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PAGE 7O1~R TUE CANADIAN STAT~MAU~ WIWIEAWV1T.LU. UIUAWW~ q'Ume,~ A V ', OC'i'. Sth, 1958 EDITORIALS Thanksgiving Turne Again It could b. that we are getting oid, but it does seem only a few short weeks ago that we were looking forward to last year's Thanksgiving Day. It doesn't seem possible that yet another lias crept upon U&- There is no doubt that it does us al a great deal of good to take a moment ta dwell an our blessings and give thanks that we have indeed been most fortunate, some, of course, more than others. World-wise, we have come through another year without a major war - truly a remarkable event, in itself, considering the tensions which have kept our inter- national statesmen and our military forces on a constant alert. In our opinion, these tensions at the moment appear to have lessened and there seems to be a reason- able hope that international conditions may continue to improve. At least, there lias been nothing i the past couple of weeks ta indicate that we are any dloser te war, and i these days, that must be considered hopeful. Nationally, Canada is in good shape and for that all of us must bow our heads in gratitude. Each year, our economy continues ta grow, with less poverty, more cures for our ilis and a rising standard of living. Provincially, Ontario is of course the favored one in material things, compared with the rest of Canada. We have the By world standards, Canada's fire lasses are a national disgrace. No European nation even remotely approaches us, per head of population, in our evident consuming tendency to burn up ourselves and our possessions. More than one billion dollars is the suni of property destroyed in the last 10 years. This is an appalling economic waste, far exceeding the loss of any other decade i our history. On the human side, 5,355 persons have died horribly and thousands of others have been scarred and disfigured for life. Souid this toîl in human lives be due to several other causes, train or air crash- os, there would be sucli an outcry froni the citizenry it would fi hundreds of pages in the national press. Yet the tragic part of it is, the majority of deatis and destruction by fire is caused by human carelessness and not by mechanical defts. Our fire brigades, either paid or vol- untary, do a tremendous service in guard- ing us and our possessions 24 hours a day. They are constantly learning new and better methods for their tasks and believe that new generations can be taught ta be more careful. There is no better tume than Fire Prevention Week, October 4 - 10 to heed their practical advice: Don't Give Fire A Place To Start! A MacDuff Ottawa Report ABurning (Bon d) Issue VICTORIA, B.C. - Strange are the workings of British Columbia politics. Where else in Canada does the party In power take full-page newspaper ads to dlaim that the methods it uses to com- pute its provincial debt is "the same as tha't used by ail other provinces?" Where else In the world could you find a spectacle to approach the great bond-burning ceremonies on Lake Okan- agan on August 1, when Premier Bennett shot a flaming arrow into a barge loaded with $73,000,000 worth of cancelled gov- ernment bonds, bands played, fireworks crackled, and B.C. was fornially declared free of debt? B.C.'s debt is a very live issue. In fact, B.C. residents probably know more about their governmental indebtedness than the residents of any other province in Canada. Unfortunately for Bennett, very few believe his side of the story. A considerable amount of time can be spent attempting to decipher the maze of figures released by the Social Credit gov- ernment - figures which, at face value, sound very mucli as though the provincial government has made B.C. a mecca for those who believe debt is a pestilence. Here is the type of dlaim that is made, this one from a publication called B.C. Government News: "$191,000,000 net debt wiped out in seven years". Well, let's take a look at it. The last time B.C.'s debt stood at $191,000,000 was i February, 1952. The remnants of Coalition were in office at the time, and it was not until August 1, 1952, that