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PAGE POUR ~'WU ~A~A~tAV ~5qPU~g~ - ~ A ~1UIW - - - -- *~* '~ ~ ~J W ~ V J.LBL&Ua9 ~.III ÂftJLL~.1 WUU*%5AJAY, MAX TIR, 1151 EDITORIALS Provincial. Election Underway As was expected, Prime Minister Frost celebrated his tenth anniv'ersary as Premier of Ontario by announcing a pro- vincial election for Thursday, June llth. 'Ris officiai proclamation wvas almost anti- clim-ax because of the feverish election activity which preceded it. In this constituency. the complete list of three candidates wiil have been an- nounced by the time this editorial appears iu print. The Conservative party was the only one at the tirne of writing that stili had to nanie its entrv into the race aud that matter was expected to be cieared at a meeting in Orono on Tuesday evening. Due to Major Foote's retirement from the field, two new and untested candidates in the provincial field, the Liberal and Conservative-,, will make their appearauce while the CCF candidate could almost be called a perennial. This uhould makè 1cr an interestlng battie as ail parties will consider the race wide open and as a result wviIl exert their most strenuous efforts te either make gains or achieve victory. This newspaper wil do its best to report the campaigu fully and without bias, so the public may be well informed before voting day. We shail refrain !rom takiuk an editorial stand, flot because we don't have oui- own opinions, but due te the unusual circumstauces with the Editor havinf been a former representative of one c the political parties. So, as they sav lu boxing circles, let the battie begin. K eep the blows high and dlean and may the best man win on June il th, after a large majority of the elector- ste have expressed their considered opinions. F'ew organizations operate such wide- spreading facilities for the amelioration of want and suffering as The Salvation .Army. In home, hostel or hospital, ail its efforts are in the Name of Him who said. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the -least of these my brethi-en, Ye have done it unto Me." By multiplied methods The Salvation ti1je nxa2li x *atmu Estcbllhd 1854 with which in lncorporated lb.e Uwmanyville News, The. Newcastle Independeat and The. Orono News lOth Year of Continuous Service bo the Town of Bowmanville and Durham County SUESCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Year, trictly in advance $5.00 a Yearinu the United States Authorimed u Second Clas Mail Pont Office Department, Ottawa Publised by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED Bowmanvilie, Ontario JOHN M. JAMES, fruToa »»i 1959 is rapidly developîug into a year of reckoning for the Couservative goveru- ment at Ottawa. For mouths the goverumeut managed te live happily "on time", goiug into debt by ueariy $1,400 million te lower taxes sud at the saine time increase aid age pensions, farm price supports sud a host cf other benefits. When he brought down his budget [ast month, Finance Minister Fleming was foi-ced to tell Canadians that the party was just about over. He annouuced tax in- creases this year o! $245,000,000, neai-ly $40,000,000 more than the tax reductieus granted over the previeus two years. Next year, when the îucreased rates are iu effect fer a full 12 months, the increased tax take will be $352,000,000. During the election campaigu that brouglit them te office in 1957, the Couservatives made s promise cf a fair share o! the national lucome for !arm- ers a major piank in their platform. Soon after they were elected tbey lntroduced legislation which, if it fell con- siderably short o! promise, stili ralsed taim price supports cousiderably above the level that existed before. Ouly a few days after Mr-. Fleming introduced bis budget, however, Agricul- turai Minister Harkuess was foi-ced te acknowledge that the support prices for rnany products were tee higli, preseutiug the goverumeut with the problem of rapid- ly risiug surpluses. As a resuit support levels for such products as hogs, cheese and skim miik were cut back sharpiy. But even though Cie Conservative ministry bas started te take its courage in hand aud face up te some o! the preblenis that con- front it, it is still net eut o! the woods yet. When they were lu opposition during 1956 ai-d 1957, members cf the Conservative party, mauy cf whom uow sit ou the gev- erument benches, vigorousiy condemned the Liberal administration for the tight- mney policy that then was in ef!ect. In the mnouths ahead, bowever, the Couservative gevernment may fiud itself faced with a uew tight-mouey ci-a that wiil make that o! a !ew years ago seem ruild by comparison. During his remai-ks ou the budget debate, Mr-. Fleming point- ed ta an important factor that could briug this about, He noted that in eue week alone the general Jeans o! the chaitered banks jurmped by uearly $100,000,000. Since the beginning of the year they have risen by sç>me $400,00,000. During most of isat year the demand for bauk lbans remained aimeat statiouary. [t lias started te lucrease sharply new, with the rislng tempo o! the economy. In order ta fiud the money they ueed te make Jeans, the banks have becu selliug off their short-terni goverument securities. The effect lias beeu te drive up almost al interest rates te Jevels that are already weli above anything hit during the last tight-money period. The federal gevern- ynent itself will have te boi-row some $800,000,O00lu new mouey this year te psy OU fta anticipated de! icit o! $393O,0000 Armny takes "light to those who sit i darkness." Both by message and means, hope la, inculcated and care is afforded those who are the victims either of their own wrong doing or of the misdeeds of others. Those whom The Salvation Army help represent a variety of human needs. Some are. forgotten. Some need material aid. Many are sick ln spirit. It is the mission of The Salvation Army to help thoge who are at odds with themselves, their Maker, and the world. And its record during 75 years o! activity here in Bowmanville is a successful oee The Salvation Army la good at its job! The lnterest of The Army has meant the differeuce between health and sick- ness, between con-dort and misery, even between hife and death, to tens o! thousands o! people whose needs have been such as to bring them within the wide sweep o! The Salvation Army's min- istrations. During the Red Shield Appeal for funds currently in progress, the people of Bowmanville and surrounding area wil have an opportunity of helping The Salva- tion Army ln Its tremendous, self-impôsed, need-demanding task. Let us ail "give (rom the heart" to an organization which has abundantly demonstrated its willing- ness to "serve from the heart". Mere arguing will satisfy a bard head. But it will flot touch a hard heart.- Cumming. and meet other commitments. The de- maud for credit from private sources is cxpected te continue climbing. The result may be net ouly a steady risc lu lnterest rates, but aise severe restrictions on the availability o! money from the banks, finance companies and other leudiug agencies. Mr-. Fleming bas already tried te wipe bis hands o! auy responsibility foi- this development by tryiug te shift the blame te the Bank o! Canada, rates lu the U.S. sud other cir-- cumstances beyond the geverumnent's con- trol. Iu fact, the goverumeut today la lu ne different a ,position than was the Liberal geverninent two years age sud is as equai- ly vuluerable te the storn~i o! protest that miglit be expected te develop. Actuaily, o! course, t he administration teday bas littie choice but te accept flic situation, unhappy sud ail as it may be. The only alternative is fer the Bank o! Canada te begin once again te churu money off its presses as it did iast year te keep the goverient afloat. The moey supply was aliowed te expand by neariy 1.4 billion or 12%91 during the fi-st ten. months of 1958 although rosi output increased relatively little for the pei-iod. Sud sa move would only serve te !urther water dowu the value o! the dollar and ceuld pave flhc way for an explosive price inflation. Capital Hill Capsules A move is underway ln Quebec te unite the forces opposed te Premier Du- plessis' Union Nationale party iute a solid fi-eut. Members o! a number of groups, includiug the provincial Liberai party, the Social Democratic party - Quebec wiug o! the CCF, the Catholic Labor Syndicates sud Quebec Federation o! Labor - pro- vincial arimoe the Canadian Labor Cou- gi-cas, bave issued a manifeste cailing for the resteration e! democracy lu the prov- ince. They have ui-ged their leaders te consider some foim of alliance against the Duplessis machine. Proposed are au eut- and-eut merger, a iimited coalition or, at very least, au agreement that only oe member o! the apposing forces would con- test ecd seat lu the next provincial elec- tien - expected next year. The fi-at Conservative Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, used te be dubbed "Old Temorrow", but wheu it camnes te the question o! appoiutments Prime Minister Diefenb aker can match is record as a procrastinator auy tine. For more than s year the prime minister lias been cousid- ering s shuffle lu ils miuistry from Que- bec and appointment o! another repre- sentative. The appointmnt o! parlia. mentai-y assistants - or parliameutary secretaries, as they ai- now te be called - bas been pending even longer, much te the aunoyance cf the young hopefuis ini the Conservative ranka. Stili te be f illed as welI, o! coursze, is tie exterual affaira portfoli. . In the Dim and Distanit Past de TEAIS AGO ?&. and Mrn. D. B. Simpson, Mar il 1910Messrs. C. B. Kent, J. Howard 11*718, 810McMurtry, J. S. McConnachie That little Hackney Wonder and D. C. Betts autoed to Belle- from Waverly Stables, Yapham ville, Sunday and were guesta Faaohion, wàa greatly admired at Hotel Quinte. for his performance at Ottawa Mr. W. T. Allen "Big 20", Horbé Show and Senator Beith has one of his windows very Was heartlly congratulated. artistlcaiîy decorated with a The Toronto Star reoently large portrait of the late King gave an aecount of a skilfui Edward draped with purpie and auccessful eYre operation and black and the Union Jack. pformed in that City by Dr. We heartily congratulate Mçss F. C. Trebllcock, ach of Coun- MtYrtle Bragg, daughter of Mr. dillor P. C. Trebilcock of thi W. J. Bragg, Providence, and town. graduate of Bowmanville High A coy W sen usof te Shool onbeing appointed to A copyidg wa s e us onthe Po>sition of teaciier in Re- talnlng 60 Pages lllustratlng the ngoBuiesClgT. Progresa of that thrlving wes ronto. Miss Bragg Ls a graduate terntowrL Te oly fce am.of this college having complet- Mer towu n Thoiy faue am- ed her course a short time ago. irtheuses mtnis isrueT.mHngMr. Luther Nichofls, who has thead ufie te RediCrT.sH been employed for some years McCradyof he Rd Cosswlth Messrs. C. M. Cawker & Drug Cc.. who la a Bowman. Son, butchers, has gone te Har- 'ville boy, Son of 1%&&. A. E. Mé riston where he has a position, Cready, Silver St. in Davis' Porlc Packing lac- Mr. Win. PRwer, Bank Of tory. Before leaving town he MOntreai, Que., la holidaYlng was preeitd wlth a gold lier,. watch fob by bis boy friends. £1ýe Ltgo n ' for &ocla A Weekly Trallc 8ty Bey. R. R. Nicholson The Christian Home (A Mother's Day Message) Next Sunday wifl be Mother's Day, a day set spart for houoring our mother. Mother is the desrest, truest and best friend a man or woman ever had. In our belpless infaucy mother teudcrly cared for us; du.riug the perilous time cf youth she guid- cd us along the slippery paths, and lu manhood sud womanhood she bas been our wisest aud best counsellor. During ail the days of our lite we bave been suppoi-ted and upheld by the faith and prayers of mother. We consider it net only a Christian duty, but a great privilege te houai- mother iu every possible way. Se it seems net inappropriate that to-day, we sbould consider the subject et "The Christian Home", foi- it is mother who makes the home. The greatest institution iu society to-day is the home. It is the foundation stone of the community and nation. The family la thc oldest sud greatest institution au earth and God la the author et it. From it as a centre society i.s beiug coutiuually recoustructed. Iu buman history ne social institution bas had more importance than the larnily. The homes make the nation. If they are weak sud impure, then the goverumeut will become corrupt, but whcre the homes ai-e pure, then all is pure. Someone said: If ,religion is ta be kept alive in the nation, it must live in the homes et the people; for it la the home more than auy other institution that determines the moral life et the nation. There are certain characteristies which should be mani- lest in every Christian borne. The lirst characteristic is A U T H O R I T Y. It bas been said that there la as mucb autbority in the home as ever, but te-day, it la exercised by the childien. There- -flre, it is ot supreme importance that the childi-en sbould be taught te respect the parents' authority and to obey their cern- manda. The Sciiptures tell us that Jesus went dowu ta Nazareth with Mary sud Joseph, sud was subj ect ta tbem. Iu that home the boy Jesus wss subjected te authority sud there be learned ta ebey. A borne is the place where the future citizeus of the country learn the meaning et law. One great cause of crime lu oui- land la the lawlcss home. The child who does not obey his father snd mother will obcy neither social, civil, uer Divine laws. Wbeu St. Paul said: "'Childrcu obcy your parents iu ahi thinga," be teld the world where ebedience originates. It is the diso- bedient childien lu our homes that make the future lawbreakers sud criminals. The most daugerous aigu of the times is the neghect cf home 111e sud the growing disrespect cf cbîldrcn for parents. I have beard et a man who wss sitting reading ane day wben bis little daughter, six years of age, came lu and left the door open. The father said: "'Please shut the door!" "I wou't!" suswered thechcild. The fatber rephied, suplnehy: "Well, then, poar papa will have te shut it bimself." 'II do't care! I won't", said the littie girl. Sa "1poor papa" got up and shut the door. But hi doiug so, he did net realize he had doue a great wrong te bis chld. lic should have iusisted upon ber obedience. 1 bave heard of s mother whose sons sud daughters became noble, successtul Christian men aud womeu. Wheu a friend ssked ber the secret of ber power lu training ber childien, she replled: III did it witb prayer aud hickory." Wben I was a boy, 1 couhd net grasp the value of the hickory, sud preferred ta have the ordeal ail prayer. But ta-day I amn sure that the hickory, wben used with prayer, becomes s most effective mnedium fai- teaching obedience. Wbeu God, Himself, would start a nation, lie made home lite Uic deciding question,.lie sclected Abraham as head of the home, sud in Genesis 18 :19, be gives the i-casons for this in these words: "For 1 know' him, that he wiUl command bis children sud bis household atter bim." The second cbaractcristic of a Clhristian home is a RELIGIQUS ATMOSPHERE. The home is not merely a building with roof sud walls in which the family resides, but rather an atmosphere, an influ- ence, intangible, but sacred sud very real. I bave read that "You can ne more measure a home by luches, or weigh it by ounces, than you can set up Uic boundaries ef a sunimer breeze, or calcu- late thc fragrance cf s rose." Home is the love, geutienessud sweetness et spirit which create the benigu sud gracious atmos- phere within its walis. It la thc home that determines cbaracter sud desthîy. If its atmospbcre la strong, sweet, clevating sud pure tbe cbildrcn will be affected by it, even as the body by the air it breathes every moment unconscieusly. The atmosphere will determine very largehy the attitude efthte boys and girls towards question - able thinga witbout, sud their decisians wbcn tbey corne ta make tbem. It will toue the moral system for the conflict. One thlug that greatly belps ta ci-este a spiritual atmos- phero In Uic home is famihy worship; that la, Uic gathering cf the family together for reading tbe Scriptures, prayer and pi-aise. Dr. J. R. Miller says: "THERE is nothiug cisc that se sweetens home lite. If sottens asperities. It quells auger. It quiets impatience. It settles differences. It subdues cvii passions." "It nîay be seriously qucstioned wbetber in any other way, or by any other meaus, children, can be se firrnly *'Bound by gold chains about the feet of God." The third characteristic of a Christian home IS GODLY EXAMPLE. Example ceunts for everything iu the home. God says ta ail parents: "lLearu first ta show picty at home." (I Tim. 5 :4) Sa live that those wlîo depend upon you mast, and those who know you best, wlll have confidence in you sud long ta emulate your chai-acter. Se live before your childrcu that what the child- i-eu sec at home wlll counteract what they hear sud sec an the streets. Nothing lase harmul in its tcndeucy upan children as incensisteucy in the life et those in authority over them. Parents have ne right te expect their childi-en to be more religiaus than they are themiselves. Every Christian father and mather should be able to say te their childrcu: "Be ye fallowers of me, even as I aise arn cf Christ." A mother's influence is undaubtedly the grcatest et al forces brougbt te bear ou the character cf the child. During the eariy years of lite the chiid's mind 18 plastic sud recelves indelible impression&, sud it la durng this period s cbild la under the constant influence ot his mother. Iftthe meother la a woman et faith sud prayer ber cbild wili uncousciously believe lu God sud immortality. Thackeray naid: "Mother la the name for God lu the lips and hearts of little childrcu. It la tram ber that we get aur first conception ef Uic Almlgbty."1 Carlyle declared that the strongest siritulnfluence of bis yeuth was bis rnothei's praying. lie said "tbcbi heht whom I kncw on earth, I bei-e aaw bowed down wih we unspeakable, betore a Higher lu Heaven. Such things, especiaily lu lnfaucy, reach inwards te the vei-y coi-e of yaur bcing." MIr. Harm Brimmeil, the well known vocalist, brother cf Miss Briniell head milliner in 1908 in the Dingrnan Parlors. bas been admitted as a partner in the firm cf Dundas and Flavelle, Lindsay. Orono-Mr. Bent Reid had his ankie badly crushed by a loaded wagon passing over it. Hie is makiug satisfactory pro- greas. Mn. Harley M. Biluga has returned home from Toronto University where he ha.s f in- isbed his second year course ini Electrical Engineering. Hie will spend the summer in Cobalt district. Courtice-MNr. Elmer Ruridie. Remington Business Colege, Toronto, was home over Sun- day. Solina-Mr. Thos. Westlake continues very MI. His son Per- cy was called home from Bran- don. Man. M1r. Gould and his brid-e have moved into MNr. 3. T. Ruiùdle's vacant bouse in the east end. .,25 YEARS AGO 1(ay 10, 1934 Oue of- the biggest speckled treut it bas been oui- privilege te see was on display thîs week iii Mason and Dale's window. It was caught by Alex Camneron and weighed 2ý,z lbs. aud was 19 inches long. Capt. C. Churchill-Mann, son-in-law of R. S. McLaugh- lin, President of General Mo- tors, is in Bowmanville today inspecting the cadets of bath the Public Scheol and High School. Miss S. Mae Hickling of AI- lenwoed bas returned from a short visit with ber uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Elliott, Concession St. Mfiss Hickling recently returned from West China wbere she bas speut over four years teaching in the Mis- sien Schoel at Chentu. Milss HIckling attended High School be-e a few years ago. West Durham students figure preminently ln the prize awards at Queen's University issued last week. Miss Margaret Mc- Gregor, daughter cf IMrs. D. A. McGregor. obtained ber B.A. degree specializing ift English and Spanish and v.-nr.ing the gold medal iu Spanish, while the Engineering Institute of Science prize was swarded te J. M. Whyte, son of Rev. and i\s. J. . W'nryte, Enniskillen. Wallace R. Horn, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Horn, Hamp- ton, received his Master of Arts degree while specializing ln chemistry. Bowmianville High School heid their firat "Open House" te demonstrate the various ac- tivities. A program was given under thie direction of Francis Sutton, Mus. Bac. Some of those participating were How- ard Wight, Lillian Naylor, Dor- othy Nichols, Ina Roberts, Don. aid Williams, Charlie Cawker, Joyce Luxton, Ruth Honey, Doris Hall. Mr. and Mrs. H .J. Babcock have returned from spending the winter menths with rela- tives in Las Angeles, Cal., and Victoria, B.C., and other points where they had a most enjoy- able visit. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Bunner have returned from spending the winter months with their daughter and son-in-law, Rev. and Mrs. Antonio Acosta, Por- to Rico. Solina-The missionary pro- gram on Sunday was in charge of Mms. Isaac Hardy. Miss Jes- aie Yeilowlees gave a reading and Miss Ruby Par-ker favour- ed with a vocal solo. The League meeting was in charge of Miss Ileen Balson, lst Vice-President, Alan Mc- Kessock led in prayer and De- votional was taken bv Mr. Sain Dewell. Thase taking part in the - pregram were Miss Mar- garet Scott, Miss Mae Westlake, Miss Evelyn Tink, Mrs. Harry Taylor and Miss Gladys Yel- lowi-ees. Nestleton-New Women's In- stitute officers were: Pues., Miss Jennie Gordon; lst Vice-Pres., Murs. H. Philp, 2nd Vice-Pres., Mrs. H. Sameils, Sec.-Treas., Mrs. Percy Philp; Asst. Sec.- Treas., Mrs. George John%, Dis- trict Director, Mrs. M. Emerson. Enniskillen - We welcome Mr. and NIrs. Hugh Annis ta aur village, who have moved in with the latter's father, Mr. John Siemen. Mr. Clifford Pethick, Mr. Jack Shackelton and Mr. Gar- don Stevens are working a n the railroad near Pontypool.: In lhe Edit or's Mail 2 Cbatham Ave., Toronto, April 28, 1959 Dear Editer, Now I arn veiy sorry te have ta be remniuded about mny sub- sciiptien te your paper but have been away part of the wiuter 81 ?Joungmain's Co/u'mn Tbrcc of oui- acquaintauces have passed ou quite suddenly, ln, recent weeks, sud it leaves Ba persen with a distinct sense cf loss. The lirat te go was Mr. Leroy Hamilton, whom I bad ljirst met because. et ur mutual interest in conservation.. I always figur- cd be was an astute business man, which was proven by an ad lu this paper, last weck, an- neuncing tha.t bis widow, Sadie Hamilton, had successfully pass- ccl au insurance ageut's exam- ination, a.nd iuteuded carryiug ou the family business. Apparently, Mm. Hamilton realized the possibiiity et heav- ing bis wife ahane, and, betwecn tbern, tbey decided that she should be prepared te "carry on". This is ln sharp contrast te my cwn affairs. Myr wife bas, for thirty-uine years, practised being an ex- cellent wlfe sud mother, sud knows most wi-inkhes et good housckceping, lncludiug belng s top notcb cook, ncedie %vork- er, etc., but bas neyer bad busi- ness trainiug, so the question, uaturally arises, "What wauld she do if I were te be sudden- ly taken?" Oue answcr would be, to leave ber sufficient weatlh for ber physical needs, but in oui- case, tbat's net possible, be- cause ber husband bas becu tee mucb ef an idealiat, and neti keen enough business man ta acquire much efthtis world'sJ flltby lucre. So poor ohd Butch4 wvill just bave te finish eut beri lite wishing she bad marricd1 someone with moi-e business1 seuse. The Hamilton case cer-J tainhy emphasizes the advantage cf girls receiving business training.1 Our second Iess was Mrs.1 Lance Plain, wbomn we bad first1 met wbeu wc moved luto thez Pontypoal district, forty yearsi ago. At that timeb-, she was a1 mer-y cycd, friendly lass of fit- teen years et age, wbo neyer hast ber chatty, fi-iendhy charm,t It was my good fortune ta write1 the address wbich was read atc a presentation cercmony fori- ber and Lance shcrtly atterI their marriagc. And it was ant henour te be rcqucstcd ta writec the addi-ess for a presentationt cei-emauy at their twenty-fiftb wcdding anuiversary. But, be-e cause she was much youugerN than I, I neyer expected te write this tribute te Mildred,r wbom I always kncw as a hard1 workiug, cheerful type, who neyer lest ber affection fer bers native village et Poutypool, sud l neyer passed au old friend by.k Oui- third bass was Edgaro Strutt, se tragically killed by av car. lie was a modest, generausg cheerful, witty chap, whe wifl heave a boat cf sorrowIng fricnds. Edgar neyer was bur- dened by tee mnuch formai cdu- cation, or worldly wealth, but be was a vcry ricb man in the thiugs that couuted most- fricnds who wisbed hlm wehl. Hec was the kind et a guy whe would work for a frie ný for s weck or more, just for-I board sud room, if he thouÙ8' bis hclp weuld be needed afjj' appreciated. I have many happy recollections et this bappy-go- lucky man, which. I wiil cbcrish as long as memory hasts. We often reminisced over the time bis hound stole a roast of beef from undci- the buggy seat of a hocal butcher, sud how the irate butcher traced the dog ta Edgar, only to bave Edgar give the b.-ast a boat lu the rear sud deny ownei-ship. We otten chat- ted about the time another ef bis buugry hounda stole a doz- en and a hait buns fi-cm my rig wheu I uscd te peddle breadi, aud how I tricd te collect (but neyer gat) the price of the bun.s tram Edgar, wbe alwsys regrettcd that the houud baln't; scotfcd. up twe dozen. Oiirklife lias beeni richer tbrough having known the thi-ce different types of people meutioned. bere sud we ai-e sar- te bave ta say I :SUGAR and SPICE:-i A.ren't thase people fortun- ste who ai-e îaking the ar- rangements for Lie Royal Tour? They'rc getting ahl kinds of bhp in planning the Quecn's visit this summer. Foremoat amontg the geai- ci-eus and unselfish assist- ance they are recelvîing is a lot o!f free advice fna)m uews- paper columnists. A pecullar spawn of the st few decades, the celumnist ila aJumped-up newspaperman or woman, who speedily acquires the icertainty that bis, or her, 'Sp. mIefns carry only a littie leas weight than the scriptures. Witb s few notable excep- tiens, the colunists bave an almost desperate urge te be the î'oice et the "hittle" mn. Their stuff la writtcn to be gulped, net digested, liv thc ".man In the street", that ueb- ulaus chai-acter, aud the "av- erage bousewite", another non-existent pemsenagc. Free cf the neei fer elther editorial dignity or the ob- Jectivity aileged te be found In the news columns, the col- umniat can use his spasce for tiling at wlndmnills, fanning prejudices. subUmating fneur- ornes, exposing toibles, pick- ing scabs, and ehampioning the underdog, even if ho Is Juat tiat-a dot. * * 0 Meut et thern are clever, their stutf entcrtaining. Tbey are, in fact, thc court lestera cf the age, Their sharp ton- gues and Impudence ai-e tol- erated by that mlghty mou. ai-ch who rules the publie press, the Constant Reader. lie la amused by theni, tond of thenu at tinies, eccasional- Iv listf us to them with bai! Dispensed by Bill Smilcy an ear. But whcn be la net lu the rnood, eue growl seuds them scuttliug ta tbe scuihery. These days, a favorite theme ef some columnists la a new deal for the Royal Tour. Tiîey waaat Uic Qucen tu meet the "comanen people". tu get the fiavour ot the "reai Canada" this sumnier. They denîand, tiiese pipsqueak prophets, that the people In charge of the tour climinate ail pemp and ceremony, eut out the reception Ues and banish the officiai banquet&. They want the Quecu to visit supermai-kets, go eu pic- nics, take part iu square dances, and engage in ail serts of similar asinine antica. if the supemmnarket is a symnbal of aur Canadian way of lite. take me back to dear aid Dixie. And what'. se great about the "common people"? 1 kniow a lot of common people. lu tact, my wife often tells me l'm as uommon as they corne. And frankly, I'm net particu- la.riy lrpressed by them. Un. emmon people are much more interesting. [t'a bad cuough having te shake the bot littie bauds ef a tew theusand perspiriug of- ficiaIs an-d their quivcring wives, without getting al clowned up witb the com- mon people. If lier Majesty was intercsted lu meeting comman people, she wouldn't need ta came al the way te Canada. They have plenty of tbcm lu Englarnd. Another thing. Wbat have the common people done te ern the privilege of a greet- Ing or a handshake fromn the Qucen? Ail they've d"ne in psy their taxes, and that un- der vehement protest and with the greatest reluctance. On the other baud, Mayor Mai Function and M>r. Sel- dami Wright, M.P.. have beeli lîsteniug to aur camnplaints about sewers, oui- demands for new post offices, for yeai-s. They have laboured tbrough many a dreary task for us, while we wcre out tlshin.g, or home watching TV. Why shouldn't they, as aur repres- entatives, bave the, honour aud thc picasure, if they get s chance ta meet the Queen? They'vc earncd it. 0f course, If she just lisp- pened te bump into seme of us common types, in a pureiy spontaneous 'way, that would be different. Like, Pri exam- pie, the Royal Yacht wiIl be passlng wlthin 50 miles et our bouse, on July 4th. This 1 know. And by pure coinci- dence, 1 Just happen te have a fast launch chartered for the fourth 'tf July. Now, if we just happeued ta be passing right lu front et the Royal Yacht thatSday, sud aur boat happenedlàw catch tire, sud I had te ttffw the kids, the dog, sud the ' Old Lady Inte Georgian Bay. sud Prince Phillip dcrnanded that the Yacht stop sud taiçe us abeard, well, that wWd be different, sud sort etof i. ocratic, and I'm sure we'dWh have a ulce chat. Maybe 1 sh-)uid put life- Jackets on Uiem, thougli, jus$ in case. "Inasmuch" A MacDuff Ottawa Report7 Trufh or Consequences q= eMAMIM "A4qMWAW menvuàwim-,r.ip Rira" MVAIL em- m. and also have been dl1 and bai no person te do an errand. I do ejoy readng au the home news ànd ail the actlvi. ties iu Bowmauvifle but sorry to learn of 90 many old frlidaM passing ou. Would net be aw re of many had I net read,~ paper aud aise I saw Dr. James' picture in it along Lsome others. It was i-cal goocL., Please f ind encloscd MonE Order for $2.25. Many thanlR) for ail. Mrs. E. Rose Tourist Hotel, 336 So. Palnîetto Ave., Daytons Beach, Florida, April 27, 1959. Dear Sir: In your paper et April lé, 1959, a ppeared un-der the cap. tien, "How Your Tax Dollar is Spent", instructions on psy. ment of your taxes in full as follows: "Any ratepayer who pays aillcf the instaliments on or before April 24 will receive a one percent discount on the instailment, a two percent dis- count on the third aud a thi-es percent discount ou the fcurth installment"l. On my tax bill appcared the following "Ratepayers deuirous. et paying their taxes lu bulk on or before April 24 of the present year will be eutitled to a discount cf one percent on eacb dollar et the second third and fourth installment." I have already paid my taxes for the year 1959, but would like te know of the discrepan. cy in the twve announcements. Thanking you. Yaurs truly, G. Herschel Darch Editer's note-The following reply ta Mr. Darch's enquiry was obtained from the Town Clerk: "ScŽveral citizens deducted 1 % discount on each of the 2nd, 3rd andl 3% en fou rth when full paving, their 1959 taxes on '~r before April 24th, 1959. Te Correct discount should have been.-l% on the 2nd, 2 % on the 3rd and 3% on the 3rd and 3 % on the fourth when full payrnent was made on or before the 24th cf April. The Town of Bowrnanville collected ever $275,000.00 taxes aud due ta the steady flow of payments, refunds could net ai- ways be made at the tiie: therefore we are endeavouring te refund by cheque in the very near future." R. B. Reynolds,