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4 the toibune thursday sept 4 1975 don established 188s charles h- nolan bernard pvb pj tvosta pfeoat mi1o0 siagle ccpki joc svekripfiais w00 pr ytr in candjjiobw1ir member of audit bweav of circulation cwudian coremiraity newipjpers auocjitloo aad ontario weekly newtaasen association second clas mail registration umber m i the tribune is ooe of inclaland pobtishing co limited group of suburban newspapers which includes the aiaxwbitbypickerina news advertiser brampfoa guardian burlington post etobiroke caiette markham economist and sua newmarkerora era oakvilte beaver oshawa this week aad mississauga news- barre beacock advertising manager fv decision in uxbridge it was gratifying tolearn that uxbridge f council has taken decisive action with regard s to the location of a proposed federal i penitentiary reception centre within the municipality- the councirsaffirniative in- vitation compares favorably with the actions of their scugog counterparts who are still in the process of sorting out the pros and cons j much credit must go to councillor bill ballinger who first engendered the idea of bringing the centre to uxbridge and who made a factfinding trip to six ontario prisons i from facts presented at a special meeting j of council last week arguments for locating the centre in uxbridge seemed much stronger s than those against it i phone service cost increases it seems that bell canada finds itself i unable to provide phone service to areas in ballantrae as well as previously announced clelays in the college park subdivision in f stouffville x v now we sympathize with bells problem which involves a shortage of capital for new service- however there is aserviceaspect- titat should beconsidered as well j it seems that the cutbacksarebeing as opponent of the centre councillor maustyn mcknight admits no one can deny the economics of the thing a yearly 100000 tax in lieu grant from an industry requiring no servicing and no educational or recreational facilities is hard to pass up the fact that it is a nonpolluting in stitution is another plus in its favor fears expressed in letters to local newspapers that the centre would create a sense of paranoia in the area were shown to be patently untrue by mr ballinger who talked to about 25 residents now living near penitentiaries again mr mcknight agreed that he had to discount some of his own fears after making a visit himself to the penitentiary in millbrook r x the only substantial argument against the centre was that it was possible that some day in the future another federal government could change the centre from a maximum security to a medium or minimum security status however as penitentiary representative john bennett pointed out the facility would require a major change to be used for anything except a reception centre which by definition is maximum security workshops etc would have to be installed for a changeover s vi j since prisoners are only located in the ijapphed arbitrarily to certain newevepp5cehtre for eight weeks befprebeing- r i- ti r- v n i categorized and assigned to apeniteritiary it seems tousfhat an escape would be even more unlikely than at ordinary maximum security institutions despite the dry weather this summer the stouffville horticultural society annual flower show was a great success here are the profusion of sfsugar and spice metric system under fire again 1 merits the fact is that bell wont receivefull revenue from these subdivisions for perhaps a year or more thus by waiting a year the j company can realize full revenue from the- iriew phones at the time of installation perhaps this points up one of the ways in which canadians are pampered in this regard canada has one of the most efficient phone services in the world and the price has always been reasonable 1 bell has for the most part provided sprompt installation for prospective customers in europe it can take months even years for a new connection rather than faulting bell i canada we might do well to realize that we fjiave been spoiled in the past and that the age of cheap phone service has gone theway of cheap energy cti it is something canadianswill have to live rvvith i- ris jiwe must eitherpay moreon face cut- backs in service the argument in favqrof the centre that we appreciated the most at the meeting last week was one that probably wouldnt carry much political weight a- resident pointed out that we have a definite responsibility to help- those who become involved in crime i that two such institutions would be located in uxbridge should be something to feel pride and not shame for 7 neverthelesslthe most convincing reason to most ratepayers for locating the centre in uxbridge will remain the economic one- v igiy k just clearing off my desk before heading to saskatoon for a convention of weekly editors boy am i a lazy bum there must be 45 letters stacked here unanswered first of all there are two piles of letters about the metriccelsius nonsense those who agree with me form a much deeper pile but in fairness those who disagree are much morc- literate does this have- any f significance k the more literate letters are bn the whole much duller than the emotional ones theyjreatme as a backward child or a senile old man l am- neither 7 sample from win gary wharton of unionville ontthereare things occouring his spelling in this world that from the sound of your column you couldnt even begin to comprehend things are dealt with on a worldwide basis now and in doingso we need- a common t unit of measure weight and volume so on baloney if that is so why dont we have a common worldwide language and a common unit of currency we have neither the argument holds no water onthedtherside earl f gilchrist of perth ont is equally lacking in logic the metricsystem should never beintroduced in m its an opportunity the tbwnship literally canadabecause it isnt canadian jwant my couldntaffordtomis3 children to grow up in acanadian canada hot j t5- a foreign canada arivcanadian that accerits back to wrleagmii here it istuesday morhingthe dayafter r new candidates for mental hospitals most of labor day and suddenly we realize another fall is upon us school is reopening theres a threatened airport strikeand lord knows how many others in the offing accidental deaths over the holiday weekend continuestp climb which is always a cheerful thought y the british isles continue in desperate take these things jn our stride as we proceed with our plans and aspirations- we take the attitude that somebody else can iworry about these world problems were still healthy well fed even jhoughinflation continues to nickawayat our pay cheques i- we must stop worrying about the financial conditionand economists continue to ct j r tke jdeaths and the possibility the recession isnt contradict each other as to whether or notthe r over and get on with whatever we have in 5mind there is much tobe doneinoiir own recession is ending the national tvnews t- continues its sombre list of global trouble spotsall in all one cant but help 3onuder and our work the world is in a messith prospectstofit tjlf fh getting bven worse s- fe- u th j y iffi m solving the nations problems however we hardy sbulsmustgoto work i few oft us have the capabilities or the forschool witha cheerful outlook a great knowledge to take any part-jn- solving the many folks havebecpme almost immune to complex problems that confront canada and these crises thathave beset us since the- the rest of the world we all have our own jobs vbeginning of time if we allow ourselves to to takecare of our own children to look after panicover every hew one that faces us there and thats about all most of us can handle v would surely be a rash of suicides and many lets get on with it a foreign canada ariycanadian that accepts the metric system isnt a canadian well now i wouldnt go that far that means that j could never enjoy english fish- andchips french fries chicken chow mein masagna southern fried chicken and would be condemned for life to drinking canadian ugh wine that way madness lies theres a letter from mr and mrs c knott bf roiketon manthe guy that in vented this stuff celsius and metrics died so why doesnt it die with him as it sure doesnt make any sense ave are only twp out here but i know there are many more in this area go to it bill send out petition or whatever it takes tojstayasit was before a june editoriaf in the waterloo chronicle by mikeroy isheaded some facts please he then attacks my kalfbaked ideas about the metric system he goes on to state a lot of facts about the worlds population makes a j desperate attempt to link these to the need for a metric system and failsj just take back my remark thatlettefsurgingja metric system are more literate than those against heres a long witty oft bawdy letter from harvey malcolm a farmer municipal 1 politician and news correspondent from janetville for the bowmanville statesman he wants metric have you ever tried from scratch to figure out in the twinkling of an eye with a ratepayer breathing oyer your shoulder how many lots 99 x 133 or such like can be found in an umpteen acre field no i havent- harvey but i imagine it could be done with a calculator in about three minutes by a teenager of average intelligence whats the big rush to find it out anyway somebody only wants to make a buck let him wait g bcleaden of rosedale british columbia says that he often disagrees with me wholeheartedly but on this is on my side in part he says speaking of politicans they take our money aridthey screw it all up until you cant tell one bill from another except for the good old deuce and i suppose theyll soon get rid of that they shove french down the english throats and english down the french and now they drop this celsius bit on us poor longsuffering bastards what in hell do we want that for celsius sounds more like a disease than a degree of temperature another brief letter from a western couple stamped envelope enclosed says tell us what to do write our mp or what and well do it well folks thats a good place to start but dont be surprised if you get a polite brush-off- x irytosumup my own feel ings would require another whole column and would just- touch on the subject firstly i agree that metric is easier any idot knows that by bill smiley but dont try to snow me with arguments that canadas economic future depends on the metric system our economic future like it or lump it is tied to that of the us which is not 1 1 metric f the metric system should have been introduced 50 years ago it wasnt nowis not the time to do it when inflation is making terrible ravages on our economy maybe its 15 years too soon we just cant afford it right now l celsius is silly i dont care what the temperature is in outer mongolia or what system they use i want to know whether its 10 below or 80 above fahrenheit the us uses fahrenheit the radio and tv stations along the border use both the newspapers report british and continental temperatures gj in fahrenheit the changes to metric and celsius seem to reflect that old canadian tradition which applies in everything from styles to education it goes something like this lets drag our feet for a while until every body else has tried this thing out then well jump in arid go the whole hog whether the thing worked or not heck witkbothomhemi onlyhope that v i get to saskatoon its beericapgooids summer fahrenheitallyspeakingfdrjl wheat and that those- fish i dont catch inw northern saskatchewan will not be less than two metres in length amoving incident by d0n bernard y ears ago ithis week excerpts from the tribune of sept 6 1915 r an tifort is being made to organize a kindergarten class again this school term there appears to be plenty pt demand v but 7eommodation presents a problem owing to changcsattheschoolitis impossible to accept such a class there and we are informed that- the promoters of the scheme 7areappcaling to the united church board for accommodation inthe church basement again there was a class of 25 lastyear f canning factory help vthejclaremoht- tcanning- factory- is i preparing to open for the currcnt season and looks x fora big run of tomatoes thescompany is-ad- isyertising inthis paper for 34 peelers at good wage ymany women- andvgh-ls- vfiroihclaremont and the adjacentpartjof uxbridge township find- seasonal wwi nospeaal aitracti6n jrtheparkcuttlng auregular aiiyi kina i nat and unlnterupted grass ys i -a- h 1 at first my wife was only going to bring two trunks to canada on our honeymoon two years ago she had packed the trunks with personal effects that she wanted for her new life in canada when we went to holland this past summer she ended up shipping over 2500 pounds of stuff including furniture the story really begins two years ago when my wife johanna came to canada for a sixweeks stay- that was whenwemet and were married we went to her native holland on our honeymoon she was faced with the problem of what things to take with her we were -not- sure where wewould be living so the trunks that she packed then stayed in holland- this year since we ap peared to be settled in stouffville we were going to arrange to have the trunks shipped while we were in holland johanna went to holland two weeks before i did and had some extra time to spend with her mother during that period they decided that she should not only have the trunks shipped to canada but all her bedroom furniture as well other personal affects were included movers were called and arrangements were made to have the goods shipped before we left holland the shippers came and packed everything and carted it all away- while they were packing my wife and motherinlaw would find item after item to be shipped i must confess that during this time i- kept a low- profile finally everything was gone we were assured it vvould take about six weeks plus or minus aweek to receive the shipment in toronto if i had known what was in store for me i think i would have run away then v early in august we received notification that the shipment was on its way from holland- and would arrive on a certain date a further check revealed that the ship had sailed a week later than expected from rotterdam during this time we received the bill of lading from holland v i was shocked to discover that there were two wooden crates one measured seven feet high by seven feet long by four feet wide total weight was given as 2270j pounds the other crate was much smaller and- only weighed 250pounds the crates were at ail express company office in mississauga after coming across the ocean in good order- the biggest problem was how to get them from mississauga to stouff ville r i t tiw arrangementswere finallymade with a local cartage company but first we had to go and claini the goods- as we drove to i the feeling thatit all went well until we entered the customs fift office thepepple ahead of us appeared tobe j having a difficult time the customs man was j questioning themquitecloselyoh what was contained in their- shipment he finally in- sisted on inspecting theirgoods j finally a secretary agreed to assist us by filling out some of preliminary forms but she assured us itwouldtakea long time5 she musthave had mercy on us v i it seems that newcustbms inspectors had recently been appointed and they took their jobsquite seriously everybody- was being asked to open shipments for inspection the i secretary however called over- one of the j older inspectors and without further adieu he x initialled our forms and we were done v after seeing the crate which was delivered to our house that afternoon iwas very thankful that we did not have jo open if for inspection itwasthe sturdiest strongest wooden box youcould imagineandwasit packed full j f- j the hardest part was still to comea6 about 4 prn the transport truck backed into our driveway with a hugegrey box on the back themassive package looked as im- pregnable as fort knox the only thing to do was to open it and unload the contents after half an hour ofbanging arid pulling with a large crowbar the end of the crate was finally priedloose while the box was quite large i could riot believe the amount of stuff that came out of one crate withthe helpof some friends we managed to unload the bed- chesterfield oak wall unit bamboo love seat endless numbers of boxes etc thenearfatal incident occurred when we were lifting off the top section of the oak wall i unit s a being oak it was relatively heavy- but- there was three of us to liftit aridit did notf w seem too bad somehow i was on one end byi myself as it came off the truck i could feel it was too heavy to hold it slipped to the ground knocking my glasses off and leaving me flat on the ground y we decided to open it up since it was wrapped in cardboard and found that the- movers had packed every nook and cranny fullvthe knickknacks and other things made- a it much heavier than usual- w v we worked through the evening moving j everything into the house and my wife has been unpacking ever since she admits that some of the stuffjsnot worth keepirig next project is to organize agafage a the wooden crate is to becomes shed for j i my garderir at least there are some benefits the amazing part of the whole maneuver was v- that nothing was broken andwe have a little customs people everything bit of holland transplanted to canada a