'AUE 4, WEDNESDAY MAY 11, 1983, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitby Voice of the County Town Michael lan Burgess, The only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby llshed every Wednesday Publisher . Managing Editor y resaentsL tor whitby resîdents. by M.B.M. Publishing and Photography Inc. Phone 668-6111 The Free Press Building, 131 Brock Street North, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont., PO. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. Reglstraîlon No. 5351 TIMOTHY BAINES community Editor ELIZABETH NOZDRYN Advertising Manager Second Class Mali Registration No. 5351 Golf week for Timmy AI Balding's Golf Week for Timmy is fast ap- proaching and it is serving as a reminder of how much the Easter Seai Society and other similar charitable organizations are needed. The Easter Seat Society currently provides ser- vices for over 6,700 children in Ontario and will require in excess of $8 million during 1983 to maintain its services to handicapped youngsters in the province. Of this amount less than $90,000 is received in government grants. A massive fund raising campaign is thus neces- sary. Events such as AI Baldlng's Golf Week are essential to those burdened with physical handi- caps. Close to 150 golf clubs aaross Ontario have committed their courses for one-day tournaments. These golf clubs should be commended because they are donating the use of their facilities. Golf- ers can enter the Timmy day by paying $10 for the scorecard. Eight dollars of this charge goes straight to the Easter Seal Society whlle two dol- so that was the budget that was supposed to restore Liberai fortunes. However good or bad it was as a budget has, at least for the moment, been lost in yet another episode which displays Liberal bad judgement and insensitivity. What Marc Lalonde did on Budget Night, by fiddling with the figures uncovered the -day before by a cameraman's zoom lens, was re-confirm the lingering suspicion held by many taxpayers that this government has adopted a rather cavalier attitude to our money. If Marc Lalonde had stood in the House and said, "'what's another couple of hundred million," he couldn't have confirmed the suspicion more clearly. Budget Day in Ottawa was a disaster from beginning to end. Inflamed by the budget leak and the Prime Minister's off-hand response to it, one Tory Don Quixote after another mounted his charger and hurled himseif at the formidable figure of Mr. Trudeau, he bent their lances for them and back-handed them off their horses. You don't play the Prime Minister's jousting game unless you have something heavy to hit hlm with. Never mind poking at him with lances. If you haven't got a howitzer, forget it. The NDP fared no better than the Tories, despite the fact that ail their chargers were the traditional white. The problem for the challengers was that the budget leaks weren't really much of an issue. As Marc Lalonde mentioned in his own defense, serious budgetary leaks involve the premature disclosure of tax matters. As it was, having a deficit figure before them that was just about what ail the ex- perts forecast, the markets hardly seemed to react at ail. In other words, despite the ham-handedness, no serious damage was done, and there would have been a good deal of sympathy for the finance minister if he had decided to tough it out. The Tories suggested after the leak that it would be despicable if the Liberals changed the figures to nullify the unfortunate pre- budget security breach. They were right. But if the economic recovery program had been reduced a little, to preserve integrity, that would~ have been less despicable. To add to the deficit by a hundred million dollars while preaching restraint, was a piece of soul- shattering idiocy. What does that expensive stroke of the Liberal pen do to the morale of taxpayers, who despite their objections to shovelling money into a bot- tomless pit, insist on filing an honest income return? Mr. Lalonde's unjustifiable last-minute changes are an invitation to aIl of us to steal and cheat. And it is a ham- mer blow to the spirit of 6 and 5 and the public cooperation that Mr. Lalonde courted so ardently in his speech. The Liberals haven't restored their fortunes - I'm afraid. They seem to have squandered the last few pennies they had. lars goes towards the attractive prizes that are of- fered. Prizes include a one week vacation for two to Sun'n Lakes Estates I,n Sebring, Florida. The best prize does not have a material value placed on it. It Is the satisfaction of helping out kids who may require a little assistance. It Is very gratifying to know that your efforts are helping put a smile on a disabled child's face. The Easter Seal Society, which includes 236 service clubs in Ontario with over 10,000 mem- bers, offers many benefits to the children. More than 1,000 youngsters are treated to a two- week vacation at the Society's five summer cam- ps. The Society wili help parents to obtain artificial limbs, braces, wheelchairs, and other vital aids with financial assistance if required. Research into crippling disorders in children, preventative measures, and new research techniques will cost the Society $150,000 this year. There are also numerous other projects initiated by the Society. The bottom Une Is that the money has to come from somewhere so it's up to us to help them. Go out ... swing a club ... have some fun ... maybe even win a prize ... but remember, you're making someone's day a little bit brighter. LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR Death flower? DearSir: To gather mo- mentum to this let- ter, it Is necessary to refer back to the town of our name- sake, Whitby, England, situated along the Yorkshire coast; Near Whitby, the product jet was mined extensively. Jet ls a black sub- stance which takes a high polish and was used In Victorian Jewellery. By the year 1873, jet came into vogue for mourning jewel- lery and was still popular in 1932. Be- cause the modern psyche ls terrified of death and tends to worship at the ai- tar of eternal youth, mourning memen- tos have gradually disappeared. Nevertheless, much of the jewel- lery of this era in- corporated certain motifs depicting a variety of emotions stencilled around the band of the ring. Unfortunately, one of these motifs was our own town of Whitby's Marigold emblem; to put it. briefly to you, the Marigold depicts grief or despair. The Marigold ls also considered an emblem of jea- loJsy; it ls said that the first of these f lowers sprang from a maiden who was so consumed with envy at the success of her rivals that she lost her wits and perished. Others believe that the Marigold is devoted to the Virgin Mary be- cause of her great despair. Quite often in America as a whole it ls called the Death Flower. It seems ironic that our namesake Whitby, England profited on death mementos and em- blems and now we are indirectly foi- lowing in similar footsteps of grief and despair wlth a Marigold as our em- blem. It does not ap- pear that council gave any thought to the history of the Marigold. It seems any old flower would do, to try and attract attention to the town. It ls too late to change to a more pleasant choice of a flower representing Whit- by, or do we live with this signifi- cance to the Mari- gold and its depic- tion of grief, des- pair and even death. Arthur Joynt. mý