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rn rg hr a ETE PREC AE A SR ELS ro E STAR EDITORIAL PAGE W Thursday, March 27th, 1958 < A Perspective on Work There is considerable wisdom in the latest 1ssue of the Royal Ban's Letter en- titled, Something about Craftsmanship, It defines a craftsman as a person of + any occupation who does his work, what- ever it may be, as perfectly as possible. Everything is seen there in a man's work --his imagination, his perseverence, his impatience, his clumsiness, his cleverness. A 'man may hide his true self in every ; other way; but in his work, he cannot. Some people argue that in a machine age there is no room any more for the craftsman, or a craftsman's joy in-work, -- How utterly absurd! As though machine work can't be good or bad. : Some argue, too, that work 1s a kind of punishment and these look Tor the inven- tions 'of "tricks and gadgets to help them achieve a gaal of do-nothingness. Work, work well done, is a contribution to main- 'taining civilization, as well as the means of earning bread. It gives dignity to life, it furthers self-realization; it makes leisure and rest mean something. The craftsman habitually does good work for he has learned than many of life's satisfactions rest in being able to do one's work well, § : Every job has its own dignity. Jobs, jobs at any level, do not rob man of dig- Public Pot-Boilers The only two parties to escape high jinks "heckling in- their political rallies are: the C.C.E. and the Social Creditors. The ex- planation seems fairly obvious: only the truly faithful Gideon bands turn out for the meetings of the splinter groups. Both the Liberals and the Conservatives in their up-and-down back-and-forth ' Canadian -campaigns have come in for a pretty share of plain and fancy heckling. In Saskatche- wan, Mike Pearson got it dished out to him. Some of it was: pretty telling stuff, too, but to the credit of the genial Mike it must be noted that he took it in good part. Not so, John Diefenbaker, at least not in King- ston. Here heckling by a small, vociferous, sharp-tongued group of University stu- otes and Comments - Kl <4 nity ; but men often demean the job by the kind-of -poor-work they do .. . any job can be, and perhaps for the sake of the worker should be, the méans by which we promote goodness, beauty 'and truth; And how, pray? . ries EAA LE Well, the work-.we do may not matter much to the world, but it matiers very much to ourselves how we do it. To work well means to feel a certain stivr end glow in the sure knowledge that this is a kind of self-fulfilmént. Through ~eonstruetive, painstaking, satisfying work we learn to master fear and certain kinds of pain. It is a sure, and sane, escape from self-pity. Work, too, gives relish to life. Work done in this spirit cannot be drudg- ery. But society, no matter how hard it tries, cannot raise ignoramuses or lazy people to the level of craftsmen. Darwin main- tained that nien differ less in capacity than in zeal and determination to use the powers they have. Every man is entitled to joy in the work he does and it appears - that whether or not he feels this joy is largely a matter within his own control. If he sets his sights as a craftsman the most worthwhile rewards will surely at- tend him' At that it was pretty clever heckling and it is doubtful that even Mike could have taken it with good grace. Every time Diefenbaker tried to squelch the obstructionists they capitalized on some unhappy phrase of his to step him up and leave him in a daze. John Diefen- baker's particular style of oratory gives plenty of scope to hecklers who know their job i the lads in Kingston didn't miss a trick. : : But if we are to have well-attended political rallies -- and it's good that we "should -- then we must accept heckling. Tt's a healthy sport in season and if the speaker, who really has whatever advan- tage there is, rises to the occasion the meeting is sure to be enriched by the live- & dents had "Honest John'¢on or three times. ¥ the ropes two ly wit it engenders. Hecklers should be welcomed not excluded from such rallies. INFLUENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESS Looking throygh a metropolitan newspaper the other day we were im- pressed, more than ever, with the re- sponsibility and. influence a paper exerts over its readers. It has been bo. claimed the news policy of a news- paper is set by the demands of its readers. Others claim the incentive is first and foremdst-to build up ecir- culation to warrant profitable ad- evrtisin grates, Regardless of these