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orono Weekly times Second Class Mail Registration Number 6368 Published every Thursday at the office of publication Main Street, Orono, Ontario. Phone 983-5301 Subscription: $3.00 per year in advance A big bite The credibility of the Ont- ario Provincial government must have dropped consider- ably last week in the province of Alberta when the Ontario finance minister announced a seven percent tax on heat and light. Prior to this announcement in the budget Ontario was crying "robbed" when AI- berta announced an increase in the price of natural gas being piped into Ontario. It was unheard of that Ontario should pay an increased cost for gas. But politicians do have short memories and White's memory is the short- est of all. Forgetting the antics of the government the tax on energy for heat and light is one that hits hard at a real necessity of life and it is charged against the low income group as well as the high income group. Those hardest hit will be the noe unionized worker for the unions will see this as a legitimate cause for wage imcrease. The government, of course, states that a rebate will offset the increases due to the tax on energy but seldom does one find economics when money passes from' one hand to $4.50 - U.S.A. We'll survive// another and eventually back again. The Tories in Torono appear to favour taking your money, and then at a later date paying you part back again. It would appear much more logical if Ontario had increas- ed the sale tax to charge those who could well afford the increase. The clothier in Toronto shortly after White's budget A common practice The practice of sub-dividing farms into fort y acre parcels is about as common today as far as the whole farm is concerned as was the ten-acre practice a few years ago. Within the last month or so the Committee of Adjustment has approved three such sub-divisions and a fourth is now before the Committee. According to the Zoning by-laws of the Township this is permissable and does not hinder the division of farm lands into smaller units. This practice is a reverse of a logical farm unit today where larger acreages are necessary to place farming on an economical basis in the most cases. Of course the seller benefits as he is able to gain a*greater price per acre for the smaller parcel and in this respect he cannot be blamed for taking advantage of the opportunity. The practice however does take, in the majority of cases land out of farming and it will be costly to return such land sometime in the future into a viable unit. The Province a number of years ago in an effort to stop strip development in the rural areas brought in legislation which restricted the severance of less than ten acres. But this was not a restrictive measure because land and lot prices in the urban acreas greatly increased and the rural ten acre lot became desirable price - wise. The ten acre rule as then jacked up to twenty-five and shortly thereafter to forty. The legislation has no purpose other than trying to stop the b.reak-up of farms and strip development. It would have been more logical, if the course was "No strip development", to pass legislation to stop the practice. The beating around the bush has accomplished nothing. It makes you think The many reports circulating to-day over the lack of energy and resources surely are cause for thought and in some cases alarm. It is hard to realize after enjoying the abundance which we have lived with that the end may come to some of the more important items that are necessarv to maintain life on this earth. The fact that energy for heating was in some parts of the states lacking last winter and also to the present outcome that some areas will have to ration gasoline for the automobile bring the story clearly home to the individual. On the North American continent we ha.ve been riding the crest of a giant wave and the sky has been the limit. We have measured success in material belongings as well as a standard of living related to dollar and cents only. To create material belongings and a higher standard of 1 life it has been necessary to scoup the earth of its resources and to create work in developing unrequired items to meet the standard which became the goal of everyone. This may well change especially if energy is in short demand and travel is drastically cut. Society could well return to the days of the horse and buggy era socially resulting in the closely knit family and community circle. Attitude does have to change and the supply of resources and energy mav be the factors that force this change. reported that clothing would increase 30 to 50 percent this fall especially in products made of wool and leather. What now Mr. White ,the price of wool for that sweater is also going up. Local hydro users in Orono will feel a 10 percent hike in hydro costs come June with increased rates and - lucky you - in July the seven percent sales tax will be added, NURSES FROM FOUR HOSPITALS ATTEND T.B.R.D. WORKSHOP The second refresher course in respiratory - diseases for Registered Nurses held Wed- nesday, April 18 at Greenwood Tower Motel, Port Hope was an outstanding success - judging from the comments of the participants in their eval- uation. The course was sponsored and arranged by the North- umberland Durham TB and Respiratory Disease Associa- tion and was attended by nurses from all parts of the United Coùnties. These nurses were from the four General Hospitals in the area, the