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'j i Solina Christmas Vsitors: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hardy, Stanley and Dorothy, at W. Glaspell's, Peter- boro. . . Mr. and Mrs. Jim Reyn- olds, David and John, Hampton, at Jack Reynolds'... LAC Roscoe Baker, Rockcliffe, at home... Victor Bowjns, Taunton; S[Sgt. Jack Waterhouse, Guelph, at Isaac Hardy's. . . Lieut. N. S. Muriel Baker, Cpi. Jack Glazer, R.A.F., Kingston; Pte. Helen Baker, C.W.A.C., Toronto; Mrs. Harry Waters, Highland Creek; Mrs. Howard Couch, Marjorie and SINCERE GREETINGS We take this opportunity to wish ail oui' friends A Happy New Year. We also express oui' appre- ciation to oui' customers for the business shared with us ini the past year, and hope we may be of service to you in the com- ing year. W,. S. Staples Massey-Harris Agent flappq Ïewiùeam. BEST WISHES FOR 1944 Wishing You a briglit and happy New Year, the ab- llity to understand and ap- preciate the bi.essings of freedom for whjeh we are fightîng, the courage to give everything to the figlit now and in the eom- ing year - and above ail, Vietory, and the return of loved ones! We also want you to know we appreciate your business during the past year and we hope w e w ili be allowved to serve ou in 1944. J. W. JEWELL "BIG 2011 PHONE 556 Maple Grove Christmas Vîsîtors. Mr. E. Twi of Guelph with hîs wlfe and s( ..Miss Louise Foley, nurse-ii training, Oshawa, ut Howai Foley's. .. Mm. and Mis. A. Lair Sr., Miss Susie Laird, Mr. ai Mis. Wm. (Juke) Laird, Billie ar Bobby, with Mis. W. Peursc Lakefield. . . Mr. and Mis. R. Snowden, Helen, Mary, Donr Blle, Toronto, ut R. R. Steven Vie and childien remained.. Mis. Walter Foley, Hampton, wil E. W. and H. R. Foley... Mi. an Mis. Lawrence Staples, Burr Bethuny, ut John Saowden's.. LAC Howard Ormiston, Juryi ut E. Ormiston's. . . Miss Bessý Blackburn, Toronto; LAC Walt( Blackburn, Chanton, ut H.1 Foley's. .. Mm. and Mis. Geo. V James, son John, Mu. Art Bakeý town, at Mis. L. C. Snowden's.. Mi. and Mis. E. Twist, son, Ray mond, with Fred Twist, Whitb ... Mm. and Mis. Wallace Munda ut Charlie Johns', Lukefielc Eileen, Bowmanville, ut Jack 1iaj-ýer s. . . ivir. Iflos. Baîter anu Vera ut J. 1). hogarth s, iianîp- 1ton]. . . Mrs. J. J. biîîutn witin ler uiaughter, Mrs. Lverett i-bar, Bowmianville. . . Mr. anîa Mis. r- I-t. 'ayior and faamîîy atikL. Lar- mer s, Biacistoc... Lieut. Bruce iiogartil, lrince Rupert, B.(-.; iviiss z.uith ±tacxnam, xampton, ut ir. 'J.nos. BaKer s. .. Mi. anu ivirs. Ivan 1±.uîcott, veterboro; Mr. ana Mlvrs. irank Wvright and Grant, Bowmanviiie, at ivlr. IN. C. 'lei- lowlees'. . . Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mona Anthes, iViiss Elia Mîliison, 'J.oronto; IVuiss Doris Mviuison, .hamuitou, aut ir. ]L. liVulison s... iviss ikearl Leach witn fier par- enits, at 'launtoni. .. ivJr. and ivirs. \,ý aitr Davis, Mis. Ed. Davis, Keuioni, at inaiph Davis . . . iMiss ýviui-ei Langinad, leterboro, ut home. . . ivir. bob inales, Mviss 1,uilice Knapp, Os.,flawa; àir. anac ^m1s avuoi WllLLy, at ivir. Jas. bmis . . . r. ana ivrs. INeil S1euuivces anaci(arol at iMir. 1-ero. ±tunuie s, i1-tampton... . vi. Chaîles bnoîtriuge wstnh lis brotner, 1,îunK, wlio continues quite iii, at .bowmanville. . . Ivr. and M\irs. Ivan r arrow, Oronio; Mr. and Mvrs. INorman Leach, 'launton; lVir. anai MVrs. Dougias k'Iett ana i vîurray, Liîon; MViss Jean Leach, Bow- manville, ut Mr. J. h. K1ýiveli s.:. ivir. Charles bcott, Deini; LAC u-obert bcott, Queoec; bgt. Navi- gator Goraon Scott, Maiton; Mr. and Mrs. Burney l-ooey and Bar- bara, BurXeton, at I. C. Scott's and B. G. btevens'. . . Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Montgomery and Jean at Mr. Bert k erguson's, Ennîs- kullen. . . Mr. and Mis. Chas. AUîin, Mr. and Mrs. Claie AUlin, Robert and John, Mrs. John Aluin and Sam, Miss Annie AllUn, Mr. Albert AlUin, BowmanvilUe; MVr. ana Mrs. Jack Marks ana Mari- lyn, Miss INan AlUin, Toronto, at Xves. ïellowlees'. .. Mr. and iVrs. herb. Ogaten, OJshawa, at E. Cry- aierman s. .. Mrs. N. C. Yellow- lees with Mrs. Ivan Ellicott, Peter- boro. . . Miss Veima Gilbert, Tlo- ronto, teaching staff, at home.. Miss F'lorenîce Lancter, 'loronto; Miuss Iris 1'leming, Whitby; Gien Uobertson, INewcastle; Mi. and Mvis. Retord Cameron, Jean ana Lînda, Zion; Mrs. Russell Balson and Carolyn, Mr. Thos. Brookham and Irene, Bowmanville, at A. J. Baison's. The C.G.I.T. held their annual Christmas tree and concert last Thursday night when pupils from Baker's, Bradley's ana Solina schools assîsted the girls in an ex- cellent program of songs, dia- logues and recitations. Rev. W. Rackham was chaîrman and Santa was a popular guest. Mr. Bob Vivian attended the Golden Wedding celebration for his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Chant, at Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gilbert and Velma entertained the Young People's Union Monday evening. A New Year's program was pre- sented with Evelyn Parrinder in charge. Devotional, Pearl Leach; topic, Gladys Yellowlees; vocal solo, Betty Smales; readings, Ruth Brown and Evelyn Taylor; violîn music, Bryce Brown and Francis Wotten. Remainder of the eve- ning was spent in games and de- licious refreshments were served. Zion Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Archie Keith, Whitby, Miss Ada Pascoe, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Moore and Keith, Enniskillen, at Frank Pascoe's.. . Mr. and Mrs. Murray Morgan, Mr. and Mis. Jack Leach and Paul, Mr. L. E. Morgan, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wideman, Carol and Glenn, Islington, at Mel Morgan's... Mrs. Harvey Balson and Glenn, Osh- awa, Pte. Michael Nemis, Mis. Nemis and Bobbie, Niagara-on- the-Lake, at Robt. Killen's... Mr. and Mrs. Heber Down, Brook- lin, Mr. and Mis. Russell Down, Kedron, at Fred Robbins'. .. Mr. and Mis. Bernard McEwen and Faye, Dunbaîton, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Coverly, Lloyd and Ken- neth, Ebenezer, at Wes. Camer- on's. . . Mr. and Mrs. Norman Leach at John Kiveil's, Solina... Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Glaspeil and Alan at Donald Yellowlees, Columbus. .. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. GlaspeIl and Norrça at George Hilt's, Oshawa. .>. Miss Jean Leach, Bowmanvilie, Miss Pearl Leach, Solina, Mi. and Mrs. Douglas Flett and Murray, at Norman Leach's. . . Mr. and Mrs. F. Reesor and Olive at R. W. Ball's. . . Mi. and Mrs. Hans Geissberger and family at August Geissberger's, Harmony. . . Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wilbur, Oshawa, Mr. and Mis. Ralph Wilbur, Doro- thy and Hillis, Columbus, at Carl Wilbur's. . . LAC Jack Arnott, Jarvis, Miss Bernice Arnott, Barrie, at Jesse Arnott's. . . Mr. and Mrs. Russeil Perkins and Margaret at Chas. Mitcheli's, To- ronto. . . Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hawley, Peterboro, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stainton, Toronto, at A. T.* Stainton's. . . Mr. and Mis. Aif. Ayre at Sam Snowden's, Oshawa ..Miss Marguerite Martin, Mr. Fred Martin, Toronto, Miss Shir- ley Martin, Oshawa, at Thos. Mar- tin's. .. Miss Jean McMaster, To-1 ronto, at Mrs. J. W. McMaster's. ... Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Metcalf and Larry, Oshawa, at Aif. Ayre's...' Mr. and Mrs. Russell Perkins and Margaret at Walter Hulatt's, Osh- awa. . . Miss Diane Lee, Master Brian Lee, Kedron, at A. T. Stainton's... Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Stainton and Elleen at Misses Eleanor and Lyla Stainton's, Osh- awa... Mi. and Mrs. Luther Pas- coe, Ruth and Loren at Chas. Eighteen young members of the spend three weeks learning the Zealandia, Sask.; Mary Roantree, Royal Canadian Air Force Wo- operation of up-to-date office ma- Brantford, Ont.; Simone Beau- men's Division are taking the chines. Shown here, receiving in- champ, Montreal; Annie Reed, first course of specialized busi- struction from Iris Marsden, are, Leslie, Sask.; Joan Waldie, Acton, ness machine training ever given lef t to right: Airwomen Irene Ont., and Marie Harrison, T. o- to service personnel. The girls Birbs of Winnipeg, Thirza Smith, ronto. -R.C.A.F. Photo. Obituary ELIZABETH CARSCADDEN Elizabeth Caîscadden, a de- scendant of two Irish . pioneer familles, the Robert Bruce family, Cartwright, and the Robert Mc- Clung family, Tyrone, Darlington, was buried Dec. 24, in Orono Cemeteîy foliowing a service in Kendul United Church. Rev. Thomas Wallace, Greenbank, and Rev. Albert Carscadden, Toronto, officiated. During the service two favorite hymns of the de- ceased were sung. Mi. Milton Robinson sang "Rock of Ages, and Mr. James Swarkrick sang "Sun of My Soul.", In 1884 she was married to William Carscadden and they settled on the Carscadden homne- stead where she spent her entire life. Her husband predeceased hem in 1923. Her oniy daughter, Nellie, died in 1928. She leaves to mourn the loss of a devoted mother, hiem three sons, John, Harper and Fletcher, and one brother, Harper B. McClung, Midland. Palîbearers weîe Wesley Elliott, Fred Brimacombe, Milton Elliott, Arthur Thompson, John Reid, Ernest Paterson. Floral tributes were many and beautiful from Kendal United Church, L.OL., relatives and friends. Enfield Juhns', £,dîefeîe... Bruce Bishop ut Oshawa. . . Mis. Mary Leach, Christmas Visitors: Mm. and Mr. J. Wood, Toronto, at Nor- Mrs. L. Rahm, Richmond Hill, man Leach's. .. Mr. and Mrs. A. Mr. and Mis. A. Pmescott and fam- ist T. Stainton and Elleen attended ily, ut E. Pescott's. . . LAC J. ;on a birthday purty for Mrs. Fred Stark, Trenton, Mrs. Stark, Osh- in- Lee ut Ross Lee's, Kedron, on awa, Miss Grace Stark, Toronto, id Dec. 23rd. . . The Christmas tree Mi. and Mrs. Charley Ommiston, d, and concert was a grand success. Sask., ut J. Stark's... Miss Verna nd Program put on by the childien Ormiston, Toronto, Mis. A. Or- nd was enjoyed by ail. Santa Claus miston, Toronto, Mis. A. Ormis- n, appeured and made ulI the little ton, ut H. Smith's... Mi. and Mis. ýay folks happy... Mis. J. McMullen ' F. Abernethy and family, Peter- ia, Oshawa, AC2 Cumeron Stainton, boro, Miss Mary Cole, Miss Wanda ns, R.C.A.F., Toronto, ut Russell Cole, Toronto, and Miss Corsina ..Stuinton's. Sumis, Oshawa, ut M. Sumis'... th _______________Mi. A. J. Tamblyn, Miss Myrtie nd Tumblyn, Mr. and Mis. J. Tumb- rY, Dorothy and Anna returned with lyn and family, Mi. and Mis. I. ..their sister, Mis. Munday. .. Mis. Tamblyn and family, Omono, ut 'iLancaster, Newtonville, with Mis. W. Bowman's. . . Misses Jean, neIvison Munday. .. Mis.L. Colla- Pearl and Evelyn Taylor, John ýer cutt and Pearl ut W. Westlake's. Taylor and Ray Wedge, Toronto, R. They also visited Mi. and Mis. ut T. Tuylor's... Mi. and Mis. G. e. Norman