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Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE AIR i Hh Sat E TALS kia - 1 Port Perry, Sntario, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954 means that the proposal was talked out and is unlikely to come up again this Session. ! There is some speculation as to: when Mr. Abbott will be presenting the Budget this year. He brought! down the 1953.64 Budget on Febru- ary 19th but it is expected that it will be later this year. REPORT FROM PARLIAMENT i» By Michael Starr, sM.P., Ont? Riding The much discussed and debated Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons, fegarding salar- fes of the Members of the House 'of © NOTES AND COMMENTS A Few Facts About St. Valentine | Association is sometimes a very strange the same Now this fateful day for iN thing . . unequally yoked applies to more the two g +} HER of the Church also co-- 3 than Ly On the fourteenth day incided with the day of the lover's festival, back about March 17th? . Anything Mr. St. Laurent can do to strengthen the unity of purpose of India, Pakls- tan, Ceylon and other countries of the of February we celebraté St. Valentine's Day; the day when loyers express in many different. ways-their love and affection. The symbol of the day for most of us is the * beautiful plump round red heart .that graced those oh so delicate doilyjcards the inside of which, quite unabashed, re- posed the most lavish poetic expressions of the deepest sentimental order. : has not thrilled with the romance in a St. * Valentine's greeting. What husband or wife has not at sometime responded to the sweet blanishment -- of thought? And because of all this most of us must have thought that somehow the -ancient Saint who lent his name to this day of . love must have been a kindly, gentle, lov- ing personality whose affection has sur- -ehtines. on name, What child a Valentine a pagan festival. festival acquired ~ And incidently that's not a very happy For quite a 'Saints who departed life so suddenly on the 14th of February the other Valentines make a poor showing too. Valentine the First, Emperor of Rome, though in some ways a pretty decent sort of fellow was given to extreme outbursts of cruelty that had little or no connection with the pretty sentiments to be found on love missives commenorating the name. He died after a nine year's rule while un- dergoing a fit. Lh His son while still in his teens was. mur- dered. Valentine III was a self-indulgent, Somehow the pagan the title of the two Val- rt from the two Commons, Cabinet 'Ministers, - and Members of the Senate, has now been passed and Parliament has again ta. ken on seriouly the work of legisla- tion. 2 2 an One of the first items to be brought up was the Post Office Act and the discussions will continue on the Se- cond Reading of the Bill. Many fine contributions have been made in this debate in regard to the amendment _| which will increase the postage from 'four to five cents, and no doubt many more will be made, in an endeavour to persuade the Government that it {is not necessary to raise the rate on first class mail, : A week or so ago we had a one- day debate on external affairs. This Commonwealth, will help advance the greatest international experiment that has ever been carried out successfully in the history of the world, the Bri- tish Commonwealth, Unemployment hit directly at La- bour Minister Gregg two weeks ago. The Minister left hurriedly for'his Marysville, the. present tariff system. outside Fredericton, _ Other legislation still to be intro- duced by the Government includes Health Minister Martin's Bill to pay pensions to disabled Canadians on a 60-50 basis with the Provinces. expected that these pensions will a- mount to $40 a month and will be granted on a means-test basis. It is New Brunswick Riding of York-Sun. bury to inquire into the closing of the district's biggest industry, Canadian Cottons Limited, a textile plant at The Company announced hat the plant was being closed inde- finitely because of difficulties in meet- ing United States competition under It has employed 550 persons in the town just in the last two weeks there has been a meeting of the Ministers of the Pro- vincial Departments of Welfare in Ottawa, over which the Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of National Health and Welfare, presided. The in existence, and which embraces dis- abled Canadians from the age of 18 to 65, will be adopted by the Federal Government and the purisdiction and With- | Province of Ontario Bill, which is now | VETERAN NEWS COMMENTATOR A boyhood ambitiorr was realized the first day Frank Herbert took his At incompetent who: fell a prey to place before a CBC microphone. vived through custom even as his bones \ There has been a great deal of con- fell to dust. But how wrong we are! ing into the history of the day shows that A little prob- 'at an early age. Some five hundred years later a pope named Valentinus' held office for some any association with St. Valentine or any of the Valentines for that matter, is a purely accidently one. A matter of tim- ing, that and nothing more. Two Saints there were, martyrs both- of them, had festivals which fell on the 14th of February, The one was a Bishop, the entine's day a special day . .. dfter all i his speech that the world is s€fil an | move has been: decided upon and the| The bulk of the Government's legl- | larly as a newscaster and commenta- other bit a priest. Both lived in the reign. the association is a purely accidental one unsafe place for the weak, the weary | Government has not come forward | slative program is now before the | tor on CBC networks. : of the Emperor Claudjus and both died on +. .ORIS IT? ik and the unaware. This statement con- | With any valid reason. It seems f00l- | House of Commons and most of it| ; 0 - Why There Will Be No Depression There has been a good deal of talk about a depression and no doubt in some phases of our national economic life there has been a slackening of activity which has re-. . sulted fn a quite high level of unemploy- en both' in Canada and the United - ates. : : However, it is wise to remember that the depression of the thirties came sud- denly without warning in the climatic stock-market crash. = The experience built - up concerning depression in the following ten years has supplied government with sufficient data and schemes to ward o any serious depression. ernment. In the United States to-day the plans are fully prepared which could be put into forty days only. 'Now when you come to inscribe your next Valentine offering we'aren't suggest- ing that the tragedy of the Valentines should in-any way. affect you or deter you from the loving gestures that make Val- "mic affairs. While we have no word of such plans being ready of our Liberal government there is little doubt hut that it would fol- low the lead given hy the American gov- Our_economy "on that of the States that we might almost regard them as interlocking: If the. Amer- ican economy can. be: protected; we need have no fear about our own. : It is probable that we would be slower to react but eventually steps would be taken -to prevent any collapse of our eco- nomic structure. In the meantime .hy- __ sterical behaviour and talk on the part of ER pessimists who. only see the: dangers in ; opportunities can do much to induce a lack of confidence in our ability. to cope: with ; : cd It was announced a short while aga ; BISON H y ) CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS District Doings ~~ |2ons Poor Film Council theh ove of Ameress lerus ex . Phone $1602 ; on : manufacturers was introducing a rear: CONANT & CONANT ] ; Ings W i At the Annual General Meeting of 37 King St. E., Oshawa Es No Hiatesial shanges in the goners! Bi | $4 safety bumper whieh would, it |g, RRIQTERS and SOLICITORS : Gordon W. Riehl, C.A SUGGESTS FAIR DIRECTORS set-up of the Lindsay Central Exhi- the Ontario and York Counties' Film| wag contended, eliminate the danger|™ i C. A ti C A B thie ordon W. Riehl, C.A., bition were announced at the annual | Council held recently, the following| of cars (small cars in particular) slid-| Gordon D. Conant, K.C. ustin ../\. Dathie D.C. Resident Partner CONSIDER CUTTING COST OF offi elected: Roger D. Conant, B.A. £3 : ENTERTAINMENT meeting recently. I ol Oilumo ive under the spersirasiure of (hs pi ed DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC WS. GREER. KC. : HEY Tt was announced that the excess of | sooo, oD are Reevil, Claremon truck in the case of rear-end collisions. : ces? : ARTHUR W. S. R, K.C. : LINDSAY--Past president of the | "wo oro diture for the year | Vice-President--Reg. Hoskins, R.R. | This departure by the truck manufac-| Oshawa, Ont., 7% Simcoe St. 8. MONDAYS, THURSDAY, in attendance at my Port Perry Lindsay Central Exhibition, John Kel- | 1050 000 1091.60. This figure, ad- 2 Claremont, turing industry is a welcome one al- Phone 3-2227 . and' SATURDAY office on Wednesday morning and sey recommended to the fair's annual | 4 os "e564 87 which were bad debts 2nd- Vice-President -- Mrs, J, C. W.