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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 31st, 1979-7 It's up to you- to stamp out cancer The annual Campaign and Publicity Comference of Ontario Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer Society was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sunday, January 19th through 21st, 1979 at the Sheridan Çentre in Toronto. Over 750 delegates from across the Province attended the Conference. Mr. Charles Trim, Campaign Campaign Chairman represented the Bowmanville and District Unit. The slogan or theme for this year's campaign of the Society Society is "It's up to you". The 1979 campaign objective objective for the Ontario Division or the Province of Ontario is 9 million dollars. In 1978 donations donations from all sources amounted amounted to 8.3 million. The keynote speaker was Mrs, Marvella Bayh from Washington, D.C. who is the wife of a United States senator, Senator Bayh from the State of Indiana. Mrs, Bayh in 1971 learned she had breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy. In February of 1978 it was discovered that she had bone cancer. She stated she has totally changed her life style and is now a deeply religious individual and an active worker and member of the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Bayh stressed that the fundamental points in the fight against cancer are faith, hope and the will to live. The right positive attitude of doctors is of utmost importance for cancer patients as every word spoken by a doctor is carefully carefully and quickly "hung on" Th iin k small by Jim Smith The Mail Must Go Through Some days it's hard to know whether to laugh or to cry. Try this example on for size: Like utilities all across Canada, Canada, the Scarborough (Ontario) (Ontario) Public Utilities Commission Commission (the S.P.U.C.) faces the monumental problem of providing each and every customer customer with a regular bill. Moreover, like every user of the Canada Post Office, the .S.P.U.C. has experienced hor- •, rendous suffering stemming from inept postal service. A spokesman for the S.P.U.C. was reported in the. local press referring to the "complete inefficiency" of the mail system. Bills were delivered late (if at all) and customers regularly complained complained of returning payment in plenty of time to qualify for prompt payment discounts discounts but having their remittances remittances received after the due date. Finally, of course, there is the small matter of postal strikes ("Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail shall keep this courier from his appointed picket duty"). In mid-1978, the S.P.U.C. administrators decided that matters had reached rock bottom. bottom. They arranged for a local local firm, Riteway Distributors, Distributors, to deliver the utility's bills. The private delivery service saved the S.P.U.C. ■ $3,000 per month on handling handling charges alone. But, amazingly amazingly enough, the bills also would end up in the customers' customers' hands on time as well. The net result: less cost for better service. But, late in December, a funny thing happened: the S.P.U.C. received a letter from the local postmaster pointing out that the Post Office has "the sole and exclusive exclusive privilege of collecting, conveying and distributing" the mail in Canada. Thé postmaster postmaster suggested that the S.P.U.C. return to the Canada Canada Post fold, thereby elimi nating any need for the government government to take legal action agaipst the utility. 15 years ago, the Post Office Office threat would have seemed seemed perfectly reasonable. Delivery Delivery through government- financed channels was fast, dependable and cheap. If the Post Office required a monopoly monopoly to maintain reasonable service, then a monopoly was definitely in order. Today, it not uncommonly uncommonly takes several weeks for letters to move only a few blocks. Often, moreover, the block at which the letter finally stops is not the block to which it Vas addressed. Business is generally willing willing to pay an appropriate fee in return fdr reliable service. However, business can't afford afford to wait weeks or months for action on orders or invoices. invoices. The Post Office, having having demonstrated an utter inability inability to guarantee anything remotely approaching respectable respectable service, has abrogated abrogated its right to a monopoly position. Any moderately sizeable Canadian 1 city now contains several dozen private courier services, a tribute to the Post Office's alienation of the business community. In order order to obtain fast delivery, business has shown that it is often willing to pay several dollars for handling of the same mail processed by the. Post Office for 14^. Communication is .t oo important important to be left in the hands of a single inept organization. organization. If the Post Office wants to handle all Canadian mail, it must demonstrate competency in the field. As it stands right now, even Ottawa Ottawa uses private couriers for any mail that must be delivered delivered the foIlowingMay. by sufferers. Dr. Martin Lewis, M.D. M.R.C. of the Department of Pathology Georgetown University University in Washington, D.C. was the guest speaker. In his address Dr. Lewis traced cancer as a disease back to the Greeks and outlined the various discoveries discoveries and methods applied in medicine up to the present time which are and have been used to help cure diseases. Dr. Lewis stated that cancer is indeed a universal disease, but that the more than 200 types of cancer appear in different ratios throughout the world. Much study and research is being conducted on live cancer cells and tumors. Dr. Lewis said that much progress progress has been made but did outline the many, many complex problems facing researchers today. Delegates attended various workshops throughout the Conference. Workshops in urban and rural canvassing, canvassers material, special events and publicity were conducted. After the dinner on Saturday Saturday evening, Mr. Fred Sgam- bati, National Campaign Chairman for the Canadian Cancer Society was introduced introduced by his long time friend and the friend of all crippled children in Canada, Mr. "Whipper" Billy Watson. Mr. Watson oui fined Mr. Sgam- bati's life in education, radio and T.V. Also his personal fight against cancer as well as the work Mr. Sgambati has performed on behalf of the March of Dimes and the Variety Club. In his address, the National Campaign Chairman thanked Spring comes early to Samuel Gallery Spring will come early this year to the Margot Samuel Gallery, Oshawa. On Sunday, February 4, an exciting exhibition and sale of flowers will open featuring works in all media by a wide variety of artists. Tim Campbell and Joan- Marie Dean will exhibit collages: Water colours by Wilma Foley, Janet McGhee, Bent Reinert, Laurine Sage, Sue Tabuchi and Sally Wild- • man; drawings by Irja Ketola; an etching by Jane Eccles and a wood block print by Neil Newton will be featured. Most of the work will be new. Showing for the first time with the Margot Samuel Gallery will be Joanna Glenn Esch, George Raab and John Lander. Joanna Glenn Esch graduated graduated from Ryerson Institute of Technology in 1967, and has exhibited in Toronto at the Merton Gallery and at the Ontario Association of Archi- * tects building. She lives in Toronto and her works are colourful flowers painted on silk with French dyes. George Raab was born in France and educated in Toronto. He lives in May- nooth Station, Ontario, where he works full time as a printmaker. His works reflect reflect his love for the Algonquin Algonquin Park environment which he captures in his etchings and aquatints. Raab has recently had works accepted into juries exhibitions exhibitions at the Pratt Institute, New York, and at Rockwood, Illinois. John Lander was born in Oshawa and graduated from York University in 1974. He has exhibited at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Oshawa, add at the Nancy Poole Studio, Toronto, Currently Lander is working as a 1 printmaker at the Open Studio in Toronto. His ser- igraphs feature bold floral images in vibrant colours. FLOWERS opens on Sunday Sunday afternoon, February 4 from noon until 4.00 p.m. and the public is invited to corné and meet the artists. The exhibition and sale will continue at the Margot Samuel Samuel Gallery, 899 Nelson Street, Oshawa, until March 10th. Gallery hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon until 4 p.m. Telephone 571-1619 for further further information. February is Heart Month the Society for the opportunity opportunity to serve as Campaign Chairman and the assistance given his family and self during the past years in his fight against cancer. Mr. Sgambati informed the gathering that the 1979 national national campaign objective is 16.3 million dollars with Ontario Division's objective being 9 million dollars. Of the .Mrs. Orville Chatterton is captain of this campaign. During the month of February, February, 23 canvassers will canvas the village of Orono. Your gift will reduce the cost of heart disease and stroke. Help you Heart fund, help your heart. "Think small" is an editorial message from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business St. Special Chocolates from $1.29 to $19.95 and cards for your Valentine Midtown. Confectionary and Gifts 983-5242 Orono ib.a million dollars 11 million will be used for cancer research. The National Chairman ended his speech with this year's slogan, "It's up to yoti". 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The sooner you do, you'll start saving fuel. 983-5206 or Zenith 14620 Bowmanville 623-2301 4 '&V6i a Do you knoU> anyone here in Ontario who-through selflessness, humanity and kindness without expecting anything in return-has made this a better province in which to live? That's the kind of person for whom the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship was established. ' 12 recipients are selected yearly by an independent Advisory Council of Ontario citizens whose .honorary chairman is the Lieufenant-Governor of the Province. Anyone maÿ nominate a person for the Ontario Medal, and nomination forms are available by writing: Exceptive Secretary ' Advisory Council ■ Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship Qu,een's Park : Toronto. Ontario M7A 1A1 Making a nomination is itself an act of appreciation for good citizenship. All nominations should be received by April 17.1979. S'- Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship