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» _. reasoning\_by_ carefully A rer + L: 'Notes and STRAIGHT THINKING ; The greatest gift of adult education is the ability to think strajght. It is this kind of thinking which our mod- ern complex kind of world is begin-! ning to demand of us. . Adult education as a program sets itself against cloudy thinking which all too often characterizes our reason- ing. What are some of the forms of cloudy thinking that seem to be most prevalent in our daily life? First, there is the all-or-nothing kind of thinking, For example, be- cause we are afraid of some socialistic 'ideas we brand all socialism as a 'bad thing' or because free enterprise in- volves some selfish aspects that we dislike, we attack everything that smacks of individual initiative. . In this kind of thinking we set up types and preconseptions and apply: them wholesale to everything connected with. them. The racial riots in Dur- ban last!week were the outcome of all-or-nothing thinking.. = Over' 300 people died horribly .because of some cloudy thinking . . "Cloudy thinking thrives on a lack of facts and feeds upon opinions of the most questionable sort. Opinions which are not backed up by facts, re- gardless where you find them . . .. in books, magazines, newspapers, on, the radio, or in the movies have little or no value unless they are supported by facts proven to be trustworthy. And it is not sufficient to get some of the facts . .. you must get all the! facts. "We can guard against' cloudy think- - ing by recognizing that we tend to believe what we want to believe. We think a thing is true because we want it to be true. There are other things which con- "tribute to cloudy thinking but these seerh to be three of the most common and we will do much to improve our car guarding against such errors when we sit down to some 'straight thinking.,"--M.M.B. Comments | FREE ENTERPRISE AND CHANCE "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the-~strong, neither yet bread to the: wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time And chance happeneth to them all." ! This beautiful simple passage from | Ecclesiastes is as true today as when tit was first written some four thous- rand years ago. Time and chance still ! dominate the lives of men, Now those : | whic so stoutly defend 'free enterprise' believe that what an individual will do and tries to do on his own, he can do . . .-that everyone can provide his lown security. They argue that such 'enterprise made Canada what it is; "and. that it is our sacred duty to fight !to preserve such a 'way of life." They do not realize that they are fighting 'to preserve a 'myth' for they have | failed' to see.what the writer of Ee-| | clesiastes so clearly saw and so beauti- | runly expressed . . not to the swift, the strong, the wise .". not to the "men of understanding, nor the mén of skill . .. for time and chance hap- peneth to them all. As a matter of fact, there never has been free enter- prise in this country . . for not only did the early pioneers get help from the government but also they sought to co-operate with each other in a way that should be an inspiration for all Canadians for generations to come . . . they did not argue about| free enterprise and socialism . .". life the seribe they saw that themr lif¢/ was a struggle against time and chance, and so they worked together to reduce the hazards of time and chance. Our fight is still essentially the same . . . socialism that seeks to give security is wrong . .. and so is en- terprise in which ~chance plays the dominant role . . . we need co-opera- tion and we need individual responsi- bility and such co-operation 'and re- sponsibility must be harnessed to an ideal higher than that of individual gain". In the interest of all hu- manity, it must be harnessed to solve human problems not simply for the defense of privileges spawned by chancé in the turbulent river of time. ' --A. F. B. Scouting This week we wish to welcome two new members to our troop--Danny McCombe, who hales from Prince Ed- ward Island, is a Tenderfoot Scout; and another Danny-- Danny James, who is a Cub; from Lansing. . Danny James is yet too young to become an invested Scout, but as he cannot get in' to the regular Cub meetings, he will be able, to take part in our programes, and