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OPINIONS OA LY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE gs FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES. GAZETTE OSHAWA THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PEESS The Times-Gazette is a member or the Canadian Dally News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters In this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights of republicatior. of special despatches herein are also reserved. Net Paid Circulation Avera 3 Per: 8, 2 13 7 THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1948 No Trifling Affair Due to the number of cases and the speed with which they are handled, the impression has gained ground that actions for divorce are very ordinary, and of little importance, and that any evidence or so-called evidence is sufficient to justify a decree. That such is not the case is indicated by the remarks of Mr. Justice Chevrigr when he dismissed a di- vorce action at Osgoode Hall recently. He commented :-- "I have always, and still do hold a very strong contrary opinion," continued His Lordship. "I consider that an action for divorce is one of capital importance and of paramount importance to the safety of the state. It affects the very foundation and stability of society which is but one extension of the family. It affects the moral life of the spouses, and above all, in many eases, it affects the moral and temporal lives of innocent child victims. "I have always held the view that an action for divorce was of a quasi-criminal nature. The act of adultery is a crime against the moral law. Its consequences are so enorm- ously potent against the state, that in my view, the proof of the commission of such deed should be strictly required-- with the same strictness as in a criminal action, not by pre- ~ ponderance of evidence, but beyond a reasonable doubt." Many of our readers will also recall the address delivered last fall by Mr. Justice Gale, youngest member of the Su- preme Court of Ontario, at a Bar Dinner in Oshawa, when he stressed the great care necessary in sifting the falls in di- vorce actions in order to best protect the interests of child- ren. Members of The Times-Gazette news staff, who have covered divorce proceedings presided over by Mr. Justice Gale, have remarked upon the care taken to assure that the case is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. As long as these precautions are taken by the judiciary the public can rest assured that divorce cases will be handled with the care they warrant and that the interests of all par- ties will be protected. A Sound Temperance Move Those who believe that temperance education is the best approach to the liquor question, and that the evils of in- temperance should be impressed upon the minds of boys and girls in their earliest years, will approve of the action of His (race the Most Rev. J. A. O'Sullivan, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kingston, in requiring some 111 children at a recent confirmation service in Trenton, to take the pledge obliging them to abstain from intoxicating drink until they are 21 years of age. In administering the confirma- tion rite, His Grace not only pqinted out the evils of intem- perance but charged the parents with the responsibility of seeing that the pledge signed by their confirmed children was kept. "Parents should assist their children in keeping this sacred promise," His Grace said. Temperance education should have a, very prominent place in churches and Sunday schools of every denomination. The Women's Christian Temperance Union does a very fine work in this connection, offering prizes annually for the best essays on the subject. It might be a good thing if greater efforts were made im all churches to secure as many pledges as possible from boys and girls that they will abstain from intoxicating beverages until they have reached the age of maturity. A pledge of this kind might be the means of saving many a boy and girl from becoming the victim of all fiat intemperance as it relates to the use of alcohol implies. Citizens Of Tomorrow Public-spirited Canadians are never at a loss to find worthy causes. Throughout the year they give their time and their money to carry on the work of the international Red Cross, the Y.M.C.A., research campaigns against cancer and tuberculosis, countless church and civic activities and 'Individual charities about which only they themselves are aware. Christmas seals, stickers in the window, poppies in buttonholes have become badges of generosity and the Canadian capacity to be their broother's keeper. Theregis no end to the willing giving to help others. This year for the first time Canadian mothers and fathers are being asked to set aside a special day in honor of their offspring. Saturday, June 26, has been given na- tional recognition as Children's Day--a day for fun and companionship and the giving of gifts, but also a day for the serious contemplation of the problems which-face Can- ada's citizens of tomorrow. Never has there been a greater need for adult concen- tration upon the problems, attitudes and environment of youth. The aftermath of war has been cynicism, reckless- ness and a wave of juvenile delinquency. Too many children are without fathers because the men who should.now have been with them died on the battlefields of Europe or Asia or in the air or on the sea. . Too many children are being raised in broken homes--victims of a breakdown in adult responsibilities and morals. All these children--and those in normal, happy Cana- dian homes as well---need the help and inspiration of a day in which they occupy the centre of the stage. On Saturday, June 26, the children of Canada will be recognized for what they. are--the greatest asset this country has. A Fence Is No Good Any More Little, in The Nashville Tennessean. Ottawa, June 24 -- A personal let- ter addressed to the Prime Minis- ter has come to my desk. It is from an old lady now past her 75th birth- day and she and the man who be- came her husband knew Mr. King when he was a boy and a young man in Kitchener. It was Berlin then. The old lady is desperately poor. "We lived a very few doors from you on Benton St. and you knew my husband quite well," she wrote Mr. King. "Both of us as we grew older were on speaking terms with you. "We had a lot of illness in the family but managed to live and keep our chins up. Now I'm having to take the pension offered to people who are broke. It's impossible to get a room under $20 a month. Girls who are working pay that and share with another girl, so we who are old find it hard to get rooms and live on the balance of $10 left per month. "I would like to see you do some- thing for those who are 70 before you give up.the premiership. Could | you not make it better for us? I have not long to live and have done some social work, and would die happy knowing it would be some- what easier for those left behind. "Drew said in his election talk a few days ago that his government helped with the extra $10 where needed. I know of no one who gets more than the $30. He is a windbag who has fallen down on his prom- ise. "We cannot buy food; shoes, clothing on rather less than $2.50 a week. I am grateful for what I get. Anyone at 65 today has had at least seven years of good wages and does not need quite as much help as we at 70 and older. "Please do something for us if only a bonus for a time." And ob- lige. Yours truly. An old neighbor." In a covering letter authorizing publication of the letter, Mr. King's one-time friend said: "I hope something can be 'done but I am much afraid it will be too late to help me." Oh OILED EGGS - - Britain is now buying 80 million eggs a year from Australia and by a new process they're being treated with refined paraffin oil which seals the porous shell and prevents evaporation. Lh WHAT DO YOU THINK?--"So- cialists in Canada do not preach Socialism," says the Letter Review. "They do not, in most cases, know what Socialism is. They preach class hatred, discontent and mira- cles to be produced by substituting controls for liberty. They cannot win power in Canada -- but they can surely make a mess of all our political and economic system -- as Mr. Attlee has so skilfully done in Britain." A TRAGEDY IN THE WEST -- Last year in British Columbia's Fra- ser Valley an aged fruit farmer was offered $24,000 for his farm and de- clined it. Negotiations indicated he could get as high as $30,000. He would not sel. All his life's work and all his earnings were in the farm. He had not-even bought life '| insurance to protect his wife in case of his death, The farm, he thought, would provide for her. Then the flood struck. The family is homeless and pen- niless. The only things they own after 30 years of hard labor are the clothes on their backs. The farm is worthless. \ Port Arthur-- (CP) -- Tom Fara- gher of Port Arthur swears it's true, He was returning home from a midnight show . when he heard a heavy 'clomp, clomp" and turned to see a large bull moose lope past him, avparently unconcerned. An- other person ran for sa'®\: after seeing the moose later, Nl ara- LOOSE MOOSE gher said. ® 30 Years Ago Oshawa Town Council orders in- vestigation into boost in gas prices despite ceiling fixed by franchise. New Empire record set by Oshawa in membership campaign for the Navy League with 4,000 members registered. Oshawa voters pass two bonus by-laws to aid Thornton Rubber Company ;, and Oriental Textile Company. School board hires nine new teachers to fill vacancies caused by resignations. Oshawa swelters in record heat wave. e Other Editors HARD ON BLOW-HARDS (Chicago Daily News) Lee W. Minton, president of the Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the U.S. reports that mechanical blowers have already replaced hu- man blowers in the bottle industry. According to Jimmy Petrillo, phon- ograph records are making it tough for the gents who blow tubas. - It looks as though there is only one field left for the chap who blow tubas. It looks as though there is only one field left for the chap who has the desire and the capa- city to blow hard--politics. NO GOOD ON WATER (Toronto Star) Those Egyptians seem to be out of their element on water. In the days of Moses they were over- whelmed by the Red Sea. Octavius Caesar beat Cleopatra's fleet at Ac- tium and ended her romance with Marc Antony. Now Israel has best- ed Egypt in a naval skirmish in Tel Aviv Bay. COULD SPARE SOME! (Brockville Recorder and Times) Mr. Abbott thinks that the Gov- ernment, rather than Parliament, should have the responsibility for reducing public ekpenditures. A good many people don't much care wha cuts them as long as they are cut. France has managed to get rid of 150,000 civil servants. Who knows how many we could remove from the public payroll, without loss of efficiency, if we tackled the problem in earnest? RURAL ESCAPISM (Windsor Daily Star) Dairy farmers are advised to sleep late and let others do the milking. Years and years ago that was one reason why some farmers got married. Flower Thefts Troublesome To Householders , The cost of living must be soar- ing to a new high, according tb the stories told by annoyed home own- ers in the city to the Oshawa Police Department. It seems from these complaints, which of) late have been reaching a peak, that groups of teen-agers, on their way to and from dates, are thoughtlessly picking blooms from the gardens along t route. Evidently these flowers for the girl friend. The offences are of such a nature that it is difficult for the police matters. The offences occur any- time after sunset till the early hours of the morning. The result the next day is usually a partly de- nuded peony bush, daffodil or tulip bed. This wanton flower picking is a thing which can in a short time make a neighborhood look like a wheat field after the threshing machine has passed, and if not stopped soon will be undoing all the good of the "Beautify Oshawa" campaign. The only way of correcting mat- ters is for the boys, and perhaps girls, to take it upon themselves to bkeep others in th group from these things by showing them the end results. Maybe dad could help out also by seeing that the boy doesn't go out on a date without |.the necessary ready cash in his pocket to take care of incidentals, like flowers for the girl friend. Times-Gazette Simin My ~--Why not try one toda; department to take steps to rectify. eo ese 6 00 000s ce c0es sesso 0ecse0ceess0s esse Summer Breeze ® A "Fiesta Fashion © Zeller-Thrift-Priced "SUMMER BREEZE": A vaca- tion-time Frock for Fashion- Smartness and cool loveliness! Made of tubbable Cotton Print aglow with colorful flower pat- terns. Elasticized at neck and waist; trimmed with crisp em- broidery. Sizes 14 to 20. I BRIGHT, WHITE BAGS The Style shown at right is espe- cially attractive, with its graceful slip-over-the-wrist strap and multi- colored, checked and striped pattern. 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