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b ms agreed on Monday night. Two record- Cb Sk we THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE iF dF LAY Ar. VAL a ne RE A a aT Sa Pr ey # RIAL REIS Baty HARARE A A NNO IA A VERA Te Thursday, July 18th, 1957 Outlawing War NOTES AND COMMENTS Educating the Gifted There has in the past few years been considerable criticism of the high schools for the job they are doing for our youth. The most common form that such criticism takes is that which comes from the uni- versities. Many of the professors claim that high school graduates are ill-prepared for university work, They seem to think that the brightest pupils in high school tend to work at a very low levvel! The high school whose curriculum is designed + for the student of average or below average ability fails to challenge the brighter minds. They develop lazy habits and are satisfied with relatively low standards. Another criticism that is often made has to do with the lack of suitable courses for those who are well below the average in ability. - Dr. C. E. Stothers, president of the Ex- ceptional Child Foundation of Toronto, has suggested a new plan for gifted children. "Canada needs the brains of our bright pupils," he says. He suggests that more schools should set up a programme of ac- celeration. He seems to think that the objections which in the past have been Last week twenty-four scientists from ten Western and Communist countries met in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, guests of Cyrus Eaton, a wealthy American industrialist, to find ways of preventing a final catas- trophe that would result from a nuclear war. This meeting passed almost unnoticed by the great daily newspapers. * One item about it did appear in the Globe and Mail. It was unobstrusively buried in the back section, The conference was unanimously agreed that there must never again be a great war. The consequences of such a war would stagger the imagination stated the scientists. They felt that even the politi- cians of the great powers had come to a point where they realized that all-out war as an instrument of political policy must be abandoned forever. They felt that the greatest danger lay in small local conflicts which might get out of hand. Neither the Communists nor the people of the West can afford to resort to the use of bombs, clean or dirty. The Communists seem to be satisfied that they can make a H-Bomb as powerful and as destructive gs they wish. They are not very much inter- ested in continuing the explosions of test "bombs. They would like to ban. them altogether. We, on the other hand, have used against rapid promotion-are not justi- fied by the results which have: been ob- tained where acceleration has been in- telligently applied. While many educators would hesitate to endorse an outright programme of acceler- ation, muchi could be done for the bright students in jour high schools if we could break away from the lock-step method of promotion. It is plain silly to have a four year identical programmes, for the gifted, the average, and the slow learner. With the testing procedures Sy we have at our disposal it is a simple matter to dis- cover our brightest pupils. It should be possible to set up for them an accelerated advanced course which would ensure a full and rich development of their unusual mental abilities. The Department of Edu- cation permits the local authorities all kinds of scope for experimentation. 'Prin- cipals do not have to follow precedent. Here is an interesting problem for them . to find better ways of conserving our bedt brains by providing our brightest pupils with a real challenge in the high school. not yet reached a point where we are sat- isfied to suspend such. experiments. On the pretext that it is possible to produce a Clean bomb, the Americans are continuing their testing programme. This, as pointed out by the Communists, seems a very silly reason or justification for setting off bombs. Perhaps the time has come when neither the Communist.leaders nor our own poli- ticians should-go. on exploiting fear. and distrust. Man's discovery of atomic power requires a corresponding development in our 'social thinking and social conscious- ness, The Communists and the people of the West will have to give up many of their prejudices, will have to revise many of their concepts regarding life and a way of life, will have to change greatly in order that humanity will be in a position to face the challenge and the realities of the. atomic age. So far we have made. little progress. Both Communists and we, too, have clung to our own prejudiced points of view, unwilling to concede anything in the rigid conviction that each has a monopoly on what is right. The kind of.conference that took place among the scientists from Britain, France, the United States, China, Russia and the other five nations clearly indicates that we can make progress if we are sincere in our desire to do so. UXBRIDGE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL District, Doings 0.K. $22,000 DEBENTURE FOR COTTAGE HOSPITAL In one of the most tense meetings of Uxbridge Township Council in many months, a $22,000 debenture issue for the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital was ed votes were necessary to decide the