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Port Perry Star (1907-), 3 Oct 1957, p. 3

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ee -» Member of Weekly Newspaper Association 2 0 pr v5 " ek RP RR AY LR ER Re RE Eas 7 f a Ps ads ' Fol Hd nt 3 RAS a A Be FP HF hi PE ERE add TATE EW «SORRY A ARE TRU Oe Sa NR A FAY THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, October 8rd 1957 "NOTES AND (0 Out of Respect for the Bench In the past years it ha the practice in setting up Fulton has'indicated to the 'torneys-general that no further such ap- pointments should be made. end the practice altogether. This seerhs to be.a wise decision on the part of the government although no final order has yet been issued o . Mr. Jodoin speaking for Labour Congress made quite clear that' labour felt that it would be more demo- cratic if management and itself named an impartial chairman for such boards. name: a judge to sit on such a board jeopardizes the prestige of the law-courts and it would seem that the Judges' Act provincial conciliation boards to appoint Judges to act as chairman of such labour relation authorities, Now Justice Minister _ view with the press he indicated "that it "was the present government's intention to 8 become the dominion" and in such extra-j provincial at- other. In an inter- MMENTS should and does guard against using judges udical capacities; Manage- ment has as yet expressed no opinion on' the matter which: probably' indicates that "it: has no strong feelings one way or an- it seems to us that here is a fruitful field for the sociologist. standing of both: sides in labour disputes With a clear under- he should be in an exeellent'position to act n the matter. the Canadian public To management, blessing of the Why Go To University? Dean Moffat Woodside, acting president of the University of Toronto, the new students to. his in that the university is not designed to pro- vide social prestige, nor to t to make money, nor yet to show you how to be a personality kid. He the real role of the university was to show you how to serve your, fellow man (88 -a member of the learned profe place where you go to study portant ideas that mankind it is a place too where you mysteries and the powers of This is, indeed, a very accurate if some- what lofty definition of the: purpose'of a university. It is doubtful i words will make much of an impression on the neophytes to learning. For years they in welcoming stitution said each you how stock in trade. asserted that ssions; it is a the 'most im- , has evolved; penetrate the nature, graduates will society. as-an impartial arbitrator. he has just ds highly trained 'a mind as the Jearned judges. aware of the social implications and'con- sequences of the struggle between manage- ment and labour. ideal 'representative too for the general which the two way fights involving labour and three or four years in an institute of high- er learning can do much to eradicate the fixations and the prejudices of the early = years of childhood and adolescence. Per- haps, the best we can hope for:is that our In many ways Furthermore he is well In many ways he is the is' often ignored in Let the judges retire in favour of the sociologist and this with the government. have been nurtured in a society whose basic values most readily run to material: -istic things. Wealth, social prestige, the winning personality, possessions are its It is difficult to see how pursue with less intensity some: of itheigrosser things of our modern "In the meantime" the pursuit of wealth, 'of social prestige, of 'the winning person- f the Dean's - °Scuby most of ality, of success; in the fickle' world of en- tertainment and sport will continue to our youth. That the univer- sity provides some leayen'is unquestioned; that the:leaven is all too little is amply demonstrated in our daily living. District Doings: OPPOSE UXBRIDGE TOWNSHIP LAND RESTRICTIONS BY-LAW More than 50 residents in Uxbridge Township attended the Ontario Muni: cipal Board 'Hearing at Goodwood on Thursday afternoon to voice opposi- tion to the Township's new Land re- striction By-law which was given a third and final reading on June 24th, 1967. The Council were desirous of approval from the Municipal Board on a by-law to prohibit the use of land for certain purposes and to regulate the location; space, character and use of buildingg: to be erected or altered in the Township. The Ontario Municipal Board were representediby Mr. B: Jamieson: and Mr. C. F. Nunn. The council were represented by Reeve Stugrt Ball and Councillor Robt. Nesbitt. !Clerk D. S. Kennedy explained. the by-law to. the. audience. 3 "+ More than one dozen ratepayers re- quested permission: to.speakiin oppo- sition to the by-law, when asked by the Chairman, Mr. B:--Jamiesoni No{- one spoke in favourjof it. Much of the opposition was centred around the iclause--"There shall be no more than one dwelling on lots of less than 20 acres and larger lots must have an additional 20 acres for each additional building." . REPORT VISKING MOVING AJAX PLANT TO: LINDSAY According to a Canadian Press news item appearing in a-Toronto newspa- per dated September 24, Visking Ltd, indsay, will move its Ajax Chemical lant to Lindsay October 11, a move fecting some 46 men. Officials sat the Lindsay Plant of< fered no comment when questioned regarding the authenti¢ity of the res port. The Ajax: article reads: " Dominion: Viscose; Products Limited announced plans to move. its Chemical Plant, October 11 to. Lindsay, some 36 miles northeast of here. The Ajax branch, which employs some 46 men and makes plastic pro- ducts, has its main plant in Lindsay. PICKERING TWP. COUNCIL TO REGULATE LIVESTOCK PICKERING -- A by-law will be drawn up for presentation at Picker- ing Township Council next week to re- guldte the keeping of livestock' in the built-up areas throughout the muniei- pality. Clerk Lloyd Johnston inform. 'tgulate garages in Liverpool subdivi- '| tion of '1600 Pickering. Township acres at:the present time, there was no; law against the raising of lievstock any- where in' the 'township; with' the: ex- and third reading to ai by-law: to re- sions was held up. in order that an ad- ditional clause might be inserted to cover the keeping of livestock. Mr. Baker, President ofthe Liver- tion, said that although he realized one subdivision resident was raising a pair of goats, he had heard no com- plaints. He said, however, that he imagined the animals might not be considered desirable by the next-door neighbars. He noted that-there was also a pen of rabbits. on the street. Clerk. Lloyd Johnston. pointed out de-odorized: : Reeve Wm. Lawson explained that many people moved fron the city into the country in order that they might keep - livestock: Deputy -Reeve- Sher- man Scott stated that-pigs and chick- Rouge area; -- PICKERING LAND ANNEXATION BROUGHAM, Ont. -- Councillors from Pickering village, Pickering Twp.! andthe town of Ajax met last Thurs- day night with officials from Metro- politan Toronto to discuss the annexa- to Pickering Village. Reeve Cyril Morley said: Pickering village has a draft by-law covering the annexation proposal meeting for the October council meeting. He said the proposal would create a satellite city on the northeastern fringe of Metropolitan Toronto. The meeting, decided to create a joint: committee to consider hiring consulting engineers to look over the proposal. 1957 RECORD YEAR FOR LINDSAY: FAIR According to Manager Newton Wil son a record number of people attendd ed the Lindsay Central Exhibition this year; With no paid admissions to the grounds on Wednesday accurate figures are difficult but the.estimated attendance stands between 53,000 and 66,000 for the four days of the Fair. "We are extremely, pleased with the enthusiasm evidenced by s tors and, exhibitors," stated. Mr. Wilson, "and haye.no. hesitation in predicting. a very bright future for the Lindsay ed the members at their meeting that ception of the West Rouge. A second |! pool and District Ratepayers Associa- |. that he. understood the goats had-been| éns created ja problem inthe West!" COURSE IN MUNICIPAL MATTERS TO BE: GIVEN! AT PICKERING A series. of Jectures embracing some of the phases of municipal government will. be given at Pickering District High School, starting, October 17th: Registration will" take place at the charge in connection; with this course. Specialists in all fields of local gov- ernment will be speaking and the idea is to help the ratepayers to know-and understand what is entailed by our local councils. If enough interest is shown, the series will be continued next year. October 17: . The History of Muni- cipal Organization in Ontario. Lect- urer--Member, Department of Munici- pal Affairs. October 24: The Council and You, the Ratepayer. Lecturer--Member of Department of 'Municipal Affairs. October 81; Assessment and Tax Payer. Lecturer--Wm. E. Noble, M.. LM.A. November 7: Health and Ratepay- er. Lecturer--Dr. Wm. McBean. November 14: Trends and Needs in School: Financing. Lecturer--A. R. Irwin, November 21: Planning and De- velopment. Lecturer--Member, Met- ropolitan Department of Planning and Development. November 28: Conservation: Are We Wasting our Resources. Lecturer --Member, Department of Planning & Development, Conservation Branch, " December 6: - Municipal Financing. Lecturer -- Member, Department of Municipal Affairs. -- December 12: County Government and How it Effects You. Lecturer-- W. G. Manning, B.A. Thomson Buys P.E.L Paper Charlottetown--The Patriot, Prince Edward Island's only evening news- paper has been sold to The Thomson Company Limited. Three weeks ago the building hous- ing The Patriot suffered fire loss es- timated at $260,000. Since then it has 'used facilities of The Guardian, that has been owned by The Thomson under The Patriot's new ownership. Central Exhibition, .| be published in the evening field. school on: the 16th and.:.there: is no, \ dale of The Patriot, founded more than, a. century, ago, was .snnounced [Thursday night by W. A. Gaudet, pre- ident and general manager. Howl | ICENBING NEW CANADIANS remain with The Patriot as associate' On.severs) occasions we have com« manager. The paper will continue to plained about the fact that it is pos- sible for New Canadians to secure dri- clined to agree. Clipped Comments SUMMER COTTAGERS Tremendous developments have ta- ken place in townships having lake- shore frontage. Farm land and waste land which a few years ago was con- sidered to be of very little-value has been converted into valuable resort properties. ~~ Hundreds of cottagers have spent thousands' of dollars on buildings, landscaping and water equipment. Traffic to and from the Jake districts has brought thousands of dollars into the pockets of merch- ants and businessmen in adjacent towns and villages and the treasuries of townships have been lined with new found tax money. Many of these | cottage owners are salaried individuals who have expended liberally in order to establish a spot on the lakeshore for their families. As the seasons rolled by they have added to their properties and made them very pre- sentable. For; many it has heen hard work but as a result they have some- thing: to. show for the effort. In recent years Township assess. ments have advanced, hydro conven- fences cost more and taxes have soar- ed. The question has often arisen a- mong, cottagers: 'Are we getting value, for. our taxes?" In most cases the anawer is, affirmative but there is a prevailing opinion that in' many ways the Township, Councils are not playing ball with the cottage. owners, True:the, cottage owner has to pay school taxes, although he has no one attending the township school: The cottage owner has' to pay for: road work, for eradication' of weeds, for garbage collection and some places for fire protection through his taxes. More reciprocation' on the part of Township authorities mightt-be: the answer to criticism. How often does the Townphip grader go over the roads. In some areas the weeds a- long township roads at the resorts have never been sprayed or cut. If gome of these ntunicipal authorities would spend more attention to giving resort: areas more services for taxes there .would' be; more happier cottage owners. High, --~Canadian Statesman. Ng "GREATEST DISCOVERY OF . THE FUTURE Which is backbone?' : How many times do you'find:your- - gelf 'saying "Gee, I- wish-I had this or I' wish I had"that?" You: know 'and' every fellow who j trods the terra' firma knows that wish- ing will never.get it for you; you know | that you can sit'around 10'years and wish for something and- you. will' 'be 'no closer to it at'the end of that time than you were before. | There is only one way to get things --that's to go out and get'them. It takes backbone, not wishbone. You may want a thing 'badly enough, but unless you put some action in your | metliods, you never can obtain it. i Roger Babson has a large number of acquaintances who may be account- ed 'as big men, but there is none who can exceed in stature the little, de- formed man' who was one of the greatest geniuses of our time. Let us see what. Mri Bahson says: "Charles; P. Steinmetz, who was un- , animously recognized by the: General Electric Company and. other great si- . milar organizations as the world's foremost electrical engineer, was once visiting my home. "While: talking over with him pros- pective future inventions in connec- tion: with radio, aeronautics, power transmission, etc., I.asked him: "What line of research wil) see the greatest ! development during the next'60:yre. 7" | After careful thought, he replied: " 'Mr. Babson, I think the greatest discovery will be made along spiritual lines. Here is a force which, history. clearly teaches has been the:gyeatest power in the development iofimen and history. " 'Some day, people will learn that material things do not bring happi- ness and are of little use in' making men:and women creative and, power ful, Then the scientists of the world will turn their laboratoriés: to the 'study of God and prayer, and- the yours, a wishbone or a Charlottetown's morning newspaper spiritual forces which. as yet have hardly been guessed at. When that Company since 19568. This joint use | day. comes, the world will see mord of production facilities will continue advancement in one generation than it has seen in the past four'." . =Canadian Statesman: Vr ving permits in this province even if they have no knowledge of the Eng. lish, language. We. have. pointed. to accidents.in which. lack of ability to read signs was a contributing factor. It now turns out that this is because of a defect in the laws regarding the licensing of motor vehicle drivers in Ontario. In.a recent case in Cooksville, near Toronto the magistrate strongly cri- ticized a license examiner for grant. ing a chauffer's: license to a man who was unable to speak English, He ar- gued that the man, not knowing Riig- lish, could not observe the traffic laws of Ontario, which are all printed in that language. That ia an angle even more important than being unable to read road. signs in English, As a result of this case, A. G. Mec- INabb, registrar of motor vehicles for Ontario, has revealéd the bad situa- tion" which prevails, There is nothing in existing law, he declares, which re- quires that: every applicant for a dri- ving permit; no matter what his na- tionality; must be able to speak, read and understand English, This is a defect inthe law which we feel should be remedied without delay. We have no objection what- ever to New Canadians having the privilege of driving motor vehicles. But we are strongly of the opinion ®meomedtht=before being allowed to do so they should be at least able to speak and read enough English--to under- stand the traffic laws and read the signs. We agree thoroughly with the Cooksville magistrate in that regard. In these days when highway acci- dents are mounting and:the death toll from them is increasing, we feel. this is the least that should be: expected of any applicant for a permit to drive. It is in the.interest of the New Cana- diana themselves that the law should be amendéd to make this obligatory. --The Watchman-Warder. Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills MANITOBA-EATS BETTER I'm forced to.admit that I can now get meals in Manitoba that are as good or just about as good as. ever enjoyed -in Montreal or Toronto. Two years ago when I moved back West I wrote a column raising hob with the restaurants here. understand why, with some of the best beef, pork and vegetables in the world, the restaurant meals were so flat and dull and unappetizing. With few ex- ceptions, the eating was atrocious. Some of my friends who take a drink spoofed me about the column. They know: I'm a non-drinker, so they were quick to assert that things would improve when Manitoba's new liquor Jaws. came into effect. "You'll get better food," they said, "and we drinkers: will be paying for it. It's not fair." Well, I don't know who is paying for it, but my wife and I had one of the best meals of our lives last night in a. Winnipeg, restaurant. It was a beautiful place, with deep carpets, soft music in.the background, and my filet mignon was. about two inches thick. My wife, who is as slim as the day. 1 married, her, had a ham steak with some kind of sauce that made her lyrical. The waiter seemed as at- tentive as it is possible to be although we ordered no wines, cocktails or li- qeurs. The tab totalled $6.60, most of which was for my $3.60 steak. Not too bad for a celebration--much better than for: or. five dollars for a poor meal in dismal surroundings! I musticonfess that I"still can't un- derstand why the restaurants need to serve liquor in order to provide such fine:meals, but I'm not complainhig as long; as they don't force the:liquor on me-tand this restaurant certainly gave ug as good service a they could give to royalty. We did see trays of cooktaila: taken: to a few tables, and one. handsome-looking old couple had champagne, but all was sedate. If all the-50 outlets licensed so far in Win- nipeg are as fine there'll be mighty few complaints. ( The: other day, Mr. Barnard Hal- stead, chairman of the liquor commis- sion; bragged that "instead: of the I couldn't | THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS Two heroes from the pages of J. Fenemore Cooper's classic "The Last of the Mohicans" appear in an excit- ing series of adventure stories filmed in Canada and scheduled for the CBC television net work this winter. John Hart plays Hawkeye, the courageéus frontier scout, while Lon Chaney, well-known movie actor, takes the role of Chingachgook, his Indian compan- ion. Letter from India The following is an excerpt from a letter received from Miss Zaida Eng- land. Many of the ladies might re- member this missionary lady who spoke in Port Perry about two years ago, while home on furlough from India. After the coolness of the beautiful hills of 'Kodaikanal the return to the plains and Parola and the heat was not too comfortable. We have been back on the! station ten days and the tem- perature has continued to stay around 108. The water in the outside tank is sometimes too hat for a bath but not hot enough to make tea. The expres- sion "hot enough to fry eggs on the sidewalk!" could I think "be carried out in actuality these days. We have had to use a spoon in the butter dish ever since our return. There have been dark clouds most days but today was the first shower that we have had. It hasn't cooled the air very much because the earth is baked hard and the first rains only bring steamy heat, but at least there is relief in sight now as the monsoons begin, Three months from now we'll be sick of the sight and sound of the rain drumming on our cement sheeting roof day after day, but today just the thought of the cooling comfort it will bring is a refreshing thought. Am: bition to do anything, even write let- ters home, has been lacking biit now the thought of a cool evening ahead has inspired me to start my letter home. About nine years ago I wrote you of an engagement and wedding which we had here in Parola. David and Jenabai, the bride and groom of that occasion now have five lovable chil- dren--4 boys and a girl. Now pre- paratians are underway for another wedding in the Swarge family. This time Dinker--one of the young men who works with us in the dispensary. The date has been set for Wednesday, June 26th. The arrangements began just about two months ago when I wrote to the missionary in charge of the Nosik orphanage asking if she had a young lady of marriageable age, and 'suitable education for a 23 year old, matric pass. We are not usually. con- cerned with looks, or money but with Christian character when we try to choose a mate for our young people. Almost any day in the newspapers of India one can read in a column headed "Matrimonial" such items as this, "a fairly beautiful educated and homey Hindu girl for a handsome Aggarwal bachelor aged 26. Engineer, educated in America, well settled, present sal- ary over Rs per month--correspond- ence invited from well earning, hand- some, qualified independent Parsee bachelors for pretty wealthy daughter 24 -- settled lawyer invites matri- monial correspondence. Only pretty, music loving girls between 23 and 28 yéard nced write." ~ However, as we send a letter of in- quiry for a young man or a young woman we back the request by prayer that one'of his choice might be sug- gested. In his case a letter came back to me suggesting Berketbai, a 19-year-old orphan who had been working for missionaries as an "ayah" for the past couple of years and who now wanted a home of Her own. I passed the information on to David who is taking care of the matter for Dinker, and they decided to call their Father from Yaval and the three of them went to Nasik on April 30th, They arrived early in the morning, boozing spree predicted by some, Man, itoba's new liquor outlets have spark- service. volution, but instead we've had a quiet evolution." ed « definjtelimprovement in. food and | Some people expected a re-| After last night's dinner, I'm in. on a small rug on the floor and one talked «first with the Missionary in charge and then met the young lady about 9 a.m. Both must have liked what they saw because the public en- gagement took place that afternoon at 4.80. The engagement in India is a family affair, The young couple sit LJ | to the young lady. =L of his family present a blouse and sari Then tea and Indian sweets are served to all the friends gathered. David, Dinker and Mr. Swarge set out for home that evening and the young couple will not meet again "until the wedding day. Their engagement has been extra long (they are usually only three weeks) because they wanted to wait until we returned from the hills. Also they forgot about publishing the "banns" and so proceedings have been help up two weeks longer than planned. The announcement has to be read at three services and a' notice with the young couples names and'their ages, the of: ficiating Pastor's name, etc. is attach- ed to the church door. The days since our return to Parola have been busy ones for David, Dinker more or less looks on and' observes. He is just the bridegroom. His brothers attends to all the: details. The wedding sari has been:bought (a very pretty white silk one with a deep blue border) the second sari I brought from Madras (a wine and gold silk). The white sari is used just for the ceremony and seldom used again. ex. cept on very special occasions during the bride's life time. The second sari is used for the 'jevern' or feast which follows the wedding, A piece of beautiful white figured satin has been "bought for the blouse and I have writ- ten to Nasik for Berketbai's pattern and size. His shoes have been bought, and a suit is being made by the tailor, also a pink shirt! David is also look- ing. after the other details such as wedding invitations, garlands, mengl- sutre, (black and gold wedding beads) --rings are seldom used--and supplies for the 'jevern". This morning David showed us the printed invitations that were ready to go into the mail bag. 1 noticed, and remarked on the fact that there were two names down. for: Ber- wetbai. Her own and Rebecca. David said "Dinker didn't like her name so this will be her new one". A very common practice in India. Berketbai will know of the change when she gees the invitations! : How about their home? Dinker's sole possession besides clothes at pre- sent is one battered suit case. Fur- niture is being moved into his one roomed house now. Well, it isn't furniture yet. He believes in the do-it-yourself idea. Medicine boxes from the dispensary store room have been appropriated and some will be nailed together for an open cupboard, while another will have a hinged lid fixed to -it- as a storage cupboard, while still another box will have a hinged screerf door fixed on to make a 'pinzer' food'box. Chairs, table and bed are non esssentials as they eat and sleep on the floor. Household supplies are being stored in screw top bottles and tight lidded tins (alsa from my ° supply in the dispensary. . Brass cook- ing things and dishes will probably be given as wedding gifts and silverware is not needed as they eat with their fingers. Indeed setting up houskeep- ing in India presents few problems! June 26th--The rains broke several days ago so we had hope for nice weather for the "tieing of the knot". That isn't just a saying in India. It ° is an actual custom. At 3.30 p.m. it was pouring but by 4.16 the sky look- ed brighter and the rain was falling in a thin drizzle. At 4.30 when the first bell rang the rain had stopped and the sky was faily clear. Our Christian sweeper bai arrived soaked so we had to. make a hurried trip to our house and drape her in a. clean and dry blouse, perker and sari of mine. 1 had to call down to the wed- ding partyjust as they were: leaving David's- hbuse to slow down for a couple more mintites so that we.could complet Pyanahai's hasty change. of clothes and get to the church ahead of the bridal procession. The actual ceremony was simple and very lovely. We had prayed much (continued on page 8) wo!

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