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Rh Sm Na a Re ee a tlh . oo IT BAC wr oy REN RL a -- eal Sh TS Wy Ba Ag ACRES DAN SE Li 6--THE PORT PERRY STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 14th, 1968 Ridge Ramblings By JAMESINE WILLIS : the immigrants in Canada.' Yo dt . living, OUR NEW CANADIAN FRENDS. ad Every now and again we can read articles, and editorials about Organizations include education on. how to live with these new neighbours, pleading for. understanding, maybe a speech or two of welcome and then we go back to our own homes and carry on as before. As the months go by one starts hearing a new trend of thought, - It goes like this: our community is so different from what, it was ten years ago. -We scem 50 divided, there are only a handful of the old families left and the new Capadians have bought : the farms and they don't mix, There. is concern in another community because the immigrants are clubbing together in a tight group and making a small European settlement in the midst of a long established British Canadian com-- munity. There is developing a problem which we could well do with- "out, g ; Wp fret Let us take a look at the Dutch immigrants for a minute. These folk have left their homes in as beautiful a cduntry as there is in this world. Perhaps no where in the world can so vividly-be seen the results of strong traits such as courage, drive, resourcefylness, and vision be so exemplfied as in the Netherlands. They love land, how cauld we think anything else when they are so constantly waring with the ocean to get and maintain every acre of land they live on. The story of how they reclaimed land from the sea would be wonder- ful for us to know and could teach us many a lesson for we have a tendency in Canada to let land deteriorate. The Dutch immigrants come to cur land of space from a crowded land. In the Netherlands there average 700 people to a square mile. There are-ten million people in such a tiny area that we .in Canada cannot comprehend the enormity of the task of feeding and maintain- ing such a population, Forty per cent of the land of Kingdom of the Nethepizndsi is given over to the maintaining of the dairy herds. 'Two-thirds of the milk products is used at home while the rest is sold abroad in butter and . cheese, Vast amounts of grain are bought by the farmers to main- tain the herds and when World: War 11 came and grain could not be imported many thousands of cattle were slaughtered until milk pro- duction was halved. Only rteently have the herds mainly Dutch- Friesians, cousins of our Holsteins returned to pre-war size. The war played a great havoc in the Netherlands for the Germans were cruel masters and most of the people now immigrating to Canada recall vividly unhappy memories of those awful days of destruction and horror. These are the folk who are now our next door neighbors. 'Some folk say that the situation will solve. itself, that the next generation will be almost typically Canadian through their education. 'Perhaps, but what about those lonely years for the adults, years of 'not quite belonging in a country where people are not seven hundred to the Square mile. It is not casy for a city-bred person in our own country to learn country-life on a farm removed from near neighbors. How would it be then to be set down in a new country, new mode of new language. new everything, Friendship with these new folk is not a one- sided thing. You may find that they have some ideas worth copying. We had a Dutch lad 'in our home a few years ago and he didn't. like the oatmeal por- ridge I made for breakfast. Knowing that porridge was a staple food with them I asked him how they made it and he told me that they used milk where I used water, so I tried it. I made it once and have not since then made porridge with water. What a difference, the whole family likes Dutch porridge and even grumble a bit on Sundays because 1 favor myself and served b.oxed cereal. I nay be wrong but I think the Dutch people would be happy to be included among our friends for any I have met have been eager to learn how we do things in" Canada. Perhaps they will go a bit extreme in their efforts but we must understand that they are attempting to learn in months what has. been natural to us all our lives. "One Dutch girl "told me that back in the Netherlands farmers wives and daughters were talked about if they used:lipstick. Any- thing as frivolous as lipstick was not for farmer folk. These folk have come to us from a country with a problem of population which is our greatest need. They, with a great deal of work steal land from the sca but with a birth rate three times its death rate the newly claimed land is far from sufficient. There is room in our land, plenty of room, let us find room in our hearts and minds, too. 'To Enjoy next Winter with paid-up-heat Pay small monthly sums. Get rid of those big winter fuel bills. Start now on the 'blue coal' Budget Plan and begin the winter with a bin-full of 'blue ¢oal'--all paid for. Act Now---while prices are at their lowest. "7 USE THE 'blue coal' REESOR FUEL AND LUMBER Port Perry Phone 78 You will Reap - What You Sow! SEED isthe foundation of your crop. Take no chances, buy- "GREEN GOLD" and be sure. Place your order early. We carry a complete line of GARDEN SEEDS .... Order your : HYBRID S14 ED CORN .. See us for your * HOG! * DAIRY : * POULTRY requirements, t. Master Feeds Phone 1 Port Perry " BUDGET PLAN is IY = iin: Sa | Blackstock Marlyn Forder visited her mother Mrs. Charlotte Forder a few days last week, Mrs.' Ronald Drinkwater visited her mother Mrs, Wm. Van Camp over the week-end... "0 Mrs, Clark, Coe Hill, is visiting her granddaughter Mrs<Ray Turner. . Mr, and Mrs, Russell Willan, Tor- onto, called on Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Venning on Sunday afternoon. Mr, and Mrs, Foster Ferguson vis- ited friends in the village on Sunday. At the Anglican Church Service on Sunday morning, flowers were placed on the Communion table in memory of their mother, Florence Crawford by Harold and Bessie Crawford, and also by Norma Wolfe -and Bertha Mec- Laughlin in Memory of their Mother Emma Sanderson Hooey. The United Church Mothers Day Service on Sunday evening was well attended and the following children were baptized by Rev. C. W. Hutton: Evelyn Jean Udall, Glenda Marlene Tennant, Linda Lorraine Turner, Ro- bert Ernest Swain, David Gordon Mal- colm. The Nestleton Young People presented their Religious play which they had presented at the Drama Festival. FEE, Sorry. to hear that Mr. S. A. Fer- guson is in Port Perry Hospital, but is expected to be home in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, Toronto, yisit- ed Mr. and Mrs. Orr Venning for the week-end. The Cadets had their Inspection Day on Tuesday, May 12th in the High School grounds. The Ladies of the W.A., of the Unit- ed Church held their Amateur Night on Friday evening in the Recreation Hall, Prize winners were as follows: Nancy Dorrell -- 1st, 5 years and under Leonard Saunder third, Patsy Davies, Solina, second; Helen Innis, Manchester, first in the five to ten year class, Lillian Marlow, third, and Norma Levinson, second; Donna Sam- Jim Spencely first and Gerald Stin- son second in Adult-class. In the Comic Class, first went to [Lenard Saunders, second Allan Bailey and Heber McLean. best number of the evening went to Donna Samells, Port Perry. In the School Choir Class, Mrs. Dorothy Venning's- school, Caesarea, the Senior Class Cadmus school, Mr. Grant Campbell teacher, first; Egypt ! School, Miss Gwen Wilson, teacher, ' second and the High School third. | Miss Jessie McArthur leaves on Thursday to sail on Friday for the Coronation. Everyone's best wishes go with you Jessie. | Weekly Smile She wanted to" impress the Holly- | wood magnate with whom she met at dinner, and remarked, gushingly: "I | love Keats." | "Dot's fine," he replied. "I"m-al- Jofg children." -| Canadian Congress of Labour and the ells, first, ten- to fifteen year class, Special prize for | ! took first in the Junior class and in| ways glad to meet a young lady vot A REPORT FROM Michael Starr, M.P., PARLIAMENT Ontario Riding Some few weeks ago I made men- tion of the possibilities of the amended Criminal Code being passed in "this session of Parliament.. At that time I was. fairly certain that due.to the strong protests that had been:present- ed "against certain sections, that it wasn't likely that it would be present- ed to this _session of Parliament, Since that time, however, the Minister of Justice, the H rable Mr. Garson, has insisted in the Justice Committee, who are reviewing this Code, thit the presentation of this Bill must be made in this present session of the House. Sections 365 and 372 of this Code which have been protested against very strongly by all Labour Groups, have been amended to satisfy both the Canadian Trades and Labour Council, with the exception of one small clause in section 8656. This clause has been approved by the Canadian Trades and Labour Council and disapproved by the Canadian Congress of Labour, The members on this Committee from the Opposition Parties took the part of the CCL but were defeated in commit- tee by the members of the Govern- ment who favoured the Canadian Trades and Labour Council. = There will still be an opportunity, however, to bring in an amendment, if neces- sary, when the Bill is prosentediin the House of Commons. 'A very interesting debate took place this week on the subject of Housing when the Honourable R. Winters, leans. Minister of Resources and Develop- ment, brought in an amendment to the National Housing Act. This amend- ment increases the loans available from $4560,000,000 to $750,000,000 for home building loans. It widens pro- vision for the federal aid in slum clearance in municipalities, enlarges 'the loan 'powers of private' lending in- | stitutions and enables the Government housing" agency to make. supplement- ary advances on home construction Many members citicized the Government for the decrease in the number of homes built in the past few years. They also criticized the Gov- ernment for not decreasing the down payment to 10% of the amount of the loan, which would enable more people to launch upon building their own home. , They urged also that the in- terest rate should be reduced on the mortgages and that the Government ake over the full cost in providing low rental homes, without adding any burden on municipalities:in providing serviced land: for these homes, All of these pleas fell on deaf ears and housing will be practised on the same basis as it has been up until now. In the past week the Estimates for the Transport Department, and the Citizenship and Immigration: have been passed: In-the Transport De- partment, the Estimates for the next fiscal year show an increase of $403,- 474. The Citizenship and Immigra- tion Department show an decrease of sion, it was pointed out to the Minister [e that Immigration should be accele- rated, but also provision should be 'made for the employment whereby the jobs would be available without jeop- pardizing those who are presently employed. ) It was also pointed ub \ that hous- ing should be provided in order fo eliminate the present crowding living conditions which "are being ~exper-} fence. We are right in the midst of the Estimates of the Agriculture Depart- ment. These Estimates show a de- crease of $1,135,825. The debate is the Immigration were under Hiotis- rues and the plight of the farm- is being brought forcibly to the rion of the Minister, the Honour- able Mr. Gardiner. i Piekislugo Asti on: nthe authority {contained in a Pickering Township By- law relative to 'dogs running at large' local police, on Monday, issued sum- monses to be sent the owner of cer- Narge". This By-law is effective not Village as well, The News was asked to call this by-law to.the attention of Council. : going on at the present time on these 7 0 DRESS UP for SPRING in the latest 1 +1993 Fashions , I" from $2,801,025. While the Estimates of ARDLEY FROCKS, 491-3-6 DANFORTH AVE, TORONTO tain dogs found wandering around "at 'only in the township, but. Pickering village dog owners by our Village: 0 KY 4) FOLLOWING : Since 1900, branches 6f the _ growing Canada. ..they are THE Ls TRAIL-BLAZE RS hee MIRON new rons, Sibi ne new enterprises -- banking service still Follows the pioneer. 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