Mutton, Oshawa. Mi. L. Bowman and Mary Helen at H. a, Collacutt and Lenore ut Norman Beaton's, Oshawa. .. Mi. and Mis. ..Mutton's. .. Misses Effie and C. Childeihose and faînily, Bow- y- Annie Wright, Oshawa, Miss manville, ut H. Ormiston's. .. Mr. y Huzel Wright, Washington, D.C., Murray McCulloch and Miss Mary y Miss Marguerite Wright, St. McCulloch, Toronto, and Miss Ida d. Catharines, Mis. F. T. Wright, McCulloch, Oshawa, ut O. J. Mc- -Oshawa, Mi. and Mis. W. E. Sun- Culloch's. . . Mm. and Mis. T. derson and Tpr. Arthur Wright, Williem and Miss Vera Stinson, SCamp Borden, ut N. E. Wright's. Toronto, ut N. Stinson's. Missi Mildred Snowden was Rev. 'Plant deliveied a fine soloist ut the Morrison-Horton Christmas message on Sunduyf wedding in Oshawa on Tuesday. and the junior choir sang two The special Christmas service Christmas songs. wus continued on Sunduy when the pastor gave another excellent CONFUSION COMPOUNDED message. The choir ulso gave special Christmas music. Offer- Without comment ut the mo- ing of $18 in Sunday School wus ment, The Statesmun prints here-f for Sick Children's Hospital, To- with a letter appearing in "Faimt ronto. Special New Year's ser- News," No. 420, dated Nov. 17, vice and music next Sunduy. 1943. The wmiter is Dm. E. S. Mi. and Mis. H. G. Freemun, Archibald, Director, Dominionn Mis. L. C. Snowden were among Experimental Faim Service, De- t the invited relatives who met ut partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. the home of Mr. and Mis. Ross The leaflet, "Faim News," is issu- Lee, Kedron, on Dec. 23 to assist ed under authomîty of Hon. James t Mis. Fred Lee celebrate her 80th G. Gardiner, Dominion Minister1 birthday; also on Dec. 2lst wus of Agriculture. Here is the letter:a their 56th wedding unniversary. The ugriculturul problemi is so f A number of presents was re- vital, so tremendous, thut the con-0 ceivd b thebrie an grom.sumners and the industrialists of ceivd b thebrie an grom.Canada must uppreciate the faim- The evening was pleusuntly spent etyi in games, social chit-chut. A ers' true position and intelligeni assist through Goveinments and dainty lunch was served by the in every way to find the perma- ri hostess, ably assisted by hiem sis- nent solution to a prosperousn ter, Miss Eileen Stainton, and urai existence. It is true that s Little Dianu Lee and Anna Marie leading business men reulize that C Aluin. A toast was proposed by the producers of Canuda's food- r Dr. W. H. Birks, town, to Mis. stuffs are puying income taxes in r Lee, on reuching such a good smail numbers, not of their own I uge, also to the bride and groom choice but for the simple reason t of 56 yeaîs. At the proper time that the earning power in labour P. the bride cut the cake. A toast income on the average faim, even P, was also proposed to the goom's with the fiee labour of wife and oldest sister, Mis. John MeGregor childien thiown in, is littie more h who is 87 ycaîs old and was than that whieh industry and te present. Among other relatives Governments pay to a Grade 1Ihi present were: Mi. and Mis. Bruce stenographer. tr IMcGregor, Mi. and Mis. Bert That is strange reading as comn- r Montgomery, Oshawa; Mmî. and pared with Seniator Norman Lam- Pl Mis. Malcolm McGregor, Kedron; bert's letter of last week which w Mr. Hartnell Cole, Brother Of s'îid faîmers are getting a fair CI * Mis. Lec-, Hazel and Marie Cole, share of the present national in- ar j Kedron, Mis. Lawrence Allin, come. In the same issue of or datîghteî, Anna Marie, Oshawa; " Farn News" theîe's a "Puice PC Mrs. Hnncock, Dr. and Mis. W. H. Increasc on