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cet et A con a ----_--_ mm ------------ =X 2 4 < _ that of gaining approval from the . Council is ready to approach the final ing, it was found that the cost of 'pounds, while the Toronto to Mon- 'Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE i #8] Fi -- Eyes on Egypt The news of the tragic sinking of the Andrea Doria was still making headlines : when the world was startled by another piece of news whose implications of dis- 3 President Nasser, « of Egypt, proclaimed a general mobiliza- aster are'incalculable. tion of his people following ment that he had seized the Suez Canal. He proposes to nationalize this internation- al waterway. Western reac and determined. The United Kingdom has frozen Egyptian holdings special meeting with the French foreign minister and Mr. Moody, shooter for the United States. Dulles' department presented a protest to the ambassador from Egypt Nasser's remarks were inac perate and offensive to the government of the United States. The important question happen now ? Nasser is in much the same position as Hitler found himself back in NOTES AND COMMENTS 4 an announce- tion was swift and plans a chief-trouble Secretary to terms. charging that curate, intem- is, what will of any help Toronto Raises Its Sights Toronto is 'experiencing a new kind of boom. In the down town area old buildings and dwellings are being toppled to make room for new skyscraper apartment dwell- ings. The principal reason development is Toronto's growing traffic problem. Shortly after the began to spread out along its This marked the beginning ban craze. modest bungalow ; acquire a down to enjoy good living. into work in twenty minutes or so; you had most of the conveniences of city living with few of its disadvantages. thing that was wrong with that thousands upon thousands were doing the same kind of thinking. grew. and grew and swelled and swelled until the advantages of this The idea was a good one. a'cheap lot close to the highway; build a for this new rat-race. charms. war, Toronto - main arteries. of the subur- Get car and settle You could run growth. The only mushrooming this idea was So suburbia new paradise 1933. He heads a bankrupt nation whose economy cries aloud for radical reform but he hasn't the money or the backing to be- gin the rebuilding of his impoverished, dis- ease ridden land. Unwilling to meet the terms of the West he failed to get the loans- needed to build the Asswam Dam. Perhaps he hopes to get enough revenue from the Canal to carry out this project. there is little likelihood of either Britain or France permitting him to get' away with this latest manouvre. they are prepared to use force to bring him And so much is at stake that the United States will probobly back any move that seems to offer some promise of success for one-third ofall the shipping through the Canal is American. meantime thé Soviet has promised Nasser Whether they are prepared to make good their promises is anybody's guess. were swallowed up in traffic snarls and rising costs and increased taxes. Getting to work for those who live in the outlying areas has become a tiring, nerve-wracking Suburbia has begun to lose its Apparently there are untold numbers of people who will gladly move back into the city, move into high-priced apartments located right in the heart of the city. This is luxurious living free of the traffic mill. Toronto is taking a page out of the exper- ienéc of the greatest of, all cities, New York. This represents a new stage in our These apartment buildings are marks the Queen City. It is an inevitable stage in the develop- ment of a great metropolis. promise in the next ten years of becoming a city of some three million people. However, It may well be that In the or support he might need. 1 into the new skyline that Toronto gives Clipped Comments STOUFFVILLE iy SEWER PLANS APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT The Deputy Minister of Health for Ontario has signed the plans for the proposed sewerage system in Stouff- ville. The plans approved include the addition of a 'sand filter bed as pre- scribed'by new Ontario legislation ad- opted this .year. . The plans for the Stouffville system are the first to be presented and requiting this addition. The plans are now-in the hands of the contractor, Swenger, Construction Co., whose tender. was recently accepted. They will add the 'additional costs for the filter bed, estimated to be in the neighbourhood of $25,000. Once: this figure is added, which is expected to be this week, Stouffville * hurdle in proceeding with the project, Municipal Board for the expenditure which will be close to a half million FIRE DESTROYS DIESEL PLANT ORILLIA -- A $300,000 fire totally destroyed the diesel plant of the Oril- lia Water, Light and Power Commis- sion on the Atherley Road, demolished thousands of dollars worth of electrical equipment and cut off electric power from a large. part of the town, Cause of the fire is not known at present, but it may have been caused by a short circut. The diesel motors were running at the.time of the blaze and first intimation of trouble came when they suddenly stalled. FREIGHT RATE SEEN OBSTACLE TO GROWTH OF LINDSAY INDUSTRY-WISE What may bé a stumbling block to industrial development of Lindsay and district was brought before a recent meeting of the executive of the Lake Ontario Development Association, meeting in Peterboro. It is a dis- parity in freight rates from Lindsay to Montreal on less than carload lots of goods. : The figures quoted by the Lindsay representatives, indicated that the freight rates from Lindsay to Mon- treal are about 43 per cent higher than from Toronto to Montreal for highway transport, In one indtance quoted to a meet. shipping certain goods from Lindsay to Montreal was $1.48 per hundred treal price was $1.08 per 100 pounds. of the highly competitive freighting market in the Toronto district. Spokesman for the Lindsay group, Mr. Ed. May, Chamber of Commerce secretary-manager and secretary of Zone 1, of the Lake Ontario Area, said the executive felt the price differential was too high, affecting not only pros- pective industries but also existing ones, who were finding they had to ship their products prepaid rather than F.0.B. Lindsay. Although talks on the subject were only in the preliminary stage, he said, it was hoped the Region executive, in co-operation with the Chamber of Commerce and the town, may work toward having the difference in rates cut down to 10 per cent or less. 1 INDUSTRIES LOSE WHITBY . INTEREST -- LAND PRICES - HIGH -- MORE RUMORS With the general expansion of In- ! dustry throughout the province and especially in "the southern section, rumours af. additional factories for Whitby reach the public at' regular intervals. : Current rumours, in addition to a plant on Hopkins street in the eastern part of. the town,-include a plant on Watson street to the north of the Dun- lop property. Engineers are reported to have taken soundings in the area. A large country-wide meat packing plant is reported to be interested in the property. Information reaching the Weekly News from usually reliable sources indicate that the rumoured plant of Johnson and Johnson Limited, well known medical products manufactur- ers will not locate here, It is indicated that the firm will establish a plant in Bowmanville. ' The plan of building a spur line from the CPR Railway to just north of Highway 401 has now been aban- doned with the withdrawal of a firm which proposed to locate in the area south of Jeffrey street. The need for a level crossing on No. 2 Highway would have been required. The line would also have. served the Pickering Farms establishment. The high cost of industrial land in Whitby is réport- ed as the deciding factor in ldeating in other towns, APPOINTED CORONER FOR ONTARIO COUNTY BEAVERTON -- Dr. K. G. Jardine, of Beaverton, has been appointed a Coroner for Ontario County, the ap- pointment to take effect immediately. Dr. Jardine went to Beaverton a short time ago from Orillia to join Dr. H. This, it was pointed out, was because Ames in his medical practice. PR {AT LINDSAY ORIGIN OF GOLD FISH IN MUSSELMAN"S A number of years ago, the waters of Musselman's Lake were infested with gold fish, so many of them, in fact, that their .presence became a nuisance to the cottagers,, bathers and fishermen. About eight years ago, the lake was stocked with pike and the goldfish were almost completely clean- ed out. Where did these gold fish originate ? One story has it that Lady Eaton or- dered a quantity of them to be placed in Shadow Lake at the T. Eaton Co.'s girls' camp. The truck driver ap- parent became confused and dumped the fish in Musselman's Lake by mis- take. 75.1 MILL RATE FOR BOBCAYGEON BOBCAYGEON---The council agreed- to draw sand to the bathing beach, to put a Yalelock on the Chamber of Commerce door and to extend Bala- clava street, Duke street. The Recreational Committee, ap- pointed were Woodrow Junkin, as chaignan, Mr. Eric Beggs, secretary, with Ross Poole, Byron Martin, Dr. Moran and Jack Kennedy. The mill rate for 1956 is as follows: County General .......ccouvreunennn. 7.6 mills County Roads ..7.0 mills County High School .............. 4.8 mills Public School Debt. .............. 10.9 mills Public School Maintenance ..18.8 mills Rest Room Debenture ............ 1.8 mills Village mills Total .1 mills BE TT PP PPT TY PPT TPPR I WHITBY BRASS BAND TO COMPETE AT C.N.E. The Whitby Brass Band will take part in the Brass Band contest of the Canadian National Exhibition this year, Ernie Clark, bandmaster has an- nounced. This is the first time since its reorganization that the lecal band has entered the contest. A few of the older members of the band have play- ed before the judges in years passed, but for the majority, it will be the first time that they have entered a com- petition against other bands. The bandsmen now all have new flashes on the shoulders of their uni- forms and present an extremely smart appearance, They will be playing the "Golden Star Overture" in the Ex. competition. : we AGILE THIEF ROBS O.P.P. An agile thief last week worked for his loot, when he entered the boat- house near the Wellington street bridge presently housing the new OPP craft, The boathouse has open sides un- the Scugog, being left open. The thief scaled one of the walls of the building, work is way around the front, and entered the narrow opening. He stole a, pair of paddles from the boat and left the building the way he had entered. The next day, Provincial Police started investigation of the theft, and at the same time, had the front end of the building screened in. District Doings THE DILEMMA OF OLD AGE The Pembroke Observer makes a plea for an increase in Old Age Pen- sions in which we agree when it says: Throughout Canada persons, who have reached the biblical span of three score years and ten are placed on the old age security list and receive mon- thly in legal tender the sum of forty dollars, ; Now there was a time in our coun- try's history when forty dollars a month was considered good pay for the strong and able, but not any more. Today the average man gets over forty dollars a week depending on his job. But back to the old age pension of forty dollars a month. . Today the Canadian dollar has reached the low in purchasing power of about thirty cents. Thus forty dollars a month will not purchase but twelve dollars worth of clothing, food or other es- sentials. There has been talk of increasing this pension grant, but so far there has been no sign that it will be in- creased in the foreseeable future, al- though recent figures out of Ottawa may show a hopeful trend. son has been paid out of various tgxes" Under the present system the pen-| '| collected by the federal rows tc and up to the present, too, the tax money coming in has not been suffi- cient to meet the money needed for the pension, so it has had to be bor. rowed from other governmental sources. '- However, the tide has turned at last. The heavy tax yields have recently produced an "unusual" $4,800,000 sur- plus in the old age pension™ fund, which raises the possibility that it may eventually pay its way and some day may: be increased to recipients. --~Canadian Statesman WHEN ICE CREAM WAS A RARE TREAT It was a hot summer day at the turn of the century and there was not an air conditioner in sight. Nor was there a big electrically driven fan to keep the family cool. But the children were happy as they made strawberry ice cream, although 'Jit was heavier work than they would have undertaken without protest had the immediate future not promised them their favorite dish. ~1 Ice was obtained from the icehouse where it had been stored in sawdust packings the previous winter. The children placed. the piece of ice in a gunny sack and hit it vigorously with the flat side of the axe. Then around the can, which con- tained the cream, strawberries and sugar, crushed ice was packed in lay- ers alternating with coarse salt. The children gave careful heed to adult cautions: "Do not get salt in the ice cream mixture." ee It was warm work hand-operating the mechanism which turned the pad- ple. 'But John would take the task on for a time and then Ruth, squeal- ing and gasping, would turn the free- zer's handle. What a wonderful afternoon that was! Honeysuckle clambered the large trellised back porch. Roses grew along the picket fence. The dog lay panting, but he was happy near the children. Homemade ice cream was so re- freshing on a hot summer day and so delightfully tasteful partly because it was a rather rare treat in those days and one had a hand in making it. --Stouffville Tribune WITHOUT HEALTH-- WHY LIVE TO RETIRE? "Retirement, which should have been a serene culmination of a lifetime of accomplishment, was actually a death sentence for some, and for others an eternity of émptiness and tedium, pun- ctured with aches and pains," writes Robert Collier Page, M.D., in the cur- rent issue of Health Magazine. Dr. Page was describing the effect of too early retirement upon active men, He pointed out that there is con- siderable controversy over what is the der the eaves, which were fenced in on three sides, the front end, facing proper retirement age. Some say 65, some 60, some 66, and some go as high as 70, From the health standpoint, retirement planning should begin as early as the age of 40, for that is the age at which work patterns have be- come established, Dr. Page calls for more research in- to the problem of setting retirement ages according to the biological age of the person, rather than the chrono- logical age. "Go to the thirtieth reunion of any college, and look at the gathering of erstwhile classmates--all nearly. the same age chronologically. You - will see erect, young-looking men with springly step, clear eye and ready laugh, walking along side veritable antiques with" trembling" hands, tor- toise-gait, listless eyes, and querulous voices. From a medical