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EDITORIAL COMMENT God Bless America We Could Use Some Too ican neighbors to the .nly know how to make of a celebration. On iwent ail out from coast mark the 200th anni- the signing of the of Independence. Every n of any size had its own ýarty, with fireworks, icing and rejoicing. birthday in 2_anada on our 1-09th, but any vere overshadowed by ,o come next door. And ile the Americans w7ere up in their bi-centennial abroiled in a bicultural i crisis that took most of on as once again we ist how long this spread country called Canada iintact as one nation~. ur citizens here an in Anglo Canada were that now would be an for Quebec to separate st df the country, taking piç debts with them. To eis worse, the federal twas taking a firm Keeping the athletes fromn of the country and the ess~ they agreed not to s Chinese. As of now, es are being worked out , none, of the visit-ing spulled its competitors Lies. But, it may happen topsy turvy nit-picking eh better ail this would had Canadians taken the r to have a festive binge ig, dancing in the streets, orks and speeches to progress that has been Ïng those 109 years. ely, we don't really pay ition to our history and rld women who mnade it ithe pastu far flung g on our long we 1 f mine, J. H. Damp in was over 94 years old pped me a shaky line much he enjoyed the asked that perhaps 1 the following poern Many of you have ad the poem at one time ut for those who haven't I enjoy it. "About Getting Old". .iow my youth bas been up and go bas got up and of ail that 1 arn able to where my get up and go Golden" 1 have heard it ries 1 wonder, as 1 go to idrawer, my teeth in a the table until I geL up, g Lu sleep, I say to ,thing more 1 should put 1f, ppy to say, as 1 close the ire the same as in days can 'keep it together. Let's revive the spirit that was evident during our centenni,, year wheïn Quebec had more vion than the rest of the country by staging Expo '67 to provide a focal point for our birýthday celebrations. Sure, the rest of the country helped pay for it as we sha1 do for the Olymnpics, but Montreal's Mayor Jean Drapeau did the sales job for both events and for that he must be given credit. So, we say God Bless America that huge, wonderful neighbor to the south where freedom, industry and ingenuity have done wonders over its 200 years. They've made mis- takes and have problemas but they've also shown the rest of the world that democracy can work effectively in governing a large country with its population made up of a mixture of racial origins from ail over the world. It's an interesting fact that 80 per cent of the world's peoples are not free as they are here and in the U.S.A. Demodracies are becoming a rare- item and it is up to us as Canadians and Amnericans to do everything we can to make it survive if we wish to remain free. Our main problem at the moment has many ingredients. All parties in the Flouse of Commons have agreed that it is in the best interests of the nation to gradually extend bilingual- ism across the country so that citizens of French origin will feel at home anywhere in the land. Zealots on both sides, English and French, make such a proposition difficuit and annoying but it is a smahl price to pay for national unity and the continuation of a strong country, rather than one split into segments. As we enter our iioth year, let us forget our differences and concen- trate on our purposes and objectives, so that in another 90 years we too shall be preparing for a bicentennial celebration such as the one the United States has just experienced. It's much like a marriage, both sides have to work on it to bring about eventual harmony and trust. The, effort extended to make that possible will be great but the resuits could be magnificent. ld' 1 walk to the corner and puff my way back. But the reason 1 know my youth bas been spent, Is my get up and go, bas got up and went. 1 really don't mmnd, Wben 1 think witb a grin, 0f ail the places my geL up bas been, Since 1 have retired from life 's competition, 1 find myseif with complete repeti- ion. 1 get up eacb morning and dust off My wits, Pick up the paper and read the "obits", If my name is missing 1 know I'm not dead, So 1 eat a good breakfast and go back Lo bed. Cry 6"Wolf" People are always telling us not to cry for help until we need it, but witb summer coming on, the Red Cross Water Safety Service says, "Yell to us for help before you need it! " June 1 - 7tb was National Water Safety Weelk. The Canadian Red Cross urges you to prepare for the sun-filed water-fun days abead in the most sensible way: Sign up yourself and family now for courses in swimming or in small craft safetv. Durhamn County's Great Famnily Journal Established 122 years ago in 1854 Also I ncorporating The Bowmaniville News The Newcastte Independent S The Orono Newvs Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by 1iHE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 6266 King St. 'W., Bowmanville, Ontario LIC 3K9 ýAS GEO. P. MORRIS BRIAN PURDY her Business Mgr. Advertising Mgr. DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. earing on this proof. Permission to ticuilarly by phiotographic or offset and the printer. Any unauithorized Foreigo - $21.00 a year error, t Wil I -,,O - -- - - AV IITI V'7'? I41', "/F/r~~~~~If a/ùvtp'ýj'cuvlr ILetteu Dear Sir: The decision ln Durhamï Regional Council by Oshawa Mayor Potticary and bis band of realtors, lan~d developers, lawyers, etc., to designate the Second Marsh and the Beaton Farm, next to Darlington Provincial Park, for industry, is not just shocking, but also crirninal. The crime is that once the Second Marsh and surrounding land is destroyed by industry, it can neyer b! restored to its original natural beauty. The whole area in .question should be preserved asa wildlife sanctuary and park- land, and used for recreation- al and educational enjoymient by present and future genera- tions. Industry, such as the pro- posed plastics plant for the Beaton Farm, located on the lake fr-ont, w7ili add greatly tu bappea; future generationi willý,vwithout a doubt, refer ti the people responsible aý mloasters, and relegate ther to the garbage bin of bistor3, i agree with Mr. Potticar, that we aeed more industry ti provide mnucb needed jobs i Osbawa, but not on the laki front. The lake front is fo people, not industry. Wby cai industry not be located arouni the Osbiawa Airport or th, C.N. railway yards'? 1Mr. Potticary bypocriticali: talks about wanting peopile t, "lenjoy life in the region' However, it seems obvious t me, by their actions, that h~ and bis business friends ar not conéerned about people o i preserviag the enviror ment. Lt seems to nme tha their prime interest is persoil a] financial gain from deveil ing properties they probabl bave a stock interest ia, an, gyettinig tbemiselves re-electe< *Mr. Potticary arrogant], dlaims that the peoplec Oshawa support "biÊs"wis decision. 1, for one, do not. oaily hope that all the'restc the citizeas, who do 'no support this, decision, let'Mi Potticary kaow, loud an lear, that there is no need t destroy unique wild life san( tuaries and park ]and wbe there are other places t locate industry. I hope tbes ,same citizens realize that th only way to assure a "sensibl planning policy for people"i rOshawa and the Durbar Region, is to get rid of th realtors, !and developerý lawyers, and their ilk, in th r I -i sto the upcoming municipal elections in December. Yours sincerely, Russell Rak, 100 Kawartha Ave., Oshawa, Ont. Y, Just The Othe of Nowhere ai July 1, 1976. d ear E ditor, Encour ýd IleadIers anid Dennis, )e Being onriholidays, I1'w aiat the la(,st 'OýCnil ME lowever, on enquiry i ,lot seem to mne tha k- Conel muffed it agai îhieit wuld be i haesuch an experi Pnt innovative man]I a-our planning group, I V to suggest bis services e1not required" flor the ereaýsons rnany of01our p to requiremients arecd eLack ot unds.Another id salaries of those 0on R. Sgreati deal of tax pý dolas ses a bit m11 In11 our part as on-lool OCouncil andi their 1mox( S j, arIeoe rom the nndstin 11 of respon, tati theirs. It seemns ~ amivaantremarksr Ol- Council or individual 'k menbr are less thai 'r, Alittle erpat d pi cle i ambgouso .e iligs and points of acti( Il doesni't take muche [V or keen observance tc tu, thatl our Counicil's uWi solidly blocked in Whi 1 t Regioial le\ CI. Regiona