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= EW | L) Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspapa ~ THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Nad his 25 gin Hany SROs HBR ERAS i A Thursday, June 18th, 1959 bl: | a Notes and Comments There is something very re-assuring in the kind of election that we had in Ontario last Thursday, The Frost government has unquestionably provided Ontario with good government and while few people would rise to a defense of the behaviour of the former cabinet ministers defeated in the last election because of their being involved in the gas deal, the majority are quite con- vinced that there was nothing scandalous or dishonest in the Frost administration. But turning from the provincial election to the foreign ministers' meeting in Geneva we find little ye-assurance. of both the East and the West is highly un- realistic. The Russians are not. prepared to go to war over Berlin and neither are we, in spite of all that we maintain to the con- trary. It is quité obvious that Germany is not going to be a reunited country, at least not in our day, and in the light. of this the position of West Berlin is quite ridiculous. This doesn't mean that we should go back on our commitments to the people-of West . Berlin. It does mean that we should start to work out some realistic plan with regard to them. g "The kind of talk that is going on in ~ Who Rules The Roost? <r i.. The modern family has come in for a lot of criticism. Some students of it maintain that it's a much better kind of family than the one it has supplemented; others claim it has deteriorated a lot and that it is in danger of complete collapse. Tis . Well, whatever the truth, the fact still remains that it's no cinch to make a success of it to-day, and it probably wasn't any cinch either in the past. Socialogists, who as experts have made a special study of the family tell us that the ideal modern family is one in which the father and mother share the responsibility in such a way that neither can be said to rule the roost. At one time it was taken for granted that father wagthe undisputed ruler of the roost. eath the appear- ance of obvious father domination, how- ever was the knowledge that mother ex- erted a strong subtle influence. This harmless deception was well understood by the children and things went along smooth--; ly with Dad bossing the home and Mother really calling the shot. To-day Father is no longer the symbol of authority; he; is too busy trying to make ends meet, 'He comes home tired and sur- renders his dominant role without even a feeble protest. He just can't cope with pro- blems outside the home and those that arise within it and maintain equilibrium. District hat Is A Realistic Appraisal The position _ Communism remains the. same . . . economic and psychological struggle. "really too bad that we can't get on with it. * three ways. Geneva amounts to propaganda battle in a war of nerves which both sides quite clear-, ly understood must not become some other kind of war," It is foolish and absurd for us to believe that the unfree peoples of the communist nations are simply waiting for us to come to their rescue." Most of them have no wish to return to the status quo" they had. . It's about time we looked at the facts and stopped building. on illusions. It would be very nice if all the peoples under - the soviet influence were simply biding their time in order to rejoin the free world +++ but the evidence is clear and contra- dicts such wishful thinking. And while we attack this realistic approach with regard to foreign affairs let us not forget how unrealistic much of our military thinking has become. The fiasco of the Avro Arrow is apparently just the < prelude to another fiasco over the Bomare missile. And all the time our struggle with . an It's That is why it is so comforting to come back to the common-sense realism of the re-election of the Frost government. \ When both mother and father work out- side the home all day the situation becomes still worst. Both parents are tired and "have given their best to the outside world. A housekeeper takes over or confusion reigns in many areas of family life. Family solidarity is welcomed by a rule divided in The children's habit patterns are uncertain, The parents sense of values are- apt to be dominated by outside in- fluences. { i What effect has this had on the young? Well, at least one humourist in America claims that it has just about ruined them. He argues that teen-agers must have some symbol of authority and mother and father no longer fill the need. - Mothers are too apt to be over-motherish with their own children. They make a good job of raising other people's children but not their own. . They make too many excuses and allow- ances for their own. In the absence of "proper parental authority the youngsters tend to become dominating themselves, and their whims, fads and fancies are often the basis for family action. Who. rules the roost? Well, in the aver- age home to-day its pretty hard to say-- most ;often there seems to be a kind of anarchism that has taken over since father ceased to be a kind of figure-head. A Doings 3. "2 Jamong year-round workers has now . fund, which could be bolstered from Clipped Comments | with the Fund, But a little sense displayed now by our legislators could forestall financial leukemia in the fund's future, 'There is a way out, suggests The Financial Post. What was begun as a true insurance program to provide short-term assist- ance for occasional unemployment Unemployment Insurance become, in large part, a welfare pro- gram -for loggers and fishermen who are able to find work only part of the. year, Their contributions don't come any- where near equalling the benefits re- ceived. The difference is made up by contributions from regularly employed workers, ' The proposal now is to raise con- tribution rates 30% and to make a start at adding another huge group of seasonal workers to the fund--those in agriculture. This will simply mean that the industrial worker and employ- er will be making welfare payments to farm workers as well as to loggers and fishermen. This is manifestly unfair. An en- tirely new approach to unemployment insurance in Canada is needed. ~ Perhaps we should have not one un- employment insurance scheme, but two. One could cover year-round workers and could pay its own way. The other could cover seasonally. em- ployed loggers, fishermen and farm workers and its resources could be beefed up by drawing on the general funds of the state. A precedent for this is to be found in the UK. More than 20 years ago. its unemployment insurance scheme-- after being stretched to the limit by political pressures -- was returned to insurance principles and a separate general tax revenues, was established for farm workers. © % Canada's seasonal unemployment is a national problem, not one which in- dustrial employers and employees should be made to shoulder, Twin funds would separate welfare from in- surance and put the burden for each where it belongs. : ---Canadian Statesman THIS SUBSIDIZE BUSINESS Canadian Taxpayers would probably be shocked at the thought that public funds were being used to subsidize communist regimes behind the Iron Curtain. Yet that is precisely what appears about to happen because the Federal Government's pork support price programme. { Right now, according to Canadian | Press, the Federal Government has some 70,000,000 pounds of frozen pork Since 1950, two Ottawa administra- | .J tions have been playing fast and loose Dean Hughes, creator of The Craigs of Brierwood Farm, looks back on a mountain of scripts he has written over the years for this oldest of Cana- dian radio serials. Broadcast over the Trans-Canada network of CBC radio, the Craig family celebrated its 20th anniversary op May 1 this year. So vividly has Dean Hughes portrayed the day-to-day life of the Craigs that many listeners both in Canada and the United States believe that the char- acters exist in real life. Hughes lives at the original Brierwood Farm pust outside Toronto. a Honeydale Women's Institute was held June 4th, in the Anglican Parish Hall, with president Mrs, P. Diamond in the chair. The meeting opened in regular form with the Ode, and the Mary Stewart Collect. A cordial welcome was extended to all by the President. Mrs. N. Williams, secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting, and communicatioins and bills relative to new business were dealt with. A let- ter was read from Provincial Board of Directors, regarding Life Member- ships. A member must now have 26 years of active service in a Branch, to warrant a Life Membership. A letter of appreciation was received from Mrs. J. Lawrence, thanking all who assisted with the Cancer Canvas, Mrs. W. Chapman, Treasurer, gave the fin- ancial statement, showing a nice balance on hand. Reports were given by Standing Committee conveners: . Mrs, Geo. Bell, Mrs. F. Raines, and Mrs. T. Fines. Mrs. S. Cawker reported on Public Re- lations, Mrs. S. Ploughman, District District held at Annual meeting, Junior Homemakers' Clubs Present . Programme at Women's Institute The regular monthly meeting of the' Director, gave a splendid account of ' Claremont, May 20th, 10 Members of the local Branch attended, The motto, -- "It isn't the whistle that pulls the train", was spoken on by Group Leader Mrs. H. Mackey. The Roll Call--""A cure for the Blues, was well responded to. Members are looking forward to the visit to Myrtle Branch, June 17th,sThe Guelph Holiday will be held July 13- 17. Any member wishing to attend please contact the Secretary, Mrs. N. Willinms not later than Juné 20th as applications have to be in early. Mrs. E. Bryant reported on the work at the Cancer Dressing Room. We will continue working through the. summer months, as the Cancer Society is short of dressings. We would like the co-operation of the members in this worthwhile effort; working hours 2-4 p.m. each Friday. . The Green Thumb Bazaar held re- cently in the Public Library proved quite successful. Mrs. T. Fines and Committee are to be congratulated. After expenses were paid, proceeds amounted to $137.45. The Butterfly Quilt was won by Mrs. Wooldridge of the winning ticket. The institute wish to take this opportunity of thanking all who helped, and those who patron- ized the bazaar, . Members decided to have a short course again this year -- 1st choice: "Home Care of the Sick", a two-day course; 2nd choice -- "Choosing and listing of Fabrics", one aftérnoon, 1.30 to 4 pm, These courses are given by the Home Economics Service, Exten- sion Branch, Ont. Dept, of Agriculture. A bus trip is being planned for July 2nd, Mrs, S. Cawker to make necessary arrangements. Those wishing to go, please phone Mrs, N. Williams, or Mrs. S. Cawker, by June 24th. We were pleased to have the two Junior Homemaking Clubs, Prince Al- bert and Scugog, with their leaders, -|at the meeting. The girls displayed the articles they made for the Spring Unit, "Cotton Accessories for the Club Girl's Bedroom". The girls gave com- ments on the various phases of the work. This proved very interesting to the Institute members. The Lead- ers, Mrs. C. Martyn, and Mrs. M. Hog- gard -- Prince Albert Club, Mrs. G. Robertson, and Mrs. L. Patterson of the Scugog Club, are to be commended, for the fine assistance they are giving these girls. Mrs.-H. Honey favoured with a solo "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere". The meeting was brought to a close with the Queen. A delicious lunch was served by Mrs. H. Mackey and group, Mesdames R. Long. UXBRIDGE WATER SUPPLY AT DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVEL The water situation in Uxbridge has become serious and residents are ask- ed to curtail their consumption. The continuing dry season coupled with unusual hot days has lowered the wat- er supply to a dangerous level. Lawn and garden sprinklers should be used sparingly, if at all, and never, never left on during the night. All residents are requested to co-operate in order to help build up the water level in the tanks. These levels must supplies in case of fire. It should be noted that due to in- creased consumption from factories, ete., there is no longer a surplus of water overflowing into the creek. Dur- ing night hours is the only opportun- ity to build up reserves. The situation is serious enough in fact, that if consumption is not cut by co-operation, restrictive measures will Little Britain; Mrs. C. C. Jeffrey drew have to be enforced. Our Morning Services on Sunday were on hand and by the end of June will well attended, especially at PICKERING TOWNSHIP BUYS NEW GRADER Pickering Township Council ap- proved the purchase of a new "Cham- pion" road grader at a cost of $16,200. | This price includes the trade-in of the H old machine, Delivery will be made 'within 46 days. The unit is manu- factured in Goderich, Ont. The "Champion" grader was the { lowest tender received. Nine tenders were submitted, ranging from $24,961. The second lowest bid was entered by the J. D. Adams "Co, at $20,317. The "Champion" is the first grader of its type to be purchased by Pickering Twp. Other similar machines are op- erating in Scarboro and Thorah Twps. ' NEW TOWN HALL FOR WHITBY Whitby ratepayers will not vote on v CT. expenditure of $126,000 for the / construction of a new Town Hall, a Municipal Board hearing in Whitby ; decided on Monday morning. The Board also granted permission for the (© issuing of the necessary debentures to finance this portion of the cost of the structure. Strenuous objection was raised by John Hare of Whitby, to the proposal 8 not to send the matter to a decision of the ratepayers through a plebicite. Mr. Hare suggested that the matter should go before the people so that a presented. He questioned whether the roposed structure was big enough for he needs of a growing Whitby, and whether additional expensive additions would :be needed within the near fu- ture. Mr. Hare was the only person who appeared to voice objection to the procedure. : : On May 4th this year the, Town Council authorized . the issuing of , POLICE LIKE COLLEGE PLAN ANNOUNCEMENT. BROUGHAM---The Pickering Town- ship Council on June 1st received an official announcement from the Attor- ney-General's Department announcing plans for an Ontario Municipal Police College. This announcement was turned over to the Pickering Township Police Chief Reg. Parker. : This is something that the Ontarlo Police Chief's Association has been working on for a long time," said Whitby Police Chief George Rankin when he heard about the announce- ment. "It ig something -that is need- ed. A college where the men will be given complete training on how to handle municipal "affair along with a training on criminal and some civil work. Magistrate Johnson of Niagara Falls, will be director of the Municipal Police College when it gets in opera- Stouffville. The project will take ap- also have in storage some 25,000,000 proximately three weeks to complete, | additional 'pounds of canned pork. The firm expects to lay about 900 ft. Commercial markets abroad for this of pipe per day. mountain of pork are lacking. Ottawa Stouffville's natural gas supply will officials feél that the only way to re- be obtained from an outlet in the Trans , duce the surplus is to sell the pork to Canada trunk line, two miles south of communist countries at a heavy loss. the town on the 9th concession. Two Pork support prices, to be sure, were gate stations have been built on acre- [never devised to subsidize communism. age purchased from:the Morris Hoover They were devised instead to subsidize farm. Here, the pressure is lowered pork produéers who should never have before it, enters a small six inch pipe. "bee subsidized at all. Canadian con- The line extends in a northerly direc- sumers meanwhile, will continue to tion to 19th avenue and then east to pay high prices for pork, all because concession 10, Near the Stouffville- pork producers must, in the Govern Markham Township boundary line an- ment's opinion, be kept happy. Bar- other gate. station will be erected to, guins in Canadian Pork will be found lower the gas pressure before it enters only behind the Iron Curtain. town. This station is now under con-! Reason for the pork surplus is that struction. An additional line will by- "support prices are too high. Agricul- pass town and proceed to the town of ype Minister Harkness recognizes Uxbridge. this and has announced that the pre- Prospect and the Island. Our Junior | Choir at Manchester looked real smart in their new gowns. Mrs. "Johnson is to be congratulated, and we are grateful to the boys and girls for their contribution to the Service. ; The Junior Choir on the Island led in song, with Linda Fralick at the | Piano, and Florence Fralick leading, and we were glad to have some of the boys taking part. I am wonder- ing if the parents would give just a little encouragement. There are many of our boys and girls not very (far away from our Church who do not attend, and yet we know that they would if their mothers and fa- thers would only come with them. We are expecting a number of the | older boys and girls to be with us on Thursday evening at Choir practise. Rev. Dr. Albright gave us a very comprehensive picture of modern Mis- tion. The sooner it starts the better ; it will be, the only problem at the COUNTY INCREASES moment is to find a location for the UXBRIDGE ASSESSMENT College," . : : ' ; ' Ke 1 \ "We are not happy about the situa-, sent floor price of $26 per ewt. will be | gions, and we are glad that so many | reduced to $23.65 per cwt. on October! gttended Church. We had a wonder- 1. Common sense thing to do, if the ful representation from the "Head" government has any concern for the for which we are very pleased. We intefest of taxpayers and consumers ' do. hope that we will have a 'good true picture of the situation would be BAY ROAD BRIDGE OPEN The new four-lane bridge over the CNR on Frenchman's Bay Road open- eo to traffic, } «oe pg The bridge has not been "officially opened" and there is no announcement | 18 of this forthcoming as yet, It would also appear that work on the bridge is not finished as there is only a gravel base on it as yet. Eventually | there will be a road put in connecting the Base Line to the South End of the ' bridge. A curve will are to the north, off the Base Line, eliminating the pre- sent sharp corner. CONSUMERS GAS CO. TO LAY | MAINS IN STOUFFVILLE | tion", was the way Reeve Rae Fergu- alike, would be to eliminate port sup- wii and' deputy reeve John A. Ball ' Port prices entirely, and do it now. summed up the irfcreased assessment Spending tax money to tune of $43, for Uxbridge that passed in County 000,000 to keep pork prices high is un- Council in Whitby on Tuesday. With justifiable economic nonsense. votes for and 17 against, Uxbridge : ~The Letter-Review is to realize an increased assessment . rr of $17,082. At the same time Whitby JUST MENTION TWO YEAR will have their's cut by five percent. COUNCIL, TERM Explaining how this came into ef- Mention of a two year term for fect, the reve said the front muni. Pickering Township council appeared cipalitics are assessed' at a higher ©" the AgInda agi ag, aid iit level. However, this town was given €876 LOIIAN, BROS aol, was there for council to consider, He ask- an increased assessment last year and d bers {f f them wished t it wasn't right another one be tacked ©¢ members il any o eM wished to ! t on it onto it. The votes from the north ¢ommen * were solidly against but since the! Council Harry Ashton was the only ; one to do so, front municipalities had more votes He said, " think this fs a touchy congregation at our Service in the ' Seugog "Head" Church this evening. , This is being written before the Ev- enin Service as we expect to leave | for our cottage early in the morn- ing for a few days. Something of great significance took place last Friday morning. A i number of the Clergy met in the An- glican Hall, and organized a Minis- terial Group for our area. Rev, E. W. Fuller was elected Chairman, and Rev. J. K. Braham Séc'y-Treas. There are many things which can be done through such an organization that could not be accomplished by the in- dividual Church. It is hoped that Greenbank, Epsom, Seagrave, Scugog debentures for the raising of money for the construction of the new admin- mence work this week on the installa- | had add fed. The Consumers Gas Co. will com- based on higher population, the motion and Blackstock will join the Group. The future augurs well, as there is a very friendly feeling of all the Min- We have made all the necéssary arrangements for our Scout and Guide Parade next Sunday. We shall have our regular Services and Sunday Schools at Prospect and Manchester, will be at Scugog "Grace" Church at 11.00 a.m, and be ready to march into the Church by 11.15 a.m. We have a .lovely Service prepared, and extra benches will be placed in the Church to accomodate all who will be with gest congregation we have had all winter. Two short addresses will be given by Commissioner Walter J. Harpur and Commissioner Joan God- ley. The Senior Choir will lead us in song; and with the addition of many new members; we are expecting to fill the Choir loft. With their Leaders, the boys and girls should muster about eighty. On the following Monday evening, Joint Meeting, when some Brownies will "walk up" into the Guides. The Mothers are invited to attend the ceremony. The Cubs and Scouts will meet on Tuesday evening, Aldon Smith and Billy Prentice were invest- ed with their Second Star, and Billy Diamond and Billy Holtby are about réady to receive theirs. Donald Holt- by received his First Star, and Aldon Smith his Artists Badge. The Cubs are just as enthusiastic about Cubbing as when they started. The Cubs and Scouts will meet on Tuesday even- ing. We expect that the work will close down for the holidays, We re- gret to announce that there will not be a Daily Vacation Bible School this year. The Session thought it advise- The boys and girls and their Leaders: | Closing Vespers. us; because we are expecting the lar- | the Brownies and Guides will have a | District Churches Scugog, Manchester and Prospect on Friday, August 28th at 2.00 p.m.'of the many who have helped us dur- "ing the past two years. May be, we might think of the possibilities of isters who met together. | having a picnic and supper for the Pastoral Charge. The Young People of the area are having a picnic and Vesper Service on Wednesday, June 24th in Taylor's Park, Greenbank. There will be games and swimming in the after- noon; Supper, and Camp Fire and This could be a wonderful rally of all our Young Peo- yple in the Port Perry area; and we hope that there will be a good res- ponse, i | This Thursday, Prospect W.A. will | hold their meeting in the Church at 8.00 p.m. Mrs. Grant Christie will "be the Guest Speaker, and will tell of her recent trip to England. Next week Friday Scugog "Head" W.A. , will have an evening in the Church. The programme will consist of mo- delling a number of Brides dresses. " The heat wave has been broken, and we hope that all who are at their cottages will be able to keep warm. | The beauty of our Canadian weather i is, that the days are all different, and there is no monotony. We are glad that it did not keep in the 90s espe- cially when so many are in Hospitals. Our love and prayers for.you Mr. Frank Crosier. . We hope that you will have a better week. And also ito you Mrs. Harrison, Faye Swinson, and others of whom we may not know, {We also remember you Mr, John Pearce, and all who are confined to bed at home. Happy birthdays to John Vanstreen, Nancy Crozier, Bob- bie Edgar, Raymond Reader, Alex. Michie, Linda Reader, Bobby Aldred, and Susan Healey of the Island; and to Toby Zylstra of Prospect. We hope that you all will be with us next Sunday. Pictures will be taken of able, in viéw of our Ministers health 'the various Packs and Troops after jstration building and police station, tion of pipe line services throughout subject at present with 80 much build. ing going on at the present time." The néxt meeting will take place in the Presbyterian Manse, Port Perry, to go easy for the Summer months.' Service, We shall certainly miss the fellowship | O'Neill, Samells, Pugh, Robertson and be retained in order to have adequate ) U/W WL Sly - Sp ' rt hs