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w I J 'w,. f-I ____ IAMAM'AP N qTA'rffltt"- ~RAWVft.U fL OrAflTf THURSDAT, DEC. EDITORIALS Frank Hall '~Bowmianvile is a town that the rail- ways pass through. But Bowmanville woiuld flot amount to much if it were flot on a railway. Therefore Bowmanville has a vital interest in whether or flot the railways run. Mr. Frank Hall, chairman of the negotiating committee for 17 unions of non-operating emplayees of railways, han a 0pted his annually truculent attitude towar d' the railway companies in the f matter.of wages and working conditions. Mr. Hall, in his zeal for bis people, appar- ently wants a hundred million dollars (>100,000,000) or so from the railways and wants it an a platter and naw. eThere is no indication that Mr. Hall is aware of the fact that the trucks have 1»en cutting into the railway business at a, great rate for many yaars. And that a further increasa in the cost of operating railways will inean further decreases in the number of railway jobs. Or at least a decline in the rate of increase in the number of railway jobs. The CNR, as a government railway, has lost manay con- '. tinually, if flot continuously, for 35 yaars. The CPR's rate of profit on its railway operation has bean about the lowest on the continent, although it is ana of the most efficient railways on the continent. Thera- fore, Mr. Hall should beware. The box of groceries represanting tha average housewife's weekly food purchases might not at first glanca seem particularly reprasantative ai progress. But a camper- isan ai a similar selaction of groceries of 1925 vintage would quickly raveai changes and advances -littla short of ravolutionary. Frash fruits' and vegetab las once obtain- able onlyh season from local growers are now universaily lavailable the year round at reasonable prices. Our high speed dis- tribution system and the use of refrigera- 9tion hava all but eliminated seasonal influence on food supplies. In addition ta the greater food variety and quality, today's housewife in Canada will soon be able ta buy another priceless -v commodity at her local food store, accord- ing ta s tories, appearing in thç press.- In 1925 it took, five and a haîf hours ta preplare a.day's food for a family of four. Using the greater variety of highly pro- cessed modern foods now available, the sae job cen be done in ana and six-tanths -~hours. One ai the newer additions ta the 'John Atkins in The Rural Scene claims 1&îat if the govemnments af this continent K,éd relaased their contrai aif prices as soon the wer crisis was endad, and hed ellow- - rîces ta raturn ta their natural levais, <~gead ai trying ta inaintain tham eat -evels the w4orld could nbt. pay, the coun- Ities that norinally buy aur surplus farm jboducts would not have been driven ta oKtemptinig ta grow their own food and ta wotecting their own fermers from aur ;*mpétition by excluding aur pro ducts vom,,their markets. ~,If the farm org.enizations* ai this ntinent hed recognizad the need for, and Ogie inevitability oi a return ta normal grices, and had directed their efforts teward reducing production costs on this eeptiftent, wa wouid nevér have eccumu- :>ted such unsaleable surpluses, and aur ,rmars would now ba in a bettar position le adjust themselves ta tha.naw conditions. SIf tha American Govamnment hed 4ever started supparting the prices ai a j.ew iarm crops, and thus making it prof- %àL à . * ,~The 1955 crop has been generally a ê ood one. Grain bins are overflowing. .