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PAGE TWfl THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVfl.ILE. ONTAIUO "rHURsDAY, MARCE md. ISN Ar- e aibSn ftateoman Etablih.d 1854 with which iu lncorporated The Bowmamville News, The Newcastle Independeat and The Oronc News 95 Years Continuous Service to the Town of Bowmanville and Durban? County Authorized aus Second acos Mail Post Office Departmont, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDENT. NEWSPAPER Memibet Audit Bureau 01 circulations Canadian ç ie Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 a Year, strictly in cdvance $3.00 a Year in the UJnited States Publisbed by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY * Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, EDITORt SOUR GREATEST INVESTMENT ;This is the month the importance of èducation is stressed as the foundation of Sood citizenship. Education has rightly een described as an investment in people. survey made by the United States * rhamber of Commerce, covering many tountries shows a direct relation between khe educational level and the standard of living, regardless of natural resources or ýther apparently important facts. Ail of lis are interested in improving the level of P-rosperity and the standard of living. .Fraps we have not been sufficiently :oncerned witb the educational invest- Inent in our people required to bring about ýhis improvement. «,: While the control of education lies ,svitb the various provinces, education is èsÉential1y a community responsibility and Uve should be working to study our edu- :Fational system, to understand its needs ~nd to make our schools an integrai part ~f community lîfe. The election of the best possible citi- eens to serve on school boards; the prob- .ems of administration, finance and sour- ees of revenue; of adequate planning and :budgeting for future growtb and devel- ;ppment; of securing and retaining in the rofession the most capable men and Lomen teachers; of recognition of their important status in the community; and f cose co-operation among parents, tea- thers and business and indu stry are al e mporta nt matters which should be stud- Zcd. Wise decisions must be based on jâcts, not opinions. Facts can be obtained '2nly by study and research. E Mucb can be done to assist those 1 9harged with the responsibility for edu- ýration in our towns, cities and villages to .Wo their work better and to bring to citi- eenà in general a better appreciation of hbat is being accomplisbed and of the ask tbat lies ahead. ;Education Week in Canada is March ~th to llth and herein lies an opportunity ~or organikations in our comtmunities to ~ecognize this important "week", in some [v. There are many ways. The recog- Sition of the importance of education has teen strengthened, of course, by the spien- Ilid work of the Parent-Teachers organ-. 3 zations, Home & Scbool Clubs, Chambers ;ýf Commerce, etc. This movement is arrowin iz steadily and will undoubtedly Vrove the greatest boon to the advance- ânent of education in thîs country. CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE Anyone Wbo bas taken the trouble to Sead through the issues of Hansard for the last four or five days of the last sitting of ahe Federal House of Commons last year ±tannot belp but be worried as to the future of democracy in Canada. 1- That is a broad staternent but there îs sufficient evidence in the recorded min- *ites of the House of Commons and bbe I;enate to support it to the bult. Z On December 8, 9 and 10, millions ji pon millions of monies raised by taxes Lit t le -a-tte mpt is -made b _ké e b ~overnment accounts in such a way that l he actvial costs of operabion of any par- ~icular service can be asccrtained. Sub- f idies, subventions and price supports are jossed about with a juggler's skill and a romplete disregard for proper accounting SracticeS. We wonder just bow cbeerfully Can- Idian taxpayers would make out their n- ~ornebax forms anid the cheques that go lJong with bhem if bhey had placed be- fore them around the end of Marcb of Iacb year, bbe fact that $448,000 of their one-' was going to subsidize a ferry scr- 'ire between tbe City of 'Quebec and two 'ery smill villages on the norbb shore of ~e St. Lawrence across from Anbicdsti sland-, that M64.000 was needed to mneet cleficit on bbe International Trade Fair f Toronto; that the Depiarbment of Trade d Commerce spends $267,000 a year in 1ublicity and advertising in Canada and abroad; that $190,000 is to be spent for a .qistoms building in the village of Lacolle; that $240,000 is going to gubsidize railway and steamship service to Sbeep Roc k Mines; and that close 10 $21,000,000 is to be spent to subsidize shlpping which makes use of Montreal barbor by provid- ing barbor facilities out of bbe federal govcrnrnent funds. These are only a- few of liberally tbousands of votes from public funds wbich were passed in three days without discussion. Most of these expenditures may bave been entirely justified. That ail of them were, is asking the ratepayers to believe too mucb. The point is that bbe. operations of our federal governmcnt bave now become 50 widesprcad and so big that bbec mdiv- idual member of parliarnent, sitting in tbe House of Commons only a fcw months a year, is unable bo pass proper critical judgment on the business wbich be is elected to supervise. èInstead of being merely a referee in the field of privabe enterprise. govern- ment bas now become a major factor in the economy of the nation. Ib bas become vcry big business, lb is estimated that about 50 cents of every dollar we now earn goes inb some form of government taxes. If we are to operate our own govern- ment business, and il is our own business, efficiently, there appears bo be only one solution. Governmenb rmust be brougbt doser bo tbe people. Our elected members of parliament must be more active in screcn- ing the activities of government. They must be on the job for the electors more than a part of the year. Rather than concentrabing more and more spending functions at Ottawa, rnuch more of our governmental operabion must corne back to a municipal level where iA is subject to a closer scrutiny by the tax- payers and wbere there is less likelibood of major waste. The municipal level of government is the most important level of government because ib is closest to the people. Ib is also bbe most efficient level of government because you can't make a big mistake in a town or ciby and get away wibh it. The baxpayers find out. FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY "The Ottawa opinion that immigrants corne to Canada prirnarily to find security brings to mind the recent itatement of former U.S. Secretarý of State Burns that 'Too many people wanb to lean upon the government, forgetting that governrnenb must lean upon the people. Too many people are thinking of security. They seem to be more afraid of life Iban of death'," said Joseph Lister Rutledgc, Chairman of tbe Canadian Uniby Council. Mr. Rubledge was comrnenting on a speech by Citizensbip Minister Walter Harris in which the cabinet member had stabcd that Canada is social-securiby mind- ed and that emigrants to Ibis country corne 'here seeking freedom, opportunity and security. "Every Canadian, whethcr be was born here or is a newcover," said Mr. Rutledge, "wanbs security, but if wc are 10 continue the developrnent of a prosper- ous Canada the emphasis must be on frec- dom and opporbuniby; securiby rmust be somnething each of us creates for himsclf, resulting from freedom, and opportunity. Full opportunity and guaranteed security do not go together and people wbo sit down bo nurse their securiby will neyer be secure. "The whole record of our history,'ý concluded Mr. Rutledge, "bas been that of men forsaking their security bo develop bbc mines, bbc railways, the prairies. bbc industries, bbe farrns. Ib is not 100 long ago that many people beld the opinion that railways would neyer cross the Rock- ies, but tbey did. Sir Richard Crooks, forernost British scienbist of bis day, said we would neyer grow wheat on our prair- ONE MAN ALONE Wbab can one man ahane accomplish against bbc world? Lost in Ibis tiny planel wbirling in bbc dark immensity of space, sifled by bbc growing complexibies of a civilizabion stili close 10 savagcry, battercd by bbc strugg]c for existence, whab can onc man do bo keep aive bbc spark of buman gcnerosity and kindness thal wil warm bis beart and set a ligbb 10 guide bis pabb? By joining bis band witb others a man can sec realizcd tbe good he wisbcs tb perform. By co-opcrating xvibb others a man can hein la stem bbc currents of mis- fortune and iii luck tbat ovcrwbelm rnany. Red Cross is a channel for bbc kindest impuîlses of eacb one of us. Il is Ibis great co-operative effort, this response frorn one beart in concert witb millions that makes bbc Red Cross a living symbol of mercy. Eacb ycar Red Cross cxtends bbe op- porbunity ta evcry anc of us 10 do sorne- tbing b bcelp others, and, in bbc lasI an- alysîs, 10 belp ourselves. Tbrough ils medium we express Canada's generosiby bo other peoples of bbc world in dire nced; we belp our ncigbbour wben misfortune strikes; we lay bbc foitndabions far bbc better health and wel-being of our own ciizens and bbc coming generaitions. Tbat's why wc say , as bbc annual Red Cross appeal opens Ibis March. "Give gen- erously! Give from the heant!" Altbougb Sunday night is nci- ther the recommended non ap- proved lime to be writing a news- papen article on panliamentary affairs, it had la ha donc Ibis wcek If the scbedulc was ta be maintaincd and I hope I shall be forgiven. This ha~s beca a busy and an ia- teresting week ait Ottawa. Stant- ing last Manday, the opposition leaders, Mn. Drcw, Mn. Caidwcll, and Mn. Low bad thein turn ta comment on bbc Speech fnom the Throne and bhey werc flot too pleased witb l. They claimcd that tbc government haà side- stepd the Old Age Pension is- sue by fonming. a committec ta investigate ail angles o! the prob- lem raîber than taking decisive action. Tbey wcne de!initely cri- ical off the government's lack of action 10 cure bbc unemployment situation in some parts o! the country and werc unhappy be- cause o! thc loss of Canada's man- kets in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister's reply dealt with ah o! Iheir criticisms and explaincd the neasans bcbind the govcrnment's actions and in- actions. The Old Age Pension question wi]l require a great deal of lhougbt before any plan can be substitubed for tbe Means Test structure, ha said, quobing the number o! millions lb would cost thc laxpayers o! bbc country ta swilch immediately and abandon thc Means Test. He detailed the unemploymcnl situation and gave reasons wby the goverament con- sidered il a seasonai setback. He also bnougbl la a note o! optimism by outlining tbe huge amount o! capital expendibures planned for bhc coming yean by Indeistry and governmenbs and feit that there was reason 10 believe Ibat 1950 would ba another prosperous year in the country. He aiso stalcd that the loss o! U.K. markets was something that could flot be con- bnollcd from Ibis sida o! the ocean and sald that the Trade and Com- merce officiais wene doing every- tbing in thein power ta obtain ad- ditional markets ta offset any loss incunred, and in tbc mean- lime bbc government was doing its utmosbta protect bbc farming economy' with support pnices. For your member, Ibis was a wcek fillcd wlbh speeches. Nol only did I listen 10 addresses from lhnce until eleven eveny day and nigbb, but on Monday I attcnded Ottawa Rotary and beard a Unit- cd Nations speaker tell of bbc nef- ugce problern; on Tuesday I was invibed ta attend tbc noon and evening functions o! the Cana- dian Weekly Newspapens Asan. directars and beard guesl speak- ers M. J. Coldwell, leader o! bbc COF panty and Gardon Graydon, acting leader o! bbc Progressive- Conservabive parby give master- fui addncsses. Un!orluaateiy, I was unable to attend thein meet- ing on Wcdnesday evcning wben1 Secnetary o! State for External Affairs. Hon. Lester B. Pearson pncsented an of! tbc record dis- cussion o! world conditions. How- ever, I beard hlm give a wondcr-1 fui addness in tbe House duringj Whai Others Say BUILD UP SMALL TOWNS (Guelph Mencuny) It la blgb lime that ail o! us paid more attention ta tbc build- ing up o!fbbceuitle towns and lcss ta malcing tbc avcngrown City langer. The 11111e bown is home-aor should ha. Il naeds aur support, and we ana the people wbo must give il life and powcr if it is ta have cither. The big City canes nothing for us. It will if il Caai pull aur dollars away and lune oun boys and girls into ils whirl- pool, but tbat is bbc only use it bas fan us. The litîle town needs us and we need it. Our smallen City may flot make as large a dent an the map as Montreal, but it realy means more ta us and we ougbt ta heip make it somebblng ta ha pnaud of. Why not geb aven bbc idea that the bnigbt future o! Canada lies in the great cilles? It doca not. the afternoon so I didn't feei too badly about missin;g his second speech of the day. There wcre threc other out- standing, events of the week which I would like to record. One was an impromptu address by Frank Folwell, M.P. for South Hastings. The Liberai Whip was running short of speakers on Tuesday night so on vcry short notice, he asked Mr. Folwell to address the House for the final balf hour of the evening sitting and he did a magnificent job of ,advertising his home area and giving his vicws concernmng things he. feit the government should do. Following his address, he and I visited the Hansard of- fices to check over the reporter's copy before it went 10 press. Any of you who have been in the House of Comnions chamber dur- ing a sitting will have noticed the man sitting in the center ot the floor writing down in shorthand everylhing that Is said. Each one writes for ten minutes and when he is relieved.he hurries to the Hansard office, where he trans- cribes bis notes to a stenographer. He must have it completed within 50 minutes because at that time he returns to the Chamber for another ten minutes. It is amaz- ing how accurale these men be- came and later on, I hope to de- vote an article to this particular department. The second event was a phone eall received from the Executive Secrctary to the Minister of Na- tional Dfence who wanted to know more about a chap named Stuart Ryan of Port Hope who bad sent in a wonderfully con- structive analysis of the new Na- tional Defence Act.'He was loud in his praise o! Mr. Ryan's letter and I was happy 10 be able to tell bim that Stuart and I had served together with the Midland Régi- ment and that, except for bis pol- itics, be was a very fine and Ca- pable type. Il was certainly a thrill to know Ihat one of our Durham County citizens had made such good suggestions to the experts that they were ad- opling many of his recommenda- lions. The final event of the wveek was an invitation ta be present at the Speaker's reception on Thursda3T evcning, for a group of Japanese members of parliament of the Diet as lhey cail il. There werc 16 of them plus interpreters and. guides from External Affairs and we had a wonderful lime brying la find.how things were in Japan.' Many o! thcm spoke English so that il was possible bo obtain a great deal of information. They have been in United States for a week and were on a quick trip tbrough parts of %Canada on a goodwill mission. So, another week bas concluded, and bbough il was fasclnating and educational wbile Il lastcd. il certainly was- wonderful to re- turn home to, my family for the week-end. Dontb ever let anyone tell you that bhe life of a Mem- ber of Parliament is.- a cinch. 1 think the hardes-part o! it is the separation fron, your family. The future which lies in bbe blg cibies lasbopwonn, smoked, dlrty and unclean. The truc future lies in the country and Ia bbc little towns. Back tbem up and make tbem grow. SALEM Salcmn Womcn's Association met aI bhe Barrie home on Feb. 16 wlth 17 ladies present. The presidernt opened the meeting witb a hyma !ollowcd by bbc Lond's Prayer. Minutes were rcad and the rail cali baken. It was moved by Mrs. Werry and seconded by Mrs. Butteny ta gel bwo large pitchers. Mns. Collacott bad charge o! the prograni. Mrs. Genald Shackleton bad change o! bbc Devotional. Rev. Cresa- well gave an intencsting balk on "The Big Fisherman." Gardon Barrie favourad witb a vocal solo accompanicd by Doreen. Mrs. Coliacott and han gnoup aenved lunch. Port Dcrllngton "In the Pclmy Days Of Paddlewheelers (Bert Hutchesan) A Toronto papen i-ecently stat- ed that anothen o! the old Tor- onto-Niagana steamers wvas going to the junk pile and Ihat Ihis le! t only the old "Cayuga" and ber end was In sight. This does flot spealc very well for Toronto. Nol so many ycars ago the rua 10 Niagana Falls was veny populan and dcservedly so. Each morning in summen a num- ber of bired businessmen, weary bousewlves and romantic youag couples would make their wBy la the wharf aI the foot of Yonge Street and board bhe old "Tun- binia," make Ibein way 10 thé front deck, secune a louage chair unden a canopy tbea in a few ,minutes the whistle would sound, the gangway would be pulled In, the cables tbrown off and the Turbinla would case outinto the Bay and in a few minutes would be'ouI on beautiful blue Lake On- bar io. The noise, dirt and dust o! the busy clit, would be le! t bchinid and in a genîle cooling breeze o! pure air ail would relax la watch the sun shining on the spankling waters and the flock o! guils fol- lowlng 10 watcb for kitchen waste lhrown overboard. AUl 100 soof the whistlc would sound for Nia- gara but then would follow the 'cruise up the noble Niagara Ri- ver. AI Qucenston one would have the option of rcmaining on board for the rcturn trip or Iaking a trolley on bbe Canadian side bo the Falls or by the Gorge Roule on tbc American aide. lb scems bo one o! us old ones impossible that Ibis delightful tryst with paradise should b'e thnown away in favour of roaring along a crowded highway at 60 m.p.h. in a benzine buggy. However it is just the counter- part o! what was donc some ycars ago la the old Toronto- Montreal Royal Mail Line. You remember the fîcet of paddle- wheelers, Passporl, Corinthian, Algerian, Corinthian and Con- sican with their enormous paddle whcels whicb came up above the upper deck? Then the ponderous ."Walking-Beam". as lhcy callcd St, on the top dcck which went up and down like the children's teeter-to tten as AitIrans! erred power from the engine 10 the crankshaft o! the paddlewheels. Bawmanville, old Port Darling- ton, was the first stop on the cruise. About four In bbe afternoon if the breeze was from the south the sound o! the paddlewbecls would be waftcd uptown long be- fore the boat dockcd. Bill Gloven would scnd down a cab, quite a bunch of passengers and. public would congregate on the wharf and watch the boat swing around ta, make the entrance 10 the piers, for wc had a real pien Ihen with a lighbhousc and a fine break- waten ta guard it, also stately grain elevators and a huge coal shed. When il docked there would be quite a running around as baggage, freîght, such as bar- rels o! apples, were laadcd and passengers gol on and off. Il was a real 'trip taking neanly the whoie length of Lake On- tario, the Bay of Quinte, the fairyland o! tbe 1000 Islands and the supreme moment of the brip, bbc shooting o! the rapids on the St. Lawrence. At Montreal Ihene was the option o! changing ta another boat to bake you down the lordly St. Lawrence b Ithe aid City o! Quebec and, if desired, down 10 and up the scenic Sa- guenay River. That was a real trip, good enough for a boney- moon. I know for that is the one I took. I would like bo sec some mo- tors traded in and the paddle- wbeelers put back. Bent Hutcheson. P.S.-The aboya sketch is some recollections o! earlier days. We Retrospect Tinie-5:30 a.m., Jan. 2, 1883. Scene-The plat! orn of thc drab, non-picturesque, and wbol- ly unatbfactIv'e Bowmanvllle de- pot o!ithe (then) Grand Truak Railway. Cast-A sleepy station agent; aý yawning baggage man; a group o! back-country youngsters fnomn the1 bilitop village o! Enniskillcn- Jim, Tom and Sam Brown; Wil- ber and Bert Hutcbinson, and bbc writr-all !ully awake.and alert after an eigbt mile ride in open cutters, in the frosty morning air. Tom, Sam and Bert had served as chauffeurs to the end that the other thnee sbould make prompt launchlng upon lil!c' turbulent seas-Jim ta Toronto and Trinity Medical College, whilc Wilben and 1 beadcd f or Winnipeg under tbc flag o! David Maxwell, tbc fanm imolement manufacturer, of Paris, Ontario. "So wbat?" and "Wby bbc res- urnection?" quotb you. Just a stirring o! memory as a fcw days &go I stood by bhc open grave of an old friend-a sister o! the late Mrs. James Brown and lticre came ta me bbc realizalion that o! Ibat group o! 1883, 1 alone have survived. Sixty-scvcn ycars is a considenable cycle but as lôag as the othen members o! that group livcd and moved and bad Ihein being, they and I kept in contact. Jim Brown, a magnificent phy- sical specimen, was an outsband- ing alblete who gloried ini, com- petition. Following bis gradua-* lion in bbthcaling art, he bled hlm ta the Yukon. Some years later he located in Tor~onto wherc his son, Dr. W. Easson Brown,I stlil carnies on bhc paternal tra- dition. The Brown family wcre al gifted musically, and Tom, adapt- ing Ibis natural endowment ta a life vocation, became Superinten- dent o! Music in Stralford, and laten in Ottawa until the lime o! bis demise. Sami, as a lad, bbe maddest and bbc merriest ofîthe family, smash- cd ail prophecies as la bis future. by becoming an eminent Presby- tenian divine in Eastern Quebec. Ail three passed on ycans ago. Wilbcr Hutchinson, equippcd. with, a keen business instinct. steadily fonged ahead in the world o! affairs in Winnipeg and became an influential financial factor in tbe cily o! bis adoption. Bent Hutchinson mignated ta the north-west, amassed a com- petency in the jewellery business and retired ta Stratford. These bwo brb'thcrs bath died wilhin the past two yeans. 0f myseif? Await bbc finale! "Turn backward, lunn back- ward, Oh Time, in lhy flighl!" Fooiish and futile prayer. W. J. (Bîlly) Milis. Dcar George-Met Louis Blake Duf! in London on Salunday and canvassed your eiigibiiity for Paradise. Passed unanimously!- Billy. St. Marys, Ontario. The Sfaiesman Sold At Following Stores Dyen's Dnug Store, Newcastle. D. G. Waltan's, Newcastle. Wilson & Brown, Ncwtonvillc. T. M. Slemon, Enniskillen. F. L. Byam, Tyrone. G. A. Barnon, Hampton. Newton Tuyior's, Bunketoni Wm. Hackwoad, Pontypool. H. T. Sayweil, Blackstock. C. B. Tynneil, Orono. H. K. Reynolds, Kendal. W. J. Bagneli, Jury & Lovehl. J. W. Jeweli, W. J. Berry and The Statetsman Office. lived straight up froni bbc wharf and I got quite a lot a! pleasure waiking down there. There wcre no cottages and we couid bathe in birthday clotbes.-H.G.H. Boxç 42, Port Penny, Ont. 'The Sun and moon oach wMl be partially eclipsed in 1950v twlee. M , , à.-g C Happy landing?" IT MAY cost you hundreds of dollars from your *wn poeket If nmre person, .la i- jured on your premise.sud you are without Compreheti- sive Personal Llabillty Insur- a nce. Be! ore anythint happens INSURE NOW, with 'this ageney. Protect your horne, your savinga and your family. Stuart R. James INSURANCE - REAL ESTATitI Phone: Office 681 Res. 493 ing Street, Bowrnanville il i THANK YOU!1 1 would lilce to talce tlis opportunity of thankîlng my customers for their pasb patronage and I trust that bhey will give Mr, Stuart Morton & Son the same generous support. I would also lie ta thank ail my employecs for the whole-hearted co-operation bhey have given me while I have been in business in Bowmanville. I attribute whabever suc- cess I have had here to my employees 1 wiII be in Bowmanville for the next two months and any outstanding business will be cleared up in this time. Thanlc you ail again, J. HOWARD HANCOCK-% Aesop Up to Date Your Member Reports From Ottawa By John M. James, M.P. NEEDLEWORK Stamped Goods To Embroider A new shipment of table covers- scarfs buffet sets- pillow cases and towels. Suitable for gifts and home use. Threads A complete r ange of shades in Clarks, D.M.C. and Corticelli. Embroidery needles, hoops and quilting needles. Crocheting Crochet cotton, in large and small balîs, plain rolours and variegated. Pearl Cotton anc? Tatting Cotton J. W. JEWELL "BIG 4"20"p 27 King St. W., Bowmanvllle PHONE 556 PAGE TWO - TEZ CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLIC, ONTARIO "fURSDAY, MAIRC11 2n& ION