re the knowledge or Care or or for the wishies Of u n-and the smnaller municil ltIni our 0istrict. Our mligbt be better servec * Newcstle Cunicil wit] more Councillors fror )Iy ying mnunicipaîîties or d.more M.P.P1.'s repre those nmunicipalities. of doing away with the Se paid, underw\orked, red 1 bodJy known as L of Regional Govt. In thi ,tNewc (ast le Couincil woul ir al direct line throi ni Qýueen's Park and to Ottawa without 50 le red-tape and without sc £n hiigh sa;ilaried people Lo angu(ilng betwýeen U: Qýueen's Park. If Sc te couIIl enlighten mne ast )Ie usefuil function Regiona in bas bere, 1 would be wi ,m m1ost grateful. Canada' âe Bj.. didn't seem a sa]t rs occaslin thîs year. Fi ,h wrote this: Words Coo-ool, savage, the six-year-olds scream at somre far-out revelation that bas just blown their tiny minds. Rigbt on! the teenagers respond in a kind of warm camaraderie that makes their groupiness 50 al inclusive, yet so terribly exclusive too. Have a good day. Now there's one that started off, we suspect, from the reacly inanities of some morning disc jockey and seemis Lo have spread with stunning insincerity to every situation that occurs before noon. Everyone from store clerks to cab drivers Lu newsstand vendors to elevator operators to distracted traffic cops spread this good word, And then tbere's far-out which seems to hrust aside sucb trite -phrases as marvellous or wonderful or even fantasic. And what person under 40 ever finds anything tbat's relal reve they the gruE the, with priel lang Ce ourc thos quie< and the Split N( may cate ities wha Th e, Ont., ragiag ,vas not ieeting. i t does at our aun.- niice to ienced, eading îioN /.D/9$/fTuE P/Loi-" EditorI No) wonder tears fell from the sky this first of July Thle hundred and ninth birth- day officially, 0f Canada,\our Country, "The Homne f 'T'le Free". Smnall concern our apathetic state, Who is there not feeling the weight 0f foreboditigs grirn? Whose responsibility this weight, As we rushed thru yecar 108'? Whose the response for 109. Or the future of our- Tirne?. The wýorld is ichaos Yet, fortunate we, Canadians little fear loss, Aýs our- politicos sweat and Fear and uncerta'inty, as in this case, does nothing to make people trust and support a government which abpar- ently rides roughshod over the people, and takes and does whiat it wa tI, however, there is some grave reason why all this secrecy, or, if it is f'or the peoples' safety and w. M H N M M M M In the DimJ and I -Distant Past 4î 25 Vears Ago Thursday, June 21st, 19.51 The Dutch Conga'egation of the Christian Reformied Church which has been mneet- ing each Sunday ink St. Andrew's Church expects to begin work on a new churcli on Scugog Road this month. President Jack Lander and pres. elect Stan Dunn attended the three day Kinsmen Dis- trict Convention held at Cleve- land House in the Muskoka District. Mrs. J. Newman and Dou'g Carter were presented with spoons .after winnirng two straight eight-end games on Wednesday afternoon at the Bowmanville Lawn Bowling Club. Alan Clark, of the local post office staff, left Bowmranville for Ottawa to join the R.C.M.P. A life-long ambition realized. James B. S. Southey won the Christopher Robinson Memnor- il Scholarship in third year law studies at Osgoode Hall. Jack Kitson has accepted a commission with the Canadian Army and is now stationed at Camp Borden. Goodyear workers walked out on Wednesday, June 6th and now two weeks later, are still flot back at work. protection, then that is a ness, where, if the Govern- different matter. But is this the case here? There seern to be no answers. WVe have been so thankful that we live in a Democratic country. And Canada is s0 beautiful. But doesn't this sound Ilke a Dîctatorship? How cone this high-handed- Thursday, un ï3th 127 Mrs. Johin Baker wias re- elected President of tLhe West Durham Womren's Institute at St. Paul's Church, Bwnn ville, on Friday, during the annual nmeetin.g. Miss Margaret McGregor, a graduate of Toronto Normal School has been hired to f il! the vacancy caused bly the resignàtion of Miss Florence Morris, o~n the public school teaching staff. Bowmanville will be repre- sented at the World's- Poultry Con.gress to he helid next month in Ottawa, by Dr. E.W.. Sisson who will be showing 22 birds. Chautauqua cornes to town on Wednesday, Jl 20 with a wonderful program for y-oung and old. Messrs. Jim Dîeývitt, Allan Knight and Wilfred Hamley took part in the openiîny session of th.e Tri nitcy SunOda,, School. Accounts passed at tlhe town council meeting for June included $i,715 to repair cemnent sidewallks and $442.75 for 12 new culverts. Cornmenlcinig Aine 3th there wil be a bus line service from the town to East Side Beach, with a fare of loc for each way. ment wants somnethîng, the can just take it? I arn very puzzled. Yours truly, Qlueenie lecher. P.S.- Yes, Dennjis Sadler. People shiould speýak out.Ho else can «thety express them- selves? lt's a free Press. MIE Sugarand Spc jBy Bihl Smiley How 1 Began enture l' e wowt b 3JS on ad a letter this week from a wee sun or raîn; former student wbo bas to present a saine Did they but know, present 1 t',s written plain, semninar in a journalism course she~s leaied. 'l'hose grasping wvrong values, taking. She didn't want much - just $40,000 Stive n in how to become a synidicated weekly to the Corny but cute. columnist, and some anecdotes egionýeala yMri about being editor of a. week1y. 'vesu ~ -newspaper. uch!Newtonvilie, Ont. Tbere's no problem about the first )kers at June :30, 1976. one, as 1 tell the eighit or 10 people es, we I)ear 'Johiny: who write me annualtly about it. AUl stress WVhat wvould we do without yuhv odi ei h ib lc sibility' vouri, atsanIt keeps us ae righdoim e, itthe rightac to mie, up-1to-diate on so0 many happen-a- h ih ie ihtergt re our iungs' and is like a visit fromr an material. In other words, lucky. A 1Council ojd riend. second ingredient is to be cheap. 1 ucon- I just lhad to wvrite and say a was both, when this columan began to ity and few things about a rneeting I circuae )ng wVay; atended here at Newtonville cl e mean- Publtlic Scîool on Monday, I begart writing this column wben I [oni. evening. It was1 under the was editor of a weekly. AÀfter a enqu'IrY auspices of the "SEAP" couple of years, 1 had grown sic1k'of ýnotice group, and was a very weil the lack of freedom and creativity in he~s are attended and inforrnative itby; at meeting. May their efforts on wbat 1 was writing. Any damn fool al G uvt.- our behaif bear rnuch fruit. can write a news story, if be gets the ed frorn The case for the group xas facts straight. And many damn fools e about outlined by the chairman Mr. can and do write editorials, regard- us here j. \,eldhuis, and al] were ls ftefcs ipalities brought up-to-date on ic 1'so theirats district present and future activities And I was having trouble with the I by our s0 ar1. weddings and obituaries 1 had to hi cither There is very real concera cburn out. )m out- about the Eldorado dump at One searing experience in the ýr a few Port Granby, and about the sentin9 radioactive and other cbem- weddings department was my _Thus icals that are seeping jato assertion, right there in black and e over- Lake Ontario, t was kind of white, that the bride and groom had dundant frigbtening to hear how, littue lef t for a honeymoon in Bermuda )urhamn attention bas been paid to is way, their enquiries, botb verbal wearing a green corduroy suit. I ild have and written, as to just w,ýhat is dîdIn't say wbo was wearing the top, ugh to pianned for, the extensive and who the bottom, but my even acreage that they have reputation among the mothers of mucbi acquired, and requests that brides wvas definitely sufied. ;o many tis dumping be stopped. le bar- The thing that impressed Same trouble witb the obitutaries. 1 s and me at this meeting, and also neyer committed the classic: "The ;oeone the gravity of the situation, deceased was borne to bis final to what was the feeling of fear and resting place by six old fiends who al Govt. frustration present. Evasion acted as palîbearers,- but 1 did have iser and seeins to be the word, as 's lOth information is sougblt'from MY moments. [ubrious Enviroamental and other top A line fromn a wedding would pop Tor it I officiais, both at Queen's Park into the funeral, and iL would come and Ottawa. out something like this: "The remainis of the deceased, who was in bis 78th year, are resting at the Sunset Funeral Home, in a clinging tionships with otiiers often gown of yellow voile, with a garland ea1 a good deal about the society of white stephanotis and a large y live in. Speech, someone said, is bouquet of forget-me-nots." Pretty window to the world. And some fancy funeral, wbat? rnblers are already saying that 1 neyer did get mnuch flack from window is pretty grubby what the deceased', but 1 sure caugbt lbell h ahl the impurities and impro- from the "survivors," as tbey were ties that curse -- or gr.ace? -- our invariably known. gaetoday. Af ter a series of such setbacks, I ~uage de4çided to start writing a littie ertainly to examine the cliches of column11, in which 1 didn't have to day and then compare them witb cope witb the duli facts of the news e of another era wouhd be a story, the supposed objectivity of the -k lesson in social psyclog0y editorial, or the pitfalls of the so what (now there's an oldie) if wedding - obituary quagmnire. purists say we're goinîgto heul in Thus began "Sugar and Spice" as ,t infinitives. it was first named, a humble little lew words to fit a changing world c-,orner of the editorial page where yi be the best way to cornmuni- onie Bill Smiley could spoof the e the uncertainties and insecur- world, peedle bis wife, damn al s of an age when so many wonder polliticians, and give vent to bis ât lies in store ýor them. rages. In short, where be could say wbatever be wanted, w.ýitbout biding he key phra jes of a decade or bebind the aniorinmity of tbe news ure -- wbat" ssing and wbat's story or the editorial "we." ,AI- reveas4»nehwg bout ts tougb that's a pretty slim thing tLo aate and it, h1ýracter.tvt iebhn in a1 ah on Dr-out bal-- uee ryt.>u exa wrong with his head, to have such -an opinion). Anyway, the column caugbt on, for various reasonis. One was that men en.,joyed mre poïintiing out how peculirmenareý, Another w-'as- the women enjoyed me pointing out how stupid men are. EveryonC enjoyed me pointing out how abysmally idiotic politicians are, There were other re1os.I idn't mind calling a spade a ruddy shovel. 1 didn't mind exposing whýla4t an assI was. 1 wtote about ail the horrible ordeals that ordîinary people ge, through., lqved oe4îg;7ui festivals, Christmas, 1 abo;ut parents and children, saýlors5 and legionnaires, grannies and younî-g mothers, farmners and fisherman.- And 'I had goed!~r~ds oal George Cadogan, stili a puver in th,,, weekly business in the Mxal Cz'îne He urged and encQuragtd and recommiended to friends. Linder bis e.xhortations, 1 grad1uaiiý'y chanuged a ragged column of anecdo.tes, barbs and persona] opinions into a shoifrt essay that tried to say smtig without~ seeming to.ý Next thing I knew , M88 apers were running my colun. Teof~ore the syndicates gt ne5d.rhk are not, by the way, mnucî itrse in beginners, whicb makeès iî, nmigbty tough to break in. Satisfaction? Ohi yes. Ntrom writing it. That's bard wvork. if it weren't, it would be biard 'read"ing,10 and if il was that, it wouldn'tbJerec for long.1 But I've had great jo--y from h# knowledge that V've ocsoai brought somne pleasure, or surcease fromi pain, to someon-e. One ancient lady wrote painfuhlly, from b er old! folks' home bed, t'hat she bad laugbed until sbe cried, at oneý_ columnn. A you-ng Canadian wmn in New Zealand, wrote thatse'd been in despair, everytbing lak had readrmy ecolumniýn ) ber hometown paper, had I~ge aloud, and had r, a1i z ed(l tha t G od w stili in Fis he'aven, f' she could laugh. 1 won't tell you aboýut the rot'(ten letters I've received. They're fewý, they're usually bigoted, and tbey don't bother me. Now, Mary Grabham,jonai1 student. You want an anecdotefo$ my days as a weekly editor. Here". b. true one . 'how would you cover i t, az*I a reporter-? A man had a figbt with b is wife, kgot ail drunked up, an-d told ber het was going to commit suicide. She told bim to go aheïad. He mnarched out to bis car, went roaring off, drove it right off the town dock and into that blacknessý that waits for ail of uis. Next morni ng, tbey fou, nd hi m. Soutid asleep in, bis car, whieh had lauded on a - barge tied. u,,p to the v H4~k is wif ad the haîst six o seven h weyo-ds, 1