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® 2 & + : 5 " THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO SIDES Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association' THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE A Thursday, October 31st, 1957 - NOTES AND COMMENTS What is RussiaUp T The people of the West like their diplomats and hews commentators are be- - wildered by the Near East crisis. " The claim that Turkey is about to attack Syria stems to be absolutely absurd and yet Russia and Syria insist that insisting have carried their claims concern- ing Turkish military manouveurs and mili- tary build-up to the United Nations As- In the face of categorical denials sembly, from Turkey and her Nato a Russia presented a case which threw ths Assembly into a wrangle ov cedure, Syrian crisis has been post reported that Syria has refused the me- diation offers of King Saud ported also that she is dead set against a ! mission of enquiry, Lester Pearson that a The: Russia insists that if Turkey goes to war with Syria she will step in Turkey ; the United States h if Russia attacks Turkey she idly by. developing out of the crisis. Turkey herself is unperturbed. Imagination in the C G. M. Nefield, principal of Hugh John Macdonald School in Winnipeg, faced with potential drop-outs in grades eight and nine'and perturbed at the general sloppi- ness of the teen-agers in this group faced his problems squarely and came up with an imaginative solution that worked. He decided to abandon the formal class- room and to provide for this group of sloppy Joes and potential quitters a more . business-like environment, with formal examinations -- they didn't keep pupils in school nor did they contri- bute to good manners and proper deport- ment in dress and behaviour. "Assignment sessions were drawn up and allowed to progress at their ~ rate. At the moment debate on the token force from UNEF should take up positions on the Turko-Syrian border didn't even get sup- port from the Canadian government. All the big powers are talking about the possibility of a third world war This was supplemented with what amounted to individual instruction. 0 Nexi? . that indicate it is so. And she in view? llies Syria and er proper pro- poned. It is' of Arabia; re- suggestion of direction? and wipe out as stated that will not stand Her- lassroom though they He dispensed pupils were own natural With these habits which secret service reputed to be the best in the Near East has sent reports out of Russia Russia has no intention of attacking Turkey. Russia, must know just as Syria does, that there is no intent upon the part of the Turks to invade Syria. What end has she deliberately created another aap. in the Middle and Near East with e express purpose of once more catching -« the West off guard as she did in Egypt? Is it that Russians are convinced that when it comes to playing the game of in- + ternational politics we are bunglers and + therefore all she has to dois to provide us with one situation after another, real, or imaginary, so that we can go on demon- strating our lack of unified purpose and Syria is merely a pawn in the game and is being paid a pawn's wages in military equipment and supplies. Incidentally these are being used to bolster a strong but not too popular pro-Soviet government. If this were all true, and it may well be quite wide of the mark, our diplomats are still caught, They can't say right out in the Assembly, "Look here Russia this is your game--to make us look foolish and ridiculous and at the same time to make us expose for the world to see our lack of unity and direction. No diplomat could face such an ordeal. He claims that the job atmosphere soon had the students wearing shirts, ties and business _ clothes. grooming were stressed; students had to come to school dressed and groomed as 1 were going to work in some : office. Hair had to be combed, shoes had to be shined, shirts and collars and ties worn by the boys. some pride in their appearance and to act Good manners and They began to take In a more mature way. Mr. Newfield ob- served that "perhaps, looked good fr feel good on the inside," The typical school slouch disappeared and so too the slacks, jeans and sweaters, went the rough and tumble tended to make so much of their school work meaningless. the fact that they om the outside made them 4 Kl Clipped Comments NEW COAT OF ARMS FOR . CANADA Canada's official coat of arms has been simplified, according to an an- nouncement from Ottawa. A renroduction of thé new one is now in place at the main entrance to | the East Block of the Parliament Buildings in the nation's capital, at the foot of its Peace Tower. It is a part of the overall decorative scheme carried out in connection with the visit to Ottawa of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. -The government has authorized the use of the new design on all govern- ment publications, such as stationery and also on medals; insignia and build- ings. This is indicated by Hon. Ellen Fairclough, Secretary of State. In addition, a simplified version of the shield surmounted by the Crown, used as an alternative to reproduction of the entire coat of arms was author- ized, The reproduction-of the new designs were prepared by Alan Beddoe, herald- ic adviser to the Royal Canadian Navy. They will be turned out by the Queen's Printer as soon as possible. The general effect of removing un- necessary frills from the coat of arms has had the effect of giving it a much neater appearance. At the same time it is stressed that it retains all the heraldic elements assigned by a 1921 proclamation in which it is described in heraldic terms. Previously the harp represented in _ the shild of the coat of arms took the form of a woman. Now it will be just a harp. Then, too, St. Edward's Crown is substituted for the Tudor Crown in the new design. This is in accordance with the expressed wish of Her Ma- jesty. --Canadian Statesman 4 Newspaper people are sometimes thought of as being unappreciative and un-co-operative, They are told how to run their busiréss and for what reasons they, are not doing a good job. Subscribers in a moment of anger will cancel their. subscriptions. and.tell a thin in to his face that "There's J and good. But we wonder if such per- sons ® ever put themselves in the other person's shoes. : If he is a farmer, does the publisher or editor ever visit his farm and tell him what kind of crops to plant? If a merchant, is he told what kind of goods to stock? If a salesman, told how to sell his merchandise ? We think not. Yet, similar criticism is what a newspaper is expected to accept with calmness and no com- plaint. 2 Newspaper people are dedicated to the task of bringing news of most interest to the general public. That they occasionally fall down in that re- spect is not because they are indiffer- weekly newspapers it falls to the lot of one or two people to do all the writing and reporting and there are just not enough hours in the day to cover every event, ; A weekly paper, unlike a daily, can- not afford a large staff of reporters and photographers and must count on a great deal of help from correspond- ents and reporters from various areas. In the matter of pictures, there are many we should like to take and pub- lish but there are considerations too. There is the matters of time a photo- grapher spends, the cost of trans- portation, the time it takes to devalop and make the print, the express charges plus the cost of the plastic engraving that must be done in To- ronto at an average cost of six to eight dollars per picture, and added to this is the cost of the inches of space it takes in the publication. And very few weekly papers are in a position where they do not have to seriously consider the costs involved in every department of publishing. Surely this holds true in any business enter- prise. . : We have never regretted any monies expended in our endeavour to make this paper more interesting. At the same time, we sincerely hope our read- ers can see that help and understand- ing are esgential. --Uxbridge Times-Journal THE DISAPPEARING CANADIAN : FARMER Between the census years 1941 and 1061 the number of Canadian workers classified bythe Domimer-Bureau of Statistics as employed in agricultural occupations fell from 1,083,000 to nothin}! in it that interests me." Fine ent but, rather, because in the case of 826,000. The number of workers in manufacturing increased by 264,000 to 973,982 during the same decade and substantial gains were recorded in the numbers engaged in all other classes of employment. The net gain in em- ployment for the period was about one million jobs, but the jobs were not! provided by agriculture, There has been no significant change recorded in the acreage of occupied farm lands and the unsold surpluses that continue to exist in many pro- duets of the farm are proof that Can- ada is still a long way from starva- tion. The growth of' the cities, it is true, is transferring some good farm land to residential