Page Ik, Thursday, November ilth, 1971, Dur Caver FI E Alamein, Egypt, 1042. A time and a place that sound reiatively remote to the av erage reader, but a t ime and place that will neyer, in living memory be forgotten by Mrs. Arthur Wigston» the su b jec t in our touchi1ng front page photo. Todayi s aday of rembrance for Mr s. Art hu r Wigston of 300 Centre Street North, Whitby and for others like her indeed. Mrs. Wigston lost her oniy child and son, 2i-year-oldCharles, apiiotofficer wha lost his life in the Battie of El Ala- mein, 1942. Does Urne heal the ioss of your only son, or the sons ofCanada andthe worl1d, who paid with their own blood the price of aur inheritance? "Lest we forget. WVHITBY FREE PRESS FRO MA BIR D 'S EYE VIE W: We're Losing Something Beautîf ul... Hi story w as always a problem vvith me. 1 c oul1 d neyer remember who di s- cove r ed what, let alone the year the historic event happened. 1 felt it didntt really matter because 1it h ad already happened and 'there was nothing to do but remember or forget the fact. Tonight i feel differentiy._, #History reflects periods of romance, p a s s i o n and beauty and these per lods were reflected in art and music. Tonight as 1 listenedto beautiful classical music 1 f el t w e are truly in danger of losing samething impossible ta replace. T ry it yourself. Get out an oid pop record and 11isten to i t. Sure 1It sounds nice but pr-abably a littie weird beside taday's rnusic. Butgetoutsome even aider music by such writers and camposers as Brahms, Beethoven EBach, Mozart and countless o t he rs t oa numerous ta mention, and there is just no comparison. Aithouth their music has been heard ahundred timesbefore it aiways sounds refresh ing and m os t of al1, beaut ifui. The world of classical music takes us b a c k i n h i s tory f ar ther than aur own hi story goe s as indi vi dual s and ai1 though , likeme, youmayfindhlstory duil, clas- sicai music is everything but duil. 11iike today'ts rock music sQme of the t ime but i t seems so eas ily dated anid shal11ow. When 1hear an aI d song by the Beatles, 1 arn carried back ta that time but that's it, and the trip back doesn't iast long. Wl1 th classical music I arn carrie~d 1 nioa dl fferent worl d. The rythm and the m e i odies make me feel the passion and the exci tement of an era 1 Mili neyer know. J/M DL/AIL The hard rock music of today 1is fast, en t er t a i n ing and ai ive wi th tension. itIs thiîsvery tension qualitywhi ch makes ,it almost impossible ta relax whi le listen- ing ta rock mus ic. It produces tension. It keeps the nerve ends raw. The soothing sounds of Beethovencan fi 1yaou wi th passion and relax you at the same time. The mood and feeling can do more ta ease the tension than a bel t of your favourite booze. T he m ost im portant aspect i have learned from history is ta question the future. How long will the ciassizs ne- main? Forever or maybe just 30 years from now ? So many times in the history of man we have 1los t someth ing i rrepl aceabl e and we werenIt clever enough ta pr e ven t the 1ios s. An d so the man of future had to do withaut. Sometimes it was a painting other times it was away ofilife, and shameful ly, other times it was an entire race or species. Ciassical music is rare. It is almost ail that's left of another time. Ru ssiîa just recently lost a great writer and composer named Shastako- v i ch. How m any of the grea t ones are 1 e f t ? More important, who Is going to r e pla ce the great composers we have lost ? 1 arn not optimistic. i donft think we can ever replace Beethoven or B3ach and 1 think we should enisure the great cIas- stcs are neyer forgotten. 1 once heard an old saying,- "A mnan 1 s n ot dead unti 1 he i s forgotten." The same applies ta classicai rnusic. lett rs o te git* box206O vvitb 'R Published every Thursday in and for the peopie of Whitby. offices -3OIByron St. S. Whitby Mail- Box 206, Whitby Phone -668-6111 Publisher - W.'Bill' Durkee Editor - Judy Durkee Editorial Staff - J.Quail Display Advertising - Tony Oomen - Chuck Marshall - Richard Dubeau Classified Advertisiflg- Phyllis Miller Circulation - Barry Schroeder HOLIDAY TOURS& CHARTER CONSULTANTS. 120 Bloor St. W. Suite 200 NOW, Holiday Tours at Charter Rates. 1 WEEK including Air Fare, Motel and Cntinental Breakfast Rtr BHAMAS ______ $ 149.00 OWDpjA Disneyland 156.00 iAUAICA $5extra 9.* DARBA OS____199.00 ACAPULO _______199.00 LOIOIL. ..$9.-ON£ WAY Reduced chid rate from $168. on returni. Teahers Schosl Break Toui De To TRINIDAD & TOBAGO.. Air, Motel and Meais lncluded $29900 668-9043 - 3:30- 8:00 Pmn onl