the Ben- nett govern.ment moved into the Legisiat- ive Buildings. By August 1, Liberal Premier Byron (Boss) Johnson had cut the debt down to $165,000,000. What happened to the $165,000,000? Well, Bennett managed to buy up the $73,000,000 in bonds he burned, but about $98,000,000 in bonds is stili in the hands of investors. Most do not mature until 1977. Bennett's sinking funds are right Up to scratch, so, ta his way of thinking, the net debt is paid off, and there is no longer any need to worry about the remaining Z* QîmutbàianStatetnanu £tabllmh.d 1854 with whicb la inSrporcaed n». Iewmmoe .New*, To.Newcaatle Independent eid Tha Orono New* 10501 Year of Continuous Service ta the. Town of Dowmcavl. and Durhamn Counity SUESCRION RATES $4.W0 a Yeoe, trictly In advance S5.00 a Ymr la the United States Authoràz.das 8oead Clama Mai Poo CUl e Dpatmeat tvo Pubou.l b? THM JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANT LadITED townmYill.,Ontario IOBN M. lAMES. Enzfam $98,000,000. Sa far so good, apart from a "slight" inaccuracy in lis dates, and the fact that technically speaking B.C. is not free of debt. But now one must move ta the other side af Bennett's ledger, or is it leger- demain? This one is called "contingent liabilities", and an interesting study in financing it is. In February, 1952, ta start at the sanie time as Bennett's debt reduc- ti*on prograni, B.C.'s "contingent liabili- ties" totalled $30,500,000. At the same time this year, they stood at $450,000,00 -and there is no end in sight. itWhat, you ask, is a contingent liabil- Take one item under the titie School Construction. In the days before Social Credit, school boards throughout the prov- ince used ta, raise their own money. The province paid a percentage of achool con- struction costs, borrowed the money ta, pay it, and showed it as a direct debt an the province. Now, the school boards borrow ail the money, with the province guarantee- ing the bonds 100 per cent. The school boards get a better price for their bonds, and Bennett doesn't show a cent of school debt on his books, except as a contingent liability. He doesn't even show the 50 per cent of school construction costs that still comes out of the provincial treasury. The provincial government is sum- ilarly corruitted to pay, by way of sub- sidy, two and one-haîf per cent each year of the total indebtedness of the B.C. Tol Bridges and Highways Authority. Al- ready, that amounts to $2,000,000 a year on borrowings of about $75,00,000. Again, the Toîl Authority doos ail of its own bor- rowing, with a provincial government guarantee, and none of the debt shows as a debt against the province. The sanie holds true of the B.C. Power Commission, the long-suffering Pacific Great Western Railway, which now owes $106,000,000, and haîf a dozen other gov- ernnient bodies. Millions in debts have- been shifted ta the agencies of the Crown, instead of being assumed by the Crown itself. Here's an example of Bennett book- keeping, of "funny money" figure-juggling, that illustrates how lie attempts ta hood- wink the gullible: His latest figures on the PGE railway show that in the first six months of 1959, the PGE had an operating revenue o! $5,862,000. This sounds very fine when compared with $3,143,000 in 1952. Especial- ly when the premier also reveals the rail- way had a "surplus" of $2,-102,000 "before interest and depreciation." What in the wide, wide world 15 "surplus before interest and depreciation"? For that matter, what IS the interest and depreciation that lias to be deducted before anyone knows the true picture of the railway's finances? Premier Bennett merely smules, and mnumbles vaguely about the PGE being in botter shape than ever before in history. No one is really taken in by ail titis. Newspapers and political foes have been quick ta expose the Social Credit financial mwnbo-jumbo for what it is, and ta point out that B.C. residents are the highest taxed ini Canada. A survey tald the story: seven aut of every 10 B.C. residents said they just didn't believe they were out &J debt. ide large population with accompenying em- ployment at higli wages, a bounteous supply of ail of