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s 1~ THE CANADIAN STATESM &;>%i MAT'nrn.T V NTART THRSAY DCEBE 2, 94 BlackstockJas order, Nestleton; Sec'y. Eva Parr; Corr. Sec'y.-Mrs. C. St. John's W. A. ,met at Mrs. Parr; Liter. Sec.-Mrs. McArthur; Fred Bailey's on December l7th. Dorcas Scc.-Mrs. R. Parr; Assist. They opened by singing a caroi Dorcas Camm.-Mrs. F. A. Balley, and Mrs. F. Willan read the Mrs. J. Forder; Little Helpers- Christmas message. W. A. Litany Mrs. Levi MeGili; Prayer Partner and members prayer was led by -Mrs. F. Willan; Auditrs-Mrs. Mrs. Simpson. Miss Eva Parr, F. Willan, Mrs. W. W. VanCamp. treasurer, reparted a substantial Cartwright Red Cross Saciety balance an hand. Mrs. A. L. Bail- met at the Parsanage an Decem- ey, secretary, read a letter from ber l5th, with 2nd Vice Pres. Mrs. Bishop Fleming asking for a dona- Herman Hooey in the chair, and tian for his work in the Arctic Miss Eva Parr acting as Se'y. and $10 was voted. Mrs. Willan Work convener gave the repart received a letter froma our Prayer for Navember, completed wark Partner, Rev. Turner, Pond's In- as followvs: 24 quilts, 5 child's pull-1 let, Arctic Region, telling of his over sweaters, 9 pr. boys' stock- wark. Dorcas Sec'y. Mrs. R. Parr ings, 1 skirt, attached top, 6 pr. read the list of articles required whole mitts, 3 child's scarves. The for the Indian girl whom this emergency kits had arrived. Mrs. saciety clathes. A letter was read F. Crawford reparted that 6 daz. fram Mrs. C. C. Harcourt, Eng- boxes for packing overseas par- land. It was decîded ta answer cels had been received. Red Cross the rail cail every month ' y pre- cards have arrived for use thru'- senting a quit block for Red out the year. Mrs. A. L. Bailey Cross quilts. New study book, told of the visit of Mrs. W. R. "The Publishers of Peace" was Strike. A letter of candolence bas ably taken by Mrs. Simpson. been sent ta Mr. and Mrs. Harry Archdeacon Simpson taok charge Hall on the death of their san of the election of afficers: Han. after the Dieppe Raid. We will« Pres.-Mrs. E. P. Waad, Toronto: designate salvage maney far lacal Pres.-Mvrs. Simpson; lst Vice- war work. Manuals are provided Mrs. V. M. Archer; 2nd Vice- free for high sehoal students tak- S ea son's Greetings To Our Many FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES May You Have Happy Memories of Christms... ... and may to-day's resolu- tion, striving and endeavour make safe for ail free people the Christmas of peace that is to be. AI ex Gilbert and-STAFF BLACKSTOCK ing the Red Cross Nursing course. Plans are ' eing made for blaod donors in this district. Annual meeting will be beld Jan. l2th in the afternaon. It was decided ta, send $10000 ta the Prisoners of War fund. Following is Dean Lansing's address: Prisoners of War Post Kriegsgefangenen post C18598 Bdr. Dean Cumming Lansing, Canadian Prisoner of War (Na. 25802) Stalag VIII. B. Deutschland, Germany. A Cbristmas union service was held in the United Cburch Sun- day evening. Archdeacon Simp- son was the speaker. His text was "Bebold I bring you glad tidings of great joy," and endeavored tc, show what the real meaning of Christmas sbould be. The church was lit by candies due ta a break- down in the bydro system. A duet was sung by Ralph Larmer and Dalton Dorreil, and several carols were sung. Next Sunday nighti Rev. D. M. Stinsan will give the 1 address in St. John's. Wednesday evening, Lesson 3 of the Nursing Class was beld at the bigb scbaol. Dr. Lundy, Part Perry, spake on "Care of the Teetb." Rev. Wm. Stocks, Port Perry, ran the lantern for slides from the Dept. of Health. Witb due tbanks ta, these men, a most profitable evening was spent. Friends of Mr. Gea. Joli wil be glad ta beer that he bas been able ta leave the bospital and go ta bis home. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vincent, Toronto, spent Sunday with Mrs. Jas. Marlow and Mrs. V. M. Ar- cher. Mrs, Gea. Faw.ler, Cadmus, is n the hospital. Mrs. Green, Kitchener, is visit- ing ber daugbter, Mrs. Alex Gil- bert. The weather bas certainly been bitting the 10w spots these days. Congratulations ta Mr. and Mrs. Eari Trewin (nee Ruby Toms) an their marriage. Please send a list of yaur Christmas visitors ta yaur corres- pondent. Maple Grove Miss Marlon Johns, town, visit- ed ber sister, Mrs. Wallace Mun- day. The many friends of Mr. Keith Ormistan were sorry to hear of bis accident hast Friday mornîng wbile delivering milk for Glen Rae Dairy, wben be gat a leg broken by a car backing out of Stevens' Taxi garage onto the road. Sympatby of thîs community is extended ta Mr. and Mrs. Max Smith and family in the passing of Mr. Smitb's mother. The fun- eral was beld Saturday. Report of Maple Grave scbool Christmas concert will appear next week. Milwaukee Journal: Due ta gas rationing, in the east, many a family circle bas been enlarged by strangers wbo turn out ta be the older children. -~ - .