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?AG1~TWO H~ CKAD!I STTESMN. nWMANffTIE- OTAR! £DJI ORIALS Champion Rural Correspondent Contest The Canadian Statesman is indeed proud of the quality and regularity of the news written by aur rural correspondents. The Statesman's editor says rural cor- respondence is the backbone of your news- paper. Ail corresporidents should note that for the second year the Ontario Weekiy Newspapers Association will con- duct the "Champion Country Correspon- dent Contest", which is open toalal rural correspondents of member newspapers. Awards will be made at the annual convention in Ottawa on May 13 and 14. Full details of the contest are now in the hands of the publisher of this newspaper. "The Champion Country Correspon- dent will be honored at the Chateau Laurier in May when he or she will be .ur honored guest," said Werden Leavens, A Grateful Mother During the years the members of the Bawmanville Rotary Club have establish- ed a remarkable record in the number of crippled children in Durham Caunty Who have been benefitted or restored ta normal activîty by the arthopaedic treatment that has been provided them. In carrying out this great humanitar- Jan work the Rotarians have only acted as trustees. To you, and yau and you, who -have contrîbuted each year to the Easter Seal Campaign, and other means the Club has used to raise f unds for this com- ý.mnendable work, the credit gaes ta you and -the hundreds of other citizens who have ,given generously ta this worthy cause. To show how grateful and apprec- '4ative parents are whose children have .'ieen looked after in this way we are tak- Jng the liberty of quating from a letter the editar received on Saturday. We'll not -mnention the mother's name, but she lived -in Newtonville 30 years ago and her littie five-year-old son was the first crippled 17 radngImportant Role of In monthly the "Hospital Highlights", monhlyeight-page publication issued Iby the Ontario Hospital Association, we rwere attracted by an illustration on the 4ront page showing a unitormed dietitian Zweighing out food for her patients. The .1hought immediately called ta aur mind ,Ihat we read and hear very little about the ,-mportant raie the hospital dietitian plays An ber daily routine in her department of 4Preparing and serving meals. The editor may be pardoned for relat- lng a personal experience when he was a patient for 10 weeks in our local haspital. jn aIl that time I neyer had reason for '3naking one complaint about the meals served me. In fact, occasionally when a dish particularly appealed ta me I would write a note of appreciation and put it on the tray for the dietitian. .1 Hospital patients are not always -aware of, or they just take for granted, the important part the hospital dietitian secretary-manager of the association. The Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission have agreed ta donate a suitable plaque ta the champion. Second and third win- ners will receive diplamas. - The champion correspdndent in 1954 was Mr. Weir Grieve, af Tobérmory, who sends in a weekly newsletter ta The Wiarton Echo. It is confidently expected dozens of correspondents will again vie for the honor. Carrespandents of this paper are asked ta make an entry. The campetition wiil be judged on the basis of correspondence by the com- petitors an dates between Jan. 1 and Mar. 1,, 1955. Correspondents shauid get in touch with their weekly newspaper ta make sure they are entered in the "Champion Correspondent Contest" spon- sored by the Ontario Hydro. Who Doesn't Forge! child. the Rotary Club sent ta the Hlospital for Sick Children in Toronto for treatment. After several months in the hospital he came home able ta walk like other normal children. During the intervening years this littie lad has grown ta manhood and has become a sucoessful electrician in Toronto. The mother of this young man, now a widow, lives in Medicine Hat, Alta., and in her letter ta the editor she enclosed $5.00 with this comment: "Enclosed you will find my donation for the 'Easter Seal Campaign'. I cannot imagine any club more deserving than the Bowmanviile Itotarians. Wishing your club every suc- cess and thanking you most sincerely". Sa you see this is one of many grateful mothers who has flot forgotten what your donations ta the Easter Seal Campaign has done for her boy. If you haven't already enclosed your contribution in the pink envelope do it naw and post it before you forget. f Hospital Dietitian plays in their recovery. There is nothing "hit and miss" about hospital food, for general meals, as well as specific diets, are prepared scientif ically ta meet the .patients' needs. The dietitian in the hospital utilizes the knowledge and skills of her profession ta play her part on the hospital team. In making her rounds of hospital wards with the doctors, she becomes personally acquainted with special cases ta be treated by diet and plans individual menus ta conform ta their needs. In addition ta this, she plans menus for the whole hos- pital, orders food supplies, and supervises the preparation and serving of each meal. Sa remember, besides the doctors, superintendent and nurses on the staff there is that important personage, the hospital dietitian, who plays an important raie in the daily drama within our hospitals. Spend More on Liquor Than Education Liquor-loving citizens and beer guzz- lers of Ontario are evidently doing their best ta "drink the