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With Which Is Incoi-porated Tue Bowmanville News Vol. LXXII M. A. JAMES & SONS. Publishers. BOWMANVILLE, ONT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1926 $2.00 a Year Ini Advance 5c a Copy No. 50 Fancy Towels Fancy Towels, white and colored, Special Value in ail qualities from 35e to $1.50. Silk Stockings Fibre and Silk Stockings, in al shades and qualities, from 75e Up. Si1k and WOOl Stockings Ail shades, ribbed and plain at 75c and $1.00. Fine Cashmere Stockings Also line of celebrated Jaeger from 75e Up.______ Chamoisette Gloves Extra fine imported gloves, chamois- ette and lined kid, in popular colors and ail sizes from 60e up WooI Gloves Very complete range in black colore, priced from $1.OÔ up Woollen Gloves .......75e to $1.25 Scarfs and Muffiere .. . .$1.00 to $3.50 Gloves, French grey suede $2 to $2.75 Handkerchiefs Finest Stock we have ever from 8c to $1.00. In boxes from 25e to $1.50 Fancy Lingerie In Silk Knit Bloomers, Vesta, Slips, Gowns, etc., moderately priced Ladies' Sweaters Caps and Toques in ail the newest styles and colors, prices to suit every deniand. Silk Scarfs Silk and Crepe Scarfs, beautiful de- signls and colorings, a most accept- able gift from $1.00 up. Fancy Linens A big range of Cut Work Linens, breakfast sets, fancy runners in white and ecru, moderately priced for practical gift giving. Pyjamas, flannel ......$2.25 to $3.60 Dressing Go'wns, House Jackets, Belts, Suspendere, Garters, Arm- bands. Tvnl'rella<Canes. etc Gloves, wool lined, grey and brown 4l. ulija $2.00 to $2.75 Boys' Department Sweaters, Windbreakers, V-Neck Pyjamas, flannel Pullovers ,and coat..3.50 to $6.75 ' Neckwear, ail neatly boxed 50e to Night Shirts, flanng $1.75 Sweaters and JE Hosiery, Silk, Cashmere and Wool, Windbreakers, i 75c to $1.50 ............$1.75 lel ............ $1.50 ýrseys, Pullovers, Roll Neck, etc 95e to $3.50 Handkerchiefs, Linen and Cambrie, Stockings, ahl sizes ....50e to $1.25 10e to 50c Toques ...............c. 0 to 95e.... Shirts, Broadcloth, plain shades and fancy ..............$2.00 to $4.00 Overcoate and Suite also make ex- cellent presente for men and boys. Shop Early! ST. PAUL'S SUNDAY SCHOOL t Christmas Tree AND7 Entertainment will be held, on Wed. Dec. 22nd. at 8 P. M. In the. School-Room Admission 25c Dgn't Miss This Brown -Eyed Betty by Gladys. Ruth Bridgham presented by Bowmanville Talent Under the auspices of THE REBEKAH CLUB in Opera House BOWMANVILLE Friday, Dec. i 7th directed by Mm .Mary Bell' Amission 35c, TaiExrail *II ,lII Couch, Jobnston & Cryderman Shop Often! SHOP WHERE YOU ARE INVITED TO SHOP These BowmAanville merchants extend the "cordial invitation" through their advertisenients in The Statesman, to share your patronage with them: Hardware W. I-. Dustan Maman & Dale Rice, & Co. Butchers C. M. Cawker & Son G. A. Edmondatone Phare & McCoy Furnture F. F. Morris Co. Jewulirly Alex Elliot Druge & Opomotrlets Jury & Loveil1 Plumblng & Tinemithifla W. Len Elott Moving Pioit'res Royal Theatre I nt.rlor Decocators J. H. Abernethy Geo. Pritchard Mon& and Boels'Ciothing and FurnIsh Inge T. n. Glchrist B. G. Chartran Couch, Johnston & Crydernian Boots & Shoos Ives' Shoe Store Rnoxs Shoe Store Grocers Harry Allin Dominion Stores Archie Tait Evans & Wilkins (Service Stores) Electrical Fixtures. The Hydro Shop Gasoline £&0OU& C. A. Bartlett Books and Fancy Goods W. T. Allen "BIS 20" F. R. Brown Fuel J. A. Holgate & Son McClelian & Co. Baker* & Consctloners W. P. Corbett flqwmanville Bakery Ladies' R.ady-to-Wear and Dry Goods Couch Johnston & CrYderinan E. R. Curtin C. S. Mason S. W. Mason & Son Radios Harry C. Allin *mpIre Sales Co. Corbett Môtor Sales Co, insurance & Rosi EsSai. J. J. Mason & Son 'Edith V. Scobell T rade in Bowman ville Wh.re You May Buy Witla Confidence And Satia faction VEGETABLE GROWERS MEET Bowinanville Branch of the On- tario Vegetable Growers Association met Tuesday evening in the Gouncil Chantber. Rev. Geo. Mason pre- sided. Secretary Chas. R. Bickle read an address which was recently prented to the Tariff Board at Ot- tawa, by Mr. C. Dellworth of Weston, a representative of Ontario Vege- table Growers Association. The ad- dress proved- of much interest. It was decided to endonse the action of the Central Executive of the Pro- vince, in their endeavor to secure adequate protection, especially againt the dumping of unsold sur- pauses on our markets. Mr. N. S. Pluramer was elected to represent this branch at the snnual meeting in Toronto. 10 only, Ladies' Fur Trimmed Coats originally up to $25.00, now $10.00 at Couch, Johnston & Cry- derman s. Royal Theatre Friday.Saturdmy, Dec. 17-18 "Privai. I1=y Murphy" Witii George Jessel Patisy, -Ruth Miller and Vera Gordon A decided hit at Pantages, Tor- onto, the past week. Matin. Saturday at 2:30 p. m. Monda-TuedarDec. 20-21 'rok«n Hearis'of 'Hollywood" With Patsy Ruth MiMer and Louis. Dresser and Dougias Fairbanks Jr. Wednesday-Thuraday, Der- 22-23 **The.Last Fronfier" With William Boyd, Marguerite De La Motte, J. Farrell Macdonald and Jack Hoxie From the. story by Courtney Ryley Cooper. A tremendous picture of the early days of the Wes#. Friday-Saturday, Deceniber 24-28 "Tig Hais"' With Conrad Nagel and Claire Windsor and .'the Blue Boy" Gainsborough's Maerpiece in colors FREZ M,&TINEE For ail Public 8eboo~l bidren Friday Decembèr 24th at 2:30 p.m COMING DECEMBER 27-28 James Oliver Curwood's "Fleming Forresi" An epic of the early Canadian Northwest. The most truly Can- adian picture yet produced and one of the fineet. JANUARY 17-18 "The Volga Bosiman" 'n The Favorite Gift Store PLAYS OVER STATION CFCA Toronto Daily Star la announeing its WWndxeday eveuing radio pro- gram over CFCA published a piioto of Miss Yvonne liazlewood, distin- guihedpiaise aifd Signor Gulsep-' y e ^Tomaaichio0 Italian tenor, wiio otly gave a recital vhich many Bowmauvhlle çitlzeus vere prlvxleged to -qpjoy over tii. air. Tiie Star in commeuting on the event aaid: "Miss YT.1nu0 Hazlevood, young as ah. is, has establialxed herself as on. cf the. leading pianistes in the. city, dis- playing s combination of good tech- nique sud vaTm feeling". Do you blame Dr. sud M". B. J. Hazlewood for being proud -of their daughter, Yvonne who la nUil iu her teens, viien The. Toronto Star makea sueh couipimentary r.marks about her musical accomplishinenta? 0F BOWMANVILLE Neyer before have our assortments been greater, neyer bef ore has our stock been more varied, different and distinctive. WOMEN'S CANADIAN CLUB The Women's Canadian Club had the pleasure of listening te Mms. Macdonald, Cobourg, on "Tii. Tuneri Life of Rolland" on Monday. after-I noon when n large number of mei- I bers were present annd enjoyed the meeting. Sh, ciiararterized tii. Holadr as being phlegmatic, courteous, de- termined toe ui verge of stubborn- neas witii a strongly developed sense of duty-instaucing a youtii of the. higiier clas who, viien his fatiieT was awny, would as a matter of course conduct the. family worship wiiicii 13 b.ld daily in all homes. Being a distinctly religious nation that was not thougiit peculiar nor that one of their multi-millionaireai should accpt and iiold for years the position of Missions.ry-Counsel te tii. Dutcii East Imdi.. A litti, country-reclaimed lu large measure from the ses, in smre cases tii. soul being only a fe'w hua- dred feet deep witii the ocean be- ueatii-Holland has iield lher own through the. centuries by these ster- ling qualities. During tiie ver the, people ove strongly pro-ally flot only becaus of their liking and admiration for Great 'Britain but because of their fear and iiatred of theïr Germon neighboms Queen WiIhelmina's German bus- band la tar troin popular and w1hen during the var, he was s0 unvise as to, take some German prisouersof high rank for a motor drive after- ward dining wibli tiieni,h. vas offi- cially notilled tiiat siiould h. set la sucii manner again, his, uiform would b. taken from hhm and he weould h. given a wek's imprison- ment. - Sucii vas the trestment meted out to the. iusband of their present aud greatly belovd Queeu and the. father ot the. equally beved Princes. Jul- iana. In addition te tiie many motors there are more bicycles in Hollandi than in any other eountbry in the. vorld and theee are ridden by al classes and ages; an amusing sight vas an old peasant voman vith bal- leoniag skirtsansd cap-strings flying, careering along tiie higiiway. To many of us it came as a siiack to hear tint "The. Little Hero cf Haarlem" of wiiom ve had learned in chîldhood, iiad neyer existed at though exhaustive inquiries ver. mode, nu one ini tint city had ever heard otfi. The. address concluded vitha omel very pretty vievsansd pictures, some of tiienicolored.1 sho'wn and Ladies' Wmnter Coats Selling At Wonderful Reductions Any Ladies' Coat in' stock is now subjeet to substantial price re- duction in order to effeet a quick clearance. This season's coats, popular materials, ail fur trim med,. correct style, good color range, lined throughout, now selling at $10.00 $15.00 $25.00 $30.00 $50.00 Here's what these reductions mean: 10 Lcadies' Coats, fur trimm- ed,originally priced up to $25.00, uow clearing~ at .......$10.00 Many Other Gift Suggestions Ail Over Tue Store If He Were To Buy Hia Own Gift It Would Be One of These! Couch,Jçihnston & Cryderman, âowmanvIe Phone 104 Limiten WHAT SHALLI GIVE? Ia Answaed ln This Paper. What shall I give? will be a big pr6'blem with everybody the next ten days. Already the housewives are beginning to bustle with Christmas préparations. The kiddies are writing their yearly letters to that kindly old chap, whose rein- deers will soon b. off on their an- nual jaunt. Christmas is becoming nearer and the question tffiat wil soon have us all especially the men folks, scratching their h.ads is: "What Shal1 Give?" Wife may say she wants a new door Mat for Chirstmas, but don't yon b. fooled Mr. Man l Cii. wants something nie. You are no doubt prepared te do a lot -of fretting and stewing over It, but--gave yourself the trouble. The merchants of~ Bowmanville have been studylng your case and they have come f or ward with a lot of suggesions as to how to aolvt you.r lIie diffi- culty. This week's .Stat«smau is full of good suggestions as to the kind of gift to buy your wif., sw..theart or sister. The. ladies, of course, vil b. ready to take fuil advantage otftthe help that Bowmanville merehants off- er in the lin. of gift suggestions in this week's Statesmau. Rvery bousewife may be counted upon to study the advertising columns. There will be no lack of worth- w4hile suggestions this week and next week for BowmianviIIe storees axM weIl stocked with attractive Chirit-. mms goods. As a matter of tact, where is there a town in Canada, the. size oi Bowmanville where the public receive better shopping ser- vice or have a better assortment of goods toe hoos. from? The wise shoppers are going to give close study to Staiesman adrer- tising coluinna and wiii do their gift selecting betfore it is too laté to g.'t the best selection. Be one of the wuse onesi1 MINISTERS A»D CHURCHES Trinity Church, Rev. J. U. Robins, Pestor. Sunday services at il a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday Sehool at 2:30 p. M. Christmas services Sunday, December 26th. St. Paul's Church, Rer. D. W. Best, Minuster, il a. m.-"«Tiie best argument for Ciiristianity. 7 P. m.-"Unlit Lampe". 2:30 p. m. .-..Sunday Sciioi sand Bible Classes.1 St. Andrev's Presbyterian Church, corner Temperance and Chureh Sta. Rev. Robt. MeDerment, M. A., min- iter. Morning Worship 11 a. m. Evening worahip 7 p. m. Sunday School at 2.30 p. m. St. John's (Anglican) Charh, Rer. R. J. Shires, Recetor. Fourtih Sunday in Advent, December 19th: il a. m.-Holy Communion and -Ser- mon; 2.30 p. m.--Sunday Sceel; 7 p. m.-Evening Prayer and Ser- SMALLPOX IN OSHAWA There's a smallppx epldemic ln Oslha.wa aecording te the Daidy Rie. former wh&ch states Oshawa General Hospital is under quarantine. One case is in the hospital and another outaide. Medical Heslth Department bas advisd citizens to take every precaution te prevent the spread of this dreaded disesse. eaita ian zbt HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION Profitable Annual Meeting ai Orono --Offices, Re.Elected for 1927 Durham County Holstein-Friesian Association's annual meeting vas held in Town Hall, Orono, on Satizr- day, Dec. 11th, main features of the event being a business se2sion in the forenoon and a banquet. with pro- gram at the hotel from 12.30 noon onward. Hoistein breeders and milk pro- ducers to the number of about thirty- five froni the township% of. Darling- ton, Clarke, Hope and Cavan were in attendance at the mornlng session whil. this number was increased to about forty-five at the, noon festiv- Mtes. . It wAs a source ot satisfaction to the. members of the Association, many of whom drove in from quit. long distances, to fSud their meeting place made warm and comfortabl. by the attentive caretaker, Mr. Rich- ard H. Wood. Meeting opend about il1o'clock witii the President, Mr. Archie Muir, Courtice, in tiie chair. Mr. LU C. Snowdeu, Maple Grove, read the minutes of the. lest anual meeting and a more recent Executive meet- ing and also presented the. Secre.- tary's report. Tiiese vere both adopted as vas siso the auditora' re- port by Mr. Neil Mutton and Mr. R. M. Caie, Bowmauville. It was resolved to iiold a Consigu- ment Sale in'the Spring as uspiai et Bowmanville--sometime in March. A discussion of the feasibiity of holding a Fait Sale, the. possibilty of there ibeing some etiier method of finding buyers for surplus stock, and as to wiiether "form" or "dperfoTmpt siiould be the more important con- sideration in the~ selection cf animals for a cousigniment sale brought out masiy varying siides of opinion. Mr. R. R. Stevens vas re-*point- ed Sales Manager, bnd Mr. J. D. Stevens, Mr. A. L. Pasco,, Mr. Neil Mutton and Mr. A. J. Tamblyn, a Sales Committ.e. It was aleo resolved to ask MT. R. S. Stevenson, Ancasfter, te inspeet cattie offered for the sale, witii the President, Mr. Muir, as an alterna- tive if Mr. Stevenson vas not avail- able. Mr. Muir promused to do hi. best if Mr. F. C. Paterson, District Representative, would assist him. (Continued on last page.> CLEAN-UF AT ROYAL FAIR Laat year vhen Dr. E. W. Sisson of the Reliable Poultry Farm, Boy- manville, literally sv.pt tii. boards at the. Royal Winter Fair in the Single Con2b White Leg1horn classes it was cousidered a record that would stand for sometime. 'Xt vu hardly .xpected tixat sucii an houer would again corne to Bowmanvfle for at least a decade. But the. reckouiug vus wrong. Her v. find Jones & Ttti. (Reg Jones and Sid Little> of tuis town, comlng back frim thene big show lait montii witii enough . nsprizes and silver trophies to line a rlbbour courbter and Ui a jewelry store window. Seannin the. liat of prise winuers this i. What they won on S C. White Legiiorns: Cocks-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Heme-3, 4; Cockerels-- 2, 3, 8, 9, 10; Pullets-9, 10; Old Pen-1, 2; Young Pe-l; Special- Jeet peu in show over ail breeds lut. These winnings entitled thein te 5 cups. At the Peterborp Poultry Show laat week tuis partnershlp made another grand clean- up lu LegP horn clamses. DAUGHTER9 0F EMPIRE VISiT BOYS' TRAINING eCHOOL Mrs. SBukiiolder, Hamiltion, Re- gent of tii. Provincial Chapter, Daughters of the Empire, and her executive, Mrs. C. E. Burden and Mrs. J. L. Scholes of Toronto, Mrs. A. F. Hatch, Hamibton, and Mra. O MeVean of Dresden, visited the Ontario Boys' Training Sehool, on Wednesdiy- and presented te tth. school a complet. set of the. I.O.D.E. pictures of "Canada's Part lu thie Great War". The Ilpeoident conveyed the. re- gret expreesed by e~t Premier, Hon- curable G. Howard erguson, linflot being aible te b.e present, and tbmt of Mrs. Rutter, Educational Secre- tary of the. Provincial Chapter. Mrs. Burkholder stressed tii.fIm- portance of the novel experiment in social service. bing tried at tii. School, possible tiirough the. enligiit- ened attitude of the Ontario Goy'- ernmnent, the. persoual interest of the Premier -and the. generous support of the. service clubs of the. Province. 5h. iieid up to the, boys the. hlgh ideala t s ervice sand devotin W duAty