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n THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, Nov ember 22, 1956 e ) BB Book Week F Young Canada People clearly recognize that childhood : is a time for play, but there are many adults who have forgotten that 'childhood J is also a time 'for fantasy and dreaming, p : @ N too. While good active wholesome play builds a healthy body and strengthens bones and muscles, the child requires also : to develop ideas, appreciations, ambitions and incentives, the very stuff of character, And while he may glean some of 'these from radio and television, what is most worthwhile must come from books. And \ it comes in the most worthwhile way, for in books you do not ge t something for nothing. 'There is nothing so damaging as that which comes to us without effort. This is a lesson that we cannot learn too soon and a lesson, too, that we sometimes too easily forget in these days of 'give- away' and bingo and quiz programs. In books the child rediscovers his imaginative powers and his curiosity is stimulated. With these two great human attributes he is ready to recreate his world. And so one of our great responsibilities to children is to encourage a love of books. Bh , It is with this thought in mind that the Canadian Association of Children's Libra- The Course of True Love The course of true love, as the old pro- _ wverb so sagely puts it, never did run smooth, and last week the members of Toronto's City Council bluntly and un- romantically refused to maks things easier for those who visit the City Hall to get a marriage license. ¥ Those who have visited the Bureau will ; recall that it is a tiny office with no ante- room. When business is good prospective couples are forced to lounge about the main corridor near the elevators waiting in line for their turn. Somebody got the idea that it would be a very good thing to pro- l vide them with a waiting-room where 3 @€ - they would not be exposed to public scru- tiny and curiosity. Now this was a nice gesture for there is little doubt that pro- "spective bride and groom must find it difficult to talk to each-other in the way that lovers do thus exposed to public view; on the other hand just to stand there and say nothing looks looking unaffected throughout is apt to be misunderstood by the curious. It is quite obvious that the situation is intolerable and only survives AN NOTES AND COMMENTS - rians has set aside the week of November 15 to.22 as Young Canada's Book Week. And it is in the same spirit that we ap- pend a short list of fine stories for children. A list of Children's Books: The Princess and the Woodcutter's Daughter (Little Girls) by Winifred Brombhall, Mikko's Fortune by Lee Kingman (Older children), Columbus by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (8-12) Donkey Dioadinved by Lavina R. Davis 8-12) Clarence, the TV Dog by Patricia Lauber (8-12) The Rabbit's Umbrella by George Primpton (8-12) The Wicked Enchantment by Margot Benary-Isbert (8-12) Rosemary by Mary Stolz(Teen-age girls) Junior Intern by Alan Nourse (teen- agers) The Wound of Peter Wayne by Leonard Wibberley (teen-agers) ' Hostess in the Sky by Margaret Hill (teen-age girls) because the lovers console themselves with the kindly thought that it is just this once that they will have to endure its indignity. But do you think any of these feelings were given consideration by the City Coun- cil. Oh no! With them it was #mnply a matter of dollars and cents, Since they didn't receive the revenue from selling licenses what happened to the marriage clients or how they felt was obviously no congern of Council. As practical business men they decided that the problem was one for the provincial government. They did- n't even make a recommendation that the - government should do anything about it. What a callous attitude! Here was one time when the staid city fathers might have championed the cause of lovers and in championing them strengthened members hold on votes for all the world loves a lover and those who are willing to help them - might reasonaby count on improving their public relations. But when it comes to this business of love so many are blind-- even politicians who seem to be able to capitalize on everything else. | Clipped Comments BUYING BOWMANVILLE--We must be old- fashioned, for we believe that a debt- free home is more apt to be a happy -- home than one to.which the instalment collectors come and go in enless pro- cession, Such was the first paragraph of an editorial in the Pembroke Ob- server which we are passing on to Statesman readers. We don't expect all our readers to agree with the senti- ments expressed here, but it was good philosophy in economics back around the turn of the century. But read on: 'heart-breaker, | gver. they can get along without until they [TOBACCO AND TRACTOR have the money to pay for them, is in [STOLEN AT CANNINGTON our opinion a silly thing to do Debt is a monster, it is a home-breaker, a|of tobacco and cigarettes from one of Thieves stole over $1,900.00 worth the trucks of the Woodyille Transport, Pay as you go and if you can't pay,|owned by Ernie Findlay. The truck stick around for a while and you may get what you want at a bargain price. Don't be too hasty about it. ber, going into debt is about the easi- est thing you can do, but getting out of it may well be the most difficult|as the engine had been tampered with, thing you ever tried. and you will sleep well at night, pile | knowledge of where the tobacco was up debt after debt and the collectors will come uninvited to roost on your|of the canvas covering the truck was pillow and keep you awake. was late returning from the Toronto trip and it was too late to deliver the Remem- | goods that night, - The truck and load were in the garage and apparently the thieves tried to take the truck also, Keep debt free |It would appear that the thieves had loaded in the truck, as only that part untied, A dump truck, driven by Ken Meek, was also taken and abandoned near Think it We must insist, however, that our common sense and the result belief is founded on good old time District Doings near Derryville, Chief T. 0. McGill investigated. of close contact with the general : " public over several spans:of years. So when -any man gets up in meet-| FOR PICKERING ing to say that+4nstalment buying is es- the eyes of the unsuspecting. and the public should be cognizant of | between the village of a company which lends money, al- those who are apt to swallow his ad- | broperty, vice holus-bolus without giving any thought to the matter. In meeting, this particular gentle- man gives his victims, as well as his would-be victims, a sugar-coated pill in words like this: "The modern con- sumer credit development is based solidly on the ambition and integrity of our Canadian people." ) didn't turn the trick he added another | J sweetened dose in words like these: "The record of Canadian families shows them to be sound managers of their own affairs Any future ob- ligation is something, as a general rule, they take on only after due con- sideration and with a full measure of : responsibility." ~~ Honeyed words, we would say, like "1 what might be expected from the half- sub-division, 1300 square feet. starved spider as he invites a fly into | SUTTON LEGION TO his parlor. ORGANIZE BAND Of course there may be times when a man or woman badly needs some-|band of {ts own. cash handy, something that is a bargain at a re- duced sale price which must be picked get it, the habit of going into debt for things NEW SUB-DIVISION Pickering Village Council, Monday sential, he'is just pulling the wool over | night passed a by-law authorizing the Fact is, | signing of an Agreement, as amended - the fact, this certain speaker is head | Davidson, who has a plan for a pro- bo p posed sub-division at the east end -of legedly at usuary rates of interest, to | the village--the former W. L, Smith Mr. Davidson and his lawyer, Mr. Fred McMahan appeared before the Council on the matter of the Agree- ment and the services in the proposed Earlier, the by-law did not get past the second reading due to certain ob- jections about lot size and floor space : of the proposed homes, And if that In the Amendment, it is now agreed that the minimum lot frontage be in- creased from 61 to G6 feet and the minimum floor_ space be increased |}. from 1100 square feet to 1300. Some of the large lots have a minimum of | 4 sufficient number of those who play With the increase in lot size, it will allow for 28 lots in this sub-division. The village of Sutton may have a Button branch of | for the season on Monday evening at thing and there is not the available|the Canadian Legion has undertaken There, indeed, may be [the not inconsiderable task of attempt- | registered, an average of 156 players ing the organization of a brass band.|on each team. At the start men who have had band | League Chairman, up on a certain day, and thus it may | experience and who are able to play group into eight separate clubs, four be necessary to borrow the money to|some brass instrument are needed but|Pee Wees and four Bantam teams, after the initial effort, an attempt will But for any man or woman to form Ibe made to form a learners class solof 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., and the Bantams that a boys band can be organized. STUDENTS HAVE CHOICE-- HOCKEY OR BASKETBALL It has been decided to require the boys of WDHS to make a choice be- tween the sports of basketball andj hockey this winter, because it is felt that students cannot devote sufficient time to school academic work, school basketball, town hockey, and do each properly, The ruling has been suggested dur- the past several years but never be- fore put into effect in Whitby District High School. This year, under physi- cal education teacher Mr, Clutchey, it has been-implemented despite opposi- tion. The plan has been used in other schools, but it is claimed that the calibre of both hockey and basketball teams would suffer, In a poll Tuesday it was indicated that most of the hockey and basket- players would tend to choose hockey, although there would still be and Mr, H. H, basketball only to make up an entry in the Inter.school basketball loop. OVER 125 BOYS REGISTER FOR HOCKEY The Stouffville Lions Pee Wee Hockey League opened its schedule the arena. To date, 126 boys have Mr. Don Davis the has divided the The Pee Wees play between the hours round out the rest of the evening. s cated movie and record reviewer, has one of the largest private record col- lections in the country. The collec- tions, made up of the finest etchings Clyde Gilmour, nationally syndi- | 53 of both classical and popular works, is open to the public for an hour every Friday night when the CBC Trans- Canada network presents "Gilmour's Albums", MILE STRETCH OF TRANS. It was learned in Lindsay last week that the contract has been let for a mile stretch of the new Trans.Canada Highway, south-west of Lindsay, to the Dinsmore Construction Company of Windsor, - Information released at the district office in Port-Hope is to the effect that work will probably start in the early spring although minor stages of preliminary work may be started this fall and winter, The contract calls for the stretch of highway running. from the "stone house" and Dew Drop Inn" corner, on No. 7 highway, thence easterly to- wards Lindsay, thence across No. 1 highway and on towards Epdicott's corners, thence across the. Seugog River, On the south side of the river the road continues on to No. 36 near the Junction of No, 1 k "The new stretch will be between 100 and 160 feet wide, One large clover- leaf will be placed in the vicinity of No. 7, just west of Lindsay and it is contemplated that an additional. con- tract will take care of a cloverleaf in the vicinity of MecArthur's school house where the Trans-Canada will switch off to Brock street. NEW WATER INTAKE NEARS COMPLETION It is expected that the installation of the $248,000 water intake at Port Whitby will be completed this week, Harry Simpson, General Manager of the Whitby Public Utilities Commis. sion states that only bad weather and a rough lake will hold up the com- pletion of the installation, Plagued in late summer by rough water and bad weather the Draco Company of Canada have just about caught up to the schedule that was or- iginally drawn up for the job, On Tuesday of this week there were six 30-foot lengths and the concrete in- take crib to stall. Under ideal con- ditions the Draco crew have installed six lengths in one day. However, with fall weather progress is slower. NEW SCHOOL OPENED IN MARKHAM The new $170,000 James Robinson Public School in Markham Village was officially opened. Principal L. J. Abernethy and a staff of twelve teach- ers conduct classes from grades 1 to 8 including a modern kindergarten. The present enrolment is 886 students. Prior to the erection of the new build- ing, the school on Franklin St, served the village. There are 243 pupils at- tending this school with classes ex- tending from grades one to six. GAS MAINS BEING LAID IN PICKERING The installation of gas mains in the village, give the streets much the same appearance they had in the fall when water mains were laid. Trucks, machinery and piles of earth along the village streets and aropnd the main corner, at least give the stranger the idea that this isa very busy little spot. It appears to us that the contractors are making an earnest effort to clean things up, and leave the streets in at least the same or better condition than when they commenced operations. Annual Bingo And Dance The Port Perry Lions Club will hold their Annual Bingo and Dance at the Port Perry High School on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 80, CANADA HIGHWAY AT LINDSAY Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills SMALL PUSH "The town was ready to go ahead," the man said. "It had been standing still, but it had everything it really needed to go ahead. Then this new fel- low came along and he gave it a little push. Whoosh! Things started happen- ing and they've been happening ever since. The place is bursting out at the seams," "What did he do? I asked, "What kind of a, push?" "Oh . . it didn't take much. You know how it is when your car is stuck in the snow. Doesn't take mush of a push. Just one person can do it. That's how it was with this town. This fellow just organized a meeting or two... and the merchants got together and put on Saturday Night Sales, and then he suggested a corner playground for ouy own youngsters and visiting families-- and things like that. People that used to go to other towns started coming here . . just for that little difforenco. It doesn't take much," Come to think of it, it really doesn't take much to make the all important difference. A pipe manufacturer once said by adding a little silver band to his pipes, he won smokers over from the plain ones, and got a much higher price. It was just that bit of difference that was needed to'turn the trick. Horses races are often won by a nose--a mere fraction of a fraction of an inch, Just a spark of energy at the right moment and an important race is won. Maybe it works the same with towns and horses races and men--the little extra, the jot or little added, can make such a big difference. I think it was the famous surgeon, Sir William Osler, who said he never despaired of a patient or student who was the smallest bit better today than yesterday. Dramatic change wasn't needed for progress--just that little gain was all he looked for. There's something inspiring about the notion of improving just a slight fraction today over yesterday. The task is not too great to frighten any- one. Surely, it should be possible to do just a little bit more today than was done yesterday! And when that begins to happen, progress seems to have a way of acc- umulating at compound interest. One gain contributes to another, One man's effort inspires a neighbor. First thing you know, everthing's Kumming. Wonderful what can result from one small push to start things rolling! Scugog News About fourteen members of the Head Farm Forum group met at the home of Mr, and Mrs. T. Redman on November 12th to discuss a Farm Management scheme. On November 19th six Forum members attended the the Fall Rally at the Legion Hall in Uxbridge. Mrs. Redman gave a humorous reading as our contribution to the program, which was put on by the various Forum groups. The rally was well attended and a very pleasant evening was reported by those attend- ing. Next week the Forum will meet at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Laverne Martyn. Six members of the Head Commun- ity attended the Federation of Agri- culture Annual Banquet and meeting held in Uxbridge last Wednesday evening, All enjoyed the delicious turkey dinner and the address by Hon, Mr. Goodfellow, Minister. of Agricul- ture for Ontario. DO YOU DARE This questionnaire . 'Rate Town" i8 supplied by Town Journal and has been used in many places from 2,000 to'56,000 population. While circle "Yes" on 80 'or more of the virtues below, you live in a town of which you can indeed be proud. Mail your answer to the Port Perry Chamber of Commerce or hand them in to the Port Perry Star. Our only stipulation is that you live in Port Perry or in the surround. ing district. I. Most high school graduates stay in town Yes No 2. Getting a loan on a sound busi- nes venture is easy Yes No 3. The local paper constantly pushes civic improvements Yes No 4. There's a Chamber of Commerce with a live-wire manager Yes No 6. Local speeders pay the same fines as out-of-towners Yes. No. 6. There's a place to swim within easy reach Yes No 7. Young couples have little trouble finding a place to live Yes No 8. The head of your government is a "get-things-done" man Yes * No 9, Town entrance are free from junk, shacks and billboards Yes Ng 11. There's at least one doctor per 800 people in your county Yes No 12. There's a library with a rood collection of recent books Yos No 13. Newcomers quickly feel they're part of the town Yes No 14. 8choaols have plenty of room for students Yes No 16, Fire Insurance rates are low for your type of town Yes No 16, Service, veterans' and women's clubs team up on projects Yes No 17. There is an active, well-organ- ized Boy Scout troop Yes No 18. A modern hospital is within your trading area Yes No 19. All streets are paved and side- walks are in good shape Yes No 20. Well-stocked stores keep shop- pers in the town Yes No 21. There's a hotel or motel you'd enjoy if you were a visitor Yes No 22. It's easy to find parking space in the business section + -- Yes No 23. At least one restaurant serves| outstanding meals Yes - No 24, The sewer extension program keeps pace with new housing. Yes No NO questionnaire is perfect, if you can | | TOTAL -- YES TO RATE YOUR HOME TOWN ? Your) 26, Public toilets are provided for farm folk shopping in town. 27. Prompt, reasonably priced am- 28. Good zoning keeps factories away from residential avens. Yes No 20, There's an annual Clean-Up, where young people dance Yes No 36. The businesss section has a modern, look. Yes No 36. There's as much interest in local prosperious as national elections Yes No 37. The tax rate is attractive to new industry Yes No 38. There's a community council to guide town progress Yes No 30. There's an active PTA, Yes No 40. Firemen must take regular training courses Yes No TOTAL -- NO. It is not essential to sign your name. Scugog Junior Home-Makers The Junior Homemakers met at the home of Mrs. Pugh on November 10. There were 8 members and one visit- or, Mrs. Tremcer, present. The meet- 'ing opened with the hymn "What a Friend" followed by the Lord's Prayer. The roll call was answered and busi- ness discussed. The topic was Hospi- tality and Making Conversation. Mrs. Ploughman demonstrated making fan- cy sandwiches. Thelma thanked the liostess for opening her home to us. At the close of the meeting a delici- "ous lunch was served. Next meeting: we will all meet at Mrs. Samells'" at 1 p.m, and from there we will go by car to Mrs. Strong's home. The roll call: One important "26. It's easy to get volunteers for any worthwhile project ~* Yes No thing to remember when being intro- duced. Good News for Homemakers one Marshall WITH INTERNA'L GO TRAVELLING TONAL MENUS! Like to travel? Try new foods? Here Is a gay colougfyl menu right 000] sea breezes. garden, or on the terrace in style and co The tasty hearty goodness will delig aaytime. SWEDISH M 1 pound ground beef 1 egg, skightly beaten 34 teaspoon salt ~R 1 teaspoon shortening 3 enp wader shape into balls about 1 inch in diam from Sweden, and as refreshing as the ot Plan your own setting by taking vour family to the shore, or serve in the mfort, * ht your hungry family and their friends i "Enchanting as a little bit of Sweden, ure these little brown meat balls smothered with mushroom soup sauce and bite-size potatoes arranged Ina big colorful casserole. Your guests will love them and the spicy Swedish tea twists and onlon-ring-cuke salad, too, A fitting finish te this su, ouvi=--fresh raspberries In fresh cream. EAT BAMS 1 can (134 cups) condensed cream of mathroom sound 35 cup fine dry bread crumbs 2 tablespoons mineed onion 1 tablespoon minced parsley Combine }{ cup soup with beef, bread eruntbe, onfon, Prey, oly Bo odin cter. Brown meat balls In shorten Blend remaining soup with water; pour over meat balls. Cover and cook low heat about 20 minutes; etic eocasionaliy., Makes about 30 they rsa bulance service js available Yes NO- Paint-Up, Fix-Up Week Yes "No | 30. Streets throughout the commu- nity ave well lighted. Yes ' No 31. More than half the church con- gregations are under 40 Yes No 32. Shade trees line nearly all the streets, \ Yes No 43. There's an ample supply of good drinking water Yes No 34. There's a recreation center Lo bor -