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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville. March 24, 1976 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT Commendable Community Effort It is amazing what can be and by now the band will alread accomplished in a short time in a have performed several times and community this size when a worth- as well, will have had an opportunity while project turns up and dedicated to see the manv attractions at folks go to work on it. Disneyworld and elsewhere. Last week, this was again brought When they return this Saturday, to light, when 92 citizens boarded 'hopefully, without any unhappy two buses and took off on a 10-day incidents, they will bring back many trip to Disneyworld, Florida, after happy memories of the trip that was raising about $16,000 in a few short made possible only through concen- months to finance the trip. trated effort by those who did the planning and organizing, plus the Once the invitation to the Bow- co-operation of almost the entire manville High School's band had community. been received, things began to fall All of those who played any part'in into place led by the Parents the project have reason to be proud Association. They dreamed up of themselves. We can do just about money-making projects, they and anything we make up our minds to the band members sold tickets on a do, if we are~willing to work at it and concert series. Service clubs came refuse to be discouraged along the through with help and they finished way. Look around the town andgee off with a fashion show that brought what has been done over the years' in $1,000. At the start, it must have through the co-operative efforts and seemed a gigantic task, $16,000 is a backing of citizens. Our hospital, great deal of money to raise, but and arena are just two facilities that once the decision was made to go have been constructed through such ahead, they never looked back. efforts. What else do we need for the Word has been received that the good of our citizens? Let's get buses and passengers arrived safely started. We can do it! More Trouble for Pierre As this is being written, there are supposed to be about 15,000 mem- bers of the Canadian Labor Con- gress parading around Parliament Hill in Ottawa while inside, a bitter brief is being presented to cabinet members. It's purely a show of strength by labor against the Anti-Inflation Board and the control program launched by the government last Thanksgiving Day. In essence, they are indicating that they refuse to recognize the legislation that would control bargaining limits on wages. In fact, it is a direct confrontation by organized labor and the govern- ment. All of Canada will watch their efforts with interest because, if they Carry through to the limit, the anti-inflation control program could be in big trouble. No one has suggested the program is perfect or equitable at the moment. It so far probably has been hitting more at wages than at corporations, but recently its influ- ence has been spreading rapidly into the corporate field, gathering in- formation and statistics on which to base its findings. So, it won't be long before the kinks will have been ironed out and labor's arguments of today will be outdated. Whether we like it or not. the control program, now that it has started, must be carried through until the economy of the country is brought under control. Otherwise, labor will be the biggest losers of all. Even they will have to admit that the merry-go-round of big annual increases in wages, profits and prices plus huge expansion of government at all levels must be brought to a halt or we face disaster. Much better if they were con- centrating their efforts on coming up with ways and means to accomplish this end than refusing to be a part of the control effort. Too Serious About It All In Monday's night Globe & Mail, there was an interesting story, typical of our times, that said eight-year-old hockey players were beng lured to play for certain teams with gifts of skates dr bicycles. We only hope AI Eagieson doesnt hear about it or it won't be long until he has them under his wing for negotiating purposes. Along the same theme, we watched a rerun program on the Carol Burnett show the other night during which she and the coach of their little league ball team were giving it to the mother of an eight-year-old ball player who had dropped a fly with the result that their team lost the game. Frankly, the seriousness of it all was hijariously funny until you visit the, local arena during some of the playoff games and watch what goes on. If you have a youngster on either team, you'll become just as involved as the next one in the plays, the calls by the referee and linesmen, the dirty play always by members of the other team and now and then, the stupid actions of members of your own team. You have to feel great sympathy for the goalie of the losing team. He's the one who can't make one mistake during the entire game if the, score is close. Any other member, of the team may miss passes, take two dozen shots that don't come anywhere near the net, miss taking out his rushing opponent or make many other errors and they won't be obvious. But, let the goalie misjudge the puck just once and let it past him-and he's a bum., The officiais aren't much better off. One of these days we hope ta hear members of the losing team tel]. the refs and linesmen they handled a great game. We doubt if we shall but we'Il keep listening. Most times, we lost not because we didn't score enough goals or stop the others from scoring but because the officials were homers and made many poor calls on offsides, or gave us some cheap penalties at crucial times. Hockey, baseball or any other sports piayed by youngsters cease to be fun when the competition gets to be important. Even at the eight- year-old level, the name of the game is win and that's the way it always will be. How you play the game sounds like a nice theme but it doesn't add up to much with young or old if you are the losers. But, eight-year-olds receiving bonuses for playing seems just a bit too much, now, doesn't it. ... unless they are really good? ENDURING THINGS In this quickly changing world What thngs dare endure? A straight furrow ploughed Some old fashioned candor? A sunset bright with hues Of blue, purple and red, A play with correct hues, A bed to rest our head. A memory fond of yesterday, Music in harmony, The scent of new-mown hay, A little lamb, a symphony. A Faith, a conscience demanding That "Right" is right, "Wrong, wrong, These are some things enduring - This is my Springtime song! - Marion Ford Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 122 years ago n 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by TH E JAMES PUBLISING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King St W., Bowmanville, Ontario LIC 3K9 JOHN M. JAME Editor-Publisher S r GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. "Copyright and or property righfs 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. 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I have political science at uni but now, as a Member finding that reality t differ somewhat fromt According to parliam tradition established in Britain hundreds of yea the Official Opposit always expected to r motion of non-confide the Throne Speech fr Government. As theC Opposition, the New' cratic Party wass criticized last fall f moving such a motion.1 not do it because wed wish to jeopardize thei ity government at its tion. Five months, ho have now passed. On Monday of this Stephen Lewis, NDP L spoke for three hoursi economic, social and1 situation of the provin then moved a moti non-confidence in the G ment which said, in terms, that we as a parti reluctant to support a G ment which had not dea such questions as thep TP~A ELL, 0# REAT ON"E, ,/oWJ >OU F//1VAL/Iy IMAIA&ED 70 KEEP YOL/R COVC'/FP7.-4IVILIV4E" Queemi y Doug Moffat-t, M.P.P. nention- vation of agricultural land, had put little increased municipal taxes, the ND whole and occupational health stan- suppori on and dards. not sup rom the The motion was put for- in all c ature. I ward. On Tuesday, the Leader own. T t report of the Liberal Party, Dr. dous di March Smith, made his reply to the seemed e in my Throne Speech and then night.0 iament moved a sub-amendment to we do o say a the amendment moved by the electior of the NDP. (The Opposition motion think th studied of non-confidence is intended tion can [versity to amend the Throne Speech, are goii r, 1 am procedurally.) electior ends to Things now become very prepar theory. complicated. What should On W nentary hainen next is that the Official responc r great Opposition denies the third- parties' ars ago, party sub-amenciment as be- Throneç ion is ing unrealistic, whereupon it not in th move a is voted for by the Members of Premie nce in the third party caucus and ful job,i om the voted against by the Govern- of disse Official ment and the Official Opposi- Liberall Deno- tion. Then, returning to the He than sharply main motion (the Opposition which i or not amendment to the Speech expecte We did from the Throne), this non- noon,T did not confidence motion is voted for question minor- by the Official Opposition and opened incep- against by the Government apparen 'wever, and the third party. Thus Liberal everybody behaves correctly they w week, in saying to the Government, amendm Leader, "you should have done better somethi on the in certain areas", but the By the- human Government nevertheless es- report i ce, and tablishes its program and uncertai ion of continues to be criticised on it. resolved iovern- That's what makes our Parli- I wisht general amentary systemn work. Durham y were Unfortunately, when the wish toe iovern- Liberal sub-amendment was this time lt with read, it was almost identical to makei preser- to the motion which Mr. Lewis work atE An Out Patient af thE by John Squirrelly It happened the other day fhaf I was obliged f0 go f0, the small hospital in our town for a series of tests to determine whether