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PAGE 4, WEDNEDAY, JANUARY 25,1978, WHITBY FREE PRIESS whitby Voice of the Cou nty Town1 flic OnlY Whitby newspaper independently owne iEVING'OVER 28,000 READERS Miçhael Ian Burgess, Publislier-Managiîng Editor ed and operated by Whitby residents for Whitlw reipn* Community Editor Published every Wednesday Contri*ating Editor Production Manager M.B.M. Publ ri ~nt & Promotional Wa Nd BPhoogra Mnager and Potogphy llc., ClaSSified Ad Manager Phone 668-6111 1Crcuation Manager The Free Pren-Buîlding, 121 Brock Street North, lx.B,26 htbOt WAg.b Chamer o Commrce -Brian Winter -Jim Quail -Marie Burgess -Robin Lyon -S. van Deeloji >Mailing Permit No. 460 Member of the: Better Business B3ureau of Toronto Bus system WilI1 make our faclities pay Recreaion Di rector Wayne DeVea u is crying the blues because the town s recreational facilities arelosing money and can't meet their operational costs. He says the people of Whitby are flot making the best use of Iroquois Park. Then along comçs Bob Attersley and asks for a study to see if a fitneà&. centre can be added to titis facility. -The, town's recreation facilities, with or without a- fitness centre, will contin ue toý receive-a li mited use because there is, a limited number of people who have transporta tion.. availa ble to get to them. Joy. Thompson, had the right idea. when she said, a bus service'is needed in Whitby, and 'the recrea-' tion facilities are flot being used to'their fullest be- cause of lack of public transportation. Senior citizens, young wives,' children, and many other people do not have cars, and Whitby is no longer a town where you caný get to everything on foot, The townp's facilitiesare very much, spread out. We have Jfeydenshore Pavîion at the lake, [roquois Park at the south west limit of the old town, the municipal -building on Rossland Road, and the bar- bor which the town is so anxious to develop is also located away from where the majority of thetown 's residents live. Ini addition, thereare. massive subdivisions either. planned or under constructi*n al the eastern and western. extremities of the town, for example, Otter Creek in the west, and the Corridor area subdivisions in the east. Whitby is a large diversified community that is spre ading out ever further,with no public transpor- tation systemm.to tie it together. Attempts have been made in the past to have a limited in-town bus service and they have failed. With the'subsequent growth, and construction of such vital facilities as Iroquois Park and the municipal building, a bus service is becoming even more needed, and will receive increasing use asthe new homes are occupied. It is well known that bus services are'not profit- making ventures', but they are needed to sustain, the town's recreational facilities, which could break Kelly knows what- he's writingf about says man eaSr Sir, 1 notice letters in your columns occasionally from Mr. Dean Kelly of Port Perry and I wish to Say that I think this man knows what he is writing about and should be ap- preciated for bis sincere and dedicated desire to do something construc- tive. It is true that Royal Commissions are a device to pretend that action is being taken on the var- Jous ilîs which afflict the body politic. When there is an outcry from the public about crime, strikes, unemployrnent, national unîty etc. it is, then clear indication to the Govt. that immediate remedies are needed. That is its job for whicb it was elected, but to shurt the problems aside for years Whi1e a Com- mission collects opinions from a great number of people and interests is just a delaying action which rnakes a farce of dernocracy. Every poli- tical Party, without re- curring conventions, should have a definite programn ready to put in- to effect as soon as it se- cures office, otherwisc it is only cluttering up the scene. In the competitive world of today wi th it's fierce struggle for markets fierce struggle for mar- kets it is imperative that shilly-shallying and use- less, costly procedures be reduced to a-,minimum.. Yours sincerely, Andrew Glen, Glenbrook, Locust HilI LOH IJO even if people could get,.to themf, not to men'tion the downtown. 1Council shuuld seriously consider the beginning %)f a bus service in 1978, which can be expanded as growth cornes.'- In 10 years, 15,000 people will move into Whitby, says Tom Edwards. The need for a bus service is becoming ail the more evident if on looks at these figures. fhere are those who ask why the majority of the taxpayers should pay for a bus system that will be used only by a minority of town residents. We A pay for welfare in our taxes, and it is used Camp Whitby, OsI for a major mi is a bold and ir It bas takei bases in World which will be of Durham Re massive effort 35 years ago. AILîaspects emphasised-CQ General'Motor duction centre as a muitions which provide, starving and fai The concept project team is with its'seamy not- likely gain Instead, the of the war wor sified and instr people wyho gai overseas to savi these people ai have neyer re< have received. The Camp > ways to the Dui It will be a4 400,000 touris Dewar, and hs Toronto nmark( which cornes t corne a major n by only about one, per cent of the town'spopula-.ý tion. Often the majoritY lus to pay for something that is used .by a minority, for the greater good of the community in general. In the case of a bus service, the majority may pay for it, thé minority may use it, but the benefits of that use will be felt tbrough- out the town. As -Councillor Thompson said at'the opening meeting'of counci this year: "a fitness centre and. a barbor are necessary, but we have, to get the people there to pay for them." X museum tribute to Durham's war work hawa' and Durham Region's proposaI residents and industry and this museum,of national litary museum at the site of Camp X and even international significance, is just what the rnmaginative concept. doctor ordered for what some feel to be an ailing none of the most strategic allied and slow-growing region. War Two as the nucleus of a museurn The museum' also 'is a- long-awaited recognition a tribute to the work of the residents of the part Canada played in the war effort. Cana- egion and Canada as a whole in the dians have tended to have an inferiority complex that was put forth to win the war about their history and have not displayed it to the best advantage. of Durham's contributions will be Nobody likeswar and memorializing the horrors tmp X as a centre of espionage, of war does not appeal to many people. But rs as a war vehicle and aircraft pro- properly handled, the Camp X museum complex Defense Industrial Limited in &jax can be a tasteful tribute to* ordinary people who splant, and the farniing community risked their lives and their careers so that we can ,d the food thatkept Britain from enjoy freedom today. lig into Nazi hands during the war. It can show Canadians that they have something t as outlined by Alan Dewar and the to be proud of-working as part of a team to, pre- a wise one. To feature Camp X alorie serve a way of life we often now take for granted.* r dirty tricks-side of the war would Today's ceremony honored one Canadian, Sir too mucb public support. William Stephenson, "The Man Called Intrepid," complex is a miemorial to aIl aspects who bas neyer received full recognition from bis k of the Durham Region. It is diier- own country for the work he did to orgànie and uction. It paystributeto theordinary operate the British intelligence service. ýve everything they had, at home and By granting him the freedom of Whitby, Oshawa ,e the world from terrorism. ManY Of and the Durham Region, we are emerging from our re living in our community todayand historical inferiority complex and showing that ceived the recognition tbey should Canada and Canadians have an honored place ini bistory. project wîi act as an asset in inry Wbat was done during the war may flot appeal rham Region. to some people, but it bad to be done i crcum- catalyst which will bring as many as stances of great difficulty and danger. The Camp sts a year to the regon, says Mr X museum complex can perhaps best serve us as sstrategicalîy located close to the Canadians by showing us what a country can do ,et and the Amnerican tourist tracte when it works together, and what can happen if o Ontario every year. It could be- we forget the lessons that war is suppos ed to teach lational tourist attraction.Us gion needa a strong boost to attract Its ot ,y Id8...t' ho Only woywo con fairly assois the reglonal sewer charges 7-- - Mamitib,