man's needs. In fact, while many of us complain bitterly about this and that, there really is very littie of a basic nature that we are lacking te justify sucli moanig. Locaily, in Durham County, we have always considered we were living in the best part of a great province and, of course, Bowmanviile to us lias always been home and the fînest of ail municipalities anywhere. We love thus community as most folks love their home town and wouldn't want te live anywhere else. Like most of you who were born here or adopted this community, we enjoy walk- ing up street and being delayed by friends who want to talk. It's home and we shaîl continue to give thanks for its many fine points. There are some of our friends who, on this Thanksgiving face the weekend for the first time without their loved ones or find theni seriously iM. It will be diffi- cuit for them to give thanks to what must seeni a cruel fate. Yet, oaci of themn will have comforting memories to recaîl and faith to give them strength to go forward. No matter what the circunistances, we trust that everyone will make good use of this weekend ahead to give their own personal, humble thanks te the Almighty i their awn ways. TO YOU! AND YOU! AND YOU!! It was in September fifty-nine, The weather was hot and dry; That I got this job of mine, It keeps me on the fly. I catch some strays and also pets, They're ragged and they're slick; The tales of woe that I do get, They ahnost make me sick. You stole my dog right off the lawn Or maybe off the bed; Your intelligence is surely gone, I wish that you were dead. Oh give me back my littie dog, My kids will be a wreck; If I could get you in the fog, I'd surely wrmng your neck. And so the tale of woe goos on, From high-brows and the men; Some people boo and some they yawn- I wiil be back, but when? So tie your dog in off the street, Lest it should get a ride; Help keep the town both safe and neat, And by the law abide. Your dog learns nothing while at school, Or on your neighbor's lawn; Remember I'm not the only fool, With muscle and with brawn. This message I wil leave with you, I hope it cheers you up, But if the Iaw means nought to you, l'Il maybe catch your pup. -James A. Hoskin, "The Dog Catcher" GM Introduces Buick Featuring New Styling 140W MUCM FARTI4ER TO TI4E SCJMMIT? 8ndt YJoungman S Column... Last week, on his TV show, Art Linkietter interviewed a seven year old girl from a Rom- an Catholic Sohool, and asked her wha't Bible story she liked best, she answered, "the one about Adamn and Eve." When Art asked why, she replied, 4"because they sinned and God turned them into Protestants and sent thein ta Hell." That kid's a real comedian! I was delighted ta receive a, communique, recently, stating that the new provincial park, i 25 YEARS AGO (October 11, 1934> Mr. W. H.Pointon who for the past three years has served the United Chu.rch at Nevile, Sask., spent Sunday with lis mothor, Mirs. Louise Pointon. Ho is resuming lits studios at Emmanuel College, Toronto. Miss Marion Flett, Simcoe Street, Oshawa, entertained at her borne Thursday i honor o! her friend, Miss Helen Yellotv- lees whose marriage to Mr. C. C. Cook took place on Satur- day, October 6th. His many old friends were pleased ta sce and greot Mr. F. R. Foley and son David, of St. Catharines, in his former ac- customed place at the morning service in Trinity United Churcli. Miss Ethel Webber la visiting ber brothers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Mr. Milton J. Elliott has been appointed Roceiver for this county under the new Federal Farmers' Creditors Debt Ad- justinont legisiation. Bowmanville's newost bakery, lundi roont and soda fountain will formally open its doors on Friday and Saturday o! titis week. The new business will be under the capable management o! its proprietÔr, Mr. Ernest Watson, a gentleman with a background of more than 40 yoars in the bakery business. Enfield: Mrs. Addie Hobbs' barn whidh was being repaired by a new hip roof, was destroy- ed early Wednesday xnorning by a fire o! unknown origin. Salent: Several front here at- tended the very pretty church wedding at Tyrone on Saturday afternoon when Miss