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WRTE AArA£%AEMN.EWMNTLE NABOTà DY.DC.lt, k5 ED»70ORIALS Santa's Trees Paying Off for Durham In less than 12 yeais, Durham County's waste lands have not only increased in value, they once again have become pro- ducers of wealth in considerable quantity. How this transition happened wvas relatedl to us early this week by one of the pioneers in the field of Christmas tree growing, Mr. John Arnmstrong of Orono. He gives credit to Mr. Meredith Linton, head of the Ontario Forestry at Orono for convincing him and his brother Bill of the possibilities of such a venture. When they decided to proceed, they purchased several farms in the district at what today would seem ike ridiculously low prices, but at that time created much rnerriment among neighboring farmers who considered them prize city boy "suckers". Ignoring the comment, the Armstrongs went ahead with their plant- ing and soon were joined by the Orono Chamber of Commerce in promoting more Christmas tree (Scotch Pine) planting. Even at that time, they had a vi'sion of making this a marketing area for Christ- mas trees. How well their dream came true is a familiar story to most Durham people, especially in thiis area where each day dur- ing the past few W"eeks, they could sec visible evidence on the hundreds of heavily loaded trucks headed for distant points with Christmas trees grown here. It would be impossible in such a short space to tell of the experimenting with pruning and even fertilizing, of the losses through fire or winter kI and of the thousands of seedlings that didn't grow after a considerable lnvestment. Despite many problems the number of growers has spread from two or three to well over 50 and possibly a hundred at the present time and the number of trees planted must be up in the millions. Within a few years, it is expected that this crop alone wilU produce a million dollars worth of weahthi a year for Durham residents. This, f rom land that a few years ago was almost worthless. The accompanying value of this new industry in preserving waste land by reforestation cannot be estimated. Those who say there is nothing new under the sun and no xnoney to be made in anything, should take another look at Durham's fast- growing Christmas tree industry, or its other new but older companion on additionah xvaste land. the tobacco growing industry. We say grateful thanks to the original adventurers. Time to Replace Worn Out Snow Shovels Wle seem to be continually scolding in this editorial column. Last week, it was because of the lack of interest in municipal affairs by our ratepayers. \Ve could certainly expand that theme this week with even more justification after our second nomination meeting failed to pro- duce two people who would allow their names to stand for the town council. Bpit, as this is being written it is snowing out- side and whi]e those soft, fluffy, white and very beautiful flakes float down frôm the skies, we cannot help wondering how many people are ready with energy and new shovels to remove it. The Trenton Courier Advocate took up the same theme hast week claiming that many people have a tendency to become somnewhat careless about snow removal. They let the sidewalks in front cf their properties deteriorate to such an extent that walking is unsaf e, particularly for elderly or infirm persons or for chikiren. It is suggested that keeping sidewalks clean is onlyv a part of good citizenship, but like most things connected with citizen- ship, there is also a haw to take care of those who fail to live up to their obliga- tions. Naturahly, the police and other ýitizens are loath to, cali upon the lawv and we feel certain that there will be no need for such action here this winter. So, we urge every householder te make arrangements now, either with his children if they are big enough, with him- self or his wife if stili of tender age and healthy, or with somebody else eager to make a little ready cash and keep those walks in good passable condition. Our Recreational Director, Doug Rigg, brought the following article to our notice. It was written ,y Professer Marvin Rife of University of Wisconsin and may prove enlightening to those who run and attend club meetings. 1. Encourage the formation of cliques within the club. They are ex- tremely effective in breaking down morale and a sense cf belcnging te a democratie group. 2. When you assume a responsibility in the club, put off carrying it ont until the latest possible moment. This increases anxiety and frustration on the part of leaders ini the club. 3. When yen serve on a committee, don't bother te understand chearly the scepe of functions of the work cf the com- rnittee. This will help te ensune that yen and your fellow committee members wil accomplish nothing. 4. Don't wonry about getting or giving pregness reports on the work of committees in the club. The longer their work sldes aleng the more miserable and confused evenyone wihl be. 5. At club meetings, be sure yen do a lion's shane of the talking. Yen are perhaps the only one in the group who has any werthwhile ideas. 6. If yen are an officer in the club, neyer prepane in advance for the.meeting. Just came in huff ing and puff in g and make comments "off the cuff". This helps te borne day in the future you may f ind rear seats in motor cars f acing backward. It will not be to provide a rear view for passengers, but entirely as a safety mneasure. Sitting backward has been cited as re- sponsible for the saving of if e in airpianes engaged in trooping movements. in one instance most of the passengers escaped death, while the 'plane was demolished when it crashied in England. Backw'ard seating h las been widely advocated by air safetv men in recent years. Britain is givingr it a real test. The arrangfement hiad been adopted in a York aircrnft which crashied in Essex some months aeo. A]most ail the passeiirýers were saved in that accident. The Air Min- istrv apparentlv concluded that the seat- ing works mucli as predicted in a crash. £3tablishsd 1854 with which ýs incorporated rhe o Eewanville Ne-e, The Newcastle Independezit and lThe Orono NeTws lO2nd Year of Continuous Service to h. fown of Bowraanville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Year, strictly in advance 35.00 a Year in the Unted States Authoriixd as Second clats Mail Pont OUia. Depariment. Otta-wa PubUashed by nRE JAUES PUBLISIIING COUPA"Y Bawmanvtlle, Onturlo GEO. W. JAMES, EDITOI keep the meeting spontaneous and super- ficial. 7. By ail means, don't corne te a meeting on time. No one else does, se why bother. Only the early and prompt birds have te sit around and wait. 8. See that the meeting drags out beyond a reasonable length of time. There's nothing like a stuffy business meet- ing where everyone is asleep or bored stiff. 9. Above ail, hog the major credit for any of the clnb's achievements. The other club members just love te hear yen brag. 10. Don't give recognition for wonk well done by others. Just assume that loyal club members operate entirely upon M~otives of pure altruism. 11. When yen have the floor ln a meeting, be sure te mumble your %vords. What difference does it niake if only the guy next te yen can hear what yen say? 12. When yen meet other club meni- bers in between meetings, be sure te talk shap and worry about how the club is going ta pieces. Make certain that yen stress all the negative aspects of the club, in spite cf the pragress it is making. 13. If none cf the above succeeds i wnvecking the club - be a saur puss. 'Yon will then be an eloquent walking adver- tisement cf all the club stands for - and others will be eagen to join and become more like yen. It promptly ordered a switch-oven, fnomn normal seating, foral tooping" aincraf t. Se fan as we know, backward seating has yet ta be adopted in a, regulan airline service. Airline eperatons rnay be re- luctant ta use it because it would seem te passengers radically different from all thein expenience in trains, automobiles, buses, small boats and 'planes. Both op- eraters and the public are likehy te view it more favonably, however, if its safety value should be finmly established by the British expenience. And once the value of backward seat- ing has been proved in ainplanes, it un- doubtedly will be tnie'd eut in mater cars. 0. A.C. Short Courses We don't know how many Junior Farmers in Durham Connty plan ta take advantage of the winter short courses at the Ontanio Agicultural College at Guelph fram January lst te 4th, but it is time well spent and the cest is very economical. The courses cover such general suh- jects as: fanm business management, marketing and ca-aperatien, agricultural