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v - ~ 'I. TTWrRSrAY, DEC. 024th. 1959 TEE CANADIAN STATESMANq. DOWMANVILLe ONT'ARIOl - e a W . cwrxa c .c. asa~ Large Crowd Hears Tell Need for Orgi STo Save Many Fam, .A meeting of special intex-est to the farining community was held in the Darlington Cern- intmity Hall, Hampton, recently. Lewis Wood, Durham County <irector of the Ontario Fax-n- exs' Union, pxesided and there was a large attendance. The special speakers xvere Gordon Hill, president of the Ontarilo Fax-mers' Union, Clifford Pil- key, cnairman of the Fax-m-La- bour Co-ordinating Committee, Oshawa Labour Council, an-d SEASON'S GREETINGS EV to EVERYON E Co-operalors Insurance Associationi HOWARID R. FOLEY, Agent R.R. 3, Bownianville MA 3-3277 you - our friends - the happiness of Christrnas ti-me! McGregor Hardware LIMITED 95 King St. W. M A 3 -3.38 6 9 adMiss Buck1eyhiam, Haniil- to;Nr.Edna Palmer, Mr. and Sp akers . t Gaan apad S p e ers Mr. and Mrs. Dick Mwrtine1] Mn E. J. Wiflansmn, Lon- anizatinn was down and visited aniza ion round recently nd took her father, Samn Searle, home wlth *~ her for the wlnter. 'u -rsFolkcs have enbsle- Wy Farms gage in hrita sopn thse ]ast few weeks. Some folks- but few and far bet- Henry Nokes, Farm-Labour re- ween- adhered tehe old ad- presentatîve of the Canadian age "Shop early and evoid the Labour Congress. rush". Many of us have good The meeting was called flot intentions but they somnehow only for full time farmers, but seem to fail through. also for those who supplem.ent Sorry to learn the meses their farm income by working have popped up again to spoil in industry, with the objective some holiday fun. However, of obtaining their support in recailing those who had them forming a strong farmi organiza- ~y erpeiu stoa n htdsrctdr.Wo there can't be many left sus- stated.ceptibl~e. It was pointed out by Mr- For soxne years the W. In- Nokes that it was the first of stitute have been giving Chr'ist- a series of meetings to be held mas cheer ta the folks at the throughout Ontario for the Golden Plough Home for the benefit of farmers and labour. Ag'ed. This year for a c1tige The more prosperous small they held a Christmas party for farmers are, the larger the the pre-school age children purchases of agricultural equ'p- anid theïr mothers in the Suiv- ment will be. Also there will be day school room, which the a greater number of jobs pro- chidren seemed to enjoy very vided for many classes of peo- much. 'Each kiddie was fitted ple, he asserted.1 witai a festive hat and the old- The net income of farmers in er ones joined ini simple games. Canada has dropped fromn 1.9 After lunch Santa Claus came billion dollars in 1951, 11.4 per in and digtributed the gifts cent of the national incomne, to fromn the brigh.tly lighted Chri- 1.2 billion ini 1958, which is only stmas tere. As often is the case, 4.9 per cent of the national in some of tihe wee folkcs were corne, M.r. Nokes, estimated. scared of Santa, with white H e stressed the importance beard and red suit, but soon of a strong organization for Mot over it and joined ini the farmers, and stated that the fun. Farmers' Union is the only one The Ice which froze on the that would co-operate with or- trees etc. last Saturdtay night ganîzed labour to better the continuedt to beautify the land- position of the family type farmn scape until Tuesday. Unfor- Farmers were urged by Clif- tunately oui- telephone limes ford Pilkey to join the Farmers' could not be fixed whàle cov- Union. He said that farmers now ered with such a coating of receive less for their products ice. So it was Wednesday anvd and the consumners pay more. later- before we could contact The prices paid for farm. pro- folks on other limes. it just duce went down 19.2 percent gave us an idea of what it was between 1951 and 1958, yet the like befoire we had the oon'ven- prices paid for food by the gen- ience of the 'phone. Only at eral public have increased 4. that time we did riot realize per cent, he claimed. just what we were missing. The workers in industry can- There was a good turn-out not be bla-med for rising farm. at chrureh Sundiay when Rev. costs, Mr. PiUcey explained. Il R. C. White condiucted the 1945 out of every $100 farmers White Gift service fx'om the spent for machinery labour re- Chiristmnas leaflet, assisted bY ceived $42.40 in contrast ta the superinitendent of the Sun- about $36.80 in 1955, he stated. day school, Mir-. Len Fais. The Fax-mers must receive their littie folks filled the choir share of the consurners' dollar loft and sang "Away in a Man- if there is to be economic pro- ger". Misses Carv.lyn and Judy gress in Canada, Mr. Pilkey ad- Foster sang if lovely duet "Out vised the meeting. of the Ivory Palaces". Mrs. G. The president of the Ontario Cathcart read a very in'terest- Farmers' Union, Mr-. Hill told ing story ,In a Much" about of the small start of the union thte vision of Simon and Dcli- by a few Grey Courity farmers, orah i which a littie dhild was and said that today there are given the presents Deborah hiad 328 Fai-m Union Locals in 30 made x-eady for the babe Jesus. counties in this province. The The Kendal Orange Hall was x-ax-fiers' Union was instrumen- filled to capacity F'ridiay even- tai in having compensation for ingwe edladMLa' slaughtered cattie under the smng wsheld Kenda ad cLean's Animal Contagious Disese co ert lderthe i orniedof Act, increased, and for having cnetudrtegi~,eo ompnstio pid orlivstckMiss Anderson, Mr-. Hansen comenstin pidforliestckand Mrs. Wesheuser. Bey. R. 14 lost through rabies, lie assert- C. White was tihe efficient ed Mr. Hill also outlined the chairman for the evening when > vor doc b th Fa-mes' n- bout 45 pupils each took part ion in bxinging problems to the m t atsning ofiprg -a.0 attention of the federal govern- Aae-rpae ign fJn nent and in finding solutions g-le Belis and, calling "We want 4 for themn. He also spo ke of what Santa" the joval d gentle- 0 he termed vertical integration man entered and after aiming 0 in agriculture, which he said a few well-dhosen rernarks at il ould involve the dispiacement some of the parents, proceeded 0 of 200,000 farmers. to distribute the host of pre- The fax-mers' only defence sents. gainst this is a strong Fax-nI Mx-. and Mms. Bert Thomp- Union, and fax-mers, who want son, Mr-. and Mrs. Lamne Paeden , to save thei- fax-ms must organ- and Jean wex-e guests Sunday îe and fight for theix- indepen- with Mr-. and Mrs. Ken Soper dence, lie strongly urged. for a pre-Christmas diininer and celebration. Mi-_ Thompson ' was in Toron,+o Friday ta have KENDALa stitch rerr - ied fx-om. ber eye. KENDALMr. and Mms. George Mac- Donald and family were up to Mx-, and M.rs. George Clark, Omnemee and bx-ought her mc- Toronto, were down to their te r.Slekhm with home 'here for the weckend. them on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chax-lie Byers Mr .and Mx-s. Bob Young- nd family spent Sunuday wllth man, Mr- and Mms. Ed. Young- q Mr an-d Mrs. Lloyd G-lass. men and MT&. and Mrs. Black Mrs. Jack Carscadden had the werein Orillia Sundayfoa -isfortune to fail and break Ohrstmas visit with Francoes j .ex- left wrist. Rather bad toi Mx-. and, Mxs. Russel Rusk, happen, es'pecially in this busy1 Toronto, mpent Sund-ay with Mr. Cýhxistmias sasnWe hope -itfa 1 rs Gore erer Extension d Nail Mill cilifies. Brought into operat ion in April, 1956, Parkdale Works was fthe first completely new Slant ever to be desi.gned end uilt fx-or the ground up by Stelco. It is rated as one cf the most moder-n wire and mail mills in existence anywhere. The plant, along with Canada 1Wox-ks in Hamilton, Notre Dame Wox-ks in Montreal and Domin- ion Works in Laclhine, Quebec, fox-ms Stelco's wix-e, wix-e pro- ducts and screw division. invited ta attend. An open session of the Sun- diay School was held and was conducted by the Supexintend- end Mr. Harold Balson, who gave the eaUl to wox-ship. The special printed "Whîite Gift Sunday" oxder of service was used. Script ure passages and the prayex- wex-e read by Harry MeReelis and Joe Balson. 'Me Stelco Plans To Wire ont The Steel Company of Cana-, da, Liniîted announced today that if lias began construction cf a $650,000 addition to its Parkdale Works i Hamnilton. The new extension will pro- vide 58,000 square feet of addi- tional floor space t0 the Stelco plant. This represents an in- crease of approximately 20% in ifs wox-king area. Scheduled fox- completion by the middle of 1960 the addition will provide for additional warehousing, wire drawing, and shippimg f a- i Bethlehem that day" was xead by Donna Wilbux-, ami the suggested Christmas story "In as Much" was capably present- edi by Miss Janet McNeil. "Whi- te Gifts" in moncy were re- ceived. A niumber cf Chrsmas hymns were sung - Gordon Smale read the closing prayer. The Seasciis Greetings are extended to the Editor, Staff and all readers cf the Canadian Following an illness of three weeks the death occux-xed of George Redford Bx-ooks, a weIl- known Bowmanvile resident, in Memorial Hospital, Bowman- ville, on Saturday, Dec. 19th, 1959. The deceased was box-n in, Prince Edward Cûunty, a sari cf thic late Mx-. and Mirs. Win.- Brooks, and received his edu- cation in Brighton. On Januax-y 28, 1920, lie maxried Lydia Crawford who survives him. For a time Mr-. and Mx-s. Brooks Iived in Whitby, mov- ing 39 yeax-s ago from there to 25 Hunt Street, Bowmanville, where fhey have since resided. An electrician by trade, the late Mx-. Brooks had 37 years'i service with flie Public Utilities, Bowmanville, rctixing about two yeax-s ago. The deceased was a niembex- of St. Paul's Un- ited Church. Also sux-viving are eleven10 childx-en, Esalie, Orillia; Lenna <MIrs. Stan Froats), Clarence, Don, Evelyn (M.rs. Thomas Woolnex-); George, Stella (Mirs. Allan Brown), Hampton; Ex-- vine, Oshawa; Max-vin, Lucille (Mirs. Jack Moffatt), Toron to, and Josie; 18 grandchildx-en and I two brothers, Mx-. Ken Brooks cf Peterboroughi and Mr-. Bert Brooks of Detroit, Midi. Beautiful floral tributes fx-cm relatives, friends, neighbours, Bowmanville Public Utilities4 and staff, Foundx-y and staff,Iac 17 ndi Lgo À and Sales Dept. G.M.C., were 14 evidence of the esteem in which tic deceased was held. The fumerai service was con-0 ducted by Rev. H. Turner in the I Morris Fumerai Chapel on Mon-j day, l5ecember 21, 1959. Inter-; ment was i Bowmanvile Cemetery. Palîbearers were Public Util-0 ities employees Alf. Biekeul, Johnq Quix-sey, Ex-nest Reader, BruceJ Mi'ne, Bex-t Stapipton and for- 10i mer employee Lea GCeulah. To Une AndMl SMITiH DEVERAGES L!n BOWMAN VILLE Chux-istmas poem "If I had lived Statesman. *- é'" , - -ý * ý" 'e ', ý, .- %ý PAMP VTVwrvm