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Tau LSDAY, JVII lOti, leu OM n *k" .. n. a T. -a s.A%?OMn V'JA" a0 w ATn. * W R< A Rn PAGE TOUR THE 'tILA IA&N LAI CMALN, atBOW VLtLý Â.jL.C.'.JN J.£ELL4U The other morning, at 6 o'clock, believe it or not, the Editor was eating breakfast and chuckiing "'like crazv" over hîs coffee and toast. Fortunately, no one but the dog, was around or they might have thought we had cracked under the strain. But, we were enjoying ta the utmost a fascinating book called "Bow- manvilie - A Retrospect". This, of course, is the officiai history of the town. produced and published ta mark the Centennial. It is the oniy volume of its kind in existence and we heartily recommend it for early, late or middle of the day reading. The historians whose pictures appear in this editorial have done a job of intense research which has taken themn many months. In the midst of their prepara- tions, their Chairman David R. Morrison died but the other members, Rupert G. Hamlyn and Mrs. Elsie Carruthers (Roy) Lunney redoubled their efforts and com- pleted their work weil ahead of the scheduied date. Incidentaily, Mrs. Lunney had no soaner finished ber part of the Centennial history than she was projected head aver heels inta preparing reams of copy and even taking phatographs for The Statesmnan's Speciai Centennial Editian. Few o! the people who purchase the It would be incomplete if this edition did not include some comment of a general Chamber of Commerce nature on Bow- manville and the kind of town it really is ln 1958. For you who may read these editorials 50 or 100 years from naw, while sitting ln same ili-lit garret blowing the dust from this paper, Bowmanville is almost a perfect community in our eyes. With a population of 7,000, give or take a hundred or sa, this town has more activity, more energy, more community spirit than any town of its size we have seen. It is a homey place, where people expect you ta say hello to them on the street even if you don't know them. It has its share of snobs and its share of n'er do wells, but there aren't too many of either. Most of the citizens are honest, God-fearing, hard-working people mort- gaged to the bult with their new cars and in their new homes equipped with better than average modemn conveniences. It's a friendly town and a gossipy town. Everybody know's everybody else's business, especially if you've been here for any length of time and have overcome that outsider complexion. You are a newcom- er for at least five years, but after you've proved yourself, you'll be a welcome addition to the Bowmanville family. If you are in trouble of any kind, f inancialiy, morally or spiritually, it won't take long for it to get around town and the f irst thing you know those neighbors who spread the word will be around, looking for ways to help you out of the difficulty. It's a busy place, with more organiza- tions to the square inch or per capita than you'il find in big cities. If you are an eager beaver joiner, you can be president of as many organizations as you like withîn an extremnelv short time. Before you know it, you'll be out at meetings every night of the week, with three specials over the weekend. If you like sports, we 've got them ail. You can either partici- pate or coach or manage or heip promoi. It's that easy and one spot where you'll be accepted quickly hecause there is always a shortage of players and supervisors. Businesswise, Bowmanville is solid as a rock. Our industries have been steady and dependable over a great number of years. We are close enough to Oshawa that about a thousand of our population z4ie QTzffaaiau$tateizux Eacblihd 1854 wlIth which is I:ncorpoyatod Th. Bowmanville News, The. Newcaste ladapendent and The Oromo Newa lO4th Year of Contnuoua Service.fo the Town af Bowmanville and Durhcnm County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SUBSCRUPTON RATES $4.00 a Yar, strictly i advanc. 35.00 a Yomr ln the United Stat.r Authoiz.d aus econd Crua Manl rom OacDeVpartua tava Pnbliaha by THE JAMIES PUBLISING COMPANY Bownianviile. Ontcxio aJOHN M. JAMES, Em>rro David R. Morrison book for only the nominal price of $1.00 will realize the hours which went into its preparation. The compilers had ta read and re-read not only previaus books of history, they also pored over aid editions of The State:sman and many documents, searching for the tiny items that would make interesting stories of people and things of those earlier days. "A Retro- spect'" is filled with beautiful writing about most aspects of eariy Bowmanville community happenings %nd people. It is so wel done that the events almost came ta life. You don't have ta be interested in history ta enjoy the story af the bank robbery of 1899 or the hundred and one other articles in the book. It is a book which should be in every local home, ta be read by adults and children so aur citizens may acquire a picture of what has been accomplished during aur first 100 years. It might also provide an incentive ta many ta continue ta make sacrifices in the interests of progress- and improvement so that the years ta came n-ay even be better than those which have passed. Bowmanville awes ta the praducers of "Bowmanville - A Retrospect" an undy- ing expression af appreciation for the masterful and monumental task they undertook and completed sa magnificently. Our regret is that several of this S tatesman staff were not available this week to lend a hand with this, the biggest paper ever produced in the plant. Fortunately, the young fellow standing in the doorwa y, Geo. W. James rendered invaluable assistance in identifying the people in many of the old photos. Pictured, front row are: M. A. James, Frances Conley (now Mrs. Robert Dickinson, Calif.), Russell Brown, Miss E. E. Haycraft. Back row. Victor Legge, Miss Edna Bottreli, Geo. W. James and Norman S. B. James. Special Edition Acknowledgemenls As this is being written Tuesday even- ing befare publication day, it appears hopeful that the biggest - and we hope the best - special edition a! The Canadian Statesman will be completed in time for regular mailing on Thursday morning. In its 48 pages - a massive paper for us - we have endeavoured ta present a picture and word story o! Bowmanville, past and present. Many o! aur staff have iabored long hours for the past several weeks, putting tagether materiai, sorting type, photographs, engravings and read- ing the innumerable proafs ta ensure as great accuracy and as few typographical errors as possible. They have been won- derfully coaperative in their ambition to produce a newspaper which would be in keeping with Statesman tradition and do justice to Bowmanville's Centennial. The Editor, humbly and sincerely, expresses his deep appreciation to them and ta the many contributors who have submitted oid photographs and many articles. Not the least o! those who have made this editian possible are the business people, the many organizations and the neighbouring cammunities whose ad- vertisements of congratulations appear in this issue. We hope they will feel amply repaid for their expenditures, and be pleased with the layouts and general appearance of their messages. We trust too that aur readers wiil continue ta patronize aur advertisers who thraughout the years have carried the main expense cannected withý producing the weekly Statesman. In preparing the content of this paper, we were considerably restricted by several factors. We deliberately tried ta avoid duplicating material which appears in the officiai history o! the town. . As a result, the paper cantains very little information about the incorporation and the people involved. We have deait mare thoroughly with smailer organizations which were mentioned only briefiy in the book, but suggest ta aur readers that aur Centennial Edition was designed ta add ta rather than repeat the material in "Bowmanville - A Retrospect". We were further restricted by the short time availabie for work on this edition. Prior ta the change of manage- ment of The Canadian Statesman in May o! this year, the many problems involved made it impossible ta do an adequate preparatory job. As a resuit, this entire edition has been .produced in oniy a few weeks, a tremendous task for those involved. Most newspapers spend at least six months ta a year in preparation for an event of this importance in the commun- ity. We were unable ta do that, but hope the resuits will be satisfactory. We must pay a special tribute ta a ur correspondents in the rural areas, some 30 of them, wha have been extremely patient in recent weeks when their news budgets have frequently been held over as, we kept the paper ta a minimum ta allow ahl the time available for weekend work on the special paper. Many o! themn have 'phaned and wvere most understanding when the circumstances were explained. Our thanks for being patient. That, in brief, is the story o! The Canadian Statesman's Centennial Edition. We feel quite certain that its pages wilI occupy a great deal o! reading time which should be spent on household chores and know thal former citizens especially will peruse it with interest as they recali early acquaintances and remember events and anecdotes connected with them. We hope ail aur readers will enjay and treasure this paper as part of Bowmanville's Centennial effort. Your camments will be welcomed, but please don't make themn toa critical until we have caught up oiq some long- delayed sleep. Sugc.r and Spicel Dispensed by B"ih Smiley Corning up, dead ahead, fi just about the biggest wcek- end of the year for Canadians. It has an exhilaration that no other weekend on aur cal- endar produces. Hearts are light and gay because it's the officiai, opening o! summer. Accordlng to an old super- stition, summer really begins on lune 21st. But try ta tell that ta a school teacher. glassy-eyed ln a miasma of ehalk-dust and warm running uhoes, as she labours through th~ last week o! classes with ehÎld ren whose minds and hearta have fIed the dlass- room to the great, green out- Try ta tell it ta the resort operatar, whose cabins are as empty as his cash register, whose boats squat on the shore like sa mnany gutted crocodiles, whose dining-romr cchocs only ta the lonely tread o! his wi!e, as she limps in !romn the kitchen ta sec if there's any point in prepar- ing dinner. Nope. Summer begins on the lait weekend lu lune. and w. might as well admit It. That's when the hordes o! children pour forth lu a tidal wave from their elass roonis, filled with a wonderful sense et freedoni. Which will lait about 48 houri. That's hen the factary worker, who has spent 11%, months over a workbench, or putting round pegs ln square hales, sets off, aquiver with Life, for his two-weeks-with- pay, ready ta half-kiil him- self gofn g. swinmang, drink- In Dmdacing, -or what- ever is his pheasure, before crawling back, spent but con- tent, ta the shrieking mnonot- ony af his job. Mothers who have spent the past ten months crawling out o! bcd to flnd dlean socks and blouses, to totter about the kitchen making toast wlth peanut butter and jam. have a new sprlng in their stcp. and a smile ln their heart, as they go humming about the job of packlng for the cottage. Thelr's la the deeP inner warmnth that cornes from the knowledge that for the next two months, thcy'll get meals when they damwell feel lke lt. aud do the washlng ditto. For the, bass fisherman, a breed as peculiar in his way as the deer hunter, this is the big weekend o! the year. It means two beautiful months ahead, o! baking ta a crisp in an open boat, lashing variaus bodies o! water with iniscellaneous hardware, and drinking skunky beer. Sheer joy. For the teusion-taut young execut4ve, too, it's a special weekend. Famliy settled In at the cottage, he leaves wlth protestations that "«It's gonna beawfully lonely without you xuys". And as he drives down the blghway back to the clty, his heart la light as angel food, as he contem- plates those long, Iovely smn- mer evenîngs, with nisybe a drink and dinner Iu a pleas- ant restaurant before golng home to that beautiful peace- lui bouse. And of cou.ru, for *very- stages a mass exadus every morning ta industries there, returning each night ta the quiet, peaceful atmosphere o! the "igreatest town in Canada." There isn't much crime in Bowman- ville. It's what we cali a Dry town, with- out beverage rooms where beer and aie may be consumed. We do have a brewers' warehouse, voted in a, few years aga, mostly by the newcamers who came ta town after the war and felt this would be a progressive step. The fadt that the place is "dry" doesn't mean that there is no drinking o! alcoholic beverages, but it does mean that very few drunks wiil be seen on the main streets o! the tawn. We have no great probiem with juvenile delinquents although we do have aur share o! hot rodders with Hollywood mu!! lers on their hopped up jalopies. The youngsters in the main are a great bunch or normai kids. We have wonderful schaols, gaad streets, recreation facilities such as the Arena, the badminton club, the bahl dîamonds, the Lions' Community Centre where tennis under iights is popular, and s0 on. This is a town filied with musical taien ý, superb gardens, beautiful com- merci ai nurseries, well kept homes, attractive places o! business, prosperous and well attended churches. We have, jr. short, everything that goes toward making an ideal town. We could use another industry or two ta let us grow a bit in size and have great hopes that Johnson & Johnson wvill be starting ta build a new plant here soon. There is realiy nothing bad that we can say about Bowmanville. We are proud o! aur home town and get a real thrill every time we print the resuits o! a campaign for funds. If it is welI organ- ized and worthwhile, this town's citizens wili hand over in an evening, $2,000 ta S3,000 ta canvassers, withoiit blinking an eve. Sa far this year there have been at ]east four campaigns that have accumulat- ed $4,000 or hetter f rom the town and district. Bowmanvi]le is surrounided by good farmîng area and top notch farmers who are considercd a part of Bowmanville in that they attend aur churches, buy at aur stores and take part in community affairs. There is much more t(> tell about this t'air town. Enougli ta say, if. is a good place ta live, ta raise yaungsters, to do 'business. We wouldn't want ta live'any other place and neither would most of our citizens who arc, very proud o! being Bo wmanvilleites. Observations and Opinions Standard pavement markings for al Canada are proposed but wiil they promise ta keep the paint in a standard condition o! clarity? A "buxom yaung Staffordshire lass" is ta be put up for "rescue" in United Kingdomn military manoeuvres ta give them zest. Enough ta bring Col. Biimp out o! retirement, twisting the waxed ends of his moustache. English letter-writers after pro!ound study and much smoke admit they don't know why some tobacco pipes are incom- parabiy better than others. One smoker w~rote ta the Times that "the attainment o! superlative Stradivarian quality in a pipe is not permanent, nor within the compass o! the nuajority even o! costiier pipes". Statesman Staff Before 1911 A.J. LYLE, Clcrk. ~Ed Youngman's Column ~DITORIALS a * 4 s s ¶ In the Editor's Mail Dear Sir, As a former resident of the town o! Bowmanville where 1 spent my younger years and Iwent to school, I would greatly appreciate it if yau wouid send me a copy o! your special cen- tennial paper and bill me for same. Thank you. Ail my best wishes ta you, and your paper. My best wishes aiso ta the town and every success in your celebrations and in the coming years. Mrs. Leona Hanlon, Oshawa, Dear Editor, The slogan "It pays ta adver- tise" is certainly true. I was in search of horses for the Centennial Parade- Just two plain horses, nathing fancy, four-iegged and docile. 'I phoi cd, and phone dto no avait. In desperatian, I appealed te ithe Statesman. IThursday, 8:30 a.m, the pa- -Ver liad mnade connections. 1 received offers o! horses and thorses, big horses, small horses, Igrey horses, black horses, dri- vers and matched teams. Everi at the parade committee mecet- ing I had further offers of hor- ses, same too frisky, some witll harness, sonie without, smre shod and some not shod; but nevertheless-horses! The greeting when a frlend now mneets me-instead o! the smiing «"Good Morning" àu "Say, Mollie, have you found a horse yet?" Thank you for using the me- dium o! the Press, and too, may' I thank ail the very nice peopl e troughout the surroundlng fcountryside for their odr fui co-operation ini making tBowmanvile Centennial Parade 3 a g re a t o n e . " I l v ý NELSON E. OSBORNE, Mayor. A Tribute to the Hîstorians IAs this is due to appear in the road to Pontypool, via Newcas* Centennial issue, iA would seem tie. appropriate ta congratulate Guess 1 didn't cut much of a Bowmanville on completion of figure, with the old, onc hors& its first century as a town, and wagon, two old "crow baits" tied ta hope that its next century behind, and ail my worldly pos- will be as interesting and ex- sessions making a very arnal citing as the last, or more so. pile on the wagon. Not having, Does anyone know how It the price of a railroad box car came ta be called Bowmanvilie? to transfer my chattels frorn Here is onelversion: When Mark Toronta ta Pontypool, 1 drove Soper, of Kendal, agcd 82, help- the distance. During the journey ed plant trees in 1948, on the (65 miles), I was repeatedly Ganaraska Watershed, he told stopped, and askcd what 1 was us that the Sopers, and Bow- paying for chickens, rags, and mfans were quite promninent hides. The mystery of the en- families in the early days of quiries was clear up when 1 our County's history, and that realized that I had forgotten ta both families were anxlous to rub off the namne of the former perpetuate - their respective owner of the wagon, "M. Ap- names by having the town cail- plebaum". ed either Sopertawn, or Bow- In October of 1927, 1 bought manville; the latter won out, 25 bags of spuds from a neigh- and aur informant hlnted that bour, drew themn ta Bowmari- the few extra votes were ob- ville, by horse and wagon, and tained by skulduggery. Truc or sold them at a profit of 15 cents not, we swailowed the yarn and per bag ta the operator of. one pass it on for your edification. of the cales on King St. Because Aithaugh my wife and I cari- of sack shortage, we craxnmed Inot claihti Bowmanviile as aur the 2,250 pounds into 22 sacks. 1 blrthplace, we both cherish hap- The Chinese cale owner sent 'py memories of it, and its fine a youth ta count the empty' citizens. i sacks, whioh put me in the pasi- Back in 1915. whcn Butch' tion of losing the price of thre was 16 years of age, 'she, her bags o! spuds, because he sister and brother, spent an en. couldn't understand how anyone joyable two weeks' holidays as could have 25 baga o! spuds in guests of Captain Alice Crack- only 22 bags. Noticing three ett of the Salvation Army, when empty sugar sacks hanglng over that organization held meetings the insulated water pipes in the in the Badminton Hall and the ceilar stalrway, I purloined officers' quarters were near the them, thus makin-g the total o! aid Hospital. Although that was 25 empties, and alfter collecting 43 years ago, my wife stili re- the amount due, tossed the three members the exceptional per- sacks back over the water pipes sonality o! Capt. Crockett, and and drove home with a clear thé kmndly hospitality of other conscience and a profit o! $3.75 Bowmanville folk. on the haif day',s work. She likes ta recount how the The Youngman fami-ly have "privy" had a wasp nest just too many pleasant memnories over the door, and how her o! Bowmanville to recount Young brother was told ta not, here. Speaking strictly for my- disturb it, but the young rascal self, one of my greatest pleas- knocked it down, was the first ures cames from writing this one ta pay an urgent return column each week, because I visit and got stung by a vindic. know quite a few people read tive wasp. it-it makes some angry, brings I first saw the oid town on a bit of pleasure ta others, but June 17th, 1919, when I rode ail find it uripredictable, sa up the main drag, and stopped keep reading it. at the Bennett house ta enquire, Best of luck, Bowmanvillel of a fat man sitting in an arm-, May you have many happy re- chair, if I was on the righti turns of the day. Rupert CG. HaMlYn Elsie Carruthers Lunncy How Bowmanville Appears to Us one, this weekend has a special signifîcance, because looming up just after it is that gloriaus celebration o! Canada's great national holi- day-The First o! July-or Dominion Day, as we used to cail it in simpler times. What Canadian Is not thrilled ta the marraw by the knowledge that The First of July is Just around the corner, wlth its wild, bacchan- alian, carnival atmosphere, its flagrant expression of a high- ly-emotional people's deepest feelings? Dancing th the streets, wine flowlng like water, kissing under the niaples, as those hot-blooded Canadians live it up ln cc. bration of - uh .. . say, what IS Dominion Day ln al of? Let's see now. Was it the day Sir Wilfrid Laurier cam- posed "Oh, Canada!"? No, that doesn't seem ta ring a bell. Was it the day the West won is first Grey Cup? 1 don't think sa. Was it the day Mackenzie King intraduc- ed the Baby Bonus? 1 don't believe it was. * * 0 Wait a minute. W.I eom-. Ing back to me. 1 remember now. It was the day some. body drove the last spike Into Sir John A. MacDonald. Any- way, happy The First of July, and try ta restrain that wild Canadian exuberance wlthin the bounds of decency as our whole nation goos haywlre wlth Joy during the celebra- tion of this - our glorious national holiday. The place o! charity, like thal of God, is everywhere-Francis Oiuar1lq. The Corporation of the Town of Bowmanville PROCLAA TION Since the maJority of merchants oi the Town of Dowmanville have petilîoned for a perioi oi clasing, Saturday, June 281h, 1958, IT IS HEREIT rsspecifully requested thai ail merchanis close their places ai business on Saturday, June 281h, camniencing al 1 p.m., and continuing mitil parade has passed. m moilie xent