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; Wistrict Doings " Ye "Whursday and Friday of last week, «Maing of May. Ret} The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association i Thursday, May 2nd, 1957% Msntal Health Week 'The Canadian Mental Health Association was the seeond voluntary association of its kind to be formed in the world. 1918 it has carried on a valuable program of public enlightenment with regard to In addition, it has estab- = 1 lished committees throughout the country - for hospital visitation and for the rehabil- : ition of those released from hospital. This week it devotes itself to the task of public education through the observance mental illness. of Mental Health Week, By vision, radio and the newspapers it seeks to draw attention to Canada's number one The fight against cancer and heart disease has been much more highly publicized. "Few people realize that mental illness exceeds all other illnesses There are ten thousand more people being treated for mental illness than - there are bed patients in regular hospitals. Since mental illness has been looked upon as Something to be ashamed of, as some- thing to hide, since there has been so much © superstitution and ignorance concerning mental illness, much of: the public still re- gard it as something they would rather health problem. combined. not discuss. But the fact that it is our most serious, our most pre- Strange Bedfellows The United States and Russie have one Both countries are afraid that some lesser power will get con- trol of some of the atomic weapons. are afraid because: it is. quite conceivable that should this happen some Nasser or lesser Hitler might rashly decide to make use of them and thereby precipitate on the great fear in common. world atomic: annihilation. good cause for 'such fear. To-day it-is pos- sible for a second rate power to get the 'means to produce such weapons. For this reason both countries are will- ing to discuss the possibilities of atomic control. This does not mean go so far as to put a ban on the develop- It does mean that they feel the necessity to discover some _ ment of atomic bombs. Since means of tele- business life. selves of this ticularly as it problems. remains that " fron in AY They made. And there is the mark . . . will be." But how do that they will alliance. THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE NOTES AND COMMENTS i prevalent health problem. An acceptance of this might lead to increased effort and work in our part to curb mental illness and to help those who are-mentally ill, As with other illnesses, the best cure seems to be one of prevention, we prevent mental illness? Experts in the study and treatment of the disease tell us that our greatest protection lies in a thorough understanding of the basic men- tal health principles. él These principles should be practised in the home, in the school and in the work of the church in the community. They should even, gavern our thought and conduct in How can "What are these mental 'health principles ? . In"a~short editorial it is not possible to deal with them adequately. However, the Department of Health and Welfare of the federal government has produced pamph- lets dealing with all the major aspects of mental health, Parents and teachers, clergy and business men should avail them- valuable information par- pertains to their work and These are free publications and anyone can get them by writing to the Ottawa. .. - means of keeping it out of the hands of those who might use it indiscriminately. With them of course it is a kind of stale- Each makes use of the bomb as a kind of threat or deterrent. It is as though one were to say to the other, "You'd better watch what you are doing because if you don't tread lightly and if you dare overstep then we won't hesitate even though we know what the consequences you tell the same thing th some littl, unresponsible power? You don't allow the world to be destroyed over a Ruritania, This throws the United States and Russia together in a kind of unholy COUNTY HAS GIVEN $90,000 TO OSHAWA HOSPITAL "It was announced at the board meet. ing of the Oshawa General Hospital "Bt Tuesday night, that a payment amounting to $10,000 had been receiv- ed from the County of Ontario toward the building fund, This brings the total figure received from the county up to $90,000. MARKHAM TWP. TREASURER RESIGNS POST Treasurer Del Ryder of Markham | Township asked, through a communi- cation at the township council meet- ing on Tuesday of the past week that his resignation be accepted, effective May 81st. -Council agreed that the treasurer should be asked to remain until a re- placement could be secured for his position. SMELT FISHING REACHES - PEAK LAST WEEK Hundreds of smelt fishermen gath- ered at' Newcastle Beach and Bow- manville Beach-over the weekend as the melt run reached its peak for this season, Large catches were reported at both beaches over the week-end and the smelt appeared to have reached their peak during the first of. the week. They should continue to run until this week-end, but the supply will not like- ly be as plentiful. foil Almost everyone reported catching at least a bushel and some caught se-} veral bushels. The largest grpup of fishermen were at Newcastle Beach on "Everything from the old fashioned bucket to seine-nets were in use. UXBRIDGE ART GROUP PLAN MAY EXHIBIT The Uxbridge Art Group are busy these days making arrangements for heir forthcoming exhibit the begin- The exhibit will be held in the Mu- sie Hall in the afternoons and even- ings of May 8rd, 4th and bth, and be- sides giving visitors the opportunity to view the many canvasses completed by the local group, there will be a -group of Canadian paintings from the Toronto Art Gallery on display. Proceeds from the exhibit will be for the hospital fund. TO INCREASE SHARE OF INDIGENT COST The Town of Whitby has been noti- fied that the legislature of Ontario will increase its share of the cost of indigent hospital patients by 10 per cent. 3 : The province announced .it. would pay 60 per cent of the cost leaving 40 per cent to the municipality: The new ratio will be in force retroactive- ly to April 1. During the recent session of legis- lature it. was stated by the minister of welfare, Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, that those on relief would have their payments increaséd approximately 10 per cent, i ow OSHAWA AGREES TO BUILD HOME The erection of a home for the aged in Oshawa was approved by city council in principle Monday night. Council 'also approved that the pro- posed basis for secession from the county home be accepted. Ald, Lane pointed out that Oshawa is now using 91 beds ag its share in Whitby. It has a known waiting list of 24 applicants. Six on the 1957 list have died awaiting admittance to the home. The Whitby home cannot be enlarged to care for these on the wait- ing list and a new home: is needed somewhere. Ald. Lane thought it would be wise to embark on the building of a home, that the home. be of about 200-bed capacity and that the proposed agree- ment of the county be approved. He Clipped Comments THE -NEW ERA IN WEEKLY -- NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING Editor J. S. Giles wet down: the form containing eight columns of hand-set type, each letter individually set. He was trying to make the wood- en form swell to hold the type tight. Then it was nec@ssary to dry the form. In the yard, he built a fire and held the form above it. It dried, all right. Eight columns of hand-set type fell, letter by letter, into the fire. That was in 1890. John Giles, who still owns the Lachute (Que.) Watch- man operated by his son and grand- sons, was one of the early printer- editors in this country. Today, week- ly newspapers are set by machines and printed on high-speed presses. The miracle of the weekly press continues to awe onlookers. Those of us who have found a satisfying life as members of the community, relat- ing the human interest story of good neighbors and needling council to get on with its program, feel justly proud'; of our progress. Today, expensive machines combine with electronics to provide the district with its news and views, ' We are constantly trying to im- prove. New printing processes are on the horizon, new business methods are being adopted, new techniques for gathering and writing the news are being opened to us. recommended that if the City of Osh. Oshawa's residents at Fairview Lodge on a rental basis, 65 HOLSTEINS SAVED FROM BROOKLIN FIRE Quick work by two employees of the [Ransom Stock Farm, east of Brooklin, is credited to saving sixty-five head of cattle in the spectacular $80,000 fire on Saturday afternoon, in the stable, unaware of the fire. and other. farm equipment. dited with saving the house, awa has not completed the construc-' tion of its home by Dec. 81, 1959, the Institute of Technology, in Toronto, nty of Ontario, will-accommodate in its efforts to recruit bright young County 2 ig high school graduates to take train- ing to becomé future publishers of "This progressive college offers young peo- ple not only the skills but the man- agement know-how to build Canada This is why we join the Ryerson Canada's weekly newspapers. by building the weekly press. each, 'being paid by school boards. DOUG MAXWELL Youthful sportscaster Doug Max- well, well-known for his broadcasts of college football, heads a new sports show for youngsters every week on. s CBC television. Called "Sportstime", Maxwell deals with a different sport every week and gives helpful tips, i training idea and advice on a galaxy of sports ranging from boxing to badminton. We commend such studies to your attention. And we invite you to visit our plant to discover those people be- hind the typewriters and presses keep you printing acquainted with what's going on ih your community. --Bowmanville Statesman. SCHOOL TEACHERS MUST BE SCARCE Regardless of who says there is no scarcity of school teachers in Ontario