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~p~pj>j>j~ BTATEDMAP4. BOWMANVH..LE. ONTARIO . ..tmn..n.,n., ,v.n. éu. t., ,uu* PAGE ri OtT EDJI ORJALS How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. We have just been reading the article In the last issue of The Statesman on "Are You in Favour o! Parking Meters?" As the editor wasn't approached for bis views on this question o! the hour, as far as Bowmanville is concerned, we would like ta have our opinion recorded as NO. We have neyer been in favor of these "One- Armed Bandits" as these modern hitching posts for taxing autos have been referred fa. With the variaus arguments presented for and against these gadgets fa clutter up aur main business street we have yet to be convinced that their installation will be in the best interests of the fown. We don't fhink they will solve the local traffic problem other than drive rural customners ta neighbouring fowns and village who gladly welcome patrons- ta fh-eir places o! business without impasing fhis abominable and useless penalty. From the standpoint of creating extra revenue f or the municipal freasury we cansider it a questionable and undignified means o! gyping nickles and coppers f rom matorists who are already pverburdened with taxes. Doubt, fao, if any member of aur police force, in bis daily dufies, will relish the job of tapping the meters of the lucre begrudgingly deposited by the cash customers. As one citizen discussing this question said, he tbougbt the police would be better employed in checking Up matorists who violate the traffic iaws. This would have a greater effect in having motorists observe the iaws. Since the post office has been moved off the main corners there is already a noticeable lack of autos cluttering up that important area. Wben m otorists use the civic parking area just off the main street there should be less crowding of cars on King Street. There is also the possibiiity and hope that the proposed lane at the back of stores on the south side of King Street will become a reality fa allow trucks fo unload behind the stores, instead of in front of them, as is now the case. We will leave it ta aur readers to thinlc up other reasons for opposing the installa- tion of parking meters in Bowmanville at this fime. If might be appropniafe here to reverse Dale Carnegie's popular saying of "How ta Make Frîends and Influence Peaple" fa "How fa Lose Friends and Ai ienat e People" by installing parking meters in Bowmanvi:lle. - According fo the "Dim and Distant Past" column in last week's Statesman it is just 25 years ago that this paper advocat- ed and canducted, on its own initiative, an Apple Blossom Week in West Durham. This was a 22-mile four we laid out and erected signs ta guide fhe motorists fhrough the most promising areas in wbich apple orchards wene blooming in ail their glory of fragrant pink and white petals &round May 24 - 29. The past week we have read o! prepara- f ions underway for attractive blossom festivals in f hree distant parts o! the cauntry, which are features drawing thous- ands o!f motorîsts from hundreds o! miles distant fa view the wonderful beauties o! nature. These districts inicluded the annual Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival o! Nova Scotia. (It says here, it's the second oldest event of its kind in North America and oidest in Canada. The festival is fhe first major event which opens the Nova Scotia fourist season. It commemorates more fhan 300 years o! apple grawing in this iush Maritime Prov- ince. The setting is perfect for gay pageantry.) Now isn't thaf inviting public- ity fa arouse your desire and curiasity ta attend this social function and see the Queen and her retinue o! Princesses crowned in a ceîemony that is ali-inspir- Manitoba Government bas the credif and distinction of inifiating the first of ifs kind in North America in setting up a publicity program of alcohol education