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) ? eS p 2 District Doings aaMr. Charles Pogue completed a five- a eb Weekly Association The Canadian Newspapers ~ THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE EPR EAST STRELA TFS PES BARE EA SEERA 8 Thursday, Janu ary 24th, 1957 The days when meat was peddled from _door to door in Port Perry are long since over. In 1908 the practice was stopped by a by-law. To-day we can scarcely believe that such a way of doing business was ap actual fact. We have good butcher shops with government - inspected meats and clean conditions surrounding the care of all food. Yet today in India and China and the middle-east conditions prevail in many places that are far nearer these antiquated methods of purveying food than our own. This means very simply that never before has humanity had a better opportunity to redeem the past than today. We are on the brink of a turning toward peace. If we help these backward peoples through a better standard of living being taught by increasing their understanding of spiritual values through charitable at. titude of sharing and caring, we have a chance to.compete with the Russian: eco- nomics of materialism. Cold Weather There couldn't possibly be any connec- tion, of course, but it seems strange that right after the firemen's strike comes a cold snap. And what bitter cold it was! Down and down went the mercury shatter- ing records as it shrunk. And there we were finally basking in the utter misery of temperatures that ranged twenty-five and thirty-five below zero. The first casualties were automobiles, Thee mechanical slaves of man seemed to welcome the opportunity to quit on us and: countless numbers of them succumbed without a groan. And there we were with the traffic problem licked. Suddenly it was possible to park a car where you want- ed to if you had one that would go. A rough poll seemed to indicate that one car in three was out of the running. Taxi- drivers began to realize their dreams of sudden wealth and deficits of publicly owned transport systems began to shrink. Then as the extreme cold tightened its grip on town and country and anything it en- countered, plumbers and arc welders began to reap a rich harvest unthawing pipes. LE ~ NOTES AND COMMENTS » New Opportunities <0 i The taking over of the Gaza strip of Israel has worsened the condition of the refugees there. "Their arrangements for bringing in food especially had to be re- routed. Much personal suffering has been endured over and above the share they had before. For these people living in camps there seems to be no past and no future. They depend on us to teach them through io actions that there can be a future for them. ' This is only one area. There are many others in the world where our scientists and teachers and our money are far more potent than weapons. Slowly we learn; but a lack of decision just now may cost us hundreds of years of misery. We as well as America need to develop a positive policy toward this part of the world. We need to throw our weight behind every com- mittee of the U.N. to make each one a forceful working unit for good. Why one welder boasted he made $120 in a day. At that rate why be a doctor, a dentist or a lawyer? Jolted out of their efficient routine peo- ple discovered a new humanity and a new leisure. Misery and misfortune made bed- fellows of us all and we suffering the cold in common found fellow communjon won- drous easy and infectious, Pupils and of ficeworkers came in late and went home early. The only warm comfortable place seemed to be home. However, some peo- ple burned down their homes attempting to heat them up. Fortunately, the fires that were a result of the cold snap claimed no lives. The cold wave changed the customary sounds in an eerie way. The swooshing of jet propelled planes changed to a high me- tallic, off-key whine; church bells were sharpened and flattened; creaking and squeaking marked our every step. All in all it was quite a new and not all - together unpleasant a variation of a cold war, " were made by the County Council in WALKS 5% MILES ACROSS LAKE SCUGOG Valentia--A Scugog Island resident, nd-a-half mile walk across the fro- zen wastes of Lake Scugog last week- end and was congratulated on his for- titude in venturing forth on a day which was particularly frosty. Despite chilling winds, Mr. Pogue succeeded in reaching the home of his brother Joseph on the mainland. It is not known how thick the ice on the lake was at the time. The trip is an annual pilgrimage. R.C.A.F. BAND TO PERFORM AT BROCK HIGH SCHOOL The Royal Canadian Air Force Band of 56 members will put on a varied Band program at Brock District High School from 11 until 12,10 noon Mon. day, January 28th, 1957. There is no admission fee, and the public are cordially invited to attend NINE COUNTY FAIRS TO RECEIVE GRANTS INCREASE Grants totalling slightly more than $4900 were made last Friday to 18 organizations in the County of Ont. The grants, ranging from $25 to $600, the last day of the January session in Whitby. Before the grants were passed, councillors approved a motion to raise the annual grant to nine district fairs by $60 