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"for young people. 'Gardner; "Who are the Christians? at MEMBER OF CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FEEDING HUNGRY SOILS --Twin bulb applicators, each with a capacity of 18,000 pounds, do a speedy job of applying granular fertilizer this fall on E. P. Taylor's 1,600-acre National Stud Farm, near Oshawa, Ont. The two machines, capable of covering 20 acres an hour, are owned by Fields tilizer, bulk fertilization helps reduce unit cost of production and, because Cartage of Toronto, one of a number it is usually done in the fall, leaves of private enterprisers in Ontario who | the farmer free to do other essential have gone into custom application of | work during the busy spring season. plant food in co-operation with C-I-I's | In addition to raising prize race agricultural chemical division. Because | horses on his farm, Mr. Taylor has it's less expensive than bagged fer-|a fine herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle ai almost 100 acres of fall wheat. THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Anglican Notes . By Mary Becker With this first column for 1962, we wish all our readers a very happy new year, Our thanks goat-this Uma to Mrs, Boothman, who kindly did this column while we were in hospital; and to all who have helped to provide material for it during the past year, especially Mr. and Mrs, Fuller, Mr. and Mr§, Allen, Mrs. Mumford and Mrs. Gard- ner. The annual Vestry. meeting for the ] "purpose of electing officers and hear- ing annual financial reports will be held on Monday, January 29th, at 8 p.m. in the church hall. We hope all in the parish will keep this date open, as' democracy. only functions when a lively majority of the parish is in- terested enough to express opinions and register its vote. The Afternoon Guild met last Tues- day, and we will try to report its plans in our next column. The Even- _ ing Guild will hold its first meeting of 1962 in the parish hall next Mon- day evening, Jan. 8th, at 8.15 p.m. 'The W.A. meeting will take place on Jan, 9th in the afternoon; and it is expected that the Church School Teachers' Group will hold their month- ly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 11th. There will be a euchre in the parish hall at 8 p. m. tonight (Thursday, "Jan, 4th). _At the year's beginning ,it seems like a good time to reiterate that new members are always welcome at the meetings of our various groups. Be- sides those mentioned above, there are a number of groups and activities These include the Young Peoples' which meets each Thursday at 7.80 in the parish hall, under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. the Teenage Discussion 'Group which is held Wednesdays at 7 pm, with Mr. Becker and Mr. 'Boothman; the class for New Com- municants = which meets with Mr. Pashler on Tuesdays at 7 p.m.; and _the Girls' Auxiliary, led by Mrs. Lan- gille and Mrs. Morrow, which holds its meetings on Mondays after school in the church hall. --We would-also-mention that church school classes are held 'each Sunday for those from two to twelve years of age. Children up to and including 5 years old go directly into the parish hall-for their own service and instruc-- tion at 11.30 a.m. Those 6 and over join the adults for part of the wor- ship service in church at 11.80, and are later dismissed to their classes, 'New pupils are always weleome in our ing to be set, for Bible Study. The classes, "This Saturday is fhe Feast of the Epiphany. On Sunday there will be a service of Holy Communion at iH 80 am, Our thoughts are' with all ia ar sick or ghut in on these winter its. ~ ms ED District Churches ~~ 8CUGOG, MANCHESTER, PROSPECT UNITED CHURCHES Life is a series of new. beginnings for the Christian, as well as for the _non-Christian. And this poses duite J& question for us, doesn't it? o : we io 'hear our Lord saying: "Not everyon 'that saith unto Me, Lord! d! Lord! b By 'he that doeth the will of My Father." 'What possibilities there are for all of us in the New Year, and what changes will take place! 'It Wosig almost seem that the est challenge faces the 'Cvrntan = Church, There is no doubt, but that much has been accomplished, but there is so much more to be done. Let us go into the New Year with the con- viction that Christ is THE WAY to better relationships with men and God, if we will only follow Him. Next week our Pastoral Charge will take a backward glance at the work done in 1961 and so we shall meet as con- gregations, and_the various organiza- tions will present their reports. We did announce tentative dates on Sun- day last, but these have been changed somewhat. We would like to have MANCHESTER Congregation meet 8.00 p.m. in. the Church. PROSPECT Congregation will meet at 2.00 p.m. on Friday afternoon, Jan. 11th, place to be announced on Sunday. There will-be a meeting first of the Sunday School teachers and officers, and then the Congregational Meeting. In the evening at 7.00 . p.m. the SCUGOG Congregation will hold a Supper in the Basement of the Church, and im- mediately after, we shall have our Congregational Meeting. We would ask all secretaries and treasurers to have reports ready, and to bring them to the meetings. Then in another week the Board of Stewards will meet, and go into their estimates for the year, and prepare their Financial Statement for the Official Board. On Sunday, January 7th we shall be having Special Services at our three Churches, namely, The Inaug- ural Services for the United Church Women (U.C.W.). A special Order of Service has been prepared, and the various Presidents- elect will assist the Minister in the Services. Where . it is feasible, there will be a Ladies Choir. Special letters of invitation have been sent out to all the Ladies in the areas, inviting them to attend, and to take part in the Service. This will consolidate the forces of our Ladies and widen their programme. --Scugog "Head" U.C.W. are-meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 3rd at the home of Doreen Ashbridge. Next week Wednesday, Jan. 10th, Scugog 'Grace' U.C.W. will meet at the home of Mabel Sweetman and on Thursday, Jan. 11 at "2.00 p.m. the Manchester U.C.W. will meet at the home of Margaret Croxall; and in the evening the Pros- 'pect. Ladies will meet at 8.00 p.m.-- the place to be announced. The Minister is asking the High 'School Students of the Island to meet with him on Thursdays instead of. on Wednesdays. This will enable a number to be with us who otherwise are engaged. There will also be a Group of Adults meeting some even- Minister will be very pleased to hear of anyone who will be interested: We shall study the various teachings of our Church, and find out the Scriptur- al basis for such beliefs. We would like to have a Group of somewhere about twelve or more. . We take again this opportunity to 'Pearce and Tetlows and their dear ones, in the death of Louis Pearce and Robert Tetlow. We are very grate- ful to the Cemetery Committee for permitting interment on' the Sunday afternoon preceeding Christmas. Our prayers go out on behalf of all who mourn. May His love and peace fill "your hearts, Ln dc tee wat SE ung Please Yemember the Chueh Ser vices on Sunday, and be sure to be with us. We take this opportunity to wish you one and all a very adventur- ous and profitable year, Also, many thanks to the Port Perry Star for their generoys contribution to the life SFSSIPEREE SERS S 'on Wednesday evening, Jan. 10th at | - Zealand; -he--had -always considered L.and possibly because he was sur- "me. with -him-on a travel adventure extend our deepest sympathy to the | of our Church, in faithfully recording fon eine he tor oPer ent eek by week our Church' Reports, |also 'beirig "Held Adentit- Happy birthdays to Richard Rudkin, Georgie Léach, and Walter Stevens of Manchester, Diary of a Vagahond Under the Spell of Genius As I walked through the Alexander Graham Bell Museum at Baddeck Harbor on the Island of Cape Breton I was enthralled with the evidence of Bell's early experiments with flight-- the fifty-year-old kites that hang from the ceiling. 'But I think I was even more awed with the man's ver- satility. There was no limit to his investi- gation and inventure genius. A me- chanical jacket in one exhibition case could have been the inspiration for today's iron lung. I was fascinated by his simple solution for refining salt water, his work among the deaf, the Bell-Baldwin hydrofoil designs and his experiments with breeding sheep to produce a high percentage of twing and triplets rather than solitary births. Pays Homage By CN train and by limousine I had traveled many miles to experience this exciting morning in the Alexan- der Graham Bell Museum. But not quite as far as an elderly gentleman who stood beside me straining his vision toward the curator who "was conducting our party through the -museum. He told me after the lecture that he had come all the way from New Zealand to visit Baddeck. His ancestors had left 'this fishing "and ship-building village by. sailboat gen- erations ago to 'seek their fortunes abroad. Though he had been 'born and had farmed all his life in New his homeland Canada and his native shire, Cape Breton Island. He had a twofold interest in return- ing to Baddeck, his homecoming and the fact he wanted to pay tribute to Alexander Graham Bell. It 'was Bell's system of lip reading that had made his deaf world bearable. He was an interesting old codger rounded by historical artifacts he skipped .into his own past and took which he relived in.a soft voice with a faint suggestion of his Scottish an- cestry. He startled me by commén- cing his story, asking if 1 could prove my religion. I realized I couldn't as he fondled a medal on his heavy gold watch chain and asked "See anything: different about this?" - My powers of: observation' were at a low ebb that morning for I hadn't an inkling why. that small disc of metal was not only a life saver but became a passport when proof of religion had escaped the traveler. ; "It was not a medal at all, buts army identification 'disc during the first world war, It was dented ind scarred where it had stopped a billet on its way to his heart in 1916. During the past summer he was ty- ing to enter an Arabic country from Israel, He smilingly toldsme he didn't ble the Arabs for disbelieving his| passport's veracity of national identi fication. No person of Jewish faithiis allowed to'enter Saudi Arabia antithe thought he had' no other means of] proving his Bratestant religion to'the boundary guards, : ' While he was sitting rather remors: jeation, became 'ewrious about the tiny disc of metal dangling on his rotund stomach. She discovered, that where the bullet's nose had hit, there were four small letters "PRES"; It only took a moment to convince the guards that these stood for "pres- byterian" indicating the old soldier's religion. a Ll Good Advice "If you are going to trip all over the place, young"lady, you had better get yourself an identification disc. Comes in handy, only don't try to stop a bullet with' it". The elderly cackle of his humor followed me to our 'waiting car as 1 turned to snap a colored picture of Dr. Bell's mem- orial, y . I was reminded of my much traveled friend a little later when we visited the museum at St. Ann's. In a case were hunks "of Kouri gum, chief revenue of early St. Ann's settlers who had returned from their adven- ture in New Zealand and brought with them stores of this amber sap from native Kouri pines. It was an invaluable ingredient for varnish. On view also were 'the chair and some clothing of Giant MacAskill, a nine- foot human, resident years ago in the district and, nearby, the only Gaelic college in North America, We were too late for the annual Gaelic Mod, an exhibition of Scottish dancing and games, but everywhere there was ev- idence that ancestors of St. Ann's villagers had smelled perfume of the heather and danced the Highland Fling. "Clipped Comments SCHOOL BOARDS Public-demand to know more about what their governments are doing is cited 'by Province of Ontario authori- ties as reason for a recent change in legislation, Under the new law, school boards will still be able to hold committee meetings in secret, includ- ing meetings -of the committee of the whole, but they will have to state in advance the subject to be discussed and decisions will have to be recorded in the minute book. 'They will thus be available for public inspection. __Taxpayers, who should be interest- ed in where their money goes, al- though some may be at point of giv- ing up hope, should welcome this re- cognition by government that the man who pays the piper should at least be able to hear the tune. _ Parents, who should be interested in the education of their children, should also welcome the opportunity to be better informed on things edu- cational. --The Letter-Review. WHEAT $4 PER BUSHEL _ Recent example of how certain groups are willing to prey on the taxpayers comes from Edmonton, where delegates to a convention of the Farmers' Union passed a resolution calling -on-the Dominion government to set a price of $4 a bushel on wheat used for domestic human consumption. -- Commenting on this, the Calgary Herald says editorially: "It might not be unreasonable to ask Why they did a. nice round Thirares and, if it were ordered into effect, would yield a lot 'better returns to the farmers than $4.| Furthermore, they would have as much chance of getting it. "Some Delegates were moved to observe-that $8 a bushel would be a more reasonable figure, They said grasping dehiands would earn the far- mers a bad name. 'Actually, most city folk are not likely to be angry with the farmers for demanding more mon- 'oy. What would mole them to anger would be a government foolish enough to approve the requést . . . . ' "It would be interesting to Know 'what the. stdnd .of the New Demo- cratic party would be on this proposal | by the farmers to double the price of the basic item in Canadian citizens' food budgets. The NDP is wooing the agrarian sectos of the nation's economy, but we doubt if NDP rank and file would wish 'to woo it that "hard," "he rr 1 Btn . Sd La Lh tad AAT Ls Farr» LAA Tet Ta dP ead BE 5 : 3 District Doings WHITBY TOWNSHIP ASKS ROAD ACCOUNT AUDIT , a At bi-monthly meeting in Brooklin, Whitby Township Council decided to ask the minister of highways to order an immediate audit of the township road accounts, This request arose out of allegations made at the Dec. 11 meeting. At that meeting Councillor John Dryden alleged that Roads Superin- tendent Merrill. Ross had switched monies to the maintenance account from the construction account. Mr. Dryden said that at a recent meeting the roads superintendent 'admitted that he would alter accounts to gain subsidies. Contempt of Budgets Councillor Frank Thompson said that this was done in many municipal- ities to gain subsidies. Dryden veplied that this could not bel considered right and proper and that improper accounting leads to tempt of budgets. If council supported this attitude, Mr. Dryden said, they were support- ing misrepresentation of accounts and the wool was being pulled over the eyes of the taxpayers, con- Councillor Jim Brooks said that maintenance subsidies have been too low in the past and that the province | was now correcting the situation. He also said that the council could not crucify a man for trying to get sub- sidies. Funds Lacking ~The council referred a letter from their Take Ontario Conservation Area Au- thority to the incoming council. The letter was from Donald R. Wilson who | is retiring from this position with Sait; . Wilson said that the authority was lle up of well meaning people who ave trying to do something con- structive but are hampered by lack of funds. The municipalities do not give the authority enough money, and the last financial report Mr, Wilson saw said that the bulk of the authority's income went towards meeting admin istrative costs. The council heard Mr. Wilson's ar- 'gument that "if the municipal councils do not intend to place any more money that they should withdraw support al- together as most of the money re- ceived by the authority in 1961 was used simply to keep the thing going". "It would be a shame to forget something as worthwhile as this," Mr. Wilson went on, "but the authority must have enough money to do some- thing worthwhile; to justify its ex- istence." Councillor Dryden said that it would be better if this question was referred to the 1962 council. The motion doing so was passed unanim- ously. LET CONTRACT FOR PORT HOPE SCHOOL The Durham County District High -School Board has accepted the tender of H. J. McFarland, Belleville, for the construction of the new Vocational School in Port Hope. The contract for $767,800 has been approved by the Ontario Department of Education. CLOSING BY-LAW RULED INVALID PETERBOROUGH --- The by-law governing hours of grocery stores was Robert N. Dnieper. Councillor | representative on the Central. at the nuthority's disposal 1 would say | - declared invalid Friday by Maglavaie fil > RS SS fed) ets and grocery stores. time for closing on Fridays. BRANTFORD -- City supermarkets and chain stores have successfully challenged the Brantford by-law gov- cerning their hours of closing. Magistrate John 'I. Shillington, hearing a charge under the by-law, ruled the legislation invalid. The ruling was handed down in a test case in which one charge was heard. Mandatory Grade Marking of Construction Lumber i "We have passed the January 1st . deadline announced by Major General RIE Minister of i Fublic Works for the mandatory grade] A. Young, Deputy { marking of all construction lumber required by D.P.W." said G. E, Bell, "General Manager of the Canadian Lumbermen's Association in a remin- der to all lumber suppliers on Public 1 Works projects from coast to coast. This ruling requires all construction lumber to be stamped as to species and grade by a licensed grader -ap- proved by a licensing authority res- ponsible to the Canadian Lumber Standards Committee, explained Mr. "Bell. The Canadian Lumbermen's Association is one of these authorities. "Every contractor and individual lumber consumer throughout the country can take advantage of this programme by insisting on receiving only grade marked lumber. The government's leadership in this matter will directly benefit the entire indus- try". concluded Mr. Bell. Printed tu. ' BOSTON, LOS ANGELES LONDON THE CHRISTIAN N18 1 DISD J [DM EOIN AN INTERNATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPER I nteresting Accurate Complete internetionil Nows Coverage The Christion Science Monitor One Norway St., Boston 15, Mass. Send your newspaper for the time checked. Enclosed find my check or money order, [J] | yeor $20 [J 6 months $10 [1 3 months $5 Nome ~ Address" Zone Slute ---- 5 jn PB 16 Thursday, January 4th, 1962 He gave no reason for the ruling, handed down in a verbal dismissal of charges against nine city supermark- The stores had been charged with breaking the by-law which had set 7 p.m. as the Of Many Things- By Ambrose Hills NO COTTON-PUFF WORLD As the celebrate world was preparing to India attacked Thus we entered 1962 knowing Christmas, Goa, full well that this is no cotton-puff world; if ever a statesman had de- veloped an image of pacifism and pious benevolence, it was Nehru. Nehru must have thought long and hard before ordering his troops to shoot to kill. He is not a man who vevels in bloodshed. He was thought of throughout the world as a peace- ful man, the disciple of Gandhi, the exponent of passive resistance. Why did he do it? It could be that with Communist China pressing down on India from the North, inching little by little into Indian territory, that Nehru felt his image had to be changed. He proved nothing, militarily, by his victory: in Gon -- the wonder is, really, that it took 36 hours instead of 24. India had 30,000 troops against 12,000 opponents. It wasn't the fighting strength of India that Nehru wanted to demon- strate. It was the fact that India would fight, that Indian soldiers would shoot to kill, that India would use naked force. Nehru sacrificed the reputation it has taken decades for him to acvhieve in order to prove that under all his talk he is a hard- boiled realist. I am not arguing the point in dis- pute between Indian and Portugal ove: Goa. [I am talking about the use of naked force by a big country against a small one. And the big country, led by a man who has talked so con- stantly about pence and benevolence and kindness and love and all the vir- tues men aspire to. Here in Canada I am afraid that we | do not always realize what a rough, tough world we live in. To many, it scems unbelievable and even incon- ceivable that any other country would ; attack us because we, certainly, have ! no intention of attacking anybody. Nehru's act at the turn of the year should have dispelled such illusions. This is a rough, tough world, and no nation can afford to forget it. India's action underlines the need for a strong and well-equipped defence es- tablishment for Canada. PORT PERRY STAR