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r-.- PAGE P'i'WO %;.INA IA £ TATESAN * UW MAINVILLE. ONTARIO HYSAO. g',,, a Aa< U.Ç___Il__ Influence of Sunday School Attendance early 41 life. At the same time an oppor- tunity isp'rovided ta meet other boys and girls under ideal circumstances, better even than in cjay schools. The success of the Church School de- pends on its voluntary staff. Teachers and other officers can overcome even -the sévere handicap of poor -accommodations. They have had'ta do so in many churches down through the years. But if is entirely essential that these leaders be consecrated to their work. Inefficient leadership and general carelessness on the part of officiais give the young people a poor opinion not only of Sunday School'but of church life itself. 1Many men and women today owe a great deal ta those who provided them with Church School leadership in their youth. Every Sunday marning we attend service at Trinity United Church if is an Linsiration and a sight ta behold ta watch the littie children, on the signal of the second verse of the children's hymn light heartedly wend their way from the family pew and flock'down the aisies enmass ta the beautiful new Sunday School along with their teachers. The rernodelling and enlargement of this school at an expend- iture of $52,000 was an investment that cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. Many parents who have shown little interest thernselves in church life now recognize the splendid stabilizing influence which, Church School attendance provides. Church Schools are a vital force in the religious experience of their boys and girls. They know the Sunday Schools give sound grounding in Christian religion Merchants,* Beware of These Hucksters, Every s0 offten slick salesmen visit our town and head direct for local merchants to seli them an advertisement in a book- ]et, program, brochure or other pieces of attractive literature, assuring the mer- chant of get-rich quick returns. Some- times these out-of-town hucksters prevail upon a local persan ta act as their stooge ta give their scheme a homebrew flavor. Many front street merchants will tell you they have been victims of such advertis- ing rackets which was money thrown away. But they would jokingly pass if off as Barnum once said "a sucker is born every minute." fh' this week in Toronto a man, who may have worked his flim-f lam racket in Bawmanville, was committed ta jail for a year "for committing a fraud by soliciting advertisements for unofficial year books" We pass this warning on ta our local business men, in particul'ar. We, further suggest that for their own protection in such questionable high pressure solicita- tations that in future, before these sales- men are allowed ta peddle their advertis- ing schemes in ýtown, they must first get the approval of the Retail Section of the Chamber of Commerce. This procedure is followed in many towns and has been the means of saving innocent nierchants hundreds of dollars. Speaking of Highway Signs *Shades of confusion and where, oh where are "ALL POINST WEST". One wouldn't like ta suggest that the Depart- ment of Highways sign painter couldn't spell, or, that he had had - . . no! Well, if was awkward enough trying to get the right lisp into "POINST", the other night while returning ta Bowman- ville from the east, but, if was impossible ta find a sign anywhere at or near the junctions of the 401, No. 2 and 115 High- ways that said anything about Bowman- ville. 'You knaw: where if is and haw rnany miles; just the essentials, nothing fancy. There were lovely green signs beck- *ning one ta Oshawa, which had a peculiar thing: the mileage actually incz'eased, according ta one sign, as one came nearer the intersections. This was enough to give a persan the feeling thaf he had contrib- uted ta the "POINST" sign. The Department of Highways is to be commended for a mast intricate system. of separating travellers from their good intentions of reaching a certain point via a' certain route. But, ta stoap ta such intrigue as ta leave Bowmanville in a complete anonymity, sans signs, is fo much. If ýt is simply a matter of spelling, aur Chamber of Commerce will be glad ta assist the Department with this and, should any of the officiais desire a tour just ta estabdish the fact f irmly in their minds that such a town exists, then our Chamber of Comnmerce would be delighted ta make the. necessary arrangements. Gentlemen, yaur sign Is awaited! Stili Debate Over Use of "Dominion' Confroversy over the use of the word "dominion" in connection wîfh Canada, a recurrent subjecf of dispute for the last 50 years, has flared up again in letters ta the editors of Canadian newspapers. Many Canadians dislike this descrip- tion of the status of their country, par- ticularly some iFrench Canadians, ta whom the ternis seems ta imply an inferiority of. position, a suggestion of being dominated. The government has been accused by critics, particularly Progressive Conservaf- ives, of quietly suppressing the terni, ta which many Canadians are attached, and inserting in ifs place wherever possible the words "federal" or "federal govern- ment". That this is pragressively taking place cannot be disputed and on the whole if is probably welconied by a majorify. This controversy is at least as old as publication of "The Kingdom of Canadian Papers," by John Ewart in the 1920's, many To Red uce F Sometirnes we think it is wasted effort ta affer advice ta citizens, or warn them about the many rackets that are being p'erpetrated on a gullible public, flot over- looking care in avaiding accidents. How- ever, we arewilling to go along with the Ontario Retail Farmn Equipment Dealers' Association in their recent farm safety program which they are asking the pro- vincial gavernment ta adopt. Included in the proposed program are these points: 1. Everyone who . drives a tractar should pass a driver's test silmilar ta those in effect for matorists. 2. Everyone who drives a tractor on a pub lic highway must be able ta ýread Eng- lish. 3. No persans under 14 should be allowed ta drive a tractor at any time. 4. The Ontario government should appoint farm mach inery inspectors in al Ontario counties ta make sure, bq' periodic check, that ail farmn vehicles and impie- ments are in safe operating condition. Estcblchd 1854 wth whicb in incorpOora.d the Sowmanville News, Tho Newcastle ndg1vndent j and The Orono News 101sf Yeaz ai Continuous Service to the Town ot Bowmanville' and Durham County AN INDEPEZVDENT NEWSPAPER d * l SUBSCRIPFriON RATES 84.00:a Yo.x strictly in advance ¶ý5.00 a Yecrzin the United States Auuhoume as ISnd Ckssuai)o Pont OMI cDOeDrtm.nt Ottawo THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanville. Ontario GEO. W. IAMES. EDrITOU of which were writfen long before that. But while there is general satisfgaction that Her 2Majefty's titie, while in Canada, now is Queen of Canada, there has been no general dernand ta cal Canada a kingdom. The controversy is sharpened by the fact thaf the word dominion is used ta distinguish the federal aspect of Canada as opposed ta the provinces. The, words "dominion-provincial" conference" recur consfantly throughout recent history, des- ignating conferences between the federai government in Ottawa and the 10 prov- inces. Whefher the~ word dominion proves acceptable or flot ta future generations of Canadians, the reai problem behind the controversy long has been settled with the acceptance of Canada and other dominions as sovereign stafes and equal members of the Commonwealth. :arm Accidents If is claimed one third of the accidents in Ontario involved farmers, and masf of that invalved f arm machinery. Referring ta a case of a 13-year-old Penetanguishene boy who was killed whiie driving -a tractor ta pick up a parade f loat, if was reported: "This accident and others like if, just shauldn't happen. A boy that young, who is unpredictabie when if cames ta driving shouldn'f be in charge of a machine thaf has so much power." Giving Away Your Happiness Happiness goes ouf froni the heart bef are if cames in. If neyer by ariy chance stays at home. You can harvesf i**.or the cammon good, but you cannot store if for your individual use. Yqui can lend if, but you cannot buy if; yau can spend if but you cannot accumulate if. A nian miust contribute ta the stock of human joys before hie can participate in ifs profits. To seek happiness wit haut giving if a futile quest and ail of aur iongings for if, if we have not iearned ta give ifta others, are as empty bofttes in the wine cellar of- the soul.-Driftwood. No Inebriates Need Apply In a speech given in Toronto, Dr. P. E. Moore, dîrector of the federal govern- ment's Indian Heaith Services, said that aifhough the federal gavernnient's, expend- iture on the health of Indians and Eskimos has increased since 1945 from $2 milion fa $17 million a year, the government is doing ail if can ta niake Indians pay their own medicai bills. Dr. Moore stated that he did nat think Canadian taxpayers would be happy tô pay the niedical bis for Indians who have ta receive freafment after they becomne drunk and smash up their cars. 1 If's a good point. Taxpayers may naw speculate whether, if the federal govern- ment goes ahead, with ifs proposai ta provide state hospital insurance af fax- payers' expense, those white men who become drunk and smash up their cars wili be eligible for hospital care at public expen se. 25 YEARS AGO (1931) Harold E. Foster was installe< as Noble Grand of Florenice Nightingale Lodge. Arley North- cutt was Vice Grand. Plans were being made to form a Durham County Music Festival Association, the first festival held at the Boys' Train. ing School having been very successful. Commander P. F. Mainwar. ing of Newcastle spoke ai Women's Canadian Club on "Minesweeping in the Greal War." Mrs. V. H. Storey was unan- imously re-elected president of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs. A. L. Nicholîs was' titas- urer; rec. sec., Mrs. J. O'Neill; corr. sec., Mrs. T. E. Flaxman. B.H.S. rugby team won over Oshawa Collegiate Juniors' 23-3. Bowmanville line-up included Hackney, Plummer, Veale, Wil-1 liams, Wright, Adams, Oke. In-J gram, W. Bagneil, E. Bagneil, -Williams, H. Colmer, Bradt, Birks, Hunt, McIlveen. Mrs. E. V. Scobeli vas re- appointed local representative for the Ontario Shore Gas Co. Resignation was reported of Dr. Neil McPherson at Spring- field, Mass., fromn his pastorate of the Congregational Church there owing ta iii heaith. Dr. McPherson was bôrn in Bow- manville and was a brother of Mrs. J. N. Lawrie. Death was recorded of Walter O'Boyle in Toronto, formerly a C.P.R. aperator at Bowmanville. The Royal Winter Fair is fast appraaching and this year we promised ta make it a family affair. In order ta make it mare interesting we were ex- plaining about the different competitions climaxed with the musical ride by the1 Mounties. The kids were greatly excited and were jumping up and down with glee in the way of the very young. "We're gaing ta see the Moun- fies," they chanted. "The Moun- ies with Sergeant Preston and King. On, you Huskies! Mush!" How are we going ta explain their disapDointment? 1 saw an article recently which dealt with hospital routine from the pafient's point o! vlew. Thtis early bird breakfast may be full on holiday when you don't have to waken early but one is usually in hospital because of imperfeef health and then ta be roused from Your drugged sleep at 6 a.ni. is flot only unkind, I'm sure it's unhealthy. 1 arn glad at Jasftixhat someone bas spoken out on behaîf of the -patients because if is a fact that when you are in that cate'rory yourself you are usually not in any state ta make reasonable requests, besides you would not want te anger doctors or nurses for it only takes one sunaîl slip of the knlfe and your reasonlng days would be over entirely. While on the medical tapies I have been reading that there are expectations thaf the gov- erniment is going ta introduce a national health schemne. Cheer- ing on one side and screamning on the other! It is the kind af Merchants' Association Ask Government to Stop Sale of Trading Stampst 66 YEARS AGO (1890) d Scarlet fever was prevaleni ein Cartwright. îGreat. preparations were be- ng made for a special cycling trip ta Peterborough on Thanks- o giving Day. c Mr. Louis Lehar who was ýt Working with Mr. Stewart, the - tailor, le! tta take a position-in yPort Perry. Bawmanville, Curling. Club elected officers including presi- Sdent, Joseph Ruebottom; vice- pres., S. Schuyler Edsall;sc 'treas., Malcolm McTavis., tTaking part in h progra a the Royal Templars Hall, amang others were Misses Caftaon, tBelîman, C. Babcock, L. Kirby, M. Coleman. Also James Med- land, A. Saunders and M. A. James. Trial of the pefition against the election o! Gea. Campbell, M. P.P. for East Durham,,was ta be held at Millbrook in No-i vem ber.1 The new Methadist "Taber,- nacle" was expected ta be ready for operning early in, December. Mayor Allen reported the High School debentures for $8,500 sold ta H. O'Hara for $8,5 10. A letter from Rev. A. Macnab explained the different kinds o! chimes available. St. John 's Church proposed erecfing a set o! tubular chimes in the tower. D. Burke Simpson was freasur- er o! the fund. Tyrone-A lively as well as busy time Was spent at Mr. J.t Hoskin's husking bee. Hampton-Messrs. Burns and Doidge captured two large foxes. are usually quite determined about eîther pro or con. I can see two sides ta if but one is so important that unless there is another solution the first offer must be grasped. First-I would rather not have the government take it over because everything they manage in this way casts about three times as much as before, about six times as much as it should, and often doesn't work equitably after ail. Second-This is the important one. What about aur present aider citizens who have no way o! belonging ta an organized insurance group? Who is ta take care o! them? How many 1 realise the mental torture they go through? One illness mighf dlean out their small savings and then what? To those who are against a' national health seheme I wouid suggest that you quickly produce a compre- bensive scheme which will in- clude ail people of any age who are not already protected in their employmient. Dr. Jones glipped in the He died wlthout a moan. He should have tended to the slck, And let the well alone. - Dd ou ea * butthepa it you haabd out dthe pa tieen who sa taebis doto "Pea s dn' thsae lngmei a death, jusingtes elongmdicaEn ters, jut st tl e n pain en- glshwtois wrU ong wth e."tl Dock t"Wu, ta be prfectly fraink withyou. o aej Paint:(lazy."hreie) PTatint: (sighing witreie) methnk yu dtor. namorgi med 1h cntifihoenmelfori anIf cngohm adtelm Oftýwa-The Retail Merchanu' i a flood o! sehemes occurred, Association ai Canada, ani miost ai whieh violate the spirit their National Foods Division but not the letter o! the law", said the brie! in' urging amend- representing 40,000 independent ments ta sections o! the Crim- retailers, taday met with Justice mnal Code ai Canada which had Minister Stuart S. Garson here been placed there in 1905 affer in a move ta stop the advance representations !rom the R.M.A. a! trading stamp operations inl Main points againsf use o! Canada. the trading stamp plansý-under Presenfing the submission for whieh retailers issue stamns the association were: Jack D. which are «pasted into books Poole a! Woodstock, Ontario, and later redeemed for cash or President, National Foods Divi- merchandise-included: sion of the R.M.A.; D. A. Gil- *Trading Stamps are a means bert o! Winnipeg, General Man- O! levying tnibute on the retail Rger and Past Nafiapal Presi- trade and forcing retailers taI dent, Lue Marchessault o! West pass the cost on ta customers. Shefford, Quebec, Executive Di- *They are a "parasitic injec-I rectar R.M.A.; ,'A B ands, tion into the mercantile blood- o! Toronto, General Manager, stream". National Foods Division; and D. Gardon Blair o! Ottawa, le- *Tbey led ta "improvident gai counsel. buying and confusion af val- In a two-pronged attack en ues". operatars af trading stamp *Merchanfs caui !ind tbem- plans, the R.M.A. bnief called selves "in the stamp business,1 aftent ion to the "lIegal difficul- flot the grocery business." ies which render the presernt *Trading stamp campanies"l law ineffective" and the "in- "perform no real ecanamie func- herenf evil5" o! trading stamps tian, but are simply spurious n their effect on Canada's so- middlemen who add unneces- cial and economic outlooks. sanily ta the cast ai cansumers "Trading stamp companies goods". hould be prohibited from doing *The sehemes are designed ta idirectly what they are now divent the buyer's attention prevented !romn doing directly," from basic considerations af he brie! declared, "the exemp- quality and price. ions now permifting the distri- *The plans "Présent an add- bution o! coupons by refailerS, ed peril ta the cost o! living at wholesalers and manufacturers a time when ahi government ,hauld be eliminated". policy is directed af preventing ". . . if is a matter ai coim- inflation". ron knawledge thaf trading "It is essential ta the nation-ç tamps were ail but unknown ai. interest ta make the prohi-t in Canada uintil this year when bition ai trading stamps com-1 t s i Named Directori Former Ralwyman j ~ Expiins the Necessity for Whistle Blowing j I i i f i c io perdaanutl15 note appexedpaan until 1955 ing in the Maritime province. 1 11 M a', 1956, the Gold Bond Stamp Company started larg.' scale aperatians in the Ottawa Valley and there are rîow -at least" 29 Plans operating in C a nada. In October of this ycar four more firms-Loblaw's, Donîin. ion Stores, Steinberg*s and Thrif t Stores -- introduced sceemes in the Ottawa area '-in self defence". 'Even mast, nerchants using estamPs in vxanious sections 't i the cou ntry aire oppased ta them,' Mr. Garsan xvas told,ý "However, thcy state they canI not afford ta icopardize théir campetitive position by remain- ing outside sucb sehemes, wvhile their competitors reap the earlv Turning ta openators oai Uis jplans, the bni stated the firmns 'intervene in the legitimate business carried on between seller and bùyer, not for the advantagè af cither 'but ta prey upon bath". EsLimatcd volume of stamp plan business ini the U.S. wa.3 between $605 million. and $805 million, the, bnief stated, witb a potential annual narket of jbetwecn $240 million anîd $360 million in Canada. Unredeemed stamps have been estimated at 20 fa 30 per cent ai the total stamps soldi, the bni said,"I . . . unredeem- ed stamps are unearned profils for the stanaip pramotor-thke ne tailer always pays for b is stamps, there are no refunds or rebates for non-nedemption". Vast resaurces are at the com- mand of operators, R.M.A. spùkesmen said. . .. it is litt' ' Wonder that thev are now turn - lng tbeir attention ta the lu- crative and relativeiy untouch- ed field af Canada with ils growing ecanamv and high le- vel ai prosperity." Net aperating profit of food stores is sa low that increascd costs can not be absonbed, the bnief continued, and must be passed on ta the consurners, be- caming, a tax af two or three percent on the country's food bill. The 1905 law-picked. up in the recent review ai the Crin'- inal Code-was intended t. "er adicate trading stamp schemes". said the bnif n urging that Panliarnent be ask- ed ta amend the Code ta ensure that no fonmi o these schemes be passible. The Canadian Pharmaceuti- cal Association. The Retail Druggists Association, The Bel- fer Business Bureau and the Canadian Association ai Con- sumers bave supparted opposi- tion ta the tradiný,,siamp plans, RM.A. officers said. 'In the Dim and Distant Past To wns Attract Industry jCampbellford: One way fa attract nexv industry ta a small community is fan a graup af businessmen ta band together, f orm a corporatian, pool their money and buy an industnial site or building. This suggestion was made by J. A. Perkins, president af the Eastern Ontario Development Association, at a meeting held last week in Campbellford of the Zone 2 represenfatives o! the Lake Ontario Developmenf Association. Municipalities /re- presented were Part Hope, Has- tings, Millbrook, Cramahe township, Cobung, Brighton, Bowmanville and Campbell- fard. Many industrialists prefer ta lpasé rather than' buy or erect their awn buildings, Mr. Perk- mis said. He suggested smali communities make a complete inventory af their nesources. Mayor Ralph J. Loche af Campbellford recommended a resolution that municipalities be able ta do the same thing. That is, finance the erection o! buildings for lease or sale ta industry out of public funds. At present the Ontario Muni- cipal Board bas ta approve thei transaction, including the price,1 when a municipality gefs into ) the industrial land business. A 1municipality cannot erect build- ings an a speculative basis. The mayor agreed some limit should be placed an expendi- 1tLlre. He also said a building is already under construction by a group of Campbellford busi- nessmen for industrial use. Elmer Banting, president cf the Bawmanville Chamber of Commerce# said the provincial government has stopped towns inducing outside industry bv affering fixed assessments. There are other restrictions on how far a town, can go in in- ducing a business ta locate there. At the same Lime, lie c: aid, there are good prospects. Plen- ty of new industry is looking around for a place ta locaLe and existîng industry is expanding. Mr. Banting also said smail centres are helped by the emn- pDhasis 'now an decentralization. Businessmen have found