motives our thoughts were aroused, in this particular instance, as we read the flaring display headlines' of the news stories on the front page. Here . are some of the headings: "Driver dies as car crashes into tree, Pedestrian killed." "Find Woman Dead in Snow, See Foul Play." "Gunman Flees Diaper Driver, One Shot Fired". "Woman Found Strangled, Question Man." ; 3 "Find Three Infants Slain Wtih Knife, Hammer, Mother Questioned". With such blogd-curdling stories as these, featured daily in the press, is it ' any wonder people are becoming un- duly excited and high strung nervous wrecks, while others become mental cases requiring treatment in mental institutions ? It is to be hoped that our home- ma town weekly news papers across Can- ) Ata do not ape this type of sordid T=" publicity to build up circulation in such an unhealthy and questionable modern trend. We prefer that our weekly news- papers retain the higher ethical standards whiéh the Christain Scien- ce Monitor, in an editorial, attribut- ed to the weekly newspapers when it said: Lee : The Weekly Newspaper / "Turning from the city newspap- I. 1); ers to the small town press exchan- : . ges that come to the editor's desk is like stepping from the slums, full of vice, into an old-fashioned garden sweet with lavender and thyme, and \ the scene of 'perennial flowers. Here are set forth only that which uplifts.a comniunity ---- the activities Rs J of the business men, the church items, the happy social gatherings of 'the people; the marriages, births and Clipped Comments that make up the simple annals of the great common people, who are really the foundation of this broad country of ours, Scandals are rarely published in the country newspapers, but if it so hap- pens that deceency demands it, the uglier details are omitted, or given a kindly touch that is widely different from the unfecling publicity of the city press. The offenders may be our neighbours or people we have rubbed elbows with all our 'lives. They are real-human beings to their town peo- ple, while to the great city dailies they are merely grains of a sort that are ground out hourly-in their news mills. . Some times people speak lightly of the country newspaper, but it is one of the most potent and uplifting fact- ors in our national existence." --Canadian Statesman. OUR ELECTION OFFICERS Canadians can for the most part be very proud of the men and women who run the nation's election machinery. One of the fellows who gets least at- tention during the clection campaign is the local returning officer, and yet he is one of the most important cogs in our democratic election machinery. The returning officer for 'each of the constituenéies across Canada is appointed by the party in power. He holds this position as long as he per- forms his; duties efficiently, or until he resigns. It is interesting to note during this election that a large number of our returning officers were appointed by the former Liberal Government, and they have held on to their jobs under the présent Pro- gressive Conservative administration. The secret- of a good returning of- ficer is, of course, that he divorce himself entirely from all political parties once he is appointed-to his position, He must attempt to be ab- solutely impartial. He must enforce the provisions of the Election Act to the very best of his ability. It sets forth his duties, his powers and his obligations. The new democracies where self government is being attempted for the first time, one of the great prob- lems faced is the honesty of election officers. Traditions of fair play have not been built and too oftén' the men 'and women of new nations are not deaths, farmer's items and all the thousand and one daily occurences ' owe if democracy is to be successful. We in Canada can be proud, for the most part, of our election officers. They are aware of the great respon- sibility that is theirs and they usually perform their task for the benefit of the nation and not for the benefit of the political party that appointed them. And so when you go to cast your ballot in the coming election you can be pitty sure that your are taking part in an honest election. You can be pretty sure that your vote is going to be counted the way intended that it should be registered. In short, you know that your vote is a mighty im- portant part of the total election picture. Without your vote the nation cannot expect to have good govern- ment. Thanks to the honest work of our election officials you can be cer tain that democracy is working effi- ciently for both you and Canada. --Stouffville Tribune SMOKING DEFINITELY HURTS Readers Digest for September car- ries a very interesting article entitled "Wanted--And Available--Filter-tips That Really Filter." One paragraph in this article hit your editor right between the eyes. It reads as fol- follows: Recently, the final report on the American Cancer Society's 44-month study of the smoking habits of 188,000 men, 50 to 70 years old, presented evidence of what the American -Medi- cal Association calls "a spectacular relationship" between cigarette smok- ing and lung cancer. But the report also shows that DEATH RATE FROM CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE WAS 170 PERCENT HIGHER A- MONG CIGARETTE SMOKERS than among non-smokers. The suspect here is not tar but nicotine. Unquote. The last few words in the above paragraph should be of interest to people suffering from heart trouble. Your editor knows of one acquaintance in the town who has suffered with a bad heart for years. Just recently he suffered another heart attack. This time his doctor told him HE'D BET- TER CUT OUT.SMOKING ALTO- GETHER. No doubt the patient will do so for a few weeks and then grad- again, thereby cutting his life span by many months. familiar with the responsibilities they VOT « -- DISTRICT CHURCHES CALLING ALL YOUNG PEOPLE! Comé to a service sponsored. by our P.M.S. Hi C Group, on Sunday even- Hing in Scugog Grace Church on the be a place for teenagers in the Church, and we are looking for a great gather- ing. Nettie Aldred will be in charge, and many of our boys and. girls will take part. Invitations have gone out to the Young People of Port Perry, Seagrave, Greenbank, Prince Albert, and also to their Ministers. Our Junior Choir will lead in song, and we are asking the "Couves Sisters" to sing. Our Minister will give the address. After the service, there will be a get- together in the Church Parlors down- stairs, and refreshments will be scrv- ed. Let this be a MUST boys and girls, and come and let us worship to- gether. All who have been asked to take part in the service, please be at the church on Friday evening at 8.30 p.m. for a practice. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered next Sunday at the three services. Will the children of Prospect Sunday School please bring their Diplomas received last year, and get their new seals for 1957. We will celebrate Good Friday a week from this Friday. There will be service at 8:00 p,m. in the Manchester Church, and Prospect Choir will lead in song. The moving picture "King of Kings" depicting the life and death of our Lord will be shown. It is a wonderful picture, and we hope that the Church will be filled. Our Church service on Sunday were well attended. 'At Scugog we were glad to have the Savilles and Peter- mans with us. It won't be long before we will be seeing so many of our Sum- mer friends. It is geed to know that you read our Church column every week, and thereby are kept in touch with us. We are glad to hear that the Petermans intend moving perma- nently to the Island this Spring. At Scugog Church the Choir sang "Dear Spirit Lead Me", and at Prospect Janet Vernon and Tot Holtby sang "The Old Rugged Cross." Some of our Elders and Superin- tendents of our Sunday Schools met at the Parsonage on Sunday evening. The service on April 27 was planned. Cecil Fralick, Clinton Midgley and Leslie Smith will be in charge of thé service, and others will be asked to assist. A joint Sunday School an- niversary was planned for Sunday, May 25, when the General Secretary of the Ontario Council of Christian Education, Rev. Horace Burkholder, B.A., will be the Guest Preacher. Rev. Burkholder is doing a grand work among the various Denominations, and we would like to plan for a Sunday School Convention for this whole area during the latter part of June. We shall have more to say about this when our Minister returns from his holidays. On May 25th then, all our children will meet at Scugog Grace Church. It was planned to ask Mrs. Ross Sandison our music director of our schools, to have the children lead in song and direct them. We hope that all four Sunday Schools will par- ticipate. We can do.all things when we stand together. We.go to pieces when we keep apart. Mr. Anson Ger- row will have charge of the service, assisted by Cecil Fralick, Wesley John- son and Eugene Dearborn. The Minister gave the 17th sermon in his series on.the Life and Teaching of our Lord as told by St. Mark. "New wine must be put into new bottles." All Christian Denominations could unite to form One Pfotestant Church NOW, if Jesus