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H i 'e h f PP 'The Conservative George Drew beat his head against a - "ideas but several months ago, this past ~ ployed." ' Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association in i i «A id od AoE Ba pe ey , A ¥ A fd LEONE NEF AY URN AES ALT STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, October 25th, 1956 © NomEsamcoomTs Leadership ~~ stone wall and now the Conservatives are getting ready to choose another leader to take on this unrewarding and frustrating task. For, of course, there is little likeli- hood that we shall see the Conservative party in power in Ottawa for many a long year yet. What must_happen before the Liberals go down to defeat, Apparently. one of two sthings. Either the nine provinces of Can- ada that lie outside Quebec must decide to vote en masse for the opposition, or Quebec must come to a place where it is prepared to split its vote down the middle. A series of events conspired tg unite Quebec solidly | behind the Liberal Iederal party. . And "since that happened the province has cap- italized upon its balance of power the way Great Britain used to years ago before two world wars shattered the unity of her Em- pire. Quebec is certainly not going to Rock 'N" Roll The violent craze that has seized upon a certain section of thé too-much publicized teen-agers presents a strange problem. Stimulated, = exhilarated, or. just plain crazed by rock 'n' roll music, which is a kind of primitive heavy heat. excessively ~loud rhythm of- sound, they engage in theatre wrecking, street-stomping violence and plain riot. Much of the violence as- sociated with the notorious movie, Rock Around the Clock, has occurred in the United States. Riots in and outside the -theatres broke out in Boston, Hartford, and Atlanta; but one of the worst flared up in Manchester, England where 'Teddy' boys and their wiggling girl friends turned on the fire hoses in the show and tossed light bulbs and burning cigarettes down from the balconies. In Norway a similar crowd after viewing the picture poured out .of the theatre to smash shop windows, jeered the police and overturned cars. In Sydney, Australia, much the same thing happened. } Some psychologists look upon it as a sort of communicable disease of frenzy which spreads among the- teen-agers because of their basic insecurity. However, one has suggested that this rock 'n' roll business is ~one of the few permitted forms of basically sexual expression . . . and adds that it is - vide the direction. throw away her winning hand which pays off so roundly. ~And how are you going to get the rest of Canada to line up solidly against her, The Liberals have done many good things for the country. - Borrowing boldly and well from all parties of the op- position the best they had to offer, the Liberal Party has been able to give us on . the .whole good government even, if at « {imes, the method of her giving was pass- ing strange. Short of a major scandal impossible to conceive . . since, of course, we take minor scandals in our.stride; what can, possibly disturb the Liberals? The answer is ob- vious even tothe Conservatives . . . . Nothing. Therefore, the choosing of a leader to take the place of Drew fails to excite the average Canadian very much. It even fails to excite the Conservative party. F---- in Canada and the United States have al- lowed teen-agers to do just about what they please. : We have gone completely off the beaten track to appease them. And they are doing what people always do when s they are appeased. . They have abondoned - responsibility for consequences and take 'the quickest ways to show how they accept this freedom from responsibility. Young people have great energy but little direction and they look to us to pro- If we are not prepared to help them find a direction for their en- ergies, if our lives are aimless and.their is no example for them to follow; then, we must expect and be ready to cope with all kinds of zany extravagances in their be- . haviour. A young teen-ager who lived on our street stole a, car the other night just for a laugh as he put it. In the ensuing wild-ride presumably just for a laugh is still in hospital and his recovery is doubt- ful. We think that his parents and the kind of home life that he experienced had far more to do with this fatal escapade . ;than the fast selling record, 'Rock, Around -the Clock'. The best way to cope with this new craze is for us to assume some intelligent re- sponsibility for the kind of and the degree 3] a good thing in a society young people so little expression anyway. But most people will reject such a state- ment as absolute nonsense. which allows of freedom we to assume. ful teen-agers We, especially Throwing a few rioting youth- * 'ROCK 'N' ROLL encourage our young people in jail isn't going to stop ' WEEDS IN CORNERS Clipped m-- MORE WORKERS THAN EVER We don't know from where some citizens get their information and April to be more exact, we overheard a fellow talking about "all the unem- We were therefore quite re- lieved this past week to read that it wasn't quite as bad as it sounded, now that we look back on it. ; According to the best information obtainable in Canada by June of this year practically every able-bodied Canadian "had a job... Fewer persons were unemployed this summer than 10 years ago--although the labor force ig greater by a full mililon workers. Twenty years ago, when the labour force was even smaller and $20 a week was a good wage, only 87 out of every 100 persons had a job, ] Canadians have thus attained a level of employment once considered impossible, --=Stouffville Tribune AND WASTE PLACES Weeds grow. in profusion. along fence rows, roadsides, driveways and other neglected areag, Being incon- spicuous they often go unnoticed, and after a few years they are frequently taken for granted, Many farms have small neglected, areas, usually close to the farmstead, where weeds develop and spread to the fields when least ex- pected, The corner of the field, the stony knoll, the small strip between the barn and the trees is frequently overlooked, ~ Farmers cannot expect to gain the benefits of cultural™or chemical meth- ods of 'weed control in the fields unless a concerted effort is made to prevent the growth and seeding of weeds in the uncultivated areas surrounding the farm. Weeds of all classes, an- nuals, biennials and perennials may be found in these " non-cultivated areas, but as a rule the annual pre- dominate. This helps to simplify con- trol because the weeds can be destroy- ed before they mature seed, But all too frequently weeds are mowed when in seed and left on the ground to dry. The seeds or even the entire plants are assume that if plants are mowed when in flower that all danger of seed production is past. Consequently early destruction is. advisable if the production of weed seeds is to be pre- vented. On all uncropped areas where a tractor or cultivating implements may be used, clean cultivation with discs or plows usually gives the cheap- est and most effective control. Property owners sometimes seem in- different to weeds and treat-them carelessly, allowing seeds to develop and scatter at random. . A little. extra thought and labor will do much to pre- vent the growth and spread of weeds. --Stouffville Tribune BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S acknowledged interest in European free .trade zone embracing UK; West Germany, France and Benelux coun- tries appears, superficially, ag move in direction of freer international trade in accordance. with principles of GATT. From Canadian point of view, however, proposal. implies not freer trade but greater protectionism. Any doubt on thig score should be dispelled by statement in The Econom- ist that "Britain is a high tariff coun- try." So is France. - In fact, only low tariff area within proposed British- West European free trade zone is re- presented; by Benelux. countries, Dan- ger is that .members of. proposed European free trade bloc, would adopt common, tariff. against outside world and such; tariff.inavitahly, would be high. It would have to be high to compensate member goufitries for con- cessions made to one another, in at- tempt to bring about integrated Brit- ish-European _ trading. zone, without measure 'of economig, digruption that would prove politically intolerable, If scheme goes through, Canadians may just as well make up their minds to fact that UK will have declared her economic independence of this country in clear and unequivocal terms.; This much is clear from statement in The Economist - that Canada has more to lose from scheme than any other part of Commonwealth, In any event, mere fact. that inte- gration of British-European trade within free trade zone is being ser- fously discussed should occasion no less serious discusion of inadequacy of blown in great numbers to adjacent cultivated fields, It is incorrect to Canadian trade policies. : ~The Letter Revie OPENING SKATE ' - 'm a District Doings ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE TO CONTINUE SERVING NORTH PICKERING TWP. The Ontario Provincial Police will continue to police the north part of Pickering Township it was learned this week. While a letter is expected from .the Attorney+General's Dept, advising of this, a letter was sent to Pickering Township Council this week by Dr. M. D, Dymond, M.P.P., also confirming the matter. °* As in the past, the OPP will police from the 3rd Concession to the north- ern boundary of the township. MARKHAM TOWNSHIP TO CRACK DOWN ON SUB-STANDARD HOUSING Markham Township Council last Monday night ordered a crack-down on sub-standard housing in the towns ship. Reeve Alfred LeMasurier told council that the need for such action had been brought forcibly to his at- tention by the recent tragic fire in Vaughan Township which resulted in the death of two teen-agers. The Reeve said that the fire which had oc- curred in a "converted. chicken coup" had caused strong public opinion, judging from newspaper and.radio re-| ports and he added that he felt that it: was the responsibility of municipali- ties to bear down on this type of dwelling. RECORD CROWD AT STOUFFVILLE -- A total of 452, pleasure skaters flocked to the Stouff- ville Arena on Saturday night as the doors of the rink were officially open- ed to usher in a new season, Satur- day evening's attendance was the larg-! est in the history of the arena, with! exception of the original opening when 600 attended. Skating will be Wednesday and Saturday nights until the evening. 'I be a real contender. PUMPKIN TIME Hallowe'en is not only a time for youngsters to enjoy themselves. CBC farm commentator Norn Garriock (left) and Earl Cox, the well-known 1844 and Richard born a few years later, came ta Caanda, Clifton, with his bride, Hannah Pennock, arrived in 1668 "and settled on Davenport Rd. in the Village of Yorkville, now a part Oy a 2.3 of Torontq. Richard arriving a few years later, settled on a farm in the 0f 'Many Things AMBROSE HILLS | Port Perry area. Toronto. garden authority, abviously are get. ting a big kick out of marking up a hallowe'en pumpkin ready for cutting. They are seen cvery week on the CBC-TV. farm program, "Country Calendar." MENNEN'S TO BUILD PLANT IN MARKHAM Reeve Alfred LeMasurier has an- nounced that the Mennen Company Ltd, manufacturers of cosmetic, toiletries and baby supplies, has pur- chased a 62-acre site at Richvale and will build 'a completely automatic factory which will cover between 60,000 and 80,000 square feet. - The property fronts on Yonge Street and runs back to the railway line. It is | expected to be in operation within two years. - Main office of the Mennen Co. is in Morristown, New "Jersey. COMMUNITY SWIMMING TANK AT NEW MARKET First sod for the community swim- ming pool construction, estimated to cost $47,000, was turned by Major "Lex" Mackenzie, M.P.P. for York North, ; OPEN SEWAGE PLANT AT AJAX The new $300,000 sewage disposal plant at Ajax was officially opened last I'riday afternoon by the Hon. W. K. Warrender, Minister of Murficipal Affairs and His Worship Kenneth Smith, at 2.30 p.m. The new system is capable of ser- ving twelve thousand people and can be extended as the town grows." - DR. W. J. DUNLOP TO OPEN AJAX SCHOOL FRIDAY, OCT. 26 The Ajax High School will be of- ficially opened by the Minister of Edu- cation, The Hon. W. J. Dunlop, on Fri- day, October 26, at 2 p.m. The gen- eral public is invited and for the first time, will have the opportunity of touring this, fine, new, modern school, On completion of the opening cere- monies, in the auditorium, the school {will be open for inspection, both after- noon and evening: COST "$8,000 TO RUN SENIOR "B" HOCKEY TEAM At a public meeting held in the Stouffville arena recently, manager Harry Lee of the Clippers informed his listeners that it would cost at least $8000 to operate a Sr. 'B' hockey team here this winter. Stouffville iced a Senior club 2 years ago but dropped back to Intermediate "A" last winter. Manager Lee stated that the town needed a hockey team, one that would He pointed out, however, that if a Senior club was or- ganized, financial backing would be necessary. The "A" club was oper- ated on a "split" basis last season. Dowson Clan (The following account of the Dow- son family was prepared by Wm. Dow- son of Willowdale at the suggestion of the Dowson Clan. Besides a great deal of work, Mr, Dowson had an in- teresting time in corresponding with numerous officials in England. Much of the information was obtained from Church registers at a nominal cost, and through small newspapers). The name Dowson originated on the English-Scottish border in the coun- ties of Durham and Northumberland. It is a combination of DUBH the Gaelic word for dark or black used by the Highland Scots ta describe a person, and the English word son, used to describe a descendent. As John Dow's son, The Highland Clansmen very seldom could write or read the Gaelic tongue which they spoke, consequently when circumstances brought them across the border to take service with a Nor- man-English baron or estate owner held three times weekly, Monday, , the clerk of the estate wrote their names in hig records as they sounded further bookings are made. On Sat-'to him in English. The result was urday night of this week, some skater ' that Ian Dubh the Scottish Clansman will be a winner of a lucky draw became Ian Dow, retainer of his Nor- which will be made sometime during man-English feudal overlord and was 80 recorded, construction dept. and that It appears, from investigation, that | year 1840. one of the places where this name 1400 A.D. At this time most of the | shire. dued the Yorkshire and northcountry English in 1086. These gentry spoke years ago. fluent in Latin. Under the Feudal|of Gransmoor, Harpham, system these accepted the service of | Yorkshire, England. good men. after 1300 A.D..a Scot appeared and | in a strong firm hand. took service with the Lord of Barn- ~ ard Castle. What his first name was - : we do not know but he was a huge, P Alb | well muscled dark man with erisp rice er black hair and black beard clad in into his lord's records. cous shower. As the years passed, Dow became ; an address to this couple. the father of sons. The neighbours, the clerk, the Lord of the Estate in referring to these would call them Dow's sons. And in a short time Dow- son became an established name. Most likely abaut the year 1400. Which makes it one of the oldest English life Sir names. : : At the Central Public Library, Re- ference Section, College and St. Geo. St. Toronto, in the "Society of Anti- quaries of New-Castle-Upon-Tyne," Volume 11, January 1905, appears the following record, "William Dowson, (clergyman) Chaplain of Whorlton, County Durham, 1501 A.D." Vol. VII, 1897 of the "Antiquaries" contains the following, 'Adam Dowson, under is understood Mr. Joblin is master, Houghton-le-Spring Church, County Durham, Feb. 8rd, 1577. An- Monday evening. available from any club Sunday School on Sunday. raining. and the year is 1663 A.D. appears on a map as a small village Apple Day," route. nestling under the shadow of Bar- nard Castle, Houghton-le Spring is into various homes. about 30 miles north-west of Barnard Castle near the coastal city of Sun-[;,.. Manchester Bazaar. derland. - - From existing records in the Parish Church, in the village of Hutton-Cran- swick, near the market town of Drif- field, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, it appears that sometime between the years of 1730 and 1768 A.D. a family or. some families of Dowsons took up residence here most likely as farm workers for the estate owner. The first record is of Robert Dowson, born 1748 A.D. (place not and Mr and Mrs. S. stated, birthdate worked out from burial date.) died, July 14th, 1836, Sunday with Mes. G Yake. aged 88 years. Haliburton on Sunday. cighy-first birthday. all of Oshawa. fo Robert scems to have had at least born 1781; and Mary, born. 1807. Uxbridge, ¢ were at least three sons in the next Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Appleby and George who married | Wanamaker, Seagrave on name was Harriet. Of their descen-|vices there, dents, two sons of George Dowson and i han CTL De 5 Smartness is combined with utility in 1957 Chevrolet station ARE SSR A few years later nephews of Clif- ton came to Toronto, John and 'Wil- liam Dowson and William Swift who later was to found the bugle band of the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto. He led this band for many years and wag well known as Bugle Major Swift. He kept a shoe store in downtown John lived in Toronto. Wm. left for western Canada about 1900 and no word was ever received from him, but he is believed to have mar- vied and settled in the western states. It is interesting to note that George Dowson, the ancestor of most of the Dowsons in the Toronto and Perry 'areas was a railroad worker with what would be called today, the There are many families of Dow- originated was at Barnard Castle in | sons in the Driffield and Bridlington county Durham and about the year | areas in- the East Riding of York- Most of these are related to land owner's were the descendents of | the families mentioned above as they Knights settled along the border by | are descendd from the families who William the Conqueror when he sub-|came to Hutton-Cranswick about 200 A well known member of the fa- French and early English, a mixture | mily (or Clan) in Yorkshire at the of French and Saxon, and some were | present time is Thomas John Dowson Driffield, He is 82 years It appears that sometime | of age but still writes a good letter Saturday night in the school the Highland costume, we know from his [members of Y.P.U, and many others descriptive name, Dubh, the black one. | turned out to honour the recent new- Dubh which the clerk of the estate|lyweds Mr. and Mrs. A. Newnham spelled DOW when he wrote his name [ who were ushered to the love seat at the front of the room for a micellan- Mr. John Pearce read Basket af- ter basket of various gifts were un- wrapped--everything from bedding to potato masher. Carol and Alfred then thanked everyone for their gifts and lunch and coffee was enjoyed. all wish this bride and groom a happy The 'Good Neighbours Service Club' was held at the home of Pat Love on Tickets on blanket, man's shirt, and auto rug are now member. Draw will be made at ecuchre Nov. 23. Mrs. B. Smith read the story at Mr. Smallman gave generously of his time in teaching the Bible class. [It . : Grant Beacock won first prize for other reference is 'to Mark Dowson best decorated basket in our village Whorlton pack before starting out on "Scout The disease of measles is sneaking Several of the ladies enjoyed attend- Mr. and Mrs. G. Hunter and family with his sister Mr, and Mrs: W. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. LL. Beacock and sons joined the family gathering in honour of his mother Mrs. W. E. Beacock's Mr. and Mrs. N. Wilson were re- cently visited by his. father Mr. Jack Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. LL. Banjinski Mr. cand Mrs. W. Bond, Toronto, Foster, Allen, Susie and Brian of Secarboro, spent Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wilson and family were Sunday dinner guests of 3 children, Robert born 1777; William | their relatives Mr. and Mrs. H. Stark, Mr. and Mrs. Kimmerly. Toronto, The records seem to be somewhat | were recent visitors with her sister incomplete but it appears that there] My, and Mrs. C. Newnham and family. Martyn wereiper cent off normal one-way tourist generation, Caleb who married Jane [with their daughter Mr and Mrs. I. Sunday. Mary Swift, and John whose wife's| Also attended the special church ser- Mr. and Mrs. Ferris spent a few ARE YOU AVERAGE? I spént a week in Ottawa lately and I'm scared! More than once, I heard comments like this: "Sure, you worry about the trend of Big Government but the average voter doesn't give a darn. He doesn't know and he doesn't care!" I came home wishing I could meet this so-called "average voter" so I could punch him in the nose. Doesn't the average voter Yave youngsters of his own? Doesn't he have ¢yes to read the papers with and brains to think with? Is he a turnip that he just doesn't care? My friends, the general belief in Ot- tawa is that the average voter doesn't know or care about national issues. All governments want to grow big- ger. They are not content any more to make fair laws and administer them Justly. 'They will grab as much power as the average voter will allow-them to grab, "In radio, the government has built the CBC colossus. Government is engaged in air trans- port, railroading, motion pictures, and printing. You ought to see the print- shop the government owns in Hull. The government is going into the gas thing that you can name, governments are engaged, Not as law-makers, but as actual" operators. No longer do governments content themselves with delivering the mail; today they sell you your liquor, your annuity, your airplane ticket and 'your synthetic rubber, .- And you will notice (unless you're a dopey "average voter") that whenever governments get into business, they cither operate at a loss or they de- mand a monopoly position. One or the other. Always! There are certain activities proper- ly undertaken by government. But these activities have been used as an excuse to "get the government into areas where they are not needed. This trend, unchecked, could, over the years make Canada into another of those dull, unhealthy totalitarian states. If you have been.an-average voter in the past, how about taking a close look at what's going on? Then have a chat with your member of parlia- ment and make him commit himself one way or another before he gets your vote. At least we can let our representatives know that we care and- we do know what is going on, That might slow them up a bit. Right now, they have too much faith in the blind- ness of us "average voters." Cedar Creek Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Steele of Raglan the Spencer family. ) Mrs. Laroque and Mrs. Cummings visited Mrs, Ray Whittaker Wednes- day evening. Mrs. Jack Holtby entertained the Prospect W.A. on Thursday evening. Mr. B. Benschope had a young cow tun away last week, They have been unable to find her. She was due to with her, T.C.A. NEW TOURIST FARE A special Emigrant fare for tra- vel between Europe and Canada or the United States will go into effect November 1, it was antiounced today by Trans-Canada Air Lines, follow- ing the approval of all governments whose airlines are members of the in- ternational air transport association. November 1 this year until March 31, 1957 and represents a reduction of 40 fares. TCA said this would enable an imi- grant to fly between Glasgow and Montreal, for example, for $160.80 compared to the normal fare of $268. tourist, Mary Swift, Clifton born July 23rd, [days with relatives in Detroit. wagons, as shown in this Bel Air six- passenger model. As in other Bel Air models, the station wagon gains styling distinction with the aluminum insert for the flared rear fenders. pipeline business, In just about every- were last Sunday evening visitors of freshen and she will likely have a calf' The special fare is valid only from wht rh wl A St, i aA Ep Sa, a plot