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PAGE y EDIC Many of us in this area, wiîhout direct connections with anyone in Lîstowel, feit a personal tie with the tragedy that killed seven yaungsters and one aduit there last weekend. It could s0 easily have happen- ed hene instead of there. Only two weeks ago as The Statesman was in the final stages of preparation, an announcement came fromn the Department of Works and the Arena Management Commiîtee that the Arena would be closed until further notice due to the heavy accumulation of snow and ice on the roof. In some spots. it was over 36" in depth. Fortunately, no accidents occurred when firemen and works depantment em- ployees isked their lives flushing the ice off with fine hases and chopping through- out one long day. The arena was reopened less than two davs later, the danger passed temporarily. This wveek, using steam, additional snow -\as removed before it could pile up to the danger point and this procedure likely will ho repeated if there are funther heavy snow storms. Much is being made of the Listowel disaster, as il shonld be. We can \vell recaîl the difficultios experiencod in planning and erecting the arena hene over 10 years ago. Il was in no scnse similar ta the construction of schools, hospitals or other publicl.v owned structures where architects. ins poctors o! manv kinds and verv definito specifications and regula- tions take part in the planning and con- struction. At that time, there were few construction firms in Ontario devoting their time ta building arenas. The one firm with the must oxperience bad ta be discarded because we Nvere unable ta oblain a definite pnice for the building ahead o! lime. Sa il was that aur arena mwas erected by a firm that had neyer built an arena previausly. The two main mon. war veterans, in charge, were yaunq but ex- perienced in other types of construction and eager lu enter a field which would be a lucrative and busy une for somo vears ta came. Thevy had new ideas and *their pnices were f irm. Most important, we were sa lacking in funds that the con- Councils ail over Ontario are this month f ollowing the time-honoured practice of setting the miii rate, a trying and f rustrating time for municipal officials. Last week, the provincial gov- ernment announced its budget for the year with increased spending in most depart- mnents, but no increases in taxation. This was good news, until the total amount of provincial debt was included to show that this amount was continuing to increase. At the moment, Bowmanville's counicil under a new mayor and with a new clerk- treasurer is facing a year much the same as the provincial government. There are several major projects in prospect which are bound to add to the amount of debentures outstanding and to the debt payments. Our streets this x'ear, after one of the hardest winters in recent times, already appear to be breaking up and forming deep potholes in many places and probably will require extensive repairs. Where Do We Since the Arrow programn was cancel- led recently, many people have been think- ing very seriously and personally about Canada's overail defence picture. Edi- tonials of a disturbing type are being pub- lished in some dailies, representing a view that appears to be gaining support rapidly. In short, thev suggest that we Canadians should adopt almast a semi-neutralist ptsition. The reasoning behind these proposais is this: We now have the Soviet Union on one side with missiles read v for thermo- nuclear war at any time. On the other side, there is the United States also poised and ready for thermo-nuclear war. Both of them know that if one side pushes the button, the other will retaliate, s0 that both of them--and a great many of us in between-will be annihilated. There is no defence capable of stopping either side from destroying the other. It is a stale- mate. So, in Canada, what is the point of spending nearly two billions a year keep- ing a nav, armv and air force establish- ment in being which would be useless in all-out war? Why not follow up the Arrow abandonment by disbanding the armed forces except the militia ,which could take over the civil defence require- ments in case martial law inight be requir- ed? We would then have more money tafr~ntan Established 1854 with which is inorporatted MeB. ow anville News, The Newcasîle Inderendent and The Orono News IO5th Year of Continuous Service bo the Town of Bowmanville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER q% SUBSCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Year, etrictly in advance $500 a Yecrr in the United State. Authon:zed cru Second Clcme Mail Pout Office D.partment. Oftawa Publishod by "M Y}AMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED Bowrnaaville, Ontaio JOHN M. JAMES, frZTo ~LI1e Qhxiîat~iaix ~UK Ui iAt.?ADAIV T .ATE ------ - - ZM&IO N'J.~LIf1,~ BW MAN VILLIE, ONTARIO TLfUIR.JL, J struction had ta be arnanged in stages and they were coaperative. We paîd at the start af each division of the building and, had the manev not beon forthcoming fromn interested and generaus citizens, the work might well have stopped at some point along the waY. The contractons had an architect and bis plans were approved by the provincial department af agriculture, which provided a $5,000 grant. Their in- spectars also checked out the building at ils conclusion before the grant was ap- proved. Il would now appear that the fault in the Listowel arena may have been due ta impraper gluing in the laminated anch- es that form the roof skeleton. Ours appear ta be almost identical although, if memnorv serves us well, thev came from a firm near Peterborough, not fromn Winona, the source of the Listawel arches. We wvould urge that Town Counicil continue its expert inspection o! the build- ing in aIl ils aspects. One vory thorough repart has alreadv been received and vre understand there is no indication that the building's general construction is faulty. We would imagine il would be almost im- passible ta do a thorough check o! the gluing in the boxv string trusses, but if there is a xvav, thev should be checked closel ' . There are also some annoving drainage problems ta ho overcame which have causeil somne trouible in the past fewr years, and we hope these can be cleared up before another winter rolîs around. Also. there aie suiggestions that the safety factor mitCht bo beWer if cerment abut- monts wvere bitlît onto the pillars ta give them still further strength. We believe that every effort should be extcnded as quickl *v as possible ta ensure as much as humanl 'v possible that there will nover be a rocurrenceofo the Listoxvel calamit v in this area. In the meantin-e. the hearts of ail in this area go out in deepesi svm7ipathv Nrta thase who are suffering so deeplv in Listowel. Il could 50 easilv have been auir tragedv had il flot been for the wisdom and foresight of men who risked severe criticism by'closing the arena until the snow had been removed. Additionial money may have ta be spent ta repair and imprave the safety factor at the arena. There has been no announce- ment, but il is expectod that sohool costs have increased since last vear and new schools will bc started. WVe shall also probably be contributing ta the t.hree new high schools which soon may be under construction and a new hospital wing appears imminent. Not auly, Bow manville. but the sur- rounding townships and villages in the area are finding bhemselves fortéed int increased expendittîres which accompany population grawth and general expansion. WTe wish couricils well in their delib- erations, knowing, that theirs is not an enviable task, but that they as responsible public spirited citizons who alsa are tax- payors, will do their utmost ta provide the best of services wibh the minimum o! cost ta us ail. Go From Here ? available ta holp countries such as India and Af rica, making them more friendly ta the west and taking awaxr the temptation ta burn cammunist? The United States would have to look after aur defence because it would also be ber people she was protectîng. We could hand over our brigade no\xv in Germany ta the U.N. as aur contribution ta a world peace force. This lineofo thought which we have not anly read but heard in responsible places recently will take a great deal a! sober considoration. First il wauld ho impractical ta throw aIl members o! the services int the civil employment field at any lime in the foreseeahle future un- less il xvas donc verv graduallv. Secondly, mare o! aur independence would be lasI ta the US. who would have ta station their troaps and their missile bases on our soil. Third, how much good could aur two bil- lions do in solving India's or Africa's prob- lems? We would be able ta devote more of auir lime and talents ta offsetting the effects of the economic war which the Soviet Union is now undertaking, but the entirel *v n ew approach is such a change for us that it could be torribly disturbing for aur proud peQple. It xiii be môsI interesting ta follow Ibis trend and its supporters whu certainly have a good deal o! logic on their side. Tho idea is well worth discussing and analvzing as we grope for new policies and plans in this !ast-changing ena. Certainly, the throat of adopting such a palicy is one very effective weapon we can use ta advantage in persuading the United States ta lot us participate e'conomicallv in the defense cantracts which could do much to stimulate aur industries. Observations and ,Opinions A Smile-Nothing on earth can smile but man! Goxms max- flash ro!lected light, but what's a diamond-flash compared with an eye-!lash and a mirtl-flash? Flowers cannot smile; Ibis is a charm that even thev cannaI dlaim, lb is the prerogatix'e o! man; il is the colour which love woars, the cheerfuilness and joy-these three. It is a light in the winidows o! the face, by whîch the hearb signifies il is aI home and wvailing. A face that cannot smile is like a bud ihat cannaI blossom and dries up an the sîaik. Laughton is day, and sobriety is night and a smile is the twilight that hax'ers gentl- botween -- more bewitch- irig than eibher.--Marietta Rolalight. Egat t<n please younself. but dress to please others.-Benj amin Franklin. Campng fr crppled children is fun out-doors and in-doors. At the f ive crippled children's camps in Ontario, which are owned and operated by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, the boys and girls always take home sorne article they have made in their arts and crafts class. Contributions to the Easter Seal Cam- paign last year made it possible for more than 1,200 crippled kiddies to enjoy three weeks summer vacation. The 1959 Easter Seal Campaign has an objective of $770,000 and runs until March 29th. 25 YEARS AGO (1934) The Good vear plant here took on six men who had been on relief and nine others, thus helping la relieve the unern- ployment and public welfane situation in tOwn, The lown toak over several properlies in arrears of taxes when no bids were received an themn when offered for sale.. Largest propertY was the Dom- inion Organ & Piano Co. fac- tory, Temperance St. Another was thie sniallcr building o! the, Knittinig Factory, the town al- ready being the owner o! the larger building. Owners could redeemn the propenties \vithin one vear an paymenî o! taxes and cosis. Bownianville Rotaryv heard an lnteresting address on "Apple Budding and Culture" by' W. L. Paterson, Manager of the H. C. Downham Nursery Ca. The Canadian Legion Band received a bitter froni a man in India wanting a position in the band. lHe had been a band in- structor in His Majestv's In- dian Annir, for the past bbree years. lb was not known hov he heard about the Bowman- ville Band unlè,ss he beard the shorlwave broadcast sanie mnon ths before. SI. Paul's team carried off the honours in thie church bac- key league. RotarY~ tropbv was ta be presented ai a Boys' Work Board banquet with Mr. Frankj Williams in charge. Tbere were' six teanis in the league.1 Orono-A signal honaur was eonferreýd on Clarke Township when Mrs. D. Robb, supervisor o! music. was requested ta bring a choir ta Toronto la per- form at a meeting o! the On- tario Educational Association during Easter xeek. Canadians trying to reduce shouid add deep breathing ta the program. Greater oxygen intake burns off waste fats, helps reduce poundage. Many of us are deiighted thal The Staitesman is rated as a gaod enough paper ta win pni- zes every few yeans, but we mustn't become smug ta the paint ,&nei-e we fail ta recognize excellence in other weeklies. I've juit fînished neading the February l9tb issue o! the Trentoni.4n, an~d tbink il is a whacking good journal, dedi- cated ta ser~ve Agriculture, In- dustrv, Air Force. in the t he countie; o! Hastings, Northum- berland and Prince Edward. The paper is divided ino three sections, %vitb a total o! twen- ty pages, and covers everything frani a pin to an aîîchor; from Queen Anne ta Yankee Doodle. Perha-is a few items from the February l9th issue may inter- est yau. H4arry M. Moore tells a fas- cinating stonx o! "The Black Donald', wbich is a graphite deposit on the shores of White- fisb Lake. Il seenis that in 1889 a farmer, huîiting bis cows ane marnine, slipoed on sanie black stuf!, didri't know wbaî il was, but kepi nmuni about il until bus brother Ned. a mineralagist, came for a vîsîl. 'Wed. the mînenologist, recog- lLLzed t.he âtuff as graphite, and 49 YEARS AGO (1910) Mr. J. J. TilleY, former Prov- incial MVode] Schaol Inspeclor, wrote an interesting letter about North Carolina -from Ashville wbere be was staying. At council, Cbairman De- man o! the Fire and Water Cammittee was asked ta repart ai the nexî meeting on the adi- visabilitv o! purchasing a team o! harses for fire purposes. The "dog scare" and inspection o! milk and licensing dealers were discusse-d but as these questions were before the Legisiature, no action was taken. Robert 1-olmies, Worth v Pre- sident, weicomed guesîs ta bhe Sons o! England At Home. A fine programn was given and performers included Miss Jane Grigg wbo sang sweetly "The 'Birdies' Bail", and Mr. W. J. Berry who so effectively recit- ed Mark Twain's address ta the Indians that he was encored. Mr. Fred R. Foley also received prolonged applause for a patnia- tic reading and was encored. Il was remarked that Local Option was working well. Poljce Magisîrate Horsey had had no cases of "drunk" or 'clrunk and disorderlv" since Oct. il, 1909, a period o! five manth. This was a record in Magistrale Horsey's încumbency. A comment in the Social and Personal calunin said Mr. D. Morristun's Orchestra was a very pupular musical organiza- tian, found aI neanly every "do- ings" in town and country. Tbev had been royally enter- tained aI the homes o! H. A. Fletcher, Chas. Richards, Jas. Wight and Lewis Joliaw. Clarke Fanmers' Institute met in Orono with W. H. Gibsan in the chair. Discussion by A. Tamblyn, Chas. Armstrong, S. M. Billings. R. H. Coliacaît and W. H. Gibson, amang others, took place fallpwing an address on planting. Mn. Thomas Windatt, nephew o! Mrs. Thos. Tod, fell froni a window o! a building in Win- nipeg and was instantiy kiiled. He was a carpenter. when he toid John that gra- phite was the stuf! Ihat makes lead pencils write, John gave bim the horse laugh. While Ned was on a train. going ta Toron- ta, he made th 'e acquaintance a! a Senator, whomn he tld whvý be wvas gaing ta the City and ta whoin he showed sanie samn- pies. The wily Senator "ýconned" Ned into cbanging trains aI Oshawa, and returning ta White- fish Lake, where he baught the mine for two tbousand frog skins, t.itus d'ddling an ignor- ant fanmer out o! the richest deposit o! graphite on the North Amenican Continent. In the Feb. 191h issue. a Coun- cillor ob.îected ta oulside labour being used on local prajecîs. Council annaunced that, day- light saving tume would stant Apnil 2fth, and end October 25th. Evrvone in that vicinity now knows that. Queen Eliza- beth wan't stop for a visit, but if the train gaes slowlv enougb, they may get a chance ta sec her. Tirettii's Retail Merchants' Associatian sent a letier thank- ing the town engineer, and meni ai public wo'rks depb. for keep- ing the downîown sidewalks free o! snow and sanded: and the sanie Association intends erecting two large signs near Higbwýav% 401, ta inveigie mu- torisîs ta visit the Air Force tawn, and enjoy its unique ai- tra ct; on 3. Trenta-n Council considered two meh.-ods af paying its share of the cosl of the new caunty court boýise, (a) issue ten yea"ý dehentures, and pay an annual amnounit o! principal and inter- est, or (b) add aine mili totah1e tax rate. arnd pay the entire amount off in five years. It is ta the Councillors' credit that thev favoured the latter plan of "pay as you go." The Editor- ial page is no better than that o! the Statesman. The i-iper's 'ads" are nicely arrangea. and easily readabie. I not iced that, a bunch a! higb s,ýhool students had acted unwisely an a free, education- a] trip la Toronto, and their principal quicklY frowned on furtber such trips. WelI, bully for hinm! If the kids wish ta act like "smart alecks", Jet tbemn do il on their awn lime, in their own burg, whiere lbey wan'b attract sa nîuch unfavourable notice. O! course, the paper has plen- ty o! "autside" news. and oodles o! country correspondence, as weli as many features not list- ed bere. It is a readabie, enter- taininp, camprehiensive, infor- mative, interpretive, iively new3paper, pragressivelv serv- ing several live wire commun.- lies. ýI hope nobody wiil tbink me a traitor ta aur own prize winning Statesman wben 1 say, sincereiy, Vive Trentonian. A duty' vdadged is like a debi unpaid; il is aniy deferred, and we must came back and selîle the account at last.-Joseph Fort Newbon. dred campleted forms were DRIALS Letters Jo Jle &ittor3j It Could Have Happened Here! Dear Sir: Please find, enciosed money order for $4.00, renewal for an- other year. Also, my congrat- ulations on the honours award- ed to your wonderfui paper. Sincereiy, Mrs. Rosa B. Eiiiott, 19 Brock St. West, Oshawa, Ont. Port Hope, Feb. 26/59 Dear Sir: Please find enciosed subscrip- tion price, one year ($4.00). Enjoy your paper, could scarcely be wiihout it. Sincerely, Susan Caldwell (Mrs. S. R.) Coîborne, Ont., Feb. 26/59 t'he Canadian Statesman: Enclosed find cheque for Statesman for another year. We think your paper is the best local paper we know of, and coniains most o! the news of Durham County. We look forward to receiving it every Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. N. S. McNally, Coiborne, ont. Dear Mr. James. We thank you- sincereiY for ycur wonderful ca-operatian in the March o! Dimes campaign which ended with the Mothers' M-irch on February 2nd. ?Leports ta date indicate a ten per cent increase over iast year, $.550,000.00 for the Province for 1959 compared ta $500,000.00 in 1958. Weather conditions were very severe, but in spite o! this about 40,000 rnothers turned out for the March and we estimate at least 350,000 homes were can- vassed an Monday evening. Your assistance was an indis- pensable factor in this success and we are. sincereiy grateful for your help. Yours very truly, Alex. G. Fisher, Campaign Chairman. Dear Sir, In the light of the tragedy which befeli the community of Listowei last Saturday may I commend those in charge o! aur local arena who had the fore- sight la see the potentiai dan- ger arising fram the excessive weight of ice and snow upon the arena roof. .In the ciasing of the arena and in the action of remaving the snaw may I express my thanks and in so doing I know I bespeak the thoughts of ail Bowmanville parents. Yours, A hockey parent. Chamber of Commerce, Bowmanvilie, Ont., March 3, 1959. Mr. John M. James, Editor, "The Canadian Statesman", Bowrnanvile, Ont Dear Sir: In y aur editorial of February l9th-"Wirid 1V Up With An- other Nickei"-yýou name aur Chamber of Commerce as one of the groups "who were the pramiters of Ibis parking me- ter scheme". It i not the purpose o! this lelter ta argue for or againsî parking meters, but simply ta clari!y the Cbamber's position. In 1956 the Bowmanville Chamnber of Commerce issued a questionnaire ta gauge the attitude ûi the people o! Bow- manville an such civic' matters as the establishing of a coin- munity part in the valley be- nind the arena, the need for a. free public library, the remuin- eratian o! the Mayor and Couni- cillars, &nd a Iwo-year term of municipal office. Because park-f ing meters were being wideiyc debated ai the lime, this tapicc was Plso included. Questionnaire farms were distribUted through the public and higb schools and were pub- lished in the "Statesman" of October A8th, 1956. Three hun- Ycurs sincerely, Ken Marris, Seeretary-Manager. -SUGA R and SPICE:- We took young Hugh down ta the cily ta compete in the big music festival lasI week. The idea was that il would be goad expenience for him ta conie up a.gainsi some top- notch taient. Il didn'l seem ta effect him onîe way or the other, but by the time we gat home, bis mother looked ten years older, and 1 felt exact- lY as I uIsed ta feel at the end o! a seven-davs7 leave when 1 was a young and foolish figbler pilat. Taking a kid to the city for a music festival eampares, 1 should think, with taking a ride in the pouch of a lady kangaroo who is going at full gallop. It's hard on the pocket, you gel a very fleeting view o! the world about yau, and you alternate betw'een airy flights and jolting returns to earth. Music festivals, as ail par- ents of performers know, are amnong the most gruesomne tor- lunes devised bv Canadian so- ciet.v. This ane was no ex- ception. The gbom v, ilI-lil churcb. The bard seats. The mothers o! perforions, hair askew, eves wild, madly gnaw'ngZ off their lipstick. The little girls, guggling, fidget- ing and fiipping their pony lails about. The litile boys, solenin and sulent, desperabe- ly kneading their knuckles. Then there's the sheer ner- vous terror o! the ordeal it- self. lau alternate between Pity and delight when the other kids make a mess of their Piece. Then the sudden, savage twist of your stom- ach as your own marches up, wh-te as a ghost. And the black despa.ir when ie flai- Dispensed by Bill Smiley - ters. the flare of hope when he finishes with a flourish. Then the let-down, while the adjudicator scnibbles bis notes, and parents hiss back and fart b, assessing and guess- ing and trying la reassuire each other Ihat their pnodigy isn't really in the. running, while they secrebly hope for a miracle. Then the sudden seizure of heart as the adjudicator asks a few of the kids to play over again, and y'aurs is one of them. The horror as your gen- jus makes a blotch o! his sec- ond performance and the others ail play it better than the>' dld the first time. The mounting tension as the adjudicator begins ta speak. The mesmenized trance with which you watch as he weeds out the lasers, with kindlv advice. The controli- ed hystenia as vau realize your awn might, just mnigjit, make the grade. And the wild de- ligbt as you watch the lite guv 'narch up and get bis centificate for first, second or third place. * * 0 Then the great relaxed feel- lng when lt's ail over. And you're ehattering like a psy- chopath. And yiou feel like a Plece of damp cellophane. And you keep assurlng each other, and the kid, that wln- ning is not really Important. And you really feel uorry for ail the kids who didn't win. And you're au hungry as a cougar. Oh, ihey're great Institu- lions. these music festivals. But were used to them, and It wasn'f reallv the festival Ihat gaI me down. Il was keeping lrack o! Ibat kid in the city. He was mucb mare interested in riding escalators, elevators and the subway than in playing the piano. We Went into a big depart- Ment store bo buy somne books. 1 watched himn like a hawk. Hie darted around like a hum- rningbird. I took my eyes off him f'or 30 seconds, to pay the cierk. When I turnied arotind, there was no sign of hlm. 1 nearly went straight through the roof. We didn't have much timne to gelta the festival hall. I grabbed hîs mother, plan- ted ber as a huov, tld ber flot to dare move, and went sear- ching for hlmn. I nan aIl over the fIlior we were on. About 4.'000) ,iler vcoplc were there. I went back ta the huoy. The btio\*s bain waz, begiîîning to stand on end %vith rage. Off 1 WenIt agaîn. inirder in my heani. lust 1,; 1 was about ta either rail the police or jump down an elevator shaft, ha emerg'cd froni hehîîîd a pillar. He'd been rîding the escala- A few mlnUtes, later, as we hurried up a narrow street, he qllpped on the tee and would have gone beneath the wheels of a car if I hadn)t- Y grabbed him by the scruff the nerk. Next year, when i go t'o the festival, I'm tak inf; a set of handruffs. I don'b think I've e%,,,r beeu,ý sa glad ta gel home. evenW tbough the pup had made a! compiete shambles o! bbe u tîl- iby rouni, and the 20-foot ici- cIe on the front o! Ihe bouse had dropped, smashing the window in the stanm door. turned in from some 1800 households ;-sufficient to inji- zate the trend of public tI- ing-and 59.3% favured plu ing meters. Shortly t'hereaftcr. ourCha' ber condiucted its -Better Shù) ping Survey" throughout Bo manvillh and the surroundin~ countryside as well. To see if there had been a shift in l,)cal opinion, and a1Xao to see -wýhat the reaction of ou'- of-town faimilles might be. tha questionnaire asked '"would ynu be in favour of parking meters atIlc. for 12 minutes or 5c. an hou r? The resuits were most inter- esting. Older citizens, who had grown up in the days when parking was free even in the cities, wvere noticeabiy less en- thusiastic about parking meters than younjger people who were ouite favourable to them. Spe- cificallv. 6817,,o! the Bowman- ville re.spoî.den Is favoured park- ;*ng meters, whiie for the entîre district thc favourable vote was 61%. Iiolvever. 75.5%1'r of the youriger fimilies were In fav- our of parking meters. The survey also reveaied that the diffic'..ltv i n finding, a park- ing space wvas the chief reason lor out-of-town buying of me-aýs and .rrjce-ies on xvhichj mo e time and- more dollars are spent than on any other merchandise. Theqs: findings were present- ed ta a meeting of Bowman- ville nierchants on May 23rJ, 1957. Ccinfronted with the evid- ence that young and growing familles, bath in and out of town, were 75.5%, in favour A parkin.g meters, the followinig resolut.or was presented ta Town Council at its June mneet- ing:- "Be it resolved that this meeting approves the installa- tion af parking meters (on a. 6-month triai basis, if such , ; trial period can be negatiatedi;« and be it further resoived that ibis nieetifig, recammends that ail moters cuver 2-hour park- ing and bec selt ta accept 1-cent, 5-cent and 10 cent coins for parking Periads ranging fromn 12 minutes ta 2 hours". Influenced no doubt by thisg resalutian of the Bowmanviile Merchants, Town Cauncl, at its June 1957 meeting, authorized the installation o! ane-hour me- ters on King Street and two- hour me'crs on the side streets. 1 regreàt the lcngth of this letter, but il bas been necessary ta show that the Chamber of Commerce did flot "promate&' parking rneiers. Ils function was simply ta asscss the feelings of a reps escinlative graup of fain- Hlies and ta publish ils findings as a guide in the formulating of muini(cil)al policy. Seemirsgl *y unknown to maiy shappers' is the fact that meter- ed two-hour parking is avaii able ai Silver. Teînpez ance and D~ivision StreM2s between Queen and Church Streets. Bowmanviile, being a thý iv. ing and active community, p the saine parking problern 12 confronts uitheltotwns a nd, lie wh;ethe numb2r of a is increasiîng faster than t1le human Population. Wh@n a local citizen drives ta down- town Toronto during busines hours, ne cannot park at ail an the major thoroughfares or most -)f the sidestreets. Presumably he is content ta park at a fee in a pDarkiîng lot or garage, and proceed on foot ta and fro'n his destination. Hov, forlunate is the Bo%,- manville situation by compari- sun! Here \we can park for one haur on aur principal tharough- fare and for iwo hours on the downtown side streets for a mo- dest fee. or indefiniteiy and at no charge, behind the aretia, behind t Ct-. firchalI, or r streets xvithin a block af our stores. The Difficuit Days of Budgeting* Distant Past From The Statesman Files 4" t-ÀLvAnràv OPPAPPVR"AW oq'u., cnàv IffApe"r Rfl% laim p