The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28th, 1974, WHITBY FREE PRESR PROCRAýSTINATION IS COSTLY Il RlOC'RA STINA TION iii some instances really doesn 't matter, but whcmî you 're con templating building.. .pro- crastinafion is costlj'. Such is tlhe case fàcing the town of Whitby now wit/î regards to the proposed Senior Gitizens A ctivity Centre. no t to nmen tion the mew Municipal Building. We knoiv, and council knows, that a senior citizens centre FVILL be buiilt..soonier or later. BUT plans are being helup pending a report from the solicitor anîd the operations commit tee. We cati understand counicil seeking legal guidance on the intricacies of closing Pitt Street, but t/he motion mrade att/he last couincil meet- ing by Councillor Jim Gar fshore, seconded by C'ounillor If was a io.; to forget municipal politics and problems lasi' weekend as we accompanied the Whitby delegation to Longueuil, Quebec. Councillors mixed with local business men who nîixed with other Whitby residents and we alI mixed with Lon.gueuil residen ts. To say that the tnîp was most enjoyable would certainly be an understatement. The hospitality arnd sincere friend- ship extended f0 us by the members of the Longueuil delegation will certainly be long remembered by the 54 Wlitbyites who made the annual trip. T/e Longueuil people not only prepared a /am-packed weekend of top-no tch entertainment for us, but accomn- panied us 'en-masse' every inch of the way neyer ceasing to be excellent hosts doing everything ini their power to contri bute to an unforgeftable visit. One would find it liard to believe thaf after on/y a short weekend there would be sorrowv in people 's hearts and tears in their eves ifhen if came time f0 return to Whitby, but fliat 's what twinning is aIl about. The sincenitv and the warm fniendliness of the Longue- uil people, despite t/he language bannier. wvas overwhelming. We couildnt possibl nime all of the over 100 hosts anîd p READERS WRIT-E .-4 Ladies and Gentlemien of the Free Press: 1 always have been a "BIG CITY KID" until last year, when my wonderful wife and 1 moved into our new home in Brooklin. Really. we just got here, sort of by accident, when Brock Street was under road-construction and we had to detour west on "Main Street Canada" on our way to the cottage. That day. we neyer made it to the cot- tage we went home with a purchase contract on a chunk of farmland. Not only do we love our home, but the town, the peo- pie. the horses from next door and believe it or not, evèn the Whitby Municipal Offices and their relaxed staff. What a move we made! Brooklin is just big enough now for us and 1 wish 1 could stop infiltration to preserve thc friendliness and atmos- phere this littie. 'big' town has to offer. Where in the world can you find the flower-shop lady opening the door for my wife, the grocer takine her parcels to the car and the plumber answering the telephone after 6 p.m. And then, where can you find a pape r delivered to your majibox every Thursday and neyer been asked for money. Where can one find a paper with so much imperfection and so simple to, read as the Free Press! Who ever heard from a publisher, looking for help "for peanut" renumera- tn. That ad was surely somnething. Delightful, so simple. No doubt, you got your typist. Money isn't ail job satisfaction is. 1 want to congratulate you for your fine work in keeping us informed about what goes on in our community; with- out your paper 1 would have neyer known that my two dogs can be vaccinated with- out charge and what they are digging for on Brock Street in Whitby. Keep up the good work, keep it as simple as do. becuase you are running a farmn community paper and just what we wnat to pre- serve. Lt takes me 2 days to read the star. The Financial Times is spread over the week. but the Free Press is read in hiaîf in hour every Thursday as soun as I come home. It Joy Thompson, f0 proceed ini the architectural stage pend- ing legal advice (ivhic/z was subsequen tly defeated in faî'or of postponing t/he matter) ivould have /zelped expedite the process by con finuing, insfead of stoppizg, the planning of architect A Ian lVilcox. SE('ONDL Y councillor John Goodwin found thai' le couldn 't give his 'go-ahead' to the centre because fhe estimiated cost for the jirst phase is $150, 000 atid only $100, 000 /îad been budgeted, although the balance will be obtainied through goverrnm t gran ts. ANYONE who owns or has ever owied, a house, realizes wlzat 'escalating prices' means. SIMILARL Y the longer council takes f0 go ahead ivith Nousbenéficions du Jumelage We Benefit from Twinniing hostesses who turtzed ouf, but who on the trip could possibly forget Jean Verdy whose enthusiasm and energy kepi' the songs (and evenything else) flowing, and the Longueuil Mayor, Marcel Robidas, whose quiet unassum- ing manner hides t/he strengi'h of this well respecfed mari. On the Whitby delegation, acfing-mayor councillor Gerry Emm did an excellent job of filling in for Mayor Des Newman who only iîist returned Monday night from A us tria. A Iso Councillor Tom ISdwards, as usual, was a most capable politician. But the person from W/itby who stood ouf the most in our minds is somebody who is unfontunately little recog- nized and is really the 'cog' of Whitby..town clerk Bill Wallace. Anyone w/îo attends council meetings wif h any regularity will notice a quiet, unassuming man sit fing on the mayor's left who doesn't say much except w/zen a problem anises. Most of his work is donc belîind the scemies but wif/îout -him there would be little donc in k/hitby. And fliat ini a nutshell is Bill Wallace. Anywav Bill, con inuing f0 be his steady, reliable self, miade sure eî'erythuin'g rami smoothly on our end and led continuious songs (f0 kecp up our tiring spirit s) un fil wve're sure hc miust ha ve become Iloarse. mostly relaxes mie to read your paper. since there is mostly pleasant news instead of bad news. If 0one cornes home from a troublesome, rugged business day. lie wants to change into something pleasant, here, your paper helps. Kindest personal regards, Guenther Gueninel. R. R. No. 1 Brooklin NO0TI1C E REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 0F DURHAM THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL SITE FOR THE TOWN 0F WHITBY WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1974, DUE TO THE LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY. NORMAL OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1974. R.F. RICHARDSON, P. Eng., COMMISSIONER 0F WORKS. NOTICE THE TOWN 0F WHITBY REQUIRES ASCHOOL CROSSING GUARD FOR DUNLOP ST. WEST AT HENRY STREET, WHITBY. SALARY: $1,250.00 per annum SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO: R.A. Kuwahara, P. Eng., Director of Public Works, 1380 Hopkins St., Unit No. 2, Whitby, Ontario. IS IN YOUR HANDS DUNLOP CANADA LIMITED A P PO0 1 N TM E NT S 1THOMAS L. ALDRICH ufft \,U ROY C. HALL ROBERT F. HILTON Manley J. Spencer, PresidEnt, Dunlop Canada Limited announces the appointments of Mr. Thomras L. Aldrich as Plant Manager, Mr. C. R. Hall as Assistant to the PrEsident, and Mr. R. F. Hilton as Comptroller of Dunlop's tire manufacturing plant at Whitby. Mr. Aldrich, a native of X kron, Ohio joined Firestone in 1960. He was Manager of Technical Services at Firestone's Joliette plant from 1965 to 1967, when he wis appointed Plant Manager. Mr. Aldrich's extensive experience, particularly in radial tire production will co- ntribute significantly to Dunlop's expansion plans for their Whitby plant which includes radial tire production. Mr. Hall joined Dunlop in Toronto in 1949, he moved to the Whitby plant on its opening in 1955 and was appointed Production Manager in 1964. In his new position Mr. Hall will be responsible for special assignments related to the immediate expansion plans at Vhitby and for the operation of Dunk(p's bicycle tire plant at Centralia, Ontario. Mr. Hilton, a native of Trenton, Ontario attended McGill University, Montreal and was admittui to the Canadian Institute of Chartered accountants in 1965. He joinied Dunlop Canada Lirnited.in .1966 and was appointed Chief Accoiîntant in 1973. As Comptr .ol ler, Mr. Hilton will be responsible for the overaîl management of the company's f inancial and accounting f unctions. a pro/eci', le. the seniors centre, t'he greater the price wil be, and t/w more it wiIl cost t/he taxpayers. FURTHER the estimiated total cosi of A LL three phases of the seniors centre is $400, 000...at today's prices. BUT if' council waits, say three to five vears, to complete the three phases, the total cost will pro ha biy escalate to around $500, 000..if flot more. Take an example of somiebody buiniýg a house in West Lynde ..Woudlie rather pav $33.000 ûtvo years ago? or $60, 000 today? In other wvords, should we spend a heck of a lot ($400,000 today? or a heck of a lot more ($SOO,000} three years from now? This visit to Quebec has re-inforced our faith in the success of the Whitby/Longuteuil Twinning and especially in the betterment Of inter-provincial relations bet-ween two groups of people with different lingual, social and even racial origins. We cati't help but feel that Longueuil and W'hitby are truly leading the way nationally to help bridge the ever widening gap between English and French speaking people. And if this type of brotherhood anîd friendship grows and flourishes we 'l have a better Canada. Vivons ensemble amicablement! THE- WHITBY FREE PRESS (Voice Of the County Town) Hornetown paper of Whitby, Brooklin, Myrtie and Ashburn also serving Ajax and Pickering. sSezving over 26,000 readers. Pubtfished evczy Wednesday by Whitby Free Press mnc. Bruno Hanilaj4, President. "e tthe Free Press Building 121 Brock St. Norti- Whitby. SUBSCRIPTION <BY MAIL) $10.00 YEAR LY MAIL: Box 206, Whitby MAILING PHONE: 668-6111 PRI O TORONTO LUNE: 2e.-1004 PEMITNO EDITOR/GENERAL MANAGER - Mike Burgesa ASSISTANT EDITOR - Jim Quail CLASSIFIED ADS - Kathy Martin GRAPHIC ARTS -marie Burgess ADVERTISING- Robin Lyon ci it 0 di