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?1IUR$DAY, OCTO~ 19, 1950 TflE CANADIA2~ STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARTO PAGE ELEVEN Trinals, Tribulations and Joys 0f a Country Correspondent From commenta received on the recent articles published in these columas by a country cor- respondent in a western Ontario paper we find aur readers bave a better appreciatian af the im- portant place and valuable con- tribution aur own rural reporters play in making The Statesman ~Durhamn County's Great Family JournaL" Here is the final in- talment of the interestîng series Othis aubject: ôTaking it by and large, a coun- try news correspondent bas a .ough time of it. Yet if he or shc ýurns temperamental and throws up the job in disgust a bue and cry is raised in the district that its activities are flot being given proper publicîty. These articles have been writ- ten ta gîve the' general public sorne idea of the difficulties that a rural reporter bas ta face. Sa, if you reaily do appreciate your local news, won't you give yaur village reporter a break once in a wbile? You can give a big boost ta their morale by saying one day, "Here's a good item for yaur news this week," then pro- ceed ta give tbem the details. She wil1 be more than grateful for your interest. Some weekly newspapers send CVe'.t suggestions ta reporters as 4a j'e type of news items they pre- "'e.Foremost amang these hints' is the reporting of names of pro- minent people in the community, or the names of those doing un- usual tbings. One pamphlet re- peats aver and aven again, "We want names, names, names, and more names!" And right here,_ TAXINON let me assure yau that it is flot always the fault of the local re- porter if names are sometimes pinted incorrectly. This may be an error on the part of tbe lino- type operator, you know. If some important decision is made in a community, sucb, as tbe building of a new rink ar the pre- paning of a new sports grounds, that is news. And if a correspon- dent approaches you for the facts, don't dampen ber enthusiasm by refusing to tell them. Sbe is pay- ing you a compliment, in the first place, by coming ta yau. If she did not respect your opinion and integrity. she wauld not bave asked you for the information. Newspapers are aiways anx- ious ta print facts about old-tim- ert. And old folks do love ta be remembered an tbeir birtbdays' or other anniversaries. So if you have an elderly relative wbo does not abject, do give the date of bis or ber birtbday ta your local re- porter. Many arguments among old-timers have been settled by referring ta local news columns. The CBC Neighbourly News broadcast on Sunday mornings, given by Don Fairbairn, is a res- ume of happenings in small com- munities across Ontario. If you have a ben that bas laid a three- yolked egg, or a caîf born with two heads, give out the informa- tion. Your tawn may receive na- tian-wide publicîty with such an item of unusual human interest. Don't try ta get foolish things pubbished. Once I received an anonymaus letter containing a very sarcastic poem about a man in the cammtanity and a request KING0'Is TAXL Gord Quaker Heaters PHONE 2424 that I include the poem in my local news. Il was intended ta De humorous, but every ine breath- ed of malice aforetbought. 1 burnt it, firstly, because it was sent anonymous, and secondly, because I knew thât the paper would flot print it. Another time, a man gave me a long item writ- ten about a trivial incident that had happened to a few people in our town. No names were men- tioned at ail, and the whole thing was very ambiguous. However, Il sent it to tbe paper. It was not printed, and I stili feel that the party wvho gave it to me was of- fended. Onýce again. let me implore you ýogive your local news corres- pondent a word of praise once in a wbibe. It wil go a long way to- ward keeping up ber morale and ber faith in ber home village. We ail make mistakes, and of course an amateur reporter is not infaîl- ible. Repeatedly, year after year, I've threatened to stop this rural reporting, especially wherf my husband insists that I lose more friends and get into more trouble than it is worth. But just let someone say "I sure like the news you send in every week," or "Our news is the first thing we look for,"Ilr "We wouidn't subscribe to thal paper if it did flot print our news," and "My aunt in Eng- land just loves the home town news since she moved back," and I'm at it again! Most of us really love doing this rural reportmng, or naturally, if we didn't, there would be none of il. So, if we bappen to make mistakes, won't you bear with us? I'm sure that none of us have any malice aforethought wben we send in the news. AÂd if we did, the editors of the papers would soon delete anything that might be harmful or drop us for some- one more dîscerning! Modern Designs Brighten Up Ontario Schools (Montreai Standard) The littie red school house will soon be just a memory, if the revolution in school architecture jwhich has taken place in the post war years continues its present pace. The advantage of the war- time break in school building was that At furnished architects with a tremendous opportunity to show what could be done in making better schools, when demand for them was rebeased after the war. The Ontario Govt., through its corîtrol of schoob grants, has play- ed an important part in the im- provement of today's Ontario schools. Too often, in the past, schools have been built upon iii- chosen sites. And the materials the architect had to use often had more connection with pork-barrel politics than with the needs of a school building. Today's schools are not built from the outside in, but from the inside out. Tbey are planned with the functionial as- pects of various rooms firmly in mmid. The modemn classroom is flot a duli, angry place of deten- tion but a bright, airy place for study., Through the use of pris.- matic glass blocks and thermo- pane construction, the windows have become something to look tbrough. Classroom walls are usually cheerful pastels. Black- boards, now green and individu- aly lighted, are easy to read. Ontario seems to be well in the lead in Canada's school build- ing boom. Soon, the total amount invested in new scbools and school additions since World War II will reach the $75,000,000 mark. According to Premier Leslie Frost, 25 cents of every dollar of pro- vincial outlay is spent on educa- tion. The school -building boom bas been forced upon the province by several factors. One was the ces- sation of school building duning the war years. Another was the war crop of babies coming of school age. A third was a popu- lation shift to the suburbs, mostly of young couples with chiidren. The demand for new schools is stili vigorous and continuing. At present the school population in Ontario is stili increasing at the rate of 25,000 a year, with the A trlm, efficient, sparkling QUAKER OIL Hleater wiIl give you warm, healthy, humidified air in any quantity at a turn of a dial. A QUAKER OIL.HEATER means good heat, good health, good spirits ail winter long. Optional-Accessories at small extra cost:- Quaker Automatic Draft Booster Makes your heater independent of any chimney. Full-rated capacity despite adverse draft conditions. Quaker Automatlc Heat Circulator Thermostatîc controlledl to work at spac- ed intervals, gently forces warm air into every room. Quaker unit cuts fuel costs 25% over natural draft heaters There is a Quaker Heater for every home, every need. There is a Quaker Dealer close by. Wuibur - Quaker Ranges HAMPTON, ONTARIO We located the Muskingum Con- servancy offices on a Saturday morning. Mr. J. S. Gena. Chief Engineer, took us under his wing, and in seven hours, showed and explained the most interesting aspects of the Project. He then drove us tu his home, where we met his mothèr-in-law, his wife and daughters. My wif e mention- ed something about going to church the next morning, if she could find a Baptist Church. The Genas didn't know where there was one. We arrived back in our zhotel about 10 p.m., when the telephone rang. It was Mrs. Gena. to tell us that she had lo- cated a Baptist Church flot far from our hotel. We thought it was jolly nice of the lady to go to so much trouble, because, you see, Mrs. Gena happens to be a davout Roman Catholic. On Sun- day we were dinner guests of the Gena family and their friends from Cleveland. The gracious hospîtality showered on us by this famiiy will flot quickly be forgotten. We were shown Schoenbrun Village, considered to be the first Indian village in Ohio. It was founded by Moravian Mission- aries, burned down, later resur- rected as a National Shrine. We saw many fine dams, ail to do with flood control; some are "dry" dams, others hold back impounded waters, thus forming lakes, which are weli stocked with good f ish. On the shores are excellent cottages worth from five to ten thousand or more dollars each, besides cabins, which may b% rented. The revenue from the various sources such as minerai rights, cottage and park rents, lake and boat rents, as well as other con- cessions will probably amount to one hundred and twenty thous- and dollars this year. This group of shrewd, farseejng realists do not get one penny from any source,except the Mus- kinguiti Convervancy. I was priv- eleged to scrutinize the balance sheets for each of the last fifteen years. In each case their actual revenue exceeded their estimated amount. In each case their actu- al expenditures were less than the estimated amount. In eaeh case the full amount budgeted for was not required. We know a good many agencies and indi- viduals who would do well to go down to Ohio and attend an ec- onomics course presided over by the men who run the Muskingurn Conservancy, 50 efficiently, 50 wisely. In a word. these people live within their means, and are letting no grass grow under their feet to make their project into a bigger and better paying propo- sition each year. The project was primarily a flood control measure at the starn, but now embrances recreation, farm management, forestry, boat- ing, fishing, camping, etc. Not only do these people pay their way, but they even psy peak figure perhaps flot yet in sight. . the letters stmr. Then many readers of THE CHRIS- TIAN SCIENCE MONITOR tell the Editor how much they enjoy duis daily world-wîde newspaper.- «The Mo&*wor il the ,ot caeéivUJy gditrd *uts- ns sM he U. S. . . .1 1'Va bl dd inu é.b- <Neussb h lc0mu>LSe Mdfjw. ..,- '7b# Mouilor sNreIy ilsà roodWi moncestity. . .* You, too, wili find the Monitor informative, with complete world news ... and as acces- sàry as yanr HOME TOWN pape,. Use titis coupon for a Special Introductory subscription - 26 ISSUES FOR ONLY $l-And listen Tuesday naghts over ABC stations 'n"Te Christian Science Mlonitor Views the Orne, Norwar S. BDonw 15, bma.. U.S.A. PW Pieus mem m i tInoductory sub- ecnpon to The Christian Science <n.)1 nc (eSI.) p19 Oct aber Answer James Dillet Freeman Fal la fulfillinent, as spring was a hope. Spring had a vision toward whicli life could grape; But on an autuman afternoon we know The final knowiedge of ail things that grow. Ail that the fond heart hoped la fruited here; Now in the full. the yeilow of the year. The high 'tide of content al spring longed for, Dreamed of, cames true, yet we go dreaming more. Only October bas these perfect days 0 That wear the beavens like a gol- den baze Of beauty, more than heaped-up heart can bold, Spilling forth showers of leaves like miser's goid, Fields deep with peace, still mus- ic in the air: October answer to an Ariril pray- er!, PONT YPOOL municipal taxes far in excesa of the amounts paid on the same properties previausly, and take pride in doing so. To date, they have planted tbree million trees an the hillsides. The Atwood Dam liolda back enough water ta cover Ylifteen bundred acres, on the shores of whicb is a club- houae, built by the Atwaod Yacht Club at a cast of forty-five thous- and dollars. Although the Con- servancy folks wiii lease you a good sized plot of ground; they wiil insist on a certain type of cottage being erected. And, will NOT let yau build it dloser than one bundred feet from the shore- line; that bundred-foot clearance is s0 that anyone witb a fisbing license la entitled to walk dlean around the lake without let or hindrance. It is a privelege that contrasta strongly with aur own Ontario metbod of aibowing the cottages ta control the land clean to the water. We, in Ontario, stili engage in class pnivelege. Why don't we scuttle aur anti- quated over-hang from feudal days? The lakes in this project are ahl man-made, cover sixty- five bundred acrces, bave all been created within the last fifteen years. We were taken off the beaten track ta see Alpine View Farm. The family aperatmng it came from Switzenland. Their name is Stot- zer. They bave forty-two Hol- stein cows and make the finest of Swiss cheese. Each complete cheese is a "brick" weighrng ap- proximateby seven pounds. Us- ually, this type of cheese bas quite barge hales in it, but the Stotzer variety is made from wbole milk, th-' bales quite small. It smelîs like bell, but tastes simpby grand. We paid $3.85 for aur seven-lb. brick, wbicb works out at f ifty- five cents per pound. The young lady who sold us the cheese coubd pass for a sister of Ah Mitchell's wife. She is marrîed ta a form- er U. S. serviceman, who at one time, was stationed either in Can- ada or Alaska, perbaps bath. The thing that intrigued us about the Alpine View Farm was the fazt that eacb cow carried a bell. The belîs are ahl cast in Switzerland and vary in size from a medium- sized tea kettle, ta an ordinary sleigh ibell. The larger ones weigh anywhere from fifteeni pounds up. The straps are as wide as five inches. These belîs are not ordinary cow beils, but1 are properly cast by a master bell1 maker. When the Mows are feed- ing out on pasture, about five hundred yards away, the chime music la indescribably lovely.t One of the sans hustled themn into the stable for milking. In eacb cow's manger was their evening meai of concentrate. When those forty-two anima]ls started eating, « the row from those forty-two bells 3 was simply deafening. We un- derstand the belfs are fastened onE the cows. in the springtime, and 1 flot removed 'tii winter.Z When we asked our hosts why some farmers didn't have their faîl wheat in, and others -were just sowing it, we were surprised to learn that the Hessian Fly E pbays hob with fali wbeat if it is E sown prior to a certain date. SoE the smart farmers wait until the Farm Service bbokes give the ahl- clear signal before sowing their wheat. Harry Curtis, the man in charge of farm management for the Mus- kingum Conservancy, showed us one field of two hundred and fifty acres. They leave their good bottom land to farmers, some on a straigbt rental basis, some on a 60-40 crop share plan. Most of, this land is very ricb, produces wonderful yields of corn, wbich when picked is stored in cribs, until sold for stock food. Wbile Harry was describing how his end of the project was1 operated, bis field man, Cliff, was similarly entertaining my wife. These twa chaps were each a fountàin of the very finest r for- mation on farm managemerA. It woubd be impossible to find two more courteous gentlemen. Weý were sorry when it came time to say au revoir to the personnel of the Muskingum. They l used us so splendidly. Tbey i have a tree planter, mostly home- made, that plants 800 trees per hour, on slopes as steep as fortv - five degrees. It has hydiraulic adapters for each wbeel.Hs been operating for three or- four years, will work anywhere a cat- eroillar tractor can pull it prop- erly. If the Editor doesn't mind, we will tell you more in future calumns. 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