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i . The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Assoddailen THE STAR ED Lou @ Ha Fi Sad Tin 3d <3 SR VHA SNA Eh 4 HEL manta 3 "Urs vo SEE IE I . Far af. | . PRE, ' 3 WR i aia los brtabitsikes Sr lags § 'Agriculture, . has heen cast into a leadi mould which is, of. course, none of his choosing even though it is a butter mould than most of our politicians fall heir to. "According to Jimmy Canadian dairymen produce mountains of butter--it would be butter if they didn't--but the plain fact isc they do. And the people of Canada, God bless 'em, only consume hills of the wretch- ed stuff. They butter their bread on both sides (this is an era of special prosperity) they butter their potatoes, their vegetables and what not, but still the butter surplus grows and grows. The Liberal government living up to its name buys up all this sur- plus at 58 cents a pound--you wouldn't get that much from the opposition--stores it free of charge until its own special moun- tain of butter amounts to untold--the gov- ernment guards this secret like top drawer military information--millions of pound. When the mountain can't get any higher without threatening the safety of the country the Liberal government--living up to its name again and being consistent-- sells the butter away off in Europe to Com- munist countries so that they can butter their bread one one side and their potatoes occasionally at 88 cents a pound which Mr. Gardiner appears to consider very good be- cause of course you never get anything out of the Communists 'and 38 cents is much more than nothing. So far Mr. Gardiner proudly hoasts that we have disposed of twelve million pounds' at this fantastic figure which leaves us with practically no butter surplus at all---and here the opposi- NOTES AND COMMENTS The Butter Comic Opera 2= Our dour Jimmy Gardiner, Minister of - tion smiles wryly and asks what about the sixty million pounds still on hand with this year's surplus beginning to roll in. No wonder Mr Gardiner doesn't like 'the op- position and np wonder he tells them 'off in . anything but buttered words. Several interesting ideas stem from this unique business: deal of our: agriculture minister, } Since we are lucky enough to have Com- - munists in the world who are such men of good-will that they will buy our surplus butter at only 20 cents a pound less than we pay for it, why not try to sell all surplus to them at a respectable loss? In this way we might dispose of our wheat, our Nova Scotia apples, our Newfoundland fish, our defeated politicians -- who aré obviously surplus. We could call the whole project Exercise Red Debacle. A very appropriate title too, because every time we disposed of something more it would see us a little more in the red . . . and, of course, we mustn't forget that Communists are Red. Of course, as the program really gets under way we will have to contend with some unpatriotic citizens who will object to us selling our good Canadian goods to Com- - munists for less than we have to pay for them. But if the worst comes to the worst, perhaps, we can persuade the Lib- erial government to declare such people surplus to the national economy and, then, -on the strength of Mr. Howe's emergency powers, despatch them with the next ship- .ment. The question is will the 'Communists decent such even at a reduced Driee, 4a gave us a break. & Anthony Eden apparently lacks Hodge-Podge of Current Events The weather has given us every- thing but a welcome January thaw . in the balmy South, it's about time the sun * * * * The French muddle resulting from the current general election is still the typical French muddle with the real trouble right smack in the middle and surrounded with Communists, * - LJ » ' --. we may be coming round full circle. everything but publicity. General President Eisenhower "has .J resumed his full duties as chief ad- "Now that the Florida-bound are safe- - ly and securely ensconsed ministrator for the present, with stil no word as to whether he will or will not run again for President. * + x & This session of the Canadian parlia- ment should be at least luke-warm. The time is not too far distant when the country will begin to prepare for an 'election and as yet a great many of our legislators have done little or nothing towards creating the kind of record that he 'needs to face the hust- ings, Clipped Comments FARMERS BUILD KOADS Ontario had toll roads years ago and Yet with all the talk about super- highways there is precious little con- sideration given to the owner of a farm. - The farmer ig building and maintaining tens of ' thousands of miles of roads and bridges at a small fraction of the money being spent on the comparatively tiny percentage of provincial highways. i Look at Normanby Township in the southwest corner of Grey County. With a total annual budget of less than $60,000 the five Normanby councillors (all farmers) build and maintain 160 miles of roads. This includes grading, ditching, building bridges and culverts, buying graders and trucks, snowplow- ing, and overhead. These township roads and bridges are passable enough to serve buses on the winter school runs. But look what happens when the Township asks the Province to take over a piece of road. Costi are not merely doubled' or tripled, they: are multiplied ten or twenty times. This year, for example, a road in - Normanby Township was' designated | the Mount Forest Bypass Develop- nt Road 830. Rebuilding was according to speci- fications provided by the Ontario De- partment of Highways, The road was only two and one-tenth miles and did not have a single bridge or culvert, but the project cost $30,000. : ~ This was half as much money to rebuild about two miles of road as the township spends on complete summer and winter maintenance and building of 160 miles of roads and bridges. Township councils are building and maintaining roads on an econgmical basis, as the above figures should in- dicate. But 60% of the. cost of these township roads and 20% of the cost of these bridges is borne by the pro- perty holder. In 18566 with the increased taxes on motor vehicles, we feel some consider- ation should be given to the property holder in the township. Is there any real reason 'why the farmer should be so heavily taxed for roads. ~Durham Chronicle. POOR SIDEWALKS CAN PROVE COSTLY .The town af Gananoque learned a lesson it wont soon forget for per- niitting the sidewalk on one of its streets to become dangerous for pe- destriahs. As a result of the walk being in bad shape a 69-year-old wom- an suffered extensive injuries in a fall and she sued the town for $6,000 damages. . The case came up in Supreme Court at which Mr, Justice Thompson pre- dided. The plaintiff testified-that in her fall she suffered a fractured: el- bow, - wrist and shoulder injuries. When she appeared in Court the elbow was wired together and could not be moved. Even though the complaintant was familiar with the section of sidewalk that was responsible for her fall, His Lordship held the corporation 60 per cent liable and awarded damages total. ling $3,174, It is a costly lesson for Gananoque, and should be noted carefully by other civic authorities who are in a habit of putting off badly needed sidewalk re- pairs. Stouffville council should: de- finitely take note as work on our local walks in 1965 proved a "washout" with nothing done. ; --=Stouffville Tribune Distr istrict Doings NURBERY SHIPS PRODUCTS TO ) DISTANT POINTS A new honor was added to the Town of Bowmanville last week when nur" gery stock was shipped to distant parts of the globe from the Brookdale- Kingsway Nursery Limited, Included among the shipment were apple trees for a Mr, Kfoury at Khonchara, Leba. non, in Palestine, dwarf apple trees to one of the best known department store in Chicago, and an order for a considerable number of birch trees for a nursery in Dansville, New York. An additional one is going to "Verdant Gardens", Nassau, Bahamas, was dug last fall and stored in the large storage cellars at the nursery. The stock for Palestine and Nassau will travel by 'air express and the The material used in the shipment "two BROTHERS BAG BUSH WOLF NEAR BURKETON * The New Year started off with a bang for Ed.iand Ralph Fry, Scugog St., Bowmanville, as the two brothers bagged a 40-pound. bush wolf four miles west of Burketon last Saturday. The two hunters and their hound dog, Peter, ran the wolf for eight hours be- fore they finally Jomught up with. the animal. ee The brothers are intending to collect the $60 .bounty on the wolf, which measures