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aad THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, January 21st, 1960 rr rer Notes and Comments « The Throne Speech This week the Federal Parliament con- vened and the opening session was marked as usual with high dress and a dull Throne - Speech. = Oh, what as Canadians we would not give for a kind of Throne Speech that should be given and never is. In the introduction we should like to hear these ideas expressed. We should like to hear' that the present government is com- mitted to a.constant and continual struggle against ignorance, injustice and corruption in the: national economy, 'the abuse of power.and authority, and the waste of the national wealth and effort in fruitless un- dertakings. Of course, we should expect this to be couched in much finer language but that would -be the gist of the. intro- . duction, = From there, the Speech would outline the 'specific: programme envisioned to carry the general ideas. 'First, the Federal Government would show 'how it intends to aid education . throughout the country. This would in- clude funds for the univeristies, aid to the provinces in:the form of subsidies for both schooliplant and teaching personnel. Hav- ing dealt with the very pressing problems of education, the Speech would then deal with legislation designed to control rates of interest 'for the .use of credit, And added to this a more strict regulation of There is considerable evidence that the church in the United States is very much a part of the. American way of life. People are going to church in larger numbers and more regularly than at any time in Amer- ican history. 'Here are some of the latest figures. Out of some 173,000,000 i 109,000,- 000 have membership in churches or syna- gogues.. That's 63 per cent of the total population. It's an increase of over 5,000, 000 for the previous year. The membership of the various Protest- ant churches is 61,000,000, the Roman Catholic 39,000,000, the Jewish congrega- tions number 5,600,000 and the Eastern . Orthodox 2,600,000. The largest Protest- ant churches is the Methodist with almost 10,000,000 members. The Christianity is basically, in the Protestant churches, a very simple kind of worship marked by simple prayers, hearty singing and the sermon. The service must not last more than an hour, Last year the American churches spent the immense sum of $863,000,000 on new buildings alone. When it is realized that most of this huge sum was given voluntar- ily by people in ordinary circumstances, it is clear how important the church is in the lives of the people. In most parts of the United States going » the use of credit. Then the Speech would tackle the problem of miliary expenditures and defence spending. Instead of throwing money down the drain to support an out- dated NATO, we should be using this money to help undeveloped nations, There is no single factor in Western society that has done more to corrupt public morality than our military policy. - Our plan for the nuclear deterrent is now quite obviously a plan for mass suicide. It has put us in the position of having to say to Rusgia: "Please go back to the use of con- ventional weapons and give our grand strategy of the sword and shield a.chance ° to work if you decide to attack us." Al- though conditions are completely reversed since the establishment of NATO we still stick to our same pattern of thinking and preparation. But more than this govern- ment spending for defence and military preparedness has spurred on rapid and 'continuous inflation by taking goods and services out of the normal market and by making money plentiful. The purpose of government is to develop ways and means for making life better and for enacting legislation which will bring about activity that makes for better living. ~ Too often, we think government inter- prets its role in terms of perpetuating the mistakes of its predecessor. The Religious Boom in the U.S.A. to church is considered the. right and proper thing to do Most of the churches in the cities are community churches They have developed with the community and have become a part of the local scene In the United States the public schools do not teach religion. This means that parents have to see to it that their children are taught the basic facts of the faith and to do this they send them to Sunday school. Most churches have a very large Sunday school enrolment and they strive to provide good teachers and an efficient curriculum. As a matter of fact often it is the children who select the church to which the family goes and this is done because of the Sunday school which has attracted the children. Americans seem to be very ready to go to their minister or priest with their per- sonal problems. The church is there not only to offer worship but to help people live properly. Where the minister is a wise counsellor the church prospers. Therefore, many of the ministers are well-trained in psychology and are experts in guidance. Television, movies and the newspapers concentrating on other aspects of Amer- ican life are apt to give the impression that the United States is a godless nation de- voted to the pursuit of individual happiness and material gain. It is somewhat reas- suring to discover this other side of the American way of living. District Doings yi os Ba gids pp A Apa i SA SEA LINDSAY'S BULLFIGHT DEFICIT NOW ONLY $7,111 Lindsay Chamber of Commerce is is still relentlessly whittling down the famous Bullfight deficit. Following the postponment of the fight in August 1968 because the bulls were detained in transit at the U.S. border to be de- ticked, it was figures that the post- ponment cost the Chamber of Com- merce $20,000. Bit by bit and by var- jous projects the deficit.has been whit- tled down to $7,111. Manager Jack Gibson made the statement in a xe- cent address to the Lindsay Lions Club, } Mr. Gibson said many people had gravely distorted ideas about the true size of this deficit/and jhe had heard figures mentioned as high $20,000. MARKHAM TWP. DOG CATCHER NETTED 30 DOGS PER MONTH Mr. Herd who operates the dog pound for Richmond Hill, Markham and Vaugham Townships, reported to Markhab Tp. council on Monday that the average pick up of dogs per month in the municipality, was about 80, He said it averaged 100.a month in the en- tire territory. 'Since he had started. the total was 694 dogs. During that time, seven months, he had driven 17,000 miles. He urged council to prepare a new by-law which would curtail the hours at which persons could eall to claim 'their animals, Some people seemed to think the early honrs of the morn. ing was the proper time. PICKERING COUNCIL REFUSES TO ALTER STAND ON SUMMER COTTAGE HOMES ~ Pickering Twp. Council has refused to alter its stand on summer cottage homes, At a special meeting Monday night, they refused permission to Mrs. Jean Campbell, Woodland Road, to live year-round in a housee that did not meet the 960 square foot specifica- tions. Mrs, Campbell was represented by her solicitor Mr, Tom Newman. " 4] gee no reason why we should grant a privilege to one person when others have been refused," stated councillor Edgar James. Mr. Bert Cane, the By-law Enforce- ment officer, informed Council that he had sent out a total of 800 notices to owners of summer cottage homes in the Township. He said that the ma- jority had given up the idea of living in their dwellings year-round. He noted that the three-room cottage measured only 880 sq. feet. He pointed out that although the residence had been assessed as a permanent home, the owner had never spent a full year in the house. He noted that, for this reason, Mrs. Campbell could not claim use prior to the by-law, FORMER PUBLISHER DIES IN LINDSAY LINDSAY--John D. Deyell, presi- dent of J. W, Deyell Printers Limited and former publisher of the weekly Lindsay Watchman-Warden, died on Thursday. - Survivors include his wife and one son, Dr. Arthur Deyell of Welland. a -- EE SL Eyes at TO GET HEATERS TO THAW OUT CULVERTS i Pickering Township is to purchase a steam heater for thawing out frozen culverts. y Road Supt. Jack Chapman said this week, that it cost the township over $56,000 last winter in rentals. The township will also call for ten- ders on a snow plow and two power sanders. Mr. Chapman said they could cover the township in much less time with this equipment and cut down labour costs, The township has five trucks that can be used for sanding and a 6th if necessary. JUST FOR AMUSEMENT Wrecking Trading Post -- Cousin Glenn "Jesse" James who runs a Trad- ing Post at Welcome as well as a fur- niture store at Port Hope had trouble last week. The interior of the Trading Post looked as though it had been hit by a cyclone. Apparently, two Port Hope men, one 80 and another 17, had a most enjoyable (to them) time. They were arraigned in court last Friday and conyicted. . One of the items dam- aged and irreplaceable was the guest book containing names of visitors from all over the world. You can't help wondering what gets into people to do such crazy thing, RESIDENTS IN TEMPORARY QUARTERS OFTEN ABUSE PRIVILEGE Reeve Earl Dowswell of Uxbridge Township cautioned the members of Clipped Comments CANADA'S ECONOMIC WELLBEING Prime Minister Diefenbaker and members of his cabinet foresee no gave or immediate threat to Canada's economic wellbeing in 1960. . This op- timism