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WWAT l aPBPENING No>w ini this most beautiful et semona, when the purple and pale mauve of roadslde as- ters, the rich yellow of golden rod, and the iewel red o! ivy leavez spread a carpet around us comparable in beauty anc iken colours ta the great Per- sian rugs one sees draped ini ar importer's window - and no'w when the trees are about to emblazon themselves on theu stili countryside in a dramatic panorama that is scarcely are. dible-now is a good time to consider what la happenifig tc this beauty. This auturnn there will be hundreds fewer trees in South- ern Ontario, many o! themn su- gar maples which colour inosi brillhantly. They have been sa- crificed ta new roads, and bld- eously new, flat and raw bous. ing developments. Sometimes I think the motor car is the curse of this era, s0 mucb beau- ty has been sacrificed to make evet more and wider roads for an ever increasing horde of vehicles whose drivers roar un- seeing, for the Most part, through the countryside at 60 and 65 miles an hour. The roads whicb our grand- fathers made, winding leisure- ]y over hili and dale, with avenues of maples planted at the fence lines for beauty, are outmoded. Our forebears could neyer have imagined an age in which manufacturers insist on making ever more powerful machines in spite of the fact that tbey are to be in the bands of many who are incompetent, or daredevil, or whose judgment is immature. Nor could tbey have imagined an age when a mass exodus from the cities would take place every week- end. We must cope wîtb these Problems. We must have wider roads. But is evervthing saved that can be saved for beauty? We do grant that on provincial ,highways, new plantings are made. but we hope at the sanie time that the least destruction possible is kept In mind. By orne authorities, itIt hfar from belng the case. There was the instance i Guelph In July o! workmnen being sent to cut down a large group of elms at the entrance o! a street in a newer sub-division. One tre was felled before the bouse- wives knew what was happen- ing. They left their dishes in the slnk and formed a Uine be- tween the workmnen and the rest of the trees, and wauld flot move. Bravo! As the situa- tion appeared, the felling o! the trees was useles laugliter. Wby are there so many o! these cases, where those wbo are i authority are stone blind? This uarne tbing bappens over and over every day isanie part o! Ontario. Beauty is destroyed and people are forced ta exist arnidst ugliness. B EAUTY IN ENVIEONMENT A Toronto law professor, J. B. Milner. questiancd in an ar- -ticle in the Canadian Bar Re- vicw 'whether man can long survive in the best o! engineer- cd worlds if bis enviranment is flot also a source o! beauty.' There is no doubt in my mind that when people live in sur- raundings devoid of beauty, and particularly natural beauty, the human capacity for appre- ciation of wbat ia good and beautiful atrophies. The e!fect is crippling ta mind and soul. Wc also need mare beauty in our buildings. Yet what la hap- pening? We are letting those who sit In the seats o! power, get away with ItL Mucli o! the Don Vallcy. which bas been a source o! beauty and pleasure ta so rpany, is being sacri!iced ta the ,bulldozer because o! a road. 1s It neyer possible ta, go around or over the top of these places of beauty which are so important ta those who have vision? And as for buildings, many public buildings today arc cu- bistic monstrosities. There is no beauty there, however mucli the moderms try ta foal them- selves and us that there is. Docs it do the same tbing ta you when you look at anc o! these erections o! glass and angles as wben you look at the classic lines o! Osgaode Hall, for ex- ample? Bowmanville 00A. H. Sturrock -- fays... "4 NAPPY PA4PPY If A4 C/IAPPY 19/'s 10 LCKY ENO«C#AGII O /P 14 Aos f#,4 T/r ' O//1IETE." 9 There'. extra comfort.. . for workig ... or for relaxation after a day's work is done ... ashes are just a memory in a home that's oit heated. Every nook and corner can be kept hoapital" cdean. We carry top quality Esso heating oils for space heaters, Iloor furnaces, oit burners, bot water heaters, stoves, stock trough heaters or chicken brooders. They're tops fer economny and delivery ia free. go if you want to b. a Happy Pappy get your fuel tanik 11Us weil ahead of time.