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3 i = x EN 'Or "their part singing, blending of voices i THE STAR EDITORIAL PAG Thursday, March 14th, 1957 A young woman in England stole a baby and was subsequently apprehended. Dur- ing the court case evidence 'baby because she didn't ha own and apparently couldn't have one. When the case was made public the woman - was promptly offered babies by no les than ten mothers. Now, surely this is a strange turn of Here is a woman who desperately events. wants a baby which she ca here are ten women looking tunity to get rid of theirs. Surely this doesn't mean that for every woman who wants a child least ten who don't. It would be interesting to canvass each one of them and find out t wanting to get rid of the child. Why Mr. Frost Objec Mr. Frost, Premier of Ontario, has long maintained that the Federal Government doesn't deal fairly with Ontario in the matter of the distribution of money to the Thé latest returns tabled by provinces. the Revenue Minister would cate that Me. Frost has good reason for complaint. . Of the total personal income tax of some $1,288,099.000 collected by government $660,000,000 came from Onf* Of one billion in corporation taxes 'over $500,000,000 came from Ontario. This simply means that one province, the pro- vince of Ontario, contributes half of the total income and corporation taxes for the ario. whole dominion. Now the question arises how far should the wealthiest province go the poorer ones? This question is one, apparently, that Ontario has little to say about, for the Liberal government in Otta preponderance to large Liberal majority drawn, from Quebec. to show that the accused simply stole the NOTES AND COMMENTS Motherhood By Proxy o was produced ve one of her sense in leav them. What be? What kind of environment would they provide tor their children? - . Perhaps, th n't have; and for an oppor- these children and finding a suitable home for them. There is considerable evidence to show that children who grow up unwanted and - neglected become in later life serious pro- blems for the community. that right from the start they had little chance to be anything else. there are at » he reason for No doubt, is It is true to ments to Queb seem to indi- . Is it true t the Federal "nh obligation, poli must again be in subsidizing country there to question its penditures. seems to be,co wa must give SO. some of the reasons would be very friv- olous ones, indeed; there is also the possi- bility that'some of the reasons might be very valid ones, too. In any case there would seem to be little mothers who were so willing to dispose of lot of money and a lot of grief by taking old age pension, and for tax rental agree- ments contribute indirectly to the wealth of the province of Ontario? government which has so little representa- tion from Ontario finds itself heavily en- * dowed by a province to which it owes little With the introduction of Health Insur- ance, the subsidy to the other provinces ially to Quebec. If one. could assume that the Liberal government was fully conscious of its equal responsibility, to all parts of the However, on this point there ris might do much to clarify the govern- ment's position. ing babies to the care of kind of mothers would they e state would save itself a while they are still babies The tragedy is assume that the heavy pay- ec for family allowances, for o assume that the Libéral tically speaking? proportionately high, espec- would be less reason for us account for income and ex- nsiderable doubt. Mr. Har- So far he has not done --- District Doings KIWANIS SHIELD WON BY UXBRIDGE CHOIR Duleie Colby's Boys' Choir were successful in winning first place standing and the Kiwanis Shield last Wednesday at the Kiwanis Music Fes- tival held in Eaton Auditorium, Tor- onto. - " This is the second year in a row that they have picked up first place honours in the Kiwanis competitions. The Adjudicator, Brian Boydell of Ireland, complimented the choir on especially in the softer passages, and on their ability to sing a difficult un- accompanied part in one of their se- lections. The numbers were Non No- bis Domine by Quilter and Jerusalem by. Parry. UXBRIDGE COUNCIL OK $40,000 DEBENTURE FOR COTTAGE HOSPITAL Last Tuesday night Uxbridge Coun- cil, on five-two majority, voted in fa- vor of issuing debentures in the a- mount of $40,000, on behalf of the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital. The vote came after 11 p.m, and after the sub- ject had been discussed pro and con on two separate occasions during the special session. AURORA FINDS WATER SUPPLY 'After a long search for water, Au- rora has finally hit the jack-pot~--or a gusher, in this case. A test hole drilled down 320 feet has water flow- ing at 300 gallons a minute and with such force that it threw up stones the size of oranges. This is from a five inch test hole. Beside it an eight inch well is being_drilled which may produce up to six hundred gallons per minute. \ iq BELIABYSTEM TO TAKE OVER MOUNT ALBERT TELEPHONES James Hammett, secretary of the Mount Albert Telephone Company Ltd., announced this week that the Company has been sold to the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Property transfer will take place some time in the late spring. The sale has been approved by the Ont- ario Telephone Authority. The Company serves approximately 1,060 customers in the area east of phone service in-portions of the twps. of East Gwillimbury, North Gwillim- bury, Georgina and Whitchurch in the County of York, and Scott and Ux- bridge in ithe County of Ontario and the police villages of Mount Albert, Queensville and- Sharon. The Mount Albert Telephone Com- pany Ltd. was founded in April 1906 to provide telephone service in Mount Albert and surrounding areas, with approximately 20 customers. Now due to the ever-growing demand for telephone service, the Company decid- ed that present and potential custom- ers would benefit by this change of ownership, which will bring them into the Bell system. . BOWMANVILLE MAYOR OPPOSES FIXED ASSESSMENTS TO INDUSTRY Granting of fixed assessment to in- dustry may become illegal under the municipal act if a motion advanced Wednesday night by the Lake Ontario, Development Association is endorsed by the Ontario Municipal Board. Mayor N. E. Osborne, of Bowman- ville, presented the motion to some 30 members of zone two of the associa- tion, at a meeting in Brighton. Ac- tion was deferred until it can be pre- sented to the board of directors of the I.0.D.A. The directors have been asked to request the ruling from the municipal board. : Acting secretary of the meeting was ONTARIO COUNTY PAVING "stand as obstacles in the way of keep- O'MORGAN AND O'STARKMAN Pretty Carol Starkman takes on the role of a young Irish colleen to put the finishing touch to Pat Morgan's regalia that he dons once a year--on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. Carol and Pat appear weekly on "Pick the Stars" on the CBC-TV network. ANXIOUS TO KEEP DOWN TAXES In advance of any announcement which might be made as to the tax rate which Oshawa property-owners will have to pay in 1957, we wish to say a word on behalf of those who have the responsibility of establish- ing what the rate will be. For some weeks now, the varlous civic bodies have been wrestling with the prob- lems of deciding how much money will be spent on the many civic ser- vices which have to be provided for the citizens of Oshawa. To be on the inside of some of these dicussions leaves with us the inescapable conclu- sion that the members of these bodies are just as anxious to keep taxes down to a low level as are the taxpayers of the city, even if they are not al- ways given credit for this. There are various factors which ing down tax rates. One of these is the constant andfincreasing demands of the people for services and muni- cipal facilities. There are new areas which demand attention. People li- ving in these areas are insistent in their demands. Members of public PROGRAM LARGEST IN HISTORY --$145,000 v Ontario County will this year em- 'bark on the largest paving program in this history of the county. Plans have been made for the paving of more than 26 miles. : ' This will not be the total paving in the county because there will be six miles of -Oshawa suburban roads paved and five and one-half miles of development road paved, making a total mileage to be paved this year in the county of 38.26 miles. Of this total, 28 miles of pavement is planned for roads which have had only gravel surfaces. ' This 28 miles this year represents more than 50 percent of the total paved mileage which existed in Ont.! County in 1952, Clipped Comments THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY! We have always believed that one of the first things anyone serving on a public body learned was that all major contracts were let by tender. It comes as a shock to read of the accusations levelled atthe Memorial | Hospital Board this week of giving contracts reportedly up to $4,000 in! value without following the proper procedure, Read Budge, Reeve of Port Hope, a proponent and convinced supporter of fixed assessment for industry in Port Hope. Last December Port Hope granted "graduated" assessment to two major industries that had recently expanded, and to a new industry. It will mean an annual loss in taxes, for a period of 10 years, of 16.6 per cent from each industry. Mayor Osborne's motion reads: "That the Lake Ontario Development Associftion request the Ontario Mu- nicipal Board that the Municipal Act be amended so that fixed assessment be granted only when industry can show a compelling need for such as- sistance." ' He said it was unreasonable that ratepayers should subsidize the opera- tion of a financially sound industry by granting fixed assessment, «It would meén that industry is escaping its financial responsibility to the municipality at the éxpense of re- sidential and commercial ratepayers," he said, Newmarket through two exchanges, one at Queensville and the other at fixed assessment in one area makes it Mount Albert, site of the Company's headquarters. The He noted alo that the granting of difficult for neighboring municipali- Mofint Albert ties to avoid similar concessions if Telephone Company provides tele-| they are to retain industry and expand, , ther all should be refused to keep make it necessary to increase the num- bodies have to take stock of these de- mands, because the taxpayers are so insistent that their ne€ds be met. Many of them, it is true, have to be denied or deferred, but the problem of the civic bodies is to decide whe- down the tax rate, and thus bring the city's progress to a standstill. Then the human element enters in- to the picture. The city council and civic bodies employ a. large number of people in many capacities. As the city expands, its needs for fire and police protection, for education of its children, and for all its other services, ber employed. That cannot be avoid- ed. And from year to year these em- ployees seek, and are entitled to, in- crements in their remuneration in keeping with other employed workers. These requests caniot be simply bru- shed aside -- and they add to the city's ex itures. And fhe feature which is usually overlooked is that there are certain expenditures which are fixed and in- controllable, and these have to be met. But the thing which has impressed us is that every member of civie bod- jes entrusted with spending the pub- lic's money is sincere and zealous in the effort to keep expenditures--and taxes--down to the lowest possible figure and still keep -pace with the city's needs. For this we feel the taxpayers should give them credit-- and sympathy. And when the tax We know of only one way that pub- j lic money should be spent on capital expenditures, large repairs or the pur- , chase of supplies in bulk. The work should be advertised, both locally and abroad, with sealed tenders sent to "tenders should then be opened at a | public meeting of the body and in many cases the interested parties who have sent tenders should be invited. [ the secretary by a certain date, Phase ] | In most instances the lowest tender should be accepted. If it is not, the board should give reasons why not. In doubtful cases the board can always demand that the contractor supply a performance bond for 1009, of the job. We would like to think that there is some reason why the Hospital Board has not followed this procedure and we are, as always, willing to give them space to explain their position. However, we think that this criti- cism levelled at the Hospital Board should serve as a warning to all mu- nicipal bodies handling the public's money, including council, that there is only one way--to let tenders, --Canadian Statesman. | --Oshawa Daily Times Gazette. rate is announced, the taxpayers can rest assured that it is the lowest fi- gure possible in view of what is ab- solutely essential for the welfare of | all our citizens. er » Cartwright Council Council met March 4, 1957 at 1.00 p.m. Reeve in chair, - Minutes read and adopted by motion of Coun. F. Trewin and O. Wright. Delegation from Caesarea -- re fire protection. After lengthy discussion, Council de- cided to purchase ten helmets, 10 I pitch coats, ten pair, rubber boots, two adapters, a ladder land secure Group Insurance for their protection. Owen Stacey claimed damages for 3 sheep killed $45.00. Percy and Mer- rill Van Camp were present regarding warble-fly spraying. = H. Skinner-- regarding warble fly powder. Victor Malcolm interviewed council regarding pay for dump on his property ($50.). Moved by O. Wright and s8conded by F. Trewin to pay same. Letter from W. Rogers, re road and fence to be from Bruce Heaslip resigning from Port Perry Hospital Board. Moved by coun. 0. Wright and seconded by Dep. Reeve J. Green that coun. Art Hyland be put on Hospital Board. Moved by Dep. Reeve J, Green and sec. by coun. F, Trewin to pass by- law to use Port Perry Fire Equip. Moved by Dep, Reeve J. Green and sec. by coun. F, Trewin that resolu- tion regarding bank be passed, Moved by cown. A. Hyland and sce. by coun. O. Wright that Road In- spection be Mar, 12, 1957 at 10 a.m. Blackstock. Moved by Coun. O. Wright and see. by coun. F. Trewin that the bills be paid and adjourn till Mon. Apr. 1, 19567 at 1 p.m. C. W. Sweet, Assistant Clerk. Of Many Things by Ambrose Hills PASS THE BUTTER, PLEASE In Manitoba, the battle between butter manufacturers and margarine makers is on again, but with the dif- ference. Manitoba does not ban margarine, but it still forbids manufacturers to color it. This, of course, annoys thousands of housewifes, particularly those with large families operating on a tight budget. Voting power of these housewives has not been impressive enough to sway rural members of the legislature, who felt they could hold the farm vote by plumping for re- striction and kidding the women out of their demands. They think the women will probably tire of the con- . - , Parliament By Michael Starr, M.P., Ont. Riding March 7, 1957 ,Of interest to everyone is the re- solution which has appeared on the Order Paper in the name of the Min- ister of National Health and Welfare, which is for the purpose of introduc- ing a measure to authorize contribu- tions to be paid out of the Consoli- dated Revenue Fund to Provinces in respect to costs 'incurred by them in providing insured hospital and diag- nostic services, This means that legislation will be introduced to implement a national health plan in the provinces which have signified their intention to par- ticipate with the federal government. This is indeed a very welcome step in the ultimate plan of a fully cov- ered hospital and medical plan in the future in Canada. Prime Minister Guy Mollet of France addressed a joint assembly of the House of Commons and the Sen- ate on Monday, March 4th. In his interview with the press he made a very significant statement when he said that he did not believe that the present structure of the United Na- tions is the right one. His attitude was that if the United Nations is to be an international tri- bunal, it would be necessary that they, who act as judges or who vote, should first accept the rules and apply them to themselves. He stated that it was chiefly a question of a charter which is ac- cepted by everyone, and in his opin- jon the United Nations at present is only a platform where the Nations meet. In discussing the Middle East ecri- sis, in the House of Commons, he af- firmed that Israel, before invading Egyptian territory, had given France a few days notice of its action. He Canal open." The reaction to this in France was in favour of their action, but the people were disappointed with the result, and he added that so was he. He did not consider it correct "to say that Israel attacked Egypt. It was rather an attempt on her part to forestall any action by the common army which was being formed by the Arab States for use against Israel. Amongst the Bills that have been introduced by private members is an Act to amend the Immigration Act. The purpose of thisyBill is to estab: lish a uniform and acceptable proce- dure in dealing with cases of persons whose application for admission to Canada has been rejected by an Im- troversy and give up. The picture, however, has changed somewhat, ately. . : Around Carman, Morden, and eu tona, and in other areas of the pro- vince, farmers have found it good business to go in for edible oil crops, like soybeans, rapeseed, sunflowers, because these are cash crops not too difficult to grow and market. i Margarine manufacturing could pro- vide a practically unlimited market for such crops, if the farmers in the province grew enough to offer a sure and competitively-priced supply. Another factor which might win support for colored margarine this time is the present political situation. Premier Campbell, in the speech from the throne, gave rural voters plenty of reasons to support him. Some obser- vers feel he must now find a bone of sonié sort to toss to urban voters to keep them from lining up en masse against him. Relief from the muss, fuss and cuss of coloring margarine at home might be the answer. At any vate it is considered significant that an wrban M.L.A., Jack St. John, is carry the fight for color. He's extremely popular in Winnipeg and also holds the respeet of the farm members who know he'll fight fair but hard to make his point. St John is aiming his ammunition at rural members, His timing is good, because farmers in general have so much to gain from legislative action more vital than the margarine restric- tions, which is far less important than it used to be. Indeed, some observers are of the opinion that the big dairy outfits rather than the farmers have initiated the fight against color. St. John claims that although he announc- form many weeks ago, he has not had a single protest from rank-and-file formers-- only from officials of the Dairy Association. He thinks many indfvidual farmers actually hope he succeeds, because they feel the ban puts the farm groups in a bad light. od hiz intention to introduce the re:}. migration officer and who wishes to have the decision reviewed. At pre. sent there are wide variations be- tween the methods followed at dif- ferent places and the practices have on several occasions resulted in se- vere strictures from the Courts, on the grounds that they have denied natural justice to the applicant. The Bill would amend the Act to said, "We went in to keep the Suez! ----- -- would know what the object to-his admission is, and the issues could then be disposed of quickly and intelligent- ly, saving time and frequently avoid. ing lengthy and expensive appeals. There are other mipor changes pro- posed to the Immigration Act in this Bill, which" will be presented by the private member sponsoring it. In cases such as this, there is a day set aside in each week for a stipula- ted number 'of 'weeks, for the discus. sion of such Bills. In each and every case these Bill are not acceptable to the Government but they allow this opportunity for discussion. If the pro- posal is sufficiently important, or has merit, then the Government at some future date, or in some future year, introduces these measures under the name of one of its Ministers. It is then passed by the Government and becomes law. The Canadian Legion has been most active through their submission to the Government, as well as through their magazine, The Legionary, in urging the Government to give careful and generous consideration to the Pen sions of war veterans. This matter of pensions hasi:been brought to the attention of the Gov- Commons also druing the question period, pointing out that these, amongst other pensioners should be given consideration with regard to in- creases in pension. To date the Gov- ernment has not made any commit- ments as to whether they are pre- pared to recommend any increases. Veterans, 'like other pensioners, are finding it extremely hard to meet their financial obligations under the present high cost of living. . I am willing to go out on a limb by predicting that the Election will be held on Monday, June 10th, There have been two or three other dates mentioned in the past but right at the moment it would seem that these dates have been abandoned for June 10th as the most likely date. Scugog News The Head W.A. was held at the home of Ethel Redman on March 3rd, with twenty members present. Fol- lowing the opening theme the hymn "Take Time to be Holy" was sung. Mr. Braham led in prayer, following which Mabel Graham read the Seripture les- son. The story of Elizabeth was read by Mrs. Chas. Reader. The hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" was sung. The roll call was answer- ed by a favorite hodiday. Following the business discussion the devotional period ended with our theme prayer. The program began with two readings by Ethel Redman, Mrs. Fulford sang a delightful solo, accompanied by Mrs. Redman at the piano, and Mr. Braham with the violin. Betty Reader then gave a most interesting account of her trip to Florida last January. Evelyn Reader then led in a contest which was won by Irene Carter. Lunch was serv- cd by Mabel Graham's group. Due to iey roads our Forum meeting was cancelled last Monday evening. Next week we'll meet at the home of have the effect that the applicant Prince Albert At S."S. Mrs. McKerihan read the interesting story. Beth Hunter pla- ced her money in the birthday church. What might have been a major fire occurred late Wednesday night when the Keizibrink chimney became all "aflame", Port Perry Fire Brigade was summoned and acted promptly preventing further destruction and alarm. On Friday night the G. N. Service Club sponsored their telephone eu- chres. Mrs. G. R. Smith and Miss I. Spence kindly offered their home as did Love's, Middleton's, Snelgrove's, and Beacock's. Many house prizes were presented plus the Club gifts to high lady score Mrs. Calberry; high gent count-- Mr. B. Snelgrove; Consolation tokens to Mrs. S. Oyler and-Mr. H. Swain. Refreshments served to all. We hope all had a social get-to-gether in each home. The menibers express appreciation to those who helped make this venture houges provided. Mr. and Mrs, Harry Oyler and sons Oshawa, visited his biother Mr. and Mrs. Sam Oyler on the week-end. Mr, and Mra. Sack, Oshawa were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jas, i Davidson and family. Sorry Mr. Ken Middleton is at pre- gent nursing a fractured ankle. Besides, as long as butter is well made, farmers are pretty sure most of us, colored margarine or color-it- yourself-variety, will continue to say "Pass the butter, please!" looked at on road inspeetion, Letter Sunday and week-end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs, E. M. Williams "included Mrs. May Greer, Detroit Mi- ' ehiggan, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs, Fred Boyd and daughter, all a success, also same remarks to the Mr. and Mrs. Don. Ashbridge. of Toronto, and also Mr. Fred Wil- linms of Richmond Hill. Mr. and Mrs. W. Horsley and Ste: phen, also Mrs. Horsley, Sr., Toronto, spent Sunday with Mrs, G. R. Smith and Miss Spence. Pine Grove Congratulations to Miss Donna Johnson in obtaining honours on her Grade III Harmony examination re- cently. Donna's music teacher is Mrs. Ted Jackson of Port Perry. A large number of W.A. ladies at- tended the meeting held at Mrs. A. Holman's of Brooklin on Wednesday last. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Archbold and boys visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. "A. Handel. | Miss Romaine Rice and friend of | | Toronto visited Sunday with Mr. and " Mrs. Chatlie Gourlie. ! Myr. Marshall Sharrard called on Mr. Gordon Mcdonald Thursday even. ing. °* Mr. and Mrs. Frank Collins visited Tuesday with Mr, and Mrs. Charlie Gourlie. fr { Mr. and Mrs, Talbert Evans visited { with Mrs. McDonald and sons Friday evening. . Mr. Ed Evans spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Talbert Evans. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Wagar and Donnie visited Saturday evening with Mr, and Mrs. Jack Hill. Rev. Lawden will take the service next Sunday. Little Miss Christian Banks cele- brated her birthday Monday with a few little friends. ernment by members in the House of y -- WS a i NN P rN re RE a 8 honth AN ne rp - ' ri i