is properly tempered as Fin- ance Minister Fleming's recent speech in Toronto indicates, by stressing need for restraint in demands that stirs the fires of inflation and further weaken Canada's competitive position in world and domestic: markets. It is, therefore, disquieting to hear from Dr, O, J. Firestone, economic ad- viser to the Departnient of Trade and Commerce, that Canada faces a reces- sion about 1962 "more severe than any we have had in the" post-war period or any we may encounter in the latter part of the 1960s." Dr, Firestone may well be right. Certainly he is right in asserting that 'it is of prime importance to preserve the purchasing power of the Canadian dollar, It is also certain that his re- marks about a recession in 1962 may have an inmportant influence on busi- ness investment decisions in the inter- vening period, Soundness of Dr. Firestone's reason- ing in his remarks before Canadian association of Advertising Aengies is not open to serious question. What is open to question, however, is wisdom of allowing a senior civil servant to make speeches touching upon national economic policy and prospects before any such views having been expressed by the Ministed of Trade and Com- merce, --The Letter Review EFFICIENCY AND TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS False notion that Canada and the U.S. have a monopoly on efficiency & technological skill has come for some sharp blows of late. Many countries of Western Europe have outstripped North America in efficiency of pro- duction methods and technological pro- gress, Case in point is reported purchase of a 35 per cent interest in U.S, Un- derwood typewriter firm by Olivetti of Italy. Ugo Glassi of Milan becomes president and senior executive officer of the U.S. firm, and remarks that the typewriter plant just acquired in the U.S. is "very, very obsolete" and will be modernized by Italian methods. --The Letter Review * * his Council on the perils of being too quick to permit residents to take up temporary living quarters in garages, basements or other sub-standard build- ings." He édmmented on the hazards of such practice at the inaugural meet- ing on Monday afternoon. The ma- jority of the requests come from per- sons who are in the midst of construct- ing a permanent home, "Nine out of ten people may be all- right but there is often a party who abuses the privilege," he said. He noted that once they are established in the substandard dwelling, it is diffi- cult to have them moved. Dep. Reeve Robt. Nesbitt and coun- cillor Norman Hogg suggested that a minimum assessment charge would discourage such practice. Reeve Dodswell pointed out that such a system often promoted the de- velopment of a poor community. He noted that one substandard home lo- cate between two good residents would lower the value of all adjoining pro- perties. SCHOOL BOARDS SHOULD TAKE OATH OF OFFICE Mr. Gordon Hepditch, newly elected member of the Urban Board of Pick- ering Village Public Schools, stated at the village council inagural last week, that he felt school board members should be sworn into office and that they take the oath the same as the council members. "It's a situation that I think should be remedied" he said in urging council to take some action on the matter. Reeve C. E, Morley said they would look into it at once, MISSING WOMAN WITH RELATIVES NESTLETON---Mrs. Melville Wer- ry, bb, who was reported missing from her small farm home near here Wed- nesday night has been found in King- ston visiting friends, members of her family said Thursday night. She was reported missing after her 17 year-old daughter June returned home from Blackstock High School and discovered her mother's absence. It was stated Mrs, Werry left home for a visit with friends in Kingston un- expectedly. Ba LE Ahh hh A LA - ad FEATHER BEDDING In INDUSTRY Power-8aws, Paint Spraying Guns and the like are strictly for the do-it- yourself fellow -- at least so far as most union officials in the construction trades are concerned. This is clear from the fact that in the building in- dustry some carpenters still refuse to handle prefabricated panels, and still cling to the old-fashioned hand-saw when a power-saw would do the work five times as fast. In some cities, too, painters refuse to use a brush more four inches in width, and often demand double-pay for using a spray-gun. Plumbers, too, take a dim view of in- stalling pre-threaded pipe, frequently cutting off the pre-threaded end doing the threating job over again by hand. In the entertainment Business, featherbedding is a costly farce. Ev- ery ticket purchased for a Broadway show- includes the cost of paying wages to a full crew consisting of