The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

1 The Canadiani Statesmnan, Bowmnanville, Auguist 15, 1973 E DITORI1A L COMMENT Q ulte a Summer! With the Canadian National at the west end of town. F xhibition opening this week, good There have been senseiess old summer -of 1973 is on the wane killings galore, corruption, real or and faland winter cannot be far imagined in governments and many behînd. other items of a distuirling nature, Remember the anxiety every- including the threatened and actual one feit as summer began and the increase in prices of food, housing waters of Lake Ontario were and mnany other items, as well as -J creeping higher and higher up the possible shortages of gasolîne, andý beaches. Little did we realize that heating fuel. within a few weeks, crops would be Possibly it was just as upsetting suffering from lack of moisture. At~ a suimmer last year and we've that time the big worry was about forgotten, but frankly, in spite of the the damnage caused by flooding, not gorgeous weather most weekends, the poor crops that rnight lie ahead. we'll be almnost pleased to have this It's been an anxious summer in summer over and done with in te many ways. Prices have been hope that September wilfl see aj Jumnping, many people have been settling down throughout the world upset over the proposed . hydro as preparations are made for the tranism'ission lines that might run winteriseason. Then wre'll have toi through their properties. There have worry about who to eiect on the new7mý been plane and car crashes, killing region and-muinicipal councils, and. more than the usual numbers. Along how thîngs are going to be run King Stý it's been dust and more dust under the new system. There is nol because of the extensive changeover end to it. is there? Northiumberlafld Tests a Theory Northumberlanld County and conclusion that an expanded North- ýý what is left of' Durham seemi about umiberland County would slaei/ ready to confront the realities of life their remaining traditional ties, on a shrunken tax base. while satisfyingF the province that9/ The old Cobourg-Port Hope they were doing somrething . to provincial-municipal task force has replace their nineteenth-century been reactivated and expanded to political machinery, the multitude of include the whole of Northumiber- littie townships and villages al land. Its job will be to find out what going their own ways.- tearea's potential is, particularlyth The province looks askance on fo utiigislthe duplication of services this sort forsusainng tsef.of system creates, and points to theE Cobourg-Port Hope and western limnited borrowing power of the f Northumberland, at one time slated individual commnunities as opposedF to join the larger new region of to the rising costs of services. É Durham to the West, argued at the According to reports fromi theý timie that they could go it alone in a lakeshore, the province is encourag-( region of their own. The provinc e ing the remaining municipalities in0 argued that the tax base would not their efforts to restructure themn-e be broad enough to make the region selves. Independent boroughs, alongF self-sustaining, the lines of Metropolitan Toronto, is But the province bowed to an idea currently in the wind. political pressure and in effeet said, But what if Northumberland "Okay, let's see what you can corne proves that it can be done? Was up with." there ever any need to split the Af ter the initial shock of getting United Counities in the first place? If' their own way wore off, the Northumberland can go it alone, l1akeshore communities began to why not Northumberland-Durham? twÂonder what it was they did want to Why not an Oshawa expanded to 'do, anyway. Cobourg and Hamilton include Ontario County? "Township immeàiately found themn- Or was the original Oshawa plan ~selves uneasy bedfellows, and Hope merelly a planner's Utopia, withoutf ,Township was wondering if its best regard to the wishes of the interests were not with- Oshawa, inhabitants or the real needs of ýafter all. municipal financing. SBut eventually, they came to the -Peterborough Examiner *The "6Good Old Days"l (Froin The Cobxourg Star) Bu t tha t was just the beginning! SWe have always been a bit Says Gould, '-The removai of 1suspicious of those old movie scenes horse dung from the streets and "from the picturesque "good old fromn the barns was a logistical ~days " of the horse and buggy on the problem of major magnitude." ,town's main street. Gould goes on from there. Fiies,' To get right down to what he said, infested the cities, carrying bothered us - we always wondered epidemies of ail sortý. By 1908,, about ~aothow much horse manure there 20,000 New Yorkers died each year %was on the streets. We recaîl, even in from choiera and other diseases "the last few years of even the most spawned by horse manure and ,recent "olden days", that thiere,.was, spread far and wide by fiies. a fair amount around the feedmili in Says Gould, "The good oid days tour towni. And in the1 winter there were not s0 good. . ." ~was always a reasonable supply of He cites a lot of other things as 1frozen horse manure available when well about the "good oid days" that .you wanted to get a shinny game we tend to forget. Ile quotes a ..going on an icy road. researcher from the Smithsonian Now, somneone has come right Institution with the facts that a 'out and said it. Those oid days century'ago, in the U.S., the crime weren't good. rate was twice as high as today; that We- heard a speech by Charles L. drug addiction - as a by-product of 'Gould, publishier of the San Fran- medication commonly used - was 1týisco Examiner. He was speaking to far more prevalent than today; that ~the IternaionalAssocationof prstituion Ag -lIuba1cn "(Anybody ever hear, of noise I us in, f00. But we stili like the movies. Durham County's Great Family Journal %I D Established 119 years ago in '18541 Also lncorporating C.CNAThe-Bowmanville News The Newcastle Indiependenit The Orono News QUL Second class mail registration numiber 1561 Phone Produced every Wednesday by phone 623-3303 THE JA4.MES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITE'D 62-3-330Uj 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario LiC 3K9 .JOHINMJAM,ýES GEO.P.MO)RRIS PATRICKGOULD DONALD BISHOP Editr:Publisher Business Mgr. Sales Manager Plant MPgr. "Coýpyright and or property rights Subsist in the image appearing on ths prcoo. Permission to reproduce in wholer in part and n any iorm wýhatsoeve-r, partîicula3rIy by photographic- oroft roce s-> n a publicaion mrrust e otainred frorn the pubistier anid the printer. Any unauthor ized -ýrpOdCIJtionwi b ubetto recoursenla $7.00 a year --6 months S4,00 S9.00 a year in ithe U. S.A. strict !y in advance Alfhýough every precaution vilI be faken to aioid error, The Cancaan Statesman ceu avrîin is columins on the uLndeprsiainding ihat it will not be fiable for aniy erreror n fhe adve r-ien pulishpcd hereunder, unleýss aproot ot Sýuch dvýertisern-ient s requested in ,-r ling by fthe adiverfîser and rt,rned f0 t The Canadian Saerabusýiness office diuly signied by thie adverfisýer and wvith suLch error or crefin panynoted n wrfn hereon, and in that cae f any errr 50note s st crrecý(fedb,' fheCanad, in Statesn-rantifs Iibility aKall not exceed such a portion of th, nrir , ost ot , uch avrie~~ as the sac occviýîd by the nioted error bears fe, the whole spacte occupîed by such adveýrnîsemnt,, i Frenci If looks as if the usualiy haughty English community in Montreal has finally gotten the message about the French fact in Quebec - bilîngual-' ismn in parficular. The Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal, which runs most of, ,the city's English schools, has, enjoyed so much success with ifs' F'rench immersion kindergarten program - that it's in trouble! French immersion classes, begun five years ago on the English education scene, simply meant that Engiish-speaking kids are taught in French righf fromn kindergarten up - wifh a daily period of English f0 keep their hand in their native culture. The big headache facedby the schooi board now, is thaf so few parents wanf their-chiidren f0 attend Wise Use of Inconspicuous is perhaps, the besf way f0 describe the appearance of a new pamphlet furned out by Hydro. Tweive pages in ail, it's printed in black and white and costs about three cents a copy to produce. Equally unprefenfious is the message. Did you know, for exam-. pie, thaf if fakes twice as much fuel f0 heaf an uninsulated home as if does f0 heat a house' insulated f0 modemn stanîdards? Or thaf grand- mofher's custom of switching off the, lighfs when they weren't needed was a good conservation habit?, These and dozens of other lit fie hints contained in the pamaphlet "The Wise Use of- Elecfricity" are designed f0 help people get the mosf oufý of their elecfricity dollars. 1The significance, of course, is in the philosophy. Wýhy is Hydro suggesfing measures which could reduce the demnand for ifs product? The change in advertising policy has nof been dicfafed by any foreseeable power shortage, as has been suggested. It's 'the resuit of changilng values and misinterpreta- tion of the'nature, and objectives of Hydro's marketing efforts in some quarfers. For many years Hydro has been urging people f0 take full advantage of the abundant supplies of electricA] energyý, available in the province. Suppliers of other forms of energy were doing the same. Cosfs- were the over-riding considerafion and Hydrc was striving for a more balanced usE of ifs facilîties and greafer produc. tion and distribution economies t( keep rates 10w. A number of factors hav( combined f0 undermnine the credîbil ýity of this fradifional approach. In ar ,era when costs are continuall3 rîsing, due f0 inflation and mor( expensive metkiods of generafion, i is difficulf f0 convince, people tha economies of scale and optimu-n utilization of equipment are signifi cant factors. And wifh the growinl awareness of the limitation of th4 energy suppiy, Hydro's advertisinl has been increasi'ngly inferprefeda: simply a means of promotini greater electrical consumlptiQn. in response, Hydro is shif fini ~part of ifs advertîsing emphasis t the xvise and efficient use of en-erg; and has reduced this year's medii advertising budget by more tha& one-third. If shouid be recognî-,zed, hom ever, that mass media a dvertisi ng i only the highly-visible tip of th iceberg, in relation f0 any effecfiv marketing program. Hydro wi continue f0 meet ifs responsîbilitiE Letter to the Editor 13 Bryant Rd., Ajax, Ontarjo July 31, 1973. Dear MIr. James, The coilmttee who plan- ned the Werry Centennial Reunlioni would like to thanik you most sincerely for the excellent coverage we received in the States- man. The space provided for articles and pictures both before and after our picnic added significantly to this very successful occasion. Sincerely, Dave Werry, President. Thursday, August 2f, 1948 F. Donald Mýorris bas successfully passed the examination of the Ontario School of Emnbalminig. Hle 1$ 1now icensed under the Provincial Department of Health as a qualified Fun- eral Director and Embal- mer. Donald makes the fnurth Morris generation in the funeral se rvice busi- niess. Tenders were called for the building of the new South Ward School and the Bowmianville Board of Education has accepted the bld submîtted by Brooks Construction Co., Oshawa withinî the $1,50,W00 limit, set by the Board. Ray Dudley, A.R.C.T. has been awarded the valuable Normian Wilks Scholarship, given in mem- ory of the late Principal of the Toronto Conservatory of MNusic. Amongthe Shriners ifrom this district wý.ho attended North Bay Old Home Week, on Shriners' Day, Aug. 20th were Nobles 0. Robson, D. Hitggon, A. W. G. North- cutt, town, Art Blanchard, Neil Davy, Chas. Warren, Hlampiton, Clarence Roper, Ted T7ozier, Oshawa, Mel- ton Dunbar, and Geo. Finnie, Port Hope. Sunday, August 29, wvill mrark another milestone in the long bistory of Eldad Church, nea 'r Slina. The o)ccasion follovws the recent installation of many color- ed windows inscribed in memory of departed pion- eers who gave lifelong service to the community.' A new Minshall electric organ bas also been install- çd as well as 18 new dark oak pews. Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Nichols generouslý donated 24 handsome cath- edral design chairs for the choir loft. Suga ri Fact purely Eruglish-language kindergar-L fens in wesf-end Monfreal's predomn- inantly English sections thaf fhey can hardly make up one class of 28, pupils from four neîghboring schôols - wifh one of these schools being in thaf bastion of ail things British - Westmouinf! 'the board is frantically casting' around for solutions. Should they put the one orphan English kindergarfen in one sehool and bus the tots in fromn surrounding neighborhoods? If so, who pays for the bussing? Neither parents or the board wanf f0 pay the- shof. Who would have fhoughf such a problema would ever, arise, even fhree or four years ago? If seems thaf both English and French Canadians in Quebec have corne a long, long way! E-lectricity very real if not always apparent. At the residential level, people have a right f0, enough information f0 help fhem ýnake an intelligent choice in their uses of energy. They mustfbe advised in mnaffers of electrical safety, new developments, the performance of equipment, main-, tenance and Hydro's own poliîes and developmnenfs if they are to relate fhese things fo fhemselves in terms of comfort, economics, useful- ness and the responsible use' of energy. There is also a responsibliity f0 participate with industry in.finding the mnost effective way of using electricify and f0 suggest new ways in which this energy can be employed f0 improve performance. Farming in Ont ario is another enferprise which has made greaf technological progress in the last several years - partly due f0 the intelligent use of electrîcîty. Hydro will continue ifs efforts through marketing programs f0 keep these customers informed andi up-to-date wifh regard f0 electrical technology. Regardless of Hydro marketing, the demand for eiecfricîty will, continue f0 grow. This ýis because m iosf growfh sfems fromn population rexpansion, economnie progress and 1new technologicai developments. .Beyond this, elecfricify is expected 7 f0 outsfrip the growfh rate of other forms of energy because of ifs ) versatility, flexibiiity in the use of fuels for generation and its increas- Sing atfractiveness from the environ- )mental point of view. Continued markting will be essential in the face of this growth. -Without a steady flow of information ,i including technical assistance, dev- yelopmrenf of standards and the e provision of advice and direction in t the use of this power an infoerabie ,t gap could develop befween the a supplier and the consumer of i- eiecfricity f0 everyone's defriment. 9 Neyer before has energysupply e and utilization been- in a greafer gstate of flux. Evenfually, electricity, s most of if nuclear, will emnerge very g -clearly as the most desirabie form of energy for mnany applications, both g from fhe stanldpoint of resource Io conservation and the absence of vy enviromnenfal damage. a In the interim, the consumer ,n faces some difficulf choices in the use of energy and he will need ail the- - assistance hie can get in making his is decisions.'. e The wise use of electricify is ir ,e sfep with the fimes and while the Il emnphasis in Hydro's marketing will s change with the needs of the day no Thursday, August 28, 1924 Early in June, Mvr. A. H. Worden, son of Mirs. John Wordeni, Ebenezer, South Darlington, sailed for Eng- land taking with him "Jumbo" the largest steer in the world. The steer weighs 2,834 lbs., 18 hands higb -and girtbs 10 feet six inches. In Writing to his daughter Mrs.,Lorne Stev-, ens, he states that the Prince of Wales bad stop- ped to chat with bim about Jumbo. It's about 13 yearssince Mr. Wmi. (Billie) Woods resigned as G.T.R. station agent at Bowmanville and left for Western. Canada. wben' he called, at the Statesman on Monday, he hadn't changed a bit. He is staying witb bis old fellow railway associate Mr. T. Stapleton, Oshawa. Bowmanville Beach As- sociation bas been granted $60 for repairing roads at the beach, by the, town council. Those from a distance wbo attended the Rîckard - Clemence pîcnic on Wed- nesday, Augl-ust 20 in Hampton included (Dr.) Ernest Allun, Los Angeles, Mrs. (Dr.) Carl Clemrence', Toronto: Mrs. Everard B, Joli and cbildren, Glidden, Sask., Mýrs. A. H. Fisher, Mrs. H. Toms and cbildren, Belleville and Rev. Roy H. Rickard, B.A. Nortbport. The appointment was' officially announced today of M. G. Cameron, K.C., a well known barrister of, Godericb, to succeed Judge Henry A. Ward, aged 75, a s County Court Judge of the United Counties of North- umberland and Durham, Judge Ward wîll be return- ing witb an annuity equal to the salary pai d bim. and Spice ýy Bill Smiley carefuily disguised, and the last fwo can figure outfer themnselves wl fhey are. Nof shouid we forgef profession- ai friends, the people we work with. In my case, fhey range from someone like Miss S., who weighs 84 pounds affer a steak dinner and has, a laugh that would knock yotir fiiiings ouf, tf0 Mrs. O., who is "the sexiest broad in the school", according f0 the kids. As a gentlemnan, I can only agree with fhem. Yes, a chap gathers a lot of friends over a few decades. But the two I ment ioned eariier on are a liffle special. Bub and Tmap. We joined the air force together, drank beer fogether, sang bawdy songs fogether, and pursued the fair sex fogether.1 We iearned f0 fly fogether. On ,one leave we hitchhiked fo New York foget hem and I can stili remnember Bub, after a bit of intem-, perance or som-ething, spewing ail over Broadway f rom the window of a taxi. B'roadwvay has gone sfeadily downhill sinée. We went. our sevemal ways during the big conflagration, and ail managed f0 stay alive duming various hairy incidents. When we gof home from the wars, we gof in touch. We were al going to college and funds were pretty siim, but we'd gef fogether occasionally, for some of the oid riotous living of the rude soldiery. We ail feli in love about the same time and gof mared about the same time. We each have had fwo children and have shared the woes and giows of raising kids. The three girls we chose, Peg, Ruth and Suse, are stili mamried f0 us', somnething of a record these days. We've ail been modesfiy suc- cessfui in a material way and modesfly unsuccessful in a spiritual way. Our xvives fell us, individualiy, that we are roffen husbands and fathers, but we don't see fhem reaching infto the. grab-bag for substifufes. When we meet, a couple of fîmies a year,-1 we compare middie-aged aches and pains, but we're young at heant, as you would clearly see if you dropped by about 4:00 a.m. We'ii pmobabiy wind up in th1( same Home for Senile Veferanis. If we do, we'll keep if iively. Yes, a man acquires a, lot of friends in a lifefime. But nof many of us have fwo old fiends like Trap and Bub f0 drop amound and fumni us infu living skeletons when we'me frying,-, get ready f0 go f0 England. £1n the ÇûDrn Oist:nt e s From the Statesman Filts Bi "IT'S FRIENDSHIP, FRIENDSHIP, JUST TUE PERFECT... " There's nothing like seeing oid friends. Or old fiends, as if cones out sometimes .when the linotype operafor is nof on his tees ha ha. I have a couple of old fiends who managed. f0 drop ïn while I was getfing ready f0 gol fe England. Befween them, they aîmosf aborted the trip. If's not thaf fhey bother me. I wouldn'f say that. It's jusf thaf fhey cripple me for about two days each, by the time we finish reminiscing and gef f0 bed as the robins begin te chirp. That's not se bad. A chap must expecf thaf sort of muin. But they brought wifh fhem a couple of other old fiends - their wives. That's whaf really put fhe fart on fthe griddle, as Lord Faversham said whiie he was roasting a weil-known sfreef-waiker. We have ail sorts of friends, eh? There are the close chums of public school, with whom there is nothing in common by the fime you are in Grade il excepf fhe fact that Oid Lady Williams beaf the hell out of you every second day, w1hen you were in Grade five. Then, there are the bosomn buddies of' high school. This is an eternal, yangfriendship, offexi depending on fhe type of bosom. Ten years later you meet and there's nof much fe say af fer exchanging the number of children and wives or husbands you have hiad. College friends are even closer. I was lookin g af a picture of four of us'the other day. We had in-jokes. We were inseparable. We would give our lef f arm for each other. I haven't seen one of fhem for twenty years. One is a drunk, a second is dead, and the third is an accounfant. Not necessarily in thaf order. Then there are the friends you make on summer jobs. These are so Fintimafe you can hardly waif fe 1separate se thaf you can write each other. Once. And if you were in the service, there are ail sorts of friends. 'There's Dutch Kleimeyer, the ubiquifous Australian, Jack Ryan, the unmifi- gated Canadian, Singh Thandi, the sinful Indian, and s0 on. A few of them still around, and you see them 1 every five years, but thaf means nonily a couple of days of ruin. 1 And, of course, you have made Fi friends since you married. There are Shirley and Bill, and Joan and Dick, rand Jack and MI, and Hlumphrey and Ursula. Nof f0 menftion Humpfy s and Dumpfy. Those named are