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125th Anniversary Supplement of The Canadian Statesman, October 3, 1979 Letters Send 125th Dear Editor; The Canadian Statesman is one bundred and twenty-five years old. Congratulations. I have aiways felt that the Statesman is not a NEWSpaper newspaper but a great family journal as some wag so aptly named it many years ago. The late M.A. James, 'former editor, and publisher, and grandfather of the F resent -ditor, laid a asting indation for the ,Statesman, strengtbened by bis two sons, the late Norman, father of the present editor and George W. The present editor, John M. James bas, down througb, the years, cemented that well laid foundation more firmly Tbe columns of the Statesman watch over our daily lives from the cradle to tbe grave. The paper announces our arrival into this world, follows us througb school, 'recording our academic achieve- ments, gives publicity to our successes, in, the business world, ignores our f ailures, and regretfully mentions our leaving this life. Tbe Statesman and our town bave botb grown in my lifetime and long after we are al gone,,botb will continue to grow. I do hope the Statesman will retain its small town cbaracter and continue to report the daily lives of the people of our community. Once again, Congratulations. Stu Candler Dear John & Dorotby; .Just a short note to congratulate you on the 125tb year of continuous Publication of -the 'Canadian Statesman." We enjoy the paper and keeping abreast of the news from the town. 'Vby don't you and D, -otby come and stay witb us. We've got lots of accomodation - you 1are very welcome. We bave quite a big area - 9 acres of grass to cut eacb week - lots of work - a great big garden (Ruth's peroject). It is almost lie the canning factory bere at tbis time of year - pickles and more pickles - but we love them. WVe take a wbole lot of bome grown supplies to Florida each winter (3 months), January, February and Marcb. If you are near St. Pete. come and see us this winter. I often think of the group of us that used to go to the Worlds Series in New York, Jim- Crombie, Don Morris, George Cawker, Paul Chant and tbe great Billy Mutton. Wbat fun we bad - neyer any trouble getting our beer across tbe border with Jim along (just flasbed bis badge). Each issue of the Statesmani - I first read the deaths - then Sports 25 Years Ago - then the Distant 25 years column - many changes since I first landed in Bowmanville at the Balmoral Hotel in January, 1939 and bad borrowed my first week's board. I'd love to talk to you. We see Grace and Bill Rudell - tbey come up here - and do we visit. We are with Dr. Rundle in Florida during the winter - and get lots of news and laugbs. Ho pe you are botb well. Kindest personal regards. Again congratulations. Norm and Ruth Scott Dear Editor: A few days ago, a low flying pigeon cooed the information that the Statesman was 125 years old, and that it bad been in the James family for loi years. I'm positive that tbe present publisher is not that old. 1As is the prerogative -of we mid-oldsters, my memory began flitting across the many moons that you and I have known eacb otber. Naturally, there were one or two incidents that Ontario The Premier of Ontario It gives me great the publishers and staff of as they celebrate the 125th the Town of Bowmanville. I blanked out înstantly, but I tbougbt it appropriate to write you a "Dear John" letter, so: Dear John: One thing that flasbed through my memory happened in the late 1920's. I was deliberately- late for scbool because, if I had, been on time, I would have had to give an oral composition in my first form (modern version - grade 9) class. Tbat year late students spent the period in the science room to await the stern words of Principal W.J. Morrison. A few minutes bad passed when another late student entered. It was a redheaded, bowlegged Junior goaltender, who had played the nigbt before at Taylor's Arena, in apayf game against Osawa. Near the end of the game (score tied) there erupted a furious argument about "was it a goal?" After about f ive minutes, the referee skated over to the redheaded goalie and asked "was it a goal?" The goaltender said "yes" and Oshawa won. Question: How did an bonest goalie ever become a Member of Parliament? Wben ,the glowering principal strode into the room, be must bave been at the, game, because bis glower tumned to sympatby. Wben he was almost nice to you, how could be blast the quîvering kid. Let us Jump about tbree years into the hungry thirties. You bad escaped High School and become an employee of the Statesman, and also a graduate of the Charles Atlas body building correspondence course. This quivering kid was beginning to escape from sometbing called Infantile Paralysis (Editors had trouble spelling that, so it is now called Polio). The kid's robust body of almost I 0 d m