Health Unit, Nursing HOmes and Industry. In the morning Dr. J.T. Naismith, speaking on tuber- culosis in General Hospitals, stated that TB may be a dying disease but it is far from dead and we must avoid compla- cency. He pointed out that as TB patients are now being admit- ted to selected General Hos- pitals, special facilities must be available and as TB is highly infectious, he stressed the importance of nurses understanding the treatment and care of the disease. He stated that decontamin- ation is possible through adequate ventilation, ultra- violet light and proper cleans- ing. He exploded the old time belief that except in the initial stages, gowns are necessary and masks need to be worn. "If a mask is worn by anyone it should be by the patient," declared Dr. Nai- smith. "Moreover", he con- tinued, "formites that is (continued page 4) Letter to the editor Dear Sir, I am writing to your newspaper because I know of no other way to reach the people to whom my remarks are addressed. When my family and I moved to Orono several years ago we did so for a specific reason. Having spent most of our life living in cities, we were very anxious to enjoy the quieter, more relaxed atmo- sphere of the country. In Orono we found that atmo- sphere. We were able to buy a small piece of land with a beautiful view and a wooded back yard where we can enjoy our own little bit of nature. Our contentment with the situation is marred by only one factor. That is our apparant inability to preserve our privacy. A surprising number of people wander in and out of our back yard as though it were their own. While they are there they break things, they cut down young trees, they fish in the stream, they leave garbage littered arouod and they fire rifles at our no Trespassing signs. Of course the people we catch on our property are quick to inform us that they do none of these things. In fact the lady that passed through with her large family on Sunday was quite indignant about it. "We know better", she said. Ironically both she and her husband were smok- ing in spite of the fact that the dead grass was as dry as tinder and presented a very real fire hazard. But perhaps I am being uncharitable and they did not discard their butts in the woods. Perhaps they threw them in the stream so we could clean them up with the other litter. It is not as though there was not enough public land avail- able. Both the forestry station and the Ganaraska Forest are within easy reach of Orono. With all those hundreds of acres available what is it, I wonder, that makes our measly two acres so enticing. The thing that so surprised us on Sunday was that the man who accompanied the parade bore an uncanny resemblance to a local lawyer of my acquaintance. The likeness must end there however because he apparantly is unaware that trespass is against the law. People give all sorts of reasons for being on our land. You were asking ? ? "You were asking" is to be an historical column in the Times whereby the reader may seek information on the history of Clarke Township and Orono, and its residents. Mrs. Helen Schmid, who has possibly made the most exten- sive study of local history will complete the answers, where possible, and these answers to your questions will appear in this column in a later issue. Send your questions either to: Orono Weekly Times P.O. Box 209 or Mrs. E. Schmid, Orono "I've fished here since I was a boy and I intend to continue doing se", or "we always walked up here". The lady with the husband who looked like a lawyer told us "The stream belongs to the people of Ontario"! Of course she was not in the stieam so I can only guess as to whether or not she can walk on water. In any event, I do not recall the people of Ontario paying anything toward the mort- gage. In actual fact, the law regarding access to waterw- ways goes back to the days when the only means of access to the interior was by way of the navigable rivers and streams. They were the high- ways by which people travell- ed as they went about their business. It does not refer to casual recreation or sport fishing and certainly does not apply to non navigable water- ways like the local creek. But then you would not expect our visitor on Sunday to know that. He did not even know that trespass was illegal. I am at a loss to understand this phenomenum. Those people that we have discover- ed and asked to leave have, without exception, been bell- igerant and rude. Not one of them has been at all apolo- getic about invading our privacy. And yet those same people, I feel sure, would feel quite taken aback if I were to arrive unannounced with my family and proceed to spend the afternoon in their garden. At best it is illmanneredand thoughtless. At worst it shows a total disregard for the rights of others. Putting up signs and talking to people does not appear to be very effective. The only other recourse we have, other than abandoning the property to the whim of 'The People of Ontario' is to start laying charges or trespass. And that, I feel, is a rather sad commentary on human nature. Yours faithfully, L.F. Guy You need never buy another muffler again! * Midas Mufflers are guaranteed for as long as you own the car, with free installa- tion at 600 shops in North America. Custom pipe bending for foreign, antique and American made cars. MIDAS We install mufflers for a living. We have to do a better job. Meet your Midas men at OSHAWA 116 Bond St. W. 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