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I ~'.--.. -, PAGE roux TRU ~AVAflTAV N'Y'AVU~.tAW Uf~~l Awev P W #*~,m A Since pretty well everyone is curiaus &bout how much the other fellow makes, the annual "green book" review of incorne tax figures holds mare interest than rnost collections of goverument statistics. As usual, the most recent green book, the report on earnings an'd occupations of those Canadians who paîd personal incarne tax in 1956, has its surprises. To start with, the highest average incorne was earned in neither of those capitals of capitalism, Montreal and Toron- ta. Top place is shared by two Manitoba towns, The Pas and Flin Flon. In these rnining centres the average income of tax- payers was $4,279, substantially aboya the national average of $3,673. Highest average earners, as for some ycars past, were architects and consulting engineers, at $13,640; second were medical doctors and surgeons, at $13,053; and the profession of law was third at $12,617. Sornewhere about the age o! forty, husbands and fathers usually get around la givingý serlous attention te things lîke their wiils, their estates and what would happen if inavitable death were to corne along unexpectedly and unhappily early. They have acquired insurance and par- haps investmants over the yaars, but it is usually around aga forty (according ta psychologists) that the enarmity af the whale thing cames home and they force themselves into seriaus study of the grima possibilities. Now, for the first time, in most cases, there is a good long look taken nt succession .duties. The laok at succession duties frequent- ]y concludes with the rernark that a tax- ridden Canadian today, young or old, just cannot afford ta die, says The Printad WoTrd. This is an expression, ai course, and as ane young student of succession duties A young scientist was confronted by à problem for which he could find no answer in reference books or the exper- ience of his associates. Lef t ta his awn resources, he worked out a possible solu- tion and obtained permission ta test it. Later, deeply discouraged, he reported ta his research director that the idea had failed. "I thought it would," was the reply, "but there was a chance af success, and it was worth the effort. Don't think ai it as a failure. We have learned something ...a way which won't work. Now let's try ta find one that will." The warst possible resuit of failure is de! eatism. There are few pains as grievous, Nietzsche observed, as an exceptional man who has missed his way, and deteriorated. History is laden with the examples of men who, having failed, tried again . . . with achievernents which brought lasting bene- f its ta rnankind. Tragically, countless similar benefîts have been lest because t hase who could have made thern possible surrendered te despair. From time to tirne, al ai us are called on te listen ta tales et woe in which rnen recount the ili-fortune ai their ventures. Sometimes these ventures have deserved I! everyone who drives a car could be a rnonth in bed, With broken bones and stitched up wounds, or fractures ai the head, And there endure the agonies that rnany people do, They'd neyer need preach saiety any more to me or you. If everyone could stand beside the bed ai sorne close friand, And hear the doctor say "No hope" before the f i nal end, And see him there unconsciaus neyer knowing what took place, The laws and rules ai traifie I arn sure we'd sean embrace. Ontario's point dernerit system -for traffic violations goes into effect February I st. Frorn that date ail persons convicted af traffic offeiiées will have points assess- ed against their driving records. When the total reaches 12, automatic licence suspension.for three months takes place. This does not interfere with the right of courts to suspend licences upon con- ( t1e OJ1 aitx$ier Esfabish.d 1854 with which ix incorprat.d rh.e ovninville News, The Newcastle Independent end The Orano News IOth Year of Continuous Service ta the rown of Bowmanville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION RAITES S4.00 a Y.aS, atrlctly in advacc $50 a Yearinathe United Staes Authorissd es Second Cose Mail Pot Office D.partment. Ottawa Publithod by THE JAMES PUBLISHIG CONMAt 124=TZ Bowmanvill.. Ontarlo JOHN M. JAMES. Emwoe Nurses, who surely deserve a better lot, were at the bottomn of the list of occupa- tional classes with average annual earn- ings of only $2,081. Surprising, too, is the fact that business proprietors, "the bosses" who are generally believed ta be big earn- ers, averaged an incorne of only $5,257. And what of the rich? Well, they are few in number, and f ewer in 1956 than ini the previous year. The number of $100,OO0- a-year-and-over earners dropped from 460 ta 432. The government's personal incorne taxation took more than a third of the total earnings of this group, but even if it had confiscated the whole amount for re- distribution ta the whole population-as some "soak the rich" crackpots always advocate-it wauld have amounted to only about $5 per persan for the rest of us. The "green book" shatters a lot of illusions. rernarked, it is not quite true. On becom- ing dead, one has nothing ta worry about. It is the family and successors 'vho have the worry about whether or not they can afford the loss af the family tax-earner. Having reached thiF. clear, unemotion- ai conclusion, one such tax-earner said he would hurry home and explain ilta the potential successors, a yaung, pleasant wife and three fine but somewhat exhaust- ing children. His idea was that, once his family was convinced ai the necessity of keeping him alive, they might organize a few more Iifa-extending devices such as slippers and pipe after dinner, and a -per- patual dispensation from drying the dish- es. It seems worth the try, though most wives and children are almost as tough bargainers as the Department af National Revenue.-Barrie Examiner. f ailure, because badly conceived or care- lessly managed. 0f ten, hawever, the resuit is a disheartening return for men who planned well and worked diligently. To renew the courage of these men, and his own whan needed, one executive keeps at hand the biography of a "failure." It reads this way: Failed in business '31 Defeated for Legislature '32 Again failed in business '33 Elected to Legislature '34 Defeated for Speaker '38 Defeated for Elector '40 Defeated for Congress '43 Elected ta Congress '46 Defeated for Cangress '48 Defeated for Senate '55 Defeated for Vice-President r, Defeated for Senate '58 Here, indeed, is a record which might cause any man ta lose faith in hirnself and hope for his ideals. Fortunately the mari who compiled it lost neither faith nor hope. He tried again . .. and next rnonth a grateful nation wiil honor his rnemory in the' celebration of his birthday. He was Abraham Lincoln, elected-in 1860- ta serve as President af the United States. --Cities Service Publication. Il everyone could meet the wife and children left behind, And step into the darkened roomn where once the sunlight shined, And look upon the vacant chair where daddy used ta sit, I amn sure that reckless drivers would be forced te think a bit. If everyone who takes the wheel wauld say a littie prayer, And keLýp in mind those in the car depending on his care, And made a vow and pledge himseli te neyer take a chance, The Great Crusade for Saiety then would suddenly advance. -American Telephone and Telegraph Ca. viction for whataver period the court deems fit. But it dees deal with the so- cw.ed miner offences and wi]l have the efiect ai taking habituai ofianders against traffic regulatians off the road. Points for violations range from two ta 12 accerding fe the nature o! the offance. Under the system drivers will be given warnings o! imminent à.uspension when their total ai demerits relchas nine. For the avowad purpose ai IaEsytem 15 ta correct bad driving habits and not simply ta penalize drivers. Only vhan it becomes clear that a driver will net or cannot driva safely wili his lican be suspended. At the end ai each w o years any points on the driver's ecord will be removad, provîdad ha doeý'not incur more within that time.4 This system is long ovýrdue.. For the law is intandad ta sacure'obedience, not simply ta penalize individtials. It is part ai a realistic program desic-,ned ta secure cantinually greater safaty on Ontario's roads and highways. It should serve ta make divers safety- consciaus. For if the driv knows that each violation brings net merely a fine upon conviction, but brinizs near the threat cf loss cf the privilege af driving, ha wil be inclined ta pay more attention te the rules o! the road. This is the ultimata aim ai ail gaod laws. And it is certainly no lox)ger possible under modemn conditions t alQ habitually careless drivers ta remraîn-e the road. The cast in ie and propert e Diefenbaker Endorses Min or Hockey Week It gives me great pleasure in rndorse again Minor Hockey Week in Canada, sponsored by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. I cammend the efforts macle throughout the year and parti- cularly at this time by the C. A.H.A. ta maintain and devel- op in aur young people the spirit of team play and good sportsmanship - qualities so important throughout their per- sonal ]ives and the life ai aur nation. We must, af course, look ta Amateur Hockey to retairi the supply of material that will ensure that Canadians will r2- tain their place in international competîtion. But much rno-e important in my mind is the training af young Canada to be keen, to work hard, ta play hard, ta play fairly, and ta work ttogether. My liope is that thase who forrn hockcy teams will always find an abundance of yaung- sters who are keenly interest.- ed in the game, in order that this truly national sport will remain as it is today: good training for the body and a school for character building. John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister. Ottawa, 1959. Stanley Robinson was chosen first prasident ai the Bowman- ville Branch ai the Tw2ntiath Century Liberal Association at a meeting in the Town Hall. Allan Knight was alected secrc~- tary. Alex Edmonstene was alacted Reeve by a 490 vote margin over Percy Cowan. Weather was bitterly cold, but nearly 900 citizens turned eut ta vote. A picture appeared an' the front page ai D. J. Gibsan whù was president ai the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association and presided et the annual meeting held in Hamilton. Operating an a decreased budget, the public sehools man- aged ta complete the y2ar 1933 with a surplus. Expenses were $18,532.17 compared with $20,- 000 in 1932. Salaries totalled, i 1933, $14,228.06. The Business Men's Associa- tion considered affiliation with the Retail Marchants Associa- tion af Canada at a bansuet in the Balmoral Hotel, President Percy Corbett presiding. E. P. Russel Osborne a elected president ai the Dur-1 ham Central Agricultural So.- ciety at a meeting in Orono.1 The Society was able ta payj $1O00\ of the mortgage on1 bu!ldings. A fine Burns' Night pragram was presented in St. Andrew's Church by the choir af St. An- drew's in Whitby. Mr. D. F. Henry wha was born near the poet's birthplace and knew the haunts and lanes mentionied int bis poems, gave an interestingt talk on Burrna and his works. F. F. Morris Co. advertised custom built sofas-$29.50 up.c Bowmanville C.C.F. Clubr spansored two enthusiasticr meetings, at Orono and Tyrone. r New clubs were formed. a Congratulations were offered ii ta Mr. David Morrisan, Sr., on r his 85th birthday, Jan. 30. c When Gardon Sinclair said, on à recent broadcast, that ha was surprisad ta learn that Arlena Francis' real nama was Kaga- Jeanian, and that she was of Armnenian extraction, ha prob- ably surprised e lot of his listan- ers, tee, Bacause who would connact a lady named Francis, 'who speaka without an accent, \vho has been befora the the- atrical public for saveral yaars, who is a ragular panellist on 'What's My Lina?", with an Armanian background? She has %vit, cbarm, personality and blond enough ta pass for a typ- icai American iMmale, but whan e ople Anglicize their names, a t fus can be iooled. The James' papers, The Can2- dian Statesman and The Bow- manville News, had naw type and announced they were proud ai the face they presentad ta thaîr many readars. What! Even in 1910? The Statesman quotas tram the Brighton Ensign, but excludes West Durham girls-"It seems as if the young girls ai the prasent day are almost tee much absorbed in becoming ac- compli.shed parlor ornamants ta descend ta anything se man- !al as cleaning up a room, mak- ing beds and arranging a table ...yet wliat accemplishment could be se admired as the de- sire and wi]hingness ta highten a poor mother's cares and toils." Women's Institutes had 522 members in Ontario. West Dur- ham had succassful branches in Bowmanville, Hampton. Sauina, Oronô, Nestîcton and Stark- ville. Rhys D. Fairbairn was vice- chairman ai the Board ai Trade mambership cemmittea in To- ronta and praminent in several organizations ai business men. The Taranto Globe paid great tributa ta Mr. J. J. Tillay on bis retirement aiter 26 yaars as inspecter ai Modal Schools. T'.ie Modal School system was abol- !shed by governmant two years previaus, but Mr. TilIay con- tinued ta supervisa a few schools. Ha had been In educa- tional work fer 50 years. Marmalade season - F. A. Haddy will loan you bis slicer free. an ad read. Tyrone-Tha Farmers' Insti- tute meeting hasi a splendid et- tendance ai close ta 100 in the Sons' Hall. W. E. Pollard, the new secretary, wa& given cre- dit for securing many new me mbers. The Editor advised the Bow- iianville Electric Light Co. b reduce rates from 10c ta 8c. "If an 8c rate were given with theý ntroduction ai Tungsten lamp3, no citizen wvould want ta use :oal nil lamps any more." Net long age, I raad ai the death ai a prominant business man, named Bredy, and presum- cd that ha was an Irish Catholie, but his obituary stated that ha had bean active in a number ai Jewîsh socialies, and that ha was ai the Jewish faith. At ana tima, if a person's nama was Cooper, it probably indicated that ha made barrais; Taylor meant thbt ha was the bike wot made up wcaring ap- paraI; Smith might be a black- smith, locksmith, silvarsmith, etc. But net se taday, when people ai ether lands change thair original names for an Ang- licized anc. .On Uthe other hand. maybe people tram Anglo-Statas changg their names when thay mak( their homes in countries othei than where thay were born, lik( that infamous Garman genara of World War 1, who wase master tactician, but so tyran. nical that everybody hated hlm even German soldiers deteste< him. The story that went the round, of the Canadian trenchas wa:, that his name ai Von Macicen- son was the Germanized versiar ai Mackenzie; it wvas freely stat. cd that his family had emigratec tram Scotland, which gave same ai us a good lever for a bit of leg-puliing ai aur Scottish bud. dies, soe of whom used ta re- taliate by suggesting that Young- man was raally Jungmann and that I was prabably a "Heinie" SPY. During the Second World War, 1 accasianally manàged ta raise the blood pressure ai a Welsh acquaintance by pointing oui that the Russian General, Timo- shenko, was in raity, a rena- gada Walshman named Timothy Jankins. who had been chased out af Wales by the police, and was now "Raoshanizad". The latest speciman ta ha scrutinized under aur microscope is the black mustachad gant, who has just received the red carpet treatment in the U.S.A., and has gone back ta his homeland ai Russia with the comiortable feeling that ha made his hasts say "Uncle", while they did a swell job ai boot-licking. Just befora ha buzzed off, ha told the cockeyed worid that, while he had anjoyed his American visit,, ha was stili convinced that the American people wara a bunch ai jerks, anxiaus ta disturb the peaca af the world. That's really rubbing it in, and shows what an ungraciaus persan ha is, and what the Russian Govarnment's officiai opinion is ai the Western powers. His name is spelled Mikoyan, but pranouncad Mickey Yan, se maybe, with a name that sounds lika that, his talks emigrated from Ireland. My talks cama from Belfast, and wa are net a bit like him, which means that his folks must have corne tram the South ai Ireland. And ha acts Irish, by being "dagin" evarything that most people are :SUGAR and SPICE:- f etters &/7o SJ/e 981itOl *i~ueden, Aiberta, with no so-ca11edý ~in The Editor, éi.sbIto Canadian Statesman, ]Bowimnvll1e, Ont. Dear Sir. Please find enclosed money order for four dollars ($4.00>) for aur renewal of your fine paper. We do sa enjay reading the news and the splendid write- ups about ail that goes on in Your town and surrounding districts. Yor icrelyh Hughenden, Alta. Hampton, Ont., Dear Statesman: Jn 25 I have just finlshed reading the column called Sugar and Spice so perhaps should be ad- dressing this ta Mr. Bill Smiley except that 1 wauld like ta asic you, a nice homey type paper, why you publish such writings? 1 have yet to read one editian that I thought was funny, en- tertaining or thought-provoking, and I arn not being facetiaus, I really'. mean it. Regarding Mr. Smiley, 1 don't knQw if he is a local personality but 1 have no desire ta meet him. He gives the impression that he thinks the trials and tribulations oi life should flot be iorced on himi and perhaps he is right as he does flot seem ta be standing up ta the stress and strain of it ail. Sugar and Spice may be what he calls his writings but ta me it smells. I amrnfot a writer but 1 do not figure it would be too hard to top his complaining and illworded information of family le. I have often thought that if he must write it would be only fair ta have sameone af the op- posite sex reciprocate. In case Mr. Smiley (if he reads this) has a notion that this cames tram saine old maid Tnv~ >1 arou ne iL *. ...4..L... y cornez frra amother af a;',WA hou» (or I should say aid hotel) eight in aIl and with variausrcurrent pets and everyone VERY nore mal. Ethel I. Baloon. Ontario Safet3y League, 1170 Bay Street, Toronto 5, Ontario. January 15, 1959. Dear Editor; The Minister of Transport hias just released the excellent news that Ontario's streeta and highways ware a lîttle mater in 1958. Traific fatalities number- ed 1140, a 10 percent reductiori an 1957, and the lowest total since 'Lhe Second World War, in spite of an increase in the num- ber ai vehicles and miles tra- velled. Accident - prevention efforts have bean intensified in the past Ltwo years thirough greatly in- creased activity in ail three fields af traffie safety-Educa. 1tion, Enfarcement and Engin. eering. Althnugh no one cari say with certainty exactly why the iatality rate improved last year, it is a source of utmost satisfaction toalal those age.n- cies whose cumulative efforts helped ta hold down the nuni. ber of t.ragedias on the raads. Indications are that Ontario's record in 1958 will be mnuch better than that ai the coun- try as a whole. Total fatalit7 figures fram the other Prov- inces are not yet available, but I the Canadian Highway Safety Conference has estimated that Canada's traffic deaths in 1958 i will reach 3400, a slight ini. A crease rn the preceding year. Yours sincerely, J. E. Ricketts, Relations Ontario Safety League George Loithouse, of Whitby -Township, was elected chairman aio Oshawa Regional Planning 1 Association at its 1959 inaugural meeting last week. Ha replaces C. C. McGibbon, ai Oshawa, who declined ta stand for re-alection. t Electad vice -chairman was .fermer Mayor Nelson Osborne ai .Bewmanville. Ralph Found was re-appointed sacratary-traasur-i er. 1 In addition ta the aificers, the association now comprises May- or Lyman A. Gifford, represent- ing Oshawa; Reeve William Her- an, reprasenting Whitby Town- bship with Mr. Loithousa; Mayoz W. Carruthars representing Bo- wmanville with Mr. Osborne; Reave Walter Beath, represant- ing East Whitby; Mayor Harry Jermyn and Jack Spratt, repre- senting Whîtby tawn; M. Wy- man and A. Thompson, rapre- senting Darlington. The chairman ai Oshawa Plan- niing Board, whan elected, will also represant Oshawa. East Whitby has aise ta elect a chair- man ai its planning board. The association budgated for a $200 contribution tram aach area reprasented for 1959. A $2,- 979 surplus was raported tram last yaar. Mr. McGibbon, comrnenting on 1958's work, observed that many af the things "which wereE only a draam three yaars ago"E had new become reality.1 The asso>ciation, ha said, hadî initiated moves for service roads linking Oshawa and Whitby.E Thay wera new ta be constructed1 1formation of the Central Lake 1Ontario Conservation Authority; urged praper planning in Whit- bY. East Whitby and Darlington had been responsibla for the compilation ai a street registry in the ragion. Tribute was paid by the mem- bers ef the board to Mr. MeGib. bon, who had servad as èhair- man for more than twa years. It was pointed eut that aill the pro- jects naw bafore the board had racaived his wholahearted sup- Port and many ai then* been initiated by him. North Nesileion' Mr. and' Mrs. Bruce Witherly,ý, W-hitby, visited Mr. and Mrs. Malcolmn Emerson on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Mal- colm visited Mrs. Wlllard Cookc, Oshawa, during the waek. Mrs. Kaster, Bob and Ellen, Mrs. George Kester and Donald, Zephyr visitad Mr. and Mrm Wm. Armstrong. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Mackie and: iamily visitad Mrs. Mackie and Dr. Bowlas. Dr. Bowlas recelved Word 01 his sister-in-law talling and breaking har hîp. She ia lin Pe- terborough Hospital. Mr ad Mrs. B. Adams, Mr. and eIr. Veron Assalstine, Mr.i andi Mrs. Bruce Ashton visited Vie Malcolms Saturday evening and anjoyed Varnon7s pictures. SYmpathy is extended ta fri- ands and relatives of the late Mrs. Gea. Nasbitt Who passed a- Th-cy're at It again. Every few years, aiter a happy, peacaful period ai damning the Yanks, berating the Brit- ish, s.coffing at the French, and being leery ai the Rus- sians, the people ai Canada turn and rend themsalves wvith the savaga tenderness- af a dog attacking his own flcas. It'. always the same. Som@ editorial writer, aware that the "latters - to - the - editor" column has been growint duli af late, sends up a trial balloan about a distinctive Canadian flag. Oh, he doesn't have ta commit either hlm- self or his papar. He merely demands that the govern- ment stop shIIly - shallyinc with this vital mattar, which has been dillled and dalied with for ycars. That doas it. The hersa Is no soonar out ai the barn than good, solid Canadians flock in their legions, ta lock the door or yank it off the hinges. For the next six months, letters ta the editor will be couched in the mest belligerent terms, and signed, variously: 'Throw off the Yake". or "Thare'll Alwayi 'ha an England". or "Let's Grow Up" or "U.E. Loyalist" or 'Down with Popary" or "The Union Jack Forever". Ini fart those letters wilI contain such a rlch, heady mixture of the loyal, the ber- etical, the standtast, thc radi- cal, the true-blue and the red revoiutionary, that ont edit- orial frlend wiIl be kept Iu a continuaI state of chortling good humour. Well, thcy're nat getting me anto at ti me. Four or Dispensed by Bill Smiley f ive yeers ago, during the last flag fiasco, I took a stand and declaresi myseli for a truly Canadian flag. In tact, I went se tar as ta outline a distinctive design that would have made our tlag stand eut anywhare. I've forgotten some of the deteils, but the general out- lune was something like this. lu the middle, a purple pig, reprasenting the dignltied prosperlty af the Canadian people, rampant on afelibd of rye (Canadien Club,oi course>, with an Okanagan epple ln bis niouth. The hog, the rye and the apple, you sec, wauld caver Ontario, the Prairie Provin- ces and B.C. To paciiy Que- bec, we'd put-inan corner an illustration ai Racket Rich- ard juggling twe cans ai Ha- bitant pea seup. In the op- posite corner, we'd have ta lump the Maritimes and New- fie by a figure showing a cod crassed with Joay Smallwood. There were a iew other littie touches. 1 think 1 sug- gested a miniature joily Rog- ter with e couple of sections of Pipeline substituted for the crosabones. And, oh nes, the entfre fiez vould b. out- lined with cutout figures, ln scarlet. of the Mounties doing their musical rida. Now that, in my opinion, would have been a truly dis- tinctive, theroughly Canadian flag, not ona af thesa morpho- dytic manstrosities that tries ta case the ego ai every im- migrant wha ever stumbled ashara, saasick, in the truc nerth strong and frac. Thera woulda't bc another like it in the world. 0f course 1 should bave known that my unique de- aigu, go cdean-eut and vivid, go reprcsentational, would naver survive the stuffy son- tirnentallty, the nationeliatie niarra wuess, that prevaili at Ottawa. I did lcarn, from a friand thera, that It electri- fied the commlttee iu çhsrge of selecting a design for a UOw flag. At Icast I thiuk ltaVs thea word lha used. But 1 must admit I was a bit hurt that my design wasn't aven acknowledgad. Unleas, ai course,' you want ta count that latter from the Minister ai Infernal Afiairs, affering me the job ai Canadian posl. master at Tierra Del Fuego, That was so obviously a case ai a scared gavernment try- ing ta exile a brilliant mmid that I traated it with the con- te.mpt it merited. I cauldn't have lived an the salary any- waY, as I leurned when 1 wrote. No sir, they'rc ual gettng 'ne Iuta any meaud!tn argu- mient about a Canafilan flag. 1 must admit inmà 0% tas- clnatpd, though, by î..5res. Pet of a distinctive CIL.d national antbem. - An organization called 'the Native Sons (obvieusly a tcr. roristic group ai Indian orl- gin) is boasting, for aur na- tional anthem., that Old 1 qiuais drinking sang: "O0y, Nuhduh". But I Jean, mnysT, toward that grand aid Cana- dien sang: -The May pull Lee". What, you don't know the wvords? Nonsense, every' scheal child knows themn: "The May Pull Lee, ygur Blum Déerai. , _ j ' % ta~~ - _ The Green Book On How to Live Longer When a Great Man "Fails' Ex - Mayor Osborne New Vice C hairman 0f"Regional Planners In the Dim and Distant Past From The Statesman Files 25 YEARS AGO (1934) -- 49 YEARS AGO (1910) If Everyone... Ontario's Point Demerit System TRZ CANAt)L« mwuAmv...T.v.- etw-",àlein tDITURIALS r