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Thje Canazýdian Statesmaii, Bowmlanville, Sept. 1, 1971 EDITORIAL COMMENT Cr-,eepinýg Lke Snail, Unwillingly to School Onice again, it's difficuit to believe I.hjat summiner is just about ov),,er, and that ;ceh(.oas will reopen for the f ail and winter season next Tuesday. There vijl be many who on the sur- faèC' will g rimanýce at this reminder, but the -vast majority will subconsciously welcorne te c(hange and the reunion with, many of thteir friends whom they hvntsee n much of sincre lasýt June. Probably the teachers; tooý will be happy treturni to thielirchosen -vocation, after weeks of cursmes p-lus interesting vaca- tions. We welcome them as they travel ta and fro by bus or by foot from their homes and wish them every success in this academic year. A special greeting, goes out to the new teachers whio will be coming to this area. We hope andi trust they will find life in Bowmanriprville and the surrounding area îtrsii and satisfying. We who have lived here for man y years are ratherpru of the facilities andl the friendliness of citizens and expect the newcomers wl agree with our finidings once they have be.- corne settledand made new friends. Them As5 Is Inf Goes Out, Apparently Thiýsisbin written eaýrIy Tuesday ~rnrnig -doggýone ea-a a matter ef fa-t - andth-e vnews hsjust been r eceived that te SocialCedtgovern- Ient of Aiera as be eetdby th3e Progressive Canservatives, after 36- purs in office, t Thý is elcionfcllsthe pattern tha hs een evident t broughout the year, that any goveirnmeni. in office is in a prcariausLl position, if it tries ta be re-eleci.ed in 1971. The natives ,obvioiusly are restietis. Ontario Premier Bi11 Davis andt Canadian Prime MiniJster Pierre Ellioti. Trudëau might be well advised ta wait unti1 net year ta test teir gov- ernments' populariïty ai.the poýiils5. iis appears ta bc a rough yer or goverLn- rnents in power. Fire Brinigs Out the 'Best ln People Late Thursday night, a fire that is eill i ndtemfedorigin struck aur ~eihboingnespaer heDaily Times in Oshawýia, a criplin blw from wbich its staffjrare siireeling. At the mom- eiL nt, (ondy rnight) there is a very real cirelemen-t of unet int s ta just when publication at their plant will be resum- Sed and thbas a cdinite bearing on ~ this ewspap reaus, as many of you ~ knw, lieyactall doaur presswork tand have dnc esince 1948. This was- a disastrous fire that ,urnd hirplacable historie records in thle form of bound newspaperr files that go S A many years into Ohawa's bis- 1 tory, Unfortunaely, they bind not been j nùurfimed or placed in the Archives fousafe keeping, so they have been w \ipedl out completely, a dreadful lass. Hîowevuer, the bMae could have been c nuch noirse had it been allowed ta qpread further into the compasing room, the pressraýom and thei paper storage seCtio-,n. Thure was sýome fire and wvater dia.mage iný thosec ,tions, but basically they ae almiosCirntct, other than for a time -cansuming, expensive rusi. and mîoîsture cleanu ,ovlving drying out motors, taking out hundreds of thous- ands of brans matries, dying and clearîng echof thern by ha'lndic, and wipin3gcow machines that have turnied red wîth rust. The circulation rcrswr also presevedathougr-ifor a time dIuring 'ta.fire, th-ere was muich daubt about 41. Had the'y gn up in smoke, h Imask of retoring the paper's distribution ~system tA normal wvould have beeni rournuenta]. The main Jbusiness vault ~Was sbece t o mucb bheat that the door wa-s vii.aly elded shut and ~rbbywill have ta be cut open wi,-th torches. We bave not had'oeabout this but trust the businiess riecords wvi1l be found in good condition wien they are able ta get tLhe do pn In the mneantime, temiporary oftices bave been set up ini the nicarb y Alger building that happily was vaan, nd the news, business and ditjoial staffï bave been working nightW and dayta ready it for what na doubti. will be lengtby tenure before the frontl of Tbe Times structure can be tom cloýwn and reconstructed. But, like the tradition of the thea- tre, the show must go on for newspapr people, a breed wha refuse ta accepiî. defeat. Early Frida 'y morning, arrange- ments bad been completed witb the Times' sister newspaper The Peterbor- ough Examiner, with'the resuli. that a 16-page paper was îssued on Friday. The Times did not miss a day's publi- cation . . . a tremendaus victory over the odds tbey wcre up againsi.. There was even a four-colar advertisemcnt in that edition just ta rub ut in a bit ta tbe scoffers wbo thougbt it would be weeks before The Times could again publish. Except for Sunday, tbeyý've been pub- h:,ýiing every day since. o big papers, mmid you,, but papers with ews for their. customers and avriect t keep [1h0 public informned. ut vwas a great achievemeni. in w-hich every mloe played a part and aur b)ats are aff ta- The Timnes' 'management andl staff. Naw al we hopDe is that those Osbhawla presses wvill again be rligby, Wedncsday of this wveek so Thie Cana- dan 11StateSMa7n will be ableie aprsn the n1ews ofMhisareata ts subscribers a i the usual thime. We believe tcyýl maýke t and salute them n) 1yway for a great effort, even if thecy don't, Warnings For The Future Several sýcientînt4san writcrs have beenissinggrave wvairings about the futre nlos ankind sosdown ils grovwtb.( The Aus-tralian Nblpie wývinnîrïg scientlisi. Sir Ma1cFariane Bur- net bas gone so far as ta say that liberal democaclias become ani obstacle ta lie aruestat libortl democracy aOjng t he 'Britisb ipatecrn 1coufldnrot en- fo'rce restrafints onpoultintech- nolgy ndeconoii actîvity, Yet ihes-e restrais were needed for the survival of civilizaton. The grmm pobemai overcrowding is begbnnng ta obsss scioniits, govern- iintiad odnr ctznLord Snow, the riisrove[" lint ndsciontint, antici- ptna colision bDetwoeen food and pop- ulationm later this cnuy U.S. siot1t)r. Norman Borlaug, wb-o led 1egree revolution ta in- crease-c graijn produitction, said in bis Nlobel prize acceptance speech that mwaind could ni. survive uniosHe w-orld populatinpoion is brougbit undor contrai1. Sir> MacFarine inisints that the average family mni. ho li-itecl ta tw.o cbildrený, and the, production af thiPýZgs not nece'ssary for a continuing civ-ilization mi. tbe imlited or stopped. ThEnLe voicen m- rusi. be eaedl I Egypi., for instance, a childl is bamn every 40 seconds. Japan is anc ai tLhe fcewnat- ions in Asia thiat bas a cefimite popula- tion policy. ts population has 1remained steady Tai. jusi. over 100,0001,000 hecause ai birýth cori, sterilization and abortion. Uiosothier nations lin under- developed countries follow týhe eam pic ai the Japanese, rmankind is beadled for, disaster. World pýopu-latýin isgrw inge ai. the rate ai 7,5,000,000 a year. !utis up ta every individual in tlhe xvorld ta sec ta ut that mankintd doos not croatep ts own dloomsdýçay. SUDDENLY - 13,OM! How wauld yau like ta) spend a sup- posedly peaceful few minutes in y,' our own wasbroom and suddeniy witbloui. warning-, have tic walls collapse around you? Thaàt's wbjai happened ta King Twp). service station operator Manny Weinraunch. The explosion bas been, attributed taga., nefumies in the base- ment,inte by a spar-k fromn a water pumi-p. Durhamti Court-ty's Great Faymily journal Estcblished 117 yeafrs aqo in 1854 1 * ew.' N AThe Bowmncvile News 5%ffleTh-, Nêvwîastle Independent The Ocono News second elass mail registration number 15U1 1roduced every Wedne-sday by THE JAMES PIJBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62 - 6G ICinq st. W.V, Bowmariville, Ontario Plhonoc 623S-3ý303 JOIN PM. ME PATRICK GOULD GEO P. MORBIb' E.