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2rWuzPMFft, DEAU. iou, 14 aqp q%~~q 4 BL1~ q -' I Inthe Dim and Distant Pasi rom TIe Statesmun "les FKFTY TEARS AGO on: "The Mistakes of the Devil," December 15, 1897 Sunday evenmng in the Congrega- tional Church. Tyrone-T. R.&-Toar and F. G. Mr. E*« C. Southey is bringing Byani had fine ànos placed in the Varsity Glee Club to Bow- their homes. I manville on Dec. give a Providence-A house-warming grand concert in the fowvn Hall. wu. held at the home of Mr. and On DÉc. 1, 1897, Sulas G. Hallo- )&o. S. S. Bragg to celebrate the well, Starkville, and Mary A. Hen- occupancy of their new commod- ry, Newcastle, were married by lous brick house recently com- Rev. B. MacLead. pleted. Ail present were treated Hampton - Charles Hastings té an oyster supper. was united in marriage with Ettie Eýnfield-Helborn Lodge, S.O.E., Maud Gifford. held its first public supper and MpeGoe-.Faki f concert with these members i penrv-C rnki f charge: D. Trainer, J. F. Hurl- ferrng his farm for sale.--C. H. but, Joe Ashton, Thos. Curtis, Snowden is spending a month Beau. Powell, Fred Bray, Fred with friends near Chatham. Ashton and Fred Griffin. Ten Solina-R. H. Campbell has er- g~i1ons of cysters scarcely suffic- ected a beautiful granite monu- ed te go around. ment lu Eldad burying ground to Worshipful Master Walter Fol- late deceased members of his fa- ey, officers and members of Jer- Mily.__ John Van Nest's wood sale usalem Lodge, A.F. and A.M, realized as high as $78.00 for one ,Were hosts to St. Andrew's Lodge, haîf acre. t6'ronto. W. J. Furze was elected treas- urer of the Midland Hockey Lea- TWENTYFIVE TEARS AGO gue which iucluded teams fm'm December 14, 1922 Whltby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Po.BueTyoPicplc Port Hope and Cobourg. Po.BueTyoPicplo W. H. Mutton and Mrs. Phoebe Quee's University, preached au- Luxon Edger were married and niversary sermons at St. Paul's have taken Up housekeeping on Church. Soloists were Mrs. C. A. James 'Stanley's south farm. Cawker, Mrs. Alex Colville and .High School Commencement Mr. H. J. Knight. Excercises were held with J. B. The marriage was solemnized Fairbairn Chairman and Princi- Dec. 9 at Howard Park Church, pal J. J. Gilfillan in his aunual Toronto of Myrtie Irene Corner report showed 117 students on the and Byron S. Vanstone. roll. Those receiving Graduating President W. B. Couch presided Diplomas included S. M. Beliman, at the annual meeting of the Can- W. W. Bruce, A. Cawker, E. J. adian Club which Col. Chas. R. Fielding, J. W. Fraser, L. G. Gams- McCullough, Hamilton, founder of by, A. L. Hancock, G. A. Laing, L. the monument who is a Bowman- M. MeLean, N. M. Moyse, M. Rog- ville boy, was the speaker. ers, M. Sparling, E. M. Trebilcock, Chamber of Commerce offered a G. M. Trewin, L. B. Williams, A. prîze to pupil submitting best slo- L. Waddell. gan to be broadcasted. by Bow- Misses Maud Dilling and Clara manville Radio Club:' Master Clar- Jones, Park River, Dakota, are ence Yeo, son of W. H. Yeo, was home on a visit. awarded first prize and $5.00 for. Rev. J. H. Barnett will preach his slogan: "Bowmanville -The Two hundrcd and :wenty miles from Toronto lies -North Bay 1 ~ n Lake Nipissing ;a ut the centre of an unspolit holiday playground. Mile aftcr mile of sandy beaches... splendid gaine fishing ; a golf .; . accommoda- tion for evcry taste and pockct. book. Want more detailed information? Write to Ontario Holiday, Room 1004, Victory Building, Toronto. TOURIST BUSINESS S GOOD BUSINESS ... FOR EVERY CITIZENI The dollar lef: by the tourist is for a11 dieir business and family new capital for the community. needs. Everyone benefits. Spent largely with hotels, re- Let us make sure, iben, that sorts, restaurants, garages, ser- every taurist receives aur best ky Jobi, Labat Limited Town That Satisfies." Rcv. C. P. Mufrhead, rector of St. John's Anglican Church for 6 years, has resigned te accept a similar appointmnent at St. Qjcor- ge's Church, North Toronto. Newtouville-Presentation of a beautiful Nippon China tea set was made te Mr. and Mrs. John Caswell before moving te New- castle. Enfieid-Russell Ormiston has a new piano in hi. home. Wmn. Alldread, 78, who died last week was the first white chfld living on Scugeg Island. Solina-A large company cf re- latives of Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Wright gave the,, a surprise party on Dec. 11, it being their fifteeuth wedding anniversary. Taylor's Skating Rlnk is going full blast with band in attendance tbree uigbts a weck. John Gilbert's house, Lakeshore west, was destroyed by fire in- cluding considerable of the con- tents. The bouse was owncd by A. E. Belîman. Newcastle-Chester D. Massey, Toronto, has purchased the form- er Massey bomestead in Newcastle lateiy occupied by D. J. Galbraith. ---Mrs. E. C. Beman bas moved from the farm te ber ncw home, formerly the Pool' homestead. Greta Pollard headcd Sr. IV class at Public Sehool in test cx- ams with 78 %. J. H. Jobuston, Principal. Enniskilleu-Witb the arrivai cf Mr. Maplesdou in our village wc are glad te have a blacksmitb again in our midst. James Jebson, wbo came eut from England 12 years ago, and purchased the Bart Mitchell. farm, west cf Solina, passed away Nov. 29 after au illness cf two years. FARMER'S WIFE GIVES FOOD FOR THOUGHT TO RIGHT THINKING CANADIANS Dear Editor: It seems te me that ail thinking people wbo read or bave read Betty Murnlford's letter sbould say tbanks a lot te Betty and we shahl hope to reccive more first baud information ou life on the continent and England. Hen warniug that every right thinkiug Canadian should take an active interest in world eveuts, especially those of Europe, sine several years hence, vital couse- quences may affect us, it is te be hoped will net be given in vain. Rigbt thiuking Canadiaus have some home problein, as well te'- day and farmers lu particular are thinking some long tbougbts. Yes! We Farmers are now or- ganized but we have net yet been properly educated by our lea dcis or we sbould be new eujoylng shorten heurs, les. work and mor pay, not to just.help - ourselyes, but te, kecp our anlmalàs4r buildings and equlpinent wlli is. required to feed th.e folk who must have our products te be en- abled te werk théir shorter he4y4. May I quote frein Uic preiidenï- tial address cf tbe President et Canadian Federation. of Agricul- ture delivered at Ottawa iri Janu- ary, 1942. "Inadequate farm .Prices and lu- carne on tbc hïand and a goveru- ment supported high wage policy on -the other has penmitted indus- try to drain agriculture shameful- ly of its young experieuoed farin belp. The unfortunate tbing about thas as that mucb of the iudustry responsible is net essential. to oua effort." "Although net as yet recognized officially as sucb, mau-power on the farm, particularly skillcd man-power, is anc cf Cauada's major war problems. How soon tbis matter is faced and bow ade- quately it is handled will decide whetber or not this Dominiou la going te fulfil Prime Minister King's promise that "lwe will send Britain ail the food which ships can be found te, carry" and te what extent Canadian peeple will later be asked te restrict their cousumption cf certain food pro- ducts." "The seriousness )f thc laber shortage is indicatàl by the re- port of a survey ihi one tewuship lu Ontarie wbich sbowed that the Engilsh L.tter Thanic Lakeshore. Conty For Clothlng RcI. The foilowihg i. a letter re- ceived by Uns. Charles Alldred, R.R. 3, Newcastle, lni appreclation for clothiftg sent by thc Lakeshore communaty, Clarke Towns hi p, durlng the., last Clothing Drive of the Red Cross. ~xpanao f business cqnçerns. Whcn buine6ses wei»e maîl-aand had local distrbution onlyr, they had few public, relations difficul- W ties. . 'Cùtstiners and employees kiiëw the o'w*nert personally afld were gerkeially aware cf «how these cohcerna, started and-the obstacles Whilèh iad to be oVercome.. Howý- ever, wlth distribution today on a -national scale and ownership being divided among thousands of stbCkhôlders, it is important to tallc about wages, taxes and prof- its,- what they are. and where they go. There han been a strong ten- dency among busin~ess men te bide their light under a bushel, pre- ferring to adopt an attitude to- wards the public to "leave us *alone, let us proceed with our own problems of production and supply." In many cases this bas rcsulted ln unfavorable repercussions, es- pécially wbeu controversial issues aire at stake. Few indeed are the ncwspapermeu wbo have not bad first hand experiences of this, es- pecially in labor disputes. Often it is impossible, or extremely dif- ficult in any case, to get a clear and authoritative statement from company executiyes, while propa- ganda and news stories pour out by the bushel from union.head- quarters, the.result being that the company's case is often poorly presented to the public. It is time that business leaders appreciated that the public will support and be sympatbetic to a company an.d its officers if it In well inforxned about its objectives a nd problema. womeu folk are helpin.g with act- ual farmi workon 235 out of 325 farins. This brings to one's mind the thought of mobilizing the wo- man-power of the nation. Very gocd! But f armn women are al- ready mobilized and have been tor niany montbs. - Their self-fen- ial and readinesa te make sacri- fices along w'th neglect cf agric- ulture ln our wartime program has mobilized them as effectively as will Government decree mobilize any other group cf wemen." Wben Mr. Gardiner announces, te what extent farm income has increased in a given time he should have added te what extent costs have Increased and we sbould be interested te know te what extent consumera cf farm products income increase has been, perbaps barlcy and tobacco farmers may be in a better posi- tion than dairy product preduc- ers. December 13, 1947 Bawmanville Farin Wif e1 - ~ ~ ~ I V n 1n- nW ~- -n n - ~Ne m - i, Ii- lq-il il? - Ri -? r/f KNOCKS ONLY ONCE!l 'We Invite You to View Our Dis play of -FU Made Up and Ready to Wear October 13th, 1947 7 Westbourne Terrace, Brayton Road, Selby, Yorkshire, Eng. Dear Mr&. Alldred: This letter may c6me a. a sur- prise te you but you sec I have been helping the W.VS. here te, distnibute the clothing that the people cf Canada have se kindly sent. Whlst we were tidying up the other day I came across yeur address which had evidently come off the clothing you had sent. I thought you might be disappoirrt- cd or think we were ungrateful if ycu didn't hear frein somecue, se in juat writing te say, "Thank You.90 We had rather a rough time at the bcgiluiing cf this year, but fortunately Uic weather has been quite klnd te us this summer, and it i. hclping te dry Uic houses a littie. We are very thankful te ycu ail for sending se many things te us, and I cau assure you that tbey were ail vcry weil received by the people heize.. I know, because I have helped te give them eut. We cannet get straigbtened up yet, you know we cannot put wallpa- per on the walls ewing te the damn striking througb, but we are making the best cf it, it is ne good worrying. My mother -aiar- ly made herseif ili but she la get- ting over it. now, she was always e very housepreud and it- ail seemed sucb a waste wben the wa- ter came- in. We had twenty-sev- eu luches rigbit through the house and bad te live upstairs for a fort- uigbt because wheu - the -water Went down ta eight inches it stay- cd-there for a week; however-we Are just hoping and praying that it wou't happen again. Tbank you once agaiu and please thank ail your friends who were kind enough te send cloth- iug and tbings aven here. Yours very truly, (Mrs>) Charles Bartley WHAT OTHERS SAYV ]BUSINESS SHOULD STATE ITS CASE (Sherbrooke Record) The Investint Dealers' Asso- ciation cf Canada is epeuing an advertising camrpaigu addressed te Canadian businecss mren urging tbèm te take miore pains lu tell- ini their story' tote cpeople cf this country. This is a message that could well be heeded by those charged .wltb the , direction cf cmfirheýrce.. ahd industry iniCan- The ýprob1L4U of public relations SCARVES m BATS smart Fox m NUFFS m COATS m glamorous THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT A SmalI Deposit Will Hold Them ai1 TURS. Je FR1.-inSATt Dectcmber 18- 19-m20 select your own skins from priz.p -- lnning stock an d Have them made to suit your own in- dividual taste. The low prices will amaze you! No furrier in Canada can equal this display of mutation fox and mink peis. IT IS AN EDUCATION! See Lus At lureslines ficre arc smorn f tie prize peits yeu will sec ai Bresfln's Thursday, Frlday and Saturday. Top lefI ls a pair of perfectly matcedc platlnum foxes. At thie right yeu sec a white rnlnk. Bo0ttom lef t, a few of the prizes we have won for car mink and foies. At right is anether cf car prlze-winnlng platinum foxes - .11--------------J-J; 4Noeoeoetm<woeINNINmaauaIai'wmamat.uPmaIwmaIaIaIatawuN<N< -j IIMMMWWDEPAARTMENT OF HEALTH F 0 R T H E P R 0 V 1 N C E 0 N T A R 1 0 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO '- - I I i ou MINK A 1 M S-47