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Th ~ecana&=a Statn, IEowmanvifle, Nfov. 10, 1985 EDITORIAL COMMENT Right Back Where We Starteci If Monday's election did anything, fcertainly showed that surveys, poils and forecasts are flot the final answer to everything. The Liberals went to the country to obtain a majority because their advance surveys indicated quite strongly that the time was ripe to seek a mandate. Obviously, they were wrong, but the amazing thing to us is that the electorate from one end of the cou.ntry to the other was able to corne up with an overali result that left the Liberal government just where it was at the start of the election. In Durham, Russell C. Honey, the incumbent, piled up a trernendous ,majority for this constituency over his nearest rival Garnet B. Rickard. But, the surprising factor was the upsurge in the NDP vote for Tony Ketchuni. IL was obvious during recent weeks that Mr. Ketchum was going to take votes frorn Liberals and Conservatives, but traditionally the majority of those votes usually has corne at the expense of the Liberals. This time it didn't happen that way, he must have taken far more from the Conservatives. Now the electinu 15 over, xve feel we can air our personal views withoub. appearing to take advantage of our more or less monopoly position to sup- port one party against another. This was a candidate's election, as one prom- inent citizen suggestcd, and we agree. As a resuit, the fuil-Lime effort that Mr. Honey has given to being Durbam's Member of Parliament paid off in far greater support than Liberals generally received ini the rest of Canada or even Ontario. Hle increased bis majority against energetic and skilful campaigns conducted by his opponents, and demn- onstrated his abiiity ai. organization and his personal popularity by accumulating a vîrtual armny of volunteer workers in every part of this constitucncy. On election day, they worked efficiently and effectively as a well bricfed and enthusiastic teamn that produced the desired resuits. Had Mr. Honiey been an average Member of Parliament, he probably would have suffered deleat, but since his f irst election in 1962, he has repre- rented this constituenry in Parliament xvith distinction and has lef t no stone vnturned to provîde personal, intelli- gent service to bis constituents, regard- less of their politicai beliefs. In addition, b- bias kept bhe local electorate in- formed of Parliament's actions and de- cisions. Ail of these activities have kept him extremely busy, but have made him the perfect Member of Parliament. Personally, we feit he deserved the confidence of the electors and were delighted wben they accorded it to him in no uncertain inanner. At the saine tirne, we must coin- mend Mr. Rickard and Mr. Ketchum for their campaigns that threatened tbroughout. Their tactics were kept on a high level witbout the smearing that went on in somne quarters. Our syni- pathy goes out to theni, especially to Mr. Rickard, wbo bas worked hard and long to achieve success for the Con- servatives and wbose supporters feit quite certain tbey almost had it in their grasp. There is very lîttie comfort in spending weeks of intensive effort cam- paignîng, only to find on election night that ail those hours of work and anxiety have been expended in vain. We would tbink this would be Mn. Rickard's swan song in the federal election field. He bas been LInsuccessfui twice and it is most doubtful if he wiil feel. like trying another time. However, we wouid think that young Mr. Ketchum migbt again let bis namne stand for the NDP if and when the next. election is held. He certainly did well for a newcomer to the field-, so well, in fact, that be prob- ably more than any other factor was responsible for bbc large increase in the NDP vote. In summing up, wc have Pie Lib- erals back in office again in a minnrity position. We can sve no need for themn to even consider an alliance with any opposition party. For nt least a couple of years, until after the Centennial, it would be risky business for bbc oppo- sition Io force an election by defeating bhe goveronment unless iL piaced ibseif in the position of being unabie to carry on as a gond government by pro- ducing poor legislation or by ineptîtude. There is bound to be considerabie in- fightîng within botb Liberal and Con- servative parties who probably will select new leaders before again going Io tbe country. So, iL would appear obvious that we can expect ail parties Io be less political mlinded for a whîle, at least than during thb. lasL Parliament as they straighten outLtheir own in- ternaI probleins. 'rhat a change in financing metbods could produce more effective and les% costly welfare programs in Canada is the significanb conclusion of a study that bas been made by Professon Irving J. Goffman of Queen's University and sponsored by the' independeni,, non- profit Canadian Tax Foundation. The study proposes, writes C. J. Harris that, wberever possible, the present tax-paîd public assistance plans s ho ul1d b ec o me premîum-f inanccd, actuarialiy sound programs. Schemes that are primarily aimed at income redistribution - such as family allow- ances, blind and disabled pensions, oId age assistance and relief - should con- tinue to be paid for out of general tax revenues; but social insurance plans - such as contributory pensions, hospîtali- zation and unempînyment insurance - sbould be f inanced on tbc basic of benefits received rather than on ability to pay. From 1950 to 1963, total public wel- fare spcnding rose from $1 billion to $4 billion and it is Professor Goffman's sound opinion that, aside froni other consîderations, bhc mort' that tht' workingman is aware of what he pays for what hie receives, tbc more realistic he will be concerning politicians' prom- ises of increased benefits. The' study makes several specific recommenda- tions Regarding bospital insurance, some provinces finance their share of the cost by direct premiums, but Ot- tawa's share is paid entirely out of generai revenues. Professor Goffman believes the program should be entire- îy paid for by personal premiums, and under a hypothetical scheme in which Ottawa 'vould pay 60 per cent of the costs, he estimates that annual federal premiums wouîd average $21,75 per capita, whiie provincial premiums would range from $5.57 in Newfound- ]and, to $1509 ini Ontario and $17,36 in Saskatchewan, whicb bas tbc higbest hospital operating costs. He argues that continuation of two public pension plans will resuit in un- necessary administrative duplication and a continued burden on the general WUt 4nba Authorizmd et Sac-ond9 JOHN M. JAMES ETaa.lpumLSKI $4.00 a Yomr,m revenues. "Instrad," hp propose.s, "bhe two plans should be- merged into ont' compuisory universal, contributory scbeme which is wage-related -- but wiih A bene.fit floor ai, least at tbe cun- rent level of oîd-age pensions and wibh a phasing-nui. operation tintil ail pen- sons are covered bY bbe Canada Pen- sion Plan." Family ilowainces, the Stucly SUg- gesis, sbould continue tb hc financed from general revenues, but lb would be, better if the program were direcbed more toward aid of larger farnîlies. AI- lowances migbb. be increased, il is sug- gested, but not be paid for bbc f irst child in a famulv. Ont' advantage nf financing all social insurance programs on bbc basis of direct. paymnents for benef iLs receîved is that ib would eliminate pressures for rocans tests. "Tht' second advantage of an identifiable ratiornal contributory systero," Pinfessor Goffman says, "is that there might be less pressure to bave benefits raised arbitrarily... Politicians wouid be restraincd from playing Santa Claus by tbc fiscal reali- tics of bbe trust funds. " Polibicians, more concenned with huying votes than wîtb social justice or economic realibies, have created an inefficient, expensive welfare structure. P. may be laken for granted that mosi. of bbem wili ignore the Goffman study. But the' public should not. CLASSIFIED POWER 'rhe foilowîng advertiscment, laken f rom the Quebcc Chronîcle of 1807 was quoted by Hugh MacMillan from bbe Ontario Archives, when he addressed OWNA members at bbe last convention. "Wanted - a womnan to marry, of gond Irish, Scotch or Welsh stock. May weîgh up to 200 lbs. and be of plain visage provided she bas ber weighb in good mintcd coins or Spanish doubloons. Should she be of pleasing appearance she can weight but 80 lbs. antd not bave a penny. One wbo knows when bo hold her tongue would get preference. A. McNish." gtatt#=UI Durha.m Couni y'ar GrmÈ at crWy journal h Established 111 years ego in 1854 Also lncorporatinq The Bowmnvll. News The Newcastle Independent c' The Orono NewsL 1 Caa Mail hi the. Pose Oth tept. Ottewa. and ter pay'mntet pestage ineuhà Producsd evsry Wedneaday by THE JAMES PtIBLISING COMPANY LIMITED P.O. Box 190 62-66 King St. W., Bowmnanvl., Ontario GEO. W. GRAHIAM GEO. P. MORRIS ADVrr- M"u uBUSINESS Mca. SUESCRIPTON RATES strictly in advance S5.50 a Yeom in the Uttd States Ontarjo Salesman in Middle East ~.3. .~ti.. 't..':. .. n IL Harry Legier, Export Manager of bbc Canadian Coleman Co. Ltd., Tor- onto, demonstrates a Canadian-made portable ice cooler to Arab traders in tbe Middle East. Mr. Legier'is a member of bhc 49tb Ontario Trade Mission cur- rently travelling through eight Middle East countnies. The sales group is sport- sored by the Ontario Departmenb of Economics and Developmeoî. The brade mission in its firsL two weeks bas been assurrd of over $100.000 in domestie appliance sales in tbc Middle East. A MacDuff Ottawa Report PENSIONS I OTTAWA There is at le.ast ont' gond thing about Federal eleciions - they jgive Canada's otder folk more attention and mort' benefits than they're ever api to get any other time. Tht' election jusi conclîîd- cd was certainly no excep- ion. Pension promises tel] t hick and ripe from the lips of every party leader, in spite nt' the expectation that tht' new Canada Pension Plan would Lake this matter nut of pouLiis for all Lime to corme. At Icast, thais w %hat tht' Libvrals had t'xpecledi. Rack in 1963 whcn ,]udy LRMarsh introduced thr. firsi, feeble version of tht' Canada Pension Plan. she remnarked that no longer would nid age pensions be a political football. In the same speech, how- ever, she was so bittenty partisan, ihat she practically assured that pensions wnuld "S YEARS AG() (Nov, 14, 1940) Miss Ruth Huitchinsozn spent Saturday in Toronto. Rev. Capt. W. F. Banister, former ministen of St. Paffi's United Chuirch, Bowmain- ville, and now chaplaiîî at Barriefield Military Camp, Kingstnn, was guest speak- er at the' Lions Club Mon- day nîght. Misses Doi-othyv and Vir- ginia Mayer, Burfalo, N.Y., and Mr. M. L. Rocnigk, <if Stratford, visited Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Kniglît. "North of Apslry tht' htinting is good" say Bill Cavcrly, Bill Bagneil and Rex. Cavenly, .lust returned from their annual expedîtion ino tht' wilds of Ontario. This year thein succe-ss in imitating tht' famous Nimrod was notable. They ail got their count of deer. H-arr.y Connely, Kirkîanid Lake, has purchased from Melbourne Wight his farni of 100 acres nt Providence, known as tNe bJs. Wight fanm. Mr. and Mrs. Wight and dauighten are nnw liv.- ing in the house vacalced by A. D. Kean and famiI.y on the' Gili farm. Mrs. Jos. Fletcher, \?who bas lived for many years on Chureb Street, bas moved to Oshawa and is now livinîg witlh ber son Kenneth. Mn. Oliver Bradt, Vine- land Haticulturai Station; Miss Jane Eyres. lHamiltonî, spent tht' wcekeîîd with Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Bradt. Mr. Ned Rehden aand Miss Bowden, Montrrai, w er e witb Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rrhhder for bbc wt'ckcnd. Miss Dornthy Jonns, Mac- dJonald Hall, Gîîelpb, spent tht' weekend wiih ber par- ents, Mr, and Mns-. R. 0. Jones. Sergt. Hubert Hoopen, Petawawa. spent tht' week- end wîth bis mather. Mrs. Herschel Hooper. Mr. Charlie Hoar, Dr. LA Salle Schoni, Toronto, sprrnt the' wPekend with bis par- ents, Mn. and Mrs. E. V. Hoa r. Bomnbadier Jiack Aluin, of Petawawa, spent the' week- end with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harny Allin. Miss Betty Flaxman, R.N., Toronto, was home over tht' weekend. Mr. Archie MacDonald of station CBL at Hornby, was in town Frîday. Mrs. James Milligan and Robert, Northi Bay, recently visited her brother. Mr. L. S. Dumas. Miss Helen Norwick spent the' weekend with friends in Tweed. Hampton: Mr,-. Fred Monir y attended the Women's Insti- tute convention in Toronto as; a dielegate from Hamnp- ton W.L AND POLITI(S continue to bc, a political football. Tht' path towards tht' Canada Pension Plan wvas rncky, and beset with pro- vincial pittalls. But event- ualiy it was traverscd, and the' contributnry plan to assure all aider Canadians a reasonable security will go into effeet in Januar. That, thought the' Liberal,, was that. But they reckonied wibh- out the othér parties' inter- est in pensions for the two and a haîf million Cao- adlians who are now 65 who ,get no sprcial benefit from tht' Canada Pension Plan. These people instt'ad. henefit onily from bhc fIat- nat' nid age pension of $75 a nionth, payable nexi year at aze 69, and by 1970, at age 65. If, was this fiat rate pension, raiNer than the' Canada Pension Plan, which became the' clection issue. There was considerable 49 1'EARS AGO (Nov. 16, 1916) Mr. and Mrs. I1- A. Toit', Mrs. W. C. Washington and Mr.v. C. Rehder attended bbe annual meeting or tht' Child- ren's Aid Societv in Co- bourg, Fridav. MNi. and Mrs. Fred Spry lefi.Iast. week for Mearord xvhe thry wilI reside with ber fathen aaîd mother, Mn. anîd Mîrs. G. A. Cook who rec'ently rcmnoved ibere. Mn. anid Mrs. M'. I. Mc- Llighlin, Oshawa, and Miss Ethel Honey Wrsî, Toronto, spent the' weekeîîd at Mr. W. B. Couch's. Tht' former couple celcbrated tht' second aîînîversary of their mar- niage on Saturday. Mn. and Mrs. S. .1. Hen'îr v lrave tbis wcck fon Bowmian- ville where Mn. Henry bas- specîred tht' agpncy foi' tht' Massey-Harris farmi machin- ery. Wc wish theni pros:- prrity and happîness iin ihrir nerw home-Port Perny Star. We welcome them ta Bow- manville. Miss Gladys Wt'staiwav-, Pont 1lope, wiss uest nof Miss Marionî M. Van Nesi, Victoria Vil1la, over the' weekend and greailyv de- ligbted bhe Methodists with bwo solos on Sunday and assisted the' choir ini their anniversary services of' song. lier singing is always ap- preciated here. Adit. C. W. MeaiN, Capt. G. W. James, Q.M., and Sergt. L. W. Saunders nof the' 235tN Bait., Belleville, spent Sîîrîday at home. Mrs. T. E. Knowlton Anîd Miss Marjorie. King, Toron- In, spent tht' weekendi at their father's, Major W. C. King, P.M. Corn R. G. Ham!lyn ofI tht Coboung Heavy Battery was in town over Sunday. Mrs. Gen. Charters, Nap- ance, is visiting her daugh- fer, Mrs. (Rev.) W. G. Clarke at the' Methodist pa rsonage. Prof. anîd M rs. John Squîair, Toronta, have been visiting Mr. R. T. Stephens, Berch Ave. Mrs. Jlohn Staintoni, Poniy- pool, spent tht' weekend with her cousin, Mns. W. H. Reid. Mns. Wifred Addinali and tht' twins have ganet' t Gaît for the' winter. Mr. and Mns. C. Rehdt'r, Mn. Thomas Tod, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Toit', Mrs. F. Smytb, Mns. W. C. Washinug- ton and Mrs. E. R. Bounsal were in Cobourg Friday, in- specting the new hospital and getting information ne the' building of the' annex to Bowmanville Hospital. Mrs. W. H. Wi1liams, Lib- ert'.' St.. visited Mrs. .1. K. Galbraith and other friends in Torocfto lait week. 1irony in tht' whole situation. History semc'd to lic repeat- ing lîscîf. Therc wrre tht' Liberals, confident that tht' Canadla Pension Plan was a wonderfut achievemlent. as il was. Suddenîy they wrre surprised and hurt when tht' Conservatives, t h e Ne w Democrats and tht' Sorrds turned on the Neat over tht' fiat rate plan. Each of these pantirs of- f(,,ed ln ilncreasr tht' fiai rate pension from 5s7,9 l .$11f0 a moni. Ther' ad- ventised it, and promoted it aIl ovrr the cnuntry with gond effects. It, began to look likr 1957, wheo Johin Dic'fenbaker hlasted tho' St. Laurent. Gox'- eroment. for its mncaslv in- rrease. of $6 in tht' nId age pension. "The' six-biiîuk hon'v.." he called thcmn, and went, on In win the' election. belped, it rniust be confessed, h ' va grea. many other factors of the lime. .loled ifloacti. Mn. Pearson quickly began an exposition of the' Canada Assistance Pla n. Before- hand, bc had mnerely men- tioned this program which ks beig worked out wiîth lht' provinces to providje se- rurity for old people, the' sick, and tht' disabledi. île oultli.ned tht' manner in which older Peopie whon nceded il., could. gel; pensions nI' Up l $125 a nionth undenr tht' Canada Assistance Plan. John Diefenbake'r pounct'di on Ibis. Older 'people who needect it, he said, meant a means lest, and that was "The mneanest test of ail.' These pensions, he point- ed out, would ot be paid Io everyone on application, but on]î' to those who nreded them. Those who dîdn't niredi extra Morley would get ony the fiat, rate pension of ý75 a monlh. Ife Nowrver, proposer] Ir give $100 a month to evcry- one', renardless rit necd. The' Liberals wrne caught on thé- pension issue, jusi, as ihey were bi 1957. and wt'rr neyer able to regain gnound on this particulai front,. Il was anl nid, nid pension story. The first federal and universal old age pension was paid in.lanuary, 1952. If was the' princely suim or $40 a month, payable it, age 70. There was an election in 1953. The Libenais won. .lust before. Ne 19-97 elen- lion, the ameing St. Laurent Govrrnment thougbt iL adf- visable 10 niake an increase Io $46. The six-buck increasr WRs used with devastating effort by Mr. Diefenbaker in Ille subsequent campaigii. WNeo the Conservatives came to powcr, they~ added a $9 increase, in November 19,57, b o ake tht' pension $55 a inonth. Then just be- fore the' 1962 elction they increased il again to $65 a month. In October, 1963î, the' new Liberal Govc'rnment uinder Pressure from the' majority opposition, incrcased tht' pension to $7.5. Thrii tht' Liberals announnced a plan ln nay tht' pension Ir) ever':- nte at age 65, gradually rr- ducing the' age trorn 70n ver a five-year period, Now the' pressure il; on for an increase to $100, payabît' eventualiy In everyone nt age 65, If this is dont', by 1970. the' cost of the' nid age pension will be $3,000,000,000 a year. Only tht' Conisenvatîves have offered an idea abot where this huge sum, of money should corne fram. Mr, Diefenbaker sa ys i t should cone fromn the' Cana- da Pension Fund. But Ne ignores the factflint Que- bec has uts own fuinds, and that the' other provinces, liv Iaw. wiil contrai the Canada Pension Fund. His plan, in fact, coutd bc canried out only by arnend- ing tht' Canada Pension Plain, which wul taii§ke bwo 6I joungmc The fiag issue didn't* seem to get nuch of an airing, during the recent federal election campaign which might indicate that, the rank and file of cit- izenry have accepted the Maple Leaf design, or they are flot too concerned about the matter. Regardless of the merits of the present flag, credit must be given bo Parliarnent for settling the acrirnonious question especiaily in view of the somewhat tiresome habit of past parliaments bo use it as a convenient political football. It's surprising to note that many persons think that the recent "gQreat fiag debate" was the first real interest that Ontarians have shown in a flag other than the Union Jack, or .a variant of it. As long ago as 1850, a group known as the Native Canadian Society, whose members were native-born, and largely of United Empire Loyalisi descent, living around Belleville, Ontario, de- signed a Canadian flag that included a wreath of mnaple leaves around a central medalion depicting a twig- chewing beav'er, and surmoui tin g al was a syrnbol of loyalty, an irnperial crown. In addition, was the name of thr Society, and the motto, Unique, Patriam, Rerninici, traoslated means Everywhere, we remember the Home- land. Il is prePsumpd that, the "Native Canadians" neyer seriously proposed thrir banner as Canada's flag. Thev couidn'l, because this country wasn't a nation until 1867. By flot including any part of the Union Jack in their design, tht- probably flew ilt antago- nize and ridicule their neighbours who prided Ihemselves ton much on their British origins. This ail happcned long hefore my' lime, but 1 cherish the memory of their courage and Canadianismn in desiring and designing a flag that was distinctlv Canadian, without any reference bt either the Union Jack or Fleur de lis. Tocidentallv, il, was the wives who nmade it. It is currently on display in the Hastings Counity Museum, in Belle- ville, a relic which is, perhaps, one of the carliest attempts ai designing ay Sugar HOW IT ALL BEGAN Addressing a grnup of high school beach ors the other night, I was recaliing how 1 enlered the' . . . îîh . . . teaching garne, business, vocaion, profession or racket. - - %&hat you caîl it depends on who yoîî are.-- purely by accident. 1 had hrought my famnily tu this town one Sunday tu have a look at the siglits, as we hadn't been here before. On tbe way out of town, we drove around bbc side streets to admire tbe fine homes. "That's odd," I saîd ta rny Nvife. "Tberc's a big, ncw factory smack ini bbc middle of the residentia] section. Thcy don't usuaily allow thp.t." Then I saw bbc roadblock, out in front of the sprawling, one-storey fac- -tory'. There was a grimn gent beside iL, well-dressed but with a sort of wiîd glint ini bis eye. He flagged me clown. 1 stopped. lie came over to the' car. ",ao you sec out of ai. least ont' cyt?", lie qu cried. J assured birn ibat. I bad 40-40 vision, or something of tbc sort. I Lhought it was some kind of kooky, piain-clothes-police check, bbc kînd you mun into when you've lcft your drix'ing license in "N-ur o thon pants. "Ever been go a iLniversityý?", he %hot at me. 1 said 1'd been to Oxford. 1 rernernber spending a whole weekend there during the wvar, waiting for a Landl Arnîy girl who neyer did show 11iP. île, brigbienrd cnnsiderably. "Hlave ynu an.\ contaginus diseases?", was the' next queCstioti. "Like lcprosy?" 1 told bim 1 xvas as sound as any man in my condition could be. Bcaming now. be went on with bbc questionnaire. "And you don't drink, smoke, plav Ithe honses or chase women. Rigbt?" i started hi point nul that I did ail oif these wheoever possible, but flot aIl the time, and not ail at once. But he wasn'L listenîng. Ile had bbc car door open and me by tbe anm, and was huiiflinpg mr, oward that big, brick fac- tory thai. lookecd more like a prison a nçS(3o lu m î Canadian flag. As part of BelIevhiIe flag-raising cerernonies i n tr od ucing Canada*s nem, Maple Leaf flag, ta museum officiaIs proudiy uriveiled tlâ hundred, and fifteen yeaLol mbnei Keqeping the nid relU5rom disin-~ tegrating, bas been a soâ.We of worry for the curator because, while the ern- broiderics have remained quite good, the silk bankground has been graduai- ly rotting and splitting. The problemn was solved bvy using the samne sort of material used by the people in Englt1àw to preserve sucb valuable historiéae items as the robes of the Black Prince (circa 1375), four hundred, and seventy five years older than the Canadian bit of b unting. Il was simply ordinary Terylene marquisette, often used for window curtains. It is ideal for museumn purposes because it, doesn't rot, stretch, shrink, or yeliow witb age, and is so strong that, a lightweigbt, open weave can be used, which allows the design of the old materiais to show through tbe rnesh so clearly that, anyone inter- ested in textiles cao examine iL with a microscope. It is anticipated that, the Terylene will casily last for a century. Sornne of my few femînine readers may likre b know how the jIob was donc. Well! The gais uised three yards of white Terylpne marquisette by stret- ching part, of il, tauit over a framne, and tacking it, down wî wth push pins. After spreading the flag over the rnarquisette, tbey tacked down the second Terylene layer. Then, tbey quiltcd iL with a type of stitch wbich puts littie strain on weakened fibres. Wben the quilting was donc, the Terylene covered banner was eut frc.e from iLs framne, leaving a haîf inch of marquisette arotind tbe edges which m-as bermcd down on the under- side. If thtc Silk rris cnmpletely away, the embroideries will be preserved in their proper position, in this textile "sandwrich", for, at least, a hundred v ea rs, by which lime, researchers may corne up with something better. This ancient banner proves that, Canada's grvat flag controversies didn't al] start in the 1960's, but a good deal more than a century before. and Spice By Bill SmIey I every second. 1 I 1was under. arrest. When 'we go(t inside, le shoved n ini a chair, and 1 waited, fearfu11y, for the briglit ligbt in the face, and the rubber hose. But he fooled me. He stuck a confession tunder my nose and -narled, "Sign there." T signed, won- dering what bad hecome of Magna Carta, Habeas Corpus and iny family, out in the' car. IL was not unlil he offered to show nme bbc gymnasium and the cafeteria that I realized bbc facbory was a high sehool, and ihat I had just expericnced bbc bard seli on teachers. Howeven, ilb wasn't much of a switcb for me. I know ibat bbc jump into tcacbing, l'rom big industrialist, sboe salesman or short-order cook hai bern a t raumnatic experience for some people. Ynu can sce hem any day, toi. tering white-faced toward the' staff room, afteî' a double period with 10Z, the berron)i of the schnol. But I bad littIe difficult 'v in making bbc adjustmrtt. After aIl, I bad been a weekiy newspapcr editor. In that job, you s-pe.id most of your time teliing people bhings thcy don't listen to, and unging them b t do things they don't want t do. 1 foiund -.bcse invaluable training for my tcaching career. And 1 must admit that things have gone wcll.In three years, 1 fought my way up to a department-headship. Oh, it took a lot of midnight.oil-burning, coffec-buying for the principal, and the fact that thcy couldn't get anybody else for the job. But 1 made it. And now I bave my own little empire: a dazen or sa Englisb teachers who are so in awc of me that they neyer borrow more than $10; an assist- ant deparbmcnt head wbo hangs on my every word, and then conlradicts it; and the thrill of attendîng department beads' meetings, of beirtg on bbc inside, whcerbbc big decisions are made. LikP what are we gonna do with k ids wbo carve "ÎHerb Loves Elsie" on bhe dcsk5-. tH corner 1ortfko et s LAKE SHORE ROAD 1 know a narrow country road, That rambies to and fro, Antd on ont' side, the deep dark bluie, 0f Lake Ontario. My road, iL sbarply turns and dlips, To cross a railroad brack, You think you're going scrme place else, And then you come right back. The lake is sometimes lost from view, Vou pass bhrougb fields of clover, You watch tbe swallows dip and dive, A bunny scoot for caver. Agaîn, dark cedars hem you in, So close, on either side, You sornetimes catch a glimpse within, Whcre tiny creatures bide. Oh! sorne may choose tht' city's stir, Great avenues, long and broad, 1 tbink for nme, PEi stili prefer, My winding country road. -Marjorie Cwnnham, TO ADRU1K Submitted by Mai acl of Velverton Twas one evening in November I As 1 very well nememnber. As I staggeî'ed down the street in drunken pnidp. M~y knees werc al] a fluiter, As I bumbled in the gutten. A pig camne up and lay down hy îny sîde. As 1 Iay thre in the gutten Thinking bhoughbi I couîd flot utte,' A colleen passing by was heard to say, You can bell a man that boozes By tht' company he chooses, And aL that tht' plg got up and w.,Lked Rway..' -Poet Ukoz Significant Study In the Dim Distant Past l'rom the Statesma-n Files Ajthoggh mur? pmcauben will !b. token te a.ôîid elle, fhe Conadioen Steteiman ccceptse fdvoths. c z ecIunaontoun.saïd% bfi tlntb al orayel:i n detsmn momm ui. reie ub d .t..n srqu.e a vnm y h auri.