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? a) - president of the United States until 1957. "too, But'what a'différence. television camera to re-create. Provided President Risenhower is spared for the next two years there will be no new In the meantime there will be immeasur- able speculation about who will-be the next president. EE The Republicans, a minority group in the States, hope and pray that Eisenhower will live and will again be their candidate. They have coined a hopeful slogan, "If he can walk, he can run." But this seems to go beyond the realm of good sense. Sup- posing they were able to draft him, instead of helping their chances they would pro- bably swiftly diseover that they had ruined them. For the Democrats would argue that the Republicans in drafting Eisen- hower had sacrificed the nation's hero for the selfish purpose of having their candi- date in office. They would argue that to .-- Young Readers' Book Week } The rewards and the delights of reading are come by slowly; the appeal of the radio or television program is immediate. Per- haps, that is why so many of our children 'areawjd slaves of the ubiquitous sets. They prefer to see and hear rather than to read a1 think. But the pleasures and interests which children gather from radio and tele- vision are so transitory and inconsequential that the only gain from them seems to be a habit of depending upon the radio or tele- vision to fill the emptiness of time with something to see or hear. ) Unfortunitely, adults use the TV in the same way. The hours spent in viewing what is virtually trash would stagger the imagination; But there is trash i books With books one can pick and choose; one can sample or explore deeply; one can enter into a thou- sand lives and ten thousand places; time has no boundary and infinity stretches from the farthest'past to the most distant future. With books: the imagination and the mind and the heart is free in a sense that is beyond the power of a radio or a The limi- tations of the last two forms of mass com- munication is almost invariably in terms of the mediocre, the superficial 'and the sensational, But the reading and the understanding of books involves effort, and we, being human, tend to avoid effort. It is rather paradoxical too for it is only through effort Pe --- PROT a -i8 yet unknown to the public. 2 NOTES AND COMMENTS : ui 5 / elect Eisenhower would be to doom him to. a sudden and an early death. . And this kind 'of argument would appeal to: the Americans who are so notoriously and hon- estly sentimental about their heroes. But if they don't get Eisenhower as a candidate the Republicans haven't a chance. So heads they lose and tails they don't win, The Democratic candidate will be the next president of the United States barring some cataclysmic event, Who wil®he be? Most commentators say Adlai Stevenson or, they qualify, some dark horse whose name However, the man who does take Eisenhower's place will be confronted with the same hurdle that Truman faced; that of following in the footsteps of a man of great stature. If he succeeds as well as Truman, the United States will be fortunate indeed. that we find the satisfactions which make life worth living. Canada and the United Slates tend to produce a-type of citizen whe. reads little apart from current sport - and news--these partially fill the void; the rest of the void is accounted for by radio (not so much now) and TV. These people quite frequently have homes in which there is hardly a readable book and children. p] growing up in these homes become the °° helpless victims of whatever the commer- cial sponsors dish out for them. Intelleetual pap inthe guise of entertainment becomes a sort of sopoforic to blunt their minds and dull their senses.. It doesn't take a political philosophy of. a Karl Marx or a Lenin to produce a dictatorship for. the masses; mass media of communication in America is doing 'a good job in building up a cult of mediocrity that enslaves men's minds just as surely and just as truly as that envisaged by Rus- sian propaganda, Only a literate nation can hope to maintain the freedom of the individual and the values which we asso- ciate with that freedom. Only a literate' natiorni-can hope to make use of the heritage of the past to enrich the present and to,en- sure its ow od future. Book Week may not encourage us to the point where we as the great majority are ready and willing and anxious to read a book but at least it provides an opportunity for us to do some thinking about books. Perhaps, we should publicize Book Week 'on TV. + LONDON--Our party, consisting of Joe Tran, the 1954 Canadian plowing champion, Ivan McLaughlin, runner- up; Mrs. McLaughlin, Mrs, Barrie and myself, as team manager, left the Empress of Scotland at her Liverpoal dock at seven a.n. and boarded the train for London. After we had con- vinced the customs officers that we weren't carrying any contraband, we settled down in a first classwconeh. '| During the 194 miles between Liver- pool and London, we must have pas- sed through 12 or 14 