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PAGE TWO THE CAI~ADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1942 Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which is Incorporated The Bowmanviiie News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 86 Year's Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durhamn County. Member fAudit Bureau iIiL S.~~P Canadian \IIIY Weekiy Newspaper <* ~ Association e Class A Weekiies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance. '2.50 a Year I the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. SmaII Town's Opportunity The war lias affected us in ail oui' waiks of life but inii 11 way perhiaps as miuch as iin the chiange it lias mnade iii our buviîig habits, a chiange -wlich cannot be other than benîe- ficial to the smiall toxvîî. For thue past several decades-iui fact since the arrivai of the automnobile-the genieral tenideiicx- across the country lias beeîî for people to see the large centres iii whicli to huv. Thus the crossroad village wvas I)assed by fioi the adjacent town Of tliree or four thousand, and as time -eut on the town ivas pas5.ed by for thue citv of ten or twenitv thou.sand with an ever in- creasiîîg teuidency to make frequent trips to the large cities for shopping there. But the war lias chang-ed ail that. Mr. and Mrs. Canada have now foulid that they must stay close to home iin order to save gasoline and rubber. Anîd so the home tow-ns of Can- ada are now sitting ini the driver's seat. People who have been iin the habit of goinîg ont of towiî for their home needs are goiîîg to think twice about those extra miles with tires SO scarce. Local stores xiii be looked over intentiy, and if they earîî the rîght to this business. they viii get it. This is tlîe small tow'n's opportunity to reacli tliose people who from habit have straped. to bring themn back and educate them into new habits for the future. Today is the small town's opportunity. It is giveui ai opportunity to.revivifv itself. The manner ini which it perforîns in war- time duty to the people of the surrounding. district viii be the yardstick bv whiclî its future xiii be measured in tlîe post-war years. Nazi Mentality PMe4 piereabouts, since the adveiît of Nazi prisoners of the officer class. have had opportunity of seeing themi occasionally as tliey corne to the local prison camp fresh from capture overseas and as sornetimes they are shifted to other quarters, march- ing in formation through the streets to the train. Then again tiiere have been the es- capes of the few, wlio have dodg-ed lere aînd there but who have. eventually, beeîî recap- tured and retîirned here. Ail contacts and observations have reveal- ed a saneiiess ini mental type. 0f the 700 odd within the wii'e. probably 95 per cent are between the ages of 18-28, whichi means that they have grown uip under Hitier's Nazi system froni ages 8 to 18 and thuis are tlîoroughiy besotted, mentally. with the Nazi philosophy. Thîev have heen bred anîd fed on cunning and have beeiî taughlt to ru withi the pack rathîeî thaiu to develop indi- vidual initiative. Alonie. on the loose, tlîey are iost as is pi-oxen by 100 per cent re- captures within wide open spaces where dwell the most unsuspecting peoples of the uni verse. Some fauit or sonie Bund friend trips them up simply because their '"super"' coin- piex l)reveilts them from seeing the obvious. And as is reeently disclosed ini the fighting on1 the Buî'ma front, the Ja1) partnei's of the Hui, disclose the same characteristies; in- dixiduallv. they are co\vards and helpless rnental' ii situations requiring alertiiess and initiative. Once intei'nal dissention sets in within the Axis borders, the w~lole rotten machine xiii collapse and these blind super- moles will be as hehpless as tlîey are hope- less. -V Ministerial Honesty to overhead ini the (04t of the finished pro- duct. 0f course, thii- iii tui-n wouid he l)aid ont of thle puiblic tI'eaSiu-y. in otimet' xoxds. out of the taxpayers