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« - - éW- THE CANADIAK STATESMAUN, EOWJAIVI=. ONTARTO IlfUISDAY. JUNE 2Mt. 1958 Many Patrons For Tea Room Operated By Girls 1914 -1918 One evening inI September, 1914, a few girls were talking about the War which had bec! declared in August. Bowman- ville had already sent its first contingent of volunteers and these girls wondered what they could do to help. Thcy wcre sitting around the dlning table at Miss Margaret Trebilcock's home on~ Division and Church Streets (now the Northcutt and Smith Funeral Home), and the others in the group were Bertha and Eva Os- br, who were sisters, anc Isabel K. Smith. Miss Smith, ziow Mrs. L. T. McLaughlin, was en the staff of Bowmanvillh Ifigh Sehool. "Why can't we do some- thing?" these girls said, and out of that cvening's talk presently came the Girls' Patriotic Club. It seenis not to have been or- ganized, howevcr, until the fol- lowing August at a meeting in St. John's Parish Hall when 60 you.ng ladies attendcd. Theix object was to make hospital supplies for the Red Cross andl carry on other patriotic work. Miss Ethel Morris presided and these officers were elected: President, Miss Madeline Dus- tan; lst Vice. Miss Ethel V. Scobeil; Secretary, Miss Ethel Morris; Treasurer, Miss M. E. Bruce; Executive, Misses Alma Pollard, Helen Martin,' Flor- ence Edsall, Rilda Siemon, Ma-ý ry Cryderman, Ethel Van Nest, Ethel Power, Florence Mayer, Mary Rowe, Mrs. F. Rehder. A niembershîp of 50 was reached then and there. Ail young la- dies (no age limit) were invit- ed to join. Some members not mention- cd above included Carrie Mar- tyn, Margaret Cie and Helen Dustan. A paragraph in The States- inan of Sept. 2, 1915, tells that the mcmbership of the Club lxad reached 70 and had cvery prospect of becoming 100 strong. "The past two Saturdays the young Iladies sold home-made cooking to citizens and camp- ers at Port Bowmanville, real- lzing about $45?" They wished to thank the ladies of Uic town and country for the liberal con- League Was Organized August 1914 A branch of the Women's Patriotic League was organized on Aug. 29, 1914, by Miss Joan Arnoldi of Toronto, and ail local ladies were urged to join. 0f- ficers were: Hon. Pres. - Mrs. S. C. Hilier; Pres. - Miss M. Gal- braith; Vice-Pres. - Mrs. E. S. Senkler; Sec. - Miss Margaret P. Allen; Treas. - Mrs. E. R. Bounsall; Executive Conimittee - Mrs. W. H. Martin, Mrs. P. C. Trebilcock, Mrs. L. A. Tole, Mrs. G. R. Merton, Mrs. J. A. Mc- Clellan, Mrs. D. B. Simpson. The League was dividcd into groups of ten, each with a captain, and meetings were held in the Council Chamber. By Sept. 3, contributions of money had already been made by mcm- Kinette Club Charter In Sept. 1956 The Bowmanville Kinette Club received its Charter on the l8th of September, 1956, for 15 mem- bers. The Charter President was Helen Dunn and her cx- ecutive were: Vice-President, Lillian Hooper; See'y-Treasurer, Eleanor Larmer; Directors: Hel- en Sturrock, Helen Brown. At present thc President is Eleanor Larmer and for the ear 1958-59 will be Lillian iooper. They have a member- shîp of 18 and hold their dinner meetings at the Balmoral Hotel the third Wcdnesday of each znonth. The Kinettes serve as an aux- Mlary club of the Kinsmen and thc money they raise through their draws and raffles is donat- ed to the Kinsmen Club pro- jects, the main one being the Artificial Ice Fund. rtributions of cooking. «"Wednes- g cay cvening a goodly number n spent a very profitable cvcning L- at St. John's Hall making hos- ,t pital supplie& which will be for- d warded to the Red Cross Sa- yr ciety." A tea room was to be openl e cd by the Club the followmng ýt Saturday in Dr. Devitt's old i dental parlours when tea would * be served from 3 ta 10 p.m. Il At first, tea, coffee, sand- e wiches, cake and pie werc serv- c- d, and in the first two Satur- d days $50 was realized. Later i, the girls branchcd out into other s dishes "tea" becoming quite a esubstantial supper. Menus were published ini The Statesmnan. -For Dec. 2, 1916, the foilowing t was