Christ were put first: It is so easy to criticize the Jews; but we are more guilty. We have the record of what the Jew did in the field of religion as a guide to us, and also as a warning. We, the members of the Christian Church are the NEW ISRAEL, the LIGHT OF THE WORLD to dispel darkness. Yet the Many editorials have been published periodically on the dangers of smok- ing excessively. Yet friends and neighbours ignore the -warning with smirks and good-natured repartee. Okey, fellas' . . . but it won't be so funny when the undertaker comes a- round and carts you off to the ceme- tery. If you must smoke at least kéep the habit down to a reasonable figure, Up until his recent heart attack our acquaintance of a few paragraphs back---continued to smoke two packs of cigarettes daily knowing full well that his heart was far from being a healthy one. How gilly can people get! --Watehman-Warder Island at 8.00 p.m. There surely must' light, Scugog, Manchester. and - Prospect United - Churches darkness remains even though the | Light iS here, because it is under a i bushel. We have .put it under our beds, and go around in a sort of twi- Come and worship with us on Sunday. » The flowers at Prospect Church were placed by the Spencers, in loving memory of their brother John. We were so happy to have Margaret Holtby. with us, and to welcome Marion and Don Crozier back from their visit to Florida. We are so sor- ry that Mrs. William McCarthy of Manchester had to undergo an opera- tion; but rejoice that all is well. The Minister visited the Hospital on Sun- day and saw Mrs. Margaret Johnston and Mrs. McCarthy. Happy birthdays to Eddie Johnston, Muriel and-Jane Lamont of the Island; Walter Green and Jim Aird of Man- chester; and Donald Holtby of Pros- pect. WMS Preshyterial (Too late for last week) p---- 'The 30th annual meeting of Osh- awa Presbyterial W.M.S. was held in King St, United Church with 38 auxiliaries represented by nearly 200 women and with President Mrs. K. C. Hopkins, of Bowmanville, in char- ge. A kindly welcome was given hy Mrs, N. Wirsching of King St. Af- ternoon Auxiliary. i Mrs. Chas. Dolley reported $22,250. sent to Branch Treasurer of which $2424.00 will be for gifts for Build- ing Advance half for hospitals and half for scholarships. Mrs, D. W. Armstead pointed out that, in line with a general increase in expenses and salaries, the increase in the 1958 allocation will he $2.51. Gifts for Building Advance this year will provide an operating room and equipment in the new John Neil Hos- pital at Cold Lake, Alta, and a lib- rary for Euba University, Korea. Mrs. M. Buttars urged the auxili- aries to keep reading to be well in- formed and recommended study and understanding to coe with 1acial bro- therhood. The President of Bay of Quinte District STOUFFVYILLE BOARD BOOSTS SALARY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL, TEACHERS Following several negotis ting meet- ings, Stouffville Public School Board has reached"a salary agreement with the local teaching staff for the com- ing year. The original request by the teach- ers was for the minimum salary to be raised from $2,700 to $3,200. How- ever, the staff has agreed to accept a $200 increase across the board, raising the minimum to $2,900. It was pointed out at the Board meeting that this was just $100 below the city rate and it was considered that this was a rea- sonable differential covering the add- ed living and travelling expenses in- curred by working in city schools. In addition to this flat increase, teach- ers receive an annual increment of $200 to $300, depending on the number Conference Branch, Mrs, J. McKinney gave a thoughtful theme address-- "What doth the Lord require of us?" We are Christ's witnesses, we listen, worship, and, in the Bible message, we receive counsel, direction and ad- vice on all of life. She spoke of what He requires in the home, the congre- gation and the nighbourhood. Modern machinery has created profit and pleasure but has also added problems, The restless desire for pleasure is but a symptom of the individuals' search for Christ. Mrs. W. I. Carroll conducted the "In Memoriam" service assisted by Mrs. J, H. Brechenridge and Mrs. Geo. Fothergill who arranged the 36 pink carnations in memory of the 36 members ealled to higher service in 1957. : A worship service on Christlan Stewardship was presented by Hamp- ton Afternoon Auxiliary with Mrs, A, Blanchard reading the Seripture and Mrs. F. Reed reading the comment prepared by Mrs. A, E. Billet. David said, "So teach us to number our days." Each daly, is our