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AREA ts a A pA EC PRE deus ods EST Ake PRI RTE ACFE) A 4 pn LJ EEE UII Se tL RE SE RE WN 18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1973 "Stop Work" issued on local Post Office plans (continued) federal representative is always available to talk with and help his constituents and" gave Mr. Cafik's Ottawa phone number as 1-613- 992-2984 _ A heavy fog blanketed the area that night, but despite the weather Mr. Cafik ar- rived only a little late and fully prepared to take on the important government issues with his audience. Copies of the recent Throne Speech were distributed to the audience and the M.P. led a discussion of it. (copies of the speech are available from Mrs. Brendon, 985 - 3156). The Liberals present felt that national unity was the essential question and that the governments bi- lingual policy has been largely misunderstood. Mr. Cafik explained it is simply a policy to allow all Canadians the freedom to speak their own language and to corres- pond with the government in either French or English. Government standards will be changed over a period of time, he explained, and not all at once. No one will lose his job due to an inability to learn another language, he said. COVERED ALL ISSUES Mr. Cafik touched on all important issues. Regarding Health and Welfare he talked of a guaranteed income for incapitated persons, of insti- tuting better Federal-pro- vincial conferances and of the need to eliminate the multitude of welfare sy- stems. He said the govern- ment plans to provide real incentives for people able to work and to correct abuses of the Unemployment In- Speaking in support of his governments regionalization plan for this area Premier William Davis told the Osha- wa Chamber of Commerce that allowing a small mun- icipality to remain an island unto itself would be akin to acting as an accesory to its ultimate erosion. surance system. The small business Loans Act will be ammended to provide more 'help for small businessmen, he said, provinces will be given fixed amounts for their services. Last and best, Port Perry citizens will get about $20,000 in Local Initiatives Program grants. Mr. Cafik spoke of other government grant systems that are available such as Opportun- ities For Youth and New Horizons for senior citizens, and suggested that applica- tions under such programs should be submitted early. The capital gains tax for farmers was discussed and indications were that some tax relief is in the offing for farmers when the new bud- get is introduced. Other topics discussed in- cluded the redistribution of federal ridings which were proposed last month, a plan to increase foreign trade and another to offset the inflat- ionary effects of food price increases. The basic old age pension may be raised. UXBRIDGE ANNOUNCED MEETING In her inauguration ad- dress the new area President Georgia Brendon spoke of the purpose of a Liberal Association in our area and she announced the annual meeting of the Liberal Ridings which will be held in Uxbridge, February 24. The business portion of the meet- ing to be held during the afternoon in the public school will be followed by an evening dinner in the Ux- bridge Music Hall. There is a large demand for tickets from other ridings, Mrs. Brendon said, so they are limited in this area. The business portion of the Uxbridge meeting will be to elect delegates to the April convention of the Liberal Party of Ontario in Ottawa. Neil Malcolm, President of the Cartwright Liberal Association conducted the election of officers for the Port Perry Meeting. A social hour followed what most in attendance thought was a very successful meeting. LOTS of LOTS WANTED We have builders who will pay TOP DOLLARS for lots, serviced, or unserviced. Phone Marion Hopkins Port Perry - 985-7215 or Dirk Binnekamp Oshawa 576-8531 or 576-1688 JOHN REIGOR REAL ESTATE | 19 Division Street, Oshawa, Ontario 4 4 Rr Lr trata Beit ave sd Ny & A Ag CART AY de Jona { RM RXR RTA L Pe {RG NA Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nicholls celebrated their Golden Wedding in Little Britain United Church on Saturday, January 20, 1973. Eunice Weatherilt and Andrew Nicholls were mar- ried in Bowmanville On January 24, 1923 by Rev. Dr. D.W. Best. Attendants were his brother James Nicholls and a friend of the bride Col. R. J. Gill. On their return from a honeymoon in Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Toronto they took up resi- dence on their farm in Mariposa Township where they lived for thirty seven years. On retiring from farm life they moved to the third concession, still on Lot 6 Concession 2, Mariposa. Mrs. Nicholls has been active in church work spend- ing nearly twenty years as Secretary and Treasurer of the Women's Association Presbyterial of the Lindsay Presbytery, and was made a life member in the U.C.W. in 1968. Mr. Nicholl was associated with the Public Schools as Secretary-treasurer, first with S.S. No. 15, then with School Area No. 1, Mariposa until one Township School Area was formed in Mari- posa where he served as Secretary-treasurer until the formation of the Victoria County Board of Education, a total period of over thiry years. Owing to the wonderful weather, guests attended from Kingston, Galt, Tor- onto, Keswick, Orillia, Bal- timore, Ontario, Valentia, Woodville, uxbridge, Barrie, oakwood, Bowmanville, Oakville, Port