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= E "NEWSPAPER not properly 'edited. - Others are men- LN EF 8S ee & EP E ERE SUE SRRIS Bi LE THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE A . * " ~ y S78 Fy oh eV" x ¥ LERNER FR AE RS WELLES EL EPA E RES ERPE K . wah Thursday, August 16th, 1956 Settling Things - Twenty-two nations will meet this week to discuss 'and solve the problem of the Suez Canal. At least three tries are firmly committed to the idea that . under no circumstances' must 'the Canal be allowed to fall into the control of any country or group of countries which may at any time deny its use to But this has already happened. Nasser of Egypt has control of the Canal and has blocked the passage of ships bound for Israel, Furthermore Nasser hds refused. .to at- tend the conference called for this week. The conference will also be those countries who maintain that Egypt has the right to nationalize whatever. really falls within her territory. Britain, France and the United States are, no doubt both prepared to threaten and at the same time to Bribes alone stand little chance of success. Equal Pay For Equal Work ~~ . Two weeks ago Shirley Campbell just failed to swim Lake Ontario. she had less than a mile to go it was just too much and her coach reluctantly had to take her out of the water. For her heroic attempt she off to the tune of some twenty thousand dollars in the form of gifts and donations-- the usual wages of long distance swimmers. There is little of these coun- other nations. group. "Once more boycotted by where force iis tend: bribe Egpyt. question ? odd dollars? Although women on- the swim Lake Ontario is one thing; for a has been paid woman to do it TH Jeremy, some "three weeks ago swam Lake Ontario. attempt and fail; he made and succeeded. For this remarkable feat he was paid one thousand d of the city council, but the _ Sven unanimous vote. this way. Which 'brings us to 'the point -of equal pay for.equal work. Why should Shirley receive more than nine hund He did not make a heroic Several members ._af the council felt that the city fathers had . 'no right to spend the taxpayers' money in that attempt ollars by vote gift 'was not books. "doesn't pay. red and a few could if she wished occupy the Canal zone. To do this she would apparently not need more than two divisions which she can quite easily supply. There are those who caution that such a move must and will lead to war; others who just as surely argue that it is the only way of preventing war eventually. thony 'Eden is the spokesman for this this is an extreme case it does point out the foolhardiness of trying to put men and it is easier for a woman to do the swim than for a. man. Their endurance is great- er when it comes to facing the chilling ef- fects of the cold water. NOTES AND. COMMENTS <4 However, threats. could be very effective. question.that Great Britain An- District Doings GARTON SEEKS NEW STATION IN WHITBY: : : 'Due'to increase in rent and to lack 6f accommodation at the local bus ter- minal, Mr. Clare Garton of the Gar- ton Bus Lines is seeking. permission to establish a waiting room for his passengers in Whitby, on Byron St. S. Mr. Garton appeared before the Whit- by planning board a week ago, with the request to demolish a galvanized shed on his Byron Street property and place a bus there as temporary quart- pers. we are back 'to-the point being used as the ultimate weapon of diplomacy. But it is difficult indeed to decide things by round table conferences when your opponents won't at- Will such.conferences succeed if you have to bludgeon them into accepting - a forced invitation? That is the real 'I bus station," said the mayor. 'I quest will be considered by Whitby As a matter of fact while same basis. For a man to quite another, Physically As long as money is considered the most important thing about a job we will have this peculiar law about equal pay for equal work. However, when we socially -awake to the consciousness of the other factors that contribute to work it won't bé neces- sary to put such foolish statutes on the In the meantime if you aren't a female don't take up long distance swimming. It Clipped Comments GREMLINS, A PEST TO EVERY Possibly the worst place a typo- graphical error can occur is in an obituary. Generally, the occasion is a sad.one, and some frivolous error, such as, the casket was borne to the grave by six old fiends," doesn't help matters. Next worst place is pro- bably:in an account of a wedding, a serious, happy occasion, Yet errors of this type in stories of weddings have occurred in the past, and no doubt: will continue to do so. A col- lection has been. gathered by The Blue Bell magazine. They are typical and many of those quoted no doubt ap- peared in the original copy which was tal lapses by linotype operators. Any- way, here they are: The bride was given:in marriage by her father wearing her mother's wed- ding gown. The couple went to: school together and their marriage will end a romance begun there. The bride wore a strand of * tiny matched pearls. Her gown was of vile green. Her accessories were plain punk. ' The, bridegroom's mother was at- tired in a lace dress which fell to the floor. The maid of horror wore yellow tulle. ! The