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4 - Te Caadig~Steeffmtf, owmanvflle, June 9. 1983 IDITORIAL COMMENT Another "Lost Weekend " Passes As reports of the free-wheelin; feapades at Mosport over the weekenc ral I 11 we of the oider generation can' help wondering where it is ail going ta end. Obviously, the younger genera. tion . . . or a great iany of themn. are deterrnined to break f ree from the restraints concerning alcohl, sex, etc. that have been imnposed upon them by protective and wrirried parents over the years. Mosport's carnival atmesphere and tremnendous expanse of territorv pro- vdsan ideal ou let for t'nis escape that has only been matched by some of the folk singing festivals that have endec in disastèr in the days not so long ago. 'There's one thing about Mosport, there's littie liarmn they can do except to in- nocent victims, each other and the faci- lities that are provided for their con- venience. Alcoliol. plus tbe fresh air and Wvidé-open spaces appears to be the trig. er that sets off these emotions at Mospo rt. Throw in a few lads with guitars and everything is set for a win g- ding of a niglit. On Friday, it wasn't ton cold so the place fillcd up quicklv with energetic visibors well supplied ,xith girls, beer and sleeping bags. The stage was set and the play xvent on itil rnorning, curbed only now and then by roaming provincial police rv- Ing to keep bhings more or less under Borne semblance of contrel. There werej casualties such as the tbree lads wlio were burned wben semene bossed &aso1inE rinto their bonfire, and there must have been many bangovers, but tbere is every reason to believe that. the river-aIl resuit \vas a niglit that the youngsters will be able to talk about lbr wepks xvben they return tu their homnes, Wîe cRn'b beip \v ndeirintg what let- dentage of the spectabors wc saw on Sàturday cave a hoot about \vhat cars Weére in any of the races taking place on the frack xithin a few yards of t}emn. They were wandering back and forth a]l o\'er the parkuiot paying thie .9h, s attention wh e' the spûeding sports racers were going round and round. O n Monday, they were probably reâding the papers Io learti the resuits, selndeed we were, but flot for blie same t-easrin. We found lb impossible tri obtain a parking space Saturdavî yafler- iféon and didn't stay for more than an hour down at the south end of the pe'k. B 4ut te return te our original pîhi- Iosophisingz about voung people (some SO oun) and their urge to let their hair cdown with thest mass orgies, thenp seem.s to lie a brand new set of ig moirais ar almost no morals coming into id being. We haven'b the slightest idea 't what is causing it, but we do believe ig that we are in fact going through a i-revolution of sorts and that it will be . some time before thinjgs settie down ýe again. However. ve doulit very much if it will be we aduits wlio wili be in- y fluential in bringing about the new e order. Rather, it will be the youngsters who have been through this staging d proe n o reiaxing liquor and beer i- laws, world tensions, automation, high t wages and orbiting astronauts. As they e grow a littie aider, they wili find thàt 1 there are better %vays tri release tensions i. than guzzling beer and spending niglits s on the sandx' siopes of Mosporf. Also, - they may be able to pass an this infor- - mation te those who are stili growing - Up. In bbc meantime, we cao only shake our heads in wonder and amaze- *ment mixed with sympathy for those *dedicated souls who love ,sporits car and rnotorcvc]e racing. and truly enjoy camping ouf wibh their families at such events as bthe Player's 200. The Lnruiy ones, out for a binge spoil it for themý and bbe organizers who are rying tri prescrnt an event where tne excîtement takes place on the rack and at the pits. not in the anties of the spectators. OId Wo rds are Good Words The preadher said that integrity was a word seldorm heard in these times but oider rnembers of the con- gregation would know its meaning. Not rnany of the younger members wvere there that morning. lb was mild enough only for the aging, comments the Huntsville Forester. Integrity means sinceribv, lionesty and jusbness. Ib is something that is riot marrcd or vioiated. It is unimpaired, un- corrupted. Ib is soundness of moral prin- cipie, especially in relation ta trubli and fair dcaling. A svnonvm ous word is up- righteousness. But the preaher said that bhus was used even more rarelv and he saw lb onlY w hen le was reading the Bible. FortunatelY for the world there is an inbegrity that griverns the conduct of people in their private lives and in t their business lives. There, perhaps, itt 15 not so rare as the preacher indicat- r ed. In Canada at least most business is conducted with upriglitncss. In the c long run business will flot survive if it is flot upright. Fair dealing wibh everynne, es- t pecially the customers. is something that is essential for the survival of any' en terprise. I - 1 W@ Iost a Rireat Canadiati Monday when George Nowlan, Progressive Con- sErvative Member for Digbv-Annapolis- Kings in Nova Scotia passed awvav.ý I frst heard of George Nowlan about 1957 wlcn I struck up a friend- ship wibh one of lis junior law partners who hâd occasion bo be in Ontario onf btsiness. Ilis partner spoke sa highly eÊf Mr. Nowlan. . . of his întcgrîby, léyalty ta a cause and lis great abilitv es a lawyer, that 1 was anxtous 1ri ieet him when I first 'vent to Ottawa ii1962. As OLI i w Irecal, te mrn uoritv ConservRtive govcrnmertt elected in 1.962 was donmed almost from its in- ception hi-cause of thc build up cf dis- sention wibhin bIc Cabinet of Primne Minister Diefenbiaker. As a rookie in the Hlorse of Corn- mnons it seemncd tn me, that George N-,owlan. ae Minister of Finanîce, was overshadawpd in tînse first few montîs by his colleagues Fleming. Fulbon, IMrkness, Hers and Hamilton. As the Diefenbaker Cabinet slttxvlv stranglAd iself tramn withiîî prominent niernbers like Fulton and Har-kness rç'- si.Èned. Donald Fleming indicabed blat he would nat rito again. In those lasb hoectic dia *s there 'vere onlv a few' of the front bench àlinisbcrs wbho remain- ect loyal to Mr. Dietenîbaker. lb seemed t, many bliat if the goenetwas1 going tri survive the Conservativ'cs would have tii agree on a new leader, Wbo wriuld. of course. aubomaticalîy 1 beSome Prime MIvinister cf Canada. Certainly it seemed bliat wa\Y to G;eorge l-ices and Pi('leeSevikrn ywmho wvere to everitually furnisl blie coup de grace to bbc Diefenbaker gavernmeob. lb was no secret on Parliament H-ili and blroughout tbc counbry blat if Mr. Diefenbaker would resigo I he Conserva- bîves could agree on George Nowian as leader and Prime Minister. Equallv' , lb wvas no secret bliat Social Credit leader R'obert Tliompson was prepared tri tlrow lis members behind Mr. Now- Iah bto ensure a stable government. There was tIe suggestion bliat Mr. Nmwlan was to be leader pro bemn. until a national convention could be lcld and a permanent leader closen. Th'is arrangement was subsequently dcîîied bv Mr. Nowlan. Knowing him for bhe fighber that lie was 1 arn sure there xvas no sudh deal . . . if George Nowlan was ta be leader lie would be leader. and there would be no deals for him, lb is fî'uibless te speculabe as to "vbat might have he-en." I belipved theni, and 1 still believe, that lad Mr. Diefen- liaker resigned, George Nnwlan would have pulled bbc governrncnt bogebler and w'ibb tle support cf tIe Social C'redif PartY le vnuld probablv have carried on a stable government. Bob Tlirmpson would probabl ,' den\, it, but 1 bbimîk sente arrangeen!ts cculd have beeîî made bo find a cabinet poist for him and bwo or tlrec of his more cap- able followers. And so, but fur the refusai of Mr. Diefenbaker te rcsign ini blose cribical days. Canadianis todaY might le moriun- in te os f Pip . n-Zp Duihom Ceuntys Giecit Famîly Journal i Established 111 Years aqo in 1854 AIse lncorporatng The Bowmanvill, News 4. The Newcatfle Independent àutjàongod a« Second Cloasmalti ai'th* Pont1 Office L>ept. Onawa, nd fer roymoent'ef postage taacah JOHN M. JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS EnrroM-Pim3LISboenT MNAE BUSINESS MGIR. SUBSÇRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Year, afrlcfly In advance $5.50 a Year ln th@ United Stat es Aitrougha voir aprcution willtt ctlken ta avoid erroi rhe Coadian - -----a-epa dvrtm te t.columa yn0the: unde:atnnding u't il wilI flot be. ubie fat an es : aceptadvertim:: «droturned ta The Conndann statsmr, hs'n.am office riqned b, the dvrtis Onor ot coltetion itînly inted in writînq !hpr@ n rnd In thf1, t co il fny orraion an norei 1. no MI '.ed by the Ca'nodicm n tet$mmrn 'tg imilitY -hall nm e x'eed mrrh o0tOOrtimilr ithe en*nhr id _W mmba dvetiem.,î cathte apuce occupied by gh.noted 00 beseeth hoe@pc oet - b? math dvertfatemeaL e pae ccupd -L ILui1 em i nv ry iuar The most critical hours o lite are the fbrst few hourý after birbh. Once these havi passed, thc chances of surý Vival steadily increase. Ir the war against death ir what medicine calîs tht neonatal period, Canadiar. mi e d i c a 1 scientists havE been mn thc torefront, and The Hospital for Sick Chil- dren has plaved an impor- tant role. Seen above is one of Mhe tin3, newb'trn Young- sterS Who are rushed tri the lospital, on, an average of four times a d1ay yýear rouind from hos'pitals in centrai (rteîîdedl for last \\veek) 6.1 King St. W., A pt. ., BowvmanviIfe,(Ont., Ma 'y 31. 1965 Dea- Johonnv: An Editor illak ing corn. metits on certain itemns in the news, especialli' vbis own paper, is ot unusua]. Citi7,- ess comments andi criti- cisms, etc., are flot uttusual bu-, for me to pass an opinion or comment via a newspaper, is unusital. How- ever, ai this tinte 1 do wisil .0 have a luttle tbsav'. M*V contients are 'mainly COncerned witb the %,a 'v the Court reporter yrites blis or her colunin. Not being the tpe tbat reads tbe court news to gleefuill.\ pounce on nother's iin Io it on atbe troubles, 1 do not bother with it - heing one Who does no' approve of such a oluntn anyway. 1 was quite In the Dim and Distant Past From the Statesman File.s ti a ti n Ontario. l-lere th.,y become the charges of doctors who are round-bbecdock guard- bans of their lives, and spe- cially-trained nurses, onme for each clîild. Equiprnent, mnuch of ib designed in the hospitai, provides arbificial respiration Mien needed, and instantaneous visible record et puise, bumipera- bure, blond pressure, blood- oxygýaen and blood-acid balances and other vital informiation. In less than a decade, deabhls of mnany tbny babies. rnost of liîonri pre- maturely' vbornoioe. otrer- Wise capable of normnal lite, are being prevenhied tlirouch thie crises oi eaiy life. though only a lew ye ars ago nearly ail died. Mlebhods of preservbng life have been publbshed in medical journals by the bos- pibai's Research Institute, nmaking available thie new- found knowledgie to hospi- tais everywhere. The hospi- taI faces a five-year expan- sion Programn to continue its work, and bas appealed for Public assistance in a $1.3,. 900.000 building fund eam- paign. Contributions will be received gratefuliy at The Hospifal for Se Children Fund, 105 Adelaide st. w., to tuie oaitor grapb corcencrî here, was draw n 10 m \, aittentlion, ai the implicationî threin. This in ne way concerns the miagistrae or couirt pro- cedure as tey, as fajr as 1 arn concernied, mnust keep to te law and al its out- dated and ncw, laws. Also, same does not concert anly other cild or parent. Teenagers du sonte odd things as you knew, between the ages ef 16 to 19. Tb is one of mine, after being at a very nice, supervised Party, was nesey enougb and foolish enough to i-op in at the party concerned. Labe- ness of the hour doesnt seem to inlabtert' 10sonte I know, especially if tbey are supposed te be spending tbe nlight witb a friend and Dad and Mont can'b pack thent off to bed at the prop- er time. If I were a teen- ager at ailnY Party or place 25 YEARS AGO (June 13, 1940) Mr'. Francis Sutton, M us Bac., Music Director in Bow. manville Public anîd HigF Scbools for several vear: and erganist aînd choir lead. er at Parkdale Unite: Churcb, Toronto, last wee< resigîîed bis positions to gc bo Sault Ste. Marie wbere he will supervise mtusic in the public sc'nools. Dri. and Mis. W. E. 'leui- tuant and Mr. and N'rs. John Rrnugh attended graduation exercises ;at Kitchener Gen- eral Hospital wbere Miss Winnifred Tennant. daugh- ter of the tormer couple and Mrs. Brnugb's sisier, was graduating. Citizeuts ofr d~ i strict were stunnied ou Monidav af- ternooni with the newvs'ibat ion. Normait Rogers, De- fence Ministe i, orCanada, hacu crashe Iob lis deatb in a 'plane just east ot the vil- lage of Ncwtoiiville. Miss battra L. Foley, daugbteî' ot Rev. IL W. and Mrs. Frilev, Liberty St., bas contpiebed lier ni n r s i ni g Coutrse ai Niingston General Ho-apitai anid graduates an Monda 'v cveniîîg. She gradu- atos %witb t\VO Prizes for highes. iann n Cnnt- ntnnity' Hyzienp, and Eye, Ear, Nose and Tbrnat. M1rs. H. Mercer. Oronît, eni- fertained on Wednesdav in hanor rit Miss Freeda WII- son, bride-tri-be cf June 29thi. Mrs. Chas. Shaw read an address and Mrs. Mercer pre- senled a si1l'er tca service on bebaîf of tbe company. Friends rit Alan Baison, soni ot Mi'. and Mrs. A. J. Baison, Satina, wili be grati- tied tIn leaî'n of the distinc- tien be gained in tbc recent tinal exants at Queen's Uni- versitv, Kingston. He wen tbe George MacBetb Milli- gan Fellowsbip in Phîleso- pbv, takîing an excellent staniding in the tests. The F'eliowsbip iS ValUed at S40t0.00 and Is available tri bhe winner for tie purpose if dai'rying on original re- search in Philrisopbv or Psychology. He aIse hadi conterred upoo hlm. a B.A. legree. He is studying for the minismrv otf the Uîîiled Church. His ; vife, the toî'm- r Helen Smtale, har, suc- resfully completed 3rd year exama at Queen'a. t: s I c C t c e c e 49 YEARS AGO (June 15, 1916) Mr. and Mrs. J. WI. Sparl. ing wbo bave been spend- ting thie winter in Orange, Catltomnia, bave uetumned Mrs. P. C. Ti'cbileîîck bas i'etumned tî'ontseveral weeks' visit witb ber daughter, Mrs. *T. H. Hutcheson. Tor'onto. Miss Ethel Bruce, (Jrad- aIe Nurse of Dr. Howard A. Kcl]Ys Hospital, Baltimore, Mid. s isiting at Mr. W. H. Williams'. ChLir<'h St. Elizabeth Santis. Salent. won a tîrize n the reccoit conlest mentioned in the Monti'eal Wilnes, 'onsisinr oft four pieces of silvei'ware. Rev. and Mi's. CGordonî S. Jury and farnil.' or Yale Univ\er.sitv, US.: Mi.S. C. W. New 'ad soitiBrandon, enits, Mr'. antd Mrs. J. H. H. Jury, 'Woodlawii". Mr. W. T. Allen lias veî'y kifndlv doîîated a football and Mi'. J. B. Martvii anitin- door basebaîl and' bat for the ise ri thIe 2.35th Bat- talion. PIe. E. C. l'liggiiihiarn rit the I tb Cao. Field Amn- buIlancle, say s "lit the Old Land nt lasI. Dandy trip acrriss the water in the Adni- atir. Gptfing lonresome il- ready for same rit the hornte newspapers". Flags on ail public build- ings weî'e at hait ntasb Wed- nesday as a mark et respect te the late Earl Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Gea. Bickeil and twe cbildren, rit West Toronto, are visiting ber aunt, Mrs. W. B. Pinch. Mrs. J. Sullilvan and Mrs. W. Miner. Petrolia, were re- cent guests et their cousin, Mrs. Obris. Cox. Mr. W. F. Allenî and Miss Margaret Ailin, Beecb Ave., are visitiîig Mrs. J. D. Hays, W ood stock. Mrs. Tht>s. L ' iiet' and stn Alan are visitiog lier sister, Mrs. Fortier. Montî'eal. Mrs. F. R. Rriwe, Branit- ford, is xisiting ber ftîer, Mr. W. E. Gilbaîîk. Sbaw's. Miss Edith Bennett lias î'etuî'ned front a xisit wibh relatives io Toronto. Mr. and Mns. W. Croxali, Brooklin, vîsibed Mrs. A. J. Courtbce recently. somebndlY bolleied "Police,,. Tbe tbing bbat concerns me bere is that Ibis teenager lias ont started le drink as yet, is an excellent student Higb Scbool, and apparently well liked, but Johnny, thîs Paper Of -ours dries travel ar'ound considerablv a n d front the paragraàpb in question one is led tri believe thal tbese young chaps are littie terrors on their way to ne geed. I1 vill say that if these yeung fellows had cen- sumed ail the brirze listed, mY own in particular, would have been sick fer days. (Ali, no, this caper had been geing on a long tinte and done bv some good drink- ers i. The enes that were doing the drinking and rais- ing the commotion were ntîssing and net feund by the police. A few were cbarged eut ef court and ne naintes ntentioned in the paper. Sontebedy bad te take the brunt rit it and th e fivc listed did, in about bwo minutes' tinte ietting the Just Ihow onie wrirds court uîew's in a situation like this I arn net tea sure, but I don't think I would bave cnnfused tbe issue where. uponnbbe Public could gel wrnng ideas. 11, ls a well known fact that sonte boys are Iucky enougb to bave parents wibh certain nantes that bave been able tri pay fines, un- known by1 anyrine except the police, thus keeping tbe Cild ut f it witb a les- SOn' well learned in some cases and some cases nob. As 1 bave iin the pasm. 1 tried to do snntetbing about giv- ing tbis boy a band and as far as 1 arn cencerned in tIb is ridicuinus case, be sbould bave been sent home prnmptl 'y with a gond shaî'p dressing dnwn as to where one gnes and ai whal liaur, ec. However, be that a.s il mta 'VI did go up ta the local station and bad raîher a dislasteftl session with th(, local Chlipf. \wbom I -i2ht add ould tuse a little ntnre ,dîscretion when talk- îrîg 10 a citizen no matter It is a xveil Ikiowrt public fact al] the î'ough tinies I have hîad ini a iryl g ltt-year period. As tbu bis sntart ne- mark about tbe tact that 'the police bave been more than faiu ' e yenvei' the years" 1 repeat wbat bas already been said. Tbev bave in- deed. Several of the Baw- manville rice sucb as form- er vcry fine mant Mr. Ven- ton and now Mr. Bird I he- lieve, but in the moat part il bas been the "Provincial Police" that bave been ho- volvcd and I wili say their treatmntn toward a very up- set and buntiliated parent was second teainene, They aî'e intelligent, show excel- lent breeding and tr'aining and I was always treated witb the utmosb kindness and syntpatbetic attitude. This \vas tbe tirst tinte and bbe Iast I hope to bave amy dealings witb yoriunLocal Chier. 1 amî wonderitig if yriu have had any other cern- plaints abouithte Court Ne w s. Just. as long as this paî'ticular p a ra g r ap b is straigbtened eut I'm mot tee upset. However the wbohe ibing had a pectuliar arrima wbicb la stili lingering but I am nont about tri be givimg advice tai policemen on how te do a job, just not enjey- inRth Ie odor and untairness ri thIis particular ene. TI'anks for Your attention, Sincerely, Trudty (Bonathan) SaLlows, k Sp ice MW There is somcbhing deeplv, distîtrb- ing about the attitude toward lite of tle modern North Amerîcan woman. Men liaven't reallv cbanged much, basicaliy, since Juiius- Caesar and bis boys crossed tIc Rubicon. Thev stilî like to make war and make love; they -still drink more blan is gond for blemn; bley still like playing games bebter blian imprnvbng their properly; tley still have sonne romance and illusion in their seuls; 11ev stili moatIe facing up te family prt)biem in litie "balks" with tleir mates. Take a mordern pt>Iiti(1a11. diîape him in a toga, and he'd he right at home in the senate rif ancient Rome. Take a miodern general, hand a suit oft amnior and a belmet on him, stick himn on a But fake a modemn woman eut of her moder'n kitchen, awax' fi'um lier wall-to-\wall bî'oadlnom amîd dîmp ber in a thatcled-î'onf cottage with outbide facilibies and no debergrents. and %vhat would ' otm lave? A scieamiing meemie; bIat's \vlat vou'd have. Even if Mr. and Mis. Will Shakespeare lived in thc tlatchcd cottage iiext doot. Thlis comnment is wi'itteii miire in1 sorrow than in angel'. I dont' put all tIc biame on tIec ci-atures themselves. I think bleu' grecdy rnaterbalism, me- lenbless realil.v, and total Jack oft ap- preciabion cf fhe finci' blings in lite - like their lushands - are a result tir the stresses of bbc age,. Ton- mucb wvarmed-over psychologv. Trio much hard-seil advertising. Tley ail wanbtrIn nk like Paris models. But tlev drin't do enough physical wrirk aîîd tlev vat bro miîcb. So they get fat. Them'c's a stress rigît there. Thcy ail want their children te be lhandsomne and brilliant. So they %pend thousands of dollars straightening the kids.' eyes and teeth and pushing them at school and nagging them about mnusic lessons and comparing theni tin- favorably with kids who are handstîne and brilliant. Their own kids, naturally, respond bh' getting fat and pimply, needing braces and glasses, gr<lwing neurotie, and failing their exams. An- other stress. 'rîcy ail wanb their husbands tri be a combinabion of Richard But-ton, J. P. Morgan, and Caspar Milquetoast. That's a little rougI t<î crime b>' blese days. so thcy take lb eut on the poorr Adamn fhey griLout of the grab-lag. Frustration and guilt. Two more stress- Tliey crave securitv. More and more of it. Sn f 1e push their mnen larder and larder tri build up a big.- get' and bigger estate, and more and more insurance, in order that they can *;nin thc hordes rit lnnely widows in' Florida. sitîng arotnd telling eaerhS clher wbat a grand cbap poor Herman was before le worked himself ta deabh 30 years ago. The\v aIl wanht<îo be lnved and cherisbcd. And tlev spend aIl their bume complaining about bleir health, lheii' children, bleir husbandç, and all tle tlings obler wvomen have blat they don't. Who's Qoing to, love and cherîsli a walkie-talkie witl a built-in whine? They ail %vant tri he hentutifil. Antd lhey ail got arnunti with lips presseti iight. nm, t iîrned down, anti a big scowl. When was lhe hast time you heard youir wife singing, Jauk? Tbere's nnly one solution, rit course, i- thfe girsanri ifl\vould nnt be a popular one. Thr answer is hack tri the sc-rub-bo-ard and the sewing-machine, île \'gebahle garden and the prmserv- ng kebtle. 1 wouhd luitba\'e You fhink these few observatians ai-e nffpred in an un- kindhv spirit. They are mcrely bIc result of oem- earing a conversation todav hebween mvy Old Battîcaxe and her sidckick acress the street. For' halIlait hou r,tIîie.v vied w ibh t'hobhici. in relating. with chapter and vertse, vbaî uSss rilsBilland John incidentali *\. twao o the sweetest IT'S JUNE The huds are batstîng intri leaf, The skies are blue - can v y believe, Spring is drawiniz to a cIOS4' As the lengtîcning days repose? TIc, eartî's maburing -cverv day Wonders crrîwd up on LIe Wa'Y, Birds build their ncsbs. The pen' Blooms --- Tîcre is a bud an the riais V, TIe fields gm'ew gr'een before my vs The 'whimns' of lite hecomne LIe "b' Pub as 1 lear the children sing Summer cati but pi'omise another And as I w.onder I muriner low "God's in His Hèav'n" (AII's well> and 80 - I lay down iymv fcares Lu hum a Lune; Als wcll in Space and the worid Its June! -Mariona Ford a'iieet Ii undred Newborn (o Sd /ourgnzan-S clumn j 4gtu Report from Q cw By Russell C. Honey, M.P. SOME WOES ON WoNjE,ýNl 1 If R better "retirement" party than the onme staged on the niglit of June 2nd, is ever pl'nned may I1lie teet enjoy it, especially if Bert Haas' is the organizer. He must have worked like a one armed paper hanger. Some, who had intended coming, couldn't make it, but the seventY f ive who did, voted it the best ever. and that's going some because the Dept. of Lands and F'orest parties in the Lindsay District are like spearmint gum -- the flavour lasts, and iasts, and lasts. William Storsbergen, operator of the "Dutch Oven", at the juniction of J-ighway No. .35, and Taunton Rnad, and his capable staff went out of their wav to make sure that, everything pos- sible was done for the comfort of ail the guests, who thoroughl yen.joyed the relaxed homev atmosphcre of the es- tablishment, and comnpiete infor-malitv' of the occasion. Rovalty, couldn't have been treated better!i While my wife, and 1 v.vîe de- Iighted to share the evening with so many of our Dept. associates, we feit honoured to have as felnow guests. Art Blanchard, Warden of the United Counties, Jim Austin, Chairman of the Ganaraska Authoritv, and several other long time friends. f' vou wondcr how many were from Dept. Headquarters, Toronto, the answer is - none - it was strictlv, a local shindig. You shoid have seen m v better half when Marie MclntYre pjilnnd a beautiful corsage on lier; her face lit Up like a million candie power light bulb. It made your scribe happy to see lier given the credit she so richl «v de- serves for lier unselfish endeavours, in the past, to help make the Durham Foi-est, and Ganaraska Pro ject succes- fui. She loves a bit of good Chinia\are, and 1 imagine that her present. of a beautiful cup and saucer of fine "bonie china", and decorat.ed wîth Onitario's floral ernblem, the Trillium, will have a prett 'v conspicuous place in thflicod china cabinet, in the corner of our dlin- ing room. The spiffv travelling bag that \vas1 presented to me, is quite the nicesi. of its kind we have ever owned: I arn i both grateful, and overwhelmed by sucli unexpected and undeserved generosity. As a special treat, the audience was shown "Return of the Tr-ees." a film showîng the need for reforestation. s made 1 n 1947, in vhich our son Bob t and I had parts. Seeing our eleven yearo old son, who now owns his home in t] Kendal, is married, and the father ofb four daughters, and our dear old non- a descripù niongrel mutt "Mike", who ci had more intelligence than a lot of" ihumans, gave us quite a twinge ol nostalgia; wve appreciate thé kind]v gesture. Ini one sçcene, as the ôfficiais approAch, 1 arn ioading a mknure sreader, bv hand, which caused fRu Powel o observe, "Ed's still spreqing I enquired about orle couple's brand niew babY, And was toid théit Earl*s divorced %vife, and new husband wf-re baby sitting for them. How's that for demnocracv in action? The Peterborough Examiner photo- grapher was on hand to snap pictures. Cuess the Editor of the Statesman wruld have don(,,Ihe same,, but lie knew of it in the Examiner. 1 didn't tell him. ilothing about the affair until he rpari for lhrre gond reasons, i.e., il wAq bis dayv of publication; lie liasý far too mmnv clemands on his valuable. timet, and -I didn't wvant him around if the partY liappened to be a flop. Incidentallv'. it m'as my fault that the parlv wps'flot licld wveks ago. 1 couldn't imagine ma ri folks hothering ta attend. nor d id 1 think I had donc anvthing unusual tri altrac. spccial recognition. Othe-rs thought diffcrentl v, and we arc, gladi tbhic'v did, other\vise. we xvould have misscd a session xvith that Harris woman who chat bers incessantly froni bhe timr she Arrives, undil she"lea\'es, and alxva 's reminds me of a sexy clip- munk - sbe's awfully nice, and a rat- tlinggood sport. Beth neyer drinks anytbing strong- et' than Pepsi. or Coke whidh means that someorir musb bave spiked her cnffee bo make ber ask a flat foot like me for a dance, which shp got with alacrit.v, and probabl ' regrets. Winnie, and 1 appreciated the prps- ence of the two voung marriêd gals whose "delicabe conrdition" didn't stop thepm from abtending; ' ust as we ap- preciabed Jim, fresh out of hospital, being there, to sas' nobbing of the couples wlio drove sucb verv long dis- tances, in order ta wish us a happy retiremcnt, gond health, and long lift>. Altbouph a fcw, have been speciilly mentioncd. we basten in assure ou'r readers that. if we bad been L7ivg-n paper and pencil, and asked tri compile a list, everyone there would have been on that lisb. lb was our pleasure tri welcome eycry guesb. Much more could be said, hut ail *yourl scribe lias f ried to do is mention some of the higblights of an evening bhat Nvill live in our respectiv'e mem- wbies for a long time. Before we reach hat final bond in Lifc's road, it wilI be nice for Winnie, and I to look back, ind. in fanc *v, sep a gain, that happy, arefree crowd, wbooping it up in the "Dutch Oven", jusf, for us. ugar