work until he is twelve years of age, which, I believe is mid summer, We were honoured, and pleasingly surprised to have a visit from our Group Committee during the meet- ing. They visited the Cubs for. the first part of the evening, then sat in onya session of telegraphy which Skip conducted. Mr. Whitby, the chairman of the Group Committee called a meet- ing which took place after the Scout meeting, with the Scouters and 'Cub- bers present so they also decided fo look in on us for awhile. We were very glad to have them and we hope they learned a bit from us, and will come back again--soon! "It's one of "the best ways of keeping us on our toes, ( we always put on the dog for visitors, don't we.) Once a Scout, always a Scout! That implys to the. ways of a heart of a Seout;-as-well as the uniform he may sear, or has worn. For no boy, who has lived up to his Scout Law and , Promise, will forget them, no matter how short a time he may have worn. . the uniform. The ten Scout Laws are based on ordinary common sense, the inward desire to help others, and the unwrit- ten law, that "A Scout-is not a Fool." It is impossible to make every boy into an ideal Scout, That just can't be done. .But if our boys (and that includes. all boys and girls whether Yeouts or Guides, or not) would prac- tice the Scout Laws in every day liv- ing as they should, they * would find life » happy existence and make a LION'S better place of where they live, Last week I touched on the Scout Promise. To cover éach part separ- ately would cover pages, so I am go- ing 'to leave it with you, so you can study it at your leisure, end we hope apply it to your own way of life. Now for the next few weeks I hope to brief on each Scout law. The first is: A Scouts honour is to be trusted, A Scout prides himself in his honesty, trust worthiness and fairness to others. The three words "On My" Honbur" has often been the deciding statement in court trials; and in making his pro- mise "On. His Honour", a Scout does his level best to live up to it. @ The Second Law is: A Scout is Loy- al. Brief as it may seem, this law carries with it a stimulus that inspires faith in the boy, which is also rad- iated out to his_parents and chums, his teachers and employers and to his country and the King in time of neéd. Many of the distinguighgd med- als 'won in the past war were won by boys who had been active Scouts. Many carried their Scouting with them to occupied territories and found the spark of Scouting still very bright, although supressed for many years. MANCHESTER Mr, and Mrs, W. Herry, of Bowman- ville, were guests 'of Mr. and Mrs. 'A. Roach-last 'Friday evening... ~~ "There was an attendance of nineteen at the first meeting of the Bible Study ~ Mr. Lloyd McKee's. will meet this week at the home of Mr. Frank Johnson. Mr, Keith Syer will lead the meeting and a very cord- ial invitation is extended to all' who are interested. bois Mrs, A. Jackson assisted at the en- tertainment at Brooklin last Thurs: day evening. AY Congratulations to Mr. -and. Mrs. brated their sixtieth wedding anni: versary on January 16th. Mr. and Mrs, MacMillan are former residents of Port Perry and Seagrave, Mr. Frank Johnson-has a new Dodge car. i . Service and Sunday School at the usual hours next Sunday. {. Donald MacMillan of Toronto who cele- ARTHUR WILLIAMS, M.P. Elected to represent the Riding of Ontario in the House of Commons in the by-election last June 8th, Arthur Williams, C.C.F. M.P.,, gives an ac- count of his six months stewardship. My. Williams has been on. the job of serving the 'people without thought of or consideration of the political party to which any. person or organization might belong. His first activity fol- lowing the by-election was to go to Ottawa to sit in the House during the remaining 'days of the last Session. After parliament prorogued he im- mediately returned to his home in Oshawa from where he has dealt with all kinds of problems affecting organ- izations and people in"the Riding. Naturally there have been a lot of social functions to attend. These con- sist of being present at all Fairs, Opening of Bridges; County Wardens' Picnics, Ratepayers' meetings, *Ba- zaars, Veterans' Drumhead and Mem: orial Day Services and-many others. But the more concrete work done (by the member for 'Ontario Riding {can be seen at the Oshawa Docks where, as a result of his efforts, a new "asphalt dock platform has been 'laid to replace the old broken wooden one. A considerable amount of grading wdrk has also been done at these docks. ; . In. Whitby Mr. Williams was re- sponsible for getting réopened an em- {ployment insurance office which had been closed for aslong time by order of 'the Federal Department of Labour. | Another Whitby project on which Mr, Williams is working, at the request J the Whitby Town Council, is to have the renting rights at the Whitby | Docks leased to Council so that they "can ensure Whitby merchants getting "prior choice over any .person. from outside the Town. . Frenchman's. Bay Ratepayers, through their president, made repre- 'sentations to Mr. Williams to try and get warning signals installed at the entrance to the Bay so that strange craft might be guided through the rocky approach, Mr, Williams car- iried out the wishes of these rate- payers and the signals have been in- stalled: | Quite an important part of the job of being a Member of Parliament is to attend to cases of individual hard- "ship and in this respect Mr. Williains has handled no less than three hundred and nine such cases, ranging from getting payment made by the depgrt- ment of inland revenue of compulsory savings to the right of entry for im- migrants into Canada. vy Many of these three hundred and nine cases have been of a most dis- tressing nature because it meant mak- ing an effort to get bread and butter { for many of them, In this connection 'Mr, Williams mentioned the helpful assistance given him by the Welfare group held last Thursday evening at Officer of Oshawa and the Whitby well attended and enjoyed. The study group | Town Clerk. The most unfortunate , were Mrs. .F, VanCamp and Mr. C. of all these cases, however, has been those effecting Veterans dependents. From -the plight in which many of these people find themselves it is quite obvious that considerable improve- nent needs to be immediately insti Affairs, ; he next major task confronting Mr. Williams is to effectively repre- sent the electors of Ontarlo County in the next Session of Parliament which is slated to open on January 26th. He has pledged himself to get after the Véterans Affairs Department, the Civil Service Commission and some other departments of government, Of course, high up on his list of things Ontario Riding M.P. Reports to the Electors tuted by the Department of - Veterans' to be done is, in the words of the reso- lution passed by the Oshawa City Council; to "attempt to get a Special Act passed to effect the removal. of the railway tracks from King Strect in the City of Oshawa." And, maybe, he will also try to do something about getting better postal facilities for Oshawa. He has not been asked to do anything about this but he will pro- bably have a crack at it. th Obituary . 'Mrs. J. M. Johnston On Saturday, Jan. 1, 1949, at the home of Mr. John Rowland, Millbrook, '| Elizabeth Ney, beloved wife of the late John M. Johnston, passed.away in her 101st year. Millbrook's oldest citizen, Mrs. Johnston enjoyed remarkably good health until the last few months and passed away peacefully in her sleep. A much loved mother in Israel, her many friends delighted to visit her, especially on each succeeding birthday and feel now that her Heavenly Father has very kindly taken "her to Him- self. With her two daughters Mrs. John Rowland and Miss Agnes Johns- ton, Millbrook, and her son: Alex. J. Johnston, Blackstock, and her oleven grand-children and eleven great- grand-children, we shall cherish her memory "till the day breaks and the shadows flee away." Interment was in the Johnston fam- ily plot in Cadmus-Cemetery. Box Social a Success : Mr. Charles Pilkey, President of the Shuffleboard Club, of Brooklin, wishes to express sincere appreciation to all who helped to .make the Box Social, held last Thursday night in the Townslfip Hall, so great a success. The program was one of the best ever presented in Brooklin, both in variety and high standing of the numbers given, : » The ladies who made the beautifully decorated boxes and filled them with delicious lunches did much too, to add to the enjoyment of the evening, and the men who paid the high prices as auctioneer Ted Jackson called for the bids, receive special thanks. The young folk enjoyed the dance, and in all it was a grand affair, Perhaps the greatest satisfaction is in the fact that the proceeds, including several - donations from those who could 'not attend amounted to the grand to of $400.00--all to go to the Arena Fund. There were 47 boxes which brought an average of $6.00, : Blackstock In the absence of Rev. John Mec- Kibbon, who is in Halifax, N.S. the service in St. John's Church on Sun- day, was in charge of Rev. E. G. Bruton, of Port Perry. Mr. Bruton's friends here wish him success and pleasure in his new field of work as Rector of St. Agnes' Church, Long Branch, Ir : Mr. Harrison was assisted at his service Sunday.evening by Dalton Dor- rell. Mr, Harrison's improvement .in health is a great satisfaction to his many friends here. ) The euchre party "Friday evening under auspices of Blackstock W. I, was Winners { Hill. - Proceeds of series of parties is 'to be used in purchase of cups and saucers for community use. "Election of officers meeting of the Wo-He-Lo Mission Band was held at ' the home of Mrs. Cecil Hill when these officers were chogen: President--Joan Venning; Vice-President--Joyce Ford- Donna Forder. They decided to send a gift and ecard to Rev, Mr. Harrison who was ill. Mrs, Hill read a story | from the. Study Book, "Mei Ling finds the meaning of Christmas," They sang a carol and Marjorie McLeam read a poem "Wishing"; Betty Mec- Arthur read a story "Fun with Santa Claus", og or nara : a 2 Xv 50a hips I ped de Mark A Rl Sp ee SEAGRA VE The Woman's Association held their January meeting at the parsonage on Wednesday the 12th. A large:number was in attendance. The devotional period was conducted by Mrs. Glenn Wanamaker, Mrs, Cephas Sleep spoke on the-topic Ruth and Naomi and gave a very inspiring and informative talk. The business period was conducted by the Fregident. Roll Call was an- swered by giving a "New Year's Resollition." Reports of 1948 were given showing a very successful year in all groups. The treasurer's report showed a substantial balance. A competition was conducted after which lunch was served and with the Miz- pah benediction the first meeting of 1949 was brought tb a close with a bright outlook for a successful year. On January 7th, a community party was held in the-kehool under the fol- lowing committee: Mr. Wm. Clarke, (chairman), F. Clements, M. Short. After a sing song and an instrumental by Ken Short the crokinole and euchre tables were filled for playing. First prizes being won by Ken Short and Garry- Sweetman for crokinole. and by Mrs. B. Dowson and Jack Forster for euchre. Lunch was served and with the singing of the National Anthem the party was brought to a close. We -are sorry to record the death of Mrs. Gordon Gilson, of Pleasant Point. Mrs. Gilson will be greatly missed in church and community ac- tivities. The funeral took place on January the 10th, conducted by Rev. George Patten. To her husband and relatives go our deepest sympathy. PORT PERRY YACHT CLUB | - 2 Oh boy, am I in a fix, is the Yacht Club in a fix! That is not a question so don't trouble your minds by trying to find an answer for it. - Ina fix, did I say? I'm ina panic. But to begin at the best place I can think of beginning, the. beginning. Now I am confused. At the executive meeting on Wed- nesday night, I, in all my native in- nocence and with complete faith in my colleagues, said that if no one else would take the place of Dez, who has been regretfully moved from Port, I would do so. Vv Ever see a cat pounce on a mouse? No, that is not a good simile since the exec. did no stalking, they just jump- ed with everything they had; more in the nature of a modern frigate giving a sub. the business. Before I could say anything I was being told what a simple matter it is to look after the Club's funds. Nothing to it they said. Just keep a set of books, pay our bills by cheque, make out deposit slips, look after the insurance, the taxes, do the purchasing . . . no nothing to it. If next week you see a maniac roaming around Port mumbling some- thing about 'through the smoke and 'flame' or 'I gotta go where you are' puncuating these mumblings with screams 'that might sound like 'Dez', er, Sec--~Wynona Jackson; Treas.