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TKUESDAY, IANUART 31, 1952 T!~ CM~ADIAN BTATESMAN, EOWMMq'V1LLZ. ONTARTO WAflU . e ow~ ~'* - To NKew Canadians From Rolland GAso Highly Informative Addresses On Dulch Customs ai Women's Club It was a refresbing and en- Iightening eiçperience for the Women's Canadian Club ta hear sometbing o! the Netberlands and how Canada and Canadiaris appear ta the Dutcb. Speakers at the January meeting of the Women's Canadian Club on Mon- day afternoon, Jan. 21. were twa ~gDutch women, Mrs. W. »ndsen, who lives in Bowman- Vfle. and Mns. J. F. deWitb o! Newcastle. Mrs. Berendsen has been in Canada for several years and speaks English quite fluently. She married after coming ta Can- ada, and so wears ber wedding ring on the le!t band as Can- adians do, wbile Mrs. deWitb who bas been married for 12 years and bas only been in this coun- try for seven months, stili wears ber plain gold wedding band on the third finger o! ber rigbt hand, as is the custom in Hall- and. Many other interesting customs and contrasts wenc brougbt ta ligbt through the in- formal talk given by each o! these young wamnen. Mrs. Berendsen, who was a kindergarten teacher in ber bome- land, spoke first, and gave a few facts about Holland. It is be- iow sea-level, and there is so much water in canals and rîvers that one is almost surprised to find the country stili there a!ter a stormy day, Mrs. Berendsen said. Much a! the transporta- tion is by canal, and is cbeap. Roads are narrow in Holland and there are not sa many cars as here. Everyone rides bicycles, eveh womcn o! 60 years and aid- er. Clothing Expensive The aid costumes are nat seen now except in a few villages, Mrs. Berendsen mid, though rnany wear wooden shoes. And no wonder, since leather shoes cast ______e______ e KING ST. E. around $35 in Halland! Ciothing is mucb more expensive than bere and the women make many of their clothes at home. Then tao, the womcn don't go out every nigbt, said Mrs. Berendsen, so they do not need as many clothes. Radia in Holland is quite dif-1 ferent, baving no cammercials. "I tbought it was terrible wben 1 first came here," Mrs. Berendsen said, "ta have a nice radia pro- gramme interrupted for soup or soap."p Mrs. Berendsen beld up a book o! pictures showing many beau- tiful scenes o! aid casties, villages and bridges over the canais in some o! the even provinces o! Holland, also the palace af Queen Julianna. Mrs. deWith, who before ber marriage was a nurse, spoke well and chanmingly, especially con- sidcring that she bas only been in Canada for seven months. She tald many tbings o! particular in- terest ta housewives, for instance. that in Holland ail windows are washed inside and out once a week. There is sa much rain she cxplained, that this is necessary. But anc gathered that the Dutch bousewife is vcry dlean and very particular. She is always wasb- ing or dusting. Most housewives. bowevcr, do not do their own laundry, except for small tbings like socks and sa on. Laundry service in Holland is cbeap. Neyer Lack For Work Dutch bousewives neyer iack for work, since there is breakfast ta get rcady. coffee and cookies ta serve at Il o'clock; then din- ner at 12, wbich is a substantiai meal o! soup, meat, potatoes, ve- getables and probabiy a milk pud- ding or fruit; tea ta serve at 3 or 4 in the afternoon; supper at 6, and co!fee or tea again at 8 or 9 in the evening whetber anyone. __ *__ I * I PHONE 715 on a changing and uncoitain world... n.arly five million groator confidence th.m thoe four ways! 1. Each year, life insurance pro. vides many thousands of Cana- dians with money ta meet somo of their masf important needs. Last year. life insurance coin- panies paid out $240 million in benefits ta Canadians. 2. Today, mare thon ever, Canadians rely on life insurance as the easiesf, suresf way ta provide financial securify for themselves and their familles. A record total of almost $2 billion in new life insurance was pur- chased by Canadians in 1951. This brings the value of life in.- surance owned by the natian's jiolicyholders ta another new record surn of $17 billion. 