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. PAGE TWO THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1948 Births BALL--Mr. and Mrs, nard Ball are happy to announce the arrival of their son Kenneth John, on Wednes- af i Dm A the Osh- ospital. rother 10; Roland and Jean. ROLLS--Mr, and Mrs. John Rolls, (nee Maxine Copland, Chatham), are hap- to announce the birth of their daughter, Bonnie Karen, at the Osh- awa. General Hospital, Wednesday, January 21, 1948. Mother and daugh- ter doing fine, DUFFIELD--Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Duf- field "nee Olive Powell) are happy to announce the birth of their ter Faye Patricia, a baby sister for on Joy, at the Oshawns General Hos- ital, on Tuesday, January 20th, 1948, other and baby doing fine. Deaths JACKSON--Suddenly at the home of his son Roy Jackson, 64 Charles St., John H. Jackson, of 150 Nassau St. Funeral arrangements later. For further information call Luke-McIn- tosh Funeral Home. MAY--In the Oshawa General Hospital, on Thursday, January 22nd,~ 1948, John May, infant son of Mr. rs. Wilbert y (115 Cromwell Ave.) age 1 year, Funeral from the home of the: randparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Kellar, 24 Montrave Ave. on Saturday, Janu- ary 24th. Service, 2 p.m. Interment . 'Mount Lawn Cemetery. Ohituary HENRY JOHN MAY Following a week's illness, the death occurred in the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital on Thursday, Janu- ary 22, of Henry John May, be- loved son of Mr, and Mrs. Wilbert May, 115 Cromwell Avenue. The child was born on January 28, 1947. Besides his parents he is surviv- ed by two sisters, Edith and Cath- . erine, and three brothers, William, Larry and Ray. The funeral will be held from the Hen: home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Kellar, 224 Montrave ~ Avenue, at 2 pm. on Saturday, . January 24, followed by interment in Mount Lawn Cemetery. The | - services will be conducted by Rev. s Dr. A. D. Cornett, minister of Sim- = coe Street United Church. . Hampton W. L - Discusses Blue : Cross Plan M. HORN Correspondent Hampton, Jan, 22--The January | "meeting of the Women's Institute | was held on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 8, in the .church basement, with a good attendance. Mrs. Fred Honey, 1st vice-president, was in the chair, and opened the meeting with a short sing-song followed by the Institute Odo. 'Items of business included reports "of various projects. The sum of "$50.00 was voted for "Food for "Britain", $10.00 to the Sick Chil- ':dren's Hospital. Four quilts are to * be made for overseas, one assigned to each group with the group lead- _ers in charge, The north group re- ported for assistance given a needy family and a committee was ap- pointed to receive gifts for same, Mrs, J. R. Reynolds reported re- collection of papers. Mrs. Cole re extra lights for skating rink and also wiring of park bungalew. Blue Cross Hospitalization plan was discussed and a committee ap- pointed to canvass for same, Mrs. L. Trull reported for progress of rink and explained the manage- ment of same, etc. Mrs. J. Ennis conducted the pro- gram which was in charge of the west group. A selection from the song book was sung and Mrs, En- nis. read the motto for the month, "Make 1948 better than 1947." Mrs. Lorenzo Trull gave an interesting and helpful talk on "Hot Supper Dishes" and led a discussion on same, Mrs. Mervin Mountjoy fav- ored with a piano solo. Mrs, Charl- es Daw contributed a very enjoy- able 'recitation, "The Christmas Backlog" and a second number, "It takes a lot of livin' in a house to make a home" by Edgar Guest; 'this number was dedicated to the 'memory of Miss M. Katerson. Roll call was "My Favorite Supper 'Dish". Mrs, Ennis gave a reading, "A Holiday in the Country." "The president, Mrs. Cole, present- ed sonre New Year's thoughts and also paid tribute to the life of one of our valued members, Miss Kater- 80n, recently departed and suggest- ied that her example might well be copied. Her loss is keenly felf' by: 'the Institute ,members. The Na- tional Anthem was sung after which the west group served a deli- fous lunch and a social half hour Swas enjoyed. The February meeting will be the annual "Open Night" and will take the form of a debate, "The untidy, happy-go-lucky woman vs. the too tidy irritable woman." All ladies of the community are invited to ate {tend the meetings of the Women's Institute, . Times-Gazette classified ads --Why not try one today. pay Tas Farmens- Market Local Grain Local selling prices for bran $47- $48 ton; shorts, $49-$50; baled hay, $20-$22 ton; straw, $18-$20 ton; pastry flour, $395 a bag; bread flour, $4.75 a bag. Dealers are pay- ing no set price. Wheat, $148 a bushel; oats, 85-30 cents; barley, $1.20-$1.25; buckwheat, $1.25. Local Eggs Local eggs: Grade A large 42, A medium 40, Grade B 38, Pullets 32, Grade C and cracks 26. Produce . Toronto, Jan. 23 -- (CP) -- Pro- duce prices in the spot market here today were reported as follows: Churning cream unchanged, No. 1 1b, 71 fob, 75 delivered. Butter prints unchanged, 1st grade 69%, 2nd grade 68%, 3rd grade 67%. Eggs: Receipts sufficient for all current needs, prices remain un- changed; wholesale to retail, A large 47-48, A medium 45-46, A pul- let 44-45, B 41, C 35; country ship- pers quoted graded eggs, cases free, A large 43-43%, A medium 42-43, A pullet 40-41, B 37, C 31. Butter solids unchanged, grade 67%, 2nd grade 66%. Livestock Toronto, Jan, 23--(CP)--Cattle prices dropped 25 cents or more a hundredweight, while hogs, calves and lambs remained steady in a quiet livestock 'market here this week. Sheep opened 50 cents to $1 1st | higher but lost the advance by the week's close. A fresh cattle run of some 43800 head was about the same in volume as the corresponding week of 1947, but added to the supply were 1,000 | head carried over from last week. Consumers' resistance to higher beef prices, as well as heavy cattle supplies from western Canada, slowed the market to dull trade, es- pecially towards the close. Weighty steers closed at $14.50- $17 cwt., with butcher steers and heifers at $15-815.50. Butcher cows brought $9.50-$12 with canners downward to $6 cwt. Bulls were $8.25-8$12 and fed yearlings $14.75- $17. A few stockers sold at $9-$12.50 with better kinds scarce at $13- $1350. Plain to medium quality milkers and springers brought $90- $145 each. . Only 800 head of hogs were of- fered but these remained firm at $21-$22 for choice vealers with plain downward to $12 cwt. Heavy grassers sold at $10.50-$11.50 cwt. The general tone of the hog mar- ket was weak on small receipts of some 2,500 head. Prices remained steady at $2850 for grade A and $28.10 for grade Bl, while sows were $21.50 dressed. Good' lambs from a sheep and lamb run of some 1,000 head sold at $18.50 with plain to medium kinds bringing $13-$17 cwt. Sheep opened at $5-$10.50 cwt., with higher prices being paid fér western ewes. The close showed prices dropping back to $9-$9.50 for the best westerns, Hogs Toronto, Jan. 23 -- (CP)--Hog prices remained unchanged at Stratford, Grade A delivered to farmers $28.35, to truckers $28.50, and unchanged at Brantford at $28.35, in markets reporting early this morning, . Fruit Toronto, Jan. 23--(CP)--Whole- sale fruit and vegetable prices were unchanged here today. CONDITION SATISFACTORY Mary Lou Taylor, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Taylor, 17 Westmoreland Avenue, who suffered a fractured skull when struck by a puck at North Simcoe School rink last Sunday is reported today to be in satisfactory condition following an operation. Mary Lou was struck above the right eye when skating on the rink. Older persons were said to be using it for hockey at the time, She is in the Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto. HAD NO LICENSE George Irwin of Toronto, was fin- ed $10 and costs in absentia, or 10 days by Magistrate Ebbs today on a charge of driving without a li- cense. Provincial Constable N. K. McCombe stated when he asked Irwin for his permit, accused pro- duced a 1943 license. The officer had stopped the car January 16 on Highway 2A to "check its lights." L] PARENTS SAVE CHILDREN London, Ont., JAn, 23 -- (CP) -- An unemployed war veteran and his wife carried two small children to safety at noon today from the flaming second storey of their frame house here, The house was destroyed rendering eight people homeless. Most of the furniture and possessions were lost. $600,000 Blaze Destroys Laurentian Resort Hotel St. Marguerite Station, Que., Jan. 23--(CP)--Three chimneys standing in the middle of still smouldering rubble were all that remained to- day of the $600,000 Roney Terrace resort development which was des- troyed by a flash fire last night at this Laurentian Mountain village located 60 miles north of Montreal. Sixty five workmen, many of them barefooted, were forced to flee the blazing five-storey wooden struc- ture in scanty night attire. Cliff Butler, manager of the. re- sort and well known Montreal sportsman, described the develop- ment as a "total loss," ps aze originated in one of the bedrooms from a cigaret butt and that within 20 minutes the entire structure and five ad- Joining cottages were engulfed in & "solid sheet of flames that at times reached four times the height of the building." The development, started last November, was scheduled to open within two weeks. Onlookers were helpless to fight the blaze owing to the lack of prop. er fire fighting apparatus and sub- zero weather, y Provincial police reported that no one was injured. "We had just finished installing the sprinkler system and were go- ing to connect if with the water main today," said Butler. "All I had. time to do when I heard someone yell 'firé!' he said, "was to grab $2,000 from the totel safe and run." Adrien Edmond, postmaster of the village said the hotel "was a solid sheet of flames and fire fighters 'could do little in the way of halt- ing the fire. Cold Fails To Detract From South Simcoe School Carnival Success 4 The thermometer dipped to "brrr-rr" levels yesterday afternoon but King George R. Bell (Jiggs), whose costume is a reminder of the late, loquacious Winter failed to dim the enthusiasm of throngs of children at South | red-nosed W. C. Fields, Maggie und Jiggs took first prize in the comic Simcoe Public School's fast-paced skating carnival. In the top picture strip class, Below, left to right, are Yvonne Scott and Joyce Hardsand, are grouped winners in the comic and comic strip costume contests, Front | first and second prise 'winners in the most original costume class. Grouped row, left to right: Allen Stire and Bill Short, armed to the teeth as "Sea at the right are some of the proud winners in the junior division: Ruth Hawks", winne:s of second prize in the comic strip ¢lass; and Barbara | McKnight, 8, winner of second prize in the fancy class as Bo-Peep; six- Hennings, frying pan and rll as Aunt Jemima, second place winner in year-old Barbara Stanley, whose Minnie Mouse costume won first prize the comic section. Back row, left to right: Walter Osikosky strikes a pose | in the junior comic strip section; Diana Boulduike, 8, first prize in the as Jane Russell, a pose that won him top honors in the comic class; Don | fancy class as a bridesmaids Craggs (Maggie) wields a rolling pin but doesn't seem to threaten partner ~--Photos by Campbell's Studio | Brockville Asks Further Probe Of Aid Society Brockville, Ont, Jan, 23--(CP)-- Further steps towards investigation of the Children's Aid Society here were taken last night at separate meetings of the town council and the society, following criticism of the society by the Leeds and Gren- ville counties council last week. Both the council and the soclety named committees to meet with committees from Gananoque and Prescott and from the united coun- ties to thresh out problems of the soclety. They will meet at a date to be named by the Ontario public welfare department, which will send a representative, The counties council had resolved not to make any payments to the soclety after Janua®y until the so- ciety had been reorganized and had shown "a desire and intention to practice economy." At the Children's Ald Society meeting last night Rev. Henry Cou- sens said "I would sooner have the committee of the counties council and the other committees come face to face with the society representa- tives, rather than carry on a fight through the press." A discussion on finances appar- ently showed there was a need of $5,000 to pay outstanding accounts but the proposal that the society's building be mortgaged to meet these bills was rejected when' the motion to call a special meeting was dis- cussed. Superintendent Claude Winters maintained the society was in better financial condition that it ever was, Struck Another Auto Pays $10 and Costs James 'Goodlad, Toronto truck driver, was fined $10 and costs or 10 days by Magistrate ¥. 8. Ebbs here today after pleading guilty to a charge of careless driving. Accused was charged on Decem- ber 23 by Provincial Constable C. L. Bone who testified that Goodlad was attempting to pass on a No. 2 Highway hill when oncoming traf- fic forced him to pull over to the right side of the road. He struck the car he was trying to pass, damaging the left side, the officer said. Own. er, of the damaged auto was Alex Hoy, R.R. 4, Oshawa. FURRIER DROWNED Toronto, Jan. 23--(CP) -- Chief Coroner Dr. Smirle Tawson sald last night the death of Fischel Baker, ' 51-year-old furrier whose body wa- found yesterday in Lake Ontaric here, "so far as we are concernc was a straight case of drownir Conserted Action Is Seen By Britain, United States Against Russ Domination By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst That was a .shocking picture which Foreign Secretary Bevin drew in the House of Commons yes- terday when he charged that Rus- sia is bent on a ruthless drive to dominate the whole European continent and that one-power dom- ination "will inevitably lead to an- other world war." There's a terrible finality about a declaration like that, and one wishes that it were possible to avoid such controversial statements. Still, it's dangerous for us not to know the truth about this "cold .war," since our very liberties are at stake. That certainly is one thing which impelled Bevin to speak so bluntly. However, I believe there is an- other reason. It would be hard to believe that it was by pure coinci- dence that Bevin's address came only a few hours after Washington published details of the pre-war dealings between Stalin and Hitler. This story was taken from captured Nazi documents, and has to do with the Russo-German partnership which, among other things, pro- jected the division of Eastern Eu- rope between the two countries. We are entitled to assume, or as it seems, that Washington's release and Bevin's speech represent con- certed action by the two major western powers. One object is to in- form, the world, not only the demo- cracies but the peoples of the Rus- | sian sphere of domination, concern- ing the true state of affairs, The other would seem to be to impress | Moscow that the western allies mean business. Bevin is noted for the bluntness of his speeches bui yesterday's broadside at Russia is the heaviest he has delivered in public since he became Foreign Secretary. One of his thrusts precipitated a scene in the Commons involving the two Communist members, Willie Gal- lagher and Philip Piratin. Bevin set them to shouting in protest when he said: "One of the first objects of Soviet and Communist policy is to prevent the European recovery program from succeeding. But I do not see why I should be a party to keeping Europe In chaos and distress." Bevin alsp announced plans for a union of the countries of Western Europe, and disclosed that Britain already has Initiated talks with Belgium, the Netherlands and Lux- embourg. Furthermore Britain's al- liance with France will be tighten- ed and Italy and otQer countries will be brought into "this great conception," So it would seem that the mills of the western democracies are be- ginning to grind full speed. British Professor Lauds Canada's News Presentation Kingston, Jan. 23--(CP)--Canad- fan newspapers were superior to British popular newspapers "in their reporting of international news," Dr. T. E. Jessop, Professor of Philo- sophy at University College in Hull, England, said in an interview here. Visiting Queen's University for three weeks as Dunning Trust lec- turer, Dr. Jessop sald Canadian newspapers "have a refseshing so- briety and lack many of the sensa- tionalist elements which cause many of today's papers to present a one- sided viewpoint." For the average individual who sished to help pave the read to las- Jing peace, he advocated refusal to pfirchase any newspaper which dis- That's what the autopsy showed." I cussed international affairs lrres- ponsibly. The professor opposed gov- ernment control of the press in peacetime, " "The trouble in England is that many people read only one news- paper. Here lies the disability of freedom of the press. The soft way out is to ask the government to con- trol the press; it is much more ef- fective for us to control it." ROAD ESTIMATES MOUNTS Cobourg, Jan. 22.--Road esti- mates for 1948 were recommended by the counties engineer at a figure of $304,000 at the session today of Northumberland. and Durham Counties Council. Last year's out- lay amounted to $283,800. Of the 1948 estimated expenditure on roads, the counties' share would be $141,500, the balance being taken care of by government subsidy. Included in the total is bridge con- struction on which the department pays 80 per cent. Liberals (Continved from Page 1) speaking Catholic, as the leader of all the Liberals from the Atlantic to the Pacific." In his press interview, in response to a direct question by the Canadian Press, he said: "If it (leadership of the Liberal Party) is something which would further rather than re- tard Canadian unity I don't see fiow I could refuse. On the other hand, if there was any indication of a split in the party of religious or racial lines I would not like to be a party to such a split." Whatever does happen when Mr. King retires, it "will be a matter for the national convention to de- cide and I am certain all Liberals will abide by convention decisions." Should the immediate choice fall upon Mr. St. Laurent, he would be following in the footsteps of Laurier, whose seat of Quebec East he has represented since 1942, Cites Aid To U.K. Tracing steps taken by the Can- adian government in the interests of national unity, Mr. 8t. Laurent's speech 'opened last night with re- ference to financial ald the domin. ion has given the United Kingdom. "I am . .. convinced that it is a fortunate thing for Canada that we did agree to make this loan and that the United States did likewise. "Had we not extended this credit to the United Kingdom we would not have extended credit to any other devastated country and pub- lic opinion among our neighbors to the South was such at that time (1946) that there is good reason to Be eve they also would have refus- e "The consequences of these ab- stentions , . , would have been ca- tastrophic." Price increases had inevitably re. sulted, however, he continued. When some goods rose in price, others fol- lowed sult in an effort to achieve a balanced economy. "That also creates or appears to the public to create opportunities for inordinate profiteering and the government has been obliged in or- der to meet the situation, to re-es- tablish some of its wartime ceilings." Warning that wartime prices and trade regulations pertaining to ex- cessive charging were still in effect, Mr, St. Laurent said: "We do not wish to be vengeful in such prosecutions as may be in- stituted but we do wish all Canad. ians to realize that the provisions I have just referred to'are still the law which governs our free enter- prise and we are going to ask par- lament to allow them to continue to be the law at least another year and we are going to ask the courts to see that they are enforced." Times-Gazette classified ads pay ~--Why not try one today, To Re-Organize Ladies Groups Raglan Church L. M. LUKE Correspondent Raglan, Jan. 22.--The annual business meeting of the church and Sunday school was held last Saturday afternoon. Rev. G6. Gardner was present and acted as chairman. 8. G. Saywell was also present and a small number of embers. ' 'When the reports of the officials were read it was found that the church is in very good condition financially. Church and Sunday school attendance are low, thoug! not lower than for the previous year. The Ladies' Aid Society is out of action. The social life of the church is at a low ebb. An effort is to be made to get the wo- men of the church re-organized which would not doubt rouse a greater interest in the church. Don't forget church each Sunday at 1 p.m, and Sunday school at 2 .m, Pp The public school is still closed due Yo ill-health of the teacher. It is expected to re-open next Mon- day. A miscellaneous shower was held last Thursday evening in the hall for Mr. and Mrs. Kendal Johnson. The weather being un- favorable there were very few present, we regret to say. How- ever, thos who were there enjoyed a pleasant evening and presented the couple with a number of gifts. On behalf of the community we wish Mr. and Mrs, Johnson a long and happy married life. Russel Davidson and friends went to Pefferlaw on a fishing trip last Sunday. They report a good run of fish, Charles Luke has returned home after spending almost a month with his son and family at Royal Oak, Michigan, Mrs. George Ormiston visited Mrs. D. Catherwood at Claremont on Thursday. "Churchill (Continued from Page 1) a favorable conclusion if we wait until they have got it (the atomic bomb) too." 'Grave Dangers' There were "very grave dangers" in letting things pile up until some- thing happened, Churchill said in bolstering his argument for a prompt demand for a settlement. And even a settlement, he added, would not guarantee that war would not come. "But I believe it would give the best chance of prevention and, if it came, we would have the best chance of coming out of it alive." Princess Elizabeth, making her first informal visit to the Commons, though she has been there before on ceremonial occasions, sat in the crowded gallery as the former Prime Minister spoke to an intent house. Prime Minister Attlee, following Churchill, spoke in perhaps the coolest voice of the two-day discus- sion, saying he does not believe war is "imminent." "I do not think it.is good to be talking of war," he told the Com- mons. "On the other hand, there is no good shutting our eyes to the possibility." Attlee blasted Communism and advised Prime Minister Stalin to "give up the idea that Britain is go= ng to turn Communist." "In the field of human rights to- day, Russia is right at the back end of the queue," Attlee said, Churchill had aligned his Conser- vative opposition behind Attlée's Labor party in the new British For- eign Policy announced by Bevin, The Conservative Party leader endorsed the labor government's proposal for unification of Western Europe as a barrier to the spread of Communism. But he appealed to his political opponents to rise above party in fostering the plan: "In trying to make a united So- cialist Europe, you are on the same level as trying to make a United Communist Europe." Chances for reaching an agree- ment with Russia are better now than "if we waited until the So- viet government had got their atom. ic weapons developed." Churchill recalled that when the present parliament convened he predicted Russia would have the atom bomb in "three or four years." Soy "two years have already elap- sed." Churchill spoke 45 minutes in a firm, clear voice and his sallies kept the house alert. In urging a common approach to Russia, the western democracies should seek unity among themselves "at the earliest possible moment," then take the initiative in seeking a settlement on "realistic terms." Churchill read portions of a speech he made 15 months ago in which he said everybody was wor- ried whether there would be an- other war and in which he, "ex- pressed no opinion." : Since then "the. situation has de. teriorated--and eapecially in toe last six months." In a move for national unity be- hind Foreign Secretary Bown phen for western European consolidation, Churchill announced: "We give all our support to this policy, "I think the British people, as a whole, will recognize the Foreign Secretary as representing an impor. tant element in their decent way of life and also as one who possesses strong and brave qualities above Personal interest or factional clat= er." Speaking in foreign affairs debate initiated yesterday by Bevin, who loosed the Labor government's sharpest attack yet on the Soviet Union, Churchill declared: "We welcome everything which was said by the Foreign Secretary about. the more intimate relations we should keep with France, the benelux countries (Belgium, the Ne. therlands, Luxembourg) and, » pre- sume, with Switzerland, if ' she should wish it, and also with Italy." Churchill called for speedy action to implement the Bevin policy and urged that. it be kept above party politics, "Let us try to place this above party and bring the personalities of anxious states and nations as a Whole into the larger harmony on $1,000 FOR $1 Toronto, Jan. 23-- (CP)--Thomas Beck, United States magazine pub- lisher, sold chinese $1,000 bills at $1 each at a luncheon here yesterday. He purchased them for a cent each in Shanghai, His profits are going to a fund for relief of sick Chinese. A STEAL NEEDED TOOLS Hamilton, Jan. 23--(CP)--As if materials weren't hard en- ough to get, thieves stole $600 worth of carpenters' tools yes. terday, halting work on con- struction of 45 homes for vet- erans, La AE J CHURCH BELL DONATED St. Thomas, Jan. 23--(CP)--Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Ponsford, who attended the old church that burned down, will be remembered when the bell rings in the new First Uni. ted Church here. It was donated by { their two children who now live in E] Paso, Texas. Lay-Offs (Continued from Page 1) work as many as 30,000 industrial workers in this area. Gas company officials worked late into the night telephoning ine dustrial concern: to ask that, ef- fective at 8 a.m, today, they cease using gas so that household and institution consumers would have sufficient supply for heating and cooking. At 9 am. the temperature was five below and the forecast was that it would be Sunday before temperatures moderated. Again Chrysler Corporation here appeared to be the most seriously affected of the larger plants. Com- pany spokesmen said that by noon the entire production staff, about 3,000 men, would be laid off. A few large plants escaped the effects of the shortage but the prospect, gas officials said, it "not good." e . Saturday normally is a holiday for the automobile industry and its feeder plants in Windsor district and it provides some hope that a reserve may be built up on the week-end. London, Ont, Jan, 23--(CP) -- Sub-zero temperatures overnight again hit local industries using nat. ural gas, with manager W. L. Duf- field of City Gas Company announ- cing that industrial use had been reduced to "absolute essentials" to= day. City gas is a subsidiary of Uni. on Gas Company. No shutdowns of larger factories had been reported this morning, though in some plants a number of employees were being laid off for today. Moderating temperatures, said Mr, Duffield, could restore industrial supplies to "nfarly normal" on Sate urday, Daughter Phones Enfield Family From Calgary HELEN STINSON Correspondent Enfleld, Jan, 22 -- Miss Mary Helen Bowman, Blackstock, spent - the week end at home. Mr, and Mrs. Andy McCrae, To- ronto; Kenneth and Sharen, visite ed at Harold Ormiston's on Sunday last, Mrs. T. H. Stinson recently visit- ed in Toronto. The Taylor family were surprised and thrilled one Saturday night re- cently when their daughter, Pearl, telephoned from Calgary and talke ed to each member of the family; The reception was perfect. Bruce Bowman celebrated his sixth birthday on Wednesday when he entertained little friends. The January meeting of the W.A, was held at the home of Mrs, Wil- frid Bowman on Wednesday after- noon. The attendance was not large on account of the extremely cold weather, but all who attended ree port a very enjoyable afternoon, Mrs. C.'G. Bowman contributed plano solos, Miss E. Samis a reading, Mrs. G, Bowman a reading, Mrs, Samis, a reading. Mr. and Mrs, Edgar Prescott and Glen visited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs, Elmer Gibson, Greenbank, Mr. and Mrs, A. W. Prescott and Rose Marie visited Mr. and Mrs, L. Rahm, Richmond Hill, and also Mr. and Mrs, S. Eddyvean; Riche mond Hill | which their future prosperity and, indeed, their life, may well depend," he declared. Initiated Policy Churchill himself launched a campaign for a united Europe about a year ago, after he returned from the United States, where he called for a close British-American allie ance in a speech at Fulton, Mo. Commenting on Bevin's declara- tion yesterday, Churchill observed that "what I sald at Fulton has n beccene the accepted policy of the English-speaking world." Churchill, who had a spell of sickness on a recent North African sojourn, looked fit in Commons yes= terday. He sat across from Bevin, calmly thumbing papers in his hand, as the latter said: "I believe the time is ripe for the consolidation of Western Europe." Bevin disclosed that plans ale ready were under way to establish "an important nucleus" through an alliance of Britain, France, Bele gium, the Netherlands and Luxeme bourg. Other countries, including Italy, would be invited to join later, The Foreign Secretary spoke of "tremendous expansion' of Russia in recent years and accused the Russians of a "ruthless" attempt to dominate Europe, "We are entitled to organize kine dred souls in the west," he said, "just as- they have organized kine dred sonls in the east" While Bevin did not discuss the type of pact proposed for the five countries, the French Foreign Ofe fice said Britain and France had ofe fered a political, military end econe omic alliance, ;