PAGE TWO a - il Bowmanvifle and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Momber Audit Burecau et ciculations laAsociation Ki SUBSCREPTION RATES $2.50 a Ysczr, atrictly in advcsnce $3.00 a Y.ar in the Ujnited States Publshod by rHE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Authoriz.d on Second Clast Mail Pont Office D.partmient. Ottawa. Bownianville, Ontario GEO. W. MAMES, EDnnO MAIN PUÉPOSE 0F FESTIVAL TO DEVELOP ART 0F MUSIC Seeing reports of Music Festivals in variaus parts of Ontario appearing in the daily press these reports have stirred up in the mînds of several local public spirited citizens a desire ta revive the Durham County Music Festival which was suspend- ed during the last war. With this in, mid the editor of The Statesman spent a day in Peterborough last week attending the fifth annual Kiwanis Music Festival and was well re- paid for the time and effort. Besides en- joying the variaus musical numbers and the constructive and entertaining comn- ments by the English adjudicators the editor was a guest at the Kiwanis Club lunchean at which the adjudicators made some timely and helpful comments on the subject of music festivals. We publish some of their remarks hoping they will be the means of making our readers festival cansciaus ta the point of starting a movement now ta organize for a musical festival in Bowmanville next spring. Here are excerpts from the brief addresses made by the adjudicators, Gardon Thorne and John Ciements: "The purpose of a festival is not prim- arily ta give awards, certificates or marks nor is its primary purpose the production of musical geniuses and star performers." "The main purpose of a festival," Mr. Clements contended, "is to bning as many people as possible into -the making of music at whatever standard it may be." "Hene in this festival there may be budding musiciaris who wiil develop Can- adian music in the next generation," Mr. Thorne remarked. "Canada is too young a country ta have a strong musical tradi- tion and the young people ta whom you are giving the apportunity ta performi may be the ones that give this country that tradition in the future," Mr. Clements termed music an art, not a science, and explained that through music festivaý% this art develops taste, imagination and experience. This draw- ing together of people nat only ta performn but ta listen makes them better able ta appreciate professionals and discriminate between the good and the bad in music. In addition, any boy or girl who had gone through the miii of a music festival will become a better citizen. "The job of the committee arranging this festival," this speaker concluded, "is nat ta educate the yaungsters, but ta edu- cate the parents. It should be explained ta them how these competitions should be run and why they. are run, and also the importance of bringing young 'music stu- dents not only ta the events in which they are ta perform, but toalal performances possible. If this were done the cammittee would not came up against the usual petty squabbles anad criticisms. "People must be made ta realize that the festival is far greater than the indiv- idual who participates in it," were his closing remarks. OUR MOST TRAGIC LOSS The ominous shadow of war once more hangs aven Canada and the grim news of casualty lists brings sharp pangs of sonrow as we learn of young Can~adians who will not return ta the country they have served sa well, and yet so inured do we become ta sad news that we give scarcely a thought ta the deadly toîl of accidents exacted from the nation each year. Officiai casualty reports indicate that during World War Il 41,371 members of the Canadian Forces lost their lives. Total casualties amounted ta 104.925. During the same years accidents in Canada dlaim- ed 38.561 lîves and more than 150,000 people were critically injured. Let us get clearly in aur minds that the persans killed and injured in accidents are truly casualties as those who were kîlled in action during the World War II or who are now being killed in Korea. Those who cause or are responsible for these casualties are cantributing ta the welfare of aur enemies. This killing and maiming of aur citîz'ens and the