-- | "Mac' or J. D., don't be alarmed, it's {just me gone mad trying to do what | Dez did with such ease, fidelity and thoroughness. Oh Desmond, dear Desmond, wherefore art thou, dear Desmond? Where is my wandering boy to-night? By the time you unfortunates read this the masonite floor ui have been all put. down and we will be-Tn the process of putting on window trim, ete. By way of celebration Harvey and Teresa are going to make with an epen house on Friday night. I'm looking forward to it. = The working men were saying on Tuesday night that it would be won- derful if some of the girls should take it upon themselves to come down and make up n pot of coffee, that floor is a0 cold to crawl on. - I hope I need say more.. Remember fellas, there is work to be - done on Tuesday and Thursday nights, ) --Thompson Chalmers Whitby. el AP PRINCE ALBERT The Annual Congregation meeting was held in the Church basement on Friday night with Rev. Mr. Smith in charge: All officers were reinstated, Encouraging reports were given by Subscription expires. $2.00 per year in advance, 5c. single copy. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa, The successful communists in China want to try President Chiang as a war criminal . | this is a real 'Shek Mate' for Chiang has nothing left with which to defend himself. » » . * As long as gangs get publicity in the newspapers they'll continue to make a nuisance of themselves. Most well-behaved people will do almost anything to get into the news. LEE EE I We are now enjoying, as the Scrip- tures put it, "The Peace That Passes All Understanding." * L » L] Both Egypt and Israeli are crowd- ing Bunche these days. On the Is- land of Rhodes he is having difficulty in selecting the right one for the U.N. to take, ' The Passing Show by '"M.A.C." . ) "We're talking about a third world \ war and . . .do you knowlgve haven't - paid off one cent on our $2,000,000,000 debt from the First World War, or 0% ght The casual observer is almost al- ways wrong . .. but because he is a casual observer he never discovers that. s * * * * Canada is the greatest egg eating nation in the world .". . so the chick- ens certainly wouldn't describe it as a land of milk and honey. * - * Ll President Truman said General Marshall was the man who 'won the war'... Single-handed Truman? . » * * * Now all we need is someone to come along and say that the R.A.F, planes weren't shot down . . .they were shot up and fell afterwards, the different organizations. A vote of thanks was given to Mrs. A. Har- per, organist, and Mr. Fear, Choir- leader for their services. Mrs." E. 'McCrae has returned home after spending awhile at the home of, her son Norman in Gore Bay. . We are sorry to report Mrs. Ida Brown is still on the sick list. Mr, and Mrs. A. Harper visited Mr. and Mrs. G. Plaunt in Peterboro on Sunday. The following is a letter received recently by our W. A, . i . 20 Alamein Aves, Bedford, } England. Dear Members: i 1 should like to express™my deep thinks for the box of food you kindly gent' me. They were surely welcome. I appreciate your kindness in think- ing of me again when Christmas is so near and there are such a lot of extra things to provide and very little money to meet the expense, so you can guess it is a marvellous treat 'to re- ceive your lovely 'gift. So I wil) say once more thank you and may I wish your association all the best. With regards from Mrs, H. Feck. Myrtle Station The annual congregational meeting was held in* the Sunday School room on Thursday evening with a good at- tendance{ A pot luck supper preceed- ded it and was all a supper could be desired. No doubt it brought out many who otherwise would not have 'attended the meeting. - Rev. G. W. Gardner, of Columbus, was in charge and opened with the reading of Ro- mans 12, a hymn and prayer. Mr. O. H. Downey, secretary, read the min- utes of the last meeting and after their approval, the reports of work of the different departments of the church were given. Mrs. C. Harri- son, treasurer for the Sunday School, reported a balance on hand of $31.16. Mrs. H. Hamilton, treasurer of the Woman's Association reported a good year of 'activities and "a record year financially. The total receipts were $581.13; expenditures $178.48 leaving the substantial balance on hand of $402.65, The Woman's -Association is an af- filinted Society of the Woman's Mis- sionary Society, and raised and sent to the Presbyterial treasurer $45.00. The Chirch treasurer, A. Parrinder, reported a successful year financially. Total receipts were $1006.11; expendi- tures $708.65, leaving a balance of $297.46, | The Missionary and Maintenance re- port was not a complété one but when the funds, are all in, will slightly ex- ceed the Myrtle portion of the amount allotted to this pastoral charge. The report of the Faithful Group was presented by the president, Mrs. A. Parrinder, and showed a year of interested work on the part of the members, Receipts $301.67; expenses $267.07, leaving a balance on hand df $44.60, ¥ 0 The amount sent to the Upper Cany| ada Bible Society was $21.40. All departments" showed increases over the past year, The election of officers .followed: Committee of Stewards re-elected D. Duchemin, H, Stacey, N. Hughson, E. Masters; Trustees are: C. Walsh, 0. H. Downey, R. Taylor, E. Mole; treasurer, A. Parrinder; organist, Mrs, D. Luery; auditors, C. Walsh, F. C. CLUB BINGO in the PORT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL, JANUARY 28th." at 8.00 p.m. 'World Forgets." LOAN Wilson, A slight change was made in the elders: E. Mole, honorary; A. Par- rinder, A. Downey, O. Lane, The meeting was closed with prayer, The first meeting' of the mew year of the Woman's Association was held in the home of Mrs, Albert Eyers on Wednesday afternoon of last week, - with a large attendance of members and visitors. Mrs, 'D. Duchemin, the president, occupied the chair and opened the meeting with a New-Year poem by Patience Strong. Assisting her in the worship service were Mus. Hudgin who read the Scripture lesson, Matt. 3:1-16, and Mrs. O. Lane who sang, Jesus Still Remembers when the i's: 4 After the minutes were read and approved and a few items of business discussed and settled the annual reports were heard. The secretary gave a detailed account of the year's work. There were twelve meetings during the year, -8 in homes of members, one at the home of Mrs. S. G. Saywell, Oshawa, 1 at Foster Memorial Temple, near Uxbridge, and two in the Church. Many cards were sent out to sick and shut-ins; a phy was sponsored by the W.A. in April; greeting cards were sold, and a very success bazaar was held in November, One member was called by death in November. A pleasant feature of the July meeting was the presentation of pisn to five members: Mrs. R. S. Long, Mrs. W. J. Cook, Mrs. H. Hudgin, the oldest members in years, and Mrs, O. = © H. Downey and Mrs. C. Harrison for faithful service. The treasurer, Mrs, H. Hamilton, gave her annual report. which was intersting indeed. 1948 was the best year in the history of the church, financinlly. "Receipts $581.18, expenses $178.48, balance on hand, $402.65, As an affiliated society of the W. M.S. $45.00 was raised and sent to the Presbyterial treasurer. - The visiting committees were ap- pointed as follows: North--Mrs, N. Hughson, Mrs. F. C. Wilson; South-- Mrs. O. H. Downey, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Luery was made responsible for | flowers in the church but anyone whos # will have them are expected to help supply them. Press--Mrs. Luery. The Missionary programme which followed was in charge of Mrs. C. Harrison under the theme: The Bible for Africa and South America. She . was assisted by Mesdames Wilson, Paynter, Bradley, H, Percy. The hos- tess served delicious refreshments and pleasant half hour was spent socially, Miss Nancy Walsh returned on Sun- day to Hamilton where she is a stu- dent in McMaster University. Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Heart, Osha- _ wa, have moved into the Lunney home and will occupy it this year while the Lunneys are in Chilliwack, B.C. . Sorry to tell you that Mrs, Everett Watson is not too well; but we hope to see her out again in a short time. Her daughter, Mrs. Mason, of Colum- bus is with her! so we know 'that she is receiving the best of care. Mrs. Gerald Harbron suffered a painful fall on Friday evening when she missed: her step while going down cellar, No bones are broken but she received bruises which will take time to heal. . Mr. Letser Beadle Stepped off th east bound passenger train on Satur- day morning. - He was on his: way to his parent's home in Ashburn; Lester is in the best of health and came down for a holiday after a busy year incon. struction work. Sh i