E. Bige- low became the bride o! M.r. Nelson Wilkins, Salent. Maple Grave: Titis commun- Ity extends congratulations to Miss Etelka Trmmble and Mr. AJ.an Clark on their receat mnarriage. Tyrone: Mrs. T. Savage sold her household effects on Fni- dey afternoon. Mrs. Savago, Francis and Babe, let Friday for the West to join Mr. Savago and Master Blle. Blackstock: Mr. and Mrs. Gea. Galbraith, Broadview, Sask., are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Galbraith.. Newtonvifle: Miss Lillian flolinan lias returned ta lier du- ties i Bowntanville Hospital after a month's vacation in Bloomfield, and with lier par- ents, 14x. and Mrs. M. J. Hol- man.à Kendal: Mr. Aylwand Little who la attending Peterborough Normal, was honte for the weekend,. Being as smart as a steeli trap means k.nowlrÂg when ta §but %W. currently being created in the south west corner of Durham County, has been named Dar- Jington Provincial Park. Since the Spring of 1956, this area has been. referred to as Oshawa Park, and a lot of us loyal Durhantites were afraid the name inight become per. îmanent, so are quite happy at the change. Darlington has always been my first choice, with Durham second, although I tagged along with the late Dr. L. B. Wil- 49 YEARS AGO (October 13, 1910) Among those taking part i the concert in cannoction with the Durhiam County Teadhers' Convention hold in the Opera House were, Misses Marjorie King and Dorothy Sanderson; Prof. T. H. Kirkpatrick, Toron- ta; Misses Grace Linton and Reta Cale; Miss Ethel Van Nest; Mrs. C. Arthur Cawker and Mr. H. J. Knight; Mr. R. M. Mt- chell. Miss Helen Morris, Mrs. J. Garbutt and Miss G. Cawker were -the accompanists. Mr. J. T. Trewi feli front a tree whule picking apples Sat- urday a!ternoon and broke sov- oral ribs and was otlienwise in- jured internally. Mr. Talbot T. Hunter, a for- mer student af Bowmanville High School Itas been engaged ta coach the Ontario Agnicul- tural College rugby teant. It takes Darhington girls ta ntake good butter. Mrs. Joseph W. Hamilton, daughter o! Mr. and Mrs. Richard Osborne, Bowmanville, won the special $5 prîze at Millbrook Fair for best 10 Ibs. in crock. Mn. Chas. Worden and fam- iîy have returned f ram Wey- hurn, Sask., ta make bis home bore having purchased the house owned by Mrs. W. R. R. Cawker on Liberty Street. Mrs. Albert V. Reid will ne- ceive for the first tinte since hem marniage at lier home i Clarke on Saturday, Oct. 15. afternoon and evening. Newcastle: Mr. Moses Cow- an will take up residence on Beaver Street, in the late John Hill homestead which le pur- cliased from Thos. Mollon. Onono: Mrs. W. L. Long aften spending a couple o! months with lier parents and friends here, lias returned home ta Santa Barbara, Cal., via Sanî Francisco, visiting lier cousins, Mr. Cecil Mutton, and Justice A. E. Clark, at Danville, Cal. Sauina: Mr. and Mrs. Wnt. Werry spent their 47th anni- vensary o! their wedding in Bowntanville and participated at same tinte in the 37th anni- versary of Editor and M.rs. M. A. James' manrage. Enniskillen: Miss Grace SIe- mon is attendig Missionany In- stitute in Peterboroughi. En.!ield: Mr. Joseph Huhbard had his threshing machine hurnt while threshing at Mr. J. Thompson's near Raglan. It is generally supposed it caught fine front a hot box. Mr. Thomp- son's barns were also burned. Hampton: Miss Ella Westa- way lias returned front Port Hope after a pleasant visit of two montîs with lier brother. Zion: Mr. Gardon Trevail was installed Friday night as the new Worthy Patriancli of the Division. liams' suggested Mssissauga; the only misgivings I had about that, was the fact that there is a Mississagua in Northern On- itario, and it was hardly likely that the Governinent would ap- prove a second naine so simil- ar. 1 realiy felt like applauding when the Director o! Provin- cial Parks turned down such suggested names as Mlassey, Conant, McLauýghlin etc., and 1 ,appreciate the selection of "Dar- lington", because it lias a lift- ing, quality, and will a.lways be synonymous with the township bearing the same name, and thus with Durham County and the mnany fine people who pion- eered titis lovely part of