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STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, October 18th, 1955 « dl NOTES AND COMMENTS . The Dominion- Provincial Deadlock x The Lib al' Government is ~ placing itself in an impossible' position in holding the kind of Ottawa conflab that took place last week behind the little iron curtain in. our august capital, ' There were many reasons why the gov- ernment thought it was good business to get the ten premiers around -a conference table away trom the press to discuss the urgent business of taxation and financial grievances as well as the topic of Health Insurance which is now becoming a major issue in Canadian politics. The Govern- ment wished to placate Quebec but felt that it could not do so without submitting like opportunities to- the other provinces-- especially the perennial have-nots of the Maritimes. But the other Piovineit though ap- parently willing to enter into some new deal, were reluctant to yield what they already had. . Politically they just couldn't for the opposition leaders would be quick to make comparisons which just couldn't be explained away. Now the Government is committed to Why Bother to Read? A group of teachers from Scugog and Reach Townships met last month in Prince Albert school. Among other things of their program they enjoyed a talk by Mrs. St. John, librarian of the Uxbridge library. Her subject was 'This Question of Read. ing. 'T'his sounds prosy indeed in a day when television and wide-screen movies hold the lime-light. It is prosy or even worse, stodgy to bother with reading? Is is on the other hand more vital than we think; more nearly front page news than we give it credit for being ? Television and the movies have not hurt our reading habits as much as we are in- "clined to think. "Public Libraries are used Pde than they were a few years ago; echnical books alone are loaned out in - much greater numbers. A broader base of the population is reading--not as much as they might but certainly in much great- cr numbers, They may read aairly low level but by and.large books generally and magazines generally are a pretty big business. European people read about five times as much as we do according to some recent figures, still our paper companies publishing Houses do not appear to Ole go- Es negotiation by letter until such time as it seemssadvisable to call a new conference. In the meantime things are more up in the air than before the holding of the talks. I'rost, Premier of Ontario, who had a very tangible. scheme for a Health Insur- ance plan has now new ammunition®with which to bedevil the Liberals; Duplessis has preserved the autonomy of the I'rench at no greater cost than heretofore; the others have arguments to show that the national government isn't prepared to do 'much for their previnces. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent has failed to achieve any acclaim for his party through the talks. As a matter of fact --they have served it seems to cut the na- tional Liberal Party off from the electors who are, after all, residents of provinces. The type of Conference held in Ottawa must take a very different course if the Liberals are not to weaken their hold on power. The talks achieved nothing save to show that when it comes to dealing with national issues the Liberal party has a tough row to hoe and so far it's been-every- thing but a straight furrow. . Our own Ambrose Hill who writes the little column "Of Many Things" has in- fluenced at least three people we know to buy a book of which he commented a short time ago. As long as people are curious about the-world in which we live or about themselves we will have readers, for the true delight of a book is that it does unfold quietly before our eyes. We can read and re-read its pages; not like the moving pic- ture which flashes by and is gone; not like the fleeting experience which never returns to be lived again. The book is there to be explored and re-explored until we are satis- fied, Moreover it may open the door to friendship with- someone when we least expect it to happen, a- friendship full of tremendous possibilities and much joy. Books are practical friends for if you read intelligently you can communicate with more people on a friendly basis. We all come and go pretty freely these days. We are accustomed to meet strangers from all walks of life in our travels. The man who can enjoy these contacts is the man who is able to speak easily on many sub- jects, If he has read widely he has a much greater chance of finding the topic ' "1 0 CEL TE TI Ire Clipped Comments . ly, as it -is the strength which lies "receptive to the 'many requests for make up the life of their community, «2 thanks, coming events and classified advertising, weeklies never fail to lend their sup- 'the community and many a water- "read and reread and kept in a safe - the highways safe for law-abiding 3 ing bankrupt. that will awaken the interest, COMMUNITY SERVICE Service to their community is the 'foundation on which the weekly news- papers of Canada were built original- behind their operation today. Depend- ing on their advertising revenue for their financial backing they are still write ups, and advance publicity for the great variety of events which From notices of birth, marriage and death, through the list of cards of the weekly newspaper gives a picture of the life of the town. It reports the meetings of council, school boards, Chamber 'of Commerce, churches. and service clubs. The port to any project for the good of works system, hospital, school, swim- ming pool or other service would not have been carried to a successful con- clusion without their active support. Unless it renders this service the newspaper is without life and without purpose, It was instituted to carry the news and to serve its community and, in doing so, it becomes your fin- est .and most . effective advertising medium, - For along with its accounts of individual events in its village or town it offers the "tailored to mea- sure" service of a paper which will be place against the home-coming of those more gophisticatéd members' of the family who have gone farther a- field. Whatever its circulation, it stands high in readership and do long as its first consideration is service this will continue to be the case, --Canadian Statesrian; ' ON THE PROVINGIAL LEVEL | SOME 'ACTION 18 TAKING PUACR{ 3 Ontario's new Attorney General, Hon. Kelso Roberts, has lost no time in grasping one of the most pressing tasks facing the province--to make motorists, His proposal to bring the Provincial 1 to see that it does not actually kill Police force up to strength with an additional 160 men and to assign most of them to. traffic, duty is a step in the right direction' to reduce the ap: palling number of accidents. "The motorist with an urge for speed, the motorist inclined to be reckless with his own life and the lives of others, is likely to be-seen by an of- ficer and to be penalized by the courts' for his offense. On the highway, however,she feels free to cut loose, to step on the gas, to ignore safety rules, on the fairly well grounded as- sumption that there are no officers to check him. g It is this sense of irresponsible fides dom that has to be curbed, and it can only be curbed by replacing officers on the highway, not behind bushes but where they can be seen and, by being seen, exercise a restraining influence. The carefree motorist is not going to be quite so carefree if he suspects that at the crest of the hill or the curve is a police officer ready to deal with him. Law enfofcement on the highways ghould not be merely a matter of chas- ing speeders. Upon it the safe and sane motorist depends for' protection. He is entitled to protection, to travel on a highway knowing that he is un- der the protection of the law. The safety of the sane motorist has been lost sight of in the campaign against the reckless driver. He should be pursued without let-up, but he has already done: his damage to the sane motorist. Prevention also must be the aim, the prevention of motorists from behaving like idiots on the high- way. A car is a potentially lethal weapon. The full force of the law is necessary and maim. The policeman on the road is the sane motorist's safeguard, Attorney General Roberts evidently takes his view and, it is encouraging to note, proposes to put it into effect. --Stouffville Tribune. o Your CARS PARTNER District Doings Wtilities BOWMANYILLE STREETS TO _BE DECORATED BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE © Decoration of Bowmanville's main street for the Christmas season is al- ready being planned by the Bowman- ville' Chamber of Commerce, it was re- vealed at un meeting of the Executive held in the Chamber Town Hall on Monday night. Ken Nicks, Chairman of the Retail Merchants Committee, reported that he had been in touch with the Public Committee regarding the possibility of putting brackets on the street light standards for the mount- ing and lighting -of Christmas trees. He stated that these brackets .could also be used for decorating the town on other special occasions such as the Bowmanville Centennial in 1957. Mr. Nicks was instructed to investi- gate this matter fully and find out what the total cost of such a project Tvould be, STOUFFVILLE'S POLICE COST TO SKYROCKET IN 1956 According to a communication re- ceived by Stouffville Manicipal Coun- cil on Monday evening, Provincial Po- lice costs in town are slated to sky- rocket in 1956. The notifcation from the Ontario Dept. stated that under the 1966 contract, Stouffville would be called on to pay $4,000 for each constable as against the present $3,- 460, and mileage on the local cruiser would be increased from Ge, a mile to Te. a mile, Mileage last month on this car was, 1,800 miles. The Stouffville contract expires on Dec, 31st and council will meet in spe- cial session on Oct. 17th to deal with this important matter, "It's far too much money," declared councillor Burk, OAKWOOD PUCK STAR PICKS HAMILTON . At the conclusion of the "64-56 hoek- ey season Harold Jenkins, the 17-year old hockey star for Oakwood signed a tentative agreement with "Hap" Em- ms, of the Barrie Fliers, acting for Boston Bruins, "offices in the|: Jenkins recently signed with Jack Adams of the Detroit [Red Wings and is at present in the hockey camp at Hamilton, where he is expected to play with, the A's.. Last season Jenkins | was the 'star. 'on two championship +4-teams from Cannington, the Midget and the Juvenile. He weighed at the time 180 and now w¥ighs 190. Harold Jenkins Sr., states that the switch to Hamilton and the Red Wings was made because of better Nigh school possibilities, better chancé to pursue his vocal studies and an im- proved financial basis. Jenkins is keenly interested in the Hockey Home for junior players established at Ham- ilton by the Detroit Club. APPOINTED TO GOV'T COMMISSION Stouffville -- Dr, I, H, Van Nos- trand, former chairman of the Whit- church Twp. Planning - Board, has been appointed by Premier Frost a member of a three-man commission to study the possibility of the establish- ment of a clinic at the Ontario Hospi- tal, Queen Street W., Toronto, for the treatment of sex deviates. The Com- mission will be headed by Dr, McKin- non Philips, Minister of Health. Dr. Van Nostrand resigned his post on the Whitchurch Board some time ago to assume the position of Director of Neurology for the Dept, of Reform Institutions. ' a un DRIVER FINED FOR 2 OBSTRUCTING STOU P FYILLE FIRE TRUCK ;: A Willowdale vel wh driver, Pascuole Convertini was convicted and fined in Newmarket court recently for obstructing the progress of the Stouff- ville fire engine. The charge was laid by Fire Chief Bill Malloy back on December 9th of last year. The bri- gade was rushing to a fire west of town when they overtook the loaded gravel truck. In spite of the warn- ing siren, the driver failed to give the fire engine the necessary right-of-way. Chief Malloy noted the license number) of the truck and turned it over to Constable Jas. Stewart of the Stouff- ville Police, It was one of the few convictions of its kind to be heard in Newmarket Court. . ---- POISONED FOOD KILLS MINK FOR HEAVY LOSS Nearly 1,000 mink, whose ots are worth $256 each when the animals are mature, were lost through food pois- oning last week by three mink ran- chers near Orono, when about 700 of his animals died from the contaminated food. ~~ Fred Lycett and Cal Myles lost 300 between them, Mr. Knox stated that the mink were being "fed whale meat, horse meat, fish and cereal and that any one of these foods may have caused the poisoning. Samples of the feed were gent to the Ontario Veterinary, Col- lege, Guelph, to be analyzed, but no report has yet been received. The animals will not be a total loss, 'Mr. Knox said, as they had developed quite a bit of fur and the owners dressed the skins and will obtain what they can for them. He has been rais- ing mink for 14 years and this was the first time he has had any loss from. food poisoning. "I'm lucky 'I didn't lose the whole 2,000,,, he said. "The feed was mixed in two batches instead of one and one of the batches was contaminated". -- PICKERING TWP. ASSESSMENT UP HALF MILLION Pickering Township asséssnient is up $690,368.08 this year according to the official roll [returned to council by Assessment Commissioner Delbert Gauslin on Monday. Total Twp. as- sessment now stands at $10,636,835.90. Population figures are also up, n- creasing 485 to stand at 12,874, The assessment officer reported that the gain in assessment was primarily due to mew building.- 'Average new house assessment in the municipality is about $3,000, ------ | CORRECTION FOR OUR DISTRICT DOING, OCT. 6th INTERESTED FIRM NOT COULTERS The firm representatives who visit- ed Stouffville last week and this, con- cerning the purchase of a factory site, did not represent the Coulter Mfg. Co. The firm which they are interested in starting would be¥entirely divorced from their connection with the Coulter Co, in Oshawa, Speaking to The Tribune, a oniskess man for the proposed company stated that -in many instances locally, the landprices they have been asked are much higher than elsewhere and even more than they can huy city property with rail facilities, with the Burlington B's and possibly |° Charlie Knox was the Snide loser | O'BRIEN AND FRIENDS The Alouettes' Harold Patterson (left) and Sam Etcheverry (right), the greatest passing-catching combi- nation in: Canadian football, explain to CBC commentator darry O'Brien their famous passing attack. Patter- son and Etcheverry were named Cana- dian football's 1954 'Pair of the Year. O'Brien is a top name in sports also; every week he is in charge of CBC's Sportspage on the Trans-Canada net- work, a program o finterviews and sports news, with on-the-spot reports from commentators across the coun- try. Besides his radio duties, O'Brien Lis a well-known magazine writer and thus a-column in the Montreal Star. Scugog News Seugog Home and School Associa- at the Head School at 8.30 p.m. Lunch committee is Mrs. O. Michie, Mrs. Rita Reader and Mrs. Elsie Pogue. Don't forget to bring any. suggest- ions or idea for our suggestion box. Mr. and*Mrs. Robert Knowles Jr. of St. Catharines and Mr. Walter Know- les of Toronto spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Neil Lamont, Mr. and Mrs. Cam Aldred and fa- mily spent Thanksgiving in Oshawa