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w ana Baln taTe rman With Which Are Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, And The Orono News VOLUME 90 BOWMANVILLE, ONT., THURSDAY, JUNE lst, 1.944 NUMBER 22 SUPPORT THE Local Soldiers Killed and Wounded Fighting In Italy Again it becomes the distress- fuil mission of The Statesman ts interview the newly bereaved and anxious parents and rela. tives in this district, whose sons overseas have met with deathl and wounds on the fighting fronts in Italy, during the past weeks. Official telegrams have been received by parents and wives telling of these sacrifices in the cause of freedom: Killed in Action: Robert Elgin Woodward, gunner with the Hastings and Prince Edward Reg't., 8th Army, Italy, in his 24th year. Gnr. Woodward, son of Randolph and the late Mrs. Woodward, King St. West, Bow- manville, enlisted 4 years ago and went overseas 2 years ago and proceeded to Italy with his Regi- ment. He met ,death in action, May 20, in the recently renewed fighting at Cassino. Besides his father, to mourn his passing, are his wife, the former Marion Crawford, Oshawa, with two small sons, two sisters, Mrs. Fred Smith and Mrs. Charles Taylor, and one brother, Murrell. Before enlisting, Gnr. Woodward was employed with the Goodyear Company. Died of Wounds: John L. Pool- ton, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. L. Poolton, Elgin St., Bowman- ville, and brother of Mrs. Bennie King. His wife, the former Fern Simmons of Tweed, Ont., also lives on Elgin St. Pte. Poolton en- listed 4 years ago with the lst Midland Reg't, engineers section, and transferred to the Toronto Irish Reg't, latr to volunteer for service in Italy with the 8th Army. He was desperately wounded in recent battles near Cassino and died May 26. Pte. Poolton was an exemplary char- acter, never having smoked or drank. Now he has paid the supre&e ,sacrifice alter a year in actio nverseas. At home he was employed with the Goodyear Company. Wounded in Action: Sergt. William H. Bates enlisted with the original Hastings and Prince Edward Regt. On June 5, 1940. and has been overseas two and one half years. He was wounded in action, May 26, when his unit was fighting in the forefront as part of the 8th Army in the Cas- sino battles. Sergt. Bates was born in England where his moth- er still resides, his father having died some years ago. His wife, Mrs. Bates, a sister of Jack Nichols, Elgin St., resides on King St.East, with their children, three girls and one boy. Sergt. Bates was formerly employed with the Goodyear Company. Wounded in Action: Corp. Har- old J. Kilgannon, eldest son of Mr. D. M. Kilgannon, Liberty St., Bowmanvilie, enlisted over 4 years ago with the lst Midlands. Corp. Kilgannon volunteered for overseas service and transferred to a fighting unit with the 8th Army in Italy, where he was wounded in action three weeks ago. His wife, the former Doris Offen, resides in Toronto with their four children. Prior to en- listing, Corp. Kilgannon was em- ployed with the Goodyear Com- pany. Wounded in Action: John Wesley Oke is son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Oke, R. R. 2, Burketon. The official telegram received by his parents gave.the bare information that their son was wounded in action in the fighting in Italy oit May 20. Pte. Oke enlisted three years ago and was with the famous Pictou High- landers. He went overseas just two months ago and was there- fore transferred immediately in- to action in the thick of the fight. One brother, Howard, is employ- ed in Oshawa and his sister is Mrs. Bruce Ashton, Cartwright.1 Wounded in Action: Mr. and1 Mrs. Norman E. Wright, Maple Grove, have received a telegram from the Director of Informa- tion at Ottawa stating that theiC son, Pte. Herbert Wright, wasg wounded in action at Italy on M 2A. He enlisted Jan., 1942, an5.oVent overseas in July, 1942. Two* brothers are also in the army, Pte. Arthur Wright at Camp Borden and Pte. Fred Wright who has been overseas since March, 1943. Further particulars in regard1 to these boys' sacrifices cannot be expected for some weeks.i Meantime the sympathy of the entire community goes out to their parents, wives, children and relatives. They have stood the heroic test in the tradition of Canadian fighting men. Miss Barbara Rehder was in Toronto on Friday evening at- tending the graduation aI the 28th graduating class af nurscs at Women's College Hospital at Convocation Hall. Miss Jean Pattinson receiving the award of the- highest standing in ber intermediate year class. : Old Saw Mill At Stephens' Burned Another Darlington landmark has disappeared. Fire broke out Sunday in Stephens' Mill, Salem, and despite all efforts to save it, the mill, the blacksmith shop and about half the customers' logs and lumber on hand had been completely destroyed'. For many years the mill was owned and operated by the late Ex-Reeve George\Stephens and lately has been operated .by Tom Thornton. The origin of the fire is unknown and the amount of insurance carried has not been learned. Stephens' pond was for many years a mecca for speckled trout fishermen. Bil Ellis Loues Faithful Dog "Rex" Rex, the well known, collie, constant companion of equally well known and popular Bill Ellis, died Sunday evening, aged 10 years. Bill feels the loss keen- ly and Rex will be missed about town. Rex was a "one man" dog and when not with Bill on his duties as janitor of the Bank of Montreal, delivering the Toronto Star, and caring for the Bowling Greens, stayed at home guarding Bill's property at Argyle and On- tario Streets. Rex remained at home, Sun- day, while Bill was up town and when he returned at 9 p.m. was found lifeless inside the front door. There was no suspicion of poisoning and Bill feels it was just old age having its way. Thus ends a close association of years of bachelors Bill and Rex. The editor can sympathize with Bill and others who have lost faithful canine friends for his own dog passed to nirvana under similar circumstances. Cadmus Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Wilson and Mrs. McDonald, Toronto, at Lakeview Cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Brown and Keith, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Henderson, Toronto, at Russell Brown's. Miss Birdie Fallis, Oshawa, and Mr. Frank Walters, Courtice, at C. H. Fallis'. Gordon Brown has received orders to report at Kingston, June 1, for military service. Orme McKee is improving gradually. The losers in the contest in Miss Mountjoy's Young People's Class are entertaining the win- ners on Wednesday night. Hampton Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. A.. E. Jennings, Oshawa, at T. Wray's . . . Mr. and Mrs. C. Nelson, To- ronto, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Ploughman, Port Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Taylor, Blackstock, Miss Eva Williams, Port Perry, at S. Wiliams'. . . Sgt. L. Trull, Galt, at home. . . Mrs. Cumber- land, Toronto, with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Geo. Farncomb. . . Mr. and Mrs. John Mills and Clifford, Ajax, at S. Kersey's. A number from here attended Eldad Anniversary on Sunday. Rev. W. Rackham had charge of services on the Pickering charge on Sunday. A combined Sunday School and Church service will be held next Sunday morning at 10:30, including a baptismal service. There will be no evening service. Young People's Union was pleasantly entertained by Salem Union on Friday evening. Hamp- ton Young People provided the program after which Mr. Fare- well Blackburn and Mrs. A. F. Gardiner, Tyrone, conducted some interesting contests follow- ed by a bountiful lunch. An en- joyable evening was spent to- gether. The year's work of the North Group of Hampton Institute for War Service is as follows: 10 dressing robes; 18 blouses; 15 pr. pyjamas; 8 knitted sweaters; 6 seamen's socks; 4 day socks; 6 girls' gowns; 16 mothers' gowns; 39 panties; 2 girls' coats; 4 wo- men's coats; 36 girls' dresses; 4 ladies' dresses; 33 girls' slips; 1 child's coat and bonnet; 11 quilts; 2 layettes; 8 pr. bootees; 2 pr. rompers; 1 boy's overcoat; 6 boys' pants and blouses; 6 girls' aprons; 3 hats; 1/2 doz. face cloths; 8 bath towels; 3 doz. tea towels; 4 hand- kerchiefs; 15 bars soap; 60 pounds of jam. Members of the Durham Coun- ty Shorthorn Association plan to be out in full force at Millbrook Fair, Friday, June 9, with many entries for the special prizes for Shorthorns. HAVY Basebail Asuured This'Summer Bowmanville is to have a base- ball team this summer with a team entered to compete in the Lake Shore League comprised of four Oshawa teams, one from Whitby and one from Bowman- ville. Thus hard ball comes back into the picture after several sea- sons devoted to desultory soft- ball. The aggregation will be a junior team with players signed up to 19 years of age, all holding amateur cards. The finals, for the championship in the O.B.A. will be played against Toronto and other Ontario districts. Much nterest has already been created and the boys have had several practices. All the hard- ball equipment in town has been secured and Monday evening, the town grader was in operation levelling off the diamond at the High School. It is likely the League will be opened at Oshawa, June 10, but the Bowmanville boys are not ex- pected to get into action in a league game until about June 15. On the basis of present perform- ance many of the lads handle themselves well and the public may expect to see a real team in action this season. Fire Destroys Large Barn on E. A. Werry's Farm at Enniskillen The fire siren roused into ac- tion the members of Bowman- ville Fire Brigade, Monday fore- noon, and the fire truck and gen- eral equipment wheeled into ac- tion within a matter of minutes. A telephdhe call had come from Enniskillen, that Ernie Werry's large barn, north and east of the village was on fire. Rounding the Balmoral corner the engine of the fire truck coughed a n d stuttered. By- standers were amazed and grati- fied at the promptitude with which the brigade wheeled up to the curb pumps at the Challis' garage to fill up with gas and oil prior to making the long haul up Enniskillen hills. It was learned that Mr. Werry was on his way to Toronto with a load of livestock and was un- aware of the fire. The fire is supposed to have been started by young lads playing with matches. As is usual when fire gets a head start in barns, little could be done and the brigade arrived too late to avoid a total loss. No in- formation is available as to the amount of insurance carried. Durham Horsemen Win at Brookhin Fair Some of the finest livestock in Ontario w e r e on display at Brooklin Spring Show, May 24. The Shorthorn classes were dom- inated by the herds of such out- standing breeders as Beath Farms, W. A. Dryden & Son, John Miller, etc., with lio entries from Durham. But in the classes for horses, Durham was well rep- resented and the following breeders won important prizes: James Stark, Burketon, was a winner in the 3-year Clydesdale stallion class and came first in the light-draught, 1943, filly or gelding contest. R. Cochrane, Burketon, took ribbons in 4 classes as follows: Class 1, delivery horses, mare or gelding, hitched. First on de- livery team. Firsts on saddle pony, 13½/ hands and under, rid- den by boy or girl under 15, and best single carriage outfit in bar- ness. . Ivan Cochrane, Nestleton, won on his light horse harness team, single horse in harness, over 15 /2 hands, single horse 151/2 and un- der, and best light horse in classes ß and 6. As usual the important win- ners in the heavy Clydesdale classes were Ray McLaughlin, Oshawa, and Frank Batty, Brooklin. Despite the busy sea- son the fair was an outstanding success. Major Earl Drope, President of the Harwood Co - operative Creamery, was chosen on the first ballot to carry the Progres- sive Conservative Party banner in the next federal election in Northumberland County, at the party convention held in Wark- worth, May 29. Five party stal- warts allowed their names to stand for the ballot before a gathering of over 400 delegates. Bowmanville Women's Insti- tute met in St. John's Parish Hall, May 25, with President Mrs. Charles Mutton, in the chair. Fol- lowing the regular business Mrs. Fred Baker gave a paper on Ag- riculture, dividing her topic as "'Hints on Flowers" and "Mixed Farming. Musical numbers in- cluded two vocal solos by Mrs. Alex Colville accompanied by Mrs. E. Wood and two piano solos by Mrs. E. Wood and Miss Fay Boe. A 1 Crop Prospects In Durham Co. The countryside in this vicinity never looked better in the long history of farming which opened here just over a century ago. Most farmers hope for the best but many old timers keep their fingers crossed for they have seen the like before. The winter's snow was the scantiest for de- cades. The spring rains were in- termittent and none too plenti- ful.- The surface moisture has propagated one of the best stands of fall wheat and of hay and clover seen for years. The apple orchards have been full bloomed and no foggy weather has come to offset the effects of spraying. Commercial pea - crops have gotten away to a good start and commercial corn lands have been well worked and the crop is be- ing planted under present favor- able conditions. Some low lying lands were not planted to grain crops, but over the whole district things never looked better. But the last few days have been quite hot, and since the month of June is just opening, there is present TAG ··· assurance of a pretty good hay crop. Beyond that, prospects are at the vagaries of nature. Some fear a dry season and they dlaim there is not enough land moisture stored up to assure a good grain crop without good warm rains. Last year was a comparative failure in grain yields in Ontario. Thousands of bushels of feed grain had to be imported from the west to feed live stock and many farmers hereabouts in the dairy business particularly, lost money on the year's operations. So the fate of the present agri- cultural prospects depends not so much on the present luscious picture but on whether or not sufficient rain comes to replace moisture presently being deplet- ed to produce the wonderful growth everywhere in evidence. As usual, the farmers have one sure prospect in view; that is the eternal gamble on the weather. All hope that in this year of ap- proaching victory on the battle fronts, we shall have compensat- ing victory on the farm front in Ontario. Ogoki Power Pro ject Pictured At Rotary Club Program The story of the great water diversion project on the Ogoki River in northern Ontario was told in story and pictures at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Bal- moral Hotel, Friday. Rotarian Ross Strike, recently elected to the executive of the Hydro Com- mission of Ontario, gave a short talk outlining the main features of the Ogoki diversion and intro- duced Norman Lake of the pro- vincial:Hydro staff who operated the , motion picture machine, showing in technicolor and sound the panorama of the whole vast undertaking. Outining the geologic features of northern Ontario wherein the height of land interposed to di- vide the waterflow, part of which came south into the St. Lawrence system, and the remainder flow- ed north into James Bay, Mr. Strike explained that engineers discovered a means of diverting part of the northern flow into the St. Lawrence system, so the Ogoki plan was conceived and completed. This permitted Hydro construction at vaniaus points and added tremendously increas- ed horsepowen Ion the use af factory, larme and home in the more settled parts of the pro- vince. There had been much contro- versy between Canada and the U.S.A. through the fact that water had been diverted from Lake Michigan through the Chi- cago Drainage Canal, which low- ered the general level of the Great Lakes, decreasing the waterflow and curtailing power development in Ontario. The Ogoki project was an offset to this in raising the general water level and assuring increased power for all time to come. To- day Ontario is using all the Hyd- ro power available, and because of the small snowfall of the past winter, the general level is lower and storage facilities are being developed to conserve the supply. The movie presented by Mr. Lake was titled "The Romance of a River" which involved- chang- ing its course and the scenes were taken throughout the north coun- try with the finale showing the newly opened power develop- ment at DeCew Falls, near St. Catharines. The initial scenes pictured the original wilderness of the north when Indians roam- ed the forests and along the streams. Next were pictured the trappers with their dog teams, taking out furs for the aristoc- racy of Europe. Pictured in suc- cession were the prospector seek- ing minerals, the lumberman seeking the vast forest products and eventually came the survey- ors mapping the course of the :tvanscontinental railways. Final- ly came the Hydro engineers to discover the means of diverting the flow of water and establish- ment of the Ogogi project. The plan was simply to con- struct a dam across the Ogoki which raised the water level un- tii it flowed southward and add- ed to the flow of the St. Law- rence system. The colored pic- tures showed the rocks and crags, the trucks, bulldozers and steam shovels and many of the 2,000 men employed to operate them, working night and day until com- pietion o the works. It was a giant prnojectwith unusual haz- ards. Transport was always a problem with mud and snow ta contend with and the airplane played its important part in get- ting in men, mateniais and sup- plies. Finally the dam was com- pleted and at the opening, Dr. T. H. Hogg, Chairman of the Hydro Commission, was pictured on the screen and told the story of the whole conception and the bene- fits of the undertaking. At the opening of the power plant at DeCew Falls, Premier Drew threw the switch and ex- plained that it added 65,000 H.P. to the system, enough for a city of 100,000 people, and that the entire potential of the diversion was more than 360,000 H.P., a projëct of vital economic import- ance in the life of the people, a present aid to the war effort, and a guarantee for the future of peace and security. The pictures and sound form- ed an effective presentation of a vastly important developmetit long to be remembered by those privileged to see them and this was expressed by Forbes Hey- land who moved the vote of thanks. These Little Pigs Will Go To Market Some Day The above picture was taken A. Summers, Agricultural Rep- at Hampton last week when 22 resentative. It is estimated 1600 of the 35 members of the Junior pigs valued at $40,000 have been Swine Club, sponsored by the raised through this effort. Above Rotary and Lions Clubs of Bow- picture from left to right shows: manville, each received two pure Andy Thompson and J. J. Brown bred pigs for breeding purposes. of the Lions Club; Geo. W. James, This project was started 5 years R. R. Stevens and J. W. Jewell of ago with the co-operation of E. the Rotary Club. ON SATURDAY Harold Pearn Dies ia a ' Resuit of Car Accident ield Day at Can Harold Pearn, Queen St.,Bow- manville, was fatally injured in a caraccident in Toronto, Sun- A n Ou q day. Mr. and Mrs. Pearn were passengers in a carrdriven by The fourth anniversary of the enlivene Charles Weese of Carrying Place, Veterans Guard of Canada, com- Visiting Ont., when it came into collision bined with Victoria Day, May24 were er with a T.T.C. bus at St. Germaine mess, o and Elm Avenues. The terrific was celebrated at Internment sergeani impact hurled Mr. Pearn out of Camp 30, by Headquarters Staff ranks i the auto to the pavement causing and No. 9 Company, by a field of whic] a fractured skull. He was im- day embracing an outstanding refreshm mediately rushed, unconscious to sports program, an excellent din- preciate Toronto General Hospital and ner and movies and a dance in In the died shortly after. the evening. The Camp Com- ing at 1: Mrs. Pearn was also admitted mandant, Col. C. G. Kerr, M.C., as follo to the hospital with a crushed together with Major F. F. M. frehme, arm but later was able to leave Brown, V.D., entered whole- Race-u and return home to Bowman- heartedly into the arrangements and Wi ville. The driver of the car in which all officers and other Pte. S escaped injury. The accident ranks took an enthusiastic part. Wheelbc was one of 17 motor crashes in A chartered bus brought many Newman the city over the week-end in visitors from Toronto and offic- of War- which 18 persons were injured ers and enlisted personnel were with Cc or killed. present from points extending Relay S The deceased, Mr. Pearn, was from Toronto to Ottawa. and Wa born in Bowmanville, son of the Capt. Morgan O'Brien, repre- Selman; late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pearn, senting M.D. 3, Kingston, was in Ptes. Ro and was employed for many attendance, also Mr. Adams of Newman years with the Dominion Piano Toronto, representing the Cana- ty Race- and Organ Factory, later moving dian Legion War Services. Inter- Pte. Wa to Toronto. For a number of ested visitors from Bowmanville and Clic included Colonel Lorne T. Mc- Pte. Tiv have resided in Bowmanville Laughlin, C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D.; was fir hav ______in______ W. C. Tait, representing the Fat Men Canadian Legion, and m a n y formerly townspeople. During the morn- town, Vi Val n Hing the Camp units were inspect- 11:5 flat, Valued at $130,000 ed by Commandant Kerr who cal offic Sold to U.S. Buyer later took the salute in the march In the past. Two black-face comedians (c John Tamblyn, Orono, widely known Holstein breeder and judge, who knows the qualities and conformations of the breed as the traditional politician knows the "black and white babies" o f h i s district, bas just completed the purchase and shipment of 4 cars of pedigreed Holsteins to the U.S.A. Acting as purchasing agent for C. S. Erb & Co., Middletown, Pennsylvania, Mr. Tamblyn selected from the herds of well known breeders of Peterboro, Northumberland and Durham Counties 93 head of heifers and matured cows at a purchase price of $23,000. Erb & Co. are one of the larg- est owners of dairy herds in eastern United States and that they are convinced that Ontario can supply the best of high qual- ity Holsteins is attested in the fact that, during the past 16 months, Mr. Tamblyn, acting as their agent, has shipped to them selected Holsteins to the value of more than $130,000. Repeat orders from such an important source tend to the conclusion that this district raises the best of pedigreed dairy stock and that Mr. Tamblyn "knows his onions" in the matter of selection and shipments. Rex Caverly Leaving Provincial Police Formerly stationed at Simcoe with the Ontario Provincial Po- lice, Constable Rex Caverly, son of Mr. W. C. Caverly, Bowman- ville, has resigned from the force and is leaving this week for Aps- ley in Northern Ontario to en- gage in the lumbering business. Constable Caverly has been on the staff of the Kitchener office of the Provincial Police since Feb- ruary lst, following his discharge from the Canadian Army. While stationed in Simcoe, Constable Caverly enlisted for active ser- vice with the 12th Battery, R.C.A., and for some months was sta- tioned in Eastern Canada, being granted leave o absence from bis police duties. Discharged eariy this year he returned to the Pro- vincial Police lorce, going ta Kitchener. Prior to enlistment, he was stationed at Simcoe for eight years and previously was at London for seven years. Con- stable Caverly is at present vis- iting his wife and family who have been residing on Church St. Members of Palestine Chapter Attend Service At St. John's Church Officers and members of Pale- stine Chapter, A.F. & A.M., gath- ered at the lodge rooms Sunday afternoon and marched to St. John's Anglican Church for ob- servance of their annual church services. Rt. Excellent Compan- ion A. Hircock, Cobourg, was present in his official capacity and read the appropriate lesson of the day. Rt. Excellent Companion and Grand Chaplain of the Chapter, Rev. Canon C. R. Spencer, de- livered a very fitting sermon for the occasion and Mrs. H. Ormis- ton rendered a beautiful solo. Present from out of town were officers and members of Chap- ters from Port Hope and Co- bourg. Afternoon Tea in the Navy League Rooms, Thurs., June 8, 3 to 6. Proceeds for H.M.C.S. Bowmanville. Tea 25c. 22-1 1p 30 Success ed the preliminaries. ,friends of the officers ntertained in the officer's f the sergeants, in the t's mess hall and of other n the men's mess hall, all h, providing comforts and ments, were highly ap- d. e program of sports start- 30 p.m., the winners were ws: Sack Race-Pte. Le- Pte. Goldrich; Relay von by Ptes. Taylor, Greir ggins; Obstacle Race - elmer, Pte. Lefrehme; orraw Race, - Staff Sgt. n and Pte. O'Neill; Tug -won by the Camp Staff ol. Kerr as anchor man; hort - 1st, Ptes. Hinton tts, 2nd, Ptes. Rose and Three-Legged Race-1st se and Cliche, 2nd, S|Sgt. n and Pte. O'Neill; Novel- -lst, S|Sgt. Newman and atts, 2nd, Ptes. Callahan he; Eating Soda Biscuit- y, formerly of the Navy st, Pte. Morton, second; 's Race-Col. C. G. Kerr, of that great sport irden, Man., came first in with Capt. Wilson, medi- er, a close second. e visitors' events, which continued on page 4) Trinity United Church, on Sun- day, May 28, held its Sunday School Anniversary. About 200 boys and girls with their teachers took part in an impressive ser- vice. Beginning with a Proces- sional, the groups proceeded from both sides of the Sunday School Hall, outside to the central en- trance of the church. From here, each child, bearing a bunch of white flowers, filed up the centre aisle of the church in an already crowded auditorium, to the ac- companiment of a processional hymn, led by the church choir. At the altar which was bedeck- ed with flowers, was a prepared design of letters symbolizing the title "Jesus Saviour of Men" onto which were woven the gifts of each scholar, the white flowers thus standing out with a green background and supported from the altar table by a ground of white in the centre of which was placed a beautiful bowl of red tulips as a sunburst illuminating the letters I.H.S. The procession was led by sen- ior C. G. I. T. girls, Marjorie Rundle, Margaret Stacey, Doris Alldread and Joan Longman, who received the bouquets and wove them into the sign. Then came the Junior School which continued through the rear doors to the gallery above. Next came the beginners who, after present- ing their flowers took seats in the The Navy League of Canada is again holding its tag day in Bowmanville on Saturday, June 3rd, and we wish them every suc- cess in this patriotic effort on be- half of merchant seamen. We live in peace in this community while our brothers, fathers and sons bear the brunt of battle not only on the sea, but also on land and in the air and it is our duty to support every effort, in order to strengthen their morale so that the victory may be ours and not Hitler's. The Navy League has made marvellous contributions to our fighting naval men and Our merchant seamen and its sixteen hostels and recreation centres have added greatly towards the welfare and comfort of these men of the sea. It is interesting to note that during 1943 more than five million seamen crossed the thresholds of the Navy League Seamen's Clubs where good meals and comfortable sleeping accommodation were provided at cost, while hot and cold shower baths, medical and nursing ser- vices, recreation and pleasing en- tertainment, and many other ser- vices were given at no cost to sea- men. When these men leave the Navy League hostels, they do so with courage in their hearts and thankfulness because of the gen- erosity of Canadian people for all that they have received. The Department of Naval Af- fairs have proclaimed time and again that the efforts of the Navy front centre. T-hese in turn were followed by the Primary School who took their places in the front side seats. The Superintendent of the nursery department, Mrs. Ray Dilling, carried the silver bowl of red tulips as a final act of praise, and placed it upon the altar. The associate Superintendent, Ross Strike, followed by the ministers, completed the procession. The services of music consisted of a "Gloria" by the church choir; two short songs by the beginners and a splendid selection by the Pri m ary Department The preacher was Dr. Bert Howard, Principal of Albert College, Belleville. He lifted the occasion to one of high level by his story of "Nubbins" and his sermon to the Junior and Senior School. The service was conducted by Mr. Strike and the minister, Rev. J. E. Griffith. The management of the processional and the usher- ing was under Messrs. Ray Dill- ing, Morley Vanstone, Smith Fer- guson and Stuart James. The floral committee was under the joint direction of Mrs. Ray Dill- ing and Mrs. William Fraser. The music had the attention of Miss Helen Morris, Mrs. Nelson Os- borne, Mrs. Albert Cole and Mrs. D. Alldread and the church choir was under direction of W. E. C. Workman with assistance at the piano of Miss Phyllis Challis and Miss H. Morris. League have done much to keep our seamen on the sea; in keep- ing their morale high and their courage undaunted in the great battle of the Atlantic and Pacific. The Navy League, like the Naval Department, gives the full- est praise and thanks to our men who have so nobly stood by their duty to their King and Country and it is plainly our duty to give this organization the support that is needed in order to carry on this undertaking. Only recently the great body of merchant seamen by popular vote completely out- lawed strikes by our merchant seamen. The taggers for the Navy League in this community wil feel that they have perfanmed a noble and patriotic service il every citizen gives them the sup- port which they need at this time. We must not allow this opportun- ity to pass for 'it forms theolirst link in the chain that stretches from this community to our brave men of the sea, carrying Our concrete "thank you" for the tremendous service they are ren- dering in protecting and serving us, for if it were not for these men, the battles of this war might well be fought on the streets, lanes, highways a n d fields of our own country. Let us rise to this task and carry out the noble traditions of Lord Nelson who said so many years ago, "England expects that every man this day will do his duty." BUeu Sunday School Anniversary At Trinity United Church* Navy League Tag Day Deing Held Sat., June 3rd 1 ------------- 1 Zbi