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'I The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Dec. 5, 1973 EDITORIAL COMMENT The Big Shortage Is Leadership Along with all the problems, real or imagined, that this country is facing, there are indications that we may be about to head into a federal election. The opposition forces are becoming restive mainly because they feel Prime Minister Trudeau and his Liberals are floundering and they see hope of bringing about their defeat at the polls. There seems little doubt about the floundering. Recent events such as the Unemployment Insurance Fund being used as a vehicle for injecting funds into the economy instead of protecting willing workers during a period of unemployment is one example, especially when such actions are to be followed by increased weekly deductions of sizeable amounts, to cover deficits. The indecision, lack of forthright and knowledgeable information con- cerning the current energy crisis is a second. Ottawa's Energy Minister bas been amazingly inept, more interested in pussyfooting and evading direct answers than in providing Canadians with facts, if he has them, and the Prime Minister's public relations emergency tele- vision appearance didn't improve the situation. If the opposition parties had anything better to offer, we'd say get on with it and have done with the rubbish and the political pap that's coming out of Ottawa. But, there's the rub, there has been no sign that the Progressive-Conservative lead- ership is any better equipped to handle Canada's affairs than the present Liberal leader . . . and the NDP or Social Credit leaders just don't measure up in any shape or form, other than vocally. So, what's left but a vacuum to lead this country through the current emer- gency. We can't see that an election will cure anything. The only thing it would do is delay positive action by the government, cost a tremendous amount of money, use much precious fuel for campaigning and probably end as it started, with another minority government. We don't believe we are being unduly critical or partisan in these remarks. Our background doesn't for a moment deter us from being completely disgusted with the lack of leadership that is being shown at the present time, and we would not hesitate for a moment in calling for a change in government if there were an obvious capable alterna- tive. Unfortunately, right now, we don't see one. It's a sad and tragic position in which Canada finds itself at a time when there is a more urgent need for leadership than there has been for many years. We're not alone, our neighbors to the South are facing the same predica- ment, but, that tragedy will only add to ours. Instead of talking election, it's about time to start dealing with this country's complex problems because from all appearances, there are going to be many thorny ones in the year ahead. The leadership brains are there, but the will to govern has vanished somewhere. It's a Big Job They've Undertaken Most citizens living in the new The major tasks facing the new Durham Region or the Municipali- councils are in interviewing and ties of Newcastle and Scugog selecting staffs to carry on the probably are under the mistaken administrative work, obtaining suit- impression that their elected mem- able and adequate locations for their bers of council have a fairly easy headquarters and taking care of the touch at good salaries. From day to day crises that occur. After personal observation, we have come January 1st, more problems will to the conclusion that rather than arise at all levels as the staffs begin congratulating them on their elec- to take over their new duties, under tion to office, it would have been direction of policy set by councils. more appropriate to congratulate New by-laws will have to be studies, the losers who will be able to call finances and expenses will have to their time their own. The winners be dealt with and complaints will have been slugging away at meet- have to be taken care of and there ings, practically every day of the probably will be plenty of them week and most nights, in their before the departments begin to frantic efforts to reorganize the work smoothly and effectively. enlarged municipalities and prepare So, what we're trying to say is, for the changeover to a region have a little patience and under- 'Stus, standing if you don't receive prompt i 'When you consider that most of action with your own particular beef them are already members of connected either with region or the ýcurrent councils until January 1st, municipality. They are doing the councils that have to clean up and best reorganization job possible operate their towns or townships under the trying circumstances that funtil the new governing bodies take prevail and are literally working at over, you will have some idea of the capacity to make the changeover as problems that are faced. As one wife trouble-free as possible. It's no easy .of a newly elected councillor told us, job that's been foisted upon them. bher husband is tied up practically We can only hope along with the rest every evening of the week and has of the community that the challeng- ý,no time for anything else, including es are met, the difficulties overcome work around the bouse such as so that the new form of government getting it ready for winter, doing lives up to the expectations of those dishes, or any of the dozen and one who fostered the idea, and even- other jobs that most husbands are tually brings about a better system called upon to look after. than the old one. FAVORITE CAROL I walked along the street today Unsmiling faces all the way Met me as I trudged along ,ut in my heart was a glad song, It was a song of long ago, With chords of nostalgia, Mt had a me and la-te-do, And even a tra-la-la. It was an old familiar lay, A carol, yes, of yesterday. Yet ever modern as today. ýWhat was it? What did it say? A child, I met, along the way, As happily I stopped to pray, "Hi!" he called. "Why, Hi! I said And quickly on his way he sped. The music from my heart unfurled You know the one; "Joy to the world." by Marion Taylor Ford SEA MORNING silent footsteps creeping over sandy beach blue waves dancing on shore washing beauty onto the earth shells holding secrets of sailors drowned at sea flimsy mists hanging overhead steep cliffs reaching high gulls fly with the breeze the sun casting their shadows to the golden sand below salty spray against dark rocks spreading the smell of fish abroad and as the footsteps linger on and on the early morning plays its song. -Cher Crowells, Blackstock, Ont. 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Although every precaution wil be taken to avoid error, The Canadian Statesman accepts advertising in its columns on the understanding that if will not be liable for any error in the advertisement published hereunder unless a proof of such advertisement is requested in writing by the advertiser and returned to The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the advertiser and with such error or corrections plainly noted in writing thereon, and in that case if any erre ,so noted is not corrected by The Canadian Stftesman its liability shal not exceed such a portion of the entire cost of such advertisemen as the space occupied by the noted error bears to the whole space occupied by such advertisement N il M M M THE ENI MAY BE ( It seems th the whole world of us do in our one crisis to strikes, cripplir pling political s( energy crisis, s A crisis m turning point. F reached some tt some turning ir What so n affluent post-wa is that crises ar generation face and resolves th War, depre the bomb. Al universal crise Beside those bi price of beef is tal, and even t crisis is small1 hungry.) If the ene more tharfnews shortages and might be the1 happened to t world for gener We are ir turning into slo tally, emotion Maybe we need form of a sharp way of living. G fat, even if it r knife. Take a da average famil often the husba ate days, gets u thermostat up t in the basemeni energy. Our friend electric razor. gets his orange beast that has tricity all night Then he flips or electric stove, o bacon and ej ready, he jams electric toaster Then the -m and turns the Father drives work, stinking and burning enE off to a schoo: burning far mo than it needs1 thousands of li even on a brig] At home fr laundry into ai r' Restructred Statu For Northumberlanc The future of the 15 munici- which comes into being when palities left in Northumber- Durham County becomes part land County is a topic which of regional government on has been getting a good deal of January lst. Warden Weston attention recently in the Banister has commented he is eastern half of the United not very pleased with the Counties. Amalgamations and progress of the Reeves' study the possibility of creating a so far. The recommendations regional government for the from the group regarding the area are the two possibilities future structure of the county which continue to spring up in must be in the hands of the the various discussions. provincial government by A Reeve's Committee of March, 1974. Counties Council is currently The -Council of Port Hope making a study of the new and Hamilton Township have Northumberland County area, both passed resolutions rec- In the Dim and Distant Past 25 Years Ago Thursday, December 9, 1948 The regular monthly meet- ing of Shaw's Home and School Club was held at the school on Friday evening Dec. 3 with President Chas. Gilkes in charge. After the business period, Alec Prout, chairman of the program committee called on the following numbers: piano solos June Wood, Cornet numbers Earl, Gerald and Merrill Brown; Solo Glen Prout, Piano duet Mrs. Otto Bragg and Ruth Bragg. A large crowd of community folk gathered at the school in Hampton, Saturday evening when presentations were made to four recent bridal couples. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Daw, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Daw, were presented with sewing cabinets. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Butson, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Billett with coffee tables. Harold Cathcart was elected Reeve and Delbert Olan, Deputy-Reeve of Cavan Town- ship, both by acclamation. Miss Pearl Breslin, major- ing in languages at the University of Toronto, spent the weekend with her family Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Breslin. Officers elected for the W.M.S., Kendal, are President Mrs. E. Youngman, Vice- Pres., Mrs. Bryson, Rec. and Cor. Secretary Mrs. Wm. Allin, Press Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Wannan, Treas. Mrs. Wm. Rutherford, organist Mrs. J. H. Lowery, Steward- ship Secretary, Mrs. O. Chap- man, Temperance Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Lowery, Auditor - Mr. Lowery. 49 Years Ago Thursday, December 11, 1924 It is understood that Reeve W. J. Wood, Millbrook, Reeve M. J. Elliott, Bowmanville and Reeve James McCamus, Cavan Township, will be candidate for the honor of warden in the forthcoming election. Bowmanville Public School board has hired Miss Pearl M. Sonley, Whitby, as a primary teacher to replace Miss Inez Thoms, who has resigned. A meeting of the Temper- ance Workers of West Durham was held in the Council rooms on Saturday, November 29 and the following officers elected: Pres. R. J. Rowe, Orono, Vice-Pres., John Percy, Bow- manville, Secretary-Treasur- er K. E. Courtice, Courtice. Vice presidents for town and townships - Bowmanville H. L. Quinn, Newcastle Dr. S. H. Corben, Darlington, R. J. McKessock, Clarke - Andrew J. Knox, Cartwright - Earl Dorrell. Have the baby's photo taken for Christmas, Harry Humph- ries, Horsey Street, Phone 256 for appointment. Mr. and Mrs. C. Avery Johnston announce the en- gagement of their daughter Dorothy Blanche to Dr. Wm. Thos. J. Veale, Harrow, Ont- ario, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Veale, Bowmanville, the mar- riage to take place in December. Rev. F. J. Maxwell, Osh- awa, will preach at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Anni. versary service; next Sunday. Mr. Arthur Manning, Orono, is taking as an assistant in his blacksmith shop, Mr. Lorn Cain. s 3 ently favoring the amalgama- tion of their areas with the town of Cobourg and Hope Township into one municipal- ity, hopefully under a regional government set-up. In addition, a special task force has been created by the provincial government to study the future possibilities of the Northumberland County area and the members on this task force have indicated they have similar aspirations about restructuring the county or establishing a regional gov- ernment in hopes of getting more provincial grant money. The members of the North- umberland area technical and political task force, comprised of various provincial and local politicians and administra- tors, met for the first time together in Port Hope last week under the chairmanship of MPP Donald Irvine, the parliamentary secretary to John White, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. The task force is attempting to establish the guidelines for their study which will make the new Northumberland area eligible for all the grants available for a "restructured county." According to MPP Irvine, the province has stipulated seven guidelines that any area must follow if it expects to gain restructured county sta- tus. These include involving any separated towns within the area, such as Trenton, in the study, as well as encourag- ing publie participation and understanding in the study. OIL PIPELINE The Prime Minister said in the House of Commons that Canada's pipeline from Sarnia eastward will be built with federal government funds if private industry is not willing to invest in it. The pipeline is expected to be completed by the end of 1975. FOREIGN INVESTMENT The House of Commons gave final approval to the federal government's bill. In- troduced in January by Indus- try. Trade and Commerce Minister Alastair Gillespie, the bill would establish a screening agency for some foreign investment and res- trict expansion of foreign controlled firms. NEW SOCRED LEADER William R. Bennett, in a first ballot victory, was chosen leader of the Social Credit Party in British Co- lumbia. He succeeds his father, former B.C. Premier W. A. C. Bennett. "OW Yo/Vy /IeA)rB/ T-A 7-BI& BIOCKBUfFR Yoil U11'I/FEDWE C06/LV 7PAVE 0W/IACOM~PACT?" Several Groups Seek su a Sp°lce V! By Bill Smiley which uses large quantities of hot ERGY CRISS water which has taken a fair amount GOOD FOR US of electricity to produce. Then it iat in the Seventies, goes into the automatic dryer, run is lurching, as most by electricity. Then she tackles the private lives, from ironing, and we all know what heats another. Crippling an iron in this day. ng food prices, crip- She decides to wash her hair. candals, and now the More hot water. Then she sits under o called. the electric dryer with fresh coffee ay be defined as a made on the stove burner. At this erhaps it's time we time of year, probably half the lights urning points and did in the house are on, merrily chewing n new directions. up the watts. nany people of the And so it goes, right across the ar years don't realize land, all day long. The television set e nothing new. Every burns juice far into the night. s them, meets them, Advertising signs' pop on and eat îem, somehow. more juice. Industry belches its ssion, another war, wastes and burns energy with a 1 these have been lavish hand. es in this century. Right now, in our kitchen, the g ones, a hike in the electric oven is glowing red. It will less than monumen- be for the next two hours. Know he expected energy what's in it? One large potato, being potatoes. (I must be baked. Multiply the juice being con- rgy crisis becomes sumed by this one family by about paper headlines, and five million in Canada alone and I rationing occur, it think you'll agree that we're a pretty best thing that has extravagant, even sluttish lot, when he fat-cat Western it comes to being prodigal with rations. natural resources that are going to i grave danger of be exhausted and can never be bs, physically, men- replaced. ially and morally. And I haven't even mentioned a good purge, in the such ridiculosities as electric tooth- cut-back in our soft brushes and electric carving knives. et rid of some of the Don't get me wrong. I'm no requires a surgeon's Spartan. I'il drive to work rather than walk. And leave that great y in the life of an hulking, rusting monster, that y. Someone, very required 50 mucb energy to be buit nd in these degener- and burns up so much'more, sitting 'p first and turns the in the parking lot ail day. o seventy. The beast The point is, I couid walk to t starts gulping more work, and it wouldn't hurt me. In 11fact, it would be jolly good for me. 1 shaves with his And I don't expect my wife to get He goes down and out tbe scrub-board and wasb ber juc u faobrbair in rain-water. But it migbt be juice out of another been burning elec- jolly good for ber, if she bad to. , producing nothing. Women, and men, bave too mucb n two burners on the time tbese days to sit around and ne for coffee, one for worry about their nerves. ggs. When they're Our fairly immediate ancestors some bread into the didnt bave time for nerves and 7 1 ulcers . They didn't need pick-up pis other stumbles down to get going. There was. burners back on. alternative to just getting going tbe igh bloks toTbey didn't need tchree martinis the eight blocks to up the environment ust plain ungry. Nor did tey need ergy. The kids waffle ergy.The ids wffle sleeping pis to get off at nigbit. Tbey l which is probably were just plain pooped. re tons of coal a day I'm not scared of an energy to. That school has crisis. Lt rigbt even be interesting. ights which are on Anyway, I have my own energy ht day. crisis every day, wben the alarm iend wife throws the goes off at 7:15. Tbat's wbat I eau a n automuatic wasber real crisis. r / (il t-,4r 1-jecla