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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVTLLE, THUR.SDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932 Established 1854 A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the interests of the town *,f Bowmanviile and surrounding country, issued at King Street West, Bowmanvilie, every Thursday, by MI. A. James & Sons. owners and publishers. The Canadian Stateaman is a niember of the Canadian Weekly News- pa,ers Association. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $200 a year; nr the United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies. 5 cents. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1932 Should Citizens Throw Up Idea of Bridge at Harbor ? Cilizens will feel keenly disappointed that the Dominion Government has flot seen fit 10 grant the prayer of the petition sent by the Town Council asking a grant towards the ereclion of the bridge across the harbor at Port Bowmranville. Il would seem that the Minister of Public Works does flot wish 10 set a precedent ini these matters, and is afraid that if Bowmanvilhe's request was granted there would be other appeals made 10 him of a like nature. As far as the precedent is concerned the Minister has not far 10 1ook for one. We under- stand past governments have erected and maintained several bridges over navigable waters in several towns in Ontario and so the precedent of this action has already been established. The request of Bowman- ville is very small. and in view of the grants made annually 10 Oshawa. Port Hope, Whitby, and Co- bourg, for hgrbor upkeep and improvements. we be- lieve that the Minister might easily have arranged to grant this very small request of Bowmranville. Only last week a despatch f rom Ottawa announced that the government was going 10 spend a cold mil- lion dollars on harbor improvement at Vancouver. Yet Bowmanvilles request for a paltry couple of thousand dollars is cast aside wLJh the alibi of es- 'tablishing a precedent. However, il is apparent that the grant is not forth- coming unless stronger influence can be brought 10 bear upon the powers t hat iale, otherwise some way will have 10 be found 10 finance the erection of this very need.ful bridge. The cost, due 10 the use of relief labor and the resullant contributions of Pro- vincial and Federal Governments, should flot be large and the boon it would confer on hake front residents .would be far in excess of any expense entailed in ils erection. Make This a Christrnas of Sharing Christmas this year will have a Iruer meaning. In limes like thiese people gel down 10 fundamentals. They fimd that the worlh while things in life are those which money and power can neyer change. Love, friendship and sympalhy are nol measured by the size 0f the pay envelope. Deeds of kindness cost nothing yet bring satisfactory rewards. This will be a Christmas of sharing. The self ish give-and-take will be supplanted by a conscienlious effort 10 f111 the lmp stockings o! the children of the ,unesnphoyed. Christmas must flot be just another miserable day 10 our unfortunale brothers, but one they will remember as exemplifylng the Christian spirit 0f love. Their faith in humankind will be re- newed. In the past year people have learned t0 do withoul many things and have been amazed how well they get along without them. This Christmas, the frills and furbelows that have dressed the table and tree in other years, will be dispensed with in order that those who have nothing may rejoice in the Birth of Christ. Il will be a happy Chrismas for there is no joy so keen and salisfying as the joy of pure giving. Distasteful Duties in Municipal Council as Found in Court of Revision It is an honor and privilege. as well as a duty, 10 be entrusted with a hand in the governmenl of a municipality. but like ahI honors il carnies with il a certain amnount of distasteful duties. Il is impossible to please everyone and there wilh always be certain cilizens who are neyer salis! led however good a council may be or however hard that council works for the good of ils community. We heartîly agree wilh the member of!'the Court of Revision who ac- knowhedged the fact lasI week thal sitting as a memi- ber o! this court was the most distasteful of al municipal work. This is bound 10 be. forit i affects the pocket books o! the cîtizens appealiug. Iu the majority of cases appeals for lower assessment were enteied thîs year because depressed conditions have forced the pro- perty owners to make every sacrifice 10 meet his taxes, and thus il became an unusually hard task 10 refuse the request o! the appelants. Howevei. the Court o! Revision adopted the right attitude. Il did not permit sentiment 10 enter mb oils judgments but endeavoured to deal justly wilh every applica- lion. Whether a citizen gaîned his point or not, he must realize that if il were humanly possible the council would arrange a decrease lu taxation. 111 the heydey of prosperily citizens demanded paved sîreets, better sidewalks, more street ights, waterworks extensions. and everyîhing else the mod- ern city boasîs o!. Now comes the lime 10 pay for them. Whihe il is not a pleasant duty il must be remnetnbered that citizens are only asked 10 pay for what they Ihemselves asked. The Court 0f Revision has a duîy 10 performn for the Corporation as wehh as individual citizens. Adhere to Sir Adam Beck's Principles Premnier Henry professes 10 bc alaimed lest Ou- taios grept Hydro System wl ne gwrecked by pol- itical crilicismn. I say 10 you with candor," lie saîd in a recent czpeech. -that Hydro will not succeed un- less the people 0f this Province give il their support. Il will drift aud fînally pass- out o! the picture.' Mr., Henry is very far astray if he imagines that criticisnis ùf the Hydro Elrectric Powver Comimission have been confined 10o the opponeunts o! the Qovern- ment. In the town of Barrie sud elsewhere some of the most severe critics of the H. E. P. C. are stroug Conservalives. The dissalisfaction is not of pohtical oigin but is due 10 the high handed mnanner lu which the Ontario Commission adnministers Hydro affais and fails 10 give 10 the municipalities the informa- tion 10 which lhey are entitled as owneî's of the Sys- tem. The best way foi' the H. E. P. C. 10 relain the confidence o! the people is 10 adheire 10 the prin- ciphes o! Sir Adam Beck whlch had the unanimous support of the municipalitles.-Barrie Examiner. Should Encourage Public Speaking The value of public speaking has long been ac- knowledged and it should be the ambition of everý boy and girl 10 be able to rise and without fear tel the things that are on his or her mind, 10 be able to express themselves fluently and thus be able tc pass on their own accumulated knowledge for the benefit of others. On Thursday night f ive except- ionally clever students held the platform at the High School Oratorical Contest. They showeda wonderful improvement over contestants of recent years and each one displayed signs of becoming ef- fective public speakers. The value of this work can- not be stressed too highly in our Public and HigI Schools. There is nothîng more humiliating than t. be unable to speak one's mind before an audience. due to lack of nerve, lack of the necessary vocabul- ary, and lack of delivery. On the other hand publie speaking is necessary to practically everyone. 1he business man, the school teacher. the church work- er. the member of fraternal or' any other organiza- lion. The time comes in ones hf e when their futuîre is either aided or retarded by their ability to stand on their f eet and speak in public. These students who did so well last Thursday are to be congî'atulat- ed. also their teachers for the results of their effor'ts as displayed in the platforni appearance and de- livery of the f i e contestants. Appeals for Greater Interest in Boys At the annual meeting of the West Durham Boys' Work Board last week the newly elected president appealed for a greater interest in work among boys in the district. That appeal was made 10 the mem- bers of the Board, but il is applicable 10 every citi-' zen. The boys of today will be the legîslators of to- mori'ow. The boys of today will be the fathers of tomorrow, and-surely their future is worth consid- ering. Fathers may do much 10 help in the work being carried on by those interested ln boys' work if they will encourage their boys 10 attend meetings of boys' orgaUizations and insilîl in them the nec- essary inspir'ation 10 interest themselves in some- thing uplîfting in mind. spirit and body. Your boy will feel betteîr foi' the contacts he makes and he will receive the right type of companionship, the right type of teaching and encouragement that is necessary 10 make him a successful man. Public Health Nurse Valuable Asset to the Commun ity Perhaps one of the greatest public services which receives the least public recognition is the service carried on in Bowmanville by the Public Health Nurse, Mrs. Glen L. Martyn. One hears lutIle of her work. and only a summary of this work appears in the press each month and f rom this summary il is impossible to gain an adequate conception of what is really being done. Each Friday. inexperienced mothers. interested in their childrens welfare, bring their babies 10 the clinic held in the Town Hall and conducted by the Health Nurse. Here weight is checked and helpful advice given f ree of charge t0 the mother concerning her child. This advice alone. coming through any but public channels, would be worth far more than the tom-n pays its Public Health Nurse. Her work in the schools, among the growing youth of the town, her work among the needy, and her close touch with actual conditions in the home make her a valuable asset and servant of the town, and one whose loss 10 the town would leave the community infinitely poorer. Rural Population Really Has Much to be Thankful For In the mîdst of plenty. farmers are hard put 10 il these days 10 find a lit île ready cash 10 meet ordin- ary expenditures. Those who have 10 psy interest on a mortgage lu addition 10 heavy taxes aie lu a hard position îndeed. Yet when wc say conditions are bad" or *goodi. we should remember that every- thing in thîs woild is relative. A spcaker from China in a local pulpit lasI week reminded his hearers that wve in Canada do nol know what real poverty means. Afler ail. cverybody in oui' rural community has e'iough 10 est. whîch millions lu China neyer had. noi ever %vill have. Few if any o! our rural popula- tion are without shelter. And yet in our own i- dustrial centres. even in prosperois limes. wage- earners have to part with the biggest part of their pay foi tho'ze two itemis of food and sheller which people lu rural parts take foi granted. Today thons- ands of uuemployed lu our- big cîties would be glad îndeed 10 have assurance of food and shelteir which no rurahîte is denîed. Those who insist on [ating their well-being on a financial basîs. shoulu not forget 10 write down a few thousand dollars for the good health they enjoy. Nor when they* strike a balance. should they over- look the fact that eyesîght, hearing, friends. coin- panionship should' command a high figure if rated lu monetary value. After al, though limes be trying, most of us are better off than we realize or' appreciate-St. Marys Journal-Argus. The Passing of the Woodshed It is rather odd. when you stop 10 think about il, that no one has paid much attention so far 10 the passîng o! one o! the grealest and most distinctive o! aIl Amerîcan instituions-the woodshed. A vei'y few years ago the woodshed was a prime feature o! aIl American homes-except, o! course, those o! the wealthy. who dont count, anyhow. But, today il is well ou the road t0 extinction. The farmer, 10 be sur~e. stilI has his; but will he keep it long, whal with the spreading 0f gas mains, electric power hunes and syulhetic gas tanks 10 the rural regions ? This,. in a way, is 100 bad: for the woodshed had ils points. It was not only a good place 10 keep aud spli wood. Il was an indispensable, aIl-round handy room; a place where odds sud ends o! lhings could be stoî'ed. a place where the head 0f the house if haudy ,vith tols, could make such gadgets as window screens sud Irellises for the rose bushes, a place where junior could park his bicycle and sister could keep her doll buggy, In other words, it was au exceedingly usefuh adJunct 10 the house. Somne day some astute ical estate man will make a big success by tackîng one of these 11111e extra rooms on every house he builds. ,-1'IN THE DIM and DISTANT PASTj ffl le FORTY YEARS AGO TWENTY-FIVE VEARS AGO ie From The Statesman, Nov. 23, 1892 From The Statesmian, Nov. 27, 1907 L_ Note-This issue of The States- With the 40 years ago article le man devoted nearly a column 1tectoubled in length this week, here's a a West Durham Boys, where they are little longer article from the States- *t ,and what they are doing. Il should man 0f 25 years ago: recal 1 minds of our older readers F. C. Pethick's youngest child fell many of the old timers who lived off a couch and broke a collar bonie. around here between 40 and 50.D.S,.Dikno asacpe year ag. Hre tey re:the position of assistant inspecter of John Pierce is assistant master in 'meat and canned goods under the the Commercial Department of To- Good Food Act and aI present is e.rento Business College. .ttoe nTrno 1- Chas. McCullough is Principal of, stine in orn. oc Hamilton Business College and sec- Thos. Tod, James and Charles e retary of the Hamilton Association Carruthers attended the banquet for the Promotion of Literature, given by the Lorne Camp, Sons of Science and Art.' Scotland. at Oshawa. W. W. Tamblyn, honor matricul- i r.D.Aa adduhe.o e ant, is attending University College, Canaan, Conn., are visiting her fa- ci Toronto. ther, Mr. P. Trebilcock. Miss Mar- iAlbert Carscadden is studying law garet Trebilcock returned home with S nToronto. hler after hm-ing an enjoyable lime - John J. Gilf illan, Phm. B.. gxadu- in Uncle Sam's domain. S aIe of Toronto College of Pharmacy, Misses Edna and Eva McGill at- is now a clerk in Stott & Jury's. tended a very successful entertain- Alf. Higginbotham. graduate o! ment in the school of their brother, College of Pharmacy. is carrying on Geo. W. McGill of Pickering. the leading drug business in Milton.!I Chas. Cox. Sr., Thursday evening Wm, L. Allen, son of Mayor' W. F. wenî 10 see Mrs. Cox off on the train Allen. holds a good position in aj for Toronto for a visit. He carried large hardware store in Chatham. I her valise mbt the car when the Norman Brittain is managîng a train started quieker than he ex- big jewelry business in San Fran- pecîed. By the lime he reached the t cisco. Calif. car platformi the train was running J. C. Brittain is travelling for a quite fast. il is supposed faster than whohesale hardware house in San hie thought, as by that lime he was Francisco. .past the station lighls and plat- Churchill CubilI is in the grain f orm. He jumped and fell. his head » business in Minneapolis. sîrikîng something hard that caus- J. S. Climie hohds a good position ed unconsciousness. He lay beside in a printing office in Chicago. t he lrack for nearly an hour before Robt. N. McConnachie, living inf the crevw of a freight train found Cambria. Wis., was elected Republi- him. He was taken home where hie can Represenlalive in a receni con- remaîned unconscious until Monday s test. from concussion of the brain. Dr. Dr. S. W. McConnachie has an ex- A. .Tle eot r o on tensive medical practice in Hamil- . S. Tlleyndi'eots Mr. Co dousing ton, permanent injury through his acci- A. E. Christie is manager of the dent. Union Bank 0f Canada in Moosonim. Brh Man. Brh Plummer-In Bowmnanville, Chas. F. Hill holds a lucrative pos- Nov. 20th, t0 Mr. and Mrs. Norman ilion in a Chicago printing estab- S. Plummer, a daughter. lishment Birth: Nichols-In Newcastle, te Aishe iga mn agr.fth!MradMs rhrNcos wr Arche Bngha ismanaer f th r.and rs. ArhrNhostir Bell Telephone Co. aI Chatham. Ddaghe. owavllNv Fred G. Prout is student of elec- 25Di. amu Heal in wmi 0t eaNo. trical engineering at Lynn, Mass' 1,Sme el nhs91 er Tho. rode s acoritntinthe Died: Pye-In Enniskillen, Nov. OsBrdiacuntanioBakin etbrg 21 st, James Pye, aged 78 years. otrimankPAmhrsnturg. lr Married: Cawker- Agnew - At Norane Pots s in theroeneor Prince Albert, Sask., Nov. 141h, by W. J. Jones is manager of the his Lordship Bishop Newnham. as- Standard Bank in Bowmanville. 5151ed by Rev. A. D. Dewdney, Mr. E. L Oeo. Porter, formerly accountant Morley Cawker, druggist, and Misa in the Ontario Bank, is living retir- Lily May Agnew, eldest daughter of ed in Bowmanville. Mrs. T. J. Agnew. W. A. Windatt is in business in On the evening of Thanksgiving Winnipg, Man Day, the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Norman Cryderman is assistant W, Henderson was the scene of the postmaster at Indian Head N. W T gBtheriflg 0f a large number of Rev. J. H. Oliver is preaching' at friends f rom near and far, in coin- Richmond. Que. memoration of the 151h anniversary Geo. J. Rowe is corresponding of their wedding. Mayor Archie cherk for~ the Dominion Organ & Tait read the add.ress and Miss Piano Co. Delly Stapleton presented Mr. and Dr. Byron Brimacombe has an ex- Mrs. Henderson with a beautîful tensive dental practice in Marion, dinner set and other valuable ar- Ind. 1 liches. Dr. J. W. Brimacombe hohds a Rev. and Mrs. T. W. Johliffe, Rev good position in his brothers office and Mrs. John GarutPicial in Marion. and Mrs. John Elloît. Capt. and John M. Morrison, a graduate o! Mrs. W. C. King, Editor and Mrs. M. The Statesman office. is now fore- A. James, Mr. T. E. Higginbotham man of the Standard Oih prinîing and Mr. Norman S. B James aI- office in Cleveland. Dr. Harry Chappelh has a large medical practice in BilIings, Mon- tana. Dr. H. C. Phillips has a good med- ical practice in Rochester, N. Y. jAlex Simpson is manager of the Ontar'io Bank aI Ottawa. jD. Burke Simpson has the ags law practice in Bowmanvihle. Chas. B. Simpson is farming near Brooklin, Ont. Rev. W. Coombe is a Methodist Minîster in Roblin. Ont. miss Matilda Prout is teachîng school at Elizabethville, Hope Town- ship. Miss Edîth Riggs is teaching, school at Pehee Island. Sam Clarke is a bustling merch- I M1 ant and ex-mayor 0f Cobourg. master at Ottawa.I majîor Johin Hughes is postinaster and merchant at Clarke. Sain G. Br-ow.n is now principal of i Watfoid Public School. Exeter A. Brown is principal of ExtrPublic School. Dr. J. H. Br'own is head teacher in Kan,;as Deaf and Dumb Institute. P. T. Tyreinan is student aI Trin- ity Medical School, Toronto. aNe Thos. 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