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EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, November 15th, 1956 In our world which races madly from one crisis to the next, the unforgivable sin is, like that of Lot's. casting a backward glance, But the American election of last week was such a strange and wierd con- tradition that we can't help voicing a few thoughts which seemed important to us. Not in a hundred years has such a thing - happened in the United States. And try to imagine how different America was a hundred years ago! The people of the United States have elected a republic President and a democratic Senate and a democratic House of Representatives. What is mean? Two things, first that the people of the States don't want the Republicans in office and secondly that they do want Eisenhower in spite of his party. What tremendous popularity! A popularity which apparently is not justi- fied by" his political genius or accomplish- ments. There isn't as far as we know, one 'Non-Bookish' Pupils The Rt, Hon. J. Chuter Ede, prominent British Labour M.P, now visiting Canada, told the members of the Secondary School Teachers' Federation in the third J. W. Ansley Memorial Lecture that the main task facing today's teacher was the de- velopment of whatever skills they possess within the 'non-bookish' majority of their pupils. 3 z And many teachers will hasten to agree that today in our high schools the majority of our pupils are 'non-bookish'. But I- wonder if they will agree with Mr, Ede's implication that these pupils are 'non- bookish' because they lack the intelligence: to deal with their own native language when they encounter it in books. Sixty- nine per cent of all the pupils who enter high schools have average or above average ntelligence. If they come into the high schools as 'non-bookish' pupils it is quite safe to assume that in the main they are. coming from 'non-bookish' homes. . NOTES AND COMMENTS Emblem of Victory =~ well-qualified, outstanding political com- - mentator and analyst who hasn't publicly expressed the thought that Stevenson would make a better president. And yet they vote for Ike. : The truth of the matter is that this - former General in the Second World War has become a kind of symbol of victory, an emblem of security, a national hero-figure and as long as he chooses to run he will be unbeatable. Bulganin of Soviet Russia said that Eisenhower could be elected even if running mate were Molotoff. = And he is probably right. Should Eisenhower outlast his term, and should he appear to be fit, there will no doubt be a move launched to, abolish the amendment to_the constitution which pro- hibits a third term. Imagine what would have happened had Eisenhower been a Democrat! "Mr. Ede might have done education a greater service by appealing to parents to provide a more intelligent environment for their children; might have done a greater service by challenging parents to encour- age their children's etiriosity and imagina- tion. Most high school teachers are well aware that these 'non-bookish' students are interested in having what they call 'a good time', everything else is a bore to them, especially the development of skills and aptitudes, 'Time enough for that," they say, "when we've got to work for a living." Any great improvement in education to- day must have its roots in the roots of - family life. Regardless of what parents say and preach, the child picks up the real lived-out values of the home. If-these are in a sense 'non-bookish', anti-intellectual, pleasure-seeking, and indulgent, is it any wonder then that the product of such an environment should be a little difficult to educate? : : '| evening, October 28th. C . A PICTURE OF FARMING Clipped Comments TO-MORROW administrations - would hardly agree with the views expressed by the city managers. Many would still feel that a tax concession or some other form! $199,800. of subsidy will pay off in the long was for new dwellings and $93,150 If all the experiments now being |run. conducted by thousands of agricultural scientists in Canada and the United | was made by Elgin E. Crull of Dallas, States proved successful, what would | Texas. He said it is doubtful that 8nY th for which a permit was issued was One good point against the practice ~ farming of tomorrow be like? Look-'industry which requires a subsidy or ing into the crystal ball, some scient- similar concession would be of value' 4¢ Unionville to cost $85,000 ists have come up with the following |to the community. Any such industry, : ! apparently unable to come in on a the average farmer would |fair and equal basis and stand on its BELL TAKES OVER THORAH know far more about his land and its |own feet, may be regarded immediate- PRIVATE PHONE LINE _ answers: First, capacity to produce than he knows to-|ly as a doubtful prospect, day. Crop and live stock producers would be able to control both yield and | milking the community with one hand Even if it should endure, it will be quality in a way now known only in|while contributing to development with the laboratory. The future farmer would be able to the other, The discriminatory nature of any judge each improved practice in terms | form "of subsidy may appear to many of what it would pay him at the end|persons a more serious He would know to the| When a of the year. objection. municipal administration being as keen as it is today, all civic MARKHAM BUILDING IN | ago have now. officially joined the penny the difference in returns from one variety over another. All farming operations, from seed bed preparation through harvest, | particular severity against those al- would be done by machines. But there would probably the fields than there is today, germination would be vastly improved so that growers could plant with as-|favours, surance there would be no need to re- plant. Powerful new chemicals with a high degree of selectivity will have been developed for more efficient pest con- trol. Plants will be tailored to fit ad-|, vanced form practices, "More will be known how plants_grow, the role of light and influences of high and low temperatures on their growth. Plants may then be bred to take full ad- vantages of nature, soils and climate, The farmer will have simple, easy to 4 fj use methods. of measuring fertilizer and water needs for his crops, This will enable him to predict yields with much greater accuracy and he will be able to adjust the rate of application to a cost that would be profitable un- der existing farm prices. : --Canadian Statesman. OFFERING CONCESSIONS TO LURE INDUSTRIES From time. to time cities and towns receive requests from prospective new _industries for special concessions, The _ practice of offering concessions as a means of attracting 'new business establishments isn't as common as it was at one time, but it is still being done in some instances. : ; It is interesting to note, therefore, that a panel of city managers at an international meeting in Banff, Alta, has agreed that concessions should not be granted nor offered as indusements, be less machinery in|deavour. Seed | annoying to pioneers who "grew up grants such a concession to a new established firms. The blow falls with ready engaged in the same line of en- It is likely to be specially with the city" and received no such Furthermore, it is unfair since ex- isting firms must pay taxes to help meet the cost of the subsidy. ) --Stouffville Tribune a "n [J District Doings BEAUTIFUL HIGH SCHOOL OPENED AT PORT HOPE - Almost 1,200 Port Hope and dist- rict residents turned out to the cere- monies that marked the official open- ing of Durham County District High School in Port Hope. 2 Education Minister W. J. Dunlop was guest speaker for the evening which included the official transfer of the building from builders and arch- itects to school officials. -- BOWMANVILLE CHIEF OF POLICE ASKED TO BE RELIEVED ; Bowmanville Town Council will shortly advertise for a new police chief to take over the duties from the pre- sent Chief Sydney Venton who has asked council to relieve him of some of his duties. However, to take full advantage of Chief Venton's 86 years of experience in law enforcement, 28 of which have been served as police chief in Bowman- ville, the council on motion of Coun, Scott, will assign Mr. Venton to the With the competition for industry company, it is discriminating against | OCTOBER $199,800.00 Value of new building in Markham Township 'during October amounted to Of this amount $75,500 for industrial. - Accessory buildings made up another $31,000 Largest single project for the mon- for the Kennedy Chiropractic Clinic The Centre Thorah Telephone Com- pany which was organized 47 years Bell Telephone Company. The origin- al company had eight miles of line and six subscribers and is distinguished for St i i fi 1H 4 f i ¥ 1 ih i i Mr. W. F. English, who retired as vice- president of operations for Trans-Canada Air Lines recently, was honored by the Canadian Aviation Industry at a testimonial banquet in Montreal. More than 250 guests from Canada, the United States and England paid tribute to Mr. English's contribution to the aviation industry. Here TCA stewardesses Gypsy Germaine, Lou George and Mary Ropchan, left to right, present Mr. English with candelabra on behalf of the industry. AVIATION INDUSTRY HONORS AIRLINE PIONEER nf Aida] Lan LADIES COLLEGE Just over a year after the first sod was turned in its construction, the Grace Chapel at the Ontario Ladies College, Whitby, was dedicated Sunday Many O.L.C. graduates in Durham County, dating back to the early 90's will look with pride on this new addition to their al- | ma mater. The new chapel, which blends beautifully with the' dignified arch- itecture of the rest of the college, was filled to capacity, as Rev. A: B. B. Moore, B.A, B.D., D.D., L.L.D., Pres- ident of Victoria University, gave the sermon. ASSESSMENT UP $3,000,000 FOR COBOURG ~ =~ a It is interesting to know how other municipalities fare in the United Coun- ties ih the process of meeting an equit- able set-up in the problem of equal- ized assessment . In a report from the County Town it is revealed that the total assessable value of all property in Cobourg has juihped nearly $3,000. under the town's recent reassessment. Figures were released yesterday from the town assessors office show- ing an increase of from $9,140,050,00, the sum on which this year's taxes were based, to $12,061,6560,00, the am- ount on which the 1957 taxes will be based.. WHITBY COUNCIL ACCEPTS EXTRA HOSPITAL CHARGES Reversing the procedure adopted by Town Councils for three years being accident free since its inception. DEDICATE NEW CHAPEL AT ONT. October 1966, years, in a room upstairs when the tot the 1956 Whitby Town Council Mon- day night decided to pay $1,100 to the Oshawa General Hospital for extra expenses-incurred in the treating of indigent listed as coming from Whitby. The vote was six in favour and three against the motion to pay the account for the period of September 1954 to HALF-MILLION HARBOR REN- OVATION AT WHITBY Work on the largest change in the Whitby Harbor in a number of years has now begun. Before completed over a half-million dollars will have been spent and the Whitby harbor will be able to accommodate ships with a draft of 22 feet. ) The contract let to McNamara Con- struction Company, dow based in Whitby includes changes to the west pier of the harbor 'entrance and an extension to the east pier of about 300 feet. Men and machines have be- gun alterations to the west pler. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE TABLETS KILLED INFANT "DON'T LEAVE YOUR KIDS ALONE" PLEADS N. GWILLIM- BURY FIRE CHIEF "Somewhere in Canada, these cold months, little children will die a hor:- ible death by fire because somebody left them alone. Let's not have this tragedy happen in our township." This was the message given by Chief Bernard Rye, of North Gwillim- bury Fire Department, in a public appeal to residents to cut down on all fire hazards. The Chief was reviewing the recent Fire Prevention Week act- ivity of his department, in co-operat- ion with services across the nation, to show that public education can cut the "shocking" fire toll in the home. Hospital Ass'n Convention The Ontario Hospital Association Annual Convention was held at the Royal York .Hotel, Toronto, October 22°28 and 24. This convention may 'be attended by personnel connected A tragic, death took place in Ross Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon the victim being John Brown, one and a hdlf year old son of Mr. and Mrs. | Wm. Brown of Oakwood and death] was due to swallowing a large number | of high blood pressure tablets, The youngster was playing with an older sister and a brother aged 17 pulled the pill box out of a low bureau drawer. They belonged to his grand- father. with Hospitals in any of their various departments, The Speakers and Sessions dealt with the numerous problems and con- cerns of all Hospitals along the Con- vention Theme "Hospitals--and the Changing Scene." Community Memorial Hospital at Port Perry, was represented by Murs, IX. L. Hook, Superintendent, and Mrs. J. T. Gray, 'Assistant Superintendent. = = -- \ 3 ANN aw newly created position of Desk Serg. \ to apply that experience to your a ledger. To him dollars and cents, more than figures in , banking is the * Meet your bank manager... He's easy to meet--and a good man to talk things over with. Not just because he knows a lot about banking, but because he can be counted on knowledge and particular need. To him banking is more than opportunity to work with people-- through bank services to help with your problems, your hopes and plans. That is what he has been trained to do. That is what he likes to do. You'll find he's a good man to know. Of Many Things by Ambrose Hills 12 SUICIDE NOTE newspapers. The woman had written a note, asking forgiveness, then ex- plaining: "I am useless to myself and everyone else!" i The report continued: "Friends and neighbours of the dead woman report- ed that she had been suffering spells of melancholy. She was a fine woman, very much respected in the neighbour- hood. ., , . . And yet, she thought herself use- less! How many men and women make that terrible 'mistake? Perhaps it lies back of many tragedies. Too bad they had not read what Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, "So long as we love, we serve," wrote the famous novelist. "So long as we are loved by others 1 would al- most say we are indispenable; and no man is useless while he has a friend." ~The tragedy of our generation is that we are transferring the emotions of love and friendship from our own hands into the hands of institutions or governments. We are trying to legis- late virtues, rather than live them, Not long ago a friend of mine lost his leg in an automobile accident. He told me that no less than cight per- sons had asked first of all: "Were you insured, John?" When he told them that he was, they breathed sighs of relief, and one even said: "You're lucky ©. . You'll get a pension!" by How materialistic we've become. Can insurance repay the loss of a leg? Can unemployment insurance replace the satisfaction of honest work? Can a cheque from any source neigrhbourliness, or charity ? Jo William Lloyd said: "There is but one virtue: to help human beings to free and beautify life; but one sin: to do them indifferent or cruel hurt; the love of humanity is the whole of morality. This is goodness; this is humanism; this is the social Con- cience." i replace man-to-man ehretét™we in danger of forgetting that these personal virtues cannot Po | 28 ¥ zafoly be turned over to politicians ? oo many who prate about Social Con- science make it a matter of law, of Personal love and personal responsi- bility seem forgotten. 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