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4The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanv1fle, Sept. 18. 1968 Eowmanville. Ont., - Sept. 16, 1968 bear sir: *Every Sunday morning the Miain street, and sidewalks are a mes. It is a sight a vWator or even a local resi- dent does flot care t.o see. SurelY tUit could be chang- ed. How about cleaning this oid town up a little? We a1sc have à few vacant lots that should be cleaned up. A littie paint cou]d also be used on some of the Mtores. Let those who are ý0ýpn8Ible do their part. Tanking you. September 12, 1968 Dear Editor: Hooray! Hooray! Snme- on e has finally put ln words what I've been wantlngz to do for years! 1 approve of ail thé suggestions and arn gôing to cut niy card list. from 75 down to about 25 now! 1 don't believe thif will "'destroy our economny" or the card mnarufacturers, they make millions on this «'1.0 commercial" business of Christmas cards, also a lot of cards are sent out such as get well. birthday, anni- versary, sympathy. No, I cannot believe they will go broke. A big "'Thank You" ta No Serooge. M. Y. September l2th Ily Dearest Eitar: -"No Scrooges" letter really . ade my day, it's one of the ést letters ta the editor 1 -have ver read. 1 got out jiy Christmas card list and gicratched and scratched, al àhe ime chuckling gleefully t~mysèlf - such satisfaction thave neyer known before! 9Dh! If only "Gond OId" Ïgordon Sinclair couid read Sletter like that! 1 think ~e should get a copy but I'm ~eeping mine, iln case temp- Stion overcomes me ta add My list. Yourq truly. "Liz" Thompson, 4 > Liberty Street, Bowmanville. RR. 2, Newcastle, * Sept., 13,' 1968 erMi.James. ~The suggestion that No crooge's letter (on cutting lown ôni Christmas cards) .kould destroy the econoniy is ridiculous, naive. un- tealistic and is ail out of e roportion. We have been earing for years that we Çanadians should "tighten 1pour beits" and that we over-spend, and we do spend far too much and any sug- gestion ta help cut down the ~iÈig ng ost of ilvingis Aý.-K byme! *Only I'm going one step further than No Scrooge - 1, am "chopping my Christ- mias shopping list this vear if1so. My husband and 1 Iboth belong ta large familles and the gifts we bought last year totalled 26 separate fIts. It's .îust tao much! i 'bhis year we are suggeit- Ing ta our familles that we i raw namen and If they re- :se, we will ask ta be left out of the annual binge. And By Russell Canada's 28th Parliametît opened this week. You have followed the' des- criptions of tht' pageantmy and tht' detals of tht' Throne Speech through the press, radio and TV. Following rny former practice i these Weekly Reports 1, iill flot deal with those th ings which «te reported in tht' news media buit will try ho write about current events in Ottawa which have a particular local IrIterest in North umberland-Duirham aihd which might not eceive national ptiblicity. 1The past two weeks have becu biusY ones for me in acquainting m.\'solt' with the' officiais of Mm. Marchand's Depau-t- ment of Regional Developrnît, and in discussions with the' Minister and off i- ciels of the variouis agerîcies whîich corne within the' scope of the new, De- parînient, such as AlIDA. tht' Atlantic Development Board, tht' National Capi- Wa Commission, Prairie Farmn Rehabili- tation Act, Tht' Maritime Marshland we will only buy for our parents end Our own ehild- ren. Maybe for a change we (husband and wife> can give each other a gft, ti $tead of sacriftclng for each Other's In-laws. dozens of cousins, etc. Many thanks te No Scrooge for opening mv eyes and for helping us Ilit this annual chore off our slimr budget that takes us until February and March te pay off; and please dont tell us it*s better te give than receive. we have given until it hurts. SIncerely, Jeannie and "Scott". September Ioth, 1M8 Dear Sir: Durlng the past stimmer months a rommittee Ap- pointed by the Oshawa and District Arts Couincil has in- vestigated means of estah- lishing a new District Coun- cil to assist aillIndividuals and groupsIinvolved In the visual and performing arts. In addition te drawing up a constitution the committee has outlined the following objects for the Council. 1) To provide consultant service fer member organiz- ations by establishing corn- mittees (legal, financial, etc.) that would act as ad- visory bodies. It is hoped thaqt such commIttees would lessen the load placed on the Individual vohînteer by several different organiza- tions. In addition ta such commîttees a rester of mil Inividuals In the district who have pàrticular talents re the arts (e.g. - stage lightIng, sound, costume ex- perts) will be drawn up and available On an advisory basis ta member organiza- tiens. 2) To collect and dissem- Inate Information ab o ut memiber organizations and their activities and to assist In co-ordinating these activi ties. This would Involve the publishing of a calendar of events on a regular basis. 3) To stimlate public in- terest and involvement. In all Aspects of the Arts. The preamble of the con- stitution states that the purpose of the Couincil shaîl he te encourage the devel- opment of the Arts and te foster their appreciation by establishing effective lead- ership to ensure optimum use o! human, phYsical and financial resources in the district. The district, pend- ing the formation of a Regional Council with Pet- erborough and Belleville, was loosely defined as that area extending from Pick- ering te Poët Hope and liorth teaUxbridge and Port. Perry. The comnmittee bas now reached the stage in Its planning ta establish the execuitive And committees to carry out the previous objeets and to ensure the realizatinn of the phiiosophy as stated In the preamble te the constitution. We now need people,-people who will ha willing to become in- volved. We therefore would like te make this appeal for C. Honey, M.P. Rebabilitation Act, Area De-velopment Incentives Act, and so on. The' Prime Minister has repeatedly strpssed the absolule necèssity of level- ling out the' econiomic oppotunities for Canadians. Ile giveci highest priority in Ibis work. We now have a multitude of agencies sucb as those I have men- tioned aboya. These agencies will now aIl ha merged and thpir oiperations co- ordinated Under tht' new Departrnent headed hy Mm. Marchand. Our experierîce in Canlada indicat- Ps suîcessful regionial developmenl rnust be based on a co-ordination of tht' programs of this whole series of agen- cies int an over-ali plan. Mr. Marchand is a capable and charrning mani. 14e is certainlv ont' of the best liked men in Ottawa. TPle Prime 'Minister has given him a big Job to do and 1 arn very pleased bo serve wiîb him as bis Parliamentary Sr.ecrt'- tary. Il will be a busy and interesting lime. ~be ~!anubnxn ~hîte~mau Duihmr County's Great Fcimily knurnal Established 114 yeairs ceqo ln 1854 Aiso lncorporating The Bowmarivilia News The Newcastie Independent us *b P q o. . j, e.. ~44. The Orono News %4 - £W.tb&lg&d clé Baeand Claa MRII h'the Pest Office. aept., Ottawa, antd fer pelyment of rosttale in cash Producéd ever-1 Wedniâety by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED P.O. Box 190 62-66 inq Si. W., klwmasnviiie, Ontario JOHN M. JAMLS GEO. W. GIqAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS ADVTG. MANAGER BtISINUS5 MGR. *ItApydqbt andoi PrOP,-rtY riqbts subsisti n the image ciiapprirnq on thi proorî. Permission te, ~gpwuu in wholb orin part end in «Y 'forfil *helgoevor, parteulr by pbetoibephir or affset peNfl te CIpublication, must a hootclined foui thé pubUsthêr ed té Priale. r auncuthoriiad reproduelu 8 ;'4Uho. ubiect te r.oeuy,a in low.' $5.00 a Y.cu - 6 montha $2.75 $7.00 a Yomr!n th. Unied States ahrictiy ini adycince «à em7 p.q=ution will bh.foirée teavait! errer The Crndian Statesman accepts adv.rtis- S id Immàen theunderatanding thal i wiflnet ho uebL. for any earar in eny eidvftuolnemnt in w.ajneî ulas a proaf ai suc efto~rti*.mf sa a qu.se in awmtinq br thé Odvrhlar à* rtur.d tôThe Canadion Statasman b211m.61141 ice duy sgned b h* tiaadvertta.r and with surà ~ ames.pffluali' nt d in vuilg threon qd in Mta cS. U ilixiani rrai66aaed le net aWr.~M ~ fb.Cniicr~ t"aalmu axe*" ptiy a nortea c M tenctité coml clatiSod sisle.udt e»s pace oecIzpfls.Dyhe 80108 .rr6r bectre te helie i.a &es. oeftpic Sugar and Spice By Bill Smiley heip through your paper. We are most anxious ta hear from any IndivIdual, club or organization that would like ta participate ln this undertaking. Contact: Dr. Ci A. Rundle, MD. 44 Coîborne St. Eas t, Oshawa, Ont.. Telephone 725-8453. Bowmanville. Ont. September 13, 1968. ~ DeAr Sir, Rt': No Scrooges EXCEL- LENT letter o! Sept. I lth.: No wonder it was placed promlnently in the space usually reserved for your eq'Rmmtll excellent Editorials. This is the most down to earth advice 1 have had tht' plensure to rend in a long. long tîme and 1 wish I could -say 1 had the guis he or she did in actually put it, down on paper and send 11. to a newçpaper as widely read as yours. No doubt it received a lot of criticism from the sentimental, wishy washy people, but as for me it was just pure delight as rny Christmas card list is way over a hundred and bas been getting longer every year but no more. Also I agrée with No Scrooge that Christ- mas cards were originally meant for those living miles away from yoîî. So. this year 1 plan tn "make the rounds" of my neîghhorhood and seeaial my friends in person (thanks in No Scrooge) as my aid unele used to do. When friends and relatives dropped in at Christmas time he would give everyone a wee glass o! wine and a piece o! Christmas cake haked by my dear old atint and for the' chlldren that camne in there was milk and sweets. God Bless them for they knew true hospitalitv yard this form o! good old fashioned hospitality is a customn we dont do enough of anymore. So, while 1 arn doing my rounds which I have negleci- ed for yeRrs, my good wlfe wîll be passing out goodies and cheers ai our house. My practical wife has fig- ured out what we will eave this year on stamps and cards alone, And we flnd wP can buy an extra string o! outdoor Christmas bulbs in brighten tmp our home and 1 will buy a Star of Bethle'- hem for the roof. This will he our sign o! welcome to ail our friends this year to please corne in. And onle more thing, my wife won't be so edgy about dispIaying ail our Christmas cards thîs year, as, some o! our guesîs In past ,ears hbave co.etrI and scanned the wali where we display our cards, hoping in see that THEIR card was ini a prorninent place. That ail depends of course on how marîy o! our friehds have read the letter in tht' paper and for once 1 won't have in lne up at tht' Post Offi ce waiting for stamps. Oh Joy! Whal a nice Christmas this will be. nBest yme,., William Edgar Wallace. LfJ~O7JTj~'IF/E /WX'[ ~'/$Y~ ~t~C(Y YOd 0f 5P 47Cr Y/S C6~Q4~P ~ 1MacDuff Qttawa -Report Poverty Redefîned White the Economic Coun- cil o! Canadasg plea for escaiating the War on Pov- erty wns being published bere earlier this month, sim ilar issues were being raised in Toronto wlth the release, on the same day, of Ivan Rand's Royal Commission report on labor disputes to the Provincial Government. "'In t h i s materialistic period, our econorny has hecome the centre o! multi- plied pressures and anxie- ties." Mr. Rand pointed out. "What these transformations spring from is the emerg- ence of asserted claims bs' masses of men and wonîen to a greater sharing of what tht' more succe.-sful of their fellows look upon as tht' prizes of ife . . . It is offly by acknowledging and adi- justing ourselves 1.0 the fun- damental changes ln social conditions of today that order and stability can he maintained, and possihly a d va nced"~. Mr. Rand's suhject. ~a relations hetmreen orgarriz- ed lahor and employers and bis prescription called for an overiaul of laboîr legiqla- tion that would protect the Jobs of strikers, ban mass picketing and create anr in- dustrial tribunal to deal with disputes. But is ce- marks are also relevant to relations betwecn thet' n- organized poor and society at large. Althaugh the social stress- 49 VEARS AG(' (Sept. 25, 1919> Rev. W. C. Washington supplit'd foc three Sundays tht' pulpit on Baltimnore circuit for bis son, Rev. C. C. Washington. Mi,.andI Mrs D.W. Shear- er, Denver, Col., are visiting hec father, Mc. Moses Hol- land, where they are spend- Ing a part of their honey- moon. Mrs. James Stintcr, Miss- es Emma and HlildA Suniter, Mc. and Mrs. J1. L. Kinton, Toronto, recýtntly v vsitt'd et Mc. Wm. Painton1'. Miss Hielen Woc.dpeuand Miss Margaret Kerr are attending Normal School et Peterhorough. .1. W. Raison and W. Glas- peIl and son, West Darling- ton. won sevecal prizes on sheep et Peterborourgh Fair. Mrs. WT. Rrock, Caven. and Mrs. J. W. Hlarnîlton, MiIl- brook, were sucrt'ssfut ex. hibitors, ton. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mezzon, Dmvenpont. Iowa, are vîsit- Ing Mr. F. H. Bunus,,aîl. his tincle and other relrtiveq. Mc. Bounsal cceltl v ce- tucned fîrom active ser-vice lu France. Mrq. Jim Ridge and son, Mrs. R. Blight, Mc. and Mcs. Victor Lagge anrd babe, Toronto: Mrs. Norman and Mrs. Arthur Legge, Oshawa, vislted et. Mcs. Il. Ridgt's. MIss., Elva Clarke, Dcc- ingt.on, and Miss Gertrude Clarke', Taunton, are having a month's; holIdlav viqIting relatives ln London. Sarnia and Conrtwright. Mrs. C. A. Bonister'l and son o! Belleville were hece for thfa Fair and v-Isîtetd her mother. Mr%. Jas. Knight, "1.akeshore Farm". Mca. Ueo. P. Freeland atii danîghter Est.her, Toronto. spent thé weekend et hec father's, ChIe! R. Jarviîs. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McCul- lougb and son Jack, Toron- to. have been vîiting at Mc. Nathan Horne's. Mrs. C. Wý Kellyý and Miss Kelly, Montreal, Qué,, are visiting Mrs. Andrew Penningtan. Misg Mabal lrwîn, LUle BrIt.ain. bas been visiting her brother, Mr. Lewis Irwin. Miss Isobeil Be'nnett lm attending school in St. Catharines. Mr. Arthur Tuckar. Toron- tô, spent the weekend here. Mr, Harold Mail1, Toronto, n"p ua u bi us. es set up by poverty in Canada are less visible than those in tht' United States, the Canadian public Is foot- ing a bill for crime, disease, lost output and the cost o! welfnre pragrarns that do not reach to -the roots of the problem. These are not likciy ta get less acute while poverty persists and the way to a better balance may be a shift in the centre ot gravity. Poverty Is not a distant problem, the Econamnic Coun- cil pointed out. 11. is not svnonvymous with low in- cornes'in tht' Atlantic Prov- inces and Eastern Quebhec and arnong Indians and Eskimos. lthough these are centres of poverty. Between a third and a haîf of Cana- da's total poverty is found arnong whites inr cîties and towns west o! Trois-Rivieres. It Is only a subway ride awav from tht' affluent dis- tricts of Montreal and Toron- to. At a conservative estim- att', four million Canadians are coricerned. The EconomnicConis proposais for action did not go verY deeply into specifirs about tht' kinds of prograrns that are needed 10 meet tht' goal set at a press con fer- ence by tht' chairmnan, Arth- ur J. R. Smith - coming close 10 eliminating poverty xithin 10) years. But 11. did .set some Important guide- posts. Ont' of them ranks, at fîrst 25 YEARS AGO (Sept. 23, 1943> .An advertisemnent appears elsewhere in thîs issue an- nounicing tht' purchase o! W. C. Caverly's Grocery Store by Geo. W. Cawker, younger son o! Mc. end Mrs. T. Wesley Cawker. Delegates attending tht' Grand Chapter Sessions of tht' Order o! tht' Eastern Star for Ontario, held at tht' Royal York Holel lest week were Mrs. Edna Jones, W.M., Srînbeam Chapter, Os- h a w a; Mcs. . Florence Murdoff, W.M., Lindisay Chapter; Mrs. Hazel Gibbs. A.M.. end Mcs. Eleanior Chambers, W.M.. Durham Chapter, Bowmanvlhle. Oth- ers who att.ended were Mrs, Coca hlice, Mrs. Florence Notheutt, Mrs. Ruhy Cox. Mrs. Ada Found. ail Pas1. Matrons, and Mr. Wmn. Fouind, Past Patron. Misq Isabelle N a v1 o r, yoiungec daughittr o! Mc. and Mcs. E. S. Naey lor. has join- ed tht' Waman's Division o! tht' R.C.A.F. ahd lq now at llockchif!e foi, hec basic training. Mc. and Mrs,. M. A. Neal and sons, mrho hiave been summering et their cottage nlear Minden, havae been spanding a !ew days tin town renewing acquaintances be- fore retucning 10, tht' Unit- ed States. Mcl. and Mrq. ('harles Rob- lin and Frederlck, 1laniltori; Mr. M. L. Roenigk, Stret- ford., were weekend isitorc with Mc. and Mrs. T. H. Kigbt. Mc. and M"s WIlbert Teeple iitt.ended t.he Fitch Band Wagon broaidcest with Guy Lomberdo's orchestra et Mople Leàf Gardens, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Iiarvey Hiardy and Dorpean vîsitPd friands et Lindsay and Oak- wood and ettpndad Lindsay Fa ir, Mcaq. Bertha Bailey lx leav- Ing today by airliner for Victoria, B.C., where she In- tenids to make hec home with ber four sisters. Mrs. D an DeLury, WaIk- Pr, Minnesota; Mrs. Nellie Jàckson. Vancouver. and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wilson. Port Ferry, wèe Sunday gucests o! Mc. and Mrs. W. R. liawlk- Irs, Carlsle Ave. Miss Ruby Turp, Toron- to. was guest of her cousin, Miss ArièesNortheut. Mriç. F. E. Walden. Toron- te, apent the weekend witb rel#tives hére. Miss Pauline Gaakln lu viaitng her purenti a# bonc- to NZJL 1 glance, with the' mostb neyed of tht' Councls ments: "We believe serious poverty should eliminated in Canada, this should be designate n major national goal. widespread sense of p commitrnent and Invi ment should be crt'nted. volvemnent is more th, slogan of the' New Pol It is also tht' kind o! that can prevent a assauît on poverty bogging down in bur cracy and in chaese-p- thai wasies rnoney by Ing success. Another Important gi post Is tht' de finition th offered foi- povertY in affluent society. Poveî no longer a matter of! ing tht' esseritials of life Council suggested. It \oives inscifficient ecceý certain goods, services conditions of life whicl availahît' to everyvone and have wvon acceptan( basic to a decent minir standard of living. Inc words. people are poorv the ' are t'xcluded fron <pportunitit's thait a!!l CRnadians take for grai This c'oncept came up In tht' Council's ré, when 11. said that anti- ect ' vprograms should assessed by tht' way tht') people ont o! poverty. people ont of povi Stcaighit income mai. ance programs will RI% be needed, It said, but generai goal mugt be foster opportunIties' People to help themns through fu~ll participatio tht' economy and soclet Dlscussing regional velopment, tht' Counicil ihat manpower policies training, mobility and like - could t.urn ont t( ont' o! tht'Fedlerai Gov ment's largest and most portant contributions wards achieving tht'obi Ive of Improved regional ance. These are pragr whose basis eim I15 ry people more productive tht' wtalth that is nt'ede support lhem. Tht' Councills examina of povt'rty also points some things 10 evoid In look at pre!sent polt Objectives; are not aI' clearly defined, It snys. somep areas of policy, t] appears tb be cîndut' towards allt'vinting povi wit.honrt necessaril v ehi ating IL. There Is alsç lack o! co-ordination1 results In gaps lu somep es, overlappinig tl othar Instances have beer Pol-ter], tt'e 'ouncil s where efforts 1.0 nc earuings have rt'srltt'd1 decline In assistance. exambpît'.an Incrènse earnings m-ay meni1h famil.v Is torred ont o! sidlzed housing and rr that wvipe ont the' gain r*event, FlnallY. tht' Couticil pi ded tht' provinces tq advantagt' af provisions find accommodation nt rE the Canada AssistanceY under which Ottawa pey lhaîf the' cost of1 vinicial projects to ease face dependents backJ productive emnploym, Agreement% under Ibis1 of tht' Plan have been ref ed with only three pi Irrees - Nova Scotin, Pri Edward Island, and Brt Columbia - and no proji have yet been approved aid. Chicken Cas Reward Now Up to $500 The rilward frn' information le-ading tf the arrest and rnn- viction of motorcycle gang memberg, who lesqt month rip- ped apact a live cbickam in field day gemas near Nestîs- ton, has jumped to $500. Thomas Hughes. general manager o! the Ontario Hu- mant' Sociely, Raid Thursday night $200 bas bean added 10 the ç;nciety's $100 reward. An- other anonymous doneic had oontributed $200) a few days after tht' incident. Mr. Hughes claimed memn- bers o! the Sattan*s Choie moetorcycle gang attending the field day rhasM' a livC. chir- ken nn theit*rnotorcycles. The winner of b>hë cônteat wàà rider with tii. lr#W tpieo cd ehloks, .900% nted. îinter view [-pov- 1 be ýy lift 'erty. nten- iway s tthe' e to ;elves on ln ýty. de- said -re- the' o be verri- t In- ta- jt'ct- 1bal- ýrarns make ,e o! ed to ation s ta n its licies. ways .In tlie re bias verty Imin - o0 a that olac- !rs. r re- saidl. rease ln a For ln et a suh - must n ln rod - take ýs o! ents Plan wili pro- wel - Into a n t. part ýach - )rov - ince -itish jt'cts 1for se j> A GREAT SUMMER Today the painters came, ThRt sounds lîke the refrain or the last line of a modern poem. It isn't Today the painters came. And tomorrow the relatives corne, wîth their dog and children. There rdoesn't seemn to be much connection, but there is. The painters took ail the furniture out of one bedmoom and put it in an- other. So that's two bedrooms unserv- iceable. That leaves one, for four aduits, two children and a poodie. It's going to be cozy. And last night I lay in the sand hy a lire and looked at a star-flung, far- flung sky, and kept brushing aside beauti fui women who offered me drinks and food. Mostly sandy hamburgers. And today 1 have a head fuit of sand, literally and figuratively. And the other night I sat by a roar- ing cottage fireplace on a cool -night and hotly debated with old friends such world issues as Rotten Kids, and Dutch hack- Elm Disease. Until 4:30 arn. Nothing como- wag settled, except the state of my that health the next day. Id be And the night before that, a lady and ýed as phoned and told us Kim had been in *. . A an accident and was in the emergency public ward at the hospital. Ail records were volve- shattered, getting there. A bang on the In-a forehead, two swollen knees, 84 bruises litics: and a three-stitch cut is pretty lucky force after a head-on collision. new And yesterday the same Kim took fromn ireau- off hitch-hiking with a friend, for )arîng Montreal. Her aunt was horrified that stail- we let hem go. Until my wife reminded uide- hem (aunt) that she had been married hat iS at that age. ýn an And today, thank the powers, Kim rt I phoned and said she was safe, if flot lackhe sound. She was car-sick ail the way, tin - and has a sty on her eye. But she's 's to having an exciting, interesting tir-e, ;and while ber parents slowly but inexor- ls~e ably lurn gray. ce as And the weeds ini my flower-bed mum stand tail and reach for the sun, wbile other the flowers peep hetween Iheir knees when like frightened children. n the fuent And I haven't been f ishing once With thanks b Uit' Ontario Safety League, we reprint their article on tail- galing : Following too closely is ont' of the mosl common, most dangerous, mosl ob- vious and least checked fomms of bad diving, says the' Ontario Safely League. This colorful description of a tailgater appeared in tht' Canadian Underwriter magazine. "Somt'where between tht' fume- spouling exhaust of tht' tractor-tmailer and tht' dainty white puff of the com- pact, we find tht' delightful creature known as tht' taîlgater. "Tailgaters corne in assorted shapes and sizes, all epulsive. You find them evemywhemt', but rnoslly two feet from your rear bumper. Undertakers love hhern, drivers hale them, empty high- ways frustrate thern, and only God knows what prolecîs them. "A tailgater is ignorance wilh a weapon at ils command - death with R glearn in its eye -slupidity with the' power tb kilI -irresponsibility with a drîver's license. His is tht' diel of dracula, the' energy of a 400-horst'- power engine, tht' curiosity of a rear bumper inspector, tht' enthusiasm of a horsernan in hot pursuil of Lady God- iva, and the bRshfulness of a fuliback three yards frorn tht' enerny goal lines. "Nýo ont' is more faniihiar with tht' hospital emergencv room, more aI home in traffic court. When you don't wanl him, he's grinning at you in your ear- view mirror. Nobody else cani cram mbt twenty vears of driving forty cars with shoved-in front ends. "A tailgater is a paradox. You cari keep himn out of your back seat but not out of youm lrunk. You can charge him with higher insurance premiums, but flot wilh the' mur-der of bis viclims.-- You can suspend his license, but nof his driving. He's your worsl enernv, but dloser Ihan youm best friend. And when ha finally hurns off at a tavern, he's a soothing vacancy behind your ;0 car, a toothache that's Stopped aching, a feeling of safety in the world. "And when he gives you the' snap, crackle and pop of your upper verlebra in a rear-end collision and cornes ho visit you while you'me in traction, he bas not losI bis powe'r to bing tears bo your À, eyes. Helt does il wilh those ancien t, farniliar words: 'I ain't got no insur- ance.' VILLAGE CIIURCHYARD) There's an oId village chumch that 1 once knew, When I was just around xevên, Il always stood there, slaunch and hrué, Itg spiire reached up toward heaven. A litIle, low gale, which slood at its side, Led through bo tht' back and heyond, Young though we were, I'nmsure we knew, That we walked en hallowed ground. Li tle chi ldmen sometirnes wandered where Tht'y picked daisies in tht' grass, î'm sure the' good folk resting there, Didn'l mmnd tht' srall feet as lhey' passed. That dear old chumch is now no more, And those "fam-away" days are gone, But tht' faith of tht' folk that met round ils door, Lives on, - and on, -- and on. -Marjorie Cunningham_ IDITORIAL COMMENT "No Scrooge" Starts a Trend Are You GuiIty? In the Dim and ~j.Distant Past From the Statesmain Files Report from Ottawa let yorfingers do the walking through the YELLOW PAGES this summer. And I've played very littîl golf, alI of it rotten. And 1 puff làk a grampus when I swîm. And my pilés are acting up. And Summer is on the wane. However, ahl is not lost. The hedge is Clippe-d and the lawn nuowed. The sky isbue and the sun beats down on my beady forehead and I sit at the picnic table writing my column. My elms are still sound. My wash- ing is on the line, whiter than white. My daughter wasn't killed in that crash. My wife is charging around like a gazelle, after an operation which everyone bold her it would take from six months to a year to get over. My banker hasn't got around 10 calling. And my bursitis is ternporarily quies- cent. So what if summer is on the wane? Summer is for babies and bumblebees and basebaîl players and birds. It's merely demnoralizing for us loyers of the spartan life, the hard work, the regular hours. Tomorrow I'm going to beat my brother-in-law at golf for the f irst tim e in twenty years. And the day after, we're going sailing with a chap whc> lips over every time he's out. This time, he won'l hip. And tonighl we'Il have a barbecue and the kids and the dog will romp and get in and out of trouble And we'Il all bed down on the living moom floor, to avoid discrimination. It's either that or I sleep with the dog. Come to think of it, I'm ane of the lucky ones. Think of the farmers, slog- ging it out in tht' sun eighteen boums a day, and worrying, worrying about the lack of main or the' excess of il. Think of the' factory workers dripping with sweat in one of those mnedieval plants. Think of the' resort ownem with a big motgage who has just been through two weeks of cold, wet wealh- er. And lhink of ail those poor devils in the' concrele canyons of our cities, mushîng fmom ont' air conditioned bar to another, trying to retain Iheir cool. I lake it aIl back. I'm having a great summer. Just great. F tlýÀà 1