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2 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville October 1 1975 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT IS THIS POLITICS? Dear Editor: I saw an advertisement in a local paper reporting a meeting at Pine Ridge School, Orono. For the purpose of an unofficial public discussion on the proposed Rice Mobile Home Park. Wishing to see and hear the people who concern themselves with this matter, I attended in the capacity of a spectator. Our new M.P.P. Mr. Douglas Moffatt admitted responsibility for the advt. and chaired the meeting. He stated by requesting the Rice Co. take the floor for 30 minutes. These gentlemen declined as they had not been previously notified and were not prepared. However, Mr. Rice did reluctantly agree to answer ques- tions from the floor for this period. He seemed to stand up very well under the barrage of questions. A lot was said about the misuse of agricultural land. Councillor Lyall interjected here, noting there are already thousands of acres that are not properly farmed if indeed farmed at all. Very soon after this, Mr. Rickard asked to speak. He stated once again to expound about developers putting on pressures but carefully omitting to say this was as a result of the Davis government stating the pro- vince should start looking to the east for expansion. Also omitting to say how many months and even years some plans collect dust in our planning office while they await the earned consideration of the various staff and committees. This is, incidentally, the time the developers put on pressure (to no avail). When the pressure becomes unbearable, the plans are dusted off, considered, stamped premature and hastily returned to the shelf. At one point, Mr. Lyall (for light relief) was about to remind the Mayor that it was still 1975 and not '76 (election year) when the Mayor Made in 1 (From the Wingham Advance Times) The old concept of shopping at home and supporting your own community has long since been replaced by the convenience of the automobile and the shorter working week. Nor has the urge to buy abroad been confined to the shop- ping habits which take the, small townbuer tothe big city. Canadians are shopping all over the world - and wondering at the same time why we have so much unemployment. Preparatory to departing for some fishing in Saskatchewan recently we indulged ourselves in a beautiful five-section fishing rod - one which would pack into our suitcase for the plane trip. After we assembled it at ome we noted a label which read "Made in Korea". The accompany- ing reel was made in Taiwan. At a service station down country not long ago we happened on a group of small cars bearing a well-known North American trade name but still carrying the Japanese shipping instructions which brought them across the Pacific. Chances are the shirt you're wearing was made in Hong Kong. In fact more than one enterprising manufacturer in that Far East city is sending out postcards to Canadian businessmen telling them how and where they can be measured for a fancy silk suit without going farther than the nearest city. got into the topic of how unexpect- edly Mr. Rice appeared out of the blue at council and approval in principle for the Park was moved and duly seconded to be passed by council. Again he omitted to say that Mr. Rice first applied in the spring of '73 and had not until this point been told "yes" or "no" by any council. Mr. Rickard, now warmed to his subject, went on to say that he was not like certain persons in public life. He was not persuaded, seduced or bribed. "Certain persons in public life are persuaded but not me I am tough..." At this junction, there was something of a furore and a certain 'gentleman' stood up and asked if it would be in order for him to come to council and move that the 'council be investigated.' Mr. Lyall claimed this to be slanderous. Mr. Moffatt stayed seated, looking rather bewildered. I went across to the 'gentleman' and said. Excuse me sir, I did not catch your name. To which he replied I am not going to tell you my name you are making a nuisance of yourself, go and sit down ... which of course as a visitor to Clarke I did. Shortly after this the meeting was adjourned. Mr. Lyall, left having had to demonstrate that he still has the guts that carried him through the war in the merchant navy. Mr. Rice left having conducted himself as a perfect gentleman. Mr. Moffatt left with a doleful countenance. Mr. Rickard left having incited a member of the audience into making serious innuendos about the integ- rity of the council. I left to slip back over the 'wire' to Darlington wondering ... Surely this can't be politics? Sincerely Ann Cowman Councillor Hong Kong There is no point in blaming the purchaser of such goods if he or she can buy for less than would be charged for Canadian-made pro- ducts. Nor should the retailer be criticised for attempting to provide his customers with less highly inflated merchandise. And obviously you can't censure the hard-working Japanese or Chinese exporter who is building up his business. It is a dilemma which faces the entire Western world. The people of the East, who have known little but grinding poverty, disease and blood- sbed are willing to work long hours for enough income to provide them with the necessities of life. They don't enjoy the benefits of a minimum wage law; they don't go out on strike because the washrooms are unswept or the boss yells at them. In short, they are glad to accept a standard of living that the poorest among us would reject without second thought. Our alternative is to accept a growing rate of unemployment - a relatively huge segment of the population which will be forever dependent on the earning capacity of the rest of the nation who are at work. Add to that unhealthy situation the fact that the oil producing countries are draining off our material wealth in previously unheard of amounts and you get the picture of a future which may be vastly different for our children and grandchildren. A Corner for Poets MY HEAVEN I've been thinking a lot about Heaven This morning. I've been looking up At the sky, gray and leaden. I've made tea; I've filled the cup. And I've thought! And I've thought I've been always told that it's up there- I know that you've been told so, too. 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 62 66 King St W., Bowmanville, Ontario LiC 3K9 JOHN M. JAME Editor-Publisher s r GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. They're right; it's near as the words . 'I care" And watching gray skies turn to blue. There's another Heaven, I've found, As near as the Maple tree, It's here today on the ground----- It's a Prayer, on bended Knee! -by Marion Taylor Ford. DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. "Copyright and-or property rights subsist in the image appearing on this proof. Permission to reproduce In whole or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by photographic or offset process in a publication, must be obtained from the publisher and the printer. Any unauthorized reproduction will be subject to recourse in law." $8.00 a year - 6 months $4.50 strictly in advance Foreign - $10.00 a year Although every precaution will be taken to avoid error, The Canadian Statesman accepts advertising in its columns on the understanding that it will not be liable for any error in the advertisement published hereunder unless a proof of such advertisement is requested in writing by the advertiser and returned to The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the advertiser and with such error or corrections plainly noted-in writing thereon, and in that case- if any error so noted is not corrected by The Canadian Statesman its liability shah not exceed such a portion of the entire cost.of such advertisement as the space occupied by the noted error bears to the whole space occupied by such advertisement. F. Letters To September 25, 1975 Dear Editor: With regard to your front page article on the feelings of your local C. of C. and council, I would like to know what the objections of the local King St. merchants areBto the Taxi business in Bowmanville. They ay they object to taxis parkin n places on the street where their customers would be parking. Taxis do park sometimes in the mornings before 9:00 a.m. wben stores are not open a,nd also at night when stores áre also closed. Very occasionally do they park during business hours as they are parked away from the main street. By the way, if it weren't for Taxis, a lot of people would not be uptown shopping. The taxis try ta give good, efficient service ta their customers and think Bowmanville lias agod, quick taxi service. We also have special flat rates and senior citizens rates wben prices for operation are rising all the time as everyone knows. With regard to rules govern- ing taxis, the council that passed the new by4law regard- ing taxis should know what is written into the by-law that they assed. It seems that they o not. Also, as for the remark about the dress and looks of The Editor the drivers, I think they are generally speaking, reason- ably well dressed under the circumstances. A taxis driver is in and out of his cab in all kinds of weather, worst of all being the winter with slush and snow and salt and has to carry boxes of groceries, suitcases, etc. it woud be very hard to dress like a business executive under these conditions. Also it would No Action T Wood Recy Further consideration of the matter of the wood recycling plant adjacent to Doms Auto