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s N One of the major by-products of 'he unbelievable achievement lait week by the United States spacemen will be, we hope, the inspiration they have passed on to young people of the world. These thrèe courageous men and other thousands involved ini the pro- jtct are products of the present educa- tional system ini the United States, that ocertainly cannôt be as useless as some of the young protesters would have us .,Their training, discipline and phy- :sfcal condition should previde a fine -example to those mixed up, insecure :young people who have tried to remove :tlhemselves from our society by becom- * Toronto 19, :DearSirs:Dec. 24, 1968. * My subscription to the Canadian *Statesman has almost expired and at jpresent, I do not wish to renew it. ~. Quite frequently the paper is a ~Week aid before I receive it and it sel- ýàom cornes before Monday or Tuesday > the week after printing. Last Satur- -day, I received two copies - the ont 'for the week before and last week's. Whether the trouble is with the Bowmanville P.O. or Toronto 19 P.O. I do not know. I have enjoyed your paper for Society is greatly troubled by wide- pread reports o! the increasing use o! drugs in harmful wmys. Lately, we even set nome evidence o! it creeping Into aur comparatively quiet commun- ity, presumably on .an experimental basis by Young people, rather than by confirmed addicts. iqTht Royal Bank of Canada, In Sep- 4ember, produced an informative letter 'nthis poorly understood subject and +ve are indebted ta Public School Sup- 7ervising Principal A. M. Thompson *ýýsome weeks mgo, dmew it ta aur *4ttention and paused it along for study. 1t in recommended reading for ali com- 'lmunity leaders and parents who now Ind ini future rnay be facing problems ~nthis area, far beyond their experience -*Ôr knowledge. V Tht two mont common drugs that 'iat present appear ta be tht "in" thing ýýor Young people are LSD and mari- ...juana. According ta tht bank letter many of tht users o! LSD are In tht hippie and beatnick fringe who like the Way out feeling" provided by the drug. Manv o! them mistake apparent pro- ,,~.un4,bf thqugh t for high intellectual. %tandards as -the- mddmuk loosens their inind, iriducing sharp changes in states>. of awareness, perception and communi- ration. They lay themselves open ta premature death, because LSD thwarts or removes natural protective attitudes, g.tnsiblt judgment and tht ability ta perceive and evaluate common dangers. Marijuana is sometbing tise again. tis not a new drug. As long ago as 1936 its use was a seriaus problem in the United States, where it had appear- ý.dé i high schooi circles and among 4thergroups where narcotics had neyer ~efore been a problem. The principal lfect of marijuana is upon tht mmnd, Resolutions Ha '~New Year's resolutions used ta be >s much a part o! tht holiday season as Jurkey and mince pie, but ini this area f the organization man" they bave oe o!o fashion. Amid committees, '-tommissions, and the other social struc- Itures that engulf us, where 'they' do hings rather than 'I', we tend ta avoid responsibi1ity, even for ourselves. While this anonymity mnay be comfortahle, in a very short time it makes life mean- This yemr let's bring back the per- sonal resolution, if only as a gesture of defiance against tht carporate lump that sa depressingly sucks us under. Here are a few for consîderation Resolve ta be committed ta something -be it ever sa small - and se it through. It may he canvassing frr United Appeal, or tht Red Cross; vimit- ing a shut-in regularly, giving leader- ship ta a raoup of youngste-rn; ke'/r#n add- inP ta cammunity integrity hy ipay;rig buis on time. Devwatiop a heaithy skrpticisrn abrmut 4- ha isonTV. Every shat ofevery ing hippies, yippies, yappies or what have you. The astronauts have sbown quite clearly that adventure and oppor- tunity i. very much a part of today's living, if only they are willing to make the effort and the sacrifices required. The moon shot is certainly a great victory for the squares of the world who believe in bonest effort, in ambi- tious effort, courage, self-control and the full use of man's abilities and potential. Ail those who would give vent te their frustrations by giving up should take note and govern themnselves ac- cordingly. They could be on the wrong track and it may not be too late to change their course. many years. Thank you for the pleasure it bas given me. (Mrs.) W. P. Editor's note: - Postmaster Gên- eraI Kierans' "business" approach ta the post office's money problems bas resulted in increased costs to users. We respectfully suggest that an improve- ment in the mnail services is long ovér- due. This is not tht first letter of com- plaint we have received. Subscribers are advised that The Statesman is mailed regularly from. this office Wednesday evenings each week. says a report o! the United States Treasumy Dept. "Its coatinued use pro- duces pronouaced mental deterioration in many cases. Its more immediate e!- fect apparently is ta remove the normal inhibitions o! tht individual and release any antisocial teadeacies which may be present." It may cause dangerous distortions of time, space, motion and behaviaur. It may give ise ta violent aggressiveness and uncontrolled viol- ence. In Canada it is a criminal affence ta grow, import, sell or possess a nar- cotic drug unless authorized. Tht letter gives many reasons why people are wiliing ta try out these drugs and others, but it also suggests that most healthy young people set thmough tht flimsy logic o! tht drug appeal as a way o! releasing them from tensions, frustrations and pmoblems. Tht Mont- real Protestant School Board, in an ef- fort ta discourage student drug use, bas proposed a five-proaged operation : films presented by campetent persans, an information kit for school principals and guidance counselaors, student dis- cussion groups, home and school prog- rams and an information bookiet for teachers. Possibly, Bowmaaville is .ready for this type of eduicational prog- r o preveat any additional occur- renceg hjere. It shah1ld-t'e-poiated out that Iliegal drug use is tht top-erm ' e coacema in Canada. William Kelly, Deputý' Com- missioner o! jhe Royal Canadiaa'ý1ount- ed Police said in an interview earliei this year that narcotics affences increas- ed by 110 per cent in Canada in 1967 as young people unwittiagly ventured into the field, and those who make for- tunes by supplying it iilegally exteaded their tentacles ta draw more and more into their clutches. ve Their Points situation dots not automaticahly coatain tht truth; photography can be as slant- ed and shallaw as some verbal repart- ing. (Since you can go back and re- read what is in print, tht newspaper doesn't 'hit-and-mua' in tht same devas- tatiag way.) Refuse ta he a slave o! the 'newest' just hecause it makes tht most noise, whether it he art, politics or marais. For evemy genuine insight there are ten sterile, blind a]ley bypasses whose mis- direction bas ta he carrected before we can pogress. Will and Ari Durant, who won the Nobel prize iast year for their final volume o! tht History of Civilization wrote recently: "It is good that new idr'as shouid be beard for tht -akeý of the few that can be used; it is good ;tlso that new ideas should be corn- pellrd fo go through the mil] of appo- sýie in 'hils is the trial heat which in- novation ' ,; must survive before being alioewpe to enter the human race." Thsyear, let's flot shrug helplessly h4fore tcve-r prohlem; let's stand up artdj he elrifr, ~je abin tt#m Durhaim Côunty'o <roqyt ,rroIy Irurnerl .18 Establishod 115 yeeors riqn> On 1~441, The Bowmanvlle Now. The Newcanti. lndep.indqt4 The Oronon b.wn Aubrmad se onose ail Mtby the.PestOffice J»01, Oltffaf dfs fe lym.,it et post«e l a cesh One thousand, n. hundred end ixty eight ... One th<iuu.nd, nine hundmed end sixty nine... Outlook for Sixty- Nine Most men are apt to wonder as they enter a new year what it will bold for them in terms o! material things. Home improvements, new purchases, vacation plans and the like, ail depend on con- tinued employment, good earnings and the absence of major setbacks. The im- mediate economic outlook is accordingly of the greatest significance to the indi- vidual Canadian and his family. How then do we stand as we go into 1969 ? After seven successive years of strong economic growth, it would not be entirely surprisîng if the key busi- ness indicators were now pointing in a different direction. So sustained a per- iod o! uninterrupted growth has after a]I rarely been equalled. And yet, emarkably enough, there are good reasons for believing that we are headed for more o! the same. In a sentence, the past year turned out even better than expected and the one ahead shows considerable promise of contin- ued vigorous economic performance. This of course is both a broad gen- eralization and, so far as 1969 is con- cerned, an invitation to fate. But it doesi reflect the consensus of those in busi- ness, industry and govemnment whoi should know. And, while they are fal- lible mortals like the rest o! us, it must be conceded that their recent record as prognosticators entitles them to respect. Taking the economy as a whole, tbey suggest that the gross nationali product will rise by between seven and1 eight per cent, with price increasesz accaunting for nearly haif thegain. In1 25 YEARS AGO (Jan. 6, 1944) Mayor C. G. Morris, Reeve Sld Little, Deputy Reeve A. W. Northcutt and Councîl- lors Ray Dilllng, Owen Nlch- olas, A. S. Baker, T. A. Garton, E. J. Gibbs and Norman Allison were sworn ln at the Inaugural meeting of Town Council on Mon- day evening. Mms. Betty Campbell and Mrs. Jane MeNeal, Toronto, and LAC Alan Tan>blyn, eCetters o other words, the value o! goods and services produced by Canadians in 1969 should show a real increase o! nearly four per cent. At $71 billion, this would be fully twice as much in dollar terms as they pmoduced before the current business expansion got under way in 1961, an impressive accomplishrnent even al]owing for the inroads made by higher prices. Much of the economy's strength next year will corne from manufactur- ing industry. A gavernment survey o! the industry's spending intentions points to a 14 per cent increase in outiays on new construction, machinery and equip- ment, while manufacturing employ- ment, too, seems set to mise modestly, reversing the downward trend appar- ent since 1967. This should be a con- tributory factor o! some significance in brînging about a higher level o! overaîl employment than in 1968. To sum up: it looks like another good year for Canada. True, much will depend on world monetary develop- ments not upsetting aur dollar and bal- ance of payments . . . on our govema- ments really holding the spending uine and avoiding fiscal overkiil . . . above ail, on the foreîgn buyer and domnestic consumer alike continuing to want Canadian products in great quantity and vamiety. Whether or not we realize it, it is these last which are both ', foundations o! our current ,,r-soèrity and the indispensable in.gredients o! a truly Happy New Year for Canada. Uplands, wera holiday guests with Mr. and Mm.. M. W. Tamblyn. Employees of Ex-Council- lor W. J. Challis weme treat- ed ta a New Year'a dînner at hia residence. Miss Jessie Scott, Wo- men's Co011e ge Hospital, Toronto, was a holiday guet with Mrs. Howard Couch and daughters. Mm.. Wallace Horn has re- turned to hem home near New York aftem spending JAe 8cktor ATTENTION PROTESTERS! Dear Mm. James: Ia tht December l6th issue o! your newspaper there was an article aad photo o! iotous happen- ings at Courtice High School. This was a terrible incident and a planned insuit ta aur teachers, not tht board o! education. Tht teachers at Courtice work very hard with their students although in some cases they are not given much ta work with. This incident executed by a minarity graup, has greatly embarrassed aur school. Hencefarth aur school will be prejudged by outsiders, without' knowing the trut stary, tht entire student body will be labelled by the actions of these irrespon- sible people. This is why we wish for tht sake o! Courtice, aur school, yau will publish this short poem in youm newspaper. We hope it will show tht adult womld and tht confused studeata that not al youth wants ta sée discipline and establishéd 1mw burned in the deepest depths o! bell. Yours siacerely, Shamed. ATTENTION PROTESTERS W@11 you pratesters at Courtice you really are grand, Why 1 bet you are tht best in ail the land! You certainiy are tht rage, Yep, even made front page. I know that yau ail are As proud as can be But somnehow, I just have ta make you sec You have marred aur achool By acting such a fool ! What was it you thought you would gain When you acted se very insane ? Without knowing the issue you went right ahéad Not thinking where your siily actions lead Braveiy a leader puiled the fire larm It was just luck that you came ta no barm Maliclous vandaîs really had a ball Whil you chanted your war cry in the hall And o I think you prôtesters ail plainly sée You ~e our good staff a humble apology In coi lusion, i would like te state it very plain IprÏt"l neyer happens at niYl chool again 1il thé, Christmas holiday ln Part Hope. Dr. Horni pre- ce.ded her by a tew days.- 'Ioa-t Hope Guide. Mr. G. B. Bickle, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Biekie, June and Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Bickle, Bobby, Ray and Bille, and Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Jamieson, Larry and Lar- rane with the formeras daughter, Mrs. C. L. Upper, ln Peterboa'ough. Mm. and Mrs. H. Collacutt, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McMul- len, Roy and Lois spent New Yeam's in Belleville and at- tended the Bush - Camneron weddlng on New Year's Eve. Miss Gladys Janiieson, Reg. N., Windsor; Mm. and Mrs. T. Chipp6 and Mrs. Crandon, Ajax, wlth Mrs. R. M. and Mrs. D. H. Jamieson. Dvm. Florence C aIv e r, Montréal, with hem parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Calver. Mrs. Orville Osborne and Lillilan et London and St. Thomas and were present at thé Biewett gathering nt New Year's. Sgt. Tom Carter, Prince George, B.C., là home on furlough wlth his wife and the Carter FamlIy. Miss Pat Clarke, St. Michael's College, Toronto, with hem mother, Mrs. Wm. Clark, Lovers Lane. Mms. C. H. Mason and Pte. Don Mason were New Year's visitors ln Toronto. Mr. Jini Southey, T.C.S., Port Hop e, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. C. Southey. OBITUARY ROSETTA GRACE WERRY Alter a short ihess. Mrs. Rosetta Grace Werry died alt hem family residence Rltson ROad Narth. Kedmon, on Dec. 21, 1969. Sha waa tln hem 93rd yéam. A daughter o! the late Jr. and Mma William Batty of East Whltby, the deceaaed was a esident o! the area for mnost o! hér Ille. Mrs. Werry was a member of the Kedmon United Chumch for many yeams, and was a charterm member of tht chumch's women'u graup. She wvas predeceased by hem husband Harald F. Werry stv- eral years ago. They weme married