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dedi % ry winiedoade aaa di dakso SEEMS SMA Readers' opinion this regard. At our ol PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Dec. 12th, 1973 -- 5 Abortions should be restricted, saysCafik OBITUA RY Mr. P. Hvidsten, Port Perry Star, 235 Queen Street, Port Perry, Ontario. Dear Peter: An article entitled **Abort- ions infrequent at Port Perry . Hospital" which appeared in your newspaper on Wednesday, Nov. 21, made two erroneous state- ments concerning me and the abortion issue. The article stated that I support abortion. This is simply untrue. Let me set the record straight one more time. Personally, I am opposed to abortion. I feel that abortion should be allowed by the law only in cases where the mother's life or health is seriously and directly in danger. check the records of the House of Commons, you will find that the present Solici- or General, Warren Allmand, and 1 moved a motion to amend the present law, to make abortions more restricted, and not less. The article also stated that there was a vote in the House of Commons on -a pro- abortion amendment in February. There was _no such vote in the House of Commons this year. To clari- fy things I will briefly ex- plain the procedure involved in a private member's intro- ducing of legislation 'in the House and I will then des- . cribe the incident which the article interpreted as being a vote on a pro-abortion amendment. When a private member wishes to introduce legis- lation, the speaker asks permission of the House for the first reading of the Bill. Normally such requests are granted without debate because debate on a bill takes place on second reading. At the second read- ing stage of a bill, principle of tbe bill is deba- ted and voted on. If the principle of the bill is accep- table to the majority of the House, the bill is passed on to committee for further study; if the principle is unaccep- table the bill is.defeated, and that's the end of it. Now, concerning the inci- dent referred to previously, If you : the this is what happened. On February 13, Stuart Leggatt, M.P. for New Westminster, moved for leave to intro- duce an amendment to remove abortion from the Criminal Code. A number of. anti-abortion members, con- trary to parliamentary practice, wanted to refuse permission for first reading of the bill. The Speaker called for a vote on the matter. The result was 179 members in favour of the motion and 56 against. The vote itself had nothing to do with the content of the proposed bill. When I voted in favour of the said motion, I voted, not for abortion, but Should be To the Editor, Port Perry Star, Sir: In recent editions of your paper you have conducted a one way argument, re the subject abortion. Don't you think this is a two way argu- ment or are you afraid to point anyones view which is opposed to Mr. Arnold. This is a subject on which I am neutral but 1 would appre- ciate reading for a change the other side of the argu- ment. It is mankinds basic right to have an opinion but not to have one man's opin- ion jammed down their throats every week in the Star. I am sure you are offend- ing a lot of people with your attitude.- This is a religious question and will go on for' ever, In some countries, they have abortion on demand and are they going to have the Port Perry Star as their judge and jury. I ask you if you are to continue this subject in your paper invite and publish both sides of this question. Sincerely, A.M. McKenzie, Port Perry Publishers remarks: . For the information of the above writer, who_apparen- tly does not know. The columns of the Port Perry Star are open to all writers and all opinions, as long as contributions. are pr esented Issues Warning Dear Mr. Editor: We appreciate your ex- tensive coverage of various activities of Ratepayers in our area. Port Perry Star truly serves a public good in last meeting, a number of rate- payers in the Port Perry area expressed deep concern over the quality of certain meat products being sold in our local stores, and indeed, throughout the pro- vince. With this in mind, we wish to inform your readers of a significant item which was discussed at the meet- ing. Most packaged cold meals and meat products are stamped with a "draw date. When cold meats are packaged at the factory, they are given a specific time period during which they should remain fresh. However, they naturally lose their freshness and SHOULD be removed from the shelves on the "draw" date. Many stores DO NOT remove the ) meats on the 'draw' date, thus customers are fre- quently purchasing meat which is not fresh and, could be tainted without the pur- chaser being aware. The results of eating such meats _ are quite obvious. The 'draw' date is stamped in a code usually in a four number system. The first one or two numbers indicate the month and the last two indicate the date, thus 11 12 would indicate that the package should be taken off the shelves on November 12, and 6 13 or 06 13 would show that the package should be removed from the shelf on June 13. We hope that this infor- mation will aid your readers in their search for better quality food. Yours sincerely, Paul Arculus, Pres., Cartwright, Port Perry, Reach, Scugog Rate- payers Association . with for the principle that every M.P. has a right to bring in a bill, whether or not I agree the proposition -con- tained in the bill. The content of the bill was secondary to the consideration of the prin- ciple involved, that of free- dom of speech in Parlia- ment. Therefore, the vote taken in the House of Com- mons on February 13 of this year had to do with parlia- mentary practice and not abortion, I sincerely hope that you will clarify the. facts in a subsequent edition of your paper. For your information, I am enclosing a copy of the speech I made on abortion in the House of Commons at the time the Omnibus Bill was before it, Il any of your readers would like a copy of that speech, which will clarify my views on this extremely delicate question, they can obtain it by writing to me at the House of Commons. Ottawa. Iwill be glad to send a copy of the speech tc anyone on their request. . Many thanks, and with best personal good wishes, 1 am, Yours sincerely, Norm Cafik, M.P. Ontario Riding two-way argument in a respectable manner. We have not been conduc- ing a two-way argument and we are not afraid of publish- ing opposite opinions, which we are proving by printing the above letter. Unfortun- ately. Mr. McKenzie. we have vel to receive other than the already printed opinions, except for your INTERIOR WHITE Semi-Gloss Reg. '1.95 own printed above. We at the Star look for: ward to the readers' partici- pation by stating their opin- ions in our columns, and your contribution Mr. McKenzie, giving. the oppo- site view created even more interest on the very touchy subject. P. Hvidsten 30 or Good selection WALLPAPER $ 1 39 WINDSHIELD WASHER "NE THELMA M, BEARE On Sunday, December 2, 1973, the community was saddened by the passing of a respected citizen, Thelma M. Beare. , Born in Reach Township, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John T. Crosier, the deceased moved at an ~early age to London and Kintore, Ontario, where she received: her elementary education, and took part of her secondary school edu- cation at Thamesford. After returning to this area, she completed her high school education and went on to attend Toronto Normal School. Upon graduation she accepted a teaching position "at the Yellow School in Reach Township, and later joined the staff of the Port Perry Public School where she was em. ployed until her passing. In 1945 she was married to Bruce F. Beare of Port Perry. As a devoted wife and mother, a dedicated teach-. er, a life member of the U.C.W. of the United Church, and-an ardent com- * munity worker, she will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Left to mourn her loss are her husband, Bruce; two sons, Dale and Dean; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Crosier, Utica; two sisters, Jean (Mrs. W. Scott) London, Ontario, & Donna (Mrs. E. Robison) Sacra- mento, California. Rev. Robert Brawn, min- ister of Port Perry United Church officiated at the funeral service held at the McDermott - Funeral Home in Port Perry on Tuesday, December 4th at 3 p.m. Interment was at Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert. Acting as pallbearers were six members of the R. H. Cornish Public School Staff -- Messrs. J. Hogg, J. Hinch, J. Stark, G. Taylor, C. Roane and R. Philip. 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