ýDITOr,-P UELISHER ADVTG. MANAGERmBusINýESS M 'Copyrfght endtor plrperty ïrqiiat subsjst in file image oappecrinq an ibis pycoo. Permission tc, reproduce ina whole or ina pat ng(d ina ny faim% whatscevsr, particulaTly i>y photoraÈphýia or ffset pracess in a o ubicaitioný, irusi ,, batined tram thr. publiiiphr and the, printer. Any unauthorized reproduction wattB ê subject tf0 ra in l10w." $6.00 a year - 6 monýth,,a 3.50 $8.00 a Yecz in the Uited States s!rictly in advcrnco Atthaaugh evsry precoruticil wilttb tkeIto avoid errm TThe Coinodicfn Stoitc-mon aoccepteUryrts fn n aifstumI"n On tue ullde'8tacndng thot fit wll noit bz* hable for crny error ira rar a ov6-ereet pubished hereunider uate c OPiaiat af such aieti s n t equlestsd ira wrtirag bi thesadvertiser oýnd ret.fuTned ta The Ccrndionm Statesma businessý off ca duly ritg"edc by flic «dverts r antwith suchý cri orCorrections plainty notet4 irawriiinq Ihereon. and ir tIraI case iif eny erri o ,,nated i.not corcced lryTi. Ccaciiaar Slatulaiaan ifs lialhffty sha3 lot exce~ urIr « cfportion i iii, rtire rOsI of such advertisemeni w ithe.spce. oartplâe -by the lnated err e b's '0 the i,'ioal* spr c* eaupied FOx 0Aý, A>' /5 ýET 70 CO/'v;E MacDuffReport SlicinthB acstingPie Tic Canadian Radia-Telc- vision Canirission lias caome up witi a new policy on cable, television vhicli, at firsi. glance, appears taoi e jusi. anotier ettempi.tat taiermoney oui. ai tie view- crs' pockets. But ove.r tie logrua itsida slod give Canadîais geae varietci- o progran'IIs aa)d a better' quaity ai Canadian- praduced pragrams. And sn retura Canadian cable, suli- acribers should have to pay lcss than anc cent a day la additionaaicharges. Ail ,tilis promise ai a wondcrful new world of television could bce dashcd, hawever, if United States braadcasters balk ai. allow- ing Iheir Canadian Counter- parts ta make large profits on US -produced progranis wlthout paying for theni. 25 YEARS AGO ( 5. 5,1946) Mm.SelnaLee and Alice have e cliured froni a pleas- ant twoý weeks' visitwil lier daugiter, Mms.Per Martin Jr., Brenti, Nai- cmn Ontario. Tic local Board ai Educa- Lion was successful in fi- ing lihrce vacancies, anc ai. tic Public Sehool. Miss Myrtie Hall, Bowmaavillc, lias beca appaiai.ed ta tic si.aff ai tic South Ward Sciool. Those filling tic two vacancies on thc Righ School staff are Miss Car- zoll, fanmcrly ai Flesier- ton, and Mr. Wv'itierspooa, graduate af tic College ai Education, laie af tic R.C. AF. Miss G&,wcndolyn Brooks, daug,4iter a(i ,\r. and Mrs. ',a,3i Brooks, Providence, havî\a ng SI'Ucessfully cani- pýIeted Normial Schooi. lias acuceped a position on tic Oro-ÉnoPbi Sciool teacli- igstaff. D(uing tic. suni- mer ic ttededsummer, ico n l To.rnto and ab- tased lir Iatemmecdlate "Vocal Muisic Supervisor's Mr. aad Mrs. Tom Cari.- wrigi hav-e returned froni a hioiday i. Hastings. Tom rprsgaod fishing in tic Miss Hlen Tait, wlia spent th i summer at Bain, Mun[koka, Il ias rei.urncd homec prier ta goinig on ta lake a special edcucational -ourse poiddfor return- cd arypersonnel. MIr. and M.Arthur Cov- erly, Sli and Sliia spent tic wekend wth Mr. ad M.Jack Dob)sonl, Jane and Mm.- andMs.Thion. Palm- or have retrnd Ifram a delighjtf[ul moI'torip I tiaugiMîchganand Noin- Misses Eileea iiCanii, Pai. Dustan aadiiJeJan Patlia- son 1have W,ice h oîidaying9 i la ie Haiburtndistrict. tnnc fler visiIngfied For mare than Ilire years, the CRTC lias been tryiag ta camne up with a policy on cable televisian which would allow ut and coaveatianal broadcasi.ing ta ive comfortably side-by- aide. Cable syste=i started 'ianacuaously as- cammnunlii merel provdîag peaple with better ,erecption thani i.iey coul d obtain frni an antenna. on their rooIfs. These antenna systcms lad a secoadary ciiei., They reduced, the aumrber ai people watchiag 't1-he local Canadian televisionr stations. As caile television spread, Canadian stations fauad fewcr and fewer pea- pIc tuniag into their pro- grans aad their cammer- 0f course witli fewer 4î9 VEARS AGO (Sept, 7. 92 Soo >Bill i ttnc sehiool ierela1919 visitedJ liere lJasi.wck.Hois imak- iggaod Ipragrons ,ai. Palm.- erston AenueSuhool, To- rato, being la tie Seniorý ForiClans. Doa.y Siaaley, Toroalao, T W. Saniley, "Green, Toiroat ExIlibuia uia Mm. anJdJrMm. iJohn 1,Bel], wlio ,w, e visitialg their wee , lei Sai.ay mara- WVInis who iil on] oy a visit ticere. Messrs. Hre.Jaýmieson], JonStaccyý, 1Hubfferi.S.cy John 1AMrri s, Sydey Mrri fiing ai. Trent River'. 'Miss FAorece M.Bell- iras, Torointo, speat tlie weekcnd witi lier moter, Mm E e[ilmal, "Bain M\,iss CteieE an ica lias rtune t bler scoinear BrigJiton afier days at homne. MrU Wm. Prowe, Brant- fard, and Mmr Goldwin Andi- orson, Loùndon, speait lie weekend ai.M.W.Bc Miss argartMcFecters and nepliew Ronald, Toron- ta are visiag hlirsstr Mmý,. W. , He1(ndeprson. Mm. Onm GamsbyOrno was gues ai.tichePremier King banquet ai. lie Kiag Edward, Wednesday. Ilotel Bowman lias licen greatly beautified wvith a coat aof paint by Rowe Bras. Dr. C. J. Lyoas spont Ilie LabrvDay iliay vilh Mm, and Mus. George Calaand famuy are vîit- cng in Torsni.o, people watching, advertis- ers însisted an paying les moey for commercial time. Advertising revenues af Canadian stations droppcd, or ai. least did net grow enougli ta caver tic escalai.- in, ots of apcrating ia televisian station, The resli is been t ic cretin 'aqa situatlion where iprivate 1broadcasters, aýfter paying for their cam- eras, studios and business operations, have little mon- cy hef. aver ta finance pro- gramming. This leads toaa poorer quality oý pragrani- miag whicli Canadians are less likely ta watch leadiag evien more af them ta tune ia the more expensive U.S. product.. Thc CRTC decided that thie Canadian. broadcast.ing iaidustry was lai danger ai withering away unless sarne way was faund ta start la- jecting money into private broadcastiag enterprises. Tt saw two sources for this mane. Firsi. the caqble syvste1ois whlch appcare-d ta bcliemakýing substan]tial pro- fits. 0f couirse tiie~ cable oey cames frcm the mathy ayient's made who ad xcssfuaidslie- cause thy weren t buing televisýiani coimmercials. The aciKsers iiaon e y taa cmsfrani tic public ln t1ic charges foi their pro- To get tice oeyfroin tice cbasysterns ta the ûconvea-tionial brocIadeasters ther CRTC lias praposed agr-ý(eemets under -whlch cable operators7 will buy pfGrograns froi1 the broad- Thec cble peaýple wauild payle sums for tiese prl-)aras wic he piglit chiannelswihth ey aire required taopea Commisýsion ChIla i rmia n Pier're Jaeusuggests that iia its first yof a opera- A11most ail thle $4 m-illion oudbe uýsed toa payfor Ta get sarni m ore f tic CRTC la a p wt twoý:-fald sciemey1. The first stea is ta strengiticn [tie psioîa thec local station. If It andc a mobre>distant station are broadcasting a p raogm-a !i w\ithin a, week aioac allier, the local statioýn can- require thc cable systeni ta) deleto tic pragrani on the more distant statioa's lin nel aind suistîtute tie local statîaa's version. Tuîs expected ta force aýdv(rtisers ta pay mare 'ta thIe local statios if they want tagIettiWmessagesý acr ons. la the secndsrip aofh schemeir, advertiscers will be abkle ta pay\-conýveatlinal, broadcýasters tao have cni- merdiais inserted inta pro- grarîs ipicked up fran iiit- cd 1-'tates stations. ThsticCanadian broad- cater andcable systeni wil get ic maeyfor 'com- merlal onthe -ýUnited StatC5 ý prprarm, but wnn'i. have ta py acn(ýt for that At, thia pc,ýiiut the CRTC FA10RWELL OLD CAR iVl, ut ooks as tough any more travelingId beor.e summaer bdsus farewevll ihbe onfoot. Kiï-pased ber drLiving testtoday. it wsapet tense morning for bath of uus. Sh1e wa.s afraid she might f ail her test. I was ifri, she might pass it. Just, to ,oplct atesïh turnied mlp for ber test ai 9::30 arnm., only ta diiscov er that, she was sate-d for 3:30 p.m. She d aims it asthi istatke, butm" 1nwn ydagtrIhave a goodl idea who1()Made the ejrrar. tt-s mngdta ork her itnat 10if) . whnsomene e lsýe faiJed to 1 ow Qvup.) So that IeLnt I bad timefor olyabou tread thie moring pper But it gv m hance to look t the eopl prparirigfor' their tests, asin 6ya l boy who ane a dr(3l ces for is otor-cce, ta anlold chaýîp with a lhea-ring .a1id and a- mostindin iis -lef t ey. Botb pa1ssecd. but op 1neyer nmeet eithe ar1 the Then i aécoupl of farner stý;udenits h-ave fial be ailed. They are plesan las, btwhile rneither -is dusnberthaniaiox, nither is smarter. 'Theiir procedure xv-as typical., They' fîlledc oui. theaplcto cards wrong, and hiad ta do i.hem over again. When ,MikE wgas as ked by the officer wbere he lived, lie jerked his thumb at Peter and said, "Two houses dbwn from him" ', while the officer rolled bis eyes. He. wani.ed an address. Then the pair sat down at the--lng £>let ters GO WHIERE THE ACTION IS Bowmanville, Ont. Augustý 30, 1971 Dear Editor: In hast week's papêr An, Interested Citizen would like to sec more editoriais an subjects deallng with what gaes on in Bowman- ville'I. TiceI happen to reside' on King Street, 1T-can as- s re, our Interested Citizen thiat I can relate quite a bit about wliat goes on in the King Street area, especially froas dark until dawa. Many niglits I have si. Jr m-1 îno because I haýýve b een iunable 'ta sleep or been akne by the nij)se. NPot too) many nights from sing untitil cold wea-- thr o w no a ful ight 'sret The follow,,ingar just a f(' ewicdet have seen thiis umerand Icanonly sec, part i, a block: Liquor bcig echanged and par- tknafights, sex acts under m)y win dow in cars, !intoxicýate-d teens being re- movcdfroma car and loi. la a puLblic plIace, two yugboys abo(-ut twcý-lve or fourteca itryiag ta-Lnstair. the car they were drivinig which had stalcd, young girl drunk With arms around parking meter, later staggering into an nllcy, bottles _bcîng deibcrately could rua into trouble, Unaited States-badatr arc not likely ta be happ)y about t hi s arrangement. And If they become stuli- bora about sehing programs to Canada, the result could be a long battie and a lot ai e-runs for Canadians. and Spice table to fioi h rttnts.Tn mint'es later theyc were sitingr,, brbow,, uroewithý abot three aut of forty squjares ticked off, I1 tossed thém rîa, word of encouragement, "tiglit beý easier if you, couild read and witeh" UnfÈazedl, theY just grinned. Peter retorted, "Yeah, we shouldin'ta gonna sicep in ail them there English) classes"- Finlepyiclspecimens btthiey'li probaý.biy -ake excellent but dangerouis. I'ml not implying that the driving tests are easy. They're qulite tOugh1,. -hn1 got rny license, the job af testý Jing aspirants was a politicalsiecre Thie tester told me to arrive at, his place of bDusinecss atqý 6:00 p.m. He locked upit the store, told ime ta drive hIim hme abot igt locks, I av hilm twci Whe mywie gt ers sme ten years later, it, was the, sa-me procedure. The police chief had her pick ýhlm iu,, ai. the office, they drove aroundi thrcc or four blocks and she i.ook hlm home ta lunch. (At his place,, not ours.) f To day there's a whole battery ani physical tests, a written test onlth rules of the rond, and the actual drîv- ing test. Aý good many p ieo1ule are flunk- ed, and Imalfor, thatý. Whati.dral like tonsee i's a complsortstfo. EVERY divrabout ecytoYears, and a good stilffane. Could you pass, Jac, wýLith yoYie color-blindness? Could you passý, lady with your total inability ta paralle'1 park? Could you pass, Grandad, wlti your arthrii.is? I think a great many ,'of us would be put out ta pasture. 1Anyway, Kim returned. I expe,,c _I ta, see her with a face as long as a foot. She was beaming. My heart sank. 1 There's going ta be a figbt hjere every day untîl she gets back tao sclhool. to the (Scittor roealcy used for lava- tory, vcry yaung teens an streI-Cet unaccampanied at anc n., which caused me ta wonider where their par- ents nmust lbe. Thesef are just a few things'- which happcnied on ancestreet. There is pIlenity ai nise ateat nIighýt froni motorccles ad raciag cars wimth te occ:.Luans bhowing ]liorns and cahiag oui. ta cachIi other as they pass. What good Is a spced lupu. ora bî-law for naise? Many times I have gotten, up and have seen my neigli- bars also sitting in their windows because tlicy tan couldn't sleep. I have seenl a police -cruiser drive by, but have neyer seen an af- ficer walking on King Street at night. I'm sure cveryone knows there is littie. danger of seeing a police officer ai. aight, s0 tliey are therefore very laold abouat their acts. To lic truthful I have seldoni see n a policeman on King Street during the day un- lesa lie was shopping or had been called ta an ac- cident, but I have seen aid peapleý cry frani nerves and lack ai sleep and have donc so myscîf. I'mi si-ra aur Police Farce are co- operative, but i do agréé that wc shauld have 24- -hour patrols sa that these things would 'lie si.opped. It i5 lime samething was donc for Bowmaaville and its residerits. I realîze the Police cainnot lie every-, whcre but het's go where the action is. Rcply ta Interestcd Citizen. OBITUARY ELVA JEFFERY Suddenly ai. MeralHcis pital, Bowmasll, "on Augue5t lIlth, 1971, kVirs Elva Jeffery passed away at th1e age -0f 71 years. Bora ina East Whitby Tw. ship the formeor Elva Eitta Van Dyke, theý daugliter ai tli(i late George and Mary Ar Van Dyke. Living lier tci. hood days in the Base Linm ar-ea, she attended, Base Line Scliaol, S.S. N\o, 3. On- April 26th, 1922, she married Cecil Jeffery who -predleceasecl lier in Mardi. 1962. Sic lived on tic Jeffery homstcad ai. Maple Grave until 1963wenshlejtoak up residence with lier daugbi. ter la a ncw ihomleoan thle honiestead propertyv. She wa an active housewif c and ard. cnt lover oi lier hiomei(. A faithful meniber of MapjLnie Grave United Churcli. Lif e Member ai United Chureli Wamnen and a member afi the Womea's Institute. The deceased is survived bly lier anly daugliter Doreeni, Mrs. Stepýhea, Dovie and four grandchuldren, Mary Ami, Arthur, Jeffery and Earl. Olie sister, Lela (Mrs. Floyd WAil- louliby), Calgary, Alberta. The funeral was ield on Augusi. l3th ai. 2:30 p.m. i. tic Morris Ennemi Chapel with Rev. David Harris aof- ficiating. Jatermeni. was at the Bowmanville Cemeterv. Fallbearers were Ea)rl Van Dyke, Stan Ogle, Alan Tre-vail, Harold Pascoe, Gary Jûfrierýy and ýKeiti Crago. Floral tokens were fýrm Maple Grave Uni ted 'Churcli, WomenIs fastitute, friendai, neiglibours and relatives., Kissing Off the,,Babies Tt is traditional for the mothor ai the bride ta weep a bit ai. the wedding, and somebow we feel sometbing the sanie with the announcement that aur youngsters are ta have the rigbt ta legal mranbood and woaianh.oad ai. the age of 18. The young people are niaking gice- fuli noises about achieving the age ai renponsibiliîty three yoars befomo i.hey execedta but few of theni have reai- ly. stopipod lta tbink abouÀt bath sides ai thepîcuro sa IPa editoriai in The WinhamAdvncelims.As wo oldrr fol 1ks iookn b'ack wecansec ittle cause foreain in reacbing anm age ai. whicb ail theo worieCs and duties ai aduit life came codn n I. is trucl, of cours'-e, that some ai the teen-agers nmaY hoeiated because no anecRcn question their rightta b uy a baIlle ai bazoe, but those who want la drink bave nover bad too much troub'ýle in findîng someone ta do their buigfor them. More important is the fact that parents -need no loniger be x'sponsibie for obligýations ta pay debîs wbich their 18-year-oid off-spriag may acquire.. The signratuire ai any persan oaver the age ai 17 wl become legai anid binding aiter the new law is enacted. Though some ii,indlgent parents may continue ta foot the buis for their ovor-age cbildren, qioa iew ai tbcm will ho inciined ta ici. the yýoun-ger huyers moot their own limit wil h the oppDoritÙpity ta,,voloe ai. electioa timez and for qiea iew teen- agers Ibeir decinions about where ,,ta mark a ballot wili h o rc than a.t itie unnerving. Althougb somo youag peo- pie are sufficiently aware ai the res- ponsibilities ai citizenship ta cast their votes inteliigently, >vant numbems of them--don't know the slightest ihing about government ai. any level. We do not suggest that tbey are eiîher. irrosponsible or stupid becauise they know sa littho about the affairs of their, municipality, province or nation. Il s sù-mpiy a matter ai heing isntr cstod. Mont teen-agers' midntnd taý be occupied with more exc,îtîng tig than poolîii.is. Thoy lbave the maiP re onr-~ ous decisions ta their eiders, ai. leAt until marriage and personai cames croat,ýe a need for cooper i.bought. Il may ho, however, that witi. hp opportunity ta participalo fuiiy in the political affairs ai the nation the youing people wili have more reason ta con- cern themnelves with the responsibili- tien ai citizenship and wili coyote rm-ore attention ta such matters. Il was amuning ta wilnoss the urii animaus- approval with which the ai~ nauncement about the lowered votiig ago was received ia the Legisature whe'n Premier Davis proclaimed thie -lad ti.idings. There muni. bave been some members prescrnt on that occasion who were ions than eni.husiastic about the wisdom ai the move, but in view of the 412,000 additional voters ta ho woa- cd, not a single voice was raised in protost. Il would ho wonderfui if ail 'Libe parents in the province bad sýuch fit in thrryounigstems' ability t o abadle thle affairs aOf aduit 111e ai. the age qo1118. By Bill Smitey aind DistntiPast From the Statesman FMiles Phono 623-3303 cou m