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The occasion ci Canadian Weekly Newspaper Week seeins an opportune time to pay a well-merited tribute to F tbe faithful and efficient service per- formed by reporters in the villages and communities. Many of these correspondents bave served loyally over a period of niany years. At the same time they bave rendered a valuable service to their respective communities in publicizing the activities of organizations and recording community progress. Actual- ly, this constitutesan histonical record of the'development of many enterprising communities, one that is of great value. A rural correspondent in many cases renders a service to ber community that could not otberwise be obtained. The task of being a correspondent Is no sinecure, as it involves consider- able telephoning and interviewing in gathering the news and preparing it in $9100U To spend $9,000 of the taxpayers' rnoney to give one unemployed Canad- ian a four-month winter job would be called wasteful by even the most en- thusiastic supporter of the idea of gov- ernment make-work projects to ease seasonal unemployment. But that $9,00 is no figment of the imagination. It is the sum used by Federal Cabinet Min- ister David J. Walker in an interview i Toronto to make the point that public works for the sake of providing employ- ment is "one of the most expensive ways" of creating employment. In the interview Mr. Walker used as example Toronto's Mackenzie Build- ing, a recently opened federal office building. Cost of the structure was $111 million and, Mr. Walker noted, if it had been a winter work project its construc- tion would bave provided 1,300 jobs,: PAGE TOUR Tt is the world's most gruesôme thighway. For Canada, it is a national disgrace. It is a highway 5,000 miles long, stretching fmom the Atlantic to the Pacifie. On both sides of the highway, on lots 100 feet apart, there are homes, an eighth of the homes of Canada. These are the homes whicb bave been struck by f ire. At every mile of the highway, JOHN M. JAMES EDrroa-PuElIIE EDITORIAL COMMEN' Ail Kinds o the form of copy for the linotype operator. You, who live in these centres could render a mucb appreciated serv- ice to your particular correspondent by telepboning your news to bim or ber, instead of making him telephone you. Also bear in mind that the country cor- respondent is the backbone of most weekly newspapers, for many native sons and daugbters of the surrounding districts now living in vanious parts of the globe, pay the rural reporters the compliment that: "The paper is like a letter from home." WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS are plac- ed in tbe top category of personal journalism because they contain in every issue personal items about people our readers know. It bas often been said that "names are news", and each issue of a weekly will venify that fact. So we repeat, appreciation is due the many alent cornespondents who are making it possible to give this service. aiJob lasting approximately four montbs. Thus, be said, if it had been a project undertaken to create jobs, that would mean $9,000 to provide one man with work for four rnonths." With admirable political courage the Minister of Public Works went on to say that the real solution to' Canada's employment problem lies with the indi- vidual citizens. 0f last year's gross national product of almost $36 billion, he said, only 15 per cent was created by government expenditure. It could be argued that this was a higb enough pro- portion, but there can be no argument with the Minister's point that employ- ment originates with private enterpnise and that even the most extravagant spending on public wonks can create relatively few jobs. there is a cairn for the dead. More than 500,000 homes destroy- ed or dama.eed by fire! More than 5,000 victime of f ire! Since the birth of Canada? No. Only in the last 10 years. That is the tragic picture