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"n Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association A a, NOTES AND COMMENTS anything before he has to, ' bout what he owes the government and is t ; dround to- filng his papers. gettin . since this experignce is one to escaped us, One such aspect is to be found in thie optimism of our Minister of Finance, Mr. A close. examination of 'his bud- _ "get speech indicates that while he is ap-. parently budgetting for a deficit he really » expects an upsurge in Canadian affairs which might conceivably give us one of "Harris. those surpluses that carried higher spheres. Although Canada has experienced one' "of its worst winters . . the kind of winter that used to bring our economic wheels to a grinding halt with-seasonable unemploy- ment that made us look like a nation of a dispossessed leisure class. of, this, employment remained at quite a high level ; the stocK-market suffered only" 'minor jitters which seemed American investigation .of 'rather than from-the state of our economy ; consumers' spending increased and by and . large we weathered the winter as if it might have been a short fall. Western economy seems to need a shot in the arm or a war in the keep it humming, After 'the war we fe- verishly- set about making and buying all Whence Our Teachers How to get teachers. for the new class-- rooms is one of our biggest educational headaches. This problem educational authorities as well as the ents who want qualified teachers 2 in- According to our struct their children. need for teachers about 11 100 high school graduates should go into teaching. We are far from present with every-indication that we will attract fewer not more graduates to the This means that we- 'teaching profession, + will have to. try and recruit the ranks of married women who can be persuaded to return to the classroom on a part-time or femporary basis or from the ranks of those who have not full matricu- lation lured into the profession by promise . 'of easy certification and ments, WEB Why is teaching so ansdtractive to our capable: young graduates? on this question recently conducted in the + States offers these conclusions. + is made unattractive to the ter things malcontented .teachers have to Those malcontents are im- portant out of all relation to their number or the seriousness of their complaints. One say about it. teacher complaining before ents about teaching does incalcuable harm. - And in the strain and stress of classroom teaching it is very easy for -school, teaching in general. "claimed that in guidance work the teach- ing profession is not given phasis as it merits. land us. all in the doldrums; it seems ad: visable that we should search around for something, whieh if it doesn't exactly fill: us with glee, at least permits us to feel that there might he some pleasant aspeets about drawing breath which have hither- The teachers leaning over hackwards to be fair do less than jus-. tice to their own calling. Another thing = Thé Some Short Thoughts A out the Long View This i is income month which means that * 'the average tax- -payer who never does. is thinkihg a- inflation . Andt and then {the which sends to "the offing. likely for find ling circle. invention and technological © these in turn Mr, Abbott to "horse-power; <.we are on th Yet, in spite will do to our to come from stick markets through an a East to really + ~~which has wor is disturbing par: and schools. Ro) : out, of every First, we migl that figure at : gure . grams stress in our society; mittees be set teachers from ~good working other induce-- typed picture and the hated A Symposium classroom can "attractive by imaginative t Teaching yung by bit- in helping the itm 3 right ski pupils or par- the teacher to teachers who SO It iy al want no part as much em- it. IX 'fear of Communism . and more inflation: television boom. are rather quiet and so we have had a slight recession. things are picking up once more. there are those islands in the: Chinese Straits , . . then there is atomic power in revolutionary. at this point western economy should stop to draw a breath .. , but that is no reason - for thinking it has expired. that conditions in the local system be made as attractive as possiljle; that colleges and universities accept "with regard to the problem ; that the gov- crnment do everything possible to insure those things that we had Been without for . over six years. : precédented expanison and unprecedented This backlog brought un- . followed a 'slight recession; Korean War: and: the rising: . . again expansion ... whelped along by the At the moment things ~3 But there are signs that First Before we Know it we are ourselves in another spiral- There is little doubt: that every major discovery brings about vast changes in our society and bring about an enormous ex-. "pansion of our economy. It was thus when -iron gave way to steel; when dobbin was replaced by a motorized version of his when oil began to supersede "coal; when radio made the air to sound; and when television showed the way. Now e brink of harnessing atom power, for peaceful pursuits and what it economy is nothing short of Is it then any wonder that There is every reason for thinking that - Canada in the next five years will pass stounding period of growth and prosperity and we will be very disap- pointed if Mr. Harris' new committee to - study Canada's. e¢onomy doesn't bear out our. eontention--. . , even-if it does report 'after and not before the events. >. ked against making teaching - a papular choice is the old-stereotyped joke and caricature routine directed at teachers . Several remedies have been suggested. it try to discourage the mal- contents from broadcasting their unfav- ourable propaganda; that guidaice pro- the importance of teaching that teacher recruiting com- up in the local high school; some responsibility conditions having régard to salary and tenure as well as standards; "that everybody work to destroy the stereo- of the inhuman-like teacher school. ~ Of course, the individual teacher in the do much to make teaching being a good, enthusiastic, eacher, The teacher who cares more for her pupils than she does for her subject, the teacher who is skilled puipls develop good attitudes lls in learning is recruiting cachers for.the proféssion in an indirect ou very effective manner. -But there are make school so distasteful and their way of life so uninviting that pupils say, "if that's what teaching is,. we of it". . « We have a growing teacher shortage. It is a problem which affects us all. : an well afford todo some thinking about . "We Clipped Comments © GOOD MOTOR MANNERS © Safety men across the United States and Canada are emphasizing the ad: vantages of good "motor manners" as an accident avoiding or accident pre: vention course of conduct. " " No one who hag ever driven a car can deny the pleasant feeling of hav- ing a courteous and thoughtful driver find the way out of an incipient traf- fic difficulty by saying "you first". Nor can any driver deny the warmth kindled by an acknowledging wave from a pedestrian or another motorist, for a patient courtesy extended to them. "Courtesy ¢ can require an effort when one is "out of sorts"--but in the same way as a doctor's prescription---per- haps not so easy to take--starts you out on the road to physical health, so does 'the first courteous step go a + long way to restoring a good, healthy mental attitude.- Ned. H. Dearborn; the President of the National Safety Council, said in an address to a convention of that body, "you and I like to feel at day's end that we have done something use- ful, or that we have done gomeone a good turn, Let ug in the safety field 1c live, then, that the ringing "words 'Well done, good and faithful servant' may be our richest and most gratify- ing "reward in this life." -- Canadian Statesman. ------ DOLLAR AS GAUGE .. A dollar bill has relatively little purchasing power in these days of in- flated values, but it still serves as a measuring stick. For instance, we get a better idea what defence is costing us when we are told that it formed 42 cents of every dollar spent by the central gov- ernment in the 1953-54 fiscal year. Twelve cents went to national welfare and social services and thee cents to pensions for veterans." No details were given by the finance department, to show how the rémaining.4 3 cents wag spent, And here is how the money was raised. Twenty-seven cents of every dollar came from personal income taxes. Another 27 cents was raised by corporation taxes, 20. cents by ex- cise taxes, and 17. cents by customs duties and other taxes. The remain- ing nine cents was received from non. tax revenues and special receipts a credits, / It will be noticed that more than half of the revenue, 54 cents out of ET ay gid every dollar 'to be exact, came from individual income ahd corporation taxes. This serves to' bring out in the open where any tax reduction would provide much welcome relief. --Stouffville Tribune. at Cf Utica (Too late for last wold) A large crowd gathered at the hall Saturday night to honour the newly weds Mr. and Mys. Henry Barnes(nee Mrs.-Alie Osborne of North Carolina). After an evening of dancing Mr. R. Wilbui called Mr, and Mrs. Barnes to the front. ; Larry Kendall read. an address of welcome and then the many shower gifts were presented and opened. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Kendall were in Toronto Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. IR. Pearce and called on Mr. and Mrs, Harry Harper of Oshawa on the way home, Friday evening visitors. at Frank Kendall's" were Larry Kendall 'and friend Trenna Murphy, Ted Roworth and Joan Cadmen, all of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs, John Ballard were at Kendall's one evening last week, Mrs, Wm, Bell is quite ill in Oshawa Hospital. District Doings MARKHAM BY-LAW TO. REGULATE GRAVEL PITS Markham Township Couheil passed a by: slaw on Monday #&fternoon to reg- -| ulate gravel pits within the municipal- ity. The new law requires these pits, to be' fully fenced with barbed wire at | the top of an eight strand fence. Tn addition they ave required to have gates at each entrance and to be pla- carded against trespassers every two hundred feet. ¢ " * ---- FIREMEN ASK LARGER RAISE IN THEIR PAY Bowmanville--A letter was received by Town Council from members of the Bowmanville Volunteer Fire Depart- ment asking for the same raise for them which was given to the Chief and Deputy-Chief under the new pay scale set up .in February, The letteg stated that the firemen appreciated the raise they received but objected to the fact that the increase had not been the sanie Tor all mem- bers. "Are they objecting to the Chief and Deputy-Chief getting too much and them too little?" Deputy- Reeve Wilfrid Carruthers asked. May- "or Nelson Osborne stated that he un- "derstood the firemen were glad to get a raise but thought they should have | gotten as big a raise as the Chicf~antt . Bepity: Chief. TO CONDUCT POSTAL SU RY FY FOR DELIVERY Bowmanville--A field officer of the Postmaster General's Department will conduct a survey. in Bowmanville this summer to see if 'the town has ful- filled the conditions necessary to ob- tain a posthl delivery service, Town Council wis informed at thelr last meeting." The letter notifying council of this step also stated that if the survey revealed these conditions-vere fulfilled consideration would be given to setting up the délivery service. One' of the main conditions is that there be 2,500 points in town to which mail is delivered, : SELL SWATE R WHEEL" Morel, FOR $125,000. IL. G. Found, Po Realty, Ltd, Lindsay annouiicédrecently the sale through his office and a Peterboro firm of Lindsay's only motel," the | Water Wheel, to Peterbore-business- men C: G. Vincent and Erroll Wilson. The sale price of the property, while 'Mr. Found declined to state it, is said to be about $125,000. : Il health of the present owner, a; W. Hinton, who built the motel three years ago and has continued to expand its facilities ever since, was given is the reason for the sale. The de: i, which Mr. Found described as one of 'the largest in the real estate field in recent years in Lindsay, was arranged through his firm and the Austin-El- liott office in Peterboro. WOODVILLE RESIDENT THINKS HE MAY HAVE STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN <A Woodvillegpsident is took its the possibility of his owning a genu- 'ine Stradivarious violin. - Mr. John Owen saw in the Lindsay "Post" where a.violin with the Stradivarius stamp, could possibly be one of some 600 which might still be in existence. The article related that Stradivarius the 'master instrument-maker of his- tory constructed 1,200 violins, but some thousands of violins have been put into circulation since his time, all bearing his "stamp" Rembert. Wur- litzer of New York says there is just "the remotest of remote chances", that any now found would bé "the ren) Me- Coy"/ "worth $75,000. Mr. Owen of Woodville, thinks he may haye one, and is writing to Mont- real for further dota) He says the violin that lie has been playing for 40 years has a stamp (with ! side initial in a separate circle) containing the words: "Antonius Stradivarious, Cre- monensis. Faciebat Anno 1720." (Antonius Stradivarius, Cremona. Made in the year, 1720.") -- 2500 PEOPLE AT LINDSAY HORSE SALE = The second annual sale of the Ont. ario Belgian Association held in Lind- gay on Thursday, Mar. 31 is said by the directors to have been a wonder- ful success. About 2,600 people from all over eastern Canada and parts of the Uni- "ted States were in town to watch the gon, who was a member of the salq committee, horses were sold within' as high as $600, ! MARKHAM TO BAN TOP SOIL | REMOVAL COMMERCIALLY Markham Township Council moved | recently to stop the commercial re- moval of. top soil from farms in the township. : Deputy-Reeve W. L. Clark stated that it was estimated that six hundred acres of good Markham soil "had already béen carried away, Mr, Clark said that denuding a hundred acre farm of 'top soil was a good busi- ness venture as the farm would bring 2s much as $3,000 an acre. At present council has power only top soil. ws All members voiced the 'opinion that the matter was serious. Township solicitor J. D. 'Lucas was present at the meeting and informed council that legislation had passed the Ontario House which would allow council to prohibit the commercial sale of top soil. Council agreed that a bylaw should be drawn to stop the sale, Guaranteed Wage, Says Economist, Is Threat To All TORONTO---""When the Guaranteed Annual Wage is discussed, the cost of Gilbert E, Jackson, economist, warned last week in a nationwide CBC broad- cast, "The Guaranteed Annual Wage may be the' foremost issue now before the people of Canada," Mr. Jackson said. "Poday- few persons know what it is, We have no time tonight 19. de- fine it: But we must talk about it. "Let me describe it briefly. "Basically, the Guaranteed Annual Wage means either of two things-- first, that an employer producing for an uncertain market shall guarantee continuous work for the persons on his. payroll: or secondly, that when work is lacking, these persons shall lar payments: unemployment insuran-. ce benefit from the State--and addi- tional . unemployment compensation from their employer. : "But unless the public bye what is produced, work eannot be guaranteed: and if not--if unemployed workers are to be paid twice while not producing: ment benefit: by.their former employ- er another sum of money, while they no longer produce goods: where 'does the money come' from to ake the second payment ? ? to restrict sub-dividers from rémoving | living of -every Canadian is at stake; |~ veeeive, while unemployed, two regu- by the State, the present unemploy- | What's this fisherman Fisher lias caught. Considering that he is re- garded .as "Mr. Canada", it might be reasonable to expect that he would land, in ona catch, salmon a from Canada's west coast and a lobster from the Maritimes, John Fisher is heard every week over the CBC Trans- Canada Netweyk and is renowned for his' broadcasts on the various aspects of Canadian life, ~ "That money can be got from one source only: by charging more than hefore for the goods which still are being produced. In other words, mak- ing you pay more than beford for what you buy. ) Li urthermore, the law today does not authorize payment of uncinploy- ment benefit by the State to persons already receiving unemployment com- pensation from their employers--even if these persons are not working, . "These are my two chief reasons for opposing the Guaranteed Annual Wage. For.my part, having earned my living during 44 years, 1 desire none 'of it. know that because 1 have been un- employed. All of us are agreed on that. But the Guaranteed Aniual Wage contains no remedy. "There are two great industries-- wide _seasonal fluctuations. "If the Guaranteed Annual Wage could prevent workers from being laid off, both industries need the Guaran- teed Annual Wage. "But nobody now suggests estab- lishing it in either of these industries, because everybody sees that it just could not .be done there. "Taday's -campaign for a Guaran- 'teed Annual Wage is launched hy one Union--the United Automobile Work- ers. Most of its members make mo- tor cars: your cars. You Canadians who buy ears pay these.men's wages. HOLIDAYS to coast across the country sunny hat relaxing annual break known ag the "summer holidays". located at famed resort throughout Canada, a wide price range, with some going ' riding, sun bathing, tennis--all the: | summer holiday pasttimes--including Soon to jopeh from June 14 to Sept. 7. gale and to purchase 105 horses of all open are the Canadian Pacific Rail- | left shows guests at the Dighy Pines "hole, St: Andrew's- by-the-sea course, breeds. According to Mr, N. G. wil-' way's hotels, inns; chateau and lodges | Hotel at Digby, N. 8,,.open this sea- site of the Algonquin Hotel, open 4, enjoying from June 15 to Sept. Golf, swimming, | themselves taking the sun or lazing thrills to experts and duffers alike, Shuffle. as the course is of championship cali- centers | gon from June 22 to Sept. ficent scenery ---await the vacationers, adian ow the swimming pool. "Unemployment is a bad thing. I] loging and construction--which have, BECKON: From coast thé serenity of just enjoying magni- Hotel always have a hard time keep- 2 they get the Guaranteed Annual Wage (make'nogffistake) you pay the shot. . "The ra lists each month average earnings per hour in 52 manu- facturing industries. "You should know that average carnings are less in all but one of these industries, than in the motor ve- hicle industry. "The latest figures are: Average of all manufacturing 'industries ............ $1.41 per hour; The motor vehicle industry... $1.74 per hour. "Perhaps public opinion may pres- sure some employers into swallowing the Muaranteed Annual Wage. The public which buys the products of these employers then will foot the bill. "Or public opinion can support em- ployers. who decline to take on the Guaranteed Annual 'Wage--thus not adding to the cost of your cars, but leaving men on. the "production line who build cars, still better, paid than - most Canadians who -buy cars. "Tonight T wish to drive home just one point. This campaign, or what- 'ever you call it, for the Guaranteed Annual Wage is not the business of some employers, nor of some employed It is the business of all Can- adiari men and women. When it is discussed, your cost of living is at stake, too." Persons, ing their minds on the game with skies and balmy summer days will Upper left photo shows a couple ca- such beautiful sights as the Bow River goon be calling Canadians away from | noeing on beautiful. Lake Louise in and the Rocky Mountains to distract fhe hurry and scurry of workday life the C anadian Rdckies, where the Can- their Pacific's famous Chateau is summer resort will be open from May Lower attention. This magnificent 31 to Sept. 16. Golfing on the 18- 7, provides board enthusiast at the Banff Springs bre but teed 'for average players too. v fy Yo - ~ -_- .