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2 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville .hine 29 1976 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT A Time for Reflection June 25 to July 1st, officially proclaimed Canada Week by Can- ada's Prime Minister and provincial Premiers, promises to be a special one for Canadians from coast to coast. During this Week which leads up to Canada's national holiday, hun- dreds of thousands of Canadians participate in a multitude of activities - some educational, all entertaiming. Co-ordinated by The Council for Canadian Unity, an active non-pro- fit, non-political organization whose members represent each province and territory, Canada Week '76 festivities are now being planned. The celebrations take many forms: there are film festivals, historical pageants, art and essay contests, picnics, parades, teach- ins, band concerts, sports events and exhibitions of all types. But they are animated by a common spirit: pride in the past, and faith in the future. Canada Week '76 is more than just a celebration. Its hope is that it will bring Canadians - some of them separated by more than 3000 miles - to a better understanding of one another. It is a time for reflection. A time to think about the struggles, hardships and achievements of the past. A time to recognize that there are differences between Canadians - regional, political, liguistic and ethnic. A time to realize that these differences will divide Canada - if Canadians permit them to. A time to reafffirm that these differences will be used, instead, to unite the country and make her stronger. Canada Week - June 25 to July 1. A time for celebration, reflection, reaffirmation. Think about it. Abolition Membership in the parliaments of Canada does not confer on anyone special power to know the public will, or the obligation to follow it. The system works oh the premise that the Member, before being elected, is seen by the people to be a person capable of determining the public good and working for it; and that if performance does not match expectations, he will be discharged at the next election. It is an imperfect system but perfection was never the stuff of publie affairs. In voting 133 to 125 to abolish capital punishment, the Parliament of Canada has performed its duty as its individual members saw it. That is leadership of a high order, for the general run of public opinion, insofar as it can be gauged, appears to be in favor of retaining capital punishment, at least as the penalty for the murder of police officers and prison guards. 1 All parties in the House released their members from party disci- pline, enabling them to vote on the bill according to their consciences. No party, therefore, can be seen to offer retention of the death penalty as part of its platform, either now or in the future. Though that promises to make it difficult for the electorate to show, in a future election, its disapproval of Parliament's action, it is in fact a most valuable parable, illustrating how most of us would resolve the contradiction inherent in the feel- ings and the logic pressing us to retain execution as a punishment. The contradiction is that few of us, who favor it would do so if we had to do the killing ourselves. Would we favor the ending of life if we had to take the murderer from his cell, escort him to the gallows, place the rope around his neck, watch his terror face to face, pull the lever and watch the body jerk; cut him down and inake sure he is dead? It is a fair bet that few retentionists would retain that il they were required to do it or witness it each time it is done. Nor would they retain it if they were required personally to shoulder the remorse when, as is sometimes the case, the wrong person has been killed. The parliamentarians are not as distant from the gallows as the rest of us. In voting last week, they stood no more than a few steps from the noose and the trap and the required stifling of revulsion, of doubt, of conscience. Most of them decided they wanted no part of it. Most of us, including those who favor retention, would make the same decision if we were placed as close to the responsibility as that. We do not want to do the hanging; that is the contradiction inherent in a public opinion inform- ed by no experience of the actuality of taking a human life, in cold blood, face to face with a victim bound by ropes. It would have been easy for Parliament and for the government to have bowed to public opinion. Pontius Pilate did. But, there is a price to be paid for that kind of ease, and it is always exacted. Instead they stood by their convictions. For that they deserve the grateful praise of all Canadians, regardless of what consequences follow their decision. - Examiner Bri ish Labor Co-operates One of the more encouraging pieces of news during the past week was the unanimous decision of labor unions in Britain to limit wage increases to 4.5 per cent during the coming year, in line with similar policy last year. In return the British government agrees to reduced income tax le'vels for the lower paid working people. The British unions have at long last recognized the fact that only through self-restraint is there any hope of the nation pulling itself out of a collision course with' total bankruptcy. What a contrast to the situation in Canada, where the Canadian Labor Congress continues to demand the abolition of the Anti-Inflation Board and an immediate return to gallop- ing inflation! In this country the usual demand is for anything from 30 per cent upward and there is all hell to pay when the AIB rolls back a wage settlement to a still-fat 12 or 15 per cent. Organized labor is getting itself a bad name with the vast majority of @4AN JOHN M. JAMES Editor-Publisher ti Canadians , who do not have the benefit of a united voice - and that's too bad, because labor unions have done so much to improve the lot of wage-earners in the past. The main problem with organized labor stems not from the ordinary union mem- bers, but rather from their lack of foresight in permitting their pro- fessional leaders to become too powerful. For example, the leader of one union recently got a 25 per cent raise to bring his salary to $156,000 a year. Naturally such a highly-paid leader is compelled to foment strife so he can demonstrate to the membership that he is worth such big dough. We wonder how long most strikes would last if the leaders were compelled by law to accept salaries no higher than that of the highest-paid union member. No organizer who gets $156,000 a year can really under- stand the hardships of the workman who has been off the job so long that his kids are hungry. -Wingham Advance-Times Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 122 years ago in 1854 Also incorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario LIC 3K9 s GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. "Copyright and-or property rights subsist in the image appearing on this proof. Permission to reproduce in whole or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by photographic or offset process in a publication, must be obtained from the publisher and the printer. Any unauthorized reproduction will be subject to recourse in law." $10.00 a year - 6 months $5.50 strictly in advance Foreign -$21.00a year Although every precaution will be takend ngavoid error, ThebCanadian Statesman accepts advertisîng in is columns on the understanding thaf it will nfloo be jable for an? error in the advertisement published hereunder unless a proof of such advertisement s requested in writing by the advertiser and returned fo The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the adverflser and with such error or corrections plainly noted in writing thereon, and in that case if any error so noedcos fot corrected by The Canadian Statesman its liability shal fnot exceed such a portion of the entire cost f such adverisemenf as the space occupied by the noted error bears to the whole space occupied by such advertisemenf. /V6<f/EQV<f/2/ ZF/T[6 E4~/V/ /Ca)7) Û/kEAfL967-0A'~io I Report From Queens Park by DOUG MOFFATT M.P.P. Now that the House has then, will go out intermittently manville - 623-9155, and my adjourned, I think it will be over the next couple of riding assistant there is Mrs. best if, during the summer, I months. Vi Pilkey. Please call me if I write columns as and when As you know, I can be can be of help to you in any interesting events and mater- reached very easily at my way. ial are to hand. This column, constituency office in Bow- I Letters to the Dear Editor, Did our Council muff it again? A man who has seen Bramalea gnow from the embryonic stageto a model of innovative planning was told our town did not require his services. The reasons for his reflection we may never know, we are told it is a personnel matter therefore closed. I would appreciate further enlightenment. I mentioned the need of a town co-ordinator in a letter to you on May twenty-ninth, it drew little comment at the time, now we hear it almost became factual. If council saw fit to take it to a stage where it was considered feasible, why do they reject a man with more than enough qualifications? Why was the position even considered in the first place? At last Monday's council meeting, they resolved to ask region for an industrial desig- nation on all lands west of Martin Road and south of the Canadian Pacific tracks. No mention of a buffer zone of any type? Region offered council the requested designation with a residentiai buffer aiong Martin Road. Council said NO! What about the residents of the east side of Martin Road, anyone ask them? What of the four residences present- ly on the west side of Martin Road? Why such a request so late in the procedure, I hope it is not to avoid public input? Mr. Editor, how would you feel about Miss Morris and I taking a small column on alternate weeks to comment on the local scene. It would certainly be a better solution than filling the Wavegry Tun- ,ýpel witb more garb'age (marshmallows). If you are in agreement and Miss Morris, would, no doubt, agree also maybe we could add some interest to this year's munici- pal elections. I doubt if either of us will be running as a candidate, I certainly will not be, how about it Mary? 'Tii next time Dennis R. Sadier Editor's note: Might be worth a try. DearSir; I am enclosing my cheque in payment of your account for a 3 column birthday picture and caption in May, 1976. At the samne time, 1 have two comments regarding the June 23 issue of the Statesman. Firstly, I suggest that rather than discourage a continuing dialogue between two of your readers - Mr. Sadler and Ms. Morris - you allow them to carry on. This kind of letter to the editor adds a little more interest to the paper, especiaiiyuto the let- ter's section. Our Canadian papers have far too little of this in their pages. Unlike many of the larger American publications, where one can find continuing opinions pass- ing back and forth between readers, especially persons of national prominence. I think it's good for the paper, good for the letter writers, and good for the readers. 11 Dennis, it's your turn, but' please, let's not get too personal. My second comment con- cerns the letters from the Prime Minister and Premier Davis regarding Canada Week. Mn. Davis' letten was given a far superior place in the paper while Mr. Trudeau's was buried in a later page. While you may not like the Prime Minister or his policies, I find it inexcusable to insult the man and the office in this way. Both letters should have appeared on the same page with Mr. Davis' following the Prime Minister's. I would think thatcommon courtesy and reasonable editorial dis- cretion clearly require this. It seems to me that you owe Mr. Trudeau an apology. Yours very truly, Brian S. Bradley, 24 Waverly Rd., Bowmanville. Editor's Note: We're happy to apologize to the P.M. No offence was intended, there just wasn't space on the Editorial page for both, so one got shifted. You'll also note that Dennis is back again and hopes to stay with us. To The Editor: Re: "Naturalists Seek Ratepayers' Help to Preserve Marsh" June 23, 1976 Although it is not my intention to promote a 'run- ning battle' in your pape with Town of Newcastle Ratepay- ers Association (TONRA) president Ron Amyotte in regard to the Second Marsh - Beaton Farm issue, I do feel it my duty to set a few facts straight for the record. First, I think that Mr. Amyotte has every right to perpetuate his own beliefs about the issue, but as president of a ne- sponsible group like TONRA he should refrain from signing his name as such when in fact the majority of the members of that group disagree with his position. As hie stated in bis letter to theseditor (June 23), a majority of the members of the Board of Directors voted in favor of retention of the mansh anea as a wildlife habitat, and funther, at the public meeting on June 21, the membership voted in favour of retention. That Mr. Amyotte chooses to speak on behaîf of the Oshawa Harbour Commission and the developers is his prerogative, but I would suggest that it is ludicrous that lie should do so without having his facts straight. The letter he had published last week was irresponsible in my opinion in that it was inun- dated with blatant error. Space does not permit me to repeat all misconceptions etc., but I would like to point to a few of the obvious. There is no such thing as The Oshawa Naturalist Society. There was once a group called the Oshawa Naturalists Club, but have changed their name to Dur- ham Region Field Naturalists. This type of error and others point to the fact that Mn. Amyotte bas not kept up-to_ date on the issue. Preservation of the marsh- land will not spell an end to any future harboun expansion, at Osuawa as stated by Mn. Amyotte. We have been over these same arguments many times, but once again I pose Edi*tori the question; if we did not have a marsh to destroy, does that mean we could not have a harbour? Although the Second Marsh Defence Association (a coali- tion of several groups in Durham Region) would like to have the backing of TONRA, I don't think that support is as crucial as what Mr. Amyotte suggests; ". . , can have such impact on the decision of the Ontario lLunicipal Board as to stop the aàbour from expand- ing.- We would stili like to have your support, as TONRA does represent the feelings of the majority of the residents of Newcastle. The Second Marsh is not the onlyHsite for a harbour between Hamilton and Montreal, nor is it the only site at Oshawa, as the OHC and Mr. Amyotte suggest, National Geographic is not the authority on 'birding spots' in Canada, so it is no wonder that they should overlook the Second Marsh in their list. There is no such thing as Lynn Creek; do you mean Lynde Creek?, We don't have "vast acres of wetland . . . on the north shore" sir.' Birds will not simply "move to other wetlands . . ." nor will some "co-exist with ships". Your knowledge of biological fact could be improved. What you base your state- ment "there will be no damage to the ecology. . " on leaves me in total bewilder- ment, as does your statement "it never was a recreation facility". It will, and it is. Your entire section trying to justify the dredging of the marsh by saying that the barbour will improve our environment and add to our quality of life is sheer folly.' You state that harbour related industry provides for 50 per cent more jobs per acre than indus,tries in general is as far from the truth as possible. High yield industries, i.e. General Motors, produce about 30 jobs per acre. You are saying then that a harbour would produce 45. For the purpose of calculation, the planning departm entsof local- ities in Ont., including Osh- awa, use vanious figures for such density, and they say that harbours create the lowest yield per acre (about 6 jobs). The continuous efforts of a few people in our community to insist that the marsh is only for birds is ridiculous; it is for man and wildlife. The continuous effort by some to insist that the whole matter is a question of 'either-or' is equally ridicu- lous. If and when we ever need harbour expansiontat Oshawa, we can have it in the form of an outeraharbour. Wernow have a harbour and a marsh, and we can continue to enjoy the luxuries of botb through common sense and proper planning. Jim Richards, Orono, Ont. Berry Picking ','ie Dear Editor: It's strawberry-picking time again, What a treat it is to go a short distance down the road and pick ail the hennies you want at Watson's. City girls rarely get this experience - they must choose theirsf the Produce Departr where the only juicy ones on top. But, here, we all' together rice-paddy fashio pick them ourselves. It's the back too. And th beneath the lushrgreen fol of the plants are the bright strawberries. No won manufacturers are inspir sell us strawberry sham and bath products. A pro with a ripe strawberry pi ed on it makes one thin early summer, warm d suntans and that first tart1 of a freshly-picked st F NE R R R 25 Vears Ago Thursday, Jun 14th, 1951 Some 75 community minded citizens of the North Ward, turned out in force on Thurs- day evening to launch a clean-up attack on a two acre parcel of land, known as the Franklin DroDertv, to prepare a park for the young people in the area. Rev. James M. Finley, minister of Carleton United Church, Toronto, will be the guest speaker at Maple Grove Sunday School Anniversary on Sunday, June 17th. Markus L. Roegnik, on retiring from the Royal Bank, bas returned to his native town to enjoy retirement. Over 700 people attended the Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary Bazaar held at the Lions Centre last Thursday. Walter C. Thomson, K.C., M.P., elected last fall to lead the provincial Liberals, will be guest speaker at Orono Town Hall, on Friday, June 23rd at a large rally. A three-ton livestock truck went into the ditch, about a mile south of Hampton, at 8 a.m. last Thursday morning, and about 35 calves and four sheep set off across country in a last bid for freedom. The truck was bound for the Darlington Abattoir. In the Dim and I Distant Past 1 49 Veans Ago - Thursday, June 9th, 1927 Town Public School Honor Roll for May, Room 10, Jr. 11-Edward Nickerson, Audrey Elliott, Marion Jewell, Fran- ces Dillick, Clarence Wi- theridge, Sr. 1-Dorothy Goode, James Martin, Helen Foster, Jack Dunn, Diana Leighton. Jr. 1-Alvie Welsh, George Burns, Jean Rundle, Miss Florence Morris, Teacher. Mrs. T.W. Cawker was elected honorary president of the Bowmanville Study Club and Mrs. J.H. Bateman, president at the meeting held in St. Paul's lecture room recently. Mrs. A.N. Mitchell, daugh- ter of Mrs. W.E. Tilley, Beech Avenue, will compète in the Ontario Ladies' Golf tournament in Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Knapp, of Columbus, cele- brated their 35th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, June 1st, when a large number of their friends honored them with a surprise party. The Horticultural Society of the town has issued an S.O.S. call for new members, as the government will cut off the government grant, unless the present membership is in- creased. The membership fee is only $1 so please joi'n now. berry. the picture was completed. So m sHulling the strawberries Matisse kept his room as cold from. shouldn't be work. Lt should be as possible, he weari 1ng an ment done on the back step in the overcoat and gloves to paint at s are sunshine. If I could just paint, it all winter. bend what a beautiful sight that Even the bowl of strawberry on to basket of strawberries would stems could be part of the s for make on a white canvas. The picture with their Creator's here strawberries couldn't be used uniformity. liage for eating then - only their I didn't have a grandmother t red preservation by the brush or mother able to teach me nder would endure. The sun would preserving so I will join my ed to surely spoil the berries - a generation in "returning to poos problem Matisse had in the nature". When I see the red duct early 1900's when he painted a stained fingernails of other ctur- large picture of a woman women l'Illknow they didn't sit k of setting a table which held a down to a boring manicure but lays, magnificent dish of fruit. shared the experience oi bite Fruit in Paris was very dear "putting up" berries. raw- but the fruit had to keep until Mary Ann Warkman Sugarand Spc By Bill Smiley TheThin Line As we ail know, especially those in posh resi who have ever engaged in sports, ail set. there's a very thin linebetween Comes the being a hero and being a bum. ail about it. One day you're at bat, three runs sprung fror behind, three runners on base, the phone pole. count three and two, and you smash You couldn a home run. Two days later, in special sho' exactly the same situation, you P.E.T. Andi strike out. Same man, exactly. First for an hour time, you are cheered to the echo. which is or Second time, you are booed out of local greasy the park. as costly. I'd like to report that most of the Relations time, my wife thinks I'm a hero. But back to o this column has always been noted burping gar for a dedication to veracit. Most of multitude o the time she thinks I'm a um. sulkily wate Not just an ordinary bum. I quote: saw, as a re "Bill Smiley, you are a lazy, But this tin procrastinating bum! " like a honey Don't think I just sit there and take driven by w it. Oh, no. I point out with some gusto guilt, I sneal that she's never held a steady job in evening and1 her life, except as a mother and hotel in the( housewife, that no guy who teaches the lake. T ail day and runs an English Dinner reser department with 10 teachers in it, the car wasl and writes a weekly column, can be away earlyf called lazy. The Old G But it seems we're not talking Everything about the same lazy. She's talking screwed up about evading, short of anything once. Traffi worse than a threat of death, only one bus cleaning up the basement rather of his way to than playing golf. I'm talking about terrific. Din the higher things in life. waiting. As far as the "procrastinating" And the w goes, I'll admit, honestly and openly, think His Am that I procrastinate. decided to le But only in a limited way. I am not something ol an across-the-board procrastinator. for 72 hours. l'Il confess that, from time to As I sat on time, on certain occasions, I have over the lai been known, ail things considered, shopping nex by some suspicious people, who are ed what the1 themselves too aggressive, to pro- today, I cou crastinate. God was in H But the third term in that was right wi pejorative remark, "bum," I will But wait.I not accept, not even from the Old out of the cil Battleaxe. our grandsî A bum is one of two things: a rear gifts. Theyi end; a person who refuses to work. I parents an am not the former, though I have a Gran-Dat a few enemies who would question it. I that? am not the latter. I have worked And one fin since I was a stripling. But I started We got home work cleaning out lavatories, and I storm windo don't intend to finish work cleaning and the wind up the basenent. had been cu Ail this is merely preamble to the great. (I'd fo happy note of this column. Last window and weekend, for almost 72 hours, with lawn that we only a couple of relapses, my wife I didn't let, thought I was a hero, not a bum. see the varle It was time for one of our instructed." semi-annual safaris to the city. You won't1 These are usually pretty ghastly. I lady actual talk vaguely about going to a good sometimes, B hotel, seeing a couple of top shows, lazy, procras and eating a gourmet dinner or two that for an a taurants. She thinks its e weekend. I've forgotten The trunk of the car has m backing into a tele- No hotel reservation. 't get a ticket to that w if your initials were we have to stand in line for that gourmet grub, ne step better than the y spoon, and eight times are strained. We go our second-rate hotel, 'lic which has covered a of culinary sins, and ch a TV show that we -run, last November. me. Ah, this time. It was ymoon. A week before, who knows what buried ked to the telephone one laid everything on. Best city. Room overlooking rickets for two shows. rvations. Next day I got hed and gassed. Sneaked from work. Girl couldn't believe it. worked. They hadn't h our reservations for ic was murderous, but s driver really went out oget us. The shows were ners were excellent, no weather was splendid. I wesomeness had finally t poor old Bill Smiley be ther than a bum, at least mn the 26th floor, looking ke, while my wife was xt morning, and wonder- poor ople were doing ldn't help thinking that His heaven, for once, all th the world. t didn't end there. Going ty, we dropped in to see ons, with appropriate wanted to leave their d come home with nd Gran. How about nal frosting on the cake. e. Lo. And Be Hold. The ws had been taken off, ows polished. The lawn t, and the place looked rgotten to tell the storm the boy who cuts ta 'd be away.) on. Just said: "Well,~I ts have been at work, as believe this, but the old ly said, "You know, Bill Smiley, you're not a stinating bum." How's ecolade?