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Member of Association The Canadian Weekly Newspaper THE STAR-EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, February 25th, 1960 Notes and Comments The National Debate For the first time in many a session Parliament is hearing an open debate on a national issue that cuts across religious, racial and party lines, To abolish or not to abolish the death penalty? That's the question, It is one which has given a few of the back-benchers a chance to say something in the nation's forum. They are saying. it" well. Often the proceedings of the House are anything but orderly. Members thump their desks, sputter out meaningless jar- gon, bitterly accuse opponents of all sorts -- of things and generally act like an unruly class acting up-in the absence of their teacher. However, the debate on capital punishment has been conducted with the decorum we usually associate with a court- room. At least three speakers have ac- quitted themselves particularly well. One was Mr, McGee sponsor of the bill ; another was Mr. Maloney who also supported it. The member from Calgary who opposed it spoke well but his arguments were not as convincing as those of the abolitionists. - The really fine thing about this debate lies in the fact that the individual mem- bers are thinking about the problem and making up their own minds. Regardless "Eisenhower Goes South On the eve of his departure for South America, President Eisenhower spoke to his fellow Americans and secretly hoped that the rest of the world was lending an ear. It now appears that the aging lead- er of the American people intends to go out of office in a blaze of glory. He told what his purposse was in going to South Amer- ica and what he hoped to accomplish by his mission. It is all very simple. Ll He intends to do a little, no, a lot of fence mending in the western hemisphere and to do it where is is most badly needed--in South America. What a price he is pre- pared to pay, too! Money and markets for the underdeveloped Latin Americas. Of course, we are being relentlessly forced to finance the South American coun- ¥ of the way the vote goes, the government is safe. This is not one of those issues over which the government must resign if defeated. It is interesting and challenging to see Conservatives arguing with Conser- vatives and Liberals divided one against another, Although the arguments for abolishing are much stronger than those for retain- ing the death penalty, there is little doubt that the bill will be defeated. Parliament is loathe to run ahead of public opinion and there is a feeling-in the House that the majority of people in Canada are not yet ready for abolition of the death penalty. For political reasons rather than humane ones most of the members will vote against it. There will probably be quite a large majority against the passing of the bill. _ But the debate will have served a pur- pose. It is the first step towards eventual abolition which will probably come before this parliament is dissolved to face a new election. By that time most politicians believe that the man in the street will have come around in his thinking to a point where his duly elected representative can . vote for abolition without fear of reprisal at the ballot box. suddenly feel that they have a right to those things for which they have not worked. However, we live in desperate times and we cannot longer afford out- moded capitalistic theories on the rights to private property. Especially when we have Communists Capitalists ready to lend where we fail to get in first. This will no doubt be a very successful mission for Ike and a nice prelude to his forthcoming Russian Visit. He'll travel to Moscow a lot more comfortably if he is able once more to tie up the block of twenty votes from South America which used to automatically support anything the U.S. did in the United Nations. tries and forced to guarantee them mar- kets because if we don't Russia will. It seems strange that these countries held back by custom and religion should The President will then retire having well earned a traveller's rest. But the mission won't really lessen the problems of the United States postponed them for a while. . it will only have District FORMER STOUFFVILLE POLICE CHIEF'S BID FOR APPEAL REFUSED Former Stouffville Police Chief Frank Edwards had his bid for an ap- peal, denied on Friday by three of Toronto's senior Judges. The request for an appeal was heard a week ago . by Judges Laidlaw, LeBel, and McKay, who listened to arguments by Solicitor Lee representing Stouffville, and So- licitors Rose and Starr for Edwards. After several days of review, the three Judges upheld the judgment of Judge Robt. Forsyth, given against Edwards in the fall, and declared that the former Chief had no grounds for any appeal. Costs in the attempts to appeal are to be borne by Edwards. RAISE SALARY OF MARKHAM REEVE A salary increase has been approved for Reeve W. L. Clark of Markham Township. At a special meeting of