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THE STAR EDITORIAL PAG Cy . . Fr (Rt gy INS Thursday, March 21st, 1957 Rao Tie $07 . EEF IE TY FERS RP feet Sor 3 ' Mi L aw \ a" x : The Cost of Accidents ~~ Not until an accident strikes close to hame do we begin to appreciate just how dreadful accidents really are. - And it seems amazing that there should be so many of them, =. The Institute for Safer Living says that if all accidents could be eliminated in the Modern Artist Delemma For a long time the modern artist has had $hings very much to his own liking. Following in the footsteps of some of the early 'eXperimentalists who had attracted some attention by the bizarre and grotes- que renderings of some of the more com- monplace objects of every day living, they branched out wildly on their own to out- cubist the cubists,'to out-daub the impres- sionists, and to outrage the common mah. Finally, they came out with something that was called Non-objective art. From there it was but a step to develop a Non-objective language to go with the Non-objective art. The haute monde suc-' cumbed, so, too, did the galleries. In this they were abetted and aided by artists who could draw and paint but couldn't sell their wares. Everybody and his .fifth cousin got on the bandwagon, Art, pure art, United States for one year, the money saved would build one million new 'single family houses. It is estimated that accidents in the United States last year cost ten billion eight' hundred million dollars, Fantastic isn't it? : no difficulty about the intelligence. The whole thing is purely emotional, It comes straight from her unconscious unimpeded by either civilization or education or train. ing. Betsy just took to painting. It came to her naturally . . , was it after a visit to the New York Museum on Modern Art? We're not sure what prompted her for Betsy revelling in primitive emotion hasn't found it necessary to stoop to language in order to communicate. And so far all we can tell you about her painting is that it is abstract and does not lend itself to criti- cal, 'intelligent appraisal. But Betsy is successful. Her paintings have caught on as the saying goes. threat to the modern artist, But they have awakened from out of their' subconscious reveries sufficiently to realize that if this sort of thing keeps up She has become a crude and rude and unintelligible became _A cause celebre. What these abstract painters painted had to be taken on.faith. Art, it was-ex- plained, over and over again, different forms, art was not a matter for --the eritical intelligence; it was the frank, expression of primitive Straight from the subconscious it. came all messy and mixed up and con- fused. Oub of the atavisitic pit. which: gave us birth welled up the unbelievable splotches-and blotches, And we gazed and gazed and still our wonder grew at what the greatest painters could do. But now a frightful nemesis has over- taken these artist gods at whose feet we free, and direct emotion. have too long worshipped, chimpanzee named Betsy, 2 former resident of the Baltimore Zoo, has taken to painting, And what do you think she is painting? Modern abstract art. With her there fs- ape? in a thousand are exploitable panzees, boons, and gib tested to the which is about pictures. The A talented it. -are up against painting done by a mere himan when you can.get the rea It's just a matter of time until some in- telligent promoter and publicist tumbles to the fact that artistically speaking animals -orang-outangs, brushes: and palette knives, what then? Some modern artists have already pro- advised the University not to hang Betsy's believes he should. modern painters are in J But why shouldnt they be? Now they conscipus opposition and Betsy doesn't care one wit about the it's simply art for art's sake. they'll starve. Who wants an abstract 1 'McCoy' primitive from an . And when gorillas, chim- monkeys,. ba- bons get busy with paints, University of California to hold an art show. They manager: of the show still We are afraid that r_a bad time of stiff unconscious and sub- money. With her * District Doings UXBRIDGE "ANGELS PLAN SOAP BOX DERBY : ~ [Ross Brethour, president of Ux- bridge Auto Angels, inquired of coun. cil members on Tuesday night if they would be willing and agree to a ) Soap; Box Derby being held in Ux- _ bridge. in conjunction with the 24th of May celebrations here. We are very much interested in the youth: of our town, he said, and would like to do something for them in the way, of entertainment. He commend- ed the efforts of those who had done much for the younger people this win. ter in the way of organized hockey and thought that a derby would pro- mote much interest as a spring acti- vity. : oe y= CKLB GRANTED F.M. RADIO. STATION. LICENSE Authority has been given by the Department of Transport, subject to the provisions of the Radio Act, for the issuing of a license to Lakeland Broadcasting Co.,, which operatés broadcasting station CKLB at Osha- wa, Ont. to establish a frequency mo- dulated (FM) station. This will be operated partly in conjunction with the existing A.M. station and partly _ as a separate station. The proposed FM station will operate on a power of 8830 watts at a frequency of 93.5 me/s, Its call letters will be CKLB-FM -- NEWMARKET BUS PLANS COMMUTERS' SERVICE 1 DAJLY TRIP TO START Ontario Highways Transport Board has granted a license to Newmarket Coach Lines, owned and operated by Larry Needler of Newmarket, to oper- ate a bus service between Sutton and Toronto. Buses will pick up passengers at the town limits of Sutton for the daily down trip in the morning, returning early in the evening. expected to commence April 1, will follow a route: south to Ringwood, west to Gormley then south along Bayview 'Avenue to a destination in downtown Toronto to be announced later. - . From Richmond Hill, Mr. Needler plans three or more trips a day, de- This commuters service, which fs. 20 LB. PIKE LANDED AT LAKE SIMCOE A 20-pound pike was caught and landed last Thursday off Moore's Beach, Duclos Point.' 86-year-old R. Blake, who has been fishing since he was about ten, has his fish hut about half a mile out in the bay and hooked the big one.on a trout lure attached to a 20-1b, test gut. k 4 Mr. Blake said that he was unable to land the fish with a gaff, so as soon as the head appeared above wa- ter, he grabbed: it by the gills and hauled it into the hut. The pike mea- sured 42 inches: from head to tail. Mr. Blake said that: the stomach of the fish was completely empty. -- PLAN EXTENSION OF WATER PLANT AJAX--Second . reading was . given to a by-law to authorize the issuance of debenture in the amount of $560, 000 for the enlarging and rebuilding of the water plant. The - project, if approved by the Municipal Board, will include a 36-in. diameter water intake well out into deep lake water. The plant will in its first stage have a three million gallon daily capacity. It can be en- larged as the demand requires, nn, DURHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO RECEIVE INCREASE Teachers in the four high schools comprising the Durham county high school district, will receive a pay hike of $400 as a result of an agreement' reached this week between their rep-' resentatives and the board. New salary 'schedules will range from, $3,800 to: $6,600 for. non-specialists | and from $4,000 to $6,800 for specia- lists, . . These figures will make salaries paid by, the board . competitive with Fifty-four teachers. will 'benefit by the increased awards. There will be at least four vacancies: to be filed by September in the schools, Bowman ville has three and Port Hope one. In addition, three new teachers will be required for the Bowmanville school, Millbrook and Orono are understood to have no, vacancies, at present. A school board spokesman com- menting on the increase said that it would be a help in advertising for the vacant positions. A member of the teacher's salary negotiating com- mittee said at teachers were well pending on the demand for service. those paid by other hoards in the area,' DEER RAMPAGE THROUGH MARKHAM TWP, NURSERIES Markham Township Council was in- formed Monday in a letter from the Dept. of Lands & Forests that the Crown cannot be held responsible for damage done to the property of En- - SPEECHM AKER One of the oldest CBC School Broadcasts, "Adventures in Speech", now features one of radio's youngest personalities, It's seven-year-old Mary Henderson, Winnipeg public school pupil, who reads the exercises in this speech training program aimed at primary grades. a Clipped Comments THERE IS ALWAYS A PRICE TO PAY The lawyers and chartered account- ants, through their national associgy- tions, have been attempting for some time to gain greater income tax ex- emptions for the self-employed, Un- fortunately, the less taxes paid by ane group merely means the more taxes paid by other groups. The simple fact of government financing is that whatever comes out : of government coffers must first go in. "If the state is encouraged--or permitted--to ex- pand its spending, whether the spend- ing be for cultural or social welfare pursuits, Canadians must he prepared to pay the price. We have no border states that we can raid for money, as the ancient Scots used to foray into England. We have no- supply of slaves that we can bring back from foreign wars, as the ancient Romans used to do. In Canada the state has only one source of public funds. That is taxes which they-take in "hard- earned cash from your pocket and mine, i - ~ Also, as Canadians suyrender more of their personal funds to government, 50 at 'the same time. they surrender some control of their personal affairs, dean Nurseries by deer, It was re. ported deer had damaged the Endean property to the extent of $18,000, The ' letter stated the Endean firm could use any means at its disposal to drive away the deer but they could not kill | them. . ' Council expressed dissatisfaction with the letter and instructed the' clerk to confer further with the de- partmental officials. A report will also be secured from Township Game Warden-E. Harper, At council's regular meeting this week, it was reported that the game warden had been unsuccessful in try- | ing to chase the deer with the use of dogs. The odd thing about this is the many who abhor the very idea of socialism and communism are inclined to say "So what?" to this fact. They fail to realize to what extent their .per- sonal and business affairs are already being regulated by civil servants. They are blind to where future steps in this direction may lead. --Bowmanville Statesman. [oo LET'S THROW THEM OUT! The above heading of an editorial in The Napanee Post-Express caught our attention, It has not much use for the parking meters in its town and Reeve W. L, Clarke suggested the | problem could be solved by a two-day | hunt with shotguns. Although there it advises other towns that do not have meters on its streets to keep them out. As certain councillors in was some opposition to this in the | our town keep nibbling on the sub- Township, "It's possible we may haye | to do' something like that," he de- clared, ad "Why can't the Department of Games & Fisheries go in and shoot | them, like they do beavers? asked Councillor Mrs. Kathleen James, "lI guess beavers are easier to cateh," quipped Reeve Clark. J. D, Lugas, council solicitor, said Township authorities had no right to shoot the deer. "The only thing, to do 1s to write to the Department of Game and Fisheries saying citizens are complaining." Council decided to adopt this sug- gestion, : . Use Easter Seals. Help A A ] 1 meters, ject of meters we pass on the edi- torial for their edification, and others, whether they are for or against the idea, as follows: "We suggest that any municipality 'which does not now have parking me- ters, keep them out. : "Parking meters to our mind are nonsense for small towns. They are unnecessary, troublesome and annoy- ing. They make the visitors mad, do little to relieve parking problems that a realistic altitude by merchants would not obviate, "Their main advantage from the point of view of a municipality is a not inconsiderable boost to the town's tax revenues. ' "A case to be heard in Toronto shortly will decide upon the legality of municipalities conducting a busi- ness'on the streets by having parking We hope they are thrown out lock, stock and barrel, "Kingston is well metered. It is still. virtually impossible to park down town, , "Napanee is well metered. Osten- sibly, this is to aid shoppers to find 'a place to park. In fact during Christmas when every encouragement fs made to bring in business, the me- ters were taken off the posts. "Why can we not face it? Parks CRIPPLED "CHILDREN |' satisfied, «1 ing meters have been tried and found "wanting. We should abolish them, throw them out." ' © ----Bowmanville Statesman. "Act has to be amended to permit the Practically all of the time of the Legislature has been devoted to a con- sideration of the estimates of the va- rious departments of Government for the dnsuing year. This has presented opportunity to learn a good deal about the inner workings of the various de- partments, and the consideration of the estimates too, has provided some near explosions in the House. The most volatile of these took place last Wednesday during the estimates of the Departments of Planning and De- velopment. The Federal Budget fig- ures had been released that morning in the press and after the Minister, Hon. W. M. Nickle had reported for his department, the Prime Minister Mr. Frost spoke at some length on the Uttawa budget figures. In. this we believe he had strong justification since it had been necessary for Ontario to issue taxes in some fields while Ottawa revealed a surplus of income over expenditures of nearly 300 mil- lion dollats. In addition to this over 200 million more had been placed in funds where the need has never been pressing if indeed need has ever been established, The Opposition took strong exception to Mr. Frost's posi- tion but ignored his contention that Ottawa could very well have distri- buted enough of this surplus to the Provinces without engandering the Federal fiscal position: in any de- gree. In other words, if Ottawa had been more realistic in the division of taxes Ontarig wopld have heen "able to hold the tax ling as it was and Ot- tawa would still haye had a substan- tial surplus, Some excitement was anticipated over the estimates of the department of Labour as it was one of these strongly criticized last year by Mr, MacDonald the C.C.F. leader... How- ever, he had little to say this year, probably because it is expected that a select committee is. to be set up to look into the entire Luboiir Relations Act. Mr.