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T~ CANADIAIi STATESMAN. EOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO '9"UTTUC?~AV I~f'~¶? ei4 ¶ftUW *a~~ajnc1 *N~ t. Â*% .gu. Most Important Meeting of the Year [t is the duty of every taxpayer, highest level in the history of the town. ther you live in the town or country, This f act is flot a criticism, but is the trend ttend the nominating meeting when of the times of highi costs of services and idates are proposed te f il the various labor and the demand that people insist ýes in the civic administration for the on a high standard of living. .1958. This includes Mayor, Reeve, In this democratic country, it is you, ity-Reeve, Councillors, members of the taxpayer, who has the privilege and ic School Board and Public Utilities responsibility of saying who yeu wish to) kmission. represent o in the local administration. Lest you do not know the time and Yo ave norîght to criticize a member e of this meeting, as f ar as Bowman- during the year if you were careless and is concerned, it will be held in the indifferent enough te take no part in his ýn Hall, Council Room, temorrow, Fri- nomination and election. But maný self- Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. Nominations appointed armchair critics do delight in at 8:30. Then those nomînated are this popular pastime which accounts for n an opportunity ta state if they will many well qualified citizens refusing to d for office and state their platform. run for civic offices. ;ent members, whether renominated oiangmensinptyar )t, are also expected to give an account h Nomiatieng etengs .In pat, yer îeir stewardship, although some in the ahave nofteaeragetenedxI act, hea deliberately avoided thîs obligation mapatyof e verageonth apaye. leav responsibility. They are also expected mhe b desoiedouth caion.of Wiethw ate if they wish te stand for office mth orapderwinep soultioeof he own n for the coming year. mch oresi ntershud esonb Candidates are given until 9 p.m. the Sday, Nov. 23rd, to f ill out their So make up your mind now to attend ification papers if they intend to run the nominating meeting tomorrow night the office te which they have been and fînd eut the financial structure of thé inated. municipauity in the reports given by the During the year, ci tizens praise and various representatives who have been e often express adverse criticism about holding office this year. You will also work which these public spirited civic have first hand knowledge whether the inistrators do for the betterment of taxpayers' monies could be dispersed with community. But remember, citizens, more favorable results ta the town as a you, the taxpayer, who nominates and whole. ýequently votes for these people te con- You, the ratepayers, are the boss at Syour municipal business, which in the nomination meeting ta select your civic nt years has become "big business". directors ta conduct the town business for year the taxes were raised ta the the coming year. Do You Favor Two-Year Council Term? Ait the municipal election in Bowman- seems ta be the only incentive ta awaken a n Monday, December 2nd, the the citizens ta an awareness that there ,ors will be asked te vote on the is a town council conductîng aur civic ýwing question: administration. Anyway, under the twa. 'Are you in favor of a two-year term year system Ihere must be an election the Mayor and Members of the evcry year ta elect members ta the Public icipal Council, to commence for the School Board and Public Utilities Com- 1959?" mission. Sa why net put real life inta an Erom aur knowledge of municipal election by holding a mayoralty contest. rs which is well over 25 years we feel No extra expense would be incurred, if question is toa general. It should be somebody was afraid of the cost of sanie. Sspecific. Like mnany others, we We have questioned a number of Kif a two-year termi palicy is adopted, citizens on this subject since town council of the council only should be elected intimated a vote would be held on Decem- year. This would provide for a ber 2nd. To aur surprise very few had ýantee of cantinuity of at least haif of given it any thought, while several casual- iembers. This is the system which is ly remarked "Oh, I guess we might give for the Public School Board and it a try". ic Utilities Commission elections Thase who have sat in council in past ýh seems ta operate smoothly. years are best qualified ta say if two-year n the past, municipal elections have system is an advance step in municipal ;ed littie interest unless there is a government. Maybe they, along with this oralty contest. For that reason we year's council, will be beld enough te [d favor an annual election for mayor, express their candid opinion at the meet- the electors become more complacent ing tomorrow night. Anyway, came along they have been in recent years. It and see. An Overworked Word In aur mind there seems ta be a sense of urgency in intraducing many new citizens ta many new activities, rather than running thraugh the list of faithful workers and depending on them te lend mare unlimited support te another job they have not time ta do. One of the problems of any town of this size is in finding willing workers for the dozens of "good thîngs for the tawn" that can be undertaken. The population is large enough but the percentage. of citizens interested beyond their own home and centres of interest is limited. This overworked word "busy" with all its varying degrees (some people are busy doing nothing while others are busy in dozens of obligations) is something a town could do without if the obligations of the town's activities were spread more thinly over a greater percentage of the population. ur Husband Retire There were three basic ingredients for a happy retirement, Dr. Gerstein said. The f irst was the good health of bath partners. The next requirement was "an adequate income." Finally, there were the "plans, hobbies and interests" that a couple had built up together throughout their mar- niage. Dr. Gerstein concluded: "Retirement is afamily affair. Husbands need the help and understanding of their wives par- ticularly at this time." Obstacles of a Four-Day Week No advantage in a four-day week- This is the considered opinion of the Montreal-Matin, in editorial comment on a suggestion by President Walter Reuther of the United Automobile Workers that he plans to ask for a four-day working week: "Will such a step be in the interest o! the workers? We may doubt it .- "What will trade unionism have gain- ed for itself the day when it demands three days o! rest ta allaw the workers ta relax while a good number of them-and we are net blaming them-will make use of this free time net ta take it easy but ta work? "Demands in favor of a shorter week in order to allow the father te take an interest in his family, ta see his children, ta enjov relaxation which is imposed upan him will net stand up any longer if a good part of the workers are toiling twice as hard and twice as long as they were before. "BuLt the fate of those who transform their leisure time into money is net se upsetting. What is especiallv something o! a worry is ta wonder how these people who work no more than four days a week will spend their leisure time. Is there anv idea what these leisure days of such individuals are going ta cost? " Is there an.N' idea concernine the laziness which this step would greatly cagres?" 14AND IN HAN~D In the Dim and Distant Past - Prom The. Statesmnan Files 25 YEARS AGO (1932) 49 YETARS AGO <1908) Dr. R. Lorne McTavish, min- Front page carried a picture lster of King Street United of the late James Gilfillan, a Church, Oshawa, told members former teacher and principal of the Women's Canadian Club of Bowmanville High Schooi, of pioneer days mn the west. Dr. a picture of the then principal, McTavish first went to the Mr. John Elliott, and of the West as a student missionary sehool as it was then. The oc- in south Manitoba in 1889 and casion was the distribution of was a minister in the prairie prizes. A Gilfillan scholarship provinces for many years. was set up by some former pu- Dr. Fred Marlow, Toronto, pils. Dr. Frank C. Trebilcock surgeon, born in Cartwright, and Dr. Jabez H. Elliott of To- was.the speaker at Bowman- ronto, both spoke of their as- ville Rotary Club's rural-urbaù sociation with Mr. Gilfillan. Mr. night held in Blackstock. Dr. Gilfillan taught in the aid Un- Marlow said the village was ion Sehool and in the new high first called Tooley's Corners, school built in 1890. He died in then Wîlliamsburg, then Cart- November, 1905. wright and finally Blackstock, A portrait of Mr. Gilfillan after George Tait Blackstock, was given by Mrs. Gilfillan and a Conservative candidate who family and unveiled by Miss ran against Hon. Edward Bl1ake Minnie Jennings. D. B. Simp- in West Durham. son made the presentation on Beehive Rebekah Lodge cele- behaîf of the family. brated its 20th birthday wilh Whîle driving to Lindsay by a banquet. Charter members horse and buggy, a Manvers present were T. W. Cawker, farmer had a black bear trot Mrs. T. E. Prout, Mr. and Mrs. across the road in front of hlmi. W. J. Bagneil, Mrs. F. Kirken- The pictures of Harry Tyler dall, Mrs. S. Davey, Mrs. W. and Norman Edger, formerly of H. Yeo, Mr. Sid Morris. Bowmanvîlle, appeared in the The work of Mrs. Glen L. 50th anniversary catalogue of Martyn as public health nurse Nerlich & Co., Toronto. They was praised. were the heads of departments Dr. Ross Tilley, younger in this f irm. F. A. Haddy of the son of the late Dr. A. S. Tilley China Hall brought the cata- and Mrs. Tilley, was in Edin- logue in to The Statesman. burgh, Scotland, taking his F. Horticultural Society elected R.C.S. after doing post-grad- Richard Jarvis president; lst uate work in Vienna. vice, S. J. Jackman: 2nd vice, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hender- A. H. A. Fletcher; Sec. Treas., son were honoured by about a J. A. McClellan. hundred relatives and friends Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Williams on their 40th wedding anniver- were preparing ta leave for sary. Mr. F. L. Squair read the Rosenroîl, Alta., where Mr. address. Williams was going into cattle It was pointed eut that the ranching. It was hoped the doctors and rnany merchants Western air would be benefi- were alding the unemployed clal to his health. extending credit for many Four B.H.S. boys, Leslie Cox, thousands of dollars. Elmer Elliott, Otis Worden and Wesley Redman, debated on whether foreign missions or Trouble and perpl.exity drive home missions needed more me to prayer, and prayer drives help. The occasion was a meet- âwaY' perplexity and trouble- ing ef the Methodist Epworth Phillip Melanchthon. League. Vanishing Stokes Plague Onts Land Surveyors According to Speaker One of the greatest difficul- ces where surveyers' stakes can tien which surveyors bave te be found is on the concession encounter today is the disap- roads. From these original pearance of many of the erig- stakes; most farmers had to mnal surveyors stakes which mark out their own farmi acre- were placed in position when age. In nome cases, the farmers the original surveys were made, concerned did an excellent job in some cases more than 100 but in other cases they were years ago', said John G. Pierce not unknown for their inaccur- of Pierce and Pierce, Ontario acies. Land Surveyors, Peterborou .gh. Today, Mr. Pierce said, whenf Mr. Pierce was addressing a farm has to be re-surveyeda the annual meeting of District and an error in the location oft 5 of the Association of Asses- a fence line is discovered, it ist sors ef Ontario held in the exceptionally bard ta convincei couancil chambers of the Unit- the ewner of the error. "Whivr ed Counties building, Cobourg, that fence bas been there as1 on Tbursday. long as I can remember and as( More than 50 assessors fromn long as my father could rem-s five ceunties, Northumberland, ember" is a common pratest. A p Durham, Peterborough, Hali- close inspedtion of the location burton and Victoria, were pres- of the fence post xill prove thef ent to hear a series of addresses farmer to be correct in his as-v directed at the improvement sertions.a and operation of their tasks. The problem which everyc Removal of surveyors' mark- land surveyor has ta face, ami ings or posts is, in tact a crim- often nowadays, is ta bring the inal act which might subject measurement defined in leçmal the remover to a long term of documents inta uine with ac- t imprisonment. tuai land tenure. sornetim"3 . Mr. Pierce wished that more this becomes complicated bv then people realized bow important tact that there has been some a surveyor's marker was and delay in the filing of the legal tbat it should neyer be removed papers involved.d once it bas been put in position. Costly 'Dozlng t If it is removed, its re-position- Nowadays, said Mr. Pierce, ing entails a vast amount of h uvyrsil a osdr In url rea, heoni pa-the survcortpsiti aon nd en a along cames the bulldozer and bulldozers are no respectors of such things. Once the bulldoz- ers have finished, it otten be- cames necessary ta re-survcv and re-position markcrs-and this is a costly procedure which must be placed on the eventual costs of the sub-division devel- opment. "Let me give you one gond example of this. In a land as- sembly area at Peterborough. anc just completed, graders and bulldozers clipped or broxe between 80 and 95 per cent af aIl the markers and they bad ta be replaced at an enormaus cost. "Actually, the enus is on the contractars and the sub-con- tractors, but the problem bhas nlow become s0 great that we nrc r.cw trying ta devise some system whereby the markers cannat be destroyed or broken. If this eau be done, surveying costs wili be able to be reduc- ed ne little." Bible Curse "I may be wrong", Mr. Pierce said, "but I believe that there is a specîfic reference in the Bible relating ta surveyex 's markers-'Cursed be be who moves bis neighbor's land marks' which should prove ta you that the prablemn is evid- ently nat a new one." There was a time, Mr. Pierce said, wheu ail new sub-divi- sions were laid out in a grid- iron pattera - with ail the streets running at right angles ta one another, but, teday, there is a very detinite trend ta curving stsreets which la many instances result ia cene shaped lots, where the street frontage is less than that which extends at the rear. Ail this tends ta in- crease surveying costs which many people do not realize. At the apening of the meet- ing the delegates were address- ed by S. G. Sparling, president of the parent Association et As- sessors ot Ontaria, who address- cd thc gathcring on the "Insti- tute of Municipal Assessors," which, through Queen's Univer- sity, Kingston, effers a tbrue- year extension course. The meeting, one et the most successtul beld, was under tbe chairmanship a! Edward Davis, assessor of the city of Peterbor- ough. At Sept. 1, 1957, Canada's population was estimated ta be 16,745,000, an increase of 552,- 000 in the preceding 12 manths, and ai 2,177,000 la a five-year period. Sales and excise taxes re- mittcd ta the federai gavern- ment on new car production ln the first aine menths ot this year totallcd $138,601,099, an average of $450 tax payment on each of the 307,298 vehicles preduced la the peried. Ana jolly good "Sputnlk" ta yez aIl! When the Russians first re- terred ta their satellite meon as Sputnik, -there seemned same- thing so irresistibiv tunny about the w'5rd that, without know- ing preciseiy what it meant, it made us chertie. I offered ta bet Butch that oit would catch ou like wildfirc, and might someday, tind itself in our En- giish language dictionaries. True, it's nat yet ripe enough for the lexicographers te plaN', with, but if. has certaialy bad a great rua in Eaglisb speakiag counitries. Many jokes have heen organized around it, and it is possible that, la future, %vhen someone blows their top, the incident %vill be described as 'Sa and Sa pulling a Sput- nik.' Well. don't say 1 didn't warn vou. It was interesttiàg ta note the differeace la the reactians o! the people in the U.S.A. and tbase of Great Britain. Our Yankee cousins became quite panicky over the Russkies s tealing their satellite launchi- ng thunder. even to their Pre- ;ident goiag on TV and radî9) to explain the U.S.A. state of jn i h-i i c-f' i b! tf'Ii ly sekzigan Ille-tri. A 1î.: b..'j- f di 'b.< ri,t w 1)hlb- :Ji 1l egar ding fr:n j,n'im ioaii1bl îgapprov- el fo to( unt,î'e entures for sifi ri<,N four lj<pjri i',jjylje school ln the Ihtarrl't olit,"wovle Mr. Jî,rIt (ibarepret. enjtv< rf (<iimr'jGap ('oripay jr'J .çftht' Toviii. EhiP CI)iJieîl <Yflhxing the proccdure gr) that a gai Com- pa ny m a, i. ,ve wi tiîn th(, Tofwnship. AI-) p". trti hear Mr. Gibson vw'.