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- I THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE 4 ? The Joys Of Winter .. NOTES AND COMMENTS ~The Teachers' Battle ° i The implications that stem from the cur- rent battle being waged in Toronto by the local Board of Education and the Secon-- _ dary School Teachers are most disturbing. The public school system has always heen staffed largely by women. The wo- men te 'have always greatly out- numbered the men and some have argued that this is the basic reason that teaching: has always been the poor sister of the pro- fessions, Regardless of the xight or wrong x that assertion, no hip can deny that un- e law was passed gran al pay for equal work, boards of ins dri ind * mueh more interested in getting women than men. At one time there was a work- ing rule in Toronto which said that ho more than twenty-five per cent of the public school staff should be men. The difference in salary was considerable. As the salary of men and women came closer together there was a tendency to hire more "men. , .. in the secondary schools there had always been more men because there the salary was much more attractive than in the public schools. 2 : With the introduction. of the single sa- lary schedule--same pay for public and secondary school teachers if their qualifi- - cations were the same--the profession is once more handed over to the domination by women. an ineffective minority. . . with the pass- -4_ ing of the Ontario Secondary School Tea- chers' Federation . . and it must pass out of the picture if the local federation in Toronto loses the fight with its board-- then salary negotiations will be largely determined by the women in the profes- sion and largely by those who represent the public elementary schools. ia 'They will certainly not stage all out fights for large differences becguse of [22 Winter is here. It's pretty generally agreed that from one end of Canada to the other that what we are experiencing is really winter. How ridiculous all those prophecies about a mild winter . , . an open winter . ... a winterless winter, now seem! While the snow in some parts of __Canada hasn't yet reached a depth of five feet, and while the temperature in certain: places hasn't yet hit the 50 below mark, we're off to a good start and it's hard to say how it will all end up. And this seems - a good time to assess the real blessings. of a real winter. What a blessing this is for those who go South! There will be no indecision on their part; no wondering whether or not the trip is really a waste of money. Oh, no! They can be sure that they will buy their way of a real winter by going South this year. Just imagine the enjoyment that will be theirs when they buy those. technicolour cards that flaunt all the co- -lour and the beauty of the tropic and just imagine their joy as they seribble across the back of them .. 'Wish you were here. It's 90 in the shade . . but you'd never know because of the beautiful breezes that blow - in from the ocean." Now there's a bless- ing for you , . . if you can afford it. And just think of the bakers, and the milkmen, and the postmen. A winter like this turns their routine job into a-north- __and clear. -qualifications but wil tend to iron out such differences. This is a trend that is now becoming most evident. Nor will they whole-heartedly support a real drive, an all-out fight for large increases in tea- cher's salary. Many of them will not even be on a permanent contract. It is reported that 52 per cent of the elementary school teachers in the city of Toronto are married women, Naturally men to whom we look for the. 'main support of the home are not satis- fied to find themselves outvoted by mar- ried women for whom the job of teaching is, in most cases, a supplementary form of iricome. If the Ontario Secondary School Tea- ~ chers' Federation loses this fightin Tor- onto the net effect in the years to come will be that of driving men out of the pro- fession . . a failure to attract men. . . an encouragement for married women to look towards teaching- as a supplementary source of income. Perhaps, this is not a bad thing. Per- haps, the teaching profession is really a woman's profession and perhaps, it is true, that in the teaching profession there is really no place for really first class male graduates of our universities, In voting power, the men are. Education is the nation's business, but it is a complicated businéss in which we . try to save money rather than to invest. Our investment in liquor is much greater. "The single salary schedule as set forth by local boards has yet to prove that, in spite of-its expediency, it is in the true interé&st of educational progress. . The. current fight in Toronto would seem to highlight the whole problem of who is to teach our children and how those who teach are to be paid. .- : nr ern adventure where like intrepid trappers of the far north they wrestle with the blizzards, fight their way through the drifts, and strive to keep alive in sub-zero weather. "How they must welcome these changes from the humdrum existence that is theirs when the weather is warm, fine, a le, | UXBRIDGE LIBRARY 95 YRS. OLD | their parents to church. It is hard to -] was made seriously. One of the most important assets to be founded in Uxbridge sing or as it is more commonly known, the Uxbridge Free Library, was founded in 1859 in Temperance Hall on a mo- tion by Rev. Wm, Cleland and Joseph Dickey. The chairman was the well known and oft spoken of Joseph Gould. er of Toronto St. east and Brock St. and there, with its archi- tecture of another age, it stands as concrete evidence of the forward look- ing men of yesterday and to-day. A- top the edifice is a rather unique in the lower floor, and whose striking of the hours lend a