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-'k.- ~ PAGI ?W~ 'a 'r t Ettablished 1854 * witb whlch in incorporated Sthe SowmauvieNews. The Newcatle lildependent P and The Orono News 95 Yemsr Contlnuous Service Io the Town of BowmanvWDe and - Durham County AIV INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Itember Audit Bureau of crculations Canadian WeoSCRTIN RATESr $2.50 a Yecxr, atrctly in advance $à.00 a Year in th. United Sta Publimhed by TM~ JAM PUBLISHING COMPANY Autbarized as Second Clama Mail Pott Office Depaztment. Ottawa. Bowxnanville, Ontarito GEO. W. JMMES, .EDIToe DEMOCRACy HITS A NEW LOW Bowmanville bas a population of close to 5,000 citizeps and around 2,000 of these are classed as ratepayers who are entitled to 'vote at municipal elections. Yet less than a score of people attended the nom- -ination meeting in the town hall, Friday zight to nominate candidates to fi the positions on the town councîl boaard for 1951, and equally important to hear the members of this year's council give an account of their stewardship. It was no wonder a disgusted citizen in leaving the hall that night remarked that democracy has hit a new low with our people wben they show such indifference to sucb an Simportant matter. That commendable pioneer spirit of cîvic pride in one 's com- *munity and a willingness to bear a fair share of the responsibility of making our' town a good place in which to live and g.work is lamentablý disappearing in this Spresent generation of pleasure-seekers - to heck *ith any semblence of being Spublic spirited appears to be their motta. We however, wisb to congratulate the b ew citizens wbo did attend the meeting and to particularly commend the mem- bers of this year's council who gave a '~clear report of the various municipal ac- tivities wbicb transpired during the year. Mayor Mason was brutally frank in his Saddress covering the town's financial af- ,,fairs and although he painted a rather '.glum picture hie wound up bis remarks Swith ýa ray of optimism for the future. ndBowmanville is continuing to grow and if it is to keep up to other commun- eiXities in the van of progress. and be an at- t ractive place in which to raj@e a family sane and efficient leadership and admin.. ý,istration must be given in town council, z rpublic utilities, school boards, Chamber of *-,Commerce and other local organizations. Our civie problems are no worse or better than other towns our size, but there *must be greater interest and enthusiasrn on the part of the citizens at large if the tow lsto o aead Amngthe problems ta be faced include waterworks extension; public school addition; question of broad- ening the higb school area; at least $50,000 more is required to complete the new *hospitai;, the skating arena will continue to be inadequate for the community's rieeds until artificial ice is installed at an estimated cost of around $35,000. Then there is the ever increasing upkeep of roads and streets, police force, public pro- perty, cemetery, etc. None of these pro- jects are insurmountable, but it will re- quire wvholehearted co-operation on- the part of every citizen ta contribute some free will service. Are you willing to do your part? ORIGIN 0F CHRISTMAS SEALS Forty-seven years ago in the city of *Copenhagen the idea of the Christmas Seal was born. The man wbo.originated the idea was a postman named Einar Hal- Vboelb, a cheerful, kindly man with a love for cbibdren. One of the sigbts that used *ta disturb bim as be went bis rounds de- livering mail- was the number of crippied -cbildren. He depbored suffering partic- uiarly among the young. * One night just before Christmas as Einar was working in the Post Office sort- ing-mail be was impressed by the wealth of greetings and good wishes that people feit impelled ta send at Christmastime. As be loaked at -the pibes of letters and packages the thought came ta him that niuch money could be raised if ail those senders were wîlling ta put just one more stamp- a heabth stamp - on their Christ- mas Mail. He discussed the idea over with bis fellow postmen and tbey too thougbt Sit a good plan and asked permission ta k present the plan ta the King of Denmark. SThe King sponsored the first Christmas SSeal Sale and suggested that bis Queen's tportrait be chosen as the design for