bridesmaids carried tiny nose- bags. The little flower girl wore a maize gown with puffed cleeves touching her ankles, The bride's mother wore a dawn blue chiffon and black stray hat. The nuptials took place in a'setting illuminated by lighted Roman candles. The couple exchanged cows, The bridal couple then passed out and greeted the guests. The ceremony was attended by only a few loose friends and relatives. * CUPID vs. TAX COLLECTOR A recent battle between Cupid and the minister of national revenue is re- ported in Canadian Tax Notes, It may be unnecesssary to state that Cupid lost, but not everyone will agree with the referee's decision. The case concerned .a farmer's daughter, who: worked for her father|iner. editorializ for some ten years. Her agreed wages -were $800 a year, not extravagant in these times, but présumably she also received her board and lodging. At any rate, by further agreement with only $100 gnd:left the: -remaining ; $700 & year to accumulate with him, until she should get married, gr need it for some other purpose. There seems to be no dispute about the facts of the case. The money was held in trust by the father for the daughter, and was available to her on demand. The demand came in 1954, when the girl asked for and received her sav- ings, on the occasion of her marriage. The total sum by that time amounted to $8,238, a tidy sum on which to start housekeeping. But the minister of national revenue and his assistant chisellers do not approve of anyone's getting so much money without giving them a share. Their ruling upheld by the appeal board, was that the eight thousand odd dollars®was all income for the year in which it was received and therefore taxable at a rate ap- plicable to an income bracket in which the young lady had never expected to placed. It should be noted that, if the daugh- ter had drawn her wages in cash each year, she would not have been taxable at all. After drawing the money she might have deposited the $700 in" a bank, or lent it to her father, and still the minister would have had no claim on it. "Mr. Bumble may or may not have been correct in saying that the law is an hass, but to most laymen and some lawyer some : legal decisions seem asinine. --The Printed Word. ADVANTAGES OF TOWN MANAGER- SYSTEM It is nearly.20 years ago that The Statesman first advocated in' this column that Bowmanville adopt the Town Manager system of operating its municipal affairs, About five years ago this paper supported Coun- cillor Norman Scott when he again brought up this subject and had it submitted as a plebiscite to the electors--but it was turned down by a large majority -- due largely to the fact that citizens were not familiar with this modern system of civic ad« ministration, We are still convinced that the Town Manager system is more than ever re- quired since the running of town coun- cil has become "big businesss", in which thousands of dollars are now gpent where hundreds of dollars made up the annual civic budget a few years ago. The growing town of Barrie is con- gidering adopting the Town Manager idea and last week the Barrie Exam- on the subject. We reprint it foy the enlightenment of local taxpayers, as follows: "Those of us who, perforce, have to the size off Barrie .imposes on the public spirited men elected to high office. It has become the regular thing for a council meeting to.last nearly until midnight--and the obligations of a councillor do not vend by attending these meetings. It is easy for the short-tempered taxpayer to say that-all a council does is to talk and talk. But this is far from the truth. Barrie is fortunate in having a body of elected councillors who are men of principle seeking toido the best for the town and the volume of work transacted at any one meet- ing is astonishing. Nevertheless, they are amateurs in the business of town management-- and this phase is used in no sensei of disparagement. ~- They are men from [all walks of life who hold office for one year and then, at the will of the people they may cease to'sit as coun- cillors. Because, often, they are tack- ling things about which they have only the smallest knowledge, the busi- ness of the town takes a little longer. All the more welcome then the news that Barrie Town Council are consid- ering the possibilities of appointing a town manager. Theré is much merit in the idea and it has worked success- fully for many years in the United States and elsewhere in Canada. The essence of democracy is elective government and the appointment of a town manager in no way interferes with this principle. The town man- ager is appointed to administrate and is directly responsible to a board elected to represent the community. The board usually composed of six ratepayers, has the power to discharge the manager, and must give approval to suggestions put forward. The manager is completely responsible ifor the municipal staff and the day-to- day running of the town's busingss. board a full record 6f what has been happening and his recommendation on various problems that may have arisen 'for its official approval. It is easy to see how such a method could relieve the burden at presentiim- posed on citizens and afford a certain continuity .of purpose in town affdirs. It is a suggestion worthy of the most serious consideration by the citizens of Barrie." , --Canadign Statesman. NEWMARKET PAPER IN, NEW PLANT The Newmarket Era and Express has a new home on Charles Street in Newmarket,: The:plant and offices was built 'by the; Shady Acres sub- dividers and provides 6000 square feet of space. It is hoped new machinery can be installed in time to print the attend Town Council deliberations have realized for a long time the bur- her father, she drew in cash each year den the management of a community next issue of the paper--the first since the paper plant was destroyed by fire five weeks ago, Jasked Mayor '| pump, will be $37,000. -| Eldon Comfort is Chairman of the Once 'a week he places before the| you call temporary," arry Jermyn. "Some- time these temporary things are used for years." Mr. Garton stated that he would be agreeable to a one year clause in the request. He would begin building next spring. "It is about time we had a decent The re- "How long Council at their next meeting. |MARKHAM VILLAGE STRIKES |NEW WELL . It-is believed Markham Village has an adequate water supply to serve a .] population .of . 16,000 people following J the .striking of an artesian well last week. Theiflow from the excavation at that time was 1,400 gallons per hour. "It is thought that the pressure i} of water is great enough to eliminate the 'need for 'a booster pump. The International Water 'Supply Co., of London, are doing the work. They drilled to a depth of 130 feet before | striking the spring. The cost of the including the purchase of a Councillor work, water committee on Council. | '|GETTING READY TO PUT ICE IN ARENA i Although Bowmanville Memorial Arena custodian Roy "Ducky" Needs gives no promises as to when the ice in the Arena will be available for public use, he did say Friday afternoon that the ice-making machine will be started during the last week in Aug- ust. , "It will all depend on the weather," he said. "If it is cool we will have have ice in two or three days, but if it is hot, it may take as long as a week to cool down the Arena and lay the ice. We intend to'start the machine on the Thursday or Friday of the last week in August since there is a sur- plus of electrical power available on the week-ends." . STOUFFVILLE SEWERS TO COST $668,697.38. . STOUFFVILLE--Reeve Daniels of Stouffville, members of Council and Clerk 'Gar Brown appeared before the Ontario 'Municipal Board to present the town's request for an expenditure of $668,607.88 to complete the local sewerage disposal system. This figure is $160,000 greater than the estimated half million dollars or- iginally estimated for the completed project. The new figure includes the cost of that portion of the pipe line already completed on Main Street, engineers' fees, the additional filter bed demand- ed by the Dept. of Health and probable increases -in equipment expected for that portion of the work to be done next year. P - NEW WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED AT BRECHIN Hundreds of people attended the un- veiling of a new war memorial in front of the Mara Township Hall a few weeks ago. The memorial is in honour of two world wars and was purchased by the Township. Sunnybrook Hospital's United Church chaplain, Rev. Burnett, unveil- ed the memorial. Present at the cere- mony were many dignitaries of the Canadian Legion, Township officials and C. Hodgdon, M/P. and Dr. M. B. Dymond, M.B.P.* BOND LAKE PLAN HELD UP THROUGH WATER SUPPLY "The two thousand-home subdivision projected for Bond Lake has run into a snag. Original idea of the pro- moters was that. water from Bond Lake, declared to be very deep and to be fed by. underground springs, would be used for the homes in the proposed subdivision, The Ontario Department of Health had. refused to allow the water to be used. Mrs. Anne Cottrelle, head of division, told the press. International Water Supply had been engaged to bore for water, she said. is presumed that this main will be con- the real estate firm handling the sub- | TOWNSHIP TAKES OVER CEMETERIES Pickering Township Council passed a by-law a week ago to take over cer- tain cemeteries as township property. The Council will act as a Cemetery Board, The cemeteries are located on the following concessions: '1, 2, two on Con. 4; Concessions b, 6 and 7. Many families now removed from this area will be happy to learn of this move, as upkeep of adandoned ceme- teries has become quite a problem. NATURAL GAS FOR STOUFFVILLE Representatives from the Consum- er's Gas Company in Toronto were in attendance at the regular meeting of Whitchurch Twp. Council last week. They requested a land franchise in order to lay a line parallel to Yonge Street into Newmarket, At present the line is in the Richmond Hill area. The spokesman stated that eventually Stouffville would be served by natural gas. He said that at present another line at Markham was being detained through a shortage of steel pipe. It tinued up No. 48 Highway to Ring- wood and east to Stouffville. VANDAL DAMAGE A'l' BEAVERTON During the past few weeks vandals entered the high school at Beaverton and according to reports caused con- siderable dantage. A large number of windows were broken and several school trophies were taken from shelves and tossed on the floor. Other damage was also reported to have taken place in the class rooms. 5 Report From Parliament = By Michael Starr, M.P. - On July 256th I again made enquiries of the Minister of Trade and Com- merce, the Rt. Hon, C. D. Howe, as to whether the Government had complet- ed its enquiry into the matter of im- portation into Canada of motor ve- hicles and parts from the United States. The Minister advised that the matter had been investigated and quoted the number of cars imported from the United States in 1950 and the number imported in 19565. He stated that (he two situations were hardly comparable in that in 1950 the Government were exercising import control on a number of more or less luxury items which- included auto- automobiles usually run as a propor- tion of the sales of automobiles made in Caanda and the ratio runs between 5¢C and 7. In 1952 it remained at 50, in 19563 it 1961 it was 5%, in Jumped to 6% 9% and dropped in. 1954 to 6% of Canaion production. In 1955 it rose to 7c. He stated that the policy of Canadian automobile manufacturers has been to produce models that sell in large volume in Canada and to import those models where the volume does not warrant the cost of tooling. This policy ap- plies particularly to the higher priced cars which have been in increasing de- mand in Canada in recent years as a direct result of the high level of pros- perity in this country, The importa- tion of parts increased with each in- creased production of motor cars in Canada. In other words, the importa- tion of parts increased proportionate- ly with the production of motor cars in Canada. His observation was that there is nothing abnormal in the pre- sent situation, He stated that the impact of the strike at General Motors was felt at that period and more cars than usual were imported. In his opinion, the situation seems to be quite normal. Since we are at the end of the pre- sent Session of Parliament, this will be my last report in this newspaper. 1-hope to be able to continue this col- umn w hen the next session convenes. This has been one of the outstanding sessions of recent times. One of the first important debates was, of course, the speeches in reply to the speech from the throne. Since the govern- ment made no startling announce- ments, it was a fairly mild debate, The budget also did not supply any great interest as it did not contain relief for the taxpayer of Canada. We had a number of debates on the wheat situa- tion in western Canada. The out- standing debate of all time was, of course, the pipeline debate followed by the controversey over the present speaker. The debate on the federal provincial agreements was of short duratiori since it was admitted that there was no possibility of changing the mind of the Government in their attitude towards the provinees. So with all of these things out of the way the prezent seszion is adjourning and I hope that those who have_ read this column from time to time were able to gain knowledge as to the events that have been happening here on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. I hope that you have enjoyed reading it and will do so again when | continue to write this column in the next session. If anyone in Ontario County is faced with any problems in which they feel that I can be of some assistance, | urge them to see me at my home in Oshawa and 1 will endeavour to do some I wish to take this opportunity to thank the editor and staff of this newspaper for their te operation in printing this column. 1 do appreciate this gesture on their part very much and hope that I may be able to enjoy it in the future. CORINNE CONLEY. Lovely Corinne Conley takes time out for fun even though she has a busy summer schedule. She appears on CBC radio's 'Search for Tomorrow', the new daytime radio serial, and is familiar to television viewers across the country for her regular appear- ance on "GM Theatre" and other CBC dramas. Pine Grove Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gourlic visit- ed Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Catherwood. Mr. and Mrs. Handel week-end in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ballard visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Healey of Oshawa, at their cottage on Dalrym- ple Lake Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gourlie spent Thursday evening with Mr, and Mrs. Brock. Mr. and Mrs. Talbert Evans attend- ed the funeral of the late Mrs. Albert Johnson of Uxbridge on Saturday.. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ramner of Mark- ham visited Sunday with her mother Mrs. H. Graves. - > Mr. Russell Ballard had the mis- fortune to break a bone in his foot last week. : spent the how did you get an Tom -- Say. Bill, that swelling on your nose' Bill--"Oh, I bent down to smell a brose in my garden." Tom--*You mean a rose, don't you? There's no 'b' in rose." mobiles. He stated that imports of everything possible to help. Bill -- "There was in this one." pum. SINCE and the steel MONTREAL 1946 rolling mill products has gone up a hit more than steelmaker, went up 181 per price of industry by have risen higher in the post-war PRICE TALK the average price 70 per cent. 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