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rAOE lOUE TErnI CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMAN'VTLLE. ONTAMO THURSDAY, MAY lStb., 1951 EDI 7 ORIALS Make Sure Your Name Is There Preliminary copies of the voters' list for the federal election are now posted throughout the various ridings. These prcliminary iists are compiled by the enumerators upon completion of their work. Every eligibie voter is advised to check the lists as soon as possible to make sure his name is included. If the name bas been lef t off, or if there bas been an error in speliing or in the address, tbe voter can take steps ta bave the mistake corrected at court of revision. Or, in a rural poli, be cari plan now to be sworn at the poil on voting day. Letter From C. W. Hutton To Curling Club Tells 0f Saskatchewan Gomes There is no point in checkig the revised list after the court of revision has been beld later in May. That will be too late. The committee rooms or either of the parties involved will gladly let any voter know whether or not bis namne 15 on the list. The same information can be obtain- ed from the office of the returnipg officer. The Goverriment of Canada and the represeritatives of the inýividual ridings will be chosen for the next four or five years on June 10. That is why it is im- perative that every voter possible cast bis ballot. But he or she cannot vote if he or she is not properly listed on the voters' list. Declare an Agricultural Gospel The Simcoe Reformer, Ontario's out- standing weekly newspaper, bas a lady living in the rural section of Norfolk County, by the name of Mrs. John Pow, R.R. 2, Port Dover, who each week writes a feature article of "Farm News and Views". It is without a doubt one of the finest pieces of farm editorial writing we have seen. As a sample of Mrs. Pow 's timely and thougbt-provoking views we are pleased to reproduce excerpts f rom ber editorial last week beaded "Time To Declare Agricultural Gospel" : There is a gospel oecording ta agri - culture and this is the time ta declare it. There is no time in the year that is more beautiful than rigbt now wben nature is beralding in the promises of summer. The tradition of the cburch bas given agriculture two special reasons in its wor- ship, with, of course, the addition of Easter which is a festival of spring as well as of the Resurrection. These two seasons are Rogation and Harvest-Home. The second is wideiy kept, but the f irst, for a long time almost forgotten by a large section of aur people, now is slawly caming into common use as Rural Lîf e Sunday, wbicb we observe this mnonth. Rogation litanies ask God's blessing on the sowing of the seed that it may yield fruit in due season. Harvest Home recagnizes the bounty of God in the matur- ing of the grain, and renders thanks for it, whicb act sureiy conditions aur use of what He bas given There is a great rieed ta spiritualize wbat we do. Perbaps it is easier ta do this in agriculture than in industry or mercb- andising. The farmer is dependent on the process of nature for bis livelibood. Nature governs the soil-the wind, the storm, the frost, the bail, and the drought. And the re are obligations of bis part if nature is ta yield ber abundance, obliga- tions in the conservation of the soul, in tbe tiling af the ground, in tbe selection of seed, in the metbods of harvesting. There are practical and scientific principles that bave been worked out by men. But tbey bave their origin in a sacred trutb-"tbe eartb is the Lord's". It is not ta detract froni their im- portance ta assert that the greatest need is not rigbt techniques but a rigbt basic attitude. Tbere was an old store-keeper once wbo bad a wonderful pbilosopby an life. The farmèrs would came int% bis store after the day's work was done grumbling about the continued rain, and tbe gloomy prospects for a crap. The aid man wbo bad iived as a farmer till he could no longer tili bis land would laok at them and say, "Brother, wby don't you bend your knees in tbe rigbt way?" There is a great need for spiritualiza- tion af agriculture. Sa many farmers act as if everytbing depended upan tbem- selves. Not only do we farget that God is necessary ta aur success in the aperation of Fis laws but we deny Him any dlaim an the fruits of our toil. The first fruits are seifisbly used and the "left-overs" are giren casually and sometimes grudgingly. Why Labor Gets the Lion's Share Puzzling ta many peaple is wby the benefits af techriological advance are flot fully refiected in lower prices for goods and services. The answer lies ini the monopolistic ô wer of Big Labor. Productivity