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ass Saale mr hE ae er Dn Ns x ge blr \ thing of the past. AA Not 41, aw, - ¢ - Member of #4 12 ii. THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE ures: Weekly Newspapers " ih Vile : THURSDAY, JUNE 3rd, 1954 | 'Fhe Highway Toll The number of accidents on "our high- ways to-day is appalling. record in loss of li "damage arrive safely, ily worse. We- used to think that most accillents were the result, not of what the car did, but rather of what the driver did with the Now it is quite clear that the cars ~1we drive are a big factor in the situation. In point of fact they are dangerous and ~- becoming more dangerous as the horse- power is stepped up to more and more fan- Cadillac, Lincoln and produce engines for their cars Such power is capable of hurtling a car along the high- way at over 110 miles an hour; itis cap- able of hauling a ten ton load eésily., : 3 * But the "cars into which car, . tastic_ numbers, Chrysler all of over 200 horsepower. are put are too large, too long and too poorly suspended for. the. power which their motors can 50 easily: | Road Under Construction Some fifteén or twenty years ago road- of the motorist who ventured onto a highway. somewhere along the way he came to a sign, a large sign, in front of.a road-block ° with the ominous word DEPOUR and an arrow indicating some little lane or con- cession that carried him miles away from . the highway until he met anotherirt road running parallel to the road under con- struction. Such detours varied in length --some were five miles, some thirty but they were alike in one respect . . . they -were unbelievably bad roads rapidly get- . ting worse with the diverted traffic they ° were never intended to handle. going on in the way of construction on the highway, the. motorist missed. A detoured around the mystery until the road : - was repaired, repaved or made anew, saw it only when the mess had been tidily construction was the bane cleaned up. - How different do not have such detours. road repairing and road injuries, and property that few motorists start out on a trip with out wondering whether they will The driver has little sense of security behind the wheel of an auto- "mobile.. 'And the current race among car manufacturers to devolop engines of ever- -- increasingly -high horse power is a sure guarantee that the record will grow stead- We drive through con- struction and we see the whole business of So bad is our driver. and smoothly provide. an hour the American car is. a potential accident even-in the hands of an expert The car is not designed to be "handled competently at the speed which it * can achieve with these power-mad motors. Only a sports or racing chassis is de- signed to deal with an emergency at eighty miles an hour, To turn the wheel sharply, to slam on the brakes of the average car at this speed can mean only one thing-- At cighty miles disaster. And these things most drivers abutments, such motors unweildy, too _ LJ _ ible death. face. - Invariably 7 the What was He was He to-day. We: They ate a highway fully. in spite making from - around us? often, the silent blasting to final And somehow it strikes us that here we have an analogy with world affairs. There was a time when we all took the detour whenever world affairs were in a mess. We never really knew what was going -on until the whole thing was-gleaned up and we were 'back on the vail But to-day we travel the road under con- struction and we of these high-powered cars' do not know. They learn it by rolling the car over, head-on crashes, by hitting trees, by posts, with force of a crashing plane. The manufacturers know all these things and they go on increasing the horsepower of the engine which they fit and bigger bodies to 'make bigger accident tolls. know that the big, cars we buy with their ridiculously step- ped-up power are death-traps when the speedometer needle creeps beyond. sixty. The lack of vibration should" give the motorist no_sense of se- into bigger bigger- and We. have a right to comfortable American or throb in the motor curity at eighty miles an hour; it is, too prelude of swift and ter- fii) BEV ~- spreading of the new v_SyI- straightway again. see and hear all about mess and we watch the process of new Foads being- born even as we travel over ~ them and it is little wonder that we are sometimes bewildered by what we see, We have travelled looked at hills-being curves being-blasted away an thing presents a picture of the utmost con- fusion and yet out of that.confusion comes a splendid highway . . hope that even over roads and. have torn up, yalloys filled, d-the whole .