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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIOTHRDYDEMER0,14 Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER lVith which is Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 86 Year's Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau,, of C ircltios 1 I Canadian iir <* Weekly' Newspapers Association f Class A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly ini advanee. $2.50 a Year ini the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor...... Social Security In Canada We were pl'eased to sec Premier G. D. Conant issue a stafemieîi on the Beveridge Report as the basic pîîrpase of the Beveridge plan will uîîdoubtedliv conimienci itself to most Caîîadiaiîs as a prograin that should be adopted ini Canada. Aiflionglli a relafivelv lîigl degree of social seeurity lias been achieved in, Ontario, the extension of social services is mnost desir- able. The welfare and conifort of citizenis ini need of assistance on accont of excep- ionai, nfortutuate or unavoidable eireumii- stances should be our, first consideration. Everything huinanly possibîle must bic donc ho abolisb want and povertv. Social services in Canada have hecome complîeated and confused because they have been instiluted and are adrniniistcred bv heu jurisdietions,-the Dominion and ine pr~o- vinces. VUlder a sehieme suclu as the Bev- eridge report reconînends, uniform and ade- quate social securifv for the entire population of the nation is attainable. The plan outlined b.v the Beveridge report sbould lie a national iiinderfaking. To fliat end Onfario îvill cooperate fa the limit of the resoîirces and juirisdiction of the Pro- vince lîy adjusting constitutional difficulties and ohrie stateci Premier Canant. V_ Save The Scrap There 's one perenîi.al topie that The Statesmnan ma 'v caim ta bave helped ta in- augcurale. mmcl that is, salvage. with partie- ular enmplasis on serapiron. But we have had litile ta sa.v about thec malter of late. We kîiow- an(l everyone kuows that there ave scores of tons stilil ling unitouched in this eontv. The mcei and women wlio have voluntarily lieaded the saivagye drives de- serve the higbest of credit for they have done gvreat work. The publie, genierall. of course are willing to contribute ta flic limit but fliere bas been no real plani nor support from flhe governmeiit fo achieve flicir pro- fesscd desire ta gel ail flic scrapi)in Canada. There are hioarders of scrapiroiî bere- abouts w'bo denmand flîcir cash price or tlîey won't play bail iin Ibis war. There are stili on the outskirls of tlic hown thc tali fowers of CKGMW. uiiused and rusting, which this paper brouilit fo flic aftention of the g-ov- ernmenif fine afler time. There wcre fthc Oshiawa streef ear' tracks. Goverimeîmt spokesmiei said, "if's no uise. it's foex- pensive ta take thîcm up". But tluev bave licen takemi up aind aI sinall expense. Soon tbev uvii lie made iîîto gunis and war vcliieles. Gcuerally, flie salvage businecss stili iacks dr-ive anîd directfion. We 're a long wvay fromn an "ail-ot" effort but Offawa spokcsmn stili differ iin fheir officiai inter- pretatioîi. We find Harry Carmiebaci, production chief, claimiing publiiy. tiiat we must save and salvage "fractions of oiîeces" of our metls iii order fa iiîIbis war. We find Hon. Mr. Howc spcaking aI flic Torontfo Cai- adian Club ini supremne enlogyv of our "ail- ouf" effort and Mr. Kinîg repcating tlic sbop- worn "comparisons iii termis of UT.S.A. populaftion" aI flicNew 'York 1Pilt-ri.mns' Club. And on flic west coasf, Dec. 4, F. B. Kilbourn, federal steel confroller, advised salvage au- thorifies that flic steel siiortage is iiot so acufe that il vihli e necessarv fa mneit dowîi iroîî railiîîgs, and feîîces around government properfies ont fhîcre. Tt seenus we reniember the King, and Quicen doîîating the irouî feuices aroind Buckîmghîan Palace foir the w-au'cf- fortf. We offer mna apologies inii aiiiuî e- ferriiîg to Canada's salvage mieanderiuigs. signe, claiming fliaf le was nat alloweà f0 translate the ideas impiied by Select jvc 5cr- viee anlfluIgements juta flic facfs of ef- ficient orýganizatiofl. Hon. Huimphrey 'Mif<'hicli, Mii ster of Labor, dlaims that Mr. Little u'alteilfa l)C a <'dictator" of manpower, aîîd implies Ibat everythizW je going on weil. Ordinarv Can adiauîs. fa rmers, workiuug mîeuu and b;usiuessmen, kuiow fhuat thiîngs are fai' fmom safisfatom'Y, alliaul1lhe., Inay ual kuîow- exactlv lmow nuneli truillu flîre is in',\r. Liffie 's stateneuit, or Mir. Mitcelel 's. Farueu's kuiow- fliaf flicPr'ime Miiiistem' s assum'aumce, nionfhs ago, thaI no morau'bhle- lîadiedumiemn sliouid lic taken frouin lue agi-- cui4fltmm Iimdsuv ia1smot îeeuu faliow-ed in t lic spimi.-evcni if flic letter lias been ad- lieued ta. Civ people kio. tima eficoflY, have tb uvalk dowiiflue stu'cct b know il.-thuat tiliosamids of able-bodied workcm's au'e sf111 (loi.mnioui-esseifiai w'ork, whiiie fli army fîîu'es anid soniîe esseîifial industries are sihort of mmei. Tlîcre is a peenliai' contrat betweeu the. lnorouis liandliug of Selpecive Service and flic geuicraiil- vigorons and effeetive admin- istr'ationî of flic Wartimne Prices and Trade Board. If iinigitlue suîpposed tIbaf, imasmuchu as ftle latter deais with nione¶- amd business, and thie former uiflimen and w-oneî, flic formier is miore explosive politicaiiv,. Buit lucre is nuo sound Justificafion for suchil a feeliiuîg. Tu tis malter, as in others. flue people of Canîada hiave siiownu in flic cleai-est m'ax- thaItlhev favor effective and vig-orous nicasures as ag(aimîsl iueffctivc and fcuiporiziug mies. The Houi. HIliiiplirev Mitchell eau liesh .iusfif flic posifionu lie lias tak-en iii fuis niattem', by sceiuîg ta ift tit Seleefive Ser- v'ue docs (do tiio-e figs uvuicheicami- iiouimcemenl ciaimcd fiat if w-old (do. Dodging Miitary Service LasI w-cek 's Ariiprior Clronicle cau'ried amu editorial notiiug flat farmers and farmcm's' sons had reccived warniuug Ihat posîponle- mientl of defeuise ser'vice foi' fli sous had enud- cd. Il fieui stated thiat there iad been "cleatiiig, sfudicd evasiomu of the regula- tious providiiig fou' caunpuilsorv- defeuise ser- vice. Most evcryouie kiuows of farmeu's' sans ,v'ho ruslîed ta flic cities ta work ii w-au' plants for liglu wages or la fili licheJob left bY sanie lersomi. wluo lîad gouue ta flic war plants aund tliu.wlien flic cal f service for defeuîse seenîed uuiavoidabie, w-ere iin a greaf- cm' iuurY fagel back la flue protection of flic fam'm. Thue farm uîeedcd fluem so lîuch 11ev lauided lîack evemi hen'heiîficlamvest %vas over afler 'dad' liad donc a sweil job of saving flic grainu la feed Eur'ope and flue Canadians of flic armied forces w-ho liad voluumulercd for' service." We blave heard of similar cases iii Ibis distr'ict w'lere lhey have done evcry-tîi.mug- possible ta avoid enlistimig, cveii ta appeahing. fa thîeiî' uemenber of pau'iiamnîcu ansd agri- cultumral represemtatives ta actualîx- lic for then. I w-as bo deal w'ilh cases suclu as tbis Ibaf Nationial Sclectiv-e Service was braughlif inta opcîafion-to -ef every manu ta work w'bere luis services could lie uosl advantagcoîisl used tofafrfhîer flic war effort. Tlîeuu lucre are aller yaung men ii ow'n w-ho are wiing fao enlist but tbey are s0 fied ta tlîeim' motlîcr's apran strings tlicy ]lave g-iven in ta their molher's sentimental whliniperinigs and are working ii mnitionî planits or ofluers in non-essenhial jobs. Evcry tune tîese lads sec anc of their farimer pals iin uniformn tliy feel guilly fluati noheu's liffle boy will mever lie a mamn unlil lie fo frets imta uuiform. vý Observations and Opinions Some rat epayers ar'e asking if flue expense of au election was jusfified whcn oniy amie ehlie w'ys made lu thîccunil board. A new- gaoermumemu order came juta effcct Dec. 7, uppiîîgflic working hours of civil service employecs at Ottawa one hour longer la 7 1-2 hours daily. One w'onders wbah would bappen fa flic folks bock home if tbey adopfed similar hoiurs. Total subseripîlouis la the Third Victory Loan excceded $970,000,000, aund rcturns ini- dicale fluaI individual subseriptions number- cd 1,900,000 - or anc ont of six of Canada's total populationu. Tbc w'ay w'e arcegoinug fa act îamorrow de- penids oui flicw-ay we t hiîîk faday. For il is fliaugluts fhiat begef deeds. Kcep your fliukiumg ail a ligli plane, and flic warld will fiuid iffle fatiîf wilhu yaur mitions. Indeed, i ill -Imise up ta cali voni blcssed. Pu'cdictiois fhiaf tii-c and gas 'estrictions w'ould ev'emiuall.v licerease refail sales ai sunal fowîu stores are bein-g fulfilicd aud the tr-end is likeiv ta iierease, according h, o a survey made by Westerun New'spapci' Union. More flian 80 per centi of flic nation 's vhiole- sale grocers sud drnggists thiîîk Ibat refail sales lu Ibese lhues bave increased iiismaller centres since tires wveue rahioued. About 63 per cent put flic increase aI from 10 per cent ho 25 per cenit; anoflier 22 per cent of tbem tbink sales are up as mucli as 50 per cenit. Because of thaf, adds the survey re- port, small fow'u stores arc impraving flicir stocks and will continiue ta imprave as out- lets. Here's am itiem John C. Kirkwood liad lu Marketing which is furîber proof we don'h know' bow flic aller haîf of the w'orid ]ives: Humauu wants iin a city as big as New York have led ta flic provisiauu of suclu commnercial services as Ibese: flic packiîug and unpack- miug of persoual luggage; fakiug pet dogs for a waik; readiuîg ta sick folk; escort sud guilde and personal shopping service; ar- rangiîîg a "parfy"; flic opeîiîîg aud closing of homes; amraîugin ui iîuuug trips, suppiy- iug gardencu's; supplyimig lack-uiuinbem' uîag- azies; prepariuug docrs fou' sliowýitiL, at dog shows; suppiyving animais oui a reuilal basis; pmoviding couses li p'u'soualitu' and ehiarui; tu'a(kinL, downuuusiî. luuslaîds. Thme fore- gaiug listiug of s ercalsivices coîid lie fu'ehled. Truulv, meniandiiw'omeuu - w'fhu inauîey sud lazÎness - auceuvrk-multipliers. - - - - - - - - - - - IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST From The Statesman Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO From The Canadian Statesman, December 13, 1917 Ebenezer: Saturday was a rea blizzard and no mistake! Sunda: found roads heaped in spots. Wir fer has corne in real earnest.. S. S. Brooks beld a live pigeai shooting match. Cecil Wordei was high gun for the occasion.. Miss Lillie Parsons bas complete( her course in dressmaking ii Bowmanville. Enniskillen: jas. Moorey ha! purchased a Paîhephone... . AI mer Herring, refused exemptior stands in a class by himself as a] the other young men in this vicini. ty have been exempted. If woulî appear 10 be a misforlune in thesE limes not 10 be a farmer's son Almer's smiling face and genial manner wi1l be missed at "ThE Farmers' General" where he haE been for 8 years. Hoskin Smith, son of Nelson Smitb, is his suc- cessor. . .. Women's Pahriotic Lea- gue decided 10 have a "sock day' when every family is at least ex- pected 10 give the yarn for the socks and the yarn knitted intc socks, and not f0 stop at one pair but as many as possible. Deatb: Awde-At Tyrone, Dec. 101h, John Awde, aged 86 years. Ernest John Wilson goltbtree years in Kingston penitentiary fou bigamy. He was married 10 Miss Winnie Goodman of Hampt on, on June 1l, 1917, aI Philadeiphia. Soldier's Letter Prince Rupert, B.C. 26 il1[42 Dear George: The label tells me that the "weekly letter fromn home" may be suddenly cul off withouh this enclosure. That would be tragedy indeed. Apart fromn the news in your sheet, I have corne ho the conclu- sion Ihat your editorial page is amongst the hest in Canada. We should be able ho pass an opinion on that subject, as during the past two years we have had the oppor- tunity of reading a lot of hhem, from coast 10 coast. Keep up the good work; il may seem discour- aging at limes, but the fact that we frequently see The Statesman quoted in other newspapers indi- cales Ibal your paper is making an impression. Il is a fact, that more people are going in for serious tbinking these days than ever before. Truc, no one knows what we may have to go through yet before we write finis to Ibis war, but that aI ils wox4st can'I equal the calamihy of a peace, or living condition§, on Ibis old earth afterwsrds, whicb leaves a vestige of excuse for an- other war. Selfisbness, greed, avarice, and indifference must be eradicated, and il can only be done by educalion, in other words, by making people hhink. There the power of the newspaper is tops, so Bowmsnville and viciuity should be happy to know their newspsper is in the bands of someone who has the gift as well as the inclination. If I might venture to ask for one favor, il would be Ibis, "Don't leI the community forget their boys on the wesî coast." In many wsys, life bere for soldiers is barder than in England, particu- larly so when every man signed up for service anywhere in the world, and Ihrougb no fault of bis own finds hîmself sbunted about from post 10 post. The excitement and patb 10 glory, some of the boys may have expected on en- listment, seems 10 be absent here; neverhheiess tbe job is just as im- portant as any being done by any British soidier anywbere. "Mono- tony is a dull companion." Sincerely yours, J. C. Gamey. A man was a witness in a hog- stealing case. He seemed 10 be stretching a point or two in favor of the accused, and the prosecuf- ing attorney roared: "Do you know the nature of an oalh?" "Sure." "Do you know you are not 10 bear false witness against your neiebbor?" "I'm nol bearin' false witness agin bim. I'm bearin' false witness for bim.". FIIFTY YEARS AGO k, From The Canadian Statesman December 7, 1892 al Among the West Durbam boys ly ataiuing prominence away from i- home listed Ibis week were: Stalesman Office graduates - nEdwin Wescott, foreman of the nopsn ' room ofthTono compy ong IhA. eToromn-o ager of the prinfiug department In of the Acme White Lead & Color Works, Detroit, wbich position lie is held unt il his death a few years ago; J. H. Keely witli a New York '.City publishing bouse. ,J. D. Hogarth, principal of Pub- lic School af Norwich. ;e Rev. M. R. Talling, B.A., pastor of Sf. James Presbyterian Churcb, îLondon. e Prof. Charles Ruse of Hampton, ýs choirmaster of Broadway Taber- 1nacle, Toronto. Charles. T. Paul, principal Meisfercraft Scbool of Languages, Toronto. ,e Thos. F. Perkin, graduafe of 0 B.H.S., principal of Moorefield rPublic School. He lafer becanue a denfisf and practiced on Bloor Street, Toronto, until he passed -away a few years ago. e T. H. Lockhart, with fthc Christ- rian Guardian staff, Toronto. s Luther Norman Hogarthi, L.D.S., practicing in Rochester, N.Y., who lafer moved f0 Detroit, Midi., and is sti11 a Denture Specialist iu thaf City. Hiram Burk. farming on a large scale at Indian Head, N.W.T. Frank Consaul is a bookkeeper un Brockporf, N.Y., aud Chiarles Nichols with fthe New York Cent- ral Railway iu the same town. Wedding notices include John Stacey sud Miss Janet Boyce, Bowmanvilie, sud Orneldo Turn- er of Woodstock and Miss Eva Beer, Orono. Joe Hess, fthe reformed pugilisî, turued evangelist, lecfured two evenings in the Town Hall. He always drew a crowd, sud on bofli appearances was inveigled int an argument witli a local liquor deal- er, named Tuff, wbicb caused mingled feelings of mirîli, sympa- fhy sud disgust. Misses Bertha Sherin, Lottie Brimacombe, Mosette James. Mrs. T. E. Higgiuboîham, Miss M. E. H-igbet, M.A., and Messrs. Norm- an Sherin, Fred McCluug sud Ernie Srosier attended the Con- versaI and Promenade af Ontario Ladies' College, Wbitby. The Blackstock correspondent reports lively meetings of the Sons of Temperance on Friday nigbts, sud drunken orgies arouud the hotels, in the same paragrapli. Rev. A. J. Harvey Strike was conducting a Hymnology Service aI the Salem Cburcb on Sunday. Whaf a sonorous voice that popu- lar minister had! Thomas Kirkpatrick was sf iii feaching af Maplé Grove sud T. Franklin Wright aI Mt. Carswell. A man wbo falis for soft soap is soon wasbed Up. Loving-kindness is greater than laws; sud the charities of life are more than ail ceremonies-Tal- mud. Would you be exempt from un- easiness; do nothing you know or even suspect is wrong.-Rules of Life. Young men with a taste for adventure---and a yen to pin Hitler's ears back-have a new career awaiting them in R.C.A.F. air crews. RC.A.F. tiaining in Canada is expanding C steadily. More planes, more schools, more -Cnda instructors are now avoUlable. At present Nr. applications are being accepted for air crew W O MEN TO O-I.ob at .C.A.F. Recruiting Centres Ilroughout "hat men my fiY -- C anada.a ian w om en f l 7l . w~ Canda.vial jobs i he RCA.F Womens Division, re- If you are physically fit, mentally alert, leasing nmen for air crew dattes. Recruits are over 171/2 and flot yet 33, you are eligible. needed, cge 18 ta 40, physically fit, with at If you are over 33, but have exceptional icosi High Schol ienirooce. Many Useful and qualfictios, yu my aîli e cnsier- fascinaohog jobs owait you. Na experience need. qualfictios, yu my sill e cnsier- ed. The Air Force wii train you quickiy ta talcs ed. Lack of formai education is no longer your place wiiii Canadas olrwomen. FuU in, a bar tp enlistment. formation autoy SC.A.F. ltecruuting Cenfis or wnite oddress beinw for bookief. ROYAL CANAJANAI R FORCXd.E AIR1CREW For illustrated booklet giving full information Write: Director of Manning, R.C.A.F., Jackson Building, Ottawa, or the nearest of these R.C.A.F. Recruiting Centres: Vanouvr, algryEdmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, North Bay Windsor, odn ajtz Vcinauvr, algry, Toronto, Ottawam, Montreal, Quebec, Moncton, .Lndn Halifaxm SECURITY... FOR THE PEOPLE... B Y THE PEOPLE L.-U4RX tion with bundreds of other boys, leaving for somewbere overseas. 2On tbe way home, Mary was very quiet. -It's bard for a mot her," Bob thought, wondering if she would break down when they reached the house. But she didn't. She went straight to the new pic- ture they had of jack in bis uniform and picked Yt Up. "If we hadn't bad a son, Bob," she said, thoughtfully, "I guess we'd be feeling sort of helpless, wouldn't we? Sitting around, letting other people protect US. But now, every time I look at his picture, I'm going ta, feel se proud that Jack is doing bis share." 'Tes, Mary, and we'll back bim up every way we can. We're buying War Savings Certificates right along, and we botb have Victory Bonds. We ai have a share in each otber's protection." isthSfe shared effort of the many fliat provides protection for ail. There is ne security for a nation uxiless people work and fight and save together. It's tihe togetherness that couiits. The story of lfe insurance la a story cf togetherneas in which you and four million other Canadians have pooled your savings-individually, for thue protection of yourselves and your families; collectively, for the. welfare cf your country. Riglit now over $450,000,000 cf these savings cf yours are invested in war bonds to provide boys like Jack with thue tools for victory. IT IS 000» CITIZENSHIP TO OWN LIFE INSUIRANCES This messaàe is sponsored by Life Insurance Cornpanies operating in Canada .1 .Ž~- A ----------- ee, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1942 .» i,ý V.