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THURSDAY, MAY l3th, 1943 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BQWMANVILLE. ONTARTO PAGE THREE Consumer Dranches Keep Abreast 0f Ration Problems In Districts Why is meat being rationed in munity, because consumers are Canada? Why are such things as represented on the Prices Board, corn syrup in short supply? trends of this shortage can some- What's the meaning of the last times be detected by the women rent î:ontrol regulations? weeks ahead. This information These are the kind of consum- is relayed at once to Miss Sand- ers' problems women ahl across ers who takes the matter up with Canada are facing today. To un- the Board. In this way serious derstand them and to offer the conditions are often alleviated or Prices Board any practical sugges- avoided entireiy, if caught in time tions on how these regulations . .. "It was at the suggestion of might be altcred or eniarged to Consumer Branch to the Board for improve existing living condi- example that a special sugar ai- tions without hindering Canada's lowance was granted to rural wo- war effort-that is the work of men for threshers last fail," said Consumer Branch liaison officers. Miss Harriet Parsons, Consumer Nearly 11,000 women across Branch co-ordinator for Ontario. CaQtada are today active liaison of - As part of their war effort, ip.drs of the Consumer Branch. many thousands of liaison officers -;ach liaison officer represents are doing voluntary services for some woman's club or society of their country. Now that the local fromn 20 to 200 members. Her ration boards are set up, Consum- job is to keep in touch with her er Branch women serve on a great local sub-committee which in turn many of these boards. reports to a regional committee Liaison officers fromn coast to which is in touch with Ottawa. coast helpcd materiaily in the dis- Mrs. Ryland H. New, Oakviile, is tribution of Ration Book No. 2 in chairman of the Women's Region- February. Now that 30 housing ai Advisory Committee for Cent- registries are operating in con- ral Ontario. gested areas throughout the Do- Liaison officers keep them- minion, the women of the Con- selves well informed about the sumer Branch are helping to staff latest Board regulations, spread these offices voluntarily. ihformation and literature among Because Canada must conserve members of their own particular in order to serve, a conservation groups. department has been organized By the formation of these Con- urnder Mrs. Kate Aitken. Volun- sumer Branch committees, wo- tary re-make centres and clothes men have direct representation clinics are being opened where on the Wartime Prices and Trade women may learn how to trans- Board. They forward enquiries, forma discarded clothes into up-to- complaints and suggestions to date garments for their families Miss Byrne Sanders, director, and themselves. Consumer Branch, Ottawa. The Consumer Branch organ- When a serlous consumer prob- ization is unique because it em- lem arises in a particular dom- braces for the first tim~e, a wide-1 VICTORY Notes And Comment By R.B.D.1 The following poem was sent to the editor by a well-known Durham County girl now living in Winnipeg, stating this was Ab ra h am Lincoin's favourite poem. Oh! why should the spirit of mor- tai be proud Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cioud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wavc, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the wiiiow shahl fade, Be scattcred around and together be laid: And the young and the old, the low and the high, Shahl moulder to dust, and togcth- er shahl die. The child that a mother attended and iovcd, The mother that infant's affection who proved, The husband that mother and in- fant who blcsscd, Each, ail, are away to their dwcil-. ings of rest. The maid on whose chcek, on whose brow, in whosc eye, Shone beauty and pleasure, hier triumphs are by; And the memory of those who lovcd her and praised Are alike from the minds of the living erased. cross-section of the "women pow- er" of Canada which directs its intcrests in the successful main- tenance of price control as a strong weapon against inflation. PEOPLE Do The hand of the king that sceptre hath borne, The brow of the priest that mitre hath worn, The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave. Are hidden and lost in the depths of the grave. The peasant whose lot was to s0w and to reap, The herdsman who climb'd with his goats to the stcep, The beggar who wander'd in search of his bread, Have faded away like the grass that we tread. The saint who enjoy'd the com- munion of Heaven, The sinner who dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish, the guiity and just, Have quietly mingicd their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes like the flower and the weed, That wither away to let others succeed: So the multitude comes, even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told. For we are the same our fathers have been, We sce the same sights our fath- ers have seen; We drink the samc stream, and we feel the