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IMTe Canadian Statesmn, Eow..anvllle, .Ttne 0, 1984 EDITORIAL COMMENT Goodyear Looking Ahead This weekend, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada Ltd., Bow- manville's largest industry and the em- Yploymnent lifeblood of the community fo r nearly haif a century, takes a big step forward with the opening of its large rubber reclaim plant. The company is to be congratulat- ed on its long history of steady ad- vancement in a highly competitive field. Citizens of this town and surrounding district should also acknowledge and appreciate the tremendous contribu- tions that have been made by Goodyear In providing growing and regular em- ploynient throughout the years . . . a factor that has been in no small meas- ure responsible for the prosperity of our citizens and the building up of services and facilities equal ta or better than mnost communities of this size. Goodyear has been community- minded, supporting with man power and finances the many projects, cam- paigns for funds, churches, hospitals, etc., that have been undertaken for the betterment of the municipality. They have also encouraged their execu- tives and other staff to participate ac- tively in local organizations and accept many municipal responsibilities, with the result that on town council today, hospital board, school board, etc. there are many able representatives employ- ed by Goodyear who are filling essen- tiai posts with great ability. As Goodyear steps forward again in opening this new plant, we wish them well. By investing a further large sum of money here, they have shown they have confidence in their products and in the advancing future of this country. We feel we speak for the ma- jority of the people of Bowmanville and the surrounding area in expressing deepest appreciation to the company for also having confidence in placing their new reclairn plant in this com- munity that has been their Canadian home for many years. So long as Good- year continues to progress and prosper, Bowmanville's future continues to be bright. Our congratulations also to Plant Manager H. G. MacNeill and our best wishes to Leo Huhta who takes on the responsible post of manager of the new reclaim plant. Throughout the area covered by The Canadian Statesman, there are about 30 faithful country correspondents who work their hearts out, for very littie in cash remuneration, to record the activi- ties of their rural communities. They do a wonderful job, sometirnes under inost trying circumstances and ail too often their efforts are crowned with thorns locally by unjust criticisrn from their friends and very littie praise. On occasion, we at The Statesman make their jobs more difficult. This is flot done intentionaliy, it just happens, and is difficult to control. There are machine breakdowns, an exceptionally large amount of last minute advertis- ing, staff holidays due to sickness or other reasons that cannot be foreseen. As most of the rural news reaches this office sornetime on Tuesday morning and sometimes Wednesday, it becornes virtually impossible to set it ail, plus the town news, in type for the paper to be issued that week. We are also limited economically in the number of pages to be published, because the ad- vertising content of the issue has to be This area seems to have had even more than its usual share of graduates cf one kind or another Ibis year. Recent editions of The Statesman have record- ed an almost unprecedented number of universîty, technical school and nurs- Ing graduates, many of whorn have dis- tinguished themselves by topping their classes with first class honors or win- ning awards for their proficiency. In addition, and possibly most important, fs the fact that they have ail, except those taking additional scholastic train- Ing, found positions with great futures, apparently with very little difficulty. The abject lesson to be taken Ibis year by those who are still in school and possibly thinking of dropping out for lucrative employment in nearby in- dlustries, is that the wise course is bo atay in school for another few years to expand the opportunities available. True, ta many young people the lure of wbat appears now ta be big money is a great temptation ta quit school. The long hours of tediaus bornework and studies for exams is a real bore most of the lime, especially wben one looks out the window and sees a friend, em- Even tbough It is facing an early election, the Conservative goverfrnent ina Britain is reliably reported ta be ready ta propose that future exten- sions of state bealtb and welfare pro- grams sbould be provided an a means test rather than a flat rate basis. The U.K. goverrament apparentiy Is prepared ta face the voters witb some hard truths; first, that the rîsing cast of the welfare state is paralyzing Brit- ain's abiiity ta expand ber econamy and must be stemrned; second, that the systern of universal benefits fails ta provide enougb for the really needy while it pays a great deal of money to people wha do flot need it. There should be a lesson here for sufficient to pay for the cost of the pages printed. So, now and again sorne of the news has to be held over and that's when the local subscribers be- corne quite irascible with the local cor- respondent, when it really isn't his or her fault. Last week, for instance, was an ex- ample. The church service from one community was being withdrawn due to somebody else's anniversary, so the time for Sunday School was shifted. But, the news did not appear and there was great excitement. Actually, the safest course for the local church off i- cials to follow would have been to spend fifty or seventy five cents to make note of the change in the Corning Events or Notice colurnn. It would have been cer- tain to appear there. As a courtesy we allow them to be inserted in the correspondence but there is no publication guarantee. But, please wben these things happen don't put the blame on the long-suffering cor- respondent. She or he has enough bo do without listening to your beefs, ployed ina industry, drive by in a spank- ing new power-packed convertible on wbich be only bas umpteen payments left ta make before il is all bis. The attraction is difficuit ta resist. But, those who have graduated this year and others before them are flot just the "brains" wha are so far above average that there is noa purpose in try- ing ta match their achievernents. Most of thern we suspect have a better than average amaunt of intelligence, but the real secret of their success lies in their bard work and their day by day atten- tion and interest in the subjects being taugbt. Because of Ibis, plus ambition and a craving te absorb more learning, they may flot have the big cars and the freedom others now bave at 16 and 18 years of age, but ira the flot boa dis- tant future tbey will be sa far abead of the dropouts in every way that there will be fia comparison. Again we say frorn experience, lis- ton ta the advîce parents and teachers are giving. Gel as much education as possible and the road ahead will be rnucb, mucb easier. Ask this year's grad- uates in a few years. Tbey'11 be able ta tell you! Canadians. However it is measured (as a proportion af national incarne, of to- tal governmenî expenditure, or of grass national product), beallh and welfare spending is bigher in Canada than ira Britain. Here, too, state social services fail ta provide adequately for the needy, and pay vast surns ta persans flot in need. And here boa, econornists bave been wamning, job-creating eco- nomic growtb is retarded by the di- version of savings frorn capital forma- tion ta welfare spending. But the difference seems ta be that politicians and political parties in Bni- tain are prepared ta face the public witb these hard truths. Introducing a bill to amend the Farm Credit Act this week Agriculture Min- ister Harry Hays said the changes are necessary to help farmers establish ec- onomnic farm units and ta assist them in building better houses and other buildings and in buying the livestock and equipment they need to operate efficiently. Because of the changes taking place in modern day farming necessary changes are tak- ing place in the require- ments for farm credit pro- grams the Minister said: "In addition to boans available under the Farmn Credit Corporation the Department of Veterans Affairs through the Vet- erans Land Act admin- istration provides credit to full time and part time farmers who qualify as a resuit of military service. 25 YEARS AGO (june 15, 1939) Miss Lena Taylor, R.N., Bowmanville's new town nurse, began ber duties on June lst. D. Alex McGregor on Mon- day was selected as the President of Bowmanville Lions Club for 1939-40. He succeeds J. J. Brown. Mr. Ralpb Ames. Bank af Commerce staff, bas receiv- ed word that ho wibl be mov- ed ta Claremont next week. Col. and Mrs. R. J. Gil Brockvible, called on friends in town. Mr. Clarence Oke bas been visiting in Kingston with friends. Mrs. W. Cully and son Al- bert visited Mms. W. Watson, Hamilton. Rev. and Mrs. Gardon S. Jury, Burma, are visiting his father, Mr. J. H. H. Jury. Dr. and Mrs. S. Lumb, Bancroft, visited Mr. John and Miss Mary Lumb. Mm. Markus Roenigk, ef Stratfard, was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Knight. Mm. and Mrs. S. R. James spent the weekend with Mm. and Mrs. Herman C. Lapp, Barrie. Mr. Alex Birks passed ex- aminatians at Toronto Uni- versity for bis M.A. degmee in Chemistry. Dr. and Mms. P. E. Ire- land, Donnie and Patricia, Taoontoa, were weekend guests ef Mm. and Mrs. R. H. Westaway. Mm. John Neal, Massa- chusett's Institute et Tech- nolagy, Boston, is holiday- ing with bis parents, Mr. and Mms. M. A. Neal. Mm. and Mrs. Raymond Cale and son Bilby, Water- loo, Ont., were weekend guests of his father, Mr. W. C. Cale. Miss Darothy Bonnycastie attended the St. Hilda's Col- bege Abumnae dinner in Eaton's Round Room, Toron- ta, on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Eliott and Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Bragg matored ta New Yamk for the weckend and attend- cd the New York Worbd's Faim. Tyran.: Mrs. J. H. Mutton, Bow,-naniville, visited at Mr. P. e~,ward'a. Intermediate tenn cedit is available to farmers through boans from chart- ered banks guaranteed by the govermnment under the Farm Improvement Loans Act. Aise, in the admin- istration of the ARDA programn the federal gev- ernment is vitally Inter- ested ini farm credit." Mr. Hays announced that because of the complexity of the federal government's involvement in farm credit he has established a Com- mittee ta make a co-ordin- ated study and do research work into the best basis upon which to establish a more comprehensive farm credit policy which will take into consideration all forms of credit needed by farmers. In announcing the estab- llshment ef the Committee In the Dim and j 1,Distant Past From the Statesman Files 49 YEARS AGO (June 17, 1915) Miss Margaret Trebibcock Is visiting relatives in Toron- to. Mm. and Mrs. W. A. Bain, Toronto, visited at ber fath- er's, Mr. Wm. Trewin. Mm. Wilfrid Payne, New- tanville, had his arm broken while cranking an auto. Mrs. W. H. Williams visit- ed ber brothem-in-law, Mr. John Williams, Part Hope. Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Cherry, Schenectady, N.Y., are visiting his mother, Mrs. R. Cherry. Mr. W. G. Butson of the Higch School teaching staff is holidaying at bis home near Mitchell. Miss M. Tonkin, Toronto, spent tbe weekend witb hem parents, Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Tonkin. Miss Zuemn of the High Scbool teaching staff is bhl- daying witb friends ina Toronto and Loganton, Pa. Mr. William Brock has the contract ta build a fine brick residence for Mm. Thos. Hardy on Liberty St. Mm. and Mrs. C. A. Boni- steel, Belleville, spent Sun- day at ber irotber's, Mrs. James Knight, Lake Shore Farm. Mm. and Mrs. L. D. Trip- pbett, Akron, O., are visiting their son, Mm. F. N. Trip- plett at bis pretty home on Division St. Mm. John McCbelan has purchased the, lot on the south side of Church Street belonging ta Mr-. John Mc- Murtry and has let the con- tract ta Mr. Wm. Brock for a handsome residence. Mr. Wm. M. Dustan, San Francisco, Cal., son et Mr. W. H. Dustan of this town, sent his father a box ef fine oranges tram bis plantation in the south. Mr. Arthur M. Hardy is attending the annuab con- vention of Canadian Order ef Forsters in St. Catharines, representing Court Bowman- ville No. 964. Mrs. A. Bingham and Mrs. C. Arthur Cawker are visit- lng their sister, Mrs. (Dr.) W. Tennant, Peterborough, Enniskilene Mm. Chas. Stewart bas impraved his home with a coat QfpI Dt. ture Minister said, "fW. recognize that exlsting farm credit Programs are doing a good job for farm- ers within their respective bouîîds. But 1 believe this Committee will pro- vide the basis for bringing about greater co-ordina- tion ef existing programs and ensure that we keep right on top ef new credit problems arising from the dynamie changes now tak- ing place ln agriculture". Canadian farmers have established an excellent re- cord with the Farm Credit Corporation. They have shown that they know how ta use credit ta increase the efficiency and productivity of their farms; and they have also shown a willing- ness to use good advice fromn the Corporation as well as a willingness and an ability to repay their boans. The present boan limits under the Farmn Credit Corporation legisiation are $20,000 for standard loans flot supervised by the Cor- poration and $27,000 for superVisedi e a n s. The maximum term eof repay- ment ln each case is 30 years. Rapld changes have taken place ln agriculture since these imits were established, and it is now evident that the present limits on boans are no longer adequate to estab- iished efficient, viable family tarins ln many sec- tors of Canadian agricul- ture. By doubling the size of the boans the govern- ment believes an import- ant step will be taken to- ward improving the Cor- Poration's capacity to help farmers in the way they need help and ln a way that enables themn to hebp themseives. "'That is the kind of help our farmers want . . . a chance ta make the best possible use of their time and energy and the resources of their farms". said Mr. Hays, as h. polnted out that the proposed inerease in the maximum boans obviously will not prevent the Cor- poration from continuing te make smali boans to those farmers who do not need or want bigg bans. Another amendment ta the Farmn Credit Corporation legisiation will make it possible for the Corporation ta lend ta the estate of de- ceased farmers in order ta assist the farmer's heirs ta continue ta operate and de- velop their farms, even though the estate may not Under the amcndcd leg- Isiation a father or an uncle may berrow money te assist a son or nephew or other relative ta buy a tarin. T h 1 s particular amendmcnt will be et great assistance te thc Cor- poration ln bts efforts to establish yount men in fanning. In concluding bis remnarks, Mr. Hays said, "These are ameodments wbicb we be- Ilove are needed rigbt Oow. I think there is a lot ta be said for doing everything we can te keep the famnily farmn. As the communist oountries have learned ail boa welb, theme is nothing like the pride ef awnorship ta encourage a farmner ta do bis best when ho knows h. is doing it for bimself? The genlal and capable representative et the Farm Credit Corporation fer Durham County la Mr. Lance Beath who may be eontacted ai the office et the Corporation in Port Ferryr. TOWN 0F BOWMANVILLE PROCLAMATION L. Ivan M. Hobbs, Mayor of the Town of Bowmanvile, hereby declare SUNDAY, JUNE l4th, 1964 as DECORATION DAY in the Town of Bowmanville and urge ail citizens to support the Decoration Service at the Bowmanville Cemetery on the above date, commencing at 3:00 p.m. Parade f orms up at A&P Store parking lot moves off at 2:30 p.m. For those wishing transportation to the Cemetery, bus will leave the Library at 2:30 p.m. sharp. IVAN M. HOBBSI Mayor. Report from Ottawa By Russell C. Honey, M.P.*i 114 Cottingbam St. Toronto 7, CLEANING UP BEACH Dear Sir: ïMay I on behaîf of the summer residents of East Beach extend aur sincere thanks ta the Oshawa Div- ing Club for giving so freely ef their time and using their valuable equipment in mak- ing the lake in aur area safe for ail of us. I could hamdly believe my eyes wben I saw wbat the group brought up out of the water: an aid pig trough, bed spmings, car seats, broken tule and bottles, etc. Many could have been injur- cd by any one of these abjects. Our tbanks also ta those wbo helped dlean up the 'Beach amea and did sucb a nice job. It was noticed the town also provided a truck te take away the debris. It is interest like this that coubd build up the Beach and encourage more visitors. This contribution toward water satets' should receive evemyone's thanks and given bots of publicity. Again, rnany thanks. Edward Gingell. Bowmanville, Ont. Dear Sir: Briefly- 1 would bike ta addresa you regardinz the. Something is always taking the joy out of life. At one time, a person could purchase some sandy land for anything up to five or six bucks an acre; obtain Scotch Pine seedlings from a Provin- cial Tree Nursery, f ree; have a planting "bee", then, five or six years later, accept forty-five or fifty cents apiece, from a jobber who wouid help himself to as many as he thought he could seil. Everybody was happy! Then, some smart cookie whose trees weren't seliing too fast, hit on the idea of improving the shape by trim- ming with a pair of hedge shears. It worked! But it was strictly a gimmick to quicken the tree sales. And, like so znany other things that have an in- nocent-appearing beginning, this idea developed to the point where it is im- possible to seil Scotch Pine Christmnas trees unless they are properly trimmed, tagged, baled, graded, with a certain degree of "colour." If that were ail the restrictions, things wouldn't be too bad, although we must remember that, rnost of them were created by people in the industry who were greedy for money. The real worry is Nature getting into the act with some of her innocent looking littie bugs that really have the Christmas tree growers spending sleepless nights, trying to figure ways, and means to outwit the destroying varmints. I hate like heli to say "I told you so," but it is true that about nine years ago, in this space, I warned that, it was possible we might be inviting ail sorts of diseases by "clipping" the trees - thus making the raw wound susceptible to things that otherwise couldn't be- corne established. I also wondered if it was smart having such a heavy con- centration of Christmas trees in the Burketon - Pontypool area because IF a destroying bug of some sort did get a toe-hold it couid become a million dol- lar scourge. We1P! The bugs came, and while they haven't ruined the Christmas tree ...... ..... ~ D ~~Ž e~w ~ . w Sugar and Spice wbich the principal character was Dr. Bladder from Gaul. Tbere's Jeanette, five-foot-nothing, 98 pounds of doe-eyed French-Can4dian, who spent the fîrst six months tüing ta convmnce the other teachers she was not one of the students, wbo can pin a six-foot 200-pound but into paralyzed, petrified panie with one f lash of those eyes. There's Geoff, the young English- man who came here after a year of teaching in a good English grammar schol. He planned to spend a year in Canada, as a lark. He was horrified at the free-and-easy attitude of our teen- agers. He was appalled at our mater- ialism and love of conifort. Now he bas a car on the neyer-neyer plan, and is beefing about bis salary. In short, he's become a typical Canadian. We also have a gai who graduated In music, a former ambulance driver, an ex-cbartered accauntant, a drearn- shattered social worker, and a lady wbo got sick of housekeeping. Nat only do these birds flot fit the aid image of the English teacher; tbey don't fit the new one, either. Tbere's not a beard in the bunch, an esthete in the ensemble, a pansy in the patcb. And not one, thank goodness, is "dedicated" ta the teaching of English. None shivers in ecstasy over a sonnet, bursts into tears over the heauty of an ode. But I daresay my polyglot, hard- working crew bas taught the kids more about English and about life than many an aid gai whose idea of heaven was ta make a journey ta Erîgland and stand irn reverence before the graves f the poets. As the scbool year draws towards its close, I can't help looking back on the past 10 rnonths, my first hitch as head of the Englisb department in aur factorv, with a mingling of amazement and amusement. I arn amazed that I have flot gown down for the third lime in a sea of paper. There were times when I rose ta the surface only long enough ta gulp a breath of ink, before being swept under by another wave of essays, or book report forms, or memos. My amusement stems fromn another source - the old-fashioned image of the English teacher. There just ain't ne such thing as a modern image of same. For many years the image of the English teacher was fairly concrete. It was that of a wispy, gentle spin-. ster of either sex, wholly dedicated to the written word. The only person ina town who actually read poetry. Sorne kind of a nut who actually believed Shakespeare was tbrilling theatre. When I hold up that image beside the -gallery of characters who taught English in my departrnent this year, I chortle. There isn't even the most re- mate resemblance. Let's sce, now. There's Jack, a vast young nman of great geod nature and courtly manner, who is a dead ringer for Henry VIII on one of the latter's good days. He's a beer drinker, a col- lector of antiques and a former adver- tising salesman. There's Mac, a former golf pro. He's also an ex-bus driver, ex-bouse paint- er, ex-airman. He's an inveterate pun- ster who writes some pretty funny stuff. As witness our production this year of bis master-piece, "Julius Seize 'er", in tragic death ef the little Rose lad of Maple Grave. First, I realize quile fu- ly that motar cars kilI peo- pie regardless of who drives them. Al.so, I just as fully real- ize that pedestrians alsa shoubd use every abiiity they possess ta avoid being kibled, BY DOING THEIR PART. Theretore be it under- stoad, witb satety measures stmessed at aIl times, might educe the fatalities wbich newspapers state amount ta casualties as great as oc- cumred in some former wams. No anc can dispute that great responsibi]ity ests always on ALL PARENTS ta dmi11 SAFETY MEAS- URES oeterna]ly inoatheir children. And wben I say childmen, Sir, some of the worst affenders cao b. High Scbool students. This week, while riding with a tniend near Maple Grave, we encauntemed four Higb School students rid- bng abreast east, on Number 2 Highway, on bicycles. They were simply invlt- lng disaster. Again, today, we met or passed school childmen on foot who simply neyer bothered to give any maomn, and my driver was toi-ccd to cross centre bin* of road ta avoid stiking tbem. Possibly littie can ho done with somne People, Mr. James? A doctar recently tla news re-omter, when inter- viewec oer the report of cigarette smoking causing cancer, when asked if he (the dactor) was gaiog to stop using them, said "No',. Hie said "le would die wbether ho smoked or not, and sa was taking the risk, because he iked smoking cigarettes." Possibly some pedestrians have that same mental con- dition, and do nat came whe- ther thev get killed or not? Conc]udung, Mm. James, r believe iý's a temibly sad thing, ta bing childmen into this womld, and feed them webb, educate them, otten at a sacrifice, do everything ta give them bealthy bodies, then in.tantly have themn killed by a higb powemed machine which Possesses no sen.se, ia feelings, no cari- science, and nc( regrets, at- tom sending another humari being into Limbe. In finale, Sir, maybe the1 metar cars wlll solve the pop u 1 a t i o n "explosion"? Millions mare cars wl kili off more people and excess population nat arrive? Sincemeiy Youms, RALPH R. TOOLEYI. CId Jounqman 's Qolumn Don't Blame the Correspondents business, they have certainly been a giant-sized headache to the growers. One insidious little bloke showed Up around 1957-9, and caused quite a stir. lie is known as Pale's Weevil. Ail sorts of remedies were suggested, from keep- ing the cut tree stumps "green", to spraying the trees, to poisoning the stumps; trouble with the latter scheme was that, the intertwined roots would sometimes carry the poison into, and kilI a premium tree, several feet dis- tant. Pale's Weevil would feed on, and kill branches here, and there through- out the tree, making it unsightly, thus unfit for sale. Now, in this year of 1964, we have a different obnoxious littie brute making life miserable for Scotch Pine growers. lie is known to entomologists as Serti. fer (try that with your wheaties). Bill Miller, the Insect - Technician, warned this scribbler, two years ago, to keep a weather eye out for the Sertifer's possible invasion of this district. Ail I know about it is that, the female 1 her eggs in slits in the needles adja- to the growth buds, in September. I May, the eggs hatch out, andi the larvae feed on the needies, Ieaving the centre or pith which curis up, and turns brown thus spoi'ing the appearance of the tree. As the eggs are laid in clusters of twen- ty, thirty or so, it follows that, the lar- vae feed in colonies. At the moment, it is suggested that, spraying the trees with a solution of one part 25 per cent emulsifiable D.D.T. to two parts of wa- ter, will check the ravaging varmints. If the bugs hatch out in May, then it follows that, the time of spraying should coincide with their birthdays, to obtain best results. At least, thai's what "Pud" Johnston tells me; he is Timber Super- visor for the Lindsay District, Dept. of Lands and Forests, and is a pretty smart jigger on most things pertaining to the forest industry. 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United States Altbouqb every prautll" wiI b. t0en la aIod eriTho Cainadiein Stateammi accepts odverffe- inq in is columnas on the und.:standinq that It will ot b.lijable for eny errariniii ny adv.rtisemnent pbihd ereunsder unlesea proci oi uch advertisement s requested inw tig y te dvrtse and r.tur"netc The. Caiiadian Startesman business office duîy etgned by the advertiser and with such gsuai or coyoictCplaitI7 noted i wTatngthereon, Oe n thot oce ii aOfy error 80 floted ia mot oeuetel by the Canadicz» Statemman ifs larbilty ohaIl not exceed such 0 prtion ai the entire cost ci sucb advertiseient os the. épace ooeijpiod by the. foted errai béars ta &h whole space occuplsd bv ouch advertfsment. By Bill Smiley