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The Carqa 1i ttesr a n, ow aivillie, Scnt. 11P72 EDITORIAL COMMENT 1ts Since last week's Statesian bit the stet here e been several châanges fin the federal. election picture that have atered tihes1ituation considerably... and ;hould mnake for an ex,,citing and lunpredictable otcome. After f.lyinig kites ail over the place and lea-vinig the local Conservative ex- euieand p' arty supporters hopeful one inute and u Lncertain the next, OtroJustice Secretaryv Allan Law- renlce, flanked by Premnier Bill Davi,, eamre througb wvith the announcement týhat be woufld be in the running hiere. His annouincement wl be greeted with bnthsiam b the part 'y faithful and nIo dioubt w,,,ith lsome a)pprehlension by botb ierl and Newý Dem-ocrats. But. if he wn the nomination and we feelI quite certain he will, h, le should be a foridale ppoentfor the incumibent useiHoney. AMr. Stanfield appears at thîs ýpint to be building uip a strong teamýr, withi former Liberial cabinet min- ister Paul Heillyer j o'iinig the ranks, formr Lieralcabiniet mninister in Qujebec Claude Wagner giving him add- ed strengtb there and n iow Mr. Law- rence,.11it has also been announced ithat formoýer Diefenibaker Labor Minister MieStarr of Osbhawa is also back 1-n the raefo add yet rmore strengith to t11P PC team. On Sundaiy at Cobjourg, thieNw iJeocatsaso mnade their movýe byv nominating W'ilmerIlill, Ithe seconIdary seolteachIer from HTampton anida formier candidate, Pauline Jewett, an Cauadic4a's-general election, scbedul- red for Oct, 3)0. wil be maîilyFaplebisýcte on Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the man who galvanzed Cnadian litcfour years ago andi is nowý, seeking a second man- elate as Pri*me Minister. Tt is a mnilder, less abrasive, more experienced Trudeau that i i lead the Lbrani' Part ýy te the pol1is this f ahi, says The Christian Science Monitor. The imae o te carefree bachielerpoitician Of 1968 ýbaýs given place to tb.at of famîly mran wib carmring wif e and sturdy son. B'Ri unaenaiyTrudeau bas kept hJs! idealism ani bis dynam-ism even if the bard facts c ou )iticailife bave clip- ped the wings cf bis aitjion. Heqr is today vonie cf the mnost îmag- illitive thinkers ;among Western states- mn, jIýHis brbeddpragmnatîsm is Cuple-d with a b1umaneness wýhichi is rlctdin bis pýrcgram for a "just soc- i~y" asedon a set of geais for socialT Jijstîics aný,id civil rihtAs the son, cf a F~ecb-anaianfather and a Scottisb mptber, be is ab](e, te straddie Canada's szPPcjiilinguistic and cultural probhem u,'i th a synptht understanding of Liý oestvte f both cemmunities. As aý commnitted federalist he wihl do îaJ- be can to strengîhen the Canadian ufion against the dîsruptive forces of 1h rnbsprtss On tu-e main -polîtîcai issues cf the ii-qy -- the higb rate of unemipIymneat, inflaqtion,, social weifare, lad ustrial strife aýnd the Amiericain hold on C'anadian iiIcustry- t here is lhitie ditferencue betwveen thle Liberal Party and its Imain zîval, the Progressive Coniserývative 04A i Phane 623.3303 iJOHN M. JAMES EDITOE.PusLxsnsa exý-Liberal mremnber in theNotub- land ridinýg, was on hand to espouise her new stitus as an, NDP candi date and made an impressive address, from al reports. Mr. Hill should receive conid- erable support from New ,,Demnocrjats, with the party back in action after wii-ng in Britisil Colutmbia. Appar- ently, thie split with the Waffle has not dlimmred their entbusiasma too m-uchi. Thie Liberais and Mr. Ilonieyseem to hv been buisy laying the grouind- wýork and planning strategy, buit noi word has been teceived on wvheni they wil break into the open with their campaign'. No nomination date bas beeni announrced so far, unless wrdcomnes after thiis editorial is written. Eb'ut, rest assuried, the wei are tu'rning aind vigorous campai gnier that he isý, Mr, Honey, wýho knows, the area and the people., wili e leaviing no stone uinturin- edl to rea>ssure-P his election. It wil be recalled that in hisý last election ,;bis mnajority wa nearly 4,000, one of the highest ever regîstered in this area. So, wýýe have now' reached wa ight be calied stage two of the camn- paign, vitb over six weeks to go. NDP leader David Lewis bas launched bis campaign and both Primre inister Trudeau and Opposition leader Stan- field should be following suit shonrtiy. The pundiéits hiaven't corne uip wit too maypredcictions to date, but they'll be comfing f'requientiy -within the next f ew wveeks. It's anyb ody's bail gamne to this point, botb locally and'nationally. lts Up to Us to Go Ail Out in 1976 Aiter runniing throug t he etire gamuit cf buman iemotin, t he 01Olympic Games -ýini Munirieliclosed on lVonla'y igbt by phanyingCad'sntol antem e ndicate that the next sum- mer ame's wouý1id be bere in Montreal iiij 1976 I ust biavýe !been a stirring nmoment for a]l Canadians wbo were wvatcbing to fieel that, although we dJdn't wiîn many mnedals, we were now nmore eei iv Ivetan ever before, They wiHl be belt i inQuebec but al cf uý, from , British- Coluimbia te Newfound- -indrbave to be prouid that this gigantic iiSerntîoalspectacle wl be coming hère. Ourevrain tribuite muiist go te the m-ren and women' from the Americani BrodcstngComipany wIhose tehev-isio-n covrag -& th gaesvas sta1bout the greatest job we bave evevr witnress- JxL Tr oprfessiaism kept LuS glued fo thý e teevision set every spare min- ujte. Theiif' rnny years cf experience ord their delicate banding of the mnany ,tepr newswcrtry incidents, victories, defeats, tragedies and triumphs was aI- ways in good taste and experthy done, The closinýg ceremonies, with al t'he athietes minghý'ing together, made one reahLize that the Oympic games is probably the greatest force for peace in the world today, outranking the United Nations by far. To see these young athietes frorn over 100 countries of the -world gathering together in friendshîp, after competing witbh every- thing they had te defeat eacb other, wa-, a moving event that they and we wihi' long iremem ber. We're soirry the games are over but now let's join together te make the 11976 games here- an even greater occasion that wihl br-ing the peoples cf the w-orld aýý bit dloser together in barmony a ndc friendly -competition in Iatietics, net war Weregoing ,tc have te extendc evlery" effort possible te top the Mnc gaebut we can do it, if we toc ore or)Li differences anti work as a na-tion te rnake this dream corne true. Party. Ne clear-cut ideological dividing line exisîs between the two as there dees between 'President, Nixon and George McGovern in the Americian presidential election. The Oct. 30 poli is therefore likel-y te be a chose race. The Conservative leader, IRobert Stanfield, bas grcwn inj- stature sinice,,the last election in 1968 and is idh admîred amongpeople cf al parties f'or bis integrity, and bis modeationi. But b le does not blave the i-ncisiv-e poiical image cf bis rival. Ini tlle ouit-goigParliam-enit the Liberals belti 149 seats t, the Conise-rvatives' 72. An- unkniown- quanitityv is the str-engtbi of the leftist--leaýning New Democrats, wý,ho have Just brokýen the 20-year-cld orgnc the Social Credit Partyý, in Britisbi Columbia and who hieid 2,5 at in the now dJissolved national Parlia- Ment. But th[le real fight wil be betwýeen' MT.r, T.irdeau pand NMr. Stanifield. Tt is the prergatveof tbe man in power te de- cide we to boid an election. Mr. Tru- deau, hasý bided bis tirne. He rejece the idea cf gcing te the country in mid- summer wben the Liberals looked like. beinig in trouble. He coulti bave waited until nx sprinig. Buit the latest opinion poili showed thlat theLieas stock bas risenarplyini recent weeks an)d they now hav'e a 10 per :ent lJead over theï Conervtivs.ThUS AMr. Trudeaii goes te the Oct. 30j polil conifident that lie can win -- unIess Caniadiani electors feel it wouiAd be wiser te choose a p)eriodcý f consolidaïtion under the Caevtvs Durham County's Grea t Famînly Journal Esiablished 118 years ago in 1854 SAise Iacorpo-raing The Bowmanviile News The Newcastleideedn The Orono News .ccond class mail registration -number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAIMES PUBLISHlNiG COMPANY -LIMITED 62.66G Kinig St. W., Bowmanvîlle, Ontarîo GEO. P. MORRIS PATRICK GOULD, BUSX4ES$ MGR. SALES MANAGE Phone 623-3303 DONALD BJSHOP PLANT MGRt. ~Copxigt an/orproprtyriglits subsist in the image aippearing on this proat. Permission ta, rerdc awhOle or in part aznd ýl u ay torm whýcteoevr, paricularly by photographic or offset procse ls apublcaton, ust l ltjed fr, hepblisher and tie printer, Amy unautborized reproductior wilI lie ubject to recours alaý nIw.- Ç.Oa yeair G monilis $4.00 $' .90 a Year ia the United States strictly in, advance Aý'itouli -Yeverypeautit-n WifIltlietalcen to avotd erreTheCanRadian Statesn a ccepts advsris. Inqta ts o!uansontheundxstartngthat it wÎll net h li able to aay error ia any advertisemenî pubuished ereunder nles ap 0o1otsuch ndvertjemeaî Iis requpetd in writing btide rse aad xetrred eCnain tten bsnssare dl indb sa~rie a îbsr anrorcrrciosplityatp iiwîtncteenuo iiincas f07err nntdi n earrected hy ~be Cana InaSa=n i iabuiyca n xedsr oto iti aics In he Edifor's WE NEED SCHOOL BUSES thie letter yeu received frorn a ,onrerýnedci jtizeni ast \week. 1 arn aise a CONCERNED M OTHER, as aIl the mnothers of Wlaveriy Gardens shouid be ifÊ they have any theugbts atý Il about their children's zâafety. I wroate twice te the Nor- thumbeiand nd Durham County' Schioei board in Cobug ist yer without any- favorable- resuits. But thea it's our littie grade one children that wiil be walk- ing along a narrow waik onr the No. 2 1{ighway, cross- 25 Year-s Ago Thursday, Sept. 18, 1947' Kcepiag up the tradition of "Service with a sinile" insti tuted by- Jack Gnon, local agent eft the Catiadianf National Express office for over a quarter etý a century, we learned Dick Wray bas been appeinted te the dcliv- cry service following the resignation cf Keitb Lath- angue. Mr. John gn has re- turncd te Tara'nte alter spending ia leasattholiday with bis friend, Mvr. Murray Gra-nt, Concession Street. A large'cengregatica filicd alavailable seating accomii- miodatiori at the eveing service at St. John's Antglicani Cburch on Suifday, Sept. 7 te pay tribute te Mis. John A. Gone on ber retirement ?is organist after 28 years et fa;ilbul leadership. Mr. L, A. Parker, rector's warden anid Mr,. W. J. Ormiston, pcepic'es warde ýn. vebced their apprecition e Mrs. Gunn's leadershPipiad presented her wýiIj th bond on bebaîf ot the conPgrégation. LittIe miss Chiarlotte Wigbt presented a bouiquet et flewers and Mr'. Roland Bate added a tcw reminisces. The Oshawa Prcsbytery bas aeccpted Edward James ,Kersey et Hampton as a candidate for the miristry anid ie plans te attend Vic- teia College this autuma. i-esident et the Onono Fair., Carnet Rickard, states the attendance record this year reached an al lime bigh et ever 5000 fer the two Warrant Officer Donald Cameren statiened aleng the Alaska Highway for severai montbs and bas served la the RCAF for cight yea-r, bas received bis discharg-e. Home town beys sbininig in the world et basebal are Boyd Slernon, Ed Hooper and Bihl Edger-. Boyd's ta "Heuck's" won tbeOBA Senior, E's- apnce te andBil'sPeerbroClass A Intermedate Sen onoathe OEAtie, ing a narrow bridge -where onie push either wa;èY could b)e fatal but however this dees net seem te concera, the School Board or the Bw manvilie town ceuncil either. As the other mether naid, we can't ail afford taxis or walk ciii'chidren Ito schonl every day te insure their safety. We need sehool buses, as it's over a mile and that cari be treacherous fer a littie tyke on a winter day, cross- îng a narrew, snow piled bridge or side of a highway. Let's have some.action or is the towa council as dead as th 'e rest et this tewn when it cernes te a serious 49 Years Ago Sept. 30, 1923 Farmers and breeders of purebred, stock sbould at-, tend Mr, E.* F. Weatbcriits' auction sale on, Tuesday, September 25tb at Erpîng- ham Fari, Bowmanville. The ladies et Ebenezer Cbhurclh will serve a chicken pie supper ýon Wednesday, September 26tb. at -4:30 p.m. Atter ail are servcd selec- tioes\wilil be giv,.en by Mr, M. H. Staples, Orono, solo- ist and Mr'fis. R. C. ýPeceý-o, Ebenezer-,coctnit Miss Yon alwo wili lay,).\ aLt si- Paul's Church, Friav vening the, Boy Mayoi Ie Toronto Mr'. Alex Ed ,sn ives bisad.>ý dîess "Thie G Ine eLite." Womien'sHoptlAx- iany desiýres that ailtaen meney be paid *in te Mfirs.r Spencer o)r Mrs. E. R. Bouej- sali net later thanSaudy Dr. J. C. D. Bedrel,ba opened an office at the cr ner et Church and Temiper- ance Streets, Boman ,iville in the office formerly occoipied by Dr. S. C. I1iir, Reta R. Cole, A.T.C.M. L.C.C.M. F.C.C.M., Teacher et Veice Culture, Sigbt Singing, Pian 'o and, Tbeory. Pupils prepared for aIl cx"- aminations. Class re-epens Sept. lOtb. Studio King St. W. Phione 57. Early Tuesday monning the firemen answered a cal]. te the home et Mr. Gea. Pankin, termerly the J. K. Galbraith residence. Consid- crable damage was donc te the building and conitents, but ne one was injored.ý Reserve Tbunsclay and Friday, Oct, 11 i ad l-fo "Cinderella" a play and pg eant by local talent under direction of Mr. Russeil Hawthorne of Mîlton. Bowmanvillc poblic sbe boys and girls mrade a go record of deposits i t!le, Penny Bank fr Ay ad Jone. Amiis repnite i M-, wcre $1715 and jone $10368, he a eraeper capita being 35 cenYt, probiem such as thîs is? A Very Irate and Concerned Mother. P.S. Whet's wronig ith the front page or isn't the press free anymore? Ed's Note: The space yu lptp s taking is wýorth abiouit $25 atadrtsn rates and you're getltig it ail forý free and stili beefinig because it isn't on the fronýt page. Some people are neyerj saýtisfied. Fewer Farms But Machinery Value Rises Despite the continued dec- Iinei in the number of census- farmns from June 1, 1966 te Junie 1, 1971, the market value of f'arm macbinery and equip- menit, as reported by f armn oper-ators, continued to increase frorai $3.6 billion te $3.9 billion lor, Canada as na whoie. 'Jhle machinery investment, at kt value, per farmi in- Lreased friom '$8,'3OOin 1966 te $ 10,71OC'pe r farmla in19711, a .-ise of 2'9 prcenit. in19, as in 1966, about 75 per ce-nt cf farms reported aultobiies on the fairm. On Piverl'age, such farms had miore tbi c one automobile 'per farm, mjd thits increased during the five-y« e7ar period, although total automnobiles reported declined from-j 356,000 in 1966 te 324,000 in 1971. T-1e number of farmns te- pertinig trucks declinied fromn f,61,000 in 1966 to 248,000 in 1971 butý the number of tuk pincreâaed from 345,00 to 370,000. Thus the aver- age nmber of trucks per faima iepertii.ng rose from 1.3 te 1.5 dJuing the period. There were 68 per cenrt et the farms re- por-t i!ig ij tucks lan 1971 compar- dwih61 per cent la 1966. Amonig ail farms there were 31 n0 r 8.4 per cent whJich ueport îed neither automnoile nr irw, rclocated on thefrm out miany of these wouid beý farms on which ne one was livinig. Thie number cf tractors re- porte-d en farms in 1971, nt 597,000 was practically uniii- -hang.ed fremt 1966. The per- (-entage of farms with tractors increased from'85 per cent te 88 per cent and the average iumvber of tractors increased tromn 1.6 te 1.9 per farm re- porting.- Grain combines reported on farmis in 1971 totalled 163,000 comrpared with 170,000 in 1966. he- inmber per farm chianged ittie o)n a national avera i ge basis bt taking inito account the reductIion ini total number of fanms, thec proportion of zarms ith combines increas- cd fr om37 per cent in 1966 te 41 per ,ent lan 1971. Swteson farms increas- (d from 12?4,000,la 1966 te 140,- C100 in 1971 and, the number fJ am reporting swathers rose froni 117,000 te 128,000 rtverý thec samre peried. Pický-up hay baiers aise neam ore cemmen ýon fa rms ni 17,with 153'I000 reperted, )Ver thle sm eid tombehr fof arros crpotjing ialcrs rose frMvM1300 te 151,000. IT'S SE'PTEMBýER 50LONG NALY Thtgreat ig "hoo--os 01o air th"at is stli rvrbrtigacr'ots the nation, from coast to coaist, isnocas ed by ,ý hurricane, tyýphiooni or cyvcloneiýct is tie expulsion of breath- fromnibundi(-. reds ofithouIsands of' n1others afer her Sigh Iof relif beaus thoo bs started There car'e mn mtoaecin to the ("anntiual rpnn of schonol. L et'sF look at a fwof themn. Fist he mothiers who Ihave badT thiree or r scihool-age kids on their hanids for, twýo of thle long;est- Inost dr-eary vsummer montbffs in decades. Du- in- the past suý.mmer, thie nb-as been as eLusiv-e as mnedal i ae for thw Cana- diain Olypici team. Paii, over-cast, dr izzlJeopr, humidity,, You. name it; we've ha'd it, So, m(others. You've ha'd yu brood uneroo nost of the sumniier-. Kids getting up at ail heurs, eat'ing at al bours, whining, "There's nethIýwnto do" Yoti*vet been making pea i ît-buttýer-ai-- Ieliy sandwiches until you ga at the si'ght of apeanut. Yuv adgdct and scr'apes, invente-dgmepýinned picnics which had to, be 4ed t home, rained-out, and been diven t1 1o thepoi nt -where the kids cal you "Old Sai. For you,,school pein \as eulp- cria, Suire, yov love youri childreni, but love, like mostl tigs, sht-ould be taiken with njoderation. Admit it. When you got them ail off that first dayv, you made coffee, sat down, put feet up. lit a cig- arette, sucked in your breath and let it out with a "Who-o-o-o-sh," You feit a deep love for teachers, however mom- entary. You secretiy thought you vvouldni't care if they doubled your edu- catîin taxes;. WVei, that's one reaction, What about your ids? Their obvious reaction is one c)f disgust and despair. "A-a-b, schooi!' Who needs it? Back to jaau." But hocw do tbey feel bebind the complain- ing thaït is second nature to kids? eceythey're deligbted and ex-_1 cited. Trhey7 are bored to the poinit of depression, whether tbey're in elemen- tary or hijgh schooi. They are sick of "OldSnry. Theyve had enough of workingý, if they worked, or bumming, if tbey just bummed. Desp,3ite- the constant c;-itici,%ns of the"urel~'hie t shoiin my opin- ion man yun ppl ave far more 4Creal' life there than they do at home. Open'ing day means seeing old friends, making new ones, exchanging lies about what they did ail summer and szizing up, witb a bard, cold stare, the MacDuff Report Qucbec and Ontario tarm- crs should be in an indulgent meod wben Liberai party candidates canvass for their votes on October 30. Less than twe weeks prier te the general ciection an- nouncement those la Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec were premised millions in federai fonds ta campenisate for crop lasses suffered duir- ing one et the wettest somi- mers on record. Coîncidentally 5some 11,)000 wbcat preducers 'in Eastern Canada, mest et themin l Southwvesterîn Ontario, be4gan rcceivJing cheques onder the federal ,,overnment's twe- price wýheat peiicy, Indýividl- ually tLbey rwiil getbewe $350 te $522,50 for a total et $5, million. Tt is possible additienkal mencey will be paid te North- cmn Ontario farmers if the goevcrnment decides they tee haveý- sulfwed excessive loss from hbeav)y rabots. Theicre Es ne doubt that the Western Qoebec and East- Proi Ontarioi former bas bad a bad year. During the latter part ef July and throgh Aogiiust.Tain was almost in- ter-minable, and on occasions rcacbed clood-borst propor- tios. The nesoît was drown- cd crops and 'roioed bav., Creeks and rivers which oidinarily would acccpt thîe ron-aif f etsommer storins, flowed at freshet levels. There was aowhere for- the cxcess water ta go. In these cicusace seme aid fer the strickcn fariner was ln erdar. it bas beener flened in geococus proportion te replace lest feed for ]ivesteck, te deter re-payment oft bans tram goveramrenit agencies. te pro- vide eperating capital and ready cash. A cash grant et $400 fer wbich, seme 22,500 tarmers in the wet-damnaged areas are eligible came almest as an atter-tbaught. Cest efthtat will be $9 milliotn. a net in- considerable somin leview et what bad already been made avaîlable. Gcncîrosity et the tedemal geverameat and the prompt- ness witb wvhich it met the crisis was, a bit surprising, particularly ln view et the deat car which had been turned te the pleas et South- western Ontario farmers a' ycar ago when tbey sbuff ered considerahle less tram main. Their position was in ne way as desnerate as tbat et East- ern ntieand Western Qochr famersthis year, uosiby bcasethey had boter esevesand because cf icrop diversification were bpice new teachers for the year. For hig-h-school) studients, des,-pite their attempt to be blase, it means the- end of thiat heart-breaking sumnmer rom- ance. BuIt look' There aqre some -new cbicks, andi some of last year's teen- boppers have red into real bird, ,An1d that greasy 0,onois Grade 1M boy of last year is now a sophisticateti Gradeeevnr after a suimmer pumtp- ing gas. Andë he bas a motor-bik-e! Most of lal, at school tie y a rea- cepteti by their peers. At hom-e, te were chîhdren, were supposed to lovýe and respect their parents, and hadti t obey orders, however gruidgingl. At school, they lontiave to even pretend to love or respect thieir teach.er-s andi disobeying orders becomes a game, as- long as you're not tagged. "There's aniothIer peie These ar( the mnothers whio tearfuilly witb enough instuctonsand iwarning-S to confound a Socraites, send off the- first-born ton the firit cdayv at schooh. Don't worry, ladies. Next fal]you'hl be so giadl to see ittie Tim or Kltb off you'hh tbink there muist be someting bard and cruiel underneatb yýour love of the brat. And wbat is thie reaction of Ithat fine, dedý(icated, aitruistîc group -- the teachýeris? A few cf' thiem dreat.id it. Theyv are the reahistS wo now watit's go- ing to be like in February' . Tbe.y prob- ably shoti not be teaching. But, despite the facet th)at thy oan and groan just like the kids, from my' observations, 98 per cent of tbem -iare bhappy_to get back into barness. And f do mean barness. Tbey've had, a long holiday. Theo- retidahly, tbey have "rechargeti theijr batteries." They, too, have becomne bor- ed. They bave spent too much money, as everyone does on holidays. Tbey ,wi 11 bave new students, and there milght even be a few brîgbt ones, he are go- ing to teach better this yeanr. Tbýey b-ave new ideas they want to t1ry.Teyv forgotten howv ghaýstiy it aýil is in Feb-) ruary. Personaliy, iny battery b as ;run down during the surnrner, andi lilbavec te re-charge it. aI scbool. This will bc easy. Just attacb yIour cables to 1,50 kids, and the sparks will fiy. Spring is supposed to be thýe time ot-' rebirthi, re-awakening and suchI. Bu!t iin, Canadla, w-\e'don't bave any sprîng. Juist somne.ram ndcimud between thlise of March andtilushniess ofJue In this cutrwe ail. seem tn corne alîve in Septemiber. Anid getting back to school is ike getting back tn reality after the r-ie quaiity cf summer bolidays. Let's go, gangý! able te saivage something from the Year. Perhaps it was the prob- abiliJty of saivage whichi caused the ,governinent lýo reetpleas for aid follow- [n te late, Junefos in SothwIestern Ontarioe wbich wiped euýt some ef the can- ning creps, decimated fruits and played havoc with the moiti-million dollar tebacco crep. Tebactco fariners were able te replace their wilted planits froq-L Prince Edward Isiand ank the snuthern United States threîîgh an air- if t arranged la co-operation with the departments of ag- iicultore and defeace. They restored 87,000 acres cf crop bot stilli need time te mature the tobacco before the first frent cf autumn cornes. 1 Seven counties cf Eastern Ontario and some 30 in Que- bec are in thé area desîgnat- ed for assistance.' The twe provincial goveraments are participating. The Quebec area stretches fromn the Gat- ineau on the West t o Megan- tic on the East, the St. Law- rence on the North and the U.S. border on the Soutb, The ceunties et Prescott, Stormont, Rossell, Glengarry, Carleton and Grenville are in the Ontario area. Nipis,- sing, Sudbury and Parryý Sound ma), be added later.* Farmers who had mooted tHe possîbiiity etf having te disperse therir cattie herds due tethe liýack cf teed are speialy bbg aken care.et. Ordiarîl ,the Canadian Livestock Fe Ved Board pays a $ý7 a tn subsidy te trans- port feed grains from the wcst te Eastern Canada. This is te be auamcnted by $2 a ton under the joint federal- Provincial aid pregrain. An indix iduai farmer nwv get up te $800 op te Mav 1 ncxt year in this wav. The twe governmcnts will aise pay up te two-tbirds the cost of trqos-portatien subsidized. Feed pnîces are to be stabilized te maintain the normai differential bctwecn other areas of Canada. On ton et thîs the Cana- dian Daîry Commission bas waived the penalty clauses wbîcb would normally anely te dairy farmers wbo fail te predoce at least 80 per cent of the iii called fer la their' subsidy eligibility quota. There( is to be a morator- ium on renayment ef Jeans from tlhe Farm Credit Cer- oraii-n aniid adv-ancecd tinder eFarm I mrnrvpmrent and 1,-ornsLad Acts. The provinces ar.d the federal govern 1)ent r will gtuarantee bans te f armers,, whej because of crop l ossesi aur s;hort of ôperatinýg capi- tai. Intcrest on these 1oans will be at prefeird rat'es and wili aleow repaDymcnit over longer than normai per- iods et oftime. Anneuncing these ste ps, Agiculture Minister H. A. (Bud) Oison aise taIledl about additional, benefits whicb may ceie from crop insurance. Tbese if any i vll be minima2l. No figures hv been released b-ut 'itle, n evident that very few vf armj- e;rs la the desigiatpd area have been subscribers te,- cr-op insurance, perhapsb- cause total;] iesses in 1bay aýndJ fced crops -,re unusual. Brampton Firni WinS contrec F-or Hwy 2 Work .Alex Carruthers, M. P.?,., Dlurhaminl a press relcase from Qoeen's Park anneunc- cd the appreval by tbe IHonr- ourabie Gordon Carton, Min- ister ef Transportation and Cemmunications, ef a$10. 385.11 centract to Armstvrng Bros.. Company Limited etf Brampton. The centract cails for grad- inig, drainage. granlibase bot, mxpaving an)d tre sitruictorcs (includîngp, )ie sýtressed beams) and scrt fence. (Hwy. No. 2 . ri 1.0 mil(,s West of Bwa' ville West Lîmîts Eaýsterly 1v miles. 1.5 miles. Port op District. Cali- Tenders For Restoring Trent lsland Northumýn-bertland - Durbainiii M.P. Russell C. Honey has adl- vised Ree-ve Carl Heath et Hastings thiat tenders hv been callcd fror, work neces- sary te re-stere a sial lan ia the Trent River' in the vicinity enit the new bridge opencd twe y \ears age. The isiand, was purcbased b)y the federal goveraiment as part et the nerw bridige pro- jec, ad it, along with the eastcrnaprab t th lanldscaped te maake (them at tractve a .Brand New Election Bail Game and By Bill Smiley C/VEER i~ ~ Canadians Weigli Their Future and âDistant PastI Frmthe Statesmanf Files oney Talks