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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVEILf, THIURSDAY, MARCH l6th, 1933 PACN TWO Mt %~tambÎim %Ut#nm Establistied 1884 A Weekly Newapaper dsvated ta the intereste af the tawn of Bawmanvtlle and surrouridlng country, issued at King Street, Bowmanville, every Thu rsday, by M. A. James & SBuns, awners and publishers. The Canadian Statesman le à member af the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, aima the Class "A" Weeklies of' Canada. suBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $Z.OO a ysar; in the United States, fL5C a yeai', payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. THUJRSDAY£, MARCH l6th, 1933 Are Business Men Indifferent ? Monday evening next tise Business Men's Associa- tion will isolti its annual meeting anti election ai ofcers. On tise new men electet iwlil rest tise f ut- ure ai tisis important organizatian whlch isas dane so mucis gooti in tise past antiwiich isas unlimiteti Ipossbilties in tise future. At tise meeting last week only a dozen turneti out, but this slim attentiance vwas partly due ta tise very short notice. Hovever. plenty o! notice is given tisis tIme anti every business man sisoulti be there in persan aItishe Balmoral Hotel next Monday nlgist, sharp "at 8 p. mn. Tisere Is not a business man, looking back over tise past twa years witis its communlty picnlcs, ils twin dollar days. Its dean-up week, Its soi tball leag- ues, its hockey teams, its visit ta rural cisurcis sup- pers, ant its other activities, that can accuse tise organizatian ai not belng a success. Its future suc- cess rests entirely wltis the business men tisemselves who forin Its membership Tise organization neetis tise ielp oi every business man on King Street. Tise Interest ai every ane is prlmarlly tise same anti bandeti together tise mercisants take tise important place tisey shoultihalti, as large taxpayers in tise tawn. Divideti they represent nathing more tisan Individual merchants toa ai ten pulling against each otiser witis no power ta demanti or ta request any- ~thing more for tisemselves tisan any otiser private citizen. Merchants shaulti nat let selfisisness bar thei f rom mnembership in tise association. Tisey shaulti realize tisatishe mercisants rel)resenî one ai tise largest em- ploying groups in tise town anti as sucis tiey are far better organizeti for their awn wel! are tisan other- wse. Every business man shoulti turn out Monday nlgist, bearing in mnd Ihat it is tise nigit for tise electian ai officers, anti bringing with thei tise con- sent ai goati men visa wll stand for office, anti practical constructive ideas for tise future welfare ai tise organizatian andtihie betterment ai tise com- munity. Tax Arrears Cali for Drastic Action Unless tax arrears are paiti in a large way tiss year Bovinanville wilI face a very seriaus situation. 7Ths certainly shaulti not prove surprising in view ai tise rapiti increase in tise number ai delinquent tax payers. Il 15 no vonder tise Town Council is becain- Ing appreisensive anti that that bodiy bas instructeti tise Treasurer ta take tiefinite steps ta collect arrears. When tise present cauncil assumeti office in Janu- ary tax arrears amountedt t more tisan $58,000. Tise individual arrears range f rom $1.60 ta over $4000, anti spreati aver a perloti irom 1926 ta 1932. Many ai -- these taxes sisoulti have been cleareti up long aga. Tisree years ai tiis perioti may be inclutieti in Can- ada's greatest era af prosperity. wisen work was plentiful anti wages were iigis. Consequently tisere ta reaily no reason wisy these outstantiing amounta shoulti exist. Tax arrears o! more recent date can be partly attributedt thie depression. but even aI tisaI there are many tielincjuents wha have worked steadily during this perioti ai econoxnlc unreat, tiraw- ing reasonable wages, anti yet let tiseir taxes go un- paidt tatise tetriment ai tise Iown. Prom tise trendi ai feeling existing