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The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville. Dec. 26, 1973 EDITORIAL COMMENT We Hope You Had a Good Christmas This is being written well before the festive Christmas occasion but won't appear until the day after, so at the moment we are doing our best to imagine what it will be like and how everybody will feel the day after Christmas. No doubt most people will be recovering slowly from too much f0od, excitement and late hours. Mothers of the world will be completely exhausted fromn exten- sive preparations and the after- math, the cleaning ui.. But, along with these unhappy conditions there will stili be a buoyancy and thrill connected with the gifts that were received. Youngsters will be ail over the house or outside in the snow trying out their new sleighs, snowmnobiles, skis, skates and inside with their toyshaving a great time. Others will be carefully going over their gifts figuring out what' they should keep and what, should be returned or exchanged for some- thing that fits or what they réally wanted. Any way you look at it' that Boxing Day holiday was somebody's good idea-. It. gives us al an opportunity to relax and recover, to -think about the happiness connected with Christmas with the family c oming home to visit; to think also about other things such as the R E POuRT F R ÀOM byAlex Carruthers, M.P.P. The emotional issue which has -emerged from the failure of teach- ,.ers and school boards - five public and Il Romnan Catholic - to agree is due to a numiber of reasons, somE political, som-e due to teacher frustrations and in some instances, no doubt to salaries and conditions oi employment. Regardless of the cause it is imperative that, after the issue is resolved, a complete investigation of our educationa] system must be undertaken. Education in Ontario will cost the taxpayers of Ontario $1.374 billion, in 1973. In the light of this figure, the opp)osition's suggestion that ceilings on educationai cost be lifted, wîll bear careful scrutiny, Any study of the issue by al concerned should take the following facts into consideration. 1. In 1954 the Ontario School Trustees Council i the Ontario Teachers Fdrao reached an, agreement 'he,",reby the council agreed to grant' individual resigna- tions on Dýcember 31 on the condition ha 0,eOT.F. would not uirge itsf ns to resign en masse because m s einations would be a "stri1ke" iný' eveýrything but namne and would ieave school boards without a balancing bargaining tool ithe formi of teacher lock-out which in always thîe right of management incollective hargaining negotia- tions. The Council claimis the Ontario Teachers Fc dciation has broken this agreement. fr2. Teac hers w',ho wish to resign frlegitimate re'îsons are free to do SO but the O.TF l, urging mass resignation, hlas însisted that al teachers involved in mass resigna- tion-must be r~ehired when a :settiement is reached. 3. Bill 274 is an interim Bill and should not be confused with Bill 275 which will die on the Order Paper at the end of the Session to be *introduced again in the Spring Session at which time represen 'ta- tion from ail concerned groups will play'an important role in fashioning satisfactory legislation dealing with problems they brought with them. There is a very special group who should be considered at this time, those many folks who didn't have a good Christmas for a wide variety of reasons. Ail this month, the table at the post office has literally been jammed with funeral notices,' mutely telling us that friends of long standing or relatives have died, some of them tragically, others from old age or sickness. For their loved ones who remain, Christmas must have been an event filied with loneliness, deep ýsorrow and pain, one that tested their faith. They are probably glad it is over as they contemplate the days ahead. But, life must go on and a brand new year is just in the offing. What it wili bring no one knows for sure; there will be challenges to be met that will caîl for every bit of energy and initiative we have. If everything went smoothly ail the time, life would be extremely duli and lacking in excitement. It would also duli our wits and brainpower, leaving us with littie capacity for thinking problems through and solving them. Let's look forward to 1974 with anticipation,- hoping for the best for our families, our friends and the country in which we liveand doing our best to make out dreams alLcome true. Happy New Year. QUEEN'S PARK ensure that the schoois will remain open in January, binding arbitration wilh be employed unhess settiements can be reached before January lst, 1974. 5. Some 183,000 pupils are involvedý in the 16 school districts and in acting on behaîfof students and parents the government had, in my opinion, three choices. a) It could have done nothing and let the boards and teachers settie the issue at the local level. This could have resulted in a significant loss, of educational oppor- tunity to the students and created great unrest and bitterness. b)l It could have taken action in January but by the time the arbitration boards were estabiished many weeks of school time would be lost, as was the case in Windsor and Timmins - to the detriment of al concerned. c) It chose to pass legislation of a tenporary nature in order to prevent the schoohs being closed. A number of questions are, perhaps, in order: 1. Apparently the agreement on mass resignations was rescinded by the O.T.F. in 1972 but not announced until October 1973. Why was this done without consultation with the Ontario Trustees Council?, 2. As negotiations had been conducted in the 16 ýaffected districts for some six to eight months, what solution was possible to protect the students and the public if, mass resignations took place on January lst? 3. With $1.3 billion -dollars budgeted for education in 1973 and the burden of taxation that now exists, can the lifting of ceilings be justified? The Liberal party supported the Bill on the first reading and later joined the N.D.P. in opposing the legislation. This was 'difficuit to understand. The N.D.P. opposed the Bill on the basis of their opposition to compulsory arbitration and the fear that a simihar pattern may develop in, the settiement of labor disputes. There appears -to be a growing opinion both, among workers and, others that due- to financiai and' production losses, some other"form of setthing labor disputes must be found. The answer may lie in some form of arbitration and in the opinion' of the government this method is particularly applicable in' areas of essentiai services, such as education. . . .. . . .. . .......... Durhamn County's Great Family Journal1 Establ ished 12of years ago in 1854 Also lncorporating The Bowmanville News The Newçastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 E O 'Q O; b I * C<, LP'~ Phone Produced every Wednesday by 623 3303 TH-E JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanvil le, Ontario LiC 3K9 Phone 623-3303 JOHIN M. JAMES GEO. P. MORRI[S PATRiCKGOULD DONAILD BISHOP Edfitor Publisher Business Mgr. Sales Manager Plant Mgr. Copyr pht and or property righfs subsist in the image appearing on this proof. 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J. school and the south M Durham County Board of Rowan, this year's chairm in ghan Public School alI be( Education loses seven public of the school board, goes with part of the Peterbor( schools and one secondary the school. He becomes a County Board of Educai school when they move out of member of the Victoria Coun- Along with the schools their jurisdiction on January ty Board of Fdiîcation. Peterborough board ge These changes are the result of the Provincial Bill 162, that formed the new region of Durham. Cartwright Township, which has been amalgamated with Scugog, Reach and Port Perry to form the Township of Scugog, leaves the United Co0unties board. The 2 schools in Blacks.tock, Cartwright High School and Cartwright Public School enter the Durham Region Board of Education. Because Manvers Township becomnes part of Victoia County to the north, Grand- view Public School becomes Mr. Rowan had been a member of the olId Lindsay and District School Board in 1969, before the county sys- tems were organized. -He represented Manvers Town- ship whose secondary school students attend collegiates la Lindsay. Cavan and South Mlonaghan Townships aad the village of Millbrook, will become part of Peterborough county. as the old county -of Durham is disassembled to make way for the new region. Two Cavan schools. North Central and South Central, the Millbrook public and high Vlona- ecome -ough ion. Is, the fts a Northumberland -Durham trustee G. T. Whitefield, who representeci the three munici- palities, becomes a Peterbor- ough member. Both he and Mr. Rowan will serve until the end of 1974. The Northumberland and Durhain Board was advised that there will be a reorganî- ization of their board in 1975, but they will continue through 1974 with 14 trustees. The board is left with al Northumberland County schools and the schools in Bowmanville, Port Hope, Newcastle, Clarke, Darlingtoa and Orono in the new region. ~Nol WE115.. 