the Th fist:lirst Seal Sale was held in Copen- Shagen in 1904 - mare than four million SSeals were sold. The Christmas Seal sale Sbecame an annual institution in Denmark Sand spread ta other countries. S The Clristmas Seal sale, again spon- sored by Bowmanvible Lions Club. is now Sunder way in Bowmanville and Durham County and it merits the support of al *citizens. Proceeds from the sale of Christ- ë mnas Seals wibl aid in combatting T.B. in this area. Durham already bas a very tlow T.B. incidence and we want ta keep ittatwy Luck means the hardships and priva- :tions which you have flot besitated ta £endure; the long nights you have devoted to work. Luck means the appcointments ~. "ou have neyer faiied ta keep; the trains you have neyer failed to catch. -Max 0OPBeiL THE SAME EVERYWR£R New Zeaiand is the, latest place ta report troublé over so-cailed free health services. Everyone knows that the bealth ser- vices provided by Governments are neyer free. They are paid for in taxation, but it is quite evident that merely stating this fact does not salve the difficulties into wbich one Government after another gets in connection with this well-intentioned program. Britain, Saskatchewan, British Col- umbia and New' Zealand, bave ail recently reported that something is goirig ta bave ta be done, because "free" beaith services are proving sa expensive. This is an extraordinarily difficut bus- iness. The idea that everyone, and espec- ialIy the poorer citizens, may be able ta obtain adequate medical attention for their families whetber they can pay for it or not, appeals ta every good sentiment. The difficulty is simply how ta arrange this in a practical fashion. Apparently the amount of medical attention wbich people will want and use, if no charge is made for it, is practicaily unlimited. No one seems ta know wbat percentage of the national incarne would bave ta be devoted ta providing "free" health services, after this system bad been in effect for ten or twenty years. It is the aid problern of bow the national incarne - the goods and services. produced by the people eacb year - is ta be divided. If the Government is going ta see that any important part of these goods and services is given away "f ree," where does it propose -ta reduce the con- sumption of other goods and services, ta compensate?1. Reaily, ta grasp what this is al tout, it is necessary ta think of the problem in these terms: If a Government were ta pro- mise its people ail the food wbich every- one required for a proper diet, ail the bousing, ail the clotbing, ail the fuel, al the recreation wbich we ail agree would be desirable for everyone ta bave, and al the medical services which people may need on top of'this, would the nation be able ta live up ta ail these promises? If not, then, in order ta make good on the promises in connection with some of these matters, the Government would simply have ta default on its promises in other directions. , Under the system wbich this country has foilowed in the past, the division of the national production bas been arranged b3r the ability of people ta buy goads and services, with such correction as could be brougbt about by benevolence and kind- ness on the part of the more fortunate. That may hot be as perfect a plan as one by wbich the Government supplies wbat everyone gets, but at least the aider plan bas always had the advantage of working. OBSERVATIONS AND OPINIOCNS A newspaper despatch states Jtussia Intends harnessing ýthe wind to aid the construction of hydro-electric power. That's nothing new in Ontario, for since Bob Saunders was appointed Chairman of the Ontario Hydro Commission be bas been on the air in bis broadcasts and up in. the air ta travel by plane more than any other man in Canada. But as they would say in the classics: "Windy Bob is doing a swell job." We may expect a big "back ta the land movement" since Viscount Alexander, Governor-General of Canada, announced iast week he intends ta "take up farming in real serious style" when bis official duties came ta an end. The awful days are- with us again when the annual tussie of civic elections in Toronto with its bunkum and claptrap f iii the columns of the city papers. You taik about petty small town quibbling, we'll give the ham bone ta the Queen City civic fathers every time in their squawking and squabbling in the contest for a ride in the civic chariot ta the city hall. Con- troller Lamport in his publicity campaign for Mayor appears to bave hit bis proper level by picturing bimself in the comic strips. Walter Thomson, newly elected leader of the Ontario Liberal party, is doing a grand job and much needed work in tour- ing the province ta organize and get the party tread-mills oiled up and in shape for the next election. Walter is an enter- taining speaker and a showman only sec- ond ta "Mitch" Hepburn or Bob Hope. But in addressing a farmer audience at King- stan last week he must have blown a bale in bis red bandana as be shed crocodile tears and bemoaned the deplorable lot of Ontario farmers, due ta "Honest Tom" Kennedy's. terrible agriculturai policy. Toronto Star came ouÙt next day and dlaim- ed Ontario farmers bad one of the best years on record. True, one doesn't know what or wbo ta believe when politics are involved. Alex Ross, .past district governor of Rotary, didn't mince words in bis address at the Rotary Club bere Friday condemn- ing communism and urging every red blooded Canadian ta do their part as in- dividuals ta eradicate this growing men- ace. In this connectian an extract from a brief on this subject presented by the Canadian Legion ta the federal cabinet makes timely reading:- "Exposure of the aims, techniques; customs, etc., of com- munists with a factual review of their record; education for citizenship; progress- ive elimination of abuses in aur present system which give weigbt ta communist propaganda; refusai ta employ commun- ists in any capacity where tbey would be in a position ta harm aur country; most careful attention by defense authorities ta the danger of fifth column and subversive activitie&" THE CANAD"MiSTATESMAN, BOWMN!LN,_ONTAM.O -- ?US ,NOV. Sotil l DON'T HAVE A SINGLE TRACK MIND ON A DOUBLE TRACK RAILROADI, Many railway crossings have mare than ane track, which multi- plies the hazard ta the motorist and makes the need for caution doubly great. The drawing above emphasizes one of the prime dan- gers of the multiple-track cross- ing-the train on the farther track obscured by the train maving in the opposite direction on the near track. This motorist would have saved himseif trouble if he wait- ed a second, or two ta see if the tarther traCk was clear before The Country Editor Looks at Canada From The Swift Current (Sask.) .Sun, Nov. lst 1950 Editor, The Sun 1 Dear Sr-I arn directing th! letter ta the man wha staod ii front of Cooper's ycsterday morn ing. I overheard you sir, wher you told the gentleman with yot that the solution ta f armers anc the working class of people ir gencral would be ta put the La. bar-Progressive Party into offic( and that under the Capitalistih govcrnrnent the working clas! hasn't a chance in the warld ai getting a square deal. 1 walked on slowly ieaving yau arguinE hcatcdly, for the other gentle. man didn't agree with you at ail. Since then I have been thinking about what I'd like ta say ta yau. I hope you will see this and rnay- be it wlll make you wonder if yau are right. It's a true story I'm gaing ta tell you ta illustrate what Dernacracy means ta some people, this Dernocracy you sa despise. My mother and I carne ta Can- ada in 1925. Before this we iived in Budapest, Hungary. I was only a littlc girl, but even at that I telt the oppressing influence of inse- curity ini the grown-ups around me. My uncles asking me ta open the door and sec if there was any- anc close by in the rniddle of a discussion on po]itics. The nat- ural acceptance that the news- papers gave out half-truths on somcthing the govcrnment be- lieved the people shouid know. Neyer daring ta speak your mind against the governrnent's policy in front of casual acquaint- ances for fear they would turn you in. The ironical part was that the papers were full of what they called "Freedom 0of the people." Freedorn-what a mock- ery! IlI neyer forget one night my uncle, mother and 1 were walk- ing home. It was February but wc were already wearing aur spring coats. It was a beautiful night and Budapest was aIl aglow. I had bcgged as usual ta stop and watch the electric sign which wvas my tavaurite. A goat, chin whisk- ers and ail, that jumpcd tram anc building ta the other then turned and jumped back again. It lookcd so splendid ta my yaung eyes against the dark star-lit sky. This was a special occasion for soon, very soon wc were going ta Canada. Uncle bought me a bag of chestnuts tram a street vendor who had his stand on the corner and raasted thern right there in front of your eyes! I guess that was the vcry hast chestnut teed I ever had. I was also aliowed ta buy twa tiny bouquets of violets tram a flower girl, one for moth- er and anc for me. "Whcn you get ta Canada you wan't be buy- ing violets an the streets" he said laughingly as he -pinned the vi- olets tn my coat. I meant ta ask him why but there was a window dîsplay of school books, childi-on sitting at desks and a tunny man teacher with spectacles on the end of his nase nodding his head and shaking a long forefinger in such a comical way I couldn't hclp laughing. When mother tucked me in bed after we got home I askcd her what uncle meant and she told me that in Canada it snawed in March! Questioning further I learned there wauld be no gypsy mnusic in the courtyard most af- ternoons, when you could have favoy~ite tune by tossing pennies tram the terrace and calling out the name of the sang. Tbere would be noa jaunts ta the museum Saturday afternoons, and worst of ahl-no Punch and Jud ' shows. On tap of ail these injust4ces na one would under- stand us until we learned ta speak English. My one, and only ac- complished English word being "yes" didn't seem vcry adequate for conversational purposes. Ili don't want ta go ta Canada. Lot'& atay with grandma, auntiaS proceeding. The Board of Trans- port Commissianers for Canada received reports of 443 railway crossîng accidents in the 12-rnonth period ended June 30th last. These accidents took 140 lives and injured.549 others. In some cases matorists dîsregarded pro- tective devices placed at cross- ings for their protection, and in others disregard of the basic rules of safe driving was responsîble for needless boss of lite and in- jury. and uncle and the rest,"I I pleaded, almost in tears. Mother leaned aver and kissed mie. "We are ail ready packed and everything is arranged! Why Marna's been getting- ready for months, yau know that, dariing, we have ta go. I know that when we get ta Canada yau wiil lave it." I was stili daubtfui however, "Marna why are we going?" I 3asked. "'When you graw up you 1wiil understand I want my little -girl ta graw %p where no one 1has ta be afraid ta do or say what 1 they thirik is right."1 This explanation meant littie 1then, but 'as I grew aider here in Canada it began ta mean. somne- thing. 'We had left everything we'd ever laved, ail the aid fa- miliar things we'd known ta yen- ture into an alien land where we had few triends and mother's two, hands as an assurance that we woudn't starve. Often since then I wondered at her eourage. She says simplY on voicing my won- der, "I arn very thankfui we came; where woubd we be naw?" Ail those things we went ihrough are Worth xt. That is the reason 1 canngt take Freedom iightly or for granted'as sa many in Canada do. I'm like a blind person with his sight re- stored. When yau know what it's like ta be without the demo- cratic way of lite You value it ail the more. Sure, aur way of hf e needs irnroving. Farmers aren't being treated tairiy. Some of aur workers aren't getting their fair share of wages, while athers are getting more than they should. The very tact that they can'or- ganize without fear of punish- ment is signiticant. This is a De- macracy. Under Cornmunisrn or Labor Progressive, whatever they like ta be called, rule, they wauld soon be disorganized, and the lea- ders Put in prison or put ta death for treason against the State. Why suppasedly intelli- gent men and wornen can't sec this l'il neyer be abie ta under- stand! The anly way ta make them understand wauld bepto scnd thern ta Russia for a while. They wauld soan sec what a dictatorial way of lite can do ta pcople's sauls. "What does it profit a rnan if he gains the wa' rld world if he loseth his saul." I hope you read this, Mr-. Comrnunist, and please, think about it with your heart. Think about ail the things you have under Dernocracy, where Frecdom is flot just a word ta hoodwink you, but a true, beau- tifully reai part of your everyday living. Yours very sincerely, Mrs. Margaret