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e Tax Rate Set at 36 Milîs Anm.uuced by Town Council When Mayor and Council met in regular session Monday evening they were accorded an unuanal tribute by an attendance of rate- payers, the numbers o! whom were greater than at any meet- ing In years past. Eight women and eleven men were in attend- ance and Mayor Marris beamed a weicome that s0 many now ap- peamed ta take an interest in the conduct of the ordinary affairs o! local government. The matter was one of great encouragement in- deed. The minutes of the iast regular meeting were foilowed by the minutes o! a special session held on Feb. 23, which was canvened ta receive cammittee estimates for the curent year and ta strike the 1945 mili rate. The miii rate was struck at 36 which was 40 mils last year, based an this praposed outlay: Raads and Streets, $10,200; Cemetery $2,500; Direct Reliefi $2,000; Printing and Stationery $600; Board of Health $2,000; Pub- lic Praperty $8,500; Police $4,200; Civic and War $1,000; Fire Dep. $8,000. The separate rates items1 are, Debenture Rate, 2.7, County,1 7.8, Public School 6.5, High School .8; General Town Rate 18.2, mak- ing a total of 36. Other business included author- izatian for Raads and Streets com- mittee ta buy a truck at $3,600 andj a resolution was passed that the1 flag be fiown half-mast when1 citizens who have held public of- fice or war vetemans pass away.1 St.., Joseph's church was grantedi free use of council chamber toJ hold a euchre at an eariy date. 1 At the conclusion of reading1 iniînutes o! the iast session, Rev. J.i E. Griffith rase ta ask that the1 reference ta a liquor depot be e-1 read. This precedent was grant-i ecl- sans dissent..1 Letters read inciuded one from1 T. J. Webb asking council ta fur-1 niah tule for conduitý on work he would do free. Roads and Streetsi were given power to act. Secretary, Ministerial Assn wrate protesting any relaxation mil the status quo me intoxicating bey- erages in town. Letters of pro- test on the same subject, with naines attached by way o! peti- tion, were received from the Church Street circle, the Carlisle Avenue group and the W.M.S., al affiiiated with Trinity United church. Councillor DilImpg moved these be laid on the table pending word from the Liquair Contrai Board. Agreed. On request of the haspital board ta appoint a councillor as member, the choice went ta Owen Nicholas. Miss Helen Crydemman, on be- haîf o! the local cammittee, Cana- dian National Institute for the Blind, asked permission ta haid a tag day May 12. Granted. Board of educatian wrate in view o! pmapased county health units, they could nat agree ta supervise nor pay the salamy of the local heaith nurse and their esti- mates were stmuck accordingly. The matter autamaticaliy reverta ta cauncîl. Leon Standish wrate asking me- newal of lease for pastume near his praperty and, for evision o! his farm assessment, the taxes on which were $250 last yeam on 76 acres. Clerk will advise him ta, refer the assessment ta Court o! Revision. An anonymous letter o! protest me liquor depot was not ead since the writer appamently wished ta hide identity. The Mayor asked if any delega- tions or spokesman wished ta ad- dress Council. Rev. J. E. Grif- fith presented a formai request that Council notify the Secretamy, Ministerial Ass'n, if and when any word was eceived from the au- thorities egarding liquor depat. No others spoke and the request was granted. Rev. Griffith and Rev. Carman Lynn then etired priar ta conclusion of general business. Finance Chairman Nicholas pre- sented current bills o! $1823.69, appmoved for payment. Letter from OIC H.M.C.S. Baw- <Continued on page 7) Excellent Reports Presented At Navy League Meeting Excellent reports o! the second year o! operatian were heard at the annual meeting o! the Navy League committee for Bowmain. ville and district held at their headquartems, Tuesday evening. Chairman Dr. W. Tennant pre- sided with 17 members present. Minutes and communications weme read by Secetary D. R. Morrison. The chairman in making a re- part for the variaus ladies' com- mittees, which had held a very successful bazaar and sale o! home caoking on March 3, at the Navy League raams, complimented the ladieson their fine efforts, $125.00 being realized. Mrs. Jna. Braugh, Mrs. F. Payne and Miss Helen Williams o! the Business Girls Auxiliary were in charge o! thei sale o! aprons, knitted articles, etc., and Mrs. W. Tennant, Mrs. C. Aharan and Miss E. Painton in charge o! the sale o! home cook- ing. Annual reports were the next item o! business. Miss Isobel Davis, Chairman o! Comfortsi Committee, presented a fine re-] part: 456 articles had been knîttedi by workers in the district, total . value $5 18.75. O! these 335 had1 been sent ta Ontario Headquar-] ters, 86 ta H.M.C.S. Bowmanvilleq and 38 ta individual sailors, 30 in ditty bags packed by the cam-i mittee. Headquartems had sup-j .7plied nearly 200 more knittedj W articles so that a tatal a! 280com-q forts had been sent ta H.M.C.S.1 Bowmanville. Miss Davis express- ed the thanks o! hem committee ta ail who had knitted articles. She also mentioned the fine work by the ladies who staffed the maams,î especially Mrs. W. Tennant and1 Mrs. C. Aharan. Two o! the regu- lar staff, Mrs. R. Davis and Mrs.1 L. J. C. Langs, had moved away during the year and two, Miss Davis and Mrs. J. E. Habbs, had taken business positions but the1 wark had gone on. Six new mem- bers, Mrs. H. Suttan, Miss M. Bounsali, Mrs. A. D. Wheeler, Miss4 E. Painton, Mrs. C. Papineau and1 Mrs. W. A. Edgem, had done exce]ç Ient wark.1 ~.addition ta knitted articlesc 36 quilts ànd ane afghan had been( donated and niàfibn i -fuma, feits,1 clothing for survltVors' bundies,à etc., had been ecelvèd. Miss1 Davis thanked ail those vwha hadt ¶ cantributed especially the vàriousi Women's Institutes and other or-t ganizatians who had contributed1 knitted articles and quiits. E Mrs. J. E. Hobbs, Ditty Bagà Cammittee, thanked citizens who' had packed and pesented bags in t the fali as well as those who hadi contibuted maney for this pur-1 pase. A total a! 291 ditty bags had been the contribution. 1 Mrs. Habbs aiso reported asr chairman o! the Dance Commit- tee. Four dancés had raised $347.f26. She feit that the fine me- sûlXs "ere due ta S. Little, Jno. Brough and Dr. W. Tennant. The Magazine Committee report was made by Chairman D. A. Mc- Gregor. Following articles had been sent in ta headquarters: 7238 magazines, 200 books, 120 packs o! playing cards, 100 records And 30 miscellaneous games and ot.her articles. Treasumer E. L. Oliver pxtégent- ed a- vemy fine financial -réport. Committee objective had been set at $1500.00 and although no can- vass had been made for donations this net total had almost been reached. Receipts tataied $1928.23, made up o! $1539.19 in donations and $389.04 fram other sources. Expenses were $480.57, the chie! item a! which was $277.23 for the purchase o! woal for knitters. Tatal net proceeds from the year's aperations were $1447.66. This completed the year's busi- ness and Chairman Tennant cam- plimented ail the conximittees for their fine work and loyral support. He was in turn commended for his fine leadership. As this. com- pleted the year's business the chairman called for election of officers and asked Jna. Bmough ta report for the Nominating Com- mittee. This committee feit that no changes should be made, except in the case a! the treasurer, E. L. Oliver, wishing ta resign. These officers weme elected: Chaimman-Dr. W. Tennant; Vice Chairman - Miss Isabelle Davis; Secretary-D. R. Marrison; Trea- surer-D. A. McGregor. New business included the appointment of a committee compased o! D. R. Morrison, Miss I. Davis, Mrs. A. D. Wheeier, Mrs. C. Aharan and D. A. McGregor ta meet the town cammittee me supplies for H.M.C.S. Bowmanviile, as requested by council. Mr. B. S. Cannem, representing Ontario Headquartems of the Navy League, expressed the thanks o! Headquarters for the wonderful work done by the Bawmanville cammittee in the two years o! aperation. Contributions o! coim- forts and magazines were goad and contributions a! maney among the best in the province, consid- ering size o! the lacality. He went on ta speak