-.~. -. - HYDRO RAS GONE TO WAR! This Has Necessitated Drastic Curtailments in The Non-Essential Use of Hydro - Electric Power. At this joyous season in the midst of war, the Bowmanville Publia Utilities Commission takes this means of expressing sincere thanks and ap- preciation ta the businessmen and townspeople for the loyal support and Co- operation they have received ini their requests for assistance in curtailing the use of electric power. It is the sincere hope of the Commission that the day wll soon arrive when the lights of our town will again shine forth when peace retu.rns ta the earth. At this time the members of the Commission extend toalal their best wishes for a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Bowmanville Public Utilities Commîssiofi SGEO. E. CHASE, Manager W. R. STRIKE, Chairmain 1~ o, Tyrone Major Floyd Dudley, Prince Rupert, B.C. is home. Mr. and Mirs. Arthur Brooks and Charlie Brooks, St. Cathar- ines, visited at Mr. Gea. Brooks'. Mr. Glenn Hoskin, Oshawa, was at Mr. Lame6 Hoskin's. Owing ta the severe coid Sun- day morning the services were nat very well attended. But those who were brave enaugh ta face the cald listened ta an inspiring Christmnas message by Rev. A. F. Gardner. The choir rendered Christmas anthems. Your Tyrone * carres p a n d e n t takes this appartunity ta wisb you and the staff a Merry Christ- mas and Happy New Year. Solina During the canvass of the comn- munity for the Solina War Chari- ties Fund $6445 was collected. Tbanks is due the collectors wbo 50 willingly and efficiently did their work: W. Parrinder, H. Yel- lowlees, E. Milîson, E. Hockaday and F. Watten. Owing ta, the weather being 32o below zero, Sunday, only a small cangregation heard Rev. W. Rack- bam's splendid Christmas mes- sage. A special affering will be taken at Sunday Scbool next Sunday for tbe Aid ta, Russia Fund. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tink, Mr. and Mrs. John Cruicksbank and Mr. A. L. Pascoe attended the Holstein Club goose dinner at Orono. Visitors: Mrs. Irwin Bragg, sans Ross and William, and grand- daugbter Karen, Providence, at Mr. J. Baker's. . . Mr. and Mrs. Ralpb Davis at Mr. Alan McKen- zie's, Columbus. . . Mrs. A. L. Pascoe witb frîends at Oshawa and Pickering. . . Gardon Scott, R.C.A.F., Toronto, at Mr. R. C. Scott's. Enfield Women's- Association met at Mrs. Wilfrid Bowman's when these officers were elected: Pre- sident-Mrs. A. Prescott; V ic e Pres.-Mrs. W. Ferguson; Secre- tary-Mrs. G. Bowman; Treasur- er-Mrs. W. Bowman; Pianist- Mrs. J. Parr; Assistant-Mrs. G. Bowman; Lunch Camm.-Mrs. M. Samis, Mrs. H. Smith; Program Comm.-Mrs. W. Ashton, Mrs. L. Simpson; Comfart Comm.-Mrs. L. Bradley, Mrs. W. Ferguson. Our association bas 23 members wbo enjoy a very enjoyable time tagether at their meetings. Miss Marion Pascoe bad bier tonsils removed in Bowmanville Hospital. Mrs. D. Brown is in very poor bealth. Mrs. Brown, formerly of Lindsay, is witb bier daugbter Mrs. W. Ashton. Owing ta, bad roads and an school cbildren, aur Christmas concert wllnothehld There was no cburch service Sunday due ta the extreme cold. The less expensive type of ther- mometer stopped at the bottom only because it could go no fur- ther. Orono News Chickenpox is naw started. Orono rink opened Saturday nigbt. Nursing Sister Drysdale vîsited at A. H. Keane's. Twenty-tbree have now signed up in Reserve Army Platoan bere. Miss Lenora Wood is visiting ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wood. The Tamblyn family were en- tertained at Mr. and Mrs. Ivisan Tamblyn's Sunday. Mrs. C. B. Tyrrell and baby Constance have returned home from Bowmanville hospital. Mrs. J. J. Mellor attended a meeting of the Ration Board at Bowmanville Tuesday afternoon. A partial black-out o! Orono occurred Sunday nigbt. There Iwere no lights- soutb of the rail- road track. Mrs. Watson is a lucky woman. When in Peterboro she attended the bingo games and won two chickens and a cup and saucer. Miss Ruth Goode will be pupil teacher at Clarke Union and Miss Gwen Tennant at Sixtb Line for a week after the Christmas bhl- days. The Sunday School executive met at Mrs. A. A. Drummond's for their annual meeting. A splen- did talk was given by M. H. Sta- pies. -These o- fficers were lctd Mr.andMrs A.J. ayMr. and Mrs. G. F. Annis and Ada were guests an, Saturday ât the Eagle-Washington nuptials in the Trinity 'College Chape], Toronto. The bride, Miss Joyce Washing- ton, is a daugbter of Rev. C. C. Washington, a former pastor on the Courtice circuit. At the church service Sunday :~ \~' »~- ~ litim Rotarians Appreciate (Continued tram page 1) Blitz'. They are human stories of ail sorts and conditions of men and warnen, facing destruction and death undaunted and unde- feated. "In one street wbich bas been badly blitzed I saw a man and bis wif e surveying the ruin of what for long had been their home. "I see you have lost your home," I said ta the man. His re- ply as hie turned ta his wife taught me a lessan. "No, aur house, but not aur home." "There is a tauch of humor in the next stary. I was talking ta a man wham I knew slightly, and asked bim how things had gone with him. "Oh," be said, "we had ta move out - - street. You know my wife and I have been arguing for years; she neyer liked the house and I neyer wanted ta leave it. She, has gat lber own way at iast. Hitler has decided it for us." "Kate Bell had a tiny General Store in a littie back street. Af ter a raid she found it impassible ta carry an any langer ini the shop, so she cheerfully transferred hier stock -in-trade into the street, with a kitchen table as a caunter and an air raid shelter as a store house. There we faund hier busy slicing bacon with an antiquated slicing machine and fetching bat- ties of lemanade for thirsty kid- dies fram the recesses of the air raid sheiter. IlTalking about shelters - A number of aid wamen found re- fuge night after nigbt during this dreadful period in the basement of aur Mission Hall. Many of their homes were shattered but they could stili sing the Doxolagy. They were s0 jolly that I could even try a jake on tbem, and one night as the sirens were sounding the 'alert' 1 suggested that we might begin aur evening prayers for singing a missionary hymn wbicb opens with the words 'Com- ing, Coming, yes they are coming; coming, coming from afar!" As one of them remarked ta another "There's one good thing about these air raids, they do take your mmnd off the war." '"Here is a stary fram another angle. One of aur people, a mid- dle aged woman and af rather hefty proportions, was an air raid warden. She was a spinster and lived with her aged parents. One night while they were sitting ta- gether in the living raom, the siren sounded and she hurriedly donned hier equipment ta go out on duty. She was just adjusting her steel helmet an her head when a bomh fell immediately in front of -the hause, creating a terrific biast, which blew iii doars and windaws, upsettîng the ald falk and by a freak, lifting this heavy women off her feet and deposit- ing hier neatly on top af the side- board. As she sat there witb her helmet awry, she ejaculated "Damn that'E- Hitler, if I had him here just now I would wring bis neck." She was a gaod church woman and this sudden outburst worrîed hier so that she spake ta ber minister expressîng sarrow for the language she had used. I am glad ta think the minister had grace enougb ta advise ber nat ta tbink any mare about it. "The Lard will understand," hie said, "and probably when He heard what yau said, he said "Them's my sentiments." "Such are a few of the staries af endurance and heroism that could be multiplied a thausand times. But we must nat farget thougb the enemy may destray aur towns and cities, he cannat touch the spirit af aur people." In baked praducts sucb as cookies, muffins, and bread, one- fourtb of the white flour may bie replaced with vitamin- and min- eral-rich saybean flour. Cacaa, saurce of chocolate and cacoa, is barvested in May in Sauth America, in the transition period between the rainy and the dry seasons. morning Rev. H. Linstead deliver- ed an inspiring Christmas mes- sage. The annual white gift ser- vice was held and the praceeds are ta be sent ta a War Victims fund. Misses Velma and Louise Pearce took the solo parts in the morning antbem and in the even- ing Miss Velma Pearce sang a lovely solo. In the evening the Yaung People bad charge of the warship service while Rev. Lin- stead took the service at Highway school. Misses Elsie Oke and Margaret Henry and Lloyd Down had charge of this service after wbich everyone enjoyed singing Christmas carols. Visitors: Miss C. Williamsan, us. This shall be a family where discipline replaces thrift. 3. We plan ta create in aur fami.y a part of the new Britain, by living nlot for taday and for ourselves but for the future. The practical implication of this charter shawed up, for in- stance, in the way the girls tack- led the weeds in a bean f ield. Before applying this programme they tackled one field which, in their hurry ta get it dane quickly in order ta please the boss, they lef t badly weeded. Later when they did another f ield, they de- termined nat ta leave a single weed. The second field yielded four more bags af beans than the f irst. Recently Joe's farm was inspect- ed by the Gavernment Agricul- tural Committee and classified as "A" categary. Said the Govern- ment official "I look ta this farm for the future of British Agricul- ture." If your whole if e 15 guided by religion, the hearts of others may Soldier's Letter Cdn. Army, England, Navember 22, 1942 Dear Mrs. Bawen and No. 9 War Warkers Committee: Received your splendid parcel "No. 2" of Oct. 17th, for which I amn very grateful. The contents of this paxEcel couldn't have been better cheYsen, especîally the two bars of saap. Soap is hard ta ob- tain here and of inferior quality. The bar in parcel Na. 1 sure came in handy. The cigarettes which you sent have nat reached here yet, but as I have maved a couple of times niy mail has mare or less been interrupted. I arn very thankful for the subscription ta The Cana- dian Statesman. It is a fine paper and I sure have missed it. Met Bill Gibsan at the Beaver Club a couple af Sundays aga. He is looking fine, and seems ta like it here. I have flot seen Bill Barchard lately, but I have a 3- day leave soon and will look hlm up. Thanking you again, and wish- ing you and the No. 9 War Work- ers Committee a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Pte. Lloyd Pedwell. Township Council CARTWRIGHT COUNCIL Statutory meeting was held Dec. lSth, with members ail pre- sent and Reeve Creightan Devitt presiding. Medical Health Officer present- ed his repart. These orders were paid: N. H. Marlow, Attendant O fficer ----------------- $ 10.00 M.H.O., services ----------- 100-00 Reeve, services L. B. of H ealth ------------------- 8.00 Sanitary Inspectar, services 8.00 Clerk, Sec. L. B. of H.------ 8.00 Collectar's Salary, etc.----- 150.55 D og tags ---------------- 9.88 Mrs. Steele, caretaker ---- 45.00 M. McKee, 1 sheep killed-- 15.00 Treas. postage, etc........-----12.00 A Nation's Food SUPPlY They say, an army marches on its stomach. Well there's certain- ]y fia doubt that a nation, if it is ta fight and produce at full strengtb must have an adequate food supply. Jae is a farmer in England. Certif ied as physically unfit for combatant service at the outbreak of war, he lef t bis civilian job ta take on a derelict family farm in Eastern England. That was three years ago. The hedges were unkempt, and the thistles were well known for miles around. The buildings bad been neglected and the land starved. Jôe and his wife determined ta make this farm a national asset. To help them they had seven land girls. They were absalutely inexperienced, being typists, tele- phonists, and "debs" in peacetime life. Joe and bis wife soon realiz- ed that haîf the battle for high production lay in creating be- tween employer and worker a spirit of trust, affection and part- nership. Together they drew up this victary winning programme, the practical effectiveness of which can be seen from the re suits. 1. Gad gave us the land. It has been pillaged by man's greed. We pledge ourselves ta band on ta the future a farm better than we received from the past. Nei- ther expecting ease or loaking for it, it is aur purpose ta make this place perfect. 2. The heart of the farm is the family. Lave and loyalty ta each other are the cement which unites be tauched by this mute language, and may open ta the reception of that spirit which dwefls in you.- Schleiermacher. PAGE FOUR Mrs. C. T. Ross and Staff 0F THE ROYAL THEATRE Wish To Extend To Ail Its Patrons BEST WISIIES FOR A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Best Wishes for the Holidays To ail the people of Bowmanville, whether at home or on fighting fronts, we wish the utmost in happiness to Iast through the holidays and '431 A NEW CHRISTMAS Bringing You NEW JOY is Our Wish For You This SEASON STANLEY'S LUNCHï Phone 2878 Oqo,,,, !LA&~ THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1942 -And happy holi- day wishes to ail of you who have been our custom- ers in '42. JOHN LENZ SHOE REPAIR lkl iumu-,, (i