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THTJRSPAY, DECEMBER 26, 1940 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTABJO PAGE TERRIl RUED -AMD WRITE .FOR YOUI BY 'John (C. KlrkwoodI "For unta 3Yau Is boru this day a Savlour.Y Sa sang the heavenly choir on the first Christmas Day. Saviaurs are needed aiways, and thanka be ta Heaven, sav- lours lare continuaily belng barn. Mose* was a saviour; sa, too, was Abrahamn. Sa, tao, were Jaseph and Jacob and Paul. Abraham M.JncoIn was a saviaur; and Gari- -41:~ and Jaan of Arc, and Wil- ,an Wallace and Robert Bruce; hd Cromwell, and Welingtan, and the Eari af Shaftsbury, and Lister and Pasteur and Banting were likewise sa\viaurs. Indeed, if you wiil read history, you will find hundreds af saviours, and yau wili find same af them ta be very humble, even obscure, men and WaMen. Flarence Nightmn- At this season our thaughs turn wlth gratitude to our many frlcnds who throngh their confidence and loyal support have permitted us ta grow sud serve. We- thank you, and hope that Christ- mas brlngs you much cheer, and (tic New Year a bounti- fui measure of success and happinessa McGREGOR HARDWARE 1KIng St. Bowmanvile I MAT Happlnèss and Gooà Health be with yon, now and durlng 1940. To Our Customers Our Sincere Ap- preelation of (heir patronage. I MAPLE GROVE DAIRY I Phone 2165 jack Brown, Proprietor Lj ietr And thec angel sMid unta thein-Fear nat; for behald, I bring you good tidings ai great jay, which shail be toalal people-St. Luke. W. Len Elliott' Plwnblng and Heatlng AW Joyous1 Christmas, A Happy New Year Ph-rono 4d1 Bowmanvile uss, in apeclal ways, that saviaurs ire being provldcd ta redress hu- manu wrongs, sud ta restare night- eouaneas on thc earth. Theclier- ode and thec Hitlers may decree ilaugteyet aIways Uiey fi in l Î pottnp.They eau b#4 nisry naborrow aud i gale sud EdIi Cavell wcre hum- blc sud obscure until their mag- niiiccnt self-sacrifice sud licroîsin braugît thern faine. Msuy mis- sianaries, many dactars, msuy odirs, meny sailors, many bat- astmany scientista became saviaurs. Wilberforcc was a sav- iour af negra slaves. Thc legend- ary Little Hera ai, Haarlem was a saviaur. Is Uic world nat ful ai mathens Who arc saviaurs - whase unstintcd self sacrifice and devotian have saved and arc sav- ing, nat alone the lie ai their sick chiidren, but also the saule ai their sans and deugliters. J CK Leit ta aurselves we tend ta- ward evil. Prosperity and peace tend ta carrupt us - ta destray thie good and the noble in us - tend ta destnoy the virtues. Be- ing creatures ai flesh and blood - animais - we tend ta become like animais. We are apt ta for- get that we have been created in the image ai Gad, that we are under perpetual obligation ta be godlike - ta exhibit Uic qualities ai aur Creator, and ta be Christ- like in bath aur mind and aur behaviaun. It is degrading aur- selves whcn we stnive ta be eny- thing short ai the divine Bcing fqr whose glary we wene created. All Uic evil and sufiering and calamities ai the warld in bath past and present times are a con- sequence ai man's failure ta live eccardîng ta the requirements ai thie divine pattern. Many ai us are trying ta per- suade ourseives that the current war will purify us in thaught, purpase and conduct. Perhaps it should,; yet there will be no mass or national betterment ai the way ai lufe, in as4y country, apant inani i nd iv id ual1 betterment. The strange belief persists that a country cen have a maraiity - a mass marality - whidh is not de- pendent an the marality ai its camponent units - individuels. Here I1 think ai e story. A vr gaod priest was about ta leave lis parish, which was a vineyard dis- trict in France. Ail the people agreed that their prlcst shoulc 'be given samething which wouli be an exhibit af their goodwiJ and estcem, and regard, and the> decided ta give their priest a barý rel ai wine: each persan was tc bring ta thc barrel his quota ai wine, which he himself would pour inta the barrel. But anc mari thought that he couid take a mca- sure af water instcad ai winc, and thus save his wine. Whcn latez the priest tapped the barrel whicii was given hum, out ai it came oniy water! Ail the'peapie had the saine idea: each thought thal he could cheat, without detectian Each was willing ta be a cheater, 1imagining that al l te othere -wauld 15e righteaus. 