Can- ada. I will always be Interested, in this park, because of being fore- man o! the first tree planting gang-1956 and again in 1957. when 'the project was just a dreain and the area one big hunk of long grass, weeds, thorn trees, old fences and debris: While working there in those years, I predicted that, by 1965, it would be one o! the most used,, attractive playgrounds in the Province of Ontario, and I still think so. Incidentally, a lot o! those creosoted buntper polos in the new park, are Red Pine, and were grown back here in Durham forest, on worn out sandy land that was once consîdered ton poor ta graw anything use! ul. It's quite im- probable that any of the mon who planted those tiny see&- lings, in the north end o! Cla.rke Township, anticipated that, within thirty years, they woud end up as bumper pales in Dar- lington Township, In a provin- cial park, that wasn't even thought of, and was actually parts o! several farms; but that's the way the cookie crum- hies. There's -lotu of rocky land In General Motors of Canada, Limited, today ntroduced its 1960 Buick line of cars. They feature new styling, increased roominess and improved. road- aoilîty and performance. Passenger comfort in all 19 modela has been jmproved by lowering the transmission hump and floor in front, rais- ing the seats to chair-height le- vels. Redesigned shock absorb- ers incorporated with toughen- ed front stabilizer and rear track bars further enhance Buick's traditionally easy rid- ing and handllng qualities. The new Buicks go on dis- play i dealer showroooms Thursday, Oct. 8. New features include a sin- gle transverse muffler, which serves both dual and single exhaust systems, an adjustable instrument panel mirror that can bo tiited to any position for easier reading and indjepen- dent beater controls for both the front and rear seats. Buick interiors, fashioned in bright, colorful designs, o! fer a multitude o! choices of trima ini long-wearing nylon, broad- cloth, cordaveen and leather. the vlclnity of Kemptville and Smith's Falls not considered good for farming purposes, that ia being reforested, but because of the shallow soul, it has been difficuit ta get a good stand, so now, when a White Pine soed- ling is newly established, a small pile o! rocks is built around it, which killa the mais- ture-demanding grass and cre- ates shelter froin wind and sun for the seedling. According to "Bush News," although this method has been tried in other rocky areas in Ontario, no studios have been made ta assess the results. Reforestation Supervisor Rae Grinneil, who was once a very popular chap at Orono Nursery, claints that i arid districts in Spai It has been found that the abave method assures a sur- vival of eighty ta ninety per cent wlich is pretty good in any latguage. Until I read this interesting tit-bit I was unaware that the Spaniards practiced such good forestry methods. I thought they spent niost o! their waking hours engaged in the pursuit o! bull fights, beautiful senoritas, good wine and fiestas. Fully carpeted floors and cush- ioned instrument panels are standard equipinent an ail mo- dols. New deeper springs and plush foamn are standard seat materials. A massive front end design, with twin headlights horizon- tally abreast at the ends o! a new concave grille, compie- ments the sculptured body StY- ]ing. The twirt headlights are set outboard o! the grille in sim- ulated jet-pod housings, and Buick's famed front fender von- tiports are back on ail modela. Rear fonder lines have been rounded gracefully, too, and blend into' a deep rear bumper. Econoinicai operation ,has been given speciai attention in engine design. LeSabre's 364. cubic inch engine is available in regular gasoline or prernu gasoline options. The regular gasoline engine uses a two-bar- roi carburetor with an 8.5-to-i compression ratio when used with synchromesh trangmission. Electra and Invicta modela are powered by the improved 40l1 cubic inch Wildcat V-8 engine with four-barrel carburetor ana1 10.25-to-i compression ratio. The 1960 Buick wili be avail. able in three series: LeSabre, lowest priced ini the lino; In- victa, and Electra, the . luxury seriez. They wiil be identified by the ventiports, four on each front fonder of the Electra ser- ios, and three on the Invicta and LeSabre. 