a! the wark o! the Navy League for the sailars; 140,000 Canadian boys were on the seas and about 750,000 seamen o! Allied nations caiied at aur parts. These ail had to be camed for by the Navy League o! Canada. This was a real chiallenge toi Canada. He asked for the cantinued sup- port and hard wark o! ahl mem- bers o! the Bowmanviile com- mittee. Lieut. G. F. Downham, M.C., Badly Wounded Us Invalided Home Many Bowmanville people will note with interest that among thE wounded servicemen returning an the hospital shop Letitia, last weel was Lieut. George F. Downham. M.C., of Strathroy. Lieut. Downham is the only sor of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Down- ham of Strathroy and has, an sev- eral occasions, been employed at the- Bowmanville branch of the H. C. Downham Nursery Ca., Ltd. He gave up his college career at the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, Guelph, in 1940, ta enlist with the Kent Regiment. He re- ceived his commission at Brack- ville at the same time as Majoar Bill James of Bawmanville and~ trained at Camp Borden with the Armaured Corps. After gaing averseas, Lieut. Downham was posted ta the Perthi Regiment <Recce.) and served in Italy during 1943 and 1944. In a brimlant night attack an the vil- lage of Coriano hie led his platoon ta its objective and for outstand- ing gallantry in this action, was awarded the Military Cross. He was severely wounded and after several manths in haspital in Italy and England has finally been in- valided home ta Canada. His many Bawmanville friends trust that hie may have a speedy recavery. R. Downey Reported KiIIed Un Holland According ta information re- ceived by long distance telephone, Mrs. Russell Hobbs, Bowmanville, was made aware af thy death ini action of her nephew, Russell Downey, fighting with the Cana. dian Army in Holland. Very few particulars could be gathered cancerning thîs former Bawmanville boy. He was born ini Bowmanville, son fl fHector Downey and the late Mrs. Downey and was 32 years of age. He leaves a widow and one daughter, resîdent in Oakville, besides his father, three sisters and one bro- ther. Educated at local schaols, Rus- sell Downey, priar ta the war was employed at Gaît and Oakviile and his father is presently employ- ed at a rubber plant in Oakville. Other relatives in Bowmanville include Mrs. E. Brummel and Fred and 'Happy' Hobbs. It is hoped that further particulars will become available for future publication. Bowmanville Dairy Now Operated By Murreil Bros. The Bawmanville Dairy chang- ed hands an March 1, when the new awners, M. C. and C. E. Mur- rell taak over plant, equipment and goodwill from the former owner, Mrs. W. H. Betties. The firm name wili continue as Bow- inanville Dairy under the part- nership known as Murreil Brothers. The business was originally established by the late W. H. Betties and for the past 9 years has been carried on by Mrs. Bettles, with the assistance dur- ing the past twa years of her :Iaughter, Miss Betty Bettles. With a background of business and farming, including a dairy herd, the new awners have every assurance of cantinuing success in operating Bawmanville Dairy Jvhich has expanded cansiderably in recent years as a thriving, go- .ng cancern. M. C. Murreil farmerly aperat- eda garage and service station in Toranto for 8 years and was later identified with the DeHaviland Aircraft'tk1_ wartime production. C. E. Mûrrell canducted farming operatians at Newmarket, Ont., is married with a family of three children, two boys and one girl. A new môdern plant af Bow- xianville Dairy was erected on King St. East in the spring of 1943, wlth camplete pasteurizatian equipment and later modemn ma- chinery was imparted fram, the UJ.S.A. Besides daily panel-truck delivery ta householders and bus- iness places, there are retail shaps both at the plant and uptawn op- posite the Hydro Shop. Murreli Bras, plan extensive ai- teratians and redecaratian of the uptown retail shap where supplies of milk, cream, butter and eggs, together with soft drinks, cigar- ettes, ice cream, chacalate bars, Modern X-Ray Equipment Donated to Local Hospital