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2 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, March 20, 1974 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT Breaking Down School Walls From The Peterborough Examiner The provincial NDP candidate for Durham riding might be starting his campaign a little early, but he has some interesting things to say, nonetheless. Orono principal Douglas Moffatt talked to his party's regional conference in Warkworth last Satur- day about education. The speech contained the usual criticism of the government's fascination with big schools, big classes and big school boards, but along with the standard fare was one idea that bears looking into. Mr. Moffatt suggested that students learning mechanics should be able to work at a garage for a while to get practical experience. The plan would benefit both the student and the host garage, he said. Veteran mechanics could keep up on the latest technical knowledge while students got a taste of the real working world. The garage would also receive compensation for the training it was providing. Mr. Moffatt's plan has much to commend it, particularly from the taxpayer's point of view. If the details of the operation could be worked out, there seems no reason why the scheme could not be extended to cover students in all types of courses. Arts students would benefit as much as technical or business students from a break from the classroom and a brush with the 'real' world. Employers in all REPORT FROM by Alex Carruthers, M.P.P. business and URBAN PLANNING worse a tow Planning has become an wished to important factor in the social direction in and economic life of our local Worst of al, communities and must play a centre is ove major role in the development the town has of the new regional municipal--consequenceE ity of Durham and in the property tax restructuring of the County of The point Northumberland. Therefore, make is that I thought it might be worth- ed and con while to examine briefly the within regior basics behind the whole issue. cannot contr The riding of Durham is shape of the mainly composed of medium elected to sized cities and towns and yet communities we are close enough to they will b Metropolitan Toronto to be violated by influenced by it. Why? care not a Because one of our biggest community assets lies in the fact that we serve. do have a good deal of lovely So, how open countryside. For that positively? reason we appeal strongly to First, we those in Toronto who are tired ability of gr of city living. This is fine but Then, we ma there are a: few problems to growth take consider. framework c Often valuable agricultural can support land lies dormant because our inherita people buy it with no intention beauty in of farming. The real problem water-course lies with developers who buy our agricu choice land just outside the maintaining town council's jurisdiction and tegrity of oui build a shopping centre on it. communities This is a grave situation and course, easie one that has not gone unnotic- but 50 far, w ed by the Ontario Gov- achieved a f ernment. success. Par The municipalities are sud- field of urba denly confronted with new ario is gene demands on transportation without ec and the necessity for new America. F water and sewage facilities. A rural areas shopping centre will probably developed to encourage housing construc- The prob tion in the vicinity and different. Th require additional schools, lem mentio fire and police protection and shopping ce even more roads. Agricultural palities adjï land taken out of production Land severa will dislocate people and may costly stril result in higher food prices. Productive f Meanwhile, downtown mer- neutralized chants suffer a drop in chased by 1to n ex th , i ,er s a s a ,re I w ntrc ns, .ol t con go be dE th( ace owl iake s of 5 Lit. anc ou es. ltu th r r S. .er e i hug rti n era qua Pla th le: ier one ntr acE nc ip ar wh no fields could also learn something from their future employees. Aside from the basic training, schools could then devote their time and money to imparting theoretical and academic knowledge. Hope- fully, the need for complex, expen- sive shops would then evaporate. Mr. Moffatt's idea is not new. Teachers in many schools - particularly those without money for facilities - have tried to establish just this sort of program in the past. Some have succeeded in a limited way - one or two weeks' practical experience for businesses or tech- nical students - but many more have met with failure. The missing ingredient until now has been the sales skill and protection of the provincial govern- ment. The government also has the muscle to ward off some of the potential abuses of the plan, such as sub-standard training or use of students as a cheap labor pool. There are many small schools in this area that would make excellent use of community facilities if they had the opportunity. There are many students who would welcome the chance for short-term work experience. With the school boards' know- ledge of local business and the provincial government's muscle, the plan could work . . . provided, of