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Stirling high school reunion dents and Staff. Claude and the boys As part of, Stirling‘s 125th Anniâ€" versary celebrations to be held in August 1983, we are planning a High School Reunion for all former Stuâ€" High School or know of others who forward names and maiden names and addresses, by December 1. He was only with us for about 48 hours, but he left a lasting impression, especially on one of my wife‘s favorite white bedspreads, from which she has been trying to extract a stain of tar ever since. It seems that he set down on the bedspread a large suitcase, which had recently been resting on an asphalt road on a hot summer evening. Thus, the tar spot. Anybody got a recipe for getting tar out of white spreads? Claude Bennett, MPP for Ottawa South, receives $30,000 each year for that jol . He also gets a nonâ€"accountâ€" able tax free allowance of $10,000. As a Member of the Davis Cabinet, he receives an additional $23,300. In all a total of $63,300 â€" about four times the annual manufacturing wage in Ontario. But he wants more. We didn‘t have a very exotic summer, Over but we did have one visitor who was _ syphilis unusual, to say the least. He has Dr. Garry, as he is called, is a large man of 60. He is totally deaf, but can lipâ€"read better than most of us can hear. He arrived with my son Hugh, who knew him in South America. He leans heavily on a cane, but lugs a mysterious, huge case full of mysterious things. According to him, his mother was a Dogrib Indian and he was born in For some years now, Claude and the boys have been trying to get the people of Ontario to help them buy homes. Yesterday (Sept. 21), they did it. It is bad enough that any Cabinet Member should inappropriately reâ€" ceive these funds. It is obscene for the Minister of Housing to get them. If Mr. Bennett had spent the past two years worrying more about Now the insurance, tax and utiliâ€" ties on his Toronto home are to be paid from the $8,500 allowance for rental accommodations outâ€"ofâ€" metro Cabinet Members canâ€" reâ€" ferent. On his return from Australia, Premier Davis has a job to do. He should relieve himself of this emâ€" barrassment and remove Claude Bennétt from the Cabinet. Then Mr. Bennett won‘t need to have his home in Toronto. Yellowknife, father unknown. in Ontario might be difâ€" James Breithaupt BILL SMILEY Joyce Mason UNICEF goal Decade, 1981â€"1990, and I am more than pleased to wish the committee every success on behalf of the government of Ontario. The goal of this UN â€" declared decade is to eliminate by 1990 the threat of death and disease which presently endangers the lives of 500 million children in the developing world. The provision of basic necesâ€" sities such as wells, pumps and pipes will guarantee safe water, a vital contribution to the health and Ontario Unicef Committee has deâ€" clared the week of October 24â€"31, 1981, to be Unicef Week for Safe Drinking Water. During this week UNICEF will promote citizen awareness of the United Nations International Drinkâ€" ing Water Supply and Sanitation with me in offering encouragement and support to UNICEF during Unicef Week for Safe Drinking Water. Your generosity can ensure a healthy future for children less fortunate than our own. wellâ€"being of these children in I urge my fellow Ontarians to join The â€" Chronicle welcomes letâ€" ters to the ediâ€" tor. Writers must include their name and address. We reâ€" serve the right to edit. He went to Paraguay to replace my son Hugh, who had done a fiveâ€"year stint there and may go back. Dr. Garry is a contradiction in terms. Hugh assured us that he ate only one meal a day. I guess the others were just snacks: juice and toast and ‘three eggs for breakfast; whatever‘s around for lunch; Over the years, he has had T.B., syphilis, spinal meningitis and alcoholism. He has spent time in jail. He was in North America to be treated for some kind of South American parasite that has got into his bloodstream . years He has written for radio and TV, but the booze was a problem. Somewhere along the line, he became a Baâ€"haâ€"i, and decided to devote the rest of his life to spreading the faith. Withal, he is a man of great charm, and strong convictions. He is a pioneer for the Baâ€"haâ€"i faith in Paraguay, and will go back there to die. He reckons he has two Premier of Ontario Queen‘s Park ‘There‘s an argument to be made for that side of the debate, but perhaps the court has hit upon, in an indirect way, the deeper question of whether a tradition or convention should be discarded when it seems to have worked relatively well. surprise. It would seem only a little common sense is needed to ascertain that although the Liberal government is breaking no law in proceeding with its constitutional resolution to Britain, it certainly is acting in a way that breaks with tradition, convention and which runs against the grain of our constitutional character. What the court has said of the government‘s plan, in effect, is that while it is legal, it isn‘t right â€" or, at least it is "unconstitutional in the conventional sense." However, the Liberals will argue that in this instance it is necessary to proceed in an ‘‘unonstitutional‘‘ manner and forsake tradiâ€" tion and convention. They will say that‘s the only way to end the 54â€"year deadlock on getting a resolution agreed upon to send to Westminster. They will say that any radically progressive change cries for a break from tradition and that the end justifies the means. Canada, for the most part, is a successful nation built upon coâ€"operation, compromise and a federal union of provinces, acting as partners. That spirit would appear to be damaged by the way the Liberal government is going about its constitutional gameplan, never mind the substance of its proposals. There has not been enough time and care given to reaching a consensus among the federal government and the provinces on this most vital matter. And the country has carried on without a constitutional crisis in spite of the soâ€"called 54â€"year struggle to patriate the constitution through intermittent efforts. The truth of the matter, of course, is that there hasn‘t been an overwhelming need to goad us I feel that the change could be made, the bridge crossed, in good time without any dire consequence to the nation. We must be paâ€" And that is perhaps the greatest fault of the current initiative. The Supreme Court‘s ruling on the constituâ€" Inspiration lacking He hasn‘t had a drink for years. He‘s worked with emotionally disturbed chilâ€" dren. Down south, he lives on dried corn and fruit. His total income is about $100 a In Indian costume, he does about four dances, prancing around like a 20 year old brave. He switches to a Chinese outfit, and does a mime that would turn green a 14 year old geisha girl. Another switch, and he‘s a clown, cavorting around, delighting children and adults alike, his feet fying like feathers. and a dinner that would sink the Titanic. Like five cobs of corn, a pound of potato salad, a whole cucumber, some cold meat, and half a pound of tomatoes. But that‘s not the only paradox. His specialty is putting on ‘"shows‘" for children. He did a couple while he was here, and they were excellent. This big man, who can scarcely walk with a cane, psyches himself up, throws away his cane, and does an act that would baffie many a 20 year old. But for what purpose are the Liberals intent on pressing on? Could it be that one man, the prime minister, is so recklessly determined to put his stamp on history that he will proceed willyâ€"nilly amidst storms of dissension and the broken dreams he walks over on his way to immortality? * Any prime minister would be proud to be the one who has delivered to our nation its own constitution. But it has to be brought about properly and with a certain amount of humility on the part of that prime minister. I believe it will be some time before the current saga is resolved. Britain will no doubt take the necessary, prudent cautions in dealing with the issue and for that we can be The provinces and federal government came close to an agreement in Victoria, and that effort could be matched and bettered again â€" given time and understanding. I dare say unanimity is even possible. But the thrust of the constitutional gambit must stem from an inspired motivation and a desire to bind a nation together in a common purpose with shared goals and ideals. It‘s not good enough that the plan is simply legally correct, without any moral or spiritual backbone to it. If the minds of the premiers and a prime minister could come together in a semblance of harmony on this issue, we would probably have a document worth calling our constituâ€" It would be built upon a foundation of agreement, conciliation, giveâ€"andâ€"take, a carâ€" ing for one another and a sense of idealism that echoes the aspiration of the many diverse people our political leaders represent. Such an agreement should not be considered pieâ€"inâ€"theâ€"sky, as though it were impossible to ever assemble a group of dedicated Canadians who could work out the right approach and forâ€" mula. Our current problem is that the Liberal plan would create more divisiveness, friction and tension than it would harmony and unity â€" which is what the constitution should proâ€" mote. We are faced with the opposite effect of the intended goal. Time â€" and patience â€" are of the essence. month. Enough. We bundled him on the bus, with busses and hugs, along with that great mysterious case, which holds his costumes, magic tricks, Chinese fan, and other gimmicks. â€" And he‘s pretty dauntless. He drove 15 miles with us and put on a show for a group of Indian kids. He‘s going to lick his bug and go back to pioneering in South Ameriâ€" ca. And it was a little sad to see him leave, going back to live among the natives of Paraguay, sick, crippled, and stoneâ€"deaf. But it was also a little heartening to see a man who has given up the entire maâ€" terialistic life of North America sallying forth, spirits high, to face whatever he had to face. Good luck, Dr. Garry. You may be a bit of a charlatan, but aren‘t we all? You‘re a good man, with your heart in the right place, despite all your earlier adversities.