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' day THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Port Perry, Ontario, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27th, 1955 44 NOTES AND COMMENTS Weeky Newspapers The Royal Bank of Canada has devoted this month's issue of its monthly letter to Canada's Weekly Newspapers. Some of the . facts listed are-interesting as well as en- lightening. Some 2,475,140 Canadians sub- scribed to 963 different weeklies. The aver- age weekly covers 82 per cent of the homes in its area, has a net paid circulation of less than 1500 copies a week and is produced by a staff of fewer than ten; 95 per cent of the editors have served one or more terms. as president of the local Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade and 45 per cent of them had been mayor or reeve, or had held other high elective office. The article points out that it is the job of the weekly newspaper to uphold the values that count most in the community, to cham- pion every righteous cause, and to support changes that mark advancement in the com- munity. From it should eminate ideas, so- lutions and enthusiasms, s It is also the job of 'the weekly to encour- age support for orchestras, bands and art groups; it should strive to give expression to the muse of young people by publishing their handiwork: It is the editor's job to look upon the world as pictured in the news columns and-to try to understand jit. In®his writing he should appeal to truth and reason and intelligence as opposed to prejudice and passion and ignorance. It maintains that there is not. a Member of Parliament at Ottawa or in any of the pro- vincial capitals who does not watch closely what his local weekly editors are saying. A weekly newspaper, the article concludes, - demands amazing ability,' diligence, card and learning, wit, humour, skill and Versatility, dutifulness, courage and conscientiousness and sheer hard work . . . is it any wonder then that we sometimes fall down on the job « but it is. not for want of trying. | on Around the World in Three Woks' A friend of ours has just returned from a trip around the world. He travelled most of the distance by plane and the trip took three weeks, During this trip he took coloured movies of the places and the people he saw. We were treated to a showing of his quite excellent travelogue and found it delightful. But far more interesting than the pictures were the things he told us. Since most of his trip was to carry him through the tropical regions he visited a world authority on tropical diseases in Lon- don, England, before he really got under way. This authority told him that we hadn't any real conception of how people lived in 'those areas that lie outside the western hemisphere. To begin with one out of every infant born in the tropics dies at birth; the one who survives' has a life ex- pectancy of 29 years and during most-of that time, goes: through life hunger ridden and diseased: ' Dysentry is endemic for filth is every- where. Our friend was aghast at the sheer - filth in which the people of Egypt, of Abys- sinia, of India, of Indonesia and of Japan, so was Tokio and. both cities stank with filth. He lamented the fact that he couldn't bathe properly and he couldn't drink good water, He had never realized how important cleanliness was until the appalling absence of it-made him literally shudder. He told story after story to illustrate the unbelieve- able conditions that exist. On the trip he began to dream of being back in Canada drinking cold safe water and eating food that wasn't bacteria ridden long before it redched the diner. : He ended his story by telling us that he is through with travelling. He said that he wouldn't take that trip again for ten times his yearly salary which is quite considerable: He gave us a new respect for the kind of 'cleanliness that is built into our way of life. Our life expectancy is for men 69 and for women 72 and we began to appreciate how closely this was linked up to the fact that we keep ourselves clean, our water supply safe and our food sanitary. _ A talk such as this one makes it possible for us to understand some of the difficulties that face. the 'United Nations in trying to make the world safe for Peace and good to live in. Clipped Comments + foot-and-mouth: disease in Saskatche- © $33,408,941; apples, $6, 106,725; pota- lived. He said that Cario was beautiful and PASSING SHOW By M.A.C. What's going to happen next? That's a Chinese puzzle, --X-- i The new tax agreement which Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent has just' announced has brought a powerful amount of disagreement in its wake. ---- Apparently mimeograph cleaning fluid will now be banned as a drink by the Canadian Navy . . as being quite 'unsuitable for Raman consump-' tion. i ---- > One of the Chiefs of Scotland Yard was robbed of several hundred pounds worth of jewelry. It was stolen from ' his home . . . not his office! 'after three days' exposure had a body survive her cold ordeal. The second case of 'deep freee' was reported from the United States this week. Mrs. Wall, aged 46, found temperature of 74 degrees. The doc- tors think she has a good chance to Lo --X-- France to add to her tribulations is facing. severe floods . « . water this time! Soa ---- Certainly one of the most stupid. things we have discovered is the hit; parade . .. record companies and disc jockeys bamboozling the public to their mutual advantage at our ex- pense. ; : GENEROUS TREATMENT OF FARMERS £ What other group in Canada is more generously treated by governments, through subsidies, than the farmers? A recent despatch from Ottawa states: Agricultural price suppdrt from 1946 --when support prices were instituted --to March 31 last cost the Canadian texpayer $80,163,658. ; The figure is given in the 1953-54 report of the price support board tab- ed recently in the Commons. to support hog and cattle prices be- cause of the embargo on shipments of livestock and livestock products to the United States after the outbreak of wan in February, 1962: Breakdown of price support by pro- 'ducts show: Hogs, $36,734,425; cattle, toes, $2,036,176; butter, $1,606,742; skimmed milk, $677,404; dried white b 194,419; honey, $177,066, and} HR ; ed in logging operations a distance]. eggs $65,408. Canadian Statesman MUST WE LEARN THE HARD WAY? Edward Gibbon, who wrote "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Em- "pire" in 1782, listed five reasons for the fall of an early civilization which, at one time, embodied many of the Christian "virtues. Comparing these conditions with those of present times we might well ponder if we will profit Nearly $69,000,000 of the total went |. 'broken leg. | eall, and saved him. ced to learn the hard way? Anyway, here is Gibbon's list: 1. Higher and higher taxes'. . . the spending of public money for free bread. and circuses. 2. The mad craze for pleasure: sports becoming each year more ex- citing and more brutal. 3. The building of gigantic arma- ments when the real enemy was with- in . . . the decadence of the people. 2, The decay of religious faith; faith falling into a mere form, losing touch with life and becoming impotent to guide the people. . --Canadian Statesman District Doings HORSE RESPONDS TO CALL FOR HELP aid of its master is reported from Gelert by the correspondent for "The Lindsay Post". Mr. Wendal Sedgwick, while engag- from his home and alone, suffered a As the following story relates his horse nearby answered his Here are the details: Gelert -- While skidding out pulp- wood in his woodlot about half a mile from home, Wendal Sedgwick had the misfortune. to have his leg caught by a log and broken. He managed to call his horse to him, and got up on 'could open the safe, . | sports. A case of the horse coming to the' by history or must we again be for- its back and so made his way home. FENELON FALLS CELEBRATES ITS 80TH BIRTHDAY Just 80 years ago the Village of Fenelon Falls came into being as such, becoming an independent muni- cipality. Of the occasion a villager observes "To old-timers this will have a nostaligic effect as they recall in- -cidents and landmarks of the-past, and in the younger adult generation, it will probably produce a glow of pride as they look around our thriv- ing little community and remark, 'this is my home town'. " In 1875 the village entered upon an independent: municipal existence | under the control of the following named council: J. D. Smith, reeve, J. ! W. Fitzgerald, Jas. MacArthur, Wm. Jordon & Richard Jackson, councillors. BREAK-IN TRY IS FAILURE Oshawa police report that during the weekend the north supermarket of the A and P was broken into and! would-be thieves attempted to open' the safe which. contained the week- end's receipts. Officers, who investigated the in-' cident, feel that the man or men must have been scared away before they They left an acetylene torch in the store. T.V. MAY BE KILLING SPORTS--PROMOTER ° Mr. Don Beer, Manager of the Brougham Intermediate hockey team, believes television is killing amateur At the present time the Brougham Club is entered in a Com- munity League group but they are not receiving adequate support from their home town fans. On Friday night Brougham Club is entered in a Com- absence of local rooters was quite no- ticeable. Mr, Beer believes television is. mainly responsible for the lack of interest and he fears amateur: sport is doomed for an early death if such TV interest continues, 250,000 MILES OF SAFE DRIVING A record-of a quarter of a million miles of drivng without an accident, under all kinds of conditions, was hon- oured recently when Harry Lavender of Vandorf and his wife were enter- tained by Mr. Lavender's employer R. B. Brown and Mrs. Brown, and pre- sented with a walnut fold-away table in recognition of his achievement. Harry drives the milk truck which makes deliveries to Hillsdale and New- 'market Dairies in Newmarket for Mr, Brown. His record is all the more outstanding because of the fact that no matter what the weather and road conditions, the milk must go through. The holder of the fine record of safe driving entered the employment of Bob Brown nearly nine years ago, following immediately on his war ser- vice, - He served with the Irish Regi- ment of Canada, and while a sergeant with the Irish Regiment of Canada, was mentioned in despatches during the Italian campaign. He was wound- ed during the fighting north of Rome, which' put him out of action for the remainder of the war. Mr, and Mrs. Lavender have two children, Michael 5, and Patsy 2. - PROMISE OF $500 PER LOT FOR .SCHOOLS Markham Council has deferred final approval on a proposed 10-lot sub- division located on Lot 27, Con. 1, just north of Steeles Ave. and front- ing on Bayview Ave. The Planning Board have already given tentative approval to the project which is to be known-as the Steeles Valley Acres. The proposed subdivision is to con- tain 10 two-acre lots each with a minimum frontage of 150 feet. The subdivider, Mr. G. B. Guse, has also agreed to pay the municipality $500 per lot for school purposes. After studying the proposed de- velopment the members deferred de- cision until they had conferred with the Planning Board. OMEMEE PEOPLE REACT STRONGLY, MATTER CLARIFIED OMEMEE -- Many people of this community are reported to havé re- acted strongly to a proposed move- ment to abandon the Omemee and Best's Station maintenance crew of the CNR, with the entire Lindsay- Peterboro line being patrolled by crews working from both centres. Some in Omemee have said that discontinuation of these two section crews would either put six or eight men out of work or those with the greater séniority would be transferred to other locations. However, upon checking with CNR authorities it was learned that the railroad plans on discontinuing these crews only temporarily, as at the pre- sent time it is felt that there is not sufficient work for them. The CNR states that this is the usual situation during the winter months, when weather conditions hinder the regular duties of the outside maintenance crews. t { FOUGHT FIFTEEN YEARS, by CONCEDES DST HERE TO STAY OSHAWA. Mayor Norman Down of Oshawa, Ontario, has conceded that daylight saving time is here to stay. the change for 15 yecarss. But last night in his first year as mayor, hé voted in favor of it with the comment, *'I guess daylight sav- ing is here to stay." 0f Many Things By Ambrose Hills THE RICH MEN When I was a lad, I thought the man. who owned the corner store in jour small prairie town must be very rich indeed. One look at the choco- lates, the all-day suckers, the rows and-rows of yard goods, the big round | cheese, the bags of sugar--that con- vinced me. To own so much the man must be rich. Everyone in town spending money with him--what a wonderful life! Because I bought quite a bit of his candy and chocolate, I was soon in- | troduced to the town dentist. He pul- led some teeth, bored holes in others, and sent father a bill for $23.00. I was amazed, All that money just for pulling a few teeth and stuffing a few others? The man must make a fortune! Richest man of all, I thought, was the owner of the local Hardware Store, I'd look at the rifles in his window, and wonder how so much money could be charged for a bit of wood and me- tal. Beyond doubt, the hardware man was another Midas. = All he had to do was stand behind the counter and take in money. How I envied him! Then our baseball club bought an advertisement in the weekly paper. The publisher charged us 67 cents an inch! I realized at once that the edi- tor of our home town paper must algo be a millionaire--getting more than half a dollar for an inch of paper and ink! Then, as I got older, gome of these woalthy citizens passed on. The cor- ner merchant left assets barely enough to support his widow. Even the den- tist, when he died, turned out to be of very modest means. The hardware merchant left a pretty large inheri- tance--twelve thousand dollars, folks said. The newspaper editor is still vain op ® Pr i attend the rally on Jan. 31. A farmer, the mayor has opposed! alive and printing but if he's as rich as I thought he was, how come that same old second-hand Buick is parked in front of the print shop? I noticed the other day that big corporations today average only about four cents profit on a dollar, of sales, Retail profit in most towns runs even less than that. It's too bad. It was so wonderful to feel you were shopping with mil- lionaires, and that some day you, too, might own a corner store and pile up millions) of your own. But as you grow up, you learn. The big danger, is that some Canadians haven't grbwn up. They still see profiteers behind every counter. They can't face the fact- that profits are low. Why, if they admitted it, what would there be to grumble about? Poolroom poli- tics: would dry right up without the profiteers to be lambasted! >eagrave Y.P.U. Seagrave Y.P.U. met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Butt on Jan. 19. Devotional period was con- ducted by Grant Butt, Missionary con- vener, and consisted of hymns, bible reading, a poem read by Harvey Web- ster and a talk by Mr. McNeill about the different countries in which he and Mrs. McNeill have lived. Don Crosier conducted the business part. It was decided to hold a skat- ing party at Port Perry rink on Feb, 4, with lunch served at the school when skating was over. A committee was appointed to con- tact Carl Boe to see if he would be able to present the films of his over- seas trip, It is hoped to have them during Easter week. President asked all who could to Enid Clements was_asked to order letters and plaque for the bulletin board and a committee of boys will attend to the finishing. Next meeting on Feb. 2 will be un- der direction of Ron Wanamaker and Murdoch Belair. At the close of the Butt. Blackstock On Monday night last week Mrs. Geo. Fowler entertained Mr. and Mrs. Norman Edgerton; Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGill; Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Mount- joy. and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Wilson. Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Edgerton were the prize winners in card game. On Friday night a "candle light" card party was enjoyed in the lodge rooms sponsored by the ladies lodge. Just as they were ready to play the power went off, It seems a car had gone out of control east of the vil- lage and smashed a hydro pole, con- siderable damage was done to the car, but no one was hurt. As to the eu- chre party, candles were secured from the store and the games went on. Mrs. | Ray McGill was the winner for ladies and. Mr. Jno. Archer, gents. Light came on in time to find the way out of building and home. We must con- gratulate the hydro men on their prompt repair work. meeting lunch 'was served by Mrs. | LOADS OF Everyone connected newest quiz program "Hide and Seek" MAIL with radio's is enthused over the response. An- nouncer John Rae (left) gives a hand with the mail to producer Reid For- see and moderator Bernard Cowan-- who has to pick the best locations submitted by listeners. The weekly Trans-Canada network show consists of a panel of well-known personali- ties who must find, by asking ques. tions and receiving only "yes" or "no" answers, where on earth the listener would like to be. Soe typical ex- amples: "one of the Rockettes in Ra- dio City" and "standing on Telegraph Hill in St. John's, Nfld." When these were asked the panel guessed the first but missed the second. Anglican W, A. met in the Parish Hall Thursday p.m., Miss Eva Parr, new President presiding, Mrs. Nichol- son had charge of the Devotional, lit- any and members prayer, Interesting annual reports were given by the dif- ferent -sceretaries. Several letters of thanks, for gifts and good cheer boxes at Xmas, were read. A special vote of thanks "was tendered Mr. Geo. Staniland for building the fine cup- boards in the Parish Hall. "Ancient Pcople in a new setting" was the 'subject of the first chapter from the study book "Thirst of India" given by Mrs, Nicholson, Meeting was closed by the rector, after which lunch was served by group 2 with Mrs. Jno Hamilton convener. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Spinks spent Sun with Mrs. Ira Argue Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Marlow wert 'to Toronto Saturday and brought Mrs. J. Marlow home from visiting her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Shook and grand-daughter Mar- jorie Anne. Annual meeting of the Agricultural Society was held in the community hall Friday night. When the lights went off shortly after starting, some rushed home and brought a*coleman lantern and candles and business pro- ceeded. Decided to sponsor a Field Crop competition in Oats again. Two classes if possible. Bill Ferguson was Calf Club. These young men were also to represent these clubs at the 4-H clubs. Following. are the officers for 1955: Pres.--Fred Trewin; 1st V. P.--Percy VanCamp; 2nd V. P.--Doug Mackie; Sec'y-Treas.--Henry Thompson; Rep. to Federation of Agriculture--Bruce Heaslip; Rep. to Parks Board--Fred On Saturday the following men went to Lindsay and enjoyed a few games of Curling -- Messrs. Bruce Heaslip, Roy Werry, Neil Bailey and Wallace Marlow, one rink and Geo, Howard and Bev. Black and Ken. Minshall another rink. Mr. and Mrs. Shapiro and family, Weston, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Thompson and family. Mr. and .Mrs. Wallace Marlow; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Venning and Mr. and Mrs. Cecif\ Hill attended the funeral of Mr, Wm. Murkar in Pickering on Sunday. The sympathy of all the old friends of Mrs. Murkar (Queenie Brown) in this vicinity is extended to Mr. Murkar and three sons. Miss Gertie Henry, Toronto spent the week-end with her mother Mrs. Jas. Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGill went to Peterboro Friday and called on Miss Barrie, whom we are glad to hear is out of hospital and at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kyte went to Tillsonburg Sunday. Mrs. Kyte is remaining for some days while her father Mr. Lee Butcher is in hospital. | Rev. and Mrs. Nicholson were in Toronto Tuesday attending the month- | ly Diocesan Board meeting and | other church business, Miss Jean Taylor supervisor of the I.O.D.E. Preventorium, Toronto was week-end guest of Rev. and Mrs, Geo. Nicholson and brought lovely flowers from the Robt. Saunders funeral for the Anglican Church heré on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Blateh, Oshawa, visit- ed Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wilson and family on Sunday. \ ~ - ' LE awn Trewin and Neil Malcolm; Fair An- nouncers--Ted Spencely, Ivan Coch- rane and Dalton Dorrell. Directors--Fred Trewin, Percy Van- Camp, Doug Mackie, Joe Bradburn, Bruce Heaslip, Howard Forder; Ernie Swain, Les Taylor, Bill Ferguson, Gib Marlow, Ralph Larmer and Neil Malcolm of men. Lady Directors--Mmes. Roy Taylor, Harold McLaughlin, Ivan Thompson,' Percy VanCamp, Ernest Larmer, Earl Dorrell, Ivan Mountjoy, and Roy Mec- Laughlin. 2 Assistant Directors for men--Allan Suggitt, Ernest Larmer, Earl Dorrell, Merrill VanCamp, Stuart Dorrell, Bruce Ashton, Ivan Mountjoy, Lorne Hoskin, Glen Tennant, Ivan Thomp- son, Jno. Greaves, Harold Kyte, Har- old Crawford, Roy Graham, Roy Mec- Laughlin, Harold McLaughlin, Neil | Bailey, Neil Werry, Harold Swain, Harold 'Martyn, Osmond Wright and Leith Byers. Ladies Assistants--Mmes, G. Wolfe, Murray Byers, Herb. Swain, Jno. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Martyn, Ron- | Venning, Cecil Wilson, Lorne Thomp- ald and Blair visited his mother, Mrs. | gon and Arnold Taylor, Nelson Mollon ,Sunderland on Sunday. School Directors--Roy Turner, Gor- { don Paisley, Grant Campbell, Neil | Bailey, Miss Yvonne Chant, Mrs. B. Heaslip and Mrs. Jno. Venning. Mrs. E. Belyea and Nancy Bronte and Mrs. Chas. McNeil and Dougie, Toronto with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mountjoy. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Beacock are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Mew (Marion) Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wolfe were Sun- | day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar ! Graham. As tA a Wo Si EA WW Wi li appointed to assist with the Swine} Club and Keith VanCamp with the | Mrs. Charlotte Forder, Bowmanville spent Sunday. and Monday with Mr, and Mrs. Carl Wright and Howard Forder's. Mr, and Mrs. Rupt. Byers, Bow- manville with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. For- der on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bradburn, Mary and Betty with the Fred Bradburn's, Janetville, Mr. and Mrs. Art Rahm, Tyrone with the Stan Rahm's Saturday. "Mrs Gordon Strong and HBéth and Mrs. Bruce went to Orillia Saturday. Mrs. Bruce stayed for a visit with her daughter Mrs. R, Curtis and fa- mily. Miss Joan Venning spent the week- end in Lindsay with Nora Venning and Yvonne Greaves. Soil and Crop Assn. Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the Ontario County Soil and Crop improvement Association was -held in the Legion Hall, Uxbridge, on Tuesday, January 12th, with 165 farmers in attendance. Mr. W. E. Breckon, World Wheat King, gave an interesting and instruc- tive talk on cereal and forage crops. He dealt particularly with winter wheat varieties and with his method of sceding forage crops. Mr. Ken Fallis, Field Crops Branch, Togonto, reviewed the Seed Drill Sur. vey that was taken in Ontario County last spring. He also answered a num- ber of questions in,connection with the control of weeds & brush by chemical sprays. The Ontario County Seed Fair will be held in the township hall, Brooklin, on Saturday, March 12th. The Annual Mecting of the Provin- cial Soil and Crop Improvement As- sociation will be held in Toronto Jan. 25 to 28th. John Batty, Brooklin, was appointed official delegate to this convention with Wm. Heron, Black- water, as the alternate delegate. The election of officers resulted as follows: Honorary TIresident--Ross McMil- lan, Beaverton, R.R. 2; President--- John Batty, Brooklin, R.R. 1; 1st Vice- President -- Wm, Heron, Blackwater; 2nd Vice-President -- Murray Holtby, Port Perry, R.R. 4; Secretary-Treas. --H. L. Fair, Uxbridge; Auditors-- Clarence Armstrong, Uxbridge, R.R. 4, Ted Croxall, Uxbridge, R.R. 3. The Directors for 1985 are as fol- lows: East Whitby Township Director-- Elmer Powell, Oshawa, R.R. 1 Whitby Township Director-- " Heber 'Down, Brooklin, R.R. 1 Pickering Township Director-- W. H. Westney, Pickering Uxbridge Township Director-- Howard Harper, Goodwood Scott Township Director-- Harvey Meek, Sandford. Scugog Township Director-- Anson Gerrow, Port Perry, R.R. 3 Reach Township Director-- Murray Holtby, Fort Perry, R. 4 Brock Township Director-- Wm. Heron, Blackwater, R. R. 1 Thorah Township Director-- Ross McMillan, Beaverton, R.R. 2 Mara Township Director-- ; Frank Davis, Brechin, R. R. 1 Rama Township Director-- Lawrence Cooper, Washago, R. 1