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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1940 I] The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every week day afternoon except Saturday at Oshawa, Can- ada, by The Times Publishing Co. of Oshawa, Limited. Chas. M. Mundy, Pres.; A. R. Alloway. Managing Director. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Caxadian Daily Newspapers Association the One tario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs 10 cents per week; $2.60 tor six months, or $5.30 per year if paid in advance. By mail anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits) $125 for three months, $2.25 for six months, or $4.00 per year if paid in advance. 8y mail to U.S. subscribers, $6.00 per year, payable . strictly in advance. -- wi] FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1940 Countries Re-Examine Themselves In troubled times like these it is not sur- prising that countries like the United States and Canada are reexamining their place and their past. And there's more to it than a longing for "the good old days" and an escape from an industrialized and poli- tically disrupted world asserts Farnsworth Crowder, student of the American scene, writing in the Rotarian Magazine. This reexamination is seen in festivals, fiestas, fairs, centennial celebrations, and a variety of civic, state, and territorial ceremonies delving into the past. There is a groping for continuity, for certainties to hold to, for ideals and char- acter traits that served our forefathers and might serve us again. There is a healthy resurgence of pride in yesterday's accom- plishments. And certainly there is grow- ing appreciation of the richness, color, humor, and humanity of New World folk expressions. There is, after all, something to remember. A civilization is more than the flat, two-dimensional present. Farm Family Living Costs According to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics the increased cost of living has not affected the farmer and his family to the same extent it has the urban dweller. The reason for this is that there has been a sharp increase in the price index of farm products thereby reducing the spread be- tween the things the farmer buys and those he sells. A recent survey indicates that the semi- annual index of farm family living costs has increased by 6.5 per cent while the index of urban living costs across the Dominion has increased by 3.3 per cent. The Canadian Farm Products wholesale price index showed a gain of 23.5 per cent between August, 1939 and April, 1940. The bureau's general wholesale index of 567 commodity price series moved up 14.8 per cent to 83.1 in the same interval. Com- pared with the Dominion farm family index levels of former years, the 1940 spring level was the highest since 1930 when the index was 94.3. The Family Reunions Summertime brings with it opportunities for outdoor picnic parties, and none of these are more enjoyable than the annual family reunions. Some families have been holding picnics for many years, and each summer there are more families adopting the idea. We hear considerable about the things which have a tendency to break down family life in this age, but the annual family picnic is one thing that is helping ¥ to maintain its status quo. Everybody " comes to the family picnic, and half a con- tinent is not too much to cross to get there. Of course everybody's relative at the pic- nic, and it doesn't matter how remote the cousinship may be -- they are relatives! \ The family picnic table just about defies ¢ description. On it are the most delicious of © foods, and roast chicken is usually there in abundance. It is a case of each housewife bringing in her basket what she thinks is the best dishful she can contribute. The picnic dinner is one of the important © things on the program for the day. There are officers to be elected, and it is a real honor to the man or woman who is elected * president for the succeeding year of his or her family group. Then there is a sports program to provide enjoyment for all members of the group, always containing events that will get everybody interested «+ in it. {We believe the big feature of the family # reunions, however, has not yet been men- # tioned. One rarely sees it on the programs 2% of 'family picnics published in the press. & In our belief the family troubles and joys part of the picnic. Long after the picnic is over and the dinner is forgotten mem- bers will remember that they had a good visit at the reunion with someone else. It is the one day in the year that the rich and poor members of the family are together for a whole day, and all have a full day for family matters to the exclusion of every other topic in the world. We think the family reunions are contri- buting toward the cultural welfare of the country. There is freer discussion among family members than among strangers. Hints on home-making and farming etc., are taken away from the reunion. Families ought to have a historian to record the history of the family. It is al- ways interesting to hear the minutes of the preceding picnic read. Some member PE peiay sa always be found who will handle this Work carefully and well, and he or she will delight the annual gatherings with results of delvings into the family his- tory. In spite of the war the family gatherings should not be dropped. In times of stress the gatherings are like a tonic in the enjoy- ment that is derived from them. In such periods it would be better to hold the re- unions oftener. Those families which have not yet begun annual reunions are missing a lot-of en- joyment. There are three phases of en- joyment to the annual family reunion: the anticipation, the reunion, and the memory of it. -- (Leamington Post-News). Living Standard in Jeopardy Commenting on the effects an axis vie- tory in Europe would have on post-war trade, the Windsor Star says: "The Amer- ican standard of living has been based, in a large measure, on export trade. The sur- plus of our material wealth shipped abroad, either in a manufactured or raw state, sets the pace of prosperity. If foreign markets are closed, the adverse effect on the econ- omy of this continent will be drastic in- deed." The Star goes on to point out that Presi- dent Roosevelt knows what will happen to United States economy if Britain is beaten. The economists, financiers, labor students and industrialists also realize what would happen. Slowly perhaps, but surely, it is sinking into the minds of the general pul lic. There is a growing realization of what a triumph of the axis powers over all Europe, to say nothing of Africa, would mean to the United States. It would mean that life, as the people of this continent have known it, would not be the same. The American standard of liv- ing would drop through the loss of foreign markets, and besides Uncle Sam would have to continue arming feverishly to prepare for the day when the dictators would at- tempt to conquer the western hemisphere. Editorial Notes Heavier taxes on pop are urged. Poor pop says he would like to keep his shirt, if they don't mind. A moving picture theatre in the south ern States has inaugurated a '"'milkman's matinee" beginning at six in the morning. Will sound effects be provided by the clat- ter of milk bottles? While newspaper correspondents in Great Britain were enjoying an abundant meal in a small provincial hotel, the Ger- man radio was blaring that the food short- age in the British Isles was going from bad to worse. This, too, with German people living on all sorts of synthetic pro- ducts. It is in your power to make this day one of the best and brightest of days. Begin with an inspiring thought and a deep de- sire to make the most of your present op- portunities. As you sow good thoughts you will reap good results. Open the windows of your mind and let in the sun- shine of good cheer, optimism, and gener- ous good will. A right mental attitude will help you and others with whom you come in contact to live well and happily. Make this day bright -and productive by filling it with ambitious and purposeful work. Look only for the good and you will find the good. The mental power which you now possess will grow still greater in the process of right use, and each day can be hetter and brighter than ever before.--Grenville Kleiser. A Bible Thought for Today Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves "that are talked over that day are the best are comforted of God.--2 Corinthians 1: 3, 4. | and as such his people GOD'S KINGDOM MUST BE FOUGHT FOR: The Golden Text Nathan's parable against David. "Confess tnerefore your sins one to another, ana pray one for an- other, that ye may be healed."--James 5:16. The Sunday School Lesson By NEWMAN CAMPBELL (The International Uniform Lesson on the above topic for, Aug. 25 is II Samuel 12: 1-14; Psalm 51: 1-17; 32: 1-11, the Golden Text being James 5: 16, "Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be heal- ed) Tr Each one of us knows what a | weight is on the soul when we have | committed a sin -- small or large. We know, too, tne blessed relief of confession and the joy of being for- given. This lesson is the story of David's sin -- a great and grievous sin, in- deed, which, being at last confess- ed, sincerely repented, and partly atoned, brought him a measure of relief. David's sin was so great that one can hardly condone it. We can only say that in his day, kings were very powerful, and their ideas of right and wrong were not those we hold today. David was an Oriental king, could not punish him as he would be punished now for such a crime, but he was punished, nevertheless, and suffered bitterly because of what he had | done. Briefly told, David; walking one night on the flat roof of his palace, saw a very beautiful woman and fell in love with her. He immediately wanted her, hut she was married. Her husband was Uriah, a faithful soldier in his army under Joab. So David sent word to Joab that he should put Urian into the very thickest of the battle, where he would surely be killed. This Joab did, and after Uriah's death, David married his widow and they had a son. Nathan Tells a Parable We do not know how many people besides Joab knew of this crime, and how much David suffered in his conscience because of it, but the prophet Nathan knew it, for the Bible says "the jlord sént Nathan unto David." Coming to David he told him a parable. There were two men, he sald, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had many flocks and herds, but the poor man kad only One little ewe lamb which he brought up with his own chil- dren, and of which he was very fond. A traveler came to the rich man and instead of taking one of his own numerous flock to set before the wanderer, he took the one lamb belonging to the poor man, killed, dressed it and made a feast for the traveler. David was very angry at the rich man about whom Natham told him, but Nathan, looking David straight in the face, sald to him: "Thou art the man." He reminded David how he had been blessed by, the Lord, and how he had sinned secretly, but his punishment, sald Nathan, would be before all Isracl David, I imagine, was frightened as well as sorry, and he confessed. "I have sined against the Lord." Nathan told him that he would not die, but that the son which had been born to him and Bathsheba would be stricken. The child was taken very ill, and David prayed and fasted and "lay all night upon the earth," but the child died. Besides the loss of this child, you remember David har. many more griefs. His son Ammon came to grief because of a sin similar to that of his father. He was killed by Absolam, another son, who later was a traitor to his father and lost his life when the horse he was riding ran under a tree in which his long, beautiful hair became entangled. One of the king's men killed him. David never ceased to mourn this well-beloved son, although he had sinned grievously against his father. We all do things we know are not right. It really is peculiar and dis- heartening the ease with which we sin -- not badly like David, of course, but badly enough. If we lie, deceive, use harsa words, lose our tempers, etc., often enough we may not even realize how much we do err. Then one dav someone comes to us and tells us of our faults, possibly in a parable, like Nathan, At first we may be hurt, but when we think it over we see the justice of the accusations and say, like David, "I am the man!" Then there is hope for us and we can try harder to do what is right. And we can, also like David, pray: "Have mercy upon ine, O God, ac- cording to They loving kind- ness: According to tne muititude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 'For 'I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me." * * » "Create in me a clear heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me." (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUBJECT "Soul" was the su 'bject of the Les- son-Sermon for First Church of Christ, Scientist, 64 Colborne Street East on Sunday. The Golden Text was "Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he. hath done for my soul." (Psalms 66:16). Selections from the Bible includ- ed the following from Psalms 34:2, "My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad." . Correlative citations from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scrip- tures" by Mary Baker Eddy, includ- ed the following from page 466: "Soul or Spirit signifies Deity and nothing else. There is no bright soul nor spirit. Soul or Spirit means only one Mind, and cannot be rend- ered in the plural." TORONTO GIRL DROWNS AT WARD'S ISLAND Toronto Girl Rides Bike off Ferry Dock--Sister of Former Oshawa Boy Daisy Brooks, 21-year-old sister of Norman Brooks, who is a former Oshawa resident and employee of the Oshawa Dally Times, was drowned Wednesday night when she rode her bicycle off the end of the Ward's Island Ferry dock. Police and life savers agreed that the girl, unfamiliar with the Island, had reached the end of the dock when she realized, too late, that she was on the pler. The edges of the dock are protected by a parapet several inches high. Members of the Queen City Yacht Club, sitting on their pier about 300 yards away from the ferry dock, raised the first alarm. Although no one actually saw the young wom= an ride off the pier, several of the yachtsmen heard her scream and when they looked over saw two arms sticking out of the water. Horace Fremlin and other mem- bers of the club jumped into a skiff and rowed over to give assistance while other members notified the lifesavers. According to Commodore Harold Robbins, the yachtsmen found no trace of the girl at the ferry dock. Second Officer Dewey Robinson, Engineer Willlam Maddocks and Seaman Clifford Fransworth of the lifesavers, arrived at the Island al- most immediately after the ferry had docked in the slip. They began dragging immediately around the ferry boat and when it left con- tinued their operations. The bicycle was recovered first and the girl's body was brought from the water after 40 minutes. No doctor was available on the Island, so the lifesavers placed the girl's body in their power launch and drove to the mainland, using artificial respiration on the way. Respirative 'measures were con- tinued until 2.15 am. yesterday, when Coroner Dr. F. W. Tickett, decided that further efforts would be useless. The girl's body was taken to the Coroner's Building and her family in Lindsay notified. The young woman was employed at the home of Frank Callaghan, K.C., on Ward's Island. She had been working there only since Mon- day and Tuesday night borrowed the bicycle to go for a ride. Chief Coroner Dr. Smirle Lawson ordered an inquest held into the drowning. "I feel that it is in the public interest that all the facts surround- ing this drowning should be brought out at an inquest in order to avoid another similar tragedy," Dr, Law- son said. Norman Brooks, brother of the deceased, is now a student at To- ronto Bible College, in his third year. Before 'leaving Oshawa he was employed as a compositor in the Oshawa Daily Times. Courtice (Mrs. George Reynolds, Corr.) COURTICE, Aug: 22. Best wishes and congratulations are ex- tended to Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Es- sery (nee Evelyn Barraball) who were married by Rev. W. C. Smith at the parsonage on Thursday, Au- gust 15th. Friends of Mrs. Gordon Barra- ball (nee Frances M. Reynolds) who were unable to attend the re- cent miscellaneous shower held in Christian Science First Church--é4 Colborne St. E. Sunday Services at 11 a.m. Subject: MIND Wednesday evening meetings at 8:00 o'clock include testimonies of healing through Christian Science. The Reading Room in the Church Bullding, 64 Colborne St. E., is open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons from 2¢toS pm. The Bible and Christian Science Lit- erature may be read, borrowed or purchased. Calvary Baptist Church REV. B. HISEY, of Willowdale Baptist Church will preach. 11 am.--"'Prayer in the Hour of Distress.' 7 pm.--""A Curious Woman Visits a Wise King." if ir - £760 plA> A IIS LABOR DAY! G0: From Noon Friday, Aug. 30, until 2.00 P.M. agat, Sup 3 RETURN: Leave fo midnight, 5s dating Sept. 3, 1000 Times shown are Standard. For fares end further information apply to your nesrest Ticket Agent, CANADIAN PACIFIC CANADIAN NATIONAL her honour, visited at the home of her parents on Wednesday evening of this week and presented their several gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Barra- ball were both present and express- ed their thanks. Those present from g distance were Miss E. Rob- of fruit. to Mr. J. Wray on winning a b Mr. Clifford Colwill lost one of herd on Saturday night as a res of a collision with J. R. Reynol truck, driven by Mr. Donald Yi inson, R. N., of Dryden, and Miss Frances Robinson of Toronto. Re- freshments were served. Deputy registrars for this dis- trict were Mrs. Herbart Osborne and Mrs, Cecil Adams. Mr. Wm. (Jake) Laird, local butcher, has recovered sufficiently from recent illnesses to be on his route again, Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Barraball were Mrs. Barraball, Sr, Mr, Lorne Barraball, and Mrs. N, Smith, all of Orono. Mr. Wm, Romhanyi has improv- ed his home by the addition of a verandah, and has also finished a large, new henhouse. Miss Myrtle Scorgie is visiting with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, W. Reid, Oshawa. Hampton Hampton, Aug. 19. --Master Roy Brown, Toronto, has been spending a vacation with Mr. and Mrs. A. Blanchard. Congratulations to C. E. Horn on winning a ham at the Lions Club Carnival, to Miss Giadys Kersey, on winning a basket of groceries, and lowlees, who was coming frd Bowmanville. Mr, Harold Qui was driving the ca:tlc. The accide happened on the big bridge so of the village. Two other cows we also struck, but were not inj badly, while the first one suffered bad front quarter injury, and ty broken legs. The animal was ir mediately destroyed. Mr, Reynol carries accident insurance which w practically cover thie loss of the col Through ill health Miss Elsie Ha den will not be re-engaged as J ior teacher for our public school. Mr, and Mrs, Lloyd Willis, Miss Cooper, and Mr. D. Lawson, Toro! to; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mountjd and children, Kedron, visited at t! home of John Colwi'l, on Sunday! Cooler weather, followed the thu . der showers of Sunday night. The Sunday services were ve well attended. Rev. Walter Rac ham occupied his pulpit, followii three Sundays' absence while on v cation, Miss L. Horn is spending a fe days with Orono friends. Mrs. W. Challis and daughts Phyllis, and Mr. and Mrs. H, Chall Bowmanville, attended the Rac ham-Burns wedding on Saturday the church. SERVICES IN THE CITY CHURCHES KING STREET UNITED CHURCH The Minister 11 am. -- MORNING WORSHIP. Will Preach. Sunday School During Jr. Church Time, SEPTEMBER 8 -- RE-OPENING SERVICES A Welcome Awaits YOU, FIRST BAPTIST --KNOX PRESBYTERIAN is ot REV. W. HAROLD REID, Preacher Sabbath School -- 10 AM. in Each Church, A Cordial Welcome To All SIMCOE ST. and ST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCHES Congregations Will Worship Together in St. Andrew's Church at 11.00 A.M. Rev. George Telford, M.A., B.D., Will Preach Sunday Schools at 10.00 A.M. SR ---- Confession and Forgiveness j 'Seripture--IT Samuel 12:1-14; Psalm 51:1-17; 32:1-1L ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON _ By Alfred J. Buescher David, King of Israel, walking one eve- ning on the roof of his house, saw a Bethsheba, wife of Uriah, a Hittite and soldier in Joab's beautiful woman, army, David fell in love with her and sent word to Joab, his general, to put Uriah, her husband, in the thick of the battle where .he would be killed, and Joab saw to it ;that Uriah died as David planned./ David then married Uriah's Nathan, the prophet, knew what David had done, and accused him, saying that he would be punished and_their_ son should die, widow, but 3 David confessed his wickedness to Na.) than, saying: * "I have sinned against the Lord," and was forgiven, but the child died. AQOLL EN, TEXT --James 5:16.)