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(Brono OTeefeïp Etmes Second Class Mail Registration Number 000368 Published Every Wednesday at the office of Publication Main Street, Orono ' îtoy C. Forrester, Editor i When the pendulum swings When the pendulum swings it swings full right and this appears to be the case of the Federal government in its dealing with the refugee bill, Deterrents and Detention Bill (C-84) currently before parliament and which some state puts the lives of bona fide asylum seekers and refugees at risk. Two boat loads of Tamils and Sikhs over the past year gain most of the attention from both the public and members of the government. But this is but a minor problem when it is a fact that some 500 refugees and asylum seekers enter Canada by air, rail and even walking on a Weekly basis. Bruce Mcleod, former moderator of the United Church, states that many Canadians are embarrassed because it was Canadian members of the high commissioner's executive executive who were instrumental in framing the U.N. agreements on protection of refugees, which the high commissioner commissioner of the United Nations, now says that the get-tough provisions of Bill C-84 infringes. He reminds us that it was but eight years ago that ship captains were leaving boatloads of people leaving Vietnam to drift in the China Sea. Canadians Canadians in groups and as individuals opened their communities to the then refugees and were proud to do so. The U.N. High Commissioner has reminded Prime Minister Mulroney that Bill C-84 now before the House of Commons puts the lives of bona "fide asylum seekers and refugees at risk, . Some Canadians feel that Bill C-84 in its present form is a poor expression of what Canada is all about. They expect, Parliament to protect standards that belong to Canada regardless of latest popularity polls. It is unlikely that in the final analyses the Mulroney government will not regain popularity with this bill without some major changes. Courtice area (Continued from page 1) They are to amend sub-division agreement to deal with the issue of interim water supply where dewatering exists or may occur. Secondly the town has authorized its laWyers and staff to communicate communicate with the Region of Durham in respect of the water problem problem in Courtice. Over the past few months the Region has been criticized criticized for not being concerned over the problem and this criticism has been voiced by a number of members of council. Thirdly the town is ' to call the Ministry of the Environment calling upon the Ministry to provide a ruling ruling on the eligibility for funding assistance for the Region to engineer,and undertake installation of municipal water service to existing existing residential areas within the defined project area of Courtice Urban Urban areas. • Further the To.wri is to retain the hydrologist to refer to existing monitoring data and provide an assessment of present complaints caused by development or natural dewatering. David Peterson (Continued from page 1) ministers with the Prime Minister had been cancelled which is scheduled for September 8th. Peterson Peterson said the meeting should go ahead even though the fédérai government may not have a lot tc report. He said the free trade issue is a complex issue. Earlier in the week the Premier had outlined six conditions relating to the free trade progra'm tha would have to be meet before such ; move would be sanctioned by On tario. The Kirby visit was a casual visi and certainly gave local citizens an opportunity to speak with the Premier. Kendal News "1 shall pass this way but once; Therefore, if ( here is any good I can do, Let me not neglect it or defer it; For I shall not pass this way again." Before the service on Sunday morning Helen Wood gave out the books, of the pictures, of the people, people, on the Newtonville charge. This is the first time we have received a book of photographs, It will be treasured. It is fine to have the pictures pictures of our choir and our minister. For years I have seen Newtonville families but I had no idea what their names were; now we have the name below their picture. There were nine in the choir and they sang "Precious Memories". Scripture reading Exodus 16:2-15, Romans 11:13-16, 29-32 and Matthew Matthew 15:21-28. Sermon: "Waiting For God". Mr. Don Peddar told us that this coming week Leon Hawk would be in Toronto General Hospital undergoing an operation on his windpipe. His throat was badly burned in the fire and the operation is to deal with infection in the windpipe. windpipe. They say a tentative date for his release is Friday. Then he will be taken to an apartment and each day on a daily basis attend therapy classes in Sunnybrook Hospital. If you have a potato left over from dinner don't waste it. Grate it into the soup for supper. The local seed and grain dealer commended his minister on the previous Sunday's sermon. The minister thinking (o test the man's sincerity asked: "What did I say in that sermon?" "I can't remember your exact words," was the reply, "but when I got home, I took the false bottom out of my peck measure." Vacation Bible School was held in Kendal Sunday School and lawn every morning from the tenth to the fourteenth of August. Anyone who undertakes to keep fifteen children of various ages busy for two hours each morning, with no equipment like in a modern classroom, has his 'hands full. However Rev. B. Ransom Ransom was able to do a fine job of leading them. First he led them in songs printed on large sheets and children love to sing. Then he gave some religious instruction followed by a story . After which he led them in Physical Training exercises. Followed by lunch, crafts, projects, etc. His helpers were Mrs. H. Wood, Mrs. C. Switzer, Mrs. J. Boudrea, April Switzer and Mrs. A. Cathcart. Mr. James Hoy's 90th Birthday was August 15, 1987. On Friday night he had supper with Keith and Helen Wood. The guests were Alex Hoy and Hilda Sleeman. On Saturday Saturday and Sunday family members visited and enjoyed cake and refreshments. Congratulatory messages were received from the Governor-General, Premier Peterson, Peterson, Sam' Cureatz and a floral tribute from Mayor Winters. Ambulance brigade needs, volunteers The whitby Branch of St. John Ambulance is finding it hard to meet the demands for First Aid service service - and some events may be left without such service. It could affect sporting events, fairs and parades. The Branch has,a meagre complb ment of 12 volunteers and thete is a need" for . more'. Chaplain retires After thirteen years as the first 'and only full-time hea'd chaplain at Oshawa General Hospital, Rev. Roger Maggs has- retired and returned to his" roots, a church parish. Harvest Excursions By Frank Croft (continued) Every train entering Toronto that day from southern Ontario had added added its quota to the throng milling slowly around, the octagonal concourse concourse or lounging on kit bags and blanket rolls. A similar assembly from eastern Ontario and southern Quebec had been gathering in Montreal's Montreal's Windsor and Bonaventure stations; and in the Maritimes additional additional hundreds had mustered from Halifax and St. John. When the gates opened for us in Toronto we surged towards 32 colonist cars waiting on the track. A colonist car should be on the Canadian coat of arms for the part it played in the western harvest as well as for hauling immigrants to settle the remote parts of Canada. It held 56 men seated in groups of four paired vis-a-vis. The seats and backs were upliolstered and were one unit, hinged .where seat and back right- angled. These hinged units pulled out flat, so that from every two seat section a bed could be made for two passengers. The other two slept in a wooden tray that pulled down directly overhead. This tray or up- » per berth, curved upward to afford head room by day; the two who had to sleep in it constantly rolled' together, for the man on the outside was stretched on the side of a hill. It . was said that the C.P.R. built steel colonist cars because on the hairpin curve's north of Lake Superior the outside man was thrown so violently violently he often cleared his companion by several inche,s and irf a wooden coach crashed through to the right of way. , There was-a stove at one end of the car on which immigrants it was supposed 1 did their cooking. Harvesters didn't bother with that sort of thing. Each had a suitcase full of sandwiches. * On every harvesters train there were veteran excursionists who answered 'quéstions, told Mes, looked looked worldly and appeared amused by the tenderfeet of those making their first trip more than half would be trying to look like their, idea of how a westerner would look. Ten-gallon ' hats were just as numerous on a westbound harvest train then as on an eastbound Grey Cup train today. Narrow black neckties, white shirts and pant legs • tucked into high- heeled boots could be seen everywhere. I never saw these dudes on a farm so I don't know what happened to their regalia when they had to get down to work. There was a drifting labour force in those days which has gone. This was before organized labour, had really organized, before unemployment unemployment insurance, before government employment bureaus, and all the other measures which channel the flow of labour today. Thousands of men loaiiied, the country in â fleckless but happy existence, passing passing through the fo'c'sles of inland freighters, lumber camps, and of course, the western harvest. Music was as important a part of their lives as liquor, women or fighting. Every harvest train had it's fiddlers, pipers, banjo and mouth organ players. We had a piper on our train whv walked up and down the aisles playing playing "Yes We Have No Bananas". He could do even better. He could pipe Barney Google and make it sound like a five-piece band. This performance was enjoyed by all except except a group of Scots who looked at the piper darkly and finally gave him the alternative of piping decent Scottish music or being thrown "off the train. The Diner smiled and said that he would pipe anything he pleased, but if they would be patient patient he would give them a Scottish air at Kenora. We reached Kenora early the next morning. It's a divisional point and everyone got off for some exercise. As soon as the train was unloaded a voice bellowed, "All right, you Scotch__ s! Listen!" Our piper swung the bag under his arm and strode up and down the platform platform piping "The Road to the Isles" and no MacCrimmon ever piped as well. There was plenty of incidents like this in 1924 but very little of the rough stuff of earlier days; from 1921 on lour R.C.M.P. constables were detailed to each harvest train. 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