*gotatu yields were high and showed \. excellent qualîty. One of the best apple )y-erops. in Canadian history xvas picked. Canning crops were f ar superior to those êf other years. Favorable advance5 were Miade in several other crops. '1 We recently read in a farm journal týhat whmter is the time for farmers ta relax after a long season of ploughing, elanting, spraying and harvesting. It is also a time when they can accomplish a - iinber of choras naglected during the jtear. The tractor needs claaning up and cerhaps an ov'erhaul. Farm implements probably require a new coat of paint. With depressed farm prices. this is more important than ever. Next yeâr the aid f t-actar and aid equipment may have ta ha used. Protection of such, substantiel itwestments becames of prime impçqtanca. Perhaps the farm home interior needs a bit of cheering up with a new paint job. SThe. Eowmaavilio Nws. TheNwai. eIdeeda and The Orono News 101sf Yeczz of Caatinuouz Service ta the. Town of Bowmnanville and Durham County AN ZNDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SUESCRIPTION RATES 34.00 a Yomr. strictly in advacec 35.00 a Yomr in the United Statés Authmisd cesSe=cq..Mai, PoliOfce Dartfi. Otsawoe PuNilmiid by THE i»M PUUUQMiIG COMPANT GEO. W. JAMES, EDrros vs. Ail ofCanada The railway companies have mado an offer ta Mr. Hall and his group. This offer is that the questions in dispute be -sub- mitted to an impartial arbitrator and the comý*nies have, In advance, offered to implement the decision of the arbitrator, whoever he may -be. Mr. Hall, without consultlng even his own committee, bas peremptorlly rej ected this offer. This leaves the whole question up ta Mr. St. Laurent, Prime Minister af Canada. Ha bas intimated that there cames 'a time when public interest ovar- rides aven the interest of unions. If Mr. Hall's group of unions wish ta ramain free from a compulsory arbitration law, Mr. Hall will reconsider what seems -ta this newspapar ta bc an axtramaly fair offar by the employars. Mr. Hall had his strika savaral years ag o. He shouldn't be permitted the luxury ofa second ana. The public af Canada was seriously inconvenianced for mare thaA a week in order that Mr. Hall could demonstnate that ha is a powarful persan. Everyone who ramembars that strike can ramambar that Mr. Hall stil] is a powerful persan and, like John L. Sullivan, ha doas not again need to prove that ha cen knock out any other champion, including, a Minister of Labor. frozen food lina ara completa dinners, with ail the trimmings, preparad and raady ta aat. Grocerias have indaad changed a lot in the past 30 years, and Grandma would not recagnize aur highly modern shops which make them available ta us. From the standpoint of quantity and sheer over- whelming varîety of quality foods, the modern super market has become a ver- itable Pendora's box af culinary delights. Evar-presant competition in the fine stores which Bowmanville has ta offer, makas shopping a pleasure and a dalight prof- itable toalal. 1 An hour's take-homa pay wvill buy much more af nearly avery kind aof food now thah it would in 1925. The avèraga persan eats more and better now than in those deys and it stili costs the same 25 par cent of his income. A box ai grocerias is not as spectaculer as the latest jet air- craft - but it represents just as suraly the rapid flow of progress. itable for their fermers ta concentrata on the production ai thosa crops, the incrad- ible increase in the production of those crops would neyer have occurred. The situation now is, that nothing short af a complete reversai ai gavarn- ment pblicias can bring an end. ta the accumulation of unsaleable farm surpiusas. But what prospect is thara ai the Amer- ican Congress enteganizing the farm vote by discontinuing ta subsidize the prices'ai unneeded ferm crops? And what prospect is there ai the Canadien Govarnment antagonizing aur farm organizetions by* telling them the plain truth, that the future af Canadien agriculture dapands on aur ebility ta sali aur products at prices the world cen pay? The road back ta what we used ta consider normal international trada, wil be long and herd, for markets, once lost, are herd ta recover. and people don't reedily forget attampts ta take adventage1 of them in their hour of need. -1 - ~AI g This isn't as impossible as it once 'vas. Odorless interior paints in lively calai-s have been devaloped in recant yaars which enables ana ta paint the insida ai a home without any discomfort ta the occupants. Winter is aiso the tirmi-,ta catch up on reeding the accumulated literetura on the latest in scientific farming. It will soon be seed dressing time sa what's naw in saed disinfectents and how cen lassas ta plant diseeses and soul insacts ba raduced? What doas the federal gavarnmant's enta- mologicel report f oracast for inseet piagues next year? And how about the 1956 fartilizer requirements? Will thc earl 'v buying discount be taken advantage ai? And is the fact that fartilizer ordered during wintar months is battar cured a further inducement? Yas, winter cen ha a most profitable season for the fermer. Common' Goal for Prosperity At the'annuel meeting ai the Caned- ian Chamber ai Commerce held in Win- nipeg, President G. S. Thorvaldson, Q.C., in his key-note eddress made the follow- ing statement whîch ail Canadiens might take ta heart and do their individual part by putting it inta action in the coming year: "The maintenance and expansion af the high living standard ai Canada are dependent primarily on productive èifficiency. Greatar productivity is the key to national and individuel prosperity, and productivity i turn is dependent upon many factors, among which are sufficient capital ta supply technologicel improve- niants, intarested and capable employees, efficient menagerial organizations and methods, and governrnental policies which avold imposlng, on Canadiens the concrete burdens of restrictive taxes and the intang- ible burdans af a 'managed aconomy. Amnong these four elements thera must be teamwvork. Capital, management, labour and government have common goals becausa prosperity for ana dapends upon the prosperity of the others." 25 YEARS AGO (1930) Mr. and Mrs. Arcbie Math- ews, Hunt St., celebrated thetr àth waddlng anniversary. Mr. Matbews ln bi&. early years wils a sallor on the Great Lakes and later warked wlth the Bow- manville Foundry Co! Traditional Boar's Head Pro- cession was steged et the Boys' Training School Christmas din- nai-, led by a jestar in costume.1 A boy in white uniform carried the platter bearlng the decor- ated boar's head and two othars carried turkey and plum pudding. Seven boys la sur- puices followed singing e canal, and bringing up the reer were seven more boys drassad , as monks and carrying oaken cen- delabra. aach with savan light- ad cendies. These pravided the only light in the hall. The re- su]t xvas most effective. B. Herbert Martlock wha, had been ail the staff ai thae Oshawa Daily Times. joinel' the staff af The Canadien Statesman. Over 600 children crowded the Royal Theatre on Monday afternoon as guests ai propri3-. tor. C. T. Ross. A speciai piro- grain 'vas provided for the children. Mr. James Elliott, King Street East. celebrated his 89th birthclav with his family. Skating was in full swing at Taylor's Ring. What this country naeds is fewer needs. 49 YEARS AGo (lobe> F. R. Kerslake suggests items for last minuta shoppees in- èluding perfumes: "Our per- fumes are sa natural they fool the beas." Malcolm McTavish rètired from, the Public Scbaol teach- ing staff aiter 44 years spent in a taaching carear., Ha was prasentad with $25 in gald. P. C. Trabilcock wes honor-1 ad for long and faithiul service af 28 years ta his Bible Class, et prayer meeting in the Ma- thodlst Cburch. aissMcWain read the address 'and Mr. John Panfound made the presenta- tion of a Morris chair. Engagemenît was annaune- ad ai Miss Winifred Beith, daughter ai Dr. and Mrs. Alex- ander Baith, ta Mr. Cherlesi Paxton Blair, fha marriaga ta teke place ini Bowmanville on Jenuary 2nd. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Gibson. Newcastle, ware surprised by, friands on their lSth wedding' anniversary. Reid & Pearn. Bawmanvill,, were the exclusive a4ents for the flew and 'very stylîsh Doiiv \Tardcn Shoe for wamen. ThIs %vas a laced boot with highi heels and inserts ai white kld over the instep.i Congregatioal Choir met nt the home ai their leader, Mrs. R. D. Davidson, Beach Ave. The chair presented han with soma choice piecas ai china, and Miss Edith Freaiand, or- ganist, wvas presanted with a music rail.- Conservation Authority Owns Over 7,,000 Acres More than one-third af the -which coniferous as well as total area of the Ganaraska hardwood trees flourish. Thou- 'Forest is now in the hands of sands of acres of planted rad' the Ganaraska Conservation pine have been attacked by Authority. Zone Forester Mal- the pine shoot moth, stunting colin Kirk told a meeting af the trees' growth, ha said. the Authority on Wednesdavy, The Authority wiil continue Dec. 21, that 7,018 acres in the to buy 'land in the Ganaraska 20,000 acre tract had been pur- Forest as it becomes available, chased by the conservation members decided yesterday. group to date, for reforestation The minimum objective i 12,-. purposes. 000 actes.7 Of the purchased area, 3,1 54 Conservation scrapbooks, ta acres are in artificial planta- be distributed to schools in the tions, and 3.259 acres are in Watarshed area as a means of naturai woodlots, Mr. Kirk ex- furthering conservation stu- plained. The remainder wili be dies, were discussad by the Au- pianted by the Dapartment af thority and the sum af $200 was Lands and Forests next yeal-, set aside for the purc.hasa af except for 10 acres which wiIl scrapbooks and prizes. A com- be reservad for a working area. mittee consisting of Elmore In his repart, Mr. Kirk re- Scott and H. R. S. Ryan, Q.C., ferred to the difficultias and will organize the competition. d>ýappointments experianced The Authority passed a for- in raforestad areas ganerally. mal resolution appointing A. C. Demands for spft woads stili Morris as secretary-treasurer. exceed the supply, as conifar- Mt. Morris was presént at .yes- ous farests do nat reproduce terday's meeting, having un- afficiently. Hardwood stands,, dartaken the duties of his of- on the other hand, for which fice followîng an informai. ap- there is less damand, rapraduca pointmant. easily, ha pointed out. A further rasolution was "Natural stands, which are passed axerassing the thanks af lass. susceptible to disease, the Authority ta the late Har- must be preservad," Mr. Kirk aid B. Crow, past secretery- said, and ha amphasizad that treasurer, for his capable work the answer to the problernon the Autharity's bahalf and was ta encourage the preserva- the spirit in which it was car- tion of naturel woodlats iniriad out.-Port Hope Guide. Jrom lSoup to i/utsI By lIF" Fathar Christmas bas ratura- ed now ta bis home et the North Pale and xve cen settle down once more ta scrambled eggs and coffea, and peace and quiet and longer sleeps in the marning. Very quickly we shall have ta write aur thank-you letters, pack the presents awey, look again avar the Christnias cards, check the eddresses for next year, give thenks for enathar yaar of peae and kaap eating turkay for the next twa weeks. It is the littia extra eets ai kind- ness and thoughtfulness that meen 50 much ta people, like the people who sent e beautiful box ai home made cookias ta aour deughtar for delivaring their paper and the naighbours who sent aur son a puzzle book for the sae reeson. Such thoughts and people are wlth us ail year round and I feel sure are shoS- ing their thoughtfulncss ln other wevs ta othar people ail the tinie. There ln just one present af mine which 1 teed sure Yau would lîke to hear about. Every year we adults axehange Christmas Stock- ints as well as the Young children and wve have a lot off fun tinking up amusing thinga te put in thera. This rear. 1 got a mont unqxpect- ed present In the shape of a Picture of Norman 3. Scott. Wrapped up most caretully was a book on roses and 1 opened it ritht àt his picture ge I can honestly Say liat the tint thing 1 uaw on Christmas moraua was thii plctijre. Il Jolted mie wlde awake luneoliMe. The aditor bas been celebrat- ing toa strenuauisly and develop- lng« mare strength than he knows Whet ta do with. It sacras that he and bis' wiie hed dacided ta put crumbs out for the birdla but finding that thcy- only attracted doge, cat&. equirrels, aund ather not s0 dasireble cfleaturas they decid- ed ta put the crumbs on a bal- cany. This the editor did ana momning and then staad wetch- Ing from a'asuitable window. A squirrel scrambled along a tre. brench and edged acto lte baieony no the