of Canadian carelessness with f ire in the home. The lesson of Fine Prevention Week, October 9-15: Keep off this higb- way, by not giving f ire a place to stant in your borne. GEO. P. MORRIS BUSURUS8MGI. SUBSCRIION RATES 84.00 a Yeuauictly Ilnadvanc. . $5.00 ciTYam ln the UnIted Stalo. Sa znany national "Weeks" have been set aside to honor this, that, and lndeed, about every mentionable corn- rnodity known to mankind, that public L rotest is heard, and public disgust is being felt. There is a wave of ridicule across the nation. Had the practice been restricted to worthwhile events, nation-wide historie happenings, or enterprises of wide pub- lic interest, some reasonable excuse inigbt have been found for its con- tinuance. But wben the craze extends to "Salad Week," and a score of similar subjects, excuse is found for public protest. By no means an innovation in this f ield of publicity, however, is that known as Newspaper Week. It has been recorded for long years, and is perhaps as excusable as are many against wbich, one hears no public criticism. This is because the weekly newspaper in par- ticular, bas become recognized as a semi-public and community institution, extending throughout its own restricted community each week, carrying the happenings within its area which fînd refreshing interest in the hearts of its eager readers. One writer haý express- ed the basis of public interest in the weekly newspaper, in these terms: "The average reader is lost without bis local paper. He can learn about events in Laos, Vietnam, London or Moscow from any newspaper in any town be visits, but when it comes to keeping tabs on the girl next door, or the kid around the corner, there's no substitute for the local paper." The average weekly publisher likes to look upon bis newspaper as a link between himself and the public of bis coverage area. He likes bis paper to be recognized as a medium of close intimacy between bimself and bis In the Dim and Distant Past From The Statesman Files 49 VEARS AGO <Oct. 19, 1911> While picking beechnuts in Otton's woods Saturday after- noon Roy Lane, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lane, east of the town, fell from a tree to Lie ground, a distance of about 25 feet, receiving some nasty cuts and bruises about the face and hands requiring medical aid and several stitches. He was also hurt internally. Dr. A. S. Tilley was at once summnoned and dressed the wounds. At a special meeting of Town Council Monday evening a by- aw was passed authorizing the sale o! the old agricultural grounds to G'oodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Limitcd at a nomi- nal price o! $571, being the price paid for it with 5 per cent interest since that time. The cornpany wilI erect work- men's dwellings on the land at once. Miss Carruthers has return- ed fromn Rosthern, Sask., where she bas spent the past four rnontbs accoxnpanied by her sister Mrs. D. S. MacGregor and cbildren who expect to make their home in Bowman- ville. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Haddy left Tuesday on a two weeks' trip in Uncle Sim's republic. They will visit Mr. Wm. Lock- hart, Columbus, Ohio, and friends in New York State. Dr. J. S. Somers, Toronto, was weekend guest o! bis father who last week met with an accident by !alling fromn an apple tree, about 15 feet. Miss Flora Galbraith, teach- er, attended the marriage of a cousin at Kincardine recent- ly. Mr. Chas. Williams bas rent- ed bis North Darlington !armn to a Pontypool man. Hampton: Mr. N o r m a n Doidge recently shot four ra- coons in a tree. Courtice: Sisters Muriel Pen- found and Mabel Walters are delegates to Grand Division S.O.T. in Toronto Nov. lSth and l6th. Maple Grove: Mr. C. H. Snowden recently lost two cows fromn over supply of green corn. Taunton: A very pleasant evening was spent at the homei o! Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor on Friday evening, Sept. 29th, when their nany friends about1 Zion assembled ta bid them farewell on their departure from our midst. Enniskillen: Miss Cl ar ei Robeson has returned from her holiday trip accompanied1 by ber sister Mrs. Jas. Latimeri of Fraserville. Tyrone: Mr. J. Mutton bas enlarged bis outbuildings and improved his stable by put-j ting in a cernent floor. j Danlington: Mr. E. F. Wi- lloughby bas retiuned to Mc.j muster Univezsity. 25 YEARS AGO (Oct. 17. 1935) t 4V T* f "Weeks" readers. He likes to have It regarded as a means through which co-operative public interest may be engendered, and community 111e stimulated. He likes te have it feit that his paper is essentially a medium of thought - a vehicle of public and private reasoning, wherein variety is added to opinions, expressed editorîally, or through the use of news columns. He recognizes that his week- ly discussions on public issues wbether of local or broadened interest, are indi- vidualistic in character, and subject te the fair criticism of bis readers. When convinced that he is in error, he freely acknowledges it, and pays due respect to the source of his enligbtenment. He recognizes too, that restrictions are placed upon the staff of the average weekly paper, in its limited personnel, and welcomes publie interest in the broadening of news carrnage through co-operation of interest and effort. H1e welcomes the use of the telephone as a ineans oi extending news coverage. A simple hint often resuits in the appearance of an item, which migbt be easily missed through limited reporterai coverage from his staff. He looks upon his paper as a means of livelihood, but does not emphasize its importance as a source of adequate revenue for his every-day needs, unless associated with a commercial printing plant. He preaches the important doctrine that mutual interests are wrapped up in our community life, and that the exchange of local trade be- tween himself and local businessmen, is a natural means of mutual service. Yes, the local paper extends beyond individual service in the communitv it serves. It is clothed with the garment of service to its community, and invites both respect and support of those who know it as a friendly neighbour. Research workers in the1 Fedenal Dept. o! Agriculture1 have discovered that it is ai- most impossible to storve wircworms out o! the soil. Your scribe wouldn't know a wîreworm if it walked up and, asked for a hand-out. It's pro- bably a worm that either eats or makes wire. Anybow, the eggheads statej that, when these "woirms" 1 can't find any genminatingj seeds on underground stenms to eit, the beastly littie can- nibals gobble each other.1 Wonder what the last sur-1 vivor does?1 Dr. G. R. F. Davis o! the1 research station at Saskatoon,j dlaims that the lanvae can ne- sist starvation up to fonty weeks and that tests bavei sbown thirty two per cent1 still living after sixty weeks1 in stenilized soil, with some1 having actually grown langer.1 The nesearchers believe that1 these misenable creatur e s could exist for as much as three seasons in cleanly cul-i tivated summer fallow and1 that, treating any seed to be1 planted is the only sure wayj of polishing of! these pesti- fenous insects. Since eanliest memony, a cucumber has always ap- peared to this scribbler to bej a watery, tasteless, warty-1 skinned eyesore, guaranteed to produce indigestion if not1 THURSDAY, OCT. lSth, 1960 -SUGAR and SPICE :.J As I have now been teach- ing for a fuil month, I feel sufficiently qualified ta point out ail the flaws in the educa- tional system, and demand their immediate correction. However, as that would ne- quire an essay o! the approxi- mate length o! Lady Chatter- ley's Lover, I shall content myseif with suggestîng one major change. I wouid lilce to sec the "subject" known as Religious Instruction scratcbed, blotted or erased from the list of secondary school courses. Don't thlnk that this lu golng to get me In trouble with the preachers (flot