dream-like aspect tq the thriving little town who nestles beneath its face. : Since its founding the Uxbridge Li- brary has: periodically undergone mi- nor renovations and improvements. In 1958 a new restful green floor was laid, a rearrangement of books and a children's section arranged that has promoted an even greater interest in reading for the younger generation in town. Lighting is at its bést and illuminates all books from ceiling to floor. The reading room is open daily for the henefit of the public and a large number of periodicals are al- ways available for those who care to peruse them, e its] | birth will celebrate a 94th birthday this 'week, The Mechani¢'s Institute| 3% The Uxbridge Library is situated] '| at the eo clock whose working mechanism js. rt cmp Home after 6,000 mile journey by air from. Liberia where she became the first victim of poliomyelitis in the country's history, Mrs. David Graham, 20-yer-old mother of three children will receive Further treatment in Tor- RE Mate pati ve f BM IRAE F&F Port Perry, Ontario, a THURSDAY, JANUARY 14th, 1954 -- onto, arranged by the Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Foundation for Polio- myelitis. Mrs. Graham is shown with her husband and TCA stewardess Kay H N N MacKay." : Clipped Comments. CANNOT FORCE ANYONE TO CHURCH i One of the most ridiculous sugges- tions we have heard for a long time was recently-made to the Ontario Le- gislature's select committee on reform institutions, a body which has been almost swamped with idéas of cranks and fanatics, = This suggestion. was that a law should be passed making it compulsory for children to take} believe that a suggestion of this kind We do agree that it is eminently desirable, in the interest of character building, that children should, in their early lives be made familiar with church and with Sunday School. One of the sad facts about our'modern li- ving has been the declinesin: Sunday But the real blessings are reserved for the children. What wonderful opportuni- ties for turning yourself into a snowman-- to the disgust of mothers -- of getting beautiful frost-bites skating, sleighing, skiing. This is the time when the Child- ren taste to the full the blissful sufferings of the great outdoors. 3 And what opportunities too for the in- genious motorist. = Just imagine all the fine scrapes you can get into and. out of in a winter such as this . .. skids, being stuck on hills, in ditches, on side-roads . . . having the battery expire, the motor hoil; and the chains break . . . oh, this is a sea- son of rare blessings for motorists. No doubt there are many singular bless- ings enjoyed by others which 'we haven't mentioned but we feel that we have done something in.giving voice to just a few of the 'blessings. And it just goes to show that it is an ill wind that blows . . . yes an ill wind that blows in the winter time. A all those who' had been laid off 'by Percentage of hunter success here . : Tv . SEI : ; District Doings 762 DEER BAGGED IN LINDSAY DISTRICT Approximately 2,860 deer hunters in the Lindsay' district bagged 762 deer, seven bear & three elk this year, conservation officers of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests es- timate. Hunters from the U.S. num- bered 125. Deer killed included 276 bucks, 284 does and 202 fawns. As| of the fawns were 'males, in the past six years was 1048, 84; 1949, 88; 1060, 40; 1051, 88; 1962, 27; 1968, 26.6. I i, District. Forester A. B. Wheatls disclosed some interesting figures on fawn-doe ratio and age and weight distribution as a result of information, gathered at three deer checking ata- ¢ tions. | -- MAY HAVE ICE IN ARENA BY THURSDAY, JAN. 14th. {parts of Ontario and Simeoe Counties. | The number of unemployed has ri- 'men greatly during. the recent weeks, is on the way, the pipes in the arti- ficial ice service will be packed with snow next week, possibly on. Tuesday night. If snow is not here, chipped ice will be packed between the pipes and then the rink will be flooded. Ice will be available on Thursday provid- ding no unforseen troubles appear in the meantime; Ea ; UNBMPOYMENT HITS HIGH IN | LINDSAY, DISTRICT There are at present more people unemployed in the Lindsay area than at any time during the jurisdiction of: the local office of the National Servis, mecording to the Employment Serv g to. the loeal office, some 850 perdons are ingluded in the rolls this district--this includes about 860 Eindsayites who are out of work 'at the present time, - * ~The area covered by the local office includes all of Victoria County, and according to Mr. Brown. While in- 'dustry, in Lindsay particularly, is working at a fairly steady level, some new are k. Arena Manage Ray Pa fu. that # ls 1, th tg in we y of this week. arena on . Patrick states that if snow fs fey and aceording to him snow Mr, Brown also explained that not ' =L } + lants, partienlarly in the textiles f line, have cut back their staffs during lithe last few weeks, Three of the lo Ml plants, National Textiles, Knitters 'and Horn Bros. are working at less than full staff at present. General Motors have returned to work .as yet. ; OVER 20 HOUSES BUILT HERE STOUFFVILLE-- Twenty-two new 'dwellings required building permits | here in town last year and the total value of new buildings in town was $210,300. At Monday evening's coun- cil meeting Garfield Brown was en- gaged as building inspector, replac- ing Chas. Atkinson, who was the town's first inspector, 'commencing some years back. 1 Mr. Atkinson has been reluctant for several years to continue with the job, council stated, and thus the new appointment was made, : Building is expected to continue at a High level in 1954 with extensive: expansion in the Forfar, Timbers and Ogden sub-divisions. The Canadian 3 rr. Statesman's 100th Birthday This year The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville BOWRPRPES: iti Shiernte J nm th pod before Bowmanville 'became Jan n- corporated town in 1857 and has ro- corded the events of the district with Schools 'generally from th& stand- point of enrolment and attendarice. It does seem as if parents dosmot en- courage their children, as #hgy used to do, to attend Sunday Schgol. But passing a law to compel their parents to take children to church and Sunday- School is quite a different matter from giving them encourage- ment to attend. The essence of Christianity is that it is voluntary. It cannot be imposed from without, but must come from an inner spiritual experience, People can be led to it, but they can never be driven to it, and any measure of compulsion would destroy the deep spiritual value of the- Christian religion. Christ's own way of- putting it was "Come unto: Me ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." The fonder of Christianity never sug- gested parental compulsion or any other kind of compulsion to bring followers to Himself... We already have enough laws that are neither enforced nor obeyed; enough laws that are defiantly dis- obeyed in a spirit of bravado, It would be senseléss to add to the list a law that would be impossible of en- forcement, even if a new army of sin hounds were created for that purpose. Fr --Stouffville Tribune. TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT AUTO TAX STRUCTURE It was amazing to learn this week 'that the automotive industry in Can- ada had achieved an all time record by producing 12 per cent more vehicles in 1068 than it did in 1952--a total of 484,406-cara and trucks. This re- markable performance .cannot be praised too highly. Sincere tribute must be paid to everyone connected] with the industry from designer, to management, to laborer ,to dealer. This year we feel this important in- dustry deserves a break. During the past several years they certainly have played their part in producing and selling cars which has brought im. memse révenues in taxation to federal and provincial governments as well oa providing 'mass high-paid employ- ment for thousands of skilled and un. skilled workers. - IE In this editorial we would suggest to the federal government that it Is time to take another look at the tax 'structure on autos, While realizing that tax revenucs.must come from some place, we: feel that the automo- bile owner has more than paid his share in the past. When it is eon- sidered that on the smallest car the 10 per cent sales tax plus 16 per cent iA SE 3 exceptional regularity ever since. 'head again to another record year in appears to be quite out of line with justification. Automobiles are no lon- ger a luxury, They are essential to every day life and business. Especially in the coming year when general forecasts seem to . indicate that automobiles may. be more dif- ficult to 'sell, it. would give great in- centive to this industry if some re- laxation in taxation could be worked out. For the welfare of the country generally it is most essential that this industry be encouraged to go a- 1964, rs --~Canadian Statesman. Manchester * The annual Congregational Meet- ing of Manchester United Church was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. \W. W. Holtby last Thursday evening, Mr. Mutton opened the meeting with prayer. Sccretary Mrs. Steer read the minutes of 'meeting "of January, +1958 which were adopted as read. Mrs. Roach presented the report of the W.A. showing a balarce on hand of $227.36, Mrs, W. Holtby . gave - the S. S. report with a balance of $61.52. Mr. C. Midgley gave the financial re- port for the church and reported all re-building expenses paid, with the exception of about $280.00. Over all it had heen a good year and much-had. been accomplished. , Mr. Mutton closed the meeting with prayer. Mr. and Mrs. Holtby were given a hearty vote of thanks for their hospitality. Lunch and coffee was served and all enjoyed a social hour. "The-Women's Assqciation will meet at the home of Mrs. Howard Dobson The ladies are cordially. invited -to January 7th." Due to sevér cold wea- ther only fourteen were present. Rev, attend. -on--Thursday afternoon, January 14.| -schonl last week for Mrs. Bruce Hens- ' The Community Club will meet in the Hall Friday evening, Jan. 15th. Good 'prizes will be given for Euchre and good music' for dancing. ; On Sunday morning, January 17th at 10 a.m. there will be special 'ser- 'vice in.the church here. There will be a reception service for new mem- bers, a christening and dedication of a communion table.. Sunday .School at 11 am. " : : Miss Vern Howsam with two girl friends all of Toronto spent the week- "J end with her parents Mr. and Mos. Walter Howsam. Blackstock wily, Tilsbury, visited Mr. and J A. Johnston last week. T : Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mountjoy en- tertained Mr. and Mrs, Leslie Mount- Joy, Mr. and Mrs, Norman Mountjoy and Mr. 8. A. Ferguson on Wednes- day evening to a fowl dinner. Rev. C. W. Hutton baptized Mark Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Saywell and Brian Joseph, son of Mr, and Mrs, Howard Forder, at the even- ing service in the United: Church o Sunday. : g The Young People of the United this World" on Friday evening in the Recreation Hall, to avery appreciative audience.. The snappy" dialogue kept the crowd laughing from start to fin- ish. . Mrs. Lorne Thompson provided music between the acts. mily have moved into the apartment vacated by Mr. and Mis. Thos. Ste- wart when they moved to Caesarea. Mrs. McLean on the arrival of a baby boy in Bowmanville Hospital on Dec. the 29th. 1 Mps... Frank Saywell, Oshawa" is spending a week with Mr, and Mrs. Howard Saywell. 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