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It seems absurd that in days of relative 'prosperity we should find trouble in mak- Ing ends meet. Family budgetary diffi- cultieswere commonplace in depression days, but surely, we think, with wages s0 high we should be living on easy street. This condition applies to Durham County as well as other parts of Canada. The answer, of course, lies in the fact that although we have reached a new level of living the basic impulses of human nature have flot changed. Our desires for luxuries and extrava- gances seem to increase more rapidly than our earnings. In this connection the Monthly Letter of the Royal Bank of Canada makes some pertinent observations. It points out that despite our increased earnings and buying, despite the fact that highfashion clothing is worn universally by women, that we are the biggest smok- ers in the Western world, and that the size of our factory parking lot is used by visit- ors as a measure of our prosperity - in spite of ail this varied evidence of welfare we find difficulty in rnaking ends meet. We are always striving for something new. Much of the service we have corne to take for granted is of a cerernonial Winter driving places a special strain nM drivefs and automobiles, according to the All Canada Insurance Federation. Each year, as the first snow and cold weather are felt across the country, acci- dent statistics show an upward trend. To prepare for winter driving, the Federation, which represents more than 200 Canadian fire, automobile and casualty dri'ving precautions, recomrnends these driving precoutions and hints for care of your automobile, 1. Slow down. '"Normal" speeds are excessive on slippery streets. 2. Watch carefully for pedestrians who mnay be dressed in dark clothes and unable to see because of scarves and parkas. 3. If you expect to do a considerable There are probably more salty rem- Iniscences of Henry Ford hidden away ahl over the country as there used to be Ford jokes, and since Mr. Ford's death a lot of new ones have come to light. Few are more charming than an account of a talk between Mr. Ford and James Bone, form- er London editor of the Manchester Guard- ian. Mr. Bone met Mr. Ford in 1940 at England's worst period of the war. It was natural that the talk should be about the war and about Mr. Ford's reluctant contri- bution to the slaughter as a manufacturer of tanks and trucks. Finaily, when the two men hacl ex- hausted that subject, Bone asked Mr. Ford To be so strong that nothing can dis- turb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and pros- perity to every person you meat To make your friends feel that there is something in them. To look on the sunny side of every- thing and make your optimismn corne true. To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Established 1854 84.0 tYertictlin incopôatdva Auholmd aThecOond CaNeMas P0r eouf COffice Dpa Service Ot the Town ofBowmPnvlle ad Drhmbou E A EN&PUBLISNG COPANYR GEO W.JAMSfrro 0 character. We feel discomfort in its ab- sence, flot because its absence causes us physical distress, but just becauselwe have become accustomed to havîng it. We have becorne spendthrifts in the necessaries of life. It has been said that what is thrown out of our kitchens would support a frugal people in almost any country of Europe. We are, in short, in danger of be- coming so carried away by material pros- perity, 50 absorbed in enjoying things, that we ]ose touch with that sense of the real- ities our pioneer great-grandfathers kncw so well, a sense that made us a well- rounded people. What we need is to take a balanced attitude toward our needs, desîres and income, and to so plan that we get the utmost in real satisfaction. The real essential is planning, with- out which nothing can be accomplished. Those who know what they want, the sources of supply, and how rnuch thev should pay for the quality desired, wvil be able to get up to 30 per cent more for their money than the haphazard, carcless spender. Your Attention, Mr. Fleming! Most people could save more rnoney than they do, claims The Printed Word. It is not s0 very difficuit to drawv up a budget; sticking to it is another thing. The easiest of ail ways to save rnoney is to show somebody else how to do it. Turning, then, towards Ottawa and the Diefenbaker Government, one place where there is substantial