tunnels, some - for the engine. '| troughs between the rails and was voted $1,600 to be used as prize money District Doings _WILL HOLD FARM BEAUTY PROJECT WHITBY... -- Ontario County has in a farm beautification project.. The money' will go to the Ontario County Internatiohal Plowing Mdtch Commit: tée and will be added to their $1,000 to make a total prize list of $2,500, Oscar Downey, secretary of Ontario County committee, appeared beforé County Council in 'Whitby Inst week ahd outlined the plan, -- He noted that the International Match would be held in Ontario County next year. It would be expected, he said, that the county would-see visitors flocking heret in great numbers, The Ontario commits tee, he said, had decided to sponsor a farm beautification project, There will bé two classes, he said, one for lots ufider 60 acres and @nother for Inrger- farms, ; He said that-about 7 prizes would be awarded in each municipality and the committee already had $1,000 for prize money. HANDS OFF BOXING - DAY PROBLEM--TOWN Lindsay Couti¢il will keep its hands off the controversial Boxing Day Issue this yéar, Council received a request for defi- nite word on the problem. froth the Brewer's Warehouse on Monday night. Since 'Christmas is' Sunday, Monday, December 26 has been declared a atat- utory holiday by the Dominion Govern- ment. Many firms are wondering if Tuesday, Dec. 27, would then be de- clared Boxing Day by municipalities. Councillors felt that most stores would be ¢losed Tuesday in any case, having remained open late Christmas eve, but that most industries would work, losing only the one day. 'No action hau been thken by 'Cotin- cil, so Lindsayites can celebrat 'Boxing Day according to their own choice. iin. POOR PLANNING NEWMARKET.--8aying that they were living in a "200 foot sea of mud," residents of a new subdivision on the north side of Eagle street have pro- tested to Town Council, They com- plained that it was almost impossible | Ing entirely seamless, Ag a'resnlt the |1as Blore, Superintendent of the estate. through ditches, ahd that they could; not bring fuel oil in. Council pointed out that it had.no authority to do any- thing, as the roads had not been taken over by the town. Failure of a con- tractor to lay culverts was said re- sponsible for the situation, ONTARIO TO CONSIDER' HIGHWAY FINANCE Newmarket. -- Highways Minister 'Allan .of Ontario said Friday night the province will give condideration to a joint finance scheme to provide an east-west highway across York county, intersecting Highway 11 near this town 30 miles north of Toronto. He told a meeting of municipal re- counties the provinee would undertake 60 per cent. of the cost of the 36.mile 'road, LET The route would link Highway 9 at -Schomberg,, 30 miles north of Toronto and Greenbank on Highway 7-12, 20 miles north of 'Oshawa, 1 : ROXY INSTALLS 8H, VER SCREEN . Uxbridge.--On. Monday, November 7th, engineers from Toronto, installed a 'new 22x14 ft. silver screen 'at 'the Roxy Theatre, The new screen is the very latest type to be developed, be- pictures ave clearer Bhd brighter 'than ever before. and moviegoers may now' enjoy movies at their best, ; With the installation of the new wide screen, it 1s also possible for the' management to show the big ahd 'ex: citing new cinemascope pletures that draw such large crowds to theatres across the country. KING-SIZES EGG PRODUCED BY OSHAWA PULLLET A huge egg measuring 8% inches around lengthwise and 7% inches in circumference was taken to the Bow- manville office of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture this week, The king-size egg was laid by a six- month old Light Sussex pullet oh the "Parkwood" estate of Col. R., 8. Mc. Laughlin, Oshawa. It was brought to the local agriculture office by Doug. Mr. Blore is also Pipe Major of .the Bowmanville Legion Pipe Band, COUNCIL POWERLESS TO CURB NOISY DOGS AND ROOSTERS , Lindsay. -- Barking dogs, crowing roosters, and other natural nolsemak- fo presentatives from York and Ontario | ers 'have been reported regularly and often to Town Council and the Police department, but little can be done about the problem, since the town has no anti-noise by-law, and only if 'the animals are protesting against cruelty have the police any power to act. ) Another letter was received by coun- "| cil signéd by a group of St. Peter St. residents, complaining about barking dogs and hounds and' crowing roosters in the area, The letter asked council to glve serlous thought to an anti- noise by-law, It wag referred to Police Chairman Ald," Maidens, who said he did not think much could be<done about it. "The only way to stop this, of course, is to 'ban all dogs 'and roosters, and how do you do that?" he said, He promised to refer the matter to Chief Hunter, . FRESH STRAWBERRIES PICKED ON NOVEMBER 7th, Cannington.--Mrs. John J. Gibson, Woodville, R.R, 2, picked ripe straw- berries from her gafden on Monday, November 7th, When Mr. 