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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 31, 1976 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT Back to the Grind The annual school break and the mass exodus of young and some not so young that usually accompanies it is over. Now, it's back to the books and the tough slugging that lies ahead before the school term ends. So far as we know, nobody has ever attempted to compile the overall cost of the school break in gallons of gasoline used, accom- modation used, useless souvenir articles bought, skiis and legs broken, exposed film, golf balls lost at far away places, injuries sustain- ed in accidents, sunburn lotion applied to the burned hides and funds spent at hockey tournaments and so on. It would reach a high figure. But, for those who took advantage of the holiday, their memories of distant glamorous places and warm weather, the thrill of getting away for a few days from the March blasts and the accompanying flu bugs will consider whatever money was spent as worthwhile. They'll be content now to wait a bit longer here for spring to arrive, and probably will find that the weather in this part of the globe is not so bad after all. At least, we have variety. For the adults in the work force, the March break is just as beneficial as it is for the students. It helps to relieve the monotony that some- New Party in The strategy being pursued by the Canadian Labor Congress in the current campaign in opposition to the Anti-Inflation controls is quite interesting. Last week, they held that huge march in Ottawa and presented a vitriolic brief to the cabinet, but' their leaders were quite calm and mild in their conversation with the Prime Minister. In fact, the display of force by numbers was a surprisingly well controlled affair which was quite unexpected. This was followed by the with- drawal of labor representatives on several federal boards, a move that really hasn't brought too much reaction from the general publie or the government. What the next step in their continuing campaign will be is still uncertain, but they certainly have to follow through or lose a considerable amount of credibility. Teaching th It may boggle the mind of a mere parent but Ontario's teachers think students wanting to become teach- ers should prove first that they are fluent in English.1 This was one recommendation of a lengthy report this week commis- sioned by one of the teacher unions, the Ontario Secondary Schooi Teacher's Federation (OSSTF). Employers of the school system's graduates of recent years are weli aware that many simpiy can't communicate in writing because they don't know how to write an intelligible sentence. Now we know one of the rea sons: some of the teachers can't communicate in English, either. Weii, enough of the sarcasm. The OSSTF report is a serious document which points out many known, weaknesses of our education sys- tem. It has come up with an important new factor, however, by polling 20,000 secondary school teachers, 5,000 students and 1,250 parents. The younger the teacher, the more he is disillusioned with the education he received before being thrown into the classroom. Criticism of the system was highest among the under-25 group. The older the teacher or the more involved he was with administration~ or teacher training, the more satisfied he was with the status quo. . The younger ones are the victims of the relaxed standards imposed on our schools in the past decade. They were the guinea pigs and they find the experiment failed them. The report makes many other recommendations; keep Grade 13; make courses in English. Canadian times creeps into a not too exciting job, gives muscles that haven't been used since the golf season ended, a bit of toning and reminds you that your body needs some conditioning. Now it's over and wasn't nearly long enough for some and too long for others. We can only hope those who participated had a good time and are ready now to return to whatever they were doing, refreshed and rarin' to go at the tasks ahead. There's really only one major event left that ties in with this time of year. That is the return of all those folks who have spent the last few months avoiding the snow and ice by moving to places down south where they don't encounter such wrath from Mother nature.' Down there, they only have to worry about tornados and hurricanes. They are beginning to drift northwards again, back to their summer places of abode. We hear from them as they ask to have their copies of The Statesman re-addressed to local addresses. Welcome back and- thanks for the many letters and cards of appreciation we have received for keeping you up-to-date on the local news. Sorry the international postal rates have sky-rocketed to make mailing papers to other countries quite expensive. the Making? Conceivably, now that the CLC leaders realize they have the backing of the unions under their jurisdiction, they might just be planning the formation of a new- labor party in Canada. Some of the signs tie in with that possibility. NDP leader Ed Broadbent was not allowed to speak to the delegates in Ottawa which has to be considered a slap in the face for him and his party, always considered to be representatives of labor. So, they might be thinking the time is ripe to enterthe political fiepd on the federai level as a separate party. This undoubtedly would kill any hopes the NDP might have for the future because they've been finan- ced to a considerable extent by unionized labor. The situation will bear watching as it develops. e