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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 23 Aug 1951, p. 8

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AflU urawr TUE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVTLLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 195! Lurrent and Con fidential CENTENARY AT MOOSONEE To most people the name Moos- onee signifies only some remote spot in the northland, for which,, *for some unknown reason, the high and low temperatures are If given on the weather forecast. But Moosonee. situated on the tidal Moose River, 12 miles from .James Bay, with close to 300 years of fur trading history behind it, *,backed by dense forests of slim gpruce and pine, and facing to- .ward the cold waters of the bay where Henry Hudson in 1611 was abandoned by his mutinous crew -Moosonee personifies the north. Here Cree Indians fromn farther ,north around Port Albany corne in 24 foot freigbt canoes to spend the summer. With their resident Cree brothers they trade at the Hudson's Bay store, the free trade store, or the Hudson's Bay trading post on Moose Factory Island, four miles out in the Moose River. . At the beginning of August this year, the Crees for many miles aiong James and Hudson's Bays gathered on this island, along wit'n 200 or more piigrims from al parts o! Ontario, to celebrate the 'centenary, August 5, o! the Angli- can Church at Moose Factory. This tremendous influx of visi- tors was put up in the Hudson's Bay Staff House and the pew1y completed, ultra-modern bospital 'which has just been buiit by the Department of Indian Affairs ta serve a large area around the Bays. No less than six bishops were present,' headed by Bishop- tPLAN TO AT' jR. J. Renison, an old friend of the Crees and the Eskimos, and at the colorful and impressîve 10 a.m. service on August 5. Arch- deacon N. R. Clarke was conse- crated as suffragan (assistant) bishop of Moosonee under Bishop Renison. Eariier in the day, at 7:30, Hoiy Communion was held in the Cree language. Afternoon and evening services were aiso held. Rt. Rev. W. L. Wrigbt, Bishop of Aigoma, brother of J. DePencier Wright, a former rec- tor of St. John's Anglican Church, Bowmanviiie. was, present and took part in the services. The present church building was erected in 1860, and has a unique feature. Once in its his- tory, the church was moved off its base by high flood water and great blocks of ice. After this, pegs were let into the floor, and if the height of the flood seems dangerous, these are puiled out and the water allowed to rise in the building. Things get a bit dirty and sodden. but this dam- age can be remedied. The main thing is that the church stays put. Northland Railvays Two of our friends from Bow- manvilie took the 667 mile jour- ney north by train and spent four days at Moosonee and Moose Fac- tory Island. They went, not as piigrims to the centenary, but as ordinary vacationers, and stayed at Log Lodge in Moosonee, the oiodge being run by the Ontario Northiand Raiiway, formeriy the Temiskaming and Northern On- tario. TEND . DIGGER AND BETTER Durham Central Agrîcultural Society FAIR ORONO FRIDAY & SATURDAY ISeptember 7 & Il - MANY SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS - MONTREA-Never again wilI 1 warry on bake days. Now that I've dis.o~ee the "foolproof" way to bake - with C ALU M ET BAKING POWDE ... ake days are happy days in u bouse. Whether I'm making tca biscuits, cake or fluffy muffins, Calumet secs me through ta a happy ending. Calumet, you know, la the baking powder with the double action. Raises the batter or dough frst in the mixing bowl, then when it la popped into the oven-Calumet raises the mixture again-higher and higher. The resuit? More tender, lighter, perfectiy risen cakes, tmuffins and tea biscuita. And Calumet dues my budget a favour, too! No money 'wasted on ' iaking failures whien Calumet is iisedt Area You CsUting Your Money's Worth out of every dollar you cara? À hundred ce-nts in every dollar . . . and al of them