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SALES Sr Th BF af LAE OR a A OY A YT (rea) WSR A DCA ES WME \ LON ey FAS ! 1% LE) CASES FE ST CR LRN 0 UHR WLADASN EAA RIESE FER) 6398 INF AS LLCO £3 SEA GE LV A RR FIETR COVER IN | PON NV rer Rad ae RR conenane nonin: ment Editorial Com Se C hatterBox- by John Mack As a young man, my grandfather learned that one should fine a good job, with a good company, work hard, give of your best in every way, and in 25 or 30 years, ong could consider he had a permanent job. His was somewhat permanent; he lasted 37 years with the Singer Manufacturing Company, starting as a trainee, then a skilled workman, and latterly, as a shop foreman with somewhere in the area of 150 men under him. He taught the same virtues to his sons who each, when he grew of age, enlisted in the service of the Singer Manufacturing Company. My father-preached to me that the finest and most benevolent employer in the world was the company he called; "Mr Singer". He was in their employment for 42 years. My mother was one of the first Singer adding machine operators. In my formative years I was taught, "If-it's a. Singer product, it's the best." Quite recently, my mother-in-law offered her daughter a new sewing machine. I was consulted and said, make it a Singer, they are the best. , ' And a Singer it was, and it's called a Fashion Mate, purchased in St. Louis, Missouri and cost $127.00 on sale. -. With it went such extras as a free lesson. My wife, with me in tow, tripped down to a. local Ontario Singer shop and enquired about the timing of the free lesson. The very courteous young salesman, enquired as to the particular model of sewing machine my wife had been given. g My wife proudly stated which model it was. EE a The young man seemed quite disappointed. : He felt he had to tell my wife she did not need a lesson for this machine. , It was too simple, she was told, and anyway it was just a cheap machine, "only good for darning and mending, not for real sewing". vil 7 Somewhat incensed at this slur on the \"family"" 7, # company, I protested, only to be told t this ¥ i machine had as a drive train a simple rubber band; 73 2 If used for more than ten or maybe twenty b . minutes, it would overheat and would then have to go A © to the warehouse for repairs. 2 It would be '""out of timing, and each repair will cost $29.95", . I Si pga dismay and possibly disbelief at # which point the lad turned the machine upside down \ and showed, us. 5 Sure enough, there was the rubber band under- neath, : He then showed us the nether regions of another sewing machine, one which cost more than $400.00, which he called a real sewing machine, and there was, of course, no rubber band. 1 didn't know whether to divorce my mother-in- law or the Singer Sewing Machine Company. I have decided I must divorce the Singer Sewing EE Machine Company, and that being the case, I should let the world know. My father died several years ago, still convinced that if Mr. Singer made it, it was the best. Wherever he is now, I can only say, "Dad, it was you and people like you who made it the best, and now that you have gone, so is the Mr. Singer you made." Throughout North America, Toronto is known as a great sports city. Please don't think this means that Toronto is full of people who play golf or tennis. . This means that Toronto is filled with people who like to watch other people having fun. They like to watch other people playing games. Quite recently Toronto has rediscovered an old sport. In Toronto it's called "Smash the Paki'. In Germany, in the thirties and forties, it was called, "Kill the Jew". I understand that in Germany there were more participants. In Toronto there are more spectators. In Germany there were many well-meaning, but blind and stupid people who said, "Can this really be happening?"' In Toronto they have a Metro Chairman saying, 'Let's investigate, maybe it's not really happening." ~ Meanwhile, the local 'hospitals are tending to the broken bones of the victims of this sport." \ : And our courts are handing the participants of this sport sentences similar to those given for shoplifting. ) 3 Good news for all you watchers: This game is free! At least it is free for you just now. In a little while you will find there is a price to pay, in shame, in reputation, and ultimately, in fear. Fear because who knows who will be next. I listen to the radio from time to time and also" watch TV. The world seems to be filled with people who are prepared to spend money to try to get me to person who looks a little different from them and then, secondly, from beating up the only person with enough self esteem to come to his rescue. Everybody knows that when a hockey player is getting mauled on the ice you aren't to jump over the boards and go to his rescue; but this is not hockey. 'This is a man going home from his work, or a man going to his work, or a man doing any one of the hundreds of things we all do every day. ™ Picture a not uncommon Toronto subway scene. 12) A GA i ".almost impossible to have one without the other. Keep Up The Good Work It's a sad fact but nevertheless a true one that the public tends to think of the local. businessman, industrialist or private enterpriser as almost an adversary. There seems to be a general idea that it's "us vs them" or at least a subsurface mistrust. For example, at the height of the penitentiary issue here in Scugog Township, those businessmen who were for the cenfre were accused of having 'vested interests" in bringing the penitentiary here. Businessmen on council and local government bodies are often accused of working 'for the good of business and not the community." If ever there is an argbment against this theory, it is right here in Scugog. The local Chamber of Commerce is one of the busiest, most active organizations around, and the entire community benefits. E } Not only are many of this communities most active community minded people members of the organiza- tion, but the Scugog chamber has taken on projects of its 'own, like the ever-popular Western Weekend celebration, Home and Recreation Show, building tennis courts, and much more. ; These things benefit the businessman, you say? We agree. A good, healthy community has a good, healthy and thriving business community. It is - So when incoming chamber president Cliff Crowell tells us that outgoing president Richard Drew is one of the most dedicated and hard working presidents the chamber has ever had, we believe him. To Cliff we say, keep up the momentum! Nobody Cares About Dads For years women's magazines and books have helped women meet the changing demands ot motherhood. They still teach techniques of child care. They examine the needs of children and ot mothers. They offer advice, sympathy, humor, and counselling...they provide challenge and inspiration... for being a mother. Now look at men's magazines: sports, business, investment, seduction, hobbles - but nothing to help a man be a father to his son or daughter. So where does a man learn to be a father today? The old techniques just don't apply. Once upon a time, a son worked by his father's side, sharing the satisfactions and the frustrations, the successes and the failures of the field, the barn, or the shop. What' model does a father follow today? Some fathers choose the army model, demanding discipline and obedience. Others choose to be pals, playing street hockey or swapping teenage jokes, being just one of the boys. For every mother, there's a father. Fathers have roles and responsibilities, just like mothers. #1 But how does a father fulfil what's expected of him? Fathers need help too. "It/§4}me our society took fatherhood seriously. Service 'clubs, community and business meetings, "church groups...all should be discussing this subject. Why not? Unchurched Editorial