Baicon." an "Increas- ti Biîks, town; Mi. and Mis. Arthur cd Demand for Fond Products" ha Stainton, Zion. Mr. Frak Lee, and an "Urgent Need for Faim mi Ottawa; Mi. and Mis. Andrcw Michineuy" and so on. If there is da Seott, Goderich, wer unable to a single farmer in Durham Coun- ho be preseat on accouat of sickaess. ty who can interpret ail this con- fi fusion or stick up for a govern. ment that puts forth ail this bally. hoo, we shall be glad to hear fronr himn and pay ail expenses. PLOWS, SHAVING SOAF ANI COLLAR BUTTONS ByR. J. Deachman J. H.G. who writes-"Off Plows and Hot Towels"-the Winnipeg Free Press of November 17th, k radical, original and provocative, He starts by writing off the plow. It must go. It has served its purpose. Something else, prob. ably the disc-harrow must take its place. Are we to substitute for the plow, which is the symbo of almost everything whîch is good and holy, that most dis- reputable of ail things, the "disc- harrow." I tried it on a few familiar ex- pressions. It sounds terrible. The modemn Ben Franklin will write: "He that by the disc-harrow wil] thrive, Himself must either hold or drive." That fails entiîely, you don't hold a disc-harrow, you drive the damned thing. Then let us go to Emerson: "For what avail the plow or sal, On land, or life if freedom fail." Try the disc-harrow on that. Or who would think of modifying this line fromn a sermon by Bishop Latimer: "The devil is diligent at the plow." "Disc-har- row," says the modern preacher from the pulpit or over the radio. Then fromn Pope's Essay on Man: "Learn of the mole to plow," (disc-harrow if you please) "The worm to weave." I would like to see J. H. G. quote that in one of his deft articles. It simply would not work. You might leain of the mole to plow but how could you learn of the mole to disc-harrow? So what are we. going to do about it? Take ail the poetry out of agriculture in order that we may reap a more abundant har- vest-all this to prove, what man has known before, that progreas is a continuous struggle to find the simplest way of doing things, s0 that statesmen may have more time to develop the means of mak- ing them more complex. But I am entirely with J. H. G. when he proposes to abolish the hot towel and shaving soap method of getting rid of whiskers. I have experimented mildiy with this thing in the past but I lacked persistence in good work. I have tried it again. I have had my fifth soapless coid water shave. It works. It leaves behind it a better, kindiier face but it has brought with it an economic prob- lem for which 1 have not yet found the answer. Possessed of a hard whisker I had, for years, held the view that a fiîst-ciass razor blade would last oniy thmee days. Then at Couchiching last summer I1lived for a week in the same cottage as that distinguished Canadian, for- mer Member of Pariament and now, Director of the Canadian Na- tional Railways, Mr. E. J. Young. Hle had picked up the idea of mak- ng a mazor biade last a month and the simple means of doing it was to take an omdinary drinking glass and rub the blade back and forth 'or a few minutes on the inside of the wet glass, presto, the blade was sharp, result-a better shave. ['hirty days of it-pehaps more. t can be done. I have proved it. I have a suspicion the blades nay not last so long under the ion-softening process and that some day I may be forced to hoose between a better face, more razor blades or an oid nethod and at this point I chai- lenge J. H. G. to confess-will the biades stand it? Can we ap- *ly the, economnic test or is the penaity-economîc sanctions? But what