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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July Happiest Wa If some of those countries and peoples engaged in wars of different :types in the world could have witnessed the American invasion >and the subsequent good time that ,verybody had making new friends, they might do well to follow the ¢xample it set. It not only was the shortest war in history but one of the most colorful and peaceful. The setting was ideal, ,,the ammunition left no casualties. C S~ ~U ~f -eous Many readers must be finding the :elevised events taking place at the Olympics as fascinating and even unbelievable as we have. The _éourage, strength and stamina of the ithletes taking -part has been 4amazing, indicating quite clearly that with excellent training and dedication, the human body still has a long way to go before reaching its ultimate achievement. The fact that so many records have been broken in widespread -events speaks well for the advances that have been made during the past four years. Of course, some credit must be given to the superb facilities that have been provided and in some events, the improvement in timing devices and equipment. But, the athletes too have to be superior to any that have gone before them. The women athletes especially are making tremendous strides in all fields. We watched the finals of the platform diving the other night and saw those young women do some fantastic twists, turns and flips from 33 feet high in the air. There were eight on them çloing eight dives of a complicated nature and every one approached perfection.. In fact, we have no idea how the judges could establish an accurate difference between them in a matter of a few y 28, 1976 Section Two r in History Even the weather cooperated to make it a comfortable encounter. Now, there undoubtedly will be a return invasion at Rochester some- time in the months ahead, but for sheer enjoyment and good fellow- ship, this Port Darlington war of 1976 will be hard to beat -- it had everything, and our hats are off to the Jaycees of .Bowmanville and their counterparts from Rochester who brought it off in great style. ompetitors, seconds. Apparently, the judging is in fact, one of the weaknesses still to be overcome because at times, politics and national pride still plays a part, and that is going to be difficult to correct. From the size of the huge crowds that have been attending almost every event, the general public is showing great interest in the games. Probably Canadians will be inspired, to play a greater part in promoting greater involvement by govern- ments and others now they have seen first hand what is required to win medals. We certainly have the potential athletes and the resources to make certain we play a bigger part in the Moscow games in 1980. But, we'll have to begin preparing now and make every minute count to be successful. That's the way it's being done in the countries that are walking off with the most of the honors. With only a few days left before the games are over, we'll hope there' aren't too many interruptions during the evening and maybe the odd afternoon, so we and you will be able to enjoy watching the best athletes in the world making their finest performances. It's been a great show. Enjoy the Holiday Monday is Civic Holiday, a day of went on when they were away. And no great importance other than it others probably pick one up to see if gives folks a longer weekend at the their picture or their float was halfway mark of the summer and for included . . . and we hope, to see that reason will -be most welcome. what bargains they can find in the The only problem in this business advertisements, where the auction is that when there's a holiday on a sales are being held and so on. Monday, everybody has to speed up What is bothering us is that Civic both before and afterwards so the Holiday means that the summer is paper will come out on time. Also, in half over and we are heading down some spots such as the Village of that stretch that brings us *closer to Newcastle, the holiday weekend is the next holiday, Labor Day on Sept. .,sed for special events like a Lions 6th., the day before school opens for Carnival, ball games and the rest the fall term. It must doesn't seem that require news coverage. So, possible that July has gone by so some of us are usually around, to raphidly-and winter with its oil bills is take care - of those things with creeping up on us so quickly. pictures and the rest. But, enough of that, let's enjoy the But, we shouldn't complain, when holiday and hope the weather is things are happening it helps to ideal for anything you have in mind. make the paper interesting so those Drive carefully, don't swim alone who go to the cottage or elsewhere and, if you are going to be home, for a rest or a change make certain drop down to Newcastle and enjoy they read the family journal when the weekend of fun, games and the they return home, to find out what big parade on Monday evening. or Laughs It will be a great day when Cana- dians are able to look about them and find Canadians suitable for every conceivable publie role. A man who could be kind. A writer who put James Joyce in the shàde. An actress as electrifying as Marilyn Monroe. A Beethoven. A comic to make millions around the world laugh, like Bob Hope. That day hasn't come yet, though, and frankly we don't think it matters. So let Bob Hope open the Canadian National Exhibition and good luck to him, not to mention the treasurer of the CNE. Hope has been chosen for that honor, and John Sewell, a CNE directorwhosespecialty in publie life is marching out of step, is unhappy. "He has nothing to do with Canada," Mr. Sewell protests. Mr. Sewell's outcry is a sample of the hypernationalist's myopia. Mil- lions of Canadians who have chuckled at the antics of Bob Hope for donkey's years could tell Mr. Sewell how much Bob Hope has to do with Canada. Unlike Mr. Sewell, few of us feel that to be Canadian we must wear hair shirts and blinkers. If we're to be induced to pay for a show, want a good show. Other directors of the exhibi defended the choice of Bob H( CNE president Julian Porter saii chose him because of the Bicentennial. Alex McGivern po ed out that Mr. Hope, although American now, was bornin United Kingdom. Assistant gen manager Howard Tate noted t both American and British citiZ had been selected to open p exhibitions,. One wonders why they don't sp their minds honestly: the CNE show business, the idea is to attr the crowd, Hope is a star and a g one, and there is no Canadian tl could match him as an attraction1 Canadian audiences of the C] kind. If anyone has any doubts ab( how badly someone like Bob Hope needed, look at the list of Canadia who, along with Hope, will addrE the directors' luncheons during t Ex. Robert Stanfield, Steph Lewis, Senator Keith Davey. Oh, Canada. - Peterborough Examim Durham County's Great Family Journa! Established 122 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating The BowmanviUle News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by IHE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario LIC 3K9 JOHN M. JAME Editor-Publisher S r GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. 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July 19, 1976 Dear Mr. Editor: Has Durham Regional Council, in its "planning process", heard of greenbelt areas, open space? 11f so-, -I strongly urge these elected representatives to consider the preservation of Oshawa's Second Marsh as essential. The future of Darlington ProvincialuPark would be seriously threatened by indus- try on the Beaton farm and a harbour where the marsh now lies. If the Second Marsh is lost, it is only a matter of time until this entire open space will be "eaten up" by bull- dozers. At this time, I also call upon other residents, of Durham Region to become vocal and demonstrate their concern over this threat to a vital link with nature in our area. Yours truly, Dorothy Boden Dear Editor, Mary Morris, & Readers,, I guess none of our couneil- lors felt irritated by my rebuke at that council meet- ing, not one of them has mentioned it, either personal- vor wrin- àn I îy nr urifton I, Ocln,-uJe5ss otas o 1U1 we as they can see things they don't worry about the public gallery. I must add that this is tion not the first time they have ope. been oblivious of the public. d he The unilateral decision to U.S. place all the town's new int- industries to the west of Martin Road is another recent 1 an unthinking decision of our the council. We must all be eral thankful that Region realized that such a last minute decision would not be proper. ens With that rebuke our council past has now ruled that planning will be a closed door affair! Will they never learn? Our eak only hope is that they be made is aware of section 61 (1)(b) of acet Bill 162 which deals with ood publie meetings during the ood planning process. In other hat wordsdo it the way the Region for did, but please stay away from NE last minute decisions. Region- al Council saved you from the embarrassment of the indus- out trial designation, we can only is hope that the O.M.B. can save region from the present in- ns correct designation of the ess Second Marsh. So, dear coun- the cil offer all the alternatives to en the people then make your decision on their input. Don't arbitrarily make decisions behind closed doors, whether ier they be council or hotel rooms. I was happy to hear that we are one step closer to having our District Health Council, it was one of the better ideas of our Conservative government. I had understood that the Council would be answerable to Queens Park, but now it seems it will answer to Regional Council. We can only hope that Region does not interfere with the council's function or alter the council's recommendations beyond recognition by playing politics with the council. A special word of congratu- lations to the Jaycees and all those involved in Bowmanville Week. It was well conceived and well staged. It just goes to show that Bowmanville can get things done and done well. Before signing off I would like to throw this month's bouquet at the James Insur- ance office for joining those too few downtown merchants. who have invested in the enhancement of downtown Bowmanville. Hurrah! Yours truly, - Dennis Sadler Dear Editor, There is nothing that bo- thers me more than the policies of some companies when they affect the society as a whole. I will elaborate on this in great detail in my letter herewith. On Thurs., July 22, '76 at approx. 12:45 p.m. I was entering the Bank of Montreal Parking Lot and was confront- ed by a youth wearing an attire associated with the Bank of Montreal. The youth was courteous but he question- ed my purpose for using the bank's parking lot. I replied I was not patronizing the bank but using the lot for the purpose of parking only. He replied that I should park elsewhere as the parking lot was "Private Property" and for the Use of Bank of Montreal's Patrons Only." I could have lied and stated that I was to the bank in question butwmy upbringing and morals would not allow this. The closest spot I could find to my bank, being the Royal Bank, was across from the Canadian Tire Corp. Store on Church Street. I was parked at a Parking Meter and as a result I had to pay 10 cents for the right to park in a town where I was born and have lived for some odd 20. years before I could even get out to patronize the town's stores and bank. This bother- ed me greatly. After leaving my bank I immediately proceeded to the Bank of Montreal to question or at least find some logical fexplanation for this action taken by the bank. I believe the chap I talked to was the1 Accounts Manager and his response was that of a 100 per cent first-class company man. I must explain I patronized the Bank of Montreal several years back and because of personal reasons I switched to the Royal Bank. The response of the Bank of Montreal's personnel was as I expected, defending the youth's action entirely. But, please explain to me one point. At this time when Bowmanville is cele- brating a Sidewalk Sale and at a time of great enthusiasm throughout the town, why would a bank insist upon enforcing this law of a private parking lot! I must admit I have used the bank's parking lot thousands of times over the past couple of years but never once had been confronted by a bank personnel. I can't plead ignorance to the sign but I believe legally speaking when a parking lot (privately or publicly owned) adjoins a public street or laneway accessible without any bar- racades or gates, the public may use the parking lot for their parking use. If I am wrong in my thinking please, Bank of Montreal, set me straight by stating the statute in the law concerning this issue. It amazes me that at a time when local merchants are crying that the localnpeople are not patronizing their stores that this Bank would improvise this bit of what I call poor tact and discretion. The logi e behind enforcing this ,point at this timne isý beyond me and I would hope that someone from the Bank would approach me publicly or privately and explain to me in great detaii a logical explanation for their action. I feel that if more compan- ies took the same or equal actionas did the Bank of Montreal the patronage to local stores would drop even more drastically because why should someone shop in Bow- manville when they can go, for example, to Oshawa's Centre and find more than adequate parking space and find the same articles and usually for half the price. I will end my letter by saying this. I feel through your actions in this handling of your parking lot you have only left yourself open to the worst of enemies and that being the human thinking mind enwrap- ped with the ideals of a free democratic society. Yours truly, Donald W. Mcknight Editor's note: Frankly, your argument doesn't make much sense to me. The B of M has a private parking lot for their custo- mers. Why should theypro- vide space for the Royal Bank or any other business in town? Other merchants own a park- ing lot at the corner of Church and Division and charge for the service. If the B of M didn't place some control of its parking lot, it would probably be filled every day with cars driven uptown by employees in stores throughout the busi- ness section or