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© Phe Oshoron Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 4 Friady, November 20, 1959 Recognition Of Library As Well As Good Books Patron for this year's Young Canada Book Week is Dr. Hilda Neatby, head of the University of Saskatchewan's his- tory department and controversial com- mentator on the state of education in Canada, Dr. Neatby can be controversial about most topics, including this Book Week. She says, for instance, that "noth- ing is more certain than that young peo- ple will find bad literature". That could stir up a pretty argument, but there is little room for debate when she says that "it is of immense importance that they should also meet good books, and that "the relatively narrow and restricted experience of the child's life is immensely extended and enriched by those books which lead him into other worlds and then return him to his own with a new vision and a deeper insight", It is easy to talk about the virtues of books and of reading, because there is so much to be said for them -- and so much that has already been said, by the writers of great books and their critics. But while Young Canada Book week serves to focus attention on the wonderful world that books can open up for children, there is an accrusing result, one that all too often may not be noticed. The moving spirits of the Week are the public librarians across the country. They plan for it and they work for it, the reward being only the increased interest of youngsters in the reading of good books. This is a good time, then, for those who passed the years of child- hood to recognize the work of the lib- rarians and the tremendous contribu- tion that can be made to a community by a well-run and well-organized public library or system of libraries. Colombo Plan's Value Canada's contributions to the Columbo Plan are being questioned again. At the same time, many of the questioners are demanding that something be done to contain aggressive China. A look at a map provides only a part- fal reply to the doubters. The non- Communist countries in Asia run in a precarious fringe around a sprawling China. But this ring of countries, includ- ing the Philippines, Laos, South Viet Nam, Indonesia, Malaya, Thialand, Bur- ma, Ceylon and India, contains a total population exceeding even the claimed 600 million of continental China. The number of human beings involved gives the clue to the importance of the Plan, an organization of mutual aid initiated by the countries of the British Common- | wealth in 1950 and later joined as an associate member by the United States. The report of the Columbo Plan con- ference, released in Djakarta, shows that the operations in the past 12 months have exceeded the activities of any pre- vious year. Exports from the region have increased and imports have decreased, a developing supporting the premise that public investment can create the facil ities and conditions which will thereafter attract private capital. The need for such capital is large and growing. All is not rosy, however. The rate of population growth is greater than in in- dustrialized western nations, while the rate of economic growth is still less than the world average. | Some of the "have" members of the Plan must soon exercise restraint. Even the United States, with an adverse bal- lance of international payments, has begun to look carefully at its foreign aid program. But the Columbo Plan is making solid progress, and the fruits of that progress are beginning to flower. They must get the chance to ripen. Time Is An Oyster Distance in time and space often is a deceptive thing, blurring the mind's | eye and rubbing smooth the sharp edges { of memory. It works like an oyster, building enchantment around old irri- tants. Do any of our readers remember doing farm chores? We wonder if they remem- ber them with the nostalgia of the Ot- tawa Journal's "Countryman" who writes in this vein: "Men look through office and factory windows these late-autumn afternoons and remember chore time on the farm. As soon as a lad reached home from school, he changed into farm pants and old shoes and went at the chores. "In the days when big friendly horses , furnished power, chores in 'fall and win- ter were done by lantern light. It was taken for granted that a 12-year-old would help do the work and it never occurred to him to object. "He hung the lantern on an oaken peg in one of the uprights of the main floor, climbed to the scaffold and pitched down enough hay for the night and morning feedings. It was good to hear the whinny. ing of the horses and the impatient moo- ing of the cows as they tossed their heads. "A lad cleaned the gutters and horse stalls, bedded the cows with fresh saw- dust and the horse stalls with oat straw. The Osho Times Y. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Menoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ana the Whi Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). bers of Canadi Daily. ers P Association, The Conadion 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 tched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated also the local news published special despatches ore also Press or Reuters, and therein. All' rights. of reserved. ices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, yo iice Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ive by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, DE a, Brooklin, Port Perry, 4 bia) Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, ham, Burketon, Claremont, Geach, Greenwood, Kinsale, ter, ; mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers BY nl areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per yeor. Average Daily Net Paid Publisher's Statement as of March 31, 1959 - 16,260 He filled the cart with the mixture of middlings, ground oats and meal for the cows. He filled the grain measures with whole oats for the horses. The pigs had their special mixture of grain. When the year was growing older and dusk came early, Mother fed the hens in mide afternoon. "Before milking, cows and stock were turned out to the barnyard to drink from the trough. The only job a lad really disliked was pumping the trough full. No one appreciates how much water cows can drink until he pumps it for them. "Back in the barn, the cows were grained and then the milking began. It was good to be in the warm tie-up on a cold evening, good to hear the streams of white strike the bottom of the pail and to watch the head of froth build up. Farm chores today are mechanized, but there are men who still recall the quiet satisfaction of chore time a generation and more ago." Other Editor's Views TOO AMBITIOUS (Cape Breton Post) A town fireman in Barnsley, England, confessed that he started grass fires to increase his station's record. When caught while lighting his 11th grass fire he explained that "it's a matter of pride among fire stations about the number of calls they have." He was fined £30 -- a harsh way to reward ambition! Bible Thoughts For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The prince of Peace.--~Isaiah 9:6. Only an Isaiah who had experienced God's own purification (6:7) could de: liver such a tremendous message des- cribing the great Son of God. For precent must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little and there a little--Isaiah 28:10. God adapts His dealings to man's ability to learn, and to his need for con- stant help to be right and do right. OTTAWA REPORT Expense Of Being Governor-General By PATRICK NICHOISON OTTAWA -- Charles Vincent Massey found himself in the "eye" of repeated controversial hurricanes, in the political, edu- cational, commercial and other fields, in his 65 years before he became Canada's 18th governor- general. For seven years and seven months, he labored at Govern- ment House. Despite considerable animosity at first, he won wide- spread acclaim, and ultimately thoroughly earned that richest plum offered by the taxpayers of Canada. Less than two months. have passed since his retirement, and he has placed himself in the eye of another likely hurricane by criticising the sufficiency of that um. "The rising cost of vice-regal living makes it almost impossible for the Queen's representative in Canada to carry on without pri- vate means," he is reported as saying. This is hard to believe. Or, if it is true, it sounds like the cap- tain shouting "I'm in the boat, shove off," while leaving his jun- ior and needier officers to drown, PITY THE LT-GOVS. For if the Governor - General cannot make both ends meet domestically on a salary and ex- pense allowance of $251,188 pro- vided by Parliament for Mr. Massey's last year in office, how can, say, the lieutenant governor of British Columbia' make do on a mere $21,000? Mr, Massey himself was in re- ceipt of a "raise" of more than 60 per cent. His predecessor, Earl Alexander of , Tunis, who was certainly not a rich man, re- ceived not $251,188, but $168,891 during his last year as our gover- nor-general. QUEEN'S PARK Hunt Gives Frost Time To Reflect By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Premier Frost has been on his annual deer hunt. His friends were glad to see him get away. For the premier has earned a bit of fresh air and time for reflection. And he has plenty to reflect about. GROWING LOOSENESS It is now pretty well a gener- ally-known fact that some tight- ening-up is due around buildings. For more than a year now, and particularly since the election, there has been a more and more viens looseness of administra- on. Even very strong party men have been noticing it and com plaining about it, DON'T CARE? In medical terms you might de scribe the conditian as "lassitude, with panying symp of must be the driving power be- hind his ministers. For a long time he was. He had his fingers personally on every detail of any importance, Recently this has changed. A lot of work and responsibil. ity has been delegated to young officials in his office. The premier seems to think they are doing a good job and these that he has set up a good sys- tem. Practically nobody else agrees. For one thing it has removed him from his former close touch. And again inevitably he has to |! rely somewhat on opinions which are inexperienced. Sharpened up a bit by a rest and Mr. Frost will probably see this himself, The salary of the Queen's rep- resentative was fixed by Parlia- ment 'many years age at £10,000, to be converted into Canadi BY-GONE DAYS 3 YEARS AGO PLY EEE nounced that the cement base for the new pavement on Simcoe St. was complete, and as soon as the Oshawa Railway tracks were laid to Rossland road, work on the surfacing would be done, J. W. Borsherry was master of ceremonies when the Salvation Army band and choristers gave a concert at the Citadel. According to assessment rec- ords, the population of Oshawa was 15,545. Ontario Regiment band, under the direction of bandmaster 8. Trew, gave a fine concert in the Regent Theatre. Board of Education asked town council for $250,000 to make ex- tensions to the Oshawa High School to make it into a collegi- ate institute, The Children's Shelter was es- tablished in Oshawa 14 years ago when a few worthy men and wo- men purchased Dr, Giles' mesi. dence and fitted it up as a shel- ter for homel children. Miss dollars at the pre-war exchange i; rate of 4.8667. So the G-G is paid i a salary of $48,667 per year tax free, now as pre-war. But he also receives very sub- stantial fringe benefits. These in- clude two official residences rent and tax free, and maintained by the taxpayer; staff salaries of $64,547; a tax-free allowance of $100,000; travel expenses of $19,- 000; and sundry other items. In addition, the governor-gen- eral has the diplomatic privilege of importing goods for his own use free of duty and taxes. In 1955, Mr, Massey thus imported from Britain goods priced at $3,079; goods from Cuba, possibly largely cigars, worth $146; French goods, perhaps wines and brandy, to- talling $1,186; and U.S. products valued at $2,999. The saving un- der this privilege would approxi- mate to the total annual earnings of three average Canadian fath- ers. FREE-LOADERS COSTLY In contrast, a former lieuten- ant-governor of Nova Scotia told me that his expense allowance totalling $7,000 was usually spent by the end of February. I have heard that the present lieutenant governor of B.C. has to spend $50,000 a year of his own money, while his predecessor spent up to double that, to boost their official remuneration and expense allow- ance of $21,000 to sufficient to maintain their position in the status they consider appropriate. And these lesser viceroys, unlike the Queen's chief repr tative, Henderson was matron of the institution. Central Ontario League for 1924 baseball season was to be composed of six clubs: Lindsay, Belleville, Cobourg, Peterbor- ough, Oshawa and Port Hope. C. M. Anderson of Oshawa was elected 3rd vice-president and J. Nott was elected secreary- urer, PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Come to think of it, we don't believe we ever heard a critic carp. "If women would do the pro- posing, the whole social strue- ture would be benefited," says a sociologist. And if a duck would swim, the exercise would do him some benefit, Some peace officers are unsen- timental men. In Memphis, pol- ice arrested a man for stealing a cake, notwithstanding that he explained that it was his birth. day, and he needed something to go along with his bottle of corn liquor. Shame on the Paris artist who invented a machine that paints pictures. If automation is prac- tised in this field, many an ar- tist will be unable to pay the rent for his attic. "Loneli is the lot of a per. are unfairly not granted the dip- lomatic import privilege, which would substantially reduce the cost of official entertaining, by lifting the huge government levy on all alcoholic drinks. These needs seem greater than that put forward by Mr. Massey. In practice, I would expect that His «Excellency, General George Vanier, will find that the gener- ous provisions by the Canadian taxpayer are ample for the needs of his high office. But in order of precedence of need of higher an- nual income, I would add as a codicil to Mr, Massey's state- ment: Johnny Canuck first, the ieut t-governors d, and the governor-general bottom of the line-up. I believe our distin- guished first French - Canadian holder of this latter post would agree, FOR BETTER HEALTH indifference." In street corner English it would boil down to "don't give a damn." As of today it represents an apparently lethargic outlook on administration, interspersed with frantic efforts to plug holes when they occur . . . which, of course, is quite often. CABINET CASE A prime instance is the case of the "fat boy" teacher. This incident has been aiive for some time now and at the mo- ment of writing still has not been cleaned up. It has made the government Jook a bit silly. A few years ago it would not have turned out this way. As soon as news of it broke, Mr. Frost would have been on the telephone. \ And the clumsiness that has marked it never would have oc- curred. The Belleville situation was fumbled about. Ditto on supply of nurses. And there are a number of other instances. BAD SYSTEM? The root of this musi be the premier himself. He, as in most governments, PLAN CENTENNIAL . OTTAWA (CP) -- About 100 national organizations are ex- pected to send representatives to a meeting here early next: year to discuss ways of celebrating Canada's Confederation centen- nial in 1967. They will include groups representing education, ~government, industry, welfare and service clubs. Some Drugs May Cause Adverse Side Effects HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. Penicillin, the sulfa drugs and the rest of our modern medi- cines generally perform won- drous works indeed. With some of them, however, even with the salicylates, certain undesirable side effects might possiblly occur. Maybe there will be nausea, or perhaps a rash will break out. DOCTOR ON ALERT Your doctor recognizes this possibility when he prescribes such drugs. Maybe he will ask you whether you are allergic to peni- cillin or some of 'the sulfas be- fore writing the prescription or administering an injection, If you are, chances are he will give you another medicine that will work just as well Yet even when he knows side effects might occur, he may prescribe a drug anyway, on the theory that the good it does will outweigh the harm, REPORT TO DOCTOR Nevertheless, I'm sure he will want to be informed about any side effects which do occur. This is especially true when the pati- ent is a child. Here are the most likely side effects of the four commonly used categories of drugs. These are the signs to watch for and to report to the doctor: After Sulfa Drugs--A rash on any part of the body or blood in the urine. The rash may take any of three forms. It may be a fine powdery rash such as occurs in scarlet fever; it may be splotchy like measles or it may look like hives. After Penicillin -- A similar rash, difficulty in swallowing or breathing or pain in the joints. After Salicylates (aspirin, etc.) ~Rapid breathing, buzzing in the ears or swelling of the lips or some other part of the body. After Digitalis -- Diarrhea, vomiting, very slow or irregular pulse, When taking any medicine you should, of course, follow your doctor's instructions exactly. TIMING IMPORTANT Timing is especially important since some medicines should be taken on an empty stomach while others should be taken immedi: ately after eating. Explicit instructions about this were given to you in a previous column, QUESTION AND ANSWER H. W.: What causes white pimples to appear oa the inside of the cheek? Answer: It is impossible to de- termine the cause of "white pim- ples on the inside of the cheek' without examining the spots. 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