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pâm E PU _ _ __ _ __ _ __ t Current , and Con fidenatial ~ By Elsie Carruthers Luinney .YOURNEY THROL'GH TUE the reader journeys with her GLENS down one road and another, its Sinc RoertBurn' brthchurches and its pioneer homes. ayasinceieratths i eeThese gracious old houses are dwree Sct draw brwethpeopied again with those who wherver cot dre brethhelped to . make history, in it is flot inappropriate to men- both broad~ and narrower tion a book about Scots trans- fields. In this respect, we can pianted which we cnjoyed im- tel] that Dorothy Dumbrille (in mensely. This is Dorothy private life Mrs. J. T. Smith, Dumbrille's "Up and Down The1 wife of the principal of Alex- Glens", the story of Glengarry andria High School), is a kmn- County, told with a loving dred spirit. heart and hand. Sc-otch names abound, though The increasing popuiarîty of descendants of the Highland- such regiona] histories, which! e rs are now outnumbered by fi a reai need if any true French from Quebec near-by. history of our province and Oî This is the land where Raiph aur country is to be prescnted Connor and Grace Campbel and uneerstcod, is most hcart- were born and reared, and thîs ening. For history is far from 1 is the land they have written being onIy a record of wars about in their books. Miss and treaties and governments.1 Dumbrille takes us ta see It is the story of the people, -where. Ralph Connor's father how they. lived, how they preached, and where Grace th,-ought, and why, sometime:z, 1 Campbell (author of "Thorn thecy le,'t comfortabie homes ta Avp1e Tree", "The Higher battie for existence -in a forest I, and "Torbcg") lived. We wilderness. th'in you will like this jour- "Up And Down The Glens" Incy about Glengarry as much tells why these stout-hearted as we did, also the sketches and giant statured Highland wvhich illustrate it, which are Scots came to Glengarry, or by a resident of the cointy, a the part of Canada that be- neighbor and friend of Miss came Glengarry Countii. t Dumbriiie's. tells of the Mark they left on Miss Dumbrille is also the the countryside whose beau- author of "Deep Doorways" and lies the author Sa -vividlv "Ail This Difference", which, brings ta life. t recreates, as vie are sorry ta say, we have Are your present monthly commit- $ments too heavy to carry?$ Consuit Beilvue today for an easicr wa olightefi your financial wayto worries. $ A plan to suit every income. $ A Belivue Loan is as near $ as your Phone. $ BELLVUE FINANCE $ G. H. Wilson, Manager $ 29% Simcoe St. S. Oshawa $ PHIONE OSHAWA 5-112J F 3? ~AmOVI~ DAILY PICK-UP AND DELIVERY Local Agent:- HOOPER'S LADIES' WEAI< PHONE: OSHAIWA ZENITH 13000 w j t i not had the opportunity of reading. She has been as welil chairman af the Memb ershùn Cammittee ai the Canadian Au thors Assocation. "Up And Dawn The Giens"l' i at Bow- manville Public Library. FENCES CROSS COUNTRY Did you ever stop ta thmnkI of ail the difierent kinds of fences in existence, and howl they give charfter and pic- turesqueness' ta the country- side? We have aiways admir- ed the aid snake and pine stump fences for these rea- sons, but we had neyer uiven much thaught ta the great variety af fences or how they came ta be. This was brought ta mind by a very interestng illustrated article in an aid issue (December 1953) of the Canadian Geographical Jour- nal, which came ta hand. Twa oi the reasans for fences af course, are ta mark baun- daries and ta keep animais in, or out. In pioneer days in East- en Canada, the brushwood fence was the direct resuit of clearing the land. Then, after the stumps had remained in the graund a few years. and1 rotted sufficiently ta be pull- ed out by oxen or other methods, these were piacedi roat side out ta form a fence. Some ai these stili endure in Durham County taday, and some may alsa be scen from the new highway gaing ta Pc- terborough. In early days, nails were hand cut, hard to came by and expensive, sa that fences werc af necessity made without them. Some af the other types buit without nails wcre pale, chock and log, and post ani- rail. The straight rail fence in which rails are nailed ta the posts is camînon today, but only' hecame passible with the invention of, the xire nail. Tumber was pientîful in pio- ncer days, in fact something ta be got rid af, but by the 1850's in the United States and toaa lesser extent in Canada, what ta use for fencing had become an acute question. 