destruc- tion of property, particularly in traffie accidents, is as seriaus Io aur nation's future as if it were caused by our enemie9. The essence of traffic safety is con- tained in three words: Engineering, en- forcement; and education. The f irst two fields are clearly the responsibility 6f public servants but need the strong sup- port of citizens ta be fully effective. The field of community education in safety is ont in which ntaiy citizens are activelv' engaged and which needs much mare development if we are ta cut down aur national accident toil. Ail cammunity or- ganizations can assist in this important work of making people "accident con- - ~ . ..... . ~ LIWMVNVÂIiLLL. OJN LAII) 'rH RSDAY MAY 310<, 199 scious" and helping them ta think in terms of safety on the road, at work and in the home. SAil of us have an obligation to do W'hat we can to see that this slaughter and destruction is stopped or at least les- sened, as*a necessary and vital contri- bution ta the welfare and growth of Can-. ada. «bjt 0anablan %tt#nn Falablishod 1854 wth whicb in tncorporated The. Bowmanville News, The Nwcastle Independest and The Orono News 96 Yeais' Continuous Service ta the Town m Communism does not correct poverty; it spreads poventy so thin that everyone is poar. In Communist and isacialist count- tries there is much more miseny than in other countnies. The free market economy alone cor- rects poverty, inheniting it fnom primitive and feudal socialism. The market econ- amy creates wealth, thus throwing pox'erty into bold relief. It is said that the market economy penalizes the unfi 't. 0f course it does. But sacialism penalizes the fit. Take your choice. You cannat have bath. The cause of Communism is flot the urge of aIl men- for food but the urge of some men for power. This power is cun- nîngly identified in the public mind with the common good. Capital is that portion of wealth which is applied ta the production of more weal th. Collectivism-socialism or Com- munism-is as capitalistic as any other system. No econamic system which is flot capitalistic ever existed anywhere in the warld. In a century of propaganda. Com- munistà and socialists have succeeded in imparting ta the word "capitalism" an un- pleasant connotation. The ral af dishonor of fraudulent arguments steadily grows. Mns. Elien Fairclough, M.P. for Hamil- ton West, is a neal student of human nature when she declared in an address recently that about the only time the modemn fam- ily gets togethen is at meal time. There are too many outside activities demanding the attention of everv member of the family. Home should be a place where chiîdren Iearn the histor, of their country and the heritage whicb, ais theu' own. Premier Frost has forecast the ap- pointment of a committee to enquire into .and report on the matter of municipal taxation, according ta the Orillia Packet- Times. The subject is one in which Mr. Frost has taken a deep and studiaus inter- est for a lang time. Shartly after hc came inta office as Minister of Education he made a move ta relieve the burden on the municipalities by increasing the edu- cational grants tenfold. But this increase wvas soon more than eaten up by the rapid growth in salaries and other costs, and today schaol taxes are higher than ever. In this connection the minarity repart by a section of the Royal Commission on Education called attention to the "almost overwhelming burden an rateable proper- ty for the local share of the cost of edu- cation," and "questioned the ability of the provincial treasury to continue under varying economic conditions ta meet the province's share." They suggest that, in their recommendation for a complete overhaul af Ontario's educatianal system. the majority of the Commission had failed ta give suflicient consideration ta the f in- ancial implication of their proposais. It is quite certain that the burden on real estate is becoming intolerable. In the case af tenants some of it can be passed on,,but home owners are being called on ta pay a rentai. for living in their own houses. Time is not so long ago when the Town Couincil was worried at the pros- pect of a rate of thirty mills, and when forty milis was reached it was felt ta be oppressive. Now sixty mills would be ac- cepted with resignation, and relief that it was not higher. But the prospect is for stili higher taxes, ta meet growing costs and demands. The praposed committee will have a difficult task, but it is ta be hoped they will f ind some method of re- lieving the burden on real estate. The scope of municipal expenditure has wid- ened to a point where it is nxo longer f air that the whole cast should came from this source. TAX BURDEN ON REAL ESTATE 1 BECOMING INTOLERABLE In the Dim and Distant Pasi From The Statesman Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO FIFTY YEARS AGO Death is announcedi of an illus- Mrs., W. H. Rlckard and her triaus native' son of Newcastle, four children arrived in town this Chester D.* Massey of Toronto, week from Honolulu, Hawaiian philanthropist, noted industrial- Islands, and are guests of 1Mrs. ist, educational leader, publie Shaw, Church St. The children spirited citizen, patron of the will attend school here. arts and benefactor to his native Dr. W. W. Andrus, native of village. Orono, has been elected by ac-- Fred W. Bowen, M.P. for Dur- clamation Mayor of Miles City, ham County. was honored at a Montana. This is his third term. banquet in Port Hope Armories Dr. Harnden, dentist, is now when Mr. and Mrs. Bowen were using an absolutely safe and sure presented with a beautiful silver painless agent for the extraction- tea service. of teeth. Trinity United Church Choir Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. gave their popular choir leader, Hooper, HorseySt., were given a Mr. T. W. Stanley, a generous surprise party on May 24 by their cheque in appreciation of his friends, it being their 2th services on leaving for Port Hlope. wedding anniversary, when théy No need to go to Niagara to see were presented with a beautîful fruit trees in blossom for riglît china tea set. here in Durham County yau nîay A "Carrne Nation Social" was sec unrivalled beauty with the held in the Methodist Church, apple blossoms in ail their glary. being of a splendid temperance W. B. Couch, our veteran mer- nature. The popular symphony chant who celebrated his 87th quartet-Clarence Meath, Nor-i birthday May 12, was secretary of man Jolliffe. Rod'k Mitchell and Hampton Good Templars 66 Fred Trebilcock-contributed se- yeéirs ago-.-1860. veral niumbers. Mrs. W. P. Prower is in Port Stock in the Farmers' Co-Op- Arthur where her son William, erative Packing Co., Ltd., Bow- on the Bank of Montreal staff, manville, with a capital of $150,- underwent an operation for ap- 000 is divided into 6,000 shares at pendicitis. $25 each. Miss Pearl Cale, Bowmaniville, Hampton-Master Frank Moore is receiving congratulations on got a fish hook in bis fingers and passing her exams in nursing at Principal Frank Groat cut it out, Ontario Hospital, Whitby. Mt. Vernon-Dr. Frank Tneb- Fred Depew has erected a fine ilcock and Miss Lena Mason will dancing pavilion at Port Bov- give literary numbers at our 'an- manville on the east side. niversary concert.c M. W. Tamblyn has the- con- Orono-Dr. Neil Colville has tract for building a two-rooimed been home nursing bouls. school at Enniskillen. Havdon-Ernest Anger and Mr. Miss Doris Foster piassed her Gibson, miller, were thnown second year and Ross Tilley his from a rig when the latter hadc fourth year in medicine at To- his lcg broken.S ranto University. Enniskillei-The Church wasf Blackstock - Smith Ferguson, crowded for anniversary lecture John Edwards and Byron Hyland given by Col. Sam Hughes.. are attending military camp at Solina-Recitations at the S. S.