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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMAJqVILLE, THURSDAY, MAY 3Otb. 1935 gb1e gumban ttt#iman Established 1854 A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the interests of the Sown of Bowmanville and surrounding country. issued at King Street, Bowmanville. every Thursday, by M. A. James & Sons, owners and publishers. The Canadian Statesman Is a membaer of the Canadiani Weekly Newspapers Association, also the Class "A" Weeklies of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $200 a year; In the United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cants. THURSDAY, MAY 301h, 1935 Breaking Away From Party Shackles A general election is in bbc off ing, and some time Ibis fali. tbousands 0f Canadian voters will be called upon to cast their votes in favor of anc or other o! the candidates for election in their iding. A gen- eral election is an cxceedingly important malter. It is a lime wben bbc tbnking citizen should take stock o! himself and of the country as a whole. Ib is up ta hlm to decide whetber or not he wants the same govcnment to continue in power, or wbether he wishes ta be governed by bbc opposition or a third parby wich enters the rontest. Of rourse when the lime romes around ta vote there will be tens of thousands wba wili vote party irrespective of the issue. Thcy will make Up their mind now to vote ither Liberal, Conservative or 00,.F., and will flot give tbc malter another thougbt unlil electian day. That type 0f voting is ignorance. The intelligent voter, and wc suggest there is more 0f Ibis type today than ever before, wili break away from party sharkles and wil vote with tbc party whom be bonestly and consricntiously believes will govcrn tbc country best. Bef are many weeks three political parties will announre their platforms and issues. Then will follow several wecks of intensive campaigning in wirh the voter will have tbc op- portunity to study carefully bbc policies 0f the tbrec parties. Then later he will be required ta, vote. If lie bas bbc best interests o! Canada aI beart be wili vote for pýinciple in preferenre to party. The Approach to Apple Blossom Week Il want be long now tilU we celebrabe that annual festival 0f bcauty and fragrance known throughout Durham Counby as "Apple Blossam Week" wben tbc orchards wibb their mantlc 0f pink and white bloom and their aroma and lovelinezs wiil attrart bundreds of visitors ta our rural distrirt. In Ibis connection dîd you ever stop ta tbmnk about bbc pioncer days 0f bbc apple orchards? Not back, of course, bo the f irsl lusciaus apple whicb tempted and was bbc downfall 0f Adam in the gar- den of Eden, but bark in bbc carly days of bbc lasI century wben wild apples berame domestirated, s0 to speak. by grafting. The produce o! well condurbed orchards is now uniform and shapely and every orchard shows many of bbc same varieies-SpYs, Jonathan, WinesaP, Wealthy, Gravenstein, Mcntosb, Baldwin, Ben Davis, etc. There is no uncerlainty about bbc kinds, onlY about the crap. But throughout the century before this one, unforeseen apples lent a Ibrill to every harvest lime. The air o! the archard tingled witb surprises. Il was bbc hope o! mast farm lads then ta discover or develop an apple sa, excellent Ibat it sboud make fatbcr's forbune. Along bbc always mysterious edges o! fallow f ields, up among bbc cedars in the waodlot there migbt be growing a litîle wild or strayed apple delicious beyand imagination, unknown 10 the wold and wailing ta be named and glorif y the f inder. The end af bbc eigbteenbb renlury and the beginning o! tbc nineteenth wcre the apple's age of discovery and invention. The monuments 10 the Northern Spy, the Baldwin, bbc McIntosh. the Weallby, bbc 'marvelaus primate apple--God's eartb is f ull o! love 10 man- ail date from Ibose advenburous years. Nothiîg seemed too wonderful for bbc yaung orchards, whirb already bad been blessed by s0 many lucky wiidings wbase fruit had multîplied as in a Scriptural mir- acle by grafting. How ro-.e that spontancous varia- tion, the solitary f irst trce destined 10 bear millions o! offspring ta be ralled by ils name? Tbe Ire whose like yourself migbt came upon Iomarrow as good as gold-anotber Tampkins King, or ESOPUS Spilzenbcrg! An unknown Rame Beauty or Delic- ious! In Ibat rirb period o! experiment farmers glecfully bougbt acres o! many named saplings, and winter cellars were not big enougb ta hold bbc latest tbing in harrels. To adorn bbc cvcning fruit disb one bad choice o! dozens o! invibing smelis and .namnes. The adventure became bbc business. The age o! boys wandcred off on secret quesîs for f ame and bbc apple discavery endcd. The orchard setied down. Na 'Wild Rose Sweeting. whicb wauld probabiy prove 'uncommercial" anyway. Farmers set aut few var- iclies and Ibose best seller-a more sensible plan. Only in old, untended orchards will you find fifly trees, ailI dfferent, bearing frostbitten fruit unknown 10 the rade but with a flavon th.at piques mcmory. Facta Regarding Public Health Nurses Han. Dr. J. A. Faulkner, Minister o! Healtb for Ontario, in a letter ta The Statesman, arknowledg- ing a copy of aur editarial regretting the cessation o! governmenlal grants ta Public Hcalbh Nurses, points out somne interesting farts regarding bbc nurs- ing service. "Out o! some n.nc bundrcd arganized municipal- ities in Ibis pro% incg," he points out. 'only forty- nine bave adopted a system o! municipal publie heaith nursing and bave reccivcd bbc provincial grants providd therefor. This may be an indication a! a la(Vc f widsprad pciatian of bbc value af Centenary of St. John's Anglican Church Cammencing on Sunday, St. John's Anglican Churcb will observe, through the medium 0f special services, tbe lOth anniversary of the building of the f irst Anglican Church in Bowmanville. Records a- vailable point ta tbc fart that tbis was the f irst church building 10 be erected in the growing village of Darlington Milîs. For five years previous to the erertion of a church building thbc utIle congregabion worsbipped in the old school bouse, where the Bow- man House Hotel now stands. and the worshippers wcre cared for by travelling missionaries whose re- cords show tbey preached the gospel in numerous centres of Upper Canada. One hundred years is a long peiod o! lime, and one who lives ta that age is considered an exception to the rule. It is interesting to note that within the past hundred years, this cangregation nol only has played an important part in the religiaus 1f e o! the town. but also in tbe comamunity if e. Its members bave served as Mayor, Reeves and CouncillDrs and members of the Scboal Boards. St. Johns Churcb has been served by a series o! clergy who each have played a part in the spiritual welfare of the town. Relalionships between the ministers of the variaus town churches have nlot always been bappy ones, and il is Iberefore pleasing 10 note thal as this rhurcb relebrabes its lOth an- niversary thei e is a cordial good fcllowsbip to, al obher churches in the bown. Neyer in the tawn's bistory bas there been surh a splendid feeling. and a desire to ca-aperate between ministers as exists at the present time. This is an important matter wirb will lead eventually ta that united christen- dom 10 which ail Chistians look. As St. Jobn's Oburrb celebrates its centenary, its rector Rev. C. R. Spencer, M. A., marks the 30th an- niversary 0f bis ordination mbt the piesthood of the rhurch. Mr. Spencer who is in bis fifbb year here bas served with marked success in ather Ontario parishes. He bas a war record of which he mray weIl be proud. and his standing in the camlnunity is re- flccbcd by the fart that he was honoured three ycars ago witb bbc appointment o! Grand Obaplain of bbc Grand Masonic Lodge in the Province of Ontario. In bis own churcb bis wortb is weil rcrognized in bis appointment bwo ycars ago as Rural Dean 0f the Deanery 0f Norbhumberland and Durham, an office be yct halds. Members of ail churches will jain in congnatulabing St. John's on ibs anc hundrcdthbibrthday,- and its rector on tbc 30tb anniversary 0f his ordination. Sing Sing Surgeon Speaks on Crime At bbc 27tb District Robary International Confer- ence heid at Niagara Falls, N. Y., last wcek. and ab- tended by several Bowmanvillc Rotarians, Dr. Amas O. Squire, Surgeon at Sing Sing Prison. suggcsted foaur ways in which crime mîght be rcduced. The four suggestions in brief arc: "Depart the alien criminals; give bbe boy wbo has made bis f irst mistake another chance; back bbc Boy Scouts and Girl Guides; and more attention by parents ta their own rbildren." The more tbougbt one gives ta bbc individual sug- gestions the more apparent it becomes that ecr one would serve a most useful purpose. Aliens form a large proportion of our pris-on population. and their departation wouid id the country enirely 0f their presence. WVe would only add ta that suggestion that the country depont them immcdiatcly, withoul incurning bbc expense o! kecping them in prison over a periad of years. In Canada. bbc pincipie of giving a finst o! fender anoîber chance is being quite widely practised witb good results. The Ontario Training Schaol bere was formed for that particular purpose. and Ihere are none wbo wili suggest that a great many fine boys bave been taught b lcad useful lives tbraugbh the training received in tbis institut'on. *Bark boy scouts and girl guides because tbey are deveioping character." Dr. Squire urged. Pcrhaps Ibis is brst iliusrated by bbc futher statement he made "I neyer had a boy entcring prison wba ad- mitted he was a boy scout." Perhaps tbc most important of bbc four suggest- ions, is tbc last wbicb urges that parents pay more attention to their own rbiidren. "Clotbing and feed- ing aur rbildren is not enough," Ibis surgeon said. -We must be pals witb tbem. Do not look fan off ta bbc undcrpriviieged boy, for he may be in your own houseboid. Make a pal of your son, and there will be cvery likelibood that be will not become a ciminal." By example, by interest, and by kecping Ibis mat- ter in bbc forefront o! their minds, not oniy Ratar- ians but ritizens in general, might do much to rut down bbc ever increasing f:gures o! prison popula- tion in Canada. Editorial Notes Ta say there is an exress o! production really rnians that there is under-consumpt'on. There is no liit ta human wants or desirs.-David Lawrence. The first duty to cbîldren is ta make them happy. If you bave nol made them so, you have wronged tbem. No ather good tbey may get can make up for that .-Buxton. -No man stands so straight as wben lie stoops ta help a boy." says The Times Heraid. of All:anre, Neb., and adds: -It dces flot take long for a boy ta grow and deveiop mbt a man. It may be that wben we say today will have a big influence on wbat kind o! a man hie %ill be. Are we doing bbc tbing Ibat wil bnlp bhc boy? JusI a cordial word a! greeting in bbc ninrning as, bbc boy is on bis way ta school wiil fre- quently give tbe lad ju t tbc needed encauragement for, that particular day. Do we do that? Can ws trutb!ully say that we bave been bbc means and channel by wirb a boy gels inspiration 10 do better tbings?- Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn o! Oîîbar'o bas thousands a! adminers througboub bbc province, and lie alsa bhas thousands wbo fail 10 sec eyc 10 eyc wilb bim in anyîbing bie does. Whetber admirer, sup- porter or absolutely opposed, every citizen sbould give bbc Premier credit for the able manner in whirb bie bas led bbc province in bbc Adopt-A-Baby Weck by himself adoping a boy and girl mb b is own home. Itlà,s one tbing ta appeal ta bbc people ta do somctbing wortbwhilc, but il is qulte another thing ta give aclual leadership in that line. The premier and bis wife arc 10 be congralulated on bbc lead tbey have given bbc province in this wortbwhlle work. YOUR WORLD and MINE By JOHN C. KIRKWOOD <Copyrignt) This contribution to The Canad- ian Statesman should please local doctors and preachers-and somei others who may f eel themselves rather hidden from the worlds sight. It has been prompted by the remark of a professionai man-a doctor- who was visiting me in my home. He was tefling me of meeting a Young man clad in clergymans attire -a man obviausly well satisfiedI with himnself-a man whose carniage and dignity were indexes to his con- tentment of mind. This Young man greeted the older man-the doctor ---cordially. T he doctor did flot immediateiy recognize his accoster, for he had not seen him for a year, and previous meetings were brief and few. About a year ago this Young man was a theological student in Tor- onto, and went about humbiy enough. In the interval he had been made minister of a church in anI Ontario town. His new status in a small community had raised him in his own estimation. He took on poise and pose. His shoulders got a new set. His countenance had be- come rather grave-an effort to make himself look older. His cler- ical attire was impressive. JOC K In telling me of this meeting with a former student. my visitor said: "If he had remained in Toronto, he would probably have been regardedc as a subrdinate-a junior amongi older men in the ministry, and wouldN have been humble before them." His point was: In establishing one- self in a small community, one ac- quires status, impo:tance, recognit- ion and respect. One can become full-statured instantly. One's at- titude toward men and things changes when one sets up in a small community. Ones individuality and personality get better chances for assertion and acceptance. JC K Conversation became fccussed on an eminent and eloquent Toronta preacher-lecturer. 1 azked my visit- or if his son had attended a lecture given by this preacher. "No", said my visitor. "Hugh likes to do his own thinking and reading," and then t he made an observation which had f reshness of view-to me. *"ft is not good for a church when its ministerf is a brilliant preacher. Those whoa go to hear him listen to himr raptly, t filled with admiration. They exaitd their minister, and he gets great inspiration from their greedy lis- tening. The people in the pew geta the idea that their minister is a t superman. and that they themsei- ' ves do not have to do very much ta keep the church and its affairs go-n ing. The minister and the largec congregations do it ail. And then. when this minister leaves them, they find themselves leaderless and help- less. and then things are apt to gos quickJy to pieces.t "Now. in a chùfch where the min- ister is rather ordinary the members I feel that it is up to them to supplyc what he iacks, and so they individ-t ually and together carry the bur- i dens of the congregation. They be-1 comte very loyal ta their minister. andr if and when he leaves, they are ablec to carry on without him until a new i pastor is selected. The going of the ordinary minister may have been e- gretted. but it did not hurt the con gregation. On the contrary, it made it resolute t.o carry on even more diiigently and faithfully. and- when a new pastor arrives, he f inds a fine congregation, ail workers". JC K When my vistor said this, I im- mediately thaught of a congregation I had knawn. It had for four years one of the strongest Young men in his denomination-a man fresh from the university and theolog- ical college-a man of wonderful elocsuence and force as preacher and pastor. But when he left-suddenly. being called to a city pulpit-the church where he had been minister collapsed like a pricked balloon. JC K My vistor-a physician-told o! himself. When he started to prac- tice. it was in a very sniall t.own in Eastern Ontarion, where his patients were very poor. He had to be a general practitioner. There was no other doctor near to consuit with. His rails were otten urgent. He had to make quick decisions-had to do minor surgirai operations. without a nurse's assistance and with a min- imum of instrurnentz. *Had I start- ed up in a city,- said this doctor, I would have been afraid t, make decisions and to perform operatians. I woulId hav:e said to my patients. I think you should see a speciai- ist", or "I should like bo consuit with Dr. So-and-So"-aU berause of esia. Every white cblld, he said. h-a d -f rom bitth a--d-ozen or -more black servants to do tblngs for 1. The resuit was that white cbildren were utterless helpless ln many sit- uations. This helplessness was hav- ing very bad effect, flot onily on the character but also on the occupat- lonal outiook of these childîren. It was feit that somethlng had ta be done to tearh the white children ta become independent of black ser'- vants. and to be able to look after themselves in aillrircumstances. In Englanid I knew a family of Anglo-Indians. The father and mother and the childrcn had beený barn and raîsed in India. It was flot until the father was 60 or near t when he was pensionec-that he and his family went t0 England to live. The father-he had been a soldier-rould rcok and do house- work: the wif e and daughters could flot do anything in the way of housework-could not f ry bacon, Or cook vegebables. or dust or mend or make clothes. or do gardening. Al this ineptitude was due to the fact that in India servants had done cv -________________ erything. In their new cirrumstan- ces-living in a new country, on a reduced income, where servants were neither easy to get nor cheap -this f amily found ibself sadly em- barrassed by its inability to do the commonest and simplest housebold tasks. JC K To be brought up on a fari or in a town-to be taught in childhaod ta be self-reliant--to be under nec- essity to depcnd on oneself-to have to do things for oneself berause there is not money available ta em- ploy others bo, do what needs done- these are advantages rather than things to lamnent aven. I am natA A A saying that character development i3 aided more by belng in a town or on a farm. than by being in a city; but I can say. confidently. tha tre- sidenre in a tawn or on a farm pro- vides one with enviable opportun- ities for character-shapping and character-building. And when aIl is said and done, it is one's chararter, not one's possessions or att.ainments or achievements, whirh matters most. I wisb that aIl young people would learn Ibis great truth.Weanso yuthtw r The End ecnso othtwn beautiful shades recently a< the Canada Paint range of LIFE INSURANCE A STABILIZERý These are Marigold (yello% Says Mr. Thomas Bradshaw Piccadiily (green)-attractiv In oservng te eb an fla of that are proving immenseiy evntosedring the eland fiv ear."for window shutters, trim, have been greatly impressed withi ctae rct oe what anc of our greatest econamir Ad fcure hyhv slabilizing farces bas- accomplished. Anocure hy av I refer ta Lif e Insuranre Ec qualities that have made working day. on the average hr Paint the most economical ai bas been distnibuted throughaut thý 1 factory paint ta use-splendii Dominion by the Lif e Insurane age, endurnpotcia( Companies on behaîf of those wha. sring sofaptction.a in better days. werc wise eriough saigaeofplcton ta prepare for the future, mare than For ail yur pain tig us a haîf million dollars. h fnqult It is a striking example of thethtfeqult foresight and thrif t of our people. C N D A and what such wisc qualities can do C N D A to ameliorate the eflects of economic disturbances. Truly. Lif e Assurance is a great stabilizer. As ive contemplate its influence and value, there cornes ta our' mind This huge, rapidiy revolving wheel, he p rd G I L by its own momentumn is able ta OW maintain its position: and this prin- O M cipie has recently been applied ta some of our larger sbips. in which tbese immense wbeels swiftly revolv- ing in the sbip's bull. stabilize tbc ship and keep it on even keil despite bbc fury of the sea. Canada duning the past five years has been tossed about, but is suc- Seasickness is caused by the per-1 cessfully outriding the stormn. In uliar effert of the swells or long Ibis she has been assisted bY a great ralîs of the sea upon the internai internal gyroscope, a buge whcel of car. liquid credit, of cash. revolving at a! The hickory, sequoia, manolia and rate of $500.000. a day. and still sassafrass trees, sa abundant in continuing to revolve witb greatly' Amnerica, are found oniy in fo.3sil1 increasing effect. form in the Old World.1 aIl the ind satis- C1¶.f d cover- -d labor- PICC.AM.IU.Y NT .umber Co., Limited AN VILLE I Ncwspapens can be traced back to antiquity. The Romans and Ohim- ese had issues similar to aur mod- ern newspapers. A slu-sb fund in the political sefise i3 a campaign f und collected, to in- fluence Public opinion by improper means. HELPING TO BUILD THE BRITISH 'ROUND-THE-WORLD HIGHWAy ln 1880, t Canadian Pacific Railway was organized for the purpose of completing a line to span the continent. The Banks directors, confident cf the future of the Dominion, placed à generous share of the Bank*s resources behind the project. which was completed in 1886 and formed thet ranscontinental link in the "British 'Round. the-World Highway.- Subsequent evenus have shown that thus undertaking concributed more than any other to the seutlement and development of Western Canada. The Bank promptly opencd branches at Vancouver and Victoria, subsequenîly ai points along tht raiway which since have become thriving cites. This is one of many experiences showing how tht Batik of Montreal, looking forward wiîh Canada from tht be. ginning, has heem a useful factor in tht development of the country. In t future, tht Batik expecîs to continue that usefulnes-to continue to look fotward wiîh Canada, toward the nation'î future destiny. BANK 0F MON TREAL ESTABLISHED 1817 HEAD OFFICE.. MONTREAL MODERN, EFFICIENT BANKING SERVICE .... the Ouccome of 1 17 Yets* Succesaful Operation Bownianvilie Branch: F. 0. MdILVEEN, Manager m -- - 1 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, THUP-SDAY, MAY 30th, 1935 PAGE TWO