with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Broadbent. Choir practice is td" be held on Thursday evening at 8.30 sharp at the church. Miss. Sondra James now with the Oshawa School of Nursing spent the Thanksgiving week-end with her pac- ents My, and Mrs, Cyril James. Visitors over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs, C. Li: Fralick were Mr. and- Mrs. C. N. Ross and daughter of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Maundrell and family of Whitby. Next Sunday, chukch service will be held and a student from Toronto will be preaching. Mrs. Wm. Nott and Mrs. Wilson Gerrow visited on Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. C. L, Fralick. The October meeting of the W.A. was held at the home of Irene Carter with 16 members and two visitors present. "The meeting opened with the hymn, tion will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 197 will. be held at the home of Mabel r ing were then read, and our roll call which began with the word October, was taken. Thank you notes were read from Geraldine Espie and Earl Reader. Miss Adams also sent thanks to the members for flowers and cards sent on her birthday. Our bus trip to hear Billy Graham was discussed, then Betty read a greet- ing from the new President of the Dominion Council.© We decided to pack a carton of clothing for Over- seas Relief at our next meeting, which Graham. We also decided to send for a new hook from the Presbytery, entitled "Fellowship or Fission". Articles from our bazaar were dis- played and most of them were pur- chased by our members, The program began with the hymn "Jesus Lover of My Soul". Ethel Red- man then gave us. some enjoyable stories from "Fun Fare." Murs. Col- lins ead a poem entitled "Woman's 0f Many Things By Afabrose Hills MIDDLE MEN Even good Christians do not seem to extend their lovingkindness to in- clude weather men, tax collectors, exe- cutioners, lawyers or middle men. All are cast out into the cold, éspecially middle men. Weathermen get back at us for our lack of affection by crying 'told you so' after a predicted storm. Tax col- lectors and public. executioners have the means to punish our coldness, Lawyers get their day in court, Middle men must simply learn to 'take it' from all sides, Farmers say potatoes, so inexpen- sive in the garden lot, are too darn steep entirely when served up Julienne at restaurants. Housewives snort that beef on the: hoof is cheap, but just look at the price my butcher charges -- and then she raises heck if bones are not re- moved, fat carefully trimmed off, and tender meat wrapped carefully in beautiful transparent film, Middle men can never expect to be loved. They bring us only intangi- bles. They save some of the elusive garden-fresh'taste of potatoes by care- ful handling and packing. They. bring us meat in tins or transparent wrap- ping, cut to our taste, refrigerated, graded. They advertise and promote sales--a job that farmers, themselves, are now recognizing. as important. And often, in their hustle to earn an income, they reduce prices. Even for- mer luxuries like oranges and, grape frujt, 'have been: brought within the reach of ordinary families: through the marketing and handling skill of eagrer, if unloved, middle men. Consumers might some day relent and give the devil his due. And if producers, by ganging up, finally squeeze the middle men right out of the picture . . . consumers will be SOrTY. Producers too, unless they learn some of the middle-man's sell- Work". Ruth Heayn conducted a "guess the object" contest, which Joyce Heayn won, and the contest of famous names was given by Myrtle Manns, and won by Mrs. Collins, | A delicious lunch was then served by Mrs. Collin's group. The Head Sunday School classes were filled to capacity last Sunday morning, for the Thanksgiving Day message. We were glad to see so many of our friends from Portview out, but we are also sad to know that they will be leaving us for the winter months. _ "Dear Lord and Father of mankind". Mrs. Collins read our Scripture from Philippians, and- the story, of the month entitled "The Face: Mirrors Character". Minutes of our last meet- Mrs. KE. Reader spent last woke end with her mother in Barrie. ' Myr. and Mrs, C. Carter and family spent Thanksgiving Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. Best, at Burlington. ing methods. ~Fact is, we'd all miss middle-men more than 'we realize. Just the same, they'll never he loved. They'll receive mighty few flowers for the living, It is much more fun for all of us to have some- one to blame when prices are high. Middle men make good whipping boys. EASTERN CANADA TELEVISION SCHEDULE FOR REMAINING RUGBY GAMES-- Telecast Date Teams Game Date Oct; 15, Toronto -at-Montreal -Oct.-15 Oct." 16 Win'peg at Vancouver Oct. 10 Oct. 23, Hamilton at Ottawa Oct. 22 Oct. 30, Hamilton at Montreal Oct. 29 Nov. b,. Toronto at Ottawa Nov. & Nov. 6 Regina at' Win'peg Oct. 29 -STEADY CONTROLLED cally. FROM YOUR LIVING ROOM The "blue coal' TEMP- MASTER changes furnace controls automatl- Saves time -- saves sleps--goon pays for Itself. 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