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PAGE ?WO TEE CAJIADIAN STATESMAN. EOWMANV!LLE. ONTARIO ~T~UR~ ~F~PTEM~RER !fl.' 1D~ft Mob ewmaavtleNews, The. Nowe" aat.Idependent and The Or,)no News. 95 Yeara Continuous Service to the Town of Bowmanville a.nd Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Mombe: * Audit Bureau of Cicuiartiana Žs Canadian Weekly N.wspapers Assocation SUESCRIPTON RATES $2.50 a Yecr, strictly in advanc.. $3.00 a Year in the United States Publisbed by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Authonizod au Second Clans Mail lPast Office Departm.snt. Ottawa. Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. MAMES, EDIToiN SURVEY SHOWS BOWMAN VILLE OUTSTANDING BUSINESS CENTRE A prominent citizen was heard to comment: "I guess we don't know when we 're wvell off," after reading the leading front page article in last week's States- mnan headed "Durham Has Higher Living Standard Than Most Ontario Counties." Lest you overlooked reading this article better look up the paper now. For it contains some very important information about local business conditions which is of real interest to every citizen in the county, regardless of whether you live in a towri or in the rural sections. Most subscribers, we have been told, keep the Statesman from week to week until the next issue arrives. Some mail It to a distant relative or friend as soon as the family have read it. Others dlaim they put it to good use to light the f ire, wrap the laundry or for a handy covering for garbage disposai. For the benefit and convenience of the latter groups we reprint extracts of this article to bring home the favorable economic position the people of Bowman- ville and Durham County enjoy to which they haven't given serious thought or just took for granted. The survey was made by an outside independent source from authorative information which in part follows: "A stronger consumers market and a higher standard of living prevail in Dur- ham County than in most counties in Canada. Good incomes enabled local fam- lies to do more buyîng in the local retail establishments, where a sales volume of $13,824,000 was recorded during 1949, as compared with $11.351,000 the previous year - a gain of 24 per cent, when only 10 per cent rise accounted for the whole of Ontario. Income in Durham County per family averaged $2,719, which was an increa.se of $550 per famnily over the prev- îous year. "After analyzing Bowmanville as to income, sales, population and other factors, the survey assigns to it a 'percent of Can- ada's potential' figure of .1892 per cent, which is the percentage of the country's retail business that could be produced locally. This compares with the .1590 per cent actually done in 1949, showing the extent of the latent purchasing power." So we can still boast that Durham County is the banner county of Ontario and Bowmanville is in a most fortunate position as a high wage town and as a good business centre. ON PASSING THE BUCK We were rather amazed to learn last week town council had passed the buck on the Civil Defence question to the Bow- manville Chamber of Commence. We strongly disagree with this decision. It is not that we don't think that the Chamber of Commerce, the Legion or. ather similar onganizations can do a good job when called on but in this civil de- fence question, which may be a matter of life and death, they haven't the necessany power that is invested in the town council to deal with the matter. Daily in the press one reads of alarm- Ists writing on possible bombings, fighting on Canadian soul and the like. We don't want to be an alarmist but on the other hand we want to see adequate prepara- tions made for the protection of our civilian population here in Bowmanville for the war that is almost certainly on its way. Here in Canada, a country far removed from the holocausts of Europe there is now real danger that our very homes will go down in rubble and dust and our childnen and friends be killed or maimed as has often happened on the continent. Any vetenan of the Gneat Wars has seen and knows the danger of bombing and the loss of life and damage it creates among urban centres. To meet the emergency, if it cornes, and we pnay it neyer touches this land of ours, necessany preparations must be made ta go into effect as soon as the time anises. Our police force, fine department, doctors, nurses, utility workers, volunteer workers and numerous other key personnel must know thein air raid jobs befonehand in order that as many lives as possible may be saved by prompt action and that we can return ta a semblance of nonmality with expediency. Council is in control of the mai ority of these groups and sa that the .necessany instructions and ondens may be cannied out as orders instead of advice it is necess- Mr that aur town cauncil take the bull by the horns and go to work an this civil defence pnoblem. This will likely inean passing by-laws, appointing men and com- $.nittees to co-ondinate all effonts and ta mse that we art protected as well as uan be expected in any emergency that might arise. This is not the time for apathy and comnplacency - this is the time for action and preparation. "WHAT'S IN A NAME"9 We had occasion to seek out a farm house north of Blackstock recently, and not being too familiar with the locality we relied upon word-of-mouth direction to the place. Anyone familiar with the district would have found it easily, but when depending upon the direction of a stranger, the matter becomes a lîttle more coniplex. Most of us have asked directions at one time or another, and the following conversation in which we participated should prove familiar: "Can you tell us where we can find the Smith farm?" we asked a man at a gas station. Our impromptu informant answered, "Smith? Is that John or Jim?" "Jm"we answered. "Oh, him," he said. "Well, let's see now. You know where the creekis on the north side of town?" he asked. "No," we confessed. "Hummm," he mumbled. "Well," he began, "follow the highway 'till you come to a creek about a mile or two north of town. Don't turn right when you get there, go straight ahead. You'll find Jim Smith's place a mile or two up the road. It's a white house," he added. We mumbled our thanks and headed north. We crossed the creek and after "a mile or two" of unsuccessful searching for place names on gates, and a visit or two at white houses that did not belong to Jim Smith, finally we came to the right fanm. This trial and error method of finding a strange place is pot only a waste of time, it is an absolute nuisance. We be- lieve that most farmers would appreciate having their farms recognized by name whether it be a fancy "Three Oaks" or just plain "Jim Smith, Farmer." In the past, hanging an appropriate sign was the re- sponsibility of the individual farmer, but now we understand that a farm organiz- ation has undertaken to supply such signs. The Durham Federation of Agricul- ture in co-operation with the Farm Forums yellow and black aluminum identification signs to farmers in Durham County abso- lutely free. Hung on a f arm gate or tacked to a fence-post, the sign reads: "Member -Durham Federation of Agriculture," in small letters. Below this printing the farmer's name is painted in large black scroll. We heartily recommend that ail fanm- ers in Durham County avail themselves of an opportunity to place a distinctive name on their fanm gates. Few, if any Ontario Counties have adopted a similar plan, and we feel that the Durham' Federation of Agriculture should be highly compliment- ed for offering such a beneficial service to its members. THE DELIGHTS 0F FALL Those who mourn the passing of sum- mer should take heart. They need remind- ing that the season we now are entening has its attractions, too. Autunin has a quality ail its own. It is made up in part of subtle ingredients: the smell of wood smoke and burning leaves; the softened outlines of familiar scenes acnoss haze-filled valleys; crisp nights that stir the blood with the feeling of frost in the air. True, the fal lacks summer's blaze of flov;ers. But here and there some sturdy survivor of the first fnosts delights the eye in the garden. And where the flowers leave off, the trees begin. Witness the glory of the maple and sumach in the autumn.0 Autumn time is harvest time. When the crops are in, farm folk feel a glow and sense of lightened responsibility that more than ifiakes up for the loss of the summer's warmth. But before that happy ending is attained, there's a penîod of toil in the fields that taxes the stoutest muscles. Perhaps it was that sense of accom- plishment that led to the ancients' pagan rites at harvest time. The farmer, in gar- nening a good crop, has beaten many en- emies-insects, windsto.rm, hail, frost, as' well as his own natural inclination to take it easy. Looking forward to Thanksgiving is one of the delights of autumn. That is the time for children's parties and barn dances. The sound of old-time fîddling and young folks' laughter is good to hear when the hard work's done. Then the fanmer, surveying the fruits of his labons, can say with Keats: "Season of mists and mellow fnuitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit EDITORIAL NOTES We have always admired and given credit to our Women's Institutes in Dur- ham County for doing practical things. As further proof is this accornplishment we note that Bethany W.I. took the initia- tive last 'veek in caliing a public meeting to consider better f ire fighting equipment fQr the communitv. It was divulged at the meeting that the women many years ago had purchased two hand pumps, 100 feet of hose, 25 buckets and large cisterns kept in repair for water supply. We yen- ture the opinion that Bethany will soon have modern fine fighting equipment thanks to the leadership of the Women's Institute. Pnosperity and contentment will corne to this ana every other country, only in proportion to the honest toil, the intelli- gence, the restraint, and the courage of a God-learmg people. -F'red L Xer, CV.B.E. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO October 1. 1925 Dr. G. E. Reaman, Supt. off Boys Training School, was in Ot- tawa where be addressed the Ca- nadian Council off Cbild Protec- tion Officers. Mayor T. S. Holgate presided at the unveiling off the Soldiers' War Memonial on Sunday. Guard off Honor was in change off Capt. J. O'Neill. Hon. Vincent Massey issues his manifest as Liberal candidate for Durham County in the coming federai election. Miss Vivian Bunner bas ne- tunned to Hampton, Virginia, to resumne ber teaching activities. Rev. J. N. Robins, minister off Trinity United Chumcb, was elect- ed chaimman off Cobourg Presby- teny. Dariington-Mr. and Mns. Lloyd Crago, newlyweds, were given a surprise party and presented with mnany useful gifts at the home off Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Crago. Hampton-Mr. and Mrs. E. John Clarke celebrated their golden wedding on Sept. 24 wben a presentation xvas made to them. Members off Bowmanville Sol- diers' Club presented Dr. G. C. Bonnycast]e with a set off pipes ln appreciation off services he had rendered in bebaîf off fellow sol- diers. Newcastle - R. L. Osborne, Town Line, bas a dozen pickers in bis orchard where he expects a crop off 3000 barrels. .. Stephen Jose, well known Holstein breed- er, died suddenly Sept. 15. VFTY YEARS AGO September 26, 1900 I. L. Brown, Hampton, wmites an intemesting letter about bisi trip to Manitoba.i Three coiumns are devoted to a sermon byý Rev. Dr. Talwage on "The Brotherbood off Man". Capt. W. C. King was in Port Hope assisting in openmng the new rifle range. Hon. Edward Blake, now in Toronto, bas been agaîn hominat- ed as Nationaist candidate for South Longfford, Ireland. Miss Ethel Scobeli, Spokane, Wash., is home due ta senious lU- ness off ber brother.. Miss Fanny Ellenor is attend- ing Normal School at Ottawa. Mr. Chas. B. Jeffery, diVinity studerit at Victoria College, preached in the Methodist church Sunday morning. He is a son off Mrs. Henry Jefffery off this town. Warner Dayfoot off the Bow- manville Electric Light Co. bas secured a position with th.e Win- nipeg Electrie Co. Jacob Pollard was judge off light horses and Mrs. John Spencer judge off ladies' work at Whitby Fair. Apple buyems are paying $1,00 per barrel and evaporators 15e to 25c per 100 lbs. Married-G. W. Thexton off Rodney and M. Minetta Shemnin, Bowmanville, on Sept. 19, by Rev. W. J. Jolliffe. No. 9 Clarke-Lewv Chapple will attend college at Awj Arbor, Mich. New, Haven - Clair Langmaid bas returned to Alhert Collegce, Belleville: Master Howard Foley is attendiq Bowmanville High School: G5rd on VanCamp fell from the loft to barn floor re- ceiv.,ing a bad gash over the eye. F.nniskillen-Alf. N. Mitchell, B.A., off the Toronto Star staff was home for the weekend .. Partrership off Drs. Mitchell and GrahPm is dissolved as -Dr. Gra- ham is leaving for England for further study. Hanipton-W. J. Inch bas been elected Captain off Toronto Nor- mal School football team. Billy is one off the best football players in these parts. Marrieci people live longest! Try' it sometime. Buy the mar- riage license from M. A. James. -Advt. Our Canadian Way of Life From the Monthly Letter of The. Royal Bank of Canada This article is an attempt to nation. It is a grand Seat in fn- condense into a mere 3,000 words tion building when two diverse the essence of what goes to make cultures march cordially togeth- up our Canadian Way off Lîfe; it er. co-operating and making al- wouid take volumes and volumes servi ng ideals, and welcoming to tell it aIl. lowances, merging ideas and pre- What we can see in a quick serving ideals, and welcoming summary is good. In a world people frorn many other nations. where we are harried day and So here we are: a complex ag- night by new devices and distur- gregation off people in a land off bances. Canadians live comfort- striking contrasts, facing together ably, though flot easiiy as to stag- pr ob]ems off wide diversity. The nate. Our national ambition is M'arvel of it is that we have wov- to live richly, rather than to be en the culture and institutions off rich. ail these people into an orderly If we have a fault, it is to take and attract ive pattern. for granted the values and bene- We have learned that there are fits off our Canadian way off liffe. not only two sides but many This free society, eminent in the views off every case. We know world because off its individual that the greatest nation is not a freedoms and its great opportuni- nationalistic nation but one that ties for self-advancement and has many ties, off blood and mind the sense of security it provides and ideals, with other nations. t oease men's minds, was gained Soi-e people might say that we by the struggies and sacrifices off do not show in our daily living the mnen and women from whom that xve are conscious off our keen we inhenit it. sense off participation in an One hundred and tweîve years epoch-making experiment in na- ago-a short span in human bis- tion building, -or off our deep tory-Governor- General L o rd awareness off the greatness off the Durham reported to the Britishb adventure upon whicb Canada Government: "These small and nas embarked. We are, in fact, unimportant communities (Up- less colorful figures to the world per and Lower Canada. Nova than our own tourist advertise- Scotia, New Brunswick Prince mients make us out to be. We Edward Island and Newfound- have, as Hugh MacLennan put it, land) could be elevated into a such a talent for avoiding the society having some objects off drarnatic that we often escape national importance." It is hard even the notice off our friends. We to realize today how bold and op have a habit off appearing solemn timistic that judgment was in its when xvo are only serious. time. From Struggle to Comfort Today, Canada is a leader in Weli, we are conservative by civilizatîon. She may not dom- necessity and habit. We have flot mnate the physical world by her had an easy country in wbich to size, her economic strength, ber work or live. The arctic wilder- armed might or ber population ness presses close upon our cihies. figures, but in the worid off ideas, Montreal, our greatest metropolis off humanity and off gracefful liv- -an island off 1,442,000 people; ing she is second to no country on the world's greatest iniand port, earth, a thousand miles from the sea, a The strength of Canada's mind city with the world's greatest and the high level off ber ideais French-speaking population aside are shown in unique ways. She from Paris-lies only 45 miles by is the only kingdom on a huge rail from the United States bor- continent off republics, )Pt her der. One hundred and twenty people enjoy a measure off free- miles west is Ottawa, the capital dom unsurpasse-and probably city of Canada. And beyond Ot- not equaled-in the Americas. tawa the his and tundra stretch, She bas originated and deveiop- scarceiy touched by h u mn a n ed autonomy within a world sys- hands unbroken to the Artic Sea. tem off commonwealths, yet keeps To survive in this narrow strip the most intimate friendship with between the worid's most higbiy- the world's greatest independent developed industrial nation and state. Her internai dualism, the barren land, we have bad to linking two wideiy different cul- be a tougb and adaptable people. tures in a united nation, seems to We have littie margin for error. qualify ber in -a speciai way for Yet this country is in the centre participation in the councils off off world affairs. Our doors open the nations. east and west, north and south. Wbat Klnd of People Are We? where unpredictabie changes are What kînd off people are Cana- taking place in great nations. We dians? The outstanding fact lis, are, literally, at the crossroads that we are ail kinds off people. Ioff a newly-devéioping xvorld. The French speaking Canadians Upon this narrow strip off land have more American generatfons' we have buiit a nation in which behind them than any other white it is good to live. It is false to stock north off the- Rio Grande, idealize the past, because the save only the Spanish. Their en- ease and comffort off today were ergy and volatility and family not born off easiness and lassitude. spirit were necessary to the un- It was a tough job, to make Can- building off this raw land. Then ada wvhat she is today. To raise came the Scotch, the English, the standard off living on this the Irish and the Welsh, with continent to levels neyer else- their effficiency, thriftiness and wbere attained demanded %v'ork their whole-souled respect for and planning off a high order. law order and self-control. To Once our people hjewed farmI these, in the hundred years off plots out off the wiiderness, built Canada's great growth, were add- their new homes. made their own ed thousands from other lands, clothes and produced their own east, west and soutb. Today, food. Children and women lab- thev are ail Canadians. ored bard in the fields and there WVhen the first settiers came to was no diversion but sleep. this land, the French and the Bri- At the last count. a million tish were already cultured peo- bornes out off 3,300,000 had refri- pies, with ancient rootsý in liter- gerators, 3,127,000 had radios, ature, fine art, music, and science. 623,000 had electric ranges, and Tbey had socif 1 structures off high 2 million had electric wasbing qualîty, and had laid the founda- machines. When we take a total tions off noble civilizations. view, and see our modern Canada Out off these cultures was forg- against its background, we are ed the common denominator in comforted. Some may stili live Canadian character. Today, some backward ]ives, but millions are off the differences have been living better, and al] bave the op- merged hanmoniously; w b i 1 e portunity t<, step forward. some have survived ;n a way that The Test of Democra.ey ~rvta Iana»dza~et, Qithe As 1oart of -M> jmmmua& « In the Dim and- Distant Pasi. From The Stateamun Mies When a fashion-show model went into ber act on a salon stage in Copenhagen, Denmark, she practically brought the house down. Scbeduled to display the newest in nighties - cheers, whistles and cat-calis greeted hem when she opened up the dressing gown she wore over top. Puzzled, tbe model looked down, then clutching ber bouse- coat tightly around ber, she ran off the stage. You guessed it- she had forgotten to put on the nightie. Fights Local Demnon With cool faîl air present and the threat off winter in the off- ing, people are beginning to stoke the fumnace. A Bowmanville merchant had trouble with bis. Wben he went to adjust the pipes last week, they feil down caus- ing mishap number one. Later, when he opened the door to put in a fire, the door fell off. We wonder if be ever did manage to get a fire going in that "demon in the basement." Ironie Situation Thieves recently broke into the home off an English detective story writer and stole $2,240 worth off jewellery. The irony in the situation comes when you con- sider that the writer's latest work -"Dusky Limelight"-was al about jewel thieves and how to catch tbem. Bees 'ni' Honey A report under "Brown's" per- sonal column in last week's Statesman reads: ' Busy Bees met at Mrs. G. Honey's with seven present." Seven bees in Honey's, so to speak.* Ten-cent Stamp As off October ist, Canada is to have a new 10 ce»t stamp. Brown in colour, the new issue is designed to bonour this country's fur trade. It depicts an Indian woman hanging up stretched bea- ver skins to dry for market. In the background, someone (pre- sumably hber BRAVE husband) peaks around a tree-bordered tee- pee. Marines Invade geoul United States Marines hitting Korean beaches are flot the first off their kind to invade the coun- try. A despatch ffrom Washing- ton states: "The Marines landed at Inchon and marched 31 miles in il boums to enter Seoul-56 years ago on July 23, 1894." Tonsorlal Rewalrd A detachment off 21 leather- necks made this landing ta pro- tect the U. S. Minister and Am- enican Legation ai Seoul during a war beingý fought in Korea 1y by Japanese and Chinesie forces. The best "get me a place to live" bonus yet was advertised recent- ly in an English newspaper. In Barnes, England, on September lBth, an advt. in a local, paper rend: "Wanted: self-contained apartment. Reward-Free hair. cuts for life." Looks like some- body got clipped. dard off living we must recognize the increased attention given to social services. Public health 15 the concern off ail levels off gov- ernment. Pensions for the aged and the blind have been adopted by the provinces with financial help from the Dominion. Unem- ployment insurance, family ai- lowances, war pensions, help in home-building, and many other forms off âssistance, are provided through government action. But these are merely inciCent- al; they are not the measure off a democracy. The test of democra- cy is the extent of freedom i. people have from dependence on, authority. This freedomn is a sigri off m atunity. It can be said wîth assurance that Canadians do flot wish to be- come so dependent on their gov- ernment that they, like people ini some other countries, will forfeit political democracy. Ail that they look for is adequate reward for initiative, ability and work, with safegauards for those who cannot work. Hon. Paul Martin, Minister off National Heaith and Welfare, toid a . conference on social work in June: "It neyer can be too often emphasized that social security is flot an end in itself; it is oniy part of the pattern off our whole social system. The first essential in any soeiety is to produce in such quantities that ail who are willing to work and who can work wili be able to enjoy a de- cent livelihood for themselves and their families." Closely allied with depcndency is fear. People whoe live in states where citizens are kept as de- pendents are afraid that their beneffits wiil be cut off if they offend the powers that handie the distribution off gifts. allowances and bonuses. (To Be Continued) Odds - 'n' --Ends --w' t--- l'ou expectefficient service from your neighborhood bank ..and you get it because banks compete with each othei to serve you. The men and women on your bank's staff strive to excel ini banking skifl, friendliness and courtesy. Just as you strive in your own work. Your regular dealings with your bank are confidential, intimate, helpfuL. And you can rely on your bank manager's wide sources of information ta help you in you.r business or personal financial problems. You are always free ta shop around among banks. That's what keeps them competitive. SPONSORED BY YOUR BANK C) t> e D THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMAM=E, ONTARIO niuRs.. SEPTEMBER IC 1950 Ô PAGE TWO Il e