among members ai tise Town Council no tone is ta remain unturneti ta bring in every available dollar of tax arrears. The Town Trreasurer is sending out notices this week ta tielinquent taxpayers stating tisere are four metisads by wiicis taxes may be forcibly collecteti: (1) By distresa ai goatis anti chattels. as proVitiet by Section 112, Assesment Act. (2) By giving notice ta a tenant anti collecting the rent up ta tise amount ai the taxes: Section 99. (3) By suing tise persan taxed, or a subsequent ,owner in tise Courts, tise same as a tiebt due tise Municipality; Sections 97 anti 98. (4) By a treasurer's sale af lands; Section 144 anti iollawing sections. He furtiser intimates that unless tise taxpayer is prepareti ta ca-operate witi tise municipality by making definite arrangements as ta the retiring ai tise arrears by instalîments or otiserwise, tisen tise collection la ta be placeti in tise iands ai tise balilff. Tise time isas came when drastic steps are being taken, as tise bank is pressing tise council ta, cul clown its boans immediately. We are qulte aware anti have sympatisy with those whom tise tepression isas le! t wiîhaut tise means af meeting tise tax bills, but we isolti no brief for thase citizens wbo are taking ativantage of tisetiepressian ta make it an excuse for tise non-payment ai taxes. A Tribute to the Country Correspondent We suspect tise foliawlng editarlal iram tise Tor- onto Star Weekly was written by tise venerable anti versatile editor, Jae Clark. wha 15 father-of Gregory Clarkr, illustrious feature writer on tise same paper. Mr. Clark, Senior, in speakîng ai tise valuable service rendereti by country correspondents, knows wisat ise 15 taiking about for bis early newspaper experience vas witi tise Pickering News. Altisaugis Mr. Clark has been cannecteti with city tiailies for nigis onta hal! a century be isas always been a loyal irienti anti supporter ai tise important place tise weekly town newspaper plays in tise lfe ai tise immediate corn-j munity it serves andthie Dominion at large. We are In absolute agreement wististe editarial f ram tise Star Weekly whicis reads: Tisere appeareti this week in Ontario papers a brief notice ai tise deatis ai an aId citizen oi Western Ontario. He was, althougi tise notice titi not say so. a member ai a large but sedom -ment ioneti class. a class wiicis is nat enumerateti in tise decennial cen- sus or listeti in directories. He was, or bat been for many years of bis lufe, tise "country correspondent" of at least one newspaper. Fram tise little place wbere ise livet, he kept senting in budgets ai news -whicis, in bis years ai service, must bave amountedt t tisousands ai columnis. Most ai tise items were fia daubt trivial in tiseir nature. But tisey were af great Interest ta tise people ai thtia anti neigisboring com- munities. Tisey were tise sort af thing that people talk about in tise iamily circle (wiicb 15 seltiom mare than an arc nowadays) and wherever f olks gather together to converse. Metropolitan newspapers do not give their readers this service. In the nature of things, it is impossible for them ta caver their territory. or even that part of it which is closest home, in the minute way whlch local papers i smaller centres af population can do. Thse latter, in their publication af "country carres- pondence"* from neighboring villages and hamiets, give their readers somethlng which the big city daily cannot offer. And local papers which develop this feature entrench themselves in the affections o! ther readers. Sa thse country correspondent, servlng o! ten wth- out pay, is an important man-important not oniy ta the newspaper which lie serves, but ta thse com- munity whose goingson he records. He can, over a period af years. do a great deal for it and for its people. 0f ten he is a man of considerable abllity (the present Lard Greenwood was the country corres- pondent af an Ontario paper while he was teachlng school in this province), but even if his literary tal- ents are small. Nis record of events is eagerly scan- neti by a section of the countryside. City people are sometimes incllned ta, be amused when they read these humble chronicles. They thlnk it is of littie interest ta anybody that So-and-so "Suntlayeti" on a nearby-adjaiiiing farin or vlsited relatives in some seldom-heard-of hamlet. They cannot understand why a newspaper shoulti chron- icle the painting of somebody's barn or the purchase by someone of a new motor car. Yet if they will only stop ta, consider, this is exactly the sort of thing that they talk ai themselves-the comings and goings ai people, the purchases of this one and thse facts that Sa-anti-sa burnt herself wlth the curling iran. This, in large cities, as in small villages, constitutes thse bulk af conversation. Even the great talk tsu.s. There are several gooti stories told about the con- versations ai the great whlch have been eagerly aver- heard, but have turneti out to be utterly umimportant in subject matter and treatinent. Thse country correspondent is ail right. Tise census man cloes not asIc him about tisis branch of his work, thse newspaper probably does not pay iim for it, and nothiing is saiti about it on his tombstone. But lie gets very close ta the things tisat his home f olk are interesteti in, and, if he is often flot a very great jaurnalist, is at least a very real news-gatiserer. Thse local newspaper tisat employs an efficient staff of these men anti women is cultviating a fieldi in which na outside newspaper can campete. Suggestion for the Men's Forum Thse Forum. which openeti less than twa manths aga. has proven a very successful feature for Sunday aiternoons. Each Sunday sees a larger attendance, and on Sunday last thse ladies were permittedt t at- tend andt iey turneti aut in goodiy numbers ta dem- anstrate that they. too, are interesteti in the prob- lems af thse day andthie welf are af thse nation in wiich they live. We have naticeti, however, that the majarity af speakers, at least af recent date, have been C. C. F. men or representatives ai new political thought or social refarmn. Ta aur mind tise Forum is nat serving its best interests ta become purely a political forum. Na daubt a political forum is neeti- ed in the town, but Sunday is not tise right day ta halti it, neitiser is a churcis a fit place for meeting. While ai necessity thse present social system must be discusseti in a Forum It is not necessary ta make it purely pltical. There are otiser vital subjects, as well as otiser political policies which shaulti be aired in fairness toalal parties. Make Bowmanville More Beautiful While there ta still ample time for a few mare weelcs af aId fasisioned winter weather, aIl mlnds are naw turnedt thie tisaught af spring. No matter wisat the next !ew weeks holti forth, spring is an the way. The redti tread in the ther- mometer stands a llttle iigiser. Thse sun is deserting tise southern horizon anti each day arises a little earlier and retires a little later in tise evening. We musn't let the scarcity af maney tieter us f rom doing our share ta beautif y aur surroundings this year. Butis. roots anti bulbs whlch make April gay with color. are courageously dalng their bit. Soon tisey will be sentiing upward toward thse lengthening sunlight those shoots af green which make early spring a time of pleasant surprises. Wisen spring cames, garden time Is just aroundth ie corner. Loyers of fiowers are busy laying their plans for planting. Soon thse familiar adars aof freshly turneti mil anti bursting butsis n the country will as- sail tise sensitive' nostrils af the motarist. For us townspeople this is no time ta lag behinti. We must moon begin aur cleanlng, painting anti planting. We must not sit back anti let the weedsi grow. nor lase aur fame as a well kept communlty. Jutilciaus expenditure ta keep aur civlc beauty spots. streets anti boulevards dlean anti attractive wlll be praper-tise progressiveness anti personality af a cammunlty is reflecteti In its appearance. Let every citizen aliruta make Bowmanville more beautiful. ExprtLads eelyNewpaer disappointment at seeing at tise heati of bis printeti ~circular 'Printeti ln U.S.A." In asklng for Canadian support for his sanctuary Jack Miner shoulti en- deavour ta give bis support ta, Canadian printlng f1rms. 1 1 Perisaps af mare importance tisan tise national spirit, tise speaker saiti in conclutiing, Is tise international spirit wblch bas existeti anti wich has brougist about a condition wisercby two nations have lved side by side for mare than a century witisaut war. Historlans will tell ai tise supreme dlsplay af international THERE 18 PLENTY TO BE THANKFUL FOR Blow, blow, thou wlnter wind Tisy tootis is flot so unkinti, As man's ingratitude. These words of William Sisake- sPeare, containet inl his memarable play "As You Like It" seem particu- larly applicable ta the present day. One may ask, "Wihat have we ta be grateful for?" There is certalnly mucs. lI Bowmanville wltis Its population of 4080 tisere are 300 men, women anti ciiltiren receivlng relief. Accordl.ngly tisere are 3780 men, women anti ciiltiren not an relief wiso are living on income or proceeds of productive labor. Is there not cause for gratitude in tise hearts ai this great majority? Is there not reason ta, be grateful that the Aighty lias seen fit ta at least provide or prosper this per- centage so that they mlgist live witisout tise aid ai cisaritY? This 3780 people shoulti show tiseir grat- itude in same tangible way anti tisere is no flner way of showing gratitude than iselplng tisose wisa are now in neet o!fiselp. As tise bard of Avon sa well points out, thse bitterness ai a wlnter winti Is nat sa unkinti as man's ingratituýdetai most ai us are wefl aware aiftie bit- terness that may be containeti In a mld-winter wlnd. Surely this bit- 1 ter unkindness is not ta be laid' at 1 tise door a! any Bowmanville citizen. Yet there are many ta whomn this accusation mlght be pointeti. Tisere are thase whamn It isas pleaseti Goti ta prosper anti wio in tiseir prasper- lty fail ta realize or recognzets great neeti surrountilng them.Ter cames a time, wisen tise immartal moul takes flight f rom tise human body, andtihie spirit stands bei areI tise thrane ai grace to answer for its indiscretions. At tisat time are we going ta be accuseti ai failing ta see tise great neeti that surraundeti us in the stress ai tise present depres- sian? Or again. can we praudly stand, justifleti bei are Goti, as one having tione aur part ta alleviate thse distress? One neetis not ta question tise reason why ai present, conditions. AIl that is neetiet is a ready recognition tisat these condi- tions do exist anti a wilihigness ta) exhiibit Faith. Hope anti Charity,! anti tise greatest ai tisese is Charity. BRITISH PREDOMINATE IN POPULATION 0F BOWMANVILLE DISTRICT Interesting Facts Contained in Bur-! eau of Statisties Repiort ai 1931 Census By far tise predominant part ai tise population af West Durham is Britisis, according ta tise recent bul- letin issueti by tise Dominion Bur- eau ai Statistics anti compileti from tise census returns af 1931. Tise bulletin wisicis outlines tise racial arigin ai tise resitients ai this sec- tion shows tisat tise majority are ai Englisis tescent. witis Irishs second, andi Scttish third. Tise figures' classifleti by racial origins for Bow- manville. Darlington. Clarkce, Cart- wright anti lýMwcastle follow: Town of Bowmanvifle Population 4080: Englisis 2987; Irishs 501; Scottisis 412: atiser Brit- ishs races 3; Frenchs 37; Austrian 1; Dutcis 32; German 28; Hebrew 6; Hungariari 8; Italian 7: Polisis 1; Roumanian 6; Russian 4: Scandin- avian 15; Ukrainian 2; Chinese andi Japanese 5. Cartwright Township Population 1395: Englisis 699: Ir- ishs 553; Scattisis 101; otiser Britisis races 6: Frenchs 1; Dutch 19: Ger- man 3; Ukrainian 13. Clarke Township Population 2974: Englisis 1653; Irishs 769; Scottisis 425; otiser