each. Grants to fairs are as follows, in- cluding the extra $60 this year: North v SCOTT TWP. REEVE, WARDEN | FOR ONTARIO COUNTY The Wardenship of the County of Ontario was won by Morley Bain, the reeve of Scott Township. Election took place at the opening of the Ont. County Council on Tuesday in the County Court House. : Mr. Bain has the distinction of be- ing one of the youngest wardens ever to be elected in this county." He is the second warden from Scott Twp. His father Wilmot Bain held this of- fice some years ago. . Although young in years the new warden has had a considerable exper- fence in township and county affairs. He hag lived all his life in Scott Twp. Mr. Bain is married and has two child- ren, a boy and a girl. * VICTORIA COUNTY TO HAVE FIRST WOMAN WARDEN Lindsay's first woman reeve--Ada man ever to be named Warden of Vie- toria County. For many years asso- ciated with municipal affairs in Lind- say, Miss Greaves became reeve of the town in a council shuffle which followed the death of Richard Butler, who held that office when he passed away. She was returnd to office by acclamation at the nomination meet- ing late last fall and became Warden of Victoria County by popular vote at County Council's inaugural meet- ing last Wednesday. Miss Greaves was elected County Warden on the first ballot. A businesswoman, Miss Greaves has been connected with the firm of Mor- ley Greaves Company, electrical con- tractors and retailers of electrical ap- pliances, for many years. The honoring of Miss Greaves with the Wardenship of the County coin- Ontario Agriculture Society, Ss [cides with the plans to celebrate the outh Ontario Agriculture Society, 5.00; Brooklin Spring Fair $3560; Port Perry Reach and Scugog Agricultural Society, $360; Brock Agricultural So- . ciety, $300; Scott Agricultural Society $360; Rama Agricultural Society, $250 Cannington Agricultural Society $300; and Uxbridge Kinsmen Club Agricul tural Fair, $160. Grants were also made to the fol- fowing organizations: Ontario Agri- cultural Council, $60; Junior Exten- sion Work, $5600; Central Ontario Spring Show, $26; Statutory Grant, $600; South Ontario Plowmen's Asso- ciation, $800. i North Ontario Plowmen's Associa- tion, $300; Ontario County Soil and Crop Improvement Association, $100; South Ontario District Women's In- stitute, $40; and North Ontario Dist town's 100th anniversary of incofrpor- ation this coming summer. MARKHAM CAN'T SUPPORT - SUTTON BUS LINE Markham Township Council will not gupport the application of Newmarket Bus Lines to operate a new line from Sutton to Toronto via the Bayview road, but will not oppose it. This de. cision was made at the regular meet- ing of council on Monday evening and will be transmitted to Mr, Needler of the bus company. Council took the stand that as there was no great de- mand for the new service along Bay- view they did not wish to jeopardize their T.T.C. agreement which covers this area. Ratepayers in this area benefit on their taxes through any profit made by the T.T.C. line on riet Women's Institute, $40. F. Greaves--has become the first wo- | PICKERING WIFE STARTLED BY BEAR The current cold snap may stun humans but it apparently stimulates bears. . One large specimen--which: should be hibernating by now--went calling last week on Mrs. Violet Harrison at her Audley home in Pickering Twp. Mrs. Harrison told police she heard her dog barking soon after dawn and opened the front door to find the bear standing four feet away. She slam- med the door and phoned her father. Clipped Comments OPEN MARKET HOG CAMPAIGN The open market campaign being organized by Huron hog producers, in co-operation with the Ontario Hog Producers' Association, appears to be sensible and practical. We believe that, despite the violent about a glaring abuse in the present system. It would appear, from the charges made by hog. producer offi- cials, 'that packing plants have been competing for hogs not by price alone _| but also by offering truckers side pay- ments for delivering hogs to their plants. Naturally, the trucker who receives a profitable dividend from a particular packer will take his clients' hogs to that packer regardless of what the price of other packers might be. Because of these payments, truck- ing; is the biggest obstacle which the producers have to overcome in their fight for an open market. Fundamentally, the farmer is sup- posed to pay the trucker for deliver- ing his hogs to market. If the situa- -f tion was that simple, there would be no problem in directing the trucker to a co-op yard instead of a packers' yard, However, the situation is com- plicated by the payments to truckers who, in turn may refund part, or all, of his fee to the farmer, The producer, happy that his deli- very charges are reduced, or elimin- ated, by this method may be reluctant to return to the old situation where he has to pay the full price of hauling. But he would be shortsighted indeed if he did not see that he is being bri- bed into sending his pigs direct to the packing house to avoid competi- tion on an gpen market. We expget hog producers will meet strong opposition in their campaign. The shortsighted farmers, indiscreet truckers and packers will object. Ob- viously, they already have a counter- attack under way. that the farmer, justly indignant of being taken advantage of, wil] sce through the tactics of his adversary and support the co-op plan. Many farmers, priding themselves on independence, dislike co-operatives because of their socialistic tendencies. It is becoming increasingly apparent, however, that they must unite to pro- tect themselves against interests which take advantage of that indepen- dent attitude. We are not of the opinion that far- | mers must: organize co-operatives to buy and sell everything for them but we do believe that they must have sufficient co-operatives, or united 'strength, to prevent enterprise from exploiting them through monopolistic endeavours, --Exeter Times Advocate NO REAL CASE! CIVIL. SERVICE FEDERATION president Fred Whitehouse | says strong cage for upward revision of civil service salaries will shortly be presented to Prime Minister St. Lau- rent, ; To such a demand Mr, St. Laurent has clear duty to say "No" in clear and unequivocal terms. Less than 12 months . ago federal civil servants were granted substantial pay boosts, which quickly became pattern for suc. cessive round of wage increases de- manded by organized labor, Such in- creases lie at root of present inflation- ary situation and Government should recognize its responsibility to halt wage inflation by refusing further boosts in civil service salaries. Truth is that no real case at all opposition which it is receiving, Hur- on farmers will endorse the move en- thusiastically in the end. Simply, what the hog producers are trying to do is to sell their produce to the highest bidder on an open market. That's such -a fundamental privilege in a free enterprise system it seems fantastic that any howl should be raised in opposition to the campaign. Producers plan to establish their open market by encouraging all farm- ers to send their hogs to sales yards operated by their co-operative which will sell the pigs to packers on a com- petitive basis. Farmers do not have much of an opportunity to sell their hogs on an open market under present conditions. Their hogs have been, and still are, delivered direct to packing plants--a practice which obviously gives. the buyer a stronger hand in price nego- tiations than the seller. Under the new plan, farmers should have more control over their sales. It may be argued that, under the present system, the farmer has a chance to send his hogs to whichever plant is paying the highest money. But there are two handicaps to this system, In the first place, the individual farmer finds it expensive and time- consuming to contact packers in var- fous distant cities for price quotations. In the second instance, he finds it difficult to locate a trucker who will take his hogs to the particular plant can be made out for further boosts is civil service salaries. Not only was last year's' increase . unnecessarily large, but it took no account of many privileges enjoyed by civil servants. Nor should it be forgotten that sal- aries of civil servants are paid by taxpayers of Canada. Higher wage costs in civil service cannot be offset by increased output of work on part of employees of government. --The Letter-Review, Fort Erie. INTERNATIONAL GRAND CHAMPION SHORTHORN STEER ON DISPLAY AT O0.A.C. P. S. Troubadour, the sensational 995 1b. Shorthorn steer that was Gd. Champion over all breeds at the Inter- national Exposition, Chicago, will visit and be on display at the Ontario Agri- cultural College, Guelph, Since a relatively small number of beef producers would normally have had an opportunity to inspect a grand champion, it was felt by the College officials that considerable educational values would result. Consequently, "Troubadour" will be on display at the College, Saturday, February 2nd, from 0-11 a.m. and also on Monday, Feb, 4, all day. In this visit, "Troubadour" will re- sume his College career, inasmych as he had been fed and exhibited by the i Pennsylvania State University. Breed. er of "Troubadour", Cyrus Eator, with farms and top Shorthorn herds at he selects at the particular time his hogs should go to market without pay- ing an exorbitant hauling charge, The producers' dependence on truck- ers to market his hogs has brought Yonge Street, Upper Blandford, Nova Scofia, and | Northfield, Ohio, -is responsible for organizing this educational tour, which takes in many American 'Universities and, in Canada, also includes the Western Ontario Agricultural School We can't help but feel, however, | 'petition from the most at Ridgetown. "Troubadour" will be at Ridgetown, Wed., February 6th, - At_ the conclusion of the tour, "Troubadour" becomes prime steaks and roasts at the noted resort, Green- brier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, : This 14-month, dark roan steer brought an all time high price for a steer of any breed . . $20.60 per Ib., for a total of 20,397.60. As befits a celebrity, "Troubadour" travels in his own private railway car. A Chesapeake and Ohio Railway bag- guge car has been especially remodel- led with a portable pen, plywood bulk- neads, display panels, and feed bins. Une end of the car is closed off into a living compartment, so that the at- tendans of this bovine aristocrat may cravel with him, A unique opportunity will be thus afforded to supply answers to the questions, "What goes into the mak- ing of a champion?., Perhaps no one answer will be complete, but aristo- cratic parentage, exceptional beef type, and the ability to make use of feed, along with skilled handling, would appear to be factors of equal importance. Feeders and breeders may come pre- pared to ask questions. The cham- pion's attendants will attempt to pro- vide the answers, Of Many Things by Ambrose Hills PUBLISHING IS COSTLY The cost of publishing a newspaper has become alarmingly high, Quite a few conscientious publishers who have tried to give their readers -a really good print job have wound up, at year's end, without any profits. Yet, while the newspapers struggle to im- prove, they face more "and more com- surprising quarters, : For example, the various govern- ments which used to farm out large quantities of printing, now handle it themselves. The federal government gives millions of dollars to. subsidize radio and television, while at the same time establishing a huge printing plant of their own at Hull, across: the, river from Ottawa, Now the government proposes to dian Arts Council to encourage cul- ture. No doubt the Arts Council, like the CBC, will expect the newspapers to publish pages and pages of free publicity about their activities. Do none of these culture-loving politicians realize that a weekly news- paper is probably the most important reading matter in a vast number of Canadian homes? Surely, this is part of our national culture if anything is. Newspapers certainly don't want subsidies or handouts; but at the same time they cannot help but resent see- ing so much of their tax money being spent in direct competition to them. Report F rom Parliament idea of how the affairs of our country pay out millions of dollars to a Cana-| JOHN CLARK - John Clark is the host every week] on CBC-TV's "Junior Magazine", a' one-hour program on which he pro- duces live and filmed entertainment for children. Clark is the one on the right; his friend with the hat worms his way into the show every now and again, the students of Pickering District High School composed of those who are in Grade 12. This year they num- bered a total of fifty-two students, plus three teachers who acted as chaperones. The teachers were Mr. Russ, Miss Emerson and Mr. Parish. - The students arrived by Canadian National Railways and were housed at the Chateau Laurler. They arri- ved on January 17th and on Friday, the 18th, had a full day's program, in which they visited various govern- ment buildings; sat in the gallery of the House of Commons for a short period, and were my guests at a -lun- cheon. After the luncheon they were addressed by the leaders of KS tical parties and then proceeded to visit the Canadian War Museum, the Mint, Laurier House, and the Ottawa Water Purification Plant. At a late hour of the same day the group proceeded to the Ottawa Union Station for their return back home. This is a visit I look forward to every year, and I feel that a great deal of benefit is derived by the stu- dents from such a visit. It creates a good deal of interest in their own minds and gives them a fairly good are being conducted. Recently in the House of Commons I queried the Minister of Finance re- garding the possibility of. reducing the Excise Tax on automobiles and the probable date of the Budget in this Session of Parliament. His reply was evasive on the Excise Tax but he did say that the matter, along with other matters, was being considered. The reason for the quetsion on the time of the Budget was that dealers could, if they knew the date, adjust their in- ventories on new cars, and the pur- pose of this is that the dealers must pay the Excise Tax on cars when they take delivery of same and if the Ex- cise Tax is reduced they must stand this loss. His reply to this question was that the usual practice--wherebhy the Government gives two weeks no- tice prior to bringing down the Budget --would be adhered to. - In the Dominion Bureau_of Statis- By Michael Starr, M.P., Ont. Riding . The debate on the Speech from the Throne is now limited under the new rules to ten days. This debate gives the Members of the House of Com- | mons an unlimited scope of subjects for discussion. They are privileged to speak on anything from world af- fairg to a very minor problem in their own constituency. John Diefenbaker, the new Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal | Opposition in the House of Commons, ' led off this debate and introduced an amendment to the Motion accepting the Throne Speech which read that "We respectfully represent that Your Excellency's advisers (the present Government) byreason of their in- difference, inertia and lack of leader- ship in the face of serious national and international problems, and their disregard of the rights of Parliament, are not entitled to the confidence of this House and have lost the conf} dence of the people of Canada". Following Mr, Diefenbaker, Mr. Coldwell, the leader of the