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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 12 Oct 1950, p. 2

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-rm%;fl MÀelu m.V ÂJa.é, OjNJAI( HRDAOTBE 2 9 with whlcb la tncompoatod Eowmanyijes.u The Newcastle Iapadepml and The Orono News 95 Yecrs Continuous Service fo the Town of Bowmanville and Durham County AIV INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Momber Audit Bureu of Circulations Weekly Newmapffrs $2.50 a oma, îtrîctly in adv«cý 3.0a Yomr in the United Statu. Published by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Authobesd cm Second Clama Mail Post OCucu Deputmeat Ottawe. Bowmanvill.. Outarlo GEO. W. JAMES. £DzToux FREEDOM 0F THE PRESS VITAL TO CIVILIZED LIBERTY At a récent session cf the House of Commons thé statement was recorded in Ilansard that a Free Press was far more vital and potent than al ether agencies çissemlnating information in the world teday. Indéed most speeches in the Heuse bristie with press quotations. These tri- butes may givé editors expansive mo- ments but the question cf the heur la: "Are éditors really méasuring up te their inherited tradition cf Freedom cf thé Press in this century?" Despite these par- liamentary eulogiés the record spéaks for itseif.- During the past forty years, three war-lords in succession have arisen te challenge democratic freedom and force- fuiiy seek te dominate the whole world. The most formidable ef thé three, and the most astute, is in the saddle now and rid- ing hard upon us. Free institutions, evolved through many décades ef éstablishing the demo- cratie concept, are now more seriouuly chailengéd than evér before. It seema that ; what we term the "Fourth Estate" has somehow declined in inspiring public op- inion. Certainiy public consciousness has wéakened or we wouidn't be in the inter- national mess we have teday. It can be maintained that the Press ~' first won its own freedom f£rom médiéval tyranny and then went on te win fréedom for the people thémsélves. Such figures as Rousseau and Paine used thé printed word te spread enlightenment which gave méaning and éffect te the principle of De- mocracy, under which freedom grew. The hstorical lesson from this is thé power cf tePress te awaken public conscicusness. Democracy taught peoples that free institutions are its lit éblood, freéece- operation its instrumen t, undur' thé rule of law and divine guidance, and that peacé, security and progress were its ul- timaté ambitions. Thé concurrent Fre Press was the instrument that kept the lofty concepts alivé. Freédom gave science full reign which haà brought us te an era unprecedentéd in individual comforts and lessened toil. But simultaneousiy as we boast cf all this thé whole structure ha& been undermined by idéologies cf enalave- meint masquerading under thé guise cf peace and démocracy. Obsessed with gain- ing an even higher standard cf living, thé democracies have lest something along thé way or wé would net now be in eur présent desperate situation. Almost for thé past half-century we have seen international obligations igner- éd, treaties dishonoured, wars launched without declaring thém, ihfiltration cf fif th columns, lying propaganda promul- gated, until world confidence has béén shaken te thé coré. Wé have fought two military victory in c th. After each crisis we have gene back te democratic compia- cency featured by a senseléas soramble for shorter heurs, more pay, softér living and idiotic distractions cf jungle music and singing cormércials launched by a juvénile compétitor of thé traditional Fre Pre nolycldefroal this that guide public sentiment and rally people te face realitiés aftér winning successive struggles for freedom. But new, once again, wé are belatedly manning thé ram- parts te repél thé most insidieus menacé te our. cherished way of living. Wé are once more accépting a self -imposed los of individual fréedom and we are once more separating thé youth of the land from normal lufe and useful production te face thé pressing danger cf thé moment, If this is te be thé récurrent stery cf De- mocracy then it is timé te re-awaken thé ~' wholé people. That is the challenge te the Free Press today. Since the real strength cf a nation is rooted in its very soul, then this chal- lenge beckons every Canadian weekly newspaper, for they are created te serve the best interests cf a rural population, the very bedrock cf national prosperity and security. Few weeklies have given readers a truly arresting picture ofthe present peril and its causes. It's time te take up Churchill's warning: "lWe are in great danger" and te act on his experienc- ed judgmnent. Thus in the weekly uphere the need cf the heur is te revitalize the people, restore the Christian -strength that won our héritage cf freedom. If we fail now our boasted Fredom cof the Press will be gene utterly from the face cf the globe. Birdologists (is that the right word?) are expressing worr over'the rapid diS- appearancé cf the whooping crane. May- be it's thé resuit cf ail those noise abat.