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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 2, 1975 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT Let's Put it in Perspective A trail of death and destruction is now being blazed in Viet Nam---a country just twice the population of Canada. The amount cf aid being pumped into the beleaguered country is incredible. From January 1961, when the United States originally entered the war, more that 56,000 Americans have died. In terms of military aid, the United States has funneled $1.1 billion last year, and $700 million so far this fiscal year. In Cambodia, U.S. aid last year was $375 million and this year $275 million. Total cost of the war to-the U.S.A. up to the cease fire date in '73 was $140. billions. But in terms of human suffering the cost is incalculable. Thousands of refugees from Da Nang, South Viet Nam's second largest city, are packing the decks of ships arriving to transport stricken survivors to safety one hundred and sixty miles away at Cam Ranh Bay. Survivors and refugees alike are clinging to railings, hanging from smokestacks and packing the narrow decks, with no food and little water for 30 hours. It is believed that the fall of Saigon itself is now a foregone conclusion and if President Nguyen Van Thieu remains in office as President of South Vietnam there will be a complete loss of leadership and morale. People not intimately connected with the war tend to forget the human costs involved in a war this size. We complain about rising inflation and increased unemploy- ment at the same time, but our problems are laughable compared to those of the Vietnamese. The North Vietnamese offensive rolling southward to central Viet- nam is creating instant destruction, panic and an estimated two million refugees. How little our problems seem to us as we survey the tribulations of a far away little country this Easter week. F,-/,z1E1T VECRIEE5 - 32 DEÛREE$ o - It Works Both Ways A recent editorial in The London Free Press takes the Canadian Chamber of Commerce to task because of its statements before a parliamentary committee which was studying policies to be estab- lished in regard to competition in business. The Free Press says, "The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has a peculiar talent for undermin- ing its public credibility when it pronounces on issues of the day." The Chamber spokesman, addres- sing the committee, had defended the fight of a retailer to "double ticket" merchandize already on his shelves when a price increase is announced. To a point, the criticism of such a practice is justified. The law and public opinion agree that double ticketing constitutes a rip-off of the consumer. However, the editorial makes no mention of what should be done when the reverse situation is true. Is the retailer rot ustified in continuing to charge higher prices on his shelf stock, even though the wholesale price on his We lhve in an age of great change, comments The Wingham Advance Times. Public opinion has been cleverly marshalled to the causes of labor movements, farm organiza- tions, teachers' groups, senior citizens and native peoples. The one villain in the whole piece seems invariably to be the businessman. Everything he does has been brought under the harsh light to criticism. Perhaps the image of the busin- essman as a swindler comes from the exorbitant profits of a few national and international cartels, where a complex of interlocking business ventures is strong enough to control prices over a vast area. However, it should be borne in mind that most of Canada's business transactions are conducted by small firms which have no opportunity whatever to gain anything more than legitimate profits. Have you ever paused to think what would happen if all the small businessmen in the country got so fed up with the risks of investment, the multitude of government re- ports, the multi-levels of taxation and the criticism of their fellow- Canadians that they all said with one voice, "The hell with it!" Can you imagine the several millions of Canadians who would be instantly unemployed? Letters STACKED TEAMS R.R. 4, Port Hope, Ont. March 31, 1975. Dear Sir: On March 29th - the New- castle Pee Wee team (U.C.H. L.) went to Grafton to a Hockey Tournament. This was to be house league games. On losing our first game 3-2 against Colborne we had to play next against Orono Kins- men team. To show what good sports- manship the Orono team has - they stacked a team combin- ing the better players off two teams to make one team of top players. It seems the manager and coach of the Kinsmen team feel the name of the game is to Win!. Not to teach the boys that you do your best out on the ice even though you lose a few. Probably the first thought for many will be that we are just sore losers. This is not so, as our Pee Wee team kept trying their best all through the year even though they only won one game all during the season. The Newcastle team could have played dirt tactics too and played boys from the To The Editor O.M.H.A. team, but, their The average boy now a days coach and manager said no just doesn't seem to bave a and taught the boys that it crance 10 get better or learn isn't done this way - you are a proper sportsmanship. team as you are and just do Yours truly, Ken Gray your best. Meanwhile Back on the Ridge Most people at home teach Dear Editor: their children you do not cheat One of the doubtful joys of at things to win and try to country living is the extended rise them in doing so. So, bus rides our chiidren are what happens, you take them forcedto take to and