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PAGE TWO TEE CANADIAN STATESMAN, EOWMANILE. ONTABIO SUBSCRIPTlON RATES $2.50 a Year, strictly lnt advcrnce $3.00 a Year lin the Unted States Publisbed by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowznavllle. Ontarlo GEO. W. JAMES, Editor Should County Councils Be Relegated ta the Scrap Heap? Considerable space is devocted in this issue roporting the sessions of the ýiorthumborland and Durham Counties Council held in Cobourg last week. There was the usual gabf est of favorite pet topics, besides honest-to.goodness business, at such gatherings, but undernoath il ail there was a feeling of ruffled f eathers of uinrent; things are flot as thoy should be mun- iclpally, in this modern age cf speed, good, roads and motor cars. In fact, somo outspoken counicillors were brazen and courageous enouqh to suggest that the counties counicil was a relic of stage days, had outlived Its usefulnoss and should be relegated to the archives of eblîvion. In many respects it is claimed the "municipal sonate" has become a rubber stamp for pro- vincial legislaturon and that the real adminis- tration in rural and town civlc affalr% could be botter and more economically looked ai ter through the town and township counicils. Then the tige old aubject cf separating the two counties was again resurrected for animated discussion. The idea, as usual, was pretty much one-sided ds it emanated from counicillors f rom Durham County as thoy contend Durham has always L-ee-.i the "milk cow" cf the unholy or unhappy un'on, because it la called upon te pay the lon's oh~ f taxes, although the assoas- ment does ni tj ustify such a difference. Expend- itures on rocdz, bridges, number cf inmates at the Home for the Aged, etc., show toc that Northumbcrlav ' is the favorod partner ini this civlc setup. It wouldn't be surprising, eithor, if the records showed that Nôrthumberland has more "free boardors" in tho County Jail at Cobourg. When the editor was a member of Counties Council ovor 30 years ago we contonded thon it was the fifth wheel on the civic applo cart and could well be dispensed wlth, and wo haven't changed our opinion. The cry has been for years that we are cver-govorned in Canada and here is one place where the paring knif e could be used te advantage te the down-trodden and over-burdened taxpayer. Anyway, don't take our word for it, turn to page 10, read the reports cf the Counties' Council and let's have your views on theso questions Oratory of Cavan Blazers In the good old pioncer dgys, in the grand old county of Durham, Cavan Township became famous through a group cf citizons f amlliarly tagged as "The Cavan Blazers." How they got the name "blazers" is beyond our limited kncw- ledge of local folklore, as Webster do ines blazer as "co who spreads reports." These bewhiskered, sturdy gentlemen of the back con- cessions certainly were the means cf having "reports spread" cf thoir outspoken Irish con- victions on certain pet subjects which thoy ofton put into action te prove thoir slncerity. So demonstrative were soma cf their disturbances that they cf ton ended up in police court settle. monts. We have been told by oldtimers that the dramatic f low cf language, arguments and pleadings at such cases far surpassod the mod. ern movies cf tc.day for downright unadulteratod *ntertairiment. With such a background and tradition cf literary and oratorical gonlus it is net surprising te learn that the public school pupils of Cavan Township, la rncent ycars, have maintained the reputation cf their forefathors in the art of oratory. Proof of this statemeat is the f act that in the past f ive years Cavan Township pupils have produced four top winners in the Durham County Oratorical Contests. The record shows in the past three years winners have come froni North Cavan School Area. Here's the record: In 1947 Glea Bld. gcod, pupil cf Mrs. C. Vance, came firat; in 1948 Catharine Waterman, and in 1949 Betty Stevens, both puils cf Mr .P utoweaa "rded first We Stand Corrected * Alderman Nelson Osborne, local onergetic and oggrossive Inaurance agent, ovideatly raeas the editorial columnasaf The Statesman, for ho takes us to task for the stotemeat matie in at week's issue la refereace le liability of l ivslock hoing iclletion lb. higbways. He soya is cauthorily for tb. following cpin- ton la righl eut of the nase bag, coming f rom lb. information deparîment af the insurance as- -. ocialica which reedu: "That arin animale unallentied anti ai largo maay produce serlous lînancia o aus ance *when tbey are upan public roada - provincial, municipal, tcwmship or county - the f ormer's legal obligation for Bodily Injury, Death or pro. perty