4/oWEt~ illness, Bruce Whitney, passed away in his 79th. year at Oshawa General Hospital -on Friday, December l4th, 1973. Born in Orono, he was the son of Daniel and Sarah Ana (McComb) Whitney, and xvas educated at Brown's School No. 5. December 8th. 1920 he married Ina Adams, who survives. A retired farmer, he was an adherent of Newcastle United Church. N N Ni N i N N N M In the Dim and Distant Past 25YEARSAGO Thursday, December 30, 1948 lst Pack of Brownies and their leaders Brown Owl, Violet Colwell, and Taway Owl Dot Thompson, entertain- ed their mothers at a Christ- mas Party, at the Lion's Centre, on Dec. 22nd. Guest of honor was District Commis- sioner, Victoria Frank, who enrolled Mary Anne Smale, Mary Anne Humpage, and Lana Purdy as Brownies. A dance, "Hansel and Gretchel" was performed b y Linda Colwell, Carol Plummer, Sheila Browa, Gloria Smith, Ruth Goheen,, Karen Anne Mutton, Thelma Jeune, Pat Bagneil and Barbara Bath- gale. Mrs. Everett Elliott, Church St. donated 40 large sugar canes and 4 doz. large oranges. The appointment of Arthur John (Jack). Allin asthe new govenor of the Uaited Counties Jail at Cobourg, was officially confirmed on Tuesday, Dec. 2lst. He succeeds Fred Wigh%. who retired recently after serving 13 years in that p osition., Mr. and Mrs. Allin eave today for Cobourg and it is assumed Mrs. Allin will be the matron, a post usually assigned the wife of the govenor." Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kilpat- rick celebrated their 25th wedding anaiversary at their home on Dec. 25th when their nine children gathered to help them celebrate. Rev. S. R. Henderson, Bob- bie Leask and Bobbie Bickle left Tuesday afternoon- for Queen's University, Kiagston, to attend the Young People's Conference being held there this week. Also surviviag are daugh- ters Olive (Mrs. Roy Nesbitt, Fort MacLeod, Alberta), and Gladys (Mrs. Russell Wig-, gans, Oshawa). 9 grand- children anïd- three great grandchildren. -Mr. Whitney rested at the Morris Funeral Chapel for service on Monday, December l7th, Reverend T., Smith, 49 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 25, 1924 Miss Leone Quinn sang a solo "O Night Divine", and ,Messrs. Melville S. Dale and George B. Clapham, a duet "The Radiant.Star*, at the Christmas Service in the Methodist Church, Bowman- ville on Sunday. Miss Doris Foster gave the valedictory address at B.H.S. Commencement exercises on Friday evening ,In the Opera House. Miss Marguerite Mor- ris, sang "In the Garden" and "I Love You". The speaker for- the evening, was Prof. R. Orlando Joliffe, Ph.D. Darlington Municipal Coun- cil held a retirement dinner in honor of Reeve W. Courtice, of Courtice from the Reeveship of Darlington Township. Expenditures for 1924 for the town of Bowmanville for the cost of water amounted tu $2,507.36, maintenance and $937.79 for 'construction. There will, bc a Band at Taylor's Arena for skating, on Tuesday, Thursday. and Sat- iirday evenings. Among the numerous visit- ors to the Inaugu 'ral Supper, held in St. George's Hall, Oshawa, on Friday afternoon of the Older Boys' Conference, were Mr. J. H. Abernethy, James Devitt. Dr. J. C. Devitt, C. Ferguson, A. MeGregor, H. ,W. Pointen, H. L. Quitinï and J. D. Carruthers. Providence Schiool Report for Decem ber: Sr. I1V Alvin Dowson, Jr. IV Ruith Luxton, -Ferne Crago, Florence Simp- son. Jr. 111 Harry Farrow. Newcastle, officiating. Mrs. Albert Cole presided at the chapel organ.- Pali-bearers were Messrs. Harry ade, George Kimbaîl, Lloyd Ulysdale, Tracey Em- b :y arence Gaines and Alfred Brown. Interment was in Orono Cemetery. i C> By Bill Smiley IT'S ANOTHER YEAREND As 1973 wound to its end, I took a look back and agreed with myseif that it was quite a year, as every year is in the brief flicker that is our lîfe on earth. Just about a year ago, I slipped, on a new-waxed kitchen floor, wenl down headfirst with two arms full ol groceries, struck my far from diminuitive beak on the cupboard and wound up with my features slightly rearranged. -StilI have thE scar. There was the night in March when I ran over my wife. We werE coming home from the curling club, and she'd left before me, on foot. It was a bhack night, she had on dark clothing, and I didn't see a thing until I feit the bump. She wasn't seriously injured, but spent a week in hospital witli abrasions an d stuff. I spent a week in coyentry. Neither of us found it a musing. Strangely enough, everybody else did. I phoned our kids, and each thought it was hilarlous. "Trust you two," said Hugh. "That's typical,, Dad," echoed Kim. My brother-mn- law,' the lawyer, couldn't keep the chuckle out cf his voice. Even the judge snorted with mirth. There was the night my daugh- ter calhed and, giggling, a bit nervously, asked, "How'd you like to be a grandfather, Dad?" I gasped, muttered something innocuous, hung up and went and looked at myseif in the mirror. -"You're getting on, old boy", I tohd me. "I'm sure they don't want grandfathers at fighter pihot reun- ions, so that's the end of that. " And it wýas. Though I was sorely tempted when Dutch- Kleimyer, late of Austrahia, phoned before Christmas and said some of the chaps were getting together for a quiet ittle bash at the Military Institute. I know those quiet littie bashes., They start at noon on a Friday and end about six p.m. on Saturday. Las t time I ws there, one of our group wanted a souvenir of the occasion and swiped the boar's head which was carried in to start the feast. He said it éot a bit high after he'd had it for a fe w weeks, and he chucked it out. Then there was a glorious summer in England, long looked forward to. I missed my Canadian swimming and fishing, but compen.. sated with casties, cathedrals and pubs. Then it was fali, and what a beautiful fal it wias. It was as though the Creator, had said, "You're rapidiy destroying my masterpiece, but I'm going to give you one last taste of honey before you drink the gahi. ' 11Fail brought new classes, new faces,, and the1 ever-present chal- lengej of poundIng some, principles into heads that were more interested in whether to have gravy or ketchup on their french fries. It also brought some shadows. A coileague, who had been courag- eously fighting cancer, died. He was 37. A week later, one of my students, a lovely,' lively girl of 18, became ilh and died overnight. A few weeks later, our head custodian dropp)ied deadwhile putting ouf the garbage. Two weeks hater, two of our students were killed in a car crash. I teach their little brother. Behind these personah joys and sorrows,, which ail of us have to some extent, rumbled the affairs of the world. S >Ignominious, for the Americans, end to the Viet Nam mess. The Watergate. A Vice-President down the drain and a President dishonor- ed. Strikes at home and abroad. A new war in 'the Middle East. An energy crisis. On the international front, it was pretty weli business as usual, Everything normal, ahi fouied up. Back on the home front, it. was ahso, an average year. The odd new writikle, a few hairs less on the dome, teeth ciamouring-for a total evacuation. Stuck with daughter 's cat. Stuck, by kids for various "'grants" and "bans". Oid Lady into one of her decorating sprees. Storm windows on barely in time for the first blizzard. 11An average year, a good year. I wouldn't trade it. That's a slice of ife, and, since it's the only one we are given, we might as well enjoy every minute of if. And one of the real bonuses, for me, was ail those warm and friendiy letters from my readers. Gnr. Art Heaton of Sfouffville and of W.W. I artihlery, teiiing me of the old brick works in Toronto. Mrs. Hilda Sibthorpe, righfiy, upbraiding me for 'saying I feit sorry for young people. . '1j And hundreds of others. l'ha nks, everyone, and keep'them coming. May 1974 be a year for you of m.-' joys and few sadnesses. Keep a upper hip and lyour hand,,on yo- waiiet. And try to love everybody, however difficuit it may seem. 'i IIV/4 W1-- oti (W!7ùtV5 '/AT 4)cWE/' PtV .WA County Bd. of Education OBITUARY Followinsoa, two month's b CCNA