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Wanrt BmN Te man With Which Are Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News VOLUME 91 BOWMANVILLE, ONT., THURSDAY, JANUARY llth, 1945 NUMBER 2 Corvette HMCS Bowmanville Commissioned. Toronto Men Among Officers Of New Ship fi LT.-CMDR. MORTIMER DUFFUS of Vancouver, commanding officer LT. NORMAN M. SIMPSON of Toronto, one of the new Corvette's Officers. At the commissioning of Canada's latest Castle-class corvette, a high spot in the ceremonies was the hoisting of the ensign and pendant, pic- tured above. as the band olaved the National Anthem. LT. S. DICKSON MILLER also of Toronto and aiso among the officers serving in HMCS Bowman- ville. Lt. Miller was promoted from the lower deck in November, 1942. COMFORTS FOR CREW When H.M.C.S. Bowmanville was named in honor of the town, the Council set up a special committee under chair- manship of Councillor F. J. Gibbs, and citizens rallied to raise funds for comforts of of- ficers and crew. Through a street dance and a carnival, ap- proximately $3000 was secured and negotiations are now under way to select the gifts which will be presented with due for- mality as soon as arrangements can be made to coincide with the visit of the corvette at a Canadian port. Padre J. H. Graven reads the J. G. Bradshaw, R.N.; Rear Ad- dedicatory prayer at commission- mirai Sir' Wellwood Maxwell, ing ceremonies for H.M.C.S. Bow- R.N., and Lt.-Cmdr. Mortimer manville, new Castle class cor- Duffus, R.C.N.V.R., of Vancouver, vette. Directly behind are Cmdr. commanding officer. Castle Class Corvette, Latest Addition to Canadian Navy Up to the present a photo of the was the first of the new Castle the same class as H.M.C.S. Bow- H.M.C.S. Bowmanville has nat Class Corvettes to be turned out manville which is designed been issued. However, the above in a United Kingdom Port for the especially to carry powerful new photo of the H.M.C.S. Hespeler Royal Canadian Navy. This is armament devices. BLOOD DONORS Wed., Jan. 3 - At D.I.L.: Roger Bird, Bowmanville, 13th donation. John Walsh, Orono; Winnifred Jenning, Bowmanville, 7th dona- tion. Fri., Jan. 5: Mrs. Roger Crook, Courtice, 10th donation. Walter Lawrence, Nestleton; G. A. Lead- beater, Enniskillen; 7th donation. Garnet Goheen, Bowmanville, 6th donation. Morley Sallows, New- castle, 2nd donation. Norman Luxton, Oswald Richmond, Bow- manville, lst donation. Mon., Jan. 8: W. E. Fice, Stew- art R. Grant, Bowmanville, 13th donation. Melville Dale, Bow- manville, 11th donation. R. B. Salisbury, Courtice, 6th donation. Frank Sobil, Taunton, 5th dona- tion. Fred S. Hellyar, Bowman- ville, 4th donation. Jack Roberts, Bowmanville, 1st donation. Materially minded men and wo- .men don't really unite; only through spiritual unity can peo- ple progress.-Lady Astor. Story of Wood and Its Uses Theme at Lions Meeting The Lions Club at its first meet- ing in the new year was of a homey nature dealing with Club business, presentations and the very informative classification ad- dress on wood and its uses by out- post member Cecil Found of Courtice. But the most interest- ing part of the story of wood was given by Miss Fay Found, daugh- ter of the speaker, who as his guest supported his practical talk with a brilliant thesis on the uses of forest products which science is shaping for the future and which even today are in evidence in many lines even as the war pursues its course. International member J. J. Brown presented the president's pin to Bill Oliver and the secre- tary's pin to Earl Riddols to be worn with due distinction and handed on when their terms of of- fice expire. President Bill Oliver, expressing the sentiments of all Club members, congratulated Treasurer Les Langs on his pro- motion as manager of the Bank of Montreal at Bothwell, Ont., but the Club was sorry to lose so valued a member whose services had been so freely given to the whole community. Jack Cole made the presentation of a golf jacket and the gang sang "See Him Smilin'." Les said he was sorry. to leave such a bunch of good fellows, a good town and fine people and re- gretted there was no Lions Club in the Bothwell district. With eloquent thanks for the gift and the spirit in which it was given, he wished all the best of good fortune for 1945. Succeeding as treasurer is Ray Dilling, nominat- ed by J. J. Brown and unanimous- ly elected to the Board. Ray ac- cepted the honor and duties in- volved with the observation that he would do his best in the scant overtime left from many similar offices. Arnold Anderson introduced Cecil Found as a public spirited citizen who had lived his entire life in Durham County and as head of a thriving lumber and manufacturing business "in a suburb of Bowmanville." Mr.' Found protested that Courtice was no suburb, but an important con- munity in its own right and was contributing importantly in the war effort by supplying crates and containers for war vehicles shipped to all parts of the world. The industry directed by Mr. Found at Courtice comprised three distinct departments. (1) A retail lumber yard; (2) The over- seas army truck division, manu- facturing crates; (3) A millwork- ing department making sash and doors and interior fittings. The latter he said was probably the most interesting of the three for in it were employed highly skill- ed men who took a keen interest in their work translating their skill in the creation of better homes and better living condi- tions. There was about it the fascination of high-class crafts- manship, working with a product that was of primary importance in civilization. Dealing with part of the multi- tude of the woods known to man, the speaker told of the differing uses in which they were employ- ed and observed that few people, when ordering, really knew what they wanted. So part of the lum- ber and millwork business con- sisted of giving advice on kinds and quality, problems of estimat- ing and costs of particular jobs. The speaker enlivened his re- marks with humorous interludes bearing on instances in ordering to specifications that had come to his notice in his business. Main- ly, Mr. Found dealt with varieties of woods and their uses and only a general summary of them can be here attempted. In the realm of Pine, Ontario at one time had the best virgin pine in the world but there was not much left today. White pine was one of the nicest woods to work and the designation of its many grades was explained. Jack Pine, found from Muskoka to Northern Ontario was used in construction work. Norway, or red pine was of better grade. New Brunswick provided both Prin- cess and White pine, also found in Idaho. California produced a fine quality for sash and doors as well as sugar pine. The southern states provided yellow pine and pitch pine came from New Brunswick. The uses of spruce ranged all the way from dimension and stock work in varieties found in Ontario and eastern Canada to the Sitka spruce, tough and strong, used in aeroplane construction. Ontario and eastern hemlock was found to split badly when dry while the B.C. variety differed widely and was much better. There was east- ern larch and tamarack with a tendency to warp while balsam was a wood that works and looks fine. First growth cedar was a most durable wood still found to- day in old-time fences but 2nd growth was much inferior. Ten- nesee cedar we find in highly pol- ished chests and drawers. There was basswood and poplar with their substitute uses in ordinary millwork. The Ontario willow is used widely for manufacture of arti- ficial limbs because of its light- ness and strength but the south- ern willow, capable of a fine fin- ish, was actually what we find sold today as walnut furniture. Mr. Found told also of Balm of Gilead, the elms and the gum- woods and dealt at greater length with the maples. Two sample pieces were passed around, the most interesting of whieh was a section of bird's eye maple. The speaker went on down the list to include beech, birch, cherry, alder, fir, chestnut, oak, butter- nut, hickory, ironwood, ash, red- wood, teak, ebony, and mahog- (Continued on page 4) Drew Govt. Assures Salary To Veterans Learning Jobs Ontario Government to Relim- burse Firms Employing Re- turned Men in On-the-Job Training. Under a rehabilitation training plan now being operated by the Ontario Government discharged war veterans receiving "on-the- job" training will receive full wages and the employing com- pany will be reimbursed by the government, Premier George Drew declared in a nation-wide radio address. Reviewing briefly the types of school being operated at the On- tario Training and Re-establish- ment Institute in Toronto the Premier said despite the wide variety of courses offered there are a number of occupations which can only be learned proper- ly in industry itself. "It is estimated that perhaps half of all veterans will be train- ed by 'on-the-job' methods. It is recognized that beginners receiv- ing instructions in this way can- not earn full wages during the training period and that a dis- charged veteran should not be penaliL'd in the matter of re- muneration because of the ser- vice he has given to his country. For that reason the employing company wil ,be re-imbursed from public fu.,s for part of the trainee's wages, worked out upon a diminishing scale as his use- fulness increases." Under this plan travelling supervisors and field representa- tives will be appointed to visit the trainee's regularly so that their progress may be followed and their rights protected, he said. Private trade schools, business colleges and similar institutions of good standing may also be used under licenses granted by the On- tario Department of Education. Turning to academic training in connection with discharged veter- ans Premier Drew said tfe special educational courses at the reha- bilitation centre aIready enjoyed a substantial enrolment and he expected the attendance to be 500. He added that one of the things which stimulates interest is the fact that it is not necessary to wait until any fixed dates for ex- aminations but they can be tried whenqver the students are ready. The Rehabilitation Centre in Toronto comprised of 14 schools is the first of a number of similar training centres to be opened at key points throughout Ontario as the demand arises. All will be or- ganized upon very much the same basis. "From the brief outline I have given it will be seen that both vocational and academic training is being given to veterans on a basis never before attempted in this country. The courses will be expanded as quickly as instructors and equipment become available. From what we have already been able to do it appears that we may get many useful suggestions for the general educational program of the province. Out of the con- centrated effort being made in these courses by older pupils it is likely that many useful lessons will be learned. "In the work we have done we have already seen the need for personal guidance of many of those returning from overseas. It is not something which can be left in official hands alone, nor can the printed words of any act of par- liament provide some magic formula to solve the personal problems of rehabilitation. It is a job which starts in the homes and goes right through our whole community life. I am not sug- gesting for a moment that every returning veteran is going to find it difficult to adjust himself in civilian life. But I know that many are and that in those cases it is very important that there be understanding, wise guidance and practical help." Pte. Donald Spencer Missing ln Action Missing in action in Italy and believed ta be a prisoner of war was the brief officiai telegram re- ceived by Mr. and Mrs. William Spencer, South Ward, Bowman- ville, in a report on their son, Pte. Donald Spencer. The telegram was received only recently and no further word will probably be received for some time since the Red Cross is the official agency through which information on prisoners of war is transmitted. The father, William Spencer, together with his son, Donald, volunteered for service in the present war more than four years ago and both proceeded to Eng- land with the Canadian forces. Mr. Spencer, Sr., was later mus- tered out to return home while young Donald proceeded to Italy to serve with the 8th Army. Donald enlisted a month before his 17th birthday and was just out of High School and refused to be talked out of joining his dad on active service. Now after more than four years of hard training and fighting he has become a man of 21 and has served his country with fortitude and patriotism. All his many friends hope for further news that he may be spared to return safely after the war is over. Local Soldiers Back From Overseas A despatch from IIeadquarters, M.D. 3, Kingston, Jan. 5, to The Statesman stated: "Wounded young veterans of the fighting in Italy and France arrived here to- day on a hospital train" and among the 21 who were given leave after documentation at the Fort Frontenac Depot, was Cpl. L. M. Dewell of Bowmanville. Lou was wounded in the right eye and chin on Sept. 15, 1944 while fighting in France with the Black Watch Regt. of Montreal, to which unit he transferred from the Prince of Wales Rangers in order to get into action. He is to report back at Kingston Feb. 5 for reboarding. Married to Lorraine Pickard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Pickard, King St., prior to going overseas, Lou just missed his happy reunion at their home at Christmas time and with his own parents and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Dewell, Church St. His many friends are happy to see him home again. Reported also as guest of the Rotary Club is Cpl. George Mc- Feeters, home after nearly four years' service with the R.C.A.F. overseas, and on leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mc- Feeters, Church St., prior to dis- charge. George made a speech at Rotary bringing greetings from the boys overseas with thanks for many parcels received and the kind thoughts that accompanied them. It is his intention to make his home in Bowmanville after determining just what line of business he proposes to follow. His main impression was seeing so many young people almost grown up. Memorial Shoîf 0f Books For Public Library At the instance of a few public spirited citizens a plan of creating a Memorial Library in honor of local boys who have fallen in the present war has already been put into effect. The matter was dis- cussed by the Library Board and met with complete approval and the Librarian, Mrs. Argue has arranged for a special shelf, ap- propriately designated, to receive gift books. Two books have already been presented by a public official in memory of Lieut. Ed. Flaxman and Pte. Harry Lee and suitably inscribed they now have a place on the memorial shelf. The books are "Carrying Place" written by Major Mowatt, inspector of lib- raries for Ontario, and "The High- er Hill" written by Grace Camp- bell. It is believed that other citizens and civic organizations will be pleased ta contribute with suit- able gift books and in the course of time a widely representative special section of the library will be available. The idea is one that will appeal to all patriotic citi- zens and in -form and substance offers a very appealing testi- monial to those who have laid .down their lives. Congratulations to Miss Marian Dudley, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Dudley, Odell St., on receiving the degree of Registered Nurse from Belleville General Hospital. Here is a partial list of the letters from overseas read at the Lions Club, Monday evening, ex- pressing thanks and season's greetings for gifts and cigarettes. A. W. Cameron, Carl Raby, E. W. Allin, S. L. Dunn, J. T. Wright, L. G. Connors, G. K. Henning, Wally Braden, Ross McKnight, K. D. Wood, M. J. Fagan, T. C. Mason, A. F. Page, A. C. Ashton, E. B. Clark, C. C. Oke, R. Meadows, Glen Virtue, W. R. Gib- son, Harold King, Irene Cas- bourne and Betty Flaxman. Rev. Rogers Gives Rotariaus Fine New Year's Message Thoughtful and inspiring was joyed playing bridge and for cash the New Year's message present- stakes. They enjoyed movies and ed by Rev. W. P. Rogers to Ro- dances and auto trips and deplor- tary Club members when they ed gas rationing. These were the met for dinner at the Balmoral things that revealed their purpose Hotel, Friday noon, in their first in 111e; trivial things through assembly for 1945. General good which they were denying the feeling was evident in the events primary duties of life. This in an which preceded the address of age when civilization was struggl- the day. These included flowers ing to survive. for Rev. W. P. Rogers and Mel Neyer in history according ta Dale as birthday remembrances the speaker were things more and appropriate presentations to needful of the serious thought Blain Elliott as a new father as and attention of everyone yet we well as new grandfather Len witness people of pleasîng ex- Elliott. Interested guests were terior, sawdust stuffed, living Corp. George McFeeters, home probably fot bad lives but wasted after 3½1/2 years overseas and "but- lives in preoccupation of vaculty post member" Wally Denny of the and uselessness. So at the dawn Goodyear Co., New Toronto. of a new year we ought ta give L. W. Dippell, with his usual consideration to ways and means hilarity and sincerity, welcomed of directing human energies into Blain into the circle of fatherhood. useful channels and seek ta put With a life-size doll and suitable first things first. The best in infant accouterments the past 111e appears to be crowded out by master of ceremonies congratu- things that are fot 50 good and lated the blushing high school suggesting a primary corrective graduate and journeyman plumb- the speaker urged visiting the er with having anticipated Prime library for selection of books of Minister King's Baby Bonus plan. inspiration and purpase. Man's The doll was dressed suitably in reading is of paramount import- Scots plaid and bonnet and mem- ance and the comparatively new bers rose to toast young David invention of the printing press Alexander Elliott. had made available the means of Father Blain responded with lifting people to loftier heights. fitting thanks but affirmed his Suggesting but a few authors Irish lineage despite the name whose writings wauld be accept- chosen, David Alexander, and able for awakening interest, Rev. that the young hopeful would be Rogers mentioned Harriet Brown- brought up Irish too. His one ing, Charles Kingsley, Lloyd complaint was that people tele- Douglas, John MacCormic and phoning congratulations seemed Grace Campbell, and quoted Dean to mention everyone but himself. Briggs: "Have we any right to op- But he was really proud today and portunities if we fail to embrace mother and child were doing fine. them' His thanks conveyed theirs as Where the span of lie is so well. short and energies sa limited it is Grandfathers Lin Mitchell, Art not good enough ta have aur Hardy, Harry Allin, Frank Mor- time absorbed by extranepus ris, Fred Vanstone, Jim Devitt pleasures. When the needs of"SQ and Cy Slemon, grouped at thee so appalling we m head table to initiate a new an discard trivial preaccupations and7 nervous member of Rotary's put first things first. And the Grandfathers' Club, Len Elliott. older generation were much ta Dr. Slemon applied his stetho- blame. Parents were toa prone ta scope to the portside chest region, farm aut the care of children ta could find neither beat nor mur- schools, churcles and youth mur and pronounced the candi- movements and neglect parental date fit with no sign of shock. Lin Mitchell, with appropriate warn- resosbiitesneseritica ing and advice, tendered the gifts, times yothe e pe t an armchair and a cane, to "re- cline and boast." Ross Strike As an example of how added a box of vitamin pills and terest of youth can be ca the new merhber, with thanks, the speaker told af a lad who fel; he had come through the campanians had drifted in whole thing in fair good shape. smoking an absorption wi Jack Griffith introduced Rev. trashy books. To correct this Rogers who insisted on being preccupation the mather had i- called plain W.P. and observed troduced the boy ta a librarian that the speaker was so wellwha suggested reading Aidridge's known that formal introductionStory of a Bad Boy" and went was superfluous, yet it was a farther ta interest him in practi- pleasant custom to confirm to the cal geology. The resuit was an formality and as well to off er entirely new outlook and with many happy returns on his birth- recaptured interest the lad had day. gone on to become professor of Honored in being asked to de- geology in one of Anerica's great liver the New Year's message, est universities. Rev. Rogers hoped it would be a This was the cancluding fitting postlude to the Christmas stance in a remarkable ad message delivered tî members by which keynoted what grow s Rev. Griffith. The speaker cen- cauld do in rearientng the out- tered his remarks about the theme look of youth. Putting first of "putting first things first" and things first was a means of sought to show that complacency achieving the noblest experience and preoccupation and the con- in the fellowship af man and in cern over trivial things, were de- harmany with the will of God. terrents to good resolutions and These were the things whicX serious considerations of the bet- should concern us at the opening ter things of life. He challenged, of the new year. "what shall we write on the 365 Thanks of the members was ex- pagès of the present year?" Quot- pressed by Charles Carter, Sr., ing from Dr. Harry Emerson Fos- who urged that readers be more dick on the "ten tests of char- than mere scanners ta acquire a acter" the speaker directed atten- richer conception of 111e. Carp Mc- tion to our thoughts and purpose Feeters in a very pleasing speech in life. told of his pleasure at being back Putting first things first met again and hoped ta make Baw- with varying conceptions and manville his home when discharg- Rev. Rogers told of overhearing ed. He expressed persanal thanka two young men speaking of the for gifts received from the home things that concerned them most town people and said the same in these strident times. They en- for ail the boys averseas h W.-Cmdr. Ross Tilley, OyedE Master of Plastic Surgery One of the most striking stories in the history of the present war is told in dramatic fashion in the Jan. 1, issue of Maclean's Maga- zine. Healing by Sculpture is the title and the author, A. E. Powley, takes the reader on a tour of the Plastic Surgery Centre at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, England, where surgeons of amaz- ing skill are making over faces, limbs and hands of Air Force men grievously burned and injured in the performance of their hazard- ous duties in this war. No one can read this story without getting a better appreciation of the heroism of Canadian fliers and the skill of Canada's surgeons. Of interest locally is the prom- inence given in the article to Wing Commander A. Ross Tilley, O.B.E., a former Bowmanville boy, son of the late Dr. A. S. Tilley. Ross Tilley las spent three years at East Grinstead in close association with the centre's famous chief surgeon, Archibald McIndoe. He moved to his own command when the R.C.A.F. wing opened and his staff speak of his surgery with reverence. And so do the patients. Speaking of his work, Dr. Tilley insists that it is just plain, straightforward sur- gery. But reading thé story one comes to believe it is more than that. Taking patients who have been burned and blackened after com- ing down in flaming planes, with faces unrecognizable, hands burn- ed away to remnants, and with injuries from which recovery seems almost hopeless, these doc- tors who are masters of plastic surgery, begin their long, patient, delicate operations, which in time restore these wounded heroes to as near normal appearance and proportions as is humanlyP pos- sible. New faces, hands, noses, lips, eyelids are actually created' through a long series of operations and the results are astounding. We at home will come more and more to appreciate just what these famous surgeons have done as these restored airmen come home among us. But as the story reveals, another all important thing in this great work is the restoration of morale and a con- fidence to face the world which accompanies this physical restora- tion. It is a story of this war which everyone should read and it is a matter of local pride that two Bowmanville boys have play- ed a great part in the surgical history of this war, Ross Tilley in plastic surgery and Harold V Slemon. in neurosurgery. w zb