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The ciain ttsan omavle'Ags9,-1973 EDIT' -ORIAL COMMENT, Ho0w long can it be shoved aside? Last Wyedniesday, plans wiere, unvei-led for a proposed miulti-mil- lion doll1.ar shopping centre In Bowman-,iville, onel of three deveiop- ments thatcol take place within the next few years, to expand the retail out 'let's in this comnmunity Naturally, downtown merchants who are sceptical and fearful that thsexpansion will harm thffeir established businesses, were on hand for the meeting and several expresse-d their opposlition to Plani- ning Board mnembers. Sets of figures were bandied about concerning the potential population growth of the tlown and what such a retail development would do flor the town's consumners and what it wouild do) or not do to the present storekeepers. Consultants for both sides differed considerably, the towno's consufltant refuting dlaims by thedveprs on several vitalpons One rather startling figure that caime out and was quetioedwas t9hat somnething likçe 70 per cent11,of the reta il pu rcha ses by people of this area aFre not made In town. Just hoýw thifgure was calculated is a bit of a mystery, but those who viïsitý the Shoopping Centre in Oshawa frequently might agree. Cert ainly, it is a popular place for both Bowm.-anville citizens and business people to sho1p. 's difficuit for us to view the proposais mwithout some bias. We have everyrepc and admiration for- local mierchants, especially those Who are doing their utmost to provide goo(d service, varied and goodl quality stock, and attractive, well-kept premnises. They are on the job lonig hours, tryi,,ng to please customers and give them value for their mîoney. UniderstLanrda bly, tlhey cannot -hope to stock a comparable amount or variety of merchandise to a store such as Eaton's or Simpsons-Sears, but they try to myake up for that by being more courteous and interested in their customners. Many are also well acquainted with the need for energeticýally rmarketing,, their prod- ucts through goo-_d window displays, and continued promotion programis. Un.fortunately,, several seem to feel that the merchant down the street, selling the samne or comparable fines is their opposition while in reality, their major opposition comes from out of town stores, Many shouid get away from that idea quickly and join forces, so ahl the stores in town present a united front in mnerchan- dising projects such as the success- fui Sidewalk Sale. Having said that, we have to admit that while we do have loyalties to local merchants, we at the moment are in the throes of a major expansion at, this newspaper, that will enable uis to taike care of the advertising and printing require- mrents of this commrrunity's shopping section for some years ahead. We, along with many of the merchants who objected to the proposed shopping centre, realize that as our- population here and in the area grows as t is doing now, the town's retail section will becomre more and more alluring for new eniterprises. About ail that can be done at the present ime is to attempt sonie control over its location so the development wiii be as close as possible to the present shopping section downtown. However, that may not be possible, the trend is otherwise. ItCs one of those problemns thatý we have to ive with and make the best of in this highl1y competitive worid. * '--i s-s. v. I kPAI cannot be replaced Today, more than ever, Canadians realize that beautiful, pro. ductive countryside should be preserved at ail costs. Technology for the sake af technology is not the answer 1 must say in conclusion that I sincerely believe that ail of u-s aiong the many miles of proposed corridors are fir-ly opposed ,ta the concept and that we are ready ta stand up and be counted in what will he a major political issue. Yours very truly, Ian Tyson. REGIONAL OFFICES Regional Economnic Expan- sion iîster Donald Jamie- son announced, as part of DREE's decentralization pro- gram, the establishment of regional offices in Moncton, Montreai, Toronto and Saska- taon. The purpose of the decen- tralization program is ta hetter identify opportunities for ecanamic development and ta respand more swiftly ta regional needs. This worhd seemns to get crazier and crazier as time goes by and one oif these fine days it just has to fal fiat on its face. Rig ow, the nation's railways are shut down by a strike of non-o)ps, with the operating unions just waingi,ý in thfe wings to take over when Pariament iîs called back and forces a settiemnent. The Psrat ers are nx in kne and the United Auto Wrkers appear set to put the beat on ChrysIe-r. Not to be outdone, ~eve theseeo~arySchowl teachers hin the prov-ince are protesting because of thle rimposed ceilinigs on ~spending set by the province ... and plan to -express thieir protest by witholingtheiýr voluinteer servic- es. Who is next? Before they and several other stri kes or, protests are ;setted, Vthe coutry and provintce Sshlï)!d be even moire harried than it 15 at present. We dion't pretend to know the answer andobiuy the govern- mients at ai levels d eon't either.~ The inflationary spiral keeps spinning with each of uis doing what we can to keep from in thrown out of its orbit into eoblivion. Prices keep soariný'g, shortages are rapidiy deveiopi-ýng in, many fields and eeverybody wAho cani is scramibling selfishly tcýook after is or her owni mtersts ith ittle or ho thoughit for anyone el"se's wehflare. SIt's a dog eat dog world. with LeDttewrs to August 7, 1971 6210 Uiversity Avenue SToronto,Onai M15G 1X6 SDear Sirs s my faýrmu on Cocession :3, Conty ,of Durh Mnn a myl residience in Tfyonnto, e corr idors A, B or C foite proýposed Lno-saa governments playing a bigger part than even before in trying to jugcgle and balance the various segments of the economy, taking fromn somne and giving to others who are either unable to take care of themnselves or refuse to ex tend the effort required to do so. Grants and loans are handed over by the millions and billions out of taxpayers funds, to new indeustry and to make certain enough new housing is erected to take care of expanded populations, with the resiuilt that, the building trades are artificiaily very busy, s o they have to have more wages, and the price goes up. The value of the dollar continues t o shrink so rapîdly that people, instead of saving, are goin'g into hoclk head over heels to buy new homnes,' new cars and other equipmient, figuring they might as well have these things now eve.n if they can't afford it, because the value of their savings is only goinig to shrink anyway. Tt would be interestîng to lojok ahead and see where it is al goingy to, end. Sureiy, it can't continue at this mad pace for too mnuch longer. Actuagliy, we've been sayinlg that since the end of World War 11, buit it hiasn,-'t haoDened vet. So. it could be that the crazy scramble will go on for another few years. in mne mneantimne, about al anyone can do: is tryýý to get in on a piece of the action as they Say the Editor I amn opposed toalal thrtee corridors for the foJlowing neasons Ho gta Luse the lune (À ofeast ne-sistance, Ontaria Hydro seemns ta b e pîttingc neighibor against neigIbbor - î.e "Let the transmission line cross my neighibor's propent,,. just so long as il doesn't, viojlate mine surely, before usiîng the omn.ipoten-t pweýr of expr opriation Ontanii Hydro oves thresid nof the prpsdcorrâiors somne absolutely conicrete fâcte reLarde t he' need for future power consump- tion in soutbern Ontii durîng the next tbirty years - At no time dunîng the publc meetigs were your representatives able ta prove ta tbe nesidents of the area that bulk transmis- sion Unes woenotu becom- ing obsolete as a concept - Wby cannot the 500 KV transmiission une be bur- ied? If a 500t KV transmris- sion fine cannot be bured as was vaguly implied ut the public meetings, why not burv minie naralel irhamLrfouriîy's Çreat i-arniy Jour-i E-stablshed l 1 9 Yearsa1g0 m 1854 - AsInCrortn The Bowvmanviiie Newvs The NewCasitle Independent The Orono News Phonie 6 2 3 -33ýý'03- I Second cIass m-ai reg istrat ion numniber i561 Pro'Du-LCed e very W'ýedinesýday 'b-y THE JAMAES PlUBM-iSHI iNG COMPANY LIMITEDJ- 62-66 KingSt W , Bowmanviile, Ontario LI1C3K9 Phone 623-330~ JOHN M J.AMES GEO P MORRIS PAT RICK GO0U LD DONQALD ýBiZHOP Edfitor Publisher Business Mgr Sales Manager Plant Mg-r Copyrighit and or property rights subsist n ýwthe age apearn nthý i prof Permission bt( reproduce n i whole or- in pari and in aniy îorm hoveýr, particulariy by phMooraphic or ofe proce3ss n r a pubication nmuSt be Dobaîedfror thie pub[isheLr and the ptnerAn uauihcrîzed reýprdu.tion ,will be subiect to reconurse(nlaw $7 0a year-6 months S$400 $1ý9.O a yea r î in1hi, U S. A ststyi advance lthoiugh eve-ry prcatin I lbe taken ti o 2avoîd error The Cna ienSatesmanaceps vrhcn)i it oms on the understicninçg thiai t f Inot be lhable tfor any ?rïror tnithe avrîsmrtpub[hîshed hereunder cun'less a proûtf(of such aertsmets rqetrii wîn y ftheadve--rtnser and rtutrned bI T1,e Canadi i nç,tStisnn bus ,L,ý ines f fi cciduly ,s1gnriedihby the adclvertîserýr àn fic th su c h e -i r r r o crr2c t io ns ifîf o!ed in wrt&ng flhereon dn irithat caýse if any error so noted is net ccrr ected b? The Cnde ttsmn i11Iîb; itfy4j 3 il1notf t creed s uc h a pcrtîicin o t h e etireC 0ost i sC h a d 'er-t1, nmen 4 as th eS pajCe oc cmp:ied