Council held last week, it was agreed Jhat the Reeve's annual stipend should be raised from $2,600 to $3,000. Members of Council will also receive an increase from $10. per meeting to $18.00. committee meetings in addition to re- gular meetings of Council. To quali- fy, all committee meetings must be arranged by the Chairman. LINDSAY PARKING METER BY.LAW IS "GOOD" SAYS CHIEF Peterboro police officials and Coun- cillors are in a muddle because a County Judge has ruled that only the owners of motor vehicles can be char: ged with meter violations. "Qur parking meter by-law in Lind- say is Good", said Chief Hunter last week. "It reads that violation tickets can be placed on cars no matter who owns or drives the car". This rate will apply to all Doings GUS BODNAR BUYS HOTEL BENSON, LINDSAY Reports circulating are to the effect that there has been a change of owner- ship in connection with the Hotel Ben- son and that as of March 1st the new proprietor will be Gus Bodnar, of Tor- onto, whose name was for some years well known in hockey circles, He was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It. is understood that the Benson Hotel block still remains the property of Mr. Wm. Nugent, of Toronto and Pleasant Point, a member of the Ont. Liquor Control Board. The purchase of the business was made when Mrs. Daw and Mrs. Egan decided to dis- pose of the business. It is stated that the Coffee Shop, or Cottage Tea Room, will continue to be operated separately. \ UXBRIDGE PUBLISHER NAMED DIRECTOR OF O.W.N.A. Mr, Eugene Macdonald, publisher and editor of the Glengarry News, Alexandria, was named president of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers As- sociation when members met in Ham. ilton for their annual convention. Pete Hvidsten, publisher of the Times-Jour- nal, was named one of the two new | directors. Also named to the ten man | directorship of the over 200 member association was Reg. Workman, editor of the Winchester Press, PICKERING TWP. SET SALARIES FOR FULL-TIME FIREMEN Pickering - Township council this week passed a by-law setting the sal- aries for full-time firemen. Chief, $4,400-4,800; Deputy-chief, $4,000-4,200. There will be no overtime paid to any officer on salary. For RUBBER STAMPS See The Port Perry Star FIND RABID FOX NEAR OSHAWA A rabid fox was found, dead or near- ly dead, last Tuesday, on the farm of Lloyd Gifford, in south-east Oshawa. This was confirmed by Dr. I. J. Woolsey, director of health of animals branch Federal Department of Agri- culture for Durham and Ontario coun- ties. The head of the animal was sent to an animals disease research institute for examination and was declared po- sitive for rabies. Dr. Woolsey said some animals on the farm will have to be quarantined for 60 days. A few animals had been running in the open stable where the fox was found, Lloyd Gifford said he never before had a rabid fox found on his farm. "I've been watching all winter and I've only seen one fox track". BOWMANVILLE START D. 8. TIME ON APRIL 24 Daylight Saving Time in Bowman- ville this year will extend from Sun- day, April 24th to Sunday, October 30. This was decided on motion of Reeve Sidney Little, seconded by Councillor Wesley Fice, at the meeting of Bow- manville Town Council held on Mon- day evening. Beautiful Personalized Stationery may be obtained from The Port Perry Star. LIVE BETTER Electrically... with an..ELECTRIC WATER HEATER £ My | VE SITTER (41 ALS Worms BH SL A NEW KIND OF REPORTER Margaret Pope is a housewife with a great deal of shopping to do. As CBC radio's new consumer reporter, she will test and report on what's new and worth-while in household applian- --= 8 "SE 3 ces, food and nutrition, beauty and child care--in fact anything of inter- est to the Canadian housewife. Mrs. Pope will give a five-minute report each weekday morning on CBC radio's Trans«Canada network, Clipped Comments ANTI.COMBINES LEGISLATION Anti-Combjnes Legislation, however necessary, must be geared to the par- ticular economic conditions of the country it is supposed to serve, Such is view rightly expressed by Canadian Pulp and Paper Association president R. M. Fowler, at Association's annual meeting at Montreal, - "I firmly be- lieve", says Mr. Fowler, "we need a sound, clear law to regulate business practices. But it should not be based on American concepts and it should be drafted to meet Canadian conditions and to conform to basic Canadian legal principles. In particular, it should take account of the special problems of Canadian export industries that must trade throughout the world." Mr. Fowler is right. Trouble with anti-combines legislation in this coun- try is that it follows U.S. pattern, despite fact that U.S. depends for its prosperity on mass domestic market, while Canada is still largely depend- ent for prosperity upon world trade. British Anti-Combines Legislation, designed to serve a country vitally de- pendent upon its export trade, differs sharply from Canadian and U.S, Leg- islation in that when various enter- prises in a particular industry meet to discuss common problems and to en- ter into arrangements for the ex- change of information in research and other fields, such activities are not deemed to be unlawful unless it can be shown that they are harmful to the public interest. Without such pooling of knowledge and resources on the part of industry, U.K. would find it far more difficult to compete in world markets. With anti-combines legislation up for re- view and amendment at present ses- sion of Parliament, it is highly im- portant that the Government, in seek- ing to protect the country against combines, should not perpetuate leg- islation that clearly places Canada at a disadvantage towards other count- ries competing for world trade mar- kets. What this country needs, clearly, is Made in Canada Anti-combines Legls- lation; free from the curious quirks and prejudice of U.S. Anti-trust laws --quirks and prejudices that unfor- tunately have been reflected in the formulation of past anti-combines le- gislation in this country. Most people will agree with Mr. Fowler not only on this point, but on his forthright assertion that "Our labour rates and labour policies should be made in Canada -- not made in U.8.A" "With our close contrasts, our many affiliations of both com. panies and Unions", he points out, "the pentration of Canada by Ameri- can influences on labor matters is powerful and continuous", Danger, as he sees it, is that both management and labour run the risk of jeopardizing this country's compe- titive position in world markets by making collective agreements that conform more closely to the U.S. than to the Canadian pattern. --The Letter Review. U. 8. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT With Hoover-Style Royal Commis- sion in prospect for Canada, Defence Department officials should be careful lest incidents as embarassing as that turned up recently in Washington by the House sub-committees on manpow- er be found to cause red faces among armed services brass in this country as well, U.8. Defence Department, it seems, has been putting out a blue-bound brochure for enlisted men, telling them in simple terms how to wash the .others were filled with snow. general's dog, set his tea table, mix drinks for his guests and shine his shoes. As for dogs, the brochure notes, "pets require baths. The best way to accomplish this is by using soap, water and plenty of elbow grease, The fingers are better than any mechanical device for applying soap. Rinse the animal thoroughly by pouring water over him, then keep him warm until he is dry ...." Report of 'House Subicommittee's Inquiry doesn't revegl whéther bro- chure also contains 'fistrdctiohs on how to trim poodles or ¢lip over- grown toenails on ¢anaries. 'Never- theless, arnied services brass in Wash- ington are plenty enibariisséd. And U.S. taxpayers are likely to be very angry at learning 'that' their hdrd- earned defence dollars go to pay the wages of sérvice personnel employed mainly as servants for the brass. --The Letter Review. Fidelis Class The monthly meeting of the Fidelis Class of Greenbank S.8. was held at the home of Mrs. M. Lee on Wednes- day, February 3rd. The meeting opened with hymn 330 "Love Divine" followed by a prayer by Mrs. Don Rear. A devotional reading entitled "The Art of Gratitude" was read by Mrs. R. Real with Scripture readings throughout by Mrs. D, Réal. Mrs. J. Dobson gave an interesting reading "Annie the Valiant", followed by hymn 'My Faith Looks up to Thee.' * The devotional part of the meeting was brought to a'close with a prayer by Mrs. Len Taylor. The president, Mrs. W. Phair took charge of the business portion of the meeting. The minutes were read and approved, and the treasurer's report given. It was decided that the Guest Book which Mrs. Cooper had obtained for Rthe Class to see, would be quite suit- able for the church, and a committee was appointed to enquire about having a table built for the book. Anyone wishing to order wool blankets, from old woollens, must have material ready by March 12. A committee was appointed to plana social evening at the church for Feb. 20th. A spring fashion show is being plan. ned for March 80th, with hats from from Mrs. McEachern and children's wear from Elizabeth Shoppe. The meeting was closed with the Mizpah benediction, and a lovely lunch was served by the group in charge. "the doctor and..." help, by telephone. "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 prompy/and priceless aid. Just knowing it is there, inimum cost. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA © . It's hard to put a value on these things. Yet r telephone provides them all--and more--at District Churches Scagoy, Manchester and Prospect It never does us any harm to be prepared, even of nothing happens. Quite often many very f{mportant things take place; but we were not ready. So Jesus tells us "to watch and pray." Sunday was a lovely, bright day. The Church at the centre of the Island was cozy and warm. Everything was in readiness, except the congregation. Only the main centre road was open, and all the I sup- pose that one may grow accustomed to arranging the programme of the Sabbath without anything to do with Churches; but on the other hand, the reverse is true also. It was one of the longest days, and seemed so out of place. Which reminds us, that it would be possible for a large pro- portion to become accustomed to a world without Churches; but may be, the next generation wotild turn to and rebuild them. And do, along with hundreds of communities, we were not able to hold our Services on Sunday, which makes us more éager to assem- ble in the House of the Lord this coming Sunday, which will be "Scout Sunday" for our Pastoral Charge. We are now thankful that we didn't plan these Services for last Sunday, and mostly because our Speakers could not come, as they both had previous engagements. So boys and girls, parents, relations, and friends, we in- vite you to our two Church Paradés on Sunday February 28th. All our Guides and Brownies and Leadérs will meet in Scugog Church basement at 10.00 a.m. and be ready to march in- to Chureh by 10.16 aan. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Cook from chman's Bay will be our Gtiests for the day. Mrs. Cook will speak to the girls; Capt. Joan Aldred will tell the child- ren's story, the girls will take the of- fering and we Hope, one from our Loeal Asgoe. of Quidés will réad the lesson. And then at 1.00 pm. We would like all our Cubs and Scouts and Leaders and relatives and friends to meet at Prospect Church, and be ready for the Service. The Chairman of our Group Committee, Mr. Frank Henry will read the Lesson; the Choir will sing, Mr. Harry Cook will give the address, and others will take part. We are hoping for a lovely day, and a wonderful response. We had a let- ter from our Provincial Field Com- missioner Mr. W. J. Harpur, regret- ting that he could not be with us, This evening (Tucsday) we are ex- pecting all our Cubs and Scouts with us on Scugog Island for a Joint Meet- ing, in the Church Basement. We hope that a goodly number of the parents will be with us. Two of our Island boys -- Kenneth Wilson and Billy Prentice, will be "Leaping" into Scouts. These boys have a goodly array of Cub Badges to their credit, 'and we hope that they will enjoy Scouting as much as they have Cub- bing. There will be a brief ceremony when they will bid farewell to their Cub friends, and be received by the Scout Master, and taken into one of the Patrols. You will find a fairly full account of the work which we are doing amongst our boys and girls in our Report for last year. We regret that we were not able to hold our Official Board Meeting last Friday, and will wait until the wea- ther is more gettled. The Statements are all ready, and will be distributed 'on Sunday. But we would like to meet with the Elders of the Island at Scugog "Head" Church on Friday evening of this week at 8.30 p.m. It will not be long before Spring and Summer will be here, and our Ladies of the "Head" are anxious to plan for the Centennial Anniversary. The Minister will be there to meet with a Committee of the Ladies, and also with the Elders. There will also be our regular Church Service at Man- chester Church at 11.16 a.m. on Sun- day. And so the weeks go by, and we have to encounter the storms and the calms. We have been taught that 'the effectual prayer of the righteous effect much good," and so we pray for each other. We are all in the hands of God, and even though He doesn't withhold any good thing from His children, Jesus has taught us to ask, and to seek, and to knock. Often we may not receive just what we have prayed for. And then some- times, the answer may be "No" be- cause God may have better things to give us. But from experience, every one that asks receives. Let us con- tinue to pray for all who are in trou- ble, and especially for those of our own community whom we know and love and let us keep our own hearts and minds open to receive God's greatest gift of ALL, Himself in the glad that you are up and about again Don Ashbridge. Carol Fralick still remains unconscious, but hope still burns in the hearts of all who love her. Many families are recovering from the "flu", and the sun is warm- ing the earth for Spring. Happy birthdays to Virginia Eden, Ruth Wil. son and Beverly Aldred of thé Island; to Elsie Hofstee of Manchester; and to Robert Holtby, Carol Craighead and Beverly Vernon of Prospect. Please keep in mind the Service for our Young People in the Area, which will be held in Scugog(Grace) Church on Sunday evening March 13 at 8.00 pm. The Guest Speaker will be Dr. M. B. Dymond, our Provincial Minister of Health; and the theme will be "The Refugee Problem", There will also be a "Panel Discussion". More particulars will be given later. After being closed for a week, our Centre School of the Island is opened again. We are so glad Nettie Aldred, that you are sufficiently recovered to take up your School work again. 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