most .pre- cious possession, New societies welcomed included Blackstock Explorers, St. Stephen and Centre St. C.G.L'T., Northminster Misson Band and C.G.I.T. and Hayden Affiliated W. A. The guest soloist, Mrs. Harold Muir, of Courtice, accompanied by Miss Effie Wright, sang "The Stran- ger of Galilee." King St. Afternoon and Evening Auxiliaries combined to serve two delicious meals in the new Centennial Hall and a number took advantage of the opportunity to see through the new building. Mrs. Howard Brown introduced the guest speaker for the afternoon and evening sessions Miss Wilma Tho- mas who is Associate Missions Fxe- cutive Secerctary following eight years in Japan. . Miss Thomas spoke on "The Real- ity of Christian Fellowship in the world today". She told of the wel- come given to 15 Japanese Christians who recently visited China. Tn spite of their suffering, the Chinese ex- tended a hand of fellowship to the Japanese and felt as one in the fa- mily of God. She brought heartiest greetings to Canada in the worid community of Christians. «By stories from the lives of her Japanese friends Miss homas showed the tremendous challenge of non-Christian culture, of the eagerness of the young people of church which they built by sacrifi- cial donations from Meagre salaries and of their willingness to meet the needs of those who want Christianity. There is a terrific discrepancy in the economic situation and Japan Is trying. to industrialize as quickly as possible. In 1056, the unfavorable trade balance with Canada amounted to $67 million. The immigration policy also discrimminates against Japanese although they have the lowest criminal rate in- Canada, Hy- drogen bomb tests have brought suf- fering, financial loss and uncertainty. Snce the war, western ways and ci- vilization have had great influence. Miss Thomas had an evening class of 15 non-Christian boys who were eager to study the Bible and find hope and meaning for their lives. Stan- dards of education are very high and their system so competitive that no pleasure is left. A bad mark is a famly disgrace but one result is that they ave good students since only the family counts and often the indivi- dunl is sacrificed. Teachers, leaders and pastors are Japanese and they ask us.to share with them that, to- gether, we may express the compas- dion of Christ to the crowds who have never heard of Him and walk hum- bly with those other nationalities to do His will. Midtown Appliances Anniversary Sale ) = Y a = Zz. Mi = Z VE IN 4 \ forpich Don't Forget Minor Hockey Night the worshipful atmosphere in the new 'Doings The maximum salary was increased from $4,700 to $5,200, and. the Prin- cipal's salary from $4700 1o-$5500. 0 APPLICANTS TFOR SUTTON CHIEF OF POLICE Nearly 40 applications have received so far for the vacant position of chief of the Sutton police foree. Councillor H. C. D. Main, chairman of the police commission said: "Coun cil has received a considerable number of good applicatons and we expect to he able to reach a decision this weel been BUTTERFLIES IN MARCH! LINDSAY Mrs, Louis Joh 73 Melbourne St. West, made a pretty find in her garden this Noticing a brightly coloured object, upon further investigation, she picl- ed up a beautiful brown and orange mornings. butterfly. This harbinger of Spring of years service. Friday, March 28 was brought in the family residence and is at present resting in a glass with leaves and food to make it com- fortable, The outside weather is a little chilly for butterflies, the family thought. UNBRIDGE TO GET DIAL PHONES Inia Ushi idyrn " CF Blosdale, Bell Telephone Man- . announced this reek, that plans a now well under way for the opening of dial exchange fall of 1050, Initially, office will be equipped to telephone service is coming to I ju wer for this territory here in the the new serve 1,500 numbers. he company is now completing ar- ranveents for the purchase of a site for construction of the new exchange. Construction of the modern build- ing will begin this fall. EFFECTIVE MARCH 28th asi Pe $e SER Rk our Port Perry Business Office will be closed. Starting Monday, March S1st, accounts may be paid, wirmnour XTRA "CHARGES at this convenient new location: HARRY PEEL Hardware Store QUEEN STREET This is a payment locatiom only. To make enquiries about" vour account or to discuss any other telephone business matters, just call "Operator" and ask for Zenith 67300, She will connect vou with our Oshawa Business Office. (No Long Distance charge.) Jo W. LOWRY, Manager i THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA E ¥