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=) THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE . Thursday, May 16th, 1957 = ® The United States Receives Royalty - ER -- ET ---------- Tn Pr aera » x Ka % +% 'to invest in enterprises that promised ® were able to invest in growing enter- Eisenhower is to receive the Queen next A shocked history must flutter the again its. account of the + + fall} pages to find American Revolution, Each man must have his own place of social integrity within'a realm of democ- racy, The power of the nation resides in They must be # educated to accept responsibility and make No man is better than All are equal before God. the people themselves, good judgments, his brother. 'The small community of down the American Constitution have been replaced by great bodies of tending the giant nation that rises before the world as its first power. Adams would turn over in his grave at the thought of England's Queen coming to America, -America must go to the Queen N cighbours One of the chief joys of living in a town . . like ours is the opportunity it affords to Our business and social life is carried on among neighbours. suffer acutely, of course, from the pangs and infections of gossip but when that has been recognized and properly evaluated all know real people, the rest is on the good side A birthday of community interest such as Mr, Cliff's two or three weeks ago would be almost unheard of in a city. fice of everyone's time in locate two runaway children brings us all -closer together. It makes - secure because we know that if this has + been-done for these children the children of each family have'a greater chance for care and safety than they have in a large Miss Nellie Mac- -Gregor's retirement party and all the love- ly weddings bring a sense of affection mingled with a knowledge of the passing. --_s impersonal metropolis. of time in our midst. Why! yesterday the bride was a Bell telephone office opened its doors for . whether one liked it or not. As for liberty, the young giantess finds her hands tied in every direction in' spite top. men who laid specialists at- matter Henry business. We of the ledger, The sacri- an effort to us feel more It was only child or the of all her vast powers, takes and the world pays and pays. It stands to reason that she cannot afford to make too many mistakes or there will be no world to acknowledge her place at the In spite of Dullés, in spite of the Jenner committee, in spite of financial power that staggers the imigation The United States cannot receive England's Queen or Arabia's Ibn Saud or for that Israel's» Ben Gurion from out- stretched finger-tips. in history perhaps, these symbols of the various nations of the earth are cloaked in a kind of equality made imminent by the atom bomb--that leveller of us all. She makes mis- For the first time Only yesterday because these things are so knit into our lives that they seem to have been there always. when we are forced to recognize change. Thank God there is change for without it there could be no growth and development. But in the midst of change we are thankful also for the stabilizing influence of neigh- bours who are real people checking and evaluating: our lives as. we check and evaluate theirs, albeit falsely at times, in the long run it is wholesome for it helps us to 'see ourselves Among these stabilizing agencies and friendly forces.let us not forget our church. Your appearance there Sunday morning with your family establishes a habit of value for future generations. lot of decent living 'to re-make a .sorry world. There are hypocrites outside the church as well as in it. tle into places when you shake hands with a real person--your neighbour--before you drive away for a Sunday afternoon picnic on the Shores of Lake Scugog. We are startled others see us'. It. takes a These things set- Clipped Comments THE RAINY DAY Back in the days when personal re- sponsibility was the fashion there was also a custom of saving for a rainy day. Most people knew that some- time or other they might encounter some form of financial hardship. They might lose their jobs, have to meet the costs of serious illness, have to contribute to the support of aged parents. They believed that, whatever hard luck might come to them, it was their responsibility to provide for it, and instead of spending all their in- come as soon as they received it, they regularly put part of it aside, in bank accounts and insurance policies, so that they would have some kind of umbrella if the rain began to fall. It was even considered commendable to own one's home outright as soon as possible, rather than to assume a mortgage that would run for about the same period as the natural life of the building. Then as now, there were irrespon- sible, happy-go-lucky people, who made no provision against bad wea- ther, relying on friends and relations to provide shelter when it might be needed. Their theory was usually correct, but it did not earn them the respect of the more provident. Some quite comfortable fortunes were a by-product