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4 The Canadian Statesman, BowmanvÎlle, Feb. 23, 1972 EDUTORIAL, COMMENT A Profoundly Significant Act In the past few years the miracle of television has allowed us ta, witness tremendous historical happenings i~n the making. Remember those exciting scoots arouLnd the moon during Christ- mas 1968? Or the fantastic -thrill of watehingy Anderson take bis giant step upon the face of the moon in summer 1969? These may seem cammonplace naow. An extra -terrestri al mission hard- .[y draws top billing an-,, longer. Now it is history-makinig here on, earth. And this week we have 'had a chanee ta see anc af the most important events in the past 20 years - Nixon's arrival in China and vîsit with Chinese leaders. What a profoundly significant aet. Nixon should reccive the plaudits of the civilized world for bis efforts to bring about a detente in the Far East. . Forget for amarnent the irony of the U.S. struggle in Vietnam whileits leader woos the "enemy". Forget for a marnent the co]d and indifferent res- panse af the Chinese while their leader reeeived Nixon with an obviaus warrnth and goodwill. Forget about the ancient animosities and the gufits which have numbed and stultified a whole genera- tion of Americans. Forget about thevast idealogical differences bétwèen "East"' and "West., Refleet instead:, it's a whole -new world Nixon is discovering. And even better than the one Anderson and bis kind brought to the American people, this new world is right here on earth. That much deserves our respect, and should give us pause ta, hope that man may learn eventually ta ive together on this globe in peace. . . with a little help from friends, of course. They Saved Comm unity, Ed's note: We heartily agree with the fallowing editorial tribute that appeared in the Cobourg Sentinel Star last week. The W. after 7i years We happened ta hear Bihl Stewart, Ontario's agriculture minister, on the CBC the other day as he spoke ta thie 75th annivcrsary celebration ai the Womcn-'s Institute. He said there were over 35,000 W.I. members throughout the province, and paid tribute ta the many things they 'had accomplishcd since thc mrovement was founded here in Ontaria. "Strong communities have strang community voluntary arganizations. If atown is hcalthy, its chuLrches thriv- ing, its sports gr7oup-s hcaltby and growving, its municipal government progressive, and usually its merchaants active and prosperaus. Volunteer groups in churches, serviice clubs, lodges and charitable arganîzations ahl make upr the conmmunity. In the smnall cities af the land, there m.,ay be dozens ai argani- zations tbrough which people can take Part. ,,But in the iny crossroads, there are only a' few such graups. 1"The aid sehool sections which used ta bring peaple together are gone -thene is no more pusbing the schooi dcsks back for a Friday night square dance or a Christmas concert. The smal country churches are gaing, or gone - and if you have neyer attended a "bot supper" you'd better go ta one quickly, for they are fast disappearing. "Throughouit ail these changes, however, frequently the last remnaining cammunity arganîzation istbe MWomen's Institute. It is the means of com-panian- ship, of looking outward, ai sociability. and ai cammunity action. "Psychologists say that anc of man's greatest needs is "ta, belong*", ta iden-. tify himself and ta relate himself ta the people and, places around hlm. "We suppose that with "Womnen's Lib" and al that, it is oniy a inatter of time untîl imen will be joining the W.I. But in the meantime, girls, it's your group and stick with it. "In many cases, you have saved the iast vestiges of a community in a world ai suiperh1ighways, county sehool- boards, and 1,000-member churches as, a rapidly changing worhd dissolves the identity ai places, things and people," AGuilty Conscience bjy Ma Murray, Lillooet Pùblishers Ltd. Until a comparatively short wbile ago, say 40 years ago or so, there was no ane week ta be cited as Brothenhood Week, as it seems ta me we wcre all brothers ..