-i8 it too much to so mankind may build a on which_we can all travel peace- of the 'chaos we now see PASSING SHOW By M.A.C. a Children can't understand why they | The military experts "tell us that shouldn't have comic books when their we have actually weakened our. posi~ parents have their Marilyn Munroes | tion by having discovered the H-Bomb 'and Jack Bennys and Soap operas and Godfreys. * oe * Indo-China is fast becorhing another; Muniech--. It might be well to repeat just here a remark of Mr. Einstein's when asked what the weapons for world war III would be he replied: "I am not at all sure what the weapons for world war thfee will be but I know what the weapons for world war IV will be--Rocks," * * * #2 The price of public ttansportation in the big cities now seems a. little more than fare, Hi . if we had discovered something a little more devasting . . we'd have lading position at all. * * Ld France has its war in Indo-China and the U.S. has its war with Me- Carthy and its hard to say which is the bigger mess, : * % * If we only knew for certain that the Communists were as confused as we are. . . the thing that worries us constantly is the insistent idea that at least they know what they are do- ing. [ ; |] | . : District Doings COLDWATER ASKS VOTE BEER, LIQUOR STORE SALE Cdldwater Village is, to have a: plob- X vote this year on a proposal to [A «@ 8B lish a liquor store or a beer ware- holise, this summer. "A petition, sign- ed by required percentage of electors, has been certified by Village Clerk and Council and sent to Liquor Control Board. The petition did not ask for any beer parlors to be established, but only for.a vote on stores, to keep li- quor or bear, or both, for home eon- suniption only, : + Coldwater became dry under a Lo- cal Option law .in 1906' and in 1908 its hotel 'burned down, es J ] to business section. i CONTACT = - 5 Large Selection of Choice Lots ~~ inPort Perry and Vicinity =~ WELL LOCATED AND REASONABLY PRICED, Also 3 two-acre lots' suitable for V.L.A. Building, These lots are close to both schools and on main road, right close W. HEAYN, Realtor < ' PHONE 488 Port Perry / NEWMARKET DICKERS FOR 100 APARTMENTS : : Newmarket Planning Board is at war with a Toronto realty syndicate which has a proposition whereby a present single home, recently sold by Ross Carradonna (of four acres at west side of Fairy Lake, at end of Eagle St.) into a 100-apartment block. The plans of the developers call for two units of 50 apartments each, some being of 1-bedroom and some 2-bed- rooni suites. A small park is plan- ned between the units, - Newmarket Council like the idea of apartments do not have as many children to use space in presently overcrowded schools, § COUNTY OPENS SUBDIVISION The County of Ontario has ap- proached the Whitby Planning Board for approval of a subdivision of some county home property. : The subdivision is- located east of Cochrane Street, west of Palace, and north of Hillcrest school to Beech Street, and is considered to he a very choice location for the erection of homes, * : <- Dealing with the application the Board intimated that extensions of taken by the colinty under the by-law passed recently proyiding for the en- tering into agreement by the town by owners of -subdivisions where water and sewer services do not- exist. Some new homes are now being | erected in the area and it is expected that the County lots will find a ready sale, .. PIGOTT TO BUILD DUNLOP PLANT by the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company Limited, that a contract has been awarded to the Pigott Construe- tion Company Limited, of Toronto, of the new plant at Whitby. | in- -ehureh cise for bath young and old. 40 lots which was part of the former |. town services would have to be under-. WHITBY-- Announcement is made for the construction of the first unit The new plant, will be located in Whitby's new heavy industry zone on a site of 56 acres, east of Brock St., 'and south of Highway No. 401 and the Canadian National Railway tracks. The first 8od was turned October 19 last with due ceremony and since then Vor Nim ; the familiar Dunlop flag has been flying there, : OUTSIDE BREAD PEDDLERS