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125th Anniversary Supplement of The Canadian Statesman, September 26, 1979 Bowmanville High School Students Receive Awards Back in 1935 Glen lae Dairy Celebrates Golden' November 7, 1962 was The progressive Glening w Rae Dairy of Bowman- the c ville is celebrating its The 50th Anniversary in first business this month. It in B was established by R.R. Glen Stevens on Nov. 20th, the 1912, when he began pravi selling milk in bottles. Ov Previously, all milk in differ the town had been were poured from cans and the f measured into the cus- the n tomer's container. longe The bottling and stor- crea ing was done at Glen was Rae Farm on No. 2 for Highway just one mile final] west of the town. This whic operation was carried the on with a few improve- deve ments in the cooling cove methods of the raw milk of th until 1929 when the natin property was purchased cont at the corner of Scugog ensu and King Sts., the build- raw ing completely renovat- also ed and one of the most age modern pasteurizing recog plants installed. In 1938 supe: all milk producers from supplying Glen Rae Th installed mechanical signe coolers. Befare this milk adeq c w ie 1 31 r l IE r ei >r ie Anniversary ooled by circulat- receiving room and vell water around more refrigeration ans. space were added. Then year 1951 saw the in 1946 the space was Homogenized milk doubled. owmanville and And now, in 1962, ta Rae Dairy were celebrate their 50th pioneers in this Anniversary of contin- nce also. uous operation, the ar the years many space has been more ent bottle designs than doubled again and popular including a completely new pro- uted round bottle, cess of pasteurization ecks go longer and installed where the milk r emphasizing the is processed in a sealed n line, then there unit rather than the the square bottle open vats. pace saving and 'The personnel, neces- y the present bottle sarily, has changed over h is recognized as the 50 years. R.R. most sanitary yet Stevens, the founder, oped, with a hood took his son Ross into ing thepouring lip partnership in 1920 and bottle thus climi- that partnership re- g any chance of mained until R.R. retir- amination. To ed in 1939 and 1949 saw e the very best the entry of the third roduct, Glen Rae generation. Bob as a went ta bulk haul- partner. Hector Downe3( which today is was the first delivery- inized as giving a man for the company jor quality milk and Harry Freeman the farm. was the longest service building as de- employee, 43 years with d in 1929 was quite the company before his jate, but by 1940 a retirement. nwr Clever students at Bowmanville High School who will be awarded prizes contest; Selma Bartlett, Jolliffe first prize for senior oratorical contest, for proficiency in class work and field sports at the annual Commencement Helen Morden, senior girls athletic championship, Gladys Reynolds, Men's Exercises on Thursday and Friday nights, are pictured here. Photos show, Canadian Club History prize, Kathleen Sissons, Couch writing rize, John left to right: Top row - Audrey Elliott, Barton prize for Upper School English, Colville, junior athletic champion, Laverne Kimball, intermedi te athletic Jean Morris, Squair prize for Upper School French, Helen Williams, junior champion of Bowmanville High School and inter-school meet; Jim Sisson, athletic Championship, Russell Short, Fairbairn effeciency prize, George Dr. Bonnycastle science prize; Tom Dustan, winner of Gilfillan prize, Morris, Couch writing prize, Eva Welsh, junior champion of inter-school highest standing Middle School, McGregor prize in Latin and Greek; Morse athletic meet. Centre row - Marion Scott, Fairbairn proficiency prize for Goodman, first Tamblyn prize, publie speaking. second form; Josephine Caverly, Galbraith prize for junior oratorical Finds Early Statesman in Archives The Statesman has no file copies of issues as far back as the 1850's, and the Editor was therefore most interest- ed to learn from Dr. John S. Moir of the staff of Carleton College, that a number of these early issues are in the Provin- cial Archives, Toronto. Dr. Moir is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Heyland, Bowmanville. A newspaper, The Messenger, was acquir- ed by Rev. John M. Climie in 1854 and renamed the Canadian Statesman. In examin- ing early copies, Dr. Moir found that in 1858 J.M. and W.R. Climie were listed as pub- lishers and by 1861, W.R. Climie alone. These were father and son, the father being the congregational minister here. Subscription rate was ten shillings, if paid in advance. The paper in 1858 was a four page publication, "devoted to Politics, Art, Science, Agricul- ture, Literature, Temperance and Edu- cation." Rev. John M. Climie was a strong Temperance advocate. The office then was located at King Street, opposite the Market site. Later it moved to the McMurtry Block on King St. West and in 1870 to the present building. On the first page in those good old days were advertisements (this practice continued until quite recent times as may be seen by examining file copies in The Statesman office) and selections of litera- ture and history from English newspaper. The only local news found in the earliest papers was in the market quota- tions. In December, 1858, potatoes were 25 cents a bushel, cheese 3 cents a lb., butter 121/2 cents lb., wheat 60 cents a bushel, eggs 10 cents a dozen. Frederic Cubitt in a long notice, advised friends that he would not be a candidate for the mayoralty, stepping down in favour of J. McFeeters, Mr. Mc- Feeters had been Reeve from 1853-57, but it would appear that Mr. Cubitt had been nomi- nated for the position of Bowmanville's first Mayor on the town's incorporation. The Editor comment- ed, re the municipal elections: "The present state of our town fi- nances requires the most prudent manage- ment." W. McMurtry because of hard times was offer- ing clothes for a small down paym.ent. Thos. Brodie Jr. at the Eastern House Hotel, King St. Advertised stages daily to Caesarea on Lake Scugog. L.M. Squair had a new store at Williamsburgh (Blackstock) and pro- claimed: "We give no credit!" The business directory listed five auctioneers. The cause of Temperance in Dar- lington and Clarke was making great strides. The editor would accept wood in payment for subscriptions, and urged - "Please, pay lin." In the wider political field, there was a refe- rence to the Cartier- Macdonald government as a body without a head, kept in power by the political ignorance of the electorate. A Grit reform meeting in Quebec called for the recall of Governor General Francis Bond Head. Locally, Port Darling- ton Brick Yard adver- tised hard bricks at $4 per M., soft at $3 per M. Jas. Steele advertised Hudson Bay buffalo robes - "will give cash for pork." Thomas Werry wanted to buy a good farm. Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor was advertised for everything from burns to small pox. Dr. Moir commented: "No wond- er there was only one medical man listed in the business directory!" A Bowmanville Literary Association was meeting at this time. Climie Bros. ran a book store on the side and also did job print- ing. For those interested in historical research, a visit to the Provincial Archives where the early copies of The Statesman and other Ontario newspapers may be viewed, would be most interesting. We are indebted to Dr. Moir for these gleanings from the year 1858. The Bowmanville News Amalgamates with The Canadian Statesman 11922 With this issue "The Bowmanville News" will be incorporated with "The Canadian Statesman" and in future M.A. James & Sons, Publishers, will serve Bowmanville and district with one weekly newspaper. This change will not make any material dif- ference to subscribers or advertisers of either paper as the news service and advertising have been practically identical for several years past in both papers. Neither will the combined circulation be affected as the subscrip- tion lists did not overlap while the papers were trate their efforts on the published separately, one newspaper. It will with the exception of be aur aim ta continue ta copies sent to the adver- publish the best local tisers for checking pur- newspaper in this dis- poses. trict, which is also The chief object of the looked upon as one of amalgamation is to the leading town week- bring about greater effi- lies in the province. ciency and economy With the present which will enable the newspaper amalgama- -publishers tacpncen- tion it is interesting toa note that since M.A. James purchased "The Canadian Statesman" 45 years ago, six local papers have been ab- sorbed by The States- man. They are: "The Bowmanville Merchant' Edited by Paul C. Tre- bilcock, bookseller and stationer of this town; 'The Sun', W.R. Climie, editor; 'The Newcastle Times', Geo. J. Bell, editor; 'The West Dur- ham News', (after- wards 'The Bowman- ville News'), James Gale, editor; and 'The Newcastle Independent' L.B. Davidson, editor. 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