gains, y which is meant an increase in output per man-baur, are seldom sbared to the extent they should be by the public be-ause labor unions are exempt from anti-combines legislation. Labor leaders are free ta make any demands tbey wisb, anid management is giveri the choice of ,eitber meeting sucb demands or of baving their operations closed dowri indefinitely by strike action. It was the demenrd of labor leaders tbat firemen continue ta be employed on freigbt and yard diesel locomotives, even tbougb in the opinion of management they are not needed, that led ta last January's disastrous railway strike - a strike wbich was ended only wben the Gaverriment agreed ta appoint a Rayai Commission to make a tborough investigation of the issue. Even now, altbough railway management bas agreed ta be bound by the findings and recommendations of the Rayai Commission, the union bas riot. Instead, it bas reserved the right ta strike again. Were the railway industry free ta take full advantage of the techriological advance and the economies of operatian made passible by diesel motive power, the public would benefit in terms of keep- ing freigbt rates lawer than wauld other- wise be tbe case. It is monopolistic union power wbicb denies the public the beriefits of productivity gains wbich tecbnical advarice would otberwise make possibfe. 4k 61 heard money is tight, but 1 didn't know it was this bad" 0 n and - .. . Distant Past From The Statesman Files 25 YEARS AGO (1932) direction of Earl Cunninrgham, physical instructor. SoIt bail season offîcially op- W. J. Milis of St. Marys, na- enod on May 20 with a Rotary tive of Enniskillen, was win- team playing the Business Men, ning acclaim as a director of the former wearing overalls successful amateur plays. Pnd the latter coveraîls as uni- A new short wave transmit- forms. ter o! greatly increased power Business Men's Association was installed at station CKGW sponsored a contest for the best here for ifs experimental sta- letter on 'Why Clean Up- tion Ve9GW. Mr. Bert Shane Paint Up" with first prize in was chie! engineer of the sta- aduit class going to Robert tion. Mr. Kenneth Foster ex- West, Horsey St., and first ini plained the transmitter to a juvenile to Evelyn MacKinnon, Statesman reporter. R. R. 3, Arthur W. Burk, a son of the Statesman was again spon. late William Knowles Burk, soring a 22 mile tour through died at his summer home south Durham orchards during Blos- of Bethany. He was a Toronto som Week May 24-29. lawyer, and uncle of Mrs. H. Napier Moore, Editor of Francis Sutton. Maclean's Magazine, was the speaker when the local Rotary 49 YEAIS AGO (1908) Club entertained eighit other clubs at the Boys' Training Mr. Neil Yellowlees, Toronto, School. Before the dinner, boys visited friends and assisted in o! the sehool put on an aquatic the Methodist choir. dîsplay in the pool uinder the An item reads: "W. H. Dus- First Woman Judge in Manitoba N 0W in the Professional Class In this age of specialization, the farm- er is one of the few persons left, outside of the medical profession, that can rightly cail himself a "general practitioner". This was well summed up in an article we read recently which pointed out that the good farmer is literally a jack-of-all-trades and master of ail. He must be economist enough to know when and what to buy and seil; bookkeep- ing enough ta spot bis weaknesses and strong points. He must be engineer enough The Silent Voice A letter is the silent voice . . . Of paper and of ink ... That tells the one to whomn we write . .. The way we feel and think.. A voice more calm and cautious than... The tongue inclines to be... Unless in anger, hate or such ... The pen moves foolishly . . . A letter is the courier 0 f tidings sad or good . .. Or just the news that ail is well . . . Throughout the neighborhood . . . We use it for aur bus- iness, and . .. To serve aur social ends .. . By speaking in that mariner to . . . Our relatives and friends . . . And then there is the letter that . . . Is kissed and put away . .. Wth other loving words that will ..Be read again some day. Establsbed 1854 wth whleh au ineorporated The Bowmanville Ne"s. The.Newcastle !adependont and The. Oranc News 1Ord Yeaz of Continuous Service to the ToiFn of Bowmanville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 49 a. SUBSCRWTION RATES $4.00 a Yeom, stictly In advance $55.0 a Yeaz in the United States Authoxxu.d cmse.onud Cia.. Mau PtOuffice -earunt ttw P"Ubbed by THE IMMSPtJBLISING COMPANY Bowmcmvile, Ontario GEO. W. [AMES, £m=to ta run thausands of dollars wortb of macbinery and mecbanic enougb ta repair it. He's a veterinarian as be cares for bis livestock and an agronamist as be selects bis seed variety, matches it owith bis soil conditions, and decides on the pianting date. He's a gambler an weatber and prices, and last but not least, be's a diplo- mat wben he persuades bis wife that he needs a new baler more than she needs a riew wasbing machine. What Do You Think? A query is raised in aur mirids as a result of an observation in the New York Times whicb asks: "Haw mucb mare work could be acbieved if nine aut af ten meet- ings were dispensed with? This includes meetings called ta discuss plans, aid statistics, specialized reports, matters of personnel, and unfinisbed business lef t over from the iast meeting." True, the Times comment bas particular reference ta business practise, but there is equal cause for such comment ta be applied ta aur towns and rural communities. Are we over-organized ? Are there too many meetings called by toa many organizatians, wbicb ta averlap eacb atber's activities? Wbiie we besitate an answer, we suspect tbat tbis is sa. Perbaps we sbauid bave a meeting ta f ind out. Observations and Opinions A compliment a day may riot make yau prosperaus but it will make you feel like you bave a fortune. Neyer miss an opportunity ta make others bappier - even if yau bave to leave themn alone ta do it. The contrai o! weeds with chemical sprays cuts down the need of cultivatiori and increases yields. For the most part, the boe is naw used only in the garden, comments the Farmer's Advacate. This reminds us of the advice the editor receiv- ed from a beloved aid rieigbbor, Alpha Piricb, who was a successful gardener o! long standing. It was aur first experience at gardening, at Liberty Place sbortly after aur marriage. We were watering aur garden with the base wben Mr. Pinch said, "If you use the boe mare and the base less yau'll have a better garden". That was over 35 years aga and we baven't attemDted any gardening since then. tan bas orders for four baths to be installed in residences in town. Citizens are intending ta keep dlean it seems." Steamer "Argyle" was put Up at auction in Toronto but bids were not high cnaugh and the sale was postponed for a week. W. J. Inch passed hlm exaru- !nations at the College o! Phar- macy. H. H. Todgham alsa graduated with first class hon- o-s. May 22 was to b. tbserved as Empire Day in ail Ontario Schools, it being the last schOpl day prior ta May 24. Mr. Geo. B. McClellan held the position o! manager ut the Crown Bank, Essex, having formerly been manager ut Comber. (Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Clellan are now living retired in Bowmanville). W. H. Roenigk, Musical Di- rector o! Lindsay Minstrel Company and o! Lindsay Aca- demy o! Music, was in town making arrangements for a concert here by his minstrels. John Lyle, Town Clcrk, Reeve ~ A. W. Tole and Coun- cillor k alyn, a deputation o! Bowmanville Council, appear- ed before the Railway Com- mission in Toronto and pre- sented particulars o! the Wharf Road G.T.R. crossing claiming some protection should be gLy- en the public. Port Hope was in darkness since their electriq iight plant burned. Deaths recorded include Mrs. Adnu Ferguson, Newcastle, mother o! Mrs. W. W. Tamblyn, Bowmanvile; Mrs. William Lord, mother of Mrs. Wlllard Caldwell. An editorial plea was made for banishlng the bar. Local Option vote was ta be taken iii January, 1909. STARKVILLE Mr. and Mss. Jim Stark and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Grant Sylvester, Oshawa. Mrs. Russell Suvery spent the wcekend with ber sister, Mrs. Walters, Elizubethville. Miss Evelyn Reid, Port Hope, Mr. and Mrs. Albefr Rgerd, Ms. and M.Loe n rneTodGad werSundaydneustwith Mr.n Mhes.dnsofStplo, ewtn Mr. and Mrs. AllentCogrs and family visited Ms. andt ors Vto. Sharrow. Mr. and Ms. onStoneha OrsDonvStaed Mrs F.wtone Mr. and Mrs. llewnHaow-i cilMnd.andnMrs. ih Roe, attended a ibanquet and dance Satusday evening. Ms. and Mrs. Alec Martin and son, Newcastle, were di- Tbe annauncement last week that Mrs. Nellie nes guests Saturday evening McNicbol Sanders af Winnipeg was the f irst woman ta be with Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cas- appointed ta the bench in the Province of Manitoba is of w cli. E orse a eu local interest ta many of aur readers. Fer deceased cd from Memorial Hospital 1.0 busbarid, Howard Sanders, was a native of Durham ber sister's, Mrs. A. Dobson.1 Caunty, being a son of the late John Sanders wbo was a Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Robin- miller witb the Vanstones at their flour and grist milis at jxd:day fameily whd dinner1 Tyrone and Bowmanville. Howard, better known as Jack, Boughen, N withr. R when be attended Bowmanville Figh Scbaol, was a brather Recent visitors with Ms. and1 of Mrs Thea Siemon of Enniskillen. Mrs. Sanders' Mrs. AI!. Dobson were Ms. and1 appointment becames effective August lst when she takes Mrs. Orval Forrestes and son, Westpart; Mr. and Mss. Gordon ber seat as Judge of the Juvenule Court at Winnipeg. She Barr, God!rey: Mr. and Mns.1 is a daugbter of the late Robert T. McNicbol and was barri Harold Forrester and sons, Mr. on a farm near Dundas, Ontario. She attended Moulton and Mrs. Russell Lowery, To- College, Toronto, and graduated in law from the University ronto; Major John Forrester o! of Manitoba in 1932. About six years ago Mrs. Sanders ston adMrand Coîlege, K î and ber two sons, David, 10, and Bobby, 8, visited Mrs. Ruthven, Zion. Slemon at Enniskillen. Mr. and Mss. John Stask The Winnipeg Free Press makes this editorial com- and family, visited Mr. and Mrs.Saners'appintmnt:"Mrs SadersbasMss. Logan, Manvers Station. ment on Ms adr'apitet Ms adr a Service at Shiloh was well distinguisbed berseif in the field of social welfare. Since attended Sunday with a mnes- ber call ta the bar in 1932 she bas worked witb sucb sage by Ms. Gay for Christian agencies as the Canadiari Association of Social Workers, family life and speclal mnusic the welfare supervisian board and the provincial welf are by the Junior Choir. Miss Norma Hailowell, New- department, and since 1953 bas beeri legai consultant ta castle; Ms. Mausice HalloweIl, the Cbildren's Aid Society of Greater Winnipeg. Wîth this Toronto; Ms. and Mrsq. Brian wide experience in the type of cases deait witb by the Caswell and Leslie, spent Sun- juvenule court there are cambined the judicial tempera- day ut Mr. Llew Hallowell's. Ms. and Mss. Sid Hallowell ment and the wise bumanity that make Mrs. Sanders visited at Mr. Lloyd Hallow- exactiy the riglit person ini the right Diace." elI's. Rockyford, Sask.. Feb. 2d, 1957 Dear Neil and Members o! the Cartwright Curling Club:- I promised before I left 1 wauld write some time during the winter and tell you about the state of curling in this part of the country. Well, we have had a very good season ai- though I have flot been able to curi a great deal. We are in the ildst of what they ca]l here, "the square draw" which was what we called the regu- lar schedule in Cartwright. We have .14 rinks in thia competition. There are a few lady curlers. I am curling with Joe McBeth who runs the Pool elevator; Jack Rhodes, a mech- anic in one of the garages, and the school nurse. Sa far we have a high percentage o! loss- es. .The regular schedules are badly disrupted by bonspiels as every club around the coun- try has one and it takes a whole week. These bonspiels have four events and run on a process of elimination. One rink can win two competitions and the big prize is for tie grand aggregate. By the timie they get 30 rinks cut down to the two for the grand aggre- gate they have some pretty good curling. Friday' is the church bonspiel whîch they run off every year between the three churches on the circuit. It is to be at Rose- bud this year and they coin- pete for a small trophy that one o! the men donated. There is a bit o! interest here in the British Consuls as they u.qually have a competition here to send a rink. The rink from Rockyford didn't get very far this year but they have got to the Southern Alberta finals at Calgary several times. The winter is slipping away and we have had a really nice one here. 1 have a fifty-sîx mile drive every Sunday and so far have not misscd one Sun- day. The temperature had gone down pretty low about four times for a week so but mostly has been qui atc. They keep warnig me r look out for a blustery March. Needless to say I have en. joyed wearing my white curl- ing sweater and it keeps re- minding me o!fte m .y good curling games we .h.çI Cart- Statesman keeps us * fotii1wq4 that the Club is stili &cttive',i hope you have had another good year. We have alI been in excel- lent health during the winter and o! course very busy withl our large territory to look after. Always glad to hear frorn you. Sincerely C. Wesley Hutton Thieves Try' To Get Safe Brewers'1 store Bowmanville Police are in- vestigating an attempt by thieves to break open the safe at the Brewers' Retail Store on King Street East early Mon- day morning. Police discovered the at- tempted theft at 5.15 a.m. while making their regular check o! the premises. The thieves gained entry to the store by prying one of the warehouse doors. However ii their endeavour to open the safe door they broke the han. dle and were unsuccessfui in carrying out their plans.