd be a boy, And share in his troubles and share in his joy; We would work out aur problems togethér and then We would lay out aur plans when wc both would be men. And Oh! what a wonderful joy it would be; No pleasure in life could be great. cm ta me. TUBATRE - OWMANVILtl THURSDAY - APRIL 20 -THIS IS THE LAST DAY TO SEE- M RSu IK'E FRIDAY- SATURDAT - APRIL 21 -22 IA Most Interesting Short in Technicolor " DESERT LIGHTS"y Technicolor Cartoon - Amusing Short MONDAY - TUESDAY - APRIL 24-25 ~u-.u~- - ---- - - -- WEUL~.- HUES. -AVRIL 26 - 27 1 Te Layae 4ao INWYMATN IIM6-CLO ARONI TUE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMMTVTLLE. ON'rARIO A dUI B. H.S. Finalists In* Kingston B asket Tourne y The Bowmanville High School crew almost made it in the f inals against the Renfrew Raiders in Kingston last Wednesday morning. But, the fates were unkind, and the boys returned with no more than a good dose of added expenience. They lost 22-31 in the game which might have given them the championship. Front row: Ted Dadson, Frank Mohun, Ralph His, Don Stutt and Jim Frank. Back row: qteve Sisson, man- ager; Jerry Piper, Bob Gallagher, captain; Bernard Jones and Jack Ross, coach. Absent Rowland Coombes.0 BAHS. "Screech Owl"ý (Bob GaIlagher) Verse Speaking Bowling News Easter Monday saw four B.H.S. (by Norm Allun) students travel to Toronto for the Next Wednesday the winnerî inter-school verse speaking con- of the high averages and the higi test. Although they failed to team wilI be declared. We should gain the championship honours, have had play-offs for this bui they gained a great deal of ex- even so, it will bc a close racE perience for future years. Those between the first three or fou: who made the trip and were the teams. Last week in the houi champions of B.H.S. included days, only eleven bowlers turn- Joyce Reid, Isobel Cruickshank, ed up, but since four of my tean- Catherine Tucker and Pat Mc- came, we decided ta count the Farquhar. scores. We certainly were fooiec * * *when Jackie Elliott's 23U and 214 Student Council together with the scores of threé President Kay is coming back "dead men" exceeded our own. into the news again. Plans are The first week of May we de- being made for a dance which cided, with the help of our reý may well be the last dance held creational directon, to run a mix- at B.H.S. for this term. It is ed doubles tournament. The.en- hoped that as large a number trance fee will be 35c, 15e of that attended the Lit. dance will which will go towards pnizes. It again be in attendance. is open to any teen-ager, in * * *school or out, novice or old-hand. Basketball If the couple will post their nam- (by Don Taylor) es on the sheet at the bowling Last Wednesday, nine B.IIS. academy by next Wednesday and basketballers journeyed to Kings- pay the 35c to Dorothy Kilpatrick, ton for a three day basketball it will go over big. If you haven't tournament. Although 13,1.S. got a partner we will try ta help. did flot win championship laurels If this is impossible we will place they came close as they gained you on a teamn for 35c. Even if the finals. From ail reports the you don't win anything, came boys enjoyed themselves (and the along for some fun. scenery ! !). The boys a iso brought back some newr nick- Standings names. Your reporter would like Team i-'oints to know how Ralph Hilîs picked Bob Galiagher.--- --------- 38 up the name "Lover" and Jerry Norm Allin ----- ------25 Piper "The Portsmouth Kid." "Nip" Joncs -----------------22 Tune in to next week's Screech Ross Je!! ery 16 Owl and we might have the an- Jim Frank ------ ------13 swers. Frank Mohun_.