'Hedges wcrc tried but did not prove as successfui in ahl climates and souls as was hoped for. *Out West, cattie men -solved the problem by having cow- boys ride herd an the stock. It was much cheaper than fencing. On the prairies taa, mud fences were used in some sections. Eventualiy, the wire fence, particularly barbed wire, prav- ed the solution. It was cheap and worked well, except that it sametimes inflicted cuts an horses and cattie. For this rea- son it has beeen replaced with woven wire in many -cases. Besides ail these, there are the picturesque stone wali, and many other kinds ai fences described by Douglas Leech- man in- hîs article. And ho says the iist is far from exhausted. What a fascinating subjeet. Think af it the next time you take a drive. REVENGE IS SWEET You mai. have heard a lut ai horse s ories, but we'll bet you've nover heard one like this beforo. We don't know if the horse was thirsty, had ani eye for calor, or was just plain bared. Anyway, Joe Sheehan on his custamary rounds with horse and wagon for the Crystal Dai- ry, parked the vehicle outside the Olympia Cafe and depart- ed with clanking bottles. In front oi the horsc's nase was parked an apple green Ply- mouth car, new and shiny. There had been snaw the night before and a nico layer ai ;t lay white and beckoning on the trunk ai the car. The horse took a nibble, thon he took a bite. In fact it was so good that he cleaned off quite a patch. But ho didn't stop there. He cleancd off a patch ai appie green paint too, lcaving his tecth marks behind in a handsome pàttern (Wc didn't know that stuf would taste so good.) Ted Bag- nell, awner af the car, was un- aware of his sorrow until Hap Palmer wha had seen the last "Oum 1 shouldinhva Iokoetu Ifo WUOWMCi tuIephsine numberl THE CAKAD!AN STATESMAM, BOWMLANV1LLE ONTAMXO Impact of Indus try on Canada's Agriculture Outlined at Can. Club J. A. Carroll, Assistant De- puty Minlster ai Agriculture for Ontario, was the speaker at a meeting ai the Women's Canadian Club held an Mon- day aternoan, Jan. 17, in St. John's Parish Hall, with Pre- ident Mrs. O. W. Ralph pro- siding. Mrs. Rolph wha has known Mr. Carroll personally and through his work in the Fairs Association ai Ontario for many years, introduced the speak- er. He was barn in Elgin Coun- ly, attended Ontario Agricul- tural Caliege at Guelph, and was agricultucal represonta- tive in Peel. Fram thece ho went ta variaus government posts in, the Departmfent ai Agriculture and is naw Assist- ant Deputy Minister. Mr. Carroll congratulatod the club an the function it is per- forming in the community. "It is through clubs like yourls and the Women's Institute that so many womcn ai Ontario are so well iniormed," he said. Effect On Markets Spcaking an "The New Can- ada" and its impact on ;Agri- culture, Mr. Carroll took up first the effect ai Canada's, ra- pid industrialization on its markets. In daing sa he point- ed up the difference bctxveen Canada and other cauntries. In Britain, hec large population consumes ail the food she can produce. It is stili only 50 % ai what her people need, whereas in Canada we always have surpiuses for which mar- kets must ho found. Increased industrialization means increas- ed home markets, ho said, and home markets are always beat. Mr. Carroll wondered if Canadians approciate the land sufficientiy. "We have not aiways treated it toa weil," he said. He told ai the prices ce- ceived for sale or cent ai land in Scotland, England and Ire- land, which are about thcee times as higb as in Canada. But the land thece is weii car- ed for and highiy productive, s0 that the renter stili can prosper. In Canada where wo have groat acreage, we are flot accustomod ta cultivating the land so intensively, Mr. Car- ral aaid. Competlng For Labor Expansion of industry since World War II has had a great effect on farm labor. The farmn has ta compote with industry for its labor, sinco there is na agricultucal laboring class in Canada such as la found in the British Isles and Europe. In Canada 80 % ai the iarm work is donc by the farmer and hia famiiy. In this connection Mr. Carroll said, "I ar nont sa concerned about the number ai boys who leave the farm for industry, as I am with which o nos lave. Wc need the smart- e st ones an the farm." JFrorn the cnd ai World War II until 1953, Canadians were l eaving the farm at the rate ai 1 i4,000 a yoar. This could nit 'be made Up by immigration, since many immigrants also went ta the cities. There are also many cases now where the farmer combines hîs own job wîth anc in a factary, but Mr. Carroll feit this practice waa flot too beneficial for the land, "In the future 1 lhink we are going ta have fewer hired mon but more highly skilled, and the farmèfr will have ta have money ta compote with indus- try for hia share ai the labor." Farm Eificiency Farm efficiency wiil have ta be increased to offset the lack of numbers in farm labor, and this is already being done. Whiie farm workers were re- duced by 35 % irom. 1939 ta 1953, production was increased 20 %. Mechanization has ac- counted in same measure for this. In Durham County for in- stance, there is three limes the mechanization there was in 1941. But there bas also been an increaso in yield ai crops, in wheat ai 32%, in hay 31% per acre. This application ai science ta farming, resulting in ,ijncreased efficiency is good, the speaker stated. *In answer ta the complaint (Intended for last week) Owing ta slippery coads and many people on tho sick liat, an average attendance attend- ed the Home and School Club Fciday ntght. President Peuh Vaneyk opened the meeting. Pcagramn convenar Wm. John- son was chairman for t his prograni. Readings by, Ken Rosevear, Joan Johnson, Keith Gable and Mca. A. J. McLag- gan; piano solo by Miss J. Rose- vear, accordion music by John Virtue, Tyrano, were enjoyed by ail. A deliciaus lunch was served. Mca. Vivian Lince, Port Per- ry and Mfss Rae Jahnstan, Oshawa, with their parents, Mc. and Mra. Jack Johnston. Mr. and Mca. Harold De Mille and boys, Bucketon, Mr. and Mcs. Chas. Penwarden, and Mr. and Mca. Paul Vaneyk were Sunday supper guests af their parents, Mc. and Mca. W. Vaneyk and John. Mc. and Mca. G. Baker and family and Mca. May Johns wore Satucday evening guests ai Mc. and Mrs. Orme Miller. Mc. and Mca. Alvin Carter and Marilyn, Mc. and Mca. Tom Turner, Elaine and Bruce, and Misa Barbara Harper, To- ronto, with Mr. and Mcs. Er- nest 'Harper and. Bill. Mr. and Mca. Art Young- mian and boys, Mr. and Mca. Hilliard McClure and Jane. Mc. Jne McGill with Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Smnith and (Jrace. o= Sunday. that t la a different size dol- lac we use today. At any rate, t Is not food which is respon- siblo for this high cost, ho cantended. 0f the average ro- tait dollar, 28.8% goos for cars, and fooadis noxt with 22.2 %. Taking the factory worker's dollar as an example, Mc. Car- rail gave « some sucpcising f ig- ures an what, an hour's labor would buy in 1924 and 1954. In 1924 an hour's work wou!d buy 3.8 quarts ai milk, today it will buy 7.3 quarts. In 1924 au hour's work bought 1.1 Ibs ai butter, and buys 2.5 ibs. ta- day. As well as încreased wago,s Mr. Carroll feit that increased farm efficiency and produc- tion were partly respansible for this. Las. 0f Land Another effect ai the indus- trialization ai Ontario in par- ticular and anc which the speaker viewed with alarm, is the loss ai land ta industry and hausing. It la certainly cause for cancern that 465,000 acres ai farm land. have disappeaced into industry, housing or roads. "Here in Durham," Mr. Car- rail said, "you have bast 28,000 acres in the last decade." In the Humber Valley, once cultivated intensivoly foc veg- etables for Toronto markets, only about 10% ai this land ro- mains for such use. Orchards ,are disappearing 100, as in the Applewood Acres housing de- velopmont. Farms and orch- ards are being pushed back, but in the matter ai tender fruits, such as peachos, this cannot be donc because ai cli- mate conditions. Mr. E. A. Summers, Durham A g c i c u i turai Representative, was a gucat at the meeting and took pleasure in ccnewing ac- ,quaintance with the speaker. Mr.s. Laurence Goddard fit- tingly exprcssed the apprecia- lion of the club ta Mc. Carroll for his fine address. Mca. D. R. Morrison presided at the piano for the opening and closing ex- orcises. A social haif-hour pre- cedod the meeting, the tea ta- ble bringing a tauch ai spring with a centre-piece ai daffo- duls. HAMPTON (Initended for last week) Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Peters, Toronto, vislted the Salters on Saturday. Mr. Tam Martin, Oshawa,' visitod hNs sister, Mca. Winter- burn an Sunday. Mrs. S. G. Niddory with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Fernandez, To- ronto. Miss Ruby Dowell, Oshawa, wtth Mr. and Mrs. -Porcy Dew-. lli. Mr. Earl Duthies and Miss Edith Duthies, Elmvalo, spent the weokond with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Blanchard and Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Clomons. Mr. and Mca. Lorenzo Truit woro recen.t ,visitors with Mr and Mrs. C. E. Horn, Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Daw and daughter Wondy, Miss Ruth Daw and friend, Toron- ta, weco visitars at the home ai their parents, Mr. and Mcs. C. E. Daw. Miss Cocule Petit, Toronto, spent the weckend with Mr. and Mrs. W. Chapman. Miss Sharon Larmer, Black- stock, Miss Barbara Balson, Courtîce, spent the weekend with Miss Virginia Balson. Mc. and Mrs. A. Clomens, Bowmanvillo, visited at La- verne Clemons' on Sunday. Sunday School services wcro very weil attended. The flow- ers which adocned the chucch were in memory ai Mcas. Chas. Blanchard. An intorosting event was hold in the church basement an Friday evoning whon com- munity frîends gathorod for a miscellancous s h o wer in honor ai Irene Allun a bride-to- be. She was the recipient ai many lovely and useful giits for which she exprcssed appre- ciation. and invitcd her fricnds ta visit her in her home later. Reireshments were sccvod and a social haif hour spent. Sympathy Is extended ta Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Blanchard in the death ai his mother. who was *highiy respectod by Hampton iriends. A riumber from horo attended hor fun- eral in Bowmanvilio on Fni- day aiternoon. Home and School meeting wvas hcld on Tuesday evening with the president, Mrs. Jack Macnab in the chair. Meeting apened with "O Canada", fol- lowed by the Lord's Prayer. A short business peciod pceced- cd the program in charge ai Mrs. Wilfrid Smale, who eall- ed an Mi%. and Mrs. J. Cruick- shanks. wha shawed a number ic of very interesting and lovely MIL 3.3303 slides an their trip ta Scotland, which were much enjayed.fo Audrey Mcnab iavared withWAT D piano music. Refreshment weeserved at the conclusiont of the meeting which was fair-1 SERVICE iy well attended. Sorry ta report some of aur citizens are somewhat indis- posed as the resuit af falis on the ice, and are unabie ta be out these days. Vigor Oit Go. Ltd,. Reduces the Prices on FUEL OIL and STOVE QIL STOVE CIL 19 "1 FUEL CIL 162~ cents per gal. cents per gai. FOR DELIVERY PHONE Orono 53 r 7 nr Oshawa 5-1109 _____________ - ~ L~. - M 10 w M CES t 0.ii who oeils it, the Firm's address, the Concert Group From Oshawa Entertains B.T.S. An excellent group af yaung entertainers presented a var- iety concert at the Ontario Training Schoai for Boys here on Wednesday evening of last week under the spansoî'ship of the Young Peaple's Brother- hood of Oshawa, directed bv Albert "Red" Hardie. Hits of the show were Bily Wade, seven-year-oid son of Mr. and Mre. William Wade, Courtice. whose sensational drumming is well known ta Durham audiences, and attrac- tive vocalist Mary McDonald. Bath these entertainers re- ceived tremendaus applause fr6m the Training Sshool boys THMURSDAY, J:AI. 27th, 1958- Other performers were Rin. ard Debicki, 10; 'Pee Wee" Bob Griffin and his Ranch Boys- Larry Hachey, Billy Turnoaky and G. McMullen; Vin Gormn, known as "Canvasback Jones'- the two Dots and a Dash, con- sisting of Brent Snowden, Stan Hoskin and Dave Harnier, bro. ther of vocalist Shirley Har*, mer. Also appearing on thàë program were Buck Bailey anlim his Blue Rangers from Peter- borough. Boys in this group were Don Damario, John Pol- lock and John Nahrgang. Don Lennox acted as master of cerernonies and Mrs. Wade and Alan Bowie.r were accom,, panists. Superintendent J. J. Brown expressed a hearty- vote of thanks Io the fine troupe af entertainers for appearing at the school.1