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?IURSDAY, NOV. Sth. 195? TH~ CANADIAN STATESMA!<. EO'W~LMqV!LL~. O!qTAMO' ~A~E mUU Christmas Card Brotherhood Us Seen Custom Past As Hope for World . wouid be difficult ta ima- gine the Yuietide season with - out a deluge of gay anid color- fui Christmas cards. Yct the! '**~*' customn of excbanging these't cheerY greetings is just a hun- yearsod belLgan in1842, when a 16- K5-ald apprentice engraver, C'iliam Maw Egiey af London, _ Engiand, designed a card ta send ta bis friends. Only one...... hundred copies were made of his quaintly ciuttered design, Wbich depicted a formai ban- Quet, a dancing party and a group of skaters. Beneàth the illustration' yaoung -Egiey wrote, "A Merry Christmnas and a Happy New Year to You"-a Yuietide greet- Ing which stili remains the most PaPular ever written. Thé first Christmas card ta Win complete acceptance was sent in 1862 by a London pub- lisher, Charles Goodai & Sans. In the twenty years that la- tervened the idea had spread ta the United States, and ln 1874 a Boston lithographer, Louis Prang, issued his first Christ- mras card, thus launching an industry. Prang's cards we-e world famous for their beauty and craftsmanship and sold for sev'- erai dollars each. They used few of the tradi- .. tional Christmas scenes. sa familiar today, but instead de- 'Picted spring fiowers, barvest scenes and chiidren at play. Many of Prang's designs wex e borrowed from the paintings of Elihu Vedder, wbose murais grace the Library of Congress in Wasbington, D.C. Air, Rail or Steamship T1C K ET S TO EVERYWHERE Consuitj JURY & LOV ELL 15 King St. W. MA 3-5778 Bowmanviiie HIGHLY STYLED MODERATELY PRICED LADIES' WEAR La Vogue Çacque/tnei Cor. Athol & Celina, Oshawa1 REV. DR. R. P. BOWLES, 93, Ex-Chancella r of Victoria University, which is part af the University of Toronto.' for 27 years, is now living retired on a farm two miles north .)f Blackstack. Dr. Bawles has many opinions on inventions and progress since 1864, when he was born. The motor car, telephone, These are two of the questions1 radio - were ail invented in his that the reporter asked Dr. time. He bas seen the splitting Bowles, a former Chancellor of of the atom. Now be is witness- Victoria University (part of the ing man's first penetratian into University of Toronto) and prob- outer space. ably its oidest living graduate. How does Rev. Dr. R. P. A bearty handshake and a Bowles, 93, who lives in a white broad smile greeted the reporter farm bouse, two miles north of as hie met Dr. Bowles. His Blackstock, assess these inven- questions were answered almost tions? What does hie think of eagerly. "Muinik"? No Harmful Invention ------"The iatest inventions are a 'wonderful thing," said Dr. Bowles. "Man should get ahl the knowledge bie can. 1 don't know of any invention in tbe past that bas done us any barm." Dr. Bowles was asked if he thougbt it was through the faults of aur education system that the Russians bave been able ta leap abead in the scientific race. ~ît 110W"On the contrary, it's the ow glory of ur system," he replied. 5I "Teacbing subjects such as his- most riotne Science alane wîll nvrmk happy world." Dr. owle thoghtthe suy ing of cultural subjeets would go Nothlng will bother a long way towards forming a broheroodofmen in the u when you're wear. Need Brotherhood "The peace we have in the Ing warmn, and tisalnewo 'od tfe 1 world tagether for long," Dr.1 weather-proof foot. Bowles continued. We must buiid a brotherhood of people af wear Sho her for decent, unselfish, characters. wear Sho her for He cited the United Nations as an example that a world smart styles for brotherhood not anly is possible, but is coming. In the middle of his chat withî the entire family. the reporter, Dr. Bawles stopped talking abruptly, leaned bac k in his chair, and started ta -chuckle. 1Wîth a twinkie in bis eye he threw his mind and the conver- sation back 90 years. S I"There was an old man whos iS~ l~i e ivedt in the woods". This is theé lis S h o es first line of a poem ha recited. L Phone MA 3-5941 The poem is signîficant ta Dr.1a Bowles because be bad recited L it aimost a century ago at a tea meeting. "And the people reail y a clapped and haoted." he bubbled, "ý'cause I was Sa young at thel time. "Lots of things were different in the aid days, and those are the things your readers want ta hear about, nat ail these 'big' things like wars," said Dr. Bowles. Recails Childliood He recalled the days when he went ta school. barefoot and used ta get a 'iicking" from the teacher every day. At this, the reporter remarked-.on the pro- gress that had been made in the schools. "When 1 went ta school we wrate on siates. When they got full we spat on them and wiped them off with aur sleeves," sadd Dr. Bowles. "Then sameone made us bring a jar of water and a rag ta school ta do the job - there's pragress for you," he said be- tween peais af laughter. Weather From Trains "The weather ivas another thing," he said. "We didn't have the weather broadcasts we have now. We used ta get our weather from a train which pass- ed aur farm every day. There was a big sign on a box car jwhich told us the weather of the day. "e automoble," said Dr. Bwe,"bas had more effect on us than any of these other inventions. Particularly in the country, the car has been a *great thing." Dr. Bowles spends most af bis time reading. "He reads aimost everything he can get bis hands on," said Mrs. Mackie, wha is his hausekeeper. He had been reading the history of Mexico, in the En- cyclopedia Brittanica, when the reporter called ta see bim. "A fascinating bistary," said Dr. Bowles. "You know, if's amazing how much I don't knaw about Mexico." St. Andrew's Ladies' Aid ~HoId Bazaar A ery successfui bazaar and afternoan tea was held by the Ladies' Aid af St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Friday afternaon, Nov. 15. Mrs. Alex Cameran, President, canvened the event. Yellow and bronze chrysanthe- mums formed a pretty centre piece for the tea table at which Miss Flora Galbraith presided throughout the afternaon. The smali tables had attractive centre pieces whîch were. hand painted in an autumn design. Mrs. Hugh Kelly was in charge of the tea room where hot tea biscuits and jam and little cakes were served. Assisting were Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. L. T. Mc- Laughlin, Mrs. W. L. Paterson, Mrs. Jack Honeyman, Mrs. James Bell and Miss Nesbitt of Newton- ville. The surroundings for the bazaar and tea were most at- tractive, since the school raom bas been freshly decorated and the kitchen extensiveiy renovat- ed. Fancy work and sewing booth was in charge of Mrs. S. G. Chartran, Mrs. E. W. Crawford and Mrs. A. W. G. Northcutt; Mrs. Howard Gaud and Mrs. A. G. Scott were in charge of Aprons, though Mrs. Gaud was not able ta be present due ta iii- ness; Homebaking-Mrs. Herb Moorcraft, Mrs. Percy Porter; Country Store Mrs. D. S. Fer- gusan, Mrs. Jim Coyle; Touch and Take-Mrs. A. A. Honey- man. MORRISH Regular church service was 'held at 10 a.m. The Rev A. W. Harding was in charge, There was the average congregation. It was very pleasant ta have aur junior chair ta lead the singing after a long absence of holidays and Éickness. Thelir speia sletio Adrig- o-- *Early Education In Durham By Inspector A. A. Martin in the Durham County Club of Toronto November Bulletin: The majarity of early settlers poss- essed very lîttle educatian. A few had fared exceilently. The state of saciety for many years made teacbing impossible. The early struggles for existence and for a home in the wiiderness left left no chance for such. Many sturdy aid farmers wbo had no learnîng but had succeeded, and bad no books ta read camne ta the conclusion that schooling was not oniy unnecessary but dang- eraus. It migbt cause their sons ta feel above the common toil or make them lazy. The writer's grandmother warned bis father that he should not court a school teacher as she would not bave taken up that vocation if %lhe had not been lazy. It was feit that if one couid read, sign bis namne, and cast up interest, it was sufficient for a fariner. This attiude towards education prevaiied in Durham, generaliy, aniy during the eariy pioncer pcriod. Soon a keen desire for iearning sprang up in evcry home that could afford ta spare any members framn the work ci the arm- Thet.Store WALKER STORES LIMITED Santa Believes In Guiýfts In Chmldmen's Dept. 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