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THURSDAY, JAN. 4th, 1945 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO We feel that 1945 will not be just another year. with you, oiur good neighbors, feel confident that the New Year holds brighter prospects for each and ail of us. Our thoughts and wishes are most sincere when we say, "The very best to you and yours throughout the New Y=a and ail the years to foliow"'. ~-- ~- - ~*-----. I * r * \xý,iterary Conti Statesman Hiti. Many oid-time Statesman fans wiil recail the writings o! a phil- osopher and humorist who used to enliven our editonial page unden the pseudonym o! "Scribe G". We shail not reveal his name, other than to say he is a native o! Bowmanviile, now liv- ing in Toronto, but in his latest literary effort below may be found something o! the style that charactenizes a fellow often a! - filiated with 'Hilarity and Hay Fever."' We have aiways had an ad- miration for Scribe G's versa- tility o! talents and are pleased to see that he has hit the hall of fame with the ieading article in one of Canada's most attractive and best edited house-organs, "The Sym- bol." This publication is issued by the Dominion Electric Protec- tion Company, Toronto, w i t h branches ail across Canada. The President and General Manager .-13. (Sid) McMichael, whom sfude.ý, et and admired from Army, e. HallC. ratulate Sid on two Hrall, st for an outstanding Master; second, on his ability bow a literary talent. Scribe Mori e seen below, has now Mearresturalist, botanist or le tc st, or what have you. ppy to reprint part o! er tening thesis as foliows: er e Trees please note: seaso TREES GROW faile * Miracle of the Sap) eat!: blood. The leaves are te .And a substance cailed 'iMgtP is the medium for its Viy esses. This stuf f is really te 'M. th phyli is the green color- V tter o! plants. This pig- t,. found chie! ly in the foli- ~niy those plants that con- iplorophyll can obtain the :bon they need as food from trbon dioxide o! the air in the resence o! llght. Now we're ready: The riystery o! the winter trance o! trees doesn't worry you s0 much when spnlng comes because then the vernal miracle that nature per- forms makes you fonget what causes it. Sometimes a tnee wili corne into leaf in a fraction o! a week. What does this? The substance that makes for . life and activity in a tnee is stored in the sap. During the winter, the sap is asleep. You may have othesettingcun anld the risng ohed our coun anld the riand ' Sap. Study some Canadian biographies and you may discern the analogy. In the spring, this hibernating compound wakes up and dissolves its concentrated goodness in pre- paration for the vernal miracle. It ises from the roots, the trunk and- the branches to the twigs. On the way up, it falls prey to the DE THE DEST 0F MAEE ributor to0 YOU ARE By Douglas Mallock If you can't be a pine on the top HallBe a scrub in the valley but b The best littie scrub by the side friend o! all defenceless things of the ril; ... man. He shoves a spike into Be a bush if you can't be a tree. the tree's spine -and syphons off If you can't be a bush be a bit some of its life blood. This dis- of the grass, tillate becomes maple syrup. And some highway happier The living cambium celîs with- make; in the buds are waiting for the If you can't be a muskie then just sap. When it reaches then, bud- be à as ding begins. As for the leaf when But the liveliest bass in the lake. it cornes, nothing that the celis or the atrnosphere contribute be- We can't ail be Captains, we ve cornes available for the tree's use got to be crew, until the leaves receive it and pre- There's something for ah of us paeit. Every leaf when expos- ' here:- t o ed to the sun becomes a labora- there's i eser to do,an tory devoted to the manufacture Adthertask esmt doi h of starch. This starcli containsAdteas mtdoith carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. I near. Ifyou. can't be a highway then A tree's food cornes from -two just be a trail, sources . .. the air and the soul. If you can't be the sun, be a Most of the carbon which the star- body o! a tree contains cornes into It isn't by size that you win or the leaves as a gas ., . . carbon you fail, dioxide. From the soul, a tree Be the best of whatever you are. gets its moistune. It contains vani- ous minerai saîts which are drawn up in the crude sap. These min- the period of warm days and eral saîts comprising potassium, frosty nights. As stated earlier calcium, magnesium, iron, sul- in this harrnless screed, there is hur and nitrogen are carried to a mistaken idea that frost causes the leaf iaboratory. They play the clamorous coloration of au- their part by mixmng with those tumn. Frost, no doubt, hastens molecules that are necessary to the process but the chemîcal furnishing hydrogen and oxygen change that attends the with- for making starch. drawal of the carbohydrates and A ieaf's process o! starch-mak- aibumninous materiai from the leaf ing comprehends breathing car- back into the twigs and trunk and bon dioxide in the air, also car- roots for safe keeping, go on no bon dioxide exhaled cofstantly matter what the weather. Thet f roin the lungs o! ail animais, most brilliant reds and yellowst from smoke stacks and from de- often appear long before a frost. caying matter. The leaf expels When the chiorophyll breaks the excess oxygen from starch- down, the waxy granules disin-f making. It passes off in the air tegrate, and the yellow iquid as purified free oxygen and ani- shows through the delicate leafî mals inhale it. A leaf's power walls. Iron and other mineraisE plant is the sun. Trees perspire brought up by the sap produces as people do. The average oak, reds and yeilows and purples as for example, in its five active drainage occurs. months evaporates about 187 gal- The panorama of October in theC lpns of water a day. north is almost as volatile and In the case o! green leaves, the mysterious as love. You look at sun plays upon the chiorophyli a tree that appears for ail the which colors the clear protoplasm worid like a beautifully bedizened o! the ceils. The starch manu- street siren. The lace-like love- factured by the leaves into a iiness of a lump o! pigmy poplars soluble substance seeps back into suggests sinking into a downy' the tree and nourishes every liv- comforter. The natural carpet9 ing ceil from leaf to root. . . under a bank o! bîrches is more builds new wood layers . . . ex- gorgeous than the most exotic tends roots and twigs and pre- sprawling rug in the former sul-h pares the buds for the coming tan's salon.c year. I h ia cn fti aih Every day, at sun-set, the IntefnlseeCfti aih starch-making stops and when îng grandeur, the deciduousF dayigh i goe te xchngeo!dwellers o! the forest strip for theb aases ceas e thelso.g ofwinter . . . like we montaIs strîpa gAss esmer s a wayoth for eternity . . . and the majestica tre graually r taaw frm tseevergreens shelter their shorn treegradallydras infromitslimbs from the biting blasts. This leaves, via trillions of tenuu sweet erasure, started by the sap,u tubes, the elixir we cail Sap. transformns a wilderness o! con- Starch-making slows down. The flicting flora into a virgin-white fresh greens are dimnied. Insects, shroud called snow . Beneath thish dust and heat impair the leaf's ailshodtespsep. capacities. The provident tree mEîa hod h a ies now prepares to save the leaf -_______r___ pulp before winter by withdraw-n ing it. Toq many judge- right fromd A leaf ipens like fruit. The wrong on the basis o! which paysv ripening o! leaves occurs durixng best.y Soldiers' Letters From Capt. A- M. Birks, lsl Canadian Army, Holland: Capt. Birks writes to his par- ents, Dr. and Mrs.-W. H. Birks, Dec. 13, giving some o! his im- pressions and observations at the front. Only part o! his letter is published herewith. To those who doubt atrocity stories and would differentiate betw e e n "Germans" and "Nazis" as peace- time approaches, what Alec has to say, and none who know him can doubt his word, may get a reai first-hand view o! the facts. He writes: The country is very very muddy and wet at this time o! the year and a good part of the area is !looded. The civilians are very nice and hospitable but very poor. This used to be the wealthîest section of the country but the Gerinans absolutely starv- ed it out. We have found direct orders !rom Dundstadt that the whole country would be subju- gated by deliberate underfeeding -and it was weli organized. The poor kids are nothing but skin and bones, with great big sad eyes. Our boys have been giving them their rations until an order came out to stop it because some of the chaps were giving away 50 much they were getting weak. I went through a concentration camp last week and the things I saw there make me believe any atrocity story I read now. The civilians are ternibly bitter and I have not met one yet who does not seriousiy believe that the en- tire German nation should be ex- terminated. I ran into Stan Dunn the other day. It was a treat to see someone from Bowmanville again. Please thank the Lions Club and the Ladies for ail the parcels and cigarettes they have sent me. ALEC. From Capt. C. R. Clemence. lst Can. Radar Bty., to his parents; Mn. and Mrs. W. J. Ciemence, Shaw's: Have been in Belgium quite a bit; the best part of the country I've seen. Visited Brussels and Antwerp but haven't got to Paris ...or Berlin, yet. Haven't been getting The Statesman iateiy so have lost touch with home news. The local "rag" would be quite a homey touch at the moment. Re- ceived so many parcels I can hardiy remember who sent them. Got a box o! chocolate bars from Rotary and a nice parcel from Newcastle Xmas Cheer Comm., and others from friends, relatives and home. Shared a fruit cake with the people where.I ami billet- ed for they are veny good and give us coffee at night. Much of my job is late night work but it's heaithy and haven't had a cold since leaving England. Drive miles and miles in a jeep in ramn and cold and it neyer bothers me. Had some snow the othen day; the first time V've had a windshield wiper wonking in 3 years. Ilil probably be at this work till the end of the war; quite ME. AND MRS. W. H. HOOPER a far cry from the old Midlands. OBSERVE GOLDEN JUBIILEE I'm still meeting many of the old boys I know, rnostly since coming (Peterboro Examiner) to England. Our house is rather Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hooper, cold and Crib is the favorite card 376 Stewart Street, Peterboro, game. Food is not so bad in the quietly celebrated their 5th wed- country but bread is scarce. Some ding anniversary recently, a mile- fe]lows were offered 2 guilders stone that was also reached by (about $2) for a loaf the other both of their parents. Mr. Hoop- day. Others tràded their choco- er~s parents, Mn. and Mrs. Charles late ration for two chickens, 3 Hooper, Tyrone, celebrated their doz. eggs and a rabbit. Can't tell golden wedding anniversary, as much more on account of censor- did Mr. and Mrs. William Mc- ship. Keep writing and regards Indoo, Pontypool, Mrs. Hooper's to ail. CHARLIE. parents. Because of Mrs. Hooper's il health, and poor weather and road conditions, they e ualto WIedaangg goý to the home of their only daughter, Mrs. G. Andrews, 20 Watford Ave., Toronto, as they WOODS-.PORTEOUS had planned. However, friends and relatives called to congratu- At the parsonage of Trinity late them, and wish them many United Church, Bowmanviile, more happy years. They receiv- Miss Nora Lorraine Porteous be- ed a beautiful bouquet of golden came the bride of Leading Stoker munis and a cream and gold floor Gordon Douglas Woods, Dec. 26. larnp, and sums of money, from The bride is the daughter of Mr. relatives. and Mrs. C. H. Porteous, Nestle- Mr. and Mrs. Hooper were mar- ton. The groom is the son of Mr. ried at Pontypool, Manvers, by and Mrs. Arthur Woods of North- Rev. T. S. McKee, and except for mount, Ontario. Rev. J. E. Grif- several years in Emily Township, fith officiated. had lived there ail their married The bride wore a street-length lives unti.i last faîl when they gown of pink crepe made on torso moved to Peterboro. The grooms- lines with square neckline and man, J. C. McRoberts, of South insets of pink lace with tiny Monaghan, and the bridesmaid, bows and wearing the grooms Mrs. George Sanderson, are both gift, a love]y wrist watch. Her living, but were unable to be pres- smaîl hat was of small pmnk ent for the anmiversary. flowers and velvet. Her flowers Mr. Hooper was a school teach- were a shoulder corsage of pink er n amr adte eea carnations. merchant and postmaster at The bridesmaid, Mrs. C. H. Nes- Pontypool for 27 years. When bitt, sister of the bride, was in they left last fali, their friends urquoise wool with shoulder cor- presented themn with an address sage of yellow carnations. and a purse of rnoney. Both have Mr. Norman Woods, brother of been members, first of the Meth- he groom was best man. . odist Church and then the United A reception was held at the Church, ail their lives. Mrs. Hoop- hiome of Mrs. C. H. Nesbitt, Scu- er is a pioneer member of the gog St., Bowmanville, before the Women's Association, having bride and groom left for their joîned over 40 years ago. Mr. wedding trip. Hooper was recording steward for many years, and an eider of MR. AND MRS. GEO. BROOKS the Pontypool church and has MARRIED SIXTY YEARS taught in Sunday Schools where he lived for over f ifty years. Mr. and Mrs. George Brooks of They have one daughter, Mrs. Tyrone, celebrated their 60th G. Andrews of Toronto, and three wedding anniversary on Dec. 25, grandchildren, Mrs. MacCormack Christmas Day, at the home of (Patricia), and Joyce and Thet- their eldest son, Mr. and Mrs. A. ford, all of Toronto, S. Brooks, 245 Ontario St., St. Catharines. This was Mrs. Brooks' 8th birthday as well.. A very'Ty. pleasant surprise to them was the Ty one atengtogether of ail their ive sons with their wives, two Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Brooks of Ty- randsons, and one great:-grand- rone have been receiving many son. nice gifts and congratulations Those present were, Mr. and during the celebration of their .Wns. Leslie Brooks, Bowmanville; 6th wedding anniversany. 0w- /lr. and Mrs. Fred Brooks and ing to the fact that it was also the Floyd, Cobourg; Mr. Clarence 78th birthday of Mrs. Brooks, she Brooks, Clankson; Mr. and Mrs. rightfully enjoyed a double por- :has. Brooks, St. Catharines; Mr. tion of cake. These '"youngsters" .nd Mrs. Geo. Brooks, Jr., Jarvis; are stili enjoying life and are .nd their small son, George the thankful for the good wishes of hird, Miss Dorothy Davis and the their many friends. They are Lst and hostess and daughter, spending the winter at St. Cath- Eveline. arines with their son, Arthur, and The "young" couple are spend- Mrs. Brooks, at 245 Ontario St. Ing their 60th honeymoon in St. atharines and received many War, like charity, begins at nessagés fnom friends. Congratu- home. Anr must end there if we latins o n fhei,.rfl+h a ierar. w. nonna. m . *- t t f s f. b ti i ci h 9 want p5ace to lU .L ?$' ~NŽ*.- Voice of The People Ottawa, Dec. 23, 1944. Dear Editor: Members of Parliament will tell you that they receive few lettérs from the folks back home, on subi ects wordh while. Their constituents are interested in per- sonal flot national problems. StiR, in Canada- there is a wealth of wisdom - wisdoma un- tapped. It isn't ail in high places. Statesmen and leaders may 'be wrong-schýool boys or girls may be right. "There are things hid- den from the wise and prudent, revealed unto babes." The folks back home know a lot of things but heqitate to express what they think. Take the case of unemployment. It may corne again despite our ef- forts to prevent it. Almost every- body has a remedy..What a wealth of suggestions might be brought out if only we went after it. Let us make this a personal question. What would you do to prevent the return of unemployment if you were Prime Minister of Can- were too low or costs too hIgiL Too many business men wentg broke. In 1933 there were 2,344J commercial and industrial failures in Canada, in 1943 only 186. Theý trouble in 1933 was that gooda could not be sold at a profit or, to put another face on it, costs of production were too high. Now here's the rub: we are large exporters of farm produets, raw materials and manufactured goods. We have no control over the price of the products we sefl abroad - wç have to meet the open competition of the world. This alters our position. The é only course open to us in times of depression is a reduction ini costs. By lowering costs we restore bal- ance to the economy. It leads to an increased volume of produc- tion, tends to put prices on a sounder basis. This you will note is not a magic formula. It is 'a simple staternent of obvious fact. But this is only one man's opin- ion. Some may agree, others may think that I am wrong. From a greater volume of public opinion many bright suggestions might corne. Where can we find a Man who will offer a prize of $500 for th~e best statement of not more than 1000 words on the onuse and cure of unemployment? R. J. DEACHMAN. "i 't We, ini common -, j> Quality You'11 Enjoy MAGIC Chocolats Gold Cake 3 tbe. butter YolkS of 3 eues V4cup sugar I13 cups of fSaur 1 top. flavoring extract X cup of milk 3 tap. Magie Baking Powder Cream butter, sdd sugar sIo-,y,,,dd egyok which hv ee eten untýilth ckî dd faoi S1f t togeetr four and bakini powder; add alter- nateiy ith miik to firet mixture. Bake in two 7" 8 greased layer-cake pans at 375P. for 20-25 minutes. a SUGA RLISI ICINO CHOCOLATE FROSTING: 1 egg white; X cup 1 MEpIe Syrup; % top. sait; 3X cup Cocos; ],(àtop. Put etg white' maple syrup and sait In top of* double 011cr over boiling water ani beat with rotary beater for 9 minutes. Remove f rom heat and fod ncoCS iaduaiiy. biending weii. Add vanua fold = 1 -ve cke and ake. MADE IN CANADA Lcàbàuiiâ un tituir outn anniversary., ,