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While 'a good thesis might be made to show that Western amusements are both - important and profitable to our way of life, it would seem that we might be stretching - things if we also tried to show that they 'Here: and There had a religious the past now It is with so sermons in wh "Indispensable? t outrageously are, But A Christian to an industry Elvis Presley for his sermon tween art and * Christian mart fessional sport felt it would Notes and Comments | aspect. . mething of a shock that we read of a minister publicizing one of his" ich he does just that. The title of the sermon, Is Russ Jackson The minister, an avid rugby fan and ad- mirer of Jackson, asserts that some men minister who turns to the professional rugby field to find ispiration s must have signals mixed. "The fact that a local quarter back sustains an injury serves neither to make him a yr nor a hero indispensable. If we have to tie religion to popular pro- in order to make its appeal seem that those who wish to introduce Sunday Sport would be, in a manner of speaking, religious reformers. The Canadian Bar Association meets in 5 The two candidates for the presidency Quebec this week to. discuss those things which. directly and indirectly affect the : The 1;000<members might profession. give some 'consideration tot whether or not the present lawyers owe their first loyalty to the great traditions of the law. Recen fections by some members of the Associa- tion would indicate that such a discussion would be timely latest polls, ru he question of generation of tly certain de- financial ruin. of the United States are, according to the - nning neck and neck. Since both are quite clean-shaven we cannot ~. anticipate either winning by a whisker. * * * LJ] The Union Nationale in Quebec is now accusing the Liberal Party which has just taken office of leading the province into Since the Liberals have only been in office two months the ruin must have been pretty near the surface, District Doings | MUNICIPAL BOARD GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO START _ HIGH SCHOOL AT COURTICE__ |dian relics of -this ares, The Ontario Municipal Board has ! given final approval for the construe- tion: of the 500 pupil High School at Courtice. The United Counties Coun- cil of Northumberland and Durham held a one day session Thurs, Sept. 1st, to give the school debenture by- law its third reading. It is expected the contractors will start construc- ing of the Museum would be held some time next year. tion at Courtice on September 6th, - Registration at Bowmanville High School is expected to be between 1,050 and. 1,100. The school will operate NAME CH ANGED BY ; ~ LIND PUBLISHERS - _ tice students will form the morning INDEAY- PLHI INE Sr on. a two-shift schedule. The Cour: shift, and Bowmanville and Clarke Township pupils will attend in the af- ternoon shift. RR PICKERING WON'T AMEND ~~ BYLAW FOR GAS CHIMNEYS pre A Sh A maufacturer of gas heating chimneys. failed in their -bid_to_ get: Pickering Township to amend their building to allow homes with gas vent chimneys only. "-- A home heated by gas does not require the standard type of brick chimney. There is no smoke, soot or fire. ; However council decided they would leave their present bylaw as it is and not make any amendments as far-as chimneys are concerned. : ' THIEVES ENTER LINDSAY LEGION HALL Thieves, believed to be amateurs, broke into the Canadian Legion Hall, | Lindsay, early Thurs, Sept. 1 and! succeeded in lifting a quantity of cig. ! arettes from the office, used for Sat- 'urday night bingo purposes, as well ad a quantity of cigarettes from the canteen located in the basement. A small sum of money was taken from a container in the manager's office and a small sum of loose change from the canteen, : It is assumed the thieves were a- mateurs ag no attempt was made to open the safe in the business office, Thieves did use, a' pinch bar on windows, locks and doors, however. PICKERING TWP. MUSEUM _ NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC The museum of the Pickering Twp. | Site, houses many interesting exhi- bits, one of them being the early In- ed that Council give serious consi- , all school children in the township to 1 visit. -the museum this fall. will not be any charge for children. site last year, is being put in shape. | This building is over one hundred. years old. } deration to a vote of the electorate on the question at the forth-coming municipal elections in December. The Clerk, Mr. Harry Crisp, infor- med: the members that it would take considerable time to arrange the vote. Councillor Lawson Mumberson sug- gested that it could cost the township a considerable amount of money. The Clerk stated that it had cost the Twp. of Vaughan approximately $5,000.00. Markham Township was voted "dry" in 1906 and there are no records a- vailable to indicate that any vote has been taken since that