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THURSDAY, MAY 18TH-, 1939 IYOUR WORLD AND MINE j RTB JOHN C. KIRKWOOD I do flot s pose that Bowmnan- housing for low-income families. ville has a.very pressing housing Particular attention was given to problem - no need ta build, as a slum areas. Sluxns are enormous- municipal enterprise, multiple- ly expensive - i doulars cast and dwelling hauses or' apartmnent i liveg cost. Millions of dollars buildings, or a nunibea' of one and in the aggregate are loat by fires, twa family homses. Yet this bas whlch burn children and women. been and is the problem of many Aiso, slum buildings coilapse, and municipalities i the United States bIso doing destroy life. Slums are and in Canada in this post-depres- breedmng places of vice and dis- sion periad. Also, the presenoe of ease, and the mortality rate is slum areas iaur major cities has shacklngly high. 'Crime is ramp- become both an offense pLnd a re- ant i slum districts, and crimin- Praach, and Sa there has been a ais are bred i them. The city of widely-spread movement ta do Cleveland, by way of example, awaY with slunis and ta bujld i paid out in a sigle year $1,356,988 their stead law-cost dwellings fit ta service ils major slums, and ta be lived 'M.- private charities poured $490,836 If, therefore, I condense the ito the area. contents of a book which I have cK been reading, I may be daing 'ni panin something acceptable ta my read- h panigo! law-cosl houses ers. Thé book's tille is -Housing by. architects hi small cammuni- Cames af Age"', and is by Michael lies was alniost beyond their abil- Straus and Talbot Wegg (Oxford ity, and few architects were able University Press). These lwo men ta plan a whole site - plan a mul- had an intimate and an afficial tiple-family dwelling, or a series connection with the U.S.A. Gov- a! small detached and semi-de- errnment Public Works Adminis- tached dweilings ta make them a tration Hausing Division, a n d unified whole, Big-name archi- their book is a sunimary af Iheir tects, accustomed ta plan man- experiences and of what was done sians, were likewise at sea. But by P.W.A. the Goverrnment was able to plan1 The law established a State the riglit type o! building, for thef Hausing Board whose duty was ta Govérnment was able ta bring ta- stimulate the con st r uct ioan of gether a number 'of first-cias Here's a super-special value to Viemonstrate the grand quality of de-Forest dry-cleaning. MEN'S SUITS TOPCOATS DRESSES (any style) WOME.N'S COATS (plain or trlmmed) WOMEN'S 2-Plece .SUITS1 INDIVIUAL GARMENTS ANY2z GARMENTS S~ .00 m m M5 oach1 ~PHONE. IBOWMANVILLE --522 Lot tbis agenoy -plan ail yoirinsurance. No matter how large your building may,,be ---ve» a small fire will cause damage both t 1the contents and W lthe structure. Tis agmnoy represents 0lbheNartford Pire Insurance Company " an instittiton that has bien oerving countiuss property ownerd so faithfully in Canada uohm 18M. Je Je MASON & -SON INSLJRANCE AGENTS Phone 081 Bowmanyillo THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO Comelig i te Du r h a m1 Unison Chorus <one raom), and chorus are seen bere witb Ibeir Couty usi Fetia a Port Public School, open class. They teacher, Miss E. Truli. Hop, rovdece cboltook twa were trained by Mrs. Donald finta n tes clsse -Rural Robb, Orono. The members o! lie arciitectsanmd to sp>en deal o! money experimi As, a bousing unit, family delacbed home ouI on tee grounds o! c( buildings devised by th Division, tle majority oi fireprobf in constructi have concrete - foundai umns and floars; tbet walls are of brick bac] ile, and ail interior, partitions are plasterf casement windows are used. Living rooms least 150 square feet; 100 square feet; teerei for every bedroom, and eral cbosets - coat, broor en. Every unit bas eithE terougli ventilation. 