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the tkibune thursday may 9 1968 pace 7 hiimimmiiiimmmiiiimniiiiimiiiimnmimhiiiiiiiiimimmiiiimniiiiiiihnnmmiiiiiiiiiummim a wise warning it was just over one year ago that a little girl from the burlington area accepted a ride in a strangers car never to be seen again aside from a partial description of the vehicle the only real evidence was the finding of the childs shoe near the kidnap scene the parents must go on living from day to day not knowing the truth sur rounding the disappearance of their daughter this tragedy has increased the con stant fear in every home that the same thing could occur to our child and parents are so right it could for this reason we feel the police department of whitchurch township acted wisely last week in requesting through the tribune that children be warned never to accept rides with anyone they do not know the appeal followed several reports of a man who stopped girls in the rural areas of concessions 6 and 7 in past weeks in each instance the description of the individual was the same what would have happened if the children in question had accepted the mans offer this is something no one will ever know this is something no one can risk finding out impossible to please everyone the county of ontario plans to con struct an arterial road from highway 401 north through the townships of pickering and uxbridge to join high way 47 near the town of uxbridge in uxbridge township the pro posed route along the townline has aroused considerable protest from property owners in the area at pres ent the reasons behind the opposi tion have not been made clear the original route was to have been along cone 7 through the hamlet of glen major opposition to this scheme was even stronger and in our opinion more valid it would be a crime against nature to scar this kind of scenic countryside that both residents and visitors have come to know and appreciate the same cannot be said for the townline area on the contrary we feel that a paved arterial road would improve the district both in property values and appearance splinter parties on way out the upcoming federal election is going to provide the canadian voters with an excellent chance to get back to an effective twoparty system at this early point in the campaign it appears to be a straight fight between grit and tory it is a pleasant change from the campaigns of the past few years with the fragment parties nibbling away and being partly responsible for the minority situations which have arisen an important spokesman for the ndp commented on a recent tv in terview that this party never had any hope of being in power but would like to continue as a protest party there has been a parade of third groups for some years the social credit the ccf and the ndp in the more recent elections there has been discontent with the leadership of the two major parties which left an open ing for the election of 21 new demo crats this year there does not appear to be any rise of a third contender un less something unpredictable happens it appears to be a fair assumption that the majority of voters will make the choice between mr stanfields conservatives and mr trudeaus lib erals if this is the way it works out canadians will gain something every one desires a majority government that can govern confidently a mayors gamble mayor jean drapeaus montreal lot tery is underway and already some of the toronto politicians are throwing up their hands in horror at the idea of this chance to win a bundle being hoisted on the citizens of toronto to reward those who want to give the lottery a whirl 150000 a month is being offered with 100000 as top prize cost of runningthe lottery is esti mated at 4 million and four million offers have been sent out in the first throw the price is 2 mayor compbell of scarboro spread himself on the tv screens to tell the public how confused his scarboro resi dents were since the regular scarboro tax bills arrived at the same time as the montreal lottery form whom is he trying to kid most people are reas onably lawabiding but they do re sent interference with what they feel is the right to do what they like with their own money torontos horse- andbuggy mayor has also had a few unkind remarks about montreals farout idea on licking the citys deficit he says its a terrible waste of torontonians money try to tell that mr mayor to someone who wins it will certainly be a novel idea if mayor drapeau can induce people to contribute in this way and he is cer tainly making it attractive prohibi tion gives a number of such events a big push such as the irish sweep stakes legal purchase might even dampen the interest it will be inter esting to see how mr drapeau makes out s3 1 think i know how we can cut down on our food bill iniiiiumiiiumminuiii itf ttinu tniii anil i m in 1 1 1 n u i eh f i nii i in i in m i tin 1 1 n i in ii iiittmi 1 1 1 mtti i liiin mim iiimi uiiii m 191 uimiiii isucar and spice 7 please keep it simple 3y bill smiley its that time of year when everyone enjoys a breath of fresh spring air and a taste of the great outdoors and who can blame them even this heifer on the frank bennett farm rr 1 unlonvllle likes a bite or green grass although still a trifle short staff photo dont be surprised if you hear of chas whipp turning up in eio de janeiro under an assumed name like horace n buggie whipp hes taking a terrible beating on the polls all the way from chilliwack bc and north battleford sask right down to the east coast maybe charlie has received the same amount of mail on his poll but i doubt it and thanks all you kind warm people who took the time to en courage me to go on telling it as it is and telling charlie that well never mind lets drop it hes probably a nice guy who has to snarl at some body every so often to retain his san ity i do like right now my wife who was away at college for six months is lying on the chesterfield after half a year of cooking im still doing it she had an operation but it wasnt on her mind or her tongue theyre as active as ever my kid who has about 20 days to avoid being a grade 12 failure and at the same time is supposed to be pre paring for her artc piano exam is lying on the sack groaning with a swollen gland and fever my son left monday for the wilds of northern quebec to make his for tune for the fourth time with a lit tle stake from dad just to get him started oh well theres always something to cheer you up ive been in stitches like surgical since my wife decided to do my income tax this year and save the cost of an auditor right at the moment were thousands of dol lars ahead of the game its a delirious feeling but i dont think it will last there are a couple of clauses shes not sure of by the way did you ever try as an ordinary layman to read one of those dandy little booklets your friendly revenue department is putting out to help you in the first place as an old printer i swear it cost a million dollars to print in the second who needs it the booklet is written in auditors language which is second only to that of lawyers incomprehensibility if it takes 30 pages to tell you how to fill out your income tax form theres something rotten in the state of canada especially if you dont have a clue when youre finished read ing it i have a suggestion for the gov ernment the booklet could be cut to half the size and written in plain english by any reasonably competent writer with an auditor at his shoul der and i can tell you something right now the handy little booklet is not designed to help you its deliber ately cloaked in language that the or dinary man does not understand for the guy on a salary its com paratively simple his tax deductions however they hurt are made at source but for the small businessman the farmer the contractor its a maze of pitfalls and pratfalls heres a sample of the sparkling prose of the revenuers its entitled balance payable or refund it says as indicated on the tl gen eral form your balance is to be de termined by subtracting from your total payable tax andor canada pension plan contribution payable on selfemployed earnings the total credits tax deducted per t4 and t4a slips amounts paid by instalments and canada pension plan overpay ment what does that mean and why the brackets and why the capitals its not english its not comprehens ible its pure gobbleygook ah i guess i shouldnt get so an noyed i can take it im still working but my heart goes out to all those on the fringe whove worked like dogs all their lives and wind up with dog food this week next american style election by ray argyle there are interesting differences between this election campaign and the three federal contests staged earlier in the 1960s the present cam paign is a slowstarting one and it is more than ever a ustype personal ity contest between the party leaders the trend toward americanization of canadian politics actually began ten years ago when john diefenbaker burst the traditional party bonds which had confined campaigning in this country to party images and par ty labels john diefenbaker ran as a person ality and his followers offered them selves as candidates for a diefenbaker government the canadian electorate responded by giving the conservatives the greatest parliamentary majority in history evidence that our politics were be coming more americanized came with the conservative and liberal party conventions in contrast with earlier party rallies where the choice of lead er was largely decided in advance these conventions saw all the hoopla and noise of the us presidential conventions the techniques were bor rowed from south of the border it was at these conventions that tv coverage in canada came of age the cameras opened up the sessions to the point where the average voter all across canada became privy to the most intimate political planning by choosing a leader with the pop ular image of pierre trudeau the liberals made it virtually certain that the election which would inevitably follow the convention would be a con test of personalities it may be that this is especially noticeable in view of the personalities of robert stanfield and tommy doug las both are much respected but neither has the swinger image of trudeau and they will stress policies instead of personalities but the fact remains that the aver age canadian is today thinking more than ever in terms of personalities and of the prime ministers office as one which must be filled by a person ality the popular view of the elec tion as a contest between trudeau and stanfield and discussion of tv debates between the two marks a turning point in canadian politics the political scene will be much livelier than it has been and cana dian politics have not been exactly dull in the past ten years the other big difference in the pres ent campaign is that the parties have learned that seven weeks is too long to burden the voters with election eering the election will not be rolling in earnest for another two weeks when both trudeau and stanfield formally open their campaigns not all canadians are pleased with the prospect of a presidentialstyle popularity contest in the june 25 vote sen gratton oleary of ottawa longtime conservative power describ ed the emphasis on personality as a betrayal of democracy and the par liamentary system voters are supposed to opt for the local candidate not the party leader in canadian politics but it is beginning to look as if many voters will plump for the party leader of their choice regardless of the abilities or shortcomings of the loal candidate if this is so it puts more responsi bility than ever on local party associa tions to nominate the best possible canci tes wht wribuw established 188s c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edey advertising published every thursday by the stouftvillc tribune limited at 51 main st stouftville onl tel 6102101 single copies 10c subscriptions s400 per year m canada woo elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association authorized as second class mail post office dcpt ottawa my maiden speech 1 there was a day when speaking in public came rather easily in my pre- teen years i considered it a rather i simple task to recite a poem at a i school christmas concert or even take a solo part in a mixed choir of four- teen voices on one occasion i ad- 1 vanced to the oratorical finals in york county and a year or two later took on entries from allontario at the 1 cne i can remember that experi- ence like it was yesterday it was 1940 the early dark days of world war ii and the competition was held in the automotive building we were crowded into rather cramped quarters on the second story overlooking an 1 array of new model cars plus the lat- est in canadianbuilt army navy and airforce equipment one harvard trainer a halfdozen bren gun car- riers a dozen jeeps and a hundred or so inflated life preservers at least half the audience was in uniform each contestant could choose his or her own topic mine was when i grow up and it earned me a prize of nine silver dollars one would have thought that i had been handed a lifetime interest in the royal mint that was twentyeight years ago since then my rocketing success to oratory stardom has slackened con siderably the truth is i havent made a single solitary speech since school and the voice as well as the memory has grown a trifle rusty through years of disuse on april 18 it happened carl wil son a member of the brooklin junior farmers gave me a call he wanted me to address the may 2 meeting of their club at the mt zion commun- iy centre let me tell you i felt a mite proud here out of the blue was an opportunity to hit the big time speechmaking trail again should i or could i voices pro and con were whispering in both ears at once and my head was in a whirl i needed time to think but there was so little time i said id give the re quest serious consideration one week passed by and i was no nearer to a decision but the gentleman had to know and he called again without realizing what i was saying i agreed to fill the bill there was now no turn ing back putting words on several pages of paper was one thing but learning to speak it and not read it was another i received all kinds of encouragement from my family whatever you do dont memorize it said my wife just jot down a few notes thats all youll need but what if i forget i argued that can happen you know a body can stand up before a crowd and have his mind go completely blank wouldnt that be just great theyd go right from o canada into the lunch here it is my one big chance and i end up making a fool of myself before the whole community youd think you were about to ad- dress a meeting of the united na tions she replied after all well probably know most of them suppose you do forget thats no disgrace ive seen that happen before well i dont want it to happen to me i an swered and it was back on the soap box for more practice the kids wondered what in the world was going on they thought i had gone looney talking out loud and not another soul in the room does dad do this kind of thing very of ten asked daughter 7 her mother tried to explain all about the meeting and that i was the guest speaker and it was important to me to have every thing down just right what channel will he be on she asked its not going to be televised she explained the organization is from brooklin on tario not brooklyn new york can i give it for current events she asked there was no reply in case youre wondering about the outcome my return to the speech- making spotlight went off without a hitch at least they clapped at the conclusion which i suppose could mean anything my wife who sat through the twentyminute ordeal admitted that she was a bit ner vous from a rather humble beginning new fields of oratorical endeavours have appeared on distant horizons not the least of these is a rather in formal suggestion that i should enter the federal political scene but rest easy senator mccutcheon the time is not yet right my financial holdings are much too involved at 381 rupert to permit such extravagant adventures