Perry, Osh- awa, Bethany and Seagrave, and many local guests. Mr. Jackson Parliament, Reeve of Mariposa, pre- sented the happy couple with a Scroll and History of Vic- toria County on behalf of the Victoria County - School Board Grant will create 40 jobs About 40 unemployed per- sons in Ontario County will be given periods of em- ployment of up to five months by The Ontario County Board of Education under the Provincial- Employment Incentive Pro-- gram (Winter Works). The Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovern- mental Affairs states that only work that would not otherwise be undertaken can be considered for grants under the scheme. The Ontario County Board of Education has a number of such projects that cannot be accommodated within the restricted expenditure limit- ations imposed on boards of Education by the Ministry of Education. These include painting, desk repairing and renovating, inventory taking and book repairs. Some unemployed teachers are also being employed for classroom relief for other teachers who are éngaged in curriculum development and evaluation. R.J. Russell, the Board's Controller of Plant and Co-ordinator of Winter Works projects said, "We are fortunate that we have been able to get well-quali- fied workers to do this work which would certainly not have been done this year because of budget restric- tions. The scheme is a boon to us at present and I am sure other boards and mun- icipalities are taking ad- vantage of it. Some of our projects have already star- ted and others will start very shortly." Tribute to L.B. Johnson by Rene Matte, M.P. Social Credit, Champlain, Quebec The death of a man whose far-reaching importance put him in a position to determine the fate of the whole world comes as a shock to us particularly in view of its unexpectedness. The former president of the United States took over the leadership of the most powerful western country under tragic circumstances that we all remember. The task that was his was only equalled by the enormous responsibilities attached to it. History will assess the work of Mr. Johnson. We grieve over the death of this prominent statesman. However, we also think about the thousands of human lives sacrificed in Viet Nam. May these days of mourning afflicting our southern ~-neighbours coincide with peace in Viet Nam. Hansard Jy Bruce Arnold Is regionization following me around Ontario, or am I following it? " The first "experiment" with regionization, (an Ontario Government term meaning theft of local atonomy) was in Simcoe County. I was sitting in on a. Simcoe County Council meeting as a reporter for the Elmvale Lance six years ago when an announcement of the governments plans landed like a stink bomb in the middle of the council chamber. You should have heard the uproar. It did not take long, though, for council to quiet down. After all, optimistic councillors assured each other, it was only an experiment. Local politicians could see the folloy of the plan because they knew the . area and its people. Queens Park did not. As soon as the government sent its representatives into the area and saw how destructive and foollish the whole idea was Queens Park would end the experiment and everything would get back to normal. Simcoe County Council co-operated with "the experiment' for a year. I heard no more complaints until the following year when it was discovered that the cost of assessment had doubled both in money and in the number of errors. Queens Park had not visited the area. Instead it sent brand new, wet behind the ears, college graduates from places like Ottawa and Windsor todo the assessing. Most of these kids could not even find Wasaga Beach, let alone Sunnydale Corners. Corners. If you lived in regionalized Simcoe County your taxes would have almost doubled in the last six years. If you died in Stayner during the past six years your wife would have had to hitchike with the kids into Barrie to apply for welfare. The only way to apply is to go into the county office 30 miles away, during office hours. Four years ago I left Simcoe County to work as editor of a paper in the District of Thunder Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior. Regionalization followed me. Amalgamation of Port Arthur and Fort William included a number of rural areas too. A city by-law prevented firearms from being fired, so hunting in the northern bush became illegal. Someone who sticks pins in maps for a living, and who had apparently never been north of Bloor Street in his life, decided that it made no sense to have local high schools in every little town in the new region east of the amalgamated city. So he decreed that students should be bussed 60 miles from Schrieber to Marathon and back every day, through the worst snow storms in North America. Fortunately, area residents were able to argue successfully against that idea. Now here I am in Port Perry, just in time to witness the last inaugoration of a village council before the Port becomes officially a suburb of Oshawa. I am beginning to feel like the little cartoon character who always has a cloud over his head. Yourown X \ Built for you \ by the \ Insurance \ Innovators at Great-West Life WM. LAURENCE EVANS 15 Bell St.. P.0. Box 550 UXBRIDGE, Ontario Off: 852-3184 Res: 852-7712 Great-West Life ASSURANCE COMPANY %, shelter. aa = ee wan