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('NRSDYMAY lot, 1941 =9 ECANADIAIiSTATESMAN, no0WMqVnzJC, ONTMO PAGE TfIE Thlnk of the Urne we spend I Sound men produce sound 4getting out of things we nev-er stems. No syster nlx Itzeif1 ubould have gotten into. 1 duces a sounid mani. sy- pro- BOWIT1RflUILLE flURSERY 4LARMOUR (Prop.) -4 ST. GEORGE STEET BOWMANVILLE, ONT. Phone 442 for your flower gardon and vegetable garden. ere 18 a limited arnount of sme varieties ]Place your order early and make sure. There was a lot cf disappointrnents last year through ordering toc late. - No advance i prices BOX PLANTS FLOWERS Alyssurn, White Alyssum, Violet Ageratum, Blue Aster, Heart cf France A&ster, White Aster, Pinik Aster, Purpie Aster, Mixed .Balsar Carnations, Mixed Celouia, Mixed '.ýalendula Cornflower, Mixed Cleome Cosmos, Mixed Daisies, English Dahlias, Dwarf, Mixed Gailardia Larkspur, Mixed Lobelia, Blue Nierenibergia, Blue Paxisies, Mixed Giants Petuxila, Double, Mixed Petunia, Rosy Morn Petunia, Blue 4 Petunia, Ruffled, Mixed Petuxila, White Petunia, Giants cf California, Mixed Petunia, Red Petunia, Mixed Pinks, Mixed Phlox, Drunurondii, Mixed Portulaca, Double, Mixed Rudbeckia Salvia Bweet Peas, Mixed Scab:ý,sa, Mixed Stocks, Double, Mixed Karigold, Harrnony (French) Snapdragon, Giants, Marigold, Spry <French) Strawflower, Mixed Marigold, African Sohizanthus, Mixed Marigold, Marnmoth Mum Tagetes Mimulus, Mixed Verbena, Mixed Nasturtiuxn, Mixed Zinnias, Giant Dahlii Nemesia, Mixed Flowered, Mixed Nioctiana, White Zinnias, Dwarf, Mi»e VEGETABLES Early Cabbage latp Cabbage Savoys 4 Brusselsprouts Tomatoes Mixed d, ed Cauliflower Head Lettuce Sweet Peppers Hot Peppers Onions, Sweet Spanish Perennials - Brubg. Vines -Trees -Etc. OUT TRIS OUT FOR -FUTURE REFERENCY ThÇ,ee tSuits Set The. Style -'I See these style flattering Suits that aré creating fashion sensations across the Country. Large variety of styles, aises and colours to choose frorn. Substantialy reduced to budget savinga. FROM $12.50 TO $45-00 GIVE HOSIEY FOR MOTHECRS DAY An amazing belection of Hosiery - just the ideal thing for *ther'a Day. Choose from rayon, silk or nylon. FROM 40Ç TO $189 Cmich, Johoston & Cryderman BOX 185 Planta The Newcastle'Independent Phone: Clarke 3314 At a meeting o! Newcastle Base- baIl Club belci in the Community Hall these officers were chosen ta guide the destinies o! the club for the 1947 season: Hon. presidents, Dr. J. A. Butler, J. A. Smith, Earl Walton; president, Reeve George Walton; lst vice, Tom Brown; 2nd vice, Douglas Walton; secretary- treasurer, Cecil Carveth; direc- tors, P. McMullen, Victor Garrod, George Graham, H. T. Manes, Garnet Porter, Gardon Gray, Al- fred Gray, Karl Weyrich. The club intenci to enter a team in the Intermediate Lakeshore League, andi will endeavor to get a tcam in the local league o! Orono, Be- thany, etc. I I PUE PRE BLIC SCHOOL ÉUPILS ,SENT FINE CONCERT The auditorium o! the New- castle Community Hall was filleci on Thursday cvcning, Apnil 24th, ta wîtniess the concert by pupils o! Newcastle Public School. The program was under the direction o! Mr. Neil Stewart, Music Super- visor, and consisteci of sangs and dances by pupils o! the Junior room, Mrs. W. Joncs, teacher, and Intermediate room, Miss Hattie Mason, teacher, and an operetta enfifled "Unden the Greenwood Tree" by cast of pupils from the Senior noom, F. McMullen, teach- er and principal o! the school. 1AIl the pupils participating wenf fhrough their numbers with- out a flaw and brought round a!