Parts at Monday's committee of the whole meeting of Newcastle Couneil resulted in the situation being lef to follow the proper channels. Ron Amyotte net firý,t with, the omimittee "in amé a' ta advise them in greater detail of the company's plans as had been approved by council last week. Then, with Planning Direc- tor George Howden present, the committee openly discus- sed the topic again in an effort to determine any course of action they might follow at this time which would speed up clearance of the company's operations on the site where it is presently located. Couneillor Kirk Entwisle stated that the situation is a Community college staff gets rais e TORONTO--The teàchers, counsellors and librarians in Ontario's 22 community colleges today overwhelm- ingly ratified a one-year collective agreement which gives salary increases of 12.5 percent to the highest paid employees and a 32 percent ta the lowest paid catagories. The agreement also sets ouI teacher workloads and establishes thekseniority system in lay-offs and re- call. In addition, the 5,500 teachers -- members of the Civil Service Association of Ontario - won re-classifica- tion of all grades of tea- chers, except for instruc- tors, to the highest grade known as teaching master. The agreement, approv- ed by a vote of 3425 to 527 at meetings held at all 22 colleges, sets a minimum rate of $12,000 per year for teaching masters and a maximum of $24,000 through 16 steps. In ad- dition, co-ordinators will receive one or two steps above scale, depending upon their responsibilities. Instructors will be paid between $10,000 and $16,850 per year on a nne -step scale. Librarians will receive a minimum of $12,200 with a maximum of $19,000 for the librarian 2 classification. Bruce McColl, chairman of the CSAO negotiating team, said it was a "milestone." The previous agreement, which expired August 31,was a result of an arbitration award han- ded down in June of this year, after two years of largely fruitless nego- tiations. Another bone of conten- tion, teacher workload, was resolved under a formula, based on the arbitration' board award, with teachers being able to appeal tojoint review committees at both the college and province- wide levels. He said the agreement was negotiated under new legislation which offered the teachers a choice af routes ta finalityhad a deadlock occurred. "This new legislatian, which ailows community college teachers the right to choose strike action, no doubt had a bearing on the outcome of the negotia- tions and the speed with which they progressed. "Both sides made every attempt to reach a settle- ment, and I believe this agreement proves that col- lective bargaining does work if it is attempted within the framework of full and a free collective bargaining.' Last year the community college teachers boycotted arbitration and threatened illegal strike action in an at- tempt to hasten nego- tiations. "This agreement proves that when both parties at the negotiating table have equal rights and equal res- ponsibility, they show equal respect for each other at the bargaining table, and this usually results in a col- lective agreement," Mr. McColl said. He said the terms of the collective agreement pro- tect the teachers from the effects of rampant inflation and aso provide a catch-up or real increase for the low- est paid teachers who most feel the effects of inflation. "It is a good agreement and serves the best interests of everyone involved," Mr. McColl said. not be very comfortable or economical to be executive dressed while working 8 to 12 hours a day. I find that it is unfortunate that people still have to make remarks and statements about their counterparts in the business worid. We are aiso in business the same as the store owners trying ta give a service to people and also trying to make a living. John Ireland aken on cing Plar prime example showing ly how "laborious and the system is." Mr. En was not blaming c policies but rather the( of action which mu: followed under the pl act. Councillor Don Alline ed whether or not counc given approval in princ the proposal but was ai by Mayor Rickard that not. Councillor Ann Com accepting Mr. Entwisle cation of the foolishness procedures under the pl act, suggested that going to go bankrupt meantime as the wheels so slowly." As explained by Mr. den, the matter has before the Region wher Amyotte requested an a ment to the official plan wouldý allow bis compi operateon the presen which is presently agricultural. From the Region the r was referred back ta castle council and t Planning Advisory Co tee. Mr. Howden is pre proceeding with tbe rei circulations to affected ies and departments re ing their comments on When these replie received Mr. Howdeîi study them and conseq make his recommenda the Planning Advisory mittee which wili eith cept, amend or rejecti Whatever course of ac taken by the Planning ory Committee will th recommended ta count finally referred to the R Committee Chairmai Lyall suggested to Amnyolte that ail ap under Mr. Howden's ex tions, to be following in1 accord. Mr. Lyall, pre< the final outcome of th lu be rejection, furthei gested ta Mr. Amyotte t could not understand wh didn't just tell him last to get lost and save a tine. Mr. Amyotte's legal sentation, Richard Lo questioned the comi whether there might no possibility open unde proval of non-comformi but the committee re the idea as il wouîd contempt of court whi< given a judicial rulingi matter. Courtesy Pays For many, driving is business that unleash temper, brings out the lives, and sometimes causes ulcers. When yos this attitude creeping time you did a goodd deed. It will give youi feeling, for example, you 'et that patienlly 'm driver get into the l traffic ahead of you a waves his thanks. It encourage you to do it a and il may make him more considerate to drivers too. Remembe Courtesy Pays., CRIME PREVENTION Protect Yourself About 30,000 reside Ontario wiII lose. r through fraud this year. YOI? S,,ugar By Bill Smiley 'Tough' Time Last spring, while perusing about 80 applications for one job teaching English, I expressed sympathy for the young graduates of teachers' colleges, all set to go, wanting to be t f teachers, and.scarcely a job in sight. clear- At the time, I suggested it was 1cruel rotten planning: graduating about 10 ntwisle teachers for each job available. I ouncil still think it is. coure But the column brought a couple of anning interesting responses, which I haven't managed to get around to enqunr answering. Thought I'd do so now, as - le ta we are launched into a new year of vised teaching and learning. it had Miss M.A. Buck of Windsor, wman Ontario, read the column in the 's indi' Tillsonburg News, and took issue ; of the with it, in a lady-like fashion and the anning most exquisite handwriting I've "He's . . in the seen in years. She writes: s grind "You have described the situation How- very well as it applies to the job been market in the area of Secondary re Mr. English; however, it concerns me mehd- that young people who are consider- which ing a career in teaching might think n that there are no opportunities in zoned teaching at all. This is far from true. "There is a demand for Secondary mtte teachers of Mathematics, Physics, o the Girls Physical Education, Home immit- Economics, Art, Music, Business esently and Secretarial subjects and Tech- quired part- nical areas. There are also excellent equest- opportunities for those who wish to it. teach in the Public or Separate s are Elementary schools." uentîy Well, thanks, Miss Buck. This is tion to heartening news. I don't know about Com- the Maths and Physics. I doubt ier ac- ila there's a "demand" for them, but tion is there's always room for a good one. Advis- îen be Art and Music teachers are sitting Mi and ýegion. pretty. But only because they are n Ken scarce. Any dope can teach English, Mr. as I am frequently reminded, but pears, few young people have the talent and proper training for the arts. dicting Girls' Phys. Ed., yes. Perhaps this e case is because of attrition. A lot of the >r, sug- hat h- younger ones get married and have îy they babies. And it's tougher and tougher spring to put the girls over the hurdles with lot of each year you put on yourself.' repre- Elizabeth Taylor, I am happy to vekin, say, wll be able to make ends meet. miltee And she has no need for a reunion r ap- with Richard Burton to do so. Liz is a ng use young friend of ours, a contempor- jected ary of my daughter, and I nursed her beh b through Grade 10, 12 and 13 English. on the She graduated last June as a Phys. Ed. teacher, and was hired by the first school she applied to. agrim She couldn't believe it when I told es the er how much money she'd be exple- making - about $11,000 a year. u sen "Migawd, I'm rich!" Then we u sensesttd in it's started to figure income tax, salary driving deductions for this and that, and cost a good of living. She won't even be when well-to-do. wai ing ime of Home Ec.? Again, I agree. We lost nd he a young lady last June, because she should had to move to the city. She had a liîtie another job in two weeks. I don't other know why they're scarce. Technical teachers? Yes. There's a shortage. And a reason. About 15 nts in years ago, quite a few technicians noneY deserted their trades to enter . WILLteaching, not for more money, but and lui For Teachers for better working conditions, secur- ity - many reasons. Over a decade they saw their former trades become more and more affluent, as wages went up and up, until the former electricians, mechanics, draftsmen, now teachers, were making considerably less as teachers than they would be as skilled workers, and with thr, times the tension. There are vei few young technicians coming mt'o teaching now. Who needs it, when he can make $80 a day at his job, and leave it behind when he finishes work? From F.W. Reinhold,, Superinten- dent of Schools in the Fort Vermilion School Division, in the Peace River district of Alberta, came anotrr missive. Written at the end of last June, the letter says: "I read your article in the Brooks Bulletin re Tough Time for Teachers and am wondering if you are serious ... There is no surplus of teachers in Western Canada . . . we still have 22 vacancies at the Elementary level and six at the junior-senior high level." Twenty-eight vacancies at the end of June. In one school district! Mr. Reinhold enclosed a terse but shocking resume of his school board's attempt to staff its schools. After extensive advertising in Alberta dailies, American news- papers, and listings with Manpower, here's the picture: December, 1974: Wrote to 15 first-semester graduates at Univers- ity of Lethbridge expressing interest in hiring them. Not one replied to my letters. February, 1975: Extensive adver- tising and Manpower (received 45 applications). Feb., 1975: Extensive advertising U.S. papers (approximately 400 applications received). Feb., 1975: Conducted interviews U. of Calgary and U. of Alberta; 49 applicants interviewed. Three agreed to sign a contract. May, 1975: 32 vacancies listed with Manpower. Two replies. April and May: more advertising. June, 1975: 40 vacancies. Only 54 applications were received from Canadian teachers. Result: three accepted contracts; 30 accepted contracts- elsewhere; seven will not accept a contract at this time; five are not suitable. So when he wrote, Fort Vermilion School Division was short 28 teachers for September. I take back all my sympathy, for young teachers. One of two thingess obvious. Either the Fort Vermilion School Board is one of the worst in' the world, which I doubt. Or all you young idealists, of th sexes, don't really want to teach that much. You want a nice job, in a nice school, not too far from Mom and Dad, in the city or close to it, where you won't get your feet wet or your hands dirty, won't be too cold or too lonely. Otherwise,you'd be up there in Peace River, getting the experience of your young lives and finding out what makes you tick. In the DW ~~ andI DistantdPast 25 Years AGo I Thursday September 21, 1950 49 Years Ago Over 400 nembers of the lst Thursday October 7, 1926 Midland Regiment are expect- Expenditures of the Wo- ed to attend the 10th anniver men's Hospital Auxiliary were sary of the unit n Oshawa announced at the annu- 1 Arourtes n Saturday, Sept meeting held on Friday a chrSgt fW dAClarke 15 in Nurses Home, by the seere. h g ad n ar g tary Miss Clara Allen. Listed S arge cng onat s follows they included bed- tended the opening of the new sras$70,bza 2.5 BowanvlleBapistChurch blankets $40.90, S.W. Mason BownvSuda, e Bpt 7,onNeso and Son $13.66, T. H. Knight o S da e$880, Linen mills $24.03, Mrs. Br eRoses and Bat Spencer (silver) $4.25, Couch, awa Shoemen battled to a 4-4 Johnston, Cryderman $59,08, tic on Monday night in Iospital Board, $590.00, SpeA Bowmanville. Gord Sturrock ial account $880.35, A. Dillick started on the mound for 8360, L. G. Greenaway $2000, Bowmanville. F. F. Morris $4476, D F. SErnie Joncs. 37 CarlyleHenry, $2.55, M. A. James and Avenue, reports an rver Sons $2.80. Total $1,74780. uLily with five blooms, blm Balance on hand $24913. ing in his garden. Honor ounils of town oublie The T and R Handy Store schools for September: Room formaerly owned by Sila 8 -Sr. Il - John Shires, Joyce Trewin and Frank Rundle has Luxton, Boyd Slemon, Tommy been purchased by E. S. Dustan, Sam Wilkins, Murray Harnden. Messrs. Trewin and Mitchell Jr. II, Ada Clarke, Rundle have purchased the Selma Bartlett, Tommy Shee- McFeeters Bros. grocery bus- han, Mary Lyle, Arvella iness, owned by George Mc- Tile and Harry Lee equal, Feeters. It is . believed Mr. Miss Gertrude Hood, Port McFeeters plans to enter the Perry, elocutionist, was well fruit inspection work. received at the annual chicken Bowmanville Kinsmen Club pie supper of the Ladies have decided to boost their Berean Class of Ebenezer membership from 21 to 35. Church on Wednesday. Giant4bulldozers and reach- Mr. Alan Campbell, Raby ing power shovels started Head Farm has purchased work Tuesday morning on a Mrs. John W. McLaughlin's large edition to the R. M. house on Wellington Street. Hollingshead plant. The "Never-Say No" Music Official word comes from Club will meet at the home of Mayor Lawrence Mason that Mrs. Albert Cole, Scugog we will not return to Standard Street on October 30th Tme for the present time