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2-Orono Weekty Times, Wednesday, November 23rd, 1977 Orono Weekly Times Secrond Class Mail Registration Number 6M6 Pubbished Every Wednesday ai the ofirce of Publication Main Street, Orono, Roy C. ior-ester. Editibir Fric, Patteron. Adv'ertijaii A MAN 0F THE PEOPLE Alex Carruthers will always be remembered as a man of the people as he served his community botb as a devoted teacher and an untirîng politician and st atesman. His work neyer ceased even after retirement fromn the legisiature in 1975 for he stili found time to heip those with problems and to take an active part in the affairs of bis area., Few men have ever attained the respect accorded Mr, Carruthers nor touched so many lives through both his teaching career and that as a member of the legîsiature. He was a devoted man in al bis endeavours and won confidence from ail he met. He wili always be remembered'as a true and loyal friend to ail those who knew hlm,. a great tribute which he surely earned as a resident of the area. A DIFFERENT RULE 0F JUDGEMENT If one Were to conisider the judgements made by the general public of say hockey players or bail players to that of polticians we feel it would be found that the athietic judgements are made on accompiishments and positive side while the politician is judged for bis blunders, miscues and ail tbings negative. The hockey star gains bis position through the record of goals and assists ail neatly recorded by the news media. It is this tally on which the generai public bases their opinion of the particuiar player. In the field of politics the reverse is almos4ýt always true. The politicians greatest notabiiity invaritably comes from some blunder or something that is really beyond bis control. Judgement is seidom based on the positive side of bis accomplishments. 0f course after watching some of the conduct in the Hlouse of Commons over the past few weeks it is no wonder. Polîticians on both sides, and especialiy the opposition, are destroymng their own image. But in spite of what we read and bear the country does net i-un that poorly whether the legistation comes from the federal government, the provincial or municipal govern- ments. Sometbing, somewhere must be right. Perhaps it is time we counted the positive moves as we do for the hockey player ratber than totailing the negative actions and decisions. TOO EARLY TO TELL ... BUT Statîstics from Statistîcs Canada show a drop in reported murders by f ive per cent over the whoie of Canada in 1976, the year that capital punishmient was abolished by the governnment of Canada. Certainly this bas yet to be established as a trend or that the drop can be ýassociated with the abolishmnent of th(, death penalty in Canada. It does however point out that those wbo saw the end of the death penalty as opening the door to murder were off in their judgement and that the new legi;siature bas nat increased the incidenit of murder in Canada. The decrease of 4.7 per cent is significant w.hen in previous years the rate of increase in reported murders was advanicing from ten to fifteen per cent. The trend is encauraging no matter whýit the reason and possibly we are m'ore c;ivûiized than vwe have been giving ourselves credit. Ontarlo led the way in the decrease with a drop of 11.7 per cent in reported murders and interestingiy enougb almost haîf of the mi-urders were between those living tog«ether or related. These reiated homicides were not likely premeditated but came upon a spur of the minute. The deatlh penalty wouid not be a deterrent in such case naor do we believe in most homicides. Possibly as we have said in another editoriai this week there is some good legislation coming out of government. It's time to be positive. (Continuied f rom paze 1u TYRONE RESIDENTS WALTER BEATH counicîl on Monday asking for support and cantinued liasion between the Tawn and Region) He also asked that bath groups work towards a mun- icipal and regianal identity ta the benefi t of bath. The Regionat chairman alsa asked that samne formi of identity be placed an the tax bis sa that taxpayers would know what sumns were being paid ta each sectar of the government. regian, town and board of educatian. He said he was nat suggesting that each group send out indîvidual tax bilils but rather that a simple identification be made. It was aiso painted -out ta council that, on th!e Region of Durham Coat of Arms there were three bianks and one was being saved for the Town of New,(castle. He aiso suggested thiat the Town may consider somne smnall gif t for those visiting the Town and that such a policy was ta be foilowed by the Region. In the mnatter of Regional grants, he said, the regian wouid only be recognizing thase that were manidatory and that the local municipali- ties would have ta look after all others., In tribute.. Sam L. Cureatz, M.P. A ALEX CARRUTHERS There are literaily tens of w thousands of people who bave w benefitted from tbe many ti years of public service Alex Carruthers gave to Ontario, c( As an educator, as a hi churcbgaer and as a politi- w cian, Mr. Carruthers set an l example of bard work and g1 dedication that- 'are witbout ai equal. He was a scbool teacher and scbool principal for many d years and înfluenced caunt- hi less youngsters who bave w gone on to serve this province of and this country in the fields Pe of business, labour, education Pe and public service. From the time be was first la: elected to the Ontario Legis- gr lature in 1959 until bis d iriivment from poîtics in AI 1975, Mr. Carruther5 served - as a member of about 70 ýe Standing Committees, acting ' i as Chairman of the Education t h, Committee twice and the liv Health Commîttee as well. fui He was Chairman of the Ontario Select Committee on f Aging between 1964 and 1967 be and a member of the Select ve Committee on Election Laws A] in 1968. o f, He was appointed Deputy tel Government Wbip in 1968 and tiv Chief Government Wbip in sar 1970. fei As a relative newcomer to îni provincial politics, I am eli acutely aware of the inam- fol moth task 1 have in carrying an, on the work Alex Carruthers ofi dîd la bis sixteen years of representing the people of pel thîs area and I can only hope (a) that I can come anywhere MI close to bis achivements. I am also aware of the great loss we al bave suffered by bis death and 1 know 1 speak for ail the people of Durham East when 1 extend my deepest sympathies to Mr. Carruthers' famnily. OTTAWA and SmaII Business FIy Mve to the Moono by JIM SMITH An engineer is someone who can take a theory and put wheeis on it. While the rest of the world dreams, the enigineers are busy making dreamls relity. 'FIy me to tile moon," somneone once saidjokingiy. So the scientists put men on the moon. "'BLitd a better m ou setrap." Sp they did. That's the way it works. The only reai limitation on engineering accomplii- ments, in fcseemis to be the shortage of new ideas. Tlhe world nieeds; more dream- ers to keep the engineers busy. Since the O.P.E.C. coun- tries so rudely interrupted North America's petroteum 1. La ,'hos( vasa he ci Re anse iave ast ate, 1reat, nd d We sbip, ase fexj assei eopl( Eve irge. ratiti edici tex rigifli ig ti e ai tels. On )r pe -fou ffiin Il w( lfice, ýr of ves c nds ýrenc, ps.1 min )r w id e lice We trot )bec tuch ,wrence, NM.P. ex Carruthers was a man e first and last thought always about his people, constituents; of Durham. was one of the most cientious politicians 1 ever known. No matter toc, small, no hour too no distance ever too, the was there to serve do his very best. ail recognized bis frien- pand we wiil ail miss 1especially will miss bis counsel, based on years rerience, -and bis unsur- ed knowledge of our le and our area. ,ry individual ta tbis ý.area owes a debt of ude to the memory of a ated public servant, Carruthers. iers are putting finish- tucheson technology willi change the way we ind our need for fossil ne of the greatest needs )troleum products Can mud in the extensive tra- ig our society demands. orkers commute to an even if it's oniy a mat- ,fa few blocks. Execu- commonly travel thou- of miles to attend con- ces and business mecet- But technology can nate much of the need orkers to leave home xecutives to leave the ewon't need as much leum for two reasons: ceause we won't use as energy in total and (b) because there will be new sources of energy. Take travel, one of our principal uses for petroleum, for instance. The worker of tomorrow will have no need to commute; his homne will be electronical]y linked to- the "office" even to the ex- tent of providing instant co- pies of documents. And busi- nessmen will have no need to travel for meetings; instead, they can send a three-dimen- sional image of themselves, m.uch like today's telephone cati. Those images will be ut - terly lifelike - unless you try to shake hands. Meanwhile the space tech- nicians are completing work on giant satellites that will gather the sun's energy long, before it is dissipated by the earth's atmosphere. This en- ergy can then be beamed down lu microwaveforuL.As mucb as 257o of our etectri- cal needs could be met this way within three decades. And, in a modified version, the satellites can be set to send Iight.into agricuitur areas 24 hours a day, greatý',- increasing the world's poten- tial food suppiy. Among the few organi- zations that have begun ta think of the social implica- tions of the new technology is the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The CFIB eagerly anticipates the new communications break- throughs which will elîmînate much of the need for large head offices and big cities; this kind of technology will result in diffusion of power. Lure local lovelies at the new COPPER BOILER LOUNGE hSchool i cem ent ývember 26th it of Clarke High School rid their Fifteenth Annuai eld in the High' School Novemnber 26th at 8:00 WelIcorne r1 C larke H ig Commern Saturday, No' at 8: 00 P. The staff and studenl cordiaily invite you to atter Commencement to be he Auditorium on Saturday, p.M, Everyo ne) November Special 0!% REGULAR 99c, 4 SAVE ONLY A ýQUART '020c Made from wholesome Dai-y produets wîtb Eggs and Sugar added. Novem ber 21 - 26 Did Yeu know'? fin !115wh'en wages were $9.00 a week, average Bacon waS .23C.. lb. Cheese was .20C.. lb. Milk was .08c..qt. ta ges bavýe gone up 20 times. IIAS FOOD??' DIa IT'S op-