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2 The Canadian Statesnan Bowmanville, Seotember 24 1975 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT What's Ahead Now? You'1l pardon us, we hope, but as newspaper people we felt somewhat left out of last Thursday's election, especially on Thursday night when we knew there was no realistic way we could report the news to readers until now, six or seven days later. Because of this, plus the rain and the fact that any celebrations would be taking place in Oshawa, we just stayed home and watched the excellent coverage on Channel 9 CFTO. It wasn't the outcome that left us cold, we more or less expected some of that, it was the timing. Now, for the aftermath, when along with many political observers in the province, we shall toss in our nickel's worth on what happened and what comes next- There's no doubt about it, Bill Davis and his governing party had been losing ground for months, not just because of what they were doing or not doing, although that was a factor, but in the main because times are troubled and electors are looking for a Messiah to lead them out of the dilemma they're facing. The election campaign was the clincher that sealed the govern- ment's fate. Instead of presenting a program that offered some hope, Davis and the PCs decided to run as dull a campaign as possible with their record of achievements, al- ready in question, as the main lure for attracting votes. They offered no new solutions, only more -of the same. It wasn't good enough, and wasn't presented with sufficient enthusiasm to stimulate support. You have to give Liberal leader Bob Nixon credit for arousing some interest in the election if nothing else. He abandoned his 'nice guy' image and went on the attack, hitting the Premier and his cohorts on every occasion. Unfortunately, his figures were quite a bit out on several occasions, but Davis took the bait and spent most of his time answering the erroneous accusat- ions instead of running his own campaign. While these two were ranting at each other, Stephen Lewis came upon some real gut issues such as rent gouging and made the most of them, gaining respect from citizens generally, while appearing to be the only voice of reason ... and the only hope for a new look in government. The result was that he and his candidates built up an army of volunteer supporters right across Ontario. Here, Doug Moffatt's organization was at its peak. He'd been working on it since the last election when he came second and redistribution gave him a real bonus by including fertile territory in Oshawa. In contrast, it was all uphill for the other two major candidates under the new set up. But, enough of postmortems, what comes next? When the Legislature opens in October, the government and its leader will still be smarting from the defeat, with both the Liberals and especially the New Democrats a bit cockier than usual. That will pass as legislation is presented, probably with the Lib- erals coming closer to the PCs to make certain there is no immediate threat of an election. Frankly, we doubt if any party will attempt a confrontation for several months because you must remember that A Corner CAN WE BLAME YOUTH! Youth's never heard of a hickory rod But they've helped us to turn the sod, They haven't invested in making "booze", But sometimes they like to have a "snooze", I doubt if many Youth peddle drugs, Or set out to be "naughty" thlugs They can't make us take them along Whether to our fun or singing a song, Let's take a good long look; No babe was ever a downright crook Wesa! Wevedoe our bet- Amen'" But how can we really blame them! - Marion Ford each elected member will need time to pay his election debts and each party will need more financial resources before contemplating another costly election. We doubt- very much if there will be an election for at least a year or longer. One factor that will have a bearing is the candidate funding by the provincial treasury that was in effect for the first time in this election. Earlier, all monies expend- ed had to be raised either personally by the candidates or their parties. Now, candidates who receive 15 per cent of the votes, receive 16 cents for each of the first 25,000 electors in their constituencies and 14 cents each over that number. Here, there were some 43,000 on the lists, which adds up to quite a few thousand dollars, removing much of the hazard for candidates or prospective candidates who haven't too much personal financial back- ing. Previously, the availability of money has often dictated when an election would be called. Now, it's not quite as important an item. And could shorten th e time before a new election is called. We shall probably see the Liberals and Conservatives getting together behind the scenes to thwart the efforts of the NDP. Neither of the old line parties will want an early election; they have to regroup and decide what to do about their leaders. We would expect the animosity between Nixon and Davis to disappear or lessen considerably as they face a common enemy and threat. The old ogre of socialism may be revived as they attempt to portray Lewis as a radical instead of the philospher and cool politician he was during the election. The Regina manifesto may be again brought into the light but we doubt if the threat of socialism would be as effective now as it was a few years ago because the two old line parties have gone down that road so far there isn't much left. Frankly, if these old parties don't come up with something in the near future by way of solutions to this country's many problems, they could be in for a real beating when the next election does take place. What those solutions would be, we don't know, because many of today's problems are beyond the control of any provincial government or even any federal one. But, we doubt if the majority of citizens realize that, they just want somebody to take the lead, and the more desperate they become the more likely they are to turn to someone or some party that presents what appears to be a reasonable alternative. What we've got isn't working, so let's give somebady else a chance, might welli be the thinking behind the next election's voting patterns. Time will tell. In the meantime, the events in the Legislature should provide some interesting reading. Doug Moffatt who piled up a large majority here should make an excellent MPP and we offer congratulations to him, as well as commiserating with Charlie McIlveen and Kirk Entwisle who were defeated, and also to Ray" Beacock, the Socred who must have been surprised to receive more than 250 votes after only one appearance during the campaign. f or Poes BOWMANVILLE MUSEUM A homey, yet, elegant house Built in Eighteen-sixty-one; It's quiet as a mouse Says 'Welcome' - 'Do Come,, • The old time store, The musical instruments, Things of yesterday galore -- Fill the happy rooms. They tell of a prosperous land 0f mother, father, sister, brother -- "Who walk hand in hand, Not one before another."' -Marion1 Taylor Ford - v 4 Durham.County's Great Family Journal Established 121 yearsagoin 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBL ISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanvilhe, Ontario L IC 3K9 C+NA JOHN M. JAME Editor-Publishe S r GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PURDY DONALD BISHOP Advertising Mgr. Plant Mgr. "Copyright and-or property rights subsist in the image appearing on this proof. Permission to reproduce in wiole or in part and In any form whatsoever, particularly by photographic or offset process in a publication, must be obtaned from the publisher and the printer. Any unaufthorized reproduction wihh be subject ta recourse in law.'1 $8.00 a year - 6 months $4.50 strictly ln advance Foreign -$10.00a year Although every precaution wll be taken ntavoid error, ThebCanadian Statesman accepts advertisng in its columns on the understanding that it wiIl not be liable for any error in the advertisement published hereunder unless a proof of such advertisement is requested in writing by ve advertser and returned tarhe Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the advertlser andci wth 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 liabllity shall not exceed such a portio of the entire cost of such advertisement as the space occupied by the noted error bears to the whohe space occupied by such advertisement. f t i p a T s1 n tc r t h fc Letters To The Editor B&P Women s Club 55 Darlington Blvd. S., press reporting. Oshawa. Yours truly, eatedtOArfDemO Janet L. Riced Sept. 19th, 1975 Dear Sir: Please let it be understood by your readers thatmy attitude concerning the Rice Construction Company Mobile Home Plan is simply to provide needed homes for senior citizens. Is my attitude so very wrong? Sincerely, Anne Cowman. Councillor Mrs. John P. Price 65 Concession St. West Bowmahville, Ontario September 22, 1975 Dear Sir: With reference to the All Candidates Meeting at Bow- manville High School on Monday, September 15th, and your resulting front page headline (September 17th Statesman) - quote - Audience Questions Three Candidates on Abortion and Offices. A five-aragraph report foi- lowed, in which four para- graphs dealt with abortion. What inaccurate reporting! Surely the Statesman is above such sensationalism. Useful discussion did take place on such matters as education, housing, regional governmen t, the proposed nuclear power station here, and so on, leaving a few brief msoments for the abortion issue. The candidates, the Kiwanis Club, and your readers rely on' he Statesman for accurate Editors Note Our apologies, we didn't have enough bodies to go round on Monday and had to rely on a second band news source that must have had a hangup. We did cover the Clarke meeting at consider- able length and then had to leave the question period report out because of a space shortage. There's just too much going on and not enough hours in the day., Orono, Ontario Sept. 19, 1975 Dear Sir: I can add a small piece of history to the superb article by Liz Armstrong on vanstone's Mill. There was mention of one Elizabeth Bowman Raynes wbo leased the miii from 1874-77, and, of the fact that the mill property had corne back into possession of the Bowman family sometime rior to 1874. The date can now e placed four years earlier. In February, 1870, a curling match took place on Raynes Pond between Orono and Bowmanviie Curling Clubs, there being six rinks. This fact comes from our history of Clarke Township, "Out of the Mists", now in the rocess of being published. Advance or- ders will be welcomed (ten dollars per book or eleven dollarsaif it is to be mailed). The article, two weeks ago, on the Morris Funeral Ser- vices,.was equally enjoyable. Anticipating more of the samne, I arn, Yours very 'truly, Mrs. Helen Schmid. Please Choi Legion Magazine, in its July issue, carried an article by Leila Billyea, which we have taken the liberty of reproducing here. I can remember in the "Dirty Thirties" one of the major fears facing a man or woman was to be poor. The thought of not having enough money to buy food or to care for the needs of the family caused many a family man to find some kind of work and to save for a rainy day. This sense of responsibility prevented many from doing the thigs they would have liked to do. Putting aside something for their senior years, for the education of the children, or for payments on a mortgage or a downpayment on a home, was a way of life to many. But now, in our mad rush down the road of socialism, this work-and save thinking has taken a beating. Today, all people can think about is to enjoy the pleasures of an affluent society. If you are poor, you are in the new privileged group. You can have the inest legal advice available, free. You don't have to worry about medical expenses. You can have pre-natal care and medical care hrough life and right up until and ncluding an all-expense funeral with the compliments of the tax ayers. Al you have to do is become a relief recipient. You can forget about saving money to have a nice place to live. 'he tax payers will provide you with ubsidized housing for little or nothing. . Today it is a disadvantage to be middle class. To receive the benefits f our society you need to be poor, or o run afoul of the law in order to eceive psychiatric assistance and o receive a free education without aving to meet the requirements set or regular students. Bowmanville Business & Professional Women's Clut held their September meeting in the auditorium of St. Andrew'saChurch on Thurs- day, Sept. 18th with 18 members and one guest pres- ent. A delicious dinner was served by the church ladies following which President Greta Brown welcomed the membership and guests and quickly deait with the business of the evening. Vice-President Mildred Quinney will be the delegate at the District meeting to be held October 24th & 25th at the Parkway Motel on No. 7 Hwy. and Leslie Street which wili be hosted by the Markham- Unionville and Newmarket Clubs. Ruth Fowler read two letters from our adopted daughter Zoila which had come during the Summer and Jean Devitt will write to her for Septemâber. President Greta called on JeanDevîtt to introduce the speaker of the evening, Mrs. Bev West from Bev's Floral Art Shop, in Bowmanville. Bev formerly worked at Jackman's Fiorists for 7 years then went to Reids in Oshawa where she has spent the past year and a half. She told the girls her new shop was a dream come true and as she demonstrated her arrange- ments for the club, we could all see how she truly loved every minute of ber work. The beautiful arrangements were donated by Bev to the girls present. Lucky winners were Mary Jewell, Shre Coliss, Jean MacDonale Ruth Fowler, Reita Wideman and Helen Devitt. Mildred Quinney very ablv thanked My Pay Imagine the following dialogue between a hard-working man and his employer: "Sir, may I speak with you? It is very important." "All right. But make it snappy.- I'm busy." "It's about my salary. I wonder if you could see your way to give me a decrease in salary?" "Well, I don't know. I gave you a decrease last year." "Yes sir! But I sure could use less money. I can't live on the salary you pay me." "How much of a decrease did you have in mind?" "Well sir, if I could have a $100 decrease I could qualify for a larger and nicer place to live, nearer to the office. I could also have my children's teeth fixed, and we could send our oldest child to college. We can't qualify with what you are paying me now." "I don't know. A hundred-dollar- a-month decrease is a lot. If I give you a $100 decrease, every employee in the office will be asking for less inoney, and I can't do that." "Sir, I have worked for you for over 25 years. I think I deserve a $100 cut. With the taxes I have to pay we just can't make it. I need that $100 decrease. My wife has her heart set on it." "Well, all right. Ill give you a $100 cut, but don't tell the others in the office. Tell me, where do you think you can get a subsidized house? Close to the office, you say?" "Yes, sir. With that $100 cut we can qualify. It is only a few blocks away. It has a pool, tennis courts and everything, and it only costs me about one-third of what I'm paying now." "O.K. But remember, if your work slips I am going to have to give you an increase." Bev for her demonstration and donating the flowers to the girls and presented her with a small gift as a token of our appreciation. Dates to remember, Sun- day, September 21st Coffee Party at 24 Bramley St. N., Port Hope and Tuesday, November 18th Fashion Show qt Iný-h-nL k T-f a. inn-on-tie-Par hosted by the Nor & P W Club. ýN Xin Toronto 0 th Toronto B to know RRR ER RRRRRmmEEE,4UE Sugarund Spc By Bil Smiley The Way Out West Just a few more notes on my trip to Saskatchewan. If you are bored, turn to the classified ads. That's not just a wise-crack. A western publisher who runs my column, said: "You're right up there with the classifieds, when it comes to readers." "Thanks a lot," I muttered rather dourly. Turns out it was a compli- ment. The classified ads are the best-read part of many weeklies. Anyway, perhaps the nicest thing I can say about Saskatchewan is that I'd love to go back, 30 years younger, and with two or three months to spend. After I got home, I discovered I have a horde of cousins in Saskatoon, and they're going to be sore as hell when they learn I was there for a few days and didn't call them. But that's my problem, and maybe I'll see some of them at the great Thomson family reunion at the "old homestead" on Calumet Island in the middle of the Ottawa River next month. It's easier to get from here to England than it is to get from here to Calumet Island, but I'm going. to bust a gut trying to make it. My grandfather was slidemaster there in the great days of lumbering on the Ottawa, and most of my western kinfolk spring, originally, from his stalwart loins. Speakingof loins, I didn't see any in Saskatchewan. But I did see a bald-headed eagle, as well as a few bald-headed editors. Either it was a bald eagle, or a dirty great crow who had just had his hair dyed blonde. As far as I'm concerned, it was an eagle, just as that pike I caught not weighs just under 16 pounds. And those western crows! I spotted a vast black bird skimming through the spruce. "What in the name of dear Heaven is that?" I enquired. "Crow", muttered our laconic guide, Ovide, rather con- temptuously. Later I learned that these "crows," which look about the size of a Canada goose, are really ravens, about three times the size of a common, or eastern crow. I also heard some wolves, but they turned out to be young Indians, and the wolf calls were directed at pretty young Indians of the opposite sex. Ovide, the guide, didn't, I am sure, realize that he was named after a famous Roman poet of erotic verse, but he had some of the characteris- tics. "Caught a real big fish last night," he averred. straight-faced, outlining with his hands the shape of the fish, which was more of a bird than a fish, to my thinking. Let's see, what other great adventures did I have? Oh, yes. I met a prairie farmer, in his seventies, who was up for the fishing. German background, solic type, figured to be a gentle man, and he had the most appalling string of profanity I've heard since I left the air force. Did you ever see a law student try to change a flat tire on a big bus? Nice lad. Had been in the Mounties, couldn't stand the crap of the upper echelons, who are still in the Victorian age, had quit, was going through law school, and then was going back into the Mounties, to try to do something about it. Stout chap and I hope he makes it. But he sure had a battle with that tire, while we stood on the road and watched the perfect Vs of geese starting their long trek south. Away up there in the northern wilds, where the call of loons and the snort of a moose are to be expected, I was startled. Went to a lodge with the rest of the gang and wound up playing shuffleboard and shooting pool with a great fire in the fireplace. I felt sort of disconnected. It ain't cheap up there. Brought a rate card home with me. A modern cabin runs $120 a week. Boat, about $50 a week. Motor, about $60 a week. Plus gas, bait, fish filleting, fisl freezing, and food. A fishing guide is about $20 a day, but worth it. I had all this for zilch money, thanks to the government of Sask. and my good hosts, the Martins. But on the other hand, it's not really expensive, if shared by a group. That cabin held eight people, or could have, and was completely furnished and heated. A crumby cottage in Ontario, on an over- crowded beach, with no fishing, could cost as much or more. Back to Saskatoon after a 10-hour bus-ride, and everybody exhaustéd. Some of those crazy, intrepid westerners took off for home. "Oh, it's only 280 miles." Got wangled into a lobster dinner, when all I wanted was bed and a warm glass of milk. Ordering lobster in Saskatoon is like goinsV Halifax and saying: "Bring me à western steak." Stupid. Missed my flight home. Called the old Trouble 'n Strife, who was expecting me that night, 1,200 miles away. Cost me $13. Woke up in the morning with a heavy chest cold and a feverish feeling that I'd been off to anothersplanet for a week. But I wouldn't have missed it for the world. It's not every day you see a bald-headed eagle. In. the Dim and :xDistant Past' 49 Years Ago Thursday, September 14, 1950 Thursday, September 30, 1926 B.sradua tes1h n95 Mr. C. Jonas Thornton, ex their education includes Pat ce, rfonD rturning u-y Bowles,'Catherine Tucker and announced the official return Isobel Carter, Victoria Col- last week in the recent federal lege, U. of T. Bernard Jones, election whîch gives Fred entering medicine, Kaye Ly Bowen conservative candi- cett law, Jim Frank and Neil date, a majority of 1484 over Brilton, U. of T. Melville H. Staples, Indepen- Fiight of Lt.L. Ashton, sonl dent Candidate. of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ashton At the West Durham Fair will leave shortly for Green- Tuesday and Wednesday, in wood, N. S. for flying duties the Clydesdale (Horses) class, under the command of Wing the winners were, Brood Mare Commander David French. and Foal - Roylot Farm, Dr. George Miller has Austin Turner, W. J. S. returned from Geneva, with Rickard. One year filly or Mrs. Miller and family and gelding - A. Welsh, 1 and 2, W. bas been posted to the J 5S Rick'ard. Foal, Austin Washington Office of the Turner 1 and 3, Roylot Farm, World Health Organization to 3. organize the Tecbnical Assis- Goodyear Tire and Rubber tance programme under Pre- Co was given authority to put sident Truman's famous point railway siding on street in four. front of its factory, providing Miss Lillian Richards, Lind- it took all responsibility there- say, ,fi bst n onhu speaker at with the first montbly dinner meet- TrityYugPol' - ing of the Bowmanville Busi- einty Young Peopës So- ness and Professional Wo- evening was Citizenship night, mens Club. uer topie will be Rev. J. U. Robins in the chair. "A Trip to Europe". In charge Scripture lesson was ýread by of reservations are Misses Miss Greta Oke. Pianosolo by Helen Tait, Mary Jewell, and Miss Peters, reading by Miss Helen Tighe. Ida Payne. Topic by Rev. At the buge corn roast heid Robins, solo by Miss Hilda by Bowmanville Lions Club at Curtis. West Side Beach, Lions Presi- A by-law was passed by dent Nels Osborne congratu- town council at its regular lated "Hap" Palmer onbhis meeting to borrow $25,000 to recent success in the boat pay for 2 room addition at races on Chemong Lake, Public Schoom commenting that "Hap" final- In the report of teacher's ly got bis boat going. salaries on page 2, the salary Stan Everson, president of of Miss Muriel Newton, Enni- Oshawa Rotary Club invited skillen shoud be $1000 not the local club to participate in $900. a Rotary Inter-City meeting Harold S. Foster bas taken on Monday, September l8th. over the blacksmith business Coi. S. R. McLaugblin bas of W. Marjoram, Corner of offered the use of grounds for Ontario and King Streets, the event. Bowmanville 0 0 Advertising helps you i it L. Eie O