offered: chicken pic, cream- y cd potatoes, perfection salad, bread and butter-25c, cake .was 5c, a choice of pie 5c, and .tea or coffee at the sanie nickel >price. Mrs. MeLaughlin recalîs )each group of the Club taking rits turix at preparing and serv- i ing these teas. 1 An item from The Statesman glcaned from a clipping in the 1scrap book of the late Miss Belle Allen, tele that the Tea Room was most successful, many citizens lookin.g forward 1to the gathering there as a so- cial event. The menus were varied and pleased ail tastes. Mr. W. J. Bragg was a regular patrons and always paid $1.0 no matter what the price listcd was. A record for one day was $42.50, the feature of the menu that day bcing lusclous, fresh raspherries donated by the grower, Mr. J. H. H. Jury, the second bcaring from his bushes that season. The girls aiso sponsored con- certs to raise moncy. In the three-day campaign held in town in October, 1915. for sub- scrîptions to the Red Cross So- ciety, the Club contributed $200. They sent parcels overseas ta the boys, and Nursing Sister Mabel E. Bruce, former Super- intendent of Bowmanville Hos- pital, tells in letters to the Club, published in The Statesman, how much these were appre- ciated. bers and others and tic ladies got busy sewing and knitting. Contributions of feathers for pil- lows were solicited. Among the fund raising events during thc war years we find a garden fete in August, 1915 held at "The Firs", the lovely home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Leigh-Mal- lory, King and Lambert Streets. It would seem that ail organiza- tions, assisted with this and $700 was realized to swell the Red Cross and patriotic funds. There were gaily decorated booths, thc young ladies in charge in "ltheir fancy yet very becoming cos- ,tumes". Sur.-Gen. Ryerson, re- cently returned from the Front gave an address on his exper-. Lincd up for inspection on King Street West. The extreme lef t. The battalion was commanded unit spent the summer of 1916 encamped on "the flats" S. B. Scobell, and recruited men in this area. bclow Vanstone's. Capt. G. C. Bonnycastie is on the Raising Funds for the Red. Cross A street fair was held in town in 1917 to raise rnoney for the Red Cross, just one of the many activities during war years for the purpose. On the left is Mrs. R. E. Logan of Orono, then Miss A. E. Girven, and on the right is Miss Lena Haddy. Girls' Service Club Sponsored Room Used By Hundreds ln War icixces and made suggestions on By Leola Thrashcr how ta help. The D. O. & P. Nov. 25, 1940-"An enthusiast- Co. and Goodyear Bands were ic club for war work has been massed under the leadership of formed this week by the girls Mr. David Morrison, Sr., and and young married women of added greatly ta everyone's the town . . . . At the initial pîcasure. meeting on Monday cvening in Another event in which the tic Bounsail home, lent for the ladies of Uic town and Bowman- purpose through. the kindncss of ville-an-the - Lake participated Miss Evelyn Bounsail. There was a big lawn fair at the lake were 35 present . . . The im- in front of the cottages. This mediate purpose af the club is was in aid of the Red Cross. A ta co-operate with other organ- tcmporary "Coney Island Mid- izations in Uic fitting up af a way" was set up with ail sorts recreation room for the men of of booths încluding "clock golf", "D" Company, Midland Regi- "soaking the nigger", etc. ment . . .. A representation was At their first annual meeting sent ta St. John's Parish Hall in August, 1915, the League was on Wcdnesday evening ta offer able to report a great amount af tis aluso espstistaincue wthe work donc: parcels given ta vol- saoexctdo nleth unteers leaving Bowmanville, sending of parcels, ta boys al- Kingston and Belleville, bales ready overseas and dropping sent overseas for the soldiers them a note about the happen- and ta hospitals, and some to ings of the old home town ta Red Cross headquarters, 'Toron- alleviate the homesickness which to. The Women's Institute con- many are now feeling." tributed, also organizations from The above exccrpts arc from Tyrone. Miss Bleakely was con- a report printed in the "States- venor of the Packing Committee. man", of the first meeting of a The new president elected for group of girls subscquently 1915-16 was Mrs. E. S. Senkler. known as the Bawmanvillc No doubt this good work con- Girls' War Service Club. tinued ta Uic end of the war. A weck after Uic original meeting another was hcld and Uic name chosen. Officers were Belivcd, that which purifies elccted: Pres. - Leola Miller the affections also strcngthens (Thrasher); Vice-Pres.-Yvonne theni, removes fear, subducs Tighe (Osborne); Sec'y-Hilda sin, and endures with divine Brown (Braden); Corr. Scc'y- pawer.-Mary Baker Eddy. El1si e Carruthers (Lunney); It should be as easy to expel Treas.-Eileen Gibbs. There an abnoxious thought from your was a large attendance and mind as ta shake a stone out of many new members joincd, your shoe.-Edward Carpenter. bringing Uic total ta 55. This meeting was hcld in the Soldiers' Recreation Roomi whîch the girls werc sponsoring (now Eaton's Order Office) and which was already looking gay and comfortable. Furniture and oth- er articles including games and reading material had been donated in answer ta an appeal fromn the club. At Uic officiai opening of this raom, Pte. Geo. Graham led a singsong with Mrs. Heloise Mut- ton at the piano. Mr. R. M. Cotton, heading a representa- tion frai the Canadian Legion, acted as chairman and welcom- cd the soldiers, handing the kcy over ta Capt. Curtis. Lt. Col. J. C. Gamey, M.M., O.C. of the Midland Regimient and other officers present, including Lt. Col. A. H. Bounsali, Major P. Jobb and Col. L. T. McLaughlin spoke also, commending the pro- ject. The nan-perm. boys were also given use of the rooma and expresscd their appreciation with cheers. Many teas and bazaars werc given by the girls ta raise funds ta provide comforts and enter- taiximent for the regiment and on Dec. 6, 1940, a Christmnas Party was given in the Arm- aunies (Badminton Club) for the "D" Campany and their wives. In the following war years Uic club grew larger and after rcceîving their charter from the governient, contînued their programme but included lectures on the use af gas masks, map reading, food and nutrition, motor mcchanics, St. John's I T'S EXCITI N G . tls business of a-viation! IT HAS PLENTY 0F OPPORTUNITIES' roi ± OR:i ONG WOMEN 'ro teaetyotng woman-,ifinthekCAÉfs anexciting experience. There are many types of important and unusual aviation work ini which wome exel, pento you. You wilI eamn while you learn. 7lc pay is excellent (the same as tiie mien) and housing and food is provided.. You quickly make friends in new and intercsting surroundings and win for yourself a place in keeping with your modem aims and ambitions. You too can serve as an ~A irwomanIn Canadas AIr Force f A SPECIAL RCAF WOMAN COUNSELLOR THE BOWMANVILLE POST OFFICE FRIDAY, 271h JUNE il a.m. - 6 p.m. Sée her and let ber tell you abou-thspeci4 opotuiesfor >'ouqgwomcn w the RI-AF- Ambulance Course and soie were stalwart enough to indulge in rifle practice. Besides the "Rcc. Room", the members were knitting for 'ID" Company here, knitting for the boys overseas, scnding cigarettes and staples ta them and at the sanie tume collecting clothing, bedding, etc., and sending huge bales ta the war refugees and bombed-out Britishers. Many rewarding let- ters of thanks were received by the club for these efforts. by Lt.-Col.1 On one fund-raislng occasion, the members brought to Bow- manville two young Norwegian Pilot Officers who told of the German invasion of Norway and of their experiences in cscaping these atrocities. When "D" Company was mov- ed from this town, the rooni was kept on and all service mcen made welcome. Many letters were also receivcd froni service men ail over Canada, who whcn stranded in Bowmanville had been grateful for a place to rest and a cup of bot coffce. (These were the days of much hitch- hiking and few cars). It is interesting to note that privileges of this room, kept open 24 bous a day, were neyer abuscd. It obtained wide publicity, hav- ing been written up favourably by reporters sent by Toronto papers ta investigate it. By this time, too, the Navy was askîng for help and the club bought wool to knit for the Navy League. Mrs. M. Breslin was convenor of wool and all knitting projects. Donations of $25.00 werc sent from ime to tume to the Toronto Telegrani British War Victims and to the Free French Headquarters in Toronto. The recreation roomn was maintaincd for the duration of the war, aithough for fin- ancial reasons moved three timjes -to the Cowan Block (Mc- Nulty's Sport Shop), corner ofi King and Sîlver (Woodyardj Electrical Appliances) and to al store on the south side of. King St. (Simpson's Order Office). At the end of Uic war, thc club was disbanded, rclieving the girls of much hard work but leaving with them. many memories and a sense of having contributed in a small measure, to the winning of World War IL. It is a gencral rule of life that should you touch mud with your gloves, it is neyer the mud that becomes glovey.-George Mikes. Part of the 235th Battalion in World War Wives Aided War Effort Sent Parcels The Soldiers' Wivcs' Auxil- iary in affiliation with the Women's -War Auxiliary also known as "D" Company Auxil- iary, held its first meeting on January 7, 1941. The officers wcre: President - Mrs. Ncll Wilson, Vice Pres.-Mrs. Max Tuerk; Rec. Sec.-Mrs. Iva Mc- Manin; Cor. Sec.-Mrs. Ei. Dow- ney; Treas.-Mrs. Greta Hunt. Convenors were also elected for each ward of the town. The Auxiiary met once a month. Knitting and sewing for the Red Cross and for the sol- diers was carried on. Mrs. Win- ona Clarke was the represen- tative on the Red Cross. Eu- chres, bingos and draws were held to raise money. The Aux- iliary looked after the soldiers' roonis maintained on King St. for one week in every month. "D" Company Auxiliary in February agreed to pack ten boxes a meeting for overseas bOÇpj5nc and hot Plate were bought for the soldiers' room, also luncheon cloths and tea towels. An important event was the Christmas tree and entertain- ment held for Uic children in December, 1943. The Second Midland Regiment donated $50 toward this. Candy and a pres- cnt were given to 120 children. A similar entertainnient was he]d the following year. Fees were paid to the Wom- cn's War Auxiliary, and dona- tions made, until January, 1944. i L3est e for a SUCCESSFUL CENTENNIAL and a Happy Re -Union of OlId Friends during the Celebrations It bas been our pleasure during our 25 years in business to give the people of Bowmanville modern plumbing and heating. L. A. Parker & Son 47 King St. E. MA 3-5651 4 hi Dreams Corne true YES ae0.. - 0 In the 30 years ihal we have been in the construction business in Bowmanville il has been our pleasure ho make many families' drearn corne true . . . that dream of own- ing iheir own home . . . We deem il a privilege and an honour ho have contribuled Io the progress of our fown in building sorne of the modern sub-divisions for me'dern living. A Warm Welcome Io OId Boys and Girls relurning for je je ""OLD HOME WEEK"" FLETT CONTRACTOR 29 Centre St. Phone MA 3- 5596 Fees thereafter were paid to the local Auxillary. It was decided to have two meetings a month, one of which would be social. A number of men were ar- riving home by June, 1945, and it was decided to disband. la September, 1946, the money on hand was turned over to the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Legion to assist in furnishing the Le- gion Hall. Among the presidents who held office were Elva Beckett, Marion Crowe and Susie Gra- ham. Among the presidents of the Women's War Auxfliary was Mrs. Wylie; Mrs. Hilda Tighe was secretary and Elva Beck. ett social convenor. This group, numbering around 40, packe-1 boxes regularly, about 20 a month, in the bond room at the post office. They raised moneyr through dances and March of Dimes. They also helped with looking after the Soldiers' Re- creation Room on King St. Ah, children you are the bul- warks of frecdom, the cement of society, the hope of our race! -Mary Baker Eddy. PACU vwmffl