Brit- ishs races 12: Frenchs 22; Austrian 19; Duteis 24; German 6; Hebrew 3: Italian 9; Raumanian 8: Russian 12; Scandinavian 5; Ukrainian 7. Darllngton Township Population 3915: Englis 2755; Irishs 524; Scottisis 384; aViser Brit- ishs races 12; Austrian 19; Dutcis 40; Finnisis 5; German 41; Hebrew 1; Hungarlan 13; Palisis 24; Rauman- Ian 15; Russian 23; Scandinavian 5. Newcaatle VilIMo Population 660: Englisis 435; Ir- Isis 124, Scattlsh 65; otiser British races 4; Frenais 2. Duteis 17, Pin- nisis 2; Roumanian 3; Scandinavlan 1; Ukrainlan 7. The Rotary CIuI6 (Continuet f rom page 1) ai peace. With Its COSanopoltan population, it isas showu that wlth goodwill andi tolerance, peace can be observed despite tise many na- tlonnallti.- in Its ilznhl.Can- HAVE You SEEN CAR... Two Lines of Cars Two Price Ranges One Hlgh Standard of Qualty ... FISHER NO-DRAFT VENTILATION 0 RUBBER -MOUNTED SIX - CYUINDER ENGINES 0 SAPETY GLASS 0 AIR - STREAMED FISHER BODIES EASY.- SHIPT TRANSMISSIONS 0 SILENT SECOND EASY GMAC TERMS Iàtiu CORDIAL Sstaim ...StrentÉt»m H EVROLET'S F ULST came the Chevrolet Master Six-and Canada respnded with the greatest welcome given a Chevrolet since 1929. Then, up stepped the leader with another entirely new line of cars, the Standard Six. Dawn went the Chevrolet base-price to the lowest figure in history for a full-size, six-cylinder closed car. And the spotlight of public interest flashed brighter than cver on Chevrolet. Now - for the first time - there are two Chevrolet Sixes - the Standard and the Master. Body-styles for everbody. Prices for several different groups of buyers. But only one standard of quality - the very same high standard that has made CHEV- ROLET the greatest naine in low-priced motoring. Bath Standard and Master lines offer Air-Streamed Bodies by Fisher-safety glass windshields--and that newest General Motors sensation: Fisher No-Draft Ventilation. In the Standard Six, yau can enjoy ail these advantages at the lowest operating cost of any full-size car an the road. Whichever yau choose--the mere fact that the leader built it is assurance of outstanding value. But you'Il neyer really know haw outstanding it is titi you corne ta our showrooms - see it, drive it, yourself! CHEVROLET LOW PRICES STANDARD SIX - - $723 fo $770 MASTER SIX . . . $789 l*o $977 DELIVERED AT FACTORY, OSHAWA. ONTARIO (FREIGHT AND LICENCE ADDITIONAL) ONTARIO MOTOR SALES LTD. 86 KING STREET EAST (AT ST. MARYS ST.) - OSHAWA c4 11-<Yar-Old CANADIAN INSTITUTION That Is Still Young CFbe stengt of Canada is in her youthfül, pio- neering, ever forward.facing, caurageous spirir. tempered with old wisdom. Canada's strength 'is the composite strength of her constituents- institutions as well as individuals. Ile Bank of Montreal, 115 years aid and trud to Canadian history and tradition, applies its experience and adjusts its service constantly co changing conditions, ta the end that it may provide safe, helpful and canvenient banking for the people and business of the Dominion. BAN 0FMONTREAL Established 1817 HEAD OFFICE __ MNTREAL TOTAL ASSETS IN EXCESS 0F $750,000,000 Bowmanville Branch: F. 0. McILVEEN, Manager NEW LOWERPRICED frlendsisip wisen tisey ref er ta tise international goodwill anti diploin- acy whicis exista between tise Unitedi States anti Canada. For one isundreti years these na- tions have liveti aide by aide, vitis 4000 miles ai barder over whicis no army isas crosseti anti no gun isas been fireti. That la Canada's great- est aciievement, for it representeti 4000 miles of civilizeti anti christian- izeti bortierlanti. Inta tise vorîti Canada andtihie Unitedi States have braugist tisis new ideal ai neighbar- linesa. Rtarian Len. ElliaIt ably express- eti tise pleasure o! tise club at heur- ing Mr. Smytis, and President JIm Devitt passeti alang tise vote of thanks whicis waz greetet i wti isearty applause. Guesta attise club were Alec Creigiston, Daviti Brown, anti Bill Crawe.. ail members ai the Oshawa Rotary Club.