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TUDAV, MARCH 17th, 1955 =iE CANADMAI STATESMA!1, EOWMANVII, ONTAMO Pl*-GE TffTBEN History of Newfoundland Through Centfuries Outlined by Native Son. A humorous, Interesting ar Comprehensive picture of Ciu * tenth Province, Newfouni was given to the men ber !the Bowmanviile Ri tary Club at their regular mec- Ing Frdy noon by Rev. E.( ]Kellaway, a native o! that ne%% ust PrOvince who is naw mini! ter of Coburg United Churc] It was the fiith in th ý'Know Your Canada" series c ,r Kadresèes instituted for th 1present Rotary year by Rotai 2an George James. In this se: ies speakers from various Car adian Provinces have addresse the club on their home prov Inces. [t is boped that throug] tbem the Rotarians who bav flot traveiied to these section of the country can gain a bet ter understanding of their gec graphie, industrial and econ OMlc features, and thus ini crease their knowiedge of Can ada as a whole. Mr. Kelloway stated that thi namne ai his native province ii Pronounced in the same way ai the phrase from which its namf i derived. New Found Landi and that John Cabot receivec £10 for discovering it in 1497 Great Britain laid dlaim ta il from that time on, he said, ai- though the French aiso hac seriaus dlaims on the territory for many centuries and it wa: pot actually acknowiedged by France ta be a British passes- sfron until 1904. In that year a' a treaty meeting between the two countries, England waivec dlaims on Morocco in returr for Francc's waiving of claims ta Newfaundland. Ne AttemPt At Colonization For many centuries England regarded the country as oniy a fishing territory, Mr. Keilo. way said, and there were no attcmpts ta colonize it or use if for anything but fishing and for trainring its merchant navy. [n 1613 somne men wbo had fished along its coasts founded a settlement near St. John's. This began what amaunted ta ~lmost civil war between the éettiers and the admirais ai the fishing fleets, who up ta this time had been the sole author- lty in the territory. The speaker painted out that Newfaundland is triangular in shape, 317 miles long and 316 miles wide, with 6,000 miles of seacpast. This coast is very ir- regular, with many inlets and long narrow arms which often lead ta large sheltered inland bays. The picturesque scenery of this rugged caast is unsur- passed, he said, and very com- parable ta the beautiful scen- e-y along the Norwegian coast. "Unlike what some people believe, that Newfoundiand is à' land ai fish. fog, dogs and !ce, it actually has a very tem- ~;Perate climate"l, Mr. Keliaway f stated. "The temperature sel- dom goes down to zero except in the mountainous interiar."p The people who settled this rugged country must have been poets at heart, because they gave their settlements very pic- turesque names, he said. Ex- amples ai these quaint namnes are Heart's Content, Little Heart's Ease, Seldom Corne By and Snook's Arm. The Frencbi influence can also be seen in 1such place names as Paquette. Self Goverament ]ln 1835 Because af the eariy Britlsh view of Newfoundland as notb- ing but a fishing calony, it was 1835 before the country abtain- cd self-government. It pragrcss- ed from colony status ta tbat af a Dominion at the end of World War 1, bc stated, at whicb time it was tbe oldest British colony and the yaungest Dominion. In 1931, bowever, Newfoundland became bankrupt and a Britisb Commission iorm af gavemn- ment was set up wbich lasted until confederation with Can- ada in 1949. Mr. Keiioway painted out that altbough the country owed $101,000,000 in 1931 its per capita debt was less than other *provinces ini Canada. However, since the1 population was only 265,000 at- that time it was feit tbat a re-i turn ta Commission govern-à ment would be the best move.1 This government did a good job and when the country j ain- ed Canada in 1949 it bad $35,- 000,000 ini its treasury. The1 country had a bard time- dur-i ing the depression years thraughe losing its codfish market inN Italy when Mussolini cut off1 purchases ini retaliation forc sanctions imposed by the1 League oi Nations against Italyt because ai the war ini Ethiopia.r Franco also cut off purchasesC Rev. E. C. Kelloway of dried codfish from the cour try when he came into powei in Spain. The speaker pointed out thac this was extremely serious t( a country whose chief industr was fishing. In his own villag( the fishing fleet dwindied frorr 25 boats to none during thesE years. "However, fishing is nc longer the chief industry, al. though the frozen fish markct is now giving it a shot in the arm", he declared. Wealth From Paper and Iron The country's weaith is now derived ta a large extent from puip and paper and mîning as weli as from fishing. He point- ed out that the largest paper miii in the world is that of Bowaters in Corner Brook, Newfoundiand, and the one at Grand Fails' is nearly as large. "The iran mines at Bell Island praduce 11/2 million tons of I pecial for M Friday and Safurday Men's SPRING SUITS A large variety of tweeds, nylon gabardines in ail the latest weaves and colours. Ail Sizes Ail Styles .S19.95 BoysP Cowboy JEANS " First Quality " Sanforized " Zipper Front " Real Western Style " Copper Riveted Pockets Regular $2.95 pair Friday and Saturday Special .11.7.5 pair eir441à- Bowmanvi île Surplus Sales 42 king East Phone MA 3-3211 I at o ry e nm ;e Le iran are a year, and ther an unlimited seam af arc", stated. "This mine extenda two or three miles under' ocean and it is bard ta tell far it will eventually extei In addition ta iran, N faundland also ba& large pasits of gold, silver, coi and lead. the speaker pour out, and at Tilt Cave, a fori charge o! bis, an aid cop mine whicb bad been clc for years bas recently re-op ed. There is an extensive pasit ai commercial-gradec which bas flot been mined,j Imperial 011 la naw drilling ail near Camner Brook. Turning ta Labrador, wi stili belongs ta Newfoundi despite the fact tbat Quel bas been trying ta get pas: sian o! it far many years, speaker painted out that th are vaàt deposits ai iran are that section. Thirce-quarters the vast Ungava iran are fi is, in fact, in Labrador ratl than Quebec. The poteni power resources o! Labra( are alsa tremendous, he se and the Hamilton River bas c waterfall whicb dwarfs Nial ra falis and would be cabal ai producing 10,000,000 bar power. In addition, therei tremendous limits of apruce a pife. "The $50,000,000 whi Canada put inta Newfoundla at the time of Coniederation 1949 is only a fraction ai t weaitb it wili realize iram t province". Mr. Kellowayc clared. Very Sturdy People Z'erhaps the greatest cani bution Newiaundiand wiil ma ta Canada bowever, is in people. They possess a gre many skilîs, they are used 'rardships, and the seafarii qualities ai their ancestars ha, made for sturdiness and inc pendence", the speaker assez ed. He prophesied tbat the E Lawrence Seaway will be >oon ta Newiaundiand as wc. as ta Quebec and Ontario fi it may mean that the caunt viii become a trans-shipmei point for cargaes. "Newfoun( land wiil continue ta play i part ini the future as it basj war and peace in the pastl, 1, onciuded. Mr. Kelloway was introdug d by Rotarian Arthur Morgai wbo furnished the iniarmatio 'rat he had graduated ira: IcGili University after obtali 'rg bis primary educationi rewfaundîand. His first mit- stry was ut Denbigh and h eas alsa minister at Carleto lace before maving to Co 5ourg. He was tbanked for hi nost intcresting and bumorou idresa by Rotarian Jobi rames. Nine Guesto Present Vice-President Keith Jack. 9 Son occupied the chair in thE n absence of President 0. F. Rob. 'son and welcomed fine gueslE -to the meeting. Rotarians Ted r Mouiton, Jim Flett, Chuck )fLancaster, Lance Beath and cLes McLaughlin of the Osh. iawa Club; Rev. Harold Turner Herman Lichtenbelg, and SCreighton Devitt. B4wmanvillE )f and Rev. G. I. Pike, Newton. ville. He also made a birthday presentation to Rev. Art Mor. gan. Walter Reynolds distributed extra envelopes for the Easter Seals Campaign for Crîppied Children so members couid give them to anyone who did not receive one through the mai]. He also gave out counter dis- play cards on the campaign for members to Put up in their places of business. George Hacking announcec that since an Inter-Club meet- ing was scheduled for the fol- lowing Monday there wouic not be a regular meeting on March 18. Vice-President Jack~son wel. comed Dave