-rr the thrce Po- lice Trust-es rit the Village cil Orono and Mr. (armanj, presi- dent of th(. Oronri Chambe-r of Commerce. Mr. Gibson pointed eut tbat it was necessary before Conslümer's Gas could provide gas within the Township that the Township should pass a by- la'w givifng the ComPany the franchise to construct gas mains within the area. He also stated the many uses of Ras bath in the home and for :n- dustry. The Consumer's Gas, he said, also provides a service whereby they contact varîou:: industries in other countries which may wish ta locate in Canada and use gas. In instali- ing gas mains in an arca all roads and other property dir- ruptcd by the installation arc restored ta the same condition as thec*v were found. Council %vere unanimous in having the Police Trustees of Orono study this mnatter further and report back ta the council. It was pointed out that gas would af- fect Orono ta a greater extent than it would the Township as Orono had the density of pop- ulation. Messrs. Russell Osborne and Geo. Morton, representing the Township Public School Area asked for approval of a tent- tive cebenture issue not ta ex- ceed $20,000 per classroom for a new four-roomn school ÏIn Newtonville. This approval was given by counicil in a resolution. Messrs. Leroy Hamilton and 0. W. Rolph addrcssed the Council seeking a by-law for a Portion or ail of the Town- ship setting times and Places in which open fires may be per- mitted. It w'as pointed out by the delegation that f ires had been started in the Township wouid have proved dangerous ta a wide area had they gotten eut of control and this especial- lY so whcre Christmas tree plantations were coacerned. A letter was also presented te the Council fram the Ontario Fire Marshall's office. The mat- ter is being turned over ta the Township solicitor. The Township Couacil are requesting the Counties of Northumberland and Durham ta take action under the provi- sions of the By-law No. 1786 concerning the wrecking yard in Lot 29, Concession 4 of the Township et Clarke. Mrs. R. Gilbart and Mrs. 1-. Bailey met with the CQuncil Young Groups W.M.S. Guests Ebenezer: The annual Famn- ily Party et the W.M.S. took place Nov. 15 with about 60 present. Atter a more than am- ple pot luck supper, Mrs. Lloyd Down, accompanied by Mrs. Chas. Found at the piano, led in a short sing-song. Mrs. Carl Down, presideat of the aiternoon auxiliary, wel- comed ail members et the W. M.S. family and aur guests. Mrs. Eber Snowden, secretary for Younger Groups, presentcd the C.G.I.T. girls with a certi- ficate for AI work duriug 1956- 57; each girl received a chev- ron for ber effort in this ac- complisbment. The Explorers, under the su- pervision et Miss Joanne Mac- kie and Mrs. Elmer Down, con- tributed an appropriate nuii- ber witb their "Johnson Fam- ily." Each girl - showed a pic- ture a!o some activity ef this average famîly, for exampie, picaic, shopping, Christmas Day, and gave a short explan- ation afitis significance. Guest speaker was Mrs. Howard Brown, Oshawa, wbo at this time is Secretary o! Dominion Board. Mrs. Brown spent some years on the staff at the Lachine Childrea's Homne. This Home is owned by the W.M.S. and is for home- less and orphaned children tram 5 te 12 years et age, ac- advancement in the gulded mis- sile, and nuclear fields, and te assure his listeners that, Uncle Sam rnight just sic old "Snark" on that pesky Sputnik if it happened te jump the line fence. It was Interesting te leara tram Mr. Eisenhower that even slow, stolid, phlegmatic Britain bad a modicum of scieatific know-how, and that the States would appreciate swapping bighly techaicai data with John Bull, as well as aay other na- tion wiiiing te herse trade. Well, huliv for hlm--if it isn't just Yankee bluff. The avcragc Briton scermed ta gpt a kick eut of rich, pow- erful Uncle Sam getting agitat- cd over a blinkin' Sputnik hav- ing riothing tr) do but roll arouind heaveri ail daýy. They didn't seem ta care whether the satellite was up In the air or dowu ia the ocean. but they were certainly upset about the poor littie doggie uo there ail alone, deemed te a miserable death, w'ith ne on'A Ia Dat its poor littie head, or hoid a paw. The average Canadian react- erequesting the use of the base. tMent of the Township Hall for ithe Oreno Brownie packc. Mrs. Gilbart pointed out that the group was a non-profit organi. zation and would be unable to pay for the use of the However, she thougbt that'~ remuneration may be pass. st the end et each year. P. mission was granted on a tem-. porary basis tfor the use ef the hall each Tuesday evening troni the heur of 6.30 te 8.00. Photos were preseated te council by Mr. Buckley et Les. kard showing the poor condi- tion ef the road allowance be. tween lots 30 and 31 on the eighth concession. This was re- ferred ta the Road Superiaten- dent for immediate action. A letter was received from the public school inspecter for information ta change the sec- tion or Township Area Boun. daries ta confer te the Town. ship boundary lines. la the correspondence was information received tramn Mr. D. A. Gorrie, provincial engin. eer, giving suggestions for set- ting up read pregrams and roaï budgets. A letter \vas received from. Messrs. John Kimbaîl, Har. ward Elliott and Ernest Web- ster requesting the Towaship Council ta withhold any action conccrning the erection of the new school la Newtonville un- tii such time as it 15 cleariy known whether or not No. 1 school section is ta be released from the Township School Area. Councillar J. H. Lowery was appointed ta the Ganaraska Authority as the representativp from Clarke Township. This Post was previeusly held by the late Mr. T. A. Reid, et Orono. Council autharized the hir. ing of the Burley snowplougil at an hourly rate of $6.60. Also accempanying this is a guarar. tee of $500. The Nomination meeting fer the Township of Clarke will be beld an Friday afternoon, Nov. ember 22nd commeacîng at eile oclock. Electiens, if necessary, will be heid on Menday, De. cember 2nd. The Read Superintendent, Ross Dickinson, presented the ceunicil with a tentative road program for the year 1958. The total cost o! the program was set At $100,000. Within the pro. gram the raad superintender.t preposed that 14 miles of prime and cbip stone sheuld be dored during the year. Mention was made ef chipstoning the sic th line, the third and fourtb 1 west et Highway 115 aieng lUh other sections ef recentiyt built roads. Censideration was aise givea in bis report for the purchase et a new road grader and a aew haîf ton pick-up truck ta replace the present one which is aow five years old. These along witb other sug- gestions were -presentgd4,s*t1L counicil or their censideratibD -Times. commedating 30 children. Mrs. Brown sbowed lovely celeured Pîctures et the children and life there, telling interesting anecdotes about some et ber small charges. The president meved a hear. ty vote et thanks ta Mrs. Brown. Worship Service was taken by Mrs. S. Coverly and Mrs. L. Down. Scripture was read by Mrs. Coveriy. Mrs. Down based ber meditation on "Love" illustratiag ber themne with a story o! a boy la an Ia- dian Children's Home whose great love for bis triend made hlm willîng te share bis mea. gre food allowance and bis bed. Miss Joanne Mackie sang 4 solo, "Jesus Laver o! My Sou'. Mrs. L. Dowa closed the meet- ing with prayer. Enniskillen Jersey Top Producer ed about the smre as the Brit- ish. But it might bé wise fer us to quit tbinking et the Rus- sians as a bunch of ignorant, bewhiskered peasants, and evai- uate theni for what tbey are- a group o! smart, double deal. ing, cratty devils, with an ex- cellent sense of timing in pro- paganda stunts. At one time, It was the Ger- mans who pulled the surprise packages. Do any ef you remember wben toxy aid "Heinie" inven- ted tbe gua called Big Bertha? They Ioaded it on special rail- way fIat cars, drove it te 'vill- in 75 miles o! Paris, and pulled the string. It really surprised the Parisians, because, until then, ne gun had tlred f.ar8 1. ttfat may miles. Thir iuge > piece o! artillery was 4 e In the Krupp works at Ess@n, Ger- many, and named atter Bertha Krupp. Incideatally, my wife's Aunt Winnie was a nurse in Paris at that particular time, and she was killed, while an duty lnaa bospital ,bv onle of Big Bertha'.q sheils. That was tbirty-nine yeara a&p. a .,. Clarke Twp. Coun cil Approves Public School For Newton ville Area:i How to HeIp Yoi 6dIoungman 's Column .él Bowmnvilile, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, EDITox MUMMM" TEZ CAMADUN STATESMAN. BOWMANVn.L£. ONTARIO linntqnAv- miv- 212f- lomir