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a -- BP Tan I 'Wish we knew how to tap it oftener "at great risk to himself. _EXHIBITION REPORTS SLIGHT The Weekly Member of Canadian Newspapers Association Fig ARTA IN FRE HE IRL] eas a ik SEH TREVOR RN A ER DIOR SOL ONE IROR SL RT ATR oI SEA ER AFI ES RRS A PAY, a ent 2h Aa - ~ Lil io Ad ET el Mah A SS pA WE 5 fil CBA CARE A TO . . Bay Ly 3 THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Port Perry, Ontario, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954 NOTES AND COMMENTS ~ Modern Selling It isn't too trite to observe that we live in a wonderful world, is it? the number of [ast of things wg that go into this free list? astounding column. And we owe it all to a great spirit of generosity which seems to characterize modern manufacturers of con- sumer goods. Now, take stance: you'd think that any soap manu- facturer would try to sell his soap on the . basis of its ability to make us clean and at a price that would encourage us to go on being clean . +. but, no . . day on the basis of its premiums which may ensure you a new silver ware set for 'eight or a dinner service for six. phasized .that these are free. manufacturers may give away fur jackets Just what the connection between fur and vegetable oil products is eludes us and, of course, we would hesitate to call the practice of giving away furs a With groceries, you get free The chain stores run to books and fur coats. skin' game. knowledge. --encyclopaedias . . . these fers, A slight service charge for handling is quite incidental. If you buy books, you Book Week : This is book week: living rooms to-day boast a "but in how many of these same rooms is - there a hookcase? If there are the books there for use or for appear- ance sake; or perhaps because they were. . grandad's and we don't like to throw them out? Can TV give us all that books can give? In other words is television an adequate substitute for books or are we losing some- thing thoroughly good by using our tele- vision set in this way? Television undoubtedly keeps us up to 'date on the news and views ofthe world each day. Is that enough? think that it is because they do not know what they are missing when they do-not Television leads Ts quickly along the path of information with - practically no effort on our part. We have: _to do some digging to get information out of a book. Is it worth the effort? Yes, read good books. by all means. . Television cannot build u character expressed in D Miserables, Dickens novels, way's great contributions to modern liter- ature. We live-in a world of rush and worry and say we have no time for such ber i. things in this world of ours!" Why it is so filled with a rich variety of things that it beggars our imagination to hink on them. And this great miscellany can see, we can buy, and, a great many of them we get free. - Did you ever stop to check off the things The majority of the beauty of et book prer Just think of & Prem new car . . words . television set, It makes an and price with soap for in- market. Of course, things free, It soap sells to- fo advertising Perhaps, it i or the practic widely. fects aren't b promotion, of It is em- Margerine,; are free of- television set is a bookcase about them an istence. Many people books as Les or Heming- alive, waiting treasure, subscription you get two or three more by simply paying the postage. the right kind of flour, or baking powder, or breakfast foods you may get a brand" absolutely free for just a few . or a new refrigerator, or a new Practically anything and everything is given away free if you buy something else. Goods that are sold-on the basis of quality the rare commodities in this new buyers' in which the many subsidize the few. 'It is a form by which manufacturers can sub- tract large sums from profits by charging But we wonder if its ultimate ef- guilty at some time. or another, seems cheap and unworthy. things and most people know that we pay for them. Surely our system, efficient in the world, can. find more straigh forward methods, and more effec- tive ones too for selling its goods. - books But we need to take time for. them. We need time to think things out slowly-- snap. judgments, cost society tremendous Learning to read and to enjoy what 'you read means learning to develop good judg- ment at a very small cost. which may never be yours are spread be- fore you in such a way that you can think under similar circumstances. Television is important as a great com- municating link for mankind. Books are even more-important in order that com. . municating mankind may have something really worthwhile in the way of character to contribute to the sum total of man's ex- An hour spent with a good book broadens one's outlook on life, opens new doors of experience, helps to balance judg- ment just a little bit more and hest of all relaxes and rejuvenates the tired nerves _by leading the mind out into a fresh ex- perience that takes it off Self and the pro- blems of the moment, . Have you read--Yellow Boots--by Vera Lysenko; Beyond This Place -- by A. J. Cronin; The Nazarene--by Scholem Asch; Jane Eyre--by Bronte . . 1? suggest more? There are thousands, old- and new, that are rich and strong and - Start to-day by procuring a card at the library. jums. If you buy a magazine If you buy nothing added are becoming we don't really get these is a form of indirect buying and promotion, s good business. It must be e could not have spread so ad. Certainly this kind of which most of us have been We pay for these the most - shallow: surface values sums every day.- Life situations d decide what you would do Shall we for you to' partake of their PASSING SHOW By M.A.C. : _ The flood relief is flooding in--just goes to show how much fellow feel- ing there is in the world anyway. without a tragedy as a starter. ° ---- > Hallowe'en over and more and more emphasis on the treat rather than the trick. Some communities even gave the treat away again to the needy. For cry from the day when the farmer had his wagon hoisted to the roof of his. barn and got it down again only - Football leaves us rather low--when thé anonuncer has to say--Christmas is practically here and for that matter next Spring isn't too far away. Soon be running backwards to catch up on our advertising. a Yn: - Mystery story No.1. Why didn't the fourteen hundred hunters who to that island to shoot pheagants shoot each other instead? I mean how could they avoid it? on a little sland like that? Something new to hag your quota of hunters in an hour fn- stead of the poor pheasants. District Doings $52,000 REVENUE--LINDSAY 54 OPERATIONAL PROFIT . Lindsay Central Exhibition made & little money during the 1954 season despite weather which was anything but fair-like. Exhibition officials say the total 1954 revenue wad $62,000 which was slightly above 1054 expen- 498. : 1t was revealed at the October meet- ing of the Fair Board that the 1954 ex- hibition cold be considered a satis. factory one, related factors considered, Although hampered by two consecu- tive days' rain, the general agreement by all present was that never had the fair enjoyed a better year. Displays, horse-racing, etc, were declared to "have been outstanding. : TRANSIENT LICENSE RAISED TO $300.00 Bobcaygeon--The regular meeting of the village council was held in the Municipal Office with the Reeve, Mr. Bottum, in the chair, and all members present. Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and, on motion of Mr. Sproule and Mr, Finley were adopted as read. A number of bills: were pre. sented, and, on motion of Mr. Shea and Mr. Sproule, were ordered paid. Mr, and Mrs, D. Junkin,Von Kelso, and Wm. Tripp waited on Counell, re- perty. Council decided to inspect same. Russell Gwen addressed Coun: cll regarding piping water along John 8t., also regarding plumbing license. Moved by Mr. Shea, seconded by Mr, Finley, that by-law be prepared which would raise the Transient Trader's Li- cense to $800.00, garding drain in frog} of their pro, CHANGE PAPER OWNERSHIP AFTER 20 YEARS IN SUTTON With this week's issue of Button Reporter, there is announced a new ownership, the publisher, Mrs. L. H, Sheppard, stepping out and the busi- ness being conducted solely by Victor H, Sheppard as publisher and editor. It was 20 years ago this week the first fasue of The Reporter appeared in Sutton, on Nov. 1, 1934, with a circulation of 200-odd; a difference from the 1200 district ciculation of today. i Mrs. Sheppard is now living in Tor- onto, having resumed her profession of nursing and being at St. Michael's Hospital, from which she graduated in 1928. : WHOOPING COUGH EPIDEMIC CLOSES DYSART SCHOOLS FOR THREE WEEKS Haliburton--In an interview with the "Post", the Public Health Officer for Haliburton, Dr. L. H. Carroll stat- ed that all public schools in the Dysart area will be ¢losed at least for the next three weeks due to a sudden out- break of Whooping Cough. Dr. Car- roll sald that the situation could be classed as an epidemic, iE "Many pupils are recovering rapidly from the disease," he sald, "but the fresh outbreaks more than compen- sate for the recoveries." Dr. Carroll also informed the "Post" that many cagés or chicken pox are also prevalent, but this less serious {llness isn't causing. as much worry to parents of the district as the Whoop- ng Cough ; . It seems that the only ones not con- cerned 'with the epidemic are the chil- dren who have recovered and - find themselves in the pleasant status of being on-"holidays." \ NEW PUMPING STATION AT BOWMANVILLE BEACH WILL OPEN SATURDAY The néw pumping station on the lakefront at the East Beach which 1s an integral part of the new $320,000 water supply system from Lake Ont. ario completed by the Bowmanville Public Utilities Commission this sum- mer will be officially opened at a cere- mony to be held on Saturday at 8 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend this official opening ceremony and the pumping station will be open for public inspection from 10 a.m. to 4 pm. ; The new water supply system was started in the fall of last year and completed in July. It is capable of pumping - 4,000,000 gallons of water per day and should meet the, water needs of Bowmanville for a great many years to come, From the pump- house the water supply is pumped up- town through a 16-inch pipeline to Queen's Avenue in front of the Good- year plant, where it connects-with an older 8-inch main. The new system is also tied into the older system at several points on its way north from the lake. ---- STORES TO OPEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS STARTING NOVEMBER 5th NOTES AND COMMENT-- : Commencing this week, Nov. bth, local business places in Stouffville will remain open both Friday and Saturday evenings according to a ve- solution passed at a public meeting of merchants called by the Retail Mer- chant Committee of the local Chamber of Commerce. Stores will remain open both evenings until 10 o'clock. - While the vote to open Friday night as well as. Saturday, was quite close, those opposed or who did not vote ,stated generally that they would go along with the majority. The move is being made to provide greater shopping gervice for a grow- ing populatien. Re Clipped Comments A MOUNTAIN OF BUTTER «WA puzzle perplexing federal agri- cultural department officials is how to get rid of the huge: butter mountain accumulated in government ware- houses under Ottawa's hand at this time last year. nid . PE The butter, bought by: Ottawa with taxpayers' money at 58 cents a pound, poses a serious marketing problem. Price of butter on world markets stands at 41 cents a pound. Three possible solutions to this problem of butter surplus are now under consid- eration by federal authorities. One scheme is to give the butter, bought with Canadian taxpayers' money, to some foreign country. Ottawa fears that to do so might up-set world but- ter prices and invite retaliation: from other butter-producing countries. An- other proposal most favored in Ot- tawa, is to subsidize butter exports, with the taxpayers' of this country footing the bill for the difference be- ween the support price and the sale price. Third, and least favoured so- lution, is to give Canadian housewives the benefit of cheaper butter by plac- ing all or part of the surplus butter hoard on the domestic market." We- believe the Truro Daily News might have gone farther in its obser- vations and made a contribution to- wards helping Ottawa decide that the squarest thing to do with the butter is to sell it to the people who own it... the taxpayers (all residents.of Can- ada) . .. at a saving. However, if a real need for this very useful pro- duct exists in any nation whose people cannot afford to buy it, it" would be a generous - gesture of a land with a well-stocked larder to see that want ond deprivation is relieved. There is, nevertheless, a growing feeling that the price of butter is un- realistic and that it is really working a hardship on" the dairy industry by being out of line with its competitive product . . . margarine. = Butter As a highly desirable food if itis going to sell fast enough to keep pace with production, it will most likely have to sell at a competitive price. The economics of the business are not fa- miliar to us but we are interested in the welfare of the dairy industry which is prominent in this district and we believe. that there is a need for a re- vision of marketing policy. This might take on several forms .... butter in smaller packages ..... butter in quantity at reduced prices, or, any number of other marketing In- rovations, ~=Lindsay Post - Could Test Law On Long-Winded Telephone Talkers Most men feel their wifes talk too much on the telephone but they don't pay too much attention to it, feeling that if the women get that much plea- sure out of it, why worry. So they smile indulgently and become more cogrossed in their paper as the con- versation goes on and on, - However, recently an incident oc- curred near Sault Ste, Marie involving lengthy phone conversations that had a serious result. A little home on the outskirts caught fire and by the time the firemen arrived it had been de- stroyed. | i : The five chief said it took twenty minutes to get the line to report the fire. In that time the fire had gained such a hold that it meant loss of the home and contents. The phone delay was due to the neighbeurs reporting to each other on the progress of the fire, according to the chief. Those responsible for this selfish stupidity and the loss of the litMe $4,000 home have something on their consciences, It seems incredible that people at 6 o'clock in the morning would talk about the fire and clear the line so that the firemen could be contacted." Yet the same thing could happen here. ; As a matter of fact there is a law now making it illegal to tie up a tele- phone line under certain- conditions. At is 1064 session the Ontario Legis- lature placed restrictions in the Tele- phone Act. Section 89 reads: "Every person who, when using a telephone instrument or conversing over a telephone line, whether the tele- phone instrumnt or line is owned by a telephone system under the juriedic- tion of the Legislature or not, refuses to give up or permit the use of the line when requested to do so by the oper- ator or by any other person in the case of a fire, accident, sickness, or other similar emergency, is guilty of an offence . . ." It remains to be seen now whether this law will be applied in the Sault Ste. Marie infraction. : --Stouffville Tribune -- STRESS IMPORTANCE OF PRE-SCHOOL TRAINING-- There is a greater recognition of the fact that all children who are six years old, in matter of time, for in- stance, are not the same age in matter of development, Each child grows at {hi sown rate of speed mentally and socially", writes Dr. F. Weinberg of the University of Toronto in an article "lg your child ready for School", in a recent issue: of Health Magazine, Research has shown that you-cannot, without injury to his nervous iw tn force that rate beyond its-limits, Yet, at the same time it cannot be denied that circumstances greatly increase, or decrease, the child's progress. The child who has older brothers and sisters, for instance, often has many advantages, providing, of = course, those brothers and sisters are them- selves - progressive -and interested. Learning can frequently take the form of a game to the decided, advantage of the youngster. Parents, too, must play a very important role, aside from whatever abilities they may actually pass on to their progeny. "To decide whether a child is rea for school it is important to take into account the kinds of experiences he has had before he goes off to school", Mr. Neinberg points out. The child should get enough experience in the pre-school years to carry him into the first days 9) organized study. The doctor submits a list of things a child should have learned. before he is ready for school. He should, the doctor states, have learned to attend to his own toilet needs without supervision. be such as not to be offensive to, the. young students, both as to their physi- cal characteristics and as to the age groups which use them.) He should be able to dress and un- dress without assistance with a few exceptions such as snow suits and laces. He should have acquired a fair degree of control of the large muscles, such as in running; jumping, climbing. He should be able to un- derstand simple directions and carry them out. He should have learned to accept necessary restrictions and rules. He should speak clearly and readily with no baby talk. He should be content without his parents -- go places without them, stay at home when they are not there. He should have discarded temper tantrums as a method of getting his own desires. He should have learned to play. with other children without too much con- flict or quarreling. : ~Watchman-Warder (And the school toilet facilities should |. THE PLOUFFE FAMILY Here they are, those happy-go- lucky French-Canadians who are win- ning friends wherever there are TV sets in Canada. Based on Roger IN melin's best-seller "Les Plouffe", the family became an institution in Que- bec when it was introduced on the CBC French radio and TV networks. In view of the enthusiastic public res- ponse which set new fan-mail record the humorous and tender stories o the Plouffes are being presented on the CBC-TV network in English, us- ing the sdime cast. Above, are Mama and Papa Plouffe, with their four grown-up children, Cecile, Napoleon, 'Ovide, and Guillaume. The CBC-pro- duced "Plouffe Family" may be seen on all TV stations in Canada. \ Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills CIGARS AND CADILLACS I see where Myron Kuzych, the Vancouver welder who was expelled from the Boiler-makers' Industrial Union (CIO-GCL) in 1846 and has been fighting the decision in and out of court ever since, has been scorch- ing the union leaders because they now drive cadi)lacs and make huge sal- aries. Well, I think Mr. Kuzych 1s on the wrong track. I believe he has an excelelnt case against the closed shop and against the present-day uni- on leader--but not because they smoke fat cigars pnd drive cadillacs. However, it is rather amusing to see the prosperous union leaders get- ting taunted with the same words they themselves used to taunt indus- trial leaders. It was once fashionable for a good union leader to niock the silk hats, the big cigars, and the shiny automobiles of the money barons. Perhaps there is some sort of poetic justice in throwing the same barbs at union leaders who are now in clover up_to their ears. But my owii opinion is, a good uni- on leader should get good pay, drive a cadillac if he desires, and smoke fat cigars if he wants to. Surely the working man is wise to reward a lead- er smart enough to improve the work- ers' lot. If the ordinary working man becomes a cheap-skate about paying for good leadership, he won't get very far. : My complaint about the union lead- ers of today is not that they get too much pay--but that they don't earn even poor pay. Instead of working for the best interests of the rank-and- file, they work for themselves--using every means they possibly can to deny the working man his freedom to be- long or not to belong to a union. And more autocratic than any industrialist that I've ever met! I think Kuzych is right when he says that they have taken the word "oraft" out of unionism and replaced it with "crafty". Cigars and cadil- lacs have nothing whatever to do with the question. Only a hypocrite would claim that he does not want to drive a cadillac. Merle: "Has the doctor you're en- gaged to got money"? _ Pearl: "Why, sure! Did you think 1 was getting mayried for my health?" JESSE The Professor believes that if all the students who sleep in class were placed end to end, they would be much more comfortable. most of them seem to be-a darn sight | ALY, Hilltop Herald By Lorne Wilkin In the South Ontario County Plow- ing Match Inter School Meet, the win- ners from Port Perry High School were: Bill MacMillan---first; Ralph Honey --third; Jim Wilkinson--fourth, and Dave Mosienko--{ifth. . This was a good show and a credit to Port Perry High School. The hard time dance held at the school on October 26 had a large crowd attending and everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves. The Athletic Society sponsored the dance and had the auditorium very nicely decorated, Refreshments were served in the cafeteria. Pine Grove M1. and Mrs. Jack Hill had supper Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hill of Uxbridge. * W.A. will meet Wednesday of this week at Mrs. R. Nesbitt Jr., visitors welcome. - ' Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brennard and family of Toronto spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. Handel. | Mr. William Coates of Claremont, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Albright. Mr. and Mrs. Talbert Evans and Mrs. Jack Johnson attended the fun- eral of their uncle, the late Mr, Jones of Brooklin, at Claremont on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gourlie and Miss Barbara Syers spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Ride and fa- mily of Toronto; it being Mr. Gourlie's Birthday. Congratulations. "Word has been received from the boys who went west, They are re- turning shortly by way of the Coast. Myr. and Mrs. Talbert Evans visited Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kerry Monday evening. Rev. Halbert will take the Servicos next Sunday. 5 Mr. Evans of Uxbridge had dinnor with hig son, Mr. and Mrs. Talbert Evans on Thursday. Mrs. Russell Ballard returned home after spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs, Morris Rints, Port Perry, who has a baby daughter. Mr. Authes Topper and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gorlic and Karon of Musselman's Lake spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ildred Catherwood. J Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Catherwood and Freddy visited Mr. and Mrs. Don- ald McIntyre of Ashburn on Thursday evening. ---- Mrs. J. Toogood is spending a few days in Montreal. hd hy T A 7 3 ; IR L a i <TR, 2A OCT fir To ied RJ . vf = Hh Aw r ER HI DAI IN I aN TS LT EL oe Per ao AR