b y te nofeJerror ears b . t, ot hie w h S Pa CePoC CuriPIEd by Ilsuchfade r t is eei -n 250 KV transmission uines? Has not serious research been done into th-e possibîl- ity of an underwater trans- mission corridor in Lake Ontario which, of course, couid run directly parallel to the proposed routes. - Has Oniîtario Hydro researched thie possibiity of using the already exist- ing Gatineau right,-of-way taý the north of the proposed corridors A, B and C? It is simply unacceptable that Commonwealth Asso- ciates be vague and non- committal in answver to these questions by the land owners. The firm seems ta be impplying that because we lack technical kn-owl- edge, we invite cavalier Solutions. Certainlly, Phase~ 2 maps show glaring mnac- curacies - there bas been much development in the region sînce the maps were processed. These proposed Unes '15 Vears Ago Thursdây, Sept. 9,1948 Rev. Merle 'Ferguson wviii lave NewVYorkr ritv for Portugal, on Friday, an the first lap o)f his rtr ta Africa, after spending a year's furlough in Cana1da and the U.S.A Returning ta Angola wi th Rev Ferguison is bis wife and four daughters, lHelen, Miriam, Pauline and Joye. Miss Kay O'Neill, bas joined theJsaff of Cana ;,dian Press, UieriyAvenue, Toronto, A graduate of B.H.S. and Queen's Uni- versity where sbe obtained ,a B.A. in Journialism, !Miss O'Neill is drawing mucb favtýorable 2ommnent as an ediýtorial executive with C.P principal L. W Dippei, B.H.S. bas annmounced that Glenl E. Brooks, son of Mýr and. Mrs Leslie Braoks, Scugog Street and Wilson E. Gaheen), son of 'Mr anýd Mrs Raym1,"iond W Gabieen, Newca ýs tle have been awarded Dominion Prov- incial Buirsary Type A Sýchlarships as a resit of hi;gh standings in the mir-1d- summîer examinations at, B.H13 Thle folowing la1dies att- ended lectures ait the se!hool for Leaders heid at Onta,,ria Ladies College, last week. Miss Flarence Werry, Mrs - A S. Baker, Mlrs. W P Rogers, Mrs R J Hoskin,ý Mrs MI J. Hutehlinson, Mrs H Ferguisojn, Mrs. Witm-ee, Mrs. Hawvkins, Mrs Hloward Foley, Mrs Ross Stevens, MrîLs G W ifler. Mrs Reta Dudley, Mrs W Ormiisto-n, M1,rs. G' Talcott and IMrs Hlopkins. M,,r and MUrs Jack. Tait biave returnied from a wundorfui trip ta England, w hretey visited friends .nlrelatives -1 would cross some of the most valuable remaining farm ai-d recreation land in Ontario - landc which is just, now corning inito its own as a beneficiary of newv ecologçical concepts. Can you possiblAy ignore the e--sthetic damnage to beauti- fi!rolling ecountryside domk-inated by 162-foot tow- ers. Have we flot corne to the realizatiinfinally tIhat we must harmonize with the environmnent rather than constantly attemptling to manipulate it? Siirely this is the reason that the concept of bujrying thE trarnmissio)n Imee must be sincerely resear-chid Yo)ur representatives speak of costs - wbat of the costs of those of us %who have spent many years and thousancis of dollars im- provig our farms and homes? We Àrho live and work in these beautiful vallevs kniow that the land l'lm BIRD WVATCHING IN LONDON TOWN Weillchaps, we haven't been to The Tower yet, nor have we seen the Changinig of the Guards, and my ,wife -was looking out the wrong side of the bus when ,ve went past Buckingham Palace. But we did have breakfast in bed on Suinday morning and watched a dandy American western on TV, s0 you mnight say we're having a swinging imre in London town. This stili has to be one of the mlost exc-iting cities in the worid, despite its basic uigliness 1 rather expected to be disappointed. 1 remembered war-timie London hub of the empire; streets alive with young men in the uniforms of' fifty different forces; pubs jammed; nights electrifying with promise despite blackout and air raids; great theatre despite the bombing. It's not the same, of course, but it's stili tremendousiy alive, at ieast in the downtown core. 1 know. there are thousands of acres of bieakness and uigiiness and even squalor outside that, but the oid heart of the city is stili thumping away, as strong as ever. Despite ail her premonitions of disaster, 1 think I'm going 'Co have mry wife out of here and off on our travels. Hler first impression was one of horror, as we drove in fromn the airport. "I've neyer seen such a dirty place!' And it is pretty drab in the suburbs: rows and rows of grimy, grey housingi, interspersed by grubby littie shops and pizza joints. 1 couldni't blamne her. No woman is ecstatic about aniythings after 4,000 miles of travel and about twenty-six hours withouit sleep. I wasn't exactly feelin~g like Tarzan myseif. But she's aimost falien in love with London. She wouidn't want to live here. Nobody in his right mind would. But I could spend a month out of each year in this arncient pile of stones and neyer tire of it. London has somnething for everyone, and perhaps that's why everyrone and his wife and kids, seem to be hiere. Fromz every. where. Walk along the street and you'ii hear ten different tongues. Go into a restaurant and the oniy English you'll hear is from the waiter, and yoù won't understand him until the third try, because he's speaking West Indian English. If your kick is history, it's right here, whispering old tales and old names. Hampton Court, where Henry VIII pressured Sir Thomnas More to help hima get a divorce s0 that Henry could shack up, legally, with Anne Boleyn. The Tower, where the saine Sir Thomas had his head lopped off for refusing to help. And a hundred others. Supposing you like visiting graveyards and such. There are nine great museums Thiere are the homes of people like Charles Dickens and Samnuel Johnison And there's the gr eatest of al, Westmiin- ster Abbey, where ywa tread on the tombs of somie of the 'greatest namnes in British istorry and literaýture I couldn't be bothered, myvseif, buit every; man to his own thing. Mlaybe youj are a bir-d-watcer2ý Weil, I amn here toj tell you that there is no greater bird-watcing sanc- tuiary in the world than Lno There are birds here of every race, color and creed I think I know now why Englishm-en refe-r to young ladie s as "'birds" It's because the girls chitter cons ta ntiy, in a very pleasi ng maniner. If you're a boozer, this is heaven There are pubs of every shape, size and sound and there are eno-ugh of te to keep every man, womnan and chdild in Canada drinking arounid the dlock Speaking of the dlock and boozers, keep an eye on it. If you decide you need a snort at four p.m., andi head for the pubs, you'Il find yourseif franrtically rattling iocked doors. They were open at noon, a.re now closed, and won"t be open again until 5:30. But ail is not lost. Julst go into that departmnent store, go to) the spirits department, and the kindly lady clerk will seli yvou anything fromý a cold three-pack of aie to an expensive bottie of giggiy, while extoliing to-day,,'s speciai! on Beefeait- er gin. What a crazy couintry Ifyou happen to be a theatre buff, which I am, among other things, you have arrivý,ed at the peariy gates. Fromq our hotel, we can throwv a s-tone in almoc,,t any direction and hit a live theatre. We've hit a different one four nlighits in a row Last night Paul Scofield in a satire, the night before Lauren Bacall in Applause (a great Mus- ical), the nigh t befoSre Kenneth More in a comedy. We are just now debating whether we shouid go to see Wendy Hilier as Queen Ma ry, or Sir Alec Guiness in a new comýedy. Ho1-Humn.11 Then there are abouVfie _ musicais. The theatre scene here mnakes New York look sick. which it is, and miakes Toronto look like q'Jayfork Centre, But perhaps the best entertain- ment in London is plain people.-wat- ching. The place is literally crawl ig with tourists and they come in eve-ry shape,ý size, color and accent. There's too muceh in London for one column, so brace yourself for another But you miust admit, genitie reader, that I have been faitýhfulJ -Here I am, sitting in a hotel rfom, pecking away on a rented ty-pewriter when I coulid be out in that lovely ramn. Hlowever, the pubs are about to open, and there's bird-watching to be done. so lil see vou next week 49 Vears Ago 'Thurisda.y, Sept. 11, 19ý24 Temperance Folk, Awake! It is high time the temperance workers of Durham County arganize for the Plebiscite ta be tknOctober 23rdl on the Ontario, Temperance Act Last week it was reported that a representative of the liquor interests was in tawn. trying ta, hire at weekly salary af $50, someone ta ne tirdistrict organizer Wbhile that 'is a very thmey wîý,l l fnd a citizenwh has s50 littie respect for him-self ais ta be a local standard bearer for liquor interests and doubt there is acaal man in Bow- manville whlo would care ta be branided as the miouth- piece of liquor advocates Mr. George WMLagh lini > of Oshawa. lhas offered ta donate a new parsonage ta Enniskillen Union- Church The followinÎlg music tea- chers wili! be acepting students for the ifal termn Margareti 1Abernethy, A , TC N1, Miss V iol1a BrwReta fR cale, A.T Mlrs- J Altbert Cale, A T C.MAOCMMiss Lepha N. Doncaster A T CM Miss Reginîa Percy, T W Stanley, Free Rirodtare ta the neare.st branch of the Hlemphill Bras Auto and Gas Tractor school, plus a salary of $20 $30 dollars weekly is offered ta the first fîfty men ta enrol Miss ivian Bunn)i-er lhas joine1(d ier brother On the teaching staff of Hamptan Normal and Agricultural Institute-, Hamptani, Virg- inia. No rhyme or reason to it Spice By Blti le (DA