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FAUXCAAIN TTMAEWMNXL. UFOURLRS.~, A 81,18 Fnr Ratter Informed Public. M I~I %dimoi In an effort te provide better, more. cômplete news coverage o! Bowxnanville's municipal affairs, The Stateinnan made a1 request this week' ta council through Mayor Carruthers ta be permitted ta sit in on Board of Works Department meet- ings when they are held twice montbly. Our information is that the request has been denied on the gr'ounds that this is a comniittee meeting. The press will be issued with a report o! proceedings as soon as possible after the meetings. The reason behind our request was ta enable the press ta give more adequate information ta the public concerning council's affairs. Since the establishment of the bi-montbly Board o! Works meet- ings, coundil meetings have become mere- ly the ratifying body for enactments which have already been completely dis- cussed at these closed "committee" meet- ings. Undoubtedly, this procedure has speeded up council meetings, but has lef t the press - and, more important the public - almost completely in the dark concerning details o! the discussions. Il would not ho Sa bad if the Board of Works meetings confined themselves, strictly ta Board of Works matters, but as the full council usually attends, they have, in fact, become unofficial council meetings. We sincerely regret this tendency among municipal bodies, flot just town council, ta ovexlook or disnegard the long- standing importance of keeping the public informed by providing facilities so the ut. most in detailed background data van be presented. We fully realize that municipal affairs have become extremely complicat- ed, consuming a tremendous amount of tinxe, effort and energy by members o! council wbo stili receive* only nominal renxuneration for their thankless, neyer- ending task. We aiso know from ex- peinethat, without the press present, conilrs wbo May be publicity-shy or inhibited in their remarks because tbey may appear in print, can speak freely and, undoubtedly, the processing o! the huge pile of work ta be done can be speeded up. More important is the fact that under these conditions, the general public has no opportunity of ascertaining who stands for something and who stands against. The only thing they know is the final resuit in a by-iaw or other action. We have great respect for the i- dustry, the sincerity and the abiity of the capable members of our Town Council, and we have no desire to either present any of them in a wrong light or to criti- cize them for any 'actions they have taken during their term of office. They are doing an excellent and conscientious job. But, we do urge them to give more consideration to the need for allowing the press to keep the public informed of the public's business. An appearance of secrecy only 1reds suspicion and mis- understanding - and council should be as interested as we are in preventing that. Thinking of Leaving School? These are the days when young students and their parents in Bowman- ville, as elsewbere througbout the cou»- try, are giving tbougbt ta tbe future of those gnaduating from aur secondany schools. The graduate bas reacbed a mile- stone in life. What will ho or she do now? Wil tbey plan bo take advanced education at one of aur universities or colleges or go out and accept work, ho- lieving their forinal education ta be at an end? Thene was a lime when most people beiieved unless the student planned to go on ta a professional career, such as mhedicine, the' mirnistry, dentistny, phar- inacy or engineering, that a Grade XII diploma was ail that is neoded. Tbis is rio longer the case. ..National Employment Service of the tUnemployment Insurance Commission bas recently published a little bookiet entitled "Are you thunking o! leaving school?" It is a littie pamphlet that every boy and girl who is thinking of leaving scbool should read. Very briefly the book points out that faux' years ago when jobs wene fairly easy ta find, two out of tbree o! the unemploy- ed bad not gone beyond Grade VIII in school, altbough the average education of ail working people wvas much higher than Ibis. It is easy ta see, then, that people with oniy Grade VIII are more often out o! work than those who have attended secondary schoal. And people witb only one or two years o! secondary scbool are nearly as likely ta, be unemployed as those who have only Grade VIII. Ini short, the more schooling you have, the quicker yau will be able ta f ind a job and the better will be your chances of keeping it. In these days o! automation where niachinery bas been gradually taking aven many jobs, the youtb must prepare ta meet this challenge. The best way is ta get a good educatian. Let's keép aur boys and girls ini schooL Not Applesauce Those who were up in armms recently biecause o! the provificial government's oipposition ta fluoridation o! municipal water supplies perhaps sbould take a dloser look at the resuits o! a two-year study made by Britisb dentists. The study, reported in the British Dental Journal, indicates that apples are an important factor in preventing toath decay in cbildren. .The test began witb 19É children ini the apple-eating group'and 164 o! smmilar size and age in the control, or non-apple- eating unit. The first group regulanly ,Me apples immediately a! 1er meals and following any between-mneal snacks. Child- ren in the control group did not eat apples. Coffee Breaki Cof!ee breaks-discounting the coffee phenomenn-are piaying bavoc with in- dustry, according ta surveys taken of active participation by employees. An average of 70 million cups o! coffee daily, accounting for 20 per cent o! con- sumptian, are being consumod by cof!ee breakers who dosent their industrial posîs twice eacb day in the name of relaxation. Sa stnong bas the attraction o! coffee breaks become, eve» among those who prefen tea, that it is oneofo the prerequis- ites o! employment in many concerns. Checks were made at the end o! one year, one and àa hàlf years, and at tWo yoars. At eacb period'o! observation, il was noted that the apple-eaters had sig- ni! icantly fewen cavities. and bealthier gums than the lads and lassiez wbo did not eat apples. Results o! the experiment are so e»- couraging that it is" felt tbey justify a large-scale study for a much longer period o! lime. It would soe, on the basis o! these initial results, that among the doctors an apple a day keeps away-is-the dentist. Rigbt now, the famous Durbam County Contnolled Atmosphere appies are available in local stores. s Here to Stay There are many applylng for jobs who would neact i» dishelief ta an employment managor's statement that bis concern does not provide morning and a!ternn9n coffee breaks. In fact, many persans seem ta place mare importance'upon Ibis condition than the number o! boidrs wonked per week, the wonking conditions, or even the salary. Tbe coffee break is bere ta stay, but supervisons are kept busy trying ta pre- vent il fnorn spneading inta 'a fuil-time avocation. "Mind Power Wili Tell" In a speech i» Toronto recently Presi- dent Davison Dunton of Carleton Uni- versity spoke the following paragraph: "I arn no pessimist, but I have a dis- turbed sort of feeling at the present time that our frée society is not doing very well comparatively, that we are in some danger of losing out in the long ru». I amrn ot E.tabliuhed 1854 with which in incorporcrled Th Sowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent and The Orono News iosth Year of Continuoxis Service ta the Town of Bowmnavlle and Durhamn County SUBSCRIPrION RATES $4.00 a Y*=r, tlctly in advcrnce $500 a Year in the Unted Stat.. Authori.d as Second Cose Naît Pot Office Dprmn Ottawa TME lAN[ES PUBLISMUG COMPANYT LBME Eowmatvill., Ontarlo