i The Cana dian StatesniaIan, Bowmanville, September 12, 1973 EDIOlu L OMAMENT Busy tîme ahead for candidates As this is being written, the final round up voters to Support themn on jist of candidatles for regional and Oct. lst, Election Day. Most, of themi miunicipal governiments has not have had some experience camrr- been compiled, but it is certain there paigning in local elections, but the will be an election and f ew few newcom-ers are facing a brand acclamq.ations. new type of activity 4hat they The public-spirited citizetis who probably will find interesting at h ave allowed their namies to stand at times, most frustratîng. for, election are to be commended for 'J'ie main point we would like to several reasons. At the moment, stress in this editorial is that4 now the they cannot have, much of an idea cniae aebe oiae just how much work wl be involved a nd are in the running, it's up to the in the three formative years of the citizen electors of the various areas niew setup, but surely realize that the nv olved to take an interest by task will be a formidable one and attending ani meetings that will be time consummng. Unlike a great held and reading everything they ~nan peplethes das, heycan about the candidates so they can apparently aren't _paricularly in- make an informed and well calculat- terested in just howm, -uch money ed judgm-ent when they mark their they will receive for the services' ballots on election day. they render, what the fringe benefits will be and how many weeks Our good wishies go to ail the folidaysfthey will get. How about candidates, may the best of themn Utat? mnake the finals and do the best job As they mnarch bravely and they can wt this new, complicated hopefully into an election, they do and at the moment, somewhat know that the next three weeks will confusing regional and municipal probably be the most hectic and governmnent. It isn-'t rgoîng to be m-ost expensive in thleir- political easy, but should be rewarding if the careers as they do their utmost to , job is done ri4g'ht. Clarke's reeve does quite a job We don't usuall'y start Tuesday as early as we did this morning, but a volumninous report landed on our desk yesterday afternoon and we w.anted to read and digest it without being interrupted by the regular business calîs. It is rather a unique document concerning developmnent in Clarke Township, with special empliasis on a proposed 1,000 unit modular or mwobile home~ scheme wýest of Newcastle and south of highway 401. The unique factor is that only those 55 years of age or over would be r ermitted to purchase the homes on land that would be rented to them by the developers. Clarke's Planning Board turned down this proposai and a second similar one, s0 Reeve E. R. Woodyard who favored the idea, mnainly because it would produce over $383,000 in tax revenue to the mnincipality, did an investigative job in the Stroud area wliere a comparable -project lias been in operation, and came up witlh the report we have been readi-îg this tnorning. T is understood the report receivecl a favorable reaction from C'larke council wlien it was presenît- ed to themn on Monday afternoon. Incidentally, the basic objection of the Planning Board -was that it would remove valuable farmland from agricultural use. Reeve Woodyard's report, back-. ed by details of i nterviews, views of the township's auditor, municipal planning consultants and a repre-. sentative of the local Department of Agriculture, adds up to a rathera convincing presentation that any objec tors will have difficulty ini refuting. Whether lie is 'right or wrong in his findings, probably only time will tel. We would suggest that citizens of that area rnight do well to obtain a copy ofReeve Woodyard's report so they can analyze it thoroughly and judge for themselves the myerits of the proposais. Certainly, sucli pro- jects are bound to change the character of the local landscape considerably. but apparently don't create the problems connected with ordinary subdivisions. Don't taike our word for it, read the report and judge for yourselves. The onlyý com~ment ýV¶e would like to make is that it is most unusual for any top elected official in local govermnent to take the time andi extend the effort that Reeve MWoodyard lias Put into his presentation and he certainly deserves considerable praise for lis initiative. Gra in-Growing Counties Ca» Prevent World Faimine As food prices keep rising, ,verybody's pocket is being hi t. And jittle wonder. Ever since the begmnning of this year, the wholesale prices of sucli basic commodities as Wileat, corn, oats, rye, sugar, cocoa, c offee, also wool, rubber and cotton haye been soarîng. The upsurge in world demand ior food and other commodities lias tome at a timie of crop failures and feed shortages around the globe. The Ohnited States Departmnent of Agri- culture recenitly warned that new figures sliowed this, year's grain Production would be far lower tlian had been estimiated. But whereas tlie world food shortage hurts the affluent nations, it is a calamity for many of the 4eveloping countries. Vast areas just south of tlhe Sahiara are being trned into dust by a fearsomne drouglit. Disaster and despair haunt countless towns and villages in Africa and Asia, where the hunger tlîat is always present lias become even more acute. Even national governtnents sucli as Japan, Brazil, China and the Soviet Union are afraid of the world situation, and are payinig the highest prices for grain. The most pressing question the wvorld faces today in regard to food is this:, Will the poorest countries be forgotten in the seramble for wheat, rice and other basic commodities? Will the poorest people in these poor countries face famine and perhaps death because richer, more powerful nations are too greedy> Will famine spread because we in the affluent nations are too intent on our own well-being - forgett',ing that our failure to spread resources m-ore equitably could lead to starvation in many countries? Canada is one of the worldI's breadbaskets, and Canadians al- ways have been symahi toward the developing nations. Today, however, more than sympathy is needed. Canada - and nations'like the United States, Australia, Argeni- tina - must make a concerted effort to grow and ship as much grain as possible. Unless food-surplus lands miake a greater effort to send grain to the needy, the world will bc faced not just with i.nflationary pfriCes, but with xidespread famine, Durhamn County's Great Famnily Journal 0 Established 1 19P yeayrs ago in 18.5j Also lncorporating Q i The Nepwcastle Independent The Orono Newvs cU, L Second class mail regisiration number 1561 Prodluced every Wedne-scay bDy THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMAPANY -IM!IED 62n-66 King St. W., Bowmranville, Ontario LIC 3K9 phone à 4,3 -33W.~ JOHN M. JAMES GEO. P. MORRIS PATIRIC K GOULD DONALD BISHOP EditorPihr Businiess Mgr. Sales Manager Plant MAgr. -Copyright and or propurty rights subsist ninfhe naei peripon ths pootPe rmnisr tf reproduce in aholpor in~ part and in any iorm w.hatsoe-vetf, parficulairly b,, photographi, r ffseti prooes n a publication, most be obtained from the pubisher and theý prinfer. n uathrze0e;oucin elb,: StobjeCt tb recourse in aw." $7.O0 a year - 6 monthfs $4.0 S9.00 a year in lhe, U. S. A. striCty in advance Although ever y precaution witi bc- taken to avod eérror, The Ca dan tatesmnaces vrtsn n fts columns on the understanctînc fthat it w nof t be jble for mny rror in thedetsmetpbse heret.indeýr ulesa proof of such adverfisemenf s rcqueýsfed in rifînq !