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on i -------- A A AEA TE 5 x i i i ! 4 3 U | i » TERTIUS IR TL RE DWI RRS TaN GWG Be TUE BPEL I Mouber of RE aaa a ~~ THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Ea a ---- we SPLINE ANE a EAE art alee aT aA TEER LY A a Sp y I I EI ATR Sa wm rim by ET Se, WEED oh Thursday, September 3rd, 1959 A pay fot Notes and Comments mr Something to Digest : A recent survey conducted by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows that the average Canadian family spends $6.66 per person for food every week. This is apparently the total cost of food which is divided among the various items as fol- lows: $1.71 for meat and poultry, fruits, vegetables, 95 cents, bakery, cereal pro- ducts 78 cents, fats, oils 32 cents, eggs 23 cents, fish 14 cents, 77 cents is spent on meals away from home and the rest, 84 cents, goes for miscellaneous things such = as candies and fancy trimmings. "Now, of course, there is no such thing as- an average family any more than there.is - a dodo bird. There fore it might well be argued that nobody in Canada is living on an outlay of $6.66 for food per week. But if we accept the facts from DBS. there must be a lot of people existing on less than that amount for everybody we know (and; we: have no, rich: friends), is: spending about twice as much as $6.66 per week per person on food. The noble efforts of the Department are: not wholly without value:.however: This: Eisenhower's Rising Star On the eve of his departure from the. White House, President Eisenhower has begun to assert himself. In the:past few: months, following the death of IFoster Dulles and the forced retirement of Sher- ~-man Adams, Eisenhower has astounded' friends and critics with his decisive words and: actions. At long last he has shown that he can and will take a stand on tough domestic /problems; he:has done more for: just recently he defeated the attempts of Congress to black his legislature, Similarly with regard:to foreign affairs; .. . There is nothing weak or vacillating about his attitude fowards Russia; and yet he: has restrained 'himself from falling. into the pattern that characterized Dulles' be- haviour. - 'His talks with.Macmillan clearly indicate that-he is very much aware of just survey and its statistical abstraction could well serve as a kind of 'yardstick by which we might: take the measure of our spend- 'ing on food. We might even want to carry the matter a little further and effect a few economies in order to bring our spending more in line with what it takes to feed the non-existent but the average Canadian. For instance we'll suppose - that a. little arithmetic servesitoishaw that the cost per member of our family is not twice but three times the average: That would be a bit-of -a-shocker; In thHose-circumstances one-.could imagine the non-average Cana- dian would change 'either: his -diet or his grocer, (stamps notwith standing). But come to think of it, if enough of us were to do this something, would be sure to happen to that $6.66--it would go down of course--and 'relatively speaking we'd be back where weistarted. And the only con- clusion seems to be that facts from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics do little to simplify everyday life. what .the forthcoming, talles:-with. Krush- chev can and.will mean.. Flrthermore his manner of dealing with DeGaulle alse in- dicates that the man.is not to be atampeded by rash or importunate demands. It is a wonderful and remarkable thing that. such. a- transformation should have- manifested itself' at' this-time. The free world needs firmr'and' confident leadership. For the past five years that leadership has not existed. Now 'withthe rejuvenated and confident Efsenhower it appears that we are in for some-promising developments in the future: Eisenhower: is rapidly becoming the kind of President the Americans thought they were: getting when they first voted him in- to office some: six years ago. District Doings HOMEMADE RODEO From all reports the village of 8] WORK' STARTS ON MARKHAM te. SEPARATE COURT WOULD REQUIRE CHANGE IN LAW _ to consider having sewage from West Hampton had an impromptu rodeo of its own one day last week and we are only sorry we weren't on hand to re- cord it photographically. A 1200 1b. bull awaiting slaughter at the abattoir decided it was too young to die and took off through the window. It head- ed south through the village, scatter- ing pedestrians, Frank Grof and Les Jaggers of the abattoir eventually caught up with it and shot the animal. But, there must have been plenty of excitement while the chase was on. Fortunately, no one was injured but the bull, - PICKERING COUNCIL VOTE TO INSTAL OWN SEWAGE SYSTEM Pickering Township has been asked Rouge pumped to the Highland Creek plant in Metro by the Ontario Water Resources Commission, The OWRC have asked that the township's con- "sulting engineers submit to them an estimated cost of this so they can com- pare costs with those submitted for a separate plant at West Rouge. Engineer T. O, Jefferson said that sewage treated at Highland Creek would be done at a price other 'than cost but that Dr. A. E. Berry of the OWRC is concerned with the number of outlets into Lake Ontario now. . "What. would the cost be" asked Councillor Ross Hawthorne. "That is. difficult because I don't know the answer" said Mr. Jefferson. "I am: not interested in voting for anything that concerns the pumping of this sewage to Highland Creek" said Councillor Ashton. Mr, Ashton madé a motion that a sewage system be completed in Pickering Township and supported by the taxpayers of the township." Mr. Jefferson: said 'that in his own opinion, if this engineering that has been requested-is mot done, there will be no plant in West Rouge. : On a recorded vote, yeas--H, Ash- ton, R. Hawthorne, J. L. McPherson, H. Spang. " Nay--Reeve Scott, E. James and V. Marino :Construetion Co. has com- menced work on the three-quarter million dollar Markham: sewers-and disposal plant project: Excavation be- gan this week at the south end of the Main Street. The: contract for the disposal plant, to be located southeast of the fair grounds, has gone to a Hamilton firm. Thexwork is being financed by the town through the On- tario Water. Resources Commission. GIRL FINED FOR'OPERATING BOAT DANGEROUSLY ON LAKE SCUGOG Hilda Thielman, Earlscourt avenue, Toronto, was charged with operating a boat dangerously at Stephenson's Point, Lake Scugog, last July 12th. Constable Mecllveen told the court that the 85 hp powered boat was tow- ing a skier at high speed through a swimming. area where niany young children were playing. Miss Thielman was fined $25 and costs and prohibited from operating a vessel on Canadian inland waters for three months. STOUFFVILLE UNDECIDED ON METRO PLANNING REPRESENTATION Stouffville Council members deferr- ed their decision on whether or mot to back the fringe municipalities in their fight to have. equal representation on the Metro Planning Board. Arrange- ments have been' made. to. make repre- sentation before the Minister of Plan- ning and, Dévelopment, Mr. Nichols, on Sept. 16, At the present time, Stouffville, Markham, Markham Twp., Richmond Hill are all represented on the Board by one man. A 'similar sit- uation exists' with our eastern neigh- bours, Pickering, ~~ Deputy-Reeve Wagg voiced strong approval of. the. move to have each municipality * with its: representative. "It may not appear too necessary at atthe moment, bub {ticould be in the future," said the deputy-reeve, Reeve Lehman said that Stouffville had always had full co-operation from Metro in'any-of their planning under- takings. Other members were hesitating to express their final word and agreed to 'Swan, York County may encounter dif- ficulties if it establishes a courthause of its own, it was stated last week. Lorne Cumming; Q.C., chairman of the Ontario Municipal Board, said that he would have -a:-de¢ision shortly on the basis of the-sharing of costs of justice between York County and Met- ro Toronto. When asked about a separate court- house for York County, Mr. Cumming said that the act establishing Metro, put the responsibility of providing a courthouse and jail to serve York County as well as Metro, on the shoulders of Métro, with the County sharing in the cost. - He said that in other parts of Ontario the responsib- ility is on the county to provide a courthouse and jail, with the city with- in the county sharing. the cost. The reverse is true.iy York-Metro case. PHEASANT NOW ON LOOSE Within the past few weeks, nearly 7,000 pheasants were released in Dar- lington and Clarke Townships. About 6,000 chicks, 500 poults and about 860 adults are now roaming the two town- ships. There should" be good hunting this fall when thermembers of the hunt clubs and others who.have purchased township licenses go after: these birds who become quite elusive as soen as open season takes effect: OSHAWA . USE FLOURINE IN WATER The Oshawa Public Utilities: Com- mission is oneiof the 16 waterworks systems in Ontario which introduced fluorine into iits water. supply. as: a means of improving the condition of children's teeth, This information is contained in the annual report of mun- cipal statistics issued. recently by. the Ontario Department of Municipal. Af- fairs, . § The other municipalities, which use