'Gibson brought the berries to The Gleaner, he said there were many in blossom. It could be that Mrs, Gibson has estab- strawberries in this locality, County Junior Exhibitors at Royal Ontario County 4-H Club Members received many of the top awards in the 4<H Grain and Potato Competitions at the Royal Winter Fair, The re- sults are as follows: >» 4-H Grain Competition -- 3rd Jim Tremeer, Blackwater, R.R.1,(Lanark), 6th, Harvey Tremeer, R.R.I, Black- water (Lanark); 8th, Keith Ashton, Port Perry, R.R. 1, (Lanark); Oth, Alan Ashton, Port Perry, R.R. 1, (Lan- ark); 12th, John Leask, Seagrave R.R. 2 (Simcoe), . . '4-H Potato Competition--3rd Ross Risebrough, Uxbridge R.R. 1, (Se. bago); 6th, George Johnson, Uxbridge R.R.4, (Sebago); Tth, Marion Hockley, Claremont RR. 1 (Sébago). to get in and out without elimbing lished a late season record for picking of them quite long, but others only long enough for honeymooners to pucker up before they would be out in the daylight again. N " The English fields are much small- er than those in Canada, and every acre seemed to be producing crops of some kind. Water appeared to be plentiful wth lively streams and can- als traversing the countryside. A great many artificial farm ponds.were sighted, indicating that the English farmers, like the Canadian farmers, realize the importance of water con- servation, LUXURIANT FARMS We saw many fine herds of beef and dairy cattle, and large flocks of sheep on every side. This was not surprising, since there seemed to be no scarcity of luxuriant grass on every farm. The rolling countryside had the ap- pearance of a well-kept golf course. Our train, carrying only the passen- gers. who had disembaked from the | Empress of Scotland, was scheduled to make no stops on the way to Lon- don, not even to get a supply of water The water lay in scooped up by the locomotive as ft sped along. : © We passed through the large town of Rugby, the place where rugby foot- ball originated. © Nearer London we saw the school at Harrow which many of England's famous men have at-: tended, among them, Sir Winston Churchill. We passed through Coven- out by Hitler's bombers early in the last war, d 'AT. HOME' IN. LONDON When we got off at London's 'Eus:- ton station, a young man from Esso Petroleum, which is one of the donors of the Esso Golden Plow, emblematle of world plowing supremacy, stepped up to me and said "Are you Will Bar- rle from Canada?" He took us by car to our hotel, The Kenilworth on Great Russell Street, and placed him- self at our service. This very friend- ly greeting made us feel right at home in this great city. After getting settled In our rooms and resting for a short while, we all stepped out to see a few of the sights of London, The scars left by Hitler's alrmen in the Battle of Britain are. slowly being. covered up, but it will be many years before the city is com- pletely restored. ali The newer stores are very modern, and it was a difficult task to keep from buying things we coudn't carry with us. It was rather amusing to see the members of otir party, after making a purchase, take out g-hand- ful of English coins and say "help yourself." ; UE wm FELLOW TRAVELLERS Next day we decided to go on a motor coach tour and, shortly after we started, the guide asked the pas- sengers to identify thémselves, We learned that over 80 percent were Canadians. Among them was a group returning to Vancouver from a Youth Congress in Moscow, and when they learned we were going to Sweden, Moscow, tbo. When they left the bus, they Wefit'to a news stand and bought copies of the Daily Worker. We all enjoyed the tour, which took in Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, The Houses of Parliament, London Bridge, The Tower of London, and several othér famous places. See- ing the burial place of so many of the most prominent men in England history was a thrill we shall never forget. To view the Inscriptions on the burial places of men such as Oll- ver Cromwell, David Livingston, Gen- eral Wolfe and Lord Tennyson In | Westminster Abbey whan something to make one stop and think, Later we "were most fortunate In arriving st fhe try, the city that was so nearly wiped | they suggested that we should visit. "CANADIAN PLOWMEN ABROAD by WILL C. BARRIE; 1955 CANADIAN PLOWING TEAM Maonoger IE W. C. Barrie Buckingham Palace in time to sce the colorful Changing of the Guard. TOOK IN MUSICAL That evening, we were guests at a musical show, "Water Gypsies" at the Winter Gardens, and then had dinner at an Italian restaurant, the Generos. This proved a grand finale to a busy and most interesting day. ~ On the following morning we drove to a typical English farm at East- bourne in Sussex overlooking the English Channel. 'The' 60-mile 'drive over the winding roads and the pictur- esque towns and villages through which we passed were sights we had hardly dared to expect. The farm, consisting 'of 1,000 acres, was worked by Col. J. N. Davies, who once farmed for 12 years in the Okanagan Valley, B.C. He has 500 Suffolk Down breed- ing ewes, and 75 Polled Angus cows. He employs three men--a shepherd, a tractor nian, and a handyman. With good markets for beef, lamb, and wool close at hand, he has little fear of surpluses or poor prices. His pre- sent prices compare favorably with ours in Canada but his taxes are much higher than ours. His animals were grazing in knee-high grass, which as- sures him of plentiful feed for the winter, y PLACE WITH A PAST On this farm were several niles of stone fences five feet high, built dur- ing the depression years after the Cri- mean: War, and gun emplacements used by Canadlan artillery units dur- ing the last war. -- It was-here that Hitler's-invasion was expected and every preparation had been made to hold him off. At the entrance to the farm lane were Bix reinforced concrete pillars four feet high, three feet square, and sbout six feet apart. These were built to keep the German. tanks from reach- ing the level country if they should happen to make w landing. In -the evening the British, Irish and Canadian plowmen and® their friends were entertained at 'the fa- mous Trocadero restaurant. On our last day in London, some of us visited the: British Museum. It is n massive building, and it would take days for a person to see everything. That evening at St. Ermine Hotel, a press reception was held for the visit- ing plowmen. This was to be our last social event in London as we were leaving the city the next afternoon. NEXT WEEK: We fly the North Sea. i . Clipped Comments TRACTORS ON HIGHWAYS TOO OFTEN A MENACE Farm tractors using the highways are often a real menace to motor cars and truck traffic, as anyone who drivés one of these latter vehicles can testify. It seems to be a condition that should receive some consideration by the Highway Department, and The Traffic Act may have to be amended to deal with the situation. One reader of Journal-Argus, him- self an active farmer, brought the imat- ter to this newspaper's attention re- cently, following a near accident, when he was forced into 'the ditch by a tractor, 'driven by a youth who fla- grantly disregarded highway traffic rules, . . Often a tractor operator along the highway is so engrossed in his job, and deafened by the roar of the machine he is operating, that he will pull across the rond, without giving due notice to oncoming traffic. This has happened to the writer on two occasions in the past few months, luckily without dire results, Owing to the fact that tract- orti Are not licensed on our, highways, there is very little that a motorist can do in the matter, It would seem that if tractors con- tinue to use the public highways, the operator should be compelled to at least observe traffic rules, and be in possession of an operator's license, If this Ia not done very soon, the accident toll will bring Meensing: for all, farm tractors using the roads, which will be a hardship on the great majority of people who own these machines, and who operate them with caution and care. --8t. Mary's Journal Argus, fine public hospitals, has two large hospitals for war veterans--=S8unny- brook Hospital, in Toronto, and West- minster Hospital, in London. Oper- ated under. the Department of Veter- ans Affairs, both ave affiliated with the Ontario Hospital Association. Thirty-seven years after the first Armistice Day, 60 per cent of the patients in Sunnybrook Hospital are veterans of World War I, with 40 per cent from World War II. \ With its 1600 beds, Sunnybrook ig like a village in itself. It is equipped to give the best of care in all branches of medical service. It is clean and cool and immense. One long corridor which runs the length of the hospital is called the Golden Mile. Indeed, the whole hos- pital stands as a golden monument of remembrance and achievement on the part of the people whose government provides this care for Canada's war veterans, - In 1964 Sunnybrook had 9912 in. patients with a total of 444,401 patient days. In addition, 64,287 veterans were treated in the. out-patient de- partment which records an average of 2338 visits per day. The medical staff includes 59 resi- dent and senior interns, 130 attending physicians and surgeons, and a re- search staff of 18, There is a large auditorium for en- tertainment features, and each of the ward lounges has its own TV set. Its large, bright main dining room is uti- lized by all patients who are not con- fined to bed or on special diets. Wheelchair patients guide their "chairs to specially constu tables in the: dining room and meals are brought to the table. Other patients choosé their food from 'a cafeteria counter and take their trays to large tables set up "family style". Bed patients and those on special diets receive their trays in the wards. Over 1,790,000 meals were served in hospital last year, n major undertak- ing in-itself. < In addition to the 1500 beds in Sunnybrook, the department main- tains 136 beds in "Divadale", located on the grounds of Sunnybrook, and 165 beds at the "Red Chevron", lo- cated at 1098 Davenport Road, in Tor- onto. - These two hospitals give do- miciliary eare for chronically ill or unemployable veterans. * While the nursing staff at Sunny- brook includes only graduate nurses, the hospital has recently