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Me' VOLUME 95 a P"DurhcATITm Cut' ~etF*iyJun DIVTITI A ~YTT? ti6c FERA -- - A - I _ Iew Gtaneo Street School Çjses Started On Tuesday Riciai peniug Ou Dec. 5 The. regular meeting o! the Fisher, famous CBC commentator, Board of Education was held in will be the special speaker. tt',. Library o! the High School on Principal L. W. Dippeli reported Frý evening, Nov. 11, with ail on overcrowded bus conditions metntbers present except Dr. H. and requested further informa- IWerguson. Dr. J. C. Devitt, chair- tion on bus travel from Dept. o! Min, presided. Highways. Permission was grant- \.--.--here,,was littIe n'w business cd to secure a desk for the 5th t4-be dealt with, thrcÀgh consider.. rm classroom and for expenses al ime was giv.n to the new to be paid for two delegates who Ontario St. School. Though there attended the recent conference on h ave been several delays in geV- school magazines in Belleville. ting the building ready, the new This year, as in others, the Board school is finally opened and nf Education will provide the 3rd. classes commenced on TueSday, Foi-ms with transportation to and Nov. 15. The Board has set Dec. from the Royal Winter Fair. The 5 as the official opening day, date for this event has been set th'ough much will depend on whe- for Nov. 21. Mrs. Clarke moved ther the chai-man can secure as that $15 be given in prizes for the special speaker, Hon.' Dana Porter, Senior Oratorical contest win- Provincial Mnister of Education. ners. This motion was seconded Fuither notice. will be given to by A. McGregor and carried. the public whenfinal word is re- Principal 4. Thompson request- ceived. cd that the floors of halls, office, In connection widi the new primary rooms and gymnasîum be school, the Property, Committee resurfaced. A. McGregor made a reported on variations in the plans motion that the property commit- for the new school. They are as tee secure prices on such work; follows: Special metal chalk D. Hodgson seconded, and the rails.-$272; Tempered masonite motion carried. Permission was for the wasnrooms-$..88.88; Book granted to purchase an opaque shelves for school rooms-$400; projector from General Films àpecial cabinet cquippcd withwhcwilbusdnthto IOck for the hcalth room-$118; public schools. Transportation Floor cleaner and cleaning mater- for kindergarten children.has ials-$350. Alex McGregor moved been arranged for uif h ,chflA.., that these expenditures be ap. proved. The motion was secondec by E. Oliver, and carried. Reference was %again made. * the proposcd plans for accumula. tive sick leave, and a special meet. inlg called to discuss the plans in detail. Permission was grantec the Womnen's Canadian Club tc use the High Sehool Auditorium for th@ open meeting to be helc ont Monday, Dec. 5 when Johr Genuine Sprit ol lrSat yLatkins Claims ker]1 PRingthe' disintegratioh ii!, te dian People into "insul- a (Icontained and, in many ca mtually hostile greups."1 ,~CjL-' W.Murray, O.B.E., M.C. 1Bar, Ottawa, addressed the Wmariville Rotary Club at their ekly luncheon Friday at the oral Hetel. He feit that thie pole Of" Canada were net, in telr own cyes, a unified Canadian people. Instead tbrough, their oWn actions, .thcy have made themacîlves a mixture of small, national groups, each clinging te the heritage and customs 'of its native land, foi-ced o this way of living because other greups, eaeh considering islf Canadian, will noV accept the A"foreigners"~ as Canadians. *It would be nearly Impossible te, abbreviate Col Murray's ad- Cel. W. W. Murray I. dreas and stili maintain its straightforward forcc!ulness and1 b.aing out the important points as1 WJeil. Therefore, wc are printing1 itiin full, in the hope that al who read it may be as fuliy in-1 formed and influenccd in their thlnking 'as were the members o! ithe Rotary Club. For such a t1bought-provoking addrcss should« b. i-ced and acted upon by every iindividual who calîs imscl! a Coadian. * qqI. Murray was introduced by SL. T. McLauglin, C.M.G., Sand Bars, V.D., whe was cémmandcr o! bbc 2nd Bn. dur- »qg Worid War I. Col. Murray, iÉ bérn and educated in Scetland,s qçme te Canada as a young man a a"d joined bbc Canadian Army at r t*e beginning e! thc First Great d War. Af ber serving as Scout Ser- u ant in bbc Intelligenîce Divisiong the 2th Battalion, be was cer-n- uIIaioned in the Intelligence Div.. Wo uin o! the 2nd Battalion, and a mtulaly became a Captain and si Adjutant te Col. McLaughlin. 