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National Forest (By L. B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada) It is with great pleasure that I salute Canada's forest indus- tries during National Forest Products Week. The major .contribution which these indus- tries make to our national de- velopment and prosperity is something in which all Cana- dians can take pride. The forest economy has a net annual production of over 3 bil- lion dollars and provides em- ployment for close to 300,000 Yi R Editorial Page Products Week Canadians. As well as supplying many of the requirements of our every- ----day living, the products of Can-" adian forests are shipped to vir- tually every part of the world. Last year these shipments ac- counted for over 22 per cent of all export dollars, earning 2.2 billion dollars in foreign ex- change. I wish the forest industries continuing success and pros- perity. Check Your Car's Exhaust System Plan to do a lot of driving this fall? According to the Garage Op- erators Association of Ontario, "one of the major items on your car that you should check is the exhaust system. Odorless carbon monoxide, seeping into a ecar's interior from a defective exhaust sys- tem, can cause headache, uncon- sciousness and even death to an occupant when the gas is in concentrations of just a few hundredths of a percent. G.0.A. claims that a concen- "make sure your muffler, ex- 'haust and tailpipes are not cor- tration of 1000 parts per million (.10 percent) can cause death after an hour and a half. Isn't that a good reason to roded and leaking? Backpressure, says the asso- ciation, can reduce built-in per- formance by as much as 45 h.p. and actually reduce miles-per- gallon as much as 10 percent. Surveys show that one out of every three cars on the roads requires exhaust system ser- vice. Is yours one? Urges "Go Metric" Hospitals throughout Ontario have been urged by their own provincial Association to make the switch to metric measure- ment "as soon as feasible". And, as further encouragement, the Ontario Hospital Association has sent every hospital adminis- trator in the province a special- ly-prepared kit suggesting how to do it. : Saying that the advantages of the metric system make its eventual adoption throughout the OHA cites many reasons why it feels hospitals should lead the way to metric. Among Do You Remember? them: the need for special pre- cision in all measurements re- lated to patient care; the com- parative simplicity of metric calculations and reduced risk of error; the already widespread use of metric in the health sci- ences field; and the fact that . the metric system will be essen- tial to future computer applica- tions in hospitals. The decision by the OHA Board of Directors to throw its weight behind the metric movement was taken on the recommendation of its Com- tions, headed by Dr. Hugo Ewart of the Hamilton Health Association. 50 YEARS AGO September 20, 1917 Commencing October 1, milk will be 10c. per qt. All bottles will be 10c. if broken as it is impossible to buy bottles. Mr. C. L. Vickery re ceived official notice of his appointment of the court to be a member of the local Tribunal at Port Perry under "the Military Service Act." Messrs. A. J. and D. Carnegie have bought the Jewellery stock of J. D. Robertson, and will sell. it at a sacrifice. 25 YEARS AGO September 17, 1967 Miss Lola Gerrow has gone to Toronto, where she will attend Dental Col- lege. Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw Sr. have moved to Port Perry. : The first double wedd- ing held in Blackstock United Church when Sus- an Van Camp became the bride of Stephen Saywell and Olive VanCamp was united in marriage to Rev. W. F. Riding of Montreal. 15 YEARS AGO Thurs., Sept. 18th, 1952 Rev. J. C. Clough of Toronto was welcomed to Port Perry this week as new Rector of the Church of the Ascension. $ At the Port Perry Fair Ralph Honey Seagrave got first prize for the best Holstein Heifer Jr. Cow. Miss Jessie MacArthur, Blackstock will attend To- ronto University, Dr. J. B. Lundy has been on a motor trip through Ontario and Quepec with his brother Mr. T. H. D. Lundy of Vancouver. 10 YEARS AGO Thurs., Sept. 19th, 1957 Mr. and Mrs. W. Stone and Mr. & Mrs. Bob Flett enjoyed a trip to the States where they visited the Pabst Dairy Farms & Chicago. Mr. Hugh Baird is in Peebles, Ohio where he is representing Canada at the World's Plowing match. ' At a recent council meeting Mr. John Jefford requested of Council on behalf of the Boy Scout group committee a grant for $100.00 and permission to canvas the village to raise funds for an exten- sion to the Scout Hall. Permission was granted. BILL SMILEY BRAVO STRATFORD! I wonder how many people, including English teachers, ever sit down in this rat- racy world of ours and read a play by Shakespeare? Or anybody else for that matter. ! I'm sure the number of persons on the North American continent who do this: for the sheer joy of it, annually, could be counted on two hands and two feet. And I wouldn't be among them. The only people who read plays are pro- ducers, directors and actors, who read them for obvious reasons, and high school stu Sugar and Spice, Despite a fairly solid lambasting from the drama critics, the festival is having a solid smash this year at the box office. Which merely goes to show you how much attention anybody pays to drama critics, outside of New York. : It also shows, I think, that the festival is more than just a theatre. For the real drama buffs, of course, the play's the thing. But for thousands of others, it's a sort of pilgrimage to an exciting annual event. Not even Will Shakespeare could fill that : "theatre night after night, year after year. People come for the music, the modern ' 4 Canada _a "logical certainty", 'mittee on Professional Rela- gents; who read then because they have to. Plays are not written to be read, but to be seen. Just as operas are written to be heard, and houses built to be lived in, and cars built to rust and women built differ ent from men. That's why I enjoy so much our occa sional visit to the Stratford Festival. Sud: denly, a soliloquay becomes not something # you had to memorize in school, but a real man baring his tortured soul before your naked eyes. Suddenly a turn of phrase or a shrug brings tears to your eyes. Or an unexpect. ed belch draws a wave of laughter. Or an old cliche like, "A horse, a horse; my kingdom for a horse," becomes a wail of mad anguish that has you bolt upright in your seat. This year we wound up our summer with @ real bash of play-going at Stratford. It was great. Even Kim, the 16-year-old. cynic, admitted, "I really dig that Shakespeare." Fourteen years ago, my wife and I saw a production of Richard III, with the great Alec Guinnes starring. It was the first season of the festival, when the theatre was a huge tent, rotten hot in midsummer. But it was something new, colorful and vital on the Canadian scene. We were thrilled. This year, we saw the same play, with British actor Alan Bates playing the emo- tionally and physically warped Richard. There's a handsome theatre. air-conditioned. The festival is no longer something new. But it's as vital and colorful as ever. And it's still a thrill. oh an 3 drama, the art exihibits, and the whole in- volving atmosphere. Things have changed a lot since that first year we attended. No longer do you have to stay in a private home where the land- lady is not only a kook but plastered, as ours was. Motels have mushroomed, but it's a good idea to reserve. 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