a i S a t] 9 b A 9 0 a E tg ti a ri fi k a a d r e r fi s a a il b t' E 0 F b t] L t' è c ti Iý s i A 'ine Anniversary Gàreeting to 20 pounds was spread exp erie nced t hi s the bail behind his back fidDrothy Edger over six feet - with modern transition and with the samne velocity (later to become bis dangling legs that didn't' today is recognized as as a normal pitcb. With charmine and affable want to work. You were publisher of one the wistful pleasure I recail wife) wourn make an a softie with muscles, b est W ee kly as a teen-ager, whiling infrequent appearance You would toss the Newspapers in Canada. away the long summer and put on such a skinny kid into your car While I knew and evenings at Matie smooth display of and off to see softball at respected botb George Depew's shuffle shack, ballroom dancing as to he Public School and Norman James, in in dulging our make us all envious. grounds, or wrasslin my early newspaper Terpsicboreafl desires, Althougb side-tracked bouts at the Osbawa days ,. . it became my jiving to the raucous at various times by war Armouries.. If you took a good fortune to employ sound of a frantic juke- and politics John always girl to tbe movies, quite one of the younger box. We would alI stop bas bad newsprnt in bis )ften tbe man in your members of tbat well- and watcb wben Jobn blood. He h as been arns was me. Question: known newspaper and bis statuesque' girl associated witb tbe Fiow come you always Family. Jobn M. James ook me home first? started with us as a When tbe kid, returned Linotype operator when Sam L. Cureatz, M.P.P. to Higb Scbool, you Alger Press publîsbed Off ice: asked bim if hie would Osbawa's first daily 24 Coiborne Street East report scbool activities newspaper, The Ohw saa nai L1G 1L9 for tbe Statesman. Telegram. Ot Well, rigbt away, the Every day was busy; (416) 571-2084 LEGS aiV kid became a youth. meeting the paper' s Oueen's Park Office: EILTV M'ore, bie was a youtb afternoon dead-line. It Room nSamL443r Nith fantasies - bis was not surprising that Legisative Building Da L ura avocation was sports - mistakes were made Queen's Park, Toronto Dra he was in tbe press box and this news story was Ontario M7A 1 A2 at Maple Leaf Gardens set on John's linotype; (416) 965-4186 and Yankee Stadium - with other items of local dasbing off glowing interest: "Osb'awa reports of games for the Parks Board meeting in edification of bis avid the Town Hall on readers ... Simcoe Street North lastTO HEJ ES UB SIN With pencil clutched night made a motion - OTEJMSPBIHN firmly, laboriously he "to purchase new wrote bis first illegible Wenches for Alexandra article. He just knew it Park, as those now in I would like ta ext Nould be more than a use are in a very icr ogauain column long. The dilapitated conditiion." icr ogauain Statesman came out, On bis linotype John had on the ann iver sar y of 12 and there was the transposed the letter article, lengtb - two "W" for Benches. The community has b inches. There were other in ail aspects involving Did that bring him incidents wbîcb I coulddungyu yesofp) 1ack to reality with a relate; and I amn sure drn oryaso u tbump? But, wait a that John's early verY few companies in th- minute, he bad a byline. training was good Cutywocnbato John, I am Stijl experience for the Cutywocnbata wondering, wbat stroke young newspaperman; MaY you continue fc of genius made you give who later became a me tbis byline? respected Member of and as your provincial z Yours very truly, Parliament. I think bis riding of Durham East, mi Y. Duzzy Wright years in Ottawa are ucs noadi th (wbo is Nelson E. reflected in his Editorialscesnwad nte Osborne, later in column; wbicb I read life to become Mayor of eacb week in The Bowmanville). Canadian Statesman. ________My warm regards and OhwOntario on the Statesman's DrOsbawaAnniversary - best Iea on : wsap wishes for the years bihng Newpaper abead . - . to John and ?ubishng her hae is charming wife been many changes in Dorothy, Assistant be last balf-century- Publisher 1 of i.notype for setting the Bowmanvilie's out- ype and now ýPhoto- standing Newspaper. composition with Web Stewart Alger Offset Press for printing Chairman he modemn Weekly Alger Press Limited Newspaper. _____ The Canadian Statesman under the Dear Editor: James Family bas The naines SCM Bowranville States- Parliament Buildings Queen's Park Toronto Ontario pleasure ta congratulate the Canadian Statesman year of publication in The history of aur great province is bound up in the distinguished and dedicated accaunts the CanadianStatesman has given its readers on events of moment lacally, provincially and natianally during these many years. Yaur editars and writers cantributed much ta the consensus that saw this Canfederation- f ormed a f ew years after the founding of the- Canadian Statesman. In the same way, each generation of Canadian Statesman staff have played a vital and important raie in keeping citizens informed about the processes of government at every level and in alerting those in government as ta the true feelings of the public an, issues of the day. A, free and intelligent press is the backbone of demacracy; the Canadian Statesman has mare than fulfilled those standards for its awn readers and has, as well, served as an autstanding example ta its peers within the publishing cammunity across this land. 1 on behaîf of my Cabinet colleagues and Sam Cureatz, M.P.P. Durham East, I extend my best wishes at this important time and express the , hope, the future will see the Canadian Statesman equally strang and successful. WilliamG. Davis muan canua.jctIeb tave been practically synonymous for as long as I can remember. One would no more mention Statesman without James than Laurel witbout Hardy or Abbott witbout Costello. One hundred and one years ago M.A. James became the Editor. He was unknown to me but bis son George was editor of the award winning rag through the depression and war years until nephew John, the present edîtor, took over in 1957. Uncle George) was a distinguished looking man (probably because of bis shiny white hair!) witb ready wit and quick repartee. Eacb week, for a nickle, the Great Family Journal would' provide entertainment and solace from those dreary frigbtening days of poverty and war. As high scbool boys we would be so proud to see our sporting achievements in track' and field, football or basketball chronicled by another frustrated newsman,, ex-mayor Nelson Osborne, who wrote under 'the pseudonym Y. Duzzy Wright. John James and bis brother Stu were my boyhood heroes. Older than I by a decade, John and my brother Hal were a hell-raising duo in high school both socially , and athletically. I rernember the red- haired, witty, amiable John as a cracking good hockey goalie and a super soft-ball player who would often confuse I the batter by throwing Statesman paper for fifty years since being a teen-ager and be says that bis first two scoops were vanilla and chocolate. His bealtb is no longer robust (I wisb tbat I could convince biim to stop puffing tbose cancer-causing fags) but be can still smile tbrougb sickness. He collects the old-age f, ension but still works a lu11 day. He is aro ASSEMBLY m East determined, stubborn, irreverent,' witty, co- operative, friendlyand can stili brigbten a room by bis presence and warm it by bis personality. The James and the Statesman bave been good for this town. I hope tbey continue' as Sartners f or anotber one undred and twenty-five years. Keith W. Slemon. M.D. Home Address: Box 399 Newcastle, Ontario LOA 1iHO (416) 987-4484 Constituency Office: 68 King Street East Bowmanville, Ontario Li C 3X2 (416) 623-6663 September 20, 1979. COMPANY LIMITED tend ta you my and best wishes 25 years of publishing. been served greatly g the newspaper business, blication. There are he Province and the fsuch an accornplishrnent: Dr rnany years ta corne, 'epresentative for the nay I wish you continued many years ta corne. Yours sincerely, SAN L. CUREATZ, M.PP., DURHAM EAST. CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F NEWCASTLE OFFICE 0F THE MAYOR GARNET B. RICKARD 40 TEMPERANCE STREET BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO LlC 3A6 TE LEPHON E 623-3379 Sep-ternbu,24th, 1979 The. Canadian Stateu5an, ï3owmanv-tUe., Ontcutio. TUE TOWN SÀLUTES TUE CANAVIAN STA.TESMAN ks we teatn that the CcrnadUa.n Sta-teiman hcu a-t thLs -Une conpJ-ete.d 125 ye.w o ý unint e.Vupte.d chvýon-cing Ûjý the even-t,6 ou the. tùneus-we. taze thi. OPPo-tuntq to .onsideft.the g'Leat eon;&ýtbution to out eommrniwty made. byj ou' u--mo'eIL these. yeau'. A6 out MunzÀipattygLwý Ltôý phycat and 6ociat dme>vôioyu have bu'adened Zat4ge.y cjLeate.d iVwrn outc.- w-thin --ideaý, poiciu ' , nnovation,, oppotntu e~,ve.nt6 aithýuR2q /LcoLde.d we.e.k byweekz in the CcznadZan Stat.ra.nwhiLch ot125 yea'ý ha6 be.en -6ynonymno"wi -th thi de.ve2opme.nt. Rectchin9 Lt-s -Leadeu we.ekîLy, Lt h" been .n ponibî.e uo/L bt-ngigig n-to 4ocwu,, the. Lea.&tie,ô o6 the £vtqet .commrunity Lt now set'ves. The e.xceUe.nceý oý iLt6 rnte,ùxaÊ and o4 the op-inion Lt exp-'re6e.4have a-(&ay-,6been.n 6Zowtee oý i~nte.t tnd p'u.de. to aL who de.pend upon each Î6,sue ýot i.n4oiwition, guidance atnd but6ine.&ô cLL'ection, no-t to mention, vitaf ttstics, 6sociat activite, and spokting event6. Lt not onqy ha,6 moved with the Umeu , Lt giives £eadeuh4 ta the utcvLe whte keepi~ng an eye on the p"ut. To John M. Jamue, Edito'z. Pubt,ù6hu .ou the Jarne. Pubîî,hiLn9 Comnpany and qowt. ,ýa6,on be.ha1îÇ o4Councit acnd aLt CitLze" ou the Commun-tq 1 extend ou-t de.ep appte.ciaton and out ir >ncete congAiatuZtUon on tbhL gteat teco,%d oé ,6uviLce,ctnd ouIt. eky he.attieist good wihe.u in the qe.au ahectd. Sincetetuy,- Gcvtnet 1S. Rickatd, Mayot'. G73R: c