about the back collar utton? I was for years a slave tthat vicious and innocuous abit. I wore one, it was inherited radition in our famiiy that every ,ale shouid hold his collai in :lace by a little 15e piated stud 'ith a persistent mocking ten- lency to shoot under the dresserJ id get in some obscure corner, in any occasion, whcn you hap- sned to be in a hurîy, s0 one ive neyer missed it We have aae a lot of pîogress here. One [y, after reading of plows and ot toweis I calied up my old iend, Major Russel Spurks. Hei q i- is eminently respectable. He be- - longs to one of the oldest Ottawa n families. He's a good dresser. I asked hlm if lie still wore the back collai button. "Certainly flot," lie said. "That is a relic >of the distant pust. Does anyone Wear one now? Seven or eight years ago when I was dressing one morning, my collai button ,s flew out. I searched long and g diligentiy, I neyer found it. I ,s don't believe it was evem found. I have neyer used one since- e neyer heard of one in fact." So we d move forward by discarding the ,plow, throwing the shaving soap ethrough the window and losing eoui collar buttons. But here there Il is no evidence of a planned econ- somy-here there is a chance for a -thriller! 1 cali for a Special Committee of the House of Commons to delve1 - into oui habits, eliminate the non- eessential and streamline 11f e till ýit looks like Hedy Lamaîr. It is 1 not for me to namne the Commit- tees but if I were naming it I r would suggest Hon. Ian Mac- kenzie, as Chairman with Messrs. tColdwell, Douglas, M cG ee r c(Gerald), Slaght (Arthur), and ) Martin (Paul). It's flot a big committee but it's very select- *besides it would get us some place -but who knows where! DEATHBED PROMISES NOT BINDING asDeathbed promises are aimost r sold-fashioned as cutting your -favorite child off with a shilling or digging in the garden to find the buried family jewels. Recentiy there has been con- siderabie controversy in the Unit- ed States and Canada on the sub- jeet of deathbed promises regard- ting the second marriages of twidows and widowers. Some of the most experienced writers on ithe subject of family and house- hold economics have expressed decided opinions that indicute Lplainly their view that the living should flot be shackled for life by selfish and intensely unreasonable ipeople who exact promises inn ;their dying moments, or in their wills.s Such well known authorities asa the famous authoress Kathleenr Norris, and the best known wîit-v er of "Advice to the Lovelorn," 1 Dorothy Dix, advise the victimsn to ignore such promises as a bar0 to future marmiage, as they are r not legaily binding, and are often t positiveiy silly when viewed inF the light of common sense andC subsequent happenings.F The survivor of a union that is l( severed by death early in the tl years of marriage has a perfect c right to seek happiness in another union in a reusonabie length of Q time, after due respect has been e shown to the deceased and to the Il relatives, ti And when 1it happens much pi later in lif e; friends and neigh- a bois, as weli as immediate rela- o tives, shouid take a wiser view Iý of remarriage than they do, for a ai lonely old age is the acmne of lone- i iiness, and should receive tender bi consideration and approval under r ordinary circumstances, w h e n i maîriage is contemplated with an 11 eminently suitabie person. h Doîothy Dix says: I wish more childien could take the broad- cl minded view of their parents' me- th marriage that you do, for it would th THURS., DECEMBER 3oth, 1943 POTATO DISCUSSION Bacteriai ring rot has become such a menace to Ontario potato crops that a full day's discussion is on the agenda at the Ontapio Crop Improvement Convention to be heid at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, beginning at 10 a.m., Feb. 7. An authority will address the dinner to be held at 12:30. Subjects to be discussed are: P r i c e ceilings, available ma- chinery, control of ring rot, re- cent changes and developments in seed potato certification, the Sim- coe 500 bushel club, custom dust- ing, co-operative spraying, facts re scab control and varieties and the need for a potato breeding programn for Ontario. A record breaking attendance is expected. save a lot of tears and meproaches for the happiness of Father and and hard feelings on the child-Mohrbtftemees ren's part, and save many a ohrbtftemlvs widowed. man and woman from a Regumding ridiculous wills and lonely oid age. For the great deathbed promises Kathleen majority of childien are bitterly Noîris suys thut the jealous desire opposed to their parents' remar- to go on living after death, to con- riage and say cruel things about tinue to influence this world and the insult to deur Mother's or a few ut least of its inhabitants, is Futher's memomy, and pîotest they a chiidish and undeveloped im- can't understund why Mother or Pulse. One sees it exemplifled ln E'athem isn't satisfied wlth their wills, in freakish last dispositions love and coming to live with of estates, in surprise letters lock- them and the sweet littie grand- ed up in strong boxes. If, as I children. believe, the liberated s piri it What these childien forget is reuches new wide horizons wheîe that no matter how devoted par- ail oui sensual eamthly appetites ents are to them there cunnot be ut last appear to us to be us the kind of companionship be- pîtiably namrow as they really ;ween themn that theme is between are, how bittemly must a soul re- people of approximately the same gret the blind little whims and age. Also, that parents play sec- meanness he left behind hlm. ond-fiddle to their childîen's hus- It seems to me a much more bands or wives and youngsters, serlous thing to dissolve a mur- and thut ail of us have a natural niage between the living than to, îumun cîaving for someone who cancel a deuthbed promise made belongs to us. Likewise, that no in the last jealous, sick, domineer- man or woman who has hud bis or ing hours of a man's life. Doctors hei own home is ever satisfied to deceive patients if they feel it a ive in another's home, no mutter helpful thing. Nurses murmur how welcome a guest he or she is. untruths; wives say cheerfully So from every point of view "you are much better today." children are wise when they give Clussify youm promise. among their parents their blessing when these soothing deceptions and for- they memammy. It not only makes get it. I * * ~-v~.iJ Il ONE YEAR GLOSER TO VICTORY Happy New Year f rom Bert Parker and s taff.-. and may this new year of 1944 be one of parpose and courage and pro- gress for us ail.,. a year that wiiI help us Iead the world to Peace and Freedom. . and bring to this, our land, a trium- phant Vietory! Bert Parker Plumber Bowmanville 'I PAGE POUR 4' THE CANAiDIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO Greetingsl At the ciosing of the year - we shouid give thanks - to our Glorious Allies, our Leaders, men and women in our Armed Forces - and ail on the Home Front, who have given them their valiant support. May each and every one of us look forward to a Victor- ious New Year. PhotlCO LING'S DRUG STORE elivery THURS., DECEMBER 30th, 1943 a ïý-1