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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 12,1975 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT We Can't Condone That Last week's council meeting certainly didn't do a thing for those involved in the fracas between the two ministers and the .councillors over use of local arenas on Sunday morning. No doubt there will be follow ups by both sides, but we feel there is no reasonable excuse for such antics at council. Councillor Lyall may have had a point when he suggested the ministers were worrying over trivial matters while ignoring the porn- ography, the body rub parlors and the gambling. ,But, why in his zealousness to make that point, he decided to flaunt that obscene magazine in front of their faces, is difficult to determine. It was flashy and possibly spectacular but, in our opinion, pretty cheap politics that didn't improve his reputation or image. It produced headlines, but at what a price?, The ministers came to council with a justifiable complaint. The bylaw in connection with the operation of the arenas is being bypassed if their interpretation is correct, and young players are being forced to play hockey on Sunday mornings, if they want to stay on a team. They are missing Church and Sunday School in the process, although in many cases their parents probably would prefer they attend. It's time council spent some time on the problem to clear up the confusion and the double standards. There apparently are no restrictions so far as the arenas in Orono and Newcastle Village are concerned. The new Darlington Sports Centre's Education The highly educated person is not necessarily a wise person. The unusually clever person does not always show wisdom in his clever- ness. You can have a high I.Q. and still not be wise. Wisdom, real wisdom, can come to persons of quite ordinary intelligence. Wisdom is not so much a matter of, intelligence as of what is done with intelligence. Teachableness is as significant as intelligence in the attaining of wisdom. And that is not simply a capacity to take formal instruction and pass examinations - although such things can be significant. A.N. Whitehead, one-of, the most influential philosphers of^Our time, said this: "A merely well-informed man is the most useless bore on God's earth." f1He added, "Now wisdom is the way in which, knowledge is held. It concerns the handling of knowledge, its selection for the determination of relevant bylaw lists no use before 1 p.m. and in Bowmanville it's 1:30. But all four arenas are busy from early morn until late at night on Sundays. Let's have one bylaw governing all the arenas in town. In this day and age, we doubt if the majority of citizens would favor a bylaw that kept arenas closed until 1 or 1:30 p.m. on Sundays. Those morning hours could be used by adults for needed exercise and recreation if they chose to, rather than going to church. They are old enough to make the choice. Maybe, it would be acceptable to most citizens if the ban on Sunday morning use applied only to players below the legal age of 18. We now have an extra arena so the scarcity of ice time for practices is not as serious as it has been. Going back to the council meeting,. and Councillor Lyall's attack on the deputation for not raising their voices in protest over the spread of pornography, etc., we might point out to him that as an elected official, he probably has more responsibility and would be able to do more to curb these things than those he was condemning. He just got carried away and in our opinion, went beyond the bounds of propriety. As the late Humphrey Mitchell, a former Labor Minister at Ottawa, once told us about the House of Commons, "More members have talked themselves out of this place than ever talked themselves into it." It could happen here, but in the meantime, let's work on straighten- ing out the arena problem first, and then the rest of the ills of the world. and Wisdom~ issues, its employment to add value to our immediate experience." In any education that is to count there is an inescapable element of sheer dogged grinding. If you wish to, advance from milk to meat you must be prepared to chew gristle. And you mustn't expect to be spoon-fed: as the novelist, E.M. Forster, put it, "Spoon-feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon." What we do with our educational opportunities has much to do with the degree of wisdom to which we attain. Stephen Leacock once said, "An education, when it is all written out on foolscap, covers nearly ten sheets." Leacock made an import- ant point there: much of the real value of your education is to be found in what remains after you have forgotten much of what you deliberately set out to learn. And in that case can be an essential source of wisdom. Ministers Reply Dear Editor: ' THE CHALLENGE: Por- nography, Body-rub Parlours Gambling "'ve never heard of one member of your association doing anything about this pornography or body-rub par- lours, or gambling." So said Councillor Ken Lyall last week as the Bowmanville Minister- ial Association represented by Revs. Wesley Oake and Guy Corvers were asking Council that the Sunday sports by-law be implemented in Bowman- ville arena. In defence of our request, Councillor Lyall took the opportunity to display his indifference to the Church by relating his knowledge of pornography in the town of Bowmanville and in so doing he created what las been described as "an atmosphere of discourtesy" to his fellow- men. I admire Councillor Ken's stand against pornography in this commuaity and now that he had brougî it to public attention through his position as a duly elected representa- tive of the people, he las my full support (and I feel sure the support of the Ministerial Association) in his endeavour to have this problem correct- ed. The Church does have something to say and do in this struggle against pornography. First, we proclaim that sex is good and the marriage bed undefiled; also chastity is a virtue - on the biblical ground of one man for one woman and, as a concession to a changed and troubled age, on the weaker ground of pru- dence. Secondly, we proclaim that censorship is not the answer. It places too much of a responsibility and control on our judicial system and law- yers who are asking for the public cooperation in a better understanding and control of human nature. Thirdly, be- cause of the close relationship of the Church to the home as well as in its own right, we the Church are obligated and indeed try to preserve good taste. Fourthly, we welcome every aid from critics whose judgment about the tawdri- ness of the "Church" is above suspicion. T e Church is ready and waiting to join forces with rignit-minded citizens in see- ing that the pornography infection is stopped at the source. Perhaps Councillor Lyall could take the lead and solicit support of concerned citizens in an effort to formu- late a control board on a municipal or regional level. It would be composed of a volunteer roup of profession- als as weIl as lnymen wifi representatives from the polit- ical arena. Such a board would seek out the best ways of attaining the goalo uncorrupted communit prestige would mean t would rarely have to re: legal action. Of course such board would be ot as vigorously as ar advocates of laws again sale of profane liter against body-rub par gambling and the like. I make no apolog defence for the Chr Church. It is clear abou it stands for and what against. It is for sex be married partners. It is a pornography as an ins sex and a debilitating fac the body politic. It is a filth speech as a mat good taste. What the C and its leaders need isa blood transfusion of the Spirit to enable us to be and our voices heard in areas along with thosec artistic, judicial and e tional world. We mus forces in a spirit of goodm a very small minorit opportunity to make1 profit from the debauchi our youth. N. 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I was indeed pleased to learn that the Canadian Sta- tesman lad won lionours as having the bes tfront page in its circulation class at the recent weekly newspaper con- vention in Toronto. The Canadian Statesman has always been recognized as the outstanding weekly news- paper in this part of the province and, certainly, I have appreciated the co-oper- ation I have receved over the years, through its columns. The paper is recognized as a major source of local informa- tion and comment which should be one of the most important roles played by a weekly newspaper. With sincere congratula- tions. Yours very fruly, Alex Carruthers, M.P.P. Durham. Editor's Note: a e blswith pride and apprecfijo-n _ R.R. 4, Bowmanville, Ont. LiC 3K5. March 4, 1975. Dear Sir: It was with deep shock that I listened to the announcement of Councillor Don Wearns pending resignation last night. As we both ran for the same office in 1973, and having watched the local council in of an action since, I feel qualified to y. Its offer an assessment of this hat it dedicated Public Servant, sort to from the outside. e, any Since Regional Govern- pposed ment's inception, Don has e the been one of the steadying îst the influences on local Council. As ature, lours, your statement in your open- ing paragraph: "Two local y or clergymen, trying to persuade istian council to keep the arenas t what closed on Sunday mornings,,.. t it is I clearly stated before council tween that this was not our intention, gainst nor of the ministerial. If, for ult to example, the town council ctor in wants to rent the arena to a gainst group of people, say from ter of Oshawa, that is council's 'hurch privilege. But what we object a new to is that organized sports are Holy held, such as hockey practice, e seen on Sundays prior to 1:30 p.m. these which is clearly contrary to of the by-law 1845. I read this by-law duca- to council which states that t join "The nublic Eames and soorts will to named in this by-law" (such y the as Bowling, Hockey, Baseball, great Basketball, Badminton, Skat- ing of ing, Billiards, as they are named in the by-law) "shall be subject to the following regulations and controls: (a) 7, 1975 Every such game or sport shall be conducted in an over- orderly cndhseemly manner. day's (b) No suci game or sport on the shall be commenced before tation half-past one o'clock in the I. do, afftemnoon. " on to T s is the town's by-law and we are asking that council lives up to it, or enforces this by-law. The reason why we asked council last week Mon- day to abide by this by-law is that some of the youth of our church families are deprived of the right to belong to a hockey team because they have fo be at hockey practice on Suaday mornings, and tiey just cannot lie tiere since fiey also want to be and are expected to be in church. Councillor Lyall is quoted la your article as saying "You say you worry about kids not comîng f0 churci because fiey are playing hockey.stise Let me make if clear firsf of all that these are Lyal's words, not mine, because I am personally not worried about that, nor are many other ministers. nTe kids n my churci, and in many others, do not belong to a hockey team which practices on Sunday, because their parents have taught them on the basis of God's Word that their first loyalty is to Christ and His Church, nad these parents enforce tht by simply no allowiag flicir chil dren f0 Chairman of the Public Works Committee, he was often called upon to make instant decisions, sometimes con- troversial, that others may havesbacked away from. I do nof say thnt I have agreed with 100 per cent of his stands, but I have to admire someone who can initiate actions, make decisions, and generally put out 100 per cent effort into the duties assigned him. If a man has to leave Public Office for any reason, exhaustion from total dedication has to be one of the most lionourable. Don's job has been a thankless one, ana tae 1own 0 INewcastie, especially Darlington, will miss him the more for it. He has lef t some mighty big shoes to fill, and it will take a better-than-average person to accommodate them. It is to be lioped Don can be persuaded to make a come-back for 1977. I would also like to add that, in relation to Regional Coun- cillors, local CouncillorsTare extremely underpaid. They are expected to carry the workload for the local town because it is assumed that tliey hiave more timie to devote f if. Te s is unfair, nd if we want full-time local council- lors, we sho'uld expect to pay them. Bowever, I av uretty sure tint they woud b e satisfied with their present salary, if Regional Council would adjust theirs accord- ingly. It is ratier dishearfen- ing f0 lbe getfing one third of the pay and.doing two-thirds of the work. I am not making excuses for Don, and I sympathize with him 100 per cent, but it is a shame to see one of the better men leaving Council at this time. I hope we shall see him back in the future. Yours very truly, James W. Robinson To the Editor: Last p.m. I viewed with great pleasure Noel Coward's belong to such a hockey team. What is therefore asked for is that the by-law be enforced so that these kids who go to church on Sunday also have the privilege to join a local hockey team. With the new Darlington Arena opened there should be enough time to practice during the week. Permit me to express my feelings about the response of council to our request, partic- ularly that of Councillor Ken Lyall. After I expressed the ministerial's concern, and explained our request, namely that council enforce the by- law, Councillor Lyall respond- ed by saying that the minister- ial should do something about "pornography or body rùb parlors, or gambling." That of course is a typical response of one who doesn't know how "Two Keys" at the O'Keefe Centre". The players were superb. The setting was dis- appointing to me after having seen and heard plays at our own B.H. where the acoustics are so good. Through the pleasure in the acting and the joy that Anne Baxter has weathered the years so beautifully kept creeping a sense of dis- appontment with the O'Keefe itself. It was my first time there and I had been prepared to be very impressea. Also, thbe early news today acquaints us with the fact that Anne Baxter's room was robbed of ten thousand dollars worth of jewellery during a 40-minute absence. She wore wonderful jewellery in the second play. I wonder if it was real and if it was that jewellery that was stolen. Doesn't exactly enhance the reputation of our old caption of "Toronto The Good," does it? Anyhow, it was a great night and wefl worth the seeing. Lt is well advertised and to the moment the tickets are not hard to obtain. Well satisfied with OUR Stage in BOWMANVILLE. Mary Morris. R.R. 3, Newcastle, Ontario. 