Damage is that cf his Comnmon Law baseti oný bis negligence." Sa farmer, we pan this authentic Iforin- ation on ta you as a word cf warning. nIe 0wubuM atepan . at.buIabsd 1854 wttb wich latawýoretd rhe Bowmuvtfl News,.'r» e wcatl. lajpeaMmI emd Il» Croie Nowa 94 Years' Contlxzuous Service tao e TOWD of Bowmanville and Durham County Authortz.d cm Second MM aMail. Petoo fice Depaxtment. Otta AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER xaay ho la your community. For Ibis reasea, the work cannol ho delayeti. Four million dol- lars muaI ho raised irmsdiately. It's o humanitarian effort wbich shoulti oppeol te the heort-strings andi pumsaI every individuol and make them f eel obligedti l con- trihute gonerçusly. Every Ontario municipality coulti welh justif y a contribution to the Hospital for Sick Childron Building Fund. Il will mean bealîhior, happier children in every home Ia the province. Contributions may ho sent or loi t aI local chartereti banks or sent direct te the Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto. "It'É; my bolief thal the battie cf democrocy la this country will ho won or Icat la our smal towns. As 1 aee il, aI no e n a ur history ban thore been se great a challenge te our f ee- dom as to-day, and 1 think this Ireedon con beat ho proservoti bý, a hard-hitting democracy Iunctioning off ectivoly at the lecal level." -Billy Rose Membet Audit lureGU o~ci culations C=nadi=z W.ekly Newuz@pMi Am~ocatios w-) fWhat Are We"Doing About The Municipal Elections ? The followlng from The Mldlatnd Fro. Proue la equally, applicable te 'Bowmanvllle, probably ta mont communities, as il la te Midland and. we have no hositancy about reproducing il ln this column: '"lIn a few weeks now, we will h. called on to select the mon and wemen who will rua our municipal business in 1950. "Local goveramont la the ment Important level cf govorrnent. llght, power, lire and police protection, qarbaqe collection, snow removal, road maintenance, and, by faor the mont Important of ail, the education of our eilîdren. "Are you sotlsfied with the way our mua- icipality bas been governed ln 1949? Il not, what are you doing about it? "Aré you planning la stand for office, ta nominale someone, le rolse an important local issue? "Your community la 'YOU. "It exista because of you and for you. "For that very reanon, It con deterloraite because cf your indifference or progreas becouse cf ycur intoroat. "What are you dcing about your local ehections? "la your citizenship la dolault?". Hididen Wells and Cisterns Modemn progreas brings its advantages cs well as ils Iragedios. The latter was breught- close te home hast week, when a little aix-yoar- old lad was drowiaed in an unused and forgotten wvell iewn. Up te 1913 when waterworks and,. sewerage systeins were instoîhed inl Bowmanville- every residence secured ils supply cf water frein wols and dasteras. As eoch homo instahbod modern conveniences they dispenseti with their wells, olthough soe still maintaineti cisleras. la raany cases the welis were filled inl with dirt and debris while others were boarded ovor and wore sean forgotten. As a reault dirt accuin- ulated over them n ad they became a port cf the qardon or backyord hawn. Properties chanq- ed banda andi the aew owners knew nothing about these so-calleti booby-traps. This la net the first lime citizens have ho- corne awareocf these hitiden wella, but Ibis in the first co with fatal resuits. We remember years age when a herse f elIla a covereti well hock of Cawker's Butcher Shop. The writer re- calîs a similar experionce years age when a herse f ell la a hîiden dastera la our backyard while ploughing the gardon. To avoid Ihese tragic and uapleasant ex- perlonces in the future it miqht ho well for cîlizens who knew the loy of the ]and la those olden dava b make o survev of the proportion they are familiar witb and toke stops te protect the present anti future gonerotions. It was a bit surprisiag 10 f lad in conversa- tion Ibis week that many young and middle-agod people la town diti not know the difference betweenao well andi a cistera. For their in- formation we exphained o wohl containoti drink- ing water or bard water wbich came fron a spring, wbîle water lna o istera wos soft wotor or rain water whicb was pipeti laIe the dastera frein the roofs cf buildings. Maay older folk con well remember thot it was a summor chome for the mole portion of the family, every couple cf years, te puanp eut the water la the cistema aad thon go below anti poil eut the dirt andi leaves which hati accumulated so thot there wouhd ho cison watsr te de the f amlly waablng. Andi they calleti thona "the gocti olti doyal" "Where No Child Knocks in Vain" The outstaading service rendered children in practlcally evory municipality la Ontario by the Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto la pasi yeors bas been se persondl anti -effective that parents and patients alike fron the rural dis- tricts offectionotely and grotefully ref or te il as "our hospital." This la a wel-merîted com- pliment, creotly prized by the hospilal author- ite, eiclod usigstfs By LEWIS MILLIGAN The froe National Health Scr- At a recent press conference ho vice in Britain is said to ho the oxplained that tho health services most pepular of the roforins in- wero net an addition te the total trodt'ced by the Lalber Gavera- exponditure cf the nation, but a mont. That is net te bo wonderod gigantic transfer cf expenso frein. at, for anything that is free is the private pocket te the public bound te be pepular, and as hoalth purse. That sounds quito reasea- is cf first importance, the Gev- able in the abstract, but, as The erninent bas beon credited with Economist (London) peints eut, a groat achiovemont for public 'net only deos it ignore the in- welfare, but bealth services in croaso in demand tbat arises whea Britain did net criginate with the services are no longer paid for Labor Goverament; they have ex-' diroctly by the individual, it ig- tendod eaormously in tho last nores the total effect cf ahl such hundred years, and have been freo transfers on the national finan- te thoso wbo coulti net afford te ces." psy for thein. I lived baif my if e Mr. Bevan is aise quoted as in Englaad, and I can testify that saying, "The possibilities cf taxa- there was more free modical ser tien are infinite," by whicbhoh vice and bospitalization there must mean that there is ne lirit than. there bas ever been in Can- te the ameunt cf moaey a govera ada. mont could transfer from private peckets te the public treasury, Roallî- ail that the Labor Gev- and consequeatly ne unmit te the craiment bas doue is te make these amount of services and gootis services froc te everybody whe- which could bo made free ta ther tbey can afford thorn or net. everybody. But. Mr. Bevan's col- That would ho a wonderful tbing beagues in tie Cabinet do net ag- if it woro pessible fer a govern- roc witb him in that. Tbey bave mont te maintain it. But, unfor- decided that the National Healtb tunatoly, it is net possible, as the Service is teo costly and have or- Labor Governinent bas discovered dered that patients ia future must - - apparently te its surprise, pay for prescriptions. This, At is andi ccrtainly te its financial cm- thougbt, will prevent much cf the barrassinent. Evidently something abuse of the service and relieve was wreng witb its calculatien the congestion in surgeries, don- cf the cest of the undertaking, tisîries and optical parlers. In or perhaps it would ho kinder te cases of real hardship, proscription attribute the failure cf the scheme focs wouid ho remitted; but that to a miscalculation of hunan na- would cali fer a means test, wbich, ture. The fact is that the scheme it soorns te me, would be centrary bas been toc popular, even for te the main priaciple andi purposeý Mr. Aneurin Bevan who originat- of the sehene. ed it. Ho did net anticipate that Lee.a ri h oihsi se many people would ho running pentof e, FreintheaSc*acord- le the doctor with evcry littie ail-pito ew"Frnaccrd mont, and that the demanti for ing te h.s.abiiities: te each ac- freehositaizaion drgdon- cording te bis needs," the free- frcspitaeliationdrgs, eret-for-al health service is unjust, etucs, eyl easoes, ig, osets1because it givos te the ricb man etc.. o uf dho se t en orneus. ea a service fr which h o is well ab e AIl f thse tingacostrealte pay high focs. Under the new moneY --net te mention pro-1rulîng, ho will net mind paying fessionai fees, salaries, hospital 1 for any number cf prescriptions, maintenance, anti general admin- 1 for ho is gotting the service at a istratien - - and since a govorn- great reduction, wbile the poorer ment bas neornoney. cxcopt what man is werse off than ho was it receives fron taxation, At bas formerly whea ho coulti get the hati te dia deeper into the peopîe's service for nothing. To be juat anti peekets in order te pay fer the fair ahl-round, the ricb man fo"services. But Mr. Bevan sheuld ho madie te pass a mearùs has a novel theory of taxation,' test as well as the very poor man. Red Croma Sets $5000=ooGoail For Canada 1950 Canadian Red Cross wlll cani- paign for $5,000,000 ln Its 1950 Mardi campaign, Chairman cf Central Council A. L. Bishop an- nounced in Toronto last week. Mr. Bishop told 100 provincial delegates te thc central council semi-annual confereace that niost cf the $5,000,000 would go toward veteran's services and te expand the Red Cross free national blood- transfusion pregram. Chairman cf the National Blocd Donor Committee H. H. Leather, repcrted th#j Red Cross,.collected more than 46,000 bottles cf blocd in the first six months cf this year. Ontario's first sub-depot at Ham- ilton, be s'aid, now served four hospitals, with a total bed capaci- ty of 2,200, and had supplied 473 pints cf wholc blood for hospital use, "The Hamilton area has 13,000 denors registered," he sald. Cemmittee reports te council showed that this year Canadan Red Cross supplied 64 veterans' hespital with nearly 8,000 free movie shows; held 28,000 arts and crafts projects fer 12,377 veteran hospitals and homne patients; on- rolled more thah 25,000 pupils ln swimming and water safety cours- es. and sent $500,000 worth cf re- lief shipments overseas. Need for Town Planning in Every Community Dospite the pronouaicements cf some se- called experts who seek te bide their lack cf proclical oxperience behind hlgh-sounding gob- ble-dygock, tcwn planning la a subject which' the average mon con coasider and discuse with obvieus advantage te himself and his commua- ity. Certain techalcal problems require expert study and advice but co doesn't have te be at doctor te appreciate the value cf hospitals, nor an expert chef te enjoy a geod meai. Sound tcwn planning is ossentially o mot- ter cf conservation - cf wise and careful man- agement. It colis for the imaginative use cf those resources which wo possesa. Gocd town planning has elimiaatod waste; It hos maiaîained and encouraged both physical and spiritual well- beiag; it bas banished uglinesa; it ha. alun- ulated commercial and industriol onterprise. Town planning con be ochieved in only two warys. The ladivîdual con ho forced te conforma te some rigid pre-conceived plan or ho con be- porsuaded te ce-eperato because ho williagly supports o practical plan whlch ho believos will develop the tommunity oloag sound linos. The exporienca cf many tewns and cities bas showrn that cnly this latter method wili succeed over the long torm roqulred fer consistent grcwth and improement. Town planning is for everyoae ond il la high time thot il was taken eut cf the rorefied atmosphere cf planning for planniag's sake and brought down to earth se that it con be ap- preciated at the levol cf the mon la the stroot. Planning Boards andi commissioners - .yes, evon the dreamers - have their rightful place but Iheir plans for guiding the future growth cf the ccmmunity sbould roceivo the careful scrutiny cf hard-headed mnaof business who wili foot mont of the bill and benefit or sufer mcst by tho reeulta. This is a job now belng dono by commit-. tees ln nony Boards and Chambers and cor- taialy worthy cf consideration by those net now active la the f ield. Entrance Exams For High School To Be Discontinued Education Minister Porter of Onta rie has announced that high school entrance examinations wil be discontinued at the earliest possible date as one step la a coin- plete revisidn cf the curriculum in ail Ontario schools. The revision now is being phanned, he said. In an address, Mr. Porter said that for purposes of curriculum, the present 13 grades will be re- organized into four divisions. 1. Primnary Division-roughly equivalent te the present grades one te three. 2. Junior Divis ion-equivaient te grades leur te six. 3. Intermediatè Division-the present grades seven te ton. 4. Senior Division-grades il te 13. The revisions will be spread over a few years in order te avoid abrupt changes which might ad- vorsely affect the educational progress of the pupils, Mr. Porter said. Changes considered radical wil bo tested with small greups before being introduced generally. but certain definite changes in lune with the program wil go into cf- fect in September, 1950. In the primary division one teacher would have pupils frein ahl three grades under her charge. A class would censist cf eight or 10 students -between the ages of six and eight, who would romain with the one teacher for three years. Each year eight ta 10~ students weuld move on te tho next divi- sion whilo an oqual numrber cf new students weuld corne frein kindergartens or homes. Purpose of such a set-up weuld bo te break down rigid grade groups and mako courses' in the province's schools centinueus through the grades. The Junior Division would bei crganized much the same. Aclass' would consist cf 24-30 pupils ini which approximately one-third cf the pupils wouid come froni eachW age group-nine, 10 and 11. Again the students would romain with one toacher three years. The Intermediate Divisionj would ccnsist cf pupils aged 12- 16. Eliminatien cf high school en- trance examinations, he said. is If the Stato is geing te resolvo itself inte a charitable institution it cannot get away from_ the moans test and give "te each ace-j cording te bis noeds." deslgned to break down "an arN.. trary break between grades elght and aine which preventa proper articulation between the elemen- tary and secondary levels." Sonie 46 per cent ci Ontario studerits leave school bcfore they, reach 16 and the new program is designed te give them a well- rounded course se they will "finish formai schoolin1g with a sense cf achievement rather than cf failure". Plans for the Senior Division have net yet been drawn up. But for those students who intend en- tering the Senior Division, the Ia- termediate Division is designed to provide an expl6ratory period during which studeats may select the courses in whlch they expect te specialize, he said. The intermediate curriculum will provide a range of opt.ional su'bjects for expleratory purposes required by ahl students. In addi- tien it will provide vocational subi ects for students intending te enter busineiý.-- or industry at h' age of 16. The work of filling ln the de-1ý'.' tails of courses will be done &tý- the local level, probably by uroupa of teachers and inspectors in co. operation with other profesalonal- iy competent persons selected by the local authorities. 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What a magnificent bluffi What an insJpiring example for ail of us te foliow when we are iii, eut of,sorts, worried or dcprcsscd! By the sanie token, surely it is aiso a good pelîcy te conceai mostcf aur min or disappoi nt- menus, annoyances, and dislikes. If yau are at ail concerned about your own or yaur famuly's financiai security, do flot con- ceaI that fact froni everyone. Canfide in your life insurance agent. He's a trained and wiii- in& advisor who can help you buîld a sound ftnancial plan for the future. We've heard a lot about pension plans re- cently, some contributory, somo non-coatribu- tory, but every one wos ca pretty inadequate proposition when compared with the blatantly sarcastic plan offered by Alred Hoake, the niayor cf Park Ridge, Illinois, who writos with his tongue in bis cheek for'a number of small town newspapers. Wrote Haake, as quoted by tho Wall Street Journal and read by John Parker at the recent Rotary-Lions Club banquet bore: "Every new-born child in tho United States would receive a promisory note for $20,000 at 3 per cent. interest, payable in 20 years. Th 'e three per cent., or $50 a month, would qo te the child's parents until the child was 20. Each year during those 20 the goverament would pay $1,000 into a sinking f und for tho retiremeat cf the note and when the child reached the age cf 20 the qovernint would give hlm or her the $20,000 il bas paid lIe I he sinking fund. Boys and girls cf 20 who elected te marry would thus have a capital cf $40,000 and work would be Loroyer unnecessary if they would undertake 10 have at least four children, ho- cause they would receive $50 a month for each child until it reacbed the age cf 20, and Ihere woul h enough lef t cf Iheir ewn $40.000 af 1er that te care for thern in their old age. 'Nobody would have te work again. "The parents. in addition te $50 for eacb child, or $200 a month for four children. could invest their $40,000 in governinent bonds at 3 per cent. and have an additionol income cf $100, or a total cf $300 a month." 1This, says the Wall Street Journal, rnight seemn comical. But la a day when the qovern- ment proposes te, make Americans ahl rich by distributing dollar bills and when a labour union soya they can all have more ggoed thinga by working less, il would net ho' surprising to see this scheme taken up seriously ln Washington. Tho project for the new erpa will be te work less and less and quit even that earlier and eariier. The slogan: "Why Wait, Retire at Birth." s-I - eODY FR-M CECIL R.- LOCKWOOD HAMPTON MILLING CO. Phone- Bowmanville 2141 We Deliver F ~ W Som gel good smoking advIce V wh.n fathers soy 'Smoke Old Chum." Enjoy the fresh, ridi fiaivour that makes OId Chum just right for day-in, dlay-oui smoking. - Stail today; è.iwith a package or half-pound tin. Mon h wi.o1k a teoe ghors dways qg.. OLD CHU2SMI l U Re.. O IE - UT. e.OR *e eYUROW , -, k Unwilling Pupils- Retire at Birth Mainy bog raisers are finding there is a new easy way to com- bat pig lasses and grow healthy9 rugged pigs that are strong and heavy at weaning time. Yes, they use Quaker Ful-O-Pep Pig Start. er bitilt around wholesome, 940/ digestible oatmeal and contain- ing Concentrated Spring Rangle.- Reduce your littie pig mortaiity by feeding Quaker Ful-O-Pep Pig Starter. b - L Weekly -Review lmu»DAIF, eov. 1"L » lm LW A Costly Free Health Service sono@*