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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE. THURSDAY. JUNE l6th. 1932 ox % anmbiun îtate9~man Established 1854 A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the interests of the town of Bowmanville and surroundlng country, issued at Klng Street West, Bowmanville, every Thursday, by M. A. James & Sons, owners and publishers. The Canadian Statesman is a membeïr of the Canadian Weekly News. papers Association. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $2.00 a year; in the United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. THURSDAY, JUNE 16th, 1932 Remembering Community Institutions I Your Wil We have been reading of a case wbere a ricb man of a community passed on and details of his will are published in the paper. At the same time we read where there is considerable disappointment where individuals in the cammunity in which he spent practicaily ail his life have been overlaaked. We don't think so m0ch of that, for in the final analysis 'blood is tbicker than water," and a man is mucb more apt ta divide his estate among relatives than among thase autside bis awn biaad cannectian and far whom he prabably beld mare respect. What has been a sad oversight in the settiement af many estates, hawever. is that a man f argets the needs of the community in which be "made bis pile," and divides his estate amang relatives in some othei place. wha perhaps did nat need the maney but weren't averse ta accepting mare. We can ail recaîl instances where rich men have passed away. especially in small cammunities. where a bequest for public enterprise or institution would have made it possible that their name go dawn in histary as a public benefactor and as a citizen who realized he awed a debt ta his town, and was anly taa glad to help provide sametbing that town sarely needed. But no, they chose ta pile the dollars on relatives who knew it would be wortb their while be- ing attentive. Again we say how much better it wauld have been had they willed a part of their es- tate ta their local church, the local baspital, started a f und far a cammunity piaygrounds or a skating rink. or contributed a share of their worldly passes- sians ta same charitable institutian. We've ail seen instances where mucb gaad cauld have been dane but the man (or woman) chase ta bestaw his weath on relatives (not dependents). 0f course a man's wealtb is bis awn, ta do what he likes with it, but when ane looks araund and sees wbat goad cauld be accomplished with not sucb an awful pile of money, well it makes a fellaw wisb that some day he migbt be blessed with enougb weatb ta spare some for commendable enterprises in his own cammunity. Bawmanville has one cancrete instance of aid given the municipality thraugb a last testament. that of the late James H. McGill af Washington, D. C., a native son of this town. whase will was sa much con- tested over a period of 20 years. The cauncils af the past two years have found the incarne f rom the pro- perty lef t ta Bowmanvilie by this man very handy in preventing even greater tax increases than have taken place. The beautiful McGili Memorial Gates at the main entrance to Bow-manville Cemetery stand as a monument ta the memary of a son who remem- bered his native tawn. Ontario Municipal Board to Pass on Local Improvemnents Notice is given in the iatest issue af the Municipal Warld af a recent amendment ta the Local Improve- ment Act under wich ail works undertaken as local improvements must be submitted ta the Ontario Municipal Baard for appraval before they can be carried out. The council must first pass a bylaw or resalution declaring that it is advisable ta carry out any given work and if the Municipal Board then approves a bylaw ta undertake the work is in arder. 0f course the purpose af the move is mare than obviaus. It makes it passible for the Municipal Board ta curb reckiess spending an the part af mun- icipalities. It is a well knawn fact that cauncils are ai ten taa wiiiing ta embark on same local improvement pro- ject-whether they can affard it or nt-simply be- cause the ratepayers demand it. For there is an impression abraad that govern- ments af ail kinds have plenty af money at their disposai. One of the cammanest phrases in conversation ta- day is "the gavemnment sbould do this" or "the gav- erninent sbould do that." Gavernnients have money available. Tbey can al- ways levy for sufficient funds by the medium of tax- ation to pravide for ail demands. But tbere are times when the taxpayers cant meet the demands made upon them. A disinterested body, such as the Municipal Board, is in an excellent position ta determine if a munici- pality should proceed with public works. It bas a firmn grasp af the munîcipalitys financial position, and can ascertain wbether or flot the wark is nec- essary. The amendinent is a real safeguard and sbauld tagether without any semblance of arder or design is another retardlng factor in trade. Mecat must realize that their stores and tbeir stor idw are as important as their advertising. They must have cleanllness and order. Tbey must have tbe stock and attractlvely dlsPlay it, for in tiswyny can they ever expect ta effectively combat the de- partrnental store and mail order catalogue influence in the district. Merchants should make a particular effort to make their stores and Windows attractive for the Cam- rnunity Picnlc on July 6th. Many people will be in tawn an that day wbo are flot aiten here, and if local merchants can show these visitars tbat tbey bave the goads. the assortinent, the initiative, and the principles wicb govern other succesaful busi- nesses there is nathing ta persuade these prospective buyers ta buy elsewbere than in Bowmanvilie. A Pen Picture of County Councils There is mucb discussion going on in tbe press and here and there in public gatherings respecting the merits demerits ai the system ai county caunceils. The Wincbester Press is one that sees tbe use! ulness ai tbese municipal bodies long since passed. "Get- ting down to 'brass tacks' as tbe boys say," the Press continues, "there is very little reai justification for the perpetuatian of the County Council. Tbeir deliberations, outside of road construction and cal- lecting taxes ta distribute ta educational institutions, are practically nil and cauld be done just as easily, just as efflciently by twa or three capable men eitber at the caunty tawn or at Toronto. Candidly speak- ing, a week's session ai the Counity Council is f rom a business point ai view a picnic for those wbo enioy il, and a farce. so far as any real benefit ta the Caunty is concerned. As a matter ai iact, mast County Councils are controlled by bai! a dozen clever wire pullers wba know wben to siacken and wben ta tigbten tbeir boid. Tbe man wbo goes ta County Council witb independent and progressive views bas as mucb chance oi being successful in carrying out bis ideals as Agnes McPhail bas ai upsetting tbe government. Keep in toucb witb tbe "buncb" if you svant ta get anytbing tbrough, and dan't graucb if you fi d that tbe "bunch" bave put one over an you wben you were away." Our f riend, the editor ai the Press evidently is in tbe know respecting the prac- tice and pracedure in county councils, 'Stand in'* it says. which, under the circumstances seems ta be good advice, tbougb contra ta the theory tbat public business is disposed ai accarding ta the best interest o! ail concerned. Down east is evidently much likE ather parts ai Ontario. Setting the Proper Example Every man bas some power over others that is exercised without consciaus effort on bis part. It is a responsibility he cannot dadge. If be is a strong man, others wiil strive ta emulate bis strengtb. If he is a weak man, others, in passing, will sbudder at the tbaugbt ai being like bim. Botb serve the noble cause ai uplif t. In almast every group, organization or cammunity there is one man who walks bis chasen way witbaut tbaught for the preferences, opinions and will ai athers. He is a strong man; original. daminant. cacksure. If he bas laaked the warld over and de- cided against it; if it is bis custom ta attribute the worst possible motives ta ail men; if he is. in short, a cynic, thase wha came witbin bis influence are al- mast certain ta iind tbemselves sneering at rnankind and calling the warld a failure. But if this strang man is a conservative witb a well-lined nest and a conviction that ail wha adva- cate change or a disturbing ai dividends are dang- erous cranks wbo shauld be jiled or deported, thase who assaciate witb him soon iearn ta use bis pet phrases in denunciation ai dreamers and ta feel a certain awe af money in large piles. Therefare, since it is a certainty that tbe average man, wba lacks a daminating persanality, will be remade aiter the image ai the strong men within whase arbit he moves, why sbouldn't he exercise what little discretian be bas in the matter and at- tacb bimseli ta men wha now are wbat be would like to be ? Is The Service Club A Community Asset? Even thougb the ser-vice club bas a great deal ta its credit in community endeavar, in spite o! tbe criticism that bas been leveled against il, yet it can- flot affard ta adopt a complacent attitude, states Alexander G. Rutbven, president ai tbe University ai Michigan. If the service club is ta continue ta serve tbe world, as ail other social institutions. it must study its possibilities for service. "One element ai tbe strengtb o! service clubs," Dr. Ruthven says, in an article in the June Rotarian, lies in the very fact that tbey are so organized as to welcome consciously the interplay o! thougbt and opinion wbicb must arise inevitably f ram the varied elernents among their members." Thus, be cantends, they bave a direct responsibility in the guiding o! cantemparary thaugbt and opinion upon civic ques- tions o! bath local and international interest. Thus the service club, functianing efficientiy, is able ta furnisb effective belp and ca-aperatian towards ,tbe solution o! many public prablems wbicb can benefit enarmously f rom just the type a! support tbey can give. The hit-and-miss character a! the usual service- Against lies, calumnies, etc., dlgnity is tbe only weapan; neyer let anyone see that anything said by your enemies bas taucbed you-in short, act as if you did not dream you had any enemes.-Ibsen. UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR "EGGS TO RIGHT 0F THEM, 0F ONYARIO PRESS1 EGGS TO LEFT 0F THEM" Mr. Blake Duf f, veteran newsi- Kent County Hens Break AU Records papermnan of Welland, recentîy When Wallaceburg Merchant spoke in St. Marys an "Humar of Gives Them a Chance-Egg Stan- the Press."! dard Lasts Two Glorious Days. Tbe f irst part af the address was. devated ta unconscious humor found A sbort time aga The Statesman in the newspapers. Those unhappy went off the gold standard and taok slips, which deligbt readers, but eggs in payment for arrears in sub- cause editors ta grow prematurely scriptians. The resuit: 300 dozen gray, receivecd same attention. Sucb eggs f ound a home in The States- slips as in the reparting of an in- man office, and later in the homes cident. "as soon at Dr. Huttan bad of tbe unemployed and in the Bow- felt his purse, be gave up ail hope." manville Hospital. We tbougbt we "The ladies o! St. Pauls Cburch were pianeers in this reversion ta have cast off clotbing. Tbey may te tbe barter system, but a despatch seen in the basement f rom 3 ta 6 i rom Waliaceburg gives an insight o'clock." An excerpt f rom a nearby into wbat tbe merchant migbt ex- paper lnfarmed the public that "it pect if he turned solely to the egg is proposed ta, use the donations ta bartering system for a f ew days. purchase wenches for the park as Here's wbat bappened in Wallace- tbe old ones arè in a very diiapid- burg: ated condition." In anather case a Stonehouse's general store at 'bottle scarred" veteran was wei- Waîlaceburg is back on the gold camed home the editor apolagizing standard again. Twa days on the in the next issue for what shauld egg standard were more than enaugb have been "battie scarred." The for tbe enterprising merchant. speaker told of two rivai editars- ea Who bad fought for years. One died A short time ago this store an- and the other sought ta make a- nounced in a newspaper advertise- mends in the abituary. But unbart- ment that they would for two days unateiy the item became mixed up accept eggs in barter for their gaods. witb the report ai a fire and it read: Sa turday marning in the farming "When. the beautiful casket was district around the town tbe farm- lowered ta its îast resting place, lur- ers and tbeir wives began ta gather id fiames shat upward." Another eggs. Na one until then realized case ai mixing ads and reading just baw many eggs a fariner could matter was 'Born, ta Mr. and Mrs. put in one basket, but be can Put McSnort. a son. with hot water at- plenty. Ask the storekeeper; be tacbments." "We want your eggs knaws. and we want them bad." an advert- On the Saturday morning eggs isement infarmed the public; and on.' began ta arrive at the store. Big anather occasion -I am now in a eggs, littie eggs, white ones, brown Position ta batcb your eggs." "'Mrs. ones. every sort of! gg and as every Gallamp has been taken to tbe bas- two dozen was warth twenty-five pitai for an aperation. Her gasoline cents. the farmers, wbo baven't had station will be closed indefinitely." much chance ta spend for a long Mr. Duff lamented tbe lack ai time naw, went on a speflding spree. conscious bumor in the Canadian and threw the money araund. Rress ai to-day. He recalled an ed- Everytbing was just as the adver- itarial in the Gadericb Signal fol- tisement said. Tbe farmer, or bis lawing the baît ai McKenzie Baw- wife, taak a dozen and tbree eggs el's cabinet, whicb started "~The and got a yard ai cottan. For four- seven blters have crawled into one teen eggs they got a pound of Jum- harmoniaus hale." FPollawing a fire jbo peanuts for tbe kids. Twenty- in the Toronto Globe office, tbe late eigbt eggs bougbt a rubber half- Alex Pirie. ai Dundas Banner. stood sole, camplete with glue. Sbaes ran up to address a convention. After at from twenty dozen a -pair and up, scanning the crawd he said "We while it taak anly eighteen dozen editars are flot beautiful, but if we for tbe farmers ta buy tbemseives are flot beautiful, and if we are nat new pairs ai tweed pants. gaod, God will burn dawn aur of- B Saturday night that store- fices, too." keeper had done a grand day's bus- m ess, but. "Neyer again," he says. TRUE APPRECIATION Ed. Hawe says: I lately saw a note sent by a merchant ta a patron. wbicb read: Dear Sir-Reference to aur books shows that yau have for some years paid your bis promptly. In aur grumbling about patrons who are very slow, or do flot Isay at ail, we f eel we sbauid express apprecia- tian ai your long-continued fair- ness." I bave flot in a long tirne seen a letter affecting me mare "I got too many eggs."; And perbaps he had, for wben they were finally graded, packed, and counted, the 1 day's receipts ran samewbere more than 20,000 eggs. However. no one tried ta pass any bad or counterfeit eggs on bim. and tbey were shipped ta Toronto for resale. agreeably. Shauld there not be more appreciation for men wbo came somewhere near doing their duty ta 1 tbemselves. -their families and their country? 1 Bakery Coods are Besi. Why? Because we have everything to work with. We have 4 heat-controlled avens to ensure proper baking temper- ature. We put only the very best in aur products. Lastly. it is aur business to do good baking, and aur increasiflg business over a period of years is proof that Corbett's baking satisfies. Let us do the work this summer - You make the best of summier weather. a modern soda fountain, have a big opportunity o! ai this healtb food. We Specialize in Wedding Cakes. Corbett's Baker y Sole Agents for Dr. Jackson's Roman Meal Bread BOWMANVILLE PHONE 3 APPLES APPLES Insure Your Crop AgainstHal Mr. Apple Grower: Are you interested in protecting your crop against hall storms ? 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