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Member of 'THE STAR EDITORIAL AGE ° Thursday, March 26th, 1959 The Courage of Qur believe was right. form of government for so have ceased to 'ask oursel mocracy means. "No" as well as "Yes." Labour has become a very powerful force in our midst but it saddens us to think our forthright prime minister has to feel that he must not tangle with it might be dangerous. Is thi feel when he ordered no ir Why Read? April the twelfth to April the eighteenth is library week. ~ We hav library in Port Perry built as a living war How well do we use it? memorial. In an age when television, car and plane made daily communication with the rest of the world a very easy mat- ter we do not read books as a matter of We have to learn to love reading before we will put aside mere spectator course. participation in amusement of a book. It is rather shocking to lear stands fourteenth in the list of countries who have been polled for the number of book-shops per capata. Of all the English- speaking nations only the United States has a worse record for reading books. most recent Gallop Pole showed that al- - most one Canadian in every read a hook in more than a year. We have a man in 'Ottawa who has had the courage to resign his position as a pro- test against doing something he did not It is unusual in the Western world to-day to find a. man who will step out apart from the herd and say "No" to the general trend of opinion, We have prided ourselves on our democratic Colonel Nicholson has made us see once more, in a fresh and vital way, what it-does and can mean. It means,' It strangely enough, the privilege to say Notes and Comments Convictions Newfoundland "long that we ves what de- Labour has riding hi capitalist used lic knowledge that many union leaders em- " ploy gangster style tactics. Perhaps Small- wood made a age. He beli 8 power, It choked by the s what he did wterference in Canadian in e e a very fine radio and the cent and televi curtailed it. - Why should i 'wan{_to pack for the sake Jang, to own | have the experience of other without the hardships -- but by read- ing instead of viewing we get a better un- n that Canada derstanding of. The supplies stimu making value j three had not One . into power because among other things, the people were voicing a protest against power being taken for granted too freely. Did they expect to see technicalities over- . ride real issues? dangerous situation is quite apart from politics however it may be played. A con- tract is 'a sacred bond especially when it touches eight provinces. cedure but he too is a man with real cour- tried to do something about it. borrower at a public library. Only a little over half of the Canadian population is served by libraries. Canada is increasing by about three per- we are not satisfied with one life. hurries us too much, gives us quick surface impressions with no time to think them sver and evaluate them before the next scene blots out the first one. ? The Conservatives came Law-enforcement in a much to answer for to-day. gh in the coach where the to ride. It is common pub- mistake in legislative pro- eved his people were being International Union and he very eight is a registered Library coverage in sion does not seem to have we read books? Becguse We as much living as we can ives. By reading we can people that experience. The screen Reading lation to thinking and to udgments about experience. (* District Doings PICKERING PROTESTS CNR TRACKS . Angry residents of Pickering Twp. have planned a monster rally to pro- test the Canadian National Railway's decision to run their proposed new railway track through the centre of the Hamlet of Dunbarten. The meeting will be held Wednes- day March 25, at 8.00 p.m. at the Dunbarton Public School. The villagers are incensed because letters, of expropriation have been re- ceived by over 50 people telling them they will have to give up their homes for construction of the new line which will run through the middle of the main street. William Newman, PC candidate for Oshawa riding, has sent a letter of protest to the Conservative govern- ment at Queen's Park and to the CNR. He claims that if the line was laid a mere 3/4 of a mile to the north it would only run through farmland and. still be able to render the same ser- vice without any inconvenience. Among the many homes and busi- nesses that will be dispossessed if the CNR's plans go through will be one service station and two general stores. Mr. Newman said that the Picker- ing Township Council was not con- sulted or advised when the plans for the line were being formulated. The council is reported to have made a representation to the CNR and to the provincial government pro- testing the action. TV SET SEIZED FOR TAXES-- THEN IT WAS STOLEN Wm. Fairgrieve speaking for Mr. Sigunds of Rosebank asked who was responsible' for a TV set that had been taken and stored by the bailiff | in lieu of tax arrears, now that the TV set has been stolen. Reeve Sherman Scott said he could not see how it was Pickering Twp.'s fault, but that if Mr. Sigunds wanted to put all the details concerning it on paper, council will see where the responsibility lies. ORONO MEN DISCUSS CONSTRUCTING PLANT TO HOUSE NEW INDUSTRY : ORONO---Recently a group of ten men of the village met in the Orono Hydro Office to discuss and consider the formation of A Community Invest- | ment Corporation. This organization, providing it receives support, would finance and construct industrial when a suitable was signed, The Corporation would issue shares and would pay interest to the share- holders from six-seven percent. Local citizens would be asked to purchase shares in the Corporation, At present one firm shows keen in- terest in Orono and would need a mo- dern factory building. The group on Tuesday are to follow this lead fur- ther and also to investigate further the formation of the Investment Cor- poration. W. H. Carman was appointed chair- man of the group with N. F, Porter, secretary. Donald Staples, F. E. Ly- cett, IR. J. Taggart and John Stone were appointed to investigate certain aspects of the procedure. A second meeting was to be held in a week's time. . It -was also thought advisable to investigate other corporations which are now in operation in the area, A further meeting was held when specifications were presented -as to the size and type. DURHAM BULL SELLS FOR $850 Honors were brought to Durham County when a home-bred Shorthorn bull headed a class of 26 at the Ont. Bull Show and Sale. This was a polled bull, bred by John Rickard, Newcastle, and sold in the sale at $850 to Ben Rothwell, Ottawa. Quite .a number of the Shorthorn bulls from this sale were purchased by local breeders: Chas. Robson, Osh- awa, purchased a son of the Perth Champion, Calrossie Perfect, from the herd of S. G. Bennett, Georgetown; Lloyd Skinner, Tyrone, purchased a Performance Tested bull from" the herd of L, J, Pimmett, PICKERING TWP. ROAD BUDGET UP $30,000 . Pickering Township passed a by- law last week to provide for 1959 road expenditures, The by-law called for $122,300. Shortly before there will be a supple- mentary by-law passed for about $130,000 making a total of $266,000 for roads this year. Last year the total road budget was about $218,000.00. MAY OPERATE SPORTS CAR RACE TRACK NEAR ORONO Last week it was announced that 450 acres of land was under option just outside the Village of Orono, where it is intended to build a car property is in the north-west of th Township of Clarke. : It has been stated that the land under option is an ideal racecourse site, easily accessible by highway from Toronto. It features park-like, lightly wooded, rolling land, with a clear spring water supply on the pro- perty. The size of the parcel would allow it to contain easily a three-and- a-half mile paved racing circuit equal to the highest international standards, allowing spectators a remarkably full view while providing wide margins of safety for racers. Meanwhile the land as it stands unimproved is already suitable for car and motorcycle events such as trials, scrambles and grass track mo- toreycle racing. FRANK PEDDIE Illness is preventing Frank Peddie from playing his role as Thomas, head of the popular: Craig family ofr CBC's daily - radio program The Cralgs, Since the show first. went én the air 20 years ago, he has made more than 6,000 appearances in this role. Toronto actor Sandy Webster will play the part of Thomas in his Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills a. COMPLUSION BACKFIRES When various torms of compulsory marketing were being promoted in the west, those in favor of such plans frequently quoted 'the Ontario hog marketing scheme as a sample of the success of such things. Western farmers who rejected compulsion will read with interest the findings of Chief Justice J. C. McReur of Ont- ario's Supreme Court. Not only did the court declare the last vote, which approved compulsory marketing, to be null and void; it had some sharp criticism of the manner in which the Board used its wide, serious powers in an off-hand way with hog producers. Indeed, the Chief Justice thought the Marketing 'Board scheme was pretty poorly handled, and the way the regulations were formulated was confusing beyond his comprehension. When requested to present minutes of Board meetings to show when and how the vote was. planned or the regula- tions introduced, Board's counsel could not or would not do so. At one point the Chief Justice des- cribed the whole procedure followed by the Board-as "so frightfully con- fused, so steeped in irregularity." He commented, "We are dealing with very fundaméntal human rights hand- led in an off-hand way." Because of all this, some 600 hog producers were able to get an injune- tion restraining the Marketing Board from taking any action on the vote. But getting free of such schemes is not that easy! If the Board so de- sires, it may still enforce the 1949 re- gulations, which are very similar to the 1957 regulations which recently were quashed by Mr. Justice Fergu- son! ke Now there will be ahother vote; but what regulations will be enforced in the mean time, I do not know, nor I suppose do the farmers. And who knows how the vote will go? Ontario has some 78,000 hog producers, and the chances are that less than half of them will vote. It is entirely possible that about one-third of the producers will manage to keep 100% of producers under the rule of the Board, thus denying freedom to some District Churches Once again we say thank you to Rev. Mr, Graham of Port Perry who so capably took charge of the three services at Scugog, Manchester, and Prospect last Sunday in the absence of our regular pastor Rev. John Bra- ham. Sunday evening the members of the Hi-C group had a most successful ser- vice at Seagrave, Mr. Larry Kendal of Utica took charge of the service. The scripture was divided into four parts and was delivered by My, Ken Skerret of Utica, Miss Carol Wilson of Scugog, Mr, Bruce Taylor and Miss Connie Hancock of Greenbank. In keeping with the scriptures, narrat- ors: John Pickard of Port Perry, Lin- aa Lralick of Scugog, Brian Taylor of Greenbank and Elizabeth St. John of Port Perry each read an article. It was such a pleasure to see so many of the ministers of the surroun- ding districts present at -our meeting, Rev. Mr. McNeil of Seagrave was our host. Rev. Harry Me]low of Osh- awa, Northminster Church, delivered the message; Rev. Mrs. Lane, Presi- dent of Bay of Quinte Conférence; Rev, Mr, Cooper of Greenbank; Rev. Mr. Linstead of Port Perry. Rev. Mr. Mellow had an inspiring message revolving around the 8 D's. Decision of choosing life; decision' of Devotion, and Deed of doing. Rev. Mr. Lane pointed out the.importance of encouraging our -children as well as ourselves to work for the church. There are so many openings besides just going into the ministry, that the ordinary worker can fill that are so needed to keep church life alive and moving. Music was supplied by the young people's choir of Seagrave, and their two numbers were an inspiration to the service. Rev. Mr, Lane pronoun- ced the benediction. - A service of this kind can only be successful when the church is filled and we do thank all those who came and joined in with us. Clipped Comments VICTORIA COUNTY COUNCIL "MISSED THE BOAT" W "The "boat" in this case was the gi- gantic Tourist Industry, which glides into Ontario from the United States and other sections of the world. It is the Industry which brings thousands of holiday seekers into the Province and to the County of Victoria, It is the industry which scatters millions of dollars among merchants, resort owners, boat owners, lodge operators, business men of all kinds as well as farmers. Directly or indirectly the tourist dollar has meant existence to many business firms in Ontario. The tourist dollars have been widely spread throughout the length and breadth of Victoria and Haliburton, yet the Victoria County Council turn- ed down a request from the Lindsay Chamber of Commerce for $1,000, the money to be ear-marked for the pub- lication of the Victoria County tourist folder to be used for propaganda pur- poses. County Councillors were informed regarding the tremendous volume of tourist business handled in this area, a total of hundreds of thousands of dollars, yet the motion for a $600 grant was turned down. The result is that Victoria County has no official tourist folder of any kind to mail to border town distribution areas, or even to hand out locally. Budgets for other types of work were increased, salaries were upped, but not a cent could be scraped up for the promotion of the tourist industry, It does look as if the County Council "missed the boat", --Watchman-Warder. FEAR OF LABELS Politicians and some others in pub- lic life seem to dislike being labelled as standing for anything that might lose them votes. Some carry their Following the service Seagrave Young People served refreshments | and Mr. Bruce Taylor of Greenbank moved a vote of thanks to the ladies in charge. The Easter season is here and this 12,000 producers actively against such compulsion and to other thousands | who don't seem to know: or yare just what is happening. ~~~ #7 Whenever vast powers are. handed to small groups of men, fundamental human rights are in jeopardy. This was'the case in Ontario. It might be' the same in any province. | Epsom Mr. and Mrs. Donald Boynton visit- ed recently with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Boynton, Mrs. Gord. Jeffrey spent Friday in Oshawa, her daughter Mrs. J, Moore and children of Oshawa returned home with her for the evening and Saturday. Myr. and Mrs. David Knight and Robt., of Richmond Hill, visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Tay- lor on Saturday. Mr. Donald Taylor, of Honeydale, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. M. Bailey visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Pency Jef- frey on Scugog Island. The Community Club held its regu- lar party in the school last Friday evening with a large attendance. The prize winners were as follows: Ladies --Mrs. L. Wagner, Mr. Orval Stone and Mrs. Cliff McCullough. Gents-- Mr. A. Timms, Mr. L.. Wagner and Mr. Bray. Lucky draws were won by Mrs. Monson and Mr. Oliver Lane. Next party will be held April 3rd. NO CASH FOR BONELESS FOX TAILS IN UNITED COUNTIES "Many people try to collect boun- ties on old fox tails that they have taken from their wives' wraps or have found in some woodland nearby. This is why we specify that the tails must have the bone in them," said County Clerk Ken Symons. From November 23 until the end of December the Counties have paid out $752 in bounties. The bounty of one tail, with the bone, is- $4.00, two dollars of which is paid by the Ont. Government and the remainder by the Counties. Bounty fs paid on any fox fut is trapped or shot or killed in fhe two counties, The claimant must sign a sworn statement that the fox has been trapped in the counties. For the hunter that might try this to make a living, County Clerk Ken Symons said, "Reports are: that the foxes, heads, have left for safer grounds, budldings when such is needed and race track, It is understood that the absence, * -- realizing the high price on their and there are very few to be found," Friday being Good Friday there is to be an evening service at Grace Unit- ed Church, Scugog, 8 pm. A very beautiful film entitled 'King of Kings' will take the place of a sermon. M.. Cecil Fralick will be in charge, and a quartette from the Island will pro- vide the music. This will be an even- ing for the whole family to come and worship together and get a fuller 'meaning of Easter. Rev. John Braham will be with us for the Easter morning services, and we will welcome him back with the hope that his health and strength will steadily return. Best wishes to Eddie Johnston, Wal- ter Green, Donald Holtby and Jim Aird who will have birthdays this week, Manchester Rev. Mr. Graham, Port Perry, was the guest minister on Sunday. His theme was "Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden" and his mess- age was most appealing. Rev. Mr, Braham hopes to be well enough to take charge of the services on Easter Sunday. Mrs, J. Bain is spending a few days with her sister Mrs. Viola Schnappe, Buffalo. Funice Roach spent the week-end with Helen Munro, Bethesda. Misg Catherine Christie has retprn- ed to her home here, after spending the winter with her parents in Balti- more, Md. Mr, and Mrs. L. Bigg, London, spent a recent week-end with Mr. and Mrs, Grant Christie. Haugen's Chicken Bar-be-cue open- ed last week with the usual rush of business, - We are sorry to report that Greta, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Vanderby fractured her leg while skating last week. Mrs, Irene Henry is visiting rela- ves in England. rs. Jack Lees, Miss H, Woolridge lark Harrison of Toronto called . and Mrs. W. F. Crosier on vy. rs. R. Barfoot and daughter Wen- dy of Toronto were with her sister Mrs. A. Roach and family over the week-end. The Women's Association will meet on Thursday, April 2nd at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ruby Roach. rer D | HELP YOUR RED CROSS gage in illegal picketing and other distaste for labels so far as to list themselves as independent Liberals or independent Conservatives. No inde- pendent C.C.I'.-er comes to mind. This may be because independence and so- cialism are contradictory concepts. One can appreciate the politician's point of view, without subscribing to it. To be labelled as standing for something usually implies being a- gainst its opposite. It is true that the Liberal or Conservative labels should imply anti-socialism, but theme is so much socialism in the two older parties that the labels no longer mean anything but opposition to each other. On other matters the shrewd politi- cian avoids a definite label. Ie may be a lawyer, and so dedicated to the support of the law, but he does not usually speak out when strikers en- out would be to label himself as anti- union or anti-labor. No risk appears to attach to one who calls himself a friend of unions or the friend of the farmer, although those labels usually imply opposition to others, employers, manufacturers or city pepole generally. The politi- cian who openly identifies himself with capitalists, even in a city where capitalism is its chief reason for exist- ence, is at once handicapped by his own intellectual honesty. Privately he may agree that a capitalist is en- entitled to as fair treatment under the law as anyone else. Publicly he must dodge and equivocate. In the folklore of politics capitalists are wicked, union workers are downtrod- den and farmers are honest. Woe to the politician who tampers with these hallowed beliefs. --The Printed Word. -- Prince Alhert Last Sunday afternoon being Palm Sunday our Church Service was well attended. Rev. Chas. Clarke (a for- mer resident) offered prayer most fittingly. The choir, out in full force rendered a most delightful Anthem. Mrs. G, Hunter accompanied them on the organ. Prior to the very appro- priate sermon by our minister, Mr. Linstead, he conducted an impressive ceremony when eight of our young people committed themselves to church membership. This group included Mildred Mar- tyn, Beth Hunter, 'Bruce Martyn, Don Beacock, Robt. Snelgrove, Denny Mar- tyn, Larry Brown, Ed. Heayn. We all were pleased to see and hear the guest Mr. Thompson who ably rendered a couple of exceptionally fine vocal solos. The service closed with the observing of the Sacrement. Miss Beth Hunter assisted by ac- companing hymns on the piano at Sunday School. Rev. Chas, and Mrs. Clarke, Guelph, enjoyed a portion of their week's holl- day with her brothers Mr. and Mrs. W. Heayn, and Heayn brothers. Mr. J. L. Hunter has returned to Uplands, Ottawa after enjoying a ten day holiday with his parents Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Hunter and Nola. Mr. J. F. Vickery spent a couple of days with his daughter Mr. and Mrs. L. Devitt and, family, Oshawa. Mr. Thompson, Fenelon Falls was a supper guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. Hunter on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, W. Webb, Haliburton, Miss Donna Webb and friend Mr. Paul Thain, Toronto with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hunter, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. Beacock and sons, with his mother Mrs. W. Beacock.and other relatives, Nestleton. Sorry to learn Mrs. I. Dayle under- went surgery in our local hospital. Good health to you "Elma". Our sympathy is wished for Mr. R. activities of a violent nature. To speak , > Butson in his recent bereavement. the doctor and..." help, by telephone. your telephone provides minimum cost, "So we phoned An accident...a sudden illness... One of the first things you do is summon medical In an emergency your telephone gives you prompt and priceless aid. "ready to serve you day or night, is a comfort in itself. It's hard to put a value on these things. Yet Just knowing it is there, them all --and more --at THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA a) Se Th AD bid 2 i a, Lomi ans (We NO (grip I, a "oe LW 2 SRN 2 sy " old Se a gr re a res) a