Fluorine, are Chatham, Cornwall, Fort William, Sound. Peterborough, St. Catharines; Belleville, Brantford, | London, Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Owen |. Jeff Hogwood is narrator of the 30- minute color film, Royal River, which has been released by the Film Board for national distribution. It was film- ed during this year's royal tour and follows the journey made by the Queen and Prince Philip along the St. Law- rence Seaway. Jeff Hogwood is also heard regularly as an announcer on CBC television and five days a week as a disk-jockey on CBC radio's Trans- Canada network program Encores, a half-hour show of classical and popu- lar. music. BROUGHAM SCHOOL MAY BE MUSEUM SITE The old Brougham Public School maybe the site of Pickering Town- ship's first museum, The matter was discussed at a special meeting of the Pickering Township Historical Society on Wednesday evening, August 19th. The Board may also acquire the old Green River School for an asking price of $600.00. It would cost an estimated $1000 to move it to Brougham. Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills TORCHES FOR BURNING An old school pal dropped in last week. He is a radical. In very short order he was trying to convert me to communism or something like it. And he spoke of another classmate who, like himself, is "working hard to change things in this dog-eat-dog economy", as he put it. I have thought a good deal about these two old school pals. Of all our cld class; they are the only ones who became radical and stayed that way. Most of us got bruised a good deal by the depression, and we may have had moments when we wanted to tear society apart, but we soon got too busy building lives for ourselves and our families. Indeed, of all my class- mates, I think only these two are ra- dical, about 90% are very conserva- archists, and we'd be happy if there were far fewer governments looking over our shoulders and doing things for us and to us. I am still quite fond of my two old classmates who are radical --but I am afraid I pity them more than I res- pect them. Neither has contributed '| anything much to a better country. Neither is quick to pick up a check in a restaurant, or carry an extra load on a camping trip, or make a loan to w friend. Both want the world to practice charity, but neither do much of it personally. One of them, I am quite sure, is simply a misguided soul caught up in a crowd that thinks so- ciety is set against them, and that dll would come easy if the govern- ment owned everything and shared it with everyone equally. "I feel fairly certain that if every citizen in Canada has the same no- tions as these two, we would all star- ve to death within a couple of years. They. are not builders, They do not want to do more than their share, and I suspect they often do less. They resent the success of others and would like to cut everybody else down to their own size. "Only a torch for burning, no ham- mer. for building?" cried Carlyle to the. lconoclasts, and the malcontents of his day: I think it applies to a few Canadians who let the depression cast: them in a mold of bitterness from which they have never re- covered. a Mh he lay the matter over until tha:Sept. 3rd, Welland, Prescott and Trenton, tive, and a few of us are almost an- 7 ~ Clipped Comments "| FREEDOM OF CHOICE Back in the early years of this cen- tury Canada had a number of carriage factories. There was a good demand for their products. Farmers wanted buggies and democrats. City and town people bought many types of rigs for use and display. There was no annual unveiling of next year's models, but the manufacturers competed with each other in style and price. Each one tried to put a little extra value into his products to win the preference of the ultimate consumer. The industry, as a whole, was pros- perous for many years. Then came the threat of the automobile. Some manufacturers of carriages discounted the threat, looking on the new fangled invention as a fad of probably short life. Others gradually switched their production facilities to the making of horseless carriages. In time those of the first class went out of business al- together, leaving the field of private transportation to their more far- sighted competitors; but not all of the second class were successful, Many automobile companies in both Canada and the United States had only brief spans of life and are now almost for gotten. It is worth remembering that the passing of the carriage industry, which undoubtedly brought temporary hardship to many people, was allowed to proceed without government inter- ference. Those who lost their jobs, having no unemployment insurance to fall back on, found other work more or less quickly. If they had any re- grets, they probably did not waste their time in blaming the public or the government for their plight. They re- cognized that the public had freedom of choice and had chosen to prefer the automobile to the horse and buggy. If they thought deeply about the mat- ter, they might realize that they them- selves had exercised freedom of choice in taking work in the carriage indus- try rather than in some other trade. If a comparable situation came to pass today, it is questionable whether those affected by it would set to work to solve their own problems without government aid. This is not because the present generation is really less self-reliant than its ancestors, but be- cause successive groups of politicians Lave indoctrinated the people with the idea that they should turn to Ottawa whenever bad luck strikes. Those who choose to show self-reli- ance tend to be regarded as eccentric, if not anti-social. BROTHER'S KEEPER Early in the history of unionism, leadership was stirred by the need and desire to better the workers' condi- tions, socially and financially, The success story of unionism today is one to make a Horatio Alger novel seem pale. But success breeds its own diffi- culties. For one thing the brothers jhe have been helped don't always act ,a8 humbly grateful as they might. Being individuals, as are most people, the members like to have opinions of their own and sometimes to express them. One union meeting in a middle-sized Canadian community recently heard the riot act read: "Any member who uses insulting language to an officer of the union may be put out of the , membership." Presumably this also means put out of his job. It takes stern discipline, almost dic- tatorial measures, to help a brother. Am I my brother's keeper? Appar- ently so. With a whip. --The Printed Word CREDIT A hotel chain in sending out credit cards makes the boast that this card is the "best assurance of your credit rating." There is & certain amount of arro- gance in such a claim. The best evi- dence of a high credit standing is a record of having paid one's bills promptly, perhaps even not very promptly, over the years. On the other hand, there is an authentic case of a relieving manager of a Canadian bank who apologized to a customer of 30 years' standing that a loan could not be granted automati- cally because there was no record of a loan having been made over the past 20 years. The idea nowadays seems to be that a person who pays cash is either a dolt or a bankrupt. --The Printed Word DEAL UNIVERSITY For many years the ideal university, in the opinion of at least some profes- sors, has been one without students. In Canada this ideal seems far from realization, with the increasing numi- ber of students demanding higher edu- cation and large programs of building expansion being planned or already under way to provide accommodation for them. It is not yet known whether a recent | Saskatchewan indicates a conscious effort to attain the ideal. A group of professors in that institution are said to be engaging in building a machine that will be able "both to think and learn". According to the report, the builders of the machine now see it as possibly being of use in traffic control and long-range weather forecasting; but their aims may be too modest, If they should be successful in educating machines to deal with these compli- cated matters, there seems to be no reason to doubt that machines could eventually be trained to handle most of the subjects on the curriculum. Among the obvious advantages of machines over human students are the facts that they would require no foot- ball fields, no auditoriums, no exam- inations, no graduation ceremonies. Probably some human student would be needed at first, their function mere- ly being to learn how to serve and ad- just the machines, but in time that function would also be assumed by the machines themselves. For the pro- fessors there is the frightening pros- pect that they also would be rendered obsolete by machines. --The Printed Word te Ort rd *00® VV OVVVIVIVIVIOIPOPIOPIOOOPOIOOOOOOPOIPO FVIII \ 4 I [=] = =. pe > D = «2 D FARM TRADE AGENT Phone YUkon 65-2572 PORT PERRY ONTARIO (VV OOOO YIIIIR AAA AAAL LLL A 40000 0 a --The Printed Word news report from the University of District Churches Scugog, Manchester and Prospect ! One thing always leads to another, he reward of work well done in the Church is more work. It has been a lot of fun preparing for our September Services. On the FIRST SUNDAY, September 6, the Elders are in charge on the Island, and have secured Rev. George McQuade of Whitby to preach. That will be a great day for