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Too much 'antis'?
Although, currently, much emphasis is being place on anti-
pollution and anti -litter campaigns the time may not be too far
distand when one may defeat the purpose of the other.
With garbage disposal regulations becoming more and more
stringent, already some municipalities are seriously considering
curtailing their garbage disposal services to household garbage
only. No longer can the municipal dump be used as the last rest-
ing place for such demised items as old stoves, refrigerators, car
bodies, tires and a host of other no longer useful items.
Provincial authorities now will grant only temporary dump
burning permits to municipal councils. Presently in Durham,
September 1, is the final date when garbage may be burned at
the town dump. Individuals are prohibited from burning almost
every type of litter, including dead leaves and grass. And now
entracnes to most municipal dumps are tightly barred against
public intrusion, except at specified times. No longer can a resi-
dent of one municipality dispose of his garbage in a neighbquring
municipalities' dumping grounds and already, some rural resid-
ents are required to drive sevel.al miles at a given time to dispose
of their garbage legally.
• Don't get us wrong. We're all for clean air and pure water and
a healthy landscape, but we would hate to see the "anti -this"
and "anti -that campaigns carried so far as to force otherwise law
abiding citizens to dispose of their undisposable garbage or litter
as best they can when no one is looking. (Durham Chronicle)
TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
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This serious young fellow is Bob, soon to be two years
old. How wonderful if his birthday brings him a mother
and a father, and a home where he can confidently cele-
brate many more birthdays.
Bob's ancestry is three-quarters Negro and one-quarter
East Indian. He is a tall, sturdy, healthy boy who runs and
climbs with dashing confidence. His foster mother says she
wouldn't dare leave a ladder against the wall of the house
or he would. be on the roof.
In the garden at Bob's foster home are a wading pool,
sand box, swings and slides, and Bob loves them all. He's
also devoted to his tricycle. He plays well and unselfishly
with other children.
Alert, active and affectionate, this youngster is a good
sleeper but rather a choosey eater. But if his dessert is put
in front of him, just out of reach, he will eat everything
else so he can have the dessert for a prize.
Despite his sober look, Bob is a funny fellow with a wry
sense of humor. He loves to make. people laugh. TO IN-
QUIRE ABOUT ADOPTING Bob, please write to Today's
Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parlia-
ment Buildings, Toronto 182. For general adoption infor-•
mation, ask your Children's Aid Society.
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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
During the winter, I literally
grind my teeth when I know I
must make a trip to the city.
The idea sours my soul, niy
stomach, and my normally
sweet disposition.
1 don't just think, I know
what to expect during any part,
or the whole, of the 180 -mile
trip.
"Freezing rain." That means
crawling along, half blind, peer-
ing our the window because the
windshield has a quarter -inch of
ice on it, and wondering when
some idiot is going to come out
of nowhere and clobber you.
"Scattered snow flurries."
That is a weather department
euphemism, in these parts, for
a howling blizzard. The only
thing that is scattered are the wit
of the weather forecaster.
"Slight drifting conditions."
That means a 40 m.p.h. wind
sweeping white clouds across the
road just as some jerk is trying
to pass you and there's a ten -ton
gravel truck right in front of
you.
Oh, they can't fool me. But
I just grin and swear it. How-
ever, I get my revenge in July.
I sit under my oak trees and
chuckle - yes chuckle -, as I
think of all those poor, torment-
ed creatures belting their way
through the mad traffic, trying
to get to where I am.
It's not a nasty chuckle.
Those chaps have my utmost
sympathy. It's just a little sort
of revenge chuckle. The kind of
thing you might hear Boris
Karloff emitting as he sends his
creator, Dr. Frankenstein, up in
flames.
Sometimes, when my chuckle
gets out of control, I am decent
enough to take a walk downtown
and stroll around looking at all
those sweaty, frustrated, infur-
iated tourists, snarling at
their spouses and children.
My natural sentiments take
over, and I can scarce forebear
to weep, as I think of what
they've been through to get here,
what they are going through
now, and what they have to do
to get home.
When my emotion gets q uite
out of control, I sometimes
drive soberly to the beach and
survey the scene. This usually
plunges me into further depths
of compassion. Everybody is so
fat.
Over there is a 200 -pound
lady in a 12 -ounce bikini, drag-
ging two kids, a beach chair,
assorted towels and 200 pounds.
She is utterly miserable as the
sweat destroys her makeup. And
don't forget she has to walk half
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a mile back to the cottage,
hauling whimpering offspring,
and prepare dinner for her husb-
and, who is fighting his way up
through the ciri~us on wheels, her
mother and father, who have
been invited for a week, her
Aunt Jessie and Uncle Tom, who
have just dropped in on their way
through. For a few days. Poor
lady.
And down there , near the
water, is an elderly gentleman,
flaming red from bald dome to
calloused toes. Enjoying him-
self. His paunch begins just be-
low his chin and continues almos
to his knees. How happy he seem
as the children jump over him,
spraying sand and cold water.
What a delighted smile he prod-
uces when the teenagers' foot-
ball hits him squarely in the bell
He's at the beach for two weeks,
and he's having fun it it kills
hint.
The little kids are wonderful,
too. Never a dull moment. If
they haven't lost their sand -pail,
they've cut their foot on a rock,
or they want money for pop,
or they're out too far, or they've
simply vanished and are probably
drowned.
And the teenagers are grand.
It just restores your faith to see
them go into the water occasion-
ally. Arid there's something cute
about the way they lie around on
the beach, not smashing any-
thing, or waving signs. Just ly-
ing there, about eighteen kids
to twelve feet of sand, smoking
and chatting intellectually. It
makes you feel sort of good all
over, to know that they're not
out on the highway, doing good-
ness knows what, but right here
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1971
on the beach, doing nothing.
Golly, I envy those city people
who come up north to get away
from it all: the air-conditioned
buildings, the home -cooked
meals, the playgrounds, the
privacy of their own backyards,
I wish I could get a break like
that in the winter.
"Supreme courts and provincial
legislatures aren't going to solve
farmers' marketing problems.
Only farmers can satisfactorily
solve those."
Ontario Federation of Agricult-
ure President Gordon Hill was
cotntizenting on a recent meeting
of egg producers from four prov-
inces. Egg board officials and
agriculture ministers from Ontario,
Manitoba, Quebec and Nova Scot-
ia met in a Montreal hotel to
discuss marketing problems.
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