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4 Mrn CANADIAM TTNELAÀWAN1L.ONTAMO THURSDAY, 3ULY Ilst 1949 PA m ro m- ---- ----. ~~1 _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The agitation for a Nationalr 1ealth Service would give one the impression that there was no such service in Canada. It isc iiot a nationalized "free"-for-& everybody service. such as wasr itroduced by the Labar Govern-i ment in Britain. But we have inc Canada an immense and highlyi efficient National Health Service vrhic'h cqters to the health needs of ail classes. Bath Federal andà Provincial Governments and al cîty councils and school boards have their health departmnents,1 which are actively engaged in the1 supervisionl and promotion of na-1 tional healtb.1 In looking over the Canadai Year Book I was amnazed at thei numbers and the great variety of! institutions and sacieties, public1 and private, that are devoted ta the health and welfare of the people in ail parts of the Domin- ion. I find that there are no less1 than 1,091 public and private haspitals and mental institutions, ah of which receive federal, pro- vincial or municipal grants amounting ta many millions of dollars annually. In addition there are numerous private clinics, nursing homes and homes for the aged and infirm. Healtb services aie maintained by large industries and business cancerns for em- ployees during working hours. Workmen's Compensation is pro- vided under provincial laws and some companies also arrange for group insurance against sickness. Many labor unions provide sick- ness and other benefits ta their members, as also do most af the fraternal societies. In addition ta ahl these and more, there are health foundations and laborat or- ies which are continually investi- gating the causes of variaus dis- eeases. The above is a brief and incom- plete summary af Canada's Nat- ional Health Services, and they constitute a truly rnarvelous achievement under a free democ- ratic system of society. What \ï(GUR EYES and Visionl -~ -< Rewritten from previaus copyrights of C. H. TUCK Optômetrist ,Oisney Rldg. (Opp. P.O.) Oshawa, ]Phone 1516 No. 64 In the school, glossy paper of the books~ blackboards and the smooth desk tops are repeated disturbers of the vision of the students. The greatest menace of these is the reflection from the glossy paper of the books. Glare neyer has been more noticed than today. Electrir ight signs, electrie lights in office and home, power- ful headlights, making it sa very easy and in many cases necessary ta extend the day's work well into the night. Extra work and extra fine work are now not im- possible but are in certain quar- ters expected and even demnand- ed; being donc under artificial light makes the action more dan- gerously significant. (Copyrighted) - _______w M go ilr . Doctors Pidc So Much a Skull By LEWIS MILLIPAN mare could a Nationalized Health Service do for the peoole af Canada? It would be folly and disastrous - medicaily, socially and financially - for the Govern- ment ta attempt ta take over and administer the vast organization of! health services in -this Domin- ion. The new National Heaith Service in Britain is an example and a warning, and we need not go ta the opponents of the Labor Government. The leading Socialist Journal ai England, The New Statesman and Nation, publishes an article en- titled "Doctors and Spongers," in wbich the writer, D. R. Cargili, says the National Health Service is proving too costly and is being exploited by practitioners, drug- gists and m4lingering patients. "First," says Mr. Cargili, "the eye service la costing toa murh. A very large number of people are getting spectacles that are unner- essary and even harmful. Any patient can go ta a doctor and demand a 'sustiffikit' (certificate) for an eye test. If the demand is refused, the patient can and will change bis doctor. Dortors are paid so much a skull, and the rus- tomer is always right." The de- signation o! a patient as a "skull" is rather gruesome, but is quite in. keeping witb KarI Marx's idea ai the human individual. Mr. Cargill bas a very poor opinion ai tbe apticians. "They need nat be highly skilled," be says, "but they are the arbiters O! the need for spectacles." He says they create the demand by advertisements. such as, "Head- aches? Nerves? Have Your Eyes Tested!", and by rircular letters ta, aid customers. "I bave yet ta hear," says Mr. Cargili, "o! a pat- ient wha did not need at least one pair ai spectacles. He may take bis prescription ta any dis- pensing aptician and be usually takes it ta the person who diag- nosed the need, and another pro- fit is netted." Turning ta, "medirine and ap- pliances." Mr. Cargili says: "Once again, the demand is being creat- ed by those wbo make a profit by the sales. Apart from wigs, brassieres and corsets, wbose iree supply is in many cases ridicu- lous, advertised nostrums and gadgets are frequently demanded by patients, and At is not unusua] for the advertisement ta advise the patient, 'Haw ta get on the N.H.S .,' 'You are entitled ta it iree,',or 'Ask your doctor how tc get it,' are typical phrases." Wben I first heard that wxgs twere ta be supplied free under the National Healtb Service, I thought it was just a littie joke. B3ut there it is, and as a sop to i the wvamen, tbey are being sup- plied with free brassieres anmd car- tral scbools where the costs of sets. Since the Government is elementary education, togother taicing ta the vanity ai bald- with such extra services as musicJ headed men, why flot free hair- courses, dental care, and basic va-~ daes for the ladies? Hawever, cational training could be advan c- there are ta be no mare bald heads ed. The entire casts af thi trans- under Socialism - which is sure- portation was ta be borne out by ly a hanorary mavement back ta the ratepayers on a mare equitý c, the aristocratie wig period ai the able basis. il eighteentb century. l'ni afraid Most of the provinces have un- s there wiil be a lot af wigs fiying dertaken plans whereby school e around on those windy days they boards cati underwrite the cost ai E have in my native land. Which this transportation, by handling F recails what happened ta John it througli the municipal tax t] Kipn-t wywn a n rates. In order ta keep the taxes fi wig!" front becoming taa excessive and k therefore defeating the purpose of Q Buss C rr Rual the scbool bus system the provini- l BusesCarryRural ciai authorities have* many cas-V Stdnt o- es, made grants avatable ta belp 1 Town Schools derylh Foilowing the trend that is tak- Sîcrt Right Nowa ing place ail over the country, Figh lec rural students who attend Bow-To h Fie manville schoals were provided with bus service for their daily There is one war which shauldc trips to and irom school during mever rease - the war against the past year. flies, states a pamphlet issued by The School Bus is reîativeîy a the Edinbnurgn, Scotland, Public new project in Canada, and has Health Department. been one af the most important "Flies are detestable insects be- factors in centraiizing education cause tbey have dirty habits, liveV in the country. For this bus ser- on filth, and soul the food we eat" I vice; scbool buses ai variaus seat- the pamphlet states. "They carry t ing capacities and operating undýr disease germs fromt latrines and a variety ai contracts are used. dung beaps and excrete or vomit Thi pst ea ovr 00 uss wrethemt on ta the food in yaur This pastyear overan0bsesoreio larder and on your table. In this ineeded tpoietransportaton way files give people typhoidI in ommnitesthrughut befever, dysentery and worms, ta c country. mention a fcw diseases only. Tbey Locally there are 4 bus services carry the germs o! the "summert aperating wbicb bring students diarrboea" which is 50 highly1 ta school each mnrning and take fatal ta infants, and may playc them home aiter school. The Gar- a part in the spread ai poliomnyel- ton Coach Lines pick up ap- itis."1 proximately 15 students on the The Scottish publication rails1 No. 2 Highway and 15 at Black- for a never-cnding war on fies, stock, Burketon and Hampton. as does Margaret E. Smith in ani Wes. Taylor operates another bus article "The Fly: Enemy ai Man"1 wbich is authorized by the Bow- in the magazine HEALTH, pub-i manville Board ai Eduratian. He lisbed by the Health League ai picks up 4 students at Enniskillen, Canada. Miss Smith, who is dir-r 5 at Haydon, 13 at Tyrone, 5 at ertar of the Nutrition Division ai Bethesda and 3 at Salem. Ronald the Heaitb League, says that anyf Burley o! Burley Coach Lines liquid or solid food tbat a ilyi provides transportation for stu- bas been in contact with is unfitf dents from Newcastle. Garnet for human consumption. Symans bas been driving stu- In regard ta the possibility that dents into the town schools since files have mucb ta do with the the Base Line School was closed spread ai polio. Miss Smith quotes a number a! years ago. researchers who have found in The standards af teachers' sal- studied cases 'that milk contam-c aries was tbe decisive issue in set- inated by files was eitber directly( ting up school bus services in or indirectly the source o! the1 the province. Parents, desiring Polio virus; that the bouse flyt that their cbilren receive only and the blow fly carried the virus the best srbooling were convinced on bath the outside and inside that the ibest training rould not af their bodies more often than *be obtained from tearbers who any other speries ai insects in- were paid depression era salaries. vestigated. t Many rural scboois were flot econ- Flies breed at sucb a Pare that omically organized, part]y because it bas been estimated that even ai the dwindling size ai farm fam- if. only a small proportion sur- ilies. Rural ratepayers could flot vive, the ofispring ai one female afiord ta pay top salaries, main- bouse f ly will in seven weeks 1 number 432.000. ,tain other school services as re- Sa, swat that fly - get rid ai equired by the Department ai Edu- hi«m by any means but get rid o! ecation and keep taxes witbin rea- hlm - and, protect your food tson. Therefore the plan ai ex- and keep your garbage covered. Dtending the rural school consoli- Flies are filtby insects with dirty dation took forrn. habits. Dirt speils disease. so - s In Ontario, British Columbia, banisb the dirt and yau will ban- rand the Maritimes and same areas ish the dirt disease. I other provinces, plans were __________ worked out whereby uneconomni- Dcal schools were closed and the, Some people pursue happiness. -pupils trarsported by bus ta cen. Others create it. "Had you your life ta live again, would you go into the ministry?" asked a waman ai the subject oi tbis sketch. "I sure would," was the reply. "I neyer had s0 much fun in my Life as wben I was a preacher. Wben 1 get into sometbing wbere Ican't bave fun, I get out as soon as I can." This may sound flippant, but thase w~ho knew Rev. W. C. Frank know thaf it is bis appreciation of the lighter side oi llfe that give-s him tbat human touch wbicb sa deepens bis sympatby for their problerns. William Charles Frank was born in Darlington Township, Ontario. His imnmediate ancestry is English and Canadan but it is bard ta be- lieve that a large part ai bis make-up is not Irish. High school graduation was followed by a course in the To- ronto Bible school preparatory ta foreign mission work, but family problems made it obligatory ta change plans ta sometbing more immediately remunerative. It is wehl nigh impossible ta enumer- ate the skills be arquired by this change. Every one ai them later contributed ta bis surress in that profession wbere so much prar- tirai work is required ai its men. Wbile on the way ta beraming a -first class baller maker, fate gave hlm another yank whirb ianded hlm back on bis father's farm. Many ai bis parishioners bave reasan ta be grateful for what be learned there ai apple- parking, pruning, grafting, bee- culture, and other mixed farming problems. On the side ha was assessor for bis eastern muniripality, an ex- perienre Ibat later was also an asset. At the same time be berame înterested in military training and was an effrer in the Holme Guards. He had not given up his interest in the rhurrh and served arreptabiy as a local prearber. Dr. A. M. Sanford, of Comum- bian College, New Westminster, Ihrarri of Lis %work iiit¶bs fIi- ed so long as we have inul more than 500 children under 10 marais. lyears of age annually. 1 suciclguin!fletter thon evMer! BoWlfrV4reaGe oLake Ere B ji he ON LONG POINT This 30-mile point ~t into the warm %%atcrs of Lake rie jit.qt over 40 miles south east of St. Thomas. It's a swell ritelor family vacations. 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MORE PEOPLE RIDE ON GOODYIAR TIRES IHAN ON ANY OTHIR-KIND N496-B 'N 4cple Grave Boy Elits the Headflnes In B.C. Magazine Editor's Note-We recentiy re- ceived a copy of the British Sat- urday Magazine of New Westmin- ster B.C., which contains an ex- cellent write-up of a well-knawn Durhamn County boy, Rev. W. C. Frank, native of Maple Grave. AI- though 1l*iving in British Columbia for many years Will has always kept up-to-date on what was going on 11back homne" by being a regu- ar subscriber ta The Statesman. Aie understand fromn his neice, vlrs. Harry Freeman, he is plan- ning ta make a trip east this sum. mer. We feel many o! his relatives and friends will enjoy reading an account o! his, active and Ùseful career as we did, sd pass it on to Statesman readers. The article is headed "Rev. W. C. Frank Jack- of-all-Trades-And Master o! His Calling" which follows: By Martha Lindley Hall BELGIAN EGGS Belgiurn recently roncluded a trade agra2?ment witbh itaiy wbirh provides for the expart ai 417 tbousand dozen eggs ta that coun- try in 1949. Belgium bas nat ex- ported eggs in quantity sinre the war, but with ben numbers near- ing the pre-war -level, exparts on a limited scale are possible. The main markets for Beigian eggs in 1938 were Germany, the United and persuaded hlm ta corne west and, while supplying outiying fields, prepare for ordination. At Agassiz, he f ailed ta impress the people as a cleric, and he de- lights in telling how, at Ruby Creek, a man took him far a lum- berjack. While wvorking conscientiously on the field, he was burning miid- night ail n an effort ta' complete bis studies. Five years at Agassiz was fol- lowed by terms in East Burnaby, Smitbers, Talequah, Merritt, Ker- emeos, with three an Vancouver Island. In 1928 he was appoînted to the Whte RIock United Church where he spent ten years, retiring fromn active work in 1938. In the interest of accuracy, the last sentence must be modied for his activities in the following ycars were multiplied. Five years were spent as coun- cillor of bis ward, ta which post during that time be was twice re- turned bY acclamation. Outstand- ing among his achievements was hard sirfacing of roads and di- recting of the program for Over- seas Relief. Wbile ijy no means a jiner' there la one arganizatian ta whicb Rev. Frank bas gîven years of de- voted service. Having gone through ail the Chairs, he is at the present time Past Grand Master of the Orange Lodge of B.C., and Grand Master of the Royal Black Knights of Ireland. Mr. Frank's years of service ex- tended over a difficuit period. It covered a time of wars, rumors of wars and the depression. era. There are manly who will neyer forget the practical help he gave bis cburch when sledding was bard, or when he served on the council, how great was his con- cern for the under-pr.ivileged. Be- sides his public work he under- took many arts for human welfare which he looked upon as personal matters, which he does not talk about but which are flot forgotten by those benefiting fram them. It was during this time that he lost his wife, an invalid with a great talent for nXiaking frends, and remembered by many in earl- ier fields as a wise and thoughtful helpmate. In speaking ai Mr. Frank ta his friends, one finds that At is bis adult-mindedness, bis freedom frorn pettiness, that impressed themn in his political life. Thase who iistencd ta hlm Sunday after Sunday declare that it was bis in- sistence upon facing an issue that b-as stayed with tbem in many a crisis. GOOID 1 Make tea double strength and while stili hot pour Into glasset IliIed with cracked ice -... Add sugar and Iemon to taste. "SALADK' HIAY DALING 1949 Long Baler CUSTON WORK FOR PRICE AND PARTICULARS - PHONE Me LEOGETTE 3744W1 OSHAWA