C.C.F. Party, spoke and added to the amend- ment immediately after the words "the rights of Parliament" the follow- ing words: "and by reason of their failure to announce legislation estab- lishing a comprehensive and nation- wide program of health insurance, with provision for provincial partici- pation". Both of these amendments will, of course, be defeated by the large ma- pority of Members the Government enjoys, because amendments are mo- tions of non-confidence. During thjs week I again had the tics Weekly Bulletin dated January 4, 19567, it was stated that over half, or an estimated 64 percent of all Cana- dian households were equipped with television sets last September. This constitutes a jump from 39 percent a year earlier, though the number of households grew in the year. Of interest to the agricultural peo- ple in Canada, and particularly in Ontario, is the statement that milk production was lower in November as well ag in October from a year earlier but the aggregate output from Jan. to Nov. is estimated at about two per- cent larger than in 1966. Canada's egg output rose in November to en- large the total gain for the year. \ Prince Albert The congregation of our church re- cently appreciated the large basket of mixed flowers sent in by Mrs. Hood and family, The annual congregational meeting of the church was held Wednesday night in the church parlors. Rev. Mr, Wylie read Scripture and offered prayer, Among the usual business the various departments reported splendid clear financial standing from first treasurer of church, Mr. J. F, Vickery; treasurer of W.A.,, Mrs. N. Wilson; treasurer of 8.8. Mr. Robert Heayn. The annual meeting of the Sunday School was held in church basement, Rev. Mr. Wylie opened the meeting with suitable devotions, A few items of interest were discussed, The fol- vacancy. teachers which are practically same as last year: Supts., Mr, J. F. Vickery and Mr. Earl Martyn; treasurer, 'Mr. Robert Heayn; Sec'y, Miss Grace Wil- son, Miss Marion Martyn, assistant; pianist, Misses Marion Davey and Vera Newnham. © Teachers: Senior Boys, Mr.tMcCrea, whose assistant is to be contacted; Junior Boys, Mrs. E. Mar- tyn and Mrs. L. Beacock; Junior Girls, Mrs. B, Smith and Mrs. G. Heayn; Primary, Mrs. G. Hunter and Mrs. N. Wilson; Cradle Roll, Mrs. G. Heayn. Rev. Mr. Joblin's letter of resignation was accepted with regret as ideal Bible Class teacher, therefore at pre- sent a leader is. to be chosen for that It was suggested to organ- ize religious training period once a week including junior age group. Last Sunday at Sunday School all sang the birthday theme song while Miss Marion Davey placed her money in the red church. Mrs. E. Martyn gave a worthwhile oral talk to all present. Remember next Sunday has been booked as "promotion day." Mrs. W. Somerville has been spend- ing a few days with relatives in Whitby. The Good Neighbours Service Club a splendid attendance. The president, Olive Brown, opened the meeting by all repeating the Lord's Prayer. In the absence of the secretary, G. Bea- cock read the minutes of thé previous month. Two thank you notes were read. At the same time a list of sick folk who received cards during the vear was read. Treasurer, Myrtle Snelgrove, reported a pleasing finan- cial report and an account of year's activities which proved most interest- ing. At this time Florence Smith pre- sided over slate of officers for 1967. Past President--Olive Brown; Presi- dent, Pat Love; Vice-President, Florence Smith; Treasurer, Myrtle Snelgrove; Secretary, Ilene Pugh; Social Con, Gladys Williams; Sick Con, Grace Beacock, who is also re- sponsible to appoint two people every month for providing program. The new president now occupied the chair for further business. The main item was the coming Bingo-Chinese Auction in school on Friday night, January 25. Several committees were named re- garding the occasion. Mizpah bene- diction closed the meeting, A delicious lunch was served by Kay Roundtree, Myrtle Snelgrove and Florence Smith. Then we all left for home amid healthy breezes and tem- peratures, . Mr. and Mrs. G. Hunter and family spent Sunday with their sister-in-law Mrs. M. Robertson and family, Have- lock. . Mr. and Mrs. M. Pugh and family, with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gos- tick, Claremont, Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. [.. Beacock included Mr. and Mrs, J. Beacock, Mrs. W. E. Beacock, and Mrs. M. Tarvis, Nestleton, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Cole, Oshawa. Happy birthday to Robert Bond Luke for January 31st, ---- Hubby: "What are we having for dessert tonight, dear?" Wifey: "Sponge cake. 1 sponged the eggs from Mrs, Brown, the flour from Mrs. Smith and the milk from Mrs. Jones, Ee Sol "Do you have to go home early, as usual?" said his friend as a timid little man arose to leave. "Wh re you--a man or a mouse 1" ail | "A man, of course," replied the lit- tle man with dignity. . "What makes you so sure?" asked the other. "Because," explained the little man, lowing is the line-up of executive and privilege and pleasure of a visit from "my wife is afraid of a mouse." ' met at the home of Doris Jeffrey with $80