---------------6 Ontario "Hams" Attend N. S. Club mnIM Dinner in Oshawae,,* Lamne Doneen, Bowmanville, was master o! ceremonies, and first president, Ai Derumaux, was speaker at an asscmbly o! six Ontario radio clubs Saturday night at the Genosha Hotel, Osh- awa, at the annual banquet o! the North Shore Radio Club. Paul Pienson, 13, and Wally Haines, age secret, wene the youngcst and oldest members o! the group. Paul is the youngest Ham in Ontanio. After passingi bis radio tests at a recent cxam- ination he wvas awanded the cal letters VE3BEU. Mn. Derumaux's address was technical, describing at iength the type o! persan who calîs himseif a Ham, and discussing the activ- ities o! the amateur. At the con- clusion o! the talk he presented ta Earl Fowlen the Paul Zavitsky Plaque, awarded ta the man con- sidcred ta be the mast valuable ta the club duning the year. This traphy is awarded in mnemory o! Paul Zavitsky, the an- ly Oshawa amateur ta lose his life on active service in the last great war. Busten Doubleday, representa- tive o! the Dcpartment o! Trans- port, and controller o! radia ama- teur activities in this district, brought out among other points that there are aven 1800 licenced amateurs working from the'-Tan- anto office. Bill Choat o! Ham- ilton, Amateur Emcrgcncy Ca- ordinator for the district, stressed the point that it is important for every amateur ta be familian with the service o! bis division during a time o! cmergency. A!ter the entcrtainment, which consisted o! an houn's perform- ance by the Dale Troupe, one hundncd prizes wcrc given away.I Mns. Vi Austin, anc o! the thne lady Hams attendinjK, dnew the lucky numbers. The pnize awarded the Ham coming the !anthest distance was awarded ta G8WV, Nonm Scdge-ý wick o! Hanslope, England. A mirth-provoking prize was pre- pented to Wally Coiton in the shape o! a "DX Hound." In radio lingo, a "DX Hound" is anc who is continuaily talking ta farcign countries. Waily bas contacted wcll aven 100 cauntries !rom bis home station. An accident victim is bleeding ...the Red Cross biood donor ,gives ne,.' life. X-ray, radiation and surgery bave cured mnany cases off cancer.! Youn contribution ta the Canadi-j an Cancer Society mnay help ta Bave others.1 ~~'- I 7.4e ~'Ju.t inhale the sooth- ingheaiing fume., for quicle relief. It'. fast actînal Get a boule today. FIGURES Made in Canada Ideal as gifts for showers, weddings, birthdays and Mother'ý Day. Chinese figures in pairs and singly, hand painted in oriental colours, beautifully f inishp.d. Also a wide variety of miniature arnaments for knick-knack shelves. Corne ini and look around 3. W. JEWELL "BIG 11201, 27 King St. W., Bowmanvlll. PHONE 556 on-accounto!th oas.Thr was a fair cnowd. Mn. and Mns. Eldon Thompson and Doug, Peterboro, with Mns. Mendith Thompson and John. Mn. and Mns. Lamne McKee, IAudrey, Leah, Maxine, Mn. Lloyd Henry, Bowmanville, with Mn. and Mrs. James McKee. Mn. Arnold Williams took a motor trip with friends ta Ham- ilton, Niagara and aven ta the States on Sunday. Mr. Ronald Williams, Miss Joyce Edgcrtan, Port Penny, Mr. and Mns. Tom Perrigo and family, witb Mn. and Mrs. Clarke Wil- liams. .Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stinson and girLe, Mr. Gerald Stinson, witb Mn. and Mrs. Clarence Ginn. Sarny ta hean that Mrs. Gerald Stinson bas the flu. Misq Eva Williams is holidaying with Mn. and Mns. Clarke Wil- liams. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ginn with 1 During 1949 the Ontario Divi- sion o! the Canadian Cancer Sa- ciety distributcd 300,000 free can- cer dressings to patients being cared for in their own homes. The number of cured cancer cases is increasing because more men and women are learning the cancer warning signais and what ta do about them. Septemben, 1940, the bride and Mr. and Mrs. Don Johnson. Mr. Calvin McKee returned from Oshawa on holidays. Don Henry returned with him for a fcw days. Mr. and Mrs. Willy Midley and Grace, Courtwright, Mrs. Bob Vivian and Marilyn, Bowman- ville, with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hanna. Mrs. Arthur Hanna spent the weekend with friends in Toronto. Mn. Shemilt is up around after having pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lawson and Bruce, Yelverton, with Mr. and Mrs. Marwaod McKee. Mr. Brocks Patýerson, from the West, has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Thompson, and Mr. and Mrs. Marwood. He has returned ta the West. 0O3ITUARY ALBERT EDWARD TENNANT OBITUARY JAMES B. NESBITI! Cartwright lost ane of its aid- est citizens in the passing of James Brownerigg Nesbitt on March 23. 1950, In his 95th year. He was the fifth chiud of Jahn Nesbitt and Mary McQuade in a family of five girls and clght boys. Born on October 2, 1855, on the !arm now occupied by Harold Beacock ,he received his school- ing in the oid schoal at Nestîcton Station. He was married March 2, 1880 ta Matilda Mahood, a year his senior, eldest daughter of James and Sarah Mahood, who prcdcceased him in May, 1943. The couple went by horse and cutter ta Lindsay where they were married. Robert Mahood and Nellie Jackson, late wl!e af Mr. A. H. Veàle, were the at- tendants. They settled on the original Wm. Wiliiamson farm, lot 21, Con. 6, in the frame house in which, later, their son, Elmer, was born. In 1899 they erected the fine new home now occupied by their second son and his wife, Mn. and Mrs. Marvin Ncsbitt. In October, 1938, Mn. and Mrs. Nesbitt, Elmer, and Mrs. Nes- bitt's sister, Miss Fanny Mahood, bought their present home and came ta live in Nestieton. In War 'Surplus and Factory Clearance Store THE PLACE TO BUY AND SAVE1 Special! SPRING CLEARANCE 0F PAINT ALL COLOURS - ONLY Gals. $2.95 Work Pants QLS. 85C LOW PRICES ON MEN'S AND BOYS' a Shirts -Socks Shoes - Jackets AND MANY OTHER ARTICLES 'Signppst- of Satisfaction groom celebrated their Diamond Wedding Aniversary with a large gathering of relatives and friends. The late Mr. Nesbitt had a keen memory of early c,', a hast of pioncer storie cellent source of infori!.- Cartwright's history. cember, Mr. Nesbitt w_î good heaith, but since - son and daugh&ei-- 'n I and Mrs. Marvin L~Ž ..,~ been staying ta heip c- fo -.i The funeral was he! f .vii' îl home on March 27 wlii burizal in St. John's Cemetèry, 1 'sok Ministers in attendatnce woe Rev. C. Hutton, Blacksiock. Bev. J. Bick, Port Perry, 11ev. G. Nicholson, Blackstock, and Mr. G. Cahoon, Janetville. .Pallbearers were Elmore Me- hood, Kincardine, Russell Nesbitt Toronto, Leon Brayley, Toronto, Byron Nesbitt Enniskillen, Frank Nesbitt, Toronto, and Creighton Devitt, Burketon. Flower bear. crs were Messrs. Reginald Nes- bitt, Larmen Hyland, Wm. Brown, Toronto, Harry Edgerton, Port Pcrry, and Percy Nesbitt, Enniskillen. Employed by the Gay Company Limitcd, Oshawa for many ycars as a bricklayer, Albert Edward Tennant died at the family resi- dence, 140 Burk Street, on April 15. Deceascd, who was in his 69th ycar, had sufcred from a heant condition for some time and passed away following an attack. A son of the late Mn. and Mns. David Tennant, deceased was born in Cartwright Township, an Octoben 22, 1881. A resident o! Oshawa for 50 years, he was an adhencnt o! King Street United Church and a member o! Canin- thian Lodge No 61 I.O.O.F. Predccased by his first wi!e, the former Bessie Stacey, on Manch 29, 1915, Mn. Tennant is siirvived by his wifc, the former Mabel Glide Nixon; a daughter, Mrs. E. Trick (Elsie) and a son, J. Leslie Tennant, o! Oshawa. Also survivîng are twa sisters, Mrs. J. Alldread o! Tyrone and Mns. Margaret Fowlcn o! Orono, and two grandchildren. Rev. E. J. Robertson, minister o! King Street United Church, conducted the funenal service at the Armstrong Funenal Home, Monday. Interment was in the Oshawa Union Cemeteny. The palîbearers, al members o! Cointhian Lodge, were - J. G. Brough, O. A. Taylor, W. L. Frost, C. Greentnee, A. Terwil- legar and F. Bail. we jostie a brather Bearing his laad on the rough road o! life? TEM CAMADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMA*MLE, ONTARIO ZION Mn. and Mns. Harvey Balson, Glenn, Douglas and Betty Anne, Oshawa, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cur- rie, Toronto, at Robent Killen's. Master Alan Giaspel spent a - ew days at Vernon Powell's, Columbus. Mn. and 'Mrs. N. Patter, Ton- onto, at Henry Dart's. h Mn. Keith Stainton, Miss Mur- d icilVMoore, and Miss Launa McKay Lt at Cobourg. e Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dant afd r Kenneth visited at Ray Dant's, -West Hill, and William Dant's, -Scarboro. Mn. and Mrs. George Harper, e Faye and Sharon, Utica, Mn. and IMrs. George Gibson, Mn. and IMrs. Dgnald Yellowlecs, at Gerry eGlaspel's. Mn. and Mrs. John Gerry, Ri- *chard 'and Phillip, Mn. and Mrs. Ivor Gerry, Toronto, Mn. and Mrs. Ralph Glaspel, Grant and Gwen, Tyrone, at Mrs. F. B. fGlaspel's. t Mr. and Mrs. Ross West, Strat-i fard, at R. W. Ball's. Mn. and Mns. Chnis Cooke and y family, Toronto, at Leonard 1Balî's. Mn. and Mrs. Fred Wilson, Osh- awa, at Harold Giffond's. Mn. and Mrs. Jack Leach, Paul anid Gary, Toronto, spent a few days at Mél Morgan's. Mn. and Mrs. Leonard Bahl, Roi- ly and Kenneth at Mn. Dixon's, North Oshawa. Mr. Tom Wray, Hampton, at Russell Perkin's. Mrs. Leonard Bail and Kcnneth visited her mother, Mns. W. Brummell, Columbus. M.' and Mrs. 'Nonman Leach at John Kivell's, Solina. Mrs. Henry Bahl and Donna at Milton Robinson's, Oshawa. About 65 relatives and friends gathcred at the homne of Mn. and Mrs. Hans Geissberger on Satur- day evening, Apnil 15, for a sur- prise party on thein Silver Wcd- ding Annivensary. They wene prcsented with a chest o! Lady Hamilton silven and a Sunbeam Mixmaster. They received a cablegram o! congratulations from friends in Switzeriand and twa fniends from Switzenland an- nived here in time ta attend the celebration. Friends were pres- ent fnom Toronto, Oshawa, Han- mony, -Mlaxwells Whitby and Ncwcastle. W.A. quiited 2 quilts at the Sunciay School last weck. Mn. Arnold Vennen and family have moved ta a farm nean Little Bni- tain. Mn. Venner is finishing the term as teachen at No. 12 school. W. A. met at the home o! Mns. Hans Geissbcrger with a goad at- tendance of members and about 20 visitons. Mrs. H. Haass had charge o! the devotional and Mns. Ray Cameron read the scniptune. Rev. Victor Bowins showed pic- turcs and gave a taik on bis work among the Inidans at Cape Croker. Rail caîl was answcned by something an Spring or a household hint. Program was: vocal solos, Mrs. Foster Snowden; accordion solo, Edith Geissbcrger; rcading, Mrs. N. Fice; piano solo, Mrs. Chas. Naylor. Rc!resh- ments wenc senved by the April graup, Mrs. Geissberger, Mns. Haass, Mrs. Ray Cameron. Mrs. Fred Rabbins attended the Golden Wedding celebration o! Mn. and Mns. Robent Bavenan at Thornton's Corners. CADMUS 24 DIVISION ST. 1 ,pÀr-v vn"vim- N BOWMANVILLE [35c]