Teachers politics and economics compulsory in the final high school grades; require 13 of the 27 courses needed for graduation be senior level courses; adopt a standard measure of achievement. It boils down to a plea to start teaching our kids the things that will equip them for adult life - and start failing the ones who don't learn, rather than pushing them on to clog the higher education facilities. We've heard most of it before from outside the system - and from a few dissidents within - but it has had 'littie effect in the classroom. The OSSTF plans to study the report for a year, talk it over with those interested, then do something about it in the way of an officiai policy. However, the teachers' union doesn't set policy for curriculum content. We hope the OSSTF spreads the report around the ivory towers of Queen's Park in the faint hope something sensible will be done by the civil servants and politicians who do have the power over our schools and children. - Examiner FUGUE FOR SPRING Can spring turn a bit of snow Into a little bud that will grow? Can it sail down every stream, Not failing to make all green? Can it make young, old hearts Throb? Can it turn the frozen sod? Fond friendship that never parts Into a bent ald fishing rud? Yes, 1 think Spring is magic! It's a beautiful happening - Moonlight over Lake Scugog, The memory of mud-catting. - Marion Ford Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 122 vears ago n 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmianvil le News The Newcastle 1ndependent TheOrono News Second class mail registration number 156 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62 66 King St. W , Bowmanvile, Ontario LiC 3K9 JOHN M. JAME Editor-Publishe S r GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. E D DONALD BISHOP Plant 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 whafsoever, part icularly by photographic or offset processin a publication, must be obtained from the publisher and the printer. Any nauthorized reprodufion will be subject to recourse n law." $10.00 a year 6 months $550 strictly in advance Foreign -$2100 a year Although every precaution will be taken to avoid error, The Canadian Statesman accepts advertising nIr its coluns oni the understanding that if wilI flot be jiable for any error in thc adverfisemenf published hereunder unless a proof of such adverfisemenf s requesfed n writinç, by the advertiser and returned to The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the adverfiser and with such errojr or correcfV,,ns plainly mofed in wrifing fhereon, and in thaf case if any error sonoted s not corrected by The Canadian Statesman ifs liabilify shah nof exceed such a portionofshe entire cos f such advertisement as the space occupied by the noted error bears to the vwhole space occupied by such advertisemenf. ou've Slipped A Long Way Baby.. For all those starry-eyed souls who say of women -- "you've come a long way baby; " here are the facts. Montreal economist Dian Cohen finds from the Women's Bureau that women workers are slipping -- in the amount of pay they take home, as compared with men. Although more women than ever are in the labor force, one out of every three women are bearing more of the over-ali burden of unemployment than in the past. In the clerical field, where more than a million women work, men earn 57 per cent more than women, avera- ging $7,769 yearly to a womans $4,942. The salary difference for ren here is INCREASING in the service sector, men made 157 per ce,,t more than women in 1972. Back in 1967 men service workers earned only 121 per cent more than women. Again the gap is INCREASING for men. In the sales field things are going from rotten to worse. In 1967 salesmen averaged $6,096 -- women $2,292. Six years later in 1972 salesmen were up to $9,567 while sales women made a whopping $3,771. But the gap is narrowing in favor of women in the professions. In 1967 male professionals earned 87 per cent more than women. By 1972 they earned only 72 per cent more than women professionals. • In the clerical field where 97 per cent of all secretaries and steno- graphers are women -- male secretaries earn between $2,300 and $12,000 more than women. Even babysitting is not sacred. The average 60-year-old male full- time sitter makes $5,536 yeariy -- compared to the woman sitter's $2,099. When men are outstripping wo- men at such traditional work as looking after the baby all that can be said for the women of Canada is "you've slipped a long way baby." IT'S SPRING I can hear it in the breeze, I can see it in the trees, I can feel it in my heart, Spring, how lovely thou art - Yes, the birds know it's so, They, too, are tired of the snow, Forget Winter and its blast, For it's Spring. Spring, at last! -Marion Ford Report Fr om Q ueens Park by Doug Moffatt, M.P.P. by Doug Moffatt, MPP, Durham East A great deal of rhetoric these days tends to leave the impression that there is aiways a choice between going on welfare or having a job. No-one would deny, as I commented last week, that an individual should be able to find work. The vast majority of Canadians are gainfully employed and society expects an individual to have a job. However, in the present mood of restraint in government spending, a recurring statement is that much money could be saved by cutting people off welfare. This week I want to go into just how real the choice between work and welfare is, when you look at it closely. Welfare, for the purposes of this report, means General Welfare Assistance, which is available on a short-term, month-to-month