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mi f Zbe With Which Is Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastlè Independent And The Orono News \VOLUME 83 BOWMANVILLE, ONT., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ,9th, 1937 NUMBER 36 Bowmanville Schools Filled Tù Capacity As 840 Pupils EnroliFor Fait School Term Eleven Beginners A t Central School Sent Home for Lack of Room ... Public School Enrollm e n t Up . .. High School Same as Last Year Eighit hundred and forty children who little more than a week ago were enjoying summiier holidays, are now busilv settling dowvn to routine ,studies in' Bowmanville Public and High ,Schools. Public Schoos re- gistration is s50 beavy that leven children, who will niot bc six years of age before the end of this month, were sent homne after five days. Ini sending thei bomne, Principal A M. Thompson wvas carrying ont the edict of the Public School Board on Tues- day night. In bis letter tu parents Mir. Thomp- son explainied that due to suo many pupils registering in the Primer grade, the school could not accom- odate therm and the children would have to wait another year before starting. A total of 547 registered at the Public School, and this number will likely increase. The highest regis- tration in the past year was ini April, 1936, when 549 were registered, and in 1935 the highest niumber to regis- ter was 541. Classes in Central School are really larger than is re- commended by the departmnent. more than haif having forty pupils to;1 class. Several more children could 'have been accommodated at the South Ward School, but soi-e par- ihts approachced felt that the dis- tance a child would have to walk~, and the hazards of crossing the highi- way. were sufficient cause to keep the children at home until roona vas available at Central School. At the High School registration on Wednesdav xvas 293, whichi Prini- cipal L. W. Dippell expected to in- crea.,e to 300. Threc nle% teachers are on the staff, replacing Mir. G. L. \Vagar, retired Miss Carnegie and .\sked if the school %vould intro- duce t1he shop course for boy's and the (lomjestic science course for girls, Mfr. Dipplell said that inadequate space had forced the school to with- hold these courses until next year. lu the nicantirne the Board would he required to p)rovide the roomi necessary, even if an addition wvas rcquired. In this matter the Pro- vincial Departrnent is inost insist- ent. BOWMANVILLE F.C. US ELIMINATED BY CLAREMONT TEAM Clarke Meets Ularemont In League Finals fI~rst Game Tonight - Second Game at Leskard Saturday Bowmanville Football Club was eliminated in the Finals off the Weste-rn Section off the *Darling- ton-Clarke Football Lieague when the team suffered a 3-0 defeat at Claremont on Saturday night. They lost the round by 4-0. The f irst game between Claremont, champions off the Western sec- tion, and Clarke, champions off the Eastern section, will be staged to-might (Thursday), at Clare- mont, with the second game at Leskard on Saturday niglit. This series should prove exceptionally exciting as both teamns have been 1at the top off form -during the sea- son. Neither, team lias met the other in any previous final series. Dr. Dorothy M. James, wvho spent the su.mmer at Glen Ber- nard Camp, spent the weekend with ber mothèr, Mrs. N. S. B. James, and bas resumed her 1practice at the Physicians & Sur- geons Building, Bloor St. W., To- ronto. Thomas Sumersford Meets Sudden* Death In Fali Froni Hydro Pole Reside/r.f Moose Jaw, Saskc., and Brother of Local Man Brought te Bowmanville for Burial on Tuesday Funeral services for Thomnas Sum- ersford of Moose Jaw. Sask., %ver'c held from the Morris Co. Funeral îa rours ini Bownmanville on Tuesdaafternoon. Mr. Sitmersford. who 1iS a brother of H. R. Sumnersford.' of Bowmnanville, -as killed instantlv when he fell from a forty foot pole on a line construction job near Moose J aw. Mr. Sumersford, who was 41 years of age, was a linemian with ths Saskatchewan Government T e Ie- phone System. Those %vho saw the accident stated that as he neared the crossarms he appenred to slip and crashed to the grouind. As he had net completed his climb, he had not yet attached his safety belt. Mr. Sumersford is survived by bis father, a brother and a sister ini England, in addition to bis brother here. He formerly lived in this dis- trict and had worked for Robert Hodgson, Tyrone, and the late S. M. Billings, Orono. Mr. Sumersford served overseas with a Moose Jaw' unit and was a prisoner of war ini Germany for 15 months. The funeral service was conducted by Capt. Margaret BaIl, and Capt. Myrtie Graham of the Salvation Armny. Palîbearers were aIl nmem- bers of the Canacjian Legion of whiclh deceased was also a mnember. They were L. A. Parker, Thos. Cart- iight, Frank Jennings, Frank Piper, Roger Bird and George Humpage. John Living. President of the Leg- ion, was also in attendance. Among the beautifail floral tributes were those f roni the National Lighit and Power Co., Moose Jaw; Canad- ian Legion, Bowmanville; Bowman- ville Foundry, Mr. and Mrs. Down- ing, Moose Jaw; and a pillar from Mr. and Mns. H. R. Sumersford and family, Bowmanville. Among relatives present at the funeral were Mr. and Mns. H. R. Sumersford, W. H. Mutton, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lux- ton, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hunt, Mrs. Geo. Forsey, Mr. and Mns. W. B. Pollard, and Mr. David Mutton. HAMPTON WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MEETS' Hampton Wemea's Insti t u t e met la the Sunday school rooap off the church on Thursday, Sept. 3rd. opening witla tle Institute Ode followed by the Lord's Pray- er. Minutes off last meeting were read, and a number off business items deahi wilh including final arrangements for the lunch booth and ffish pond at the school fair on Sepiember 28. The Institute will have an exlibit ai Durham Central Pair at Orono on Sept. 22, wiii Miss L. Hemn and Mx-s. L. D. Sykes la charge. North greup will have charge off île nexi meeýting. Anneuncement was made off the Depi. speaker here on Tliursday, Sept. 30, when lier subject wil be "The Becem- ang Costume." Mrs. H. Saller took charge off the pregram whlci opened by singing "0 Canada," followed by a reading by Mrs. Lorenzo Trulh by Hon. David Lloyd George on "Japanese Irnperialism Menaces World Peace." A song "Do you lend a helping haad in our Insti- tute" was sung. Mrs. A. Peters vex-y capably reviewed a chap- ter off île study book on "Cana- daan Civics." Miss L. Hemn led la a second song. Mrs. Salter read an article on "The Life ef Dore- thy Dix." Community singing and the National Anthem closed the meeting. Refreshmenls were served. Miss Clare Clark and Miss Vi. Gordçin. Winnipeg, Mr. and Mrs. FredwBetlle, Vancouver, B.C.. were recent visitons witl Mn. and Mrs. C. H. Mason. Oshawa's biggest and best f air will be opened on Saturday by His Henon, Dr. Herbent A. Bruce. Lieut. Covernor off Ontario. No efforts have been spared te make this the biggest one day fair la Ontario. Fine grandstand show, big mldway, and a magnifleent display offlvestock and fax-m pro- duce. M r. and Mrs. Chris Robinson Are Unn. o (Inl JJ, WPA;n~a flfl;UvprctvI f-- IuIIIJI U Ji8 nT A off relatives. friends and n « - rtý's off Mr-. and Mrs. Chris. R kaýsen met aI Iheir home on Prespe _Street on Saturday affterneon, Septeniber 4-,'te offer congratulations on their twenty- fifftl wedding anniversary. Sev-1 oral informaI presentations were made during the afternoa as fr1- ends called te offer good wishes tc the worthy couple. Three lit- tle grand-dlaughlers received the guesîs aI the deor, Helen Jones, Audr-ey and Mary Humphrles. S veral young ladies served d4jty refreshments f rom a nico- îy decorated table ai whldli Mxs. J, T. Bragg poux-ed tea. Lovely rutiii5 £5Uiiii yLci *ai y egiffts off silver. etc.. were received ffrom the f amlly a.nd relatives. North Ward neighbors gave them a silver cream. sugar and tray. Southi Ward neigîbors remembex- ed thern with a nicely worded ad- dress read by Mrs. J. Thickson while 'Miss Editi Joint made the presealation off a silver bread tray. Mrs. J. Humpliries, on behaîf ef the Companions off the Fox-est, made tbem the reciplents off an address and silver relisi disl. A îiteasant social urne was enjoyed 1by ail. Among the guests ffrom a distance were Mn. and Mx-s. Bill Barteek. Buffalo, and Mr. and rMrs. Harold Asliby, Toronto. RETURNING1 OFFCERBowmanville's First Case 0f ~!. Infantile Paralysis Is Notedý Fred R. Fhilp Of Nestleton, Cartwright Town- ship, who lias been appoiated Re- turning Officer f or Durham Coun- ty ln the P-rovincial Eection on October 61b. Mr. Phulp is the busiesi man in the county these days and is handicappedi in get- ting around as he breke ils leg some weeks ago and still requires crutches. -.R V% %r É%M§I mon Carlisle Avenue Childi Victim of Ontario Epi- demie ... Case is of Very Mildest Type Officiais Report Bowmanville's ffirst infantile paralysis case in the epidemic now sweeping Ontario and parts off the United States was reported last week-end, when Jimmy Allen, young son off Mr. and Mrs. 'Nor- man Allen, Carlisle Avenue, was taken ill. It is reported that the case is off a very mild nature, and the boy is expected te recover quickly. Citizens are urged te make a special effort te read the adver- tisements on tbis disease publlsli- ed by the Ontario Department off Heahth in this issue. The Depart- ment is doing everything in its power te stem the epidemtc, and the cooler weather off the pasi f ew days is expected te have a good effect. Local leahth officials do net expect that Bowmanville wil suffer an epidemic such as that off OLUD BOYS CU N Ur a ffew years ago. ±towever, cita- take place early in Octeber. AT SCHOOL MEET zens are unged te take every pre- Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Coulter ac- DURING REUNION ly any chiîdren suifering from companîed their daugliter, Miss ______sigas off the disease. There 15 an Annie Coulter, qnd Miss Ida Meeting off Former Pupils and aml, upy ofcnaecn Weekes off the Hospital for In- serum on land, and speed ta hav-cualsTonto herum Teachers at Public and Hlgh ing the serum administened licrbeToot.t1tersm Schools Was Happy Feature suspocted cases must be recogniz- 1 mer cotage at Presq'Isle where of Recent Beuioni ed if seieus consequences are te J tbey spent the weekend very be avented. pleasantly. Ia our reports off the Old Boys'ý Reunien hast week, we omitted te give a brief accouai off ihose two F dents at the Public and Highi v lm rc n ar w y E c p Scheols. Quite a large number i dirnd jutabot eveyhishlnda goodD eath As Car Plunges Over Bridge turnedup aioute yh inlagd e scliool student should net do. At ____________ Central school the school chiîdren Only Two Suffer Serious ns ffor a day ran up and dowa stairs. .I rang the fire bell, lRulled the pjries as Auto Drops 30 ft. WEEKLY PAPERS scheol bell, and led their former to Railway Tracks at C.P.R. HI3GHLY VALUED ieachers through an heur off verY Bridge on Labour Day BY ADVERTISER exciting school work. Reminis- ____ and the sessions were one laugh Pive Anerican citizens, fnom with The Statesman for ad- from beginaing te end. Several Bufaie and Niagara Falls, N. Y,, vertisiag off the well-known off the ladies, and, the gentlemen. had a narrow and miraculeus e9ý Eastr.te rdcs t tee, wbo returned te schooh found cape from deaili on thie aftel7nooÇa o Pston, Sthe redm ., ihat they had grown some sincl off Labeur Day when the Ply- of Pest o wnth ndirm o., the ohd days. Few off them ceuld meuth sedan ia whici they were one off the largesi Canadian begin to get seated at the desks. iding plunged over the C. P. R. Advertising agencies, writes and se as one lady put it ai île bridge just west off the tewn, to as ffollows: Higi Scheol, "I tried front ways. the raihway tracks thirty feet be- "Il is onhy a few days age side ways and back ways and fin-1 low. Two were serieusly injured, ibat we wrote yeu, advising ally lad te sit on top off tle desk." Mrs. M. Guti off Niagara Falls, you that you wouîd be get- It was a jolly occasion and thon- xvhe suiffered two broken wrists ting a sizeable advertising eughly enjoyed by boili the tea- and a broken leg, and 1er five coatraci for the Ontanio chers and the students. yean ohd daughten Doleres, who Departmenl off Highways. sustained concussion. Mr. M. rliis letton is to tell You ÈGuili, and h.ýs- brother Mr. C. lihai we are again using your OBI1TUARY Guth, were bruised and slighlly paper for Eastern Steel Pro- ___________________ eut. Mrs. C. Gutb, wlio was driv- ducts Limited. We have ing thie car, suffered ne injuries, feund the Ontario weekly Mrs. Russel H. Gardiner, Nox-w<><d altheugli the car, wiich landed newspapers off inestimable upside down, was almosi com- help la the past, net oni-y The deati occurred on Wed- pletely demolisled. The in.iured frem a customer standpoint nesday. September lst, ai Mrs. were taken te Bowmanville Hos- but from a dealer stand- Cummings Nursing Home, Have- pial for trealment, Mrs. M. Guth point. A centinuance off the lock, off Derethy Helen Banton, and her daugliter stilîl being con- poîicy of using rural week- beloved wife off Russel H. Gard- fined le that institution, lies is the obvieus answe.r." ner off Nerwood, aitlihe age off 29 Mrs. Guth, the driver, told years, following a short illness. Traffic Officer Harry Caldwell ilat- Deceased was the daugîler off Mr. anoilier car lad forced them off and Mrs. W. L. Barten off Bew- lie noad wien they lad aitempt- Mrs. G. A. Ross (Julia Pear- mapville, Ont. ed te pass on the bridge. Mrs. don), Miss G. Ross, Owen Sound The firsi part off her liffe was Guili stated she had enly lw0 Mn. and Mrs. H. M. Foster, Camp- spent near Censecen where she axonths driving experience. The belîcref t. Mn. R. L. Wenny, Mon- attended public school, and tIen accident atracted muci attention meving te Bowmanville whene she f rom Labeur Day travellers, and treal, Miss Nora Werry, Kedron. completed lier public and higli ai one urne close te two iundrod Miss Grace Werry, Town, Mn. and scleol educatien. Ia 1929 she cars were parked near thé scene Mrs. Fred Pester and Margaret, graduated ffrom Peterbero Normal while their occupants viewed the Millbrook, wene guests off Mr. and School, affier which she taught car on the tracks belewtebrde fer two years near Wooler. Ia Dr. J. C. Bell and Dr.Ci .se Mrs. H. B. Poster during île Re- 1931 she accepted a position la mon alteaded the înjured union. theBwmanvi'le public- school staff which she maintained until her marriage to Russel H. Gard- ner in September 1934. She was a member of St. Paul's United Church, Bowmanville, and vice-president off the Young Peo- ple's Society. Later she became a member off the United Churcli, Norwood, and of the Young Wo- men's Evening Auxiliary. Besides lier sorrowing husband she 15 survived ýby one daugîter Gloria, fine months old; her par- ents; one sister, Olive; and one brother, Josephi. The funeral was held on Satur- day afternoon, September 4. at 2 p. m. f romlier la.te residence, Peterborough St. Services were conducted by ber pastor, Rev. A. S. Cleland. Durtng the services Mrs. Stuart R. James, lier teacli- ing partner ini Bowmanvllle pub- lie schoot, sang 'God WIlI Take Care off You." Pall bearers were six cousins. Oliver, Tom and Bert Sexsmith, T. A. Barton, John Mc- Conne]] and Hamilton Huxnphries. Henorary flower bearers were Syd Ward, Armar Welr, Joseph Hum- plies, Percy Gardner, Wm. Par- ker and Frank Brown. Frtends were present from Gaît, Brechin, Bowmanvllle, Newton- ville, Port Hope. Trenton, Ster- ling, Smithffield, Peterboroughi. Havelock anid Hastings. Interment was made in Nor- wood Cemetery. Salem Harvest Home Services will be held on Sunday, Septem- ber 12, at 2.30 and 7.30 p.m. Spe- cial speaker wlll be Rev. E. Beech, Newtonville. Music by the choir, asslsted by St. Paul's Quartet. Monday, Sept. 13, at 8 o'clock, Maple Greve Young People willl present their play I'Aunt Abby Answers An Ad." 25e and 15c.J Kingsway Greenhouses And Shop Are- To Form Separate Business Leo Rammel and Pariner to Operate Business as a Fri. vate Unit - - Mrs. Gale Con- tinues ai Flower Shop An important business change in Bowmanville Is aanounced VIls week. The Greenhouses and Flowen Shop, operated la connee- tien with the Brookdale-Kings- way Nurseries, have been leased by Mx-. Leo Rammel and Mr-. A. Luennemana, bell mon off long expenlenoe la the floral business. The greenhouses on the King Street pnopenty and the Klagsway Plower Shop la île Jury Jubilee Block wili now heoeperaied unden the name off the Klngsway Green- lieuses and Flower Sbep. Hem maaiy f iends wlll ho glad te hear ihat Mns. L. G. Gale wlll continue as manager off the Flower Shep. The leasing off the greenhouses and fflower sbop once agala sep- araies île Bxookdae-Kinigsway nursery and floral divisions. la the aew set up. the Broekdale- Kingsway bas ne interestI n the new cempany ether than being owners off the greenhouses that are leased le the aew concera. Mr. Rammel. who was born ln Vienna, Austria, and Mr. Lue4e- mana, who was box-n la Hollahd, have devoted their lives te ibis type off work and are well quali- faed te carry on -tle business. Mr-. Rammel bas been manager off the floral division off Brookdale Kiagsway fer some years, ad1 anaturalized Canadian citizen. Mrs. L. G. Gale bas opex-ated the store for lie pasi twe and a haîf years. REGISTRATION AT REUNION LISTED On pages 3 and 4 off this issuej wiUl be found the official 1151 off the Duxbain Old Beys and Girls who registex-ed ai the Badminton Club durlag île Reunion. This dees nol by any means laclude ail the old boys and girls wlio were bore, as we f lad many did net regtsten. However, to let aur readers knew who's who and whe wex-e lere we have added the mraidea names off lie mirrled ladies whom you mldgbt net receg- aise olhorwise. If you kaow off any whe have been missed, on did nol recelve an invitation, kindly altll!y The Statesman office as the Registration Committee are already building up a mailing lisi off Durham County Old Boys and Girls for thie nexi xeunon-may- be ia 1940. NEWCOMERS WIN BOWLING PRIZES R. R. Stevens and Fred Hoar, twe comparatively new members çf Bowmanville Bowling Club, won f irst prise in the doubles tourna- ment at lie local club, Wednes- day, Sept. 1, la cempetltion wlth ten other rlnks. They won tliree games witheut sustalnlng one hoss and completed tho day ahead off competitens by qulte a large max-- gin. A Cobourg ieamn took second prize. O! sPeclal latex-est was one man, SPECIAL OFFER LIBERAL'S CHOICE OVER THE HOLIDAY LiThree small accidents closely I followed the one ai the C.P.R. bridge on Labor Day, the firsi oc- currng early la the evening whea >an auto stopping te peer ai the 7repaired injury te the bridge was struck ia the rean by a'- second car, also uruoentified,-doing con-1 siderable damage, but injuring no one. Near Enniskillen later in the evening, Provincial Co ns t a bIe Price Morris dealt with -a coflis- ion involving Laver's Cartage, To- rente. and Zacharius Adamis, a railway employee f rom New ton- ville. Each driver was of the opin- ion that the other was over toeo far on the wreng side off the road. Adams' car wa.s carrying 13 occupants, *10 off whomn were children. One child received ininor injuries. Neither car nor truck was badly damaged. South of Oiono a barricade Protecting a Wecently repa~e plece off pavemnt was strnék rby an unidentiffied autoist, wh o claimed the warning lights were Éither flot lighted or were so weak as to be undistinguishable. F. J. Hall. in charge off the construc- tien work, was called to the scene and ffound the lamps still warm. He stated the lamps should easily have been seen by any approacli- ing autoist exercising reasonable care. The Car affter striking the cbstruction careened into the east ditcl but was flot badly dam- aged. FERGUSON PICNIC AT HAMPTON PARK Wednesday, August 26, proved an ideal day for the Ferguson pic- nie when approximately sixty-five al tended the get-together at Hampton Park. During the after- noon basebail, race and sport ev- ents were ail keenly centested and zruch enjoyed by those takiag part as well as by the onfloolcers. At the conclusion off the sup- per heur, it was decided te meet anaually, resulting in the election off thé f ollowing officers: pre.si- dent, W. C. Ferguson; Secretary. Smith Ferguson; Treasurer, Mrs. Norman Mountjoy E xe c ut i ve Cemmittee, Mrs. Earl Dorreil, Rtev. Clarence F'erguson, W. B. Fergu- son. 1938 reunion is te be held at 1.30 p.m. standard time, Sat- ttrday, August 27, at Hampton Park. WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT CASA LOMA AND WIN A PRIZE Here is your oppertunity te win one off the tea prizes offered bY the Kiwanis Club off West To- ronto lac. It Is an essay contest. open te children under fiffteea years off age and living in Ontario. The subjet is, "MY Trip Threugli Casa Lama" You wil] see the ad- vertisement in this issue off the paper. Read it careffully and plan to win one off the ten prizes off- fered. Casa Lomna 15 operated by the Klwanis Club off West Toronto and the proceeds are devoted te children's work. The purpose off this essay is te stimulate the in- terest off the boys and girls in developlng their powers off obser- vation and abllity te write a dlean story off the happenings as tbey saw tbemn. Casa Loma wlfl make a great subJect for the essay. It las s0 mucli detail te be ebserved and s0 many lnterestiag features that the person who tours the Castle can write a stery that willl win recognition. It will be an honor te the children winning the prises, an honer to the school, and te the parents. Read carefully the advertlsement and arrange te get one off the entry blanks. The centest closes September 30tli at 6 p.m. lqonald McLaren, 95 year eld bowler, Toronto, who accompani- led A. H. Worden te the tourna- ment. Mr. McLaren, wlo 15 con- sidered one off the best lead bowl- ers in the clty<( took up the game only five years ago and now de- rives real pleasure fremlits datl1y match.i HOOeY.....Green Witli a beautîfflfiower garden as a background, acharnn.ng lawn wedding took place at Marlaw Manor, Barrie, WednesdaY afften- noon, September 8, when Verna Mildred Green, enlY daughier o! Mn. and Mrs. Bertram Arthur1 Green, 100 Cumnberland Street, Allandale, became the bride off1 Albert Leonard Hlooey, Clareanont, son Off Mrs. Hooey, Toronto, and the laie Albert Hooey, Blackstock. The ceremony was PerfformedJ byi Rev. N. R. D. Sinclair, minister1 Off Essa Road Presbyterýn Churcli, Allandale, and Miss EvelYn Peck,1 Allandale, Played the weclding1 music. The bride, who was given in1 marriage by ber father. was at-1 tractively gewned in ivery ripple4 fflowered chiffon, with coronet off1 blue delphinium and talisman1 roses, and carried a bouquet o! premier, sweetheart, and talismani roses and lily off the valley. Tleree were ne attendants. Following the ceremony, a re- ception was beld on the lawn off Marlaw Manor, a wedding break- fast being served later in thet Manor, decorated with a profus- ion off gladioli. The young couple1 were assisted la receiving the.1 guests by the bride's mother,t wearing flowered chiffon ta pas- e tel shades, with black felt hat andj accessonies, and corsage off mauve orchids, and the gnoom's mether, in black georgette with black ac-t cessories and corsage off mauve orchids. Later Mr. and Mrs. Hooey lefft1 on a motor trip te Montreal, Que-( bec CitY. Ottawa, and other1 Points, the -bride travelling la navy sheer chiffon with aavy bat and accessories. On their return they will reside in Claremont, vhere the groom is manager off the brandi off the Canadian Bank off Commerce. .04 off tewn guests included Mr. and Msrs. John HoDoey, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cary, Miss Lila Hooey, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. William Marshall and Miss Mar- jerie Campbell, Orillia. . Suggest Offering Town 'Lots Free to Builders of New Homes ... Exemption from One Year's Taxes Also Suggested Town CeuncAl gave a censider- able portion off its meeting time en Tuesday ntght oven te a dis- cussion off the housing shortage in Bowmanville and ineans off over- coming it. *Councillor Sid Little suggested thiat the town should offer any lots owned by the cor- poration ffree te, aynone whe will bulld a bouse on the lot within six months, and lie further sug- gested ihat new houses should bo tax free for one year. Councillor W. F. Ward was o! the opinion that industries sliould be encouraged te build homes for employees la the same manner as the Goodyear enected houses on Liberty Street and Carlisle Ave. Both Mr. Ward anad Mn. Little suggested the belle! that only by some such method as suggested would it be possible te overcome the sliertage off hoïnes la the town. While he was in syrnpathy wlth the move, Mayor Ross Strike stat- ed that the Corporation must be fair te tIose cisozns wlio own lots, and who have pald taxes on tliem regularly la the hope that some day they wouid be sold at a geod price. If the town was te dispose off its lots la the manner suggested, lie pointed eut, ht wouhd tend te make the lots e! othor owners worthless. However, the Mayor expressed bis conviction that something weuld have te hoe done, but lie apparently did net faveur any move tlat would mako tle corporation the builders and owners off any new homes in the town. The matter was f lnally dispos- erl off by a motion which gave the Property Committee the duty o! looklng into the matter and bring- jng back te council a report at is next meeting. The chie! roason fer the short- age off homes la Bowmanville was (Continued on page 7) Plight 0f The Civilian Crippled Is Told By Former Deputy Minister 0 M. A. Sorsoleil, Chairman of maintaining a centre, where oc- Crippled Civilians' Associa- cupational training may be given andarequisite care provided. tion Ouest Speaker at Rotary Morgan C. Burns, also present Club friday at the meeting, was the organizer off the society, said the speaker. ,Mr. Burns is a crlppled resident A new type of philanthropic off Toronto, who suffered leg amn- work was brought to the atteia- putation in 1912 while a railway tion off Bowmanvlle Rotarians employee and knew the need o! Frlday when M. A. Sorsoleil, To- such an erganization. He was ronto, fermerly Deputy Minister mnade executive secretary in 1935 off Welfare for Ontario, outlined when the societY received its Pro- activities off the Society for Crip- vincial Charter, a! ter prominent pied Civillans. mnen of social service organlzationà Mr. Sorsoleil, who is welî known had been enrolled In its ranks. in this locality through his con- "Civilians are crlppled from nection with the Boys' Training several causes," stated Mr. Sorsol- School, was recently appointed eil, l"among them are the persons Chairman of the three year old crippled from blrth, those from organization. disease, those from industrial ac- The society endeavours to as- cidents, and others from auto- sîst adult civilians flot provided motive tragedies. Three years for by an.y etheT orgiaizaition. ago there was no provision made Children and war veterans are for any of theae unfortunate peo- already cared for, but until the ple In soutlern Ontario. In the ffounding of this soclety ne one forth, the goverfnent and the was provldlng for crippled adulz. Red Cross were doing work among civilians. A survey showed that the aduit cripples, but in this sec- 8.000 sudh persons lived in the tion of the province, our soclety province Unable to purchase arti- itj the only body of Its kind whlih ficial assistance, suifering depri- lias talcen on the work." vation and enduring social de- Similar organizations are op- pendency when assistance off the erating in several cities In the right kind would make them self, United States, and dolng good supporting. work, the one in New York main- The aimis off the society include lI eccupylng itself wlth re-edu- providing artifficial and ortho- cation. A great deal of money is paedic appliances for those in needed to carry on this work ln need; repalring eisting equip- Ontario and the only methods of ment; helping re-establish crip- gaining f unds are through an an- pies la sultable employment where nual tag day, doipations !rom in- they can be self-supportlng; pro- te-rested persons, and by re-pay- v:ding occupational training fer ments from eripples who have the home-beund cripple and te been enabled to obtain employ- secure remunerative work for per- ment and funds through the ef- sons s0 tralnecl; protectlng the forts o! the soclety. public by provlding a bureau te A. M. Hardy thanked the speak- which crlppled persons may be re- er for hits enlghtenlng address. !erred; rendering fullest co-oper- Only vlsltlng Rotarlan wa s ation wlth all other organizations Harry Reynolds, Ohio. interestlng themselves In assist- President Rosa Strike ha d ing cripples; establlshlng and charge of the meeting. Old Âge Pensioner Loses Savings Appeal Is Made For Their Return This is an urgent appeal on behaîf off an 84 year old lady whe had the misffortune 10 lose ber Pux-se aI the Reunion Communiîy Picnlc on August 301h. The lady, who an old age pensionex-. bad been saving a ffew dollars bore and there frem lier pension and frem rnoney given ber by frlends and relatives, te Punclase ber wintex-'s ceaI, and pay taxes. Ia the purse was a cosiderable sum off money which means a great deal more te tis lady tian the average persen. Last week ibis ladly lnserted an advontisement la The Statesman, but the f inder off the purse bas net seen fit te retura litte the rigit- fuI owner. And se we are appealý ing on ber behaîf te the perses who ffound ibis purse, te return it to tbis old lady we badly needs the money it ceatained. We knew that ne one would intentionally rob an 84 year eld widow off len sovings, and we feel Ihat the pex-- son wbo ffouad it las probably net seen the adventisement. How- ever if the fiader sees ibis story wo hope that ho or she wll eturn the meaey lmmedlately te relleve the lady off tbe anxloty and worr ihat a loas offhs klad erItala. Circulation 3300 This Issue Council Discusses Housing Shortage In Bowmanville Committee To Make Study To f urther increase the growing subseription list of The Statesman. we make this special offer of 50c for the balance of 1937. If you are not a subseriber andi are reading a borrowed copy, now's your chance to get- The Statesinan delivereti to your home each week until the end o! the year at a inost attractive price Just enclose 50 cents together with your naine and address, and you will receive your first copy this week. If you live in town, or happen te (j be ini town, drop into the of- fice and hand in your sub- seription. Cecil G. Mercer Reeve off the Township off Hope, ind President off tne Durham Lib- Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Stevens ýra1 Association, who was selected as Liberal Candidate in the Pro- announce the engagment off their ancial Election at the Conven- daugliter, Dorothy Lorraine, to ýon in Orono. Edward George Bagneli, son off Mn. and Mrs. George Bagnell, THREE ACCIDENTS Bowmanville, the marniage te 1i i *iNeumaLiAU11 I ~ 1 1 ~tate~m~r More Circulation News and Advertising Than Any Other Durham County Newspaper