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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 8, 1975 3 36 Parkway Cres. Bowmanville, Ontario January 5, 1975. Dear Editor, Many times I have been tempted to send in a letter in which to voice n opinion, good or bad, but this time felt so strongly about my subject I decided to do it. Most probably you have received many letters to date concerning hockey, hockey playersand especi- ally hockey parents! Recently, I attended a Bantam Hockey Game in Bowmanville and became so angry and embarrassed I had to leave the seat I was occupying. It disturbed me to a great extent to watch some parents "The Church Newtonville, Ontario Dec. 28th, 1974 Dear Sir: In the December 23rd issue of your newspaper under the heading "What is The Town Coming To?" a man or woman who signed a letter to you as "Concerned" objected to what she or- he called an infringment by the churches into the rights of persons and public facilities. The person who wrote this letter of course was referring to your article in the December 18th issue regarding the playing of Hockey on Sunday mornings. This person said, quote "Personal- ly I'm sick and tired of the church trying to tell me when my family may use public facilities, etc." unquote. Your writer obviously did not read the last two paragraphs of the Dec. 18th item which states that the Council in its wisdom passed a motion to have the Community Services Committee study the situ- ation and if necessary the Council could pass a bylaw concerning the use of public facilities on Sunday. The tone of your correspondent's letter of Dec. 23rd leads me to believe that he or she does not know what the church is. Let me clarify it for him or her. First of all, the church is not a building or institution. The Church is "People". People who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord. So when your writer says that the church cannot do this or that, it is obvious he or she is not a part of the Church of Jesus Christ. Also that person probably has not read the Bible where St. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians Chapter 12 verses 12 to 30. In particular let me quote verses 27 and 28 where Paul says "Now here is what I am trying to say: All of you together are the one body of Christ and each one of -nu is a separate and necessary part it." Now, please note verse 28 in our Bible: "Here is a list of some of A.A.H. Strike has contributed much to education since his first appointment to the Durham County District High School Board in 1956 and it is only fitting that his service be recognized by the communities he has served so well for eighteen years. As a Member of the High School Board serving Durham County, he participated in the development and planning of two additions to Port Hope High School, Courtice High School and its Technical addition, Clarke High School, and Millbrook High School and its addition. For the new Bowmanville High School, the' acquisition of land was started in 1965. He served on all Committees and Chaired the Management Commit- tee and -Co-ordinating Guidance Committee for lengthy periods. In, this capacity, his leadership brought about a close liaison between the elementary and secondary schools. .A special project in reading develop- ment involving both panels carried on for several years as a result of his enthusiasm. He was Chairman of the High School Board in 1959. During the year 1968, he served actively on the Interim School Organization Committee set up to co-ordinatethe twenty-eight indiv- make complete fools of themselves by screaming insultingly not only at the referees but also at the boys playing hockey about what a poor job they were doing. I believe in cheering during a game but it makes me feel rather ill when I can't enjoy a hockey game because of a few people. I'm sure I'm not alone in my feelings and most likely there are quite a few people who believe I am wrong, but I feel that maybe one of those people will stop and realize the truth in what I'm writing. Thank-you for your time. Sincerely, Tobi Hooper. Is People", the parts He has placed in His Church which is His Body - Apostles; Prophets, those who preach God's Word; Teachers; Those who do. miracles; Those who have the gif t of healing; and those who help others. .Unquote. So you see, my friend who objects to your son not being able to play hockey on Sunday morning, if you belong to one of the congregations in Bowmanville, then you are a part of the church. So why are you doing all the hollering? Why not take your son to worship service on Sunday morning. That boy of yours is trying to walk in your footsteps. If you want him to be honest, truthful and fair, then where can he learn these virtues better than in the home (if you teach him) or in the Church Sunday School? Lessons learned.in youth will never leave him. Give him the best possible moral foundation to strengthen his outlook. Children today must be allowed to look upon a more beautiful way of living - - and then encouraged to better his activities and habits. Is this what you want for your boy and your family? You won't find it on any hockey rink. It is what you call the "church" which can help to give them the clean, clear vision of a truly successful Christian life.- But maybe all that I have said here means nothing to you, maybe you are not a Christian. Or if you are, maybe you are one of those who only know where the minister or priest was when they wanted a child 'baptized, or to have your son or daughter married, or bury your dead or visit your sick in the hospital or your aged folk in nursing homes. Brother or sister, who ever you might be, if this is your idea, then you have it all wrong. Let me assure you, that the people who form the church are involved in every aspect of life. God help us if they were not. Rev. Gordon R. Montgomery idual Boards into the formation of the Northumberland and Durham County Board of Education effective January 1, 1969. For the new Board, he served as Vice-Chairman for the first two years and as Chairman in 1971. Mr. Strike's professional back- ground as a lawyer has been a great asset to the Board, but his enthusiasm and determination to provide every educational opport- unity to elementary and secondary students in this jurisdiction has been invaluable. He has always advocated the development of Lay Committees serving each school to bring the school and community closer toget- her and it is interesting to note that the Province now encourages this concept. In addition to insisting on acquir- ing competent academic leadership, he has Chaired the Non-Teaching Personnel Committee and encour- aged the employment of skilfull business personnel. Always conscious that the Board operates as a unified body serving the entire jurisdiction, he has also kept the Board informed of the particular and immediate needs of is Ward. 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December 31st, 1974 Dear Editor: Asranother parent of one of the boys who made the front page in your issue of Dec. 18th, I should like, here, to add my own views of this matter. Of the 19 ,namesmappearing in this item, ONE may be guilty of the offence indicated, and possibly one or two more may have knowledge of the real offender, making them guilty of withholding evidence pertinent to the charge. On the other band, it is quite possible that none of those wbo received summonses, in which each was charged with "pos- session" of the drug, has any knowledge whatever of the one responsible. This does not relieve those charged of the stigma which bas been sug- gested, and which they must live with until a retraction by the same Sergeant of Deteet- ives, appearing also in a conspicuous spot in your paper, namely the front page, clears their names in the public eye. As a father, I am deeply concerned witb the drug problem in ourfaircountry, and realize that it must be dealt with, BUT in an honor- able way. My son bas always respected and admired our Police force, but I'm not so certain that his admiration is not slipping, as is mine. To any of you fortunlate readers who maybe have a billiard table in your rec. room; Better keep your kids away from it or, better still, get rid of it. You might end up by finding yourself facing a arge which you can't ex- plain to the satisfaction of> tbose ini charge. I know I'm not guilty of contempt, but I'm certainly beginning to feel some. For obvious reasons, I would prefer your not using my name here. I don't want to bring any more nausea to my sonkthanhas this whole stinking mess. Concerned Parent R.R. 5, Bowmanville DearEditorJanuary 4th,1975 My usually low blood pres- sure rose almost to the danger point when I read the two etters in your last issue from the two young girls complain- ing oftue lack of a meeting place in Bowmanville for those of their age group; but was somewbat soothed by your editorial "Is the Need so Great?" The use of the word "recrea- tion" bring s to mind the fact tbat probably haîf, or more, of these youngsters' homes in town have what are loosely called "recreationtrooms." But are these put to, the proper use? Why can'tuthe children of the family take turns meeting there in groups with their friends? The town itself has an arena, the Lions' Centre, parks galore, and next year there will be a swimming pool. The wide, beautiful country- side is within walking distance of any home in town. . after ahl, Bowmanville is not the slum core of a buge metrool- is. As you mention in your editorial, the business men of the town have spent hours and hours of their valuable time, and thousands of dollars raised by their own efforts, to make some of these parks, and to make tbe old Cream of Barley Mill into what should have been the ideal drop-in- centre. But all to no avail. I am amused at Miss Braybrook's wide-eyed naivete. .no doubt she expects a Fairy Godmother to arrive in