same sun, And run the same course that our fathers have run. The thoughts we are thinking our fathcrs wouid think; From the death we are shrinking from, they, too, would shrink; The life we are clinging to, they too, would dling, But it specds from the earth like a bird on the wing. 0F os WERENOT DOING OUR SHAR THE sale of Victory Bonds in this community since the opening of the Fourth Victory Loan lias flot been encourag-ing. We are flot buying the new Victory Bonds in anything like the way we should be buyxng thein. A quota was set up for this community - and from present indications we will flot meet that quota. The quota is a modest one, too - an amount that should be easy to meet -a quota that can be met without inconvenience to any if each one does what lic should do. As a matter of fact, there should be no quotas in connection with the sale of Victory Bonds. The war is a matter of 111e and death. We haven't won the war yet. If wc give the inatter proper thought cach one of us wHIl buy Victory Bonds with all our available cash - and as mucli more - on the instalment plan - as we can pay for in the ncxt sixth months. And we will scrimp to save to do this. COME 1ON m m PEOPLE 0F DURHAM LET US D0 9 e ears. Dust should be rcmoved fre- lently with a dry, dlean cloth. If he shades are known ta, be wash- ble, however, a damp cloth may )e uscd. Shades shouid aiways be pulied ip and down by the pulicord, and lt by the bottom of the shade. They loved, but their story we Tecannot unfold; Thy scorned, but the heart of the haughty is cold; LThcv grieved. but no wail fromn their shumbers will corne: Thev joyed, but the voice of their gladness is dumb. ThcY died-ay! they died; and we things that are now, Who walk on the turf that lies over their brow, Who make in their dwcliings a transient abode, Meet the changes they met on their Pilgrimage road- Yea, hope and despondence, and pleasure and pain Are mingled together in sunshine and rain; And the smile and the tear, the song and the dîrge, Stili follow each other like surge upon surge. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tîs the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the Paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to, the bier and the shroud, Oh' why should the spirit of mor- tai be proud? Helping The Editors? Collingwood Enterprige-Bulletin As usual our mail is overcrowd- cd with "free" matter for our coiumns written by highly paid scribhlers in governmental offices at Ottawa. As an example, one envelope from. the publicity and extension group of "workers" in the Department of Agriculture contained no less than five sheets, foolscap size, typewritten froma top to bottom. Were the matter printed, fully two coiumns of space would be taken up, at the expense of the publishers and possibly many of the readers, the SUbjects discusscd being without interest for the general public. But the point is not only that. Be- hind ail this "free" stuff is the continued flow of expense for so much waste and so much value- iess energy on the part of this particular branch of the Civil Service, which by this time Must include ncarly evcryone in the Capital and for miles around . In- cidentaliy, speaking of the Civil Service, as a section of the Can- adian set-up, is it not time that it had somcthing more to its credit than a continuous lookout for long salaries and short hours,r with extra pay for any overtime that it may be calied upon to give c to, the service of a suffcring pub- c lic. The question is left open, but in the meantime if these "hclp-2 ers" in cditing the ncwspapers must help, they need not try toC do it ail every wcek. The ordin- ary editor has the odd moment wherein he can write thc odd paragraph. -Wartime Prices Boardr Clarifies Farmers' r Truck Restrictions By Thelma Craig Farmers are permitted to drive «_ their trucks to any point of supply beyond the 35-mile limit ta obtain farmn supplies for themselves, or their neighbours, if that is neces- sary, according to the latest state- ment made by the Administrator of Services of the Wartime Prtces and Trade Board. Farmers in many sections of Canada, particuiarly in the prairie provinces wherc the distance to town is generally greater than in the aIder provinces, may have been unduly worrying lately over just what restrictions are imposed on themn under the recent order limiting the operation of private commercial trucks ta 35 miles Erom their home address. There is no need for farmers ta be worried on this count, for as a matter of fact, fairly widc ex- emptions are granted ta farmers under this order. These exemp- tions are explained in a recent an- nouncement by M. W. McCutch- eon, the new administrator of ser- vices 'for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. The term, "farm supplies", ac- cording to, Mr. McCutcheon, in- cludes not only ail supplies neces- *ary ta the farmn operations, but also food, ciothing and goods for personai use, and what is Most important too, medical supplies. 0f course, farmers are not ex- pectcd ta take advantage 0f this privilege if they can get these sup- plies at some point nearer home. The exemption allowing them ta use their trucks beyond the 35- nile limit only applies in cases where the necded supplies cannot be obtained within the 35-mile SIn The Editor's Mail In a letter to The Statesman, John Ellhott, of 900 William Street, London, a former princi- pal of Bowmanville High School, made the following comments: "Two items in last week's Statesman stirred up pleasant memories for me. The report of the very successful closing ban- quet for the season of the Men's Canadian Club reminded me that I was present as a charter mem- ber at the organization banquet on November 12, 1909, when the speakers were C. R. McCullough, of Hamilton, and Rhys D. Fair- bairn and J. Casteli Hopkins, of Toronto. I have a copy of the neat program. of that meeting which has special value because it was later autographed in Lon- don, May 1936, by Chas. R. Me- Cullough (Charlie McCullough to old Bowmanville friends). "Reading of T. M. Dustan's en- try into the ministry recalled the day I was visiting my old high school at Bowmanville and 1 chatted with a bright boy in one of the classes who told me his name was Tom Dustan. I think I informed hlm that I had taught his father, Tom Dustan, and his mother, Helen Mitchell. I have been interested in that boy ever since, and now that he is Rev. Thomas Mitchell Dustan, I wish hlm great success in his high caîl- ing, hoping some day to meet him and to hear hlm preach .' First Aiders Urged To ridy Medicine Chest Many Canadian women have taken courses in first aid in the home in recent months. It will be easier to apply that knowiedge if :he home medicine chest is ready for ail emergencies. The medicine chest should be kept dlean and unciuttered at ail times. Hair pins, cosmetics, mani- cure tools, and other misceilan- eous articles should not be kept n the cupboard. Half-empty bottles of medicine which are no longer needed should be emptied, and the botties washed for sal- vage. A weil-stocked medicine cab- net should contain ail the tried and truc remedies for simple i11- nesses, such as for burns, cuts which can be treated at home, or it least given first aid until the doctor comes. Certain kinds of medicines, such as aromatic spirits of ammonia should only be bought in smail quantities because they soon lose their strength. A fresh suppiy of iodine should be purchased every year as it gets too strong with ige. Do not open packages contain- ing first aid dressings until they ire needed. They will only re- nain sterile as long as they are not opened. A man with a tough hide doesn't mind a cutting remark. M ANY hours of valuable telephone time are wasted every day by people who place a LONG DISTANCE eall, then leave the telephone and are flot there to talk when connection is made. Please remember-war is on the wires. Be ready to "»4go ahead " as soon as your call is completed. %oa' we84'e 0 BU>, War Savings Sfomps end Certificates Rogulerly. (MO Holes ln Screens Made From Metal Must Be Patched Wire is made from metal, and ail metal must be conserved. This spring when storm win- dows are taken down and screens put up in their place, holes may be neatly patched or darned with wire from screening of the same mesh, using ravelled wire for thread. A coat of paint appiied will pro- long the life of galvanized screens. Copper screening does not require painting, however, except to pre- vent stains. Frames of screen doors and windows, that have pulled apart wrMw -p ord"hres n eaippr Welcome ini peace... more welcome in war work e I A b te a t h in g a p e ll, a r e st -p a u s e s un d i oe .c o idCo a C l . C n e î n n o n . w e a 7 e b s counect with a be1ùalways the better buyl Authorlzed Bottier of "Coca-Cola" Hambly's Carbonated Beverages - Oshawa "Oh yes, Mr. Jones called YOD, but ho's flot in bis office now", HURE ARE SOME WÂYS YOU CAM4 HELP: 1. Kccp ail your telephone calls as brief as you can. 2. Don't cali Information for numbers listed in the directory. 3. Make only essential local and long distance eall.. 4. When possible, give the number of the distant tele- phone you are calling. S. If the operator can't complete your call prompt. ly, stay within reach of your telephone, ready to answer when it cornes in. Frank Williams Manager. at the corners will take on a new lease on life if they are braced with wood. On the farm, baling and other typeýs of wire should be carefuilY saivaged for future use. As tîmne goes on it wili be difficuit if not impossible ta get. Bends mn the wire should be straightened out, and the wire spiiced and wound in neat rolîs. It should then be stored away where it will nat rust. This metal conservation can even enter the housewife's do- main. Holes in sieves and strain- ers can bc patched using the same method as used for window screens. Simile: As numerous as the DURHAM 9 .about this matter of g MORE THAN "DUR SHARE" NATIONAL WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE DURHAM COUNTY J. A. Hume, Chairman W. Rosa Strike, Vice-Chairman' THURSDAY, MAY 13th, 1943 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVIILLE, ONTARIO PAGE THREE