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EDITORIAL COMMENT It's a Time to Remember Next Monday is Remembrance Day, the time when thoughts turn back to once young comrades and loved ones who died in defense of their country and its people. The services that take place either on that da or on the prior Saturday and Sunday can't have too much significance for young people below the age of 30, but there are still a great many men and women in the over 30 category who will remember those conflicts all too well. Many of them still bear the scars from wounds received, others are still lying in hospital beds in veterans hospitals, while still others are limping around, on crutches, or maimed in other ways. They will remember all too vividly. Traditional poppies are being sold Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 6, 1974 3 In the Din ~~ r~ and 'Dstant Past this week by Legion members throughout the area to raise funds to help those who are still suffring from the after effects of wars that happened many years ago. They deserve your support and your interest. This weekend, during the Remem- brance service at the cenotaph, let all of us take a few moments to recall those world wide destroyers of humanity and once again pay tribute to the hundreds of thousands who gave their lives so we might live, in peace if possible. And as we stand with bowed heads during the playing of the Last Post, let us again vow to do everything in our power to make certain wars are a thing of the past. What a Price to Pay! It should be interesting to witnss the aftermath of that revolting strike by firemen in Montreal who not only refused to battle any outbreaks, but had their own 'goon' squad to prevent supervisors, fire chiefs and volunteer brigades from taking care of their responsibilities. And all for a $750 cost of living bonus according to reports. While they carried on their illegal strike, hundreds of thousand dollars worth'of buildings and homes were destroyed by fire. Citizens in this province and in Quebec must have recoiled in anger, as we did, to think that such actions could be taking place in this day and age, in a supposedly civilized country. Surely, the firemen in Montreal cannot have been treated so badly by the administration that they felt it necessary to blackmail them into submission. But, that is exactly what happened to the eternal shame of al those involved. Luckily, more by good luck than anything else, no one died in any of me ires that did such an enormous amount of damage. We read these days of revolution- ary guerillas capturing hostages, blowing up lanes and people trymg to bring aout changes they feel should be made. So far as we can see, the Montreal firemen have put themselves in the same category, for their own selfish ends, with the people of the city as hostages. May the cost of living bonus burn holes in their pockets, they have brought disgrace to their once honored humanitarian profession. Happy 150th Anniversary Congratulations and best- wishes are extended to Rev. Thomas H. Smith, his wife and the members of the con regation of Newcastle United Church who this week are having a wonderful time celebratng the church's 150th anniversary. The extensive program of events that has been arranged has taken a considerable amount of effort and time by all concerned, but after observing some of the favorable reactions from visitors, we feel certain those who have done the bulk of the work must feel it was all worthwhile. If they could have been present, we feel certain Anson Green and Asa Wallbridge would have been proud that they had a part in laying the foundation. One-Liners Tired of being stomped on? There's help on the horizon. Some- one with talent has finally turned the fine art of insulting into a money- making proposition. A new book called "2000 Insults.. for al occasions" is circulating. It sounds like it should be required reading for those of us who couldn't muster a lethal line to save our lives. Here are some of the best as reported by Harry Stemp of the Uxbridge Times-Journal. Want to put down a lazy husband, friend or colleague? HoW about? "He's too lazyto walk in his slp... he hitchhikes!" or "He needs two desks. One for each foot." or "He's stopped drinking coffee in the mornings because it kept him awake the rest of the day." or "He walks in his sleep so he can get his rest and his exercise at the same time." That conceited rival could meet his Waterloo with comments like this: "Everytime hie opens his mouth he puts his feats in it. - He's s conceited he has the doctor retouch his x-rays - On his last birthday he sent his parents a telegram of congratulations - His claim that he's a self-made man sure relieves the conscience of the rest of the world." The obnoxious drinker could be put in his place with caustic cuts like: "His favorite drink is the next one. - He's suffering from bottle fatique. - Who says he's a hard drinker? He does that easier than anything. - He can get loaded on Scotch Tape." The social bore could be easily deflated with lines like: "He can stay longer in an hour than most people do in a week. - As guests go, you wisth ne woulcl. - He nas caiarrnea of words with constipation of ideas. - He gets offended when others talk while he's interrupting. Another way of raising your social stock is to shoot barbs at the foibles ÇIýNA of others. For the woman who won't admit her age, how about? "She never forgets her age, once she has decided what it's to be." or "She's very loyal, years ago she reached an age she liked and she has stuck with t. " or "She looks like a million -' every year of it." or "Forty has been the most difficult for her to pass - it's taken her eight years." or' She's not what she was 18 years ago, she's fine years older." The chatter-box is another easy one to prepare for. Try these: "She must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. - He's the type who approaches every topic with an open mouth. - The last time anyone saw a mouth that big it had a fish hook in it. - His mouth is so big he can whisper in his own ear. - Her vocabulary is small but the turnover is tremendous. - She's getting a double chin, just too much work for one. - She claims to be very outspoken, but seldom is." The born loser is another neat category. "He was sure the horse he picked would win in a walk, but the others ran. - He got a divorce and got custody of his wife's parents. - He's had bad luck with two wives. The first one lef t him and the second one won't. - He's had the seven year itch for eight years. - He finally figured a way to make ends meet and then someone moved the ends. - He wound up in jail for making big money. It was just a quarter of an inch too long. - He's a two handicap golfer; he has a boss who won't let him of work and a wife who won't let him out weekends." Try to get the book; it sure beats a Dale Carnegie course as a short cut to social success. Become the one who is dangerous to offend. The author has obviously arrived. The book is dedicated "To my wife Rea - who always laughs at my jokes. Not because they are always clever, but because she is." 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Letters to the Editor, Dear Sir: Canadians must be the largesf collection of gowks in the world putting up - as they have, with rotten eggs, slaughtered calves and stupid officialdom. Where else in the world wouldreople endure officia dom alowing millions of eggs to rot while daily newspapers are fulh of news stories concerning hungry children and adults? Where else in the world would eople put up wifh the sight of seeing calves slaught- eredtand wasted by frusfrated farmers who can not obtain fair farm prices for their productsin t e market place? Where else in the world would people bear with a civil service gone bonkers wanting to clutter up a beautiful and productive countryside with electrie pylons, high powered wires and electrical generat- ing stations this cluttering to be done in the name of progress Y The answer to the questions is - no where else but right here in Canada and Ontario - and that is the reason why we are a bunch of gowks. We are all aware of the egg situation and the calf situation but are we all aware of what Ontario Hydro has in mmd for this area? As background. During the course of last summer; Ontario Hydro held a series of circus meetings in the district so that local residents could debate the best route with Hydro officials concerning their proposed lne of towers and high powered electric lines through this area. These meetings held in several different locations discussed three routes where the towers - according to Hydro - could be run. These routes included the Gatineau Route to the north, and upper middle route and the third through the central part of Northumberland and Dur- ham. Present at these gafherings the Editor were Hydro experts on ecol- ogy (even if they were experts from the United States) com putor printouts with maps and charts by the dozen to allow - apparently - the public to know what the options were. That is the background. To begin with I call them circus meetings because they were just shows. In my opinion Ontario Hydro had no intention then and still have no intention of running high powered lnes throug any of the three routes offered last summer. Ontario Hydro will be run- ning their lînes righf through the lakefront area close fo the Lake Ontario shoreline. Here is ry reasoning con- cerning this statement. In an October 25th, 1974 release by the Solandt Com- mission mention was made of yet another electrical gen- erating station to be built in our midst. The Central Lake Ontario generating station. All last summer when the Hydro Ontario circus was gathering crowds not a word was uttered, that I heard, concerning any Central Lake Ontario generating station site. This site was not men- tioned until in 1974 when mention was made of it in two releases, the Solandt October 25th 1974 release and the other "The Long Range Planning of the Electrical Power Sys-- tem."- This was issued by Hydro in February 1974. Where will this Central Lake Ontario generating station be built? According to the Solandt release it "will be located between Cobourg and Bright- on.", Therefore, with a generat- ing station builîfat Bath, near Na anee; with another station to be built between Cobourg and Brighton and with another generating station building at Wesleyville and one of the world's largest nuclear atom- ic generating plant to be built at Bowmanville --all lakefront locations -- doesanyone think for a moment that Ontario Hvdro will be strinming wires through any other location but the front along Lake Ontario to pick up and transmit the power from these generating stations? Could anyone for a moment believe that Ontario Hydro would spend the money to build stub lines from each of these lakeshore generating stations up to say a power transmission line running east f0 west through the Gana- raska Forest? No way. Ontario Hydro to save construction costs will place their power lines along the lakefront to pick up fhe power from the four generating stations. We can not do anything about the rotten eggs - they have rotted and been bui- dozed into a pit. We can not do anything about the Quebec calves - they have been slaughtered ajid wasted. However, we can do some- thing about these unbuilt electric generation stations and the unbuilt power line. We can write to Premier Bill Davis or his right hand bower D'Arcy McKeough and tell them that we do not want the Cobourg generating plant and that we don't want the Bowmanville atomie plant and we don't want the high power wires interfering with the front of Lake Ontario. We can tell Mr. Davis to build fhe poWer plants up in the Hudson Bay area where there is lots of space as well for his power transmission lines. Water is needed, plenty of water for modern electrie generating plants - Hudson Bay has lots of water. Let us not add the name of Lake Ontario to the list of Great Lakes bndangerof being killed in the name of progress. Look for a moment what progress has done and will be doing to our land east of Metro Toronto. We have the York-Durham sewer outfall - the Big Blue pipe one of the real big sanitary sewers that will empty into Duffin's Creek in the AjaxPickering area. Then we have the doubling of R EPORT FROM QUEEN'S PARK by Alexcarruthers, M P P GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING It isn't easy to create a new government- we all tend to resist change. In the establishment of the Regional Municipality of Durham and the restructuring of the new County of Northumberland, this resistance to change has been the basis for concern on the part of both the elected representatives and the taxpayer. We live in a pluralistic society where many eople have different views and different values. There are not two sides to the many issues confronting us today but a dozen. In the process of resolving them no politician can afford to be behind the people nor too far in front. Effective and relevant local go- vernment is a key indicator to the health of any society. It is essential that action be taken to assure it is equipped to do the tasks which must be done. In order to accomplish this, local autonomy must be maintained by centralizing, to the greatest degree possible, power and authori- ty, supported by increased, uncondi- tional grants within the orbît of the strengthened local government. It is, perhaps, appropriate to review some of the basic reasons for local government reform. These reasons could be defined as follows: a) The reduction through amalgam- tion of municipalities wîth lhmit- ed resources. This number has been decreased from 964 in 1968 to 838 in 1974, b) Through amalgamation avoid the annexation battles which have prevailed in the past under which the assessment resources of one municipality were sacrifi- ced to the benefit of an adjoining municipality, c) Eliminate t he destructive and in- and inefficient competition be- tween municipalities for indus- trial and commercial assess- ment, d) The pooling of municipal re- sources provides a strong econo- mic base for the construction of sewer, water and major road projects, e) Enables the establishment of a co-ordinated transit system not only within the restructured municipality or region but also in the co-operation with other restructured communities to communities to create inter- regional transit facilities. An example of this is the Metropoli- tan Toronto and Region Transit Authority which will co-ordinate public transit services in the regions of Niagara, Hamilton, Wentworth, York, Peel and Durham, f) Relieves the pressures of bur- geoning urbanization and deals with problems arising therefrom