elbow room for sav- ings, as shown in the estimates, is in de- partmental publishing. Reports, pamphlets, bulletins and miscellaneous publications of one kind and another which floods and clutters up our wvaste paper basket alrnost daily, total up to a tidy bill at the Queen's Printer of sorne $7,500,000 a year. And, despite franking privileges, officiai Ot- tawa's annual postage bill is running a- round $5,700,000. Travel is another item of government expense that looms large in the rninds of taxpayers. The junketing around of nern- bers of the arrned forces and their farn- ilies, and of departmental officiais, cornes to the astonishing figure of $65,400,0 in the estimates for the fiscal year 1957-58. Maybe Mr. Fleming will rnake a start pairing these figures down to balance the budget. Look at one more heading, "Special Services." Here is a really costly gravy boat, with contemplated outlays for law- yers, architects, engineers, analysts (pre- sumably economie rather than psychoan- alytic), accountants, transiators, writers and other employed on a part-time or ternporary basis, running to $82,000,000. These are the figures as thev stand now in the estimates. Anyone wýho has ever said to himself: "I have to go easy on the dough," could surelv find a few dollars to lop off those surns. I ~ ~ t~T/TAvv A g 6 - 'il - llý 11, -' .1 I - l L -.3 "SHURE - 1 KNOVV 1S4 AçFB. DRîVI, WE5< Ni'lL DRIVE SI4APELy. %uSg CARRY ME ouT TO10mV CAR Ne IL Po VE *IT TO 'yoe"L 25 YEARS AGO (1932) 49 YEARS AGO (1908) Mrs. G. L. Wagar was eleet- Mrs. W. C. King entertaincd cd president of Trinity W.M.s. about 50 friends at afternoon Instead of a banquet for un- tea at her residence, B3eech cmployed persons and their Ave. Assisting were Mrs. Thos. families, it was decided to pro- Tod, Miss Windatt, Mrs. W. B. vide Christmas baskets of gro- M\cMutrtr, Mrs. Cl1a re n c e cerles. Many contributions were Meath, Mrs. Clarence Mason. being received such as' pota- Miss Jean Blewett, Canadian toes, chickens, beef, and butter. Autboress, gave a program oif Reeve T. H. Lockhart and readings at St. Paul's Church. Deputy Reeve C. E. Rehder On the musical Portion R. M. werc attending Counties Coun- Mitchell, Mrs. C. A. Cawker cil.and Miss Tambl.yn sang, Calpt. The Bnk ofMontral A.nist-McLaughlin gave a vio- The ankof ontealinsst-lin solo, Mr. T. H. Follick an cd that Council must do some- organ solo. Mr. Follick was a thing about collecting taxbr-. tealher at the higb sehool. rears. Finance committee tookc The Enfield 'correspondent steps to colleet taxes oxingý or asked - ' 'Why can't we have seîl propcrty three years in an old-fashioned snigsho arrears. . singing schoo Miss Carnie Stophiens died B. Schuyler -Edsalh, Port on Dec. 1 at her residence, Hope. visited bis fathçr here, Odell St. She was a daughter Mr. S. S. Edsalh, before going of the hate Jonathan and Mary to North Bay. He was employ- McMurtry Stephens. She hact ed witb the Bell Telephone Co. lived in or near Boxvmanville James Beith wbo had been for 82 years. She was a me:n- under his father's care (Dr. ber of the Congregational Beith) wibbi typhoid fever, re- Church and later St. Paul's sumed bis studies at the School Presbyterian. of Practical Science, Toronto. John Lyle, Town Clerk for Congratulations wère offer- 35 years, resigned. He was the cd bo Arthur L. Pascoe, Solina, third Town Clerk in 80 years. on bis clection as Grand Wor- Richard Windatt beld, the posi- thy Patriarch of Ontario, Sons tion for 43 years and James B. of Temperance. Fairbairni for two years . Dur- Mrs. Janet Ramsay, Toronto, îng bis tenure Mr. Lyle xvas died suddenhy of pneumonia at associated with these miayors: the 8'esidence of ber sons, C. R. R. Loscombe, J. B3. Mitchell, W. Ramsay, Higb St., Bow- M. A. James, Archie Tait, Thos. manville on Nov. 24. H. Spry, J. J. Mason, Dr. S. C.