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Clipped Comments living, so there is now a movement want . . . like, keeping up with the 30-minute (memorial service RESALE EAL ERE aE BEE of 3 PRE ais reads Eat) ¥ NOTES AND COMMENTS : Political Life in Ontario The | [government of Ontario seems to have taken op a new lease of life these Faced 'with three major issues, it appears to be tackling problems with a more realistic attitude than characterized its behaviour in the past. days. much With regard to Dominion- agreements the government was quick to realize that the agreement proposed by the federal government would work a real hardship. in that it would drain off large revenues to be used as subsidies to the While this is all to the good up to a point there are limits to how much even; a wealthy province can less wealthy proyinces. sacrifice without impairing i able development. "the egreement altogether, The government is proceeding with Population . After an extended trip around the world, "Julian Huxley, eminent biologist, "claims that the problem of our age - population. an imposing wealth of facts. The annual increase in world population runs at the rate of 84,000,000 people per 'population increase more than double the entire population of Canada. And what Is more startling is that this in- "crease is steadily rising. The growth of * year -- « population has now reached its. now within sixty years. time we are increasing the In America life expectancy and 73 years; in India it has now climbed "from between 18and 22 to between 30 and | Premier Frost is on solid ground when he seeks to bargain: further and failing a satisfactory bargain he would do well it seems to withdraw f from; He contends that the i increase of human numbers along with soil erosion, deforestation, and the destruction of wild- life on our planet 'have brought 'us to a critical phase in the history of mankind. To support this argument he has drawn up World population is doubling itself And at the same regarding though it is clear that both the urban and the farm population strongly support the * caution "idea of such-a has dp ; Provincial tax frills. a recognition its own reason- : cation, be in order. is problem of Even if we out. explosive lim- length of life. ~~ to follow suit, is between 68 Huxley maintains that if nothing is done to stem this terrific incfease mankind will literally drewn in its own flood. Or, in other words, humanity will have become .. the cancer of the earth planet. [I health .insurance al- scheme. It is also becoming clear to the govern- ment that education cannot be dealt with "in terms of the fundamentals and the There is little point in arguing out the philosophy underlying education when © your immediate problems are problems of getting accommodation for the pupils and enough teachers to teach them. ping up the amount set aside tor education the government shows that there is at last By step- ol the serious crisis which is rapidly developing in the field of edu- / . . In view of the serious nature of the issues with which the government will be concerned a re-organization of the cabinet «to put younger men in office would seem to clear tropical forests, con- struct huge dams and irrigation projects, drain swamps, modernize all systems' of land tenure and most difficult of all-.change _people's habits and attitudes, food will still be too scanty to provide for all. Huxley argues that there is only one way The world, he explains, must create a population policy, most dangerous period is in the next thirty or lorty ycars. and Japan have already been force to take steps in this direction. - not be long before other countries will have He warns that the He points out that India He thinks it will e Perhaps, this is a problem that might serve to bring the East and West together. Certainly it appears to be a common. pro- blem for all mankind. Speech of Scotty "Broughton, - Dis- trict Commander, District F, at Bow- manville Legion Hall Zone Rally, on March 3rd, 1956. Mr. Zone Commander and Comrades: First, I would like:to thank you for giving me the honour of addressing you to-night. Although, 1 have been present at many Zone Meetings in the past, this is the first time that I have been the guest speaker. May I bring you. Greetings from your Provincial Command and also the best wishes of the other Zones in this District. To-night, in the Bowmanville Hall, we are gathered here to pay tribute to the gallant service of a number of our older Comrades, the men who have served the Canadian Legion for 2b years. The men who in their allotted time here on earth have contribujed much to Canada in general and to their fel- low Comrades in particular. Day by day. their numbers are get- ting less, day by day their ranks are being thinned out. It is true that since the end of World War 2 the Legion has gope ahead by leaps and bounds in numerical and nia- ferial strength. But that advance was along the well defined path, a road mapped out for us by the men whom we honour to-night It is dmazing that these men who lived through two wars and a depres. sion that was more terrible than any war on the morale of the Canadian people should have so much faith that | they could build an organization based on remembrance, service, and sacrifice ina world that at that time seemed void of principal, barren of virtue and full of the evil one. . "We owe a great deal to these men, a debt that we can never repay. It is good for us once in a while to «it down and think clearly. Let us examine our situation and see what we owe them, Remember the early days of the war when we were told that the big guns, tanks, and aeroplanes could not be built in Canada; that we were an agri- cultural country. Who convinced the Legion Zone Rally in \ Bowmanville There are 13% million veterans in Canada, quarter of a million belong to the Legion. We represent one in seven, It is up to you to go out and bring in the other six.' The time to do it is now. The membership in this Dixtriet in 6028, The Legion shall stand for loyalty to the Sovercign and the maintenance of adequate forces on sen, land, and in the air, . By that we mean that we believe that all young men 17% years of 'age should take a course of military in- struction in the Reserve Avy. It also means that the Legion Branches should be Jone hundred per cent. behind the resérve army forma- tions in their respective areas. I'o that end we have several organ- izations within the fabric of the Legion itself. The Poppy Fund is the first and most widely known of these agencies. It is a government fund administered by the Legion Branches. Last year we distributed 1% million poppies in this Province. There are 3 million people in Ontario so we have a long way to go yet before we really cover the areg-in which we live, The poppy campaign in this district need a shot in the arm. It is not enough to elect a committee and then forget about them. It is the duty of every member of the Legion to do his or her part dur- ing the Poppy Campaign, Let us get behind our Branch Poppy Committee and make 1956 a banner year in District I The Legion Service Bureau is part of our work that is usually left to some willing Joe to do. his job every day without fanfare, he gets no recognition, no medals, some- times not even thank you. His phone, his home, his ability, his time is at the disposal of any veterans with a pro- blem and there are lots. of. them. Yet as a result of his work last year hundreds of veterans were able_to re- ceive' thousands in direct and retro- active pensions, This work costs you-ene dollar per 'member per year and 1 believe is one a 3 dy a aaa 'won with their play "The Pot Boiler," The Branch Service Officer works at | CANADIAN SHOW BIZ SUPPORTS EASTER SEALS Eddy Allen(right) and Barry Wood of "Happy Gang" fame are two of the many entertainers in Canadian show business supporting the Easter Seal SILT LF 32 Ee ay OE 2 ssp AA Thursday, March 15th, 1956 campaign this year. They: are pic- tured above with "Timmy" discussing scripts for a number of special Easter Seal shows planned by the "Happy Gang" in their regular CBN Trans- Canada network series, Hilltss Herald By Barry Fletcher 2 "At the Drama Night, held in Brock district Ilizh School, Brock District but Barbara Love brought hoine the honour of best actress in the play we presented "Bird on the Wing"; in the play Barbara starred as Baleria, a coloured maid. The second-best act- ress' was Bettina Williams from Ux- bridge. The Best actor award was won by Wayne Lehman of Whitby aud the runner-up was David Whitmore of Sutton District High School, 6 m ~ Pine (irove The sympathy of the community is extended to Mrs, Aymstrong and fam- ily in the passing of the late Mr. Hilliard Aan-trong, on Sunday. The Week: % in the Legislature B. DYMOND, MPI. v DRM Tom the increasing tempo of af- fairs it would appear that we are in the second half of this session. Com- mittee meetings are more frequent and lst longer and menbers generally are lkept well occupied with the matters coming before the House as well as Keeping paee with those things of in terest only to their own Ridings. Ther Save been night sittings of the touse, too, during this past week since the Budget Debace opened, Last Tuesday, there was another full scale meeting of the Agriculture Com. mittee. This was given over mainly to hearing the Brief of the Federation of Agriculture which had been recent- iy presented' to the Federal Cabinet aid also the submission, of this bedy to the Gorion Commi sion nomics. The concern felt by all Rural Menibers in particalar moi and on Ico- 15 ~ - Ww Ed ADS Na & pl id bn "ng d ae oe Tg i Sie or bo ot on A on . HIGH COST QF DYING - It would seem many people are un. able to-keep-up with the high cost of started to cut down the high cost of dying. ~ According to press des- patches the Unitarian Church is pro- moting this idea by organizing the 'Toronto Memorial 'Society at First Unitarian Congregation. The object of this organization is to end "mor- bid, barbaric funeral rites" and to re- duce "the high cost of dying." Dr, Killam, Uniitarian Minister, did not find fault with the undertaker "who only provides what the people Joneses", He suggested a brief, pri- vate service before burial, in church oy home, no committal service and a "after. the family has regained its compo- sure, He continued, "many people spend a lot of money they don't have because they feel they must do the 'proper thing by their loved: ones, But respect and honor for the dead can be shown without spending large sums." : It was somewhat of a coincidence that we received a letter last week from a lady born in England and now lives in Canada who related her feel- ings at the first funeral she attend- ed in this country, Here are her comments: "I really belleve some people are entertained at funeral! The first large funeral I went to in this country, I thought it was a ter- rible performance with no room for sorrow, grief or human feelings, just a pompous exhibition! To me there 'was eligion in {t, but just a pagan dion "Reid "All which comments go to prove habit and customs of.olden, days are difficult to relegate to the archives of oblivion and "adopt modern meth- ods of grace and dignity," quoting again Dr, Killam, ~--Canadian Statesman Wie Preservers Never let erumbs collect in your elecs tiie toaster Use a soft brush to remove those that Jo not drop on the tray, and |0f Many Things By Ambrose Hills NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN "My goodness, you're surely not go- ing to oppose a national health plan! You'll lose all your readers! Why on earth do you write against things like health 7" 'How do you answer a letter like that?' I've tried a dozen approaches. "Dear lady, I.do not oppose things like health. I am all for good health. But I DO oppose this new national health plan because I am sure that more people: could have more health for less money." I Yiave a friend who, last year, pui off buying a new.car so that he could pay the bill for a heavy seige of hosp- ital expenses incurred by his family. In his case, since he was not a sales- man, he was able to get hy with the old car for one more season. The hos- pital and medical bills really hurt, but he valued the health of his family, and he paid them. But he knew another family, in the same town, who also incurred hospital bills. They also bought'a TV set and they have their case of beer every week-end, .and many other luxuries. They didn't pay their doctor. Further- more, the family needs dental care, and won't get it. They would rather spend $400 on a TV sct than pay $200 for a set of teeth. There will be thousands of instan- ces where the man who does care, the man who saves and sa¥rifices because he values health, will have to foot the bill for folk who couldn't caré lesa! The. government will lump us all to- gether, treat us all the same. If the proposed national health plan would give us all some common secur- ity against disastrous hospital and medical bills, I would find it hard to oppose. I know that a series of un- fortunate illnesses can wreck the fin- ances of even the moat prudent family, 0 But in the main, it is far less costly and, I suspect, far more effective, when citizens insure themselves by joining the Blue Cross or such services as the Manitoba Medical Service, Plans of this kind are made by people who value health; government plans, on the other hand, (and I mean all gov- ernments, Liberal or Conservative), usually are made by people who value amply the Ly after each using. votes, | mother Deury Prince Albert The attendance at 'Sunday School and church*"was average in spite of nature's. blizzards and sea- sonal sickness in our village. We are sorry to learn that Mr, is confined to Sunnybrook hospital, Toronto. oo Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Doupe with their daughter Mrs, Bert Raines and Mr. Raines, Toronto, on Sunday. "Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Thorndyke and two children, of Lindsay, with Mur. and Mrs. James Davidson and family. Mrs. Doyle acted as hostess for a shower for her sister Miss S. Thomp« on' whose marriage to Mr. Devitt took place on Saturday in Toronto. The reception was also held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle. Sincere sympathy is extended to Mr. Bruce Snelgrove, wife and fam- ily, in the passing of Bruce's mother Mrs. C. Snelgrove. Saturday night dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rul. Butson, including the family, Mr. and Mrs, C. Butson, Mr. and Mrs. M. Butson, Mr. and Mrs. Wagg.and son of Toronto. Mrs. E. Martyn recently treated her, lage S. S. Class of boys, each to tickets for" a special hockey game. Another simiilar outing was enjoyed by Mis. Ben Smith's Class of girls, when they attended the carnival, Beth Hunter and Paul Heard de- posited their birthday money on Sun- diay at Sunday School, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dunn, of Ot- tawa, and Mr, and Mrs. A. Snelgrove of Sarnia, with the: Bruce Snelgroves a few days. » Scugog Scugog Home and School Associa- tion are sponsoring a euchre at the Community Hall on Friday, March 16. Prizes will be awarded and everyone is invited to attend. Ladies please provide funch. Next Wednesday, March 21, Scugog Home and School Club will meet at the Foot School. Guest speaker will be Mr. Ralph Wallace from Oshawa. Committee in charge is Mrs. Irene Newman, Mra, Cecil Fralick, Mra. Glen Hood and Mrs. Eunice Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Dnald Crozier return. ed home on Wednesday from their 6 week vacation in Florida, Canadian people that this was a lot of nongence and as a result we saw the railroads building artillery guns, the motor manufacturers building tanks, and government owned factories turn- ing out planes? One answer--The Legion. - Remember Normandy and the lack of reinforcements, Who insisted that NRMA men be sent overseas, who de- manded that equal rights shall also mean equal responsibilities? One answer--The Legion, Who was it that held meetings in every nook and corner of this great Dominion to convince the Canadian people that they should vote yes on the manpower plebiscite 7 One answer--The Legion. Who originated the idea of a parlia- mentry committee of Veterans Affairs composed entirely of Veterans? One answer--The Legion, What organization contributed most to the Veteran's Charter? One answer--The Legion, Did you get one hundred dollars clothing allowance? - The old sweat did not, Did 'you get unemployment insur- ance whilst waiting for a job or your business to succeed? The old sweat did not. Did you get a substantial re-estab- lishment credit? : The old sweat did not, Did you get a first class passage home from overseas? Ask the old sweat how he came home? Did you get free medical and dental treatment for 12 months following dis- charge? Ask the old sweat what did he get? Have you the finest medical, hos- pital treatment and re-establishment treatment in the world to.day ? One answer -- "Yes" and you can thank the old sweats for that, Did you finish your College educa- tion or did you go to a vocational School and learn a trade? Yes Comrades, a lot of us are sit- ting prettty today. But do we ever think 'how it all came about, to whom we should be grateful ? The men whom we honour to. night represent all these things, They are the men who formed the Legion on Remembrance, tradition, sacrifice and service, ; To-day you, the younger men Pave received your inheritance; the job is now yours to carry on, Let us look at the Legion program and sce what-we can do in our allotted time, To constitute "an organization of those who have served, This obligates you to bring in every veteran so that when the Legion speaks it shall be as one having auth- ority, the fundamental reasons for our existence as an organization. It answers the _question that has rung down through the ages--""Am 1 my brother's keeper? The churches may answer what they will but the Legion Service Bureau Officer must answer--I[ am my brother's keeper. . I'ublic Speaking Every year we have a public speak- ing contest for the school children. If you 'had sat with me at Windsor and heard the winner--a young Polish boy explain why it was good to be a Cana- dian you would have realized the good that is being accomplished by this part of Legion work. Scholarships ] We have sent over 100 young people to university ag a result of the Legion Scholarship program. 51 percent of the men's=branches have contributed to this work whilst 97 percent of the of Ladies" Auxiliaries have made a dona- tion. Knowing the importance of this work and seeing what the Ladies have done should make you want to take a more active part in Legion Scholar ship. Community Service All members of the Legion are pledged to serve in peace as they did in war This means, that you should serve your community. If you have the ability you should offer your service council, school board, Public utilities. All community campaigns such as Red Cross, Sally Ann, March of Dimes, Community Centre, Scouts, Cubs, ete; any organization that is for the good of the community should receive the support of Legion members, if not as a branch then as individual citizens, for we place good citizenship over and above all-pther things, Twice in our life timé we have seen the powers of darkness put to flight. Twice we have seen the morning break. Through our service to Queen and on or organized effort. We cannot forget sorrow created, We understand much clearer the na- tional problems that lie before us. the bonds that A better Canada will not come of itself, . It must be planned for; it must be strived for, But it will conie 4f there is kindle in the soul of the people, the flame of sacrifice