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Association Member of The Cabadian Weekly Newspapers 1 "Ng THE STAR EDITORIA PAGE Thursday, March 3rd, 1955 hi A Man's World Kl ~ could bring more practical advice to There's a store that advertises itself by using a phrase which time has now dis- honoured . . A Man's World. There is no man's world anymore. We cannot go on de- ceiving ourselves and we should bravely face the fact. There was a time when a man would get up from his seat in a bus or a street-car and gallantly if somewhat awkwardly offer it to the standing woman. This was not an un- usual occurrence; it was the accepted thing. It's a long time now since that happened. As a matter of fact that kind of out-moded chivalry belongs to the era that marked the time prior to woman's invasion of man's: world. At that time she was merely begin- ning to toy with the idea of venturing into, and her. presen®e on the street-car or bus indicated, some of her first timid venturing. Especially at those times when men were coming home from work. bit Now the women come home from work. They are as numerous on the street-car as the men. Men don't get up to give their seats anymore. They'd feel silly doing it and the women would make it quite plain that they were being a bit silly, Women get equal pay for equal work in i : a world in which they feel they-are the - equal of men .'. | or his better. About the only place we have not seen -women doing what used to be regarded as man's work is sorting in the larger post-office. They tell A New United Front The Eisenhower administration has not dealt too kindly with organized labour. When the respective leaders of the C.I.O. and the AF. of L. awoke to the situation and saw that labour was always coming off second best they did some hard thinking. The re- sult of that thinking has been the merging of the two great labour organizations which now has a combined strength of 15,000,000. This represents now one of the most power- ful of the groupings in the United States. Wisely, after the merger, the labour organiza- tion decided not to form a third party in the political field. They think they can accom- plish more by throwing their weight behind pro-labour candidates in the official demo- cratic party. And no doubt they can... dairies, electrical shops, NOTES AND COMMENTS & 3 : : ] us that they tried out women during the war but that the women didn't work out too well, they tivred out. It wasn't the standing . . women stand in the paper mills, abbatoirs, farm implement plants and any kind of plant. This, of course, was pointed out by Robert Browning who said that a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Ideal for post-office work. . You notice that he didn't mention women. Women have beer parlours just like the men; they have their bowling leagues just like the men; they even curl . . stones, not hair, I mean. We are told that they even have their all night parties but for this we can't vouch for we have never been on any such an affair and we only know about it by hearsay . . her say. . But women have brought certain blessings into business and industrial life. --~ What would we do without rest periods . . women inspired; what would we do without coffee breaks, women conceived; how long would it have taken us on our own to get the 60 hour week down to 427 Women have invaded man's world; they have conquered it; and in a real measure they have transformed it. And, perhaps, the chivalrous.little acts they have gone by the wayside are not too high a price for hav- ing women at our elbows when some female was always telling us what to do, when to do it and how. ' a " mate that arises when a third party takes' to the political arena which was, designed to accommodate only two parties. thing could have happened in the U.S. The newly formed union has set itself the objective of winning a guaranteed annual wage in the automotive industry. - They will be bitterly opposed by the management of -- both: Ford and General Motorg. However, in the battle which looms, the result seems to be an inevitable victory for labour, though it may be long delayed. * A furthér result of the struggle might well turn the Democratic Party into a true Labour Government and thus force the Republican Party. into an opposition group representing = the more conservative and more re-actionary forces in the States. It certainly appears The same '| Morley, a man of cdnsiderable culture '| Gathering together all the Fabian So- | it will be necessary to declare a holi- { ~ without spending any money on a zoo. "Adventures into space aren't to be In Canada we have experienced the stale- that this is in the shape of things to come. : £ By M.A.C. > It is stated that Toronto is to spend $3,000,000 on building up Riverdale Zoo. Then the people of that fair city will be able to claim with obvious, truth that they have the finest collec- tion of animals to be seen in any city «in Canada. Unkind critics might ar- _gue that they could still use the boast ---- Adventurers interested in outer space travel are warned that there is a 50-50 chance of collision with me- teors (not thé Ford variety) ... but this is a rather silly kind of warning. frightened off by any 50-560 chances! ---- The Headlines fead: "Snow Buries German City". Reading the article we discover that it was covered by a ten inch showfall. Now what kind of a Lilliputian metro- polis do those Germans build ? .: 500 business men in an experiment at the University of 'Michigan were given a medical check-up. = 41 per _cent were sick and didn't know it. 25 per cent needed immediate treatment. About 45 per cent of the sick had stomach disorders, 24 per cent heart trouble, others had cancer, gallstones and tuberculosis . . . we don't know whether this means you should run for or away from the nearest Doctor. --X-- : A missing hospital fork was found in a girl's stomach. While she was at it she should have made a full meal too. ---- Egypt has now her own film indus- try and if the pictures are as bad as the current ones Hollywood is making in that country she can keep em! -- Somebody has suggested work as an _aid to a'longer life . . . well it cer- tainly stretches out the time. = Clipped Comments LEAVE THE TEACHERS ALONE At a recent convention of the On- tario Federation of Anglers and Hunt- ers in Sturgeon Falls the federation passed a resolution asking that a course on how to protect wildlife and natural resources be added to the pro- vinee's list of school subjects. We hope that the Department of Education resists-this pressure strong- ly. School is a place for the training of young minds in the basic education- al needs: These are not few and the teaching of these subjects is a highly skilled and demanding job. There is no time to teach in school what should be taught at home, If the members of the Federation wants a course in conservation, let them set it up. They know about such things better than most teachers and bear on the matter. We wonder when it will occur to the various special bodies of this province that a school curriculum is a carefully designed organism which does not permit of well-meant but ignorant with teaching kids how to read, write, and figure. Let parents and special bodies take on from there. They will then realize that they may have bitten off more than they could expect any- one else to reasonably chew. --Kington Whig-Standard GREAT DEMAND FOR QUALIFIED TEACHERS The problems of recruitment, train- ing and retention of teachers remain acute. With school enrolment in- of it and taken the knife and the plate |, Freceiving-their-education in their most formative years from "teachers" who, themselves, have not the basic edu- cation demanded by business and in- dustry for giost positions of any im- "material" resources? The qualifications for entrance to teaching must be raised. Much evi- dence points to the fact that more persons will be attracted to teaching as a career if the qualifications are I raised--=not" 'lowered. --Canadian Statesman LET'S BE REALISTIC AND FACE THE FACTS A brief but significant review of conditions in his own industry-has been made by H. G. Hilton, president of the Steel Company of Canada. It is a summary of conditions that has ap- plication far beyond his own field. This is a brief run-down of points made by Mr. Hilton: Steel production in Canada in 1954 Tn? per cent. below that of the pre- vioyd year, a reflection of the slow- down. that has affected nearly all phases of the national economy. Wages ' paid to steelworkers in Europe are less than half the wages of Canadian steelworkers, which places Canada at a disadvantage in the ex-. j port markets on which her prosperity 1 is dependent. In Canadian industry fringe bene- fits have been so multiplied as to be a- considerable element in the cost of production, > Farm fncome has been falling and the wheat crop has been greatly re- duced. Some of our major industries are simply not able to meet the increased creasing much more rapidly than the than "our ordinary share" of high school and university graduates to train for teachers. Moreover, it is not a simple, problem of numbers be- cause 'quality is equally, if not more important, than quantity. : While the proportion of teachers holding university degrees has in- creased 17% in the past five years, we still have approximately 20% of Capadian: class8rooms in which the teacher has not a complete high school education and at least one year. of pro- fessional training, This is a fright- ening situation. How can the promise of a great future for Canada be ful interference. Let the teachers get on i "s \ 31 ' filled if 20% of her young people are general population, we must get more i competition from foreign imports. Labor leaders who continue to de- mand wage increases and further fringe benefits from Canadian in- dustry are ignoring conditions and making demands. that are economically unsound. ) : | This is a recital of facts that can hardly be refuted. It was applied specifically to the steel industry but it applies in general to all Canadian in- dustry. It does not mean that Can- ada has entered on, or is headed for, a depression. It does mean that in dustry--labour as much as manage- ment--must fight against any increase in the cost of producing goods in 'Canada, | Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville. portance in the developnient of our|- 1 A short time before the draw took 'Representative E. A. Summers to wait | BEECHAM ON SOCIALISM In the first volume of his auto- biography "A Mingled Chime" (Hutch- inson) Sir Thomas Beecham, the great conductor and turbulent genius of musie, gives this account of a contact with Socialism which took place In London in 1000: | i "It was through my assgciation' with an elderly harpmaker, George with whom I played chess and billiards that I began to frequent the meetings of the Fabian Society, where lectures would expound to us the full gospel of the new creed of Socialism. One ev- ening there was an address on Shelley, and the speaker, while professing great admiration for his genius, de- plored that the poet, as the son of a Sussex squire, had been born to the. evil enjoyment of unearned increment; for in the kingdom of heaven on earth that was at hand there would be no room for men of such breed. That | evening on gny return home I review- ed in my mind the many distinguished names in letters (going back no fur- ther than Chaucer) who, had they been born after the establishment of this arid Social system, would never have been allowed to. write at -all, ciety's books, pamphlets, and leaflets, I hurled them into the fire; and as I watched the pile burning away merrily I remembered how Voltaire had once said: that while a philosopher had the right to investigate everything once, there were some things that only a fool would wish to experience twice." ~ --Can, Statesman, Bowmanville District Doings. THE SUTTON REPORTER CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP The Reporter Printing Company of Sutton West, Ontario, changed man- agement on March 1st, 19556. After that date, the former owners and operators, Mr. and Mrs. V. H Shep- pard will no longer be associated with the Sutton Reporter. Mr. Roy V Shepherd will assume the duties of Editor and Publisher. Since this date falls on a Tuesday, day from publication of next week's paper to rearrange the books and set up new Systems. = All decounts to date will he the property of the former owners and paid to the account of the Sutton Reporter. "We hope thatthe public will be most considerate in: straightening -all accounts as soon as possible. Z WANTED TO LEAVE, URGED TO REMAIN WINS WEANLING SOW. Yelverton.--:It doesn't pay to leave some meetings too soon. -A local re- sident found this out the other day while attending the Hog Producers Association meeting in Orono. As has been the custom at these meetings a registered. weanling sow was to be given away as a door- prize. place a certain gentleman rose to leave - TO ACT AGAINST TOP-SOIL REMOVAL At a recent meeting of the R.D.H.P. Conservation Authority, Mr. Thos. J. Wignall of Markham gave notice that at the next meeting to be held on March 16th, he would move that the Authority petition the Provincial Gov- ernment to pass legislation empower- ing . Municipal Councils to_pass by- laws prohibiting the removal of top soil in designated areas. The members of the Authority are deeply concerned with the problem of top-soil removal. Municipal Councils are powerless to control it at the pre- sent time. The members feel that as a conservation Authority it is one of their chief concerns. -- HORSES SCARED BY BLACK BEAR Residents around -Duffin'ss Creek are treading warily these days since George Moore, 18, of Dunbakton, saw a black bear in the creek and others have since found bear tracks, Moore was clearing debris from the creek with a hore-drawn sleigh when the black bear appeared and the horses broke the sleigh tongue and bolted. TRUCK SNARES MALE WOLF A male wolf, estimated to weigh between 50 and 60 pounds was killed on Highway 401, near the Whitby cloverleaf last Wednesday, when it darted out of a clump of brush into the pati of a panel truck driven by Fred Konkle, 548 Grierson street, Osh- awa. JUDGE ORDERS NEW ELECTION TOOK OFFICE AS COUNCILLOR WHILE M. O. H. At a special hearing called on Mon- day in the Court House, Lindsay, Judge J. A. McGibbon ordered a new election in Haliburton, and disquali- fied~a member of council--Dr. L. A. Carroll--on the grounds that he ts also holding the office of Medical Of- -ficer of Health. Haliburton Town Clerk G. H. Wind- sor said, last week, no_date has been set for the new election, but he ex- pects that the nominations will be held in about three weeks time. 0f Many Things "By Ambrose Hills HOW TO BE-WAPPY A distinguished British philosopher 'once said that the reason it takes more _skill to be- happy now .is that there is so much change. Once, the world in which a man grew old was not very different from that in which he had been young. But this is no lon- ger the case. While I am by no means ready to curl up my toes, I have seen a great number of changes--the automobile, radio, television, the A-bomb and the H-bomb: all arrived during my life- time. I can remember the day when a lamplighter went around my. small to go-home but was advised by Agr. lest he forfeit his chance of winning the porker. So he resettled for a while. Then came the draw. Names shuffled and re-shuffled. The winner drawn? - - - you guessed it! The gent that stayed. STATION ROBBED, ARREST TWO Within fifteen hours two safes be- derland railroad stations aweek ago Friday, OPP Cons. Ted Craig of Beav- erton had arrested two Dunbarton men and charged them both with break-ins. Locked up in Whitby jail were Robt. Tait, 20, and Harry Wood, 22. The loot of both robberies, with: the exception of some change, was recov- ered. The men had taken $4200 in money orders and 80 dollars in cash. The men were picked up by P.C. Roy Mordan, of Pickering township police, who was investigating a theft of a truck from Greenbank, Con. Craig, who was investigating the two safe robberies, went to Whitby to question thén when he connected the theft of the truck with the safe robberies. DISTRICT SEED PLANTS BUSY E. A, Summers and H. L, Fair, agr. representatives in Durham and On-, tario counties, respectively, report that seed cleaning plants are busy in both areas. This is held to indicate an early interest in good seed. four Ontario county townships for brucellosis control. Mr. Summers comments that newer varieties of oats, including rodney, of the registered Durham growers are growing. registered garry oats on don- tract this year, ing robbed at the Cannington and Sun- I Canvasses are being carried on in, were sold out several week ago, Some town putting--his torch to the gas lights. I can rememher when gas was taken from my own house, when I was a very small child, and electric wiring installed to replace it. The philosopher is quite right in ' stating that this is a time of great changes--but I think he is all wrong in attributing unhappiness to this change. I rate myself as a happy man. I think I amg happy because I welcome change. - This column is dictated onto a fancy new type of dictaphone--and I'm getting as much kick out of us- "ing it as a child with a new toy. The . same philosopher blamed -a good deal of unhappiness on the spirit of competition that exists in the world. Again, I think he is all wet. A great deal of my own happiness comes from competing. Maybe I don't compete with Hemingway--but I do compete with myself, by trying to improve my work little by little. Competition may be a terrible thing if you fear it; but it i¢ a delightful thing if you accept it and enter into it. I have noticed that those who dis- dain to compete are the gloomy and dissatisfied ones. The fellow who rolls up his sleeves and gets into the game wholeheartedly, win or lose, gets quite a bit of fun out of it. Maybe I should leave the problem of how to be happy to the philosoph- ers. I don't know. I doubt it, I've geen a lot of pictures of philosophers and they were a sad and sorry lot. I think my advice ought to be just as good as theirs. To be happy, dig in and do your best, win or lose, for all you are worth, Work all you can, gain all you can, give all you can. Stop worrying and start working! FRANCES HYLAND This pretty, rather piquant givl who seems about to speak has made a big name for herself by doing just that--speaking; on the stage, on radio and on television. She is Frances Hy- land, Saskatchewan-born actress who went to England to study (and starred in several London productions), then Teturned to. Canada to take leading roles in two of the plays presented at the 1954 Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Now CBC listeners and viewers can get to know her voice, for she is just beginning what will be a bright career on radio and TV. She has had major roles on radio's "CBC Wednesday Night", and "GM Theatre" and "Scope" on CBC television. Let Us Regain Freedom in 1355 The predictions for 1956 are in Informed observers feel that peaceful or cold co-existence can be maintained through this year. The choice between co-operation and annihilation compels the non-commun- ist countries to find a means of com- mon defensive preparedness. They are still seeking an effective system of trade for their political and cco- nomical well-being. Underlying all of the collective pro- blems of the non-communist nations is the lack of individual faith in the superiority of a social system based upon the foundation of personal free dom, All of the nations that are still Prospect The W.A, met at the home of Mrs. J. Mosienko on the evening of Feb. 17 with an excellent attendance. Mrs, "J. Holthy, acting as group convener, opened the meeting with the W. A. Motto and Hymn, followed by the Lord's Prayer. 3 Mys. IY. Vernon and Mrs. [. Smith were in charge of the Devotlonal Hymn 132 closed this part of the program, The president Mrs, C. Vernon took The minutes, roll call and treasurer's re- port were received. It was decided to send $10 to the Sick Children's hos- pital. Mrs, M, Holthy was asked to outline the changes in church arrangements, Willa and Tot Holthy were appointed to look after mailing of Friendly Socks to friends and former members of Prospect W.A, It was felt that due to additional finnncial which will he placed ypon the W.A it would be an absolute necessity to hold a bazaar; toxie Webster and Jean Holthy being appointed as a to make plans for same. : period. charge of the business session. propaged obligations committee The program consisted of a piano solo by Joanne Mosienko which was thoroughly enjoyed. May the mem- bers of the W. A. take this opportunity of extending congratulations to yew,' Joanne, on pasing your Grade X mu- sic exams with First Class Honours. Janet, Vernon and Tot Holthy gave interestihe readings. While the com- 'mittee prepared luneh, Helen Holthy Pro- conducted a musical contest, ceeds $06.40, : Mrs, I. Vernon has offered her home for the Mareh 'meeting on Mar. 10 at which Mrs. EF. Leask will be the guest speaker. Due to illness in the community these plans may be changed. If go, members will be noti- fied by phone. PTET : \ Seed Judging Competition The Annual Ontario County Seed Judging Competition will be held in the High School, Uxbridge, on Satur- governed by freely elected. govern- ment have moved far toward totali-| tarianism in attempting to provide; their people. with a state-imposed-se- | curity. ; A rebirth of faith in freedom will require the bitter lessons that-will-he learned from the efforts of states to] control or direct human thinking and | to alter the law of supply and demand. | It is likely that at-teastforty yeavs® of feco-existence will be needed to re gain the liberties we discarded in the wars of 1914-1954. This fearful generation must pass and youth, particularly our future | farmers; must learn for themgelves the value "of freedom and free co- operation and the futility of com- pulsion.. Their frustrations in pro- gressing toward a better life will teach them that every common good grows out of the collective value of a myrid of right personal choices made freely each day by millions of persons striv- ing to achieve greater things in better ways. . In another generation nature will remove the votes and influence of most of those whose fear of freedom is! founded on their experiences in war and depression, As the coming generation 'copes with the problems created by statism it will restore the freedoms and re- sponsibilites which brought the world to the relatively free evolutionary con- ditions in which freedom and progress flourished prior to the revolution against the good of mankind, 1914-54, Without: the continuance of the armed conflict of that revolution, it may be possible for people of good- will largely to restore personal free- dom in vast areas of the earth and to regain a sufficient. freedom among nations to enable mankind to renew evolutionary progress, materially, morally and spiritually. --From "The Rural Scene" E. J. Young, Ed. ------ Red Cross volunteers make regular visits to hospitalized service men and distribute cigarettes, stationery, play- ing cards, shaving supplies and other comforts, day, March Hth, at 10.00 am. This competition is open to all" farmers, farmers' sons and daughters resident on farms in Ontario County under 26 vears of age on Maveh 1st, 1955, Good seed, high fertility and sound farm management are essentials in obtaining maximum returns from a farming enterprise. A knowledge of good seed is just as important in sue- cossful farming as a knowledge of rood live stock. z The competition will be divided n- to Junior and Senior Sections with championship awards in both sections. In the senior competition the Champ- ionship Prize, $10.00 toward expenses at the Annual Winter Short Course, 0. A. C,, Guelph, is being donated hy the Ontario County Soil and Crop Tm- provement Association. The high con testant in the Junior Section will he {awarded the Russell Morrison Trophy donated hy Russell Morrvicon, Beaver- | ton. Featured in-the competition will be the Junior Farmer Inter-Club Contest and the Inter-High School Contest Teams from four High Schools and all the Junior Farmér Clubs in the County nie expected to enter. Keen competition for the top awards is an- ticipated, It is hoped that all 1-H Club Mem- bars and Junior Farmers in Ontario County, will take this opportunity to "Know What You Sow", The slogan for this competition is "Good Seed, High Fertility, and Sound Farm Farm In- come", Practices Increase Uxbridge Club Visits Port Perry Tuesday "night of this week, twelve members of the Uxbridge Badminton Club visited the local club for a friend- ly tournament. There were mixed doubles, ladies doubles and men's doubles, played. Some good games were enjoyed and refreshments ware served later, This was a return match as the local elub visited in Uxbridge - some weeks ago. The membership in the loeal Bad- minton Club has not been very strong this year. If there are any young couples in town or in the district in terested in playing badminton, just drop around to the Port Perry High School gym some Tueday night for a game or Lwo, Hoes os 4 " ky Rv " - CR na es A San i Sg A RR Ki v ey Y te ge Sa pe adi oe oh phy . fend) Fees pt Sa