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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 16 Aug 1967, p. 4

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4 1~eCan amSaemn, zEowmfl, Au .1 m EDITORIAL COMMENT Eh"bition in Toronto Opens This Friday Expo f67 In Montreal has been such 400 utstanding attraction this year that the Canad"a National Exhibition i ?loronto appears to be suffering by Copaijn .which ,most regrettable. TeCNE opens this Friday and Continues until Labor Day with many Rew attractions and quite a few of the standbys that have stood the test of tîme. Let's support it this year particu- ladly when aur annual exhibition la iacing its Mnost serious competition. We have been quite annoyed ovEr the downgrading by publicity media of the CNE this year. They have been cMiparing it with EXPO and in effeet ridiculing the buildings, the displays, the grandstand show and many other featuires. Certainly Expo is a tremen- dous show far beyond anything that could be expected of an annual fair sucli as the CNE. There is no doubt that the EX could be improved consid- erably if even a small portion of the funds that have been expended by Canada and the other countries at Ex- pc could be spent on it, but where would sucli vast amounts of money be obtained, from the city, from the pro- vince or would each rnunicipality in the area be interested in contributing aportion of their tax funds to the pro- Jeet? We very much doubt it. So, let's fot run down the aid girl who has been so faithful ta us all these years. Just make certain you take i the Ex and enjoy every minute of it, without being involved in accommoda- tion problems, huge line-ups and so on. There will be, plenty to see and enjoy at your leisure, without driving 300 miles over jam-packed roads ta get there. The ONE has been a part of aur life since childhood. Don't knock it! Incidentally, in recent weeks when we have been rushlng ta accidents of niany types on highway 401, our sym- pathies have gone out ta the mnany Canadian and American familles whe have found themselves in crashes while on *their way fa Montreal. On Monday, there were four cars, twa af them from the United States, involved in a multiple collision just west of Courtice. The Americans were on their way ta Expo with their familles, only a few of the hundreds of thousands who have been attracted to the big world's fair. Their holiday trip was spoiled completely by the incident and probably they are wishing they had stayed at home. Better they should have waited for the ONE that is a great exhibition without quite s0 much con- fusion and smaller crowds. e It la flot infrequently said that Canada lias liad a pretty duil history. Columrnist C. J. Harris suggests that anyone of that opinion miglit consider tlie foîlowing: "1869 An eccentric named George Francis Train, :who started liorse- dlrawn streetcars in Britain and the U.S., planned ta conquer Vancouver Island and give it to Ireland. Train toured the U.S. trying to raise an army ci Fenians, and his plan was ta build a bridge across Juan de Fuca Strait, xhardi uis men over and humn the bi7idge behind them. Wlien Train couldn't raise an army he went over hlrnself by boat, but when it got ta 'M- Wtoria at 5 a.m. and there was no 'iie'there ta meet hi.-n but one news- * paper reporter lie said the place would neyer amount ta anything because everyone sîept so late and got back on the boat and went home ta Seattle." The above is only one of many col- et-ful and probably littie knownf items contained in a history section that has been added to the new edition of the pècket encyclopedia,, ,Quick Canadian racts, the reference volume that packs In thousands of up-to-date facts on *apiy, government, politics,ffpppe. a.d every other phase of Canadian a!- Mairs. In fact the new issue is so up-ta- date that it even lias 1967 population figures. * The book's history section is prob- Concern thaftih number of new egpes of tuberculosis in Canada has dec- lped so slowly -in recent years was enressed recently by Dr. C. W. L. Jeanes, executive secretary o! the Canadian Tuberculosis Association at the annual meeting of the arganizafion at lie Ciateau Frontenac, Quebec New active cases reported in 1968 nunbered 4,500 and reactivations were n itic neighborhood cf 800. This j, much leis tian a ten per cent reduction in aétive cases and only slightly mare in reactivations. In fact, there were more reactivations tian four years earlier. Fully as discouraging as tue num- ber o! new cases appearing is the fact tijat half o! tiose found last year were iri an advanced state at the time of diagnosis, the speaker sfated. This was due, lie considered, ta a complacency about tuberculosis, a failure ta use the diagnostic services available almost ahl over Canada. 1Tie lamentable resuits of failures to, locaf e active cases, are seen in the nùmber o! local epidemics which have occurred. There have been at least 20 of these in tic hast five years, Dr. Jeanes stiated. Most o! thern had involved school cildren. SWidespread and very thorougli t4berculin testing in sciools indicates t1hat Iess than four per cent o! Canada's chlldren have been infectcd with tub- ercle bacilli, and this fs reasan for sat- Isfaction, Dr. Jeanes contlnued. But if ably the. only one of its kind in print. In chronological order it spans the per- lad from the year 1000 up ta the pre- sent and it not anly summarizes the significant events tiat every student must caver, it also provides fie unus- ual sideliglits of our history such as the story about George Francis Train. Another example is the story about the CPR's last spike. "1885 Last spike o! Canadian Pac- ifie Railway main line driven at Craig- allachie, B.C. Actualîy there were three spikes. When Lord Strathcona hit fthe first witli a maul he bent if and the Roadmaster twisted it out and put in another. Straticona hammered that one home but the Roadmaster was sure that souvenir hunters would pull up hlm track to get the last spike sa he let it be known that he had substituted anotier. Later lie gave the real one ta CPR president Sir Edward Beatty, but when Beatty died the spike was not with lis belongings. Stratlicona, a Scotsman, was said ta have taken fhe maul home and usedit ta break up coal in his cellar, but historians have searcli- ed for years without finding either fhe spike or fie maul" Quick Canadian F*acfs, a 75-cent, 184-page paperback, is sold at book shops and major newsstands, or by mail fromr the publisiers at Box 699, Ter- minal A, Toronto. e we grasp fie fact fiat fis means more than 200,000 children have been infect- ed already, and consider if along wit] fie fact that hall the new cases found lasf year were infectious bef are fie: were discovered, it may explode some o! the smugness likely ta descend wlien we are extolling fthc progress which lia been made. TO CANADA ON RER 100TH BIRTHDAY Dear land, we caîl "Home" Vast are your resources, O! two greaf cultures born To welcome ail and numerous; Dear Land, your past is great, Your prairies and your mounfains, Your greaf wide plains of wlieat, Your mines, and Minds' faunfains; And blended into the aid We now are privileged To welcome fiose untaîd In wealfh o! a new vinfage; But beyond aur MUCH is need - May we ever remember; And even thougli we cannof always lead. Let us proudly ever keep yaur trust. Dear Land, your Future is great, as long as we Insure: "HE shall have Domiinion aIso from sea ta sea." Psalm 72. Durhenn Count y'Grea Family jour,=, Bstablished 113 y.araegoain 1854U m NIL ~Alo Icorporutlng Àm E l.Thi. Bowmcrnvifl.Nswu Th*. NeWCatl. Independent The. Orono New# <O ib Authrin a.S.oa aemail Uby the P«o fOâw.. Opt., Ofttou Ufrpy.t ipsa us Ptoduc.d *very Wednuday by "R l»JMS PUEIJHING COZWAIIY LN=TE P-0. Box 