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Page 16 TERRACE BAY NEWS March 9, 1967 The second side of the problems written by Grade Through becoming a member state of the United 12 student Jane West: States, our taxes would increase because we would Within the last twenty years, editorials have becom be helping to support another two-hundred million extremely vehement in stating that our country of people while the taxes of Americans would either Canada would prosper in all respects if it became the | drop or remain the same. fifty-first state of the United States. If you have any Canadianism in you, supporting Because of this union, Canada would no longer be | any kind of bill making Canada the fifty-first state unprotected and vulnerable to attack from nations of the United States is a thorn in the side of your with much interest in the nuclear armaments race. national feelings and if is my sincere hope that such Canada would also become a member of the space a disaster will never come to pass. Canada must race countries, and through this share in glory now live on. dominated by the United States. Now, as a Canadian, | would like to point out that Canada is much better off as she is, a free nat- ion. About the nuclear arms we would have guard- ing us, who needs them? Canada is posing no threat of over-running any other nation but if she became $ | the fifty-first state she would be watched suspicious- } | ly. In the event that she was ever threatened, she has no worries. The United States is going to protect her anyway. They have too much at stake to let someone else come in and rule Canada. It is Ameri- can industry that would be thought of that must be saved and a great deal of this industrial expansion has taken place in Canada. Concerning the space race, Canada would not _----_ =~ come out ahead. No launching pads would be erect4 pootvati died out in Schreiber except in High School, but ed in the Northern Sticks. We are situated too far in 1912 there was a Sons of England soccer team which had a great following and played both vigorously and well in from the rest of the development. So all that we district games. In the picture Back Row are: R.Wilson, Char would see is pictures on Television and in newspapers] lie Firman, Deve Duncan, Jack Corbett, Ben Turner (coach). Centre - Larry Unwin, Fox (Jack) Prentice, Jimmy Bryson, the same as we have ns But, our taxes would be Slater. Front - Bill Spicer, Chris Bowles, Ernie Cambridge, escalated in order to support the growing cost of The team was part of the Schreiber Amateur Athletic Associa~ reaching the moon, as well as draining our natural ois resources. These raw materials if kept home in Canada would expand our economy. And have you thought of all our Canadian history that would be completely wasted? For hundreds of years, we have been fighting for all that is Canada or Canadian, and with the signing of one document all those years would be swept under the carpet with the other "trash". At present when a Canadian goes abroad he is known and respected for what he is. If he became an American, the only greeting he would have would be a sign saying "Yanks go home". Is giving up our national pride worth this type of degrading incident? In actuality, Canada is larger than the United Mrs. Oscar Laine, Grade one teacher in Schreiber Public States and what right at all does a smaller nation School, has the undivided attention of her pupils these ° ° t: have to dominate Canada's national bulk? months with nothing in the outside world, judging by these snowdrifts outside the classroom window, to distract them.