- It is believed the thieves gained their entry sometimre between 4 a.m. and when the break-in was discovered. Po- lice had checked the store at 4 a.m. and it was secure. Little damage resulted from the break-in and the store resum. cd its operations without inter- ruption. HREARD ON FRONT ST.. "Are You in Favor of Parkcing Meters%?" Prompted by the recent parking meter discussion of -the Bowmanville Town Council, the Statesman reporters made a quick survey of the town to find the prevailing opinion on parking meters and aftér 175 queries found that slightly over 50 per cent were in favour. The final analysis showed that 88 of the people og3 were In favour while 68 or 38.8% were against. The refiiaining 19 people or 10.9% had no opinion or were indifferent. Directly affected by the parking meters would b'the front street merchants and of the 33 who were polled 16 were in favour, 15 against and 2 had no opinion. The niost frequent answers given by the ý;1pporter f the meters were: «'They will eliminate double 1 9>~, Pro e parking space, end ail-day parking on the f areef, merchants and would be revenue for the town." Among the answers received by those not i1r'a ,ouir were: "Incon,'enience, not good for a small town, may hinder business. town should use parking space that could be made available, present system Is satisfactory." Many o! the people who were undecided said they had neyer given parking meters any thought. AFFIRMATIVE : Listed below are some of the comments of people who would approve meters: Rubber worker: 'gît would stop ail-day parking." Home owner: 'gît would eliminate hot rodders sitting In parked cars ail day on the main street." Bank manager: '«A smart idea. It may take time before it's accepted but it would be a good revenue producer." Lawyer: "I would be in favour because there isn't adequate o!!-street parking or parking lots and meters would case the situation." Merchant: "There would be a bettes chance to find a parking spot." Taxi driver: "Will keep the tra!!ic movlng on the main street." Fariner: 11[t will eliminate double parking and provide parking space." Housewife: "Ires, but Just on the main street and not the parking lot." Clerk: 'It wilI eliminate congestion and parking tickets." G.M. employee: "Ycs, if two bous parking is allowed." Rubber worker: "Meters are the only answes to the parking problem as the shopping arcu is tao closely situated." Merchant: "It would aid the police." G.M. employce: "Meters would provide adequate parking space on the front street." Merchant: "Will benefit' the whole town." Mechanie: "Meters would give shoppers and visitors parking spaces."l Merehant: 'gît would help to regulate parking and to, keep the traffic movlng." NEGATIVE: Those opposeca gave me ieoiiow:ng comments: Real estate salesman: "It would be bad for business and it migbt induce the people te go ta thc Oshawa Shopping Centre wherc there is plenty o! free parking." Store manages: "Revenue would be the main advantage but feel it would be poor for business."~ G.M. employee: "'Present system la alrlght. 1 come te town twice a week and arn able to, flnd a spot." Office clerk: "'Meters would be costly to the town." Merchant: "lTiere Is enough parking space under the present system." Merchant: "Trade doesn't necessitate meters." Taxi driver: "One bous parking is inconvenient." Farmer: "I wouldn't corne te town if they were installed." Retired gentleman: "Net good for a smaîl town." Restaurant owner: "Meters would binder business." Housewife: "Will Dot help the situation." Clerk: "Will net give shoppers enough parking time." Merchant: "Customeru wilI not Pay a nickie Just t. Park for ten minutes." %' G.M. cmployee: "Taxes are high enough and the &twn should not need the additional revenue." Carpentes: "Pre>.Žnt syistem bettes than towns with meters." Teacher: "Won't improve parking conditions." Hairdresser: "Town should have parking lots." G.M. employee: "Car owners shouldn't ha"e 4a, pay for the privilege te park and instead parking by-law si -#Id be enforeed." Rubber worker: "They will drive peoplfaWa >frorn town." Merchant: "They are cf ne advantage"', Butcher: "Will not help parking problem but just a revenue for the town." Painter: "Meters would make the parking problem worse." Sonie of the undecided opinions were the following: Housewife: "I use the parking lot anyway." Rubbër worker: "Makes ne difference." Clerk: "Neyer gave It any thought."O Butcher; "Undecided." 2-AGE rom TEE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOTMANvn= ONTARIO -THUMDAT, MAY, 18th, 1957