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CEN a ee are forthcoming, f.a new generation of" up ignorant of the | nd-hand book! What :saving de vie, idl | bh , Notes and Comments What Lies Ahead A Here at the Beginning of 1961 we look into the future and wonder what the coming year will bring. Actually, we cannot tell for we do not know. There are astrologists who read the.stars and claim that they can foretell what is to happen. - There is one at the present time who is enjoying quite a vogue be- cause it seems that last year he predicted truly the wedding of Princess Margaret. Now he looks forward into 1961 and tells us in all solemnity that this year she will have a baby. Thousands of years ago the soothsayers, the magicians, the necromancers and the astrologists were regarded with awe and the supersititious pegple believed in them with a belief that was as stupid as it was pathetic. But though the necromancers, and the soothsayers, and the interpreters of or- acles have gone as the mist flees before the rising sun, the astrologists, the star gazers are still. with us. the great daily newspapers you will find a column given over to astrology or the study of celestial bodies for the purpose of gulling the gullible. No, not by star-gazing can we look into things Human Expression __skill for. human living. : ering A recent letter of the Royal Bank of Canada was entitled Imagination Helps Communication. It contained many in- teresting assertions: One of them was: every profession and in most businesses is the ability to organize and express ideas in writing and speaking." We might "even go further than that and with a good deal of 'truth say that this is a basic How completely and helplessly Sepend: ent is the tiny baby. But when he begins to master even the rudiments of commu- --nication-he begins to shed his dependence. 'The better his parents can communicate with him and he with them, the greater his chances of achieving an independent maturity. When husband and wife find it difficult to communicate marital troub- les appear. When parents cannot or will not communicate with their children the "forces of miseducation-take over. -- - Every day i Ge "The basic skill in~ the future and pct what is going to : happen. But we can examine with in- telligence and with an unprejudiced mind the problems that confront us now and in the light of our understanding we can see the trends and postulate the probabilities and the possibilities. In Canada, many of our most pressing problems have to do with the economic situation. We face heavy unemployment and increasing burdens in municipal, pro- vincial and federal financing. Inflation is still with us, too. What will happen? 'The experts say that there will be in- creased taxation, continued drop in busi- ness, and more social legislation to cope with the problem of unemployment. In the world at large, we are told that Algeria will get independence under a new French constitution; that the whites in Africa will have their last chance to effect a partnership with their black brothers; that the Kennedy administration will work out a better kind of co-existence with the Communists and that the United Na- tions will survive the Congo crisis and ad- mit to membership some time this year Red China. None of these experts are ~ astrologists. All human achievement in the realms of science, of literature, of politics, of re- ligion: stem directly from our ability as human beings to communicate, Even in "art and music human communication has -played a vital role. , } But the ability to communicate is: so universal. and so much taken for granted that we spend little time in developing this ability as we should. Most of us do not appreciate the fact that the fullness and the richness, the vigour and the drive, the meaning "and the direction of our lives to a great extent depend almost "wholly upon our ability to communicate ~~ and the quality of the communication that we achieve in our daily life. Understandirig may be the key to the most successful kind of living but com- munication is the means through which it finds expression. 'Speak better, write better to live better. munity and Mr. Waghorn of Sarnia __wood for bowling alleys gutters, rest- Ar 2 .out_water, GE PAY HIKE FOR HYI District Doings WILBERFORCE CITIZENS LOOKING FORWARD TO - - NEW INDUSTRIES Haliburton -- Wilberforce citizens are looking forward to the opening of MacCraft Industries in their com- is making preparations and setting up machinery and hope for production in the near future. ' The MacCraft Industries will spe- cialize in the making of curved ply- ing chairs and stacking chairs. A new power line will be construct- ed to accommodate the new MaeCraft Industry and 'also the Wilberforce Veneer and Lumber Co. MINDEN HAS - WATER PROBLEM ; A perplexing situation has arisen' in Minden which has no Municipal Water system and where about half of its residents obtain water from the Gull River which flows through the village. Minden citizens have complained to. W. B. Bennett, superintendent of the Trent Valley Waterway System that their water supply is cut off for daily peflods, causing water in pipes to Residents say the water level. falls below the level of the intake pipes at night and the water-filled pipes, ~exposed-to cold Tae HIGHWAY ADVISORY BOARD was learned at the Tuesday meeting of the Lindsay Hydro Board. The increase will be absorbed by the local Commission out of current surpluses. An increase of $10,000 last year was similarly absorbed by the local Commission out of surpluses but Man- ager J. Lightbody warned that this might not be possible if another in- crease was to be made next year, i "The public should know we are absorbing these increases so when an increase is necessary, the consumers cannot say we didn't prepare them for it," stated' chairman Charles Lamb. COUNTY ENGINEER APPOINTED MEMBER OF ONT. R. E. Sims, County Engineer, has 'been "appointed a member of the County Engineers' Advisory Commit- tee to the Minister of Highways. Mr, Sims 'graduated: from the University of Toronto in 1950 and hag been Ont. 'County Engineer for the past eight years. Also serving on the Advisory Committee will be three representa- tives from the Dept. of Highways and four other county engineers: ------------ NASH ALUMINUM LEAVES LINDSAY ae Nash Aluminum: Limited, a Com: | pany 'engaged in the manufacture of aluminum doors, windows and other | water returns to: its level ice the pipes and. residents are still wi e water is cand by or dam down river from cis also a power station above the. vil lage on the river, which also controls to some extent the water level, i LINK AY USERS ¥ An increase of $0,000 in the whole- cont 4s Jon fii lie Ontario Aluminum which moved from Oshawa g | aluminum products, will close within | | the next. two week | be moved to Oshawa ciate Company of Nash Aluminum already has a plant and production facilities, hae k iy CRY . Ralph L. SeHofleld; Managing Di- rector and major shareholder in Nash closing of the Lindsay Plant which hd enjoyed splendid employee" and to Lindsay will make no vi consumary Tubes: i) 'Mr, weeks. Equipment will | 'where an dsso- | told the 'Press. thet he regretted-the MARA Sn AND DEPUTY ACCLAIMED BRECHIN -- Reeve Erwin Cowie and Deputy-Reeve - Charles Healey were acclaimed to office for 1961 in Mara Township when no other can- didates- qualified by the deadline, Dr. Cowie was named Reeve last year when former Reeve Patrick Duf- fy retired after serving 11 years, Other nominées for reéve who will 'not contest the seat were Mr. Duffy" Healey, John MacDonald aru Ervie Orr. - ---- John MacFadyen and Mr. Orr v were also nominated, but fdiled to qualify for the deputy-reeveship., Pup CHRISTIAN SCT : MONITOR Good Reading for the Whole Family «News "Facts « Fai Fades i -- time "Send newspaper for the ahha, rciad fod ahck o Emig " $10 5 menthe $5 0 wR CR : blic $o-operation Sines its Jneeption fe ald . / PHYSICS PROFESSOR TV STAR Dr. Donald Ivey, a professor of physics at the University of Toronto, has become a nation-wide television personality through his appearances on the science series The Nature of Things seen Sundays on the CBC-TV network. As host for the series, Dr. Ivey introduces viewers to an im- portant way of understanding life and their environment. Report From Parliament ed this week, as members from "all over Canada enjoyed. Christmas in their home constituencies. Snow-covered Parliament Hill, the Peace Tower, and the vaulted Gothic corridors of the Centre Block were almost deserted except for the. pre- sence of the members of the Protec- tive Staff, the Press Gallery and the occasional tourist, Before Parliament adjourned, the Governor-General gave Royal Assent {-to-the-Acts-respecting loans to-small businesses, the new technical training program and the establishment of the National Productivity Council. Thus, on December '20th, the pic- turesqueness of Parliament Hill was further enhanced by the appearance of the Governor - General's coach, drawn by two teams of matched RC- MP borses with their scarlet-coated drivers. The Christmas scene was one that is, of course, more familiar to Cana- dians than to the crowds of American tourists who swarm on Parliament Hill during the warm summer mdnths 'in order to view the Changing of the '| Guard and other ceremonies, By December 21st; members had nade their homeward reservations and were preparing to depart by train and by plane to the various corners of the land. In the month OF BU" titha' viO session had been on a great deal of construc. tive work had been accomplished. More, of course, would be done after There still remained a great deal of Government legislation to come before '| the House, in further implementation of the national economy program. On December 20th, the House gave approval to supplementary estimates of the Department of Labour calling for an amount of $30,000,000, the ma- jor part of which would be required | to-- finance. the - expanded municipal winter works program. An important item in the supple- mentary estimates was the provision of $30,000 to finance Canada's parti- cipation in Commonwealth Training Week, which will be observed through- out the Commonwealth from May 29th to June 4th, The suggestion for such a week was originally put forward by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and 'the, purpose is to focus attention upon 'the importance of technical training in the world today and to encourage young people to prepare for careers dn this field.. Canada's participation was given added importance owing to the fact that the Canadian vocational and te- chnical training program was recent- ly expanded to provide for a 50 per- cent, increase in present facilities, Canada's participation in the pro- gram suggested by the Duke of Edin- burgh would draw attention to. such matters as the changing employment ttern where a premium is now placed upon the highly skilled and trained worker, 2 The necessity for young people to By Michael Starr, Minister of Labour The halls of Parliament were still- Parliament resumed in the New Year. § credits to the fullest possible extent will also be stressed. In this connection, the observance of Technical Training Week will in- volve distribution of a pamphlet to every houschold in Canada, outlining changing conditions in the labour market and the advantages and op- portunities now available in under- taking additional training; posters for high schools, urging students to complete their education; films deal- ing with this subject for television and theatrical distribution; Federal- pr¥vincial consultations and discus- sions along these lines. Anglican Notes By Mary Becker A Happy New Year to all our rea- -ders;-as-we-start- of f our first-column- of 1961. Also we extend special thanks to the Port Perry Star which has published our column for two years now, despite frequent tardiness and long-windedness on our part. The start of the year prompts us to wander into the probably danger- ous field of New Year's Resolutions. Here are a few that we might make, as a parish, for the fuller activity of our church in all aspects of our lives: . We resolve to: 1. "Attend worship services as regu- larly as possible, 2. Give all that we are able to the work of the church both here and abroad. 3. Remember that our time and 'MEX are often the most valuable gifts wl ean giv' = the chireh-- need for church school teachers, group leaders and administrative officers | dontinues all the time. 5 4. Exert every effort to get our 'new building fully paid for and the necessary furnishings and equipment to enable the church school and all -| groups to operate efficiently and com- fortably, 6. Give up the annual returning of all the same people to the same offi- cés in our church and our groups. The people who have held offices have done an excellent job, but they de- serve a rest, and the responsibilities of church office should be shared amongst all. } 6. To facilitate the above resolution, agree to take a" church office when asked. ! 7. Do our best to be practicing Christians, in worship, in friendship, in business, in our families and with all with whom we come in contact. JANUARY JOTTINGS--A number of activities get underway this week and next. The Girls' Auxiliary will meet in the church hall tomorrow af- ter school; the Evening Guild on Mon- day, Jan, Oth in the hall; the W.A. on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 10th, and our newly formed Young People's Group on Thursday (tonight) at 8 p.m. in the church hall, All teenagers are asked to notice this change from Sun- day to Thursday meeting time, The Afternoon Guild met last Tues- day and a report will be ineluded next week. The Church School Tea- chers' Group will hold thelr regular meeting next Thursday, Jan. 12th in the church hall, Services this week include a special Holy Communion on Friday (tomor- row) the Feast of the Epiphany at 10 a.m.; and two Week of Prayer ser- Vices, These latter Tnglgge the -one "held last night hurch, when R al Another gay, mad, exciting season has faded into the limbo of memories. Weeks of shopping, cooking, trimming the house, wrapping presents 'and of fun have assumed the identity of all Christmases past. The smell of spruce, pine and stuffing still hangs in the draperies. Now and then the vacuum cleaner picks up a bit of broken glass from where a tree or- nament was shattered by the too eager. hands of the newest member of the family, or by the collie Holly's great bushy tail which knocked it sailing into the farthest corner of the room, unnoticed in the hilarity. I became aware once more of the split personality of this memorable time of the year when, after all the hubbub of preparation was over, I slipped into the last empty pew in our church and bowed my head in a prayer of gratitude that another year had come and gone and bestowed on our family the blessing of peace and plenty. Stained. glass windows re- flected the glow from a myriad can- dles while the pungent fragrance of. cedar and pine mingled. with the od- our of burning tallow. Sweet, sad, familiar carols, sung by this large choir of parishioners, drifted from the majesty of "Silent Night" to the hallelujah joy of "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." _ Only the sqeeky sound of over- %ip the silence of Chistinss eve as I walked home at midnight along our country road. I watched the gaudy coloured "lights "that decked every home dance in the reflection of spark- ly snowflakes. 'As I trudged along, I reviewed the contents of a letter I had received which, I felt, gave pur- pose to my work as a columnist, A year ago I wrote rather wrath- fully about the tremendous popular- ity of warlike toys as reflected in a survey of purchases across Canada. At the time I made this plea to par- ents, I asked them to consider more constructive toys for their children rather than nurture a taste for des- truction, My correspondent remin- ded me of this column and asked if I had heard the result of this yond might have done 4 across Canada I know I, for one, returne ter reading your column' ter was a gift I had H though every writer ho one ander my tree that settled for- ever a family argument regarding the degree of respect show their gra case, me, my younger son claimed: his daughter to a must respectfully call me "G: The three bairns in the elde family have always called m I have been their pal and of me as 'a grandparent entered their minds, k This parcel I speak of wag creation held together: be more Santa Claus gummi tied with yards and i Hy of red tin- sel string. Hanging. from it was a self created by elght- land in wobbly letters was written. "For o from Ricky, Susan and parcel contained brig leotards size: "pM, I had heardly nao when I wag urged to n by a chorus of excited ehildi Little did it matter that the hung off my toes like ] nauts' flippérs, hu and folded in strétohee around my knéés and bu This was apparel I had cra ved is ing to them. They had remembe) for almost twelve months at marked, as I watched the. edt. a year ago, I wished giish for, J leotards a8 Wit alway 8 1 remain, ) Their of of their. pi h to sport leo toy sales survey. Guns and.-' ner of military toys wr " tom of the list He sewing get Rev. Mr. Linetetd Five the address; and a second service tomorrow even- ing in St. John's Présbyterian Church at 8 p.m.; when our Rector will preach. The usual Morning Prayer service will be held at 11.30 on Sunday. Church school for those up to 11 years is at 11.30; for 12 year-olds and Junior Bible Class at 10.80. Those 9,10 and 11 years old go in to service in church for the first half-hour. Everyone is reminded that the an- nual vestry meeting will take place on Monday evening, Jan. 30th. Please keep that date free and plan to attend. The December meeting of the W.A. took place on Tues, 13th. After the singing of an Advent hymn, and read- ing of a Christmas Litany, members heard the minutes of the last meeting read by Mrs. Whitby; and the trea- surer's report by Mrs. Clarke. Mis. Muniford gave the first chapter of the mew study book, "Towards the Centre" entitled "The Fact of Unity", Mr. Fuller attended and elections were then held. The officers are: Presi- dent--Mrs. C. Glass; Vice-presidents ~--Mrs. Hodgson and Mrs, McClintock; Recording secretary -- Mrs, Whitby; Treasurer--Mrs, Clarke; Dorcas secs retaty-----Mrs. Wilkinson; Educational Secretary -- Mrs. Mumford; Social Secretary -- Mrs, Staple; and Little Helpers and Magazine (Living Mess: ages) secretary -- Mrs. Hayes, Mrs, Mulligan will again be in charge of calendars, the W.A, are Mrs. Woods and' Mrs. Wilson. - Our parish has been saddened by the recent deaths of Mr. Fred Hodg- son; Mrs, LaRue (the mother of Mra, Honorary: 'presidents of } . Wa hope that the spirit emma in BROCK'S : | [To ey participation mE ties that surrounded season will continua Year. One evening Mr. and Mrs, who are ch their home bers of th Thurs, Love and f! mother Mrs, rélatives fo gathered at sister at Mi sémbly was of Mr, and MB ding anniversap old Jackson, Uj the nilles to be eral family reminise! gifts 'and festive f keeping for this --One night close John Kelzibrink's children, a total gi thirty, arrived hom meeting was eno rolled around' past mi ing parcels and 'go happy party. The following af Mr and Mrs, C brother Mr, AT Mr, and Mrs, Mr, and Mrs.' ren of Shirley C. A. Williams) and Mr. Phipps, and we extend sympathy Bil families. Mr, [Ted