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PAGE POUR ?WE eAWAnTAN WrATm<AN. IOWMAMVR LE. ONTAE~ -....~ -SWW* SS~ ~ EDITORIALS It Got Out of Hand A eouple of weeks ago, in reply toaa Iciter, w. urged more people to talce great- er Interest in municipal affairs - or quit complining when elected or appointed officiais did something they didn't lilce. Apparently, in Darlirigton Township, they have taken our advlce almost too energet- ical *rig the. recent Hearings linconnec: tionwiththe zoning by-law i h on ship, some pri vote citizens took strong objection ta what was going on and we understand the situation resulted in a 990 name petition asking for a plebiscite on the by-law. Last week and again this week, at least one member of the popula- tion has voiced considerable objections ta what he considered were tactics whîch denied hirm a right ta speak at a public hearing. We commend those people who seem te be taking a great Interest in the zoning hearmng anid hope their interest will con- tinue. Maybc they too could foi-m a rate. payers association as they plan ta in Bow- manville - not ta ralse cain with couricil, but ta further their own knowiedge of township affairs and pi-avide advice ta council and constructive suggestions. Un- fortunately, in too many instances, rate- payera ramse their volces loud and cicar on some particular subject during a council m'eeting then leave the chambers as soori as their specific compiaint bas been dealt with. In our previcus editorlal, we regretted the rash of zoning, sub-division lcontrols and other regulations which secm ta be sweepirig this arca because they bring so rnany restrictions with them. However, we also realize fuliy the need for careful planning and believe that, i Darlington especially, those in charge have made a very thorough job of an extremely diffi- cuit and onerous tauk.- For several years tshey have been faced with growing pains stei pouiatioji cxpanded at a fantmstlc rate, ruring schools and facilities which have piaced a tremendous burden mainly upon large agricuitural taxpayers. The sub-division contrai by-law and the subse- querit zoning reguiatlons were designed ta gradUaly eliminate somne of the dWzrcp- anicies which existed, give farmers a f air break, taxation-wise, anid eliminate th~e mushroom growth of undesirabie build- ings -throughout the township. Apparent- ly, somne wcre not toa clear on the detaiis or the purpose behind the by-iaws and became upset. It lo beiieved recent meet- ings of one kind and another have donc much ta clarify the picture. It must be rerrembercd that farmers coristltute 30% of the population, but they have been pay- ing 41.5%7 of the taxation. One vital point seems to have been overlooked canccrning the recent publie hearlngs on the zoning by-iaw. Our legal adv'isers tell us that the municipal board officiais wcrc acting ini a seiri-judiclal capacty while presiding at these functions whch were neither ariother couricil meet- ing, nor, in fact, a wide-opcn public meet- ing. In some respects the heaririga could be compared with a court of iaw wbere everyone wouid expect that order wouid be mnaintained. We uriderstand that dur- ing the fi-st hearing when small groups were talking anxonig themselves, it was difficuit ta, hear what was going on. That was the reason why a duiy authorized constable was there ta assist in maintairi- lng order last week. The misunderstandings whlch resuit- cd are regrettable. Possibiy, if the above explariation had been made carlier, they might have been avoided. Now, we be- lieve it would be well ta forget the inci- dent. No particular benefit cari accrue ta anyone by carrying it further. TIhis week wc received two requests, one from Bowmariville's Fire Chief Walter Hackriey and another from a private citizen of thie town. Bath were quite war- ricd about the possibiiity af tragic fi-es dues ta the indisririate use of fireworks. Last weck, we published regulatioris set out by Police Chief Bernard Kitney, who is alsa conccrncd about the problem. Thc citizen who teicphoncd was com- plaining with considerable justification that fircworks had been tosscd inta door- ways af apartment buildings, marking newly laid linoleum and gencrally creat- ing terrai- among residents of the building. Wc feel there is no need ta delve fuzthcr into the subjcct except ta appeal to parents whose young childi-en - and some old enough ta know better - might We are deiigbtcd to pay tnibute this week ta the Life Insurance Comparues of Canada who are tryirig ta do samethirig about inflation through a series af wcll- written and pi-csented advcrtiscments. At first giance, it wouid appear ta be a most unselfish effort on their part, but deeper thlnking discloses that they, as weii as everyone cîse has moi-e than a . ssing intercst in controliing inflation. Iowever, thcy must be commended for bcing anc of the f irst groups ta do some- thing about it. Their advcrtisemerits will feature çimpie explanations af how inflation rabs us by making the dollars we, earn worth less and icss jeach year. They point out the abviaus, but often ovcrlooked fact that goverriments must obtain the money they ,pend from ail of us taxpayers - or cisc Sotrnetimes. in its eagerness tar obtain data the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at Ottawa is inclined ta become just a bit too personal. The staff seem ta overlook the fact that, in a town this size, citizens do not take kindly ta having their neigh- bars acquainted with the most intimate details of their living. In the cities it rnight be different. but when one of your friends cornes around with a form fi-rn the "governiTent" w anting ta know how Miuch you make and how much you owe, rnost peopie here don't like it. We don't lay the blame for this recent form on the Conservative Government because we doubt if they know about it, except through press reports. Rather, we feel that someane in the department con- cerned wanted information for a par- ticular purpose, but went about obtaining it in a mariner not acceptable to a major- wttkwhlck tu AconpScit.d tb Ewanil News, The- Newcastle Independont uI dThe.Orona News 105th ye<sr of Continuous Service to the Town of Bownignvilie and Durham County % $4.00 a Yomr, trctly in advCmea $5.00 a Yeq in the United States ,Aut11QT4d as $econd Cous, Mifi 'st office Deportinent, Otta Publ"th y ~EIM4ES PUBLISHING COMIPANT L94ME EowmanvliU*. Ontedfo JOHN M. IAMES, Etiroit be invoived in escapades with fireworks which cauld burri buildings, kI tenants or maim those who werc joining in the f un. Make certain your child brings those fireworks home ta set them off on your own property under proper supervision. We ail want ta have fun cclebrating Vic- toia Day and enjoying the calai-fui display of pyrotechnics. None of us want disaster ta accompany such an event, sa picase ch.eck those chuldi-en if you lave them. A missing linger, a hast cyc, a scarred face or a court case is no way ta mai-k this holi- day. As anc wisc philosopher said "It Is a great deal easier ta keep themn out of trouble, than it is ta get them out of trouble". create it on the printing presses, a pro- cedure which leads ta mare inflation. "You want ta live weli now and ta realize ail your ambitions for the best possible future. That future is ticd up with a sound dollar - a dollar whose pur- chasing power you can depend on". The foregoing quotatian fi-rn the advertise- ments should be read and digested cane- fully by evei-yone, bef are asking for additionai services fi-rn any bi-anch af gaverriment unless we are willing ta pay for them in increased taxation. We wish, the insurance campanies welh wîth thei- campaign af education and hope that other groups will make similan efforts ta put the anti-inflation message across ta the general public. Ity of oui- citizens. In view af the abjections which al-eady have been registered, we trust the practice will be discontinued. It's bad enough for each of us ta know how ntuch money we owe and how little we have ln the bank. But, there is no need ta let the world know about if. That's marc or less private information between us and the bank or the finance company - we hope. A Dairy Farmer Meditates Federationi of Agriculture Bulletin I long for a cow of modern make, That milks f ive days for leisure's sake. That sleeps on Saturday, snores an Sunday, And starts again fresh on Monday. I wish for a herd that knaws the way To wash each other day by day, That neyer bothers ta excite us, With chilîs or fever or mastitis. 1 siqh for a new anid better breed, That takes less grooming and less feed, That has the reason, wlt and wisdomn, To use the seat and fiushing system. I pray each weekend, long anid clear, Less work ta do from year to year, And caws that reach production'. peak, All in a five-da-y working week. 1 look for officiais, by the mob, To guide the farmers at their job, And show these stupid breeders how, To propagate a five-day cow. -Author unknown. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PAGE 17 in the Dim and Distant Past .69 UAis AGO P.5 VEAUS AGO mal , o, 10 oMar 17. 1934 A number ci friends gave Mr. 1&à. C. H. D'udley's iusic and Mrs. John Varcoe a pleais. pupils, asaisted b y Miss Mai-- arit surprise con Thursday even. grtAUlin and The Training ing, M.ay 5th, previous to their Seool Boys' Choir gave a re- remnoval to Toronto. At ter the citai in St. Paul's lecture room. company was seated Mr. S. Some of those taking part Glanville read an address and were: Misa Wlnnifred Riekard, Mns. Mbilip Tyler and Prs. Jas. Alex McGregor, Eric Coombes, Ryan presented them with a Donald Williams, Wil2frid Car- beautiful set of Limoge china ruthers, Miss Olive Jones, Mrs. on behalf of the friends. Wm. Roberts, James Hancock. Thec senior girls cf the Pub- The Home and School annual lic School have organized a publie speaking cantest of the basketball club. The officers Publie School was held in the are: Pres.- T. G. Baker, B.A.; Opera House. The winners Referee, Miss McGill; Captains, were: Junior 4th girls, Kitty K.athleen Knight and Irene Storey; Junior 4th boys, Char- Mann; Secretary, Helen John. les Hoar; Senior 4th girls, Dor- stoll. othy Marnden and Senior 4th Mxi. R. A. Crago noce boys, Paul Symons. the ngagmen ofaernounces Home and School election of et edagemt rcf he yardg-officérs resulted as follows: estes. daug.hter CularLyne an Mn. A. l. V. Giles, Toronto. The P-sMs m lre s wedding will take place quieti! Vice Pres., Mrs. J. Thlckson; in .îune. 2nd Vice Pres., Mrs. N. Taylor; Sec.-Treas., Mrs. M. Gibson; Misa Lizzie Spry lef Tues- Reporter, Mrs. F. Spry; Pianist, day for Weyburn, Sas., to visit Mrs. E. Wood, Ass't Pianist, her saster, Mrs. Chas. Wor'den. Mns. Rass Grant and Roll Call Mrs. John Worden, Darlington, Sec., Mrs. Thos. 'Gould. accompaniied her. Mrs. Alan Williams announces Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ruse have the engagement of her daugh- returned to Toronto, after ter, Gwendolyn, to Mr. Adoipli spending the winter in Mexico. Koldofsky, the marriage to take A drawlng-room entertain- place on May 26th. ment in aid of the organ fund Mayor W. R. Strike Is en- will be held at the residence of joying his annual fishing trip Mn.. W. H. Martin, Concession in the Laurentian Mountains in St. on May 23rd. A lecture wil Quebec. Reeve R. O. Jones îs be given and Miss Henderson, acting as mayor during his ab- Miss Martini and Mr. Harvey of sence. Guelph and Major A. E. Me- Among those attending the Laughlin will furnish vocal District Conference af Rotary music. International at St. Catharines Mrs. W. W. Down, Mrs. J. P. this week were: Mr. and. Mrs. Osborne, Miss Maude Knight C. T. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Miss Carnie Knight went to Cryderman, Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Ravenna last week ta attend the Siemon, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Wm. Stutt, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ren- Hallett. Decea.sed is a sister of der, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wil- Mrs. Wm. Puley. liams and Mr. and Mrs. George Solina-Mr. Arthur Baker is James. expected home from Saskatche- Mi-. and Mrs. H. C. Osborne wan this week. announce the engagement of Hampton-Mr. M. Robbin.i' their daughter Helen Gertrude, heavy team ran away with the to William Leslie Eagleson. son waggon doing a mile and a of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Eagleson, hait in good trne; flot much Oshawa, the marinage ta take damage done. place the middle of June. Haydon-Mr. R. J. Asht.on Solina-There were about 100 has purchased a new McLauglh- present at the Institute meet- lin Buick and motored ta Co. ing when the Junior Institute bourg on Monday. and Hampton Inotitute were Tynone-Mi-. Arthur Virtue our guests. Miss Lena Taylor caught a 13-lnch trout on Fi- gave a vocal solo and Mi's. Isaac day weighing one pound. Hardy a piano solo. Mr. W. Challis is varnishing Among those taking part ln his buggy for the 24th. the program at aur Mother's Orono-Mr. William Stutt Day service Sunday aiternoon lost a promising Prince Priam were Francis Wotten, Donald colt. Yellowlees, Miss Verna Milison, Mr- C. G. Armstrong has Leonard Vivian, Gordon Scott. erected a windmil and installed Clifford Miller, Miss Ella Mill. a water system at his residerice. son, Grace Yellowlees and Miss Mr. Perey Rickaby junior at Lena Taylor. The following ba- the Standard Bank Bowman- bies were baptized: Elma Marie, ville, is expected- home fer a ',daughter of Mr-. and Mrs. A. P. few weeks' i-est. McKessock; Don Arthur, son of Mr. Laverne Cooper recently Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Pascoe purchased a very prom-ising and Emma Ruth, daughten of 3-year.old colt sired by Han-y Mr. and Mirs. Everett Cryder- Wilks, dam by Zyca. man. Dr. F. W. Rutherford has Blackstock - Mrs. Clarence hu.ng out his shingle at Mays- Marlow was appointed presi- ville, Mo., and bas already se- dent of the Victorian Women's cured a good run of business. Institute at thein annual meet, Newcastle-Mrs. Black, nee ing. Vida Scott, and infant, Regina, Orono-Mr. Alden Haw sue. are visiting her aunts, the ceeds Mr. Jack Cooper as clerk Misses Lee~ before going ta Ma- at the Corner Store. Mr. Cool,- hone, N. S.' er lias taken a position in Osh- Mrs. William Pickard car-ied awa. a liandsomne bouquet on Moth - Miss Jo Armstrong who spent er's Day, a nemembrance from the week with her mother, Mrs. her son at Port Arthur, which C. G. Armstrong, returned to she placed on the Methodist Hartfond, Conn., Saturday by Church altar during the service. moton. £R e/i9go for Froni the very earliest tinies death has desolated the bornes of this eai-th and filled the lives of men with sori-ow. As tbey have bast their loved ones and friends thi-ougbout the ages, they bave asked the question, whîch was asked by the Patni- ai-ch Job aven two thousand years ago: "If a man die shail he live again?" How otten, as we have stood with bneaking heant by the grave ot a fnicnd, we have ask- ed ourselves: lIs this the end o! 11e? When this body is laid in the g rave to dissolve into its original elements cf dust end ashes, la this the end ef being?" Ôh, how our hearta yearn for sanfie definite assurance that déàth does ftot end aIl; that there is lite beyôrid the grave, and we shahl meet oui- loved one again. We lon g"for the toucli of a van- ished hand and the sound of a voiée.that Ita ill",* and we cWj with Tennyson: '"Ah, Christ, that it were possible For otie short hour te se The seuls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be." But ne one bas evcr cor-me back from that land which Shakespeare describes as "the undlsiéôvcred country f r o mn whose boum ne travailer i-e- turns.99 A dear frienid of mine, an Arnenemu phSsician, told me that sanie years ago he becarne exhausted from eçcssive work. and he decided té h ave a rest at a quiet resort I Northern Michigan. Hia wife and ber aister otfered fe accôuipany hlm. As they were drivlng late In thse eVénîng, tawards their dest-- inÈtion, the 4octor was seized wvitb painid d lstress, and he knew a severe heart-attack was Imminent. He stopped inimed- lately at sor-ne tounist cabins, and obtained Iodgings for thie nighit lie iay down on the bed, while the ladies madle enquiries for a doctor, but none were available in that area. Consequently, lie bad to write out a medical pre- scription for biniseif. The ladies huri'ied away to find a place wbere they would be able ta ob- tain tb.e medicine, and he was lcft alone. The docton's dlstress became more poignant. He thougbt he would sui-ely die befone bis wife neturncd. I asked my friend when he told mie the stony, i he were afraid to die at that citîcal time and in that lanely ý lace, and he answcred: "No! at at alh! Do you remember that aId Gospel Sang, we used ta sing?"' "Be nlot dismnayed whate'er betide, God will talce cane et you; Beneath His wings cf lave abide, God will take care o! yau." "lThose wonds kept running thi-augb my mi, and as I pnay- ed I entered ita an ineffable expenience of the presence and lave, and peace of God. I was sure that whatevcn happened, niy Heaven1lr Father would take cane of me.' God did take care cf hlm. The doctar recovened and lived te be a very aid man. He dîed i perfect peace, and ln the assurance he wauld live again. He expected te meet again hi. laved ones and ail those tniends whom lhe bad loved long since and hast awhile". The bedoved Quaker peet, John G. Whittien. had a similar taith and believed in the loving and constant cane of an ever- present God. He wrote: 1I know net what the future ,hath O! marvel or surprise, A MacDuff Ottawa Report Run on ti OTTAWA- Eaeh sprlng, countless millions of tans of snow an the high slopes of the Rocki« m~elt in the beat of the sun, and a thousand rivulets pour into the Upper Columbia River. A great flood crest buldsu p, rushes northward. around the Big Bend, and heads south across the U.S. border. There are no mani-mode dams ta hait it on the Canadiari reaches, anid its speed is siowed oniy by the wideming of the river at Arrow Lakes. The flood sweeps dowri across the bord- er; there it bits the giant dams on the U.S. section of the river, dams like Grand Couice, Bonneville, anid McNai-y. The reservoirs f111 behinci the dams~, and then the Columbia's flood waters spili over the dams and race down ta the sea. When the long summer ends, the reservoirs drap, power output draps, and Amnerican power officiais and consumners dreamn of being able ta capture the spring floods, and use the water whenever it is rieeded. Their problem is that they have milked their section of. the river dry. There are no new reservoir sites. The solution, of course, is ta use the great catch basins on the Canadian section of the Columbia River, ta build storage dams at Mica Creek, a dam site high on the Big Bend, at Arrow Lakes, at Calam- ity Curve, Murphy Creek, Reveistoke Canyon, and a haif dozen other locations ini Canada. Fromn an engineering point of view, the plan Is flawless. From a palitical point of view, it is fraught with complications. Until hast Deceînber, these same Ameri- caris thought that ail they had ta do was ta enter Canada and build the dams. At least that is what they sald they could do. This was their attitude, after 14 years of Cariadian warning that Cariadian storage was going ta cost thcmn plcnty - plenty meaning about 50 per cent of the additional power produced in U.S. powcr dams. Ini December, the U.S. gavernment finaliy agi-ced that Canada is entitled ta share in that power - anc of the iarg- est blocks of hydro power stili undevelop- ed in the world today, over 8,500,000 kilo- watts. The International Joint Commission, set up in 1909 ta adjudicate on internation- ai problemas between the U.S. and Canada, is trying ta arrive now at a final settie- ment. Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, the Cariadian ca-chairman of the I.J.C. isn't divulging what is goirig an at the frequent negotiation meetings, but there arc the usual leaks, and none of them paint too happy a picture. The United States Army Corps of Engineers is involved in the battie of the Columbia, and now appears ta be the Major stuib.ling block. The engineers ai-e cdnstantly seeking ta build thcmselves-u>~ by tackiing new and bigger pi-ai cts, par- ticulariy power dams. They want ta build a dam at Libby, Montanna, on the Koot- E he IRiver$ enay River. On the. surfacehé appartab. nmuch of a connection, bUt ei ;nglneers'pi for Libby couid upmet the ent=re e ble for the ColumbWa Canada is opposed te 1*. Our oei. eers want ta dlvert the flood waters of tii. Kootenay north into the Columbia. It too wilI be trapped behind storage dams, and let down the main stem of the Columnbia ta generate power ail along the. stream It wil mean moepwer, and will ce# less money, as much as $300,000,000 lésé '4hen conipared with the total cost of developing the Columbia, $4,000,000,000 (billion) $300,000,000 doesn't seem much of a price to pay for harmony, but Canad't negotiators are adamant. Tbey haven't made a single concession yet, and they. aren't liable te, in future, because logic an4 right are on our side. Itappears ta be another case of the "4generals" running the United Statés, In the face of an administration that is dylng a slow and iingering death. Canada can't wait forever. We néed power soon, and if we can't make a deal. on the Colum~bia we will have to look elsewhere. B.C.'s fantastié grawth requires pow.i! er, and thermal plants, atomic plants, theý Peace River, and even the Fraser Rivêrý can produce thé power that ohould conie fi-rn the Columbia. The best advice fér,ý and iet's get on, with the job. Capital RU! lCapsule. Federal cabinet ministers are wolrritd'. about what might happen if they enter1' the Manitoba and Ontario provincial elec.~ tion campaigris. And provincial Tron..s: arc just as worricd. Reason: Opposition' politicians are nat fighting the Robliri and' Fi-aost administrations as much as they are the Diefenibaker administration. In Mani-', toba, the federal budget is 'being. used - against Roblin withtli ffect. Se is' the govei-nment's no-diice answcr ta the farmers' demands for deficiency paymnents. Howcvcr, there is ittle doubt in Ottawa. that bath Roblin and Fi-ast will go backj with majarities. The case of the Red Chinese shriip' and soy sauce embargo by the U.S. isn't, over yet. Prime Minister Dicferibaker' believes the U.S. ban on Canadian trucks: shipping Red Chinese foodstuffs throughý the U.S. in bond on their way ta, Eastern ý Canadian cities is a biow at the principies' behind thc General Agi-ernent on Tai-iffsa and Trade. A strong protcst is being pre- parcct Ottawa officiais are snappirig up copies of Lionel Chevricr's book on the, ,St. Lawrence Seaway. It g*ves a rMti- sight into the problemns of' dealineith-_ the United States, from a mari wh net headed the Seaway. -:éSUGAR, and SPICE:-ý May la one of the ffiônth6 in zhe- year when 1 would give a gi-eau dleal te be able ta relax an-d live the ful life. it l crié cf tbose r are transition mionths in Canada, like October, that are exhil- arating ai-d enticing. May cari tui-nan the beat until you're oh the point of prostra- tion, then, next day, when youvc doffed the long under- ivear, corne up wlth a banc- chilling winid thiat can cundle youn blond. ItIs a m'onth of unfulfille promises.. Thse trout seasOil opens and your meutis wa- ters ov'er the prospect of a pan full ef spcckled front, fnled In bu tter. But fisc streamas are fo high. or toô low. Itfs toc cold or tee hot, teo wlndy or toocaclin, and! you're glad thec Old Lady re- membered tia order smre hamburger. ini May the golfer bas bis Assured alune that life and death His mcncy undenlies. And sa beside the silent sea I wait the mufflcd oan: No bai-m fi-rn Hlm can corne ta me On ocean or en shore. I know- pet where Is isiazids litt Tueur frônded palms ln air; 1 on ly knaw i cannot drift Beyond His love an-d care." Faitb in God as aur lavlng Heavcnly W'ther, Io fer many p ensons sufficient evidence fon lite after deatls. St. Paul.- ini is Second Letter ta Tirnothy says that Jesus Christ l"abolished deatli and bnought life and inimontality ta light thnough tue pospel." Jesus gave ne proof, no details, answered ne curlous questions, but He taught Hi. distiplés that there was anothér state o! eing after death in definite moral continuity with the present. That great Christian teacher. Sherwôod Eddy, once said: "One wha knaws Jesus Christ and a living, loving God i a satisty- ing and expanding spiritual ex- périence, will have no daubta about the future lufe." Shah -we Ilve again? Are we imortal? Thé answer af Christian faith la, a gionlous af- firmation: "lVes! We shaîl live again! There ta lite afté? deatis!" ic temper of a turtié. But 'm i'hot kicking too ffuch. In the ntidst of lite thene la déath, in the rnidst o! pain, pleasure, and s0 on. And In the mid.st of playing mid- wife ta the music festival types around oui- bouse, I leanned saine ubinga, receivedmi' some thrills, and enjoyed an unexpected stroke of good fortune. 