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PAGE TWOTHE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMAJVTT..1 fl. E- 'Aq ,&P EDITORIALS COMMONWEALTH 0F NATIONS EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD ~t6 GI la, rUi th vorld owes' owed their freedom. South Afrîca was re nations, granted independence after a war, and tered both she too chose to remain in the Empire. -d, witbout India, Pakistan and Ceyion have chosen of re nations, their own free will to remain in the great E, fought association of %nations that is now called beginning the Commonwealth. The. Em- History shows nothing to match the nst Hitler Commonwealth. When the great empires o. the B rit- of the past broke up they dissolved In' ;oday owes ruin and conflict. The British Empirehas evolved into a great body of free peopies, g in days in which the parent country and the new- iest were, er states are bound together by ties of Dples were fri.endship and mutuai respect. There are rade ahd dangerous differences, as between India !obe. One and South Africa, and India and Pakistan, d national but these are due to circumstances for with the which Britain is not responsibie and over country. which she has no control. What counts is and4 came the wish of ail the nations concerned ta and chose continue in association with the country h-ich they that gave them birthý %Jz uJ'umJJ IA SkLZU .JI BARRMIE ISTORY page after page. Then, too, this speciai edition wa lavish with photos, pictures and portrait gaing away back to the beginning of th town when the white folks took it over, o away, from the Indians. There must havi been a lot of ferreting through famil, albums, old trunks, treasure drawers, hopi chests and attics to bring to the light o day hundreds of illustrations which gav4 an added flare of interest ta the man3 stories related. We could write a lot more about thi. super-duper Centennial Edition but we'l« just end our commentt by offering sincerE fraternal and cordial congratulations tc Editor Ken Walls, his loyal and faithful staff and -outside contributors, ineluding particularly Fred Grant, o f stories anc pictures, for the marvelloius job they ac- complished. We predict this speciai edition of The Barrie Examiner will be prized and valued in many homes in the district and will only take second place as famiIy heirloom and keepsake to the family Bible as it is passed\ on from generation to generation. 0i pi fi- di~ I eZ The citizens of Barrie took a week off this month, or to be more accurate. put in a strenuous and joyful week, celebrat- ing the 1Oth anniversary of Barrie reach- ing the status of a town way back in 1853. From ail accounts it wvas a tremendous success in every particular. But the part that appealed to us most, as an editor, was the stupendous a nd colossal (to steai a couple of Hollywood adjectives) Cen- tenniai Edition of The Barrie Examiner. It set a new high for such an adventure in Canadian journalism with its 100 pages- one page for each year as the town reach- ed its century mark. And every page was crammeci full of news and events of histo- rical signîficance which related in interest- ing reading the progress and growth of this northern town situated on the shore of Lake Simcoe. Every branch or department of the 'things that count in community life were tovered in a human interest way which de- rnanded reading. Even for one who had ?Iever lived in Barrie, or was not familiar with the goings on in this up and thriv- ing town, there was a fascination to readI Too Bad, But True Across Canada, looai Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade, in co- operation with their national federation- The Canadian Chamber of Commerce-. are focuissing the best minds of city, town and hamlét, on the goals of good citizen- ship, good government and good business. It is important that 1lowmanville citizens are not sufficientiy interested in this commnunity-building organization to re- store its Chamber of Commerce. -,We understand Bowmanville is one of two towns in Ontario with a population of over 5,000 that hasn't a Chamber of Commerce. There are over 200 Chambers of Commerce in Ontario. One of ten wond- e rs why this town lacks the vision, the faith and the courage of other commun- ities who are united in their efforts to share in