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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 4, 1975 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT We Need Gun Control by Bill Arnott After an incident last week at Brampton Centennial High School which resulted in three people dead and 14 injured, the federal govern- ment is considering a stricter form of gun control. I would like to know why we tolerate guns at all. The Davis government is concerned about the so-called permissive society, yet I never heard of anyone dying of such activity. Guns serve only one purpose and that is to kill. The incident at Brampton should never have happened for the simple reason, that the student who walked into the school with two guns should have found it next to impossible to obtain such weapons. It might be said that other ways could be found to enact such tragedies. However, that is no reason to condone the availability of such useless, and uncontrollably powerful weapons as guns. My experience with guns, which is somewhat limited, did make one indelible impression on me. I made myself familiar with the mechanics of aiming and shooting a 12-gauge shotgun. Bracing the gun against my shoulder so as not to suffer the kick of the gun as it discharged, I took aim at a heavy wooden box about 100 It's Hard to We've just picked up the morning papers with the headlines screaming about the bribery and corruption at Montreal airport. Sub-headlines of smaller stories continue to tell about the spread of tainted meat by suspected criminals. It's enough to rock your sanity first thing in the morning. What is going on in this fair Canada of ours? Is the place being taken over by organized crime? Fortunately, those are only the spectacular stories that naturally make the headlines. When they don't make headlines, it's time to start worrying. In contrast to them, we've seen so many good things happen recently that they sort of balance out. On Saturday at Oshawa Civic auditorium, we watched several hundred young people participate in an impressive graduation ceremony for Durham College. They and others like them all over the country represent the future of this country, because they have completed their basic education and will now be heading into the business and professional world to establish their career. They were as fine a group of proud citizens as one could see anywhere and they will have the integrity, the ability and the yards away. The gun was loaded with buckshot. I squeezed the trigger, there was a loud noise and nothing. The box I aimed at didn't move and there was no sign of any damage. I figured I had missed, being my first attempt. A closer examination of the box showed that the shot had penetrated clean through the box so fast that it didn't move ... some achievement! The reason I was learning to shoot a shotgun was to kill a bear which was destroying my bee hives. However, the bear could have been taken care of by more technical means ... a live trap made from a culvert ... various devices to scare him off ... etc. However, back to my point, why do we need guns ... to shoot food ... to protect our property . . . to feel a little braver because we don't have a black belt in Karate ... I don't think so. Doesn't anyone find something designed for the purpose of killing, obscene? Do we stop the permissive ownership of guns, or find it a greater priority to charge Councillor Ken Lyall with carrying a dangerous weapon. A girlie magazine, a weapon of Premier Davis's per- missive society. Stay Calm initiative to keep this country from anarchy and chaos. Then last night, another group of concerned people, old and young, completed a course they took voluntarily in First Aid. They all live near the infamous Highway 115-35 where so many accidents and deaths have occurred in recent years, and wanted to be able to render help when it was needed. When we arrived, they were listening to Constable MacMillan of Cobourg's OPP who was providing instruction. Earlier, they had received consider- able information from members of the Bowmanville Ambulance crew. Our only conclusion is that these folks are to be commended for taking their own time to learn how they can best render help when the need arises. These are only two minor events that restore one's faith in man and womankind, and happily offset the rottenness and greed that appears to be gaining the upper hand in the metropolitan centres. There are many others that could be cited so let's not let ourselves get too downcast, but let us also do our part to make certain every effort is being made to clean up crime and bring the criminals to justice. It's Everybody's Problem There is good reason for serious unease among Canadians right across the country about the deepening confrontation between Quebec's Premier Robert Bourassa and that province's union move- ment. The probability is that labor will put up a common front and call a new series of illegal stoppages and strikes. Canada's good international reputation, as well as Quebec's, will be severely damaged, says The Financial Post. Bourassa has had to overcome crisis that have afflicted no other province. Barely in office in 1970, he had to deal with two political kidnappings (including the murder of one of his cabinet ministers). Then he coped with labor's 1972 common front by jailing union leaders for refusing to obey his government's back-to-work order. In the current crisis, however, Bourassa's performance is not up to his previous record and he is in danger of bringing down around his ears the fragile house of cards that is Quebec, says The Post. The Cliche Commission investigating "union freedoms" in Quebec's construction industry laid blame for the corrup- tion and law-breaking on the unions, on the government and on manage- ment. So far, Bourassa has clamped down only on the unions. He has made no comparable moves to clean up his own party's electoral mach- ine, nor has he acted aggressively on corruption in the civil service. The contractors involved have to date escaped disciplinary measures and legislation to encourage probity among contracting companies has so far been mild. It is imperative that Bourassa now be seen to be taking action against all areas of corruption, not just against the unions, or he will lose the public support that he has so obviously had, says F.P. THE MIDAS TOUCH Now when the air is spring-like Af ter the days of cold, Then ye rovers ho! for a hike To seek for Midas' gold. All will brighten to laughter-- Whether it's work or play -- Because a golden hereafter Follows an outdoor day. Midas sought a magic touch For purely selfish gain; The pirates sought for gold and such Out on the Spanish Main. We seek gold that's better far -- A golden frame of mind, Serene that trifles cannot mar Which outdoor people find! - F- V Fdvvi.qn Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 121 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 6266 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario LiC 3K9 C+NA JOHN M. JAMES Editor-Publisher s GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. "Copyright and-or property rights subsist in the image appearing on this proof. Permission fo 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. 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Letter To' May 28 1975 Dear Mr. James: Concerning one of your editorials contained in last week's paper "What did he expect" written about the founding meeting of the Dur- ham East Conservative Association. I am of the opinion that the editorial delineates me in rather an unkind light-sort of like an orangoutang-there- fore in fairness would you publish the speech in full that I gave at this occasion? I started off by saying- "Formalities require that I say-ladies and gentlemen and newly elected executive- that being done, I can assure you all that that will be the last formality that you will hear from me tonight. "To begin with, I can hear a lot of people say Lyall came off the School Board after being elected. Now, after being elected as a Regional Councillor be wants to leave that for Queen's Park- Doesn't that indicate that he is inconsistant? "No way, I am ambitious and Queen's Park is where it is at. "A very important fact- Queen's Park is where our provincial laws come from and it can be believed that a lot of new laws are needed while a lot of old laws need revising. "I saw matters at the school board level that need chang- ing. I see things on the municipal level-both local and regional, that cry out for change-and Queen's Park is the only place here the changes can be made. "Speaking of the school board and education. "We need to get back to old educational values. Discipline and the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic. The majority of our kids-the The Editor school children-are getting a poor education at a tremen- dous cost to us-the taxpay- ers. The only place where this situation can change is at Queen's Park-and I want to be there to hasten the process. Just because I was elected to the School Board, should I have been happy to sit there for ail my public life? Rubber stamping provincial school policies which sometimes need changing? "Queen's Park is the place to make the changes and from within the Party. "Because I was elected as a municipal councillor should I stay at the level and see the waste of money and time locked into the municipal planning process? Should I stay there and see the great need for houses at a price working people can afford? "I saw a long time ago that Queen's Park bas the power to create the proper answers- and that is where I want to be. "I am not a dilettante wanting to jump from job to job-I gained experience at the school board level. I gained experience at the municipal level and if I can get support at the nomination meeting and on election day, I will apply this experience to work for the changes needed in our society to meet the needs of today and tomorrow for us and our children. "I could talk about social welfare and taxes-and I probably will, but not at this time. "That outlines the main reasons why I talked the situation over with a couple of friends and made the decision to enter the Provincial race if I receive the local nomination. "Now for several other rea- sons: "Firstly, our Canadian- type democratic elective system is creaking at the joints-we have widespread unemployment and the threat of more. Our taxes are too high and will go higher. I could go on-but that is enough to base my argument. "To begin with there is nothing basically wrong with our Democratic system-it is the only system-the creaking arises from the elected men and women who are the administrators of the system. "The elected people-our municipal representatives, our Queen's Park people and our Ottawa Members of Par- liament are screwing up our Democratic process. "Nothing wrong with the system-but there is plenty wrong with our elected pol- iticians where by their self- centeredness - their great drive to be re-elected so that they won't have to go back to work again on Civvy street. The politicians are not going to make an unpopular decision in case that the decision costs them votes. "There is nothing wrong with the Conservative Party- nothing wrong with the NDP or the Liberals. The reason for Canada's malaise of high unemployment and high taxes lie on the heads of men and women M.P.s, M.P.P.s and town councillors who refuse to take the action to alleviate the situations-the action taken might be unpopular. "In Canada-one of the richest countries of the world -all we need to have its richness spread around all of us is to have responsible people in public life. "I am seeking the nomina- tion-I hope that you all will give me your support. Kenneth E. Lyall Editor's Note: My ears are still ringing from the deafen- ing applause. Box 853, Brighton, Ont. May 30, 1975 Dear Mr. James: I just referred to my dictionary for the meaning of the verb edit. According to my Merriam Wester to edit is to revise and prepare for publi- cation and to revise is to 1. look over written material in >rder to correct or improve; 2. to make new version~of. It appears that your policy is to make a new version of the facts. I am referring to your section of the paper which is a juicy source for gossip. The section is not hard to find. It is usually adjacent the Class- ified Ads and is called Provincial Court. I am referring in particular to Robert Arthur Agnew of Brighton who pleaded not guilty of charges stated (May 28, 1975). When threatened with a remand Mr. Agnew said he could not afford to lose time from work as he is self employed and he realized his only recourse was to plead guilty. Our laws are wonderful aren t they? il M N M Farm Income Protection The views of the three parties in the legislature respectng farm income protection, while revealing a diversity of opinion, do emphasize the need in the days ahead for action in this important field. A $20 million item in the estimates of the Minister of Agriculture and Food is a token amount, which is subject to increase and will supple- ment the program presently being developed by the federal govern- ment and the provinces for farm income protection. The Liberal opposition in the debate on the estimates brought out the following points: a) While farm prices have con- tinued to fall, input costs, including energy costs, fertilizer, farm machinery and feed costs have continued to escalate. b) Ontario has 6 times as many needs volume-wise as British Columbia which set aside $27 million for income insurance. The $20 million budgeted for is not sufficient. c) A domestic farm base is vital to the country and the farmer should be guaranteed a small downpayment to stabilize the industry. The New Democratic Party in its presentation, emphasized the iollow- ng points: a) Ontario should not wait for Ottawa to act on farm income protection but like British Colum- bia, develop its own plans. b) Ontario must establish a price review system to control the in- flated input costs to farrmers. c) Ontario should act to control food market prices. The public is en- titled to know the price the farmer is receiving at the farm gate for his produce. d) The Ministry of Agriculture and Food should organize trade missions to develop world mar- kets. The Honourable William Stewart in presenting the government's point of view, replied to the points raised by the opposition and outlined the following facts. 1. In 1974, $60 million was paid out to farmers in Ontario through cap- ital grants to farmers to assist them in helping themselves. 2. 50 per cent of graduates from the 4 colleges of diploma agriculture are gong back to the farm. To help these young farmers, the Ontario Young Farmer Credit Program has been established under which bank guaranteed loans are made available at prime interest rates to farmers etween 18 and 35 years of age. 3. Negotiations are beng conducted on a day to day basis with Ottawa with the objective of setting up a farm income protection program. 4. The total receipts for British Columbia agriculture are $402 million; about one-sixth of Ontar- io's production. 5. Without production controls on a national basis no farm income protection plan will operate successfully. British Columbia has controls only on eggs and milk. The farm protection pro- gram in that province is in real trouble. 6. While British Columbia is pro- tected from competition by the mountains, Ontario and Quebec are in direct competition. A program such as that in British Columbia is impossible on a pro- vincial basis in Ontario. 7. Ontario is opposed to any add on clause in a national program which would allow a province to increase the sùbsidy on a product without the consent of other provinces. The proposed amendments to the federalfAgricultural Product Stabil- ization Act provide for a guarantee of 90 per cent of a five year average. While Ontario favours a three year price guarantee, it is, except for the add on federal suggestion, support- ing Ottawa's legislation. >ugar and By Bill Smiley The Dav TV Blew It This is a bad time of year for female television watchers. The hockey seasons are in full swing. And already the sports writers are running stories about next fall's football players. It's not so that a girl hasn't much choice on the weekends. She has to knit or get drunk or to some work around the house, whatever her thing is. She is a widow, to all intents and purposes. Her husband has retreated into the weak-ankled, hit-fumbled, slicing, pass-missed womb of his youth. He is of no more use than a large vegetable. True, he is sitting in a chair, but he must be watered and fertilized occasionally, or he will just wither away, as he watches, mesmerized, large hairy young men doing all the things he could have done better 10 or 20 or 30 years ago, if only he'd had a decent coach, or the money for proper equipment, or hadn't got married. Wouldn't you think that, in International Women's Year, the poobahs of television would have made at least a token effort to destroy this annual spring edition.of Canadian domestic life-a big, fat turnip stuck in a chair with a wasp buzzing around it? Surely there is one bright light among the dim bulbs which illum- inate the world of TV. This was the year for the big switch. With a little imagination and intelligence, the big advertisers could have millions of women slumped in a chair drinking beer and never removing their eyes from the screen and moving their limbs only to reach for the sandwich brought in by George. There's no shortage of women's sports, and there is no shortage of women who would watch them avidly, and who also control the purse-strings of purchasing. . Why haven't the networks re- placed those panty-waist hockey players waltzing around clutching each other's sweaters with women's wrestling-a couple of bosomy, muscular, sweaty broads with their false teeth out, pounding each other across the chops with elbow smash- es? This would be a normal release of the aggressions of women watchers, who would be as sweet and docile after the event as their husbands are now after seeing Muhammed Ali In the Dim and Distant Past 49 Years Ago Thursday, June 3, 1926 Bowmanville's Women's Institute held its annual meet- ing on Friday afternoon in the Sons of England Hall. Miss Weekes, the secretary, pre- sented her report for the past year showing members 79, 12 meetings, total attendance 504, papers and addresses 11, total receipts $243.26, total expenditure $222.97, balance on band $20.29. Agriculture representatives F.C. Paterson, Port Hope, states that according to bloom indications in Durham County orchards, we should have about half the apple crop we had last year. MacIntosh will be a good crop almost everywhere. Spies are heavy in some orchards, light in others. Ben Davis are generai- ly poor. It is very noticeable that the cared-for orchards are more productive than those receiving little or no attention. Fred W. Bowen, M.P. was honored at a banquet in the Armouries, Port Hope, on Friday evening, with about 300 attending. Just 12 years ago, on Saturday May 29, the Em- press of Ireland sank. On board was the Canadian Army Staff Band, from Toronto, many of whom lost their lives. The band was on its way to the Salvation Army Congress in London, England. When asked for an explana- tion Mr. Agnew informed Judge Baxter that the window in the door was broken accidentally and restitution had already been made. Here is a fact that was not printed in your paper. All charges against Mr. Agnew were completely and absolutely dismissed. I don't know who fouled up but it is your job as editor to make sure that the complete facts are reported in the paper. If the complete facts are not printed, especially in the Provincial Court section, per- haps it would be safer for you to omit it altogether, We are not the first to be embarrassed by incomplete reporting nor, sadly will we be the last. But beware. The day 25 Years Ago Thursday, May 25, 195à Carol Harvey, Providence; Helen Turner, Newcastle; Gwen Bud, Port Hope; Gloria Brent, Linda and Karen Mut- ton, Margaret Goheen, Be' erley Allison, Lorna Fletcher, Gloria Robson and Christina Lamb, all of Bowmanville were all prize winners at the recent Peterborough Music Festival. There are so many of the Outboard Motor enthusiasts at East and West Beach these days, that there is consider- able talk of forming some type of yachting club at the beach. Roy Neads and Hap Palmer would certainly form the nucleus of a strong club. Roy has the snappiest looking boat on the waterfront, a so called hydro-plane. The scent from the Bow- manville Brookdale Roses was more of the incinerator type Wed. when they met up with Peterborough Out Board Marines, and dropping a 7-1 decision in the Lakeshore Intermediate opener. Master Edward Haas, Zion, was awarded first place in the Junior solo class at Bowman- ville Music Festival last week. There were 33 entries in the class. We saw Mr. and Mrs. George James in Newcastle in their lovely new "Canadian Statesman" Nash. While in the village, they visited his aunt, Miss Ellen James, at Sunnylea Lodge. may come when your paper will embarrass someone of greater importance than us. Former resident of Bow- manville (and glad of it). (Mrs. Marie Agnew) Editors's Note: The item has been checked and was indeed incomplete, according to pol- ice. Apparently, after Judge Baxter had ordered the pro- bationary period, an appeal was made to him because the Agnews live in Brighton and it would be costly for him to present himself here at reg- ular intervals to the probation officer. Judge Baxter then agreed to lift the probation and give him a complete discharge, we are told. Unfort- unately, this subsequent arrangement was'not report- ed, and understandably so. Spice : Ma pulverize Elmer Scherk. Then there could be all sorts of women's contests of skill on the tube. Every grown man in Canada is an instant expert in hockey, because he donned the blades as a tyke, and learned that you have to shoot, pass and hit, even though he could never do any of them when he should have. He shot to get rid of the puck, pretending it was a pass so nobody would hit him. On the other hand, every woman in Canada is an expert in the things she never learned to do very well, as well. Supposing the idiots who tell us what we are going to watch on television announced that there was going to be an ass-wiggling compe- tition. Every woman in the country, from four to 84, would be glued to the set. The males wouldn't get near it. They would mope about the kitchen and have to do the dishes in disgust, or wander into the backyard, and clean it up, just for something to do. Just as the men chuckle now, when they're watching those over- paid clowns, and say: "See that beautiful elbow?", or "That was a lovely butt-end," or, when some ape slams another orang-outang into the boards: "Wow! Atsa wayda hid- dim," so would the ladies have their innings. I can hear them, viewing such a muscular trial as mentioned above. "She looks like a bowl of jelly with palsy." "I'da made her look sick twenny years ago." "They godda be falsies." "She didden learn that strut in the Presbyterian choir." "She wooden be bad if she wuzzen knock-kneed." Just a sample. There are many other feminine sports that would be sure-fire to attract the fair flower of our land and push those barrel- chested, carefully-casually-coiff - ed inarticulate male athletesIght back to Hayfork Centre, where they came from. How about a dirty joke confronta- tion? What do you think about a Lemme Show Ya My Operation contest? How does a Boy, Did I Tell Him Off! competition sound to you? The possibilities are endless. But the TV moguls blew it. And so did Women's Lib. un uau xx q Report From Queen's Park By Alex Carruthers, M.P.P.