-y the advertîser and retiirneLl b The Canadian Sttemanbuiness ofýfice dulysigred b,,f fhe adverfîser and wfhsurfi errcrorcoret, n plinly noted in vrifiwg thereoni, and in that case f any errr so fot ed s nût crrecte-d b'ýhe. Càuanadîa SfWtesmen ifs bIiItý#' nof exceed such a portion of the enfire cost f 0 uch adrfirnnas ithe space ,i~pe by the--noted error bears fo the w;hole space occupied bi' sucti advertl'ieri Letters to the Editor Aýug. the Planinig Board ha d a speciai meeting and aeddvarions internai contradiction-s in the docu- mn.All am savjr>g is thtif a little reflection suggested sorte amnend menis careful refiectin wýou-ld suggest more. What is remankable ab- ont the plan for Cianke Tomwhip is Mhat il ignores the ,Pr-ovince's master planl DESIGN FOR DEVELOP- MEINT :The ,Toron to-Cenit- red Region- 1970. This plan pooethe, linear extenl- sion of erooitnTon- ono log the shore, of L. Ontario and to prepare f or thaot exten!sion lHydro, is dlevelopitîg at the, same tiii-ie, not one afteýr the o)ther as originaily planned, !tvo'- stations at Wesley-\iiicý and 1Bo.manviile at a cptlcost ofsoeig like $1.2 billion. SerioUslvý, ar-e we askýed to believe that Clarke Twp. can Dear Editon, ln The Statesmnan of 22 Aug. thene is a report Clanke Twp. Offi Plan Prov>okeis 1ittie Ciii from w%\hich il miight appear I was the oniy critic- and I therefore neqLlest an oeppon,ý' tity10clniy y i n-,eervations 'undcr threu heads: the procedu1tre foli- owed, the-basicasmp tis of the plan, andf the hidden css Norimaily and ac-cording b alamnay rcd une, ia proposai1gesthrou- gh thre stages: debate on pincipie, debate on det.ails andc' vote on th cmpite and amiended documienit.Ili thiis cas, thle îthird sbtage was passed o ven on the,ý grounids there iiad hei fuil discuussioi. Sed does a cnitic have 1the ,satisfaction o-,f such rapid vîndicaition. 1 am infornmed that on -23 ignore these reaulities'.! Partiy for-this rao and pri becauise of certaini discrepanches in the plan, I suspect that ji is tt as alleged, the wvork of apnofessiona.l pianner but amxdproduct and il would be mnost interesting 10 go through th'- plan step.-by-tand ask t'he planner which portions e connibtedand what xva-s inserted without taking hîs advce. Hidden Costs The muost serions aspect of the proposed pltan is that il provides for the building of mnedinm-priced homes wvithout any offsetting sour- Ce' Of ImunlicipaIlrvne More especialy, the ass-, esstnent hase of the aven- ijlge home f a.Il lan Short of Ihe services demianded: for eane.snow ;renmoval. service roads, schools etc., The public is being tQld that here is no Pear on bhis point becanse of comnpensating Provincial grants. What they are not being told is that while il is true larke draws such grants as a rural township, the inute ClankCe çnters 1regional gov- en ntit is in ai diffenenit financial bail park anid the full cost fails back -on th, commt-unity. What is need- ed is ai careful report byv the the changed grant struct- nue and this has notben provided. I suspect that wvhen itliA too laie the farmi ýsss1men1t will find that, the plan is not somne dreami of a rosy to-m-i.orriowý but a nighmane. Can 1 meail the sto0f the Tower of Babel? The Bible has no critiism abl-ont the purposes oft lhe towen o1, its design but rahrsay-s pointedly that its builders faiied to cout the Cost. Oni the same grounds, I1 fean th.e C k Maýster PI:an ~ilgo dovn in similar co-st y confusion. Jamnes P. Lvkn The Royal Can11adian Legion, Branch 178, Bowmanville, Ont. Dear Edîtor: Now that the sehools are ne opening, the Royal Canadian Legion wil again bc starting itsRemem- brance Day Literary Con- test, Posters wiil be app- earing in the schools in the near futurbut 1n give people an idea just what WE'REHME B"UT LOCKED OUT! Y ýep. We're hiom-e. Mjet a chap y-ester-day and liîe said, "H1ey, I