time. Anyone is eligible to vote on the question who ==} can---cast=a--ballot-- inthe Provincial election, or SI An invitation is being extended to There The old log cabin, hauled to the Mr. Lawson said an Official Open- "Historical Society; Brotigham, 1s now | ~The announcement of a change of name from J. W. Deyell Printers Limited to. John Deyell Limited was made at the 26th annual meeting. of the shareholders of the company re- cently held at.Lindsay, Ontario... D. M. Alloway, president of the company, in making the announce- ment, stated that the new name would perpetuate the memory of the foun- der of the firm, a name well known in the book manufacturing industry. Mr, Alloway also announced the ap- pointment of Percy .Ploss, previously of Oshawa and - formerly assistant manager, to the post of manager. Other officers appointed were .V. A. Henkelman, secretary, and K. W. Wendland, treasurer, both of Oshawa. ---------- WHITBY AUGUST BUILDING NEARLY $400,000 : Total value of building permits is- sued in Whitby. during the month of August was $895,105. This figure compares favorably with the total of $247,376 for the same month last year. July's figure this year was $126,025. RE PICKERING TWP.-COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PURCHASE OF INDUSTRIAL SITES... Should the debenture debt in the Township of Pickering be increased by close to $600,000 through the pur- chase of land for proposed industrial sites? That is the important ques- tion that faces each member of Coun- cil, Reeve Sherman Scott, address- ing a special meeting on Thursday, |. Sept. 1, pointed out that much of Pickering's industrial land was in the hands of speculators and the asking price "could possibly be prohibitive. The [Reeve suggested that each mem- ber should give the matter serious consideration. He agreed that such a move would represent a "gamble". "The means for acquiring industrial assessment is a problem that, I must admit, I haven't the answer", &aid the Reeve. AFFLECK "APPOINTED . Building was even for August as "ASSISTANT ATTORNEY 27 permits were issued. Last year's August figure for permits. granted was 26. - ! j Although ~~ August's residential building was below August of 1059, commetcials were higher, ; Two permits were issued for tax exempt buildings: Blair Park Pub- lic School and St. Teresa's: Separate $246,000. 4 i " MARKKHAM TWP. COUNCIL. REJECTS LIQUOR VOTE FOR ~ 1960 ELECTION : A four month period is insufficient lownshp of Markham, according to a open to the public, it was announced last week by President Wm. G. Law. son. : Li ot Mr. Lawson said the former Brough. am Public School, now the Museum [Hugh Brennan, Bayview Ave, request. unanimous decision of Council. The fssue was discussed at a special meet- ing on Thurs., Sept. 1st. This action wag taken after a ratepayer, Mr. Ontario County has_its first assist- ant crown'attorney, Oshawa lawyer Bruce Affleck, it was announced last week. 7 The new appointment will release Crown Attorney Alex Hall for im. portant cases in the province. He was previously the only crown attor- School have a total building value of {ney for the district. ~ Flushing your ewe flock on good fresh fall pasture can increase your lamb crop next spring by as much as 20%, says E. N. Needham, in charge of OAC's sheep. flock. - It-gets ewes on a rising plane of nutrition and increases the changes of twin lambs. Put the ewes oni good hay aftermath, rape, or oats and peas for 2 to 3 weeks before you turn the ram into the flock. ; - Of Many Things \ by Ambrose Hills THIS MENTAL HEALTH KICK . When we turned on the TV last] night, there was one of those boring dissertations on mental health. My son said, "Dad, what's this' mental health kick. that's going on? Téat's all you hear these days!" Junior Choir sang and the guest I told him his question was a good speaker for both Prospect and Man- one and that it would take a book-| chester was Mr. Murray Richardson length lecture to answer it; but in| from Uxbridge. Mr. Richardson the meanwhile, an over-simplified but spoke about his work with the Chip- reasonably accurate answer would be ewyan Indlans. He is under the di- that in conflict between the Protest- rection of the Northern Canada Evan- ant ethic and the Freudian ethic, most gelical Mission, the headquarters at 'of the talking is being done by the lat-| Meadaw Lake, Saskatchewan. This ter's supporters. ° ' independent - mission serves all the ~ Bill looked blank. "What in the| Indians of Canada and it accepts as- name of Mental Health is the Pro-| sistance from any church or group of testant cthic is the idea that man is individuals. Richardson is now sta- endowed with free will and that each tioned at Cold Lake, Alberta. His of us stands accountable for his acts special work is linguistic, that is, he before God. In other words, men of | learns the Chipewyn language by as- this 'kind are expected to be self-re-' sociation with the Indians This is liant and self-responsible--and, there-! a slow and tedious task. fore, must be frée. You can't hold an ® individual responsible for his acts After analyzing the grammar, he in unless he is free to choose his own' turn teaches the other missionaries. way. For those who believe in the This gives them a Chipewyn vocabu- Protestant ethic, capitalism or free lary which enables the missionaries to enterptise or competitive enterprise, | tell the story of Jesus. Sometimes Services held in all three churches of this charge were held as usual al- though our Pastor Rev, John Braham is on Vacation. At Manchester the ~ District Churches Scugog, Manchester and Prospect Mr, Richardson has experienced ex: citing moments when he and his pilot were forced down by storm when fly- ing to an outpost. However, because they were well equipped with food and supplies, they resumed their flight three days later when the storm lifted. Other facts brought to light by . Mr. Richardson were: There are 3,000 languages "in the world. The whole Bible and special parts of the Bible such as the New Testament is printed in only 1000 languages. We strive for many things in this life such as occupation which will en- able us to earn good wages or salaries and better ourselves in many ways. However, there is a great need -for young people in the mission field, as so many people do not know about the Bible and they will never know if we do not teach them. The Bible is the only true book which was ever written. Mr. Wesley Johnson and Miss Carol Midgley assisted with the service at Manchester. : vice was conducted by Mr, Cecil Fra: lick with Miss Bonne Eden and Miss Kaye Jackson telling the stories. Thursday of this week Scugog Grace W.A. will meet at the church at 2:00 p.m. On Sunday next, the Gidédns will take charge of the service. Mr. Sid- ney Parrott of Oshawa will be guest speaker. ' for the three island schools was post- poned in the spring and will take place this Friday at the lunch hour at Lake- side Beach. : Birthday wishes this week to: Pa- tricia Newman of the island on Sept. 9, George Franklin of Manchester on Sept. 11; Sharon Crozier of the Is. land "on Sept. 13; Barbara Holtby of Prospect on Sept. 14; Bill Nixon of the Island on Sept. 14; and George Smith of Prospect on Sept 15. 1 whatever -you 'call it, is the ideal sys- | tem." ' } j : AI get it," said Bill, who has a couple clined, get a game of golf between of years' universsity under his belt, Quitting time and dusk. Or he may "Freud suggestions that nobody is 8° fishing. He does not spend twenty- capable of facing the world and that five per cent of his day away from we're all neurotics from the moment home in the mere job of getting to we're born. We can't fight it--we've ad from his job. He has a better got to adjust to it." . - house for less money. He can have a "Right," said I. - "You put it well, larger lot on which his house is built. And from the sound of that TV dis- And the social life is at least cussion, -the idea of individual initia- #8 00d 8s in the city." . Still, tive, or the Protestant ethic, is get- despite small-town advantages, the ting another kick in 'the pants." "majority of industrial workers seem "Whose side are you on?" to prefer city life and so keep the "I'm on the Protestant ethic," I, Cities growing. said, "and to the dickens with Freu- | The employer in a small town has dian notions. They rob the individual .certain disadvantages to overcome. In of his dignity. If Freudians were hon-' some kinds of business, if he is in a est enough to believe he is right down ~smill town, his customers In other the line, they'd go off in a corner and communities, particularly the cities, curl up their. toes. It's a false doctrine are suspicious that his product is not (of despair _sll_through, for how. can_.as_good as that produced. in the. city. a neurotic citizenry build up a safe' That is only a minor sales problem. society? They're kicked before they Another disadvantage is that the start. They claim society owes every operation, if part of a large entev- 'body a living, but they forget that by prise, suffers from decentralization. their own witness, society is half This has advantages in some indus- nuts!" , tries but distinct disadvantages in "You don't sound as learned as my others. The Unions, for reason ap- professors," said Bill," but I think parently not sound, have argued you've got something there. Freud through the years for industry-wide sounded pretty good to me because bargaining. In a recent case, Do- he said I'm not to blame for anything miniun Bridge, which operates or has --but I knew darn well there was a been operating eleven different plants cateh to- it. I hope that Freudian across the country, has been told by ethic--or whatever you call it--gets the unions that conditions in one com- than kick in the pants you were talk- munity are the same as in another. 'ing-aboutt---- mee es ==But-this;-it-can-be-said-flatly, is-not ~-And- that, I "think, is what most so. And persistent success in this young men would say, if they had. argument will result in further con- both sides of the story. The trouble centration of industry in the biggest Tories. "But before than happens Leslie Miscampbell Frost will retire. And in one man's opinion we think it'll be a sorry thing, The Grits--Liberals, that is--have done everything in their power to brand him with bad marks but in our books he has been not only a great Ontario man but a great Can- adian. "A shrewd politician, and able ad- ministrator, a wise counsellor, and one of Canada's top citizens, he has made tremendous contributions not only to Ontario but to Canada. For years he has served Ontario. He's taken the insults, the gripes and all the rumor- talk that goes with politics but the facts point to one point: he has been wood for Ontario. Mr. Frost, in our books, you deserve a rest and the right to enjoy in peace the future." -- Bowmanville Statesman PARENTS HAVE RIGHTS The right of parents to be interest- ed in schools and schooling is undeni- able. The parents have a right to know what the children are being taught, they should know also how they are being taught. They have a right to know also because they are taxpayers. - - A teachers' spokesman seems'to be arguing that the people who provide _the money to run the schools have -no- The Evening Guild will hold its opening meeting on Monday evening, Sept. 12th, at the home of Mrs. Beck- er, at 8 p.m. Anyone interested in joining the group is welcome to at- tend. The W.A. will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 18th at 2.30 p.in. at the home of Miss Edith Brooks. The Afternoon Guild met last Tuesday and a report of the meeting will be included next week. ' The Girls' Auxiliary will again have Mrs. G. Sebben and Mrs. G. Morrow as leadérs. The first meeting will be on Friday, Sept, 16th at the parish hall. If progress of the building ne- cessitates a change of location, mem- bers will be notified, or an announce- Two of our G.A. girls, Carol Dagenais and Doris . Popert, are representing our parish at a GA conference at Lake Couchiching this week-end. The theme of the 3-day meeting is "Trea- sure Seekers", and the girls will re- port back to the local group. We have been informed that the Layman's. Visiting Committee, con- right_to exercise an overall financial | H. Buckland, secretary, Mr. W. Son- ley, Mr. C. Williams, Mr. and Mrs, E. Hayes and Mr. H. Santer, have com- pleted visits to----about two-thirds of the Anglican homes in the parish, The - work is progressing slowly due to a 'At Grace Church, Scugog, the ser- Ee The 'annual Sunday School picnic ment included-im next week's column. sisting of Mr, Germain, chairman, Mr., | furisdiction, and also seemingly is lack of volunteers to assist. It is arguing that parents have no right to be interessted in or to exercise some } hoped that the objective of a layman's visit to every Anglican home in the _| both sides of the story! is, those who are staging these big mental health sprees, never do give Clipped Comments THREATENS SMALLER CITIES AND TOWNS All the politicians, big and little, are for the mall man.- The Printed Word, which can be addressed at either of Canada's two largest cities, is also for the small town. The small town has a practical, and even essential, merit for the preserva- tion of Canada. This is entirely aside from the sentimental attachment for one's childhood haunts and the charm of a tree-lined street in a_village. . The very small village probably has not grown a bit since the motor ve- hicle increased the mobility of people living in villages and farms, Offsetting some of the trend toward the really big cities has been the es- tablishment_in big towns and smaller goods of a kind and quality that form- erly might have been available only in the largest stores and exclusive shops. But there is an offsetting threat to the smaller communities and a regret- able trend dn concentration of in- dustry within. ten or twelve miles of the Montreal or Toronto city halls, This trend is due to the determined effort of the labor union leaders, rather that the union labour members, to obtain the {identical wages and working conditions in a community cities of retail establishments selling-- The Printed Word centres, "PREMIER FROST TO RETIRE IN SEPTEMBER? | From the Peterborough Review comes an interesting articles which, if true, could provide provincial Lib- ; erals with inspiration and hope. How- "ever, similar stories have been ap- I pearing from reliable sources for many years, but the facts have never borne out the predictions. Here is the article as it appeared: "If a political birdie who nested in our ear is correct you'll see big changes in the Ontario Government come the fall, The changes: the re- tirement in September Leslie M, Frost, appointment of an interim 'premier and what could be a wide open battle for the leadership by Ontario Tories. "It's no secret Premier Frost and his wife want to get out of politics. Ile'll be 65 in September and feels he'd like to live out the remaining years of. his life away from the rough & tumble, heartbreaking and demand- job of Ontario's number one citizen. "Our. source gave us the rundown and said it is certain, not just talk. In line for the temporary premier until a new leader is. picked is. Hon, James. Allan, provincial treasurer. But he won't go for permanent leadership because retirement is just around the corner for him, "Who'll be the new leader? If you listen closely you can hear the brain wheel turning here, there and every- where. Hon, John Robarts, minister of cducation, is hinted as the eager parish will. be reached before the winter. The «ommittee works under the overall- leadership of Mr. Ger- main, with the immediate direction teachers from organizing or joining Peng given by Mr. Buckland, who 's association. ; co-ordinating the work and catalo- his is not to say that teachers are #Uing the suggestions of the parish- not justifiably impatient with busy- ioners, as well as compiling a card- body organizations, or with individual file of the parish. parents who are always complaining] We recently toured the new build- jurisdiction over schools and school- ing. If this is the attitude, perhaps the time has come when there should be enacted legislation prohibiting ing discriminated against by the Suit our needs very well. The extra teacher, : l classroom space, néw kitchen and Teachers are human beings. Human washroom and addtion to the main beings who do not have to regard the hall, will all be very useful. We hope well-being or the wishes or even the that the work will be completed a- whims or other people will become in- round the middle of October. sufferable, arrogant and inefficient.| The Rector wishes to thank those In fact teachers, as well as any other who assisted with the vacation school group in the. community, when nn- in July. They include: Mr. Glass, restrained, become insufferable. All Mrs, Kenny, Mrs. Dowson, Mrs, Wil- people must have regard for the gen, liams, Mrs. Morrow, Mrs. Sonley, Mrs. eral welfare, and this is particularly Hill, Mrs. Langille, and Miss Muriel true for groups who are in the last New; as well as all those members analysis employees of the public. De- ;of the Presbyterian Church who wark- linquency among teachers is not great ed on this project. fortunately. But always there must| -Mr. H. Buckland has left by air for be vigilance to prevent policemen, a two-month visit to Great Britain. school teachers, custom' and immi- | We wish him a happy holiday. We gration officers, and other servants welcome to the parish Mr. Douglas of-the public from becoming the task- !Ockenden," formerly of Scarborough. masters of the public. who has recently moved to Port Perry and is teaching at the Prince Albert ; School this year. We also extend a welcome to those who have come to cour area with the construction com- panies working on the causeway, and ; By Mary Becker we hope you will join in our worship Our Church School will get under-'and our activities, way this Sunday, Sept. 11th, with al. Mrs. 8. Mumford is acting as bulle- promotion day service at 11.30. All tin secretary again, so news of parish Anglican Notes a 'that little Johnny or cute Mary is be- ing and the new facilities appear to _ Ey " successor but don't count out other of 10,000 to 20,000 people that' pre- Tory banner-carriers, : vailed, and perhaps justfiably prevail-| #Battle for the leadership could inthe. grdat. metropolises,.- The-un- turn-the-air--blue;~Once-a- leader 1x ions refuse to recognize that a man! picked look for an Ontario election with a decent job in a town easily can. probably in 1962. live on lower wages as well as, or, "The outcome could be a shift of better than, his city brethren on al power. The provincial Liberal Party larger wage per hour or per week. is working day and night and hope The man in a small town can walk to| the "people" figure it's time for a work, go home to lunch and, if so in-| change after more than 20 years of 1 at the regular service time.. During shown their classes and introduced to their new teachers. There will be a meeting of the hool teachers tonight (Thursday) Fa home of Mrs. Sonley at 8.15 wm, All the teachers and prospee- the service they will be directed into | [the parish Kall "whore they will be children are asked to go into church activities may be passed slong to her for publication therein. an adult study group during the fall 'are asked to communicate their will- (ingness to participate to the Rector, "Also anyone able to assist with the work of the Junior Auxiliary (8-11 year-olds) which we hope to get un- 'derway this year, is asked to contact tive teachers are urged to attend. |Mra. A. Garvey or the Rector. 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