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STAR EDITORIAL PAGE FE] AES A, TERT FRESE " 2 7 ead, BE 3a AA Y FPS SE SIPS HSE TI FE SE cal ad Thursday, July 11th, 1957 NOTES AND COMMENTS - ¥ Big Winds 4 ) Port Perry was fortunate in escaping : the worst effects of the big blow of last Wednesday week. Places us suffered severe damage. loss in Sunderland and the Lake Simcoe district runs in the hundreds of thousands. < As yet we seem to have no scieptiific ) . Two things First we appear to be having explanation for these winds are clear. more storms of this type ¢ these storms seem to be much more severe lly have. than those we nor It is very difficul say anything about them. have our own pet theories. clined to blame them on sun-spots, those explosions which occur in the burning gases on the outer fringe of o get scientists to But we laymen ~are quite convinced that those abnormal - winds;are the result of atomic bombs being Russia. very close to The property ' wards. and secondly States. contradict it. theories, too. Some are in- other. the sun. Some * Commonwealth Conference . ] In many ways the recent Common- wealth Conference was unique. ple ever contemplated that ledged leader would be John Diefenbaker, now known to the British public through the British press as "Dief". premier has won for himself the title of "Crusader" and the feature 'ence was his fervent crusading for. trade, finance, and co-operation. - Apparently he stirred up much interest in his ideas 'but whether such interest means support is something yet to be determined. It is even questionable whether he can . muster support here at home into action. . un While some members of Few peo- ports the U.S. its acknow- the European Our new with Canada of the confer- countries. to carry plans 'Conservatives -sions. © ! the Commion- exploded by the U.S., by Great Britain and Still others maintain that there is a progressive change in weather in North America--that over the past 50 years the regional climate has tended to move north- This means that now we are be- ginning to get the kind of weather that used to 'be typical of the Central United There is a little scientific evidence to support this latter view--and much to Perhaps there are other It seems that the field is wide open and when it comes to pinning winds down to a cause one man's opinion is as good as an- The IIG.Y. may serve to clear up the matter and until it does it is our fer- vent hope that most of the winds will con- fine themselves to places where they can do the least damage. & Great Britain'by cutting down on our im- seems to be a sound one. But Britain is now deeply involved in 'Area. Free project 'and this commitment might make it difficult for her to enter into preferential agreements and other Commonwealth It is also very difficult to see just how the Commonwealth can go about the job of 'mutual financing. ~ Fleming will have to be a superman to find satisfactory solutions here, especially in view of the ipre-election promises of the regarding taxation and pen- Finance!Minister But in view of Diefenbaker's remarkable rise to power no one would gainsay him a Jase 'wealth are interested in an extension of onr -- Colombo Plan it is doubtful that'Canadians ' are prepared to carry this further unless certain benefits. accrue to us in giving "away millions of dollars to help the less developed parts, especially those parts of the Commonwealth to be found in Africa and Asia. fighting chance to pull off some of his pet projects. And, without doubt, some of them are quite worthwhile. Most Cana- dians will wish him good luck in his ven- tures. In. the meantime, the Common- wealth Conference seems: to have been a greater success than was expected. Much WHY NOT KNOW ALL OF ONTARIO BETTER? A notable human tendency is to con- sider that far fields are greener; to be enthusiastic concerning the wondrous scenic and other advantages to be found elsewhere and' overlook the numerous assets and attractions to be enjoyed right around home. In Ontario there is something for everyone--for every vacationist to see and do--whether he be ardent angler, hunter, camera fan, lover of nature, culture or history, or just sightseer. Ontario's myriad sparkling lakes and rippling streams offer some of the best fishing in the world. Hunters re- turn home well awarded in most cases. An 80,000 mile system of toll- free, paved highways enables one to reach most holiday areas within a few hours. Historic theatres, sites, summer museums and art galleries tell thel colourful, exciting story of the Pro- vince's archeological origin; its cour- ageous pioneers, its subsequent indus- trial economic and cultural progress. Beautiful, breath-taking scenery abounds, making Ontario an artists's paradise. ) The Ontario Government, in an ef- fort to encourage more people to travel at home--and to visit Ontario-- has instituted a "Know All Ontario Better" campaign with considerable success. A steady increasing number of inquiries is being received from residents from abroad. Any. native son or daughter -- or prespective visitor -- wishing further information regarding the places nam- ed or who would like to "Know All Ontario Better" is invited to address a letter to the Provincial Department of Travel and Publicity, 67 College St., Toronto. --Canadian Statesman ROUGH AND TOUGH PROSPECT AHEAD The :autontotive vehicle, which has so -variously altered and bettered all our lives over the past half century, has left us with .the problems that, in terms of its safe usage, man has not mastered this machine. It is a terrifying thought, but it seems that, Three of Canada's best-known mu- this summer in favour of their po- diums to bring their relaxed rhythms to three new CBC-TV variety shows. The~three ry, left to right, Bert Niosi, Jack Kane and Howard Cable. Niosi I] f Many Things | By Ambrose Hills GOOD MEDICINE I was at a convention--a fish out of water--and tired from travelling, On top of that I had a virus accom- panied by dizzy spells. Then it all cleared up in an instant, because a gruff old chap sitting beside me ad- ministered two quick shots of medi- cine, Potent medicine, too, which ought to be used oftener, so I'm pass- ing along the prescription. "You're Ambrose Hills, aren't you?" he said, nudging me so hard I felt another dizzy spell coming on. I nod- ded, and he gave me the first injec- tion, "I like your stuff. Not fancy, but straight from the shoulder. You write well." From this man -- an established writer of real merit--this was a mor- ale-booster 1 badly needed at the time. I stuttered my thanks, and then we listened to the speakers on the panel which had just begun. It and his famed clarinet will be feautred sicians are forsaking their holidays | each week on "Moonlight Bay,,' while Kane and Cable will head their own shows, Kane will conduct every Thrusday on "Summertiime "67", while Cable will be seen in "Showtime with Howard Cable." Cheese is a Valuable Food From the earliest records, cheese has had the reputation of being a food of unusual sustaining powers, states Dr. D. M. Irvine, Dairy Depart- ment, Ontario Agricultural College. The food value of cheese can best be understood if it is remembered that cheese is actually a concentrated form of milk, about 10 lbs. of milk being required to make one pound of cheese. The valuable proteins, min- erals, and vitamins found in milk are preserved in cheese. In an age of weight-consciousness, many successful reducing diets have been built around cheese and other dairy products. Cottage cheese, for example, is one of the best sources: of top quality protein, and yet is low in calories. Milk, being rich in calcium and phosphorus, is an excellent bone builder, and in the cheese manufac- turing process-most of these minerals are retained. A pound of Canadian Cheddar cheese contains at least six was a panel on the subject of writing, and the men were all experts. When it was over and a recess an- times as much calcium and five times as much phosphorus as a pound of milk. Cheese is also an important There will be no Sunday School at the Head Church during the month of July. Mr. and Mrs. I. Travell and Mr. and Mrs. J. Grouse were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. Rodman. Those attending church on Sunday were pleased to see and hear Dr. B. D. Armstrong who will occupy the pul- pit during July. We say at this time "happy holiday" to our own minister and wife Mr, and Mrs. R. H. Wylie. Mrs, E. Williams gave an oral mis- sionary messages to all classes of the Sunday School, We all wish a speedy and satisfac- tory recovery to two of our young men, One being Jim Davidson, Jr. who is in Toronto General Hospital result of a severe mangled hand. And Wm. Heayn at present in Oshawa hospital because of a broken elbow. Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Doupe, Mr. and Mrs. C. Newnham and family enjoyed a few days in a cottage at Bala. Grant Beacock has returned from a good time with his Oshawa cousins Barbara and Neil Devitt. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Thompson and Pat, Mrs, E. Williams, Sharon and Craig were all dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Doble, Sunderland recently. Visitors from Henry, Ill. with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Smith included Mr. and Mrs. Watson. It is of interest to many of us to note Mrs. Watson is a neice of the late Misses May and Sarah Madden. Mr. J. F. Vickery spent a couple of days with his daughter Mr. and Mrs. L. Devitt and family, Oshawa. Sharon Williams is spending a few days with Scarborough relations. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Martyn, Mr. and Mrs. E. Martyn, Marion and Bruce attended 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. G. Mark, Toronto. Pine Grove Mr. and Mrs. Tugwell, Mrs. Terry Aa Ee 3 ny Tay Mk en he wad * or ne' re ! credit for this seems unquestionably due " His scheme to increase imports from y y eh ar Mo at Mn on : Mur. John Diefenbaker., . District Doings BOWMANYILLE POLICE INSTAL TWO-WAY RADIO TRANSMITTER Efficjency of the Bowmanville Police + Department and liaison between the cruiser and police office should be in- creased considerably with the installa- tion of a modern two-way radio trans- mitter and receiver, Messages may be picked up from the transmitter within a radius of 10 miles and under ideal conditions the radius increased to 20 miles. Frequency and code letters for Bowmanville hook-up have been ap- proved by the Department of Trans- port. STOUFFVILLE LOSES MILLION DOLLAR PLANT TO AURORA The Sterling Drug Manufaéturing Co. Ltd. will erect a million dollar factory project on Yonge Street with- in the Aurora south town limits. The firm had considered a site in Stpuff- ville abutting the C.N.R. south of the Gold Fish Supply Co., and town of- ficials spent some time conferring with R.V. Doty, Industrial Dept. of the Canadian National Railways, on the proposed site. Sewers, water and rail facilities were available as well as the twenty to thirty acres of land 're- quired, ~ However, the company made their final decision last week to go to Aurora where the same facilities are available plus Yonge St. frontage which many plants consider to be an advantage for advertising purposes. The big firm, which has been in Windsor for some seventy years, will employ four hundred persons at the outset. Had they decided to move to Stouffville, it would doubtless have J advanced the development of this town "7 ten years overnight. However, this was not to be, and it will be up to the council and the Planning Board to seek further for industry. MINDEN NEEDS A $14,000 ICE FUND MINDEN -- At a meeting of the 4: artificial ice committee of the Minden "7 centre Clarence McInerney was elected chairman and Ken Currie, vice-Chair- man, The committee was set up 3 years ago to raise funds for the in- stallation of artificial ice at the Min- den Centre, At present the committee has $8,000 in the fund, and an addi: tional $14,000 must be raised before the ice plant can be installed. This year a raffle is being held with $4,100 in prizes, Mr. Fred Brooks is in -that they would give the mdtter furth: ASK PICKERING TOWNSHIP TO HOLD BEER PLEBISCITE Mr. W. H. Fairgrieve, Spruce Hill Road, Dunbarton, appeared before the Pickering Township Council recently and made a formal request for a:liquor vote in the municipality. He said he was desirous that the question be placed before the people at the forth- coming election in the form of a plebi- scite. . "I'm not a drinker myself, but lots of others are," he said. "Let's get modern and get going", he continued. "People are going other places to shop." Reeve Lawson stated that there were a number of reasons why Council shouldn't take action in promoting such a vote. He pointed out that the township had been "dry" for the past forty years. The Reeve stated that in order to promote such a request, a signed petitioin would be needed. Council informed Mr. Fairgrieve er consideration and enlighten him on their views in two months time. SUNDERLAND SUFFERS SEVERELY WHEN HIT BY TORNADO LAST WEDNESDAY Winds of hurricane force swept across the south shore of Lake Simcoe. last week and left a path of flattened trees, barns and homes in their wake. Approaching from the west just south of Barrie, the storm crossed Lake Simcoe at the southern end hitting Roche's Point and Keswick before turning inland to cross between:Bel: haven and Sutton, It then proceeded east through Baldwin, Udora and Sun- derland before swinging southward to- ward Lake Ontario. Accompanied by a thunderstorm, the wind was estimated by 'Don Mar« shall, the Flying Field operator 'at Baldwin, to be the neighbourhood of 160 miles per hour. It swept two air- craft from their cement moorings into space, turned a house completely a- round on its foundation and flattened several barns before it sped eastward. Early reports indicate few casualties, although one boy, unidentified; was hit by lightning and a truck driver, also unidentified, was trapped" in his ve- hicle when a tree was blown down across it, : A Scott township farnter 'said one brooder house full of chickens com- pletely disappeared while several were going to look for their cattle this morning. Trees up to three feet in diameter at the trunk were uprooted and telephone and hydro lines were down over a wide area, charge of ticket distribution, Clipped Comments ANOTHER FRINGE Employers, who may have hopeful thought that the many fringe benefits demanded and obtained by their em- ployees in recent years, such as pen- sions; supplementary - unemployment insurance, health and accident insur- ance, had left nothing more to be ask- ed for, may have been too unimagina- tive themselves or may have given little credit to the imagination of their employees, Word comes from Los Angeles, via the Wall Street Journal, that six locals of a hotel and restaurant employees' union are now negotiatiing for a legal care plan, financed through employer contributions, to cover all their 21,000 members. John L. Cooper, president, of the union negotiatiing board, is quoted as saying that the scheme would cost employers one or two cents an hour for each:employee, His idea would -be to_discover by a trial of one year what the plan would cost. If the first year's expenses proved that employers' contributions were in- sufficient, increases would be demand- ed. Mr .Cooper has been modest enough to suggest that the legal fund would be used only to cover legal fees and court costs.in civil and criminal actions brought against employees. Fines or damages awarded against employees would be met by the employees them- selves, This restraint may be only temporary, designed: to leave s ome- thing more to bargain for next year. A) If the plan were accepted, an em- ployer who'found it necessary to bring a civil action against an employee would find that, win or lose, he would be paying the legal fees and court costs for both plaintiff and defendant. He would also be paying the defence fees and costs for an employee ar- raigned on a criminal charge, although the charge might be one of robbing the employer's till. Details of Mr. Cooper's ingenious addition to employer-financial social security have still to be worked out and so no exact prophecy can be made about its results, except that diners in Los Angeles hotels and restaurants are going to pay more for their meals. ~The Printed Word, Toronto. looking into the future, the only pos- sible prediction is: the more cars the more fatalities. In 10 years the number of traffic deaths in Canada has nearly doubled, and this year will considerably exceed 3,000, Tt is small comfort that in the same period the number of fatalities per 10,000 registered vehicles has al- most halved. The toll of nearly 10 deaths per day is the commanding figure. } It may be that something could be done to cut Canada's mounting acci- dent total. Here is a suggestion made to the Canadian Highway Safety Con- ference in Quebec City, by a Mr. Braisdell, U.S. traffic safety expert: "I am convinced that no amount of persuasion, moral or otherwise, can get the people to drive safely. I am equally convinced that the one best answer to the traffic accident problem is enforcement -- a rough and tough crackdown on the violator -- an en- forcement program based in accredited techniques to command respect, but designed to remove from the road per- manently, those who have wo-regard for the welfare of others." It is an idea, Certainly if some people committed as pedestrians on the sidewalks the acts they commit as drivers on the highways, they would be arrested for attempted assault. --Canadian Statesman a FARMING HAS ITS OWN ~~ ADVANTAGES The advantages the city worker has over the farmer are more apparent than real. He gets more cash and he gets it ofterier than the farmer, but he spends it more easily and on things of less lasting value than a farm And, at the end of his active career, he seldom has more than a pension to depend on, while the farmer has a property which has steadily increased in value through the years. The money he didn't spend has gone into his farm and is still his, : In asking so many things of the government, the farmers are asking to be relieved of the risks inherent in their business. But those who take the risks also take the control and the farmer who gets out from under the risks also loses control of his business. Instead of asking for parity prices and all the devices and controls that go with them the farmers should ask for a taxation system that would allow them to build up their own reserves as insurance against the risks they have to run, To do this they have to take the risk inherent in the business and make what provision they can against them, sleeve. "Will you have a coffee with me? [I've been wanting to meet you". Well, enemies, friends and relations, my virus, my dizzy spells and my fa. tigue were gone. through the whole convention, and I'm still feeling the glow. I know he laid ition. I think he may have noticed that I was looking poorly and he went out of his way to give me the treatment. But it would have been easy for him to have mut. tered a few kind words and stopped there. Instead, there was that invi- tation to coffee. There was his in- terest in getting acquainted. And now, home from the convention, there is a note.from him, saying how pleas- ed he was that we'd met. * I suppose, at this very moment, fa- mous scientists are struggling hard to come up with new wonder drugs or tranquillizers and I wish them well ... but at the same time, I'd like to warn them they've a rival. There's that gruff old Canadian writer who sat beside me dispensing wonder drugs far--meore beneficial than any they'll find in a test tube! And take note of this. He hasn't put a patent on the medicine, either. You and I are free to dispense it whenever we sée a suffering soul who needs a shot or two. 3 Canadian Red Cross Outpost Hos- pitals and Nursing Stations served 02,203 Canadians in 1956. There, were 854 housewives business women serving as volunteers i nthe Canadian Red Cross Corps in 1066. and Canadians voluntarily contributed $6,666,665 to the Canadian Red Cross , << bss BEING A GROWN-UP DRIVER ISN'T EASY! , Being a grown-up driver is a diffi- cult art. It takes character and alterness, decency and good judgment, For there is one fool on every road, a deadly menace to you and your children. And there are good people, good drivers, who are foolish for one impulsive moment. For the possible gain of a few seconds they will bet their lives on a highway version of Russian roulette, There are wonderful compensations for being a grown-up driver. You never get ulcers. Your fenders still have the fresh curve that came from tHe factory. Your insurance man is your friend. And motoring is still a great pleasure. ~--Canadian Statesman Association of Canada" nounced, the old fellow plucked my | I was chipper. "From The Commercial Travellers' source of certain vitamins, particu- larly vitamin A. Generally speaking, an ounce and a half serving of Cheddar cheese will one-third the daily calcium needs, and one-fifth of the phosphorus needs of a pre-adolescent child. It will also provide from 12 to 156 per cent of the necessary protein, vitamin A, and riboflavin. ' "supply Cedar Creek Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blain are visit- ing Mr, and Mrs, Ross Smith and girls at Stouffville for two weeks. Mrs, Larocque came home from Oshawa General Hospital on Saturday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Steele of Raglan were Saturday supper guests of Mrs. Kilpatrick. Mrs. Steele had just left Port Perry Hospital where she had been a patient for three weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kimlin and Da- vid Cummings of Toronto were Sun- day visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cummings and family. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Trepanier and family of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and family of Oshawa and Mr. and Mrs. Manson Woods and hoys of Uxbridge were Sunday visit- ors of the Larocque family. Scugog The Head W.A. met at the home of Irene Carter last Wednesday evening. In spite of the storm most of the members were present.; We were pleased to have Mrs, Pearson of Osh- awa with us, The meeting was open- led with the hymn "My Faith Looks up to Thee", Irene Carter read our story and Mra. Barry read the Serip- ture lesson, The roll call was an- swered by a "favourite picnic spot". Bonnie read the minutes and thank you notes from the Dowson family for the use of the church, and the Gerrow family. We decided to have our an- nual baking sale at Portview on Aug. 10th. We are planning to have our next meetifig as a picnic at Stephen- son's. The program began with a reading by Ethel Redman, Irene then gave a contest in which we made out our "Last Will and Testament". They proved to be the most hilarious wills ever composed. Myrtle then gave two short contests, and Bonnie tested us with composing a sentence from "some given letters. Lunch was served by Irene's group. Brock and Mr. and Mrs. LL. Evans, visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gourlie. A number of neighbors and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Carling on Wednesday evening in honor of their daughter Donna, a bride of this weck and showered her with lovely gifts. A large attendance gathered at the home of Mrs. Simmonds on Thursday last for Pine Gove W.A. and really en- joyed Mrs. Sturgess' talk, a Mission ary from Bolivia. Miss June Hill returned to Toronto after spending a week holidaying at her home here. Miss Donna Johnson has returned home from hospital after her opera- tion. We all hope you will soon be well again, Donna. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hill had supper with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Geer on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ballard, Helen of Toronto and Mrs. Dr. Keith Mc- Laughlin of Bell river visited with Mr. and Mrs. E. Ballard on Sunday. Greenbank Mrs. Tait of North Battleford, Sask. is visiting with her sister Mrs. Cliff Pearson. Miss Joan Chapin of Toronto is spending her holidays at her home. Miss Evelyn lanson is enjoying a two week motor trip through the States and western Canada with some girl friends from Oshawa. Mrs. Weston Phoenix arrived home from the hospital in Toronto last week-end. We hope her condition continues to improve. Mr. Roy Leask is in Port. Perry Hospital as he had the misfortune to get his foot caught in the baler and broke it in two places. The Rodd Family Picnie was held in Islington Park last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs, Reg. Foster and family, Mr. and Mrs, Roddy Foster and family and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tobin atten- ded. Miss Annabelle Lee was home for the week-end. She is attending sum. mer school in Toronto. Congratulations to Mr. and Mra. Ronald Love (nee Gwen Till) on their recent marriage in Toronto. A mis- cellaneous shower was held for the bride at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Love on Friday evening. The Missionary Society entertained the Baby Band and the Mission Band at the church on Tuesday afternoon.