point of view it is absurb to think of these persons as being the same age biologically, yet the chronological yardstick is the only one we now have." --~Canadian Statesman Here is 'Betty Philips who, along with Ernie Prentice, television viewers meet every week on the Vancouver CBC-TV program "Lolly Too Dum", Together they bring a pleasant half- hour of light entertainment with par- ticular 'stress on folk songs and bal- lads. J Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills . HOW TO WRITE I can split infinitives and knock grammar over the head as well as the next fellow, and there's no doubt that those who know their Fowler's Good Usage sometimes shudder at my syn- tax." Yet I pound out a lot of word- age every day and practically all of it gets printed. Credit for this good fortune goes to an aunt of mine, from whom I learned about writing, Aunt Maude's letters were prized by me and all our family, because when you finished reading one of them you had actually been with Maude. She had the faculty of not being a "writer" absorbed with fancy construction or mere wordage. - ~Aunt Maude's letter might begin with: "Hot here to-day--8b degrees. But planted 100 Beefsteak Tomato plants . . . laid them on their sides so should root well even if withered. Jeremy came to help, carried water and ate up my oatmeal cookies . . likes the brown sugar bubbles in them, a good boy, freckled. loves fun like poor Fred . .." Maude didn't spell very well, and she'd never heard of an infinitive, but she said what she had to say without stringing. Told you facts, how hot it really was, and how she set the tomatoes on their sides. Lots of meat in her letters. So when I write, I try to keep away from fancy words and stick with facts about real places, people and things. That's why so many editors print the stuff. It seems to me Canadian politics would be healthier if politicians would write and speak like Aunt Maude about real things. When they say they are sponsoring culture, for example, what do they mean? What show? Who is on it? What is it really like when it comes out of the radio loudspeaker, or onto the TV screen How much money does it cost? We spend $40 millions a year now, through CBC, for culture--but CBC officials clam up when asked to say which programs are cultured. They know it would show youR by Every time a large ship like the S.S. United States or the Empress of Britain plys its way across the Atlan- tic between New York and South- ampton, a small town is afloat. In the"*"United States", some 2,000 passengers and 1000 crew members make up this town of 8000 persons, like any.community, all sorts of facil- ities are provided for the passengers' comfort and safety, ® : 3 Report From Parliament By Michael Starr, M.P, The Government has virtually aban- doned hope of bringing this session of Parliament to a close before the end of July. The completion of this ses- sion of Parliament has been moved up to some time in the week ending Aug. 11. This past session will exceed the length of the last session which was one of the longest on record. The present reports are that the Federal Government's Small Loans legislation which has already received second reading in the Commons will not go any further; not this session at least. The information is that it will be quietly pigeon-holed, undergoing a revision and then be re-introduced in parliament on a later occasion. There are other bills which are likely to fall by the way side this session. There are reports here on Parlia- men Hill that Public Works Minister, R. H. Winters, will retire shortly from public life and that his place will be taken in the Federal Cabinet by Nova Scotia's Premier Henry Hicks. It is hard to believe that Mr. Winters is prepared to take this step since he is one of the younger and more 'capable Members of the Cabinet. According to the Dominion' Bureau of Statistics weekly Bulletin dated July 20, creamery butter stocks on July 1 this year were smaller than a year earlier. This has been the first such decline in a long time. The num- ber of dwelling units completed for housing in Canada, for the first five months this year, continued to increase over the previous year. However, preliminary figures show that fewer were started in 1956. The sales and financing in the month of May of new motor vehicles hit new peaks both in number of vehicles sold and fin- agped and in value of sales and fin- ance. The former C.C.F. Member of Par- liament, Ross Thatcher from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, who abandoned the C.C.F. Party fifteen months ago because, as he stated at the time, the Party was being infiltrated with com- munism, has been sitting in the House of Commons as an" Independent Mem- bef. This week he decided to join the ranks of the Liberal Party. Ob- servers here claim that the decision was motivated by the happenings in his riding during the recent Saskatch- ewan Provincial elections. An Inde- pendent candidate in the last Sas- katchewan Provincial election running in his constituency and with at least moral blessing was soundly defeated by an official C.C.F, candidate. Evi- dently Mr. Thatcher saw the writing on the wall and decided that it is ne- cessary for hime to have the official blessing and backing of some political party. Consequently his choice was made and he is now one of the vast number of Liberals occupying the Government benches. It will be interesting to note in the future whether his affiliation with the Liberal Party will change his view- | paint on the many matters that he has been critical of in the past. It will be interesting to note whether he will still vote for the construction of the Saskatchewan Dam, if so, he will be the only Government supporter to do 80. pd oo --- systern is if they tried to answer in plain English. Another offender, in my opinion, is the Department of Health and Wel- fare.. They spend a fortune of the taxpayers' money, but what do they really do for us? I've never been able to find out, in plain English, what I owe them. We need more Aunt Maudes around to nail things down with honest facta how ridiculous the whole broadcasting and words, MRS, CHARLES McLEAN PRESIDENT, ONTARIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Everything, from restaurants to barber shops, from swimming pools to dog kennels, from theatres to shop- ping centers is included in the fam- iliar pattern of "town planning". And, because the popular adage that "hos- pitals are people ta true wherever people exist, a modern, compact, but thoroughly efficient hospital is pro- vided for this active little community. Situated on B. Deck, in the bow of the ship, the hospital is in charge of Chief Surgeon John Sheedy, who has two surgeon assistants, four nurses, and three attendants on his staff. The law requires that a ship must provide 1 hospital bed for every 10 crew members, to a maximum of 6 beds, and so half of the hospital's 12 beds are set in a 6-bed ward, for the crew, with three 2-bed wards, with shower bathrooms, provided for pas- sengers accommodation. All beds are fastened to the floor, a safety pre- caution when the great Atlantic de- cides to add a roller-coaster feature to the little town's serene activities. It's a neat little hospital, equipped to meet any emergency. Its operating room is set up to deal with both minor and major surgery, with X:ray and darkroom facilities, autoclave and sterilizers close at hand. Sterile sup- plies are always in readiness, and a dispensary carries a complete stock of necessary drugs and supplies to take care of the passengers' ailments or injuries. : ) ~ Oxygen and plasma are also at hand, and if there is a need for whole blood for transfusion purposes, the ship's crew provide a willing and accessible source of supply. Hospital meals are served from its own diet kitchen. While the doctor is authorized to make customary charges for treat- ment of illnesses not originating on the voyage, no charge is made for treatment of illnesses contracted dur- ing trip. Passengers who are admitted aboard ship as hospital patie ts pay for their accommodation in héspjtal-- For ill- nesses contracted on board, however, the facilities of the hospital are ex- tended without charge. Contrary to what some may believe, seasickness rarely produces a con- dition which requires hospitalization. "The first day I thought I'd die, and the second day I was afraid I would- ger's summation of, his unfortunate experience, but usually the third day finds him making a wan and cautious return to normal- shipboard activities. Usually, armed with seasick pills from the ship's dispensary, the ste- wards and 'stewardesses are able to cope as passengers succumb to the somewhat macabre "rock 'n roll" of the ocean's ancient dance. Although this little town's normal population is from 1600 to 2000 pas- sengers, in 1966, this number was multiplied many times as the ship moved back and forth across the At- lantic, so that the census for the year reached a total of 70,211 passengers, and the ship's hospital stood ready, night and day, to serve them all. It was an exciting experience to visit the hosiptal, fortunately only as a well-conditioned passenger, but I took comfort, too, in the fact that here, miles from land, a competetent staff was surrounded by modern equip- ment and adequate facilities to cope with any emergency or illness. MAPLE TREES FROM DURHAM MAPLE TREES FROM DURHAM This week considerable attention has been drawn to the preseration o "things Canadian" in Mons, Belgium. Major Joe O'Neill in introducing Mr. Georges Licope to Rotary, last week, inormed that 'The Canadian fallen were sleeping in the shade of Durham maple trees grown at the Orono For- estry Station". This was made possible through the co-operation of the late Bill Patterson, formerly manager of the H. C. Down- ham Nursery Co. in Bowmanville, who directed Joe to G. M. Linton, superin- tendant of the Forestry Division at Orono. 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