editar knockéd on the wtiadow. Mr. 5quirtel merely glanced et the winýdow and proceaded on bis wu.,, ,0 the editor knocked more loudlyl with no bettar rasults. Squirrei ,kas by this Mr. tinie nibbling on the crumbs' and the! editor's dandar vas up. Hal freaîly beuled off and benged on I tewndow and bath hae and the squirral wereaaniazed as bis bànd flew through the glass strewing it in aul directions (the glaes, 1 mean). Did Yeu hear about. the. little girl at her tiret wed- ding? She whlspered to her niother, "Mummy, inmgladti the bride changed her mind." Before shushing hem daughter the mo-ther was overcome by curiosity se she asked, "R1ow dld the bride change lier mimd?" "Well, didn't yau notice? Sic Went Up the aisle witlî an old man and came down wlth a Young one." * Now is the turne tai be think- ing ai your New Yeer's resolu- tions. I have givan up making rasolutions on any definite topic such as not' smoking toa much. Suffice 1 think ta decide simply ta try harder ta be kinder every day, ta give more tbought ta others. 1 read an interestiag article on the subject recently whareby a famiiy alweys had a dinner Party at New Yeer's and each mambar wrate bis resolution on a ppear and sealed it in an anvalope whicb an euiit then kept saely tili April lst. There was usuaily cause for great hilarity when each resolu- tion wes read and no doubt many pink complexions. #* 4 A verse on oneetofmY Chriatmjtà carde là worthy of passint en ta 3Yeu: Deep Peace et the Running Wave te Yeu~, Deep Peace of thc Flewlug Air to Yeu, Deep Peace oftheii Quiet Earth te Yeu, Deep Peace of the Shlsing Stars te TYon, Deep Pe ce of thc Son of Peace te You. -Fions MacLe.d The. Queen's Privy Couneil for Canada bas about seventy members, cbietly present and former Ministers ai the Crowr., who retain membersbip for lite. 2553 Aima Rd. Vancouver 8, B.C.1 Deer George:' Greetinga 'romn the West. Just re-read your lattai of March llth. 1938. Doubtlass answared it long ago. Later read of brother Jack's trip ta Bowmanvllle and vlcinity. 1 do want ta came clown some time and go over what ta me as a boy wera long distances. Fîve miles was a long iway ta waik. In early- days out here IVd walk eight miles in the round trip ta a fine cabin on Grouse Mauntain as well as rida f ive miles on the ferry, and the sae or more by streat car and think' little of it. That would be from 9 a.m. cta 9 or 10 p.m. with 9 hourg in a comfortable cabin (club hause) at 2100 feet with rnany congeniel pais (mounteiîîaars) along, and two hearty meals whila thera. We'd oftan, in winter, wait tili dark ta came down aon the trail us- ing Bugg, a big jam tin as a lantarn, an excellent inven- tion, as it shana the light in one direction and didn't dazzle the eyas of those following. It wvas a fine sight ta see the members ai the party eheed going round a bepid in othar- wisa absolute daiikness. More. aitan now I go aloxia and anjoy the solitude af the forests and hils. Now the chair-lit is thcz eaasy xvay ai gctting up in the world. I used aiten ta take it, baing on excellant terms with the ownars. Lest Wadnasdey 1 went ta the N. Shore in a bus and walk- ed into the woods and at a clearing (for B.C. alactric pow- er lina) had à 20 miute sun- bath at 1200 feet. Always feel pretty fine aitar ana. Had in- tendad brlnging home some fine sword ferns for my shop but the ground wes frozen si wili wait tili Christmas or. New Year's Day as lasi year when the fros'- had disappeer- ed. Though single and at times 1 get lonasome, 1 amn cnjoying good health, thanks be ta Gad, and naw in my 75th yeer. Had a birthday nat twa waeks aga. This summer I went by O.P. Railway ta Raveistoka Moun- tain photographing the Non- darful fields ai flowars thera, than on ta Glacier Park getting mare color trenspaencies, aiso many shots on thea-train ta Banff using Anscochroma which is aimost as f ast as the -black and white Varichrama or Ans- co Plenachroma. The spaeding gat rasults bayond £xpacta- tions. At Banff I sacured soie nice matariel as waathar was vary fine. Was up in the Cari- boa at Quesnel and 14 