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Thursday May 8, 1969 Colborne Chronicle REPORT Prov- Const- R Creightou. of the Brighton Detatch-ment, Ontario Provincial Police, is investigating a Break Enter and Then. which occurred sometime between 1100 pm, Saturday. \pr;l 26th and 700 am, Sunday April 27th, 1969 at the business premises of Edison Electric, Division St-, Colbprn* The following articles were stolen, One Emerson 2."> in- Colour TV. Four Panasonic Transistor Radios, along with one Panasonic 'Cassette' Tape Recorder The total value of the stolen articles being §1120 75- Investigation into tii'--theft is continuing. During the past week, the officers of Br'ghtor Detachment patrolled a total of. 7,573 miles of Provincial County and Township Roads; with 31 charges being preferred for infractions under either the Federal or Provin-"U- " itcs The officers investigated 54 complaints of a minor nature-There were 44 warnings issued for minor infract- ion of the Highway Traffic Act. During the past week. Safety Officer Prov. Constable L Wm Banford has noticed and has been informed of an unsafe practise being used by bicycle r'ders on the highways. Tb!s practise involves children riding their bicycles on the highway un the left hand side of the road, facing ihe oncoming traf fie. This practise is not only unsafe but also is an offence aginst the Highway Traffic Act- The Safety Officer reminds parents thai ■ thp Bicycle Safety program is now being presented to the Primary Schools in $he Brighton Detachment Area and during this time there will be safety literature pertaining to Bicye-le Safety distributed to the children It is suggested that the parents check this material and make themselves familiar with the safety rules and regulations- Prov. Con- L Wm Banford Safety Officer Brighton- . NEWS OF SALEM Sincere sympathy of this community is extended to Mrs- Pat Haley, East Salem, in the loss of her husband- Mr- Haley passed away, Tuesday of last week at Cobourg Hospital Mr. Garry Bellamy, Toronto was a recent weekend guest with his family Mr, Mrs- Leonard Ward and Lawrence Bellamy Mr-, Mrs- Wilkinson Ward accompanied by two nephews, Messrs Joseph Fayer, Sharon, Penn and Earl Saver. Detroit, Mich- visited Mr, Mrs Leonard Ward and Lawrence Bellamy Sunday- Salem was well represented at E-N-S-S when students presented the musical 'Bye Bye Birdie'- Mr-, Mrs- Harold Robin son, Weston accompanied by Mrs- L- Morrow. Toronto visited Mr-, Mrs. John Davis and family Sat: Congratulations to Mr. Mrs- Alex Quigley on the safe arrival of their infant son- ........ Mrs. Ross Wright of St. Catherines was a Sunday guest of Mr-, Mrs- Frank McDonald other callers includ'.ecl Mr, Mrs- Glenn Waite and Connie, St. Catherines and Mr- Ed We- black cloud, they descended on the water- There were at least four distinct flocks- With their heads tucked under their wings, the tired geese rested until early Tuesday morning Teachers and officers of Salem Sunday School met at the Church Tuesday evening for their third quarterly meeting. Supt Mrs. Knapp, opened the meeting with prayer- Sec- and Treas- reports were given by Mrs- J Smith Attendance at Salem Sunday School has reached 55- This is the largest enrollment for many years- Perfect attendance' (to dale) numbers 28 pupils and 6 leaders. Attendance awards will be presented on the iast Sund / in June This coming Sunday, (May It) there will be a combined Church service at 2.30 in the afternoon with the ch- iles of Toronto- Darlene Davis represented this district in the Saturday 'Clean Up Campaign' at Colborne, when the Hi C group assisted Mrs- French's Art Class decorating litter bins-Mr, Mrs. Douglas Bellamy received word Sunday of the untimely death of their five year old nephew, Tracy Brooks, Lor-ir.g, Ont. Tracy, a son of Colleen and Lyman Brooks, was accidentally killed while playing in a shed at the rear of his home on Saturday afternoon. Mr, Mrs- Angus McDonald' and boys, Brighton accompanied by Mrs. Emily Miller were recent dinner guests of Mr-, Mrs Frank McDonald- Salem Hi C and Y-W-L held their combined meeting at the S-S- Hall Thursday evening-Mr, Mrs- CD- Burley and David, Concord, Ont and Mr, Mrs- R A Smith. Cobourg were Sunday guests of Mrs- Ada Smith and Mr, Mrs Jack Smith and family- Approximately five hundred Canada Geese visited. Little Lake, Monday of last week- Like a huge ildn loft-Miss the QUITS. Te re nee O'Neiii blamed extremist for his inability to settle the disputes in Northern Ireland. The Unionist Party Leader resigned after renewed civil disorder in Ireland.--TTS Photo Messer's not for me, bat, It's not that I particularly enjoy fighting for lost causes. I lost the flag fight, and look at the rag we got. I know I can't beat non-disposable bottles, soaring taxes, and my wife. But somebody, sono voice in the wilderness of the twentieth century m'tist kren Bio banners flying, the flame burn- That's why I think the CBC should not have cancelled that hardy annual, the Don Messer Show, regardless of those purveyors to the puerility of the public, the "ratings." Personally, I wouldn't watch the Don Messer Show with a ten-foot telescope. Its mixture of emasculated barn-dance and ineffable bathos are not my But I know a great many middle-aged and older people who look forward to it weekly and enjoy it thoroughly. Their toes tap to the sprightly fiddling and their eyes grow wet over the sentimental songs of yesteryear. And what's wrong with that? It may be corny, but it's Canadian, right out of the Ma-ritimes. And however bad its ratings are, it couldn't be worse than some of that crud the CBC buys from the States a-id forces on us, willy-nilly. Most of its fans like it because it's clean and comfortable. The show, to them, is like an old friend with whom they can relax, safe in the knowledge that for half an hour, once a week, they won't be subjected to the perversion, violence and viciousness that characterize a good deal of the other garbage on the box. Can you imagine Charlie Chamberlain kicking someone in the groin, or Don Messer chopping somebodv across the throat with a karate blow, or Marg OsbiiiT.e wriggling through a double entendre (dirty i song? Well, maybe. But ir * the show. . iivery year, the CBC comes up with a few brand new shows. And every year, with the inevitability of death and taxes, thc-y flop. Can you name one (there may be one, but can you name it?) that lasts two seasons. But I doubt it. This includes the high-priced, won- der-boy, sunday night sensational, controversial shows, like Seven Days. They're a six-months' flash and then everyone goes back to the Beverly Hillbillies or some other cut tral importation. In contrast, the Messer show has been running for a decade I! still stands at a healthy 22nd out of 59 series sur veyed on the latest Nielsen rat ings. That means a lot of peo pie watch it. It would be interesting to know just how the ratings are done. The show appears on a Friday night, at 8.30. Most people under 40 are either getting ready to go out, have gone, or are having people in, at that hour on that day. A sampling in Toronto, where viewers can get several stations, might show that two and a half people were watching Don Messer. But a sampling from the hundreds of Canadian towns with only one station available might show that 50 percent were mesmerized by Messer. That incestuous litle empire known as the CBC does some very good things. And it also does a good many fourth-rate things. The hockey fan gets his hockey, and I don't begrudge it to him. But 10-0 for Boston. This is NHL hockey? The avant-garde drama hounds get their drama on Festival. Some of it is excellent; The intellectual gets his talk programs. Again, a few are first rate; many would shame a high-school panel discussion. And we all get the CBC news, a stale re-hash of news stories from the dailies, and wire service stories with a few film clips of the same stale commentators saying the same stale things in^hat same stale fashion. To each his own, and I would defend with equal pas sion the right of each of these categories to watch his own thing. Why not, then, let the folk who watch Don Messer -- and they are legion -- continue to do so for a ^ ;aslv h^'f-hour a DOVE'S TAVERN-RESTAURANT COLBORNE -- 355-2335 DINING and ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY - 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. SATURDAY - 8.30 to 11.30 p.m.