Highlight of Aunual Meeting The annual meeting o! the Bow. manville Hospital Associatior was held Friday evening and wai in charge of President Dr. Williamr Tennant. General business includ- ed the reading o! reports, includ- ing the financial statement pre- sented by Sec'y-Tmeas. Stuart R. James. These reports appear in full in another column. Minor changes in the constitution werE approved in canfommity with thE type suggested by the provincial association. The fiscal year ending has been changed from November ta De- cember 3lst, with regular monthly meetings scheduled for the 2nd Friday in each month. Regret was expmessed that district municipal cauncils did not respand in ap- pointing individuai representa- tives ta the board. The invitations wiil again be extended for the cur- ment year. Plans will be continued at subsequent meetings in the drive for memberships. The sec- metamy was instructed ta write a letter a! appreciatian ta Gea. W. James for the very effective in- terest he jhxas taken in behaif o! the hospital fund. President Tennant in a short ad- dmess thanked the officers, the members and the Women's Aux- iliar'ý, particuiarly for the loyal and generaus support freeiy given during the past year and solicited continued interest and wark in support a! the executive for 1945. Announcement was m a d e that Mrs. George W. McLaughlin o! Oshawa, has te ndered financial assistance ta the extent o! $3,500.00 for the installation o! camplete, modemn X-Ray equip- ment with appropriate room and furnishings for its accommodation in the Bowmanvîlle hospital. When the information was placed before the meeting there was in- stant and proianged applause- for the generous gift o! equipment long needed. For the past year or more the of- ficers o! the hospital have en- deavored ta attract memberships from town and district with the abject o! raising funds for a new haspital building or extensions ta the present building and for modemn equipment. The general response has been discouraging and when Mrs. McLaughlin's fine gesture was made known theme was an immediate lift in the spirits o! ail present. The information concerning the gift was made knoWn ta the meet- ing by Gea. W. James who said he had been informed by phone the evening before a! the extent and terms o! the handsome gift. Further arrangements will be car- ried on directly with the execu- tive o! the hospitai. Mr. James went an ta tell o! his personal friendship with the late George W. McLaughlin and o! his gener- Fit. Lieut. A. Lambros Home On Leave Flight Lieut. Andrew Lambros returned ta Bowmanviile late Tuesday evening for a short visit with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Laskanis, prior ta go- ing on ta Wiarton ta visit his father, Pete Lambros, former pro- prietam o! the Olympia Cafe. An- drew, now 26, and his brother, Ted, naw 23, joined the R.C.A.F. in 1940 and bath have completed tours o! duty averseas with the R.C.A.F. Andmew is home on 30 days leave and Ted is expected back shortly on similar home leave. Bath have been pilots o! fast planes in almast constant action against the enemy in Europe. Andrew was with the Typhoon Fighter-Bomber squadron a n d Ted is wlth the Reconnaissance Gmoup flying the speedy Mustangs. In both branches the flying has been generally low-level, danger- aus operations, and aIthough fre- quently shot up with fiak, neither o! the boys have been waunded or brought down. Andrew, a husky, 6-foot man a! stumdy build, recails the days when he went ta school here but has !aund few old schoolmates le!t heme. He finds the tawn much the saine, about the only change being the tra!fic lights. He is stili single but Ted was married in England. Attached ta the same service, the Typhoons, as Sandy Colville, he had many talks with him be- fore Sandy was killed in actian. One o! his first visits in town was at the home o! Sandy's mother, Mrs. Alex Colville, ta whom he braught word o! the great esteem in which Sandy was held and the great loss experienced by his cammades in his death. There was nat much news that Andrew cauld release on account a! secumity reasons but his opinion is that the wam is nearing its close and once the allies on the west link up with the Russians, *ous benefactians ta worthy causes in his native Darlington. s He recailed that Mm. McLaugh- lin had been an original can- tributar ta the fund for erection o! the nurses' residence and short- ly before his death had forwarded a check ta the speaker in the amount o! $5,000.00 for the Bow- 1manville hospital building 'fund. rLoyal ta the Tyrane district where he was homn, and ta Enniskillen, where the first McLaughlin fac- 1tory was located, he had purchas- ed and extended the original Mc- 1Laughlin farmstead as McLaugh- lin Famms, and he had contrîbuted with an open purse ta the church, Lschool and community centre at Enniskillen. Recognizing that Bowmanviiie hospital was an institution semving adjacent townships and the citi- zens o! the district where he had spent his youth, the late George 1W. McLaughiin had conceived it a duty ta support this most worthy cause. And now Mrs. McLaugh- Llin, a former Tyrone girl, has sought most worthily ta carry on the family tradition. Mr. James recalled as weil that a former Enniskillen girl, now Mrs. (Dr.) L. B. Williams, To- onta, had also handed him a check for the hospital in the amount o! $5,000.00. The hospi- Ltai association and the entire com- 1munity owes much ta these former Lcitizens for the generaus leader- .ship and support given in their >gifts. The speaker concluded with Lpraise for the very able reports 1submitted by the superintendent, 1Miss Lumby, and the president o! the Women's Auxiliary, Mrs. A. R. Virgin. He expressed the hope 1that a more widespread support Lwauld be given by citizens gen- Semaily ta the cause which has been 1sa nobly advanced by former citi- zens.I Election a! board members for the current year hrought some 14 nominations, including severai from among the 24 present at the meeting and ather unavoidabiy absent. After the ballating the board was constituted as follows: Women's Auxiiary-Mrs. Loerne T. McLaughiin and Mrs. A. R. Virgin; Medical Representative- Dr. C. W. Sleman; Counties Rep- resentative - Deputy Reeve A. W. G. Narthcutt; Town Represent- atives - John Brough, Wm. A. Allin, Rev. J. E. Griffith, Dr. Wm. Tennant, Charles Carter, Jr., and R. L., Mitchell. At the egular monthly meet- ing o! the directarate, Friday eve- ning, the names o! twa other di- rectors will be annaunced, one ta be a lady, making a epresentatian o! three on the Women's Auxili- amy, and the other ta be the Town Counil representative. The busi- ness will include electin o! presi- sent, sec'y-treas., and the variaus committees for the year. Hitler will be completely finished. At the end o! 30 days he reports ta an eastenn centre for further duty. Music Exam Resuts The foliawing is a list o! suc- cessful candidates in examina- tions held recently by the Toronto Consemvatory o! Music in Baw- manville. The names are arrang- ed in order a! menit. PIANO Associateship (A. T. C. M.), Teacher's: Pass-Ruby M. Griffin. Grade VIII: Pass-June AlIchin. Grade VI: Pass-Wilma Riffh- ards. Grade IV: First Class Honours- Tanya Goddard; Honours-Patsy A. Smith; Janet McGregor; Pass- Keith Shackleton. Grade III: First Class Honours- Shirley Marris; Honours - Joyce Bragg; Max Lycett; Catherine Campbell; Myra Cooper; Pass - Patricia Cale; Helen Maguime, Eileen Spicer (equal); Janey Ma- guire; Joan Wright. Grade II: First Class Hanours- Kenneth Brooks; Honours-Betty Gil son; Marie A. Jeffrey, Shirley Pollock (equal); Donald Snider; Beverley Frank; Dorothy Hockin; Marilyn Spicer. Grade 1: First Class Honurs- Jean Bragg; Honaurs - Donald Cramp; Pass - Hazel Webber. ORGAN Grade VI: First Ciass Honours Ileen Balsan. SINGING Grade IX: Honours.-wendo- lyn Brooks. Grade VI: Farst Class Hanours -Doris Stevens. Grade IV: Honoums - Loryne White. Three bload danations are me- quimed ta make one battie o! dried biood serum, according ta, infor- mation from the Canadian Red Cross. Nine donations are me- quired ta give a wounded man a chance ta live. Ten donations ap- praximately equai the amount o! bîood in the human body. Tpr. Thomas B. BirdCrs nanuarn Dies Resuit of Red CosCmag liness Overseas £ Mr. and Mrs. Rager Bird, Baw- Ainneals for GreaterSupr manville, have been advised that -Su p r their son, Tpr. Thomas B. Bird, lies dangerously ili in an English An objective af $9.000 has been Buttery, Mrs. W. Jahnston, Mrs. hospital. On March 1, thraugh a set far the Red Crass drive in R. E. Dinniwell, Mrs. R. Cotton, cause undisclosed at the moment, Bawmanville a nd Darlington Mrs. W. S. Staples, Mrs. J. Coyle, hie was taken ta hospital with a township, which runis from March Mrs. W. J. E. Ormiston, Miss M. ruptured kidney, and further news 12 ta March 31. The names af Allin, Mrs. G. Rice, Miss H. W. is awaited as ta his canditian. the afficers and canvassers for the Cryderman, Mrs. R. L. Mitchell, Tammy Bird, one of three bra- drive appear below and meetings Mrs. C. H. Mason, Miss M. Bell- thers in the Canadian army, was held ta date assure that every ef- man, Miss E. Paintan, Mrs. E. C. with the 2 C.A.C.R.U. serving in fart will be made promptly ta Sauthey, Mrs. A. D. Wheeler, Mrs. Éngland. Pte. Robert Bird, a sig- meet the objective. C. W. Bagneli, Mr. W. O. Souch. naller with the Stormont, Dun- During the course of the war, The people af the Dominion das and Glengarry Highlanders, readers of The Statesman cannot were urged ta support ta their ut- was wounded in France in July, have failed ta become impressed most the national appeal of the 1944, and is naw in an English with the letters published from Canadian Red Crass for $10,000,- hospital. Fît. Sgt. Gerald R. Bird the boys and girls overseas and 000 which takes place durîng the is an active duty flying with the their particular insistence on the month of March, by Norman C. R.C.A.F. great work af the Canadian Red Urquhart, Chairman of the Na- An uncle, Gnr. Edward D. Bird, Cross. Particularly is this praise tianal Executive committee, in a is serving averseas in the Records accarded by those who have been statement issued recently. Office, London, England. Robert prisoners of war. They tell that "This year the responsibilities Rogers Bird, father o! the above Red Cross parcels have literally af the Red Cross have increased, three sans, is a veteran of Warid saved thousands af lives for many for in addition ta pmoviding the War I, and is presently employed would have died on the meagre vital services Lor aur prisoners of in the war effort at Ajax, and has prisaner of war diet. war and waunded, we have been for same years been Division The underlying tone in ail calied upan ta bring aid ta the Court Clerk at Bowmanville. these letters has been praise for destitute peoples of the iiberated As we go ta press we iearn that the people at home wha have nations," he said. a telegram has been received an- rallied ta the Red Crass cause with The Canadian Red Cross direct nouncing his death. money, food and comforts, which contributions ta prisaners af war they frankly state has done so food parcels wiil be $5,020,000, but much ta sustain morale amang ail the society will pack parcels to Talented Musician the services. If we pause for a the value of $15,000,000 for Bri- moment in aur daily tasks, again tish, Australian and Allied prison- Wins cholashipAt we can hear their silent appeal ta ers, for which the Red Cross will Conservatory of Music sustain the Red Cross in the final be reimbursed, hie said. 1 drive far victory. "An important factor in this ap- Master Ray Dudley, 13 years aid Ta this appeal the foilowing peal," the chairman stated, "is the and a student in First Formn High people have dedicated their time provision a! urgently-needed re- School, is ta be congratulated on and patriatic enthusiasm. Let us lief for the liberated nations. At his high honour standing in ail support them ta the limit: Presi- the request of the Dominion Gov- classes at the Kiwanis Music Fes- dent - Major Joe O'Neill, M.C.; ernment, the Red Cross has under- tival held in Eaton Auditorium, Chairman af Canvass - J. J. taken ta raise the amount requir- Old St. Andrew's and Y.W.C.A., Brawn; Publicity Chairman - ed by the budgets of the national Toronta. Robt. Cochrane; Treasurer - Ray war charities representîng eleven In the Beethoven Sonata class, Diliing; Secretary - Miss Helen countries. The Canadian United boys 21 yrs. and under, Ray ab- Cryderman. List of canvassers, Allied Relief Fund is collaborating tained 2nd place with 87 marks, main street business places: Lions with the saciety in the raising of In Bach, 15 yrs. and under cîass Club, Aubrey Smith, Alex Mc- the $8,000,000 needed for this pur- and in 17 yrs. and under, Ray- Gregor; Rotary Club, Charles pose." won 3rd place with 85 marks. Max Carter, Sr., Gea. W. Cawker. As a part 0f its rehabilitation Pirami was adjudicator. Donations may be left with S. R. plans for the wounded, the Red Ray alsa won a conservatory James, the Banks, the Drug Stores Cross is canstructîng and will op- scholarship this year and is con- and the Public Library. erate lodges at the military hos- tinuing his studies with Madame List of canvassers: Mrs. G. pitals in Canada, where patients Lubka-Kolessa. Chase, Mrs. F. Patton, Miss F. can meet their relatives in pleas- Miss Louise Pearce, anather Jewell, Mrs. S. McMurter, Mrs. L. ant surroundings away from the local contestant, also received Aluin, Mrs. L. Goulah, Mrs. L. institutions, Mr. Urquhart said. first ciass honour marks. In the Kellett, Mrs. L. S. Dumas, Mrs. P. Some of the iadges are now under open soprano solo class, out of 41 Cawan, Mrs. E. Gibbs, Mrs. E. construction. contestants, Miss Pearce obtained Crâwford, Mrs. A. Edger, Miss F. "We must also continue supply- 4th place with 84 marks and in Werry, Miss L. Osborne, Mrs. J. J. ing the haspitals with surgical the class 21 yrs. and under, with Brown, Mrs. T. Hamilton, Mrs. J. dressings and comforts for the 55 contestants, again received 84 Nichais, Mrs. A. Hait, Mrs. G. waunded as well as for the able- marks and 3md place. Louise is Bonnycastie, Mrs. L. T. McLaugh- bodied men in the field," he a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rosa lin, Mrs. T. W. Cawker, Mrs. W. added. "This branch of the work Pearce, Ebenezer. R. Strike, Mrs. W. H. Birks, Mrs. will require $5,830,000 and an ad- Adjudicators for the festival V. H. Storey, Miss A. Christie, ditianal $1,000,000 is needed ta were: J. Frederic Stanton, Mus. Mrs. Smale, Mrs. A. Cale, Mrs. T. maintain the blood donor clinics." Doc., F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M., Brook -_______ ________________ side, Chesterfield, Eng.; Dr. Ern- esto Vinci, Principal of HalifaxRo Conservatory of Music, Halifax, ofS. MusicxUnivri ofWeser oarians Subjected to Quiz Nof MuicndixePraitrofWessr Ontario, London, Ont. T II r Lfr . v , ,n s' I"s what we f ight for after the To ch n W reA nAII veAII war that can make fighting the war itself worthwhîle. Past Prsien DveMrion in the North Pacific? The logîcal P#,-- inrqvvnr xuavq orr--an, SI L Stinson D.F.C. KiIUed Un Action Sqdn. Ldr. Harold K. Stinson was reported killed in action, Feb. lst, while returning from a night raid on Ludwigsfaven, Germany. Sqdn. Ldr. Stinson was born at Janetville, Jan. 13, 1922, and me- ceived his education at Lindsay Callegiate Institute. He eniisted in the R.C.A.F., November, 1940, Sqdn. Ldr. Harold K. Stinson and went overseas in November, 1941. He was awarded the D.F.C. in May, 1943. He and his navi- gatar, F0 Donald Mclulan af Orangevilie, were bumied in the Regional Canadian Cemetery at Harrogate, England. The deceased airman is survived by his mather, Mrs. T. A. Stinsan, Windsor, two brothers and one sister, Arnold W., a patient at Sussex Sanatorium, Windsor, who was an announcer at CKLW, Windsor, Lieut. Fmederick T. R.C. N.V.R., serving with the Canadian Navy, and Marguerite, a nurse in training at Toronto General Ras- pital. Sqdn. Ldr. Stinson was a nephew a! Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Wiilan, Bowmanville. Chnairman, Current Eventi mittee o! the local Rotai wa.5 key man at Friday's hu in the Balmoral hotel. As. with him at the head tab' committee members, C. G. Forbes Heyland and Ted man. The plan o! the p was that slips containing qt on curent events were dist amang members at thei and they were read in su( with the answers suppi cammittee members. In cE feul down in replies, fine ta be assessed. But the p tory coaching was s0 well ed that fines were absent piementary opinions wer piied by members generall Forbes Heyland intraduc vener Dave, who, he said, been born and educated he a charter Rotarian, an acti, ticipant in the affairs o! t] Cross and the Navy LeaguE ented musician whoses were indispensable ta the technicai expert in the greatest industry, a man time was absorbed in a b in the interests o! the entir munity and whose knawlec reading fitted him admir, Chairman o! the Curent cammittee. The questions presentec concerned with present anc events touching on worlc lems rather than on domes cammunity affairs. Questi 1, asked what was the bE invitation ta the caming Security Organization. TI swer which went uncha was that ail allîed nations could be joined by al neutrals which had declar on the Axis pawers on or March 1, 1945. Such, for ii as Symia, Egypt and Tunlk Wheme was the con!erenc held? This had no hefty reservatians since ail, appý weme aware that the pis San Francisco, Calif., th~ April 25, 1945. Coached b committee member, the an! to how fan Tokyo was frai gon î a or some ather sp( esc aped the hearing o! the er, was readily supplied. weme invasion tmoops o! the 50 bent on paying such price ta occupy obscure ts Com- anwerwa o seLu b eU air bases tyclub dloser ta the homeland o! Japan ry and also menace their seabomne unchean tmaffic. ;sociated Members were challenged ta de- le weme fine what weme flat tops and battle Morris, wagons and what were their re- spective values. This did nat faze d Flax- the well informed. The answer program was that lttp eearrf [uetios crrirsand their function was to ;tibuted carry fighter and bomber planes taleso for bath attack and defence in ocsinlanding invasion troaps, in active- ied by ly caking part in naval engage- ase they ments and in escue wamk. Battie es were wagons were none other than mrepama- battleships whose power was vital arrang- toalal seabamne engagements, the t.Sup- protection o! invasion armadas *e sup- and reduction a! enemy land forti- [y. fications. When properiy escart- ed con- ed they have de!initeiy proved ,having their worth. me, was ive par- There was slight hesitancy, in the Red the absence o! maps, as ta where e, a tal- was Corregidor and what was its services strategic value. But the right club, a answer came thraugh that it was town's a strong fortress guarding Manîla whose Bay. Sa long as it was held no .à if h!e pposing farce cauld send ships re com- o! any character ta the docks o! dge and Manila city. Corregidor was -abiy as captumed by the Japs early in Events 1942 and has anly lately been re- taken by the U.S.A. oi weme To the query as ta why San cifuture Francisco was chasen for the im- d prab- minent warld canference, the tic and opinion was because a! its central ion No. worid position, especially with the asis for view of accammodating Russia SWanld which is stili nominally at peace 'he an- with Japan. The confemence opens iilenged April 25, and on the day preced- at war ing is the deadline o! expiry a! present the Russo-Jap non-aggression *ed war tmeaty. It is hoped Russia wiil re- rbefore fuse ta renew and thus strength- instance en delibemationz of the conference. :ey. Lau Dippel posed one not an ce ta be the agenda. Which would yieid mental greater results, the capture a! the )arentîy, Ruhr or Saxony? Ted Marris hit ice was it right when he said the Ruhr e date was the heart o! industnial Gem- >y some many and wouid have by fan the iswem as more crippling e!fect. There was in Pata- unanimity that the mast necessary at that ingredient for success at the San repart- Francisco Conference, was univer- Why sal unity. The quiz closed with eU.S.A. the opinion that Argentina wauld, a high according ta present indications, Islands (Contlnued on page 7) j, w h With Which Are Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News 1 1 t 1 -,qua, mmi zbx i'ý VOLUME 91 BOWMANVILLE, ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 8th, 1945NMER1 RýED CROSS DRIVE OPENS MONDAI.. QUOTA SOED