miles up river with a friand and washad out gald from the bank of the river and farthar beck 75 feet aboya the river lavalinl Quesnel canyon. Showing my pictures lest, evening -4t Pho- tographic Society sacurad two prizes in a competitian on Mountains (summer and win- ter) scenas. lil spand Christmnas with Eleanor Bush (Clara's eldest daughtar) who for '.15 yaars was assistant organist at Me- tropolitan Church befora com- ing West. With my best ta yau and ail who may ramembar Preston L. Tait. Editor's Nota--For the bene- fit ai aur younger readers 1 rnight axplain, that Preston Tait lived in Bowmanvilie be- fora the turn of the century. His fethar, H. C. Eait, wes, a, well knawn photo Faphar eé befora moving t Edxhzotiffn.j His studio was4 the Horsey Block back af thr,prasent Dom- inion Store, and the Tait fam- ily lived for meny yaars in the Octagan bouse at corner af Di- vision and Wellington Sts. The Taits ware among the aarliest faniilies ta becoma summar re- sidents at the West Beach et Port Darlington.-G.W.J. TI1CRE T S TO EVERYWHERE I Air. Rail or Steamship Consult J URY- & LO0VE9L L 1Kig3owmanvllle I 1RigSt. W. MA 3-57781 VIG OR VIGOR STANDARD GASOLINE VIGOg 111GB TEST GASOLINE Acting on a vote takeni two waeks al, et a farmers' meet- ing inlsca, the Ganaraska River C nevtioii Authorîty resolved edfesday, Dec. 21, ta requeà the Department of Planning fiid Developmeixt that a district syrvay for irrigation purposas be underaken in bis area next summer, Resolution Approved Written application wiil be made ta the Department ima- madiately, H. R. S. Ryen, Q.C.. vice-cheirman ai the Author- ity, said today. The resalution -was approved at the Author- itys regular nmaeting la Port Hope. The survay will consider need for, feasibillty and cost -if a planned natwork af com- munal reservairs, farm ponds and ragulated stream flaws In farm land north ai Part Hope. Apprâved by a majarity ai the 60 farmers whoaettended the Osece meeting, the survey mav lead ta concreta action ag§lnýt drought conditions now ser- iously affectiing toacco and genaral farmers. Sîareà Conte Cast ai the survey will be shered by the provincial gav- ernment, throilgh the Depart- ment ai Planfn-ig and Develop- ment, and the Çanaraska River 389f 414ç Gai. Tai las. Gai. Tai ne. STOVE OIL - For your -- convenienco; in ssailqualiies available ai 1he station OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS. 1 - - Conservatin Authority.T latter voted yesterday to f 25 per cent of the bill, and t Department wili bçar the.- Doubt was expressed h ever, about the fea4ibility_ undertaking a large-scale 1 gatian system et the ex, of the Authority, shouldt survey recommend it. Messt Olan and Boggs, representin Cavan and Manvers tawnships respectively, suggestad that fi. nanciai assistance be request- ed from those areas which wouid diractly benafit froin irrigation. Special Legisiation Mr. Ryan pointed out that special legisiation might be ne. cessary in order ta chargé part of the cost of the system di- irectly ta the area benefltting Lfrom it. H. K. Long, chairman of the Osaca meeting. reported ta tbie Authority on its resuits. Increasing need fo- irrigation among ganeral as welI as ta- bacco farmers, was foreseen by T. A. Raad, chairmnan af th.ý Authority, and Elmora Scott, who predicted that !ri the next few years irrigation wauld be used in orchards, market gar- dans, permanent pasturC lands as well as tobacco field?.-Port Hope Guide. 5foriS~ . . the arrivdi of the New Yfnr, wd u*1t itgaffk oui my fri-ids for Mheir lory &-dam good à4U drinagthe 74«u a ~aaim« gos. . Bruce Minn's Men's Wear ,Wu send ttis greetinq, Ytoourmrany loyal ,' and devoted friands. A H appy New Vear to ail. La nder Hardware OIL Co* w Ganar.askcA ut hority Approves Surveyfor Use in Farm I*atioân Progress of the Times The Road Back WiIl Be Long vvnhar 10 LJ in vvinter SERVICE STATION Two mileg North of Newéaslle on Highway No. 35 PHONE 3881, NEWCSTLE FREE GLASS WARE given away with the purchase of six gallons or more of gasolin. 1 R.LAISL r^qurà Zibauj a , 1 ý 1 ImAffr qnm m 4 -