a pumpkin to provide a "good, clean drop-in". She says vaguely "it would cost a lot of money, but this could be raised somehow. It would need equipment, but that could be arranged". Such sweet faith! Let me take you back to the days when I "was only eighteen" in a little village in Scotland (with about 100 inhabitants). I was the eldest of four children ranging in age , from 18 down to 3. .we were tbreegirls and a boy. I had just finished myafirst year of university (paid for entirely by scholarships. .there were no opportunities for students in those days to be gainfully employed.) When summer came, my Mother put me in charge of the cooking for the f4mily, under ber tutelage and supervision. not to relieve ber of the work, but to train me to be a good housekeeper for my own family one day. Long before this, my Saturdays were spent in belping with th housework, polishing endless numbers of brass lamps and candlesticks, cleaning all the family soes, and soon. (I won't say I loved doing it. .but I did it). But this didn't mean that I had a fun-starved life. oh no! But nobody provided the facilities for us. r e did it ourselves. The most popular "drop-in-centre" was my par- ents' large kigtcen-cum-living room-cum dining room, with a much used piano in the corner. My Mother taught the young peeo dance, thr as lots of singing, games, card-play- ing. .in other words, lots of fun. We had weekl dances, in a rather shabby soft over a disused livery-stable. The night, before the dance, every- body was there, sweeping, dusting, spreading soap-flakes on the floor to make it slippery. We made sandwich- es ourselves. The-small a- mount we paid at the door paid for the fiddler who provîded the music, and bought lemon- ade to accompany the sand- wiches. We swam in the summer. .ît iinsa made pool, but in the river. We picknicked, roamed the woods, learned about the flowers, the birds and the wild animals. We walked, or cyc- led, all around the country. In winter we tobogganed in the hilly fields (our fathers made the sleds,ý and the ' village blacksmith putd"runners" on them( and made slides down the village street. We put on concerts with local talent, we went to night-school for f un. .music appreciation, crafts, etc. We were happy, because we made our own fun. There were no drugs, noualcohol, no girls dropping out of school because of pregnancy. I have to admit that a few of us sneaked the odd WildhWood- bine on the sly, but heaven belp us if our parentsehad caught us smoking! Finally, we were never called "teen-agers"; we were cbildren growing into young men and women, with no special privileges..Nobody catered to us, so it neyer dawned on us to whine and beg for someone to amuse us, as though we were helpless, pampered babies. We brought up two children of our own. .they too, swam in the creek, played in the woods, went to Sunday School, joined the 4-H Club, spent their summers pruning Christmas trees, waiting on tables, driving a truck, helping their dad andtme in the mink ranch and in the bouse. They were self -refiant children who could cook a meal when necessary, and do their own laundry too wben they had to. They absorbed all the schooling they could, and are now well-established, self-support- ing people, a comfort and pride to their parents. I don't think they really, knew they were "teen-agers' thank God! I also observe wîth comfort and optimism the family of my close neighbours. They live in what could be a re-incarnation of my Scottish home transported through fifty years in time. (Coinci- dentally, there are three girls and one boy in this family too). The bighospitablekit- chen is there too (not a so-called "recreation room"), and the loving and interested parents, and a constant stream of other people's children moving through and min ling. Busy, cheerful childen, good students; great visitors who never cease t to cbarm and beguile their elderly friends in this bouse. We can only hope that when the count is taken, this type will so outnumber the idle whiners and complainers that there will be hope for a bright future for our country. After that outpouring, I feel better. I shall feel still better if a few people take the time to read through this lengthy letter and pick up a thought or two from it. Sincerely yours, Madge Tbiesburger 95 Ontario Street Bowmanville, Ontario December 31, 1974 Dear Sir: This is in reply to a letter from "Concerned" which ap- peared In your paper on December 24, 1974. Dear Concerned:( In reply to your letter, Sunday is the Sahb,'ath da1y and! is to be kept holy. In playing hockey or partaking of any other forms of recreation on Sunday is breakîng'a com- mandment ofeOur Heavenly Father. Sunday is a day to give respect and honor to them, not a day to do things wbich will interfere witb this worship and giving thanks to God and His Son. As with all things of this world, more and more laws given tousby Our Heavenly Father are being broken and many people in the world just don't care whether they obey His laws. 1 myself~, have brokenhis commandments and never thought about it, but now at least I make an effort and because of my love for Him, I try to keep the laws given to us which could help us to become better people.1 If a' person does not care about keeping the simpler commandments why trymand keep the more difficult ones. What kind of a world would it be if everyone didn't care about keeping His laws. There wouldn't be one place in the world that would be worth living in. One of the reasons the Church of Jesus Christ was established was to help people become and stay righteous and to do tbeir best in obeying Heavenly Father's will. Yours sincerely Pat Bothwell Dear Editor: I would like to pay tribute to one of Newtonville's fine citizens in the person of the late Mrs. John T. (Edith) Pearce. She received her promotion to a larger service in the Higher Life on Decem- ber 26, 1974. Until about thirteen years ago, when illness took ber out of ber home and village, she always stood for what was best for our community and Church in which she was an eider. The following lines will tell the story ofber life which was love in action. Who used to live across the way Where I could see ber every day? Edith Pearce. Who was my eyes when I was blind And was so cheerful and so kind? Edith Pearce. Who became my living crutch Everytime we went to church? Edith Pearce. Who loved to watch the wild birds feed And supplied their daily need? Edith Pearce. Who was to everyone a friend, And loved the children to the end? Edith Pearce. Who passed beneath the chastening rod Yet always kept her faith in God? Edith Pearce. Who will greet me at the door When my work on earth is o'er? Edith Pearce. Agnes Burley 0 ci This is the "out with the o honestly did tr hopeless. I go up to the nave to get rid of th I decided, as to clean up m may sound minutes of sor you are noti writing desk. Perhaps you about Hercul Augean stablE with cattle, ha decades and t mountain of formidable taç even using a p the flow of tw stables, and ho That was chi cleaning off m no Hercules. On each side a teetering s reaches appro3 when I am sit Huddled betw sparrow betwe squats the typE Occasionally a glacier, slid floor. My wife and muttering jams it back forbidden to d or even to dus reason the pile do allow her to desk, where th Trouble is, s piles the stuff b This causes a p to clear the deE I pick up the: a farmer's wif on my stand for dated 1962. Th last time I clee 1961. It also poses my stand on th l'Il bet it was a1 attitude towar< today. Was the ed? Who know! stack labelled turns out to b many piles I la The other pil labels as: To Sometime; Ne Look Into This; Be Answered D ,Year; Compii Hill; and so on stack is callec cause I don't ku these items. Under the las as: a passport bill from the Sti England; a Chr însurance agen an offer to do th for only $3.00 25 Years Ago Thursday, January 5, 1950 Bowmanville is faced with a water shortage which de- mands immediate action. At present, the average water consumption is 900,000 gallons a day. After spending con- siderable time and thought, it bas been decided the lake provides the most reasonable solution to the problem. The cost of such a proposal will run to $400,000 or possibly more. Already contracts have been let for the resurrection of a 330,000 gallon elevated tank to cost approximately $75,000. Attending the New Year's Eve Dance at the Badminton Hall on Saturday evening were Rbona Evans, Maxine Moore, Bonny Woods, Lois Fisher'and Peggy Dippell. We dnesday evening will be "Father's Nigbt Out", at the Home and School Club meet- ing at the new Ontario Street School, as tbe fathers are to be guests of the Club. In charge of the event are W.L. Lycett, chairman of the Educational Committee of Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce, Keith Jackson and George W. James. After 66 years in the postal service anid 27 years as Postmaster, C.B. Kent will retire on January 3. Mr. John Parkin, an out- standingarchiteet addressed the Jack and Jill Club on Tuesday, at the annual Club dinner, Residents and families of Bowmanville and Durbam County may now enroîl in the Blue Seal Community Hos- pital and Surgical Expense plan, underwritten by Con- tinental Casualty Company. EDITORIAL COMMENT Those Hockey Parents! SugarI By illSmiley LEAN-UP small family); and reminder that I TIME am due at veteran's hospital for a chest X-ray (which I forgot all time of the year for about). ld, in with the new". I I have a very definite way of y to do this. But it was handling these piles. Miscellaneous I t bogged down, right put back on the desk. Over The Hill, l, in my first attempt which contains anything more that ie old. six years old, goes into the my year-end project, Wastebasket, as does Silly Old iy writing desk. This Cranks, a very slim stack of letters simple, a mere 15 from ridiculous people who don't 'ting and tidying. But agree with me. acquainted with my Needs Further Study goes back on the desk, right on top of Miscellan- i remember the myth eous. Look Into This goes back on es cleaning out the the desk on top of Needs Further es. They were filled Study. Next on the growing pile on adn't been cleaned in the desk goes To Be Dealt With - here was a veritable Sometime. you-know-what. A Then I lift the whole pile and slide sk. He did it without underneath it, right at the bottom, if itch-fork. He diverted you'll pardon the expression, To Be 'o rivers through the Answered Definitely In The New ! they were cleansed. Year. ld's play compared to And then, carefully and delicately, y desk, and also I am I place on top of the pile the stack labelled Comphimentary. This con- of my typewriter sits tains the letters I have received tack of papers that from those splendid, intelligent ximately to my head, people who admire my wife or kids .ting at my machine. or column. veen them, like a Yes, I know they should be thrown en two huge tomcats, out. But surely you wouldn't deny a ewriter. chap a little ointment for his ego, , one of the piles, like any more than you would begrudge es majestically to the an old lady a seat in the chimney picks up the mess, corner, where the fire can warm under her breath, her. on the desk. She's The piles beside the typewriter are isturb anythin there, now only a foot and a half high, and t it. That's the main it has taken a day and a half to sort s are two feet high. I them. This may not seem like ) dust the front of the progress to you, but Rome wasn't e drawers are. built in a day, as some idiot once he's so annoyed she remarked. )ack in any old order. One good thing came out of this roblem when I decide year's sorting. I remembered that I sk at year's end. had received a letter from Barry first letter. It is from Broadfoot, author of Ten Lost Years, e, complimenting me a compelling book about the the beef farmer. It is depression. I'd written a column at suggests that the about it. aned my desk was in 'No, I couldn't find his letter. It must have wandered into the questions. What was Miscellanequs or somewhere. But ebeef farmer in 1962? the memory of his letter made me little sweeter that my remember that I'd had at least ten d sirloin steak prices letters from all over the country, letter ever answer- and the States, asking where a copy s? So I put it in the might be obtained. No, I couldn't Who Knows. This find these letters either. e the biggest of the But the memory of them reminded y out on the floor. me of what Barry Broadfoot wrote in es bear such esoteric his letter. He's writing another book Be Dealt With - called The Pioneer years, and he eds Further Study; wondered if I would ask in my Silly Old Cranks; To column for the names of oldtimers efinitely In The New who were spry and interesting, so mentary; Over The that he could interview them. . The second largest So, there you are, everybody. Send d Miscellaneous be- , the names of spry, interesting now where else to put oldtimers, of either sex, to Barry Broadfoot, care of Doubleday Pub- t item go such things lishers, 105 Bond St., Toronto, Ont. application form; a M5B 1Y3. And the same people will rand Palace, London, be happy to provide you with a copy istmas card from my of Ten Lost Years. t; a test for Grade il; There. My first good deed of 1975. he Smiley family tree And that's going to cost you, Brother (must have been a Broadfoot. Crown Royal will do. - U - /TB/ EPOC O)POOA<VZ/9f,'/OO ->V< / /A/k' î OR 7-IAT Pý9/CE, T171EY CQOU/ZV 1ýA,ýE /f 5OUVPRýOQF# Letters ýto the Editor, Service To Education In the Dim and DEistant Past 49 Years Ago Thursday January 7, 1926 Music Study Club held its meeting at Mrs. J.A. McClel- lan's with Mrs. S.S. Tilley as convenor. The program was good and consisted of a piano duet, by Misses Doris and GladysJamieson, OWinter Frolies", Ladies' Octette, "List the Cherubic Hosts", mes dames Cawker, Thomp- son, Anderson, Foster, Misses Morris, Cole, Painton and baritone solo by Dr. C.W. Slemon, piano solo, "A Span- ish Dance" by Charles Caw- ker, and a vocal solo, "When Heaven Came to Earth", Mrs. Alex Colville. Do you remember when AI Christie came home from the Riel Rebellion, the only volun- teer from Bowmanville to be wounded by the Indians? When Professor Kent, father of Postmaster C.B. Kent gave a demonstration in the Town Hall,- during his lecture on electricity, of the first talking machine invented by Edison? When Tom Coleman was Chief Constable? The title Chief of Police was not given until "Move on" Wilson recommended Chief Jarvis for the position. When Bert Saunders played "Yankee Doodle" on the chimes of the English Church, almost causing dear old Canon MacNabb to have apoplexy at the apparent treason and sacrilege. When Charles Kelly, the town's coloredbarber, sang and accompanied himself on the guitar at a recent concert. He has a magnificent bass voice. - 1 -1 - ----- ----- -MMMMmmmmii &M.