issue and in each case Reeve Stuart Ball was called on to cast the deciding vote, Reeve Ball explained to council that the construction of the hospital was partially completed but due to lack of finances, work was discontinued and Scott Construction Co., contractors, had taken action for the recovery of the funds invested in materials, labor, etc., as well as an additional amount for the breaking of the contract. At a public meeting last week it was agreed that if $200 per resident in each municipality who could be served by the hospital, was forth coming, the $100,000 required to complete the building could be raised. The Uxbridge Township share is $22,000; Uxbridge Town, $42,000 Reach Twp., $18,000; Scott Twp., $14,- 000; and Brock Township, $4,000. Only Reach and Brock refused. But the vote in the Reach Council was 3-2 against the suggested $18,000 deben- ture issue and the hospital board hopes to swing the vote in its favour. A public canvass will be made in Brock to raise $4,000. When completed the building is esti- mated to have a value of $300,000. The estimated amount required to furnish the building once completed, is $76, 000 SUTTON COUNCIL BUDGET IS OVER $150,000.00 Sutton Council at its opening meet- ing in July passed a by-law to adopt the estimates of revenue and expendi- ture for the corporation of the village for 1067. Total revenue, including a surplus from prior years used to re- duce the levy, is $162,819.38. Of this amount approximately. $107,000 comes from taxation. This compares with a total budget: last year. of just over $148,000 of which about $98,000 came from taxes. Expenditures for 1957 are estimated to be $160,671.69 which is an increase of less than $500 over the actual ex- penses incurred during 1956. As could be expected the largest single item in the expenses goes for educa- tion -- approximately 42% thousand dollars. Debenture debt charges places second at just over. $19,000 with public works, County Rates.and the police department following in that order and ranging down to $13,000 for the latter. Council has again budgeted foi a small surplus of something over two thousand. CONSUMERS' GAS ASK FOR PASSAGE THROUGH TWP. OF UXBRIDGE Representatives of 'the Consumers' Gas Co. appeared before Uxbridge Township Council on Monday evening in regard to obtaining the right to lay pipe lines through the township from Stouffville to Uxbridge. After hear- ing the request which was similar to that being presented to numerous municipalities in, this locality, coun- cil agreed to delay any action until they had given the matter further study. KIRKFIELD LIFTLOCK FIFTY YEARS OLD Just fifty years ago on.July 6th, the second largest lift lock in the world was officially opened on the Trent Canal system,.one mile north .of the village of Kirkfield.,: It has a lift of 49.17 feet. The 'largest lift lock in the world is located at Peterboro and was opened 62 years ago. The Kirkfield lift is in excellent con- dition and its popularity is increasing from year to year, Already this year, there have been more pleasure boats locked through than at the same time last year, -market, BOMB IN SUTTON CAUSES TENSION An R.C.A.F. practice bomb, found in William Tully's garden on River Street in Sutton last Sunday caused a certain amount of tension among neighbours. The bomb, a small, white object about 16 inches long, is of the type used for target practice and had ap- parently either been dropped from a plane or had been someone's private memento, It was shown to Gillan family, who, remembered last. year's delay by R.C.A.F. officials in picking up a similar type bomb in Keswick, promptly phoned_the O.P.P, in New- 'They were unable to contact the local police at the time, PICKERING REQUIRES EXTRA POLICE Council Abe Reeve; Chairman of the Pickering Village Police Committee announced this week that the village is seeking a part-time police officer for "week-end duty" in: the village. He said that, during the past few weeks, extra men have been brought in from the township police force and that that noise and trouble with "gangs" has quieted down consider- ably. MARKHAM LOAN FOR SEWERS TURNED DOWN? A debenture issue for $147,000 to cover cost of sewer laterals in Mark- ham Village, was turned down by the Municipal Board last week though the debentures were all tentatively sold. The Village of Stouffville Williamson Trust Fund had.ordered some of the debentures and was advised on Thurs- day night that they could not be sup- plied because of the Board's objection. Markham planned .to finance the balance of their half million dollar sewerage system through the Water Resource Commission, a government money-lending 'agency; similar to. the Municipal Improvement Corporation which is handling the complete Stouff- ville sewerage financing. Markham had hoped to begin work on the sys- tem this fall. ph ' 687 FOOT EAST PIER COMPLETED AT WHITBY LAST WEEK Whitby's new east pier, over 687 ft. long has now been completed by the McNamara Construction Company. The last cement was poured on Tues- day afternoon and stone and gravel filling is being completed this week. The new pier is 200 feet longer than the old one and is in two widths. A 38" 7%" wide section 298 feet long is supported by steel on both sides and leads into the narrowed 23-foot section which is 194 feet 6 inches wide. A six-inch cement cap covers the last 492 feet of pier. The inland por- tion will be gravel covered. George Rimmington, veteran sup- erintendent of the project has been in charge of all the construction under McNamara engineer Jack Parks. The crew will now continue its work on cutting the shoulder of the west pier." Clipped Comments MODERN DIOGENES AND HIS LANTERN If our citizens are startled one of these days by seeing a strange char- acted roaming our streets garbed in sack-cloth around his loins, wearing dilapidated sandals and carrying a lighted lantern, don't call the police or be otherwise upset. The individual is probably a member of the Town Council, more than likely the chairman of the Police Committee representing the modern Greek philosopher, Dio- genes, who, according to legend, be- came famous in the B.C. era, walking the streets of Athens with lantern in hand "searching for an honest man". At any event this was the startling and imaginative image which came to our mind as we read in the town council report last week that it was decided the collection of revenue from the (parking) meters should be done by someone, other than a member of the Police Department. Surely this decision was not due to lack of faith in the integrity or hon- estry of our police force. Neither could the decision be due to lack of policement, unless they intend to ap- point another man to the force to see that the motorists don't cheat the one armed bandits" when they intentionly or thoughtlessly beat the gun, so to speak. Then we will not be surprised, judg- ing from the experiences in some other municipalities where the "col- lectors" have actually been accused of robbing the meters, that another policeman will have to be engaged to protect the taxpaayers' interests as they make their weekly rounds gath- ering up the shekels. We understand the money collected from the meters will in due course (no definite time stated) pay for the meters as well as provide a handsome dividend or profit to help reduce the tax rate. That will be the day! Oh, well, you folks in town and country who are fortunate enough to have autos and do your shopping in Bowmanville, just put this innovation of meter gadgets down to a'trend as another step in progress of the 20th century from the good old days of the hitching-post. --Canadian Statesman. HE TALKED TO THE PRESS What promises to be a test case of considerable importance in the labor relations field as it touches upon the right of individual members and the powers of union officials is now before the Supreme Court of Ontario. The plaintiff in the case is Mr. M. A. Rowat, a member of the Interna- tional Union of Operating Engincers. national union. Mr. Rowat is seek- ing damages for alleged unlawful in- terference with his employment, Evi- dence submitted on the plaintiff's be- half indicates that following his laws off from his job, Mr. Hill suggested to his employer that Mr. Rowat's re-em- ployment be deferred until he cleared hinrself with the union, Mr. Rowat, it seems, had incurred the ire of officials of his union when he communicated to the press his grievances about what he described as dictatorial methods of the union in signing contracts without obtaining the view of members. Wheher or not Mr. Rowat suffered injury at the hands of the union of- ficials is a matter which must proper- ly be decided by the teourt, and is therefore not open to comment. The decision, however, is one which will be of interest to: trade unionists in every part of the country. ~--Canadian Statesman PARTY LINE Ken Haslam, the announcer whose voice links Canada together when listeners all across the country pick up the "Party Line" on the CBC Trans-Canada radio network each Saturday. RIGHTEOUS INDIGATION Righteous Indigation is admirable, provided it is not misdirected. Prob- ably the best example of misdirected indignation is that indulged in by so- cialists and others about profits, It would be a lot more useful if folks who rant and rave about the supposed iniquity of profits would wax indignant instead about the obstacles which prevent some industries from being profitable industries cannot con- tribute much to tax revenues, cannot create more and better jobs, and can- not meet the demands of consumers for better goods at lower prices.. It was one of North America's great labor leaders, the late Samuel Gom- pers, who recognized the importance of profits to economic progress and material well being when he said, "The worst. enemy of the workingman is the company that fails to make a profit" Poor management can destroy pro- fits. But by far the most frequent causes of unprofitability are excessive wage demands, high taxation, and measures of one kind and another that hamper industries in their efforts to meet competition. -- The Letter Review, Fort Erie. THIS ISN'T FREE ENTERPRISE Capital loans, guaranteed by the federal government, it is reported, will be sought by the Canadian Retail Merchants Association to overcome what the Association calls "the unfair advantage employed by the chain stores". This proposal is one which should be accorded careful scrutiny. In effect, it means that taxpayers should be called upon to subsidize retailers in order to enable them to compete suc- cesfully with chain store marchandis- ing. . } Are smaller retailers justified in asking taspayers to assume this bur- den? 2 Chain store operation represents the response of some in the business community to the demands of the pub- lic for shopping facilities suited to modern living conditions. Chain store operators enjoy no monopoly. Competition between chain stores is stiff. Consumers benefit from such competition. Independent merchants in this dis- trict appear to be competing quite successfully with chain store merchan- dising. By offering quality goods as well as advertising their specialized services, they find a market among Re cr I Jv ; customers who prefer specialized ser- The defendant is Rowland G. , the Canadian Director of the same inter- vice, and who do not want to shop at so-called super-markets. In our humble opinion neither tax- payers nor consumers are likely to benefit from a scheme such as that proposed by the Canadian Retail Mer- chants Assocciation, --Canadian. Statesman. WHAT IS THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVANCY OF ONTARIO? Saving the fine buildings of Ontario's colonial days from destruction and conserving places of natural beauty are the principal aims of this organ- jzation which was founded at Torohto in 1933 by public spirited citizens, By arousing public opinion, it has saved lake and forest areas from industrial- jzation. Numerous fine = historical buildings have been saved from de- struction, restored and maintained as relics through the efforts of the Con- servancy. Photographs, measure- ments are collected for the archives of the organization in Toronto. "in Jamaica. 0f Many Things By Ambrose Hills PROPERTY I am now a property owner,. A log cabin and a lot 60 by 80 feet, on the edge of a Manitoba lake, together with precisely 27 birch, three blue spruce, four wild plums, nine poplar and several assorted wild fruit trees ave all mine-----my very own, where my five youngsters are now turning gold- ep in the. sun and where my wife is Ml grey trying to keep them all enjoying this sense of ownership. and there is only one fly in the oint- ment, Last weekend I invited a couple with three youngsters. They rent a cottage each year and they love the water. I wanted to show them our place, but perhaps we were too show-offy in our pride. "This is our boat ... isn't it a dandy?" "Look at those birch trees .-aren't they the best?" "No stones to stub your toes on . . a good sand beach." We bragged quite a bit that day about this and that. And maybe we went too far, That evening, around the fireplace (about which I said smugly, "It draws like a dream ~. *. . never smokes"), my friend's boy said, "Gee ... you've got everything!" Then, after a quiet moment, he said, "The fireplace is smoking a little . . . " There was just a trace of delight in his voice. It was the first time that darn fire- place had ever smoked, and I think the good Lord changed the wind and created a downdraft just to put us show-offs in our place. My wife said, "It does smoke when the wind is from the west. We're going to save next to get the chimney built higher. But we can't afford to spend more on the place just yet," I tossed a bit that night, thinking about private. property. Why can't everybody have a cottage at the lake with their own chunk of sand and water? } Next day, our youngsters took the visitors hiking. .My friend and I sat hy the water's edge just loafing. Finally, he said, "Youn know--you've got me sold on a country place. We've always rented, but I guess we ought to buy. The wife has been wanting a place for a long time." "We waited years," T said. think it was worth it." "I can get lots of overtime work these days," my friend said. "I think I could manage a lot next year, and a tent. Then we'd build another year. In the long run, it'd be cheaper than renting." 1 felt better. After all, I'd worked darn hard to find the money for a place where my kids could brown in the sun--a place we could keep clean and healthy and bright. Now my pal, with a similar goal in sight, would do the same. That's part of our free- dom. Just the same, I'm glad that doggone fireplace smoked when it did, to remind me that I was being too proud in my new ownership; and that I was forgetting that property is only the fruit ofiyour own labor and sav- ing. You have to keep working at it or your fireplace smokes. Blackstock Over one hundred ladies and chil- dren attended the gathering at the home of Mrs. Ernest Larmer on Wed- nesday p.m. when the W.M.S. enter- tained the Explorers, Mission Band, Baby Band and their mothers. The meeting was opened by singing "Come Let Us Sing". Mrs. Arnold Taylor gave the worship talk on "Living Beautifully, abundantly and with the Fullness of God" and offered prayer. Three Mission Band numbers were given as follows--recitation by Lorna Wright, "What is the Gospel Accord- ing to You"; Nancy Dorrell played a piano number; Sharon Larmer read "How the Squirrel got his stripes". Then three Explorer girls, Anne Gib- gon, a piano solo, "The Bible Tells Me So"; Margaret Carnaghan recited, "Being Me" and Cheryl Metealf, a vocal solo; Mrs. P, Romeril told a story to the children of a little girl At this point Mrs. Roy McLaughlin, Mrs. Cecil Hill and Mrs, Clarence. Ferguson accompanied the children to the lawn and supervised "But 1 games, session Mrs, P. Romeril gave a talk to the ladies, on Jamaica, and prayer by the President, followed by a bountiful lunch of ice eream, cookies, tea and Orangeade. The Street Fair and Dance sponsor- ed by the Agricultural Society came off splendidly on Friday night. Prize winners at the Street Fair---- Leith Byers, electric fry pan; Geo. Prosser, electric clock; Audrey Van Ryswick $10.00; Harold Larmer $10.00 and Lewis Henry $10.00. Some from here attended the Legion Carnival in Bowmanville on Friday night. A large number attended the Orange Lodge Walk in Peterboro Saturday. Miss Marlene Wake, of Langstaff, spent last week with Miss Bonnie Mountjoy. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Henry and family with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Henry, on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bell of Win- nipeg; Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Tipper of Toronto were Thursday visitors, and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ferguson and two children of Alberta; Mr. Bruce I'erguson and Rose Ellen Hannah, of Hampton, Sunday p.m. visitors of Mr. and Murs, Earl Dorrell. Miss Lucille Smith of London, Ont., is guest of Mrs, S. A. Devitt and Mrs. David Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Butt. Lawrence and Linda, of Oshawa, have purchased and moved into the home recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Bowman. Mr. and Mrs, Earl Gray and Billy, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Endicatt and family, and Mr. Elias Greenaway of Bowmanville visited Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Gray and family on Sunday. Myr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rundle and Ross of Cobourg, visited his aunt Mrs. Jas. Ginn and Mr, and Mrs. Glen Terrant and family on Sunday. Miss Helen Swain spent last week with Misses Betty and Beth McGill, of Oshawa, Mr, Gordon Paisley who is marking examination papers in Toronto, spent the week-end with Blackstock friends. Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Larmer, Mr. Glen Larmer, Miss Marion McDougall, of Oshawa; Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Lar- mer and children; Mr. and Mrs. Har- vey Yellowlees and children, of Solina enjoyed a trip and family gathering at Midhurst Park, near Barrie, on Sun- day. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Taylor and Dianne spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs, Ken Noble at their cot- tage. Mrs. Arnold Taylor and . Dianne spent Friday with Mr, and Mrs. Anson Taylor at their cottage on Rice Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Murray and girls spent Saturday night and Sun- day morning with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Venning and Linda; Mr. and Mrs. John Venning, enjoyed a trip through the St. Law- rence seaway, Ottawa, Pembroke, Cornwall, ete. from Wednesday to Sunday. Mrs. Grant Thompson, Nestleton, was in charge of the Post Office here while the Vennings were on the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Argue and son Bob, of Winnipeg, are visiting his aunt Mrs. John McKee. On Sunday p.m. they, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Mountjoy, and Mr. and Mrs. John Arugue, of Bowmanville, had a picnic at Cream of Barley Camp, Bowmanville, Mr. and Mrs. Norton VanCamp and Jimmy; Mrs. G. Glenney, of Listowel; Mr. and Mrs. N. McWilliams, Guelph, spent the week-end with the Van- Camps of this district, Sunday after- noon all families gathered the the Saywell cottage, Caesarea, for a fam- ily picnic. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Graham visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Graham on Sunday p.m, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Duff and chil- dren spent the week-end at a cottage in the Haliburton district. Mr. and Mrs, Ronald Trewin and family of Oshawa with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Gardham Trewin. Bob remained for a longer visit. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith of Toronto, with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Archer for the week-end, and Marilyn Archer, Whitby, is visiting her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Malcolm, To- ronto, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Merrill VanCamp and fam- jily. Mrs. McCammus, Miss Jean Lough and Mr. Roy Lough, Cavan, called on Mr. and Mrs, Wilbert Werry and Mr, p.m. then joined the VanCamp clan at Caesarea for supper. The July meeting of the O.N.O. Club met at the home of Margaret Mountjoy, with 20 members present and one guest. President Eileen Mec- Laughlin conducted the business. Fi- nal plans were made for the Hoskin- Graham wedding. The stack tables to seat 100 have arrived and will be Inside aft brict nidness) used Saturday for the first time. Gwen nside after a rie HUE 881 Ballingal gave a favourable report on the Brownies and our attention can now be focused on starting the Girl- Guides. Jean McLaughlin brought us up to date with the financial report. Dorothy Forder read the correspond- ence and roll call was answered with a favourite lunch or supper dish-- what ideas! The annual picnic for the members and their children will be held, at Scugog Point on the 28rd of geiy, and Mrs. Clarence Marlow, on Sunday ee On a PN ~ oe