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-" ~ 4 T,. nadan tatmma, Ewmanvm., lune 21, off EDITORIAL COMMENT Gentie iune RPRin In the Dim and Distant Past 7%e rab!in June Cornes rnainly tln agentie way. When dust clusters over Iafe-Cultivated feilds or spirals aiong disturbed ICOUntry lanes, Nature applies ram a« àa pacifier. Icornes softly. The first scouting drops are steaithy. off stage there may b. the majestic drum roî of distant thunder. Lightning tears brilliant and jagged rents in the curtain of dark sky over far off his. A succeeding force ci rain patters along rooftops and sews tiny explosions in the dust. Soon the leaves are tlckied into limp submris- ulon. Wlth a whooshing sound of strength the main, daznp body thrums into action. Dry soi], ground cover, plants and for- est litter drink deeply, replenishing stocks exhausted by the sun. It is a Mgrowing rain" welcomed and eagerIy embraced. I Report froi I By Russell C. This is a potpourri of so-ne things that might be of interest ta you. As yoti know, thé Queen will pre- aide at a special assemblage of Mem- bers of Parliament and Senators ini Ottawa on July Ist. If the weather co- operates, the ceremony will take place on the front lawn af Parliament Hill. There will be a reception later where Members, Senators and their wives will meet the Queen and Prince Philip. Members of Parliament and Sena- tors. will have to decide whether they wilt attend the céremonies in Ottawa or ini their Ridings. For mny part, my wife Anne and I plan ta be in Ottawa that day. I think it would be discour- teous to the Queen and Parliament not to be in Ottawa to attend Parliament Svhen our Queen visits. This was flot an easy decision to niake because of several invitations to attend Centennial Ceremonies in Dur- ham. We will be very sorry not to be able to visit parts of the Riding on this important day, but as a Member of Parliament my primary responsibility 15 to represent my constituents in Ot.- tawa. The new Orono Post Office la now open for business. The new Federal Building in Port Hope has been in opera ation since last fali. It will be officially opened on Friday evening, June 23rd. Te opening ceretrnony will be attend- ed by representatives of civic, religious anid community groups. I hope the War- den of the United Counties, the Mayor of Port Hope and the Reeve of Hope1 1%0 SUllo June rain la happy. It chitter-chat- ters on pavement and roadway and beats coded messages on the resonant roofs of warehouses andi barns. It gur- gles in eavestroughs and chuckles down drain pipes. It twinkles on pond and lake waters with ballet precision. Streams and brooks flow with frothing joy. Yet, there in no heart for rarnpaging because the rain in June han a mission to be tender and stknu- lating with the new growth of the pre- summer season. Editor's note: The above editorial appeared recently in The Montreal Star. If the writer had been around here on Saturday or on the mini-rail at Expo that was hung up in Friday's deluge, he no doubt would have changed his opinion about the gentie- ness of June ramn. Mn Ottawa Honey, M .P. sTownship will be able ta attend. The House of Commons has been dealing with estimnates for the past two weeks. This is a tedious and at times 1monotonous task. Every dollar of esti- Smated gavernment expenditure must be appraved by Parliament before the gav- erfirnent, can spend it. I had a bit of a break on Monday and Tuesday ai this week as I replaced the Deputy Speaker oa he House ai Commons who had ta be absent fram Ottawa for two days. This was an exciting experience and I feit quite honored ta be asked ta serve in this capacity. On Tuesday af next week I will represent the Prime Minister at a Cen- tennial Service of the Canada Section of the Lutheran Church in America, in Ottawa, ta read one ai the Scrîp ture Lessons. The Prime Mirister cannot attend personally. With the particu]arly heavy sched- uIc we have had in Ottawa for the past 18 months I have not been able ta spend as much time visiting ail parts ai Dur- ham as I would like. I welcome a break frcvrn Ottawa this summer because it will enable me ta see a great deal more of my constituents. I will have some responsibilities, not only in Ottawa but elsewhere in Canada, during the sum- mer months. but I hope ta spend most oi my time in Durham County. I plan ta attend the apening ai the Ja-nes G. Gardiner Dam in Saskatchewan. The damn will be officially opened by Prime Minister Pearson and Agriculture Min- ister Joe Greene in July. TrO CANADA'S CENTENNIAL, 1867-1967' Ood, bless this lovely vast Demain w. proudly caîl our own! .rought safely through ane hundred 1years by men of high -renown, Who braveiy faught aggressors thrcats 1 with faith and courage strong -1'hat Canada may henceforth be a Land of Liberty And dangers that at tîmes perplex smre other distant clime May like the flimsy thistledown soon * disappear and die. Ifere men fror.n every walk in lie i without a jealous thought Etood firmn and true with faith in God te serve this Country right .Whose namnes eut deep in haste and SUiI in desks may still be seen Znsorne ittle village schoolraom wherc the three great-R's were taught Ad daily raised their cherisheti flag beneath Canadian sky .-To pledge allegiance to their Gad, their Country and their Queen. ýA.nd thus today from shore te shore we gather te acclaim ?Iiis glorlous Land ai Canada with wealth and beauty crowned, ;And from every tewn and city in a thousand different ways lo pledge anew their loyalty this great Centennial Day, Amd honor pay toalal who serve with truc diplomacv To keep the gaodwill ai the World and prestige held with pride. Lord, bless and keep our Canada secure fromn year ta year, Help us te love aur heritage with undîimînished faîth, That ail within thi.s pleasant land in safety may gbide, And honor with integrity walk ever side by side, And stand te guard with loyal hearts I their country day and night And dedicate their lives anew ta Canada the Great. -Minnie E. McHolm TH1E GREAT PHYSICIAN May the great Physician of the past, Live an ln men te-day, And ln their new-iaund s kils 50 vast, Follow the Master's way. H-e healed the body, heart, and mind, Compassion flowed te ail mankind. I'm sure it was net easy, For the Man ai Galilee, As he listened ta the many ilus Oi folk, like you and me. I'm sure he ait was weary, When the day drew te it's close, But Hie found a quiet strength in prayer, Before He saught repose. 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Gl[AY 1 A MacDuff Ottawa Repo'rt There nay be s onme grumbling about this, but it remains a cberished part ai the law. tNothing wauld prevent this rather paradoxical situ- ation fromn continuing bow- ever, except the discomiart ai the cabinet on matters of capital punlshnient. Now the Governnent has annaunced in its Tbrone Speech at the opening af the new session af Par]ia- ment tbat it wiIl bring the issue a! capital punishnent betore the Cannions again. There will be anather free vote on the issue, because, as Mr. Pearson explained, he daca nat cansider last year's votes clear or decisive. Probably nothing in the Throne Speech angered ar irritated Members ai Parlia- ment mare than this renew- ed initiative on capital pun- isbnient. Most af theni simply do not want ta repeat what ta theni was a moral ordeal that should be cansidered resolved. In the debate on the Throne Speech several nien- bers made passing reference ta this, demonstrating their uneasiness about Govern- ment policy, and their un- willingness ta go through another aganizing in n er OTTAWA-Menibers ai Par- lianent who thougbt they had disposed ai the question of capital punishment a year ago are still wondering wby Prime Minister Pearson in- sists an bringing the issue back ta the Cannions. This is no idie question. The five-day debate on capital punishnent in April, 1966, ended in a decisive vote ai 143 ta 112 against the abolitian ai capital pun- ishment. Menibers ai Parliament wha had searched their consciences s0 careiully be- fore voting, felt they bad made an honest decisian valid for "everai years at ]east. The rnajority in the Coni- nions had told the Gavern- ment clearly tbat sane nurderers should be hang- cd for their crimes. The niajarity said the law shouid renain as it is. The death penalty is nandatary for capital nurder. It is not the whole law, ai course. The law also pravides far the exercise ai mercy by tbe cabinet. That prerogative has been exercised by the Pearson cabinet in every instance. Every death sentence tbat has came before the cabinet since the Gavernment toak office in 1963 bas been con- searcb. muted ta lite mniprisonnent. Wby is the Government doing ft? The best answer appears ta be that the cab- met. containing a large ma- jority of abolitionists, has been uncomnfortable with the present system. To continue to commute death sentences ta lufe imn- prisonnient may be a per- fectly legal and even lauda- tory exercise of merCy, but it's an unsatisfactory syst.er for nlany reasons. Perhaps the miost import- ant is that the cabinet is basicalîy aPposed ta taking the lufe of qny human be ing. This was Proved last Year when 18 of 24 Min- isters vated in favour af abolishing capital punish- ment. And yet, as each case- cornes before cabinet for con- sideration, the Ministers have hanging over thern the clearly expresied opinion of the House Of Cannions that hanging should rernain a part Of the penal qystenj. IThe responsiiity for tak- h g a life, or for saving ane inot a responsibility any minister relishes. It xvas perhaps predictable therefore, that Mr. Pearson would turn again to Parlia- ment ta take this terrible load from the shoulders af Cabinet Ministers. Ini the mneantime the Cabinet will certainly go On commuting death sentences Spice -i fence against this is Passive non-violent' resistance. My wiie has been trying te re~moId me for two decades, and I'm proud ta say I'm net R "better" nman than an niy wedding day. In fact, I'm worsc, as far as she's cancerned. "Hope- less," is the way she puts it, and nowa- days she tries ta improve me only about once a nionth. For the ladies. Yau, too, wiill ind the unwritten rules work best,' even though you have ta make theni up as yeu go. I cauld Write a book ai un- wrîtten marriage rules, but will limit rmyseli today ta anly a couple. For example, the only way you 're going to make the hum work hard and get a head in the world is ta keep him constantly, and deeply, in debt. This is a cinch, in these days of easy credit. Second, keep himn on the defensive. Aibout everything. Compare hlm aloud with your brothers, your father, your mnale neighbors. He'i1 feel guilty ail the time, and you can make him ju,.rip ta t like a trained chimnpanzee. For bath sexes, a few general tips. Mfarriage, despite the women's maga- zines, is net a beautifuil iusing cf two ninds, hearts and seuls; nor la it sim- ily a matter ai give and take; neither iit a formula ai sharing, ai cormnuni- cation, ai "taiking things eut." That's a ýt ai pappycack written by women who ave been divorced twice. Marriage is a ruddy armed truce, lat's what it is. The only difference sthat there are ne Big Powers ta get nvelved. If it turns into a cold war, w a hot one, depending on thc situa- Il yau are about ta enter an insti- tution, it hclps considerabiy ta know the written and unwritten rules, what the grub is like, and what you can get away with. As a 20-year inmate ai that great institution known as Marriage, niay I be ai help ta thase thousands who arc gaing ta leap hefere they look, in this merry nionth ai June? In this particular institution, un- like most, the, written ruies are almost noan-existent. Even the vows are deliv- eî-ed verhally. This, ai course, is anc af the great flaws in marriage. In my opinion, no wedding should take place until bath parties, in thec presence ai witnesses, have signed a i written contract. During the drawing- up of the cantract, every man should A be represented by a lawyer who hasm been -narried for 20O years, every womn-n an by her mother. ti What a deal ai heart-burning and it saui-searching, recrimination and retali- ation, such a document could prevent! IV What would be in the contract? zi Anything you like: who handies the Ml rnoney; who doca the disheg; who gels Pl up with the baby; who gets out how is many nights a week; how high the bcd- c8 room window is to be up; nuniber of 10 children. Thse possibilities are illimit- hî There shouid aise be a clause stat- ing that the whole contract will be a-e- vicwed and redrawn evcry two years. This would provide a regular and end- less source ai income for 20-year-mnar- ri.ed lawyers. But iet's get on. No matter how air- tight the contract, it la the unwritten rules ai the institution that wil make you corne up gasping for air. For the men. Seme things yeu should accept without question. Fia-st, you'll neyer win an argument, so don't argue. Just quietiy admit you arc wrong and then go ahead and do what you know was right ail the time. Second, she's going to make yeou a "better" man. Even though she thinki you're perfect on D-day, she'l sbon find zoom »r izmprovement, neh.only de- After a few years, you get mighty good at skirmishing, advancging and a-e- treating, consolidating your position, and setting up an ambush. About kids. Have them carly and have lots. Aiter the first novelty ai liv- ing wîth a strange waman (or man) wcars off, il is in them that you will find 'your greatest jay - and sorrow. They kecp you young. They drive you crazy and -kcep you f ro-m going insane. Let's sec, I think there was one other item. Oh, yes, the grub. It's usual- ]y pretty good or two alter the fia-st year -or two. t o lite imprisonnient. But lit hopes this tume it will be able ta canvince the Corn- nions to support at least sanie modification af tbe laW, ta rernave from Cab- inet the necessity of passa ing Judgnent on every care. It's easy ta sympathize with Ministers wbo bave ta deal with lufe and deatb. And yet it's difiicult tn justiiy a rencwed demand af this type on the House ai Conimons. There was not only anc vote in April 1966, but sev- eral. Menibers bad the op- partunity ta madify the law in niany difierent ways, but they chose ta leave it as it is. A nation ta abolisb banga ing except for the murder ai laW aificers and prison guards iailed an a 179 ta 74 vote; another ta abolisb hanging for a five year trial periad was defeated 1-8 ta 113; Yet another ta maintain capital punishment for thase wba comimit a secand murder was deicat- cd by 199 votes ta 23. The straight motion ta do away witb banging was me- jectcd 143 ta 112. AIl the conceivable chang- es were rung an the question. It was a free vote. Members voted according ta ReporMiss E. MQuQueen, -arkwa by Alent SundayewithMM P P. vRepo.A mrt fmQee' Pr 25 Years Ago (lune 25, 1942) Misa Edythe Carter was Convener of a bevy of 25 young ladies at her horne on Thuraday whn met ta honor Misa Joie Caveriy and con- gratulate her fiance, Mr. Fred Gardner, on their ap- proaching marriage. An al fresco luncheon preceded the pesentation ai a chintz bau dol r chair and felicitous speeches marked their an- preciatlan of ane of Bow- rnanville'a mast papular gUba debs. Dr. and Mrs. Chester Nèw, MeMaster University, Ham- Ilton, have taken possession of their cottage on the vest side at the Beach. Mrs. New is daughter of the late Mr. J. H. H. Jury. Mr. and Mrs. George Lock- Ington, Donald, Doreen and Joan, Lakeview, Mr. and Mrs., Stan Kitchen and Wayne, Oshawa, were Sun- day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wni. Maynard. Sid Little reports collec- tion of 84 casings and 36 tubes for the week and wishes information wbere any other used tires may be salvaged for Red Cross funds. Mr. and Mrs. Erx Coomb- es and daugbter Gwendoline are holîdaying with ber par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hall, prior ta taking resi- dence at their- lakeside cot- tage in Hastings. Miss Kay O'Neill was weekend gucat of Miss Kitty Storey at St. Hilda's College Toronto. Both attended th Robertson - Walkey wedding t on Saturday evening. Mrs. M. J. Hutchinson has been in Toronto this week L guest of Mrs. W. J. Cairns MhissaesndngBrtdury ner mediateRary Club ronven-ar tiyn hMr n Msses. Jo atn.abr n Mr. Rton,.Taritcelocae hman g wioftheMr.and o Cmr ceT. A. Garon th Mtar. R.fL.irteltca mrangr i ete ank ai the elbow. Mrs. Clarence Hayes, Col- umbus, bas been visiting Mrs. Orville Osborne, Provi- dience. Mr. and Mrs. Harry 49 Years Ago . (June 27, 1918).. Mr. Jas. Raison, Oshawe% 'dsited bis daughter, Mr& Gea. Dlling. No gypales are te be per- mitted to pursue their wan. deringa about Ontario thla summer. Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Runa die, Mrs. Lapp and Mise Wlnnie Lockwood recently vislted friends here and at- tended the Methodist choir concert, motorlng up from Brighton. Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Rabt Clemence, Kîrby, have re- turned borne, having been on nearly a tive hundred mile motor trip. Mr. and Mrs. James Roden, Mr. Harold Raden, Misn Queenie Houston and Misa Mabel Bray motored down' from Toronto and were' weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Fauter, "Norwood Place.', Mr. G. R. Hindes, accom- panied by Mra. D. G. Gal- braith and Mr. A. Mann, mnotored down ta Coiborne recently and spent the week- end with bis aunt, Miss E. Spilsbury. Miss Edna Fletcher bas passed her Junior exam in Piano and brother Master AI- mnond Fletcher bas passed bis Elementary exam In vin- lin. Mrs. W. Stinson, Manvers, becamne frigbtened and jumpa ed from an auto near Betha any fracturlng a Ieg. Miss F. Aicheson, milliner, witb Misa Harnden, has re- turned ta ber homne In Orangevîlle. Miss Helen Johnston, Far- LIlty ai Education, Toronto, spent Sunday at home. Mr. Edgar Osborne and Mr. )rville Osborne visted Pts. Russell Osborne at Kingston on Sunday. Pupils ai Mrs. D. M. Mora rison (nee Mamie Shaw), who bave passed mnie exams: Elementary, Ella Col- lacutt; Prirnary, Sybji Burk, Lorne J a ck maàri Junior, Rhea Deyman, Edna Fletch. er, Doris Foster, honora; In- Lmediate, Veirna Staples, ryrone, Helen B. Yellaw- les. Mrs. John Trick and Mr@, 'bas. Fox have been visit. ng relatives in Osbalva. Miss Nellie Gould, Kinga ton, spent Sunday nt home. adolescent emnotions end sexuality. 5. The school tua-ns eut a produet to pass examinations, to get jobs in I ndustry, comnmercial and technical. 6. At the primary level school is a place where children are afraid, bored,' canfused and learn te b. limîted. 7. Tests, year end examinations, cern- petîtive repart cards, and cautious pro- motion ai the virtuous, are inventions ai humbug, and are pernicieus and des- tructive. Stating that he would like ta WRlk inta more class rooms where you cari- flot fInd the teacher, the N.D.P. mcm- ber, Mr. Lewis, described the present class rooms as fermai packages ai child- ren with rows of desks, anxiaus faces viewing teacher and blackboard. Rigid schedlules for subject mnatter. Curricu- lum that is at once baifling and over- structured. The omnipotent teacher exacting order and maîntaining disci- pline, always just, always ratianal, al- ways right, and he added, it is aillso pointless. The Minister, the Honorable Will- iam Davis, in replying te the opposition, reierred te the grants available to school boards for exceptienal children. These, he said, were based on $3,400.00 per class per year for elemnentary child- ren, subject ta the board's percentage, which might range from 35%1 to over 95%î. A similar grant for secendary school classes was also available, he added, up ta a maxi-num ai $5000.00 per class. It is very difficuit te define quality of education, the Minuster stated, but here are, in spite of what Mr. Lewis ays, a vaut nurnber of young people in the schaol system, who are deing cs-eat- ive work, and who are flot frightencd Lo death as he would suggest. The Member for Scarboreugh West (Mr. Lewis), he stated, is doing the"' ;heol system, the teachers, and those -sponsible, a great disservîce, by indi-: îting that there la a great fear spread,, hroughout the elementary system. A Liberal party conference con- .acted a poli on Ontario Educational elicy on January 28th last and the -sults were quite revealing. i Of the surveyed group oi 150, sixIý )und the system excellent, 56 thought goQd, 42 thought it adequate, 31 found inadequate and nine said it was poor. Terming Mr. Lewis' philosophy a egative one, Mr. Davis in conclusion ated that he and his Dcpartmnent have> ie objective and that is te develop competent a achool systemn as pas- ble, based foremost on quality ci: lLCaOU WLJLAINAL PHILOSOPHY qA great Canadian, the late Canon !Cody ai Tarante, once deiined educa- tien as "the process by which persons grow, and are enabled te live signifi- cantly." This theory, together with a nur.n- ber ai others, received considerable at- tention in the Ontario Legislature dur- îng the cansideration ai the estimates of the Department ai Educatian. Mr. Nixon, leader af the apposi- tion, and educational critic, in calling for increased appartunity in a bilingual country for students ta be better serv- ed by a system ai French educatian and that of ather languages, pointed out that there are only 140,000, plus students in the Province, who have access ta French education at the cie- rnentary level, campared with aver 1,- 200,000, who have ne access at this level ta language instruction ather than English. In his criticism aif the Department's policy, in dealing with the problems af exceptionai students, he drew the at- tention ai the Members ta the iollow- ing statistics for the Province: 1. 23 thalidomide children cared forj at public expense.0 2. 16,000 children crippied or maimed1 from birth or by accident. 3. 90,000 who are perceptually handi- capped. 4. Some 60,000 who are emotionally disturbed. 5. 54,000 who are mentally retarded. This total ai 220,000 exceptional children, Mr. Nixon stated, are flot tý being properly accommrodatcd in aur si school system. ti It was Mr. Stephen Lewis, (Scar- i borough West), however, who present- t( cd what mgiht be termed the futuristic and radical viewpaînt w;*th respect te ( the educational program in Ontario. S As the N.D.P. educational critic, he re was severe in his criticism, describing ca the system in the following terms: t 1. The Minister presides over a curi- ausly banal and pedestrian system di. that is a tragedy when anc takes pc stock ai the toll on youth and the re, waste of human potential. ý2. The High School screening pa-ocess fai is scarred in theory and disfigured iti in practice. it 3. High Sehools cruelly canstrict and inhibit ireedem for their student nel population. Bta 4. The majarity of schools are anti- oni demecratic and centemptueus ai as mast that is creative and liberating siji in the adolescent spirit, including cdi (z Coirner/r£os * 44 1 1 IT GETS A FELLA DOWN -1 Sugar and