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Central Public School's Jr., Third Class of 1923-4, m% Season and we hope that 19t5 will bring you and yours t e very best of everything. 1. have appreciated the su -port weh ave received fr7qmeveryone during the past yehr and we look forward to coritinuing to serve you in Another photofrom yesterday has turned up courtesy of George Weekes. It shows the Junior 3rd class at Central Public School, taught by the late Greta Wickett. Mr. Weekes has identified some of the students and other surviving class members will probably have fun taxing their memories to remnember others., Here is his list: Back Row - Roland Bates, Lester Highfield, - Chenery, l3ea Mitchell, - Mary Martyn, Norah Hayward,' Aima Morris, Lena Barrett. Second Row - Marion Hamm, Eva Tuli, Marion Lyle, Theresa Luscombe, Marion Allun, Winona Caverly, Geraldine Williams, Marion Leggett. Third Row - - Mc Lean, Willie. Irelanci, Roy Lunney, Jack Weekes, George Weekes, Lefty Bentz, -, Clara Ashton, Eve1yn Goddard, Dorothy Blake. Standing - Archie Woods. Fourth Row - - Moise, Bert, Mutton, 1 Tomlinson, - Robinson, Stephen Death, -, Bob Cale, Bob-Bates. Front Row - Frank Bflunt, George Ives, George Veale, Victor Marjoram, Morley Oke, Bruce Cameron, Joe Barton. 1975. Again, A Very Merry Christmas toeveryonein A Durham Sou & op aturl 'G s Industryz Durham ot&y. o Improvement Assoc. Annual Meeting Mdo This year, the Annual Dur- or ca tf r 1 7 NÇext year must be a year of decision for the natural gas industry in Canada if we are to avoid the energy shortages now being experienced in the United States. 1 Contrary to some predic- tions, there will flot b e an acute shortage of gas this winter in eastern Canada. It is true some utilities have asked their industrial customers to eut back their natural gas demand during the coming year, but ail of these large users are signed on interrupt- able contracts and have ac- cess to alternative fuel sour- ces. The utilities say there will be a sufficient supply of gas to exist'ing customners for the cuing winter, and Trans- Cp"aý d Pipe-Lin.es, which supplies these utilities, states most emphatically it expects to meet all of its contracts duriniz the 1974-75 winter season. Ail reports point to the fact that' 1975 appears to be the year of t h e beginning of increasingly short su pplies in many parts of Canada - the situation has already arisen in British Columbia - and in order to avoid this, immediate industry and governmental action must be taken to bring our future supply-demand re- lationship into balance. There are several ways we can accomplish thbis. One would be to encourage explor- ation by eliminating the un- certainty that currently exists in the producing sector be- cause of a lack of firm policies on long-term pricing, royalty rates, land regulations and taxation. A second, and equally im- portant step, would be to corne out and hear these two gentlemen speak as we feel it will be a very informative day for evervone. Get It In Writing A simple written agreement between a farmer and a su pplier or contractor will go a long way towards prevent- ing Civil actions between farmer and supplier. With basically verbal agreement,-,a farmer hQa only a bill of sale to faîl back on if something goes wrong wi th the work that wvas done or the item that was supplied. Mr. L.E. Beliman, Agricultural Engineer with the, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, points out that throiigh his involvement with a number of these Civil actioris, he has found that misunderstanding and not dishonesty is behind most ýof the pîroblemi. Such misunder- standinlgs can occur at the tinieotnurcha.se or _aftrtbt purchae is made and repairs and-or services required.' Contractual Agreements Can Be IRelative1y Simple An outline of wh at is expected in~ the purchase, delivery dates. payment sche- jjmlesrespouî iIt. - - 1de îvery an d the g uarantee shol be agreed upon by both parties. The lengtti of time covered by the agreement sbould also be included. The more that the new unit affects farm income, the more impor- tant it becomes to have the agreements in ýyriting, points out Mr. Bellrýan. If an automated feeding sy stem breaks down, for example, and the two parties cannot agree on who does what in the guarantee, then the dairy farmer's production~ is affect- ed. Cornplex machinery and siîaîycomplex farming patcsmake such agree- ments necessary in4 many farm operations. Signed con- tracts will help boti sides understand what is ex crted' and prevent disagreemne1ts before they- start. expedite frontier gas develop- ment. InduÙstry surveys into supply and requirements indi- cate that if our use of natural gas continues to grow at its present rate, with.littleor no new, gas being found to augment our existing suýp 1Y we will have an unsatis iied demand of some 600 billion cubic feet by 1979. Industry and independent consultants repurt that the frontier areas hold a huge ultimate natural gas potential. Our energy p~icture will be determined by 0ow quickly arrangements can be made to bring this gas to market. This is no easy task, however, for there are miany gTO AL OUR FRIENOSI g Heartiest greetings of g the season! It's always g a pleasure to wish Our g ffiends the very best! S WHYTE'S g UPHOLSTERY g And Staff M 2-5252 g Bowman-ville > eWe'd lik-e to join g ein on the chorus eof good wishes tâj you'during this ~hoIiday season! N. J.Alljn SMeat Market 9 King St. E. Bowmanville obstacles to be overcome before this gas will become available. The issue of native dlaims will.have to be settled. Expedited reg ulatory pro- ceedings must b e establîsed, financing will have to be sought, and it must be clearly authenticated that environ- mental damage from piplin construction can be heldtu an acceptable minimum. t takes tîme to build a pipeline, particularly through regions as inhospîtable as Canada's North, and an early decision is essential if we are to avoid the predicted short- faîl from the existing supply areas. We are currently using more gas than we are produc- ing and will continue to do 50 until our reserves are depleted unless we boîster our supplies with fruntier gas., A third way to keep our supply-demandi relationship in balance would be by pricing gas in certain end use cate- gories so as to encourage the use of alternative fuels. Over, the past decade do- mestic g as demand bas in- creased by an average annual rate of over '10 per cent, almost double the annual growth in total energy de- mand. This growth rate re-, flected low gas prices and the advantages of gas as a fuel. As gas prices increase to levels comparable with alternative fuels, this growth rate will moderate. We must also emphasize the importance of energy conser- vation to the consumer and encourage the continuing re- search and developmnent pro- ram mes carried on by thé industry through the Canadian Gas Research Institute which bring direct benefit to the customer through the develop- ment of new and better gas burning equipment. Although we are facing a possible natural gas shortfall in the next 3 or 4 years, the cutting off of our exports would only provide temporary respite. W e must live up to our légal contracts, for failure to honour existing gas expurts would damage our'credibility as a trading partner and would, most probably, impede the financial assistance neces- sary to bring our frontier gas to market. nreasing federal and pro- vincial involvement in the energy field could be a good thîng for the niatural gas industry if their deliberations are directed- at; assisting frontier developmnent or cush-_ ioning the blow of the increas- ing costs of energy. But every day that Ottawa and the provinces keep the industry in' a state of uncertainty by haggling over their respective slices of the pie, brings the country one day nearer to the peoint when there may be very littlepie left to sluce. Hopefully early in 1975 Sovernment and industry will âelberate the feasibility of. building a pipeline to bring frontier gas to market'. If we are to avoid any real eniergy shortages, it will be essential that ail levels of government poiethe framework of natina policies which will permit, the' development of these new en ergy resourc es to proceed without delay. Durli o AriNews May jour hollday -e Sb. bright with the Sglow of friendship! ý TOWNE SUsed Furniture MA 19 Temperance M Bowmanville M s~Seasons Greetings to County Farmers Ail of us at the Ministry of, Agriculture and Food in Bowmanville woul like to take this opportunity to wish ail farm families in the County the verv best for the Christ- -Ch(Ïstras May it be a, madel YuIe for ail, filled mwith dreamns corne true. Special thanks ta aur friends. Fro m Ail of Us at D',Angelo Homes In Camelot Village Bowmanville Sorne people befleve thatVrub- bing a ty nîne tumes with a goldaenu wedding ring wiUf cure it. '4 1~v Section ,,Two The Canadian Statesmran, Bowmanville, Decembl,,23, 1974 The dealers and Ut 'p Talki Corïi uter ers get immediate, Have you ever engaged a Oshawa. The computer repie1 asers to their computer in a letter-writing either "Code de contact s'il- about the status o contest with frustrating re- vous-plait" or "Security Code The work loads at sults? General Motors of Please". The dealer code and dfistrbuindpersonn Canada believes that it has the order number then are enter- dituc n Reson answer to the imnpersonal ed. A telephone data set at d d epneof computer approach. - Oshawa relays the message to customers and GM ,l GM has a talkiný computer. the mini computer. Lt search- alike is the saine a Furthermore, it is h frt es its files, prepares the computer's sign ow bilingual computer in the"MciorThnYol world. An older unit could only speak in Englisb. The new n speaks French as well. one Avisit to one of the miany General Motors automotive dealerships in -Canada which is using GM>s new audio response system now will get r ou a verbal answer directly rom te Oshawa computer in, either English, or French. GM of Canada established an audio response system in 1970 to commence with pro- duction of 1971 model year vehicles. LIt provided partici-, pating dealers with an order à inquiry service through the J use of a touch tone telephone, c mn an audio response unit and a C m n computer.yourwa Technoloy has advanced dramatically in the înterim years and GM's new system w.tngreetings M offers' substantial improve- ments. The vocabulary h as been greatly expanded and the Oft' esn computer is bilingual. The voice is authentic now rather ' M yteihe than soundin like a mechani- j 's' e ih e cal simulate9human sound. Before the advent of the audi reipose sste, awith both love and laughter! M status of a customer's order A. . RI0 KK K, telephoned a GM Zone Office.S N A Memployee.checked a umnh i report received.by mail and d5jb@ u Yâ provided the answer. How-Im eilEsAgn ever, the data could be several meilEsAgn days old. Bowmanville Using the GM of Canada's latest System, all production reporting fr.om assembly plants, in Canada and the United States is processed by the Oshawa main computer near the end of the night shift. The, information is passed to a mini computer disk file and the main computer cuts off from the mini computer for 24 hours. This eliminates the need to communicate with the main computer every time a dealer requires a status report on! a vehicle and improves the .service to dealers, especially atý peak caîr' times. The new system has 15 instead of eight lines, a second factor in (- improvement of service. To use the system, a dealer dials a telephone number on a touch tone unit to connect with the mini computer system in I N