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hota LOA CAS RF IAS Joly plang NFA i] PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, March 3, 1976 -- - Reader's Viewpoint |} . Totally irresponsible comment: teacher a » : Dear Editor: : have truant officers for chil- teachers are in a position to tend 'to develop at least a After dragging myself dren who 'skip' school... may pick up every cold and flu partial immunity to the : through three days of teach- be we need them for some bug currently making the various diseases, and while ing duties when I should teachers who 'swing the Tounds, and a high absentee our health ' is definitely Dean J. Kelly > have been home recuper- lead' too often." rate due to illness would be affected, we manage fo hang ating from the flu, I find | have this to say to Mr. a natural hazard to our in there with the help of myself in the appropriate Kelly and any reader who profession. My own person- asperins and decongestants. R frame of mind to submit this nodded his head and breath- al observations tell me how- More of us probably angry, unresearched, and ed, "Yeah, yeah!" while he ever, that this holds true should "book off sick". It THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY - PART 2 therefore highly suitable re- read the column. only with beginning can .. "= + week to re-estab- voy TS : . sponse to a careless, unre- Because of the very teachers. Those of us lish a reli "ionship with the " The people often most affected by the banks are the Jearcued and Wi nature of our work we who've been around awhile (continued on page 6) people who can do the least about it. They often wind up pid A Ia hi ® Som al me wpe rd env | mn hl KY (EE hank a money-lenders. When someone 3 : : 1 f need they will do almost anything to get money. Like Pbii Lolli Lhe ers anKs 1or cove rage robbed dm Te oh Bons sn Chile wi Wey tee Gord Goode with respect Dear Sir, enthusiastic coverage to the that your comments on th 'money is!" The sematics of competition between the. to the cost of 'supply The Board of Directors of battles, woes and triumphs ma f Ten h ig : -"Seven Sisters" ...the banks is a facade, Read "The teachers in Durham Region Town Hall 1873 feels that experienced by town Hall ow Te one c Rs ® Canadian Establishment" and "Verti val Mosaic" last year. Then, without there remains an unsung 1873 during the past two. attention b B Re yi _ The small independant businessman is the one often checking to find out the hero in the recent history of years. We are particularly Directors y-- 2 oy ta hit. He may have accounts receivable and number of teachers employ- the old town hall. At their grateful to yourself, Mr. A a wer a ignifi through no fa ult of his own has trouble collecting them ed in Durham, and what - last meeting, the Directors Gast, and to your ever-ready cant Rows pe is a oY. k- He is forced to seek short term loans from the bank No those figures actually repre- were unanimous in request- camera, and to the Messrs. for its DS Commun Yi longer is he given the courtesy of OVERDRAFTS - he sented in days lost per ing that I write to you and Hvidsten, senior and junior, Town Hall 1873 Des P ot must borrow and pay on the full amount often more pe To ny dees give praise where praise is whose interest and support Perry Star deserves * , due. meant so i i Jia Ho Selly Susy Tiere raids Fe Sani alton . find out if such statistics I am delighted to obey project. much to the shading oval ton. - Small business is the backbone of this country. Day were indicative of teacher their instructions, and to While the Board has not yours ver "ud ® by day they are being lit erally destroyed by big absenteeism in our own offer our' most profound met since our opening week- y y, business and their partners, the banks. Sm all local area, he proceeded to thanks to the Port Perry end and your subsequent Nigel P. Harvey, business creates half of all jobs in Canada! Even the mouth off as follows: "We Star for giving generous and leading article, I am sure Chairman. mighty General Motors of Canada would not be here today if it were not for a loan to Sam McLaughlin not from the banks...but from the city of Oshawa. That $1,000 loan made it possible for Col. Sam to stay in business, thus providing thousands in this area a job. All businesses start out small. As former President of the Oshawa Businessmens Association, I know it well. Banks are happy to loan money to those who have ® lots, or have good backing. They loan millions to the multi-national companies - your money - often for foreign companies buying out Canadian small busi- nesses. Once the giants get the small competition out of the way they can charge you what they like. You pay or do without. Canadian individuals have probably more money per capita in the banks than 9 out of 10 countries in the world. That money should be put to work to give FAST & E A SY Canadians jobs in Canadian industry. Instead of the foreign companies buying out Canadian small INTERIOR EXTERIOR - businesses, we should be buying out foreign companies operating here, whose sole purpose is to make huge } profits--for -their- head office, .often with complete indifference for Canadian workers. Unemployment in Canada is a nation disgrace for a country with our resources and banking. Even the mighty G.M. is said to be completely $ controlled from Detroit by a teletype network. All major decisions are made outside Canada...not by Fast & Easy [™] Gal. Canadians. There is an old saying, my former » : i fatherdndaw a vaudvillian and later Mayor of Oshawa, GA haa Semi Gloss . ~ . i '= - the late Ernie Marks used to tell me. "The higher you H E White Paint . .*8.99 Gal. go in G.M. the closer you are to the front door". (He E L t O E lived next door to several G.M. presidents) He saw E e u r 2 Fast & Easy more than one leave their homes with only what they E E . 3 ne could carry...destroyed men. = } HOM E Eg Semi Gloss White As the banks are the largest contributors to the E EH 52.99 Ot Liberal and Conservative parties with nothing to the £ DECO R ATI NG # . Q . N.D.P., getting changes in the BANK ACT to give Eg , 8 Canadians a better shake remains a real challenge. gE ES But David did slew Goliath didn't he. = CONSULTANT © If you have any complaints about the way you have = = el @ been treated by the banks let this reporter know in. E Gi F £ writing, with back-up proof, c-o Kelly's Corner, Box 90, =] Port Perry, Ont. Nantes will be confidential. Public g Ive you ree : ; exposure is one way they feel the pinch...the other is to = . Eg Drop in and see our beat bank with a trust company or credit union that gives = Estimates on beautiful selection of longer and better hours for working people...and E gE gem | Paint | RHODA WALLPAPERS JE -- aint, S ; It's no wonder Forida is often called Canada's 11th i WwW gE : ih, province. We spend $467,000,000.00 there each ll Z FV ele year....$51 million more than Canada's international : 2 d paper 5 PAI NT i LLER $ iy tourist trade deficit. -That's-how much 1.3 million . £ ? 1 0 ' -- Canadians spend...mostly from southern Ontario...an d = i average of $490.00 per person. g an Inte ro r Er & TRAY SET n each Li Comparing the cost with what it costs Ontarians for g . g i health care, the increase of 16 per cent a year 2 oh amounts to a whopping $480,000,000 on an already $3 Deco rati ng g " Ur ni : billion yearly basic cost. In other words, the 1.3 P Al NT 1" to 4" sizes million Canadians who visit Florida spend $13 million d LESS than just the estimated increase eas! $ 00 $ 10 " e annually for health care in Ontario. g BR U SH ES to AN TN = : "Iknow how babies are made" boasted one small fry " _ to the other. That's nothing' the second small fry replied, "I know how they're not". ° | COTA * _ An old-fashioned girl is one who get kissed good night 235 WATER ST. - 985-7391 - PORT PERRY instead of good morning. " : '