from to an arena to play hockey and schooi each day. they play a team they know is Our kids leave the bouse at stacked and done so by adults 7:40, have a short walk, (or so called ones). They came hopefully a short wait, then a off the ice after the game one bour tour of the country, wanting to know how come the repeated in reverse at night. Orono team can cheat'and get Wbat ttey Iearn uuring away with it. This type of these two hours on a school thing really helps your teach- bus each day, or how it affects ing at home - right down the them, we can only guess. One drain. thing for sure, when theyget home after the nine bour day So Vic, if you help run things and after a cold lunch and a that way we need better help hurried breakfast, they are in the U.C.H.L. and you should ravenous. This bas led to early look into your coaches and dinners and long evenings. your managers. Get ones who Since Christmas, to over- will take their teams as they come the everlasting peanut are and not just top players as butter and jam sandwiches, the not so good players are not Daisy bas instituted the order going to learn staying home. of the snack. Wbat prepara- tion, what secrecy and what This seems to be getting a pride when the tiny chef fad, stacking teams every- distributes ber ufferîngs. Il wbere witc better players. may be anyting from toasted Non-Returnable Bottles and Cans The sale and use of non-returnable bottles and cans has been steadily increasing in Ontario and action must be taken now to reverse this trend. This will be done by providing the consumer with a choice of containers. I believe the average, concerned citizen will choose the returnable container, provided there is a choice. To promote the use of returnable containers the Ontario government has taken the following initiatives: a) the Garbage Coalition Group of environmental organizations have been asked to help us in this job of persuasion, b) On December 19, 1974, Environ- ment Minister William Newman presented to the legislature the Report of the Task Force on Solid Waste. This report's major recom- mendations have been accepted, almost in total. c) Mr. Newman has called upon the manufacturing and retailing industry to phase out the use of detachable flip-top or metal contain- ers for carbonated soft drinks and beer within 12 months time. d) In mid-March, representatives of the sof t drink industry were advised that significant visible progress must be shown within six months. If the industries fail to meet the 12 month schedule, legislation would be enacted to ensure the government's objectives are met. In specific terms, the government wants to see the following actions undertaken in order to achieve the objective of reducing the use of non-refillable containers. 1. All brands and package sizes of carbonated soft drinks stocked and sold by a retailer in Ontario must be offered for sale in refillable contain- ers. 2. The price imposed on these soft drinks must reflect the desireability of refillable bottles. 3. Convenience distribution and return systems must be reinstated to encourage consumer use of the refillable container. 4. The availability of the refillable container must be promoted by the industry. Speaking to the inaugural meeting of t e Waste Management Advisory Board this March, the Minister of the Environment asked the board to monitor the carbonated soft drink industry to ensure compliance. He also asked the board to examine te use :of non-returnable wine and liquor bottles with a view to bringing forward recommendations on how best to eliminate or reduce the number of such bottles ending up in the rovince's garbage dumps. Te Ontario government has backed its words with action. Re-introducing the returnable con- tainer to the grocer will cut down on waste generated. The government's Comprehensive Resource Recovery Program announced last fall, will accomplish the task of reclaiming the resources. Previously, munici- palities have either been burning or urving their waste. Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 121 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Irdependent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario LIC 3K9 JOHN M. JAME Editor- Publishe S r GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. % DONALD BISHOP ,Plant Mgr. "Copyright and-or property rights subsist in the image appearing orthis proof. Permission to reproduce in whole or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by photographic or offset process in a publication, must be obtained from the publisher and the printer. Any unauthorized reproductionwil be subject fo recourse in law." $8.00 a year - 6 months $4.50 strictly in advance Foreign -$10.00 a year Although every precaution will be taken to avoid error, The Canadian Statesman accepts advertising in its columns on the understanding that it will not be liable for any error in the advertisement published hereunder unless a proof of such advertisement is requested in writing by the advertiser and returned to The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the advertiser and with such error or corrections plainly noted in writing thereon, and in that case if any error so noted is not corrected by The Canadian Statesman its liability shall not exceed such a portion of the entire cost of sucheadvertisement as the space occupied by the noted error bears to the whole space occupied by such advertisemenit. A TRIBUTE TO 50 YEARS OF THE UNITED CHURCH by Elgin R. Taylor Fifty years of service. Fifty years of song. Fifty years to teach the right. Fifty years to tackle wrong. Fifty years to live with others And share what other know. Fifty years of God's great power, The way a church should grow.