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PAGE TWO THIE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO TUSAJLa ____________________________________________________________ - .- . r llth, 1946 Establlshed 1854 With which is Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News 92 Years Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durham County. Authorlzed as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 4., SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year in the United States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Bowrnanville Appears Isolated in Present Industrial Expansion Exchangýes received fronît Whîtby, Osli- awva,,Linidsay, Port Hope and Cobotîrg ini the field of local îîeNvspapers, have witlîîî the past few weeks leftthie býeliiîg tliat Bow1,- manville lias been by-passed iii regard to establishment of post-wvar industries. t 's no use reeapitulating iin detail. Tfhe facts seem to be that al of these towuls have, by virtue of live Chanibers ot Comîmerce, brought importanît commercial and manu- facturing plants to their doors and that the management of these new plants seem coin- pletely satisfied they have chosen wisely ini the matter of their locations. Latest nievs cornes froni Lindsay which has attracted a million dollar plant through the efforts of the Industrial Clommissioiîer, who at a bn quet was given a check for $1,000 for his work iin getting the plant. Bowmanville got a great lift when tue people of town and district jouîied togetlier in recent wveeks to form the present Chaini- ber of Commerce. We got 'a late start but Nvith a live executive niow fnctioning, there is every reason to expeet that wve too shall shortly share ini this very apparent desire to decentralize induistry. The exj)erieltee of these nieighborinig towiui should be of great .encouragemnent ho the offîcers of the l3ow- inanvill1e Board. The Statesimait lias long- advocated the idea of decentralizatioll. But we have l)een handicapped iii not laviiig a uniited voice ini attracting inidustries. Nowv we have it in oour Chamnber of Commneree. What we cau achieve iin the future rests upon the exeeutive -whicli is backed by the inemberships that have corne ini since the original meeting wvas called. Accordiugo to the latest issue of Muniici- pal Statisties, Province of Ontario, a bine- book sent out by the Goverurnent wve find that Bownianville lias a corporate acreage larger t han almost any other towu iin the province and indeed of ail Canada. We have the acreage, we have an ideal location on two main railway liues, on a dual highway hook-up sooîî to be completed. We have hydro that is. expanding; we eau -et al the water we want by- tappilg lake resources we kznow we shall have to tap eventually- In short we've got the goods Nvheni it cornes to attracting industries. We eau gret the factories if we go after thein. Ail of whiêh is told for local consideration lu view oï wvhat nerù,hboritîîg towvns are doing. Sqae ly belind the local Chiamber of Commerce, we leave these thioughits.1 Industrial Leaders Warned To Corne Out loto the Open It seems quite unuecessary for The Statesman to keep harping ou the thiere carried iin its editorial columuis dnringç the past three years that " Industry lias a Story to Tell"' but lias failed to tell it. Far more important voices than that of a small town editor have lately raised to give incisive support ho titis ail-importaut 1propositioni. At least three great ('auadian publications, the greatesh ini their fields, have been tell- ing the samne story. They are, the Financial Post, the voice of iindustry and commerce, published by Maclean's, Toronto; the To- ronto ISahurday N ighit, sleek, illustrated weekly of popular opinioni and the very nohed weekly, '"Markeinig- which serves Canadian sales execaîhives anîd advertisers. These papers are read literally throuigl- ont the globe and what thev say is accepted as alttiosti gosipel ainonig the well iiiformied, anîd vet they fiîîd it iueeessary to' becoiie repetitive iin their iinsisteiiee titat iiiduistry .oughhi to wake iip and tell its side of the pieture ini the cuirrent endeavor to get te (2anadiami ecoiiofiy inito full scale production. Yet it seemis that îniost of our- big buisinless- ,neit, ail of whoin are fouir-square for sur- s hall go on, mucli strengthened by the opini- ion told ahove. and say what w~e nmust. in the str1llcrp thait is currently