190 66 ring st.W.. Bowmoevua Il.. zim JON c JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM-GO . OM ~ wl~U~UIb IO'JM lM1mw. tuoe aYom iS outsu.5.0s u ear cwla the United Statie. aiciy la dwoeo 41"?u7 ggibY th. ad 79tu, aU wltmu aM Oa m t eif aMY MM @0 go miAdla a»W 4ubedaarhm,~wuaaelb.heaU. Sugar A BEACH SOLILOQUY Witi summer on fie wanc - and boy, iow if waned around here - I've made a discovery. Witb fhe mini- mum of encouragement, I could spend fie rest of my lite as a beach humn. Neyer muci of a bound for fie beach lite before. As a boy, I swam in rivers and lakes, but not at beacies. Anyway, kids are fao busy swimming and diving and borsing around fa be bath- ered Iying an a beach. As I grew older, beacies t iii had liffie attraction. I just didn'f like sifting in tie sun. I don't tan. I just sort of furn a burnt orange. Beaches were for women, t- (August 22, 1918) h J. Lockie Wilson, Grand di Master of Ancient Order of y United Workmen of On- etaria, bas appointed Dr. E. Fraser Bawie, Toronto, to n the office of grand medical 3 examiner of fie society, as muccesmor fa fie late Dr. . Milton Coffion, wioabahi fiiled tue office for 26 ycars. Dr. Bowie is a New- castIe boy and is a popular city pbyician. Bowmanviile bas a new basehal eam known as ft "Tigers". Tic uine-up is as lollaws: H. L. Davis, catch. er; H. Hooper, pif cher; S. Little, 1sf hase; L. Nichais, 2nd base; S. Marsden, 3rd base; A. Piper, miortsfop; G. Grant, r. fielder; N. Pip- er, centre fielder; C. Dil. ling, I. fielder; W. Kelly. &pare man; K. Purdy, spare gnan. Local lawn howlers made smre record at fie Domin- ion Bowling Tourney. Alex Ellioft and James McDoug- al bad a greaf streak of Success and came witbin one of winning fie frophy in Scotch Doubles. They won second prize in tie big competif ion. J. A. Webster and Luther Nichais made a good f ry in fthe smre das but wenf down on fie sec- ond conflicf. W. Blake Me- Murtry, J. A. Webster, Thos. Tasker and W. Nich- ais won 4 ouf of 7 contests. J. H. McMurtry and C. B. Kent did not meef with ficir usual success. Dr. A. S. Tiileym rink defaulfed in thie Toronto fouriiey. Miss Edna Stape, for. mnerly Principal of Orona Continuation Scbool, bas been engagéd as teacier in the High Sciioi at Beafon. Mrs. J. B. Archibald and daugliter Marguerite af Belleville bave been visit- ing ber mether, Mrs. Rich- ard Balley. Misa Beatrice Devift and Miss Louis. Morris are en- Joyiig a holiday at Algon- quin Park. Mses Theima and Ruth Bryant o! Tarant o are visit- lng tisir cousin, Miss Thel- ma Gilders. Mr. M~d?rsî. Joln Fat- ro*, avius, ed " bis brother, Mr. H. A. Farrow, reomntly., Mi. MAlx Coîville has been vlsiting In, Part Perry anid Ceeuars. MW. Jaines Gil!lXl", 0rý oaso, liasbesa vliting bie uncle, Mr. C. A. Jolinston. Miss Evelyn Dickinson o! Toronto was home over Sunday. Miss Jean Durnas in visit- ing friends in Clifford. gas mGfwiohs. vwit. lng ~ l fIimw Itl (August 20. 1942) id Mr. Jim Hancock, fé f nierly of, fie B.T.S. sta: i-has resigncd hus position. f. the Ontario Hospital, Wooc ;0 stock,, fa join tue Royý ilCanadian; Navy. 1. Mr. and Mrs. Walter1 y Hoimes, Wailaceburg, aî sPending a week with M and Mrs. Gilbert Do.l r Church St. Mrs. 'Floyd Bradd lel V tuis rnrning ta join he e hushand. Gnr. Floyd M s Bradd wbo is wifi fihe 31.9 *Field Bpttery, R.C.A., a Sussex, N.B. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Hal (ne. Jean Logan) and soi 1;Donald, Toronto, arc spend .ing a short boliday in ti -district. Mr. and Mrs. Haý renewed many acquaini ances at tie Lions Carniva last week. Miss Arline Northcutf anÉ Miss Margaret Campbei are spending an enjoyabit holiday af Glen Moir Pres. hyterian Camp, Lake Sim. coe. Messrs. S. R. James, C D. Searle, Chas. Cattrar and Laurence Goddard are enjayîng' a fishing trip ai Madawaska River Camp, Calahogie. Little Misses Norma and Gwendoiyn Phiilips, Gaît, have returnnd home affer a pleamant visif with flicir aunt, Mns. William Fraser. Misses: Margaret Storcy, Ruth James and Frances Bradshaw have gene fa Grimsby as larmneret tes in tue fruit belf. Mies Norma Searle bas returned fa Teronto General Hospital affer a mantb's hoiidays spent in Bawman- ville. Mr. and Mrm. D. Bryant were guestsa aftflecClapp Bryant wedding In Tf. George's Chapel, Oshawa, fniday cvenlng. Mr. and rs. Leslie Tudor and Linda, Taronto,_apent Sunday witb Mr. and Mno. E. C. Evans. Riions Evans nef urtiid home, atsr boli- daying wlf h themn. Misssar Betty Stevens and Elcancre. Wight are attend- ing Se*~r girls' Camip at Mn. 14 M. Nanson of the Goodyeug office staff ia on holidays'tlixi.week. Masfes Jackle Wood, De. trait, lu visiting hic saint, Mrs. Sid Chartran, for a month. 1Misa Estiier Barnett la spcnding lier holidae with Miss JeWse Scott at uiina. Mrs. J. Wlliami and Miss L! 11 vt and Spice By Bill Smiley littie kidm -and oId people. I preferrcd golf or fimiing. Weii, I nof a woman or a lifI le kid, so I must b. turning int o an aid people. Somneone will fiink un- kindly, no doubf, fiat its fie advenf of tb. bikini fiat bas premafureiy aged me. This is inerely a hait- truti. I'm nof paitîcularly addicted fa fie sigit of navels, thougi smre ofthfe ofier stuff dîsplayed is miid- lY inferesfing. No, It's the other sighfs and eeunds that tascinate me. Now, 1 don't ke -the huge, e r o w d e d, commerelalized beach. It Inspires in me, witb ifs noise and clutter and bawiint transistors and r- f t, at il- 'al B. ýr. Ir. ýy, Ar. iy )n Tic fatal cost of welfar, here for: July was $6,662.10 Sbut as provincial and federa subsidies and chargeback damount ta $5,776.52 fie actua icosfta fite town amounted fi Ie $885-68. This was mbown ir the report o! Wcltare Admin. -istrator R. J. Weisi, whiec was mubmifted ta Town Coun. cil hast wcek. Durng July, seven applica. t ions for weitare were ne- ccived. Five were accepfed iand employment was procur. ed for f wo people. Tien. were 138 wellare re. *cipients duringtic monti, *This total included 16 beads of familles witb 53 depend. ents, five deserted or separaf. ed cames Wifh Il dependents, 26 patienta in nursing homes, 12 i gle prsns, and 15 peo- ple wha receîved O.A.A. and 1O.A.S. supplemenfary aid. Expenditures fer Juiy In. eludcd direct wel!anc $3,432.- 40, puslng homes $2,737.70, suppIementay aid $300, ex- ceas and medicines $192. Building Inspecter Ronald Hethiton reported fiat fie total cost et consfructiou during Ju1y waa $27,000. Frive building Permita and four plurribing permit, wcre lu- oued., During Uic manfli Mn. Hefh- rington' maie 25 building i-. spections and live trench in- pections., Thene wsre 18 in- qufries and the Building In- apector tdompeted le inquir- les. Aninal Contnoi OWfier J. A. HoOkin Prffcnted bis re- port for June lait week as tollowsm:' liraught In cigit, Picked _up tbfe,, rcfurncd ta owners four, Ùnpounded il, dispossi o! seveli, coniplaitg 44, licemssaold, Miaré 20, teniale tiree. RéCelpts during that montjL,ý Were: boardlng $10, liccose M.69. tefes and miscel- lanSu 69.Mr. Hozkin nre- sereaming bumanity, nol] Ing but nausea. But fi. beach we go t almost every day fie mu shines, is not like fiat.« is dlean sand and cool, hiu watcr and friendiy, relaxe people. Tiere are no loué speakers beilowing fi. lai est beat. Tiere isn'f a hot dog stand or a rotrcyci or a heer can in sigit. Tiat daesn't mean it'sa quiet as a churci. Tic guIl wail, fie marnas boliera their ciildren, ftie kid cream and figif and cr, But wien you stretch ou on fie sand aftter a dip, anc ftb. sun bores into you, tak ing away fie aches and ti tensions, it's as tiaugi yot werc bearing if ail firougt caftan wool. For smre reason, "'ouri beach lias become a mccci for ncwcomers, fq Canada, Foreigners, as we- used té cail tbem in fie aid, unen. lighfened days. Yau can li fier. ail day and scarcely