have to cotnot. Otherwise, today's high prices ~ will biot up the money you*%e becn hoping ta aaa e 7 for important things. After al, you can't afford ta gurrender ta the cost of living! Ail that yon ncced is a plan. One toat's geared ta your incarne anut wants -. . . and inakes every iast cent do its fl ishare of buying. Fortunatelv, there is auch a plan. It's Personat Plan- ning, the BANýK 0F ,%ONTREAL'S timclv contribution ta hielping you, and me get the beLter of our money problems and get more out of life. Why nat drap rnto v'our nearrc-t brandi of thp. B of M today? Ask for ýjoîîr frpe. copy of *"PERSONAL PLANNING". This bright little booklet wil open yanr ercata lîow far you can make your xnoney go . . . w'Eln Yeni rcallvr plan yoiîr apendîng and your eav ing. You Can' Blaine If on the heat -_ . when yonr corna or alusecs hothier yoi. Y~AIetter hiame ià on 1/~ the fact that x'ai.xe r" negîcciel ta reno " ita mwithi ~ndr f311 Phile n 1/ 1uiîil That's fiat new wvonder-warking in- gr'dient ila BLUE.- JAY Corn and Cal- lus Plas -erq. It took 10 yvars of scientific research by Bliic-Jay ta deveiop Phicyyliirn. And nawv they've perfeeted àitota Uicpoint where it works 31% fastcr eud iî effective ia 95%à of the cases test- cd. I can vouch for its ef1etiý - ness, too . . . having been a long- time sufferer from cornsý,--nnt I1 discovered its magic'. Now I clv on Blue-Jay Corn Plasters vîit Phetàldiurnto keep my feet for- ever happy l 0l Course Y'our You,,gsters kecp yoit on th i n, t ~h es e vacation cas.ton spcial sill fake imie to ]avs.rthe von pcia JEL LL-0 dessert 1cpa t . .. for tcmpt- .4 n.excitiîng (les- serts can be whip- pea up in minutes with JELL-O JELLX ' 1>OWDERS-and at less f1ilin'-e a servingl Here'.ç x ion- ilerfifl one for tlhe vtinng nos JUNIOR SAILBOATS t nackage Orange or Leman JeIt-O 2 cups hot water 2 or 3 canned peach hatves Disove Jett-O in hot water. Turn into sherbet gtasaes. Chi. Cut veaches in boat-shaped pieces. Cut sinatt triangles of catored piper for saits. rIsert a toothpick through sait and ioto eac-h Peach stice. la hotd sail erect. When Jell-O is thick enaugh ta hotd up peach boats, arrange one ta centre of each Jelu-O "take". Chili until firin. Serves 6. 'MosMen Congider Theniselves Con noisseurs O0/ Food ... and there are VerV fciv lîa dont feel ilî.ît hanîcrade jarns and jeliies are delicacies beyond compare. Sa to kcep yaur 'ma.n's eyes a-sparkle irûith le winter. now is tii IQetJIdoPETIN ans fandrite frit, are moCreao- \ Qtitado dowo iN as andorites re maor e lvrT( ~ fuI, more full of color with Certa Liquid Pectin, be- cause you can use the fruit wira fuily ripe-at ita true-colored, flavorful best. Andmithi Certa, vou'il save 2/3 the time of the former long bail method, a.nd get up to 50% more jam or jelly from flic came amiount ni fruit. Resulte are alwavs so sure, if yon follaw exacdth te easy ins:îîiuian8 in the bookiet under the label of caci botie of Certa. UMVyl This la Good Coffeel Wýhat kind i.s it? '"Thc aoswer to tlîat question is more often thaunont-RED ROSE COOFEE. It'a coffee iliat I can recommend hcart. '- ily to you, for never-mn several years of using it, have I had a coffee faiure. Red Rose Coffcc prac-g : tically --ke itacfI Because it's qualitti coffee-. it'à alwfyu good, no matter how hurricd you may b. when y'ou're making if. I like a Coffee I Can rely on for faitbful good taste-tbat's whyv lid Rade is my choice. And z'ou'll fnd that fit same lRed lioQe qili makcled 1o-e 'Tes tops ln taste", ton! AnR-rc d e ied [lu-efcea î; upu, .