There is occasionally a tendency shown on the part of some to be appalled at the percentage of the cost of education as compared with other reâ€" quirements. It would seem that education should take first place in importance in any progressive town, and that there is no reason for any alarm if it costs as much as all other services combined, because that is a fair valuation to give education in reference to other municipal services. Because of the intimate effect it has on practically all citizens, directly cor indirectly, it is entitled to first and chief place. Timmins has been fortunate in the men on its school boards. Although their services have been without fee or tangible reward, they )15ve shown vision as well as efficiency. The trick of emphasizing the cost of education with the idea of suggesting that because of this the tax rate cannot be controlled or lowered, is not quite fair. Despite the unusual demands for increased educational services due to the rapid growth of the town the increase in taxes can not be blamed on the school rates. The school boards in large measure have made the increased assssment that followed inâ€" creased growth cover the increased expenditures necessary. To prove this point it is only necessary| to note that in 1934 the combined rate for public and high schools for public school supporters was 31.04 mills, while this year it is only 31.45â€"the inâ€" crease being fractional. In 1934, however, the total rate for public school supporters was 60.68 mills while this year it is 63.95 mills. In interjecting references in regard to school costs into municipal discussion, it is also well to remember that the school trustees are directly Mr. Thompson warned his audience in regard to the danger of being afraid of new things. This was in regard to other matters than schools. In regard to schools he might well have advised the people not to be afraid of true things. He sugâ€" gested that no progress can be made without the adoption of new methods. It is even more true that no progress is possible without adherence to the true things. And one of the true things is that there is no possible progress without education. â€"â€"the purpose of the schools. No other expendiâ€" ture is so universal in its return to all the people. There is no imaginable public work or service that so fully and effectively serves as many peopleâ€" directly and indirectlyâ€"with benefits ind value that follow through the yearsâ€"as the schools of a community. Roads, sidewalks, sewers, waterâ€" works, police protection, fire protection, health protection, all have their value and their place, but none of them so vitally and directly affects the population as a whole as do the schools of a comâ€" munity. At first thought this may seem a large proporâ€" tion of taxes for education alone, but a little conâ€" sideration will put a different face on the question. There are over 7,000 children provided for in all the schools. Taking these with the families conâ€" cerned, and it is not too much to say that the educational facilities are of immediate and dxrect benefit to much more than half the total popula- tion. Pirectly more than half the population reaps t.‘pe direct benefit of the expenditures foi education. This, however, is only part of the picâ€" ture. The direct benefit accruing at the moment is only a very small part of the advantage. The indirectbenefits and those that pass through the years areâ€"of much more vital importance. ~No exâ€" penditure gives the value to the people in general that comes from educationâ€"trainingâ€"direction once a favourite theme of Mayor Bartleman‘sâ€" the large proportion of taxes going for school purâ€" poses. In Timmins this year, it might be interestâ€" ing to some to note the percentage of taxes for schools. Public school supporters are taxed 21.48 mills for public schools, the total tax rate for pubâ€" lic school supporters being 63.95 mills. This means that 34 per cent. of the taxes of public school supâ€" porters go to schools. Separate school supporters pay 35 mills out of a total of 77.47 mills, or nearly 46 per cent. for school purposes. Out of their total taxes both separate and public school supporters pay 9.97 mills for high and vocational school purâ€" poses. Adding the high and vocational school rate, the public school supporters pay a total of 31.45 mills for education out of a total of 63.95 mills, and the separate school supporters pay 44.97 mills out of 77.4"7. ‘This means that for public mills, and the separate school supporters pay 44.97 mills out of 77.47. This means that for public school supporters education costs nearly 50 per cent. of the total taxes, and for separate school supporters nearly 58 per cent. n his address on Monday even.mg in the town hall in reference to the townâ€"managerâ€"council plan Oof municipal administration, Mr. A. L. T4aompson, of Chatham, made casual refeérence to tme large percentage of municipal taxation that t;oes for education. He told of one city where 40 per cent. of the total taxation was for educational purposes and another place where the schools took over fifty per cent. of the total taxes. This was * Subscription Rates Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year. 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While it is true that perfect service has not been attained it is equally the fact that there | would not be perfection under a town manager, or for that matter under any human plan or method. There are men experienced in municipal matters ‘who are as much opposed to the town manager plan as Mr. Thompson is enthusiastic for it. In recent years municipal affairs may not have run as | smoothly as they might have done, but this has | not been due to lack of efficiency on the part of tlepartmental heads but to interference from outâ€" side. The case that Councillor Wren has rightly |condemned so roundlyâ€"the apparent chaos in | the issuing of building permits â€"â€" illustrates the f'point. For the apparent inequality of the requireâ€" ments for building permits no one lays the blame on the building inspector. Had that official been working under a proper byâ€"law and without presâ€" sure from any quarter, there is no doubt but that the byâ€"law would have been fairly and efficiently enforced. There are people who may consider | matters like that of the building permits and otheri ,odd departures from the nearâ€"perfect in adminâ€" istration and imagine that a town manager would remedy these things. The fact is that the tendâ€" ency of a town managerâ€"council plan would be to increase this sort of thingâ€"to facilitate it. Inâ€" stead of each department head having to be handled separately, interference need go no furâ€" ther than the town manager who would be expectâ€" ed then to "coâ€"ordinate‘" each and every departâ€" ment. This may be considered the chief arguâ€" _ment against the town manager plan, though the difficulty of securing a man capable of overseeing | the whole work in anything like a perfect man-| ner, and the other little job of paying for his serâ€" vices, are also worthy of some special thought. Anyone who gives the matter serious thought will admit that while there is no perfection prob-! able,‘the town has been unusually well served onl the whole. In his address, Mr. Thompson gave a number of special examples of this fact, though' he was inclined to give too much of the credit for this to the municipal fathers rather than to the efficient heads of departments. Progress demands that all possible be done to increase the efficiency of municipal administration.. No doubt there are! improvements possible. The results, however, to| a reasonable mind, suggest that department heads‘ and mayors and councils in the past have made a good job of the work. The present position and standing of Timmins are proof of that. As to furâ€" ther improvements and advances, it is well to reâ€" member that the real keynote for these benefits | rest in the intelligent interest and thought of the ratepayers. With the right sort of mayor and council the town will prosper and progress. This | may seem like a slow and less spectacular way to | _ On Monday evening Mr. A. L. Thompson, formâ€" er mayor of Chatham, and also at one time himâ€" | self a town manager, addressed a public meeting | here with the idea of making the people here conâ€" | versant with the benefits of the town manager plan. It is presumed that the town at least paid ! his expenses for the occasion, as he came here at | the direct invitation of the council. Also, it may be taken for granted that the town paid any costs ;entailed through the broadcasting of the address | over the local radio system. Perhaps, little fault | will be found with the comparatively small exâ€" ‘penditures thus entailed. It is not difficult to |justify the small cost of the event. responsible to the ratepayers and not to the counâ€" cil. The trustees are elected by the people whose money they expend. They are just as much the representatives of the people as the mayor or ’ council. It would be unfortunate, to say the least, if anyone should attempt to curb their expendiâ€" tures so that the council might have more to spend for other less desirable purposesâ€"and that seems to be the inference in emphasizing the perâ€" centage of school costs compared to other muniâ€" cipal costs. Anyone who studies the work of the school trustees will admit that they have given especially valuable service to the community and | that their work on the whole has been able, honâ€" ‘est and farâ€"seeing. While not as spectacular, iperhaps. as the position of mayor or councilior, the school trustees have made a thoroughly good , job of their important and vital work for the comâ€" munity. | However, it would be still more profitable for the town of Timmins not to be ballyhooed into enâ€" gaging a town manager without full consideration. It might be equally profitable to pay the cost of a visit from another expert opposed to the town manager plan. There are many such in the Doâ€" minion. In this way both sides of the case would be presented. That seems no less than fairâ€"and farsighted. as at present. Also he suggested that each deâ€" partment of the townâ€"clerk, treasurer, police, fire protection, public works, board of health, relief, Mr. Thompson made it quite plain that under a town managerâ€"council plan, as he termed it, mayor and council would be elected and function as unusual as five white children by special deâ€" livery at the one time. Well, North Bay has its white sparrow. The bird is completely white, and is one of a large flock of the ordinary English sparâ€" row coming to make their home at North Bay. There is a belief that while white sparrows are rare, they do occasionallyâ€"very occasionallyâ€" occur, or whatever makes sparrows that way, but that the other sparrows resent white sparrows and do not allow them to grow up. This particular North Bay white sparrow is not an outcast, howâ€" ever. Perhaps there is a, Dr. Dafoe among the other sparrows in the flock. Anyway, the white sparrow lives and thrives and enjoys apparent equality among his fellows. Whether other sparâ€" rows travel from far and ncear to see the white sparrow has not been disclosed as yet. Pehaps, that sort of thing is confined to the white human a glimpse of five little children all in â€" a row, beâ€" cause they were born that way. As for sparrows, who hasn‘t seen them, heard them, cursed them, perhaps? But how many have seen a white sparâ€" row? That‘s different. A white sparrow is just Not content with having the famous Dionne quintuplets for near neighbours, North Bay now boasts a white sparrow in its midst. Human naâ€" ture is peculiar, and evidently North Bay is fully aware of this. At least it must be admitted that North Bay can learn aithing or two. Is there anyâ€" thing more commonâ€"or preciousâ€"than children? Is there a man or woman alive, who hasn‘t seen a child, aye scores of them, and heard them, too? There are enough children in the country, that every single man and woman could have two or three of them, and still leave some over. Yet, tens of thousands of people have been travelling hunâ€" dreds of miles to North Bay and past North Bay, and past tens of thousands of children, just to get a glimpse of five little children all in a row, beâ€" secure better service. Plans like that of the town manager may appgar to be shortâ€"cuts. But there are few shortâ€"cuts in actual life.. . With a pubâ€" licâ€"spirited, efficient, tuendly mayor and council, there will be assurance of the best possible selecâ€" tion of department heads and the consequent efficiency and coâ€"ordination of the town‘s services. Reports of committeces Ancluded:â€" scout committee reportâ€"This showed the Cub pack sponsored by.the Legion as going ahead in very creditable manâ€" ner, Among activitiee mentioned: was Nest Building and Toy Repair .Shop under way. The outcome of the report was that the present committee act in same capacity for another term , with one additional member. The committee Word was given at the general mesetâ€" ing of the Timmins branch, Canadian Legion on Monday evening in the Leâ€" gion hall, that an upâ€"toâ€"date loud speaker system will be installed at the Cenotaph for the addresses to the pubâ€" lic on Remembrance Day, Friday, Nov. l1th. With Walter Greaves, pesident in the chair the meeting opened with usual Legion honours to dead comrades and the singing of "O, Canada." The new Legion standards were in position and will remain in the hall from now on. The equipment for the Town flag not having arrived, the hanging of this flag will not take place, until the reâ€"decoraâ€" ting of the imain hall is completed. This is now under way. Minutes of the preceding ï¬lectmgs were read and passed upon. Six applications for memberslaip were received and four took the initiation into membershin of the organization... _ The financial report was read and finâ€" ally passed after a short discussion on relief items. 3 Use Loud Speakers for Memorial Service (Greneral Meeting of Leuor Deals With Many Matter:s of Importance. "Jim Didn‘t Like Homework, After spending an hour or so at his studies he‘d complain about a headache or not feceling well and beg to go to bed. 1 thought the little beggar was just bluffing unâ€" til one night I told him he, could stop and play for awhile. . But no, he went to bed. I was conâ€" vinced something was wrong and sure cnough he neededâ€" glasses. Now, with the ones Mr. Cuartis prescribed he studies without a murmur. HMe‘s doing better at school too. â€" Glasses did the trick." 14 Pine 8t., N. PRICES ARE CONSIDERâ€" ABLY LOWER AND TERM3 MAY BE ARRANGED AT Phone 838 t their special meeting last Monâ€" day evening at the Manse, the proâ€" gram committee of the Y.P.S, of the Timmins Finnish United Church comâ€" pleted plans and arrangements regardâ€" ing the "Hollowe‘en" party for the Finâ€" nish children of Timmins to be held next Saturday, Oct. 29, at to 10 p.m. at the Timmins Finnish United Church. â€" An open invitation is extendâ€" ed to all Finnish children. The memâ€" bers of the Y.P.S. together with the teachers and officers of the Sunday sSchool will play host to the children, arrang> the program â€" games, stunts, etc., as well as also provide free reâ€" fresliments for all. Admission will be free to all, and every Finnish child is cordially invited. Prizes will also be givezen,. one for the nicest and one for the funniest dress â€"worn by the children on this occasion. After their regular business meetâ€" ing Friday, Oct. 28th, at 7 p.m., Tthe Y.P.S. will decorate the rooms of the church building with suitable decoraâ€" tions for the "Hallowe‘en party next day. Brockville Recorder and Times: One of the worst things about motor acciâ€" cCionts is the callousness in. regard to them which their very frequency has engendered. are as follows: Jack Potts, Art Jenkins Austin Neame and Jack Graves. The Cemetery Committee reported that the additional Legion plot at the cemetery had been posted and the borâ€" der cha.ns put in place. This gives the branch ample accommodation now and will when completed make a very pretty spot in the Timimins burial grounds. A vote of thanks was passed to those who had assisted in securing the material) for the work. Sick Committee reported quite a number on the list. Entertainment Committee asked fo much better support from the members to their activities. "The friends are coming in large numbers but we don‘t €se very many of the members," said the chairman of the committee.. The president asked all to give them their Meeting concluded with some more nominations being received for officers for 1939. The full list will be published when completed, tApport, Pension Committee report dealt with letters from relatives of P. G. Fraser thanking them and the branch for sucâ€" cess in his removal to military hospital Hallowe‘en Party by Finnish Y. P. S. A letter of sympathy was ordered sent to Mrs. A. F. Kenning and other relaâ€" tives in the matter of the death of Mr. Kenning, a oldâ€"time valued member of the branch. A letter from the L. C. B. caused a discussion and eventually the. matter was referred on motion to. C. V. Gaiâ€" lagher M.P.P. It was expected that about 25 ladieq will be available through the efforts oi the Junior Red Cross to assist the Ladies Auxiliary in selling poppies 0i Poppy Day. Plans for the Memorial service ars well under way and it is expected a new method will be devised so that the crowd is not so close to the Cenotaph. This is being looked into and will be made public before the service is held. To be Hosts to Finnish Children Saturday Night. Does Timmins need little less of that? Czechoslovakia hasn‘t much left now but th name. Hitler may decide to take part of that. There won‘t be any difficulty in distinguishin the 1939 motor license plates from the 1938 one race. In any event North Bay has its white sp row, andl is more convinced than ever that i an unusual bird of a town. in in iinat it GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER| John Gr struck by a accident at and thougt Jjured, was tion at St. caped with Iing attendd many admit count manne perty. eve tions Not As Seriously Hurt As at First Expecte No town managel Are you missing profitable business in export markets, or on imported lines, because you haven‘t enough money to take full advantage of your opportunities? 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