114 Cottingham St, Toronto 7, Ont. Sept. 28, 1959. Dear Sir, Please renew our uubscrip- tion to the Statesman. W. en- joy the editorials very much. Certainly do not want te mise any. We are looking forward te another excellent year of read~. ing your fine paper. I remain, Yours truly, Evelyn Gingell "God made women beautiful and now they Put themn in potato aacks."1 I -SUGAR and SPICE:- Once a week, whether 1 ateed it or not, 1 take a bath. And once a year, wititout fail, 1 sit down and count mv blessings. Every Thanksgiv- ing, I make a point of it. 1 suggest you try this excellent custont, which induces an un- -accustomod humîlity i the most hardened o! us. Each yoar, when I do it, I feel ail pure and holy for an hour or two. The daily acramble can be- corne such an accumulation of sinali rritations, minute frictions and petty miseries that life seems ta ho nothing but a great bit pain la the arrn. But Just sit back and tick off ail the good things you have, and you'll feel like that rarest of creatures, a happy, well-fdJusted million- aire. One thing for whichI'rn doeply tliankful is roasonably good health. There are teeth missing, I can't smell, and gante of the old joints are giving me heil, but on the whole, I'm a doctor's despair. In ton years, I've spent three -days in bed and $3 on doc- tors, and that was ta get my corns pared. O! course, the rost o! my family have cost me about $2,000 in doctors' bis during that decade, but that's neither here nor there. It cemtainly isn't lere, any- way. ]an thankful for my three aquues a b>'. 1 tried living Dispensed by Bill Smiley on four squares a day one time, for a couple of weeks. The squares were glices of » ead,. one-Iquarter inch thick. That experlence bas left me ta this day with a perverse urge ta secrete bits of cheese, crusts of bread and hunks of meat about my per- san, so l'il nover go hungry. Anothen thîng Inm grateful for is the spring-!ilied mat- tress and the wool blankets and the Old Girl beside me, glowing away like a box stove. About 15 years ago, I spent six week.s. at this tinte of yean, sleeping in box-cars, barns and ditches, my sleep- ing partnor a skinny Cana- dian corporal (maie) who ex- uded about as mucli beat as à garten anake. * * à l'an happy to have a few close friends. Most of us have many acquatatances, few true friends. I have noverai friends to whom 1 could go for any- thing, In turne of need. They'd tlve me the shirt off thefr baeks, their last crust o! bread, their wives, anything. Except rnoney, of course. It's wonderful to have hap- py, healthy, chi3dren who anly roquire new shoes every tliree months. IPm afraid I subscribe ta the pagan view that in aur children lies aur imntortality. And In that thought I find deep satisfac- tion. It means that mny kids Wai Probably have ta take as ntuch lhp frorntheins am I do fron them, while I lie hap- pily mouldening in Bayview Centetery. 1 amn deeply thankful to have a gentie, tolerant, pa- tient, understandlng wlte. I'd be even more thankful if she used sorne of ihose qualities when dealing wlth me, but at Ieast It's nmce te know sho bas thean. I'n thtankful ta have a job r like. Where else, oxcept in tlie weokly editor's chair, can a man who is completely un!itted for anything useful, find hirnseif not only mak- ig a living, but able to sound off like a preachen? Irm thankful, every Thanka- Civlng, that l'an a Canadia', Three months from now, ' I plod through the slusht be eursîng the country wlab the best of them, but lu the fait there's no other Place s» close to what paradis. abouti Finally, I'm humbly tliank. fui that I'm alive. Milion-à are flot. Life ta a superb gift," made even more deliciaus by- the fact that wo must suri'en- der it. It is full o! madness and mtagic, of ntelancloly and merrimont, of a thousand gond things, ecd a delight ta treasure. So youtre alive, aren't bu? Be thaakful $1 ,000,000,OOOWasted In the Dim *. màand Distant Past Froan The Statesman Viles PAGE rom TM CMAMM STATUM«. MOW ONTAMD YFffTmT)Avý FI OCT. MI 1959