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0 more officers.---.The requests. were 'f motel lines, Weekly Newspaper Association . THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, December 4th, 1958 Carousel The world Merry-go-round. still spins a pace with the Russians as usual gen- dizz erating the power. This ing the Reds to leave! warnings that we will not man communism, West would like to see and i railway delemma. in for a bad time of it. : 'diesel staff? 4 Municipal Elections At this time of the year.in the small' towns and villages and in the larger cities, - too, municipal elections are being run off. It is time when we hear from public plat- forms and through the radio some of the time-honoured platitudes and worn-out - cliches that we have come to associate with the usual election procedure. A good many people take their municipal ; elections seriously, but there are many who are .completely disinterested. They could not care less who got in and who didn't. But while they would be the first to admit this, they are the ones who do the most grumbling when things go wrong. As a... matter of fact, they grumble and criticize even when things go well. 'Troubled by- some tiny twinges of a good democratic conscience they seek to get rid of their guilt feelings by telling themselves and others that all politics are rackets, and politicians were parasites looking for a soft and cushy job at the expense of the good, (The taxpayer is always honest taxpayer. a good honest fellow.) However, quite apart from bias or preju- dice it is amazing how much time and some public-minded give to the furthering of the good in their energy : Notes bamboozihg us with a situation that could be quite comic if it weren't so tragie, Here and there through the world we--that is the United States and NATO have set up boundaries to keep the Reds out, but in Berlin we want to keep them in. Imagine us being in the unique position of not want- We utter stern quit Berlin ho matter what the Russians do. of the matter is that the Russians don't really want us to leave either, V want is to force recognition of East Ger- And of the lesser of many evils that's probably what we will do The unification of Germany which _ the : 8 not prepared t to even thipk about sinks farther and - farther into the limbo of forgotten things. Here in Canada we are smack into the Unless the government and, therefore, indirectly the tax-payers, is piepared to subsidize the railways we are But will such sub- sides go so far as to pay wages for unneces- sary work? What about the superfluous 4 1) i i 5 time they are The truth. What they and Comments The elections in the United States have virtually wiped out the Republicans and political analysts can see no future for them for some time to come. 'the new Congress and the new Senate do about segregation? until there is a new president. . Without DeGaulle, France was in a ter- rible mess; with him, and that's about all - she has, DeGaulle and the War in Algeria --she is still in a terrible mess. ple with low incomes are really suffering and the shop-keepers are complaining bit- terly about the drop in sales. of education is faced with a hopeless task trying to find money for the bare neces- sities in education while millions of francs are being scooped out of the taxpayers to finance a futile war in Algeria. Gaulle stands aloof and impressive as infla- tion runs rampant. headless democracy France has become. And so the. merrily around and in Canada we settle down with 'complacency to enjoy the fruit "of our culture listening to Mr. Hockey, Foster Hewitt, joyed that cultural jag the Grey Cup Final which does more to unite Canada than ten What will Apparently nothing "The peo- The minister De- A fitting leader for world merry-go-round goes after having thoroughly en- Louis St. Laurents. common sense % province. day municipal - for office. own local communities. time is freely given. And even where there is some remuneration it hardly compen- sates for the time and energy that goes into looking after local affairs. the whole, these affairs are rather well managed. There is lots of scope for good, . Quite often the And on in handling the business of the community and with practice many of these minor politicians become very able men in the conduct of local government. Often it provides valuable training for work at a higher level of government, too. Many M.P.P's and M.P.'s too have served their apprenticeship at the local level, and have gone on to cant contributions to the country or the make signifi- One of the interesting trends of present politics is that which sees a better type of candidate offering himself Slowly but surely we are be- ginning to attract more- capable men and even if the too easily bored still individuals: out to vote, government will improve in rolitical questions and still refuse to turn out to vote government will improve in spite of unconcern. District VICTORIA COUNTY TO PAINT WHITE LINES ON COUNTY ROADS Members of the County Council showed themselves to be safety min- ded when they approved of the sug- gestion of Engineer H. D. Wilford that all County roads should be mark- ed with centre white lines. Engineer Wilford brought the mat- ter to the attention of Councillors last week when he stated. that the idea was recommended by the District Highway Engineer and was in keep- ing with a proposed policy from the Department of Highways. The roads could be marked as time permits as - it would take considerable time to do all the County roads. The Depart- ment is ready to paint in the white lines, the cost to be borne by the County, work to start in 1959. Counc. Sweetman of Mariposa and "Maidens of Lindsay heartily endorsed the idea, the former remarking that the white lines could be very helpful in case of foggy weather. - NO MOTORCYCLES FOR PICKERING POLICE Pickering Township police do not favor motoréycles in rural areas as -a means of patrolling.. Reeve Wm. Lawson told council last week. Rough: roads; snow and slush en- countered on: back roads: do not make it very easy for an officer on a motor- 'hike. The reeve also pointed out that, surprisingly enough, the cost of a motorbike was not too much less than 'a cruiser. < / The matter came before council as a result of West Rouge Community Association requesting council to re- move certain signs from the roads in West Rouge and to purchase radar equipment for police use as well as Doings WILL OUST MILVERTON SCHOOL LOAFERS Students of Milverton District High School who persistently loaf through classes and exert a disturbing influ- ence may find themselves heading for the nearest exit. This could come about as a result of school board action taken at a meeting there last week, A motion was passed "that the prin- cipal be given authority to suspend troublemakers and - those who -fail -to give proper attention to their work." The motion followed discussion of the recent stand taken by Elmira Dis- trict High School Board in dealing with trouble-makers and' loafers. Gordon Smith, a board member, kaid he thought a student should be given a second chance after the first warning, but that sterner measurers should be used in dealing with sub- sequent misdeameanors. ; P. W. Farr, principal, said he had already asked his teachers to bse: more strict in their classrooms. WILSON CONSTRUCTION OF CANNINGTON TO BUILD NEW STABLES AT FORT ERIE The T. A. Wilson Construction Co., of Cannington and Lindsay, has been awarded a contract to erect new stab- les for the Ontario Jockey Club at Fort Erie, the estimated cost being in the neighborhood of $200,000. Mr. Hugh Wilson stated that this is the second time his company has enjoyed a contract from the Jockey Club, the former contract being. in connection with additions at the old Woodbone: track when the contract was. for' $250;000. The new stables at Fort Erie will be modern in every respect and will be built of brick and concrete and be en- tirely fireproof. The contract also in- cludes modern living quarters for of- ficials and others, to. be built along turned over to the police to study, AN UNUSUAL LAWSUIT It is reported that an unusual law- suit is to be heard shortly by His Honor Judge J. A. McGibbon, Lind- say. Trustees of the United Church at Little Britain are pressing for da- mages in connection with an alleged leaky roof, which was first placed on the church by a Port Perry contractor. It is also stated that the Trustees hired a second contractor and a se- cond roof was placed on the church. The case promises to be interesting and possibly lengthy as all of the thirteen church trustees will be sum- moned as witnesses, . Mr. J. L. Staples, of Lindsay, will appear for the church trustees. NO CHANGE IN VOTE ON LIQUOR IN BOWMANVILLE Official count results of the recent liquor vote in Bowmanville made no significant change over those com- piled on election night. The liquor store was approved with a percentage of 60.69%. There were 2,027 "Yes" votes and 1,313 "No". Only 676 on the voters' list did not vote. There weré 99 spoiled ballots, most' of them blank. This proposal pagsed by 23 votes, The dining lounge was defeated, the percentage for being 53.71. Of a total. vote of 8,327 on this question, 1,787 voted "Yes" and 1,640 "No". There were 113 spoiled ballots, The cocktail lounge received 50.899 of the vote, with 1,683 "Yes" votes and 1,624 "No" votes. There were 132 spoiled ballots. . The two beverage rooms went down to defeat with approximately 44% of the- electors voting for the proposals. Thé women's "pub" received 1,465 votes and the men's 1,471. There were 143 spoiled ballots in the former and 145 in the latter. Although rumours have been heard of recounts and ye the four | I'd respect them ed Comments Clipp BOD'S SCRAPBOOK At the age of 21, Maurice Boding- ton left his home in New Westminster B.C., and headed for Broadway with only $156 in his pocket. During his early days in the American theatre and, later, in his 30 years of Canadian radio, he has maintained a scrapbook of anecdotes and experiences. It is on this wealth of memories that he draws for his present weekly radio broadcast called Bod's Scrapbook which he gives each Sunday over CBC's Dominion network. 0f Many Things By Ambrose Hills FOR FIGHTERS ONLY! If you are one of the pathetic cynics who has sneered at free enterprise, don't read this column because you won't like it, As a columnist, I've met every sort and description of men from stumble- bums to tycoons, professors to lip- readers. The kind of man I always liked and always will like is the fel- low who is frankly out to make money --Dbecause money, to him, is the index of his performance. I like the preacher who wants to 'attract big crowds to his church, so that he'll get bigger collections and build a bigger, more beautiful church. I like the worker who wants more pay in his weekly envelope because he knows that the pay is the result of his own skill and willingness to cut the mustard. I can't stand mealy-mouthed do- gooders (it should read 'talk-gooders' because few of them actually DO any- thing) who rant about social consci- ousness, equality, and all that sort of thing, which they expect from others. if they had their hands in their pockets forking out some dough while making free with the words--but most of those fellows seldom fork out for anything. I like farmers who are frankly out and T especially like those who do make it. [I fail to see that a poor farmer is more virtuous than a rich one--indeed, in my experience, the re- verse is -more likely to be true, I write this column, in anger, be- cause I have just heen reading the States Senators who want to see the big General Motors Corporation split up. They say it is too big, too suc- cessful, too powerful. What filthy rot! If those snivelling Senators would encourage other corporations to grow big they'd be doing more for us than they'll ever accomplish by chop- ping a big corporation down. Surely to Heaven this country wants men and women who are out to win, to build big things, to make big mo- ney. Men who lead rather than lean. You can trust a man who is forth- rightly out to make money; I'll be darned if you can trust the kind of man who isn't. Look back through your life and see if that hasn't been true. Who makes the jobs, who pays the bills, who gains and gives? In the name of 'Welfare" and '"'So- cial Conscience" and do-gooder double- talk, we are letting the very men who could do things for us be tied up in red tape sg tightly they cannot pro- duce. We've made free-enterprise a dirty word, when it ought to be a proud one. We've mistaken soft heads for soft hearts. If you want to find a truly soft heart, the place to look for it is in the bosom of a man with a hard head Think back through your own experi- ence and you'll know that what I say is true. rl < day period when such complaints or action eould be brought in, has elap- sed, so the vote as outlined above will stand for another three years at least, according to Returning Officer Alick Lyle. to make money out of their farms,| guff written by a bunch of United Ashburn Mr. Wm, Perry of Waterloo College had charge of the church service at Burn's Church on Sunday, Nov. 80th at 11.80 am. He spoke on "True Discipleship". The choir sang "My Task", The Y.P.S. met in the basement of the church on Sunday, at 8.00 p.m. Mr. Grant Parrott conducted a short song service after which Faye Heron took charge of the worship period. Following the call to worship, Mar- garet Fisher read a poem "None Other But Christ". The scripture lesson Psalm 150 was read and Mrs. Luther Bradley led in prayer. The worship service concluded with the singing of "Why Do I Sing About Jesus?" It was announced that the annual Christmas musical will be held on Sunday, Dec. 14th at 8 p.m. Mr. Hugh Knight had charge of the program. He read a letter from Fred Rennie the newly elected presi- dent of the Toronto - Kingston synod. An interesting and colourful film was shown, "Sceptre and Mace", which showed the highlights of Queen Eli- zabeth II opening parliament in Ot- tawa in Oct. 1957, The meeting closed with the Mizpah | Benediction. Friends of Mrs. Wm. Hopkins and daughter Hilda will be pleased to know that they are progressing fa- vourably in the Oshawa General Hos- pital. They were involved in an ac- cident and suffered serious injuries GUEST SPEAKER SHOULD BE FIRST At this time of year, and for se- veral months ahead, it will be the "season of meetings". From now until another summer draws near, ft continues, there will be meetings, of all kinds, annual meetings of various organizations, meetings at which speakers will come long distances, to expound their ideas on various topics, and other kinds of gatherings. At all there will be chairmen, or chairleadies, who will in a very real sense, be the key to the success of the gatherings. And one of their ma- jor duties will be to see that the pro- gramme "keeps rolling", 'that the meeting does not become a long test of endurance. It has been very truth- fully said that the "mind can take in only what the seat can endure", At most meetings there is a key speaker. His or her remarks are, in fact, the purpose of the gathering. Quite often that person comes a con- siderable distance, sacrificing much time, as well as preparation, that he or she may not just entertain but im- part certain ideas which he thinks worthwhile. : In not a few programmes, it is made to appear that the speaker, aside from on the programme and in advance publicity, is an afterthought. He is crowded into the final phase of the meeting. Assured that he can take all the time he wants, he faces an audience which shows definite signs of restiveness under the long period of enforced inactivity as well as many vacant chairs previously occupied by those who could not last out the "first part" of the programme. If programmes must be lengthy, why not put the speaker on first? Then he will be assured 'of a full au- dience, whose mental facilities are still alert. Then if those same people wish to bear with the remainder of the programme, including the chairman's remarks, they can remain, accompli- shing that for which they attended the meeting. d --~Canadian Statesman. WHERE IS THE VOICE OF BUSINESS? When U.S. Vice-President Richard "Nixon spoke recently at Harvard Uni- versity he made one statement which, in the contemporary political climate, must have struck many people as strange. Said Mr. Nixon, "Business is the people". Well, for a long time now. leaders of organized labor on both sides of the border have been proclaiming that labor was the people. And farm or- ganizations have raised their voices too and proclaimed that farmers are the people. Both of these groups men were numerically fewer than or- ganized workers or farmers that bus- iness had no right to a voice in public policy. Unfortunately, businessmen them- selves have perpetuated this myth hy moaning that "business has n: vote". if this is so, then perhaps the reason is that business has been slow in mak- ing its voice heard on the fundamen- tal issues of the day. When Mr. Nixon says "business is the people", he is right. Everyone has a stake in business prosperity. One stake is that of thé workers themselves, who look to business to provide jobs. Another stake is that of everyone who has some savings invested in life insurance or in cor- porate securities. Millions of Cana- dians have a stake in business in this way. Yet another stake in business is that of the Government itself. For it is from personal and corporate in- come tax that Government must look for its revenues. Governments cannot make money, as business can. All Governments can do is take money from the people. « Now comes word from Pittsburg that the Gulf Oil Corporation has no- tified its 161,000 employees, stock- holders and dealers that it is going to take an active part in politics in order to oppose the political power of organized labor. "If we are to survive," says Gulf Oil, "labor's poli- tical power must now be opposed by matching force, and there is no place in the United States where such a force can be generated except among corporations that make up American business." For far too long business has been in retreat. It is heartening to know that at least one great enterprise has tecognized the danger and has decided that business, instead, should be on (he march. --Canadian Statesman. throughway from New York on Oct. 7, © Mr. and Mrs. Barry Hamill of Man- illa visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Routley on Friday night (the new Meadowerest School in the Brooklin sub-division. Philip Doble of Toronto spent the week-end at the home of his grand- while travelling in a bus on the and attended the official opening of parents, Mr, and Mrs. Henry Doble. After some stormy weather last week, the sun shines forth in all his glory. The Island is very beautiful with her covering of spotless white. LOur roads were icy on Sunday; but navigable. Some had difficulty in starting. their cars; but we were able 'to have our Church Services. But there. were localities where the lanes into farms were filled high, and so many of our Young People were pre- vented from attending the Service in the evening at Greenbank United Church. The congregation at Green- Bank should be proud of their Church. It has a beautiful auditorium, and the downstairs is spacious, with high ceilings. Our monthly Sunday Even- ing Services for our Young People got off to a good start. We had over a hundred Young People. The music was exceptionally good, and "Gordie" Beare is to be congratulated. We did enjoy the male vocal duet "It is no secret" and the two numbers by the Choir. The Service was beautifully arranged, and it was good to see so many Young People taking part. The Speaker, Ted Coldwell, who is in his second year Arts in Toronto Univer- gity, and will be entering Theology, gave a very impressive Sermon. And it was particularly good, coming from one who but a short time ago, had no use for the Church or Church people. One phrase sticks in my mind, to the effect that as Ted came in contact with Christian young men and women in the teaching profession, he came to feel that they had something which he didn't have. = And that explains why he i3 preparing himself for the Christian Ministry. We had a lovely social time after the Service, and we say "Thank you Ruth Foster and the Leaders of Young People's work in | | Greenbank, and to your Minister Rev. Cooper, and your Choir Leader, and Mothers and Fathers who brought the Young People, and to you Young Peo- ple who attended-- we thank you all again for a very inspiring Service. And we invite you all again to Scugog Island on Christmas Sunday evening December 21st, at 8.00 p.m. in Scugog "Grace" United Church. We hope that you will all come. Last week "Grace" Church held a very successful supper, and the 'Head' Church held a very lovely evening, when Mrs. Rennick demonstrated Christmas packing and decorations. Full particulars of these will be given by the local writers. Our Brownies met on Monday evening, and about nine were duly initiated. We were happy to have the District Commisz- sioner Mrs. Hill with us. We under- stand now why the Brownies like Mrs. Hill so much, as she becomes a Brow- nie with them. Very shortly, all 18 girls will be initiated into the mys- teries of "Fairy Land," for that is what happens when you become a Brownie. And so once again, there will be a little Fairy God-mother on the Island, waving her wand over Mommies head, and asking her to name three things that she could do for her. Our P.M.S. HiC will hold their Party on Wednesday in the Hall on the Island. We expect a goodly num- ber with us, and with Bob Walker to direct our "folk dancing" there is a pleasant evening ahead. We shall have our Worship, and then we shall receive the offering, consisting ot little envelopes with seventy-five cents to defray the cost of damage incurrd at- the Hall, We are asking all our W.A's and District Churches Scugog, Manchester and Prospect Sunday Schools to keep Sunday, Dec. That will he our Mis. sionary Sunday, and we are asking the various organizations to bring their donations to this worthy cause, and place same on the Offering plate that Sunday. A Special Christmas L4th in mind. [letter is going out to all our people, with information and envelopes. The Guest Preacher will be Rev. Clayton H. Searle, M.A., B.D, the Associate Secretary of our Missionary & Main- tenance Dept. We shall have Servi- ces at 10.15-11.15-1.15-- and then in the evening at 8.00 p.m. in Scugos "Head Memorial" Church. The Jun- ior Choir will lead in Song at "Grace" Church, and in the evening the Senior Choir will sing at the "Head Mem- orial" Church. We shall meet our objective of $800.00 easily, if all who receive a Special envelope will give, to help send out light and love to those who need it. The Scugog Choir will meet this Thursday evening at the home of Joan Aldred. Scugog "Head" W.A. are meeting at Dorothy Martyn's on Wed- nesday evening; and Manchester W.A. on Thursday afternoon at Mrs, Josh. Dobson's. Happy birthdays during the week to the following: Beverly Eden of the Island; Nancy Webster of Prospect; and to Mr. Will. Munroe of Manchester who will be ninety next week Tuesday. Congratulations to all our High School Students who did so well. Our love and prayers to all our dear ones who are in Hospitals, and convalescing at home. We are 80 glad Ann Milner that you are home again. We invite all to come and worship with us on Sunday. You wilt be helped, and so will all of us by your presehee. have assumed that because business- So ror . | WCRI EIS 3 Don, BR ae ~ + . oy - a WE et { oN 4 - a Ra patie py i i AN Tt BN Ppp rio we Py Ep ocr 4