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PAGE 12, WEDNESDAY, JI JLY 30, 1980, WHITBY FREE PRESS Between You andMe -FP... By RUTH CHAMBERS 'The government ls best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.' -Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) A few more wanderings this past week in strange and not so strange towns and villages. Many thoughts come to mind. As always since time began life is good for some and for others just days of quiet desperation. One can never generalize about anything but there is often a pat- tern which pretty well tells the tale. Many of us complain about "big"government, "big" spending, "big and bigger" waste. It all goes around and around ad infinitum with no clear answer at hand. To reverse many things is next to impossible but to pull in and back from government spending is Ail politicians not corrupt horrendous,.in fact impossible. Governments have expanded at a greater rate than our population increase. It is so easy to blame goverr .nent and especially some politicians who for some unknown reason raise some peoples Ire. All politicians are not corrupt nor are they all power hungry. I have known men of high calibre who after years in the political field remain forthright, honest and above board. Power corrupts but not always. We always have suffered with egotists in the fleid, they are forever with us, maybe few in number but they do exist sometimes only recognized as such upon their demise. They can be called empire builders, self seeking with visions of greatness. The people are the ones who make the demands, individuals, do- gooders and power groups. Everything must be made easy for the masses. Take initiative away, free will and lead them by the hand. So many of us want to lead ourselves, run our own lives and businesses without interference but our demands make this Im- possible. There has always been a need for social services to help the un- fortunates which in the past was done to a great extent by just people; people helping people which is necessary in any com- Basebail A close battle last Thur- sday night saw Midway Dat- sun defeat the Kiwanis Club 30-29 in a Cinderella division Whitby Girls Athletic Association league baseball game. Susan Pipher, the winning pitcher, led Midway to the win with 2 home runs while Carolyn Dunn had one home run. Cindy Jimmo was the losing pitcher. The winning run came in the 7th inning with two out, when the Kiwanis catcher dropped a ball at home allowing a Midway runner to score from third. The results of other games played last week are as follows; B.P. Car Wash 12, Henry Buildall 12, Midway Datsun 30, Kiwanis 29, and Kinsmen 2, Opti Misses 22. munity. Now we have thousands of paid professionals taking over with often less than good results. Nothing stands still so we need and must have change but to what degree? While we run ourselves to the ground, deeper and deeper with our health plan I often think of "then". Of course there always has been the man caught in the middle. Those with terrible lingering IlIlnesses who were wiped out; the ones who because of their hard work and thrift were able to fend for themselves and were Ineligible forhelp, government or otherwise. Everyone tried to save, again we have the non-doers who never try to help themselves but on the whole saving for medical needs was like saving for grocery bills, ail relative. The poor were well cared for If they needed it. All doctors gave a portion of their time and expertise to care for those who were unable to help themselves. So many hours a week at their own ex- pense at all the Toronto hospitais, the best specialists in town were there without fail, everready to serve the public. I know I was there as a young person giving my time after school to help out where needed in hospital wards and departments looking after hospital files and taking patients to various depar- tments. We knew all the doctors as we went to school with their daughters or went out with their sons. We saved then for new babies, tonsils and all othermedical needs. Fees were geared to one's age and productivity. Not to our parents income but to ours. When our flrst baby was born I had the so-called best obstetrician in Toronto; his fee $751 We were young and just starting out in the business world. A beautiful room at the Private patient's Pavillon at the General, $11.50 a day with all the amenities even to the chaise lounge. The other private rooms cost $6.50; the cost for the baby about $1.25 per day or less. For anyone in desperate need or anyone who could not afford to pay coststhe same specialist or another with comparable talents ail for nothing. I have not enquired lately about such costs but we all know It has gone out of sight. The end result may be very poor care or even no care for some people. We may end up being told which medical man we may see and this la somethIng not many free souls or thinking people could tolerate. The system Is being used by both sides to a terrible degree. Not everyone ls guilty of course but many are. There are so many people who are professional patients. They need love and care so they seek out doctors who send them to hospital for a "rest" or as I heard one woman say, "a holiday". Some "holiday". I was told about the girl who went to the doctor to have her earring untangled from her hair. The doctor used scissors to clip a piece of her locks. This could have been done at home, minus costs. We could go on and on; so could many doctors who write a best seller and could make a tidy sum. What about a doctor who demanded that a patient go to the hospital for x-rays because of a tiny broken bone in a small toe? The patient, who was not too knowledgeable about toes, com- CONT'D ON PG. 18 125TH ANNIVERSARY 1855-1980 THE CORPORATION OF THE .TOWN OF WHITRY WHITBY TRANSIT CIVIC DAY-AUGUST 4th, 1980 THE WHITBY TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL NOT BE IN OPERATION ON MONDAY AUGUST 4th, 1980, BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY. THE TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS ON TUESDAY AUGUST 5th, 1980. WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY THIS ACTION. R.A. KUWAHARA, P. ENG., DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS