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He has been named in a semi-humorous view 'Johnny the Giant- killer', He already has been called the Man of the Year, and certainly many people look upon him as a kind of miracle worker in the realm of politics. It "would be unfortunate because we would be seeing him in a very wrong light. John Diefenbaker is no 'Johnny come Late- He is a politician with a gift for a rather sincere but. platitudinous rhetoric. He is honest and hard-working. He is a man of courage and of strong convictions. But, he is also 'a man of rather narrow vision; a_ very impressionable man whose ly'. By the tens of <. thongands the school children will pour out of the doors and turn their backs on teach- ers-and"books for the next two months. What exhilaration they express in their new-found -feeling of freedom, a freedom often more felt than realized. With what a sense of relief they fling themselves into ida And yet while on the whole it is a very happy day for most of them, there are some who wend their way' "slowly and thoughtfully, sometimes tear- fully homeward. These are the bearers of ill-tidings, the failures, the ones for whom NOTES AND COMMENTS accuracy that with tragedy. sympathy as let out. hero-worship. self. What John organized a leadershi spiring, a 1 Liberals wede to censure the Some are pretty hard-boiled about it all, = They express their contempt and scorn for school and classroom. They hate school. They have failed, so what ? But this day is a milestone for most children in the long process of growing up and a milestone for their parents too. Where is the parent who is not carried back in memory to his or her own school- days at this time of the year? But mem- ory plays tricks.on us. impossible for the time seemed' so interminable, and which has passed from us so quickly. "All we can do is watch with a certain nostalgic the street glad with the freedom of school: 'judgment is often put to rout by explosive emotional outbursts. Diefenbaker is not a robust man. are many times when he is completely ex- hausted by the demands he makes on him- He could not stand to be the sub- ject of public worship. Few men could. pull together the loose threads of the dis- servative Party and provide that was energetic if not in- dership that was timely; the with any common sense could have pre- dicted that they were a party tottering on the brink of defeat. they wanted to throw them out. things worked to make John Diefenbaker - the leader of Her Majesty's Government. It is hard, if not us to recreate with any real period in our life, which at the kids go shouting down -- Furthermore, John There Diefenbaker has done is to caught off-guard; no one The people wanted Liberals; it is doubtful that All these Clipped Comments i IS GAMBLING NECESSARY AT FALL FAIRS? This is a debatable question in the minds of many people and directors of the Lindsay Central Exhibition will say that the local Fair needs the somewhat large financial aid that Mr. Frank Conklin makes yearly to the Fair. td It is interesting that this item prov- ) 3 LY = ed to be one of the live topics of dis- cussion at the annual meeting of the Ontario Agricultural Society held at Oshawa a few days ago. Oshawa fair has never had to resort to mammoth "attractions like the Conklin midway and the grandstand performance has not at any time equalled that at the Lindsay Fair. So that it is interesting to note that the chief question was that of gambling games at the Fall Fair. Games of change were strongly attached. . : The Oshawa Times Gazette says: They were generally placed where county boys could lose their hard- earned cash, and later leave with a bad opinion of the fair generally. Frora experience at the Oshawa Fair in re- cent years, loss of money in games of chance can be suffered by city as well as country boys. This speaker declared there was absolutely no need for any game of chance at any fall fair. We are entirely in agreement with that statement. The fall fair, be it large or small is an event of importance. It is a commun- ity event. Farmers go there to see the best in livestock and the latest in farm equipment. Their wives go to see who won the prizes in the women's section. There is no need at any fall fair for gambling devices of any kind. Lotter- ies, miniature roulette wheels and oth- er forms of gambling games have nothing to commend them, and they add nothing to the attractions of a oer The same applies to shows on he midway that are somewhat off colour, and they, too, should come under the same ban as gambling gam- es, Any part of a crowd that is attract- ed by such shows does not add much to any fair. The old-fashioned type of fall fair which is in reality a show window of he district in whish it is held, should vaot need any such questionable attractions to draw a crowd. The Watchman Warder / RETIREMENT AGE CAN'T BE FIXED "What other work can L.turn to?" answered Mr. 8t Laurant when asked if he intended to retire after the elect- ion is over, "I have been away from my law practice too long to go back to it now, and I have no other trade or profess- fon. If I retire from active politics I retire from active life, and will be numbered among the unemployed per- haps among the unemployable. 'I really don't feel old enough for that." History may record this impomptu statement as Mr. St. Laurent's most memorable remark, or as the most striking statement of the year. It draws attention to the consequen- ces of a practice that has become al- most universal today -- the practice of imposing retirement on our citizens when they reach a certain age with- out regard for their fitness to contin- ue to give effective services. Many people, on reaching the retire- ment age, %eel just as Mr. St. Laurent does, and justifiable so. . It is quite'a shock to an alert and active man to be told that his services are no longer required at the work he is best qualified to do, just because the 'calendar says he has reached a certain age; and the records shows that enforced retirement, when a man is still fit, shortens the life expectancy of the person affected, by years, Retirement age can't be fixed by law or by any rigid rule. It is a personal matter between each man and his em- ployer. The employer. knows the value of the services, and the man knows whether or not he can maintain the pace. : Men - live longer today than they used to; but there can be little object in prolonging one's life if it means only a prolonged period of sitting around with nothing to do and noth- ing for doing it. 2 Canadian Statesmen NOT A POLITICAL FORCE On the eve of the recent municipal elections in Hamilton advertisements in the city's press urged support for a group of nine "labor candidates." The ads were signed by the Hamilton and District Labor Council and the C.C.F. Municipal Election Committee. When the votes were counted only one of the nine candidates endorsed by labor had been elected. On many occasions labor leaders in Canada have alljed themselves with the C.C.F. party machinery in the attempt to influence election results, The consistent failure of the effort is not because non-union voters go to the polls to vote against the labor-spon- gored candidates, it results from the fact that union members will not ac- cept the dictation of-labor leaders in election affairs, The argument that:in:Ganada labor is, or should be, a political force is a delusion. The rank and file of labor has not accepted the argument despite the fact that some union leaders have spent much time and money over the years to establish the case, Canadian Statesman District Doings COTTAGE HOSPITAL UXBRIDGE TO BE SOLD IF MONEY NOT RAISED - The hospital situation is very pre- carious, indeed, and unless immediate action is taken, it soon will be-up for sale. This was the information receiv- ed at a meeting of the Hospital Board last Wednesday night at which the contractor, L. C. Scott, was presént. Also present were members of council from the Townships of Scott, Uxbridge and Reach, and the Town's represent- ative, Dr. Davis, ' Because payments could not be kept up, the contract was terminated and work on the building stopped as of May 1st. A mechanics lien has been placed against the hospital and it is only a matter of time until it can be put up for sale. At the same time and because of legal proceedings the mon. ies necessary to get the hospital com- pleted have increased, bringing the finished price close to $300,000. The original tender before cut-backs, was $289,000. During a rather lengthy discussion it was generally agreed that it would be next to impossible to raise the ap- proximate $175,000 needed to complete and equip the building either by mun- icipal debenturer or by public subscrip. ! .| ends' Percy Saltzman, one of "Tabloids" big three, is seen every day over the CBC-TV network. Television is just a part-time occupation with him. He's shown here at the Toronto weather office getting a forecast by the old- fashioned method--that of just plain peering at the sky. VANDILISM AGAIN IN CANNING- TON During the past while, vandilism has been on the move in town with considerable damage done at the Brock District High School, then Public Seh- ool and several times at the rest rooms on Laidlaw street and early last Thurg_ day morning, some one hurled a fair size rock thu the front window of Town Foreman Willam Goldsmith's home. This happened around 1.30 a.m. after the dance at the arena. Mr. Gold. smith said he noticed a car parked about a block from his home when he came from the arena where he was doing police work. It was shortly after he went to bed, the rock was "| thrown through the window. QUAKER HILL, FRIENDS CHURCH 148 YEARS OLD 3 'Anniversary Services for the Fri- Church, Quaker Hill, was held on Sunday, June 23, at 2.30 p.m. Guest speaker was the Rev. M. J. Cathcart, B.A., of Whitby, assisted by local ministers. Friends' church was the first to be erected in' the County of Ontario, having been built in 1809 by our early settlers who first settled in the Quak- er Hill area. . - ~The church is only used once a year, for these special anniversary services, and this year is 148 years old. GARRY VENNING WINS NEW CAR "Two Rowmanville Kinsmen who shared the cost of 'a $10.00 ticket on the Brighton Kinsmen Club Car Draw were jubilant over the week-end when inforfhed they had won a 1957 Ford custom sedan. The lucky winners, Dr. Charles Cattran and Garry Venning, were in- formed late Friday evening that theirs was the winning ticket. It was the fin- al ticket picked in the elimination draw, George Coling of the Brighton Club sold them the lurky ticket at their regular meeting two weeks ago. "We had forgotten about it until the phone call", they said. They were presented with the keys to the car at Brighton on Saturday. Mr, Venning purchased Dr. Cattran'e share from him and has retained the car for his own use. WILL INCREASE LOCK-UP FEE Ontario County is raising its lock- tion or a combination of both. The town has. given two readings to a' de- benture by-law for $40,000 and sent it} to the Municipal Board for approval! which has not yet been forthcoming. The township councils have not agreed on how much or if any financial help can be given, PICKERING COUNCIL WARNS CONTRACTORS OF CARELESS WORK . Pickering Village Council is not a little concerned .over any contractor within the village who leaves a job not only in a messy condition, but poss- ibly a dangerous condition. It was brought before council last week by Councillor R. M, Hall that a firm engaged to connect water services recently left on a Saturday night, not putting up guards around a water hole they had left on Dufferin street, where they had been working. Councillor Hall said that the water was deep enough for a child to get in- to trouble, if it fell in. He also said, the earth had been left in a "sloppy", condition. "A child's life is worth too much to put up with this sort of thing" said Mr, Hall. It was reported to council that the ly forty-eight hours after it should have been. condition was not corrected until near. | up fee from. $1 to $56 per day. The fee, which is paid by municipalities to the county when a prisoner is locked up before being charged, will not be upped until the first of next year. Reeve Cycil Morley, of Pickering, chairman of the finance committee, read the announcement that the com- mittee recommended the hike. He said that the $1 per day now charged mun- icipalities barely covered the book- keeping costs. He explained that the fee applied only to prisoners who were locked up until such time as they were formally charged. As soon as the char- ge is read to them, the prisoner's costs is assumed fully by the county. DIAL. PHONES IN SUTTON BY SUMMER OF 1958 A contract has been awarded to Gavin Morton of Keswick to construct a dial telephone exchange building in Sutton, C. E. Blosdale, Bell Telephone manager for this region, announced last week. The building, to be located at Stat- jon and Dalton roads, will be a one- storey structure with brick walls and reinforced concrete floors slabs and foundation. Dimensions will be 86 by 32 feet. Architects for the dial office were Agnew and Ludlow of Toronto. Mr. Blosdale said the Sutton exchan- ge would be converted to dial operat- fon in the summer of 1968. Agricultural Representative ServiceStarted in 1907 Service was organized in the Province of Ontario in 1907. At that time the Hon. Nelson Monteith was Minister of Agriculture and Dr, C. C. James was Deputy Minister of Agriculture. ~With the co-operation of the Depart- ment of Education in 1907, six 0.A.C. graduates were appointed as District Representative. Their job was to teach agriculture in the High Schools, and to expand and improve the work of the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture through direct contact with the farmer on his own farm and in De- partment of Agriculture Office. .The first six District Represent- atives were A. McKinney in Essex, F. C. Hart in Waterloo; R. E."Moit- iner in Simcoe; F. R. Reed in Victorla; R. S. Hamer in Lanark and W. A. Munroe in Dundas. The demand by farmers for this type of service spread rapidly and by 1912 twenty-nine offices had been est- ablished in the Counties and districts of Ontario. The Ontario Dept. of Agri- culture assumed full responsibility for the District Representatives and an Assistant Deputy Minister was put in charge of the work. Later the Dis- trict Representative became known as the Agricultural Representative and in 1918 the Agricultural representative Branch was formed within the Ontario Department of Agriculture. In 1956 the present Extension Branch was formed, incorporating various special. ized services. In Ontario County the office was opened in 1908 in the town of Whitby. Mr. J. H, Hare was the first District Representative, (Mr. Hare is now liv- ing retired at Streetsville, RR 1, Ont.) The Agricultural Representative and the Assistant Agricultural Represent- atives who have carried on the work of the Ontario Department of Agri- culture in Ontario County since 1908 to the present time are as follows: REPRESENTATIVES J. H. Hare - 1908 - 1913 R. M. Tipper - 1913 - 1924 W. M. Croskery - 1924 . 1936 F. A. Innes - 1936 - 1941 F. M. Campbell . 1941 - 1946 H. L. Fair - 1947 - ASSISTANT REPRESENTATIVES T. A. Benson - 1911 - 1912 FE. G. Hogarth - 1912 - 1913 A. W. Sirrett . 1913 - 1916 LeRoy Brown - 1945 . 1046 D. A. Knapp - 1946 - 1948 Of Many Things by Ambrose Hills HANDYMAN WANTED I met him for coffee this morning, and his hands were scarred and batt- ered, his bones ached, and he looked About ready for a session in the hos- pital, He'd been out to his country cottage for the week-end. "What happened?" I asked, watch- ing him lift his cup quite gingerly. + "Did you get in a fight?" He managed to grin. "I dug up forty feet of pipe to fix a clogged drain, then sandpapered a boat bottom, fixed a leaky roof and sawed up three big trees. Never sat down the whole darn- ed week-end. Boy, I'm beat!" "Nobody around the country you could hire?" He nodded. "There's a farmer near us, pretty good handyman, charges only $1.25 an hour...but I got started and couldn't stop. You know what it's like, don't you?" Well, I used to know what it is like. Not any more. Now-a-days, when there's a real job to be done around the cottage. I hire a nearby farmer who uses his muscles every day. No more week-end labor gangs for me. About the heaviest lifting I did this week-end was a rubber tipped cane which I take on pleasant walking tours along the lanes near our cottage. Or a five-pound jack fish, which I lifted from the waters on the end of.a spinn. ing rod line. While I was engaged in this gentle effort, a man who knew what it is all about repaired our roof, fixed a sticky door and did other as- sorted jobs at a very reasonable rate $1.60 an hour and glad to get the cash money. : "Laziness?" I don't give a darn if you call it that. I prefer to think it is good sense. My muscles have adjusted themselves to the job of whacking typewriter keys, and if you give them something more strenuous to do you put them out of kilter for their reg- ular job. At $1.60 an hour, I'm saving money by hiring work done instead of putting myself out of action for a week by trying to do jobs I'm not used to. Now isn't that a story ? Doesn't it make sense? If you agree with me, please write and tell me how I can convince my wife. None of the above arguments seem to convince her. : District Churches Sunday we had many visitors with us at Church on the Island, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. W. Heron, of Pickering; Lois Parker of Oshawa; Marilyn Shier of Uxbridge; Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Code and Mr, and Mrs. Al- bert Harris and children from Dunbar- ton; and Mrs. E. Loates of Toronto. There were two lovely baskets of flow- ers from the McLarens, and the choir, though very small in numbers, sang beautifully. We invite all Young Peop. le to church on Sunday. Not that you really need any special invitation; because you know that we love to have you, This Sunday will be "Young People's Sunday" Betty Reader on the Island, Ruby Roach at Manchester and Helen Holtby at Prospect will be in charge of the services. They will be assisted by several of our Young People. Each Church is endeavouring to have a Young People's Choir. Miss Ruth Braham R.N., B.N.Sc. will give the message at Scugog "Grace", and and Mr. William McCartney at Pros- pect and Manchester. A most unusual situation has arisen for your Minister, good A. Wilson . 1948 - 1949 FE. Jennings - 1949 - 19562 A. J. Gill - 1952 . 1956 / S. MacDonald - 1956 - | LOCATION OF OFFICE Whitby - 1908 - 1920 Uxbridge - 1920 - From its introduction in 1907 until the present, the history of the Exten- | sion Branch has been one of progress | and expansion. To-day it employs the services of H4 Agricultural Represent. | atives, 30 Associate and Assistant Representatives, 41 Home--Economic Specialists, 10 Fruit and Vegetable Specialists, 14 Agrleultural Engineer- | ing Specialists and one Tobacco Spec- ialist as well as the Administrative Staff. Fifty years of service to the Ont- ario farmer will be marked by a spéec- ial anniversary programme on June 27th at the 0.A.C. Guelph. The feature address will be given by Dr. J. Taggart Canadian Deputy Minister of Agricul- ture and former Agricultural Rep- resenative in Frontenac County. Another interesting feature of the programme will be a panel discussion by present and former. Agricultural Representatives on" exfension work and may never happen again. He had been invited to preach at one of his former churches on the Gananoque- Pittsburg Charge, at the re-opening and re-dedication of their little stone Church. The work was supposed to be completed by the middle of June, but a phone message came on Saturday saying that everything had to be can- celled, and the Church would not he ready for quite sometime. However, this might very well be the one and only Sunday that we will have this year. And that reminds us that there should be a meeting of the Official Board in the near future to talk about | holidays and other matters. The first draft of our driving sched. ule for the Daily Vacation Bible Sch- ool has been prepared. A copy of each was left at the thré¢ Churches last Sunday. We will need to utilize every available car, so that no great demands are made on anyone. The children of Manchester and Prospect from 4 yrs. on through Public School, are asked to meet at 8.30 a.m. at Cedar Creek School, Prospect Church and School, and Manchester Church and School. There you will be met by cars to bring I'you to the Island. At 11.46 a.m. other work during the past 60 years, cars will be on hand to take you back to your starting point, On the Island cars will be at the Foot School, the Head School, Pine Point, Powell's Pot, Hooper's Haven and Stephen- son's Point, Lake Side Beach, Aldred's Landing and Sunset View. The var- ious departments are meeting this week, and we are looking forward to a happy ten days, commencing on July Sth. at 9.00 a.m. at the Centre of the Island. We have permission to use the Hall, we expect that same will be granted to use the School. A driving schedule will be mailed to each driver this week. We will have to arrange for a "Bee" to clean up the Church Grounds, This Wednesday the Cubs will meet at 8.00 p.m. at Manchester Hall. The parents ave invited to witness the cer. emony of the boys being initiated into "Cubbing" and receive their scarfs. Akela (Jack Witherspoon) will offic- inte with the help of Allen Martyn. A social time will be held after. We do hope that all the parents will come. Plans are being formulated to take the boys for an outing in the Halibur- ton area sometime in July. Many happy returns to the Louis Pearces who celebrated their 27th. Wedding Anniversary last Friday, and to Donald and Mary Lane who celebrated their 6th. Wedding Anni- versary last Saturday, and also to Nettie Aldred's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Melnychuck of Sturgis, Saak. who will be celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary this Saturday. Both Nettie and Anne and the children left sometime ago to take part in the great event. We wish them God's blessing, and peace and joy at their Journeys end. Many happy returns also to the following members of our birth- day club: Kenneth Mitchie, Rose Cart. er and Terry, Braham of the Island, Cathie Richafdson of Manchester and Aldon Smith f Prospect. May Sunday be a lovely day, and may all three Churches be filled. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Dyer of North Bay called on Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Crosier on Sunday.' Misses Funice and Susan Roach, were in Haliburton with their aunt over the week-end. Mrs. Hannah Johnston received word on Sunday of the death of her only sister Mrs. Perkins of Green- wood. Sympathy is extended to Murs. Johnston and family. Mrs. Braham will entertain the Women's Association at the Parson- age Scugog for the July meeting. Brian Crosier and Frank Rennie, of Toronto, visited the formers grand- parents on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Witherspoon and family' were at their cottage for the week-end. Mrs. Heidt's many friends will be glad to hear shes feeling some better. Mrs. W. H. Bryden of Brampton visited with her mother, Mrs. Gladys Archer during the week-end. Honeydale WL The June meeting of Honeydale W.I. was held in the Parish Hall with Mrs. Paul Diamond, President, presiding. The meeting opened by all repeating the Mary Stewart Collect and the singing of the Ode. Mrs. Diamond welcomed members and visitors. A goodly number turned out for the dis- trict meeting which was held at Pick- ering this year. Mrs, Lawson Honey, being district President of South On- tario, interesting reports were given by Mrs, S. Cawker and Mrs. Paul Dia- mond, _ Mrs. May Williams gave the minutes of the May meeting and Mrs, Esther Chapman the Financial statement. The Hoboes called on Mrs, Chapman in the form of a surprise party it being the occasion of her 25th wedding anniver- sary, a lovely aluminum tray was pre- sented on behalf of the Institute by Mrs. Diamond. Mrs, Chapman was delighted with her gift and thanked the members most sincerely. A picnic was suggested for July, It was de- cided on a bus trip for a day instead. A committee to look after same. Mrs. Mackie had charge of the enter- tainment and called on Mrs. E. Ken- nedy and Mrs. S. Cawker who sang two lovely duets: Moonlight and Roses and Down the Trail that leads back home. Mrs, Mackie gave the motto for June which was "If everyone swept in front of his own house the whole town would be clean." June 14th, a number of members called on Mrs. Mackie (Friday even- ing) on the occasion of her 25th wed- ding anniversary and presented her with an aluminum tray. It was a de- lightful surprise and Mrs. Mackie ex- pressed her thanks to all. A social time was spent over a cup of tea. Miss Ruby Strong gave a very fine demonstration of table setting which was enjoyed by all, RA Se ite AN ley ir a ar) i AP : A om BER I 27, he ws