course that there is anyone in the provincial government willing to move outside the school walls and give it a try. QUEEN'S PARK make matters commuters. may not have A complete study designed pand in that to assist in establishing new e first place. directions in rural planning is f the shopping expected to be completed by the town line, this fail and will be communi- ll the adverse cated to ail rural municipali- nd little of the ties for discussion. evenue. Until then, however, the am trying to'Ontario goverament has only ithout organiz- three choices to protect its olled planning rural municipalities; it can a town council stand idly by; it can step in the growth and and stop the process; it can mmunity it was try to persuade every muni- vern. Unless cipality to impose proper are organized control on the land. The first continuously choice is unacceptable to me evelopers who and to the government of whit for the Ontario. As you know, the ey purport to government has often chosen the second choice: stepping ia do we plan and imposing ministerial orders prohibiting new devel- cept the inevit- opment. Ministerial orders th and change. are not the best answer; they e sure that the are'often deficient because the place within a Provincial government is services which remote from the action and We preserve the Ministerial Order is fre- e of natural quently too late. ir lakes and Therefore, the government We conserve has leaned strongly towards a ral land by program of persuasion. If this e physical in- policy does not bring about ural and urban resuits then other measures This is all, of must be examined by which said than done the government can exercise n Ontario have more effective control of land ge measure of use. It might be necessary to cularly in the amend the Planning Act to planning, Ont- give the province more expli lly considered cit control of commercial al in North development. This would bc nning in our power the province does not s not as yet want. e same degree. Every rural municipality ms here are has distinctive aspect which e is the prob- will require its own unique ed earlier of solution but, in the final es in munici- analysis, the resolution of ent to towns. problems and the responsibil- es can lead to ity for decisions rests with the development. individual municipality and mland is often its residents. The province's en it is pur- role is to lend a hand where if tn-farm, urban is needed. A Corner for Poets ZIPPER UP THE BACK We women have this spec A tale of woe I tell to you For everybody knows Two dresses on my rack, The men have fasteners in And they are quite becoming too, To do up alltheir cloth Have zippers up the back. I shove way up from down below, round! And then go up and over Let's Protest March for But still my mirror's sure to show Let Freedom Slogans far A gap that I can't cover. Demanding equal styles Come on gals, join this worl I get in shapes I can't abide, Come face the battle's b Ridiculous contortions! Until we win an equal rig] Reluctantly I must decide To fasteners in the front I have the wron2 Wroportiens. -E. V. E ONA Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 120 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating The tbowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 ial stunt the front es. ally miles. resound thy fight, brunt, rht et.! Eddyvean e o Q t r O Il * CUL P~i Phone Produced every Wednesday by Phone 623 3303 THE JAMES PU.BLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 623-3303 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario LiC 3K9 JOHN M JAMES GEO. P. MORRIS, PATRICKGOULD DONALD BISHOP Editor Publisher Business Mgr. Sales Manager Plant Mgr. "Copyright and-or property rights subsist in the image appearing on this proof Permission to reproduce in whole or in part andin any rorrn whatsoever, particularly by photographic or offset process in à publication, must be obtained from the publisher and the printer. Any unauthorized reproduction will be, subject to.recourse in aw." $8.00a year - 6 months $4.50 Foreign - $10.00 a year strictly in advance Although every precaution will be taken to avoid error, The Canadian Statesman accepts advertising in 4s columns on the understanding that it 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 error so noted is not corrected by TheCanadian Statesman its liability shall not exceed such a portion of the entire cost of such advertisement as the space occupied by the-noted error bears to the whole space occupied by such advertisenient Education's Main Purpose Is To Prepare Students for Living Princi The fundamenta education is to f students for the lif will live, accordin High School pi Witherspoon. M spoon gave a c talk at a rec ing of the Bowman Club. He was in Harry Cooke, pre Bowmanville club -m pal Tells Rotary Club al purpose of Mr. Witherspoon outlied a for the hiring and firing of prepare the few of the rules which applied staff, determining the policy 'e which they f0 teachers in 1872. "Male and curriculum of the school ng to Clarke teachers are allowed one night and appointing department rincipal Al for courfing per week" and heads.' Ir. Wither- "women teachers who marry He listed some of the lassification or engage in any other changes whicb have taken ent meet- unseemly matter will be place in the educational sys- nville Rotary dismissed" were just two of tem. Computerized timetables troduced by the examples he gave. provide each student with an sident of the He said that as principal of individual timetable. The dis M.Wthe school he is "responsible advantages of fhese according fewofth rueswhchpppie frcuingpe and or engag ilay Spther THE WORLD CAN CRUMBLE IN A WEAK Just back on the job after a week in bed with the doctor, as the old gag has it. Actually, it was a particularly virulent flu I was in bed with. I was so sure I was going to die that I even cancelled my curling dates. Still weak and shaky, but I'm glad I got back on my feet. When a guy is not on the job, even for a week, his whole world starts to crumble around him. At school, my students, without my firm hand on the helm, were wallowing in a sea of silliness. They had discovered they could get away with murder with a substitute skipper, and I found it necessary to flog six of them at the mast and keelhaul a few more to get them herded back into the fo'esle. They're reasonably subdued again, but there is still some friction. Because the sun in shining, and it's a few degrees above freezing outside, they want all the windows open. Because I still have a fever and don't want to be in a draught, I want them closed. We compromised. We closed the windows and opened the door. At home, things were in even a worse mess, when I struggled back to a modicum of health. My family had robbed me blind. Almost literally. Daughter Kim was home for a visit with fat and saucy Nikov Shen. The visit coincided with her birth- day. My wife, in a state of euphoria and grandmotherly gormlessness, gave Kim a cheque that made my eyes water, with real salt tears, when I heard the amount. Kim escaped with the biggest ripoff of 1974 before I was strong enough to do anything about it. When I was able to bellow outrage, my wife tried to soothe. &It's just to help the young folks out. After all, you can't take it with you." My response: "Who the hell helped us out when we were the (young folks'? What do you mean 'take it with you.' There won't be anything left to take. Besides, I wasn't planning on going just yet, whatever the rest of you had planned for me." That was bad enough. Worse to come. Son Hugh came home to see his beloved parents before embark- ing on a pilgrimage to Israel. Every time son Hugh comes home, I put both hands on my wallet and brace myself. He's always just 'a little short'. He's practising to be an extortionist, and promises to be one of the great ones. Sure enough. He had saved enough for the return air fare, but needed some bread for eating and sleeping in the Holy Land. I almost said something blasphemous about what he could do with his pilgrim- age, but bit my lip, reminded him of previous "loans", and told him I might as well take the money and throw it off the end of the dock as give it to him. His logical reply was that there was still ice on the bay, so it would be a pointless gesture. Left to chew on that, I regained my cool. I thought, "Well, I've given money to some pretty crazy causes in my day. I may as well subsidize this disciple as he walks in the steps of the Master, or whatever. He looks a bit Jewish with those dark eyes. Maybe he'll lose his papers, as he usually does, and the Israelis will draft him into the army for two years." So I told him how much he could have, adding, "That's my first and final offer." He accepted with the equanimity for which he is noted. I retired to my sick bed. Lying there in a fever, I thought I could hear his and his mother's voices going on and on, but I wasn't sure and was too sick to care. Next morning I was told by my wife, with a certain uneasiness, that she had raised the ante a bit. "Just enough so the poor kid doesn't starve. The "poor kid" is twenty-six, and with his abilities as a con artist hasn't the remotest possibility of ever coming within hailing distance of starvation. With real trepidation I enquired how much. I came very near to having a stroke when I learned she had almost doubled my bid, which I had thought was in trumps. After years of paying interest and mortgages and banks, I had finally got clear, and even had a few bucks ahead. I was looking around for somewhere to invest it, with the hope that I might have a few dollars extra for the odd box of beer when I arrived at the bread-and-water existence level of the old age pension. And there I was, wiped out, practically, in one weak week. Moral. Never have a joint account with your wife. My only consolation was that if I'd invested in something, we'd have had an instant depression, and I'd have lost every nickel. That would be a sure thing, with my luck. to Mr. Witherspoon are that "classes have been broken up, students have lost the sense of belonging and they can't relate to one teacher." Some of the advantages he mention- ed were that "it is now impossible to fail a complete year, it stops a great deal of student discouragement and all subjects are optional to the student. In the future, Mr. Wither- spoon said he could see the "open concept" such as is now being used at the Orono.Public School. This consists of no classrooms but a hall with partitions. He also said that new semester systems will be introduced such as a period 80 minutes a day for half a year instead of 40 minute periods spread out over the entire year. One of the current problems which Mr. Witherspoon point- ed out was the ceiling on spending. "As the cost of living goes up so does the cost of education. There is no chance to expand and in fact we must retract." Mr. Witherspoon concluded his presentation by saying that "all the'average young- ster wants out of education is himself." Stew McTavish thanked Mr. Witherspoon for his talk on behalf of the total member- ship of the club. Over one million Canadians rolled up their sleeves last year to donate blood, Red Cross reports. In the Dim and Distant Past 25 Years Ago Thursday, March 24, 1949 At a recent meeting of the new executive of the Bow- manville Community Council, Principal A. M. Thompson was re-elected for a second term, vice-chairman Rev. S. R. Henderson, Miss J. Ta- backi, Secretary and D. Alex McGregor, treasurer. Com- mittee chairman are Aubrey Smith, property and equip- ment, Arnold Lobb, member- ship, E. G. Witherspoon, Special Events, Melville S. Dale, promotion and recrea- tional, Director vince M. Mathewson, publicity. The final 500 and Euchre parties sponsored by Beehive Service Club and held in Balmoral Hotel on Tuesday night raised $14.30 making a grand total of $102.06. Winners were Mr. Joe Levett, Mrs. Stella Crossey for 500, Mrs. Edna Kerr, Mrs. Palmer for Euchre. Series winners - 500 Mr. Walter Cochrane, Euchre Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Muriel Dunn. Douglas Lemon, age 23, a capable driver for Lyons Dairy, and popular with his company and customers, was fatally injured and died in Bowmanville hospital, early Monday morning, when his light truck, left the highway and crashed into a telephone pole. He had been making milk deliveries in Newcastle, accompanied by his younger brother who was injured. Miss Donalda Creasser was in charge of St. Paul's C.G.I.T. meeting held in the Lecture Room on March 16. Colleen Hutchinson read the scripture. Orono Junior D. hockey team met the Acton Atoms in the first of a three game series 49 Years Ago Thursday, March 19, 1925 A pleasing recognition of faithful service was given expression to, on Thursday, February 26th, at the Literary Society meeting, when the staff and students of B.H.S. made a presentation to Mr. William Hislop, who retires as janitor of the school, under the Calder Act. Home and School Club.held a very successful meeting in thpPrincipal's room in the Public School on Wednesday. Miss Wilson, treasurer report- ed $35.00 proceeds, of the carnival held Feb. 15 in Taylor's Arena. Mr. G. B. Clapham, sang two solos, and the male quartette Messrs. Stanley, Clapham, Cole and Dale, sang two selections. Dingman and Edmonstone's Spring Millinery Openings on March 20-21 will reveal the coming modes and accurate forecast for the coming sea- son. Glen Rae Dairy has the largest herd of "Black and Whites" in the district.' Mr. Robert Gillies, B.A. former principal of Port Hope public schools has been appointed inspector of schools in Northern Ontario, with headquarters in Sudbury. The Hampton Institute Mil- linery Class is progressing favorably. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Mount- joy, Haydon, entertained a houseful of jolly folk, at their "Brookdale Farm", home, in a lively dance on Tuesday evening. Miss Geraldine Clemens, Tyrone, has gone to Toronto to train as a nurse at Wellesley Hospital. Pine Ridge School Thanks Volunteers The boys and staff of the Pine Ridge Training School in Bowmanville expressed their thanks to the many volunteers who have donated their time and efforts by treating them all to a hearty supper last Thursday. More than 80 volunteers gathered in the dining hall of the school and shared dinner with many of the boys who are involved in either their art or judo class. The individual thanks of ail the boy's were mouthed *by three of them who acted as spokesmen for the rest of them. Bob wished to thank the employers of the community work program who instilled within the boys a good working habit. Another lad, Ernie, thanked "the friends in the commun- ity" for their efforts. "Without you", he said, "we wouldn't know what to do". Dave expressed his grati- tude for the organization of the different clubs by the staff members and the community volunteers. Club activities range from canoe making to bachelor training, which will hopefully be starting up next month. Robert Fox, co-ordinator of volunteer services for the Ministry of correctional stud- ies also thanked the volun- teers on behalf of the staff, boys, and the entire ministry. He too said that without the volunteers the ministry could not serve the need of all the boys. 71E VA/r/OIALZ D,,?EAby~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . .