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- *~ - - -~--~- 4 Tii. Caadian Sttesmn, Nowmanvfl, Set. là, 1ion IDITORIAL COMMENT Hoopla Is Over ... Now the Work Begins * No matter what your political party afatn are, you'll have to admit that tlere bas neyer been any political function in Canada to match the Prog- .ressive-Conservative convention last week. It more than lived up to advance bMiing uo far as exciernt thrills, pathos and almout ail the other factors were conoerned. In aur humble opinion, It awakened many average voters who have been lethargic about politics. and po ticians for many years . .. and mnust hae had a great impact about young people. For the next few weeks, the ana- lysts wil be working hard, trying to figure why the various unsuccessful oeuvred by the poker-f aced premier froe.n Nova Scotia. They will also be doing their best to predict the course of action that will be followed by Mr. Diefenbaker, after his self -in! licted political dernise. Party heads and mem- bers who are flot Conservatives will aima be studying the man who will be- corne the new leader o! the Opposition, so they will be better able to cope with him in the House o! Commons and on the hustings when the tirne cornes. We feel quite certain that the House o! Comrnnons is now entering an era that will be a considerable change from the past. Frorn our observance o! Mr. Stan! ield on television, we believe he wîll frown on the petty bickering and the wrangling that has dominated poli- tics under Mr. Diefenbaker's leader- ship. Instead, we hope that once again Parliament will return to a dignified forum where reason will prevail and where decisions may be made.expedi-1 tiously in an atmosphere of compara- tive calm. There will be plenty o! roomn for good, solid, weIl-prepared and re- searched debate, instead o! constant seeking for political advantage o! every issue. If Mr. Stan! ield, who, according ta his record, has a brilliant mind, can gradually li.ft the tone of the opposi- tion's role to one where they will show their true capabilities by studying and pointing out the weaknesses and dang- ers of the legisiation presented by the government, he wilI boost his stock as a potential Prime Minister. This surely can be done without rancor, bit- terness and political in-fighting on a Iow level that has been soarnuch a part of recent sessions where delay and obstruction rather than reasoned criti- cism has been predominant. From what we read and see of Mr. Stanfield, the government and its supporting members would be commirit- ting a grave error if they underesti- mated this, man's power of attracting votes and his organizational ability. The Conservatives feel they have a new lease on life and will be working hard to make their dreams of returning ta power corne true. FAITH Oh Butterfly! 1 watch you flit frorn flower to flower, So colorful, so gay, and free from care, Ycu cannot know how short your brief bright hour, If so, - how could you fiutter free, and light as air? Just now, I cannot seem to see the reason, The rose that smrelled so sweet no more is blooming there, But this I know, that always in due season, The butterfly will soar again, and scent of roses stili be in the air. -Marjorie Cunningham by Elgin B. Taylor I t was many hundred years ago When men, whose spirits for adventure seek, Set ail across the briny main To find, wherc sky and water meet They sailed due west, with compass set, For cnonths. They rode the watery strand Through sickness, hardships, mutiny blealc, Til they found an unknown lane TIhen voyageurs, like John Cabot and La Salle, Champlain, and mnany more Braved the 'treacherous winds and waves And landed on,,aur. shore.* They',travell ed over land and streams, Mountains, plains,- and charted trail3 anew On Newfoundland .~ Cape Breton's Isle. Ini Acaclla, they found rich land W ,vi9w, They fou.nd a mighty river's raouth And salled up on the river's znight. [t carried themn far inland. For France, Thyethe Fleur de Lis on, Hoh= aas heîght. They paddled over scenic lakes; Followed unknown streams complete; Travcrsed dense forest trails and paths Marked clear by Indian feet. They-tound a land with -ti-.nber rich. Waters- . filled with !ish so great. Soil, both rich and bountiful, Waiting for the settler's take. The settlers came from many lands; Withstoad, privation - hardships toughto take. Euilt homes,, niils,'schools and churches fair, And forests i.nto farnis did make. Then strife and strong dissention rose Among the powers that be. Whorn-.- for this land so newly Should the ruling power be? .And many battlefields there wert On which the cannon pealcd. But, on the Plais o! Abrahami, For Britain ouir destiny was seaied. ~be ~anabîan Tio 'Then anc hundred years ago, With the country grown apace, Men feit the need to forn !orthwith A nation, for our cosmopolitan race. Mven like Macdonald, Mackenzie, Tupper, Bowcll; Abbot and Thompson (to mention just a !ew) Worked long, by sunshine bright and candlelight, To frame the constitution on wýhich the nation grcw. In the course o! ail their planning - In their opinion - they feit the necd S was great 'For-pae n~~1ihs~rig To form a new bilingual state. On July the !irst, 1867, With ail the red tape shorn, A birthday for a nation came. Our* Canada was born! These men worked on for many a year; Trerri!ic obstacles did surmount; Made the constitution work full weli .And ail their thought and actions count. Then Laurier, Borden, Bennett, Meighen, King and St. Laurent, Through rough ternpest, storm and calm Ruled on, as was their wont. These men have steered the ship of state with vision; Shown their power. Tlley guided 'wç1l for Canadian weal Through many a trysting hour. Now Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson Complete the premiers chain. In aur modemn complex way o! life, with large demands and bitter Strif e, they find ruling stili a strain, In the century just closing out We have stupendous progress to, declare. Great highways. Industrial and educational heights. Eigh living standards ail can share. In the century just begun, with a hundred years ta go, May aur target ta Unity; and peaceful trove; A more even share o! the living fare For all, in this Canada we love. 9taîtt#MU Duzhm County'a Great Fcrrnly journal ~ Establiahed 113 Yomagro in 1854 Aloo Incorparating ~The. Bawmonvlll.News The. Newcatl. Independent% The. Orono News &ulhoelaad <a 54 Qg 5h11by lt" PSt OUlm. pL. Oftwaa. mmd fSe payeîa otg a Producsd *very Wednesday by TM JAMES PUBLISMIG COMPANY LIMITED P.O. BOX 190 6"s68 inq st. W.. Dowmaniue.. Ontarjo JONM. MAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS EKrcm.PUBUUaxAnvm ,MAAGESBusuuNEMa 'Coydbt ade Wpety lgla ma neu l. Iage appearmn oentbsprool.Parmiabmim »poeduin ADwb. ok la artn «inla my sIooeûwbtaov..p=rluoey by otogapior l .,~ ~~~~ Vmgma b «I.4to b.pb .e m h t Mr muboi cg 8SOYécu - eSm&*tbsl7,%S6460 aw Yula the United States at*ltly la cioeoemc mm M htasmold erra.Tb* Com<dLua tbmaoapta edwrUa. *1atIlai mt o a bla e en= te my deta.o bain oS .el.duly olgmed by b7 l«.=S. Md tlan e:&bKm d tu tht M S 1* amy «w . au 0 Ubemsaft dmb uhIl omd saaba eus= etai lb. mm o Se u.. amapadb7 e uobds esbeu bamelb. bi aomoms s French Language Sccondary Schools "If there is one act o! oppression more than another which would corne home ta a man's breast, it is, that he should be deprived o! the consolation of hearing and speaking and reading the language that his mother taught him. It is cruel. It is seething the kid in its mother's milk." The above words were spoken by Canada's fîrst Prime Minister, Sîr John A. Macdonald, during an address in the Flouse of Commonns in 1890. His speech was dcscribcd as a classic out- burst against those, who would atternpt ta suppress the French language in English spcaking Canada. For two hundred years, since the Treaty o! Paris ceded New France ta the British Empire in 1763, the French Canadians have bcen battling ta pre- serve their capacity ta pass their cul- ture down from anc generation ta the next. Failure ta achieve this right has been the main contributing cause ta to-day's separatisrn. It was clearly the intent o! the Fathers o! Confederation to secure for the French minorities outside Quebec, the sanie protection as that enjoyed by Anglo Canadians in that province. Section 93 o! the B.N.A. Act gives the provinces exclusive jurisdiction over education. But it qualifies the pro- vision by ruling that: No provincial law, "shall prejudicially affect", denom- inational school rights or privileges held by law at the time a! confedera- During the quarter century before *confederation, these rights were sec- ured firmly, and finally, in what is now the province o! Quebec. They were neyer, however, extended ta English -speaking Canada as was the intent o! d the B.N.A. Act. * A generation ago, the French speaking population o! Canada equalled 96.7%,1éo! the population o! French Ethnic origin. But in 1961 the number o! people telling the census-taker that their mather tangue was French, was down ta 92.5%7o! the French Ethnic group. This decline continues and is due ta nany factors, including: (1) The apparent suppression o! i the French language because o!felg Iious differences. (2) The absence o! French radio, television, and newspapers. î (3) The predominant usne o! the English language in the world o! busi- ness, commerce and advertising. (P) The general inflý nce of the, 23 YEAES AGO Five local girls, Joan Longman, Margaret Stacey, Florence Chartran, Betty Sîsson and Betty Kilpatrick, left Sunday afternoon for a farm service camp at Oak- ville. They will be away for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hall- man wish to announce the engagement of their daugh- ter leleen Marjory ta Pte. Russell G. Oke, son o! Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Oke. The marriage to take place at Trinity United Church, Bowmanville, on Friday, Oct-ober th. The engagement is an- nounced of Reta Elizabeth, daughter of Mrs. Minifie and the late Mr. W. Minifie, ta Theodore Wideman, son of Mr. S. Wideman and the late Mrs. Wideman of Stauf!- ville. The marriage to take place quietly in October. Bowmanville Seed Merch- ant, Sam Stewart, has en- listed with the active Vet- erans' Guard in Kingston. He has arranged ta have the business at his Seed and Feed Store carry on as usual. The first prize for the best twins at the Oshawa Baby Show an Tuesday, held in canjunction with Oshawa Fair, was won by two boys, Donald and Ronald Welsh, sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. Welsh, Bowmanville. Dr. H. B. Rundie, Bowmanville, and Dr. W. W. Baldwin, Brooklin, were the judges. Mr. A. C. Anderson, Ma- doc, has been appointed teacher of languages at Bowmanville High School this term. Glen L. Martyn, who has been chie! assistant to Mel Dale of Mason & Dale for a number of years. has joined the staff of R. M. Hollingshead Co. Mrs. Beatrice Hall and Barry, Toronto, visited her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Devitt. Pte. Frank Mcllveen, Pet- erborough, is spending two weeks' leave with his par- ents. Mrs. Rex Caverly and children, Simcoe, have mov- ed ta tawn and have rent- ed one af Mrs. C. Murdoff's hauses on Church St. Mrs. Isabelle Johns and Miss Rgse Palmer are holi- daying amang the 1,000 Islands. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Parker visited friends in Taronto. Miss Doreen Hardy of /~AIh 02èé.31~/ w Sugar and Spic e By Bill Smiley MY LAST WORD IJon't worry. After this week, won't say another word about Expo But I wish every school child in thi world could see it. First time we ever saw the Expc site was about four years ago, on i trip to Quebec City, The fabulout fairylands of the islands as they arE today were piles o! mud in the St Lawrence then. During those years, Canada's glooni and doom purveyors - and we are loaded with them - happily predicted that Expo would be the flop of thE century. After aIl, it was an ali-Canadian production. Couldn't help but be a dis- ..1d1 iuMh "p* ts wezre appail- ed wben it turnea out to be the greatest jiow *on earth. And it is. i Aside from the magnificent pavil- lons, Expo bas an atmosphere, a flair, that m.gy never be equalled. There is a gaiety, a courtesy,.a lack of conimer- rialism, that is Mie heady wine, in this sour, ill-mannered, materialistic age. Ah, the gaiety and courtesy with which we were given directions for getting home, aur second night there! The parking attendants put us on the right road with ineffable Gallic charm. Hall an hour later, the signs said we were heading, not west for Ontario, but south-east for New Brunswick. I stopped and asked for directions. The chap spoke no English. None. But my French was more than Up to the crisis. 1 simply said, "We wanna go a Ontario Ou est la best route?" He rep- lied directly and briefly, in no more than eight mrinutes o! arm-waving, shrugging and fast French. Just about then, thank goodness, there was a trernendous clang on the highway. A smash-up. Nobody hurt, but it did brîng the cops. One of them gave me, in fast, polite and intelligible Eng- lish, la route directe. We sped happily alonig until a sign announced that wc. were headîng due east, for Quebec City.'; 1 stopped at a bar. Three delightful chaps' gave me three perfectly clear- cut means o! getting tumned around and headed west. An hour later, we £,et ters 7 Septemnber, 1967. Dear John: .Congratulations on the fine item which appeared in last week's paper regarding the unveiling o! the Sami- uel Wilxnot Plaque. Dr. H. R. MacCrinimon o! aur Department-af Zoalogy was moat intemested in the clip- ping. P r of essaor MacCrmmon will be speaking at the oercmony and I arn sure you would find a chat with him at that time bath interesting and fruitful. He bas dane a goad deal o! historîcal research on the dcvclopment and contribu- tion of the Newcastle Hat- chery in addition ta his regular research and teach- ing duties. I don't know who made the arrangements for the ceremony, but it serns ta be most appropriate that a member of the University o! Guelph should partîci- pate. This university is près- ently a fisheries research centre of some signilicance, with many research project net only in fresh water fisheries problems but in sait water projects as wefl. The first fisheries and wild lite speciallat was grad- uated from Guelph in 1954, and i tue past ten years over a hundred of these spe- cielIsts have graduated. Tà io In addition to grad- found ourselves nearing the border of INew York State. Home at 3:30 ar. Aside fram a few little mis-adven- etures lîke that, our biggest trouble was girl-watching. I don't suppose you could take a plot of ground the same size in the entire world and find one-tenth sas -.nany beautiful girls as there are at Expo. Normally, I wouldn't classify this sort of thing as "trouble". But the girl-watching wc did ruin- ed the ordinary type. We spent hours and hours watching Kimi. Or trying to. 1 l'1 swear she carricd with her a pack- age ]abelled "Instant Invisibility". One minute she was right there iat our elbow. But if we dared flick a glance at anything cisc, she had van- ished into a crowd of over a quarter- million. Twenty frantic rninute I4 , we'd find her, calmly looking at some~- thing and completely uncaring about where we were. Thank God she's got ired hair, or wc'd still be rnuddling .around down there, looking ftr her. 1 With just anc to look af ter,. I could only imagine the panic o! those parents who were there with five kids darting in ail directions. And there were thous- ands o! farnilies, down ta three-week- olds, rnuling and puking in their moth- ers' arms. Another problern with Kim wam shoes. Going barefoot ail summer she has acquircd buit-in leather sales. First day she wore shoes, balefully. Second day she stood them for an hour, carried thern the reat of the day. Third day, she ivas happy in raggedy jeans, bare feet, and no parents. No point in my descnibing the pav- ilions. But trying to sec thcm ail, es- pecially the big ones, is like trying to eat six big rneals in a day, anc right after the other. If tîme is limnited, nibble the hor d'oeuvre: rum and bongoes at the Haiti pavilion; the stuffed dodo bird at Mauritius; Princess Grace at Monaco. You are flot allowed to nibble either Princess G or the dodo, but you get the idea. If you've been, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, go. Cash in that insurance policy. You'll be a long time dead. 57/he 8citor uate students. At pres4nt there are 25 graduates at h' University of Guelph tak g advanced degrees in àishr- ies and wild life. Kind persanal regards. Yours truly, D. W. Jase, P.Ag., Dept. o! Information.1 73 Waverley Rd.,' Bowmanville, ne., September 5th, e'67 Dear Sir:I This is Tuesday, Sept. I5th, the apening day ai schoc lfor the children of this tlwn. Tbe sigbs of relief o!f4ore parents are undoub cdly heard. BUT!! The ighs o! anxiety af saniepa ents are at the peak oe.the salety for tbeir loved nes. This peak o!fanxie of *sanie parents conce ning the saiety o! their ch dren ls at a fever pitch. Our children (in ge eral) aic taught Safety ules. Elmner the Sa!ety Ele hant, the danger o! lire, Ci afcty this and Sa!ety That" This safcty measurc must1 have been completel ig-1 nored by somen1 thîsi town to allow Centra Pub-1 lic Sebool to be ope d on this day with the girls4 entrance cornpletely leu s wlth present consictlonI that is beilg carried outj there. h W " wate zu achlng Safety Measures ta children when it is apparent that the adult members o! this community completely ig- nore the sa!ety o! the pupils in the school. I do not wish ta make any anc persan "The Goat", but only wisb ta draw this con- dition ta the attention af all concerned. Ai) replies are welcomed cither in the Statesman or personal mail. Yaurs truly, John H. Meachin. YELVERTON (Intended for last week> Mr. and Mmi, Arthur Row- an, Miss Linda Rowan and Miss Marguerite Wilson arrlv- cd home this week froin a rnotor trip ta the West Coast, AIl report an enjoyable holi- day. Mr. Howard Malcolm la scheduled ta depart from Mal. ton Airport on Monday, Sept. 3rd for a tour of Europe, spon- sorcd by the Ontario Hog Producers with Sec'y Mr. James Baynton in charge. The tour emnbraces visits ta, Ire- land, England and Eurppean countnies. Bon voyage to Howard. Considerable exciternent. was engendered hInoui commun- ity wlth the openlng o! Man. vers Township's new Central School on Tueuday. Partiel. patngin heventure are Mrs. .Drthy 5rwso r j, Wl son and Ray McCullough af ~thîs community who will be Sbus drivers on the variaus ~routes for DeNure Bus Lines. SMrs. Ray Robinson will be teaching Grade I in the new *schaol. Mr. Ray Robinson Iwill continue as diriv- Ier for one af Algar'. buses, transporting the high school students. j Sorry ta repart Miss Adele JPage is back in hospital in Pet- erborough with astbmia. Sympathy from this corn- znunity is extended ta Mrs. Arnold Hickson and family of Janetville in the sudden passing a! husband and father this week, Mr. Balfour Moore a! this community had the novel ex- perience this week oi having his '56 Fard truck stalen from beside the house during the night. Unfortunately or oth- erwise, the thief was appre- hended and the truck return- ed ta its rightful awner. On Sunday Mrs. Harvey Malcolm and Mitzî accom- panied Mr. and Mrs. Roy Werry and girls af Sudbury for a Boon family gathering at the home af Mr. and Mrs. Aida Nasato at Part Credit. Yelverton United Church are pleased ta have Rev. Jîrn Sommerville, a popular past parson, as guest speaker for their Anniversary Services on Suniday,. Sep±embcr 17,th,... -ý Miss Marlene McGill has started a course in hairdr ,ess- ing -in Toronto ta qualify ber for a Iicensed hairdresser. Report from Queen 's Park by Alex Carruthers,* M. P P. i'I i;~ il' Ds tantPast Froua th* StataM a fe 49 TZARS AUU (Sept. 19. 1918> Mrs. Goodman and Misa Goodman, Toronto. are visit. ing the former's sister. Mrs. ~ Donald McDonald and other, .,. relatives. Mr. James Smith and Mis& Smith are ln Toronto thia -,, week attending the wed. ding of their nephew, Mr. JMess cDad.Wlo MissRolBady staltoba e thred fRooalnksaff has ne- trnedsirStmChoiaringswind fneds n . Ctaie CDnretand . Frn e Dr. ckand dMrs. Fr areb-y iorco nd augter Mdarjory To P ratent oksunaya Mn.gu P. Saeblemks.na Leek aueat aenday be weekinwargelloattndedice. President, Miss Effie Rut- -': ledge. Two af the District Officers, Miss E. M. Werry and Mr. Clarence Woodley were present and gave help- ful addresses. Mr. J. L. Thompson, who recently visited his sister, Mrs. W. B. Cauch, was on his way home from a mast enjoyable visit ta Buffalo, Olean, Niagara Falls, Toron- to, where he met numerous oId friends and was given a rolictorrsonet.t trooklin correponent a The Whîty Gzette s Bas C.he.mny reds aiw C.le P.Mre ad, owehm,ý- vn i l wre lptinad Sec.lm' inhims' aid p ulptaana St. Thomas' Hurch, Sufat' hi seningThe Ftok fo' bsof subjeanthe BFatherhood aif Moan h rahroo i~ Mn.W.J vnNwo-,., Mvi.lW. J. Ovensacewtron-fo alTile tha a 10 aecrp0 b "4t- * alsike th a yîled 100 bush-14 ersih alsike brigv ing$1 per,4ushe0,th gvhi $l,40. Gae aoth h Msrs Grace Raforh, who4#, heas reded eesfr ay ta yeset eesay Tm--U wrsieith rltvs tTm worsh. G .SevnPt erbrou gea b. Sevs, Pet serorg.Jams guea h. siser, Msun. JmsDya aversunEhda zewo' Miss telda HazgleCood se aTrngtaera.Cl Meie, Toryto.ll i iss MgreayveMntDuls sitngrlaivsatBrs ss Eey icis Mootiss Eveyn digawk o Tortho,.i pnigswe ats ho m sofCes Ms iss Clg eenit feley Losn Dvisigbr. itrM if. v... sv i q United- States, with its two hundred' million Engiish speaking citizens, on. our Canadian soclety. One o! the main factors, however,= has been the lack o! opportunity for education in the French language.ý In an effort ta provide the equality o! educational opportunitr French Ontarians as that enjoyed by Anglo Canadians in Quebec, Prime Min-. ister Robarts announced a few days ago the proposed establishment o! French secondary schools, where the population warranted such action. The basic reasons for the Govern- ment's policy are as follows. 1(1) French sp eak i ng students, who complete elementary schooi, often. face severe difficulties in securing an adequate secondary education because o! the nccessity o! transferring fraor- French speaking elementary schools to, English speaking secondary schools. (2) The high rate o! drop-outs resulting fram the above situation. (3) The potential contribution of' Franco-Ontarians ta the Ontario society is too great ta allow their energies and abilities ta be dissipated. (4) The reawakening of the in- terest o! Ontario citizens ta the desira- bility ta read, write, and speak French with reasonable facility. (5) The recognition o! the his- toric right a! French spcaking people iW Ontario ta a bilingual education. , (6) The recognition that Canada iessentially a partnership of two societies and twa founding peoples, in addition ta aur cîtizens o! Indian and Eskimo h.eritagc. The Prime Minister mad e it clear, however,* that in the Government's view, it is nat in the best interesta of the province to develop an exclusively French-language system o! education within the public systern o! the prov- inîce. A carnplementary, and adequate knowledge of English is essential, if the French spealçing persan is to partici pate fully in the life of Ontario, Can.i ada, and indeed o! North Arnerica. The fact remains, that thos~ other ethnic orÀgin muSt iearn Enjlà if they are ta succeed in this predomin- antly Eftglish speaking area o! the world. Sir Wilfred La urier expresued thiz- satne vlew many years ago when ho stated:- "It in imperative for us Frenchz Canadians ta learn English - but I were ta give any advice ta my A»ngfra Canadian friends t would be tbatiffly .would do well to learn Fre=cý topý 90 InthDim '~ and A Tribute to Canada's Centennial OUR COUNTRY 1967