The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

tar re Nl st pe et -------- a Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspapers , Association THE STAR E DITORIAL PAGE Thursday, October 20th, 1955 kg More Public Statements ~~ & The recent meeting at Bethany Town NOTES AND ~ Hall to discuss-TA highway illustrates the - need for the Ontario Department of High- ways. tobe more explicit about its road- building ard road maintenance program. It doesn't matter in what section of the province-you live the story about the roads is still the same. ' You never know what's. going on till suddenly a construction gang moves in and begins to tear something up. Slowly over a period of some three months the sporadic operations begin to take some sort of 'shape and with the aid of a good lively imagination you can begin to picture what is being attempted. During this time all sorts of rumors are circulated but of- ficialdom itself is silent and uncommuni-. cative. scems to be its inviolate motto. And thus it has been with 7A. Over the past ten years hit and miss operations have been at work in playing at fixing up the road that cuts down behind our main "Street; at straightening out the stretch in front of Cavan; in constructing a beaiti- ful approach to Bethany from the east which was never properly surfaced; and in raising the road at several places where it threatened to sink away. Every one of . these operations seem to herald an honest effort by the Department. to tyrn the road: into decent highway and every one was an abortive attempt. '. The Approach of Winter \ It is interesting to compare nature's pre- parations for winter with man's. Ll n Old Mother Nature (a scientist told us Tell nothing and admit nothing that to talk in terms of old Mother Nature . was just sentimental nonsense -- but the Wordsworthian strain is too strong). Well, to repeat, Old Mother Nature strips for winter--to speak in a very general way. The trees shed their leaves, the fields yield up their harvest and stand gaunt and bare, the rivers and streams are but pallid ghosts of their former splendid selves, The whole bleak panorama has a. sere and withered face and settles down with that dreary look silént to wait the coming of the gl The important linkage from Port Perry. COMMENTS 4 to Peterborough is-léss than thirty miles and in the period of ten years the people of this area have merited a better deal than the Department has seen fit to grant them, If the Department plans a fifty year de- velopment of this road and if it intends a piece-meal program taking out a curve and. eventually a hill there until the road is passably straight and fairly level at which time it will seriously consider sur- facing the whole then it should make this clear. As a matter of fact the people of the province would probably support whole- heartealy the Departments short term and long term plans if it only had some inkling of what they were. The delegation which plans to visit Queen's Park should go with a strong de- termination to get a clear statement of what the Department is going to do. Then this statement should receive wide pub- licity. This would be a service not only to the local community but to all communities in the province. The lack of information reflects discre- dit upon the policy and the procedures of the Ontario. Department of Highways, a Department which in many other respects is,a very fine one indeed. winter wrappings, Out come the storm windows, out comes the insulation, out come the oil trucks, the coal trucks, fur- nace men and plumbers. . bins are loaded and wood-piles grow. Tanks are filled, Once the house is dressed for winter we 'begin to think about our own clothing. Out from the storage plants come the winter coats and the fur wrappings, out from the closets and the trunks and chests come the children's winter togs. Onée-the clothing bee is over we begin to look to our winter equipment. skates still' fit? 'the skiis in? TAXES COME FIRST ,price of the goods, before we ever see fair dealing. _ ings will have to be paid. "~~ Whenever government health in- Snows. . How different it is with us. We bustle around like a lot of pre-bccupied ants. We bustle around clearing up the grounds and after having attained some a decent tidiness we begin ~~ the toboggans such a simple semblance of "wintering the to. put on our ' affair. a Do the What kind of shape ave ~ What about the sleighs and: ? And the hockey sticks? Yes, it's rather strange that nature has formula for getting ready for winter when with us the problem of winter is quite an involved e a Clipped Comments THEN BLESSINGS hai We have befora'its a tax-notice in- forming us of the amount of the cur- rent year's taxes on a farm, In a prominent position at the top of the notice are the words, "Taxes. come first." Those words on the -official tax notices of the municipalities are a salutary reminder to.the farmers, that debts, in the form of unpaid taxes, take precedence of all. other obliga- tions. Rent, food, clothing, fuel, hos- pital bills, everything we have to pay for, must yield first to thartaxs col- lector. i ; ; In order that people might not for- | get what kind of creditors govern. ments are, it wouldbe 'well if a similar reminder could be attached to Bh the direct andgindirect taxes they: . quired to ih Income vance 'out of the worker's wages months before anyone knews whether or not his income will be taxable at all, : Sales taxes on the goods: we buy are collected from the manufacturer or the merchant, .and added to the them. If goods are sold"on credit, and the purchaser is unable to pay for them, the party who has advanced the taxes has added them: to-his losses, The government takes ne risks, and pays no share of the cost of eoting the taxes it imposes. Truly 'taxes come firat,"" even béfore justice and When politicians come before us with offers of néw blessings in ex- change for votes, the voters should in- sist on knowing how they will fare if they are unable to pay the taxes out of which the cost of such new bless: --The Rural Scene, FREE LOADERS BOOST TAXES surance schemes have been tried, a common problem has been that many y. i ach xes are' 3% fH ad: tage of the "free" and made it diffi- cult for the doctors and hospitals to provide adequate care for those who really need it. Apparently Saskatche- wan"s government! health scheme is no exception, Reports from that Province show that people are flocking to the hospitals to have teeth out. Last year teeth pulling ranked third among operations performed in Saskatchewan hospitals. Government-financed health schemes produce their own problems. No doubt the best medical care is that the individual provides - for himself and Afamily--either entirely on his own or through' the voluntary health insur- ance plans. For the great majority, putting the state in.the health insur- ance business will not mean that they have any better or any cheaper medi- cal or hospital care than is now pos- sible fpr them. It will mean that the hardworking, 'responsible citizen will be taxed to pay the way for the free loader, CL _ Which is not/to@ay that thelinfigent do not deserve state medical care-- which they now receive, 3 . 7 --Canadian Statesman. FRIENDS OF THE PLOUGH The Cobourg Sentinel-Star publish- ed the following editorial, which idea was inspired by T. D. Thomas, Presi- dent of the World -Ploughing Organi- zation, We think it contains some splendid suggestions which we pass on for the consideration of Star readers. Following the dedication of The Golden Plough and The Cairn of Peace on September 12, 1966, at Cobourg, the first Chapter of an organization, to be known as Friends of the Plough, was formed, People everywhere in all walks of life, men and women who till the soil and work on farms, those who are em- ployed in factories, village peopla, townspeople, city people, industridi leaders, the man on the street and the man in the pulpit, all find a common bond in the symbol of the Plough, The Plough is the unit of industry, it is a pattern of peace, it i3 the friend of man, ' The Plough is the key to the good 'people--assuming that someone elge 3 -- paying the shot--have taken advan- abundant to-man, ~~ The Atom Bomb can summon death] and total annihilation of the human race. The Plough is a symbol, a sym- bol of productive enterprise-and peace= ful fellowship. There is only one choice for us all, if we wish to live, Friends of the Plough will perpe- tuate the Cairn of Peace dedicated here last week, in the name of the Plough, They will form an auxiliary to The World Ploughing Organization. The first chapter of this world or- ganization is being formed in Cobourg, Interested people may contact the editor of the Cobourg newspaper. Manchester . Mr. and Mrs, Schnapp of Buffalo were with their sister in-law Mrs. Viola Schnapp for a few days recent- ly. Ei Mrs. Kerr and daughter and Mrs, Nutkin all of London were YLuests of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Christie last week. Mrs. H. O, Dobson and Mr. Harold Dobson were in! London last week. Mr. and Mrs, W. F, Crosier attend- ed the funeral of the late Donald Mac- Millan in Toronto last Friday. There was a good attendance at Church on Stinday morning to hear a very fine sermon. Mr. Newman of Toronto was the student speaker and will preach again next Sunday at 10 a.m. In spite of bad weather a goodly 'number were at the, hall on Friday night to honor a recent bride and groom Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mid- gley. The guests of honor were pre- sented with a china cabinet and a pair of table-lamps for which they expres- "88d thanks and appreciation, Danec- ing was followed by lunch, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Silby, Oshawa and Mr, and Mrs. A. Tippett and daughter of Toronto were with Mr. and Mrs, McCartney on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, E. Midgley, Misses Carol Midgley and Miriam Bonell were in Toronto to hear Billy Graham-on 'Friday evening. re Several from this district enjoyed the turkey dinner at Utica on Satur- District Doings J WHITBY FIRE LOSS - JLOWEST IN PROVINCE 4 "There is no town in the Province of Ontario was a lower fire-loss rating than Whitby," In these words, Warren Mowat, Secretary of "Whitby Volunteer Fire Brigade summed up the fire preven- tion situation in Whitby, at the close of Five Prevention week. "The people in towns" Mr. Mowat said, "are a great help to the fire depgrtment, as we are particularly fire-coriscious, calling the department at any sign of a fire out- break, and thus preventing a major blaze." ) : In the past year, Mr. Mowat went on, the Whitby Fire Department, ve- ceived 34 alarm calls, and about the same number of non-alarm calls. Non- alarm calls; he explained, were when a small fire had started, or when some- one was having trouble with a heater, and did not wish to alert the whole department, The department on re- ceiving such calls, sends some men out to deal with the trouble. - Of the 34 alarms, there were only two serious fires in town this year. These were both house fires, and no personal injuries were caused by the fires. sl Mr. Mowat admitted that the big- gest factor in Whitby's low fire da- mage record was in the efficiency of the, Department, which, considering the fact that the members live in dif- ferent parts of town, is quite remark- able. In the'last year the fire trucks never arrived at a blaze more than seven minutes after the alarm sound- ed, a record which, Mr. Mowat said, is seldom paralleled by paid fire depart- ments, 4 oy -- RIPE RASPBERRIES IN UXBRIDGE 4 The warm days of this autumn has been considered responsible for nature becoming confused and because of that reports are being printed in various section of the country 'about fruit and vegetables maturing at the "wrong season of th eyear: Uxbridge is, not to be outdone. , : On Tuesday morning, Mr. A. Ashen- hurst brought into the Times-Journal a healthy looking stem of fully ripen- cd raspberries which he had: just pick- ed. from his garden, The stem held seven plump, red berries, all fully ma- turned; . (Incidentally, October ripen- ed raspberries are delectable.) i OSHAWA'S POPULATION gras The assessment value of land, build- in_1956 by -more than $8,325,850 to a record high total of $74,326,850. ) These figures were released by As- sessment! Commissioner W. E. Kerr and will provide the, basis for next year's taxation levies. i ' After deducting the exempt assess- ments, 'the taxable assessment for 19556 shows an increase of $3,431,000. Other important details revealed in the commisgioner's report are: Population of the city showed an in- the last assessnient, bringing the total to 47,361. E EDUCATIONAL PLAN FOR. MAILING LETTERS - Bowmanville Post Office is one of two in Canada chosen for a campaign by the Canadian Postal Department to educate those using the mails to ad- dress their letters .and parcels fully and correctly. In Bowmanville and LaSarre, Quebec beginning on October 17, the post of- fice employees will scrutinize all in- coming mail for a month. Any mail which is incorrectly addressed will be marked with a rubber stamp contain- ing" the following message: 'Please have your mail Addressed Fully to Box Number, Rural Route or General Delivery." The piece of mail will then be handed to the person to whom it is addressed, along with a change of address card provided by the Post Office, which the individual is. sup- posed to fill in with his propéi and complete address'and send to the per- gon who gave the incorrect address on: the letter, Postmaster George Vice stated that the special gerutiny of incoming mail and stamping of incorrectly addressed pieces will .continue for a month, ceiving mail will have it looked over at least twice.. Mr. Vice will make a report to the Canadian Postal Depart- ment by-December-8rd on the results of the month-long educational cam- paign. A further report will be made in January or February as to whether ing the addressing of letters coming earth, it unlocks the soil, it brings life day evening, here, : ings and business in Oshawa increased | crease-of 1280 during the year -since| pon BE During this period each person re-|. - the campdign was effective in improv- |' Time Flies! me & 1ies: Just around 'the corner, of old friendships, ° worthwhile without them, is it? Let us know where you are and what you are doing now. We don't expect you to be famous but we do "It's good to be in touch with people we used to know back home." rn Xn Friends of Mr, & Mrs. D. B. Henry, at one time mgr, of the Royal Bank, Port Perry, subsequently of Kincar- dine, Ontario will be interested to hear of Mr, Henry's retirement from the 'bank .in December of this year. Miss Marie Henry is a Public Health nurse in Collingwood. ' Braeden Henry is with the Travel- levs' Insurance Co, John Henry is with the Royal Bank in Chippewa. --X-- Mrs. John Beard, Montreal, former- ly Miss Caroline McDermot, was in town recently visiting Miss Adams, The family owned the house on Coch- rane Street before 'it was purchased by Mr, Cyril Jeffrey. i -- Ye Mr. and Mrs. Albert Napier who spent a few weeks in Port Perry this summer have an unusual and delight- ful way of living. During the winter they work in one of New York's ex- clusive Department stores and spend most of their summers at their lovely home in Scotland. Everyone is settled in their usual : routine 'once more and Christmas is Perhaps we could have a few more letters from you this month to add to our column Life isn't very want your friends to be able to say: ! -- | ' FALL CHANGEOVER to have to go a bit more formal now that fall is here. During thie summer, when "Pick the Stars" was an informa) Well, it looks like CBC Television's easy emcee Dick" MacDougal is going show, MacDougal took advantage of it by wearing some pretty casual clothes; now that the show is back 'to its regular format, Marsha Spiegel is on hand with a suit for MacDougal to wear as the second talent-hunt season gets under way. Nancy Kight -- Toronto Teachers' College, Toronto. - Bob Gibson--Queen's, Engineering. June Painter -- Western: Hospital, Toronto, oo . Paul Peel--0.A.C. Guelph .Joan Chapin -- Wellesley-Hospita], Toronto. - Daniel McCombe -- University of Toronto, Physical Ed. Dian Boyd-- University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. Anne Fairweather (yes, it's Sandy's daughter)--training at the Civic in --X-- - r Noticed among the - Thanksgiving visitors were Mr. & Mrs. Frank Slem- "| mon and Dawn, Mr. and Mrs. W. I, Hunter all of OttaWh and guests of Mrs C. C. Jeffrey. Mr. Daniel McCombe of Toronto visiting his grandmother Mrs. Real. Mr. Gary Lawrence of Kingston. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bell of Ottawa visiting in Blackstock. "Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller of Tor- Mrs. Thelma McFadden of Toronto nnd Mr, and Mrs. M. M. Boyd, Gary and Dian of Ottawa visiting Mr. and | Mrs. I. A. Boyd. Mr. Harold Woon, Stoney Creek, with his parents. bh | w---- - Flight-lieutenant and Mrs. W. G. Real have been transferred from Camp | Borden to London Ontario. 1 ALE TPE into vb Mrs, [Lila Scobel,-of Ottawa will, visit this week with Mrs-W, H. Har vis and Mrs, C. C. Jeffrey: +o ff i Ron ry . Congratulations go to Mr. and Mrs. John Harris, Oshawa on the recent celebration of their twenty-fifth wed- ding anniversary, pe --_---- ------ We wish hon voyage to a group of | our young pegple who are. embiarking' on their careers this fall. Kent Gerrow -- Toronto Teachers' College, Toronto. ) onto with Mr..and Mrs. Love. i Ottawa, --K-- Sympathy is extended to the Rev. Clifford and Mrs. Smith of Grand Bend at the passing of Mrs. Smith's father, Mr. W. A. Evans. Mr. Evans was ninety-one and had taught for many years at Humberside Collegiate ; Toronto. Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills "a newspaper | learned at some time in their lives A LESSON Tr While you may never want to be man, you might still learn a valuable lesson from the ex- perience of my friend George. It is a lesson all the really important men ' but George was forced into it, Determined to be a journalist, he talked himself into a job with the weekly paper 'in his hoiie town; and soon was able to persuade the editor to Tet him write a little column of his own. Fach weekend George would ro to the library 'to get ideas' for his column, They always looked pretty good in print, but no one in the town seemed very impressed. Young George was very disappointed in the results, and |" baffled, too, because after all he wag using the same ideas Ruskin and Em- erson and other famous writers used. Then why did his writing attract no attention? . He put the question to his editor, who replied, 'George, try this. Stay away from the library this weck. Write a calumn about your young Myrother. Don't use notes and don't look for ideas from any source but the top of your own head. Then, the next week write about national af- fairs if you like--but again, use your own observation. We'll see what happens.' 2 The next two columns weren't very smooth, but Mrs. Brown stopped Geo. on the street. to say, 'I clipped that piece about the young boy -- minded me so much of my son.' The town lawyer dropped in later, to ar- gue a point with George on' interna- tional affairs and George learned from the lawyer. 'Why,' George said to his editor, 'is my stuff more effective than be- fore'. : . There is a lesson "in the. answer. 'Nobody pays attention" to leaners-- and you were leaning on old Ruskin and Emerson. Later, you will learn | from them without leaning on them. It's only whén you are a producer in your own right that you: become a fellow-citizen with the great. goog for life ag well as literature. i hecausp the individual has been last in the mass as never before in the history of mankind. Albert Schweitzer, JUCATE: pOWER-PACKED P: 4 STEADY CONTROLLED demonstration. ps : FROM YOUR LIVING ROOM - The 'blue coal' TEMP- MASTER changes furnace controls avtomatlically, Saves time --saves steps ~=so0on pays for Itself Phone today, for a free near || --it can cost when you buy coal. "It 5316 PHONE 73 - Always ask for - ® WHEN YOU BUY COAL... you money! Don't just order coal --insist on 'blue coal'. "blue coal' is colour-marked for your guarantee of heating satisfaction. It gives you the clear full flame that means better heat -- thrifty heat "Thousands of Canadian families rely on 'blue coal' for steady, healthful heat. So don't be colour-blind safe heat. pays to order 'blue coal', Reesor Fuel & Lumber PORT PERRY it re- That + The suicide of civilization is at hand a { Ba A oo Eat A bor a i rae et rn 7 Ts ores la Hla lra dT he