1 Daes it. need ta be said that the -morels and ideals and practicec aio a nation, ai a cammunity, ai 3a iamily, are the sum ai th£ marais, ideais and practices ai the individuals wha compose it? Is it not true, in aur own experi. ence, and according ta aur own observation, that individuals per. suade Uiemselves that tliey can do wrong, without detection and without hurt ta their iamily, coin- munity, country? Al ai us seem ta forget that the strength ai any- Sthing is no greater than the strength of its weakest compon- cnt unit? The strength ai a bridge, by way ai exampe, is no greater than the strength ai the weakest rivet or boit or bar uscd in, its construction., J C .K Britain's histary is a very bad anc in regard ta its trcatment ai its workers and its poor, - per- haps no warse a history than that ai alI Eurapean cauntries and ai the United States; perhaps, also, ai Canada. In evcry century of Britaîn's histary there have been thase of selfish sud ruthless spirit and ways, so making saviaurs needed. Perhaps I may be for- given if I write ai the mine-own- crs and manufacturers ai 100 or so years aga wha emplayed child labor and wha had ta be coin- pelled, by law, ta mènd their evil ways. Here is a picture af the lot af miners as it was in 1842. In al- mast every district the emplay- ment af children was comman. In many pita chidren were emplay- ed at six, in same at five, a»d i one case a baby ai three, was iound ta be employed. Even bab- ies were taken down ita the pits ta keep the rats away frain their father's food. Children were aiso employed ta push the sinali car- niages fiiled with coal along Uic passages, sud as the passages were aiten very 10w and narraw, it was necessary ta use very sinail chil- dren for this purpose. Even the youngest children had ta wark in a bent position. Another chil- dren's task was that ai pumpig water i the under bottoin ai pits, a task that kept childrcn Standing ankle-deep in water for 12 hours. In some cases girls ai six darried hall-ton ai coal. The haurs worked by children were seldoin less than 12; they were 1aiten 16, and in saine cases chil- dren remained in the pits for 36 hours, while warking double shifts. There were milis in, which the children neyer went home durîng the whole 24 haurs. Be- tween shifts they lay down an the iloaor. Human safcty caunted for nathing in the minds ai thé praprietars- ai mines, sud acci- dents were common even in best- managed pits. The warst victims were workhouse apprentices, baund froin the age ai eight or nine for 12 ycars. Let us loaoihe iclot ai Uic "climbing boys" - Uic chimney sweeps. Year aiter year chiidren were bought and sald ta a lii e ai dirt and sufiering, ended for. many ai thein by a revalting forin af cancer due directly ta their occupation. Chiidrcn of 4%, at 6, wcre employed in swceping chim- neys. Six was described as big 'la nice traineble age." Notting- hamn, with its narrow chimneys, was famaus for dimbing boys. A Nottigham boy was warth mare ta sell. Here anc saine individual stances ai climbing boys: A child ai 6 was forced ta go, for the sec- ond tune, inta a hot flue at a chemical works. He screamed and sobbed, but in vain. Finally he was taken out hall asphyxiated, thrawn an straw, and crueily beaten in thc hope that lic might be beaten back ta consciousness. Soon aiter he died in convulsions. A boy agcd seven and a haîf was sent up the flue ai a fcrncry, and was taken out dead fiftccnç min- utes later. A child ai ten was soid five- times aven. He was a ciever worl;er, and elthough unable ta walk, owing ta lis injuries, he lad cleaned no fewer than twclve chimneys on a sigle day. A boy ai ten became jammcd in a chim- ncy, bclaw which a fire was froin the hospital and is feeling fine. The school childrcn have been busy getting ready for their Christmnas concert. Many skiers have been seen going through on the special ski train. Pete and Harold Getchel caught a fox on Tuesday. Congratulations ta Miss Mary Shackeiton and Mr. Russell Brown an their marriage." Mr. Wm. A. Breck has jained the R.C.A.F. Believe it or nat, Hazel Aldred faund a date inside an anian the other day. No ioallng! Township Council CARTWRIGHT COUNCIL Statutory meeting of Cart- wright Council was held Dcc. l6th with members ail present and Reeve C. Devitt presiding. 1Request from members ai the United Church play cast that they wouid redecorate the stage in the Community Hall if council would pay for the paint was granted. Truent Qificers pnesented his repart which was filed. Resolution was passed request- ing soldiers be given a free pass over Canadien National Railway when on official leave. These arders wene paid: County Clerk, Township levy - ----------- --$11,498.70 H.E.P., hall and arena.- 9.78 S. J. Jackman, wreath G. L. McLaughlin -- 3.00 O. Wright, roads and bridges ,-------------- 136.79 T. Venning, error in tax 2.00 W. Beacock, supplies, etc' 39.20 W. Beecock, services as Coilector .100.00 Peace rules the day, where rea- son rules Uic mind.-Wiillam Col-d lins. If it be possible, as much as lietl in you, live peaccably with al mien.-Ronmans 12:18.1 Happiness is neither within us1 anly, or withaut us; it is the union1 af ourseives with God.-Pascal.,j Obituary Frank Mitchell Although Mr. Frank Mitchell became a resident ai Bawmsu- ville only lest sumianer wlien lie retired ta came here ta live i the Hiliier house on Beech Ave., he was known ta many residents who saw hum an Uic street every day. He died at his home Sunday morning, Dec. l5th, in his 68th year. Mr. Mitchell is survived by lis wife, Edith Hewsan, a sister, Mrs. Frank Farish, Toronto, and a bro- ther, Wiil J. Mitchell af New Or- leans. The funeral took place in To- ronto an December 18h Inter- nient was in Mount' Pleasant Cemetery. Archlbald T. Pearce Archibeid T. Pearce, 61, ai 332 Gregory Avenue, West Orange, N. J., died £roin a heart attack December l2th, at his home, after a short illness. He was born in Newton, New Brunswick, and had been a West Orange resident since 1910. He was a graduate ai Pro- vincial Normal School ai Freder- icton, New Brunswick, and for a (ime taught school. For the last 15 ycars lie lid been with an accaunting firm in New York. Mr,. Pearce was a Masan. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. May Pearce; twa daughters, Mrs. Robert Pollison ai Maywoad sud Miss Patricia Pearce ai West Or, ange; a son, Lawrence af East Orange; four sistens, Mrs. O. B. Coates ai Plainfield, Mrs. J. E. Cosman of Rockford, Wash., sud the Misses Greta and Maud Pearce ai New Yark; and twa grandchil- dren. Rev. Oscar R. Lowry, pastor ai Ridgevicw Coinmunity Presbyter- ian Church of West Orange, con- ducted services at the home Sun- day. Masonic services were held at that turne elso. The remains were brouglit ta Bawmanville Monday aiternoon, buriai takîng place in Bethesda Cemetery. Service was conducted by Rcv. S. Davison, pastar ai Trin- ity United Churcli, Bowinanviiie. Bearers were cousins of deceaaed, MIton Samis, Sid. Hoar, Roy Jackman, Frank Werry, Douglas Cale, Roy Webster. Mr. Pearce had a particular fondness for this part af Canada and each summer since 1921 he and some af his f anily Spent part af their vacation among relatives in Durham county. It was there- fore natural that the beautlfiil located and weli kcpt cemnetery at Bethesda shouid be chosen as his iast resting place. It wiil be recalled that deces- ed's mother-in-law, Mrs. Ed. Liv- ingstone, was burlcd ihi the saine cemetery in September. Mrs. Pearce and son Lawrence accaMPanied the remaina here. PEACE ON EARTH Peace is the healing and elevat- ing influence af the world. - Woodrow Wilson. - - - - - - - - Merry Christmas Happy New Year, We take this opportunity of wlsblng you one aud ail the complimenta of theseeaaon. We tbank you for your pat- ronage ln 1940 and trust that we may continue ta, serve you hi 1941. . J.W.JEWELL May Happiuns be wlth Tou and Tours at Christmas sud throughout Uic New Tear. e An army transport vehicle froin a Canadian factorY' as it is loaded for shipment ta Great Britamn at an East Coast port. Hundreds ai these are being supplied by the Canadian automotive industry dally for use at home and abroad. death, yet they cannot finally tri- umph. Always there is the assur- ance that a Saviour is born inta, this world, ta give it, in the end, Peace.. SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS Wrltten speclally for Thse Statesman by well known Durham boy, Fred R. Foley, 123 Lake St., St. Catharines, Ont. 0, Little Town ai Bethlehem, How stili we see thee lie. For nineteen hundred years ichurch beils have pealed their joyous notes i celebration of the anniversary af the blessed event ini the littie tawn of Bethlehem and the sweetest sangs iaur music books cluster around the Babe af Bethlehem. One of aur iinest Christmas hymns was written by Phillips Brooks, the popular Philadeiphia rectar, in 1868. He had a dis- tinguished career as a clergyman and in 1891 was consecrated Bishop af Massachussetts. He was a great lover çf children as well as men and wamen af ail sorts and conditions, and his Influence upon ail with w4am he came in contact was deep and lasting. In 1866 he visited the Holy Land and spent the Christmas at "The iittle Town ai Bethlehem." He walked in the fields where the shepherds heard the angel chorus. He saw the children of Bethle- hem getting ready for Christmas. He looked up at the blue sky where the silent stars werc shin'. ing. He llstened ta the beils and the hymns of praise that kept Lringing out upon the clear air. It was under the speli af these mem- ories that, twa years later, he wrate for the children af his Sun- day Schoi the hymn that has ac- quircd worid wide fame. His bia- grapher says that, although the carol was nat written until twa ycars after the visit ta the Holy Land, it had been singing i his soul since he had been in Pales- tie. No doubt it will be ringing in the corridors af the Christian Church for many, many years < came. 0 little town ai Bethlehem, How stiil we see thee lie! Abave thy deep and dreamlcss sleep The sulent stars go by: Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hapes and fears of ail the years Are met in thee ta-night. For Christ is born of Mary; And, gathered ail above, While mortals sleep, the angeis keep Their watch ai wondering lave. Qmarning stars, together Proclaim the holy birth, And praises sing to God the King, And peace ta men on earth. Haw siiently, how siiently, The wondrous git is given! Sa Gad împarts ta human hearts The blessings aif gis heaven. No ear may hear Ris caming; But in this worid ai sin, Where meek souls wiil receive Hum, stil The dear Christ enters in. O Holy Child af Bethlehem, Descend ta us, we pray; Cast out aur sin, and enter-in; Be born in us to-day. We hear the Christmnas angels The great giad tidings tell; O came ta us, abide with us, Our Lard Emmanuel. Amen. P. Brooks, 1835-1893. Providence The aid schoalhouse at Provi- dence was packed Thursday night ta welcome Santa Claus and hear the annual Christmas concert pre- sentcd by the pupils. The teacher, Miss Edith Truli, had obviously spent much time caaching the pupils for their several periorin- aces showcd surprising "finish" in children sa young. About thir- ty separate numbers on the pro- gramn pravided diversity i the entertainient. Dialogues,. sangs and recitations were flawlessl3i perfarmed. When it came turne for Santa ta arrive excitement ran high. The aid soul was i a very joily mood that nlght; he had candies and gifla for everyane taken frain a glitterlng tree load- cd with presenta. Money raised from the successful pragrain went for achool purposes. Burketon Visitons: Mn. 'G. Aldrcd, Mr. M. Aldred and Miss R. Aldned, Little Bnitain, with Mn. A. Aldred's. ... Mn. and Mrs. D. Gatcheli, Bruce and Evelyn Stevenson, Oshawa, with Mrs. J. Gatcheli. .. Mn. Her- bent House, Oshaewa, et home.. Jin and Norm Glenny, Oshawa, et home. . . Miss Ethel Carter, Biackstack, et home. .. Pte. How- ard Gatcheil, Camp Borden, witli his parents . .. Mr. Ewart Breck in Toronto . . . Miss Betty Moi- fatt with fniends in Oshawa... Mn. B. Hendthorn in Toronto. .. Mn. Ross Aldned in Bawmanville. ..Mn. and Mns. G. Carnachen in Oshiawa. .. Mn. sud Mns. H. Ab- bott and famlily with friends in Oshawa... Misses Ruth sud Hazel Aldred sud Mr. A. Aidred in Lit- tic Bitain visiting iniends. Mn. Wallace Bneck is home 4 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE TEWM , lý i