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cpi. Bian Flaherty Tells of Whereabouts Experiences with Radar A highiy interesting letter has just been received by Mr. and MrsWiliam Flaherty, proprietors of the Balmoral Hotel, Bowman- ville, from their son, Cpi. R. Bni- an Flaherty, who is now at No. 1 ANS, R.C.A.F., Summerside, P.E. I. This is the first letter they have received from Brian for more than haif a year, but he ex- Splain,,that his many duties and outsiOE activities have kept him on the go day and night. HýI-is chums at Bowmanviile l'igh School who remember Bni- an as a second Edgar Bergen in the entertainment field, will also recall his interest in tînkering with electrical equipment and ra- dio. When hie joined the R.C.A.F. hie was assigned to the radio field and graduated into the highly technicai branch of radar. Sta- tioned principaiiy on the west coast, he has traveiled across Can- ada and enlisted for the Pacific war but his application was can- celled because radar experts were high prionity in developing the schools and equipment in Canada. Something of the picture of ta- dar deveiopment was told in the House of Commons the other day by Hon. C. D. Howe, who reveal- ed that of two Air Navigational Schoois being set up in the British Commonwealth, one was located at Summerside. He told that in darkest night and deepest fog, radar now permitted vision to off - set ail hazards of navigation. Se- crecy no longer shrouds the de- veiopment of these schools. So Brian's letter told something of his work. He and his crew on the Pacific received orders to go to Summerside. They travelled by speciai train with no opportunity for a side trip home. With only h. j i Enjoy Yourself!1 Why Bother Baking? Now that spring is here why bother about baking, why not jet the Carter Family do the work for you? Our baked goods are just like home-cooking and the family will ask for more. Drop in at oui store today and see the many tasty bakery specials on display. Our bread is noted for its wholesome goodness and nourishxnent for the entire family. Order a loaf today and see for yourself. King St. E. c....s... - = Cea a~.'g - - - --- , - -7 - - - Letters -of lnterest to Ail In a recent letter ta F. C. Peth- ick, with which was enclosed a copy of The London Daîly Ex- press, his son, Sgt. C. H. (Bud) Pethick, at Canadian Army Head- quartens, London, gives a sum- mary of the public reactian af British people ta the necent bil- lion dollar loan forecast by the Canadian govennment ta assist Britain in her trade revival. At every hand, he states, there is great praise for Canada. The Express, in its column, Opinion, gives press comments in terms as follow: "The Canadian boan is a businesslike transaction; a stnaightforward exehange of eredit now for rei)Lyment inter, and a, small interest with no ex- traneous issues interpolated inta its terms. It is accepted with gra- titude in the spirit that inspired Dealing with the diff erence in the Canadian and Amenia p proach, it continues: "ThIffr ence is that the Amenican boan has conditions invoIving us in far-reaching limitations of Brit- ain's freedom of action, ta dis- ruption of the sterling area, in some ways drastie restrictions, and an inroad on Impenial Pref- enence." "The Canadians make no such reservations. We praise the Can- adian people. They held open aur food lifeline as they stoad with us in battle, giving bath men and money. Ta their total wan- time gifts of more than two bil- lions, they now came with a gen- erous boan. Truly we British have neasan ta glory in the solidarity of the Empire." Ci CANAD Bowmanville UN IM1T E D You CRANKED A HANDLE and put a little gadget ta your ear and listened-then la and behold! A voice spoke ta you! That was the telephone of the '80's, geven ta the world by the labours of Aexander Grahami Bell in hUs Brantford workshop. But ta the rural women of the day, it was more than miraculous. t was deliverance from the bleak isolation that they had thought would always be the lot of a farmer's family. No longer in tinies of sickness would children have to suifer and perhaps die for the want of prompt medical attention or advice. No longer would the dawn to dusk toil of women be unrelieved by the sound of a friendly voice. In the cities, businessmen were quick ta make use of this new means of comi- munication. In rural areas One of the telephone was anxong depicting th Canada as the first of many inventionsb that were to bring the on the occ. comforts and conveniences 10th n of urban life ta the ]L f» farnihouses of Canada. Thus, thE unifying Canadianu by side f( fostered t the foun spirit of in the fui inspirai d two complete sets in Canada and only two qualified in disassemb- iing and assembiing, Brian dis- mantied the coast set and is ne- building it at Summenside. He plans ta have thMe whale thing in operation by July when he hopes ta get leave home. But aside from his technical wonk in radar, he has been kept busy with outside entertainment. On the west coast hie was man- ager of the bnoadcasting station RCAF and was stage manager of a staff of 28 with a 12-piece or- chestra. They presented as many as 165 programs a week, which gives some idea of why letten writing was out of the picture. Since arriving at Summerside he has again been put in charge c\f similan entertainmient. But he writes he was neyer happien, neyer wonked harder and neyer learned sa much as in the absorb- ing field of radar. He will have much ta tell when he finaily gets home, if he can be induced ta tel it. His former schoolmates will be glad ta read this very bnief report of his wonk and progress. Sergt. Bud Pethick Tells His Reaction on Our Loan to Britain want. It is marvellaus, just thet same how much aur people fal el + for "Totalitarianism," eithen mndi-r vidual, or gnoup, as long as we cant be in the saddle, and aur party1 e telephone was a great runnîng things, even a lot of aur1 element that brought Christian people believe in a To-r Lstgehrto work side talitanian God, and a Tatalitarian1 oethe rnmng philosophy for ur own Ceed. c orth cmnongod.It Our religiaus parties, and aurr he co-operation that was political parties, and aur ecano-r dation of the national mic parties cauld soft pedal a tre-1 thepinees nd hihmendous lot befane they thnowt ture, can and will be the ** tion for the greater levelopment of a Canadac Jnlimite d. ['oday in our purchase .nd holding of .Victory 3onds and War Savings Dertificates, we have nother unifying elenient vith which to build a shmn- ng future for our nation. -oà F308 Local DoctorPe Writes the Editor Takes Careof lma From California Fmoscesalt 2115 Paloma St., Pasadena, a o sR or tl Der erg:Calif., Manch 17/46 jui About 12 days after leaving De- ' John P. Stark, t troit, we arrived at Pasadena, a h a utO subunb of Los Angeles, on March ..,* beenrepatriated P 8th and are visiting with my wif e's fromn the Cana- abI dian Army, has arr cousin, Mr. M. H. Hare, where aponeid we received a very hearty wel- maaero h(s corne.rPgrr . We stanted from Bowmanvilie phe PaLdge, at 1 p.m., Feb. 22nd (Friday) and Rcs eotGe arrived in Toronto at the gradua- b....... otel, which will So: tion exercises for Keith for 3:30 .~. reopen ta the ciq p.m. at Convocation Hall. Every- public on June pai thing went off weil and it seems 15atr being tin hard to believe that Keith is now i closed as a war pai another M.D. and interning at measure. This ar Toronto Western Hospital. Har- was annrounced à old was there and Boyd from Ni- by Robert Sommerville, general mana- Co agara. We later left for Burling- ger, Canadian National hotels. Sig ton to stant the following day on Mr. Stark, who is a native of Glas- he our long journey. 9ow, Scotland, is well known ta the pu Satunday we ieft Burlington at travelling public, both Canadian and uci p.m., four of us making the trip, those from south of the line. He was on ne Mr. nd Ms. rankVirue, rs.the staff at Jasper Park Lodge fror ha, SlMr. and Mrs. frak ituwe, Mns. 129 to 1937. After filling a number of i Siean nd ysef. t ws pe-important positions in other C.N.R. of arranged that we would spend hotels he became manager of Minaki fin Saturday night with Rev. and Lodge in 1940.ti Mrs. S. Davison of Leamington, Joining the Army in JuIy, 1943, bE whee w ha amos enoyaleMr. Stark received bis Commission in iio' visit leaving next marning for December of that year and was trans- h Detroit and the border. As aur ferrcd ta tbe catering section of the w papens were quite in arder we R.C.A.S.C. He proceeded overseas as passed at 10 a.m. into Detroit and an officer in this brancb, continuing in pu the great United States. It was that capacity while in Englaand ta very coid but we were well pre- Holland, during whicb time be received ey pared for such weather. The his Captaincy. For seven montbs, just mark we set for ourselvest was prior ta leaving Holland, Mr. Stark was to travel about 300 miles daiiy, catering adviser for the Leave Centre MI and we made that as our aver- in Amsterdam and Officer in Charge of Gr age. Officers' Clubs and Hotels in that city. Wl We passed through Michigan, af Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ar- hi kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Ani- sitting befare his 50-yean-old ca- 1 zona and finally arrived at Yuma, bin, while the chîldren and his wi where the time changed and wife 'were in the fields outside ta where Arizona and California are picking cotton into long bags and mi separated by the Colorado river. getting thern ready for market. an It certainly has been a gradual However, as we passed fnom Ar- ab change in climate for the second kansas into Texas, improvement 18 day the weather became warmer, was very marked, the homes of sti ail snow and ice has disappeared, the negroes were much better and sp and the robins woke us the sec- it looked as thaugh the state had to ond morning. taken on the task of helping them. wi We have met with the best of Alsa, in Texas, ail tanks began success in getting into motor ta appean and then we were right courts (they caîl them courts in- into the ail area. After ieaving stead of cabins), for we generally Dallas, Texas, better cotton fields & tried ta start early on aur Jour- appeaned and this proved ta be ci ney, each of us dniving about 75 the most productive product in miles daily, and anriving at a suit- the state. The next most impar- able court about 3 or 4 p.m. daily. tant product of the state of Texas Some people had told us before was the ail. We cour4'-d over 100 ex we left, what terrible prices the ail tanks, each one h .ig a hall ag meals were in the States, but aur million gallons. But ail is a slip- experience was just the reverse. pery thing and I must leave it at w( As a rule, the meals have been that. Many ranches appeared to excellent, and the pnîces consider- and on twa of these we saw thou- t ably less than what we would sands of cattle gnazing an land t have had ta pay in Ontario. that has been irrigated. a The people we have met have But perhaps aur greatest thrills le: been most intenesting. When we were before us, and I find I am ne got ta "Old Kentucky" and Ten- trespassing on your time and pa- M nessee, the negraes were there in tience. One day we went ta their native element, also, as we Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexîca, ta passed into Arkansas from Ten- then when at El Paso, we passedw nessee, we saw perhaps the most over the border into Mexico, tak- it' neglecteû- of areas. The negro, ing the bus aven the border. As always contented and happy was we got into California state, the 'al Imperial Valley, irnigated ta a et great extent, appeared and it cer- e3 tainly shows what irrigation can P , iw r c ýdo ta desent lands. We attended Rotary Club at eý San Diego and at Pasadena, andw M enjoyed it very much. In factV P ~. we are having a most interesting and instructive tnip and thonough- ei ly enjoying the 80 degree Cali- th fornia climate. tt Hope Rotary is carrying on, as T I arn sure it will under such good leadership as Morley and the dir- tl, ectors. Kind remembrances ta all s inquiring friends. b Sincerely yours, i Cy Slemon ti Minister Writes Editor From British Columbia e, On Current Topics r White Rock, B.C., si Dean George: s Glad ta know that the aid town hý is stili not ashamed ta be in what rr iud at their so-calied enemies. ,rsonaUly, I have no use for [arxian Communism, or the so- ilied Fifth Coiumn. Incidentally, one has ta tny hard read between the lines when erusing the press these days, ta st knaw what is behind a lot of ie correspondence being dished ut ta the public, by radio, or the rinting press, ta say nothing >out the pulpit. Incidentaily, I n not often in the pulpit these ays, so have a chance ta git on 1e sîde-lines and criticize, on eul- gize. Thanks for your editonials, 'eorge, and the old home news. ome of the news is not veny Leerful ta me, when I nead of the assing of sa many of the old- lers like myself-but this is a art of life, and thene is of course n obituary depantment. After seven years in the Surrey ouncii, I was compelled ta ne- ign this year, an accaunt of ealth, or nather fan lack of it. iblic lif e is becoming more stren- ous every year, with s0 many ,w prablems caming up, or per- aps complications in the ald anes. We are heading up against a lot fbottle-necks in the matter of nancing necessany organiza- ins, e.g., in the schools; and I dieve that if we keep adding bil- lns ta aur national debts, per- îps some sont of atomic bomb vi1l be a blessing in disguise, ta it us out of aur miseny of tryîng Dpay interest on bonrowed mon- y on goods. Am glad ta say in clasing that stili remain an incurable opti- .ist, and have a firm faith in the nreat Anchitect of aur fortunes ho is handling the great pnablem ,them ali-haw ta bring up the iman family. Goad luck George, and best ishes fram White Rock, the San- a Barbara of Canada, now in the iidst of a neal estate boom, with n increase in population fnom bout 800 when 1 moved in nearly 8 yeans ago, naw' about 4,000, and ti11 climbing. Good place ta pend a week, George, so jump in- i your helicopter, unicapten, or vhat have yau, and look us up. (Rev.) W. C. Frank iecond Letter On ,Pub 115"1 Dance Service Phonograph Recordings and Supplies Eieçtric Fencer (complete) ...... $14.95 Latest Improved Batteries for I-earing Aids Set Builders Supplies 'ï Authorized CROSLEY DEALER ROY Wu NEAUS RADIO SALES & SERVICE 85 King St. B. (Opposite Sheppard & Gili) Phone 586 ELIMI NATE the feed hazard hl chick raising It isn't enaugh ta know the analy- 4 sis of a feed-you must know how *1~ ~ ~'that analysis is made up. Yau ~ must know how many pounds of 'It the expensive ingredients like paw- dered milk, meat meai and cereal * grass are in the feed. And you get this information, right x ï down ta the pounid, of eveny in- S gredient in CAFETERIA Chick * Starter. We can't invite you ta, compare the ingredients of CAFETERIA Chick Starter with other chick starters for no ather feed gives you full formula information. We invite you ta, visit youn nearest MONARCH and CAFETERIA feed dealer ta check aven the complete list of ingredients in CAFETERIA CHICK STARTER. CAFETERIA POU LTRY FEEDS MONARCH LUVESTOCK FEEDS The only -open formula- feeds on the market. Made by MapieLeaf MiliIng Comlpany Llmlted and soId by Stewart's Seed Store BOWMANVILLE, ONT. PHONE 577 j a Please Note In reply ta "A Reader"ý may I rtend my sympathy. I can im- iine a simîlar experience. On an evening after a day's vrk, changing clothes, driving ,Toronta and stepping up ta îe ticket window of my favorite îeatre, tendering my money for iticket. "Sorry, no mare seats eft, have sold out." "But yau met me an invitation." "Yau are nistaken, we sent you a notice an uhich were panticulars for ab- îining tickets." "That is nat the way I undenstoad." "That's the xay it is, Sir, here is a copy of "But wait a minute, that chap ahead of me just punchased tick- ts. I saw him give you the mon- y." "He paid for tickets which previously he had reserved." "But my fniend got tickets this evening." "Quite possible, eanlien we had some seats remaining for ale." Yes, my sympathy ta "A Read- er and cohonts." 1 can imagine their feelings. Exactly the samie, theirs in Bowmanville, as mine in Toronto. But I do hope that I should have the grace ta realîze my own fault; hould not charge the "verbal bouncen" at the door with "brown- ing me off." 1 have neither desine or inten- ion ta enter inta controversy with "A Reader" and friends. Whîle expressing sympathy for hurti feelings, I have suggested that ny own might be diff erent. I recognize the right ta give expres- sion ta those hurt feelings. But I suggest that the whole matter has othen implications, the full neaning of which may not have occunred ta that writer and friends. Is it not possible that othen people were unable for the same reason ta attend that dance? Is it nat also passible that their ne- action may have been quite diff- erent, or, if the same, expressed without invective? Is it not pas- sible that because of the letter published aven a nom-de-plume they ernoneously might be mndi- cated as the writers? Did these questions accur ta the writer af that letter? More important did you, Mr. Editon, point ta these possibilities? If "Club 15" is nesponsîble for their actions and the consequence of those actions, then s0 is A Reader and friends. The Press ta remain free must remain nespon- sible. That "Club 15" and many other equally fine organizations might conduct dances and other forms of necreation and entertainment; that people might enjoy them; that people who do not enjoy them might express their feelings in. the pages of youn veny fine paper. For these a great and costly war has been fought and many fine men have given their lives. It has been stated that one of the prime causes fan that wan was that many people, organizations and nations would not face up ta nes- ponsibilities. The underlying (or transcending) pninciple of the Un- ited Nations is that in the cause of peace, hanmony and unden- standing, people, organizations and nations nenaunce any dlaim ta be sale judges in their own cause. I suggest that "A Reader" and friends give this some thought. Yaurs nespectfully, Charles W. Carter EDITOR'S NOTE: The above is a reply ta a letter appearing in The Statesman last week which voic- ed complaint at being nefused ad- mittance ta a Club 15 dance. The position of The Statesman is this: Its columns are open ta subscrib- ens who may vaice opinions free from pensonai libel. Opinions so expressed do nat necessarily ex- press the views af the editon. Very often these letters lead ta clearing the social atmosphere, by bring- ing out truth, which is a prime funictian of a free press. Thus de- mocracy is upheid. IOshawa Laundry& Dry Cleaning Radio Sales and PAGE EL 1 1 M-MM-J FOR LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING Service on and after December lst, 1945 Diai Operator and Ask for 13000 This will connect you direct with oui office, with no charge to you. We caîl and deliver in Bowmanville Monday, Wednesday and Friday. To insure a pick-up day previous. on these days please phone the w