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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 10, 1975 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT No Trend Apparent Yet As this is being written, it woum appear that all local political parties will be using extensive newspaper advertising this week to promote their candidates or their policies and provide other information. Next week's Statesman will carry no election advertising because we publish on Wednesday and under the revised Election Act, no party is permitted to use media advertising the day before Election Day. We could have switched publication to Tuesday, but that would have upset production schedules. So far, it's been an inconclusive campaign, so far as we can determine from observing and reading. We haven't had much time to get out on what they call the hustings to hear what's being said out there, so we have to reach conclusions, if any, from what we hear and see. It would appear that there are many issues from leader- ship to inflation but none has hit the spotlight as the key one that could defeat or elect any particular party. Possibly, this week a more definite trend may develop but here at the moment we believe at least three -f the four candidates are confiden- of victory, each probably with justi- fiable reasons for that confidence. Two factors still are not clear in this area, (1) where the votes in the north end of Oshawa will be going and (2) if the remainder of the Durham East constituency will continue to vote as they did when Alex Carruthers was running. We doubt if anybody has been able to make an accurate assessment along that line. Another item to consider is the hundreds of new voters who have moved into the area since the last provincial election. These electors have to be worrying all three major parties because their voting pat- terns have yet to be determined. Conservatives have to be a bit unsettled over the loss of three of their strongholds in Cartwright, Manvers and Cavan, while the Liberals have lost Hope and Port Hope that often came through with good Liberal majorities. The NDP haven't lost any comparable ground, in fact they may have gained some with tnose wno have moved here and are working in the highly unionized industries in Oshawa or Toronto areas. You'll note that we haven't mentioned by name any of the local candidates because frankly we are supporting al of thei through our news columns in the hope that electors wil make their choice without any advice from us, basing their decision on what they too have seen and heard through the infor- mation that has been provided. Naturally, the day by day news stories and advertising that have been appearing concerning policies that are being promoted will either appeal to electors or turn them off, but we are not going to suggest you vote for one man or one party rather than another. Here, the three candidates we know are good men. Unfortunately, we haven't yet had an opportunity of meeting the Social Credit representative, but probably he too is dedicated to their cause although he certainly hasn't made his presence felt through a personal appearance. Maybe that will come this week at one of the All-Candi- dates meetings. We were indeed sorry to see the Civil Service of Ontario becoming involved in this election or any election and believe the majority of citizens will agree with that view. In fact, we would not be surprised in the least to find that their militant advertising campaign may have the reverse effect to the one they are trying to put across. Time will tell. Our main thought is that you just can't have a civil service that is supposed to be carrying out policies passed by a majority of elected representatives in the legislature, filled with people of divergent loyalties. Who could you trust under those conditions if you were a member of one of the government's ministries? Nothing they contem- plated doing would reman a secret from the media, the opposition or their friends who might benefit from such information. To grant the civil service complete political freedom. would be a return to the old days when after every election, there would be a mass partisan political turnover from top to bottom. Now, they are pretty well protected in their jobs. So far as being given the right to strike is concerned, we feel the likelihood of a postal strike next Tuesday and last year and probably next year and the one after, shows clearly what can happen if govern- ment employees are given that right. The government has a monopoly on certain services and the public has no other choice, so the service must continue to operate without interruption. Well, this is stretching out into a somewhat lengthy epistle. In con- clusion, may we suggest you take a bit of time a week from Thursday to cast your ballot for the man and party you believe will do the best job for you, this, community and this province. The polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 8p.m. Barnyard Socialism (Part II) Waterloo, Ont. September 5, 1975. Dear Mr. James, I agree that "Barnyard Social- ism" was a bit corny but I failed to grasp the "not so subtle moral". Could the moral be revealed by the fact that this article was published two weeks before a provincial election involving a socialist party? Timing was never one of your better assets. Unfortunateiy you must have received the wrong ending for the Little Red Hen in "Barnyard Socialism". As the story was told to me the hen went into full production of bread for which she received substantial government incentive grants. All the barnyard animals were forced to work long hours and every other Saturday in the produc- tion of bread they could not even afford. The hen, because of her privile,ged position and intimacies with roosters in high positions, lacked competitors. Soon, only the farm's fat cats could afford the commodity. In order to even further increase profits, loaves were decreased in size and hundreds of additives found their way into processing. The hen, now too rich for the lowly coop, moved to the manor house where she pecked on plush carpets, ate the best seed, never went to bed without a full crop and one of her many armorous rooster suitors. But for the hen, satisfaction had still not arrived. With her prominence and riches sho bought her way into politics and rose high above the other animals in the barnyard. Profits from her own company soared with each unten- dered government contract. Hens who agreed with her policies filled the cabinets and were always seen frequenting the best silos in town. Meanwhile, back at the farm ail the barnyard animals were fed up with unending work, low wages and overpriced foodstuffs. They banded- together to overthrow their merci- less leader. All her riches and power could not buy the voters this time. She was voted out of office and an inquiry was launched into her bread holdings. She was indicted for influence peddling ,bribery, couflict of interest, price-fixiug and conspir- acy and 'iet her just end at the four corners in Bowmanville in a snack pack of Mary Brown's Virginia Fried Chicken. Sincerely, Doug Parker. Ed's Note: Cynical, but well done. You might have added All her employees lived happily ever after- wards on welfare, and unemploy- ment insurance. AIN Durham ,County's Great Family Journal Established 121 years ago in 1854l Ajso 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 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario LiC 3K9 C*NA JOHN M. JAME Editor-Publisher S GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. 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Dear Sir: Volunteers from across Can- ada recently attended the Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Canadian UNICEF Committee which was held in Toronto. One of the hîghlights of the Meeting was a panel discus- sion on "Aid and Develop- ment" in which the partici- pa nts were: Dr. R. B. Mc- Cure, former Moderator of the United Church of Canada, Mr. Romeo Maione, Director, NGO Division, CIDA and Mr. Paul Ignatieff, UNICEF Rep- presentative'in Cambodia. Mr. Roy Bonisteel, free-lance broadcaster from the CBC "Man Alive" series acted as ~moderator. From these discussions it was evident that there is a Sr eat need for education of anadians on this important topieif we are going to be able to meet the expanding needs of children. The growing crisis for the children in developing nations promted UNICEF, for e first time in its history, to deciare a 'Worid Chiid Emer- gency' last year. Through the support given to UNICEF by many Cana- dians, their government, both at the Federal and some provincial levels, the Cana- dian UNICEF committee's annuai contribution to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reached a record high of $2,620,627 which wiil heip up to expand our programmes on behaif of the world's children. It was announced at the Conference that the wife of the Prime Minister, Mrs. Mar- garet Trudeau, had accepted the appointment as "Honor- ary Hallowe'en Chairman" and that the goal for 1975 will be " 1 million children + 1 million 'Hallowe'en For UNICEF' boxes equals $1,000,000.,' For'the third consecutive year the revenues obtained through the sale of UNICEF greeting cards reached record lees- An open Letter to Taxpayers' Of the Town of Newcastle f rom His Worship May or G. R In the near future, an tion, with a bu get of $264,000, the ta advertisement will be pub- underspent their budget by a Th lished in this newspaper, little more than one per cent. was a showing the Auditors' Report This department included and t and Financial Statements for many new programs ta 1974. effeci the year ending December 31, The same holds true for the The 1974, the first year of opera- Fire Department and practi- 1975 tion of our Municipality. cally all departments. During those I would like to make the year, I was constantly Muni mention of one or two salient requesting the Chairman of entail points concerning the details Finance, the Department vices of our financial operation. In Heads, the Treasurer and paliti the main, all Departments Chairmen of Committees for varia operated within their budgets, reviews of their spending. I servi which, in the first year of realize that I did a great deal paliti operation, is a commendable of questioning. Now, I would trans achievement. like to congratulate them all fluct The total Budget was for the diligence and the these $6,390,600. The largest depart- prudent manner in which they five y ment is that of Public works have conducted the affairs of in th with a Budget of $1,184,000. their departments. coupl This department ended the The first year of operation, for s year one per, cent below with no particular guide unes main bud et figures. The Public to follow, was not an easy one. the works Department in the first I recognize that I have Inclu year, co-ordinated into one demanded a lot of some are n that was previously operated people, but I believe that we the ta by four municipalities. The have established an excellent If a program in 1974 had been precedent for Year One of this quest expanded over what had been Municipality. Finan done by the four former The transition from four matte municipalities and this pro- municipalities to one and a Finan gram was all financed out of complete audit for 1974, has the T current revenue. No deben- taken until now to be finalized. mem tures were issued for Public This Audit shows an operating willin Works by the local Munici- surplus of $109,527 for the year pality. 1974. I would recommend that The Department of Recrea- this money be used to~reduce Doms, Cats and by John Squirrelly I'm not an animal lover. I refuse to let anything furry into the house unless I have absolute assurance that it is house broken and has been to an obedience school and a taxidermist. Ihave four young children (which goes a long way toward explaining whyî don't need anything else cluttering up the place) and have spent the last several years yelling "No" whenever they ask for a dog, cat, hamster, gnu, ant colony or ocealot. Quite apart from my natural dislike for four (or more) legged animals, there is also the point that as soon as you become acquired by a pet, you also fall under the jurisdiction of one protective society or another. It can be quite embarrassing, as it was to a friend of mine, to be picked by the Toronto chapter of the Water Buffalo Protective As- sociation just because his pet's coat was getting a little dull. He figured that if the damn thing didn't want to go out onto the balcony of his apartment for some fresh air and sunshine, then it's his own stupid fault it's losing hair. He just kept him for a conversa- tion piece, any way. Example: "what's new?" "There's a water buffalo in the living room." It's not that my children are deprived of a pet's vagrant affection - all my neighbours have some kind of creature chewing up the yard, chewing up the rug, or chewing up the budget. The kids stand at the edge of our property waving and calhing to t e mutt next door. So does its owner. He can't get near the thing without risking the loss of a hand. The pooch bas been chained to the same tree since it was old enough to snarl. And the chain is getting very rusty. The guy up the street bought a Scotch Terrier just so he could desecrate all the neigh- bours'lawns as he walked it at night. At least, this is the only reason I can see for having the thing. It's no friend to the kids - they're scared stiff of it. They have to play in my yard because the Terrier is laying in theirs. And as to its eng a watch dog, it watches the sun go down and then bawls out of sheer terror. Another friend of mine has several cats. He insists they're the cleanest animals going, always washing and licking themselves, shining their coats and scrubbing their little faces. And, he pointed out, they have no odour. Which may be true except that when I was there it smeled like every piece of furniture in the place was in heat. While he was telling me how little trouble they are, they bottle radio incin beer repla back from Gusta Bird anoth feathi broke they h me th "The not b by th thing sat th of Pal quite some bars canar Genex at hir edly t proba to cl re-eni natior parak after i the li it has top o upper where kept,c spot a its ne The At tMe Annual Dinner a presentation was made to the Canadian Teachers' Federa tion in recognition of the support which UNICEF Can ada receives from teachers across Canada in encouraging development education and participation by their students in UNICEF programmes. The guest speaker who, brought a forceful message about UNICEF activity overseas was Mrs. Adelaide Sinclair of Ottawa - a former Deputy Executive Director of UNICF at the United Nations. At the close of another very successfuly year we would like to express to ail Cana- dians our sincere thanks for their active support in striving to achieve our ultimate goal - "A Future For Every Child". Only through such support can we hope to make this goal a possibility. Yours sincerely, (Mrs. J. G.) Dorôthy G. MacKinnon, tickard ax levy in 1976. ' e inflation factor in 1974 approximately 16 per cent bis bas had a profound t on our budget for 1975. dollar requirements for are glightly less than for 1974 for General cipal Purposes, which ils the provision for ser- in the four munici- es. However, due to the tion in Assessments and ces in the four munici- es and in the period of ition, we find tax rates uating. We hope that will level out within a year period, (we are now te second year). This, ed with increased levies chool purposes, is the reason for increases in mill rates for 1975. ded in the 1975 Tax Bills otices illustrating where ax dollars go.' .ny one wishes to ask any ions regarding the 1974 ncial Report or other ers pertaining to our ncial structure, I am sure reasurer's Office or any ber of Council will be ng to oblige. Garnet B. Rickard, Mayor. Me knocked over two full s of beer, one transitor , now on its way to the erator, and an antique mug that can only be ced if he goes 150 years in time and steals one the treasure vaults of ivus III. ds, of course, are quite er specie. They have ers and cannot be house n, so there's two things leave around. It strikes .at the narrator in Poe's Raven" was distraught, y what the bird said, but e fact that the blasted wouldn't get out. It just ere dishonouring his bust llas. There is no tableau, so comical as that of one whistling through the of a birdcage to coax his y to sing for visitors. rally, the ird just stares m mutely, then distract- sharpens its beak a bit, bly in case the guy tries imb in. Another skit, acted daily across the n, is trying to get a eet back into the cage its exercise flight around ving room, during which perched on the lamp, the f the drapes, and the shelf of the bookcase the first editions are dropping a bit at each nd chirping viciously at rsurer. advertisng agencies -j Qx M 25 Years Ago Thursday, August 31, 1950 The largest number of students in the history of Bowmanviiie, is expected to start on Tuesday, in the town schools. Staff members of the B.T.S. presented J.J. Brown, head of the Bownanviiie Schooi with a Morris Chair and smoking stand on completing 25 years association with the school. Miss L., J. Harding, Superintendent of the Bow manville General Hospital, revealed today that over $3,800nwas received during 1949 in payment for Care provided enrolled members of Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Mr. G. E. Osborne,.R.R.2, Bowmanville won three firsts, ten seconds and three thirds in the Amateur Division of the Toronto Gadiolus Society held at the C.N.E. on Aug. 25-26 in the Horticultural Bldg. He was also winner of the Single Spike Division, and Sweepstakes winner of the Amateur Sec- tion. Mrs. Lloyd Ashton, Haydon has attended some - of the sessions at the School for Leaders held at O.L.C. Whitby. Owen Nicholas who has operated a coal business near the C.N.R. freight yards, sold the business this week to Mr. are into the pet business, too. Norman De Bou a former They think up a h these provincial policeman. beautiful sketches so that the running for dear life. And 1 packing companies can get rid have to laugh at the woman of their government rejected who comes onto the T.V. meat. Some are ingenious. screen saying, "Poopsie (or Ever see the one that shows a whatever the pup's name is) is bunch of cats ga oping to- a very special member of our wards the sponsor's product? family." It sure is. It means Know how they get them to that she doesn't have to shell react that way? There's a out $300 for a garbage disposal pack of dogs just out of sight of system. And it sure beats the camera. The cats arenit keepimg pigs. runninu for the food. Thev're Nn Thne..-f t,ý mintes t rn fesslthateh... Sugarand Sp By Bill Smiley Now That's "Boy, dat's wan big countree" was my bilingual thought as I winged across the Great Lakes, over the wild lake-and-rock . terrain of Northwestern Ontario, and then high above the prairies, as I headed for the weeklyxewspaper convention in Saskatoon. That's about the essence of Canada. It's so big, so beautiful, and so varied that it's almost frighten- ing. Perhaps only a well-traveled Russian could feel the sense of awe that I felt, after a brief look at just a small piece of this fantastic land of ours. In seven days I covered about 40,000 miles by almost every mode of transportation except ox-train, and I saw only the most veritable nook, the smallest cranny of this vast, fascinating country. It's quite an age. At 6:30 on one of those wickedly hot days for which the past summer has been notorious, I'm kissing my tearful wife goodbye. She was crying because I might fall among evil companions, which I did. At about 11:30 the same morning, with a couple of time changes thrown in, I'm walking into the Bessborough Hotel, some 1,500 miles away on a lovely, cool, Septem- berish day. A week later, after a reunion (we were almost shy with each other) in a Toronto hotel, we are pounding up the three-lane highway in my old road-schooner, headed for home. The hours between the departure and the homecoming seemed to flash by, and yet I felt that I'd been away for a month, I'd seen so much and covered so much ground, not to mention air and water. I had eaten everything from those awful, frozen airline meals, where you almost rupture yourself trying to get the plastic top off the pat of butter, to haute cuisine, fowl stuffed with wild rice, to fresh pickerel fillets straight out of the frying pan at a shore dnner. I'd heard some good speeches. John Diefenbaker, on home ground, with no need to poiitic, is unbeatable as an entertainer. Otto Lang, also in his home province, gave me some assurance that at least one of our federal ministries is in cool hands. And most amazing of all was the high official from the postal service, standing up there and trying to tell weekly editors that we have a good postal service, and will have a great one. It's a wonder he wasn't stoned to death. But his homework had been done, and his footwork was excel- lent. He almost convinced me. Essence 0f his message was to get that postal code on your mail. When it comes to holding a' convention, those Saskatchewan weekly editors don't have to play second fiddle to anyone. This convention was well organized, varied and colorful. It included a side trip to the battlefield of Batoche. where Ga- A Convention briel Dumont's metis took on the regular army and gave it a bloody nose, during the Riel Rebellion. Another exceptionally interesting evening included a visit to Pionera. If you are ever in Saskatoon, don't miss it There is a conplete reconstruction of a pioneer village, containing everything from a bar- ber-shop to a bank. Along with this goes a huge exhibition of old machinery, used in the early days, and a display of handsome old automobiles that would make an antique car buff burst into tears of joy. Another colorful bit was the piping in of the colors at one of the banquets, and their formal presenta- tion to the new President, Ernie Neufeld of Weyburn, Sask. ' And as an added fillip, there was a post-convention fishing trip into Northern Saskatchewan, one of the greatest fishing areas of the world. More about that later. For me, the best part of the convention was meeting old friends and making new ones. To the old ones, I am here to testify that you never looked better. To the ne;;' ones, I can only say there are some mighty nice people in this country, and you are among them. One thing that warmed my heart was the number of families in which the children are involved in their parents' newspapers. In this age, most young people, for some reason, spurn the occupation of their parents, and want to strike out on their own. This is understandable. But the number of second, and even third-generation people sticking with the business shows that running a weekly newspaper still holds a lot of attraction for young, bright people. Some of them are the Derksens of Estevan, the Cadogans of New Brunswick, the Dills f Milton, the MeConnells of Tilbury. There are many others. On the other side of the coin, of course, weekly editors and their wives are just like other people. Some of their offspring disturb them deeply. I must have a national reputation as an expert on "rotten kids," because I had both ears bent badly out of shape by mothers and fathers who would corner me and tell me, almost in tears, of the latest "terrible" things their youngsters - were up to. Af ter my own experience in raising kids, nothing can even raise one of my eyebrows, but I hope brought some comfort to the afflicted. Don't worry, chaps. Your kids will turn out all right, or all wrong, or somewhere in the middle, like most of us, and there's not a darn thing you can do about it, except to bite off the umbilical cord. A good convention. And next year it's off to Halifax and into the sea food. Already I can feel the juices dripping down my chin. LetterToTheEditor In the Dim aind i Distant Past 49 Vears Ago Thursday, September 16, 1926 Hair-bobbing, shampooing, scalp treatments, marcel 1waving, manicuring and fac- , iais, done by a specialist who cleverly interprets your per- sonality. Call Miller's Hair- dressing Parlors for an appointment. Samuel Mason Sr. has been in the dry goods business in town for 50 years. The much taiked of fire truck purchased some time ago by the town arrived here for duty Monday morning. Citizens were greatly interest- ed and elated~ in the demon- strations given, along the main streets Monday after- noon and evening. Fire Chief Edger and his brigade will be "At Home" at the fire hall each evening this week from 8 10 p.m. to allow citizens to inspect the shiny new truck. Congratulations to Mr Rob- ert Walton, Newcastle, on winning the Silver Medal for second place in the baritone imoetition at Canadian Na- tional Ex 'hibition. He was aiso awarded the'Scholarship for the outstanding male voice in ail classes, open competition for all Canada. He is a pùpil of Mr. T. W. Stanley, Port Hope. Fred Bowen, Conservative, was re-elected Durham County Member of Parlia- ment f or the King government with a majority of over 1,000, in the Federal Election do have some pets. I keep a web of spiders down in the basement, mainly because if you accidentally step on the lot of them,inobody gives a damn. No society cails up and threatens to report you, no one complains, no one CARES. Absolutely nothing happens - mxcpt that after about ten -a t t t d ti