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Friday Nov 25 1977 NEWSROOM 7266537 CIRCULATION 7266539 the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Published by Canadian New5papers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario L4M 4T6 Elio Agostini publisher ADVERTISING 7266537 ClASSIEIEDS 7282414 Citys cultural aspects must not be overlooked Cultural arts and economics have never been compati ble But there are areas in community that rise above the concern for economic feasibility Cultural arts is one of these areas Unfortunately Ald Ross Stephens missed the point at Mondays meeting of city council when he was quoted in The Examiner as saying the arts centre project for the Firehall wasnt viable because have to let my business sense overrule my emotions Using this line of logic our civilization would end up as cultural wasteland Cultural arts throughout the ages have consistently mirrored civilizations thoughts feelings attitudes and best accomplishments The misunderstanding and ignorance of peoples at titude on the importance to community of creative cultural arts program is due to the form of the rewards to be gained from cultural arts And in our freeenterprise moneyoriented society people view rewards in the form of dollar signs moral or aesthetic rewards receive scant attention and very low priority levels by the community Economically the support and promotion of cultural arts make very little cents They never will But the pro ducts of art remain they defy time their aesthetic value increases with the passing of time and they are the chronicles upon which the assessment of civilization will be based Barrie needs cultural arts centre more than it needs new SUdeVlSIOIl or new apartment building or new city hall cultural arts committee comprising businessmen artists and architects must be formed immediately The establishment of cultural arts centre must become major priority of the City Council Financial sacrifices must be made by the city in order for cultural arts cen tre to be built One needs only to visit any large city in North America to see that cultural arts centres are the cornerstone of citys sense of identity The erection of cultural arts centre in Barrie must become community involvement effort If the Fireball is beyond repair then City Council must initiate plans to buy land to accrue monies and to seek aid from the pro vincial and federal governments for the building of cultural arts centre It is the moral responsibility of our city leaders to en courage the advancement of cultural arts It is also their obligation to make the people of Barrie realize the im portance of cultural arts centre Our historical and cultural heritage depend on it cultural arts centre in Barrie will provide dividends immeasurable in monetary terms Such centre will pro vide feelings of meaningfulness and purposefulness to our artists it will also act as the catalyst in raising the qualities of our different art forms The credibility of art rests on Aristotles idea of what art does for civilization The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things but their inward significance for this and not the external mannerism and detail is true reality Barrie must wake up to its cultural responsibilities Now down memory lane NOV 26 1964 Headline story of the day was the collision in heavy fog of luxury liner and tanker which left 16 dead and four missing off New Jersey New York Concert trio was in town to perform at Cen tral Collegiate The Homes for the Aged Committee of Simcoe County Council brought in detail ed report on the need for new in stitution Barrie residents were bundling up preparing for the temperatures expected dip below the freezing mark Some 83 police officers from 11 municipalities were Your business Hy VINCENT EGAN Business and oiisuiiicr Affairsitalyst Thomson News Service anadas acute unemployment problem could be relieved best if business were to in vest more momy in new plant machinery and equipment anadian businesses do intend to spend more dollars on such capital projects next year but not enough more unfortunately even to offset inflation The latest survey of about ioo large cor porations shows that they intend to invest $18854 million on new plant and equipment in 1978 Thats ti pei cent increase over the 1977 rate of spending lwhich III turn is running 72perceiit ahead of limit But with inflation at till per cent for the latest 12 months and ioiitmuing to rise monlt th month that means that there will be anot decline in the real value of business capital investment Thats all the more discouraging for our economic prospects since there has been some evidence recently of pickup ithat is aftu discounting for inflation since mid1977 inc tal spending on prodmlion equipment A1 1311 spending on commerCial building in Barrie for the annual Barrie Police Clubs revolver shoot Toronto and football fans from coast to coast were preparing for the Grey Cup final between the Hamilton Tiger Cats and the British Columbia Lions in two days time Then it cost Minced beef was selling at three pounds for $1 meat pies were listed at eight for $1 with three pounds of pork riblets advertised as selling for $1 Threequarter inch mahogany sheets went at $989 pole lamps were listed as selling at $995 Investing money would help construction in firsthalf 1977 was three er cent lower than in secondhalf 1976 spen ing on industrial buildings increased by 55 per cent during the same period The survey of 1978 capitalspending in tentions taken by the department of in dustry trade and commerce pointed to the key problem The companies surveyed expect to operate at only 86 per cent of their roductive capac ity next year almost unc anged from the cunent operating rate of 85 per cent As long as the pical industry can cope with an increase onesixth in the demand for its oducts without having to increase its pr uctive capacity then it doesnt have any pressing need for capital expansion And as long as rofit performance remains as poor as it has een lately the prospect for any marked increase in capital investment remains poor Total aftertax profits of large non financial corporations in firsthalf 1977 were only 48percent higher than in the 1976 pe riod for manufacturers average firsthalf profits fell by 08 per centthe third such decline in as man years When those nges are discounted to reflect the impact of inflation the results are much worse BUSINESS 7266537 NEWSROOM ADVERTISING BUSINESS Sean Finlay managing editor Len Sevick manager Marian Gough accountant Randy McDonaldclty editor sALESMEN Betty Armer Sheila McGovern assistant city editor Dan Gaynor DOFOINY BOWland Bill McFarlane wire editor Werner Bergen sports Claudio Krause litestyle Marina Quattrocchi photographer RE PORTERS John Bruce Poul Deleon CLASSIFIED Richard Dunstan Ruth Blais supervisor Pat Guergls Freda Shinner Scott Hasklns Karen Atkinson Rudlelgh MocLean Peggy Chapell Sue Burke Dana Homewood Lyatl Johnson Barb Boulton Dana Graham John Zarecky Gait Mc Parland Vikki Grant CIRCULATION Jon Butler manager Linda Halkes asst manager Andy Haughton Judy Hickey Alva LaPIante Elaine Porter Gary Pringle 1T3 MOSCOWlllEY WANT ID KNOW IF WED LIKE TO BUY THEIR WEAVER FORECASTS Parliament hill By STEWART MaciEI Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service As lifelong civil libertarian Prime Minister Trudeau must be biting his tongue from time to time as he jumps to the defence of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for their alleged illegal activities He doesnt see much wrong with the Moun ties tampering with mail or making other ill tle mistakes as they go about the business of looking for terrorists In fact he tiiinks our national police force is doing just fine and deserves the support of the anadian people Its highly unlikely he would have adopted the same attitude 15 years ago when he was obsessed with civil liberties But right now the prime minister knows very well he is reflecting the views of majority of Canadians when he rises to the defence of the Mounties Mail and telegrams are still pouring into the offices of Mis The world today IA By JOHN llAIlIlIlON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service There are times when columnist is scooped by major World event after his column has gone to press Such is the case with the one that criticized the Israeli prime minister few days ago for not entering into the arena of world statesmanship where the worsening Arab Israeli crisis is comcrawl Who could guess that tile saute Mciiachcm Begin the hardliner who once headed the toughest outfit of modern times would invite an Arab leader to Jerusalem to address the Israeli Knesset parliament Yet Begin has done this by inviting Egyp tian President Anwar Sadat to Israel as his guest This is clearly the greatest breakthrough in 30 years of ArabJewish hatreds and warm aking In fact Israel and Egyptl which have never had diplomatic relations are still technically at war and have been that way since the first ArabJewish war of 1948749 They have fought each other bitterly three times since then in the Suez War of 1956 the Six Day War of 1967 and the Yoin Kippur War of 1973 And now if no lastminute hitch develops Sadat and Begin will meet in Israel move that should win the rcatest praise for the two leaders for both ma ing and accepting the in vitation WHY ALL THE WARS This anticipated visit reminds us of the futility of wars and bitter human hostility criticizing everyone particularly politicians and the prcsswho attack the RCMP and sug gesting its Itiin time we began concentrating on the economy The opposition would love to oblige sinCe they are being accused often unfairly of directly attacking the Mounties llut Trudeau and his ministers are obviously enjoying their newfound role as defenders of the RCMP and they can hardly wait for the next accusation BIGIlilNAltOlNI Its an incredible turnaround says an Alberta lory Ml who just returned front weekend in his riding Just because we asked some legitimate uestions about tniiiislcrial resjmnsibility re ating to the ll MI we are being accused of attacking the in tegrity of the forces Trudeau and his men have done pretty good job of twisting things around He might have said that the prime minister has been absolutely brilliant in suggesting Breakthrough in relations that yesterdays bitter enemies are the same ones who can at the end sit down and discour sc with each other In the growing number of decades that separate us from the last war with Germany veterans from both sides have compared notes in hundreds of postwar dinners and reunions here and overseas remember one such dinner of tlic Naval fficers Association of anada front the early 1960s when separate table was reser ved for forntcr icrman llboal captains resident in Ontario as their special guests llul more starkly revealing was the guest speaker He was Capt tlo Krctscltmer of the reborn and post war German navy who had been one of the nearlyunbcatable accs of Hitlers navy ill the North Atlantic ills submarine was sunk underneath him in the spring of 1911 and he was taken prisoner the dinner menu from that memorable evening in 1961 were printed the two national anthems God Save the Queen and Deut schland Uber Alles The same associations between exwarriors have been true between Japanese veterans and those of Western countries but at slower pace Some day soon American technicians will return as consultants to the needy ommu nisl govenimenl of Vietnam which beat their armies in long and cruel Asian war At time when many Canadians build up their resentmcnts against our new races and especially against one of the oldest ones the Quebecois let us remember at what cost magnaminily has come to other nations and societies only after they have fought bitterly against each other Published dailyexcept MOTOR THROW OFF ELSEWHERE IN CANADA The Examiner is member of The Canadian Press CP and Audit Bureau of Circula tions ABC Only the Canadian Press may republish news stories in this newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence FrancePresse and local news stories published in The Examiner Sunday and statutory holidays WEEKLY by carrier 90 cents YEARLY by carrier $4680 BYMAIL Barrie $4680 National advertising ottices 65 Queen so Toronto nu ma 640 cathcari 5i SIMCOE COUNTY Montreal $3650 $39 Year $3850a year Trudeau enjoying role of defending the RCMP Her Majestys Loyal Opposition is being rather mcan toward our beloved horsemen And lrudeaus most recent news conference indicated just how delighted he is to chat about the subject Barnburning may not be normal healthy Saturday night sport he acknowledges but he is certainly not going to get excited because the Mounties engaged in bit of ar son to flush out known terrorists And as he utters the words you know there is chorus of hearhcar from one end of the country to the other How many people in Red Deer are upset because the Mounties burned Quebec barn that was frequented by separatists It would be interesting to hear how the prime minister would have reacted 15 years ago Now he was being asked what he thought of the Mounties opening mail illegally With television cameras whirring Trudeau seemed to be savoring this moment was never in the police forces dont know their modes of operation he began cant get extremely shocked and indignant if they catch terrorist by opening even my mail mean have always said do like to remain private but so what if they have some facts on me or on you Maybe the wont in every case do anything about it ut if the can catch terrorist or hijacker or ki nappcr once out of five to me that is pretty good average and dont think our civil liber ties arc Ill danger in anada by the RCMP or by anybody else What about charges that the Mounties had withheld information front the government about their alleged wrongdoing Trudeau wanted no part of such in sinualions am convinced they were telling the trulli He said senior Mounties would have no way of knowing whether illegalities were committed by junior policemen llul considering his own background as civil IiIxrlarian wasnt he just bit coit ccrncd about what had ha ipened dont feel at all en angered by the fact that the Opposition has been dragging the lttMI in the dirt for the past couple of weeks Another good shot Then as the subject began to peter out Trudeau was practically begging for more opportunities to speak on his favorite topic If you have got any other good thou hts on the RCMP would be glad to have ant not getting too many these days He obviously dreads the day the opposition will stop talking about the Mounties bible thought Again say unto you That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask it iihnll be done for them of my Father which Is in heaven Matthew 1819 Just agree that lie is able and trust Ilim to come throu He loves us Father turn what appears to so complicated into sheer joy by your touch as we believe in Jesus name Amen We praise you for it The Examiner claims copyright on all original news and advertising material created by its employees and published in this newspaper Copyright registration number 203315 register 61 The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid tor the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred whether such error is due to the negligence of its servants or otherwise and there shall be no liability for non insertion oi any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement Cbnadas story Money provided By BOB BOWMAN There was great excitement in Canada and especially Ottawa in 1878 when it was an nounced that the Marquis of Lorne would be the next governorgeneral accompanied by his wife Princess Louise daughter of Queen Victoria The government provided money to make improvements to Rideau Hall the viceregai residence that had been the home of gover norsgeneral since Confederation It had been built by Thomas MacKay in the 18305 as an 11 room mansion in an area known as MacKays Bush It was only part of MacKays estate He owned 1100 acres on both sides of the Rideau River Sir John Macdonald went to Halifax to greet the Lornes but their ship was delayed by storms Macdonald impatient because of the delay retired to hotel room and got drunk for several days When the ship was sighted Nov 25 secretary was sent to notify Macdonald He was in bed and as he glared at the secretary he shouted Vamoose from this ranch For tunately Macdonald had remarkable powers of recovery and got himself in shape to meet the distinguished guests The Marquis of Lorne was poet and one of his verses is the hymn Unto the hills around do lift up my longing eyes He and Princess Louise saw great deal of Canada during their five years of office Guided by In dian Chief Poundmaker they made trip across the prairies in wagon train to Calgary They also travelled to Victoria by ship and spent weeks in British Columbia The province of Alberta was named after Princess Louise as Alberta was one of her names and she was also responsible for suggesting Regina as the name for the capital of the Northwest Territories Its original name was Pile Bones which wasnt at all suitable for capital Many people who lived in the area wanted it to be called Victoria but Victoria was already the capital of British Columbia So Princess Louise solved the problem by suggesting Regina the Latin word for Queen OTHER NOV 25 EVENTS 1657Marguerite Bourgeoys opened first school in Montreal 1758British force including George Washington captured Port DuQuesne from Canada and named it Fort Pitt now Pit tsburg 1837W Mackenzie rebel leader proclaimed provincial government for Upper Canada Queens park From saint to sinner By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO It doesnt take long to change from saint to sinner around here At least when you run afoul of the press Vividly recalled is the experience of Stuart Smith When the Liberal leader won his partys convention he was an overnight hero Nothing much but good was said about him But then within couple of days he had run with member of the press And boing There was sudden drastic change There began wave of criticism And this has more or less continued ever since QUICK CHANGE But now the supersensitivity of the press has turned on probably the most unlikely per son one could conceive Seldom in memory has member here been given the complimentary reception Jack Stokes received when he was named Speaker And leading the kudos were the media Its member couldnt find enough that was good to say about the popular then New Democratic Party member from the north But then there was tempest in coffee cup And the game changed STUFF IT When Stokes took over as Speaker he moved in sonte slight directions to improve the dignity as well as the decorum of the house One of the steps he took was an edict that members no longer should drink coffee at their desks in the chamber One afternoon gallery member unaware of the new ruling was sitting at his place in the house with plastic cup of coffee in front of him An attendant came up and told him to remove it The gallery member one of the more bellicose of our gentry told the attendant to tell Mr Speaker that he objected to his ruling and us language not used in family newspapers The attendant informed Mr Speaker who then interru ted the proceedings noted the incident at the member had acted pmfancl that press gallery members were govern the rules of decorum along with everyone se and that if the member didnt want to abide by them he could either remove himself or be ected Was he right 01 course he was If any member of the house had acted the way the gallery member did he almost cer tainly would have been summarily ejected But suddenly the bloom was off the rose Mr Speaker was no longer Mr Good Guy