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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY lst, 1968 Russell C. Honey, M.P., Durham The Honourable Rene Tremb- lay died this week. He was only 46. He was Minister of Citizen- ship and Immigration and later Postmaster General in the Pear- son Government. I am as sure as one can be of these things that his life was shortened by his ex- perience in politics. He was a kind, thoughtful and intelligent man who seemed to be too shy and reserved for the rough and tumble of the House of Commons. The late Mr. Tremblay suffered a great deal as a resuIt of unfair and false charges in the "furni- ture deal." lis name was dragged into the Rivard affair by Erik Nielsen and others. The investi- gating judge exonerated Mr. Tremblay completely and said that the one who had charged him unfairly would have to live with his own conscience. Mr. Tremblay's death followed closely that of the late Mr. Guy Favreau. They both served in Parliament at considerable per- sonal and financial sacrifice. It may be that innuendoes and hasty charges which can safely be said within the privilege of Parlia- ment are a necessary part of the democratic process. I would pre- fer to think that such is not the case. Affective this month Canadians receiving retirement pensions or survivor's pensions under the Canada Pension Plan, or Old Age Security pensions and Guaranteed Income Supplements will receive increased payments. These in- creases are the resuit of the 2% rise in the Pension Index which is ,related to the cost-of-iiving. Old Age Security pensions are in- creased from $75. to $76.50 per month. The maximum pension under the Guaranteed Income Supplement is now $107.10 per month. Increases in benefits un- der the Canada Pension Plan are proportionate. Amendments to the Unemploy- ment Insurance Act were given First Reading in the House of Commons this week. Benefits will be increased realistically in line with present day prices. Starting on June 30th maximum benefits will be $42. per week for a single person and $53. for a married person. The changes are the first since 1959. Present maximum benefits are $27. for a single per- son and $36. for a married per- son. Contributions are scaled up to make provision for the increas- ed benefits. The Unemployment Insurance Fund was bankrupt in 1962 but is now in good shape, with a balance of about $307 mil- lion. The amendments do not affect the basic operation of the Unem- ployment Insurance Act. The Government did not adopt the recommendation of the Gill Com- mission that salaried persons such as Teachers and Nurses should be included. There is little likeli- hood of these people becoming unemployed and to force them to contribute to the Fund would seem to be an unfair form of taxation imposed on those who have little or no likelihood of even benefiting. Award Contrcts Alex Carruthers, M.P.P., Dur- ham, announced this week that the Ontario Water Resources Commission has awarded two sig- nificant contracts pertaining to future developments in Durham County. International Water Supply Limited of London has contracted for the carrying out of a test drilling program for the Village of Millbrook. The amount of this contract is $7,000.00, and forms part of a current program in that village for the installation of sewers and water facilities. -,Mr. Ralph Snider of Craighurst has been awarded a contract amounting to $7,000.00 for the in- stallation of observation wells in the Bowmanville Soper and Wil- mot Creeks. These wells are in conjunction with the Internation- al Hydrological Program for de- termining the flow of streams and the guaging of water levels. New Horizons For Commercial Graduates by Gunter K. Schatz Sheridan Technical School, Sudbury. Today's graduates of the Busin- ess and Commerce courses in our high schools are in demand. Both the business world and further education are beckoning to the young adults who ];ave completed four years of high school educa- tion. Today, boys and girls are at- tracted to the commercial pro- gram through the addition of new and useful courses. The pres- ent curriculum includes such courses as data processing, mark- eting, economics, business law, bookkeeping and accounting. bus- iness machines, business mathem- atics, as well as the traditional courses of typing, shorthand, pen- manship, and business corres- pondence. Educators are critically exam- ining courses and course content in an effort to produce graduates who have useful skills. Teachers and administrators are getting to- gether with businessmen in their communities to discuss ways of further improving and updating commercial courses. The results are already apparent. Business- men of today have a better idea of skills attained by commercial graduates. The schools, at the same time, have gained much in- sight into current business needs in the field of employee qualifi- cations. Starting salaries for commerc- ial gratuates vary from roughly 950 to $70 a week throughout On- tario. Boys generally start at higher salaries than girls. tWih the high demand for good gradu- ates, opportunities for advance- ment and higher pay have never been better. The advent of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (Community Colleges) has open- ed up another avenue for com- mercial graduates. In a society vhich places increasing stress on education, this new educational opportunity for students is a wel- come addition to Ontario's edu- cational system. Many graduates of the four-year commercial pro- gram have already enrolled in such courses as administration, municipal assessment, legal, sec- retarial and general business. The Colleges have set fairly high entrance standards and are gen- erally demanding an average of around 70 per cent in the appli- cant's Grade 12 work, although as these colleges are estabiishing themselves, entrance qualifica- tions will tend to remain flexible. They are, however, obviously only interested in those students who have shown the necessary in- terest, intelligence and applica- tion in their secondary school work to succeed in higher educa- tion. This should provide an add- ed stimulus for our high school students to do well in their stud- ies. Today's commercial high school classes contain a rising percent- age of boys, which reflects the changing employment market. Until recently, boys in a commer- cial course found themselves at a dead end after Grade 12. Many felt that they had been pushed into a course which offered them no future. This situation has now changed. Boys will, to an increasing ex- tent, be attracted by the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. Even those who do not attend these colleges will benefit from the expanding demand for male commercial gra(uates. Business- men are expressing concern that they cannot attract enodgh young men from the commercial course. This is leading to higher starting salaries, now moving up to $60 to $75 per week. Our society is skill oriented. The non-skilled person xviii soon become semi-obsolete. A technol- ogical society, placing a premium on highly skilled persons, is de- manding commercial graduates xvho have the necessary skills for higher education or further on- the-job training. The Ontario sec- ondary and post-secondary school system is moving into step with present business conditions and demands. Students interested in commercial studies are no longer confronted by a dead end, but by a door to a promising future: 0.M.A Heolth lips Blue Babies The term "blue babies" has over the years been applied to babies born with congenital heart defects in which the blood does not take up as much oxygen as it does in a normal person. Con- sequently the baby's finger tips and lips look blue. The likelihood of a baby being born with a heart defect in which flueness is a factor is much less than one in 100, according to the Ontario Medical Association. Be- fore 1949 there was nothing that could be done for these babies. Most of them lived short, unhappy lives, short of breath and unable to cope with the normal activity of a growing child. With the dev- elopment of the Taussig-Blalock operation it is possible to create an extra connection which allows more blood to go to the lung. This removes the blueness and the baby is able to get more oxy- gen into its blôod and to carry on much more like a normal child. Several hundred of these opera- tions have been done in this country and elsewhere. In recent years, with the devel- opment of open-heart surgery, it has become possible to do a cur- ative operation. Using the heart- lung machine, the defects inside the heart can be completely cor- rected with relatively little risk, the O.M.A. reports. Some babies have this condi- tion in such a severe form that they have to have the Taussig- Blalock surgery to help them live long enough in order to have the curative surgery. O.P.P. Designs New Badges O.P.P. Commissioner E. H. Silk, Q.C., announces the development of a new "Service Badge" that will be awarded for recognition of service within the Ontario Provincial Police Force. This new symbol of service takes the form of the province's floral emblem "The Trillium", and will replace the stereo type "Service Bar" that has been used by the Force since 1941. "It is important for a Force steeped in the history and tradi- tions of this province, to have as a recognition of the service that helps create these traditions, a meaningful symbol of that ser, vice. For this reason the 'Trilli- um' which was adopt as the province's official floî em em in 1937, has been selec our Force,' Commissionet ajted The service badge i( a replica of the 'Trillium mb'-'xi ered in gold thread on a -ie nc square, navy .blue backg, nu The "Trillium Service will be applied to two service awards that are to O.P.P. personnel- lxnted' The t first being recognm i- r the completion of every fi,-. s of service. One service ba each five years served is \, the lower left sleeve of th (ne bers tunic. It is possible member to receive 8 service b e es, which would represe . years of service within the e. The second area applies ithe Foi-ce's 20 year "Long Servici .nd Good Conduct Medal." This -A- al was first awarded by the ' ce in 1949, and its purpose is cated by its title. Having rec the Long Service and Good Con. duct Medal, and upon completion of a further 5 years service, a Bar will be added to the "Service [.Iedal Riband." Attached to this, Bar will be a miniature Trilliun in metal, denoting various years of service as follows: 25 -years - trillium 30 years - trilliums 35 years - trillium 40 years - trilliums. silver bar and one, silver bar and two gold bar and one gold bar and two' For regular service wear, the member awarded the Bar will dis- play a miniature silver or gold trillium, directly on the Long Service ribbon in accordance with his years of service. i REPORT IFROM OTTAWA Ideal time of year for HOT CHOCOLATE A delicious and nutritious drink for after school or bed-time. 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