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- 1 r--7 77.. q! MW 9- 1 1'r ' ' ý - ,r j- r ,'; . - - -7 - - - --r .-- ý ; m q f "Durham County's Gre»at Family Journal" VOLUYME 101 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, THURSDAYp FEBRUARY 24th, 1955 10e PER COPY NME MOTH ERS Barons Oust Cobourg Three Straight Games -in Semi-Final Series The Bowmanv.ille Barons, for the Barons. who at one time in the winter Midway through the second did not even look like a very period Lloyd Hamilton was giv- sure bet ta make the playotfs, en a rather cbeap tripping pen- tompleted a remnarkable month- aity, and in the argument that long comeback on Tuesday night ensued he was given a match in Cobourg by eliminating the misconduct which cost the Bar- Cornets wîth a 6-2 win in thr', ans his services for the rest of third game of their best-of-five the game. In spite of this, they semi-finais senies. held the hungry Cobourg crew It 'was their third straight at bay for the nest of the dis- playoff triumph aven the Ca- tance. bourg squad, who had practi- Serve Warning To Lindsay cally dominated the Lakeshore The way in wbicb the Baron:, Hockey League al winter and disposed of Cobourg shouid ended the regular schedule in serve notice ta the winners of first place. They won the first the Lindsay-Orono series (which game in Cobourg 4-3 iast Fni- Lindsay is leading two games day night and repeated the vic- ta none) that they are in for a tory by an identical score hene taugli battle for the Lakeshare on Saturday night. League Champianship. If Bow- The red-hat Barons continued manville continues ta play the to outplay the Comets on their brand of hockey tbey showed home ice Tuesday night befare against Cobourg there is no a crowd of 1,436 fans which in-. reason why thev should not cluded many Bawmanville peo- cap the league titie. ple. They led them 2-0 at the If the Lindsay-Orono series end of the first period, 6-2 at is settled before the end of the the end of the second, and kept week. it is probable that the them scoreiess in the final Barons will be playing in Lind- frame. In the third the Bow- say on the week-end and will ;eanville team displayed the ne- be, back here next W&dhesday >1sul ts of the excellent caachîng nîght. Fans ar&*,' advîsed ta 'V,th.ey have received from play- watch the hockèv bulletin Ang-coach Ernie Dickens as they boards in the tbic Utilities kept the desperate Cornets from Commission office -and Arena getting through for goals, for the definite date of the first Outplay Cornets Throughout borne game of the final series. The Barons outplayed Cobourg througbout the game and were full value for th9ir win. Frank E i Hooper, wbo bas been one of Father a nd Tnree the mainstays of the team a illeve winter long with Dickens, ac- Sons AlS re counted for two or thie Bow- manville markers. Lloyd Hamn- ln the NMinstrv flton, who bas bit bis stride in the playoffs, aiso came up with Many Statesman readers willv two goals, and Jack Marshall be interested in the followingC and Buck Cowle added one article wbich appeared in a ne- apiece. Cowle played nice bac- ntiseoah ig nWi key after a two-game layoff, cetndard: heKinF'i Wi and ail the Bowmanviile play-StnadE ers contributed the same typemA eter anorernitd Chncb of aggressive, determined bac- miitradfre eietOf key which won the semi-finals1 the Kingston area, the Rev. Local Legion Sta rts *Fireê YVictim Fund 'The Bowmanvifle Branch of the Canadian Legion bas be.- gun collecting a fund ta as- sist Mr. and Mrs. Norman Av- ery of Haydon and family who lhad their home destroyed by a fire on February 13 and los' practically ail their possessions as well. Comrades Ed Rundie and J. E. "Hap" Hobbs are making the collection for Comrade Avery and famîly and any citizens wishing ta contribute can make Ibheir donations ta them. Legion znembers attending the cere- maony of burning the mortgage to be beld at the Legion Hall on Saturday night will be ask- ed ta contribute ta this fund. J-ýWins Popular 1 MARCH ON POLIO FRIDAY Pretty Quintet of Ice Carnival Performers This pretty bevy of girls are among those who and Elaine Richards, allaf Oshawa. The first four girls will be seen in the Bowmanville-Oshawa Figure Skating will be featured in a snappy Sailar Number and Elaine Carnival at Bowmanville Mémorial Arena on March 4th Richards, well known ta Bawmanville audiences, will do and 5th. From the left they are: Gail Bagnell, Lynne a solo and a comedy number. Bagneli, bath of Bwmanville; Carol Klpow, Toby Keeler -Photo by Carson Studio, Port Hope Rowe MV. Seymour, of .EnnislL- "- ' Il -- len, nine miles north of B aw-Pay yt manville, wants ta retire, it was o leanned yesterday. y S f He asked the Oshawa P'res- i retirement at the end of June.Ga d n this year. By that date he will An ahl-stan Pef Wee team have campleted 40 years af ac- from Bawmanville will take tive ministry with the United part Satunday in the Inter-Su- Churcb of Canada. burban Pee Wee Hockey Tour- Mn. Seymour senved at Cata- nament ta be beid at Maple raqui at one time. He is the son Leaf Gardens, with a large of the late Rev. J. C. Seymour. number of teams fram the area He and two brothers, the late anaund Toronto taking part. It Rev. H. P. L. Seymnour, of King- is expected that the Bowman- stan, and the Rev. E. O. Sey- ville Al-Stars will play their mour, of Kitchener, were re- finst game against Aunora. ceived togethen in Belleville by Eigbteen playens have been the district meeting of the Bay picked fnom the Pee Wee divi- of Quinte canference. sion of the Bawmanviile Minon A great deal of pianeer work Hockey Leagues ta make the in Alberta and Saskatchewan trip and they will be caacbed was done by these brothens by George Piper and managed when the oniy means of getting by Sam Black. Parents and around was by honse and sad- other interested citizens will dle. The Rev. Rowe Seymour drive the playens ta Toronto. bas senved in anly two pastar- The Bowmanvilie Pee Wee ates the past 25 yeans: at Catar- Ail-Stars play their finst gaine aqui, 16 years and at Enniskil- at 9.40 a.m. and if they -iin len, 9 yeans. this game they wiil go an play- ing other teams until they are DI . ~ A j defeated. The sunviving ta declredth~ Phlni ' . Recreation Dinector AI Vail been sold ta parents and athen interested citizens wha will at- tend from hene. Flying Puck. Hits Oldest Although he is an Oshawa boy and not too well known to Bowmanville hockey fans, the followers of he Bowmnanville Barons showed their appreciation of Che fine goaltending of Denny Pallister, shown above, by voting hini the most popular player on the team. He is abown being presented with a gold Gruen wrist watch yhj"Wch accompanied. the honor by Art Hooper, proprietor foHooper'sewellery and Gif t Shop, who donated the Çaward. The Barons goalie received a nice hand from the M8 fans who witnessed the presentation prior to the start of1 last Satutday night's hockey game here. ý-Photo by Carson Studio, Port Hope Baron Fan Bowmanviiie's oidest fe- maie hockey fan, Mrs. L. B. Williams, who with hem hus- band, Dr. Wliliams, seldom misses a home game o! the Barons, bail the misiortune to be struck on the cheek- bone by a fiying puck at Saturday night's game. The accident took place late in the first period when a Bowmanville player in clearing the puek drove it over the boards into the eowd on the north side of the aena. The puck struck the 83-year-old lady on the cheekbone. She was flot eut, but did receive a black eye frorn the blow. Another speetator, Mrs. Clarence Bell, was also struck by a flying puck dur- lng the game. Roof Fire at Wesley His' Does Slight Damage The Bowmanville Volunteer Fine Depantment was called at 6.30 p.m. last Fridav ta a roof fine at the borne of Mn. and Mns. Wesley Hill. west and nonth o! the Guideboard Cor- ner, Enniskiilen. Sparks fmom the chimney bad started a small fine on a dry, portion of the roof. Damage was slight, and the fine had been put out when the fine truck arrived. The Bawm.anxiiie fire- men weme. served coffee by Mns. Hill bef are returning ta town. -,.*- 1 Many Men Nominated Forthe-New-Execufive Chamber of Commerce Seventeen candidates were Hockin, Keith Lathangue, W. nominated for the il executive H. Brown, R. P. Rickaby, A. positions on the 1955 Bowman- H. Sturrock, Lloyd Ellis, Ken ville Chamber of Commerce at Nicks, George Moody, Cari Les- the Febnuary meeting of the lie, Don Marris, Calvin Breen, organization beid at the Bal- Ray Lathangue, Bernard Kitney, moral Hotel Monday night. The James Stutt, Dave Higgon and 12th directon is appointed from Bob Hendry. %I Bowrnanville Town Council and The 1954 Chamber executive this year is. Councihlor Lloyd wiil recarnmend ta the 1955 Preston.. officers that. the fiscal yean of President Arthur Hooper ex- the Chamben be changed ta cor- plained ta the gathering that respond with the calendan yean ballots listing the 17 candidates rather than ending on March will be rnailed out by the Cham- 31 as at present. This would ber toalal members and these bring the local Chamben in line must be manked and returned with the Ontario and Canadian by March 12. - The il chasen Chambers and enable it ta get will then meet and elect their its membenship dues in eanlien own President, othen officers in the year. and committee chairmen. Pne- Membenship Chairman Elmen sident Hooper stated that the Banting reported an the dinnen 1954 executive will meet with meeting between the Chamben the new executive on Manch 14 executive and Town Council ta hand aven the affains of the members beld recently and sta- Chamben ta them. ted that this meeting bad done Nominations For Office much ta acquaint council mem- The 17 Chamber members bers with the Chamben's views naminated fon office in 1955 on industnial promotion and are: Elmen Banting, Carence. (Continued on page seven) j Durham Hog Producers Hear Fine Address Elect. New 0f ficers "The finst step towand better marketing methods for hogs is the production of better quality bogs", Charles Mclnnis, Presi- dent of the Ontario Hog Produ- cens Association declared at the seventh annual meeting o! the Durhamn County Hog Producers Association heid at the Clarke Township Hall, Orono, hast Fmi- day afternoon. He ..ondemned the present tendency of Ontario farmers ta fatten their hogs too much be- fore marketing and stated that each farmer 'should keep nean bis feeding tnough a sign like the title of a popular sang of a few years back, "She's Too Fat For Me". Mr. McInnis also outiined the develapment and achieven .ants of the central marketing agency set up by the Ontario Hog Producers Associa- tion. This scheme gives the hog praducer mare bangaining pow- er, wbîch he stated is a real necessity. Smnce it went into ef- fect, he said, it bas increased by $2.00 the spread between Ontario hog prices and those received on the Winnipeg mar- Han Levelied Prices The speaker stated that the central marketing scheme bas aiso levelled out ta a lange ex- tent the prices eceived in di!- fement Ontario markets sucb as those at Toronto, Hamilton, Kit- chener and Windsor. He point- ed out that there is some ap- position ta the âchemne on the part o! packers and truckems, howeven, and that a protest lodged against it by an indivi- dual in Stnatford. who is be- lieved ta be backed by some organizatioris, bas resulted in a court case wbich wihh be heard in Stratford in May. Howard Mahcolm, Yehventon,ý President of the Durham Caun- ty Hog Producens Association, presided at the weih-attended meeting which decided to send four delegates ta the annual meeting of tbe Ontario Hog Pro- ducens Association at the King Edwand Hotel, Toronto, Manch 2 and 3. Tbey are: Mr. Malcoln-, Leonard McNeii, Fraservilia; Arthur Found, R. R. 2, Bow- manville and Victor Malcolm, R. R. 1, Nestieton. 1955 Directors The following directons wene eiected ta office for 1955: Cav- an-Erie Fallis, R. R. 3. Miii- brook: Leonard McNeil, Fraser- ville; William Seymnour, R. R. 1, Cavan. Hope-Lloyd Kellogg, R .R. 1. Port Hope; H. W. Bar- rowclaugb, R. R. 3. Port Hope. Cianke-James T. Brown, R. R. -1, Newcastle; Peter Hinton, Or- ono. Manvers-Jack Wilson, R. R. 2, Janetvilie; Lawrence Staples, R. R. 2, Betbany. Darington- Bruce Taylor, R. R. 1, Enniskil- len; Lloyd Crago, R. R. 2, Bowv- manvilie. Cartwright - Murray Byers, R. R. 3, Bunketon; Leslic Taylor, R. R. 3, Bu.rketon.- Legion WiII Burn 'Mortgage On Saturday The 360 members of Bavy manville Bnanch No. 178 of tbE Canadian Legion will gather al the Legion Hall on Queen Street Saturday night ta celebrate the payrnent of ahl indebtedness against the attractive and spa- clous new building by burning the rnortgage. The hall was built in 1952, with the members doing prac- tically ail' the construction anc carpentry work tbemselves, and tbey bave now compieted the remankable achievement of pay- ing off ahl debts on the build- ing in les& than thnee yeans. The funds used in paying off the montgage were largeiy raise( by the annuai carnivals and car dnaws held by the Legion- naines and by weekly bingos beld at the Legion Hall on Wed- nesday evenings. The Ladies' Auxiiiany of the Bnanch has been of veny great assistance in helping ta equip the new bap with chairs, drapes and otber furnitune. The pragnam Satunday even- ing wili begin at 7 p.m. with severai acts of entertainment, faliowed by the mortgage-burn- ing cenemany at 8 p.m. The ne- mainden of the evening will be spent in dancing. Membens af the Legion, Ladies Auxiliany and Legion Pipe Band and thein wives and busbands are cordially invited ta attend. Local Artists Win Awards In Toronto Tw.o local ail painting en- thusiasts neceived quite a thrill on Saturday when tbey saw thein entries in the Dan Valley Art Association competi- tion at the Woodgreen Corn- munity Centre, Toronto, ne- ceive awards. MLiss Aita Bentham, o! 4 Loy- ers Lane, won second pnize in the Lady Eaton Scboiarship, one of four equai schalarsbips donated for the exhibit, witb a winten scene painted fram the window of the Art Centre at Madoc, Ontario. She receives $15 towards further art study. Hem next door neigbbon, Man- gie Westaway (Mns. Ken Nicks) accompanied hem, aiso entering a painting. This picture of a mcd barn near Bowmanvilie won honorable mention. Said Mns. Nicks. "We only wcnt ta hear the criticisms and sce the paintings. We hadn't even remoteiy thought o! wIn- ning anything." Miss Bentham takes art les- sans fnom Mr. Arnold Hadgkins in the Department of Recrea- tion sponsored classes in the Lions Community Centre heie., Mrs. Nicks does flot take lessons of any type at present. .e t ie 's ¶g d d e IRequesf Porch Lights Be Turnedqon to Help Guide Polio Mothers "Let your light so shine."' This is the battie cry of 25o cammunity mothers who wilI spend the hbur from 7 - 8 p.m. Friday waging an ail-out war on polio. One of your neigh- bours, representing the Canad- ian Foundation for Poliomyel- itis, will eall at your door. This mothers' march on Fni- day night offers you a chance ta help others and ta protect yourself and your children by speeding discovery of the secret of polio. Turn on your porch light and give as generously as you can. Receipts for Incarne Tax de- ductions will be issued from Toronto for donations of $1.00 or more. Headquarters for the Bow- manville march will be at the home of Mrs. Ralph Ames, 44 Canlysie Ave., Phone 3-3406. The captains and canvassers for the Bowmanville area are as follows, the captains are narned first ln each case: Mesdames R. Ames, Carlysie Ave., G. Clark, Hunt St,, M. Cowan, Liberty St. S., V. Jef- fery, Duke St., F. MacDonald, Duke St., C. Piper,tVictoria St., W. Calver, Duke St., W. R. Mutton, Ontaria St. Mesdames E. Banting, King St-, L. Ayre, R.R. 4, S. Cragro, Prince St., J. Cunningham, Wei- iington St., J. Honeyrnan, Lib- erty St. N., R. Lockhart, King St. E., G. E, Mann, Liberty St. N.. O. Plummer, Liberty St. N., C. Raby, King St. E., E. Steph-. enson, King St. E,, Mrs. C. Bar- rett, Jane St. Mesdames P. Chant, Jane St., J. M. Rowe, George St., D. Gil- booly, Ontario St., T.. Harrison, Brown St., E. J. Fairey, King St., J. Buttonshaw, King St., F. Burns, Ontario St., H. Raycraft, Church St., J. Barclay, Jane St., J. Hayes, Wellington St. Mesdames J. Crombie, Simp- son Ave., C. P. Gould, Park St., D. Parks, Anne St., C. Mutton, Hunt St., A. Lunnemann, Duke St., M. Adams,- Duke St., C. Severs, West Beach. Mesdames J. Dunn, Beech Ave., B. Milne, Carlysle Ave., L. Buckler, Centre St., L. Mc- Feeters, Carlysie Ave., A.E Hooper, Carlysie Ave., C. Breen, f Liberty Place, J. Honeyman,1 Liberty St. N., K. Niçks, Loyers1 Lane, S. James, Centre St. Mesdames R. King, Scugog St., S. Murdoch, Odeil St., B.S Moses, Lamb's Lane, R. Mc- Knight, Veterans Ave., R. Pat- field, Second St., K. Nichais,C Second St., W. E. Shane, Pros- E pect St., G. Richards. Odeli St., S J. Fair, Scugog St.I Mesdames D. Marsden, E. v Blind Spot Canada's History 15 Subject of Brooks, Silver St., M. Yourth, Beech Ave., G. Lander, Divis- ion St., J. Landen, Temperance St., J. Brough, Honsey St., A. Vail, Wellington St., A. Con. stable, Centre St. Mesdames R. Mclntyre, Alex- ander, B. Heavysege, Liberty St. N., J. Elston, Concession E., R. Mutton, Concession E., S. McMurter, Liberty St. N., P. Passmone, Liberty St. N., R. AIder, Liberty Place. Mesdames B. Miller, Simpson Ave., A. Lymer, Onchard View, M. Moore, Jane St., A. Callis, Onchard View, H. C. Bradley, Liberty St. S., L. Allin, Sinjp- son Ave., G. Stephens, Simpson Ave., B. Burgess, Orchard View. Mesdames R. Oke, Lover 's Lane, R. Haiman, King St. N., F. Cle, King St. W., D. Wil-. liams, Church St., W. Allun, Scugog St., A. Steel, Scugog St., G. Marshall, Division St., C. Austin, Division St., F. Jamn- iesan, Weilingtan St., L. Deweii, George St., H. L. Goddard, Church St., J. Firth, Division St., Miss Lamna Fletche, Queert St. Mesdamçs N. Osborne,' Loy. er's Lane, F. Dilling, Queen St., L. Preston, Queen St., R. Cal- lan. Ontarioi St., L. Rundle, Argyle St., W. J. Leask, Ontario St., L. Highfield, Ontario St., G. Piper, Ontario St., A. Lobb, Durbam St., L. Gaulab, Duke St., C. Hockin, Queen St., K. Jackson, Queen St., Mary Cann, Queen St. Mesdames L. Parker, Elgin St., E. L. Marjerrison, King St., W. Kitson, King