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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, February 1, 1978 Section Two Mbt Canabi'an ttma Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 124 years ago ln 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The 0Orono 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 - Pubisher GEO. P.* MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PU[ Advertisingi ,Eou c +Cl 0 %N JOHN E. JAMES General Manager ýRDY DONALD BISHOP Mgr. Plant Mgr. "Copyright and-or properfy righýts subs ist 1i-n the image appearin-g on this proof.Permni$Ssion to rerdce in whole or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by photorphi: or offset roesin a publication, must be obtained tram the publisher and the printer. Any unauthorized reproduction wilI be subjecf to recourse in law." s10.ua year - 6 months $5.50 foreigri - $21 .00 a year strictly in adivance Aithoui every precautioni wili be taéýen ta avoid error, The Canadian Statesman accepts' advertising in ifs columns on the understanding that if wiIl not be liable for any error in the advertisement published hereunder unless a proof of such advertisement is requested in writing by the advertiser and returned to The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the EditrialCommnts OPP Transfers Last Wednesday, evening we wit- nessed an unusual event. The occasion was a farewell dinner for 10 members of the Newcastle Detach- ment of the Ontario Provincial Police. The transfers were the resuit of the recent takeover of area patrols by Durham Regional Police in a large part of t he Municipality of, Newcastle. We are in, constant contact with the OPP detachment, and with the individual officers as we meet them going about their duties. To a man, they have our respect and admira- tion. Their duties are performed under, unpleasant circumstances a reat deaIl of the time, and involve a 'igh degree of danger. This was On Monday afternoon, a very interesting thing happened in the Bowmanvîlle Council Chambers. A group of about 100 Hamptoni residents met face to face with their elected officiaIs and told them what they wanted in clear, precise and forceful terms. They told coâ~nil that they did not want to see any further expansion of the Central Lake Ontario Conserva- tion Authority property in their community. They added that they have no objections to the 20 acre property that CLOCA already owns in Hampton. What happened at the meeting is reported in this newspaper. The impressive thing about the meeting was that it showed our formi of government at its very best. In an age of bureaucrats, consul- tants, lawyers, special studies and reports and ail the trappings of government too far removed from its people, the meeting of Hampton residents with Newcastle council was a rçfreshing change. "Today we h ave a very large numbet in the audience which I'm very please to see," commented Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard. We couldn't agree with him more. We too, were glad to see the audience. In the past few weeks, there have been some fantastic stories centred' around Camp X and the things that happened there. If nothing else,, these revelations have taught us that Canadians have not been a nation of miid-mannered -Walter Mittys., Quietly, and unobtrusively, (how typically Canadian!) they carried on a l'arge part of World War Two's ýcspionage activity. Canada's wartime record is already something to be admired, but this added news about Canada's contribution to the secret warfare should make us extra proud. Canadian history does not have to be choked full of explorers, and fur traderspaddiing birch bark canoes. Ail of these individuals had their p laces, but our history kept on going long after confederation, the elec- tion of Sir John A. Macdonald, and the building of the transcontinental raiiroad. Discussions about Camp X and the recent articles will help build up Canada's sometimes sagging confi- dence. If Camp X and the other wartime museums pianned for the Oshawa-Whitby site are buît, they will give us more insight into a very quickly brought home the next morning when the men were back on duty in the midst of the terrible storm. The community owes these men,' and also the Durham Regional force a great deai. Very seldom do wepjay tribute to them, and very often t ey are subjected to criticism. Seeing them together as group, out of uniform, saying goodbye to several fellow officers who h ave shared risks flot many of us would want any part of, or could even imagine, was quite an experience. On behaîf of the people of the area, we off er the transferred men our best wishes, and express our appreciation to the entire detachment. Council sessions in Newcast le usually attract an audience of about haîf a dozen persons. In fadt, we cannot recall a regular council session in the last few years when as many residents have attended. Often times elected officiais talk about the public being involved in their decision-making,, or about public "input". Monday's meeting was a ciaàsic example- of people's participation in local government. The people of Hampton are to be congratulated for their actions of the past few weeks. If more people filled the council chambers when local officials made their decisions, the resuits would more accurately- reflect the wishes of the citizens. People would have a better grasp Of civic affairs and they would have less difficulty in making their choices during municipal elections. And the common-sense opinions of the general public would add a great- deal to the 'proceedings of civic government. Too often, local government is like the weather., We talk about it sometimes, but we feel that there's little we can do about it. Monda 's council session showed us that this does not have to be the case. relatively modemn slce of history. Camp X will do more than just that. It would likely bring more tourist dollars into the area, give us extra acres of parkland along the Lake Ontario shore and perhaps provide more jobs if the re- construction project goes ahead. We are anxious that the feasibility study of the Camp X site be completed first to make sure that the museum and parkland scheme is workable. The study should ensure that taxpayers will not-inherit some kind of white elephant a few, years hence. But if the study tells us that the project is feasible then the general public, ail levels of government and the media should support the plans. It is true that for those of us in the Bowmanvilie-Newcastle area, the project is more or less out of our immediate area. Yet as it was pointed out last week during a press coference and special presentation of Camp X plans, the former spy base was' important for ail of Canada, and it has substantial international implications. We will be watching future developments on Camp X with great interest. Don't you get a littie tired of the touchiness of modern society in which, no mnatter where you step, it'si on somebody's toes, no matter what you say or write, it's a slur on soen-s background, color, creed or convictions? About the only areas left in which one may chance a remark without fear of inflicting a wound are politics, and sex. It's extremely difficuit to infliet even a bruise on a politician. He must have a fat ego in the first place, and hie quickly acquires a brass hide to go with it. Add an ability to talk out of both sides of the mouth at once, and a certain skill in straddling fences, and you have cabinet material. in the field of sex, there don't seemi to be any limits any more to what can be said, presented or simulated. Movies, magazines and theatre clubus over the head with raw,,unembellished sex, or seek to titillate the spook in each of us with highly-embellished, freaky sex until the whole once-exciting subject has become, a crashing bore. Aside from sex and polities then, there is scarcely an aspect of the human scene where even angels fear to tread; lest they step on someone 's, sensibilities. Ethnic jokes are out, black is Leti Dear John, the 126 year 6 Two weeks ago, the States- morning l ci man and the Independent members of C carried a pretty complete as I put it,j account of C.L .O.C.A.'s plans General Manx for the Hampton area. But for bis marbles. the nitty gritty, plus laughs, definitely yes you bad to go to another paper bie could coni which bad the full story of the million and1 proposed renovation of tbe 126 must be a mi year old mill, plus a picture of C.L.O.C.A.', perhaps the Assistant General $i00,o00 whiel Manager of C.L.O.C.A. point- sense but th( ing at the miii wbere sheets of not a misprir gal. iron were missing as were of raisingt panes of glass from the detailed -and window shown and the Assist- Wintario carr ant General announced it be good foi would cost 1.5 million dollars province wou to repair the miii whicb 1 per cent of th believe is about the cost of the million wbich Newcastle and Orono Arenas $275,000 and combined. As I said to my dad, the region why I bet tbey didn't pay $225,000.Th anything like that for the new castie appar( higb school on Scugog St. and 1 cent of the re phoned my friend Gail and it migbt cost, found the school bas 8 roims, or so each ai huge gym and stage, well just wonder:i stocked library and large fully In the si equipped kitchen etc. The cost Dykstra wa! was about 1-3 that of repairing baving estir beautiful, gefilite fish is glorious, Rh odesia is rotten, poor people are more noble than rich people, gay is gorgeous, and the only reai sin is to be od. Lord forbid that we should ever go back to the days when a Catholic was a "micýk" or a "dogan," a black person was a "nigger,", an Italian was a "wop " a Chinese was a "chink," and 50 on. But I do get heartily sick of a society in which you have to tippy-toe ahl the time for fear of offending some touchy minority, or trespassing inadvertently on some- one 's weird religious affiliations. We are developing into a society with 'a snobbish sort of reverse prejudice in which everybody is -leaning over backwards in order to appear not even to be breathing on anyone else. As a result, we are losing much of that good old Canadian crustiness and turning into a nation of nice nellies in whose mouths margarine wouldn't meit. Even our media reflect this trend in our society. With few exceptions, our newspapers are as bland as blanc mange.> The letters to the editor have more bite,. and are often better written, than the editorials. Our magazines are either tire- somely "liberal" or narrowly [ers ild miii. The next called one of the C.L.O.C.A. to ask, if our Assistant nager still bas al s.Being assured tl 1then asked how ne Up with this 1.5 [was informed it jistake tbe figure was using was [eh I agreed made he 1.5 figure was int as the metbod the money was id as foiiows: If> nme in tbey wouid ýa million. The' )uid be good for 55 the remaining haif ýh would amount to sometbing calied Swouid kick in he Town of New- ,entiy pays il per .gional subsidy so ;we people a buck and aren't figures rfui? same issue Mr. as mentioned as nated, the cost of to the five lawyers at the Courtîce bearings as $1200.00 per hour or say $6000 day $30,000 weekly and for tbe 5 weeks the hearings are supposed to iast $150,000.00. Who is paying for this extra- vaganza was not stated. I uinderstand Mr. Dykstra is councils' rep. on C.L.O.C.A. Perbaps be would like to tell us wbat he thinks of consider- ing spending one and a baif million dollars to repair the Hampton Miii. Morgan Dear Editor; I would like to present tbis littie essay to be published in your paper. The basic ideas cade from my fatber-in-iaw, wbo is an old-timer 'over fourscore years. He bas bad a life-timne of experience botb in the Prairie Provinces and Central Ontario in the profession of farming. His education was mostly in the "School of Bard Knocks.". , nationalistic, or both. Tied in tight bundies, they make better firewood than they do reading matter. Television and radio news report- ing, most of it culled from the late editi ons of newspapers, is incredibly unimaginative and repetitious. TV programs, on the whole, are pure pap, offensive by being so inoffen- sive. Public figures are so frightened of offending somebody or losing a few votes, that their public utter-ances come out as mush wrapped in marshmallow. What this country, and this society, need is a good dash of cold water from somewhere, to wake us from our mind-numbi-ng, paralyzing We need a Bob Edwards or a Grattan O'Leary to joît us with some 1onest vituperation, some- colorful name-calling, some hard facts, and some common sense. We need some politicians with guts, who don't give a diddle for the popularity poils, and who would give us the facts of life without any sugar coating. We need some educators with backbone to tell the people who claim that Huckleberry Finn is racist and The Merchant of Venice is anti-semitic and Catch-22 is dirty and The Diviners is disgusting, to go fly a kite. the 1 commend the piece as a means of getting more of our citizens to wake up to the dangerous situation in the nation should a federal election be in tbe offering. Thank you for your co-oper- ation. Please send us a paper if published. Yours sincereiy, (Mrs.) Nettie Aiken, Pontypool Why Let Quebec Ruin Canada? Canada bas a wonderfui beritage and we must not forget the sacrificesý of our forefatbers wbo helped bring about a wonderful dream. Neither should we forget those wbo sacrificed their lives in their prime 'so that we Canadians migbt live in free- dom. How we ail celebrated our looth, year, since Confedera- tion! Special projects were sanctîoned. Now, just over a decade later, wbat is the picture? We bave a federal bouse that is on very skaky ground. There is an Anti-Inflation Board that seems to allow more exceptions tban rules. Our prime minister set up guide lines to control inflation and rising unemployment. However, almost immediate- ly, the teachers, the Post Office, and some big unions, started striking for more money. Aiso, the parliament- ary members at ail levels raised their own salaries. There seems, too, to bave been, many Royal Commissions setting up investigations, ail of whic4 cost money! What about tbe question of the French language? Are tbere not other national groups who want their own culture preserved 'as. well? One would think of tbe Eskimos, for instance. No group bas a rigbt to impose itself on its neigbbours. If the Quebecers are afraid of tbe economy of Montreal because one insurance bead office wants to move to We need about 10,000 fewer' smart-ass commentators on ,what is, wrong with this country, and- a few hundred honest men or women to tell us what is right with it. We need far fewer "reasonable" people. and a heck of a lot more "unreasonable"ý people, who wouid refuse to accept something just because it's always been done that way, or someone might be upset if, things were changed. ,We need some thu nderincf editorials, some pulpits pounded some stiff jail sentences for racism, some honesty in high places. We certainly don't need a "good war" or a "good depression" to make Canadians stop whining and bitching and meaiy-mouthing, but we certainly need a "ýgood"ý some- thing to turn us back into the sturdy, individualistic people we used to be. I haven't the 'answers. 'I'm no prophet. But I'm sick to the ears of a ,socîety that thinks: old people are a, nuisance; young people are ýneyer a nuisance; supermarkets are sexy; social workers can make miracles; and everybody is' as good as everybody else. Perhaps if you agree witfl me to some extent, you would enjoy reading The Golden Age of B.S. by Fred C. Dobbs. It's ramnbling and it's coarse in spots, but it's right on. Toronto, and Montreal being thenext most important city in the province Qther than Quebec City itself, what would happen if the referçndum was successful and one littie province tried t'O survive financially as a tiny French island in an Englishi sea? What would happen to the federal bouse? Would it have to move to Winnipeg, to be more central, and further from a foreign country? Try to think of our neigh- bour to the South. They have passed the celebration of their Bi-Centennial. Yet Vf the Civil War had not been resolved as it <vas, it wouild have spoiled their chances of becoming the world power that it is. Which way is Canada going - to go? With aprm minister who is so well edcaed and so widely travelled, how is it that he can be so narrow minded? Will he let Canada faîl to pieces lîke he let his marriage, not so long ago? Heaven help us ail if Quebec secedes! 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