poekets. More than that, officially, the Iettcî suiggesed turniig business in printing ovei' to the "nioi'ale" manî's fiî'm as additional revenuie for hlm. So it ail came out in the washi. It uvas maintained that answers by Miiiisters are often ex'asive and in this case downiriglit ini- accurate, to use a mild terni : fluat fh lu vioie deal wias a cover-up and flue Miister adnmit- ted it. -V Take Care of Children T1hîe urueatest national asset of thîis or aux- otlîeî civilized country is its youngei' gen- eratioîî, its chiidî'eîî if yo-o wishi. We shoid be readv to adnmit that evemi in peacefiniîe iv-e have flot done alxve could or shîould iii respect of our national mesponsibilities for children, parficuiariy those xvhom ve fterni 'uîîiderprixý-ileed" and the terni seemus nild indeed as measured against our peinrious attitude toîvard fhousands of littie oues dur- ing the long~ depressiouî. W~e caminot deny, eveiu privateiy to ourseives that ive failed them. We provided courts for delinmqueuts amnd schloois for correctioni but, on the dole as tlîousands uere. crime incneased among ju- xeniles. Nowu witiî a xvar on ive are falliîng downuîin our respoîîsibilîties to cuildren i e-%en more alarming, degree. Fatîmers aîîd mothers have-e one into industies. curn-- ag-ed by the goxernmnent to do so, but tiat selfsamie goxernimenf lias negiected its duity i respect to thousauîds of childreîî left un- eau-ed for. mallv "on flue loose" at home and after sehiool. The resuit lias beeuî an enormous imîcîease iin jux-enile crime anîd de- iinquency, as Iigli as 60 per cent iii soniîe conmmunities and aimost ex-ery coiumînity- is tius~ afflicted. Sometliiingo must be doue and Thue States- man dlaimis that is is a national.,mot a pr'o- x-îumiai ou- municipal esponisibiliify. 'fle do- milion goxernment ought. without dehay. to set up a national board xvhicl in iitru shîouid org-anize regionai conmittees to supervise anîd came for xvhat we hiave ateil- created, et us say alimost "street waifs" aîd authorif y shouid be so wi'de thiat parents eau be cou- trofled and i many cases. withdm'aw-î fronu industries. Tlieme 's fahk of creeches and so forth, but no stop-gYap mefhods wxill suffice. Them'e xi no doubt be objectionus about "jiumisdictioîî" but w-e say tiîat a govemu- ment that eail"ukase" oxer prov'imncial iaws in estabiisingi. a 40 mi.p.hi. speed iaxvcau, by- tue saine foken, egisiate, natiomiaihy, iii flhe case of chihdren. Let uis act xithout de- lay. v Beef Supply and Prices Appa'euîtl - w-e are mot out of the woods yet iii egaî'd to the reeit beef slîotagçe. Thue situmationu lias eased somew-hat simîce the current U.S.A. quota lias beeîî fille'd, but ex- peu-fs now- adx-ance ueasons foi' tîeir fears fhat the situation wilget steadiiy worse. Tuhe claimî is made that present prices to the produicer are better thami at amis- tue silice 1922, save for a brief period in i929. but uithi Donîald Gordon hîoldinîg the reinîs oui tume pmice ceiling and the goverimînemît e- fraining from an expomt embargo, what flhe ionug range outcome wiii be is a uatter for conjecture. Bilyers point to somne of the foi- loxing, factors ms affectîngy the situation. Tliey show wxith no fear of comtradiction tliat iucreased militarx- establishmenîts meaîî higier cousumption of beef ini army camps; that ail pork produets must go overseas for ouîr British contmact of 600,000,000 is iii prospect of faiiing, hence more b-ef is iin de- niand domesficaiiy; that grass fed cattie xvon 't reach nmarkets for some timne: flat ianubs canîuot be expected iii volunme tilI about September. anud iii thie iieantiîne. onIi veai caives -are arriviîîg i voume at the stock yards. Cooler stocks hiave beconie de- pleted anud metail butciers are turning to lo- cal slaiiîglteritig. Tuiemi agaimi. sonie fear. xitlî submiamine activities ini the south At- lantie. the eau xxill coue for Caiada to ship beef to Bmitain. As ail shoppers iocally kiiow,' tiere lias been a sîortag-e of beef cuts and iii some cases mniy people, comumug late to retail stores hîave had to ieax-e withiout beef or acctept suintituites. Retail orders on some davs iatel3- have faiied of fulfilmient b3- as higlu as 751 per cent. Aîîd the samne situatioiu existed iast xveek in the butter mîarket. A checkup b3- our reporter found a total of 550 l)s. of butter ordered amîd oni3 7-5 ibs. ship- ped. These are but txxo commodities that hiave corne to attentionu locaux-. There ma3- lie others and no doubt tuhe factors govern- in-g the condition are nationialini character. If so, it is somethiiig for coîîference and so- lution without d'eiay. "Alil For One.. Tiat Canadians might betteru nderstand the real spirit of tue American people w'e pul) Iii t hîs eitoarial fmom Tlîe Virgrinia oi)ute-guîiai'ded inainufaefum'iîîg secr'ets camne ouf iii flic pmocess. As a niattex' of fumt, niany -inîdustries hav'e shared desiguîis anid patentfs essenfiai f0 vic- foi'y productionî. Like flic mest of flic coumu- fr3 - they 'me workinog lard and %vorkiiig fto- C"et ier. FIFTY YEARS AGO From The Canadian Statesman, May 18, 1892 Mapie Grove: M. Munday and A. Folcy selected, in Toronto, a ncw library for the Sunday School. . . . Some sneak thief stole a set of harness from Wes. Oke. Solina: Enfieid Divýision, 40 sfrong, visit cd here Friday. ... Wes. Brooks leaves for England this weck. . . . Counillor Pascoe and Miss Eliza Pascoe accompan- ied Mrs. Edwand Pascoe f0 To- ronto wheme she had an eye op- erat ion. Newcastle: Robt. Beifh, M.P., wifh Hon. D. C. Fraser, M.P. from New Glasgow, N.S., visifed here. Mn. Fraser stands 6' 3" and wcighs 300 lbs. . . . Mrs. J. Waibridge leff for Engiand. Enniskillen: Miss Hoskin, Town, is visiting here. . .. Pleascd f0 sec Miss Grace and Mns. Henry Rogers back affer the iatter's '11 ness. . . . Drs. P. N. Davy and silver medaiist A. S. Tiiley made cails fhrough fthe district. Orono: C. J. Thornton, Enter- prise, is soon f0 become a ceaident of our town. . . . H. H. Powens, Elîzabethville, visited Simon Pow- ers. . . . Mrs. A. L. Gamsby has had a serious relapse. Edifoniai: "What with gerry- manders, boodlism, and a parti- zan judiciany, the ciectors of thîs country are lit tic better than dumb dogs; the governmenf, gen- craliy, clects ifs own men and ought f0 pay election expenses." IUndcr "Caffle Prices" the editor discusses bof h Chicago and Bni- tish prices and proves thatf farm- crs oughf f0 get more money. Locals: Mrs. Jno. Bray, En- field, is guesf at Lomne Villa.... Sam Barker, a graduate of Pcth- ick's tonsoniai parlors, has securcd a job in Toronto.'. .. Norman Tii- icy, Toronto, was home on Sun-- day. Born: May 9th, a daughfer f0 Mm. and Mms. S. Trevail, Darling- ton. Dicd: May l3fh, at Newcastle, Ann Storey, wif e of Wm. Bell, age 79. Gamsby, Eiza Ann, wife of L. A. Gamsby, at Orono, May l5fh. May l4th, in Dariington, Rosanna, wifc of the late David Sftevens, agcd 80. Mrs. Annie Barr wrifes: "I have used Hagyard's Yellow Oul for my chiibiains and it curcd fhem." Ouch! (The patent medicine era). TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO From The Canadian Statesman, May 24, 1917 Front page picf une of Dr. Jno. Hoskin, K.C., Hon. Coi., 235th Bat t., is accompanied by group picture of the negulan officers, in- ciuding that of a thin junior with an anaemic mustache, the Capf. Quarfermastcr, who, to-day, stout and grcy, is the editor of The Stafesman. Apnil 26, 1917, the unit poceded overseas. Lieut. Elton R. Hughes writes a front page vivid account of the faking of Vimy Ridge. The Mitchell Advocatc gives an account of the memorial service hcld May 6th for the lafe Capf. W. G. Butson, former mathema- ficai master at B.H.S., who fell af Vimy Ridge. Wartimc prices af McMurtry's: White sugar, 22 hbs. $1.99; table butter 42c lb.; pork sausage 2 lbs. 38c; bacon 34c lb.; Norsc sardines 2 fins 34c; canned fomafoes, 2 cans for 37c. Locals: D. M. Tod, Oshawa, is President of the Dominion Bak- crs' Ass'n. . . . Capf. W. J. Hoar, 252nd Batt., Lindsay, was home... Congrats f0 Miss Madeline Ste- phens, daughfer of Gco. A. Ste- phens. Deputy Reeve, on passing her 2nd ycar cxams wifh finst class honors at Toronto Universi- ty. . .. Sgt. Major Roy E. Werny, son of Luther Wery, fommerly of Solina, has carncd the degree of B.C.L. af McGill University, pre- sentcd "in absentia." ... Congrats: Honors f0 J. Ross Sfutf in final exams af the College of Phan- macy, Toronto. Honor Roll: Prisoner of war: Pte. Chas. Venning, Cartwright. Killed in action: G. Eldridge, J. W. Garrow, M. W. McLcan, E. A. Bats, A. T. Morris, R. H. McGiil, A. F. King, of this district. Wound- ,ed: J. A. Living, T. Gibbs. Gas poisoning: M. F. Harland, Han- mony. Died: May l9th, Geo. Leask Sr., at Leaskdale, aged 96. Enniskillen: Visitons, Mrs. C. J. Pascoe at F. W. Lee's; Mn. and Mrs. Norman James and f amiiy, Miss Marion VanNest and Miss Nora Werny at A. J. Werry's; Miss Irene Bray at Dr. Slemon's. Choice potatoes at $4.25 per bag at R. Snowden's. (Wartime). Solina: Anniversary concert by Misses, Elena Murdock, Toronto, Reta R. Cole, Bowmanvilie, and Lazelle Brown, Hampton... Chas. Scoft's barn was burned f0 the ground, origin unknown. Hampton: League was address- cd Friday by Hilton Peters on the book, The Emergency in China. . W. Burnetf, Markham, was at M. B. Crydcrman's. 1 Darlingfon: Mrs. Thos. Srnow- den af Howard Foley's... Annie Holt was home.... Pte. Jas. Ab- ernethy, Convalescent Hospifal, Kingston, at home. . . . At Base Line anniversary, Mn. Frank Wal- fer was soioisf accompanied by Miss Muriel Penfound. Striking Moral. In Munitions Plant The coming of spring and visif of General Marshall f0 Brif n heraid the approach of an ail-ouf offensive. Reporfedly new fronts will open up and the ensuing con- flict and destruction wiii mean thaf wold decisions will be wrif- ten with the llfe-blood of millions of men. The price wiil be worth if oniy if the end is total victory. Our at- facking forces in the Southern Pa- cific and Europe must be backed up by an ail-ouf offensive at home. We necd if af once, start- ing with the living habits of every man and woman at home, on fl-c. job, in the office, and factory, on on the farm. Canadians know whnt fhey au-c fighting ngainst; they don't want a ule of hafe and fear; they risc up at the spectre of national greed sfaiking acmoss the face of the globe. But the attack f0a be total miust include an ail-ouf offensive on these same forces within our borders. Is the way wc are living wonf h the lives thaf have been and wiii be sacrificed? Such an off ensive on the home front gives the ordinary man his supreme chance. Take Joe for iin- stance. He's an ondinary feliow, who happens f0 be a machine maintenance chief in a big mu- nitions plant. His job is two-fold.1 He has f0 stop friction in the ma- chines-yes-buf he niso has fa stop friction bcfween his meni which, he says, is offen the worst bottleneck in production. But Joe was convinced that bottlenecks can be broken. The chance f0 demonstrate this came one day when one of Joe's nighf shif t men put away in his tool box a master link that lue had taken ouf of a beif which needed tightening up. The sudden urgent need f0 replace this link came up next day and Joe was faced with the need to break into George's fool box. III knew he would he angny," said Joc, "but you can't hold up production be- cause a feliow locks his kif up." Joe was righf. Nothing wouid pacify George when he found ouf thaf his box had been broken into. He 'phoned Joe at midnight f0 demand instant explanation and action. Looking back at the inci- dent Joe said, If was af that point thaf this situatiort became a bofticneck. Plainiy if would be a source of friction or the chance f0 enlist George f0 do a job that wns away above his own feelings. My finsf inclination was fa fine hlm if he kept on bothening me. But George was an excellent womkman and I nealized that he was taking fthe incident so senlous- ly becaue he had some personni iii feelings. Obviously he wasn'f thinking of the vital need f0 keep production going." The nesuit was that when Joc saw George he explained thaf this was lis oniy nenson for brcaking into flue tool box. He got him f0 sec that insistence on personal righf s at the expense of the nation was sheer sabotage. "You should have seen the way his attitude changed," said Joe. "He came oven and shook me by Soldiers' Letters Engiand, April, 1942 Dear Mr. James: 1 arn asking for a short space in your good paper to try to thank ail the clubs and organizations in Bowmanviie who are doing so much for us over here. We are ail so very grateful to the Lions, the Rotary, the Trinity Church W.A., the Girls' Club, the women's club of which Mrs. Lyte Wilson I think is president, the Goodyear Recreation Club, the Salvation Army and the town of Bowmanville. We over here realize how hard you must ail be working to make this our final victory-to be the war to end ail wars. Let us hope it does turn out so. With the help of God we will do our utmost for a victory. You ail carry on the good work you are doing. The boys are ail so thankful to you. When you are away from home for so long it is reaily nice to know that there are stili 50 many people back. there so solidiy be- hind us. Jerry has been very quiet the last whiie. I guess the Russians are giving him about ail he can handie. Cheerio for now. Best of iuck to you ail. Thanks a million for everything. Carry on. Cpi. McKnight, W. J. R., C6078, D Coy., H.P.E. Regt., Canadian Army Overseas Here i, the first letter sent by Lieut. Wm. G. James to his par- ents since his arrivai overseas: Canadian Army Ôverseas, April 21, 1942 Dear Folks: Well here we are in dear old England with the mist and the fog and the rain Security prevents me fromn saying much about our trip over and where we are but I can stili give you some details. Our trip over was a regular pleasure cruise and for a wonder, 1 didn't feed the fishes. One day shortiy after we lef t it was ex- ceptionally rough and I didn't feel so good but after that my worries were over. The weather was perfect most of the time but we did have a couple of rough days when you would see the sky for one minute and the next you would be at the bottom of a tow- ering wave. There was scarcely a day went by that we didn't have some excitement just f0 keep our nerves on edge. Accommodations on board the ship were super. Our ship, an Engiish one, has yet to be con- ýverted into a troop ship so that the hand. 'I'm sorry I got sore,' he said. 'I guess I would have done the same as you.' He's one of the besf feiiows I have working for me mow," conciuded Joe. "We know each other better, he feels he's getting a square deal, and we're both puiling together for the country." we had ail the comforts of the boat the same as in peacefime. The food was marvehlous and I think I gained about 10 lbs jusf on the trip over. On board we had a number of English airf once with whom we joined forces f0 make our trip more enjoyable. Wc aiso had the honour of having a British Ad- mirai wîth us. We wcnc certainly pieased with our first sight of the British Isies. We came up one of the great nyv- ers in the nonth and wonderful scenery on both sides. The colours of the countryside were beautiful. After staying on board ship for a couple of days we were finaily moved off and aften iding al night and part of the next day we arnived in camp (censored) affen we left Camp Borden we arrived in oun camp in England. And what a camp! The camp here on first appear- ance looks more like some univer- sity than a military camp. Ail over the place the grass is green and thene are about 40 playing fields. Our barracks are large brick houses with about 12 rooms, each noom wif h a finepiace and large bay windows. Thene arc two officers in each rooma but fhcy are so large that 10 could casily be accommodated. Outside the house there is a lovely hedgc cnclosing a spacious lawn and several f how- cm beds. The mess is about the size of B.H.S. and is very comfortabic. A numben of the permanent staff officers sleep there. The men's quartens arc brick buildings and are quite large for the number of men in each. We heard a lot of rumors on the way over about the scarcity of food in England but since then we have found that fhis oniy applies f0 civilians. The army food so fan has been very good. 0f course wc don'f get much variety but ithere is pienfy f0 caf if your appetite isn't f00 big. The weather has been fairhy good so fan with a heavy f og and a slight drizzle foday but other than that we can't kick. Our address is No. 3 C.A.C.R.U. Canadian Army Overseas. So starf the letters rolling. We won't be getting any Icave for a month or so but we are only about an hour ouf of London 50 wc can go up there for weekends. I am going f0 buy a bicycle as they arc a great money saven and our camp 15 50 spread ouf you need one f0 get around. I forgot f0 mention thaf the camp was built under Home Bciisha's army programme. This is the fif th time that I have been intcrruptcd in this lett cm. This time if was dinner followed ,by a stage show put on by a troupe fnom London. If was very good. The latest jokc: Have you seen the Scotchman in London looking for the frce French iass? Well I arn afraid that is about ail I can nememben for now. Love, Wili P.S. In addressing mail speil ouf the words as they tell us here if helps f0 gef mail quicker. Ad- dness: No. 3 Canadian Armoured Corps, Reinforcement Unit, Can- adian Army Overseas. E In The Editor's Mail 6060 Stony Island Ave. Chicago, Ili. Dean George: I nrrived back in the "Big Town" May 3rd. I anu much better than wlucn I last wrote you. We arc having neai spring like weath- cm, lots of sluowers, and I hope fo be able f0 enjoy the park across the way from where we live. I was shocked f0 rend of '% pnssing of Malcolm Gnlbr*.u was certainly a fine fello X~met hlm in Bowmanvilic sevemal years ago and hnd a nice visit with him. Was aiso glad f0 rend of Albert Eliiott's Drug Store in Fort Erie. I was in school with himi and ne- member lim as a very bashful boy. Have off en wondemed where lue located. I doubt if I shahl visit Bowman- ville this summen, 50 many re- strictions on travel. Mns. Winfenboftam (Cassie Rus- sel) is scniously 111 in Evansfon Hospital. I hope f0 visit hiem this wcek. I amn not able f0 do as much wam work as I would like fo, but have a young soldier motherless whom I am trying f0 mother by wrifing and sending littie giffs f0. He is in the canal zone now. Picase send my papen f0 Chi- cago addness. I do miss if so, if I luappen f0 miss one. Allie Welsh Shantz ALL FOR SHORT SERMONS (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Wc used f0 fhink that preachers ought f0 be urged fo hold down their Sunday messages f0 not more than fwenty minutes. We are now just as much as ever of flue opinion thaf sermons, f0 be most effective, should be concise and f0 the point. But we are not sure that the present day busy preacher has sufficient fime at his disposai f0 prepare a short message. To present a real mes- sage in a quarter houn, means thonough preparation. If takes a lot of fime. The speaker has f0 know thoroughly what hie is talk- ing about. Recent experiences have impnessed that conclusion upon us. Wc heard a fine sermon iately on "the Prodigal Son" that was pointed, brief and challeng- ing. If was given in fiffeen min- utes, and yet if stnuck us that if must have faken exceptional time and study in prepanation. On an- othen necent occasion we saf in af the opening exencises of a church meeting when the leader spoke for thnee minutes and his words have been ringing in our mind ever since. Thaf three min- ute address was one of the best sermons we have heardinya RED CROSS SUPPLIES d FROM ONTARIOS INDUSTRIESf- THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION 0F ONTARIO *ý - '4 - ' - -~, ~-~.-~-- - N THE DIM AND. DISTANT PAST From The Statesman Files PAGE TWO THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1942 THE C"ADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO