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Ellie ifiarrie Examiner Walls Publisher McPherson William Telfer General Manager Managing Editor SATURDAY DEC I0 196 PAGEI LI Forms Of Transport Can Work To Mutual Benefit if the objectives of Canadas new na tional transportation policy are be achieved it is vitally necessary for the rinciples of this act to be strictly ad iered to by everyone concerncd ac cording to liaellillan QC pres ident Canadian National Railways Speaking to the Toronto It ilway Club lr hlacllilian said that this is not always as easy as it so nds As an example he said that although the new legislation provides for the bandonment by railways of unprofitable services or for compensation when these are retained as public service it has historically been difficult for railways to abandon servicein which even one small region of the country or comparatively few individuals apply economic political or even sentimental pressures on the railway It is vital to avoid the dangerous delays and ero sion of principles to which these kinds of pressures can lead he said Mr lilaclilillan said that railways hare responsibility to do something more than Just to react to change We have to anticipate and initiate change with the objective of controlling as far as possible its effect upon us now and in the future He said that one of the most recent projects to have captured Canadzs at Dilemma Of Not everyone can adapt to life of idleness brought on by retirement es pecially if it means curtailment of their living standards This is point that should have the consideration of societythe company the union and the retirement plan Dr Irvin Wright of Cornell University Medical College told the winter meet ing of the American Medical Associa tion at Houston last month Because science has extended life and potential usefulness he contended soci ety and science have created an arti ficial and painful dilemma for rihose who dislike quitting useful pursuits People who are the opposite of those who relish the idea of fulfilling long standing dreams of life of leisure in many cases Dr Wright submitted supporters of compulsory retirement plans shuttbeir eyes to the loss in talent to the company and the economy Ind the loss to the individual both fin lncial and psychological Helopined that presentvprospects f0r tcntion is the program of research and development on highspeed ground transportation being carried out by the U5 Government in cooperation with railways and private industry With imaginative use of technology now available it seems quite possible to accelerate trains quickly to peeds in the 150 to 180 miles per hour range and deeelerate quickly without damage or discomfort said Mr lilaclilillan However he ointed out that although Canada has een fortunate to have benefitted in many ways from tech nlcai advances in the United States Canada has certainly made many tech nieal advances on her own He mentioned that Canadian an al was proud of some of the contribu tions it had made to the technology and the marketing of highspeed ground transportation in North Amer ica Rising costs of land for construction of highways monstrous traffic snarls in volving cars buses and trucks and the growing hopelessness of congestion at Canadas airports will get worse instead of better unless there is some construct ive thinking about how the various forms of transportation can supplement each others efforts to their mutual benefit iirement increasing longevity made the philosophy of arbitrary retirement at age 65 ques tionable one At the turn of the cen tury Dr Wright said when arbitrary retirement became matter of public discussion the life expectancy was 48 Today it is over 70 The future could make arbitrary even more unreal istic since 65 con become really mid dle age Dr Wright predicted Yet the trend today is to lower the retirement age not raise it The Cornell professor sees tre mendous number of people above the age of 95 if medical science finds the answer to the arteryclogging disease of atherosclerosis And well it might he says Today there are 20 million Americans above the age of 65 and by the year 2000 the United States will have 65 mil lion people over 65 The statistic alone suggests that the dilemma he talks bout in respect to those preferring to be usefully engaged past the 65 mark may force revolutionary planning to cater to class now rated as elder citizens DOWN MEMORY LANE in YEARS AGO iN TOWN iBarrie Examiner Dec 29 1947 Grant Mayor reelected mayor byg acelamation GeorgeW Clark elected eve and James Hart deputy Rate ayers showed little interest in nomii tions this year The new alderman William Merrick and Maurice Hines Miss Rhoda Young elected pres ident Teachers Institute of Centre Colonel Garry Lee amed honorary president branch Canadian Leg Erie Hardy appointed director Toronto Bureau of MunicipalResearcb Institute of Canada Barrie Cream ery again won trophy for highest work manship efficiency and quality in mak ng butter Pictured Withsix awards were Fred Norris general manager DonaldW McKenzie butter maker Lou Allems plant manager harles Mc Martin given acelam to public school board With formation of new high school district to include adjacent townships BarrieBoard of Education dissolved to be replaced by separate boards for collegiate and element Barrie Philatelic club fa Whitby president Barrie Bankers held anilualdan Club 79 Members of Grey coe Foresters HQ Company led byWar IIICEI Ted lwis held essfli ofSimmon Co fur st0re while hunting in Ha St to Sharp rtary inspector for Toanof Barrie jack rabbit drive Boxing Day in Ivy area Silks Ltd over Caldwells drug store now employs 18 girls Black bear third in 59 years is mount ed to take place of specimen in front ngBSO lbs it was sho by Bill Fleuung County Wardenl Harvey retiring from municipal office and will not seek renomination in Tecumseth Tum Barrie Flyers trimmed Oshawa er als 51 in JuniorA hockey Bruno Favero and Sid McNabney each son ed twice Rusty Aikin once It is estimated some 200 deer Were shot in county open season ast month Hottest team in junior hockey Stratford Kroehlersr play at Barrie Arena night Their hottest player isngbt Winger George Armstrong JPresiden Peter Sinclair waschairrnan asBa Lions Club celebrated 17th charte potato Igrowers brought another $6000 in night North Simcoe seed funds intoCanada this induthas four earlpads shipped to New York State Miss Fern Hampel elected president ton Simcoe mango4543sunshine OUR ECONOMY Looks For Boost In 1968 Retail Sales In Canada By WARREN BALDWIN Examiner Correspondent OTTAWA Again the jingle oi Santas sleigh bells has ming led nicely with the jingle of cash registers Early reports in dicnte satisfactory Christmas trade which should offset slight slackening of Canadian spending on food clothing cars and other durable goods as the yearend approached in the past year it will be found that individual Canadians between them spent something over $37 billion on all goods and services they consumed or about seven per cent more than they spentln 1966 but that only half of that represented anything more than they got for their money this year The rest went into higher prices After doing that and paying taxes they were able to put aside about $1 billion either by buying house stocks insurance put ting it In bank account or just theold sock That is the record of fairly prosperous year when both labor income and all personal income increased by more than eight per cent and only corporation profits lagged behind WHATS AHEAD But with Christmas hang over come sobering questions bout what may lie ahead New Years Day is the first of month which may be very little different from the first day of any other month but somehow it has become accepted as the break between the old and the HEW Canadians entered 1967 in slightly softer position than they entered 1965 Business conf on plant and equip By midyear business plans for mitai spending had changed and moderate in crease was looked for which in fact is being realized Feivrwouid have predicted 160 000 housing starts inllfil after the pour showing oilsfis but this is about what will be realized and there are prospects for im provement in 1968 Vi wed at this oint the come yearlooks Very much asr of he the unprecedented pros an ammonium ldBnyfield Street Barrie Ontario Collier St United Church Young People finds collect for Barrie District Hospitalpas $80000 mark comm Council decided filo emo metersdurlng W1 or parking iOTHER EDITth VIEWS cam oenieo MEN eturo of thatdashing gamilenbihe cape Style centres acrosstbe world are offering them in wide variety of lengths colors and textures The onlyeritical comment so jfar co essfr rn romautlcminded males All THEYRE worfciitlnnsN North West throwoff 51 year side Ontario year Out side Canada Brltllilé gasses Member of thevCanadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Asaodmion ulhe Cnnudhlrl PresLand Audit Bureau of perlty that marked the period from the middle of 1961 to the middle of 1055 but if the right decisions are made by govern ment but management and by labor there appears to be little to worry abauL Prices will continue to rise How much or for how long will depend on three things Corpor atinns this year and the year before have been forced into high wage settlements partly at the expense of the consumer partly at the expense of the sharehold cr Profits have sagged six per cent below 1966 and if Canadian industry is to restore the confi dence of the investorhe is al ready buying American shares in preference to Canadian costs must be passed on ill pric CS RESTRAINT 0N WAGES Having promised in his mini hudget that he will seek to re strain both labor and manage ment in wage demands and set ticments so that wagu will gain have some relationship to the aannt that therwage earlier is producing Finance Minister Sharp is now planning his carn palgn It is new ground and pol ifioally dangerous ground to tread and Mr Pearsons an nounced retirement coulddelay it The number of unemployed in Canada is now about 43 per cautions STORY Top Leaders From Nova Bop BOWMAN While the Atlantic provinces have lagged behind the others economicprogress their sons have given Canada outstanding leadership lumany fields Three Nova sections have been Prime Ministers Sir John Thompson Sir Charles Topper Robert Burden Robert Stanfield may become the fourth that happens Nova Scolionne prov illce lniten ave contrib uted four of fifteen Prime isters since Confederation other Mtltitimels have done cent of the Canadian labor force To check the rise in prices par ticuinrly in the service indus fries it will probably have to increase lo something more than five per cent To this extent the accusations of opposition critics in the House of Commons that Mr Shurp is encouraging more unemployment are probably true Assuming that the minibudget accomplishes its purpose and wages do not any further out pace production here are one or two predictions MORE FOR HIS MONEY Retail sales should increase gain by nt least eight per cent with the Canadian consumer getting more for his money than he has in the current year Price increases will be held be low four per cent Exports higher by ft per cent in the first nine months of this year will increase by an other it per cent Business investment wdl de cline but this will be offset by government expenditure parlic ulnrly on hydro power and other resource development The number at new jobs Will increase by about five per cent but the increase force will be greater High interest rates will contin ue in the early part of the year hutease litter in the laban limits OTo THANKS EXAMINER Dear Sir On behalf of the patients and the Canadian Mental Health As sociation please accept our sin core thanks for your held in making our Christmas gifts campaign success The generosity of the commun ications media businesses clubs church groups school classes and so mon individuals is truly henrtwarm We would like to thank you all personally but the list goes on and an and many of you in hu mility gave anonimmisly Our gifts to these unfortunate people help in material way but every bit as important is the thought behind itthe real ization that someone does care We all have difficult times in our lives when some small ges ture is kind word the campus slon of another persnn can make the difference between picking up the pieces and going on or falling into the pit of despair It is our hope that we vidl all carry the warmth of Christmas in our hearts throughout the year We are our brothers keep or Yours truly SHARON BROWN Mrs Brown Secretary Christmas Gifts THANKS EXAMINER Dear Sir We WouldIiife to thank you for the very fine coverage pro vided for us on the announce ment of our additiiinal expansion to the warehouse facilities Your interest and Olaoperation in this matter has been yery much appreciated Yours vexy truiy Cooke Cartage and Storage Ltd Come merdy CAIN President and General Manager 43mins Last Christmas Intole you oh leeting to your torlnl style edict whereby the onehonored nlrnctianof Cbri tmasto Xmas was disallowedl tw an editorial style prelér ence grammatically would be the lastrto complain type and Archibald di that it was possible to hnld the first election in the new pro tune of Manitoba on 30 I370 One first legislature was Donald Smith the Hudsons Boyl Co Ursidln Convent ebec outstanding inhs as Lieutenant Governo Anthony Musgrave former Ineuteuanthovemor of thin later pented and became Lieutenant Governor of the tre es ereneg sled chlbaldu Nova erritories during the iffi lt period when the ln lT lemon ohm editor ofthe Charlottetown Pa trlot who helpedkeep Prince Edward lslnnd outofConfeder Scotian was given perhaps the most difficult task of alluHe succeeded Wllliam McDougnll as the firstmutennutGovernor of the North West when Louis Riel would not allowMchirgall to enter the enun WORK WELL rchibuld had to deal with troubledvfled River situation as well as the huge area to the Morton in bk fMnlL Lu writ Against the orange of atha French for amnesty rose the cry of the Ontario extremists im vengennce order bid to be maintained while the volunteers fought viiith baubde in circular blewonly limi tbinjitm years ago when thematic parties firsto their youthful wing It is downright ridiculous to Miriam tr bi within but his artvs unread Mitoth ing which have stair united by the man with the llm one once nwmllbed the members of the game MLISMMTJEMI milliAl lllEOtiiE all mullHEW mum moseyumymmowrmmmm format stylists can be notoriousy ly eccentricl Unfortunately henyour rule even spilled gov to advertisingreopy smelled bigotry detect bigotry Lili more strongly in youreditorial todayconcerning the spelling of Chrlstma hast year you lsaw bl my letter for frhnk apt for th your scours narrator in filifl floweryH95 Wliil$liiW9 Ayn17412115 ms TENSElli lmPlEéEPMT fmrucn EDITOR to suppress this letter have no idea Be that as it may am writing again because cannot lnrbcar to remain silent in the face of bigotry Andtbat Ls ex acily what your attitude can ceruing this spelling of Christ mas is bigoted So obstlnately attached to some opinion or practice as to be lllibcrsl or in tolerant with overtones of re liglnus dogmatism Bigdrygenliomen is one of our chief hindrances to human progress And bigotry sticks out all llVer your editorial even though am quite sure you did not corntemplate the fact Yours truly Doug Greenwood Hos St Barrie DEFENDS Dear sir After reading the letter from Gordon Mills Dec 23rd wore dured just what that gentleman desires in the line of reading matter in local newspaper He objects to the column written by RGS which has been feature of The Exa or for many years RGS writes primarily for and of the people who live in lnnislil and feel that if his writings were not ap preciated by those people he WOllId have cemed reporting years ago doubt that many readers from that rural area would be particularly Interested in the do ings of the elite in that tight little circle to which Mr Mills belongs when am not interst ed in column in any news paper skip it which to inn is prefenable to being rudely cnt ical That Safar is probably the vanguard of quite few such trips his neighbors will take dnr ing the winter and if they de rive any benefit from What he tells them his writing will not have been in vain have never met either no5 orlilr Millsbut hope to read some more of the farmers writ ing and will Mills should leovo criticism to theprofessional crita ics who are paid to be rude LE THOUGHT BIB analysiisiimw thntlnm Ihe Mid Ezekiel 28 23 God has away IKIIISHIm self known and heard Seek ye the1ard while llermay be found cally upon HimiwhlleHe is gt lF us possum ins roams Witt MACHINESA WMGAIIVMWIDEASA MERADEHIGIMY PAPER 10 MILESAII Mklb PWIkHRéEfiWMEWWBMI RING WEWAW