at least one carpenter, an electrician, a curtain-raiser, and helpers, all of whom do virtually nothing. If an ac- tor happens to sit down, even for a moment, in front of a piano, and the theatre happens to hold more than 1100 people, union rules define the show as musical, and a full orchestra of 26 pieces must be hired, even though no musician ever plays a note. Fetherbedding means rules that force the hiring of people even when there is no work for then to do. Un- ion officials make the featherbedding rules. The public pays the shot. --The Letter Review. Of Many Things any g By Ambrose Hills GOVERNMENT BUSINESS In my opinion, the main business of government is to govern. There are, however, certain fields where govern- ment has a place in the operation of services. The other day J. S. Van- derploeg told a meeting of purchasing agents what he thought were proper fields for government. "Certainly we do not want a private army, neither do we want the collec- tion of taxes farmed out," he said. He went on to state that in the postal service, public highways, sewers, side- walks and administration of justice the Government has a legitimate fun- ction. And then he got into the thorny problem of where the line should be drawn between legitimate government activity and private busi- ness. He thought that government VARIETY YOUR HOST Stars in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Tor- onto, and Montreal are heard on CBC radio's Variety Hour, broadcast three times a week on the Trans-Canada network, Bruce Marsh is host on Variety Hour from Toronto, and the only announcer heard regularly on the show, Variety Hour originates in Winnipeg and Toronto on alternate Mondays, in Vancouver and Toronto on Alternate Wednesdays, and in Mon- treal each Friday. generally ought to stay out of fields and services in competition with others "But I am afraid," he said, "it will get more and more competitive with printers, publishers, and many other occupations unless all people in private business are aware of what's going on and are not afraid to speak out." I think more. men and women would speak out if they ever stopped to real- ize that it is the taxpayer who makes possible all the social services the government does undertake. If gov- ernment continues to increase the number of business operations it takes over--the number of taxpaying oper- ations will get less and less. Govern- ment corporations pay no taxes, and seldom make a profit. Who is going to be the last taxpay- er? He will certainly have a hefty bill to pay! When everyone else is finally on the government payroll in one way or another, that last lonely fellow is going to have to dig very deep indeed. And the government payroll is not as generous as some are inclined to think. I know men in the civil service who have been overworked and un- derpaid for years. The workers in the civil service get too little; the loafers in the civil service get too much; and there are far too many of the latter. It is not that they want to be lazy; there are just too many of them for the amount of work required! Prince Albert The Good Neighbours Club held their first meeting of 1960 on Tuesday evening, Jan. 12th at Ilean Pugh's home with fifteen members and one visitor present. President Christina Parkinson was in the chair and opened the meeting by all repeating the Lord's Prayer. The minutes were read and approved. The treasurer's report was heard. The president asked for all articles for the Unitarian layettes be turned in at once for shipping. The picture of the newly adopted baby "Kui Pui" of Hong Kong was admired by everyone. It was sug- gested that a parcel of gifts be sent for her first birthday in June, As the Community flower fund is low it was planned for a canvas soon. The election of officers was in charge of Joan Middleton and result- ed ag follows: Past Pres.--Christina Parkinson. President--Elizabeth Skelding Vice-Pres.--Grace Beacock Secretary--Esther Heayn Treasurer--Eva Hunter Sick Card Convenor--Ilean Pugh Social Convenor--Joan Peel Program Con.