close to.five feet in length, Besides the wolf which was shot by Ed, Ralph has shot five foxes 18 season. CANNINGTON NATIVE MRS. R. BENNETT, 101 Mrs. Robert Bennett, former resi- dent of Toronto, celebrated her 101st birthday recently at her home in Van- couver. Born near Cannington, Ont,, Mrs. Bennett lived on Glenlake Ave. Toronto for more than forty years. She moved to Vancouver 10 years ago to live with her daughter, Mrs. R] Brown. Mrs. Brown and a son, Robert Clifford Bennett, five grand children and three great grand children. WOODVILLE VOTES FOR ~ GARBAGE COLLECTION The citizens of Woodville on Mon- day voted on the question of garbage collection and in the final count the vote was 101 in favour of the collec- tion, while 60 voted against it, MUNICIPAL BOARD BANS SUTTON'S WATER AND SEWER - SYSTEMS ~ The Board is likely to approve the Water System installation if cost is kept under $260,000. Sutton's anticipated joint sewer and water system project has gone by the board. The Ontario Municipal Board has turned down the recent application for approval of the joint system, which would have cost the village $480,000. As reported recently, the Board felt that the expenditure was too great in comparison to the assessment of the municipality, but left tha matter open for discussion with village authorities. MARKHAM TOWNSHIP POLICE REVENUE TOPS $6,600 Reporting to council of Markham Township on the operation of- police force, Chief Clarence Wideman this week concluded his December report]. by showing a revenue for the month of $460. Total revenue for the year 19566 wag $6,647.60, During the final month of the: ey the police cruiser covered a total of 10,704 miles.: Costs for the month's operation was shown as $391.07. A total of 469 calls was made by the police during the month. An outhreak of crime in the town- ship, coupled with 27 accidents investi- gated kept the force of nine fully em- ployed. «There were six fatalities in- vestigated by the force. - During the month 1386 calls were made on residents who received sum- monses, about one-third being served for other police forces. There were five committals made during the month, and three liquor seizures, 3 other by rail express or transport, oy She has two children living, | Of Many Things by 'Ambrose Hills COUNTRY' DANCING 1 yead a lot of papers, from all parts of Canada. When I put the informa- tion together, 'jt often makes a very strange brew For example, I have been reading in several weekly papers the controver- sies over water works, Such local battles rvagé at this moment in four communities I know about, from Mani- toba to Quebec and Nova Scotia, The younger clement are determined to have indoor plumbing, no matter what it costs; but oldsters, on pensions, simply cannot afford to pay for such luxuries. ~ After reading all this, 1 happened to pick up a copy of the Dal- J housie Review in which Robert I. Leg- pet discusssed the ill-fated Massey Re- port. It was a surprise to me to note the relationship of his article to a fight over water works in Manitou. Said article, by Mr. Legget, deplored 'the very few references, direct and indirect, to the physical basis of life in Canada today' to be found in the Re- port. Well, I have been complaining about the same thing in this news- paper column ever since the Massey Report came out. It was one of the fuzziest reports ever concocted. Just what might have been expected from a group" of professors with Victorian ideas about art, culture and science, Festatic about Canadian folk lore and country dancing, they were com- pletely unaware that a great deal of country dancing these frostly winter nights iS done along little paths that lead from the back door of the big house to the little house out back. So they forgot that one of the duties: of science is to improve the physical basis of our lives. They turned out a Re- port which, when implemented, meant forty to fifty million dollars a year of our money to see Canadian boys and girls dancing ballet on TV screens. Perhaps it is true that older folks in smal] towns can't afford water works. If so, it is a shameful thing that our government spends millions on culture via the. CBC and NFB ¢te. An indoor bathroom i is an important part of cul- Let the Royal ture, Tor 1 my money. | Commissioners try a bit of country dancing themselves *some January night and they would see the point. Prince Albert New Year's Monday guests with Mr. and Mrs, G. Hunter and family in- cluded his parents Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. L loyd Hunter and family. With Mr. 