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EV THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, January 10th, 1956 4 The Killing Game 8 3 ("2% State John Foster Dulles, under whose In the United States last year 40,000 men, women and children were killed or died as the result of traffic accidents. the basis of population, the Canadian re- cord was just as bad. Just imagine, twenty communities as large as Port Perry wiped out every year--every living soul! It is little wonder that this has become one of the major problems of today. What are we going to do to stop this appalling loss of life? In the United States special commissions 'have been set up by the various states to 'study the problem and to bring: in recom- . '*mendations. Many of these have already reported and in some areas their recom- mendations have already been put into effect, Apparently fatal accidents arise out of First there is drunken driving. There is considerable evidence to show that drivers who are intoxicated, -or under the influence of liquor are more three main causes. Editorial Freedom If an editorial is going to have any value, it must press in an unhampered way what the editor believes, thinks, and feels. Sub- ject only to the restraints of what con- stitutes libellous and indecent writing, he should be free to deal with the world as he sees it, This, of course, means that many people will disagree and disagree very emphatical- And this should be 80. For it is the stimulus of contradictory thought and opinion which gives rise to the most constructive ideas and action of which our society is capable. 'the editor is free to express himself, the paper: should be thrown open to those who wish to take issue with what he has writ- ten. It is up to the paper to see that this ly with what he says: * NOTES AND COMMENTS | 4 of a menace t . glycerine. the head-on-cr the death toll, On own. life but show-off and - The death t we only face keep all the ti drive--you're ~~ and does not Here the re and jury, On truth and hon clusions. gence must be And where They are often responsible for The tired driver who sticks at it in spite of his weariness is gambling not only with his on the road. The third cause is impatience. In this group we find the speeder, the -them potential killers. us.press for legislation aimed at jailing and severe penalties for those who drink and drive; although we will never be able to clear the highways of the impatient, through educational programs and stiff fines we can reduce their number greatly. Live and let live, drive; if you're tired, rest; if you're im- patient or aggressive, let somebody else warfare of ideas is confined to the issues personal abuse. play for as both sides of an issue are pre- sented they stand in the role of both judge Often, the editor and those who disagree with him will stoop to.playing up- on people's prejudices and here those who read a newspaper with interest and intelli- we become highly emotional about a sub- ject, it is a pretty good indication that we tepfrom James Bay to their winter resort are giving in to a prejudice and where pre- judice holds sway there is little reason in what we believe or say. han a truck carrying nitro- ashes which add so much to The second cause is fatigue. with those of all he meets: the easily irritated. All of oll can be drastically cut if the problem squarely. let red drivers off the road nor If you drink don't not fit to. degenerate into villainous ~ ading public has a role to the basis of reasonableness, estly, they form their con- on their guard. Whenever Clipped Comments FARMING IN THE FUTURE? If all the experiments now: being . conducted by;thousands of agricultur- al scientists in Canada and the United States proved successful, what would farming of tomorrow be like? Look- ing into a crystal ball, some scientists have come up with the following an- swers: - First, the average farmer would know far more about his land and its capacity to produce than he knows today. Crop and livestock producers would be able to control both yields and quality in a way now known only in the laboratory, * The future farmer would be able to judge each improved practice in terms of what it would pay him at the end of the year. He would know to the penny the difference in returns from one variety over another, or one level of fertilizer over another. . All farming operations, from seed would be done by machines. But there would probably be less machinery in the fields than there is today. Seed germination would be vastly improved so that growers could plant with as- 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 farm practices. More will be known about 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 advantages of nature, soils and clim- ate, The farmer will have simple, easy to use methods of measuring fer- tilizer 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 ap- plication to a cost that would be pro- fitable under existing farm prices. --Smiths Falls Record-Newa. FOREIGN POLICY bed preparations through harvest, External Affairs Minister Pearson's plea for "strong and consistent leader- ship" by US in working out settlement in Middle East is timely and well- erited rebuke to US Secretary of direction US foreign policy has be- come as inconsistent and muddled as at any time in living memory. It was US pressure brought to bear under Mr. Dulles that led, nearly four years ago, to British decision to with- draw forces from Suez. Again, with- in last month, it is pressure by US State Department that has led to pre- mature withdrawal of Anglo-French forces in Egypt. Baghdad Pact is said to be Mr. Dulles' brain-child. But response of US Secretary of State to Baghdad Pact countries, Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan, who seek full US member- ship, has been the hardly reassuring statement that US prefers to keep free hand in Middle East. Meanwhile reports from Washington state that Mr. Dulles still believes that Wash- ington can do business with Egyptian dictator Nasser, } Evidence that this is so is confirmed by official expression of satisfaction from Washington at Anglo-French de- cision to withdraw from Buez. Satis- faction will doubtless be shared by Colonel Nasser. Unfortunately, as NY Times rightly notes, there is nothing to indicate that Washington, having exerted pressure that brought about Anglo - French withdrawal, is prepared to exert equ- ally strong pressure, either directly or through UN, to ensure that UN "police force" will be. strong. enough to perform "police duties" assigned to it, or that UN itself will become ef- fective instrument for achieving poli- tical settlement in Middle East. --The Letter-Review TRADE RESTRICTIONS For last decade Canadian trade po- licy has rested on assumption that world demand for products of Can- ada's mines and other resource indus- tries is such that they can be relied upon to provide the backbone of the country's prosperity and growth. Never doubting the invulnerability of the resource industries to external market conditions, architects of trade policy at Ottawa have blandly assumed that advanced manufacturing in Can- ada might safely be exposed to the competition in the domestic market of mass-produced manufactured im- ports, and of imports of manufactured goods from low-wage countries, with- out any threat to the general level of employment and prosperity. That some re-thinking of such attitudes of mind is apparent from press dis patches from Washington which state that consideration is being given to quantitative restrictions on the import of mineral produetd, and in particular, on lead and zinc. Pressure for such quantitative restrictions is coming from US mining interests, which are also said to be seeking further sub- sidy assistance from Washington. If quantitative restrictions are im- posed by the US on Canadian mineral imports, the consequences for this country could be serious, . The impo- sition of such restrictions might well create a precedent that could lead to further measures aimed at other re- source industries in this country. ~The Letter-Review District Doings COUNTY REJECTS AJAX HOSPITAL'S $5000 REQUEST Ontario County has turned a re- quest to make a grant of. $5000 to as- sist in the operating loss of the Ajax- Pickering General Hospital. The county's finance committee recommen- ded that no action be taken on an ear- lier request for a grant to the hospi- tal, County Council concurred. Commenting on the council's deci- sion Warden PattDuffy said that al- though the county was sympathetic with the hospital's predicament, it was felt that other hospitals in the county would feel entitled to similar main- tenance grants. PONIES BREAK BARN DOOR TWO KILLED Bowmanville--Two Shetland ponies belonging to Alex Stewart of Wel- come, were knocked down and killed on Highway 106 between Welcome and Dale, Saturday Dec. 22. All 25 ponies broke out of a barn on the Stewart farm about 9 p.m. and wan- dered over the highway. They were! all finally rounded up early Sunday morning with the exception of the two killed. One.car driven by a Port Hope re- sident was slightly damaged in the accident. Mr. Stewart keeps about 140 ponies on his farm. In the win- ter time they are kept indoors. This is the first occasion on which they have broken loose, b COUNTY MAKES APPOINTMENTS Five appointments were last week made by the Ontario County Council | in their 1956 windup session, now un- derway in Whitby. All five were made to district high school boards within the county. Murray Johnston, of East Whitby Township, was named a member of the High School Board of the Town- ship of East Whitby. He had been the county's appointee this year and will hold office during 1957. Also appointed by the county for 1967 was Douglas Thompson of Brook- lin, named a member of the Whitby District High - School Board. Mr. Thompson is a member this year. Talmage Bryan, of Sunderland, was named again as the county's repre- géntative on the Brock District High School Board. He "had been the county's appointee. . Named a three-year member of the Central Ontario County District High School Board was John McIntyre, of Myrtle, He has been a member for the past three years, : Harry Boyes, of Pickering, was named a three-year member of the Pickering District High School Board. This is his first appointment by the county to this board. { Balch 4 4.3 SEO gl SS SE ea "and TELEPHONE LINES CUT BY CABLE SNATCHERS Markham--A heavy 16-pr. telephone cable was completely severed and ap- proximately 176 feet taken out be- tween two poles on the 9th concession of Markham on Saturday night. The damage required Bethesda & Stouff- ville line crewmen about a day to re- pair, and the suspension of service to a number of phones during that time. A cable taken out gould be valued in feet at about $60, and Markham Police who are investigating the case are at a loss to know who would go to so much trouble for so little gan: However, this is not the first time that such an incident has occurred, cable having been stolen before from poles some years ago in the Bethesda area, The Bell Telephone Co. had similar trouble a short time back when valu- able lead cable was stolen. This theft was later solved and the thieves ap- prehended. -- VANDALS KILL FIVE GEESE, WOUND TWO Stouffville--Last Friday, RCMP in- vestigated a wanton raid on a private bird sanctuary here, in which three men with shotguns killed five Canada geese and wounded two. Dr. Alan Secord of Toronto, pre- sident of the Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine and owner of the sanctuary, said he fears geese will never return. He described the raid, staged around midnight Tuesday, as a most disgusting act of hoolinganism. More than 14 Canada geese were resting at the sanctuary, about ten miles north of the Metropolitan Tor- onto limits. On their way south for the wipter, Canada geese are said to fly non-stop along the Louislana coast, but some slip away from the main flock and land in Southern Ontario, ------ SUBJECT OF FOX BOUNTY AGAIN DISCUSSED BY COUNTY COUNCIL The matter of fox bounties to be paid to hunters in the county of Ont- ario will come up again in 1957 county council. One of the first matters tackled by the county in past years, the bounty was last year abolished but some councillors, meeting in Whitby indicated that they would like to see a bounty of some kind continued. Reeve Norman Anderson, of the Township of Whitby, said that several depredations by foxes had been report- ed in his township. "I was sorry to see the fox bounty go," he said, "and I think hunters should have some en- couragement." DOG "CHEWS UP" HOUSE Stouffville -- Beveral hundred dol- lars damage was caused to the inter- ior of the new home of Mr. and Mrs. i Mervin Bunker, Altona, during the weekend, when "Pal", the family dog, was locked by mistake in the house on Friday evening. The story unfold- ed two days later, when the dog re- turned home to the Bunker's tempor- ary residence with a trace of blood on its face. Realizing his mistake, Mr. Bunker returned to his new house discovered the interior badly chewed and clawed by the frightened dog. Three window sills were dam- aged beyond repair and large grooves had been carved out of the front door. One window was broken where the trapped animal had jumped through and escaped. Mr. and Mrs. Bunker were planning to move into their new residence this month, Mr. Bunker recalled how he had locked the door on Friday evening un- mindful that the family dog was still inside. He did not do any work on the house the following day. Luckily the pet didn't jump through the front plate glass window which would have been very expensive to replace. Pine Grove Mr. and Mrs. Jim Philip calling on Mr. and "Mrs. A. Handel and Mr, E. Ballard Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brennand and family of Toronto visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. Handel. W.A. met at the home of Mrs. Jack Hill on Wednesday last. The next meeting will be in the school at 1.30 Friday, Feb. 16th, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hill visited Sat- urday evening with Mr. and Mra, Ed- wards of Ajax, Cover the soil with growing plants in the wintér to reduce erosion and frost damage, Soil experts advise the planting of cover ¢rdps on ground | just cleared of cultivated crops. WALTER SUSSKIND The new resident conductor of tha Toronto Symphony Orchestra is Wal- ter Susskind, native of Prague. He will be conducting the weekly pop concerts of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra heard every weck on the CBC Trans-Canada network, Of Many Things y ; AMBROSE HILLS A GREAT GAIN You may not realize it, but you have gained a great deal as an individual because your country has welcomed thousands of men and women from Hungary. To every single one of us this arrival of Hungarians brings blessings of a moral, economic and political nature, We have the satisfaction of knaw- ing that what we have done was right from a moral point of view, To neglect to offer sanctupry at such a time would have been cruel indeed, We will be better off from an eco- nomic point of view as well. We need more citizens to help develop Canada, to share the costs of maintaining our railways, airways, radio and television networks, our publishing houses, our farming industry, and all the rest. All of these endeavours have suffered for lack of a domestic market. Politically, we make our greatest gain, These Hungarians will bring with them a love of freedom born out of freedom's loss in their own land. To them such terms as "Freddom of Worship," "Freedom of the Ballot," and of Enterprise" will be more than hackneyed catchwords for speechmak- ers, Ior they know how freedom can be lost, in slow degrees, to ideologies which place the State so far above the individual. You and I may feel that in our time there is no danger of Canada becom- ing a state where a few powerful men Ass. Sec"y--Allan Bailey Treasurer--Richard Van Camp 'Primary Room Supt.-- Mrs. Ivan Thompson Ass. Primary Room Supt.-- Mrs. Murray Byers Cradle Roll Supt.-- Mrs. Lloyd Wright Pianist--Miss Joan Hoskin Assistant--Mrs, Henry Wotten Teachers--Primary Girls-- Mrs. Roy MoLaughlin Primary Boys--Glen Larmer --Beginners-Girls--Mra, Roy Turner Beg. Boys--Muvs. Roy Taylor Nursery Class No, 2-- Mrs. Murray Byers Nursery Class No, 1-- Mrs. Gordon Strong Assistants for Primary Room-- Mrs. Harold Swain, Mrs. Ernest Swain and Miss Phyllis Strong Junior Grls--Mrs. Harold Kyte Asst.--Mrs. Stuart Dorrell Jr. Boys--Neif Malcolm Asst.--Stuart Dorrell Int. Girls--Mrs, H. McLaughlin Asst.--Mrs. Cecil Hill Int. Boys--Walter Wright i Organized Senior Classes will choose their own teachers later Supply receiver--Mrs. W. Archer Auditors--Mrs. Russel Mountjoy and Mrs, Cecil Hill Missionary Secretary-- Promotion service was conducted in the Sunday School immediately after service, = Next Sunday Sunday school will be held at 10 a.m. and service at 11 a.m. when Rev. Romeril will be preaching for a call. New Year's Visitors-- Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dayes and fam- ily with Mr. and Mrs. Reg Sutton and family at Orono. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stinson, Yel- verton with the Walter Wright's, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dorrell, Mr; and Mrs, Wilbert Toms with Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Dorrell. Mr, and Mrs. Russel Mountjoy with Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Ferguson and family, Newcastle. . Mr. and Mrs, Earl Trewin and fa- mily, Enniskillen, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Horne, Oshawa, with the Albert Wright's and Fred Trewins. Mr. and Mrs. Merril Henry and family and Miss Lorraine Henry, Bowmanville; Mr. Webb "Poronto and friend, Oshawa, with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Henry and Mrs. J, W. Brad- burn, . Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Redman; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Martyn, Scugog; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leighton; Mr. and Mrs. Hector Shortridge and Billy; Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher and family with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bailey and Allan. This was a triple celebration it being the occasion of Allan's birthday and Mr. and Mrs. Leighton's wedding an- niversary. Congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ashton and fa- mily joined the rest of the Ashton clan in Enniskillen Hall for their New Year get-to-gether, With Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Larmer and Glenn were: Mr, and Mrs. Har- vey Yellowlees, Karen and Brenda; Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Taylor; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Taylor, Walter and Law- rence; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Taylor, all of Solina; Miss Evelyn Taylor, Peterboro; Rev. Bob Sherwin, Cherry Valley; Miss Lena Taylor, Bowman- ville; Mr. and Mrs. Eber Snowden, Courtice; Miss Marion McDougald, Oshawa; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Larmer, Sharon, John and David. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crawford and Mary Lou, Port Perry; Mr, and Mrsc Harold Crawford. and family with Mrs. Geo. Crawford and Mr. and Mis, Wes. Pearce. Miss Joyce Graham Missionary Treasurer-- } Mrs. Cecil Gibson Temp. See.--Mrs. Ivan Mountjoy ~~ Meeting closed with prayer by Rev. Wylie, Women's Institute met at the home of Mrs, Roy Taylor Wednesday after- noon. Opened as usual with the Ode and Collect. Mrs. Chas. Wilson read the Scripture Psa. 67. Fruit and control the destinies of each citizen. True, we see a trend towards Big Gov- ernment and Big Bureaucracy, and it frightens us a bit, but we tell our- selves that the men on top are after all pretty decent men and all will be well. But these Hungarians will be quick to spot those areas where free- dom is dying, and will help to see that it does not die. | | So if you and/I do not worry too much about the/increasing trend to- wards an all-pgwerful central statd, these newcomets-- will prompt us to worry. And we should worry, if only on behalf of our children. I think we would like to see Canada at least as free for our children as we found it. When we are tempted to give up some freedom in order to gain some economic safety, we should remember --and these newcomers should remind us -- that when freedom disappears, | the very concept of safety is a cruel jest, It is the kind of safety found only in jail! So let us not be patronizing towards Hungarion newcomers, Let us re- member that they bring us gifts fully as valuable as the gifts we are offer- ing to them. Blackstock The Annual Meeting of the United Sunday School was held Wednesday evening, Jan. 2nd. Rev, R., H, Wylie, Port Perry was chairman and opened with Scripture and prayer. The dif-' ferent reports were given and accept.' ed. Treasurer's report showed a good balance. Secretary reported an! average attendance for the year 119%. | Arrangements were made for Sunday' School anniversary May 19th, Decided to give $200.00 toward renovation fund | of the church. The resignation of Mr, Earl Dorrell who has been Super-' intendant for thirty-one years was accepted with regret. A vote of ap-' preciation was tendered to past Supt. and officers. Following Offcers were elected: Supt.--Mr, Ralph Larmer Ass, Supt.--Mr. Ernest Swain | Secretary---Harvey Graham "in S.S. No. 2 Blackstock "tained about twenty-five of their bro. I'lower committee reported having sent six boxes to sick and shut-ins at Christmas. Several thank you notes were received. The roll was answer- ed by showing a picture of early child. hood days, which caused a great deal of amusement, guessing and com- ments. Pres. reported that twenty-two jars of fruit or jam had been taken to the Port Perry Hospital after last meet- ing. Pres. stressed that the ladies should try to attend hospital auxiliary meetings, Decided to have a bazaar, in April and card parties when nights available. The Motto for the day was "The Historian is a Prophet Looking Backwards". Mrs. Velva Bailey gave the Cur- rent Events, Excerpts of School Days was very interesting and given by Msds. W. W. Van Camp, Velva Bailey and John McKee. After the closing exercises, lunch was served by the group. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Mer- vyn Graham and Mrs, Ed. Harris in the passing of their mother Mrs. J. E. Flett in Bowmanville hospital on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bailey enter- thers, sisters, cousins on New Year's eve, Mrs, Oakley Carley and Anne Whit- by spent the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Marlow and Bill. A bumper crowd attended the New Year's eve dance in the Recreation Centre sponsored by the O.N.O. A good many from here attended the funeral of Mrs, Thos. Hyland from Bowmanville parlors Thursday and Mrs. J. E, Flett Saturday. There were nine tables of euchre played at the W. I. card party in the Community Hall Friday night. Win- ners were -- Ladies 1st Mrs. Leslie Mountjoy; 2nd Mrs. Wilbert Werry; Gent's 1st Mr, Fred Hodgson, Port Perry; 2nd My. Frank Bailey, Mr. Jack Griffin preached a splen- did sermon in the United Church Sun- day a.m. from the subject "The Search for God". He also told a very inter. esting story to the children, subject "Where is God." Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Rahm, Tyrone; Mr. and Mrs. Stan Rahm, Paul and Carol with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hill. Misses Jessie and Betty McArthur spent the holidays with their parents Dr. and Mrs. McArthur and Ardis. They all spent Christmas with friends in Stratford and entertained Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Nicholson on New Year's. Miss Doreen VanCamp spent the holidays at home. Miss Ruby. Morrow wag a week-end guest of the Stanford Van Camp's. Mrs. Geo. Proutt went to Toronto with Doreen Sunday even- ing and intends spending some time with her daughter Mrs" Jack Purdy. Mr. and Mrs. Sid Martyn, Oshawa and Mrs. Mollon, Sunderland with the Harold Martyns. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bradburn, Janet- ville; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bradburn and family with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brad- burn and boys. » Manchester Rev. Mr. Braham held a very lovely and impressive communion service on Sunday morning. Mrs. Lucille Gray and Mr. J. W. Crosier sang "Have Thine Own Way Lord", which was greatly appreciated. Service at the usual hour 11.15 a.m. next Sunday. With Mrs. Gladys Archer on Sun- day were Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Martyn, Sutton and Miss Catherine Christie, Toronto. New Year's dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Crosier were Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Crosier, Gerald and Bryan, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Taylor and Brenda, Stouffville, Mr. and Mrs. A. Roach and Susan. Congratulations to Joan and Mac Christie on the gift of a baby boy on Jan, '1st at Port Perry Community Hospital, The following were entertained last Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McKee, Oshawa: Mr. and Mrs, Fred Christie, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Holtby, Mr. and Mrs. A. Roach, Mr, and Mra. Grant Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holtby and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Walker. Mr. Geo. Munro, Elliot Lake is visit- ing his parents Mr, and Mrs. W. D. Munro. Production of all types of red meat in commercial slaughter plants during the first half of 1966 totalled 13 bil- lion, 239 million pounds---9% above the 12 billion, 116 million pounds produced in the corresponding period last year. % ANE TI rN ME i a a a Th pe er 3 RAD, I A Mw