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Now, Ther( Last Saturday morning the Editor answered his phone and after the customary amenities, the lady at the other end asked if we could mention in the paper something of real interest. Apparently, she and another lady were driving home on Friday night when their car had a fiat tire. They probably were standing there, lookng at the flat, wondering what to do, when along came a car. It For the Yoi This Saturday morning, for about an hour or so, the annual Santa Claus parade will wind its cheerful way through town accompanied by severaI fine bands who will fM11 the air with music as thousands of youngsters get the thrill of their young lives watching the event. Our hats are off not to those wbço take part in the parade, although if it's a cold blus tery day they too deserve medals, but to the dedicated few in our community who have worked energetically and voluntari- L COMMENT e9's a. Mayor! stopped and who should get out but Garnet Rickard, the Mayor of the Municipality of Newcastle. Not being your ordinary, helpless type of mayor, he jacked up the wheel and changed the tire for the ladies and they were soon on their way again. That's what we caîl a kindly act by a busy person. The orchid of the week goes to His Worship for actions above and beyond the caîl of duty. And it's not even an election year. )ung at Heart Iv since the last parade day to bringz this year's extravaganza to frui- tion. In most cases, they don't have young children of their own, they are just young at heart who can appreciate the thrill the other kids wiil receive from viewing the parade. On behaîf of the community and those children, may we extend again a hearty vote, of apreciation to the small but wonderfulPgroup who keep it going, year after year, and also to those who generously su p ort the project with their financial ep. ,What Did the Budget, Offer? This is being written a few hours Again what form this will take is before Finance Minister John Turn- dificult to estimate. or rises to his feet in the bouse of There will probably be increases Commons to'deliver his first budget in taxation on tobacco, cigarettes since the election in July. We could and liquor to offset any loss of wait until Tuesday morning to find revenue in other fields as much as out what it contains, but there's possible. The 'sinners' among us much more fun in speculating than always seem to. be the scapegoats there probably will bC in comment when, the government needs re- af ter'th'e fact. venue. If this happens, many will be It sems lmot cetai tha he encoura ged to quit smoking, which It sems lmos cetainthatlie is probably a good thing. Those who wiil make some concessions to live with us or have to work with us stimulate the economy such as in tobacco permeated offices wil easing income taxes to tiose in the shout with glee i f this happens and lower income brackets. 11e may also who can blame them? do something that will lift some of Those are just some of thetig the burden on construction of new that could happen in the be tg homes, but just what form this will Whatever is included, you budgret. take is uncertain. We doubt if the tax assured that it won't b e enough to on building materials wiil be satisfy members of the opposition; remioved, it means1 too much to the, we've neyer heard of a budget that treasury. did that. And it won't be an ail out No doubt the expansion of our affair so far as giving revenues industriai capacitywill be taken into away in large bunches; that ofily consideration to give that sector comes when an election is in the encouragement to go ahead with immediate offing and Prime Mini- new plans for building, buyingnw se rda and his cohorts still mnachinery etc which wilr also have several years to go. So, don't produce 'obs and ease the pressure expect too much and you'll probably where sortages of supply exist. be about as right as we are, Women'1s Lib in Crime The increase in crime throughout Canada seems to be a popular conversation topie these days as this country appears to be folowing the trend to violence in the United ~States. The news media are probably more up to date on the subject than Statistîcs Canada because they report on criminal offences day by day -whereas StatCan's latest report is only up to A171. *. and the rate has cerýtainly jumped since then, if we are reading our newspapers accur- ately. One interesting bit of information shows that women are gradually takingLtheir 'f roper' place in reports of criminaf activities as they becSme more and more liberated Just recently in area newspapers, there was a startling repýort of fhree women attackine ane derly man, beating him and stealing his car in a manner usually reserved for young maie