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LA AR SE sha ESR IIRG 18 oS ---- THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, May 15th, 1958 ~The New Parliament With his whopping majority, the largest | in the history of the government of Canada John Diefenbaker has already made his- tory. 'Whether he continues to make it ~ will depend on what this government does in the present and, succeeding sessions. No one will be able to deny that this new courage or ideas. He has made it clear that he expects to put new life in the Parlia- mentary committees where much of the business of government and the operation of the various departments of the civil ser- vice will be carefully reviewed. It is said - that he has invited the new Conservatives who will serve on these committees to - Prime Minister is not lacking in either speak their minds freely even if it involves _ criticism of 'the party. The speech from the throne carries a heavy burden of proposed legislation and parliament will be busy indeed if it hopes to get clear of this before the end of July. It is clear that the Prime Minister con- siders the first problem to be one of un- employment. But in point of fact the very . first one proved to be one dealing with the strike of the firemen on the CPR. The On Being Physically Fit The R.C.AF. in Ottawa has a physical fitness programme.' Apparently this pros& gramme is one that has been dictated by necessity. We learn from its author that about fifty percent of our male population is estimated to be in poor physical condi- tion. And this in spite of and perhaps'be- cause of the kind of sports that are most popular in this sport minded nation. He claims that most of our sports are merely competitive, spectator sports which exer- cise and develop the wrong kind of muscu- lar fitness. ; ; As far as can be determined the pro- gramme of exercises proposed requires some ten to eleven minutes of specially designed body-building jerks. One of them is designed to strengthen stomach muscles.. This requires the victim to rock flat on his stomach, chin in the air and feet off the floor. Another seems to invite you to - spring off the ground with both feet arms outflung and muscles flexed. Actually, while we think this physical fitness a very fine thing indeed, we have not quite got around to the point of be- coming personally familiar either with the actual exercises or the benefits supposed to be derived from them. Add years to your life with 'these simple exercises strikes us as being a very enticing slogan and, no doubt, the. older we get the more enticing it should prove it be. However, it is our belief that such things should not be undertaken lightly. Half measures are never very effective. If we . we could hardly do less. - Notes and Comments -- + government stepped into this one even be- fore parliament had had a chance to con- vene. It was one of those things that just 'wouldn't wait. In spite of the desperate ef- "forts on the part of the Minister of Labour the Minister of Transport no settlement was reached. But this strike may be the prelude to other strikes and it is quite con- ceivable that unemployment next spring may be even worse than it was this year, The basic cause is of course inflation and until the people of this country are pre- pared to deal unitedly with this root cause we are in for a rough time of it no matter - how the government tries to carry on with pump-priming and reduced taxes, We are rapidly approaching the situation in the United States and Germany. In these two countries the depression has hit harder than in Canada. The Government with its large majority is in an excellent position to really come to grips with this problem and it is to be hoped that before the present parliament has gone too far with paliatives it will get around to some basic cures, ~ go in for this body-building scheme we will want to do it.properly. More than that we will want to add a few Jipinal touches of our own. It's these original touches that really have us worried. Just how far is one likely to go with this sort of thing without completely disarranging the whole schedule of present living. For in- stance, if we started getting up at six every morning and going to bed at ten every evening, and in order to give the af- fair a fighting chance -- taking into con- -sideration our present age. and condition-- : And, of course, there would have to be certain changes in- diet, Never saw one of these fitness pro- grammes that didn't eventually get around to diet. And dieting appears to affect more than our stomach muscles. But we would be willing to risk even these things if it didn't entail other fitness programs. Just when we got nicely started on being physically fit, I'm sure we would have somebody some along and get us all het up about mental fitness . . or moral 'fit- ness, or save the day, financial fitness. Once you get started on this fitness busi- you're in for it. Perhaps we had better do a little more investigating before we start to rock on the floor and fling ourselves about, before we begin to put ourselves in shape we had "better make good and sure that we are thoroughly ashamed of the present shape we now suffer. And it might well happen that we could be. My, how hard this floor is! d START CONSTRUCTION commence this week. Ontario, C. 8S. Cox and William J. Moffet. a circular drive entering from Tor- onto St. that will service both pro- perties. - Initial work is to begin on Monday May 12 and it is hoped to have the school completed for classes in Sept. 1 TOWNSHIPS OPPOSE OPEN DEER SEASON Due to the