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Lay Wreath taiun 185 - S58.~-Ceutennkial Year ln Bovmanville - OId Home Week June 298- July 6 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,, MAY 8th, 1958 10e Per Copy NUMBER 19 One of the highlights of the Zone Rally of the Canadian Legion Ladies' Atuxiliary on Sunday was a large parade and service at Bowmanville's Cenotaph. The beautiful wreath was laid by Provincial President Margaret Richardson, Toron- to, at the far right of the photo, while Zone Commander Rose Bate, centre, and Bowman'ille Auxiliary President Ann Piper also partîcipated in the memorial tribute. Killed in Hos pifai Rateslè ,,Changed ç fDue in constantly Incres- Iiig eosts and in order to ýîý avold a deficit -sai t-nd of the eurrent jear, thec Memortal Hospital Board has found It necessary to make a modest Increase In room rates and Operating room charges, effective May il 1958. The Increase In room rates for ail types of accom- modation is $1.00 per day wlth the exception of the Nursery where no change *as nmade, and the ChiId- ren's Ward wbich is reduc- ed from $10.00 to $8.00 per day. The Increase In Operat- ing Rooni charges is from $2.50 to $5.00. These in- e reases have been approv- cd by Blue Cross, Work- men's Compensation and other Insurance Companies.I During A, High praise for general ex- 'ffleypce was beaped on Bow- inanville High School cadet corpi by. inspecting officers Thursday. The event was held at Memorial Arena which wvas comneortably crowded for the evening's performance. Bctb girls and boys taok part ln the inspection, the girls in natty white jackets and dark skints and the boys in khaki cadet; battie dress. Two instru- mental groups provided music for the mrarèhing and displays, the bugle band and. for the first tixne the school orchestra. Lieul. Chanlie Trim and War- tant' Officer Wayne Pickard were in charge of the bugles and drums while Music Dinec- to) D.. C. Petens conducted the orchestra. Both groups drew ape.zial praise for their efforts, Counc'l Turi Lawn BO-wlii ~ l~uest for Idayor Xqeson Osborne pro- !Éded at the meeting of the iwmanville Town Council held on Menday evening in the 5on Hall. Ail membens of the Uoicuncil wene present. SReeve Wiifred Carnuthers, 0»Iarnan bf the finance cem- bilttee Stated that general ac- à .ounts examined and necom- 'îsended for Payment ansoun'ted 40$18,594.18. Th inance cern- £ Mittee lied xov t te allow fth e »uest of ewnsanville L~awn oli ora ga »,Qai owling Lfo gat Kmb* é«k . - l T hiÏs D'l In recent weeks, two diagnosed i foxes destroyedI would be well advised to takq According to reliable sc were sent to the Animal Disei Quebec, where it was definitE been carrying the rabies vis-t This virus can only be spnead by comig in contact with an open wound. The most coniron wray is for an animal suffering from rabies to bite anothen ani- mal.-Any domestic animal or bÏuman can suifer from the di- sease if bitten. It is fatal unless precautions are taken quickly. Cýame Here During War It is tbouglit the disease came ta Canada durîng tbe war wben dogs were bnaught into the Arc- /tic negion for service with tnoops. Seme bad the virus whicb was spnead te the wiid life of tbe anea. Since, it bas gradually been creeping south- ward. At the moment, there ai), pears ta be little likelibood of it dying out or being eliniinat- cd so tbe general public would be îvell advised te become familiar with procedures ta fol- law-just in case one of their animals on a member cf the family should be bitten: Dogs Should Be Tled Doniestic dogs-especially on nnual lnse fnom the audience and tbc ne- viewing officers. Best-Dressed Cadets Duning the event, girl cadet Larrane Jamieson was chosen as the best dressed girl on pa- nade and Laird Wilton won the saine honors for the boys. An Unexpeeted Highlight One of the unexpected bigh- iigbts was an impromptu per- formance by physical educa- tien directer Marvin Johnson wbo demonstrated some cf the gymnastic feats which bad won bim appeanances on the Ed Sul- livan TV and other profession- ai shews. Smart Majorettes As usual. the drum major- ettes provided plenty of caler1 witb thein bigh-stepping drills.s Tbey aIse, combined with thei (Continued on nage seven) ns Down r rg Club's Tax Grant It was decided that. al ful timne town employees have a maximum _,of ton davs' sickf leave a ycar. This wil ho ac- cumulative over the years to a maximum cf 180 days. Cauncillar Jack Brou.gh,. chairman cf the board cf works, submitted bis report. At a L meeting .of the board cf vorksf on Apnil 22nd, Councillen Ivanc Hobbs represented the fire cem-c mittee. He recommended thatc a new fine aari systcm be ti- stalled. The approximate cost, will bo $4,000, A five-.vean <Connuea ue4 s 88 bvmet.mi Statesman Geoa. W.bJ Invite Pupfils Tour Hospital Next Monday, Stanley Wilkins, administra- tor of Memnonial Hospital, Bow, manville bas extended a cor- dial invitation to the students at Bowmanville High School te visit and tour the bospital on National Hospital Day, Mon- ,day, May l2th between two and five o'clock. This is an excellent oppor- tunity for the high school stu- dents ta see the facilities of th., up-to-date hospital here . An interesting tour for tbem bhas M.A. James been arranged. Couple Unaware, Belonainas Smash? d ibies I, Wrécked Raymond LeBlanc, his wife the former Betty Berrili, and thein seven weeks old baby ýx e s daugbter lef t Bowmanville on 0 ~Sunday morning by car to drive 1,500 miles to Knob Hill, Que-. bec, on thé Labrador border. Est i ctTbey were happily looking for- cases of rabies have been a newly puncbased attractive 1in this district and citizens trailer. They have already bought a site ini a Knob Hill :e every precaution in future. park. urces, thé heads of the foxes Delivery of the new trailer ýases Research Institute, Hull, home was unaertaken by the ely established that they had Scarborougb Company that sold .IS. it. It was being driven as far as Quebec city, then was to fanms-sbould be tied up or cross the St. Lawrence by fer- controlled. A farmer would be ryboat to be shipped by rail- iii advised to let bis dog roamn road flatcar to. Knob HIi. because be would have ne way On Monday evening the trail- of knowing if it had been bit. er was demojished in an acci- ten by a rabid fox or other auj i en.narthe f tUtsdrts, of îyý,Ui& mal unless it was severely bec City. Afterwards, the dri- mauled. A wandering dog might ver said in bospital that "a h bave rabies witbout his owner transport plowed right o ut of à, knowing it until too late. side road and struck the trail- Vaccination la Helpful or head-on." It was completely' Vaccination tif dogs is the wrecked. next best contrai measure. The Tbe manager of the company vaccine is good protection for telephoned Mrs. E.ý W. Berrili, anc ta three yeans, dopending 5 Meadowview, Bowmanville, on the type used. If a dog bas Mrs. LeBlanc's mother, on bad vaccine three weeks before Tuesday morning and informed it is bitten by a rabid animal, her of the unfortunate accident. it would automatically be quar- He said a duplicate trailer antined for three months. If it would be sent by tbe company had nlot been vaccinated, the quarnrtine will be six months. Should Warn Children cbildren flot te go near or at- sfi ute n tempt te make friends with Sbould your pet be bitten, it nterestnID g (Contnued on Dage seven) C n e n a Cadlets One of tbe ms neetn fMatures cf tbe Bowmanville Centennial celebration of Old Home Weok, June 28th to July > ~EIN iDit ~ 6tb, will be the. glimpse of the EEEEn eE ~ past given to the public in the museum te be set up in the Bowmanville Badminton Club. eclannsoum fore a nnnd mu :)e ctPanseu fowr e nen nial mu.e dayý by Laurence Goddard, Four-Year-OId Calis Mother Saves Brother11 The presence of mind of a four year aid boy and the quick action cf bis mother, Mrs. Cynil Avery, saved l-year-old Lloyd Avery from drawning on Fnl- day afternoen. Injuned and un- consciaus in a fail from a bridge the boy lay beipless in the stream until rescued by bis mother. Lloyd was on bis way boe from scbool when ho foîl from the bridge near bis father's farm, south of Morgan's Cor- ners, Clarke Township. His lit- tle brother, Howard, age 4. saw the accident from a short dis- tance. Ho nan and called te bis mother that bis brother was hurt and in the creek. The boy was rusbed te Mcmn- oriai Hospital, Bowmanville, where Dr. H. -B.- Rundle found he had sustained a badly lacer- ated scalp and was suffering fram a severe concussion. Lloyd was unconscieus fer 12 heurs. Ho is responding ta trea'tment, and thene is now same improve- ment in bis condition. The cause cf the accident is unknown. Appanently it was a fail from bis bicycle as the ma- chine was aise found in the creek. Although bis four-yean- old brothen saw the fali he has been unable te describe what bappened due te bis fright at the time. Lloyd has two broti- us Mid thrcs aatara.- cirmn of--t-he -programme and ententainment committee. The Womnen's Instituto bas agreed te look after tbe mu- seum ho said. It is oxpected there will be a fine collection of antique fur- Trailer to the LeBlancs within a few days. He also told Mrs. Berrili that the furniture, clothes and other LeBlanc possessions that had been in the trailer had been recovered and care was being taken of tbem. However it was flot known what damage had been sustained by these things. A telegram awaited Mr. and Mrs. LeBlanc on their arrivai at Knob Hill late on Tuesday af- ternoon. In addition to furni- ture, a fur coat, clothing and al! the coui.ples' wedding presents had been packed in the trailer for the trip. After their mar- niage on January 26th, 1957, tbey had stored their wedding presents with Mrmi LeBlanc's parents, Mn. and Mrs. E. W. ..Berrill, in Bowmanviile. flûriùrng -tbÎheiÏ' ýIiàf' yé -it Kn~ob Hill, where Mr. LeBlanc is émployed with the Iron Ore Company of Canada, the yourig couple wene unable to find a home of their own, so they ,boarded. In January 1958 Mrs. *LeBlaijc returned to Bowmali- iville tQ visit ber parents and Éwait te birth of their baby ïn Marèlit Their many friends in town wiil be sorry to hear oil their l9.ss, and will hope that there has inot been much dam- age ta thkir possessions. Charge. of Wuseum for Ce lebra tion nitune, silverware, jewelery, wearing apparel, and bousohold utensils on view. The greatest cane Wiii be taken cf every- tbîng in the museum. Important abjects and fragile items will be kept in glass cases. If you have an item te boan the Centennial museum plea3e telephono any one of these threc ladies. Mns. Thomas Buttery, Market 3-3248: Mrs. Charles A. Johns, Market 3-3837; Mrs. J. H. Meachin. Market 3-3990. The souvenirs of the past will be listed by them, and later they wiil have the objects called for and brought toe m m Has New Publisher mmes Norman S. B. James Seal Campaign Reaches $3,239 May Stili Don ate The Easter Seal campaign of the Rotary Club for crippled children has re- ceived to date -$3,239.86, Bill Steven, campaign chair- man, reports. This la an Incroase of almoat $300 over last year's figure, and dona- tions are stili coming in. The books are stili open, Mark L. Roenigk, campaign treasurer advises, and those who wish to make a contri- bution but have not yet done so, may mail their donation to hlm at 157 King St. W., return their pink envelope as addreased, or leave the money at the Bank of Montreai. George W. James John M. James ' F'or the f ifth time in its 104 year history, the owner. ship of The Canadian Statesman has changed hands. Effective May lst, 1958, the partnership formed ini 1947 between George W. James and John M. James was dissolved, retroactive to December 3lst, 1957. The new owner of The Canadian Statesman and The James Publish- ing Company which publishes the paper is John M. James. 61-Year Connection Broken Dr. George W. James bas sold out bis entine intenest in the business, aften boing connectcd with it for 61 ycans. He stantcd setting type wben Il years cf age, wbon bis father, the late M. A. James paid hlm 25c a wcok for band setting patent medicine advcrtisemcnts or '"quacks"' as tbcy are callod in tbe tnade. Fivé of the 25c had to be set aside for cburcb col- lection, Mn. James Sr. was the churcb treasunen. Established in 1854 Establisbed as the Mossengor in 1849 by W. J. McMiilan cf Oshawa, tbe namo was cbariged to The Canadian Statosman wben puncbased by, Rcv. John There wvill probably be many friends fram Bowmanville and district who will wisb te at- tend the dedication service for the new Hammond organ at En- niskillen United Cburch this Sunday evening, May 11, at 7.30 p.m. Mrs. C. Banrett, A.T.C.M., of Bowmanvilfe, will ho iguest or- ganist for the occasion, and MVr. W. T .an who ha hc ian Climie in 1854. His son W. . Climie edited' the four-page paper until August 1, 1878, when M. A. James, then a country schoolmaster, purcbased the business. It will be 80 years in August that the James familyr bas continued producing the paper. Featured CorreqýpondenCe Under M. A. James, The Canadian Statesman prospered, as he launcbed several ideas of a novel type in tbose days. He was one of the pioneers in establishing a system of country correspondents to make his palber truly the "Voice of the People". Fragile of frame but brittie in bis writings, his "Th& (Continued on page seventeen) Both. -Tru-cks A&nswer Cali Hatchery Building Burns Early Monday Morning Unique Theft Gold Fish Taken From Jury Pool A most unusual case cf. tbeft took place in Bowmanville iast week. Last Satunday Mrs. J. H. H. Jury, 37 Silvor Street, dis- covenod that evony one of the goldfish in tbe annamentai pool in ber ganden bad beon stolen. They bad only been put in the pool two weeks ago aften spond- ing the winten in the green- bouse. The last time a count was made, thene were 29 fish. The fish in the pool bave ai- ways been an abject of interest and beauty for childnon and indeed ail visitôns tg the gardon, and their tboft seems rather a sbocking thing. The police bave been advisod se they can watcb the grounds for intruderf;. Mrs. Jury bas advised that the pool will net be stocked again. If anyone bas any knowledge cf the incident, they sbould contact Fine cf undetermined enigin did an estimated $25,000 dam- age ta Orcbiand Farms Hatchory early Monday monning. The hatcbeny lost net enly its main building, 26 ft. x 115 Lt.. the blaze aise destroyed almost 2,- 000 Leghorn and Barred Rock hens, some implements. feed and fertilizen. Finst te notice the fine was Ronald Brooks, who. with bis fathen Hanvey, epenates the farm. He was in the building giving aid ta ane sow who was "pîgging" wben the lights went eut. Ron went outslde te set wbat had caused the trouble and te switch on the auxiliary generaton. He saw and smeil&d the smoke, nushed te phone his father and thon scurriod backc te cloar the pigs and several Shetland ponies. By tbe time the Bowmanville brigade arrivcd, beavy smoke was pouring fnom the roof and flames had broken tbnough ini a couple of places. Ronald. in the meantime, had managed te clear the building of ail poniel <Continuod on nage seven) filling the pulpit since Rev. R. B. Green left for Brighton April 20, wiil conduct the service. Mr. Logan bas just graduated from Emmanuel College, University cf Taranto. The campaign for a new on- gan was begun last Faîl, and the congregation is grateful for the donation which beiped to Fi-atchery Building, and 2,000 Chickens Burned Sunday Midnight Defeétive wiring inay have been the cause of this blaze which i and the entire building was a mass of flamecs. Fireman« Bill Lyle làu bus-ned one cf the larges- buildings at Orchlanid Fas-ns Hatchcry on Sunday silhouetted at right, pouring water on a newer building to the east, to ceep iht The photo was .tak.ai about 1JO-a.m.alter the roof had falien in l it from catchin&. 18 Pages SeN1ls,,Interest Two Cases of' Rc Diagnosed in Fa High Praise Given For Excellent Perfc Electric Orga n Dedication At Enniskillen Sunday 1 1