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! | 1 | | | * LIAR LARS Be 5 BY a sat g dy . sia & soaks ai EAL BEN BSE MEMBER OF CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION SREP RAR SAF SERA RRA TEES A Notes and Comments Starting 'A New Year Christmas day is over. The gifts have all been opened and admired; the turkey, plum pudding, mince pie and Christmas cake have been enjoyed. ceived gay Christmas cards from friends and acquaintances and have called cheery greetings to our neighbours. visited our relatives and have attended the Special Christmas services. heard again the wondrous story of Christ's birth and vowed again to keep the spirit of Christmas in our hearts. In spite of the commercialism which is so evident before the great day arrives; in gpite of the hustle and bustle of pre- paration; in spite of too much drinking at cocktail 'parties; in spite of the cynicism with which many regard the birthday of Christ, "never-the-less much of the true meaning of Christmas does touch the hearts of men and gives them the courage and faith needed to face a New Year. rast and that We have re- We have We have kindness and fellowmen. " We can feel that this year of 1963 will somehow wipe away the bungling of the a better job than we have managed so far. With the goodwill of the Christmas Sea- son still in our hearts we can believe the numbers of our unemployed will be re- duced, that the threat of war will be avert- ed for at least another year; that we will find increasing markets for the bounty of the land, and that our more personal . wishes may be granted, such as a better report card for Johnny, a new car for father or a trip to Europe for the family. Yes New Year's Day is a time of hope, ---a time for stepping forward with confi- dence that the world is going to be a better place, and that our fellow men are wonderful neighbours, When we wish you a Happy New Year, in these few brief words we encompass a sincere wish for peace and prosperity, we and our leaders will do neighbourliness in all our REPORT FROM PARLIAMENT BY HON. MIKE STARR M.P. ONTARIO RIDING Control of drugs and the use of chemicals in fertilizers and insecti- cides will be studied by a Committee of Parliament, as announced by the Minister of National Health and Wel- fare, and introduced in the House this week. Mr. Monteith pointed out the grow- ing public concern on the- effects of chemicals and chemical products used in industry and agriculture, and the growing dangers of pollution; not only of water resources but of the land as well. There is no doubt that this is an urgent problem and that the Com- mittee of Parliament which has been set up will have a great deal of useful work to accomplish. Recently the Cabinet met with a delegation of automobile workers (UAW) from Windsor, headed by Mr. Burt, on economic conditions in that city and with particular reference to the shifting of Ford operations from Windsor to Oakville, the major part of which took place several years ago. * This week was 'Labour' week in Ot- tawa, with large delegations coming to meet with Cabinet, representing the Canadian Labour Congress, the Federation of National Trade Unions from Quebec, and the legislative com- mittees of the Railway Brotherhoods. These meetings were scheduled' for December 11th and 12th. The CLC annual presentation is al- ways an important occasion and this year has been no exception. Tradi- tionally, it has been an occasion for labour and Government to get togeth- or and to air their views, their differ- ences and their mutual agreements. I must say that in the past I have been appreciative of the extent to which the CLC -- while bluntly ex« pressing their differences with certain Government actions--have at the same time expressed approval of those pro- grams which have been beneficial to labour, such as winter works and voca- tional training. * Of interest in connection with the visit of the railway unions was the recent appointment of J. A. "Pete" Robertson, a former railway employee, to the Senate of Canada. This appointment could certainly be considered as part of a process of de mocratization of thé Senate, since' Mr. Robertson is probably the first working representative of labour to be appointed to that august position, | Last week the Prime Minister wn- nounced that the House would adjourn for the Christmas recess on December 20th and would resume on January 21st, For most members this would mean a long-awaited opportunity to return to their constituencies and to report to the electors as to the progress that was being made in Parliament. After some preliminary skirmishing in the early stages, the House hans now gotten down to serious buginess, with some forty pieces of legislation Among important matters now un- der consideration are the Bill relat- ing to automation and technological change, the National Economic Devel- opment Board; the Development Bd. for the Atlantic Provinces, and the Bill dealing with safety in industries under Federal jurisdiction. A great deal of interest has been aroused by the automation bill and there is no doubt that both labour and management will have a great deal to say in the application of this mea. sure in various industries. The Bill provides for joint studies by labour and management on the effect of automation in particular in- dustries and for the re-training of workers in plants with the co-opera- tion of both the Federal and Provin- cial Governments. There is also the provision relating to Government as- sistance in helping trained workers to move to jobs where there is an opening for their particular skills. The extent to which the provisions will be workable will, of course, de- pend on the degree to which labour and management are prepared to work together. Indications so far have been quite favourable in this respect. With Parliament adjourning on De- cember 20th for thé month - long Christmas recess, the majority of members had left Ottawa last week, returning to their home constituencies. On Thursday the Prime Minister was leaving by air for the Bahamas for a three-day visit with Prime Minister MacMillan and President Kennedy. When Parliament resumes on Jan. 21st, the House once more will be facing a crowded agenda, containing such important pieces of legislation as the Manpower Adjustment Bill, deal- ing with automation, and the National Economic Development Board. The recent visit of the Canadian Labour Congress to Ottawa, followed by the National Confederation of Trade Unions, and the Legislative Committee of the Railway Brother- hoods, afforded an opportunity to ex- plain to the representatives of or- ganized labour the principles of this important legislation. Mr. Jodoin registered approval of the calling of a conference of labour and management in the near future to work out the procedures in con- nection with putting the legislation into effect. This conference will be called be- fore the regulations to the bill are drawn up, in order that every oppor- tunity may be given for both labour and management to express their view. The Bill itself is in general terms and is purposely kept flexible in order that the utmost latitude may be al- lowed to both labour and management in co-operating together and with the 'Government in this matter. Meanwhile as Members prepared to leave for the holiday it was expected that most Conservative Members would be back in Ottawa a few days before the House resumed in order to be able to take part in the annual meeting. of the Party, scheduled for January 17, 18 and 19, in the Capital; Although air trausport has immea- surably cut down the distances in Canada, still for members on the East and West Coasts, and from the Prair- fes, the Christmas adjournment pro: vides a welcome respite and a wel. come opportunity to resume contact with their constituencies and to deal with problems which may have arisen still to be dealt with, while they have been absent attend- ing the session. For most members it hag been a gruelling session with considerable tension engendered in the House on account of the situation where no party commands an absolute majority. Various no-confidence motions have seen alignments between segments of the Opposition -- Liberals and Social Crediters--Liberals and NDP's--but so far no complete alignment of all Opposition groups against the Gov- ernment. Meanwhile there has been criticism in the press and among the M.P.s themselves to the effect that this session has seen little accomplished. Of course the remedy to this is in the hands of the members themselves, Delays in Parliament are nothing new. The Parliamentary system has never been noted for speed or effi. ciency. Although it is well to point out that there was little time lost between the Government's acceptance of the Glassco Commission Report on the Public Service, and the Prime Minister's announcement a couple of days later that the principles enun. ciated in this report, and relating to efficiency in the Government Service, would be put into effect. Over the years, there have been various attempts to amend the rules of Parliament in order to restrict the time allowed for debate and to speed up the business. Some of these mea. sures have been put into effect with some success. But members in gen- eral have always held dearly the right to debate at length various proposi. tions and measures brought forward by Government, and attempts to limit this right have invariably met with strong opposition from all sides. In spite of this, over ten picces of legislation have passed Parliament and those who have looked up the re. cord of past performances claim that more work has been done in this ses- sion druing the period the House has been sitting than at any other session in the past. I extend my wishes to all of the people of Ontario Riding for a very happy and prosperous New Year. Blackstock (Too late for last week) To the Editor and Staff of 'the Port Perry Star and'all who read this co- lumn I would like to extend Hearty Christmas Greetings and may the New Year that follows be a Happy and Peaceful one to all. The Messengers met for their last meeting in 1962 on Tuesday after school, The first half of the pro- gram was spent in completing decora- tions for their painted branches and practicing for the Christmas program to be held Dec. 16. The latter half of the program took the form of a Christmas party with games and lunch. Mr. Rex King of Whitby conducted the service in St. John's Church Sun. day morning. The regular service was held in the United Church Sunday morning when the choir sang the Anthem "The Pro- mised Oone is Come", The subject of Rav. Romerils sermon was "This child is Different". At 7.80 a special Carol and Candle- light service was held with Carols, Christmas acrostics, solos and quar-| tette presented by the Primary de: partment, Mesengers, Explorers, HiC, Town and County Club. The chotr and U.C,W. gave a Candlelight wor- ship service, The Annual Banquet of the Wallace Marlow Co. and Donlands' Dairy for their milk shippers was held in the Recreational Centre at Blackstock on Thursday, Dee. 18th. All the shippers were represented and sat down to a delicious beef din- ner with all the trimmings. The O.N.O. Club did the catering in their usual efficient manner, Many complimentary remarks were passed about the quality of the food and the streamlined efficiency of the serving. Donlands gave a prize for the best shipper of high quality milk from this area in 1962, which was won by Mr. Maurice Edgerton--Our Congra- tulations, A film and slides were shown after which dancing was enjoyed under the direction of Mr, Walter Cosburn. The Grade Twelve Students of Cart- wright High School played host to a Christmas Dance last Friday in the Cartwright Recreational Centre. The Steve Backwell Trio provided excel- lent music as everyone danced around a large Christmas Tree in the centre of the floor, Four large murals, a stained glass window and Christmas lights added to the spirit of Christmas. An elimination dance was won by Paul Rahm and Linda Venning and the spot dance by our Principal Mr. Paisley and Mrs. Roy Turner. A very delicious lunch was served at eleven o'clock in candle light. The buffet style lunch included sand- wiches, cookies, fudge tarts, coffee and lemonade. Doug Metcalf ate from the lucky marked plate. Saturday evening Dec. 16th Miss Jean Bright sponsored a Christmas Party in the Community Hall, Black- stock for her puipls, their parents and friends. sented by her pupils of Port Perry and Blackstock classes as follows: -- Baton demonstration by June. Taylor, Jerry Doyle, Patty Gettins, Denise Train, Linda Scott and Donna Jacks- ton. Tap dancing by Dale Smith and Elaine Gibson. Taps by Rhonda For- der, Bonnie Ryland and Beth Robert- son. Baton solo by Dale Smith. Tap by Karen and June Murray. Tap solo by Nancy Stinson. Taps--Mary Lou Thomas, Colleen Emmerson, und Freida Stein. Taps by Bobble Bru- ton and Larry Emmerson. Baton twirling by Susan Tennyson. Taps Virginia Mackie, Nancy Stinson, June Taylor, and Tanla Woods. Song by Danny Reesor. Baton--Sylvia Law- rence. Baton -- Laurle and Janet Turner. Taps -- Donna and Denna Ballard. Baton -- Sharon Monahan, Chrystal Monahan and Darla Thomas. Carols were sung by all attending and Santa distributed gifts following which a dance with musle provided by the McKinnon Orchestra of Sonya and lunch was enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kyte entertained the United Church choir to a turkey and ham supper buffet style, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Thompson Saturday evening. Jongratulations to Mr. and Mus. Howard Trewin on the birth of a son. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Dayes (Noreen Carnochan) who were married Saturday in Myr- | tle United Church. Congratulations to Mrs. Jas. Ginn, Orono, who celebrated her 91st birth. day Saturday. Mr. Fred Trewin and his customers who have purchased Tractors since Oct. 1st--9 in all, had a most enjoy- able three days trip to Chicago. Milwakee and Harvey, last week. Mrs. Mary Perriman, Columbus visited Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Hoskin over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dugan and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dugan, Lochlin, were Wednesday eallers on Mr. and Mrs. W. Archer. Mr. and Mrs, John Lawrence and Timmy have moved to Oshawa for the winter months. a Ea. The programme was pre-! THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE 0f Many Things LLOYE YOUR NEIGHBOR The other night a television docu- mentary pictured the tearing down of old West Boston in favor of an urban development. This was supposed to he a great boon to those who lived in the slums. But the so-called slum dwellers were there to say they didn't like it. One woman talked of the little stores, where they could pur- chase so many kinds of cheeses and their own special brand of bread, and talk with their merchants . . . and she had tears of nostalgia in her eyes, She said, "We've lost something. We walked around in the neighbor- hood any time of day or night, and we knew each other and were never afraid. We--loved each other." She said it reticently, but meant every word. The homes were not impressive. They were old style. Some curbs were cracked or broken; stairways reached every way. But there were parks where the youngsters played ball, where their Dads had softball matches too, and though all were fairly poor they were--in retrospect --a happy group of people, living in places they could afford, with a rou- | tine they had made for themselves. | And now society -- in the name of their welfare -- has uprooted them. Modern buildings have gone up, but they don't look homelike. Westenders, in the main, moved out -- but come | back to the district to shop, even though many of the little stores have . gone and few of the market places of another day remain, Bus drivers laugh about the number of these folks they see returning to visit the old nelghborhood from which they were | removed "for their own géod". The thing that has struck so in my mind since watching the show was that declaration, so earnestly made, that "We loved each other." This is sometimes true of very small towns --perhapd without waterworks or in- door facilities or much of anything that is supposed to make people hap- py. Yet they know each other well -- weaknesses and strengths -- and they love one gnother. And that is what makes small towns so wonder- ful. Occasionally, certain sections of large cities win for themselves some- thing of that spirit. Parts of Mont- real have it, I am sure of that. Material progress is a fine thing, for those who want it. To impose it on people who have something far more precious is a mistake, almost a crime. What I may call a slum may be a fine place in your eyes; or what I love many not please you at all. If we really loved our neighbors, we'd be careful not to "do them good" in ways that destroy their most cheri- shed traditions and pleasures. Pro- gress so often overlooks the true needs of humanity, replacing warmth, friendship, and familiarity with bricks 'and concrete, It's a poor trade. Business College Sponsors Scholarship For the third consecutive year, the Canadian Business Schools Associa. tion is making available to all High Schools served by the Oshawa Busi. ness College and its Lindsay Branch a Scholarship having a monetary { value of $460. The Scholarship is | available to any High School student | from Grades eleven twelve and thir- teen, who, in the opinion of the teachers, would benefit from a busi- Er Fa ALAN ANS NR A Ap] LL aa va \ 8! FER ANEE Se SY aa Thursday, December 27th, 1962 ness course. The Scholarship con- sists of a Private Secretarial Course for girls or a Business Administration Course for boys each of which re- quires twelve months of business training, The winner may attend either the Oshawa Business College or its branch school, the Lindsay Busi- ness College. A committee of judges is formed by the participating busi. ness colleges and consists of three local business people and a represen: tative from each High School in the area served by the Business College and its branch. Complete details vegarding the scholarship is now in the hands of High School Principals together with application forms. The award will be made to the successful candidate next June. Miss Emily Thornett, of Kirkfield, Ontavio was the winner of School. Miss Thornett was the win- ner of five other awards in addition to the $460. Scholarship of the Cana- dian Business Schools Association. She chose to take her Private Secre. tarial Course at the Lindsay Business College where she is reported to be doing outstanding work. Miss Thor- nett, who specialized in Mathematics at High School hopes to become as: sociated with a firm dealing with data processing and computer work where her talent for figures and her busi. ness training could be fully utilized. Ask Us First... e® MICR Cheques @ Continuous Business Forms ® lo-ters e Catalogues ® And More. the 1961-62 Scholarship Award. She was an honour student in Grade 13 at | the Fenelon Falls District High PORT PERRY STAR CO. LTH. Phone 985-2331 Photo--Ontario Dept. of Health, , Dymond Discusses Health in Omario ' p Ontario Hospital Services Commission Article 2 of a 2 part series Matthew B. Dymond, MD, CM. | ber equal to hall the population Ontario Minster of Health [of Ontario, | The Oatario Hospital Services Commixion i: mde up of tau main bunches The Hospitat sere vices Branch i: the development of an adequme cancerned with system of hospitals throu, hou Ontario, operating a= efficiently us ; possible. The <eeond Branch of the Commission is the Hospital Insurance Branch. 195% the Hospital! into effect In January Iusurance Plan came and the chief function of the In surance Branch is to adiini-ter this plan, As of the end of 196] approximately 6.000.000 people or 90.500 of the elizible population of Omario were revisterved in this | plan. Some of the rerviee available to patients an horpital include stam: ard ward accommodation and! meale, necessary nursing seve.) laboratory, radiological and other ! dtagnustic procedures, drugs and! related preparations, and the use | of the ¢peruting rooms and anaes- thetic lacilities. The Hespital Insurance Brauch is responsible for collecting pre. miums from those registered. Ap. proximately 4'% million people are entallcd through groups and another 1% million are insured ou pay direct basie. During 1961 aearly 890,000,000 war collected. In the three years since the Plan began 3,000,000 people have had their hospital Lille paid a num- This includes $215,000,000 for ac- tive et by $90,000,000 in premiums LS100.000.000 from the It is also the responsibility of this Branch to process all claims and make payments 10 over 228 public and private hospitals in the Province for the services they provide to patients. Altogether Liv year a total of nearly 300 million dollars was spent on all Kinds of hospital care in Ontario. treatment, convalescent and chronic hospital services and SEL000,000 for mental and tuber- culusis care. These CApetises are trom the Hospital Insurance Plan, Federal Government und $£120,000,000 from the Government of Ontario. Active nvalescent and chronic care hospitals all provide special. ized services to patient. As it costs over S17000 a hed to build af" hospital und approximately 87.000 a year to maintain it, it is the aim of the Commission to have. the right patient, because of ned. ical necessity, in the right bed at the right time. The Ontario Hospital Services * Comntission is represented in the Legistature by the Minister of Health, although not a direct re- sponsibility of the Department of Health, Tt tries to maintain a well balanced system of hospitals for the people of Ontario at a nom: inal cost through their hospital insuraice, 29/10/62 LINKSMU KALEDY VESELE VANOCE BUON NATALE YM BOLDOG KARACSONYI UNNEPEKET WESOLYCH $WIAT A XPUCTOC PAXIAETHCH A GOD JUL W FROHE WEIHNACHTEN A VROLIJK KERSTFEEST W A NOLLAIG SHONA DHUIT WW KAAA XPIETOYTENNA W VESELE VIANOCE A C POXIECTBOM XPUCTOBbIM WY MILADON SAID A YECTUTO POXIECTBO XPUCTOBO 4 'Joyeux Noél A Merry Christmas W SARBATORI FERICITE A NOLLAIG MHATH DHUIBH PRIECIGUS ZIEMAS SVETKUS A HAUSKAA JOULUA A HAID JOULUPUHI A mBR& A XPUCTOC CE POUM A BACENDBIX KANAMAY WW OLAEDELIG JUL WY Awa Ct) A NADOLIG LLAWEN Bh SRETAN BOZIC IL-MILIED IT-TAJJEB A VESEL BOZIC WY FELIZ NATAL THE GREAT STAIRCASE, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, QUEEN'S PARA PHOTOGRAPH BF Cavour -