-îi zI ci pou more aupa tg the AiOuad iw , flatvouj- goei &along. long wayl This railway, starting at North Bay in 1902. was first built to ac- commodate the settiers at Lake Temiskaming, but by this time Government survey parties had been sent out to analyse the ore possibilities in Northern Ontario, and as gold and silver were dis- covered, the railway pushed on. It reached Cochrane in 1908. Many proposais had been made for a rail connection to James Bay, but it was 1932 before the steel rails led to Ontario's sea- port at Moosonee. Riding the Ontario Northland, our friends say. is like travelling along Main Street. Each mile is marked from Cochrane on, and to these markers, faiiing a rail- way station, come lumbermen, trappers, farmers, Indians. Some come to catch the train, some just to see it go tbrough. Everybody seems to know everybody else along the line, and passengers pile off when the train stops, to have a littie chat. Then the whistle toots, and it's "ail aboard" again. Out of Cochrane, the train is known as the "Polar Bear," and is as famous in the north as the "Sky Chief" in the U.S., though maybe flot as speedy owing to its accommodating stops along the way. When the Polar Bear puiled in at Moosonee on Saturday night, August 4, bearing our friends, and about 200 people bound for Moose Factory Island and the centen- ary celebrations, it was just four hours late. Our friends were staying on the mainland. but the pilgrims had to be transported to the island, though it was now 10 p.m.. and dark. Barges had been provided for this purpose, but as the tide bad gone out by now, baring the many sand bars in the river, these were no longer practicable. So the 200 pilgrims were packed into the 24 foot Cree canoes and set off through the dark night. The navigators of these always wear bip rubber boots, and if tbey run on a sand bar, they hop out and shove off again. Quite an ex- perience for landlubbers though. Their trip by Polar Bear and canoe. and tbe colorful and im- pressive services the following day are something tbey wiil prob- abiy neyer forget. ROMANCE 0F THE PAST If you're stili with us on this jaunt into Ontario's romantic northland, we'd like to tell you that the Hudsgn's Bay Company was founded in 1670 because of the dîscovery of rich fur peits in the Moosonee area by those two intrepid French coureurs de bois, Radisson and Groseilliers. Being In the bad books of the French Governor at the time, and unabie tb placate him even with their rich cargo of furs from this new source, they left New France in disgust, and contacted the English in New England. From there they went to England and saw the newiy restored monarch, Charles II. himself. The King was impressed with their story of rich furs, and so were a group of rich merchants. The King outfitted two ships to make the voyage to Hudson's Bay in 1668. Radîsson's "Eaglet"' was driven back by a storm, but Groseillier's "N o n s u c h" won through. wintered at the mouth of the Rupert River, and brought back a rich cargo. Fort Charles was bulit on that site. The mer- chants who had financed the venture, along with the King, were so impressed by its success, that they formed a company on May 2, 1670, known as "The Gov- ernor and Company of Adventur- ers of England trading into Hud- son's Bay." As a symbol of its obligation to the Crown, the company was to "yield and pay yearley to us. our heires and successors, two Elkes and two Black Beavers whenso- ever and as often as we, our heires and successors shahl hap- Pen to enter into the said Coun- tryes.'" This payment was made when George VI and Queen Eiz- abeth visited Canada in 1939. The next expedition that went out in 1670, traded with the Crees at the mouth of the Moose River and about 1673 a fort was built on Hayes Island in the river. About 1736 a new fort was built on Moose Factory Island, and to this day in 1951, fur trading still goes on at that post which is where the Anglican centenary mention- ed eisewhere, was celebrated. The famous R.C.M.P. have a post here from which they administer jus- tice to this part o! the north. Two important things w e haven't mentioned: everything south of Cochrane is referred to as "outside," even tbough Mdos- once, 186 miles north. is consid- ered only a taking-off place for points farther north; and Moos- once ls becoming famous for the shootmng season of the great Can- ada Goose. The Bays, Hudson and James, are a gathering place for hundreds upon hundreds of these birds on their way south in the Fail. Hunters going north for wild goose sbooting have the experience of their lives. If you want to read a book about the north, try "The North- land Ontario." by O. T. G. Wil- liamson, Public Relations Director for the Ontario Northiand Rail- way. YouIli find it fascinating. The stronger f'x is usually the weaker sex because of the strenkth the weaker sex has over the stronger sex: or is it because of the weakness of the stronger sex for the weaker sex? Stafford Bros. Monumental Works Phone Wltby 552 318 Dundas St. E., Whltby * FINE QUALITY MONUMENTS AND MARKERS Preclse workmanshlp and careful attention to detail are your assurance when you choose from the wlde selection of imported and domestic Granites and Marbies in stock. Wedding Trip to Florida MR. AND MRS. ROSS STEELE whose marriage took place recently in the parsonage of Simcoe Street UJnited Church, Oshawa. The bride, the former Miss Gladys Joan (Pat) Piney, is daughter of Mrs. Robert Piney, of Oshawa, and the late Mr. Piney, and the bridegroom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Steele, Nestleton. -Courtesy Oshawa Times-Gazette Ed Youngman 's Co lumn We bave bought so many wed- ding presents this year, our f in- ances are becoming strained. If many more o! our relatives de- cide to take the big plunge we will bave to bit tbe boss up for a raise. or else go in for counter- feiting. Before we go broke we intend to buy another dollarsi worth of tickets on that nifty1 Buick to be given away by thbc Lions Club on August 2 4. If xvc don't win the car we will know our dollar is being weli spent in1 maintaining a ward in the new1 hospitai, purcbasing an anaestbet-1 ic machine, an x-ray machine and1 conducting T.B. survcys. Most o! us have probabiy tbrown mnany a dollar down the drain that1 didn't bring us the satisfaction1 that a buck's worth of tickets oni the Lions' Buick will. It doesn't look as though our Royal Cousins intend fa pay us a visit this trip. Weil, xve shouldi worny if they don't want to ride1 in our jeep, shake our grubbyi littie band and admire our ragged paint-spotted overalîs. Guess we wilI just have to go on hobnob- bing with the proletariat. According to the Christian Sci- ence Monitor a preacher living in Illinois, dlaims he saw growing in bis garden, a whole row o! plants that are producing both tomatocs and potatoes. He sax-s the tomatocs arc growing on the vines and potatoes on the roots. He further dlaims he only planted potato seed in the plot. That gentleman should -be more care- ful how he spikes bis coffee these warm days. I once imbibed a skinful o! vin blanc and vin rouge. The mixture so affected my eyesight that I didn't notice the Colonel's rank insignia, with the resuit that the Colonel be- came so concerned that be ne- commended I be kept in the clink for three days f0 see if my eyes would came back t0 normal. The M.O.'s didn't use penicillin in those days, but our old Colonel was resourceful. he was kind enough to sec that I was given three days' pack drill, in the hooe that the eyesight cure would be more effective. It was! Some time ago, a sanctimoni- ous chap bandcd mc soi-c liter- ature that stated positivciy there is a Hell, and that if I wasn't care- fui. I'd cnd up square in tl;.P middle o! the old man-trap. The nice old gentleman who gave me the tract doesn't smoke. swear, chew, drink or tell lies (he says). But he does hoid mortgages in several centres on working men's properties, and those mortgages return bim interest rates from seven to ten per cent. He bold me he neyer takes chances. Mie amount involved must not be too great, the prbperty value must be at least twice the inyested value. the interest must not be less than seven per cent, and as much more as the traffic will bear. Although he admitted to me that the interest from his invest- ed capital is more than sufficierA to keep him and his wife in comfort for the remainder of their lives. they are busily seek- ing proof of age in order to drag $40 each per month out of the federai treasury, via the Old Age Pension. We can only assume be is happy at the thougbt of pro- curing more ¶noney to lend out to bring in more money. I think any person who takes advantage o! another person's needs. by gouging him for ten per cent, is rapidiy quaiifying bimself for an extra hot seat in Gehenna. His concern for my soui's wel- fare would be more commendable if he used more practical Chris- tianity toward the poor wage ear- ning slaves who borrow his money. If I go where be predicts, M'Il sure work overtime stoking up a hot weicome for a certain oid skinflint who preaches salva- tion on the one band and practises domnation on the other. We have just received word that a couple o! ex-mule-skinners of our old battalion have had to quît the businesses they have been engaged in since their discharge from the Army back in 1919. They both emigrated from Scotland ta Canada in their youtb. Both serv- ed during the entire first world war with the 19th Bn. Slowly en- croaching blindness bas forced Bill Kirkaldy, at the age of 55 to turn in bis Lieutenant's badge to the Hamilton Fire Dept. His pension will be smnail because he dici fot compiete bis full time. The other chap is Jimmy Da- vidson, who bas been a trucker of coal for over tbirty years, but who bas bad to quit at 59 because bis heart just won't stand the strain any longer. Bill could really wear a uni- form, wbetber it was tbc kilted dress o! bis beloved Highland Regiment, the 'plain kbaki o! the l9th Bn.. or tbe natty, dark blue o! the Hamilton Fine Dept. When Jimmy was in the army bis but- tons were seidom shiny, bis uni- form rarely looked idy, he was aiways bumming tobacco or some- thing. But there neyer bneathed two more lovable, generous, syým- pathetic fellows. Bill wili have a smali pension. Jimmy won't because he operated bis own truck for bire. I bate to sce two good guys like these pushed un- ceremoniously fa the sidelines by fate. It must be a bitter pill ta swaliow. for them. "Old soidiers neyer die, they fade away." Yes, but the "fading away" hurts when Vets like these get bit be- low the beit. Tbe value o! Canadian forest exponts is greater than the value o! ail exports of wheat and flour and automobiles combined. If sold for the value of its clie- mical contents, tbe buman body would be worth 98c. taste and prefer the same free- doms. I ntheEdior S dii enh global unrest and het In heEdtors ein this hemisphere it la pos- sible that Canada and United Staes illunite under one flag Toronto Hospital, within a score of years, perhapa Weston, Ontario, sooner for national security. August 14/51 Yustuy To the Editor of Yustuy The Bowmanville Statesman:GeadFPtron Dear Sir: Editor's Note-We'll not argue Your editorial based on the flag with you over flag-waving, al- question and our relations with though we don't recall the recip- United States seems to Cast a cold rocal spirit of Americans hang- attitude towards our friendly ing out the good old Union Jack southern neighbors. I believe to any extent in our numerous the the Americans are proud of trips in Uncle Sam'u wonderfi their stars and stripes where country. Wonder, too, if ever it is displayed, much as Can- have ever experienced emnbar~!t- adians would be about their na- ment when paying an accounY in tional flag. Unfortunately Can- the U. S. and you have them re- ada does not have a truly nation- fuse Canadian money as if It ai fiag, but final action is pending were bogus bis? What Gallup in parliament for adoption 0f Poil ever gave you authority to such. say "the majority of Canadians It is most appropriate at thîs have a greater affinity for U. S. time of the year to display the than they have for Britain?" I'm stars and stripes of America. It ail for the "good neighbor" policy, is a sign of respect and welcome and in, that role Canada has an for our many American visitors important part to play as inter- on holidays here. Our relations mediary between the United with United States are much clos- States and Britain. Your panacea er than "foreign." The majority for "national security" lacks cour- of Canadians have a greater af- age and confidence in the real finity for United States than they characteh of the Canadian people have for Britain. The people of and the great future that lies the two countries speak the sameý' ahead if this generation will only language, think along the same assume its full responsibility of lines, are akin in manner and1 democracy.-G. W. J. Thousands Switch to the One Dry Cleaning Thot Gets Qut More Dirt-SANITONEI Budget-minded hiousewives removed. Stubborn spote are discovering that differ- go ne,perspi ration banished. ent, better Sanitone Dry Natural ojis restored so Cleani ng actuaily cioth às soft, pliable, like- s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-s garment life! new again. No odors, a bet- j Out goes even the deeply ter, longer-lasting pres s, embedded dirt particIes tbat minor mending. fred. Try chafe and weaken fabric this famous nationally ad- fibers. Colors and vertised dry clean- patterns corne back ing once and you'Il to life because U!yf~ nevergobacktoold- Sanitone Dry Clean- fashioned, half-way ing means more dirt e dry cleaning! EVYE LEI CH S Cleaners & Dyers - Laundries PHONE: OSHIAWA ZENITH 13000 Local Agent:- HOOPER'S LADIES' WEAR BEFORE BU"ILDING FIRE CUT 50DS MI'D ROLLTHEM BACK. DIG OUT EARTW FOR FI RE PIT. G3E 5URE BOTTDM 15 EART- OR R~OCK'. ACROSS 50DS PLACE IRON ROO5 OR GREEN SAPLING5 . APTER- ROLL BACK 5005 TO S5MOTHER EMBER5 AND POUR ON PAIL OR TWO 0F WATER. JU5T TO 13E 5AFE.",bn. HIOME-ME JARDINIERE TIN5 0F VARIOU5 SIZE5 (LIDS REMOVED), NE5TED.ý PAI NT OR EMAMEL, PLACE GRAVEL OUJ BOTTOM 0F TI Wb TO A5157 DRAINAGE FROM POT. IIASSOCKFROMBUTTEBox LINE WITH CHINTZ OR WALLPAPER. ATTACW LID WITH HINGE5. PAD TOP WITH LAVERS 0F COTTON. COVER WITH CHINTZ, IMITATION LEATHER OR CLOTH TO MA1TH DRAPEb~ SILHOUETTE PAI NTI NG PLAC.E GLA55 OVER PICU12E TO 13E TRACED. PRAW WITH INDIA INK IM BOLD OUTU NE. WH EM DRY, COVEF takC> WITH HEAVY WHITE CAIZDBOARD. OIND WITH OLACK< TAPE, August - the month of picnics! Each weekend we try to have somnething apecial planned for the whole f1j - an overnight, if we ar eat the cottage and weather Will Permit, Or a trip to some picnic area. if we are home. Such excur- sions should be enjoyed by al young Canadians with such excel- lent beauty spotg go close at hand. It becomes the duty of every adult to iearn and to teach safety mea- sures with camp fines if this herit- age is to be protected. Each year careles. people cause serious lbuses through forent fines. At this time of Yeai-, when oui forees are often tinder dry, cooking fires or camp firesa hould be built on soiid rock or right out in the open on packed earth. Embers have heen known to smoulder for day. and travel many feet underground hefore they break to the surface if the earth in laden with decaying roots and bits of Wood. If a large flet rock je not handy, the Garde une roUae of sod to form the aides of the firepiace and carry the weight of the cooking utensils. Siibn.n.s My teen-aged daughter in paint intereeting silhouettes on glassa framing tbem with cardboard an? black hinding tape. She does a good job of it, too. Son Jimmy, flot to b. outdone by hie sister, brought home a net of 'tin-can" jardiniers he had made during the craft period at bie boys' camp. They were painted and ready for immediate use in Ida mother'a "window" garden. Fftf Resi When 1 ait down to relax and pue my feet up thia winter, it willb. with the aid of a new haaaock made from a butter box. Just the finiahing touches remain. The top ban been carefulY padded and covered with bnight durable plastic. (AIl that remains ta b. done in complete the Pattern beîng made with decorative tecks.) leI.rit rmnd UtheIIuniv Ieuirt'. ju ia mblighed. %»rite for your <flpy Io «'IDI C<ard, oN1f.(»' (ONTARIO) LIMITED, P.O. Box 490, Adelaide 5t. Station, , oronto. THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTAIRIO MHURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1951 OPAM WGHT

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