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2 The Canadian s&atesman, Bowmanville November 16, 1977 Section Two Zbjt Ctanaban 'tattman Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 123 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating 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 L1C 3K9 JOHN M. JAMES JOHN E. JAMES Editor - Publisher General Manager BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. E D 'o ~ ~ o <~ê * o L DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. "Çopyright and-or property rights 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 - epd n 0 crnt a lorocess in a publication, mu9f be obtained from the publisher and the printer. 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Glvqu 'he the Po w-er It is difficult to tell just what is behind all the current flack about the RCMP and the armed services using illegal tactics to obtain information on suspected subversive organizations or individuals, but it is unfortunate and damaging. Opposition parties in our opinion are not gaining any political ground by taking and using information supplied to them by anonymous sources. Instead, they must be making it most difficult for Can- ada's security forces to continue functioning against those who would damage Canada and its relationship with our allies. No doubt the Soviet Union is the biggest beneficiary of the current squabble. We believe most Canadians will be It is sadly ironie that France should pick the week before Armistice Day to assist in the possible splitting up of Canada. In both World Wars the French' were what might best be described as rather "quick" in their choice of discretion over valor on the battle- field in the defense of their own 25 Years Ago Thursday, Nov. 13th, 1952 Malcolm Jordon, Grade 8 pupil at Central Public School, Bowmanville, placed first in the finals of the Durham County Public Speaking Con- test held at the Dr. Power's School, Port Hope. His parents have taken the farm formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Fergus Morrill. Mr. Jordon (Charles) is a well known singing personality on radio and television. Second place was won by Helen Ingham, Millbrook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ingham, Gladys Ferguson, Welcome, was third, and Gloria Brent, Darlington fourth. Air Vice-Marshall C. Roy Slemon, bas been named Chief of Air Staff of Canada, suceeding Air Marshall W.A. Curtis who is retiring. Residents of the lower part of Scugog Street were subject- ed to a two hour period of complete blackout when a Hydro transformer failed, last Saturday evening. delighted to learn that there is a force in this country, be it police or military, that has been concen- trating its efforts on thwarting any individual or group attempting to undermine this country, bring in drugs or obtain secret information, even it has been done illegally. The RCMP has certainly not opened the first class mail of anyone who hasn't given them good reason to feel they are up to no good. We would suggest that instead of trying to make political hay out of the situation, the opposition parties might well join with the government and immediately bring in legislation giving Canada's security forces the sweeping powers they need to do their job properly and efficiently. Record has Improved Whether you like it or not, the anti-inflation regulations have been effective in many ways. One of the most dramatie results has been a sharp decline in the number of man-days lost through strikes dur- ing the past year. Naturally labor unions do not like the AIB regula- tions which, they say, have clamped a lid on wage increases but have not done much to curb business profits or prices. Nevertheless, the vast majority of unions have been abiding by the regulations, so there must have been thousands of instances where labor and management sat down to bargain and did reach agreement. The Canadian Labor Congress, the umbrella organization which is comprised of many individual unions, has agreed with the proposal that the best way to handle wage disputes is at the conference table, along with management and govern- ment representatives. The CLC realizes that strikes are costly, not only for employers, but for union members as well. Not so the Canadian Union of Public Employees. CUPE is sharply critical of the CLC administration for approving of the tripartite agreement which would go a long way toward solving the problems of Canadian businessmen and workers. CUPE totally ignores the object lesson of West Germany, where this very plan has been working well since the end of the war. Productivi- ty in that European nation has been high and strikes have seldom occurred. Remembering the fact that Germany had to entirely rebuild its industrial plants after the devastation of the air raids and has emerged as one of the most prosperous nations in the world, one would think that Canadian unions would all see the worthiness of co-operation. - Wingham Advance Times country. A great many Canadian lives were lost fighting to return France to its own people. Now it would appear that France has been just as "quick" in its decision to assist Rene Levesque in his attempt to take Quebec away from Canada. They may be great lovers, but they've sure got lousy memories. - The Newcastle Independent Members of the Legion Building Committee of the new hall which can be used to seat over 300 dinner guests, dances and general meetings are Mrs. Jack Knight, Mrs. Pat Palmer, Bill Harrison, Alex Mairs, Ernie Perfect, Monty Goslett and Lloyd Preston. Calvin Breen will take over the management on Wednes- day of the Bowmanville Walker Store. 49 Years Ago Thursday, November 8th, 1928 On Monday evening in the Opera House, Madame Jeanne Dusseau, presented a feast of song, accompanied by Miss Gwendolyn Williams on the piano. A.J. Wadhams announces his special Thanksgiving Dinner for the sum of $1.00 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Fruit Cocktail, celery, Mustard Pickles, Soup, Cream Tomato or Oyster, Dressed Young Turkey with Cranberry Sauce, Fried Salmon, Dressed Young Chicken, Dressed Young Goose, Sirlôin Beef, Apple Sauce, Brown Gravy, Boiled or Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Peas, Apple, Lémon, Rasp- berry Pies, Ice Cream, Steamed Plum Pudding with Wine Sauce. Leaders of Trinity Young People's Group are Music- Francis Sutton, Citizenship and Current Events, Smith Ferguson, Missionary Helen Cryderman, Dramatic Ross Strike. Tyrone United Church will be re-opened on Sunday, November lth. Service will be taken by Rev.D.W. Best, D.D. Bowmanville. The canvass for the new nurses residence has reached the sum of $13,000. Eldad Church re-opened on Sunday afternoon in charge of the pastor, Rev. J.R. Bick. -9""«e4<I This has been the age of the young. Rock music, drugs, dropouts, dirty denim, unisex, swinging singles, discos, and now punk rock. You name it and we've been assaulted by it. It all began with the Beatles, I reckon, this adulation of youth. And now it's The Fonz, a portrayal of a young hood, that gets the headlines. To be over 40, in the last couple of decades has been just this side of being dead, as the media, the entertainment world, and business, salivated over youth. Well, it's kind of nice to see that a lot of the old timers are still in there pitching, despite the deluge of juveniia. It was a bit of a jolt to hear of the sudden death of Bing Crosby recently, at age 74. But the Old Crooner was still giving some class to the shoddy world of show biz right up to the end. Octogenarian John Diefenbaker has published another book of his memoirs. Haven't read it yet, but it's said to be as delightfully malicious and wrong-heade as the first volumes. Morley Callaghan, well into his 70s, recently published a new novel, to critical acclaim. Callaghan, one of our finest writers, isn t getting older, he's getting better. Ignored or sneered at for years by fellow Canadians, he just kept hacking away at his vocation of being a first-class writer. Just finished a novel, The Intrud- ers, by Hu h Garner, and although parts of it are bad, when te dialogue becomes polemical, he still has that sure touch of realism, an ear for the talk of ordinary people, and the ability to tell a good story. Garner is no chicken either. Must be in his 60s, about half way. Scott Young, another cracking good writer, has abandoned a daily column of trivia, with which even he was becoming bored, and has gone back to writing what he does best - honest sports stories. He's over 60. Pierre Trudeau is not yet an ancient combattant, but he had his 58th recently, and is certainly no pushover for the young blood-thirsty wolves in the political pack, as anyone who watched the opening of Parliament coulk see. And how about the Queen. She is no teenager, and she's beginning to show it, but when it comes to poise and grace and charm, very few of the young chicks can hold a candle to her. One of my colleagues, a former officer in the German Army, is into his 60s, but could out-ski, out-swim, and out-walk most of the staff members 30 years fyounger. I have another friend, about 70, to who could out-think, out-drink, and out-swear 98 per cent of men in their 20s. My father-in-law was a little disappointed to learn this year that a by-law had been passed stating that retirement was compulsory at 65, and he'd lose one of his jobs. He's 85 and is quite bewildered when he hears talk of young fellas in their early 60s who can hardly wait to retire. Played golf with an old, gray- haired geezer a few weeks ago. He is retired, but only because of a heavy heart attack. He plays 18 holes a day and then knocks back a few whiskies before dinner. His score was 88, mine was 108. He swims all summer and bowls twice a week in the winter, as well as working like a navvy around his home. I don't really know what I'm getting at here. Maybe I'm just sick of the youth-worship cult to which we've all been exposed (including the young) for far too long. Maybe I'm tired of living on a continent and in a culture in which the very people who were the salt of this country's earth are shuffled off, without honor and without shame, into places that are called things like Sunset Rest, Final Heaven - everything but Last Chance Saloon. Maybe I'm fed up with the interminable excuses, sloppy ser- vice and half-assed work we receive from so many young people whose grandparents and parents gave full measure, and believed in such hoary adages as "A job worth doing i- worth doing well." I sometimes wonder why we are so eager, in this country, to slough off the wealth of experience and wisdom our elders have to offer in our society. Why aren't the older tradesmen used as teachers, at a decent remuneration, to pass on their skills to the half-baked young tradesmen we so often encounter when we want a job done? There is a crying need for more day-care centres in this country. Why aren't they filled with volunteer grannies, who could love and pet and teach the children, as only they do so well? Nope. It's easier to sweep them under the carpet: into lonely rooming houses, nursing homes, senior citizens apartments, or, in extreme cases, the Senate. We don't want to see wrinkles and white hair and trembling hands or mouths. We want everything to be the way it is on TV. Well don't try to shuffle this ole boy off, when the time comes. I intend to go right on being arbitrary and obnoxious. Unless I'm offered a seat in the Senate. the F- 73 Alonna Street Bowmanville Dear Editor; Reading last week's head- line, a question comes to mind. In the face of anticipated administrative expansion, capital expenditures for ser- vices, a school board buying sites at market value, to name only a few items, where is the money to come from? In Ward Two growth has usually absorbed this type of spend- ing, residents only worried about the inflation factor to increase their mill rate. No growth will mean that present residents will be expected to absorb all the above mentioned factors, plus inflation. Maybe we should all become registered charities? May I suggest a question for the mayor at his next press conference. "Sir, since growth in Ward Two is almost at a standstill, 'and since contin- uing growth absorbs new, large municipal expenditures, how do you propose to hold tax increases, over the next four years to 7-8 per cent, and still have Ward Two paying their full share of the municipal tax burden?" Yours sincerely, Dennis Sadler Dean J. Kelly, President Assoc. of Dedicated Canadians P.O. Box 1000 Port Perry Ont. Dear Editor; While President Carter has faced the energy crisis head on, Ottawa continutes to ad hoc "band-aid" talk with little concrete action. On thing is certain, we face a serious energy shortage! Last year we ceased to be self sufficient in oil. This year we are running a deficit close to 300,000 barrels a day, at todays prices thats one billion, 500 million dollars. By the mid-eighties, we will be im- porting roughly i million barrels a day at a cost of over $5 billion, and that if prices stay at their present levels, highly unlikely. Premier Lougheed of Al- berta says gas and oil prices will double in two years. For every $5 billion we spend inporting oil, we face the loss of 200,000 jobs. It is so serious that President Carter bas addressed himself to the nation at least twice recently asking people to conserve energy. If we don't conserve now there may not be enough to go around at any price in the future, causing massive hardship and catastrophic unemployment. Virtually everything we use in one way or another needs energy in some form. Grow- ing, processing and packaging our food take large amounts of energy, not to mention truck- ing to and from markets. We must revert to reusable con- tainers for milk, eggs, soft drinks and all major consum- ables. In Europe they even return their pickle jars for refilling. The most visible waste of energy is the continuing use of big eight cylinder gas guzzling cars often with only one or two people in them when a 6 cyl. or even a 4 would do. Huge electrie sings and buildings lit day and night. In the home, how water tanks are one of the major users of energy are, often set too high and com- bined with leaky taps waste untold hydro. Insulating our homes, sealing doors and windows, leaving the thermo- stat at 65 during the night all help. Heat pumps are 250 to 300 per cent more efficient than electric heat and are sold in Ontario without sales tax. (non polluting unlike oil furnaces). Changing lights from 100 watt bulbs to 40 watt flourescent saves 60 per cent power and seldom need rep- placement, giving about same light. Every little bit saved by each of us when multiplied by millions means a lot. An inexpensive neon night light uses 600 times power than a 60 watt bulb left on all night. Black outs and gas rationing are the hard way. Conserva- tion is less painful but time is running out. If we don't save now one day not far off - we could literally freeze in the dark. Dean J. Kelly, President Association of Dedicated Canadians Dear John; Just read a letter from L. Venning re Senior Citizens. Much of this letter (Reporter Nov. 2nd) refers to the lawn bowling club and should be, classified as garbage. The L.B.C. did get a $7000. grant which was well publicized at the time. According to Ven- ning, "It was obtained to repair the roof, claiming the place was a drop in centre for senior citizens." Actually the grant covered a host of items - vinyl siding on the outside, wood panelling on the interior, the addition of a small block shed to bouse equipment, installation of two washrooms, carpeting, etc. etc. etc. How on earth could you spend $7000. ta repair the roof of a building which (quote) "only bouses 25 people and there is no room for pool tables. " If Mr. Venning is going to appear before council, maybe he should find time to do a little homework first. Speaking of council, in July it was announced we were to get shelters at a cost of $1Cfo. each, and the mayor thought the service clubs might foot the bill. Three months later and the shelters are imminent The price bas gone up $102 each and the mayor bas returned from the service clubs more or less empty handed. But it now develops that in June our mayor and our six councillors, at a secret< meeting, voted themselves a nice raise, which curiously enough totalled $4100.00, just about the cost of the four shelters. Another curious fact is that finding $4100. for the raises in June was no prob- lem, whereas finding $4240. in July for the shelters threw council into a financial tizzy. A cantion for this bit of comic opera could be (A) who's kidding who or (B) don't we do things funny in old Bowman- ville? In a letter published October 26, I asked one of our reps on the Board of Education - "Could we have a very detailed explanation of the shift of approximately $1,000. between the Ontario Treasury and the Board of Education." Could We? Respectfully, Morgan We're Not Dead Yet The French Cp e-7c~ /"m 4!lý, C+CNA Letters Edj@ttor