others. Agriculture and Food, Graduates on Increase Graduates from Ontario's colleges of agricultural tech- nology numbered 460 this year - - a 10 per cent increase over 1975, it was announced today_ by Agriculture and Food Minister William Newman. A total of 1,153 students were enrolled in the two-year diploma courses offered at the colleges in 1975-76. About 1,300 students are expected to be enrolled this fall for the new school year. Mr. Newman said that about 200 of this year's graduates will take up farming as their permanent occupation and the remainder will go into agri- business. Ontario has four colleges of agricultural technology - - at Kemptville, near Ottawa; Ridgetown, near Chatham; Centrahia, north of London; and New Liskeard, north of North Bay. The Ontario Agri- cultural College at the Uni- versity of Guelph, through a contractual arrangement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, offers similar two-year diploma courses. Diploma education in agri- culture and food began in Ontario in 1904 with 46 graduates and only at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph. By 1976 the total number of graduates had swelled to more than 9,000. Mr. Newman suid that although 75 percent of the graduates are from courses focussing on the primary agricultural producer, a wider range of programs is avail- abe to students, all of which "1contribute to our diversified food production industry." The six courses available are: agriculture, home eco- nomics, agricultural mecha- nics, animal health technolo- gy, agricultural laboratory technicians, agricultural secretary. -y- %PP REPORT, During the period between the 8th and 25th of July the Ontario Provincial Police at Newcastle investiguted 35 motor vehile accidents and over 100 general occurrences. 25 Years Ago Thursday, JuIy 12, 1951 J. D. Finlayson joined the staff of the Northumberland- Durham Health Unit in 1946 upon discharge from the R.C.A.F., and was appointed Chief Sanitary Inspector in 1951. Ray Dudley left on Monday night for the Aspen Institute School of Music, Aspen, Color-, ado, where he will study with world re-nowned artists Ru- dolph Firkusny and Herta Glaz. Jim Lovekin has informed us that in July the Royal Ontario Museurr plans to have a small field party excava- ting in the ash mounds of a pre-historic Indian village on Washburn Island at the north- erly end of Lake Scugog. Complaints have been re- ceived by Police that young- sters are waiting at the corner of Liberty and King Street and stealingpeas from trucks on the way to the canning factory. (And what fun it was) Chief Sidney Vénton issues a warning against the unlawful and dangerous act. B.H.S. announced the gener- al proficiency prize for Grade IX to X was won by Tanya Goddard. From Grade X to XI by Joan Bartlett, Grade XI to XII Diane Webber, Grade XII George Buchan. Lois McMullen won the Kelvinator refrigerator, Mrs. Bill Wallis, the Kenwood blanket, Thelma McManus a sweater and Sam Danford, Madoc, the Ford car at the Legion Carnival on Friday. The 35 accidents claimed four lives and resulted in injury to 12 others. As a result of investigations into the causes of these accidents 12 persons have been charged under the Highway Traffic Act and one person has been charged with Impaired Driv- ing. Ini the Dim I andI )istant Past4 49 Years Ago Thursdhy, July 21st, 1927. Through the efforts of Noble Metcalf, R.R. 2 Bowmanville several members of Durham County Holstein Friesan Club made sales last week to A. R. Nevinger of Bliss, N.Y., of yearling and 2 year old black and white heifers. Those selling were N. Metcalf 5, Alan Campbell 2, Harry Jose 3, A. A. Gibson 5, J. D. Brown 3, FrediTamblyn 4, Gordon Werry 2. Pupils of Margaret I. Aber- nethy, A.T.C.M., who pussed their music examinations include Sadie Muir, Junior piano - honors; Annie Wilkins, Florence Courtice, Elemen- tary piano, honors; Mildred Snowden, Introductory piano. Elsie Grace Bragg, Edythe Clemens, Margaret E. Mc- Gregor, Dorothy Lockhart and Ada Webber received their InterimrFirst-Class Certifi- cates from Normal School examinations. Bowmanville football team defeated Tyrone i-O on Wed- nesday in Tyrone. Local team members are Jeffrey, A. Lobb, Cowling, Muir, Brown, King, Graham, Burgess, and Nicholîs. Tyrone team mem- bers are Skinner,.virtue, McCullough, Hoar, Phair, Smith, Ashton, Fraser, Mc- Coy, Byam, Referee Reg Harding. Mrs. H. R. Cashourn, Irene, Sydney and Harold, Lachine, Quebec are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lawry Cryderman. Mrs. Lawry Cryderman. Investigation of thefts, break & enters and damage complaints resulted in 5 per- sons being charged with offences under the Criminal Code of Canada. Other charges during this time period include 4 impaired driving charges and 3 charges under the Liquor Licence Act. Sugarl S ndmSle By Bill SmileyN Joys and Like most grandparents, if they are honest, we are delighted to see our grandchildren arrive, and over- joyed to see them depart. Started off this year's summer vacation with a visit from our two grandbabies and their mum. When they left, my wife and I went straight into a rest home for a few days, to recuperate. It's not that they are bad little boys. It's just that they are little boys, with voracious appetites for î everything from mother's milk to 1 peanut-butter-and-jam sandwiches 1 dipped in fruit yoghurt to rides to the car wash to going to the beach to picking strawberries to being told stories to crawling around in the grass being bitten by ants. None of those activities creates any real problem, but, this time, the Lord, moving in His usual myster- ious ways, decreed that it should i rain hard, day and night, for the first i three days of their visit. Well, that eliminated the beach, crawling in the grass, picking strawberries and going for pienics in the park: all the things that little 5 city boys, who live in a square box on c the ninth floor, should do when they I go to visit their grandparents in a ç small town.t And with all that rain, there wasn't a lot of point in going to the f car wash, an experience full of joy g and terror, the supreme moment of' his visits for young Pokey. It also meant that, instead of N riding his brand-new tricycle around a the yard and up and down the 1 sidewalk under the maples, Poke was forced to ride it around in a C s.creaming circle inside the house, a through the kitchen, into the hall, v into the livingroom and back to the a kitchen, shouting a shrill, "Here I f come!" scattering various bric-a- f brac and adults, and frequently running over one hand or other of his a baby brother, who was creeping Y about on the livingroom floor, shrieking with anger when he'd get his feet tangled up and couldn't ' move, or yelling for someone to pick C him up, or spewing up his latest 0 nursing in great, vicious globs.g It sounds terrible, but it wasn't d realiy. It was merely bedlam., I enjoyed every minute of it - when they were both having their t afternoon nap, which almost never t happened simultaneously. S Pokey and I are still the best of r buddies, which is great but can be a p little trying. It's wonderful to feel g the trust as the tiny, tough hand s clutches yours, or you get a big hug and kiss for nothing. g But the other side of the coin is when he won't let anybody but "My w Terrors Gran-dat" put on his socks and shoes or pull up his pants after a "big pee'l or get him second, third and fourth helpings when he wants "more beans." We did get away from the women and children for one idyllic hour when it was merely drizzling, and drove through the park, down the main drag to the dock, and there got out and looked at the big boats and the little boats, and saw a real train and some real railroad tracks. Pretty heady stuff for a little city kid. But three and a half days of solid rain, with two lively, vociferous kids, 21/2years and five months, is about as restful as trying to relax in a boiler factory. I'm just getting to know my second grandson, who labors, or delights, as his mother would say, under the name of Balind. It's a made-up name that sounds nice, so his mother says. I call him Young Bill. In a crafty stroke with inheritance in mind, no doubt, he was given the plebean second name of William. As it turns out, and as my daughter didn't know, it's right in the family, on both sides. He's named not only for me, but for his great-great-grandfather, William Thomson, on my side, and for his great-great-great-great grandfather, William Bull, on my wife's side. Both were good men and pioneers. William Thomson was slide-master at Calumet Island, in the Ottawa River, in the lumbering days. William Bull was the first settler at Colpoys Bay on the Bruce Peninsula, a "fine man, well educated" who was the first Indian Agent in that area. So, Young Bill it's going to be for me, just as Nikov Chen is Pokey, for me. Young Bill began life as a bawler, a fat little guy who looked like Winston Churchill and screamed like the Witch of Endor. In five months, he has improved tremendously. He has lost three chins and now has only one extra one. He has an endearing, lop-sided grin, huge, bright eyes, and a delightful chortle. I think we'll keep him, after all. Well, just to add to the excitement, he kids' great-grandfather made he trip across country to see his second great-grandson. He got a royal welcome from Pokey, who ointed at him, yelled "Dat's my great-grandat," gave him an un- olicited hug and kiss, and from Young Bill, who gave him a drooling grin. A momentous few days, the like of which one a lifetime is enough. Cg