increased deer-popula- tion in townships in the Lake Simcoe district, a letter from the Department to various township councils request- ing a short open season to coincide with the season in the north. At. the regular May meetings of both Scott and Reach Townships these letters came up for discussion, and it was generally felt among the council members that it would be too dangerous to have an open season in thickly populated areas such as Seott and Reach. As one councillor said: "I'm certainly against it, there's too much shooting now, and we would probably end up by having bullets through the house". Both townships passed motions that they were against the open season proposed. Scott Township held their District The contract has been let for the new Separate School and work fs to Contractors are the Charles V. Morrow Construction Co. of Colgan, Associate architects are E. The new three-room school will be of* modern design of brick andiglazed block construction. It will be situated on the property adjacent to the Sis- ter's Convent, on the south side. The front of the school will be on para- lell with the Convent. Plans call for of Lands and Forests has been sent | Doing their meeting on Monday. : ---- - GROUND HOG BITES GIRL The York County Health Unit pla- ced a groundhog "in quarantine last month after it had bitten 8-year-old Wendy Henbruff, Wildwood Road, Wilcox Lake. After only three days in confinement, the animal died. The per day cost of harboring the rodent is charged against the Township of Whitchurch. In a written report to Council, Dr, D. 'A. Hutchinson, York County M.O. H., stated that due to the very real danger of rabies in wild life, it was considered necessary to hold the ani- mal for 14 days as a precautionary bune that tests showed the ground- hog was not rabid. He said it died only from natural causes. $15,000 STOLEN AT NEWCASTLE Safecrackers escaped with more than $15,000 in money orders, postage stamps, unemployment insurance stamps and cash after blowing the safe in the post office in the Com- munity Hall at Newcastle late Satur- fay evening or early Sunday morn- ng. It was the fourth time in 10 years the post office has been robbed. Two of the other robbers were unsuccess- ful, while on the third occasion thie- ves stole some cash. "They never took money orders or stamps before," Postmaster Jack Wade said. Mr. Wade said entry to the pre- mises was gained by breaking a rear window and jimmying two doors. He sald the thieves moved the 600-pound safe a distance of 20 feet before it | was blown open with nitro-glycerin. Thieves removed a lamp from over meeting last Friday and Reach held DISTRICT CHURCHES the safe and placed it on the window- It was a real pleasure to have Dr. J. Kenneth Braham and wife with us on Sunday. Sunday being Mother's Day, Dr. Braham used "Mother" as his theme, and brought out different points to remind us all what an {m- portant role Mother plays in the fa- mily circle, not only in caring for them physically, but mentaly. Was it not the 'Mothers of Salem, their children brought to Jesus." Kenneth delighted everyone with his story for the children of a Mexican family, and through it proved that no matter how hard you try, you can never please think is right, and not be influenced | by others. The senior choir at Grace sang "Christ the Good Shepherd", At Manchester, Eunice and Susan Roach sang a lovely duet accompanied by their Dad. It was so good to see Mrs. Mae Dyck and her family at church, Mrs. Dyck has been very ill read by Morley Bruce} after which many lovely miscellaneous gifts were then thanked everyone in a pleasing way and invited everyone to their new home in Port Perry. served. everyone, so it's best to do what you oy 55 Whiat was printed a prayer and wanted to pass it along to you, together with a word of caution. for loafing; that is not the real mean- ing of the lines, which follow: Clipped Comments DECISION-- ' Decision of Canadian Labor Con- gress to support, in ways yet unde- fined, a new political "movement" that will be a haven for those curious misfits who profess not to feel at home in either the Conservative Par- ty or the Liberal Party raises some strange possibilities. Socialists and other leftists, with CCF Party virtu- ally obliterated, are hoping to make the CLGC-sponsored political " moves ment" their own. Big question is whether new political movement will become instrument of Socialism, CCF- . brand, or whether it is not more like- ly to become an "American" party in disguise, seeking to control public af- fairs in Canada. This latter possi- bility is foreseen by President Harold J, Ball of Canadian Construction As- sociation. Speaking at London, Mr, Ball. points to the US-dominated Fire- ~..- men's union in the diesel dispute as 4 J an example of how US labor bosses interfere in Canadian affairs, With so many affiliates of = international unions in Canadian Labor Congress, Mr. Ball foresees possibility that * CLC-sponsored political "movement" S may well emerge as a political party dominated by U 8 labor. ; This would be a shocking state of affairs. Mr. Ball's sense of realism in pointing to this possible danger is timely. . ) The Letter Review, Fort Erie, Seif : SOLIDARITY AND THE FIREMEN The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen has issued a . call for general support from all § ~ Canadian labor unions in 'its deter: @ "ination to resist implementation by «+- the CPR of the finding of the Kellock ing unionism's code of solidarity and are meeting with some success, the Calgary Labor Council, for instance, having endorsed a scathing denuncia- tion of the commission's report. The interesting point to be consid- ered is on what possible-grounds un- fonism generally can endorse the fire- men's stand and its repudiation of the Kellotk report. Union solidarity is all very well when it is invoked in a just and sensible cause, to redress a legitimate grievance or to right an obvious wrong. But when-three emi: nent Canadian jurists, men whose mo- tives are above reproach, find after exhaustive study and most patient sifting of all available evidence that the firemen's union has no case then it is patently absurd for other unions to rush to the firemen's defence, The whole idea of labor solidarity be- comes absurd when it is invoked td defend the.indefensible, : Perhaps when the Calgary Labor Council supported the firemen's con: tention that the Kellock Commission report revealed "an ineptness on the part of the Commission to fully grasp the intricacies of modern-day railroad operations" or when they charge the commission with having endorsed the CPR's "unmoral .and unprecedented objectives" and its "utter disregard of human' factors and accepted stan- dards of safety", as well as the charge that "never before in the history of organized labor has such<"h one-sided report been handed down as the Royal Commission report", perhaps when they accepted all these charges they Torgot some of the statements made by their parent Canadian Labor Con- gress and the firemen's union before the commission, X For instance on June 8, 1957, when the Kellock Commission was sitting stated: Royal Commission. They are invok- Ay ogy gy Bn as a bn ng RAE i I rs ii oh A A, Ag ad in 'Ottawa Mr, Gordon Cushing, then wl A RTI TR I executive vice-president of the CLC, appeared before the commission and "The Congress has been im- pressed by the thoroughness with which the evidence has been examined, and indeed by the thoroughness and fairness of your. whole inquiry. gk tush 9 hae Juried ont ; are procuring a special speaker from parties every opportunity and facility : eir case', fo Draent nd 8 union ex- after her trip to California, We are pressed, on behalf of the union, ita , looking forward to seeing some of appreciation "for the very thorough | the pictures she took and hearing the and patient and eminently fair man- ner in which the inquiry has been con- ducted throughout the many months " iil anid other extended to Roberta 'Diamond, Bob |t labor groups who endorse the fire- men's union denunciation of the Kel- lock Report, are in effect saying that the commission members were at the least, a crew of fumblers who could not properly weéigh'the evidence pre- gerited before them or, even worse, that they were a pack of scoundrels deliberately ignoring the true fssues and falsifying their report in favor of | the CPR. We doubt very much that gongrave school house on Friday, the Canadian people, who are going | May 2nd for Enid Clements and Mur- to be the ultimate judges of this dis- | qock Belair. pute, will agree with either of these characterizations. And we believe it (ands of Enid's. is not too much to suggest that union pf leaders should reconsider carefully 4 before confirming thelr endorsement wg Canada", of the firemen's union "decision to' flout the Royal Commission report. : "The Albettan, Calgary. Tm o & "2 | lerpie®™ Te Amu A A Ci A re i is pst hia -------- a since Christmas. The Manchester ladies enjoyed a night of bowling on Monday evening. JFor our Services on May 18, our guest speaker will be Rev, Eustace . McNeil of Seagrave, in the evening at Head Memorial Church at 8 p.m. I The three morning services, the elders It is Toronto. Even the Mrs. Alan Martyn is home again, 4 account of her journey, Grace W. A. will:meet this week at | t the church, on Wednesday, at 2 p.m. Birthday greetings this week are | Prentice, Bill Reader, Wilkie Webster, | a Harvey Dearborn, Billy Aird, Brenda Goose and Janice Carter. b | Shower for : | Enid Clements A community shower was held in g The evening was arranged by girl The programme .C. was Morley Bruce who opened e evening by having everyone sing | T A mock wedding was then put on|T by the young people ending with ala solo, sang' by Maureen Tobin entitled "I wish I were mingle again". Enid and Murdock were asked to the front,and bé seated under stream- ers of pink and white crepe paper in j cushion effect with a decorated wa- tering can hanging overhead. Phyllis Keen and Shirley Cookson then sang . "0. Perfect Love", The address was the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with the vision of the Eternal reach of time, my day, the calmness of the Ever- my nerves soothing music of the singing streams that live in my memory. know the magical, restoring power of minute vacations, of slowing down to look at a flower; to chat with a friend; a book. the fable of the hare and the tortoise; more to life than increasing its speed. call that it grew great and strong to send my roots deep into the soil of life's enduring values that I, too, may grow toward the stars of my Amen." think of the English cabinet maker, who seems always to putter at his work, but who gets it done {n due time and in a manner to make him proud. by stady, careful, continuous effort. pride or pleasure from our work be- cause we are too eager to see the end result and claim the prizes. gest you clip this column and read that prayer from tinie to time. instead of going all tot tous, you'll get your roots down deep into the soll of life's enduring values, unwrapped. The recipients Lunch was then ¥ a 0f Many Things FOR A MAN IN A HURRY I was given a little card the other for" a Man in a Hurry". Do not use this prayer as an excuse RATES CHANGED and in order to avoid a deficit at the end of the current year, the Memorial Hospital Board has found it necessary to make a modest increase in room rates and Operating room charges, effective May 1, 1958. types of accommodation is $1.00 per I liked it! gay with the exception of the Nur- sery where no change was made, and the Children's Ward which is reduced | and family, on Sunday. sill, The robbery was discovered at residents during the night and it i believed the thieves used mail bay which cracked a south window. smaller denominational money orders $1,700 in unemployment measure. He later informed The Tri- stamps, $080 in stamps and $400 in cash. the vault. They also left some tools at the scene. Mr. Wade said né rub- ber stamps or money order date stamps had been taken. "The unem- ployment insurance stamps would be of no value to the thieves," Mr. Wade stated. : Ontario Provincial Police of the Bowmanville detachment and Postal investigators are investigating the robbery, PICKERING COUNCILS DISCUSS SEWAGE SYSTEM Pickering Village Council met last Argo, and a representative of the Water Resources Commission to dls- cuss 'sewage problems". Council have requested that the liminary sewage survey of the vill- age. Monday night the Village and Township Councils met at Brougham 'to discuss sewage problems and the feasibility of a point sewage system. The meeting was for information purposes only, and at this point will amount to no more than a discussion of the sewage situation. The Township has indicated that they are at least interested enough to sit down and talk about it, which is at least--a starting point, BOWMANVILLE HOSPITAL Due to constantly increasing costs The increase in room rates for all p.m. Sunday by Stanley Powell, the building caretaker, when he was én-! NEW TOWN HALL tering the premises to check the fur- nace. No noise was heard by nearby thorized the purchawg, of the Samuel insurance | be week with their engineer Mr. John! firm of Gore and Storrie make a pre- | from $10.00 to $8.00 per day. | The increase in Operating Room charges is from $2.50 to $5.00, These increases have been approved by Blue Cross, Workmen's Compensation and other Insurance Companies. 2 - WHITBY PURCHASE SITE FOR The Whitby Town Council, has au- s Trees property on the south side of s, Dundas stréet between King and to muffle the sound of the blast, Henry streets as a site. for a new [Town Hall. It is understood that the Mr. Wade said the post office had property will be available to the Town nothing with which to operate unti] ' for $30,000. supplies were forwarded from Toron- ! obtained from the "Allan Trust Fund to. He said the loot consisted of 100 for the erection of a New Town Hall." blank money order forms negotiable | up to $100 each, $3,300 worth of to authorize the purchase does not The money would be The decision of the Town Council , preclude the possibility that there will considerable discussion in the Council before the erection of a new hall is authorized, and the choice of Thieves left $00 in postal script in the Trees site made for the proposed new construction. Epsom Miss Marjorie Bailey, of Whitby, was at her home for the week-end. Mr. Donald Pomeroy and family of Oshawa, were in the village on Sun- day calling on friends. , Mr. and Mrs, Ray Medd, Elaine and Betty, visited Mr. and Mrs. John Stone in Columbus on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. H. Bray and\family, spent Sunday with Mrs. Bray's phrents Mr. and Mrs, Roy Leach. Mr. and Mrs. M. Bailey and Patsy attended the Abrams-Jeffrey wedding in Port Perry on Saturday, May 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Clarke, Prince | Albert, visited Mr .and Mrs. Stewart on Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Al Christie and Miss Darlene attended the "Open House" of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thompson at Victoria Corners hall on Saturday night. The celebration was in honour of the Thompson's 25 years in busi- ness in Victoria Corners as general merchants. A shower was held the same evening for Miss Mae Graham, Mr. and Mrs, Thompson's neice, who will marry Mr. Norman Greensides on June 14th. Mr. Nelson, of Oshawa, spoke at the Family Day service on Sunday morn- ing. Mr. A. T. Powell, who has been spending some time in Arizona for his health has returned home. "The Jager family was home with Mr, and Mrs. Jager for Mother's Day. Mrs. Doris Armstrong is visiting her ill grandmother in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Bushnell and Linda of Toronto, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Ashton and family. Mr. and Mrs. E. Gorrill, of Wood- ville and Mr. W. Ryall, of Lindsay, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Don Ashling "Slow me down, Lord! "Ense the pounding of my heart by "Give me, amidst the confustion of asting Hills. Break the tensions of and muscles with the Help me to leep. "Teach me the art of taking one- o pat a dog; to read a few lines from Remind me, each day, of hat I may learn that the race is not lways to the swift; that there is "Let- me look upward to the ranches of the towering oak and re- y growing slowly and. well. "Slow me down, Lord! Inspire me reater destiny. In Jesus' name, I like that prayer. It makes me he English accomplish great things oo often, we, in Canada, start with flurry--then quit. We get little If you are a Man in a Hurry, I sug- Then, Meet the Prime Minister...of 2018! - "We think so, anyway. 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