that it wouid bc the first time). With a few exceptions, 1 think ministers and priests who are forced to teach this course consider it an abomination, In the same cate- tory as saying the banial ser- vice aver some aid brute who bas Ignored the church ail bis Ile. Wbat I'd like to know is: Who wants Religious Instruc- tion in the scbools? The stu- dents don't. They think, the more ccherent of themn, that it's an int(ctrference with their schooling, a waste of time, and som'2t]ini_-thcy bave already Dlspenud ly BiD Smiley rings, at home or at church. Others echo the remark I beard fnom one lad: "It makes a nice break." The uchool board doesn't want IL. The question of re- Ugious education ls a prickly one, especially where there are half a dozen Protestant de- nominations, Jews and RC's. It takes a lot of broken field running to make sure nobody's tocs are stePPed on. The teachers don't want it. Tbey think, with some justi-i fication, that there is enaugh1 interference with their at-1 tempts ta cover the course,, what with field days, footballJ games, assemblies. teachers' conventions, visiting speakers and other special events. 1 It lu Ithe clergy which lu de- mandlng it? 1 don't think so, from what I've been told by a couple of reverenda. For the average preacher, used to a9 sulent, If somnolent, audience, it must be a bit hair-raising to face some 35 young hellions, 32 of whom consider this littie more than a chance for a supervised visit w.th their, friends. The clergyman, bis! chcst-high pulpit exchangedt for a navel-high desk, feels~ eý,-d"pa fpfI n d ifferent varicties of hybrid lJAikeU th Old U, aniWhoIIiUvU (ucumbers bave been devel- lie nt h l omahoL oped, no!o the tbree thou- OBITUARYcdIAShe * *01 sand ck growens in Ontario I h hl uiespse bave been able to obtain any ELMA VERENA SYER b the whep busnessf puhed of the seed because hand pol- b h eatnn !Eua linization bas made pnoduc- r.Ens ro e- tion? I d-oubt it. The Depant- tion ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~Ms cotEresinyhg. nnsAe s ed ofway t- ment, with Machiavellian cun-1 tio cots xcesivly igh ern'sAve pasedawa atnin g, does flot make Reliious Tbe new ail-female variety Memorial Hospital, Bowmnan- Instruction a compuisery sub- will benefit both growers and ville, on September 23, 1960, et It leaves it to the dis- pickling companies because after an illness o! three ceino h colbad tbey develop eanly (an ad- montbs. She was 75 years o!fcTion o!k the sch ool of. vantage in short season an- age. Tbis anissie th edmperor o eas); the yield is doubled; Born at Orono, daugbter Japran siNg ,wan edict that comarm uh mllr h"Aaand aohnpremiumsh was suicide is old-fasbioned. But if commnd apreiium price the youngest o! a faniily of' anvone requires a sharp knife, oven the old-fasbioned variety. fur. Her brothers Thomnas,: just fuli in this form and send And now, one o! the p«lntj Bertram and Fred predeceased ta . . . wizards, Professor T. O. Gra- ber. ham, o! the O.A.C., dlaims After ber marniage in 1916 ~* * * *. ** that, just as the humble Cu- to Ernest Syer, the deceased cumben bas been impnoved,imade h<er home in Leskand so other food plants can berwhere they farmed until mov-a made to double thein yield l ing to Bowmanvjlle seven and enhance thein quality by years ago. Mrs. Syer was a TAKE fT EA cbanging their sex structure. member o! St. Paul's W.A. and Please be careful wbat yf0U a devoted wife and mother. wt tpsvn do with "tomatoes", Profes- She leaves to mourn ber a wt tpsvn son, because us fellows like passing ber busband Ernest, themn just the way they are. and children Bertram anda extension John o! Bowvmanvi1le; Jean QBITUARY Credit and Lloyd o! St. Cath- ) enines; also five grandchildren, w HARRY RUSSELL FISHER Duncan, Rodney, Clane, Brucea and Jill. on Monday, Sept. 26, 1960, Rev. Harold Turner o! St. Harry R. Fisher passed away Paul's United Churcb conduct-a"o in St. Joseph's Hospital, Pet- ed the funeral services held at erborough, in bis 61st yean. the Morris Funenal Chapel on He was boro in Cavan, the Monday, Sept. 26th. Inter- i son o! tbe late Eliza Jane ment was in Orono Cemetery.> Russell and David Fisher. He The palîbearers were Messrs.> spent bis youth in Millbnook Harny Davey. Herbent Scott,a and farmed in Manvens Colin Brown, Frank Robbins, ) To order- Township until bis demise. Ernest Nicholson and Sam ) He was a muember o! L.O.L. Smith. bsns 82 o! Pontypool. The bretb- The many beautiful flower ) uins cmn o! bis lodge beld their tnibutes from farnily, friends ) service on Tuesday evening. and organizations conveyed the ) Funenal services wene beld esteem in which the deceased e ee e ee * Wednesday from the Haw was held. Funeral7 Home, Millbrook. The Rev. Snowden o! Mill- brook United Cbumcb of!ic- iated. Intemment took place in Pontypool Ceinetery. The palîbeaners were neigb- hniurs. Hermn Webb, Aihrv Riekrd wns i LibnalCain, John Benford, St. Clair landslide. Liberals wipe Out Danrock, Delbent Bowins and 1606 Tory majority ta, eleet Harry Van Wierengen. second Liberal since 1905 elec- He is survived by bis wife tions. the former Isabeli Wood, a Cowboy Kean brings donkey daughter Gladys (Mns. D. Mc- îhome in back seat o! auto- întosh o! Toronto) and a son mobile. Russell at home. Aiso sur- Mn. H. Lyall Crabb, populan viving are a brother Stanley local manager o! the Walker o! Hastings, and three sis- Stores for the past four years, ters, Isabelle (Mrs. F. Tick- bas punchased a grocery bus'i- nen, Ottawa), May (Mrs. C. ness in bis home town, Sim- Collings, Peterborough) and coe, and left on Tuesday to Jean (Mrs. M. Trick, Toron- take over bis new business, ta). The engagement is announc- ed o! Nellie Mary Elizabeth, youngest daughter o! Mn. Wil- O TU R liam Kirkton, to Mr. Rance L. BT AEY Dilling, only son o! Mn. and Mns. G. B. Dilling, Bowman- MRS. MARGARET OLIN ville; the wedding to take place On Sunday, September 25, quietiy early in November. 9o h et curdi Bowmanville High Scbool160th datocuedn Literary Society officens are: Peterborough Civic Hospital o! Hon. President, Miss Dorotby Mrs. Margaret Olin, aged 77 Bonnycastle, B.A.; President, years. Although in poar health Tom Dustan; :'ePesdn for the past two years, ?&S. ManjnieJons;Vie~PesienI Olin had been in hospital for Helen Rickard; Treasuner, Bob js iewes Mcllveen; Pianist, L or na The former Margaret Mc- Clark. Gahey was the daughtcr o! the Mnf. and Mrs. Wm. Found late Mr. and Mrs. Robent Mc- cntertained at dinner on Thurs- Gahey and was bora. in tbe day in honor o! Dr. Norman Township o! Hope. Hem bus- Fdund and family on their an- band, Amnelda (Nel> OlUa, pre- rival !nom Korea on furiough. deceased ber. Mn. Alex Luttreil, Manager The late Mrs. Olia, who was Columbia Tool Steel Co., De- o! Irish descent, attended Ken- troit, and bis sister, Mrs. J. C. dal Public School and for tue Hodgc, Toronto, wene in town past 18 years bad resided with Monday renewing old acquaint- Mn. and Mrs. Ernie White, R. ances. R. 1 Campbellcnoft (Elizabeth- Ebenezen: Miss Ada Annis ville). She bad pneviously liv- was in attendance at the wed- cd ini Peterborough. ling on Satunday in Tynone, o! Mme. Olin attended Elizabeth- ber cousin, Miss Mae Brent ville United Cburch and was and Mr. Rose Pooley. a valued member o! the Wo- Salem: Misses Elia and Doris man's Association aad of the Collacott, Toronto, spent the Women's Institute. weekend at home. Surviving are thre rtep- Hampton: Mr. Arthur Allia daughters, E 1 e a n o r (Mrs. bas purchased the Rowe pro- Squire Wiaterbottom), Sadie perty at the north end of!the (Mrs. George Lancaster), and, village. Isobel (Mrs. Paul Hillier), alli Nestîcton:- Messrs. M e r 1 e of Peterborough; seven grand- Thompson, Donald and Ralpb cbildnen and four great-graad- Emnmerson enjoyed a trip to cbildren. Barrie. Enfield: Mrs. W. R. Cole bas A.so surviving are a sister, neturncd from Toronto to ber Mrs. Ernest White, and thnee daughter's, Mrs. M. Samnis. brothers, John o! Elizabeth- Tyrone: Mr. and Mme. Lomne ville, Robert of Oshawa and Phare and son, Gliddcn, Sask., George o! Peterborough. are visiting hem parents, Mn. The funeral service was helci and Mrs. Arthur Brent. at the Ross Funenal Chapeli Ncwtonville: Congratulations Port Hope, on Wednesday,'. to Rev. and Mrs. E. Bcecb Up- SeptLnnbcm 28th., and was con-' on the birtb o! a son. ducted by Rev. George Wright, Newcastle: Mr. Bowes, a minister o! Canton Pastoral special adjuster for tic Fed- Charge which includes Canton, emai Government, with Mrs. Garden Hill and Elizabeth-, Bowes and four cbildnen, has ville, and Rcv. P. H. Gardiner,, taken up his esidence in New- retired, o! Canton, who at one! castle in the home o! the late time was minister on this, Mrs. R. Parker. charge fornaine ycars. Inter-I ment was in Welcome Churchi We should give as we would Cemctcry. receive, cheerfully, quickly, Palîbearers were Meuers. Rus- and without besitation; for seli White, Howard QuantriI1,ý there is no grace in a bene- Tom *Woods, Albert Powell, I fit that sticks ta the fingers. Harry Trew and Vernon Pea- -Seneca. - cock, ____8_ Do Parents want it? Again, 1 would take some convincing. Ini a decade in the newspaper business, 1 don't recail a sinigle Mengtion of parents, carrylng crosses, making a pilgrimaje to amengof the schMq board aV1 demandjng tlht their delintuent offspring bo instructed in The Word. Then who is responsible for this changeling, this awkward, unwanted child in the familv of education? Is it a small but zealous group of stern Christians wbo believe that you can make a horse drink if you stick his nose in a trough? Is it a few frustrated, Ionely clergymen of the off- beat sects, seeking a captive audience? I don't know, I'm just asking. Perhaps if one soul is saved, it is worth ail the confusion and cussing it causes. 1 amrn ot opposed to re- ligious education in schools. Where It is properly integrat- ed, and where it is desired, At has a vital place, But where it is stuck into a curriculum for no apparent reason, it is as digestible as a humbug in a rice pudding.______ mNNE y AVAILABLE FOR NGRBTGAGES RALPR S. JONIES, Barrister and Solicitor 'i 130 King St. E. Oshawa! RA 8-6246 -call yor teqepone~i, office. à à b I I THE CANADMAN SATESUM. DOW MANVULLI.ONTARTO Our Correspondents Canada's Disgrace Pb tnamixn*d#4 Durham County s Great Famiiy Journal Established 106 years ago n 1854 Aiso Incorporcatln The Bowmanville News The Nowcastie Indopendont The Orono News Autbor.d am Secod Caus Mail by th. PmtoOffice D.pt., Otlawa Produced Every Thursdary by THE JAM PUBLISHING COMPANY LI«ME P-0. Box 190 62-86 Kng St. W., Bowmanvlfe, ntaio GEO. W. GRAHIAM ADVM .MANAGES I ý Amý mob»,L ,eammim - - - - 'l' q properly masticated. It bas to be plantcd in 'bilIs" and the seed mustn't germinate he- fore June 4th or the tender shoots, would be frozcn be- cause, according to ancient folk lore, tberc's always a frost on June 4tb. Sometimes, in spite o! plenty of flowens, there are- n't many cukes on tbe vines, but us liayseeds, until a fort- niglit ago, neyer knew why. Reccntly, we read o! suc- cessful expeniments having been conducted at the On- tario Agicultural College, at Guelph, Ontario, in conjunc- tion witb some agicultural institutions in the United States. Acconding to these people, it is now possible to double the average yield of cucum- bers by eliminating the male !lowers- it is the female flower, alone, which produces lie fruit. H-m-m-m-m! On a normal cucumber vine, the maie flowers out- numben the female flowers by four to one, but the new- ly developed plant bas only fem'ale flowers, wbich are credited with the increased yield. Incidentally, the finst aIl- female plant was discovered in an expenimental station at Geneva, New York, U.S.A. Althougb, duning the past ten years, at the O.A.C., fourý THE BARRIER Cgc! Yjoungman 9s Co/umn