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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 26 Aug 1964, p. 4

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4 The Canadlan Statesman, flowmnanville, Aug. 29. 19$4 EDITORIAL COMMENT' &/ ?Joungman's Co/umii Why Your Taxes It is increasingly clear that another strip, and probably a large one, may soon be torn from the taxpayer's bide, zays The Financial Post in ils leading editorial. Ottawa is plainly determined ta irtroduce as soon as possible a nia- tional health plan based on the Hlall Royal Commission report. This decision has been taken even befone the effecîs of the proposed Canada Pension Plan's implications can be even partly assess- ed. It is also a decision that seems bo have been taken with blithe disregard for urgent spending needs for educa- tion. If the health scheme pi esented by the Hall people were in full operation today, the Canadian Tax Foundation says, an extra $915 million would bave ta be raised thnougb Canada's lax sys- terr on top of the $7.750 million now extracted by Ottawa and fnom corpora- tion taxes. That would raise the rate to a ludicrous 741, b 76'; of aIl earn- ings. Il could be raised by higher fed- eral manufacturer's sales taxes. This would push bbe rate from 8<1- ho 19'%. rOr il could be done by' increasing every- There has been some critical com- ment, bbc Canadian Manufacturers'1 Association reports, on the point( that payroll accounîs for what seems1 ta be a relatively small share of the' rnanufacturing industrys sales dollar.J The CMA's recently published annual survey showed that in 1963 wages andc salaries took 20.8 cents out of each dol- lar of sales. Employee benef ils account- ed for another 1.6 cents. The complainti has been on the point that only one-1 fifth of the industrv's sales dollar goes1 ta the workers who produce and seil the goods. But a look at the completei resuits of bbc sunvey shows that bbc critics are jîumping bo conclusions, writes C. J. Harris.E The main paymnents nmade out orf each dollar received by rnanufacturers for their produets were 44.2 cents fort m'ateials 20.8 cents for wages and sal- aries, and 15.3 cents for shop and fac- tory supplies, electric power and water,i municipal taxes, repairs 10 plant andi equipment, and charitable donations.1 Federal and provincial income taxesi took 4.2 cents, and excise and sales tax-1 es anotben 4.7 cents. Depreciation ofg A Brake on One of tbc most promising sour-ces of Canadlian investment muncy is hhe large reaervoir of capital building up in pension funds, says The Financial Post in a leading edilorial. LasI week's bill introducîng bhc Canada Pension Plan inspires some hope that the national scherne will leave room for pnivate pen- sion fund growth and for tbc Catiadian ownership capital that pi-ivate fonds can provide. The righl way for Ottaxwa fo set up a national schcme, if it was deter- rnined ta go ahead wiîh a governmenb- run plan instead of merely seting stan- dards for pivate plans, would have been ta run il on a pay-as-vou-go ar- rangement. For political reasons, how- ever, we are apparcntly committed ta a plan that pubs several billion dollars int government - controlled invesîment portfolios. Tbis should provide rnost of the debt financing requinemenîs of lte provinces over the next decade. l doesn't do much - except indircctlv-% - ta boost the supply of equilv capital ineeded ta build plants and equipmenl and provide jobs forilte gencration Measured inî ('atiadiati dollars, goods and services pnoduced tn Canada last year bad a v'aluie equal lu $2,265 per bead of population, a tîew r'ecord high surpassed only by tbc United States ($3,340) and Swecn ($2.384). A further indicationi of Canadian affluence in relation bu bbc nest of man- kind is given iii a î'ecent report of Ihe U.S. Agency for International Develop- ment. In il, Canada's 19 Million peuple ar'e shown as accountiîîg for' tht-c percent af the value of alIlte goods and ser- vices produccd b-v the nîcc-Communist world. The comparable figure for the whoie continent of Af rica with ils popu- lation of nearlv :300 millionî is butt2.5 percent. Pooner yxet iS SOLutii-East Asua. \N'ifii a populationi more tiîan 35 limes illat Keep Climbing one's income tax by almost 50'(~. The extra $915 million bo be raised from the puîblic is flot, in one wav, quite as hon- rifying as it looks. Since al bealth ex- penditunes would be paid bx' the gov- ernment, consumers would hiave lefI in their bands almost $700 million that tbey would otberwise use bo pay indi- vidual health buis. The point of the Foundation study, boweven, is entirelv valid, continues The Financial Post comment. This is money bo be naised publicly. Il is bound ho bave an enor- mous effect on our tax structure, on produet costs and on our national pow- er ta compete in international markets. Every bhoughtful Canadian would bope that the medical services now available to everyone would be im- proved and that those most in need would gel first attention. But our na- tional ability ho sustain great welfare sebemes depends on our national ec- onomic vitality and pnoductivity. Try- ing for too mucb too fast will defeat the ends the welfane proponients wisb to achieve. Economies and Development Mînîster Stanley J.Ratidal (lof t) shows Premier John Robants how to drive the Penquin -onie of Ontario's new cxport products. Acting as an honour guard, members of the Old Fort llenriv guard ac- companied Mr. Robarts through the "Ontario Exports 10 thie World" display at the Canadian National Exhibition. The land vehicle is made bv Pengor Limited, Carleton Place, and is being exported bo the U.S. Nearl *v 100 Onitarin companies .showed their wares in the special eye- catching exhibit. A MacDuff Ottawa Report Fatted Ccilf Troubles OîaaFortiv years ago flhc "cattie boat" was an important pa rt of Canada's merchan; marin(, Ships fitted with decks of' stails left îYontreal wiîh fuîll cargues cf beef cattle bcîînd for Liverpool where flic%, picked up what- e'e'r cargo xvas avaîlable foic the returît voyage. Trhe trade stoppeti abrupt- ]y ini the carly 1930's when the pound sterling %v'as de- valued overnight andtithe last ('anadian shipper wvith his cattle already on the high seas took a staggering lmss. Durîtîg World Waî' Il beef shipunents 10, Britaiti wcre re- vcîxcî but this time n the form of carcasses. Il trickled out soon after the war due Io a groxving heef consumption in C'anada and a sharp dîfference het\ween Europeaîî and Can- adiari tastes. The British c-on- sumrer is tau less concerncd wvith the tcnderness of lits beef and lias nîuch less tuse for tht' product of wetl fatteîted becf cati e. Last month wvith an acute shortage of becf in Britain resulting from Iast year's Argentine drougist, Canada Parkers tried out a sample ?5 VIiARS .AG() îAug. 31, 1939t shiprnent of heef to the Smithfield market in Lon- don. The experiment, as the company probably realizeti. %vas doomd to failure. As things turned out il lost nothing more than ils ship- ping costs anti brokerage charges. The price for top quality Scottish beef on the Smithfield market was pre- cisely the same as the pricq for defatteti beef carcasses of a comparable grade at C'algary. For Canada'.-,callle raîsîîîg and beef industries the CP expertmenl holds a x'aliiable lesson. For somne lime lu coino' it appears likely that th4e movemenl of North Aiiericaîî beef catîle and beef xiii hr' con fincd lu thc North Amneni ('an continent. For Canada lucre is a very special lesson - that s0 far as possible ('aille raising ln Ibis country slictld be gauged lu Catiadian beef demnand. This at Ieast is tihe con- clusion of experts in the Federal Department of Agri- culture who have hecît mak- ing a special study of the border cattie movement over the past few months wlîen Canada was enjoying the 49 YEAR.S AGO (sept. 2, 1915) M I>s X'lda 5v cuti s i speilîuug fle xxeek ini Tlorontoc Mý,iss Edtia Bîliugs. 'l'î'eî- toni s xisiting heu cousins, file Misses Roenîgk. Masier Stanford Svtinctns spent the weekend inu Mot- real wilh bis fatlier. Miss Neta Deynian. 'Torouu- Io, speuît Sunday at ber faîli- u-.Mu. Jas. Dex-man's Mu. and Mrs. Davuid Grigg, Misses Jane and Ruth art' x'î.iting ft'iends iii Torontio. Mu. and Mus. Donald Mu- Donaîtld and son Arc-hte airu' 'visititîg relatives fil Ro- chester, N.Y. Mtitss Catherine V. \\aî ut s x siting heutouosis, Niri atnciMus. Norval VWashuicuoi, Solitia. MursA.J L Cctitw'u'atîd Mojs Doris Cuîticc ut te xisiing lieu sîsîcu, 'Muvs. <Re'. i J, Il Oke. ThOcrti- Ili]1 . . CM!vasout. I'vlasiers L.awxrenîce and 'Ied Masi, spent the wcekend xvttliMu. J. J. Mason, Toronto. Miss Wunifred M. Bragg of The Stalesmau t saff s x'silung lier' couint, Mtr. L. Kcteih Bragg. utlt, 0111. Messrs. Il. Fletchier, . Il. Du.stani. ".Dustaut. xeî e in Port Hope, Weduîesdav, at the Gun Club Shoot. Messis. C' McCallum, Cobour'g, atîd Mu. W. H. Duslan, Bow,%niai- ville, tied for fîrst high guti prize. In thc shoot-off ati (l birds, Mr. Dustan camne fîrst. Mr. James Spry, London, lias been visiting bis sisîcus, the Misses Spuy. Miss Marion MeDougall lias reliurned from bolidiayîîîg wîlh friends ici Cobourg. Prof. Chas. 1'. Paul, M.A., Puesident of file College of Missions, Indianapolis, Ind.. us visiling bis mother. Mus. Thos. Hamlyrt, and other relatives here. Fine broke outi n the store- house of Mu. Jas. Oxx',eti's Grocerv about 2 p.n. Sun- day- morning. The brigade puomptly answered i b c alarin. Although the fure was put ouI before if macle much headway, tbc damage xvas great by smoke, water and chemnicals bu the stock. The handsomely fuunisbed Masonic Lotige room sustain- cd veux' serious damage from sinoke and steain. Nîrs. D. C. Beltsis 15x'sttig frientis in Kingstos. ilililsi' al si - l 1 ofl' 1'-.. <atîle moving iiorth across the border. gel ail ignt*.I t î'It il) so ii quaitici': 'l'i-t' wiSas agocd deai o 1 i ouîîî ti onet iis Amerîcaît îîîîttipo i i oi [ild depre-is Catiaclîtîti puices. 'Fo- aitraci itnpot'is of eitle acrosýý tue boruit he l'îu,îîito lpîce(, iltos sl ial Itoirli 'lie reason. hiowiever, was not a glut in the Unitedi States %viere supplies of beef cattle xxere only one bo twso per cnt abov<' the prev'ious 'car. il %vas tIhe result of small mnarketings and high prices here. a situa- lion which coulti not last indefinitely. retiardîcîss of the size of imports. C"an- adian prices are inevitably liedti 1 Chicagto. lie differ- enliaIlntday bas <iroppeti to abîout S2. Before the endi of the yea il is expecteti that Canada ivill again bt' a large expoter of ticef cattle. citee otnatutre' :ulong as îold. liard winier i ii ('atia cla niak- is wii-cie txexili h 1h Unîited State's iii pri tlctîiîîî tt faitietîcd bee f caiasse'. hIlt s hIe reason tuai so lîtîle hies beeti heard ii Canada cf the bill ccxcv i-uîî)tuîuigils course ili Coitierecss to rcstrict imports if heef to ilhe leveis of four, 10w important vcar.. 59-63. Lixa catt3e are tnot a ffecied anid so long as Caniada continuLes ino lia1\e ti s cuilei fnr itss surplus5 cattie. ilt'. ail ve t'ait ask. Viutuaiiv lthe unix heef sluîpped acrc'ss iie borcler is for ise ini pi oit' 'siig stilisage> or iiihi.' 'Tle beef nmport Ili]].i f il passes ('ongress, ik more lIsaitlik.'ly IoFmet .apresi- dential veto. If it does not, lthe('anadian product wiIl lie a malter of principle only. 'l'lie posixvai c'itîk'iaie ccci- t up homue to roosi . .\ ieavxof*i eci faniilY formtationis he- ixi cii i1945 atndl1950îtpuoditeed Ilte i cv l oliii o cf Cati- adiatiiha hie-i. Wh île Caîtada ,'a, v ci l iiilips andi dcxxl tîsfit!il(, 9h11 tu"lia ve Clm(.ttaciti'.* ali it foritce ini iîîîîilîc't" liti i re t ti u ict teît llîiP",sIiolli of xxhai tmat\ 1-(lit' ti 'm t' t. i ctiaillec Iii iti liiîîb tli ii (c it I l ic. foi' ii . \ luit ili*t' pur c i t i it, r to v a itix iiti.t i ' ii Id il\(lit', 'l'itt cr vseit i ul 1956-19,57 veut ii-'utIto.:iiaciili ti' .,ruIx ii ait' lii l a _>rxxM i taie iii ij ti h i ftî tii , t 'l'il e rerventît1 si iin onu ic ed s'eorganizalion of the i)e - pannment of ('ilizensilip and Immigration foilowns, almost lg) the leller. the uu'ommen- dations <of ilte lassco re- port. 'The radical change of direction of thiret. vears ago ,% hen ('anada plaredth ie whIole empîxasis (un skills anti education bil is selection of immigrants raller Ihan raie or nalioniality prefer- ecelias neveu been fully implemenleti. Inder the re- organization andi expansion Plan we will he selling ('an- adian upporlunity in Ea'st a.s w cil as 1Wesl. (One of tise focal points %%ihi 1w .lapan. W1e Se e siatîal xxPeittue iii Riussia durtng t Pt'carrut urcp lear aure dîmnîtîp as ctavs pass. sýales 'o culler Sovi iet ('ucouiitries utîdîcafe thal Ctiuandaiiav stîli he becefitinîg iilrc frontl ast smcar's Riixsiai t'ocp failu ne. Reur rt ariuicti i'(-i'm it cf a 7.4 million huslit s 1IcPuiland puistutut ilx x ti n d vcatic-cf if; pîtru P1,si i <uninct- ii'ni-i idtuliui ttre'-x'ear irade ar' tti Witlou1 futie., sa'g-- io Rit '.ýia t us tcxicetinat îîa' ( utaduan ,wheat expcîrxi bcPtsu b- stanu aIll' ahoe i15itmillionu linsh'!z. I'il i xtans spec- tauiit :PîpMnuiL t. 5 9:.lîu.lîtî. top) ý car, assets accountcd for 3.8 cents, employee benef ils 1.6 cents. Profit avenaged 5.4 cents per dollar of sales, of whicb share- holdens' dividends book 2.6 cents and 2.8 cents were retained in the business for development. Looking at Ibat lisI il becomes nbvinus Ibat a great deal more than one-fifth of the manufacîuring ini- dustry's sales revenues, wbich totalled more than $28.7 billion last year, were paid out in wages and salaries. Nearly haîf of the industry's spending is for matenials, and a substantial part of thal money pays wages and salaries of t he workers employed b 'v bbc suppliers. There is a wage factor in the cost of electnie power, water and shop materi- aIs. Part of tbc industny's tax payments are passed on as wages and salaries tu the employees of municipal, provincial and fedenal governments. Manufacturing's direct xvagcs bill is only a portion of bbe total of wages and salaries gcnenated by the industr. lb cannot be calculated exactly, but il is certain that nearly alI of tbc money paid for manufaetuning's cnd-products gocs oub in wages and salaries. Giveaways noxv aI sebool and in tbc uniix'ersities. Neventbeless, continues The Finan- c4al Post, btie 'ersion of bbc Canada Pension Plan now befone Paniamertt provides an important safeguard againsi. unwanranted escalation of pension be- nefils (and costs) by vote-hungry poli- icians. The level of premiums and benefits can only be cbanged hY a txvo- Ibirds vote of bbc provinces, with ecd provincial vote weighted according 'bu the province's population. Federal governments seekiîg re- election therefore, will find il much more difficoît now bu boost penîsion benefits than in bbc original plans out- lined. Several provinces will have ta, agree that bbc need is real and that the costs can be borne before cnough back- ing can be found for a change. If this arrangement ducs keep te flow of money imb bbcegovemnmeîît Vt"i"15"flO il rtc1 r ronc.nn 1'.1,f rr+,rg' i there are good grounds forI bbc pivate pension fond g stilI be a dynamnie force ici Canadian industrial develop Canadian capital. ~aLt ~ NMi ss Vileetu Gibbsis Icuil- hoping that dax îîîg îiu Ciluiîuinalii. ut ýrowbh cari Miuss Jovcc Biitteuxxisit - prumutitlîg ccl ueativ'es ii Coibortue )Ment wiîh Msses, LaUra and Paticia Wilsoni haxve heeuî xisîlîîg it .\ucre v tiranîi s luulicax'- i up xxitier coutsin, Dr-. Dutn- tîcît. ai1 theti r cuit age aIt Iwo and a Pr ,esqu'île Pcint. bwoaîî a Miîss C.c; G. ha. i.s innuai utit- reîtrtied front x sîtîîî 'xi. cent of lte atîd Nîrs. F. R. Freumni, St. th, (_'atiiante' Mtr. atndlMus. Il. 1M Nani lion peuple soit are Pulidaviipii i New )unted for York Citv atîd YcuI1istowui. Europe for Oliîc ti la Ui tc Befiv: rat1ia rtune F ciii a ceiglittul thue Ih Amnerica xx eks xiih Miss Barbara tic risc ini Vi-gi at Ftsh Lauîdiiig on idard wuiî Lake Ntpissîng. ricla.s wss Jessie McDoîtgall atîd iuidusbnia i Mr. lIoupbg. Tor'onto, 'ipent ismcnîbx' a lexv litons on Sunciay xiiih ýndustrv on ~Mu. andclMis. J. Mlîvc Mu. wiiitatui l'entiati i.Dt- parquer. Que., tuas beetu t ii ('(urne vsttng lus parentfs, Dr. aîîd along -\\it.b Mus. WÀm. Tenttuau, Qîieei .11 assop i.r. Il. 't\iddis aîîd soit -lnduîrv hindaviuîg with iet' parenuts. Mu. atîid Mus. H. Ames. Miss Ev-elvut i McKtnnonu, B.A ., fcrerly cf Maple (rveatnd a gradlate cOf Bcxxmanille IiîguiScîtouui leftinuitAugust. Fou Nassaut. 411v Bahiamas Islands, fo leach Frencbhi Queen's College. Sh" xvas accoi'npanîed by lier motlier. Mu. atîd Murs. Hlerbeif Il. Dilling of Boxvmanvulle au- a ~ ntictce ltp engagemettof thetu x'ounigest dauglîler, Lenia, in Mu.r James Mc- Gregor Bucnscf Bowman- ville, son ut' Mu. Lexvis I. Burns and flic laIe Mus. [ge ln cash Geougîna Hl. Buns cf Brecb- i:tu:elicniarnýiage lu take place SatLirdav%, September 23rd. Du. and 'Mus. T. A. Part- rîige and Miss Jean attendI- MORRIS cd an ougan recital ini the sMGIR. Caîuiedral of Christ bbc Kinîg on Tuesday evening guveti hx' Ernest White of Newv ates Yýor1,, ici connection withth le ta averis- Canadian College of Organ- a ovrs- î' its' convention held at Ilani' advertiser ilion. with such SalemiN 'Ic. Rus .clCnritt led s fnIt nlîre cs ro s h us motorîng 10 lie \\'e~st, a occupi*d Zioti Mus. Ai f A.: n r- ierta'tîtd sonie W.A. 'adies tf Cantada and moue titati iîalf imes that of Afnica, ilsa pub is equal lu unly 3.8 peru free world's productive wealt By contrast, bbc 190 mill of tbc United States acco nearly 45 percent. WesternE :31 percent. As was the case iii Noni and Europe, a really dramai Asian anîd African living stai only come ini the wake of develupment and bbc establiý free men of manufacturing ir a giant scale. Th'e hope must. be tuatiti souut - and titat Canadians,E oîber privileged peuples, vil nuo oppuntlunit\' bu bclp il ai In the Ju]vN 29th issue of this jour- nal, our Edito r praised the Editor of the Smiths Falls Record-News for dar- ing to warn bis readers that, henceforth, wedding reports were going to be pared of useless extraneous matter. Our Edi- Ion implied that, he too. desired to do likewise but lacked the necessarv cour- age to introduce such a radical depan- ture f rom the current nôrm. Editor Johnnv, either doesn't read his own paper, or be lbas forgotten that, in this venv news paper. we beat the Record-New's to the punch. fifteen years ago. xith a wedding report Ibat drew favourable comment f rom lVarg- aret Aitkin, in the Toronto Telegram, and Jim Greenblatt of the Swift Cur- rent Sun. And just to prove our point, .se herewitb reprint the article of June 101h, 1949. "Kathleen Olan and Fred Young- man were married on Saturday, June llth in Pontypool United Church. The officiating minister being Rev. R. Honey, of Lindsay. The bridesmaid xvas Doris Stinson; thýe best man was Ernie Youngman; the weatber was ideal for sucb an event - warm and sunnv,,. Afler the ceremony, seventy-five guests attended the reception in the church basemnent. which gave the rela- tives on both sides an excellent oppor- tunitv bo size up the folks on the op- posite side. No doubi, each side wondered wlh v their particular pet xvas so foolish as Io gel tangled up xith sucb a bunch of screwballs. and morons. I-lowever, everyone tried to make the best of a bad job by pretending Io enjo thie oc- casion. We ail agreed (in one point thaI, l ie wedding supper was tops; the daint- ily attired waitresses were, under Jean Calanan's supervision, ail that could be desired. "A SUMMER PLACE" When 1 was a kid, bbc hourist busi- ness was in ils infancy. Oh. there were quite a few American licenses arouîîd in July anîd August. Eveî'ybody hhougbt bîuuî-sts were a good thing and some- uhing should be donc about them. A feu, peuple with lange bouses and smali iîîcomes, like my mother, put rip "Tour- isl Accommodation" sighîs and wei-e it onlv flabbergasted but delighted Iu ment buge, immaculate î'ooms, xvith breakfast, for the improbable si.m <of But on the xx'iole, fithe tisI busi- niess xvas .iust a litIle extra gî'avy. The smail town drowsed througb bbc sum- mer-. The mercîan.s lounged iin the duonw ay's of their quiet stores. xvaiting for 6 o';clock luo cone aî'ound, su they could gel bomne, gulp supper arîd gel Iu tbc baIllpark. Wbab a difference fruni the slim- bar-n-thank-you-mam atmosphere of the moder'n tourisb towii. Todav, the tourîsb busîiness, for nian.v towns. is nul just a littie extra gravx' h is the cr'eam iii the coffee, bbc cheese witb tbc apple pic, anîd bhe quick holiday iii the soutb duî'ing Feb- rui\,along wutlî a lot of other in- digestible and Uselcss. but pleasant lux- l.ieis. lb is, for mlanti v a small ibown ii er- chtant, lthe difference between survival if' thie fittest and getbiîîg along