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Ail questions submitted are answered anonymously by members of the medical advisory board or special technical sections of the HEALTH LEAGUE. Social Bingeing other phases of social work, beâ€" Preventive Medicine is socia.|cause most social problems are work; at its most successful it alâ€"|related to preventable disease in most cancels out the need for all‘ one form or another. Nearly 300 acres of this has already been bought or has been donated by the village of Elora and of this the land along the south side of the river has been developed and is being used as a picnic, â€" lunch and â€" recreation ground by hundreds of parties every week. In this area two miles of gravel road have been constructed, with parking lots and picnic areas, making a pleasant drive and giving space for unlimâ€" ited family parties. At the apâ€" proximate centre of the park, along this road, a large open shelâ€" ter, 100 feet long and 40 feet wide, with kitchen and wash rooms atâ€" tached, has been erected for the use of large picnic parties and sheiter on rainy days. The kitchâ€" en of this building will be equipped to sell hot water, pop and ice cream and will be availâ€" able for picnic groups at a small charge. The shelter, parking area, and playing field can be booked by large picnics for the day. The Grand Valley Conservation Authority has set Saturday, July 24th, as the date on which it will officially open the Elora Gorge Park which has been in the makâ€" ing for a little over a year and which is the start of a 400â€"acre area bordering on the Irvine and Grand rivers. In addition to this groves are being opened up and tables and fireplaces rushed to completion before the opening date. After all, just because a community is so shortâ€"sighted that they allow building alongside of highway, is no reason why the driving public in general should suffer. There isn‘t hardly a person living in the Kâ€"W district who would, if he had the choice, live in Toronto. Yet every little place on the highway is trying to ape the stupidity of the larger centre and allow the location of homes and shopping centres along highways where no building should take place. Elora Gorge Park To Open This Month Chief Livingstone has suggested that all the‘ various speed it signs on the highway between Kitchener and the top of the t Hill be done away with an overall speed limit of 40 m.p.h. be im posed. This is the first intelligent move made by any of the police departments interested in this section of road. We could go the chief one better and suggest that the overall limit be upped to 50 m.ph. The suggestion by Chief Livingstone is a good one. It‘s to be hoped it does not meet the same fate as many other good ideas that have never been given a trial. Actually the whole section of highway belween\fiietchener and Galt is one rediculous mess of speed signs. Preston po have made an affensive nuisance &f themselves by trying to reduce all highâ€" way speeds within the vicinity of the town to 30 m.p.b. No thought has been given to facilitating the movement of traffic, but‘a lot of time, effort and money has been spent in trying to slow â€"aff traffic to a roadâ€"cluttering crawl. A what speed to drive‘vat, is tardy but badly needed Editorial Comment Complaintby Waterioo Township police chief Thomas Livingâ€" A Public Education Service of THE HEALTH LEAGUE OF CANADA 111 Avenue Road; Toronto 5, in coâ€"operation with this newspaper. It‘s About Time Since the Shand Dam has conâ€" trolled the water of the Grand, the bed of the river, formerly used for picnics and hikes, can not be depended upon and for this reason walks along the top of the cliff have been cleared on the south side of the river. There are sheitered tables here and litâ€" tle caves and ravines and several cliff "walks" of about a quarter of a mile in length have ben deâ€" veloped. Each of these has many scenic attractions which will be made more accessible as the park grows. Meanwhile they are cool and are sheltered on a hot day while warm sheitered corners can be found in cooler weather. This is the first of a series of parks planned by the Grand Valâ€" ley Conservation Authority for the whole walley. A second site has been acquired at Pinehurst Lake, between Galt and Paris on Highway 24, and this should serve a large number of persons from that district as well as draw visitors from other parts of the watershed. There is no better method of bringing together all the people of this huge and spread out valley than the travel for reâ€" creation which takes place every weekâ€"end. Probably more people know Lake Erie than know the other beauty spots further up the Grand but these parks will do much to remedy this state of afâ€" fairs. ting different sneed rates al un a _ This type of drinking would have certain dangers but they would only be the dangers assoâ€" ciated with getting drunk under any circumstances, i.e. increased danger of accidents with automoâ€" biles, falling downstairs, fights, etc. As long as the drinking epiâ€" sodes were two to three months apart, the effect of the alcohol would not be cumulative. Howâ€" ever, if gradually the drinking parties got closer and closer toâ€" fi:ther, the danger of the alcohol ving a cumulative effect with eventual breakdown into unconâ€" trolled .drinking would be very "We never keep liquor in the house and we don‘t go out to taâ€" verns and bars. We just don‘t have any urge to, and besides this is a very isolated community. What I am worried about is this: Qnce every two or three months the neighbors meet for a big neighborhood shindig. We have a barrel of beer and an accordion band and some of the men bring bottles of hard liquor, and we stay up all night singing and dancing and getting drunk. We almost always get drunk and then we never have another drunk unâ€" til the next shindig. We think it‘s fun, but since we‘ve been readâ€" ing in the papers about alcoholâ€" ism some of us wonder if we shouldn‘t have these shindigs less oftenâ€"or cut them out altogether. What do you think?" The stuff that causes alcoholism is something else again. As far back as recorded history goes, alâ€" cohol has been a basis for social functions, and even a part of reliâ€" gious rites. Attempts to erase alâ€" cohol from social patterns have been only partially successful for brief periods of time, and only in scattered communities. Drinking can, but does not necessarily cause alcoholism. Obâ€" viously the most foolproof armor against alcoholic disease is abstinâ€" ence, but the Alcoholism Commitâ€" tee would be less than realistic if it failed to recognize the fact that many people who will not be perâ€" suaded to abstain can still be taught how to use alcohol in such a way as to avoid becoming vicâ€" tims of alcoholism. ventive Medicine in Canada, the Health League has _ al s stressed the social aspects oet:%- ease, over and above the medical aspects, The League‘s technical section on Alcoholism probably goes deeper into sociology than any of the other sections. The social nature of the probâ€" lem of Alcoholism is what makes it so difficult to pin down. With diphtheria, for instance, one can persuade great masses of people to take preventive steps. The bacteria that causes diphtheria is a nasty, illâ€"natured creature that one would never dream of enterâ€" taining sociallyâ€"not if one knew how to avoid it. As the educational arm of Preâ€" ~ TBE WATBRLOO (Caiath) OHRONICLE Â¥ Truro (N.S.) Weekly News: ‘"Where politicians get the idea that they are better qualified to decide how and for wlose beneâ€" fits the ‘zeople's savings should be spent. than are the people who * Geraldton (Ont.) Times Star: "Although some teenâ€"agers are the buyers (of indecent literaâ€" ture) it is the adults and parents of today who are the biggest buyâ€" ers . . . they who are to blame if such reading material is found in the house." * Yorkton (Sask.) Enterprise: ‘"We are convinced the multiplicâ€" ity of ‘drives‘ has created a seriâ€" ous problem and is spoiling the whole meaning of one of humaniâ€" ty‘s greatest virtues." fresh fish. If fish is brain food, they could stand a lot of it right now, especially in Washington." Â¥ West Summerland (B.C.) Review: "Most Canadians find it difficult to understand why honâ€" orable members of the House of Commons keep so mum on the costs bureaucracy in Canada." * Referring to demands for United States import curhs on certain fish products, the Pictou (N.S.) Advocate says: "Instead of monkeying with imports, what they should be doing is facilitatâ€" ing the distribution of fish further and further inland to the millions of Americans who never get any Â¥ Ladner (B.C.) Optimist: It should be a matter of pride with all of us to do our share to supâ€" port these necessary services, but recently we have fallen down on the job. Perhaps one reason for our failure is that all these camâ€" paigns come so close, one after another, and the average person gets a little fed up with constantâ€" ly digging into his or her purse for another donation." % Canadiana: A store owner in the Qu‘Appelle Valley (Sask.) was convicted of giving liquor to treaty Indians, fined $100; as reâ€" sult of this lawbreaking, it was reported, one Indian of Crooked Lake was pinned under a tractor he was driving, suffered a fracâ€" tured pelvis. . . Fort Saskatcheâ€" wan (Aita.) Record reports that J. H. Lawrence, 95, took his first plane ride to come from Vancouâ€" ver to visit his family at Partâ€" ridge Hill. . . Turned up in the pocket of C. H. Corney, Cut Knife, Sask., a copper coin inâ€" scribed "Napoleon III Empereur, 1854; Mr. Corney nearly passed it off for an old pennyâ€"which it By Jim Greenblat Â¥ Nipiwan (Sask.) Journal: Some sort of human bills of rights will soon have to be devised whereby the members of a demoâ€" cratic society mar protect themâ€" selves from an allâ€"devouring taxâ€" ation trend. Without taxation limitations, inept and incompeâ€" tent governments, as they enlarge their powers and extravagances, will reduce property owners, and indeed all taxpa{‘ers to a state of servile impoverishment. In the modern world of today, big busiâ€" ness is manned by highly trained and efficient executives, who reâ€" main in their positions solely by their ability to obtain results for their employers. In the biggest business of allâ€"governmentâ€"the lone requirement is a wellâ€"oiled, preâ€"election performance. When the two requirements are comâ€" pared, and each must bafiun on behalf of his employer with the other, it is small wonder that the prize, and $35 is good interest on such a small investment. Other prizes available are $25, $15, $10 year‘s flnh-flllefl? contest held at the Canadian National Exhibiâ€" tion. It met with such success in its first year, that it is being run ;gnin in 1954. Entry fee is only ¢ and there are five cash rttxu. If you are really good at Alleting A little practice now might loosen up % that have not wielded a b over a good catch since last year. Entrants are g_l;‘ovided with fish and knives. ey will be judged on the basis of speed and neatness. Appearâ€" ance is important, even to a fish. He lay there, cold and clammy. His wmeyu glistened. The deadly spanned his neck and the cold steel of the blade rpiped into the frozen flesh. and $5. Entry forms are available at the Canadian National Exhibiâ€" tion, Women‘s Division, Exhibiâ€" tion Park, Toronto. REBERUCPMEORT NE PED MOCOD MPRCC CC CC PC on a budget, representing a perâ€" centage of income, or democracy will automatically be repiaced with a hypocritical dictatorship. Taxpayers, the hour is getting late! actually earn and save the money, is one of the unexplained mysâ€" teries of Canadian politics." hu:finyer is fast becoming a man without future security. All govâ€" ernment, from the local to the national level, will have to be put If you are the clinging vine type, then he doubts whether you have a heart. If you‘re silly, he longs for someone bright. If you‘re brilliant and intellectual, he longs for a playmate. . F"' t NATIONAL EMBLEN (From The Printed Word) There has been a certain amount of lately t changing M'anflondcnbhmhmthbu, to the The stag, m-u.hmuflmum The , on the hand, is a fat fellow with a a figure an overâ€" M;i.. pillow and puck teeth. | 6 beaver may dbe no beauty but per Mrewudpechh t:-m-umumwcm-. xmm ‘aithough works with his fellows in community pmjecu:?u damâ€" building, the beaver is still an individualist He li in his own house, which he bought and paid for with hard work./He stores up If you wear gay colors and a startling hat he hesitates to take you out; but if you wear a little brown beret andâ€"a tailor made suit, he takes you out and stares all evening at the women in gay colors and startling hats. Man is just a worm in the dust; he comes along, wriggles around for a while and finally some chicken gets him. consumed when there is nothing green growing. has a sense of responsibility. He helps to look after his young â€"doesn‘t leave it «1i to the lady beaver. On top of all this, the bea is just about the only animal not afraid of hard work. He‘s at it all the time, day and night, whether he gets time and a half for overtime or not. Whenâ€" ever he sees a little break in the dam he plf‘lchea it. He doesn‘t expect somebody else to do it for him. | f food for the winter by. carrying bits of sapling into bis home, to be This business of wanting to throw over the hardworking beaver for the highâ€"stepping stag is a sign of the ti The stag is irceâ€" sponsible. He has nothing to do with his ldren after they are born. He deserts his wife. For all his glamor and good looks and grace he is a goodâ€"forâ€"nothing. â€" The stag‘s head might look better on a twentyâ€"five cent piece ‘but the beaver represents what that money stands for â€" hard work. A bachelor is an eligible mess of abstinacy entirely surrounded by suspicion.. Husbands are of three types: prizes, surprises and consolation prizes. Making a husband out of a man is one of the highest forms of plastic art known to civilization. It requires, science, sculpture, common sense, faith, hope and charity. If you flatter a man, you frighten him to death; if you don‘t you bore him to death. Menâ€"are what women marry. Generally speaking, they may be divided into three classes: Husbands, bachelors, and widowers. This is a fishâ€"eye view of last FISH CONTEST AT CN.E. Japan‘s permanent observer to the United Nations, Ambassader Renso Sawada, strikes the Bell of Peace which was donated to the world organization in the name of the Japanese people. The bell was cast from bits of metal, coins and medals contributed by friends from sixty nations to the Japanese Association for the United Naâ€" tions which made the gift. The 256â€"pound bell which stands three feet, three inches tall, is housed in a structure made of cypress wood, and is patterned after an ancient Shinto shrine. Benjamin Cohen, right, U.N. Assistant Secretaryâ€"General for Public Informaâ€" tion, accepts the symbolic gift on behalfl of the United Nationsâ€" Ringing a World Prayer for Peace W TPWN OF MAN â€" ( Shawinigan Standard) Aher Editors Say ... For the second successive year, the output of vehicles by General Motors of Canada topped the 200,â€" 000 unit mark in 1953, maintainâ€" ing General Motors‘ production leadership in the Canadian autoâ€" motive industry. The 219,967th vehicie rolled off the Oshawa asâ€" sembly line on December 31, setâ€" ting an allâ€"time record for the inâ€" dustry. In 1952, General Motors turned out 200,310 units, marking the first time in history that a Canadian automobile manufacturâ€" er passed the 200,000â€"mark. A vast new 43â€"acre &:n! will be fully completed at awa by the late summer of 1954. ty a" ONTARIO DEPARTMEINT Of itasour Charles Daley, Ministe: z0 E. old ELEVATORS 4 LIFTS lfimmwmmn:hnmmfl.m-ndum Act, came into force on June 17, 1954. Under this legisiation, in Ontario the owner of an elevator, dumbâ€"waiter, escalator, manlift or incline lift must obtain an annual licence to operate the elevator or lift. The legisiation further provides that only a who maaflmhdmmyhndumchumy eontractors who construct, install, repair, or maintain elevatore or lifts, ete., may now only carry on business in Ontario if In order to comply with the legisiationâ€" must make application imâ€" femely To Hoants to sperats person an insurer to make ha;eeuom must 'wmuly for a certificate of competency. OWNERS CONTRACTORS evators, dumbâ€"waiters, _ must make application immediâ€" Mq&hdw&ghflnmdl t 31, 1964, are now available, and enquiries a 7 81, 2004, are now available, and uiries and for nmw Méd lhhdl::&cd to u; & Inspection Branc , Department m-‘mmw. Ontario. 4. Strictest cleanliness of anyâ€" one handling food is essential at all times. In restaurants individâ€" uals who handle money should not handle or prepare food or beverages. With the approach of the polio season, Dr. Nelles Silverthorne presents ten rules for parents of chlildren who might be susceptâ€" ible. 1. Special attention should be given methods of sewage disposâ€" al by both the municipality and the individual, especially in areas where there is a threatened outâ€" break or an actual outbreak of poliomyelitis. _ _ _ 2. In areas of threatened outâ€" break, swimming pools â€" and beaches should be closed. 3. Flies\(known to harbor the virus) should be rigorously exâ€" cluded from all centres where food and beverages are handled. 5. Cooking and boiling of foods or fluids destroys the virus of poâ€" liomyelitis.. 6. One should not eat in flyâ€" ridden places during the polioâ€" myelitis season or in places where there are le suffering from unidentifl&; disease. 7. All persons should always Ten Rules for Polio Season ) nousemou rimance THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA He represents all the millions of life insurance policyholders in Canada. And it‘s money from their premiums, which life insurance companies invest for them, that makes possible such improvements as these throughout the nation. &hmmn%mmmmn;mmhyfa your family and yourself, you‘re also helping to build a better You may see the result of what he is doing in the city‘s changing lkmc~aouvh-ed\em tall . . . in the mushrooming &ah&mh&tdm&:;?in-nfimxw:; Where many a vacant lot ance stood, it with a mMMmmflbâ€".hfld‘-mwumcm {:u-ymmumnnnmbnn.mapoumm gn‘umbhm in part to him, many houses rise here and there, or row on row, in community after community. New black ribbons of asphalt tie town to town. Somewhere, a new bridge is built. New industrial plants, too, are sometimes the byâ€"products of &Hfi::fimmdmunhupwvidedyouwmnbb. He‘s changing the nation‘s landscape 0 &. J. Helsor, Manager MM&.MM-WM.M;.AQQQ WATERLOO, ONT. 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Plattsville Club PLATTSVILLE. â€" The Plattsâ€" ville Bowling Club held its. first jitney since its reâ€"organization this year. Twentyâ€"four took part in the event held last week. 8. All fruits and vegetables should be thoroughly washed, preferably _ peeled and _ best cooked during the poliomyelitis Holds First:Jitney Winners in order of merit were: ladies, Mrs. J. B. English, Mrs. Wilfred Lachman and Mrs. William Bell; men, James Ferâ€" gusson, Floyd Hauss and Ernie Hewitt. A jitney will be held once a week commencing at 8 o‘clock. Lunch was served by Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Lachman and Cameron Hume, assisted by Mrs. Jessie Pratt. wash their hands before eating (By Chronicle Correspondent) Friday, July 9,