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cnt bi iod 3 ---- a / i ¥ Se ™ SUR i a Nov sushi 19th, 1959 Cthan' we do ourselves. Notes and Children's Books November 15th to the twenty-second is children's Book Week. What kind of books are children reading? Are they reading to any extent at all? What is the value of children's reading anyway? All these are questions we could profitably discuss at some-length, "Children are 'borrowing more hooks than' 'ever before" says Freda Waldon of 'the: Hamilton Public 'Library. - She is quoted in Saturday Night, November the seventh issue, entitled Children's Books Without Magic. It is'an article well worth redding. © A' part of 'the article of 'special and pertinent interest deals with the new watered down classics for children, with books of factual Information that are not literature but a compilation of facts. Here "indeed is a signpost that may lead to great "errors in the life of a child. A signpost which' if followed may mean that the i misses, many. of life's FHehest. blegsi Man must always have itfispiration that comes from the development of imagina- "tion enhanced by fine values. Fine values do not grow in a vacuum. They come through careful criticism of life experience, ** Dicken's David Copper- field seemed to us a ponderous tome when we were small but what a wealth of know- - ledge, of .charactey we acquiring when we et had waded through its pages. Peggoty was "areal 'person' and' so" were all the others. It wasn't only in the facts of the case that we learned to compare various ways of life and evaluate them but through the expres: sions Dickens used; through his way of » Canada's Place in the Space It seems that a little place called Moose- nee on James Bay may well be the taking off place for the first human: who" will go to the moon. The terrible Van Allen belt of dangerous rays has a loop-hole near the the poles. Moosenee may be the place chosen to set up the equipment that' will allow the scientist to continue his study of ways and means to land people on the moon. / is et rd At the LiL rt Russia seems to know a good deal more about our Arctic Canada would do well to develop as many resources as poss- ible toward the field of Arctic research. We are a buffer between United States and Russia whether we like it or not. We need our own young scientists in this country exploring the great resources of this vast northland. We need to learn how to live in it, before we can learn to take off from it "these problems, Comments drawing a picture for us so that we saw what he meant us to see. It was his wonderful use of English that created for us pictures of Christmas, past, present and future and therefore helped us to real- ize more clearly what true Christmas is for all time." It is all very well to keep children sunny and healthy and sharing with a happy end- ing to every story but life simply is hos like that and much of the great lite) AE te we have inherited has been a valu sson for guidance in real life, not alw. ause it gave us a pattern for action ht ause it stimulated our thinking through our im- agination_to a point where we learned to make our own comparisons and to profit by them. 'Dickens himself fought for a better standard of life, for better education, but we are in danger of losing the value of these very things if in our attempt to keep 'everything wholesome we water down to vacuity and innocuousness. Television is very absorbing. Visual education is a great factor in learning but no picture of Scrooge flashed across a 'screen can give one tenth of the knowledge of this type of character to a child that the slow building up of images creates as the child quietly turns page after page of his .own.book- absorbing its contents, We have a great responsibility to see that we put. good books in the hands of our children and that we show our children how - 'much We appreciate good books ourselves. Race to the moon or any other planet. "Defense Research might well take in If they end in solutions that increase the chances for peace in the world so much the better. Russia seems 'to have no difficulty in finding funds for this type of, research,, We can-have na better defence than the broadening out of perspectives that may give man new goals. 'Man might even 'learn to co-operate with his traditional enemies if he were to find that it was more important to 'get.out there' than fo kill off his neighbour at - home. . Someday, whe we a SA how to combat the cold we may go into the north for a holiday simply because it is not crowded and rushed. Men who have lived successfully in the Arctic say that it gives one a sense of balance and peace. District Doings * |0f Many Things now? '|the world's population. .afternoon. PICKERING TOWNSHIP SCHOOL SOLD FOR $45.00 The Metropolitan and Regional Con- servation Authority purchased the 98 year old Dickson Hill Public School for the sum of $45.00 at an auction sale conducted an the grounds, Monday The old iron bell, valued by many over the price of the building, brought $30.00. It too was purchased by the Conservation Authority. The The School site was sold to Howard Hoover for $3,600. The pressure sys- tem brought $656.00 and the furnace was sold for $205.00. The auctioneer was Mr. Walter Atkinson of Stouff- ville. ~ The entire auction, including the lot, building and contents was com- pleted in less than two hours. Many local residents attended the sale. A number came for a final lgok at the old schoolhouse which had served the community for almost a century. The new school will be officially opened on Friday evening Nov. 20th. All parents of present students and ratepayers in the section are invited to attend. Mr. "Lex" McKenzie, |- M.P.P, will be present. -- 2 | > \ \ \ hy DEDICATE NEW.84000, BUILDING AT BROOKLIN UNITED, CHURCH BRO before John Chure Christ KLIN--On Sun ay afternoon congregati over 300 Rev. mith of the Whitby United dedicated the new $64,000 n Education Building, Rev. ~ Smith §s the Chairman of the Oshawa Presbytery. Scarborough whose fath Jull, was minister of PRATHRE for 21 years. Rev, Paul Christensen of Winona, formerly of Brooklin, and Rev. M. C. Fisher, of Newcastle, presi- dent of the Bay of Quinte Conference of the United Church and also a form- er minister of the Brooklin United Church. The Brooklin United Church was built in 1867, said Rev. Fisher, and during the years the church has been a part of the Brooklin community. It has seen four ministers go forth from the church for ordination, Two of the four men who had been recom- mended by the Board of Stewards to the Ministry and subsequently ordain- ed into the United Church took part in the dedication ceremonies. They were the Kenneth Jull and Rev. Christensen, Presiding at the tea table during the social hour that followed the dedica- tion ceremonies was Mrs, William Heron, wife of the Whitby Township reeve, Seen among the guests were Reeve Cyril Morley and Mrs. Morley and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bray, all of Fickéring Village. KILLED DEER ON oMEMERS | MAIN id Fok F. "Binkley, of St. Hubert's Av. Totonto, Travelled all the way to Aps- a (2 00 miles) to §pot 4 deer and was ing unsuccessful when he drove Shughin into a deer as the anima was crossing the le attect Tn the Whiage of Omemee last week. Binkley Jgiehis way to. High 98 and was doubling back on Highway Then bis lights picked up the deer. It Amon 4 ministers taking part in the d n cerem ate to pis] ~ nies were Rev, 8S. J. ee: ed 0 rig piv Fev "United Church, Red th Jull dly da g PC. Shi eastighted the ac, {ident and the animal was hauled away by a Game officer. most Priceless. OPENING OF BROUGHAM MUSEUM TO BE HONOURED BY PREMIER LESLIE FROST Interest in the projected Museum being established at Brougham by the Pickering Township Historical Society, has become widespread. Premier Leslie Frost, whose hobby is the study of early Ontario history, has definitely promised to attend the opening ceremonies. Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who once attended the school at Greenwood, also express- ed his interest in the project when in- terviewed by officials of the Society last week. Encouraging letters have been received from many former res- idents 'and out-of-towners who have been 'contacted by the Society. 'More than 5,000 circulars calling at- tention' to the drive are being distri- buted to school children in the town. ! ship, with the hope they will redch every home in Pickering. Some of the Township's best known antique collectors have definitely pro- mised to part with some of their! treasures as soon a8 they are required, ple. ot 0 Sojoet offered being al- cnn porn MALL | IN. SEARC Sir Ernest MacMillan leads the or- chestra on the CBC Talent Festival, Sutidays on' the Trans-Canada radio network. Sir Ernest will travel across Canada with. .the show, seek- ing /prdmising classical instrumental- ists and singers. Contestants on eath program will be evaluated by a panel of three judges listening to the program' and returning their, verdicts, by closed-circuit telephone from Ed- monton, Toronto and Montreal, OF TAL by AMBROSE HILLS IS. COMMUNISM A DEAD ISSUE? A few Years 'ago everybody was talking about Communists in Canada, and the dangers of infiltration. : day (perhaps because nobody wants to be, called » witch hunter) vou seldom "hear boo about them. Dogs this mean: Communism is a dead issue Not according to J. H. Moore, of Hamilton, Ontario. In a speech to the Traffic Club of Hamilton the other day, he warned us not to scoff at the notion that Communists could take over here. He made his point by show- ing that at V-J Day the Communists controlled eight million square miles and 10% of the world population, whereas now, without any major war, they hold control over thirteen mil- lion square miles and about 357, of Mr. Moore then went on to show that many things are happening in Canada today that will pave the way to Communism unless we are watehful. He referred to all sorts of legislation which, while profitable to some, has restrictive results on all. We are too inclined, he said to give up individual freedoms in order to make | small financial gain or to please one pres- sure group or another. Jin the declining living standards of the To-| plain their utter. dependence on more GOVERNMENT HELP NOT THE ANSWER Evidence of the decline of Canadian agriculture as a self-supporting, self- respecting industry is to be found, not farmers, but in their increasing de- pendence on government help rather than on their own industry and enter- prise. More and more tha farm organiza- tions are leading their followers to be- lieve that Government can be the river of all good things, and can free them from all responsibility for their own welfare. Only a few months ago the Domin- Jon iovernment gave the western 'grain growers Several million dollars of the taxpayers' money ns a free gift, ostensibly to compensate them for a poor crop. and more than average dif ficulty in selling it. But even while the money was bing paid, the farmers wore discovering that the crop was not so bad after all and that the quality of their wheat was. so high that there was a demand, for jt. in spite of the giveway marketing poliey of the U.S. Government. ' If we accept Dr. Johnson's definf- tion of gratitude: as "a lively appre- tion of favors to come", we will have to admit that the western farmers ' are grateful to the Government for that gift, " . 'They. are showing their gratitude by the energy and the thoroughness With which they are organized a mass crusade to Ottawa this- winter. to ex- and bigger gifts from the same source, as the only means of assuring them now looks as if this proposed crusade is being organized to convince the Gov- ernment that to refuse their request might create more political problems for the Government than it would solve. The practice of running to the Gov- ernment for support every time they find themselves in difficulty is becom- ing a habit, and is undermining the independence of the farmers. It is in keeping with the policy of the Fabian Socialists, laid down by Sidney Webb, as the only means of making people vote socialist. He said: "The word socialism must never be used, but the people must be taught to look to the government for everything, and to depend on it to solve all their problems." Whether they know it or not, the farm organizations in Canada ave leading the farmers into state social- ism that will end in depriving them of all control over their own business and of the ownership of the land they cul- tivate. The farm movement took the wrong turn when it adandoned the principle Clipped Comments Saxony, while proceeds from public sale of shares and from' dividends will go to establish a foundation for science and technology in Lower Saxony. Actual Sale of shares will commence early in 1960, Sweeping moves towards de-nation- alization in West Germany reflect con- viction of Government at Bonn that state-owned industries that compete unfairly with private enterprise tend to stifle industrial growth and devel- opment of new employment opportuni- ties. --Letter Review INFLATION Inflation, whether of creeping or galloping kind, can result in yester- day's millionaire being hard put to it to find c¢nough money to pay for a meal. That was what happened to a lot of people who were millionaires in German marks and French francs after World War I. Some of them may have still beeh worth a million marks or a million francs, but the marks and the francs lost nearly all their pur- chasing power through inflation. Inflation also poses grave problems of 'Equal rights to all--special privi- legos to none" and frankly adopted the 'policy of special privileges for them-' selves, The experience of the last three de- cades should teach both farmers and government that agricultural perity cannot be based on arbitrary controls of markets or of prices, or on grants from the public treasury. The only foundation for such prosperity must rest on the farmers' ability to produce the crops the con- sumers want and at prices the sumers can pay. pros-' sure con- of the prosperity which they now con- sider their birthright, ficiéncy payments on wheat, oats, and barley sufficient to bring the prowers'! of city dwellers. They want these | payments made retiéonctive to the e ro year 1955-56 and they want them to be increased year by year as their operat- ing costs increase. In other words, they want the Gov- ernment to guarantee them profitable prices for their grain, no matter how much it costs to grow it. When tlie farm "érgatizations made! a similar request last fall, the Prime' Minister told them that such payments as they were asking would create more problems that they would solve. It | knowi ing the consumers' needs and his The petition which they intend to ability to present to the Government asks for de- where every man is free to buy what incomes up to parity with the incomes! nationalization ;ment out of competition with private industry is agreement reached between shares of Volkswagen. And the only means we have of pay, is the open market he can afford, and to reject what he {considers beyond his means. --The Rural Scene DE-NATIONALIZATION [OF GERMANY Prosperity and De -Nationalization of state-owned industry go hand-in-] hand in West Germany. Latest de- move taking govern- Bonn and the state of Lower Saxony to sell to the public 60 per cent of Remaining 40 per cent of the shares will be devided equally between Bonn and Lower for business and industry, as CNR "president Donald Gordon pointed out in recent address before Instityte of Chartered Accountants of Quebec. (If recorded profits are inflated through the effects of changing money values," asked Mr. Gordon, "is it not reasonable to assume that real capital may be depleted through demands from sharchelders- for larger' divid- ends, and from employees' represent- atives for higher wages? Is the life- blood of industry indeed being drained away? Conventional Accounting methods do not reflect the impact off inflation upon the financial position of business and industry. Nor have accountants themselves come up with a scheme of financial reporting that, as one observ- er has aptly expressed it, will show that a company which began trading with a dozen cocoanuts is now trading with 12 peanuts, Mr. Gordon has not readymade an- swer to this problem. But he is on in suggesting that ac- should set themselves to thinking about the desirability of a system of financial reporting that would accord formal recognition to the shrunken purchasing power of the dollar. Certainly such a scheme would have the merit of displaying the dan- pers of unchecked inflation. --The Letter Review sound ground countants Another fact used by Mr. Moore to prove his point was that today theve are 200,032 people working for the Dominion government alone--whereas at the very peak of the War it took only 101,785 to administed our affairs. Mr. Moore says, "Our two older parties are socializing the country as quickly as the voters will accept it." How does the individual help stop this drift? Mr. Moore has some suggestions. First, vote every chance you get, after studying the issues. Then be sure to know the name and address of your representative in Ottawa, or your pro- vincial capital, and let him have your views. On top of that, Mr. Moore would have us all adopt the following four freedoms: 1. The freedom to gripe and criti- cize, particularly at governments. 2. The freedom to change jobs. 3. The freedom to choose how to spend our own income. 4. Freedom to be right, even when what we know to be right is unpopular. He feels that if we maintain those four freedoms, we'll have gone a long way toward maintaining the four freedoms enunciated by President Roosevelt. I think he Has something there! and a shopping mall is to bar all cars rand trucks from the main street and allow 'shoppers to flock to the main street, The traffic lights would be dismantled for the shopping days and all types of jay walking encouraged. Where will the cars be parked? That Moi LINDSAY From time to time Lindsay business men have suggested that it might be! lots: The idea of having a down town ing mall during the Christmas ing season has caught on in the United States and is being tried in differeht towns and cities in Ontqrio this year. On suggestion regarding Lindéay fl goed Jdea to dispense with parking is alsp meters on Kent street, providing park- | mitting, cars might be parked on Vie- ing areas ged behind | toria |Park_under superyision. Rem Shr REN , Or on neatby | suggested that cars be allowed to park is the problem. It is suggested that rasay car owners leave their cars at home and walk for a change. It suggested that, weather per- It is of both sides of adjacent streets. It is suggested that lanes at 'the rear of Kent Street be used. y The whole idea spunds' big but 'thdré are some business men who would ap- preciate the Chamber of |Commerdp batting the question and problem around. Last week at the meetings of our W.A.s the Questionnaire sent by om Head Office regarding the New Or- ganization to be set up for the women of the Church, was dealt with. All the answers from thousands of or- ganizations will be going in by the end of the month. The Commission on the Work of Women in the Church has reached the point in its delibora- tions concerning the formation of ONIT WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION, where it must know the mind of wo- men throughout the Church, particu- larly with regards to the way in which this New Organization will function in the Pastoral Charge. The W.M.S. have done a wonderful work in the field of Christian Missions. Our W.A.s have had a much larger mem- bership, and in places where thero were no W.M.S. many of our W.A.s are affiliated with them. Tt therefore seems a wise move to have the support of all, the women in the Church for all the various phases of our Christian work, instead of having it divided as we now have. It will be very inter- esting to hear what the new name will be. The Ladies of Scugog "Grace" were quite willing to support the new organization. Certainly the New Programme will be 'greatly en- riched, with Local and Qutside pro- jects and Interests. In spite of the weather, Prospect Church! wag nearly filled last Friday evening, when the Ladies held open house for all who cared to come. Miss Jeatne Pearsoft of Uxbridge, who was the delegate of the Junior Farmers-to visit the Bri: tish Isles last year, told of her eX perlence, 'and showed slides to illug- trate. Tt was moat interesting ang informative, and enjoyed by all. We also had Mrs. Rodd, who is a very | gdod elocutionist, and both the child yon and.adulfs enjoyed her Readings Very much. This promises to be another busy and interesting week. I suppose that there are people who still think that the Minister only works one day in the week, namely on Sunday. If that is true, then your Minister had a very light week, as he was only required to preach once. We had the Minister of Centre St. United, Oshawa take our Services. Rev, & Mrs. Dickson were accompanied by Mr. & Mrs. Ger- row of Oshawa. The flowers at Scu- gog on Sunday were in loving mem- ory of Mrs. Menns and Mr. Ed. Fines, Our deepest sympathy to Jack and Tom Manns and their families, in the 'bereavement of their dear mother, and also to Mr, & Mis. James Seott and Mrs. Fines of Port Perry, There had been wonderful yeports of Rev. Dr. Fletcher by the Prospect folk, and so it was a great privilege on Sunday for your Minister and Mrs. Braham to meot Mr. Percy Fletcher and his family, who attend Centre St. United Church. Dr. Fletcher had a great part in bringing Centre St. Church into Church Union. It was one of the first Churches in Oshawa, and belonged to a small group of Churches known ds Christian Church, After retirement Dy, Fleteher min- istered to Prospect and Manchester. The Brownies and Guides had a joint meeting last evening (Monday). It took the form of a Party. It is good to see so many of our girls en- joying their programmes; and this afternoon and evening the Cubs will meet on the Island and at Manches- ter. Last week three of our little Chums were initiated and became full fledged Cubs; namely Cole Humph- rey, Clare Fralick, and Billy Loates. This afternooh Ricky Hunt and Ivan Jeffrey will be initiated. We are planning a Church Parade for the District Churches Scugoyg, Manchester and Prospect meet on Wednesday of this week in Orono United Church. Please remem- ber Choir Practice on Thursday at the Manse. Most of our men on the Is- land have been away hunting, for the past two weeks, and were very much missed. By the way, the Hunter's Club are coming again to the Island this Saturday to hunt, and will have their Banquet in the evening. Our Ladies are getting ready for them. Next week Friday our Ladies will also be providing a Banquet for all the Public School Teachers in the area. Wedding bells are ringing again, and another of our Island girls, Bonnie Jeffrey will enter womanhood through the doors of matrimony. Isn't it a- mazing that our little girls of yester- day, in a few years, blossom forth in- to lovely Brides! We do wish Bonnie and her fiance Willinm Bell, joy and happiness. Our Theme for Sunday will be "What happens when we die?" and if time permits, we will go on to speak on the meaning of the resur- rection of the body. We do invite you one and all to come and worship with us on Sunday. every We are very sorry to learn that Mrs. C. I. Fralick of the Island is in Port Perry Hospital; but are glad to report that she will be home very ghortly. Our love and prayers for all the sick and shut-in, to Mrs. Kruppa of Manchester, and Mrs. Webster of Prospect. Algo to Mr. Frank Crosier of Manchester who is still in Oshawa ieneral Hospital, You have made a wonderful come-back Frank, and we hope and pray that you'll soon be home. Many happy returns on your birthday on Thursday. Also, happy birthdays to Christopher Vanst of Sunday nearest B.P.'s birthday, name- ly February 21st. All the boys will | attend. . Manchester Church, and . the girls Scugog. The F Dreshyiany will the Island; Stephen Henry of Man- chester; and Douglas Diamond, Spsah Smitherman, and John. 2 of | Prospect. x a