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en i IO Ga ET met poe SLT HT NRE NEE I ---------- EN TT THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE ! RSET AIR ANE R i "~~ Sn Bw 2 L POE ER Thursday December 17th, 1959 hy. W-- . What kind of world we are now building is beginning to depend more and more upon how seriously the professionals of modern communication take their responsibilities. Will journalists, teachers, preachers and social scientists rise to the challenge of our era and taking the values bequeathed to us by the intellectuals of previous generations work to save us from the all-compelling lure of more material comfort? They have a wonderful opportunity in the modern mass media to reach the home on a scale "and with an impact that has never before been possible. If they fail us we will become a sort of mass-produced creature almost wholly subject to mass emotional reactions. We will more and more become the kind of creature so vividly pictured in the articles of America's magazine socialogists -- frightened, uncreative, apathetic conform- ists. 4 And this. crucial situation has been brought about largely by the two outstand- ing economic developments of the past ten years, First, the real standard of living of the average family has increased by rough- ly twenty per cent ; secondly, working class 'real incomes and middle-class real incomes have moved up at almost identical rates. This has resulted in two interesting de- velopments, We have changed the pattern -of our spending and consumption. Today we are spending far more on one-time lux- uries--meat, fruit, confectionery, wines, - gpirits, housing, electricity, durable house- hold goods, furniture women's clothes and motor cars. -In the past ten years there Since 1957, when Bulganin first dropped a hint that a summit conference between the heads of states might be a good thing, there has been a continual build-up of the singular importance of such a meeting. In this Soviet Russia has won the leading role, or more correctly, Khruhschev has held the key hand. By 1959 we have come to look upon the proposed summit conference as the early Christians looked on the millen- jum. The idea of the summit is passion- ately supported by public opinion through-' out the West. And what a preparation we are getting for it! % Macmillan goes to Moscow. Khruhschev visits England. Khruhschev goes to India, and then America. Eisenhower goes to Europe and then to India and then to Rus- sia, Khruhschev goes to France and De- Gaulle returns the courtesy going to Rus- gia. Then with these preliminaries out of the way--the Summit. But the important question is what will be gained if we do get to the Summit? There is something unrealistic about the the idea that once the world's problems have got into a tangle beyond the powers of ordinary men to unravel, these super- men will somehow intervene to save man- kind. It is forgotten that it is these very men who have contributed to the tangle . . have, in fact, largely created it. The Geneva Conference of 19556 was a 'Notes and Comments Some Creative Social Scientists has been a sixty per cent increase in the purchase of these things. The other de- velopment has been the gradual disap- pearance of the working. class as such. Much of this post-war expenditure on new goods has come from the working class man and woman. They are now spending what is equivalent to that spent by the middle-class. This, has, of course, tended to wipe out distinctions between classes of people... Houses or flats which at one time were perfectly acceptable as working class accommodation are now considered sub- standard. Workers live in the same class of houses and apartments as those occupied by the middle-class. And so with food. The old fashioned staple diet of the work- ing class home has largely disappeared. They have cut down on the cheap bulky foods and are buying the more expensive and more attractive food-stuffs. In short, most homes have become warm, comfort- able, and capable through the omnipresent television set and radio of providing their own entertainment. Even the motor car is regarded as a kind of adjunct to the home since it-adds to the privacy possible. All this adds up to the fact that the modern home provides a highly satisfying environment, The question is whether this environment is going to "be- come an end in itself driving us to a kind of selfish achievement whose sole end is material comfort. There is considerable and mounting evidence to show that more and more people are beginning to feel that there is no other end in life. What Lies Beyond The Summit? | big flop. This conference could well end the same way. It is important and necessary for us to realize that the heads of our government are not supermen; they are the same peo- ple who are conducting our affairs from day to day. The two most important problems facing the members of the Summit will be: First, "total disarmament and this problem has such far-reaching consequences for the economy of the West that our present lead- ers dare not face it . . . they can't even discuss it without all kinds of hedging and reservations. The second, the division of Germany. In essence this is the crucial problem involving as it does the Commun- ist and the Western way of life. Do you think that will be solved at Summit? The most disturbing thing about the Summit is that we will expect so much of it that when nothing comes of it things will look worse than ever to us That is what happened in 1955. We must look upon the Summit as a de- laying action in the continuing cold war with Russia, a part of our strategy in order to better understand the methods of the Soviet leaders and a strategy designed to give us more time to find some more rea- sonable and intelligent approach to the problems of the modern world than our leaders have yet been able to devise. | Anglican Notes _| there, that there be a W.A. represen- "| Christmas party at the home of Mrs. 4 District Doings he is' dismissed _ were naturally disturbed and they call JUDGE ORDERS DISMISSAL OF STOUFFVILLE POLICE CHIEF - In awaiting his long-awaited decision on the public hearing concerning Police Chief Edwards of Stouffville. Judge Robert Forsyth stated on Tuesday that the retiring of Chief Edwards would not be in the best interests of Stouff- ville, that he be given ten.days in which to resign and failing to do so, Stouffville Municipal Council is in receipt of the decision of Jodge For- syth in which a resume of evidence is given and his final decision is made and from which council has been given to understand, there can be no appeal. In dealing with the evidence, Judge Forsyth's findings state that in the the final police report, only the duties performed by Chief Edwards were set forth, but there was omission of any occurrences of which Constable Van- Koughnet had charge. The letter con- tained two complaints againse Con- stable VanKoughnet and it was ob- viously for the purpose of discarding VonKoughnet and possibly resulting in his dismissal. 5 Members of council, the report states, ed a special meeting for Sept. 20 when they questioned Chief Edwards about Bo Say Edwards said, "I can only report Chief Edwards testified that he nev- er said VanKoughnet kept no records, but he did say VanKoughnet had never kept any proper records. Council asked that the books be pro- duced for inspection. Chief Edwards at first refused to produce them. Fin- ally, he allowed Reeve Lehman and Councillor Laushway to make a cur sory inspection but satisfied them- selves that VanKoughnet had entered oceurrances. As a result, council sus- pended Edwards. - Apparently the complaint is that Edwards wilfully made a false state- ment against VanKoughnet. Judge Forsyth continued in his re- port "I examinted the occurrence book and found that in August VanKough- net had reported upon five occurrences and in September upon three occur- rences, The reports madé by Van- Koughnet seemed to be quite ade- quate. : "1 have not hesitation in finding that when Chief Edwards said to Council that VanKoughnet made no reports, or proper reports, he did so wilfully and that the statement was false. "T find that the charge might have been phrased better, but the charge is that Edwards committed the offence set out in Sect. 6 and wilfully made the false statement alleged. I consid- er this sufficiently describes the of- fence. Chief Edwards guilty of the offence charged. "The offence is a serious one, and it shakes any confidence which council may have in him. He made the false statement knowingly and wilfully and for the purpose of discrediting Van- Koughnet and having him dismissed, To continue him in office as Chief Constable would not be in the best interests of police administration in Stouffville. "1 therefore order that he be given ten days from the date of this report to submit his resignation, and failing to to do so, he is dismissed." The order was signed, Judge Robert Forsyth. BOWMANVILLE TEACHER BUYS RUSSIAN CAR We have been advised that one of our high school teachers is sporting gomething new in the way of auto- biles. He bought one of the first Rus- afan cars to be shippel to Canada re- cently. To date we haven't seen it, but can't help wondering if it runs on our gasoline or vodka, We also won- der if there is a 'special muffler and exhaust pipe so that instead of the usual exhaust noises, it gives out with By Mary, Becker The retirement of Mrs. Woods from the position of president of the Wo- men's Auxiliary, after having served in that office for the past twenty years, was announéed at the annual meeting, last week. Members ex- pressed their appreciation for the many years of devoted service Mrs. Woods has given the organization. The W.A. officers for 1960 are Pre- sident, Mrs. C. 