1 iea.rned that kide ean take their lumps with as mueis cemuosure, or more, than aduits. Kiin biew up, huis. wlde and hanhsome In her, first festival pletc this ycar. Al l th way bomeé, aie and ber mother shot looke cf hatred at eacis other, emeh ready te burat lutô tears, whiie 1 remarked on the wea- tiser, pointeci out good flshiiig spots, and generally tried te keep things in the cald war stage. 1 thought the cild would be through with festi- vals fonever. But nèxt day, back she went, played like a treoper, redcembsg herseif and restoring tlhe status quo in tise family. Il * * T'hen there was Hugh's tii-st performance. Playing a Bach. prelude lie bas stumnbled and furnbled with fon the past month, he pulled aUl the tat- tered ends ite place and turned in a nearly flawlèss performance, probably the first and la.st time he'll ever play that piece without a bobb. Ônly festival parente kriow whàt à lift that can give you. Tise, camse thée fina l pioc of iuek. It was Naturels ay of eompcnsating, 1 gueua. Tise iither nigist, lu spite cf thse exigencles o! my position àa temporary ired help, 1 mari- aged t. slip away for a jew minutes fising, pust before dmrk. I knew it was luopeles, but 1 jutt wanted t. get awàr long enough te proserve Uic remisante cf my self-respect and sanity. '-Wcnt te niy favourite holg. Sure enougli, samebody wa there uiiaad tfnie. I u up the. stneam, broffndhi, hurled thé worm intO a Pl I knew was a blaniç, sa Y could sit down, llght a cigar- ette, and let the lino drift n.arve.soôthing peae. 1 1- tied intô a rainbow trout1ý1 li. sbouldn't have betn thér*. 1 shôuldri't have beéi' thoNè. Maybe he was trving te get away fi-cm bis family, toc, poor dèvil. % I Be Careful with Fireworks Yes, We Can Aff ord It! A Bit Too Personal Dispenscd by Bill Smiley finest hour. He doesn't ex- pecu much, bis fi-st Urne out. because be hasn't swunig a club in six months. But he tees up and bits that finit bal about three miles. Twenty- minutes later, he's slicin«, hooking, whiffing and miss- ing 12-inch putts, but that first sti-oke did it, and hesà hooked fan anather season. Itsa the month when the shinker who bas been goint te fix Up bis place for thse last four years takes a trip on himseif. And that's about ail he takes. He doesn't take the ashes out of bis ceilar, the Iunk eut et the back yard, or the sterm windows off. But be does take a firm grip on blmself, -and threat 'ens all manner of dine renovatians, before succumbing te a f isb- lng rod, a golf bag, or a cold beer. May is a moiith that leaves nme really frustrated. I've fin- ally lost that mean rniserable look Ive been toting around siiice February. Life beckons. NMx blood doesn't exactly houl wihâ tbe eu.< usy of spring, but it does ernit a gentle burp or two. Ini ready to stroll a sti-eam, gaze at a golf course, grouch around the garden, or' at least look at the lawn. Se what bappens? Tm plunged willy-nilly lnto the annual music festival. For about two weeks, while thse trout are ail cauuht by othors, the. golfers get a big start on me, and thse lawa and girdeni return te the jungle, 1 must play dresser. second, family pyschiatnist, walling walI. eld philosopher, and maid-of-sl work. ote ctempermentàI musicians In the family, andi their coach. Just because I dont know a cadenza fromn a cockraach, an allegro from an alligator, I amn looked upon as peer white trash around aur plaCe, at festival time. Iýespite this, 1 amn useful, therefore tolenat- cd. AI! It involves is: gettlng &IU the meals and doint aIl thse dishes; taiking half.days off at the office and working lîke a flend to make it up; cern- fortig the losers, Mother and cilid. when tbey get Jick- cd; suftering thse agonies of Fremetheus durin;ftie per- formance; trylng fia keep thc performers from falling off the giddy helghta of triumph. when we wln; and g.nerallY leadiug a 1f e tiat would try --P*or rcvw l' tât âËâAýe luip id&L »mý 1