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------------ {8 i i on District Doings "$100,000 for the project. "one 'while Mrs. Alex. Noble represent- Moher of The Canadien Weekly Newspapers Asseclatien THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Lo af Ty. LO uy WSFA Ere SO 4 - Pia KE Bog : Sant Ng aed eA " Rte Bias Le Ce LA Thursday, Ju ne 14th, 1956 Com To Think of It Running a great daily newspaper is some- thing like being a circus barker. got to get an audience and once you get it you got to keep on telling it the most sen-- sational things - «+ + . or the quite unsensa- tional things in a sensational way. Today , it is the immediate threat far East ; to-morrow it is the Trans-Canada pipe-line ; the next day revolution in Argen- tina, or the marriage of Bella Koola, the great Hollywood star, to Prince Farina of Timbucktbo. Whatever happens has to be sensational or made to appear that way. And yet it is a bit far-fetched to suggest iflammation of the intestines is of ouch gn feant moment that the fate of a and perhaps the fate of the civil- Surely, this hy- is not paralleled with similar hysteria in our daily lives. of us recognize that the large amount of that Ameri ized world hangs upon it. _steria in print space devoted You've news is about of war in the about him, Most i That They Might Fly The crowds who attended the big Air Force Day Show at Rockcliffe in Ottawa must have wondered why some six square feet of the grassy slope marking the na- tural ampitheatre was surrounded by a "Ordinarily this would have provided needed space for spectators who crowd the hillside in thousands, of the people learned why the fence had been put up. But Wing Commander Wat- kins felt that he had good reason for creat- new picket fence. ing this sanctuary here. When the R.C.A.F. men at the station were preparing the grounds for the show last week, they spotted the nest of a mea- ~ dow lark and discovered she was hatch- The unusual situation was re- -ing eggs. ported to the commanding, officer, decision was a prompt one. Méasures must be taken to safeguard the home:and to pro-. structed and t by on Cither 5 lested. Few air defences it i and her eggs. papers is so much filler for both the paper and the reader and that yesterday's sport tect motherhood This kindly thoug tion was: certainly not the least dramatic event of the Air Show. At a time when we were demonstrating the awful power of our id to sport 0 the daily news. - as important as low tide on - Grand Mannan Island. We are reminded of a little poem by the late Humbert Wolfe-- The City Financier walks in the garden stiffly, because of his pride and his burdens. He looks importantly while all the spring goes on without him. And so it does. all the newspaper ballyhoo, life goes on its regular way most of it too wholesome to make headlines. And so do we. In spite of o the fence -was con- il ng spectators passed ide [led ing the ngst unmo- and appropriate ac- is significant that men were concerned with the safety of a meadowlark Perhaps there are.some who would band this as sheer sentiment ment? His the Air Force: "heaven. but what would humans be without senti- We're proud of the display put on ky the Air Force last Saturday but long atter we've forgotten the streaking jets 'we'll still remain the picket fence built by 80 that! 'some meadow larks might get their wings and fly in God's blue ~ this is a natural and popular trend in the midst of expansion and steady in- crease in population. To finance new walks, sewer§, paved roads, extension of water mains and not overlooking the' greatest -- expense of all, new schools, councils are compelled to issue debentures. This "is an expensive method the municipality has of bor- rowing money which takes from 10 to ZY yeurs to pay off. 'The all important body dealing with these matters is the Untario Municipal poatd 'at 'Queen's Park, the approval or which has to be secured béfore mun- leipatities can proceed with large ex- penaitures, It would now appear that because some towns and clues have been financially loaded down with de- bentures to such an alarming extent the U.M.B. has started t& apply the brakes, No matter what the deben- tures amount to the ratepayers do the paying. It appears that several municipalities have received due warning that they must go slow on issuing further dex bentures, which means towns and cities must tighten the.purse strings on in- ternal expenditures. ) We understand Bowmanville is get- ting close to the border of its borrow- ing capacity. town council for this precarious con- dition. Aside from uncontrolable ex- pehditures the blame, to a great ex- tent, rests with the insistent demands of citizens for all sorts of modern civic improvements. So keep in mind that citizens are also taxpayers who have. to pay the bills. Maybe this warning is locking the stable door after the horse was stolen. --Canadian Statesman Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills SUNDERLAND TO HAVE WATERWORKS : The_ property owners of the village of Sunderland have given their ap- proval to the construction of a water- works system. The vote was 126 to 87 in favour of the expenditure of | SIGHTS RARE