the prosperity and the tremendous cievelopment which is going on ail over this great Dominion. The Chamber's tradition of commun- ity service will be in the limelight at the organization's 24th Annual Meeting, to be held in Edmonton, Sept. 14-17. One full session wili be devoted to the subject 'Developing Board and Chamber Actîvity at the Community Level". Discussion will point up the fact that this is a real "grass r'oots" movement, reaching down to the smailest businessman in the country. Majority of the Canadian Chamber's member Boards and Chambers are in corn- munities with a population of less than 5,000. Too Much Interference By Amnerican Labor If any citizen of the United States attempted to interfere with Canadian affairs the resuit is a foregone conclusion. There would be fireworks. Yet it appears that once again the U.S. head office of an international labor union is running things in Canada. From Washington headquarters of the Teamsters' Union, A.F.L., has come a directive dismissing A. F. MacArthur from the Union's Canadian staff. Mr. McArthur has been with the union for 15 years; for seven years he wvas staff representative of the International ini Canada. The speculation is that the MacArthur dismissal stems from a move by the union 's new president. David Beck, to con- Etablished 1954 wlith which is incorporated The Bowmcmvill. News, The Newcastle Indépendant and The Orono Nws 98Y.arz' Coninuous Service ta the Town oi Bowmanvi)le and Durham County AS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 1~ SUESCRIPTION RATES 3.Oa Year, strictly ina dvance $4.WO a Y.ar in the Unted States TR AMF Publishd by TEAES PUBLISHING? COMPAN Authorged cm second ass Mail Poot Office Deportm.xt Ottawa Eoëwrnavllle, Ontario GEO. W. MAMES, EDITOIR S RHURSDAY, AtJGUST n,53 Littl e Known Facis About Weil Known Local People as ts r re [y )e ,e y Is Il e 0 s *1 i ) We are heartily in accord %vith the International Association of Master Pen- men and Teachers of Handwriting, who at their recent convention at Lindsay, stated they are oufta improve peaple's mastery of the pen. They showed furth- er good sense by saying they are gaing ta start right at the source-the school teach- er and pupil. From the samples of writ- ing editors get fao of ten we had about came ta the conclusion that handwriting wvas no langer faught in schools. Our Town Councîl might well faliow the example of Trenton Council in taking steps ta Prohibit the erection of bilîboards in their town as fhey spoil the scenic beauty of the municipaiity. As an ouf- standing local example one only needs look at, the unsightly biliboard recently erected south of the C.P.R. station adjoin- ing Ross Stevens' new home. This 15 par- ficularly noticeable since Mr. Stevens has greatly improved his praperty by tearing down the old dilapidated cooperage shed. Many glawîng and deserving tributes were paid ta the late Senafor Robert A. Taft, affectionately referred fa by friend and foe as "Mr. Republican". At his state funeral held in the rotunda of the Capitoi at Washington, his junior senator £rom Ohio, John W. Bricker,* paiti the highest tribute that a man in public life could wish for when he gave public utterance in these words: "Bob Taft woÙld not com- promise with wrong, nor iwaver on a principle". We who are in responsible positions rnight do well ta ponder, on the~ real significance of those lem, words. for they are more penetrating and a guide fa good works than the Golden Rule. Few realize the debt the m to the British Empire. Empi and Empire nations alone, ent Worid Wars of their own accori waiting to be attacked. Empi and Empire nations ALONI through both World Wars from to end. At times stood alone. pire nations held the fort agai when ail seemed lost, and it is t( ish Empire that the free world t( its freedom. The Empire came into bein when colonization and conqu fashionable, and when white peo vying with one another for t supremacy in ail parts of the gl by one, as the colonies attained stature, they won independence, full approval of the mother Australia, Canada and New Zeal, to maturity by graduai processE to remain in the Empire to w] FRANK C. PETHICK the St. Louis-Worlri's Fair Lo for an account of his rambling Few merchants are in busi-1 later sold ta the Seymiour Pow- in a future issue of this paper. nesa, long enough ta serve five er Co. P. F. Munro, BA., gold ME generatians but our veterani Ward Politician dalist.at Queen's University, ha tatbedistinC. But sch a re- The story of "Barb" PELthick's been appointed Classical Maste t h a t d i s i n c i o n B u s u h a r e - a r e r w u l d n o t b e o m p e t e a t B o w m a n v î l î e H i g h S c h oo l . cord Is quite possible- in his career woiidut e pompetce Jim Jarvis of Toronto Polie case for hie started his appren- thoupatgivianingueprminence Force, and son of Chief Rd. Jar ticeship of wielding the scissars ita is oparpain i ar thel vis, madie a dlean up of the Ot andi razor with his father, the "ticstiFor"yfarsthe Toelyedpth tawa Police Games winning sev late W. E. Pethick, way back bistc"frheTypaty en prizes from 100 yd. dash ti in 1885. The writer of this in the South Ward whenever ahosean up sketch well remiemrbers> Mr. provincial or federal election hopliastep and wnum . B Pethick cutting his hair over 60 was held, as well as doing con- Iiams and Chas. Brown) ari years ago when his shop was siderable door bell ringing inl successars ta Heal Bras., Gro loated at the north east corner municipal elections, if palitics cers. of Silver and King Streets. were invalveti. Enniskilen-A lady wishes t( It is claimeti a Grit majority know if the yaung men o! oui In thase early days many of neyer came out of the South village wear hat pins in theii the regular customers had their Ward in any election as long as bats as they appear ta be un. own razor, sbaving mug and Pethick was the power behind mavable when meeting ladies. wre neatly arrndia cafs the politicai machine for the Application has been matie tc wer ne tly arr nge in a c se Conservatives ln recent years transfer the tavern licence oi wbich hung an the wall. hie has meilowed or eased off the Balmoral Hatel from Thos Flrst Talklng Machine on such activities. Hie now gets Jackson ta Mrs. Grace Jackson. Many aider citîzens wiIl re- a real kick out of sitting on the Haydon - Mrs. Aima Cadd.y caîl that Pethick's Barber.,Shop sidtýlines anti watching the has been engageti as Our new was the heatiquarters or empor- yaunger fry do their stuff. public Scbool teacher. ium for musical instruments We are happy ta give this Solina-Herbert VanNest was such as guitars, banjos, auto- brief summary review and tri- severely trampled by a cow anc harps and band instruments, bute ta anc of aur aider citizens Minnie Baker fell from a trap- "Barb" as hie is familiarly wha for sa many years contri- eze and sustaineti seriaus Injur- knawn, was the first local deal- buted much ta the community ies. er for Edison anti Victor taiking welfare and ta the wboiesome Sbaw's School - Miss MabeJ machines which were a real recreation in bis native tawn. Riekarti has been re-engaged as novelty wben introduced on the At 82 years of age Frank is teacher at an increase in salary Mnarket. Some people were s0 on ihe job every day at bis shop as trustees express great satis- startled with these musical con- and as well as being bis own faction with the condition of the traptions they could hardiy be- chauffeur ta and from his home.1 school. lievetheirears Another attraction off this' tonsarial parlor, accord ing ta o a aHa r w n Barb, was the "art gallery"' ina the back shop wbere the walis werc plastered with ail kinds of pictures of famous actresses and r s e d'U e T oP tyS tm other beautiful wamen, tiressed im in the iatest fashians of that era. S3ince the Days of Confederation That of course was when the styles didn't expose taa much af the anatamy as is the vogue (By Glenholme Hughes) than onie third longer than the, totiay. Frank says this "art gai-Tois lery" was started by Archie The two party system of gav-Tais Bingham whcn lhe occupied the crnment' bas been maintained If the two party system is ta stoe a th fist oca oficeoffor 82 of the 86 ycars since Can- be maintained in Canada, arid it the Bell Telephone Ca. ada became a Unitedi country. has proveti a gaod system, the Promoted Sport And Canada bas grown and pros- Conservative Party must fEndia Ipercd under it. For only four leader who is at least capable Bef re he urn of he ent rylyears, from 1917 ta 1921, titi this of realizing wbîch are the im- araunti1890, the sporting fra- sy stemr break down. That was portant issues. Uniess it does sa ternity owcd much ta Mr. Pe- toward the endi of World War xve may hear other names for thick for bis initiative anti active c whcn it was ncccssary for the this grand aid party besides the intcrest in promating base bal I Liberais ta jain the Conserva- coalition type titie, Progressive- anti hockey. Those were the tives ta maintain a stable gov- Conservative. Alliteration couiti tinys when tbe aid frame till ernmcnt through critical times. add its sonority ta the slogans sheti anti the fair groundis adi-o!te etca agn "T e oining it vere the centre of The Conservative Party, oforath ne, voteCeig t-Con these popular sports. "Barb' wbch brought about Confetera-Or im for a chnejoe rdtCn managedth te tcams for a num- tion, has produced eight prime servative .1) O,"im o ber of years with the copera- ministers. This is a fine record, change, vote Cnfederate-Con- tion of Af. Bennett of the Ben-1 These eight men ave rueti Can- servativ." Wuld not "try Tor- net Hose, Sp rtsee etitQ sn ada through Tory administra- ies this time" be better. What- nett HouseýSport seemed tg lose . eve h y a etl .M .a d M s a certain amount of its appeal fions for a total of 35 years. This vethyaeoi.Mranirs and nthsiam wen he airmeans that the average tenure of Average Caniadian have many aronds entusas wbnere n t arCnevti pe-times shown their ability ta gruci ee ovetdioaapower of a Cnevtiepe-tbink through mud ta the bard residentiai section whcn the îcr is 4.4 years. As the Father affunaonfprpriy G oodyear Com pany built ouses Confederation, Sir John A. M ac- __________of _________y for their employees on Carlisle donald, belti office for 19 years, Ave. mare thàn balf thei tours of of- Federai anti provincial auth- Annul Bcyce Rces fice, nane o! the other seven orities have wisely contributeti Annul Bcycl Raes at time ta gain mucb experi- immeasurably ta the develop- Bicycling was another popu- ence in the top job, ment of agriculture, minerais, lar growing form of spart anti The Liberal Party has beiti anti fisheries. But the forests re- recreation in xvbich frienti Pc- power for a total of 47 years un- ceive much less attention even thick was an active participant der only four premiers. A Lib- thaugli a single forest industry, as dealer andi racer. Eacb May eral prime 'minister, therefore, namnely pulp an-d paper, creates 24th was a full day of sport stays at the heati of gavernment more new wealth atinualiy for whicb apeneti in the marning for an average o! 11.7 î'ears, Canada than ail the grain crops witb a bicycle race ta Newcas- more than two anti a bal! times campineti, anti more than ail the tic anti return. Among the "pe-aslnasbsC sevtvcon miripodtonfmcala dial pushers" of those gloriaus a oga isCnevtvecuernra rdcin rmtolt days were Malcolm (Gilly) Gai- tepart. One of thc Liberal lead- golti anti from asbcstos ta pet- brathFre MichflFrakcrs, W. L. MacKenzic King, roleum. Petb.Iick, Carl Ktnt, Howard hta -h gvrm tfr o McMurtry, Pete Garrett, Garnet tl of 22 years. This is a record, ' ' ahr, o nly for Canada, but for the 'A~f~'t4»., Trewin, Frank Grigg anti otrs Britisli Commonwealth of Na- 41,'07 As years went along Frank tians. gave up active participation inl Bath parties ;'averncd the spart, althougb stili retaining bis cutv eî.Bhpaield IA interest anti was ofteçk cansuit- caunata prasperi aty ie ed n the subject ly Cnatheprser eomnggenraio. u atihaps, theexception of the King Active Meniber of 1.0.0.1F. the Bennett regime from 1930 to As a new interest ant i dver- 1935. The Unionist Governmcnt sion fronm business Frank be- wvas in power when toc 1921 de- came greatly absorbet inh fra- iý pression struck. It remaineti for. ternal work through Florence Liberal adfiiistrations ta leati Nightingale Lotige, 100.OF. No.j the countrv aut of the great de- 66. During the baif century be pressions 'anti through Worlti ,vas active in thb lotige he belti War Il. aii the important local offices,. It would seemn that the rom- as wvell as being honoreti on parativelv long experience of the .~a ~s-A everal occasions by appoint- Liberal leaders bias enabledt hem nent ta Grand Lodge positions, ta recognize changing candi- Mr. Pethick alsa was a meni- tions. Once these changes have ber of the Town Council for a been graspeti somnething bas been nu-nber of years. It was tiuring donc about tbcm. This ability his terni of office iii Council ta nice't altered conditions is bat the municipality puIrchiaseti pcîhaps wbv the' people' bave lie aid Electric Liglit Plant anti kept the Grîts in Pawrmr ok ie- Las tr- )t- 7- re r S. iy 1 Is 9 ti r: &in#4 dfkupt Tbat's the famnous and fabu- lous C.N.E.I And, this yeor, there's feofures and attrac- lions galore. The 1953 editian of "Conadiana", starring Victor Borge, Darvas and Julia, the Lunds, and the 6eauty and wanderment cf "Dancing Waters."' There's a diamond TO T ýLSR VNICUE 2 EP- 2,95 >45 dispicy never befor. shown to the public. . . spine.chilling thrills, and laughs, on two great new Midway rides . . - the famnous Welsk Guairds Bond . .. a fuli-scale ice show. Yes, there's something difFer- ent every minute et this year s .. . J A *fMURIfESV mn9, M<s TORONT AUG.28 -SPT. 1v 195 ick as a wk k- TELL WHERI TO sur gg9Y SA xe Iii Dim and Distant Pasif 25 YEARS AGO F. C. Waghorne, Toronto, ad- *dressed a public meeting in the town with a view of working up interest in organizing a la- crosse team in Bûwmanvjlle. Twelve Rural School Fairs have been announced to take place in Durham County from Sept. 6 to Scpt. 27. Bowmanville assessment for 1928 was $2,275,535 at 411/'2 milîs will realize taxes a.mount- ing ta $94,434.70. The Oshawa Reformer (now the Times-Gazette) wasz founded by the late W. R. Climie in 1871 who was then pro prietor of the Canadian Statesman at Bow- manville. Durham Regt. will hold its annual camp at Barriefield. ,B Company is in command of Ma- jor W. J. Hoar and D Company in charge of Majcr E. Smith Ferguson. Radio Station CKGW located on outskjrts f Bowmanville is to be the key station of a new Trans - Canada Broadcastlng Company with R. W. Ashcroft as manager. Dr. W. C. Sharpe, a former B.H.S. student, has been ap- painted a lecturer in the faculty of medicine at Western Univer sity, London. Miss Flra M. Galbrath has resigned as teacher at the South Ward School and is bSeing suc- ceeded by Miss Margaret E. Mc- Gregor. 49 «YEARS AGO Mrs. J. K. Galbraith has pur- chased the late Thos. Fitzgerald cottage at the Eat Beach and christened it "Kilkajr". Adjt. and Mrs. Mark Ayrel have. returned from attending the great Salvation Army Con- gresS at London, England. Bowmanville's "Wand e r ing 37 Boy", Thos. Hoar, has strayed solidate uis power within the union. Bec] repiaced Dan Tobin as head of the Teamsters' last faîl. Tied in with aIl tuis is that the unions Detroit boss, James Hoffa-who is report- ediy unfriendly ta the dismissed Canadian -assumed power over the Windsor local of the union; then led the Windsor group in strike preparations after the Toronto office of the union had accepted a settie. ment in the current wage dispute. There are two more significant items in this story. One is that Detroit's Hoffa is expected ta assume power over the en- tire Canadian section of the Teamsters. The second is that David Beck, supreme authority in the Teamsters, was, recentiy described by Fortune magazine as an ambitiaus gentleman whose goal is to contrai the entire distribution system in the United States. This is flot the first exampie of the Canadian section of an international union coming under the dominance of its U.S. headquarters. A year ago the steelwork- ers ini Canada demanded and got wages equal ta those of American steelworkers- a policy that could hardly help but have been worked out in the Pittsburgh head- quarters of the steel union. And there have been other instances. For Canada, as a nation, the situation is hardly a healthy one. Observations and Opinions One of the greatest blessîngs of ex- perience, in adjustment to aid age, is the realization that the things which seemed ta be indispensable ta happiness in early and middle life are unimportant ta the enjoyment of the true values that bring camplete and abiding satisfaction ta those who have gained them.' r7ýrý, ý ý 4 PAGE TWO YY IYIM LX V 14,Lf, UfN "OF COURSE 1 HAVE FAN ESTATE~ "My Dad is building it for me rigbt now, and it's going to, be pretty important ko nme sarne day." And a father ktiows how important ir is to have that estate properly administered, no matter how small ir mnay be at present. 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