DEMAND ORILLIA PUT TAX Orillia 'News-Letter' in a ledding take retaliatory action to the impos- ing of a $50 license by town authori- ties of Beaverton and Parry Sound, levied against Trent Valley Bakeries firm of Orillia, : : The Orillia baking firm, which has 4 shop in Lindsay as well, contends that they, or a firm paying taxes on a warehouse, such as do one of the opposition Toronto bakeries, should have their taxes protected by levy of a Hawkers' and Peddlers' license fee upon those which pay no local taxes. The bakeshop located with'a plant m Orillia. employs 40 and has. also a stake in the town through its water rates, power rates, gle. SURVEY FOR LARGE NEW SUBDIVISION ON BROUGHAM FARM : A survey is being made on the 60 acre farm owned by Mr. J, B. White of Brougham with the ultimate view of turning the acreage into a subdi- vision. If-the plan is approved some 200 homes will be constructed and others will. be added at a later date. Clipped Comments TRY MORE WALKING With such innovations as_the drive- in banks and, above all things, a drive- as announced for New York's Bronx, one begins to wonder if people will eventually forget how to walk, : It seems people are getting away from walking. Far to many of us won't walk if we can figure out a way to avoid: it. Whenever the subject comes up, the quick and easy answer is: "The auto- mobile is to blame." "But, as na writer im ThisWeek magazine truly says, «| this dictum is just a simple way to pass the buck. Thé automobile has countless legitimate and constiuctive uses. Nothing good can be said for the abuses and they arise from plain laziness in many cases. 3 Walking is an ideal form of exer- The sub- ject of exercise was summed up a- few years ago in the Lancet, a British medical journal, by Sir Adolphe AD- rahams, a noted physician. Primitive man, Sir Adolphe obser- ved, had plenty.of exercise. The main part oftheir activity was walking. The auto has been recommended as a way back to nature. Never have we had such a convenient means of reaching the great outdoors. "The big trouble is that once we have driv- en there, we generally refuse to get 'out of the car. Onlyithe man wh "does stop and get out will discover nature in-relation to himself." The man walking can learn the trees, flowers, insects, birds and ani- mals, the significance of the seasons, the very "feel" of himself as a living creature in a living world. He can- net learn these things in a car, SB --Stauffville Tribune THE HARD WATER PROBLEM- The other day we received a folder captioned "The Hard Water problem . . ..and how to solve it . . ." Pre- pared by the Dow Chemical Company, pamphlet entitled "How to test water ; hardness in your home" and on' the inside of this pamphlet were two tabs of paper marked "A" ands. B". The pamphlet instructed 'the interest re- | cipient to (1) fill two glasses with tap water (2) dip Paper "A" into one glass and Paper "B" into the other to a depth of about one inch and (3) , withdraw immediately. Following , these instructions was a chart show- ing how to determine the degree of water hardness the results of the test indicated, In the case of Paper "A" the test here indicated a degree, of water hardness equivalent to 5 grains or more and in the case of Paper "B" the equivalent of 8 or more grains of water hardness. In other words the Lindsay test showed the water to be as hard as wag possible to determine by the simple test and this is signi- ficant when a footnote reads: "If either paper changes color, you have a hard water problem because hard water means a waste of hard work and money," : 4 STAERTEST 9 QW NF.14 article last week gave front-page pub- | licity to a demand that Orillia should. 'millions of dollars to homemakers an- there was enclosed in the folder a |, ° > "Now-What Shall We Get Dad for The hard water folder declares that "Water hardness causes the loss of nually .. , , It .shortens the 'life of household equipment and clothing, in- creases: heating bills, put air condi- tioning equipment out of order, clogs sewers and drains, shortens the life of heating coils and cooking utensils and leaves its" disagreeable mark on clothing, skin and hair." This im- pressive list of adverse effects, aceru- ing from the use of hard water eatuised us to wonder what effect it might have on the internal workings of the human body, particularly since it Is reputed to have an ill effect on skin and hair, Recognizing that the folder and pamphlet: were designed expressly to encourage the sale of water soften- ing equipment, we are nevertheless forced to conclude that the hard water problem, is Serious and one which de- serves careful study by every munt- cipality. - : " --Lindsay Post. Neighbourly Spirit and Co-Operation (Fd. Note---We read: the following ir a Lindsay paper and were so im- pressed that we want to pass it on to our readers.) ' "The neighbourly - spirit of rural citizens is perhaps best exemplified when one of their number through eir- cumstances, such as sickness or ae- cident, becomes unable to do the heavy work demanded of a farmer. Such a case has 'been experienced ir Victoria County, last week and in- volved a group of Omemece men and their new neighbour, Aftdr Christmas, Albert Snuble came the Omemee district to a 100- acre faym obtained for him under the V.L.A.f He prepared two weeks ago to begin We Spring planting. For him, his wife and small family, 1954 had to be a good crop year. . - Father's Day?" --QGrassiels in The Toronto Telegram Then he was suddenly taken sick, and rushed to the hospital for an emergency operation, 2 'Only three days went by. Then V.L.A. representative Harry Conroy, of Lindsay, began canvassing Snable's neighbours, some of whom had never met the new-comer. to the Omemee wei, Ina short time, he "had the necessary help aveanged. Last Wednesday, five tractors came to the farm, and began the "plowing of 30 acres intended for seeding, By late evening they had finished their Jub. On Thursday, hers took over cultivating the ground. Of the farmers who helped, three had never met Snable, and one did not even know he existed until he received the call for help. Those who helped with the plowing were Harold Millen, Donald I'ranks, Sam Killen, Stanley Lowes and Claire Hickey, all of the Omemee district. - Others who helped with the cultivating and seeding were Morgan Crough, Alvin and Gibb Franks and Gerald Lowes. R Austin CT. A. Bathie n.c. * DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC © X-RAY MONDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS : For appointment, Phone 205R Queen and Scugog Streets PORT PERRY -- MONTEITH & MONTEITH, RIEHL & CO. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 135 Simcoe Street N. Phone 65-4662 "OSHAWA, ONT. Electrical and Mechanical Repairs to ALL CLASSES OF MACHINERY, ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIRS A - SPECIALTY. METAL LATHE WORK. LAWN, MOWERS, Machine Ground : and Serviced. OXY-ACETYLENE and ELECTRIC WELDING. CAUSLEY SIACHINE Refrigeration Service, both household and commeércial, ; Gilson milk coolers and freezers. Refrigerators. _ - Reg. Boundey ~~ BUSINESS DIRECTORY CONANT & CONANT BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS Roger D. Conant, B.A. Offices: Oshawa, Ont., 7% Sinicoe St. S. Phone 3-2227 Ajax, Ont., Phone 25 Real Estate WHEN BUYING OR SELLING YOUR HOME, FARM or BUSINESS PHONE PORT PERRY 395 HOWARD LANGILLE, Realtor Queen St, Port Perry SEPTIC TANKS Cleaned by PUMP EQUIPMENT "THE SURE WAY" 24 Hour Service : IRWIN = DeGEER Dalton Road, Sutton : Phone 281 R » INSURANCE Are your policies up-to-date? Whatever your-insurance needs may be, consult H. W. EMMERSON Phone 41 © Port Perry - DR.J.B.LUNDY 'DENTAL SURGEON (Over Telephone Office) PORT PERRY ONTARIO Office Hours -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. REAL ESTATE . Consult J. A. WILLOUGHBY & SONS for complete Real Estate Service. 46 Eglinton Ave., E., Toronto Phone HU. 1-3391 City and Country Homes Farms and Small Acreages. Industrial and Business Property. LLOYD G. LEE is your local representative. HU. 1-3391 Evgs. HU 9-6308 3 Bessborough Drive, EXCAVATING CELLARS . DRAINS SEPTIC TANKS GRADING CLIFF BAKER, Manchester z july 17 ARTHUR W. S. GREER, Q.C. in attendance at my Port Perry office on Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon of each week, or by appointment. Blong Block, Port Perry, Phone 25 ELECTRIC FLOOR SANDERS New or old floors sanded and finished, or waxed and polished by the square foot. ) Electric Floor Sanders, or Wax- ers and Polishers for Rent. R. PICKARD Phone 281W, Port Perry, Ont. - 612{0)"'4\ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY CEC. KING re AGENT Phones: Office 68W. Res. 68J a T5 - Port Perry - Ontario ral gow a id prt ( 2 on wr ny" ge Jags: aE EE ", \ Fant! Sm RL ro 2 A | < i 3 i ET rf ) Dm bd Pi CE