thoulit you w'ere gtingl, to Engillandi. Better get a hustke on. You go back to work in a wveek." Perliaps I sliould explain that this culum-n is wý-ritt1enabt two we-eks in advance usually or somnetim-es or occ-asionall1y or wlien the situation, calîs for 1t. The last twvo, for example were wriftten in Londlon anJd Chester. I siwearI liad the onfly possible: typ)ewiter in Chester. My wvillewet out to get somedr-eang spotted this office supplies placàe, and finagled a tpwrtr an oldbatp onie, on b9an. Theref.ore, byý the tim-e you ead" about me and the Ol0d Lady ivi1ng if up on tlie Strand. we're actually sitting in the back yard, swatting9 miosquitoes. Whicli ýe cdid, We liad left the keyv to the liouse witli the neiglibors. Nei tler tliey nor we knew wlhin we'd be homne. You can guess, the rest. We puilled in, absolutely pooped. Neigli bôrs out f'or the evening. 1 tried every swmdow ý-any self-respecting burg1arý would have a crack at. Nothing doing. We sat in the backyard, sur- rounded by -luggage, lookîng and f'eelling, like two mielting ice creamn c-ones, exclianging quips like, "Weren't nione of thiese m-osquitoes in Edinbiurghi." Boy, it's somiething to be an international traveller. Those m-os- quitoes bow goracefully before they,, sink the needle. Lt d..idn',t bother m-e ïmuch. But it was almost the last straw for My wife. She was in a state of deep depression anyway, because slie'd had to leave the U.K. You may recaîl that slie fouglit the idea of the trip and used every -crafty- feminine wile to avoid it. Erom the moment 1 tlrew lier onto the plane, bodily, she forgot lier rotten kids, lier kitchen floor, the woodwork tliat needed cleaning, the rugs and ail the rest of it. Riglit now, she's planning next -e-ar1.s tour of England. BetLween you and mre., there are a few places in England where she will be banned, because she hiad so mnucli fun. This is the kid who couldn't uuderstand why anyone wanted to, travel. 1Perha-ps you read about those bom-b scares in London. Tliey are blamied on the Irish Republican Armyv. IRA miy foot. I planted those bom1b scares in the English papers because it w,,as the only way I could gfet mywîV7,fe to leave the country. And 1 don't blamielier. She was asked to a champagne luncheon, wlihatever that is, at the Savoy. W.itliout nme. She kissed, or was kissed by, a WVelshman in Llangollen. Witliout mie. Shie walked in Hyde Park with a Du)ibllin lawyer. Without me. She liad breakfast in bedi every mornng.She didn't wasli a disli, scrub a floor, ýookç a mneal for tliree weeks. With the help of four bobbies, 1 mianaged to get lier on the plane. Fromn there on it wasn't so bad. It was a mratter of jumping out over the ocean or landîng at the so-called International Aîrport, Terminal 2. Toronto. Its about even-steven. Person- a']ly, I'd jumnp. If 1 were flyinig again. I'd go tlirougli to Winnipeg and take a bus back to Toronto, Tliat's how bad No. 2 is. AnyWavy, the Old Lady is liooked. Already she's sending cards to Heather, The Tudor Bar, Westmin- ster Hotel, Cliester, reminding lier that we want sone ice in it this time, Next year we go back for sure. So says Suse. It's a long swim, but 1'11 be at H1alifax, cheering lier as she takes off. thîts contest entaits 1Iwould lk texai.We, thle Legion are tryig 10 ning tf10 hÇ outh of our country jst whiatRmebac Dfstands for. The con- tetnscan ethrwrite ia .pem 1ay treatment of Reimembrance~ Dayý, or an esyon theFolw n age? (b, How would yon like Remembranice 1 belx obseredil() 11owcan yonngpeople today imake the best of the peace- purchase'd at so hîgh a Thiis cotesi is Open 10 stdnsof Grýades 78- Junior Ctgoy radeýs was verY fortutiate last year in the facà tA t a DititLevel of judging weý ha to firsts in the Porems and one first and one second in esn~ys. The two District inners lin poetny went o win provinciual tilles. These stu.- dents weneElaine Stade,, Gfrade 8).Newcaýstle Public School, r-ceivine 250 and Gold Mdiloand T'herese Bon Grade 13, Court ice Seconidary Schlooi, receiving $7=00 and Goid Medaliion. The wînner of thet essay ate District Level was Stewart Smith. Grade I10, Courtice Secoiidary School, and the second place went toBiOY, Francis, Grade 8, Blackstock Pubic With the help of dhe Statesman, I hope to be a--bie to puliih som-e of the poemns that mwere submritte hotyear and if there -Î, space, ma cbensomeeSsa;ybn. 1 hope Ihat we van again take thePoinilTides this year anid to do that, we must have entries so it is Up o you students tostart thinkiý' ng an, d wr'itin',lg. Please contact me at 621-4573. Bob Brown, Branch 17i, CItnshijp Chairman. GET CASH TODAT THROUGH S TA TESMNIA N C il A S S F I 1EF DI3 77fý OM 7/ff /Ci ýv / y F;ý/E/½ U6AV)U E1«ffCR Sugar Spice By Bill Smiey Phone 62 3 -3303 ,Firomï the Statesman Filies 25 Vears Ago 49 Y'ear.s Ago Thutrs. Sept. 23,948.Thurs« Sept.2,94 Pýrior to leavîng for Mr. and Mrs. Norma,ýn S. WVeland, John Brooks was B.> James. and niece Miss honlored by the B mn- Mosetta White, left Bow- Ville Scouts Association manivilie, after the Fair oit and preset Y ihja en Wdesafor a nmotor ýýnd pencil set. ohn h as tnrp to 1Neiw York. At North benamember of the Toronto they v.ere enter- Statesman Staff and hais tained by Mn. and Mrs. accepted a position in the Laverne Hloffi their new printing trade in Weliand. hom--e at a corn roast. Plans are almoi-st comlp- Several members of the le'te for the greýat Interna- Van Nest famiily also tiona!sPogMac to be attenced. Leaving there on heid Oct.b1215 on the farm Thunsday, they arrived at of J. C. Chamnbers, four NaaaFaits, and on to mileswest of Lindsay on New York by Friday even- lIy7.Directors assisting ing. will eLi.Wnlw Miilnoo, EwinWilon, Po!lice magistrate Will- Camnpbellcroft, Irwin Alfin iam , Mortimeiýr lorsey, ct anid JohntRcarNeýw- erae his 93rd. birthday, casie ndGerald Ander- on Tuesday, sept. 9th. H-e son'. Soth onl hhas ocpidthe rsos The Rv.S. L. Pollardý ible position for 23 yearýs aind Mrs. Pollard. uetsof and continues to dIispenise Mr. and Mrsý. Jack DÀMçNui- justice. ty since their accidentý on Despite the l~.nsof the highway Sept. 13 have the season Prov Oec- rturnled to M1'ontreal. retairy Goldie ha . ld F'iyin1g anRCA..Jet, ito eau 'for ýndîý for V'amipire plane fromn Niag- cottages and comminunity ara FalisN.Y. to Trentn buildingsion te ew Bow- Airfield, Sunday Fît. Lt.' mni leBoys Detention Lesie Banner crashed into Farmi and have the work ai hill i a mle north anid east started by Oct..1. Tenders oW Kendal at 12.15. The pilot will be closed teni days pas insantiykilled when before tha. the plane ex'ploded. W. T. Allen has a full Psident of Club !5 for stock of Sehool Supplies the comîng seas.'on is; Mrs. consisting of Text Bocks James Crmbie, recording for High and Public Schoois and press secretary Mrs. 'aI the Big 20. Jack Varcoe, treasurer Thank-offering services Mrs. Ernie Dickenis, social of Enniskillen Union Chur- conx enor Mrs. Lionel Par- ch \will be heldi Sunday, ker.,\ October th, when Rl'ev. J. Rie wiidirasplberries S. I. Wilson, Brighton, weepick-ed Sept. 16th on President of the Conter- Ilhe, farmi woodloit of Orville ence, wvill preach at both Osborne. Providenc, w uho sermnons il an and 7 p.mi. br-ought the ed-îtor some of Men's Faîl overcoats tiiehe bernes. '$17_50 Iat Glchrist's. Mn. nd s. Earl l3orr At West Durham Fatr in (Ilhaertrd fromi a the Fine Arts displays iss twýo week's trip to North IE.,,Waddeill woiaprize for P=y Sudbury, Copper an oul painting, portrait, Ciifspnoi, itieCurr- and Dorothy Johniston a cntl aufnd cross pito ti-ie. prize for- an oit painting of s Ta tes1r an animal.