that shined so brightly in the hearts of Canada's fighting men and women, * Canada is nearer and dearer to us than ever hefore because it was pur- chased ng so great a price, Those who have fallen are worthy of everlasting resemblance, To Hold Recreation bridge High School. Iimpire we have realized the power of | Fhe meriing of the W.A, has been postponed ad will be held nex: Wed- nesday, March Lith at the home of Mrs. Graves. - Mr. and Mrs, Howard Fmby and family of Campbellford, My. and Mrs, Herb, Hill and family, of Uxbridge, Miss June {ill and friend Mr. Keith Heron, visit d on Sunday with Mr, and Mis. Jacek Hill and celebruted ~My Hill's birthday. Sorry te Nesbitt hao break his : report that Master Paul Sie mizfortune to fall ana 5 while skiing. Mr. Rac from Part ~chnson has returned home crry Hospital, The man; friends of Mrs, John Al- bright wil ce pleased to know she i mproving _aealth, Mr, and week-end vir, AL Handel spent the an Toronto. Lead: «ship Course ONTARIO "OUNTY JR. Sd ] "Plans have now Leen completed by the Ontaric County Junior Farmers | to hold a Heereantion Leadership Cour- The dates are Wednesday, March Lith and eursday, Mareh 15, at 8.304 p.m, in the Port Perry High School and Wed, March 21st and Thursday, March 220d, at 8.30 p.m., in the Ux- Se. The leade s, Mr, Harold Harton and Miss Elesrnor Saracuse, Community Programe s Dranch, "Toronto, are outstandir., leaders in the field of recreation. end will make this course very much, worthwhile, Good recreation is an important pat of the Junicr Farmer programme and it is imporcant that a large number of Juniors get this training so they can 'enrry on a good recreation pro. gramme at their own Junior Farmer meetings, A All Junior Farmers should plan now to attend. oT Ih every ommunity there is a mem. | orinl _but b fore God they better mon ment, rt tt ttm degerve a Even th monument of a purer, more nob' more intelligent, more united, mor God feaving Canada. Canada they have created i us be worthy of them. Dying f Canada, L Let ue ovr eloser in the nariowe) vears, befor as gj the eternal vision spreads; wo vho outsmarted death and all its fea... noe one Army still living: and dead. elf, wore noticeable ~as time goes along; belief that iv some manner the prget of the Fartiess must be broush. moive cleanly to the attention of the Atv oand town duwelier is a topic very nei reg I'o this end it is that in the very near future the Can wing Federation f° Agriculture ie bolimg a public ferum in Eaton's Auditorium. By this meaus we hope interest will be sumulated and that 'hiv will only he the first of many such Forums, Many of us believe that thi: tape of nmevting is one. of the most effeciive media for setting to the pub- fie tae information acsired. To us who real Ridings and vet ure selves engaged in the business of Farming, it is o very effective an- swer to the eriticistr often heard that the Marmer is not doing much for him- We do belteve that the or Lis own representative can tell his story much mow erfectively in some : thid and we will wateh represent tot farrier cul manner as this expe ranent with much interest, "One most important Bill was brow he down in the House during this weel., "ni. was the Bill (0 estallish the Ho pital Service Commission, the fir step towed implementing (the pro pesed Hospital Insurance Scheme, The 15 the nnogination but it is my per hat talked about oral belief over-due and hia me ar too long now. hove to have a yood deal more to wort on this mat'er before the end af thy Session,' 0, Fridey of past week the Pose Minister aed his advisers ve tind to Oftaws for a further confer- nee with the Prine: Mimster of Cans [via and the goveranent there, Out of this conference it is hoped will come a more clear and more realistic state- ment concerning the many fiseal pro- Ylems ficing both the Provinces and the Nation as a whole. This confor- cnee willy Iam sure, be watched by all of vs with much interest, particularly when we in Ontario recall the state ment recently made by Mr, Frost as reg: «ds the tremendous sums of money which will be needed in the next few years to meet the rapidly expanding . needs of this Province, ' cently discussed in the corridors. neouraging to knows i » Bil was given second reading and de- ale an it beean with some explana tion "of its conteat by the Prime Mindster. The Leader of the Opposi- tion, Mr. Oliver, then spoke on it and fe wa followed by Mr. MacDonald for he CLC Daring this next week it copected that the Bill will go to the standing Committee on Health, on which your Memb, is Chairman. Hero all the Members Will be given full opporounity to cratinize and eons ide every aspect of the Bill; after, which © 1s hoped it will be given thir veading and paced The scope and magritede of this Bill somewhat stay WER, LES A Ea hE le ik I a ed TY yYYyY Sow av Ts rbd, Ny 2s v pe = a ' fs wg a a SD fo ia on ah A de BE ha SAT RRR I a va ~ > Vv ayn "~ an a i int oP M, ke