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Readers W r-ite Misplaced live bomb Ieads to fatal Emnai your lutters to edtonal@mniltoncanadianchamPson com e ~ ~ ~ ,i I ,1 accident at Westinghouse Barrack eu~i ci qcICLLIU i l IUeVU I UiVU c DEAR EDITOR: l'mn wrtting in response to your recent editoriai entitled 'Back at the polît,' in which you question whether tiseres a need for a federal election at thts time. Tise election is necessar>' because tise Harper government lias been found in contempt of Parliament and lost the confidence of the majori- t>' of the eiected members in the House. The Harper govemrment was found to be in contempt over failing to release information relat- ed to the costs ot crime legisiation and tise pur- chase of stealt.h fighter jets. No elected representative can make good, responsible decisions on sucli important matters if lie or tse doesn't have the information needed to make tisose decisions. Tise oni>' way to defend tlie niglts of MPs and the integnty of our parliamen- Traffic flow need DEAR EDITOR: Living nortis of Milton, l'm using Regional Road 25 a lot dniving into town and to get through Milton. Once 1 reach tise intersection with No. 5 Sideroad 1 find tise 'red wave' starts and iÈs virtual- 1>' impossible to, catch a green traffic liglit ail tise way tisrougli town, until you hit Denry Road. At more than $1 .20/litre for gas, this amounts to an enormous waste of mone>' and creates a large number of ver>' frustrated drivers. It doesn't end tisere. Somehow our elected offi- ciais felt rliat we deserve a ver>' bus>' set of train tracks to pass through our main roada in town: tary demnocracy was t0 bring forward a motion of non-confidence and bring down the govemnment. Mr. Harper seemns to be pretending that his government being found in contempt of Pariaînent is a minor matter that Canadians shouldn't really care about. Its a very serious mat- ter - 50 serious and unusual that no other Canadian govemrment in our entire history lias ever been found in contempt of Parliament. People have fought and died and are stili figlit- ing and dying for the right to, have a democratic system of govemrment like ours. 1 fervently hope that Canadians do care enougli to put aside an>' cynictsm and spath>', ignore tlie attack ada and resu>' pay attention to tise essenflal issues un this campaign. WENDY SCHAU MILTON s major overhaul Main Street and Ontario Street; and Steeles Avenue and Tremaine Road. Tise liglts on Main Street shouid bie set to switch'to four-way yellow anytime a train ta block- ing this road for tome 10 minutes, whicis would at lest allow the traffic on Ontario street to, flow. 1 suggest the Town issue a ciseque for $50 to me andl an>' other resident wiso lias to, use tise roada in and around Milton, to compensate for what 1 believe is totaîl>' senseleas programming of traffic computers. MICHAEL PETER MILTON My apartment search ended Up just fine efromn ONUNE on page A6 i emailed risese types of rentais, and twice i received tise saine repi>' Tise owner of tise spart- ment ta a pastor whos currentl>' on a mission in west Afr -ica. Hes not concernied about making money' Ratlier, lie wants to find a good tenant who will take good care of lis property Oh, and sel need aliefty'securit>' deposif wlred to him before an>' discussions proceed. Lesson number four: Theres a serious need for affordable housmng in Haiton. 1 don't have an>' kida, or pets for tisat matter, work fuil-time, have a relativel>' smali amount of student delit, and finding a rentai that leaves me with enougis mone>' for food at the end of tise month lias been cisallenging. 1 can't even fatliom how a senior on a fl.xed income, a student making tiseir wa>' tisrough college, or a single' parent with >'oungsters can afford tise cost of rent. But alas, m>' hunt for housing isasn't been a complete bust. 1 found a great place, in a beautifui neighbourhood thats, dare 1 say affordable. Tise icing on the cake - iCs pet friendly. 'Time Capsules' are gems of infor- mation extractedfrom past issues of the Champion and other publications in order ta provide a window into Milton's; past. Evplanatoy comment is sometimes provided to place the situa- tion in context. January 1917 Yesterday at the Westinghouse Barracks, Hailtton tisere was a shocking accident in tlie club house on, tlie ifle range, near tlie barracks. Captain Evel was lecturing to men of tlie 164th sud 205tis Batts. on thse construction of bomba. A loaded one of alarge stze had got mixed with tie unloaded whicli were used for instruction, It exploded ini tlie banda of Pte. Win. O'Reiliy, of Sheiburne, killing hlm instantly and perhaps fatali>' wouuding Pte. RJ. Sinali of Fergus. Other men wounded were Ptes. Chas. Nelson, Milton, Albert Greenwood, Harold Luali, Oakvffle, Rô)r Laking, Evertett, of tlie 164tl and Ptes. Tlios. Argent, Fred. Woulridge, Tisos. Edge sud Geo. l>Ïsun, 205th. Most of tlie wounds are in the men's legs. "Robt. Joyce, Deput>' Slieriff, snd W.A. Chapinan, constable, escorted Leo Manning to Kingston peniten- tiar' bat Frida>' to put in lis sen- tence. In tlie jail after lie got bis sen- tence Manning wept and said lie would die before lie would pot it ix. Later lie attmpteil or pretended to attempt suicide, lie broke a tix plate on whiclifoodbadbeexgiveixto hum sud with it s ragged edge made s rather deep cut across the middle uf one of lis forearros. It bled a good deal, but no0 important blood vessel was severed sud lie was little the worse wlien lie started on lis jour- ne>,, during whici lie gave nu trou- ble. Letter to editor (tongue in clieek): Re delaying liomecoming receptions to end of war... 1 would like tu sug- milton Capsules gest a further war-time economy lIn the past it lias been customar>' to hold individuai funerala for each per- son who died, at great expense and trouble and at a great ioss of tune on tise part of those who attended the funerals. 1 would suggest that thse counicil. pass a motion that mn future, wisen anybody dies in the town or vicinity, instead of gomng to the expense of inclividual funerals, their bodies should be salted and stacked up in a corner of the basement of thse town hall until alter the war wvhen one large funeral could be held. On Saturda>' W.J. McClenalian went to Toronto to say goodbye to his son, Corp. WS. McClenahan, B.A., who left for an estero point .on Sunday evening witli a draft of four troops of 30 men each, total 120, for the Divisional C>ýcIist Corps, now lin France. The draft wili go overseas very soon. Nearly ail is merabers are coilege men, frorn. Toronto University' and Queen's Kingston. Another family that bas done weil in sending its sons to the front ta that of tie, late George and Mas. Laver>'. George Laver>, wiil be remembered by many Milton people as having owned tlie bus service here for man>, years. lis widow, witi lier famil>, of five sons and two girls, moved to Toronto on lis deatli, some fifteen years ago. Ail the children have grown up 110w, of course, sud four out of the Byve boys are overseas, serv- ing their King sud Country Thisrateiiassembled on bdal( of the Milton HLstonical Sociey byjirn DilLs, who an be reachedthnvugh the socles> a (3905) 875-4156.ý WVhenever you get tlred ofCH EAP,. STAL*, CHAIRcoAL4{-'AVO-L YLSW LLrCOFE Lok usup for sone triy GEAT CFFF co 35 Steeles Ave Eas1tMItQn, ON L9T 1 Y2 I95 905-