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4 e- EDITORIAL COMMENT FEARS AND FACTSI &I ?oungman 's Co/umnlt The Capital Punishment Controversy Sooner or later, although they has been, however, no blanket order geemn to be putting it off as long as that ahl such sentences wiil be com- they can, Canada's politicians are going muted, instead each case has been to have to corne to a decision on the judged on its own merits. The govern- abolition of capital punishment. In ment would be well advised to get on case any reader is interested, the Editor wyul the abolition vote and save the favors Capital punisîment. courts the unlappy task of senbencing The question oif abolishing the pisoners to death, knowing that their death penalty often sparks violent -sentences wiil, almost certainly, never opinions as happened recently when be carried out. the National Council of Women found If tLhe Honorable Memibers are un- they couid flot agree on tIe question. able to make up their minds they might A resolution favoring abolition was note that the British House Of Com- defeated on the grounds that feelings mons has decided to establisl a f ive- were too divided to permit an honest year expenîmental peniod during which group endorsement. the death penalty las been s'uspended. There las not been an execution This mîgît atIclast be a step in the in Canada since 1962 when two Toronto igît direction, that is if the Canadian mnen were hanged in the Don Jail. Since people have decided tIat they are in then, bîrough botl Liberal and Con- favor of eliminating capital punish- servative administrations, ail death ment. sentences have been commuted. There -SmitLhs F'alls Record-News It Can't Be Dd'ne What this country needs, in view of Alberta's Premier Manning, is an order of priorities in tIe use of ils financial resources. His ad1lerence to this principle, according to the press, was behînd lis dissent at the recent federal-provîncial conference to Ot- tawa's quite abrupt proposai of a na- ional medicare program. It is diffîcuit to conclude that Mn. Manning was wrong in principle, comments wnîter C. J. Harris., For doctors' services only, the in- i tial cost of the program lhas been esti- mated at $600,000,000 a yean, to be shared equally by tIe federal ,and provincial governments. That is neariy double the estimated initial cost of the f ederal-provinciail ospital insurance program, the actual cost of which in its seventl year of operation wilI be $1,200,000,000. There are otîer prog- ramns, comparable in cost, in tIe welf are field. Family allowances, once known as the "baby bonus" but now payable on behalf of "children" up to age 17, wil * cost $600,000,000 this year. Contribu- * tions to the old age security pension * wili corne to $1,145,000,000. Starting in January there will be taxes bo pay for the second public pension program, tIe Canada Pension Plan, and its annual cost wiil soon amount to $600,000,000 ennually. Unemployment insurance, which has been boondoggled inb more of a relief program blan an insurance plan, costs more than $400,000,000a year. Even withoul the mrdicare pro- posai and the Canada Pension Plan, the cost of thc state-run lealîl and welfane apparatus is now about $5 billion a year. It is a fair question wletîer it is a well-built, well-administered struc- ture, providîng the most Io those most in need. If so, wh 'yvtIe need now for a "war on povei-ty?" Another faitr question is wheîler the' rising slare of national income taken by tIe stale las lef t enough money for other things, particularly bo pay for job-creating economie growtl. In 1964 the spending of ail governments in Canada amounted to $760 per capila. Fifteen years before il was only $280 per capita. Significantiy, it is only since 1950 that we lave lad to bonrow such vast sums f rom abroad that foreign ownership of industny and nesources has skyrocketed, tIec currency las had tn- be devaluated, and balance of pay- ments pnoblems lave become cînonic. The langer the sîare of national income lIai is baken for state spending, bhc less that is lef i for pnivate spending for saving, for capital investmeni. But we cannot spend the sanie dollar twice, or spend and save tIc same dollar. lb can't be donc. Millbrook- A Punitive Hell? TIe Peterborough Examiner pub- lisled an article.on Friday dealing with Millbrook Reformatony by the Rcv. S. G. West, the -director of Anglican Cerrectional Cîaplaîncy in the Diocese of Toronto. It also included thc follow- ing tlought-provoking editorial in the same issue. Mr. West argues that the conditions ai Millhrook lave become a punitive hell. This is strong language and tîcre is no doubi that the Depaniment of Reform Institutions wili resent it. It is a fact, nonetîeless, tIai reform is nol bIe principle on whicî the Canadian Crirninal CQde is bascd, nor docs il oc- cupy much time in so-called neform- institutions. ht follows, blerefore, that any im- provement or change in our reform rnetîods must also be accompanied by a change in tIe pinciples of the Crm- inai Code. If it is tle purpose of tle Code bo punish felons, and the duby o! judgcs'to sce that this is done, the courts are more or lcss forced bo ignore atiempts by psychîainists and sociolo- gists to use thecrciminai courts as in- struments of relabilitation. On the conlrary, it is believcd bv niany junists blat tle firsi pu.rpose of criminal prosecution and conviction is punisîmeni and Io support bIe powers of self-control in the non-cniminal members of sociely - and not bo deai with and reclaim any particular crim- mnai. lIai this attitude las not curbed ciminality in society is obvious; statis- tics for major western countries slow a steady increase in crime. Because this is so, the argument blat the purpose o! tIc law sîould le cîanged is a power- fuI one. Il is supportcd boo, by the increas- ing attention given b ciminals wîen they are confincd ta penal institutions. To say that Millbrook Reformatory is a typical exampie of tle Canadian systemn is untrur. Sa 11111e is known, outside tle Provincial Departmenbs, about con- ditions inside bleir penal- and reforrn institutions, and not mucî more about Dominion penitentianies, tlat no prop- er comparison can le made. Noneble- less, the increasing amount of publie unease at the present metîods of ne- form and relabiliiaiion is indicative of tle strange dislocations in aur ciminal process. Mn. West asserts that Millbnook, at least, encourages the reverse of refonni. He puts forwand the inieresîing opinion tîat isolation of bIc already spiriiually and socialogically damaged pensonality is île worst reatmeni possible. The trealment, in faci, simpiy reinf onces tle conditions and attitudes which lave sent tle pnisoner tîere in the first place. This is simple enougî ta under- stand and il expiains tle higI rate of recidivism among offenders in Ihis countr. What kind of change is possible? Ib. has been cynical]y suggested - al- beit witî soie trutî - lIai there is a constant ciminal population, hlI of whicb is in jail and hli of wîicî is not. Tle ciminal pnoccss, goes tIc reasoning, is simply a malter o! movingl criminals througl tIc penal institutions at a steady rate. This may le tIc result of convenience and exasperation, and the resuli of a law based on arcînie pninciples and the desire for vengeance on tIe wrongdoen. Wîatever il is, il is flot a satisfactory process o! refoni. Thougî people confiaîcd t prison have no civil nighis, lley do lave human rigîts. And il is in the defence of these lIai prison reform will even- iually become possible. Meanwhile, we must work away aI rcducing tht' gro- lesqucries causcd by discrepancies in tIe present systeni, by engaging bbc urgent attention o! tle public and of our legisla tons. When factory employrnent went int an abrupt decline a half dozen years back - at a time of a general economic recession in North America - it was widely feared that the difficuit days of the automation revolution had finaliy dawned. At that tirne, recalis an article issued by the Chicago Daily News Service, it. was forecast from some ivory towers that by 1965 ten per cent of the labor force would be un- .nployed, while computer-controlled automated machinery would have achieved an alarming increase in pro- duction. The facts are that aithough manufacturing employment in the U.S. declined by 300,000 in the 1959-1961 period, more than a million production workers have been added in the last three years. "The computerized econorny," says t he news service, "has boosted produe. tivity and output per man hour, but only at a slightly faster pace than in the 13 years before computers entered the industriai picture - 3.6 per cent average annual increase since 1960, compared with 3.1 per cent between 1947 and 1960. "The rise in productivity also has made possible a sharp increase in busi- ness profits and, at the same time, ai- lowed wages in rise, xvhie prices re- rnained stable. The average gross week- lv 'e arnings of US. production xvorkers in manufacturîng indusjtries are up to $106, an increase of $15 since 1960.' Those statistics that are available for Canada indicate that the same gen- erai pattern applies here. Manufactur- ing employment dropped to 1,265,000 in 1961, but by 1964 it had gained 170,000 to an ali-time high of 1,435,000, and the *average wage rose by $13 to $85 week- ly. In the broader picture, the total labor force increased fromn 6,518,000 to 6,920,000, non-farmn empinyment rose fromn 5,375,000 to 5,911,000, and the monthly average rate of unemployment dropped fromn 7.2 per cent of the labor force in 1961 to 4.7 per cent in 1964; the average of weekly wages and sal- aries in ail industries rose by $10 to $88. Much pubiicity is given to estimates of the number of jobs that are being or will be lost through automation, but none of these figures are an actuai count of dîsplaced workers. They are derived by a mathematical process; statisticians combine the percentage in- crease in over-ail productîvity with over-ali employment totals and then estimate how many fewer workers are able to produce the same quantity of goods and services as were produced in an eariier. comparable period. But this siide-rule figure does not represent spe- cific people, and the statistical process cannot take into account the re-train- ing and re-assignment of workers, or the creation of new employmnent through the deveiopment of new goods and ser- victes. A final thouglif on thr subjcct, from a recent speech by Mr. G. K. Penny. employý,ee relations officer of Imperiai Oil Limiited: "It is paradoxical that 'lie key ,Ahicli manî has sought through the agcs to open the door to leisure lies within his grasp and hoe stands before that, door today, not in pleasant anticipation, but ton often in rnorbid apprehiension of what lie fears may lic beyond il." The Rise of Worker Discontent By Larry Seftonn Director District 6 Unrited Steelworker.q oif America Labour Day 196.9 spes Canadian wvorkers restlesg, frustrated and gripped wif.h a mountin.g sense of dis- illusionnient. This wave aof restlessness has s w e p f. through ail the major in- <iu-tries: flabbergasted em- ployers including the' fed- ePral goverinmcntý perturbert t.he pundits and contributedf to the basic anxiety of our troubled limes. To disniiss this restless- ness as .iust a passing phase 25 YEARS AGO (September 12, 1940) Bowmanvilie was on tht' snir last Thursday evening. Listeners ta CFRB wene 'thrilled la hear Miss Lillian Naylor's voice when s-le sang an Ross Millard's pro- gram that eveniaîg. Yesterday Gordonl R. Eli- linît of Toronto, a new boa- cher, began his duties ai Bownanvilie High Saihoni. Miss Novelda Berry was ap- Pointed Seenetary by tht' Boar-d ta fil] the' vacancy caused bYthe nesignation of' Miss Dýoris Freeman. Dr. Narman Allun, Ed- monton, Alta., arrived in town Thursdayv for tht' wed- ding aof lis daugliter Elsie to Oscar H. Jamieson on Saturdav. Her brother George is also expected for this event. Mr. W. H. Carnutiiers, Bowmnanvi-le, and Rev. W. J1. H. Srnyth, Port Penny, as COM-misSioners f nom Oshawa Presbyterv, are abtending tht' General Councîl ai' the' United Churdli of Canada being held at Winnipe'g. Miss Selma Bartlett, xvho has been holidaying in 0f- tawa, lad a veny enjoyable trip home hy Canada Air- ways ta Ma-ibon. Mr. Alex Colville has en- listt'd wibh the Royal Cana- dian Air For-ce. Mn. and Mns, Allan Keilli and dauter Anti. West Orange, N.J.. have been guýes't.s of Mn. and Mrs. M. J. Elliott. Mn. and Mrs. Harold Sav- en.v and Mrs. Penkins, Bos- ton, Mass., are guesîs of Mn. and Mrs. Lawry Crydrnman. Dr. and M-ns, p. E, Ire.- ]and and John, Toronto, wert, Su.nday guests of Mr. and MrUs R, H. Westaway. Mu-. and Mu-s. Melville Wiseman, Toronto, sipent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mu-s. Fret! Batile. Mu-. and Mrs. F. 0. Mr- lveen and son Eric have heen liolidayirip with rela- tives aI Auburn. Mis9ses Alice and Jean ]-foeback, lDetroit.,M.ueh. are visiting their aunt, Mrs. T, S. Holgate. Miss Ruth J-ames hlae; ra- sumed her musical qtutiip. at the Ontario Ladies' Cal- lege, Whitby. Pie. Jim' Cain, Petawawa Military Camp, &-pent the weekend wilh his family heu-e. -Mass Maxine DemerlinR has been visiting heu- sister, Mur-.J, Douglas, Guelphi. Miss Moira DinniweUll ipt Tuesdav In attend the On- tario Ladies' College vWit- by. Cou-v. Hubert Hooper. Petawawa Camp, was home for th., weekend. Miss Dorothy Cahoon iz opending thig mo0bth int BlOoM.tield. as far ton simple for rralis- tic people. To condemn il as absurd. Yet, there ha, flot been a single publie figure h laF taken tia' time or given the' effort In try b ascertain w z o many tens of fhîunsof working men and women arr so dissaîisfied. Tr ~ dissatis f a rfn nki deeply rooted. If. k a pro- test against an era of siv speeche whose founldation as a collection of ohsolete cliches. it is a protst against the' refusai of man- agement to abandon ils vworn-out warning that dis- 49 YEARS AGO (Septeniber 14. 1916) Tht' weathen put on itsi best behavion for the' inter- esting function on Tuesday aflennoon on the lawn of Bowmanville Hospital when tht' finst graduating exen- cases of the' Tnaining Schooi for Nurses Class 1916, ivas fi ttingh' and plea s a n f 1 v celebrated. The thnee grad'- uatiog nurses wore Miss Edill M. Toombls, Miss Doris W. Hiliier and Miss Rhae Williamsoaî. Friday's bigf tornado ut nain and wind played hax'oc at Squire Lovekin's, near Newcastle. The' ladependeuit says: At Kilenlman farn tht' sbonn would almost ap- pear f0 havr neached its climax, as tlicre the' silo was w7recked, a barn uan- roofed, a loft 'v sprucc la'ce on the' Iawn in fr'ont of flhe rtesidence uprooted. and Mn. Lovekin estimates that full.v $1.000 xvorth of apples were blown down ian lis large young orch-ard. Miss Ciare Snefsingrn, Coibonne, lias heen visitinug Miss Queenie Ranisay. Miss Marjorue Westawav has neturned home after i pleasant visit with lier sis- ter, Ma-s. H. T Howe, Ham- ilion. Ma-s. E. 1. Osborne, Bow- -manville, and Miss Edna Osborne li a v e returned home aften xisiting friends at Newmuarka'u and Toronto. Rex'. C. C. Washington and bride, Ro!zeeneati, are g-uest-3 of lis parents, Rt".' and Mrs. W. C. Washington. Miss Mary Wood has ne- tunned honte afte'r a pIF'a.ý- ant trip fo Toronto and Nia- gara Falls. Miss Ena and Master Ken- neth Purdy recentlv visif.ed théin brother at E.dviUle. Mn. T. H. Knight lias greatly ampnoved his Block by putting ini new windows in Knox's shot' store and in allier ways. Mn. and Mrs. John Baie, Miss Ella Bale, Mr. aîd NMr. Russell J. Bale and bale Margaret. Oshawa, recentiy visited their cousin, Mrs. William Paintn. Pte. Fred Barfiet. Tor- nn, ViSit.ed lis grand- niother, Mu-s. John Helîvan. Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Ton- kin, Meaford, are visitung old iniendshliet. Mrs. E. C. Coleman ne,- centl' vi-suted lien son in Toronto. Mn. John Doncaster was in Toronto and vasitet! the Ex. Miss Minnate '%ManninRis homne lurn Chicago. Mr. Robt. Fielding visted i Toronto friends. Muss Emmaline WuIluanms. Rochester, NY. s home vîsitins her parents, Mr.1 and Mu-s. -w.. LWiiia, Chiurch St. astçeris juist around ever ' cornrr. If i s an outcrv aga insI p e 1If y martinets Zone rnad over their man- agement rights. And it is a protest agaînst a weifare state for capitalists financed t.hrough the' increasing in- securîtv of working people. Workers are rest]ess be- cause lmeY are eonfronted