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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 9, 1975 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT The Family Cradle Of Law Our thanks to Mrs. L. C. Snowden, Maple Grove, for sending along a clipping she found among some Women's Institute papers from 1964. In view of conditions today, we wonder if most of these methods apply today. The article follows: "Hugh Christie, warden of Can- ada's largest prison, said five years ago in an address to a Management Association that his institution is filled with spoiled children." "Commissioner George B. McClellan of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police put it this wav when addressing the Empire Club in Toronto: "It is not juvenile delin- quency I want to speak about - it is parental delinquency - because, in my humble opinion, the group which is creating the most troubles I have referred to is, for the most part, a product of irresponsible homes and irresponsible parents. I think the trouble begins in the home, and ultimately it w:ill have to be corrected in the home." "Very often,'said the Commis- sioner, "I have heard the cry of an anguished or bewildered parent, "How did my child get to be this way?" Well, the seed for good or evil is in all of us, and the fruit of it depends on its cultivation." "Obviously these experienced speakers believe that it is better to prevent the problem of delinquency from arising rather than to invoke the law to cure its effects. Rules for raising misfits "Instead of giving the usual catalogue of virtues to be cultivated, Commissioner McClellan sharpened his lesson by listing ten effective methods to use so that a child will become an antisocial misfit: "(1) Do not have any rules for child behaviour or obedience in the home. This will ensure that the childl has no clear concept of right or wrong. "(2) If you have any rules, enforce them intermittently. Ignore them when you are in good humor and knock the kid silly if he breaks the rules when you are tired and out of sorts. This will confuse him thor- oughly. He won't know what is expected of him and vill eventually resent al discipline. "(3) Air your domestic disputes right out in front of the children, preferably with a little name-cal- ling. This will ensure that he has no respect for either of 'his parents. "(4) Never give a childany chores or regelar duties around the home. This will convince him that you and the world own him a living, without effort on his part. "(5) If he is disciplined at school, always go to the school and tear a strip off the teacher or the principal in front of the child. This'will create an excellent contempt for authority at any level. "(6) Later, when he has trouble with the police, which is most likely, bawl out the officer, or, better sti1, the Chief, being always sure to refer to the 'dumb cop'. This procedure will earn the c hild a diploma in contempt for authoritv. "(7) When you are out driving with the family, exceed the local speed limit, but slow down when you see a police car. Be sure to speed up as soon as the police car is out of sight. This will show the child that the law is to be observed only if there is any danger of being caught. "(8) If you are stopped by the police for speeding, and you are speeding, always deny flatly that you were exceeding the speed limit. Make a big fuss over it. Your child will then know that cheating and lying are acceptable procedures. "(9) If you have managed to chisel a few dollars on your income tax, be sure and tell the family at the dinner table that night how smart you are. This should convince the youngsters that stealing is all right if you can get away with it. "(10) Never check up on where your youngsters are in the evening. Never mind what time they get home. Never, never try to learn anything about their friends. This one is almost sure fire. "These suggestions of the wrong way to raise children to be decent citizens were made by the man who, of all others in Canada, because he is head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, knows most about what enters into the making of lawbreak- ers." Cancer Battle Continues Canadians have every right to be proud of the cancer research program in this country as well as the availabie treatmèntfácilities, One should remember that the battle against cancer is of such a nature that one measures progress in terms of what has happened over a number of years rather than a number of days, weeks or months. It is thirty-six years since the Canadian Cancer Society was estab- lished. At that time a surgeon had no heart-iung machine, no plastic prostheses to use as replacements for great vessels and other parts of the body, no blood banks, no abtibiotics. The radiologist used relatively low voltage x-rays and, if lucky, had one or two grams of radium which he called a radium bomb. He knew little about dosage. Hle had not heard about Cobalt 60, of the Betatron or of the Linear Accelerator. He knew little of the possibilities of high voltage radia- tion from any source. The physician had no chemo- therapeutic agents. The Pap smear Mother Nature Sooner or later, Mother Nature usually lets us know just who is boss around good old Canada and even many oarts of the United States. And she certainly did that last week much to the dismay of most of the iniabitants. It viii still be a while before we recover completeiy. In this area that normally isn't considered a snow belt, there was an unusual accumulation of the white stuff, aided and abetted by strong winds that flled most of the sideroads and made driving hazard- ous even on the well kept and plowed major roads. It would have been bad was not yet known. Cancer detection' prrograms of any kind were non- existant. Treatment agencies in Canada were either non-existant or in their infancy. In this country, less than $10,000 a year was being spent on laboratory or clinical research in cancer. That figure has grown to more than $5 million. Now there are more sophisticated detection methods. Radiation, sur- gery and chemotherapy have made treatment of the cancer patient safer and more effective. Clinical trials on new techniques, new compounds and new approaches are being conducted. Chemical carcin- ogenic agents are being tested and eliminated from the environment. This program costs a great deal of money. It comes from one main source - the Canadian public. When a canvasser of the Canadian Cancer Society calls on you during the April campaign, be generous. Remember how far we have come in the struggle against this disease. Re- member how much farther we need to go. Wins Again! day, but when it stretched into two days and then contintued blowing and drifting, there was no keeping up with it. On Monday, there was still a considerable amount of snow a- round, piled high on the shoulders of country roads and slushy wherever you went.. All of which goes to show that Mother Nature realizes it's Inter- national Women's Year and she decided, she should make her presence felt and show those male chauvinists a thing or two. And she certainly did just that. Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 121 yearsago in'1854 Also lncorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62.66 King St. W., Bowmanvilie, Ontario LIC 3K9 C+CNA JOHN M. JAME Editor- Publishe S r GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. 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Letters To The Editor 60 Mearns Ave., Bowmanville, Ont., April 3, 1975 Dear Editor: As a teacher I would like to respond to Mr. Campbell's letter to "The Statesman" (April 2). I would like to begin by saying that Mr. Campbell, like so many other taxpayers, is over-reacting to present "exhorbitant" wage demands being made by teachers. I agree that a forty per cent hike does seem quite hefty at first glance. Let's stop and consider for a moment. Many teachers, teaching for the various Boards throughout Ontario, are not living as "high" as some would have us believe. Many of us have spent at least four years after high school pursuing an expensive and time-consuming univer- sity degree. Many, like my- self, after two years of successful teaching, continue to make under $9,000. Even with a 40 per cent increase (unlikely in some areas), that would only mean a $12,000 annual income. Respected-but ragged! Yes, some may think $12,000 is outrageous considering the "short" working hours. A 9 to 5 job? Forget it! In my past two years, I have NEVER failed to put in a 60 hour work week. Sound unbelievable? Add up the hours after school preparing good lessons for 5 Reading groups, 5 Math groups, 5 Spelling groups. Try working weekends to gather and prepare learning mat- erials for units in the content areas (e.g. Social Studies) This doesn't include time devoted to preparing and marking pupil activities, tests, etc. Many of us spend our own time (not compulsory under law) talking with parents about their child's academic and behavioral problems. we are also expected to prepare and attend Home and School meetings on our own time. This list could go on and on. Enough said. Many people continue to ask: "But where is the quality in education today?" It s still there. It's still being carried out by teachers who still care about children. Many taxpay- ers like Mr. Campbell should start visiting our schools to get a better look of what's going on there. I am just sick of the whining that is constantly going on about our "unjust wage de- mands. It seems to me that Mr. Campbell and others want a continuance of high quality education in our schools. However, they don't see fit to pay ade uately for services rendered. Mr. Campbell accuses teachers of "arrogance" and "high-handedness" in con- tract negotiations. Perhaps he is right. School boards and Tory provincial governments have taught US well. Sincerely, Douglas Piper 7 Victoria St. Bowmanville, Ont. April 2,1975 Dear Mr. James: I would like to share this letter with you and the readers of the Canadian Statesman. I sincerely hope that its content will be of some help to Varents, present and future. hen we consider the vices of our present society, we need to be very careful as to what our children are being exposed to, seeing that they are the citizens of tomorrow. Just recently, while listen- ing to Radio Station C.B.N. Ithica, N.Y. a letter was read. It was written by a minister of the Gospel to a Christian friend who was living behind the Iron Curtain. Its content was as follows: "M heart goes out to you and with many other Christian friends, l'Il ray for your deliverance ofthat evil op- pression that you and your Christain brothers and sisters have to endure. We, in the free world, will remember you daily in pryer that freedom will soon be yurs." God will keep you, Your Brothers and Sisters in Christ. A short time later this reply was received to the above letter. My Dear Brothers: Thank God we are His children! Yes! Because of this evil o ppression we need to dependupon God for our daily needs and He supplies us daily as we grow, not only in wisdom, ut also in numbers. However, my Brothers, re- ports are coming to me through secret channels which cause me great distress. May I ask you a question? How free my Brothers is your freedom??? I hear that you and your children are bein bombarded with harmfut dru s, pornographic material sol and displayed in many of your stores, even at the eyelevel of children; uncon- trolled T.V. programs that are filled with murder and im- morality; your children are being taught God is not the Creator of "the world and they that dwell therein," they are disrespectful of the very sayings of our Lord. O piease, my Brothers and Sisters in the, so called "free World". How free are you? It is even more hurtful to hear that these things happen with your consent, fr I hear that very few complain. How free are you of this evil oppres- sion? Please, niy Brothers, shed your tears for yourselves and your children. Our prayers are with you al. Your Brother in Christ People of Bowmanville and area! Where do y ou stand? Is it on the side of evil oppres- sion, or on side of freedom which only God can give through Jesus Christ our Lord? As Christians, we must believe that "there is only one God, who is infinitely perfect - the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of all things." That being of all that we claim to possess, surely our most precious possessions are our children. Let us guard them well. Guard them against all that is evil and destructive to them either in body, mind or soul. The Scriptures remind us in 1 Thessalonians 4:7 that "God has not called us unto unclean- ess, but unto holiness." Christ- ians everywhere, Stand up for Jesus! Stand up for Christian standards and principles. Let iiir I l- us make our soci where our childre healthy in body, soul. Let's stand u of service to Go kind, for whom J willing to die. Ma y God Ble Mrs. .J. VanH Dear Sir: The Durham R< culosis and Resp ease Association the completion o programming an take this opportun tribute to all new reporters, who ha such excellent ce ing this past ye photographs and ports. As it is a volunte tion, it means a g be able to keep tf ship, as well as public, continuous through the colu press. Also a specia gratitude to our who assist with ou Seal Campaign a programs. Wîthou organization coul sibly function effi As president of izati1n, I wish t< each and every n and all volunteers. thanks for you service and suppo Yours since Hazel V. Jewell Presidei Durham Regio Associati Dear Editor: Please may I gratitude to the readers who hav express apprecia poems. Thank yo expert communic Statesman! It's l from home! Marion Ford (M 690 Cosburr toronto,C Dear Editor: Many area Witnesses have just returned from a weekend gathering in their newly build Assembly Hall, Norval, one mile west of Mississauga Road on Highway 7. The program was highlight- ed Sunday afternoon with the ublic talk, "Stand Still and ee the Salvation of Jehovah," which was given to an audience of 1332 by Keith R. McCann, District Overseer of Jehovah's Witnesses for East- ern Canada. Mr. McCann brought out that mankind is rightfully concerned about the future. Global problems are appar- ent but this wicked system wili not collapse as a result of its own weighty problems -- overpopulation, famine, pollu- tion, international wars. The end will be at God's hand. He told the Witnesses to keep close in mind the day of Jehovah, (2 Peter 3:11-13) and to look ahead to God's Kingdom as the only hope for mankind. There were 16 new Witness- es baptized. Yours truly, A. Hoskin, Bowmanville Congregations of Jehovah's Witnésses. April 1, 1975 Blackstock, Ont. R.R. 2 Dear Editor: Well, the Hockey Season is over for the Rangers. They didn't win any tropby on display. But a big hand to George Legere and Fred Janssens for patience and kindness shown to my boy and filling a boy's dream of playing hockey and the delight of his family watching him play whenever it was possible. It's great that we have men lilke George Legere and Fred Janssens who take time from their wôrk and other activities in coaching boys. To us it was more than a trophy on display. It is a happy memory for ever. Thank you Mr. Legere and Fred Janssens. Yours Truly, Mrs. Irene Vani Dam rery a pace en can grow Dear Ed mind anditr nited ad Over 30,000 Boy Scouts will i t a d au plant a m illion a d a haîf 1trees din the 1975 "Trees for Canada" esus was so projeet. The projeet will help ss you, beautify Canada and provide a ss you, leinngen future resource for allé Can- einingen adias. Nearly a million frees will be plauted on eue thousand egion Tuber- acres in Ontario, accerdiug te iratory Dis- Judge CO. Bick, Presideut of is nearing the Provincial Council for f its 1974-75 Ontario. "This roject is d wishes to desigued te give a members ity of paying of Seouting the te spapers and actively demontratetKei ve given us interest and couceru for the verage dur- Canadian enviroument", ar both Iby Judge Bick said. printed re- To ensurethat the trees will he plauted with a maximum er organiza- chance of survival, local reat deal te Couneils have arranged for ah he member- participants te receive practi- the general cal training in conservation ly informed lly nfomedand reforestation fromi local mns of the foresters. .Judge Bick poiuted eut that .l word of "Trees for Canada" is also volunteers a id raisiug projeet for'local .r Christmas Councils .The funds raisedwil] nd all other be used te help further ut them oûr seoutiug iu the commuuity, te d not pos-develop the provincial Lead- ciently. ers' Training Cetre at Acton, this organ-(Otario, promote outdoor o extena te scouting and meef local ews media, needs Soe of the mouey , our humble raised will be used te support r splendid Operation Amigo, au inter- )rt. national program of Canadian rely, Scouting designed to help five (Mrs. A.) Seuth Americancounfries ntadapt Scoutiug temet their STB-RD needs. ion . Each boy participatiug in the projeef will be exp,,ected te April 3, 1975 plant 50-100 trees. The major- ity of trees being plautedi are express my pu, white pine, red pine, oughtful black poplar and silver maple. e written toeBeore each tree plauting day, tion of my eaeh Scout will seek finaucial u for all the pledges from the cemmnity. ation in The "Each householder will be like a letter contacted by ouly eue Cub)or scout", said Judge Bick. "-We Irs. R.W.) hope that people will reMem- n Ave. ber this when they make their ut. predges." NEW GOODYEAR NAME A change of corporate name from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada, Limited to Goodyear Canada Inc. became effective April 1, following ratification by the sharehol ders at fheir annual meeting in Toronto. w. -MA M M I M I N N M M In the Dim and Distant Past 49 Years Ago Thursday April 8,1926 Honor Roll for March - Teacher Miss Minnie M. Jennings, Room 2, Jr. IV, George Weeks, Evelyn God- dard, Florence Donoghue, Roy Lunney, Joseph Barton, George Ives, Norah Hayward, Bruce Cameron, Marion Lyle, Marion Leggett. Miss Edna E. Jewell, tea- cher, Room 8, Sr.II - Russell Hayes, Robert Kent, Christina Crombie, Betty Tamblyn, Jack Lunney. Whistling Jim asks if you remember when Corporal Hobbs, janitor of the Union School, used to tell stories of the wars in India and show the silver plate in his skull, he wore as a resuit of a wound received in service. Ron Hooper, Ted Clarke, Lawson Kirkton, Reg West- nutt and Maurice Prout were made members of the Micmac Camp at an impressive invita- tion ceremony held at the Recreation Room through the kindness of Sioux Tuxis Square. Miss E.E. Haycraft as representative of Sub. Divi- sion No. 5 for Central Ontario, attended a meeting of the Board of Federated Women's Institute in Toronto on Tues- day. Mr. Wilmot Scott and f amily of Wiorton, left Thursday for Bowmanville, where he has purchased a barbering busi- ness. 25VearsAgn Thursday, April 6, 1950 The'new owners of the Cream of Barley Tourist Camp, Mrs. Shirley Connell and er son Keith, of Union- ville, announced this week, that Mr. and Mrs. Frank Belbin, will be the new managers of the Cream of Barley. Mrs. Connell is a cousin of the late James L. Morden. Kinsmen Club Charter night will be held in the Badminton Hall, Bowmanville, on Tues- day, April 18. Dr. and Mrs. Allan F. McKenzie, Orono, left Toronto airport on Sunday for a two week's vacation in Tampa, Florida. Friends of Major Thomas G. Breck, of Burketon, were shocked to hear of his tragic drowning in the Indian Ocean. He and Mrs. Breck left just before Christmas on a sailing trip around the world. Hampton Ladies Service Club held a successful card party, on Wednesday, March 29, when $33.40 was raised and presented to the fund for fire protection equipment. The fund also received a donation of $100 from Deputy Reeve Roy Nichols. Miss Muriel Stevens, Miss Margaret Farmer and Mr. Vern Goheen, participated in the evening service at Mark St. United Church, Peter- borough on Sunday. They were accompanied by Miss Shirley Anti , Messrs. Ron Brooks, Ron Munro and George Mundy. Sugar and j By Bill Smiley A Fall Marks Winters End Around here, it's one of those grand end-of-March days, with the sun pouring down, the air positively balmy (about 40 degrees), the defeated snow slinging grimly to the shadowed corners, and that lovely smell of rotten earth that precludes spring. If it were fall, of course, and the temperature were the sanie, we'd be saying: "By, George! Nippy enougti, ain't it. Looks like winter's not far off." But at this time of year, the weather is more a state of mind than a matter of temperature, and all across the land Canadians go slightly hysterical with the jubilant certainty that once more they have -ade it through that masochist's delight - a Canadian winter. With the first relaxing of those icy tentacles, we go a bit haywire. Rubbers are kicked into a corner. Sweaters and scarves are hurled into closets. Babies are plunged into prams. And we all come down with a spring cold that is only slightly worse than the vicious one we nursed ail winter. Typical example. This morning was garbage day. Just because the sun was shining and it wasn't snowing, I nipped out in my pajamas and slippers to deposit the plastic bags. It was a trifle nippy, but the sun was shining and there was that ineluctable essence in the air. I winked at a sexy squirrel in the cedar tree. I made a V-forVictory sign at Old Sol. I hallooed at a beautiful crow. I stopped to stroke the cat, who was lying in the mud, basking. And I've been sneezing and blowing ever since. No matter. Winter is over. Those long black nights and those short white days are gone for another six months, and, as far as I'm concerned, fil! up the bowls and let joy resign unconfined. Usually, we straggle into spring with nothing more hilarious than a slight lessening of despair, but this year the old lady and I ended winter with a gallant fillip. Some would call it a flip. As you know, if you are keeping up with the social news, we "took up" cross-country skiing this spring. Most people take up sports during the season, but we don't operate that way. As I recall, we took up golf in tne tai, arter te leaves naci egun to tumble. Anyway, we took to skiing like a cat takes to nip, and in no time we were arguing about what kind of wax to use (we have two kinds, red and black) and clumping around in our boots like real skiers. Our timing was perfect. On what turned out to be the last day of skiing for the season, we took a shot at a hill. Or maybe it was the other way around. It was a long, straight hill: no trees, no rocks, nothing that a capable six-year-old couldn't handle with both hands in his pockets. We were certainly polite enough. It was: "You go first, you're the man." And: "No, no, dear. Ladies first, you know." As usual, I was outmanoeuvred, I steeled myseif with recollections of driving a bicycle head-on into a cow during an English black-out, of diving into a hell-fire of German anti-aircraft fire. I took off. One thing I dislike about skiing is that there are no brakes. You can't even drag your feet. Well, sir, the only way I can describe my descent of that siope is hell-bent. Squatting like a kangaroo in labor, eyes rolling, I went down there at what I reckon was about 140 mph. And I made it. No ignominious tumble. No splits. Thirty feet from the end of the run, all danger behind, I straightened up, waved one ski-pole nonchalantly and turned my head to see if The Chicken was impressed. Just then the snow, with unbeliev- able crust, rose up and smote me a mighty smite on the head. My cap flew off. I knew I wasn't in hell, but I sure felt bent. I lay there, quietly uttering words I haven't heard since my Dad used to go down and beat the coal furnace with a shovel. I heard a scream. "At least she knows I'm dying," I thought bitterly. "Boy, is she going to be sorry for some of the things she said to me, over the years." Then I heard another scream. "Bill, get out of the way! I'm going to run over you!" Wrenching my broken neck around, I looked uphill. There was a dark figure flying toward me. It looked like a witch, but it was riding two broomsticks, instead of one. Then the broomsticks began to part, in what seemed slow motion, and I knew the witch was going to split right up the middle unless the nightmare ended. It did. I woke up. The witch was dead. One broomstick pointed straight in the air. The other was pointed back up the hill. There was silence. Then: "Are you all right?" And: "I don't know. Are you?" And: "I dunno. I think I'm gonna cry." (Th was me). Boy, am I glad it's spring, and there's no more skiing until Decem- ber. But skiing certainly tones you up. I can now touch my toes with no problem at all. I use a yardstick. And my wife can knit like a demon with one hand. She got good at it while her left arm was in a sling.