A Trip to the Tropics Listen, 1 know you're going to hate me f'or bringing this Up but do you know it won't be long before that fat comedian ini the red jumnper suit will be back trying to stuff his overfed hide down your chirnney. 1 leave it to you parents- to explain to young readers that ad uits do not share the saine enthusiasm of looking for Santa as they do because Santa usually brings tlhe parents rnonthly paymnents. overdue accounits and raft of bills big enough to choke a reindeer. With the coming of the holiday season I arn faced with the saine problemn as just about anybody else in Whitby and that is - what to get friends and relatives for gifts. Last year 1I had the problein licked because 1 started doing my shopping in August but this year 1 procrastinated (îhat's a polite word for sitting on one's butt) again. The deadline is fast comiîng and 1 can honestly say the stores are trying to hel~ because they have started their Xmas sales but they're not selling the right things. Oh sure they're selling ail the usual things but the peo- ple 1 have to buy gifts for have ail the usual things. In tact, mnost of my friends and relatives are very 'old' generation - mneaning they love mnaterial possessions. Translate that int practical ternis and it means that whenever 1 think of a iift idea 1 discover to my dismnay that thev alreadv have at 1eas! one of evervthing. Mind\'ou l'in not entirelv blarneless inyself. Knowing, J*an avid W.C. Fields fan a youing lady decided to buy nie W.C.'s autobiography as a prescrit last year. As it happened I spotted the paperback edition in a bookstore and immmd- iately boughit it.- A few days later she saw mie reading it and asked me where the book came froni. 1 explained that 1 hiad just bought it and she replied. "Well dumbhead 1 just ordered one for you as a prescrit and now l'Il have to cancel the order!" Popular I wasn'î. tnloved even. So 1 know what it's like trying to get a suitable gift and Fin getting. rather drastic for thinking up sonie good ideas for this year. But l'm changing my tacties. 1'm going to forget about buying gifts that people need and stant con- centrating, on gifts they don't already have. There's a difference. Like you may flot have a flat tire - and l'Il bet \'ou dont really need one cither. 0f course to find these odd gifts l'Il have to shop off the beaten lunes in such places as Honest Eds. 'fhecCrippled Civilians. 'the auto wreckers and the scrapyard. Scientific catalogues can be the source of many gift ideas as well. I'm sure inost otf us have friends or relatives that live iin or near Toronto. So whv flot -el thern a pollution test kit that is good f'or over 200 hours of tesîing. They alreadv know the air is polluted but with a test kit they can deter- mine hiow niany years breathing îthev have left aithe1 pre- sent rate oflpollution. XVe ail have an egghead or two in the famîly su bow about a molecular model kit? A gift like thîs can provide a scientific type wiîh hours of pleasure trying to mnake a mnolecular model of the polluted air the other relatives are trying to analyze with their pollution test kits.j 1 hope to find a few presents this year in a local scrap- yard. When you think about that old proverb that says. "eone man's junk is another's art treasure" then you can see the possibilities of finding a wealth of art treasures in a scrapyard. A. little scraping' and painting and they'll look like they came straight froni the Whitby Art Station. At the Army Surplus store 1 hope to find a couple of gifîs such as an old gas mask and a used bayonet. The gas niask could be used while taking measuremrents with the pollution kit and I have the bayonet in mmid for a harried housewife 1 know who has trouble keeping her kids in line. But I'm still considering taking the coward's way out of Christmas this year. 1 may go to my doctor and get him tb prescnibe a two month trip to the tropics for me. 1 don't need one but 1 sure d th P~ark Plaza 668m5441 WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESOAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1974, PAGE 5 ENJOY THE QUIET REVOLUTION WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY SEASON END BIlKE SALE: 20 %OF ALL BIKES OVER 500 BIKES' TO CHOOSE FROM ONE 0F THE LARGEST SELECTIONS IN DURHAM BAY SPORTS EQUIPMENT Ltd. HWY #2 BUY NOW! 975 ALLIANCE at BAYLY PICKERING o BAYY ST. O ASEAE! 839-5610j- LAY AWAY PLAN - pec Monday - Friday 9 - 9, Saturday 9 - 6 Opportunilties In Ontario by Bihl Newman MPP In the first week ot every :nonth Stalisties Canada issues a varietv of statistical reports wvhicli indicates the level of unemploynmen t fîroughiou t Canada as weil as on a regional basis. Onily this wveek the national uniemploioent rate \vas only 5.4 per cent and Ontario's rate wvas 4.2 per cent - both on a seasonally adjusied average. [ri recen t years econornists and oîher Policy niakers have been debatîng dite înadecquacy (ot reporlingivthe raie ot* unemplovment tfor a iinber out reasonis. 'Fhiccharacter ut the Caniadianl labour force lias chiangco drastically wi tini the past decade. Thousands of wonuen h iave etered th1e labour force on hotb a I*ltiiime anid part-lîie basis. St uden ts instead or' con in iuing, their educa tion leadino lu a c:îreer have op ted for 1t11-t huie Jobs. !Man\, proi >essionais have becomne cissaI isfleci \vi their loinq raîwe carer poten- tial anid have dciîded lu eniter anu ther Occupatiun. Teclinu- logy lias abol ishied ()Id' jobs and creaîted niew jobi oppori uniit- ies, Sonie peuple con îend ithat attractive untempil)ovmlet insurance benefts act as a deterrent to returnîng ihe unreniployed lu suitable 'jobs. Aside fronî the înadequacy of repuninig tnemiplovmneniî levels. manpower policv niakers lace a distinici îrun)iv-abot trends in the labour to(rce. On the ()nec hand . there is a growin g pool ut' uneun ploved. inskilled labour nthide lo\v- wage sectors of the ecoronmy. AM ibe otlher end ut the specîruni, there is a growing shorlage of skilled nmanpower f'or ail kinds of technuologists, engineers and computer p rogranine rs. Mlbat can be dune to close the gap aînd ensure stable economic perfornmance'! In On tario, iy (Cabineti colleague, the Honourable Jack McNie, chairs tlhe Ontario Manpower Coordinating ('omittee. This group represen laîlve of 7 different ininistries is involved ini coordinialîng nianipower planning. For examiple. t1w Labour and Colleges 'and Universities Minisînies play a very important noIe in- devising the best type of' manpower retraining progranis t0 neduce overaîl unemployment, respond lu local community cm- ployment needs and ascertain future iindLisîial develop- ment activilies. Ils other major task îs lu gel irnproved coordination amnongst the federal governimenl. business and labour. The community colleges t1inoughout Ontario have dev- eloped a large number of manpowz{ retraining progranis in kînds of trades, many business occupa tions ani d certain industries unique to their specific regions. Whierever pos- sible these programis coniplenient local job prionities and and existing job vacancies. This retrain ing approachi is a ioin t provincial-federal effort. While job retraining is an essen liaI ingredient in reaching a full eniployment policy, provincial governînrent financial assistance can play a highly supportive noie in ecatîig ew industny or expanding exisîing enterprises. Within the past week the Ontario Development Corporation of the Indus- îry and Tourismn Minisîry announced several SmnaIl Business Loans lu 9 Ontario industries. In Ontario riding, Traveliner Company of Ajax, a manufacturer of necreational travel trailers, received a $50,000 boan to help increase produc- tion. But coordinating job creation and providing the inipetuis for industrial developmenî serve onîy two parts of the triangle for prosperîîy. When these activities blend togeth- er well, you end îîp wiîh a manufacîured produt or a gîven service 10 seIl. Tlat is whlere the various overseas offices of the Ontanic Governinent cun lhelp in expanding or creatin-g export markets fon Onîario's goods anid services, At Otîtar- jO loî ~uin îu~;î Enktn ,a wýho»lc sche sof eff*ortýs We would like to apologize for any inconvenience that rnay have been caused by our unintentional error in last week's Bay Sports Equiprnent ad. The ad should have read "~20% OFF ALL BIKES"' instead of "'50% OFF... Somethiing Ext ra 0 The Lord Simncoe lias somnething I2nIjUy a extra for you. ît's a 2 nighit 2T*ht secal for two at a cost of only N 'le g 69.90. It includes deluxe 2ccomogaionfor tongis Special , Table complete with a breakfast each morning. ~ Asiglhtseeim, tour of Toronito's o rd many excitinig attractions. S1imcoe HoteLcS is optional. You get somnething else thiat's special at the Lord Simcoe - it's friendly hospitaitý7 you will enjoy tihroughout your stay with us. See your travel agent or contact us at 1 50 King Street West, Toronto. Telephone: 362-1848. Operated by Berkeley International Hotels Ltd. ranging from exibition missionis to sales missions are.being carried out. These opportunities permit Ontario business- men to seil their products to wholesalers or retailers or, more likely, secure for themselves an agent or distribution system. Ontario House is a key source of promoting expande7d tourism to Ontario. Figures show that in. 1971, 370,000 Europeans visited Canada with some.1200,000 of these visitors coming to Ontario. By 1973. the number of Luropean tourists visi ting Ontario totalled 477,000 out of sonie 790,000 total for aIl of Canada. Effoî ts shown in thiese approaches leads Ontario to achicving a fifl eniloynment policy. In Qetober, 17,000 m)ore peoplc vverec enplc\yed ini ail sectors of the economly.