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*0 k PriWWUT THE CANAflIAN STATYMM. IOWMANV!LLÉ. ONTAMlb FAUX K rJLDA The Four NeLean Sisters Who Were Born in Hampton Nake Headlies in Vancouver Our eider readers wiil recal when Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mc- Lean lived at Hampton, where they had fîve daughters and three sans. They were Margaret, Mary, Sarah, Sue and Ida, James, Frank and Thomas. Ida, Mrs. R. J. Dil- worth, was a well known singer for many years and stili lives in Taronte. Her brother, Thomas, aise lives in Toronto. James lives in Vancouver and Frank passed away several years ago. These McLean folk are ahl cousins of Mrs. Frank Cryderman, Silver St., Bowmanville. These facts are by way of introduction te an interesting ar- ticle which appeared recently in the Vancouver Daily Province, written by Jean Howarth in her daily feature article headed 'This Celumn" abeut the four maiden McLean sisters who live in Van- couver. The article follows: The trouble with the modemn bouse is that it neyer gets te look like the people wha live in it. It is cool and canvenient and casual. It has view windows and buîlt-in cupboards and a thermostat, and after you have lived in it and known happiness in it, and sor- row, and have gene on ta some other house on some ather street, it turns the same blandly indiff- erent caunitenance upon the next people as it turned on you. I started thinking along this line yesterday, when we were *payîng calls on a couple of friends of ours. Our first hostess had ane of those new houses aut along Gran- ville Street. We satUn the stream- lined chesterfleld in hem front roamn and laoked at ber neigbbors threugh the great view windows and ate tasty little pastries that had came framn one af the sbaps dawn the hill. It was a nice raam, al igbt, with a big oriental rug and dimn lights and sleek little coffee tables and an original oil painting over the white fireplace. From where I sat I ceuld see the dining raom, with its limed oak suite and an- other original oul. And before we left we admir- ed hen compact red and white kit- chen, which hadn't mare than about six square feet of floor space, but had foreseen and fore- stalled cvery bausewifely need. It was diffenent dawn at the McLean sisterso Trfla Street. sonTafla Teeare four McLean sisters, Margaret and Mary and Sarah and Sue, and their peaceful brown Kitsilane bouse bas ne truck with new-fangled notions. i have passed it often, of a summer evening, and smiled across the lawn at them as they sat on their perch in their rocking chairs, séwing bright gingham patches tegether te make their patchwork quilts. But it wasn't tili yester- day that I tasted the joys cf their house's intenior. It Was a Real Parlor We sat In the parlor-and it was a real parler, for reaily state occasions. The chairs were com- fortable, but they didn't encour- age curvature of the spiie. There w as a big braided rug on the floor ad hand-worked cushions on the settee. The walls were bright with water-colors that had camnei from the byrush of a McLean bro- ther-a Toronta artist. And we visited the dining room with its selid oak table and solid oak chairs and salid oak buffet, its plate rail complete with pic- ture plates, its huge bay window blooming with potted plants. The painsettia was making arrange- mhents for Christmas. And the den-where the chairs, grouped cosily around the fire- place, did encourage curvature of the spine. And on te the kitchen. It was a big kitchen, gaily yel- low and white, with a great big substantial table, and ea yellow couch for visitors te sit on and talk ta the cook while she prepar- ed the dinner, and a yellow rock- er for the cook te corst in while the potatoes boiled. There was a pantry, tee; and it was jam-packed with the sert of utensils that every housewife us- ed ta have, before she did ber baking at the corner confection- ery-vast roasters and dozens of cookie cutters and pans for mak- ing home made bread. We paid a brief visit, toa, ta the basement, to inspect the new hot-water heater, and look with nostalgia upon the fruit cupbaard lined with raws and rows of bright littie jelly and jamn and preserves and pickle jars, each neatly labeled. And te ask about a small mysterious machine which turned eut ta be a wheat chopper. The sisters get their own wheat and chop it just the way they like it ta make their own special brand of tea biscuits. We went back upstairs and said good-bye and went on aur way. But I've been thinking of bouses1 * PRACTI C Prom HIGGO' General -Electric Electric Ketties- $15.95 and $ Sandwich Toasters - - - Fluorescent Lamps - Il ~.in; Floor1 Attaci GENERAL ELECTRIC Clocks Tank:1 $8.69 Io $13.13 Eetî Poultry Water Warmers '1adios- Combinatic Schick ShE Sandwich Toasters - $8.95 Humidif lors - $49.75 expert repairs to ail makes of appliances and refrigerators Higgon your general e1ectri moNE t - BO0W M A A Mi hm Mc (C $32 ever since. There's lots to bel said for modern houses. Prac- tically everythlng, I guesa. But I bet that house on Tirafal- gar will turn cold eyes on any newcomer that tries te push in when Margaret and Mary and Sarah and Sue have gone. Homemaking Club EI.cts June Luffmian President First Terni The first meeting of the Home- making Club sponsored by Bow- manville Women's InMtitute was he]d Fniday evening, Dec. 5, in the Agricultural Representative's of- fices. There were fifteen girls en- rofled as club members at this meeting. It is hoped that there will be more at the next meeting which will be held the first part of January. The club is under the very cap- able leadership of Mrs. Selby Grant, who has been leader of the club for the past twe year. At the first meeting these officers were elected: Pres., June Lutf- man; vice pres., Ellen Ward; secy., Joyce Grant; Treasurer, Ruth Du- mas; press secy., Barbara Bruce and assist. leader, Mrs. Jas. Grant. A name for the club was dis- cussed but as ne one had had much time te think it over it was decided te hold it over tili the next meeting. Hallowing the bus- iness, Ars. Grant gave a demon- stration on making party sand- wiches. Any girls from the ages of 12 te 26 years who are interested in joining the club may get further particulars by contacting either Mrs. Selby Grant or Mrs. Jas. Grant. Members will be notified of date, time and place of next meeting. Boy ScouIb (Centinued from Page One) president, Howard Biekle; secre- tary-treasurer, Sidney Venten. The following are the leaders of the Troops and Packs: lst Pack, Lloyd Winnacott, acting - Cub- master; 2nd Pack, Ross Rom- bough, Jack Mu nday and Art MacGuire; 3rd Pack, John Brooks and Jim DeGeer; lst Traop, Don Tripp; 2nd Troop, Fred Stannard and Wallace Dilling; 4th Troop, Walter Bent and 'Red' Cuthbert- son; District Scoutmaster, Denis Pickard. At the meeting, Mr. Bent gave an invitation te. the Troops -and Packs te visit the Training School and make use of the swimming pool and gymnasium. This was gratefully accepted by the Group Committee on behaîf of the Scout leaders. ELECTRIC 7.50 8.95 General Eleclric CUUM CLEANER odel - - $89.50 ients - - - $21.00 odels - - - $99.75 )MPLETE MVTH ATTACHMENTS) rons $5 to $14.50 2.50 to $55.00 Radios -$179.00 oers - - $18tfo$21.50 SEE AND HEAR THE NEW Nutone Door Chimes VAchfime to suit every house and bu]dget. Hear the Westminster 8-tone chime, froin $5.50 Io $85-50. Electric [c appliance dealer N V1L LE 42 I9ING 8 T. E Ir Cr Wijmors hlo.ied la Darley Couts Judging in the Ontario Section of the $2 5,000 National Barley Contest took place at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, last week. Five win- ners were selected te go on te the Ontario-Quebec Inter-Provincial contest which is te be run off early in the new year. Shown above are the three Ontario judges: (L. to R.) Prof. Robert Keegan, O.A.C., Guelph; P. R. Cowan, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa; and Dr. L. H. Newman, Dominion Cerealist, Ottawa. First prize winner in the Ontario Section was Harold K. Nesbitt of Britannia Bay, near Ottawa, who was aise first prize winner for Carleton County. Other winners in their order were William Lowe, Fort Frances; John Kluke, Renfrew; Robert S. Sparrow, Kihiburn; Martin L. Dowdall, Perth. Government Christmas Presen!, To, the Farmers of Can4da Prime Ministen King bas declin- ed to listen te the rcquest ot Jehn Bracken that the pnoblems of Ca- nadian tarmers shouid be one of the tiret things discussed at tbe present sitting ot parliament. Let thern wait is the ed'ict, we'll talk about Geneva tirst. In pmotest and in defence et farmers, Mr. Bracken then issued the tollawing statement: The public wiil have viewcd with amazement the efforts of Mn. Gardiner, the Minister et Agricul- ture, to crawl eut tram uncter the promises wbicb he made ta the farmers et this country when the food agreements with Bitain wcre made, He promised thcn-and lndeed the entire Liberal Government premised-that these food agree- ments wouýc1 result in long ýerm stability et markets for the Cana- dian farmer. What bas been the resuit? Right new Canadian agriculture is in the worse mess it bas ever been in as tan as assured markets are con- ccmncd. We knew Bisitain's po- sition. She is bard up. She can- not attend to pay more for Cana- dian foodstutts. Indeed she deubts whcther she can continue buying some et them even fer the aid lew pnices. Livestock Slaughtered Yct the Liberal Gevernment bas sent the tarmer's production caste sky high with its deliberate pel- icy et inflation. The situation nawi is that the fammer daesn't know where he stands. Thousands et farmers who bave invested heaviiy in equipment and brecding stock as a result of the Governmcnt's prognain te build up a livestock industry in this country, have been suddeniy tac- ed witn higher teed cests, while their markets are trozen at prie- es tee law te give themn a profit. There je a wholesalceiaughtening ef breýpding stock g oi ng o n througbout Canada. Senieus dam- age bas alneady been donc te the livestock industry et this cauntry and unless something is donc at once consumers too wil teed the resuits of this when the pnice et meats gees up next year. Farmers vs. Brain Trugt The biame for ahi this rests on the balf-baked planning and mud- dicd tbinking et the Minister et Agriculture and bis brain trust. Take for example thc wbcat sit- uation. I ebjected te the long term wheat agreement with Bni- tain twe years age because I en- vîsaged trouble. Mr. Gardiner then blitbcly bcld forth the hope that as Bnitain made an ecenomic rccovery trem the strains et war, she wouid cempensatc the Canadien grain groer for the lew centmact pric- es af $1.55 a bushei for wheat, by paying a higher than wold pnice in later years. Farmers Lose Milions The Liberals have centinucd te sing this song et promises ever sincc-end in the meantime oun wheat farmers have taken a bad beating, having soid the bulk et their produce at a pnice wbich wiii have netted thern a loss ef aneund $300,000,000, comparcd witb worliU pnice, at the end et the cmop sea- son. And next ycam's crop the Gev- cmnment bas aircady soid at $1.251 a bushel iower than the present wonld pnîce-aniaur fammers will take another beating. Two yearg age I pnedicted that 1l Britain wouid bc unable te make up these lesses te the Canadian farmer resulting from the Gev- ernmcnt's venture into his busi- ness affairs. The truth of my iioeat is becoming more and mr vident evcry day. tGamble FalIed IOur whele agicultural industny bas been the victim cf a huge and unjustitiabie gamble initiatcd by our Ministen et Agriculture. The stake be nisised was ether pcople's moncy and the liveliheeds ef this vceuntny's farmers. He bas failcd I in bis gambie. In consequence be bas breugbt Uic entire agriculturai 1 industry te a condition etf figbten- Iing instabiity-a condition me- Jsulting wholly from bis unwar- ranted gambling witb the tarin- ers' produce and the unjustitied freezing et tartti pnices whiie be allowcd the tarmens' cests ta sean. Has Served Widely The new secmetey-manager of the Ontario Concentrated Milk Praducers Association, Charles T. Milton, bas been active in f armn organizatians and the public ser- vice. Born in Oxford county he bas tanmed there al bis lite. Mr. and Mrs. Milton have twa sons and a deughter, the two sans apen- ating farms in partncrship wîth their father, and the daughter married te a farmer. ail living in Oxford courfty. Mr. Milton spent ten years in municipal lite and was warden et Oxford county in 1938. He is a pest president of Oxford caunty Children's Aid Society, past pres- ident of Oxford County Ratcpay- ers and Trustees Association, past president of Oxford county Seed Fair, and president et Oxford County Federation et Agricu]lturc and Oxford County Hog Pro- ducers Association. He is a mem- ber et the I.O.F. and the A.F. & A.M. At the time of bis appointnient as secretary-menager of the On- tarie Conccntraed Milk Pnoduc- ens Association, be hed eerved as a member ot the executive for five years. He aise reeigned et that time as vice-president and treasurer et the Ontario Hog Pro- ducers Association. National Secretary Appointcd natione~ secretary et Farm Radio Forum, for the 1947- 48 seasen, Joseph Galway was born and raised on a Leeds ceunty farm near Gananeque. He oper- ated the famiiy farm fer some years before be joincd the ergan- izational staff ot the United Farm- ers Co-opemative Co. Ltd., in 1944. In 1945 he became assistant sec- retamy et Farm Radie Forumn in Qucbcc, a part-tlme appointmcnt which aliowed hum te study at MacDonald College, Ste. Amie de Bellevue, Que. In 1946 Mm. Gal- way became secretary et Farn Radio Forum in Quebec. Mr. Galway succeede Ralpb Stapies, Cavan, as national secretary. E.Iary Club (Contlnucd trom Page One) ence cf' Bo*wnanville, one of five signcd up from among 200 attend- ing Uic Hamilton Basebali School titis year. Mr. Muilen closed wlth a few highlights from the latest world's serte. and some sparkling baseball anecdotes. Bill James expresscd the gener- ai thanks te the Hamilton fellows for bravingig he storm te, enjiven Uic meeting. Adjournnient te the High School found quite a gather- ing ef younger boys cf Uie town anxieus te sec Uic moving pic- turcs. Picturea and Quiz Art Mullen was again the cen- tre cf interest as he eixplained thc pýctures as they flashecl on Uic screen. He made Uic bit cf Uie evcning when he opened a quiz on Baseball for the youngsters. For evcry lad who answered a question cerrectiy he rcceived a crisp dollar bill from the chair- man. His roll was lightened by a double - sawbuck which sbowed youn.g basebali talent right on their tôcs. Team and Officiais The guests introduced by Dec Rundle included the fohleing member~s of the Rotary Juniors: Arty Clemence, p; Ai Martin c;. Arnold Sweet c; Bill Dadson, lb! and p; Gord Sturrock, lb antd p; Bob Williams and Buck Cowle' ,2b; Son.ny Hooper ss; Don Rundie and Tim Cox 3b; Tom DeGeer, Howard Sturrock, Eric McIlven, and Walt Woodward, outtielders, and young Don Stutt, mascet.!, Some were flot present on account of being eut cf town. Officials-cf thq team and league included Andy Thempson who or- ganized and managcd the tcam at its inception, and umpires 'Ticker' Crom-bie and 'Scotty' Camenon, together with Intermediate pnexy Ai Osborne whe managed the .Juniors wben Dec Rundie was othcrwise engaged. Bill Rudeli reccived bis one- year perfect attendance pin in, the short business session of the club. English Visilot (Continued frein Page One) through just an archway, from passage te drawing room, draw- ing room ta dining reom. Home Furnlshlngs We noted, the genenal use of table lamps here and there in a room instead of illumination by anc powerful central ligbt pendant frein the cciling-that was a cus- tom we tbought vcry homely and wc saw some vcry novèl ligbting devices-an old fnigate lit up on a light shining tbrough a bunch et fruit. We liked the idea ef hav- ing twe rooms in one separated by an archway. When we arc able to make two roems into one it is donc by using siiding doors bctween the rooms and, owing te the necessity ef baving a fine in each room, we rarc]y elide back the doors. Furndsbings in Canada and at home do net vary much only in as far as the bamemaker's tasks vary. Victorian ove-turnishing is as clead in Canada as in Engiand. Motor Cars The mater cars of Canada im- pressed us as being like the coun- try itscit, spacious and imposing. We saw no smali cars lîke our Austins and Morrises and we won- dened what would happen if a Cadillac and a Buick met in anc ot our Devon lanes. Probably a gang ot workmcn would arrive with a buli-dozer te remave the hcdges. We admired the streain- lincd effect and the eftortless purring glidc-you are fortunate in Canadae. You have the cars and the gas, even if we bave a smail car there is now no petrol, pleasure riding was banned tram Nov. 30. Neyer mind we enjey walking, or using the bus, now! Theatres and Stores Once we wvent te a picture bouse in Oshawa and were more than delighted te see that smoking was prohibited. Our cinemas arc so full of smokc that clathes and bain betray the visit for heurs. We erijeyed visiting your Can- adian stores if it were enly te look at thé foads. that wc had not seen lin England for years. We gat quite a thriil going into the store througb a turnstiie, appropniating a wvire basket, filling it witb geod things as we meandered througb the shop and emerging eventual- ly threugh thc passage where the assistant, with cash register ban- dy, exchanged the goods for. mon- ey. We neyer ubop that way in England. Food Contrast It seemed impossible that we couid buy a pound cf butter or a piece of bacon or a packct et lard or a bunoch cf bananas or a bag cf nuts or some citron peci or a tin cf saimon or a box cf Gouyeve cheese or a box cf choco- lates or etc., etc. We get 2 eunc- es et sweets or checolate, i ½ pints cf milk, weekly. Yet it is an amazing fact that we stili oc- casionally meet a fat person, and most et us can laugb about things. Regarding the ciothes in thc drapers' shape and the furnish- I in.gs and fancy ware, we noticed that goods marked "Made in Eng- land" weme otten the best quality And The People 1 We leave until last, because1 mest important, our impressionsI et the people. We teund theni op- en beanted, open handed and de- ligbted te meet semeene straight from the "'Old Country." Worrds would be inadequate te describe the gracieus bospitality of oun relatives wbe ceuld net do cneugh te show their gladness that the English cousins -had really arriv- cd." But a warm velcome cameI toc fmom Canadians who wenc not relatives, W. thfink thein. Great i ?HURSDAY, DEC. Ilth, 1041, 1 Editor et Farm Forum Guide and director of research, National. Farm Radia Forum, Ruth I. Mc- Kenzie bas been pre-testing the questions for the Farm Forum broadcasts at special forum meet- ings in advance et the regular scbedule et broadcasts. Last year Miss McKenzie pre-tested ahl the broadcast questions with forum S.S. 4 at Darlington, Durham If we have not peace within ourselves, it is vain te seek it tram outward sources.-Rochefoucauld. In every age and dîime, "On earth peace, good will toward men" must be the watchword ot Christianity.-Mary Baker Eddy. Fox hunting may be abolished' in England. K I i i k i h I. w'I w K J I The Yoemen of the Guard, or "Beefeaters," were farmed lai 1485. Each Grenadier in the. guard of honor at the royal wedding waa six feet, four four inches tail. The number of fatal acçcient8 In homes last year were about equal to those by automobile. Pieusetfurn Off lights und ap- plianceswhen flot needed. TH HYDO gLECRa7 PWE Brush, Comi .Mirror Se 'NEW PATTERNS NEW SI b and els HADES - $9.95 ý14.95 Ladies' Sels Sels for Men EVENING IN PARIS COLGATES $1.00 - $1.50, $1.35 - $1.65 - $2.50 - $4 - $10 WOODBURY - 31.00 PEGGY SAGE $2.00 - $3 - $4 PALMOLIVE « $1.00 - $1.75 CUTEX $ 1.00 - $4.00 FITCH - 69C - 98e - $1.29 REVLON $1.50 - $4.95 GILLETTE - $1.32 - $2.50 - 2 ~Christmas Writing Paper \ FANCY BOXES ASSORTED SHAPES $1.00 $ 1.50 LADIES' Nylon Hair MEN'S BILLFOLDS Brushes 89c-$2.25-$3-$4.50-$6 $1.50 $ 2.50 - 3.50 - $5 - $6.50 IVOODBURY LADIES' Set-------$1.5 3135 MEN'S TRAVELLING Case, Fltted $8.25 to 315.00J BATH Powdem 89c - $1 - $1.65j BATH SALTS 50e - S1 - $1.50 MNSUIIyKt 42 TOILET Water 75c-$1.40-$2.50 MEN'S Brushes ----33.25 - $5.00 EVENING ln Paris Per- SHAVING Bowls $1-1.25-$1.50J fume ---75c-$1.35-$2.50-$3.50 STTNMn' esà40 CASHMERE BOUQUET Sets -------- 75c-$1.00-$1.50 SHAVING Brushes 59e te $5) I I '4j' i HOT WATER BOTTLES (guaranteed) I89c -$1.19 -$1.49 -$2.00 Phone <Il ll~ llII~f ~W. Fit 695 LFUIVLIIG' U GSTOE Tum John T. McCreery Optometrist Eyeu Examined- Glasses Fitted Thursday - 2 p.m. to 8 p.n1' Optical Repaire COWLING'S DRUG STORE i Interest was shown by ail with whom we made causual contact, in England and of how we fared ln the horrors cf the war, and li the present state cf affaire here. *Much Learned May wc conclude by saying thal we, heme In England, have leern. cd more of what are thc truc val- ues i Ilie and we know that our visit te Canada had real value li that it has mnade a few people on each side of thc Atlantic love each other. It will be with deepened interest andl knowledge that we shaîl now read "The Canadian Statesmanl' as it reaches our Efiglish home, each wcck. Pro-Tests Questions %Lu IbLw IlL, Imm ULitb ý W