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pr ------ lhe Oshawa ges Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Thursday, December 31, 1959 For Splendid Sixties: Individual's Flowering In a few hours we will be starting a new decade, and at such a time as this it has become a tradition to survey the achievements and failures of the past ten years and look forward to the probabilities and possibilities of the next ten. Time and history ignore such neat divisions. The Roaring Twenties, the Dirty Thirties, the Fighting Forties are handy tags, but the years that supplied the adjectives could not be cut into convenient decennial slices. Still, it is useful to take inventory from time to time, and the year-end is #s good a time as any for it, particularly when it also ends a decade. We must have a name for the Fifties, of course, a tag to be dropped into the catalogue of history. The Frightened Fifties? There was war and a constant fear of war. There was inflation and fear of inflation. There were nuclear tests and fear of nuclear tests. There was a rising curve of crime, of delinquency, of violence, of alcohol- ism, and fear what these indices reve- aled about our civilization. But there was also victory and hope--victory over disease and the bounds of space, and a rising hope during the decade's final year that a state of peace could finally be reached. No, it could not be called a frightened decade. The Sick Fifties? It was a decade of frantic search for material benefits, a search that inevitably led men into corruption. TV scandals were the symp- toms of a disease. It was a decade of trumpeted quackery, of rock and roll, of beatniks, of sour comedy. To a great many, its symbolic community would be Peyton Place and its figurehead Lolita. People looked at each other and muttered, "Sick, sick, sick" But it was also the decade of Albert Schweitzer and Dr. Tom Dooley, of Salk and a hundred other dedicated medical re- searchers, of a slow but sure awakening to the need for better education, of an emergence from the wreck of a world war. On balance, it was not sicker than any other decade, and its achievements were substantial -- not, then, the Sick Fifties. The Fast Fifties? Here, perhaps, is the most apt label. It was a decade of people in a hurry. They travelled faster and farther on the roads, the water and in the air. They hurried to earn more and spend more. They were impatient at work and at play and worried about the deliberate pace of history. They were quick to forget that living is the art of the possible, and they cheered such victories over time as the running of the mile in less than four minutes, the soaring speeds of rockets that set man-made satellites in orbit around the earth. Tired of long diplomatic wrang- ling, they looked hopefully for faster re- sults in talks between national leaders "at the summit". Even the leaders seemed to be trying to hurry the future, and kept looking forward to the days of their grandchildren. Nikita Khrushchev told the Americans, "I can prophesy that your grandchildren will live under Socialism--and please do not be afraid of that" The American UN delegate, Cabot Lodge, forecast that Khrushchev's grandchildren would live "in freedom in their Soviet homeland, in a free world" North Americans were in a hurry to recast the world in the North American mould. In less 'developed areas, people wes in a hurry to throw off old bonds, to guide their own destinies. Every- where people were in a hurry. The Oshawa Tones 7. L. WILSON, Publisher and Generel Meanoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ana the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Caonadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved, Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. ~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES red by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, g, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince , Maple Grove Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, each, Greenwood, Kinsale, k, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope 45¢ per week. province of Ontario) outside carriers y areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov, 30, 1959 16,560 Ajax What of the next decade? We can only suppose and suggest what might be probable or possible. Economists predict years of prosperity. Their record as prophets is a tarnished one, but the factors on which they base their conclusions are sound. Scientists predict new marvels -- deeper explora- tions of space, self-guiding cars, more intricate and useful machines--but they do not promise a cure for the common cold or the unravelling of the mystery of how a bird can follow a course over thousands of uncharted miles. The great powers of the East and West, the United States and the Soviet Union, will undoubtedly continue to be rivals. We pray that it will be a friendly rivalry we believe that it will not de- teriorate into war. In the meantime, each will continue to influence the other more than either cares to admit. It is difficult to see how the growing Russian demand for more of the com- forts of life can be choked off, or how the United States can help but continue on its course of increased control of the nation's life by the central government. For ourself, we leave the prophecies to others more gifted or more brash, We look to the Sixties not with a prophecy but with a hope. It is that the Sixties will see a flowering of the in- dividual. During the past few decades, the in- dividual has been slowly and steadily submerged in the mass. It has been inevitable, under the pressure of bigness --big government, big business, big labor, big cities, big organization. Even education has, until very recently, work- ed against the individual. In school sys- tems there has been a drive to make him not a person in his own right but a member of group. He is under con- stand pressure to become a group think- er and a group doer. More and more he can be a nonconformist only if he is prepared to renounce material gain and ignore the sanctions society now imposes on anyone it considers odd. A perceptive writer has called this the age of conformity. In such an age, individualism withers, It lacks the in- tellectual oxygen to sustain it. The sad part of it is that if conformity wins over individualism, then drabness wins over color, ugliness over beauty and, indeed, slavery over freedom. The individal is the repository of all that is finest and most promising in western civilization. Each one of us is a sacred vessel, first of all of the endow- ments of the Creator; when the indivi- dual is treated as nothing more than one important bit of a mass, the Creator Himself is rejected. In that vessel, too, are the slow achievements of thousands of years of searching for truth, for dig- nity and integrity, for the meaning of the human being and the world in which he has been placed. The great victories have been won, the great advances made, not by groups and committees but by men working alone, pursuing their lonely thoughts, glimpsing flashes of light in dark places. After them come first a few and then a mob, but the crowd has never gone forth of its own--it has always been led. Christ Himself endured a solitary agony and won a solitary victory, for the sake of all the rest of us, and in that he symbolized and defined the divine spark placed in every human being. It may be that the great pressure on the integrity of the individual will in- crease during the Sixties. But if the individual begins to shake free from the pressure, we can tell now what the label of the next decade will be: The Splendid Sixties. Bible Thought Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- Matthew 18:3. God's kingdom demands conversion, not reformation; simplicity of faith, not complicated theology. The Son of man is come to save that which was lost--Matthew 18:11. To be saved, we must be lost. Our need assures us of Christ's personal at- tention. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. --Matthew 4:4, Earthly possessions can never satisfy soul hunger. Only the.Bread of Life can promise a "never hunger" experience. ny Se BOTTOMS UP REPORT FROM U.K. Greets New Year In Scots Fashion By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times EDINBURGH, Scotland -- On this last day of the year 1959, we are up in'our native country of Scotland, where the coming in of a New Year is celebrated as no- where else in the world. Drawn north by the irresistible lure of spending Hogmanay among rela- tives and friends, instead of all alone down in London, I am-look- ing forward to welcoming 1960 in the traditional Scottish fashion The Scottish welcoming of the New Year, especially in the large cities, is not, however, what it used to be. I found that out a year ago when I went down to the Tron Kirk in Edinburgh to join in the traditional welcome to 1959. I was sadly disappointed In bygone days, the area under the clock on the kirk tower, and stretching up to St. Giles' Cathe- dral, used to be packed with a crowd of merrymakers. Now- adays there is nothing like that, only scattered groups of Teddy boys and their female counter- parts go down to the Tron Kirk to celebrate. I found it a sad change from the old days NEW CUSTOMS PREVAIL Nowadays, people stay at home a great deal more to w yme in the New Year at the ain fire sides'. Much of the blame, or credit, of this must go to Roy H Thomson, in his role as program contractor ~ for Scottish . Tele vision For tonight, all through the evening of Hogmanay, and on until well after the New Year has been ushered in, his Scottish TV is providing a program of Scottish fare appropriate to the occasion, and of a character to delight the heart of any Scot With music, song and dance, in the true tradition, those who stay at home can enter fully into the spirit of the occasion as they sit and watch their television screens. All the best talent that can be gathered from Scottish theatres will be featured on this program to welcome in the New Year. So why go out into a cold and stormy night when such pleasures are offered within the bosom of the family? FIRST-FOOTING Even the old custom of first footing is not what it used to be It has also fallen very largely into the discard. I can recall how universal was the custom in my boyhood days, when we were allowed to stay up until well after midnight to help welcome the stream of callers who would come to the doors. There is not nearly so much of that nowadays. The advent of television, plus the great number of New Year's Eve functions being held in hotels and public halls in this capital city of Scotland, have combined to pro- viding a more universally-accepte ed mode of celebration than the old habit of 'stravaging the streets knockin' on neebors' doors." However, no matter where one may be, the welcoming of "the New Year is always linked with the hope that.it will be a better and kinder year than the one that has passed, no matter how good it may have been. That is the thought in my mind as I look ahead to 1960, and think of our myriad of friends who will also be thinking of us at this time. So we close our record for 1959 with a greeting to all of our friends and readers in many Canadian towns and cities, "A Guid New Year tae one and a' and 'mony may ye see, and dur- ing the years come, O happy may ye be." FOR BETTER HEALTH Filtering By Kidneys A Remarkable System HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D Many of the cigarette com- panies are boasting these days about the number of "tiny #il- ters" their cigarettes contain Yet I have never heard anyone brag about the filtering system of his kndneys. And that really is some system. Each of your kidneys con tains approximately 1,000,000 tiny filters. This filtering pro- cess is an essential one. In fact, without it you can't live, be cause the kidneys are the only organs that can do the job. STRAIN WASTE PRODUCTS These filters strain waste products out of the blood. The waste, in turn, is dissolved in water. This mixture of water and solids is removed from the body as urine, If an illness should knock out this filtering process, the waste products cannot be removed These wastes accumul and cause symptoms of chronic Bright's disease, or nephritis Bright's disease and nephritis, you see, actually are different names for the same illness AFFECTS MEMBRANES The disease, whatever you want to call itaffects the deli cate membranes of the kidney's filtering units. If the attack is acute, it does even more dam age than this, Then it also at- tacks the body, causing water to leak out into the tissues This generally produces the typical symptoms of Bright's dis ease, puffy flesh around the eyes and swelling around the ankles and other portions of the The condition accumulation of fluids. SERIOUS CONDITION Although the condition is pain. less, it is serious, since both the heart and kidneys may be dam- aged. Usually the heart is not injured badly, but the inflamma. tion of the kidneys can be ex- treemly severe. Fortunately, however, most cases of acute nephitis heal com- pletely. There is no lasting dam- age to the kidneys or to any other part of the body and the patient remains free from sub- sequent attacks for the rest of his life is caused by the leaking HARD TO TELL But it is not always easy to tell which way the disease is going to turn. Sometimes the doctor can't tell for some six months after the first attack whether recovery will be com- Since nephritis is more apt to occur during cold weather, I'll give you a few tips in a subse quent column on how to protect yourself from this disease QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. W. S.: How can a wom- who menstruates - every 28 days figure n she is fertile and can become pregnant? Answer: Ordinarily ten days to one week prior to menstrua- tion is "the fertile period in the menstrual cycle an most ART TREASURE A slender - le »d table made 200 ago Louis XV's cabinetmaker in paris for about $102,000 in. London in 1959 years sold BY-GONE DAYS 33 YEARS AGO At the annual meeting of the Thirty Club, Charles A. Kinnear was elected president for the en- suing year. J. E. Fowlds was elected vice-president and A. T. Tosland,, secretary-treasurer. Building total for the year 1926, reported by city engineer W. C. Smith, was $1,029,000 cov- ered by 405 permits The five-day session of the Leadership Training School was held in Simcoe St. Church. Rev C. W. DeMille was dean; J. C Young, secretary; Dr. W. . Fletcher was leader of worship; 8S. Gummow, transportation, and Roy Bennett was chairman of entertainment D. A, J. Swanson, of Oshawa, was elected an honorary presi- dent of Withdrow Park Lawn Bowling Club, Toronto Board of education showed a surplus of $9,178.35 for the year 1926. About 1000 birds were on dis- play at the Oshawa Poultry and Pet Stock show. R. A. Wadge, president of the association, open- ed the two-day event, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pingle of Bowmanville, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary King St. School won the Dr T. E. Kaiser Shield in the inter- school fire drill competition. A Pentecostal Church was built on the site of the old Weslyan Methodist Church, King St. West, which was burned some 50 years ago. Williams Piano Co. employees held their annual party in the hall of the plant. D. B. Carlyle was chairman and &« fine con- cert was given Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Goyne, Church St., received members of the board of King St. Church at a surprise party given in their honor on the occasion of their 30th anniversary. New Crisis On Valid Atom Treaty WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Britain are fac- ing a new crisis in their negotia- tions with Russia for an enforce- able treaty outlawing test explo- sions of nuclear weapons. It may reach a head soon after the three-power talks resume Jan- 12 in Geneva. But it is not the first time a deadlock has threatened. The crisis centres around de- velopment of an international in- spection system strong enough to discourage cheating with sneak explosions. Unless Russia modifies its op- position to strengthening the sys- tem already proposed, President Eisenhower indicates he may or- der a resumption of underground test -explosions. Before such a step would be taken, officials said, the U.S. would likely change its strategy in the negotiations at Geneva to seek a limited rather than a comprehensive test ban. A lim- ited ban would apply only to ex- plosions in the air or in the water. They could be policed more eas- ily than underground explosions A toughening American policy with respect to the negotiations was disclosed Tuesday when Eis- enhower substituted a- day-to-day voluntary suspension of nuclear weapons tests for the present fixed-term moratorium which ex- pires Dec. 31 In effect, Eisénhower put the world and particularly Premier Khrushchev on notice that with- out substantial progress toward agreement at Geneva the US test suspension p y may be re- voked some time next year. OTTAWA REPORT Canadian Consumer 'Man Of The Year' By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- New Year's Eve §s an occasion stereotyped in Journalism for certain traditional observations. "The Man of the Year" is accoladed, old friends are greeted, appropriate wishes for the coming year are extended, and the most newsworthy event of the year is hailed. Okay. Let's go. Outranking the great, I nomin. ate "The Canadian Consumer" as The Man of the Year, Were it not for his willingness to mortgage his future to spend more than he can afford, had he been as de- manding as the Worker and as greedy as the Producer, the Cana- dian Economy would not have boomed to its all-time record height during 1959. The Canadian Consumer, as statistics show gets less value for his money than any other group figure on earth. But throughout 1959 he meekly ae- cepted kicks in the teeth, and manfully spent his country into nearly full employment, and paid increased taxes to battle the eco- nomic blizzard now past. HI, FOLKS! In greeting old friends, I thank many who sent me their Christ- mas wishes. I especially liked the original card from Fort William's Bert Badanai, which depicted the Nativity and with the aid of a record-plaver renders "Adeste Fi- deles' very beautifully. Saskatch- ewan's new Liberal leader, Ross Thatcher, and his charming wife Peggy as usual selected a most attractive card. 1 am indebted to all Canadian taxpayers, who paid for the services of all those gov- ernment secretaries, as usual kept busy addressing thousands of greeting cards to points all over Canada from various offi- cials--an unnecessary gesture to an acquaintance, and a discour- tesy to a friend. On the political scene, the Conservatives and the Liberals both hope for a successful session of Parliament in 1960. So I wish each what they would wish for themselves, although a very dif- ferent desideratum in each case. The taxpayer may hope for re- duced taxes; he is likely to get a balanced budget, which is praiseworthy. The citizen may hope for peace on earth. But while the govern- ment is soft to murderers, peace 1960 Predicted As Turbulent Year ROME (Reuters) -- Leading Italian fortune-tellers and astrol- ogers unanimously forecast today that 1960 will be a turbulent and difficult year--but there will be no war Achille Dangelo, the "wizard of Naples" who last year correctly forecast the Eisenhower-Khrush- chev meeting, said there will be so many natural disasters that 1960 will become a 'year of prayer." Prof. Franz Waldner said the most sensational event in 1960 would be the successful launch- ing of a man in space, but he did not give the nationality of the space traveller. Waldner predicted that Brit. 'ain's Princess Margaret wil likely become engaged between August and October. in Canada is diminished by the of hold-up bullets; illegally- armed thugs continue to evade punishment for their guns, and in certain places policemen who dare to perform their duty too often sign their own death-war- Fa or their child's rape-war- ant, TO MY FRIENDS Good wishes to all. To Ni- agara's popular M.P. and ex- Mayor, Bill Houck, I wish im- proved health. To Oshawa's ex- mayor and Canada's industrious minister of labor, Mike Starr, continued success in fostering Jobs for Canadians. "May Health Minister "Monty" Monteith--also an ex-mayor (of Stratford-in-Fes- tival)--ensure that the fair sex get lipsticks whose dyes are less dangerous than those suspect in U.S.A. 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