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-------- 2 3. ; v yy AOR an pe pa yi ' #98 Na RET Fa ta ids . % 2 CR BT £ 5 ~ Llgaad y ® Notes and | -omments Juveniles | A series of articles called the Sins of New York has been running in some of the large city dailies. Many of the revela- - tions are sensationally shocking--pérhaps, a good and sufficient reason for the series being accepted for publication--but more important than these exposures of sordid - crime are the things that contribute to this way of life. The crime which seems to pervade New York has its roots in juvenile | delinquency. In the last decade we have learned a great deal about both the causes and the prevention of juvenile delinquency. In those homes that have been free of any form of juvenile delinquency there: ..seems to be a general pattern of living which provides the kind of stimulus and the kind of environment that makes for goodness, ; 'In the good home the parents stand to- gether, shoulder to shoulder in mutual sup- | port, It is impossible for the children to : play one off against the other. The method of bringing up the children seems to be one which combines both love and discipline. The parents have achieved self-respect and 3 -- the children recognize it and begin to feel : © it themselves, > In New York most mothers and fathers of delinquents forget or have never known that all children have three kinds of basic . District Churches Scugog, Manchester and Prospect In a marvelous way we have sur- vived the period of ice, which is a good omen for the New Year. The trees are recovering and standing straight again, after being bowed down with the weight of tons of ice. In some respects, the trees were very much like ourselves, and we could hear them groaning and moaning un- der the burden; and every once-in-a- while there was a crash, as some limb was torn loose. And then under the warmth of the sun, and a gentle breeze, all their burdens were cast to the ground, and now they lift their faces and limbs again to the sun. There are still wounds to be healed; but they do not worry. They know that Spring will come, bringing new life and health. So we enter the New Year, with the scars of the old; but with the consciousness that life is yet beautiful, and the future is great with promise. We shall meet the set- backs as they come, and do our best. P, a Thy Fi 3 INDEPENDENT THINKERS A recent survey made by the Gallop Poll has found that 66 per cent of Canadian union households believe that labour unions should not take part in political activities. The same opinion is held in 72 per cent of non- union households. The contrast is marked when the answers to a similar question asked in the United States are compared. There only 61 per cent of union members believed that un- ions should keep out of politiics, while 74 "per cent of non-union members thought the same; In both countries'the results indicate that there are '@& good many union members capable of independent thought This has already been shown in Canada by the lack of union en- thusinsm-for the C.C.F. proposal to form a Labour Party. Even some in- fluential union leaders have been cold towards the idea of diverting any part of their union dues to political war chests; and they have not been de- ceived by the suggestion that members might be allower to "contract out" of a political levy. The. independent thinkers among union members can see that diversion of union funds to a political party would be as improper as diversion of the funds to the sup- port of one religious sect, TL Another practical reason for oppres- ing union political activity is that the peculiar legal status of unions in Can- ~~ concern themselves with care and feeding of the youngsters body and most of them stress the mental scars that may arise be- cause of too severe a discipline" No book has been written on how to scrub a young soul, Even if it were it would not be popu- lar, - That is why we have become so materialistic. Money is something which can he seen and felt and stolen, ~The ideal seems to be to make God part of the daily life of the household. To sum up, it appears that there is little danger of - juvenile delinquency in those home where the parents themselves have learned to grow up and have achieved cer- tain definite values with regard to the mind, body and soul. These values can be communicated to the young and where they are not communicated there is great dan- ger that boys and girls will readily fall into disastrous ways of life. In the City of New York juvenile delin- quency has doubled in the past five years. But it is not only in large cities that there has been an alarming increase 'ii juvenile delinquency. Small town and even vil- lages have to face the fact that criminal behavour on the part of our young people * has become a serious problem. It appears that it is a problem which cannot be solved 'by laws and courts and penal institutions. attend the School for two years, in which time we hope that they will re- ceive all the love and understanding that will take away some of the bit- terness and disillusions of their form- er homes, and give them a fresh start in life. What damage is done to little children when mother and dad cannot live together! Mr. and Mrs. Murray Holtby, and in the evening at 8.80 p.m. the Man- chester Church will 'meet. We shall announce these again on Sunday. Will all the Treasurers of the various organizations have their financial statements ready, and also the Secre- taries to give their reports. The matter of deciding the best place to put our new organ will be discussed at the Annual Cong, Meeting on the Island. We would like to have same installed as soon as possible, so please come with ideas. Then arrangements will be made for te dedication. We should also discuss plans for our Cen- tennial Anniversary and get working on same. The Minister preached last Sunday on "Forgiveness." How illogical we are in not applying the very teach- ings of Jesus to our Heavenly 'Father! The text was: "Then came Peter to Him and said, Lord how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? "Till seven times? Jesus said unto him, I say not unto you, Until seven times; but until se- venty times seven." God never had any strings attached to His acts of forgiveness. God's nature is to for- give ad infinitum. And this is one of the greatest teachings in our United Church, which has upset so many, and is bringing new courage to many also. I find myself in perfect agree- ment. Sin can only be conquered completely by the love of God in Christ Jesus, When I am tempted to despair, I hear the welcome voice of On Friday afternoon of this week at 200 pm. in Scugog "Grace" Church.all the mothers of our Guides are invited to 'meet with the-Leaders. Divisional Commissioner Mrs. Joan Godley will speak to the mothers, Next Monday the Brownies and Guides will meet together at 7.00 p.m. These three girls--Karen Carter, Beverly Goose and Beverly Eden will be Tie "Walking Up" from Brownies into Guides. We had two lovely Services on Sun- day at Manchester and Prospect. Though the roads were in good con- dition, and the day rather mild; there were certain portions of the Island without electricity. The current was A) needs; spiritual needs, physical needs and mental needs. The parents spend consider- able time reading books and tracts about ° the raising of children, but In The 1960's A challenging question to all of us, is, "What lies- ahead in the next decade?". Those who are reputed to be experts and therefore should know say things that in 1960's man will stand on the moon; that earth satellites will whirl about with landing platforms as busy as railway depots; that jets will fly from Toronto to Vancouver in an hour; that ulation will reach twenty-five million ; that China will be well on the road to becoming the most powerful nation in t the Soviet standard of living will have ap- proached that of ours in the fifties and that cities will flourish in our Northland under plastic domes. Such things are quite wit of the possible; however, there are some somethings which seem to be obvious cer- most of these 7 among other Canada's pop- ic ruin. he world ; that The kind of home life we provide for our young people appears to be the key to the whale situation. Canada have shown that these industries need cleaning up. In the building industry, the government already play a significent role. With rapid increase in population large cities and local communities will have -to resort to more planning in order that they may provide essential services without courting econom- We can expect government inter- ference in this trade to be more direct and more widespread than formerly. It is also clear that we are well commit- ted to the welfare state idea. we may be sure that government will con- --cern itself with taxation for the purpose Therefore, of better distribution of wealth. Unem- hin the realm ployment insurance, old age pensions, hos- pital and health services will require larger and larger sums. Within the next ten ada has been achieved through pres- sure on both Liberal and Conservative governments, both obsessed by the myth of the labor vote. A Labour Party, officially supported by the unions, would have no influence unless it could form a government, and the chances of that are remote, The party might destroy, by its very existence, some of the 'special privileges that unions now enjoy, --The Printed Word KNOW THYSELF Overheard at a hockey match; "It's going to be terrible if our side doesn't win; we're such poor sports when we lose." \ a 0f Many Things BASIC VALUES BY AMBROSE HILLS turned off at the Church and Manse about 1.80 a.m. and was not turned on for nearly twelve hours. 'A number of cars arrived for Service at the appointed hour; but the Church Build- ing "was not warm enough. This is the first Service to be cancelled for a long long time. Owing to the fact that our telephone system has been out of order, it was not possible to send any word to many of our famil- fes. We look for a full Church this coming Sunday. Thanks so much boys and girls for your generous response on Christmas Sunday with tins of canned fruit and vegetables for our Cedarvale School for Girls in Georgetown. All these girls are from broken homes. They Jesus saying: will never turn away from you. us." "The teachers of Prospect S. S. are meeting this afternoon(Monday). The again, and Scugog "Head" W.A. and Manchester W.A. will hold their first Annual Congregational Meetings will be held next week. On Monday ev- ening at 8.30 p.m. Scugog Church will meet in "Grace" Buildings. On Tues- day afternoon at 2.00 p.m. the Pros- pect Church will meet at the home of "Never give up. God His forgiveness is unlimited, and as often as we turn to Him of our own accord, so often will His loving arms receive work of the boys and girls will start meeting of the year this week. Our speedy recovery go out to Olive Pain- ter of Prospect who has just recently broken her ankle in three places. And also to all our elderly friends who are shut-in. We remember you Mrs, Ives and pray for better health with the warmer weather, and you also Mrs. Webster, and to you Mr. Maynard that you may not have any more operations. Happy birthdays to Gary Carter, Evelyn Slute, Arnold Heayn, Clara Kreig, Ruth Aldred of the Is- lara; Also to Carol Aird, Hilda Hof- stee, George Leach and Walter Stev- ens of Manchester; and to Sandra Greenwood of Prospect. We invite you one and all to come and worship with us on Sunday. thought was about Pete and what makes him tick, what makes his sales- men work so hard for him, and why he is so widely respected. When I met him first, last night, I was disappointed. He looked like an even I outshone him. But by midnight, I was his man. 1 an convinced that the work we were doing was improved immeasurably be- cause he was present, although after a few questions from him we stroked He checks every glib phrase, every quick idea, against his sense of what is right and solid and true., You come to depend on the consistency of the man and what he stands for, He never stops to think about what others might tainties. years it is almost certain we well see the ordinary Joe, except for a boyish smile [out several of the smoothest para- | think; all his thinking appears to be First, there will be much more govern- introduction of state medicine. The gov- I was engaged in a project with a [that ssemed to come very seldom but|graphs from the material we had |a straightforward reckoning of what ment interference in private business than ernment will also dominate more and more few other men. We were, I was told [was like a flash of sunshine. He was | written. is right and just and good. Perhaps anything we have experienced before. This we be necessitated by stres a tremendous expansion in It is now perfectly clear the trans- communication are too leave them to the mercy of those who seek to exploit capital and labour It begins to look as though government will have to regulate to a far greater degree both the food and the drug industry. The revelations of in- vestigations in both the United States and portation and vital to in terms of profit. ses set up by our economy. rampant. of armament our efforts. the money market. leave money policies to the private banks - any more than it can allow credit to run It will be the job of the govern- ment experts to find ways and means to control a steady and progressive inflation. But the biggest question of all for the 60's is whether or not the world can get out from upder the back-breaking burden It cannot afford to costs, Surely this is the most futile and the least productive of all District Preliminary investigation has start- er in connection with the dedision to Doings for three council seats. Frank Davis, the only other nominee, indicated that he intended to withdraw. a group of civic dignitaries as well as officials of the road transport depart- menet of Canadian National Railways. At this ceremony the charter for the at the outset, "doing the rough work s0 we'd have it ready for Pete when he arrives." I had been engaged to do some of the writing. Several times, during the meetings and work sessions, it was said that "This had better wait until we talk it over with Pete." So often was this fellow Pete men- tioned that he became almost an ob- session with me. I wanted to know more about him. Apparently he was fabulbusly successful in his operation of a certain company in Edmonton, Those who knew him always referred to him with above-average respect. Gradually I found myself thinking, "Nobody could be that good!" Never- theless, I waited impatiently for the day that I'd meet this fellow face to face. ' Well' I met Pete last night. We not quick on the uptake by any means, and in the first hour or so he didn't contribute a single gem of brilliance What made this man so impressive ¢ I think it was the fact that he has a sense of basic values, and you get to our work. I was quite sure that to know that as you get to know him. an old-fashioned way of describing him would be to say that he has character. ) WHY MAKE A NAIL IN CANADA... + « . . or a radio, or a stove. or a car, or any of the erect a new Post Office in Lindsay. A] - bboy went into our session right after din- \ | / week ago an Engineer from the Postal |W. J. NAYLOR GETS WELFARE [bus system was was handed to His |, or and worked until midnight. This thousands of products manufactured by Canadian a department at Ottawa visited Lindsay, | BOARD POST Worship Mayor Lyman A. Gifford by | norning when I got up, my first workmen? accompanied by Mr. C. W. Hodgson, M.P., and a number of prospective sites for a new building were looked over, : Three sites in particular were in. spected and Mr. Hodgson stated that negotiations will be undertaken with property owners in the pear future. In fact it is expected that work on the Post Office will commence in April of 1960. : ELECTION IN MARA ASSURED BRECHIN--Election for council is assured in Mara township and a vote for the reeveship seems likely follow- ing this week's nomination meeting. Erwin Cowie, last year's township deputy reeve, qualified for the reeve- ship contest this. year and- present reeve, Pat Duffy, although he has not yet qualified, is expeeted to run again, Former mayor of Oshawa, W. John Naylor, was chosen to replace deputy- administrator W, D, Johns who is re- signing, at a welfare board meeting on Tuesday, December 29th, . Mr. Johns will begin his duties as first superintendent of Hillsdale Manor Oshawa's home for the aged, about February 1st. ¢ Mi Naylor was a unanimous choice of the board. There were eight ap- plications. Both appointments are subject to the approval of provincial department of welfare. - OSHAWA UTILITIES COMMISSION ASSUME BUS SYSTEM ~ he transfer of the Oshawa bus ser- vicé from the Canadian National Tran- Canadian National Railways, to the sportation Company, a subsidiary of |: L. JO, Henderson, of Montreal, general 'manager of the road transport depart- mnet, Canadian National Railways, The mayor, in turn, handed the chart- er to William Boddy, chairman of the Oshawa Public Utilitiés Commission. MOVE TO INCORPORATE VILLAGE OF COURTICE AS FULL-FLEDGED TOWN Events have moved fast in the past few days in Courtice, where a group of interested citizens are probing the merits and demerits of separating from the township of Darlington. A meeting of about 30 interested rate- payers a week ago decided to send a delegation to Toronto to obtain neces- sary data with a view to incorporating the area ag a town, Preliminary talks were centered around the possibility of incorporating of thé township population: resides in the area, which is growing at a fastér rate than the rest of the township. Under present conditions, it is as- sumed that the area will not attract industry in view of lack of services. Separated it will be possible to get either extended services from Oghawa, or set up something under the provi- sions under the provisions of the On- tario Water Resources Board Act. Following visits of the delegation to Queen's Park, and to the Oshawa Planning Board, a brief will be set up outlining bath the advantages and dis- advantages, if any, of the plan. L. W. McCONKEY RESIGNS goods, manufacturing. other nations to process, ---- By making these thingp ourselves, we have earned a standard of living admired throughout the world. Nearly half pf all employed Canadians work in Without our factories we would be principally employed in producing raw materials for We enjoy our present way of life because we work ' not only on the land but also in modern factories. One way to maintain this is to buy Canadian-made § yo The third nominee for the reeveship, | Oshawa Public Utilities Commission, [as a village, but advice from Queen's| L. W. McConkey, who tendered his it John MacDonald, a former warden of Thursday afternoon, December 81 1959 | Park was hat it would be better, from | resignation effective Joday a sure 3 THE 13 try, indicated he would withs | was 'marked by a simple, yét fitting, |a planning and industrial point of view | tary-manager of the Oshawa Chamber ! Ps | fhe Jou ry FARE ee _ 2 : : to set up the area as a town. It would Jof Commerce according to an an- STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA {3 Charles Healey, one of the last year's | * Although the OPUC did not actually [also give the area a much better | nouncement made this Thursday, Dee. LIMITED . councillors, was acclaimed. (aputy- start to operate the buses until the | chance of deciding its own destiny. 31st, by Herbert Robinson, president MONTREAL GANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO reeve, ¥ & i Ervie Odd, James Barnes," Muir Dack, Peter Brodie and James Murphy {morning of January 1, officials of the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission arranged a ceremony at the garage on have so far qualities for the contest Hillcrest street which was attended by ' It was pointed out that Courtice has at least 40 per cent of 'the total assess: ment of the township, and has less roads to maintain, Almost 40 per cent \ > of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, Mr. McConkey has occupied the posi- tion of secretary-manager for the last ten years, 3 Canadian-made steel from Canadian-owned plants Our Jove and best wishes for a -