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Sed i rs ody FARE Ed RASTA, Fase Ph Ty FAS ALA. 2 TN Ea whl 5 ae PISS HN PIR SR TAR aaa E Annis > THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE 1s ABT o § TRY i aR Thursday, July 4th, 1957 NOTES AND COMMENTS. There have been rumors to the 'effect that independent radio and television inter- . ests are to get a new deal under the Con- servative regime. Just what independents g will 'be put on the same footing as CBC. » This, of course, suggests that some sort of 'a joint commission to administer both CBC and the commercial stations will be or- ganized. In view of the Fowler Commission report it would:seem wise for the Conservatives to move slowly in the realm of Canadian broadcasting and television. In the early days of transportation, railway construc- tion'and expansion mushroomed to a point beyond which private enterprise could sus- tain" it. Such a great mess resulted that it was necessary for the Canadian govern- ment to step in and at the cost of many hundreds of millions of dollars buy up bankrupt companies. And so was the «+ C.N.R. born. Most of the<dndependents who want tele- vision and radio outlets and parity with the _ CBC' are primarily interested in the pro- fits to be made out -of these ventures. : There 'is' little: doubt that thre will be a === tremendous increase in_ emphasis upon ¢ «mw: commercial radio and television. But ex- A Crusade for Knowledge The International Geographical Year, nicknamed IGY, began midnight, last Sun- day. - Although it is called a year the act- ual project will extend over the next eigh- _teen:months. Fifty-five countries are co-operating in the .work of collecting and distributing: data. These' include countries on*bpth sidesiof the iron curtain." The invegiga- tions. now 'underway have been planned over.:the last seven years by representa- tives from the countries involved who formed an. overall committee tojcoordinate the work. - The work has to do with the collecting of a vast new store of informa- tion regarding our universe and our earth. y Independent Radio and Television : perience with this kind of broadcasting is not a happy one. The quantity of pro- grammes is immeasurably increased but there is a consistent falling off in the quality 'and value of the presentations, Frankly these stations are out to sell more goods and services. Theirs is a short range view. Sell it now, and sell it anyway you can seem to be the sole guide to their pro- gramming. In Canada we have pioneered much that was good in radio and television. This was possible because there was national control of communications. It would be a pity to throw away the gains that have been made in the mere pursuit of bigger and better sales, if the people of Canada had to step in after the indepdendents had created a mess and find the money to clear up the financial fiascoes created by fly by night agencies who moved in to make a fast buck. The Fowler Commission failed to find any evidence that the independents had been unjustly used under the present set- up. Some modifications were suggested and perhaps, after a careful study of the Report, the Conservatives might be wise to stick to its recommendations. facts about the ionosphere which lies above the 'atmosphere, and facts. about the sun and outer space. All this data is being ex- changed among the countries represented. Canada has set up sixty-one IGY. stations throughout the country. Its most northerly post. is at Alert, the physicist in charge there is Gary Boyd, a former. resident of Port Perry. Our country is: spending some three million dollars-on. IGY work. But authorities who should know seem-to.think that. the benefits that will accrue to us from what is found out during IGY will be so great and so important. that we will get many: times our money's worth out of it. One of the radio commentators describ- And it would be a pity" 'motorists, I . District Doings '® W /® _ NEAR CLAREMONT :July and that the installation in Lind- say will take place in October. "nounce the acquisition of several : able'to obtain'any definite information "Some: five thousand scientists. are engaged scientific examination of phenomena -- facts about the earth, the physical earth we live on, facts about the atmosphere which surrounds the earth, in - a careful, but perhaps it that. ing IGY called it the greatest crusade for knowledge in the history of the world; This seems rather extravagant language . . . may well prove to be just LINDSAY GIVES CONSUMERS GAS CO THE GREEN LIGHT At a special meeting of the Town Council the third reading of a by-law granting the Consumers Gas Company a franchise in the Town of Lindsay was passed Ald. L. G. Found, asked if any further word had been received from the Lakeland Gas Company and Clerk Alelly replied in the negative. It is expected that the Consumers Gas will start work on pipe line in INCREASE IN WITNESS FEES Witness fees for indictable offences paid by YORK COUNTY council have been increased to four dollars. Goro- ners's fees have been increased also. Repayment of such fees was form- erly made to the county by the Attor- ney-General's department, Since Jan- uary 1,-1967, this practice has been discontinued and has been substituted by a per capita grant to the muni- cipality. BIG "AIRPORT RUMORED FOR MARKHAM Rumours. continue to persist that the Dominion Board of Transport Commissioners are shortly to an- thousand acres of land in Markham Township fort the establishment of an International Airport to replace Mal- ton as the local air terminus, The Stouffville Tribune has been un- on the project other than that DeHav- illand Aircraft require the entire fa- cilities at Malton. First intimation of this tremendous change came during the - recent election campaign and it was understood that an announcement would be made soon after the election. MEETS BIG BLACK BEAR Mr Peter Lippert, a farm resident of Claremont and 'an employee 'at Coopérts Hardware. Store, (came. face to face with a 800 pound black bear on Sunday afternoon,, Mr. Lippert was fishing from a small stream on the the property of a neighbour, Mr. David Dawson, when he heard peculiar noises.nearby, Investigating, he saw a large black bear, dangling its fore« paws in the water, The full-grown animal immediately turned and dis- '| the city, leading to the recovery from resident, although startled, was not frightened by the bear. He has had previous experience with them in Northern Ontario. Mr. Lippert recalled seeing a small bear cub on the R. C. Baker property north of Clarement about three years ago. He believes this bruin may be the 'same animal. Possessing considerable knowledge with regard to wild life, 'Mr. Lippert says that a bear will not attack a human unless concerned or its young are molested. He hopes no one will attempt to shoot the animal. LADY RECOVERS. $1700 LEFT ON PICNIC TABLE Mrs. Pulford, 87, of Market Street, Stouffville, can consider héiself a very, fortunate lady.. Mrs. Pulford left a purse containing $1700 in cash in the Stouffville Park following the picnic of the Bethel Baptist Church and re- covered the money on Sunday, every cent intact. Mrs. Pulford had left $1712 in bills in her hand-bag and it was picked up by Mr. Sid Dower, one of the. Toronto picnickers who was cleaning up after the evening meal. The missing money was- reported to the Stouffvville police who made con- tact with Bethel Church officials in Mr. Dower who according ito Chief Constable Edwards.had not discovered the valuable contents which he had carried home, UXBRIDGE COUNCIL REQUEST PLEBISCITE FOR LEGAL OUTLET A surprise motion was made at regular meeting (of council on Tues- day night when this Worship Mayor Puterbough, intfoduced the subject of legal outlets for alcoholicibeverag- es in the Town of Uxbridge. "Inasmuch As towns around us are getting stores and 'inasmuch as we know "how much business they bring to a town, I' think it: would be folly to try and stop it" the Mayor said. The council by a majority vote can pass a motion for application for such a pleb- iscite. without a petition from the people. However, because we sanction it, it doesn't mean we: will: get it, he explained, but it will allow: people to vote on the question. The Mayor said he had talked to a number of merchants who are vitally affected and they feel that people are going elsewhere for a case of beer and doing their-shopping there, too. Dr. Lennox agreed. "There is mo religious. argument. .against. liquor, only moderation." appeared into the bush. The local The Mayor observed that people will buy it -regardless and if buying it in Uxbridge would help the town, he was for it. Councillor Lennox observed that if council didn't vote' on the matter all they would be doing was to slow up the process and people still had the say in. a. plebiscite. The motion for requesting the Liq- uor Control: Board to set a date for a plebiscite for the opening of local out- lets in the Town of Uxbridge was made by W. Hochberg and seconded by G. Coulter. The motion carried with a majority and with councillors Lennox and Tipp- er and Reeve. Ferguson. opposed. ------ SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT NOW IN OPERATION IN STOUFFVILLE Just under a year ago, work com- menced on the Stouffville sewerage system, . and operation commenced this. week of the half million dollar plant. While finishing touches were being completed by painters during the weekend, and :some landscaping and outside clean-up work remains, residents were given the "green light" to make final hookups into the lines. PARKING METERS IN BOWMAN. VILLE Those minor. excavations: and steel posts along the curbs of King and its adjoining streets afe the prelude to parking meters. Police Chief Eric:Smith expects the .meters will-be in operation by July 2, He added that courtesy: cards will be issued .the first few.days. to parking offenders .instead of parking. tickets: Approximately 180 meters will be installed along King from Scugog to George and on Temperance, Silverand Division from Queen to Church. The contract for installing the met- ers and posts has been sublet to Rowe Brothers, Bowmanville.. As of yet the meters. have not arrived from the manufacturers, Duncan - Miller, Stratford. Around + Manitoba's tree:bordered lakes with their miles'of sandy beach. es have been developed delightful summer playgrounds were: good ac- commodsation and. eamping facilities are. available to: visitors. -- Most famed aspect of the Pas, Mani toba,: activities is the annual winter Trappers' Festival, which features a sleigh-dog race over miles and miles of ice and-snow. Clipped Comments WILL IT COME TO THIS? Inadequate salaries of teachers are frequently blamed for the appalling ignorance and, indeed, the illiteracy, of many students just entering college. Another and more convincing ex- planation, however, is that the quility of teaching in Canadian schools is suf- fering because the pedagogical dog- tags required of those entering the teaching profession by educational officialdom, and acquired only after much weary attendance at teachers' college and summer school tabloid courses in education methods, have little appeal for the brilliant and im- aginative mind. It would be a tragedy if doctrinaire educators with bureaucratic minds, and teachers' federations, should turn the teaching profession in Canada into a 'closed shop", from which the bril- liant and imaginative were excluded, and in which Mediocrity capped with a Ph.D. (education) was the sole hall. mark of success. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that this is what is wrong with Canadian schools.-- Fort rly Letter Review SHOULD BE STRICT LAWS FOR PEDISTRIANS The Ontario Traffic Conferenece has agreed that pedestrians should be governed : by legislation just like One can agree with this theory in principle but the practical application and enforcement of such laws is going to be far more tricky than we anticipate. While caution might be instilled somewhat more deeply by the threat of a summons or even a "pedestrian ticket", any new law aimed at the pedestrian must be clear-cut. Walk- ing on the roadway, where a sidewalk is provided, should be #n offeence, for instance, while walking against a red light at an interesection simply invites a penalty, But to legislate against jaywalking in: general would involve so many com- plex ' qualifications. that enforsement would be difficult, With one-way traffic held up half a. block away, could a person reasonably be fined for crossing the street? "Interfering with the flow of traffic", while cross- ing, might be the best yardstick of a jaywalking offence, which the average citizen, whether driving his car or walking, would endorse as logical. With traffic hazards in cities mount- ing, 'a set of regulations defining a pedestrian's right (especially on cross- walks) and responsibilities, is a mod- ern'day necessity. Pedestrians are as inconsiderate of their life and limb as are some drivers of cars. They take 'needless chances, happy in the thought that drivers are held responsible even when: thoughtless adult pedestrians are struck and hurt. For a long time railways whose trains were involved in crossing ac- cidents were at a disadvantage when settlement of damages was sought. More recently, railways have been fighting back by initiating proceeding against owners of vehicles which strike trains Probably the motorist who sues the pedestrian involved in a collision with his car, would start some clearer thinking about the responsibility of those who walk upon our busy roads and streets N -- Canadian Stateman Manchester The windstorm caused havoc with trees, chimneys and gardens in the district. Sympathy is extended to Mr. Allan Jackson in the loss of his mother and to Mrs. Bob Aird whose mother is very ill in St. Michaels Hospital; best wishes for her complete recovery. Mrs. V. Schnapp, Buffalo, with her family here for the week end. Mr. Harley Johnson left on Satur day with his bus for the planned teach- ers tour across Canada. Mrs. 'Roach, and daughters are. at their cottage for a week. Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Crosier, Toronto, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Crosier on Tuesday evening, The many friends of Mrs. Wilmott Walker regret to hear of her illness' and hope she will soon be well again. Mr. Wim, McCartney was the guest speaker: at church on Sunday and brought a fine message. . The annual Sunday School picnic will be held on Tuesday, July 9th at Geneva Park. This article was written by the Superintendent of one of the larger hospitals in Ontario. However, we feel that the points stressed in this article are applicable to our local hos- pital. If we take a stroll along any hos- pital corridor during visiting hours, the chances are that we will see pa- tients confronted with a multitude of visitors in spite of the fact that regu- lations specify only two visitors at a time. Not only that, some will be smoking and gthers will be sitting on patients' beds, although the hospital expressly requests that this not be done . . for the comfort of the patient and to speed his recovery. This re- luctance of a small segment of the hospital visiting regulations would seem to be a natural development of community to observe well publicized built new haspitals in the last ten years, niainly out of publie funds, thus giving local citizens a feeling of own- ership, and quite rightly so. But public ownership does not carry with it the right to break rules which are imposed for the good of the user .. in this case, the sick. Control of visiting has been and will continue to be debated across the con- tinent whenever the officials of two or more hospitals are gathered to dis- cuss their mutual problems, but no de- finite pattern will emerge which will be acceptable to all, for the visiting of sick patients in hospitals is one of those intensely emotional problems which immediately upsets the usual calm of the visitor, so that his reac- tions cannot be expected to be unbias- ed and realistic. All he knows is that his loved one or a dear friend is lying sick in the hospital, and he must ap- pear in person to give words of cheer and comfort. And so the hospitals, whose primary function it is to restore the patient to health as soon as pos- sible, stand in the unenviable position of the patient's guardian, deciding visiting days, visiting hours, and the number of visitors allowed to a pa- tient. Some hospitals have experi- mented with "open house" visiting, thinking that visiting over a period of say twelve hours would result in a more even flow of visitors. However, it must be most difficult to carry on efficiently .the complex routine of patient care with visitors dropping in say, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. The majority of hospitals have visiting hours in- the afternoon and evening, and restrict the number of three, to a patient. With the excep- tion of the large teaching hospitals, there is little rea} reason for private and semi-private patients having visit- ing privileges which are not available to ward patients. If necessary, pri- vate patients can be visited a little more easily outside visiting hours without upsetting the patients' . . and the hospitals' routine. Although a supervisor knows a pa- tient has too many visitors, she will hesitate to use her authority, because in most situations she will be a well known member of the community, with the relationship between the visitors, the patient and herself almost a per- sonal one. , I was incredulous when told that in certain instances where a supervisor or a graduate nurse had simply carried out her duty and polite- ly pointed out that a patient had too many visitors, or that visiting time had long past, the response had been one of non-co-operation. Certainly it must be easier to nfaintain regulations in the larger centres, where the re- lationship is less personal. When discussing visiting with a well known local doctor, he informed me quite emphatically that he knew very few people in the community who made good visitors. Visiting was not an easily acquired art, and most people' have not sufficient opportunity to acquire it. In his words, a good visit- or should stay only long enough, and say just enough, so that his departure left the patient with a feeling of stim- ulation. When both the visitor and the patient are searching for words, the value of the visit is lost. How many patients, surrounded by four or five visitors, are secretly longing for them to depart, so that the smoke in the room can be dissipated and they can relax. With a little thought, the average visitor would readily agree that the cross current of 'conversation must leave the patient completely fatigued. If only we would remember how "out of sorts" we feel with noth- ing more than a bad headache to upset ug. Usually, the influx of friends and relatives is greatest when the patient ja' just recovering. Doctors, tao, are very concerned about over-visiting, be- cause of the definite risk of certain types of infection being carried by visitors, The more the visitors, the greater the risk. They also add to the difficulties of house-keeping, and the A Visiting Delemma .Paul Henry; Georgie Leach; Jimmy visitors usually to two, but at the most |' public is always critical of a hospital which is not kept spotlessly clean. Parking and 'elevator facilities are stretched beyond the limits for which they were planned. It is also well to mention that too many flowers create their own problems. Many patients will tell you they are overwhelmed with floral displays, and in some cases their bréathing is affected. Often, a well chosen card is more acceptable, Yhen we have sufficient convales- cent hospitals, or convalescent wings, to which can be transferred as soon as they are over the acutely ill stage, we may be able to more effectively control visiting in the general hospital. Convalescent patients would be in a privileged position, in so far as there could be very generous visiting re- gulations. I have purposely excluded the visiting of Maternity patients from my observations. These are always easy to control, maybe because the proud father is allowed to hog the show! No one would wish to change it. Manchester School Report June Promotions of 8.8. #6, Reach (Names in Alphabetical Order) Grade 8 to 9-- Thomas Cawker; Helen Innes;-iAl- bert Leach; Robert Slack; Joyce Strong. ' Grade 7 to 8-- Lois Cawker; Robert Donnelly; Da- vid Hobbs; Walter Stevens; Clinton Weaver. Grade 6 to 7T-- William Aird; Murray Croxall; Geo. Franklin; Roy Leach; Eunice Roach; Jimmie Stevens; Margaret-Anne Wi- therspoon. Grade 6-- Patrick McGann, Grade 4 to 5-- Eric Donnelly; Peter Durham; Vir- ginia McGann; Susan Roach. Grade 3 to 4-- Leo Donnelly; Elaine doadinis Ste. phen Henry; Vicky McCartney; Ro- land Parker; Isobelle Strong; J. D. Witherspoon, Grade 2 to 3-- Walter Green; Lawrence Hergott; Barbara McCartney. Grade 1 to 2-- Beverly Carnegie; Brian Donnelly; McGann; Marsha Mulholland; -Ken- neth Robinson; Greta Vanderby. A. G. SAMELLS, Teacher. Utica School Report (Alphabetically); To Grade 9-- Allan Bailey; Frank Fielding; Da- vid Moore; :Jim Ross; Ronald Saun- ders; Sharon Saunders. Grade 8-- Donald Dittrick; Paulette -Julien; Sharron MacDonald; Bill Mitchell; Louise Moore, Judy Philip; Anne San- dison; Heather Saunders. Grade 7T-- Bill Diamond; Glen Goslin; Gloria Goslin; Louise Mitchell; Doug Moore; David Saunders; John Van Beek. Grade 6-- Ross Diamond; Joan Goslin; Kenny MacDonald; Beverly Moore; Eleanor Popadynec; Donna Sutcliffe. Grade 5-- Yvonne Mitchell; Donald Moore; Ritchie Popadynec;' Larry Ross; Lar- ry Skerratt; Albert Van Beek. Grade 4-- Jimmy Fielding; Doug. Geer; John Goslin; Ronny Moore; Eddy Popady- nec. Grade 3-- Earl McClure; Jack Mitchell; Tony Verkuyl; Henry Van Beek. Grade 2-- Dianne Card; Bennie MacDonald; Nancy Moore; Andy Popadynec; Ja- mie Saunders; Christine Storie. Grade 