mechanics, farm buildings and rural elec- trification, tracter and farm machinery, ive stock, souls and land uses. Quotas of applicants who can be accommodated extend fncm 40 fer fanm buildings and rural electrification te 150 for the course in live stock. Roam and board for a week is $10, and for hess than a week $2.50 a day, obviously a special bai-gain te attract juniQr farmens. The courses are planned te provide as much practical information as possible in a scant week. Observations and Opinions Thanksgiving Day in the United States has passed, the snaov has started ta fait, the business anea has been dressed in holi- day attire. all of which adds up to the approacli of Christmas. In the Dim and Distant Past Froni The Statesman Mies 25 YEARS AGO (1931) Armed bandits rebbed the Cenonation Cafe. Three armed bandits, entened the Ceronation Cafe at midnlgbt on Saturday and held up three customers and openator cf $35. Soo Sing, operator cf the cate was be- hind the counter, wbile Alan Knlght and Arthur Kent werc sitting at a table. Robent Beith entered the cafe trom the kit- chen and was thneatened te keep back and keep quiet. Banl- dits escaped in a car. A remankable life-like por- trait cf the late William Brown- ing Couch, former chairman ef the High School Board, wvas un- veled in the Assembly Hall cf the School on Tbursday after- neon before an audience of 300 pensons. Stores wene open all day Wednesday during ,December. Harry Allin, vetenan Bow- rnanville grocer spoke at thie Rotary Club Luncheon, Out- llning the changes in retail gro- cery business in Bowmanville aven the past 40 years. Five hundned stalwarts at- tended a buge banquet on Tuesday night and heard Mit- chell F. Hepburn denounce the policies of the Federal and Provincial Conservative ne-1 gimes. Fnesh spare ribs were adven- tised at 10 cents lb. Christmas is a feast for a cbild andi so for ail childreîî. I thaughit you miglit be înterested in ex- cerpts from a manuscript wnit- ten many years ega about a great man whio wanted te ne- main a clîild alwayg. J. M. Barrie, the author ot Peter Pari and many other famous works, is an enignia to those cf us who grow old so quicklv but the author et bis biography thougli well in bier nineties lias about bier that youtlhtui quality of en-ý thusiesnî and interest whîcli would appeal te the great Scot- tishi author. -J. M. Barrie, the nman whoin iîone quite knows, is a very real person - 1 liave i't a doubt ot it; - but J. M. Barrie, as known te the %vorld and cven te bis friends, is net only a great niten et fiction, but a great work et fiction, about which he hias taken, and stili takes untold pains. "I imagine M.%I. Barrie's boy- hood te bave been mainly spent iin twe contrary athletic feats, - in runîîing atter himself and ini running away fnom bimselt and wliile lie neyer quite get caught, lie never entinely escaped: for howeven much hie managced te elude apprehiension lie always remained in view the ever puzz- ling and prevocative subject ot the introspective autbor's subtle yet puzzled mind. "Give Mr. Barrie tlîe chance of reshaping himself thnr1ougb a dozen incarnations and ycu xvould get - not the man of rather bechelor habits sitting lonely aven bis beleved pipe witb bis feet among the fine-irons, but scmething boyish, mercurial and elusive. Yes, Peter Pan Is really in a way Mr. Barrie hiniseif - net as lie is now, non as be even xvili be: net as we eiders tind him wben wc raect hinm but as h- wisli- r.i mistfullv anîd paý,sLOnatc- ly that hi might bc inia 66 YEARS AGO (1890) Newtonville - Mn. G. Jones lest bis bat in the shed cf Elna Church and found it on foot of F. L. Bragg's borse. About 4200 pensons attended the thnee services at the Metb- odist Chunch which opened Sunday. The Church Paston was the Rev. T. W. Jolliffe. A contest was held by the Canadian Statesman, the per- son sending us on a card by Tuesday morning the greatest nummben of English -,'.ords formed of the letters ini "States- man" will receive a zîlce book. On Friday niglit the annual sale cf magazines and papens at the Reading Room attnacted a goodly number cf bidders anid fair prices were nealizeai. Mr. Sanm Burden entertained the audience. The French Minister et Ma- rine says 30 ton guns are the most serviceable for naval pur- pose$. Newtonville- Farmers here- abouts find they can sell as well and buy better in Bowmanville than anywbere else. Since 1939 the number of Canadians employed in mana- facturing bhas more than doti- bled and rnanufacturing now directly su pports nearly a third of the population. wonld made only et children. 