province dry" judging from the figures handed down by the Liquor Contrai Board of Ontario in its annual report ta the Legisiature last week. It was revealed that the colossal sum of $258,000,000 was spent by Ontaria res- idents for liquor, beer and wine in the 12 inonths ending last March 31. This amount was $12,000,000 or five per cent more than during the previaus year. The report went on ta state that spend- ing was up in nearly every category with sales of hard liquor showing the largest increase. Total sales from liquor stores were $115,000,000, from breweries and brewers' retaîl stores, $139,000,000, and f rom wineries $5,000,000. Beer sales were up nearly five per cent, liquor sales by 5.2 per cent, and ivine sales by nearly four per cent. The Board turned over $45,00,000 in profits and fees ta the provincial treasury, and $82,000,000 ta the coffers of the federal Farmers Better Off., The f armer is better off than the urban worker, when ail the factors are taken into consideration. That was the opinion of a majority of Farm Forums atrtheir discussions on the subject recently. There are manv factors ta be consid- :ered, the Forum points out. Working hours, incarne, indepenrence, security, -%vere isted as the nilost important. But such things as family welfare, recreation, .educational facilities, living conditions, _are also important in deciding which is -better off-farmer or urban worker? Established 1854 - with which is incorporated The. Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independant anid The Orono News 10lOs! Yeai of Continuous Service Io the -Town of Bawrnanville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SUESCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Yecr, strictly n advance $5.00 a Year in the Unted Statez Published by THE iMff* PUBLISHING COMPAWY Bowmanville, Ontairio Autboxlj.d am Second Cas Mail Pont Oifice Depaitmanl. Ottawa GEO. W. JAMES, Erron government for customs and excise duties, sales tax, and malt duties and taxes. Municipalities also received nearly $1,000,- 000 for their part of licence fees. Ontario residents drank nearly 84,000,- 000 gallons of beer in the year. In commenting on this report we heard one man remark that temperance people shouldn't complain when the drink- ers of liquor and beer contributed $127,- 000,000 of their hard-earned money in taxes ta the provincial and federal treasuries. This angle of the argument was more than offset when the report showed a total of 53,187 convictions under the Liquor Contrai Act, mare than 36,000 for drunkenness, with 18,235 of these offenders going ta j ail. It did not list the number of ]ives wrecked and homes broken up through liquor, which could not be reckoned in dollars and cents. And yet some parents are anxious ta have a liquor store, and beer warehouse set up in Bowmanville s0 that it wilI be easier for them and their children ta secure these intoxicating beverages. Opinion of Forums A typical conclusion was stated b y the Postville Forum in Ontario: "Whîle the urban worker usually has an efficient union that has established fixed hours, higher pay, vacations, grievance pro- cedure, etc., we feel that the farmer has more over-all securîty and engages in work that is more satisfying through pride of accomplishment." The Noel Shore Forum in Nova Scotia decided that the urban worker is better off financially and works shorter hours. "On the other hand, the farmer owns his awn home and is more indepen- dent." A number ofForums agreed with the New Hastings East Forum in Saskatche- wan: "We feel there is na comparisan between a farmer who is a buiinessman. and who has thousands of dollars invested in land and machinery and a man who has no capital invested but works for a steady vage." Joint meetings would help farmers and urban workers ta understand each other's viewpoints and problems better, the Forums say. The Brooklyn Forum in Prince Edward Island suggests, "We be- lieve that if farm organizations and labour groups would hold farm labour con- ferences it would bring about better under- standing." "Invite urban groups ta farm meet- ings, especially ta Farm Forum," the Nova Scatia Agricultural College group says. Better public relations and an exchange of jobs would improve relations, other Forums say. One of the best knawn printers in America, Elbert Hubbard, once said: To avoid criticism, do niothing, say nathing, be nothing. Newcastle, Ont., March 14, 1955. The Editor, The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ontario. Dear Mr. James, I wish ta cangratulate you on the editorial you published some weeks ago in which stated the County Council system hbas outlived its usefulness. I hear- tily agree with the views ex- pressed in this editarial. When I arn led ta understand' aur caunties council has a de- benture debt of a million dol- lars for sehools and is planning. the building af a Counties Home for the Aged plus the erection af a new Caunties Building at a cost -af another one and one hall million dollars ta the peo- ple af Durhamn and Northumb- erland Counties, I believe it is time some one spoke out, giv- ing aur Federal and Provincial Governments notice that a greater share of the cost of local gavernment must be borne by them. A New Counties Home for the Aged, built to house an equal number ta that in aur] HIRESAPLAC, FO ,* itu£onds REUA A* LB / - ý . îq R4 W4 1- 'w . - - et qq ýv'q '. .-ý PAGE - YWO THE CANADIAN ST.&TEsmffl. BOWMANVME. ONTAIUO