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Times OROINO WEEkLY TIMES, THURSDAY, JULY 9th, 1970 Clarke Township, Excluded> Fro OsawaRegion Orona Firefigliters turned chefs were in action eariy last Saturday mnorning fiipping flap-jacks and * serving sausuges, pancakes: and coffee. The venture devied to 'proyide funds for the Orono Youth Theatre was weli attended and around mid: morning was crowded ta capacity. straining the cooking, and seating fucilities. Bu't every once njoyed the eariy morning ehuckwagon breakfast and the breakfast was a decided treat. The firemnen set-up theit- oper- dbioni front of the firehaland ivere ready f0 serve breakfast ut 70ý0 p.iu. From 1t'his eariy hour, uintil 11:00 arn. the group were continu ally busy serving ýpatrons. A total sum of $281.00 was col- 1er ced at a rate of $100 Yuer head. Expenses totalled $12000 leavling, $16100 to be donated by the fire- fighters ta the Orono Youth Man tokadvIanta,-ge of the (larke Twp. -Welfar el-Costs A sharp increase in unemploy- -ment and excessive rents have caused an increase iu the number of people living ln the United Counties ta reiy on welfare as- sistance in order ta maintain a minimum standard of living. Interviews with area welfare officérs have revealed that the situation is not likely to get. any better and will probably worsen. Ray Welsh, welf are officer for Bowmanville reports that there is an average of 105 cases receiv- ing assistance through bis depart- n3ent. Lu their 1970 budget, the municipaiity estimated that' -192,- ,000 would be requircd to operate hMs departmen t for this year. Mr. Welsh said that the num- ber of recipients was creeping to a 1f1rightcning stage in the whaie of Canada. "1f this is what it is like in thse summer, what is it going ta be Jike in the winter?" he asked. Answering bis awn question, -Mr. Welsh isaid, "lIt's gain-g ta be - astronomical." He add-ed that one af the strang- est infiuencing factors was the limitations of the Social and Fam- ily Service Act., Knocks Rebutes "lThe regulations have nat came up with the times, The worst thing the governnsent ever did was ailow rent rebates ta tenants. because the landiords have just increased the reuts by 10 or 15 per cent." ",We -have ta work within the regulatians and if samean's rent ijs $130 a month and we are oniy alowed ta give them $100 then they arc farced ta take the money from somewhcre cisc."' Hector Inch, weifare afficer for Hape Township estimates that $24,000 wiiI be required ta operate his departmnent which av- erages apaut 14-16 recipients at any ýgiven time. Port. Hope town council has budgeted $115,000 for welf are in 1970 while their neigbbour ta) the cast, Cobourg has dgtd ny 7500aithougis Cobaurg ba populat-lon cxceeding Part Hn;peý's by 2,000. Mis. Margaret Diamond wba bas become tise fuil-time wclf are officer for Port Hope, suggests that the reason Port I-ope bas a 1larger weltare budget thun Ca- bourg is because there is-less op- partunity for ensploy-mcnt lu Part Hope. Iligh Rents She said thut whcn she came ta Port Hope she was amazcd ut the bigis rents' for apartmcnt build- ings and hanses. "Wclfure is cbanging," she said "the 'present ecanomy of the country is cuusing a scarcity' of jobs and as the rate of unemplay- ment gaes up, wlfare gaes up." W. A. 'Burt' McKinluy, weifure' officer for Hamilton township es- timates that ýwelfare is casing a- bout 1$2»00 a month lu, his town- ship and 'it's gaing ta be worse', he said. About 20 people are receiving the benefits of welfare in that township he said. Carke Township appears ta be an exception 'where welfarc costs have not risen ubove the 1969 level and is, in some months, be- low the '69 figure. The costs for the manth of July is $2,570.45, and this figure appears a constant monthiy cost. Mr. H. DeWith states thut coun- cil wuas urg*ed ta increase heir welf arc budget but ta date they have no needed this increase. There arc eight on struight wei- fare. Ta this is added a f ew re- ceiving Nursing Hame Cure puy- sejsts and with somne drug puy- meut s. It was lcurned that Clarke bas net had ta muke welarc puy- ments ta employable persans. According ta the department of Social and Family Service, any- ane who is lu necd- of basic nec- h ssgrail accommodation and rode their boises to the break- fi -. Lu fact ut one time the scene had a definite atmosphere of the old West. Shown above are Miss Dale Ev- aný-, Mlr. Jack , Mercer and Mr. Stirling Mather who did most of thýe coking 'on Saturday. Mr. Ted Samuel, chairman of the ýOrano Youth Theatre, said ýhe was impressed with the fine sup- port given the venture. Radio- Orono 1969 Wrap Up Radio Orono Alert Teusu per- saunnel participated 'at the scene of:- 4 Fatal accidents, 1 Fatal plane ,crash,, 20 serious accidents with seri- eus persanal injuries, 14 Major accidents with both serious and miner personai injur- MIS 27 Minor accidents, and also in excess of 170 motorists assisted. R.O.A.T. aiso provided men and equipment. to assist on the Miles for Million walk and partie- ipated in Search and Rescue op- eratians outside of the Orono area R.O.A.T. is in operation agaîn this year and is supplyýing regular road reports to CHUM radio sta- tion on Sunday nights, holiday weekends. and on race clays at Mos?';art. This is strictly a non-profit or-" ganization with a solepurpose of helping people in distress, and to provide communications as ned- ed in the Orono area. The contin- uing operation of this organiza- tion is made possible through do- nations- to the organization. Drive carefuiiy, we hope you neyer ii. ed our assistance on the highwuys, but if you do we'll be there. essities, food, shelter and lothing that exceed bis incame, is en- titled to welfare. Regulations A person's need, 'however, is determined, by the regulations outiincd by the dcpartmwent. The interpretation of thiese reg- ulations is left ta the di&cretian of the local welfare officer. Since welf are assistance is not meant ta be lived on forever, the officer is required to check the 1eligibility of an applicant. As expected Clanke Township and ,Newcastle have been placed outside the proposed ýarca for an Oshawa Centred Regional Arca. The eastern ,boundary of the reg- ion, ait hougli not yet definite, would follow the eastern bound- ary of the present Darlington Township. This bas been reported in the third paper issued this week by the Oshawa Area Planning and Development Study. Aithough the eastern boundary exciudes Clarke Township it does state in the recommendations that "Iwhen a regional government ar- rangement invoiving the remaind- er of Northumberland and DVJ- bain is proî,)sed, this eastern boundary should be re-examined in fie liglit of such proposai to de- termine if some or ail of the New- eastle-Clarke area shiould be add- ed to the Oshawa Region ýat that time. The report fnrther recommends "Di th meantime, it is consider- cd imsportant that the Clarke Ar- ca he kept ander effective plan- ning conitrol to preserve its char- acter as a non-urban, break or g reenheit beween Bowmanviile and Port h-ope ,.Coboti.rg. Such con- trol *would see'm to bc intended for the "Clarke, Newcastle area by the Provincial development con- cept, set forth ln Design for Deveiopment: the Toronto-Centr- cd Region." The third report rec- omcends that the Iinister of Municipal Affairs take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that the Newcastle-Carke area is brought under effective planning contrai. FINANCIAL In discussion Paper 2, the.argu-, ment was presented that Bowman-, ville and Darlington are so orient- cd to Oshawa that it is esseutial to include them in 'a proPosed Region. The financial an- alysis uow indicates that this shouiýd also be of benefit to the urban B0wmanvîlle-Darliifgtonar ea, for from a position of contri-, buting more in taxes than they re- ceive in county and educatian cx- penditures under present arrange- ments, Bowmanville ,and Dariing- ton as part of the proposed Os-ý a-ia region could expect to re- ceive more in regional and sehool exp.ýnditures than they wouid paly in regionai and school taxation on the basis of their share of region- ai assessusent at least initial-iy. Their benefit could be on the or- der of twa milis calculated on as- sessment. eqvalized to market val- ue; the impact of this on the rest of the core region would bc on1y about 0.4 of a miii bawever. The Newcastle-Ciarke analysis shows this area also paying more to the United Counties per year lu county and school taxes than it receives in county, and sebool expenditures. If it were added ta the Oshawa region the area would continue to contrîbute but just nominally more than it receives; the effect -wouid not be sufficient ta bring about a noticeuble drop in the core region miii rate how- ever., More important is to consider the effeet of removin g these areas along with Cartwright on the fin- ancial capahiîitv of the remuinder of the United Counties of North- umberland and Durham. In brief, Bawmanville and Darlingtan ac- tount for about 22% of tihe Un- ited Counties' equalized assess- ment, Cartwright uccounts for a- bout 3,ý/, and Clarke and News- castle for another 8%. If Bow- manville, Darlington and. Cart- wright were inciuded in the Osh- awa region as tentatively recom- 'mendcd in discussion paper 2, the United Counties would los-e a- bout a quarter of their equalized assessment; if Carke and New- castle were taken as weil, the loss. would rîse to about one-third. Of The tentative conclusion ap- pears to, be warranted therefore, that it is essential to include Bow- manville and Darlington in the Oshawa region because of their strong orientation to. Oshawa, and desirable to include Cartwright becauise of its orientation along Highway 7A to Port Perry and to the re.st of the Scugog resort ar- ea, and the need to bring more of Lake Scugog under singie re- gional*fplanning control; but it i.s flot considered necessary or desir- able at least initially, to include Newcastle andi Clarke. The posi- tion of the latter area should however ýbe re ,exarnined if and when any regionai goverfiment arrangements are made for the re- mainder of the United Counties. AJ'DED GRANTS Before recommending the east regional bound'ary, however, thse effect 'of the Regional Municipal Grants Act should also be, taken into account. The addition of any area ta the Oshawa region wil qu'alify th'at area for the higher level of grants payable under the -new Act as compared to the pres- ,ent 'unconditional per capita grants. In addition, the low dens- it!-,ý9 of the areas in question would qualify them for the full amount of the low density grant, except for Bowmanville; and if the latter' should merge with D arlington, the full amount of the iow density grant wouid also be payable on the Bowmanville pop- ulation. On this assumpti&n- of merger, the net gain for Bowman- ville and Darlington based on 1969 population, would amount, to bout $110,000 and for Cartwright to about $14,000 per year. Thse figure for Clarke Township was not included in the piaper. G.M. GRINDS TO HALT AS SUMMER SETS IN Things are slowly grinding to a. relative hait at General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, this week, the last of the pas senger car pro- dulction s3et to finish up Wednes- day or Thursday. Most! workers have already be- gntheir summer layoff, a com- panyý spokesman said, wîth com- ponent. production, the truck line -and most of the other operatiâns, having already ciosed down for the approximately one month summer ,layoff. About 7,5W, hourly rated work- ers are affected, with anothevýr 21500 to 3,000 remaîning on overý the summer in maintenance, n rearrangement, inventory taking, and other sucli work. DR. ILLIAM KENT Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hobert'Kent of Newcastle received the degree of Doetor of Dental Smsrgery ut the Faculty of Dentistry convoca- tion held at the University of Tor- auto M\ay 29. Dr. - ent attended Bownsanvilie and Clarke ligh Schools and later Trent and Uni- versity of Toronto and wiil bc op- ening bis practice of generai dcntistry in the new Bomtinanville Professional Building, 222 King E. the second weck of July. 'VOLUME 34e NUMERk 28 Weekly 'Excep Alert Team Exetion, To Present- Trend--Sae HgwyPto