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Whitby Free Press, 12 Oct 1972, p. 21

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MAIL Forty-nine individual complaints hiave reaclied the clerk s offi~ce in re- sponse to tiewspaper ad- vertisinig regardinig de- terioration ot'postal ser- vice in WWhitby sice the Oshiawa cliangeover. One residerit pined the clerk's office to say lie liad received the J une, July' and August issueCs of the magazinie.'('on- suinier s Report' oni Sep- tember 19,. 1972 but says lie received the Se.p- tember issue two weeks before the lune. iUIy and August issues. 'The delivery of air- mîail letters t'roin the OPPOSITE TO If a XVitby wonian is sLccesslul in lier bid, council iay sit down to its first session aller Decemiber 4thi witliC- maie representation. The wonîan. xvho does flot Want lier naiane dis- closed at this tiimelfor political reasons, says slic was approacfied by groups ini thc town be- fore the last election. Six or seven weeks ago slîe was approacfied again and decided Ibis tinie after watcliing tlhe civic scemie 'to give it a wliirl."' "A wonian's tOItel nîay add sonietliig 10 the counicil," shie told the Free Press on Tues- cla y. Tlhey (counicil) COMPLAINVTSI Uni ted Kingdom flias de- teriorated fromi the three to five day period of a few years ago to seven to ten days in recent imonths, respondeci an- other resident wio as a resuit fias ,,ppealed to thie Post Master General for an explanation. A letter mailed froni Wfitby to Tfioniasburg, Ontario oni a Sunday was flot received unittil Tfiursday. Otlier residents plain of receiving T.V. guides four colin- tfieir d ays after they could be used, and two residents have experienced delays in- re- ceiving Ifleir pension cheques tfrougli the mnail. The resu mie oU written coînplaints and docu- mnented evidlence will be f'orwartidedt to federal postal service authorities pointing ouit proof of deteriorationi in Wfiitby mail service since the switcfi of sorting to Osfi- awa, witfi a request f'or inimediate action to rec- tîf'y the situation. 1" $2669. '2O9Dundas St. W. Whitby 668-9397 WIIITBY FEI; PRIL-SS, TIIURSDAY, 0("FOIWR 12, 1972. PAGE 21 Led Up It would appear the task assigned Study Group member Ralpli Stratford at a counicil meeting hield two weeks ago to determine a scale of' charges for prefabri- cated classrooms to be Lsed ini the Study Group's alternate pro- po)sai for towii hall, fiad already been undertaken by the counicil. In nîaking lus inquiry f*or M r. Stratford, a study group mem ber was told by the Ontario County Board of' Edu- cation that the town adiînistration of Wflit- by already lodged a writ- SIX SEEK donl't seenli t be giving aittenltion needed 10 the littie problemns: somne of' thie littie tintgs thiat really necd looking aUf- ter, but wliich arc ig- nored ini die process of going alter b)igge r thli gs." Ifl elected sfic says COUNCIL slie will work to hielp senior citizens and teen- agers becauise 'tfiere just isn't enoLl being donc l'or our yoLung people and tliey are going to Toronto and elsewhiere. Sonie oU* thein are pretty biLle aboIt lt." The fem aIe candidate SEAT whio is known in Wlitby for lier charitable work witli young, people and senior citizens says sîîe will allow disclosure of lier naine by the Wfiîtby Frec Press at a more opportune limie. the gardon ten request tor the saine data and tlhat subse- quently a reply was being prepared. a path?> 2 - stage developrnent plan for whiichli e re- ceives a written formaI request. 4 &I do flot believe that this action was unbe- ~ (~ known to ail members of council and admini- 0 0 stration l)resent when 1 was assîgned and accep- ted thie task," said Strat- ford. In turn, fie advised the town by letter that he thereby amended his original undertaking to obtain any data pertin-A 5 ent to the Study Group' 11,414W0 DUNDAS $T. L. - WI4nIm "if you want ta Iook your best" Whitby ScaIMMM <416»6-4321(41Q> 439.024 4-. Arlie Sales Ltde~ Trhe MAazda 808 -Coupe

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