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My Responsibilit leCanadian Statesinan this week htmches an essay contest as patc .<anad's Centenial celebrations. pen to ail secondary schooi students in Dur- liam County, the subject will be "My ,UeTpnâibiIty as a Canadian." Details ~the project appear elsewhere in an gdetsMEUt aog with cash prize kmotmts for the top three winners. This is flot just a Bowmanville pro- Iset, but ties in closely with a national -»mec !pnsord by the Canadian 'Weely NwspaersAssociation. One There la no easy way ta inake the meuot of your 1fe. Even if you foliow the fledoniats in, believing that pieasure ia the. only good, you have ta do some work In niake the pleasure possible. The Canadian way off hf. bas as one of its ýjffnciples the fact of work. One is ex- Te ted. te contribute econamically, soc- Wyand culturally. Having mastered -he dally routine of living within this p>attern, then we add grace notes and go on to fill aur lives with personally rewarding projects. These may be in 'iy cf six areas: aesthetic, ecanomic, ,,tolitical, social, religiaus and philasa- hnteresting if 1 usechis R.teport ta il you how the iegislative process operates. Money bills are those which will Impose a charge on the treasury . . . in ahort, that will require money ta be -àpent They have one preiiminary stage ;n te parliamentary machinery which nion-money bis do not have. This ini- tial step for money bis is cailed the jesoIution stage. The government sub- jnits a Resolution ta the House of Comn- m2ons which states in general terms the objects, cf the legislation. When the >tsolution is passed the biblisi intro- iuced ta, the House and given first read- tng without debate. * Non-money bibis do flot require a Éesolution. They are intmoduced direct- ly and given first reading without debate. Once first reading bas been given aIl legisiation foilows the same proced- ure. The next step is a debate an second reading.. Second reading involves ap- proval in principie. If the goverment should be defeated an the second read- ing vote it wouid suffer a defeat of c!onfidence and an election would prob- asbIy follow. After second reading the bill goes to the appropriate Standing Committee of' the House of Commons. The Com- mnittee studies the bill in detail. It calîs 'witnesses, hears briefs and generaliy studies each provision of the legisia- toen in a relaxed and informai fashion. The composition o! the Standing Committees are in the same proportion *s the party representation in the House of Commans. Votes are reguiariy heid lit Committee, and the Committee bas full power ta confirm or amend the Jegisiation or any part cf it. Votes are handy.- As you progress from youth ta adulthood you wiil learn ta adjust your- self ta the circumstances of your new life so th at yau fit into the total situa- tion. Insofar as you adapt yourseif in- telligently, you are master of your fate. The time has came ta grow up, and growing up consists in the main of bringing random impulses under con- trai and co-odinating hit-or-miss acti- vities. The mature worid, whether busi- ness, professional or technical, has no use for youths who enter it gloifying infantilism. . . like a small child crying, "look at me!" as he jumps off a six-inch high step. _____ il__ lating ta that in the House o£ Commons, with Party Whips in operation ta en- sure a good attendance, safe govemn- ment majorities on votes, and s0 on. When the Standing Committee bas completed its- study of the bill -t is returned ta the House of Commons, wheme it is subject ta clause by clause study in Committee of the whole House. This in an informai stage of the legis- lative process where ail members have an apportunity ta give careful consid- emation ta the details of the bill. If the bill bas -been carefully studied in the Standing Committee, this pmocess is usually a short ane. An adverse vote in this stage does not mean the defeat of the govenment because it is a vote on a detail only, and not a matter of principle. After the Committee of the Whole stage the bill is given third reading and finally passed. As a ule there is no debate on third reading but on oc- casion theme rnay be a debate at this stage and again the govenment's life is an the ine. Aftem third reading the bill goes to the Senate wheme it foiiows the same genemal procedure, passing through the same stages in the Senate as in the House of Cammons. When the Bill is given third read- ing in the Senate it receives royal assent. Members of the House of Com- mons visit the Senate Chamber wheme the Governor General signs the final assent and the legisiation becomes law. You may nat always agree with aur legisiative happenings but I think you will agree that they are not open ta criticism on the grounds that the action was taken hurriedly or without due consideration. Durham County's Greai Fanily Journal qMSB*4 Etabliahed 113 yeoris ego ln 1854 A Aima Incorparating The BNwatlne Newdsn TeiNewcwaleNdewunen IDThe. Orono News la.b Awthelmd -Secod Coma Mil by the Pont Office Dept., COtwe, Md fer Pymatt 1petaqe Ift cash Produced .ver Wedinesday by THE JAMES PUBISHING COMPANY LIMITED P.O. BOX 190 82.6 King St. W.. Bawmanvle. OntaCrlo im Id . JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM (;£0. P. MORRIS bs evuiuzm Avy. MMAM s uSInEs MGa. su0p diS Pmepdhty hlmb eite ibm mae s iprof. Permimin te lawhde &tu port Cod ta « uaySe Whomeve.'hL y bogt=hie or olimet t must be ebte bom the pubifahe Md th& prhLer Ayunaruthertaedt bubjite receurme la 1mw." SUESCRWTIN RATES 85.Wa Yomstrlcly inadvamc. 8SOa Yomarin theUnited Bute AMMMovor e m zo@UIIOwW hobetuke. teo vold err T be CanadmanStatem cxeplm odvertlm- tu l b om" oe s~umi tsuiagft uD sel be I""elobl Stany for ta «Y qdverttcmeent he~mules pamie meuh adventdent te requeuted Ianwxttlnq by ibm sdverthmew ~.ui. ~ u ~ ~afaeeoMSe duly mtned ',y the advertlmer alid wtb mach F.~I la muton.m.fd ina tbat9" f amy errer me noed te net abo vmexcd ch aportI oi the gantie out 9 "43 br ib , WmoN *oye mied avr u e t e Ibe uhole amS ompied Lord Sixnc .f irst lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, and his famil- York in 179. n the day when he deciared the name of Toronto changed to 'Y This was i. ionor of the success of the Duke of York against the French in « land. Mrs 'imcoe's diary says, "there was a party of Ojibway Indians here, appear.,,much pleased with the firing" - a salute of 21 guns to celebrate occs il. "One of them took Francis in his arms, and was much pleased to child flot afraid, but deiighted with the sound." The illustration shows Mrs. Simcoe's hound, "Trojan", who once disgri himseif, she reported, by .tearing in pieces a map of Canada which she had drE Ini the background is the "canvas house" in which the Simcoes lived. This a large tent used by Captain Cook in his South Sea expedition; Simcoe bol it in London at the sale of the explorer 's effects. It was set up on the1 ground east of Garrison Creek, at the foot of the present Bathurst Streel (This picture is one of a series which readers may wish to clip and sa Editor's note: The Statesman is indebted to Imperial Oil Limited for mal available a series of famous historical drawings by C. W. Jeffereys. They appear at frequent intervals throughout this Centennial year. £etters Suite 19, 890 Thurlow Street, Van couver, 5, Brilish Columbia, February lSth, 1967 Editor: Dear Sir: While the Socialist gov- ernment of Britain flirts with the Socialist Soviet Republic, one lone voice re- cently had the guts ta point out a few home truths to Premier Kasygin during his recent visit. In a Reuters news release fromn London, we find Bri- tish Foreign Secretary George Brown slyly point- ing out to the communist Premier how he was gorg- ing on an American peach, and was thereby indirectly contribut.ing to the U.S. war effort in Vietnam! ,The Britis: Goveraments continuing "lady-in-waiting" attitude towards the U.S.S.R. reminds me of Prime Minis- ter Neville Chamberlain's coy visits to Hitler prior to Worid War II and his flush- o J/le &Iitor ed return to England wav- ing a "lIove letter" from Hitler promising "peace in aur time." - and just be- fore he marched on Poland. But why shake our heads aver Prime Minister Wilson of Britain? Our own Social. ist N.D.P. has been trying ta get to waltz with the Russian Bear for years! Yours sincerely, Jane Hunt. BINDERING GROWTH? Box 62 Bowmanville, Ontario February 16, 1967 Dear Editor: In witing this letter my only intent is to inform the public of the seemingly de- termined efforts of our Town Council and Planning Board.,to hinder the growth and prospenity of the Town of Bowmanville. This is particulanly d is t ur bi ng when within a few miles east and west af us we sec towns, in no better position In the Dim .1 . aand Distant Past iwg From the Statesman Files 25 Years Ago (Fcb. 26, 1942) Not all o! the sub-debs o! Ihis country seek the gleam- ing fonrs and dizzy pace of the Palais Royale, nom the car-packed dangers of icy streets. Latest news of busy war-workers includes tie newly formed "Scissors and Stitch Club" which busies itself one nigit eci week fashionîng layettes and damn- tics for British Bomb-Vic- lim Babies. These paîniatie girls include. Mally Hynds, Betty Edger, Edythe Carter, Celia Tait, Betty Bettles and Dot Harndcn. They furnish aIl their own money and supplies. Air Woman Znd Class Helen Cotton, W.C.A.A.F., Training Centre at Havergel College, Toronto, where sic is a haspital assistant, is spending the weekend with ber mother, Mrs. R. M. Cot- ton, Concession St. Trevor Harrison, R.C.A.F., and twa fricnds who arc Englisi Under Training Pil- ots, Manning Pool, Toronto, spent the weekend with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. 'R. Harmison. Constable Sylvester, O.P.P. who has been confined ta bis home, throughilihness, mont o! tic winter, now reports daily ta his office for short periods. Misses Dorothy Garbutt and Jean H-enderson, Tor- onto, werc guests with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pickard. - Miss Kay Roberts has e- signed hem position at the Carter Family Tee Rooms te accept clenical work at Brookdale - Kingsway Nurs- eries. Mr. John Sharp bas e- turned ta bis home ini Sprin- side, Sask., afler visiting hs sister, Mrs. Lhlilan Mountjay, Concession St.' Miss Catherine Stewart han resumed ber studies after being confined toi tie bouse with the flu. Mms. T. E. Prout visited ber deughtem, Mrs. George Hilson, Tomante. Saline - Miss Evelyn Par- inder was in Peterborough Saturdey witi the B.H.S. basketball Iearm. mon - Arthur Stainton and Frank Pascoe attended tic annual MUl Producers' evention mand banquetli 49 Years Ago (Feb. 28, 1918) A masqucrade Carnival under the auspices o! the Girls' Patriotic Club was beld Tuesday cvening at Taylors Amena. A gond crowd was in attendance and the yaung people bed a merry time. Prizes were awarded as fol- lows: best costumed lady, Miss Helen Morris; best cos- tumed gent. Goldwîn An- derson; best costumed girl, Miss Lena Hàddy; best cas- tumed boy, Robert Perker; best costume repesenting any country, Wreford Souci; comic costume, Bud Pethick. Thc icy pavements and streets have been causing seriaus trouble during lie past wccks. About lwo wceks ago Miss H. Brimacombe fell and broke hem left leg near the ankle. Lest weck Mrs. Chas. Cox fell and broke hem wrist, and Mr. Chas. Rich- ards and Master Living su!- fercd dislocated shoulder blades as a resuit o! falling on tie slippery street. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace G. Battle, Lindsay, are visiting at hem fatier's, Mr. John Mutton, Duke St., and with other relatives here. Major W. C. King, P.M., 11pn t le weekend with is tirce deugiters in Toronto, et Mr. T. E. Knowlton's. Miss Emma Tabb, Roch- ester, N.Y.. is visiting et her fether's, Mm. Isaac Tabb. Miss Helen Long, Whitby, spent the weekend with Miss Marion M. VanNent, Victoria Villa. Miss Ella Pcthick, Toronto, wes a wcekend visitor o! Miss Ncllic Bounsaîl. Miss Elsie M. Bregg, l'am- ente, spcnt the weekend at ber faticr's, Mr. W. J. Bragg, Providence. Mrm. W. W. Horsey, Osh- awa, spent Sunday with her fetier, Mr. Richard Allen. Mm. and Mrs. John F. Goyne, Oshawa, spent Sun- day with hem mother. Mmi. E. Wiliamu, Scugeg St. Mm. Garnet Richards, Tom- ante, spent thc weekend at home. Miss Luelli Hepburn, Ked- on, la vstlng ber aun, Miss Nettie Ormmston. Miss Neflie Gould, Tomante, spent Sunday aI home. Today ends a cold Feb- rUM7. gcographically than selves, mushrooming. [y at Fark. Hol- who the f ind ,aced awn. was ýught high ýt in ave.) king wili aur- How can progress be hindered? Simply by limit- ing or curtailing those who are willing to develop this town and when a case is braught to light 'one maY wondcr how many times it has happened in the past. Some time ago a notice appeared in your paper (under Bits and Pieces) about a rumoer tnat a sub- divider wishcd ta build five hundrcd homes in the Town of Bowmanville. This was not a rumor but a fact and is stîli a fact today. As late as February 8, 1967 a re- presentative for the party cancerned appeared befare the planning board for per- mission to begin ta build aiverage income homes on pr6oèrty purtchased by hhin with this intent. This land is flot serviced but the de- veloper agreed ta instaîl a pumping station, sewer and water as well as comply with every other dcmand of sub-division by-laws at a cost bordering on a haîf million dollars ta himself. Not only would he do this but he agreed ta give a par- cel of land ta the town for a school. On top of that hie agrced ta pay $40ff.OO to the town for cvcry home built ta offset the cost of a school whcn it became necessary. In spite of such a generous offer he was told the Cotin- cil had ruled no permits for sub-division for this year. On the samne night thcy gave the green light ta build in another sub-divi- sion in town, the counicil revcrsing the former ruling in this case. I don't know if yau would cail this dis- crimination or not. You judgc. AI] this is donc we are tld in the best interests o! the town. Homes mean children and children meani schools and schoals mean more taxes. It means a lot more than that and 1 cannot understand why the busi- ness men o! this town are flot frothing at the mouth with rage at such action. It means a larger popu- lation ta buy your wares whether yau own a busi- ness establishment, seli cars, insurance, or anything elsc. Every new citizen would become a potential customner of yours. In ten short years this could add two to three thousand ta this town'u population. The cry Is we need in- dustry to offset aur taxes. No industry is liable ta set- tie in a town that has no labour force. Even Good- year finds it incrcasingly difficuit ta hire local help and a gond deal of the work force commute from outside this town simply because homes are not available. The homes they dld allot ta be built are ta be what they tcrm prestige homes and will cost upwards of $30,000. If they will cost that much I don't know who will buy them. Cer- talnly nat the man with an average Incame. I think that it is time the people of Bowmanville let their vaices be heard and are made aware of what our council is dolng. They are elected ta approve legis- lation li the best Intereats of the Town. Hinderlng progress, the expansion of this town and ofering only the weak excuse of havlng ta build a achool Is not In the best interests a! anyone but the few. Five hundred homes could mean five hundred mort ,subscribers for your paper. Yours truly, ufoMaTS& .1 CFanging Name . t York y As A Canadian winner from here will go a nto the provincial competition where the top essay for Ontario will be judged on a national level, with the winner receiv- ing an award at the Weekly Newspaper, convention in Ottawa late in August. The essay contest shauld prove a rewarding challenge and we are happy to participate in it. Students are urged te start work on the project iminedi- ateiy because ail entries from this area must" be submitted by the end of March. sugar GOODBYE OLD FRIEND It was quite a blow ta me ta read recently that the Wiarton Town Hall had been destroyed by f ire. Adniittedly, the catastrophe didn't rank. with Hirosh- ima, or the San Francisco earthquake, or even Hurricane Hazel, but it hit me pretty hard. It was rather like reading af the sudden death of an old girl friend. You knew she had gone ta fat and drink. But you could remember when, at her best, she was the heart of your life. A lot of persanal memaries came crowding back when I read about, it. That ugly ald building with the shaky bèll tower an top was one of the hubs of my existence for mare than a decade at a special time in my life. It was when I was yaung and my family was young and I was learning the newspaper business. I didn't have a mistress. I didn't hang around the pubs. I