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VEUESDÂY, ITUL? lSth, 1057 T~ eANADIAN STATESMAN. flOWMAITVTT:r.~ ~'P A ~Tfl Native. of Durham County 4sEdif orm-inm-C bief of New EncycIopedia Can adiana to' Not1 eeing the an- T4ôhcet inCthe daly press th at the new Encyciopedia Can- adiana of a 10-volume series is to corne off the press this fal brought to our mind that a na- tive of Durham County was Editor-in-Chief of this colossal venture in important f acts about Canada. To make sure that aur memory had flot de- ceived us we wrote ta the edit- criai office of this company, and sure enough, we were as- sured that Dr. John E. Robbins, Editor-in-Chief, was born in Hampton, whose parents were both from well-known pioneer families of that "Hub of Intel- ligence" of Dariington Town- ship. In aur letter to Dr. Robbins we asked him if he wouid mind supplying us with some human interest incidents of his early life in Hampton, which would add more personai interest for Statesman readers than the story which appeared in the daily newspapers. From the following letter from him you will see he very kindly con- sented to our request by relat- ing a most intimate and fascin- ating story o! his youthful ex- periences. Many o! aur older readers will remember some of the names o! Hampton citizens mentioned in his letter which follows.-G.W.J. Encyclopedia Canadiana Editorial Office The Grolier Society of Canada Limited 56 Sparks Street, Ottawa 4 July 11, 1957 Dear Mr. James. Your letter of July 10 provides an invitation to reminisce, and that can neyer be an imposition. My father was John Robbins, son of Thomas, who was buried JACK DRGUGH 1 PLU1WBING and REATING Division Street South MA 3-5615 BOWMANVELLE in the Bowmanville Cemetery some years before I was born- in the farm house that stili stands on the corner south of Hampton. In 1900 he married Gertrude May Brown, daughter o! Irwin L. Brown, friend of your father. As a young man, my father developed asthma. His doctor adviscd him ta go west toaa drier climate. Sa in 1906, when I was twa years and some months aid, the yaung family was packed up and moved ta Manitoba. My earliest memary is being taken down through the trap-door entrance ta Grand- Pa Brown's side-hili barn (on the corner just north of Hampton) ta say goodbye ta bis cow and a driving horse. But mny father's health failed ta improve. After rjearly seven years at Darlingford, Man., his condition was hopeless; we came back ta Hampton, whcre he died, in Grandpa Brown's house, February 1913. (There were several other Durham County families at Darlingfard, yau know. In fact, the first scho] 1 attended was called Darling- ton School, after the tawnship-, the village itself was named by combining mast o! the wor d Dariington with anather, de- scriptive of its location-a place ta fard the Little PembinaRv er. After my father's death we lived two years at Hampton. The first few months we were ail at Grandpa Brown's - where my mast iasting n-emary was watching Grandpa sitting by the hour with his hymn book, whistiing tunes and deciding (I suppose) which ta have the Hampton Choir sing on the fol- lowing Sunday. (He conducted the, choir, you may remember, until he was into bis 70's). To relieve the burden an the grand- parents, I was învited ta go and live with my paternal. aunt, Lii Haggith (nee Elena Rabbins). She and Uncie Ted had no children, and I was a welcome guest in their home. Even though I was separated from my mother, sister -and brother, I spent two pleasant years with them. Uncle Ted knew ail the good fishing haies for miles, around and together we dovel ta them with horse and bugy I attended the two-room Hampton School and was in the senior room, presided over by Frank Groat. The severity o! his countenance frightened me at !irst, but 1 got througb the two years with only one strap- ping -.for engaging in a littie excess levity with a Barnardo Home boy, with whom I used ta walk ta school. (Mr. Groat's habit o! nipping off and chewing a piece o! the cedar bedge in front a! bis bouse beside the W. W. Horn store - Effie (Robbir)s) Horn is my first cousin, o! course - used ta intrigue me espcciaiiy.) Uncle Ted ofered me a dollar - real money in those days - if I led the ciass in June. When 1 had won it, he insisted that 1 open a bank account, sa togeth- er we drove inta Bowmanvillc and opened my first bank ac- caunt, i the Bank o! Montreal. 1 managed ta add anotherodollar I SUMMER CLEMARANCE SALE1~ DRESSES Summer Clearance Regular 8.95 to 29.95 $5.95 ,$6.95.-$ 10.004- 15.00 KAYDAR SLIPS Sizes 34 to 44 Regular $2.98 Sale - $2i49 ls. COTTON BLOUSES CLEARANCE SALE $2.19 ]sa. SHOP AND SAVE 4; King St. East Bowinanville cA ream vacation *vithin your reach' bkop drea ' n d tar tr&avelling Our B.LO-A.C. Ticket Inatai- ment Plan for overueaa air tr., li n Dow a reality. A down paymont co(itut 10% @tarte you on your way and the balanoe min"ayMontlilY utamantefor au long as 24 rmotths. L.e -unhelp You Plan Y-or tip-our experkiene free and our nformnaton in woeld wid.Calor drop wdme.an monson. Jury & Lovel MA 3-5778 Bwavi by picking strawberries for a neighbour at a cent a quart. After twa vears my mother was remarried - ta a Darling- fard widower, William C. White (a pianeer-o! the area, !rom Part Hope). I was then reunited with my family and became a West- erner again. But as long às I remained at home, and longrer, mother used ta subscribe ta the Statesman ta keep in touch with Durham County: She was very- proud af.the friendship betweený M. A. James and her father and often told me about it. She be- came a "correspondent" o! the paper in a small way herseif. Whenever I won a scholarship or a degree, she neyer faiied ta repart it ta the Statesman. and the paper as unfaiiingiy record- ed it. Mother died in 1951 - also her twa brothers, Evcrett anýd Frank since - and with t heir deaths the link has been brokcen. I keep pramising myseif ta corne back same day and prowl around my boyhoad haunts in the Hampton area. Perhapsl'i manage it, when these ten books are in print. In case I haven't given yau enough of the background yau would lîke, in these rambling paragraphs, I'm enclosing azop of a couple o! talkis, inwic you may find a littie more. Best personal regards. Sincerely, John E. Rabbins By Jack Van Dusen The despatch in the daiiy press, written by Jack Van Du-, sen, about the Encyclopedia1 Canadiana, reads as follows: 1 There's so much paper on my desk there's aimost a danger o! starting a conflagration" Dr. John E. Rabbins saîd. The distinguished schoiar, editor-in-chief of Canada's first major encyclopedia, smiled, but he was careful when he lit his cigaret aver the paper-piied desk. Proofs o! the Encyciopedia Canadiana, letters, magazines, files and folders cluttered the desk and bookeases in the smal] office. DURHAM BOY EDITS ENCYCLOPEDIA - Dr. John E. Robbins, distinguished scholar, native of Durham County, being born in the Village of Hampton, is editor- in-chief of Canada's major encyclopedia, now being compiled at Ottawa. He has been at wvork f ive years on the Encyclopedia Canadiana and expects it to take another year before the 10-volume series is finish ed. The first five volumes will be out by the end of the year. Details of his remarkable career appear in the accompanying article. -(CP Photo) Give Officiai Welcome To New Administrator The regular montbly meeting o! the Memorial Hospital Boarci jwas held in the Auxiliary room gn July 3rd with the following Six-Year Task in attendance: MVr. H. C. Cry- Dr.Rabinshasbee eaingderman, Chairman; Mr. S. Wil- thrughsuc stckso! ape fo Ikins, Administrator; Mra. Bruce thrug sch taksof apr or MttnDr. Hubbard and five years and it wiil prabably Msss.H.JoeJ.Sttt C be another year before he wil'H rhs,. HJas, J. StuttaC. have a clear desktop with pubi.- uhs .Hbs .Nn n cation o! the 10 volumes of the 'S Little. encyclopedia. The first five will The minutes o! the prcced- be out by the end o! this year. ing meeting werc read and de- When the work is completed, ciared approved. the easy-going editor and stat- Chairman H. Cryderman ini istician will have edited 4,200, a few well chosen wards intro- pages o! more than 3,000,000 duced and welcomed Mr. S. words under 10,000 beadinga. Wilkins, the new administrator, About 1,000 orders have al- ta the members of the Board. ready been placed for the work Mr. Wilkins stated that in the which will have cost $1,000,000 short time he had been there wben compiete. be was pleased with the co-aP- Dr. Rabbins, 53-year-old forrn- eration he had reccived. er Saskatchewan school teacher, Mr. lnom uhsi e graduated from the University . lengoth i ughne sintra- of Manitoba in 1929 and recciv- pting o te insraden eda cd bis Ph.D. !rom the University ation state he hadobenquothe o! Ottawa in 1935. awogrt rmacc h He spent 20 years at the Dominion Bureau of StatisticsN where he was director o! the N w C b P c education and information di- e ~ .ub P c visions and "found a wifc among the 'figures' there", the former H lds O tn Cathrin Sait-Dnis He had just returned from a year as director o! the UN cdu- Bethany: Foilowing much in- cation programi for Paiesfine itial planning a Cub Pack bas refugees in the Middle East been organizcd in Bethany and wben he was chosen t ' o"put o Wensyevng their Canaa beweencoves. first social event was held at Valuable- Contacts Scott's Pond where some 17 Contacts made in giving fel- junior boys* cnjQyed swimming, lowships and research grants ta games, and a camphire session some 600 scholars as a member at the meadow adjoining the o! various research councils and pond. Mr. and Mrs. Scott pro- foundations gave bîm the "know- vided rc!reshments, hot-dogs, ledge of wherc ta look ,for writ- 1Itoasted marshmailows and ice ers." cream. The members a! the He bas gathered 3,000 biogra- group planning comm-ittee are phies, about 3,000 articles on Rev. G. E. Meades, Rev. R. R. communities o! more than 300 Bonsteel, Mansel Wrigbt, Ro- population, hundreds o! stories land Scott and Glen Went- on the provinces, cities, rcligious worth. Cub Leaders are Gardon arganizations, geograpby, busin- Smith, Gerald Morton, Creigh- ess, industry, spart, history and ton Carr and Robert Ryley. natural science o! Canada. 1 a The books wili be spiced with Regular meetings will com- 5,000 illustrations collccted by, nience in September and Man- Ken Brown, 37-year-old British-' vers Township Counicil bave born art editor, inciudinÉ some' generously arranged that meet- 500 maps, 2,500 photos and 2,000 i ngs will be beld in the Town other illustrations such as graphp Hall. and sketches. There wiil be a_______________ 32-page atlas an Canada. The truly Canadian character o! the encyclopedia is illustrated 4 by the first and iast entries- To Pa abalone, a west coast sea-food T a and Zouaves, an army recruited C in. Canada, largely in Quekec, ta 4 fight for the Pope. T osldt But turn ta "R" and yau won't T osldt find a word an the cncyclopedia's Payments first editor.Mn*h O.N.O. Club Plans Picnic Blaekstock: The July meeting o! the O.N.O. Club met at thei home a! Margaret Mountjoy. with 29 members present and anc guest. President Eileen Mc- Laugblin conducted the busi- ness. Final plans were made for the Hoskin-Graham wedding. The stack tables ta seat 100 have arrived and will be used on Saturday. Gwen Ballingal gave a fa- vaurable repart on the Brown- ies and aur attention can now be focused on starting the Girl Guides. Jean McLaughlin, brought us up ta date with the financial report. Dorothy Ford- er read the correspondence and rall caîl was answcred with a favourite lunch or supper dish -what ideas! The annual pic- nie for members and their children xiii be held at Scd- gag Point on July 23. The next meeting on the 3rd Tbursday o! Aug. is at the home o! Vera Asseltine, and the ral caîl is "A Famous SayinÉ". After a deliciaus buffet luncn and a pleasant chat anather evenina came to a cloâe. A N For Holiday Expenses For New Purchases ForZ Emergency WExpenses The Difference with Beilvue 5è is the Service SBELLVUE ýFINANCE CORP. G. H. WLSON, mgr. ~ 291/2 Slmcoe S. RA 5-1121k OSHAWA companies, but that the cam- mittee were stili warking on the matter. The conumittce is reporting back on the matter o! the bath for the maternity section stated that they werc flot yet in a position ta make a final report and the matter was left with Dr. Hu6bard, the Property Committee and Mr. Wilkins ta make further study and report back. The matter o! the purchase o! the food carts was ta be brought up again. The door closers wcre being iooked ater. Property cammittec reportcd that anc o! the meters in the boîler room had been repaired and the matter of the water pump was being checked inta, and that the trench between the hospital and nurses resi- dence for the heating pipesi was ta be started right away. It was moved by S. Little, seconded by Dr. Hubbard thatý the matter of the hall runners in the nuises' residence b e for the time being, but'th.at the stairs be covered with rubber stair treads right away. The meeting baving been called carly in the month, no accounts or reports were ready from the office and the meeting adjaurned at 9.50 p.m. School Resuits S. S. NO. 2 CLARKE (LAKESHORE) Promotion list: Grade 7 ta 8-Robert Holmes. Grade 5 ta Grade 6-Mary Dean, Lloyd Avery, Fred Park- er. Grade 4 ta Grade 5-Charles Appleman, Lily Appleman. Grade 3 ta Grade 4-Donald Holmes (hanours). Linda Park- er, Margaret Appleman, Audrey Teengs. Grade 2 ta Grade 3 - Fred Bedwins, Linda Teengs. Grade 1 ta Grade 2 - Joan Avery, Victoria Schneider (honours). Kindergarien ta Grade 1- Mary Appleman. Teacher-Robert Kerr. OBITUARY MRS. JAMES H. STRONG After a lingcring illness, Mrs. James H. Strong passed away at the home of ber daughter, Mrs. Oscar Graham, Burketon, on Tuesday, July 9th, 1957. The late Mrs. Strongz was farmerly Minnie Maria Coates. eldest daughter o! the late Mr. and Mrs. James Coates o! Cart- wright. Her entire life was spent in this township. Her husband predeceased ber seven vears aga. She was a member o! the Bethel Mcthodist Church and later, o! Blackstock Church, and an honorary member o! the Blackstock Woman's Association, a charter member o! Womcn's Institute. Her thaughtful acts of kind- ness wvi1l long be remcmbered by ber many friends. Survîving are: two daughters, Mrs. Oscar Graham a! Burketon. Mrs. Wm. Chapman of Port Perry, ane son Gardon o! Burketon, seven grandchildren and two gýeat- grandchildren; three sisters. M vs. Sinclair Robertson, Port Perry; Mrs. John Stone, Calumbus; Mrs. Gertrude Brent, Part Ferry. and ane brother Russell Coates of Port Ferry. The funeral scrvice was con- ducted by Dr. Armstrong, Port i Perrv. and Rev. P. Romeril, Blackstock, at the funeral home o! McDermott - Panabaker Six1 nephews acted as palîbearersI and ber grandsons carried thel many floral tributes. Interment Prince Albert Cemetery. KEDRON Highiights of the Renfrew Conference were related ta the congregatian at Kedron on Sun- day morning, by Rev. R. H. Rickard, who conducted the regular service oi warship. Mu- sic by the maie quartette added greatly ta the service. With their leader and accampanist, Mrs. R. E. Lee, tiiese young men have made a real contri- bution on several occasions in Kedron services, and have also assisted in neighbouring churches. Deserved apprecia- tions have been expressed by many, and are especialiy due Mrs. Lee whose accompani- ments and other organ Mu.sic are enjoyed each Sundy Plans were made in thc Sun- day School period for the ýan- nual picnic ta be heid this year at the Mauntjoy grave, on Tuesday, July 23, at 6.30 p.m. The usual treats willi be provid- cd. Each family will. picase bring their own dishes. The United Links Class o! young people will convene the sports. The Doubles Club invite al interested couples ta attend their picnic on July 27, at Cu- hourg-on-t4e-Lake, with cars ta meet at Kedron at 1 o'clock. The Mt. Horeb play ta be given under auspices o! the Cammunity Club on Saturday evening July 20 in Kedron Lower Hall, should provide a ý fine evening's entcrtainmcnt. Jr. Farmers attended the an- nual county picnic and vesper service at Gamcbridge Farm Forum Park on Sunday even- ing, wben ail had the oppor- funity o! meeting the yaung lady delegate from Englanci, sent out by the English group. The impressive twilight service was conducted on the beach by the lake by Walter Kerry, with Ronald Werry giving the ad- dress o! the evening, on "Re- search Unlimited", bascd on a chapter from Peter Marsbail's writings. Sympathy is extended ta the' famijy o! the late Robert James Brown, o! this community, who passed into rest on JuIy 9 in Oshawa. Neighbours from this area attended the memorial, service on Friday, July 12 in the Armstrong Chapel. The late Mr. Brown wiil be sadly missed by many local folk wba have known himi for many years. Mrs' James Pengeily, Jimmy and Muriel Ann, Timmins, are, vacationing at the Foster Snow- 1 den's. Mr. and Mrs. E. Mauntjoy, Mr. and Mrs. P. Mountjoy, Gloria and Harold, Mr. and Mrs.. F. Snowdcn and family attended a family reunion at Pinedale on Sunday foliowing the Pinedale Decoration and Memorial service.' Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davis and family attended a reunion of Pickering and Kinsale folk< at a picnic on Saturday after- noon. Sunday guests or Mr. and Mrs. Martin Pittens included Mr. and Mrs. Dekkers and fam- ily, New Lowell; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Saunders and family, Brampton; Mr. and Mrs. Jansen and family, and Tony Vande- valk, Oshawa. This followed the first Holy Communion atI St. Gregory's Church for Willyl Pittens. Other recent guests with the Pittens family included Mr. anid Mrs. Tony Vesters, Pickerinig. Mrs. Vesters, who is Mr. Pit- ten': sister, returned recently from Holland, and brought back a fine watch for her brother. Mr. Frank à~. Lee has left m4th his sister, Mrs. Andrew Scott, and Mr. Scott, Goderich, for a month's visit with mem- bers of the Ballard famiiy, Moosejaw, Sask. Many Kedron friends of Mrs. M. Baliard are happy to know that she has re- covered following recent sur- gery and hospital treatment. Among Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lee and Brian were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Luke, and John, Toronto. Members of the Crossman family enjoyed a Sunday gath- ering at Orono Park., Rev. Wm. Clarke of Saskat- chewan visited recently with the Ross Lee famiiy. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Love and Neil, and Robert Osborn, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. L. Booth of Oshawa to Pidgeon Lake, Sunday afternoon. Miss Jeanine Werry, Port Carling, spent Monday and Tuesday at home, and attended the Twilight meeting. at "Wer- FARM GASOLINE, ""ESSO and ESSO EXTRA"" * Correct Voiatility * Correct Octane Rating * Froe from, Corrosion and Abrasive Materiais * Resists Gum Formation For Prompt DeIivery and Service PHONE MA 3-551t A., H. Sturrock and Sons Sturrock Street Bowmanville FIue-Cured Tobacco FIELDMAN Wanted Appuycants muet have 1 Maur years of tobacce g,,adlng emperiene. Eusinesu administration and organizational experhnce. Thorougli knowledge of tobacco and markets. Please appIy ini writifig, statlng salary expected ind date available. APPLICATION19 EROULD 33 MAlLE» TO: Oniari. FIue-CucL Tobaoe. grewer u lkettng Bard, Temporary Office, Tillsnburg, Ontari. For a beter way to protect your estate Nematodes Hit Some Qat Crops EeI -Iike Worms There is an unusual infesta- tion in some field crops this year which may cost several farmers most of their oat returns. These pesta are called '<nematodes" and should be watched cioseiy, says Ed. Summers. Durham's Agri- cultural Representative. "Nematodes" are small cel- like worms which attack the roots of spring grains, especialiy oats. They usually do their damage ta a crop o! oats which has been planted in a field where two or more crops of oats have been planted in succession. There are some of them in Durham this year which wiii re- duce some oat yields to five or 10 busheis to an acre. What can farmers do about them? Not much, so far as sav- ing this particular crop o! oats is concerned. The solution is ta forget about planting oats on that particular field for three or four years. A crop o! fall wheat seeded down in hay and pasture for several years wil overcome the difficulty. Farmers who have suspicions about any o! their fields, should contact their local Ag. Rep. as soon as possible. First indica- tions of an infestation by 'ne- matodes" are whcn a field has patches o! oats flot growing evenly along with the rest o! the field. This is a warning to quit growing oats on that field and seed it down. Durham hasn't seen too much of "nematodes". Their last major appearance here was in 1954 when they did considerable Even an estate of modest size can be exposed to many hazards in the hands of an inexperienced person. At Sterling Trusta we have exper- ienced Estate Officers who will advise and assist you in the safeguarding of your estate. 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