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Th l',C4madian statum*an, flowmanvlfle, Teb. 24, 1985 EDITORIAL COMMENT We Wouldn't Want to Live There Recentîy, we visited neighboring City of Toronta for a weekly es paper convention and, as always, came awiýay thankful that we were in one piece, and campîetely happy ta continue living in the comparative tranquility .of Bowmanvilîe. A drive ta Toronto and within its >orders used ta be an enjoyable ex- ,P.erience, but not any more. Now, one Iprojects bis car with cansiderable trepi- dation froin either the Waverley Rd. or Liberty St. entrance anto highway 401 JtMacdonald-Cartier Freeway). At that ,boment, driving attitudes must be al- 4t#red quickly from a 20 mile an hour '*utlook ta that of a speed deman . .. or yau have the feeling you will be run .4own by one of those four-wheeled or '12-wheeled cars or trucks. In effect, you ave ta take off like a jet just ta remain In the streani of traffic. -ý And that's the way it goes aIl the i"-ay ta Toronto until once there you fdecide ta save tume by trying out the .âiew Don Valley Parkway and the ýGardner Expressway. At rush hour or alGmost any other time of the day that jais an experience for which one should ttake training at Mospart. The speed ~imtsays 50 miles an hour, but quite oiï tously that is posted oniy as a sop 2to little aid ladies or for sanie other Zýunexplained reason. Nobody pays any ,fattention ta it. Accustamed ta being a t1aw-abiding citizen ta a point, we start- Zed off at that speed, right. in the centre :lane out of harm's way, we thought. ...Zoom! Zoom! They were screaming past -us on the right and the left as if we -uwere standing still, until aur head was :,snapping back and forth like at a tennis or badminton match. Every driver shot fa glare as he or she went past. They -Iooked at us not as a fellow traveller . ;on the highway, we were a competitor tslowin g them up on their last lap of 4eCanadian Grand Prix. Frankly, how people stand that type of driving experience day in and out without going utterly mad we wouldn't know. We arrived at that fabulous gargantua the Royal York al- most prayerfully thankful ta have came out of it alive with aIl fenders stili intact. We didn't want ta see that car again until we were able ta sneak out of Toronto under caver of darkness when traffie might be just a bit. mare subdued. Toronto is changing so fast that unless yau are visiting it every week you just can't keep up with the new develapinents. A good friend gave us two editions of "Brown of the Globe" for Christmas. The books tell of the Brown family ar- riving in Toronto in 1843 when things were much different than today. In those early frontier days, Toronto'ç population was 16,000 souls. There was considerabie developinent downtown and Charles Dickens found the place full of "bustle, business and imprave- ment." But, east of Yonge St. were wheat fields, swamps and Allan's Bush, at times the haunt of dangerous gangs of ruffians. West of Yonge, College Avenue (now University) had just been opened up. Otherwise, there was but sketchy developinent in this quarter. Sidewalks, if any, were of planks and few roads were surfaced outside the central area, Pigs might roani residen- tial streets ta scavenge, despite repeat- ed and heated newspaper protests. The citv had inadequate water supply, five regular police but more than a hundred taverns and iicensed premises. That's onlv part of the description, but will give an indication of the chang- es that have been wrought over the years. Bowmanviiie probably wasn't too sightiyv either in those days, but then or now we prefer it for good, more or less relaxed living ta that sprawling giant ta aur west. Strike a Medal for Us Sinners Last week's report that liquor, beer -and wine sales in the province reached $421 million dollars in 1964, with about haîf this figure going ta the provincial '.government in taxes, makes one won- -der if there ought ta be a medal struck for al those imbibers wha contributed '-:50 gererously ta the provincial treas- ,rury. At the samne tume there should be - consideration giiven to striking a medal :frtobacco cansumers for contributing :ýso liberally' ta the federal treasury, The fodney Mercury dlaims,- because each _,year thev contribute $370,000,000 or about one million dollars a day in tobaccio tax. With three-quarters of the aduit >.population estimated will take a drink, the other 25 per cent ought ta be eter- -. nally grateful ta the imbibers for pay- i.ng so much tax last year. If it were ..rot for the latter, abstainers xvould be ~called upan for greatly increased taxes. - ,When it is considered those who earn the most money drink the Most. the 1liquor tax is fair - a Robin Haod-type tax which rabs the rich and gives ta the poar. Much the same stary can be told of the cigsarette tax. Off hand no per- centage figures can be quoted on the number of smokers and nan-smakers, but if it were not for smokers an extra $1,000,000 a day in federal taxes might be difficult ta find. No doubt we wvould part with the money more grudginglv than do smakers when payîng tax on tobacca. Sa, whiie many will complain about the problenis drinking create, no one ever secins ta have a good word for drinkers wha apparc-ntly are happy ta pay a fat tax ta get a fat head. Like- wvise, non-smokers rarely have a good word for those who are helping him pay his taxes. even though theY do it gladly with lung cancer the possible result. Not the OnIy Piker From The Port Hope Guide The village of Newcastle has once rore served notice that it does not wish 'ta have any part in the conservation ý'work being done in the area. By appas- .?ing the levy of its share of the Gana- 'raska Region Conservation Authority _budget, the village has once mare given ..notice that Newcastle is out for New- ,castle and cares little about anybody yelse. We venture to suggest that New- _ýcastle wou]d feel somewhat injured if teill the people of the Township of Clarke -ýedecided ta stay away froni Newcastle ý;rtores, garages and other businesses. ýYet the people of Newcastle - or rather 'Aheir council - act as though they *would not care if ail the good land of c larke were ta disappear inta the lake. It is true that Newcastle was asleep !Wt the switch when the enlarged author- leity was formed. They could have tried -wto stay out then. Mr. E. G. Jackson, a ', provincial gaverament representative at ,V%ednesday's meeting of the authoritv, tsaid that even if Newcastle had abject- ft*ed, it would probably stili have been àevoted in. We suspect that Mr. Jackson it vas not at the meeting at which the lauthority was enlarged, because it xvas iclearly the consensus of that meeting ,that no one would be forced ta loin ewho did not want ta. But for the sake ;of $200, or even $300, how much better "if _______ I -I I ~ a.i.riu~ ~~1IEum.~~an~bnrn ~wJjw w-- would it have been tn co-operate in regional conservation work, which does benefit the village whether thev admit it. or not, and earn a reputation as a good neighbor rather than as a bad one! By contrast we should mention Hamilton township, one of the original members, which paid $200 a year for more than 15 years and which is now paying $300, without any work being done within its borders. And so that Newcastle may flot seem the anly piker, it should be noted that when the authority was formed it was agreed to by the counicils of the niember municipalities on condition that each municipalitv's contribution be flot more than one mill of its taxes. The contributions of the most interested municipalities have gone down in terms of milis rather than up. Port Hope should really be payiny more than $10,- 000. Hope arnund $3 ,000. on the one- miii basis. With that kind of budget the authority could do far more of the fine work it is doing now. Editorial Notes Too many people fashion their lives after French bread - one long loaf. Modemn girls may flot know how to cook - but they sure know what's cookin'. *tm4u Durham County's Greeda'i Fmi)y Journal %,9 4 Established. 111 yeaua aqgo in 1854 AIma Incorporatinq The Bowxnanvlle News a The Newcastle Independent0- à ODThe Orono News liea. a1 £uthou*d mea Secound Clos% Mai by the Pont Office Dept.. Ottawa. aInd for poymen, et agae In Producad every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUELISHING COMPANY LIMITED P.O. Box l1go 62-68 JKing St. W.. Bowmanviie, Ontario JOHN M. JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MORI Eý=tPBrxmAnvYc. MANAG.ER BUSI;ESS MG.] SUBSCRIPTION RATES $4.W a Yomr, strictly ln advance S5.50 a Year ln the United States caok RRIS M. iqiAlthoiiqb every Prec@tton W'11 b. taken ta OvOld orrai £he Canadien Stateaman accepte advertio. ils edcalumets on the unde:standinq toe t wil; fnot b. Jiable ici ony errai m ay advertiserment pbabdhezeundez UUIeO PYMot a1 uch advertisement in 'equested in .Wri1t o b the odvertis.z e od trn ta The Coiedion Statesmarn husinesa office dujv l"gned by the advertiser and with euch au"= or corechea plaiuy notait in writinq thoron, nd in thot case Il ony erer ne noted in net «nmotd by thn Camodian Stat«emn Nu Iiobiiity cai! net *rreed such a portîmn ei the entre test Of uaid uv.rificment am the space octtpi.d bv the neted ea, rb.rmr te the whl. e«Pare oceupied by sué ad'vrttgmL *The moat modern railway re- Ssearch centre in Canada ha. Sbeen opened at Montreal by Can- adian National Railways. Engins- ers, chemists, physicista, moel- lurgists and techniciens devote their skills ta applied research, technical contrai and qualitycon- trol of materials in the new centre, (aboya). Large savinga are realized through the development and application of new or botter materials and devices for railway use such as 1textiles, plastics, sanitary chemni- cals, cleaning materiais, lubri- cants, mnetals and rail, highway and marine equipment. On. of the specialized machines in the centre is the Fadometer, Ieft, which tests the resistance ta fading in fabrics. A leader in railway research and development, CN has a number of unique discoveries ta its credit, one of the most recent boing an electronic scale which weighs cars an motion, and b.- lieved ta be the only one of its kind in the world. 17etters bt/wthe(litor Sundcriland, Ont., February ]6th, 1965 Mr. J. James, Greet ings. XVe listened to the cere- Iflonies in London and Otta- lva, of the iowcring of the old flag and the raising of the liev. The speeches xvere, as c'xpected, urbane. Hope- fLiiIV, alSa the Unctuons, clerical biessings and the benefits of pomp, sound and champagne aidcd the debut. One wonders why' the rais- ing was flot delayed either to Victoria, or Dominion, or Thanksgiving Day, thus ta afford colour to a Canadian holiday. Prof.* Jndcrhill descrihed the proccss by which we have this flag. as a distinct- ive exhibit of how ideal de- rnocracy wvorks, in that it was forecast, p r op os ed, agrecd upon in commit.tee, and favourably "votcd upon. by ail parties, save one'. Parliament is elected ta ROx. ern, but on some matters 1 ciear mandate is preferabit MY idea of ideal democratic action is that people be ai- forded, and exert voting powers on truiy nation-wide and historie matters. Truly this issue was bandied about in ail sorts of places anm groups, but Canadians were deemed able ta talk, but not xise, sensitive or competent enough ta vote. Now, the fiag is ours and flics on pales aver the lands, and iet's hope it xiii be honoured in hearts. We wish it well. Time wiil tell whether it is a fiag of truce, covering the marshalling of further action against oui beneficial connections anc honoured traditions. Ia this aur cieft nation, May it do an 'about tura", and be a high, effective and sacred unifying Andean Cross, or even as the "1brazen serpent and *Distant Past From the Statesman Files 25 YEARS AGO 49 VEAR-S AGO (Feb. 29, 1940) <March 2, 1916) L B.H.ýS. 3rd Fnrrn provid- cd a fine Literary Pragrani. IaCiuded in tie prograni was a play, "The M\anii iuthe Bowier Ilat".Menibers of *the cast wcre lHorace Moses, Joyce Richards, Ernest Mor- t ris, Ken Nichais, Catherinp Thonipson, Allaui Ferguson and Gordon Slemon. Alex and Bill Colville, local ski entliusiasts, wcre arnong those vho spent the weekcnd sin in the his of the Laurcutians. north of Montreal, along xiti other members of the Oshawa Ski Club. Mc. Bert Mortlock and Mr. Sam Ciaters Jî., Brampton, wece in town Sunday after- nioon caliing on friends. Mc. Mortlock had had uis Sun- day School ciass at Denton Massey's Yack Bihie Cias and coulda't cesist the temp- tation ta came on to lie aid homne towa. Mc. I. G. Hefke 'v, formecly manager of Royal Batik hiere, lias been elccted presi- dent of the Red Cross Sa- ciety la Belleville. Master BillMar-ris, eldest son of Provincial Constable and Mrs. D. P. Morris, cele- brates his 1l2th birthday ta- dav. Mr. Alec Bicks, M.A., son of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Bicks, lias reccntly jomcd tic staff of tie Ontario Re- searcchFouindation ia Toron- ta. Miss Edith Muirphy, af Ponitypoal, is visiting hiec brother, Mr. Walter Murphy, Waverie 'v Roadc. Mrs. H. Johotston, Mill- bcoak, spent tie weekend witi Mrs. Archie Tait. Miss Elsie Aluin, Edmon- ton, Alta., is visiting hiec aunt, Miss Annie Allia. Results of Grade One Tieorv Examinatians xvece annauaced yesterdayv and in- cluded tic following first class honors pupils and their miarks: Ruby McLaugilin (100), Fay Giiroy (99), Joan Greenfield (95) and Betty Smales (92>. Ail are pupils of Miss Dorothv M. Edger, A.T.C.M., Bawmnanviiie. Tyrone: Mc. Thas. Rich- ards attended the Good Roads Convention in Toron- to. Sauina: Bcadiey's Scinol closed foc a week due ta the iliness of their teacher, Miss Margaret Bcackenbridge. Hampton: NIc. and Mrs. Hf. Stainton entcrtained a nuni- ber of friends. Saturday ex-cni ng. Starkvilie: Miss Mentliai- laxv&l lias I'f' 1-dher position in .NewcastIe' Miss Etiei Hotie ', West Toronto. and Lance Cocp. Bert Hoaey. 84ti Batt., Brantford, spent tie week- end with their aunt, Mcs. W. B. Pincli. Mcs. Jas. Gaie spent Sun- day la Toronto witi hiec son Fred wio underwent an operation previaus ta en- listing witi a Toronto Regt. for overseas. Mr~. John Stacey bas re- turned froni visitiag his brother, l\Mr. Tios. Stacey, Bitievale, wio is recovering nicely froni a very secious attack of pacumonia. Rex'. W. C. Washington, M.A ., spent the weekend with his son, Rev. C. C. Washington, of Roseneati, preach i n g supecannuation sermons, Suaday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Clemens of Niag-ara Fauts, annouace the engagement of their daughter Olive Aileca and Lieut. W. Hardy' vNicioli, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Niciolîs, of Bowmanviiie, the wedding ta take place in tic near future. Mcs. W. H. Williams, of Church St., lias retucaed home bcinging with hiec,lhec daugh¶.er Miss Sara, wlîa wvas skillfullv aperated on by Doctor Keill«y of tie Doctor Keiiy's Private Hos- pitai at Baltimore, Md., U.S. A. Miss Williams is cesting niicely and doing well. Sic will resumnelhec duties as a traiîîed nurse when fuliy rccovered in àstccagti after tuis vecy critical opecation. 'fie Statesmati staff are N'ry grateful ta Messrs. S. J. Jackman & Sons for a beaUtiful bouquet or yeilow daffodils wiici gives a breati of spcing and are a vers' pretty sigit tiese cold wintec days. Tlheir con- secx'atory is fast becoming a mass of bloom. Miss Muriel Snetsinger, Ontario Ladies' Coilege, Wiitby, was recent guest of Miss Mildced Cook. 1r. F. A. Hoac, Oshawa, speat Suaday witi bis motier, Mrs. Thos. Hoar. Dr. J. C. Devitt spent Sun- da 'y witi uis sister, Mrs. R. P. Bawies, Toronto. Miss E. Godin, Eganville, is iead mlliner in Miss Hacnden's milliaecv Miss C. L. Cherry* , Toron- ta, spent thc weekend at home.t Miss Gertrude Y a u n g visited in Toronto vec Sun-9 day.1 M rý B. H algate and chid(- t i-en, T\& -rixisited at Mr. John A. Hlgate's, a ig Je ly ut )t The pr'evious lette-s haý t reviewed sanne of what til United Chureh's New Cu jd riculuni does fot bel iei SIabout ur Bible and whi )e the Bible says n these sut jects. Tday, may 1 view wit you very brieRy the secon )f comning of aur Lord. irThe New Curriculum, " d N possible ta look for tih IS Kingdom without tic se( 0ond coming" (Juniors TeE achers Guide, p. 40.) d God Speaks Th'rough Pec pe, by Frank H. Morgai com;iments of Acts 1, "Th IActs of tic Aýpostles tells u 'As they were looking uç He was lifted up, and coud took Him out of thel sight'. What did they see W e don't know and i doesn't matter. Luke wa tr * ing ta describe a uniqu event, one that is beyon ordinarv words but th, Ascension points ta thi final great trut, tiat Jesu: o-f Gailce, who was 111, Christ of the Cross, is ais( the risen Lord who reign! with God, ur Saviour anc aur Lord". The ' v doubt the ascensior of aur Lord and orni Christ's return. Acts 1:9 and when He (Christ) had spoken these things, while they behed, He was taken u, and a coud recevied Hm out of their sight; v. 10, and while they ooked steadast toward heaven as He went up. . . : v. il, thig sane Jesus which is taken up frn you into heaven shall 8a came in like man.- fer as ye see Him go into heaven. 1 believe the return of aur Lord is mentiaaed about -100 odd times in the New Testament alone. and many times in the aid. It is a bigz s:ubjet ta be left out of one's teaching. Christ'.% second coming hasq a threefold relation: To the church (bon again believ- ers), ta srael and ta the n atioans. First, the Ohureh: 1 Thess. 4: 16-17. For the Lord Hin- self shall descend frani hea- en with a shout, with the vaice ofthte archangel, and the trumpet f God: and the dead in Christ sha]l1 risc first, tien we whici are alive and remain shall be caught up together wih them in the cioud't to meet the Lord la tie air; and s0 sibaii we ever be with the Lard. Second, ta Israei: Acts 15, 16, After this 1 (the Lord) xviilreturn, and will build ,again the tabernacle of Da- x'id, wiich is failen dawrn and 1 wil buid again the rutos thereof, and I wil et ilup. Third, ta the Nationne (Gentile): Malt. 25: .11 and 32, When tic gon of man .shail corne in hix giory. and $Il the ho]v angelq with Jlmmn, tlhen ighall He sit upon the thrane of His giory: and before Him o~hall be gather- ed 8il nations, and He shahl separate theni one froni an- other. 1 would like ta say thank YO, ta Mr-. J. Craig and thank You Mr. R. Lander for vour thoughts-. 1 agree wit.h your thought that the writers of aur Bible were stenographers. How couid it ot'herwise be tic termn, "Thus saith the Loird", 'T'he Lord said unto Moses", -mPle word af tic Lord camne un- ta . " . 'are extremeiy eom - mon in tic scripture, so that God used a humnan iand ta write His ward to u9, led by the Holy Spi-rit. Yours truly. G. A. Meek& in the widerness", à curative baim for aur nation. Sincerely, Fred J. Reed. PO0. Box 917, Bownianvilie, Ont. Feb. 20, 1965 Fsa/ ?Jungman 'sCoIun 1 was pleased to see a "letter to the Editor" from Peter Walker, includ- ing best wishes to my wife, and I. The last we heard of him he was in a Tor- onto Hospital in rather bad shape, s0 it's doubly nice to hear from him, and to know that the Auld Scot can stili ait up, take nourishment, and observe with interest, the passing scene, espec- ially as he must be more than eighty years of age. Indeed, he enlisted, served overseas, and was wounded in the Sec- ond World War, at an age when mast men are beginning to plot for their r4- tirement a few years hence. Even when old Pete was "demob- bed" after the war, he didn't rest on his laurels, but promptly bought a small combination grocery store and pool hall at Holland Landing which was surpris- ing in view of the fact that, with the exception of his soldiering years, and a short speli as a service station opera- tor, he had been a life-long agricultur- ist. It wasn't long before the citizens of Holland Landing discovered that the quiet-spoken "Pop" Walker was a real buzz saw when it came to cammunity affairs, also that, he was no slouch when it came to business. He must have been close ta eighty when he decided ta retire from operating his Holland Land- ing store. Since then, until recently, we seemed ta have lost track of him, but we often mention his name because we were close friends with the Walker family when they lived south of the Une fence between our two farms, in Manvers Township, years ago. Besides being f arme r-neigh bou rs, Pete Walker, George White, and I own- ed and operated a portable sawing machine which we used for custom fuel wood cutting in this neck of the woods. Back in the winter of 1921-22, Peter, his son Alex and 1, cut pine saw logsi for Art Curtis. During that same winter,1 Pete and I would journey, by horsei and cutter, three nights a week, to at-i tend the Royal School of Infantry In-( struction Course at Millbrook Armoury.1 DOCTORS GIVE IM A PAIN A couple of experiences recently have confirmed samething I've long suspected. People spend far too rnuch tume going ta the doctor. Most doctors would probably agree. My wife, who could go 15 rounds with'Cassius Clay and flot breathe hard, goes te the doctor about twice a month. He says, "Well, you're certainiy look- ing in fine fettie," gives ber a bottle of pis and sends ber about ber business. My experience with doctors has been on two levels, the social and the professional. Socially. you can't beat theni. They like a drink, a good stary, good company. Professionally . . . well, let me tell you. Just after the war, the medical profession told me 1 had tuberculosis. There was a shadow on my chest X- ray. They pumped out my stomach and poked among the horrors exhumed. They vampired blood out of my anm. They sucked marrow out of my brest- bone. Every sa often, a specialist in read- ing X-rays would show me the "sha- doW" on'my Iung. There were about 484 shadows on the X-ray. I'd nod in- teliigently, tLhough lIl swear it was a different one every tume. I still think they got a fly-speck on the original X-ray. But I bear thein no grudge. This used ta happen ta me during the war. We'd be flying forma- tion, on a mission, heads swivelling wildly ta watch for German fighters. Suddenly, I'd spot a whale gaggle of the foe and holler over the radio, "Enemy aircraft, above, 10 o'clock!" Aller a frantic silence, in wbich everyone else sivept the skv with bis eves, a sardonic voice would announce, "Smiley's got oul specks on bis wind- screen again." Sa I forgave the dacs. In 12 months, they couldn't prove, at least ta my satis- faction, that I had TB. But they needed the practice, and I bore no ill-will. Abueityers ltr a sitrgaoa ane dio hei We took turns at providing the trars. partâtion, and oddly enough, both o É driving nags answered ta the naine af "Darky."' One turne, Pete's Darky jusV wouldn't speed up which mnadqV~s won, der what was wrang. Then didn't seem sick, but certainlv lacked tH% Usual speed. Pete mentioned having had her freshiy shad which made me facetiously mutter that, perhaps she had been wronglv shod. The following day, Pete asked a different hlacksmith ta check the shoes, and sure enough, poor oid Darky had hind shoes on her front hoaves and the front ones on behind. She was re-shod properly and tratted like a new horse. Around that sanie time period, Mr. 'Walker wvas Superintendent of the Sun. day School at McCrea's Church, and had me teaching the aduit Bible class. With others. we took a keen interest ini keeping the old Church solvent which meant driving around soliciting funds as weli as other duties, on@ of which was mine, ta provide the wine on Corn. munion Sunday. I had intended pur- chasing a bottle of Welch's grape juice, but forgot about it until haif way to church. Guessing that Mrs. Walker wouid probably have sonie preserved raspberries of which she might give me the juice. We called there, but the Walkers had left for Church. The door was unlocked Sa I presumed on oui friendship, and went down ceilar. Ye~ there were sealers of fruit, but none aà it red. In the window, at the head of the cellar steps, 'vas a sealer of red stuff which turned out to be the vine- gar-juice of beets. I took it! And, wouldn't you know, the first communi-. cant was Mrs. WalkAr. It was fun to see the look of surprise as each persan sipped the liquid, and pursed, thei mouths. Years afterward, Pete and fl wife would laugh at the remembrance of their brash young neighbaurts im- pertinent ingenuity. very sore back. Could hardly straighten up. I went to a specialist. Hle took $28 worth of X-rays and a ten-dollar fee, poked me painfuily, and on the second visit informed me that 1 had a "severs j irritation of the lumbar region.". I was J pretty scared and asked humfin ati involved. "To put it in Iaymar I]an. guage,'" he pontificated, "you '4Àave a sore back." Couple of years later, 1 hobbled inta anather doctor's office. My knee was acting up. A Gemman feldwebel had tried ta kick the kneecap off, ans day in 1944, and every so often it went an the fritz. The doc twisted it until I screamed, told me it was very pain- fuI, and sent me ta à specialist. He taok X-rays, wrenched it until I was balhed in sweat, and tolel me 1 had a bad knee and should be eareful with it. Recently, I went to the veterans' bospital, for my regular chest check- up. The doc couldn't find the scar on my X-ray, and had to ask me which lung it bad been. 1 didn't know. The other day, I went toanAw specialist. .1 can see fine, but my *ife thought I should go. I haven't had my eyes checked since another eye specia. Eist, 15 years ago, prescribed the glass- es I wear for reading. Well, this young fellow the ather day, who can give you an appointment within four rnonths of the tinte you eall, told me I didn't need glasses. Said the ones I had were as useful as win- dow panes. He didn't realize I'd had thern renewed at about $25 a rattle, four or five turnes since the original prescription, whenever I'd broken thern or lost theni. WelI, I'm going to fool him. I'M going to go right on wearing those glasses, if only to bide the bags under my eyes. Doctors! ît's not that I'rn preju- diced. Sanie of my best friends are doctors. But how would you like your February l6th, 1965 To the Editor: Tic Northumberland -Dur- ham TB and Health Associa- tion would like ta offer you, your ncwspaper and tiraugi its media, tic residents of the Bowmanville district, its grateful acknowledge- ment for tic support mecciv- cd ia tic Christmas Seal Camnpaign. It is heart-warming ta ealize tiat not only are tic Christmas Scals ecognizcd as being a decorative part of tic season'à mai], but that so many reahîze tie great need in tie battle against tuberculosis for eaci and everyane ta rally 'round and contribute to the many- sided efforts being made to conquer it. School pragrams for TB testiag, chcck-ups an those wio have been reieased from Sanitoria, are ail part of tic great preventive pro- gram. which, coupled witi tie di-ive of îcspach work- tri tg fiIId yet morte cvw means of prevea.tion and cure, are ail assisted iy those who have cantributed ta the Christmas Sea.. A great part of this coan- tribution tao, is tic wide- spread publication given ta tic wock o! tic Ontario Tubecculosis A s so ciation tirough tic individual and tic prcss, and again we would like ta thank you for tic great part you have played in tuis wotiwhile endeavour. Tic Northumberland- Durham TB and Healti Association, Farrest R. Dennis, Pres. Editor's Note : Ia conver- sation with a representative o! the above organîzation iast week, tic information was disclosed tiat tic Christ- mas Seal Campaign returas were a few iundred dollars iowcr here tian la tié previaus year. Donations ta put tic campaign avec the top wili be welcomed. They shotuld be sent direct ta lie arganization at 356 Walton St.. Cobourg. PONTYPOOL Anntiier successful euchra wa.s;hcld under the, auspices a! the U.C.W. on Friday even- iag. Prize winriers weru Jainny Letiangue, C1ifforde Fahhis, Laverne g&own and Mr.s. Aubrey Cala. Pjâzes were4 r' donated by Mrs. Zq'Va Rich- ardson. 0'I This community was sad. dened ta hear of tie passing a! Mr. Gardon Hunter of Tor- onto. Deceased awned a tree farm west of Drurn School and spent muci of the summe-r- time0 here. Hc was wel iked anid respected by ail. To ýiis widow we extend aur patiy. A meeting of the Memo)rial Park Association waq held Wednesdav evening and was wcii atteaded. Tie officers were clected for 1965 and con- siderable business waa trans- acted. NMrF '" Fallix had the insjif.n;r ta tallon le and etraan berankmId, :.cmUy, 1