de-peninz as we write these uineS. We are Miles Behind in the Matter of Real Education With each succeediing provincial gov- emernut lu the province of Outario, w~e creep forward, geiierally ini a groping ah- ternl)h ho formulate sonie kiud of a nmodern educatiottal systein. Fratîkly ve are of lte opinion titat the present grovertimemît, head- ed bw Hou. Geo. A. Drew, hinself 1)011 Premier aîtd Ministem' of Education, bas goîte much fartiter iin the spiiere of prinîary edu- cationi than al itis predecessors. Drew, quité lu accord witliitis pre-electiomi promis- es n Ibis matter bas fulfilled bis underhak- iiigs. Hec is a strong iman ah the head of a stroîîg goverumnent. His crities have n~o- thiî to offer in lte realm of educahioti. They attack froin a differeuit angle. But wlt we set out ho say in titis editor- ial is tîtat we have a lin, way ho go before we arrive ah the poit where thte pupils of tîis province botît in public a nà hiigh sehiool. cait step out iito the worid fortified iii most resl)ects ho meet tite eoîîditi.oîs in titis ra)i(lly clîangittg world. So far as -w sec the situtationi, )oth iii war anti peace, in titis very importan)t spîtere, wve are away behiîfldlite times. Ilit-t'opiiioiievery chiid sîoulti ktîox'the way about. Parents are reu'iîctaumt to ipart a cquired kuîowiledgýe. Tea('lers, likewise have no0 ie51oiisibility 1111(er tîten' curiicila. Sb out itîto lte world g elass aftem class of umiiîforumîed, wonder-eyed, enîotionaiiy utîimstritcted youiiigpeop)le w'ho seethie worid as a great expaîîse ho be explored. Far too mamîy fail iint( difficutilies anîd eveit shame as il is acecpted 1) 'îtmtra-mnralists. Aniti is iot their faîtît. It is oîtr fauit; Nve who have clutchied ho oui' bosoni for so many yeau's ait outmnoded, conplaeent, skep- tical systemu of inhibittoîts. So we are min- climîed to agree anîd ho promîote a mew, mod- ernî idea of educatiom set forth bx- Edwin C. Guillet it bis repetnt subutission ho the Royal Commission of Education. Too few will read w~hat he bias ho say. And it is very unfortiate, foi' public opiînioti is the tliiîg Iliat uakes foi' ('auge. Froi grade 8 ou, every tiung iin bumîan expet'meîtce oîîglit ho be toI d. W\e 5baI i saN tîtiili mobre about this sibject as we go aiongii uto a uiew woi'id. One of Great Forces in Canada is The Canadian Legion of Veterans Look ah the womid pietiii't'as 'e sep il hoday. W thue free dentocracies have jii5t emerged as coiqierors over tue forces as- sCittlld unîder Hitler and saitellite ltaly anid ubiquitouis Japait. Here we stand, not îîpon autit icer-t-in iam'mistice, but -as fitnal aîîd absolute coiiquerors ; and vhere do %ve stanîd hoday? il can l)e said ah otîce that we stand ah lite pinîtacle of a situation ini which we eaauaîd shouid dictate the terms of a last- .1mg peace. Yes, but cati we do so? Well, froîn wviat we have seen amnd heard, there seemis a great reluctatice to seize upon te victory andtd o consolidate the citief aims ho uîtivet'salI)eace. The keynote iunttis utatter of world peace wve tind sumîined up ini a recetut resolu- lion carrmed by the vers- men w-ho foughit antd died foir 'Freedom. lu the name of the livinîg, ini remembramtce of tue dead, TUhe Cattadian Legiomi, iin convemtion assembled lias ote on record to say titat omne centtral cotteeption, "Toleraite' is tite fumîdamemtal foir world peace. Who will dispute their right ho titis assumiptioti? Let il be nted tiat lte Legiom iiows uto ecotionic, racial, or political tics or creetis. Cool anîd collected the members look ahtte presettt aîîd the 1future. Here are meut and women whîo ask Settled in House of Commons Mirs. Glad vs Struîti, otly %vonaii mieut- ber of. the Ottawa Houise, coittilaiuie( receitt- iy about the ridlemequiriitg woimei tho w~ear bats iii tite galiei'y. The speaker w'ante(d htiete oitsidei' the natrer. lunîe-4,lite haIt- cd the nation 's busiitess ho sa : " Aftet' a few days of mtetitatiout and mature coiisid- eratiout, 1 aii itot disposed to aux' severe de- cree. 1 leave lte decisioui 10 tue ladies thein- selves. Covered or liatiess their pmeseuîce w~ill always be weicoune." Hie leaî'ned titat the prachîce wvas probably borrowed froin lte citurcites and inay have beei prouuîulgah- e(1 froi Saint Paul's Ist. Epistie 10 Tiun- othy anîd also the Coritîthians, froi whieh lite (uQhed: 'Thah woîtten appeau' inii chrches lu de- ceint apparel, adorîîiug theinselves withh mot- esty antd sobriety, not, withbpiaited itair or gold or pearîs or costly attire and titeY learuii i silentce ; but I suffer not a wvoman 10 teacîtitor uise authorihy over the muait but 10 l)e iin silence. Let wvomeut keep silence ini the chuirches ; for il is tiot perunithed them to speak but to be suibjeet as also law sailli." Titere wasnî't iitîutch about bats iin the sermton but Mir. Speaker went on ho explain that limes have chianged. He rested bis case oui precedent and recent usage. A great galaxy of friends, in' ail walks of life, cleazi*,cross Can- ada, took pride and pleasure in the «Innouncement that Vernon Knowles of Montreal was honor- ed with the Order of the British Empire in the Dominion Day Hon- ors List. This merited distinction came by virtUe of special war services freely and faithfully ren- dered ho Canada by Mr. Knowles during the war years. Particularly in the ranks of newspapermen, and specially the weekly press of Canada, was the award acclaimed, for among them few men are more widely and honorably known than Vernon. Knowles, O.B.E., who for many years has himself been a noted writer, journalist and publicity executive. The occasion is one therefore to tell a bit of personal history of a man who has shun- ned publicity for himself while freely according it to so many others. As a mere youth, farming cap- tured the imagination of Mr. Knowles. He homesteaded in Western Canada, but drouth and an accident that cost hîm amputa- tion of his lef t arm turned his mind ho journalism. He started on the Prince Albert, Sask., Times, became political writer for the Winnipeg Telegram and man- aging editor off the Winnipeg Trib- une. Later he came East on his appointment as managing editor off the Toronto Mail and Empire. After a few years, he was named managaing editor of the Toronto Star. Sound finance being the key- stone of prosperity of this young nation, a fact too littie known by the general public, the charter- ed banks of Canada sought a man of proven ability ho help widen the horizon of public knowledge in this sphere. They chose Ver- non Knowles, who ten years ago became Public Relations Adviser off The Canadian Bankers' As- sociation. His work in this field has been outstanding. The insti- tutional advertising has given to the press an opportunity ho pre- sent the facts of banking and has resulted in a well-informed pub- lic on this vital phase of the national economy. When war broke out, finance became ah once a major concern. Mr. Knowles was drafted. *Again the public had to be informed. He recommended formation of the Canadian Publishers War Finance Committee, hailed as a perfect liaison behween press and public. It functioned with great success ahl during the war with its archi- tect associated throughout and carryîng on his 'ordinary occupa- tion at the same time. Serving without pay, Mr. Knowles took part in all the many activities arising out of the central, nation- al Committees. He served with Hon. C. A. -àil] Vernon Knowles, O.B.E. Dunning in the First War Loan, with Col. Raîston in the Second War Loan, and continued as chief consultant ho George W. Spinney through the first four Victory Loans, remaining ho do publicity under the Towers regime. Earl- ier he-had organized publicihy for the United War Services cam- paign, in which the late Wendell Willkie came ho Canada, and more than $7,000,000 was raised. At the request of the Canadian Red Cross Society, he organized its wartime publicity and created the Red Cross National Publicity Commihtee, which conduched drives that raised, during war, more than $45,000,000. The story is told ail too briefly. The man literally worked night and day and his genius framed all these underlying organizations. Small wonder that Prime Minisher Mac- kenzie King recommended to His Majeshy that Mr. Knowles be hon- ored. A man off trim figure, houching 175 lbs. off great physical and mental strength, Mr. Knowles is one of those soft voiced individu- als who holds the interesh of his many friends in intimate conver- sations sparkling with anecdote, rich in the rhetoric that made hlm a noted writer. Travelling constantly here and there, he has one central, abiding preoccupa- tion, to make Canada great. There is particular emphasis in the general congratulations of the weekly press on the honor that has fallen ho Vernon Knowles, O.B.E. Editors of rural weeklies wish heartily that Mr. and Mrs. Knowles will have many years before them of health and hap- piness and the satisfaction of hav- ing merited an honor, the achieve- ment of which has in no small measure been due ho the team- work and helpfulness of Mrs. Knowles. Noted Weekly Editor Mourned late Lorne A. Eedy who will not be saddened by the news off his unexpected deahh. He was on a holiday fromn his desk ah the St. Marys Journal-Argus, off which he was editor and publisher and died suddenly at his summer home on Georgian Bay, the night off June 30. He waês for years a highly valued friend off the editor of The Statesman and it was with Lorne A. Eedy, St. Marys a great sense of loss that we join- ed with 50 many ho silently honor his memory ah the funeral ser- vices on July 3. As a personal tribute 1 wisii to say I neyer met a greater Chris- tian gentleman, a man who stood at the pinnacle off his profession in journalism, a man whose strength was given in a measure to undermine his heaith in the service off his friends and the com- munity that loved him so well. The burden he carried during war when many of his helpers served abroad, led ho his failing health, but he went on, unsparingly to the end. In the mundane distrac- tion.- of the tim es, when moral fibre became a rarer quality, he heid ho his example off Christian fidelity. He was a church-goer, a humble worshipper. He neyer thrust his beliefs on others, his own actions were his sufficient hestimony. He travel- led widely, he knew the world, its peoples, their shortcomings but hie neyer judged. His guidance came ho the young people he helped so greatly by his teaching in Sunday School, his faihhfui service in the United Church at St. Marys. Down hhrough the years he filled many off ices in church councils and conferences, a layman known all across bis native province. His work in ed- ucation was equally inspired. Chairman off the local collegiate board he served also as President, Associated High School Boards off Ontario. He saw the funda- ?Iis great character and frail ;trength he gave ho their promo- tion. Born near St. Marys, his fath- r a public school teacher, Lorne Eedy followed him when he left teaching for journalism. Mr. Eedy senior eventually obtained a con- trolling interest in the noted pro- vincial daily, the St. Thomas Times and the St. Marys Journal- Argus. Lorne graduated with a B.A. in Political Science at Tor- onto University, was prominent in college life, was editor off the University Year Book. Then came a period of practical news- paper work, here and there, until he rehurned ho devote his life and talents ho his home -town paper. In the weekly field he rose ho the presidency off the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, was received abroad by the King and Queen, by heads of European governments, by church notables, who learned of Canada from this gentle, soft-spoken, representative Canadian. He returned ho serve till his death the CWNA and the Class "A" Weeklies of Canada. He ran hîs course making friends as he went, spreading the gospel of true faith in his native land and he expressed it through his very notable, home-town paper. This was the Lorne Eedy we came ho know s0 well. How did he do it ail? He was a past president of St. Marys Ro- tary Club; he was a Mason hold- ing high degrees; he was a mem- ber off the Oddfeliows; a member of the Independent Order of For- esters; he gave his talents and strength to ail off them. In his duties there was neyer a more faithful lrustee. He was a great and kind ly man, the kind one meets but rarely. If one phrase could tell it ahl, we should say, simply, sincerely: "He was a GOOD man." And so he is gone. He is sur- vived by his wife, one son John W. Eedy, advertising manager of the Journal-'Argus, and two daughters, Elizabeth, Mrs. James Browil, Brantfford; and Miss Alice Eedy, Vancouver;, and three granchildren, also an only sister, Mrs. Archie Gillies of Timmins. At the funeral, when the min- ister spoke from the 35th verse of the l8th Psalm: "Thy gen- tleness hath made thee great," his friends of. the newspaper world bowed reverently o this footnote ho a great career. God reigns, and will "hurn and overturn" until right is found su- preme.-Mary Baker Eddy. So let ih be. In God's own mighh We gird us for the coming fight, And, strong in Hlm whose cause is ours In conflict with unholy powers, We grasp the weapons He had given ,- The Light, and Truth, and Love of Heaven. -Whittier. Honored For War Work