PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1977, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitby Voice of the Cou nty Town The only Whitby newspaper independently owned ando SERVING OVER 28,000 READERS Mike Burgess, Publisher-Managing Editor operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents. Community Editor Published every Wednesday Contributng Editor Production Manager, Print & Promotional by M.B.M. Publishing Manager and Photography Inc.1Classified Ad Manager Phone 668-6111 Circulation Manager Mailing Permi The Free Press Building, Member 121 Brock Street North, Better Business Bu P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. Whtby Chamber c -Brian Winter -1ran Wi ter -jim Quail -Mare Burgess -Robin Lyon -Marlene Byrom -Sharon Lyon t No. 460 of the: ireau of Toronto ofComerce The Beauty Pageants GUEST EDITORIAL by Nancy Bowes The beauty of a beauty ~pageant is not what it does for a woman, but what it does for a man. And I'm not referring to the steam on a man 's glasses after the bikini parade. Just one beauty pageant annually is enough to keep a man's most potentially difficult possession firmly chained to the bedpost. (A helpful hint for young husbands: make the chain long enough to allow the creatures into the kitchen and out to the clothes line.) Now any strong beast can club his distaff side into submission and hook up a fancy chain arrangement. But the wondrous beauty pageant! It keeps a smile on those ladies' faces! The beauty pageant allows a man to display his possession and have his friends slobber in envy. One of the creatures may even bring him the hon- our of her crown. (A crown is used instead of a red ribbon because the latter is reminiscent of agricultural fairs. And for some unknown reason, women like to think they're different from cattle.) TMr essence of the beauty pageant is that it keeps those women thinking that physical attractiveness is *f paramount importance. You know, with the upstarts in the cities preaching this women's lib business, it's more important than ever to keep those domestic creatures happy. Because as we all know, hell hath no fury etc., etc.. If we let them start using their minds, God only knows what might happen! So, men keep your critter happy on her chain. Show her a picture of a beauty pageant winner. She'll lose weight, and learn how to walk more seductively. She may even master that coy, little-girl voice that could win her the title of Miss Congeniality. Give her one night of heart-stopping ecstasy each year and she'll return to her chains smiling more vacantly than ever. On Street Names Re: Brooklin Bylines, Aug.3/77 Street Names Dear Sirs: In any instance when a great number of persons are being served there will always be some dissenters and the selection of our street names is an example of one. I wish to take exception to your use of the word "superfluous" in regard to the name 'Country Lane'. I like it. No doubt those persons responsible for naming street in Toronto encountered much crite- cism when they named The Bridle Path, Meadow- vale Rd., Bayview Ave., Brierhill Rd. and Mill- wood, to name a few of the more aesthetic choices. Yours very truly, Grace Coe Country Lane, Ashburn Ont. On Capital Punishment Dear Sir, A Long Island editor recently said the truth when stating that "Son of Sam has made the gr- eatest argument for cap- ital punishment". And re- alistic Canadians would include the dastardly murilers of Emanuel*Jaq- ues(pronounced .zhakezh' as in French 'je'.) Nobody knows how many people have been deterred from murder by the thought, unfortunate- ly not fact, of the death penalty. Its abolition has been the government's greatest mistake. Believe it or not, there is only one thing worse than the supreme pen- alty, i.e., the prospect of going to hell- given as a special warning to unrepentant, cold- blooded murderers who evade justice on earth. John Knott 17 Qubec St., 17 Oshawa, Ont. about peg Dear Editor, We work at soliciting on the telephone and we truly amazed at people's bad phone manners and surprisingly most of the rudeness is contained mainly in the older gener- ation. Words like "thank- you" and "please" have slowly eroded away from their vocabulary. Instead of a simple "I am not interested" people scream at us for disturbing them and a few have used pretty rough street language. Then there are the people who don't have the con- sideration to listen to what we have to say. They simply hang up (often loudly). Our job is to try to be polite and cheerful even if you aren't. With unemployment as high as it is we are very lucky to find this job. Like you, we have to pay doctor and dentist bills too. We don't like this job any better than you do but it is the best we can do. We have to sup- port families also. We corne home at night with )ple headaches complexes world is ag Sometir 's bad'phone manners and inferiority but the problem has- now is a little more thimking the occured over an extended camman courtesy im th ainst us. period of time to be p hectic fast paced life. It nes we makeignared. would i reallv make our mistakes. We are only human and Ma Bell's operators aren't the sweetest in the world either. They should have a lesson in manners also. We realize we are gener- alizing and apologizing to .those of you who exercise good manners So the next time you receive a phone call from someone like us, remem- ber we are trying to eck out an exsistance too. It takes so little time to say "ano thank you" if you are not interested. What the world needs wuuiu ivaiy %", day and besides it saves on the aspirin. Yours truly, Marg Smith & Kathy Egan Whitby N"Tý OVEZL IEI-?VE4'T GeFT F,9OA0// WFfP 7 t 2~ IT W/?/< 7~9,'«/E. ?ü/' loaVtVÂIIE Telephone canvassers upset Letters to the Editor Write: Box 206, Whitby or deliver to our offices at .121 Brock St., N., Whitby o