* Rev. R. P. Bowler, M.A.. D. Hillier, A. N. McMillan, H. L. D., Professor of Homiletics, Quinn, Thos. S. Holgate, M. J. Victoria University, was to bc Elliott, Geo. W. James. the speaker at both services in tbe Methodist Cburch on the occasion of their Thank-offer- In tbc January-June period ing. The Board rcquested of 1957 Canada suffered a for- $1,000. cign brade deficit of S574 ii- Major Nettie Simco wa s lion, a record deficit for the first ]eading revival meetings at the six montbs of any yea'-. Salvabion Army Barracks. $25,00OO Capital 15 Needed ta Start Farm On Nov. il bbc Farm Forum-s Loans arc much cheaper. Mount discusscd tbc bopic 'Farm Cre- Pleasant suggested dealer cre- dit." Apparenthy this crcated dit be used on short terrm loans some lively discussions as the such as feed buis. answers were varied. The harger percentage oif the Wbat is the minimum amount forums agreed that govern- of capital needed bo farm iný ment credit, which would bc your area? The answers ranged granted subjeet to supervision from $15,000 te $50,000, xith of tbe farming operatien hI baif tbc forums favoring $25,- the lending agency, îvould bc 000. The greughes bbought beneficial. Others bhoughb bhis from 50 per cent to 80 per cent was flot tbc answer as super- of this capital shouhd be ob- vision is bard to give to tboe taincd in tbc form of credit. wbo would need it. Others The forums did not favor wondered if bbc supervisors dealer credit as it is net econ- chosen would be competent to omical. Farin Imprevernent do their jiobs properly. Federation ta Assist Local Wheat Producers In Marketing Plan Vote S Publicitv oethebcProposed Ontarioe Wbeat Producers' Mar- keting Plan on wbhich a provin- cial v'ote of wheab producers wihl be taken on Friday, Jan. 17 %vas autborized at tbc meet- inig of directors (if PE.terLbo:,- ough Federation of Agricul- ture. The principal purpese cf this preject is to establisb a nego- tiating cemmitte cf producers and buycrs in an effort te ar- rive at minimum prices et On- tariq wheat. and obberwisc te implement most nï the other Icatureâ of tbe iacw marketinig legisiation. Seven Districts For this plan bbc province is divided inte seven districts, bbc first of wbich comprises Essex and Kent, two of tbe big witi- ber wheat ceunties; and Peter- boroumh is in the sevenith dis- trict witb bbecocunities cf Dur- ham, Northumberland, Hastings, Lennox - Addington, Ontario, Prince Edward, Victoria. Wbeat is net an important crop in bbc section east of this district. Producers in each county t shah I organize a county group, and each group shail appoint one representative bo' a District Wheat Producers' Committee on the basis of 10,000 acres of wheat seeded or fraction there- of for cach representative. These seven committees shall elect a total of eight represen- tatives (one from each district exccpt that there shall be two from No. 1 district) to what is to be known as the local board: and these eight mnembers appoint annually an additional four members on the recom- mendation of the Ontario Wheat Growers' Association, making a total of 12 members of the local 'board. This local board is to be known as the Ontario Wbeat P:roducers' Maraketing Board. Regulations of the board do flot apply to wbeat that is used on the farm on which it is pro- d'uced, nor to wheat sold by a producer to another producer for use on his farm. May Refuse Licenses The plan provides for the hi- ccnsing of producers, proces- sors and dealers. In regard to producers: no personeshaîl com- mence or continue to engage in the growing of wheat except under the authority of a license as a producer of wheat. The Farm Produets Market- ing Board may refuse to grant a license where the applicant is not qualified by experience, financial responsibility and cquipment to engage properly in the business for which the application is made, and may suspend or revoke or refuse to renew a license for which the application wvas made for fail- ure bo observe, perform or. car- ry out the provision of the mar- keting act, the regulations, the Plan or any order or direction of the Farm Products Market- ing Board or the Wheat Produ- cers' Marketing Board. Other clauses of the Plan will be re- viewed hater. BETHANY Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McGihi and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ter- mina, Toronto, wene weekend iýuests with Mr. and Mrs. James McK in non. Mrs. Harry Hannah met with an unfortunate accident on Fni- day. She had been doing bbe household shopping and just as she was coming out of Ryley's store, feil and suffercd a frac- tured hip. She ~vas taken to îomc cf Mrs. A. Dainard. amount of driving urider adverse con- ditions, invest in snow tires or chains. 4. Have your car checked for mechanl- ical condition. Steering rnechanisms and brakes are especially apt to break down as the result of the extra strain of cold weather and thickening of lubrîcants. 5. Make sure that your car's heater and defroster are in good condition. 6. Check for leakage in your exhaust, muffler and tailpipe. Many persons are killed each year by monoxide poisoning. 7. If your car skids on icy pavement, turn your wheels in the direction of the skid, but do not apply your brakes. 8. Starting and stoppîng on ice are both best done gentlv. Purnp your hrakes as you stop; start off slowly in second or high gear to obtain extra traction. something about his views on the life to corne. "The only thing is," said Henry Ford, "I should like to be sure of having the same wife." "That's the differencè between you and me," his interviewer ventured to say. "I hope that my own wife wîhl have better luck in the next world." "There you are," said Mrs. Ford, who was sibing near. "You only think of yourself, but your friend thinks of his wife." It's a nice point who was the winner of that contesb in dialectical immaterialism. Only a wife could make the decision. To wear a c heerful countenance at al tirnes and have a srnile ready f or every living creature you meet. To give so much tirne to the improve- ment of yourself that you have no tirne to criticize others. To be boo large for worry, too noble for anger, tQo strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. To think well of yourself and bo pro. dlaim this fact bo the world - not in loud words, but in great deeds. To li-v.e in the faith that the worhd is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you. Selected Figure, It Out We don't decide how long we \vant to wvork in a week; we decide how rnuch in groceries and clothes wc wanb to take home at the end of the week. We get paid out of what we produce after the cosbs of helping us produce it are paid - taxes, machines, supervision. Therefore, the more we produce, the more we can be paid, and so the more things we can buy. Or, put it another way - the things we want for our farnily decide how rnuch we work. When someone tells us to cut our work week and demand the sarne pay, he is tellîng us bo raise cosbs and theiLefore raise prices - and thab's the way to ruin jobs. When someone supplies us with a better machine, hie is offerin1g us the chance to produce more efficiently and so be worth more - which means have more for ourselves and our families. The answer to todav's problem isn't legislation, it's work - wvork so efficient that costs and prices corne down, de ffiand and jobs go up. EDIT ORIALS Lions Deputy Governor TelIls of Satisfaction From Servi c "We did not join to get any- thing, but if we throw oursel- ves into this way called Lion- ism, no greater thrill can corne to any of us than the glow of satisfaction in helping others less fortunate". Deputy District Governor Art ]Brunton, Port Perry, spoke the above words in an inspiring ad- dress aimed at the younger mem- bers of the Bowmanville Lions Club. Mr. Brunton was guest eaker at their regular meeting Mnday Nov. 25, at the Lions Centre. Accompanying the Deputy District Governor was Archie Farmer of the Port Perry L ions Club. Other guests at the meet- ing were Bob Weiser, principal of Maple Grove sehool, and Bill Blezard, teacher. They were the gu~ests of Lion Ross Metcalfe. Lions Joe Flett, *James Bell, Ross Stevens, Norman Mitchell and Ralph Ames celebrated their birthdays. Tail Twister Bob Kent was promptly on the job to coli- ect fines from the members sea- ted near them, as is the custom. Request for Blood Donors A report from the Inter-Club Committee was given by Lion AI Cuthbertson. A request for blood donors by Jack Darch of the blood donors committee was quickly replied to by the mcm- bers. Ross Stevens gave a brief report on the construction of a new shed to bouse the club's carnivnl equipment. "Being a Lion can be a great lnnfluence for good in our life,"1 Mr. Brunton continued. "if we let it, Lionism can teach us to enjoy life more fully. " Necded Community Action 1 "Our Lions Club sponsors,1 aids and helps to promote necd- Central Spring Show 0f fers to Cooperale Peterboro Exhibition ce Activit y years it bas belped communities somewhere, grow bigger, better and kindiier. It bas aided the blind, the crippled, the under- priviledged and the down heart ed. Lionism itself bas grown ini wisdom, in stature and in1 > vour wNith God and man "The fundamental reaso' the tremendous growth of Lionj1 International is epitomized by our slogan 'we serve'. Therefore being an active member gives us a feeling of bclonging to something extremely worth - while. "Being a Lion can awaken in us a consciousness of our ob- ligations to our fellow men. We are our brother's keeper, espec- ially if that brother is down. Be- ing a Lion can also hclp us over- corne our own timidity and fear." Lion Art stresscd the import- ance of high business ethics and ýrinciple, which are, a part of Lionism. Teamwork is also an- other factor which xve learn well in Lions, he pointcd out. "Lion- ism fosters the idca of the bro- therhood of man, it is truly In- ternational," he said, "with 600, 000 membors in some 13,000 clubs in 82 Countries. It brings into its fold men of ahl religions, creeds, political ideas, without discrimination." In concluding he urged the members to play a vital part in the activities of their club. "Yes we can do a minimum, and get away with rctaining our mem- bership. Or, we can bccome en- thusiastic and throxv ourselves into Lionism- with both fp-et," Mr. Brunton wos introdiiced by Lion Jim Marr. H-e was than- ked and presented with a gift on behalf of the club by Lion Wilson M. Gemmel, Peter- borough, was named chairman of a special committee of the Central Ontario Spring Show Frida ' , to consult Peterbor- ough Exhibition directors about cooperating in its continuance. The other members are Gar-, net Rickard of Durham county, Reg McCann of Northumber- land, Wellington Sutton of Ot- onabee, Ken Fallis, Toronto and F. C. Patterso nof Peterbor- ough and LeRoy G. Brown of Lindsay, representatives of the Ontario department of Agricul- ture. Their assignment is for an early meeting with an Exhibi- tion committee, and report back to the Spring Show board about the mniddle of December. An enquiry by Mr.' McCann of Brighton as to adequacy of any accommodation, Belleville suggested a thought of a return to the former rotation of the Show throughout the district and including Lindsay. How- ever relapse after years of set- Ross Memonial Hospital. in Lindsay. Her many friends are wishing her a specdy rccovcry. Mr. and Mrs. James Fraser left last weck to spend the winter months ini St. Peters- burg, Florida. Mrs. Roy Tuthill, Keene, spent Sunday witb ber aunt, Miss Lily Tbompson. The Women's Instibute held a successful sale of Home Baking in Watson's store on Saturdayý afternoon, with Mrs. Addison Scott and Mrs. Rupert Wood as salesladies. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reid, Bownmanville, visited witb Mr. and Mrs. Ross Carr on Sunday. Among those attending bbe School Teachers' Convention in Toronto, on Friday wcre Mrs. Eanl Argue, Miss Elcanor Row- an, Mrs. Carl Smith and Mrs. Robert Sisson. Miss Margaret Lowcs, Peter- borough, was home for bbc wveekend with ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lowes. Mr. Edgar Staples bas gone to Peterborough to spcnd the cemainder of the winter at the .tiement in Peterborough, and ioccupation of the Peterborough Memorial Centre for the first Eime hast March is not lilzely to get sc ilous consideration. 011cr Assets The interviewing committee is authorized to offer the Peter- oorough Exhibition directors 'what we have", which presuin- ably would include the bank surplus of $1 844.65, iL- àhey wouid assume what haî4en primarily a seed show, aibgn- deavour to develop it as a means of promoting the agri- culture of the counties compris. ing this district. The. discussion did not, dis- tinctly signify that the Central Ontario group was disbànding and going out '>' besýin s- pecial]y and' ratn br' r with the splendid facilities . the Memorial Centre for tbi uses. And that tribute was re- peated in the discussion of the future operations. Factors influencing this change of attitude toward the opera. tion of the spring show includ- ed the decline in the number of farmers wholly engaged i their home occupation, appar. ent difficulty in attracting at- tendance commensurate with the effort put into the organiz- ing and planning of the show. An overriding intimation frorn th eextension branch of the de- partment of agriculture affiruii- ed that this work required tooe much of the time of county re- presentatives such as Mr. Pat- erson, Mr. Brown, A. O. Dal. ryýmple in H{astings county, the ]ate Ed Summers of Durham. and others of the district. With aIl the experience of th ePeterborough Exhibition it was thought that its directora rnight be interested in the pro- posai to take over the spring show or to cooperate with its promoiers. The meeting deferred elec- tion cif officers until the special comnmittee is ready to report at the cal] of the president, Owenî Sweetman of Little Britain. In the end there is stili the possi- bility of the Springý Show group continuing its operation as thcv have been doing. &/ Y/oungman!ps Colun -0 e This article is prompbed b., -last week's "Current and Con. Sfidential" column, so ElsiE n Lunney, put up your "dukes". y e Ou.r favounîte lady reporter senquires where, and why the appealing texture and flavour oi Ontario potatoes bas disap. neared. That query is akin tc ' where do tbc flics go in bbe wintert ime?" The average lay- man ceoesn't know, and bbe boys \vibh special scientific training haven't applied their skill, or bhey are keeping their findings a well kept secret. Too much commercial ferti- lizer could be one reason. This is based on the fact that, tûe late Otto Freund of Trn could unerringly detect bbc dit- ference hetween spuds grown in soil treated with organie fertili7ers, and that treated xvith large~ quantitics of comn- mercial fertilizers. Yoit are rigbt, Elsie, wben vou think type of soul affects mrurpbies, but wben you try te phug Durham County potaboes, (.10 il cautiuusly, because malhy !jutatce- g-',uwn i this ,county ard net fit for human consump- tion, miosthy« because tbey are not fromr selected, disease free sced, and grown in claye ' - soils whicb tend to produce soggy, bard bo cook, ilI flavour- cd bubers. This is not bbc case with bbc siluds grewn in the general vi- cinity of Pontypool, wbere the y soil is dry and sandy; wbere -the growers pay a higb premn- e ium for fresb, bigh quality seed; wbere a combinabion of r clovers, manure, and commer- ecial ferbilizer is used;, whcre rmore gohd wabcbes have been won by members of bbe "500 bushel" club than in any com- parable sized anca in Ontario; where you cari get service with *a smile witb bbc purchase of one bag or one tbeusand; where very few grewers attempt to« gouge a transient purchaser,1 and wherc bbc same growersi have cnough spunk to refuse a1 sale if thcy don't care for bbc prospective purchascr's man- ne rs. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island potatocs are in dcmand in Ontario;because tbc people in these two provinces cxport, to bbc bcst of their ability. only pobatoes of even grade, and bigb qualibv, in dlean, attractive packages. Fort * -tbree years ago, whena 1 worked for a commission1 firm in Toronto, wc could re-c route a carhoad ef MaritimeC potatees te other cities without breaking bbc door seals, confi-a dent that tbc goods wcrc as re-e prescnted on tbc invoice, but every car of Ontario pobatoes c bad to be regraded for qualitym and size before we dared offer ci them for sale. conscquentlv wc g chercifuhîx'" paid a premnium fMi I the Maritime product becaube we werc spared a lot of dis- agrecable labour and delaý. Ontario growe-s, forty-iive ycars ago, lost their own mar- ket through greedy cheabing»; bbc Maritimes bave retained it through quality, service, and depexîdabiliby. But I can't swal- how that malarky about Mari- time spuds havinga a botter fIa- your than ours. During 1942, I purchased P.E.I. Irish Cobblers for a gang on the C.P.R. because bbc cook wouhd have ne other. Olnce, I took bwo bags of Pont.- oool grown Cbippewas for bini te try. Eoth kinds were served .it the sarne mca], but in separ- ate bowhs. The twenty-five mon vobed unanimously for he spuds f romn Pontypool, 4'iÉ bhougbt that bbc price of! .. for the P.E.I.'s and $1.95 fort' Pontypools .should bc revers-s This was no flash i' bbe pan,. because 1 shippe-d Pontypc.- spud. to him as long a .e cooked on bbc C.P.R. And last, but not least, Elsie, a lot of vvomnen sipoil the Inish lemons ini the cooking; Ac.>, can be <cal s. uart in a h1o tbings3, and stili be dun& 4uri- nies wlîcn it comneS bo boîinî a~ few spuds-present company exce ricd. Potatoes require the Same careful attention as a prize winning cake, because of this difference in varieby, wbere grown, and how stored: Du the y iilays get it" No! I've said it, and I'm glad! THE CANADIA14 STATESMAN, BOWMANVMlLLP. ONTAIO In the Midst of Plenty Winter Driving Henry Ford On Heaven Pro mise Yourself lInMSDAY, DEC. 5th, 1957 b m a ti: ri hi