28 February 1975. Dear Editor: Every time I open your newspaper Iread about the special privileges of certain members and groups in this messed up Region Govern- ment. A couple of weeks ago I read how D. Wearn had received fines for parking violations. I would like to hear from him how he comes to the conclu- sion that he does not have to, obey parking regulations like the average citizen. Secondly, in your last edi- tion I read about the secret to respond to the issue. A person who doesn't have a counter argument to what is presented, often resorts to, attacking the man who pre- sents the argument, which is what Councillor Lyall did. This is what we in logic call an argumentum ad hominem, an argument against the man, and not the issue. I did not bother to answer the council- lor, because a person who uses such tricks and antics is not worthy of an answer. I had expected a more reasonable and more gentlemen-like re- sponse from a town council- man. I am grateful, though, that council has been fit to adopt a motion to seek the advice of a solicitor on the interpretation of the by-law. Rev. Guy Corvers In the Dim and Distant Paàt 49YEARSAGO Thursday, March 11, 1926 whistling Jim asks if any- one remembers the school kept b yMiss Fairweather, situated at the foot of the hill now occupied bv the Bowling Club house. The Girls' Morning Hour of Trinity Church, present their annual concert on Monday evening in the school room with recitations by Misses Doris Bennett, Gertrude Hooper, Lilian Pritchard, Edith Morris, Helen Pritchard and Dorothy Tapson. Piano solos were rendered by Misses Kathleen Thurston and Eve- lyn Goddard. Miss lna Alli won a box of chocolafes for highesf score in three games, (472) in Oshawa, on Wednesday, bowling a- gainst the Oshawa Coca Cola girls. At the fifth consignment sale of Durham County Short- horn Assoc., held at Beith's waverly Stables, Bowman- ville, on Thursday, the follow- ing sales were made. Cyril Rundle, R.R. 2 Bowmanville, heifer $45. J. Leask and Son. Douglas Thompson, Brook- lin, heifer $170. J. Baker, Hampton. Sandy. Somerville, Orono, heifer $130. John Ba- ker. Jno. Miller, bull $11,5. F. Rickard, Newcastle. A. N. Robins, Leskard, bull, $95. Stanley J. Gray, Port Hope. Neil Carrutiers, uooourg, Dunî $90. Isaac Hardy. Found-in Bowmanville, workman's lunch satchel, ap- ply C. S. Hallman. Congratulations to Miss Lenore Quick, on passing lier Primary Theory Music Exam with 90 Percent. meeting held by the planning board. I have attended a meeting and I see why they would want them kept secret, but my reasoning would be for a differenf reason then theirs. These men are supposed to be working for the benefit of the town of Newcastle and if proposals are brought before hern that must be kept secret then I question the honesty of the proceedings. The next time they want to shut the doors I would appreciate a phone call; I wilI go up and make sure one member of the publie is there. Yours truly, Richard P. Bates M i M k M I M M N M Every year about this time, I turn a deep green, almost a turquoise shade, with pure, unadulterated envy. This is brought about by that fairly new occasion in school life known as "Winter Break." It is a week's holiday during March, in which the poor, ground-down students, near a state of total exhaustion from not doing their homework, skipping school, and sleeping at their desks, have a chance to recharge their batt t eries for the1terrible, gruelling term ahead, during which they will be worn to a frazzle from not doing their homework, skipping even more school because the weather is better, and falling in love because it's spring. It's not that I have anything against winter break as such, or holidays in general. Far from it. If I had my way, we'd also have a fall break and a spring break and school four days a week the rest of the time. My envy is churned up by the seemngly limitless opportunities the rotten kids have these days to see the world, something I have desired fiercely since I was about four, and have never been able to fulfill. You should hear the young blighters, in the classrooms and the corridors. "Hi, Liz. Where y' goin' winner- brake? We're go'na Greece." "Hey great. We're there lasyear. Snot bad. Lotta statutesnstuff. We got inna the wine. Terry puked all. overtha teach." "Hey, great. But wearya goin' this year. Yer nawgunna jis stay homen get mouldy, arya?" ' "Helno. I'm gonna Spain. Sounds great. Bullfighters and flamencos. Hey, whatsa flamenco? Trouble is, we got ole Droopy-Drawers anis wife for chaperones. and he allus wantsa goda museums an all that." "Yeah, tough. Oh well, he'Il be dead by ten o'clock anya can sneak outa the hotel and hit the vino joints ana bullfighters anall." "Ya. Rideon. Hay, javnee trouble geddin bread for your trip?" "Na. Worked three weeks last summer an saved