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t=1 { hE | gon So -- . eee -- A ---------- yo Port Hope, which has been domin- J . . ated by the Evening Guide for many i rd Port Perry THURSDAY, JAN , Ontario, UARY 6th, 1955 -- ~ NOTESAWDC At the beginning of the year, in the first «Looking Forward few days of January--a month named for the two-headed god with the backward and for- ward look we are prompted to speculate on some of the things that the new year may bring. One of the pleasant things about : doing this is a certain feeling of freedom 'about the whole thing for we eschew the statistical, scientific, highly analytic ap- proach and rely mainly on a rather second - rate kind of intuition, second rate because it _ never has been very dependable even when conditions were most favourable. The economic picture for 19556 we feel is not going to be too good. Certain signs seem to indicate that we may be in for some stormy weather. To begin with, it is a very bad sign that all the economists seem to think that it will be-a boom year. That reminds us of 1929 when the economists also predicted a boom year. The rising tide of unemploy- ment'in this country is another warning sign, and so also the kind of results coming out of the trade conferences which our Mr. Howe graces. The war for marKets is really get- ting bitter and so far there seems to be too little recognition of the necessity for agree- ments of a reciprocal nature. Selfishness and self-seeking in world trade has always been a harbinger of dark days ahead. Fur- thermore, it appears that this is the year that labour, is going to make a bid for a year- a Attacking the Accident Toll i Ly | '3 Every year in Canada 5000 people die in, traffic accidents. Stop to think what that means. Two towns the size of Port Pérry wiped out; every man, woman and child in the community killed; two communities of them. We have begun to realize the enormity of the sacrifice we 6ffer up to the modern motor car and motor car travel, but we haven't got to the point where we really are incensed enough about it to force sour elected repre- sentatives to actually do something about it. It is true that we have investigated the cause of accidents; that we have piled up facts and figures about the why and the how and where of this death toll; that we have done some thinking"and some worrying about it; yes, some of us have even begun to drive more, carefully and more thoughtfully than we used to, But we pretty much take the attitude .that as long as there are motor cars and people to drive them we'll have accidents and what can. you do about it. The answer is plenty! Only about 25% of * the drivers cause accidents. They make ac- cidents. They do it with deliberate and wil- ful unconsciousness. An insignificant num- ber of fatal accidents result from factors be- yond human control. ¥ 1 ly guaranteed wage and that means trouble. The strike at Ford's may well be one of the opening moves in the larger struggle that is to come. © 2 Politically we should do much better, The people are beginning to get wise to the fact that war is as much feared by the Russians as it is by us. We are beginning to feel that our leaders have used the threat of war for other purposes than our security, Per- haps, we will see a much more intelligent approach to world problems than heretofore. Our scientists certainly feel that it is high time that our politicians stopped acting in such a childish way about the good of humanity. And what about our very erratic climate? Will our geo-physicists be able to tell us what is happening to upset the relative stability of the climate we think we used to have? Weather predictions are tricky kind of pre- dictions to make . . . but we will go so far as to suggest that our weather through 1955 will probably not be more and hardly likely less unusual than it was in 1954. We hasten to suggest that there is only the statement of a probability. There is no probability or uncertainty with regard to a sincere hope on our part that we will individually and collectively find better answers to more problems than we did last year. : We have to devise ways of finding out who are the drivers who will make accidents and then we must devise ways of preventing them from doing ity The answer is as simple as that. i And how do you discover these drivers? They advertise their recklessness and in- ability to drive safely. They are discourt-- eous;: selfish, thoughtless people who want their own way and are out to show the world and everybody's cousin that nobody puts anything over on them. They are the smart- alecks and the show-offs. They are the careless and' the shiftless. They are the confused, unhappy and bewildered people. They pave the way for major accidents with a series of minor ones, with traffic vio- lations, and with putting the other guy into a tight spot in order that they can enjoy a momentary advantage. = Proper. records and sensible tests used by the police would soon disclose the potential killers. How do you prevent them? By making sure - that they didn't and couldn't drive until they had been retaught or had recovered a healthy and thoughtful attitude towards others. The Yieamee to drive should not be a license to ill. . | alized it or not, concludes the Post, 14 PASSING SHOW ¢ : "ROXY INSTALLS WIDE SCREEN "By: MAAC. : The movie-actress Yoonne de Carlo is reported about to marry an Egyp- tian police captain . .. judging by the record of Egypt's king we would sug- - gest to Miss de Carlo that even though he is a police officer he may be a poor securitysrisk . . . that wouldn't trouble a movie actress come to think of it. ---- We suppose the thief who stole some 7000 loose coins from the truck of a coin vending company was really fed up and looking for some change in life. Gloria Vanderbilt, springtime bride of the December like Stokowski; has separated from her celebrated hus- band.. According to her, age played no part in the separation as it had apparently played no part in the mar- riage . . . then she was 21 and he 69. --C A chain-smoker in Honolulu died at the age of 108, Unfortunately the cigarette companies can't use her for advertising purposes because ghe made her own special brand. a District Doings NEW WEEKLY FOR : PORT HOPE 7, years, has a new weekly newspaper the Leader Post, published by the owner of the Trenton weekly paper. The, Wilson paper, the Guide, has = been the only. daily paper in the Lake "Ontario town for a longer period than most residents of the town can remem- ber.. In recent years, however, Port " Hope, like other towns and cities has shown an increase in population, es- pecially industrially and citizens will is welcome the entry into the field of a eh progressive weekly newspaper. The owner and editor, Mr. Sisson, is | a man of wide newspaper experience. The Leader Post should be an asset to the community. = " tes I), Lo -- DOGS KILL $440 WORTH oF 21 OF SHEEP | : Bethany -- The sum of $440.00 is being paid to sheep farmers on claims made at Manvers Council. And this is one month, Seven farmérs of Be- thany district claim that dogs killed a number of valuable sheep, and one farmer alone asks" compensation: of | TREES, JUDGE RULES $178.00. LINDSAY'S MAYOR, WIFE INVITED TO ATTEND OPENING OF PARLIAMENT Mayor Hick and Mrs. Hick have been accorded the honor of being in- vited to represent the town of Lind. say at the opening sessions of Parlia- ment in Ottawa, January 7. The invitation was received by the Mayor last week, and Mayor Hick said he and his wife expect to be able to attend. The invitations, in addition to the request of their presence, also instructs Mayor and Mrs. Hick to the rooms assigned to them, and to the dress they are expected to wear, . MAN MUST PAY FOR TWP. - A communication presented at the last regular meeting of Uxbridg Township Council from A.W.8. Greer, informed council that Judge Pritchard fotnd the municipality entirely right in demanding payment from J. W. Walker of the 6th con. for certain trees cut by the hydro road allowances adjacent to his property and Which Mr, Walker had removed to his own farm and later cut into lumber, It was the decision of the court that Walker_must pay the township $400 and court expenses, This weck the Roxy Theatre, Ux- bridge began using its new wide vi- sion screen, the first of several expec- ted stages of enlarging and improv- ing the picture. The original screen 'was 10x15 ft. with a standard screen being used. The new screen measur- es 22 ft. wide and the picture size now ghown is 11 x 20 ft. The new screen is designed for an increased throw back of light which gives a clearer and more brilliant picture. Construe- tion of the front of the theatre limits the width of screen that can be used but it is expected within a short time an even larger picture may be attained and the new modern wiracle of motion pictures, {'Cinemascope" may be in- stalled. 4 Clipped Comments SMART BEAVERS Our little national beastie, the beaver often has been commended for his re- sourcefulness and again is in line for a few more words of praise. When railway men wrecked a dam near Geraldton the'other day, they left lighted lanteins at the scene to dis- courage reconstruction. Instead of be- ing discouraged, the colony's beavers {used them to plug holes in the repaired dam. Placed upright, the lanterns still were burning when the railway men returned to view their handiwork. + That was right smart of the beavers "perhaps smarter than men would be if faced with a similar problem. Men Ave a penchant for creating fire haz. ards; and probably would have made one out of the lanterns, by overturn- Ing, them, or something. at beaver dam with installed lighting really should be preserved. It might be an evolutionary step in the development of super-beavers, for all anyone knows. ' : . --Windsor Star. EVERY CANADIAN HELPED T0 "BUILD TORONTO'S SUBWAY Ottawa was quite right in refusing federal grants for proposd extensions to the Toronto subway, thinks The Financial Post. Whether they ride or not, every Canadian has contribu- ted substantially to the cost of the present subway and undoubtedly will continue to contribute to the cost of any extension. It works this way: -- The Toronto Transportation Commission which op- erates the Toronto subway is a pub- licly owned organization and there- fore escapes corporation income tax. During the war when privately owned companies were paying at least 509% of their profits to Ottawa, the TTC was salting its profits away. It was those wartime profits, which formed the kitty that got Canada's first sub- way started. Had the TTC been an ordinary private corporation, at least half of those profits and quite possibly nearly all would have gone into the public treasury at Ottawa and the general taxpayer in Hamilton, Hali- fax, Port Credit and Port Moody would. not have had to dig down quite so deep. « The Toronto subway is an excellent and needed improvement. 'Toronto and Torontonians deserve credit for creating it. But let's-not forget the general taxpayer of Canada. His con. tributions helped, too, whether he re- -- IS THE CIVIL SERVICE BIGGER THAN ITS BOSS? Canadian newspapers are generally agreed that, now that war is over .these many years, it is high time for, the government to get rid of some of thé additional' civil servants it took on during the period of hostilities; and the papers never hesitate to ex- press their views on the matter. We are in full agreement with them that somethilg should be done; 'but who is going to do it? The same situation exited after World War I; and the government called in a firm of efficiency experts to advise it what to do. The experts advised that it reduce its staff by several thousand. But the government didn't do it. It con- sidered that, inasmuch as it had call- ed these people to its assistance in its hour of need, and kept them till they had grown into their jobs, it would be morally wrong to throw them out onto the labor market at a time when there was no demand for their services and the public was agreeable to keeping them on. Some years later, when R. B. Ben- net was prime minister, he undertook to get rid of the surplus staff in the government offices. He went through the offices in person and discharged all those whose services he considered were not needed. After some. months of this pruning he was surprised to find more names on the payroll than there had been when he started to reduce the number. The Civil Service had undertaken to show him that it could defend itself; and it hired more people than he fired. The trouble seems to be the govern- ment business has grown so big that effective control of the staff is beyond the government's power. . Canada has a good civil service; but it also has an elected parliament of 2656 members, every one of whom is expected to get for his constituents a fair share of government patronage; and the elected members know best what the people want. ' --Stouffville Tribune Letter from Quebec This is a letter received by Mrs. F. A. McKitrick from Mr, and Mrs. Wal- ter Phoenix (nee Ruby Lee) who were born and sbent their childhood days in Greenbank. We are enclosing this circular letter with our Christmas greetings this year, as a convenient way of telling our friends and relatives, especially those from whom we hear only at this time, how we have fared in this, our first full year in the Province of Que- bec. We left Tornto in Midsummer 1953 and after untold hardships were able to set up housekeeping again in the middle of November. = We- built a house in the middle of a new develop- ment, our house being the only one the ocean at Portland Maine and about Florida. The street has now been filled with stone, but not paved and provides a good country road. This summer, houses have sprung up all' around us except at the back where we border on a Catholic Church farm. The field next to us was in grain this year but the crop was not harvested due to the very wet fall. weather, The head farmer is from Penetanguishene, Ontario, so speaks good - English, J Pointe Claire is, in the older section, a typical small French Canadian town with a narrow winding main street and the buildings touching the side walk, -It is located about fifteen miles west of Montreal on the shores of the St. Lawrence river where it broadens out forming Lake St. Louis. At this point, the lake is about eight miles wide. The town has the usual run of stores, two taxis, a theatre, and a small groceteria. Since the war, the population has increased by leaps and bounds, put- ting a tremendous strain on the town finances. At the present time there FATHER (AND SON) OF RADIO HOCKEY What's the score? Shown here {s Foster Hewitt and his son Bill who are taking time out from broadcast- ing hockey games to do their Christ- mas shopping. With the 1954-56 sea- son well underway, Foster Hewitt celebrates his 24th year of play-by- play descriptions of Canada's national sport, and his commentary is heard every Saturday night on the Trans- Canada network, as well as television, in Eastern Canada. Bill, following closely in his father's footsteps, is sportscasting junior hockey once again, is a large high school, a public school and a United Church under construc- tion. Many housing developments are also in the.process of construction for- cing the town into a big program of sewer and water extensions. The local government is carried out by a council consisting of English and French members on about a 50-50 basis. The mayor is chosen alternate- ly from among the English and French townspeople. The present mayor is an English woman, the first lady mayor ever elected on the island of Montreal. Transportation into Montreal is cither by train or bus, both of which provide frequent commuter service. The weather last winter was much colder and drier than that to which we are accustomed. The snowfall was heavy and stayed all winter. It is only about fifty miles to some of the good skiing resorts (St. Sauveur) in the Laurentians. We were up sev- eral times. Montreal is less than forty miles from the American border and we made frequent week-end trips to Lake Champlain during the summer. It is very much like Lake Simcoe with res- pect to water temperature and shore |« line. : Our neighbouring American States Hampshire, all of which are quite mountainous in parts, with peaks over 5,000 féet. This is very nice holiday country. We are within 300 miles of 360 miles from Boston and New York, both of which places we have visited this fall. 0f Many Things By Ambrose Hills THOUGHT CONTROL I think. it is time that somebody took the newspaper boys in the Press Gallery at Ottawa to task. It scems to me that anyone of these reporters who is receiving fees to broadcast on] the government radio system; or the government television system, should make that fact clear when sending out news releases to the papers em- ploying him. Readers have a right to know that the expressions of many of these men are -the expressions of paid hands of the government. Pub- lishers with reporters in Ottawa cov- ering the news should know whether these reporters are receiving govern- ment money, and if they are that fact should be stated under the reporter's by-line. This would give the reader a chance to assess the objectivity of the report. : It seems to me that the plums pas- sed around by the CBC in the way o rewards for broadcasts and television shows account in no small degree for the uniformly favourable news distri- butions made on behalf of the gov- ernment by some of these men. Those who criticize the government seem to appear very rarely; but those who have praise for the government and its various departments become top men on the nation's television and ra- dio totem poles. - Citizens anxious to know what news is reported honestly and objectively built in several blocks, Our nearest neighbours all last winter were two blocks away. They were fellow trans. ! ferees from Toronto. The street was 'not put in last fall. However, after the freeze-up the town graded the dirt and kept it plowed out all winter. We had a good road until the spring | break-up. During April, to escape much of the mess of spring break-up, we took our three-week vacation In may try to find out how much the government system pays these news reporters. They have no luck. The CBC stubbornly refuses to tell how much 'they pay in fees to these indi- viduals. Surely this is a disgraceful state of affairs. Without a free press, most of us agree that this country would be tn a bad way. How long will the press be considered free, if a majority of Dance in Year's eve, and had a wonderful time. and New York Vermont and New |Lucky spot dances were won by Mr. and Mrs. F. Gibson, Greenbank, and Mr. Roy Turner and Mrs. Neil Mal- colm, Ottawa reporters receive more in the way of fees from a government agen- cy than they do from their own pub- lisher? How long will the public re- tain any faith in the objectivity of the daily papers when they know that the men who write the news they read receive thousands of dollars annually from a government agency? . Blackstock Rev. Merrill Ferguson, on furlough from. Africa, spoke to the United Church S. S. on Sunday morning. told of the little African baby whose mother died at her birth and the Fer- gusons took her--'"Lusia" and looked after hdr for 2% years--until they left for Canada. able to get- this baby's ten year old sister into boarding school. stock Mission Band sent $26 last year to help keep and educate this girl and now have given the Fergusons $25 to take back with them for this year. He Also he told of being Black- Master Jim Swain had his tonsils, and adenoids and six teeth removed last week. A great crowd attended the ONO the recreation hall, New Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Thompson enter- tained the following to turkey dinner on Tuesday evening--Mr. and Mus. Gilbert Marlow, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Malcolm, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ford- er, Mr. and Mrs. H, Kyte, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Marlow, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Dorrell, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bowles, Miss Clara Marlow and Mr. Ewart Leask. Mrs. Ira Argue is spending a week or so in Toronto 'with the Cecil Hydes. Misses Annie and Pru McIntosh, of Madoc, and Miss Burma Murdock, of Toronto, visited Mrs. Geo. Wolfe on Thursday. Miss Mona Ferguson attended the wedding of a room-mate, Miss Evelyn Goheen and Mr John White in Peter- boro on Tuesday. Miss Jean Thompson spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Thomp- son at Nestleton Several from around here called on Mr. Harold McQuade in Lindsay hos- pital and were pleased to find him very cheerful and doing nicely. Mrs Alma Fowler and Miss Dianne Blair returned Friday from spending ten days in Oshawa. . Mr. and Mrs. Will Forder, Mr, and Earl Bradburn-and boys, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Bradburn, Janetyille, 'Mr, and Murs.' Maurice Bradburn Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs. John Wotton, with Mr. and Mrs. Kay Bradburn and girls on Saturday. ; d NEW YEAR'S VISITORS Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Leighton (also cclebrated thelr Wedding day); Mr. and Mrs, Heetor Shortridge and Billy; Mir and Mrs. 'A, Martyn and Inez, and Mrs. T. Redman, Scugog Island; Mrs. Lubson and three children and Jim Ballingal 'with Mr, and Mrs, Frank Bailey and Allan. Allan's birthday.) (This was also Mr. and Mrs, Norman Mountjoy; Mr. and Mrs, Frank Hoskin and fam- ily; Mr. and Mrs. Murray. Byers and family; Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Wannan and family, St. Catharines, with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Mountjoy and family, Mr. and Mrs, W. Chapman and fam- ily and Mrs. Strong, of Port Perry; Mr: and Mrs, Oscar Graham; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Duff and Graham, with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Strong, gi3) \ \ Mr. and Mrs. Henry Armstrong and Mur. J. Phillips, Burnt River; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Poulsom and Mary Ellen, of Fenelon Falls with Mr. and Mra. Ray McGill. . Mr. and Mrs. Norman Green and Don, at Mr. and Mrs. A. Beacock's. Mr. and Mrs. Harry McLaughlin and Lawrence; Mr. Harry Sanderson; Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Werry, Roy and Mur- ray; Mrs. J. Forder, Nestleton; and Mr. Noel Sweetman, Millbrook, with Mr. and Mrs. G. Wolfe and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Harris, Jim, Reta, Lorna, Shirley and Verna; Mr. and Mrs, Mervyn Graham and Roy; Mrs. J. E Flett, Bowmanville; Mr. Thomas Dunseath, B.C.; and Mr. and Mrs. A. Flett, Fenelon Falls, with Mr. and Mrs. Carl McLaughlin' and. boys. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carnochan and family with the Chas. Wilson family, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ginn, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Stinson; Mr. and Mrs, Lewis Stinson and family; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stinson and family, with Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ginn. Mr. and Mrs. Orr Venning; Mr. and Mrs, T. Samells; Mr. and Mrs, Maurice Samell and Sharon; Mr, Garry Ven- ning; Miss Nora Venning and Miss Bert Freelin with the Chas. Vennings. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Cryderman and Keith; Mr, and Elgin Taylor; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Taylor; Mr, and Mrs, Abernethy; Mrs. A. Balsam, Mr, and Mrs. Harold Balsam, Gene., Virginia and Tony, of Solina; Miss Joyce Mor- ley of Pickering; Mrs. Harvey Yellow- lees, Karen and Johp,. with Mr. and Mra. Ernest Larmer and Glenn. Rev. and Mrs. F. M. Ferguson and four girls and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ferguson and lan, Toronto; Mr. and Murs. Cecil Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rham, Paul and Carol; Mr. and Murs. Lloyd Wright and Donnie with the Roy Fergusons. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Marlow and Bill with Rev, and Mrs. Milton Sand- crson and family, in Toronto. Mrs. Walter Bateman, of Toronto, spent the week-end with Rev. and Mrs. Nicholson. Mr. Campbell and Mrs. J. Seolt also spent Sunday at the reetory. Rev. and Mrs. Nicholson and Mrs. Bateman with Dr. and Mrs. McArthur and family on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs, Perey Collins and boys and boys with Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Davidson, Raglan, for noon and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Prentice, Port Perry, for supper. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crawford and Mary Lou, of Port Perry; Mr. and Mrs. Havold Crawford and Janice with Mrs, Geo. Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Beace. Mur. and Mrs, Ross Ashton and fam. ily of Hayden; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Me- Laughlin, Enniskillen; Mr. and Mrs. Will McLaughlin, Burketon; Mr. and Mrs, Roy McLaughlin and family with Mr. and Mrs. Harold McLaughlin. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Marlow and Mrs, McLaughlin Sr, with Mr. and Mya, Ivan Shook and Marjorie Anne, in Toronto. Mrs. Marlow Sr. has re- mained for some time, Mr. and Mrs, Wilbert Werry; Mr, and Mrs. Neil Werry; Mr Neil Bailey with Mr, and Mrs. Grant Thompson and Elaine, Nestleton, Mr. and Mrs, David McLean, Heber and Marjorie with Mr, and Mrs, Robt, Parr and family, Enfield. Mr. and Mrs, Chas, Stainton and family of Oshawa; Mr. and Mrs. Don Glover and family of Oshawa, Mr. and. Mrs. Sidney Martyn; Mrs. N. Mallon, Sunderland; Mrs, B, E. Shantz and Merlin, Tyrone, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs, Harold Martyn and boys. ; # Mr. and Mrs. Harold Martyn, Ronald and Blain spent New Year's Day with Mrs. E. E. Shantz, Tyrone. :