* BULiY geU Furnate and Steve ONm .6 j We do have a number beautiful gardens and p And there is more talka the importance of beauty there bas been for some1 Let us hope that somet will corne o! it. Havinx de the rivers-the defiing o! swect water is an abomni act, a desecration o! the1 o! God's earth-and sense ly slaughtered majestic t and created ugliness in ren "developmcnts", surel la time that sometliing carn it. It is time that councils planning boards realized beauty is more an evideni civilization than niechanize and housing developments, DEAREST SOPHIE _____ -- - - ~'UTU~VI AV VD'P eRU. lame Current and Confi dential We are enjaying tremen. dously "My Dearest Sophie", letters !rom Egerton Ryersor ta bis daugliter, edited by Pro- k fessor C. B. Sissons and pub- lisbed in 1955. Professor Sis- sons, wbo wrote the campre- hensive and fascinating twc volume biography o! Egerton Ryerson, was emincntly fitted ta undertake the task o! sort- ing and editing these letters which were brouglit ta him in 1954 by Dr. Robin Harris and which had been found in the carniage bouse o! Eldon House at London, Ont. Sophia was married ta Edward Harris and lived at Eldon House. Some- how these letters, and others which Professor Sissons did flot use directly, 373 in ahi, sur- vived. Letters are Sa revealing o! personalities, and ways o! liv- ing. When the first horse cars came in Toronto in 1861, Dr. Ryerson felt very badly at giv- ing up bis sheigli, phaeton and ponhes, but felt lie could econ- omize in this, and alsobis "dearcst Sophie" was anxiaus ta bave tbem ta drive about London, s0 the bhow was some- wbat eased. For a glimpsc of Ryerson's personal ife, give yourself tbc pleasure of read- ing this book. We are fortunate in having a man o! Professor Sissons' stature living in aur district. Let us hope that an- other book wifl be comimmg from bis pen before long. Serlous Reading 15 the Trend Br Dr. 8. N. Wpnn There are always those wbo think that rcading la somne- thing that la passing away. The Present age, witb ibm distrac- tions and amusements, la with- ering the ld interest in tbe yrztted page. -ý hpersoa may even fore- ÀdIýa tirne when people, though inot perhaps illiterate, will yct make less and less use o! their ability ta rcad. Printed matter, once so important as a means of communication, information and culture, will faîl away. The figures, however, give little support to this view. The most recent figures for reading in Canada have just been is- sued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. So far from find- ing that the interest in read- ing is fading, they find that the number of reader.q is grow- ing far more rapidly than the population. Ail types of librar- les have been increasing: and the circulation o! books is in- creasing in ail libraries. What là Particularly interest- ing about these figures is that they show that the trend 1 reading intercst has been strong est among Young Canadians. This is the very graup tha the Pessîmists often single oui Such Pessimjsts have been say îng that older people migh keep on reading, out o! forc of habit-that habit that wa formed in carlier times, whei modern distractions did no exist. But the Dominion Bureai of Statistics reports that thî heaviest increase in readingz ha been in the age group betweez five and fourteen. In fact,' library figures show that the readers within thi age grouP increased by nearlN 50 percent between 1947 anc 1956. The problem bas becomnE not that of finding readers foi books but. to find books foi these Young readers. These figures are borne oui by reports from our own and other City libraries. These show an impressive increase in readership among. children year after Year. The report for last year, for instance, not only showed a large increase in cir- culation, but showed also that the number of readers had ri. sen by nearly one-third. Another feature of this in- crease in reading is that read- ers are turningto, more serious books. The proportion of non- fiction being read has risen sharply since the war. People are reading less for mere di- version of amusement and are reading to learn more about their world. The British trade magazine, The Bookseller, has reported that in 1956 fiction accounted for only 18 percent of the new titles introduced. Five years earlier the percentage was 22; and 20 years earlier it was 30. Thie saine trend is evident in aii other countries. Even within the range of fiction, taste has been changing. The manager of a Montreal book store says that "people ire seeking books with more depth in them, both in fiction aed non-fiction."' The increase in the reading of religious books, for instance, bas become very nxarked within the last few cears. The modemn world has devel- Dped mnany different mcthods f entertainment and informa- Uton. But the fears that the world would change so much as to render reading almost ob- olete is flot borne out by the itatistics. Wben John Gutenberg turn- El out his printieg ini the lSth ,ntury. he was working in ai ar simpler and less complicat- îg[ and e andgare evintv ng agd e hngtoareBt int-. ýfundamental to mankind, hat their need je a complex id diptracting world is onlv i nlarged. There has been no ubstitute for the priuîted word: nd there is no evidenoe that here will ever be. 1 t How Your Dealer Knows When to Deliver Fuel Oil ter, Mrs. W. J. Trlck, Oshawa; mfanY "in-laws", nieoes and n e- ellngfro distant pointa, phes ad fiens.spoke for itself of tl4e high re. The funeral was held from gard in which "Abbie"),a Northcutt and Smith Funeral a Home on Monday, September many knew hin, was held. Bur- 15. and was conduècted by bis ial was in the family plot la pastor, Rev. F. Reed o! Hamp- Eldad Cemetery. ton, assisted by Rev. R.. Sher- Win o! Bellevile. Pallbearers were six nepbews o! bis choice: Air. il or Steamslp Fred Cameron, Reford Cameron, T I C K 9 T 8 Gerald Balson, Raîpli Larmer, TO EVERYWEB Boss Crydernian and Bruce oGN Taylor. 3 The many beautiful floral tri- 15 HinSS s. Ir -78 butes and large gathering o! OMUM relatives and friends, many tra- àk.- 15 If Pet erboro Or Peterborough? Millbrook Mlrror Reporte jWe noticed sometime ago, an article in a Peterborough pa- per arguing that Peterboroughi sliould be properiy spelicd with the "ugli" after the O. Is this correct, or is it an after- thouglit? To back up the con- tention that Peterboro without the "ugli" is as apt to be riglit as with it, we ran across four early letters before the age of envelopes when the paper was foldcd and sealed with scaling wax ta form its own caver, with the following "Peterboro" post- marks: April 22, 1844; January 19, 1847; Mardi 23, 1848; Au- gust 15, 1849. AIl over 100 years old and ail very plainly. stamp- cd "Peterboro", no "ugh" at the end.I These same cavers. ail in a fine state o! preservation, asoa bear postmarks of Montreal, Kingston, Cobourg and 'Lind- say. ail o! whicb arc stiil speil- cd the sanie taday as then. Wbat would these places sound like had "ugh" been added at the end. Try t-Montrealugh, ti at ,e s t 1 eIr s 'il -'q MO VIE REVIEW ROYAL THEATRE Mon. - Wed., Sept. 29 - Oct. EN NORTH FREDERICf, .th Gary Cooper, Diane Van Suzy Parker. *1 K rai, v1Multi-sided draria o! an ag- . ing man grasping for ncw mean- ing and romance mn life. Ab- 1 sorbing and emotionally affect- e ng. r The tangled threads o! family cations are wovcn intc' a many- Ssidcd and cmotionally absor'o- ng narrative in Ten North Fredcrick. The film, based on the popular novel o! John '- Mara, rias been given an lm- pasing CinemaScope product- ion frame by producer Charles Brackett and a éompetent cast headed by Gary Cooper, Diane Varsi and Suzy Parker. The story probes five years (1940-1945) in the 111e o! a leading citizen of an Eastern city, cxploring low he lived. reaclied for a brie! interlude o! love, and dicd. Thc screenplay by Philip Dunne is touched witb warmth, lias brîglit flashes of cynical political insighit and is suffused with a sense o! poetic îrony. Ten Nati Frcdcrick heaves a markcd impression on thc vicwer. Director Dunne has Infused the picture with a fine emnot- ional quality that will espec- ially reach the wamen. The music by Leigh Harine and tbe pliotograpliy by Joe MacDon- aid are on a high professional level. Skilh!ul fhashback is used ta bell the story which opens with the funeral of Cooper. As tbe gentleman wlio is reduccd ta an ironic, ahcobolic - saturated end, he bandles bis raie witb ctstomary effiency. Bath Miss Varsi and Miss Parker burn in portrayals a! rcfreshing hon- csby. In addition thcy arc plea- sant visual adornments. Rays Sbicklyn is vcry gaod as the san wlia rebels against bis de- vguring mather. The Statesman SoId At Following Stores Reg. Edmund's Store., Bethmny Jahnson's Drug Store, Newcastle T. Enwrigbt, Newcastle S. Brown, Newtanville Porter's Gen, Store, Ncwtonville C. Pcthick, Enniskillen T. M. Siemon, Enniskillcn P. L. Byam, Tyrone G. A. Barron, Hampton Trull's Store, Courtice A. E. Ribey, Burkcton Blyth's Gen. Store, Bhackstack Keith Bradley, Pontypool C. B. Tyrrdil, Orono Wm. Turansky, Kendal Henderson's Book Store, Oshawa House That Jack Built R.R. 4. Oshawa j - Bowmanvill. - R.P. Rickaby - "Blg 20", W. J. Berry Jack's Smoke Sbop Rites ' Smoke Sbop Goheen's Handy Star. Jury & Lovdl - 1t 8m Omés Kingstonough, Cobourgugh and1 Lindsayugh. Not very good, so1 why "ugh" added to Peterboro?c If these early covers ail havec Peterborough spelled withoutf the "ugh" that must be the1 right way for the post office isg usually right in their spelling - of towns and cities.t . emme4 ..f ... Q. t. - ~t. *** ' ~ ~ $ Ç -. .'\~f "'t % k % % N sr . ... ... t.- t77" Yt.-,'.