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/ 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, December 15,1993 Section Two Former Publishers Rev. W. R. Climie, 1854-1878 • M.A. James, 1878-1935 • George W. James, 1935-1957 Produced weekly by James Publishing Company Limited For 139 Years, Our First Concern Has Been Our Community Publisher - John M. James Assoc. Publisher - Richard A. James Plant Manager - Donald J. Bishop Ad. Manager - Brian G. Purdy Editor - Peter Parrott Production Rick Patterson, Ross Fisher, Laurens Kaldeway, Doug Lugtenburg, Sharon McMullen, Barb Patterson, Ralph Rozema, Jim Snoek, Vance Sutherland, Jim Tuuramo Advertising Laveme Morrison Editorial Brad Kelly, Lorraine Manfredo, Laura J. Richards Office CCNA PAID Angela Luscher, Junia Hodge, Grace McGregor, Nancy Pleasance-Sturman, Marilyn Rutherford P.O. Box 190, 62 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario, L1C 3K9 905-623-3303 Fax 905-623-6161 Christmas Seal History Dates Back to 1903 The origin of Christmas Seals dates back to a stormy night in December of 1903. The scene is a post office on the outskirts of Copenhagen. A postman named Einar Holboell was sorting huge piles of Christmas mail. As he went about his work, he paused to look out the window and noted that a ragged little boy and girl were walking amidst the swirling snow. Holboell couldn't help but notice the contrast between the misery of the children on the street and the expressions of goodwill that were contained in the stacks of Christmas letters and parcels he was sorting. And then he had an idea. It occurred to him that if each letter or parcel carried an extra stamp, the revenue from the sale of such stamps could help support unfortunate children. The postman shared his ideas with fellow-workers who received the proposal enthusiastically. By 1904, the first seals went on sale. The first seals featured a picture of Queen Louisa who,, along with her husband, King Christian IX, supported the project. Since the monarchs were popular with their subjects, sales were very successful. In fact, the campaign was even more successful than the postman had hoped. Literally millions of stickers were purchased by post office customers. It was decided that the funds would be used to help the many .children who suffered from tuberculosis and were among the most needy The rest, as they say, is history. Neighbouring nations of Norway and Sweden look up the Christmas Seals cause. The idea crossed the Atlantic in 1907. Initially, the goal was to sell the seals in order to help fight tuberculosis. And, with a broad base of support from the citizens, school children and the media, the seals were successful. Over the years, the scope of the campaign has widened, so that the Christmas Seals now fight all forms of lung disease, including lung cancer, emphysema, asthma and tuberculosis, which is again becoming a health concern in some areas. The Lung Association, which organizers the Christmas Seals effort, hopes that some day, Christmas Seals will stamp out all lung disease. Your Christmas Seal funds are at work right here in the Durham Region. Among the programs made possible through the Lung Association are better breathing programs for adults with chronic lung problems, smoking cessation programs, and asthma education programs for both children and adults. One of the asthma education efforts is offered right here in Bowmanville through the asthma outreach efforts at the hospital. This year's Christmas Seals campaign needs your help. The Durham Region Lung Association is hoping to raise $185,000 in Durham Region. But, as of a few weeks ago, only half of that amount had been turned in. The provincial goal is $5 million. December 13th to 20th is "Mail-in-Week" for Christmas Seals fund-raisers. The Lung. Association hopes you will pull out the Christmas Seal letter that you received earlier and mail it now. Although many agencies are seeking funds these days and many donors find that their resources ai'e spread thin, the fact remains that the Christmas Seals still have an important job to do. Please help. If you do, thousands of Canadians will be able to breathe easier. Reader Offers Suggestions For Next Year's Phone Book Letters to the Editor Dear Mr. James: Thank you for the big type telephone telephone book. It is a very handy reference to have specially since I do most of my business in the immediate area. There is however one flaw with this listing. It does not include the phone numbers of Courtice residents who are west of Trulls Rd. A prime example is my own phone # 434- 4699. We definitely reside in Courtice Courtice yet we are listed in Oshawa. In order to make your book more accurate and useful it would be advised advised to include all Courtice residents in your Courtice section. I realize that this would take a great deal of effort. May I suggest that you utilize the Town enumeration listing to achieve this goal. Sincerely, Still a very satisfied customer Diana Williamson Ed's note: Thanks for the suggestion. suggestion. We'll work on it for next year. 1 guess 1 was wrong! I always thought that our soldiers, fought for freedom. Turns out it'sj something called tradition. Too bad,; really, because now I have to figure! out which traditions they meant. Is it still OK for men to wear earrings earrings and ladies to wear trousers? (help me now...which one was sup-; posed to have the long hair?) And which traditions do we designate designate as Canadian? More difficult yet 1 to calculate is whose traditions those brave souls were fighting for in the first place, since there were so many fr by Rick James Dear Editor: In reference to "Thoughts Unlimited" of last week, and the Filing Fee and Questionnaire which is supposed to be heading my way for completion. If the future policy of the newspaper is to demand a fee of $50 in order that my column of information for the constituents of Durham East, under the heading of "Queen's Park Report" be printed, then I will of course pay that fee. In fairness though, I would hope that all other contributors will pay the same. The tone contained In the column "Thoughts Unlimited" attributed to Rick James, is In my opinion, tantamount to blackmail. blackmail. For someone who has been given the awesome power accorded to the press only, and abuses that responsibility in order to further further a fantasy of being the government itself, leaves me to ponder for the future of duly legislated legislated laws in the Province of Ontario. What's next, car registration, after all the government government has all the information from the previous previous year, so why should we have to renew? Sincerely, Gord Mills Take a look In the mirror, Gord, and see who's calling the kettle black. First of all, no, we won't be demanding $50 from other contributors to the newspaper. Since no other Individual or organization requests requests $50 a year to update such simple Information Information as our name and address, It wouldn't bo fair to them to ask for such a fee. In fact, I recently completed a similar questionnaire questionnaire for one of your own ministries at no charge. From your response, I would expect you to interpret my tone as "an eye for an eye," but i prefer to view it as "just getting even." As for the "awesome power accorded to the press only," this really means a lot to me coming from a government that has the ability ability to dissolve any corporation in Ontario for the sake of $50. Nobody holds more power, and has used It more irresponsibly, than your government. Since being elected, the N.D.P., has driven a spike into the heart of individu- : als and business with labour, equity, and income income tax legislation. Last week, you added a 2% corporate minimum tax just to make sure no company can pull out of this recession. Nothing stinks more of abusive power than your policy of "white males need not apply." And just to be sure that you are following your "Big Brother agenda" you added photo radar to your list of accomplishments last week. And finally, what other body has the power to not acknowledge Christmas? Instead of Christmas parties, we must have "Employee Appreciation parties." Instead of a Christmas Tree, It must be known as a "Festive Bush." It's not permissible to say Merry Christmas, we must say, "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings." I can't wait to see what you're going to do to the Easter Bunny. Fortunately, Ontario residents do still hold the power of democracy. I just hope that the damage your government has caused In the last three years can be repaired by your successors. successors. Merry Christmas. Rick James nations involved in the numerous conflicts we celebrate each November November 11. Golly, it was everything from Frenchmen to Gurkhas (remember them? - they were the ones with the funny headgear). I understood that real freedom meant freedom for all so long as none should be offended. It seems my list of offences needs to be reviewed. Some things just don't offend me the way I'm told they should. Have I no sense of what is important important in life? I guess I was wrong ... I just don't understand it all ... I must be nothing but one of those (arghhh) freedom freaks. I would like to believe that most veterans feel the same. Let's hope that the present headwear issue will be swiftly resolved to everyone's satisfaction. satisfaction. Let love and tolerance and goodwill to all be the order of the day. Then it will tmly have been all worthwhile. John Manuel FÜ1 by Laura J. Richards Just One Of Those Weekends Have you ever had one of those weekends that just goes from strange to weird and begins on Friday morning? morning? This past weekend was a klutz's nightmare. And it began on Friday morning, while watching a peppery spray demonstration at Durham College. College. The police were demonstrating exactly how their new pepper spray weapon works during the opening of a police training program at the college. I had the unfortunate experience of getting some of the spray on my face when the wind shifted. Holy cow! Bum??? My face burned all the way through an interview with Durham Durham MP Alex Shepherd. It took about four hours for the flushed face to get back to normal, even after splashing cold water on it. Next, on Friday night, I went home to find a huge gob of a fur ball up chucked by one of the cute felines that inhabit my apartment. It (the messy gob) was on the cushion of my favorite favorite chair. I have seriously begun to think about having the cushion redone. redone. On Saturday afternoon, a friend of mine and I went down to the Animal Sanctuary open bam near Newtonville to get the low-down on the animals and take a look around. I was met at the gate by Rev. Bob McKenzie, I told him who I was and which paper I worked for. He said I could go ahead. Once into the tour around the two- floor bam with Bill Valliere, the animal animal keeper, I listened while he spoke about the conditions the animals had once lived in. From the sounds of it, the animals arc much better off at the sanctuary than being used as part of an act with Continued on Page 3 We Asked... If you could have anything you wanted for Christmas, what would you ask for? .. .And You Said Asked at Central Public School Erin, Grade 2, Shayne, Grade 1, Laura, Grade 1, Sliawna, Grade 2, Miss Flintoff Mrs. Murphy Mrs. Murphy Mrs. Doty "Sally Secrets a doll "Jurassic Park with all "A doll - Baby All "Snow. Ten feet to that has stickers that the people and dino- Gone. She cats food play in." come out of hcr." saurs. I asked Santa and there is milk in for it." her baby bottle." \e\l week's ipu-siion: ll von u'li'br.Uv C hristinas, .tie \ our uisioms ,m\ Uillerent Iront votir parents' I low'