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BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 21977 Back To The Ice Age January has just slipped by without the traditional thaw and unless the weather changes by the time this appears in print, early February is not going to offer much relief from the steady cold, chilling winds and piled up snow. Réeeily -he OntarioMinister of Energy, Dennis Trimbrell mailed out an interesting booklet on Energy Conservation that by now hasn't much relevance when all most people are trying to do is keep warm. Somebody has suggested that possibly we are returning to the ice age because the average tempera- ture on this planet has been dropping since 1940. Now, isn't that a pleasant thought? Especially so when you consider that we are running short of oil, gas and electric power, with the price of all those items jumping considerably on a regular basis. Possibly we should be doing a thorough survey on the cost of building igloos instead of liouses, or underground homes below the Permafrost level where the chill factor when the winds blow would not be noticeabe. Certainly, it doesn't appear sensible to be constructing high rise apartments and office buildings that are exposed to everything that Mother Nature can dream up by way of nasty weather conditions. Better we should be going down into the earth for protection. Who wants to look out through frost covered windows to see great heaps of snow and ice outside? Better we should be painting pretty pictures on the inside of the windows with scenes of the beaches in Hawaii or some other place, provideci they have escaped the snow and cold weather. We had hoped that the election of a new president in the United States would have done something for the weather but now we find one of his first acts is to declare Pennsylvania a disaster area as they are buried in snow. Even the possiblity of Quebec separating from Canada hasn't heated things up, other than verbally as Rene Levesque and Prime Minister Trudeau don their battle jackets and start swinging at each other. None of the traditional methods are doing a thing to improve the weather that appears to be completely out of whacko. The only thing that can be said for it is that new records are being esta- blished every day so that 50 or 100 years from now, folks will be able to look back and see where the winter of 1976-77 was one of the worst in history . . . and who wants to be making that kind of history? In fhe meantime, we would suggest that the Visual Arts Centre might be well advised to start planning an ice age survival course so we'll be ready for whatever comes. Dennis Timbrell's booklet on conservation of energy contains much good advice that's hard to put into practice right now when the biggest problem is to pamper heating equipment so it will keep struggling to bring the temperature up to a liveable level. And so far as cars are concerned, how do you save gasoline when bucking snow drifts, spinning wheels on ice, and carrying about 200 pounds of accumulated ice and snow on the fenders and chassis of your vehicle? Maybe we should have more near disasters such as occurred on Friday with that blizzard. That's when those in trouble soon learn that the vast majority of people are willing to go out of their way to help their fellow human beings. Gradually, we are assembling an amazing collection of items from all over the area where busloads of children, stranded motorists and accident victims-were freely offe-ed help, food and lodging by local citizens who went to considerable trouble to be helpful. While the situation here cannot be compared to that in the Buffalo area, it certainly was bad enough and could have been disastrous for SECTION TWO many people if needed help had not been available quickly to handle the emergencies that arose. We could quite easily have had fatalities with motorists frozen to death in their stalled cars. Unfortunately, in the Buffalo area, the tragedy also brought out the worst in some people who took advantage of the problem to loot cars. Happily,that didn't happen here. Our sincere congratulations go out to police, tow truck drivers, volun- teers with snowmobiles and the many people and organizations who displayed the true Good Samaritan spirit in time of need. It's a real honor to be living among such fine citizens. Jaycees Do It Again! For a comparatively new service club, those Jaycees certainly are making a name for themselves and doing a good job for the community. Since they were formed, they've been involved in some spectacular events, including cleaning up the Soper Creek Park with financial help from government grants; running Family Nights in pre- Christmas activities, Bowmanville Week operated in connection with the "Sidewalk Sale." Then, there was that enjoyable invasion by fellow Jaycees from Rochester and now they are sponsoring the first Wintario Draw in this area on Thursday. Though few in numbers, the Jaycees have demonstrated consi- derable initiative and imagination in all of their endeavors and are certainly a definite asset to this community. We salute them and wish them well. A Corner for Poets THOUGHTS FOR INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF PRAYER As we've struggled in a pagan world, Since the flag of crosses was ui- furled, Or people wore the badge of roses, We ve come a long way from sixteen A.D. To century twenty-one, Will we make it thru think you, To century twenty-two? No longer skinned alive for heresy, It's thought or deed, No longer burnt at stakes For knowing what it takes, To be Christian in a heedless world, @CNA The Faith's been kept for all who think, Thru rivers spilled of blood and ink, It's simple but not easy, And no, the need's not less To heed and follow as he asked us. We've kept the form of faith for all, Thru centuries of conflicting views, As light begins to dawn Still having many empty pews, Will we survive or Earth go on? The Lord has kept His Word And the Earth has shook, As told to us in that Old Book, That Old Neglected Book, Describing The Ancients, Reach toward God. Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 123 years ago in 1854 Ahso h1ncorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario LIC 3K9 JOHN M. JAMES Editor - Publisher GEO. P. 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DOdW f/E BLOC/< O / <060 A/PO/L / E D/ET ILetterst otheEditor I 28 Emily Street, Newcastle, Ontario Dear Sir, With regard to Concerned Citizen's letter to the editor in your last week's paper about Kenneth E. Lyall and election signs, etc., I too am a concerned citizen and I have two major concerns. My first concern is that it is so easy for a person with an obviously malicious axe to grind to have a letter publish- ed hiding behind a pseudonym such as Concerned Citizen or Concerned Parent.. the people who wish to make personal attacks on another should, to my mind be compelled to have their names published., My second concern is that the copping out style used by these despicable little Mr. or Mrs. Milquetoasts is appar- ently condoned by the States- man and yourself. The letter in question only proves that there are pathetic little people who lack the moral fibre, or shal we call it by the good ol7d fashioned name of 'guts' to stand up and be counted publicly when they want to hit below the belt at someone who bas obviously more personal courage than tbey themselves ...and this leaves all persons of integrity open to such person- al attacks with no redress. With regard to my bus- band's recent election at- tempt. The fact of being defeated in an election is nothing of which to be ashamed. The shame is that there are so few people who have the courage to take up the cudgels against matters they consider to be wrong. Ken has the courage of his convictions and the fact that he was defeated is of no consequence, he made his stand. As to the signs. It was arranged before the election that all his signs were to be removed directly after Dec. 6th. I can assure everyone that a tour will be made of the area and whatever signs have not been removed will be taken down shortly... especially any that may be on R.R.3 in or around Maple Grove West School. Sincerely, A Concerned Citizen named Joan Lyall. Dear Editor and Readers, Have you ever wondered why elevators only plung< down their shafts in movies? Well it is because of a safety device. Why does it hardly ever fail? Because we do not have to rely on it being activated when something goes wrong, rather it is kept inoperative as long as every- thing works properly. This same principle is used in nuclear reactors. The rods (fuel bundles) are (usually) vertical, being pulled up to increase power so the shut-off position is where they natur- ally fail. They are lifté'd by electro-magnets, so if the source of power (the plant) fails, gravity returns the rods to the safe position and neutron flow ceases. There are only a handful of nuclear physicists that are anti-nuclear power, even some of the handful cannot be persuaded to, endorse a nu- clear moratorium. So, many of the "knowledgeable phy- sicists and scientists, showîng negative reasoning" (quote from M.M. letter of January 26), are in fields-other than nuclear, and therefore can only comment on what they understand, which in some cases is less than a lay-man. Even Henry W. Kendall of M.I.T., a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and an advisor to Ralph Nader cannot be persuaded to en- dorse the nuclear morator- ium. Need I say more? The American Nuclear Society has existed for over twenty-three years, you would expect therim to endorse nu- clear power? Well they did not, until two years ago, when they endorsed it as the safest form of energy generation. That endorsement took twenty-one years to earn. As fôr the "wasteful use of fossil fuels it would use in the short time to build it." I think the figures will show that energy is returned to us far faster than building a fossil fuel plant, because that would be lost forever. The need for Darlington Generating Station has ai- ready been established, the alternatives are not ata stage of development where they could economically compete. As far as safety is concerned nuclear power is so strictly regulated by legislation. This fact will have helped its safety record, but the real underly- ing reason is no other power source is so concentrated in as tiny a volume. There is no way of containing a deluted danger such as 150 million cars on North America's roads but one can conecclose when that danger is locked into a f ew cubic yards. Words for thought by Raymond Dennis Dear friends, It just does not seem possible that another year has passed since we sent you a copy of the 1976 Chase Almanac. As a matter of interest, the Chase Almanac has been published in the present format for 77 years. It gives us a great deal of pleasure to send you a personal copy of the Chase Almanac and Fact Book for the year 1977. We think that you will find in this edition material that will be of interest to you and to your Report from Queen's Park by DOUG MOFFATT M.P.P. January 25, 1977 requirements will result in money saved. Where do the displaced Hon. Dennis R. Timbrell, operating engineers go? Are we Minister of Energy, trading labour costs for energy 12th Floor, 56 Wellesley St. West, costs? Toronto, Ontario. 3. The Minister of Government Services who still has not taken your Dear Dennis: advice to install storm windows in I note with interest that you have the legislature and for not sealing embarked on a course of lecturing, windows in air conditioned offices in scolding, and threatening those the iegislative building.o groups and individuals whom you 4 The Minister of Housing for have identified as being inefficient appro inadprch gsinf users or wasters of energy. May I approving and purchasing residen- uses u goratersofinergy.yfforts tial units without proper insulation. wish you good luck im your ef s For example, the OHC development, and at the sadme time ive you some in South River, near North Bay, has nams adturesognithem and that no storm windows and the resdents yolrecognithcm and you th rat have to turn up the thermostats to recognition will spur you to great keep warm. They don't pay the efforts to bring them to the proper hydro costs and as a resuitawaste pat goes on with no one seeming to The list: care. 1. The Minister of Consumer and 5. The Ministry of Education for Commercial Relations for approv- approving schooi designs which do Commercialnporting the use of not show double glazing. As example ing and su gthe Clarke High School in Northum- coil-tubed boilers. These Boilers use berland and Newcastle Board of 154 per cent more h.p. as comared Education is presently having an to a traditional boiler in producing addition built and to save money in the same amount of steam. You the cost of construction all windows might like to challenge the minister are single glazed to prove that these boilers are as a will attempt to keep you efficient as lus staff and Eddie informed of other instances. I hope Goodman say they are. you will help these people "see the 2. The Minister of Health for light" before it goes out! changing the boilers in Ontario Yours sincerely, hospitals to these coil-tube boilers Doug Moffatt, and justifying this by saying that the MPP, Durham East, economies realized by lower staff New Democratic Party. readers-weather forecasts- horoscopes-a herbal garden- household hints-great com- posers and their work-and the 3rd section of the Dr. Chase Cook Book. Interested readers can ob- tain a copy of the Almanac by writing to the A.W. Chase Company enclosing 25 cents to cover the cost of postage and handling, or they may be EDITORIAL COMMENT obtained free of charge from their pharmacist. We want to take this opportunity of wishing you health, happiness, longevity and success in the years ahead, and to express our sincere thanks for the public- ity you have given the Chase 49 Vears Ago Thursday, February 2nd, 1928 Bowmanville Home and School Club will meet in the Central Public School on Wednesday. Reverend R.J. Shires will address the meet- ing, on moral training in the home and school. At St. Paul's Church annual meeting on Thursday in the lecture room the Board of management showed receipts of $3,361 for the year. Amounts raised by the various organiz- ations were Sunday School $197. St. Paul's W.A., $737. W.M.S. $320. Jr. M.S. $223. Mission Band $31.52, M and E Fund $476.j You are invited to a Valen- tine and Waist Line Tea at the home of Mrs. John Mclntyre on Tuesday, February 14th. Don't miss "Make It Snap- py", a smart musical show, under the auspices of the Sunshine Club with 35 local artists, who will present a pot-pourri of music and comedy in Bowmanville Opera House on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 14-15. A demonstratiîoiniPhysical Culture by school pupils under the direction of Miss Peardon will be given in the Town Hall, next Wednesday, before an address will be given by Prof. W.T. Macoun, Dominion Hor- ticulturist, Ottawa who will speak on annuals with illustra- tions. Almanac over the years. The response from your readers has been excellent. Thanking you again, and we would welcome any com- ments. Sincerely yours, Jas. H. Wells Manager, Public Relations pRmmERfRfEKfandZ~KUUU Me and Spice BOY, am I glad I'm not rich! There is nothing wrong with money in itself, though the love of it is reputed to be the root of all evil. It's what money brings in its wake that can make life a nightmare. For the past four days we've been a two-car family, and it's been a real brute. We need two cars about as much as we need two houses, and I stili don't know how I got into this fandango, but I'm in it, and I wish I weren't. There wasn't a thing wrong with our old car, except that it was getting a bit long In the tooth. Or so everybody said. I didn't think a 1967 Dodge, with only 48,000 miles on it, that ran like a bomb, was something to be ashamed of. Dogs are said to age about seven to one, in comparison with humans. Thus, a nine-year-old dog would be like a 63-year-old man. That seems fair enough: missing some teeth, missing some hair, and getting a bit stiff and arthritic. But there are old dogs and old dogs, of both species. I don't know the ratio for cars and humans, but I'd guess it would be about eight to one. So, my 10-year-old car would be about 80 in human terms. To some of you young people, 80 might seem a great age. But to my personal knowledge, for some people life begins at 80. And many an old girl in a home for the aged will back me up. They know, from personal experience that some of the, guys, at 80, 82, 84 are among the most dangerous men they've ever met in their lives, socially and sexually. We've all been reading lately about the Male Menopause. At least I have. I think I came through it all right, but you never really know. Only last Sunday afternoon I was giving my wife a big blast because She didn't want me to join the poker club and go to the Legion Hall and play shuffleboard with the boys after work on Friday. She was a bit taken aback for about one minute. Then she snapped that she didn't care what I did. I could go and stand on my head in a snowbank. I could go out and play poker six nights a week, as long as I didn't take more than a dollar with me, and didn't "expect me to serve lunch to a lot of men who'd leave a dirty mess to clean up and burn holes in the rug." I don't know how I got away over here behind the barn when I started out talking about the horrors of being a two-car family. Anyway. People made disparaging re- marks about my old Dodge. A mechanic wanted to buy it. Cheap. When I suggested $1,300, as a fair price, he laughed so hard he had a mild heart attack. "Smiley, you've run that old wreck into every tree in Blank County." This was a gross canard. That car has hit only one tree. l'Il admit that it has hit the same tree-the one at the end of my driveway-three times once by my wife, once by my daughter, once by my son-in-law, but never by me. That shows you how rumors spread. It did have a wow in the front bumper from the time I hit a light standard. The back bumper was somewhat like a boomerang, be- cause I bombed through two feet of snow in my driveway last winter, skidded across the street, and hit a telephone pole, backwards. But only one tree. On one side, the chrome was stripped off and the door caved in, when the Old Lady had an argument with the side of the garage. But the other side, until today, looked like a new car, except for the rust, which had eaten a bare 12 inches up into the fenders. Key words there are "Until today." After today I have matching doors, both without chrome, both looking as though Paul Bunyan had taken a grievance and a kick at the door, in that order. Inside, the car is like new, if you don't mind a bit of foam spilling out of the seats. You can tell it has been a one-owner car. The two inches of cigarette ashes on the floor are all of the same brand. You can understand how senti- mental a chap could get about such a car. Like an 80-year-old uncle with a few scars and wrinkles but a lot of zip still in the old bawd. People have made love in that car. People have been taken to hospital in that car. Babies have been brought home from hospital on their fifth or sixth day in the world, in that car. I loved that car. But it was too randy for me. It was Male Menopause No. 2, the one that comes at 80. So I bought a new one. Not really new. Anybody who buys a new car today is either rich or ripped-off. Jumped all the way up to a '72. But I still have the old one. My wife loves it now, too, after asking me for five years if I expected her to be seen in public in "That old wreck." So I have two cars. I juggle them in and out of a one-car driveway. Today I had the new one off to work. Although I have told her 700 times that she can't back the car out of the garage, she tried it. I don't know what her technique is. I think she looks over her left shoulder and twists the wheel to the right. Or vice versa. Anyway, she creamed it right up against the post of the garage, could neither forward go nor back, and I now have matching dented doors. Sans chrome. At least it wasn't the new five-year-old one. Brings Out the Best n the Dim and istant Past 25 Years Ago Thursday, January 31, 1952 B.H.S. Boys' Bantam Bas- ketball team defeated Co- bourg 31-3 on Thursday at the local school. Team members and points scored were Ho- oper 3, Poole 2, Coverly 11, Markle 1, Ritter, Richards, Cramp 2, Colwell 10, Woodley and Kelley. In debates held at the B.H.S. last week Nancy Mitchell and Marie Ferguson of 1A defeat- ed Michael varcoe and Allan Porter of 1B. The topic debated was "Should the weekend be spent doing home- work?" The Solina congregational meeting was well attended on Monday evening. The worship service was presented by the Y.P.U., with Gladys Yellow- lees in charge. Scripture passages were read by Donald Taylor and Pearl, Leach sang "My Task." At the monthly meeting of the Junior Farmers of Dur- ham County held Wednesday in Orono Town Hall over 150 young people attended from all over the area, and thor- oughly enjoyed the revue "Cues for you". President Ray Chahlice opened the meeting and Ross Metcalf lead in a sing song. Orono United Church Build- ing Fund now totals $77,168.16 reports Mr. O.W. Rolph, treasurer of the building fund.