WHITBY FREE PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1973, PAGE 5 *::MOTORINÃ" un w ith :Mike Surgess c:: ONTARIO SAFETY LEAGUE INFORMATION September is often a sultry month and with the waters of lakes and rivers warm from the summer's heat, swimming is at its peak. Vacationers spend long hours relaxing on beaches, the more adventurous ones exploring underwater and diving from shorelines. The Ontario Safety League states that this latter activity can be exceedingly dangerous if undertaken in unfamiliar waters. Every year deaths occur from this cause and already in the current season several have been reported to the League office. Diving into unknown water from the shoreline of lakes, (usually the victims are transient vacationers) accou- - nts for the majority of these tragedies. Swimming under waterfalls or using them as water slides have been the cause of other drownings. Many of the lakes in Ontario's vacation lands have been the site of lumbering operations, leaving submerged logs and tree stumps along the shorelines which cannot be seen under a few feet of dark water. If you do not know the water, investigate carefully before taking the first plunge. * * * In an experiment to speed up express bus service in Miami, bus drivers are to be equipped with special transmitters to change traffic lights from red to green as the buses approach the intersections, reports the Ontario Safety League. * * * Map reading and driving don't mix but some vacation- ers try it. Some commuters are just as bad, trying to read the morning paper while navigating the highway. Be alert for the pokey, hesitant driver, warns the Ontario' Safety League. * * * Too many vacation drivers are in too big a hurry to get where they're going or come back from where they've been. They'll take chances. Watch out for them, says the Ontario Safety League. * * * If your brakes aren't working right when you first apply them in the morning, they may have 'morning sickness,' says the Ontario Safety League. If it takes longer than usual to stop, if your brakes grab or the car pulls to one side, if braking action is erratic, then overnight dew or extremely humid air may be affecting your brakes. The cure is easy. Dry them by applying gentie brake - pedal pressure for a distance of 50 feet - six or seven car lengths - while moving torward at about 10 - 15 mph. * * * . Safety comes from Man's mastery of his environment and of himself. It is won by individual effort and group co - operation. It can be achieved only by informed, alert, skillful people who respect themselves and have a regard for the welfare of others, quotes the Ontario Safety League. Mobile Homes A new mode of living According to a survey conducted by the Canadian Mobile Home and Travel Trailer Association, one out of every five single - family housing starts in Canada in 1972 involved a mobile home. The association defines the term 'mobile home' as 'the ultimate in pre - fabrication being manufactured and furnished completely under controlled conditions at the factory and transported on its own chassis to site for connection to utililities and services, for use with or without a permanent foundation for year - round living.' In 1969 when it became apparent that mobile homes were providing increasingly acceptable housing, the CMH- TTA joined government to lay down specific standards for the construction of mobile homes. Today's mobile home barely resembles the travel trailer used for vacationing. Instead it is a permanent residence which merely retains its mobility. It must be hauled by heavy transport which can cost the owner up to S100. for 100 miles. Because of such costs, mobile homes, though able to be moved about, tend to remain in one place. During 1972, single width mobile homes shipped in British Columbia far outnumbered other provinces - 5,321 compared to 3,419 in Alberta, 2,974 in Quebec, 1,652 in Ontario and 1,581 in Nova Scotia. (Statistics from CMHTA). Between December 1971 and December 1972, shipments of Canadian - made mobile homes increased from 13,788 to 18,593. ATTENTION FARMERSII WHY PAY MORE? SAVE ON e DIESEL FUEL • MOTOR OIL eGASOLINE Premium Quality Form Tanks and . Pumps Available OUI OF TOWN CALLS CALL COLLECT lx fil L,*WHITBY According to the Canadian Consumer Credit Factbook, published jointly by the Canadian Consumer Loan Associ- ation and the Federated Council of Sales Finance Compan- ies, the main sources of financing for the pu'rchase of mobile homes are chartered banks and finance companies. Recently ynder the National Housing Act, purchasers of mobile homes have become eligible for mortgage credit which may be used for purchase of land and mobile homes together, or for the home itself. Still today, loans from finance companies and chartered banks carry the costs of most mobile homes. In 1972, the CMHTTA compared purchases through chartered banks and finance companies. In a pamphlet put out by the association, an exmaple of financing a $10,000 three - bedroom mobile is given: Bank A - down payment $2,500 or 25% Bank B - down payment $2,500 or 25% Finance Company - down payment $1,500 or 15% Bank A - principal to be repaid monthly, interest at 12% Bank B -,principal to be repaid monthly, interest at 10.81% Finance Company - principal to be repaid monthly, interest at 13.25% It would appear that chartered banks charge less in interest per year. But on the other hand, their down payment requirements are far higher (10%) than finance companies. The largest age group living in mobile homes involves those 45 years and older (36%) and the largest occupation group has as its male family head skilled or unskilled labour (50%). By income, the largest users of mobile homes are in the $5,000 - $7,500 income group (32%). These statistics are based on a 1970 survey. Today, approximately 350,000 people live in mobile homes in Canada, with a growth rate of approximately 60,000 per year. The Canadian Consumer Credit Factbook points out that as municipalities change their attitudes toward permanent trailer parks, sales of mobile homes are expected to rise sharply. As stated in the Factbook - 'in the future, sales of mobile homes are expected to increase dramatically as the ranks of typical purchasers, young marrieds and retired couples, are augmented by lower income groups seeking relatively less expensive accomodation.' NOMINATIONS Notice is hereby given to the Municipal Electors of the Town of Whitby in the County of Ontario that in compliance with The Municipal Election Act,, 1972, chapter 95, the period for nominations in the said Town of Whitby is the period from the 6th day of September, 1973, until the 10th day of September, 1973 at 5 o'clock in the afternoon,(being the period between the twenty - fifth and twenty - first days before polling day) for the purpose of nominating fit and proper persons for the office (s) of Mayor, by general vote; 2 members elected by general vote as members of the Council of the Town of Whitby and of the Regional Council; 4 members of the Council of the Town of Whitby only, one elected in each of the four wards; 2 Trustees to the Ontario County Board of Education to be elected by Public Schooi Supporters of the Town of Whitby; 1 Trustee to the Ontario County Board of Education te be elected by the Separate School Supporters of the Town of Whitby, Town of Ajax, Village of Pickering, Township of Brock, Township of Thorah, Village of Cannington, Village of Beaverton, Township of Pickering, Township of Scugog, Township of Reach, Township of Cartwright, Village of Port Perry, Town of Uxbridge, 'Township of Scott, Township of Uxbridge, by general vote; 2 Trustees to the Ontario County Roman Cat:holic Separate School Board te be elected by the Separate Schooi Supporters of the Town of Whitby, Township of Brock, Township of Thorah, Village of Beaverton and Village of Cannington, Village of Port Perry, Township of Cartwright, Township of Reach and the Township of Scugog, of which ail Electors are hereby required te take notice and govern themselves accordingly, and if a greater number of candidates than required to fi the said offices are nominated and make the required deciarations, polis will be opened on the dates stated below for the purposes of taking the poli from 11 o'clock in the forenoon until 8 o'clock in the af ternoon. Advance Poli - 29th day of September, 1973, being two days before polling day. Polling day the lst day of October, 1973. Given under my hand this 21st day of August, 1973. Wm. H. Wallace, A.M.C.T., Returning Off icer. Sept. 6.