Did you ever stop to ask yourself about mornings and whether we really need them or not? And if You're wondering why I arn questioning their needjust stop and think about a typical work morning. If you're lucky you wake up without the help; of an alarm and you probably wake up when you do because in your sleep you've been worrying about sleeping in and being late for work. You lay there half awake, still half dreaming and all the time dreading getting up. Work days aren't the most pleasant to look forward to and without an incentive to get up the whole business is drudgery. After you're up and grudgingly at work you still spend much of the morning in the blahs and only the thoughts of lunch start to cheer you up until finally by lunch you'll admit to the world that you are up and at last active for the day. Now I know some people are morning people and just can't wait to get up and attack another new day but some- how I get the idea those kind are very much in the minority. So maybe we should change our work hours and sleep in mornings, lounge about the house and the patio during the afternoons and work in the cool of the evening. We'd miss a lot of television but then a lot of people say that wouldn't be so bad. The offices have lights on during the daytime anyway so turning them on at in the evening or night to work wouldn't be anymore of an expense - just a shift in hours of operation. Instead of coming home from work dead tired and still remaining up for a few exhaustive hours we would come home from work and hit the sack. No after-work drinks - thus more money saved. Who knows, it might even save a few marriages too. All of this came about because of a disastrous morning I had recently and as I looked back on it t began to realize our whole work structure/schedule is wrong for our morning dispositions. I had an important meeting in Toronto on this particular morning that required a suit and tie so as I got dressed I took the paper from my shirt pocket from the previous day and, not wanting to misplace them, put them in one of the shoes I was about to wear. After picking out a suitable tie I also picked. out a tie tack and put it in the other shoe so I could find it when I needed it later through still half open eyes. Well later I did find it through very widly open eyes, because the tie tack and the clasp plate came apart when I dropped them in my shoe and when I went to put the shoe ITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1977, PAGE 5 on, as yet not having put my tie on, ! completely forgot about the tie tack and jammed ny foot in. The tie tack was driven, point first, into the big toe of my left foot, followed very quickly by a war whoop from me and a lot of Fred' Astaire imitations. I hopped to the kitchen sink, thinking to wash the toe in çold water, and on the way slioped in a mess the dog had made and fell on the floor and proceeded to bleed to death all over the place. After the initial excitement died down I wrapped my big toe in tissue paper, and with a lot of prying, was able to get the foot barely into the shoe. My meeting required I walk some distance from where I parked the car so the walk was rather painful but less than the first block into the hike I noticed my right foot was starting to hurt even though it was the left one that had lost the round with the tie tack. I'd heard of empathy but that was ridiculous! Time was short and I didn't stop to analyze the situation until I got to the office building, which of course was after a long and painful walk, and then I found a quiet, little used corner and proceeded to take of my right shoe to examine the situation. Out dropped a quarter! I had just walked 15 blocks with a quarter in my shoe and both feet were now sore and complaining. So you can understand that mornings are not my favourite time of the day and I ask your help in lobbying Ottawa to ban mornings forever. Who.-needs a beautiful sunrise through half opened eyes? Who needs pain at the beginning of the day? Besides...my nerves can't take many more of these morning surprises! already on Ivanic Court, and placing a small store at the corner of Manning and Brock..Such a plan would involve rezoning the land. Elections Election. of an official executive for the Bradley Community Association has been postponed until the fall. Dead Trees The trees planted in the fall of 1976 which have since died will be replaced by the developer's landscaper, probably this autumn. Kathleen Chung, 668-1680. Local Theatres Crossing Guard Honoured Mothers of Bradley area school children who must cross Highway 12 to attend Palmerston School, presented crossing guard Mrs. Pat Alloway with a gift of jewellery at a coffee party held in her honour. Mrs. Alloway daily braved snows and high winds throughout the winter. Her concern, not only for the safety of the children, but also for giving them a warm and cheerful beginning and ending for the school day, endeared her to parents and children alike. The children enthusiasticly remember the special treats with wvhich she surprised themu at Halloween, Christmas, and vacation time. Ail her new friends are grateful that Mrs. Alloway will be returning to her post in September. Pontiac Properties Whitby Town Council approved the compromise reached by Br.dley residents and the developer. The number of town house units has been reduced from 45 to 17. However, the total number of housing units (including links, semis, and detached homes) planned for the area has been reduced by only 7 units (from an original total of 146 to the approved total of 139). Thus, the second sniall parkette, which has been included at the request of the Bradley Comniunity Association, is a necessity. It is hoped that, as requested in the residents' petition to Council, some provision will be made for lov fencing along the open storm sewer for the safety of small children. The Generals' Place Sales Office Lot Tentative plans have been made to build 32 rental apartments on the vacant lot at the corner of Manning and Bradley. However, following informal discussion with the Community Association, the developer is considering the possibility of building "link" houses, such as those WARDAIR'S Popular 707 Service To BARBADOS 2, 3, 4 Week Holdays For Winter 77/78 DAYFLIGHT'S NOW AVAILABLE FLIGHTS FROM $219° - $309°° CONTACT RUSSELL TRAVEL 116 BROCK ST, S, VWHITBY 668-5000 Summer Hours Mon-F i9-5 Saturday 9-12 noon CLOSED JULY 1ST & 2ND for HolidayWeekend GRADUATION DAY AT DOC Saturday was graduation day for these 19 Grade 13 students of Denis O'Connor High School. The graduates are Lynn Catterall, Joanne Desveaux, Michelle LaBarre, Frances Doleweerd, Marianne Linders, Mathew McCormack, John Muir, Andy Ng, Stanley Ng, Michael Park, Linda Porter, Stephen Pottier, Elizabeth Rochon, Josie Spinosa, Peter St. Pierre, Richard Stuart-Sheppard, Wilma Van Berkel, John Van Hezewyk, and Jeremy Walsh. Free Press Photo LA CONTESSA BEAUTY LOUNGE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE that Mr. Geoffrey formerlv of Svec Beauty Salon has joined our staff MR. GEOFFREY styles hair with elegant ease. He has the la>est training in all areas of cut-styling & perming. L19Green #'to 668-9262 t represented The Annual General Meeting of the Association of Community Theatres - Central Ontario elected Jeannine H. Butler, producer/ director of Durham Shoe- string Performers to the position of 2nd Vice- President for the coming year The annual meeting was held in Oshawa, on Tuesday June l4th, in the new club- housé of Oshhwa Little Theatre. Jeannine Butler has pre- viously served the association as an Area representative and has just completed two terms as the Education Chairman. Also elected to the board is Sidney Lang of Whitby Theatre Company who will serve a second term as one of the representatives from the East Area. The new President is Neville Worsnop of Brampton and ist Vice- President is John Storey of Markha m. Bradley Bulletin BROOKLIN RENTALS Equipment Rental For Construction, Form & Homeowner Anderson St. south of Winchester St. BROOKLIN, ONT. 655-3381