'Wben one meets Mr. Barrie for the first time one is amazed to tind how little lie betrays, eithier in appearance on speech the quaint humour, the whinis- ical fancies, the exquisite senti- ment et wlîicli his nature is full. He is small et stature, very thîn: bis face pale and worn witb a solemilonely expression.* Sec bini for the first time and you would say bie is a man witb whom it ivas impossible te be- corne intimiate. Sometiînes it is so, but slîut ini up with childeen anid yen bear thîrougli thie clased doors wild shouts etfnierniment and lauglîter. 'His love for a sweet child named Michael was the ini- centive fon Peter Pan. To feed the large hunger of a small imaginative mmnd that ctamioured for fairy tales, hie started te xxeave eut oet mi- promptu tboughts and imag- es the play wbicb has since becoîne se famous. Acnoss the toot-li.glts ef Micbaei's two eyes hie pnesented the story cf chlldisli adventure and romance te the best and most crîticat audience that for bis purpose the world could supply. "Mn. Barrie liked ta live ln London wbene lbe could teed thie influence cf crowded lite near at hand. Atter detending him-! self frein the repeated invita- tions et some London bostcss lbe xiii at last accept reluctantiy, and then perhaps bring lier toe bitter repentance for placingi bini among uncongenial society. There lie sits, a tbick black cei' umn ef silence net only thnough dinnen but the whole evening as well. "An amusing steny is tald ln this connection of a fort- nigbt visit which bie paid tu the bouse et a certain leader ef London seciety. Finding that bis hostess %vas bent on rnakîng a show of bim ho> unîmecliately feU mb toa state Iof convalescence, took naps duriiîg the day and had his nieals brought te hlm, on a tray. "Using Barrie as hait, is host- ess a d secured the promise of a visit from royalty. The Princess had te be told that Barrie xvas lying onhis pîllow trying ta make up bis mindi whether hie vas well enough te see ber. At last he agareed thal she might come and hayt a look< at him at 9:30 and that he would talk te hier if ie, could. The dramatlc moment arrived. They peeped in and the author cf lm- montai wonks lay fast asleep The enchanted Prlncess tip-toed in and bent over hîm and sud- denly right under ber royal nose the sleeper snoned, a good ster- tonous snore. The Princes ne- treated hastily, the interview with royalty wvas oven and Peter Pan left to himself opened bis eyes and winked. "Mr. Barrie sometimes plays games and one cf wbicb lie is exceedingly fond is that which he plays with his big Newfoundlancl dog. There is a constant dispute going on between themn as ta which is the real owner of Mr. Barrie's bat, and wben the game is over it seems scarcely ta belong te eitber of them so little does it retain tbe semblance of what it once was. Mn. Bar- rie is small and the dog is big and wvherever he puts the bat upon bis persan the dog can reach it. Unexpect- edly he comes, leaps up, scizes it and is off with his master ini pursuit. The dog rolîs on Barrie and Barrie rolîs on the dog till the su- perior craft of the human lias sevened the beast from, his pney. "Mr. Barrie In his love of loneliness secured a certain privilege when. he lived at a house in Bayswater overlooking that beautiful wood by the side of a palace called Kensington Gardens. In this wood when the gates are shut at dusk ne one may walk except the park keep- ers and the inhabitants cf the palace. But Mr. Barrie obtain- ed the entree and was able thereafter - be alone of all out- siders - te enter at nightfall. To Barrie the essence cf the priv- Ilege was its privacy, the beauti- fui loneliness in the midst cf the great roar cf London where the lonely spirit could feel at ease wifh itself and at home. "That picture bas new I fear become a tbing cof the past for Mn. Barrie lias pre.. sented to Kensington Gar- dens a fountain cnowned with the figure of Peter Pan and surrounded by groups of bis own fainies. And having set up that image cf bimself - of his beautiful imaginative creation be seems te have beconie afraid cf it, te bave grown self conscieus cf the