of this habit of thrift. The savers frequently found that their bank accounts or insurance policies had grown to a point where they were more than sufficient to meet any probable disaster, and they prises, to their own profit and to the good of the country. Endowment po- licles were then a popular form of primary saving, for the insurer could count on being repaid in dollars of the same value as those used to pay his premiums. When the policies ma- tured he had a substantial sum in hand him a higher return. Believers in the welfare-state pilo- sophy, if they are consistent, must condemn' this rainy-day theory of saving as not only old-fashioned but 'as downright immoral. Since the state has taken over or is in the pro- cess of taking over the responsibility for the expenditures that used to be personal, it is flying in the face of providence for a citizen to make any savings of his own in anticipation of disaster. The citizen should not pre- pare for disasters to himself and his family, because the state is pledged to look after them. Personal respon- sibility goes into the discard with outmoded iotions of thrift, It may be that a discussion of thrift is already academic, since taxes are taking for the welfare of the whole nearly everything that might other- wise be saved by individuals for their own use, and the Bank of Canada has stretched a clutching paw in 'the di- rection of existing savings accounts. --The Printed Word. RED UNION OFFICIALS UNION MEMBERS in this country and the US who allow their affairs to be run by Reds sometimes try to jus- tify apparent indifferences to com- munism by asserting that communists as union officials are hard-working and look after union interests with efficiency. Experience of communist-led Union of Factory Workers in Iceland is timely warning that such reasoning is ill-founded. Until recently com- munism's second largest labor strong- hold in Iceland, the Union of Factory Workers, has just turned its Red leaders out of office and replaced them with pro-Western independent members supported by some Social Democrats. Communism's downfall with Ice- landic labor, it seems, was due to corruption and abuse of union funds. Union's Red chairman had been in habit of making annual trip to Mos- cow, at union expense, without mem- bers' knowledge. He also misappro- priated some $2,000 of union funds to buy car for his personal use, Union's communist accountant was granted unauthorized "loan" from union funds to purchase a house, and vice-chair- man of union was granted loan of $1,250 on security of a hut which had been deemed worthless as mortgage security. --The Letter Review. TRADE UNION LEGISLATION? COMMENT of New York Times on current climate of public opinion to- wards organized labor should be pon- dered carefully by friends of trade union movement in Canada, Says NY Times: "Organized labor in the United States faces a hostile public opinion much like the anti-business sentiment of fifty years ago. Another parallel is sure to follow: the regulation of unions by the Government. Sporadic cases of labor racketeering and cor- ruption -- many involving collusion by employers--have been of growing concern to the public, but the revela- tion of teamster misdeeds by the Mec- Clellan committee has raised the blood pressure of the entire nation." .Exis- tence of so-called "international" unions makes it impossible for Cana- dians-to remain indifferent to anti- union sentiment in US. If legislative restrictions on union power follow in the US, it would be strange if "inter- national" unions were to be free to pursue their activities unrestrained in Canada. Form that such legislation is likely to take will depend, in large measure, on degree of restraint that union leaders on both sides of the border manifest in their demands on the pub- lic in what is clearly a critical period in history of unionism. --The Letter Review. WHEN IS A SALESMAN NOT A SALESMAN? Spring is here and a new crop of salesmen has been produced. Some are experienced, some lack travelling, some are quiet and some are loud, some are glib with the tongue and some are slow of speech. In many ways the salesman who is not really a saleman is the one who over sells, who allows his enthusiasm ! to run rampant to the extent that he over sells his customer. There is also the salesman who succeeds in loading up his customer, but once bitten, twice ag shy as fat as the customer is _con- cerned. , gi There is the salesman who for days he is not a salesman but is simply representing his company but before he leaves he takes an order for mer- chandise and there is the salesman who says he is not a salesman but simply wants to give you a gift from hig firm. There is no charge, you are under no obligation to buy, but should deem the article worth the price then you are at liberty to send in a money order. : There are salesmen of all types and character and one of the pests is the | eral Election, District Doings CHAMBER SEEKS OPINION ON ALL-MONDAY CLOSING Early next week the merchants of Whitby will be contacted on a plan that