PAGE 4. WEDNESDAY, OCTDBER 2, 1974, WHITBY FREE PRESS Brooklin Bylines It seems a long time since I had some news from Ash- buri, but I'm glad to report that that situation has now been rectified. For the card playing enthusiast the Euchre games at the Centre have started again and they will be held on Fridays at 8 p.m. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students.....very reasonable for an enjoy- able evening. Teenagers in Ashburn might like to know that a teen programme for one night a week is being considered.: If you are interested and if you will support such a pro- gramme then you should get in touch with Mrs. Gardiner, 655-3187. This is a good opportunity for you people,'so don't waste it. For the younger children an After Four Club is being planned, the dates of which will be an- nounced soon. Ashburn scouts are holding their paper drive on Satur- day, October 12, at 9:30 a.m. Please help them by fasten- ing the bundles securely. If you wish you may leave your papers at the Centre the day before. The Whitby Y.M.C.A. has started some interesting pro- grammes for the young. people at Meadowcrest School in Brooklin. Saturday is a good day for sports there, as in the morning there is floor hockey - at 9 a.m. for 7 - 11 and 10 a.m. for the 12 and up. Intermediate badminton is held at 11 a.m. on the sane day, with Junior badminton held on Fridays straight after school. If you prefer woodwork or needlecraft, then you should be at the school on Tuesdays after classes have been dismissed. For further details call the 'Y' at 668-6868. The Brooklin Badminton Club has started playing again. Members meet every Thursday at 8:15 p.m., at Meadow- crest School in Brooklin. If you are interested in joining but feel embarrassed at your lack of skill, don't worry..... they are great people over there. I should know....they suf- fered me for quite awhile and still asked me to go back the next year. As I mentioned last week, Ladies Take-a-Break is meet- ing again at the United Church Hall, Cassels Road, Brooklin. Ladies from all over the North Ward are more than wel- come. The group meets at 9:30 every Wednesday morning. On October 9th there will be a very interesting talk given by Mr. Keith Birch of the Town Planning Office, on the future plans for the hamlet areas.....for the satisfaction of knowing just what in intended for your area, you should be there. Also for the ladies, the 'Y' is now taking registration for the new Falt session of Lets Create Together which is due to start on Friday, October 8th. This programme, to be held at the United Church Hall also, between 9:30 a.m. and 11 :30 a.m., is designed to help foster communication be- tween the preschooler and parent. This year Mrs. Daphne Kohl will be leading the parent education hour, and Mrs. Eleanor Holman will be in charge of the childrens pro- grammes. Don't forget that the Brooklin U.C.W. are holding their Visitation Blitz on Monday, October 7, and that the Dorcas Unit will be meeting on Thursday, October 3 at the home of Mrs. Hilda Ross at 1:30 p.m. The Brooklin girl guides are looking for a worthwhile community project on which they can use up their energy and enthusiasm. They had considered taking their E. & E. outside the area but hope that'thro the Bylines, sonieone, or some group, will be able to provide them with the neces- sary work that will keep them busy. If you have such a project would you call Mrs. Audrey Parker at 655-4523? Sorry I can't announce the new Scoutmaster yet. I haven't heard who he is.....have we got one? On September 16th I wrote that many residents of the North Ward feel that they are ignored by Whitby Town Council. On September 17th I had a call from a very irate gentleman who lives on 34 - 35 Side Road and who feels very strongly that the North Ward residents are right the Town doesn't listen. For two years now he has been tryinig to get the Council to accept a permanent solution to his problem - that of a creek that floods his driveway every Spring, making it unusable.....the pressure being too great for the culverts. His solution (and the Provincial Drainage Engineer for Uxbridge agrees with him) is to straighten the water course once and for all and thereby eliminating the problei altogether. The Towns solution is to clean the ditch, which it has donc twice so far, and which it will be doing each and every year while we have a Spring thaw. Now according to the last town engineer, to straighten the water course will take a day and a half, one bulldozer and would cost $2,300. That is a great deal of the taxpayers money, agreed, but once donc would not have to be re- peated. But how much is it costing to clear that ditch ev- ery year, both in tirne and money and with no end in sight? Surely one permanent solution is better than all these tem- parary ones. At least it wouldn't seem like throwing good money alter bad. Perhaps Mr. Lovelock can give' this gentleman an answer.....he kniew of the problem when he was on the Works Com- mittee, but now, says the complQiner, lie doesn't seem to want to know. The saine caller also noted that' while the Provincial Weed Control states that action against weeds ias to be taken before July, it was the third week in August be- fore the roads were donc. One law for the individual and one for the Town? And he'd like to remind the Town that winter is nearly upon us, and would they please get those snow ploughs clearing 34- 35 before they have to be told'to do it.....which is wlhat usually happens. Well that is one tax- payer who feels that he is getting very poor service for what he is paying. We probably have many more who are in the sane frustrated position. I'n nlot promnising thîat~ the By- lines will get results, but sometimes it helps know- ing that you can get your hassies into the open for others to read, and per- haps support. Once again, that's it for this week. Have YOU any news, views or announce- ments to make?Then call 655-3750 anîd ask for the Bylines. Till next weck, take care. LIZ L.MITED QUANTITY ON ALL ITEMS FROM OCTOBER 2nd.- 5th./74 25 MIN SREET238 INGSTRE GA I sN 41KNGSRETW S 8. DS SRE COBURG1 NPAs- THEOOD WORD from the ibe One generation passeth away, and another genera- tion cometh: but the earth abideth forever. The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. - Ecclesiastes 1:4,5 Steaks A thousand pounds of beef on the hoof turns into less than a hundred pounds of sirloin, T- Bone, club and Porterhouse th steaks. BIRD'S EYE VIEW ~JIMOUA/I Bread, Water and Solitary That's ail I could think of as I edged into the courtroom that fateful day. When you get in there you can't help but think of all the berrible sentences that could be passed on you. As far as being innocent goes, when you get inside that courtroom you can't help but think guilt! I mean after all if you were innocent you wouldn't be there, right? I knew I was in for the worst because I got a form letter back from Perry Mason saying he regreted he did not have time to handle my case às he was presently tied up in a contract hassle about residuals. Because I wasn't being charged with pillage and rape or anything with overtones of treason, the legal aid didn't consider my case challenging enough so that left me there to face the music alone. As I looked around the courtroom for a place to sit I noticed a lot of policemen sittîing at the back of the room. I thought maybe the judge would be lenient if he saw me sitting with them but I got nervous at the last minute and picked an inconspicuous seat in the middle. Besides if one of those guys at the back leaned on his gun or something he might blow my foot off and sure as the dickens the judge would blame me for the noise. After sitting down I took a closer look at the back row where all the police were sitting. Seated with them were a few guys in street clothes who must have been detectives. I wasn't sure because none of them had raincoats on but maybe they don't wear them any more. One guy in parti- cular had this great big bulge under his coat which had to be at least a hand grenade if not a sub-machine gun. All of a sudden somebody yelled something and every- body stood up, including me - I was afraid to stay seated in case it was against the law! The Judge came striding in followed by a man and a woman and after a few seconds we sat down. Without even saying welcome or anything like that the judge started into his first case. As I sat there trying to blend into the woodwork with my blue slip clutched in my sweaty hand I began to notice the judge was taking the cases as another man called out the names on each blue slip. All on my own I figured out that if I didn't hand in my slip to that guy I might be sitting in the same spot when the night shift cleaning crew showed up. As I handed the man my slip I murmured something about hoping it wasn't against the law to be out of turn with your blue slips. He gave me a withering look so I returned to my seat and fur- ther pondered my fate. At this point I was wondering why I hadn't paid the fine out-of-court but i resolved to sit here and wait my turn to explain to the judge why I iad broken the law in Toronto. I thought after my explanation I could always throw my- self at his feet and sob that I lad been a good Canadian up to this point and explain that the weather in Kingston wouldn't be good for my health. He looked rather stern as lie dismissed a case because 'he name was spelled incorrectly. The name sounded like one of those Welsh towns only I think this one came fromn southern Italy. I anxiously wonîdered if the naine and address and su forth had been spelled correctly on my sum- mons but il was too late to look now because I had turned the darn thing over. So now I was really in for il anîd I didn't even have a proper defence except for ignorance. The way the judge was knocking off the sentences I knew ignorance of thîe law wouldn'tlwork either. I thought I might [cll hum I was mentally handicapped but changed my miind ini case some joker in court decided to gel up and helpfully testify that I had always been a ltle slow mental- ly. They called out another naine and I looked around the court wondering who would gel up. After il was called out the second time I realized I had better get up as il was my name and my turn for the gallows. The preliminaries were.- read out and I stammered, "Guilty!", "Your worship". I then proceeded to blurt out to the judge my miserable excuse for breaking the law. He gave me a long hard stare and asked me if I now knew better. I replied that I most certainly did and he said, "sen- tence suspended". I almost fainted thinking it was me to be suspended on a rope and then as I realized I was free I thanked the nice judge and hurried out of the courtroom into the freedom of fresh air and sunshine. As I strode down the steps of the Old City Hall in Toronto I thought, "Perry Mason.....HA!.....eat your heart out!" The tomai te love apl Soybeans Love Soybeans have been grown in to used to be called the Orient for more than 5,000 pIe. years.