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fife 2 the stowfytue thwne vunity apr 23 1959 zefe toisffutll ribim cctaaushxd ust a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association authorized u mcoddcum mrft postorbc oepc otuwa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 1350 elsewhere 450 c h noun pubfakf us thomas mrlo our editorial comment lets be sensible canadian national railway has suffered a loss during the year just ended of 51 million dollars almost while this is being announced we hear that a strike of railway employees is threatened while the dispute is of long standing a referee was appointed to the satisfaction of both parties last year and both agreed to accept this referees decision the decision went against the union and its officials re fused to accept the findings of the arbitrator how can one do business under such circumstances to add to this action we have this announcement of a whopping big loss the railway suffered again in 1958 despite the rising wage costs during the year the operating ex penses of the railway were reduced by 34 million however this drop was not enough to offset the drop in revenue rising wages and material prices were given as mainly responsible for the cnrs continued increase in oper ating costs how a company or anyone for that matter who operates a business can be expected to operate year after year with a rising deficit is beyond understanding the point could be taken how ever that should the union push the railway so far that it is impossible for it to continue to operate at all not just a few but all employees would be out of work should make us think finance minister flemings new budget should make us all think think of where were headed no one likes income tax and it has been a scourge to us since it began how ever what we should remember is that it will become an even greater scourge if people insist on doing less vork ask for more leisure time and more and more government assist ance one doesnt have to be too smart to realize that you cant work a horse without feeding it drive a car with- ut gas or get water from a dry well if our present pace of living with coffee breaks shorter work hours and longer weekends goes on the people who still like to work will gradually get tired of providing the money to pay for baby bonuses old age pensions and other offshoots of the welfare state just give a thought when you want more leisure more money and more from the government canada is too young a country with too much development ahead for so many per sons to want to do so little other countries which do not have our ad vantages but struggle for a mere existence may grow tired of the struggle they could turn envy into action and gobble us up shoe on the wrong foot for those who would constantly try to hammer us into believing that french should be taught in our schools throughout the land it should be given their attention that possibly it is the french canadians who need to learn a second language more than the english canadians since the bna only specifies both languages for ottawa and que bec it is apparent that the economic development requires all french to speak english not the reverse look at the figures english is spoken by 150 million on this conti nent and french by less than five million lets not have the tail wagging the dog a dangerous toy within the past week there have been two shooting accidents involving teenage boys the one north of stouffville in an uxbridge township gravel pit proved fatal the other neartragedy occurred in a markham township bush four miles south of here the victim in this case will recover a gun is a dangerous toy its deathdealing capabilities should not be regarded lightly every week there are reports of similar accidents when they hit closer to home it makes one think more seriously of a guns lethal power a gun has no place in the hands of a thirteen or fourteen year old lad the law does not permit a youth of this age to operate a motor vehicle why then should he be permitted to carry or shoot a gun although in both instances the law has ruled the shootings as accidental this cannot restore a life or relieve the pain and suffering that is caused operation friendship a patient who had been dis charged from a mental hospital was asked what was it that did most to help you recover and the ex- patients answer was friendship the friendship of the doctors and nurses and social workers and attend ants the friendship of the volun teers who came to visit and work with us each week the friendship of all my friends and acquaintances who let me know that i was not alone friendship is indeed a powerful medicine but there are thousands of mental patients who do not have it who are in need of it during mental health week april 26th to may 2nd the people of ontario will have an opportunity to visit the patients in this provinces mental hospitals and to prove to them that the rest of the world does care these visits are being arranged by the canadian men tal health association as part of t e nationwide pilgrimage called ope ation friendship in which f e effort will be made to bring to the nations mental hospitals as visitors 70000 people as many visitors as there are patients in the mental hos pitals in this provinces mental hospitals there are over 20000 meu- tal patients and 20000 visitors should be a goal for the people of this province our local ontario hospital on yonge st south aurora is holding open house each afternoon from 200 to 400 pm during mental health week and we are all invited to visit will need 166 new united churches by 1980 canadas population by 19s0 will range somewhere between 35 and 30 million people rev dr m c macdonald secretary of the united churchs board of home missions told the an nual meeting of the board of home missions in toronto nothing but a national or world catastrophe will stop church extension dr mac donald said in the next four years the united church of canada will require 166 new church buildings and 66 new mnis dr macdonald told his board apart from the large sums raised by the newly constituted congregations themselves since 1947 the united church of canada has raised s516s84s for the building of new churches and manses the board was in- formed an additional 52000000 for church extension has come out of the churchs missionary and maintenance fund last year 58 new united chur ches were built at a cost of 4158060 and 26 new manse at a cost of 462000 more thai two million more people will be added to the united church re sponsibility between now and 1980 dr macdonald said he declared fundamentally chu rch extension means the plant ing of christian churches and the provision of preaching min istries among people who have no places of worship no sun day schools and none of the organizations and church fel lowship that are so vital to the and moral cacmfwypshrdlcmxw wellbeing and the spiritual and moral care of all ages and groups church extension is as missionary as that for it is nothing less than advancing the kingdom of god in the new frontiers of this natton iiaff of the week maybe w xbootta- bad her nocbuted iu6se lyes sunday afternoon the souls quest one day thousands of years ago a man went into a place of worship in palestine seeking spiritual comfort he was perplexed and bewildered life in its beginning had seemed fairly simple but as he grew older there was confusion and doubt religious leaders were not able to help him very much and he wondered if there was any justice and wisdom behind the scheme of things he had tossed wearily upon his bed but the darkness had not lifted he said frankly as for me my feet were almost gone my steps had wellnigh slipped psalm 732 this man had evidently been thinking of the irregularities of life he saw unscrupulous people who prospered in an aston ishing way others much better people could hardly make both ends meet to a man of his simple faith there was some thing fundamentally wrong about such a condition of affairs there have been sincere and thoughtful men harassed by doubt and fear ever since the beginning of time i have said previously and i want to repeat that the downright sincerity of such people has often impressed me in the main they have a hard time they have often been maligned persecuted and completely misunderstood many a man has been called an atheist when in the soul he was a reverent man the journalist robertson nicoll once met an old clergyman who had preached for fiftytwo years and never in all that time had the shadow of a doubt as a result he could never sympa thize with doubters he thought that they must be bad people dr nicoll had little patience with him and seemed to regard him as an unusual specimen but this man ages ago went into the sanctuary and quietly meditated we have no reason to believe he heard a sermon preaching or prayers recited but he sat there and there came quietly into his soul a great peace he saw things in a new light socalled success he saw was a very fleeting and temporal thing he began to take long views of life and he knew the ways of god were justified surely this is the object of our seeking that we should get in touch with god and thus gain a true sense of proportion i have just read a book which has quite disturbed me it is the life story of marshall field the great chicago merchant he went to chicago with very little and eventually became one of the wealthiest men in the world money came in so fast he didnt know what to do with it in a way he was publicspirited and generous behind every good cause he was a man of good character an elder of a presbyter ian church in chicago and citizens were proud of him yet everything seemed to go wrong that is the things that mattered his wife was very ill and lived for a while in france where she died his favourite son committed suicide the labour unions were getting under way and bitterly opposed him one day a frienclsald to him marshall your wife is dead your son killed himself youve made a lot of enemies all youve got is money the multimillionaire sadly shook his head and murmured yes all ive got is money and it doesnt mean a thing if we did more quiet thinking as the man who wrote the seventythird psalm we probably would see that the coveted prizes of life were trivial and tawdry it seems to me that this is the chief function of public worship that in quiet ness and patience we should possess our souls we hear a great deal about spiritual clinics and im sure the men who conduct them mean well but as dr henry jowett said god is not revealed to a debating society a scriptural verse asks who by searching can find out god we shall find him in the realm of the spirit rather than in the domain of the intellect we need quiet meditation it is a tragic mistake to think we havent time for it our quotation today is from whittiers hymn drop thy still dews of quietness till all our strivings cease one family in five to move in 1959 a lot of canadians will be on 1 in the eventual transportation i the mow this year cost allied says it is estimated that approxi mately one family in five will change abode in 1959 and more than 30000000 will be spent j on moving household goods moving gains momentum a- bout midmay rises to a peak for the year in june and july tapers off in august and then shoots up again in september these estimates based on studies by the ojadlan ware housing association were arriv ed at by mr victor olt and mr w bigham of waterloo ware housing and storage ltd an ag ency for allied van lines ltd the allied fins is reputed to be the worlds largest mover of household goods in canada last year the lines agencies made 27132 moves involving more than 40000 tons of furniture in packing china the dishes are stacked not more than six plates per stack on a sheet of corrugated paper between the dishes is an interleaf sheet giv ing them a cushion for protec tion against chipping and break ing the unit is stapled with the dishes held in place without pressure at anv point nearly bustfree there have been relatively new developments in storage of furniture too one of these the pallet pack is like a mammoth carton in which individual pieces of furni ture can be removed without disturbing the rest drawers are left out so contents can be got at easily another advantage is that the pallet pack offers al most complete dustfree protec tion reputable firms advise let problems similar the reasons for moving are i many statistics show that some there be method in your mov- families move as often as every in two years because the bread- gall in a mover to get an esti- winner gains promotion from mae on costs particularly for centre to centre i distance moving it is deslr- whether its a change of job awe tnat customer choose a trek to the suburbs a need a licensed mover and it helps for a larger home or a smaller u the company is a van line home or just an urge for a member since its agents are at change of scenery one fact is both terminals and insurance certain the problems of the move itself are similar whether its across the country or across the street despite the frequency and familiarity of shifts moving still signifies one thing to the home- maker clutter and upset tem porary though it might be barrels replaced qualified movers consequent ly have had to come up with more satisfactory methods certain packing methods have become compulsory with van lines explained mr clifford wilke of wilke movers an ag ency for united van lines united van lines along with allied and north american van lines of which t p berg the mover limited is an agent all use corrugated paper interleaf sheets and glasswrap for china crystal lamps and other fragile furnishings it has replaced to a great extent the old shredded paper packing and cumbersome wooden barrels tests show that in the pack ing of dishes glassware and ac coutrements with the new pack there is a saving of 10 to 15 percent on the number of con tainers reducing the quantity of units means a reduction of overall weight thus a saving protection is assured there is little or no price competition among movers it is a matter of providing the best service in long distance i moving the rates are based on weight of shipment distance and additional service perform ed this can be worked out be forehand but at best the esti mate you get is an educated guess and may differ slightly from the final charge may do too much if you do your own packing the companys estimator will ad vise you how many cartons bar rels wardrobe containers and crates you may reit or buy if you prefer to have the profes sional packers do the chore the estimator will quote the approx imate charges local moving is misunder stood more than long distance moving people either do too much or not enough packing they heap cartons roll up mat tresses or wrap furniture like a christmas box this makes un necessary work for the packer vans have big pads one to every 10 cubic feet to protect household treasures heaped cartons dont ride well and springs suffer when a mattress is given the pretzel treatment in working out a moving day new stamp to mark queens tour the honourable william ham ilton postmaster general has announced the design of a new postage stamp to be issued in honour of the visit of her ma jesty queen elizabeth ii and prince philip to canada this i year the commemorative stamp will be placed on sale to the pub- i lie on june isth the dav on i which the royal couple will arrive at the airport at torbay newfoundland the design of the stamp in cludes a likeness of her majes ty taken from the wellknown i painting by pletro annlgonl which was commissioned in 1954 by the worshipful com- pany of fishmongers and which now hangs in their hall neaf london bridge the dark red stamp is of the fivecent denom ination measures one inch wid and one and onehalf inches higli and is printed in vertical format i in panes of fifty stamps each schedule it will help the mover if you have a general floor plan of your new home by knowing exactly where to place your fur niture the mover can work fas ter and save you time and mon ey for parents only children and gardens go together by nancy cleaver children and gardens go to gether this has certainly been our experience with our three children when they were young the desire to help in interesting adult activities is a dominant one in most youngsters there are many little tasks such as carrying a basket or a rake or holding a ball of string for mea suring which small fingers can do the sunshine and fresh air promote a flow of questions gardening with a son or daugh ter takes longer than working alone but this s a hobby in which children can learn many things when a child is old enough to go to school he is old enough to have his own little garden plot the plan of a tiny garden which belonged just to him delighted our boy we suggested that this first year he should choose just three of his favorite vegetables from the seed catalogues he picked out lettuce carrots and parsnips the childrens gardening tools we could find in the stores were too little and too flimsy for a tali sixyearold so we bought lightweight small size adult tools and showed him how to use them after the ploughing and digging had been done our boy started eagerly to rake his own small square of ground while his father raked a nearby piece of the family garden the boys garden was far from perfect the rows were a bit crooked with some blank spaces where either seed had not been sown had been cover ed over with too much earth or had failed to germinate weeds appeared with alarming regular ity sometimes their removal was neglected and sometimes they were snapped off instead of being pulled out the lettuce and carrots were a success the parsnips made a poor showing it was a red letter day when the small gardener brought two of his chums john and laurie to see his plot and proudly pointed out his vegetables the other two boys were frankly en vious we were thinning rows nearby and quietly waching this little scene at that moment we wished that john and laurie indeed that every little boy might have a garden all his own the lettuce was enjoyed in the early summer and the small gardener took a new interest in salads with his own lettuce leaves on his plate the parsnips were a bltmall but oh what carrots even father said he had never seen such big ones we used a box of clean sand in the cellar in which to store his carrot crop another red letter day came one noon in the winter when our boy suddenly looked up from his dinner plate and remarked oh boy these carrots are good mother are you sure they really are my carrots we are eating today a childs garden costs so little in money and it pays such big dividends a certain amount of adult supervision and encour agement is necessary but the garden must be the childs re sponsibility if he is to learn the lessons which gardening can teach lessons learned not in books but in living lessons of patience responsibility fin ishing up on a job anfl doing work well john masefield once wrote the days that make us happy make us wise there is a very special wisdom which working with growing things imparts dont let this spring slip by without giving your boy or girl the chance to garden children and gardens go to gether copyright for mortgage protection sun life of canada has a special policy that will pro tect your home for yout family your house will be cleared of all remaining debt in the event of your death let me tell you without obligation about sun lifei mortgage protection policy sun life assurance company of canada j jim abell telephone 237 stouffvibt ft yangtze pagoda j restaurant 1 yonge and j oxford streeu elgin miiu ont i immediately j north of itlchmond hill j on highway t no 11 canadas i fihest i chinese cuisine t exclusive comfortable dlnlnr room f sea tine 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