St., D. Taylor, King St., R. Kerr, King St., S. Candier, King St., L. Wiseman, King St., H. B. Abernethy, On- tario St., C. Bell, Liberty St., F. Wood, Queen St., A. H. Spicen, Queen St., G. Elliott, Queen St. Mesdames G. Vinisb, Flett St., A. Marjerrisan, Flett St., H. Murphy, Southway Drive, I. Brown, Southway Drive, C. S. Pollard, Flett St. H. Depew, Liberty St. S., G. Cawker, East Beach. Mesdames L. W. VanDriel, Centre St., O. Richmond, Elgin St., L. Hancock, Elgin St., G. Ricards. High St., H. Sturack, Prospect St., B. Syers, Veterans Ave., R. Hawthorne, Liberty St. N., M. McDonald, Liberty St. N., C. A. McDanald, Liberty St. N., C. Trewin, Elgin St. Mesdames G. White, Ontario St., R. Lunney, Scugog St., S. Grant, Mill Lane, W. James, Edsall Ave., V. Frank. Scugog St., D. Carter, King St., L. W. Luffman, Waverly Rd., W. Col- ville, R.R. 2, C. Taylor, Cale- CaainClbTl Dr.G. E. Reaman, finst super- were made up of low Gemman intendent of the Ontario Train- religious sects, inluding the ing School for Boys in Bowman- Monavian, Lutheran, Reformed, rville, for many years head of Quaker, Mennonite, and the the English Department at On- Huguenots, the latter being tania Agnicultural C o île ge, IFrench Protestants. But ai Guelph, and now lectuning in wene Protestant groups who bad English on a part time basis at taken this faith, faliowing Waterloo College, was guest vaniaus leaders who rose before, speaker at a meeting of the at the samne time as, and foilow- Women's Canadian Club on Feb- ing after, Martin Luther. Some fruary 2lst. Dr. Reaman is the of them were pacifists, and for authon of several books and this and other reasons, weme keenly interested in histony. persecuted in Europe. Intnoduced by lst Vice-Pres- Origin of Sects ident Mns. C. A. Wight, Dr. Rea- InfsiangetiD.R- man expressed is pleasure inf Inma skethe d t oigin of. te netumnin.r ta Bowmanviile, andmnsecdth rg ote being welcomed by so manv' friends. "Theme is nothing we appreciate more than being me- membered," he said. The intriguing titie of Dr Reaman's addmess, "The Trail I af the Black Wainut" pmoved to be the titie of bis latest bookL which is the esult of eight  years' research on the "biind 4* spot" in Canada's, and. pan- ticularly Ontario's history. The - book, ta which Dr. Reaman's talk was but a zestful prelude ' whetting the appetite, will be - out this Fail and bandled in Canada by Ryenson's. It is be- ing published in the United ~~ States by the Pennsylvania Gem- man Society. Stumbled on Blind Spot In making a study of the con- tribution of the Pennsylvania Dutch, or propeniy Pennsylvania German as Dutch is a misnomer deived from the German word for Gemmans, Deutch, to the agriculture o! Ontario, Dm, Rea- man accidentaiiy stumbled on1 this "Ibiind spot" in aur bistony which so interested him that he bas spent eight yeams in follow- ing it from its source to the Dr. G. E. Rearnan present day. The biind spot In the aimost different gmoups, including the complete lack of mention in aur Loliards; the foliowers of John scbooi history books o! Ontanio's Huss; of John Calvin <whoni ealest settiers who came from many were surpmised ta learn 1776, following the Amenican was a Fnenchman; of John Revolution, ta about 1812. These Knox; also the Momavians who settiens who made such a good beld the doctrine of Quietiurn preparation for later immigrants, which infiuençed John Wesley came largely from the United when a missionary in Georgia States but were nat Loyalists in esulting in the founding ak the-truasmmaeof Sthe wo:d. They . <Contiauad on page Itsesl t 'N be t~de~iu~m rictyeir VvdIu 1 m Pee Wee Team 1 1 ON POLIO