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= a. Fe THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, November 29th, 1956 - NOTES AND The Grey Cup Orgy - The Grey Cup classic between the cham- pions of the East and the West has become a Canadian institution. And as an institu- tion it has its virtues and its vices. Until two years ago it was largely a sporting event of more than usual interest. How- ever, with the spread of TV, the Grey Cup final has become the most important sport spectacle of the year. Commercial inter- ests and those whose fortunes are tied up with the professional football teams are exploiting it with every trick they can muster. About two weeks before the game, sports writers pick the outstanding players and draw up a mythical 'all star team'. The publicity agents get the beauty contests rolling in all the major cities and towns. Soon we have our Miss Rough Rider, Miss Eskimo, Miss Blue Bomber and Miss Etc., - Etc. Usually these Misses are sponsored by either the local Board of Trade or local newspaper. It is amazing what copy a Miss Football can be made to yield in the course of the frenzied time that leads up to the final judging that night before the game when the winner is chosen and de- clared or crowned Miss Grey Cup. By this time the more orgiastic phases of the Grey Cup are in full swing.. The hotels beer parlours, bars and liquor outlets do a ~The Teacher Shortage We've often wondered "if the teacher shortage in some measure due to teachers themselves, Looking back over our days at school, we only remember two of our teachers who ever made us feel that they were really enjoying what they were doing. Some of them actually sold us the idea that they were a species of martyr whose sad fate it was to struggle painfully through life forever doomed to deal with dullards (us). Imbued with a kind of sympathy for this type of teacher we wondered why they should keep on with what was so obviously a hopeless task. Some there were too who just made us feel that they were neither happy nor un- happy . . . they lived in world that was s0 matter-of-fact, so precise, so much a matter of prescribed rules and dictums, so -much a matter of straight routine in which laughter and fun, in which excitement and enthusiasm, were not only out of place but were actually quite unthinkable. D COMMENTS phenomenal business almost equalling that of Christmas and New Year. The day of the game is the day of wild abandon that started off with a parade of floats which somehow manage to convey the idea that all manufactured amticles and all services as well as government are in some mystical way, connected with the magic of the pigskin tussle. The scalpers, the gamblers, newsmen, and .radio an- nouncers have a field day. has no limits and we're all caught up in the excitement of two professional teams of brawn, muscle and some brain tearing into into each other for the privilege of carry- ing an inflated bag of leather across the goal line. Perhaps, there is something noble in professional sport that we have missed. Perhaps here on the gridiron is a service to humanity that we have failed to recognize. Perhaps, this is good healthy entertainment to relieve the dull routine of our daily grind. And, we could believe this if only the frenzy were a little less commercially distorted, if only we could, accept the spectacle witheut thinking . . , or if the professional clubs only acted like an honest to goodness team and rdn true to some kind of form or other. It {¥ little wonder that the referees and umpires find football a difficult and hazardous way of supplementing their incomes. eS too far removed from reality at that we thought of some teachers as jailors, some as sergeant-majors, and, rather unkindly, some as fussy, old spinsters as lively as a worn-out old nag. 53 Sometimes, too, our teachers really look- ed interesting but with most of these looks proved, after a few short lessons, to be quite deceptive. : We wonder too if teachers ever grasped how much we were really on their side. We wanted them to be intersting. We liked them to be enthusiastic. 'We wanted them to be happy. We are sure that in our own queer way we were willing to learn, were prepared to work, hoped to be challenged, but somehow the teachers we had didn't seem to know this. Their disappointment with life, with us, with themselves was un- assailable. We naturally blamed it on their - jobs. Is it any wonder that when we talked about the future, Tom or Jim or Mary would solidly assert, "Well, one thing cer- tain I'm not going to be a teacher." And The horizon - © that this was a province of homes, a -to pay for them for other people even Sometimes in flights of imagination not with this the o thers heartily agreed. - : Clipped Comments MAKING PAUPERS OF US ALL (The Rural Scene) For many years Ontario boasted province in which every man who worked and saved could own his own home--and most of them did. Today home ownership is being of- ficially discouraged by the policy of low-rental housing; that is, of using the taxpayers' money to build houses for the express purpose of renting them at less than cost. This is worse than robbing Peter to pay Paul; it is robbing the thrifty to encourage thriftlessness in people who are naturally inclined to be thrifty, Few, if any, of these low-rental houses are rented to the very poor who really need housing. They are re- served for people with substantial in- comes, who are capable of paying eco- nomic rents, and would do so if gov- eynments would mind their own busi- ngss and allow the citizens to mind theirs, A pauper is defined in the diction- ary as "a person who on account of poverty, becomes a charge of the par- ish," All occupants of these low ?rental houses are being forced to become paupers whether they 'want to or not, because no other houses are available in districts where low-rental housing exists, No man will undertake to build houses to rent in competition with the subsidized houseing of, these projects, Like all the welfare schemes that are being foisted on people today, these low-rental housing projects are practically saying to the people: "Yo might as well accept the gifts we offer you, for you will find {it very difficult to do anything else, and you will have if you don't share'in them yourself." Seventy-odd years ago, when social- ism found itself unable to make any headway among the English people, Sidney Webb founded the Fabian So- ciety as an Instriment for introducing it by stealth, ; ._He outlined his plan in these words, "The word soclalism must never be used, We must work under the cloak be taught to look to the state for se- curity and assistaance; and we must. enlish the support of welfare workers! and those who influence public opin- ion." a Under the cloak of humanitarianism, socialism is under-mining the indepen- dence and self-reliance of our people at an alarming rate, EXPORTING "FREE" TRADE UNIONISM ; In sending C, H. Millard to Brussels to direct the International Confedera- tion of "Free" Trade Unions the Cana- dian Labor Congress seems to be plan- ning to export a commodity it doesn't possess, . There is no "free" trade unionism in Canada. Canadian workers are not free to join the unions of their choice, or to refrain from joining, if such is their choice, gi They join the unions to which they are assigned, and woe betide the work- er who fails to respect the authority of his union boss, Canadian unions themselves are not free. N States; and cnses are rare indeed of a Canadian Union refusing to follow the line laid laid down by 'the American basges, If Mr. Millard is interested in build- ing up a world-wide labor oligarchy, perhaps Brussels is a suitable place for his headquarters, But if he is Interested in the free- dom and well-being of the Canadian workers he would do better to devote his talents to instilling the principles of freedom into the Canadian labor movement, (The Rural Scene) LABOR COSTS AND " FREIGHT RATES Canadlans, faced with the virtual certainty of a 16 per cent genoral freight rate increase directly attribut- able to rail union wage demands of last winter, have every reason to take a good, hard look at everything affect. ing rail labor conta. One place to look for information on this important matter is the pro- ceedings hefore the Federal Coneilla- tion Board, which has resumed public hearings at Ottawa of the dispute be' of humanitarianism, The people must tween the Brotherhood of Locomotive Their course of action fs de-| termined by the big unions in Unjtad |: Firemen and the Canadian Pacific. Canadian Pacific has told the Con- ciliation Board, and supported its as- sertions by an impressive array of evidence, that without detriment to safety or efficlency, it is able to re- move firemen from dlesel locomotives in freight and yard serviee, and to downgrade the position of firemen in passenger diesels to that of semi-skil- led "diesel helper," with an immedi- ate saving in wage costs of $56 mil- lion a year. When dieselization is complete in 1061, Canadian Pacific estimates, implementation of its pro- posals would reduce labor costa by as much as $10.7 million a year. Faced with so eminently sensible a proposal, it is hard to imagine that the Federal Conciliation Board in the locomotive firemen's case would do other than to turn thumbs down on the Brotherhood's demand for a 25 per cent wage increase and other benefits, the cost of which would sooner or later 'also be reflected in the freight rate strueture, --~Canadian Statesman RY THE MORE YOU GET -- THE MORE YOU WANT Governments at various levels are always squahbling that they should recelve more tax dollars from the one higher up. On this very subject Pre- mier Leslie Frost in a recent broad: cast on praovinelal affairs sald: "More than 40 cents of every dol- lar of provincial revenue goes to asslat the municipalities and local taxpayers in oné way or another. "Our assistance to the municipali- tles and local taxpayers is 10 times greater than it was , . . 12 years ago. Last year about 185,000,000 was pald in one form or another to the muniel- palities." He criticized the federal govern- ment's formula for financial assist- ance to the provinces, saying it is "not realistic in the face of what I might term Ontario's inexorable needs." "Under it, more than $156,000,000 will be distributed to the other pro- vinces, Of this amount .Ontarlo re. celves nothing, but she has to service the industry which helps to produce this money . . . "Our province is at present earning about half of the federal governmént's Buick for 1957 introduces to the Canadian motoring public all-new, in ¥Dream Car" styling, new and bigger V-8 engines, and a new fr ns i 'Oves ride and handling. The new styling includes a i front end, a acon tint Lumens more rakish slant to the pillars, three piece rear windows, new rear end design, new sculptured sweepspear molding and new humpers both front and rear. All models have been reduced in height without loss of headroom. Shown here is the Special 6-passenger, four-door Riviera, Panoramic windshields with g direct tax revenues. We have gladly assumed great burdens, yet we feel that it is fair that our problem should be taken into account as well. It is simply not good enough that this pro- vince and its municipalities should be restricted and placed in a position of imposing types of taxation which are not economic." --~Canadian Statesman. District Doings | STOUFFVILLE CHIEF OF i POLICE SUSPENDED The village council and police com- mittee of Stouffville ordered Chief Constable William J. Diamond sus- pended after a meeting last week. The chief constable, who had been in office since the first of the year, is a former sergeant of the Whitby po- lice and has a record of 23 years of active duty as a police officer. Later on he became police chief at Crystal Beach and then came to Stouffville as the comander of a two-man force in replacement of Ontario Provincial Police law enforcement, He will appear at the next council meeting to answer to the charge of conduct unbecoming to a police officer, YORK COUNTY PROPOSE CENTRAL POLICE TELEPHONE SYSTEM A proposed centralized telephone answering system and a radio tele- type service dispatch system for tho police forces of York County were in- troduced to York County council last week by the Police Committee Chair- man Alf LeMasurler, reeve of Mark- ham township. A communication sur- vey was presented by Bell Telephone Co. Representatives. Cost for the county was estimated at $10,000 a year. It would be borne proportionately by the participating municipalities. The report, which re- munities for county police forces to provide increased efficlency, 'was re- ferred to the colincils of the individual municipalities for discussion. NEW INDUSTLIAL SUBDIVISION IN AJAX The Town Council of Ajax and Slough Estates (Canada) Limited an- nounce that construction is now under way on an extensive new industrial subdivision located on the south side of Fairall Street in Ajax, 8 miles east of Metropolitan Toronto. " This new property, which will pro- -vide sites for a minimum of 150,000 square feet of modern factory space, will be completely serviced with high pressure steam, natural gas, sanitary sewers, water mains, roads and other necessary conveniences, BOWMANYVYILLE RETURNS MAYOR Mayor Nelson E. Osborne and Reeve Sidney Little were acorded acclama- tions at the civic nomination meeting Friday night. W. D. Carruthers was also accorded an acclamation as de- puty reeve, Due to the fact that only five rate- payers were nominated for tha six council seats another nomination meet. ing must be held. Those nominated were Keith Lathangue, Lloyd Preston, Jack Brough, W. D. Higgon and.Tho- mas F. Rehder, Norman O'Rourke, Robert Kent, Clare J. Garton and Rance L. Dilling were nominated for the three public school board vacancies. Three are to be elected. ; Milton J. Elliott was elected by ac- clamation to the public utilitiesicom- mission, commended the consolidating of com-! BOWMANVILLE POPULATION IS 6,634 According to the 19566 census fig- ures released by Assessor Clarence Oke Bowmanville's population has in- creased by 264 which now brings the total to 6,634 as compared to 6,380 in 1955 and 6,081 in 1954, The South Ward is still the most populous section having 2,491 while the North Ward stands at 2,052 and the West Ward at 1,924, The number at the Bowmanville Beach has de- creased and stands at 167. There are 2,330 under the age of 17 which is approximately 35 per cent of the overall population, while 3,271 are-in the 20 to. 59 age grouping and 349 are over 70 years. -- £8 CANNINGTON TO VOTE ON SUNDAY SPORT ' Voters in the Village of Cannington will decide by ballot, on Friday, Dec. 7, whether or not they wish to have public sports on Sunday in their com- munity. . A petition has been presented coun- cil according to the Lord's Day Act and the question will now be submit- ted to the electors for their decision. The question to be submitted reads: "Are you In favor of public games and sports on the Lords Day, to be regulated hy municipal by-law under the authority of the Lrod's Day Act?" NO ELECTION AT UXBRIDGE All municipal offices were filled by acclamation at the nomination meeting for the Town of Uxbridge Fri, night. Those elected were: i Mayor: Dr. Carl Peterbough (acel.) Reeve: Rae Ferguson (accel) Council (6 to be elected): Fred Kel. land, Gordon Smith, Arnold G. Tipper, W. 8S. Hochberg, Dr. T. E. Lennox, Gordon C. Coulter (acel.) PUC: J. D. Watson (accl.) Public School Bd. (3 to be elected): Alex Williamson, J. K. Noble, Mrs. T. E. Lennox (accl.). Scugog News On Thursday evening, Nov. 22nd, a fine crowd gathered at the Hall to '| honor Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hood on the occasion of their recent marriage. After an hour of dancing the bride and groom were called to the platform. |" Mrs. Ethel Redman read two short comic poems, then, following the ad- dress, Mr. and Mrs. Hood were pre- | sented with a coffee table, a scatter rug, a picture, a mirror and an elec- tric portable mixette. They both spoke of their appreciation and thanks, and invited their many friends to visit them at their home in Prince Albert. . The December meeting of the Head W. A. will be held at the home of Mrs. Alvin Heayn on Wednesday afternoon, December 6th. All members are re- minded to bring their exchange gift, and also a short Christmas poem or thought for the roll call. The Farm Forum group met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Martyn last Monday evening to discuss the Soil Bank idea. Next week we meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Don Ash- bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Don Gerrow visited with Mr. and Mrs. R. Rae at Ajax last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. Rodman attended a birthday celebration in honour of Mrs. A. Ashton and Mra. Rodman at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Wm. Bragg at Providence last Sunday. We welcome two student teachers from Toronto, who have been spend- ing this week teaching at the Head School. They are staying at the home of Mr, and Mra. Carleton Gra- ham, 0f Many | Things By Ambrose Hills HOLD OPINIONS Do you find yourself sometimes nod- ding in agreement to forcefully ex- pressed opinions even though you really don't agree with them at all? Do you tell yourself that you only agree to avoid a messy argument? This has happened to me once or twice, and I've always been sorry for it afterwards. Now, if some ernest soul preaches a doctrine T can't hold with, I either keep silent or put up an arg- ment. I refuse to agree just to humonr a man or keep the peace. I feel better when I adopt this ats- itude. I maintain my self respect. And stranely enough, it has often happened that a firm friendship has ben reached through argument or discusssion, I can well remember one man who came storming to see me, waving an OF MANY THINGS column under my nose, and telling me how wrong I was. We had quite a set-to. Today, we are good friends. He knows that there ave certain points where we hold diamet- rically opposite views; that there are other points where we are in accord. Perhaps each of us changed our views somewhat or were put straight to some degree. But there was no pusy-footing or hedging. Friendship is a poor thing indeed if it involves any loss of personal integ- rity. I often used to listen, as na young- ster, to my father and his closest friend argue political matters. Some- | times the air wonld be bloe. Bot their | friendship was real enough to encom- pass the idea that each held honest opinions and had a right to support them. That's true friendship and it should never be weakened by any ¢om- promising of opinion. This does not mean stubborn adher- ence to falsehod. Never he afraid to admit a mistake in faet, or in any theory, if convinced that you have heen | wrong. That would be @ compromise, too, of your own personal integrity. | : 'Blackslock The November meeting of the W.A." of St" John's Church 'was held in the Parish Hall on Thursday afternoon at 2.15 with an attendance of twelve members. Mrs, Nicholson read the Scripture, John 1:35-42 and led in the prayerg, with the members' new pray- erin unison, The minutes of the last mecting and the treasurer's report were given and accepted. The Dorcas secretary reported having sent two large bales and read u thank you letter for the same from the Principal of the school in Prince Albert, Sask. The core seeretary was asked to send sey- eral letters of thanks to those who had helped make the recent turkey supper a fine success, Miss Parr representative to the | Parish. Council reported on a recent meeting, Arrangements were com- pleted for the wedding being catered to Nov. 24, The birthday box received donations from Mrs Geo. Forder and Mrs. H. McLaughlin, "Below the Arctic Tundra" the last chapter of the study book was taken by Mrs, Bone. The meeting was closed with prayer and lunch was served by Group IV with Mrs. Jos. Forder convener Wo He Lo Mission Band met Tues- day afternoon in the Sunday School room with 14 children present, and with Nancy Dorrell presiding. Mrs. Hill took the Worship--"Who is my Neighbor". Judy Mountjoy took up the offering and Sharon Larmer read the prayer. Roll call and minutes were read by Lorna Wright, Jimmy Carnaghan gave a reading "God Planned My World". Elizabeth Thomp- son played a piano solo." Ronnie Mar- Lyn read "School Again". Mrs. Kyte told the story from the Study Book "Down by the River". We sang the Mission Band, Hymn and repeated the Benediction, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Strong took her mother, Mrs. IR. Bruce to Orillia Tuesday and visited the Ross Curtis'. Mrs. Bruce expects to spend the win- ter with her other daughter Mrs. Cur- tis. Sympathy is extended to Messrs. Roy "and Harold McLaughlin and fa- milies on the passing of their father Mr. Wm. McLaughlin in Bowmanville hospital last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs: Ed Strong, Bowman- (ville, spent Sunday with Mrs. Geo. Fowler: Mr. and Mrs. Bloome, Toronto, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hamilton, liven though the weather was poor | Wednesday, with rain and very high winds, which put the power off for over .an hour in the afternoon, the United W.A. Bazaar was Church quite successful. Mrs. Harold Kyte sang a solo in her usual sweet voice. Mrs. Geo. Wolfe gave a very interest. ing talk on her recent trip to the British Isles before declaring the ba- zanr opened. Then the ladies went to the Sunday School room where the tables of fancy work and many other things were soon almost sold out. Af- ternoon tea was then enjoyed by the ladies before starting home in the cold. Congratulations to Mr. Thos. Bow- man, who celebrated his 86th birth- day Sunday. Among their callers were Mr. and Mrs. Orland Daball and son Marvin, Fenwick, Ont.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Grass, Geneva Park; and other members of the family and friends. Myr. and Mrs. Bert Smith, Toronto, Marilyn Archer, Whitby and Vincent | | | | | | GLORIA LAMBERT singing chores every week on the "Barris Beat" seen over the CBC Television network. Toronto enter- tainment columnist Alex Barris ig the emcee, Annual Bingo And Dance The Port Perry Liona Club will hold ! Mervyn Graham, Sunday. Gloria Lambert, who now does the | NOVEMBER 80, their Annual Bingo and Dance at the' Port Perry High School on FRIDAY, | Archer Bowmanville, were week-end visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Wilbert Archer, Mr. and Mrs, Howard Lamb, Mr. and Mrs, I. Lamb and Howie, Lindsay spent- Sunday with Mrs, Thos. Smith and Mr. Jack Smith, ' Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Flett and Donna, Bowmanville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. J, E. Flett returned home with them. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris visited Mr. and-Mrs, Alex Flett, Fenelon Falls, on Sunday. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Warne (Shirley Hamilton) who were married in St, John's church Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Paine, Toronto and Mr. and Mrs, Russel Spinks, Osh- awa, visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hoidge and boys on Sunday. LS "Do you have to go home early, as usual?" said his friend as a timid little man rose to leave, "What are you--a man or a mouse?" "A man, of course," replied the lit- tle man with dignity, "What makes you so sure?" asked the other, "Because," explained the little man, "my wife is afraid of a mouse."