a i ' empioyers whio warn aevery contract time that deprcssioin is j iust weeks away and f lien bask in Thle limeli.ght nof record profits, record sales and a future ,wýhere today*s records will seeni insignificant. They give dire warnings in the ,morning and hy afternonn, on the' financial pages, are extiding total confidence. But hefore the' confidence nf workers cati be restored, thiere must ie more than giowing statements; ta the pundifs. There miust be an enid fo depression mentalitv Of em.ployer$s. If Canadians are fo cnioy boom times, flien ail] of us, froni tht' for. gotten fanier trying to cke o'ut a living on nearly bar- ren land: to the' immigrant in tht' big city; fo the un- Pmnloyed; in those wonking and worried abouIt the weeks ahcad, and even to the' executive group There must lie an end ta tfi insanity disrpiayed by many employers over- a rem sentences prociaiming Ihat theY have ail the nights -- while fli. people who work for themn have none except tht' right tb be unemployed on - tht' fastest possible hask, and being subject to petfy rules and regulations. that have no purpose ex- cept to boirter the' ego ot inladequate taskmasters. Canadian workers are rcstless because they intend to insist upon the' right to dignity and secunity. They are tio longer intestcd in booms and busts. The-y wanl a level of job and income securitvy that will mean diçý- t'if 'v to them-sclves and to their famuilirs. They want tlie eurity t hat means thev %vill ha sel f-sufficient in their nwn communities. Yeb, they are confronted with employers, including thcir own governmcnts, that state wifh arrogant assur- ance that a man cao sup- port a famiy on $60 a week. Cao they lie blamed for frustration when thev find that flic government of the richest province, On- tarin, casually culs the' wages of women who clean the hialls and offices of tht' legaisiature on the grounds that there are plenly of new immigrants available? Can workers bic accused of irresponsibiiit ', w h e n thev' read thal a govern- ment as willing la provide more in welfare payments to) thoce who have no work than in wagcs fn tht' men or uromen %villing to work an the difficuil and aften fet'se surroundings of men- tal hospitals? Is there flot rnr'm for indignation and protesi when the xvealthyv hneeders of race horses are freeiv sabsidized hy lax funds whiie otar lawmraker.i procrastinate in sail pace deliberation about the con- sequences of aiding the poor and the' low income fama- Thr're crail hf' no mean- ingful heginining toward re- laxing, tht' tensions and resi- lcssnc.ss wilhin industrial societv tintil employers lie- ginl to Put as much effort and imagination into their industrial relations pro- grams as thev do in their public relations and sales promotion programs. Until Ibis heginning ik mnade, the rest.Iessness will inerease. For working men and women are no longer content b lie treated as ri- bots. They have dignity aand ;hey want seeurity and they are prepared to fight to h~ave them rewgized. A short lime ago, our daily r'~ papers carried the story of a priest 'of the Roman Catholie Church requesting that. his vows of priesthood be rescind- ed in order that le couid marrv. Hi.; superior off icers acceded in his requcst in every detail except one - that of celi bacy. Now, what satisfaction is Ihere in miarriage if the husband is a celibale? The ecclesiastical authorîtv who grant- ed bhc remission of -tovws apparentiv had an idea of wîat the young priest had in mi, and so, spilefuliy denied him the one thing he most desired. Such an action seenis incompatible with a làyman's idea of what the Church is supposed bo represent -- everything that is good, and Christlike. If il had happened to me, I'd have promptiy told his nibs what, Io do with lis sillv old vows of celibacy and tIen I'd get on with enjoying my marniage. That brings up somebhing else about tIe same organization. According ta a news item in the Globe and Mail of August 30t1, the most Reverend Pat- rick OBoyie, Arcîbishop oif Washing- ton, U.S.A., iii a sermon the previous day, iambasted bis own goverrnment for daxing- to consider passing legisiation ira assist in matiers of hirth control. lie also Ict il be known that le sharp- ]y opposed the bill, pending in the U.S. Senate, that would provide funds, and miaterials dra1ing with hirth preven- lion. Now, if this was simpiy a case of this genticrnan's personal opinion, it is hardlv likely that the International news services xvould have taken much notice but, whien be said that lie was represcnting the' views of bis Chur-ch then il is time for us aIl to cogitate on wby suclita powerfui. world xvîde organization should be unaiterably op- posed to assisted hirth control. lil bis sermon, t he archbishop is reported tb have said "In a situation like this, involving serious moral is- sues in which people sir-ive to form a rigbt conscience, thc role of tIe gov- ernment is ecear --- strict neutrality." H-e said Ihaf, lie feit compelled to speak aul, on this cnntrovensial subject oif birth control because committees of Congress, and other public bodies, hearing no officiai expression to the' contrary, have assumed that, silence Sugar gives consent, and have initiated pro* rams intruding on the private lives of citizens - programs in which, to put it bluntly, the government heî no busi-e1 nesLook who's taiking! W about- the' case of celibacy at the start of this coiumn? That's interferîng -wîth an -in-, tirnate detail of a couple's private life, that nobod v shouid interfere with. Anyway. the U.S. governiment doesn't propose to force people t prat-- tise birth control, it merely says "here'l the information and materials, u them if vou \wish," and il, is my guess that a lot of people xviii be gratefuEý recipients. Mr. O'Boyle came up with a nutty, solution to the "popultion explosion", - don't mess around with birth control. bv artificial means. just decentralize. industry bY moving it out to the widiq open spaces, where tIe populatioti. would follow, then, raise the wages ot, t.4te poor so that they can move out- of the slums. In tIe first place, the archbishop; dresn't knowv wîat percentage would move out of the slums, nor does he. know if thev would refrain from creat-j ing slums in tIe new environiment, Being an educated man, he should know that, most industries like t Io- cale near establislhed means, of trans- portation, communication, and miarket%,. and that, moving to wide open spaces does not solve the population explosiorrn problem. O0nlY sensible birthi cont-rof measures. pra ctised intelligently, çari' do that. Wle elect people to represent us in our scats of government in the hope that, they xviii pass legislatiorù designed fo improve our plysical well, bc:ing, and while tIe Roman Catholie Church las a riglbt to state its views, J, as a private citizen have the saine riglit, and my contention is that artifi- eial birth control IS necessary, and that anyone opposing it s legal establishment is doing irreparable hanm. R.C. acquain- lances, tell me that artificiai. birth con- tiol is contrary t6 God's laws. I don't believe that. because Qod gave us in- dividual bodies and brains. 'He did not creat.e an organîzation Io tell us Io\w to use theni - that.. is a.,cre44ion of man and as such' iý_çertainly flot in- f allib le. and pice, Tht' charcoal wnutldri*lburn. We couldn'b find anything -- tle salt, the' coffc, the bneadknife, the lot mu,t- ard. Nothing. We wenc sitting forlornly, side by sîde, on a cot, swatting mos- quitoes, eating hund sausages and biueberry muffins, and burning with envy of oun neigîbors, cvery one o! tîci in a luxurious Inaîler. A plaque lad informed uis that \xVe w'ere camping right on an historie canoe route, used by carly explorons and fur traders. It's stili a popular route. This occurred b me about 4 ani., as 1 lay there staring starkiy at the roof of lhe lent, mv xvife whimpering in tht' next cot. 'About every four minutes, a transport truck thundered past on the' highway, sixty yards be- hind the tent. At one-loun intervals, a train lurtled clattering by, about 200 yards away' . And cvcry s0 often, a jet liner screamed past nîght overîead. And 1 Iay there, sick with envy of those hard-bitten fur traders, on~ their canoe route. Not for tliem the stumbling over lent pcgs. Not for tbcm the- charcoal tIat refuses ta iigbt. Not for them the neven-ending muddling searcli for the egg flipper on the' toilet paper. And above aIl, flot for thcm the endless necniminations. I can't quite imagine the foilowing conversati 'on taking place on tIc canoe rouie, on an Augusi evening, say in 1742. "Hley, Pierre, Were de bell did you put de kîcenex?" "Dat's aIl right for you, Jacques, but oo was de one oo said wc didn't need no French dressing, and 'ere 1 'ave de salade ready, and no dressing?" "By gar, Jacques, for two heaver 'ides 1 neyer go wit' you again on a petite camping trip. Ali de time you boeuf, boeuf, boeuf!" No, if. couldn't happeri. Oh, wiell, that's progrcss. Gucss l'I1 go in and give tle old lady another branquilizer, stnike camp (il takes only three hoïdrs to "stnike camp"), and,. gel rolling for the next episode of unaçlulteraied hor- ror. /or %.PJoets No lines, ail srnootîness and serene, And on île tapered finger oif a slim young Iand, The matching beauty o! a flawiess jewel's gleani. On, an, bull wîen lifes race is run, TIe Iands o! age, slow mutei c TIc marks of lou, and selfless servic true, Tle sulent wîtness o! theur purpose donc. -Mar3orie Cunningham ON THE CANOE TRAI. DATELINE: somewlere in the vast hinterland. 1 ai sibting ai a picnic table, look- ing ovet' a beautiful, small, hlue lake, ringed wibh golden sand and white bircles. Twenty feet fnom shore, a de- voted couple swims quietly among thc lilypads. TIey are wild' ducks. Fanther out, a boon raises its arrogant head on ils snake neck, thon dives. When 1 look up, slim, swaying spruce lean together to circie blue dis- tance that makes the head swim. In their branches, four and 20 biackbirds talk over lasi night's party. On the lef t, our Indiana neighbors whistle for their setter, who is trying to catch a duck. On the right, our llinois neigh- hors shriek exultation over a string of 8-inch perch.' Behind me sits tle lent, rather ne- scîbling a very sick camel. And in- side the tent, wild-eyed, xvan, and woe- begone after two straight, slcepiess nighfs under canvas, broods my wife. Ib's been a grand holiday tnip so fan, but something tels me we went at it backwards. Aften two da.ys and nîights cruising tle iniand seas, being wined and dined and waited on hand and foot, we were unceremoniously bundled aslore at tIe lakehead. We couldn't face il. like that, cold, so we holed up in a htl for a nigît. Next day, wc wenc up at the crack o! noon, and off on our camping trip. That is, after lunch, and putting Up aur hair. and laking il down, and shopping for grul. We finally hit tle noad about 4:30 and bclted off on our adventure. Tle senery was superb: luge lumps o! rock, swathod in green; dark serpents of rivons, gliding fan below; dizzying giimpses of Lake Supenior, blue and splendid arnd almost frightcning in its immensiby. Say, this camping was great, so fan- Then camne the dawn, ai our f irst campsite. Or, to he literai, the dark. And us in the midst of it, trying to put up the tent. Inside out, as it turn- ed out. )((COrner HANDS Sof t, baby lands, like petals o! a rose, So innocent and swect, TIey lave nat learned to grasp for .greed - And make of allers - foes. And thcn, the busy lands of little girls, Soft-fingercd. as tley cut out paper dolîs, Or wind sweel wreatls of daisies, 'Mong bleir golden cunîs. And so, tîrougl years to dainby hand3 of youth, F The Caifad1an statesmazi, nownmnm1. Spt. e, 1968 ln the Dim and Distant Past From the Statesnian Files Durzham County'àr Gzeaj Family Journal at Established 111 years aqoi 1854 Alzo II=crporating T'he Bowmanvie Nes W ' lThe Newcastle !ntlependent go The Orono NewsmveL6" £uthot»dc idaScond Clabli Mail b ha hePest Offic e pt.. Ottoxwca end for Vaymmnt ci postagelis cash Produoed av"y Wedneaday by THE JAMES PUBLISHIG COMPANY LU14ITED P0. EB=190 62-66 King St. W.. owmanvillm, Ontoo 101fR M. JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GLO. P. MORRIS EMzoe.PU»mm ADYT. 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