a look at Saturday's Globe and Mail would indicate "this province must have a severe scarcity of teachers. For there appeared in this one issue 28 columns, -or three and one-half pages, of advts. for 'Teachers Wanted'. Bowmanville Public Schools were advertising for three teachers, with minimum salary $2,700 and maximum # $6,600. The local High School also dvertised for three teachers with salaries running from $3,800 to $6,800. With so many vacancies teachers must have a difficult time in deciding to which school they will make their applications. It has been a long up- hill fight to get teachers' salaries up to the level they are today, but they are not too high for the important work they are called upon to perform in educating our children. From an- other angle the present salaries of teachers are not too high when com- pared with salaries paid in other vo- cations, not demanding the expert training required by teachers. There was a time, due to low sal- aries, when many teachers accepted a position as a school teacher as a! "stepping stone" to a better paid po-! sition in other professions or execu- tive positions. That course should not be necessary today with the salaries Next thing we know this may lead to a scarcity of students going to univer- sities to qualify for lawyers, doctors, ministers and other professions-- creating another vicious cycle. --Bowmanville Statesman. DR. CLAUDE VIPOND Ryerson now offers prospective pub- lishers two three-year diploma cour- ses: one in Journalism and. the other Wayne Collins, 11 year old lad, first in Printing Management. They. are saw the flames and raced to warn his! co.operating with Canada's weekly father, Merle. Collins, farm manager press in providing a combination of and William 'Hall who were working both courses to equip bright. young students to prepare themselves for the The two men worked hard to get management of weekly newspapers, out the sixty five head of cattle and | To aid such students, the All Canada also managed to drive out tractors Insurance Federation has established A heavy|a $5,000 bursary fund, from .which rain coming up during the fire is cre- | they will provide 10 bursaries of $600 Speaks over CKLB (Oshawa) MONDAY, MAY 6th 7.60 p.m. "IS POLITICS A DIRTY WORD?" Ontario Riding Liberal Association DOG CONTROL IS NOT EASY Stouffville is not the only place in Ontario having problems in connec- tion with the control of dogs. Guelph has been faced with the same thing. An editorial in the Guelph Mercury deals with some phases of the prob- lem which was encountered there. The editorial also points to the fact that the Toronto city council has been wrestling with the samé knotty prob- lem. The Toronto parks commission- er charged that flower beds in parks were being ruined by dogs running at large. He called for legislation re- quiring all dogs in city parks to be kept on a leash. This aroused the usual controversy, with one alderman arguing that dogs should have as much freedom as people. He argued that magistrates should not have the power to order dogs destroyed. The debate in a city council committee re- sulted in a decision to approve a dog by-law making it an offence to allow a dog to run at large in the city ex- cept when under the immediate charge or control of some competent person. the experience in that city in raising doubts as to how the new Toronto by- law could be enforced. Guelph Coun- cil decided to do something about en- forcing its by-law regarding control of dogs. Since then, two dog con- trollers have been appointed. The first appointee found the task impos- sible and resigned. also intimated that he is through with 'the job. The lot of the person who has the responsibility of enforcing any dog control by-law is, like that of the po- liceman, not a happy one. He not only runs into risks handling vicious dogs, but also arouses the ire of every dog owner he prosecutes. In other words, he just never wins. Guelph, Stouffville and almost any other municipality you care to men- tion may be anxious to keep Fido out of mischief, but the unsolved question is==How can the task be accomplish- But the Guelph newspaper quotes), . His successor has "r Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills By Ambrose Hills THOSE VISITORS! Our house was in a turmoil, I had to make a trip, and my wife was try- ing to get ready to come with me. That meant a million jobs of hers, notes to be left for the instruction of our sitter -- doctor's phone number, dental appointments for the twins, the larder to be stocked, and vountless jobs LI hadn't realized are part of the business of homemaking. On top of this turmoil, the telephone . Yes, you guessed it. © Old school friends from the country, eager to visit. I thought my wife's voice Bound- ed strained when she urged them to come right out, Perhaps it was, too, but somehow, the jobs got done and she was radiant and happy when the visitors arrived. She would have been mad at them if they hadn't come. Visitors, even when they arrive at the durndest times, are good for the soul--especially if they're old friends. First, perhaps, because it is flattering that they think enough of you to make the visit. Most important old friend- ships are the real stuff of life, more important than the job to be done, or the old routine you try so hard to stick to, 3 Visitors, somehow, test your mettle, When they first step into the home or office, it may disturb your routine; but it also disturbs your complacency. It teaches you to take-time for people. A man:with character can have a train to catch in the next half hour, yet make an old friend feel he is unhur- ried and attentive. Quite often the visit that takes a precious bite out of your crowded hours turns out to be the finest visit of all; and when it is over you are so refreshed and inspired that work melts before your renewed energy. I hear the doorbell ringing now. This afternoon, when I told my wife I'd invited some old friends over, she cried, "Oh, no ... the house is a mess and I've a trillion things to do " But the house is no longer a mess, the trillion' things got done, and my wife never looked so pretty and well-groomed as she does right now, ready to admit my old friends and show. them how lucky their pal was to pick up a girl like her! Drop in sometime, won't you? Without a tail light your car is a night-time death trap. During May, "Check Your Car, Check Accidents, says the Canadian Highway Safety Con- ference. * * ed? If any council can come up with an answer where others have failed, it will indeed crown itself with glory. --Stouffville Tribune. District Churches SCUGOG PASTORAL CHARGE Having Services an hour earlier last Sunday didn't seem to make an great difference in the size of our congrega- tion. It might have made a great difference from a psychological point of view. Which goes to show that our method of doing things makes all the difference. So we left the hours the same as usual, but turned on the clocks an ly and it worked. Speak- ing of hours though, we are going to change for the Summer months. The best hour of course will be the first hour, namely 9.156 a.m. The Minister would like to meet with all the Elders on Sunday evening at Scugog "Head" after the service. If you can come to the Service so much the better; but if it is not possible, then please be with us about 8.30 p.m. This will save us meeting during a week night, now that you all are so very busy. It was quite a thrill for your minister to have all the members of his family at Church on Sunday. Dr. Kenneth Braham sang "Nearer My God to Theé," accompanied by his mother, The theme of the Sermon was "The rod of an almond tree," the first sign of Spring. The Prophet Jeremiah has a message. for us, and we shall listen to him again this com. ing Sunday. We were pleased to have the Saville family from Toronto, and: the Elliotts from Agincourt at our Service at Scugog. We need a guest book, and have our Summer Friends sign same for us. Scugog Church "Grace" was the the scene of a lovely wedding last Fri- day evening when Marjorie Isobel Milner was given in marriage by her brother Mr. Raymond Milner to Mr. Victor Howard Aldred. The bride's sister Mrs. Cecil Fralick was Matron of honour, and the bridegroom's brother Mr. Allan Aldred was best man. 'We wish Marjorie and Victor every joy and happiness,, and God's | blessing upon their marriage. We are thinking of having a Daily Vacation, Bible School for the Pas- toral Charge during the month of July, and would like to plan same as soon as possible. It has been said that the children learn as much during the ten days as they do during the whole year of Sunday School. The children come in the morning from 9 to 12.00 o'clock. Arrangements will be made for transportation. Saturday evening the Presbytery Y.P.U. will meet in the Port Perry United Church at 5.30 p.m. There will be a supper at 6,00 p.m. and a very fine programme. We hope that many of our young people will attend and meet some of our finest young people in the Presbytery. We are very sorry to learn that Mrs. Gordon Cherrie has just recently undergone an operation in the Toronto East General Hospital. We do hope and pray that all will go well, and that you will soon be home again Mrs. Cherrie. We know that you will have a fine and capable nurse in Eileen. We invite you all to come and wor- ship with us on Sunday at Scugog, Manchester, and Prospect. ~ nothing. they are. \ x that is being spent. of your governments, taxes can be reduced. | STEEL COM Governments | Are You | WHEN Governments spend money, it is your money For governments themselves produce [&} kb ; Governments can only spend what they take from the a i production of the people, whose creatures and servants - ; il - it If you want lower taxes, you must curb the spending There is no other way by which THE LIMITED MONTREAL GANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO fl -------- PANY OF CANADA LJ . + - a - * We wl SRG To Bnd Wor Esme. ga win