- ter round of applause. They werc ail sa excellent that if would lic impossible f0 single out a single chorus on dance for special men- tion. The operetta prcsented by the pupils of the Senior room was based on the story o! Robin Hood in the fime o! King Richard o! England. If was also excellently acted, the costumes and scenery being.typical o! the time. The principal members o! the casf who g ave such a splendid inten- pref6 tiono! thein parts were: Ro- bin Hood, Jack Allin; Allen A. Dale, Kcith Aiken; Friar Tuck, Kelth Mellow; Catherine, Cather- in Dwne;Dame Dale, Vivian t Spencer, WilI Scarlet, Patrick il he iss .e. to, ir- .n- ck n y :n to ig id i[t id ly ig s n, Miss Kathleen Toms spent thi weekend in Toronto with Mis June Heath of St. Lambert, Que Miss Doris Allin, Toronto spent the weekend with her parý ents, Mr. and Mrs. Irwln Aluin. Alfredi Alldread, young son o Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Alldread, un. derwent an operation in the Sicý Children's Hospital, Toronto, an,- is getting along fine. Mr. andi Mrs. Cecil Fergusor spent Sunday in Oshawa. Her many friends will be sorry to learn that Mrs. Frank Gibsor was rcmoved by ambulance tc Oshawa Hospital on Tucsday. Haroldi Hochen met with a pain- ful accident on Saturday morning while at work at the East End Garage. He had accidcntally spill some gasoline on his overali and while attending a bonfire bis lo- thing igniteci and he was severely burned before it coulci be extin- guished. Don't forget to look in "Coming Events" re dance under auspices of Newcastle Girls' Softball Team, Friday, May 2nd. Misà Margaret Grice who has been boarding with Mr. and Mrs. George Crowther and working at Weyrich's factory is now working at the Goodyear whcre she was formerly employed. On Wednesday evening, April 23, the Carling conservation col- ored moving pictures were shown at the Community Hall under au- spices of Durham Sportsmen's As- sociation. There was a good at- tendance to enioy these outstand- ing pictures, which consisted o: one film on conservation of game; one filmn showing pic tures of High- over Marshes, and a film on Tar- pon Fishing. Congratulations to Mrs. Harold :Carr (the former Miss Virginia Cooke) whose Rhythm Band of PoTrt Credit, publie school have won for the second yéar in suc- cession first prize in the open class in the Peel County Musical Festival. Ex-Warden Cecil Carvcth hs certainly bringing a lot of plea- sure and recreation by the show- ing of bis outstanding coloreci mo- ving picture films. On Monday night he showed them at Newton- ville, Tuesday he was at Orono, Wednesday the Bicycle Club at Bowmanville wcre privileged to sec the pictures; Thursday he contributcd to the program of Kendal Y.P.U. and on Friday hie is on the program of Shaw's Home and School. On Wednesday evcning, April 23, Mrs. Richard Anderson was hostess ta the members of St. Georgc's Church Evening Auxil- iary at the home o! Mrs. Stella Anderson. There wcrc 18 mem- bers present. President, Mrs. Douglas Dewdncy prcsided and the principal business before the meeting was the discussion of plans for the epring tea when the articles for the bale would be on display. The Auxiliary -wclcom- cd a new .mçmbcr, Mrs. Cecil Wallace. Refreshmcnts w e r c servcd_ by the hostess. Y.P.U. met April 21 with the Christian Fcllowship Convener in charge of devotional period. Af- ter tIhè business period President Glenn Allin led in recreation. Y. P.U. met April 28 for their clos-' ing meeting until faîl. After a short business perioci, the wor- ship period. was taken by Chris- tian Culture Convener Kathleeni Toms. She was assisted by Ross Prout andi Donald Jose. Those taking part in the program werc Claire Allin who played piano solos; Betty Allin wbo gave hum- orous readings, and Glenn Allun who sang vocal solos. Aftcr a perioci of contests and games, re- freshmcnts consîsting of pancakes, syrup and coffec were servcd cafeteria style. YOUR EUES ( (vON. Oshaa, Pono 151.O (No. 12) Failure ta observe nature's war- nings lowers, aur efficiency andi increases handicaps. AU are so closely linked'that our failure lin the anc will lower the effective- ness o! the others. In aur dufy o! the eyes o! this generation we are given a glimpse o! the future gen- eration and we cannot fail ta sec that a responsibîlity, a duty rests upon each individual ta assisf i,,i the care, in the conservation, o! the vision o! those in aur charge, that we may be alive ta the neces- sity o! assistance demanded by the strain exacteci by industrial evo- lution. The eyes o! the coming generation will bave a more exact- ing demanci upon them than the eyes o! today and 1 believe that demand will be greater ti com- parisan wifb' today than t6day compared ta the past. The exaction o! civilizaflan'and modemn industrial evalution is an exacting strain mare înfensely at close range andi to properly cape. with its problems o! correction and rebabilitation wc sbould con- sider every means o! retaining normal vision andi in conscrving that wc now possess. In the in- terest o! public bealth andi wci- fare we slkvuld keep alive ta thoughts of maintaining and irn- proving our cyesight. (To be coxtinud) Champion Grower Tells How Ne Made Record 678 bu. Acre ches wide at the centre, of the hUis, Odd. weeds appeared and 1 eut them off with a hook. In this way, no sets were disturbed. lI harvesting Uic potatoes 1 found no scabby or rough ones. The largest of them, some weigh- ing from 2 % to 3 % poundi were uscd and were found to be good cuality. I sold 150 bags of large ones to the 'Fish and Chip" i Peterboro.- The buyer told me there weren't 3 per cent of them hollow and the quality was excel- lent. The remainder of the sale- able potatoes went to customers. In conclus!i«on I might summar- ize as follows: (a) Total amount of 4-8-10 fer- tilizer, 1,100 lbs., plus 200 lbs. of muriate o! potasb. (b) Total manure, 12 tons -per acre. (c) Total yicld, 679 bushels per acre. It is my candid opinion that the Fîve Hundred Bushel Club has stimulateci many o! our growers to lowcr their costs by growing a much higher yield per acre than was thought possible a fcw years ago. ----nvill Mr. andi Mrs. Ray Burley, Ncw- tonville, with Mr. and Mrs. Clar- ence Burley. Mr. and Mrs. Sid Hallowell, Helen and Gerald, baci tea with Mr. and Mrs. Wes Stringer Wed- nesday nîgbt. Miss Lura Edwards and Miss Georgina, Sarnia, visited at Mr. J. J. Stninger's. Miss Beulah Hallowell and Mr. Wilfred Walker, Toronto, with Mr. andi Mrs. Sici Hallowell. Cowanville school bas been closeci wbile their teacher bas been sick with the flu. Helen andi Gerald Hallowcll had a birthday party on Saturday bav- ing with them a number of their school chums and playmates. Miss Ellen Ramsbottom, Bow- manville, with Mr. andi Mrs. J. J. Stringer. About one bundred friends ga- thereci at the home o! Mr. and Mrs. Edigar Prescott, Tucsday night t0 present a miscellaneous shower to Miss Margaret Pres- cott and Mr. James. Harris prior to their marriage. Chairman Wallace Pascoe calleci the Com- pany ta order and addrcssing the Young couple, tcndered them the good wishcs of the company along with the beaping basket o! gifts brought in by Lois Ormiston andi Margaret Smith. Margaret andi Jim thanked their !niends for their kindness wbich was responded ta by a rousing "For Tbey Are Jolly Gooci Fellows." The chairman called on Rev. R. M. Scymoiér for a few words wbich were greatly apprcciated. An abundant lunch was servcd. Congratulations and good wish- es arc extended ta the popular tt Agricultural Representative E. gA. Summers introduceci R. H. ýs Blakely. -Pontypool, at the recent convention of Uic Ontario Crop il Improvement Association, as the -man wbo produceci 679 bushels o! npotatoes per acre in 1946, top rec- -ord for olci Ontario. Mr. Blake]y *acidresseci the convention andi told -how he did it. His address fol- -lows: 1 bave been asked to give you an outline of bow I produceci my -special acre o! potatoes. My aimn was quality and then quantity. I am satisfied that I reached My aim. tI chose deep sandy loamn up in à good condition. The crop rota- ftion was grain, clover and pota- C toes for some time. In 1945 when *I harvesteci my first cut o! clover, cI applieci about 7 tons o! barnyard manure. Wben the second crop of bay sgrew up about a foot tbrough the manure and started to bloom, I ploughed it under about 5 inches *deep. This was donc about thc middle o! August. I then put the land-packer on an-d packcd it thor- ougbly so there were no air pock- ets to cause growtb. About the 1Oth of September, 1 double-disced it twice-once each way. I took the combination seed drill and applieci 300 pounds of 4-8-10 fertilizer with 2 bushels and 3 pecks o! rye. I then le!t it until spring. About the l5th o! May I applied about 200 pounds more fertilizer andi 200 pouncis of pure potash well mnixed together. I drilled this on the rye. Then I applied about 5 loacis o! manure and. plougbed my ground about 8 inches deep the same day. 1 thought this would balance welL. I double- disced iti twice again and barrow- cd it once. I took my cup planter andi used 15 bags o! 'well-graded cut secd andi planted themn about 14. inches apart.- The vare-&Y.4 Chippewa. I useci 600 pounds of 4-8-10 fertilizer. Ili about a wegk I uscd the cul- tivator between Uic rows and worked Up tbc hard centre. I took thec tractor and weeder and went lcngthwisc o! the rows just scratcbing the top. This killeci the small weeds andi kept the ground- base. I continued this about twicc a wcck until thepo- tatoes were abou~t 6 inches. high. 1 took the cultivator and threw a little dirt up ta the potatoes, and bocci out any odd wceds wbich wcrc le!t. I applicd DDT dust for twoap- plications. Then I useci DDT and Copper for 4 applications.' The dusting was donc about evcry 10 days using 35 to 40 pounds to the acre at dusk when the dew was just beginning to fail. Just before the potatocs started to bloomn, I took the moulder and mrouldecl tbem about 4 inches high leaving a trough about 3 or 4 in- Saturday. mer for aur bolidays, and sec aIl Mrs. W. Gray and Billy at theirJ the old familiar faces once again. summer home. We are very gladi Regards to ail,.. to'have Mrs. Gray wlth us again. Dorothy and BIUl Brown Mr. and Mrs. A. McRae and fanuly, Toronto, at their cottage. Mrs. L. Pascoe, Oshawa, with Great Britain will be great Mns. G. Bowman. again when a lot of littie Enitons Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Bowxiaxi, become great. Blackstock, at the Bowman home. Creamer; Much, Bill Fisher; Black Knight, Ernest Spencer; Outlaws, Seldon Parker, Garry Hàncock, Douglas Dcwdney, Ronnie Grah- am, George Noden. Catherine Dewdncy was assistcd by a merry group of merrymakers whose May pole dance was very effective and cxtremcly well donc. Bath pupils and teachers, witb special tribute to the music super- visor, Mr. Neil Stewart, are to be warmly congratulatcd for the splendid and very enjoyable pro- gram. During the evening Jack Allin was prcscnted with the Canadian His tory prize by ,Mr. W. F. Rick- ard, president of Bowmanville Canadian Club; and Rcv. Doi4g- las Dcwdney, chairman Newcastle Board o! Education, presented Betty Lou Hagerman with the Coleman Memorial Prize for pub- lic speaking. Winnipeg, Mai. 14 April, '47 Dear Mr. James: Encloseci please find rny cbequè for Uic rencwal o! my subscrip- tion to The Statesman. With sa much activity in the town these days, we can hardly wait for each successive issue. Wc were cer- tainly p1e*4 dtý> red'o! the suc- ccss o! th ý hockey team. I hope t'é. iv4 spur thc prom ised h c 44 ' lo g Encloseda1o tnîbution !romt Hlospital Buildngdn:i~ you please pass if on to i authorities.% Dorotby, being mer nurse at the present hospitt4 certainly realizes just bow much a new building is needed. We hope tbcy go wè1l over the top in their current drive for funds. Print Dresses For Children Sîzes, 2 -14 yemr - End of Month Special 1 90e to $2.79 WooIBlankets Pure Wool Blankets, lni rose, green and fawn, 68 "x 82' Made li Canada. $183(w a pair There la as much différence b. tween genuixie patience and suflep endurance, as between thes amas. of love and the maliclous gnaàh- ixig of thc teeth.-Plurner. ' ý Poicewomen, membena of Ut4 WVanted For Expert' HOLSTEIN SPRINGER COWS TOPD PRICES PAID .R5BWanlterFuk SEEDGRAIN& SEEDSI We are stili offerIng a choice selection of Seed Grain and Seeds at Special Pricesà Sawing wood bas been the or- der of the day*in this community. Nine new members wcre re- ceîved into the congregatio>n o! Kirby United Church on Sunday afternoon, Apnil 20. Communion service followed the regular ser- vice. Last Sunday aftcrnoon Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bellamy had their baby daughter baptizcd. Thursday the congregation held a sotial evcning. A very inter- estiing program o! recitations, readings, solos, duets, choruses and community singing was en- joyed, also a melodrama put on by the school scbolars. A!ter a f ew well chosen remarks, Mr. Fred Brimacombe asked Rev. and Mrs. Littlewood to take chairs at the front when they wcre presen- ted with a case o! silvcrware as a token of our appreciation to them during their soi ourn among us. Both Mr. andi Mrs. Littlcwood made fitting replies. A bountiful lunch wvas served by the ladies. Mr. A. J. Bigelow who had an operation in Bowmanville hospi- taI, is much improved. Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Kcith Henderson and !amily, Sudbury, with bis par- ents, Mr. andi Mrs. Geo. Hender- son. Mrs. Roy Mercer and Mrs. E. Luxon andi Marion, Kendal, at Mr. andi Mrs. Wm. Wannan's. Mr. andi Mrs. P. J. Bigelow and !amily, Port Hope, with bis moth- Mrýr. S. B. Rutherford at b is home. Mrs. N. J. Patterson with ber son, Mr. R. R. Patterson, Forest Hill. Phono Clarke 33-12 Newcaatle I'rorn Your CIL. Dealer I .>' i O TORE Waltc(9a WA»ISVCE' AND TAXI SERVICE j, . I 'S. at Lg is ,n d a )f 'e n e f S Corne Into our store and take advanta*ge of these Special Prices. F111 your requirements here and save on your budget. Flannelette Diankets An Exceptional Value 1 72" x 90" flannelette Blankets, white wlth pink and blue trim. Iach $2.25- Men's & Boys' Work Boots Purchased. before increase in price -.the saving inpassedi on to you. $SnOO .o$6m75 Runnlng Shoot and Sport Shoot Complote Range of Suzes and Styles at Budget Prices, LADIES DRESSES .. Fine Range of Ladies' Dresses aizes 12 - 52 - Latest styles for Spring and uimer wear st Store Open 'Tili 9 p.,m. Satmrday Nights NEALSTORE NEWCASTLE - - young couple who were married NEWCASTLE We hope ta be down this sum- I fl~IiTR*. ,Ij p 4 .4 Take Advantage.t's H.J.TOMIS, Gi PHONE f à 1 -EB BASEBALL CLUB OFFICERS 1 1 Savi 1ngs juvenule morality squad~, wfll s~o~ patrol Montreal'a atreeta. A. W. GLENNEY Phone, Clarke 33-12 Newoutle 1 eIV 1 ýý NEWCASTLE CHILDREN'S Kirhy/ Phone 2403 Cowanville - LARGE LOTS DELIVERED NEWCASTLE