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'g The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Sept. 1, 1976 'Section Two MuseumAcquires Rare Coal OIt Cmi la the long era of the Coal OÙ Lam-p as the common method of home lighting, which ran fromn the 1860's on into the !920',, aad 30's in villages and ruLral areas in this part of Ontario, coal oil was a necessary household commo- dity. Recently, a one gallon coal oil can with a plaque bearing the namnes Cawker and Hoop- er, the Bowmanville merch- ants in whose store it origi- nated, was acquired by Bow- manville Museum. W.W. Bag-. ne 11, a member of the Manage- ment Committee of the Museum, was respoasible for obtaining the item for the Museum., That a coal oil caa is aow a museum article may bring a somewhat wry smile to those who can stili remember aIl too well filling and cleaning coal oil lamps. But the coal oul can was the necessary accompani- ment to the lamps, which have been prized antiques now for some years. The firm of C.M. Cawker (butcher) and John Hooper (groceries) was in business in 1919 when Mr. Norman Allia of Allin & Son's/ Meat Market, 9 King S. at,- went to work ffhere ln, thàt year, having started, in 1912 with Challis & Mutton butchers. A billhead la the Museum's possession shows Cawker and Hooper and a date line of 191. . indicating the decade 1910-19. Mr. C.M. Cawker was still coming in to business in 1919, Mr., Allia recalîs, though Wesley Cawker, C.M. Cawk- er's son, was by that time taking over. Mr. Allia re- members Mr. Hooper la the store*then also, and for a few years after. Art Hooper, well kaown proprietor of Hooper's Jewellers Ltd., 29 King St. East, is a graadson of John Hooper and says his grand- father was later with J.B. Martyn in his store on Division Street which many recaîl. The location of Cawker and Hooper was the south side of King Street West, between the Hydro office and Rickaby'Is Big 20, ia which location Cawker's continued into the 1940's, making almost a century of the Cawker family in business, as John Cawker, C.M. Cawker's father, is listed as a butcher in an 1857-8 Bow- manville directory. C.M. Cawker combiaed with Archie Tait in the firm of Cawker and Tait (the latter haadling, the grocery side) from about 1895 to 1902, a Canadian Statesman of 1905 tells, when Mr. Tait set up his own grocery business which maay still remember. This was where, the Coronation Restaurant is now. And at a later date,' Alex Haddy ran a grocery store connected with Wesley Cawker's butcher bus- iness. Wesley's son George was also in business before the Cawker namne disappeared from King Street. Caniada Plays Roleý in Wo rld From July,27 to August 1, 1976 representatives from the world's religions tgathered ia Canterbury, Englaad to ob- serve the 4th anniversary of the World Congress of Faiths. The Congress is 'a direct outcome of the "Parliament of Religions" held la Chicago in 1893. Altbough other attempts were made to institutionalize this ideal, the World Coagress of Faîths is the longest lasting, best organized and successful. The Congress heard guest speakers from six major faiths: For Hinduism, Swami Nirlip Tananda and Professor D.H. Bisbop (Washington University, U.S.A.); for Buddbism, The Most Rever- end, The Lord Abbot Kosho Ohtaaîi of Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto, Japan; for Judaism, Dr. Ezra Spicebandler of the Hebrew Union College, He- brew University, Jerusalem; for Christianity, Archbishop, The Right Reverend George Appleton, M.B.E.,,C.M.G.; for Co ngress Islam, His Excellency Sadiq ai-Mahdi, formerly Prime Minister of the Sudan; and for the Baha'i Faith, Mr. Douglas Martin, Secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baba'is of Canada. The choice of Mr. Martin is a special honor for the Canadian Baha'i community. Mr. Martin has been Secreta- ry of the National Spiritual Assembly sirice 1965, bas lectured widely at Baha'i Schools in Britain, the U.S.A. and Canada and contributed extensively to Baha'i publica- tions ia several countries. His subject, "Baha'u'llah's Model for World Fellowsbip, " presented the example of a world community where religlous differences and theo- logical division have been replaced by the conviction that ail religions are, ia reality one. It expands on the theme, "Baha'u'llah's Plan for World Fellowship" Ontario's Wheat Sales Hittin g'Record Highs Ontario 'wheat producers have sold the largest volume of wheat during thle montb of July than for any torrespond- ing month in the past eleven years. .According t.o the first posi- tion report issued by the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board for the aew crop year beginning July lst, producers sold over 7,600,000 bushels sinceharvest began about July 7th in Essex, County. The previous higb was recorded by the board la 1964 at 7,300,000 bushels. 414ost of the wheat has been moved forward to terminal elevators by the marketing board in preparation for movement into domestic and export markets. The report issued following a meeting of the marketing board this week also indicated the majority of the first' month's harvest was of good quality and although yields are reported to be down somewhat from last year's record 50 bushels per acre average, the total crop is estimated to be in excess of the 22.4 million bushels pro- duced last year. Harvest is progressing east- ward across the province, and although -wet weather has hampered operations in some areas in recent days, the crop should be completely, harvest- ed within about one week. The board reported some sprouting has occurred in south-central areas of the province which may cause some downgrading. In this regard, the board advises producers to watch grades carefully. The tolerances for sprout content in grade No. 1 is, 1 per cent. No. 2, 2 per cent. No. 3, 5 per cent. No. 4, 8 percent. And No. 5, 12 per cent, with over 12 per cent grading Sample. Board officials also advise that about 6 million bushels have been sold to date by the board for export under future delivery contracts. 12' x 20' Economy Garage Consumers' Gos Will' Help Its Custo.mers Instali Insulation Tfo aid customers in reducing -the amouat of gas used for home beating, ThË Consumers' Gas Company has iatroduced a plan to finance insulation of house ceilings. The company says exper- jence with th e same insulation p rocess ia the nortbern United States has yielded up to 30 per cent fuel savings. "Quite apart from the cost savings, having proper ceiling insulation can mean a more comfortable homne year round,'" says Ian Hfope, Con- servation Offiïcer at Con- sumners' Gas. "Not only does it keep heat la during cold mn-,rths, but it keeps heat out, ia summer. Fortunately, a ceiling is the easiest place to add insulation to an existing home." The insulation installed under the company's plan is a loose f111 cellulosic fiber that can be applied to a ceiling space la an hour or two. The material is approved by the Underwriter's Laboratory for fire resîstance, In its announcement to customers, Consumners' Gas' explains the "resistance value" or R value now applied to ail manufactured insulation material to indicate its resist- ance to beat transfer. The higher the R value, the less heat will escape through the insulating material. The company recommends a ceiling R value of 20 or more. The fiber insulation applied under the plan carnies an R value of 3.86 per inch depth. 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