'A. Glass; secretary, Mrs, J. Whitby, and treasurer, Mrs. G. Clarke. At the meeting, a mission bale was packed and donations were made to assist the 'work of Anglican residences" and training schools. At a recent meeting of the Diocesan Board of the W.A. in Toronto, mem- bers heard Miss Margaret Robinson, missionary from the Diocese of the Arctic, ask for more W.A. assistance in the work of helping Eskimos adapt to a new way of life. Appeals for help from the dioceses of Caledonia and Keewatin have been recently an- swered by the Diocesan W.A. of Tor- onto. It was announced at this meet- ing that the W.A. library in Toronto would be merged with the Toronto diocesan library, with the conditions that W.A. historical records be stored tative on the library board and that members might keep books one month, Members of our Sunday School are reminded that the Christmas parties are today and tomorrow. The 6, 7 and 8 year-olds will have their party today, (Thursday) from 4-6 p.m. To- party for the Beginners, called "A Birthday Party for Jesus". The jun- for and senior members, aged 9 and up, will have their get-together to- morrow evening (Friday) from 7-9. Our Girls' Auxiliary have been very active in the last weeks and will con- tinue to be during the rest of the month. Recently elected officers are: President, Geraldine Dagenais; Sec- retary-treasurer, Carol Ann Morrow; and Vice-president, Mary Baker. On December 18th (Friday) the girls will hold their last 1959 meeting in the form of a Christmas party at the Rec- tory at 4 p.m. On December 23rd, the girls will join G.A, members from Brooklin, Blackstock and Uxbridge to go to County Home, Whitby to sing carols for the patients there. Re- freshments will be served while there. The girls are working on a study book entitled "Christian Vocations" and will be trying for their nursing badge this year. i The evening Guild held an enjoyable Jefford on Tuesday evening. Games were played, small gifts exchanged, and a pot luck supper climaxed the evening, Our Sunday School White Gift ser- vice was held last Sunday at 3 p.m. The children sang carols, Mrs. Becker read from St. Luke, Mrs, Fuller told a delightful story and Mr. Fuller said a few words to the children. There was a good attendance of the younger classes but the response from the seniors was disappointing. Next Sunday, December 20th, there will be a 7T-lesson Carol Service at 7 p.m. as well as the regular morning prayer. Members of the parish read the lessons and many lovely carols are part of this traditional service. There will be Holy Communion at 11.80 p.m. Christmas Eve and also on New Year's morning at 11.30. This column will not appear again until January. You are reminded, therefore of the following: the Even- ing Guild will meet on Monday, Janu- ary 4th at the home of Mrs. Morrow; te Afternoon Guild will meet on Jan- uary bth; and there will be a euchre in the parish hall on January 7th, sponsored by the Women's Club. A very happy Christmas and New Year to all. RATEPAYERS AGREE TO SELL SCHOOL TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY * Brougham, Dec. 8.--Ratepayers have agreed to sell the old Brougham School House and grounds to the Pickering Historical Society for $2500 with the understanding that--"if the society fails to function, the property will re- vert back to the village of Brougham at the selling price." Decision was reached at a well att- ended meeting of the ratepapers, who voted down an amendment which would have seen the property adver- tised for sale by auction or tender. Educational value of the museum was a deciding factor in the decision "Nikita", "Kikita" and_ backfires what is in the book, Constable Van. Koughnet kept no records." "On the evidence before me I find "Khrushchev", torical Society. to sell the land and school to the His- ~--Pickering District Churches - Scugog, Manchester and Prospect What a beautiful day God gave us on Sunday! The trees were a picture. Surely our world can be transformed into fairy land overnight! The wet and slush of Saturday with the freez- ing later, made the roads somewhat icy; but with the gentle fall of snow during the night, most of the danger was overcome, The Minister preach- ed on the promises of God to bring His creation to perfection. He said that quite often man could only see ahead of him the blackness of des- truction, We forget that God made us for Himself, and that nothing may alter that fact." He said that quite often we hear men say "I am not good enough to come to Church and to worship." There is fear behind it, and fear has created a fa)se image of angels with swords blocking the way. Hand in hand with our fears, have gone the blackness of ignorance." He said that one of the most perplexing things in the field of religion is to believe "that God is really doing much about the mess of the world. Open your hearts and minds and you will see much evidence that God is work- ing. Victory over wrong has been won. V-day has taken place, and we can confidently look for D-day. Let us not be depressed because it takes so long to destroy all the evil." We take this opportunity to thank The Port Perry Star for the liberal space they have given to us all year, in sending out our messages of hope morrow from 8.45 to 5.15 will be the and love each week. We still believe that it is in the Church that the best | things are taking place, and we tell you because we hope that everyone will become interested in the Church, which is a powerful instrument in the hand of God for the accomplishing of His purposes for man. We wish you one and all a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS. From now until Christmas, the days belong to the children. This evening (Monday) the Children of Prospect will present their Christmas Concert, under the able leadership of Miss Sleep. We know of one little boy who will sing, play the piano and recite; and who can hardly wait. And then on Wednesday, the Manchester Schoo! will present their Concert in Man- chester Hall. On Saturday evening the children of Scugog "Head" S. S. will hold their party in the Church, and on the following Monday evening all three Public Schools on the Island will join in having one Concert. We haven't any word yet from our Cubs and Scouts about Carol Singing; but if we do as we have done other years, there might be Carol Singing on Tues- day evening, instead of regular meet- ings. Next Sunday will be Christmas Sun- (day. There will be Special Music in yall our Churches; and messages of hope and inspiration. There will be two Services on the Island, morning and evening. The Evening Service will take the form of a Candle Light Service, and a Christmas Pageant. There will be Mary and Joseph and the Baby Jesus--Wisemen and shep- herds--Gabriel and angels--and our Junior Choir to lead us in Song. The chillren of the Island will bring their gifts of canned fruit and vegetables for the girls at Cedarvale School. There will be the story of "The Litt- lest Angel" and a brief Christmas Message from the Minister. Please bring an offering to help others who are not ag fortunate as ourselves, The Service will commence at 7.830 p.m. Will those taking part in the Service be at the Church at 7.00 p.m. We in- vite the whole Pastoral Charge and all our friends in the area, both young and old, to come and fill the Church, and have fellowship with us in Chuist, "For unto you is born this day in the city of David, A Saviour who is Christ the Lord." Our love and best wishes to all who are in Hospitals and at home conva- Of Many Things by Ambrose Hills GETTING THINGS DONE I love my family . . . I think! These days, however, it is a hard thing to do. You see, they caught me in a very em- barrissing position and they haven't let up on the giggles yet. It happened this way. This is my busiest time of year. At the present moment, I have six impor- tant writing" jobs to get done, plus some lesser ones, and nearly all of them require research. On top of that, I am in the midst of arranging a debate with the Provincial Secretary of th CCI party in Alberta, who chal- lenged me. They too, there is the business of getting Christmas card ad- dresses straightened out, gifts bought and all the rest of it. In short I went home pooped the other night. I noticed a book on my bookshelf which a had often intended to read, but which now became a must, because it is called "HOW TO GET THINGS DONE," written by a psychologist and a lec- turer in whom I have a lot of faith. An if there is anybody in Canada right now who needs to know how to get things done, it is I. So down came the book, and I sprawled on the ches- terfield to read it. In about half an hour, my wife call- lescing: To Mr. James Maynard and Edna Beckett of the Island: To Mr.! Frank Crosier of Manchester. We did | miss you on Sunday Edna and we hope that you will soon be with us again. Happy birthdays to Paul Henry of Manchester, and Irwin Smith and Ian MacCullock of Prospect. : TWO YEAR TERM TURNED DOWN FLAT Citizens of Lindsay, property owners and tenants, expressed their disap- proval of the proposed two year term for councillors in no uncertain manner at the polls Monday. The by-law met with a firm negative answer at every polling division. The final results--For two year term 672! against 1004, ed out that supper was ready . . . to come and get it. Everyone scrambled to the table but me. ly little heart!--was the one to find me. You have guessed it. I was sound asleep. Across my chest was the book. Kathy read the title, "HOW TO GET THINGS DONE." Of course she brought all the family in. When 1 woke up, there they stood in a semi- circle around me, giggling like hyenas. Now, whenever there is a job to do they say, "Ask Dad. He knows how how to get things done . . . he's slept on the problem!" They are a very witty group, my dear little family! I hope Santa gives them just what they darn well deserve I his Christmas. PRICE TAG ON A JOB A MAN working for himself provides his own tools and machines. and other equipment for his farm. I'or example, a farmer buys a tractor, cultivator In industry, equipment is too expensive for one man to buy, and plants and machines are bought with the invested savings of shareholders. At The Steel Company of Canada, Limited, the average investment per employee in plant and equipment is $21,700. Besides paying shareholders for the use of their savings, profits replace worn out equipment and provide for factory expansion, A company without profit is a company without a future. THE STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA MONTREAL LIMITED GANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO Canadian-made_ steel from Canadian-owned plants A search was - started and Kathy--bless her heaven- otin aii" wr no Ay oh SAE ee BA Par re an Ta . » A -- Wal o ar a ho? . Soir? APT 2 , we NI = % il Dread gs To Nd LN BN oor " " ea i 14 a a HS A - om me of