aduits who are probably under the influence of drugs or aicohol. The StatCan reports indicafes that women in crime are still a long way behind men but they are working hard to catch up. Down Ottawa way, Allan Law- rence our Member of Parliament made headlines hast week by telling the bouse of Commons that organi- zed', crime had infiltra ted that Pariiamentary institution and any- one there could iay bets on horse races through a bookie on the premises. When questioned, he couid nof or would not reveai the names of those involved in the nefarious activities, and members of the security guard have apparently claffimed up. To suggest that this indicates a new practice or a dangerous one hçis been ridiculed by other members and by the press as an unseemly effort by Mr. Lawrence to grab headlines, but we wouldn't want to comment on that asp)ect. If C*uN worked, anyway, so far as the headlines were concerned, but there has been no indication that an ail out investigation will be launched to prove or disprove his statemnents. ,W,,e- recail eventsin that samne use more than 20 years ago when a member would have no trouble ý urchasine illegal sweepstake tic- et rm personnel. And no one thought much about it being an infiltration by organized crime. They appear to be treating Mr. Lawrence's comments in the saine vein. Other evidence locally of increa- sed criminal activities includes the apparently well-planned break-ins aut secondary schools here and in neighboring communities where the thieves used the samne tacties to gain entry to the not too safe vaults and macde off with a considerable amount of money. Who would have thought a few years ago, that the vaults of high schools would be worthwhile targets? There isn't much more to say on these subjects, except to warn citizens that the Christmas season is approaching when the fast buck artists are usually at their busiest p assing bogus money, pulling alÎ kinds of schemes to take cash away from those who, are saving it for shopping or businesses that hope to' mak a profit' on their year's activities. We understand that shoplifting in this community has taken a decided slump since so many convictions have been regis- tered against offenders and their namnes published, but that doesn't mean there won't be other efforts at gathering up money or goods without working for it. The criminal mind seems to be working overtime these days trying to live prosperously on other people's -efforts and on~ other people's money. Anything but that horrid repulsive word work! -Durhamn County's Great Family Journal Est*bllshed 120 years ago in 1854 Also lncorporabîng q The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 9 % Cp0 ru L ,1I Phone Produced everyWednesday by Phone 623-3303 THE JAMES PUBLIýSH1NG COMPANY LIMITED 623-3303 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanvilie, Ontario L'IC 3K9 JOHN M, JAMES GEO. P, MORRIS PATRICK'GOULD DONALD BISHOP Editor-Publisher Business Mgr. Sales Manager Plant Mgr. 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Dear Mr. James. Your November 6 edition contained a letter to the editor which suggested that Ontario Hydro was attempting to build transmission lines' tbrough Newcastle with "littie input from Newcastle residents." The writer and perbaps other local residents may not under- stand that Dr. Omand Solandt was appointed by the Provinc- ial Government, not Ontario Hlydro, to conduct a (public inqu iry Lennox GS near King- ston ad the proposed Oshawa area transformer station. The alternative routes in the vicinlty of Newcastle resultcd frum the islquiry processand are now the subject of continued hearings. Mcm bers of the general public are free to attend the hearings cither as observers or active partic- ipants. Yours truly, LA. Taylor Public Relations Officer Central Region Dear Editor: Is Max Saltsman, (NDP, Waterloo-Cambridge) serious about amending the Criminal Code 'to make it an indictable offence for anyone to destroy usable food as a form of protest"? 1 have a -hard.timie believing ttiat rne is. Where was bie when Mont- real firemen went on strike and let building after building burn as a form of protest? Wbere was hie wben western grain handlers refused to load ship after ship witb grain as a form of protest? Some of these ships were scheduled to go places like Bangladesh about whose starving missions M.P. Saltsman is concerned. Where was lie when . . ..1 need not go on with the list. 25 Years Ago Thurs., Dec. iStri, 1949 On December 5tri, Manvers Township clected Allan Beer, of Betbany, dep uty-reeve, witb a majority of 57 over bis opponent, Lewis H. McGill, last year's doputy-rceve. Allan receivcd 437 votes. Fire which started while Wesley Clapper, bis wifc, and tbrcc childrcn wcre away, completely cestroycd thc farm bouse occupied by thcm one and a haîf miles wcst of *Burketon,, nn Priday night. On Monday evening, L.OL. No. 133, beld their annual election of officers in the Orange Hall. Rt. Wor. C.P. Devitt conducted the election: - W.M. Archie Dysart, D.M. Howard Saywell, Chap. - Herb Swain, Hec. Sec.- David McLean, Fin. Sec. - Melville Griffen, Treas. Fred Hamil- ton. Howard Bickie was elccted President of the Bowmanvillc Boy Scout Association, ah the annual meeting held in the Lion's Centre, on Dec, 9tb, on a nomination by George Vine, and scconded by Walter Wool- ley. Lieuts M. Walter anid B. Bessant, and Y.P. S.M, Harry Bartlett, were in charge of the Salvation Army Christmas Party, held in the Hall on Dec. 12tb. If Mr. Saltsman is serious, 1, for one, would be prepared to supýport bis private member's b. But to be serious be must also be consiste-nt. Is he prepared to seek an amendmcnt to the Criminal Code "to make it an indictable offense for anyone to destroy any usable good as a form of protest"? Does Mr. Saltsman feel the same moral anguish wben str ike after strike leaves food to rot in fields, robs eblîdren of a good education, cripples part of our economy, stops production of essential com- modities, allows people to be lef t homieless by uncontrolled fires, stops essential services, or just holds a part of society up for ransom? I do! Is Mr. Saltsman's anguisb reai or is it just politica 1? Sbalom, Elbert van Donkersgoed, Secretary-Manager, Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, Drayton, Ontario. Region Accused of Ignoring Major Hydro Projeet Dear Mr. E dit or: Mayor Garnet Rickard's lamentation of Nov. 6, that Regional OfficiaIs and the public are ignoring "a multi-million dollar project" in Newcastle that, "will make Nortb Pickering look like someones backyard" is com- ing rather late in the game, and if Ibis lack of foresight in this regard is any indication of how bad our officials are on tbe bail about ahl other important projects wbieb are tbrown our way, tbe future is bleak indeed. No reactions werc beard f rom these same officials back in 1970 wbcn I wrote you a letter under the title. 'Good and Distant Past 49 Years Ago Thurs.', Dec. 10th, 1925 Seated on the platform at the Nurses Graduation, in the Opera Hall on Monday even- ing werc Dr. J. Aikens, Rev. J.U. Robins, Hev. H.J. Sbires, Mrs. Florence Smyth, Supt. of nurses, Miss Aura Hundle, Ass't Supt., Miss Frances Crydernian, Nigbt Supervisor, Mrs. John Spencer, Mrs. Tbomas Todd, Mrs. (Dr.) Tilley, Drs. Bcdell, Tilley, Slcmon, Hazelwood and Stor- ey. bbc graduates, and the probationers. Mr. G.F. Rogers, B.A., ýHigb School Inspector, complehed bis inspection of the school on Tucsday. Hcv. Robert McDermont, Toronto, bas accepted the cal of the congregations of the Presbvterian chiîrches of Bowmanvie and Newton- ville. YPý. meeting on Friday in Hampton was in charge of Miss Norab Horn, Vice-pres. The 6th annual sale of the Cobourg District Holstein Bre- eder's Club, attracted buyers and sellers from as far west as Guelph. Albert Moore, Port Hope, and W.A. Adams, New- castle, wcre buyers from Durham County., News or Bad? " in which letter those politicians wbo were tbcn su busy preparing the way for Regional government, werc warned tbat with this Nucîcar Hydro plant, Darling- ton would lose almost aillber lakeshore property, and we would become the producers of raw material for Toronto. We will become somebody's backyard, Mr. Rickard, wbetber we like it or not, the writing is on tbe wall and bas been for, a long time, and we týon't secm to bave local politicians wbo can risc to the occasion and unite'in force to influence Toronto. Instead of demanding giant sewers for Osbawa - Whitby and perbaps some for Bow- manville, thcy play along witb the extension of Toronto solidly into Durham region, by accepting these sewers in Pickering, tbereby destroying the very basic reason for having regional govcrnment, wbicb was supposcd, to, stop 'Toronto from growing east. As witb the power plant and the sewcrs, so it is with the airport question, instead of fighting the building of the power plant tbey fight the location of powerlincs, they don't fight for baving sewers in tbe centre of the region; no, tbey argue over a few cents p er tbousand gallons treated for the region in Toronto's new sewçr plant built witbin our boundary, and now again with the airport, instead of getting the most out of the new Pickering airport for our region, hey spend their val- uable ime and our mnrey to expropriate another thousand acres for a local- Oshawa Airport, like we need as mucb confusion in the air as we have on the land, wbile nobody secîns to realize that when Ont. Hydro bas buit some 185 foot bigb powcrlines, across our good country, there ain't f oing t o be too many places* cft in Darlington for süch an airport. Perbaps council sbould fol- low Toronto's example, and lrit tbe bcight of any new structure to 45 feet, that would solve tbe powcrline business. In bbc meantime Mr. Editor, it appears tbat my letter of Dec. 21, 1970 was premature, yet it secms to be as timely today as it was then, but very little time is lcft indeed. Do we bave ho end up, with being Toronto's backyard? Vours vcry truly, Dick Brinkman RHR. No. 1, Bowmanville YearBook Tbe Courtice Secondary Scbool Ycar Book "Spectator '74" is now bcing distributed. This book is volume 13 and. consists of 112 pages of school achivities. A series of candid photos run tbroughout the book, giving tbe students what migbt secm a truer pichure of their scbool ycar. Drajwer Rif led More than $400 in cash was taken from a drawer in the Amber Variety at 29 King St. W., Wednesday night, Novem- ber 6. Durham Regional police report that the money was in paper bags locked in a drawcr. When the owner of the store, Anna Bryson entered the store Thursday morning, Novernber 7, the drawer had been opened and the money was tnsssing. M M i I M N Let's see. Whei was going to mai attack this week( evils of our soc remember whatj Maybe thaV'S bE exam-s to set, elev mark, my bricI along with My fýil who has jus t giv accotait of how si car started, is ga tomorrow. Ah, well, ýc'es Chinese say... everything runni in a world in whicl creatures seem i I also have 44 let vital telephone( speech to write, ai Thn there are of oak leaves to ra Fil1 send them Surely somebody1 make oak leaf and think I'm being1 There's a lot of acorns. And I hav counting childre: prove i t. Maybe you thir whining of a mid( can't cope with right. My bricks are f, are being sucked vines of this old which are about a squid. The roofer your bricks are sort of obscene, rocks in your he They're falling knocked out by t] and painters. Sh- And my fillings fast as I can, or n them in. He's ai most painless d had, for which I until teeth do us can't build pine tr And then there, You'd think I woul him when he's a U I do. How do I knowt in the daycare ce him the right thix how to ride him ci Day in and da reads the unempla3 wonders what t h e The figures alwe Five, six, seven people out of worý ment insurance fu the government hir money in to be abli out to those who ce Now let's look ai realistically.Do people really want government made your butt and à financially attra< people who are un to stay that way? To most peoplet first question is a don't want to wol second "Yes, the handing out too mu Anything to 1 feelings? There si evidence is coming Lt was only a shoi Kitchener businessi have to close, hiç operation because enough help. He o:ý any of his emplo bring a new emploa Just this week, ne the hotel business short of help that ti hein make- the h Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 20, 1974 3 By Bih Smiley It's a Gay Mad Whirl re am 1? 1 know I the tune of, IlDid You Jver Go Into oe a pointed, telling An Irishman'.s Shanty, Where Mo- on one of the great ney Is Scarce and Whiskey Is ciety. But I can't Plenty?"? it- was. Do thy* know how to let him chew ecause I have three their thumb while at the samne time venty-four essays to whistling in his belly and waving his, -s are fallhng out, bare foot in the air to the tune of lings, and my wife, "Knees Up, Mother Brown',?- ven me a thrîlling Well, mraybe the young sillies ;he couldn't get the aren't doing too badly, as long as oing to the hospital there are three of them to one of hîm. At least they're not trying to, st la vie, as the unteach him the good thingsý he's You can't have learned from his gramps. ng like clockwork llad a eall from his m-other last 'h the most sensible Sunday. She made it from a phone to be cockroaches. booth, as Mother Bell has not smiled tters to answer, six on themn yet. Asked hier where the calîs to make, a baby was. She responded cooily that ind a grandbabby to hie was on hier knee, tearing pages out of the telephone directory. about 7000 pounds He. loves earing uu books, ake aid bag. think especially those of sacred institutes, to Bangla-Desh. like the Bell. I started him off with there knows how to the inane coloured sections of the ,d acorn soup. Don't Saturday papers. 11e seemed to hard and cynical. thrive on it, ripping them apart with fprotein. in those gusto, relish, and any ketchup that ire 28 squirrels, not happened to be around. n, in my attie to Ithought it wise to move him up- to telehonebooks, police reports, iik this is just the politicians' speeches, beer Jabels ldleaged man, who and such examples of Canadian life. Well, you're culture. Turns out he's a boy after My own heart. falling out. Or they Go to t Pokey. bis real namne is 1out, by the gentle Nicov C hen but I tacked Pokey on dGeorgian hnouse, him, and it has stuck. 11e pokes into as gentle as a giant everything that is moving, or stili. If rsaid, "Geez, Bill, it's moving, hie stops it; if ït's stili, he loose." Lt sounds makes it move, grinnmng fiendishly like, "You have ail the time. ead." But it's not. I tell you, ît's a gay, mad whirl o. (Or being around here. Just now I was he clumsy roofers interrupted by two pretty g iris at the -h-h-h.) front door rakes in hand. Id sare falling out as forgotten atout them. They'd come nydentist can pfut to rake my leaves. For money, of nice guy, and'lte course. Couldn'tg et any boys. entist I have ever In the past week I have also dealt, 1will dling to him with 16 students who are obvious ýs depart, but you flunkers, one irate parent, several* rees out of stumps. disgruntled I'eachers, and one invita- s my grandbab by. tion to judge a beauty contest. ld not worry about- To top it off, in today's mail came [0 Miles away. But an election flyer, from Ray Argyle, who syndicates this column, an- those young sillies nouncing his run for school trustee. entre are teaching 11e mus t'be out 0f his nut. ngs. Do they know EvierybodJy seems to be going a bit n a jigging foot to mar hs as u ' lay odds that I get thre befoe he rSt of you. Tlhere's Lots eof Wuork.ï,& ay out, everyone hundreds of jobs available in this îyment figures and uine of work and nobody is bothering future holds. to take them. ,ays look so bleak. In the case of the hotel business, per cent of our the money that can be earned each k. The unemploy- week is not too much ahead of what und is broke and they car gain on unemploymient ïas to pump more insurance, so why go to'the effort of le to send benefits holding down a job. ýan't find jobs. Several came to one hotel to apply. the samne picture Thev were so dirty and scruffyt ha t most of these the manager would hardly let them to work? bas the in the place. "Why did you bother sitting around on coming over looking like that? the Joing nothing so manager asked, The answer: "Be- etive that most cause if we didn't, the guy at the riemployed intend Manpoýwer place would have cut us off our benefits". Do you think these' the answer to the people truly wanted a job and have large "No, they their namne taken off the unemiploy- rk", and to the' ed statisties? Hardly. uc gvernmnent is So'now the wheels of government uhmoney". handouts have ground to a position back up these where many of the young people of ;re is and more today reahize they don' t have to work g ail the time. and h ve no intention of doi$ so. )rt time ago that a Most people were raised with the Sinan was going to attitude that you are rewarded for Is manufacturing what you do. The more effort hýle couldn't find expelled, the more reward you ffered $50 cash to receive. oyees who could Lt would appear that the govern- )yee to the job. mient handout program has gone ews came out that alonR way towards knocking that in Toronto is so thieory right out the window. We ie manager has to wonder how long it can last. beds. There are - Uxbridge Timtes Journal A FEW ITEMS ON, THE IIIGH COST 0F LIVING It is expensive to live, if is expensive to die No need to compiain, not even to try For the hi gh prices of today would knock out your eye The high price of meat, milk and bread Is almost enough to turn a man's head And the long trip of research to get to the moon And some of the chaps may return by balloon God made the moon and we cannot deny it And we hope some poor idiot won't try to destroy it The money which is so lavishly.spent Would have gone a' long way to hep with the rent Who, many perhaps, haven't even a 1cent So many of us are not caring for planets in space It's fu 1 well we can't keep up with the pace No doubt these chaps will have a big prîze But six feet of earth makes us aIl of one size Automobiles whiz by just the same as before When gasoline prices were very much lower But we might as weli go out for the day And spend your money aiong the way Do not speed, take it easy and stay over the line For many a human has been kiiied before their time Some caused by mistakes made by some drunken driver Who has no respect for himseif and none for the other Some of our laws have been lagging foo long It's time for reaction by some who are strong Why cross the water or fly through the air To solve the solutions of others af fairs To the white colared ýchaps with their fine suifs and hats Its time to get busy and get busy fast For this world of ours is in such a commotion That one day there mighf come a terrif*e xplosion. THE NWbAT? This was wrîtten by Mrs. M. Dale, 92 yrs. old, resident of Sunset Lodge, Bowmanville, Ont, j LETTERS TO THE EDITOR amm