| though, it must be confessed, one Ajax, Ont., Phone 25 i Friday afternoon of each week, meeting. which was held recently that| i... 0¢¢ during the year, made the Irwin, Whitevale, | which is long overdue. The fact that For 4fipobitrient, Phone 208 or by appointment. - the directors consider cutting the B the year, Secretary-Treasurer--T, G, Rimmer, | trucks have been so long without rear- = ; : Queen and Scugog Streets Blong Block. Port Perry, Phone 25 tof the entertainment, including | CPErating profit for the year 2,486.87.) pp1; Markham SHAE iy Pt R . 1 Estat J] oe re eo ment, £ $0,000 Manager of the Fair Walter Wilson| qo librarians Terain the same, with en impose must 3 big ave been ed e PORT PERRY : ie bly whe i Tn rors. | cOmments that this fs a far better | oo oibiy two or three sub-libra pr somet ing o an Li gma to soy opera- RE - UPHOLSTERY : A A irdear. who har | Picture than has been reported from |y,q oppointed as time goes on, in order re NE Ey I i. yey BUYING OR SEILING and RE-BUILDING 4 Richard Butler, of Lindsay, who has| ©, 4 oq where large annual ag- PP 8 ) bumpers with their car purchases for | yQUR HOME, FARM or BUSINESS i been -in charge of entertainment for| . ... 1 ovhibitio o held to give film service to a greater num- | many years, PHONE PORT PERRY 393 Let us re-upholster your old Chester- ff some years, recommended that dele- enicural o]s ar : . | ber of communities, o : The fact that the truck manufactur-{ HOWARD LANGILLE, BROKER |AZELEAS field Suite. Satisfaction guaranteed. fy gates to the fairs' 'convention in Tor- The manager attributes the condi- Guest Speaker Outstanding ing industry is recognizing the un- Queen. St., Port Perry CYCLAMEN Phone and have our consultant call a onto make every attempt to hire non- tion fo the loyalty of the people of| The guest spéaker at the annual din necessary hazard which trucks with- 5 C and give you a free. estiifiate. Free 3 union entertainment.' "We could save | this community and its surounding | ner was Mr. Winston Barron, wellf out rear bumpers present to the rest ; : { PO 1 vick-up and delivery. 3 $2,000 if we did," he said. "And pro. Sleiee The Pippost oii annual | ynown as the "Voice of Paramount". | of the motoring public is encouraging | - E AN RICAN VIOLETS Phone 5.0311 Collest v7) bably get more acts for the money," | fair, and liave done so for years. | Mr Barron's work takes him to New | to safety officials but it is doubtful RE AL E A CTI GARDENS OSHAWA UPHOLSTERY CO. ih Racing director at the fair, Dr. A. i , York City every week where he has |'if it is adequate. What of the many ; Consult MIXED PANS s \ hy. ay F. Codlin, said they would have to PICKERING FARMERS BAR his a aun news Time provinied unequipped trucks now on the road J. A. WILLOUGHBY & SONS CUT FLOWERS 8 Church Street fh consider cutting their races to two RED e edits all the. wording that we hear| and the other makers who, to date,| ve £3. uGhxh hs heats during 1954. "The horsemen | FROM DAIRY BUSINESS AT AJAX |on Paramount News films, and puts | have not indicated any intention of for complete Real Estate Service, See Them at SEPTIC TANKS I t ~ roundly criticised us, all around the| poo. aitrict farmers and citizens the sound right on the sound tracki| adopting the safety measure? Would Head Office) Ses ay Ln Toronto CS circuit for holding three-heat races|, = "io joo oq fullseale war over | MI: Barron was formerly in broadeast- | {t be out of order to suggest that all Phone EM. 3- ENNISKILLEN © Cleaned by fi last year," he said. "Many of them ' ing and was one of the original mem: | trucks, old or new, be required to be| - City and Country Hcemes g 1 aL "ld back the Ontario Milk Control Board's re- bers of the Henpy Ua J , ) hoi 8 Foo Jud Hmall Acreages. PUMP EQUIPMENT { threatened they wo not come fusal to permit local farmers to start oo) i PY Beh . Pl od equipped with rear sa ety umpers Industrial ind Business Property. GREENHOUSES "THE SURE WAY" 2 Tale. Toms: yo Ta dairy in Ajsx, : Plans De pete ied ro "hold two . Tal ha the nae LLOYD LEE Phones: 24 Hour Service i TOWN COUNCIL. APPROVES OF Rg Se . Si or Wee tim festivals da enont nie rear-end collision sufficient reason 2 B) your local Tepisasmietive. Blackstock. 67. Bowmanville BAA IRWIN DeGEER i . NG PROGRAM e dairy 8 region next month, ms are bein, ab f rear bumpers? | udson- 9- ( $35,000. PAV] . _¢| cut costs of milk production, members | yegerved for March 8, 9, and 16 g justify the absence o Ye F bumps 8 Besaborough Deive novi2te Dalton Road, . Sutton i BOWMANVILLE -- An outline of | * ! | , 9, and 15, an Lindsay Post b Phone 281 R ; 0 the proposed paving program in Bow- o he Pikoring Transpott CocOpers: are being brought in from all parts of a = oy ERIN ht if : tive, have twice been refused a pro-|the world for this outstanding event. zd 3 Ee oh ttl dtd Boare ducer-distributor license by the board | Tickets will be available from the HOW TO STAY YOUNG Flectrical and 50 v ATIN 8 a ELECTRIC .FLOOR SANDERS SN and 2 ects Co mmittee to Town Couns on the grounds that Ajax is Dow be- | librarians, so don't miss it 'when: it] Here is a bit of philosophy we came ; SEPTI C T ANKS New or. old floors sanded and Be # cll recently, when a by-law providing ing served by five outside dairies. Somes. « *_ | across in our reading this week which Mechanical Re airs : GRADING Tnished, o Jase and polished by yh for expenditures of approximate | -- yi e-- offers mental exercise for all of us: : . aly i: ) 'a V Electric Floor Sanders, or Wax- co 5,000 in paving, street repair and } G Youth is not a time of life--it is a | to. ALL CLASSES OF MACHINERY,| CLIFF BAKER, Manchester oor , 80 HT construction and' repair was TAKE OVER HICKS RESTAURANT reenbank state of mind,' People .grow old only| ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIRS A oo july 17|ers and Polishers for 'Rent. : N) given frat an ed ZTeudiogs or in LINDSAY--The new management Last RE eA a] two by deserting re Years RAL 10 LE : "R. PICKARD \ sent to Dep ghways of one of Lindsay's largest restau. | games of hockey. On Tuesday even-| wrinkle the skin bu ve up en-| . Phone 281W, Port P Ont. OL val. we NE . | rants, (in the Hotel Benson building | Ing the first was against'Brooklin and | thusiam wrinkles the soul, LAWN MOWERS, Machine Ground I N S U R A N C E one ort Perry, Ont. N : Sm and formerly operated by the Hicks wé' were beaten 8-8 by them. The| Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and and Serviced. whoa h wh : RTE N FROG UNAWARE WINTER family), took over on Monday of last | second game on Thursday was against | despair--these are the long, long years OXY:ACETYLENR hr] ELE C|Are your policies up-to-date?| M8 IN IS HERE week. Peaches and: our boys trimmed them | that bow the head and turn the grow- : g Whatever your insurance needs| 3 UXBRIDGE--A1fttlé green. frog The new owner is Mr. B. Winbaum 6-2. Mr. Reg. "Connie" Foster, the | ing spirit back to dust. Pieter yo CAUSLEY, MACHINE may be, consult = 3 . A g . . y ' 2 . hopping hap: 'aboutsithe Hgsement of Toronto, He operates also the cof- team's manager left for Florida re: are seventy or sixteen i gre be ih . H. W. EMMERSON a of the Dalry is apparently | 050 ad dining room in the re- cently so his brother Stan "Stafford" | heart of every human being the lov ws Ya hs ) | 'blissfully unaware that winter Is vere pad io ys ET Hotel in | Foster has taken over. 4 of wonder--the wes amibernsie W TERY Phone 41 Port Perry § . | s 5 g an *N 3 ~ ge AR lpi Ee whe bo. was Peter crouglt a1) sete) Mitre bel and Joven Clement of. I reins "ntatiing chile +p- Retr igeration DR.J.B.LUNDY INSURANCE COMPANY NY sighted by Ray Laswick last week hei| *4 d oro e, Miss Annabelle Lee of Toronto, petite for what is coming next&-and| + g.rci0e both household and + U4 43 $ « ; RN is aparently thriving under his eni| "The Post" interviewed the new| Mr, and Mrs. Reg. Foster left onthe joy and the game. of fe, You| S¢ ? commercial. = DENTAL SURGEON Consult the Crown Life Man 8 forced non-hiberation. manger in Lindsay, "Mac" Premseler, | Friday for a two weeks vacation'in | are as young As your faith and a8 | Giigon milk coolers and freezers. (Over Telephone Office) a Freddie the Frog, when sighted in |'who said he was from Toronto and had | Florida. $e old as your doubt--as young as your| = "0 pegeloerators, *| PORT PERRY ONTARIO C E C. K I N G ; the flashlight beam, sprightly hoppsd | been in the restaurant business for| Mr, and Mrs, Ronald Aldred were | self-confidence--and ns old as your : a. vo! {nto a handy drain thereby eluding the| about 16 years. Mr. Premseler is | Sunday visitors with Mt, and: Mrs. feAr~as young as your hope and as : Reg Boundey Office Hours -- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ' AGENT ¥ 3 surprised look of his discayerer. married and has three children, Fleet Beare, : old as your despalr. . - ' Phones: Office 68W. Res. 68J Port Perry - Ontario effect immediately it was clear that we -- were facing a serious crisis in our econo- ways been the problems. But then again, this has al- assissing and in the hands here in Canada is /80 dependent role of pessimists. LINDSAY FAIR SHOW foreign policy debate was one of the dullest in recent years. It was brought along at a time when there was not a single controversy in the field of international affairs in which Canada was directly and- intimately involved. External Affairs Minister Pearson's debate-opening address for that reason contained nothing to en- liven the proceedings. He did say in tained his general theme. The Prime Minister has left on his world tour. The main object of this trip is to visit Asia. He will spend over three weeks in the East and will be flying home from Tokyo, arriving ------ Clipped Comments. CLIPPED COMMENTS-- REAR BUMPERS FOR STAKE TRUCKS . Driving along behind a stake body truck during the current icy condi- tions which prevail on too many Lind. say streets, the need for these trucks being adequately equipped with rear bumpers was very evident. We could imagine no more desperate situation for 'a motorist to be confronted with | than to be following one of these stake trucks on icy streets and have it stop unexpectedly just ahead. : A] troversy.in the House of Commons and elsewhere over the Government's de- cision to move the Film Board from Ottawa to Montreal. seems to be no valid reason why this a new building in a new location when the City of Ottawa. . . Quite recently the C.C.F. made a proposal for a 60% increase in Family Allowance payments. This proposal wa opposed very strongly by the Go- vernment because they say it might jeopardize proposed expansion of so- cial security measures. . Health Min. ister Martin, in speaking on this pro- posal, stated that it lacked any seri- ous practical quality in the light of what the Government is doing in other fields of social welfare. The increase would cost between 170 and-190 mil- lion dollars. the proposal showed no appreciation tax burdens. the workability of this Bill will be left entirely in the hands of the respec- tive provincial governments. Besides the legislation outlined in A contract a- mounting to $5,230,000 for the con- struction of the new National Film Board quarters in Montreal has been let to a Toronto contractor. There hardy to spend this sum-of money for Mr. Martin added that of what it would mean in additional The debate on this pro- posal continued until adjournment of the Throne Speech, the Government is expected to introduce a Bill to merge the Departments of Trade and Commerce and Defence Production. The new Department is expected to be called Trade and Production. still remains to be approved. During the 29 days that the House has been the Filth Board is already' housed in|, Session only a handful of bills has been passed. The Order Paper now contains 17 'items of Government legl- vised-Crfiiinal Code. - In order to ex- pedite the business the Government no doubt will curtail private members privileges by cancelling: Wednesday afternoon private members sittings ant proceeding with Government busi- ness instead. Air 1 have been advised that I am on 2 Standing Committees 6f the House this - year, the Industrial Relations Committee and the External Affairs Committee. Although no meetings have been called as-yet of either of these Committees, T expect that sit- tings will-begin very shortly and we will be attending them regularly and slation, most important being the re- |. a Wednesday half-day sitting. This faithtully, the age of seventeen, Herbert had de- cided to become a radio announcer due to, as he put it, "the prospect of be- ing paid merely for talking". In the years that foHowed, he found that there was more to announcing than he first presumed, and it was only af- ter he had. studied speaking in his spare time that he reached his goal. Since 1943 he has been featured regu- rN ro v Starting Next Week SPOTLIGHT = ON HEALTH A new, authoritative (bi-weekly) formation on advances in medical science. Watch "for this new and informative feature beginning [THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 PORT PERRY STAR "Why is it important not to lose your head in an attack?" asked the Sarg. -e "And then the recruit answered; *Be- cause it wouldn't leave no place to put. your helmet." f BUSINESS DIRECTORY MONTEITH & MONTEITH column of interesting, accurate ine