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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 6 Jun 1973, p. 4

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4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 6, 1973 EIDITOR#"KIAU COMMENT Shoe On Other Fo. * . and Pinching For some months now, we have palities who have won their b, had the feeling that the vociferous . but now are wondering just campaign conducted by Cobourg going to happen to them. and Port Hope to be lef t out of what Sitting here in the middle has been termed the Oshawa-cen- region, with no territorial amn tred region, has drawn almost to speak of, it's quite interes amused comment from Oshawa watch the scrambling an off icials. behind the scençs politiekir Recently, when the new propos- has been, is and will be takini ais of decisions were announced, before the legislation is apprc leaving the eastern section out of the the legislature. The announ( region as they had demanded, the boundaries have been 'put, f< Oshawa tone changed.. . not as a final decision by the mi because of that exclusion, but but we're betting many chang because other -alterations to the stili be forthcoming before rE original suggestions had been in- government in this area be cluded., -îaw. 1At the December meeting, Don't forget, there's stilla Oshawa was to get 10 lots or about deal of detail to be worked 4,oo0 acres from Darlington, virtual- final decision has to be made Iy slicing that township apart with two names, Newcastle and Du the entire western section becoming If they are lef t that way, yoi part of Oshawa instead of the new rest assured Oshawa isn't gc ,municipality of Newcastle. When be too thrilled about it. There' that was wiped out, the Oshawa the location'of regional heag politicians really blew Up and made ters and again Oshawa wil], a hurried trip to Queen's Park to some justification-, feel it shoi voice their anger . . . apparently located there, while there m receiving little assurance that the objection frorp colleagues-i government would accede to their other regional, municipaIities demand to restore the original person has to be chosen to1 proposal. qijnr-mava r nfth . ri % They even threatened to take steps to withdraw fromn the region, forgetting apparently that munici- pal governing bodies are creatures of the province and really have no way of withdrawing fromn anything, without the provincial government's permission. Now, it's their turn to be up tight and possibly they will have somne sympathy for the eastern munici-, A Reply tUo -COUD Dear Editor: In response to an open letter to the citizens of Cartwright, re - the Canadiani Foresters submitted by a councîl memhber, Vern Asselstine, and appearing in) the May 30 issue of the Statesman. 1 write the following by request and on behaîf of the many people who feel that Mr' Asselstine is of the egotistical assumption that he and he alone IS, Cartwright council. We are extremely grateful that he is not, as his letter is filled with sly ininuendos and discrimhina- tion, so unbecoming an elected, member of any office. tncidentally, Mr-. Asselstine is an inactive mnember of the Fores- ters. Perhaps in the past an incident that displeased him caused hlm to retaliate in such a unconventional manner. Any other council memfber has the common decency to cail a meeting and discuss a mnatter such as this. They do not makce a public statement through a newspaper, causing humiliation to citizens so tactlessly named in doing so. The referred to meeting in Mr. Asselstine's letter was called to discuss plans for a hall for the community, (the Foresters at no time requested that a hall be erected for them alone) as well he knows. The old hall and land had been previously donated to the township by the Foresters, with the hope that a new one could be built through a L.I.P. grant. Ne4tleton, we feel, requires a hall'for suppers, concerts, euchres, etc. We were unaware that Fuss-Budgeti If a householder were given $100 every Sunday and, told to spend it within a week on necessities, and if by Saturday afternoon $10 was lef t over, the temptation would be to spend it in a hurry, perhaps on something that couldn't really be called a necessity. Otherwise, the donor might say. "Well, you only spent $90 last week so you only need $90 this week. - That hypothesis is somnewhat akin to what has happened in somne Ontario governmnent ministries, as Durnam Lountys Gr Estýblished 119 1Also Incor T he Bowma The NevwcasthE The Orot Second class mrail regi Phone Produced every 623-3303 THE JAMES PUBLlSHîrN 62-66 King St. W., Bowmea JOHN M, JAMES GEO. P. MORRIS Editor-Publisher Business Mgr. "Copyright and or properfY righfs subsist in t reproduce in whole or.in part and in any form whatsoev a publ ication, musf be obfained from the publisher anc sublecft o recourse in aw." S$7.00 a year - 6 monfths $4.00 StriCtly radvance Alfhough every precaut ion wilbe taken foavoid er ifs columnis on the undersfandîng that if will nof be Il hereunder uniless a proof of sucil adverfisemenf is rer The Canadian Stafesman business office duly sgned b plil infdn wi-ifing thereon-, and in f ha4 rase if arl Staftesmyan ifs iabilify shallflot exceed sucil a porftiono ocvpied by thenofed error bears fo file whole spacq )attle .