19N is an oulside room. Ever a batliroorn equipped w c, lavatory and med: inet. Its kitchen lias sir erator, and stove, mosl are mechanically fuelled gaz or electricity. The equipmenl o! man low-renî bouses migit, blush, seem la be exiz Wliy, one asks, electril and refrigerators, wlien 85% o! tee homes -o! ti bave nelteer? The n economny. By vre o! buyl* at one lime il more kiefigerators ani teeir cost was hlaved. ' a! tee wbolesale, purche and electrlcity, tee costd ing liglils, refrigerators a was made 'less etpensiVE cost o! operating liglits tee ordinary domestic r In making Ils sludy, <Public Works Admhr liausig costs, il was ft tee total roomn cosl avenî The average cost o! dw' cililies in a camplete lI was fotrnd ta be $3549. The U.S.A. experieneq that i practically every list o! eligible applicani commodation in tee i tures buil under P.W.A far exceeded tee suppiy ing units. Local autec 'commnlttees gave prçeer ery case ta applications dicated tee greatest net are sorne examples a! cc An Atlanta project, aclual rent per room. AMami Projet actual rent per roorn A Montgomery, Mla. pro, actuel rent per roorn A Milwaukee project, actual rent per room In tee case o! tee AtU Milwaukee prajects, te ure quoted includes lig] liaI water, caoking and r lor fuel. J CK Here are some exar US.A. liousing projects: Birminghiam,, Ma. - Site - Slum area, 28.31 Allalmnent - $2,500,000. Structure type - 1 and group houses and cor bouse. Size - 1588 rooms, 54 units. Average rental per roozi per mante plus servicq o! $0.50 for electric li refrigeration. Harbor Village, Boston, IV Site - Vacant area, 31.1 Ailotiment - $6,636,000. Structure type - 3-store: ment. mmd 2-storey bouse. Size - 3860 mroam, 101i units. Average rentai per roorr Slsservice charge o! geat,'liaIwater, electri ig, cooklng and refrig Bulings are o! brick construction grauped arou courts. They provide terg and five-room. apartmer anmd 6-room group hanse kitdhen la equlpped wite cooking range and elecirli erator. A central plant1 heat. J CK My recommendation is t book, Honsing Cornesc should be placed iever3 lbrary. Il should be baui owned by afl municipalil b u 1 idin g contrartors, course, architecte. We i Canada muatI lte cansider the housig] in relation ta teose wbo afford ta pay tee rente r onomically necessary wher nMgis are erected by privaIÀ ~rs, and one aI a lime. 'V mot yet solved tee prol Canada a! buildinglions( miimnum cost - aI a casi wMl pe rmit a rental able pi teose eatnlng $20 week. teouglit limself af prayer. Besicq a large barn lie lnelt down anc prayed for bis dog. Rising aný going around the corner of the barn, there lie was. Truly "more things are wrouglit by prayer teai Ibis world dreams of." NEWCASTLE' (Intended for last week> Mrs. Reid of Renfrew was uest of the Misses Blackburn and Mrs Orner Cole. She was forrnerly Miss Mary Wighit, a daugliter of tlie late George Wight o! Provi- dence, and in ber girlliood days lived an the Pioneer Farm will lier parents and sisters. On Sun- day afternoon she visited lier lialf- brother, Mr. Geo. Wight, Provi- dence, and called on Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W ght and other relatives. She is a daugliter of Mary Love- kmn, first wi!e o! George Wigbt Sr., and while in Newcastle liez cousin, F. B. Lovekin, Clarke Councillor, called an ber a te Misses Blackburn's. Mrs. Reid aI- tended United Cliurcli services in Newcastle an Sunday and met one o! lier childliood !riends and neiglibors, H. R. Pearce, of tee ad- joining fam. A former Newcastle girl, Miss Mina Isabel Lumsden, eldest dau- gliter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Lumsden, Cliristian Island, Geor- gian Bay, was united la marriage ta Mr. Edward Frencb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Frenchi af Waver- ley, Ont., May 41b. The bride is a niece of Mr. Hanlan Parker and bis sister, Mrs. Floyd Butler, New- castle, and firsl cousin of Mr. Murray Butler a! tee Canadian R.A.F., now la training la Eng- land, wbom Miss Isobel Stephien- son recently entertained ta tea la London and o! whîcli event she writes s0 interestingly in lasI week's Statesman. A number of tee bride's Newcastle friends re- ceived invitations ta attend an Indian wedding dance, in honor of the newlyweds, May 9th, in the Council Hall, Cliristian Island. NEWCASTLE W.M.S. AND MISSION BAND A joint meeting of tee United Churcli W.M.S. and Mission Band met May isI, with Mrs. N. Allan presiding. The scripture was taken by Mrs. C. Allan. Short but interesllag re- ports of the"Discussion Groups" aI tee W.M.S. Secretaries Confer- ence, Oshawa, were given. Mrs. N. Rickard, Sec. of Christian Stewardship and Finance, said, "If everyone titlied we would neyer be menlioning maney, only ta talk o! surpluses." The cliapter of tee study book was given by Mrs. N. Rickard and Mrs. T. H. Clemence, entitled' "Learning ta Live Together," stressing tee facl that aur non- British subjects make a great con- tribution ta Canada. Immediately fallowlag tee W. M. S. meeting tee Mission Band conducled their meeting. T h i s meeting was very mucli enjoyed. Bownianville Phone 268'~ ocietv held in Cobourgz lasI wek. Following dinner aI lthe British Hotel. the members listened ta an address on Surgical Problenis by Col. Gerald Allison, M. D, R. C. A., M. A.. of Picton. About twenty-five members oi the society were in at- tendance. The officers elected were: Presi- dent-Dr. G. M. Ferris, Cobourg; Vice- Presiden-Dr. McNeil,' Cajp- bellford; Secretary-Treasurer - Dr. F. G. Robertson. Cobourg. The re- tirinz President was Dr. H. Ferguson of Bowmanville. and thme retiring secretary-treasurer was D2r J. A. Butler of Newcastle. Duringz the meeting Dr. Pember, Coiborne: Dr. Ferris, Cobourg. and Dr. Robertson, Cobourg, were chas- en as the representatives of the sac- iety to attend the Ontario Medical Society meetings in Hamilton aler this month. Youte and beautyr go; dliaracter umberland and Durbani Medical endures b tee end. Mrs. J. A. Butler and Mrs. Geo. Haney complimented tee Mission Band SupI. Miss Marjory LycelI, and lier lielpers, Mrs. C. Alin and Mrs. H. Allan, on tbe splendid wark teey were daing, and men- tioned especiaily tee memarizing o! tee scrîpture lesson by the chli- dren. The ladies of lie W.M.S. were guests o! lie Mission Band for a dainty lundi aItee close. DR. FERRIS, J. NEW PRESUDENT OF PHYSICIANS Northumberlanad and Durham Medical Society Met At Cobourg 0f ficers for the ensuiniz vear were elected aI a meeting of the North- 1 -da great- .A t ientaily U IIldf u ..mnMmun . the sîngleDominion B tinU Btun Due Aut was ruled VU * :st. In the ~I V S fB Ih imaam mm. e HausingDecla e Bealth Octogeara )f lliem are Lo n. They tions, cl Wfllam G. Mutton marks 87th 'tion faithfully, walking uptown at ir eterir Brthdy ByTakng Uuai eas twie a aycoveing t't ked Up by Walks Downtown - Recov- three miles daily. He insists that walls and ered From AppeÜdectomy the active life ie lias led since ,ed. Steel Wlien Past 80 - Lives beyhood is responsible for his Sgenerally In Oshawa longevity and good health. conain at As a boy of ten he started worl bedroams, <rm for a neigbboring farmer as a are closets (rr Oshiawa Times) hired hand. He cantinued work- thee gen- Ruinalion faces Canada andln as a farxnhand until he retired m and lin- there is little hope for anytbing abut 15 years ago. As a boy of er cross or better. This is the one glaamy tenche as the arr n mlemewa very room observation wIhich cropped u ha h arw hnh a ry unit has during the clieer interview whicli 15 he took a man's place i the wltuThe Times reporter had with Wil- latvest field, followig the reaper icinecb liam G. Mutton on Saturday, MaylbiigUpIegrn.Ath ak, reri-6, when he was celebrating his lime the binder liad not been in- Lof wil 87th birtliday. Mr. Mutton is ex- vented, grain- being cut with a 1by either ceptionally active and his appear- rea per after whicli it was neces- ance is far more yautliful than his sary for men ta bind the grain ay of, these birlhday record. He has repeated- ,iashae.Fu e eekp taI first ly been taken for 70 or less. husthing ta bind the grain aftera ravagance. The one blue note in his out- teper. 1 [cal staves look an life he blames entirely an Wood For Steamer i probably the advent of the autamobile. Cars Among his allier jobs were âe country and trucks have ruined farms and lumbering and coal Yard wark. As iswer la - they have put the railways inta a bay in his teens he hauled wood large-scale bankruptcy, he declares. Crsto, Bowmanviile harbor for the 10,000 and have replaced horses so universal- use of the wood-burning steamers dy stve, y that farmers no longer can- de- which operated on Lake Ontario B viue rive any incarne from breeding at that time. During one iterval ase of gas tliem. In addition cars have de- i his farmn life he maved ta Bow- of oeat stroyed the sniall village merch- manville where he worked deliv- Sda stves ant and country life generally. erlng coal. He boasted of carrying ~~~Br Ihnnh oml Darlington bags of coal ap two flights af 3 alone at stéirs withaut stopping. He un- rae. Mr uto was bon n ar d tedly worked hard and the of P.W.A. ingt>n Twnhi on May 6, 1852. b«yy toil lias lefI ils mark upon isatn)He was the third in a .faniily of l even thougli the years rest ~>un tht tn sns nd ne.dauhte, a o!liglitly upon him. Ris riglit shoul. !oged $979 tbem borninl Canada except thede is distinctly 'lower Iban the rellng - dugher.She amewiti ler ar-left as a result of the heavy mer- velingfa-ents fromn Cornwall in the laIe chandise, coal, sait and allier .ving unit"1840's. Mr. Mutton, who maltes wares he toted long distances on his home with hlm daughter, Mrs. Miss aiouder. 'e showed W. R. Armnour, 16 Yorige street, r utndsicl eal y cily the is the last survivlng member o! IMre vist o the Pince o! Wcaes, s for ac- his own family. tevs ftedwariceoftalanad gow struc- He 160, and he also remembers projects tlirauut a s jed oo eatbrefKî of dwell- 551lo~ i nielifetime when King George V and Queen oriie oraPrtfrom an accident when heMayvstdheDmnoin10 >rt9 rwas a Young man in whichh le vstd eDmno n10 ice in ev- as the Duke and Ducbess of York. 3that in- suffered a stamacli lemorrliage Consequently lie is lookig for- ed. Here when a log struck i duringwadwtgrt tesloth os: lumbering aperations and a seri- adwtgrtines oth ist: oua icknss afewcoming visit of King George VI thouglies afe years a.go. At and Queen Elizabeth. He is very that lime, liug e was past 80, sory that the Royal couple will --$7.39 lie underwent an aperalian for not; make any appearanoe in Osli- appendicitis and liernia. He made awa as lie fears lie will not be --4.99 an exceplionally quick recovery able ta go ta Toronto ta, see Their )t and lias enjoyed excellent heailli Majesties. --3.97 ever since. Ris recipe for long life and good --7.47 bealth is simple - lots o! exer- laita and cille. He follows Mis own prescrip- POWER 0F PRAYER rent fig- _____________~B lit, heat, T E ED B refrigera- PRIME MINISTER ::.-SPECIAL B, AR G AIN1 Interestlng Side of Premier's Life TOEXCUSIONS The Pembroke Crusader con- aOcreSTsIOS tained tee following in ils "lHere 2-lry WESTERNCANADA and There"l column, by Rev. Fa- immunity Gon Dates "A chance encaunter with the 1living DAILY MAT 16 TO 27, 1939 Rt. Hon. W. L. McKenzie King a Retura Limit: 45 days. few days ago revealed a side la bis - character we do. not often see, and im - $4.50 Tickets Good To Travel from higli quarters drew down e charge la Coaches words o! praise and approvai for Ig anExcursion tickeft good in Toust the plea o! aur Holy Father for Parlor and Standard sleeping cars aootee prayers of tee lutIle ones in !aSS. - avallable on Payment of sllehtl hlgh- behal! a! peace. The Prime Min- a es. = %pasage res, plus price o parlor ister thouglti i was mosl appra- slepngcar accommodation. priale teal the children, their wy apart- Routes - Tickets good going via Port hearts innocent and pure, should Arthur, Ont., Chicago, Ili., or Saultth see gr o up Ste. Marie, returning via sarne route address thmevs ta God la ask and Uine oniy. Generous optionai Him 10 avert from the world thee 6O living i'outiflge. horrors of war, and that suci Slt.aovers - wthin ,,nit o, ticket, prayérs were most likely 10 be -$493 both ioing and returning- at Port heard and as evidence of. bis own P.2frcago, lli., Sauit Ste. Marie, Mih alihiteeflayo.paei .l liglil- and west, In accordance with tariéta related a couple of personal anec- geralion. of Uoited States unes. dotes, whicli, wbile no doubl nat and tile - 41-8itned for publication, are sucli Lnd open Pull Particlars fromn any agent. teat we are quite sure Mr. King meefour would have no abjection ta Iheir at' unîts Canadlian Pacifie publication. e.Eacli "Wlien a very smaîl boy, bis electric_______________ faîher presented hini with a very crefrlg- wonderful kite. In a slrong wind provides lie 100k advantage o! the first op- porlunlty ta fly bis kite. It was Beor Y u n -r wafled on higli, but alas! bis hlod that his !on il was not sufllciently secure or ofia this esul tee strlag sufficiently slrong, and ~f Ageaway sailed bis beautiful kite be- y public yond bis grasp. As lie saw il car- les, and : ried away, and no possibilily o! ties andhlm retrievlng il, lie was hearl and , o! broken. He tlirew bimsel! an bis Lifé nees and prayed that tee kite soon or should be restored ta luni and gel- Problem lscai, ing up percelved that the hile ad )cannaI dropped suffciently ta, allow te no e- neofte ord' Gea: string ta become attached to'some n dwll-LifeInsranc, 1stitt1oý>.bushes, where wite graleful bearl te enter- 1 he relrleved il. We hve erio nedfor tregth "Another lime wlien a smal blem inboy lie was given a dog, ta which le t a Srvcedndiecr lie became greally attached. But to whe ae 8ý,s dogs will do, this one one day e to bewandered away. He wen i or 0 searcliof Il, and lie searclied and searcbed but in vain. Then lie be- lag and Silver Shoots , ;AI-,74 If your aId furnace la vain-out --if It1 fallen down on heating your home di, A V winter -. .. take advantage of this oppor- tunity ta muntai, a new Clare HECLA at the lowest terme ever offered. Have itR put ini before upring house-cleaningl Save REPAIR trouble and inconvenience . .. And b. O T prepared for next vintor vith the furnace O T that speli als heating cofot. .. the 9 furnace that ends costly repafr bille and FE eut* your fuel cont. 15% t 0 oe F E in or cail u for details of this seniational Offer. Expires May 31st ... Act nov! ILLIS DBert Parker PLUMBER See this New Sa f er Tire Trade in your smoohh-worn tires now on these amazing Royal Muster De Luxe Tires. The. new "Brako-Action" Tread ensures faster, straight- lin. stops on the elipperiest of wet roade. You'il gel big mileage, too. because of the. deeper grooves of Tempered Rubber. Lot us demonstrale the. Royal, Master De Luxe. You can prove for yourself that iti 2500 extra "Gripper" gpve you new safety en ail roads, iniail weathers. "Brake- Action" Tread stops -~ ~w ~, L-. THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE ýHREF. :1 Phone 461, Dowmlanvl ROYAL MASTER DE LUXE . . . TRAD C- N ALOWANZ . . o F. JAMIESON vul"ICaIIEMeo àfIDgf1M 1 Phone 2681 Ling and &Uver Streets - .--. t *4V Bowmanviiie DOMION