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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 15 May 1952, p. 2

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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1052 THE ~CANAflTAN STATW.SMANT BOWMANVILLLM. ONTARIO ;ivITORIALS Great Pageant Dramatizing The History 0f'The United Churcli In Canada We are in hearty accord with the mnovement, recently announced in the press, ta dramatize the church in Canad- ian history. Ta be mare specific the United Church of Canada is planning to produce and stage a pageant of early church history showing the growth and influence of the church up ta the present day. This presentation will tour acrass the entire cauntry and be shown in many urban centres. Rev. Gea. Williams, assaciate secretary of the Missianary and Maintenance De- partment, in this fascinating press release, annaunced that Sir Ernest MacMillan has been cammissioned ta write original music, and the weli known Canadian paet, Edwin Pratt, will write words for the new hymns. It is hoped that some of the aid hymns which stirred up sa much religiaus fervaur in the aiden days will flot be' entirely overlooked. Before the plans for this great pageant are f inalized we would like ta pass on a suggestion which we think couid be very appropriately weaved inta the presentation ta add further lustre and realism ta the pageant. Our suggestion is based an the Chinese maxim that: "A picture is worth a thousand words." Many of aur readers have seen with pleasure and wonderment the many pic- tures of variaus historicai significance, in Canada, Europe and the British Isles, taken by Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Williams of Toronto; and shown on the screen ta audiences in their native Durham Caunty, in Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario. Amang the xnost impressive series of slides the Wil- liams' have shown is one titied, "The Church in Canadian Histary" which, we cantend, would fit in mast admirably with the proposed United Church pageant. Among the views we recail which the venerable and genial Doctor shows in this connection are the oldest church in Canada at Tadoussac, in Quebec, of Jacques Cartier fame, with the original HELP FOR THE HANDICAPPED The programn outlined recently by Hon. M. F. Gregg, federal minister of labor, for rehabilitating Canada's physic- ally handicapped citizens has bath human- itarian and economic significance. It is humanitarian in that such men and women of working age, whose dis- abilities have hitherto prevented themn from earning their livelihood, find them- selves encouraged to believe that that unhappy state may soon be a thing of the past. The prospect is held out of their being trained in such skills as their dis- abilities permit them. Instead of languish- ing despondently at home, oppressed by a helplessness that darkens their outlook on life, those citîzens now see themselves as prospective wage-earners, useful, self- supporting members of society. Such a tonie ta their morale is well warth a strang effort on the part of their fellow- Canadians. On the economnie side, the prospect Is equally stimulating. Physically handi- capped persons trained for jobs wvhich they are fitted to perform would be a dlefinite reinforcement to the ranks of Canadian labor. To that extent they would be removed f rom various assistance rolis - fromn federal down ta domestic. This gives good ground for the conviction that to spend money an their treatment and training with that purpose in view would return substantial dividends. At ail events, it is fair assumption that the cost of rehabilitation would be infinitely less than the cost of maintaining the physically disabled in unproductive idie- ness. Three federal dcpartments are linked in this program - Labor, Veterans Af- fairs, and Health and Welfare. Sa also are the ten provincial governmnents, as well as many voluntary private agencies. em- ployer groups, organized labor and the medical profession. A National Advisory Council representative of ail those in- terests has been set up, ta advise on the best methods of co-ordinating and corre- lating rehabilitation activities and ta re- commend extensions. Medical treatmnent, vocational training and job-placement 4re the important stages of the procram. That it will evoke the symnpathy and the prac- tical support of ail Canadians can not be doubted. %niaban tte'iu Established 1854 with whieh Je incorporated The Bawnacnville News, The Newcaste Indepondent and The Orono News 97 Years' Continuous Service ta the Town af Bowmanville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER UDIT<UREAU> SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 a Year, strictly in advance $4.00 a Yecxr in the United States Published by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Authornzed as Second Clasa Moil post Office Department. Ottawa. Bowmanvillo, Ontario GEO. W. IAMES, EDIToIt bell stili in the belfry; the Chignecto memoriai gates in Nova Scotia apening ta what was the oidest Methodist Church in Canada; the oidest flan -conformist building stili in use in Canada at Bar- rington Cove, N.S. Coming ta "Upper Canada" and. doser ta home there is the aid Hay Bay Methodist Church on the Bay of Quinte whose grounds are sacred dust ta United Empire Loyaiist earliest settiements. Looking, further westward is the restored lîttie frame first church in Edmonton, Alta., erected by Rev. George McDougall, whom the Cree Indians re- ferred ta as "The White Man wijh the Indian Heart." These are just a fewv of the Williams' many technicalor films which outline the diversity of secular associations of history ta the church, the time period, geagraph- ical coverage, architectural variance, pioncer approach compared with that of ta-day in fervour and bitterness, the church and state reiationship, and many ather angles. These comments just give an inkiing of the hobby of photography cantained in the immense Williams' private libary of technicolor films which we doubt are equalied in Canada for scope of sub- jects and grandeur. And yet, we learn that Dr. and Mrs. Williams, stili hungry ta satisfy that desire for mare historical pictures, are ieaving next month on a three months' tour of the British Isles in search of pictures reiated ta the lives of John Wesley and David Livingstone, whom the Dr. dlaims are the back-log of the British Commonwealth ta-day. He hopes ta brîng back in films what is yet tangible of the influence of these great men and xvhat we awe ta them in large measure of what is still bright, useful and even desîrable. In the meantime, like many others, we expectantly look forward ta the United Church pageant being shown in Bowman- ville. It is due ta give its prerniere per- formance in Hamilton next fall. FIRST PRIZE ESSAY ON YOUR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL This being the week that is set aside ta bring ta the attention of citizens the important place a hospital piays in the cammunity we are pleased ta devote con- siderable space in this issue ta this great humanitarian institution. A very informative article, giving facts and figures about Canadian hospitals ap- pears in another calumn. As an editorial we do not think we can do better than reprint an extract from the first prize essay of Rachaei Mair Morgan, in the Ontario Hospital Association Contest, which follows: As neyer before, the cammunity de- pends an the hospital of taday ta enhance the generai heaith, happiness, and welfare of this modern generation. From ancient times ta the present day, untold progress bas been made in the field of medicine. We can hardiy apprec- iate the value of convenient, time saving inventions and methods which have came ta us dawn thraugh the centuries, as a resuit of the splendid services rendered ta the cammunîty by the hospitai. Doctors' offices could nat contain the equipment necessary ta diagnose cases quickiy and efficiently and patients benefit fram the new, castly, and ever im-rpraving equip- ment, accessible ta the cammunity through the haspital. The care of the sick and injurcd is the most important functian of every hospitai, and the institution therefore, must be an duty twenty-four hours every day with skilled personnel ready ta receive emer- gency caîls of traffie casuaities, f ire vic- tims, births, and every other sickness and disease. There must be adequate staff and eouipment ta meet the need of each tyýpe of injury and sickness. The patient's social and financial standing and his men- tal attitude must be considered in hîs treatment and the haspital makes every effort ta mnaintain the necessary services for his bencfit. The cammunity is indebt- ed ta the hospital because anyone requir- ing care, whether he is financially able or no, mav be admitted for care and treatment. A hospital cannot aperate without people -who are givinq of them- selves ta alleviate human suffering, and it would be uscless ta attempt ta build up a cammunitv withaut a medical centre of saine description. No, the .community and the haspital cannat be separated for they are part of each other. You need it, and it needs you! ARE TREES DOOMED ? At the present rate of destruction a great. deal of Canada, even in those sec- tions wvhere trees grow quîckly, easily and natural. will soon be stripped bare of trees. Thýere will be nothing ta break the monoton-v of rows of buildings, tele- phione or power pales. In Europe there airc severe la-ws about cutting trocs. In sone cases two new trees must be plantr-d for every anc re- moved. In these aider and much mare thick lv popuiated cauntries there are far more 'trees in the cities and along the highways than in Canada and in farm countrv the woadlots are mare numerous and larger. It takes fromn 50 ta 100 years ta grow a tree in Canada. It takes from five min- utes ta 10 minutes ta eut it down. We're going ta have ta do a lot mare planting and a lot less ciitiing if we hope ta re- tain a Proper balance. In the Dim and DisantPast %i From The Statesman Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Alex Elliot wha bas been ini the jewelery business bere for 12 years le! t this week for St. John~, N.B., where he bas secured a pos- ition with a large jewelery firm. Charlie Cawker, 1l years aid, received first prize in the essay contest on 'Tire Prevention." Orville J. Henderson bas re- ceived bis Honour B. A. degree in mathematics and physics at Queens University and is sup- plying an the staff at Orillia Col- legiate. Miss Bertha Tamblyn won bighest bonars in a contest with 900 entries for best anthem en- titled "Wait Thou on God." It was announced that the On- tario Kiwanis Clubs in Ontario bave contributed $25,000 toward a cottage ta be knawn as "Kiwan- is Lodge" at the Boys' Training School. Tyrone-Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Curtis were given a farewell party and presentation before moving ta Orono. Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Trebilcock, Toronto. annaunce the engage- ment of their daughter, Marjorie Sparling, ta Mr. Hugh S. Ritchie, Toronto. Maple Grove-Mr. Francis Sut- ton, town, bas cammensed prac- tice for aur S. S. anniversary. Necwastle-T. R. Taylor, To- ronto, and bis father-in-law J. H. Gibson celebrated the apening o! the fishing season by bringing borne 40 speckled beauties. Hon. Wm. Finlayson, Minister o! Lands and Forests, told the Men's Canadian Club o! the tre- mendous timber wealth o! nortb- ern Ontario. FORTY-NINE YEARS AGO West Durham County's mem- ber o! the Legisiature, Wm. Rick- ard o! Newcastle, bad the banar o! being amang the first patrons ta, register on Monday at the new King Edward Hotel in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Andrew and- Miss Louie have gone to Battie Creek, Mich., to reside where Mr. iAndrew has been appointed mnan- ager of the Compensating Pipe Organ Co. Miss Jane Fraser, daughter of Rev. R. Douglas Fraser, formerly o! this town, has been appointed assistarlt editor of Preshyterian Sabbath publications of which her father is editor. F. C. Pethick was appointed a director of the Midland Basebali League, comprising teams from Oshawa, Bowmanville, Port Hope and Cobourg. Ehi Osborne, Ebenezer, warns citizens to beware of travelling salesmen after his experience of buying a wrought iron range for which he paid $69 and will gladly sell for $40. Rod Mitchell has successfully completed his final exams at the College o! Pharmacy, Toronto. Wesley Knight will carry pas- sengers ta and from Port Bow- manville daily this season, pro- viding there are enough passen- gers. Cadmus-S. A. Devitt's house and contents were destroyed by fire. Newcastle-A. A. Colwill ship- ped a prize Tamworth hog to Bal- timore, Md. Orono-C. G. Armstrong has leased the fishîng rights on the stream. passing through D. Noble's property. Enniskillen-Great rivalry is being shown. by T. B. Hoidge, Dr. F. C. Trebilcock and Wm. Robbins to see who has the earli- est garden. It is rumored some scientific appliances are being used with good results. Six "Horse Routes" were ad- vertised in this issue. Horse breeding in 1952 in this country has almost become extinct. Nine rural church anniversaries are listed, startîng with Ennis- killen and Tyrone on May 24 and ending with Haydon and Hamp- ton on July Ist. These rural events are still popular but some have done away with the week- ....W R"frw Well-Directed Labor Ry LEWIS MILLICAN "If you have .great talents, in- dustry will imprave them; if you have but modern abilities, in- dustry will supply their deficien- cies. Nothîng is denied well-di- rected labor; nothing is ta be ob- tained witbout it." That was said or written by Sir Joshua Reyn- olds. who is regarded as the greatest o! ail British portrait painters. He is said ta bave beer "possessed o! great talent and nability o! character," but abave ail he was from bis yauth a man of persistent industry, withoul wbich bis talent would never have beeri developed and be would have died in obscurity. "Nothing is denied well-direct- ed labor; nothing is ta be obtain- ed without it." That motta should be inscribed aver the partais and in the classrooms a! aur schoals and also in aur factories and com- mercial institutions. It migbt well, in particular, be the motta o! ail labor union leaders in these days, xitb emphasis on the words, "Well-directed labor," and "Noth- ing can be obtained withaut it." Labor unions bave their place in modern industrial life for the pro- tection of the rights o! the wark- ers, and they could perform great service in the direction o! labor. But they have nat always well- directed it into the ways o! per- sistent personal industry. A London paper recently pub- lishied a series o! letters tram readers giving examples o! the laziness of workmen who were sent ta do repair jobs on prap- erty. Some of the staries were rather amusing, and I thougbt that possibly they might have been exceptional and perbaps a littie exaggerated. But I have received personal letters from friends in England who have had similar experiences. A letter just ta hand fram a xidow of small means in a London suburb reads, in part, as follows: "Wbat a di!- ferent place England is now fram when you lived here. You are very fortunate ta be out o! it, I dont wonder at s0 înany people emigrating. The British wark- man is a disgrace ta mankind. Al he wants is big pay for doing nathing, just maney ta spend on the dogs and football pools. I have hiad experience o! them when they have been doing their work. Most o! the time they were sitting on the floor smoking and studying the racing papers. I had ta camplain ta their boss about them. He said they were ail the same. He had many complaints from bauseholders, but could do nothing about it. The country is in a very bad way, but I amn bop- ing the present government will be able ta restare it ta something like what it used ta be. I know they xill have a very bard task and it will take a long time; meantime we must plod along as best 'we can and do ail in our pover ta help." The new government bas cer- tainly got a hard task ahead o! it. but it can do littie ta restore the econamic status o! Brîtain and raise the standard of living for the people withaut well- directed arganized labor and in- dividual plodding on the part o! ail its citizens. The first thing né'edeciito restore the oid spirii ai the British workman. There i-were always shirkers and slack- iu ers in the old days. but they us- i- ually found their level and were i- nlot supported in their indolence. i- As 1 remember them. the aver- )age British tradesman xvas flot d only a hard worker, but he took i- a personal pride in doing a job ýefficiently. That was the spirit iin which the great industrial and ncommercial structure of Brîtain d was built up and maintained. ýe Aneurin Bevan, the leader of nthe leftist section of the Labor LParty, recently hinted that if the *r Churchill government departed efrom the socialist policies o! the late government there would be labor strikes acrass the country. In other terms, he is suggestîng dthat an economically-sick Britain dshould commit industrial suicide s -to save its life! If Mr. Bevan ,succeeded by that means in forc- *t ing the present' government ta 0resign and the Labar Gavernment ewere to return to power it would be still faced with the same prab- lems that it failed ta salve and that it largely created in its seven jyears o! office with an enarmaus -majority. The present govern- Sment has been in office for only tsix months with a small major- ity, but it has put its finger on the chief cause ofL the problems. "Nothing is denied to well-direct- ed labor: nothing is obtained without it." In the Editor's Mail L Westminster Church (Presbyterian) New Glasgow, N.S. May àth, 1952 Dear Mr. James: I tbought you might hike ta have something on the dedication of tha Plaque in memory of the late Rev. Dr. Hugh Munroe which was dedicated by the Moderator of aur General Assembly on Sun- day afternoon. We took the picture Saturday afternoon and our local editor let me have a mat ta send ta you. As you will notice in the picture Dr. Munroe was ordained in Bow- manville. 4 June 1903, in St. Paul's Church, which was then Presbyterian. Enclosed is some material ý;'hich when you have rewritten it may help to tell the story. You will doubtless be able ta get some more interesting material from your files. Miss Margaret Mun- rae was. I believe, born in Bow- manville about 1910. It would be very much appre- ciated if you could keep the mat for me as I arn a Commissioner ta the General Assembly wbich meet.s in June in Toronto. I hope ta brlng my !amily up then and they will be staying at Harris Ladge, Bond Head, Newcastle, with my wife's fathoer, Dr. W. H. Walton-Ball. My brother-in-law, Horace, will probably get the shock o! his life when he sees this picture in The Statesman from which he religiously sends me clippings. Trusting that you will !ind this of some interest. X'ours faithfulIv' R. Russei Gardon.'_ Franklin Park Taking Shape With Voluntary Labors The Cadillacs, sponsored by Roy W. Nichols (formerly Salem SoftbaUl Club), will now use Franklin Park, Scugog Street, as their home diamond, it has been learned. It is expected that junior and juvenile hardball will also be played in Bowmanvllle's newest park this year. A strong backstop. bas been built behind the plate and mem- bers of the group responsible for Hlelp and Hlope ki LOCAL HEADQUARTERS Salvation Army Citadel - 35 Division Street MAYOR SIDNEY LITTLE, Cha irmnan. GEORGE IfACKING, Treasurer. making a barren field into * beautiful park say seats for spec- tators may be provided at a lat- er date. The diamond is fas t raunding into shape and wilP ready for league play shortly Tbree men and four boys weYÀ rolling the diamond into sha pe Saturday morning. Five loads o! sand have been spread in the in- f ield and more will be ailded wben the first layer settles. Ail work being done at. the park is va]unteer labor and the money being used wvas collected by a door-to-door canvass and by euchre parties held by North Ward women during the winter. WANTED- One Weekly Editor Last November the British Col- umbia Division o! The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association held its yearly convention in Van- cotwer. Barry Mather, noted col- umnlst o! the Vancouver Sun, vis- ited among members o! the As- sociation and was inspired ta write the followinglarticle.-Ed. The weekly newspapermen from the country are in town at the Hotel and after llstenlng ta these fellows talkng atout their jobs I came back here and !igured out the followng advertlsement. WANTED, COUNTRY NEWSPAPER EDITOR We have an opening for a man who can fili these qualifications: Must be capable o! taking Com- plete Charge as editor, night staff, legal department, music cxltic, old garden man. composing room, sports columnist, society writer, janitor, advertising manager, copy boy, circulation director, and lad who delivers paper. The man we are looking for must be willing ta put bis Back ta the Wbeel, keep bis Eye on the Bail, bis Head in the Stars, bis Feet an the Ground. The editor we want must be: A tower o! strength ta the la- cality. A pillar of the cammunity. A penthause o! the municipal- ity. He must be able ta work 17 bours a day on five hours sleep. Remain sober wblle drinking and exuberated while thinking. Entirely indepencient in poli- tics, he must be a Liberal ta the Conservatives, a Sacialist ta Con- servatives, a Socialist ta the So- cialists. He must be ready ta become chairman af 17 different cam- munity groups at the same time and neyer be late for meetings, especially wben anly five of these groups are meeting the same nigbt. The mani we are laoking for must keep bis head clear, bis ears open, bis eyes peeled, bis nase diean. bis tangue in bis cheek, his moutti shut, bis neck in and bis cbest out. The type o! editor we w4n-t must bave an expert knowledge o! ail cultural, fraternal, finari- cial, political, medical, legal, and spiritual subjects. He must be willing ta substitute for the Superintendent of the Young People's Society as be is ta take over as rear-end o! the Elks' imitation horse act. The man we need must be bon- est but look prasperous. He must be ready ta pay ail bills on tbe dot wbile waiting for everybody else to pay bîm. He must be a combination Boy- Reporter and Father-Confessor. Preferably-tbe first busband a! a wife o! the man we want bere for Editor sbauld either have been a deep-sea sailor, a C.P.R. engineer, circus acrobat or a sleep-walking Gypsy. Education not necessarily a de- triment. (Wben I was talking ta the weekly newspaper fellows they were baving a drink. Personally, 1 do nat blame tbem.) A GOOD EVENING ta every- one and especially ta country newspapermen listening ta city newspapermen sp'ying bow they would like ta retire ta a country weekly. Canadian National now afFers an attractive Gift Certificate covering Train Travel anywhere . .. ta cn>' rail destination ..,. for any amount you wish a.. n sole at ail Conadian National ticket offices. Easy ta bu>', easy ta use. A gift thot's sure ta please. Any Conadian National Ticket Agent will gal ive you full particulars. CANADIAN NATIONAL THE ONUY RAILWAY SERVING ALL YEN PROVINCES 1i~ PAGE "0

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