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PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1981, WHITBY FREE PRESS PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1981, WHITBY FREE PRESS Whitby expected to top region.. Growth rate set at about six per cent The Town of Whitby's 1981 according to Mayor the news. growth rate was not ex- (Whitby along with of his first two-year 1981,we're growth rate should be Bob Attersley who is In fact, Attersley said pected either by town the Town of Pickering is term, added that growth position to p about six per cent for more than pleased with that a six per cent staff or politicians. expected to be the bas been good in ail 1982." ybeis time growth leader of the areas. The one da * Myb It tme eight municipalities in "We've had good the local econ( y* une Durham Region.) commercial. growth, automotive si The Whitby Free Press youîmed limento sorFeenethlng 1 "1 didn't anticipate good industrial growth the mayor bet Into something what happened in 1981," and exceptional residen- other indusi m eAttersleysaid. tialgrowth.doingwell. wiffi h e, eexpected--to --be the I Canada Postes Post Canada New Postal Rates start Jan.Ist, 1982 Here are some of the new postal rates that will apply, as of January 1st, 1982, for delivery of Canadian and International mail. Complete details on the new rates, including rates applicable to business mailers,-are available at Post Offices., Mail for delivery within Canada First Class Letters Special Delivery Certified Mail Registered Mail Greeting Cards Third Class Items Parcels: . e.g. 2 kg (4.4 lbs) Telepost:- 0-30 g 30-50 g lst Class Postage Plus 1st, 3rd or 4th Class Postage Plus lst Class Postage Plus 0-50 g 0-50 g Toronto to Winnipeg lst Class $4.00 4th Class $1.75 Montreal to Quebec City lst Class 4th Class 50 words Mail for delivery to the U.S.A. Air Mail Letters and Post Cards 0-30 g .35¢ 30-50 g .50¢ Greeting Cards 0-50 g .30¢ Mail for delivery overseas Air Mail Letters and Post Cards 0-20 g .60¢ 20-50 g .93¢ Aerogrammes .60¢ Greeting Cards 0-20 g .30¢ Until new 30¢ stamps become available, Canada Post is issuing a special stamp called the "A" stamp. The "A" stamp shows no denomination, but it has a value of 30c. It must only be used on mail posted and delivered within Canada. It must not be used on mail leaving Canada. Correct postage can, of course, be made up by using combinations of existing stamps. However, he said that the growth could be at- tributed to a numberof factors including the "good planning" that has taken place in the town over the past few years. The value of the 900 building permits issued by the-town have an ap- proximate value of $12,244,350 excluding the new Liquor Control Board of Ontario ware- house. The warehouse is an $81 million project and construction has already begun on the Wentworth Avenue site. "We have never ad- dressed the ware- house," Attersley said in counting the building permit value. "We're not even counting them." The mayor, who is finishing the first year During 1981, four new industries started operations and 15 new stores opened their doors throughout the town. Attersley is also con- fident that the town's promotion program has had an effect on the growth rate. While he admitted that one cannot "measure advertising," he said, "I'm a firm believer that if you keep promoting something, things are going to hap- pen." The long-time local politician also believes that 1982 should be a good year for the town. "I'm looking for lots in 1982," Attersley said, "If we can overcome all the things that have been happening with the national economy in in a good prosper in rk spot in omy is the sector but lieves that tries are "The car industry is hurting and being in the shadow of General Motors, it will effect us," Attersley notes, adding that other indus- tries are "moving for- war and looking for ex- pansion." .His number one priority for 1982 is to achieve a development agreement with Kesmark Holdings Limited which has an- nounced plans for the redevelopment of a major part of the Port Whitby harbor area. "That will be the an- swer to many of Port Whitby's problems," he said. Giowth for 1982 is alrepdy on the horizon as Attersley hopes to announce that another industry will make Whitby its home in the near future. DeHart anxious for provincial survey results A provincial survey with "key" results con- cerning the continued care for Durham Region residents who need beds in old age homes is one month overdue, accord- ing to r9gional coun- cillor John DeHart. DeHart, chairman of the region's social ser- vices committee said that the survey conduct- ed by the ministry of community and social WPH to 60 new OSHAWA - The Whitby Psychiatric Hospital will admit 60 former psychiatric patients discharged from Toron- to facilities early next month. WPH staff members told a panel investigat- ing the state of mental health care in Ontario recently that the trans- fer will take place on January 1. The panel, set up by the Ontario Public Ser- vice Employees Union (OPSEU), is investigat- ing the state of mental health care in the pro- vince. Fred Upshaw, presi- dent of the WPH local of the Ontario Public Ser- vice Employees Union (OPSEU) said that the 60 patients will be housed in-two cottages after being transferred from boarding houses. services was to have been completed by November 30. "In 10 years time, nearly 20 per cent of the region's population will be over 65, and if we don't begin soon to have something to supply the housing we'll need, we'll have a crisis on our hands," said DeHart. He pointed out that while many home resi- dents are listed as "am- accept patients Upshaw, a nurse at the hospital, added that they will be treated as out-patients and be cared for by staff from the Queen Street Mental Health Centre in Toron- to. The people, he said, were discharged from the hospitals into the community and found to be living in "dismal" conditions. Betty Jane Wylie, panel member and chairman of the Oshawa hearings, disguised her- self as a mental patient and lived in one of these boarding houses. She later wrote a series of articles for a Toronto newspaper based on her experiences. The homes, she said, are condemned and the people living in them need to have a place to go. bulatory" or able to look after themselves for the most part, "the time will come when even- tually, they'll require some daily care, then full time care." Meals On Wheels and other such programs are good in that they allow senior citizens to remain in their homes said DeHart, "but only for a time." He said that the region had carried about 500 names on their waiting lists for beds in any of the region's three homes. While he said that the figure could possibly be inflated he felt that an additional 250 beds are needed. Last summer the pro- vincial government halted a regional plan to send 25 persons on their waiting list to the then recently expanded Ballycliffe home in Ajax, refusing to pay for up to 70 per cent of the daily estimated cost of $21. "That was early last summer, and they said that a provincial survey of persons actually wanting beds in homes was first necessary," said DeHart, a long time advocate of a fourth regional home for seniors. Recently DeHart spoke out against a similar plan to house former psychiatric pat- ients in regular nursing or old age homes. He said that any plans along that line must fir- st ensure that the for- mer patients would be compatable with the regular patients. "No, it would not be right to send former patients into a home where the regular resi- dents would be upset by their presence," said DeHart. CONT'D ON PG. 3 this Friday January 1 .30¢ .45¢, $1.00 $1.00 $1.85 .30¢ .30¢ $2.45 $1.30 $3.45 The 'A' Stamp Canad" *. .1 ..-.... . , , 0 0 a4 4 4 5 1 A Là& 14Aà&-àài 1 .91& 4 218~ HA' . O DAE S XSH P. . ' I TELEPH %E 68 lq68il IOMMER[,InL PRInTl-nG mon a car pooi. V V JE-&AL A114Y %woe %-P K--7 %.oP W-AL