ý. or at least we tried ta be, but miaybe we didn't succeed ail the time. Withouit brotherbood there was no progress. There wýerc those who lielped others on their own and did nat heed any do-goodens ta empbasize the need for bratherhood. Now about twentyv-five years ago brotbcnhoad bas caught up with the tycoons and the arrogant. The lessans aof honest Christian and Jewish aid law was buricd under the affluence af peo- ple wbo embraced and loved it. I ai- ways hiad a great respect for the Jew- ish peopfle and wben a little girl in Kan- sas City I -worked mostly for Jewish people. It is goad ta combine the Christians and Jews as we are ail childrcn ai God, thougbh we grow opulent and uppitty in aur selves. The marc the body politic sýhuck off their awareness ai dependa- bility an aCreator, the less useful or happy, or even constructive for self, they become. The very proof ai the Canladian Council ai Chistians and Jews having ta set aside a week for the recognition of brotherhood proves that there is very littie ai the original broth- erhood ici t. The pon get poarer, flot in mater- ial w7eal-th but in every ather talent the human mind and heart is capable ai using or distributing, and the society ai mankind, or brotberhood as it used ta be, bas deteriorated. Who is ta blame? Weil, hîstory reveais that for many centuries those who were tassed the bail wben the world began ta expand, havýe let it down. We think af the churches first and the synagogues who had the written script and no doubt they wha.t wene an shif t intraduced and worked ta have strict remembrance ai the Creator practiced in the lives ai men and wamen. But as timie passed, people became severe, and having hast dependence an their creator, mere man soon found bis ovin standard equipment wearing out or faulting as explosion ai the falles ai man braughit us ta a chia- atic destruction ai ourseives. If people wouid remember what tbey are created for, there wouldn't be so much demand or need for ail this extra-curnicuilar stufi in aur term ai life. The people get exactiy what they give. If people came ta the age ai rea- son and no anc bas inculcated themn wiîth a conscience; a respect and affec- tion for somnething but themselves, then there wili ney;er be enough bratherhood or do-gooders in their lives or ours ta bring the happiness that brotbcrhoad suggests. Substitutes sucb as BROTH- ERHOOD WEEK slicks the conscience ai those who have ta go and look for 1h, be it for a week, or a month, or aye ta the end of time. Corner for £Poets THE PSALM .117R TODAY The State is rny shepherd; I need not work. 1h aloweth me ta lie down on good jobs; îh ieadetb nme beside still factories, 1h desroyetb mine injitiative; 1h taketb me in the pntbs ai a parasite for polities' sake., Yen, tbough I wahk througb the paths ai lnziness and deficit spenÉding T will fear no cvii, for the governmcnt is with me. Ih prepareth an ecanomic Utopia for me out ai the earnings ai my grandeilidren, Ih filleth rny hcad with security; My inefiiciency runneth aver. Sureiy, the State shahl care for me al the days of mny life, And I shaîl dwelli n a faal's paradise 'fonever. -National Association ai Tobacca and Confectionery Distributors bulletin. MacDuff Report The Narrow ND P Path OTTAWA - As it 4ïeads tawards thenext' election, the New Demnocratie Party finds it must tread a very narrow pâth If it is going ta increase its success among Canadian electars. Ih must put up a tougb at- tack against the Liberal goVcrnmenh. But if its ah- tack is toa tough, it will cash the NDP votes. The NDP finds itself in this ironie situation be- cause oi the cunrent mood in Canadian pôlities. There is eonsiderable antagonismn towards the government ai Prime Minister Pierre Tru- deau. But there is aiso dôubt about wbhber 1h would be better ta vote for any ai the opposition par- ties. ,To benefit in this situa- tion, the NDP must con- vince Canadians that ih would be better for them ta vote for NDP, candidates than ta vote for Lîberal or Conservative candidates. Tbey can do this anly if thcy canvince Canadians ta rebel against the "levils" ai the Trudeau government. But this is wb\7eric their dilemma arises. If tbey arc tao suiccessful tbey wýi.llpusb people înto voting for the Conservatives. Only, the Conservatives among thc apposition par- ties have enaugh strengtb to form an alternative te the Trudeau governrnent. The NDP are at best a pno- test opposition party as far as the next election is con- ccrncd. Peopie wba vote for NDP candidatesý in the next election in effeet wil be accepting another four years of Libera1i gavenn- ment with perhaps a very strongNDP opposition -con- tingent. Thus during the eoming montbs the NDP must not be hoo strong in i ts attacks on the governrnent. But it must make such attacks, and ih must press tbcmn wîth vigor in order to re- tain ils present populanity and perbaps increase ils strength. If it is obviously weak in its achivities, the NDP will be abdieating ts opposition raie ta the Co-- senvatives. And such weak- ness wonld cash 1h votes in the neitt clection. In trying ta walk this nannaw and d-elicate path, the NDP is bampered by the personal feelings af many ai its mnembers, par- icularly those af its leader Dav id Lewis. Tbey, do not like Mn. Trudeau as a poli- tical leader, nor as a man. Many NDP crs feci Mn. Trudeau was an opportunist 'who bctnayed the NDP. Up until 196,5 hhey considered Mr. Trudeau as a mnember -if nat officlally then cen- hainly lu spirit - ai the- NDP. Tbey even tried to get hirm ta take the formai position of the Pârty's lèad- er in Quebec. Then in 1965, Mr. Tru- deau joined the Liberals and Lester Pearson whom. he had condened for ac- cepting nuclear weapons treyears earlier. This move stunned niany NDP- ers. They have neyer for- gotten. And it stili affects many of their actions and attacks on the Liberal gov- ernment. For bis part, Mr. Trudeau bias flot done anything to play down this antagonismn. In the Commnons and in public speeches be does not, hesitate to ebide the NDP or Mr. Lewis for spits in Vie Party ýand for their failure to corne up withi poliey positions on varlô-as issues. Ail too oftn this oly leads to more bitter attaeks on Mr. Trudeau fromi the ND? -- the onie tblng the NDPers keep tell- ing themsclves they mrust a,,oid, A strategy of moderate attack is a'difficuit course for any dedicated group of politicians to follow. But the NDP knows it must fol- 10w that strategy, Their success in self restraint will be measured by their suc- eess at the polis in tbe next k Phono 6 232-3303 1011N M. JAMES EDTRo-PUBLISHER Durham County's Great Family journal Established 118 ycars ago inl 1854 Alsa'0Incorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcarstle Independent The Orano News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wedniiesday by THE JAMES PtJBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62 -66 Kng St. W., Bowýýmanville, Ontario GEO. P. MORRIS PATRICK GOULD T BusiNESS MGR. 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Canadian Statesman business office duly siejned by îh. odvertiseî rand with suth e.rrai or couections plciliy laated ta wrTting thereon, and inta hu1case if ony erir, so moted iteml corrected by l'h. canadian Stàtes:man itsls iality shallflot exceed such a portion cf the ictircost of such advertisenent a o lb. pçce occuted by the noed error bears te thlhole space occmPted COUNTY PLANNING A SICK JOKE From the impression gaith,- ered by reading accounits in Tbe Statesmnan, plans for the: cointy's development scareely justify tbe narne of planning. For example, the designation of Hope as, a major growtb area and Clarke as a residential area gives Hope tbe tax base and Clarke the casts of services. On a littie reflection, a pretty piece of paper turns out ta be a fiscal nigbt- mare. Wben anc comppares the Dlan witb similan designs for grawtb lu Europe the thing becomes a sad joke. The moment a pianner des- ignates an area "Industriel" ble creates a value pushing land ho somctbing ilke $1,000 plus. On the other bnnd, land designatcd "Green B3eit" or sor-ne such thing correspondinglly de- preciates. This is wbene intelligence sbould t ak c over and presenit a plan for distnibuting the increment on some parcels__ta othen parcels oýf land depreeiated by the plan on the bagis of an eciualization formula. Fram 3ail I ean gather, self- anointed and self-appointed caunty experts have neyer heard of equalization pay- ments, let alone propased a satisfactory formula. If the corporations and townships ean afford tiers of planning boards perbaps tbey eould find. the money ta send somne af the eaunty planners averseas for an eye-apening experience. James P. Lovekin. 100 Years Ago Trustees Debated Where to BuiId the School Privy At the time of the forma- schoolyard and fixing out- cut and split ready for the tion of the, Northumberland buildings was let for the sumo stove, wras let". and Durham County Board of 0f Twenty Dollars". December 28. 1898... Edueation, th~e records of tbe August 6, 1883 . ' * "Moved and seeonded that- individual sebools were star- "An agreement was reaeb- tbe prayer of a local citizen ed in dozens of places, ail ed for the-digging of a wveîl asking a rebate of sebool tax- over the area. Many of the aithtbe Scboolbouse for 75 es be not granted" aider records are now very cents per foot, tbe well to December 27, 1911 valiiable - both. as eommunity have a round crib in the bot- The job of ligbting tires and Board bistory. tom and brick at tbe top". and sweeping from January The task of assessing tbese3 My1wasefothsu records bas been going on for November 17, 188k. .1 o M12 ws.etfo0te.u several months now, and some "It was unanimousiy agreed0f$20" inteestni act hav coe t emloy n aplianthom Old Account Books begin- intresingfacs hve orn t emloyan pplcan frnining in 1858, showi amounts to ]igbt. the Mode! Sebool in Cobourg first in Pouinds, Sbillings and On J3ecember 30th, 1872 . ta teach tbe séhool for the "A meeting of the truste'ei year 1884 at a yearîy saîary Pence. Tbere are entries was eld.It ws mved nd 0 $35, ad heals bns uch as "Paid for Postage- was eld It was mov d a d O $3 5, nd ie lso bin ,,s3 cents". Then tbere's "Paid seconded that we build ain bimself ta attend to the light- for Printing Handbills -$10" addition ta the school house ing of fires and sweeping the An unknawn man in 1893, about 12 foot square, and thal Sbol oom, elaned ail stovepipes i the we build a Privy, and move December 30, 1896 ... scbool", for 50 cents. Five the aid one ta a more suitable "At the annu 1 meeting af letters and twa postal cards place". , the trustees, thé job of furn- were mailed for 17 cents, And At this sanie 1872 meeting. isbing tbe sebool witb six expenses incurred in a visit * "Contraeted ta bring ta the cords of wood at $2.80 a cord ta Grafton were paid back at sehoalboýuse and eut for the and -five af bardwood ta be the rate of 50 cents. stove, six cords of wood at per cord". April 3, 1873... e m . Y nWFP uâ a "Moved and seconded thats we get notices printed cona o t t Ctle àt W n cerning the compulsury pat 'S t r C le e W n of the School Act". At a January 1874 meeting.. Construction will start soon are already under con struc- g"Ail present moved tbat we on the academie wing of tion. get the schoolbouse cleaned up if the teacher desires' it Trent University's fiftb coi- General contractor for the ..if nat, it is ta be left until lege at Peterborough. Trent projeet is Konvey Construc- atrthe General Election".- President t. H. B. Symons tion Limited of Markharn, anfterur 1,18 adtdytafiaaprv who subrnitted the Iowest of On Fbruay 1, 182 . . aid odaytha finl aprovlîi tenders received. Electrical "The Trustees aceepted a for the $3,357,000 projeet basintlaon-rth> lee- tender ta build a new Sehool- been received froni the pro tistallting forthe a-ee bouse, aecording ta plans and vincial Departrnent of Col- otie buiigtwll e c a(Ptrr-e speifications provided, for tbe leges and Universities. u yBib Eeti Ptr Sum of Eleven Hundred and borougb) Llmited. Tbirty Four Dollars. Tbe, Approval, was also granted The aeademnie wing of the sebool ta be ready for oc- for a relàted $800,000 site de- e olgwicb i en eupaney before October îst of velopment program,, b pro- built on the east side of the the same ya" vide' electrical and other ser- Otonabee River, wili incor- May 2, 1883.. vices ta the coliege. Two resi- porate teaching facilities, fac- "The Job of cieriýng up the dential, wings cf the college ut offices, a dtihing hall and 25 YEAR8 AGO' (Fébruary 27,-1947> 49 VEARS AGO (Mareh 1, 19 23): Mrs. James McQuay, Mrs. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, John Morgan, Stayner, Mr, the Bowrnanville, H i g h and Mrs. Arnold McQuay, Sebool debatîng team, ac- Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Herb companied by a good1ly Elliott and'family, Malton; number of supporters, jour- Mrs, Donald Courtney and neycd ta Whitby Highi son Gary, Ripiey, were Sun- Sehool for the final debate day visîtors of Mr. and Mrs. for the Jury' & LaveIl De- Alex Grant. bating Trophy. Bow,,mani- Mr. Harold King and Mr. ville was again the winner, Fletcher Rodgers spent a thus the tropby rernains vêry enjoyable weekend at bere for another year. The __ anaval get-together for debaters wcre Miss Ruth ~.Chief and Petty Officers at Grigg and Mr. Maitland Kingston and were weekend Gould for Bowmanville and guests of Mr. and Mrs. Har- Miss Mary Howard and Mr. aid Cbapman at the Hatel Will Crummier for Whitby. LaS aile. e . Miss Ruth Perey, Toron- to, was guest of Miss Gwveil STRKE jrUnderbili celebrated their dolyn Williams over Sun- KE 5t wddnganniveray day. on atudayattheir home Mr. Andrew Nichais bas en orly Ae.,Toronto. purchased a 50-acre larm Mrs. Underbili is the daugh- naPrt eryw reb ter af Hugb Grabamn and wili go into mark et gard the late Mrs. Graham, Sal- eng extensively. cm. everl gusts ere Mrs. Frank Grigg and son present frorn Bowmanville. Tommy of Oshawa b ave Masterbeen visiting bier father, MatrDonnie Hackney, Mr. Ezra Gifford, and other five-year-old son af Mr. and reaishr, 'q Mrs. Newton Hackney, Osb- Mran Ms.JC.H - ~ ~, ~ awa. visiedrbisJ.randpar awaents, M. ad h r. Watr cock, Newcastle, attended) Énts Mr an Mrs Water the lecture on the song birds Hackncy. Donnie was a ofCnd gve byMs proud boy making tbe trip ouisCaMurphyin St.auis on Garton's bus by hlm- Couicseon ryinaytevening. self. hrho rdyeeig twa comnmon areas for stu - .Mn. A. L. Milmine is rustî- detsan aeit.Miss Louise Hircoek, cating at'Gravenhurst, Mu- dentsconneet dir- Oshawa, visited ber par- skoka, aiter bis very severe The wing wîll cnetdr ents n attended the Lionis iîîness. ectly witb Trent's presenit Club Concert,, Wednesday Mn. W. B. Moore, Prince science camplex and will be evening. Albert, Saski., bas been vis- joinied ta the residential wings The fire whicb broke out iting his brother, Rev. S. by a eovered link wbie.h will ln the Balmoral Hotel at C. Moore aItbe Metbodist à1soc bousé faculty and college .2 arn. Saturday, was quick- Parsonage. admninistratiýon offices, Thîis ly br'ougbt under contrai Miss Ruby, Oliver, Co- will provide an "'internai by the' Bowmanvile Fire bourg, bas been visiting becr str-eet" more than a quarter- Dept. after the aiarm was uncie, Mr, F. J. Bennett, mile in lcngtb. turned in by nigbt clerk Darlington. Facilities in the academnie Harvey Sylvester. it was a Mrs. C. T. Ross is visiting wingc will Include a 350-seat lucky break when Sylvester relatives in Toronto. lecurethetr (te uiv crossedi the street to pick up Mr. L. E. Franklin, Live sity's largest), a branch of temrning paper adsw SokAcineTrno thestuen ,haih srvce ndsmoke and flames îissuing was in town Monday in con- th6 faculet off erices.I iîando from the roof cupola. nection with the Shorthorni 36 acutyoffces I wil ase Courtice: Miss Norma sale on Marcb Sth and Hol- bouse seminar rooms and Sexsrnith- was a recent stein sale on March 29th other tea cbing and laboratory weekend guest at bier borne botb of wbicb will be belâ areas for the departments of in Napanee. in Bowrnanville. antbropology, soeioiogy, psy- Orono: Miss Jo Ann Mr. Robert Kennedy, Ton- chodlogy, native studies and Rutherford, Kirby, visitedî sorial Artist, spent tbe- geagraphy.1 with Mr, and MVrs. J. J. weekenid with, bis famnily iii Exterior walls ai the aca- Meilor. Toronto. demie-commons wing will be of conerete block ta match the college's rs etil nsFe wer Jo,,bs,,BeffIer Payjl sorme 340 students, wilI be 'Higber pay, but fewer jobs. 1970). Fîve companies said completed durîng the 1972-73 That, The Financial Post re- tbey weren't hiring at al acadmie ear.It i e e ports, is what next spring's wbiie eight had not determin- that the fifth callege will b rpo coîlege and uni versity ed their recruiting needs, read fo us hythefal Ofgraduates can expeet, accord- Shanting salaries will range 1973, ing ta, mid-November telephone from $833 a month for MvBAs, survey ai 51 large employers. ta $580 a month for pass arts POPULATION FIGURES Tbe survey was eonducted by graduates,ý up about two per the Pay Researçh Bureau ai cent over 1971. Aceording ta Stahisties Can- tbe Public Service Staff Rela- ada the estimnated population tions Board, Ottawa. A simni Your Heart Fund is the ai Canada at June 1, 1971 was Ian sunvey was made in Nov- Nurmber One defense apinst 21061,000. Ontario accounts emnben, 1970. Besuits showed heant and blood vessel dis- for over one-third ai this total, 38 campanies (the samne as last ease, Canada's Nurnber One or 7,815,000. Quebec is second year) plan ta bine 1,709 uni- heaitb enerny. Qive generous. with a population ai 6,030,000. versity graduates (vs. 1,828 lu ly. Sugar Spice By Bill Smiley THE WAY IT WAS FOR BILLY THE KID In a nostalgie moad today, I've been thinking that, with the onslaugbt ai the Speed Age, rnany ai aur fine aid Canadian traditions have fahlen by the wayside, died on the vine, or simply lein down and curlcd up their tacs. One af the first ta go,' ai course, was the blacksmihh. 1h hurts me ho face the truth: thet most people today under thirty bave neyer known the sensony joys af a bhacksmith's shap. At this time ai year, srnali boys used ta squeeze through the rarnshack- le door, and edge as chose as they could ta 'the fine, freezing thein bums and roasting their cheeks. There was a fine acrid stench 'ai horse manure and scorched hooves. There was the leaping flame as the beliows biew. There was the ringing clang as the smithbébat out the white-hot metal betwcen hammer and envil, and the satisfying hiss wben the bot metal was phunged into the coid water. At a certain age, mast maie kids Wouhd bave setthed happihy for t 'he i e ai a blacksmith, a free soul wba spent his days daing the most fascinating wark in the world. The décline ai the srnitby, ai course, was brought about by the grad- ueal phasing out ai another tradition - the harse-drewn vehicle. I wonder how rnany klds ai this g-enenation bave ever s pent a winter Saturday "catching bobs". This was aur terrn for"jumping on the backs ai farm- ers' sleigb s. Ail day long thé farmers carne and went ta and from tawn. And ail daày long we happed an behind a load ai grain, ici t that for a laad ai supplies gaing the: other way, picked up, n sicigh pihed with logs for the return trip, and shivered with deiighted fear as the farmers shoted ah us, and even some- times flourisbed their whips in aur 'direction. As we grew a littie aider, about 12, we graduated ta catching an the wing a cutter. This was mare daring and mare dangerous because they could t'ealhy fiy, the runner was much smnll- er, and the fermer could turn around and beit you anc on thee~r Most ai them, ai coursý'werc pret- ty decent. I know now that tbey wereî mare worricd about us gchin urt in a fahl than tbcy were about the extra weigbt their hanses bad ta pull. Then there were the butebers' eut-. ters. These consished of a sort ai boxA witb runners bencath, and a stcpah thie back for the driver ho stand on. The borses were not plugs, but neal rond- , runners that wenh ike a bat out ai bell, ,Tbey were every bit as exciting as a Roman chariot, and the drivers wcre the envy af every boy, in fur caps, reins in anc band, whip in the other, ns tbcy tare through the town ike furies. jAnd I wondcr how miany boys bave\ i playcd hockey ail day an, a frozen, river, wben à bard shah the goalie rnisscd ighh side for a quarter of n maile. We? neyer bad ta worny abaut ice-time, or cbnnging Unes. Wc could play until we werc poopcd, then sit biy the bonfire-, untîl rcsted, and bave another go. And thene werc always twcnty an tbirtyý phaying ah once, so, evcrybody got n' wback ah thepuek. Some great stickz- bandiers camne out af that cru. 'Tbink ai the dcpths ta wbicb wc bave sunk. The smithy, witb its light and sbadows, its reds and blacks, its eartby smclls. its sense of lufe, bas beenl rcplnccd by the garage, a stenile thing wîtb its cernent floor, its rek ai ofgas and ail, and its unspoken assurance that this-is-gonna-cost-you-plcnty-buddy. The cutter, swif t and ligbt as a bird, iio langer skirns the snow. 1thbas been replaced by a stinking, snarling, skid-ý ding beash that only modern man could abide - the snowmobilc. No more meat-cutters, careening around the canner on anc runner, deliv- ening in nny wcatber. Now, we plod like zombies tbrough the supermarkct, ta moronie piped-in music, and pick up the odourless, antiseptie, cellopban-cd packages the great gods Dominion, Lob-. iaw or Safeway have assigned ta us, and carry thcm bumbly ta aur cars, three blocks away.. Our kids ha ve ho Eýet Up ah five n.m. ta -play hockey, and if tbcy're net real "killers", get about four minutes ice- tirne. Ah, tho se were the days! And 1 baven't even begun on the rniost vîta1l ai ail winiter cquiPment - t-hepuK consisting ai a frozen horse-bu.n. and Distant Past From the Statesman' Files ,cett ers to the eito r