I had a suspected case of mononucleosis or just plain tlred blood. Previously, fwo indepeadeaf laboratories had conducted separate fests on me and each came up with wildly different results. In order to settle the question, the hospital decided to run its owa probe, which was sort of like playing for fhe rubber, I guess. However, I was beginning to wonder whether my general listless feeling wasn't due to the fact that every time they wanted to examine a sample of my blood under a micro- scope, they drew off about a pint in a hypodermic needle. It occurred to methat Iwould probably have losf less ini a two week vacation at Count Dracula's castle. As I entered the front door of the hospital, I was assailed by the usual antiseptic odour that always seems f0 pervade these institutions. A cleaning man was energetically swab- bing the floor of the foyer with wide sweeps of a wet mop. As I attemptedto get around hlm, I accidentally stepped on the mop as it was passing, causing me to lose my footing and tumble in an inglorious heap onto the marble floor. "Why don't you look where yoù're going, ya clumsy jerk," he snarled. I hardly heard him because of the pain in my ankle. I hobbled over to t he reception desk and gave the nurse on duty my nameand mentioned that I had just sprained my ankle and would they also look at that. She assured me that they would. "Here, gimpy, use fhis," she said, handing me a crutch. I was handed over to another nurse who led me down a sterile corridor lined with beds and was given what appeared to be the only empty one, "I'm sorry," she said, "but we're terribly overcrowded here. There simply aren't enough beds in the wards fo go around. Now, please strip and get into this gown." "Strip?" I blithered. "Here?" "Well, you can use the janitor's closet over there if you really want," she said, "but I think you'll find it a bit crowded." I lurched over to fthe tiny closet and started to undress, striving vainly to avoid the brooms and cans of cleaning supplies that fell in profusion every time I tried to extricate my leg from my pant s. Then I staggered back to fhe hall, regretting every dime I had ever paid to Blue Cross for a private room. When I was at last sitfing disconsolately on my bed, I noticed a flurry of activity'on the part of the nurses. They were flying from room to room saying, in a low voice, "The hatchet man's here!" I stopped one of the interns. "What's going on?" I in- quired. "Frank Miller, the minister of health, just arrived", he said, "He's been closing hospitals ail over the province and now he's here. We don't know why, but everybody's a little nervous." I grabbed my crutch and hopped down to the front desk. Sure enough, there was Frank Miller, a snowball still stuck in his left ear, shaking his fist at the crowd gathered on the hospital steps.. "This facility is to be shut immediately," he announced. "My ministry has deter- mined that the occupancy rate is slightly less than 150 per cent which means that it is inefficiently operated, There- fore, we are ordering it closed as of today." There was a stunned silence among the littie group of interns and nurses. I spoke up. "If this place is badly run," I yelled, "how come I have to have a bed in the hall?" "There are two reasonsfor that," he said sternly. "First, they should have applied for a million dollar expansion grant - three years ago which would have meant that there would have been more than enough beds for everyone and, second, this is not a Conserva- five riding. Now, get out, everybody!" He sprinted to his car amidst a hail of snowballs. b went back to my corridor bed and gathered up, my clothes and stuffed them in to the little overnight bag I had brought, and then hobbled out to the front. I met the cleaing man again. "Careful of the wet floor, sir," he said. I mumbled some thanks and joined the line of people who I-thnnK, however, that as a party, the NDP must play a P rk pretty straightforward and honest game with the Govern- mentandtell them where we stand. The Governent is obviously going to take that t forward and therefore stance with us, and I just wish P had no choice but to that we could depend on the t it, because if we had third party in the Legislature ported it we could not to exercise the kind of conscience support our judgment which will enable his caused a tremen- the minority government to lemma and an election continue to be beneficial to the d imminent on Tuesday people of this province. Our reaction was that At the, moment we really not wish to call an don't know what is going to n at this time, and we happen next. All of which Iat the minority situa- makes politics in Ontario at in work; however, if we this time an extremely fascin- ng to be pushed into an ating and frustrating vocation n then we are quite to fOllow. ed to fight one. I want to thank those people ednesday, the Premier who have responded to the' ded to the opposition recent mailing we did in the critiques 'of-the- Speech. Dr. Smith was he Legislature and the r did a pretty master- in my