î Port Hope. annivcrsary an Monday werp Courtice-BilI Walters' new gas given by Gordon Reynolds, Fred station in the west cnd of our VanNest, Wm. Westlake, Eva Pas-. village is ahl lighted uIp like a coe, Mary VanNest, Frank Vice, e Christmas tree. Edith Vice. Arthur Westlake,y C. H. Carlisle bas been promat- Percy Westlake, Ethel VanNest, ed ta presid.nt of the Goodyear Maude Reynolds. Tire and Rubbcr Co. of Canada. Tyronie-A. D. Gardiner leavesu Newcastle-Miss Eva Colwill this week on an excursion to New e was among the 170 nurses who Ontario.c graduated from the Sick Child- In reparting a wedding this 0 ren'$ Hospital, Toronto. expression was used: "He sup-0 ported lis cousin in the trying Did you know that you can ordeal." It was a common cus-0 now buy blankets which are tom to publish the list af weddinpg M 1.sizeset?" This means you cau gifts in those days. The brîde's Y' wash and wash them and they father gave her z' sewing niïa- will flot shrink. chine. Welfare Minister Officially Opens New Office of Children's Aid Society Carrying a huge, symbolic Sunshine on Saturday afternoon golden key, the Ontario Minister outside the ncw Children's Aid af Welfare, Hon. W. A. Goodfel- office in the hilîside town. low, on Saturday. May 19, open- On the platform were such ed the first office building ever figures in the organization as built in Ontario exclusively foi' Wilmott Prouse, president of the the Children's Aid Society a, N. & 'D. Children's Aid Society Port Hope. wbo was chairman of the cere- in opening the swank, $25,000 monies: Rev. Dr. N. S. McKech- building on Ridout Street, the nie, secretary af the organiza- Welfare Minister called this chila tion: Rcv. B. K. Cronk, who of- welfare organization, "the last fered prayers of dedication as the great private welfare arganiza- new building was opened; Ar- tion in existence within the pro- thur Finnie, District Superintend- vince." ent of the Children's Aid Society. "I hope the day ilnv- Other distinguished pensons come," the cabinet minister said,- present-some ot whom gave '.when the Children's Aid Society brief remarks just prion ta offici- becomes just another branch of al apening-were Bruce Jandrew, the Department of Welfare." of Murray Township, last year's Mr. Goodfellow spoke of what United Counties' Warden; George he ternmed "the excellent work Walton of Newcastle, present of private organizations" and con- Warden of the United Counties; demned a current trend to John M. Jâmes, Durham County centralize ail welfare services Member of Parliament; A. J. through government-run organi- Ballet, chairman of the Building izations. and Property Commîttee, who ar- "1 don't know why this trend ranged the apening ceremanies, shou]d be,' Mr. Goodfcllow said, pcrsonally; Mrs. C. M. Roberts, 'because you know and 1 know oldest active director of the So- that government services are ciety vho lias been tied up in neyer as efficient as those ser- the work for the past 35 years. vices which can be put forth pri- Ovex' 200 spectators toured vatel 'v.*" through the new office building The opening ceremonies tonk after it had been officially thrown place under a brilliant mid-Mav open bx Mr-. Goodlfellow. 700,000 Tre.. Plant.d This Year In Trent District The annual, tree planting seas- on in the county forests is now finished. A total of 700,000 trees were planted in the Trent Dist- rict this yean: Northumberland Forest 220,000 Ganaraska Forest - 411,000 Victoria Forest 69,000 Total ---- ---- ------700,000 Thiree million, seven bundred and fifty thousand trees have been planted on county fonests in the Trent District since the end of WorMd War II. Oni Satunday, blay 12, about 75 Boy Scouts fnom Peterborough and Pont Hope planted 5,000 P~op- lar and Locust trees on barren lands in the Ganaraska Forest, Hope Township. '> eir efforts will help ta rstor 'these erod- ed wastes ta a caver of green f or- ests, providing gaod land use, fishing and ptosperity ta the aren. Dominion Stores Sales Up 15 Percent for the tenth consecutîve y ear sales oI Dominion Stores Ltd., reached a new high in the year ended Manch àl, 1951, accarding ta the annual repart, the total, at $74,184,854 being là per cent above the previous year. Net carnings af $1 ,723,098 or $1.36 a share, compare with $1,- 1479,517, or $1.17 a share, in pre- viaus year. The 1950-51 net, wyhich represents a profit oI 2.3 cents per dollar of sales, is alter ali charges inclucling income tax- TED WOODYARD'S APPLIANCE STORES Corner of King and Silver Streets, Bowmanvllle and at Orono D.e FC.0 DIS TI4NGUISHED FLYING CR 08.9 For "an act or acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy... During the Second World War, the Disringuishcd Flying Cross was awarded ta 4,028 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force. . . exceptional fearlesiness in the face of the eneny'.. 6.out standing courage and determination". 4,028 citations-each anc a tribute to service in the defence of freedom, by m'en of the R.C.A.F. Today, in Canada's rapidly expan- ding Air Force, more young men are needed to train as Air Crew Officers -Navigation Officers, Radio Officers and Pilots. To be eligible, you mpust be be. tween 18 and 24-be a Canadian citizen 'or other British subject- be physicaliy fit-and have junior Royal Canadian -Aïr Force Consuit the Carier Comanwlior at your nharest R.C.A.F. Recruiting Unit or-MAIL THIS COUPON R.C.A.F. RECRUITING LUi, E 55 York Street Toronto, Ontarioq Phone PL. 5636 or 5637 SNAME................................................. a peti<I.rsre-(PESAS paN? I guri.. ~ STREET ADDRESS................. m etéq lru . C ITY .... ...................... P R O V IN C E ........ em ee b . UCATION ... ................... . . CAP 42 Ws G ........ -- - - - - - - - - - "a-- -m - - - Somethinq That Everyone Can Do This is a venv active, interest- ing kind of world. - Most af us have so many things ta do, and a great many mare things that we are planning ta do when we have the time and apportunity. Our very activity keeps us Sa busy that we tend ta, ovenlook thelfact that therè are a great many people who are shut out from the normal type afI hIe by being shut in. To rcmind us af these folk, and ta urge us ta do samething fan them, the first Sun- day af June is set aside annually as Shut-in's Day. Who are the Shut-ins? There is litie need ta ask, for everv community bas them: folk wvho are shut in through age, disabil- ity and variaus types of illness. Not only are they confined ta the house, bospitals an athen institu- tions, but many cannot even leave their beds. They ail are cam- pelled ta lead a restnicted life, and some af tbem readilv admit that only the kindness of friends and the consideration af visitars Why polo ize$1,898 millions. That is the bas of all the arguments about 'ui For Profits ? conscionable pnafiteering." Bi ________consider the neiated facts pr( By Joseph Lister Rutledgc vide: First, corporate taxesj Lik mnyothr ors o tîe1939 wene $219 million. Te Likeman oter ord oftheyears laten they were $727 i day, 'profits' bas been given a lion. Sa the profiteering begir sinister implication. But, since to disappear. The part of a man first made a deal with bis profits that were retained in th fellows for somcthing he needed business for development prote( profits have been a factor in af- t'ian and modernization was aboi, fairs. The effort ta suggest that the same, about one-third o!f t profits, in some mannen are re- total. But that meant that it wa prehensible has become a fav- $219 million in 1939 while it wa orite method of confusing Issues. 601 million in the langer commit Recentiy Mn. C. H. Millard, Can- ments af 1949. adian Director 6f the U'nited Dividends paid out tai pensai Steel Workers, meeting the chai- in Canada from all sources, whic] lenge that unions were not ai- is wbat we realhv mean by prof ways living up ta the spirit of~ its. repnesented $130 million ii their agreements, countered by 1939 and $269 million ten year speaking aI the 1'unconscionable later. Of course, there was twic, prafiteering" aI Canadian capit- as much capital invested, wagc alists. This is a tactical move were three times as great, the nle aimed ta take attention from anc value of ail production ha( argument, ta anathen calculated doubied and the personalinix ta arouse and divent the public: cames of ahi of us wene twice & interest and ire. great. But profits related tc It is time ta return the wvord these incames were 3.03 per cen ,.profit" ta its proper connation in 1939, and 2.12 per cent af oui and ta see it as a useful and ne- incimes in 1949. Somnehow i cessary part of af the operation of seems that honestv demandsi aur way of 111e. To do sa we consideration of these facts beý must free ounselves of the habit fane speaking of "unconscionabl. of camparing what is not coni- pnofiteering" or expecting. tha, parable. Before the profits of we can use a non-existing po taday and those of a mare or iess aIpofits ta penform social min. distant yesterday can be cam- aches. pared honestly, many related facts must be considered-thc changing value oI the dollar, the. The secret of happiness la noa expanding work force. the de- in doing what ane likes, but in velopment of industny and trade, liking what one has ta do.-Ban- the increasing demands af gov'- rie. ernmpnt Iinancing, increasei technical efficiencies and thi"p~'~ niounting casts o! aIl produc*s, T 1 C K E T Il and services. TO EVERYIVUEIRE Fortunatelv, government îip - Air. Rail or Steamahip 1 ures bearing on the subject have Consult recentlv been made available. J3[U R Y & L 0 V E L L The 'v admit that corporate prof- Bowmnanville its in 1939 were $618 million7 15 Kitg St. W. Phoneo778 while ten yearr laten, they were ________________ Iis 3ut o- in ris a11 )ut he las it- is Ch in Ce d n- to nt ar - N-' 4 ~.êi d~ ->~j 4'> ~ J. William Horsey, president, reports that last year was a re- cord in every respect. Expan- sion and modernization of netail facilities cantinued; a record vol- ume was attained, and wortb- while improvements wene made in operational methods. Aver- age weekly sales per store were 20.82 per cent highen. At Manch 17, 20.5 retail outlets were in op- eration, the samne number as last year.. While 18 new stores wene act- ually. apened in 1950, the year end saw 15 other stores under construction, plans drawn for >thers and sites chosen for stili others. In addition ta new con- struction, 18 major and 15 ser- ondary store remadelhing jobs Were completed during the fiscal 1 'car. FRAUDULENT ARGUMENTS For Cooking- O Frigidaire Electric Range j 0 SImm For Keeping - Frigidaire Refrigeraitor SEE THE 1950 MODELS NOW their thinking and attitude to life. On the other hand there art some who have won such a spir- itual victory over their aillng bodies that they are a sourc6e of inspiration to all who visit them, The mother of one of Britain'a statesmen spent flearly half a century in bed, and ta her bed- side came the elite of the land to be inspired by lier courage', optimism and unselfishness. Plan to make Sunday, June àrd, the day in which'you show at least two shut-ins--a civilian and a disabled veteran-that you care. It could be through flow- ers. a gift or a letter; or a pers- anal visit in which yau leave be- hind some littie token of your thoughtfulness. But above ai don't forget them until Shut in'r Day cames again next year remind you once more,.r In His name who said, -1 was sick, and ye visited me," let u3~ unite in making June 3rd a rare, unfongettable day for the Shut-in and for ourselves. R. O. Stewart bas been appoint- ed assistant chie! engineer, con- struction, Canadian National Rail- way's. with headquarters at Mont- LEADERSHIP DEMANDS RESPECT Leaders who demand respect axe men of character. This is particularly true of youth today. A yaung soldier will follow the leader he respects and has confidence in through thick and thiri. A schoal boy relies almost *entirely on the leadership partx'ayed by his teacher. An athiete whether engaged in the game of hockey or in running the hurdles will study the pattern of those who are adept at that brand of sport. Members of the rank and file in politics, municipal or provincial, admire a man in whaim they have con- fidence. It therefore behoves leaders in al walks of life ta set a good example, es- pecially where youth are concerned. Lead- ers must have a stability of character and if placed in positions of trust they should act in such a manner as ta always com- mand respect and admiration. Happy the leader who carnies out the duties of his office in a manner which at ail times calîs for steadfast support on the part of those with whom he cames in contact. Woe ta the leader who succeeds in climbing ta a position of trust and re- spect in the communitv, province or nation and then spoils everything by get- ting the idea that he is indispensable and can get awav wi th looseness of character and habits which lowers his status in the eyes of the youth, or the people who eh'- v'ated him ta that position. A leader must always be steadfast and true and toaa certain degree exemplary in his habits. "M CANADIAN STATrAMAM lRnMLffl,&%nM'rV #%M-Auvo% )t