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-~ j - i I 'z, Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Witb whicb la Incorporated The Bowmanvifle News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 88 Vears' Continuons Service To The Town otf Bowmanvlfte and Durham County. Member ~~ Audit Bureau of Circulations ~l I Canadian \~lr' Weekly Newspaperse <* Association Class A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTIO14 RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly Lu advance. $2.50 a Year in the United States. GEO. W. JAMES. Edîtor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Capt. John M. James Capt. W. G. Jamnes (Wounded in Action) W.O. Donald Cameron Sergt. George Grahamn Cpi. A. Living (Killcd in Action in ItalY) New Year's Resolutions Aiioflier Chiristnmas is ganc. if w'as cdce- bated as usuial nifli no gcneraily apparent deprivafians or sacrifices on flic home front. War planîts went on holiday hut war fronts dîd mof. Makiîîg ierry îîaw gives way fa making good, ta making wvar, final and devastating during 1944 and on until the end. Fresh resolufions again becone fthe order of the day among "wc flic people" who have not yet feit flic weight of war.The tirnelhas corne for a frank and brutal aecept- ance of flic vicions nature of events fliat aur leaders fell us are soon f0 came. We recal the words of ouîr Primé Minister, spoken sa long ago: "There is only ance way fa meef total war, that is by total effort, îîof for a day, a week, a monfli, but every day until victory is won." T'bcn let us get on wifh if! Everitta even af Christmnas Eve portend fthc imminence of gyreater baffles. The tested Generals, Eisenhower and Montgomery, îvho inopped up Africa and smaslîed info Italy, now came fa flic British Isles fa smash again .af fthcHun. The "softeîîing atp' of Hun de- fences reaehed a newv tempo at Christmas wif h 3,000 planes wreaking destruction uîpon tlic invasion caasts, flic greafesf air-armada ever launehed. The German's Schîarnhorst lias been surik in a desperate sca battle. Wc are told tlîat casualfies soon wil minint ta unpreeedenîfed proporfions. Russia drives ever forward. Thie Japs fait back, but as Roosevelt and Churchil wamn, flic end la flot yet in siglit. On fthc home front flic news cornes thaf 100,000 strikers pieket steel plant s on Christ- mas Day and 350,000 railraad workers threafen ta fie up a national tranîsportation syst cm. Ail this seems far short of "fatal war" and so if is viewed by soldiers over- seas. There is anc all-complling New Year's resoltfion fhiaf must seize flic îinds of everyaîîe; that is fa press forward wîth increasing vîgor aînd iîisisfcîîce tlîat the coin- ing year wifncss the fuîtlîneaniiîg of "total war." Public opinîionî lias long licen readv for if 3-cf govermnt lias îlot met ifs mood. Ranks of flic fallen iuist le filled. Ir- resoluite '"zomibies" niuîst110 lonirer lie sheltcred by an ii'resoliite govcriîiiient. Brutal realism will force flic issue and wed beffer bie prepared fa face if. Just Plain Robbery of Policy-tiolders' Savings The C.C.F. aeccrding fa a spokesman for the party, is îîaw about ta 'nake a big eam- paigit agaist ftcihe iie ompaies, and thaf ouglif fa give us a reaiiy gaod chance to find ouf whaf flic C.C.P. intends ta do in a line of businecss which is of grenf infcrcsf ta almost every Canadian, anîdcecrtaiîîly ta .every Canadiani who lias any idea of making finaiicial provision for lus fvamil3-. Probably the idea is fa start wifhi ife izsuraîlce coin- panies, anîd if miglit iot le a lad fling for us fa remember how flic life insurailce coin- panies aperate. By ealeulafing from records lion' many people, ouf of evpry thoiisaîîd, will die at certain ag'ýes. flic life insuranee conupanies tire able f(i pool flic savimîgs <f peole, 50 fliaf wMien caeli înatî dies, lîk widmv and chitdreîî %vilI reccive a sain of mioiey, whicli is greafer, iii fli case oftfhiose n'lio dlic younig, and lesser, iin fli case of fliose wlîo live fa a ripe aId age, flian fh l sam whîch a simitar amoint of savings wvould amaunt ta. That is, fthe life insuranec planî affers, as many millions of Caîîadiaîîs eau festify, a method of proecetiîîg depeîîdcnts againsi. wanf. To do this, flic life insurance campaliies are cliarfered by flic Goverliment of Can- ada, and they have ta report fa flic proper govemnînent deparfmclit, anîd have fhîir books eoîistanfly openi fa investigation. When flic life insurance companies oh. tain flic saviiigs of flhc people, fhey invesf tliem, a<coi'ding ta flicir besf jîîdgmiieîî, and subjeefta flice approval of flic goveriimenf. Since they looak for safety first of al, fhîir cliief iiivestmneii is goverîiment bonds. Next, tlieir biurgesf invesfmneiif is iin loaiis on real esta te, an(l Iliese twa items.make uip more than fhree-qîîarfcrs of their total as- sets. If is fa le expecfed thaf flec (.C.F. will start an argumnti thaf flic insarance Pompailies make f<ia large profits, althougli, iii mai13 cases they arc mutiial campanies, and ail profits go ta flic poliey holders, whilc, in flic case of flic conîpaliies wvhich are not minuta,fthe bnlk of flic profits are known ta bie distrihuted ta the palicy bolders. The C.C.F. wili also argile thaf fhel ife insmane cmpa icacmnpete wifh ecd prove a governimcnt systemi of insuranet would bc better. What the C' C.F. .vill not mention is that, long before we couid have any government systcm of insurance, a soiaiist government would baukriupt the present insurance coin- pahîies. Mr. Coldwcll bas told us that, if electcd to office, lice ill steadily reduce the nîitcrest on governiment bonds, and that means file intcrest 0o1 the investments whieh thie ilîsurane e companies have mnade with the pol 1ev holders'nîoney. Then, hiaving baukrupted the present in- surance companies, Mr. (2oldwell would give us a government insurance eompany. If that governmcnt company is to give flic polie.) hoiders the samne systcmn as the present insurance companies, and pay more ouf in dlaimis than is paid in by those wvho (lie young, and Iess out in dlaims to those w-ho (lie old. On fthe whole, experience is that the average of claims paid represents a lau' rate of intcrest on the money invesfed. That is, if the people are to get the samne protection as they are now getting, Mr. Coldwieill will have to pay, when they die, amnoîîts which average as muchi as lias been paid in by average persons in premiums, plus saine intcrest. Thaf is, Mr. Coldwell will cancel fleicni- tcrest ivhich is earned on goveriimenit bonds lield by iusîîrancc companies, and wvill sub- stitute for if flie payment of interest on money paid to the governiment insurance Naw, whlaf is ail this about? If there is one fhing that the people of Canada are safisfied Nvith, if is our insîîranee sysfem. No one imagines thaf the insurance companies are1 rohbing ftie publie. NO one is complaining about then4 The, only reasaîi why Mr. Coldwell wants to de- stroy them is thiat they represent greaf col- leefions of privaf e savings, which the gov- ernment cannot enfirely confrol. Since Mr. Coldweli ivants f0 be eleeted a dictator of Canada. and the head of a government which vould contrai everything which Canadians do, inluding everything fhey do wifh their savings, this would not fit in with the soeialisf picture. _V Advantages of School Plays Modern educators have for some time been stressiîîg reforms in oiîr educafional sefup with the view of making instruction somefhing more than mere academics. Their minds furn to the practical, f0 gettingy away from fext-book lore and introducing into the present sysfem varions extra-curricular ac- tivifies thaf tend toward fifting pupils wif h the arts of self expression, the abilitv f0 fhink individually, ftic faculties of co-opera- fion anîd a sense of interdependence sa necessary for meeting life's problems as they emerge inta fhe realities of a practical world. And governments are beginning f0 heed their demands and f0 re-survey the whiole educational piefure. In this issue is a very campefent report of the annual sehool fair of Maple Grove Pub- lie Sehool. If is xriffen by thie pupils fhern- selves and that, in îfself, bas a practical value aside from the fair ifself. Pupils thus become reporters and good ones foo. Tlîir sfory is told with effeet and we urge al readers fa study if. The fair n'as of the usual higli order developed and direefed by flic teaeliers, William Lyceff and Milss lielenl Williams, inico-operafion -with tflecpupils. There were plavs and tableaux centering aboaut flc moral concepts of home, sehoal anîd lurehi together with massed singing anîd responses. AI]l had a part. The very facf that fhey are encourag-ed ta beconie vocal before an audience is of in- estimable importance, as they will corne te know later ini life. We remember iiitheflcad days of the flirce R's lîow mosf pupils sqîîirmed and shrank from speaking a piece before a room full of people. Many found if very embarrassing ta be virtually tangue- fîed fr-om lack of experience as they came to fake a part as adulfs in flic affairs of fheir cammunify. Ouf of their fair, foo, cames flic ability f0 fhink and fa appreciafe the lessons learîîed in preparing their plays. Maple Grave Sehool is demonsfrating ef- fecfively whaf real "education" oughf fa be. Keeps The People Posted* J)iseussing "fli possible causes of clleefor- ai iindiffeiî'icîc,' fle last issue of fthc Muni- cipal WVorld indflges ini a finie fribufe fa fthc *ifs appeal bais been larg-ely in vain. l'rob- ably if more conisiderafion wcrc given fa an analyýsis of flic real issues, if iiny, af stake iii any elcefian and iin selling of those issues ta the eleeforafe, fh lc ceors would c<mc ouf of their accord-for we believe if frue fliaftle degree of eleeforal participation in an elecfion varies aecording f0 flic elcefors' conception of the importance of flic issues af stake." THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANV'ILLE, ONTARIO ~IN THE D.IM AND DISTANT PAST From The Statesman Files ' TWENTY FIVE VEARS AGO Dec. 26, 1918 Mm. and Mrs. David Muffan celc- bmafed flic 3Oth anniversamy of flicir wcdding. Mm. and Mrs. A. Gully have moved f0 Oshawa, having sald flicir home on Odeil St. to W. J. S. Rundie. Mm. Rundie lias been appainfed mail carrier on R.R. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Couch, Betliesda, have moved into Mrs. Marvin Burk's hanse, opposite flic Public School, until their own hanse at corner of Ontario and Wellington is vacatcd. The Calgary Herald confained an article about Mrs. Elizabeth Martin knitfing 425 pairs of socks for soldiers. She was 85 and was born near Bowmanville. She 10sf anc daugliter on flic Lusitania and a son froze ta deafli in a blizzard ut Maple Creek, Sask. SA real, live poinsetta plant with four blooms, owned by J. A. Mc- McClellan, graced St. Paul's Cliurch Sunday. Ebenezer: A. B. Werry lias a telephone instalied-long desired convenience. Mrs. Edwin Worden lias gone ta Oftawa for flic wintcr. Sauina: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wil- bur and son maved into R. J. Baldwin's hanse. Mrs. C. H. Scott died from pnenmania and the funcral was Chrmistmas Day. Enniskilien: Stanley Preston ur- rived from. Miscnod, Sask. wifli lis two children, David and Douglas, His wif e was anc of flic early vic- tims of influenza. Mr. and Mrs. John Siemon, Mr. and Mrs. Sam- uel