or industrial use, but thie. trend, while it should be watched, is probably not yet alarm- ing. What the statistics of farm workers may indicate is the- attraction of an easier life in cities over the toil of the farm. The attraction of cities has always existed, but at one time there were some powerful counter-attrac- tions in rural life. The farmer was in- dependent, largely self-sufficient, al- most untaxed. Now his independence is qualified by the marketing schemes to which he is forced to belong and for which he is taxed. Mechanizing farm operations has increased his ef- ficiency, but has destroyed his. self- sufficiency, for gasoline, oil and tires are not products of the farm. He stfll must work longer hours than his urban neighbour, for cows and crops have not be unionized. - Like other citizens, farmers are fond of talking about their hardships afd politicians seeking votes are more likely to agree that the complaints are just than to examine them critically. Thus grievances that are imaginary, but well publicized, may act as an ad- ditional deterrent to young man mak. ing a choice between city and rural life, The politician can support the farmer's argument that there is too great a spread between the price of farm products at the farm and the price city consumer pays. But the politician usually backs away from looking for the cause of the discrep- ancy, for he knows that his search would lead to the mounting costs of Tabor between farm and retail store and might make him say something displeasing to unionized employees of the transportation, packing and other industries. : to urban life, and it may be suspected that, 'in moments of candor, they might admit that they are getting their share of the country's prosperity and that farming still offers oppor- tunities to young men comparable, when all facors are taken into ac- count, to the opportunities offered in urban vacations. But in election years, moments of candor are rare. --Weekly News, Whitby District Doings "MIKE" STARR ANNOUNCES GRANT FOR NEW ONTARIO COUNTY HEALTH UNIT A grant of more than $26,600 has been authorized by the federal gov- ernment to assist in the establishing of the new Ontario County Health Unit, the Honorable Michael Starr, Minister of Labor and member of par- liament for this constituency has in- formed the Whitby Weekly News. The new unit which iz gradually absorbing the responsibility for health services throughout the district has been in operation since July first of this year, with Whitby joining the other municipalities on September 1st. At the present time the Whitby VON nurse is carrying out her duties us formerly except that she is under the direction of Dr. MacBean, health offi- cer. Seymour Whitney, formerly the Town of Whitby sanitary inspector, is now an employee of the Health Unit. : : "I have been advised by my collea- gue, the Minister of National Health and Welfare, the Hon. J. Waldo Mon- teith, to the effect that a Federal Health Grant of more than $26,000 has been approved recently to assist in the establishment of the Ontario ) DISTRICT UNEMPLOYMENT EXPECTED TO BE ACUTE . STOUFFVILLE -- According 'to a communication placed before Whit- church Township council on Thursday evening, unemployment in the local area is expected to be acute this com- ing winter. While there is always the seasonal layoffs, the Unemploy- ment Insurance Commission office in Newmarket states in their letter that they expect the layoffs will be 20 to 309 greater than last year. To help to offset this expected situ- ation, a. meeting has been called for the Newmarket office of the Commig- sion on Nov. 24th. Invitations are being sent to municipal clerks, Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce. THIEF TAKES CASH, CHECKS FROM CHURCH Stouffville--A daring thief walked into the Stouffville United Missionary Church on Thursday, during the Inter. District Ministerial Convention and escaped with two wallets containing approximately $20 in cash and $667.00 in cheques. The cheques were not en- dorsed. The money was the property of Mrs. Wilmot Brown and Miss Dor- othy Moyer, both of Stouffville. The stranger was seen by a number of persons, both in the church and outside. A good description of the man was given to Police Chief Ed- wards and Constable Randall. Al- though the theft occurred during the noon hour period, local police were not summoned until three o'clock when the losses were discovered. Witnes- ses said that the man believed respon- sible for the robbery was about 30 years old. He wore a brown wind- breaker. : UXBRIDGE REQUIRES MORE LAND--PROPOSE ANNEXATION Council agreed unanimously at their meeting last Tuesday evening that steps should be taken to institute an- nexation. Areas suitable for industry are becoming smaller all the time and it is thought annexation proceedings should be started immediately so that costs of such could be included in next year's estimates. The subject will be brought up at the next regular meeting. UXBRIDGE WILL SEEK LOCATION FOR NEW FIRE HALL A committee of firemen, Bun. Wil- lis, Rogs Rodman, have been appoint- ed to look into the matter of a loca- tion for a new fire hall. Several possible locations were mentioned at council meeting last Tuesday night 'and the aformentioned committee will meet With a town committee to delve Few farmers, despite their grousing, | would be willing to change fiom rural further into the matter and then re- port back to council. County Health Unit--Southern Area. 1 Council members are of the opinion that when a new fire hall is construc- ted it should be if possible, fronting on a main street. « POPULATION CLIMBING Population in Markham Township is now more than thirteen thousand, it was revealed at the regular meet- ing of council on Monday night. There was an increase over 1956 of 561 to bring the new total up to 18,327. Greatest age group is that between the ages of 20 and 59 which includes 6,886 persons. There are 673 over the age of seventy, and 983 under the age of three. NEW SCHOOL FOR RETARDED CHILDREN IN PICKERING A unique project, one of the few of its kind in Canada, has been launched in the Red Cross Centre, by Picker- ing Township, by the Ajax-Pickering and Whitby Association for Retarded Children after months of planning and preparation, What started out as a dream has now become a reality with the open- ing up of a school for retarded child- ren. ., The opening is jointly sponsored by the Association for Retarded Children and the Pickering Red-Cross. William G. Lawson, Reeve of Pickering Town. ship, will officiate at the opening ceremony, Provincial Police Staff Sgt. Albert Bird, president of the association, was the spark plug in getting a school started in Ajax. The Pickering Red Cross which acquired the old Brock Rd. school house then invited the as- sociation, which had to vacate its pre- mises, to set up their school in Pick- ering township. After many hours of hard work and generous support of citizens the building was readied for opening of school the middle of Sep- tember. Half of the building is used by the school and the other half will be uti- lized by the Pickering Red Cross. Many. projects are planed by the Red Cross for their quarters in the coming 'months, now that most of the major renovations have been started. TWO YEAR TERMS FOR WHITBY COUNCIL With Mayor Jermyn dreaking a tie, the Town Council has passed by-laws authorizing civic election to be held at two-year intervals for the. selection of all elected office holders in the Town of Whitby. The new ruling will be effective at the beginning of 1958 with: the successful candidates holding office until December of 1959. After the civic election this year there would not be another election 'until December, 1959. = The ruling also, applies to the Public Utilities Com- mission and the Whitby Public. School Board. GOVERNMENT. GRANTS HELP COMPLETION OF UXBRIDGE HOSPITAL Work will resume very shortly on the partially completed Uxbridge Cot- tage. Hospital, according to Fred Tay- lor, a member of the Hospital Board. gotiations with the L. C. Scott Con- struction Co., would be held very soon in an effort to reach a settlement on the $100,000 claim. } "The donations have been wonder- ful," said Mr. Taylor. He stated that the Board had received a cheque for $26,886 from the Provincial Govern- ment. He stated further that accor- ding to Mr. A. JF. Swanson, Chairman of the Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission, a cheque of a similar amount was forthcoming from the Dominion Government and would be received shortly, A trust fund in excess of $20,000 has been set up in the Bank of Commerce. Mr, Taylor said that the board hoped that the hospital building would be sufficiently com- pleted to have a certificate of occu- pancy issued by the architect before January 1, 1968. The Townships of Uxbridge and Scott will meet within a week to give their $20,000 and $16,000 debenture bylaws further discussion. ---- -- Paid Advertisement -- 100, 000 Cottage v Bound Cars An average of 100,000 cottage bound cars pass through the environs of Port Perry every week-end during eight months of the year. If it were known that Port Perry was a modern Progressive town con- taining ALL facilities for week-end shopping a tremendous percentage of these cottagers would make Port Perry I' their ONE-STOP shopping eentre. | i Mr. Taylor announces that final ne- |' Blackstock Wo-He-Lo Mission Band met Tues- day with 26 children present, Helen Swain presided. We commenced with a hymn guessijig contest. Then the Band , Purpose and the singing of a hymn, Dennis Ashton read a prayer, Mrs. Hill told the Worship Story based on "In Everything (ive Thanks" and offered prayer. Mary Lou McCormick received the offering and Cheryl Mec- Cormick offered the prayer. - Brian Mountjoy read the minutes and called the roll, which was answered with "Something I want to say Thanks for", Linda Butt read, "The Bashful Gold Fish". Doris Ashton read a poem "Jesus Loves the Children", Mrs. Butt told a story "How a Christian School helped Pentayya". After the Benediction was repeated by all, a couple of games were played. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Marlow; Mu. and Mrs. Carl Wright spent the week- end with Mr. and Mrs, Norman Mec- Nally, Colborne. - W.A. of the United Church met at the home of Mrs, Ed. Harris Tuesday evening with the President Mrs. War- ner Brown presiding and thirty-six ladies present. After the opening ex- ercises a good deal of business was 'dealt with. Msds. H, Swain, M. Van- Camp and Neil Werry were appointed nominating committee. Several thank you letters were read. Decided to send a donation to John Milton So- ciety for the Blind. W.A. decided to serve lunch at Warner Brown's Sale on Nov. 9th, Mrs. Ross Duff gave a fine devo- tional paper from "Blessed are the Peacemakers" and offered prayer, Mrs, Ed. Harris gave a reading "The Mail-Man"; Mrs. Neil Werrg read "The Other- Fellows Job". Mrs, Mer- vyn Graham thanked the hostess sid all who assisted. Mrs, Brown who is leaving our vicinity shortly thanked all who had co-operated so willingly during her two years as President. Lunch was served by the group with Mrs. M. Graham convener, Mrs. Geo. Wolfe, Messrs, Gordon Paisley, Anthony Sgro and Neil Bail- ey attended the Ontario Federation se- condary school teachers educational iconference in Bowmanville Wednes- day. : A very interesting game of Rugby was played on the fair grounds Thurs- day evening which ended in a score of 13-12 in favor of Bowmanville high school team who were playing against Blackstock high school team. Owing to the wet cold weather, spectators were few and those who did brave it .were chilled through. On Wednesday evening October 24, the first meeting of the Darlington- Manvers-Cartwright-Bowmanville Un- it of the Fed. of Women Association of Ontario was held .at Venture Inn. A delicious chicken din- ner was served to about 45 members. Our president Miss Myra Cooper opened the meeting with the singing of Grace and the National Anthem, followed by a toast to the Queen. Following the dinner, the meeting proper was begun by the reading and adoption of the minutes by the scre- tary Miss Ruth Wilson; Miss Aitken gave the Treasurer's report. The business of the meeting re fu- ture meetings was discussed. The next meeting will be held in Enniskil- len in the latter part of January. It was passed that the dinners of the de- legates to the Fall Conference be paid as were those of the two delegates to the Annual Conference during the summer. A committee is to be set up to study the plan of Professional Ap- proval Merit Rating--to sound out the feeling towards that issue in our unit. Miss Cooper introduced the past pre- sident, Miss M. Couch, who gave an enlighening talk on the make-up of Federation. Miss Aitken conducted an active and amusing game to bring the meeting to a close. Mrs. W. Archer and Mrs. Albert Wright attended the Semi Annual Presbyterial W.A. Rally in Albert St. Church, Oshawa, Thursday. Rev. and Mrs, R. B, Braham, Scu- gog; Rev. E, S. Linstead, Port Perry; Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Green, Enniskil- len; Rev. F. Jackson, Tyrone; Mrs, Reid, Hampton; Rev. and Mrs, L. A. Morgan, Bowmanville; Rev. and Mrs. Basil Long, Orono; Rev. and Mrs. M. Fisher, Newcastle; met at the parson- age Thursday evening for a social get- together. A very pleasant time was spent. Some of the ministers showed pictures of interesting places visited during holidays. Games were played. Lunch served by the host and hostess Rev, and Mrs. Romeril. Despite the wet weather Thursday evening, a good crowd partook of the bountiful and sumptuous supper ser- ved by the Anglicans in the Parish Hall. Saveral from here attended anni- Teachers | versary services at Nestleton, Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Leslie Mountjoy, Mr. and Mrs, Russel Mountjoy visited Mrs. Harry Graham and Miss Verena, Tor- onto, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bailey atten- ded the anniversary services at St. Stephen's church, Oshawa, Sunday and spent the day with the Stephen 'Say- well's, : Mr, Jack and Mrs. T. Smith and Mrs, W. W. VanCamp were Sunday supper guests of the Wm. Fees. Mrs. Ray McGill is spending most of the time with her father Mr. J. Armstrong, Burnt River, who is ill. Mrs, May Pritchard and Mrs. Flo Bennyworth, Toronto were week-end guests of Mrs.:Velva Bailey. Mr. A. W. Pickard, Bowmanville, visited Mr, and Mrs, Cecil Hill Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Trewin and fa- mily, Enniskillen, visited the Fred Trewin's and Alb. Wright's Sunday. Messrs. Les. Brooks, Bowmanville, Herb Swain and Cecil Hill attended the funeral of Mr. Fred Ellis in Fene- lon Falls Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Heaslip, Janet- ville were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry VanCamp and Arthur. A most epjoyable evening was spent in the recreation centre Friday when the Barbershoppers, Oshawa; Billy Wade, Courtice and Roderick Taylor, ventriloquist, Bowmanville, presented a very fine program. Misses Jean Ford and Gertrude Henry spent the week-end at their respective homes. } Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Devitt, Bar- bara and Neil were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Harris and family. Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Graham visit- ed Mr. and Mrs. Rupt. Byers, Bow- manville Sunday. ~ 0f Many Things TIME TO INVEST I've a "friend who has made as much investing his money 'in com- mon stock as most professional in- vestors make. He has a flair for choosing stocks that pay good divi- dends and appreciate in value. His only fault is that he brags about the money he makes. So I've been wateh- ing for him. "I see, Tom, that the market hasn't been =o good these past few weeks." That was my opening gambit, and T hoped to probe a soré spot. He sur- prised me. "Listen", he said, "why don't you smarten up? The time to invest is when the amateurs are being scared out. I've been bargain-hunting on the exchange all week, and I'll just bet you'll wish you'd done the same thing a year from now." Thereupon he delivered me a long lecture on the fallacy of waiting to buy stocks until theyre booming. "Grab 'em during these small reces- sions," he says. "It's an old adage: Buy at the low price and sell, at the "high, And believe me -- Cygnadian' stocks will go high!" All my life I've been a timid soul with money. [ like to see it in a bankbook where I can get it when 1 want it. Just the same, my friend's point of view is probably right. This country, in my opinion, is on the verge of a bigger boom than we've known yet. The Western provinces will set the pace. Alberta and British Columbia are bursting out at the seams. Saskatchewan promises to do the same; and Manitoba has been go- ing ahead steadily, although her peo- ple hate to admit a boom---they like to talk poor. Immigration--though it may seem to hurt a little at times -- is doing wonderful things for the West. We're developing a domestic market; we have more peoplg to share the costs of transportation, publishing, broad- casting and the like. The newcomers bring with them specialized skills, and many of them bring money. Another important factor will be re- duced taxation. Ottawa seems to be yielding at long last to the demand of the people that waste be stopped. Millions could be sliced from: our tax billg and left in the hands of the peo- ple to be invested in industry, agri- culture, housing and other important things. The money the government wasted through the National Film Board in making the film "How to Build an Igloo" would have built many low-cost houses. The millions CBC squandered on mediocre TV shows would build enough elevators to store surplus grain, If the new government lives up to its promises and cuts these expenses down to size, we'll all be richer. Yes, there are good times ahead. With careful management, Canadacan soon be the most prosperous, instead of the second most prosperous land 'in all the world!