- MacDonald did, haweyer have some strong words of oriticism for the O.P.L. which he suggested had been: used to break a strike In the Kenora District. His allegations were very strongly denied by Mr. A. Wren, the Liberal-Labour Member for that Riding, who pointed out in no uncer- tain manner that the Provineia] Police had only gone into the district when called on by the local authorities, and had then only done what was necessary to maintain law and order, During the week, too, much new legislation was introduced into the House, both as new Acts and amend- ments to existing ones, A great vol- ume of these Bills still remain to he dealt with so it would seem proroga- tion is not yet in sight, The Municipal new system of grants to Municipali- ties. Most, if not all local Councils now have been advised of the grants and how they apply so that they will bo enabled to strike the tax rate for the year. The grants on the new basis as announced in the Provinclal Budget will mean some real savings to farm and home owners as already noted in the tax rates set by some municipali- ties, This relief, we know was long overdue, The increased grants to school boards too will provide some relief in some cases and in others will permit of work that should have been done before. At this point it might be well to correct a misapprehension which appears to have arisen out of a statement I made some time ago. I stated in a particular instance that the Government paid to a. High School district a 76% grant on APPROVED EXPENDITURES; not that they paid 76% of the cost of education; there is a great difference; An amendment to Farm Products Marketing Act was introduced and carefully scrutinized in the Agricul- tural Committee. The purpose of this amendment is to bring the legislation into line with the Supreme Court judg- ment and Ottawa has been requested to introduce supplementary acts so that the farmer may be ih no doubt as. to the legality of the marketing act. During the committee discussions much attention was paid to the prac- tices of other countries "dumping" farm products into Canada to the detriment of the Canadian farmer. The Minister, Hon. Mr. Goodfellow, strongly condemned this and stated that steps should be taken immediate- ly to correct this. I do not think. our farmers fear competition; on a qual- | ity basis they have no need to fear it, but when they constantly work under | the handicap of one-sided tarrif rules the struggle becomes rather discour- aging. ~~ Constant efforts are being made to keep this matter before the since they alone can.alter or impose the regulations, ' This Week in. the Legislature = Dr, M. B. Dymond, M.L.A. attention of the authorities at Ottawa |. Legislation to make possible the Ontario Hospitalization Plan has not yet been introduced as it seems cer- tain details still have to be cleared up with Ottawa, but the Hon. Mr. Frost has made it plain that he is ready to keep the legislature in session till this important matter has been settled if settlement is at all possible, It is con. fidently believed that the points of dif- ference will be cleared up soon and the details of getting the plan in oper- ation will then be undertaken, In this connection I would like to acknowledge the many letters I have received from subscribers to the On- were. Friday visitors at home of My. and Mrs. E. Clements, Myr. and Mrs. Lake and children and Mr. Harold Moon of Toronto visited their parents Mr, and Mrs. A. Moon on Sunday, Of EDUCATION BEATS COMPULSION Manitobans are justly proud of the improved drinking habits of their-cit- izens lately. Over the Christmas and New Year holidays, the policemen in the province found practically nothing to do. Men who were driving had the good sense not to drink. Moderation scemed to be the rule both in small Many Things By Ambrose Jills . tario County Co-Op Medical Services asking my support of their request that they be considered on the same basis as pay-roll deduction groups and so brought into the government plan at its beginning. I want to assure all of the subscribers that I shall con- tinue to work in their behalf in this matter and would suggest they con. tinue to send their letters as these are of benefit to the member, ------ Seagrave March W.A. met in 8.8. room on Wednesday evening March 13. The devotional was In charge of south group... Meeting opened with singing of Theme Song and hymn, Prayer was offered by Mrs, Butt, and serip- ture lesson from Hebrews 11: 1.10 wag vead by Mra. A. Bruce. The to- ple was very ably taken by Mrs. Ca- tharine Martyn of Scugog who gave a very inspiring talk on Faith, A bible quiz on the book of Esther was taken by Mrs. E. Clements. Worship service closed with hymn "Faith of Our Fathers". A vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Martyn by Mrs. O, Bruce, for coming and helping 'out with the meeting. President Mrs. Keen then took charge of meeting for business. Two ladies paid thelr membership fee and #8 answered the roll call with a bible verge, Minutes were read and collec- tlon $7.15 