-.50--s F C OTH S À.,A do it the easy way... electrically When laundry piles up (as it doms when you bave snial children) it's harly any trouble at ail withi the untfring help of automnatie electric Iauncliy appliances. Just put your laundry in your electric waâShe, set the dial, and the work is done atoznatica]y. AMd an electric clothes dryer drieS your laundry fluffy and inmshine fresh atomaticaly-in any kind of weather. You'll have an abundant supply of hot water with an automatic electric water heater-and ioning is easier and faster electrical[y. Whon you have the help of modern electric laundry applianoes, even a lot of laundry is just a little bit of work. *Average in one year for falY offour lilve bottr... ELETRCLInY the safe, dlean, modern way electricity does so much ... costs so litile PAGE EUGH bur BLIM eCARUlEEKI JUGIE 'I n TAxi Phone MA 3-5822 STE VENS" TAXI 'Sale, Satisfying sezViee" ALL PASSENGERS INSURED 100 Ring St . E w -- eONfflTARldg rH-"qt>Ll%.rmimýe% pak abou, thai tile ýthin, etilec pure habIl trusi *less. trees bar. y i ne ol and thal ce ol ,atioil ut in ig st k, it )f 1: is about anc quarter fuil. Have you ever wondered how your fuel oil dealer knows when it is time to make a delivery to your home, and how it hap- pens that it usually takes about the same number of gallons to f111 up your storage tank each time the fuel oil truck pays you a visit? The answer is the "degree day". Most householders have just about forgotten the old mea- suring stick they kept in their cellar to determine whether their heating oil supply was low and needed repienishing. Along with modernization of oil burning equipment, has corne a modernization of fuel oil de- livery. In this respect the ail burner is way ahead of the au- tomobile. Delivery of fuel oil [s now mostly on an "automa- tic" basis, and the thing that has made this possible is the 'degree day"l. Cold In Meauured What is this "degree day"'? !Jery simply, it is a unit for rneasuring an accumulation of cold weahter which is publish- ed each day by the weather bureau. A day on which the average r pli al 1 t ýt] el p h, t el ti nq CE ,a 3. Mani" temperature la 65 degrees Is considered as a base from If the average temperature on a given day is, let us say, 55 degrees, 55 is subtracted from 65 and that day is called a '«10 degree day". A day in which the average temperature is 50 degrees la a "15 degrec day", and so on. How ][Va Done In any given period, a week or a montb, for example, the total amount o! cold weather can be determined by simply adding tmp the number o! accu- mulated degree days for the period. And this is exactlv what the fuel oil dealers do. After onc or two deliveries ta a new customer, the dealer knows exactly how mucli heat- ing oil he uses to warm bis home for a given number o! degree days. Fromn this, it is a very simple matter ta calculate bow much ail is in bis storage tank at any given time, and consequently when the supply is low and the tank needs re- filling. A delivery is usually miade when the dealer figures that the customer's storage tank OBJTUARY. ALBERT JAMES RALSON On Saturday, September 13, 1958, Albert J. Balson passed peaccfully ta rest at his resi- dence in Solina. Although confined to bis bed for the past two years, he bore bis illness wlth patience anid cheerfulness. He was born and raised until manhood, in tbe Zion commun. ity and worked for several farm- ers. After bis marriage in 1911 be spent one and a hall yeara )n a farm at Wolseley, Sask. He then returned and bougbt the homne in Sauina wbere he livcd for 46 years. He was keenly interested InI good borses. He also liked car- I pentering and worked with sev- eral of the local carpenters. The work he liked best was picking and packing apples, at which he becamne an expert. Evèry Fail, until bis bealth would flot ,permit found hlm busily packmng appies for farm- ers or fruit dealers. He was always an ardent football and hockey fan. He followed the varlous games duzr- ing the past years at bis radio or on television. lHe enjoyed his many visitors, at ahl times, who helped ta keep him posted on ail tbe la- test happenings. He was a member o! Eldad United Cburch and with the hclp o! bis devoted wife waS caretaker o! both church and school for many years. Left to mourn bis passing are, bis wife, tbe former Effie V. Taylor; bis three sons and their wives, Allan and Helen of Kingston; Russell and Mabel, o! Oshawa; Harold and Helen, of Hampton, daughter Ileen and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Aland Taylor o! Duncan, B.C.: nine grandchlldren, ail of whom he was very fond of. Also anc sis-E 1 1 1 e 1 - er 1 - 1 1 - - i-s ME CMAMM STATMWAS. BDWUMXV=.& MTAnM