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~ Questions Membor of Weekly Newspaper Assodativn i 5 § Ry Ca AW RE #5 SEAN AS ot Cg wh AN 2d SPER AAAN VATE Vata lt Vids - THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, August 21, 1958 Notes and Comments We would like to know on what basis Senator Sarto Fournier was appointed to the Canadian Senate? We would also like to know why he threatened to have Deputy . Minister Young of Public Works firéd for 'giving the moving contract to Hurdman's, "who tendered $145,000 instead of to Bail- lergeron who tendered at $289,000? Why would an elected representative of the peo- ple want to see them bilked to the tune of more than one hundred thousand dollars? Can we afford to have such situations crop up in our governmept ? : 'We have always felt that though the Senate seemed relatively unnecessary, those appointed to it had made: worthy contributions to their country and were en- "No Matter, Never Mind" A series of very fine articles has been running in the" Saturday Evening Post called "Adventures of the Mind". It is refreshing and encouraging in our day to see in print articles that reflect such depth and breadth of thought and a real sense of responsibility to man. Jacques Barzun--Dean of tht Faculties and Provost of Columbia University. (Science and the Humanities) William'S. Beck--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Hematology Research Labora- tory of the Massachusetts General Hop- pital. (The Riddle of Life) The Late Francis Henry Taylor--Form- erly of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Art and Human Dignity). These are some of the men who have contributed to the series. If one could use all the foibles of modern advertising and hypnotize people by deep therapy, by echoing and re-echoing voices until one's whole being responded to the powerful stimulus ef think! Think! Think! Would we have the same encour- aging results the department stores have: had until the last recession? titled to an honorary and monetary reward in the form of a seat in the Senate. But "the disclosures made in the present in- vestigation into the cost of the printing bureau leave us with many important and unanswered questions, If civil servants are to be intimidated when they are trying conscientously to be honest and prudent in the -use.of public money what guarantee have we that gov- ernment will not be carried on in a corrupt and dishonest manner? Can Sarto Fournier: explain his action? If he can't has he any right to continue as a member of the Senate. The Canadian people have a right to know the answers to these questions. An honest government 'will see that they are answered. themselves that they have a goal or several goals they are determined to reach." Most people have had a fairly easy living in the last fifteen years and although they may not have the standard of living that they desire those desires are not strong enough to bother doing anything about it. It is easier to drift along--they are not starv-_ ing! They are comfortable in many ways. Another factor that produces laziness of mind is the sheer bigness of industry and management. What can we do to change public opinion? We are only one private citizen or one small weekly newspaper in a:world of big syndicates?" Yet we remember that most big ideas have been born in the mind of one person. They have been nurtured and encouraged by many people before: they became reali- ties in the form of a'bridge, turbines or re- ligious ideas as the case may be. We can do something for ourselves at least, if we train our litttle-used minds to think. We can live a life that is wide . awake to appreciations and possibilities that are undreamed of by the cabbage. We may be full of pain many times but we shall also have pleasures of incomparable beauty. EDUCATION - OUTSIDE AND INSIDE SCHOOL Since the flying of the sputniks by the United States and Russia, many Canadians have been trying to find out what is wrong with the country's education and what to do about it. As often happens when we attack a nat- ional problem, much of our collective effort has degenerated into a Search for scrapegoats.: Many things have been blamed, such as poor school ad- ministration, underpaid teachers, crowded classrooms, and 'a raft of other things, most of them with some justification, writes the Smith Falls Record-News Editor. . What "we often fail to appreciate, however, is how much our schools reflect the world around them. To put it another way, the quality of edu- cation depends as much on what goes on outside the school as what happens inside. The partial answer to what is wrong can be found by a kind of men- tal looking in the mirror. Here is a starter: Complaint: Johnny cannot read. Question: Do any adults around your house show any enthusiasm for read- ing by frequently being seen with a book in your hands? Complaint: Johnny is a conformist, does not want to excell or be differ- ent from his schoolmates. Question: Has he been given any reason to be- leive his family thinks or acts diff- erently from the Browns down the block. Complaint: Johnny is not interest- ed in science or math. Question: Is anybody at your house? This kind of mental exercise may | improve more people than Johnny. The Canadian Statesman SPENDING PUBLIC MONEY Classic Example of wasteful plann- ing, easy squandering of public mon- ey, closer to home, is National Print- ing Bureau in Hull. Fumbling which _ WITH AXE We wonder what is necessary short of a cataclysm to make people think? answer comes with astounding clarity. People think when they realize within: The does cloy even After all department store materialism among the masses. The Post articles are well worth your time and attention. District Doings CHRISTMAS TREE GROWERS IN DURHAM CONCERNED WITH OUTBREAK OF PALES WEEVIL # The Christmas Tree industry, one of the largest in the County and Townships south of Lindsay, is being seriously threatened with: destruction according to a bulletin released by the Lindsay branch of the Department of Lands and Forests, The bulletin . reads'as follows: A recent outbreak of Pales Weevil in Durham -County poses a serious threat to the Scotch Pine Christmas Tree industry. Growers will meet in the Orange Hall, Pontypool, at 1.30 p.m., August 18th, to discuss the pro- blem with specialists in entomology. ' t BUILDING UP IN UXBRIDGE TP. A considerable amount of building has been going on in Uxbridge town- ship this year. A summary presented to council on Monday night showed total value of building permits issued to date' $142,000. These were for 16 dwellings, 2 cottages, 2 garages, 2 Bell Telephone relay stations and one remodelling job. BLOOMINGTON LADY KILLS FOX Mrs. Irving Hill, 9th con. of Whit- church, north of Bloomington, killed a large red fox with an axe recently after it attacked their border collle dog Butch. Mrs, Hill informed the Tribune. that she believes the fox was rabid. The head was sent to Hull, Quebec, for rabies tests,' 3 A rabid fox was shot and kill near Vivian. It attacked a pony on the property of Mrs, A. Neilson, Cherry Street, north of Ballantrae. The fox grabbed the pony by the tail but let go when Mrs. Neilson came on the scene. It was shot in the Vivian For- est by Whitchurch Twp. Police. : WARNED TO KEEP 11-YR. OLD . TRACTOR DRIVER OF HIGHWAY Franels Powell, RR Richmond Hill was fined' $5 and costs when he ap- peared before Magistrate Kelly at Vandorf on a charge of allowing the 116 years of age. i - {been made by officials of the McNa- trailors on Yonge St. by a boy under The police office charged: that the boy was only 11 years old. The father stated that the boy had driven the tractor for two years, sometimes: on the highway and:without an accident. He had never been questioned. Magistrate Kelly stated that the boy was too young to have the respon- sibility and advised the father to keep him off the highway and let him drive on the farm only. UXBRIDGE TO HAVE NEW FIRE HALL Tentative plans have been drawn up for a new fire hall and it is hoped construction can be started no later than the middle of September, it was reported to council on Tuesday night. Speaking on the proposed new hall were Mr. Bruce Affleck and Mr Ross Rodman, firemen. The proposed hall would be built in the same location as the one at present, would have overall dimen- sions 67 feet 10' inches' by 36 feet 8 inches and would cost approximately $19,286. Plans were presented to the council for thelr approval. LAKE FREIGHTERS TO USE WHITBY HARBOR The driving of steel for the walls of the new extension to the graving drydock at the McNamara Ship Re- pair Yards, at Port Whitby, will start some time this week. Preparatory work has been underway for some time for the million and a half dollar structure, When completed the drydock will be used for repairing and servicing Great Lakes Cargo vessels, The ex- tended unit will accommodate boats up to 820 feet in length. Contracts have been signed: Arrangements have mara Company for several of these large lake boats are to be repaired this winter. There will also be a num- ber of the "lakers" tied up in the Lharbor during the period that nav- Ll « Pine Grove (Too Late for Last Week) Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wellbanks of Scarborough visited Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gourlie. Mr. Frank Therur of Scarborough Charlie Gourlie, Mr and Mrs. Brock visited with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gourlie. Mr. and Mrs. Manson Woods of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Bev. Evans and David of Ancaster, visiting with Mr. and Mrs Earl Ballard on the week-end. - Mrs. Earl Ballard, Mrs. Lloyd Clark, Mrs. John Locke, Mrs. Bev. Evans attended the Memorial Service at St. John's Cemetery, Brock on Sun- day, also called on relatives and friends at Victoria Corners. Brenda and Rodney Locke are spending holidays with their grand- parents Mr and Mrs. Earl Ballard. Mr. and Mrs. Erickson spent Sun- day in Toronto. . Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hill visiting in the north. Mr. and Mra. Handel visiting in Toronto. Miss Kristine Banks celebrated her birthday on Saturday with eight little friends a The Baptist Minister of Claremont took the Service at Pine Grove last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Kae Evans and Dale visiting Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Evans. * Mr. and Mrs. Duckworth and fam- ily have returned from their holidays. Mr and Mrs. Bud Sonley and girls visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd 'Clarke on Thursday evening. operation of a tractor drawing two igation is closed on the lakes. x! spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. | has attended erection of this plant from beginning would be comic, if not so costly to taxpayer. Site chosen was known to have heavy under- ground water flow. Excavation was begun just before 1949 election, al- though plans for building were not completed until 1952. Cost of excava- tion, tendered at $56,000, ran to $238,000 due to water trouble. Con- tract for footings and piers was also let before plans completed. I" Construction started in 1952 (be- i fore next election). First basement had to be abandoned to the flood, sec- ond basement floor built above it, with pumps constantly operating in space between. Still the fun was not over. Queen's Printer Cloutier and his "expects" called for air condition- ing to provide ideal climate for paper, not workers. Latter, however, proved more vocal, demanded which added $700,000 to air conditioning bill. Total , cost of building, estimated at $6,000, 000, has now reached $16,200,000, and ; work is still unfinished. Main defence of project is that it is '"aesthetic" additional to national capitol. ! The Letter-Review i CRIME NOTE: Within a single week Los Angeles TV stations showed i erime pictures depicting 166 murd- ers, 192 attempted murders, 24 con- spiracies to commit murder, 7 attemp- "ed lynchings, 60 justifiable homicides 'and 2 "sulcides, according to W. E. Farbstein, writing in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Question posed by this sombre accounting is: how long can a society endure which allows its laws and morals to be un- dermined in this way? STELCO WORKERS, says letter- "writer in Globe and Mail, "have every reason to be satisfied with average wages running around $5,000 a year. By their exaggerated demands they make it. next to impossible for work- ers in less fortunate industries to buy a house and other necessities. In fact, they lower the standard of living of ithe workers in practically all other industries. | "We all like to have more money... but this can only be done if one can show a comparable increase in pro- duction per man-hour; otherwise it 'is just a vicious circle and the unions are just fooling their members." Writer Ben Gjertsen, - concludes. by recommending that unions hire them- selves sound economists instead of "funny-money" ones (who have foist- ed current "purchasing-power" fall- acy on members and public). The Letter Review Clipped Comments Carl Tapscott (right) and CBC pro- ducer Keith MacMillan look well- satisfied as they view the first LP recording of songs by the popular Carl Tapscott singers, a group of 12 male voices. The recording was made in response to the regular heavy flow of appreciative letters the Tapscott group receive for their CBC Trans- Canada network radio show each Wed- nesday night. The program is re- broadcast the following Tuesday morn: ing over the same network. 0f Many Things by Ambrose Hills BE FREE I have a friend who is a slave. He has earned freedom, but squandered it. And I am afraid he will be a slave until the day he dies. He has nmiade very good money in his day, but, spent it foolishly. When others were buying Victory Bonds, he felt quite smart because he sold his as soon as he got them. He was a selfish spender, last to pick up the check in a restaurant, but first to buy every new gadget for himself. Today, he is paying a high price for his selfishness. The other day a few of us planned a fishing trip; but our spendthrift friend could not join us. 'I'm broke" he said, "and I sold my fishing gear over a year ago." I had a long chat with this man last | night. It was a sad story of mis- | handled funds, impulse buying, last of investments either in bonds or, indeed, in friendship. He had spent none of his resources on others and conse- quently there weren't many people ready or willing to help him. He still has his job, but to him the future looks grim--as soon as he gets his cheque, his creditors are after him. Or he has kited cheques he must cover. Yet he still feels that if he could get one more big loan to "consolidate" his debts. he would be all right, I felt sorry for him, but irked with him at the same time. Even yet, if he settled down to it, he could be free from debt and on the road to inde- pendence within less than two years. And to do so he would not 'have to deprive himself of any of the real necessities of life. What is the basic trouble with this man? I think the trouble is that he does not love freedom. He does not value independence. His cheque is merely the passport to satisfaction for his daily whims or appetites. Freedom is a precious thing. That's what many of us work for, one of our great incentives. Every child. should have instilled in him the love of free- dom, just as every nation should strive to be free. It is worth passing up a few present luxuries in order to enjoy the greatest boom of all--freedom and indepéndence, companied by Akela Harold Martyn, Akela Lawrence McLaughlin and Bag- héera Gerald Asselstine, The camp opened with the Grand ~| Howl, after which everyone helped put up the tents, then to the task of pre- paring supper, cooked over a camp fire. While supper was cooking some new trails were cut through the woods and then a cool dip in the creek. After supper several guests arrived and gatheréd: around. the campfire with Cubs; Harley McCoy passed a story telling test and was presented with his 1st star by a member of the. group committee, Mr. Ernie Swain. The boys put on two short skits with the aid of Mr. Richard Bowles and Mr. Ernie Swain which caused much meri- ment. The evening closed with a sing- song. Then to bed but not to sleep, as usual there were some wide-awake fellows that kept everyone on the move, Monday morning started at 6, break- fast, games and building a dam took up the morning. After lunch every- one went to View Lake beach for a swim. After supper everyone helped to breakup camp and head for home to tell of the week-end experiences. The leaders report they are enjoying these. outings as much as the boys, except it takes 2 or 3 days to recover. Active treatment hospital beds are costly -. to the patient and to the PROSPECT The members of the W.A. are very pleased with the success of their two baking sales, netting over $75.00. Mrs. Emm, of England, is visiting 'her son, Gerry, and she is staying with Mrs. Bruce Holtby. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Webster, Ruth and Elizabeth, of Toronto, were recent | guests of Mr. and Mrs. Burnsell Webster and Mrs. G, Webster. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kinsmans and | { family of Avvida, Quebec, have been | visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. | Horace Webster, also their mother, | Mrs. Kinsman, of Brooklin. | Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell and sons of ! Ottawa, were holiday guests of her | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Conlin, Mr. ! | John Quinn is spending the summer at the Conlin home. Mr. and Mrs. E. Smurthwaite, of Concord, are holidaying at Harold Holtby home, while they are in the Prescott area. Mr. and Mrs. Les Smith and family have been vacationing at a cottage, on the shores of Lake Scugog. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Gross and sons of Chatham, were recent guests of her sister, Mrs. H. R. Holtby. Mr. Ray Dearborn and friend of Belleville, visited recently with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dear- born. hospital. Convalescent and chronic hospitals and units offer complete and adequate lower cost care, The patient moved to a convalescent hospital makes a hospital bed available for an active treatment or an emergency treatment patient. Summertime with Bert Devitt, on Douglas and Beatrice Maas of Ham- CBC Trans-Canada radio network, pro- ilton are holidaying with their grana- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Durham. The Vernon boys won prizes with pony at Oshawa Fair, Last weck-end the second group of Cubs were at camp. They were ac- vides a half-hour of light music, trave- logue and a story from the past, Heard five days a week, Devitt re- places the Happy Gang during their vacation. District Churches ~ Scugog, Manchester and Prospect A meeting was called two weeks ago Tuesday, in the Manchester Chur- ch to make plans for the Anniversary Services to be held on Sunday, Sept- ember Tth, and to decide whether we should have a Turkey Supper this year. Our supper last year was such British West Indies, and has just re- cently been admitted to the ministry of The United Church of Canada. We haven't a large congregation at Manchester, but the Church is alive and there is a good spirit of co-oper- ation. It was our busiest Church last a success and gave the treasury such--winter;-as being located in the Centre a boost, that it was decided to have one this year. Mrs. Frank Crosier is in charge of the advertising, and full particulars will soon be appearing in our local papers. We might say here that it will be a "Hot Turkey Supper" and just as lovely as you may have had at home. The Conveners of Committ- ees of last year are asked to act again, and a list is being posted at the church. Tickets are now available and may- had from Mrs. Gladys Archer Sh Pan Johnson and Mr. Clinton Midgley. It was decided to ask the members of Prospect Choir to assist with the music at the morn- ing service; and to ask the Scugog Choir to take charge of the music for the Evening. The Preacher at the Morning and Evening Services will be Rev. Philip Romeril, United Chur- ch Minister at Blackstock. Rev. Rom- of the Pastoral Charge, the Cubs met there every Tuesday evening, and many of our young peoples meetings were held there It won't be long be- fore we will be making plans for Cubs and maybe Scouts. There are enough. boys graduating from Cubs to form a Scout Troop, provided that our Group Committee can produce the Leaders. The boys are ready. What about Leadership men? There will be several boys old enough to enter Cubs and so bring up our numbers again to twenty-four. We are glad to re- port that Catherine and Allen Mart- yn will continue with us in Cubs, even though they are leaving the Island for Prince Albert, We shall certainly miss the whole family for their frie- ndly ways and wonderful contribut- jons to the life of the Church. How- ever, we still have them to the end of the month. Immediately after hol- eril has served fo»-thany years in the |idays, we shall have an evening for all the girls on the Island who are interested in Brownies. Joan Aldred will be in charge of this work, and will have three or four others to work with her Keep this in mind girls! The Minister's theme on Sunday was "Conscious and Unconscious Re- ligion.,, The text was "Lord, when saw we Thee an hungered and fed Thee? or thirsty and gave Thee drink? When saw we Thee a strang- er and took Thee in? or naked and clothed Thee?" Matthew 25: 37, The Sacrament of Infant Baptism will be observed on Sunday, Sept- ember 28th., and on the following Sunday, October 6th, will be World Communion Sunday, when the Sacra- ment of the Lord's Supper will be administered in our three Churches. Any. who yould like to have their children Baptized or are thinking of uniting with the Church, kindly get in touch with the minister. Happy birthdays to the following: To Bernard Chandler and -Ricky Needham of the Island, to Carol Fra- lick, Kimberly Ann Midgley and Mur- iel Grdy of Manchester, to Roger Holtby and Karen Smith of Prospect, Come and whorship with us at our morning services.