- mient progra=i When Mr. Abbott-or, rather, those who advisé him--decidéd te impose à tax on soft drinks, a unique record was brok- en. In this w*ay one cf the lait rernaining cernmodities te bé sold at pre-war pricés climbéd ente. thé inflationary bandwagon. Thé climb, it is trué, was artificial, but thé éffect on thé consumer'& pockétbook ila thé' sarne. Sotit drink cempanies will net dérive any benefit tom the one-cént incréàsé. In many part& of Canada their product stilli sélîs for thé 1939 pricé-indeed, thé 1900) price-plus, cf course, thé é±cise tax. How this price lével can be maintained in thé face cf steadily rieing costs is something cf a mystéry. Glass has gene up, and honce bottling costs; raw materials are up; trans- portation and distribution~ colts have dou- bled; and labour, the largest single test fector in any opération, la up 100 per cent or more. Today's consumer is conditioned te in- flationary prices; and thére is now far léss tendency te damn eéry manufacturer ag a profîteer if hé finda himseîf compelled te face economic reality by raising his price. It would hardly surprise thé pub- lic, therefore, if scfit drink mnanaufacturérs were te faîl in step with thé times and bring thé pricé cf their product more in line with present day cests. It la qulté obviously impossible te go trying te bal- ance 1950 débits against 1939 crédits. It is clear that thé 5c (plus tax) sit drink is living on barrowed time. Sooner or later cither it must go, or thé compatiiers that make it. Nevertheless, its passing will be regretted, as it is about thé last, link with thé days when a dollar'& worth rieédéd a bag te carry it, inst.ad of a thimble. EDITORIAL NOTES Soe safety habits are hard te break. All threugh thé strike wé looked both ways and slowed down at each rail cross- ing. Thé firat responsibility of any busi- ness is te give service te its customers. To do se it must remain selvent. Profits are just as essential as wages. A bus- iness which makes ne profit empîcys ne one. Sehool teachers are blaming parents, and parents, teachers. Employers are con- cerned at thé apparent failure of both. We do net know who is at tault, but cor- tainly thé spoken and written word of our rising génération is being marréd far tee frequently by a solvenly disregard cf thé elementary rules of gramm..r and Trhere mnay b. something in what the viewers-with-alarm are saying about this generation's desire for personal security at the expense of someone else. Maybe Canadians do want to live like the grass- hopper in the sumnner and yet share al the perquisites of the ant when winter comes. But there is plenty of evidence te the contrary. [t can be found, for instance, in the record of national experience with Canada Savings Bonds, which go on sale this month for the fifth successive year. Every year since their introduction in- 1946, near- iy a million Canadians hatve bought themn to the tune of more than a quarter of a billion dollars. Lait year's figure was $314.100,000, saved by 994,358 personi. That's big money-almoît as much as the $394,099,497 Caftadians spent on new automobiles last year. As such, it's aIsn big news. Particuiarly when it is realized that twô out of every three bond purchas. ers were wage earners, who bought.them by regular instalments through the Psy- roll Savinga Plan. Granted there are special attractions in the purchase of a Canada Savingt Bond. For one thing, it can b. bought only by individuals-and not more than $1,000 te any one member cf a family. For another, it is one of a very few savings instrument in the world which guaranteesý the pur- chaser full face value plus intereit -at any time with n'o concern for market fluctua- tions. It's like dollar buis bearing intèr- est. But the important tact is that people are buying bonds-and buyinig themn reg- ularly, in increasing numbers and increas- ing amounts. To us; it sounds like the kind of thrif t and self-reliance that 4omne people would like to insist are disappear- ing fromi our culture. DAIRYING GIVES IMIGII RECTURNS Surveys made in the Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, show that the cash income from the sale cf dairy pro- ducts is greater than the revenue frein any other agricultural product with the exception of wheat. If the retur-no f romn the sale of dairy' cattle for expert and slaughter are included, then the total cash incôme from dairying exceeds that cf wheat and approximates 25 per cent cf thé total cash income frôm farming. Another point that ia etten overlookèd when considering dairying. in the national economny cf Canada, is the part that thé dairy animais themsoelves play 'in home and community life Ini helping te put ag- riculture on a more permanentbasis. While no one particularly likes doing chores, mogt farmers beconte atta ched te their animiais and they soon become a part cf farm lue. They serve also te give children an understanding cf 111e that proves invaluable te them and through their caîf clubs boys and girls are given an opportunity te learn aound ftrming practices, and what ifi More important, te become gond Canadian citizen&. ILIVING ON BORROWM "NIE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO October 15, 1925 Thé amalgamation o! thé twa Oshawa papérs is announed- Thé Ontario Reformer and The Oshawa Tclegram. > Wm. Hamley, Tyrone, farm foremnan et thé B.T.S., bas moved into the Soméns' bouse. Stuart James, member ai On- tarie Boys' Panliament for Dur- ham, spoke at a banquet in Oro- na, under auspices o! C.S.E.T. beys. *Mr. and Mrs. W. Spry (nee lia Nichais) wére given a surprise party and présentation by mem- bers o! Companions o! the Forest1 an their récent marriage. Dr. A. S. Tiliey attendéd a 'din- ncr at thé York Club, Toronto, veni b is brother, W. N. Tiiley, ..inhanoun ai Lord Dawson, surgeon ta King George. R. S. McLaughiin, Président, Generai Motors o! Oshawa, bas sailed for Europe ta study expont conditions and attend thé Olym- pia Motor Show. Miss Lena Taylor, Reg. N., leit Tuesday for China ta engage in missianary work. Mrs. Thos. Percy won aven 30 prizes in fancy work at Millbrook Fair. Courtice-Giad to see Elmer Rundie and bis bride, Toronto, in Dur vlclnity on Sunday... . A. F. Rundié, aur progressive grocer, died Sept. 27. Arinuai meeting af Toronto Durham Old Boys Club is caléed for Oct. 22 at borne of Président Dr. Jas. L. Hughes. Tyrone-Lettér o! appréciation was sent ta Arthur W. Annis who bad been Supt. of Tyroné Sunday Sehool for 26 yéars. Féedéral election is becoming hot and funiaus with rumaurs and contradictions keeping candidates and supporters on both sidés at lever heat. It won't be long now. Weddng-Oct: 10 in Bowman- ville, Wlfrid N. Hobdén, Boston, Maus., and Miss Edith Mary Béa- cock, daughtcr o! Mn. and Mrs. Abram Bcacock. Newcaste-J. W. Bradley had s bad flU wbile picking appiés.. a.-E. C. am heu a forceof men at work on bis new garage,.. Murray Eilbeck was thrown inta the cold water of Lake Ontario from his boat when bis dog be- came excited and capsized the craft. Miss Gladys Bunnen leit Tues- day ta assume ber duties as Di- rector ai Religiaus Education with the Bird Memonial Congre- gational Cburcb, Chicago, Ill. Across Canada With the Weeklies WHO SAYS wE CÀNeT SAvz? Canadiana:. James Punton, la- they are not always just enough te give credit wbene credit is then ai Mrs. E. O'Connell ai thé due." Steelhead district in B.C., ob- Rcferring ta, thé recent strike, served bis lOOth birtbday, spent one writer piats forth the need as part ai tbe day visiting bis young- flot ai legislation but of repeal er iriends "wha because ai théir of legislation pnd the enforce- aewere be to bii im"re ment af broad general principles poge un Fabser Vleit ecré- ailaw, which are basic ta the port th Fraer aile Reordmaintenance of a free saciety. * .The kids ai Elnose, Sask., pré- Socialismn is a palitical means sented belaved drayman Bill Mc- a! attempting ta divide unpra- Canron witb a statuette of a horse duced wealth equally amang vot- for bis kindness in giving them ers af unequal worth; most af an annual sleigh ride and treat whomn are trying ta vote them- ...At Westview, B.C., L. N. Grif- selves out of producing their fith and bis wife warked two and share. a bal years building a 33-foot The Powell River, B.C., News hride-deck cruiser which was ré- réaily got bot an a CBC broad- cently launched there . . . G. L. cast talk . entitled "Your Papçr Potts ai North Battiefard, Sask., Boy's Wbat Kind ai a Business had a -sweet pea which bad nine Man," and gaés ta bat for the de- fully formed flowers on a stem livery boys .. . winds up a vitri- in fine condition . . . Mrs. Her- alic piece by this: "It Is difficuit man Carr won a car at thé Lions ta imaginé that the cultivation of Bingo in Annprior, Ont. . . . At Canadian taste sbauld be leit in Cobourg, Ont., a "trée" planted the bands o! people who obviaus- by a pigean years aga in the ly bave so lîttle of it.. .perhaps masonry ai the Town Hall bad ta the next abject ai the CBC's yen- be remnoved as its roots were be- arn or bumor, as they quaintly ,coming a menace ta the build- caîl it, will be choir girls or tele- ing's future . .. At St. Marys, Ont., graph messéngérs or perhaps a familiar sight for 48 years was babes in arma."l Billy Elliott and bis team making faithiul delivéries of coal and ~~' wood; naw be bas unbitcbed bis Immnunization VVeek team for the last time and at 78 re esPo ctn is taking a weil eannedf rest . .. At StressPoeto Minnedosa, Man., MrsunGrge Against Diseases Sanderson, mother o fai s o ing to-open a kîndergarten in ber NainlI uiato Weks awn home . . . Sounds fisby but NheionImn ti yar om Oc- the Meliont, Sask., Journal big observed hsyafrmOc vouches for it, that Mrs. Jim tober 15 ta 21, to emphasize the Ciaggett at Fishing Lake feIt a need for contrai ai preventable sharp tug on ber line; but thé contagious diseases by early and iish got away with ber bait, lead- adequate immunizatian. er, sinker and part ai the line; It is only by continued atten- moving down balf a mile she bad tion ta the need of protection_ a stnike, caught the same fish againat smallpox, diptheria and with al ber *qimn intact... whooping cough that we can as-' The Rate equipmnsoctionatsure thé children ai the commun- payrs'Assciaionatity the oppartunity ta grow up Cranbnoo , B.C., organized ta do free from thase diseases which away with parking méters, went once took such a tal ai young out with a petition, got 95 per cent lîves results . . . At Medicine Rat, Ai- Infants sbould receive immun- berta, a $ 15,000 Scout hall was ization for diptheria and whoop- built from proceeds of Scout ing cough at six months ai age.I waste paper collections by 70 boys Vaccination against. smallpox mayi and their untiring energy. alsa bé given at this time. vr The Yarmouth, N.S., Light doés parent la urged ta take thei n flot bold with Judge Caron o a ta their fml physician or Quebec City wbo favors keeping ta a Health Unit clinic. If the' ahl names ai people on trial out children bave already receîved ai papér, excépting cases ai mur- thé initiai seriés hé sure that they der. Says the Light: "It isgen- are givén reinforcing doses when! eraily better ta bave the truc adviséd. facts reparted one day and for- Immunization clinies are ava il- gatten thé next than to bave ex- able weekiy in éach of the Health aggerated gassip . . . and if somne Unit offices in Bowmanville,1 people think they can bave their Port Hope, Cobourg and Camp- names kept out o! the papens, beliford. e4444d 9à % 2ra4 . Immunization against diptheria, their infants and preschool child. tetanus and smallpox is also of- ren ta these clinics. fered ta school chlldren in the Be sure your child is adequate- varioùs schools. This Fall clinics ly protected. Ask yaur doctor, are bemng beld in Brighton, Mur- -vour Public Health Nurse, or ray and Darlington Townships, corne ta one of the Health Unit and parents are invited ta bring clinics. they will go on repeating of- lances ....". The Reveistoke Revlew appre- ciates the United States attitude in baoking U.N. in Korea, but feels that "smornfa the comments about the slow motion of other nations, uttered by U.S. radio commentators, are ta say the least. very interesting in the light of past history." "Hoarding ef food and clothing are the first step towards aiding the enemy and bringing on a sys- tern of ratiening." Drumheller, Alta., Mail. Fort Erie Times - Re v ie w: ...The very word 'welfare' sanctifiês the subject and re- mnoyeu it from the realm of cern- petitive politics. One might eas- ily assume, from the insistence of welfare advgcates, that the condi- tion of the people approached the desperate, and that government must interject itself and largely aupplement private agencies and beneficenses in order to forestali complete shipwreck. So we ap- proach statism. Se, niany well- intentioned people, whose last thought would be ta give aid and comfort ta an enemy such as com- munism, àre providing the seed- bed for that cause." A pungent clipping: Nicolai' Lenin, that master revolutionary, knew whereof he spoke when he declared that the liquidation' of middle claÈs through high taxes was the surest way of ensuring the success of communism. High taxes and inflation are twins; en- courage of the growth of one and you inevitably encourage the growth of the other. The Huntsville Forester gets nostalgic: "Time was, when new- lYweds were happy if they could start their love-nest with 'only such essentials as a cheap bed- room outfit, plain cookstove and necesgary cooking utensils... trusting to time and fortune te add to their home comforts and furnishings." T o d ay . .. every- thing from an electric range to a good car. South Edmonton Star: With- out the organized churches of the past, there is doubt if our present civilization would be even vague- ly as good as it is. The critics of the church are quite willing to FuUly Insured TAXI Phone 3324 OPERATED B1W 85 King Street E., EDGAR N. TOMLINSON Bowmanvile Opposite Sheppard and Gi IT WILL MAKE Tere's going to be a new factory Yot on River Road. It will make ~ a big dpafrnce tmore jobsmor diffherence tetheoretobsmor opportunity,moebsns for merchants. When thé local bank manager «ras asked for facts about the town as a possible factory site, he got them-fast. After a while things worked eut. Now the town bas a new industry. 71m bank manager bas a new customer. Soon lu wiil be servicing the factory's payrolib, extending seasonal credit, making collections, supplying market Information . . doing ail the things a local bank manager is train,,d te do. It is a part of hi? job to help bis community grow. SPONSORED BY YOUR BANK4 ROBERT ARGO Oshawa Manager CeWORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK 0F LIFE SINCE 1817 PACM TWO 24 Heur Service STAR aIfs a gooai trickc Joe, but 1 get a bigger lift from my Canaida Savings Bond." In he im ndDistant Past In theFrom The Statesman Files 4 n 4 q * & .4' 9WE IMA-MAnTAM !RTATFqVAV- INnIMMAPM".T.IP PWw A'uvp% FIFTY YEARS AGO October 10, 1900 A very interesting 2-column letter appears in this issue from Dr. Jabez H. Elliott frorn Bonny, West Airica, where he is doing research work. T. H. Knight, who has been clerking In J. B. Martyn's grocery store has accepted a similar posi- tion in Owen Sound. Chas. Wright bas purcbased the butcher business of E. T. Brit- tain in Toronto and will move ta the city shortiy. Byron S. Vanstone is now jun- ior cierk in the Ontario Bank. Ed. B. Williams, Scugog St., felu tram an appie tree and frac- tured his ankie. J. H. Clémence, Shaw's won two lirsts and two seconds on bis roadster and carniage borses at Port Hope Fair. Guy Bras. Minstrels will ap- pear ini Town Hall Tuesday night with an entire new show. Hear their double qýartet sing "The Holy City." Coi. Sam Hughes, pramînent Durham County boy, was given a rousing civic reception on his return from the South Africa war and wlas presented with a $250 uword. Sam Snowden, Maple Grave, carried off 8 firsts and 4 seconds on bis swine at Port Hope Fair. Salina-Mn. and Mrs. Wm. Wcrry ceiebrated their 37th wed- ding anniversany and Mr. and Mrs. M. A. James their 27th an- niveràary on Oct. 7. ... R. Luther Werry bas been appointed sports editer af the Montreal Daily Wit- neua. Eniield-Alex Smith bas erect- ed à new power wind mili. Robt. Beith was nominated Lib- eral candidate for the coming federal electian on Nov. 7. He has repnesented Durham for the past 19 years. Shaw's School-Olive Cobble- dick, Norman Allin and Ross Pen- found headed the Sr. IV class; Miss Edna Fielding, teacher. Mt. Vernon-Mrs. C. Rogers and Mabel have gone ta Dakota te visit friends. Newcastle-Miss Minnie Bas- kerville is learning the millinery buginess in BoWmanville. Orana--Wm, Armstrong has gone ta Wearton for annual sup- ply of fish spawn for Newcastle Hatchery. Weddings-Oct. 3 in Lindsay, Dr. J. C. Devitt and Miss Annie Maud Waltens; Oct. 3 in Bow- manvilie, J. J. Gilfillan and Miss Neilie Maud Johnston.

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