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A ‘tory ‘that nothing happened i is hard
to present AS significant. ‘The Halloween

story; 1968,; isa highly significant story :

of. nothing ‘happening.

No ‘major damage was done: to the :
community, no windows smashed, no

‘street Signs destroyed: No one was beat-
en up. Neither pedestrians or motorists
were impeded by mobs. _

- A. whole series of such. nothings do

make something. significant: Terrace
appears to have come of age in its ap-
proach to Halloween rowdiness.

It would strain belief to say that the
local Halloween mob, 1967 variety, had,
in‘ one short year left town. A major

reason for lack of damage..and an ab- .
sence of rowdyism this year. was the -

very intelligent approach to a possibly
explosive situation by ‘the Terrace
RCMP detachment. They were. “out 'in
force in -key areas in ample time to per-

A signifi cant nothin ng |

‘siiade the: local gooney-bird set that the

“meed of them. And in a: few. instances,

~~ fun was ‘fine, but that. vandalism and

., reasonably . ds. also damage to the citi-

night was wet and their ‘parents had

RCMP provided added service by trans-

porting the odd recalcitrant’ gooney bird

“right . home to its presumably loving
“Parents,

The police took the - ‘approach that

mob action were not. They made their
point. But without taking away from the
police achievement, there was. an added
ingredient in this year’s Halloween
quiet. ss

‘Both parents and younger people
took a responsible approach | to this
year’s Halloween rites. . .

It appears that the majority view is
that damage to the community not un-

zens of all ages “who live in it.

Give youth | a vote -

Why j is Canada so cool to the idea of.
lowering the voting age to 18?

The British Government. announced
that it would give the younger set the
vote. last week. True, youth does have
tendency to vote left-wing and the. Brit-

‘ish Labor’ Government has at least the :
reputation of being inclined in that po-

litical direction. There is even the poss-
ibility ; that: the addition. of some 3 mil-
lion” voter's to the: British’ electorate
would be welcomed by Harold Wilson’ s
hard- ‘pressed Government.

The press promptly raised the ques-
tion: wouldn’t it be a good idea for
Canada? The answers aired to date have
been unenthusiastic.

Young people are too: immature, say
some redundantly, A vote to youth would
bririg. socialism to. Canada, others say.

And from Quebec -comes the possibility

that - younger _ French-speaking yoters

would swing that Province away, from :
Canada. -

In our view, ‘these eyes -are simply :

. candidate with the nicer smile. But the

history, it‘would appear that his sweep

already survived the previously ‘nthink-
able idea of giving the. vote to: women,
Admittedly, a large number. of women
refrain -from using their. right to-vote,
‘or ‘duplicate their’ husband’s ballot, or
invoke the gods of ‘chance by picking the

democratic process continues.
Without denying the possibility that

Prime Minister ‘Trudeau may prove to

‘be the greatest ‘statesman - -in Canadian

to power was based less on his political
ability than on his charm, assiduously
presented by. communications media. So
much for the present electorate.

The people in the 18-21 age range are
probably the most politically involved
age group in the country. A. recent @X-
- posure to at. least some political history
in high. school and university and an ap-
parent enthusiasm for Justice far out-
"weigh: youth’ s ‘traditional disenchant-
ment: with the Parties of the Establish-
_ ment,

“>t ehtles“thiereases, |

‘nearest, place of any size, is 130

‘tween Sudbury and Sault St, Mar-

_Is_ urban affluence becoming
a threat to the pioneering spirit,
of youth? Is Canada about to
lose its traditional image of a
nation seeking new frontiers?
The post-war wave of immig.
ration, on the surface at: least,
appeared directed more towards
the cities than the land,.- And
the young people in smaller com-
munities have shown aninereas-
Ing trend to head for the big
metropolitan centres. when: the
time. comes far them. to, ‘geek
employment, ;
That this trend is a matter of
neceagsity as well as choice can’t
‘he. denied, In agriculture,” for

.ta_compete,:Thys the. drift. to the.

Vela: seahe eA

instance, modern farming meth-|
ods have resulted inbigger tracts |.
farmed by fewer people, ‘and the |
small marginal farmer is unable |-

For the people who ral
“smaller towns and_ villages,
modern - trend already has - nf

isolated communities in North-
ern Ontario, =. 4

Ont., with 1,450 school children,

when the town had only half the
present population of: 3,700, two
dentists carried on fully-booked
practices,
: The town is.an attractive one;
with a river and lake system
providing . excellent boating and
swimming facilities, and some
of the continent's finest fishing

main-line railroaders who make
up the majority of the working
population earn above-average
wages,
But the isolation of the town
_| appareiitly discourages younger |-
dentists from moving in to es-
tablish a practice, Timmins, the

miles away by road, Sudbury is

rail, but since the highway from
Chapleau to the south intersects
the Trans-Canada Highway be.

ie,-the drive is almost300 miles,
Toronto is almost 600 road miles
aways

“The town has a similar prob-
lem in attracting teachers, With:|:

* | urban: schools burgeortings few

whistling in the’ wind. Democracy has

Members”

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_ ROYAL. ‘CANADIAN. LEGION: BRANCH TOTERRACE

"REMEMBRANCE DAY.

gun. ta. pose problems; such’as'|:
the Jack of dental services for’:

and hunting is literally on its|-
doorstep:. The Canadian Pacific} ’

170 miles to the southwest by .

memes

- ‘The railroad town of Chapleau, :

You can’t keep them on the farm

teachers want to go to such an
{solated area,” A University of
Toronto authority recently com-
mented. that a graduate born in
a city finds’ it difficult to set.
tle ina small town,  ..

The Ontario ‘health department
has tried to deal- With the prob.
lem of getting young dentists to
set up practice.in small towns

‘of 50 yeard ago about the sol

by offering annual bursaries dur-
ing their student years, and al.

ready some 30 communities have | -

benefited,
-But the problem can still be
summed up. by. the popular song

fers who had seen Paris: How
are you going to keep them down
on the farm? .

A lousy ¢ cup 4
of. coffee that
- fastes great —

Sometimes a lousy cup of coffee tastes great. ma .
best lousy cup of coffee in town is free. It. comes. with
cookies, a smile, and a. very peaceful. sense of # personal
well-being, And it is rationed.

Gce every three months, if you get on the list, you
will get a phone call giving a time and place. The placé
is drab, institutional, upstairs, along a corridor, check
your coat, hold hands briefly with a pretty girl who asks
politely about your health, and then relax for 15 minutes,
Then comes the coffee.

My last ivitation was on sunday night, ' We had just

finished dinner when the phone rang “This is. the Red |
Cross. We have an emergency. Could you come to 828 :

West 10th in half an hour?”
And it is a remarkable. experience, a free floating,
meditative, experience which, corny though it may sound

is as close to puré good as anything I have ever felt. «
There, in a little bag, is a pint of life, You. don’t
have to give it, you get no money for. it, and: it isa
private, completely © anonymous, ‘purely. charitable act -
which recognizes a need.

And yet it is different from all other fortis of.
charity.

Even though it goes into completely orilinary. bot:
tles, and then into cartons with labels and code num-
bers, there is always some of you going with’ it,

has been without ‘a dentist for ||
three years, Forty 'yeara ago, |:

> We asked N Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Brown of Terrace
| what they like best about electric heating:

“We take our holidays during the winter, so o that’s an

oO . important thing to us. Electric heating i is completely trouble: free. ‘We enjoy” 7"
even, comfortable heat without the care of most other fuels: