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FIRE PREVENTION WE.EK-- OCTOBER 5 Oi EDITORIALS What is Fire Prevention Week? Historically-Fire Prévention Wcek is the first full week in October during which the annivérsary daté af thé Great Chicago Fine occurs. In theory-Fire Prévention Wcek is thé anc weék of éach year during which thé public is hit with a conccntrated dose of Fine Prévention messages ta make aur citizéns Firé Prévention consciaus for thé néxt twélve months. In practicé-Firé Prévention Wéék is a wcck during which a great many people spénd a lot af timé and monéy ta gét across thé message of Fine Prévention; a message, which, unfortunateiy, is in many cases forgotten aimost béfare thé Weék is out. For same unknown réason thé aver- age Canadian citizen is convinced that no matter what happens ta his friénds, noth- ing can ever happén ta him and bis lovcd ones. Wé in Canada hold thé dubious distinction of '. aving thé worid's worst pen capita Fine loss record and, just as a matter ai intenest, we also have anc ai thé wonld's worst per capita automobile acci- dent record. Why this should be, it is not in aur power ta answer, but in viéw ai thé tré- mendaus amount ai time and money spént on Fire and Accident Prévention public- ity we are forced ta draw thé conclusion that Mn. Average Canadian is an expert at "letting things go in ane car and out thé othen." Truc, niany of thé lessons impartéd during Fine Prevention Wéék are not inténdcd for daiiy use, becausé aitér ail, one's house seldom catches fineeévény day; but they jare întended ta bé learnéd by heant and iiled away in aur memanies, rcady ion instant use whén néedcd. When you spot a frayéd ciéctnical cord, an overloaded circuit or an aven- sized fuse in use it should be second nature ta rémedy thé obviaus defedt. If ane's wiie attempts ta spot-dlean garments with gasoline on othen volatile cieaning fluids, anc shauld automaticaiiy read ber thé iot act. In f act, thé sight ai any anc ai thé obviaus defects which invité f ine and disaster into aur lives shouid .spun us into instant action. Unfantunateiy this is séldom thé case. It now appeans that rnast people stili have ta leann their lessans thé "hard way" and, as long as this is sa, Canada doesn't stand much ai a chance in attempting ta reduce thé staggering annual tol ai ass af ifei and property due ta fines. Make a solemn pledgé ta leann the lessons ai Fine Prévention Week-it is thé knowing that may save your lufe! Ret4il trade bas beén a major source of strcngth in Canada this year thé currént is sue ai thé commercial léttér ai Thé Canadian Bank ai Cammerce points out. Thé sustainéd consumer demand in Cana- da has contrasted sharpiy with conditions in thé United States, whcne consumer expenditure was iowcr during thé *winter rnonths, and thé major sustaining force in thé econamy appears ta have béen increas- éd government expendituré. When unémpioymcnt réached its llighést pastwar levél during thé winter ànd spring, it was expécted thére would be some falling aff in retail sales but in each ai thé first f ivé m onths ai thé yéar t~otal retail sales weré )iigher than in thé éorresponding months'ai 1957. One factor in thé higher total ai Çanadian retail sales bas béen population incréase. Betweén March 1957 and March 1958 thé population ai Canada rose 3.2 per tient. This increase naturaily caused a greater total demand for food, ciothing and ether non-durable gaods. It also had its Înfluence on housing construction and thé "~<No sir," said Eustacé Coleridge, "lit's 411 wrong. What with thé latést médical 4iscovénies and thé newést inventions, a mnan dies just through corelessncss. Nat lon me. I'm gaing ta watch mny stép, and live forever." So S- Hé bnusbed his tecth twice daily with the right kind ai toothpaste. Hé had a complété physical examina- tion every three months. Hé always stoyéd insidé wbén it irained. Hé slépt with thé windows open. Hé stuck ta his diet-with plenty ai pratéins and fresh vegétobles. Hé had bis tansils taken out and trad- ed in severol warn-out glands. Every editor receives, and incidentally iscards, vast piles af mail each week, rnuch ai which asks space in his news- papén for the support of any of a hundred different causes. When thèse cause are worthy we try ta compiy as far as human- ]y possible, but a large pencentage goes straight ta the iaithf ul waste paper basket, comments the Editor of Wingham Ad- vance-Times. This week we came across a dandy. .A lengthy article emanating from Regina, tèars the heant out af the govennment for its ianm policy, dcmands that farmers tighten their thinking and fonm a new political party ta put an end ta this in- justice and ta solidly line thé agricuitunal slaves beside the comraçies in city sweat- shops. The payai f cames toward the end, when the writer states in no uncertain terms, "The propaganda put out by the capitalist contralled press, radio and TV on this . . . question is misieading ta say the least." Estabishod 1854 with which in Încarpazated The Bowmanville Newsa. The Newcastle Indepoademi and The Orono News 104th Ypaz of Continuous Service to the Town af Bowmanville and Durham Caunty AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTON RA1b $4.00 a Year, atrictlyiy n cdvan*... 1 500 a Year in he Unted States Authori,.d cm Second CeuMai Post Ohie. DepartSont Ofttaw Publisbed br THE JAMES PUBLISHTNG COMPANY Bowm=avwle. OntSo )OHN M. MAMES, EDZTM sale of durables, particularly hame ap- pliances. Per capita retail sales' were 4.2 per cent higher in thé first haîf af 1958 than in the conresponding period ai thé préviaus year, if sales ai new and used automabiles are amitted. Anather, and penhaps a mare import- ant factor has been public confidence. Thé public has cantinued ta purchase homes and appliances, as well as non-durable goods, showing a confidence in continued incarné, but some familiés have postponéd thé replacement ai automobiles. Yét, while sales ai North Amenican-typé pas- séngér cars declined aven seven per cent in the first balf ai thé year, thé proportion ai ncw cars punchased autnight, rather than on installments, showed a slight incréase. StiR another factor of strength is a séven per cent increase in personai savings on deposit with chartered banks aven last yéar's figures. Thus the continued buy- ing has not been achieved at thé expénse ai savings, and thé high levél ai savings forms a solid backing fan future purchases. Hé played golf, but neyer marc thai 18 hales at a time. thé Hé toak acéan trips, but only whéi tewéatber was good. Hé neyer smokéd, dnank, on hast h: tempe r. He wone ancb preservens. Hé neyer workecl unden a strain ci drave bimseli. Hé neyer wannied. Thé funeral of thé baté Eustacc Cale ridgé will be held next Monday aftérnoon Hé is sunvived by 18 specialists, four healtl institutes, six gymnasiums, and numerat! ýmanufacturers ai ontiseptic applioncés anc sanitary faods. (Hé had forgotten about driving ta( fast). -Ananymow Having thus béen clearly infarmed c aur stotus in society, this copitalist news papér bas décided not ta providé any ire, spoce fan thé Western crusader. You're darnéd night this is a capitalis cantralléd papen - and thé capital be hind it was earned by bard work and ni handouts from anyane. As a motter c fact wé neyer gat a gavérnmént grant c subsidy in aur éntiré coren and we aren' asking for anc. Fnankly we get a littié tiréd ai thi word "capitalist" béing uséd ta indicati samething on soméané dirty. Théné ar, plenty ai fine upstanding capitalists in thi country, who incidéntally, providé all thi employmént that exists. And in casé aur friend is in an, doubt theré is no more cléar-cut and sig nificant capitalist than thé Canadian farrr ér. Easy Corne, Easy Go? A sorry story of needless fine woste ii Canada is tald by thé figures for Fîr, Prevéntian Week, October 5-11. Bath ii lufe and propérty, thé natianal loss ha reachéd an ail-timé high. No Eunapeai nation even rémotely approaches us, pe héad ai population, in aur évident consurr ing désiré ta burn up ourselvés and au possessians. Ours is indééd o shamefi. record and totally lacking in pnidé ti enlightened citizensbip. What réolly hunts (but con prove ou: salvation in thé long run) is thé realizatiai that mast ai thé f ines are causéd by humai careléssnéss. Now that wé are face t face with thé motter, surely wé con hopý ta do sométhing abaut it. Législation i certainly nat thé answer. Education ii individual respansibility, as thé f in services point out, allers real and tangibi bénef it. Let's get nid ai thé notion implied b, thé figures that wé'né living an easy came easy go way ai lufe. This country didn' carné ta greatnéss on such apathetic thinl< ing.1 Lét's thnaw aut trash. from oun attici and in aur thinking and habits ai f ine. ..Don't Givé Fire A Place To Start. in n ,h In-the Dim and Distant Past Prom The Statesman VU. 25 YEARS AGO (1933) 49 YEARS AGO (1909> Bowmanvile and district Miss May Mutton represent- churches were to send a rail- ed Ma ple Leaf Circle Compan- way car of food and clothing ta ions of the Forest at High Cir- the drought areas of the West. cie Sesssions in Toronto and Mr. W. J. Bragg, M.P.P., was was chosen a member of two chairman of the meeting called important committeds. ta consider the matter. Miss E. Hawkins, organist of Durham Central Fall Fair St. John's Church, opened a was a big success. Horse races studio back ot Jas. Deyman'a by entries of the Orono Driving store on King Street. Club were a big feature. Joyce Mr. Schuyler Edsall left for Sutton, 'daughter of Mr. and New York where he had se- Mrs. Reg. Sutton, Orona, took cured a good position. first prize in the baby show. Rv .F er atro W. J. Jeffery, veteran Bow- thev.D H.cF.l e r, pas tr o manville merchant, had a un- teDsilsCuehdtk ique record in that he had miss- en up residence at the Hotel ed only five meetings in 2600 Bowman. held by Florence Nightingale Mrs. F. J. Johnston, former- Lodge of the Independent Or- ly Miss Frank Drewry of Bow- der of Odd Fellows. He receiv- manville, was a passenger un ed his 50 year jewel. Mr. Jef- the steamer "Ohio" whieh was fery had also attended ever'y wreckedr Aug. 29 en route for Odd Fellow's funeral but four Alaska. Eight lives were lost and was for 35 cansecutive years when the steamer ran on the a member ol the degree tearn. rocks. Among those living in 1933 who Among September weddings Mr. Jeffery recalled were merm- was that of Miss Caroline May bers when he joined were J. J. Beacock *and Mr. George Hen- Mason. F. A. Haddy, J. H. Cry- ry Houston at the home of the derman, J. H. H. Jury, M. A. bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James, T C. Jewell and Wm. James Beacock. Myrtie Station. Pearn. Mr. James L. Hughes, uncle of President Tommy Ross announ- the bride, proposed the toasts. ced that the Rotary Club would Newcastle - John Rickard donate $500 ta the town relief purchased the old Methodist fund. parsonage. Contract 'for build- While on a trip to Vancouver ing the new parsonage was ta attend the C.W.N.A. conven- given to Hall and Pool. tion, John M. James became Enniskillen - The new wire 111 and had ta sample Western fneaon h colyr 'hospital-ity" in Vancouver mfeea rundthe sool yard General Hospital for a couple mksagetipoeet of days. When he was leaving Fali openings o! the Central the interne on that floor, Dr. and Dingman Millinery Parlours Jones. asked ta be remembered took place with a great nurn- to Principal L. W. Dippeil who ber of ladies attending and had taught himn at Renfrew.' "purchasing freely". Elaborate Miss Ruth Connolly who had feather trimn was the height of been chosen Miss Canada of fashion. California, was visiting hér un- Miss Belle Allen receivd cie and aunt, Mn. and Mrs. many compliments on the hand James Brown of Lotus. made shirt waist entered àt Newcastle - Lloyd Hancock West Durham Fair. Pairs and and Muriel Shaw won cham- prti±é liâts were the order o! -pionships at Newacstle Hîgli the day, with thrée columns o! School Field Day. Fair Notes on the front page. cfe-tters c7% cJ,e. 8citor Manotick, Ont., Sept. 28, 1958. The Canadian Statesman, Bawmanville, Ont. Gentlemen: Please !ind encloséd manéy onden cavening my rénewol ta Thé Statésman. I certainly look fQnwand ta receiving thé Home Town and Country news and thoroughly enjoyed thé Centennial Célébra- tions. Thé évents o! Old Homc Wéek will long bc rémémberéd and your pictunes and variaus articles will hé souvenirs ta be cherished. Yours veny truly, Betty (Snawdén) Pritchard (Mns. Otis Pritchard) 'Browviéw',' Newcastle, Sept. 29, 1958. L5 Dean Editor, id Havé read With interest youn Editonial in thé last issue o! )o Thé Statesman and heartilv agréé ith thé idea a! building L5 mare schaols o! moderate sizé rathér thon large schools, su that thé students coni hé néon- er home, with more parental guidance, and dcvelop bétter 3f appreciatian o! their commun- S- Thé large schoal Is définitev c ecreating on administration prob- lem, aý, toa many students and tao many teachers make too big st a problemn for anc principal. L. Ré-location af new school, I o0 béliéve this should bc settled )f by the Board as they havé stu- died 'thé focts, and must bé in nr a bétter position ta décide, thon 't ony councillon or ratepoyer. I believe thé present district as naw set up, is tao large and ls unwieldly. te Best regards. ' e James T. Brow' s le Thé Editar, Sept. 30, 195b. Thé Canadian Statesman, [Y Dean Sir, r-I have read with intércst youn L- ditorial and Mr. Ernest Dent's léttér concerning thé Durham District high school question in your issue af September '25. Without having dévoted enough study ta thé motter ta hé sure o! my graund, 1 agrée with bath [n you ard Mn. Dent that smallcn ýe schools in thé smaller commun- Sities arc désirable, and that thé ýn trend ta langer sehools funther IS and funthér apart is unfartuin- naté. r Thé Department of Education, as Dr. W. S. Turner pointéd ou, Sat a récent meeting of thé Mill- r brook Home and School Assa- Il ciatior4.- beliéves large schooli ta be béttér oble ta provîdé good éducation, and hé funther said that it was highly unliké- r ly thé Department would ap- in prove a sehool planned for féw- n ér thon 300 pupils. The crux o! thé motter, of O course, is that school boards )e are Iiinited in their scopé by .s this policy o! thé Depqrtment.. ýn Thé Durham board, for exam- -e ple. can not build a 150-puoi] sebool at Millbrook, becausé thé le Departmént would nat apprové it. Without approval tricie ,y wauld be no grants, and os fair as thé local ratepayer is con- cerned a school built without costly. Our svstern of taxation is such ,àhat thé présent rapid grawth af educational facilities must hé subsidized frorn outsidé the community and outside sup- port bnings with it outsidé con- trol. Whethér or not transporta- tion costs for thé cammunity are higher if thére are a le%# large schools rathen than scv- enal small ones, whethér on not opération costs are lowen, dé- pends nat on stroight économie factors, but on, thé departmén- toI grant structure. And it is withln thé straight-jacket a! this structuré that school boards must openate. Thé same de- pendence on grants govenns a board's ability ta attnact better teachérs with betten salaries. Having followéd closély thé proceédings o! the Durham board during thé last year I arn canvincéd that they have donce thé bést they can. Théir déci- sion ta huild a school near Or- ana was a step in thé direction you and Mn. Dent advocate- a school o! thé smailest size the Départment will apprové. Many membens a! thé board have said publicly they wauld gladly un- dértake thé building o! a new high school in Millbrook if thé Departmént would sanction it, but Population fonecasts fan the Millbruok area faîl for short -f thé réquired 300 pupils. Mill- bnoak's opposition ta thé Onono school has helpéd reinforce the trend ta langer institutions, If thé people feel, as you and Mn. Dent and I do, that smalnler schools are mare démocratic, more advantageous ta thé health a! their communities, théy should make théin wishés knawn at Queen's Park, and I feél sure thé local school boards, includ- ing thé Durham. District board, will not hesitaté ta implément their wishés if théy are fre ta do so. Albert B. Schultz, Jr., Port Hope. Toronto, Ontario, Septemnbén 23rd, 1958 Dean Mn. James: A récent éditorial in your papér expresses concerni about thé way in which woge increa- ses result in pricé incréases and how thèse, in turn, také away any gains i thé standard o! living. But is this facile assumption o! an automatic wage-pricé spi- ral accuraté? It sounds simple. But is it trué? Most farmers knôw pérféctly well that thé pnicé charged city cansuméers fan méat on veget- ables daésn't dépend upon thé cost o! nunning a form or kéép- ing a former. Pnicés risc or fali on théelasis o! supply and de- mand. Ment packens and car- ners pay thé former léss if the supply is high, more if thé suij- ply is low. Thé same packers and cannèrs charge thé city dwellen more once théir demand exceedg supply, less if thé sup- ply excéeda dcmand. Thé same rule is true in al business. But Canadian steel users have beén in thé position where for years demand has exceeded supply. Thé anly al- ternate source o! supply avail- able is thé U.S. steel industny. Thérefore, as long as Canadian steel milîs charfys a shade le'si than the U.S. pnice, plus tarif t, plus freight, Canadian steel milîs have been sure o! sales. Thé wagés paid ta Canadian steelwarkers have nothing ta do with it. Whethen Canadian stéelwôrkers réceived wage boasts or' not, thé Canadian steel price wauld hiavé gone 8d Joungman'CoIu Mn. A note frcai the Secretany of the ll9th Battalion Association remindéd me that time is réaily flecting; that it was just 40 years ago aur ald unit was chasing German soldiers out o!f rance, tawards Bénlin, dunlng the last hundréd days a! World War 1. It was in Octoben, 1918, that we engagedIn a scrap for a place cald Cagnicourt. One night, six of us spread aur graund sheets on the floor of a nice littié brick shriné, at the bottom o! thé garden a! a once lovely chatcau. About 3 a.m., anc o! thé chaps énquired the timé; I fishéd my watch out of thé aid nidin7g breéches, lit a match, and was just going ta méntioe théetime when both hands wcnt round and round at a fast raté, then stappéd at 8:30, and thé watch stappéd ticking at thé samé time, which made me observe that thé mainspring had probably brokén. Now, a watch that won't run is o! no use on thé battléfiéld, and I would have thrown it away, but I had a lot a! affection for thé aid thing bécausé it was purchaséd with thé first monéy I had earn- éd in my adoptéd country, Canada.1 Sa I just popped it back in' its accustomed pockét and forgot about it until two up whénever the U.S. price went up.. Thé fact Is that, in negotia- tion, Canadian stéelworkers have offered ta negatiate price contrais and pnice cuts in lieu of wagé boosts. Yet not ane word o! support has came fnom ane Canadian newspaper for this policy. Hasn't the time corne for us ta stop assuming that there is an aut.omatic wa%é-pricé spiral and stant grappling with the real truth a! the situation? Wages are contnolled naw bW the collective bargaining pro- cess. But pricés in our tremén- dously profitable primary in- dustries such as steel aren't cont'-olled by anything, not evén by the law of supply and de- man d. Hasn't the timé came to start supponting the Steelworkers' dlaim that prices in these prim- ary industries should bé hence- forth controlléd in the same way that wages are controlled?ý If wages are ta bé jàstified only after public hearings by a Conciliation Board, only afte'r the risk o! a strikc- and, even aftér that, thèse wages are ta be cantrolled for one or two years by a collective agreement why shouldn't the same rule apply ta prices? Why shouldn't the Steel Company of Canada, for example, be réquired ta prove ta the public that its pri- ces are justified by méans of submissions ta a Board of En- quiry at which time those op- posed to price boosts could also présent evidénce? And, after the pnices were cstablished, wh)y shouldn't thosé prices be frozen just as wages are frozen for a ane or two year péniod? Thére's nothing wrang with the collective bargaining pro- cess. It has praven ta be a good mcthod of «detérmining employ- ér-employeé relations. Thé real trouble is that wé haven't any systém o! sétting prices that works as é!!ectively. M. J. Fenwick, Assistant ta the Diréc- tan District No. 6, U-n- ited Steelwonkérs of América. If you ré-fuel a power lawn- mower when thé motor is hot, remembér that one gallon o!f gasoline blows up liké 83 lbs. of dynamite. days inter, when I énquired ofi an officer o! anothen -division, if hé could tell me thé where- abouts of my very close friend, Lieut. Bert Stoneman. He point- ed ta a fresh grave, besidé thé road, about 200 yards away, and tald me that Bert had been kili- éd by a German "whiz-bang" two days béfore, at about 8:30 a.m. A!ter my first shock'subsided, 1 told hlm o! thé strangé be- havlour of my watch, two days prevlously, and how it had stapped at 8:30. While télling him of thé incident, I pulled thé watch out. a! my pockét and absent-mindédly, startéd twist- ing the winding stem; imaginé my surprise when thé watch started ticking and didn't stop until a year Inter, when thé spring.dld break. It was at this same town of Cagnicourt that a German high explosive shéll knockéd out a group a! saldiérs crossing a road. A couplé af us dccidéd ta move thé paon féllows right of! thé road into a !ild-wé weré not aware that we knew any o! themn, but gat quité a shock when wé !ound that anc o! theai was "Pinky" White, a lad we had known quité well, in civil- ian life, back In Toronto. -Made us teed a bit blue ta k ow that Pinky was gone. It was also în oc%9r, 19 18. that your scribe had>< & narrow squcak. Our friends, the Ger- mans, decided ta sheil us dur- lng thé night. Their dm rmuet have beén lad, or mgybe they wére just trying toascère us. At any rate, théir shéiling produc- ed no casualties, mainly because only anc sheil landed very close, and that anc put a couple af dazen hales in thé tank o!frpy 110 gallon water cart, chewed thé spokés o! bath whéels, et sevenai straps o! the harness, whlch was hanging on thé cart, yet didn't wound cither harse - tiéd ta éach wheel o! thé cart, non did I réceivé a scratch, al- though roléed in blankets about 10 yards away.. A few days inter we stoppcd avérnight in a village which had, apparently, béen evacuated hastily, bc!ore aur arrivai. The néxt morning, anc o! aur "mule- skinners" came riding down thé road astnidé a! his pack mule, weaning a silk "topper", plus a f, air o! lady's corsets (aven his unic), and holding alo!t an open umibrélla. And who came along at that précise moment? 'Ihé brigadier! Wé wéren't long réceiving,, directive about wear- ing prapen Army dress. LODA Wl! Attend Three Sportsmen Shows To B ring Tourists Here The Directors o! thé Lake On- tario Developmént Association met ini the office o! LODA on Wednesday evéning, Scptemn- ber 24th, 1958. It was agrééd by thé meai- bers o! the Board that thé Gén- éral Meeting o! thé Association be held somé timé in Januarv, 1950, et which time thé Prési-. dent and thé Diréctars would repart ta thé membens on thé past activitiés of thé Associa- tion, thé resuits and future plans. The Directors o! thé Associa- tion approved a recommenda- tian o! thé Tourist Committee, whose chairman is, S. L. Ship- pam o! Peterborough, ta atterd threé Sportsmén's Shows ot least In 1959. Thèse shows would hé Toronto, Cleveland and Syracuse. Last yean thé As- sociation attended spontsmen's shows in Cleveland and Harris- bure and braught back with them some 3,000 wnitten enqui- ries for information and accom- modation. in thé Lake Ontario Région. George Colin% of Brighton pointéd out that duning a sur- vey conduced pérsonally in Brightcn and Presqu'Ille Pt. he, talkéd ta aven slxty-niné peo- ple !rom Pennvylvania and that fourtéen o! thèse had came ta Canada as a result o! attend- ance at thé Spontsmén's Show. Mayor H. Sweetnam o! Déser- anto. who is thé propnieton o! Dawsor's Motel, reports five definité réservations as a result o! sending post cards ta thé names an thé Harrisburg en- quiry list suppliéd by LODA. . Thé Association wili again p u blls h and distribute 5, 000 tourist foldéns at thé Sports- men's Shows and éach pontici- pating community wiillhé al- lawéd ta use LODA's facilitiés at the shows for furthen distri- bution of théin own foldérs. Th-2 Manager, D, W. Kingdon, said in his report ta thé Direc- tors thot two néw industries had locatedin thé Région ré- cently, Théy are Skiltgola Liai. itéd fromn Chicago, who have located in Trenton and wll build a 15,000 sq. ft. plant there, and Cook Chocolate Cornpanv o! Chicago, wha wIll lease a plant in Campbéllford of about 10,000 sq. ît. The Manager also sald that the Survey taken by Mr. Gar- don Johnston will be prepared and ready for a special Direc- tors' Meeting in about one rnonth. He pointed out that his pérsOnral cails aoh somée forty- four industries in Toronto was véry succéssful with a good deaI of interést shown. Over thirty letters were received fromn in- dustries In Torontto and Mon. treal',hs a resuit of the Direct Mail Campaign carried out bv thé Association encourage industries ta É-er the Lake Ontar o Regior. a future plant site. S TARK VILLE Mn. and Mrs. Russell Saveryr and Mr. and Mrs. Jim. Starkc enjoyed a motor trip durir.g the wéekend. Mrs. G. Smith, Newcastle. and Miss Beulah Hallowell, To- ronto. Weré récent visitors at Mr. Llew Hallowell's. .Mr. and Mrs. G. Piltz, Piç,k. ermng, visited Mrs. Victor Far- row. Mr. and Mrs. C. Gilmer vis- ited Mr. and Mrs. C. Burley, Newtonville. Mrs. B. Trim and Diane et- tended a shower for Miss Ma- rie Brown, last week. Somé from. this district at- tended Roseneath Fair on Sat- urday. Mr. and Mn. P. Burdetté, Ta- ronto, weré guests with Mr. ani Mrs. Orme Falîs. Mr. and Mrs. G. Shemllt, Oshawa, weré Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Bert 'riai. Miss Gwen Stark, Toronto, spent the weekend at home. - :SUGAR and' SPICE:-i1 Every sa oftén, my wife gets a béé in ber belfry about maving ta thé _city ta livé. It's merély a passing whim, but she has a whim liké Alex- ander thé Gréat, so whilc it losts, 1 humour ber. She gets this notion that living in a smait town meas getting Itt a Irut. Sanie old round: kids back te school, with thé resuling chaos; fal fair; annual drama présent*- tion: rat race et banquéte, meetings, fowl suppers; Chris- tmas iooming; long wunter months fillèd with bulling through snow; piano practis- tng anid head colda; spriflg, and thé nlghtmare of thé Mu- sic Festival; sommer and thé hordes of visitors; Septéni- ber, the klds aie back ta school -and away we go &gain. In my opinion. this la more like a meérry-go-round than a rut, and I énjoy menry-ga- rounds. I neyer can figure out why she likes thé city, any- wAy, unléss it's becausé she met me thene and she wants ta réturn ta the scène of thé crime. In thé city, o! course, peo- ple don't live in a rut, like us. They live lna'an &part- ment. They atc ail gay, wtt- ty, rich anId gôodlooking. They don't have any éilîdren. They ail work at fascinatingr, créative jobs. They neyer have beans on toast at thé kitchen tablé, but eat In quaint littié placés where thé headwaiter is a character and garlic is ued instead of sait. After dinner, they go to Thé Theatre. Or they go ta somebody's flat, sit around on thé floor and t.aik about Lt te, Art and Séx. The Old Girl i a bit vague about where ail the money Dispensed by Bll) Smiley t.s going ta camé fnom, for this bohémian 111e, but I don't squelch ber. "You'ré right, kiddo," I encouragé. "Why shauld we bé wasting aur lives in comparative ah- scurity like this, when we could be scintillating in the salons o! Tronna?" We agre that 1 couid get a job teaohing wchooi, nicybe. Ail that money. Ail thon. holidays. Go to Europe every summer. Thèn 1 explin that to bé a tekcher, il have to go to teachet collège for a year. She and thé bld. could stay here until 1 graduate, of courue, and the eouid prob- ably get eftough piano pupils ta support me In Toronto for a ye&r. Shé daesn't exactly dig this. "Why couldn't we seli thé house and your sharé a! .the business, and with ail that manéy, we could buy a bouse in thé city ýnd livé for a yéar without!'any in- camé?" she enquiresl Then I gét dowpi to brass tacto..I show herv with f ig- ures, that If we oold thé house and paid off the* mortgage, we'd have enough\ left to pSY for O0getting our flurnlture ta Toronto. If we sold mi equitY la thé business, e'Pd have enough tea Uputhe tansport driver and his asulétant. But 1 stili don't try ta dis- courage hér. "O! icourse," i pursue, "I wouldn't get home for lunch, in thé -clty. Non would thé kids. ýut we'd soon get uséd ta that. You bote getting lunc1< anyway. Just think, yôu'dý have o whalé day, ail toý yourselt, cvery day." This sp~akes her. If ohé had tô xgoà Whole day without runnilg ce lilves for us, shé'd wind up needing shock tréâtmcnit. 111 guéas,"I1 go on relent- lessly, "You and thé hids would have ta give up thé piano. There wouldn't be rooni for one la thé littie av- partment we'd have for thé tirst féw yéarn." At titis, ber eyés begin to roll around our kitchén, whcre these disus- sions,.aiways take placé, and which is about thé size 0f à city apartinent Itself. "And," I continué mèeless- ly, "yau wouldn't hé able ta usé thé car, as I'd néed ît ta get ta mny sehool, But there's no problern there, with ail those buses and stréetcars. You'd soon get used ta climbing on and of! a bus with twa big bsgs a! gracrnies. They don't délivér in thé city, do they?" She beégins ta look o bit thought- fui hère. 'I think I'd like lt fine," 1 salt thé wound. 'I guéas a tad- poe la a swamp le Just au happy as a trog of respect- able dimensions ln 'a puddle. And it wouid be great for thé hids. That Toronto trattie would eertainly imarten theni up. ',Thoy're too cgsual aboutlilfe." About this time, shé dé- cidés ta wash ber h.air. Next day, ot lunch, I tell thé kids we'ne gaing ta mové ta the city. Béfore they con éven groan with dismoy. she snaps: 'Don't hé such a dam' smart- alec". "Protantty", I1rkote, «Ils thé attempt ef a 1 Y ild feeblé mmnd te expresé~ l forcé- fuliy"l. Ia thé ensolingt racas, ail thoughts of moving te thé elty are helved for' another 7ear, at Jaslt Retail Trade Important Factor It' Il Happen Every Time No Sense of H umor nom= IRA= 1" TRURSDAY, OCT 2nd, 1988_ THE CAXAMAX STAIIMd". BOIMAI«VnJj& ONTAMO