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i.- . J THUBSDAY, NOV. 9th, 1944 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO PAGE THREE AV/#a Miland Rel liqiïR CWith a pxtoud regimental rec( je FÀVdating back to pianeer days Canada's history the lat Midle Regiment, with a persani drawn largely from the count of Durham and Northumberlai Shas fallen ta a humiliatmng stai during the present war Tadý >thîs famed unit has becai through government policy, unhappy aggregation of Zomb drawn fromn divers districts int land and sentenced ta wanderi JI ~ missions here and there acr( 'f'~ 0*bthe breadth af Canada. 0f t originals anly a remnant remai with the heterageneaus aspect now presents. Naw that Defence Minisl Raistan has resigned fram t Mackenzie King Cabinet, t whale sardid story of the Mi Il' "jIlands is caming ta light in bits information here and there frc former members of the farce. justice ta the history of the Reg Ii. ment, ta its original membE who voluntarily enlisted in t] ~5 war, and in particular ta metyo]t mmeswoh mem>y oiit mebli wh ha fought and fallen in the prese lU conflict, the story of the Midiani BUY of today aught ta be told. Sa th B s the story as we have learn( VICTORY Tanda ulSrnt R (I fl ~ thîs war, the lst Midland Reg BO D ment was soon recruited ta fu 1strength and continued its traii ing in detachments under e, TMis space donated by perienced afficers drawn large] from the district. The N.C.O' * m and privates taa came nvst] Eu m fesoneS from this central communit: E d m o nds one's There was na finer body of me in Canada. When the time can MEAT MARKET ta assemble the detachments int a battalian for unified training - - - eV Lt. Col. J. C. Gamey, who ha been servîng in England, was rE called as the Midland's Con rnanding Officer. Training wa Icontinued until the unit reachei Busnes Drecoxa high state of miitary pre ,BusnessDiretory tion. Ahl ranks expected an earl, caîl for service overseas for a. were volunteers, well trained. We recaîl the time when thý Legal battalian was assembled in ful Legalstrength at the Fair Grounds ii Orono an a rainy day in 1940 W. R. S'iRIKE Brigadier Armstrong, M.D.3 Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Kingston, was the reviewing ai Solicitor for Bank of Mantreal ficer. After the march past h( Money ta Loan - Phone 791 complimented the troops in Bowmnanville. Ontario persanal conversation with Ca: __________________________Gamey as one of the finest anc fittest units in Canada. The: LAWRENCE C. MASON, B.A., were fit, hard, well trained ani Barrister, Soicitor, Notary public. ready for overseas. To a mar King Street W., Bowmanville they expetted ta go together ai Phone: Office 688 Residence 553. camrades wherever the fightini was ta be done. They prepareÉ far last leaves ta say "goad bye' W. F. WARD, B.A. to parents, relatives and friends. tarrister, Solicitor, Notary Wanderlng Not Fighting 4, leakley Block But what did they get? The3 Bomit~nvll nai were sent to Ottawa into wintez .,1ýn1lle- Onario quarters and cantnued to train Phones: Office 825 - House40 Came spring and they were senl 2-tf to the East Coast, allegedly ai defence duties. They were led tc DUSSAPHAL HOGINS believe by the actions of the jit- MISSAPH I.HODINS tery King government that Cana- Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public da was in danger af invasion. Successor to M. G. V. GOULD They wrate home that this was Temperance St. - Bowmanville not what they had enlisted far. Phone351 ~ They w er e volunteers, nal Phone351 4-tfZambies, they were well trained, first class fighting men and they Dentlst wanted to go overseas as the knew the fighting was to take DR. J. C. DEVITT place. But what they wanted, what they were fit for, was no Amlstant: Dr. E. W. Simson cancern of the King government. Graduate of Royal Dental Col It had ather plans, with Quebec lege, Toranto, Office: Jury Jubilee the key. Bldg., Bowmanville. Office houri After a winter spent in acean 9 a.m. ta 6 p.m. dally, fog on lonely outposts this fine 9 a.m. to 12 rîcon Wednesday, Midland unit was again shîfted; Closed Sunday ' this time ta the Niagara district. Phone 790 - House phone 325 Here again they were to fight it X-Ray Equiprneni. in Office out on the hame frant with na greater enemy than the weather. Whein Your WilI Is Read. .. . . yaur estate la eut of your hands. Make certain that it will be administered promptly, in a business-like and efficient manner by narnlng The Sterling Truste Corporation as yeur executor. An ex- FMýà« * j,~.uui onur of welcomîig home gAime ii viA a4ue fram war the lst Midlands that has meant sa much ta aur local die uy Govt.Pl h rc One last word. To the mothers and fathers, brathers and sisters, .ord Again they wrate hame and came friends and relatives of the brave in home on leave and told their boys of the ariginal Midlands and staries. Were they mice or men? who have fought and died over- seas with strange units not of inel What was this plebiscîte of their choice, it can be said that ties Mackenzie King? They began ta they did their duty as they sought ind, have doubts about getting over- ta do when they volunteered. 'tus seas as a unit. They saw them- They paid no attentian to the lay, selves, eventuaily, being used as plebiscite for they sensed its me, political puppets to appease Que- uselessness. Knowing that the an bec. In this they had prescience gavernment, ta hoid power, must >ies for they were about ta witness the appease Quebec as a "no-con- !lhe payaff. scription" minority, they paid no ng attentian to that. They simply Men Sent to Hong-Kong sought ta do a jab and they have, he Encamped at Niagara, they saw willingly, paid the price. Fram ts 53 of their camrades tamn fram them generally, in canversations tit the Regiment to be attached ta a and in letters we have gathered Quebec-named unit chasen for the this picture of the lst Midland ter Hong Kong fiasco. Away they Battalion. he went, evet-y last one of them ta __________ he be killed or captured, flayed and id- tortured by the Japs. The pic- OLDEST ADVERTISING of ture became mare clear ta the AGENCY ANNOUNCED om rank and file. The MidlandsCANE0 CNTO Inwere used as a guinea-pig unit, CHANEO____ RO ýgi- in time ta faîl completely under ers the sway o! cowardly, hesitant, Charles T. Pearce, for many his squeamish policies o! the Ottawa years President and General te administration. The game was Manager af A. McKim Limited, a Iv only now developing. The Mid- leading Canadian advertising nt lands, proudi of their tradition agency, has announced certain ids were yet ta endure their mosï changes in the contrai and man- hi humiliating experience. agement of the business. Mr. ied Still itching for action averseas Pearce is retiring as President and far which they had volunteered, General Manager and from No- and we stress that point, they vember lst the business will be fwere volunteers, they were next carried an under the namne of atransferred to the Pacific Coast. McKim Advertising Limited. 91- The Japs were an the prawl a! ter The remaining Directors of the ýIl Pearl Harbor. There was ta be present campany will be the sale i- another invasion a! Canada and sharehalders and directars of the ýx the Midlands were rushed to stop new campany. No change in the ly them. But they stapped nothing palicy o! the campany is antici- P. mtore thfan the Pacific winds, the pated. The Baard o! Directars ly Paiicfgs that rolled up with will be A. N. Mclntash, Chairman tY penetrating cald and with no Japs o! the Board; James McC. Baxter, en in sight and nône expected by the President; J. J. Gallagher, First ne officers commanding. There. they Vice-President; J. W. Thain, Vice- ýta were hung up for anather winter. President and Treasurer; D. E. g, Highly trained, they were ardered Langmore, Vice-President; and d for further training amidst the H. R. McDougai, Vice-President. e- muskeg, and to their credit they McKim's, as it is familiarly n- stood to it manfully. known in advertising circles, is as ýd Zombies Inflltrated Canada's oldest advertis i n g c- Hope of gettîng averseas as a agency, having been founded in ly unit gradually dwindled. Ail 1889 by the late Ansan McKim. Il hope was lost when, in the full- In thase days, advertising ness a! tîme, Ottawa decided to agencies-were mainly engaged asi te inject further humiliation by at- intermediaries between advertis- l taching ta this fine Regiment, in ers and publications, buying space ýn infusian o! Zombies. This was and arranging for insertion of ad- 0. the entering wedge that evemtual- vertisements which were usually 3,ly was to mean disintegration a! prepared by the advertiser. The fthis fine fighting force. Original McKim Agency pioneered in writ-t ie Midlands, unable longer ta stom-,ing and preparing advertisements1 a ach this Ottawa dictum, said, for its clients, thus beginning in1 l. "take me, attach me to any !ight- Canada a development which had ad ing unit overseas or going over- already started shortly before in ýseas and I arn ready." And they the United States. In both count-1 d were taken, make no mistake tries, agencies gradually became n about it. Thus began the pro- the accepted pianners and pro- ts cession of original valunteers who ducers of national advertisingc ýg were virtually farced to volun- campaigns, providing a creativeÉ d teer again ta escape their humili- sriei nepnigfedta ation.orgnlMdassrieianeanigfedtt Theoriina Milans, hroghwas becoming highly technical. Thiscercvthraughy oneie Thus McKim's began its lang as-1 this coerive anmiseryanceuiedsociation as advertising counselE yZombies became the majority and tutian wf hic ecaime, and mny- rthis great Regiment became noauin hc ecmadmn 'longer representative of Durham of whamn remaîn today, Canada's t it and Northumberland, but a merelleading advertisers.t n agglameration o! apologists in ant . appeasement policy ta gratify a SGT. BILL TAIT, JR., MEETS 1 -minority province. Their letters UNCLE ON 1ITALIAN FRONT8 -home told the story far. theyn9 loner oul befooed.Their 1Ihappy moad, Sgt. Bihl Tait af 9 swar-tiredi officers, many of them the Irish Regt., 8th Army ini Italy, s: .veterans o! the last war, were up writes ta his parents, Mr. and Mrs. v tagainst it. To maintain their W. C. Tait, High St., Bowmanville ti staff of N.C.O's. tltey had ta select He tells of meeting for the first s Zombies over the remnant of time, his uncle, Corp. H. Irving,. a Eorigmnals that couldn't qualify, or brother a! Mrs. Tait, natives of quit the job. Liverpool, England. When they t Officers Reslgu learned through home carre- C To hei crdi thy qit ndspondence that both were serving aý their places were taken by af- .l1ec olirsuh ficers strange ta the unit, po meeting and finally an the 3rd e( fessianals who had na qulm try they came together when their V~ i about bowing ta Ottawa's paîicy. units were but two miles o! each ( That was the finish. The volun- a.ther, getting leave for the acca- di teers stili remaining were faced sion,.t with the chaice a! serving under Corp. Irving is with the Light ec LZombies or a! asking far trans- Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., a c( fer overseas. Thus you see how British unit which has seen wide di pressure was exerted, nat on service. He was through the Nor- H Zambies, but ta farce time-tried way campaîgn and later joined »and trained volunteers, ta get out Montgamery's 8th Army at El and keep maving. The last hope Alamein and has cantinued with di o! the Midlands was gane. Liter- it clear through ta its present gi aliy they were baoted out o! their position an the front in Italy. In tï own praud regiment because Ot- civil lîfe Corp. Irving was a c. tawa said sa. journalist and as a civilian sal- h, And what was the result? Bro- dier has certainly seen his share w thers were torn fram the side o! of! action. With nephew, Sgt. gE brothers. Comrades of years Bill, who was wounded same time cc standing who had become the ago and is now back in action, in firmest of friends, ail trained, this meeting was indeed a plea- a: loyal volunteers, in the space of sure ta bath, ffi months were separated and g. assigned to units here and there If a man has acted right, hie has di across the sea, seldamn if ever ta dane well, though alane; if' wrang, pl see each other again. Now, for the sanction of ail mankind will a: months past they have been dying flot justify him.-Fielding. in on f -ri - fIldsamngmete as the minority a! Quebec appose Sn it. To give effect ta that policy, I R it became necessary ta maintain "Iguinea-pig" units within Canada, LogL eFe ta which could be attached the Ini Zombies persistentiy hiding be- mi hind the skirts o! Canada's Prime L MSWi Minister. Sa the Midlands be- ye came one o! these "experintal" N HM IYO R Ki fireside units. That appears ta be HYD* SHO * frc the simple explanation of why T we at home will be denied the nrniirl linn- nf 1-- 1 Industrial Hyglene Turning, brie! iy, ta the newest eveiopment, "Industrial Hy- iene," the speaker noted that us was a special unit within the ýounty unit. It embraced the azards o! occupation and theme was need ta do much more in re- ,ard to common fils such as the ýmmon cold, aver fatigue, rheu- ,atism, the incidence a! silicosis ind many others that lessened e!- iciency and made work a drud- gery. In this field much could be lone ta increase employer-em- ýloyee understanding to the end )f creating a better pragranu for idustrial health. The chie! drawback to an e!- rctive general scheme at the nomnent was iack o! personnel. 'ualified officiais and profession- ipeople were now largely ab- rbed in the war effort but when ;e war is over, many naw 50 en- raged wîll fînd a field of service ;pen in the reainu o! public health td when that day cames we may mpect a rapid, enlightened and videly extended pragram o! gen- -ai public health. Rotary Can Help Dr. Vivian concluded with an nspiratianal message ta Rotar- ans, asking, ince the arganiza- ion was one o! humanitarian omplexion, that they co-opemate naIl ways possible that local taith plans become effective for he individual citizen in his own Thanks a! the Club was ex- Sessed. by Dr. C. W. Siemon who tressed the value o! the recent cal survey, reactions !mom vhich had already came ta his wofessional attention. He paid rarm tribute ta the eloquent and farmative address o! Dr. Vivian. Visitors Visitors o! the day were, Drs. erguson, Rundie, Storey, Birks; ndustriaiists Ernie Rehder, Bow- ianvilie Foundry; C. Cattran and Vally Denny bath o! the Goad- ear Cafnpany; Flight Lieut. aane, D.F.C., Omano, an leave arnm overseas, P iio t Officer 1 mmy Rehder, R.C.A.F., and Gnr. Sid Murdoch, 2nd Heavy Ack-Ack, home an leave after hree and a hal! years averseas. C. Carter, Sm., Chaimman, Milk for Britain Fund, meported $430 colected ta date with more ta come and paid special tribute ta Principal Andy Thompson and shaai children for their efforts which netted over $300 in the Irive. President Morley Vanstone annaunced that Rotamians C. Car- mr, Sm., and Lau Dippell were ap- ainted Club mepresentatives on he Counil Committee for Re- 'abihitation. Ta Fred Hoar went .owers an the occasion a! his )irthday. ie it il S 3, e e s e Momalla ZION DRAMATIC CLUB PRESENTS PLAY FOR TRINITY Y. P. V. "Cheerio My Dearia," an hilar- ious comedy, ably presented by Zion Dramatic Club, drew an ex- ceptionally large audience ta Trinity Schooi Room, Friday eve- ning. The setting for this play is a summer resort in South Carahina, with twa sisters, Sue Hoît Gra- ham and Cherry Hait as joint owners. The complications anis- ing from their lave affairs and the arrival o! Lord Cuthbert Twiilingham and his hast o! wealthy female admirers, com- prises the entire stary. The play was exceedingIy weil presented and showed initiative and clever individual adaptatian ta each raie. Miss Eileen Stainton capabiy directed the play and de- serves great credit for hier wark in bringing tagether such a group a! young people, some a! whom had neyer previously taken any part in amateur dramatics. The cast o! characters foliaws: Meichize- dek, a negro porter-Hans Geiss- berger; Desdemona, the cohored maid-Heien Cameran; Sue Gra- ham - Bileen Glaspeli; Cherry HaIt - Marguerite Trevail; Dick Graham-Henry DeMille; Soph- rania Spatchett - Doris Flett; Fifi - Doreen Trevail; Tommy Tarrant - Lawrence Martin; Mrs. T. Jefferson Johns - Marion Gibson; Gwendoiyn Johns-Joan Margan; Lard Cuthbert Twiliing- bamn - Lloyd Ayre; Snodsbury, a valet ta Twillingham - Boyd Ayre. D o r i s Dudley, President o! Trinity Young Peopie's Union, under whose auspices the play was presented, extended a wei- come ta the audience and the guest performers. During inter- missions, Miss Louila Warkman sang two excellent solos and Ray Dudley delightfully entertained with two chassical piano seiec- tions. Members o! the Union express sincere thanks ta the Zion Dra- natic Club and local talent for providing such a pleasant eve- ning, and to the town people for heir support which aided finan- cially as the net proceeds wiil be used ta send boxes to aIl mem- bers a! the Union who are serv- ing overseas. Rotary Club (Continued from page 1) the survey itself. These should e extended to, include the whole rural area. At present the "Schoal hild Program" is cancentrating attention on about one sixth o! the opulation. General Health Plan To give a better understanding :f what can be dane and how ta, ao it, Dr. Vivian sketched the f oh- lwing pragram: In Bowmanville we have a Medical Officer a! Eealth and a Public Health Nurse :f high calibre, and the speaker aused to pay thenu fine tribute tr their services in omganizing te X-Ray Clinic. The value o! ueir work can only be extended ,the whoie district and county )y adopting a uniforma system o! idministration and creating a renemal progran. Such a pra- tram consists o! two main divi- ions. First, The Basic Ehements, dz: 1, Communicable disease can- ail, acute and chranic; 2, mental anitation; 3, food contrai; 4, sew- ýe disposaI; 5, maternai and in- ant hygiene; ta which is added he "Schoai Child Program." To accampiish this requires: 1, îunty arganizatian; 2, Addition- 1personnel; 3, Provincial con- ributions. Second was enumerat- d the "Speciaities" such as, T.B., D., Cancer, Mental illness MIental Heahth Ciinics) and In- ustrial Hygiene. 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