- Af ter years of careful planning, Amid prophesies, "It can't be done", And floods of bitter carping Over what to give and take, Men worked with zeal and fortitude To perfect plans they had begun. Then, in June of 1925, They thought the time had come To carry out the plans they made. So the United Church of Canada was formed. The lans fulfilled, the red tape seorn, Congregationals, Presbyterians, Methodists Were fused together as one. A few Presbyterians, and others, Declared to go alone. The rest worked side by side To make the United Chruch God's throne. Great works have been accomplished; Grave mistakes have been made. But leaders with high hopes and courage Have made the Church a living Church, And many souls for Christ have been saved. And with true co-operation, With a single goal in view, And giving of the best we have, The Church can grow and prosper And spread God's love and trust, anew. We must strive to heed Christ's message, That so many years ago He told. And remember Christ's great promise: "Lo I am with you always". Then the Church can be a pillar To serve and shelter young and old. THE CHURCH by Elgin R. Taylor The Church must have foundations The storms of time can't move. And with faith of God's great power, The rock, His boundless love. It must have strengtn and courage To fight the wars of sin; With zeal and trust to conquer And, fight and plead and wn. The Church must have true purpose, And strive to make it stand. Loose sands of indecisions Can wreck the best-laid plans. It must not just stay dormant, And live upon its past, But aim for mankind souls; With Christ-like lives, hold fast. The Church is just the followers Who live within its folds, With loyal hearts and true thoughts, God's love and trust to hold. They must not faint or falter When pressed to do the right, But trust in God's rich romise; And fear not for the fig t. (Tune: Aurelia) GIVE THANKS AND REJOICE by Elgin R. Taylor Oh let us all give thanks to God For all His wondrous love; For giving us His precious Word And guidance from above. The Bible it does give great strength To those who love and trust; And giving help for other's need, Sharing our talents thus. Then let us all just thai k the Church It has, through ages past, Spread messages of joy and truth In deeds and acts that last. Let us give thanks for saints of old Who, through dark trials and war, Have spread the love of Christ our King Through all the days of yore. Let us go forth with hearts aglow, With faith and spirits high, To carry on the gospel's truths And love and trust inspire. Then let us all rejoice and sing, With heart and soul and voice. Sing praises to our God on high. Rejoice, I say. Rejoice! Tune: St. Agnes In the Dim and Distant Past 49 Years Ago Thursday, April 1st, 1926 Whistling Jim asks if you remember when W. Adams was coachman for Mrs. John Burk, Scugog Street, and drove her around in a hi seated carriage and a hande some span of bays? The cadet officers for B.H.S. elected were, C.O. Clinton Caverly, Sr. Lieut., Kenneth Switzer, Lieut., Jim Devitt, Sgt. Major, Stu. Candler, Sgts., Bob Clarke and Archie MacDonald. Inspection date is May 13th. Hampton Dramatic club presented its play, "Mother O' Mine", under the auspices of the Sioux Tuxis Square, on March 23rd, in Trinity Sunday School Room. Between acts Miss Mildred Souch, accom- panied by Mr. Jack Kent rendered vocal solos, which were heartily encored. In the Editor's Mail ýýDeartSir: (act and the regulatio 03 Dear Sir: (146-9) The strike by Ottawa Sec- In behalf of "the exasp ondary School teachers tO ed silent majority" of On back their demands for a 40 parents and taxpayers, Iu 3-per cent hike is, of course, a that you call on the teache gross violation of the duties of return to their classroom teachers as defined in the once or face dismissal f Ontario Education Act. The wholesale dereliction of d Act states (229-1-a-c): Meantime, let an a "It is the duty of a teachers, generation that was rais (a) to teach diligently and regard the teaching prof es cheese pizzas, cake hot from faithfully the classes or sub- with a respect borderine the oven or jello with whipped jects assigned to him by the awe, take note thats cream, etc. depending on the principal; (b) to encourage arrogant, high-handed ta age and experience of the the pupils in the pursuits of by teachers reflect the dis cook. In fact, the snack has learning; (c) to inculcate by in which they hold the pu become the highlight of the prece pt and example respect The good manners and de day. for religion and the principles cy of parents is being exç Each night about six, there of Judaeo-Christian morality ed by such teachers w. is a whispered consultation and the highest regard for actions degrade their pr with their mother, then from truth, justice, loyalty, love of sion and set a barb seven till zero hour at eight, country, humanity, benevo- example for our children. the younger ones who can not lence, sobriety, industry, fru- If the teachers won't fi yet tell time keep asking every gality, purity, temperance their duties, you trus 10 minutes 'What time is it?' and all other virtues." better do yours! There is seldom any left, Furthermore the Act re- Sincerely however, if you want to take a quires that "Every Board Ken Campbell chance, please drop in any shall . . . ensure that every Chairman night about erght. school under its charge is Ontario Renaissance Yours truly, Sandy conducted in accordance with Committee. k ~Sugaran Spc and By Bill Smiley Im by BILL SMILEY This column is being written in considerable pain. It is caused by one of three things, but I haven't time to see a doctor because I have to write my column. So don't be surpriseci it it breaks ot in te middle. It's a sharp, biting pain in the chest. But don't worry, gentle reader. It only hurts when I cough, laugh, blow my nose or take a deep breath. Possibly it's a heart attack, which seems to be the current fad among my peers these days. I hope it's not, because I dislike chasing after popular trends. On the other hand, it may be an attack of pleurisy. I have a cough like a lion, and am spewing oysters into tissues, toilet paper and the snow, depending on when the fit strikes me. A third possibility is that I twisted a muscle in my chest yesterday when I fell on a ski slope and decided to plow the last 50 yards with my nose, winding up in a contortion of limbs that would have made Houdini green with envy. Personally, I subsçribe to the third theory, mainly because it makes me seem like a clean-living chap, and secondly because I don't like the sound of the other two. Each is a bit fraught. At any rate, this ominous - or sill - little pain OUCH! (I just sneezed) has made me give serious thought to a topic that is all the rage these days - corporal punishment in our schools. It's almost as popular as capital punishment for criminals, and is even more widely discussed, for, while criminals make up a compar- atively small segment of our society, rotten kids are always there in great numbers. Usually, the business of beating kids is seen in black and white. On the one hand, you have the fundamentalists, who go back to the Bible with that old chestnut, "S are the rod and spoil the child." These people forget that several of the disciples were fishermen, and that what this particular one meant was, "If you don't let the kid use your spare rod once in a while. he'll grow up to be a lousy angler.' On the other side are the other crazies: psychologists, who think a kid who is thumped will be warped for life; mothers who read articles by psychologists; and former child- beaters who are now school princi- pals. And in between, as usual, are all the confused, decent and sensible people like you and me and the Moderator of the United Church of Canada, who thinks the strap should be brought back. Both the extreme camps, of course, are full of crap. In the first ,ons." erat- tario urge rs to ns at or a uty. dult ed to ssion tg on such ctics dain blic. cen- ploit- hose ofes- aric ulfill tees group, we have people who were whipped unmercifully when they were kids, and by some weird type e , logic, now claim it was goodfor them. They can hardly wait for a chance to get tineir own bacx. And in the second group are all the other people who were whipped unmercifully when they were kids and are trying to prove that that is what made them queer ever since. I despise both groups, and wili stick with the great mass in the middle. Most of us were whipped, at one time or another, but not unmercifully, and we deserved every stroke of the hairbrush, skelp of the yardstick, and swish of the willow-switch. It didn't warp us, psychologically or physically. It taught us something about the society we woulct De nving in - that there are certain limits, and if you transgress them, you take your licks. My mother used to work over my kid brother and me about onee a week, whether we needed it or not. She used a fly-swatter, which has a sting like a scorpion, or a yardstick, if we got under the bed, and the fly-swatter wouldnt reach. It did us no harm whatever, and probably saved her sanity. The same brother and I were in the same class in school, and once a week our teacher, Old Mary Walker, would give us a good strapping, along with a buddy, G.G. Relyea. We thought the world of her. The strappings stung, but once in a while, we'd jerk back our hand and she'd hit herself a good crack on the thigh, which doubled the number on each hand but raised our status in the class. There are only two reasons for a teacher to use a strap: 1) he or she is a poor teacher, and 2) to add a little drama. to the monot .ny of the classroom. A word to the bleeding-hearts. There are a lot more insidious ways to warp a child's personality than physical punishment. The real sadists of the classroom, and they are few, thank goodness, are those who use personal harassment, hectoring, and sarcasm. These can do far more permanent damage- than a good thump. Naturally, my sympathies in this affair are with the teacher. I have no time for the bully. The teacher with strength of character has few discipline problems. But what about the sensit young lady teacher who asks a loit to do something, and he says: "Screw you"? So the punk gets a -"suspension" for a few days (translation: holi- day). If I had the say, I'd turf him out of school for a year, and let his parents put up with him. It would serve both parties right. Report From Queen's Park By Alex Carruthers, M.P.P. POETSCORNER 25 Years Ago Thursday, March 30, 1950 Manager George Moody of the Bank of Montreal an- nounced the transfer to the local branch of William John Crawford, from St. Johns, Newfoundland. Jack Eastaugh, superinten- dent of the Boys' Training Schools in Bowmanville and, Galt, was elected President of the Bowmanville Rotary Club on Friday. Lloyd McRobbie, who lives two miles north of Bowman- ville, dropped a tightly capped peanut butter bottle contain- ing a note iving lis name, address an phone number, into Soper Creek, on February 8th, on Tuesday he received a phone call from Mrs. Muckle of Whitby, who had picked up the bottle in Lake Ontario. = CEý51U-5-