Higgon back to the meeting after a recent illness. He announced that nominations for President and Vice-Presi- dent for the 1955-56 season would be accepted on Marcli 25,, and first ballots for the gen- erai election would aiso be re- ceived. The meeting on that day wouid be in charge of the Golden Anniversary Commit- tee, he said. The club's annual Ladies' Night will be heid on March 23 and a series of four fireside meetings will begin with one at the home o! President Rob- son on March 28. George Moody reported that threc teams fram the Bowman- ville club took part in the Ra- tary Bonspiel heid last week at Oshawa and enjoyed themselves there. YOUR EYES and1 ~! ~VisionI previaus xeiv copyrights E pni CB.Tuek. If somieone Optometrlst Salem W.A. will hold their on YOUir Pr Dlsney Bldg. March meeting at the home o! be flnanei8 31 ingF.,Mrs. F. Blackburn today, March for any d 31Kig.,lth.* against yo: IOpp. P.O. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Little and jOSHAWA- Phone 5-6143 family. Agincourt, were Sunday able to affo \,isitors with Mr. and Mrs. K. The answer 284. Shackieton. In earlier use ai the Ophthal- Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown and have Resi moscpe, more than at the family, town; Mr. and Mrs. Tam Insurance. present Mydriatics (drugs which McGuirk. Mapie Grove, visited about lt! dilate the pupil) were used - Mr. and Mrs. E. Twist. fa part ai the procedure with its Mr. and Mrs. L. Welsh and use for eye examination, but an iamily were Saturday vng accaunt ai the disadvantages visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gec. STUART such as nat being able ta prop- Goddard, Courtice. erly finish the examination due Miss Grace Blackburn was a Insurance ta the dilated condition of the Saturday visitor witb Miss pupil and the partially paralyzed Barbara Bathgate, town, and Offie state of the muscles will take a helped celebrate Barbara's birth- MA 3-5681 few hours before the drug sub- day. sides: drugs ai-e not now used in Mrs. Bob Collacott at tended jKlnig Street E every case. the funcral of her uncle, Mr. Inis 1 Cocwriahrtadi Taylor. Courtice. h. be for the how rew- de- pper nted mer pper osed pen- de- coal and for hich [and ýbec res- the ere Sin lo! eid ýhem tfial ýdam aid, one tga- Lbic se- are and Lich and Sin he the de- ke Sleigh Riding on Her 89th Birthday - --- ---~4~ - T W : I ____ t - I ~ .1 ...~ ~ Bowmanville-born Mrs. Eugenia Frazier, relative of the Dumas on Ontario Street, celebrated her 89th birthday in Springfield, Vt., Thursday, sliding down a mountain siope on a sled. "If *I don't fail out of a tree or break my rieck on a sled, l'I live to be 100," she told the photographer as she began her slide down a mountain siope. eat to Mr. and Mrs. John Polok, Mi Lng and Mrs. K. Nichols, Terry ani le- Ji Bowranville, with Mi !r- Mr. and Mrs. Donald Park~ er and children, Mrs. Mary Ai] t.dread, Newcastle, Miss Lilliai aMcRoberts, Toronto, Mr. How ell ard Quinney, Bowmanvifle for visited Mr. and Mrs. H. Mc ry Roberts and Mrs. Fred McRob >nt erts. id- Mrs. Earl Prescott and Mrs ts Kenneth Hardy visited Mr in and Mrs. W. McLaughlin, Bur. he keton. Mrs. W. T. Worden with Mrs ic- P. Haywarci and Mrs. N. Hayes, tn, Bowmanville. Dn Mr. and Mrs. D. Stainton and rn boys, Mr. Luther Stainton, witi n-. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stainton, n Congratulations to Mr. Luther l- Stainton who celebrated his he birthday last week. n Mr. and Mrs. K. Colbary and o- Frankie with Mr. and Mrs. is George Sears, New Toronto. as Mr. and Mrs. R. Stinson, in Bowmanville, visited Mr. anc Mrs. Fred Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, Columbus,' visited Mrs. Flor- enle Scott. le Miss Margaret Philp, Mrs. B. c)- Ylliott, Toronto, with Mr. and :s Mrs. H. Phiip. ýd Dean Findlay and friend, Un- lk onville, visited Mr. and Mrs. id C. Bigelow. 'l Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Hick- r, son, Lindsay, visited Mr. and td Mrs. James Delaney. le Mr. and Mrs. John Broome 1- and family visited Mr. and Mrs. 'Y Chas. John.s on Saturday and - Mr. and Mrs. Ronald McDon- ald, Bowmanville,. on Sunday. cI Mr. and Mrs. Lorre Griffir >r visited Mr. and Mrs. W. Rahm. d *Mr. and Mrs. E. Masters and ,e girls, Bowmanvilie, visited Mr. )t and IMrs. E. A. Virtue. 1. Mr. and Mrs. S. Rahm and ;chiidren, Blackstock, with Mr. rand Mrs. A. Rahm. r Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rosevear and Lorraine, visited Mr. 1. W. Larmer. Millbrook. Mrs. L. Alldread and Mrs. E. A. Virtue and ;John, visited Mrs. C. Shaw, Oshawa. Mrs. W. T. Worden spent three weeks with Mr. and Mrs.j George Drew, Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. C. Cook, Alan, Billie* and Bobbie, Georgetown, Mr. Allan Harmrer and friend, Erindale. Mrs. J. C. Cook Sr., returned home with hier son. Mrs. Fred McRoberts is with her daughter, Lillian McRob- erts, Toronto. Mrs. M. Findlay, Unionville, with Mrs. A. Hawkey. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cover- Iy, Sylvia and Shelia, Gordon Kilpatrick, Bowmanville, with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Park, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hicks and Kay, Yarmouth," N. S.,1 visited their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Gavel. Mr. and Mrs. George Rahm, Saintfieid; Mr. and Mrs. Ce- cil Rahm, Union. visited Mrs. W. H. Rahm at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rahm. The 4-H Sewing Club met at Ruth Pascoe's on Feb. 28 with our home economist, Miss Smye' in attendance, Roll cali vas a report on our work so far. Miss Smye described our activities on Achievement Day which is April 30 at Orono. An hour was spent working on blouses, ai- ter which lunch was served. Club 49 held a quilting bee at Mrs. Walter Park Jr. this Bethany W. M. S. Hear Missionary r. TaIk on China C_ Bethany: Miss Fern Blair was - guest speaker at the Women's in Missionary Society meeting held - at the home of Mrs. G. M. cLongfieid. Miss Blair, whose home is in Coflingwood, has recently arrived home froïn China. She trained as a nurse sin the Barrie Hospital and corn- *. pleted her education as a Mis- - sionary in Toronto, going to China to serve with the China 5Inland Mission Station. With 5the advent of the Communist terrorists, Miss Blair was trans- I ferred to the Island of Malaya h in 1952. Miss Blair said: "It is i. through doctors and nurses that r the best approach can be made sto these people, who had lived as heathen idol worshippers. 1 Surgery and medicine are reai miracle workcrs and form the opening wedge for the telling of the story o! the gospel of 1 Jesus Christ. Mere words are inadequate to express what the Gospel realiy means to these people, who hear it for the first time. We who live in Christian countries take s0 Imuch for granted. It is impos- sible to describe the conditions *under which these people live *before they have heard the story of a truc and loving Hea- veniy Father. Their lives have been so wrapped up in super- stition and fear. It i the thrill of a lifetime ta see their idols destroyed and families baptized into the Christian faith. The speaker was introduced by Mrs. Mervyn Porteous and thanked by Mrs. George Wad- dcli, president of, the society. Scripture was read by Mrs. H. M. Jakeman, with Mrs. J. P. Henderson, Mrs. R. R. Bonsteel and Mrs. T. Jackson ieading in prayers. Mrs. M. Porteous read the minutes and correspond- ence, with Mrs. H. Coppins giv- ing the treasury report. A request was received for clothing ta be sent to Korea and articles may be lcit with Mrs. Waddeil. Mrs. T. Jackson gave a brie! item on Steward- ship. Mrs. W. Rowland told of conditions in Angola and Mrs. H. Coppins reported for Trinidad. - Mrs. R. Carr sang a solo "It Was Alone" accompanied by Mrs. Clarence Rowan. Mrs. J. P. Henderspn invited the la- dies ta meét at ber home in April. A delicious lunch was servedi by Mrs. Longfield, assistcd by Mrs. Manseil Wright. Mrs. R. R. Bonsteel expressed thanksi to the hostess and also to Miss Blair for ber address.1 reSlip-Up!- e s injured while )remises, wiII you ialIy able to pay damages awarded )? WiII you be ird legal defense? ris "Yes!", if you sdence LlabiIity Ask this agency E.JAMqES Real Estate Rtesidence MA 3-5493 E. Bowmanville c i c i 'r I c s e i I "r c [P 1i'P j A mâ moi ilte 9 TYRONE 11 .1 -1 ýl k. hE b- ;tE ed Ch -id h- ýr, id JE n. ýd er ýd ie ot )r ir ýd d n t a 1 ---