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Ey ipl Anas 8 STALL a Soh EAR FELLER bedi i a | A The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association SARS aie a op bg Baa ee a sas THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE EN a aE "Thursday, August lst, 1957 'NOTES AND COMMENTS i "The 'Place Of The Press AMalcolm Muggeridge is the blunt- sfipoken editor of Punch." These words «come from .an article in' Maclean's August «odrd. issue:and:are an explanatory note at whe 'bottom of .an article "In Defense of Bad Taste." Muggeridge maintains that it is the place of the press to keep people valive*to the 'important issues of the 'day 'no'matter -how'they affect us emotionally. Hevfeels' that' leaders' are 'essentially res- ~ponsible to the people and' therefore: the people ought at all times to be made aware of the handwriting on the wall. If a newspaper were to consider whe- ther or not a reference to someone, no matter how true it might be was or was not in good taste, then it might as well fold up tits paper and silently steal away. Itimay cut. us to the quick to be told that Churchill is.doing.damage to his party by staying longer'in office; it may embarrass i us no end to know that Anthony Eden has - shown .inadequacy as a national leader, but ithese are things that Mr. Muggeridge points. out-ought>to be shown up for the good:of ithe people. the part:of the press to pull a man down, for sake of pulling down, if it is a reput- able:newspaper at all but there is a heavy responsibilty ito show the people that a cloud 'no 'larger than a man's hand may breed: disaster for us all. . Deep In The Country The good old holiday season is here incearnest 'and what wonderful weather we've: been having--no complaints of cold rainy:days at the cottage now. The hay- ing's going fine style and 'the grain is ripening fair. Farmers are deep in the country al- ready so they don't have to go anywhere togget a suntan. If they are interested intbathing many of them can go down to the lake to property they have rented out toithe city slickers who lie around all day having a long, cool one and one dip after another. 'However most farmers seem more interested:in.going in to town after work which to.say the least is understand- able. Since a change is the object. of a holiday as well as all the other things | EDITORIAL COMMENT-- Who's To 'Blame? "1 During thé past week there have been more than sufficient incidents to prompt - asking who is responsible for these young nincompoops who roar around our lake and roads. in expensive playthings endanger- -ing the life and limb of thousands of child- ~ren-and-a-like-number 'of adults 'who are agile enough to leap or dive out of their way. -Conn Smythe had a narrow escape within a few feet of his own dock when hit by a boat propeller; a young boy was hit off Georgina Township park and many incidents of water skiers and boats invad- ing swimming areas have been reported. On the roads, these high-powered sports cars manned by inconsiderate and thought- less teen-agers continue to pollute the at- 'mosphere with sound and fumes. There is no desire on _ - like our own. 'the farmer. Nowhere does the press touch our emations more nearly than in a small town It is not easy to run a local paper. Yet running that paper is a very great task in the light of citizenship. There are times when the truth must be spoken adequately and to the point. [Phere.are "times when not to speak the truth may do more harm- than good. At such times criticism may be heaped on our heads but * we must Keep our eyes on the larger issues of civic good in education, town improve-* ment, sport, and political issues to mention a tew. Any honest and legitimate dis- agreement with us is welcomed. We feel that discussion is the way to the confer- ence table and much to be preferred to war. We welcome an opportunity to pre- sent both sides of the picture. But one of the tragedies of to-day is that so many local papers are going; so many opinions are becoming rubber-stamped. By such insidious methods do we lose our franchise. We must keep public opinion alive and fresh, . We need you and your opinion. You need us, We cannot always agree. It would not be healthy. We cannot al- ways be in good taste and do our job well. We can avoid slander and meanness. We can offer constructiye healthy criticism. Your newspaper is a part of your local - life to be treasured as a free and indepen- dent voice, stimulating vigorous thinking. we've mentioned the town on Saturday night is about as good a holiday (short one) as a country person could have. Town and city folk might do well to remember that holidays for them often represent- a time of very hard work for True he has holidays during the winter sometimes that: the city man doesn't have but it would be a courtesy on our part to remember to close the gate on the way to the lake, not to destroy his grain by walking or driving through grow- ing crops, and to leave his trees standing by being careful about fires. : Our park manners in Port Perry are pretty good-but we can always see that our visitors are well looked after and want to come again. ' Our police cannot be everywhere, and even if they could, one wonders whether < the parent who provides these high-priced toys would pay anymore attention than their offspring. It's time to crack down hard and stop this nonsense before any 'more -blood 'is spilled. It takes a lot of sports cars and outboard motors to buy one life, --Sutton Reporter. In this we heartily. concur. There is "a, great tendency on the part of parents to give in to the youth ~-- because youth obstinately insists that his:particular par- ent is the only one. who would consider stopping the young folk from doing as "they darn well: please". Perhaps, it is high time that parents formed:.awunion and decided on a cooperative course of action before the youngsters run everything. --Ed. Clipped Comments (WARNING FROM AN EDUCATOR "There is a tendency in modern ed- jucation.to 'make things too easy' and ito 'let the pupils'determine the stand: iards'," Dr. Gould, President of.Char- ileton College, Northfield, told a group last week, "One .of _the'dismal - results'," - he tsafd, "is that nearly half the high {schools in 'the 'United 'States " teach neither physics nor chemistry." "If today's children do not learn to tlike mahtemptics and science, their ichildren: may have. to speak, Russian," the warned. » . "We have become.too occupied with ~~ (group values and with surrender to © ithe average--edueation should: make «a person restless, not tranquil," he inald. 7 I Dr. Gould is right, One of the dis- fturbing | bits. of information brought iback from , China, from newsmen who . #went tothe country without state de- ¢partment approval is that the Chinese {are working; working hard; that they ware looking toward a better day, a tbetter day which only hard work ean tbring. . Meantirhe we in Amerieaiare cutt. fing the work week, cutting the pro- subjects which required real think- ing." What an admission! "We have a better form of govern- ment that Communist China and Russ- ia and we have the Christian religlon which is responsible for most of the world's improvement, but if their children--and _adults--work .and we 'don't, Gould's assertion that our child- yren's children 'may, haveito speak Russian" may well come true. Canadian Statesman STORE CLOSING HOUR SURVEY On account of the wide differences of opinion which exist throughout Ontario iwith regard to the closing hours: for stores, the results of a sur- vey made by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce are of great interest. It reveals very clearly that there {a'div- ersity of practices in various types of communities. It shows that what may suit a small community will not meet the needs of a large city. In all, 231 Ontario communities re- ported in the survey, Oh the question or closing for a weekly halfholiday, 101 observe Wednesday afternoon closing asi against! 21 where' Thursday wag: the. closing day.+Only. seven clos. ed on Monday afternoons, while in six 'there is noiéifternoon closing at all. "With regard 'to stores remaining open in the evening, 202 communities ¢duction per hour even for the hours yworked. Many educators explain the -Aebudown in +nchools 'with "the - state- reported in the affirmative, Of these in 17 stores remain open on Friday evenings, while they remain open' on ment, "so many wouldn't be able to Saturday evenings in 106 communitits, finish High School if they had to take Only 26 out of the 281 communities ' - reported stores remaining open more than one night in:the week. 'Another interesting digcovery is that in smaller communities, less than 2000 population, Saturday opening takegiprecedence over Friday evening, In this group, stores remain open on Saturday evening in 756 communities and on Friday evening in only 17, It seems as if the greater the population, the greattr the preference for Friday evening. 'Only six 'communities over 4000 population have Saturday even: ing opening, while 67 of theni favor stores remaining open Friday evening This makes it appear as if the small towns and villages etill*eling to the old: custom' of remaining 'open on Sat- urday evenings for the benefit of the farm folk, who Hke to come into town for the evening. On the other hand, there. does not.seem to be the same demand for stores to remain open Spat- urday evening in the large centres of population. The people there want to do their evening shopping on Friday, and leave i their | Saturday evenings free for other punsuits. : Oshawa Times-Gazette A PRIORITY FOR FARM POLICY | In 1949 some 26.6 million acres in Western: Canada was sown in wheat, Ini the current crop year the wheat acreage of Western Canada is down to 19.8 million acres. What has happened is that farmers themselves have chosen of their own volition to diversify production, and to turn their land to uses that would be more rewarding than to continue to produce wheat in the face of shrink- ing world markets. At the same time, increased mechanization in the farm operations has greatly reduced the size of the farm labor force, so that far fewer Canadians are dependent for their livlihood upon agriculture in Western Canada than was the case a few years ago. This necessary and desirable change would not have-taken place had wheat production been artificially stimulat- ed by a high support price system such as that of the United States. Even a system of flexible support prices, as recent U,S. experience shows would have. aggravated 'rather than ameliorated thie marketing problem posed by surpluses, It should not be concluded, however, that 'the = Diefenbaker Government should not take steps to meet the pro- blem of wheat surpluses. The place to meet that problem, however, would seem to lie, in the first instance, in the realm of trade policy rather than in some quasi-socialistic device aimed at protecting the farmer, but not the country at large, from the immediate consequences of U.S, "give-aways" and dumping, together with soft-curr- ency sales of U.S. wheat. Washington has been exploiting the Canadian wheat-grower by deliberate and unfair invasion of traditional ex- port markets for exportable surpluses of Canadian wheat. The first step of the new Government in farm policy should be to endeavour to halt this exploitation, and to dissuade the U.S. from pursuing surplus disposal pol- icles 80 clearly detrimental to the in- terests of the Prairie farmer. Canadian Statesman No " District Doin TWO YEAR TERMS FOR CAUNCIL RECOMMENDED of the Bowmanville Chambadr of Com- merce have decided to recommtnd to Town Council that the question of a 2 year term for Mayor and Council be placed before the electorate in Decem- a majority 'were in favor of the two year term. GAS FRANCHISE APPROVED FOR STOUFFVILLB Stouffville Municipal Council gave firial approval on Thursday evening to a by-law approving a franchise for the Consumer's Gas Co. to lay gas Timing in town and the Reeve and J Clerk were authorized to sign the a- greement. Action on this project Is expected to be commenced in 1968. SCOTT ADDS EXTRA $2,000 TO COTTAGE HOSPITAL GRANT Scott Township Council on a 3 to 2 vote. at a special meeting last Satur- day increased their grant to the Ux- bridge Cottage Hospital by an.addit- ional $2,000. The motion for an in- +1 crease -was made by Ross Thompson, seconded by John McGillivray and sup- ported by Luther Luke. Opposed to the increase in grant was Reeve Bain and councillor Hockley. Reeve Bain said he was not opposed to the original $14,000, but he was against voluntarily giving another $2,000. He had previously supported the motion for a $14,000 grant, made a couple of weeks ago. ! Reeve Bain said the granting of an additional $2,000 was a very nice gesture and it may be that the town- ship would have eventually made it anyway but he did think council was a bit hasty and should have waited until the hospital situation became a little more clear. At the present time, we still don't know what is going to happen to the building, he said. Following the motion for an incr- ease in grant, a debenture by-law for $16,000 was given two readings and forwarded to the Municipal Board for approval, UXBRIDGE TO HOLD VOTE ON OCTOBER 2nd. At a regular meeting of town coun- cil on Tuesday evening a by-law for submission for a vote on legal outlets for Uxbridge was given three readings and passed in open council. The vote will be held Wednesday October 2nd and will be on two quest: {ions 1. Are you in favor of the estab- {} lishment of government storts for the sale of liquor? 2 * Are you in favor of the estab- lishment of government:atores for the sale of beer only for residence con- sumption? "vAll persons 'qualified to be entered on the Voter's List to vote at elections to the Assembly in the municipality are eligible to vote on the questions. 'tween the Corporation of the Town of BOWMANVILLE -- THe directors} ber. From a Chamber survey in 19567 j{named "L'Ecossais" because he had SUMMER MUSIC CBC radio's latest summer program is a breezy weekly hour show called "Music for a Summer Sunday". ..Sam Henderson (left) leads his or- chestra and .aingers Joan Fairfax and Bernard Johnson 'do the lyrics on this Trans-Canada network program. CONSUMER'S GAS GIVEN UXBRIDGE FRANCHISE Council have passed a by-law to authorize a franchise agreement be- Uxbridge and Consumer's Gas Co. of Toronto, The by-law was passed at regular session of council on Tuesday night. "The by-law gives permission for said company to supply gas to resi- dents of the town with all construct- fon, repair, maintenance and operat- fon costs to be borne by the company. The town {is protected against any loss, damage or injury during such construction, maintenance etc. . All work will be done in: adeordance with or under supervision of the town engineer or other appointed person with work to be expedited so that dis- turbance or interference with any highway surface will be of short dur- ation, Extra precautions are taken with the laying of pipes, etc., so there will be no danger of leakage. Stouffville recently granted Con- sumer's Gas a franchise jn that mun- fcipality and it is expected that the pipes may. follow the highway up to Uxbridge. NEW INDUSTRY FOR UXBRIDGE Another industry has chosen Ux- bridgt for its new home and is already in the process of moving here. The industry, Plumber's Brass and Goods Co., have been established in Toronto for a number of years but have now chosen to move here. The managers, Mr. Fedora and Mr. Ea. ward Trotter said they would employ 10 to 16 men. They have leased the C. T. Wood factory building on Brock St. west, near the tracks, and expect to be In production here 'by the first week of August. The industrial committee of the Uxbridge Chamber of Commerce are credited with procuring this industry for the town, BOAT OWNERS ON SCUGOG RE- PORT DAMAGE TO BOATS Boat owners along the Scugog river in Lindsay are alarmed and some an- noyed at vandalism which has been rampant lately. --- 0f Many Things By Ambrose Hills TOIL & TAXES I've been reading. the story of an American woman's heroism, and it had to do with toil, taxes and trouble. Trouble began when this woman, because she feared that rising income taxes were gradually destroying the freedom of the American people, decided to.do something about it. She ran into plenty: of trouble, but she started something, She showed how far the imposition of income tax, together with the law that compels employers to collect the taxes of their employees, had robbed individuals large and small of free- doms they once held sacred. She ill- ustrated how the government, seizing this-power in time of war, failed to relinquish it when peace came. Her book, "Toil, Taxes & Trouble," is the story of her battle to get the validity of the witholding tax tested before the cours,.and of he govern- ment's crude and vicious efforts to force: her to knuckle down, 'even tho- ugh her taxes were paid and all the taxes of her employees had been paid. This woman lost money, suffered a great deal of anxiety and trouble, be- cause she had the courage of her con- victions.- Though she defeated the tax 'collectors in some court battles, and made them return moneys they had seized, in the long run she was virtu- ally helpless before the crushing pow- ers of the tax collectors. It may be true that in Canada our tax collectors are less ruthless and intrusive. It may be true that the kind of bribery .and corruption that took place in the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the U.S.A. could not be found here. Just the same, our tax collectors do have the powers to in. vade the privacy of every citizen, and Canadian employers also are forced to deduct taxes from their employees and thus hecome unwilling tax coll- ectors without pay. Every. point made in "Toil, Taxes & Trouble" applies in Canada, with the exception of the ruthlegsness of the tax collectors, It is to be hoped that our new government, at the earl- iest possible date, cuts taxes right across the board. Once government One boat owner states that he had commenced a green paint job on his cruiser and that some mischievous persons messed the boat up by using the paint brush strenuously and with. | out any care over what had been paint. ed. Another boat owner reported that some one had damaged his boat with a hammer and thefts have taken place from other water craft. FOR WHOM WERE THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM NAMED? The Plains of Abraham, situated just outside the. old city of Quebec, formed part of the battlegrounds on which Wolfe's British soldiers defeat- ed Montcalm's army and brought about the conquest 6f Canada. They were so named because they were owned by Abraham Martin, a pioneer settler in New France who was nick- been born in Scotland. Martin was for many iyears:a member of the fur. trading Company of One Hundred As. sociates and jone of the few French settlers to remain in Quebec after its temporary surrender to the English im 1628. You serve by giving when you give to the Canddian Red Cross. LJ LJ * Your neighbour who solicits your financial support for the Canadian revenue is brought down a little, gov- ernment economy can be expected, But as long as the money rolls in, it will be spent, and none too wisely, If I could afford it, I would send a copy of 'Miss Kellem's book to.every member of the new Cabinet. There August 8rdj-at 11 o'clock in the morn- ing. Study Book Chapter V, "Thailand the Land of the Free" was taken by Mrs. 'Bone who was assisted by sev- eral niembers. The meeting was closed with prayer by the rector after which lunch was served by Group IV with Mrs. Shemilt as convener. Messrs. Ghas. and Jack Smith, Mrs. W. W. Vancamp and Mrs. Thom. Smith attended the funeral of a cousin Mr John Smith of Bethany on Wed- nesday. Mr. Jaik Waldon, Toronto was Wed- nesday supper guest of Mrs. Thos. and Mr. Jain Smith, } Bruce Stephenson, Richmond Hill was Thursday dinner guest of 'Mrs. Cecil Hill, Mrs.. M.. Weidon, Uxbridge, visited Mr. and Mrs. James Parr and the Baileys, Thursday : prior to leaving this week on a trip to England. Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Graham and Miss Joyce have moved to their other farm just west of where they were living, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Graham are starting up on the farm just vacated by hig parents. On Thursday night a bunch of you- ng people gathered at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. Harvey Graham for some fun and charivari, Misses Vera Forder, Toronto and Eva 'Brown, Hamilton were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright and girls, Mr. and 'Mrs. Lloyd Wright and family and Mr. and Mrs. Will Forder and Joyce last week. Mrs. Herb Taylor is with Mr. Law- rence Malcolm and family while Mrs. Malcolm is in hospital. Congratula- tions 'Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm on the arrival of another gon, Mr, and .Mrs. Grant Ferguson, lan and Mary, Toronto spent the week- end 'with the Roy Ferguson's. Mrs.' Stella' Roulston and family of Toronto were Saturday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hamilton. Mr. Elmer Thompson, Meaford is holidaying 'with relatives in the vilage. Mrs. Lewis Henry spent last week in. 'Weston - with 'Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hill. Mr. 'and 'Mrs. Ivan Mountjoy and family are holidaying at Espanola. Although the weather was on the cool side the O.N.O. ladies and their children report a good time at their picnic at 8cugog Point, Tuesday afternoon. atives from Cartwright attended their family picnic at Lakeview Park, Osh- awa, on Saturday, enjoyed a bount- eous dinner and a pleasant afternoon with (visiting, sports, swimming etc. Mrs. Fred Bailey, Blackstock was the oldest of the "McLaughlins present and Brenda McLaughlin, Enniskillen the youngest. These received prizes as well as all who won in races. Off- fcers for next year are; President, Carl McLaughlin, Nestleton, Secre- tary, Mrs. Sam 'Adams,' Bowmanville. Several ladies in the village attend- ed the lawn tea at Nestleton, Thurs- day afternoon. Mrs. (Rev.) Campbell showed very interesting pictures 'she had taken in the British Isles two years ago, after which a delicious tea was served on the Presbyterian church lawn, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henry:and Gale visited Mrs. Robert Ford, Wednesday and Thursday and Mr. :Bob:and Miss Jean Ford all of Toronto spent the week-end with their mother. Mr. 'and Mrs. Alvin 'Mitchell and family, Ballyduff were Sunday even- ing visitors of Mrs. James Henry. Mr. and Mrs. J B. Staniland, Donna and Marlene, Ron Green, Mr arid Mrs. Fred Brazier, Toronto were Suriday guests of Mr. and 'Mrs, 'Frank Stan- might -have been a day when the phil. -osophy of "tax and spend... spend and tax could keep a government. in pow- er, I think that day is over. The people want a' new deal. BLACKSTOCK ST. JOHN'S W. A, The Julyvmeeting of the«W, A, of St John's: Church Blackstock was held on Thursday afternoon the 18th with an attendance of 19 members. The devotional "Faith and Work" was taken by Mrs. Langfeld. The minutes of the last meeting and the treasur- er's report were given and accepted. Theicorresponding secretary reported 'having sent two thank you notes and two get well messages. A motion was made and carried that twenty-five dollars be sent through Canon Chap- erline to the Jamaeian Relief Fund It was decided to dispense with the usual lunch booth at the local Fair this year and instead to have some bake sales through the summer and fall. Mrs. McArthur offered to look after posters for a sale to be held at Mrs. Red Cross is a volunteer. iland and family. Mr. and 'Mrs. Maurice "Bradburn, 'S8catboro, Mr. and 'Mrs. Fred 'Brid- burn, Janetville were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bradburn' aad - boys. Master Gay Lepkey, Langstaff {is holidaying with .Raymond Mountjoy. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGill, Mr. aad Mrs. -Chas. -Venning, 'Mr and Mus. 'Roy Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bailey,Merrs. Roy Graham and Har- vey Johnston attended the wedding of Miss Bert Freelin and Mr. Milton Hanlan of Bissett, in Kirkfield én Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGill spent the week-end with her father Mr. James Armstrong and brother Mr, and Mrs. Henry Armstrong and family ef Burnt River, Mr. and Mrs. 'Blake Gunter and children are spending a couple 6f weeks with the Roy Turnera at their cottage, Coe Hill and visiting other | relatives, Mrs. John McKee spent the weeks end with Mrs. James McKee, Cadmus. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gilbank, Carl and Shirley were recent guests of Mr Bateman's, Caesarea on Saturday, and Mra. Alvin Bell, Ottawa. Practically all the McLaughlin rel-