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wLov Ellie Barrie Examiner Robb PublisherGeneral Manager Walls Editor Emeritus Henshaw Managing Editor The Barrie Examiner Thursday December 16 1976 Saving energy becomes QVGD more 11608883137 Action of Simcoe County council in supporting requests to place public utilities within the jursdiction of the AntiInflation Board reflects the growing concern about in creases in rates and their effect on the rising cost of living and infla tion The latest 256 per cent hike asked by the Ontario Hydro which supplies most public utilities with power is an example When local utilities have to pay substantial hikes like this they have little choice but to adjust rates to consumers Nevertheless the stand taken by the county councillors is understan dable They endorsed resolution from the town of Wallaceburg which has been supported by other coun cils Increasing demands for power have placed the Ontario Hydro in position where it has to expand its sources to meet the needs These have to be financed Indeed the On tario Hydro has been borrowing on foreign markets for the purpose at todays high interest rates and these and othe additional costs have to be jmet This has been behind the appeals to consumers to help alleviate the situation by conserving electric power and other energy There are many householders and other consumers who have been try ing to cooperate by saving on elec tricity in order to help the effort and this has been in the general interest Even though it involves particular roblems at this time of the year response to save on Christmas Iighting has been fairly good with fmany refraining from turning them On until pm and switching them bit before retiring It might be argued if there was need for furtherrincentive to save the new hikes in rates announced for early in the new year are likely to bring it about But it does involve winter dif ficulties Homes must be kept warm during cold weather It is costing more for fuel oil and this situation seems likely to get worse from all reports Revival of old heating methods with wood and coal are oc casionally discussed There is also the prospect of more increases in gasoline uses Slower speed limits no doubt have saved some gallons but those who should be in the know seem to fear greater restrictions which no doubt will come about with higher prices The increase in rates for hydro fuel and gasoline already have had their effect on the cost of living ad ding to the problems involved in try ing to halt constantly increasing in ilation The Ontario Hydro of necessity must anticipate power demands and insofar as possible provide for grow ing needs for an increased popula tion industrial and business expan sion and modern farm require ments Not only in Barrie and this Georgian Bay area but all of On tario is similarly affected since On tario Hydro provides most mu nicipalities with power on wholesale basis with local utilities looking after distribution Street lighting costs have risen and further increases are indicated for this as well as other uses It hasnt come about yet but there could be necessity of staggering of hours to spread out heavy use of power during peak loads This became necessary during the war years In the meantime if consumers keep responsing to appeals to save where they can it would help to ease some of the difficulties besides holding down their electric bills DOWN MEMORY LANE 45 YEARS AGO IN TOWN The Barrie Examiner ec 1931 Marshall Chantler pur chased stock and business of Daleys Grocery corner of Owen and McDonald streets Rev Ernest Harston of Oshawa delivered forceful sermons at anniversary services of Collier Street United Church Rev Black preached at Oshawa in exchange Tar bush and Thomas McCann held up by two armed mer who robbed Angus post office of $600 John Craig elected mayor of Barrie for seventh term John Rogers railway engineer who criticized board of works was reelected reeve over Gordon Longman lawyer Blair railway clerk elected deputyreeve Dr Leonard Simpson of Barrie declared that Ontario cabinet ministers should first lop off $2000 increase in their salaries before talking economy Cliff Elrick elected president as Thistle Curling Club votes to amalgamate with Barrie Curling Club Barrie club elects Simon as president School or chestra played at Barrie Collegiate commencement Directed by pi anist George King with musicians Ernie Baldwin drums Cordon King tenor saxophone Ernie Carley banjo Orv Fleetham trumpet Jack Osborne clarinet Elton Parker saxophone Bob Powell trombone Monkman elected master Corinthian Masonic Lodge Local umpires appointed by Ontario Curling Association arc Charles Beelby Vern llambly An dy Malcomson Communes branching out into Wider crosssection By DOLORES BA RIA NEW YORK iCPi The commune once the almost ex nessee live in homes they built themselves they can call each other on their own push button to form large family room lhcrc are scparatc bedrooms for each couplc and two for ihc clusive haven of the drug cul ture and social dropouts is emerging as practical way of life for Wider crosssection of devotees Communal living is still heavily tinged with pursuers of the unconventional But it also attracts people who have no thought of cutting their ties with the workaday world or dained ministers bank execu tives schoolteachers lawyers Communes vary tremen dously urban middleclass people trying to save money homosexuals avoiding the has sles of the straight world reli gious zealots trying to establish new Edens Most members come together through com mon interesta religious belief social or political ideology or simply low bank account Some are in urban browns tones and brick buildings Some are in middleclass suburban neighborhoods Others are stretched across acres of farm lartd or woodland The house Ben and Al cc Richards share with two ot er mirried couples resembles those of their northern New lcr neighbors Their commune iljdeslgned to reduce household ex 683 SIEROUNDINGSHIAHIAN Joan Spielholz member of peek commune in the NW YOnlikafilgef Lakes region Hill in urt circular but that has no toilct commune seeks to he to selflufficlent dwhlle theaoo memberaol nGukinlflnancialiytn Cit commune in en telephone system No one knows how many coin munes there are in the United States Most are publicityrsliy and some even refuse to call themselves communes pre ferring the terms collectch group home or family In lSfll the New York Times estimated that over 2000 comv munes existed The Census Bu reau thinks this figure has me creased substantially and plans to include communes in its next population survey LIVEONVIJNIIONALLY Here is look at four comr munes which represent vari ety of aspects of this uncon ventional but growing lifestyle Suburban Ben and Alyce Richards live with two other married couples and their three children Their values and practices are conventional Unlike some communes there is no open nudity Sexual relations are between husband and wife in the privacy of their bedroom Meals are taken as family with heads bowed for silent prayer or meditation be fore eating Ilousehold finances arc sharcd but individual in comes and investments arc sep aratc What we have is middle class community under one roof says Richards 33ycar old lawyer We have all the benefits of an extended family and some of the handicaps like wanting to be alone sometimes But we work it out The house in the northern New Jersey hills is actually two ranchstyle structures com bined by enclosing two carports children never knew my ncigli bors says ltoland Stein 12 as he peels five pounds of shrimp for the evening meal Every night Id go home and thc twu of Us Would make another attempt to get to know the people across thestreet Finally Myra and decided we didnt want to spend the rest of our lives so isolated The women think this has freed them but think the men have attained even more Two years ago it never would have occurred to me to cook Rural Joan Spiclholz 25 knew nothing about beekeeping before joining Daws Hill ru ral commune in wooded farm ing region Mrs Spielholz who has 212 yearold son scrapes wax from honey combs while she talks about her experience Two other Daws Hill members dump the honey into giant wooden vat for churning This type of living really suits me in terms of accom plishment she says We as group accomplish more than would as an individual 0f cour se it means sharing respon sibilities but thats OK Mrs Spielholz has lived on the commune for four years She says it was started in 1969 by political and social protest ers There were no farming fields at that time just 54 acres of woods They started farming heavy farming but it was too much Now we only do light gardening for our needs and beekeeping for income Relax of course know what Im doing FROM PARLIAMENT HILL CTV program about agents has this columnist Wondering By STEWART MinLEO Ottawa Hurcau Thomson News Service dont know whether you watched that CTV television program about the two alleged secret agents from Francc helping the separatist cause in Quebec but it has bccn bothering mc ever since It was real thriller of pro gram all about how Ihillippc Rossillon and Xavier Daniaii worked undercover to promotc thc Quebec indcpcndcncc movement There was fascinating suggestion that France is really aftcr Quebec uranium that demonstrations against thc Qucciis visit in 1964 wcrc promoch by outsiders that cfforts now arc bcing niadc to organize tiic Acadizins in Ncw Brunswick and that wc should kccp our cycs on St Pierrch Miqucion Thosc Frcnch islands said the narrator are suddenly being transfcrrcd into new naval basc an airbase for jet planes and powerful radio transmittcr to broadcast Fren ch culturc into Quebec and Acadia Therc was more much more as the Toronto based TV crew penetrated into darkest Quebec to expose with breathless ex citcmciit the great conspiracy by lirancc and its sccrct agcn is We were even told the names of separatists who had incl thc sccrct agcnls And as part of Frances cul tural attack on French spcaking anada wc wcrc in foriiicd that Frcncii ncwspapcr in Moncton was propped up to the tune of $1 million by France If all of facts suggestions and suijctcd motivcs stood up that program would be natural award winner XOUR BUSINESS Credit cards andthe By VthllNl CHAN Business and onsuincr Affairs Analyst lhonisoii Ncws Service rcdii cards lltht had an cx plosivc growth in thc ltfltis Today there is onc bank credit card in activc use for cv cry 10 anadians ihc ciiaricrml banks naiu rally enough swcar by thciii The cards incrcasc tlic usc of credit as nothing ilsc has donc Many consumers as we ob viously considcr llllll credit cards to be ihc grcaicsi thing that ever happcncd iiistaiil gratification of Illllitllill dc sircs 51hr lliurrir Examiner 16 Hayfield Strcct Barrie Ontario Telephone 7206537 Registration umber 0484 Second Class Mail Return ostage guarantecd Dai Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted Subscription rates daily by carrier 85 cents weekly $4420 yearly Single copies 15 cents By Mail Barrie $4420 yearly Simcoe Count $3400 yearly Motor Throw ff $3900 yearly Balance of Canada $3600 year ly National Advertising Offices 65 Queen St West Toronto 8641710 640 Cathcart St Montreal Member of the Canadian Press and Audit Bureau of Cir culations The Canadian Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches in this paper credited to it or The Associated Press or Reuter and also the local news published therein The Barrie Examiner claims Copyright in all original advcr tising and editorial material created by its employees and reproduced in this newspaper Co yright Registration Num r203815reglster61 consumer Ilicrcs ttlltillltl and much icss atiiaclivc sidc to thc crcdit card piciiiic tiic tcmp tation that constiiiicrs fch to buy things thcy cant afford or dont nccd bccausc tiicyrc availnblc with wow of card thc tcinptatioii that oiiicrs fccl to stcal crcdii cards from lhc mail or lStWlltlt and to scll tliciii the temptation that ciicouingcs still others to usc stoicn credit cards to buy cvcrytliiiiginsight th anothcr rcasoii for con ccrii aboui cicdit cards is dis cussed in thc currcnt bulletin of ilic Economic oiiiicil of an ada liic ouncil believes that the present system of bank credit cards is not as efficient as it might be Retailers now carry the full cost of the system They arc charged between 15 pcr cent and 575 per cent of thc valuc of each transaction by the char tered bank operators However they are not allowed to regain any of this cost by raising prices for those making purchases with credit cards Hence prices may be raised for all urchasers in or der to absorb charges Consumers who pay cash may therefore effectively bear the cost to retailers who accept cards despite the fact that they are not benefiting from the sys l€lm says the Economic Coun c1 ECONOMIES 0F SCALE Some bankers would argue that credit cards increase the RI BLIC lllOlllllI Morcovcr the law llllleri that thc offciicc mittIll abound But where sill bounded graci did mmh inorc abound Romans 520 Regardless of thc lcvcl the love might and forgiveness of the Lord Jesus will rise above it and bring release in your troubled heart But what bothers me is that this may not be the case And it is not difficult to imagine the enormous disservice that whats left of national unity if Quebecers are insulted by or laughting at the English media Premier Rene Levesque thought the program was basic ally insulting It gives the im pression that Quebecers are not capable of thinking up the idea of political independence by themselves He called the program ratespy story Officially Rossillon is head of the French governments committee for the defence and expansion of the French language He travels great deal and in 1968 he annoyed Prime Minister Trudeau for his activity among French speaking Manitobans Mr Xavier Daniau is member of volume of merchants busi ness to such an extent that economics of scale are achieved and everybody bentL fits If it were true that credit car ds bring in that much more volume it would confirm that too many consumers are using credit uiiwisely to buy things they dont really need The merchant doesnt care if the weakwilled creditcard customer is going overbmird and buying too much because the bank that issued the card has uariiiitccd that it will stain behind its card and pmtcct the retailer from loss As for the consumer the creditcard holder receives credit without formal interest for period of several weeks and therefore is likely to think that the iiscof the credit is free COMPETITION IRGEI If consumers were charged the costs to them of using credit says the Economic Council they could decide to accept that cost or use some other method of payment With card holders con sequently more conscious of the costs of this type of credit the illusion of free creditcard use could be dispelled natural consequence would be that consumers who pay cash would at last be entitled to discount of up to 575 per cent and no longer be re uired to pay uniform prices lliat include significant ele ment representing the cost of providing credit to card hold era The Council offers another recommendation in the in terest of efficiency Require the chartered banks to admit nearbanks trust companies to their creditcard system for fee It believes that this would make the creditcard system more competitive in terms of range and price of services It would also unfortunately make creditcard users out of many trustcompany depositors who now pay as they go the French Parliament who has frequently been inter viewed during his visits to Can ada The CTV program showed those mysterylike still photos of the alleged secret agents You could easily get the im pression they are never seen in public Yet two days before the pro gram was telecast CBC radio interviewed Mr Rossillon about his efforts to improve cultural links with New Brun swick Acadians Apparently he was very chatty The TV program made much ado about French cultural ac tivity among Acadians in cluding that alleged $1 million assistance to the newspaper But it appears the reporter was actually referring to 3400000 grant made nine yeais ago with great deal of publicity Fran oe contributes generously to Hench culture in other coun tries and such institutions as the Lniveisity of Ottawa are beneficiaries The program also referred to the Queen visiting Montreal in 1961 which she didnt And Montreal newspaper has poin ted out that the program referred to Judge Robert Cliche as an investigator of the Mafia Actually he investigated the construction industry not crime Little mistakes like this bring the whole research project into question And there was never any ex planation why runway and dockyard extensions in St Pierre et Miquelon were rele vant to the secretagent story Vieweis could be forgiven for thinking we were going to be in vaded by the French Armada Actually the tourist conscious residents of the islan ds have been trying for years to get the French government to invest in runways that could ac commodatcjet planes Perhaps this is what its all about cant judge the entire pro gram except that it made me uncomfortable and know that Frenchspeaking journalists are laughing at it And know respected Montreal English speaking columnist said the program envinced only the most superficial and simplistic understanding of Quebec And at this point in our his tory we must do better than that READER FORUZII Legion extends thanks for poppy campaigners Dear Sir wish to thank all people who helped Branch No 147 The Royal Candian Legion Barrie for their participation in our re cent poppy campaign for their time and effort to make it suc cess Special thanks go to all the young Navy Army and Air Force cadets who worked very hard asrfioppy taggers on Nov and eir efforts are greatly appreciated by all Legion naires Also another special thanks to Deluxe Taxi and their drivers for their free transpor tation for all veterans and ex servicemen on Nov 11th Once again to all who par ticipated my thanks Yours truly DUNCAN President Branch 147 aycees extend thanks for help With parade DearSir As finance chairman of this years Santa Claus parade would like to extend very sincere thank you to all mer chants businessmen and in dustrial establishments in this fine city of ours who donated to our annual event It is through the generosity of these people that the Barrie Jaycees in cooperation with amny other organizations are able to successfully complete such an undertaking and reach the hearts of thousands of citizens young and old special thanks is in order to THE WORLD TODAX Does end of 76 parallel 1956 By JOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Does history repeat itself How many times we ask our selves this question especially at times of crisis tragedy or death to wonder if the past had message we ignored or had forgotten am thinking of this in terms of our political process and if the end of 1976 has any parallels to the end of 1956 in the fortunes of Canadas ruling Liberal par ty Now as exactly 20 years ago everything seems to be turning to ashes for the ruling Liberals And again it doesnt quite look that way to Liberals who as in the winter of 1956 have been in power for record length of time There was growing dis sillusion with an aging and clearly tired prime minister Louis St Laurent in late 1956 man who clearly wanted to go but did not until defeated by John Diefenbaker in the late spring of 1957 Trudeau now faces the same disillusionment The issues which divided Lib erals and started to isolate them from the electorate in the fall of 16 were mainly in the area of international relations while today the deteriorating issues are mainly domestic If you remember 20 years ago the Suez Crisis had unfolded to include the disastrous Anglo French parachute invasion of the canal the second ArabIs raeli War with defeat for the Arab countries ABANDON THE BRITISH The Canadian reaction was not to support the clearly unte nable British and French posi tion because it represented military adventure and to pro pose United Nations peace keeping agency the now fa mous UN Emergency Force CANADAS STOB Too many people in the fur trade By BOB BOWMAN In 1633 most trade in Canada was barter but there was still inflation The Company of 100 Associates which France had depended on to develop Canada had disbanded King Louis and his out standing minister Colbert de cided to establish trade under their own direction They sent an expert to Canada to make survey of soil to decide how much was suitable for agricul ture Their purpose was to try to make the land sufficient to su ply the needs of the in habitants One of the problems was that Berrys World OiWBDnyAJnc Your qualifications for the ob are Impeccable How are you at softball all the Allandale and downtown merchants whose support this year was as great if not greater than in the past This proves beyond doubt to the Barrie Jaycees that these merchants are very much com munity minded and any past comments that we have heard to the effect that donations may have been given solely for per sonal gain are completely ill founded and unfair Once again thanks to everyone Sincerely PAUL WINGER Finance Chairman But many Canadians were not yet prepared to abandon Britain who was still the beloved Mother Country and saw French Canadian plot via the prime minister and those Quebec Liberals to embarrass Britain Sound familiar Then there were the ongoing charges of Liberal arrogan ce exercised throughout the 19505 until his defeat in June 1957 mainly against the giant of man CD Howe who ramroded his projects and ideas through Parliament That is until the memorable TransCanada PipeLine Ltd debate of the spring of 1956 which began the Liberal decline There are no CD Howes in the Liberal cabinet these days just similar selfwilled men like Otto Lang dangerously in sensitive to public opinion Shipping the family nanny by government aircraft may not come under the same venue as Howes misquoted comment Whats million But the implications are the same Lang today like Howe two decades ago is in effect saying to the electorate so what Prime Minister St Laurent who would become the vener able Uncle Louis in retire ment and old age was seen as one French Canadian prime minister too many One won ders what we will call Pierre Elliott Trudeau when he steps down or is defeated But again there is an in tensity of bad feeling and frankly sheer bigotry to ask again about one French Cana dian prime minister too many As for that Liberal propensity to say We usually win and we usually will take care from another parallel between the late 505 and the late 70s too many people had left their farms to get into the fur trade 0n Dec16 1663 the Sover eign Council of Quebec acting on instructions from Paris passed laws to control inflation Merchants were allowed to mark up goods imported from France by 65 per cent Then they had to pay an import tax of 10 per cent When ships arrived at Que bec Three Rivers and Mon treal representatives of the council went on board and ex amined the goods for sale They checked the quality and fixed the prices at which they must besold There seems to have been no restrictions to control wages only profits and prices Special arrangements had to be made for areas that de pended on fishing They were mostly in Placentia Nfld Cape Breton and Gaspe where the land was not suitable for agiculture TIIERDECJOEVENTS IMOFirst census of Canada excludln Indiamwas$75 1053 liver Cromwell tried to regain lands in North America that Charles had given to France lootDawson City Yukon Ierrttor wnslncorporatod 1910 ore than 1000 flfi mere from the Prairies wont Ottawa to domandlower on agricultural ma Moun 30 College was or on them tr