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PAGE FOUR THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVH..U~, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24th, 1935 Bowmanville and District The Department of Municipal Affairs, Province of Ontario, in the Latest Blue Book, Makes Known the Following Statistics of Interest to Ratepayers of Bowmativille and Sur- rounding Townships, as at December 3lst, 1933 BOWMANVILLE: Assessed pop- $2.000; Schools. $21.966; Local In ulation 3626: Assessed acreage. provemrents. $4,856: Assets, $71,94: 2680; Land azsessment. $8550 Liabilities. $34.367: Receipts. taxe Building assessments,. $1.547«.550 $55.540: ail other receipts. $6,35ý Business income, $132.800: Income Expenditures, schools, $18.867: Mur awsssment. $36.600; Total taxable icipal debt charges. $803; Gener assessments, $2.202.300: Statutory, governrnent, $35,600. and other exemptions. $570.000: DARLINOTON TOWNSHIP: A Assessed for -chools only. $224.100: sested population 3725; Assessed a, Municipal taxes. $97.721: School reage. 56,587: Assessment, Iani taxes $35.182: Debenture de btL $1.629.601: Buildings. $760575; Bu. general, $32.530: Schools, $121.478: mness, $4.700: To tal t a xa b Local improvements. $288,442; Mun- a s se s s m e n t. $2.394.876: Stat icipal utilities. $145.570: A s s t s. utory and other exemptions, $85 $706.194: Liabiities, $656.399: Re 325:- Taxes imposed, municipal, $45 ceipts. taxes, $117.612: ahl other re- 382: schools, $20.728: Debentui ceipts. $39.723: Ex pendit ur es, debt. schools. $12.177: Assets, $62 Schools. $35,425: Municipal debt 712-' Liabilities. $30.290: Receipt, charges, $51.629: General govern- taxes. $63.514: ail other receipt. ment, $64.064. $10.049: Expenditures. achools. $25, CARTWRIGHT TOWNSHIP: 316: Municipal debt charges, $425 Assessed Population 1400: Assessed General government, $50.806. acreage, 38,422; Land assessment. $678.963: Building a s s e s ment, NEWCASTLE VILLAGE: Assesse $384.425: Business assessment. $6.- population. 660: Assessed acreagi 800: Total taxable assessment, $1.- 1910: Assessment. land, $90,800 070,188: Statutory, and other Ex- Buildings. $180.400: Business. $5.840 emptions. $41.890: Municipal taxes, Total taxable assesament. $277,040 $21.309: School taxes. $7.539: School Statutory and other exemption, debentures. $5.417: Assets. $25.761: $37.400: Assessed for schools onl: Liab;lities. $5.418: Tax receipts, $14.000: Taxes imposed. municipa $30.598: ail other receipts. $3.634:; $7.487: School.s, $5.263: Debentur Expenditure". schools. $8.211: Mun- debt, $497: Assets. $7,631: Liabili icipal debt charges. $51: General ties. $497: Receipts, taxes. $12,397 government, $19.359. ahl other receipts. $1.475: Expendi tures~, schools. $5.000: Municipa CLARKE TOWNSHIP: Asseszed debt charges. $338: General govern population. 2745: Assessed acreage. ment, $7.653. 73,856: Land assessment. $1.233.025: [ --a__ Bulding a--sezsment, $766.525: Bus- iness assessment, $12.050: Incomel Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Courtici asses ment, $450: Total taxable asýs- have returned to SaIt Lake City essment. $2.012.050: Statutory andI after visiting his parents. Mr. an( other exemptions, $155.150: Taxes. Mrs. W. L. Courtice. and also witl impozed. Municipal, $41.484: schools, the formers brother, Garnet. an( $15.456; Debenture debt. General ,f amily. - Picker ing News. Royal Theatre BOWMANVILLE Inaugurating a Season of Greater Entertainmnent at the Same Low Prices Friday and Saturday - January 25 - 26 The King Vidor Production "Our Daily Bread" Mickey Mouse-- Our Gang Cornedy - - News Matinee Saturday at 2.30 p. m. Mcn. - Tues. - Wednes. - January 28 - 29 - 30 wAt UM j jrS SA* A IJ UN C*.-Lielf-- - -ru na -. Matinee Monday 4 P. rn. - Wednesday 2.30 p. mi. Thurs. - Fi- . Sat. - January 31 - Feb. 1 - 2 s$HImRLETTE rL Matinee Saturday at 2.30 P. M. COMING EVENTS: "TRANSATLANTIC MERRY-GO-ROUND" "PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS" Laurel and Hardy in "BABES IN TOYLAND" Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy in "BROADWAY BILL" Helen Hayes - 'WHAT EVEE.Y WOMAN NEEDS" ,oan Crawford and Clark Gable i "FORSAKING ALL OTIIERS" Greta Garbo in "THE PAJNTED VEIL" Eddie Cantor in "KID MLLIONS" WaIIae Beery In "TUE MIGHTY BARNUM" WIII Rogers in "TUE COUNTY CHAIRMAN" i4. -a s- Letter From AFric Rev. and Mrs. F. Merrili F to Mission Post ont The letter published below was re- cived f rom the Rev. and Mrs. F.I Merrill Ferguson, by his parents, Mr. andi Mrs. W. C. Ferguson f' Northport, and formerly of Bow- manville. It will be recalled that Rev Merrill Ferguson was ordained in Trinity Church, Bowýmanville, at the close of the Bay 0f Quinte Con- ference in 1933. He was honored byi Trinity Church prior to his leavingj for the Mission Fields 0f Africa f rom whence this letter cornes. His other brother. Rev. Clarence H. Ferguson,1 of Northport. was also ordained atE that time. The letter reads as1 follows:1 1 le Missa, de Chissamba, Nova Sinta Lt Angola, Portuguese West Africa December 5, 1934. xe Dear Loved Ones, .- Greetings fromn Chissamba! We s. have reached our destination lit hast, ts, after f ive and a haîf weeks 0f travell- 5ing, and have a home of our own. 5; where we expect o live for about four months, at least. The plans, o! ,dwhich we heard before leaving home, 'e have materialized so f ar, we are to 0; study Umbundu with Mrs. Tucker at 0; Chissamba, and Portuguese with 0; Mrs. Chaves, the wif e of the Pert- Is uguese teacher there. Senhor Chaves Iwould teach us hirnself. I expect, if fIhe weire not a very busy man, so his rewif e is Vo be our teacher. No doubt 1 he will heip us a great deal too, In- : foîrmally. i- So much has happened sînce we al reached Angola that one scarcely knows what to write and what Vo omit. What I do write I shahl do in as nearly the order in which things happened as possible. with our im- -e pressions of the country, etc., added y.here and there, as they come o my id mind. ;h Neediess to say our stop at Lobito. id where we landed. was very interest- ing. because it was the first place in Afriça that we saw. The trip inland and the mission stations are f ar more interesting o us han Lobito though. We stayed in Lobito from Tuesday evening. (Nov. 27) tihl Thursday rnorning,4 Nov. 29), when we eft for 1 the interior. Mr. Childs. of the jAmerican Mission, saw us through the customs remarkabhy quickly, and Mr. Meipp, of the samne Mission, arranged matters for us at the Ad-! ministrative Offices on the samne day. so we were ready Vo go on on Thursday morning. We eft Lobito at 7.20 a. m. Thurs- day morning in Dr. Ennis' car. the Ford V 8, pick-up. the "we" includ- ing Dr. Ennis, Mr. Childs. Verona and myself. After passing through a couple of towns, on the road Vo which we saw locusts for the f irst time. we were at the edge of her dasert. The ocusts, by the way. are( very much like large grasshoppers,c but they fly in swarms rather than1 hop. We didn'V see many, but they 1 are down near Lobito now eating the 1 sugar cane. Durlng most of the fore-i noon we were driving over what 1I have referred to as the desert,-a sandy stretch of land with little veg-t etation other than chumps of treesc and shrubs, mosthy small, and someL weeds. IV was there. I think. that we f irst i saw somte of the bg ant hilîs thata are so common hroughout thev country. They vary in size from av few inches high and Vwo or threev inches through, Vo mounds twentya feet through and fuhhy ten feet t high. These are the work of the i white anIs. I believe. We aiso saw i many native birds during this r morning. lncluding a fhock of guinea I namehy wihd cattle, and goats. ac Jwart-hog, and some dog-faced ba-P boons.r We had our noon meal in a Port- uguese hotel in Cubal. when we had9 a chance Vo sample the national IF Portuguese soup,-.a green cabbage a concoction with much o! the eaf in 1 s it. 1V is very good soup. and mo;t> c people like it I think. We also had n some garlic sausages whlch 1 PiiJoy- v ed (?) ail afternoon, at intervals. ri In the afternoon we encountered b heavy rain, o that ail four had Vo t( sit in the front o! the car, and for a whihe I ahmost wished 1 had rnarr- it ied someone that weighed about b: ninety pounds. Howpver we arxivedi safehy at Sashikeha. the miFsion stat- ion where Mr. Childs stays. aibout g six o'chork, where we staYe thtir night and ail day Friday.h1 Our~ day aV Sachikeha was a very interesting one. That station has a s mountaîn above it on one side and c1 a valley on the other. and there are ri trees 10 the top of the mountaîn. cf Now we expected to see a very dis- hi mai sight when we came inhand be- m cause we had heard so much ab:out ln the way the locusts had eaten the ul leaves off the trees and so forth. hi If we had corne three weeks earlier cO we would have seen such a sight, al but in the three weeks fromn the tirne ai that the iocusts le!ttiii we arrived w in the country the growth was amaz- r ing. so that nearhy ahi the trees were re ait east partialhy leafed out when we P arriveci. Now a di! ference between the trees h here and at home is that whcn hey hl are leafing out the leaves of many. ifD noV ai, are red at first, before they of turn green. The result is that when C we f irst saw the country it was a beautiful with its mixture of red and ae green. In f act several persons have rý toid us that they neyer saw the Uý country look more beautiful. UsuahhyO the red cornes on the trees in Au-c gust, Just a! er the country has been a burnt over with grass or bush f ires. w: s0 that you have red showing on a ev black or brown background, but this hi year wth this second eafing there al has been red on a green background. ou Tt was nearly as beaultiflas oulr r> can Mission Field Ferguson Write of Journey the Dark Continent with Dr. Ennis to Dondi, where we stayed until Monday morning. There we stayed witli Mr. and Mrs. 'Wilson, and had meals at several places. IV is the centre of joint work between the American Mission and the Canadian. Currie Institute, of wh.ich Mr. Prior of our church is at present acting principal, is located there. Then there is the hospital, and Means school and Lutamo are near by. There must have been Vhirty missionaries at Mrs. Prior's for tea Saturday ta welcome us, and they were f rom ail around Dondi but three, who were over from Cam- undongo. That night we attended prayer service and a further welcome was given us. to which I was asked Vo reply, and did sa briefiy. Mr. Prior interpreting. There were a- bout 135 boys present I think, and my we did enjoy their singing. They have a quality of voice that I cer- tainly like, and the harmony is very pleasing. Mr. and Mrs. Prior are f rom Picton. Ontario. Sunday was also a rather active day. We went for a stroîl ta se some of the buildings before church at 10 a. m. The dining room kit chen and dormitorie.s 1ook rather crude to us but t suppose they are a big improvement on what they have at home in most cases. The food is cooked in big black boilers like we use foir boiling sap. Corn-. meal mush is one of the main foods.1 At church we had a real treat. even though we dîd not understand' much of the service. There. wre over 1000 at the service, and a junior service is held besidles. Again it was the music that we enjoyed most, partly because one does not need to be able to understand the words toa cnjoy that. We iecognized the tunes we use to 'Holv. Holy. Holy', "Showers of Blessing'. and also *Massa's in the Cold. Cold Ground" among the hymns. The latter has Umbundu words adapted to it. of course. We had dinner at the American doctor's home and supper with somne of the ladies at Means School, and saw the hospital and Lutamo, the Canadian school centre of that part. in the meantime. At night we at- tended an Eîiglish service in one o! the homes. Thus the day ended. On Monday Rev. Collins drove us to Chissamba. going via Cainundon- go where he is stationed. We werej there for dinner and reached Chiaçs-i amba about 4.30 p. m. We were welcomed at Camundongo by the natives, but the big welcome wasj naturally reserved for the place in1 which we were Vo live. Certainly we won't forget our arrivaI here for a1 ong tixue! We were f irst met by a native on a bicycle who went ahead of us to tell the people that we werei oming,and we ourselves were met byc 'ev. Tucker. Mr. Chaves, a Mr.i 3ailey from an English mission near( Rhodesia, and a large crowd o! nat-E ives somne distance down the road from the mission houses. There we were asked ta change our means of1 ravel and according to the customn of t.he people in times past ride in bush cars ta the mission houses. c For the benefit o! more vivldnessi in description I shaîl try to describec abush car. It is made with ones wheel, simîlar to a motor-cycle wheel, with a seat directhy above the wheel, and two handles both ahead and behind, wh.ich two natives use oa guide and propel the car. It was in that way that we arrived aI the mission house where Dr. Tucker now lives. pushed along between two long rows of children. who sang hymns as they walked. Then of ourse there were many aider peo- ple lined along both sides of the roaci as we passed. At the mission we were further reeted, f irst by Mrs. Tuckcr, Miss Reid, Miss Brown, and Mrs. Chaves, nd then by natives. A.fter the inging o! somne more hymns, in- ,luding the 23rd psalm, one of the ratives came Up to the steps of the ierandah where we were seated, and .ad an address o! welcome in Uni- >undu, which was signed by the pas- r and eIders of the churich at 'hissamba. Dr. Tucker interpretd tfor us afterwards, and we both )rie! ly replîed, he in turn interpret- ng our remarks, Then came many of the men Vo ,reet us in their native way by bow- ng, clapping the hands, and saying 'Kalunga, Kalunga" Vo which we iad been taught Vo repiy In the ,me way. After the men a group d ladies came up and with much ise and gesture offered ail kinds ýfadvice Vo the bride. Dr. Tucker Lad told themn that we were newly arried, because they are alwaysi rtains, and even bouquets of roses, The bedroom was just as comn- lete. It had a bed fixed up wlth Ice bedding and a net, a dresser, chest of drawers, a bedslde tableI ith a book called "The BedsIde xk" on iV, two chairs, curtai1ns, >wers, etc. A wash-stand and the Lher necessIties were ln a *wash-1 room adjoining, and a large clothes closet was equipped with hangers. Thus we were presented with our place 0f residence. This is as f ar as I got before com- ing to Silva Porto wvith Dr. Tucker. so I'11 send this much with the note that ail's well and continue the ac- count in the next letter. Merrill and Verona Ferguson WORLD CONCORD MUST OUST FEAR Sir Robert Borden Analyses Outlook at Crown Life Annual Meeting Rejoicing in the gradual but per- sistent progress o! economic recov- ery in Canada and finding in recent world events hope of better inter- national understanding and co-ox- eration whichhe declared Vo be es- sential to a full measure of recov- ery, Sir Robert Borden sounded a strong note of optimism in deliver- ing his Presidential Address at the Annual Meeting of the Crown Life Insurance Company held in Toronto Tuesday. "During the past year the Crown Life has made an impressive record." said Sir Robert, "'which should in- spire the Company's policyhoidersi and beneficiaries with f ull ofd ence." Af er referring Vo the great in- crease in Canada's export trade 4ith Empire countries. following the QV- Rt. Hon. Sir Robt. Borden tawa trade agreements, and Vo the substantial improvernent recorded in 731.44: divîdends Vo policy holders mining. manufacturing, construct- $253.890,94: annuitants $149,697.38, ion and other industries. he stated, rnaking total payrnents Vo policy- 1Vt is satisfactory Vo note, that inlholders and beneficiaries $2.447,- our country the general improve- 179.69. ment which began in March, 1933., sesttl8104890 scm has been consistenthy rnaintained." sesttl$108,9.4a on New Policies issued by The Crown pared with $18.8193,081.76 a year Life in 1934. as stated in the Dir- ago. Loans on the Company's pol- ectors' Report. amounted tVo $29,- icies have substantially decreased. 305,916 as compared with $25.691.247 The average rate o! interest realiz- in 1933. Insurance in force was mn- ed was 5.79%, a highly satisfactory cresec V $17.81.63 s orpared rate which affords a substantial, with $138,821.915 a year ago, which mri vradaoetertsa ýconstitutes a notable record. The which the policy liabîhîties are com- expense ratio was again reduced. puted. Premium receipts were $4.81,- ^Mortgage boans of $8,324,953.90 216.07 against $4,385,835.59 in 13.cmrise 40rý of assets; Interest Investrnent receipts were $1.050, paid in cash on these mortgages in 368.34 against $984.345.15 in 1933. 1934 amnounted Vo more than 100r" DeaVh and Disabiiity Claims arn- o! the total interest f ahling due. As ounted Vo $712,859.93. The mortal- a re.suît, the total amount o! inter- ity experience was particuharly f av- est overdue on all mortgages o! the orable. Payments o!frnatured and Company represents on.Iy 1-15 o! surrendered policies were $1.330,- 1 1 ,0f the principal as against 1/8 o! a. Better Rt. Hon. Sir Robert L. Borden Proiuiden t 1933 1 iI o f the principal a year ago. Principal repayments have been well maintained and moratorium indul- gences seldom availecl 0f. Every class of bonds held by the ICom pany has shown, appreciation. in market value during the past year and in several instances interest payments previously suspended have been resumed. Surplus earnings during the year were $632,702.39, of which $142,- 715.41 was applied Vo, further strenigthening the reserves, etc., $267,373,16 was applied toward di- vidends Vo policyholders. etc., and the balance of $222.608.82 was add- ed to the Surplus Account which now stands at $760,263 .86. A milîstone and the human heart are driven ever round, If vthey have nothing else Vo grind. they must themselves be ground. Tinte s 1934 New Policies Issued $25,69 1,247.00 $2%,305,9 16.00 Insurance in Force 138,821,915.00 147,86 1,463.00 Cash Income 5,400,978.24 5,963,075.67 Assets 18,893,081.76 21,084,899.04 Capital and Surplus 1,133,107.45 1,370,934.95 H. R. Stephenson Gencral Manager The Crown Lif * bas openings for competent district representatives. I. pply directly to the Agency Department, Crown Life Bldg., Toronto. ý 1 The Crown Life Annual Report for 1934 is a striking indication of the improvement of business conditions generally and of the outstanding progress which this Company, in particular, is rnaking as evidenced by the following facts: Assets First MNortgages on Real Estate ....... 40% Government and Municipal Bonds. .26% Public Utility and Industrial Bonds. . 5% Preferred and Common Stocks... 2% Loans on Company's Policies ............16% Home Office and Other Real Estate. 3% Cash and Other Assets ............ 8% 100% Average Rate of Int.rest Earned 5.79% J CROWN LIFE 19" INSURANCE COMPANY Toront Savel Savel Savel Drastic Reductions on Women's Coats SAVE on each Coat Ail our remaining Winter Coats go on sale at these amazing reduc- tions. Tt will pay you ta buy vu next winter's coat now. You will save frorn S5.00 to $7.00 on your purchase. Corne in and look thern over and we know you'Il fini sornething you want, at a price .. ... that wiIl pay you for having waited. Men's Overcoats Eeyman's Overcoat in the store is greatly reduced for quick sale. Our advice is to buy your next winter's coat noiw. It Aill save you ~ many dollars. New Shoe Styles are Here i The 1935 styles in Cadillac Shoes are noiw in stock. Our ever-growing number of shoe customers testdfies to the fine wearing abilities of Cadillac Customn Built Shoes. 'Made to your osun individual measurements. Couch, Johnston & Cryderman Phone 104 LIMITED Bowmanville PAGE FOUR THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVMLE, THUP.SDAY, JANUARY 24th, 1935