received. $5.90 was received from the weight project. Treasurer reported $211. on hand. Also pre- sented the bill for the cupboard in S.S. room.. A motion was passed that we spend $50. for additional chairs. The matter of a donation for the Albert College was left over for an- other meeting. The roll call for next meeting is to be answered by a slo- towns and big cities, What caused this improvement ? There seems to be only one valid answer. Some months ago the gov- 'ernment set up a committee on alco- hol education, to pave the way for more liberal liquor legislation. The iden was that persuasion is better than compulsion, and that the right to drink should be the free choice of adults; but that abuse of the drink- ing privilege ought to be treated as a serious offence against society. The notion won approval from both wets and drys, and the committee went to work by publishing educa- tional material in the weekly and daily press and over the radio. The advertisements, with the possible ex- ception of the first one, have been be. yond reproach. They are persuasive arguments appealing to all men with. common sense. The results have heen amazing. . Stress has been placed on the ser- ving of food where drinks are served; on good taste among hosts, in not pressing liquor upon those who have no desire for it; on legislation which places drinking on a civilized basis rather than a crude, bottle-under-the- table orgy. , What the effects of this new ap- proach will be on the confirmed soak is not known. But nothing much in the way of compulsion helped him, cither. Men who want to drink have always been able to find liquor, or' poison with a liquor label on it. The effects of the new approach on voung people can already be noted by any man with a family. Young folk are learning that liquor is not something to be avoided simply "be- cause father says, s0," but because there are important personal prob- lém involved which require maturity gan. Meeting closed with hymn and benediction. A duet was sung by Carol Butt and Joyce Cookston "Galo. way Bay". Two St. Patrick's contests were conducted by Mrs. M. Bruce and Mrs. G. Wanamaker, also an Irish! game. Lunch was served by couth | group, Mr. and Mrs. M. Bruce and family | visited Mr. and Mrs. R. Stinsén in Bowmanville on Sunday. i Mr. and Mr. B. Wanamaker, Neil and Billie visifed friends in Toronto | on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Farrow, Miss J. Perrin, Miss M. Bel of Newcastle, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hooper of Pinedale of judgment. The problem is to be brought out in the open, where it can be dealt with by education, rather than festering in bootleg joints or parked cars. They are learning that it is not necessarily smart to drink, and that indeed it is disastrous to drink to excess. It must be a matter of great satis- faction to the many Manitoba drys who decided, somewhat reluctantly, to support the more liberal view; to see the progress made so far. These. are i the men und women who deserve most of the credit, for without their sup- port the new approach could never have been tried. 14 HO Today SPULAILS and Tomorrow 4 "HERE IS HOPE-HELP-AND HEALING" Editors Note: Newspaper in co-operation wi ciation, : _Little did Thomas Edison realize when he invented the incandescent lamp back in 1879 what a contribu- tion his discovery would make to the work of modern {lay hospitals. In 'the operating room, the emer- gency, the maternity wards, in fact, in every section and department of a hospital from basement to roof solar- ium, our modern means of illumina. tion is invaluable, What's more, various types of light bulbs, all made on the same principle as Edison's incandescent lamp, are commonplace in hospitals today and are used for a variety of purposes. One of these is called a laryngaspe bulb. It is as minute as the end of a sharpéned pencil and is used to exam the larynx or voice-hox of ba- bies. Still another unusual and interesting light bulb which is standard hospital equipment today is vound like a piece This hisweekdy article series will contain interesting facts about hospitals, and as published as a public service by this 3 th the Ontario Hospital Asso- of spaghetti but only a little more than half an inch in length. Altogether there are about twelve different types of bulbs needed for diagnosis and treatment, At present some hospitals are us- ing mare and more fluorescent lights since it has been proved that these help to reduce hydro costs, Research has shown that you "can burn a flu- orescent light for four hours on the amount of electricity it takes to turn it back on once it has been switched off. Perhaps the. greatest need for in. tense light in hospital is in the oper. ating room. Yet in many hosiptals the brightest bulb is only 300 watts: However, by the ingenious- use of special reflectors, an operating room can be illuminated better by man. made light than it can by natural light. PTR TT