BIRD NEAR BOBCAYGEON ' This week's Lands and Forests Bul- letin carries the story of the sighting by a Bobcaygeon district man of a rare North Ameritan bird, once almost ex- tinct but now rigidly protected by the law, an American egret. N. R. Pilcher is reported to have been surprised one morning last week when looking out over his march, he saw a large "white heron" wading around the edge of his pond. He at once identified the bird as an Amer- ican egret; a rare bird this far north. A member of the heron family, egrets stand about three feet high. Their plumage is snowy white. They have yellow-bills and black legs and feet. Once almost extinct through in- discriminate hunting, they have now recovered under protection, and can be found. in great numbers throughout marshes and everglades of Florida and other southern states. UXBRIDGE NOT INSTALLING PARKING METERS At a special meeting held-in the council chamber and attended by re- presentatives from various organiza- tions both of town and district, it was decided that the town would not install parking meters at the present time. Previously the council had expressed in favour of meters and advertised their intention of having them install- ed after a special meeting to be held on Tuesday night. Merchants present were emphatical- ly against them with the exception of ing the Farm Forums and Bert Pear- go of the Junior Farmers both stated that their respective groups felt there was no need for them. The general opinion appeared to be that the only time there was a parking problem was on Saturday nights and now with the: stores open on Friday evening too the Saturday night diffi- culties would be lessened. All favor- ed an off-street parking lot or lots and were agreeable to go along with a two hour parkimg time limit. HIT/BY- ARROW BOY: LOSES EYE FAIRPORT BEACH--Six year old Donald McLean of Fairport Beach had his left eye removed at the Hospital for Sick Children, last week, after be- ing struck by a metal tipped arrow. Donald was watching a group of wild arrow-from the bow of the son of ¢losesfriends of the McLean's struck the lad: { Doctors said: there was no chance of saving the boy's sight and removal was the only possible thing to do. An East York: boy, George Pascae, age 9, lost an eye only last week in a similar accident. DISTRICT FIRMS GET CONTRACTS Contracts 'totalling $1,088,204 were -{awarded to Oshawa: district firms by the department of defence production during the last half of April. Two Ajax companies shares in the contracts. Stark Electronic: Instru- ments Limited was awarded a contract amounting to $640,000 for the supply of electronic equipment; while-Bayly Engineering Limited was given a con- tract totalling $28,000 for the-supply of the same type of equipment. General Motors of Canadayand Field Aviation Company were the two Osha- wa firms. The former will supply standard commercial vehicles in the amount of $200,000: while the latter will provide parachute assemblies in the amount of $170,000: pr -- Clipped Comments . THERE'S POWER IN THE MIDDLE CLASS » The -middle class in. Canada has no voice in political parties, for the theory under the governments operate is that the rich can afford to carry the burden and the poor are happy to get the benefits, } If the middle class in Canada--and income tax statistics are evidence that there is such a section of the Canadian people--ever consolidate its thinking and becomes vocal, politicians in all parties will take heed. The standard of living in Canada is high and prosperity is distributed much more eyenly thanin many other countries and yet there does exist exist among the great middle class section the belief that they are con: stantly being: squeezed by high taxes, high prices and lavish government spending. - The middle class has the people who buy government bonds, invest in life insurance, and seek to prepare for old age and retirement by other forms of protection. They are people who have savings against a rainy day. They are not rich, ner are they poor. The diminishing purchasing power of the dollar.is recognized by the mid- dle class, for they can see the dollars with which they bought life insurance, bonds, annuities and other investments being returned to them in their years of retirement in dollars with greatly reduced buying power. Should the in-between middle class things could happen. Slowly the be- governments are at the expense of the middle class, --Moose Jaw Times- Herald as reported by The Stouffville Tribune, HOW MUCH CAN THEY STAND? Municipal taxes. are running wild in almost every municipality around and the blame cannot be laid on the the shoulders of any councils or school boards who are faced with the insur- mountable task of trying to operate growing communities and still keep taxes down, The point in our mind is just how far can this spiral rise before Mr. Average Taxpayer finds it impossible to keep up." Stouffville and Markham villages as well a8 the surrounding townships are going to be jolted again this year, -Greatest stumbling block to economy and one which takes 60c and more out of every dollar we put up is the cost of education, now well out of bounds. As pointed out last week