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A~I~ ~ALJITLqAT5EMA"ISBWMANIULONTARIO mJSADC i,15 Customs -of Fu*nerals Ancient and Modern To pic of Wiarton Echo. Editor Bill Smiley of the Wiarton Echo, in h is feature column 'Sugar and Spice". breaks out into cold and hot sweats as he agrees to disagree in many of the customns and attitudes people have toward funeral services which are con- ducted in this enlightened age. These are his thoughts on the solemn subject from his fur- rowcd brow and his whimsical glance: The following motion was passed by Eastnor Township Council at its regular meeting-: «'That at the request of Williamn Currie, we accept from him the sumn of $2, to be deposited in the Royal Bank and left there until his death, and on the night of his funeral, the Town- ship Hall be available for a so- cial evening of enjoyment and merry-making." The above was in the Wiar- ton Echo of 20 years ago. Per- haps someone could enligliten us on the sequel to the unusual motion. Whatever it was, there hs a nman after my own heart. 1 approve wholeheartedly of his sentiments. Why in the world should -.a --funeral be sa fun- ereal? So often you'Il see some peo- pie walking along the street to- ward a bouse in wbib lies a corpse to which they are going to pay their respects. They are ]augbing and chatting away. ]But the minute they ring the dloorbeli o! the bouse, they commence composing their features into expressions o! profound melancholy. It wouid be interesting ta stay and 'vatch them emerge.V *They~d came awkwardly ont the door in their unaccustomed gloom, glance furtively over their shoulders to make sure the doors are closed, then give dui obvions sigh of relief and reýsume their normal expres- ions. The man wonld light a cigarette, the lady would shove Jute lier purse the handker- <'Jief with which she'd been dabbling lier. bone-dry tears, 4nd they'd step jauntily off for home, witli that wonderful fýeling you can't avoid wvhen you've just' le! t a bouse in whiclh death miles the roost. *Funerals, for me, are dreary occasions, tbough there are eme people who enjoy tbem thoroughly and neyer miss ane if they can find any pretext for being present. I'd almost as ston go ta a wedding as a fun- :jCcrtainly the dead should be g ven a decent burial. Even the i»ost primitive tribes do that.. But 1 never could sec anything Particularly decent about a bit funeral, ln which everybody is told where to sit, the cos- fuimes for the occasion are ehosen wlth great care, and the corpse is about as Important as the groom at a wedding. Genuine grief, for those wlho have neyer felt it until they have lost someone who means a great deal to them, is by turns numbing and racking. Why those who are really strie- ken by a death should have ta parade their sorrow in front of a bunch of comparative stran- gers bas aiways been a mystery to me. Another odd custom Is the festooning of the coffin and surroundings with flowers. The ancient Egyptians used to bury vast treasures with their king, along with bis personal slaves and wives, who were siaugli- tered for the happy occasion The early Indians on this con- tinent buried a man's weapons wlth hlm. We plant hlm with anywhere from ten to a couple of hundred dollars worth of flowers thrown in. They do the deceased approximately as much good where lie is goinz- as the Egyptian's dead wives and the Indian's tomahawk.. *For once, we can't blame the church for the folderols in con- nection with a funeral, any more than we can biame it for the vast formai wedding. The actual burial service, like the wedding service, is concise and austerely beautiful. But *some- times it is almost lost among the flowers. the favourite hymns of the deceased, the honorary pali-bearers, and the preacher's attempts to say sometbing nice about the de- ceased, whom he had neyer seen until the family had asked .him to take the service because their minister was on his holi- days. 1If aur dear, dead deceased are going to a better land by far, or te join other loved ones gone before, or even just to sit araund and wait for us, why do we send them off -so gloomily? Should ive fot be tiekled pink that they are escaping this vale of tears? Should we not give them a happy sendoff, faintly tinged with envy? If we are certain they are going te make the grade, should wenot send them on their way rejoicing? In 1921 the infant mortality rate in Canada was 102 per 1,000 live birtbs. By 1951 it was. only 38. t, B.H.S. Cast Presents' Popular'Pinafore at Town Hall Part of the large cast of Bowmanville High School students presenting the popular operetta H.M.S. Pinafore this week at the Town Hall is shown in the above photo- graph. The show began Wednesday evening and continues to-night (Thursday) and Friday nîght. There are a few seats lef t. The reserved seat plan is at Alex McGregor's Drug Store. In the picture are, front row, left to right: Joa Buter, Eeanr OboreNorma Dale, Bey Wilson, Millbrook Chamber Millbrook Chamber of dinner on Friday at St. Andr largest attendance in their 1. executive member Ron Paîr tary-Manager Alex Gilbert w in appreciation'of his effortsJ He leaves this week for a Chamber of Commerce. Mr. NE WT9NVILLE Mre. Cecil Burley spent Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Smith of Port Hope. Miss Margaret Browni enter- ed ,Memorial Hospital, Bow- manvîlle, on Tuesday for a tonsil operation. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Overy, of! Bowmanville, have moved into the Stephens cottage vacatedi by Mrs. John Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Don Stapleton and family, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McKnight of Millbrook. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Worrall have moved into their new home which they had buit dur- ing the summer. Miss Inez Gordon spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gordon of Columbus. Congratulations to Mr. How- ard Earl Walkey, our new de- puty-reeve for Clarke town- ship. Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Reichrath were Mrs. G. Sherpitis o! Montreal and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sel- way and family of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Bull Weeks of Toron0o with Mr. and Mrs. Cleiandt Lane on Sunday. Bu'd Jones o! Montreal spent the weekend at home. Mr. Arnold Wade left on Monday to attend the funeral of his unec, Mr. V. Holdaway o! Brandon, Man. 1Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marvin of Morrish. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Hender- son. # Miss Flossie Graham, 3rd line, is mioving loto Miss Bertha Thompson's residence recently vacated by the Worrais. The farmn home of the late Jcnnie Thompson has been sold ta a residont of Port Perry. Mr. Stanley Rowe has so]d bis farmi. Mr. Andre\v Bandy was niov- ed from Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, to Toronto Wes- tern on Saturday for a second operation. Mrs. Bandy accom- panied bim. fCommerce held their ahnual Jim McMaster and Mr. Palmer on the left side of the rew's United Church, with the photo, Ivor Wagner, guest speaker and Past President of history. During the evening, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, at right, and President mer presented retiring Secre- Eric Fallis at the extreme rigfit. Guests from Bowman- ith a beautiful travelling case ville included President and Mrs. Elmer Banting, Secre- for the Millbrook community. tary-Manager and Mrs. Ken Morris of the Bowmanville similar post with Trenton Chamber of Commerce and John M. James M.P. r. Gilbert is shown here with, Diesel Training Unit On Cross Country Tour In response ta repeat de- mands across Cazâada, Gen eral Motors Diesel Ltd. bas again scheduled a cross-coun- try tour o! its Mobile Training Unit providing instruction in the operatian of General Mo- tors Diesel equipment for the benefit o! Diesel engine owners and operators. The Mobile T"ýraining Unit was in Oshawa on November 15-18, operating under the spansorsbip o! W. C. Becker Equipment Ltd. Tbereafter the Training Unit will tour North- ern Ontario. IH is then planned to caver Soutbern Ontario fol- lowing whîch the instructional cadre will move ta British Col- umbia. On campletion in Brit- ish Columbia the unit w!ll move ta tbe ail fields o! Alber- ta and tbence will continue eastward until the Trans Can- ada coverage will bave been compieted same e i ght e en months or more bence. The course o! instruction bas been tailored ta best fit tbe needs o! a given iacaiity. As for example, while the basic En- gifle courses remain !airly weil standard, in those localities where Marine applications pre- dominate special instruction wiil be provided on Marine gears; in other localities, large- The righ t way to mark your Ballot1 NJONES *~ (on-existent candidate) In recent elections there .have been so many spoiled ballots this information is published to prevent people from losing their votes by incorrectly filling in the ballot. 1. Mark onIy an X for your favorite candidate. Be sure the X does flot toucli the lines at top or bottom. 2. Do NOT write "Yes" or "No" or anything but an X on the ballot. 3. D o NOT use a tick mark to indicate your choicc. VOTE AS YOU LIKE, BUT BE SURE YOU VOTE, MONDAY. ]y industrial, special attention wili be given ta power transfer mechanisms whicb, will include the fundamentals o! torque cQnvertor construction and op- eration; and sa on tbroughout the many and varied Diesel applications. It is thus the aim o! the programme ta remain completely flexible with res- pect to training and to not oniy bring the instruction to the op- erators Home Territory but ta carry ta him the exact type o! instruction required by the bi- dividuai ta fit bis given appli- cation. It is aiso the aim o! the programme ta remain on a thorbughly practical level and ta this end the training accent is directed towards class parti- cipation utilizing the "Live' Engines carried in the Mobile Van. The Supervisor, Mr. A. P. Sullavan, recently return2ýd from a Diesel installation as- signment involving a North de- fence project, but eariier en- gaged in a Generai Motors Die- sel Training Coverage, brings ta the participants a wealtb o! specialized Diesel knowiedge. His assistant, Mr. Jan Depuydt, providts the bilingual corn- plement, wbicb will augment the effectiveness o! the pro- gramme particuiarly in French speaking Canada. With the ever expanding Canadian economy; geared as it is ta the ever increasing de- mands for more and moret, harsepower in transpartatiou, construction and road building. mining and ail well explorà-l tory, farming, lumbering and fishing industries, continuous and uninterrupted operation cf1 power macbmnery is most eý-1 sential. The keynote ta this 1 latter is trained personnel wdl versed in praduct knowledge, and the General Motors Mobil½ Training Unit offering as it1 does the latest and most uip-to)- date information on mainten- ance procedures and servicing techniques sbauld do much Io augment the established skil and ensure smootb !lawing pro- duction tbroughout Canada.- Shirley Hardy. Second row: Frank Westheuser, Bert Werry, Norman James, Brian, Jackson, Laurie Stapleton, Bruce Colwell. 'Bruce is the famed Dick Deadeye. Back row: James Ferguson as the Admiral; Gloria Brent - Hebe; Beverly Cowling - Josephine, the leading lady; Tom Park - Ralph Rackstraw; Margot Rankine - Buttercup; Bob Dow - Captain. -Photo hv Carson ~t,,~qjn Pr,,-i ~ More. Attention Given WeIf are of Inmates of, Homes for the Aged A refresifer course for peo- pie connected with the opera- tion of old people's homes in Ontario was conducted recent- ly at Fairview Lodge, Whitbyr, by officiais o! the Homes for the Aged Branch of the Publie W elf ar e Department. The course was exeeptionaily weil attended, attracting officials and members o! the personnel o! homes from ail over the Province, from Cornwall in the east to Fort Frances in the west. Under the initiative of Public Welfare Minister Louis P. Ce- cileo Deputy Minister James S.- Band and Homes for the Aged Branch Director L. E. Ludlow, invitations had been sent to al superintendents, matrons, phy- sicians, nurses, and members o! committees and boards of the 92 homes operating in the Province and of six more which are in the process o! organiza- tion. Homes for the aged in On- tario are not operated directly by the Provincial Government; they are operated by munici- palities under the Homes for the Aged Act, or by private organizations, usually reiigious orders, under the Charitable Institutions Act. But the Prov- incial Government contributes substantialiy to the construc- tion of these homes and to their1 maintenance, with grants o! $2,000 per bed for new con- struction and payment of 0 per cent. o! the cost of roomi and board to a maximum of $30 per month hesides medical and other specialized services. These are interesting facts to Northumberland and Durham Counties taxpayers as the coun- ties Council plan to build a new Home for the Aged at Cobourg next year. # Lectures at the refresher course were given by special- ists and were foliowed by dis- cussion periods. The topies cov- ered ail phases o! home admin- istration and weifare needs o! oid people, such as: medical services, nutrition and diet, re- habilitation and reactivation, resident activities in homes, psychology of older people, re- ligion, fire safety, business ad- ministration and need for pub- lic relations. The many special require- ments o! aged persons are the objeet o! concentrated study by man Classified Ads. I the Public Weifare Depart. ment. These include medical, empioyment and other social and community needs. A medi. cal consultant in geriatrics se,-- tion oLfthe Ontario Medical As-, sociation is advancing a Pr,~ gram o! rehctivation of. oià citizens, particuiarly those r quîring care in homes for e9d aged. This is a continuing pro- gram with severai competent Suj;anpuoa sll3aads leaipatu research and ,treating the bay- ards associated with old age. ]Farm ]Forums PROVIDENCE FARM FORUM Providence Farm Forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Fayer with 12 members present, to discuss the question:- "Why keep farm accounts?" The first question asked: What kind of simple farm. re- cords do you think practical, farmers can keep? The sim-. plest records would be expen-, [ses and receipts. Let each one have a system wbich he or she can best understand. Each one shouid know the cost of pro- duction for each field. Have soul tests and know the correct fertilizer needed. Feeds for pigs, cows, bens, should be kept on separate accounts. Question 2. What are the ad- vantages of keeping sucb farni records? The advantage wouid be to know if one is making ai success or failure in each en- terprise and to enable one to make a proper income tax re- port. Also to give same idea where extra bours o! labour can best be spent. Question 3. What might be the advantage in keeping more detailed and complete farma re- cords? The advantages in keep- inb more detailed records: 1. To keep inventory of stock and implements, in case of need of credit: 2. To leep records o! each field to know the exact cost of production and the quality o! production. 3. In case of f ire. Our next meeting will Ja. held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barrie. For best 'results use States- DON'T MISSÇ THE ELECTION ;RESU LTS OVER CK.L.B. Monday, Dec. .5 AFTER THIE POLLS CLOSE RESULTS from - BOWMANVILLE DARLINGTON TWP. Municipal eleetionsNEWCASTLE are Important t E WC S L evryn adthsCLARKE TP. year Oshawa Wood Produets invites every- one te listen te these O H W important results. This is a Public service which WIY we hope you wili enjoy. Sponsored by OSHAWA WOOD Says Farewell- to Secretary-Manager ~Vote as you like.. BUT VOTE! We are fortunate that so niany ef our fellow citizens have volunteered for municipal office. It is hoped that the citizens of Bowmanville will show Stheir appreciation next Monday by a record turn- eut at the poils. For transportation to the polls Phone MA 3-3079, MA 3-3513 or MA 3-5922. Published in the interests o! good municipal Sgovernment by the BOWMAN VILLE SCHAMBER 0F COMMERCE Do you get a right ?r lef t pull when you hit the brake? There's danger ahead! For safe driving .. and siopping . . . let our experts align your wheels NOW! We have the equîpnient Our mechanies the knowledge to put your cpr in perfect running condition. Robson Moto'rs Ltd. -Pontiac- Buick Cars G.M.C. Trucks 166 KING ST. EAST MA 3-5585 PRODUCTS LD Bowmanville MA 3-2130 Courtice Yard Oshawa RA 3-4661 - "ýlu MY 1-albuil 0tuulu, 1urt xiope PAGE MXTimm e