would, if it were put through, close down town stores all day Mon- day instead of Wednesday afternoon. to give his opinion of whether they approve of the idea or not. Pat Wilson, local merchant, reported to a recent meeting of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce that he had approached 16 merchants on the mat- ter and 14 of them were in favor of closing all day Monday instead of Wednesday. ) Mr. Wilson will be contacting the merchants in the early part of next week and a complete report should be forthcoming sometime in the middle of the week, If the move is adopted it.would give the merchants of Whitby a- chance to have a longer week-end. At the pre- sent time the merchants have Wed- nesday afternoon and state that they can not do very much from a recrea- tional stand point in half a day. . The big problem that will have to be faced when the report is compiled if the majority is in favor of the ac- tion whether all the merchants will govern themselves by the ruling with- out a by-law but by mutual consent. GERALD ALLMAN HEADS CAMPAIGN FOR STARR Gerald Allman of Claremont has been appointed campaign manager for Mike Starr in the forthcoming Gen- Ontario Riding P-C headquarters has announced. Mr. Allman will direct Progressive Conservative activities in this riding to seck the re-election of Mike Starr for another term at Ottawa. Mr. Allman has been active in the stock business in Toronto for 28 yrs. He lives with his wife and three sons in Claremont. He is well known in the riding for his charitable work, most recently heading up the Red Cross drive in Pickering township. FORSEE CONTEST OVER ANNEXATION The Village and the Township of Pickering are lining up for a battle over the proposal of the Village of Pickering that they annex 1600 of Township property. The area wanted by the village in- clude all the property between No. 2 Highway and the Base line and from 40 rods west of the Brock road to the boundaries of the Town of Ajax. The Village council has informed 'the Township that they intend to make application to the Municipal Board for annexation of the property. The Township Council in turn has in- formed the Village that it will contest the proposal. BUILDING PERMITS TOTAL OVER A MILLION With the issuing of a permit for the building of the new County Jail the amount of building costs for April amounted to $1,006,025. Included in this amount is the cost of erecting 20 single dwellings, 2 semi- detached dwellings, 1 duplex, 6 gar- ages, 1 dwelling addition, 2 dwellings repaired, 1 new chimney to dwelling, 1 part dwelling demolition and the erection of 2 commercial signs. Work has already begun on the new Ontario County Jail which is reported to be costing $750,000. LOCAL GOLFERS GET OWN COURSE Uxbridge has something new. There is now a golf course in our midst. The course has been built on the George Kydd farm property just east of town by Mr. Kydd and Art Hickling. | It is a regular 9 hole course but the greens instead of being 'green' are made of concrete sand and oil, a combination that is used extensively in the western provinces. Another year, regular greens may be provided. A small club house is being erected at present ind will be completed in time for the opening on May 16th. The opening day will see a tourna- ment bhetweefi Nie winners of the last tournament | held by the Uxbridge Kinsmen Clab any four players from Oshawa. 5 BRASS BAND ENTKRS WATERLOO, CNE SHOWS ; This year Whitby Brass Band, un- der the leadership of Bapdmaster Eric one who talks, talks and talks and {is hard to insult. Clarke, is expecting to enter the Wa- The housewife is for- terloo and C.N.E. band competitions. tunate who can make her decision tn! Last year the Band won top honours the first five minutes and then let the salesman go about his way. ~The Watchman Warder, lat the C.N.E. The Band Room which has been re- Every merchant in town will be asked | GIANT FIRECRACKER! The day children wait for as they stock up on firecrackers is Victoria Day. They are probably envious of this huge firecracker; no doubt the picture is_equally i tgresting to male viewers thanks to 'dancer Joan Rob- erts., Joan can be seen each week on CBC television's "Cross-Canada Hit Parade", o <& < sphere for the Band activities. The Band is also practicing for coming parades in which they will participate. \- i : PROBE POLICE IN PETERBORO City Council has asked the police commission for an investigation into the administration of the city's police department. for the last seven years, The investigation, which the council wants conducted by Ontario Attorney- General Roberts, should also include a probe into the activities of Deputy Chief William A. (Bud) Clarke, the council said Thursday night. A brief, presented at a closed meet- ing Thursday night between the coun. cil and the police commission, said there is a widespread lack of confi- dence in the Peterborough police for- ce. Several police resignations and unsolved cases in the last three years were cited. - Judge John de N. Kennedy, chair- magn of the police commission ,declined to comment, OFFICIAL OPENING OF SALON AT FAIRVIEW The new Hairdressing Salon in Fairview Lodge was opened officially on Monday evening. Representatives and Standard Bearers were present from six chapters of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Re- presentatives were present from the Viscount Greenwood Chapter and the House of Windsor Chapter in Whitby; Oshawa Chapters, Port Perry and Ux. bridge Chapters, Provincial president Miss Jeanne Knapman; National vice-president; Mrs. J. G. Spraggle and Mrs. Stew- art, Provincial secretary of Services at Home and Abroad were also pre- sent. Guests were welcomed by Mrs. D. Richardson, Regent of the Susie Sor- abjie Chapter in Uxbridge, who in- troduced Mrs. G. L. Chatterly, Ux- bridge. Mr. J. Ludlow, director of homes for the aged spoke briefly on the help the Daughters of the Empire 'are giving in their new project. Greeting from Ontario County were brought by Reeve Kenneth Lee. Refreshments were served follow- ing the ceremonies. NEWMARKET APPROVES LIQUOR, BEER, STORES For the first time in 46 years, the gale of liquor will be legal in New- market. Last Wednesday voters en- dorsed the sale of liquor by a vote of 2094 to 1269 which was 2.2 per cent more than the 60 per cent required to change the status of the town. It was a 72.2 per cent turnout by the voters of Newmarket, Newmarket has been dry since 1912. ROTARY CLUB PLANTS 7,000 XMAS TREES =~ ~~ = °° A sudden downpour of rain inter- fered with the planting of 7,000 Christmas trees by the Bowmanville Rotary Club last Saturday at Burke- turned Sunday to finish the job. Besides getting soaked to the skin traces of poison ivy. Those who help- ed in the planting were President Bill Rudell, George Hacking, Bob Stevens; Tom Rehder, Geo, Vice, Rex Walters and Walter Reynolds. Pete Newell provided a truck for transporting the equipment which consisted of a trac- tor and planter, The money realized from the sell ing of the trees will be used for the tiled lately provides a pleasant atmo- club's many projects. thod of publishing. ton but the undaunted Rotarians re- a number of the group also picked up Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills ORDINARY MEN RIGHT Do you often mistrust your judg- ment? This is a weakness of the ordinary man. Chances are that you are usually right the first time. Consider the case of the Royal Com- mission on Broadcasting, now known as the Fowler Report, Mr, Fowler, the Chairman, from the very opening of the investigation into broadcasting, sounded to many observ- ers like a man strongly predisposed to favor the government system. Many of his early comments, indeed, invited the charge of bias. . Yet when his report finally came out, the weight of evidence which had been placed before him led him. to recommend a number of the reforms suggested to him by private citizens and private broadcasters. If the hearings had lasted longer and the report been less hurried, there is every chance that his reforms would have gone further and his apparent displeasure with those who proposed them would have disappeared. For example, Mr. Fowler and his colleagues were quite abrupt with in- dividuals who appeared before them to warn about political interference, which is always to be feared wherever elected representatives get control of a mass means of communication. Mr. Fowler seemed to scoff at such fears. But his report was off the press only a few hours, when disclosures occur- red which proved that there was, in- deed, political interference of a very direct kind. As Mr. Grant Dexter, a noted Liberal supporter, himself said in the Free Press, "Political in- terference with the CBC is continuous and has been going on ever since the CBC was created by statute in 1932." This, of course, makes Mr, Fowler's assertion that he found no evidence of political interference rather as- tounding, I. We are all inclined to be over-awed by Royal Commissions or by authority. We should not be. When they come up with reports too far removed from general public sentiment, they are more likely to be wrong than the pub. Jic itself. The Fowler Report on Broadcasting has several flaws, but the most seri- ous one is the failure to recognize that broadcasting is an electronic me- technical regulation not applicable to the press, it should nevertheless ac- cept responsibility for program con- tent and for its own financing. If the State feels it must contribute to programming, in order to "educate and -uplift" the mmsses, let it do so with- out engaging in advertising and with. out placing the dead hand of state control on the programs of others. Then the general public would be able to tell what they were paying for and judge its worth, Our present, scram- bled system makes that impossible. Prince Albert Quite a large congregation turned out for "Christian Family Day" wor- ship service in our church on Sunday. It being combination service Horst and Dieter Lehmann distributed the program sheets, Our minister Mr. Wylie was assist- ed by S. S. Supt. Mr. J. F. Vickery. The choir anthem was fitting for the day, accompanied by Mrs. B. Snel. grove at the organ. ' Bruce Martyn and Donald Beacock dedicated the offering. We all were deeply impressed with Mr, Wylie's talk who sincerely outlined the value of a christian family home. Sunday School next Sunday at the usual hour of 2 p.m., and keep in mind the dedication of the new organ, also special music at 3 o'clock. . We are glad to learn Mrs. F. Mul- vey is now home from the hospital convaleseing. . Mr. and Mrs; W. Webb of Halibur- ton entertained her family on Sunday, including her mother Mrs. Alvin Hun. ter, Mr. and Mrs, G. Hunter, Beth, John, Linda, Mr. and Mrs. L. Hunter, James and Nola, also Valorie and Edward Heayn., Sunday company with Mr. and Mrs. N. Wilson and family were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Spinks of Oshawa; Mr. and Mrs: Art Wilson and family of Coldwater. Donna Plaunt of Reaboro has re- turned home after visiting all her cousins, Don - Sandra Harper of Saintfield apd John and Denise Jef- frey of our village. : Mr. and Mra. Jas, Doupe entertain. ed all their family to a Sunday dinner, then motored to Healey Falls with While it requires | Mr, and Mrs. Wm, J. Martyn were visited by their family for a meal on Sunday: Mr, and Mrs. Allen Martyn, Scugog Island; Mr. and Mrs. B. Wan- amaker, Seagrave; Mr. and Mrs. E. Martyn and all their families. Mrs, Alma Smith and Miss Spence were invited to Toronto to be with the family and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. Newnham spent part of Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Dobson, 'Manchester. With Mr. and Mrs, E. McCrea were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nesbitts, Columbus, Mr. Wm. McCrea, Brampton and Mr. and Mrs. B, Pickard, Roger and Linda. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Oyler, Oshawa with his brother and wife Mr. and Mrs. Sam Oyler. Visitors with Mrs. Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Murphy and Allan were Mrs, Les Smith, Mrs. Chamber- lain, Mrs. Dickinson and Judy, all of Toronto. - Mr. and Mrs. C. Love, John and Lexie were paid a visit by Mrs. Z. M. Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Art Brock, Miss Georgia and Mr. Wm. Brock, all of Port Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Don Leslie and family with his parents at Milton on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Harold Simmonds of Brantford visited Mrs. G. R. Smith and Miss Spence on Thursday. / Cedar Creek A former Cedar Creek resident, Myrtle Corner, was married to Stan McLeod recently. Miss Flossie Spen. cer attended a shower in Raglan for them. -- Mr, and Mrs, Victor Larocque celg- brated their silver wedding anniver- sary on May 2nd. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stinson and family of Cadmus visited the Harris home last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin White of Port Perry were last Sunday afternoon callers of Mrs. Kilpatrick and George. Mr, and Mrs. Lorne Phare of Tyrone were evening visitors. Miss Flossie Spencer entertained the Shirley Women's Institute last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Kilpatrick were guests. The Cedar Creek pupils~ went to Manchester on Friday for their Polio Vaccine. The Port Perry Fire Truck was called to Lloyd Collins on Friday af- ternoon to put out a chimney fire. Mr. and Mrs. George Biddle and daughter and friend all of Oshawa were Saturday afternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith of Osh- awa were Saturday evening visitors at the Larocque home. Mr. and Mrs, Herrington of Oshawa were Sunday afternoon callers of Mr, and Mrs. Harris, Mrs. George Spencer of Columbus visited the Spencer family on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Manson Woods and Seni and Dale of Uxbridge were Sun. -{ day supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Larocque and family. Mr, and Mrs. Harris attended even- ing services in Knox Presbyterian Church, Oshawa, on Sunday. They called on Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson after church. Manchester There was a good attendance at church on Sundiy and the Family Day Service was enjoyed by young and old. Service will be withdrawn here next Sunday on account of special service at Grace Church, Scugog. Greenbank W.A. has extended an invitation to Manchester W.A. to visit their association on the evening of May 22nd. Miss Lillian Ward of Tor- onto will be the guest speaker. Three children were baptized at church on Sunday morning; Arle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rodd; 'Kim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Law- rence Midgley and Eric, infant son oft® Mr. and Mrs. Keith Dyke. "Mrs. W. 8. Taylor and baby, Stouff. ville, were with her parents on Sun- day. Miss C. Cowan, Toronto visited her sister Mrs. Roach and family over the 'week-end. Mr. and Mrs. A. Roach attended the wedding reception of a friend in Osh- awa on Saturday. Mr, and Mrs, Wm. Brydon and fr- mily, Brampton and Mr. and Mr. Robert Archer and family, Port Perry, were guests of Mrs, Gladys Archer on Sunday. |