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2 The Canadian Sialesman. Bowiniaiwlle, Januaîxy 26, 1977Setion Tfo EÉDITOà*"RIAL CCOMMENT Hazardous tee Conditions January 2th, 1977 known for several3 Dear Sirs: problem on the sidew This letter is'to a]ert you to the the icicles from the hazardous ice conditions on the mai n premises you occupy street in Bowmanville, mainly in conditions there a defir front of my office and that of Optical which some action shc Boutique, namely 28 and 30 King If, as you say, the by Street West. responsibility on the te As you may know, we occupy our opinion, definite], these premises as tenants. The should be changed witi present by-law provides that it is the the building bearing ti tenant's responsiblity Ito clear away ty. In the roof problen overhanging ice and snow which have some sympathym may cause a, danger to the public. of your building beca However, there are several tenants much the samne probl in our two storey building and this own premises, but cer recurring problemn resuits mainly expeet our tenants to from a deficient eavestrough and about it other than to run-off systemn which resuits in an sidewalk in front of thg overflow onto the street and icicles problem arises wher hanging from the roof. troughs and downspi As I mentioned to you, I have filled with ice as the brought this matter to the attention, present time and ther of Councillor Allun, by-law enforce- for the melting snow ment officer, Horace -Best, and than over the edge« building inspector, Howard Wight,, creating huge chuni and it h as been suggested that an Having spent part of amendment to the. present by-law knocking. down icicles putting the onus on the owner to could faîl on somneor maintain adequate eavestrough and crash through the roofi run-off systems should be enacted. lower buildings, we al I should think that your publica- problem and have yet i tion should be interested in discus- solution. Electric heati sing this matter with the muiial be inserted in the doN authorities as the present stain, troughs, but it's quit( which has existed for several years, install them, especia creates atpublic hazard and should buildings in- wind, be corrected . I expect -the matter to weather. Council wo be raised at t he next Council advised to consider thi Meeting of the Town of Newcastle. alterthe bylaw. The) Yours very truly, notify the landiord that M. B. Kelly. action to rectify the sit Editor's note: We certainily have Don't Confuse Me With Fat At the annual meeting of Oshawa's sisted throughout the y Chamber of Commerce last week, - Mr. MacPherson fe General Motors President Donald generai public just -d( W. MacPherson was the guest stand that wealth hast speaker and presented some facts it cannot be borrowe( a bout business that bear repeating. Canadians have lots o: His theme was not a new one. Most to understand that ir business people know ail too well Kingdom, mn1any year. that their status among the general -appetities forgoods, public ranks about t he same as rising faster than thei politicians . . . and that's not too to add to productivity, high. There have been, efforts to cally reduced the buyi correct this situation in the past, but their money. to no avail. Many people still He believes that bu consider profits a dirty word and must accept thec regard business as just a shade educate employees, tl above being disreputable. and the public on W] Mr. MacPherson suggested that enterprise system hasc this feeling began some years ago us. Otherwise, the votir when post-depression ec oromists accept and demand began teaching that the discipline of ferénce and regulation the market place is as out of date as ments. an old-fashioned paddling behind the We wish Mr. Mac. woodshed. This idea really took root with his suggestions but in crowded university campuses in they will, be, carried ou the late sixties and has continued to future. Histheme was the present time as the students who expounded quite fr were brought up on anti-business- number of years ago, b instruction have now become the too well as we reca] teachers of today. continued to look for S,- The speaker's topic was "We have governiments, paying 1i only ourselves to blame" because to those who stressedr business people have alloWed this tivity. t may well be trend to continue while doing littie to Canada will h ave to b offset it. He feit that it was long saine desperation thal overdue for business and industry to the United Kingdomnbe mounit an educational campaign, to our senses.' starting with the educators, to It's an old saying that correct the fallacies about the free mind is made up, don't enterprise system, that have per- with the facts." A Co0-rn er f'orIr 'PO-e ts SONG SPARROW The birds planned a competition To pick the finest bird. There would be one prime condition- Each entry must be heard. The j»udge, a, pony old, and gray, Lived in the pasture brown. They counted him a Don Juan gay For he had lived in town. The crow, bedecked'in broadcloth black Slick shining in the sun, Mounted the platform, holding back Until applause was done. "Caw, caw, caw, caw! " in raucus ton es' No harmony or beauty. The judge cried, "Neigh!" with painful groans., Our pony did his .duty. years of the valk and with eroof of the 7 and consider Inite hazard on îouid be taken. )ylaw putsý the !,' wrong and th the owner of he responsibili- ris at least , we Nith the owner -use we have blem with our artainly'do not )o do anything bshovel their heir store. The n the eaves- pouts become iy are at the we is no place vto run other of the trough, ýs of icicles., last weekend ýs before they )ne's head or Es of adjoining appreciate the to find an easy ting cables can wnspouts and te a chore to ially on high ly, freezingý ,uld be weil he matter and y should also t he must take ituation. y'ears. feels that the doesn't under- to, be created, ed or. printed. rs of people's, and services jr willingness 'has dIramati- ying, power of asiness people challenge to the educators Yhat the fre e done for all of ing public will more inter- is by govern- ýPherson well at don't expect it in the near sone that was frequently a but didn't seil .11 it. -People Santa Claus in ittle attention more produc-, )e that we in be, hi -t by the .t has struck efore we corne it applies "My t confuse me A robin carne and volunteered To be the next in uine., No'other entry, there he feared For he was looking fine. "Cheer up, Cheerce. Tut, Tut"' he sang And stopped for praise ail round. The judgehe pawed tili echoes rang And bowed the entry down. A wee, shy bird with coat of gray With touches too of brown Came meekly to the fore that day Despite the others' frown. "Sweet, sweet, sweet, very merry cheer.,Checrily cheerily cheer!" The music truc did sound. The pony screarned, "That's talent here. The champion is found!" -E. V. Eddyvean. Durham Counfy's GreatFPamily Journal Established 123 years ago in 1854 Also lncorporatingA The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent (i The Orono News - Second class mail registrationnumber 1561 Produced every Wednesday by C fi THE JAMES PU8LISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 Kiryg St. W., Bowmanville. Ontario LIC 3K9 JOHN M. JAMES, JOHN E. JAMES Editor - Publisher Genieral Manager GEO. P. MORRIS BRIAN PURDY DONALD BISHOP Business Mgr. Advertising Mgr. Plant Mgr. "Copyright anid-or property rights subsist in the image appearing on this proof. Permission f0 reproduce in whole or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by photographic or offset process i a puiilîcation, must be obtained from the publisher and t he printer. Any unauthorized reproduction wili be sublect to recourse in law."1 $10.00 a year - 6 months $5.50 toreign - $21 .00 a year strictly in advance Alfhough every precauf ion wili be tak<en f0 avoid error. The Canadian Statesman accepts advertising in ifs columns on fhe Understanding thaf it iil1 nof be' hable for any error in the adverflsement published hereunderunless a proof of such advertisemenf is requested in writing by the advertiser and returned fa The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the advertlser and with such error or corrections plainly noted in writing thereon, and in thaf case if any error sonoted is not corrected by Tte Canadian Statesman ifs jiabilIity shahl not exceed such a portion of the entire cosf of such advertisemenft as the space occupied by the noted error bears fo lhe Zhoie space occupied b)î¼,uch advertisement. I j, Lot ters to the missed by council on a secret ballot. A brief appraisal of thé new council certainly leaves me witb no feelings of, inferiority witb regards to my ability. You comment on thie aver- age age of council, perbaps if was here that my qualifica- tions were déficient'? Please be assured. bowever. that my political activities, mv concerns and my inten- tions to risc again, as you put it. aie certainly not dependent on sucb a îeaction to mv applications. Lt is to be hoped we shal bave the pleasure of meeting Iroîn tirne to time at, various council and committec meet- inp-s as wc botb attempt to update ourselves, if and wben any changes are instituted. Sinceî'e lv, Ann ('owrwnn Letter 'to Ken Lyall1. tbrougb' the courtesv of The Editor. Hfi Kel. Glad as I1 am to realize another rurnor (that von had become a recluse) isn't truc, I am sorry to sec von falline into vilification-controver- sial type dialogue of lesser minds. Also I'm glad you arc happy. Will you, for goodncss-sake. just kccp on rocking, smiling and pnsbing that pen of yoturs in The Publics interest? The Régional Councîllor, at wbom you arc unwarrentcdly snapping yonr teeth, is the only face on the new council, not fitting in witb the matcbcd set. The matched set ail look alike, are of an average age and eacb stood up at the inaugural meeting, manfully admitting tbcy badnt a dlue wbat tbey were doing or supposcd to do. Tbey said tbey were willing to try tbongb, give tbem that. Bob Dykstra docs not look like the rcst and bis vigor and integrity are matters of records in the community. Uc doesn't profit by much, except more responsibility and bard work, a tbing be is used to. Ue began working in this Éown as a clerk in the IGA bere and tbrougb industry acquired a Dear Sir: We are once again wril ing to ask your support for the War Amputations of Canada Key Tag campaign, wbicb, as you know, bas taken place eacb Spring since 1946. The money raised by the distribution of the key lags was used initially foi xwar veterans, then later tc, help civilians wbo bad lost 1 mbs. This year marks the .)egin- ning of a long term commit- ment to an education program for cbildren, directed at ac- c ident prevention. Spearbead- ing the new effort is a film entitled "Play Safe" scbed- uled for release early in 1977. The film features children wbo bave been seriously injured in accidents speaking- about their experiences, and will be sbownin classroonis and theatres acrojss tbe coun- ,ry. Tbaik you ftoryour co-oper. at lin. Yours sinicerely, A.J. Parsons Managing Directox- Inteîided foi? Last eek Deax' Sir. May I tbrougb your pages reply to Dennis. First the question or ne- ther or not local councillors sbould act as deputy nia 'vors during the 1977-78 term. Under most circumsta nces 1 would bave to agree witb your, comments. Uowever, the pi-e- sent mayor îof Newcait1e is well known for being vcry reticent in delegating any responsibility so the situation is unlikely to arise. You asked if retired council-, lors would remain active in municipal affairs by applying for appoîntments to town boards and committees. In my case opportunity would be a fine tbing. Indeed, -two sucb applica- tions were made on my bebaîf. One to the planning committee supported by a petition, of ratepayers, apparently of lit- tle consequence after elec- tions. A second to the Museum Board wbicb bas been incom- plete for many montbs. Botb applications were dis- E dit orl specialized groceteria of bis own. Reeve at one time and earlier experience on council does give him "know-how". Who knows, next time around, 'bat bis position may bel You, in my bumble opinion are botb good men of bigb integrity and etbics. Wby do you two not get to know cacb other? You may not agree on ail points but on the important issues, I believe you weould. So. for Heavens' sake Ken if you wa nt to snap al someone, lets see you take a few bites at tbose wbo may deserve it. Now, especially is tbe time for ail good men to come to the aid of tbeir party. Mr. Bob Dykstra is a good maxn to represent this region wbatever tbey eall it. 1 did think it was to be called TUE TOWXN ship of' Newcastle!. That ýould save wrkand paint in _tbe Public Works Dept. Sincerely, R. Lilley. Dear Sir: Surely in a land as large as Canada. with a population as varied in ethnic heritages as ours. witb people comning from aIl over tbe world to live bere, and with so many capable Canadians in tbe field of journalism, it,seems' almost sad that tbe column "Person- ality Quiz- sbould appear in the Jan. l9tb Country Courier. The article in question is, among otber things, a recruit- ing advertisement for the U.S. Marines. (You are entitled to advertising revenue from the U.S. defence department for that, I would tbink!) If I lived in Buffalo, or Rocbester, or Miami, 1 migbt be interested in wbat tbis column bas to say. But 1 live bere, in Canada. I couldn't care less about xvbat this article says and I'm sure I'm not alone. If Canadians lack a national identity, bow far do we bave to look for the reasons? Just open your local newspaper! We learn by reading. Perbaps if we were exposed to relevant Report from Queen's Park I by I DOUG MOFFATT M.I There is a strange series of events taking place in the Region of Durham and particulariiy in the Oshawa section which I think is of great concern to ail of us. A long list of projects to be undertaken by various concerns and agencies has been proposed. Arnong these are: the Pickering Airport tic Darlington Generating Station Lennox to Oshawa transmission corridor the development of the Oshawa harbour the development of a nuclear waste disposai -area at Port Granby the developrnent of a refinery by Eldorado Nuclear at Port Granby Please note that ahl of these are proposais. by some governrnent agency using tax dollars in sorne fashion or another. Ail of these are large and will have a tremendous impact not only locally but over a wide area. Ail of these would create some ernployment and that is a positive note. The disturbing part of this whoie business though is that, headed hy Mayor Potticary and a littie group P.P. around hirn, there is constant' pressure to proceed on cvery one of those projccts without a second thought. I believe that in our fre country ail citizens have a right to be heard and have their opinions count in the decisions that affect them., Mayor Potticary apparently feels that anyone who questions anything or any of these projects and asks forail the facts is wrong and should be barred from speaking. There is not one person in this area who would not welcome more job opportunity in the Region and a lcssening -of the unfair property taxes but I haven't met one person who wants growth at any prîce. When we' have' a deveiopmeit1proposal we must look at al aspects and then proceed 50 that ail residents benefit' as much as possible. I have been recently attacked by the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Potticary for asking questions. I shahl continue to ask questions and if the Mayor or the President of the Chamber of Commerce feel that is wrong, that is unfortunate. My idea of deniocracy may be different from theirs. information in our communim- cations media we'd be better off for it. Tbank you, Wayne Blackburn Editors note-Sorry about tbat. It must bave slipped in by mistake. We'll try to watcb it in future. 4) Yt-arsA-go T'hursday, January 26, 1928 The following statistics have been presented by J.H. John- ston, principal, to the public school board. Pupils enrolled at beginning of 1927-592, pupils enrolled during year 112 for a total of 704. Pupils who died or were disa bled 4. Pupils left by permit or leaving town 52. Cost of education per pupil $38.08. The annual meeting of St. Andrew's Presbyterial Church was held Wednesday evening with Rev. McDer- ment presiding. During the past, year the Board of Managers completed the pur- chase of the church property, together witb the recently acquired manse which places the congregation in a sub- stantial position. Also a gener- ous -donation was made, making it possible to decorate the interior, re-wîre the church and' to cover the. floor with linoleum. Following is the standing in examinations of the pupils of Enniskillen for the faîl term. V Class-Edgar Wright, Jr IV- Naomi Virtue, Grace Werry, Aninie Oke, Joseph Stevenson, Wilbur Dickinson, Howard O, Alice Ashton, Oswald Petbick. Sr. III-Mona Dickin- son, Helen Brunt, Floyd- Petb- ick,' Gordon Stevens, Jr. 111-Marie Oke, Ruby Virtue, Bruce Ashton, Audrey Brunt. Sr. II-Bernice Stainton, Ruth Stevenson, Wilbur Stacey, Jr. 11-Verna Pethick, Dorthie stacey, Marion Griffin, Muriel Kennedy, Clifford Pethick, Earl Bradley. Teacher'Mar- garet Hazel Dolton. In the Dim ,and '~ )istant Past4 2V ears .lgo TI'ursday, .January 24th, 1952 Guest speaker at the recent- ly formied St. Paul's Men's Club on Friday nigbt, was Stan Smith of Bowmanville Boy's Training Scbool staff, wbo spoke on Jamaica. Mr. Smith resided for 14 years 'on this British island. Dr. A.F. McKenzie, Orono was installed as First Princi- pal of Palestine Chapter, Royal Arcb Masons, in Bow- manville, on Monday night. Following the basketbal games at B.H.S. on Friday the student Council staged a very successful dance. Winners of spot dances were Jerry Brown, Shirley Pollock, Ralph Vine, Ma rie Ann Jeffrey, larle Brown and Danny Ross. A new record was set on Monday nigbt in the Ladies' Major League Bowling by Lorraine McFarlane with a score of 375 for a single. She also took top honors for triple witb a 677. Several of the old badminton veterans from Bowmanville will not enter the Central Ontario Tournament this year. Bea Candler bas decided to caîl if a day. Lillian Dippell is unable f0 make the trip. AI Osborne and Jack Brough who were neyer defeated in Cen- tral Ontario Competifion are not entex'ing this year. Dr. Rundle and Morley Vansfone are out due f0 pressure of business. You may be surprised fo learn that West Durham properties valued at $1,972,499 cbanged bands in 1951. - 11 WRZREEEER KHErXH ER URK m By Bill Smileya dS 1 . Ch arting HAD the 'flu this week and took'a couple of days off work. That made 10 days in the last 15 ycars on the job. And I rediscovered the reason 1 will, time and again, totter off tIo work when I'm practically -on MY hands and kuces with some ailment. It's because I near 'ly go out of my skull with boredom when I'm homie sick. I'm not saying rny wife isn't a deiightful conversationa]ist or a charmîng cowpanion. She is. But when you have the 'flu and you want neither delight nor charm. You just want to beleft alone like an old dog, to live or die as the Lord décides. She won't leave me alone. She- brings me a big breakfast to bcd when al I really want is a sharp harîkari knife. After once spending a year in bed, in a sanatorium, I hate eating in bed. Trying to balance a tray on the knees. Spilling coffee on the sheets, -with, the inevitable blast from the laundress. Driroing gooey egg down the front of your pyjamas. Then by lunch-time, I'rn so bored with bcd that 1 stagger up and dress, dying or not. And she starts again. I should have somp 1inch to keep my strenght up. i-Iave you taken your anti-biotic pis, dear? Maybe you should watch TV for a while to keep your spirits up. Wouid you like another cup of tea? 'I don't want another cup of tea. I'rn drowning in it already. I don't want any -sardines on toast,, or cheese bits in the oven, or ni ce tasty soup. MY pis- make me dizzy., TV makes me want to throw up. This has got to be the swine flu. Arn I realiy dying, or will I just ,be paralyzed for life. Does God realiy exist? If H1e does, why is 11e dumping this on me? Well, ail that is bad enough. But during this session, the worst happened. I ran out of reading material. By the end of Day Two I had whipped through three library books, two daiiy papeis twice-a day, and half-a-dozen weeklies, a couple of news magazines, and the direc- tions on the cereal box, in English and French. The inevitable occurred. I was forced to read one of those women's magazines that my wife buys occasionaily at the supermarket when she secs a interesting recipe. Lt piunged me into an even deeper, alrnost suicidai, depression. One of the feature articlestold me I mnust love myseif first, if I were going to arnount to anything. I plowed through it with growing disgust, considering- that at thé moment I despised myseif, modern medicine, rny wife, and airnost anything cisc I could think of. When I got to a list of things I must stop doing if I were to love myself, and read, "Not having orgasms," I thlrew up ail over the iivingroom rug. After settiing my stomach with a hot toddy, and finding nothing else Your Life around that I hadn't read twice, I picked up the magazine again, in sheer desperation. The other feature article piunged me once again into abysmal, gloorn. Jt was called, "Chart Your Way to Success." When I read about the author that she is a prof essor of educational psychology,- I should have stopped right there. I know how rnuch these birds know about real life. They live in a drcam world of stuff. like "positive reinforcement" and "neg- ative feedback. " But I pressed on. After wading through three saccharine endorse- ments from people whose whole life she had changed, I went on to this: "You too can follow in the -footsteps of Lee, Mark and Doris. You can define and a ttain your own success. " Lt seems that all you have to do is make a chart, divided into three periods, each representing a third of your life, beginning at the age of five. Then you list three successes for each period and opposite each, list why it was a success for you. Out of sheer ennui, I started a chart. In the first period, from five to 15, I could think of only one success. I won one fight with a belligerent urchin named George Corneil, with whom I tangled frequently. Lt was a success for me because it was the only one I ever did win. 1In the second period, from 15 to 30, again 1 could think of only one success: I learned to fly an airpiane. But this wasn't such a great success since, because of it, I spent a stretch in a German prison camp. In the third period, from 30 on, I couldn't think of a single success. I became a newspaper editor through sheer accident. Ail that _got me was 10 years laboring asa galley slave to pay off the mortgage on the paper. Then I became a teacher, which any damfool could become in' those days. They were pulling bodies in off the streets because of the baby boom hitting the high schools. I became head of the English Department purely because nobody else was quahifîed, not on menit, experience or dedication. 1 I became a syndicated colummist by chance. AIl that gets me is a deadlinie hanging about rny neck like a big old albatross. By the time I'd finish making out the chart, I realized, not for the first time, that I was an utter failure, and that it was going to take a lot more than a chart to change things. Lt was then that I made my one and only resolution for 1977. And al subsequient, years. I will neyer again, Shoulc I be forced to per use nothing more exciting than the small print on toothpaste tubes, read anqther women' s magazine from a super- market. Imrnediately I made this resolve, I feit a lot better, and next morning was back at work. [+CNA (È lç . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y MA77,-Eý? wlr# PA