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4 The Canadian Stateun, Bowmanvlfe, july 27, lu@ EDITORIAL COMMENT Centennial Project Needs Support T t will b. recailed that over many Months there has been considerable dluumon about the best program or uchemne for celebrating Canada's Cen- tennial in* Bowmanville. Proposais were submitted to council, among theni sev- eral that had great menit and probably would have been acceptable to those ti charge at the federal or provincial level if they had received approval hmr. However, council gave these pro- r osais intense study based on many fadtors and finally gave the go, ahead to one uubmnitted in the recreation field that would provide much needed fenc- izig for local parks, playground equip- ment and lighting for night activities. Thia 'program had the backing of a rep- resentative group of citizens, plus sup- ftr froni several service organizations. is believed council's acceptance was based on the need for, such a programn and the fact that it would not require an annual outlay of any large amount for maintenance. Part of the proposai was that one third ($7,300) of the total amount of znoney would be raised by projeets undertaken in this community, so that the general taxpayers would flot be paying for the centennial project. It was on this basis that council's acceptance was forthcoming. Recently, the group that will form the Citizens Committee to promote activities to raise the need- ed $7,300 held a meeting and completed the initial stage of their organization. Other sessions will be held regularly as tirne goes on. Itwould now appear that Bowman- ville's Centennial Project is well un- derway from the administrative and sponsorship point of view; ail that will be required now is a general acceptance mnd assistance frorn the general public ,when the various fund raising schemnes are announced. This editorial is nierely a statement of the position at the mom- ent and a suggestion that citizens of this comrnunity should be prepared to come through with as rnuch help f in- ancially as will be required to put the plan over the top. By doing so, the l ocally-raised $7,300 will be matched by identical ainounts frorn the federal and provincial centennial funds. It is not difficuit to estimate the value in terms of better facilities at our playgrounds that will accrue from this fine programn ithat will make life more interesting for a large number of youngsters and others who makce-extensive use of Bowman- ville's parks. Time to MiIk This Sacred By almost any standard imagin- able, Canada's credit unions and co-op- eratives lead a charmed corporate life, uSys The Financial Post. They seem to ride effortlessly from strength to strength with a benevolent government silently waving them on. None of this appeans veny harmful - except for financial competitors struggling under a burden of taxes and much beady- eyed government regulation. The situation, in fact, is a classie case of inequ ity. There can be little question of 4th. -powerful financial position now occu- *pid by these enchanted institutions. *ince 1945 assets of Canada's 5,000 credit unions and caisses populaires .ave grown 17 times faster than those of some other financial institutions. Their assets now -total about $2,528 reillion, exceeding those of such im- Portant groups as the mortgage boan companies (e.g. firms ike Canada Per-. mnanent Mortgage, Huron & Erie Mort-. ýgage, Credit Foncier). The assets of co-operatives In this ,country jumped 3861% between 1947 eand 1964 (to $818 million). The sanie -spectacular. growth is evident in fig- tres for net worth, nienbers' equity, -11àd ~r of business;- The credit unions now offer stiff competition ta other ýsavings and lend- 4ùig Institutions, yet they are virtually' 4éxempt froni corporate tax. The coýop- Cow eratives enjay complete exemption in the finst three years of thein existence and only light taxation after that. A. Leslie Ham, president of the Equitable Income Tax Foundation, pointed out recently that co-openatives are merging and amalgamating with incneasing frequency, yet seem immune fnom any threat of anti-combines law. "In my reading of Hansard over the last two or thnee decades, I have yet to corne acnoss an instance where the activities of co-openatives in tue field of merger and amalgamation or as to agreements as to price or trade practices have been raised," he said. Whateven the original aims of these once niostly rural organizations, many o! their activities are obviously guided by a desire ta earn large profits thnough stnictly commercial-type operations. The Royal Commission~ on Banking stated that there was no reason on earth why the earningsqof credit unions and the, caisses populaires should not be taxed in the same way as earnings of any. other financial institutions. Surely the time has corne for the gov- ernment 40 stop playing footsy with this unusually .privileged and too in- flueittalg~t~~ df~e2'~Theco.'o} xnerbers and their institutions should be taxed like others, in a way that would be fair and equitable to ahl in- stitutions and ahl taxpayers. Y(Corner fr£oe XA Ode In Memory of Ed Youngman By On. Who Loved Ris Colunm ýId Youngmnan, has gone away, -But scores wîlh tell what he'd say. 'i~e wrote in wonds, both right and true, -Ërcomnion folks, like me and you. ]Id had niany a real hard knock, -Not only Ed, but ail his flock. Èù~t Ed had lots of sense and gnit, M2Ad he was proud, to do his bit. 'Ie.was the ohd time, neighbor sort, , JKind and loyal, a real good sport. BIe did the job as each came on, .And wonked for years, fnom early dawn. Like me he loved ail nature well, And o! his life, he loved to tell. 1 know his folks will miss their dad, Eut many years, with Ed, they had. Ilis mind was cheery, bright and gay, And through his ile, he laughed his way. WVhene trouble struck, he'd be there, 1 quick, As strong and solid, just. lil<e good brick. lie loved to help, where 'en he could, And helped ta make and do sanie good. Ed had no meanness, in his fine soul, And now hîs'namne has gone ta join the Roll. Where hie wihl rest, fromn trouble free, And his face in memory, Longboat will see. 1Recalling funny words, and tales Ed toi!, For Ed in spirit, did not grow ohd. I write this ode, ta those happy times, And hope Ed's folks, wilh like my rhymes. In their sad time, I hope this, my ode, Wilh maybe ease, thein heavy load. They'll see Ed Youngmpn, for sure again, In that land, where there's no pain. Where everything is bright and fair, And thene's no parting, "Over Thene." Written by "Longboat", Pen «Name of Ralph R. Tooley, 13 Elgin Street E., Oshawa, Ontario, who will- miss Ed 'Youngman's Statesman colunin greatly. Durham County'a Gmet Family journafl Establish.<l 112 y.arz ugo ln 1854 Alo Icorporatmg r O ~T Newcastle Indepeudent The Orono Nomwu &Iudw oelu d .baai n.M i me romPo CiS a Ot.. Onowa«dau pey ipoet pSwila eu* Pioduced .vry Wmedsoy by THE JAM PUBLISIIIG COMPAW LIMITEL P.O. Box 190 cm 0 Lug st. W., Eowvn.oveOamo, JONM. JAMES QG=~~ W. GRAM(- e.~~ j.,- RMIe PROCLAMATION I lxereby proclaim that MONDAY, -AUGUSI .lst 1966 will be observed as a (%IVIC HOLIDAY in the Town of Bowmanville. IVAN M. HOBBS, Mayor. The regular meeting of Council originally scheduled for August lut, 1966, will b. held i the Town Rail at 8:00 p.m. on Tueuday, August 2nd, 1966. [ GOD SAVE* THE QUEEN I Thursday's ForumI by Jim O'Neill Imiths Falls Record-News NURSERY CRIES Britain's Attorney-Gener- ai, Sir John Hobsan, toid the House of Commons re- cently that "while there may be some works of intiquity which may have histonical interest, there are others in which vintage crime still re- mains criminai." Sa, once again, the question arose as to whether Mother Goose storie2 are fit reading mat- ter for ni ppers. This argu- ment bas been bandîed back and forth ever since Mother Goose Melodyes were writ- ten more than 200 years ago. Anti-nursery r h y m e r 9 dlaim that these littie dittys are rampant with crime and cruelty and the perpetrators become heroes and heroines ta the small fry. Cited are such cases as Tom, Tom, the Piper'È Son, wbo ran off with the squealing hunk o! animated park; Tommy Thin and his putting-the-cat-in- the-well caper; the Knave of Hearts, the tart stealer and even Wee Willie Winkie, the indecent exposure kid, running around town-in bis littie nightgown. We agree that there are certain characters who shouid be brought ta trial. Take Jack and Jili, for instance, over whom argu- ments have raged for years. Did they actually go up the bill to get water? Did Jack fail or was lie pushed, re- suiting in concussion af bis crown? Was JuI as innocent as she was portrayed by Mother Goose? The only way ta clear up the wbole mess is ta bring Jili into caurt and settie it once and for ail. "Jill, it is charged that you did unlawfully commit an assault occasioning bodily barm on one Jack, by push- ing, shoving or otherwise propeihing him head over teakettie down a hili. How da you plead-guilty or not guilty? "Fie feUl. 1 didn't push bim," snaps Jihi. "I'm flot guilty. j In the Dim and .Distant Past 25 TEARS AGO 49 YEARS AGO .TUlY 31, 1941> Miss Rete Bennett lu spending ber vacation with friends et Windsor, Leain- ington and Toronto. Miss Joan Greenfieid lias returned froin vîsiting rela- tives at Stratford. Miss Shirley Campbell, Priceville, was guest of Miss Ruth James. Mr. J. L. Morden, pro- prietar o! the Cream o! Banley Camp, lad an un- pleasant experience with one of bis panies wbich re- suited in bis left arm, from the elbow down, being se- erybruised as well as black and blue. Mr. Jobn Kent, Assistant Pastmaster, plans ta leave Saturday for a month's va- cation ta the Pacific Coast. Jack will stop over at Win- nipeg, Prince Albert, where he will spend a couple of days with F. O. Len Lucas o! the R.C.A.F. (formerly o! tbe B.H.S. teaching etaff), Banff, Edmnonton, Jasper Park, wbere he will partici- pate in a golf tournament, Vancouver- and Victoria. Al of wvhich looks; as if Jack is gain g ta bave an enjoyable holiday. Mrs. V. Wbeeler, daugbter Diana and son Aiden, have been vacationing at Moun- tain Lake. Mr. Jack Gorman, Glouces- ter, N.J., is visiting Mr. Blain Elliott whiie r e ne wi ng acquaintances. Dr. Elmo W. Sisson is re- newing bis youth with a vengeance, being laid up in bed with a severe attack of nIumps. Dr. Harold Siemon, Toron- to, bas enlisted in the Army Médical Corps with the rank of Lieutenant. He was home over the weekend on his hast leave as hli ludue, to go overseas In the very near future witb a unit composed of Canadian doctors and nurses. Adit. and Mrs. J. Hart are leaving this weekend to spend their holidays et Fenelon Fells. Lieut. Clemens Percy, of Ottawa, upent a couple of days' leave *lth but mather, MIn. John Peney.- Chem in witai tii Ordniance Dept. and loft Thursday for Amn- iVvmnPrut heure.- turnd f r om holidaytng wlth ber aliter, Mru. Geo. Hlaop et Bailydown Beach, Lake Slmcoe. werq Otta J_ tor trIp ,vWut- (Auguat 2, 1917) Mr. B. W. Lang, Clearing House Dept., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Ca., is spending bis vacation with Bethany and Franklin friends. Mr. R. H. Hambley bas bauglit a new auto for bis daughters. Messrs. Frank Symonds and Wesley Cawker have been on a business trip ta Victoria County. The regular meeting o! Bowmanville Women's Insti- tute was beld Friday at the home of Mrs. E. Beilman, "Balsain Grave"l, with some 30 ladies in attendance. Mrs. T. C. Jeweil, Presudent, was in the chair. Miss Edith Weekes was elected Secre- tary and Mrs. W. B. Pinch, District Director, in place o! Miss E. E. Haycra!t who is now District President. M.r. F. H. Morris o! the Dominion Cartridge Ca., won the professional dham- pionship o! Alberta on Juiy lOth, winning it three years in succession. He ie!t Ed- monton July 22nd for the big Dominion shoot at Windsor, stopping off at Biggar, Sask., on bis way East, ta compete for the Professional Championsbip o! Saskatchewan whidh le has won four years in suce- cession. Mr. Morris is now vusiting Bowmanville for a week or twa while East. Our citizens will rejoice ta hear that the Ontario Government will officially take over, on August 25, the section o! the Kingston Rond, between Highland Creek and Part Hope, cov- ering a distance o! 52 miles, the !irst b'gbway ta be taken over' by the Government in- connection wtb the proposed new Provincial system ex- tending from Sarnia to Montreal. CaptaIi Elton Richard Hughes, Manvers Road, Bow- manvîhle, bas been awarded the Military Cross for brav- ery under heavy lire. Mrs. J. H. Brimecombe who heu enjoyed a most de- ligbtful two weeks' visut with ber brother, Mr. W. T. Greenawey and !emily, Port Hope, retuirned home Thurs- day. Dr. J. A. Jackson, Mrs. Jackson and son, Jimmie, Dansville, N.Y., who have been visiting ber mother, Mrs. Wm. Courtice, Scugog, St.. have returncd home. Miss Neda Symons hes returned from severel months' visit in the West. Mr. Jack Edgerton, Toron- to, 5pent e few days wlth ia mother at the lake. Miss Stella Washingbon and Mn. S. Gibbons and two chtldren, Toronto, arm viIblf t Rev. W. C. Wasii. U1e.MMansRobblna, of Toeoeto, 49 holldaylng et Constable P e r c y Blue- bottie takes the stand. "Your Worship, Jack and Jili went up the bill ta fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jili came tumbling after. Up Jack got and home did trot as fast as he could caper. Went ta bed ta Imend his head with vînegar and brown paper..." "Did the accused ii offer any assistance?" 'II should s ay nat"V, answered P. C. Bluebottie. "She thought it more of a joke." "Why do you say that, constable?" asked the court. "Because - Jili came in and she did grin ta see bis paper piaster; mother vexed did whip her next for caus- ing Jack's disaster." "The mother was con- vinced then that Jili had pushed Jack 1 "She was, Your Honour."1 The next witness was the complainant, Jack, stîi wearing a soggy strip of brown paper across his fractured crawn. "Do you mean to tell this court that you had no motive for taking this poor innocent girl up the deserted hli other than to get a pail of water?" "It wasn't deserted," re- Plied Jack. "lHer dad was supposed ta be on the other side. She said she had beard her mather tell a neighbour that saine morning that lier- 6de was aven the hll." -< "A likely story," sneered the defence. "'Even the story doesn't bold water. I sug- gest that you dropped the pail and ffiy client rejected your advances and you fell down the hili and broke your crown and she came tumb- iing after. Up you got and home did trot as fast as .. "Don't go through ail that again," snapped the Magis- trate. "It's begînning to saund like a nursery rhyme. Get an with the facts."1 "Your Worship, I'm sorry," intoned Counsel. I would like ta point out that this is not the first time the accused has been in trouble. Two years ago he disguised bimsel as a spider and scar- ed the curds and whey out of a certain Miss Muffett. He's the saine Jack wha nearly got fee-fi-fo-fummed ta death for trespassing on some big guy's property. He was aiso involved with some Red by the name of Riding Hood. Fis evidence this morning is nothing but a ftairy story."1 "We are flot trying hum on bis past record," said the Bendli, 'aitbough the story of going up the bill ta fetch a pail o! water sounds a littie far-fetched. Nevertheless, his crown was broken. I am finding Jili guiity as cbarg- ed and ordering her ta keep off the pages o! ail nursery rhyme books for the next 50 years." OWRC Expects Severe Growth 0f -Aquatic Weed There are -indications that the growth o! Cladoçhora, an obnoxious aquatic weed whîdh grows in shailow water, mey be severe ths season, accord- ing to the Ontario Water Re- soures Commission. A. J. Harris, director o! thc OWR.C's Division of Research, said the growtli o! Cladophora varies froin year ta year, end the Commission bas investi- gated various aspects of this problernto determine the fac- torsi. wnhinffuence thc for- motion o! thc weed, wbich bas had a detniniental >efleet on recreationai beadies ahong the Great La.kes. As a reeuit o! these inves- tigations, which begen i 1959, verious tests bave been car- ried out on cbeulcal and me- chanicel control and eradica- tion mnethoda, le seid. This year, a commercial elgicidie, whidiheua proved effective in lknited trials, in being more exteinslvely tcsted by thc OWRC, whch heu ap- plied. it froni an aireft aven a 20-avre erea along the shore of Lake Ontario. Evalustion of the resultra lu belng carried out on a con- tlnuous boul. by Comnaisio Sugcur SUMMERY PROMISINGS Glorious summer morning, early. Writing this at the picnic table, on back lawn. Feet planted wetly in dewy, three-inch grass. Yes, the grass needs cutting. The hedge needs trimming. The flower- beds need weeding. The garage is stili half-painted froni last summer, though the new green is fading nicely into the old blue. Twelve feet of my neighbor's rotten old board fence has fallen on my side, crushing shrubs. The barbecue is broken. The clothes line is sagging. My wife is in a vile temper for ail the above reasons. And my daughter is moping because she doesn't have a waitress's job, like ail her pals. In addition, my piles are acting up, my bursitis is throbbing, my golf has gone sour, and 1 haven't got my snow tires off yet.' In short, it's a typical day of my summer holidays. It's thé difference between the beautiful illusion and 4h. sordid reality. For the few school teachers who are not taking a summer course, or marking papers, the two long, golden months of summer stretch ahead like a glimpse of paradise. And for a few, they are pretty close to it. These are the unmarried ones who don't have a home to main- tain, and have saved ahl year. They simply close the apartment, pick up their tickets, and head for Utopia. And even the rest of us make plans. Oh, how we make plans. I did it again this year, and on paper, it's beautiful. Up early, stroîl about the ranch, pulling a weed here and there, listen- ing to the birdies, watching the squir- rels at play, smelling the summer morn. Breakfast. The works. Fresh straw- -bernies, bacon and eggs, pot of coffee. Then to work. Nîne 4111 noon at the typewriter. Lunch. Game of golf. Take ,Cetters to Bowmanville, Ont. July l9th, 1966. Roy C. Fonrester, Editor, Orono Weekly Times, John M. James, Editor, The Canadian Statesman, Dear Sirs: Re: Education and Local Politics May I congratulate you on the Editorial, "Local Politics Costly" which appeared in The Orono Times recently and was reprinted in The Canadian Statesman. Its theme of local political pressures resulting in ill-conceived school building progranis is one which needs to be brought to the public at- tention, particularly in these times of changing educational trends. I under- stand that at present there is a proposed building prognama for public schools in the Township of Clarke and that ac- cording to the editonial the problem of local politics has presented itself in the desire to build a number of smaller schools rather- than a large central one. Before addressing myself to the large vs. the small school situation, may I make a few remarks in regard to the secondary education under the j unis- diction of the Durham County District Iligh School Board of which I arn a member. Your editonial indicates that the schools which were built by the Board recently were smaller than recommended and not geared to extend facilities for Vocational training. Some of what was said in your editonial may be true but let me hasten to assure that -further Vocational and Technical ac- commodation is under active considlera- tion and that in due course all of the District High Schools, with the Po 1s- sible exception of Millbrook, will prob- ably have further additions for Techni- cal and Vocational subjects. Now may I turn 4 the matter o! the larg verus te.sml-s-ool TIt ;0 catons who make education thein ife- time job: 1. The langer schools shlow more spe. cific courses geared for the capaci- ties and interests of vanious students. It has been said that if a student has special interests and aptitudes in art, music, mathemnaties, mechan- lcs or other fields, this interest and capacity should be developed. Such courses can not be offered in smal schools. Let me add that 14 does not appear to b. 4he intention to dis- continue important subjects such as English, Reading, Social Studies and the like. and Spice 1 By Bill Smiley Hm~r family to beach for swîm. Hzelr leisurely drink and barbecued steak.- Quiet hour in lawn chair with book. Bed. Then, up and at it aan rs and fit. agin fes By summer's end, a healthy, clear- eyed constitution, a book ready for the, publisher, and the estate looking like, something out of a woman's ma&^4e. That's the illusion. It's about as much lîke the reality as the Venus de Milo is like an orangoutang. There are several flies in the soup. I won't even mention such thingsas bone laziness, the heat, and 140 chores a day my wife dreams Up. One of the big ones is the late movie. Ail winter, there'u no time te watch them, 1 know. It's stupid. Yon might as well be on junk or booze. But who can pass up Cagney and Coop. er and Bogart in their prime? Resuit: instead of a clear-eyed at. tack on breakfast and typewriter at nine, there's a bleary-eyed retreat from' both, at eleven. Second big difficulty is people. Here's a typical day. In fact, it happen- ed this week. Old friends, with child- ren, dropped in at 10 a.m., on their way through town. Stayed for lunch,, natch. At 1:15, students arrive for lait-. minute help with year-book. Stayed tili 3:00. At 4:00, had to sally forth, to launching party for new lawn un. brella, in frîend's back yard. Home at 6:30. At 8:00, twelve miles to visit friends at beach cottage. Yak, yak. Home at 1:30 a.m. But I'm not really complaining. 1 did get up early this morning, for t4he first time this summer. The blrds-iýe singing in the trees, and one flicker« is bathing under the sprinkler. The squirrels are frolicking. The oaks and- the elms and the maples are looking down at me benevolently. The sun is shining. The sky is blue. And my feet, are drying out. the &/'ito-r 2. Teachers will probably become4 more specialized in variaus fields- and again the large school affords, the opportunity and scope for such, teachers to do their work. In addi- tion it is recognized that teachers would rather work in larger schoolw as against the three or four roomed country schools. 3. A larger sehool makes it possible for new teaching methods and newe equipment of the future to be used economically. It is predicted that teaching equipment will include in, the near future such items as tele. vision, and mhechanical and comp. er teaching and testing aids. ThS are to find their way eventuall into public schools and of course. they wou]d be only feasible In the larger school. 4. It appears that students themselves find a benefit from the langer .school through increased associations as well as receiving instruction front more specialized teachers. 5. There is also probably an increased efficiency in educational services in a larger school, particuiarly in the fields of teacher assistance, plant maintenance and possibly transpor- tation as students are to be trans. ported in any event. Planning Is Needed Having supported the thesis that Municipal Politics often prove.;ei~y to education, I wish to turn around'and say that long range municipal planning must be considered in planning a school building programme. Through Munici- pal Zoning and Sub-division control' By-Laws, a Municipality can and should' of its guidance prograni. These are l things Which need planning l regional level. In aIl of our dialogue about edti. cation and the location of schoels whether it- be on the elementary or secondary level, we should have in mind the education and welfare of the student. This is onie of the thingu which attracts me personally to the new dé- velopments mentlonedi above. The con. cern throughout i5 educating the student so that he or she may face today's world with the best possible educatigi. It ia hoped that, in deciding and approving a achool buiding ~ ramn, the Sehool Trustees and Mun pal Councillors will not Ion sight; the utudent out o! conoern for the location o! any proposed sehools. Yours very truly,