hear a word of English. And whaf a pleasant change that is. You could be af Odessa, on fie Black Sea. My Hun. garian and Palisi and Ger- nman bave improved tre- mendously. But fhey're great people. They love the son, mind their own'business, and plek Up their Junk wheu they leave, which ln mare fluas ean lie sali et a geai many tenfh-gencratlon Canadians. If's fun ta watch and listen. Over ber. are a couple of Ifalian grandmof h. ers, in black dresses, bof h builf about five by tive, yattering away eigity miles an hour. Just over fier. is a majestic young woman wif i Slavic leatures, a baby, a bikini so sparse you coulfaiow yourei h- ta, ýun If ue id t- t- ýle as Ils af 'Y. k- )u lh a. Le kt knock your eye out. Maybe bath of them. I ac upo hes a bit too hve dscovredaur beach this summer. About sixteen of them, sprawled in a loose circle heads tageth- er, indulgQn in harmiess sex-play, laughing, punch- ing, smoking and making their intricate plans for the evening. But they're decent youngsters, who apologize when they hit you on the head with their football. No hippies, thank the powers. Here cornes an elderly German gentleman wha mrust have drunk hall the beer west of the Berlin Wall to produce that magnificent Pot. There's a Young Jew- ish father, spoiling his kids rotten. There's a Hungarian couple, tanned the colour of tar, with two beautiful blonde urchins. And speaklng of urehins, this is the real fun of the beach. They are through, over and around the prone bodies. They build casties and dams and forts. Tliey huri themselves into the water, shrleklnt wlth de- llght. And they're ail se brown and firni and sniootb You could eat theni. Why do ail thase darling, chubby five-year-old girls have ta turn into bored, neuratic, harassed womnen? Why do ail those careless,., sturdy, happy littie devils cI boys have ta turn Into bard, suspicious, ulcerated men? A good question. But I still haven't told You why I like the beach so much. I've discovercd that it'. the ,only place in the warld where MY wife will shut ber mouth for two or three hours at a stretch. MacDuff Otta wa- Report More YawDs lim (ICmm OTAWA - For a politUctl thouh the nw10ader b' metig ha, oldeb i. coeno.Speber M niai imprta ththe dhee, b. eManitoba Premier 'ut the Canservative leadership Bblin, Nova Scotia premier convention ner.t month han Raber Stanfield, or Ioa gtnerated uryrisingly littis Finance Minuter4 eres. YPleming. Put it down ta Centennial Davis Fulton and Geor madness, or Expo, or Gaul- lises are somewhat ongui't. list visitations, or te prediet- abats, Alvin Hamilton longer able candidates saying pre- stili, and Uic others have dictabl e things - whatever scaroely any chance et ail. the reason, thie battie ter Mr. Diefenbaker thérefar., John Diefenbaker's job. ban must feel reasanably satIs- Inspired more yawnu thon lied that when lie leave, cheers. the. Party wil ble led by a John Diefenbiaker hiniscîf competent, resourceful m~an. bas tram finie ta time sp1ced from among these lesding the flat leadership brew by côtitenders. A Duf! Bou refusing ta aay whether or or a Bob Stanfleld, even &. neot be'Il be a candidate for Don Fleming or smornf the bis own job. athers, could reshape the Most Canservative Mem- Party, lead if down a new bers of Parliament think bie road, elaborate new polticies, will step aside, but appar- give it utrcngth and confi- ently hie has confided in no dence. ane. Mis loneiy decision will In a more personal cannec-> probably be made at the last tion, Mr. Diefenbaker musi possible moment - whetber surely sense that hie, even le te retire gracefully, if not lbe fougbt for and won tb#? gratefully, or whetber ta leadership again, eco4ld noi stand and light bis Party unite the Party and could enemies, running tbe risk 'of nlot set It on that new rond.' being beaten and dcparting That wauld nlot b. ià a laser.- most useful raIe. Wbat Trying ta read Mr. Diefen- would lie was likely touch- baker's mind bas always ed un byý Burt Richardson;' been a hazardous occupa- Mr. Diefenbaker's former, tian. It bas became an even special assistant,, in an in-, mare dcmanding sport in re- terview with a newspaper cent months, ince Party columnist. President Dalton Camp led I was wif b hum at Chur- the successful campaign for cbill's funeral in London a leadership convention. early in 1965", sald Mr. lcb- But it's a reasanabiy safe ardson. 'II think rlgh.t then -guess that major influences there was nome klnd of turn- on his decision will b. bis ing point In bis tiiinklng. staunch Party loyaIt y, and He came back realizlng that" bis assessment of how bie in this age it lsafnot enough personally can be of best 'taele a Prime Minister - use ta bis Party and bis hie should write about it, net, 1 country in tbe ycars that Uhc record down, as Churcb- remain ta hlm. ili did about bis career, He , If woulcl sccm that fies. can't do fiat wblc h:'& atsf 1 Influences bath point strong- leading tic Party." ly ta a quiet retirement, John Diefenbaker u n- leaving the Party to chaos. ciuestionably bas a great a new leader tram among dealta write about, a great' the five or six emincntly deal ta tell the Canadien qualified candidates. people. Think back.yej Mr. Diefcnbaker's own fhe years - the canceliatli n concept of what the Pro- of the Avro Arrow, ths; gressive Conservafivc Party Coync affair, thic nuclear. should be may differ from arma Issue, thc run an the atiers. But ever ince last Canadian dollar and devalu- November's' fateful Party ation, bis cabinet revoIt., meeting he bas been declar- the Cuban missile criais, ing that lie would nlot let the South Africa's withdrawal Party faîl back into tic from the commonwealth, bande of reaction. tic lirst. British attempt to He bas neyer delined fis join the European Common danger very clearly, but it's moarket. presumed he means ta pre- Ail these et ories have vent fhe Party from becom- been told many ties, in, ing fhe Parfy of Bay Street, many ways, mont af theni St. James Street, fie Eastern, describing John Dlefenbak- image-makers and manîpu- er's raie in samething les@' lafors of-the ordinary man. tian flatfering ternis. Mr. Even now, if lie tiaugit a Diefenbaker ban a rîght, e- representative of these aid perbapa even a duty, ta give and malign interests had a the public bis version of chance ta win the leader- these events. ship, *hie would no doubt There is anather factor In- throw. himseif- into the volved bere whicb Mr. Dief- baffle, caring liff le for isks e n b a k e r, underatandably,, ta bis own dignify, but hop- rnay not suliscribe. to. A log fo save bis Part y. xiew leader will give the Hie may flot feel h.e bas ta Coniservative Party a new do Ibis, since there are sev- lift into tic publie confi-. erai good candidates wba dence. Even the prospect- could scarceIy be described of a new leader bas already-, as members -cf tie priviîcged had that effcct as the- ciass. Mr. Diefenbaker wlll opinion poilIs show. do wbat b.e can, bas donc Mr. Diefenbaker can no, wbat bie could, ta make sure longer do tbat. The. new the Party sett les on the leader may nlot be able te. rigit man. Hîs support of bring the Party te theýý any candidate wiil be an heights of 1958 under John'a enormous and perbapa de- Diefenbaker, but hie mayi cisive factor in the canven- cause it ta risc again and. tion's decision. fiat wauld be a bopeful Report from- Queen's Park. by Alex Carruthers,. M. P P. Tic Iaunching o! thc Land flevel- opmenf Plan is a major dcvelopmcnt ini a rapidly-growing range o! activit- 1ies being undertaken by fie Ontario Housing Corporation and grouped un- der ifs H.O.M.E. (Home Owncrsiip -Made Easy) programi. The formation a! tue Ont aria Hous- ing Corporation was announced tire tyears ago by fie Prime Minister, fie Hon. J.ý P. Robarfs, and, in tic inter- re vening period, has chalked up an m- 0, Spressive record. If is well advanced in Smeeting fie objective set ouf for it by 1 fie Prime Minister, ta ensure fiat t he ýo apporunity for good iousing ranks ri equally wit h such essenfiais as a gond Seducaf ion. In a major effort ta meef tie hous- ing nceds o!fie province, fie Compora- ztion cxpects fa stant fie construction of 12,000 units at a total estimafed cost o f $150 million in 1967. Ilftis figure is aciieved if will equal fie cambined efforts in public liousing of ahl ten provinces over fie 15 ycar span !romn 1949 'fa 1964; fie year in wiich tue O.H.C. was formed. -Tic record ta date shows: (1) Tic corporation now has 11,900 unit s under ifs administration, and a *further 11,M98uîuts about to be con- tracféd for, or iuider the prccess o! de- veleoînelnt. (2) Residences for 1,600 students are being built by the corporation at the University o! Guelph, and accom- modatiôn for 1000 married students at the University o! Toronto is being pro- vided.1 Recént survéys in Port Hope and1 Bowmanville have emphasized thei néed for Senior Citizen Elousing, andj in bath cf these commuitiies pragrwrns1 to meet fis neéd are under cansidema-à tion. Bowmnanville cauneil has taken prombt action by granting flic Ontario Housln Corporation permission ta pOCe.dwlth the construction cf 141 -ousing units for senior citizens i that munieip allty.t The renta for these units wili b. based, on. incorne and will average $43ç per monfli for couples and $32 for t single persona. There will b. no finan- ' >clal involvement by the oeunlclpaity Y for either tlie construction or mainten- a ance of the unit,, t] With new home *cs erig minimum cet*30,000, OJLC.'& Land e development program, makes home owncrsiip naw possible for famnilies of moderaf. incarne tirougi flie follow. ing features. (1) If enables the individual >d,tiy a bouse and lease the land on a short or long term' basis, fhus avoiding a down payment on tic lot itsclf. (2) Affer five ycars fi. lot 'tan b. purchased at fie original transaction prioe. (3) Wifi fie necessity o! buying tie land removed at tie ouf set, fie down paymcnt is substantialiy rcduc. ed. (4) Down paymnfs vary-with fie value a! tic land and tic building to, be erecf cd on if. In some cases this can be as low as $950. (5) Tic salary requirements for purchase are basîcally $6500, but 20% of tic wife's incarne can b. ied fa- ward qualifications. Chie! criticisrns o!f te, plana arc: (a) It dees nothing for Iowmincome (under $6,500 a year) famnilies. Tiere arc several programs meeting fie needs o!ftis group, including 1Gw ren- taI and non-profit projects. (b) It does flot provide addition*1 lots and simply buys property &-ad puts it up for sale again. Prier ta the plan, however, thése lots in most instances wei-e haying Idle because ne anc could a! lord ta buy tl-em. Now the individual can buy fie lot at any Urne after the 5th yéàr, at flic present market price. If in exjpéct- cd that the value of these lôts will in- crease by 40% at leasf by 1972. It should aiso be notcd that, on the aver- age, fie incarne o! the pu.rchaser wiU be rising at the rate o! 5 per cent per an n um. Tic program, in order to meet fih growing 4nd immediate biousing ne4~ o! tic provinceZ rq àre srvlced and\,,, readily mia ketabie ld. It la there! are tc be regret tic Federal Government lias ty introduccd procedural requirer énts whicli have effectively remmoved 14par- ticîpation i the prograni w)pe-ser- viccd iota are involved. In spite oftlw Federal wiUhrwlhow*V*,, m ýjUr- ance has been given by M. 4obuts thet fthc program will go forwagd, wlth fmancdai assistance obtained fi=e oth- ir source&. i. 4 Quick History Too Much Smugness About TB Indhg Dim and Distant Past Froni the Stafesmau Files 49 YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO un 1 and

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