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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 15, 1975 Section Two Better Late Than Never We've just listened to Prime doesn't seem right that because Minister Trudeau outline the meas- agreement was reached last week, ures his government will take in its they should be permitted that initial step to overcome the ravages amount when, had the decision been of inflation in Canada. Our main delayed one week, they might not be reaction at the moment, without allowed more than 10 per cent. studying the proposal and the Probably these inequities will be legislation, is that at last the dealt with in the legislation to be government is going to do some- presented. thing....and about time. They've The next few months will certainly been sitting on their fat majority for be interesting if nothing else as the too long, letting the economy drift, various groups get sorted out. without direction, until it has Frankly, something had to cone to reached the crisis stage. slow things down. Whether these By the time this appears in print, measures will be enough to do it, there will have been a considerable only time will tell. At least, the amount of wailing by those who now government is doing something to find themselves restricted by the stem the tide and bring the country forthcoming legislation, including back to its senses, and that has to be the inside postal workers who were good news. Our sympathies go out to all set to go on strike probably this those who are going to be hurt for week following voting by their mem- the overall good of the majority. As bership. Now, they are hamstrung the Prime Minister said, if these and limited to a 10per cent increase measures don't work, they will be as we understand it. Professional followed by price and wage controls people, construction firms and for everyone and we would not be workers and others in the big surprised if that happened in the not industry category aren't going to too distant future. like it one bit. As we were listening, We've been asking for controls of we noticed an item on our desk that some kind and, brother, we've got high school teachers in this area had them now with more to come. The settled for 28 per cent increase. It honeymoon is over! Is Democracy We believe there are quite a few Canadians who are wondering just how long our democratic system will last...and what will replace it? The reasoning back of their apprehension tells them that 'de- mocracy as we have known it here and in other parts of the world, is not working the way it should. Richard Gwyn had an enlighten- ing article along this vein in The Toronto Star last week in which he suggested that democracy is re- sponsible for many of the problems Canada is facing today. People are demanding more from the system - in wages, in profits, in goods and services, and comforts of all kinds--than the system is capable of producing. At the same time our system of government rewards those who enforce their demands by exercising whatever power they happen to command and penalizes those foolish enough to hold back for what they conceive to be the common good. He goes on to quote a recent speech by Postmaster General Bryce Mackasey in which he explored a theme that is bothering many citizens. "We've the most successful eco- -nomic system ever devised, the most humane and enlightened system of government that ever evolved," said Mr. Mackasey. "Yet, that system no longer responds to traditional restraint. Citizens no longer respond to their leaders. Everybody wants to talk and nobody wants to listen....it's no longer productivity that wins most pay, it's power. And power is defined as who can do the most damage to society. Parent I The biggest challenge facing education today is getting parents involved in the schools in a meaningful way, according to Edu- cation Minister Tom Wells. He made that statement in a recent address to the annual meeting of the Canadian Education Association. "Lack of involvement implies lack of communication and lack of communication brings lack of know- ledge, misunderstanding and mis- trust. The misunderstanding and mistrust erode the base of popular support on which the viability of any public institution, particularly schools depends." The education minister gave as an illustration of the reason for parent "turn off" the case of the child who brings home a report card which tells in only general terms his or her progress and permits the parentsto be lulled into the belief that the child's work is at least satisfactory. Later, when teacher or principal tells dad or mother that Sally is behind her age group they are naturally offended. Mr. Wells said that committees composed of parents and teachers, sehool board advisorv committees on Way Out ? We've lost our capacity for self- discipline." Some more real truths came out in the next few paragraphs: "Keynes destroyed our belief in the discipline of money. Freud destroyed our belief in sexual discipline. Dr. Spock almost destroyed our belief in discipline for our children. Einstein destroyed the discipline of absolute values. We gave up the goal of heaven for heaven on earth. "One after another we've aban- doned the instruments that encour- age, or enforce self-discipline. We dumped all restrains on consump- tion, thrift, modesty, chastity. We let the family farm go the way of the family business and kicked the props under self-sufficiency. We put quantity above quality and weak- ened desire for excellence...Now, we're dismantling the family, our last unity, our last stronghold of moral authority." Those are strong words, but about as timely as pumpkin pie and turkey at Thanksgiving. We could add a few more and so could most people. Somehow, our sense of values has be turned around but it may take a major catastrophe to do it; there's certainly no indication of any change for the better at the moment. Whât might well happen is a general economic collapse on a worldwide scale, followed by a period of devastation, terror and destruction wiping out our system of government with a dictatorial state emerging in which freedom will be just a memory. It's happening in many places already and there's no particular reason to believe it can't appen here. Think about it. nvolvement of interested citizens, and the more active parent-teacher associations are all positive moves in bringing about direct parental involvement in schools. However, he says that none of them are a substitute for a policy of open classroom doors and open and complete communication with the people of the community. We agree with Mr. Wells and can think instantly of commendable efforts on the part of some teachers, particularly at the elementary level, to keep parents informed of school activities. What the minister does not refer to, however, is the definite deterior- ation in public interest since the formation of county school boards. In the years prior to the county education plan almost everyone in the community knew and was in daily contact with members of the local public and high school boards. They felt free to voice their views, pro and con, about what went on in the schools. It will require a good deal of "communicating" with parents to replace that sense of immediacy and community involve- ment. 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I feel that most criticism is directed at the elementary teachers during the Profes- sional Activity days, and very little is heard about the secondary pupils being dis- missed twelve days early in June. Could it be that the secondary pupils are old enough, and do not need baby sitters? May I list just a few of the activities that take place at my school on Professional Activity Days: - Interviews with parents - Team and school planning - Curriculum development In-service training - Teacher conferences These are activities that I feel help me to be a better teacher. Parents from my school, and others in this area, have been invited to attend some of the programs which have been held on Professional Activity Days. If more parents were to come andsee what takes place on these days, I amt sure they would realize the value to the teachers, and, inifurn, to the pupils. Yours truly, James Beam A concerned - Teacher Principal - Parent -taxpayer Newcastle, Ontario, October 8, 1975. Dear Sir: I read, with great interest, a recent article in your paper concerning the Professional Activity Days in the North- umberland-Newcastle school area. I should state that I am an .elementary school teacher, and Principal, working for the Northumberland-Newcastle Board of Education. But, more important in this issue, I am also a parent of an elementary school child, and a public school supporter in this area. There have been a number of people - taxpayers, trustees and even some teachers, who have been questioning the value of the Professional Activities. I wonder if these people are really questioning the value of these days, or are they upset because the children are home, and baby sitters are needed to look after the young children. I arn more inclined to think that these people 'are com- plaining about the latter, and I can offer a simple solution to this problem - have the secondary schools take their Professional Activity Days at the same time as the elemen- tary schools, thereby provid- ing baby sitters for a large Dear Sir or Madam: Once again the annual Catholic Rosary Sundgy Holy Hour was a tremendous suc- cess. Over 5000 people packed the Memorial Centre in Peter- borough on September 28th to observe or participate in a marvellous program dedicat- ed to the concept of the Rosary and as a tribute to the late Bishop Marrocco. Once again we must attri- bute, as a major factor in this success, the splendid publicity relating to the event. Without the generous response of the news media and their profes- sional competence in inform- ing the public we could not achieve such attendance. Once again our very sincere thanks for a job well done. Very Sincerely, C. O'Donnell Chairman, Rosary Sunday Committee Nov. 22 Santa's Day Official approval of Satur- day November 22 as the date for the 1975 Bowmanville Santa Claus Parade was granted by Newcastle Town Council last week. The annual event will commence about 10:30 a.m. on that date from Central School ending at Memorial Park. A 40-watt fluorescent lamp produces more light thana 100-watt incandescent bulb ând qt less cost p u..nuum I #~#S MB In the Dim ,and Distant Past 25 Years Ago Thursday, October 5th, 1950 Ed Flash Rundle was really flashing them down the alleys on Wednesday night and came up with the first 800 score of the evening. Ed had 267-350- 223 for 840. Over the 700 mark were Lou McFeeters 775, Phil Cancilla 765, Al Osborne 757, Bob Gallagher 750, Ab Piper 742, Bill Westlake 737. Sam Woods 730, Bob Cole 723, Dave MlcKñight7714,~and Ron May- nard 711. Mr. Wallace Marlow pur- chased the lovely house in Blackstock of Mr. William Keiser, last week. Communion service was held Sunday evening in Wes- leyville with a good attend- ance. Dr. Oke's sermon was "Unity through coming to the Lord's Table. The year 1950 marks the 115thAnniversary of the first Anglican church in Bowman- ville, and is also the 95th year of the laying of the corner- stone of the present edifice. List of rectors serving the Parish are Rev. Adam Eliott, 1832-35, Rev. C.T. Wade, 1836-37, Rev. T. Smith Ken- nedy 1838-52, Rev. Alexander MacNab 1852-91, Rev. R.A. Bilkey 1892-98, Rev. R. Sea- horn 1898-04, Rev. W.E. Car- roll, 1904-10, Rev. T.A. Nind, 1910-17, Rev. C.P Muirhead 1917-23, Rev. G.S. Postleth- waite, 1923-25, Rev. R.J. Shires, 1925-30, Rev. C.R. p Spencer, 1930-46, Rev. J. de - Pencier Wright, 1946-49, Rev. Earl Sigston 1949- %UR lu nlumm îugar y Bill Smiley 49 Years Ago Thursday, October 21st, 1926 Frank Converse Smith leader of the violas in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will teach violin every Wed- nesday evening in the Sunday School rooms of Trinity UniteO Church, Bowmanville, from -- to 8 p.m. Past Master's Night was celebrated by over one hun- dred members of Jerusalem Lodge, A.F. and A.M. on Wednesday night. Mr. John Lyle a member of the lodge for over 53 years was the ruling master of the evening. Public Property Committee and Councillor Caverly were asked at the October council meeting to investigate the offer of Bowmanville Foundry to purchase three cornered piece of land fronting on their property for $50. Also ac- counts were passed on recom- mendation of Finance Com- mittee to $888.98, and water- works Dept. accounts were $187.07. W.J. Cully was paid the balance of the contract being $900 for building cement abutments at the Base Line bridge. Among the members of the 21st Battalion, C.E.F. who attended the eighth annual reunion of this unit at the Hotel Quinte, Bellville on October 15th were Messrs L.A. Parker, John Goodall, Wm. Tait and Oliver Roberts. Clarence Allin, son of Mr. Norman Allin outjudged all competitors at the Durham County Junior Farmer's Stock Judging Championships held and Spice Should We Go To Court? Something came up on my Saskatchewan holiday this summer past that rather intrigued me, and I thought it might strike a chord, responsive or otherwise, in the breast, or breasts, of my best friends, the readers of this column. I had thrown a small and unselect party on the last night of the convention. At least it began small. It grew steadily larger because it was unselect: everybody who pas- sed the open door of niy room was hollered at to cummon in. Fortunately, most of the people who were passing were weekly newspaper people with their wives, girl friends, or grandmothers. With regard to the ladies, I must confess, said he gallantly, that you couldn't tell the girls from the grandmothers. Perhaps that is because it's Women's International Year, but I doubt it. I have noticed in the last few years that girls are becoming more like grandmothers: the glas- ses, the long skirts, the humped shoulders; and, for good or worse, grannies are becoming more like girls: smoking cigarettes, drinking rye whiskey, and elevating their bosoms, with the aid of goodness - only - knows - what miracles of elastic, to positively perilous posi- tions. Well, back to the party. Federal and provincial politics, women's lib, starving editors, rotten kids, and overpaid workers, were dealt with fairly smartly and expeditious- ly. They were all bad, we agreed, except for the starving editors, the last bulwark in the fight for freedom, law and order, the old virtues, and a return to the "good years" of the Depression. This was standard for a party, and I was pleased that everything was so cool. But, as every host or hostess of every party, everywhere, and every time, knows, most people sensibly go home to bed, and mine host is struck with the Rag-Tag and Bob-Tail of the party, who still have a few bones stuck in their craws and want to wash them away with some fairly strong solvent. It happened. I won't mention names, because they are two fine western editors, good to their children, kind to their wives, pillars of their communities, and I don't want them run out of town on some torn-up rails of a defunct line of the C.P.R., not tarred and feathered, but smeared from head to foot with printers' ink and copies of their old editorials. I'Il just call them Rag-Tag and Bob-Tail. Rag-Tag finally ran out of arguments and steam about 4 a.m., but Bob-Tail kept me up until 6.47 a.m., the bus leaving at 8:30 for the fishing trip, me going, him not, and I hope, if he reads this, he is dying slowly and painfully from an incurable disease. This is what they got hacking about, with me as the judge; should or should not a weekly editor run in his columns court news? And that is why I thought your readers might have an opinion. Rat-Tag said: "Absolutely. It is our duty. No one can be spared. We owe it to our readers. If I myself were convicted of impaired driving, I would run it in the paper." Bob-Tail spoke thus: "Blank- beep! Who do you think you are - God? The guy or the gal has already been judged and sentenced by the law. He or she has been punished. Ail you are doing by printing it in the paper is doubling the sentence; exposing him or her to the scorn and contempt of friends and neighbors and salivating sensation-seekers who swoop like vultures on the garbage that is other peoples' troubles." As you can see, Bob-Tail was a little more poetic. But Rag-Tag was not to be downed so easily. He fought back. "O.K., smart-ass. What would you do if there was a murder in your town?" You'll note that he had by now dropped the subjunctive. Bob-Tail: "I'd ignore it. I'd say in the paper that So-and-So had passed away on Such-and-Such. If the Calgary papers wanted to come in and make a big murder thing of it, let 'em. You know what I'd do? I'd go and see the widow (or him) as a friend." L won't bore you with any more. The argument went on for two hours, with the judge (me), looking at a non-existent watch, brightly men- tioning that the fishing trip was starting in two hours, and even calling room service to see what time it was. So what would you do, gentle reader, if you were a weekly editor? Would you run the court news, and break some poor mother's heart? Or do you think that the public has a right to know that the mayor got drunk and beat up his wife? When I was a weekly editor, I had to cope with this. I decided, with the full concurrence of my partner, that there was no particular point in running court news. Too many people were being doubly punished, and why? Merely for the delectation of the righteous. Strangely enough, or not, the people who howl and plead the most, when it is their family about to be exposed in public print, are the most righteous. The less righteous are almost proud that nephew Elher "got his name in the paper." Three days later, on our fishing trip, I reintroduced the subject, and saw two weekly newspape-rnen, this time from Ontario, practically come to blows over the issue. Daily papers treat the subject with the utmost cynicism. They have a court reporter. He or she reports only those cases before the judge which will make a "good story": e salacious, the sensational, ý,-i bizarre - only those that will make the reader chuckle or slaver. What do you think? Perhaps your editor would be interested in your opinion. Does he or she run court news? Does it serve any purpose? You judge. Write him, or her. Write me, care of him or her. I would really like to know how ordinary, decent human beings feel about this. s --~Î 1~~ Y'OUR CAP-TAIN E£PEiciKl(\J& - -- E HAV/E DEEW cLEFARE9 FoR LANýpNr~G BY THE QUEBEC CONTROL TOLUER - -- M' ABQARD L(À)MO CAPN PLEASE COME FORWARD -ALLoTERÑ £-T-E FE, EA ELTE£r. TT Ilirlialil mu v ailluc - 1 Ili ( / qu'e.!5.5 ý