as a means of combafting fhe alcohol prob- lem. Tbrough an advertising and publicity campaign, the commitfee bits home the bare facts about alcohol and advocates moderation, rather than preacbing pro- hibition. Already a similar campaign bas been suggested in Ontario. Recenfly a recom- mendafion that Premier Frost begin im- rnediafely "'a continuous educational pro- gram" fa inform the public about the danger of excessive drinking was made in a report submitted by a grand jury appear- ing in the Supreme Court of Ontario assiz- es with Mr. Justice W. F. Spence presiding. This is a continuation of the editorial in last week's Statesman clipped from the Simcoe Reformer and written by Mrs. John Pexv on the subject of "Time to Declare Agricultural Gospel" on which we have already received several favorable comments: The observance of Rural Life Sunday does several things. It spiritualizes our daily toil by relating it ta divine purposes and recognizing its providentiai base, which is surelv to make us more careful in aur use of the soil and more diligent in the tasks by which we turn the resources of nattfre inta food for the wor]d. It ought also to make us hulmble and dependent, grateful and unselfish. As God is good ta us, so we ought to share gladly with al mnen everywhere. These services, moreover, lift aur com- mon tasks ta the level of worship, helping Etabi,,hd 1854 with whicb jinflcorporaled the Bowmanville News. The Newcastle ladevendani and rhe Orana News IO3rci Yeoi af Contnuous Service ta the Town of Bownan ville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPFR SLJBSCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Yecnr. strictly in advance $5.00 a Yea r i the United States Authonsed ce Second C0983 04«U PogOttice Departaient. Otawa Publthod by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COUPA"Y ýýIoWmRnviU.. Ontano GEO. W. JAMES. Enrrou Then away out on the Pacific Coast we read that Washington State will hold its annual Apple Blossom Festival in fhe Wenatchee Valley. The apple growers o! this State formed the Washington Apple Commission 20 years ago "which weidg their efforts into one organization for pro- motion, advertising and research". Coming dloser fo home, we find in Peel County, up around Streetsville, the apple growers are holding an Apple Blos- soin Festival ta attract fhousands of resîdents from nearby Toronto fa motor ouf and literally drink in the fascinating beauties of the apple blossoms. We are giving publicity ta these events in the hope that Durham Counfy apple growers, in co-operation with Bowman- ville Chamber of Commerce, will have the urge to get fogether and plan an Apple Festival next May as a feature o! the Bowmanville Centennial Celebration be- ing held in 1958. Durham County bas many apple orch- ards in abundance. The county is ideally located in that there is well over a mil- lion population living wifhin a radius o! 50 miles o! this caunty. Soalal if needs is vision, initiative, entbusiasm and a co- operative organiization fa go fa work now and plan an Apple Festival fhat will do credifta good old Durham Counfy. Last week's Cobourg Sentinel-Star, with a banner hbeading across ifs front page, gave publicity fa an inquest whicb would make excellent copy for an educa- tion campaign sbowing up fhe evils of liquor wben if reported: "Tbree Cobourg boys died and a fourth was critically inj un- ed in a car crash fhat followed an affer- noon drinking party in a Rice Lake cabin. This was revealed at an inquesf in Cobourg yesterday." As furfber need o! an education cam- paign about the evils o! alcobol, Dr. H. D. Arcbibald, executive director o! the Alco- bolism Research Foundation, said that in Ontario alone the number o! alcobolics had increased by 178 per cent fa 76,000 since 1945. Yet there is a demand almost daily for mare retail outiets for liquor and beer in Ontario. us ta see thaf, as we plow the fields, SoW the seed, and reap the harvest we are only servants o! a higher power. And these services invest the work o! agriculture with dignity-not only in fthe minds of farmers, but for ail other folk wbo observe them. And there is no reason for our town neighbours flot to observe Rogation Day. Tbey are dependent on tbe soil and the farmer. And finally, fhese services become the inspiration which creates ways and means fa ennich rural life, fa make if a "calling". We go outf from them ta make agriculture whaf we bave seen if fo be, asking for God's belp that the desent may bloom as the rose-nof only in terms of economic prosperity but cuÏtural enricbment, quiet cantenfmenf, and boly purpose. Observations and Opinions- The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one cames from strong will and the other from a strong wan't. We wisb fa remind carrespondents that we do not pnint letters intended for aur "Lef fers ta the Edifor" column unless they bear fthe f rue name and address o! the correspondent. If fthe wvifer sa mndi- cafes, bis name may be withbeld fromn publication and a pen-name subsfifufed. But the good fait h o! the writer must be substantiated by bis signing the original copy. The custam o!f ipping sftems fromn l6th and l7tb-century co!fee bouses in England. Customers were expected ta drap coins in a brass-bound box inscribed "To Inaure ýPromptness," lafer reduced fa the initiais TIP. Called penny univers- if ies, fthe coffee bouses were seafs o! wif and learning. Wben Charles II closed fhem as places of sedif ion in 1675, the protest wag sa severe that be quickly reVQkeç4 i "prQclamatiA. What was that about "The Hare and the In the Dim and Distant Pas From The Statesman Files 25 YEARS AGO (1932) 49 YEARS AGO (1908) Hundreds of motorists fol- Front page carried the pic- lowed a Durham County apple tures of the Liberal candidate, blossamn tour on May 24. Blos- Mr. Thos. Baker, Solina, and soms were somewhat -behind Mr. J. H. Levitt, Blackstock, owing ta cool weather. A map the Conservative candidate for used ;n the Toranto Star was West Durham in Provincial repraduced. election. Patriotic exercises marked The abituary a! Mrs. John observance of Empire Day in Mitchell, one o! the early set- the public schools. Recitations tlers o! West Durham was giv- and choruses were given. Mem- en. She was Ann Pollard wha bers of Junior 3rd class includ- came ta Canada in 1828. She ing Norman Searle,' Louise and her husband farmed near Wilson, Ruth James, Gerald- Bradley's School, then resided Ine Coulter, Donald Venton, in Enniskillen with their son, Kenneth Cale and Doug14S Dr. J. C. Mitchell. Jackman performed an 2er- At a district meeting at Or- cise. Rev. A. S. Kerr gave the ono of the Methodists, Revs. address. Wm. Tueker, Wm. Jolliffe and War clouds hovered over J. C. Wilson were recommend- Europe as Polish-German en- ed faor superann uation. Laymen rnity increased, Rotarians were delegates fîom Bowmanville told by H. H. Troop, Credit Iri were J. J. Mason, C. M. Caw- spector of the Royal Bank of ker and M. A. James. Canada, Toronto. R. R. Waddell, Orona, passed his third year exams at On- Six hundred school childien tario Law Schôol winning hon- but few adults attended Bow- ors and the Bronze Medal. rnanvîlle's first Arbor Day. A Miss Eva Luttrell was to tree planting ceremony toak hold a musicale at her residi- place at the corner of King ence, Temperance St., in aid and Liberty Streets and Mayor of Willing Workers of St. Gea. W. James addressedteJh' ur. gatheing.A elcome was extended tn Detroit News featured in its Mr. and Mrs. R. Copeland o! Birthday Column dentîst Dr. Millbrook wha had bought the Frederick Williams Cryder- Reid hiomestead, King St. E., man, formerly of Durham fram Mr. A. Penningtan. County and brother of Mr. J. The death was recorded in H. Cryderman. It xvas said ha Washington, D.C., of James H. had probably extracted mare McGill, formerly of Bowman- teeth than any other dentist in ville, at the age o! 61. Detroit if flot in Michigan. For Victoria Day, the D.O.P. Rev. Dr. Geo. S. Patterson Band gave a concert on the wha had just returned from 20 Four Carners, then proceeded years in Y.M.C.A. work in Ja- ta the Drill grounds where pan viite hs wfe' unieOshawa and Bowmanville play- pan viite hi wie's uMiss ed a lacrosse game. There was and aunt, Mr. John and Ms also a parade in the afternoon Eva Hellyar. and more sports, under the di- Newcastle-A long familiar rection o! L. A. W. Tale, F. C. figure in the persan of Mr. Pethick. John McConnachie, George Eilbeck, passed away James Deyman and C. ArthLir fallowing a stroke. Cawker. Marks of Good Min ister How to Know Them By REV. A. C. FORREST In the Theologicai Collages, Seminanies and D iv in i ty Scbools across the land, the ein- ibnyo ministens o! Canada are caming up ta, their lasf set of axaminations. Soon fbey wil be ordainad and going out fa thain !inst churches. Soma will become cunates and assistants in tawn and citY. But the greaf majority o! them will be headed for the nonfh on the west, for the mission fialds and the finy pastoratas in the country. As the years pass, some will gnow weary in xvell-doing, but not many will desent the min- isfry. Soma will ba racognizad as future leaders o! thein churech and ba called ta the big pulpits and influential parishes o! the land. And many, the most of them, wîll remain in the small places, unknown ta the nation on church af lange, but seîvïng faithfully and winning the af- fection of thein people. These ana days when tha eyes of tha nation are tunning more and more to the cburch for laadership, wben the in- fluence o! the clangy can be very great. Thase are times when the denominations are calling dsparately for more men ta give fulîfime service ;n the »'onk o! the chuncb. The ministai, bis sfiengrh and his weakness, bis abihity an lack o! it, maires commen conversation througbout the land. Here are some o! the things I'd like ta say are the mark, cd a zoo4 miistr., _' First, ha must be sincena. Thare is na profession where insincerity is more quickly de- fecfed or mare soundly con- demnad than in the clergy. The ordinaiy membars wili put up witb a multitude o! sins in their ministen; thay will avpn- look his failings, apologize for bis lapses, excuse bis paon ser- mons, put the best light on bis factlessness, if they love hini. But tbey will naf tolenate in- sincerity. Anything w h i c h smacks o! misusing the dignity o! the cloth, o! expioiting tne simple faith o! the people, o! perverting the Gospel fan per- sonal gain, is damned. And if sbould be. That is the first requirement, incanity. Falth Ti Mlaunderstood The second is associatad w'th the first; if is faitb. This may be misundarstood. If is difficuit ta explain. A minister may have bis doubts about Chris- tian doctrine and show if; ha niay struggle ta articulate bis own faith and came ouf with something which really aught ta face a beîesy trial. But if behind and beneath if aIl he bas a solîd faitb in Almight.v God, somehow mysfaniously ne- vealed in Jesus Christ, ha will be respected. Thiîdly, I beliave a minister as well as baving faitb and loy- ing bis God, must lova bis fel- low men. Lave in the Christian senie is not jusf anougb. He must lika them tao if ha is ta be happy in bis work. - z k;now minàtm aWho 4dee sis a! gaod administration in a modern churcb, whana organ- izafional work saems so impor- tant. The common sensa preacher won't tny ta nun everythmng himself. He will get othens ta do things. Ha will plan his woîk ahead: ha will nat consume his time and energiei with non essantials and neglecýi important things. Common sense does that. And I fhink that a goad min- isten should be an effective teacher and preachen; I know fine ministers who aren'f ana- tons; non will they aven ba- came madal-winning public speakers. But the gaod doctor bas ta leain ta treaf the sick; the mecbanic. must master his trade. And preaching and taaching ara vary important parts o! the ministar's wonk. There is liftle excuse for the preachar who însists on boring hjs humble listenars year aftcr ya. The hungry sheep look up. They should be !ad. You can say what you like, 1 1 a.m. Sun- day moîning, or whenever it is that men gathan to wonship God and have the braad o! if!e broken for fhemn is the most important hour o! ail the week. The good minister will prepare carefully and diligent- ly and sea fa if that thay get somathing which wili help them fthrough the days o! the weak. Thare are many more requirements. These seam. ba- sic. Forums Study Farm Labour Differences Ontario Forums studiad lab- on-faîmar relations necant!y and discussad the question: "Is there a comman economie meeting ground for farmar and labor?" Lack of undeîstanding o! each athan's pnobiems was thae graatast obstacle in the way o! farmer and labor getting toge- then, thougbt the farm forums. Labor's abilify ta strike for its damands, ifs shortar houns o! work and highar wages weîe diffeiencs mantioned. The farmer wanfs ta seil high and laban wants ta buy low. Labon does nat undeîsfand the price spîead between what the farmer receivas fan bis pro- duct and wbat the-consumer pays. Labon ris bighly oîanized and faim organizafions show f hein gîeatest weakness by thain stubbornness in refusing- ta join their forces in ane on- ganization fa figbf their own baffles. Considering these differen- ces, the majority a! the forums fhaught they could ba aver- coma, but with great difficulty by education as ta each other's problems would create bettar feelimms Durham County District High Schoal Board, Pont Hope, Ontario. May 16, 1957. Mn. William James, Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvilla, Ont. Dean Bill- The Statesman report o! the Apnil meeting o! the Durham County District High School Board gave an impression that I am sure you on the Board did nat intand. Dr. Turner's report had fine praise for the Staff and the Onganization of the Bowmanville School. Any "!rank cniticism" mentioned in the minutes definitaly had no application fa the Bowman- ville. School. I am sure that you will bq glad ta correct the impression in your repart of the May m"pet- ing. Youns sincerely, Walter Reynolds, Secretary, Durham District High School Board. To the Edifar, In one o! the botels where I stop, some o! the travelling n-en (aid timers) wera talking about "the good old days"- haw much better things wene then than now. Yes, times have changed. Forfy yeans ago men wonked for an hanast living instaad of wishing fan ana, Twa or fhnee people could meef withouf passing the bat. Parents wera the only baby-sitters. Folks boiied coffea and settled it witlî an agg. The anly "Reds" were red flannels, and a boy didn't think ha bad ta have a vahicle in which ta pursua happiness. People weîe mare intenestad in human cantentment than in the confentment o! caws. La- dies iode side-saddle, and wben the pneachen spoka a tnuth, the1 people said "Amen!"1 A candidate had ta be econ- omy-minded ta get elactad ina any o!ffk-e. Neîghbors askcd1 about your family and really1 meant if; and when a mani dressed for the evening ha put1 on a night shirt. Folks used toothpicks andj were stili polite. The neighbons( got fîash liver at hog-kiJing time.1 A man's word was bis bond.c rii~p Van Winkla slapt for 2o yeans &nd no ana asked him to1 endorse a mattness. And mena made the sama wifa do a lite-C time.8 Yes, fîmes have cbangad. Ini the Good Old Days a dollar sure went a long way. Yc/u1 could buy fhree on four times as much as now with if. Buta the trouble wvas, not sa manyh had a dollar.à Durhamn County Boyv TOrQito. - . 3 Oldest Statesmi Mrs..May Week! Passes Away ii Announcement of the death of Mrs. May Weeks, at 7692 ____________________Paso Robles, Anaheim, Calif.. on May 5th, age 98 years, fias been received by the Editor. Mrs. Weeks, the former May Webster, widow of John Weeks, was a native of Bow- manville who was born in the brick cottage on Queen Street occupied by Mrs. Harry Smith,,, just east of the house occupleci by Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Pethi&c. Older citizens will recall that Mis. Weeks was the capable Editress of The Statesman for a number of years after the late M. A. James purchased the paper in 1878. When she was rnarried she .was succeeded on the staff by the late Miss E. E. Haycraft who was a member of the staff for 47 years until her sudden passing. Mrs. Weeks had a pleasing personality and was a gifted writer and her contributions ta ýrhe Statesman in the social and personal columns and in reporting other local events had much ta do with the steady growing circulation of the pa- ___________________per in those early days when - competition was keen ta keep pace with other newspapers, nt times there being three local papers published in Bowman- ville. Those were the days, toa, wvhen party politics ran high and were featured nearly every week editorially. It was a com- mon. expression ta hear said that "the dirty Tory sheet was -. 4 issued up street and the rotten ~3> ~Grit sheet was printed in the Statesman Office". The present editor of The Statesman had not arrived on the scene when Mrs. Weeks eTortoise"? was an the staff, but he was lold of those stirring strenuous and precariaus days in lal.tr years by his father, who, when down aren't fond of peoPle; It's he turned the paper over to hi3 very hard for them. Theïr pas- toral work becomes a chore. Their meetings become hard duty; their visiting in the hos-N e adi claseswNewngsCndnadial al bcmemniltak frCitizenshiD them, and it will break them down. 1 don't believe a man can be either an effectuai or Forty-nine new Canadians1 happy minister if he doesn't were welcomed byr Judge M.1 like people. A. Miller at an impressive cere-' mony in the new Countie3V They tell me that a minister building at Cobourg last week.1 needs to be tactful; but my old The Judge in a brief address1 college Principal who deait said: "I might compare you ta with things like this, had an- a father and mather and th.iýir( other name for it. "Good harse family. Your former country sense." I think the minister is the father and mother, and who is so tactful he cames ta you are the family starting outÀ be lookéd upon as a bit of a -an yaur own." He welcomed1 smoothie is flot always trusted. those receiving citizeriship as1 The preacher wha is taa blunt fellow Canadians and urgcd1 sametimes, who puts his foot them ta be goad citizens and1 in his mauth, who blunders a obey the laws of their ne- 1 little, may be respected in spite country.1 of it. But he must have basic Members of Cobourg Busi- common sense in dealing with ness and Professional Women's people. If he likes people, and Club entertained the new citi-i is concerned for their welfare zens at a caffee party and Misst and happiness he will flot hurt Madeline Rooney on behaîf of themn with thoughtlessness. the club presented each lady1 Plan Work Ahead with a maple leaf pin. She intraduced Mr. Ben0 This cammon sense is the ba- Thampson, Brighton, Conserva-c ans Receive ut Cobourg tive nominee, for Northumber- land who spoke briefly, and Mr. John M. James, Liberal member for West Durham for the last eight years, and presert Liberal candidate in the June electian. Mr. James also, wel- comed the new Canadians. The full list is as follows: Paavo Olavi and Rut Eivor Airala, Vernonvîlle; Constantin Bistolarides, Bawmanville: Ste. f an Chaidiak, Campbellcroft; Lambertus DeBruin, New i~tle* Bouwe (Robert) DeJong,ý«est-' letan; Carla and Emilia Do- brini, Port Hope; Simen end Syke Feddema, NestletoI Jacob Feddema, Bawman- ville; Quong Kun Fong, Toron. ta; Yee Shue Jan Hum, Cod. rington; Ronald Burton Hutsell Baltimore: Lieuwe Greydanu Cobourg, Geziena, Roel f i Jongsma, Burke.tozâbrerrit K04 ornneef, Trenton; lhlqrzej and Mvaria Kolodziej, CObotirg, Jan and Shirley PastmraSr., Tren- ton. Jan and Helen Postma Jr.,, Trentan; Michal and Maniette Prechitro, Bowmanvllle, George Riegger, Newcastle; Kyriakos Rinios, Part Hope: Werner Georg Heinrich Raemer, Wark- ,vorth; Thora Asmund Selvig, Port Hope; Klaas and Geer- truida Geertje Snyder, Nestle- ton. Cornelis Jan Stammis, Tren- ton, Albertus Arie and Shirley VanBelle, Bowmanvjlle; Jan and Jannetje Visser, Bowman- ville; Kazimier Wisniewskî, Bowmanville; Leon Uszacki. Campbellcroft; Henry and Ma- arten Marinus Eigenbr ooad, Trenton. Mn. and Mrs. Henb Scott, Clarke Union;, Mr. and Mis. W. G. Smith and Mr. and Mis, C. E. Hoin, Oshawa, with Mn. and Mis. Earl Trewin. Mrs. E. C. Ashton, Mn. and Mis. G. F. Beach. Janice and Bannie, Maple Grave; Mis. Irwin Bragg, Mn. and Mis. W, J. Bragg, Allen and Barry, 'Providence: Mrs. Ira Travell, Rev. and Mis. J. Mof!att and Peter; Miss Howard and Mr. Wedgery, Oshawa: Mn. and Mis, S. Rodman, Scugag ls- ]and, with Mn. and Mis. O. C. As hton. Messrs Jack Sloan and Wal- lace Stainton, Toronto, with Mn. and Mrs. H. Stevens. Mi. and Mis. Wallace Griffin, Heather and Dale attended Tyrone Anniversaiy in the ev- ening and wena callans o! Mr. and Mis. Walter Rahm's. Mn. and Mis. Harîy Collacutt and Joanne, Bawmanvllle; Mn. and Mis. Henb Scott, Orono, with Mvr. and Mrs. Gardon Yeo. Mn. and Mrs. Clarence Avery and family, Burketon, with Mn. and Mrs. Albert Oke. Mr. and Mrs. W. Lovanidge, Haydon, with Mi. and Mrs. Ivan Sharp. Mn. and Mis. Reg Weaving and Rickey, Thoînhill, witl han parents, Mr. and Mis. W. H. Moore. Mr. and Mis. Robent Knap- ton, Martin and Randy, Toron. ta, vîsitad Mr. and Mis. Gear Inwin.( Miss Clara Page, Mr. ,.t Toronto; Mr. and Ms Howad Bradley and Brian, Maple Grave, with Mrs. E. Page. Miss Elsie Oke, TIoronto, vis- ited Mr. and Mis. ý4yrke ne- cently. 4. abi . Mn. C. W., Werrý,r&f'/Tphnt Borîowdale and nian, Osh- awa; Mn. Bob Brown, Maple Grave; Mn. J. A. Wenny, Enni- skillen, with Mr. and Mis. IL J. McGill. Mn. and Mis. Fred Samis, Enfield; Mn. and Mrs. Donald Lee and family, Oshawa; Mr. and Mrs. Kaith Ferguson and boys, Bowmanville; Mr. and Mis. Clarence Ginn, Cadmus, with Mr. and Mis. W. FargiÀ- Ion. -6 J t t t s I c Let's Plan An Apple Blossom Festival éducation For Temperance Declare Agricultural Gospel en Employee 'S, A ge 98 Years n CaIiforni*, , two sons, Norman and Gorge, lie gave them thi] ately ad- vice, "You boys keep The Statesman out of party poli- tics, for it neyer did nme any good". Well, yu knw how !aithfully(?) !atheri ~vice was followed!1 Mrs. Weeks had inde h>r home in California for xnany years and occasionally had re- turned ta her native town to renew acquaintances with the few remaining frîends of her early days. These visits had t: be stapped due to ber becom- ing blind. But ta show the in- domitable spirit o! this remark- able lady at han advanced years she studied the Braille syste.n ta keep her mind active. Sh. also took up typewriting and each Christmas exchanged let- ters with the editor until twe years ago the latter we sent ta har was retunned. We took fnom this fact that Mrs. Weeks had passed away, as nothing had been heard of ber until we received the !allowing let- tar last week from ber grand. daughter, Ruth Nordyke: Lakewood, California. 4619 Iroquois, May 8, 1957. Editon of The Statesman, Bowmanville, Ont. Dear Sir: This is ta inform you o! the passing o! Mns. May Weéks ort May 5, 1957, wvho was in the employ a! The Statesmaa many, many years ago. Mrs. Weeks, my gnandmoth- er, was age 98 and she celebra- ted her binthday an May 1, and was in good health at the time. She is survived by ane son, P. A. Barrett who resides at 1832 Junipero, Long Beach, Califonnia. Youns truly, LETTERS FOITOF 1, 7iý F . TZM CAnPLULAU ariA«t*LraMA.N. B0WMýI2. ONTARIO FrTqill:t.qnAv MAV 9l.qrA laim T - a 0 ENNISKILLEN