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TrHE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1934 Established 1854 A Weekly Ncwsrape,; devoted to the interests of the town .f Bowmanville and surrounding country, issued at King etreet. Bowmanville, every Thursdlay, by M. A. James & Sons. owners and publishers.- The Canadian Statesman te a member of the Canadian Weekly Newpapers Associati on, also the Classa',A' Weeklies of Canada. SL'BSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $200 a year: In the United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1934 Why Hospitals Have Def icits Each year at this time we dip the editonial quill into the ink andi write an editonial on our Hospital. We are forceci o comment each year on the lack o! public interest, and we have Va marvel bow it is. witb this apparent indifferent attitude, the Board and Women's Auxiliany even manage ta, make this splen- did institution go along as smoothly as it does. fie Women's Auxliary is admittedly an organ- izaticn that the Hospital could nfot possibly do witb- out. YeV we read in the annual repart that the av- erage attendance in a membersbip a! 29 is only ten. In oVber wonds, it means that ten women carry the burdens o! the 10,000 people a! Bowmanville. Dan-j lington, Clarke, Cartwright, Newcastle, and other territory which looks upon Bowmanville Hospital as the district hospital. Is it any wonder that the Hospital completes eacb year ivith a deficit? It amazes us that it is able ta stay open at al. and it is only hrough the combin- ed efforts o! he Board, the Auxiliary, and the splen- did management o! Mrs. Florence Smyth, Supenin- tendent, andi ber loyal staff o! nurses andi helpers, that the Hospital is able ta carry on. IV is time that the people o! this district realized themr respon-aibility to their haspital. fie hospital itset! was given ta the town by Mn. J. W. Alexandler. Other prominent people. some outside our own com- munity, shared largely in the cast a! erecting the Nurses' Homne, while others !rom time Va time have remembereci the Hospital in themr wills, with the ne- suit that the hospital derives a small income f nom these investments. fiene must be a whole lot o! things, a whole raft of impravements that could be made at the Hospital if the money was available. IV must be a task for the Board ta carry on se splendidly when their work could be greatly aided by a littie public help and sympathy. fie Hospital is one o! the most important insti- tutions in any community. IV shauld be as zealously supported as your cburcb, your lodige, your bridge or service clubs, on your beauty parloun. When we ail geV arounci ta tbinking that way, and put it into practice, the Hospital wil cesse havlng deficits. Judges to Handie Old Age Pensions The announcement by the Ontario Governmnent o! the abolition o! alI local Old Age Pensions Boarcds should prove a benefit rather than a detiment, as many seem ta feel. Under the system that has pre- vailed men have worked willingly and in many cases well in themr counties and have endeavouned Vo f airly and witbout favor administen tbe Olci Age Pensions Act. But there bas been the endency with a life long acquaintance o! the applicants and their rela- tives ta let sentiment overrule their good iudgment in granting pensions. We believe, bowever, that witb the applicant ap- pearing befane an absolutely independent Judge on Magistrate the application willI be more capably handled Vo the interest o! ahl concerned. fiere are too many people receiving Old Age Pen- sions today who are noV enitled Vo hem. By that we mean that tbey bave sons or daugbtens wbo are able and shoulci be made Vo contribute ta their parents' welfare. Too many children have ignoreci the obli- gations Vbey owe their parents in thein declnsng yeans. IV is noV unlikely that the raising and edu- cation o! these same chilciren, and the sacrifice it entailed, is responsible for many aid people having ta apply in their declining yeans for the pension. Unden the praposeci new systemn this hill aIl be fer- retec out and those who are able Vo support ageing parents will be made Vo do so. Don't think for a minute we are opposeci ta this act. fan we are beantily in accord witb its provisions wben tbey are noV abused. Funthermore, with a con-. inuance off the unemployment situation we would f avon lowering he age limit from 70to 65 yeans. Merchants Look Too Much To Others A few weeks ago, in an atternpt o be original we asked local merchants ta suggest the topics for edi- tonial discussion, and the resuit was that every edi- tonial that week was o! utmodst value and interest o the mechants as weUl as the citizens o! the com.mun- ity. It is inter-sing to note that othen than those merchanVa who suggested tbe topics noV one business man commenteci on the editonials. ThaV's the local attitude.- *Outside o! Bawmanville this special editorial page exciteci considerable comment, fie Collingwood En- terpnisse-Bulletin went so fan as ta use four out of five o! the edi Vriais under a double column heading. fie Estevan (Sask.) Mercury says editorially refer- ring o the editorials. "fie lead thus given might well be !cllowed by editcrs andi business men in eveny communiVy. witb substantial benefit ail round." Editor Duncan of the WiarVon Echo devoteci aven hall a column ta a re%-iew af thîs editorial page and a!Ver outlining eacb editorial briefly comments in closing. "This made a P.:etty gooci edîtonial page. we hink * you'll aIl adni't.' Several other newspapers !rom other parts of Canada co)mmenteci on this feature. whicb apparently failed ta arouse interesV in the local merchants wbomi they most chie!ly concerned. Prom time Vo tirne helPful suggestions have been publiEbed n these columns and in tracie publications ta help tbe busines an help himsel!. But in recent years witb highly competitive andi modern methocis Of merchandising adopted by c'îain stores andi mail ¶ order bouses, salme ehants have failed ta keep a- bregt of the Vîmes. They have lost beart or in other words th$ good od pioneer !ighting spirit of thein - jthrslalacking. They look for the Town Council, Legisiature, Parliament, the Han. H. H. Stevens, or so=e'other as-oclation cr persans ta prop themn up ' whefl they should as individuals and as a body o! pro8roeulVe business men take their coats off, on Put phI tlnki*ng Caps on, and before hey knew it wouid Lthave 901ved about ninety per cent of terS alc diitlcultim and, obstacles ta prosperity and content- Silver Jubilee of Local Canadian Club Twenty-five years ago this month, Col. Chas. R. McCullough of Ham.lton. a former Bowmnanville boy. father o! the Canadian Club movement, came to Bowmanville ta take part in the inauguration o! the local Men's Canadian Club. In the Dim and Distant Past in this issue, a brief report of this first meet- ing is given. For a quarter of a century then, the Canadian Club of Bowmanville has existeci, and we believe that it has been of inestimable benefit to this community. Outstanding speakers in almost every field of hought and exploitation have addressed the club, and its members have been able o withdraw from the sheli o! their own smug community interests, Vo look out upon the broad world. to learn about its peaples, its nations and its problems as they affect Canadians. fie resuit has been a keener and more intelligent interest in Dominion and world affairs. Those who are privileged to hear Canadian Club addresses hear both ides of contentiaus questions. They are able Vo approach problems with an open, an intelligent and a more understanding mind. It is to be regretteci that the Canacian Club is noV; more widely attended than it is. IV is a valuable institution of learning. which many laymen from "the school o! hard knocks" look upon as a post graduate course in public affairs. As it starts another season next Monday evening at the Bowman House at 7.15 o'clock, we hope many more men in town and country will see fit ta join the ranks of the Club. It will be an admission of a desire Vo know more fully the hings worth knowing, andi it will be a definite step forward in educating oneseif ta fui their plqce in the if e of their com- munit y. Remarkable Record for Durhami fie remarkable success o! Mn. E. A. Summens and bis vaniaus agricultural clubs in Province and Do- minion - wide competitions in the past few years. have been a matter o! great pnide with Durham people. fie Durham County Representative bas earned for himself a record unequalled by any other agnicultural representàtive in the Province. Through his ability as a coach Vhnee Durham boys Vook part in the International Grain Show at Regina last year, and since that time be has won numerous events and contests. fie Farmen's Advocate in its issue o! October 25Vh outlines the fine record o! Mr. Summens and his club teams in Vhe Inter-County Club competition belci at Guelph. Includeci in this fine record are several important wins. fie Acivocate remanks that. "Durbam walked away witb three out o! four positions in the com- petition. taking f irst place in swine. potatoes and cereals and making the award decisive by also Vaking second place in swine. Durham's achievement is un- precedenteci in the annals o! boyts' and girls' work mn Province o! Ontario and reflects Most f avorably on the young people o! Durham as well as upon Vhe Agnicultural Representative, Mn. E. A. Summens, who coacheci bis Veams so well." An outmne o! the' fine record is given elsewhene in this issue, but we want ta take this opportunity o! editorially congratulating Mn. Summers on his mag- nificent wonk. O! course it is an aczknowledged facV that in Durham County he bas wonder!ul matenial Vo, work with in the higli type o! young men and young wamen with whom. he cames in contact, but in any event Mn. Summers is Vo be higbly commended for bis splendid work, and our only hope is that the govennment will leave him in Durham long enough Vo reach the acme o! perfection when he will carry off four out o! four o! the Inter-County contests. --- --- --- - > Paying Bis On Time fie credit manager a! an important Vancouver store wri tes: 'fiase who pay their bills promptly are the sait o! the earth. They help us keep aur business on an even keel-help us pay aur bills and meet aur payroll. I think it is most important that we express aur appreciatian o! thase who pay prompt- ly. Those wbo are slow in payment receive plenty o! letters. but those who pay-never a word. Sa this is just ta tell you that we appreciate and tbank you for the promptness witb which you meet your ob- ligations ta us." IV is true. Nothing is so stimulating Vo business as he prompt payment a! accaunts. Nothing cari ruin business se quickly as accounts that bang fine for weeks and months Vrough the pure carelessnes and negligence o! the purchasen. fie prompt pay- ment o! buils puts money into circulation. And a! er aIl it is the velocity o! money-the num- ber o! imes a dollar changes hands in a given ime -that creates prosperity. A dead dollar. lying in a sock somewhere, is wortb noVhing. fiat same dollar passing !rom one persan ta anoVher in the discbarge a! obligations is a builder o! financial pragness. Before the end a! each manth people should geV out their bills and pay them. fiey must be paid someime. Wby noV pay them at a ime wben they will add ta the prasperity o! the whale community' By the same token take a look rigbt now aV the label on this paper and see if your subscription is paid. If flot. please do iV now. fiank yau! Editorial Notes The !amiiy !armn, despite ait the bard oîl that it involves. is able iargely Vo satisfy the human desire Vo be independent and self -supprting.-Pro!. W. G. A. Adams. The editor o! a metropolîtan newspaper. immerseci in moving u onic events. sometimes loses oucb with the realities andi verities Q! life. But the ediVor ai a country weekiy is rooteci pleasantiy andi use! uI13 in the very sou o! his cammunity. HIe noV only gets Va know events but o know men. His is a personai journalismn. His is a bigb and personai service. His is a fine duty o! community leadership. Thus the weekly newspaper and weekly newspaper editaîs are one o! the most influentiai and benign forces in the life o! this continent-Vancouver Sun. Canada's f rst ourist trade conference is tald that discourteous treatment or disproportionate charges by merchant or hotel keepen shouid put Vhe offender in jail. Hon. R. J. Manion, Minister a! Railways and Canais. reviews the enormous importance of Canada's first ourist business. Fair play and courtesy can make iV greater: themr lack can spail evenything. fiat goes aise for many businesses trading In other things than travelers. deal o! liberty ta do what one wants YOUR W RLD Vo dD? In theURiWORLD e 1reside are manymanions- geatspreading 1 and M INE houses which require many ser%"ants, By ta perform the labour inseparable JOHN . KIKWOO from big houses and the spaciaus JO (C.pyright) O grouncis surrounding them. When (coprigh) .the chie! bread-winner returns ta his mansion at 6 o'clock or so, the Article No. 6 chances are that he has to ciress for dinner; that the dinner-table will When I was a very small boy IlJ bce urroundced by invited guests; had a book which told of a lad who that the after hours will be socially was given twelve magic eggs. To gay; that the "party' will noV break have or be anythlng which he wish- up until af ter midnight. And this ed, ail that he had to do was Va wvill be the daily programme. AI- smash one of those eggs, and . presto. ways time an.d vitality are being bis desire was given him. flus. consumeci by the company a! men when he saw a huge pig in its wal- and womnen and young people found low asleep and contented, this lad in mansions after 6 or 7 o'clock in immediately desired ta be a big pig. the evening. No'ody has much time with nothing to do but ta eat and alone-for reading and reflection, or sleep and otherwise enjoy himself. for enjoy-ment of simple andre Then be would not have Vo rmn er- freshing pleasures. -Makte yoursel!i rancis, or hoe potat-oes. or carry in' honey and the f lies will eat you." is wood. or go ta scbool, or Vo carry1 the saying o! a bermit f riend of cold water ta workmen in the bar- mine: and very rich people make vest !ield. He coulci be lazy from themiselves Vo be honey. morniing until nigbt, and he would! i C K be fed all that be could swallow. He would noV have Vo wash bimself. When I bebold these great mans- or go to Sunday Scbool. on Iearn ions I have no envy in my beant. verses from the Bible. Life would be On the cantrary. I amn hankful that end.less bliss. Sa bang went an egg, I amn living in a very humble home, and 1o! the boy was changed in a where I can find the rest and ne- twînking into an immense hog. 1y, freshing wbich I neecl, and do the ing in a delecVable pool of muci. hings which give me greatest pleas- While thus finding perfect enaoy- uire. I feel that my day's work is ment, the farmen came ta 1ook at exhaustlng enough to warrant my him. and the lad ln the form o! a desiring rest in the evening hours. pig heard the farmer say, "Well. it My evening meal is over by 7 o'clock. is ime that this fat pig shoulci be Thereafter. until bedtime-s-ay aV l1 made into park," and away the oclock-I rnay, most evenings, livel farmer went for a butcher-knife. with those choice companios-my fie colored picture in the book books. These books can carry me al sbowed the farmer running away, aven the earth. andi put me back in- frightened bal! Vo death. wiVh the Vo remote ages. By thema I can go i boy-pig-half boy, haîf pig-nunn- fishing. and hunting, and exploring.I ing aften him Vo give him back the I can go into the highlands o! Scot - knif e which he baci droppeci: for the land. ta the prairies o! aur own boy. when be saw the farmer with West, Vo India andi Japan. I can~ his kni.fe bending over him ta cut tramp Europe in the Middle Ages. his thnoat. promptly wisbed ta bel I can accompany the early discover- turneci back inVo bis proper state, ers o! America and of the ocean and so the farmen saw a ternifying routes Vo the Orient. I can live with transformation.i Thomas Carlyle, with Abraham Lin- J CK Anather wish o! this boy was ta have riches. Sa he broke an egg. coin. with Tnyo n ei Rhodes. with the men o! the Ren- aissance. JC K dil iun nmsiianiO enel I recall a mari whom I met by rich man, living in a hou-ce as big prec ntefe uiesi tyu an sfn saplcwt e-1chance in a London restaurant. We prec ntefe uiesi tyu vands as i n s ple, with ser-ou were the only two at the table. and service. things of gold and silver and china etld.Tima wshoen and glass ail about him: with England after being six years on a horss an cariags an foomenvast cattie ranch in South America and coachmen Vo no end; with ws ne o threehise e ithat mounitains of gold coins in a strong- wsoeo he ht e nta room; with pantnies and cellars bur- region-that it was no place for a S e p r ilL m e oL d sting with rich foods and wrines. woman to, be, for the loneliness But with all these treasures and fine would drive her crazy. They had ta PHONE 15 BOWV LE things there went fear! This rich drive cattie 400 miles to put them on m.an haci no peace of mind. Thie- a railway train when sending them ves and burgiars. kidnappers and to market. I asked hWm about his assassins.-these he imagined were1 recreational occupations. He said _________________________________ ever near him. He could not sleep that books gave him his enjo>yments because of his fears. He went about -but not novels. "I want some- PCA NE T W K with a bodyguard. He had his house thing which will Iast," he said: andSEC L N XT W K surrounded by watchmen. His he then tod me of a book which he strong-room was doubly barred andi had read three times, without mas- bolted. His food and wine had to be tering it. He wrote on his visiting SU ITS & IL IGH T C O A TS tested because o! fear of poison. card its title-"Draper's Intellectual Life for this rich man liecame utter- Development of Europe." There- L A E an PR S D ly iusenable and intolerabie. So after I watched for this book at aCL A E an PRS D af ter a good taste o! riches, this lad second-hand bookstore which lured in the form of a rich man wished me almost daily to its shelves. E'v- 7 e E c himself back tco his boy state. entually I found lt-mn two volumes. Anc soon.wit ai hi relizciIts titie madle me feel that it would O h w '~~uo An s n.wthaf i raizdbe a dry-as-dust book. I found It te Osow Laundry & Dry ClanaAaa wishes: This boy f ound in his new 1 be as zestful as romantic fiction. IV state or possessions no abiding com- tells. vividîy and spanklingly, the W. J. Bagneil, Agent.- Phone 152 fort or peace. He always wished s tory of the nations as far back as _____________________________ himself back Vo his original condi- historians have been able Vo trace iV ________________________ tion. J cK and forward into modern times. I arn a great debtor to this man from able po-sessions beyond what I poss- pressure and obligations of an exalt- IV is this wish o! the lad ta lbe rich the wilderness regions of South Amn- esadbyn htYo oss dsca oiin n fayv that I am thinking of chiefly as I erica: and you. my reader. wll essadbyadwr yupses dcmn ai l stioniuin of write this contribution o The debtor to me, if you learn from me, Pnobably he has less time than you mine to The Statesinan, he may sigh, Statesman. I suppose that most of. for the f irst time. of this book, and and I have for the enjoymnents O! andi he may have a sympathetic un- us would like Vo be verv rich-be as if you become its possessor and en- books. Probably, deep down in his derstandlng of the f ears wh.ich the rich as Rockefeller or Ford. 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