* what's eof the bitions sting to nd the ng that ig place oved by :emenit rward nister, ges will -gional écornes a great out. A on the urham. )u May iing to c's also idquar-, Iwith Duld be nay be in the s. One be the :5Il.4j'.. Iay4Jr.l .J. lA i e riu1I<aAAu we an iitui canthnk f evealpeolewhowil U L tablished to evaluate the Sudbury, January lst, 1973. other institutions v- be een thiko a coete apo it-IV Ula u tine incoming briefs and alterna- 1,200 square miles. Waterloo - ported t'hemn. Th besèkig ha cveedapoit-M jF iJob eUS tîf s ive Goals Plans set out in the January lst, 1973 - 500 square Ontario election fea met.Oh ter' gin t b pety MTARTS Report. miles. Tiniiniis - January lst, contest between r mt.o h ba t erout in he wee aed. h I5h* LIniOctober, 1969, the MTA- 1972. Thiunder Bay -January over separate sct t shold àbeo st in teestia d U û uwEV5IEEenêe»E WWEIEcE RTS study area was enlarged îst, 1973. and between the in! . itshold b mot iteretin anand the new area was entitled The iast two are the only inaustry and the good reading. -. . . the Toronto-Centred Region. areas with one tier Govern- over auto insurai It s qiteaparet tattheLeU 10iie IoIai IOVY Aithough the MTARTS stu- ment. The others ail have two may be the lasto fam ia tuismtsppaet tr te to gîveâmîl t dy area, was suitable for tier systems. election. no applicam Its etr t ion Smvepewr paet-15.adbcm fetv transportation planning, it According to the speech The struggles of than to receive' has haplcto oepol eeaprn-15,ndbaeefetvwas not entireiy appropriate from the Throne a Regional wili be between tl in municipal poîitics.]y caught by surprise when the January lst, 1954. This incor- forrgon-panig The Government xiii be establish otro nttt prvnilgvrmn ees oainicued the Cit added portion formsa area ecl East o Metro this year. those favoring dire( A 1 *edtei proposais for local Toronto, Borough of York, outside the old MTARTS area,, West inciuding Peel County. lar action and as tiiior AtssCIStiIfl government reform in the East York, Etobîcoke, North and includes Kitchener, Wat- Halton, Hamilton and Went- tions of osrai area east of Metro Toronto York and Scarborough and erloo, Brantford, Midland, worth which wili cover the erai or Socialist1 in order to build a hall it was iast December inOshawa. covered an area of 240 square -Peterborough and recreation major ur ban growth in South- more meaningless, compul sory to have a park with it. In However, Bowmaniviiie's miles. The first Chairman of'districts1 to the North and ern Ontario. populism wiil grow réference to the bowling'alley that Mayor Ivan Hobbs was flot one this system was Fred Gardin- North-East. Assisinesad e wntd .. aof those caught unawares. er. Commroniy known as "Big 'The first Régional discus- Mr. sesiesi ewne..a Quite the contrary. Daddy".*so nti re okpaei member jokingly remarked that it Hobbs foilowed the deveiop- The approach toward a sini ti ra okplcMi veriiedtha todayby skig te rgioni gvermen anuTorntoCenredRegon b- cpaetieMofAiax Pikerngiug a would be nice but unnecessaryl. I ments which led to the development, concept for the Fbury 98 ihth ui nounicement sînce the incep- gan in December, 1962, when illoagWhiByOwa, Dar .e,.4In particular person. A council mem- to ftecnetbc nteteGvrmn fOtrolntnadIomnil.I meeting, just to give 'those présent served on a number of study tablishing the Metropolitan nin r eeomn td aidaas to the size and type of hall groups that have examined Toronto and Region Transpor- was instituted. This study was tht e oud uidwihot oig orégional goverriment for this tation Study (MTARTS). In the iongest of any inthe area By 1 thatwe ouldbuîol ithot ging o ae..June, 1968, the final report, some two years in iength. The council, repeatedly for additional Beiow is the text of the first was officially reieased. Vol- study took in mnany phases of funids. If such a hall were built haif of a speech which Mayor urne Two of t he MTARTS the Development and Bounar- IT TAKES wa( truhaL.I.P. grant, wyoeat Hos eiered to the Rtr Study, titled Choices for- a ies and suggested bouindaries WA RAERe through forb dli Rtay W TEGAEee wouid the Foresters have to go to Clujb on May l7th. Growing Region, was a study otharTOCER HEARhe In 1850 the Counties of of alternatives for the emerg- Duiring the course of this T LA H I h council in a year or two for N1orthumberlandand DturJham ing development pattern. suyal organizations and As I write, the Watergate bur additional funds? Aniswer that Mr. were united which laid the The Governmient thien re- 'nvvdal ere învitedi to hearings are in progress and that Asseistine, or are you forgetting that founidation for the Ontario quested public and 'private giv'eer opn onsred n word is entering the language as, a poiu the grant was to be requested on Municipal systemi of Govern- briefs so that an acceptable wer'e receivd andconfor scandai and skulldug- soul behaîf of the ciieso eteo et. regional plan could be made. The study was terminated inth Our County system bas This process overiapped the191bcsetem brsogry and not the Foresters? As for the contînued since that time and province-wide planning, on a the executive could rot find Canadians are having a whale of denr inference that the men that were to is stili in effeet. In the eryrgoa aita a i out from the Provincial Gov- a time doing what they like very ptin a back stop etc. way back in 1950's the Provincial Govern-_ ready begur with the an-erm tthinnaiesht much, - looking down their spotiess tak( put8 wr o aytdos o a met-i ei idmdcd oneetoDeinfrwouid be available from the noses at the Yanks. e 198 ee o a y o d o r h ded to s-t up the first Regional Deveiopmrent in 'April, 1966. G vment f o the ea.p e chagei hei mnd, tatwa anGorment, inThi ws, ei-no ncer rment Dsgr rGo venment fr e deelo- 1 guess we've forgotten our taki chnged their m n s, th at wausOan oer nmTonto his was ncoPaninterdepartenta als - Design for Development great home-grown scandais involv- Wat rudnfastement as the M youstpoae iooonoApf thPanigeomttews s he Toronto-Centred Région ing Canadian governments, both rueynmdwsiims fte-was presented hy the 1Gov- poica n eea.Sm fte wl season as hie had îeased a tobacco ernment May, 1970 an~d rvncanndfdra.Smeo he wi farm and that type of work leaves q n t/eW î.nl ca 1ted a development area on fantastie rip-offs made by such heai littie, ti me, for other activity. This the lakefron ,t fromn Toronto to outfits as our railways and the> kno, statement was also verified.J east of Cobourg. A, Status Hudson -Bay Company make the hea Perhaps in writing that openA and Report on the Toronto-Centred Watergate look like peanuts. outi letter you feit a sense of importance- 1U (7V' PaSt Reonas preseo y he And, then there was the Beau- but akethe imeto rad hrouh' Augst,1971. In this report hanois affair, a piece of piracy that Sen your own words Mr. Asselstine . From the Statesman Files he stated they had received made many a Canadian politician. huni _______________________________-self__a_____ close to 200 briefs and submis- feel like looking for a hole to crawl Rus you nly efered o yorsef a eresions from Councils, organi- into.ma 35 times, that alone should convey 25 Years Ago 49 Y ears Ago zationis and private citizers- a something to youl. Thurs., June 10, 1948 Thiirsday, June l9th, ý1924 which they are considering. And let's not forget the Duples- disg JenBoa.Major John Foote, V.C., Trucking - direct from In dune, 1972, prospects for sis era in Quebec, where votes were Asii Jean olan.was eiected Progressive Bowmanville to Toronto, 1 the Lake Ontario Region, by bought and sold like potatoes, ballot Consevative Member of am giving a daily motor, the Provincial Governrnent'boxes stuffed, and strong-arm thal ing Pays Off Parliament for Durhamn truck service betweer the was preserted which OnIce tactics used at election tm. o S ~~~~~County o Monday bya above places. You wiîî save again indicated a Lakeshore geW cnafrtolkcn the end of the fiscal year approach- large majority of over 1300. time and money by using Aurea Hort ndHamlo ope ob- N ope sescat affbordy.to look can ed. For severai .years it was He defeated Garnet Shield this service. Orders may be Tourghp oiPelanHanilng on or ond o s s tayboy. ile cou] (Libral) and Norman AI- left at J. J. Mason and Twsisjitypann o a rsol oi hk u ed n suspected that ministries were lison (N.D.P.). Son's Office. Phone 50. H. rapid increases ir population and remember, "There, but for the so-c hurriedly spending whatever was Saturday will .be Navy Connors. and econoînic activity..,t rcofGd left in the kitty in Febru'ary n League Tag Day in Bow- Boys' suits with two pairs In December, 1972, at Easan leClgitinOhwt-e gracoreWGodat . .me Je March so budget funds céol be inanville and surrounding of parts for only $7.88 - a dle oialegiale i sh a, th 0dfcore, Wn atrgt is oe- Joeltt exhaste an atleat a eqal um reas. Chirman is Dr. W. real bargain at Couich,gHtono reCaresS.fMnaouse oht odiffe entat itinoivesut h tt exhaste andat eastan qualsum Tennant. In charge of Johnston ard Crydermnan. gtn raue fOtroueo oiesaetcisi usi a requested for the next year. taggers in Bowmianviile 'is . The Orono Continuation arnd Mr. Donald Irvine, Parlia- of unbridled political power. That be Miss Isabelle Davis and School wiil receive $'2,376; mentary Assistant to the dsigihsi rm rdtoa ei The legisiature's standing coin- Mrs. W, Tennant. Hampton Millbrook $3,480.10; Janet- Treasurer, presented to theditnuse itfo triina -bi mittee on Public accounts determin- TagDay bas been arrang- ville $442.29; Bowmanville area Councils a proposai for political corruption which has usual- wou; ed- to find out for certain. ed hy T. M. Chant wîth the High School $6,999.29; Port Local Goverrment reform in ly been motivated by a love of, assistance of Principal H. Hope High School $6,207.45; the area east of Metro. The "booze, broads and bucks". lead -Hamilton Spectator A. Farrow and Mrs. Chas. Campbellford High SchQol meeting was weli attended Perhaps the saddlest aspect of lead Warren. Enniskilleni is in $5,993.00 and Newcasie and one of the major changes the Waterga te affair is that nobody MuS charge of Dr. Chas. Austin, Hligh School $L,361.06 ir ftrom the .A.P.A.D.S. Reporty Orono by J. J. Milior and grants. was the inclusion of Port Hope iS spilling 'the beans because of the, *Newcastle Miss Thoms. and Cobourg. conscience of lofty principles. J, ~~~~~~~~Mr. Earl Truil, Courtice, At the Kedron Arriver- There were rire areas Thyaetligilbcuehe no had the pleasure o f.serving 'sary services Rev. Dr. A. iestablished for a Rare on I theghotea It' s ee y nte the gas for Barbara Ann C. Crews, Editor of NMeth- Gvrmn rmPceigfor himself as hs novdtytO wr -eat Family Journal % .1UEO Scott's ca r on Wedresday odist Surday School Publi- east to Haldimand boundary. stoeivle r o wr years ago in.1854 9 of iast week. cations, Toronto, gave an The Town of Bowmanviiie Save their own necks. A bunch of holoi rporating'0 We welcom e Mr. and excellent address. A solo would be included in an area finks scrambling for safety. invile ewsMrs.' James Sino to our,' was rendered ý yMs with South ivarvers, Newcas- At the samne time, one must out, Independent ~ ~ ~ community. They have Florence Luke, and a til, Clarke and part of amr h ..poeso rbn n ene esen moved into the bouse ladies quartette from Osh- Darlington. The area would amr'h ..poeso rbn a ino Nws +cformerly'occupied by Mr. awa, Mesdames Fry, Lang- cover 1,168 square miles, for !the truth, regardless of who gets hait( istration niumber 1561 and Mrs. Speers on the maid, Crozier and Foster Number 'four area which hurt. I wouldn't want to be up in able. highway at Maple Grove. gave severai numbers ac- includes Bowmarvilie would front of, those tough senators for 1 Wednesday by Phone John James, represent- companied by Miss Audrey, be 17.5 per cent of the total. ntigmrseou'hasptn c i Y CO PN LIIE'D 6330 ing the Arena Committee Werry. The contents of this report o thin oe s eriue hanspitin cm inîville, Ontario LIC 3K9 was present at counceil to Mr. Edmord Cobbledick covered bourdaries, planning o h ieak m PAR CKGOL DNAD ISOask wben the $15,000 grant returned last week from and servicing social services, How would Canada handie such back Sales Manager 1 Plant Mgr. from the town wbich bad Toronto wbere he spent the cmoiion of ounci ii-astain ei is h govern- solvE e image appearing on this proof. Permission been formerly assîgned for winter with his dauighteriono ucinec ment would appoint a Royal tion. ver, particulari y by photographic or offset process in this purpose would be Mrs. (Rev.) Chas, Adams, At the present time we have Commisowihwudivsi rb d fthe prinfer. Any unaufhorized repràducf ion wiIl be, available. It was decided to and is now at the home- inine areas under Regional isowihwudivsi rl leave the bonds in thie bank stead, sixth line, with his Goverriment. Toronto area, as gate in'near-secrecy. The Commis- prob. $9.00 a year in the U.S.A. to draw interest until they, son Mr. Wiil S. Cobbledick. mrentiored before. Sion would require three years to I seri Yul Who sup- e 1971 ýtured a religions hool aid nsurance Sunions ance. It )ld-style the, 70's the sup- ins and cet popu- distinc- ive, bib- become a new ,Ceîtter t o Suite 1111, 347 Bay Street Toronto, Cari. M5H 2R7 Political parties are oh- solete. It is time for a new populism. Parties have become election machines respon- sive mainly to those whc finance them. M.P. 's who used to be charnels of communication have been by-pâssed by the media. Parties used to produce candidates, policy, voter feedback, election organi- zation and communication. Today, candidates are flot deveioped within parties, policy is set by the bureau- cracy, ,voter feedback comes from TV and the open line radio show. Communication is handled directly by the party lead- ers. As parties decay, citizen groups fi the communica- tion gaps and as charnels become clogged and slow, pî-otest groups resort to denionstrations, sit-ins and disruptions and goverri- ments react ard fast. The struggles of the 50's and 60s were between institutions, business, lab- or, religious. racial, Ian- guage and cultural groups. Parties themselves be- Bill Smiley kde through the Commission port would make speeches and ýwhole thing would then bc ried. As a good many observers hav - ýted out, the Watergate airi-ng,,_ ed linen may be the best thing it has happenied, to the U.S. riocratie system in generations. When you are constipated, you ,e a purge. When y'u've swallow- poison and want to throw Up, yoUl e an emetic. Perhaps the îtergate will serve as both. Regardless of how many heads Iget the chop, and to whomn those ds belong, it is, comforting ta Dw that our great neighbor will il itself, spew out the poison or eut the cancer, and get back to work. And it will. It has survived nator Joe McCarlthy's,,witch- ts, 'the lying about, spying on ssia, the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and ýny another, not to mention a gusting and disastrous war in Ia. It -is also comforting to' know 1there are stili countries in the, Ild where powerful public figures, ihe brought to account. It idn't happen in Russia or China. d it wouldn't happen in many a called democracy. On the other hand, the average in the Sýtates must be becoming a le sceptical, to say the least. He been lied to and lied to. He mustL wondering whether he can ieve anybody any more. 1 know I ild'be. There's nothing new in powerful Lers lying to the people they are [ing. Hitler lied to the Germans, ssolini to the Italians, Stalin to Russians. Unfortunately, their lies were iiscovered by their peoples until damage had been done and the Id was staggering back from the ceaust they unleashed. This ti me the truth is coming haltingly, so that the damage to tion and a nation's pride may be ted before it becomes irrepar- c* Let's hope -so. And let's hope the Americans ie out of the sordid little mess, lling of violets and ready to get kto the real problems they must re: inflation, pollution, integra. i. They're great solvers of blems, and they have great blems to solve. In the meantime, it behooves us àiada not to sneer and point the L~et's pretend our neighbors are ing a domestic quar 'rel which is eof our business. Let's cultivatc- own garden. It needs it.- The old populism of 190 i0_ failed because of voter education' and inadequate communication. With stan- dard education' stopping at grade eight and under one per cent having college education, there was an insuficiently-informed el- ectorate. Today, 40 per cent of our population have some higher education, TV brings the party leaders to the living, room. 'fhe new populism must have room to grow and the tools to express itself. A petition of 10 per cent of the voters should put any question on the ballot at the next election. Neighbor- hoods that wanit crossing guards or daycare centres or rinks, parks or similar services should be able to taxç themselves to provide themi. The province could be divided into neighbor, hoods of 2,000, with tax powers. T he cost of servic- es should go down, when people 'spend their own money, economy is the word. When they spend other people's, the sky is the limit. Community, offi- cers could assist each neighborhood council and an annual meeting couid elect Trustees and (Jeter- mine policy and provide direct links between citi- zen.s and goverrimenit. in the aige of impersonal goverriment, a, new popu- lism is the wave of the future. John C. Medcol MIEMORIAL HOSPITAL > WEEKLY REPORT Week of May 28-June 3 ine. Admissions ---- - 71 Births-2 male, 2-femërale 4 Discharges,--------- ----- 70 Major operations --- -___il Minor operations- - ---- 32 Emergcncy treatments. 28,3 Visiting hours 3-8 p.m. daily, 6ditor the CCNA

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