including pollution control, land- use, planning and waste disposal, to mention a few. These are pro- blems which are becoming almost impossible for smail municipalities to resolve, g) Provides permanent staff to deal with prob ems such as planning which require a continuity of ex- perience. Debate and concern with respect to local government will continue and should continue but the fact that 150 to 160 municipalities in Ontario are now under Mnister's orders is not only a blunt comment on the capacity of .small municipalities to deal with their problems but is also an indication of the urgency for municipal reform, particularly in those rapidly developing areas of the province. Alex Carruthers, M.P.P. Durham 49YEAR AGO Thursday, November 19, 1925 On Tuesday, Nov. 10 members of Lodge of Golden Jubilee and their friends held a Hallo- we'en party in the Sons of England; Prize-winners were Girls - Rhea Gould, Madeline Veale, Jean Herring. Boys - Irwin Yeo, Claude Blunt, Chas. Cartwrigh. The prizes were given out by F. W. Bateman. The following pro- gram was presenteD by: vocal solos Jos. Childs, Jean Herring, Wm. Brough, Bella Tait, Frances Clarke; Duet - Frances Clarke and Annie Tait. Piano solos - Rhea Gould, and Madeline Veale. Violin solo Sarah Graham. Recitations - Andrew Crom- bie, Jas. Thompson, Russell Hayes, Hector Gould, Rhea Gould, Jos. Childs, W. J. Berry.î The two eldest daughters of the Reverend George W. Sparling of China, will be students at Alma College, St. Thomas, the coming season. Brigadier Bloss, the new Divisional Commander will be welcomed at a special service, at the Salvation Army Hall on' Monday, starting at 8 p.m. Bowmanville Hockey Club officers for 1925-26 are: Pres. Dr G C Bonnycastle Vice- 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 1st, 1949 At the nomination meeting in Orono, for police trustees, seven men were nominated- W. J. Riddell, C. T. Miller, R. E. Logan, Joe Walker, Harold Cobbledick, H. Barlow and C. S. McLaren. Three qualified, and will be the trust ees for the year 1950; R. E. Logan, C. T. Miller and Joe Walker. Rev. and Mrs. John McGib; bon, Margaret and Johný, Blackstock, Iefton Monday, tò take the charge in the Angli,' can Church, Campbellford: Rev. and Mrs. George Nichol- son are moving into the Rectory on Thursday. Deputy Reeve Frank Jamie- son gave the following report at council on Friday night; Financial Report - Gas, Oil, Repairs, Expenses: $1,631.26; Supplies and Sundries: $770.6 ; Gravel and Sand: $4,060.73; Asphalt: $245.33; Tile and Cement: $49.33; Calcium Chloride: $1,709.73; Sew. Disp . Exp.: $1,370.89; Sal.: $1,325.48; Culverts: $253.48; Salary Road Supt.: $1,120.80; Labor: $7,650.57; Sidewalks: $1,130.85. Total, $21,319.18. Honorable Dana Porter will officially open the new Ontario Street Public School on Mon- ý . . - - L. , Lc iu - OI tr jjl um l 1 yu capacity of the Pickering es.W. J. radd, Sect'ydayDec.sth. nuclear plant. Sure as fate we Treas. W. A. Edger, Jr. Eleven new guides were are going to get the new Manager Bert Bounsal. There enrolled by Mrs. Frank inthe International airport at Pick- are 24 players eligible for 1st Company: Patsy Bagnell, ering - some 20,000 acres of Junior hockey this year. Peggy Barrett, Georgina good agricultural land ouf of Practice will be Monday and Black, Joan Buttery, Carole production. The aforesaid Thursday evenings. 'Chant, Dorothy Clark, Sylvii, mentioned Bowmanville Messrs. Jury and Lovel Caverly, Pamela Downey atomie plant that will be have purchased the jeweliery Loalie Hetherington, Faye. among the largest sized plant and drug business from Mr. F. Piper and Beverly Smale. '- of its type in the world. Then E. Marshall, Brighton. Miss The Junior Farmers ot. the Wesleyville oul fired elec- Elsie, Harniden, Oshawa will Durham County honored theip' trical generating plant with its manage the store. coach Ed. Summers, at e 600-foot smoke stacks. Mr. Frank Lee, of the banquet at Newcastle Com± Then there is the CPR Parliament Bldgs., Ottawa, munmty Hall on Friday, pre-, garbage dump in Hope town- spent Thanksgiving with his senting him with two easy, ship west of Port Hope - Hope parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. chairs, table and lamp and a Council bas already accepfed Lee, Kedron. wallet of monev. the principle of that idea - all they are doing now is haggling wifh the CPR over the cost per the planners and planning about the life style of our ton of garbage that will accrue advisory people of the Town of children and our children's to the Township when the Newcastle? What are the children or to think, worry or garbage dump is functioning. Councils doing? even care about the future of. And now, another electric I'l tell you, friends where our Lake Ontario. generating station between they are - they all have their If this is not so - why am J: Cobourg and Brighton. heads stuffed in the sands like the oily elected official fight- Where are all the people ostriches - too busy with daily ing the actions of Ontario who are supposed to be on our mundane matters like land Hydro? side while al this is going on? developers, parochial politics It is later than we think. Where are the Regional Plan- and squabbling over the Kenneth E. Lyall ners who are costing us $1 issuing of building permits to Regional Councillor million per year. Where are think, worr or even care Newcastle, Orono and Clarke INN WBy Bill'Smiley5 A Timp• n rLA AAIil.,ic tu There is nothing drearier, for anybody who is not one, than an "Old Sweat";- unless it is a collections of Old Sweats, exchang- ing cheerful lies and trying to drink Canada dry, about this time every year. Although I'm not much for the old soldier bit, I find myself, each year, doing a lot of remembering. when Remembrance Day rolls around. Just the other day, I came across a photo that brought back a lot of memories. There we were, the two of us. Tony Frombola, grinning as through he. owned the, world, and looking over his shoulder,rwith a crop o dark hair, a huge, sweeping, handle-bar moustache, and a devil- ish glint in his eye, yours truly. I think it was taken in Brussels, shortly after we "escaped" from prison camp. We didn t actually escape. We just got sick and tired of hanging around, and left. The blasted war had been over for about seven days, and there we were, stuck behind barbed wire. The only difference between that and the situation a month before was that the guards up in the sentry boxes were Russians, instead of Germans. At our camp, our incarceration didn't end with the Yanks or the British rolling into the camp in jeeps, and throwing cigarettes and chocolate bars to t he joyful prison- ers, who wept and kîssed their liberators. We were "liberated" by the Russians. They didn't have any cigarettes to throw around, they didn't know what a chocolate bar was, and they didn't particularly want to be kissed. They threw a guard around the camp and told us to stay put. Our senior officers told us the same. They didn't want us wanderingaround the countryside bein g shot by some drunken Roos ian. Bored silly, Tony and I decided we'd had enough of that dump. So, about four o'clock one morning, we nipped the wires with a pair of borrowed wire-clippers, crawled several hundred feet through grass (very wet), and headed for home. It sounds incredibly daring and fool-hardy, and it did make the heart thump a bit, but it wasn't either of those. It was just stupid. However, we made it to the Canadian lines in three days, hitching and hiking, and a very enjoyable time we had of it. In fact, we caught a plane to Brussels, another to England, and were there about four days before the other chickens got out of the coop. Fromobola was an irrespressible character. He was a Yank, from Oakland, California, who had joined the RCAF. Most of his compatriots; switchedto the U.S. air force when the latter got into the war but Tony didn't bother. He didn't bother.about much of anything, except enjoying life. He had a big, home Imug, but was a terror with the ladies. He was strong and tough and cynical and witty. This may be hard to believe, but this- incident which I personally witnessed, showed whathe was made of. It was August, 1944..One evening, after flying, we decided to wa k down to the beach in Normandy. There was nothing of interest to o back at the wing, and the padres had cleaned up the tiny whiskey supply in the mess. At the beach, a Liberty ship was unloading jeeps. There was a line of them, parked on the sand, guarded by two British soldiers. Tony walked up to one of them and said: "How much do you want for a jeep, buddy?" I nearly fell over. -Five quid," responded the Lim- ey. Tony peeled off five notes. He was always flush as he was a gambler and a dealer. He drove the jeep away to a place of privacy rounded up some paint, an pamted RCAF roundels and the legend "Canada" on it. He was the only lowly Flying Officer to have his own jeep during the Normandy campaign, and he made good use of it, such as visiting field hospitals. Not to visit the sick and wounded, but to date nurses. We came home on the same ship. He picked up five hundred dollars in the twenty-four hour crap game, lost most of it, built it back up to $2,000. Haven't seen him since we landed, but wherever he is today, Ill bet he's rich. Not all the memories are so pleasant, ofncourse. Three of us shared a tent in Normandy. We were all shot down within 10 days, and I'm the only one alive. Myparents received three tele- grams from the Department of National Defense. Each of them began, "We regret to inform you . .." One son was blown up by a land mine, and lost an eye. The second was missing in action. The third was shot down over the Channel. By some strange working of fate, we're all alive. But thousands of lads aren't. Remember them. ......... ----- ...... ....... L ý0".