PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY MAY 25, 1983, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitby Voice of the County Town Michael Ian Burgess, Publisher . Managing Edito The only Whitby newspaper Independently owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents. tblished every Wednesday ýpUt P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. Regatration No. 5351 r TIMOTHY BAINES CommunIty Editor ELIZABETH NOZDRYN Advertising Manager Second Class Mail Registration No. 5351 April showers stick around for May The recent constant torrential showers serve as a reminder to us that spring Is here and with this season comes the beginning of sprIng fairs and picnics. It has been said that it never rains in Southern California but this saying does not hold true for our province of Ontario. April showers are supposed to turn into May flowers but we are instead being greeted with more rain. It is even more dIstressing that the wet weather seems to reserve itself for weekends. The Brooklin Spring Fair is hoping that it will not be dampened by the inclement weather. The fair, with a theme of "good times", offers a lot for everyone. Miss Brooklin Spring Fair will be crowned Thursday evening at 7:30 and the lucky lass will represent the fair at the Miss C.N.E. competition in Toronto next year. A new feature of the fair is a National Defense display. Among other new items are a Canada Sports display and an Arena Demonstration, being Was there ever a species so crippled by convention as the human race? l'm not saying that ail conventions are wrong, merely that some of ther are silly, and nowhere is this more evident than in the matter of dress. We seem to have lost sight of the fact that homo sapiens adopted clothing in the first place to be more comfortable. Yet the more conventional among us, myself included, think nothing of wearing a shirt, a tie, a jacket and long pants in the middle of a heat wave. It makes me wonder whether we're capable of open- ing our minds wide enough to see larger truths, or whether, burdened by conventional thinking, we will ail finally disappear in a mushroom-shaped obscenity which represents our ultimate ingenuity. Ail of this was brought to mind a few days ago in an innocent littie piece of wire copy from Italy, where the Supreme Court has been devoting itself to a milestone ruling on the acceptable degree of nudity on public beaches. The court ruled that bare bosoms are permissable for women as well as men, but that nudity below the waist remains taboo. The ruling on nudity below the waist said, and i quote, that it was still likely to cause unease, repulsion. . or erotic excitement in an observer of nor- mal gensibility. We've come a long way from caves and animal skins, and the obvious truth of the Italian Supreme Court's ruling is mute testimony to what mankind has managed to do to itself. Early man wouldn't have dreamed of covering himself with a hot skin to lie on the beach in the blazing sun and to go for a swim. He put the skin on because it was cold, not because he or she was afraid of repelling or exciting someone else with a glimpse of the undraped human form. He would have killed himself laughing if he'd known what succeeding generations would do to themselves with clothing. The most useless item of clothing we have, in its current form, is the necktie. It's no accident that it became a nickname for the hangman's rope. Generation after generation of male westerners strangle themselves with the loathsome thing on a daily basis, and I only wish that the Cana- dian Supreme Court would rule against it. The necktie may not cause sexual excitement, but it certainly causes a good deal of unease and repulsion in those of us who have to wear it. If a court can rule that we must keep our bottoms on, why can't one rule that we must keep our neckties off? nela on Saturday and Sunday. A dairy goat show, the third largestgoat show in Canada, a fiddlers' contest and a step dance con- test are among the other features. It really looks like fair organizers are cooking up a variety of events that will please the large crowds the fair will draw. The CHOO Chili Cook-Off is this weekend and a hot time is being guaranteed for all. A lob bail tournament, chili contest, and a police tug-of-war are among therfeatured events. Country music superstar Ronnie Prophet will entertain Saturday evening at the Iroquois Park Arena. An additional feature of the Cook-Off is the ap- pearance of the lusclous Toronto Argonaut Sun- shine Girls, who will brighten up anyone's day. Now if only the rain holds off... LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR Heart Fund says1thanks for help Dear Sir: On behalf of the Canadian , Heart Fund, Ontario Divi- sion, please accept our heartfeit thanks for your promotion- ai support of our campaign and acti- vities in your area during the past year. The objective for Durham and North- umberland for the 1983 Canadian Heart Fund cam- paign was $156,900 and although ail re- turns are not yet in, we are pleased that our objective was attained by April 29. Without your will- ing co-operation in communicating our needs to the public, we would not be able to express such a positive result. The Medical Re- search Committee of the Ontarlo Heart Foundation has re- viewed research application sub- mitted to us for funding. You wili be pleased to know that after deliber- ations, $10.8 million has been commit- ted to 181 heart and stroke projects commencing July 1983. The financial support of many in- dividuals and businesses in our province has made this commitment possible. Beta Sigma Phi Shirley Wonnacott, Co-ordinator, Ontario Heart Foundation for Durham and Northumberland., Dear Sir: The ladies of Beta Sigma Phi would like to thank the public and local businesses for their support of our re- cent Daffodil drive. This year a total of $42,112.82 was raised through the sale of our daffo- dius, and a cheque for this amount was presented to the Canadian Cancer Society. We couldn't have achieved this goal without the public's help. Thank you. Carol Johnston, Heather Lang, Beta Sigma Phi. by M.B.M. Publishing and Photography Ine. Phone 668-6111 The Free Press Building, 131 Brock Street North, P.O0. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. Pt,