'and Mis. N. Wilson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Miller and family, of Columbus, and Miss Beryl Palmer, of Port Perry. a With Mr. Vickery and the Beacocks, Mr. and Mrs. LL. Devitt and family of Oshawa, Mr. Fred Williams, Richmond Hill, with his brother, Mr. E. Williams and Mrs. Williams. The following depositéd their money in the birthday box at S.S. recently-- Mrs. E. Martyn, 'Mra. B. Smith, Mrs, C. Newnham, Mrs. LI. Beacock, Misses Carol Huntley and Marion Davies, and Donald Beacock. ' Please. keep in mind the annual church meeting to be held in church parlor on Monday night, at 8 o'clock. Happy were the members of the "(iood Neighbours Club" who recently cateved to a turkey wedding dinner held 'in the church parlors. The guests included the bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. Murn, formely Lotus Munro; the parents, Mr, and Mrs. Murn, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgins and fam. ily, close friends and neighbours, After all had enjoyed the- 7 o'clock dinner the happy couple and the rest of the party journeyed to the Hodgins home for the remainder of the even- ing. New Year visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Russell Butson included Mr. and Mrs, A. Ross and son; Mr. and Mis. E. Wagg and Lloyd; Mr. Loren Wagg and lady friend, all of Oshawa; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heron, of Seagrave; the Milt Butson family and Clarence But- sons of Port Perry. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs, C. Grainger (nee Sagér) on the arrival of a new daughter, Miss Yvonne Jeffrey, Epsom, and friend, Mr. J. Moore, of Oshawa, were recently visiting with Mr, and Mrs, T, Sager, ro "| friends. 'erous gift of Mr, Time Plies < no A Happy, New Year to all our old weanore aware of the fact that time flies than at the hepinming of a new year. "Perhaps during privileged to expand our column with the aid of more Jetters from Port Perry's old boys and girls who have abroad to live and to do interest- Let us know what you are prone ng work. to read it in this column, Time Flies! Write us tody. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Beare and daughter of Uxbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beare and son of Niagara Falls were Christinas visitors of Mr. and Mis, M. T. Beare. a * Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller of Tor- onto, and Miss Sandra Scott of Geor- getown spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Love and Barbara, * * * Mr. and Mis. K. E. Courtice of Cour- tice were Christmas day visitors at the home of Mrs, C. C. Jeffrey. = * * Mrs. I. G. Hall spent the Christmas season in Toronto with Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Black. * + 14 Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Smallman were with their daughter Mrs. J. A. Van Nest and family in Brantford for Christmas, * * * Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Harris and Mi- riam spent a week with Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Slemmon and Dawn in Ottawa, and remained for the New Year's oli. day. .. + Former students of Port Perry High School are proud to learn of the gen- Joel Aldred to the Port Perry Community Hospital. Per- haps this may inspire other former residents to follow his example. } «+ 8 "Grand Bend, Ontario Charge offi- cintly opened its new manse with a special service at which the Chair- man of Huron Presbytery, Rev. C. C. Washington, gave the address. The keys were handed to the Trustees of the charge, which includes the Grand Bend and Greenway churches. The W. A. of both churches were respon- sible for the new furniture, and the men landscaped the grounds. Open House followed the service." The above was copied from the Uni- ted Church Observer and is the new home of Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Smith, formerly of Port Perry. CIEE SE : We want to share our "Christmas Greetings from far and near with you and we thought you would be inter- ested in hearing from former Port Perry-ites. = * + Flight Lieutenant and Mrs. W. G. Real and family have been moved from Camp Borden to London, Ont. Mrs, William Real spent Christmas with them in London. LN Mr. Merlyn Statton who was a for- mer principal of Port Perry Public School is now teaching in St. Cathar- ines. Merlyn is married and has two daughters. * * * Mr. and Mrs. George McMillin (nee Dorothea Nasmith) have been moved from Halifax to Sarnia. . Ld * * ) We were glad to hear from Oliver Bradley who lives in Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Bradley has.been associated with the Insurance business in Syracuse for a number of years. Mr. and Mrs, Bradley were spending Christmas with their son in Glendale, California, * * Mr. and Mrs. Harry Camplin' sent greetings from St. Petersburg where they are residing permanently now. - ra A number of former students of Port Perry High School will remem- ber 'Patricia Cooney who is now, Mrs, Lloyd Henessey. Mr. and Mrs, * Hen- eszey are now making their home in Miami, Florida, = + * Dr. and Mrs, B. N. Smalliman and daughter who have been in England for over a.year are sailing for New York the end of January. Beverley and his family will be taking up re- sidence in London, Ontario; Two moonshiners were discussing their operations, "When I take the stuff into town," one sald, "I glways drive as slow as I can" "Afeered o' the law?" jeered the other. "Nope," said the first, age the stuff, hain't ye?" 'ye gotta At no time in our lives mie], 1956 we 'nny be' doing. 1t will give old friends pleasure - HAPPY TWOSOME One of the smoothest of the CBC- TV variety productions is the weekly Denny Vaughan Show. One of the rensons the show is such a success is the smooth singing of not only Vaugh- an himself, but Joan Fairfax, the vo- cal group the Bobolinks, and the smooth orchestra which Denny directs. Blackstock Mission Band met on Thursday p.m. with 82 children present. The new president, Anne Gibson presided and opened the meeting with the singing of Jesus Loves Me and the repeating of the Mission Band Purpose and the Lord's Prayer. We sang Thank You for the World So Sweet and Mrs, C. Hill gave the worship talk, "Light and Beauty" --Matt, 6:16, and offered the prayer. The offering was taken by Ivan Bradburn, John Roseboom and Larry Brown said the offertory pray- er. Minutes were read by the new secretary, Carol Rahm and roll eall answered by "Something I like about winter". Jill and Joan Saywell sang "Come all ye Faithful." Mrs. Mount joy told the story, "The Ranch in the Mountains". Nancy Dorrell played a piano solo, "Winter Wonderland"; Mrs. Hill read a nice letter from Miss Hazel Heffren, Flin Flon, our Canadian Mis- sionary for prayer. We closed with singing Jesus Loves Me and all Te- peating the Band Benediction. The W.L held its January meeting at the home of Mrs. Neil Malcolm, on Wednesday afternoon. -The meeting opened. with the Institute Ode and Collect. Mrs. Lorne Thompson, presi- dent, then ead "The Institute Garden" from an address by Mrs. McPhater, Provincial President, at the avea con- vention. After the roll call "A reso- lution I have made and kept". There was a short business session in which plans were made for a ecard party on Junuary 13, and the Spring Bazaar. Mrs, V. Bailey, group leader, called on Mis. George Wolfe for the current events, Mis. Selby Grant, Bowman- ville, District President of West Dur. ham, then gave a very interesting ad- dress on the work undertaken by each of the standing committees, and gave very helpful suggestions. Lunch of hot dogs followed by tea and tarts was served by the group. The meeting closed with the "Queen". Attendance: Indies 22, children 11. This being "Week of Prayer" three fine addresses and services were held. On Tuesday night in the Anglican church with Rev. C. W. Hutton preach- ing. Wednesday night in the Presby- terian church, Rev, Nicholson gave the sermon and Thursday night in the United Church with Rev. Mr. McLean preaching. All on the theme, of Evangelism. Mr. and Mrs, A. 1. Wednesday to spend Ilorida. Sorry . to report that little Barty Trewin had the misfortune to fall and break his collarbone. Mr, and Mrs. Leith Byers, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Swain and family were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Byers, in Bowmanville on Friday. At the January meeting of tho IFnrmers" Union held in the Commun ity Hall Friday night, the election of officers was held with the follow- ing results; President, Doug. Mackie; Vice-President, Vietor Malcolm; Sec.- Treasurer, Mrs. George Prosser; Leg- islative Director, Gordon Strong; Or- ganizational Director, Mrs. Victor Mal- colm; Publicity Director, Mis. Victor Malcolm; . Publicity Director, Mrs. Adelbert Beacock; Official pianist, Mis, Gordon Strong. Mrs, George Prosser left Monday to attend a series of Farmers' Union meetings in Peterboro and Hastings counties, ; Mr. and Mis, Hector Shortridge and Billy, Mr. and Mis. Art, Leighton; Mr. and Mrs, Frank Bailey and Allan were Friday evening supper guests of Mr, and Mrs, Thos. Redman, Scugog. The Women's Institute are extend- ing a welcome to all ladies to attend their extension course in sandwich making to be held in United Church Sunday 8echool room, Tuesday, Jan, 17th, George Bailey left on the winter in piano for same room. the officers for 1956---Supt., Earl Dor- ~ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wright, Mr. and Mrs, Fred Trewin and family, were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Horn, in Oshawa, on Friday. Sorry to report Mrs. Orr Venning in Port Perry Hospital for an operation. My. and Mrs. Stuart Dorrell enter- tained the following to au fowl dinner Friday night. Misses Joyce Graham, Wilma Toms and Joan Hoskin; and Messrs, Harvey Grahain, Jack Green and Keith VanCamp. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Graham, Devitts, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Graham, The annual meeting of the United Church 8.8. was held on Friday night. Rev. C. W. Hutton opened the meeting by Scripture reading and prayer. There was an average attendance for the year of 121. Treasurer's and the Missionary Treasurer's reports showed favorablg finances. Some discussion re improvements, Murs, 'Hill was ap- pointed to secure some one to do some extra lighting and fixing windows and ~~ blackboard for Primary Room, and Mrs. Gordon Strong and Mrs. Roy Tay- lor were appointed - to =purchase Following ave ell (31st year); Asst Supt. Ernest Swain; See. Ralph Larmer; Asst. Sec, Harvey Graham; Treas, not yet filled, Missionary Convener, Miss Joyce Gra- ham; Temperance - Convener, Ivan Mountjoy; Missionary Treas., Mrs. S. Dorrell. 'l'eachers---~ Bible Class, Mr. Hurold Kyte; Sr Girls, Mrs. Clarence Marlow; Sr. Boys, Dalton Dorrell; In- termediate Girls; Mrs. Earl Dorrell; Intermeidinte Boys, Rich. VanCamp; Junior Girls, Mrs. Harold Kyte; Jr. Boys, Neil Malcolm; Primary Room Supt., Mrs. Cecil Hill; Assts, Mrs. Ivan Thompson and Mrs. Murray Byers. Primary Girls teacher, Mrs, lvan Thompson; Primary Boys, Glenn Lar- mer; Beginners, Girls, Mrs. Roy Tur- ner; boys, Mrs. Roy Taylor; Nursery, Mis. Mrs. Murray Byers and. Mrs, G. Strong. Asst. Teachers for Primary Room, Mrs. Harold Swain, Mrs. Ernest Swain and Mrs, Roy McLauglin, Com- mittees were appointed to arrange for, Anniversary on May 24th. Meeting closed with prayer by Rev. Hutton a Cars for Winter Driving Windsor, Ont., Jan. 7: The Cana. dian winter will be invited to do-its worst when a group of automobiles engineers visit Dauphin, Man., 160 miles north-west of Winnipeg, next week, Purpose of their visit is to conduct u series of cold-weather tests of Glirysier-nidh automobiles, INT] l WE is the first time that such tests have been staged in Canada by the corporation in its passenger cars. Fight vehicles taken at random from the Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler assembly lines at Detroit and Windsor will be used. The cars will be literally soaked with cold at tem- peratures which the engineers expect may reach 40 below zero. Engines, electrical systems, trans- missions, heaters, defrosters, oil, anti- freeze and tires will be rigorously tested for two-week period and studied for their reaction to the cold. In addition, experimental features which may appear on future models will be given a workout under these demanding conditions In former years the tests were held at Bemidji, Minn,, but after a thorough canvass of North American winter temperatures Dauphin was selected as offering a more consistently reliable brand of frigidity. . --d