Schenkey. Swift Current, Oct. 27, 1950. Nes'ilelon Sialion Mr. and Mrs. Kitchener Burton celebrated their 5th wcdding an- niversary on Sunday. Mr-. Noon, Mrs. Emerton and Jirn wcrc their dinner gucsts. Mr. Richard Oliver, Brooklin, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Cccii Wil- son and tamily and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lamnb. Mr-. Andrew Holmes is visitL ing in Oshawa. Mr-. and Mrs. Findlay Pollard, Unionville; Mr-. and Mrs. A. An- nandale, Margaret and John, To- ronto, spent Sunday with Mi-. and Mrs. J. H. Harris. Miss Helen Bowers, Oshawa, spent the weekend with ber par- ents. Mr-. Walter Sharpe and Ni-s. A. Farder spent Thursday In Cavan with Mr-. and Ni-s. S. Staples. Mr-. and Ni-s. A. W. Brown and1 Allen, Oshawa, visited Mr. and Ni-s. G. Thomnpson. We are pleased ta sec Mr-. Har- ris able ta be out again since be- ing laid up with lumbago. Saturday cvening the ncigh- bours had another tire scare. Gea. Bowers' chimney caught tire and with such a high wind it was an anxious few minutes. Fear God, and keep His cam- i mandmcnts: for this is the whole dut.y et man.--zcoiaute& i Bankç of Nontreal Presents Report MIan on lhe treet Can Understand Montreal, Nov. 27.-Passng the h4f-billion dollar mark in its cuIkrent boans for the first time in its history, the Bank of Mont- real today published its 1950 an- nual report, mn a simple, clear, hulnanized form 0of statement- free tram the rnystery tradition- ally attached ta bank st&tements. in Preseflting its annual state- ment in terrnis which anyone can understand. the B of M con- tinues the course it has pioneered for six years. Unique, among bank statements, the repprt aimis ta inform aial Canadians, and B of M customners in particular, of the bank's operations in empioy- ing its two-1billion-dollar resour- ces, and it points up the respon- sible raie of the banker as the man Who brings together the people Who save money and the people Who barrow it. Busy People Make Busy Dollars "A Special Message to Custom- ers of the B of M,' as the 133rd annual report is entitled, brings the reader right inta the picture frorn the autset, with the heading: "Yaur 2 Billion Doolars are Bafty ...working with Canadians in every walk of lite." The statement expiains that "this is the rnoney that you and 1,800,000 other B of M custorn- ers have on deposit at aur bran- ches across the nation." and points out haSv hundreds of millions of this vast sum are ioaned to pri- vate citizens-to farmers, merch- ants and manutacturers-and ta public institutions ranging train gaverniments and school boards ta hospitals and churches. This Pý1ain talk holds good throughout the report, breaking down Imposing figures. into the simple tacts about people that they reflect. The statement is aisci brightened by the thurnbnail sketches which have ibecome aý familiar bail-mark of B of M re- ports in recent years. Loans and Deposits Rise To Record Figures Rising more than $40 million in a year, the bank's loans ta bus- iness, governments and individ- uais now stand at $528,000,000- the hlghest year-end figure in its history-refiecting the grawing tmnanciai needs of business and industry. Characteristic of B of M state- mients, resaurces that can bei quickly turned-inta cash are equai ta 76 per cent of public liabilities. This liquid Position reveals the bank's strength and its ability ta meet whatever demands are made Upan it. Depasits with. the B of M-in the names of 1,800,000 custamners -have risen ta a new-high thi.s year, and amaunt ta $2,062,000,- 000. an increase of $43.000,000 gince 1949. Governnment Taxes Equal Shareholders' Dlvldends Atter settling aill verhead ex- penses, including staff salaries, cost-of-living bonuses and pen- sion fund contributians, and rnak- ing allowance for depreciation of bank premises abd provision for contingencies, the bank reports earnings 'of $9,536,000. While this is an increase of $3 15,000 over 1949, a tise in taxes amount- ing ta $189,000 offsets the gain. Net earnings for 1950, totalling $5,942.000 after payments of tax- es, are thus up only $126,000 on the year. Federal arid provincial taxes, at $3,594,000, are within six thousand dollars of the amount dîstributed by the bank in divi- dends. These, on the basis of $1 a share per annum, amounted ta $3,600,000, representing a return ta the shareholders of 4.11 per cent an their funds. The bank's sharehoiders' funds amount ta $87,498,000. This fig- ure is made up of the money sub- scribed by the sharehoiders and, ta sorne extent, of earnings which have tram time . ta time been ploughed back into the business to broaden the services of the bank and to give added protection for its depositors. Red Cross Assisted 7 Major Disasters Duriiig Present Year At least seven major disasters in which Red Cross volunteers and money. assisted in relieving distress have taken place in Can- ada so far this year Maj.-Gen.,C. Churchill Mann, C.B.E., D.S.O., chairman of the National Com- mittee of Disaster Services, told the semi-annual meeting of the Red Cross Central Coundil in Win- nipeg. The Manitoba flood relief and the part the Red Cross was priv- ileged toay Isoutstanding in the annals of disasters, Gen. Mann declared, adding that it markeçI a milestone in the Disaster Ser- vices of the Canadian Red Cross Society. "Occurring at the same time as the Winnipeg Flood, the f ires at Rimouski and Cabano challenged the facilities of the Canadian Red Cross in a manner neyer before visualized," Gen. Mann stated. "To have three major disasters on our hands at one time is indeed unusual." He pointed out thet unlike a flooI. fiz-ýouski and Cabana were flash disasters presenting their peak prolblems within 12 hours of the commencement ot the disas- ter when the confusion and ex- A LITTLE COST WITH BIG RESULTS- IN CLASSIFIED ADS eeeReal Estaie Each year bundreds of real estate transactions are promoted wîth the aid of classified ads in this piaper. If you are selling, renting, buying, list it here! *..Farm Implements If you sell automobiles, trucks or farm impie- ments of ail kinds take advantage of the econ- amical quick sales made in the classified columns. For Sale- "Everything goes" in this classification. Read each week by approximately 12,000 people, it is a suref ire way ta teil a lot of people you have something ta seli. eeeLost and Found Dogs, cats, livestock, biilfolds - these are a few of the iost items that are returned ta owners when listed in the classified ads. nbe iànaia~n y*uulm Durhami County's Great Famiiy Journal It's not too, late! You can order new drapes now and they will be banging in your raom before Christmas. Came in now and see our large selection of drapery materials. You have the largest choice ini town rigbt here in aur store. If you want drapes give us a cail. We wiil gladly measure and instali them Free of Charge within a thirty mile radius of Bowmanville. GIFT SUGGESTIONS - Sec the many gift suggestions now on display in our store. - Pillow Cases Towels 1% a m a m 98c Io$4.95 pair - Blankef s She ets - Cushions m Pillows Complete Stock of DRAPERY RODS - TRACKS - HOOKS - ETC. Weber's Fabric Ce'ntre 10 King St. E. ÉowmcKVille Phone 3121 A..~ ~. NEW DRAPES for the FESTIVE SEASON citement accampanyîng such a disaster tends greatiy ta praduce panic, which in itself leadu te confused thinking. "It is very gratifying to knaw how promptly these disasters were met and ta see the organiz- ed manner in which relief was given," he said. Gen. Mann reported that !n nine provinces, excluding Alberta for which no report was avail- able, there were 397 minar dis- asters in addition ta the seven major ones in Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Brit- ish Columbia, and that the cost of assistance was more than $123,- 000, not inciuding the costs of r4 lief during and atter the Winni'.'-ýI peg flood. ZMON Mr. and¶ Mrs. Joe McCammand, Oshawa, at Robert Killen's. - Mr. and Mrs. Wes Camerion at Percy Flintoffs, Maple Grave. Mr. and Mrs. Anson »alson, Richmond Hill at R. W. Bali's. Mr. and Mrs. Percv Bryce, To- ronto, Mr. and Mrs. Jfack Shackle- ton, Bowmanville, at Fred Cam- eron 's. Mr. end Mrs. John Brummel, Toront6, at Leonard Bail's. Mr., and Mrs. Vernon Powell, Columbus. at Donald Yellowlees. Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Glaspel, Alan and Marilyn, Mrs. F. Be Glaspeli at Ray Scott's, Oshawl The hlgh wind blew a chimney down o% A1ex McMaster's house and Zion was wlthout power for a few hours. Let men Iaugh. If thev will, when yau sacrifice desire ta dutv. You have time and thternity te rejoice in'--Theodore Rarker. 3 mmo