Woodley celebratcd their wed- ding day. Seeing fhat Bowmanville lias no Board of Trade f0 hold a Win- fer Fair, Wm. J. Challis taok if upon himself f0 put on a display of dressed poulfry af lis meut store in flic Horsey block. FIFTY YEARS AGO Dec. 27, 1893 Blacksfock: The weight of snow broke down flic Prcsbyterian sheds. Sam Ferguson was aperat- ed on in a Toronto Hospital. Enfield: Master Ellis Reynolds visifor from Scarboro. Dr. J. Bray, W. Wcrry and family, and Mr. and Mrs. M. A. James with relatives. Mount Vernon: J. B. Reynolds, B.A., Guelphi visited friends. Courfice: Chas. and Miss Pen- found, Bowmanville, af J. Pen- found's. Tyrone: A. E. Clemens was elected councillor. Regret was W. Brent didn't take Reeve's chair. Enniskillen: J. Gilfillan spoke on flic Plebiscife in Stevens' Hall. Salemn: James Hutchixîson led lis ciass in Senior 2nd, Crozier Hutdhinson in Sm. 1. Charles Wightf was firsf in attendance. In a column under "health" figlif lacing was deplorcd. Darlingfon Council had J. T. Pollock elccfcd by acclamation as 1sf Dcputy; Thos. Pascoe, nom- The Value of Farm Forums The value of discussion forums was cf- fectivcly demonsfrafed at Sliawv's Sehool Monday evening wvlire many menibers of local Farru Forumns came tog-elier for flic purpose of fîîrther clarifyiîîg tbeir thouglîts amnd opinions ami flic natter of publielicaîlih. They n'erc addressed by Ontaria 's Minister of Public IlialfI, Hou. R. P. Viviaîî, who, also is tuieur Counity Member in flic Legis- latuire, and î-'lio joined ifithtlieîîî in dis- cussiîîg fhe probîcîn. An abridged report of flic meeting. appears in tflis issue. Radio re- ports ami flicsubjeet werc licard froni cvcry province of flic Doînmiioni. Tlius a cross- section of nîatiomnal senîtimntn came dircctly fa ftic audience. To flose listeming in for flic firsf fime flic impression came fliat fuis xvas deniocracy iii action in iii f fullest sense. The people thcm- selves met their respomîsibte Mimisfer wlio is now cliargcd and is already formulating for legrislative action a programme of licaili preservation, frcatnîcnt and liealth insur- ance. Aîîd al beard flic opinions of fellow' Canadians wvlom fhey have mever scen and probably neyer shahl. The problenis of. other provinces not 50 îwell favorced arc naw known fa some extent îvhicliis ah fa flic good for mufuai understanding and national umify. 'Wc have said before fliaf farm people, flic busicsf in flic nation, and fhleast able fa find flic time for eaming fogeflier, have ac- fually came togeflier under flic auspices of Federation of Agriculture, fa mect in Forums spansored by if and fa discuiss n- felligeîifly, local, nationîal anîd internaional quesCtions5 of flic day. And al lîis iii fli midst of flic nar. Farmers bave poiîîcd flic way fa flic tbouîsands of urbanifcs wifh muchi icisure anîd a lack of imtcest sa appalling as ta le alinost dcfeatisf linflic face of n'ai- îngs tînt n-c are o11 tIeflîreshold of a New Order. Farm people, fhîrefore, deserve flic bighîcsf commendation for their practical ef- forts ta suîsfaiîî fli democrafie way of life we are figbtimîg iîw ta preserve. -V Blood Bank Needed Blood donors and blood linies bave re- spondcd magmificcntly in eantributing fa thc ncw science of ife saving a n baffle fronts. This locality stanîds x'ery higli ini donationîs at flic mgioîîal linie in Oshiawa, yef marc arcemîcdcd. Alrcadyflic callias came for new contrîbufors, foilownîg closcly upaîi licheîanuncemcnf <f a continental in- vasionî soîîta lic cffcctcd. i)octors agrcc fhat nio fainiaf trcatineiit ean match bload transfusions in flic saviuig of lives among fliose grievouisly wounded on baffle fronits. Wlîei flic nhole sfary of flîis war is fold a iglî,Ilig-lit chapter shoîîld le dcvoted f0 fliose n-ha have doîîafcd tlieir lood af ihome for n'ounded compatriofs abroad. Thîey are flic anes reaiiy cmîfifled ta flic ncw Canada Medal which faday sO o îspicuouîsly is le- ing awarded ta slieltered sycliopmamîfs of flic parfy goverîment professing ta run this w'ar on belialf of Canada. Bath men and girls of this country, cafegoricd as înfit for active service, are donafing their blood and contribufing flicir nioney for victory wifiî inated by. T. Baker, became 2nd Deputy. Ediforial: "Protestant Conserva- f ives are squealing loudly because Sir John Thompson, Roman Catho- lic Premier of Canada, administers so much governmenf "pap'" ta his religions friends."' Cawker & Tait, de luxe gro- cers advertise for "Christmas": Loose Muscatels, Valencias, Sul- fanas, and other raisins, Vastia Currants, slielled Almonds, shel- led ,Walnufs, Mince Meaf, Citron, Lemon and Orange Peéls, Oranges, Grapes, Walnuts, Filberts, Pea- nuts, Candies, pretty Teacups, Carpet Sweepers, at prices that will tempt fthc discerning. (The good aid days!) M. A. James stands for the Mayoralty, backed by James Mc- Lean and Thos. Smaie as Coun- cîliors. Clover Seed Prices Recent stafements in the press and over flic radio have given the impression in some quarters fliat, except for flic damestic mret ail 1 price, there is no ceiiing on Claver seeds. Seed dealers point ouf thaf this impression is entirely incor- rect. There is an officiai ceiling on domestic graded seed soid ta the consumer, and fliere is aiso an export ceiiing price. Ail the main Claver seeds, including Red and Alsike were piaced under rigid contrai Iast faîl, and maximum exporf prices for flic various grades were esfablislied. There is no ceiling price on seed sold by farmers fa dealers, as has been frequenfly sfafed in recent weeks, but once this seed is furu- cd over f0 the deaier if is immedi- afe]y subjecfta contrai. Prices ta be paid exporters by the Gov- ernment have been fîxed at $14.00 Per bushel for Aisike, and $16.20 Per bushel for Red Clover, for top quaiity seed delivered at Halifax. These prices, seedmen point ouf, are for flic very higlicat grades, iower qualifies being fixed in Proportion. These prices must cover ail cosfs of assembling, cieaning, transportation, bagging, labeling and oflier expenses. In former years the export of claver seed provided a substanfiai revenue for flic Canadian seed trade but that revenue, outside a small nominal liandling charge establislied by flic authorities, lias completely disappeared sofar as tlic exporter is concerned. The cx- port prices as esfablished by flic Federal authorities are ail that the seed trade will be paid. Ail pro- fits obtained by flic Government export agcncy above these prices will go fa flic farmer flirougli fli sysfem of Participation Certifi- cafes establislied lasf fali. On al primary cleaned seed soid ta an aufliorized dealer Part icipaftian Certificafes are given flic grower and any profits made by flic Ex- port Board will be divided among flic growers on flic basis of fliese Cerfificates. unaffecfed pafriofism and with littie officiai. recognition fa date. G'enerally, wc at home have run flic gamut of a spending spree whule sons abroad have been spcnding blood and lives. This cannof bc gainsaid. Ail we have ta do is look about us even in this fiffli year of xvnr and par- fîcularly iii the Chiristmas jusf pasf. We have, if is truc, bouglif Vicfory Bonds, pro- duced war's goods and food in abundance, ycf, ive have neyer yct goffcîî a truc per- spective of flic sacrifices demanded of fliose n'liom we have sent fa figlif aur baffles w'lirc blood and cold steel arc met 13' fliem, resoluîtely, evcry day. Sa when flic eall cames, as if lias, for new blood donors ini 1944 let us meet aur grcafesf obligation amîd duty iin a truc spirit of sacrifice and paf riafism. _V Tough Guys No apologies are neccssary for calling at- tention fa flic men wvho have savcd modemi civilizafion 50 far as flic Western Democ- radies are caneerîîed ini fhîse finies. The arm-ehair mcei must give way fa flic men w'lo have maîîmîcd flic fig-hfing frontfs wiif flic boys uînder fhîir command, in flic pics- cnt confliet. Democracy itsclf is a moa- dern terni fiat ivas anathema in tfli minds of reactionaries unfil modemn times. Gencral Grant.. in flic bloody baffles lic fou-lit urîder Linceoln, usliîred in flic cm n'hiclibroiif fa flic îorld flic truc mcamîimg of Dinîoc- racy. Lincolmn uîdcrlined ifs truc import in lus speeches: "Governmeiif of flic peo- ple, by fthc people, for flic people, slîall not perislî frani flic carfh" Today w'e fîgli for flic prixîciple of mule by flic people wlio farmcrly w'crc rulcd. Wc camimia survive under this primicipte until tis n'ar is friumpliantly n'on. Loose falk is lîcard evcrywvbcrc ini flese fimes about "democracy" but îof anc iii ten eau defimie flic termi or tell of ifs incorporation into modernî thinking and modemn practice. If was not unfil 1917 fIat flic termi"demoe- racy" came imtoitais own wifh President Wilson's deciarafion of n'ar aims in tînt 3'car. The riglif amd privilege of bcing gavcmned demoeratically canme flroui-li a long suîccessioni of ivars fouglit by ."'ougli gui3s" wlo neyer lîcard flic termi but who lîaîîded flic torcli fo those today wlio know w'baf if means. Baek in hlisfory wie sec flic figures of Marlborouigh of flic Chuîrchîill Clan, of Nel- son and Welliiagfoii and Raglani w'lo, %vifh flicir mca closely in actioun, wonîirîoni inl flic lonîg ivars flaf made possibile flic British Empire. Imcomsiously flicy n'crcfigitiîîg flie baffles for flic dcmoeîacy of taday. Naov wve have amother Churchill, aîîd Alexander and Montfgomery and Roosevelt a nd Eisen- lioîvcr forging fli c caiîîsof a confinuecd demoeraey for flic vlolc world. Not anc of tliem is an armehair mani. And fliaf is (mi' ulfimafe hope for a free w'orld. Men wvlo sit in easy chairs, far rcmoved from baffle fronts, wlio seek f0 inspire figlifing men, who cail for an "ail ouf" effort and bave slimunk from personai sacrifices, ean have no pýaice in flic hisfory of flic "tongli guys" wlîo have sfood today 's tests. THURS., DECEMBER 3Oth, 1943 PLAN TO ATTEND ONE 0F THE Farna Mechantcs' Coursqs FOR FARMERS AND FARMERS' SONS. Repair and adjusiment of mowers, piows, binders Labour savlng methods and machines; tractor maintenance; rope work; long spice, etc. NO FARMER Can Afford To Miss This Timeiy Course CAVANVILLE (Basement of Town Hall) - Tues. Jan. 4th and Wed. Jan. 5th NEWTONVILLE (Town Hall) - Tues. Jan. 11, and Wed. Jan. l2th WELCOME (Ini Walter Reynoid's Work Shop) - Thurs. Jan. 13, and Fr1. ian. 14. Practical work will be done on mower, plow and binder at this course. CANADIAN WOMENIS ARMY _C__s Applications are 00W' being ac- cepted for the C.W.A.C., Steno- graphers, Switehboard Operators, Typists and Cooks are most ur- gently needed.' Apply "Combined"l Mobile Recruiting Unit Town Hall, Dowananville JANUARY 4th I p.m. to, 9 p.m. MEN!l 17to3200* THE Ra Ce Au Fu NEEDS YOU FOR AIRCREW To-day your most essential lob is manning a bomber. Answer Can- ada's cail! Planes and sehools are ready to train you QUICKLY. H-igh Sehool Education no longer a bar to enlistment. Don't delay - act to-day! Apply "Combined" Mobile Recruiting Unit Town Hall, Downanville JANUARY 4th 1 p.m. to 9 P. 1 p.m. to 9 P.M. Stocks & Bonds INFORMATION REGARDITNG YOUR INVESTMENTS FURNISHED ON REQUEST Milner, Ross & Cou ~ Members the Toronto Stock Exchiange 930 Bay Street, Toronto Telephone Waverly 1701 Reverse felephone charges aecepfed on orders to buy or seil. LOCAL REPRSENTA... R. E., GARDINER COBOURG -- PHONE 159 IE . I.M PAGE TWO -a" -h-- 9 - à r d