inaugurated a school for the training of certified nursing assistants. . Westminster Hospital, in London, built in 1919, and enlarged a few years ago, has 600 general treatment beds, and 900 beds in the psychiatric "divi- sion. There, too the hospital is equip- ped to render the best possible medical treatment and care. | he -As I toured Sunnybrook recently with Dr. Clement Macleod, the supec- intendent. I compared the clean, beau- tiful building and facilities with the old Christie Street hospital where I visited often during the last war. 1 was proud that Canada has recognized its debt of honor to our war veterans by providing -attractive and adequate facilities for their care and comfort as they continue to hear the burden of their &crvice on our behalf. It is an humbling experience to walk through the wards and sce the cour- age and good cheer with which pa. tients face their hospitalization. My mind reverted to the early days of World War II when Christie Srteet Hospital was receiving the first woun- ded and'ill from the battles of Britain and Europe. They were occupying beds alongside veterans from the first war, and brought forcibly to mind that first Armistice and the challeng- Ing closing lines of the immortal poem written by Col. John McCrae. '" If ye break faith with us who die - We shall not sleep though poppes grow In Flander's Field." Like a refrain those lines filled my mind. The refrain turned to a la- ment, and a prayer, in a little poem ol wrote one Armistice Day in the early years of World War II. Part of this, I quote here: i ' Once more a blazing torch hurna ' bright "Held high with willing hands; And war, unleashed from Armistice, IRenews its grim demands; Is this what they would have us do-- - a Ontario, in addition to its many | + MRS. CHARLES 'McLEAN PRESIDENT, ONTARIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Their wish--Ilest we forget; Or have we failed to understand Their meaning, clearly, yet? If, God, we've blundered, unaware, If faith we've failed to keep, Grant, Thou, we pray, they shall . hot know-- O Dear God, let them sleep. Today, ten years after the second Armistice, the question of our failure remains, and the prayer still holds. May it serve as a dedication for re- newed courage and a stronger endea- vor to hold high the Torch of Peace-- lest we forget. Of Many Things . By Ambrose Hilla MOVE MOUNTAINS , The idea that faith can move moun- because I have seen it. I moved from one city to another this past month, and tried to meet all deadlines while making the transfer. One bleak Mon. day when I arrived at my new office in the morning and stared at. the mountains of work to be done, with only a green staff to help me, I was filled with despair. Files were mixed, sit, and so many details plagued me I didn't believe I'd be able to think-- let alone write. I turned around and walked out of 'the office. I.got in my car and-drove-to the open fields away from the whole ca- boodle. gination the piles of correspondence and the research materipl to get through. felt-in years. And then I saw, a trac- tor in the distance, pulling a plow, leaving a narrow pencil line of black behind it in the huge field-of grey- white stubble. " I watched the plowing for a long time, I am ashamed to say, before I realized that it was powered more by faith than by gasoline. Here was a giant field, and a few furrows looked. so mean and insignificant on its broad surface; and even when finally plowed Winter would. pass before geeding, and a Summer before harvest. What faith the farmer needs to begin the task with that one thin pencil line! I hurried back to my office and at- tacked the mountains. I would like to say that everything is now well In hand. It is not--but I am, which is more important. And little by little the mountains are being moved. Guess I owe some farmer a few furrows of faith! - County Wins Beef Trophy The Junior Farmer Inter-County Live Stock Judging Competition at the day, November 10th with teams from all over the Province competing. All counties in the province are eligible to petition who have not reached their 26th birthday by November Ist. 29 teams were in the competition. All contestants .in, this 'competition are required to judge three classes of dairy cattle, three classes of beef cat- tle, two classes of swine, one class of sheep. Ted Lamb, Cannington, R.R.' 2 Jim Semple, Pefferlaw, R.R. 1, Stephen Stephen, Brechin, R.R. 1 Ontario County won the Beef Cattle Judging Trophy with Durham County the Dairy "Catttle and Hastings the Swine. In the individual standing Ted Lamb, Cannington, placed 3rd. In the county team standings the order of merit were as follows (first five plac- ings): . 1st Durham; 2nd Lincoln; 3rd Peel; 4th Ontario, 6th York. FTEST FOR POWERFUL GETAWAY! 2] tains is now easy for me to accept, . equipment had been damaged in tran. p I could still see in my ima- I felt more blue than I have it would need more cultivating, and a ~~ Royal Winter Fair was held on Thurs- send a team of three hoys to this com-. Ontario County was represented by: