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i Sue a ---- ty A Ao I AI . th retail" price. LEA SUAS SEL RS : £88 Oy NG 2 ea RANDY a THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE MART 4p 5 HATS Thursday, June 26th, 1958 ~~ Notes and Comments 'Canada'sCentury : Sir Wilfred Laurier predicted hat the twentieth century would belong to Canada. To-day a number of prominent business men and politicians find themselves agree- ing with that great statesman of Canada's youth, We are beginning that phase of life nationally, that our young people go through when they are attending university. We are beginning tremendous possi- of us and the tre- mendous amount of work we are going to have to do to make those possibiities to see'very clearly the bilities that lie ahead actualities, The Hon. Alvin Hamilton, the new Minister of Northern Affairs is one of the enthusiastic people who would like to see us begin the gigantic task of uncovering some of the actual estimate of Canada's To hear him speak about it is to be impressed with his zeal and enthusiasm and his belief in the project as being practical and highly pro- fitable in the end. We are amazed at his grasp of the situation and the work he has done already to make it possible for lay people to share in this vision and in this potentialities in the north. work of the opening up of sources, Banker Edward Royce of Ottawa who -hag jugt been moved to London, England, is prepared to tell British business men the Canada is attaining adult same story. status. If British business The Search for Beauty - Early this year, television eral Motor's 50th anniversary show. The essential subject of the revue was man's While not all the sketches were successful, one thing was repeatedly impressed upon the mind of the viewer: that to search for what is beauti- ful and good in all aspects of our environ- ment inevitably makes us more worthwhile search for beauty. as human beings. Several people, perhaps made aware, by the production, of what they might be missing in life, termed the show too sentimental and corny. fortunately true that time-consuming thought on the development of personal concepts of beauty has fallen victim to the ever-increasing pace of our times. tude is, of course, no longer fashionable. Even in our 'conversational ever, communication of thoughts about what are termed, with a slight curl of the lip, abstract values are looked upon in self- protective horror. We are always: prepared "to indulge in rapid fire discussions of the latest big game, the latest development in France, or the latest Russian trickery. we do anything else, when minute changes in the world or local situation is made im- "do. busines in them provided them. to céme into 11 hops. vinced that all up business again was a closer look at pro- duction costs in relation to wages. and large people felt that Canada was basically sound. been spending tage. ing just that. metals. If we ~ our vast re- men want to gave us Gen- one of which is unconsciously A one depressing It is un- Soli- groups' how- unusual would see the narrow. beauty, but by How could of the obvious, and assume the proper approach to sell The Canadian market is competi- tive but we are a country that is coming into its own now. We are a good invest- ment in spite of the recession. Mr. Royce has just completed a tour of --#& Hydro crew from Ajax will look 8,000 miles which took him seven weeks. He visited twenty Canadian cities and talk- ed to all types of people from bankers to be He said most people were con- a closer look at what he spends. assuring and re-planning to better advan- We can only hope that our big business and our government is doing the same thing, and there are signs that they are do- seem to be in the lumbering and base planning to bring out the high potential of productivity lying dormant in our northern territories it will indeed be Canada's cen- tury and a mark of her new maturity. Her place among the nations of the world grows hourly in real weight and importance. mediately available to us by several media, media are necessary to our way of life, but they create one disturbing tendency in modern thought. very skilled in appreciating the obvious, we are becoming less and less skilled in appre- ciating and evaluating the subtle, The obvious beauties of nature can hardly fail to be appreciated by any of us. However, if we were to enter a dark, ugly slum-dwelling and discover in a corner of old milk bottle, would we realize the sig- 'nificance of what we saw? to ourselves: "How odd to find this beauti- ful rose in such an ugly place!", or would we see that there in that seemingly hope- less environment lived someone with .an "sensibility . . but would we always see the subtle lift- ing of the human spirit that the rose effects? Too many of use stop at the rose. Our horizons of appreciation are too to search for anything else. PICKERING VILLAGE TAKES OVER HYDRO JULY 1ST Final arrangements and plans are in the process of being completed for Pickering Village to take over the Hydro system here on July 1, N Chairman of the Hydro Committee, Ronald M. Hall told council last week that the transfer of the Hydro opera- tion would be made in time with a minimum of trouble. ' Canada there is room, for they have the proper goods after the maintenance and construc- tion work for the village. Councillor Hall and council met this week to discuss plans for regular checks by the Hydro crew and other policies they wish to set up. In the future, Hydro and water bills for village consumers will be on the same bill, as most people probably noticed when they received their last water bill. that was needed to smarten By The average man has too much. Now he is taking He is re- NO TRACE OF MISSING MOUNTIES Mystery still surrounds the death of five Mounties in Lake Simcoe two weeks ago. All last week dragging operations by Gordon Beeton of the RCMP failed to produce any results. Many kinds of equipment were called into the search. For the first few "days Ralph Carlton of Port Bolster was diving on a home-made sled equipped with directional paddles and enough oxygen for him to stay down two hours or more. E. Lang, now a local resident and formerly with the Toronto Harbor Commission, was helping the RCMP and OPP officers. By the weekend special sonic equlp- ment was being brought in in the hopes it could be used to locate miss- ing metallic equipment from the boat and, eventually, the bodies of the missing officers. The biggest recessions are re-thinking our national bound to be at hand. These While we are becoming VICTORIA COUNTY SIGN 30 YR. REFORESTATION AGREEMENT Last Thursday the county council of Victoria in regular session decided to enter into a new agreement with the Provincial Department of Lands and Forests regarding the operation of some 8,000 acres of reforestation, the bulk of which is in Somerville Township and a small acreage In Emily Township. The new agree- ment will be for 30 years, room a fresh red rose in an Would we say to beauty"? We obvious beauty of the rose PREMIER FROST OPENS NEW INDUSTRY AT COBOCONK A quarter million dollar Tndustry was opened in Coboconk on Friday, It may seem corny to search for 'June 20 with Premier Leslie M. Frost the time we've grown tired (in attendance. we may have forgotten how The Quality Plywood and Veneer Co. Ltd. new plant replaces the one which was lost in a fire late last Clipped Comments HOUSEWIVES TOO BUSY Telling the customers they are wrong is not a very good way to go about winning friends. Yet that is just what farm spokesmen, who claim to represent farmers, have been tell- ing the Royal Commission investiga- ting so-called spreads between farm prices and retail prices of agricultural products. ) Witnesses appearing on behalf of farm groups have been pointing the finger straight at Canadian house- wives for the prices charged for foodstuffs at retail. Housewives nowadays, they assert, want veget- ables and other products properly scrubbed and packaged before they reach 'the kitchen. } Apparently these same, spokesmen for farm organizations feel that the demands of the customer for better service account for the difference be- tween the price farmers receive and Apparently, too, they think Canadian housewives are too fussy and should not demand what they seem to regard ag mere merchandising thrills, Farm organ- izations and ~théir representatives who talk this way cannot be expected to win friends to support their claims that farm prices are too low. Blam- 'ing the consumer:-is poor salesman- ship. ~--8mith Falls Record-News. LENIENCY VERSUS SAFETY The attorney-general's department at' Queen's Park hds shown increas- ing concern with traffic safety in the past two years, Yet there are doubts that the department is spending -en- ough time in reviewing the disposi- tion of traffic cases in the magistra- In Sudbury an impaired driver was fined $26 and costs and his licence suspended for one year. He hit one car which in turn hit another car. Another impaired -driver was fined $100 and his licence suspended for six months. A speeding driver tra- velling 60 miles an hour in a 30-mile zone forced a woman pushing a baby carriage from the side of the road when he passed at high speed. He was fined $30 and costs. It was his second speeding conviction. - We frequently hear voices from Queen's Park which speak of "tough" traffic laws and enforcement. Can the attorney - general's department build a reputation for "toughness" if it fails to appeal too lenient cases that come before the magistrates? Is the attorney-general"s defintion of "toughness" in traffic law enforce- ment echoed by the magistrates? There js much evidence that points to a lack-of consistency in the penal- ties imposed by the magistrates. Mandatory penalties might provide the toughness and consistency that is now lacking. A mandatory penal- ty of $10 and costs for excessive speed--such as 60 miles an hour in a 80-mile zone--plus a licence sus-' pension, could .be a starting point. For impaired drivers also, a man- datory "tough" penalty such as a seven-day pail term. Let the law enforcement agencies face the gravity of highway slaugh- ter and property damage. The of- fending driver must be removed from the highways or financially penalized to the extent that it will hurt. Traffic safety talk.is just a 'waste of bréath if the courts tap the offenders light- ly on the wrists, or show inconsis- tency in the imposition of penalties. Lindsay Watchman-Warder te's courts in the provinces TEE we an altar a Sry bee year. The plant will use $250,000 of logs each year and employ 50 people. 90 per cent of the produce will be ex- ported to the United States. The proprietors and partners in the firm are Bertram Salamon and Frank | Skerlic of Toronto North West Lum- ber. { x x Scugog , | The next meeting of the Head W. FOR TOWN OFFICE ; A. will be held at the home of Evelyn Dennis. Davies has heen hired il Redman at 8 p.m. in the evening of clerk-typist by the town of Uxbridge. July 2nd ' ; The decision was made at a special ' { meeting of council on Thursday night, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Redman and There were nine applicants for the John spent a few days holidaying at position. Wasaga Beach last weck. | Mr. Davies commenced duties on Monday, June 16th, at the Municipal office. ' At the same meeting it was agreed to prepare a by-law appointing Del- mas Long as clerk-treasurer as of June 15th. FORMER COUNCILLOR HIRED Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Reader left last Saturday on a trip to Western Canadg. We wish them a very plea- sant journey. Mr. and Mrs. S. Rodman, Mrs. T. Redman, Mr. and Mrs, C. Graham enjoyed a motor trip through the Muskoka Lakes region last week. TRADERS' LICENCES IN MARKHAM TOWNSHIP TO COST $300.00. *Mr, and Mrs. Joe Dowson motored Markham Township council on to North Bay and other points in Monday night completed the third Northern Ontario last week-end. reading of by-law calling for the li- censing of transient traders, and set the fee for license at $300.00, Council made it clear that this by-law in no way altered the right of any farmer to sell his own home-grown produce without a license. . In addition, a license fee of $25.00 was established for auctioneers. Councillor Watson suggested that $10 might be high enough but the re- We were happy to see Mrs. Geo. Sweetman in our community again last week-end, for a brief visit. LIVE BETTER Eiectrically .... with an..ELECTRIC WATER on MS HEATER L Wh would be low enough. VICTORIA REEVE URGES - MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO" RAISE ASSESSMENT Although a complete afternoon was taken up at the county council on the and the matter officially disposed of. Reeve C. O. Hodgson introduced the S%% a Ti 3 RY En a VR GRR YT rrr, Aa os BCs at a mainder of council thought that $25 | Bill Tloltby; Bill Prentice, Larry Sker- question of equalization & assessment Murray Croxall, Gordon Vernon, Da- District Doings question again by remarking " I have thought over the matter a great deal and am of the opinion that every municipality should endeavor to adopt the official manual and bring the as- sessmentg up to the right standard, It will mean considerable to Somer- ville but I think it would be a step in the right direction", " District Churches and High Schools, and with the com- ing of the holidays a large number of children and adults will be head- ing for Scugog Island. From time On Sunday we had Mrs, Sweetman, Sr.,, who spent many happy years here. Ira Aldred with us too, and so many others. Wouldn't it be wonderful, if worship at the Sanctuary on the Sabbath would become a MUST for all who go away to summer cottages for holidays? Many places in Mus- koka are like that. One thinks of the Church as one plans to go there. The Choir loft at Scugog "Grace" was full. They sang "Dear Lord forgive." . At Prospect a beautiful boquet was given in memory of the Wilson family who lost their son re- cently. Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilson were very active members of Prospect Church in days gone by, and our prayers . and love go out to them. Next Sunday at Prospect will be promotion Sunday in the Sunday S. A new Class is being formed for the older boys and girls, namely "The Intermediate" with Lloyd Smith as the Teacher, and Jean Holtby the Assistant. Gerry Emm has been ap- pointed a Teacher of the Juniors, with Janet Vernon as the Assistant. We decided to introduce the Duplex Fn- velopes, and have on hand trial pack- ages for 13 weeks for each boy and girl. On the last Sunday of each month the Assistant Teachers will relieve Lhe regular Teachers, and take over. 1) By the time this reaches you, our Sunday School Conference will have come and gone. The greatest diffi- culty lies in launching the new pro- ject. Our Sunday Schools occupy a large place in the life of our Church, and therefore anything that will make for better work should be welcomed. Our hope is that it will stimulate all our Churches to give some systema- tic help to our Teachers and Officers. |; Last Friday the Juniors met at the Manse. There will be a very inter-|} esting program, and we look forward to a happy time together. Religion need not be sombre and dull. How often we are told to "rejoice and be Tverything has been planned for a Supper on the Island on Wednesday, July 9th. The Executives of the Wo- men's Associations of Scugog "Head" and "Grace" met last week Wednes- day and arranged for a very lovely supper. This will be the first joint project for the raising of funds by our two W.As. We hope next year to have this Supper in connection with our Anniversary Services. Change comes gradually, and we have done so many new things together. In the Sermon on Sunday it was emphasized that the crowds came to Jesus "When they had heard what Great Things He did." The Church must be alive, and DO MANY THINGS in the name of Jesus. Manchester has set Sept. 7th as the date of their Anniversary Services. No doubt there will he a turkey supper in the offing: « Our Minicter has heen invited a- gain to preach Anniversary Services at St. Lawrence United in the Gan- anoque-Pittshurg Charge, on Sunday, "July 13th. Dr. Kenneth Braham will (take the Services on our Pastoral Charge. Everything will he in readi- ness for our Daily Vacation Bible School on the following Monday morning, July 14 at 9.00 a.m. The following Cubs have won vari- ous Badges during the past two | weeks --- COLLECTORS BADGE: Geo. Smith, Bev. Vernon, Richard Franks, | Michnel Woodcock, Gordon Vernon, ratt, HOUSE ORDERLY: Billy Din- mond and Larry Skerratt. TOY MA- KERS BADGE: David Webster and Gordon Vernon. The following boys have completed the work for their | SECOND STAR and now at last they have two eyes open: George Smith, vid Saunders, Richard Franks, Bev. | Vernon, Erie Donnelly, Larry Sker- and J. D. Witherspoon, boys are now ready to take the next step and go on to Scouting. to have a Troop of Scouts early In the Fall, hold another Cub Parade, and our Secretary of the Group Committee Les Smith has written to the Field Commissioner to see when he could be with us. dedicated, and our Assistant Cub This will be the last week of Public | Master Catherine Martyn duly instal- led. very popular Month for birthdays. Happy birthday greetings to Nancy to time we are very happy to have|Cvozicr, Bobbie Edgar, Raymond former residents come and visit us.| Read, Alex Michie, Linda Reader, Bobby Aldred, Susan Healy, Fred Cox, Carol Crozier, We were happy to have Mrs. | Ken Michie of the Island; and to To- 'by Zylstra and Aldon Smith of Pro- spect. hope.to all who are shut in, and to all: who are in difficulties of one sort or another. Help for you is closer at hand than you think. day. Many came to Jesus when they heard of the great things He did, Why not come and give Him a chance to help you too. Sabbath and the Church were given for Man, and not Man for the Sab- bath. ' end, rather late, I switched on the through his nose, so I changed sta- tions, only to forward to switch the darn thing off. rolled away, sweet music started ooz- ing out. sang the voice, "on Moonlight Bay. We could hear the voices singing they seemed to say--" the melody. the back scat joined in. treat. kids, around the camp fire at Rock Lake. Sometimes young folk would go out in a boat, and we could hear them sing- across the water. which followed were equally good, and that we enjoyed a sing-song all the | way home. glad in the Lord." the only recording worth the wax it was engraved on. the Eight-Legged Purple People Eater, | You Send Me, and a similar barrage Leaf spoons--both made in Japan. - ratt, Barry Edgar, Stephen Henry Most of these We hope Sometime in July we will Our flags will then Le The month of June seems to be n Michael Cawker and A word of remembrance and Come and worship- with us on Sun- Remember that the 0f Many Things By Ambrose Hills ON MOONLIGHT BAY Driving home from a country weck- adio. Some galoot was singing bring forth a raucous wise called rock 'n' roll. 1 leaned Then, as if the years had suddenly "" "We were sailing along, Beside me, my wife began to hum Soon the youngsters in It was a "When I was a lad," T told the "We used to sing that song Sounds swell coming Odd that it should ye back on the hit parade." I wish I could say that the songs ng that sang. eater's eye they willl I asked my teenage daughter what her favorite songs are, She named half a dozen--and virtually "all were revivals, songs brought back from the good old days, Radio disc jockeys, I think, are be- ing led along by their noses these days. Record companies, disc plug- gers, and the melody merchandisers have them in their pockets. A disc jockey will play almost anything, if told that it is one of the top ten or the top fifty. Some day, some smart disc jockey is going to sit down and listen to all the records and play only those he truly likes--not those that he thinks he ought to like because Billboard or Variety or some show magazine tells him so. Then radio will come into its own as an entertainment medium. People driving home at night will want to- listen, and will sing along with the radio. NOW even teenagers are tired of the trash. Let's hear a little more from Moon- light Bay. PROSPECT The community was shocked to learn of the sudden passing of Mur. Grant McClintock Wilson, of Osha- wa, on Wed. the 18th, in his 56th year. He was the younger sci of the late Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wilsou, for- mer residents of Prospect. Besides many friends, he is mourned by his wife, Ethel M. Glennie, a daughter, Mrs. Robt. Bell (Beryl) and brother Frank of Oshawa, a sister Mrs. Carl Avery (Fern) of Raglan, and an aunt Mrs. Elgin Real of Port Perry. In- terment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert. Our sympathy also to Miss Mabel Niddery and her sisters, Mrs. Thos. - Wadge and Mrs. Andy Marchall of Brampton, in the passing of thelr cousin, the late Mrs, R. J. Harper (Ethel Willard), of Port Perry. The funeral was on Saturday the 21st. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holtby and family spent the week-end in Chath- am at the home of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gross and sons. Miss Sylvin Bell and Miss Edith Cochrane of Toronto, were at their respective homes on the week-end. Miss Una Sleep with her pupils and their mothers enjoyed a picnic at "The Maples", near Uxbridge on Thursday, which was a fine day. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Holtby were guests at the Carnwith-Sweetman wedding, in Port Perry United Church on Saturday the 21st. UNFAIR COMPETITION A totem pole carver in British Co- lumbia is complaining that foreign competition is harming native crafts. She almost went broke when someone Frankly, that was about | It was followed by | of infantile noise which sent my hand to the switch for silence. Of course, it is just possible that I'm an old fuddy-duddy, and that 20 years from now folk like me will sign with delight when Eight-Legged Pur- ple People Eater is played. sigh and say, "Ah, the old songs were the good songs." They'll | I In a purple people- imported 50,000 small totem poles at 10c. each from Japan. Reminds us of the day when looking for souvenirs in an Ottawa Hotel and found ash- trays with the House of Parliament eet in relief in metal and also Maple When Gordon Howard did his firat sports broadcast for the CBC 18 yrs. ago he was so nervous that after- wards he could not remember a- thing he had said. Now in his mid-fifties, he is one of the most composed com- mentators on the air. In his weekly A TY II rn wih : 14 Tn Ae a FRI ay 7 5 ss La v ' ONE OF THE SPORTING KIND | feature Sports with. Gordon Howard, which is heard each Saturday on the Trans-Canada network of CBC, he gives a summary of the week's sports events and also interviews sports ce- lebrities, In addition to his work as a comentator, he is also a member of the popular CBC radio farm family The Craigs, pats obo le ia]