nicelv, thank volt. For mercliatts the lourisi seas(Jn is a mixture of exhilaratîoîî and cx- baustion. The ltarmonious jingle of bbc cash registe- is offset by bbc discordant scrcam of acbing bect. It is pore bunariza for- the skilled mcen of tuwn and district. Electnicians aînd plumbers, carpenters and painters, who had a dim lime of il all winter, suddcnly find bhcmsclves 'courted like cou rtesans. WVIIEN THEY TOOK THE OLD MAN 'l'O COBOURG "POOR HOUSE" h. iîappeuîed ltoug ago, xviert 1 ýwas j ust a bo '. It mrade me vcrx' sad. anrîibbed mv,, day <of joy. The old man rî thflirg. su nid anîd fr-ail arîd thun, To mx' chu duslit e.es, ul was art axx'ul sin. 'liev took hini dowuî f0 Cobourg, bu the ",Pour hlouse" hher'e. And even mîuxv oday. ut makes me want lu sWcar. To sec a muther, senilier' Dati away ta siowlv die, Turc my heant lu pieces. anti made me bawl and crs'. I hud "back in the Miii", su iîe.v wouldu1i't "sec me cr y' " But titis borriti memurv., will stl vwitiî me 'tl1 i de, lHow bard their bearîs) lu dt a brick like this? Begrudging pour ulti Dad. a bite thev'd mever really miss. Bob titis sborvliîad a twist, xx'bcb was Io me a joke. Tbis uniovciyý, daughter. met up witb a deadiy stroke. it is custornary lu report what the principals wore. As far as we could se, thev seemed to be wearîng enoughi clothes. llaving a preacher at the reception gave it an air of respectability. We welcome Kay 10 the Yýoungman familv circle. and sincerely trust1 that, site will find us to bier liking. ler pres- ence mav add some class to oudc- cadent clati. We hope that s e, jand Fred vvill enjov a long. happy, married if e. B v an odd eu-incidence. Art wore a brown suit wben lie rnarried Jean. lleleni's groom, Don, and Myrtle's groom Ken, cach wore a brown suit on their respective \vedding days. Last Satur- day, Fred kept up the tradition by be- ing attired in brown, when lie and Kay got spliced." (Editor's Note ---Vliat \VC would like 10 know, Ed, is Ibis brown suit ait heirloom handed dowvn f rom generation to generation' ) Before Editor Gus Dobbie gels bis radical plant pcrking, lie might likeo know how the wedding-involved peo reacted bo the foregoing odd-ball re- port. As father of the groom, 1 thouglit it was OK, ;3nd long over due. My wife, mother of the groom, thought if was jusb right for "Flash" or "Huslh", but too undignified for the stuffv old Statesman. The fater of the bride thoulghîit \vould have beeri îakealoo if xvritteîi about soirteone not rclated to him. The mother of the bride took a vcrv dini \'iew of it, but wvas \*ery irnpressed \vitlt the insipid, lîackneved, steneotvped r-e- port in the Peterbor-ough Examiner. The groom liked it so well, lie wore ouLt tw() copies sbowing if 10 acquain- tances. The bride didri't niake an y nastv cracks about it. but she didn't exactlv tum bandsprings citiier. llowevcr, we still nod wbeii we menl Aside f'on i te econoiîuc impact, the bourist season lias air emotional cf- bec on the small tuwîî. Whcîî bbc fii'st visitors begîn lu arriv\,e, carly ini sum- mer, bhey injeet a colon and excite- ment. b bb thown, wiblî their different cloîbes and acccnts and mode of life. Old fricîîds di-op by, have a litle -'at'n abouit what tltcy did lasI winter, aîîd like as uîol, urge, "Now xvou be sure aînd come up lu sec us at tie tA C, -,"beai-. We'll bave a cold onie." j The June Iniekie becomes an ava- lantche and by mid-summer tbc whole town is bhrobbing wit this heady ad- dition lu ils bloodstream. Thousanýds of cube kîds, br'own anîd round. Tbousands of their sisters anîd mothers iin skin- bigbt shorts anîd beaubiful tarts and smokcd glasses. Thousands of their fathers. ini hair 'v calx'cs and pot bellies aîîd crazy bats. Bv Ibis lime 'ou caîî'îi'ind a place Io paî'k, slîoppirîg takes Iîre limes as lonig, and voti cari scarcelv cr'oss the sureel for c.onstanit. crawling traffie. And bv Ibis limethie toutisl hownliras aimost losti ts iderifit.v arîd individua- litv As Augusl iteais its end, Ilieie is a litIle sadncss iii tbe ait'. New and old friends among tie campers begin lîead- iîîg out of bown wibiîh lcir sun-black- <'ncd childrcîî and their piled-high cars. Wbcn Labor Day arrives, and te avalanche again becumes a hric'kle, lte tourist town becomes a buwn again, arîd nul îusl a shopping centre. The citizens slow down, stretcb thieir aching hacks, look arourd anîd sec their fricnds. Witliu a xvcek, thby have forgotteri thic senamble aîd bbc r'uslh and bbc sheer fuolisbness of making monev. and, full of renewed intcresl iii bîteir toxvmiand thcms'elves. gel downIo l somctlîtîg scr'îous. lîikeplani ng a bu nIiiig trip, or baving a pat'v. The bourîi.se sasonits a lot of fuît. For tbc tourists. Some limnes in titis li f, lu1 irugs geb meally eveneti out, 'l'lic "Mean Guy" gels lthe wtrks, he' nul tbc slightest doubî. 1 lotuxebusec bbc roIler, gel ib i n Ihle îîeck, WAhii 1 sec utit apperi I1ju.sb say '.what Ibe heck. Il gîx'es me satisfacioun, and 1 can realiy dance, Vvhcn J sec a duily stinker, gel a swift kick in bbc panîs. In the wonld we iîce, st)mc thiugs are urijust. Tri lte xoridtlbucorne, J ain goîng ta t'rust, Thirugs wil lexel ouf, bu me titis makes gooti sense? For my love Of jus'tice, stili remains intlense. Some great powecr matie us. nu human iîad the brain, 'l'c believe iii'l'fie Almightv, is itever any strain. No malter wbaî fouis say, this . jogs along, Vshen a man bas faith, il fish witb song. "Longbtîalb" Ralpb R. Tooicv, Bowmanuilie, R.R. J, Unlariu. Ild wonld his licart Worker's Share 's and By dI SpiceI à à B BillSmiley In the Dim and Distant Past Frorn the Statesman Files Contrast in Wealth tnte a4fl414 a 4tn Durhamn County's Great Famuly journal lelb Also IncorporatingW The Bowmcînville News The Newcastle Independent ** I*I The Orono News Authorized au Second Ciasa Mati1 by ta.@tPost Office DepI.. Ottawa, ond tor payaient of postaç Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED PO. Box 190 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario JOHN M. JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. EDrroit-PUBLISHnEa ADVTG. MANAGER BUSINESS SUBSCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Year. strictiy ini cdvcrnce 35.50 a Year ln the United St AithoUqis .very peccution wili lit taioen to avod errai rhe Ccinodion Statesman accepts litnilst columnna on the unde-standing that it wilflot b. iaible for any error in or.y odvq 1,uu sihed ksreuxtder uniess.û vprool of such advertisemen s Lersquested in writinq by the. and taturm.d tb The Canadian Statesmon business ofice duly siqned by th. advertiser nd ozîa or correction piniy noted in writinq therson, and in that cosp i ony error 50 flOý corr.cted by the Canadîin Stotesman ils i:ab,!ity shaU nct e'rceed such a portion of the. of auch advertisement as the spore occupied by the noted erroi bears to the whoi. %poco 1 bv such odverlîs.ment. J(Corner for ÇPoets

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