humble opinion, cting the stand of the Party and its Leader. n attacked the NDP, is his traditional and d response. This after- Thursday, the whole n of an election was up again because, itly, at this time the Party has decided ill not support our ,ent and will in fact do ng else with their own. time you read this n the papers, all the inty may have been d. to assure the people of East that I do not call for an election at e. I'm quite prepared minority government an individual level. I e Hos pital were surging out the door. I headed for my car in the parking lot. Boy, the snow was cold on my bare feet. In the Editor's Mail R.R. 5, Bowmanville, Ont. March 22nd, 1976. Dear Sir;- Regarding your editorial by E. Chant, "Out of the Mouths of Babes". I would like to take exception to if in nouncertain terms. 1 know that there is a lot of anti-monarchy feeling in some sections of Canada, but Britain is the Motherland for a good third of Canadians, even third generation ones like us. To say that we have nothing in common with the British people is ridiculous. What about our language, laws and common heritage of freedom of the press, speechand worship and a lot of other less noticeable things? History and tradition may not mean much to some Canadians, but to others it means a great deal and the monarchy is part of it. As far as political and financial affairs, we are as free as we could be of any interference from Great Britain. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain by the colorful trappings and by belonging to the Commonwealth and any nation could be proud to own our present Queen and her Consort. Their family could be a model for all of us. I acknowledge the Prime Minister to be the head of our government and he does have a tough job and he is just as far from beingperfect as the rest of us. I think he is sirfcerely working for the good of most Canadians, but may God save our gracious Queen and Long live the Common- wèalth. Sincerely, Mrs. W. E. Craig. Ed's Note: Good for you. Urforfuaately, somefof Can- ada's young people don't realize how much the British connections mean to many of us. As part of their commumty education work, 173 local Home and School Associations actively sponsor Groups in Canada. Im IN Im If you have teenage children who may in the next decade get married and have children, it is not too early for you to start getting into condition. The life you save may be your own.- I'd suggest a lot of jogging, for a start. Get your wind together. You Il need it. Then you should get your back in shape. Practice leaning over a bath-tub until you can do it for 10 minutes without a stitch or a twinge. Next, you should work on your arms and shoulder muscles. I suggest you buy a baby cot and a high chair. Then get hold of a large plastic bag and fill it with 25 pounds of sand or old iron. Nails might be even better. Now. Put the bag of sand in the high chair and practice hoisting it out until you can do it 10 times in a row without puffing. Do the same with the baby's cot, with the sides up. This is only a facsimile, of course, not the real thing. One hopes that the bag of sand will not be struggling, or screaming that it doesn't want its bib on, or doesn't want to go bye-byes. Next, put on your winter clothes, tuck the bag of sand under one arm and a 20 lb. bag of groceries under the other, and practice walking out to the car with them, over the slippery sidewalk. If you see a dog or cat or kid, you must stop and look for a suitable interval, saying: "See the nice doggie," about eight times. If you followed this regime for five years or so, you might be physically able to cope with a lively two-year- old grandson or daughter. I wish someone had warned me. We're into our third week with Pokey, and we're getting a bit tattered around the edges. When I was a young father and had young children of my own, for some reason I didn't get so exhausted. Of course, then, I didn't get home from work until about 6:30. The kids were fed, bathed by their mother, and I told them their bed-time story. There was nothing to it. Nowadays, I get home about 4:30 and a little demon hurls himself at me. He's just up, refreshed, after his nap, and I'm a little pooped after coping with the life styles of 150, adolescents. It's no contest. I'm beginning to have the deepest sympathy for young mothers. With one child, it's about a 16-hour a day shift. With several young ones, it's got to be the modern answer to the Chinese water torture.' How many of you old-timers have t.ied recently to get an infant into one of those winter snowsuits? The boots won't go through the legs, the 49 Years Ago Thursday, March 17.1927 Among the pupils perform- ing at the Piano and Violin Recital in the Opera House on Tuesday evening were violin solo - Roy Hooper, Piano solo - Winton Bagnell, Piano trio - Doris and Gladys Jamieson, Bernice Bagnell, Piano duet - Helen Argue and Mae Brent. Piano solo - Marion Slemon. Mrs. H.W. Lapp, wife of the manager of Standard Bank has won the third prize of $1,000 in the Mail and Empire Picture Puzzle contest. Bargains in choice meats this week at Alex Edmonstone will feature breakfast bacon - 35c lb., round steak - 20e lb., sirloin steak - 23c lb. and shoulder roast beef - 14c to, 17c lb. Word was received this week that the Redpath Chau- tauqua- will be held in Bow- manville starting July 20th. Mrs. W.A. Quibell, a former member of Bowmanville Pub- lic School teaching staff was among the members of the city newspaper women enter- tained at Queen's Hotel, Toronto, at a luncheon for the Toronto Local Couped' of Women. Watch for the Hovi's Loaf at Corbett's Bakery.. Miss Carrie Lathrop fell last week and broke her right arm. Chas. R. Bickle announces the regular monthly meeting of the Ontario vegetable Grower's Association will be held Friday in the Council room. riding of Durham East, and if you have not sent back the questionnaire I would ask you to do so. We have received over 500 responses so far and over the next few weeks I am going to tablulate them and issue a press release indicat- n the Dimi and )is tant Pasty- 25 Years Ago Thursday, March 15,1951 An event of single interest to Newcastle and the joint coun- fies of Durham and Northum- berland, the Warden's ba- quet honoring Warden George Walton, and his wife Dun- reath, was held in Newcastle Community Hall on Friday, March 9th. Mrs. Van Driel and Mr. Bob Walton rendered pleasing vocal solosj The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario has sent a cheque of $13,028 to the Bowmanville P.U.C., as their share of a province-wié4e refund on 1950 operations. With the passing of N'ght Constable Walter James Hall on March 7th, in his 68th year, Bowmanville lost one &f its most popular civil servants who had the remarkable record of 38 years continuous service on the local police force. The Public School enrol- ment for February totalled 776, with the pupils contri- buting $32.42 to the Red Cross. 1 Messrs. Dave Higgon, Forbes Heyland, and David Buckspan represented Bow- manville Rotary Club at the Friday meeting of the Toronto, Club when Arthur Lagueux of, Quebec, president of Rotary International was guest speaker. Mrs. Lloyd Broome, Hamnp, ton presided at the missionary program on Sunday afternoon. Donald Taylor gave a reading, Anne Werry, a piano solo, Patsy Dapis, a vocal solo and Gladys Yellowlees, a story of city missions. ing how the riding feels government sould act in regard to the six policy questions asked. Your eçs- ponses and your continued words of advice and encou agement are greatly appretc ated. zippers won't zip. Yesterday, I spent eight minutes getting one leg in and for once the zipper worked. I straightened up to draw breath and ease my back, looked down with some satisfaction, and saw to my horror that the child's leg was in the wrong leg of the snowsuit. Back to scratch. Sunday, there was a fresh fall of snow, and I thought I'd take Pokey for a tobaggan ride. After the usual ordeal of getting him dressed, I was swéating and puffing. He was calm and keen to get going. Unfortunately, our house is sur- rounded by hills. If you start off downhill, you'll be going uphill on the way home. I was smart. I tackled the steepest hili, going up, So it wauid be easîer, downhill, on the way back, when I'd be tired. Oh yes, I was smart. Near the top of the first hill, an elderly lady, out shovelling her snow, remarked: "Well, you must be a devoted grandfather. I've seen men pulling kids on tobaggans before, but I've never seen one doing it on his hands and knees, pretending to be a sleigh dog. ' I wasn't pretending. After three blocks, all uphill, we hit the road home. I didn't know, by this time, whether I was going up, down, or sideways. I was lathered in sweat and my knees were trembling like a virgin's on her honeymoon. If you're wondering how your heart is, take your grandchild for a tobaggan ride, preferably with long patches of bare sidewalk covere with sand. By the end of it, you'll either be dead, or you'll know your ticker is in pretty good shape. But the outdoor games are mild- compared with the indoor. At least, when he's swaddled in a snowsuit, he can't move much. Ail he could do was yell: "Go more!" every time I stopped, gasping. Indoors, he's a living, breathing mobile. Favorite game is to line up at the other end of a 30-foot room, run as fast as he can, chortlirig fiendisnly, and hurl himself, head- first, into my stomach. On Saturday mornings, I like to read the book reviews in the daily paper. Last Saturday, I spent four hours trying to read a six-paragraph review. In between I was changing records on the record player, which must be playing simultaneously #d-ix the tape recorder, fetching drin. .,f juice and crackers with peanut butter, hoisting him onto the pot (he's too busy to be bothered) helping him build a train, trying to keep him from pulling the cat's tail, and 60 or 70 other things. No wonder he likes it here. He's like a little prince, with two servile attendants who leap to cater to his every whim. By Bill Smiley S ie Trials of Old Age