place where he used te flnd 1refuge and sbutting up bis Ba ' swater home he lias gene elsewhere and Kensington Gardens at nightfall sees the 1great nman ne more." The Stalesman Sold At Following Stores Reg. Edmund's Store, Betbany Johnson's Dnug Store, Newcastle T. Enwright, Newcastle Porter's Gen. Store, NewtonvilUe SBrown, Newtonvllle C.Pethick, EnniskIllen T. M. Slemon, Enniskillen F. L. Byam, Tyrone H.A. Barron, Halnpten Tuli's Store, Courtice A. E. Ribey, Bunketon B]ytb's General Store, Blackstock Keith Bradley, Pontypool C. B. Tyrnell, Orene H. K. Reynoids, Kendal Hlendersaîî's Bock Store: Oshawa House That Jack Built R.R. '4, Oshawa - Bowmanville - Balmoral Hotel R. P. Rickaby - "Big 20» W. J. Berry Jack's Smoke Shap Rite's Smoke Sbop Gobeen's Handy Store Jurv & Levell The Stateanian Otfice HoIy Day or "Holi-Daze"? By E. L. Homnewood "Christmas isn't.what it used ing holiday sights and soundý, "Now when I was a boy . . . " state. bit of a racket," muttered the day. It is the anniversary of in hr slnde pure, ryin Aonew prsng arfor t NeYear thethigs erýoug oes x-the formdoe f-thisae passed "Clistmaks is firad WP. Make ail thns Chfrstmay tecnew ly emar Givhe usthe best Turhoue.Havet fotor n aya ep-fn, ay gejyyu ityu ed thoughe crods"ou- By hich alonte estili and!M A mixturet taklaatminututorlive An perhaphoistebat iosnew mheard a's ew vith n wha Itusd t b. Frwhc ornsiew orhiasenanda e fo fi hrias ena jstaified ak-the rah. ppoha e n eCritCidistb erac -En iselle M. H*s sug unilno hist e n Bfrme se pes sArt Arl n vm nua anquet Inclement weather reduccl the numbers attending the an- nual dinner of Durham Coun- ty Holstein Association meeting at Newcastle's Cornmunlty Hall on Frlday evening, but had nzj effect onl the enthusiasm cf the gathèring. President Alex "Sandy" Muir was in charge of the evening which featured presentation of p rize awards, a delicious turkey banquet served by Newcastle W.A. and an out.standing ad- M.P.P. of Port Perry. Wlns Awards Trophy winners included Edgar Werry and Son of Solina who were presented the Master Feeds Trophy by Jack McCar- ron for "the Grand Champion Cow and the A. J. Tamblyn trophy for the best uddered fe- male, Mn. Tamblyn making the presentation. Wesley Werry ac- cepted the awards. James T Brown & Sons were awarded the Premier Breeders Award donated by Raîston-Punina Feed Co. and presented by J. Y. Kel- lougb, Cobourg, former agnicul- tunal representative in Durham. Ed. Kowal of Bowvmanville wvon the True Type Model Cow tro- phy for being the winning boy in the Dairy Calf Club. J. T. Brown donated and presenteçi the axvard. Mr. Bnown also In- tnoduced the headtable guests. Quartette Entertains Ententainment was provid- ed by a gnoup cf four young men who called themselves "The Four Bows" because of the ties they wone. They gave several numbers on two occa- sions which wene appreciated. Also thene was a sing sang led by John M. James, M.P., with M11rs. Everett Brown playing the piano. Dr. Dyrnond, Member of the Legisiature for Ontario County, was introduced by Past Presi- dent eil alcolm of Black- stock who autlined bis many- sided careen. including some studies in theology, laten a me- dical degree from Queen's and later again his successful i-x- pedition into the realm of poli- tics. as a producer of board lumber sawloas and veneer logs, in ad- dition' te supplying 60%/ of the entire world supply of newsprint. Huge Expansion He deait with agriculture and with several of our great cities from coast to coast ta show that this vas no back- wvard nation, that ne other 15 million people have produced more, earne dmore, subdued more or built more than we have done here. In mining and minerai production our expan- sion bas been fantastic. In 1900, our minerai production was only 64 million dollars, now it exceeds a billion dollars, gar- nered from 66 different minerai products, more than hait of these discovered in the last 25 years. "Se l'uns the same thread through the warp and woof of our nation's history in everv field of endeavour", he con- tinued. "In 1900 our labon force numbered less than two mil- lions; now it exceeds six mil- lions. Then, we produced about one-balf billion dollars wortri of manufactured goods; jiw, we produce about 20 b 011 dollars worth. At the begizffing of the century, Canada haf ne assets abroad, onw we own i excess of five .billion dollars i tbis spbere. We arc new the third trading nation in th'.c wvorld with a gross national product of almost 30 billion dol- lars." More Than Money While these were great ae- complishments, the speaker felt there were other things which had made this countrv great, the intangibles, upoti xvhich we cannot put a dollar value. These included the free. doms which have been built b3r devoted service and sacrifice even of life by thousands cf the sons and daugliters of Can- ada. These, lie concluded, "are the things We must hold and protect if we are to continue ta be and to grow great; they make our country a good land"~. Immecliate Past President of the Association, Wilfred Bow- Speak On Cnada man ofEnmniskllien expressed Labein Onbis adess, the appreciationi of tbe audi. Cou lntrCaaa his mostss ence to Dr. Dymond for his iontrytinCanad ac misbed tthougbt-provoking address. speaerweg ndte the Bie forEarlier in the evening, Agri4 sae text torthe Lordbeino-cu ltural Representative Ed. A. his ext"Fo theLor brng-Summers introduced ah cof the eth into a gcad land, a land of members cf the Caîf Club and brooks of water and fountains adtiueothrerns that spring eut cf valîcys and pafidrt bte ta their arnesan Ihis; a land cf wbeat and bar- inffot bton tentam n ley and wines; a land et oHl andincmeti. hoe;a land wherein you sbhl SSATO yushaîl net lack anything in M AN VERS T TO it; a land whose tsenes are iren and eut of whose mouritains No sbadow falîs but there be- you may dig bnass" lîind it stands the light. Behind He felt these wends of Moses the wrongs and sornows of could have been written for lite's troublous ways stands this country cf Canada which right. "bas possessed me and bas op- Mrs. Keith Fairbairn, Peter- ened doors et oppontunity that borougli, visited with Mn. and could neyer bave been opened Mrs. Earl Argue Saturday. etherwhere; My country I eall Mr. and Mrs. Harve.y Aikens, it because that is bow I weuld Barbara, Tommiy, Deanna and that everycne living within the Donald Challice and Mrs. Clif- baunds cf this great land sbould ford Fallis attencdc the Christ- thlnk and feel about A", mas concert, '1hursday niglît Eauly History at Shaw's School, near Bow- Atter delving inte history te manville, under the direction show that Canada had not al- et Miss Maragaret Aikens, tý4e ways appeared as the promised teacher. land te eanly explorens and set.- Weekend guests witb Mr. a'tkI tIers, Dr. Dymond stated that Mrs. Wilmot Horner were Mr. I Canada's tnue greatness began and Mrs. Lorne Horner and only in the latter haîf ot the Kennctb, Oshawa; Mr. and Mrs. l9th century wben, on July lst. Stanley McCabe, Dawne and 1867, a Royal Proclamation Alex, Lotus; XMr. and Mrs. Jack breught into being the Dem- Rupert, Bowmanville; Mn. and ien of Canada, culminating Mrs. Jack Horner and tamily, years of effort and the sub- Mn. Gardon Hornen and Miss limation cf widely diverglng Helen Sutherland, Peterbor- pehitical views and even per- ough. sonal hatreda by these Fathers Mr. and Mrs. Frank Derusha et Confederation viho realizel1 went to Toronto last weekwird that the veny existence cf their Lo sec tîîeir dauglîter, Mrs. Pc, - beleved land was at stake &o cy Adams, whe underwent an long as they presented te the operation in Western H-ospi,,al world a divided front. Only an Saturday. four provinces joined ta form the New Dominion and it took Rev. R. R. Bonsteel ha:; as more than 80 years te cemplete i. A ges at the Sunday mor.a- the task but today, Contede-a Nig , frr Emmanel Collag, tien Is e.elrounded eut ta n elm-iEmaulCol-,c clude ail 10 provinces." Taranto, a classmate of Mn. Ar- Dr. Dymond ccntlnued by thur Jackson, who on the ad- cutlning the vast progress i vice of bis physician wlll reslgn rnany fields which this country at the end of this year as as- has acbleved, especlally in the sistant minister on the Manvers 2Oth century. He speke et its circuit. population growth, its tremen- Mr. and Mrs. Knox Macleol deus fore-t wealth whlch. des- and David, Gr,îmnby, :.rellt the@ ile txploitalinn arnd waFtc, ha.ýi w.eeken'l '.viilî Mr. and M.r&. placed us third i the world 1 Alfred Johaston. --J k f.. I Stioes Canada Needs FiIIed Thirteen Ways to Wreck a Club Backward Seating TIMRSDAY, DEC. IStIt. 1"8 THE CANAIDIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVII.1X. ONTARIO PAGE T"