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'I'HURSDAY, MARCTT Tth, 1948 THE CANAIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVTLLE, ONTARIO Crippled Children's Work Supported Dy Nalority of Ont. Service Clubs Fîfty million Easter Seals ta is pledged ta eliminate crippliog blanket Ontario îs the hope of the conditions and ta this effect is Otaria Society for Crippled backed by 180 Ontario service Children. who canduct their an- clubs, who find cases, and fallaw nual drive for funds March lst ta through ta help alieviate the suf- 28th, during the Easter Season. fering of afflicted youngsters. The Aidiog the drive are nioety-six Society acts as a central organiza- service clubs in Ieading Ontario tion with a staff of field nurses. centres, who xiii participate by It operates special summer camps seliing Seais in their acea. "Mon- adapted ta the needs af crippled ey raised this way last year gave children and arranges hospitali- direct resuit with more nurses zation,' provides appliances and and orthapacdic consultants be- transportation amang a t h e r ing placed on a full time basis thiogs." ithe field," said Reg. W. Hop- With the money raised from er, Executive Director and a this year's Easter Seals further t eran of twcnty-five years so-exaso ofteScty wr cial work. "Every crippled child, expa pans cfte. las is work regardless of race, colour or creed Iaer pnlae. ansthis m-t deserves a chance, The society mrincluderaemnorernOmpe- tario and the building of a new * summer camp in the eastern part * of the province similar ta those operated on Georgian Bay and W A TCH near London, where about three ren spend a portion of the sum- »Wql% Ikmer under expert care. Founded twenty-six years aga by a group of Service Clubs, the movement has gcown uritil there is hardly a cammunity which has nat fclt its direct influence. Ro- tary, Kiwanis, Lions, Kinsmen, Shrine and others join in the work. icOumiUUine prices A main function is ta arrange Brlng Your Watch To Us visi ts of expect arthopaedic sur- geons and consultants for diagno- sis and arrangcment of treament to outside clinics opecated by sec- AdL WATCH REPAIRS vice clubs. It is estimated that a vec $6000,000 in surgical ser- G UA ANT ED vices bas been donateci by this or OneYear Ta further aid tet For On Yearment and haspitalization of Crip- pied Childcen living at a distance MAJNSPRINGS INCLUDED frorn specialized medical centres, transportation . andi accommoda- tion is arranged for patient and escart. "The pathetic part of this work" M Aniu said Mc. Happer "is the discovery InA R R "S that haif of us do nat kn'ow that crippling conditions are s0 prev- aient. Our big job is ta discover JEWE LERY these children xvha, in many cas- BOWMANVILLE es are right at aur door step without us being aware of them.' 43 King- St. W. Phone 463 For this reason it was thought that the Eastec Seal wauld serveq the double function of acquaint- Oshawa Laundry & Dry Cleaning COMPANY LIMITED Phone Zenith 13000 Oshawa Bowtiwiville Agent. IIOOPERS LADIES' IVEAIR ing the public with our cripped children problem- and jheip fin- ance the work ihtodgh thelr sales." As a living symbol of the So- ciety's good work "Timmy",a crippled nine year oid Hamilton boy, has been chosen. Stricken with polio when three years old, "Timmy" m ade a spectacular re- covery and today he walks again with the aid of crutches and ieg braces. 'Timmy" spent thre weeks last summer at the So- ciety's Blue Mountain convales- cent camp, where he had a mar- velous time but the big thrill of his lite will be when he visit Ottawa to sell he first block af Seals to the Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of National Hca]th and Welfare, and officiaill oPen the Easter Seal Campaign, March lst, 1948. NES TLETON Welcome ta Mr. Sam Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crawford and Mary Lou, Toronto, who h av e moved to their old home. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Malcolm visited Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mc- Nally, Colborne. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Roy McLaughlin an the arrival of a young son in Port Perry Hospi- tal. Pardon mistake in WlI. meet- ing rcported. Mrs. M. Emerson prepared the paper on "Home Ec- onomics," instead of Mrs. K. Sam- elus. Mrs. W. G. Bowles has returned home from Toronto recovering from hcr operation. Mr. and Mrs. Melville Tracey and family, Mr. Laurie Hoskin, Elmvale, visited Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hoskin. Mrs. W. D. Ferguson entertain- ed some W.I. ladies quiiting a quilt for a member. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Malcolm, Blackstock, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Malcolm. Mr. Frank Emerson, Toronto, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Emerson. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wheeler and family, Blackstock, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. HIoskin. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Playfoot and Bryce. Lindsay, visited Miss Ethei and Mr. Henry Thompson. Mrs. Clifford Hetz, Penn., visît- ed her sister, Mrs. Cecil Wilson. Mrs. Harry Mayes, Miss Marian MaYes and Mr. Arthur Cox, Min- sîng, visited the farmer's sjster, tirs, Lewis Fitze. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mc]Nally, Colborne, and Mr. and Mrs. Stan- ley Malcolm, visited Mr. and Mrz. Harry Philp, Stirling. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Henry an"' tiarian, visited Mr. and Mrs. Leýý -s Henry, Biackstock. Mr. and Mrs. Ailan Wilson ar Glcnda visited friends at Broo' lin. I e e c c 1; Chairman of Public Utililies ,_ Replies Io FinanceChairman n Bowmanviile, Ontario, had ta borrow a further $10,000.00 1, March 15th, 1948 frorn the Town in January, 1948, ?Dear Mr. Editar: but that amount has naw been n ~retuirned with interest. We still, ,g Up ta now I have escaped the however, owe the Town $9,000.0 ege ta write letters ta the press borrowed last December. These but I believe bath Mr. Mason and deficits, of course, were caused by the editor expect a reply and I Paying for aIl the waterworks do not waot ta be discourteous ta extensions constructeci in 1947. As either. Mr. Mason should be con- sobn as final figures are obtaineci 'gratulated in his efforts as chair- from aour engineers local imprave-. man of the Finance Committee ta ment debentures will be issued prateet the taxpayer as much as and these amounts capitalized andi passible. Bath Mc. Elliott and retired annually from revenue myseif have had somte little ex- and the îndebtedness ta the Town perience in the samie post in form- of $9.000.00 repaici with interes t. er years and remember some of In the meantime we have a cash' the prablems ta be faced wlien deficit, not a cash surplus. fixing a tax rate. By the sanie 1vrn etli n mo token I hope the Utilities Com- ïHyd.liransthreInognedfomtor mission will be given some creditantrisheecgiemtoi for its efforts ta see that the -water of obtaining frorn the taxpayer cansumners also get a fair deai and the cost of the fire protection he the protection they are entitled ta. reccîves from such service. That is, a taxpayer with several prop- I arn presuming that Mr. Mason erties or anc valuabie praperty can read a balance sheet andi un- pays his proper praportionate derstand it as weIl if not better share for fire protection andi hisJ than the writer. That being s0, fire insucance is lower because it, he knows very well that when hie exists. The existence of Hyci-j quoted a figure of $43,375.34 as a rants, of course. made it necessary waterworks surplus that this is an ta, in the first instance,' construct accurnulated surplus carried for- larger capacity in mains and res-j ward each year and has no mgre ervairs and this increased capaci-1 relation ta the liquid cash position ty must always be maintaineci in of the Utility than an item in the ecosrtin federai budget. The samie is truene cosrti. of his figure quoted for the elec- There is the added difficulty trical depactment but that will that by reason of an antiquated not be dealt with in this letter. Municipal Act and Public Utility The accumulated surplus of Act as it relates ta water there is $43,375.34 is arrived at aftcr vari-i no provision for a depreciation ous items of fixed assets totaîîing reserve ta be set up with the re- $230,115.12 are credited and de- suIt that hydrant replacements,« beotures formerly retired are de- maintenance andi repair must be biteci, aIl of which are capitalized paid out of revenue as the annual with no depreciation since the expenditures are not large enoughE Utility was taken over in 1932 hy for debentures. Thece are 64 aIdr the Commision. hydrants ta be repiaced in the1 Mc.Masn as vecooed henext fexv years at a cost of ap-f cash pastin as at eclebe 1 proxîrnately $20000 each. The cashpostio asat eceber31,original hydrants were of an in- 1945, which is shown in the same ferior and now obsolete type and E report at $5835.92. 0f t his cannot be repaired ta any advan-r amount $5,000.00 was paid in Jan- tage. The cost of these hydrantss uary, 1946, ta the Town on ac- amaunting ta at îeast $12,000.00r count of its loan of $15,000.00 ta should certainly corne out of hyd- ] the Utility. At Decem.ber 31, 1947, rant rentai funds, the waterworks cash amounted to $1,841.74 andi in December, 1947, The type of bookkeeping set up we had ta barcow $9,000.00 fram by the Auditors of the Town does the Town ta pay aur bills which not segregate each separate item actually ieft us with a substantial charged ta hydrants in the books cash deficit at the end of 1947. We of the Utilities and some items such as increased size of mains and reservoirs are at this stage quite indeterminate but a study has been made on an approximate basis and the cast of hydrant ser- vice to the Utility for 1947 is as follows: New Hydrants, $884.25; Maintenance, $715.05; Proportion of power bills for pressure pumps, stand by, etc., $600-00; Service and Repair (pr-oportion), $2,405.11; making a total of $4,604.41 as against the rentai charged the Town of $4,200,00. These approx- imate figure$ indicate that the amount of the rentai is nat un- reasonable and is fair ta the tax- payer and the water consumer. It is also about the average rate charged in comparable munici- palities. In 1948 a much dloser check wiil be kept on Hydrant costs despite aur Auditors and this information will be made available ta Cauncil. It should also be stressed that Our waterworks system is now avec thirty years old. It was con- structed as a gravity systemn which is narmally nat subject to high pressures. In the last ten years it has been necessary to more than treble the xvater capacity and ta instal pumps bath at intakes and the pump house that materialiy increise water pressure through- out the system. These two fac- tors mean pragressively increas- ing cost of maintenance, repair, of the system and efficient and ec- onomical management requires the building up of a reserve suf- ficient ta meet these cantingen- cies. The provisions of the Munici- Pal Act and the Public Utilities Act provide for the transfer of the administration of the sewers and disposai plant ta the Utility Commission and it is passible that such action would result in more efficient and economical manage- ment. There is no intention of the tltilitY Commission ta make it dif- ficult for the Municipal Council. We wish ta co-operate in every way possible sa that aur consurn- ers and the taxpayers will get the rnast value for their money. We should be very careful, howevec, nat to give an advantage ta the latter at the e$xpense of the form- er. W. R. Strike, Chairman, Bomanville Public Utilities Commission Hydro Rationing Brings Complainis 5 OL IN A Plunged ino the Hydro ýblack- out from 9 ta 10, Monday morning,V The Statesman reporter quit the ]BODY~ SHOP typerite toplunge out ino the ramn and fog ta test public reaction ta this second week of power sav- Wle buy or repafr ail types ing. Few complaints were heard of damaged cars until business places on the sauth side of King St. blazed with light Ail Work Guaranteed at the haf-hour mark wvhle those on the north side remained dark for the remaining haf-hur. TOWING SERVICE The matter was explained by the Hydro management as a ne- Six mles east of Oshawa, cessary arrangement ta provide three miles %vest of Bow- electrical heat for chick hatcher- ies of the district. It is planned manville on north sde of ta alternate this power rationing Kingston Highway. for this accommodation ta an imr- Portant industry while the neces- l sity exists. In any event the sav- B. udi rp ing of electricitv will be cantin- ued until the public effects sav- Phone: Bowmanvlle 2810 ings sufficient ta provide ani - terrupted 24 hour service. 1 WANT Tg KNOW@00 Do yoù find saving .usy? Whenever a Mutual Life of Canada reprsentative asks that question, he gets a rueful "No. And if you're lîke mont of us, yaur answer 14111 be "No," too. Life inqurance alers vois a sure way of saving for aid ge, ick- nesq, or emergencies. In addition it protets vour family against your untimely death. The Mutual Life of Canada ofTers low cast life ineurance romhining savings Nwith protection. Ask a Mutuel Life representative ta tell you about it taday. Providing 1f. e 'C T insuronce service I J . nce 1869 e- MEAD OFFICE ma ~ WATERLOO, ONT. 2 Ikranch Off ice: 435 GEORGE STREET, PETERBOROUTGH, ONTARIO Hecreation Conferencc Booked for Oshawa The City of Oshawa bas becr selected for the 1948 Conferen,.2c of the Community Councils of On- tario. A civic banquet has been planned for the evening of April 9, at which Premier George Drew wi]l be the principal speaker. As Minister of Education for Ontario he will set forth the advantages of this great undertaking. Other provincial officiaIs in attendance include J. K. Tett, Director of Physical Fitness and Recreation and Gordon Wright, Director of Health and Physical Education, together with G. Cross, Director of Community Programs. The main subjects under review will be the organization, financing and administration of organized recreation on a community basis. There will be discussion an ma- jor subjects concerning programs, personne! and the raie of the dif- ferent agencies in the commun- ity. Special displays of basic crafts are being arranged by the Ontario Coflege of Arts and Crafts. Ail municipalities in Ontario in- terested in this movement are in- t7ited to, send delegates Mayors, members of city. town and county counicils as well as local recrea- tion committees are particularly incltîded in the invitation. This original notice is given well in ad- vance of the meeting to give op- portunity to mark' the date on calendars and arrange Io attend. Further particulars will appear in the press in the meantime. LADIES: READ THIS! Unwcanted hair removed instantly from face, cirms, legs, with Flash Hair Remover. Harmless- leaves skin soit and smooth. You can't lose. 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