basis from each municipality in the province. The latest year for which detailed information on this pro- gram is available is 1973, and in that year over 40 per cent of users received assistance for less than three months, and almost 60 per cent for less than six months. It is basically a temporary resource to tide people over. There is another program, provincial Family Bene- fits, which caters to people who, for entirely valid, often tragic reasons are out of the work force for long periods of time or permanently. The Minister of Community & SocialServices, James Taylor, has recently proposed a change in regulations so as to make it compulsory for general welfare recipients to take temporary or part-time work as a condition of continued assistance. The most controversial aspect of this so far has been that it could apply to sole-support moîhers. Turning back to the- March 1973 nformation, at that time only 38 per cent of the provincial caseload was made up of employable individuals. Just under two-thirds of the caseload was made up of mothers with ependent children and people who r f r t f t t f S r r e r p h n di wereiii -- in other words, of those who might weii be appiying for Famiiy Benefits and couid not be expected to work. 0f the employable recipients (17,956 out of the total provincial caseload of 57,390) the overwhelming reason for assistance was inabiiity to find work. For these people, the jobs just did not exist. Recently an NDP Caucus re- searcher surveyed opinion amongst weifare administrators in particular municipalities. I would like to present a few comments to show that the situation today is substanti- ally what it was in 1973. Very few individuals refuse employment. In Metro Toronto, for example, pos- sibiy three or four peope a month refuse a job without good reason out of a caseioad of approximately- 22,000. There simply are not suitable jobs. In Ottawa-Carleton, where the labor market, too, is dry, the welfare office will try to find out why someone has refused a job and if necessary will supply boots or a hardhat. Durham Region will also aupply suchebasic equipment if necessary. Theconclusion is clear: all the municipalities are not cutting off assistance to someone who refuses a single job without good reason,,so that they are definitely not in a position to achieve the financial savings hoped for by the champions of restraint. Without doubt, the real challenge facing the government is to stimu- late employment. Without more jobs, the need of individuals for temporaryAwelfare assistance will continue. At a personai level, il is quite clear to me from people who have come mto my constituency office that nobody wants welfare for ilts own sake and a job is the chief necessity. Indeed, I would appeal to any employer or knowledgeable person who may read this to pass on to me any information relating to jobs they know of. While I am certainly not trying to compete with Manpower, I would like to offer whatever assistance I can give in getting a job and an appropriate person bogether. In the Editor's Mail St. Peterburg, Florida I thought I should drop you a line to let you know how much I appreciate getting the paper. Yesferday I bit the jackpot, I received March 3 issue and March 17. Today I received the March 10issue. So the post office must have everything all straightenedtout now eh? But it is nice t0 hear ail the news. 1 understand you are getting more than your share of bad weather. Hope to see you next month some time. See if you can't get the weather straightened up. As ever, Han Piln 25 Years Ago Thursday, March 22, 1951 Mrs. James Stone 64, of Newtonville, wasgravely in- jured, her son George 34, killed, and Mrs. Evelyn Cooke, Newcastle, killed in a car-truck collison. Bev. Gray of Port Hope w on the field husbandry award, to become grand champion showman, and Murray Lord of Campbellcroft, won the reserve award in field hus- bandry at the annual Royal show. Both men are attending Kemptville Agriculture Col- lege. The Hospital Board of Bowmanville requires $50,000 to complete Memorial Hospi tal, states Ray Dilling Sect'y- Treas. Durham Junior Farmers were awarded the Warden's Trophy for the 21 consecutive time with a score of 2327. Hastings Countyrwas second with 2293. Northumberland County, third. The Ontario Department of Education has given approval for an addition to Bowman- ville High School to5accomo- date a total of 550 pupils. Teacher's salaries for the year, totalled by the Durham County school board, amount- ed to $117,000.00. A new Sunday Group has been organized at Trinity United Church, for senior teenagers including boyseand girls. President is Alan Lobb, Assoc. President - Marion Dippell, Secretary - Wilma Richards, Treasurer - Row- land Coombes. Th ap ope of wi fn the Dim and 49 Years Ago Thursday, March 31st, 1927 Simon McCoy, president and A. W. Annis, secretary, announce a meeting of Tyrone Farmer's Club on Wednesday in the Community Hall. Ail farmers in the area are welcome to attend. Dr. Norman Found, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Found, Ebenezer, who has been a missionary for the past five years in Korea,Dreturned home on Sunday. Dr. Found bas now left for Boston where he will fill a position in a hospital for a few months. Mr. John Stacey has accept- ed a position as manager of Evanspand Wilkins Service Grocery Store. The Bell Telephone Com- pany has changed the front exterior of their building on King Street, and an additional roon added at the rear of the building, and along with new equipment have spent $15,000. The same staff of 12 operators with Miss Gladys Palmer as chief operator will still be required, Frank Williams, manager, announced recently. At the Newcastle Flower Show exhibitors winning most points were Mrs. E.C. Beman 30; Mrs. M. Brown 29; Mrs. Matchett 23; and Mrs. T. W. Jackson 20. Mr. G. M. Linton, Supt., Provincial' Forestry Farm, Orono, accompanied by fore- man W. Joseph Hall, spent a few days last week looking over the Forestry Station. Letter to the Editor Bowmanville, Ont. away as B.C. attendring and March 19,1976 they nîl recalled 'the many e Editor - write-ups The Statesman car- Just a word to express my ried during their playing d preciation for the co- some 20 to 30 years ago. eration and news coverage All I can say is Thanks the Orono Orphan's reunion Johnny on behalf of the Orono iceh helped fo make if a huge Orphans Hockey Club. ,ucces. We naa players trom al Yours, parts of Ontario and as far J.Dane Found, Mgr. S uY Suarand Spico By BillSmileyI Winter's End Dog end of winter. March usually wallpaper, faded drapes. has a tail in it like a tiger, and then When they go out, their winter we're into the mud and chill winds clothes are too heavy for shopping in and rain of April. Probably the worst the hot stores, but the weather is too time of the year for Canadians. foul to try on the new spring outfit. Curling season is over and golf Resuit? Winter-end snarl. season hasn't begun. It's too early Man of the house isn't exactly for gardening and too late for skiing. bubbling, over, either. He's just There's nothing much for the spo added up the fuel bih which is fan to do but the weeks of blah that roughly twice what it was six years constitute the professional hockey ago. He has received this year's ta playoffs. notice, which is just about twic. I think it's a particuarly bad time what it was 10 years ago. And he's for the elderly. The days are longer heading right into income tax time, but the weather is too deadly to which is just about twice as enjoy the outdoors yet. They've complicated as it was any years ago. corne through another long dark No joy there at ail. winter of survival, arthritis, the flu University students are scarcely being indoors most of the time. rapturous at this time of year. The year that looked so long last In a few weeks they'll be grinning September suddenly has a week or triumphantly as the sun begins to two to go. There are essays due. warm, and they know they've licked There are final exams ahead. There life (or death) for one more winter, is anguish in the highsight of days but right now they're a little low in and weeks of near-idleness during spirits. the past two terms. There is panic at One of the most obnoxious the realization of the minuscule features of this time of year is the amount of learning actually ac- return from the south of those lazy, quired. The mind skitters like a rich, rotten, selfish people who have frightened mouse, but there is no enough money to spend the winter hole in the wainscoting to dodge into. there. Is there anything more boring It's time for the hot coffee, the than their excessive chatter about benzedrine, and prayer, none of playing golf every day, and swim- which will help much. ming in January? For students graduating this Don't think I'm envious. I wouldn't spring, it's not exactly Christmas go down south in the winter if you either. After three or four years in offered me a thousand dollars. But the cocoon, they must come out and don't make it $1,200. discover whether they are caterpil- Nor am I the slightest bit jealous lers or butterflies. There are no lines of those young, swinging teachers, of employers eager to sign them up. back from their March break in There'll be no more cheques from Spain or the Caribbean, as smug as Dad. There's nothing there ~but a they are tanned. Talk to them and vast, indifferent system into which you'Ii find ail they did was sit around they must kick and squirm and ciaw at a beach, drinking rum, or taking to make a niche for themseaves. in some historical sites7. Does ail this sound depressing? Any idiot can do better than that, Heck, no. It's just the way of life in being herded like so many Canadian this country of ours, this time of cattle on to a jet plane, into a posh year. hotel. There are lots of happy people, My wife and I almost invariably living a rdayeat a time.hAnd there are go south in the March break. But we lots of joyous people looking don't sit around on any silly beach. forward. Girls who are going to be getting a painful burn. We go to the married in June. Young pregnants clty, and get a slow burn from the looking forward to their first baby. prices in the hotel. Neither of us Ancient gardeners already out drinks rum. But if we want to take in kicking aside the lumps of mud and some historical sights, we just take a ice,looking for crocuses, scardely look at each other. able to wait to get their hand to About the only people who aren't a the sou. Golfersgwho have mehàty bit down in the mouth as winter ironed out their swings during the drags to its weary end are little kids. winter. Sailors who watch eagerhy There is mud to play in; deep for the breaking up of the ice. puddles to test your boots in; dirty And there are lots of ordinary guys remnants ei snow to push each other like me, full of arthritis, not many down into. What mmo e could a kid teeth left in the head, but happy as wanii Their mothers are not quite so simpletons, fundamentally incap- joytous 9 o'uF n iw The occasional able of being depressed, just glad to Sun e ie rtywindows, shabby be alive. Join us.