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- PAGE TEN ~~~~W-UAMIjLZ *AAATBUS. JWWUL VAJ.I.i IfÇAMRLTHURDY & Ih U WA- Colin Brown planted sanie paoplars near his residence at Leskard. Imagine his astonlsh- znen to t have a couple ai bea- vers pay the so a visit, cut down five ofshis nice yaung poplars, then buzz off ta parts unknown. Colin proposes, but the beaver disposes. A few days ago, I made a trip ta aur outhouse. The door was shut; as I tried ta push it open I noticed very large chips on the floor, retarding the door, and making me wonder. if a wild animal was inside. Giving a healthy shove, I noticed a thud just above my head, look- ed up, and discovered a large porcupine teetering on the top af the door. The thud was when his tai had struck the door, which now resembled a pin cushion, except that the "pins" were quilîs. I'm about-five feet nine, the door is six and a bal! feet high, s0 you can easily fi-gure by what narrow margin "Porky" failed to mnake rny naggin a quiJl cuýshion. 1 soon skedadled fromn there, and stili can't remember why 1 went there in the first place. Our playful visitar gnawed a siat holding a pane af glass, the glass (which was over the door) feUl and shattered, and away Lwent Porky. Heard a fellaw an a New York quiz show tel ai going hutoa.arestaurant for coffee and pie. served by a stuxining look- mxg waitress. Tinie, nine a.m.! Tbey bad neyer met previaus- ly, but he was such an ardent waaer, ihey were married three hours later. Wblle on their boneymoon, It became apparent that the bride's famuly didn't approve, and let the young folks khow by telegraph, that the marriage was going ta be annullpd. The happy couple were ne- sourceful, and just ta give the old folks pleniy ai action, gai married in three dii ferent States. That was twenty-five years ago. They are still mar- ried, have six cbildren with a seventh expected. And speaking ai new arrivals. While I was leaving the Coron- ation Cafe, recently, Charley Penwarden oifered me a cigar, whiich I politely reiused, as I was already working on anc. But when I xioticed the large blue band an Charlie'. proifer- ed stogie read "It's a Boy", I accepted. That's the firsi cigar WITH The new ighfweight minerai oggregatel Architects, Plasterers, Contractors and House owners who have tested MICAFIL ail say it ie: *b easier ta handie - because weighs only 8 lbs. per cubic foot. Ob laste longer - daeflot absarb maisture, dries without warping or buckling, doeflot crack, dissolve, disintegrate or rot. lb afforde greater protection- against sub-zero cald or intense heçt, against fire hazards, favours low insurance rates. Replaces sand in modemn gypsum plastering construction. 'Sap. your BISCO Dealer or contractar todayl Also MICAFIL Home Insulaition' SEE YOUR e BUILDING DEALER NOW MATFRIAL ~ VUEBISCO DEALER IN BOWMANVILLE M cGregor Hardware KING ST. W. Limited MA 3-33861 Ed Youngman's Column i The Statesman's Grass Roots Coluuist A welcome card irom the Clarence Avery family, cur- rently resldig iArizona, states that they read the jolly aId Statesman outinlx the de- sert. Tbey send kind regards ta all; wbich w. are pleased ta pass on. We have also received two pretty cards irom Mr. and Mrs. F. Schon, ai Bowmanville, who went ta Europe on an extènded, visit. Thoughi maybe they would have been back in Can- ada before this. but guess they're having too much fun wbere they are. While thanking Harvey Mal- colm for bis kindly invitation ta the Western jamboree at the opening of Yelverton's new Church Hall, May 4, I will ex- press the hope that the afiair was a buge success. Butch and I had planned ta don aiur ten gallon Stetsons and attend, but between the hot sticky day, ram roddlng a green iree plant- ing crew, and a bum leg,.that was badly swollen and acbing, we passed it up, especially as I expected the nexi day ta be another scorcher. Presbyterian W.M.S. HoId Meeting At Campbellford The semi-annuai meeting ai the Peterborough Presbyterlal Women's Missionary Society af the Presbytenian Church in Canada was held in St. An- drew's Church, Campbellford, Ontario, Wednesday, May 4, *1955. *The President. Mrs. A. E. Toombs presided ai morning and aiternoon sessions. Twelve *Auxliaries throughout the Presbytery were represented by the eighty-seven women who registered. Interesting reports were pre- sented by Mrs. G. G. Stephens and Miss Margaret Lees wba were delegates ta the récent Synodical meeting i Gaît, On- tario. Miss Irene Stringer, Mission- ary ta India, ai preseni home on furlough was the guesi speaker. Her work ai teaching and evangelîsm for the past twenty-five years bas been an bath the Jhansi and the Bhil Fieluds. Hence, Miss Stninger was able ta point out some af the very decided differences as Jwell as the similar xieeds ai the peoples ai the two fields af aur church's missionary effort in India. s'. BUILDERS Whether you are building on@ home or a hundred, you'Il find lt weIl warth your while ta, drop in and have a talk with the manager of your nearest branch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce. He wvill be glad ta discuss your mortgage requirements under the National Housing Act 1954. Mortgage Loans are only one of the many services we offer our customners. Ask about aur facilitieo at any of aur branches -we have more than 680 to serve you. THilE CANADIAN BAN K 0F COM M EJD%%R Soinvxanville Brandit - Il. C. Il 'f I J'GMmnc tî- unI tE 7Li E9ýU Good Attendance ut St, Ardre W-*'sServices ever offered me by a brand new Papa, and certalnly the first time I knew that the to-. bacco-people catered to the three-cornered brigade with "baby blue", cigar ban«a and the sex thereon. As the stogl happened to be a good one, Ml reciprocate by wishing the haPPY family congratulations. Not long ago, a fellow was tellng af his honeymoon trip, 1when lie offered the belI hop a dollar tip, and asking If 'that was O.K. The bell hop looked kind of sour, and grunted something that sounded like ".No," so the bridegroom stufi., ed the dollar back into has pac- tket and with his bride, coollv walked out af the hotel wit.h- out giving any largesse. That, my friends, required a lot more courage than your scribe pas- sesses. While tree planting last week, three ai the hired help (at lunch time) struck up a con- versation with yours truly. The man asked if I had ever been ta Europe. When I mentianed France, Belgium and Germany, he asked if I had ever been ta Ypres (in Belgium). When I told af having been in that vi- cinity for evelen months, he mentioned that he 'came froni there. Sa you can just imagine how qulckly that noan hour flew while we reminisced about his old home sector. An odd, feature is that only a few days before I had men- tianed the Ypres Salient dur- ing my short Odd Fellows ad- dress at the Bowmanville Cen- otaph. Small world, eh? Annlversary services àt St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchi on May 1 were largely attend- ed. Preaching at both morning and evening service vias the Very Reverend W. A. Camer. on, B.A., LLX., D.D, former Moderator of General Assem- bly, for many years Secretary jof Minsions for the Presbyter. ian Church, and atpresent Se- cretary of Overseas Missions in the Canadian Counil' of IChurches. Mr. W. E. C. Workman pre.. -ided at the organ, and special music was provided I the morning by Mrs. D. S. Fergu- son, who sang "Hear My Pray- er" by Mendelssohn, and by1 Mrs. Rickaby and Mrs. Carson of Orono who sang a duet' number. "Dream of Paradise"l by Gray. Guest soloist i the eveningt was William . ' Thornpson, tenor solo lat of Glenvlew, Presbyterian Church. Toronto, and a brother. of Sup.rvising Principal af Schools A. M. Thonipson. Mr. Thompson con- tributed two much appreciated numbers. In the morning Doctor Cam- eron based his sermon on the Eleventh Psalm and took for his text the wards, "If the founda- tions be destroyed, what caîi the righteous do?". He spoke about fear, quoting the words and ideas of the unknown wri- ter of this Psalm. The founda- tions ofisoeiety were being shaken, the situation was des-, perate,- people were' losing' hope, their opponehts were strong. Aniidst the confusion the man ta whom the psalni was addressed was advised ta Foresters in, the Making WiII Be a Frequent Sight- Along the Roads of Durham We are taking thii oppor- tunity of explaiing in advance certain actîvity which wil take place this summer in the Coun- ties of Northumberland, Peter- borough, Durham and Victoria. Trucks belonging ta the De. partment and laden with For- esters in the making will be a irequent sight an the roads, as they travel ta and frorn farmers' woodlots. The forbear- ance of the latter is requested as the work being done is ai considerable importance ta the Province generally. Away back in 1946, when the decision was reached ta place Ontario's timber on a sustained yield basis, it was ne- cessary ta embark upon an in- ventory of the Provmnce's re- sources. Aerial photagraphy be- Complacency 1Not Our Stand (The Rural Scene) A correspondent suggests that the Rural Scene takes a very complacent view af the pli li in which Carjadian farmers find themselves. She charges us with taking the stand thai agriculture should be satisfied wiih the presen~t ecoxiamic set-up, wbich is resuliing in the sieady de- dline in the prices af farm pro- ducts wbihe farmi production costs are maintained at bigh levels by high industrial wages and the cost af malntaining the weliare state. .She believes ibatinlxiview af the burdens these thgs place on agriculture, the farniers sbould nat have ta meet the competition af f amproducts from foreign and Common- wealth cauninies whose farmh- ers are nai so burdened., Our correspondent is mistak- eni. We are not saiisfied wiih the preseni economlc set-up. We believe that Canadian farmers, excepi those who suffered faxi crop damage hast year, arebei- ter off today than ever they were. But we believe thai their preseni prospenity cannai en- ,dure because, like the present prasperîty ai other classes in the country, it is based on ar- tificialhy enhanced pnices which are bound ta came down, and there is nothing we can do ta prevent il. We beieve that the remedy for the situation is not ta be found in putting more props under the prices ai farm pro- ducis, but in removing the props that are maintaining iarni cosis, and industniah casis, and living cosis ai levels that are pricing ahl Capadian products oui af ithe markets, even oui ai the home market. 1 Christian Science Lecture in Oshawa 'Friday May 20 The power of scieniific Christianity ta heal sickness and bring freedom fraini ear and ather evils wihl be the tapic ai a public lecture ta be delivered in Oshawa on 2fith May, 1955, by John J. Sehover af Long Beach, Caifornia. Mr. Selover, who is a mcmn- ber ai The Christian Science Board ai Lectureship, will speak under the auspices af Firsi Church ai Christ, Scign- Itisi, Oshawa, in The Mastqiic Temple, 91 Centre Street, ai 8:15 p.m. His subjeci wllib. "Christian Science Fulfills God's Healing Promise". An auihorized public practi- tioner and teacher ai Christian ,Science, Mr. Selover practiced Slaw xi Long Beach from 1928 until 1941. In that yean be was appointed Christian' Science Cammittee on Publication for Southern California, and since then h:s devoted, fuil! urne tu came the basis af the new fast system ai cruising, and in area aiter area planes have been chartered ta photograph at in- tervals ai one mile the terrain below. From these pbotagrapbs, taken at a helghi ai approxi- mately 11/z miles, new maps were created shawing with ab- sohute precision the exact lo- cations ai lakes, raads, forest types, etc. Each year thereaf- ter li one or another tract crews from the Division ai Tiniber Management have been employed. taking samples an fixed areas on ýhe ground, 50 that the volumes aver thous- ands af acres cauld be comput- ed thereirom. Northern Ontar- ia is almost fînished, and aur men are now embarked upon a survey af the patented lands ai soutbern Ontario. Lasi year their work was done in the lflO'3 a, ova LUI AOjO. Kingston neighbourhood. This year aur vicinlty will b. stu- died, ..ad- hi subsequent years the south-west of Ontario willl see their work completed. The question no doubt wiUl arise as to w;hy we are. inter- ested, in ,timber growing on areas that do not belong ta the Crown. First, the data so ac- quired will contain information af benefit ta the owner of every farm woodlot, that is, there will be sanie conception gained as ta the rate ai grawth which can be expected I the future. With tis the fanmer whoý proposes ta treat his wood- lot in business-like fashion can determine with a fair degree ai accuracy the increment or interest rate which he can ex- peet froni his farest capital. The second purpose, although no less important, is for the Department's benefit. We must have some idea ai the material available an patent lands 11-1 order ta know what provision must be made an Crown lands,, in order that the needs ai this' and future generations may be made as far as timber is con-. ,cerned. fIee ta the mountains. But this man, strang i his falth in God, repudiates the advice, saying, "In Jehavah have I taken re- fuge."P DoCtor Cazneron polnted out i strong illustration, that the righteous, man, though his woarld seenis ta b. crumbllng, in under the eye ai God,, who is watching his people, ready ta wleld His power xi defence ai an outraged moral order. The speaker showed the intim- ate cannection between cour- age and faith. One who has the tonsciousness ai Divine sup- port can count upon arder be- ngbrought out ai confusion. e called upon Christians ta be strang i their righteousness, and count upon Jehovah'i sup- port. In the evening the sermon was based upon Revelations, 23 . 13, "On the east three gates, oan the north three gates. on west three gates." Christianity is the light ai man, represent- cd by the east gates, giving deep satisfaction ta the man who enters lufe thereby. Men try ta iind satisfaction in the nrhgaies, materialism, dark and cold; in pleasure and self- gratification empty ai substance, the south gates; and finally, caming ta the sunset, the wesi gates, iinding that the fullness ai ie has cscaped theni. He urged an increase ai Christian witness, in thinking and living. The mînisier ai the church, Rev. Alex G. Scott, canducted the services, which were' well- attended and appreciated. On April 28, the executive of Orono Red Cross met at the: home af Mrs. W. E. Armstrong.! with six members present. Treasurer Mrs. Murray gave ber report and it was moved that ahl outstanding bills be paid. Report on 1955 campaign for funds *as read by Mrs. Ruth- erford, show total amount rais- ed ta be $964.75. Mrs. Ruth Allin was ln charge ai the books during te campaign and aur special thanks are extend- ed ta ber. A report on 'the Poster Con- test was given by Mrs. Ruth- erford and a letter ai thanks from the winner, Rosemary Smith- ai Clarke Union School, was read. Water Safety Program at thc Park will be carrîed on by the Red Cross this summer and the classes will be held in the marnings during July. Red Cross "Water Safety' Week" is being held the lasi week in June. It was decided ta send ta the Red Cross for films dealing with' this and have them shown ta the children and their parents at a meeting on June 23rd. It was suggested that the children register for the Water Safety Program ai ibis meeting. Letters are ta be sent ta the sehools xiotiiying the children. It was decided ta make an appeal for dlean used white lin- en or cotton sheets, pilow ca- ses, etc., ta he useéd for cancer dressings. These may be leit at Tyrrell's Drug Store. 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