at her famnily residence ln 1895. She lo sumvlved by ont daughter, Miss Wilma Werry, R.N.. of Kedran: two sons Clirence and Harold, bath of Kedron, and ont brother Frank Batty af Brooklin. Mri. Werry ls aIse aumvlved by six grand- childmen and 18 great-grand- chtldren. Service wax held un tht c'hapei of Ammnstmang Funéral Horne, Oshawa. Dec. 23, at 1:30 p.m. Interment wax at Osha- wa Union CemetéY wlth serv- Ice conducted by Rev. Ken- neth Detr of Kediron United Chu.rch.L Sugar and Spioce By Bill Smiley ANOTHER 12 MONTHS BEGIN And the same to you. Lang may your lum reek. And if you start the first-footin' it through the town on Hog- manay, you'll probably find yourself last-footin' it in the door at 6 a.m., your car in the garage with the Iights lef t on, your wife already in the liousè with ber lights blazing, and yourself burn- ing with a clear, pure 10-watt illumin- ation. However, that': your headache, Buster. I expect to have my own. Right now, I'm going ta give a seri- ous analysis of the coming year. As 1 ses it, as we nid aootbsayers say, every- thing wilI be fine in '69. Usually, my prophecies are right on the nase, but 1 make the odd slip. So, just in case, you are invited ta hurn this after you've read it. Known as destroying the evi- dence. Speaking of hurn, I predict that this year students wîll not be threaten- ing to humn the universities. The uni- versities will start burning students. It would solve a lot of problems, like over- crowding and soarîng costs. The idea is simple. A mob o! stu- dents starts a demonstration, invades the universitv buildings, and turns themn into a pig-pen. At this point, the president of the university, instead o! cowering under his desk and promising no lectures, no exams, and instant degrees, merely cails out, load and clear, "Burn them !" From ail sorts o! broom closets will rush squads of square students, who want to learn rather than bi.wn. They will douse the activists with gasoline and toss each o! them a match, lighted. This will be known as OPGAS. Several ou] companies and a host of taxpayers are interested in contributing. Some other forecasts. Jean-Jacques Rlousseau or whatever they cali our prime minister, will corne up with a vibrant new narne for his government's policies. It wiIl be called the Bust Soc- iety. And will be more fînancial than physical. You and 1 will become one year older, less wise and more crotchety. We'Il have at least one more wrinkle, bang-up, chin, stomach, or whatever we run to. Canada will regain its once-eminent pcusi1&Ù< in world affairs and will be listened iiijr international conferences with awe at.j admiration by Guate- mala, Ceylon and Žýi'idagascar. Hordes of God-fearirig Canadians will get stoned every Saturday night, even though tht price o! booze will rise. Parents who have spoiled their kids rotten will hold up their hands in horror and weep copiously over the activities o! their rotten kids. Australia will be towed by the combined fleets o! tht western world to a place o! safety hetween Hawaii And California. But only after they hàve promised to throw overboard ail théir hiack aborigines. Mini-skirts wiIl go down. There's no place else to go. They'lI probably drop as far as the upper thigh. Taxes wiIl go up. There's nowhere tise t o. They'll go up enough to infuriate th@ citizenry, but not quite enough te start revolution.I Tht Russians wiII heat Canada lni hockey. (Yu can bet on this one.) Ilusbmnds and wives wilI seriousiy cn sider strangling each otherwith their hare hands. Tbey won't do It, but youf can also bet on that one. Golfers wiIl continue to ho ;nd slice. Curlers wiIl go on niising that crucial shot. Anglers wili continue te lie in their teeth, hands widé apart. Deer hunters wiIl explain, for an hour and a haif, why they missed that huge buck at point-blank range. And we'li ail go on playing that crazy, fascinating game known as life. But don't be disturbed, chaps. It's a lot more interesting than being dead. So hang on for another tweive mnonths, and give it everything you'tw got, if you have anything left. AChristmas Message to My I PRAYER 0F ANY HUSBAND Lord, may there he no moment in her life, When she regrets that she became my wife And keep her dear eyes just a tri! le blind To my defects, and to my failing kind. Help me to do the utmost that I cari To prove myseif her measure of a marn But, if I often fail as mortals may Grant that she neyer see my féet o! dlay. And let her mnake allowance now and then That we are only grown Up boys, we rmen, So, loving ail our children she will sèei Sometimes, a remnant o! the child in me. Since years must bring theirj load o! care Let us together every burden bear And when Death beckons one its.ý alon- May not the twfflo ous be pmrted Io'. -Mazie May Carruthers Contributed by Rev. H. S. Stainton who also commented : "I have complet- ed 50 years in public service, chiefl)y the church that I love. In 1969 ray wife I andi I shall have been mmrried 50 years." 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