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Member of I The Canadian Weekly Newspapers © Association - 1 THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE » Port Perry, Ontario, ; Thursday, September 16th, 1954 'certainly expected. . paratus NOTES AND COMMENTS AnEpicStruggle © Hi . In commenting on Marilyn Bell's¢epic swim across Lake Ontario Mayor Saunders said, "You have brought honour in the highest degree to this our native land, the Dominion of Canada. Your historic ac- ~ complishment has stirred the country from coast to coast and echoes in all corners-- in the athletic world and out. of it." Unfortunately the sentiments expressed by Mr. Saunders reflect what a great many Canadians feel; unfortunate because it is' not true and unfortunate because it really ' detracts from the greatness of this young girl's remarkable feat. Lake Ontario is a cold lake and a wide - lake. At this time of the year the tem- perature of the water seldom goes to 66 degrees and the fall winds whip its waters into waves of from ten to twelve feet. The direct course across the Lake to Toronto is approximately 82 miles. These facts dis- courage any swimmer who ventures to entertain the thought of making the cross- "ing. Yet this 17 year old girl, not yet mature, plunged into the waters and for more than 20 hours grimly fought against the cold waves, the noisome eels, the heart-breaking fatigue that assailed her, and the desire for rest from the grilling ordeal. This was a great physical and, perhaps, 'a great Doral, schisvenient too. We don't know about'the rhorality involved; only Marilyn herself can say. > But Marilyn did not bring honour in the : highest degree to this country by -her ac- complishment ; she brought a great deal of publicity, fame, if. you like, but certainly not honour in the highest degree. The highest honour is reserved for those who give their lives for their country without hope of reward.- And reward Marilyn Futhermore, she wasn't doing it primarily for her country ; she was doing it for herself and her coach or business manager. : Nor is this said to detract from what she Museum Train The Canadisn National Railway Museum ° Train is stationed in Ottawa at the mo- ment. It is painted a bright yellow. The admission is free, : Those of you who remember the old Grand Trunk of the early nineteen hun- dreds will find yourselves enchanted by the whiff of memories long departed to the = more remote regions of-your thinking ap- Seeing these ancient cars you suddenly are riding again on that long, long trip from Port Perry to Toronto safe- ly ensconced on a red plush seat with your family and 'some smaller possessions about you; while Father stows the suitcase up. above in the glorified luggage racks which are themselves a miracle o gingerbread fanatsy in metal. ~ Even the odor remains in these old cars the odour you remember so well; that mix- ture of smoking kerosene lamps, and plushy mustiness; of somebody's sand- wich and old leather. Fo Of course the cars are scrupulously clean but the odour is there still I swear it. Maybe memory conjured it up with the re-. turn of these old visions but it is still there. The greatest miracle, however, is the amount of historic material. 'Mr. Sauviat and his colleagues have collected during the last three years in order to bring this . travelling museum to our door, Indeed the material is so abundant it is difficult to know where to begin to describe it.. There are well-lighted displays of such things as spikes, hammers and trowels used on historic occasions or the silver. counterparts made to commemorate them. "There is a little china butter dish from a ia There are silver train of pioneer days. coins especially inscribed and documents - engines). has done, but rather to put it in its proper. light. To-day we need to fight to keep our values straight and that is why it is im- portant to think through the social phe- nomena that follows upon such an exploit as Marilyn's. : Her coach, Gus Ryder, stated that when she was about done he reminded her that a convertible and other prizes were waiting for her if she only kept going. He did not tell her that she was well on the way to achieving something that no other human had-ever accomplished.' He did not tell her that she was bringing honour to her country. The prizes she has earned through sheer physical endurance, and truly earned, were not given to her for the honour that she brought to Canada but rather for the ad- vertising value that goes along with the hysterical publicity. Marlilyn now enters upon that part of her career when she will be used as a tool or a symbol by commercial firms and so- cieties of all kinds for their own purposes, For this she will no doubt be well paid but it is important for her to assess all this for what it is worth . . . George Young is an example of one who didn't or couldn't and his story is a heart-breaking one. Marilyn will listen tq many speeches just- as inaccurate as that of Mr. Saunders; speeches that could easily rout her com- monsense and give her quite a false picture of the world, of people, and of herself. As a matter of fact distortion has already crept into her life. She has begun to're- peat this phrase: "The Canadians are the most wonderful people in the world." . . Marilyn you just haven't had enough. ex- - perience with other peoples of the world to know how we compare with them . . . and - we Canadians who are so lavish in our gifts to you now can just as quickly forget your greatness as we were to recognize it, Mari- lyn, yours was an epic struggle, don't let commercialization make a mockery of it. Port Huron tunnel. It was in the form of - a round robin with the petition in the cen- tre and all names circling the outer edge 80 that no man's name might appear ahead of another's. 2 There "were old teletype machines and dies; there were books of rules and regula- tions; advertising commemorating the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York and- Cornwall--Queen Mary and King George-- rules about the correct procedure to be ob- served by train employees and the time- tables to be used for the occasion. Increasing sizes in the cross-section of rails showed the growth of the size of trains and engines. Old lanterns and pull straps are mixed up in our minds with a > beautiful display of silver arranged in a special car. ~The silver looked to be of -much better quality than most of the ser- vice used to-day. This display alone must have taken a great deal of time to collect. The kitchen with its counter stove and copper pans looked surprisingly modern, "There are six cars (I quote from. the folder), three of them are an 1859: day coach, a sleeping car of the early seventies _ and a dining car of about the same period. Like the rest of the train each has been carefully restored in early detail, to its original appearance." frit Three baggage cars dating 1859 to 1872 complete the train. (There are also three ! The display housed by these cars include everything as the folder says from railway money (no longer used) to a Bible rack used on a famous train." -We understand that the conductor once read the Bible to Sunday passengers, Port Perry folk may read the dates 1859 to 1899 but they will feel as we did that 'views with contempt Western style aplenty. e document was higher wages from men working on the. a petition for old twenties. this train was real for us up to the good Instead of the Mogul we'd just say the "Nip and Tuck", - PASSING SHOW - By MAC. In a newspaper article about a mo- vie star the heading was, "It's not Her I Q That Counts." ~Now who in the world would ever think that if waa? - =X Canada's new bank notes are now in circulation . . . if you happen to get one with the picture of a central Ont- ario village scene on it . . . you have hold of a $1,000 bill. ---- It is learned that the Indian of India bathing, He bathes three times as much as his Western brother and al- ways in running water, . , . the idea} | 'to replace milk bottles in Toronto's of sitting in your own dirty bath water is most offensive to the Indian . : . so also is the iden of using the same tooth-brush every day. He changes 'directive aimgd to cut down the spiral- ding costs of government . . . the sal- his daily. Apparently when it comes | 5 ot yr to cleanliness we have 'something yet to learn. mn Rn A little crippled girl in Montreal has learned to write with her head. This is most interesting for we know many editors that don't seem to be able to make use of their heads when 'they write, - . The federal cabinet has issued a aries of members of parliament and of the members of the senate are not affected. It's reported that wax cartons are milk 'delivery service. This should effect quite a saving for the dairies but probably won't. make any differ- Clipped Comments BANKS TO START SATURDAY CLOSING IN STOUFFVILLE After a year or two of rumor--a)- lowing time for the idea to shuddet*its way home to public consciousness-- the local Bank of Commerce will be closed all day Saturday commencing Sept, 11th, in Stouffville. ; : With this decision there is likely to be heard plenty of criticism since lo- cal business people and farmers find it difficult even now to obtain service on Saturday morning because of the crowd. While some of this crowd is due to other banks south of Stouffville being closed Saturdays, the loeal branch was always a crowded place Saturdays long before the short-week trend took over banks nearer Toronto, 'As far as the actual loss to the ence to the consumer, publie in hours, the bank has endeav- HARMONY: HARBOUR Atlantic waves rolling in on a Nova Scotia beach, followed by the Eileen Cameron, poem which opens "We give you ships and tides and men, Anchors Aweigh and wind-filled sails; We give you back the sea again in sailor's song and rousing tale . .. "--these sounds have introduced "Harmony Harbour" to listeners of the CBC Trans-Canada network for some years CANADA'S FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE AUCTION BRINGS AMAZING PRICES ada's firSt Christmas Tree Auetion. Christmas Tree Trade." time. ored to compensate with additional hours on Wednesday and Friday. The bank will remain open Wednesday af- ternoon until 8 p.m. and on Friday will be open from 4.30 until 6 p.m, | While the Friday additional hours will be of benefit, little help will be de- rived from Wednesday afternoon with all other business places closed and few people in town. The claim of the banks is that the move is brought a- bout by a trend in industry started a number of years ago. However this trend still affects comparatively few people in Stouffville, where despite some claims to the contrary, we ven- | ture to say that ninety per cent of the business is still derived from farm trade. The local management has stated through the press that the change has been forced upon this branch and that there is certainly no wish on the part of the local management to curtail service. Like many other changes in this day and age, those who have long been accustomed to do business: when business required it rather than when business desired it, are reluct- ant to face such changes. However, time will no doubt cure, and the public will no doubt succumb to the new trend. --Stouffville Tribune. -- IS NOBODY INTERESTED IN CUTTING FEDERAL TAXES? While trying to keep up-to-date on domestic and foreign affairs, we fol- lowed very closely the reports of the Trades and Labor Congress meeting in Calgary. Later, we read the re- port of a Canadian Federation of Ag- riculture directors' meeting held re- cently. To say there was wide dif- ference of opinion between the two would be putting it mildly. But, there was agreement on one point. . The federal .government at Ottawa should increase its spending above the present nearly five billions a year. Neither organization put it that bluntly, = The Trades & Labor Congress called for a wide program of federal public works, including con- struction.of roads, hospitals, schools and low-rental housing as employment aids, plus a national health insurance plan, The Canadian Federation of' Agriculture called for increased fed- eral spending to extend family allow- ances to new Canadian families who have been in the country one month. At present, they must be here a year before receiving family allowances. Peculiarly, neither organization ap- peared interested in suggesting that action be taken by the federal govern- ment to cut spending which would re- dice income taxes, leaving more mon- ey in wage-earners' and farmers' poc- kets. Is nobody interested in cutting the cost of our governments? - Is nobody interested in lower taxes? It doesn't look like itl. --Canadian 'Statesman. District Doings MUST PROVIDE BLUEPRINTS FOR ALL NEW BUILDINGS . Stouffville Municipal Council meet- ing on Thursday evening agreed that henceforth those persons wishing to print of the new building rather than a pencil sketch as has been the case heretofore. Reeve Ogden stated that in too many eases the pencil sketch provided didnot adhere to'the building being erected when the time for in- spection arrived. ; 80. the housing plan sample home Christian states. DON FAIRBAIRN, CBC, WILL OPEN TRADE FAI STOUFFVILLE Don Fairbairn, well-known CBC commentator, has been invited to of- ficially open the Souffville Trade Fair on Sept. 23rd and has agreed to do This well-known announcer is most familiar to the public for his Neighbourly News broadeast on Sun- day morning. R AT TO START 'MODEL HOME SUTTON HTS. SUBDIVISION AS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Mr. Don Christian of Lake Simcoe Homes and Properties firm, announ- ces a start of housing development, which is to be one part of Sutton Hts, subdivision plans. mercial side of the growth is well started, with Customline Prefab plant and this year's construction of a block of stores. Already the com- In less than a half hour, over 2,000 trees of first quality had been dis- posed of at a price of $2.60 a tree, the highest ever received in this area by the grower. Almost immediately, you could see other growers congre- gating in small groups, amazed at this fantastic price. Mr. Budd's res- ponsibility was to cut the trees .and load them on his own transport-for shipment to various points. DIAL SYSTEM ON. WAY FOR GORMLEY PHONES Important extensions and altera- tions in the layout of the Bethesda and Stouffville Telephone system are in the offing, - One very important part of the pre- parations for these changes is now underway. A new exchange is to be established and known as the Gorm- ley Exchange. This exchange, which Square areas, will be. equipped with an automatic switchboard and means Dial Telephones. The building for the new exchange Newest development is a start of | is now completed. The new switch- with "a model | board has arrived from England and started. this [is awaiting the arrival of the experts week. The model home will be in the | who will be responsible. for the instal- Catering Rd. section of Sutton Heights | lation. subdivision and put up by a Toronto building contractor. It is hoped that the Gormley Ex- The homes in| change will be in operation by the the development project will be bun- new year but installation of equipment galows of cement block stucco con-| means much work since many altera- struction with slab floor, radiant heat- | tions in the present layout will be ing, to sell in low price range, Mr: necessary it is impossible at this stage Water will be piped | to be more definite concerning the to each home from an artesian well, | date of the opening of the Gormley he says. Exchange. Growers and buyers of Christmas trees in Durham County were flabber- gasted on Monday afternoon with the results of what is believed to be Can- It was truly an experiment promot- ed by one of the founders of: the bus-. iness in this area, Elgin W. Budd of Simcoe. A dairy farmer by occupa- tion, Mr. Budd has been growing trees 'in this area for over 10 years. He was the first to spend time and effort to prune his trees and on Monday, his returns more than compensated him for his endeavours. Right now, he is being called the "Miracle Man of the . The sale started on one of his plan. now. On the xggular Sunday show, | tations west of Pontypool with local 5000 to begin its eighth season, tales | 8uctioneer Jack Payne, complete in of the sea are told, giving listeners | ten gallon hat; conducting the sale, an insight to the great days of Cana. | Customers, aver 30 in number had dian maritime history; sea shanties | been notified of the sale by letter and varying in sentiment from rollicking | came from Akron, Buffalo, Cleveland, pirate's songs to sailor's Vesper hymns Niagara Falls District and other parts are also offered, featuring the Arca-|Of United States and Canada. - The dian Male Quartet (above). The pro- | beautiful Scotch pine trees were all gram originates from the heart of] graded with white, blue and red tags. Canada's eastern seaboard, at Halifax, | Auctioneer Payne sold one load at a will serve the Gormley and Victoria RECOUNT CONSIDERED CERTAIN IN LIQUOR STORE PLEBISCITE village, who have tried. three times during the past seven years to bring a retail liquor outlet tq community, failed again last week in the voting on the question of a government li. quor tore, but in doing so, came closer to winning their case than in either of the two previous votes, : The "wets" who favored the estab- lishment of a liquor store, came within a& recount is considered certain. Of 688 'votes counted in the ballot- ing, 412 were for the liquor store, with 276 against, The necessary 60 per cent of the votes counted would have been 412.8 votes. Village officials said the recount would probably be demanded on the basis of the votes discounted as spoil- ed by returning officers. Actually, close to 700 voters cast their ballots, of 815 eligible to take part in the plebiscite, but about a dozen votes were thrown out as spoiled. Of this number, it is understood the majority were in favor of the store, -- TO 2007, LARGEST IN YEARS IN UXBRIDGE - i The latest figures from the Assess- ment Office supplied to the Times- Journal office by the Town Clerk gives Uxbridge a population of 2007 --the first time the figure has reached town proportions in. a great many years. Although the increase is only 36 it shows that the slow," steady climb began in 1946 when the popu- lation figure was 1490, has continued. LOSES HORSE BY LIGHTNING REABORO--Mr. James Blair had the misfortune to lose a 4-year-old Chestnut mare "Nellie" Thursday nite when it was struck by lightning during the storm: When Mr. Blair went to get the mare on Friday morning he found it dead and called the veterin- arian who pronounced it dead from lightning shock. mo -- MARKHAM TOWNSHIP POLICE HAVE BUSIEST MONT ON RECORD i 'According to the latest police de- partment report, Markham Township had their busiest month on record dur- ing August. The total number of calls attended to was four hundred. Accidents investigated numbered 19, court summonses 58 and summonses served for other municipalities 43. In addition there were 11 thefts investi- gated. ~~ . 2 - When the little boy started to school his 'motlier told him to put on a fresh pair of socks every day. He did. At the end of the week his shoes would hardly fit, ; BUSINESS DIRECTORY CONANT & CONANT REAL ESTATE Consult The "wet" forces in Bobcaygeon 8 votes of winning the plebiscite, and INGREASE OF 36 BRINGS TOTAL - Austin C. A. Bathie D.C. DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC X-RAY MONDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS 'BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS Oshawa, Ont., 7%; Simcoe St. S. Roger D. Conant, B.A. Offices: . Phone 83-2227 Ajax, Ont., Phone 25 For appointment, Phone 206R Queen and Scugog Streets PORT PERRY Mechanical Repairs to ALL. CLASSES OF MACHINERY, | obtain buflding permits must provide | the building inspector with a blue Electrical and ' YOUR HOME, FARM or BUSINESS HOWARD LANGILLE, Realtor HU. 1-3391 Phone HU. 1-3891 City and Country Homes Farms and Small Acreages. Industrial and Business Property. LLOYD G. LEE is your local representative. Evgs. HU 9-6308 3 Bessborough Drive Real Estate WHEN BUYING OR SELLING PHONE PORT PERRY 395 Queen St. Port Perry ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIRS A : SPECIALTY. METAL LATHE WORK. LAWN MOWERS, Machine Ground and Serviced. OXY-ACETYLENE and ELECTRIC WELDING. Gilson milk coolers and freezers. EXCAVATING CELLARS - DRAINS SEPTIC TANKS GRADING CLIFF BAKER, Manchester July 17 . Refrigeration |. Service, both household an commercial, . Refrigerators, ARTHUR W. S. GREER, Q.C. attendance at my Port Perry office on Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon of each weok, or by appointment. Blong Block, Port Perry, Phone 25 Reg. Boundey |= - CAUSLEY MACHINE cA SHOP ; CROWN LIFE Are your policies' up-to-date? Whatever your insurance needs Phone 41 ECTRIC FLOOR SANDERS New or old floors sanded and finished, or waxed and polished by Electric Floor Sanders, or Wax- IN SU R A N C E | the square foot. may be, consult ers and Polishers for Rent. R. PICKARD Phone 281W, Port Perry, Ont. H. W. EMMERSON Port Perry COMPANY INSURANCE Consult the Crown Lite Man CEC. KING PORT PERRY Office Hours -- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. DR.J.B.LUNDY DENTAL SURGEON (Over Telephone Office) ONTARIO Phones: Office 68W. Res. 68J SEPTIC TANKS Cleaned by PUMP EQUIPMENT "THE SURE WAY" 24 Hour Service IRWIN DeGEER Dalton Road, Sutton . Phone 281 R : i -{J. A. WILLOUGHBY- & SONS for complete Real Estate Service. 46 Eglinton Ave., E., Toronto i SRA ES ; dy. i Pi ig ~ v = pe Tym Hon ---- -- eC' Rr WC a See oT red LA A it oo