JOHN M. MAMES, Exrro speaking o! skill i» developing fantastie weapons of offenco and de! once; or o! shooting missiles nearer and nearer ta the sun; or o! skill in immediate international manouvring; or even i appeal ta uncom- mitted peaples i» deveioping countnies (although the last, I must say, is a vital area where wo do nol seem ta he doing very weil). Non do I feel any danger fnom subversion. More significant, I lhink, is Ibat the Communisîs appear ta ho putting a mare dynamie effort inta the development o! their able minds, and in the long-ru» mind-power, one way or anoîher, wil tell." If President Duntoh's audience ex- pected soft platitudes, tbey did not gel them. -If they expected truth and bard talk, that is precisely wbat tbey beard, states the Editor o! The Ottawa Journal. TIME TO SPARE THAT ROD? Boy, (about ta be spanked): "Did Grandpa spank you wben yau were little?" Father: 'Tes, be did!" "And did Grandpa's father spank, him?" "And did spank bim?" great-Grandpa's father "Yes, I presume ho did", said the fath- er, softening a littho. "Well", said the boy !irrmly, "don't you tbink it's about lime ta, stop this i- herited brutaiity?"'-Salvation Ariy Di- ,gest. EDITORIALS A Weekly Talk By Rev. R. R. Nicholson Self-control la one of the moat admirable and valuabie quai- ties that any persan can pas- sois. Il ha indeed a fundamen- tal and essential quality of truc Christian characten. Herbent Spencer, the English philoso- phonr, says: "In the supremacy o! self-control cansists anc o! the perfections o!f txe ideal rn-an." In tixe Book of Proverbs we read: "A forbearing man is bot- ter fixa» a fîgliting man; ho who contrais hiniself is botter than a conqueror." (16:32, Moffat's trans.) Self-control is indeed, a beau- tiful quality and adds grace andi strengtlx ta character. Wecacn- nat help but admire the man wbo possesses complote self- mastcry, wbo bringa bis tboughts, feelings an-d desires int perfect subjection. Il gives himn an indescrîbable pais.eand sense o! power. The serenity o! bis counhonance, bis gracious nianrer, lii cals» speech, bis ineffable diexity, gives thc Impression Ihat bere is a king, a conqueron, a mn 'wlo bas mastered hinsel!. Un!ortunahely tlxere are !ew persans today, who have per- fect self-control. Ali around us there are mon and women wbo are slaves ho their appetitos and passions, slaves ta quick-tem- pex', ta swearing, ta drinking, to gambling and other bad ha- bita. Many a young n thinks lie h strong. Re may be broad- sbouldercd and six foot tWl, but he is a weakling. He falls be- :fane a little pleceofo papex' twa irce long, enclosing a limte tolaco. lHe çat brçak loose !nom the cigarette habit. The hack o! self-control is an indication o! weakness and fond of Ibeir beautiful, ittie there ha nothing beautiful about 1h. What is more disfiguring tbm» angon and passion? A wonian may bo as beautiful as a rose, but 4'hen she bursts into a tantrumn she hases ber beauty, and wo turx away in disgust. I knew a man in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Who had a pet Game Bantam. Cock. Tue littie bird badi the dauntiesa courage and pride o!f'bis race, and wouid strut about the yard with bbe other fowls and crow as if he wene the lord of creatian. This maxi and bids wifo wore very man snatched i-h !raai its perch, pet. They were aid people w1no were high]y nespected. The mn was retired from business. Ho lcopt a fine gardon a-ad bad sanie poultry. One niginIfthe mn»carne home ah a very late bour, aler speaxdng the evening with convivial friends. His nerves were soniewhah unstrung andi ho couldi not sleep. Long before dawn thxe ban-tain cock began ta craw In abrili. triumpbanh toacs. The n was annoyed. He couid not seop. Ho tried andi tried again, but, when ho was on the point o! sleeping, ho would be aroused by the clan- ion crowing o!fixhe cock. As dawn approacbcd the diminu- tive roosten crew with ove» greaten vigo'. I-E master lay toasing on him bed. How ho wishled tisaI cock would keep quiet! But the cock wouldn't for bi& rivais were naw defi- antly answezixg hiaL- The mn became angrleoe and an~rier; ,çunein (Qntario Ini the Dim and Distant Past PrM The Stateman Files 49 YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO lune 2. 1910 lilY 31,1934 Wednesday night a set of Newly elected officers of the harness was stolen from-Dr. A. Bowman'ville Canadian Legion S. Tilley's stable, a buggy from were installed: Presiderit, W. F. Caldwell'& livery and a robe Ward; lIit Vice-Pres., L. E. from Fred T. Hobb's barn. Parker, 2n<1 Vice Pres., A. J. It was wîtli regret that we Lyle Sec,~ Tom Hamilton;, learned of the accident which Treas.. W. C. Tait; Exec. Comn., happened to Mr. Arthur Baker H. D. Moses, George Crombie, on Saturday. Mr. Baker intend- E. C. Hôar, J. Abernethy. A. ed leavlng for -the West at once Manning. but will now be obliged to re- M. Herbert Goddard enter. main at home for a nxonth 0W- tained a merry party of about ing to a broken leg. 25 girl friends of Miss Helen Rev.Joh Gabut, MyorOsborne ivhen the bride-to-be RaaEv. JonM.A.Gar mes, ayodwas given a miscellaneous Mason. Rd to M.A. aes ndgslower. Mr. f R.iFoey anrenatedingTrînity United Church was BaT !QieCn renceon. the scene o! a' pretty wedding Trenton.on Saturday, May 26, when Mr. and Mvrs. W. H. Williamxs Joan Christina, eldest daugh- leave Saturday on a visit to ter of Mr. and Mx's. George their niece, Mis. J. H. Cavan- Batlxgate, became the bride of a.gh, Strassburg, Sask., anid George Ernest Purdy, son of other relatives in 'the West. Mr and Mi. G. F. Purdy. They go by boat from Sarnia to Congratq.ûations to Mr. Har- Fort Williamn.. % old V. Slexnon on passing his Martyn's Firè Brigade 'res- third year exains at Faculty of ponded to the alarm when fire Medicine, University o! Toron- broke out on the roof of Miss to. Wright's house. The blaze was Women's Institute slate ol easily extinguished. officers are: Pres., Mrs. Fred Mrs. John M. Black and Baker; lst Vice, Mrs. Gea; Prit- babe, New York City, are vis- chard; 2nd Cice, Mrs. Ross iting hier father, Mr. D.B. Grant; 3rd Vice, Mrs. Wmi. Simpson, previcus to nxoving to Adams, Sec.-Treas., Mrs. J. Winnipeg,, Manitoba. Thick.son: Roll Cail Sec., Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Percy L. Roach; Board of Directors, and daugbter Ruth, Chicago, MrS. F. C. Colmer, Mrs. W. J. Il. are visiting the Misses Per- Culley, Mrs. H. H. Dilling and cyan thrreaivshee Mrs. Geo. H. Bickell; Dist. Di- cy ad oherreltivs hre. rector, Mrs. F. C. Coinier; Au- D. 0. & P. Co., band will give ditors, Miss E. E. Haycraft and an open air concert in the town Mrs. E. R. Bounsail; Flower park Saturday evening. Coin., Mrs. Harry Allun, Mrs. Mrs. Harry Nokes and Miss Wm. Hall anid Mrs. Spencer Helen Nokes, Toronto, spent Wood; Pianit, Mrs. A. W. Pick- Sunday with Mr. Merel Nokes. ard; Asst. Pianist, Mrs. W. B. Mr. Harold Mutton, Penryn, Pollard. The meeting was beld recently visited his brotlier Neil at the home o! Mrs. Geo. H. here.. Bickell, King St. Orono-Orono Lodge AF. & Tyrone - Misses Marjorie A.M. have elected the follow- Rowe, Marion Allin and Else ing officers: W.M., W. G. Rey- Carruthers, Bowmanvile, Miss nolds; I.P.M., S. Cutteil; J.. Borea Murdoff, Lindsay, Mr. Geo. A. Stephens; Chaplain, M. and Mrs. Perey Williams, Bow- M. Tuckcer, M.D.; Treas., John flianville, recently visited the Waddll;Sec', Tos.Smith; latter's daughter, Mrs. Fred Auditors, J. J. Gilfillan, R. Z. Goodant. -Tepay Mr Hall; Tyler, Wni. Armstrong. MlcsokTe ly Mr Mr. Geo. Pollard had his lip Made Some Marmalade" was badly eut a few days ago. put on by home talent and each While tieing up a cow it kicked one taking part deserves cre- him on the chin, driving bis dit. They were Miss Eva Brown, teeth into the lhp. Messrs. E. Eckel, Hooey, Harold Tyrone-Mn. Fred Godiman, Swain, Hector Shortridge, Eric son o! T. Goodman, left Mon Cutting, Joseph Bradburn, Miss day for Calgary where be goes Violnatoan, Miss F, out into the plumbing business. ontMisFacou- Courtice-MrU. Sidney Brooks jo andi Miss Olive Van Camp. has returned home altera plea- Between acts Mrs. Sadler ren- sant visit in Englind. Mr. andi dened a solo and Mr'. George Mi-s. Fred W. Brooks, Welling- Sadien also gave a vocal solo. ton, Eng., accompanied him Mu Vivian Sadler gave à home and are visiting his moth_ reading. eMrs. J. F. Brooks, and other Courtice - Morley Wilkins rerivshe had the misfortune to lose one Enniskillen - Mn. andi Mrs. o! his young heifens that was Jas. Moorey and son Wihiie, pastured on the farm of George, left Tuesday for a trip tbrough Vetzal and M. Nicholson. From the North West. appearance it would seem that Hamnpton-Mr. and Mns. W. W. the animal jumped the fence Horn, late o! Toronto, are here and broke one o! its hind legs. with their parents for a !ew As several herds are pastuned weeks' holiday. Mr. Horn has in this section their respective sevened bis connection of ten owners began Iooking up their years with the W. R. Johnston animais, and ini the searcli and Co., Linited. Pnion to bis Blake Courtice discovered that depanture thbe empîoyees assem- four o! his were missing. Fur- bled and a neatly worded ad- ther search revealed the fact dress was read and a very hand- that in one place the top strand some gold chain ai-d loketof barbed wire had been c ut presented to Mr. Horn. and several panels of rails were ______________ down. A gateway had also been left open. Two heifers THE BEST WAY TO PRUNE were found on the C.N.R. track FRENÛH HYBRID GRAPES and the others came fl:om alongside of it. Mr. Wilkins des- New varieties o! a crop a!ten patchedi a butchen to put bis have to be handled differently animal out o! its misery. to get the biggest yields. Take Orono--Messns. A. West and the riewly popular French hy- H. Mercer attended a meeting brid grapes: for top yield.s of South Durham basebail lea- prune them just like the coin- gue at Elizabethville Wednes-' mon varieties. Niagara and Con- day week. Mr. West wvas elected cord but remove only haîf the prsident and S. Little, Kendal, bunche's at thinning time. Sec.-treas. the coclc crew lôuder and loud- er. At lait the olci man could endure it no longer; he hastily puflld on hi, clothes and rush. ed ta the hen-house. As the bantam. was anmouncin joy- ouslY tea al the world that morning had corne, the angry Mnan snatchcd it f ro mita percb, wrung its neck and threw it dcad upon the faoon. He thtn went baclc ta his bcd, but be could not sleep. He listened for thxe blitixe crow- Ing o! bis little Pet but there was nothing but silence, the op- pressive silence o! death. The man wvas now filled with bitter remorse, whic-h waa 'intensif led by the grief o! bis wife. The death o! their pet was due ta bis foolisb. anger, and he could not forgive himsel! for bis lack of self-control. Whea he told me thIe pathetic etox'y a few houri later, he was repentant and greatly hwniiiated. The maei who gives way ta anger and passion hs Insane. He ia no longer controlled by rea- son. He is unbalanced, and therefore, cannottriumph. Lord Tennyson says: "Self - reverence, sel! - kriowl- edige, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power." Some years aga one -o! the leading business men of the Southern States related this per- sonal experience: "My fathen was an invalid and, as bis son, it feil to me to manage bis affairr. On one oc- casion 1 had more than the usual amount of overseeing and I asked fathen, who was able ta be about a littie, if he wou'ld do the chores around home that day, while I !inished Up my wonk on the lower farm. He assented, but when I returned late, tired and worn, he told me ho had not done what be promised to do. The hot words were just ready ta leap out, but somehow I choked them back, and sald, "It's al right, fathen, l'in not so very tired a!ter ail," I stacrted off, wben father called me back, and. laying bis hand, upon my head, he sa-id: "George, you're the best son a father even had. God bless y-oui" I went to my task and per- !ox'med thein. When I returned rny father could not speak to me-lie was done with ail eax'thly tasks-but froin that day to this whenever the tom- ptation to anger bas 'corne, I 'have feit the pressune o! his hand upon miy head." It is -tho lack o! self control that la spoiling the life o! mnany Christians. Theno are great num- bers o! people who have no mastery over their tongue and gy C. J. arris "P- Any Canadian who has boughty a bouse, car or furniture on the long ter i nstalment plan 1 knows that buying. on time costsr more than if the spending is handledi without borrowing. Buts somehow it is difficuit for us ta appfly this obvious truth to the ýpending we permit govern- ments to do on our behalf. For some reason the ternis "budget deficit" and "deficit !inancîng"l cause no wonny or pain-except perbapa ta economnists andi the like, who understand the impli- cations more fully than most,3 including the certainty that in1 these times there is the added penalty of more inrà&ation. A story in the llw York Times put it in terms that the layman can understand: "When the-, federal government spends1 $1,000,000,000 and finances iti the bard, unpopulan way - by, taxation - it costs the average1 f amily about $20 ... when the government raises the $l,000,. 000,000 the 'easy,' popular way - by bonrowing it - the re- sultant dose of inflation can temper. Often they give. way to angry passion, bitter impa- tience and petty annoyance ,and thu.s destroy the ,peace, happiness and sweet fellowship o! the home. The vital question for most o! us today is: How can we gain tbis' kingly quality o! self- control? It is obvious we cati- not conquer in our own strength. We need Divine belp. Dr. George Jackson says: "You will nover get back your self- contral till you subndt ta Chist-control. Yield yourselves unto God." tost the sanie family up to $40 a year in higber living casts for years te came." These are Amnenican figures, o! course. But the same mathe- maties would apply in Canada, with the great difference that since there are about te» times as many familles in tbe U.S. as in Canada aur costs per average famuly would be that much bigher - about $200 wben the $1,000,000,000 is fin an ce d through taxation, or up ta $400 iper year for yeans ta come if it is financed through borrowing. This is a yardstick against which ta measure the news o! hast April 9 about fedenal budget deficits. The Finance Minister reported a deficit for the fiscal year juat ended o! $6 16,600,000 and !orecast a deficit for the curont fiscal year of $393,000,- 000, a total for the two years o! just aven $1,000,000,000 that will be raised the "easy" way, by borrowing. Apart from the hIdden cast that inflation will add becauçe o! this deficit financing thene la the direct cost of the rentai o! the money. -Five years ago thev payment o! interest on the fed- eral public debt cash the tax- payons $9.1 million a week. Last yean it was up ta $11,6 million a week. 1h wiil go higher through, this»present year. The "easy" way, indeed! Hiddlen Charges A customer in a barbenshop was beefing ta the barber about th-e $1 baircut. "I'm just back from London, England," said the customen. "Over there, a haîncut oniy cashs the equiva- lent o! about 65 cents." "Sa?" shnuggod the barber. "LIook ah ail that plane fane." Cod 'y3oungman'es Clm When 1 was -a little nipper, my folks -expiained that, when it thundered, il indicated, that G'od was angry, and speakdng in a loud voico. On the side, I usedi ta wonder if someone was naling heavy abjects across the floar o! heaven, whioh made thse loud noise, but as I gx'ew older, and able ta, read, the scientifie explanation was that a t.hunde- stonm was caused by certain at- mosphenic disturbances. Betweon the myth o! Santa Claus being exphoded, and, find- ing out the Irue moaning of the onigin o! thunden stonnis, a boy's !aith in the veracity a! hi, loved ones can gel a mighty rude shock, and ho begins ta wonder just 'bow xnuch truth is being uttered on an& subi oct. When aur childnen enquired about thunder, ligbtning, and nain, we !igured it was proper ta tel themn the scientific rea- sons fan such phenamnena, in- steadi o! the twaddlo peddled ont ta us, with the result that they grew up knowing that lightning was really electriclty which couid do a lot o! barn» if it struck certain abjects such as trees, buildings, animais, bu- mans, etc., and thal thunder was a lot o! noise that couldn'h havai anything. I have known people ta bide I a clothes, closet lni the belle! 19-20, the box on the pole out. that the ligbtning would.n!t be aide o! their bouse was render- able to see them. One female'ed useless; another boît knock- o! miy acquaintance used ta be- ed out the nmotor o! theïr deep corne so upset she would con- freeze; the phone was kapuk; fesa ail her petty ai, and pro- spax'ks flew from the )Yu mise to not do it again, if the cent lig>ht fixture in the kit , Jlghtnini ould only please go besIdes other damage. We gway. And a fariner o! tixis la- th-t a boit ttruck a pine tee cality would kick his pet dog between Andy's place, andý out into the storm because he ours, anothen shivered, a bydro thought the poor brute would pale, and burnt the phone wires, attract lightninrg and the bouse and aur phone hightning arres- or barn might get struck If ton was blown to pieces, and. Callie waa inside. A botter pie- just to top it off, while Buteli caution might; bave been to put and, I werc lying in bed, won- a set of rubbers on the pooch's deri-ng what was going ta hap- paws, thus insulating 'hlm. pen next, sparks <looking like Whenwe erein Pilael-firecrackers) came froin an When we were sone Pael-aro electric outlet on the wall-not street wbere Benjamin Frank. once, but with eacb o! three lin aýssupose tohave flown successive earsplejting cracks, a kite, with a copper wire at-wihadtefecofmkn 'tahed inorer a atrct i~h..a fellow wondor if his fire in- tahe, nBey ha benaround s- uranco policy was still valid. ning. I en a enaon My brother-in-law was bar. these, parts on May l9tb, bis vestilng in Nebraska, thirty-!our little ild kito would bave secin- years ago, when a violent thun- ed superfluous, because, on that d tormkildhscmain date, we exponienced the m ost and nckied is ucompanion, vicousstom o ou fotyyear's and he tohd us that, when you rosidence on the Ridge. hear -a sharp cnackling sound, ii A favourite saying is "light- indicates that the lightning is ning doosn't struke the carne veey close. We hoard tliat sound obj oct twice", but just try ta about twa dazon tumes between convinco Andy Sutch o! that, two and three arn. May 20th. and he will tell you that, dur- Just two dozen times too many ng the electrical stonnis o! May for our coifont. I SUGAR 'and SPICE:- just this minute I looked at the calendar, and realizedi that I have another birthday coming up next week. I'ai nover sure how aid I am. I ahways have tb rememben fthe yean in which I was born, and subtract 1ht ram the pro- sent year. For the past three on four ycara. I baven't had a clue whether I wias 37, 38 or 39, without doing arithme- tic. The tlguring completed, t came as no shock to me that 1,11 be 39 an lune 2nd, and 1 acceptedi the tact that l'm well past the rnidwaY mark with a resenable lack o! panle. Atter ail, I've stil1 gti smre hair, bal! a dozen ot rny own teeth, and anc or two a! My faculies. Nat that the relentiew, years haven't taken thein bail. Thanirs to an o!t-bnoken nase, I have ria senie o! seol whatever. But Ibis la nat en-tirely a disadvantage. True. I can't amoîl penfume - on dames, but this is safer. I can't sniell faod cooklng, but it keepi me fram gorging and growing abese. On the silver ining aide, I can'h smml on- ions, skunks, nianure piles or whiskey bneaths. * * 0 And 1 have a lot e! 11h11. aches and pains. 1 don't leaUi out of bcd any mare, carol- Ilng 'lhere bath been dawnlnr another nevé day, think wlt Ilion jet Il slip useless away?". 1 klnd et edge eut, greanlnt and grunting, swlnglng rMY bad leg te the floor with beth banda. But lt'a amazlng baw muehi dancing, weedhng andl prayhng that badl et getsaâme ont cf. Dispenscd by Bill Smfley Na, 1h isn't the physical dis- integration that gets me down. Whet dishurba me hs ,the automatic acceleration o! lime with the advancing years. The aider you get, the faster it Mlis. Which la bath unreasonable and unfair. When you are tive years oId, life progresses ah a bare- ly discernible pace. 1h hs made up of endiesa Investigations ot mud, breakables, dogs and simîlar Interesting things, broken oniy by lelsureiy, messy meals and long, dream- less sleeps. A regular picale. * 0* When you are ten, lite is stlil in no rush. A mnonth away, or even ne xt Saturday, seems l-ike a long lime. Sum- mer holidays stretch hazily, intermninabiy ahead. Yau can't conceive o! becaming a mid- dîcagedmn»of thirty, 1h seema £0 far off. At thtteen, especially If you're suftering tram a amal case of unrcquited love, smre pîmples an the day et the dance, or some uuch catastro- phe, a tew houri eam be au endiesa as eternity. Even at twenty, Urne la limitles somethlng tu be apent, net treasured. Ini other words, durlng the formative years, when your appre-ciation o! lite h about as deep as bliat o! a puppy, ime dwadles, laitons, tarnies, pokes and inches along. You waste great gabe of h ia IIy- ing, pretending, dreaming, rnoonxng or just rush.4ng about. *Then, when yen beglu te-. mature enough te enjoy lite to the full, time begins to daagle alongr at an alarming clip, By the time you have acquired the wlsdarn and por- cepti-xn ho savour every Mm- ent of lite, every &cent and slght and sound, your senscu o! smell, sight and heanlng are dulled, and time la car- cenlng past you like a tire truck. And w-be» you have grown, aid, and every second is in- f initoiy precious, sudideniy Ihere is no lime for anything except ta prepare for death. Perbapa it is as well fixat wo grow weary and tu-il o! aches and miseries when we gel aid. Otberwise, how could we bear la part wlth lit e, jusl wlxen we have realized ah hast what a privilege 1thbas been ta b. born ana ta bave ivedt in this fascinating wonldi When we become se absorb- cd In ourselves, se concera- cd with whist haPpened yes- terday, se worried about what will happen tomorrow, that we let tirne slip past unnot- Icd, we profane Uic gif t of lite, We are l1ke blind mon standing on the bank ef a deep. swltt, beautitul strearn, arguing &bout the colour ar the water. Thah's why, as anot*4 birthday approaches, 1 piedge mysel! aga-in to hry ta slow hife dowin. Maybe lt's too hate, ta plunge îmto the stneaTrn anew andi savour iii rnyriad wondermesxts. But ah least l'a going to sit on tbe bank and dasngle iny tacs in Il rather than try ho build a bridge seo 1 can gelt t the othon aside as quickly as possble. _ Oh June, you are so very faix', With scent of roses on the air, Enchanting brides in misty white, And ilacsý% n the pale moonlight. Pink apple orchards dot the land Ali up and down Ontario's strand, Their laden branches touch the grass, And children pluck them as they pass And fashion fromn the blossoms rare Sa! t crowns, ta place upon their hair. Yes! Earth and Heaven seem in tune To mnake you perfect, lovely June. -Marjorie Cunningham I . The Easy WaYI TRIMSD&Y, MAY, 28tl4 IM ONTA