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tf ~ section shown above of new scenic " More About Lights and Driving THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Port Perry, Ontatlo, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1954 _ COFFEE SHOPS ON WHEELS The Canadian Pacific's answer for travellers wanting snacks and lower- priced meals on trains is coffee shop dome coaches now going into service on transcontinental trains. Steps at centre rear lead to scenic dome sec- J tion where coach travellers can enjoy all-round view of passing scenery. A third section of these new Budd stain- less steel streamlined cara contains 26 coach seats equipped with full-length leg rests and reelining backs for long distance travellers. The 18 cars in coach-dome-coffee shop series are colorfully decorated with carved lino- leum panels of provincial legislatures and coats of arms. In addition to the coffee shops which serve meals, and snacks throughout the day and even- ing, the new C.P.R. trains will be e- quipped with ultra-modern - dining room cars which will be delivered next Spring. Clipped Comments Now that winter is back in these parts and snow is apt to be a more or less permanent fixture for the next few months, it is perhaps too late to make the suggestion we are about to, but it may serve some purpose in the future, As most people who drive cars are aware, it is extremely difficult at this season of the year to determine where the. pavement leaves off and where the road shoulder begins and this is especially true at night when meeting oncoming cars with glaring headlights. . A suggestion is therefore made for helping to alleviate this dri- ving hazard: Place easily discérnible guide posts at frequent intervals. a- long the road edge. These guide posts could be of light, flexible mater- ial which would cause a vehicle no damage on contact but which would serve to make the pavement edge easily distinguishable. 000 Almost every motorist who has ever driven out of Toronto at night on the four-lane. divided highways is probably aware of the fact that on. coming headlights are: still a menace on this type of road even though they are somewhat more removed, than on old style roads. At some points the Highways Dept. has planted ever- greens which, when they mature, will provide an effective centre of the highway light screen, Such-a plan may go a long way towariftutting down super-highway aceidents attri- buted to blinding headlights. --Lindsay Post THE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP It is often maid that leadership {is lacking in this generation. Leader- ship is essentially a quality In the personality, an intensely individual gitt. The test of a leader is the de- gree in which he is able to impose his will on others and to influence. their thoughts. and 'actions, either for good or ill. The greater the leader, the wider and more powerful his influence and the longer it lasts, Napoleon changed the map of Europe and the power of his will changed the course |. of history. For centuries the effect of Napoleon will be felt in the world in much the same way as Julius Cae- sar and Genghis Khan. In a different way Florence Nightingale imposed her will on the world and its beneficent effects will continue for centuries. While: it may be true that most great leaders have the . quality of leadership inherent in them aud that it comes to full power as they 'grow to adulthopd, there are others that are inflnenced by the period in which they live almost as much as they themselves influence the period. Child. hood environment can be & foreing ground for leadership, the life atories of great men--in other | words of leaders. Not every one would agree with Carlyle, for occa- sionally in history, not tha leaders but the led have decided the course of action, proving that sometimes in the much despised crowd there can be an instinctive leadership, a sum total, as it were, of all the little leaders who combine.temporarily to change events; The leaders in the variaus activities right in our own communities in civic, social, business, industrial, rural or church societies are all doing an im- portant public service. The more they do, the more they are criticised sometimes, particularly 'at election time. However, none 18 so humble that he does not influence his fellows in some way. So itds that words and actions that in themselves seem so unimportant have a new value when it is realized that they affect others. Part of leadership is example, and responsibility goes with it .always. Thus, even for "little leaders", leader- ship always means discipline and self- sacrifice. ¥ --Bowmanville Statesman DE -- A VERY SPECIAL FEAR People often fall into the habit of thinking that politicians aren't half trying. It is quite possible, however, that the atatesmen of the West who are endeavoring to form some sort of working combination to stave off Rus- gia are more intimately concerned with the dangers than are those who some- times complain about them. It is not only that during a modern war a statesman is as likely to get killed as anyone, or that he may be put to death after it by the winner, That sort of concern would be ignoble and does not apply. There is a deeper fear which may, however, be personal. Those in public life stand to gain more lasting glory than any other class. If this seems subject to ro- view, consider that Phidias is said to have lived "In the age of Pericles," or try on any group what they know a- bout Aristotle as compared to Alexan- der the Great, or Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe compared to Napoleon, Examples may not always stand up, but as a class the politiclans gain the immortal fame. To such a one the terrors of death are modified by the assurance of being remembered, Consider, however, a atatesman pondering. that the H-bomb may not only kill all his people, along with him, but that all records, may be des- troyed and all peoples everywhere killed, so that no one remains to re- member the statesman's glory and no account may ever be read of it by people from other earths. With such an apprehension, it is to be presumed that the statesmen are working as hard as they can to prevent this ca- tastrophe, : © While doing so, it would be well for them to realize that the people, for the moat part, are quite as brave as they. The common folk have less to lose. No immemorial glory for Carlyle said that history was merely them, no matter what happens, Over a year ago, while he was ill, Churchill the Great (and who better deserves the epithet?) wept in the Commons when telling of the H-bomb and what it could do to England. Or what 1t could do to the records of our Win- nie's life? It is a reasonable guess that the common folk of that island did not weep--they who had looked out implacably at the Armada and Na- poleon and Hitler, with no hope of a niche in the Abbey, , --Printed Word. GOOD MANNERS COST SO LITTLE Crowds; somehow, always seem to have a bad effect on- manners, The man who can maintain his dignity and good manners while being pushed and jostled and bumped amid a crowd of Christmas shoppers, & smile through it all, must surely come close to quali- fying as "a perfect gentleman." For it is a stiff test of courtesy and pa- tience, These reflections come to us after some experience of Christmas shop- ping, and of watching our fellow-men in the midst of that pleasurable (or usually pleasurable) ordeal. And we write this little piece just as a plea for goodwill at the very season, and in advance of it, when goodwill is be- ing extolled the world over, During the war, particularly in the 01d Country, one of the hard tests of character was to maintain one's man- ners in the face of endless queueing. People lined up for everything, often for hours on end, and tempers often ran short in the competition to "get there first", : Something of the same hazard to equanimity is presented by crowded stores at Christmastime and not only stores but sidewalks too. There is even the urgent competition for park- ing space; We think, too, that there ought to be a curb to impatience when we re- member the trials of the shop clerks, whose days are long and exceedingly busy at this time of year. They, more than any have to put up with frayed tempers and impatient seekers after bargains, and Irritable women who stay late uptown while thinking of the roast in the oven at home and complaining husbands. Let's put it this way: Everyone ought to be happy at Christmas, and we can hardly expect to really enjoy that great festival with relaxed good- will if our preparation for it has been filled with snippiness. and short tem- per. Let us try to think of the other person in these busy days, and remem- ber that manners cost so. little. : ~QOshawa Times-Gazette ------ WERE LOSING TOURIST DOLLARS-- A report from Ottawa, where people interested in Canada's tourist matters gathered recently beara out the con- tention of operators of tourist resorts In thie area during the past season there 'was a 10 per cent decrease in tourist business, | Lindsay Chamber of Commerce re- ports an increased number of inquir- ies at the local information bureau but operators of lodges in the area claim ; that business was done in volume and i consequently in dollars and . cents. The lodge owners who went out for business early in the year and filled their reservations did good business but the owners who waited for busi- ness to come were not so fortunate. it is also reported that the better class of lodges and hotels received good patronage, but on the whole business was down. Unfavorable weather'con- ditions are blamed. The falling off was not so much on the part of Canadians roaming around on their two week's vacation, but ra- ther was a falling off in regard to American tourists and one reason is believed to be the fact that fishing has not been so good. Americans like to take back the big fish, muskies and pickerel. Operators of tourist places in this area are perhaps more fortun- ate than in some other districts, for there have' always been some excel- lent catches, but the average is not large. More concentration should take part and there should be a more concerted effort to have the waters restocked every year. Figures show that Lindsay and district are now only getting 75 per cent of the tourist dol- lars as compared with practically 100 per cent-in 1961 and '62. On the other hand because tourist owners in Hunts- ville and the Georgian Bay district have been going after business, trade in" that area has increased some 82 per cent. The tourist business is a lucrative one and Lindsay business men, and the Chamber of Commerce should co- operate with tourist resort owners in this area to bring about a greater in- crease in 1956. It will pay dividends. Recently an Inspecor of tourist lodges, hotels, and cabins stated that the over all quality and tone of resorts in this area has not advanced but rather has shown a tendency to go down the lad- der. 'Lindsay is the very gateway to the Karwarthas and the Hallburton Highlands and as a Town something should be done to increase the popu- larity of the-tourist business, an effort which should be endorsed by all sum- mer resort operators. * * --Lindsay Watchman-Warder, District Doings CANNINGTON REEVE GETS 9TH TERM In the recent election at Canning- ton, Reeve Garnet Wilson was return- ed to office for his ninth consecutive term. His running mate, James Sack- ville was defeated by a count of 354 to 72 votes. While most ratepayers conceded that Mr. Wilson would be elected, few thought that his majority would be 80 high. The greatly admired reeve, has also served as Warden of Ontario County, a position he filled with dig- nity. Mr. Sackville previously has been Chairman of the Water and Light Boards, and for the past three years, has rendered faithful service to the community. LINDSAY TO PAY FOR AMBULANCE CALLS Councillors agreed that where Mec- Arthur's ambulance is called by the police the Town should be responsible for the fée, after every effort has been made by the police to collect the same. McArthur will be asked to submit the bill within ten days after a call. Ald. Harrigan stated that the police just cannot leave a man lying on the street until some one comes along and guarantees a bill. Councillors agreed that the McArthur Ambulance service is quick and useful. It was pointed out that in many instances the ambu- lance is called to various parts of the town and country, but in future the ambulance is not leaving until the ser- vice is guaranteed. ALLISTON, BANCROFT "WET" Two Ontario centres voted "wet" yesterday. Alliston and Bancroft ap- proved. the opening of beer and liquor retail stores. Of ninety per cent. -- largest poll ever recorded in Alliston, 68 per cent favored the oulets. The town had been dry since-1908. 0 Thé poll was sponsored by the Allls- tons Business Men's Association which argued that liquor and brewery outlets would increase the business of local merchants, An eight-vote margin edged out Bancroft "drys," when residents voted 61 per cent to sanction opening of a liquor Control Board retail atore and 8 brewers' retail store. The total vote of 820 represented more than 80 per cent, of the eligible electorate. OFFICIAL PLAN OF LINDBAY IS FORWARDED FOR APPROVAL The official plan of the Town of Lindsay is on the way to the Depart- ment of Planning in Toronto for ap- proval after a couple of years study. 'The work has been under the chair- manship of Alderman J. McQuarrie, who is retiring from public office in 1966. At Tuesday's Lindsay Council meet- ing, Deputy-Reeve Ada Greaves sec- onded Ald. McQuarrie's motion on the official approval, praising him and his committee for seeing the thing through, when in the past, such an undertaking had been. dropped. The name of Harold Baty was men- tioned as having given most valuable assistance in advising the present Planning Committee, A planning by-law has been pre- pared, Ald. McQuarrie stated at Tues. meeting, which he said implements the plan which citizens had viewed and had been given opportunity of volcing any objections, Only one change had been asked for by a citizen and that had been amended. The question of the planning ad- viser"s (Mr. Reddington) remunera- tion was broached and $300 was voted to be paid him now on his $500 pay- ment agreement, Alderman McQuar- rie remarked that if there had been more time for more planning board meetings, all entailed work would have been completed at this time. NEW 810,00 POST OFFICE FOR CLAREMONT A new $10,000 post office is to be erected in Claremont. It will be built on the north side of the 9th concession west of the Four Corners. The build- ing will be of cement block construc- tion with a brick front. It will mea- ure 28 feet by 42 feet. The new post office will have all the modern con- veniences complete with up-to-date lighting and forced air heat. Ken Betz Construction Company of Stouffville is doing the work. .Until the new headquarters are completed the present facilities will be moved into the showroom building opposite the bank, -- MUSIC FESTIVAL AT PETERBORO SET FOR MARCH 7-12 The syllabus for the 1966 Kiwanis Music Festival, to be held March 7 to 12 in Peterborough, is now printed. The two English adjudicators named to attend the Peterborohgh competi- tions are Mr. Brian Boydell and Mr. John Churchill. Choirs taking part in the Festival will again be eligible for the Lincoln Trophy--an award given to the most outstanding choir heard in the Cana- dian Chain of Music Festivals. The Children's and Junior Choirs are also provided for. A George Simp- son Mathieson Trophy will be awarded for the beat performance by partieci- pants in these choir classes, the age limit of competitors being 19 years and under. Mrs. Barbara Meiklejohn, of Otta- wa, will again adjudicate the choral, public and verse speaking sections. Modern drama and Shakespearean Drama are also included in the non- music portion of the competitions. Closing date for applications has been set as January 31, 1866. TURN DOWN LIQUOR STORE IN DYSART MUNICIPALITIES The municipality of Dysart, et al, which includes Haliburton village, vot- ed to remain "dry" last Saturday, in a plebiscite held in the various town- ships of the district. In the final counting, according to township clerk, G. H. Windsor of Hall. burton, 747, voted "yes" on the estab. lishment of a government liquor store, while 619 voted "no" Of the 1,866 votes counted in the balloting, 820 votes were 60% major- ity in favor of the store. The actual percentage in favor was 64.68, accord- ing to the Clerk, 5:32 per cent short of the required total. The vote was fairly heavy, follow- ing an all-out campaign by both sides of the liquor question during the past month. Accurate figures on the pro- portionate vote, compared with voters listed, are not available. ---- STILL HOPE FOR COUNTY PIPELINE Ontario County Councillors have not given up hope that trans-Canada gas pipeline will run from end to end of this county. Recently, at a meeting in Whitby, councillors discussed this matter again and some indicated that the line might still run north and gouth through the county. At the last sospion, it appeared to councillors that the line would run west of Lake Bim. coe through Barrie into Toronto. Deputy-reeve Pat Duffy, of Mara Township, touched off the debate by obsdrving that Orillia residents still believed the pipe was going to run east of Qrillia through Ontario County through Barrié to the west. Reeve Heber Down, of Whitby Twp, said that he was aware that "they are around Brooklin getting options to let the line through" and added that he was pretty sure the line would run through this part of the province, County Clerk William Manning was asked to give his opinion and stated that "until three deya ago I would have said that it was going to come through Ontario County but after see- ing some press reports, I would say plans had been switched". The route, he said, appeared to de- pend on the market for gas and in. dications in the last few days wera that the line would run through Barrie to Toronto. However, he added; -he was aware that an east-west line is being surveyed just north of the vill- age of Brooklin, a line which will run through the new housing development there. There has been no official no- tice of a change of route filed with this county yet, he said, which would indicate officially that the line was still going through the county as pro- posed. Reeve Rae Ferguson, of the town of Uxbridge, suggested that Council take some action to make sure it com- es through this county. "In 10 years' time we might be* kicking ourselves because it did not come through here." STOUFFVILLE DOCTOR SAVES FAMILY FROM ASPHYXIATION Dr. F. J. Button of Stouffville was responsible for saving the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Donaldson and their two children, Douglas 4 and Bobby 10 months, on. Tuesaday evening when he entered their Musselman's Lake cott- age home and found the family in a semi-conscious condition from coal gas fumes. : Dr. Button received the urgent mes- sage from Mr. Donaldson who called from a nearby pay phone. Upon his arrival at the lake, the local physician found it difficult to locate the cottage. After considerable searching he forced open the door and made the discovery. Mrs. Donaldson was lying in a cot and the two children were in bed. Mr. Donaldson was near collapse. The small home reeked with gas. Dr. But- ton opened all the windows and re- vived the stricken family. A few more hours and the entire family would have been wiped out. HELP PROTECT YOUR FAMILY BUY AND USE CHRISTMAS SEALS despite rumours that it would run' Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills REMARKABLE DOCUMENT For some years, a part of my work has heen to write book reviews, and once in a while I get a surprise. That's what happened to me this morning. I picked out of my mail an unpre- tentious looking book. The title was, "Watching the Chinese Curtain Fall." The author was W. J. Sheridan, for- merly a medical missionary in China in the service of the United Church of Canada. I must confess that I ex- pected some dull reading. But though I picked up the book this morning, it is still before me. The office lights are on now, and outside my window: L see that the atreat lights have been turned on. I took the book with me to lunch, and I have not yet had dinner. It takes a pretty astoun- ding document to 80 provoke my jaded tastes in literature. 'Watching the Chinese Curtain Fall' is certainly an astounding document. I cannot imagine any Canadian read- ing it without hecoming excited about it. . But it is only fair to warn you that having read it, you can never again be apathetic about the danger Canada faces today. Dr. Sheridan, in some of the finest prose published in Can- ada for many years, shows that Com- munist principles can sneak up on us just as easily as they did on the Chin- ese, Like Canadians, the Chinese farmer was an independent, self-res- pecting, industrious, reliable, cheer- ful member of society. China did not appear to be the kind of a country in which a revolution could grow and flourish. But it did. The tragic thing is that it grew in China with many of the same devices that we are now adopting here. The craze to equalize wealth has. led to the ridiculous belief that all wealth must first pass into the hands of an equalizing agency--the government. "Where," asks Dra Sheridan, "will be found a body of men so pure, so single-minded, that having the wealth and power of the world (or any scc- tion of it) in their hands, they will im- mediately divide it equally among al men--even supposing men could be found who had the wisdom and execu- tive ability for such n task? More- over, each possessing an equal share of material goods, what motivation will men have for working?" That question is just as potent here as it should have been in China. Yet every day we complacently turn over more and more power to the govern- ment. Every step In this direction makes us, to some degree, tools of the State. There is no doubting this book. Para- graph after paragraph Dr. Sheridan documents the skill and brutality of the Communists, contrasting their softening up methods before the Iron Curtain fell, and their brutal methods following it. He shows how desper- ately easy it is for a nation to fall under the spell of Communism. We prepare the way for it every time we yield up a freedom. We ask for fit every time we try to share, by the trickeries of law, a neighbor's wealth. We invite it every time we encourage our government to play fairy god- mother, Dr. W. J. Sheridan has done a great service to Canada, and to the United Church of Canada in whose service he was a medical misisonary. It has sometimes been Baid that it is among church groups that much of the fuzzy thinking about Communism takes place. Mr. Sheridan's book gives the lle to this. There Is certainly noth- ing fuzzy about, "Watching the Chin- eso Curtain Fall" HOLIDAY RANCH Ist Fran Wright, musicians Al Harris, Western music and patter is the| Percy Cutts, Ron Sherman, Matt da bill of fare on Cliff McKay's "Holiday | Florio, Don Johnson, Doug McFarlane, Ranch", seen every Beturday night on | and comic "Hap" Master, to say no- the CBC Television network. An in-| thing of the proprietor, that genie! formal friendly show, it features the | good-humoured clarinetist Cliff Mec- Mialin playing of King Ganam, vocal- | Kay. : pre i eupepaii WH B= i SE et Rh er A a Ty (ore ETE