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US ---- TAR EDITORIAL PAGE" Thursday, March 7th, 1957 Education Week The Week of March 4th to the 9th is Education Week. The slogan this year is the same as last year's, Education is Everybody's Business. -So is liquor and cigarettes. Last year the people of this country spent' almost $900,000,000 on drinking ; almost $500,000,000 on smoking ; the total cost for education, federal, pro- vincial and municipal amounted to almost $600,000,000. So education is everybody's business and we are spending about half the sum on our children's and our young people's education that we spend on drink- ing and smoking. But its useless to try to evaluate things in terms of dollars and cents. Just think of the huge taxes that we take out of the consuming public--the one's who consume taxable drinks and tobacco. Just think too of the employment created in these two major industries and just think too in terms of the effects of these products on The Queerest Characters Justice is blind. And so it is not to be wondered at if sometimes the voice it as- sumed is also dumb. In Cayuga last week a magistrate ruled that a driver who falls asleep at the wheel of his car has suffered a temporary lapse and therefore is not ac- countable for his actions. Such a judgement is really playing with fate. What guarantee have we now that there won't suddenly be an epidemic of sleeping sickness among drivers? The young teen-ager whizzing down the high- way in his father's new super V8 just has to fall asleep for one moment, dream he's the pilot of a CF 105 and what happens then can be charged to a temporary lapse during which the air-minded youth is not accountable for his actions. © And what about illegal parking? The dear little wife fell asleep at the wheel of the car on Main NOTES AND COMMENTS P-S 4 the consumer and the general public What toll does drunken driving exact in numbers of people killed on our highways; people temporarily and permanently in- Jured, in property damage ? Just what role does drink play in violent crimes and racketeering ? We boast about our way of life, but some features of it are cause for shame rather than boasting. Any society that spends income so disproportionately must either be blind or sick. This is not to suggest that people should- n't drink or smoke . . but it does suggest that if smoking and drinking are in a mone- tary sense worth twice as much as the edu- cation we are willing to buy . . the educa- tion must be of very little valye or we must be very queer people. The Russians, of course, blame it on our system. They are more charitable than we can afford to be. Street just in front of a hydrant. It hap- pened to be in front of the millinary shop, too. But the parking was done while she was asleep. Can she be held accountable for her actions during the temporary lapse? Well, there's even a queer shaped spring confection to show that she can't. But another man besides our estimable Solon of Cayuga made the news this week. It seems that there is a gentleman of Whitby who has a goat that likes only one brand of cigarettes. He feeds it six dollars worth of them a week. His only excuse "I get a kick out of it." Now what does he mean by that? We thought it was the proverbial mule that delivered such things. Do we have to revise our thinking and sup- plant the mule with a goat? It would be interesting to know what the goat thinks of the man. "COUNTY ENDORSES RESOLUTION District Doings MARKHAM PLANNING BOARD PREPARES FOR 30,000 POP. NEAR THORNHILL "The area around Thornhill in the future will be able to care for 80,000 residents as far as sewage is concern- ed, according to a study made over the past two months, by the Planning Board of Markham Township," stated R. Forrest, director of Planning for Markham Township. This statement was made at the regular meeting on Monday evening of the Markham Twp. Council at which Deputy-Reeve Don Deacon presided in the absence of the Reeve, W. I. Clark. Councillors pre- sent were Mrs. K. James and Lawson Mumberson. FOR PROV. SCHOOL AID Ontario County has endorsed a re- solution calling for the provincial government to pay the full cost of building schools in the rural munici- palities arid additions to schools. At n meeting in Whitby, the council en- dorsed sucli a resolution submitted by the Grey County Council. BEAVERTON TO HOLD LIQUOR VOTE APRIL 3RD, 1957 Beaverton wets and drys are going to stage a battle of ballots in April. At the most recent meeting of the vil- lage council, the town clerk read a letter from the Liquor Control Board, acknowledging the receipt of a peti- tion asking Tor a vote under the Li- quor License Act, and setting Wednes- day, April 8rd, 1957 as the date upon which the vote is to be held. The Clerk presented the by-law which was passed by the Council to authorize the holding of the vote. The Clerk ad- vised that the necessary proclamation was being printed; that it would be necessary to appiont a D.R.O., and a Poll Clerk for each poll, and that it would be necessary to appgint an enu- merator for each polling !subdivision. JOHNSON & 'JOHNSON TO BUILD PLANT IN WMANVILLE Johnson & Johnson Limited, Mont. real, announced this week that they have purchased approximately 76 ac- res of land in Bowmanville to build their first plant in Ontario. This company is Canada's first and largest manufacturer of surgical dressings, sutures, first-aid kits, surgical and industrial adhesive tapes and related products. This announcement brings to a cli- max over a year of intense work car- ried on by the Chamber of Commerce, supported by the Town Council and with the active Sein work of the C. of C. Secretary-Manager, Ken Morris. In securing this ideal indus- try for Bowmanville, Mr. Morris was faced with just about every pitfall there is, but in each case he came up with a satisfactory answer or solution. The property purchased is located immediately south of Highway 401 and north of the C.N.R. tracks. It is immediately east of the Wharf Rd. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Soper sold ap- proximately 40 acres to the company while Mr. and Mrs. Blake Short have transferred around 34 acres. Mrs, M. E. Leask, Bowmanville Real Estate Broker, handled the transactions. At present the company has maie no specific announcement as to what or when they will build but Vice- President Barr's statement appearing elsewhere in this issue all points to a long term and highly satisfactory de- velopment of the property. zg ° Residents of the town should he pleased at the decision of Johnson & Johnson to locate here. They are a clean industry and their plant will be an asset to the town. The company has enjoyed excellent labour relations dur- ing its history in Canada. ICE FISHING SURVEY SHOWED TREMENDOUS INTEREST INCREASE : _- A survey of winter fishing on Lake Simcoe has been carried out by Lake Simcoe District Fish and Wildlife members during the past two weeks. According to reports from the Depart- ment of Lands and Forests, this an- nual survey empRasized a tremendous increase in fishing in the past five years. During that time, the num- ber of fishing huts had increased by nearly five-fold. Excellent ice conditions permitted good. coverage of the lake by car, ice scoot and aircraft, togethér with con- siderable patrol on foot. An aerial count revealed that there were 3,646 | tishing huts on Lakes Simcoe and Couchiehing. "Conservation officers estimated that there were over 8,000 fishermen on the lake. PICKERING TO PETITION PROVINCE FOR BIGGER GRANT At a special meeting of Pickering Township Council on Mohday evening, Reeve W. G. Lawson suggested that a petition be forwarded to the Min- ister of Health, requesting that hos- pital grants be increased to cover losses sustained through indigent pa- tients. Reeve Lawson contended that both the Oshawa General Hospital and the Pickering-Ajax Hospital were in- curring losses annually, due to the treatment of needy patients, "A Provincial grant would allow these hospitals to at least break even", said the Reeve, It wag pointed out that in 19566, the Oshawa General Hos- pital lost a total of $627.00 from in- digent patients from the Township of Pickering. Clipped Comments FARM YOUTH ON THE MARCH 'During the past few years there has been a tremendous increase in the number of organizations devoted to 'the service of farm youth. Through the activities of these groups farm young people are equipping them- selves for the very serious business of not only better farming, but better '| living as well, This great opportunity of learn- 'ing new and finer methods is some- thing that many of the parents lacked. Not too long ago farming operations were carried on in the pattern set down by grandfather, which was, of ; course, adequate for his day. At that time our country: was new and pro- duction costs were much lower than they are today. With the passing years farming has become a highly scientific occupation. New methods have been found to pro- duce better dairy and beef cattle; che- micals in the soil must be replaced if worthwhile crops are to be expected-- even the hens are required to work overtime to supply the growing de- mands of modern society. All these improved agricultural o. perations are studied by the youth groups, but there is a second phase of their program. The formation of choirs, drama and folk dancing clubs, the annual entertainment of parents and friends at a wide variety of funec- tions, have led to a sense of social responsibility and poise which has placed the young people from the farm in a new and different category. The only "hayseeds" you can find in the country now are strictly confined to the plants themselves. As a re. sult that terrifying disease of youth &illed "delinquency", which causes so much trouble and heartache in the 8 . city, is virtually unknown in rural areas. Among the most active and worth- Do by Doing". The 4-H Club pledge "I pledge my head to clearer think to this theory, the head of the Faculty ing, my heart to greater loyalty, my, hands to larger service, my health to better living for my club, my com. munity and my country", is truly a symbol of good citizenship. One of the most significant devel. opments in 4-H work during the past! ay routine which has seen "dedsert decade has been its adoption in other countries, Today. there are 4-H or 4-H type organizations in fifty dif- nothing so good for the teeth than to ferent countries with an estimated total membership of over four million. More than half of this number is made - up of American and Canadian mem. | bers, but in all countries the organi- zation is growing, Thinking of the accomplishments of HAPPY GANG Private Leo Lacombe from St. Paul, Alberta, gets some pointers on the VISITS trumpet from the master himself, Bobby Gimby. Eddie Allen and W. E. McCormack, a World War I veteran | from Winnipeg, look on "The Happy | Gang" spent the evening of Feb. 4th living it up with patients at Sunny- brook Military Hospital in Toronto, one of many such jaunts they make during the year besides doing their regular radio show on the CBC Trans- Canada network. Dr. M. B. Dy The following excerpts were taken from the address of Dr. M. B. Dymond (Ont. Riding) in his reply to the Speech from the Throne. The com- plete text may be read in the Legis- lature of Ontario Debates" on Wednes- day, February 20th, 1967, At the last session of this Parlia- ment I said of hospitalization insur- ance, that I was pleased to see this subject finally taken out of the stage of hinting and conjecture, and taken out of this stage it has been in very truth--definitely and decidedly--as we may glean from the proposal tabled by. the hon, Prime Minister (Mr. Frost) on the second day of this session. Commenting on this proposal that day, some hon. members expressed. dis- appointment and the opinion that it provided only "half a loaf." Perhaps, too, I seemed to sense a little disap- pointment on the part of one hon. member that some definite proposal had been_tabled. T hope I was wrong in this regard. The hon. member for York South "nach that follows. (Mr. MacDonald) pointed out that thert was a difference of opinion even among the supporters of this government on this matter! I have no hesitation in stating clearly that while I am in wholehearted agreement with the principal of hospital insur- ance, I have usually favoured a ca- tastrophic plan rather than an all- inclusive one, and I have no hesitation in stating that as I listened to the pre- the 4-H Clubs in our own area, the development of staunch, upright citi- zens, and realizing that the movement is gaining ground in other countries, one is led to the belief that these groups may in some future crisis pro- vide a tremendous contribution to tho principles of international 'understan- ding and goodwill. .--Wingham Advance-Times SMALL FRY WIN A POINT Generations of small boys have persistently advised their parents that it is desirable to begin a meal by eating the dessert first. no avail. The "response has always been the same: If the soup is not eaten, if every bit of carrot and spin- ach is not carefully masticated, no dessert. at all. From time immem- orial, children have submitted to this threat. Now they have adult allies. An American dentist asserts that by all .means dessert should be caten first and vegetables last. This pro- cedure, he claims, reduces tooth de- cay. 'The vegetables help to remove sugar from the teeth, which otherwise carry particles of sugar when dessert is eaten last. : Before small boys lay down the law and demand an introductory serving of ice cream or apple pie, they should While one Toronto dentist agrees that there may be substance of Dentistry in the University of Tor- onto has little faith in it. - 3 At any rate it would seem, from the point of view of small fry, that the position of parents has been some- what undermined and that the custom- appear last on the table may be chal- lenged on the ground that there is fill up with cake first. But every advance in human affairs brings new problems. If a sman boy fills up on cake first, how ¢an he be made to keep some space for the api- ~The Toronto Telegram, But to|- This Week in the Legislature mond, M.L.A. sentation placed before the standing committee of the Legislature at the last session, I was more than ever per- suaded in favour of this type of in- surance, wow on Much has been said in this House and outside it, questioning the need for a "hospital care insurance plan; that |- it should be left to private and non- protfit plans, and those questions con- tinue in spite of all the hon. Prime Minister hag stated to show tha funda- mental differences between this pro- posal and private plans. 1 believe it is well at this time to review and re- peat those differences. On the one hand, the private and non-profit groups state clearly they cannot provide a universally available plan at a cost within the scope of the average man their coverage can never be more than partial as all of them have definite time limits, exclusive of pre-existing illnessses, waiting periods, the right to cancel certain benefits in the event of recurrent disease, ete. and practically all except those in large groups can be cancelled on notice being given or refusal to accept the renewal premium, I'ew contracts are in force when the subscriber reaches age 65 or if he or | she stops working. So this much quoted statement that 3.5 million of the people of Ontario have hospital in- wirance coverage is, in fact; a mis- statement. They can at best be said to have partial coverage. This plan now proposed by the gov- ernment of Ontario is a universally ward care for in-patients. The plan proposed is, in my opinion, a good plan, sound and workable--not per- feet, I will admit, but if it were per- feet T would be forced to view it with grave suspicion. For its successful operation and implementation it will, as the tabled document suggests: require the full co-operation of all concerned, sound administration, and well organized medical staffs, and a dedication on the part of all to the improvement and maintenance of high standards of service. As this proposal will no doubt be the subject of intense study and scrutiny during this session, T will say very little about costs at this time other than to observe in passing that the cost of the plan is occasionally brush- ed aside with almost reckless abandon. fr ft However, since we have noted that the federal government, so far at any rate, has not considered -as a share- able cost coverage for mental and tub- erculosis, these matters are exceeding- ly worthy of note and comment. In both these fields we have come a long way even in the past 30-odd years, Régarding incidence of tuber- e si ses 920 while of all these groups are the 4-H know that opinion on this question is | culosis new cases reported in 192 Clubs, with their motto, "Learn to! jiviqed. were 78 per 100,000 population; in 19656 it was 29 per 100,000 population. Mortality due to tuberculosis in 1920 was 79. per 100,000 population; and in 1965, 6 per 100,000-population, This is a direct result of public health and preventive medicine mea- sures, including pasteurization of milk; inspection of cattle; condemna- 'tion and destruction of reactors; and examination of beef for human con- sumption. In spite of all these measures, cases continue to crop up. In recent years active treatment measures have been found, so that now when a patient is he enters with a reasonable assurance that he will be discharged as cured, or at least be an arrest-and-closed case, g0 that he may return to a useful life and gainful employment, Rehabilitation is an important fea- ture of the patient care programme. In this work the Canadian Sanatorium Association plays a great and impor- tant role through its various units and branches, and this work on the part of volunteers in this association is most worthy of our commendation and ac- tive support. ; cord is even more glowing... Some 50 years ago,and even less in many cases, if a member of the family became mentally ill it was considered a blot on the good name of the family, and the patient would be hidden away in the home, as it were, and no more treatment undertaken, Steadily this has changed. By a continuing program of education we have come to learn that no stigma at- tached to mental illness, that it is nd more a shameful thing for one to be afflicted with schizophrenin, maniac depression, or any other mental illness that it is to have heart disease or ulcers. As a result of, or perhaps concomi- tant with, this, medical science has progressed rapidly in this field of mental health. Great strides have been been made in active therapy until to- expanding the scope of their activities, perhaps their most important contri- bution and I am of the opinjon that, by these efforts in liaison and close co- operation with school and home, many cases of mental illness may be pre- vented and we may look with well | founded hope to a' comparative lower- In"the case of mental illness the re-! ing of the incidenee of mental illness in the future. There will be for a long time, 1 be- lieve, a need for expanded and im- proved facilities for the care of the federal authorities" will soon see that the hospitalization of tubercular and mentally ill patients can never be sep- crated from all-inclusive hospital care. (To be continued next week.) SALK VACCINE LOCAL PROGRAMME Kindly watch your local paper for time, date and place of spring Polio Clinics. It is the policy of the Provin- cial Department of Health to supply | free vaccine through the local Health service to all children between the ages of 6 months and 19 years. Consent forms have to be signed for all but those who have already been started day we find the discharge from our mental hospitals of patrients cured is the rule rather than the exception. LOR: I +4 Here, too, preventive medicine has made an outstanding contribution. Mental health clinics have been set up in many parts of the province and are on their Immunization through the Schools. The consent forms are necessary to j determine the amount of vaccine need- ed and which has to be ordered in ad- vance. So the first news paper notice will be to advise you where and when to come and sign consent forms, THE ONE Remember "THE RED CROSS If you are not at home when the canvassers call, you may send your contributions direct tos FLAG ON WHICH ALL AGREE A symbol of all that is best in human nature. . . to give a helping hand when needed... to show kindness of heart . «+ to care for the sick , .. to comfort the distressed. Keep this flag flying in Canada! The work they do among children is . mentally ill, and I would hope that the - os PS a rk " Ll { nt oN ~~ ay he hed a a a mg att hi i ! } } ! > > A 1 S TnI tg ni [) ¥ A