3. Canadien communifies fram coast ta ceait continue ta pro. grass - thanks in part te the Canadians face.the futuare with beouse Lif. nsurance serves Investment of life insurance dollars. Last year, more than $225 million were invested by liE e insurance companies, on behaif of their policyholders, in securities that helped ta finance the building of new schools, bornes, highways and other aids ta better living for al Canadians. 4. Life insurance dollars help te check inflation 1 One of the mast powerful forces at work ta protect the value of your dollars is the sum of money entrusted to life insurance com- punies by their policyholders. This "money for the future" helpa check inflation and thus strengthens Canada's economy - et a turne when aur country mnust be strong in every way. A REPORT FROM THE [IFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA L. I05I AND HEIR REPRESENTATIVES draps in or not. Coffee is always ready enough, being made up for four or five days. With tea in the afternoon, chacolates are served on a little plate the size of a doll's saucer, or the littlc dish which bolds a pat of butter here in a restaurant. Before the wvar, most women had a servant, but as in other countries, this picture bas cbang- ed. Many' more girls now go out Eta work in offices, so that Ait s bard ta obtain girls for bouse- work. To become a nurse takes tbrce years' training, but most specialize in variaus kinds of nursing, taking in aIl about eight years. Most women have their babies at borne, Mrs. deWith said, tbough there are excellent ma- ternity hospitals. These are be- ing used by more women nowa- days. Houses are smaller and higb- er in Holland than here, and (Io not bave such big basements. Other compàrisons of interesz were that tbe winters are flot so cold and the summers flot so bot as they are here. There is only about four to six weeks wben skating on the canals is possible, and tbey do flot bave snow, but rain. Heating in bouses is by stoves. People live longer here and there is flot so much rbeu- matism and astbma as in Hollanci, Mrs. deWith said. Both ladies spoke of the cruelty of the Germans in the war, and told of furniture, silver and food being taken away from the people. Many died of starva- tion. Question Period Among the interesting points wbich came up in a question period was the contrast between the informality of manners in Canada and the old-world for- mality o! the Dutch wben greet- ing a caller to one's home. This was charmingly illustrated by Mrs. Bérendsen. and brought much laughter, whcn she said that people in Canada knock on the door, walk in, say "Hi!," and sit down. Another intcresting difference in customs is that San- ta Claus in Holland cornes on De- cember 5th, and is a rather dig- nified old man, not a man with a big stomacb, wbo cracks jokes. Presents are distributed by a little black boy who puts themn in the wooden shoes. Origin of the Dutch Santa Claus is Span- ish. Canadian Club members were most interested in seeing the Delftware plates, made in Hoîl- and, cup and saucer, coffee-mak- er, silver cheese-cutter, and sil- ver spoons which Mrs. Berendsen and Mrs. deWith bad brought with them. Another interesting item was a wash cloth which slip- ped over the hand like a mitt. "Handy for batbîng the baby," said Mrs. Berendsen. Both ladies were charming in their informai. talks and brought much that was new and interest- ing to their audience. They were întroduced by the president, Miss Apha I. Hodgins, and a fitting and si.icere vote o! thanks was mov- ed by Mrs. H. Ferguson. The usual pleasant social half- hour was enjoyed preceding the meeting wben tea and littie cakes were served. The tea-tabie was spring-like with a bouquet of daffodils. OBITUARY IMRS. HANNAH E. FARROW (St. Catharines Standard) The death occurred Jan. 15, Io! Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Farrow, Iwidaw of Henry A. Farrow, who jdied at the home of ber niece, Miss Lily M. Bell, 38 Maple St., St. Catharines. Born in London, Ontario, Mrs. Farrow lived for about 20 years in Bowmianville before coming to this community where she endeared hersel! to a large circle of friends who will learn o! ber passîng with keen regret. In religion she was a member of St. Paul's United Church, and in her younger days was active as a Sunday School teacher and in church chairs. During World War II, Mrs. Farrow was pre- sented with the Women's War Work gold pin by the Canadian Red Cross Society in recognition of her services. She is mourned by four nieces and five nephews: Mrs. H. B. (Dorothy) Holland of St. Cath- arines; Mrs. H. M. (Verna) Field of Tonawanda. N.Y., Mrs. Bd- xvard Bailey, Kingsville; Miss Lily M. Bell, St. Catharines; John W. Bell, St. Catharines; William G. Bell, Moncton, N.B.: Frank V. Bell, Stoney Creek; Carl F. Bell, Buffalo, N.Y.; J. A. H. Wigle, Kingsville. Impressive funeral services were held Jan. 17 at the funeral home of Butlcr and Son, when many friends and relatives were in attendance. Rcv. George P. Forsey, pastor of St. Paul Street United Church, conducted the sci - vice in the flower-filled parlar and left a message of comfort with the bercaved. Following the ser- vice the funeral cars left for Col- borne, near Belleville, where Rex'. Duncan McTavish, former pastor of St. Paul Street Church,ý no\v of Belleville, conducted thtý service at Salem Cemetery, Col- borne, where interment was ma de. Bearers were: Messrs. Frank Bell, Carl Bell. Harold Field, Ar- thur Hutchinson. Clare Farrow\, Claude Farrow 1 Slorm-Delayed Kinsmen Speaker Gives Humorous Talk on Experience Wilh Rats While Slationed ai Halifax The blinding snow storin that swept througb Southern Ontario Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, almast disrupted the regular bi-monthly meeting o! Bowmanville Kins- men Club. The guest speaker was two hours late. Douglas Armaur. wha had in- tention o! întroducing Kînsmen ta the investment business, !ound himsel! in no mood for seriaus discussion wben he arrived at the BalmoralIlJotel after pressing througb a blinding starm in il four-bour trip from Toronto. Greetcd by a jovial graup o! Kinsmen, Mn. Armour pre!erred ta see the bumqrous side o! bis uncm!fortable journey wben be arase ta address his audience. He did not deliven bis prepared speech. Instead, he told Kins- men a! the bazards he faced on bis trip ta Bowmanville, and turn- cd ta bis World War II expenience in the Royal Canadian Navy ta .spin a dip" wbich proved ex- ceptionally bumorous. Bowmanville Via Taunton Introduced by program chair- man Bill Tait, the former R.C.N. V.R. Lieutenant-Commander first rocked the club with laugbter in relating bis grueling Toronto-Bow- manville trip wbich cnded in a twa bour trail-blazing jaunt from Taunton ta the Balmoral Hotel. Hart's Hifi vas impassible, be said, and on supposedly good ad- vice be turned north ta Taunton in a truck and two-car convoy which eventualîy covcred 13 miles in two bours. His maroon tie was wet and the once starcbed collan a! bis shirt was as limp as a dish cloth when lie displayed bis travel scars. Ap- parently snow drove througb the' radiator of bis car and dampened the spark plugs, at anc point, and be removed bis coat and put it aver the radiator as a means of encouraging a stuttering motar. His in-tbe-ditch out-of-the-ditcb trip via Taunton did littie ta add ta bis coatless comfort. Subject o! Mr. Armour's off the cuf! address was rats. Big-, Nova Scotian rats cncountered in an $80 a month apartmcnt an Barrington St. in Halifax, N.S. For more than bal! an bour guest speaker Armour kept Kins- men laugbing witb bis rat-shoot- ing yarn. Married only a short time wben the rats invaded bis apartment, the intruders con- vinced bis wife that she sbould return ta ber home in Sydney, Nova Scotia, until the apartmcnt was rid o! rats. It toak four days, a .22 rifle and a .32 automatie ta accomplish the job, according ta the speaker, wbo rclatcd, in detail, bis rat- sbooting experience. Fire At Will The big rat tribe - Halifax boasts some o! the biggest rats in the world-had a habit o! using a kitchen water pipe as a support wben crawling Up the Wall t aa bale in the ceiling tbraugb wbich the bot water pipe passed ta the upstairs avartment. Many the rat was kilied crawiing Up the wall_ tbe speaker said. How- ever, be did not take inta consid- eratian the condition o! tl)e bouse when he 11fired at wili" at any rat that came inta view. The water pipe was made o! lead and eventually, as the story progressed, it was punctured by a .22 bullet and a jet o! bot water shot across the kitchen. By the time the water was turned off. even the dead rat (be killed it with a second shot) was floating. Eventualiy the landlady came around. Humnorous climax ta a rat- shooting spree was a $20 a montb reduction in rent. It seems the rat incident stirred up enough publicity ta interest the Wartime Prices and Trade Board wbo in- vcstigated the apartment and sub- sequently providcd the rat-shoot- ing Mr. Armour with cheaper ac- commodation. "The smeli o! rat was in the place for days," he concluded ta amiable roars of laughter. The guest speaker was thank- ed for bis entertaining yarn by Kin Jack (Smokey) Hayes. Mr. Armour said he would be happy ta return ta the Bowmanville Kinsmen Club in the near fu- ture to deliver bis investment ad- dress. Considering the di!!iculty he encountered travelling ta Bowmanville, Kinsmen were in- dced grateful the guest speaker chose ta see the humorous sîde o! the trip and tbey mare than welcomed bis impromptu tale o! the Halifax rats. Drookdale - Kingsway 1952 Catalogue A Real Work of Art and Information Guaranteed ta stir up thoughts of spring in even an apartment dweller whose garden is a wvin- dow box, and ta make the seas- oned gardener's fingers itch to get going, is Brookdale-Kings. way s new, bright and beautiful spring catalogue, just off the press. From Baby's Breath ta plum trees, frorm strawberry plants ta m a p 1 e s. Brookdale-Kingsway Nurseries have them, and the colored plates of roses, peaches and pears, ta mention aniy a few, are breath-taking in their beauty. This is altogether a beautiful nursery catalogue, filled with il- lustrations, and clearly indexed and priced for easy reference. It ref leets credit on Brookdale- Kingsway's live-wire manager, Norman J. Scott. wba bas achiev- ed a wide reputation in nursery circles, and made the name of B r o ok da1e-Kingsway known throughout North America. The catalogue is mqre than a catalogue, for in addition ta dis- playing its merchandise, it has pages of valuable gardenmng hînts, some of which are in the form of questions and answers. Mr. Scott is an authority on gard- ening problems, writing a reg- ular feature on the subject for the swank magazine, "Canadian Homes and Gardens," as well as contributing ta American pubii- cations. Just tribute is paid ta the late Mr. J. H. H. Jury, founder o! Brook dale-Kîngsway Nurseries, in the opening pages of the cat- Lalogue. A well-known and suc- cessful druggist, and benefactor of Bawmanville in many ways, Mr., Jury first began a nursery in pur- suit o! bis hobby of horticulture. 1Applying his knowledge of suc- cessful mercbandisi-ng ta bis new venture, the nursery flourished and bas resulted in tbe Canadian >public being able ta purchase more plants of better quality for iess mancy. A paragraph of appreciation and praise is also given ta nursery man Andy Lunneman, wba putsý his eartinto the business o growing things. He bas a wide knowledge and experience in the nursery business and is recagniz- cd as one o! the best plant pro- pagators in Amierica. Over 32,000 post cards adver- tising this catalogue were sent out by Brookdale-Kingsway ail over Canada and the United States. To obtain a capy of the catalogue, iA is only necessary 14, answer this post card and re- quest ane. Mr. Scott's interna- tional reputation and wide adver- tising have made Bowmanville known tbroughout Canada and the United States and bave been anc o! the best types o! favorable publicity for Bowmanville. The only Mormon Temple ini thc British Empire is at Cardstor, Alta. Canada bas 61 ocean-goink cargo vessels carrying the flag of the Dominion. give fou Nineteen-fifty-two brings a new era in Truck< Transporta-.F tion - made possible by Chevrolet engineers! 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