--Audrey Middleton Press--Florence Smith Joy Newnham offered her home for a cuchre in January. A dainty lunch was served by the committee in charge. District Churches Scugog, Manchester and Prospect We have had our three Annual Con- gregational Meetings, and all our Re- ports are in. Within the next month all these figures will be put together and our Financial Statement will be presented to the Official Board. At Manchester, the report of our Stew- ards show that with balance brought forward, over two thousand dollars was received, and after paying all ex- penses, there remained in the treasury the sum of ninety four dollars. The Women's Assoc. reported a very suc- cessful year; and after purchasing a new stove, & contributing to the Par- sonage Fund and other donations to the M & M Fund, the W.M.S., Hospi- tal Fund, and Cancer Fund, still show- ed a balance of nearly three hundred and fifty dollars. The Sunday School also has on hand seventy-two dollars. Wesley Johnson was re-elected Supt. with Mrs. W. Holtby as his assistant. The teachers for the year are: Kinder- garten--Mrs. Allan Craig and Mrs. R. E. Steer; Primary--Mrs, W. Holtby, Mrs. [Roach and Mrs. Franklin; Jun- {rs--Messrs. Wesley Johnson and W. McCartney. Mrs. Frank Johnson was again elected as Pianist, with Mrs. Steer and Mrs. Frank Crosier as As- sistants. Eighteen lovely gowns and gtoles for the Junior Choir, and one for the Pianist were purchased at a cost of three hundred and fourteen dollars. The sum of forty three dol- lars was raised at a Choir Concert, and twenty-two dollars donated by friends. The balance was given as a gift by Mrs, Johnson. The congrega- tion expressed deep appreciation to Mrs. Jobnson: for her generous gift. We hope that the children will make good use of them, by being in their places on Sundays and leading us in sONg. The Reports at Prospect Church were also very good. The Stewards reported receiving twenty four hun- dred dollars (including balance that was brought forward) and after pay- ing all expenses, having four hundred and sixty six dollars in the Bank. The sum of three hundred dollars was spent for new windows at the Church. We did not quite make our "M & M" Allocations. With just a little more effort we could have done so. These are the amounts given: Scugog-- $482.78, Manchester $193.66 and Pros- pect $229.70 making a total of $906.14. But this is quite an improvement over the previous year, for which we are grateful. We had a wonderful Choir on the Island on Sunday, which added so much to our Service. There is so much we can do when we pool our re- sources. And a remarkable thing a- bout this Kingdom of God Movement is, that your enthusiasm can do a great deal in getting others interested. All of us could make a contribution to the Services of our Church; and one of the greatest is just to come and worship. The Minister is preach- ing again on the Life and Teachings of Jesus as recorded in St, Mark's Gospel. The Text on Sunday was: "If Thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. The Minister said that "one of the highlights of the story is this: that just ag soon as you set off to find God in Christ, He has already started off to meet you. In othér words, this search for God is a two- way traffic. Man ia seeking God, but how can he find Him? No man hath seen God at any time. The only Be- gotten Bon which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. (John 1:18). God has therefore sent His Son to meet us. Before, He sent His messengers the prophets, but it was not just the same, Now His Son has come, and in the face of Jesus Christ we see God". He closed on this note: "Often we are in much greater need of help than even our children. Maybe, our greatest prob- lems are not those of our children, but ourselves. Christ did far more for the father, than for the boy. Having been given physical health, the boy could now go back to a bet- ter home, where father now had a faith that could move mountains, and could now counsel and guide his boy into the ways of trusting in the love of God. Faith in the love of God for us, and our love for God and each other, will always solve problems. This kind, said Jesus to His disciples, Can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting." Our congregation at Manchester was very good, in spite of slippery roads, Some of the roads at Prospect were heavy, especially were the long lanes, and so we missed these fami- lics. And to those who are shut-in during the long months of Winter, January is nearly over, and it won't be too long before Spring will be here. But how fortunate we are when we remember Orangeville! Your Minis- ter was six years in that area, and if anyone there should be getting our Paper, we want you to know that we are remembering you in our prayers. Right now, the sum has broken through and is shining; and is trans- forming everything. To all who are shut-in, and ill, and in pain, and are just wondering, wondering, we send you a word of HOPE. As Jesus gaid to the father of the epileptic boy, "If thou cast believe, all things are possible to him that believeth", Happy birthdays to Dale Fralick of the Is- land; and to Lois Cawker and Margar- et Ann Witherspoon of Manchester. We invite you all to come and wor- ship with us on Sunday. wets ac 3 A 5 A Ng = i Fred Eh oF aolts Soph 3