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I'W 'AP? f AP? ~ 'm,,A . UBU A Wà&*C.'* 4IWUi Y4ULL AaAAEi ONTARIOJFA E FITEI Certificales Presenied Io Young People al Presbytery School 'The final session of Oshawa Wilkinson, Gwen McCulloch, PrebYtery Young People's a Bessie Vaneyk Francis Jose also loplng School was held at Ai. wîll receive his certificate in bert St. Church, Oshawa. Wed- this course. neaday, February 1th. At the John Medland, president of conclusion of classes the Chris- Oshawa Presbytery Young Peo- tian Leadership Education Ce. - pie's Executiv?, thanked Rev. tfficateS Were presented ta those Lute and Rev. Fisher for their Who lied qualified. It was pleas- wiling and enjoyable leader- lng ta note that mast of the stu- ship. Books were presented ta dents Who had registered, coin- the leaders i appreciatian of Pleted the courses. their work. The climnax af the evening r1ev.f4 J Lt peene was an insviring worship service >Cetlfc~ in "The Art .f lead by Beatrice McLean, Faith Groupe rship" ta Elizabeth and Evangelism Convenor, and Milfler, Helen VanCamp, Lois some members of the "Worship" Cullis, George Black, Joyceclass. Lunch and a social time Graham, Stuart Dorreli. Mary was enjayed and the meeting Carnish, Ted Phillips, Beatrice Ilosed with Taps. McLean, Thomas Pleasance. Plans were-annaunced for the Rev. M. C. Fisher presented annual skating party which will the tollowing wîth their certifi- be held in Newcastle Arena, ein "The Christian as Citi- February l7th., and for the big .~i:Ralph Ballard, Norma Square Dance Hoe Down in ~Iris, Gwyn Griffith, John Brooklin town hall on February !Medland, Donald Jamieson, 26th for ail the Young People Jane Tiffin, Allen Carson, Mary of Oshawa Presbvtery. Successful Retired Teacher Gives Fonte Observations on Educalion As a Student and as a Teacher Fores ters Now Third in Town League Hockg Meadowvaie, Ontario, Pear George: Februaryv 6, 19-54 A few issues ago, comment wBs mode in your ediforial col- umnna on the Minister of Educa- tion's views about returning to the mare essential 3 R's. You requesfed an expression of opin- loni on the matter. During the years I spent in Bownianville High Scbooi 1 gave mare time ta Latin than ta all other subjects combin'ed or se it seens ta me naw. 1 have since thaught that I got more help froin the Latin and Greek roats that were given in the spelling book of that fine wben words derived frein these roats were also qiven than tramn the Une learning declensions and canjugations in bigh school. If haî also been my tboughit that had I gven more time ta the study of English under the maine teacher, Mr. Fenwick, it would have been more ta my gubsequent advantage. May 1, affer five years af pub- lic school teaching followed by approîimately forty-five years in business college work, twelve of which was in the Toronto dis- triol and fhirfy-five in St. Cath- arhive sanething of my ex- 'ri e9 Inabath districts, we had ents came fram practic- aly ~ .parts of Ontario. Edu- ctînaiy, there were saine fram public school, the naja-- ity with matriculation and the occasional anc with university ,degree. If was my plan when students am inta the schooi, ta give ~ltss on speed and accur- *~ihfigures, and the spell- ingafan hundrcd words suen es rnav be found in your news- paper columns barring those of a tecbnical nature. Very few were able ta came up ta aur standards as yet by the Busi- ness Educators' Association of Canada wifh wbicb the schools were affiliated. Our graduates, in applylng for positions, werc sarnetimes in competif ion wlth tho.se fron Vocational schools, se we feif that we had ta give aur students that which would mosf help their subsequent em- ployer. Speed anc accuracy with fig- ures, correct spelling. and sucb a knowledge of English that would insure correct transcripts, we felt essential. Developinent of these ta the required stand- ard took time that we should 4 rfot have had ta give had the students been given the nepes- t sary training in these essentiali «before caming ta us. Few were able f0 add with reasoab!e speed wit-h accuracy, and fewt paid littie attention ta dividing words into syllables. one of the greatest aidIs in correct spelling. A hait hour a day had to' be giv- en these subjects, the samei fumne ta deveiop a free and leg-ý ible hand in writing, and an equal time fhree days a week fa English and Letter writing. Sorne may say, being a coun - fry boy, that I arn prejudiced, but it was frequently showi that our best students camne from the country. One girl tram the Continuation school at Sali- na. was able ta hold her own with any of the matriculants of her class. Another from yaur district made a record that hasn't been pased It consisted of taking five varying discounts, the first of which was ten per- cent and the others derived therefroin such as 1iY4, 17% of each of eight different amounts. She had the forty answers al correct ta the neareef cent anî ber fine '.was seven minutes and ten seconds. Our Caiculator has eight pages for addition and multipli- cation drills. The first page bas I's and 2's and each successive page adds a new number. On each page there are fifteen col- umns of fwenfy-five figures each. The fines made by aur students ta add the titteen col- umns and give the fifteen cor- rect answers range fron two minutes, thirtv seconds ta twol minutes fifty-two seconds. These records were made by-six different students, onc toaa page. That these methods were not far off the right track is shown by the success of graduates get- ting and advancing in positions thaf have led ta becoming ac- counitants, office managers, Bank managers, private secre- taries (one ta Toronto's J. C. McRuer) and salaries have ranged ail the, way up ta $35,- 000 a year. T. F. Wright. Editar's Note--The wrifer of the abave letter is well known ta the editor and ta many read- ers of The Statesman, being aj native of Cartwrighi, attendedi Bowm.gnville High School and' ey Kinsmen Cagers Even Playoffs Wiih Port Perry The Bowmantville Kinsmen cage quintette evened their play- off series with the Port Perry Lions at one gaine apiece when they downed the visitors 59-51 at the High School auditorium Thursday night. The teams will settle their serie- in the Intermediate "C" OBA Lakeshore League play. downs in Port Perry an Wed- nesday, February 24: The Kînsmen shot ta an sarly lead and held it ail the way, despite the fact the visiting Lions neyer gave up and made the game a real contest. Comning up with a very fine first quarter the Kinsmen were - ~ .,. ,ead by Bill Dadson and Rundle In quarter saw the homesters continue ta dominate the play and they raised their lead ta 12 points and walked off at haîf- time enjoying a 33-21 margin. Bud Warriner and George Rodd carried the offensive burden for the Peryites du ring the f irst half. The visitors improved slightly during the third quarter and cut the margin ta 40-33 at the end of the third stanza with the scaring, littie as it was, being widely spread. In the final hectic stanza, the Lions appeared on the wav ta one of their great comebaeks Swhen they cut the mnargîn ta five Points. But tlhe home lads took over during the mid-way mark of the last quarter and caught the Lions via fast breaks ta roar into a 15 point lead. With the * gamne in its last three minutes the visitors lead bx' Bud Warr- mner showed they stili had scor- arol Pater BobCrag, reding punch and cut the margin .aro d P tter B o C ra g, red dow n ta four points. Then the [iEl1is and Ron Haynes. Kinsmen tank over and tallied o0 by Carson Studio, Port Hope the iast two baskets td eàrn an eight-point verdict and take the cantest 59-51. Bill Dell and Don Seeley Truckmen Are handled the gamne most efficient- lY and lithe cscaped their eyes - as they handed out 38 fous- Tied for Firsi the homesters getting 27 to the visitors' il. However the Lions failed ta capitalize on many of Standing of Senior -B" Group their free throws while- the (Up ta and includjng games Kinsmen hit for a much better of February 13) average. W L T F A 'Pts Bath teams piayed without Oshawa- 20 1.5 O 175 151 40 key men. the Kinsmen being Peterboro 19 15 2 172 172 401 minus Bob Gallagher while the Kingston 17 -18 1 180 177 35 Lions iacked Griffen and Owen. Orillia- 17 17 1 166 165 .35I Top scorer of the eveningwas Belleville 14 22 0 166 196 28 IBud Warriner of the Lions with Gamies Last Week 22 while Ted Dadson and Lefty Feb 9-efeboo 1 Orlli 9Hodgson of the Kinsmen were Feb 9-eteboo 1 Orlli 9the big guns for Bowýmanville Feb. 9-Oshawa 2, Belleville 5 with 16 and 14 respectively. Feb. 10-Belleville 5, Kingston 6- Port Perry -Warriner 22, Feb. 12-Oshawa 3, Peterboro 6 Radd Il, Lawrence 2, Waldin. Feb. 12-Belleville 6, Orillia 2 sperger il, Storry 4, Wallace 1, Feb. 13-Belleville 10, Orillia 2 Brunton 0. Total 51. Feb. 13-Oshawa 8, Kingston 1. Bowmanville - Hodgson 14, Gaines This Week Sfuft 4, Sleep 0, Shields 0, T. Feb. 19-Orillia at Peterboro Dadson 16, Parker 2, Taylor 1, Feb. 19-Oshawa at Kingston B. Dadson 9, Rundle 13, Tiglie Feb. 20-Peterboro at Oshawa 0. Total 59, Feb. 20-Belleville at Orillia Officials-DelI and Seeley. Holding down third place in the Town Hockey League, a few Girardi. Back row, left ta right: Manager H points ahead of the Courtice squad, is the team of the Canadian Order Cowling, Bill Lyle, Gerald Marjerrison, Bil of Foi-esters shown above. Front row, left ta right: "Rip" Richards, -Photi Lowel MacDougal, Vince Vanstone, Irving Brooks, Larry Dewell, Dan taught schooi in Ebenezer dis- frict before being associated in business college work for many years. The "C.iilculator'" referr2d ta in Mr. Wright's letter has been a great h,ýlp and a stepping stone ta success for many pupils and teachers. If any feacher would like ta peruse a copy of this book we will gladly loan then aur copy if they will cal at The Stàtesman Office. We only have the one copy but you can abtain ane for 15e by writ- ing Mr. Wright at the above ad- dress. No charge, Frank, for this bit of free advertising. Only wish 1 had had a copy when 1 went ta school.-G.W.J. New Spring Wheai Grown Firsf Time By Durha m Farmer A new spring wheat called 'Acadia' wvas grown for the firsf time in Durham Connty in 1953 states E. A. Sumners, Agricul- tural Represenfafive. Mr. Milton Stainfon, Boy;- mnanville R.R. 1, abfained twa bushels of this new variety fram the Central Experimenfal Farm, Ottawa. where if was develop- ed. This was sown on a piece of ground that was in a good state of fertility. Mr. Staînton intended fa saw if an a liffle over the acre but the first few rounds were sown fao tbinly with the resuit the two bushels covered about an acre and a baîf. The crop was harvested with a combine and wben bagged and weighcd, shawed a yield of fifty-three bushels. The sample, wbich leaves nothing ta be dcsired in quaI- itv'. ripened about the same fine as nedium aats. WANT ADS Reach Homes You Wouldn't Reach Any Other Way i This newspaper goes into t he homes of a high percenfage of t the families in this area.V It goes into these homes as a weicome guest who is eagerlya taken in hand by most members of the family. If you are running a Wanf Ad ini aur newspaper you haveL a very good chance of catching the favourable attention2 of many families who are looking for9 just what your Want Ad offers.a A WANT AD TAKES YOUR MESSAGE INTO EVERY HOME t WHERE TRIS NEWSPAPER GOES. r Sc PIGNE 3303 a t8 Local Townships Strongly Favour Plan for Calfhood Vaccination The ru telatsisparContrai5Ac Thrmg te latter panr cf1953 Calfhood Vaccination) was passed. This Act is a distinct protection against contagiaus abartion which bas caused tre- mendouis losses ta many cattle owners and often resulted int the farmer or saine cf hig house- hold cantracting the dreaded disease, "Undulant Fever". Under the Act, a Township where two-thirds or more of th-c cattle owners sign a petition in favour, al female calves be- tween six and nine manths must be vaccinated. During the week of January 18th, meetings were held under the direction of the Agricultur- ai Representative's Branch and the Ontario Live Stock Branch in Darlington and Cartwright Townships. Those present voted in favour of the canvass and canvassers were appointed for each scbool section. The majority of the petitian forms are now in the bands of the twa clerks. gbese have been very favourable tawards the Act. In Darlington, with three school sections ta report there are 299 in favour (97.6'ý,) and fîve oppased. If there are any farmers in either Township that have been mnissed during the canvass and they wisb ta register for or against the Act, fhey nay do se by calling at the clerk's office previaus fa Saturday, February 27th. It is expecfed the final report of the petîflon will be presented fa eacb Township Council at the March Meeting. Mucb credif is due the var- ious canvassers 'for their excel- THE TOP SHELF (By Benjamin Beveridge) This year tbe Fard Motor Company is beginning ifs sec- ond balU-century, and the spec-1 facular anniversary in 1953 - 1which coincided witb the 5Oth anniversary of the Wright Bro- thers' first airpiane flight - must have recalled ta some A the aid timerst the naines of sucb early automobiles as the Moon, the Maxwell, Auburn, Stanley Steamer and Gray-Dort, whicb bave nof been in produc- tion for nany years., One naine wbich wiil surely carne ta mind fa ai those wif b a champagne faste will be the incomparable mator vehicle called the Rolls-Royce, a Brit- ish make and a pride-of-posses- sion ,gar for blucbloods and mil- lianaires. The original 6-cylin- der, 40-50 harsèpower Rails- Rayce made a non-stop run of L5,000 miles in .1907. The saine car bas been in use ever since, and now bas a mileage of haîf a million. In a book called "The Magic )fa Name" by Harold Nockolds, 1 have been reading about Sir Henry Royce, the fabulaus, en- jisioned man who designed the ismous Rolls-Royce engine. He nad only one purptse in life- ta mnake the perfect mafor car; and when he died af 70 in 1933, rio other man alive bad cornc quite so near that accomplisb- ment as he had. In the British Science Mus- cuin in London there are two .ars-perbaps the nosf fanaus in the world-the Fard (1906) for the nasses. and the RaIls- Royce (1905) for the perfection- ists. One was made by Henîy Fard, the otber by Henry Royce. The former is a by-ward in American praductfion-line in- dustry, while- the latter, apart fran the distinction of his ina- for car, is virtualiy unknown. Henry RoYce and Henry Fard1 were bath born in 1863. While1 the American set ouft t build1 the cheapesf autornoble, in thej world, RoYce set bis sights on( a car that wouid work better1 and longer than any other, no maffer wbat the cost. He neyer swcrved from this goal. Roycc lett scbooi wbcn be1 was 13 fa deliver telegrama in( London, but by the fine he was I 21 he had saved £20 wbich ta-N gether witb the lif. savings oft another young man be wast able ta open a warksbap ina M'.anchester and begin produc-1 ing doorbells. And if was inè bhat workshop that Royce later! i mnade lùs first mofor ca r-byt hand. He didn't nake cars ta selI. He made then because h2 s-as nof satistied wifh any other car on the road. c Royce's maney would have e soan left hilm if Charles Rails, E an automobile dealer, had nctp corne along. But RoUas did corne tj along, and the twa went ittaï a building-sciling parfnersbip. b Froi this beginning in 1904. jt loUa isover tried la ,proas h"in, engincer toward greafer produc- flan, nor did Royce ever lower the standard of bis vehicle so that be migbt campefe witb the prices ot other cars. The warld's most oerfect car turned ouf la be t he world's most expensive car, and the strange fbing about if was that RaIls and Rayce made if pay. 1- daresay not more than a dozen cammunities in Canada have ever had a Rolls-Royce glide down ifs byways. Only a sinaîl proportion of fthe people bave ever seen anc. But the whole world fhinks of the Rolîs- Rayce wbcn if thinks of perfec- tion. And 90 Sir Henry Rayce accomplisbed wbat he set ouf fa do. In Montreai--in modcst quar- fers an Dominique Sf.-lives a liffle old lady named Mrs. An- tania Houston. In years past, a good deal of glory and glamor must bave brusbed off on ber as she passed fhrough the back stages of the world's music halls and tbrough the courts of kings, for Mrs. Houston is ftbe niece of Antonin Dvorak, the famous Boh enian composer wba was once director of the canservatary of music in New York. Mrs. Houston (she married a cousin of Toronta-born Walter Houston, tbe late movie star> came ta Quebec ln 1930 ta play fhe viaiin. Two years lafer an automobile accident cripp1éd ber for lite. She bas remained in Montreal ever since. Study- ing under Fritz Kreisler. she was playing at the palace of Emperar Franz Josef at the" age ot eleven. And she played ber violin in Rame with the great Verdi conducting I bave been tbinking wbat a wonderful tbing if would be ta be able ta sing like Caruso and make $2,500 a performance. If bas remindcd ne thaf the Par, isian opera barifone, Rager Ri- ca, was. once paid $95,312.50 ta remain absolutely sulent. He bad been eligaged by Rodgcrs and Hammerstein ta replace Ray Middieton, wbo bad just con- pletcd anc year witb "South Pa- cifie" in New York. Rico was .înder cantract for $2,250 a week, but atter tive manths of t everyone was convinced thut thec baritone would not make ani attemupt fa learn enaugh Englialu so that he mighf be un- derstoad, sa George Bitton re- placed hin. Rico insisted an, lie torms of bis confract, and he was paid off in full. In January, in bis iast colun of -Sun Glcans", 82-year-old ditor William Noakes of TheI Brandon (Man.) Sun wrote pro- i pheticaily: "'Don't look back onE ino. If mnay be gaining on you".4 rime caught up with Mr. j Noakes because before fhe cal-E omn itas in prinf flie veteran( nowsman wa& dead, 2 Tobacco Acreage Increased for 1954 The Ontario, Flue Cured Tobacco Association has an- nounced that tobacco grawers in Ontario this year will be al- lowed ta grow 100 per cent of their acreage, rather than the 75 per cent they were restricted ta in 1953. In Ontario this will mean that grawers will be% able ta put in 122,000 acres cf flue-cured ta- bacco. New Variety of Barley Released For Tests Here Dr. D. N. Huntiey, Head of the Field Husbandry Depart- ment, Ont aria Agricultural Col- lege, Guelph, reports that a sinaîl quanfify of a new mildewl resistant barley called "Brant" will be distributed this spring in one bushel lots tai the extent of the seed suppiy. This seed will be distnibufed as Commer- cial No. 1. Af the present time, the Departmenf is developing Foundatian Seed of this variety whicb will prabably be distri- bufed tbrough the Ontario Seed Distribution Committee in the' spring of 1955. Applications fori this vaniety should be mrade di- recfly fa the Field Husbandrv Department, Guelph. The price will be $2.50 per bushel. The V1arety "Braint" is the sane as tchaf lis ted in the resuits of re- gional tests for the past fhree years as G.B. 21. If furthcr information is ne- quired, write The Ontario De- parfment of Agriculture, Bow- manville. Legal Coeiiraci Needed To Keep Young Men Down on ihe Farm At the short course beid re- cently af Macdonald Coliege, a group of 20 young farmers cx- prcssed their views on father- son agreements. They sfated quite openly that young men are not apftat stay an the fan- ily tarm. these days unlcss fliere is a legal cantract betwecn then and their fathers. rAil were agreed on fhe basic principles for sucli a canfract. The tirst principie tbey stated, was fthe farm must pravide a safisfactory income for f wo fan- ilies. Secondly ftle contract sbould stafe, in detail, an agree- ment on conditions of sale for the tarin, the tather's will, shar- ing of costs and division of pro- fits. One sub-group. report ing their findings fa the larger group, ouflined a more dcfailed con- tract. Here are their suggest-, ions in point forin.1 1. A selling price for the farmý as if stands, should be agree d upon and thý son start ta buy into the tarin alter the tirsf year of the cantract. 2. A suggested annual wagc! of approximatcly $1500 cach i sbould be provided for andl charged agyains.' aperafing casf s.1 3. Profit wouid be cons5idered, the anaunt leff over affer de-! ducting: operating costs (includ- ing the annual wagcs fa each ;j depreciation charges for mach-J incry and buiidingýs; and an' anount set aside for permanent, improvenents fa the tarin. 4. Profit aftcr each ycaré* op-ý cratians would be dividedi be-1 fwecn the father and son ae- carding fa fhe investinent eacb bas in the tarin. SThe son would lunde,-fakp r tab u rn over bis share of the profits each year until he bad, paid off the tarin, (and ta the. heirs if bis father dies). A nylon vest wbcb repes e- volver builefs bas been in.--.- cd by Dr. J. V. Wemnberger otf Oftawa. In a test, a capper- jackefed .38 revolver bulief, tir- ed tram 12 feet. pencfratcd tour or tive lavers of tbe vcsf, then r.bounded. Orono Orphans n Îlayoffs ' A n4 MM*WEATE S S*LM 70I After winning first place by DO FOR SOMYE GIRLS 1S four points in the Lakeshore In- PVNJIJ<Efi 17C1 termedate "A" League while playing in "B" classification, the Orono Orphans are now ready a to advance in the first round of the Provincial '4B" playoffs. , They will clash witb the Kingston Army team in a best- of-seven series, with the first game to be held in the Parti Hope Arena on Saturday at 8.30 phn.. GOOD HEALTH No ACCIDENTz The person who enjoys good 't~ , health does not as a rule owe it ta taking a lcng list of medi- cines and warrying over his 127 daiiy regimen. It will probably ' be found that he eats wisely, keeps regular hours for rest and M N takes normal precautions agaînst fatigue and chills. A balanced WEXi. A R± diet is one ai the most impor- V tant ways of keeping the body i_______________ well nourished and resistant ta IGSTE OWMNIL disease.____________ Special Values! Clark's 10 oz. bot. York York là oz. fin Ajax Beef Siew - 30c Cleanser - TJ. 14C 15 a. tua York Prune IPlums 15 az. tins Lipton's Chicken 2 For 27c Noodie Soup 2/25c Society 20 oz. tins Kellogg's Ige. pkg. Dog Food 2 For, 29c Corn Flakes - 25c White or coloured NV. B. Serviettes 2 pkg. 37c Potalees 50 lb. bac Freshly KilIed Broilers - Capons - Boilîng FowI FIEE DELIVEEY- Meals and Groceries 55 KING ST. E. BOWMANVILLE PHONE 3347 I ,1 1% à à"M m 0 -UDAT, PU. 1M, 1*4 r-ANADI*m OtTAMP-qlwÀm- ý DFS