1-- Joyce Popadynec. MRS. KATHERINE CROSIER, (Teacher). Cedar Creek Mr. Maarten L. Den Boer of Holland is visiting his son John, and family. He is staying until September. The senior pupils of Cedar Creek school enjoyed a bus trip to Niagara Falls on Thursday. Mrs. John Greenwood came home on Friday from Oshawa General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Harry 'Edgerton of Port Perry, were Friday supper guests of Mrs. Kilpatrick. Wm. Steele of Raglan, was a supper guest of the Spencer family on Sat- urday Mrs Larocque fis still a patient in Oshawa General Hospital. She hopes 0f Many Things By Ambrose Hills ELECTION UPSET EXPLAINED Because experts called the election shots so badly, I don't trust the rash of explanations now being made so glibly--except the following one by a man who never claimed to be expert at all. He's a farmer. One who knew his own mind, He told me why voters upset the administration. "You know," he said, in answer to over the whole thing. It wasn't wheat. Sure, we -were sore about wheat-- but that didn't do it. It wasn't the pipeline business, either, though .we were sore about that, too." "Go on," I urged him. it, then?" "Ever travel TCA or CNR?" I nodded, remembering more than one occasion when I'd been ready to join a revolution. "What was "Everybody," he said, "has bumped into bureaucracy somewhere along the line and been sore. Sore at some of those CBC shows, sore at the Liquor Store, sore at the Income Tax, sore at the pension board and all the rest of it. And some of us have bumped into something else," "Name it," said I. "Some of us have gone to Qttawa, and talked to Ministers of the Gov- ernment, and come away satisfied. Then--a few months later--found out they couldn't do what they said they'd do. Those Ministers didn't run their departments -- the bureaucrats did. Those government companies and civil servants are mighty powerful. Any- how, that's what my neighbor and I have been thinking. The people are r "But wht'll happen?" 1 asked. "They'll still be there, won't they?" "Maybe they will," he said. "But my neighbor and IL got to thinking how good it'd be if this country went back to the old days where the victor claimed the spoils. Wouldn't give bureaucrats a chance to burrow in." So there you have a non-expert re- port on what happened. Maybe the farmer and his neighbor aren't too far out. Tuberculosis Work Reviewed in County The unity existing through Ontario county among agencies engaged in the fight against tuberculosis was commented on by Mrs. E. A, Collins, executive sceretary of the Ontario she presented her report at the annual dinner meeting held at Northminster United Church,---Oshawa, Tuesday, June 4, 1967. She said the biggest factor in reducing the incidence of TB was an informed community and the association regarded the education of the public- as to cause, treatment and prevention as a great challenge they were prepared to meet. Building Goodwill Mrs. Collins reported the Christmas Seal Campaign as having been their most successful to date showing a 26 per cent increase which the directors felt strongly indicated their program of health education was building up goodwill in the county. The social service and rehabilitation committee had tried to assist. the tuberculosis patient in any way possible and many letters of appreciation had been re- ceived. She paid tribute to the late Dr. A. I. Mackay and said by his death they had lost a valued member of their Medical Advisory Committee. © A number of committee reports were presented to the meeting and dur- ing the evening E. J. O'Brien; execu- tive director of the Ontario Tubercu- losis Association, gave a talk, illus- trated by lantern slides of a recent visit by him to the Far East when he attended the International Conference on Tuberculosis in New Delhi, India. Officers Elected The election of officers took place as follows: Members of Committee: Chairman--T. M. Moore, G. Maec- Donald, H. M. Sparkes. Officers: h President--D. L. Crozier, Port Perry R.R. 8; Immediate Past President-- Dr. R. J. Kimmerly, Oshawa; Vice- president -- G. A. Pearce, Oshawn; Vice-president -- Mrs. R. H. Bedell, Whitby; Treasurer -- K. M. Hume, Oshawa, Executive Secretary-- to get home this week. Mrs, E. A. Collins my question, "my neighbor and I went fed up with bureaucrats . . ~ County Tuberculosis Association when . ¥ x & % - - Wa eS re, Stee te"