1.was placcd in command e! tj flScout and Communication i- stion whcri bbc advancc was ý ~de at Paschendacle and it was b '-tjiuugh his efforts that bbc Bat- b( ta4bon was crcdibed with returi-.G Iiýp the first communications con-G ýrpng the fail o! Paschendaele.tt Preu Correspondent 'Yeib 12 of bhc years betwecn fi -*b, two World Wars, Col. Murray at Lions Club Features Outstanding Artisis At B.H.S. Nov. 23rd Two brilliant artists, who have gained otftstanding acclaim in the Canadian music world, will bring their. talents to Bowmanville at the High School Auditorium, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, to present the third in the Dept. of Education sponsored concerts wbich are be- ing managed by the Lions Club. Mary Syme, a pianist of high accomplîshment, fi-st earned re- cognition at the age of fifteen when she graduated from the To.. - fom heNorth Ward attending Mary Syme d school in the morning and young- rento 'Conservatory o! Music witI. sters fromn Liberty St. ai-ca and the highest marks in Canada. (y South Ward attending in the -afternoon. During the absence of A scholar o! no mean ability, -Miss Mari-onc Cole, who is on sick she maintained both ber musical n leave, * Mrs. D. Morris bas been and academic studies, with the d secured as suPPly teacher. result that she graduatcd from McMaster University, Hamilton, * Accounts for the High School at the age o! Vwenty with Bach- *amounting te $1,642.17 and $672.24 elor o! Arts degi-ce. 1 for the Public School were ap- O! ber work as a pianist, critics ri proved and passed for payment. .~:"ti îauet bev her competent music-making as it is to isten tVo r. I a a ïSolway, well-known as tefud iaisandThe eaer ofteSla Inh Our ]People StigQatt swl as being an outtadin sloit.One o! Can- ada's leading violinists, Mi-. Sol- [n Stirring 'ialk waurop beencsac rized b finest o! the pupils o! Eugene served as a correspondent for the Ysaye." He studied with the Canadian Press, a great deal o! great Belgian master in Brussels the time in the Press Gallery at mn company o! such famous artists Ottawa. He also ravelled con- as Nathan Milstein, William Prim- sidcrably in Europe as press cor- rose and Joseph Gingold. For respondent. many years he was a member o! At te ouset ! Wold Wr ~ the Joyce Trio. At ti otsetof orldWarII, Tickets for this concert, which he was gîven the rank o!. Lieut.- pi-omises Vo be one o! the best Colonel as Chie! Cable Censor for yet, are available !rom any mcm- Canada. LaVer, be organized a ber o! the Lions Club, or fromn directorate o! Intelligence and Alex McGregor's Drug Store. was made a Director with the _________ rank o! Colonel. He also organ-ca ized Intelligence schools all across Two Loca Boys Canada. Col. McLaughlin sm Receive Degrees at mcd up bis life very well, wben he said: "Colonel Murray bas a Toronto University wonder!ul record as a soldier and a wrier."At ConvJcation Hall, Univer- At the conclusion of Col. Mur- sity o! Toronto, on Friiday even- ray's address Rotai-ian John James, ing, Nov. 11, degrees were con- M.P. for Durham, tbankcd him ferred upon Vwo young men, who brie! Iy reiterating some o! his are knowrf te residents o! Bow- ideas and !urther strcssing the manville, Hampton and sui-rour)d- need for local, national and inter- ing district. national unity in the world today. Jack Rutter, son o! Mr. and He mentioned that it was rather Mrs. Harry Rutter, Harmony, i-e- unique that the speaker had serv- ceived his MA. in Applied cd in the Canadian Army, under a Sciences. Jack, who is 24, attend- member o! the Bowmanville cd Bowmanville 'High Scbool be- Rotai-y Club in World War I and fore enrolling ât University o! To- as a superior Vo another member ronto. He has ali-caçy been doing (John James) during World War some experimental work, and has II. donc laboratory demonstrations This meeting differed in i-ou- in bis chosen profession. He bas ine from other Rotary meetings not announced any immediate because o! its dedication to Re- plans for the future other than membrance Day. Following the that he will be continuing his opcning prayer and the salute Vo studies, and plans Vo secure a the King, one minute o! silence Ph.D. in Applicd Sciences. Jack wag observed and Rcv. S. R. is' a nephew o! Mi-. and Mrs. Henderson o!fered a prayer in Lawry J. Cryderman, Queen St. memory o! those Canadians wbe The other graduate is Ted gave their lives in the service o! Kersey, son o! Mi-. and Mrs. S. T. their country. During the singsong Kersey, Hampton. After his re- the men sang "Pack Up Youi- turn from thi-ce years' service Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag", in the armed forces, wbicb and the hymn "O God, Oui- Help încluded a period overseas, Ted In Ages Pas," as a further dedi- obtained bis S'enior Matriculation cation. Instead o! the regular at Hamilton and enrolled in Vic- adjournment, the meeting closed toria College, University o! To-t with the singing o! "O Canada."' ronto. He i-eceivel bis B.A. from Guests at the luncheon wcrc this College on Friday evening. Mi-. R. H. Davies, President, Vete- Ted, who is married Vo the former i-ans' Association of Newcastle; Marion Johnson o! Toronto, is Don Morris, son o! Rotai-ian Ted now studying theology at Em-i Morris, and Rotaiian Evcrett manuel Collci>e, Univer-sity o! Loveli o! Oshawa. Toronto.c (Continued on Page Nine> out V gtal Growers Association5 Dauhte PlnsMet at Newcastle 1 Surprise Partyt For Her Parents Gurh;psount Vegetables castle on Thursday evcning, Nov.c The nineteenth wedding anni- 10 wt odatnac.Tmf versary of Mi-. and Mrs. Gordon ith a oordititdcTom Abereth wasdelghtfllyob-gave a resume o! the activities et erved Fiiday evening tbrough the association for the past year. asurprise gathering ably pianned The meeting then discussed sever- t and carried out by their elder ai matters relating tLe tomate mai-- Iaugbter, Miss Grace Abcrnethy. keting and grading, pea grading" Returning from an carlier en- and semething new in coi-n mai-- agement, Mr-. and Mrs. Aber- keting that concci-ning telerance P: ethy wei-e greeted by their seven by processors te ear worm dam- h1 hildi-erf in cornpany with fi-iends agýe. It mwas decided that 25,,,, T inct neignnours, -te assembîy inging "Happy Wedding Day To io as bbe couple stepped across :he tbreshold of their snug, newly ,enovatcd home on Coleman St. Following the toast te bbc ride and groom, dainty and var- cd re!resbments werc servcd. 'ifts from tbc famnily and friends 'ci-e then presented, along with he sincere wish that the recipients nay long be spared te enjoy bbc ne family they have so credit- bi.> reared. oeance Vo damage should be' requested. The financiai state- ment showed a balance o! $238 82. Election o! officers resulted as, follows: President-Waltei- Run-E dle, R.R. 2, Bowmanvil le; Vice Pies-Lloyd Crago, R.R. 2, Bow- manville: Secy-Trcas.--.Alex Hen- dry, R.R. 3, Newcastle; Direct- ors-H. Davey, R.R. 2, Orono, E. Ruthvcn, R.R. 2, Port Hope, Bai--k old Kyte, R.R. 2, Burketon, HansC Gcisbergcn, Tauinton. Leonard 1 Henderson, R.R. 3, Millbuiook.. L It s0o!tcn happens. And this ual dcvotion-soîemn observa-. year iV happened again. Novcm- ions, ceremonies o! remembrance ber llth dawned cold and wet are V'aking place," said Col. W. and gray, as if evený the very eIe- W. Murray, O.B.E., M.C., Ottawa, ments were paying their silent who gave the memorial address. Viibute Vo. those brave men who "These ceremonies ai-e the eut-. countcd noV ife tee great a price ward expression o! undertakings for freedom. engaged upon long ago, in defenc Teen-agers, just old enough teo!o those rights and freedom remember; veterans o! two wars, without which ne people can prop- some stili bearing the scars o! erly exist. We are resolved >that battie; sad-faced widows, and their mcmnory should net be for- graying mothei-s again paid their gotten." he continucd. tribute at the Town Hall on Re- The speaker again recalled the1 membrance Day te those whom names e! those places where so0 "we have loved long since and mnany suffered torments and1 lest a while". whcre many laid down theiri The service was sponsored by lives - - Ypres, Festubert, Giv- the Mayor and T6wn Council, the enchy, Sanctuary Wood, Cource- Bowmanville Ministerial Associa- lette, Vimy Ridge, Frcsnoy, Hill tien and Branch 178, Canadian 70 and Passchendaele - -. ail o! Legion with Rev. S. R.*Henderson 4em symbolic o! cenflicts whosei acting as chairman. Mayor L. C. chie! cbaracteristic was the) Mason rcad the names o! the local matcblcss bravery of those en-( men of both wars who feulu i gaged lu IV. To thcm -belonged thet action or have since died. Others glorlous promise o! oui- Faith taking part in the impressive ser- - - that "He who losetb bis life% vice were Rev. E. Siggton, Rev. shah !îind ft.', H. Turner and CapVain V. Clar-ke. "What, then, is the lesson o! Mi-. W. E. C. Werkman was ac- this service, so far as we are con- cempanist for the singing of the cerned," centinued Col. Murray.a hymns and Bandsman James 'We look areund us today, and Nokes seunded the Last Post and what we sèe is unlovely. Oui-g Reveille. civilization as we bave known It- Memorial Adress bas virtually collapsed; and wc i "For 30 years, throughout the can net yet sec the pattern o! English..speaking world, people wh at lies nbhead. We sec rapacity bave been àssembling annual]y and selfishness, cheating, dishon- on Vn s day. AIl over Canada, in o- ad greed striving te exait cities, towns, and villages - - tbemselves as necessary and es- within the small rural churches, sential clements in human pror- whei-ever in !act, one ig able Vo greýs." capture that atmosphere o spirit- (Continued !rem Page Twelve) Col. W. F. Danisier cives Challenfiu Address ai Legion Armistice Banquet Atlended by Over 250 Veterans Idealism as displayed by those In his opening remarks, Rev. tmen who gave their lives in de- Banister expressed his personal fence o! the principles on which pleasure at being present at the Our country was built was stress- banquet. He also praised the ed in a memnorial address by Rev. Ilowmanville Branch o! the L'an- Lt. Col. W. F. Banîster, O.B.E., adian Legion because of the res- at the Canadian Legion's Ar-mis- pect in which it is held by other tice Day Banquet, Friday evening branches. "The Legion here is at the Badminton Club. Before held up as a model of what the an audience of well over 250 vet- Legion should be," he said. erans o! two world wars,. Rev. He took a story from II Samuel Banister warned against the cyni- in order to illustrate the idea he cal matcrîalism which was pi-e- was trying to present. It conccrn- valent in the ycars between those ed the occasion when King David wars and is becoming stronger was hiddeni in the cave of Adul- today, after a luli during World lam without water and surroVlnd- War II. ed by Philistines. His thirst 'was Members and gucsts scated at so great he said he wished som - the head table were introduced one would get him water from t1e by Stan Dunn, secretary, Bow.. well of Bethlehem.- Three o! his manville Branch, Canadian Leg- soldiers ibroke through enemy ion. William Mitchell, president, lines, got the water and returned Bowmanviîîe Branch, Canadian with it. David would not drink Legion, acted as chairman and it, however, but poured it out as seated about hiàm were Mayor L. an offering Vo the Lord and said,1 C. Mason; Dr. Bill Rudeil, secre- "Shall I drink the blood o! thesej taî'y, Bowmanville Rotary Club; men, for with thei- lives they1 Bob Kent, president, Bowman- brnught it." ville-Lions Club; Rev. Banister; "Those were three brave men, Rev. S. R. Henderson, Trinity said the speaker, "and we are United Church, and Rev. Earl thinking to-night of the same Sigston, St. John's Anglican thing on a larger scale. Cynics Church. wou Id cry that the action was J'm Abernethy, a member o! foolish-that those men risked the Legion, introduced Rev. Ban- their lives for nothing. And those ister, who was a former minister same cynics might say that the of St. Paul's United Church in 48,000 Canadians who died in thed Bo-wmanville, following which he war wasted their lives to no avail. i served with the Canadian Army But they would be wrong, forn during World War II, reti-ing by thei- deaths, those men gaven with the rank of Lieut. Col. He us a demonstration that idealism s is now minister of Simpson Ave- is not dead." s nue United Churchl, Toronto. 1 (Continued ox Page Twelve) b Cilizens Observe Remembrance Day Wiih Impressive Service ai Town Hall Col. W. W. Murray# O.B.E., Speaker Home and School Club Hear Inspiring Talk On Citizenship (Centributed) AV Vhis time Mrs. Cale intro- Interested parents and teachers duced the speaker, Miss Margaret filled room 13, Bowmanville Cen- Farmer, cditress o! The Statesman, tral School, wben the Home and whc, spoke on "Cltizenship" and Scbool Club met Wednesday ev- in ber quiet, sincere manner laid ening, Nov. 9. "Citizcnship"' was before the Veachers and parents a the theme o! the evening and the recipe for the molding o! good- meeting bad been prepared by citizens. Christianity is the root Mrs. Robt. Cale, o! the kind o! citizenship wc need, said Miss Farmer. Oui- dcmoc- A new entertainer at oui- club, racy bas been built from many Roland Coombes, opened the prosse othutomofhm gramme singing a catcby Iris scsh o! Vhoun inght se ad ome, f ol t u e , D e a L i tl e G i r ," c - b u t m o r e im p o r ta n t te u s a s in - companicd by Kaye Lycett. Pim.dvdaniiesi h tiueo ripai A. M. TÈhompson briefly ad- Jesiu t everypersenatiBue met dressed tbc club.. Be stated that eutovrypsnHem. rieexpcte th nw Otare S. ei-e is bbc root and if we cut he e pect d t e ne O n ario St.ourselves o f! !rom the root, w e die. School would be open for classes NoJv. 15. IV is boped the scbool The reot o! ahi Jesus' Vcaching will be opened te tbc public some ""vas Love. "This is my command- time in early December. Sevcnty- Iment: That y'e love one another six hittie people have been regis- las I bave hovcd you." Cîtizenship tered for Kindergarten. Since bbec today, is reotcd in this cemmand- classreem bas accommodation for ment. Good citizenship dees net 0i-ty pupils there will be two 1stop with respect o! oui- neigbbor's sessions. Kindergarten, said Mi-. pi-operty or racial tolerances. It ['hompson, is a preparation for is ahi that, but much more, Miss Gr-ade I, a cennecting link be- Farmer cmribasizcd. ween the home and tbc school Quoting Sir Wilfred Laurier, Ici-c tbc chiid is Vaught te hive Miss Farmer said: "The Twentieth vith others and share unsel!ishly. Century belongs te Canada." We Reading is net introduced until a are blcssed with a great new land, Pupil i-caches Grade I. In the fuil of promise. We have that iigbcr grades, !acts ai-e Vaught. for which millions are wîlling Vo eacei-s hope that the knowledge risk ahi. YeV witb this and the of these facts iv'i1l help develop advantages o! science, art and1 the personality o! the cbiid. Mr. religion we ai-e a bewildcred and1 'bompson mentioncd the recent ýconfued people. What we miss nnouncemcnt o! changes in bbc almost everywhe-e 15 the up- aducational sysbem. Even if Pi-o- ýlifVed face and the flasbing eye. incial Entrance Examinationsiare If parents and Veachers wish abolisbed, scbool examinabions, childi-en te believe somcbbing,i v'ill be conbinucd, be statcd. continued the speaker, thcy must Mrs. Albert Cole returned this * first believe it Vhemselves. Cbild- îenth te tbc piano. Sharing tbcei-en cannot be fooled by words. cyboard with ber werc Mrs. j. They have an extraordinary abil- oeper and Miss Myra Cooper. ity to sense what their parents rhe trio played the Overture Vo decply believe and live by. 'Alliance by Rossini. (C inued on Page Six) i t] a] cg TI 1 Club Speaker 1 Miss N. Alice Frick well-known journalist and radio commentator, who will speak ai Women's Canadian Club in St. John's Parish Hall, on Monday, Nov. 21, at 3:30 p.m. Her sub- ject will be, "Radio, Canada's Theatre." Kiddies Experience Thrill of Attending Ontario St. Scixool Tuesday was a very exciting day for several dozen children in the junior grades of the Bow- manville Public Schools. It was nYoving day. Yet, at last the new school is ready and classes have started. Those youingsters who have been given the privilege of at- tending the beautiful new school, happily settled ctown in their brand new desks and chairs and looked with wonder at the un- familiar surroundings which will be "home" for 5 or 6 hours of their five-day school week. The brightly lit rooms, with the spac- ious windows, pastel tinted walls and pale green chalk boards should make learning the three R's a pleasure. But Tuesday was really a big day for more than 70 Bowmanville 5year olds . .. for the first time in their lives they were going to school. Such a momentous event! By 8:45 the new pupils from North Vard were ready at the Central. School to -board the G ar to n Bus which was waiting to transport them, to the Kindergar- Ln in the' Ontario St. School. reedless to say there were no ýte-comers. A few mothers, flot )0o certain of Junior's re-action to :e new environment, accompan- ed the youngsters whose shining ,ean faces, neatly combed hair ind new school clothes announced hat there were big things going n. Some of them were smiling rid quite content, others shy and Sry nervous, and ail] of them tccited at the thought of the hrilling adventure of going to chool. pon arrivai they were ,elcomýed y Principal A. M.E rhompson, their teachers, Mrs.f 'larke and Miss Weddell and the lublic Health Nurse, Miss Tab- cki. Short]y after 1 o'clock anotherr roup from the Liberty St. dis- h ict and South Ward who attend 1the afternoon were taken by us to the school.f t tj ti iE ti t1 ti SC c] ac ai vr in flt Durham QC>pter Order Eastern Star The ann'iah installation banquci o! Dur-ham Chapter O.E.S. waý beid in tbe Oddfellows, Hall ci Tuesday, Nov. 8. Over one hun dred guests and members sa down Vo a dehicieus banquet serv cd by daugbte-s o! the inembers The tables were beautifuhly de corated with faveurs, candles anc fhowers. Following tbc toasts, tbe tables were cleared and the regulai meeting o! the Chapter beld bringing Mps. Jessie Mar- s yeaî as Wortby Mati-en Vo a very suc- cess!ul. close. A!Ver a bi-ief recess the Install- ing Board led by: Mrs. Elizabeth Teeple, Installing Mati-on; Mi-, Wm. Found, Installing Patron; Mrs. Victoria -Frank, Instaliing Ch aplin; and Mrs. Florence North- utt, Installing Mai-shall; wvith Mrs. Edna Anderon, Organist, and Mrs. Eheanor Chambers, Soioist, and others gave a very impressive ceremony Vo the new officers who were înstalled, into bbc following offices: W.M., Mrs. Emma Ruth- yen; W.P., Mr-. Arthur Frank; A.M.. Mrs. Greta Brown; A.P., Mi-. Wilbert Te.eple P.P.; Secret- ai-y, _Mrs. Ruby M. Cox p.M.; Treasurer, Mrs. Annie Bounsaîl; Cond., Mrs. Olive Moffatt; Ass. Cond., Miss Veima Gay; Chaplin, Mrs.Fhorence Ferguson; Mar-shall, Mrs. Vivian Pickard; Organist, Mrs. Elsie Alldread P.M.; Adah, Mrs Irene Dunbar; Ruth, Mrs. Velma Sutton; Esther, Mrs. Ann- ette Buckspan; Mai-tha, Mrs. Du- anc Palmer: Electa, Mrs. Ann Ste- Phenton; Wardcr, Mrs. Laila Ri- chards; Sentinel, Mi-. Elmo An- derson P.P. Mi-s Jessie Mai-r, I.P.M., was presented with ber Past Matron's Jewel by Mrs. Mai-gai-et Mar-, To- i-ente, and Mi-. Elmo Anderson, Mrs. Edna Ander-son, P.D.D.G.M. Of moi-e than 2,375,000 Can- adians who paid incemne taxes in 1947, only 27.500 had an incomel over $10,000 a year. Tragedy Stikes In Toown Wheu Young Tommy Pool. The loss of respect for man as a human individual and the urg- ent need e! the return o! tbis respect was stressed in a brie!, but forceful address by Rev. S. R. Henderson, minister o! Trinity United Church, Vo the Lions Club at their regular meeting, Fniday evening. Describing the'lack o! feeling as "the basic cause o! the wo.rld's grief and the source o! war," be called upon the gather- ing to respect human individuals as God's creation and te place mani on a pedestal, in a class hy himsel!. Special guests of the Lions at the Armistice meeting were Mi-. William Mitchell, President, Bow- manville Branch, Canadian Leg- ion. and Rev. Earl Sîgston, Padre of the local Canadian Legion. Lion Don Williams introduced bhe speaker by givîng a short cecital o! the "do's"P and don'ts" of intreducing a speaker. When he had !inisbed outlining the finer points, he avoidcd making any glaring en-ors by mereiy1 givinR the speaker's name and retiring. Rev. Henderson opencd by men- tioning thq stilemn occasion whîch be group was commemorating and saying he feIt the men who lied, for Canada would want "ne ulogy other than the deep, quiet espect of the Canadian peornle." r'hey died figbting for the free- Jom o! Canada and there could e rie more fitting memorial than ifree and ever-growing Canada, e said. He urged that love be sed in this country Vo wipceout -ace prejudice, gi-ccd and pctty rleanness in order Vo be truc Vo he memory e! those men who ýarried the name e! Canada on Women Teachers' Federation Held Meeting at Tyrone Mondav cvcning, Nov. 7tb, Mrs. Howard Philip, Tyrone, epened ber spacieus home for a meeting o! the Bowmanviile, Darlingfon, Cartwright unit of the Women Teachers' Fedcration. There was a good number mn abtendance. Foiiowing a brie! business per- iod cenductcd by President Miss Lois Lai-mer, the meeting was turned over to Miss June Ander-. son who was in charge of bbc programme. Mrs. C. Rankine, accompanicd by Mi-s. Reid, i-en- dcncd two beautiful solos, "Dar. ny Boy" and "Bless This Bouse." Mrs. Muriel Symons introduced tbc guest speaker, Mrs. C. W. S lemon. Mrs. Siemon, assisted by Dr. J. C. Devitt, gave an intei-esting and informative illustrated talk on ber zrecent trip Vo Britain and the Continent. A dainty lunich was served by the Darhington group. t r a u r n c 9lands, whcre they wcre respected -febeing the men they were. Dclarîng oui- sense o! values se distorted that oui- insight into the worthwhilencss e! buman ýfe bas slîppcd away from us, Mr ederson asked: "Have we net lest the basic 1respect for the human individual, as such? E "Man is noV on a pede§tal, net in a class by himsel!, in world tbinking today. Man is pitting himself against dollars, material matters-yes, and even ideologies. Hitler's policy was based on ideol.. ogy. The buman being was net tbe basis and they did net hesitate te wipe eut men by the hundreds and the thousands as long as their sel!ish ends were achieved." Be felt that the world must be made Vo realize that man is God's creature; that God gave man an immortal seul and opcned to hlmn tbc path Vo evei-Iasting life. When the worid dees realize what man is, we wili find the solution Vo a good many o! oui- troubles, he stated. Mi-. Henderson related an in- cident which iilustrated a point he wisbed Vo make. He teld o! two college students, who had just corne from a lecture. One askcd the ether how he bad iikcd the doctef's talk and the second student replied: "Well, I don'V know. Yoeu know, somehow - I don't think he likes people." That is the trouble with the world leaders of oday, tbc speak- er stated. Tbey just "don't like people," as individual people. But, it is certain that they must corne Vo it sooner or laVer for, as Mi-. Henderson stated in con- clusion: "Wben the world, deep down in iself, respects human individ. (Continued on Page Six> Higgon Electric New Issuer of This week Higgon Electric was appointed the official issuer of Ontario vehicle licenses for the Town of Bowmanville. As of Tuesday, November 15, 1949, drivers, car, truck and traîler licenses are available at the Hig. gon Electric Store at 42 King St. East, Bowmanville. This new venture will in no way interfere with the electrical business now carried on there, as extra help will be employed to look aiter the issu ing during the busy season. For many years the late W. J. Bagnell was the officiai issuer for the town and since his death ,Mrs. Bagnel! has carried on the business. Early in the fali she requested the Department to re- lieve her of the job and Dave Higgon, proprietor of Higgon EElric, was appointed in her %tu t4eAnU I a IIIL)YVMAâVILLIÇ. ONTART(')-" T.lqTTP.QnAV W('IVP.MlRJZ'P 17f6 1GAG' &- inimth É,,çjr%,nqr lkvrTlarvvnlp. - 1 1 1 Dromi lu overe Wel Sometimes it has Vo take a trag-' again resumed. Small groups of cdy to caîl forth the fincst quali- school-children, friends o! young tics o! human nature. And no one Tommy lingered outside the Town can do less than respond to the Hall waiting for some news, offere appeal o! a helpless chuld in ing to go and hunt for him them. trouble. selves. Anxious mothers, knowing Shortly after six o'clock last well that it might be thei- child, Thursday evening, word swiftly quietly stood by, helpless to do circulated through the town that anything else but hope and pray little Tommy Poole, 6-year old that the JittIe fellow might b. son o! Mr. and Mrs. Donald Poole, found. was lost. He had been at school AIl night long and again during that morning and had visited the the morning ladies o! the towTi home of a near-by friend at nopn gathered together in the court - but since that time no one room o! the Town Hall to provide had seen or heard of hlm. Wor- steaming hot coffce and sand. ried parents had already been wiches to cold and weary rescue searching for him, and soon were workers. joined by Town and Provincial tpolice, Boy Scouts and the staff IV was approximately 10:201 and boys of the Boys Training when the fi-e si-en blew to an- School. nounce that the boy had been Lik wid-fre he ewsspraddiscovered. Earlier that morning as ewdfr the anone e~ws smad, Bill SIaghi, had tripped upon a ova ter aiounesfles, througdesmalhole in the back yard o! the ove raionew-flshs, hpuli property on Qucen St. owned by the Radio Shop's mobile le Archie Thompson and occupied- address system, by telephone and by Mrs. Jane Gale Garrett and by word o! mouth. Just as quick- Elmer Beach. He reported bis ly men who had been working dîscovery Vo Constable Kitney and alI day in stores and factories for- a crcw was dispatched Vo dig got their weariness as they bund- away the i-est o! the du-t, which led into warma jackefs and rubber reveaied a forty-!oot well con. boots to aid in the search M~r the taining water Vo a depth o! about little lad.' Gradually the number 25 feet. Firemen drained as much of searchers grew, as local citi- water as p~ossible with a pump zens were joined by residents o! truck and Albert Bothwell volun- Newcastle, Courtice, Hampton, teered to go into the well on a Enniskillen and the surrounding ladder. He found Tommy's body ai-ca, and the circle o! their in the mud at the bottom. search widened as evcry rumour was checked upon and every pos The well in which the boy's sible hiding place explored. %body was lound had been foi-got- For more than 22 bours the3y ten by the owner and tenants of scoured the countryside, forging the property, for it had been filled through a heavy thunderstorm i ayyasaowe h and dense fog to wade through firsV water lines were brought Vo creeks and search miles or i-ail- Bowmanvîhie in 1913. During the way tracks on cither side o! the past few years there had been 'a town. Others drained the two garden growing there and a cu- ponds by the Goodyear plant, cumber patch, was partially grow. some looked through the back- ing in the earth covering the trap. yards of the towns, while farmers Just this past summer the ground i n the district who had been noti.. had been plowed, both horse fied b poewn hog hi and plow passing over it without barns and fields hoping that be giving any indication that the wcll might have sought shelter froni ahrOeoftemno h the storm. Nearly 1,000 men kept neighborhood reported 'having at the job until a!ter 4 a.m. Fi-. walked over the well himsel! only day morning, then snatched a two night before the tragedy and few hours sleep se that they might said he had noV noticed anything be at it again at daybreak. unusual at that time. In the morning the search was (Continucd on Page Six) lions Observed Reniembrance With Rev. S.HeBënderson Speaker . 1 1