thev get more produclion per man- hour in smaller centres.' Anather advantage, cited tic Mr. Perkins, was that crowdeà big cities are no langer able ta provide the necessary services for new factories. This causes executives ta turn ta smaller localities where these services Founder of CCF Party Marrie 'd Cavan Lady A ,feature of the .IJurharni Count3j Club of Toronto manth- ]y prognamn sent to its membens is an histonical sketch ai some persanality or event associafedl with this county. These inter- esting and informative articles are made passible by the read- ing and research o! James P. Lovekin who revels in such mental exercises as a hobby'. The October bulletin cantained the following article about Rev. J. S. Woodswortb, whicb we are sure many af aur readers wil find ai special interest: We aiten mention Durham's famous sans, but until now, we bave - not mentioned ber famous sons-in-iaw, the. mosiV notable ai wbom, possibly,, was J. ,S. Woodsworth, faunder'of the C.C.F. Party. la September, 1904, Rev. James -Woodsworth, theni an ac- tive minister in the Methodisf Cburch, and Lucy Staples were marnied on the lawn ai ber farm home in Cavan Township in Durham County. Although is ministry took hlm ta Winni- pecg and the West Coast, and later bhe spent long periods in Ottawa and travelling the Dom- inion, the family kept coming back ta Durham ta draw fromn the soil that feeling o! stabil- ity and sanity that al exper- ience on going home. If was to this same farm home in Dur- ham thaf he carne, strieken by a strake in the session a!f the spring o! 1940, f0 !ind the cour- age ta face that hast chapter o! bis life. J. S. W's thinkmng had strange gaps-his insistenee that the League o! Nations do something 'to stop aggression and af the same time do nothlng likel34 to provoke war is a good exampe. He had a remankable indiffer- ence ta practical cansiderations bath In bis domestie obligations and in politics. If remains for someoile te write his biograpby and no ane could be bpfter !ltted for the task than another Durhamite-_. bis own cousin - Prof. C. B. Sissons. The writer presumnes to suggest a titie, "J. S. Woods- worth, the Flowering of the Methodist Conscience." .- 3 Meredith Ores., I IToronto, 1. Dear Gearge: I noticed in a previaus issue of ~.. .*.~*... ~The Statesman that the Chamber of Commerce bas been after the t, 'C.P.R. about whistle-blowing within the tawn limits of Bow- The C.P.R. bas operated through the town far 42 years sa j .,.« why after ail these years has a s complaînt been made? Why e ~wasn't it dane- when smaller motive power meant shorter trains and more engines? Personally I do not think that any engineer uses the whistle any more than necessary, ta ensure public safety. I spent 22 years.0f my life with the C.N.R. Dr. Ceeil F .Cannon and I know whereof 1 speak. No doubt ta the uninitiated, formerly inspectar of Oshawa whistle biowing is just a lot of Public Sehools, who bas beeii noise, but ta a railroad man they named director of education for mean the saine as reading a Ontario. His appointment is un- newspaper or the spoken word. ique as hie succeeds Dr. J. G.1 These whistle signais are set Aithouse, a former principal of1 out by the Board of Transport the Oshawa Highi School,' who Commissioners and concurred died this summer. Dr. CannGnwith by the Inter State Com- ~will bc the senior civil servant merce Commission in the United 1in the Department of Education. States. These are strictly en- forced and engineers have been known fa be suspended or dis- H ospital Heador failing ta observe Take for example, an east bound train ýtopping foir water at Bowmanville, and carrying green flags or lights, which de- notes there is a second section somewhere behind him. The engine is eut off and goes for jwater. That done, hie backs up and is coupled ta his train. When « .~ the air gauges in the cab show the proper pressure bas been built up, he cails in his flag (Four long blasts from the west ! and five from the east). 1 IThe "flag" affixes twa "Guns" i (Torpedoes ta you) a rail length 1 rapart ta warn other trains fol- 1 lowing that they had stopped at 1 Bowmanville and ta keep ac sharp lookout for them. The 1 engineer whose engine expiodes j them must answer by whistle ta acknowledge that hie heard1 them, irrespective af whether 1 they were placed there f.ive min-z utes of five hours previaus. 1 When the engineer gets a sig- r nal from the flagman that the c C. V. Charters - jilatter has reached the caboose, t j le answers with two short blasts i o! Brampton has been chosen iof the whistle and begins ta president of the Ontario Hospi-1tmove. There is a west bound. v tai Association at its 32nd an- train in the 'Hale" (Siding) e ýnual convention lie]d in Toron-,waiting for the east bound ta t ta last week. He is a formpr 1 clear. The first engineer blows t publisher of the Brampton Con-j one long and two short whistles li servator, also a former manag- calling attention ta his green 1: ing director of the Canadian flags and the west bound man n Weekly Newspapers Associa-. anstvers with three short biasts ii tion, WPTB executive. and pub- by Which he acknowledge% the a lie relations director for' the flags. , I: Progressive Conservat -ive head- An unexpected or unsched- a quarters in Ottawva. He bas long ul ed stop the engineer sounds ii been active in church and wel- oné long blast and three short il fare work in the Brampton arca1 which orders the flagman ta pro- and is president of the Peel tect the rear of bis train. hr Memorial Hospital Board. His Suppose for instance fhat :jr wife served overseas as a nurse whistle biowing was prohibited e, in the First World Wr for the Scugog Street crossing c] and dependence is placed entiýé- m plete1v effective' the bni ly upon the wig wag. You can ns. statef. 1s ee eastbound trains coming Reviewing trading stamp op-mre than a mile away, nt 50 erations in Canada, the R.H.A. brif sid chees fanc kind n Canada before 1905. but had I1ess M e westbaund; 50 yards is a gen- eraus estlxnate. Take a winter night ànd snowiig, which is the time that wig wags general.ly fail to fune.. tion. A westbound "Hot Shotl barrelling thraugh Bowman. ville With a wide pen throttle and 2 75 to 300 lbs. steamn pres- sure is really travelling, If he is only going 60 miles an hour, that means he travels 88 feet wlth every tick f a watch. > The wig wags are ut f kilt- er and inaperative and whistling is prohibited. Some unwary motorist driving dawn Scugog St. and thinking everything is clear, starts ta drive over the tracks. Only he does not get ayer. There is a sickening crash and the result is sarrow .n heartbreak in one and pass ~ more than one hôme. N, George, I think thatfhe C. of C.'s is trying ta set a bad precedent by eliminating whistle blawing. It is flot pleasant for the engine crew ta go ut and find dead nd dying people amang the car wreckage. Yout may be tallaused, but a scene, like. that shakes you plenty. No, engineer saunds his whistle un- iess it is mandatory or ta warn people.. The biggest damnfaol matai'- ist is the one wha is approach- ing a level crassing and speed- ing and pays na attention ta the prolonged whistle blawing and then stops just shart of the rssing and waves gaily ta the pngine crew. It takes quite a Lime before the tension an bath mnen has subsided. That is when yau have the urge ta kili. One of this gentry was paid ut in his awn coin. Every day for a long time this bird came up ta the crassing and stapped abaut eight feet framn the main mie and would wait for this par- icular train ta came alang se hat he cauld bedevil the engine crew. One day when he was in the usual place and somehow ust when the engine was pass- :ng a big hunk of coal went sail. ngý through the gangway be- *ween the engine and tender and lit kerplunk right on the hood of his car whch was a late nadel. He neyer stapped at that crassing afterwards. Who threw the coal? Don't ask embarrass. ing questions George. To return to the subi ect of whistie blowing. Fram, the west end -of the C.N.R. Miznico Yard to Sarnia is 171 miles and in that distance there were 169 lvel crossings ta whistle for. [n the mileage mentianed it was necessary ta saund the whistle .ist 676 times, allowing twa long ind two short for every crassing. Do you think in view of the ibve that engineers enjoy toy- îg withl the whistle cord w:, ,has ta be used sa often? Quebec is far ahead af Ontar a n protection at railway cross- ngs. At every- railway crassing, men thaugh it is only a siding. ossing any type a! road is »W* ,ord "Arretez" (Stop), and it neans just that. Sincerely yours, Harry Spencer. A fl A nt A" -«Pr A mmelur A» lst, 1956