twenty bucks, before they fired me. Tole the oleman iddus discrimination caws Ise bedder lookin than the head waitress. He bleeved me. Then I tole im Ise gonna goda Manpower an geddanother job. He bleeved me. Tole Manpower I wannad a job as a go-go-girl. They didden havnee. So he put up the other four hunnert. He allus wannada travel himself, poor 25YEARS AGO Thursday, March 9, 1950 A movement is afoot in the south of Darlington Towns ip to distribute the school more equitably among township residents In the past few years there has been a steady stream of families of urban workers to the rural areas. These families pur- chase small acreages which according to the present scheme of taxationcannot be taxed ln proportion to the services they receive. Farm- ers with no children are naving several hundred school dollars in school tax per year. Students of Mrs. Reta Du- ley, who successfully passed the Toronto Conservatory of Music Theory examination held in Bowmanvîlle were Grace Nicholson, Grade Ill Theory, honors, Eileen Spicer. Grade IL Theory, Marie Fer- guson, honors, Betty Gibson. honors. At the present time, the stock piles of coal in the local coal yards, are nearly exhau- sted, due to the soft coal strike by the miners. However, Mr. Owen Niçholas, one of three local coal dealers in town, is very optomistic about the situation. In aine games this year the Seniors have compiled a total of 312 points in B.H.S. basket- ball. Bob Gallagher 142, Row- lie Coombes 43, Frank Mohun 37, Jim Frank 34, Ralph Hills 7, Bernard Jones 17, Don Taylor 7, Ted Dadson 5, Don Stutt 5, Al Lobb 2, George Buchan 2. Hampton and Base Line Forums heard John M. James M.P. speak on his impressions of the House of Commons, on Monday. Members from Hampton included, Mrs. Boyd Ayre,-Mrs. Lloyd Broome, Mr. and Mrs. Ularence Tink, Mr. and Mrs. John Cruickshank, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tink, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crawford. ole slob. He never even godda cru the border." "Ya. Minesa same. He's alilus tokkion bout South See Islands anthat. Antha Depression. Antha war. Drag. Putt him on a south sea island with a coconut in one hand, a broad in the other, anna lagoon in front ofim, an he wooden know which to take a bite outa. Kinda sad. Hey, where's Timmynthem goin." "Oh, they're gonna Russia. Good deal. They goddan extra week offa school. Swurth the extra hundred bucks." Now, gentle reader, it's not as though our students actually talk like that. It's just that they sound as though they talk like that. And I guess you can see that the foregoing conversation reflects quite vividly my bitter envy of these young punks who take off for Moscow and London and Rome with about as much awe as we used to have if we were going to spend a Saturday night in -the nearest big town. Aside from those who are flying to faraway, exotic places that you and I have only dreamed of, there are others. Ask them what they're doing during winter break. Jim: "Oh, I'm jis gonna smash aroun in the snowmobile a iiddel an maybe hit the pubs a feW nights." The snow-mobile cost more than his father had saved in eight years for the first mortgage on his house. Jeff: "Well, a few of us are gonna Colorado to ski. Snot bad. Just three hunnertanady bucks for a week." This is just twice what his father earned a month when Jeff was born. So. Mixed with envy is a good solid streak of rage. Rage that I was born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in the wrong economic climate. It took me 21 years, and a lot of hard, cheap labor, and the risking of my life many times, to get out of this country and see some of the great cities of the worid, only to find them bleak and blacked-out. I've been busting my butt ever since, raising a family and paying off mortgages, too busy and too broke to travel. And yet . . . and yet . . .Ii almost sorry for these kids. It's 1i too easy. None of them can ever have the heart-thudding thrill I had when I first rolled into one of the great stations of London, England. And none of them can ever have the heart-thudding thrill I had as I rolled out of one of the great Berlin stations, the bombs falling happily behind me. ugard By Bill Smiley The Road to Travel POETS CORNER ONE MORNING PRAYER This mornine. mav I Drav Foir those who have neither time Nor inclination to share A few thoughts with You. For those who write or say words To inform, comfort, and lead, For those in the wards 0f illness, and the Healers, For those who teach our children For those who search, like a pilgrim. Those who must work in boredom Longing for the evasive freedom To follow an art so much. For the busy mother and farmer In partnership with You, For the musician and the clergy who minister And help so many or a few. God Bless these people, now! Bless especially, the feeble! And me too, I must prepare The family meal. Amen. - Marion Ford