didn't take part in all-night poker sessions. I just went ta the tawn hall. I spent more nights in its counicil chamber, crouched over the rickety press table, than I did with my famiiy. On more than one occasion, my spause, a tender young wife and moth- er, displayed psychoneuratic tendencies toward the old town hall. At least twice she suggested I move a cot into the council chambers, and not bother dark- ening hem bedroom door. l'Il bet 1 attended more than a thousand meetings in that town hall. It was the only non-denominational meet- ing-place in town, and it was there that great causes were launched and coilap- sed; that political careers were begun and ended; that human triumphs and tragedies were recorded. And 1 was In on ail of It. It was a regular breeding-ground for lost causes and iast-ditch batties. We fought such behemoths as the CNR and the government; we iast. We bat- tled ta salvage maribund industries with heavy transfusions af lacal cash; and same of us are still anemic. But a lot of good, positive work was done there, toa. The commercial fishermen, the farmers, the resort own- ers and the merchants met there, fought and SPic e By Bill Smïley with each other, but emerged, united i each case, to fight for their existence and the betterment of the area. .ý* Another function of the council chamber was that of court-room. This was one that I didn't mind seeing go - up in smoke. It's t;he only time the council chamber smelled bad -' on court day. Most of the time it smeiled dusty, waxy, and cigar-smokey and just plain old. But on court days it stank; hangovers, puke, fear, shame, curiosity and the iaw. But that was aniy one part of the aId town hall. Across from the council chamber was the auditorium. And what memories that brings back. Concerts, >plays, recitals, dances and poitical meetings. It even had a baicony where elderly ladies couid watch the Sailora Farewell Dance in comparative safety Our children made thefr publi debuts there. l'Il neyer forget the night Kim, age three, drcssed ini a bunny cost- tume, spotted me in the audience, burst out of the dance Une, and hurled her- self into My arms. Or the night Hugh, about nine, won the grand prize in the music festival, even though two of the notes on the piano did not sound. Or the night I was unwitting sucker in an elaborate practical jake, at a con- cert. I was to pretend I was playing a trumpet solo, while a real trumpeter played the piece off-stage. He double- crossed me. Warned the audience what twas goingto happen, and when I went into my rMutine, no sound. Feit a fool. Or the nights the aid girl and 1 stumbled through our lines with the tlocal lîttle-theatre group. Or the great [New Year's Eve dances, when the Lwhole town was out, flying. Got a sock in the eye at one of them when I Auld- Lang-Syned a pretty young matron ini the usual fashion. Not'from her. Front My wife. Town halls, those great, ugly, draughty chapters in our history, are burning down, falling down or being tomn down. They are being replaced by modern, efficient "municipal offices,"s which have about as much tradition, humanity and warmth as a filing cabinet. Report from Queen's Park by Alex Carruthers, M. P P. .On. of the great tasks un democracy is ta harmonize the principle of equali- ty of opportunity with the preservation of the foundations upon which aur democratic society rests. Anyone, who is concerned with the preservation of the institution of free and democmatuc government, must be concemned with the laws enacted by parliament and the effect these may have on the freedom of the individual. .Law in a democracy means the protection of the rights and liberties of the citizens while assuring that the benefits of a democratic society are made available toalal. These basuc facts were reflected i the activities of the Ontario Legisiatume during the past week. Two important bis weme intro- duced by the gavernment. The Hon. William Stewart, Minister of Agricul- ture and Food, moved fimst reading of a bill amending the Depatment of Agri- culture and Food Act. This bill provides loans of up ta $5000 ta Ontario farmers who suffered lasses of 25% or greater in 1966 due ta adverse weathem condi- tions. No intemest will be charged on these beans for the fimst year and the rate for the remaining four years will b. 31:. On Feb. 8th, the I-on. Leslie Rown- tree, Minister of Financial and Commer- cial Affairs introduced Bill No. 24, an Act to Establish the Ontario Deposit Insurance Corporation. 1The B ill, the first of its kind in Canada, received second and third read- ings on Feb. 9th with Royal Assent granted by the Hon. Earl Rowe, Lieut. Governor of Ontario. The legislation, which camne inta effect with royal assent, will provide protection by way of insumance up ta $20,000 per deposit ta persans deposit- ing money in, or ioaning rooney ta Ontario Incomporatcd Loan Corporations and Trust Companies. It was expedient that the Bill b. pmoclaimed as soon as possible in view of the controvcrsy that develope&-in Ottawa between Mm. Coyne and Mr. Stevens and which involved York Trust, an Ontario chartered company. A number of private members buis, resolutions, and announcements of singular significance appeared on the Order Paper during this period. It was my privilege ta sponsor one of these, a Bill ta Establish Senior Citizens Week which will be debated in due course. Dr. Dymond, Minister of Health, tabied a gavernment white paper out- lining a $50,000,000 programn for the provision of additional facîlitie., ser- vices, and treatment for children suf- fering from mental and emotionai dis- orders. The prograin which involves the building, in selected areas cf the. prov- ince, of somne eight new regional centres is the result of a year's work by te Deputy Miniaters and senior officiais within the Departmients of Health, Edu- cation, Public Welfae, ReforM Inutu- tions, and the Attorney General. A number of changes in the Gen-ý, eral Legisiative Grants for the year 1967 were announced ta the Asuembly on Feb. 9th by the Hon. William Davis, Minister of Education. The Corporation Tax Adjustmnent Grants, which- formerly were appor- tioned among eiementary school boards in the ratio which their residentiai and, farm assessment bore ta each other will now be apportioned in the ratio of their enrolments. The effect of this change in, ta increase the Corporation Tax Adjuit- ment Grant eligible to elementary' school boards. The average daily enrolment wil, replace daily attendance in the. calcu- lation of the grant. This means that 4 board will receive grants in respect of ail pupils enrolled rather than in res. pect of the days on which pupils attend. ed school. This procedure makes allaw- ance for the costs in respect to accom- modation and teaching staff which must be available even when a pupil is absent. The Foundation Level fer each ele- mentary school pupil will be increased from $220 to $260, and for high ochool boards, the Foundation Level will b. increased by $10.00 per pupil for bath vocational and non-vocational pupils. The anticîpated increase in grants is set at $60 million and will include increased assistance for the purchase of library books up ta $9.00 annuali? per pupil, and assistance for the pur- chase of television sets in both elemen- tary and secondary schools. On Wednesday, Feb. lst, a Toronto newspaper headlined what was aileged to be the recommendations of the Legis- lature's Select Committee on Aging. As chairman of that Committee 1 was deeply concerned over the prema- ture release, particularly in view of the fact that ail committee members hod been pledged to secrecy. Members of the press however, have mystericus and devious ways of obtaining news, and although efforts were made taedac" e thue source of the leak, the wide publ,,: cil v and interest created provided excel- lent advanced billing for the fuli re- port which wilI be tabied very shortly. Freedom of the press is of cours one of the basic principles under whlclh democracy flourishes. This fact 1 recog. nize and respect. A NEW YEAR Another calendar! Horrors! .- Where did the aid Year go? It had its trials and terrors Why, lil neyer know. Neyer mind about the siate Time will brush it clean For it's neyer, ne'er too late -To forget ail that's mean. Join me int a littie prayer (1 consider it a privilage), "Dear God - about the-New Yir Help us meet its challenge." IDIORALCOMMENT There Is No Easy Way