by the Mark- ham Township reeve, Vaughan Twp. and Richmond Hill are nearly to the breaking pointiin debt. Markham vil- linge, according to that town's news- paper, is going to find the tax rate nearly doubled. Stouffville is likely in for nearly a ten mill bump, Mark- ham Twp. educational costs are double the entire tax roll of 19560, some Whit- church school sections will pay nearly a hundred mills for schooling. One need go no further to see that educa- tion and education alone, is crippling municipal financing. The provincial government claims to be paying fifty percent of the costs but this is only a myth, as once the current expenses such as salaries and the other dozen and one items on which it does not pay are added up, the grant is very meagre. Passing it along, the provincial gov- ernment claims it can pay no more un- less the federal government gives in to a better share of the tax field. The federal government has declined furth- er concessions although they can find $80,000,000 to finance a private com- pany of a foreign country to build a pipe line; ment in all the municipalities mention- ed would easily be offset with addition al assessment -were in not for the monstrous costs of schools: True, we must. have these schools, but unless their cost of construction and operation can be met from some other source than local taxation fit would appear that the breaking point has almest been reached for Mr. Average Citizen, =-Stguftyille Tribune IT'S CITIZENS WHO PAY THE SHOT Many municipalities in Ontario in recent years have been on a mad civie spending spree, They are all in the race to secure new industries, includ- older boys at target practice when a become organized as a potent force ing Bowmanville, and it is apparent lief is growing that the benevolence of | Increases in cost of local govern«| BEWILDERING! "It beats me," the fellow said, "It completely beats me!" He lowered his newspaper and leaned toward me in the Pullman car, waving the head- line under my nose. I read it and he pointed with an angry finger at still another headline, "The government," the fellow said, "will lend millions of dollars to prop up a broadcasting system, or to help 9g Texas millionaire get a gas pipe line, or for any other darn thing you can think of . . .I" I put down my whodunit. pretty sore about the broadcasting situation myself. "On broadcasting," I said, "the government's gone hog- wild. Dancing girls and sexy night- club singers, paid out of the public money . . .!" : He waved that aside. "What burns me is this", he said. "I'm an indus- trial worker, Acetate .-. . Viscose . . That sort of thing. We're in a bad fix, but does the government give a hoot? Not so you could notice!" "They've helped farmers . . ." I started to say, always ready to do a little arguing. i "Oh, yeah," he said. "Ask the far- mers! The farmers have had a drib- ble of the handouts . . . that's all. They've had a dribble, and we've had none. We can't even get reform in| our crazy custom regulations or tar- iff setup. You'd think they'd want a lively secondary industry in Canada, making jobs at decent wages, at least as much as--what was it you said?" "Dancing girls and night-club sing- ers," I answered, glad I'd made my point, at least. He nodded, a bitter expression on his face. "Some day," he said, "this country will find it needs a textile in- dustry and needs it badly. Then I suppose Mr, Howe or some fellow like that will jump in and say, 'I'll make this thing go!' and he'll take billions out of the public treasury and make a big, powerful textile hero out of himself. Given half fair treatment, we could keep our present industry healthy. But no--millions for danc- ing girls, but not one cent for cloth- ing!" A salesman -in a chair across the aisle, leaned over to say, "Did you hear about the dancing girl that . . ?" The political -end of our conversa- tion was finished. ------ Quintuplet Tulips As we all are aware, tulips usually produce one flower to a stem, but Mrs. Russell "Butson, Prince Albert, had one her garden that sent up four fully developed pink flowers, and one partly developed. The flowers were both double and single, all of the same pink shade. One of the freeks of nature we cannot explain. Who can equal this? I've been | "THE SLEEPER" Sportscaster Dave Price, who does the commentary on wrestling each week on CBC Television, wanted to find out for himself just how mean Hard-Boiled Haggarty could be. The number one villain of wrestling made But don't blame the| no bones about it. Quick like a bun- ny, he applied a Sleeper Hold and Price went out like a light--he didn't stand a chance! He is going to stay out of the ring after this but wil still be on hand at the wrestling mat- ches 'to bring CBC viewers his groan- by-groan account, The 11th annual Ontario County Jr. Farmer Field Day was held at the Port Perry High School on Saturday, June 9. "Sports enthusiasts from all the Junior Farmer and Junior Insti- tute Clubs in the county were pre- sent. The weather was splendid and all events were keenly contested. The field day was under the direc- tion of the following committee-- Chairman, Maustyn McKnight, Mari- lyn Ross, Bill Boyes and Sidney Mac- Donald;- grounds preparation com- mittee--Wes. Johnson, Bill Lamb, Ted Lamb, Lois Sandison, Joan Calbery; score keepers--Girls'- events: Norene Ross, Uxbridge;, Boys' events: Ted Lamb, Beaverton. ' The placings in the various events are as follows: BOYS' EVENTS 100 Yard Dash (10 entries)--Hugh Baird, Hillis Wilbur and Kaye Evans. 440 Yard Dash (6 entries)--Hugh Baird, Gary Edgar and Hillis Wilbur. Yo-Mile Race (8 entries) -- Hugh Baird Hillis Wilbur and Gary Edgar. High Jump (9 entries)--Hillis Wil- bur, Jack Pearson and John Leask. Shot Put (6 entries)--Stewart An- nand, Norm Lyons and Jim Aird. Tug-0-War--Uxbridge Jr. Farmers and Port Perry Jr. Farmers. Boys' %2-Mile -Relay (2 entries)-- Uxbridge Jr. Farmers and Port Perry Jr. Farmers. ' Running Broad Jump (6 entries)--- County Junior Farmers Hold Special Field Day Hugh Baird, Hillis Wilbur and Allan Redshaw. Pole Vault (3 entries)---Alan Ross, Allan Redshaw and Bill Lamb. Rifle Shoot (2 clubs entered)-- Ux- bridge Jr. Farmers and Port Perry Jr. Farmers. GIRLS' EVENTS 60 Yard Dash (6 entries) -- Ruby Leask, Eleanor Hutchinson and Carol Lamb, 100 Yard Dash (5 diodes Elean. or Hutchinson, Ruby Leask and Joan Marshall. 220 Yard Dash (2 clubs entered) --Port Perry Jrs. and Uxbridge Jrs. High Jump (6 entries) -- Ruby Leask, Eleanor Hutchinson and Jean Pearson. Softball Throw (8 entries) -- Ruby Leask, Dorothy Wilbur and Jean Pear- son. Running Broad Jump (7 entries)-- Ruby Leask, Eleanor Hutchinson and Jean Pearson. Hop, Step and Jump (6 entries)-- Jean Pearson, Marilyn Ross and Ruby Leask. TROPHIES County Trophy for High Club in Track and Field Events -- Winner, Port Perry Junior Farmers and Jr. Institute; runner-up, Uxbridge Junior Farmers and Junior Institute, High Boy in Track & Field Events -- Winner, Hugh Baird, Uxbridge Jv. Farmers; runner-up Hillis Wilbur, Port Perry Jr. Farmers. High Girl in Track & Field Events --Winner, Ruby Leask, Port Perry Jr. Institute; runner-up, Eleanor Hut- chinson, Port Perry Jr. Institute. Big Maple Inn Trophy (Winner on 2-Mile Race) --Winner, Hugh Baird, . 1] ed Jr. Farmers; runper-up Hil. lis Wilbur, Port Perry Jr. Farmers. | Tug-0-War-- Uxbridge Jr. Farmers. Girls" Basketball Trophy -- Port Perry Junior Institute. I Rifle Shooting Trophy -- Junior Farmers. , | The annual Junior Farmer Field "Day for Central Ontario is being held "at the OAC, Guelph, on Saturday, June 16. Ontario County will be represented by a boys' softball team, a girls' vol- - leyball team and a boys' rifle shoot- ing team. Uxbridge Scugog News Afternoon services were held at Grace United Church last Sunday. Mr. Jack Griffen of Port Perry, a student minister, used as his theme "0f what are you afraid". The choir sang "It is well with my Soul". - Next Sunday, church services will be cancelled because of Decoration Ser- vices. Sunday School will be held as usual at 10.30 a.m. Ladies of Grace Church are remin- ded of their bazaar on July 11. Don't forget the posters. Sincere sympathy is extended to Mrs. Keith 'Crozier and family on their recent bereavement, About thirty-four friends and rela- j tives of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Rod- j man met at their home last Sunday to ceelbrate the thirtieth wedding an- niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Rodman. The dinner was held on the lawn, and following this Rita and Stewart were presented with a beautiful four hund- ° red day clock and a linen tablecloth. The Head Community also wishes to extend congratulations to the Rod- man's on this happy occasion, and wish them many more years of mar- ried life. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Healey and fa- mily spent a few days in Gapanoque last week visiting the parents of Mr. Healey. } Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don Gerrow were Mr, and Mrs. C. Hamer and family of Hampton. Mr. and Mrs. A. Angus and family are vacationing with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Reader. We are pleased to note that Mr. and Mrs. I. Hance are both at home after . spending some time in hospital. We hope they will continue to improve in health. Mr. ed the and Mrs. Alex. Martyn attend- Wedding of a nephew, Mr. Emmerson Rennick, in Toronto last Saturday evening. Mrs. Martyn re- mained in Toronto where she will visit friends and relatives for a few days. MONTREAL business growth creates more jobs. After All Bills Are Paid IN BUSINESS when all bills are paid at the end of the year, what is left (after taxes) is profit. provides the mney from which dividends to share- holders are paid. Any enterprise that year after year dishurses all of its profits in dividends is headed for financial trouble. Prudence dictates that a portion of each year's profits be retained and used in the business. These retained earnings enable a business to pay at least a part of the cost of the constant nked for better equipment and additional capacity. Profits are necessary for business growth. retained in a growing business benefits employees, 'shareholders and customers. THE STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED GANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD Thus profits Profit And TORONTO