Man- chester when Rev. E. Crossley Hunter, B.A., D.D., from Toronto will be the Anniversary Preacher, morning and evening. The Junior Farmers Male Quartette will sing in the morning, and Scugog Choir in the evening. The Turkey supper will be held on the fol- preacher at Prospect will be Rev. T. H. Bagnall, B.A., Minister at Highland Creek, and will preach morning and evening. Mr. Kenneth Hallett will be the vocal soloist in the morning, and Mrs. Raymond Fralick and Mrs. Cam- eron Aldred will sing at the evening service. There will be a Sunday School Anniversary on that Sunday also for the whole Island,, and Dr. J. Kenneth Braham will be the speaker. Mrs. Sandison will conduct a mass Choir of Public School pupils. Mr. Cecil Fra- lick will call a meeting of the teachers and officers of Grace and Head Mem- orial Sunday Schools to arrange for lowing week, on September 16th, and for full particulars please turn to the | "Coming Events." Tickets are now available, and may be had from Ruby ment of the Lord's Supper at all three Roach. There will be no service at'Churches. Prospect on the 6th, and they are in- vited to celebrate with Manchester. On the SECOND SUNDAY, September 18, the Young People are in charge of the Service, the Rev. M.G. Butler, B.A. of Brooklin, will be the guest preacher On the Island the Junior Choir will the service. And then on the Sunday of October 4th, the Minister will be home again, and conduct the Sacra- Our boys enjoyed a three day camp on Bruce Holtby's farm recently. Bruce has been most generous, and has given a sight for a camp. It is amazing what has been done in so short a time. Much credit goes to Allan Craig, who has just recently sing. Both Manchester and Prospect are asked to have a Junior Choir for that Sunday, and to arrange for two of the older boys to take up the offer- ing. Nettie Aldred will be assisted by Linda Fralick, Irene Carter and others. On the THIRD SUNDAY, Sept. 20th, the ladies of our W.A. are in charge of the services. At Prospect, Mrs. D. F. Aylsworth, daughter of Rev. Dr. Fletcher, a former pastor, will be the speaker, and at Manchester, tie student Minister of Epsom, Mr. Lacey, will preach; and at Scugog Mrs. (Rev) M. C. Fisher, of Newcastle. On the '| FOURTH SUNDAY, Sept. 27, Pros- peet will hold their Anniversary, and Manchester will be closed, and are in- vited to worship with them, The been appointed Scout Master by the Group Committee. The Chairman of {ou Group Committee Frank Henry also devoted many hours in erecting a sizeable shelter, and along with others, in raising funds for same. Both Catharine and Allen Martyn were on hand in directing the programme, and helping in a thousand ways. Thanks to Bruce Holtby, there is a swimming poal, which only awaits some means of eliminating, or smothering the dirt that rises when the pool is disturbed. We do have a wonderful camp in the making; and all our Leaders were thrilled at the response of the boys, and the wonderful gatherings of par- ents and relatives, and friends, at the Vesper Service held on Sunday even- ing. Many thanks to the Mother's Auxiliary for their bountiful supply of the best tasting STEW, and the ice cream, and doughnuts. And many thanks to all our Leaders and sponsors who made it possible, and for all the tents and equipment that were loaned. The Group Committee and Leaders met last week Wednesday in Man- chester Church, and laid plans for a Father and Son Banquet in November, There will be two packs of Cubs when we reopen in the near future. First Scugog Pack A for Manchester and Prospect areas, the First Scugog Pack B for the Island. We will still have the support and help of Jack Wither- spoon, and Don Lane has also pro- mised to help us with Scouts. We hope to build up our Scout Troop, and an evening is being planned to meet with all the boys in the area of Scout * age, who are interested. We now have a nucleus of eight, who know a iittle about Scouting, and we plan to take many trips to our Camp, and in the Winter, spend a night. Happy birthdays to Marilyn John- ston, Barry Edgar. Linda Heayn of the Island: J. D. Witherspoon, Mary Lou McCartney, Margaret Steer, Brian Dyke and George Franklin, of Man- chester: Gordon Vernon and Ronald Willerton of Prospect Congratulations to the Brahams on the birth of a granddaughter, Linda Poe-Ann. Our love and best wishes to Mrs. Ives, Mrs. Ira Aldred and Mrs. Cook. We are hoping that Joan Aldred will carry on the column during Sept., and that all three Churches will help her by phoning in the news, It has been mn wonderful summer, and the writer will be thinking of you all as he holidays in beautiful Mus- koka. God bless you all. \ h" \, A Se adie ae See Pt *