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THE CANADIAN STATESA!AN, BOWMANV]LLE. ONTARIO. THURS9DAY. PMRUARY 2'lth, 1936 No violence was used, however, to carrots. turnips or potatoesffromn D sc ib s xp riences as extract informatin. ~ the countryside through which ei D esc ibes Expeone bright morningIwt sev- traveiied. Then by day we l&y W ar Prisoner in Germa ny marched off to an unknown des- streak of dawn appeared we look- tination._ Evidently it was in the ed around for a hiding place in scherne of things that flot too which we couid be secure by day. Raiphe Dusenbury Would Have Starved to Death saelmesol sa ogte.the one hundred miles toth bor- " C a n a d a 's G re a i But For Red Cross Parcels - Finally Escapes to In due course we faund ourselves der. During our travels we were Hollnd hrilingStor ofal Duisberg and there were put to halted twice. On the first occas- Holand - hrilin Soryofa Prisoner of War work on a construction gang ta ion we were waiking down a bulld a factory which was to be country road when who should Editor's Note The faiiowing My name is Raiphe Dusenbury. used for the manufacture ofainfc hove in sight but a Germian soid- stary is from the 2lst Battalion Reg. No. 59281. 1 enlisted at products. The work was hard ier wlho evidently was on leave. Communique, an interesting per- Brighto~n in November 1914. 1 and the hours long and the f ood We had nat lime to dodge him, oIfarmner 21st veterans. As tl-is experiences prior to that unfor- break, with only a chunk of black and walked towards him. uncon- stary is of and by a Bowý%manvIlîe gettable day on the 2nd of June bread and a basin af coffee sub- cernedly - but with palpltating ur s t e Sv man we think il will be of gen- 1916. I did everything while in stitute. unsweetened with no ves- pulses. Our Gardon Highlander eral interesît to al aur readers. the 21st that you, who are my tige of the colour of milk, we Who cou.id speak German with a readers did. I grouched and I slaved from 6 until 1. when we real Scotch guttural accent - During a winter's afternoon, gruLmbled, I polished and I spit. broke off for dinner. The samne which af ter ail is akin ta German recentlY, a knock came at my I salvaged and I iost-jn other menu day after day-a bowl of - explajned ta friend Heinie who door -alt Bowmanville and Mrs. words I was a ranker, with a 1 vegetable soup wth never a vest- we were NOT, and, strange ta re- Dusenbur3- announce<J that a thcusand other fellows like me. Ige of. meat or grease ta heip the late. we continued on our way. couple of fellaws wished ta see Then one day during the latter wash down. I could recoguizej This was surrsing 3 , on me. Upon going ta see Who thesc part o0f May 1916 1 was detaiied some of the ingredients as beingimust realize that we were stili O Oli ti twa were. I %as greeted by Pete ta be attached ta the Royal En-I carrots, turnips and green grass. dressed in P. of W. uniforni,3 5 0,0 a Wallace with. "Here's Fred Hart gineers on a tunneiling gang. One hour was allowed for us ta which uniform is ver3' canspicu- and Pete Wallace of the aid Bat- This haPpened whiie the Battai- get through this "sumptuous re-1 ous by day anyhow. for we were talion." Weli, any oid sweat f rom ion was at Dickebusch. On the past" and then ta work again un-1 the colaur af magpies-black with the aid mob is aiways a weîcome morning of the 2nd of June Heine tiI 6, with the saine soup. broth. a wide insert of reilow or red in visitor ta MY house, and aiter came over and surrounded aur or what.ever it could be called. for bath pant legs and a cap whleh O they had gaI camfortabiv en- part of the line. which was held supper. It was no wonder that was aiso sub-divided in the same sconed they talked about the bY the C.M.R.'s and captured ar- -we ail got ta look like walking colaurs. Two nights before we weather and everything else ex- aund 250 men, of whom 1I%,as skeletons. Had il, not been for reached aur Dutch haven we were Cept the mission 'which brought one. We hiad no chance, as we parceis sent us b3' the Red Cross wligu h ala rctr them t.o Bawmanviie. I was a were sleeping in dugauts al the many wauid have djied through ,wakn d up trala r ck, t r- littie suspicious when the catch time. and there was noarily malnutrition. sista teand arve d. w bt hre- came. "'You were a prisoner of preparation ta give Us an aillrysiane er 1w1bb we inkinlingY h? Punished tMe French we came across two Russians who naine of being one of those fel- were taken to a tawn calied Dul- No games were allowed, conse- as we were. At that moment H oorbeCa.A unnMnse IWar i Germ any h?" I hb thow e a n h ldt ih e pe e - q e w h o otn erea i g fo hTam lc loswawi ottibtko- e n edthr o usin-qetytemooayws1r there appeared from nowhere two of Finance, very aptly describes Life Insurance igthat these two chaps had ing for about a manth. during rible. We were thankfui when German soldiers with their rifles braved a wiid aiternoan to inter- which time we just iay araund, "light.s out" was sounded, even if in a business-like position. Our s"h iaeteooictutehpwti h view me. I feit that there was which made us think that ta be aur bed consisted of but a strawtro aspr rerane plas hegaeseonmc rueehpwhnte nothing else ta do but to give a P. of W. was flot toa bad. The mattress and a rough blanket.troaspr rerandpl, them some idea of what the fel- Germans tried every artifice ta Although I cannat coxupiain af scattered ' shots were fired and boundaries of this Country". IOW Who 15 uniucky gaes thrauzh get information, but as f ar as 11 the treatment meted ouIta Can- we have an idea that thse Rus- when hie falls inta enemy hands. was cancerned I was as dumb as adians, the Germans seemed tasti wre sca ndtured. r me-"Mlinlucki ivsos, ons u r MY memory is fading somewhat. an ax. thanks ta the mrany warn- have an antipathy, ta say the wasgtili th us and afntere gt- Mlinfsa ivsos"pit u r and exurennces which al, the ings giveni by the oid Battalio. lat for the French. On one igtgte ae ntengt lime I thought I would neyer for- in .any case I had a perf ect alibi i occasion I remember a couple aotf ae urther.dO ui o xsng of "eyupntistutesi t adl o gel are now becoming somewhat for how couid I know anythina f'French prisaners becamne so weak the frontier was uneventful; in them their small savings in a manner which would hazv. However. ta start at the when I had oniy been in that thaI they faund il impassible ta îact il was just as easy as gel- beginning af things: Itunneiling gang for a few days.1Icarry the allotted number ai ting int the Porridge Factary at be impraccical and impossible for tbemn to do _________________________________________bricks (18) per load. They were Kingston after "liglits out." punished by being f orced to stand I am sure mny confreres would themselves." ta attention with bath feet on g nrcr ihm ysyn BABS LEARNS A S C ET. one brick for six hours altat tohn e coith m eat sayn ECRET. ~~~~stretch. The poor beggars would ththheerDuchficiaI reaed s ern u h rt fteFnneMnse toppie over in a dead faint. and eaih eveytkindess ad osiderngo tthre fth iac Mnse' M-M-M - 1WIs. My CAKES WE1,ASS, 1I N SE AY-after rough restaratives had been seration. Atethe guardimbousenthe are Wrt i( CVZýIjG O COPA FI b used, back they went on their uh troops gave us ail we could saeet svrlipratfcs USE THE SAM£ PECPE,BUr loey rck"AKEoneutv eat and drink; and you f ellows DWT HVE 'VUC!LUCKimitly ihuma c nen-iv who did not have the bad Iuck ta First- As crustees for thrifty people, Life Insur- T4ATý5S CASE1 O day's was the lmto ua n be detained in Germany can have YORAVC ANOMM durance with this punishment.WII na idea what margarine. white ance Companies distribuce millions of dollars each - BA N6POWER. AC stayed al Ihis camp for four bread. meat and real coffee with BAG ODE' mnten h fatry.a sugar and miik can taste like af- year to policyholders and beneficiaries- keeping - competedter thirteen months on starvation W From Duisberg ta Muinster was diet. 1 will neyer forget that f irst E my next move. At Muinster we neal as long as lufe iasts, and E did nothi.ng but camp fatigues. aithough. naturally, 1 have par- * Food was worse at this camp, if taken of many sumptuous repasts L food could be worse than at Duis- since. that first meai in Holland E weeks wondering what next wauld cannot describe it. The next R be done with us, a small party morning we were put on a train - was marched off ta the station, for Rotterdam and laken 10, the under heavy guard, and we fou.nd British Consul, who congratulated aurselves at Neubacken. This was us on our escape, gave us money, DON'T RISK RAMLURES know this !anious baldng the straw that broke thse camel's quartered us in a first class hatel. Expeiened akemakrs awde gies atifacaryre-back, for we were forced ta work and gave us the freedom o! thse .. Eon't cake n e rsith in- s ies cetionalloy de- in a stane quarry during the cold city. NexIta that first meal, who ferior baking powder. That's licious cakes! And Magie winter of 1916-1917. During that can describe the ecstasy a! dlean l'bitter winter our ciothes were re- linen. new clathlng, a real bed ta uron o leading cooking experts use - luss than 10~ worth make a sued, and thse aniy covering for one could wlsh for; and say, tisaI and recommend Magic. They big cake. Order atin-todayl ~i the feet was waoden clogs. The white table clatis was a siglit for ___________________________________f ood was just as bad as in the sore eyes lndeed. Ini due course Germnany y tisis tusse had fet boundfo Hul, England. Thence 0 otepasigIms, bt sa 0! til, f o w ebred owrnl freter .~ z* Ahumble opinion if any particular ioned and then ta Wellington ____________________________________________ force can dlaim credit for "win- Barracks, where we were piaced______________________________ ning the war," then assuredly the under open arrest. Each day we 3 British Navy can truthfully dlaimi were sent ta a different persan sS SIVEBRO CE~IF ~that isonour. Leather there was house. who under the guise o! en- SCOUT NEWN S 1 SIVEBOO REýqEYnane, aI least not for prisoners af tertainiment. questionedi us about ________ D U T E f ~ 5 e war and the civilian population. aur escape. I might explain that PetSoap-never a bit. Meat down ICI each of us went alone ta these FIRST FIRST B T E2 5aminimum. The absence o! bouses, in company with a milii Ô 70 these vital commnodj lies w o r e tary policeman o! course. ostens- Bowmanville Bowmanvjlle - Idown the resistance oi thse Ger- ibly ta show us the way! SE ION TO AT ES m 78 man people, witis the result whicb A week in London, and tisen 1 Pack roW iis now histary. sailed back on the same old Wolf Cuba Boy Scouts ej BU R M C R N e bk1 oSuccessfui Break-Away "Metagama" which brougist the __ _________________________ B L MA A O I*Throughout these months three appy acin s1 ovengan1917 The Troop, afler several weeks ed poet who died in January?Th À oL HE S 9 f us were hatching various plots and aLler reporting to M.D. 3at given over to tise Rally and ta law came f rom Kipling's Jungle mL H È E1 0 ilescaferom th euchrde an d 10Knso a ie ydshrg.bsns ncneto htebook, and in recognition o! Ibis 'AmN S is 4 igh r eDt csemesdere and my soldiering was at, an end. theatre party, settled down ta thse Chie! dedicated the fri u SARDI ES 3 Ti» 1 o ilid, snie ood, ome oolis, bu routne bsine.s onTandurbooka taanMr.k KlMr. inplin.In- 2 0 aiways writh the Ihougist af gel- night. The Cubs ad a week's cidentafly Mr. Kipling was a Sr un :i i nmtzîng away sometime. somelsow. Powerful Medicine.-The heal- holiday but were back to work memnber of tise Scout Council o! S A H T I m«& 21 f rom a condition that bad _e- ng properties in six essential ails Wednesday. The boys are rallier Great Britain fram 1923 ta tise 2ccome a veritable HeUl. The tria are concentrated in every baIlle happy in thse knowledge tisaI the lime of lits death. BOU BO BICUTSCERISTIEU DLb. Who planned the escape consisted o! Dr. Thomas' Eciectric Oil. Troop funds were boosted by - BOURB N BICUITS27o f a t C.M.R. man, one Hender- forming one af the most benefia- nearly $60.00 tbiougi tise theatre Dr. Edward Benes, the noted *2 , 1son by name, a Gardon Hih ial liniments ever offered ta the Party, and they are anxlous ta League of Nations diplomat and .1*EIrMI A .~ ia<lrhe asan ldswat ! t use a! man. Many can testify as express their appreclation ta tise new President of Czechoslovakia, SHORTEIE N G .u 4,-.cr, 225 last erh asao! a e i ameof a to its power in allaying pain, and several isundred people who sup- lias for many years been Presi- le arget0. adsf. A e r snmuoh many mare can certlfy tisaI they parted themin lxtIis effort. dent o! the Boy Scouts Associa- S M LII PEA ITS ~ ~ BiC scisemlng we came ta the con- owe their heaith ta it. Its won- -.* ion of thtia country. ____________ ____________ clusion that tise besî lime to tderful pwe s at expr l es b Lord Baden-%Powell and Lady HsMJsyKn ao Io - malte aur getaway would be intiemalpcetwhcilsis Baden-Powell bath celebraed a HiMjeyKn Cro lo Ubraad dayliglt-the midday meal blrthday on Saturday, February Roumania lias soxiored Lord Ba- A LM 0 N 8 0 C O Khour ta boot. This atone quarry 22nd. At 79 tise Chef is In Af- dnPwlbwt h igliest Rou- 8.. Sri. i, 2No I2kin wisicis we wre was sltuated rica on Scout business and leie s mamian Sc-out decoration, thse Clovet Lui i' 1@ CO FFEE of Neubacken. We were marcised -- stressing the sinmple, nvoedVru) Tige Ch 24. ~ WM5.and2. M. 23c fro the town in tise morn- ouldoor and indoor pragram of rue ereaesa inTairât bd rekfst W â,, -.'iy ndîernngtie1aseo! Cota23aooyScut1b. CAILIFLOWER be-d 7. 24% Dairy Feed1li's .... $1.73 wudnyrtink of searcilng jChieago 1,o autSe aie, -1à Newcomb&;apritni8. Oer30 at ArcnSot 34% air Fee 00's .... $1.93 tise graund close ta tise quarry. returnlng via same route and lino utWantOvat~toegtered3aI0ES o ndrcion, tap Ch:ck Starter 100's .... $2.55 ~jon ly. nt.rs tonro tngs. Bt ant'mdtfltn gtee tEstInoCp CABlACET=m 2 ibm. 9. hc tre Os 2 but wauld searcis for us a fçw .Gerosotnaroig.perne 1: Chick Scratch 100is... $2.15 miles away. Again they acted'as STOPOVERS - withln imit of ticket and appa 11c lk. new. Colony, in Use blggest rally o! tise SPINACI 3 'b 21 c FEEO MEASURE with every we thought they would. It starI- both golng and returnlng - at Port 1. Bell Organ walnut cue year ta greet Lord Baden-Powell. 100-lb. bag and 15c. ed ta rain, and we lay In the field t also at Chicago, Ill.,Sauît Ste imail, in good condition, suit. eests cu essfrts ___________________________________________ recisd t tse ki unildar- arie, Mleh. , 'd wet, Iccordl- able for shool. wisole world. At tise end o! 1933 nesstIn. ance with taritts of United St'ates neastwoCoeSa unes. ______ L. B. asn there were 2,505,963 Scouts, an Two Cloee Shavertculrsfrnta aen P a o ner increase o! 206,874. Scouts in tise < Al througl tise nigîst we trav- FIIBruitishfrm nyagntPinoTue ele othi h ircino Phone 353 P. 0. Box 175 BrlssEpre sliowed an i- * elled othand se diFr se n-o! C A AIA P CI IBOW ANVILLEce e oB4,0 a atotal o! Hollnd.and afey. Fr sstenI 'MflIhl~ ~D~i.ri~939,203. lI Great B ritain and ance we depended on steallngi73 Ireland tise figures are: Exigland 1 q ,test Trusteeship Lngs of adians"Y )N. CHAS. A. DUNNING Mbuister of Finance homes intact, relieving distress, educacing children and providing financial security in old age. Second - These Life Insurance Companies in Canada are responsible to more than 3,500,000 policyholders for the administration of savings cotalling more than Two Billion Dollars. Third - The accumulated savingsof these policy- holders benefit aIl Canada, through investments in homes and farms - industries and utilities - Governxnent and Municipal securities. Every Canadian policyholder can f eel justly proud of sharing in Life Insurance-Canada's "greatest economic trusteeship". surance Canadian Homes t-16X 366,763; Scotland 56,674; Wa.les a condition Xellogg's Astisma Re- 15,668; Ulster 7,194; Irishs Free lie!,lias brouglit many la restor- State 2,124. ed iseaitis and liappiness. It la known and prlzed in every sec- Asllima Victins. Tie maxi or ion of tie land. woman subject ta astisia is li-n-________ deed a victim. Wliat can be more alarming tisan to, suddenly- be "Be sure tisat God directs your sezed wilis paroxymu ofaicisoking way; tisen, hasten ta follow under wbicli seens ta fairly Ilireaten tise every clrcumstance."ý-Mary Bak- istence o! 111e itseif. lProm sucli er Eddy. Royal Theatre BOWMANVILLE Thurs - Fri. - Sat - February 27 - 28 - 29 FREDERIC MARCH, MERLE OBERON AND HERBERT MARSHALL ini "Dark An gel" Friday - Saturday - King George's Funeral MATINEE SATURDAY 2.30 p.m. Mon. -Tues. -Wed. - Mrch2- 3 - 4 WILL ROGERS in "Steamboat Round the Bend" COMEDY - - - NEWS MATINEE MONDAY 4 pn.-WED)NESDAY 2.30 p.m Thurs. -Fn. - Sat. - March 5 - 6 - 7 Hop-a-long Cassidy Story "The Eagle's I3rood" With WM. BOYD and JIMMY ELLISON. ALSO "Part y Wire COMING: ««MUTInY ON THE BOUNTY", "TALE OF TWO (IITIES"1 "ESCAPE ME NEVER" MARX BROS, In "INIGHT AT TUE OPERA", "ROSE bMARIE" "'SHE COULDN'T TARE IT"l "IRENDEZ VOUS" .BAR 20 RIDES AGAI[N" George Anisa iin "MIL ROM)" Jack Benny in * "IS IN THE AIR" wu..Mmwmý IpAar. IrFrRim 5