WHITBY F REE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUA RY 8, 1975, PAGE 7 on... The life of a bachelor is not always a bed of roses - at least when it comes to dating and dining out at various night spots in Toronto. Here is my own version of how to get sucked in by a young lady who thinks that Toronto men are loaded with gold coins and a pocketf'il of dough. Last week I met a young and fairly attractive lady at my favorite pub in .downtown Toronto. I will call her Magda, although that's not ber real name because she is of Ukrainian descent and Magda is a fairly common naine in that part of the world. Magda is a tall, shm wonan who on her first date chose to wear an expensive fur coat, an expensive dinner dress, expensive jewelry and by the looks - a very expensive pair of high boots made of suede. Magda also sported a chic hair style and well manicured hands. She came very close to what one could describe as à "perfect" woman - single, pretty, financially well off and above all - well travelled. Magda had seen Barbados, French Riviera, Spain (Costa del Sol), Paris and many other excit- ing places. Well, Magda had it all. On my first encounter, Magda was a cool chic. But, somehow, she gave me her home phone number. A week later I phoned her up. "Hello! Is this Magda?" I asked in sotto voice. "Yes. That's me. Who am I speaking to?" she queried. "Alex. Remember Alex? ". At this point there was a moment of silence. "Oh, Alex, the photographer...... Oh, sure, I remember you", said Magda. For a few minutes we chatted about this and that and finally I got around to asking her to corne out for a drink. "I am sick and tired going to those gilaces", she intoned. "Why don't we go out for a nice quiet dinner? ". "That sounds good", I told he.r. "I know an inexpensive little restaurant, just not too far from the place where I live". But, Magda wasn't too impressed with my little, inexpensive place. She said she also knew an "inexpensive" place, just off Yonge cqtreet. "What is the name of the restaurant? "I asked her. "Carmen's Steak House", she quickly replied. Since, it was an "inexpensive" place to dine out, I willingly agreed to take her to Carman's for a steak dinner. When we arrived there, the place was already packed with hungry custòmers. The waiter asked me if I had made a reservation. Indeed, I had. Nevertheless, we had to wait for a good 30 minutes to be seated. Then, came the menu. As I opened it, I couldn't believe my own eyes. Bravely, I ordered a sirloin steak (Toronto cut) and my charming date decided to have a filet mignon, well done. She also insisted on having a Liberal Meeting The executive of the Ont- ario Riding Liberal Associa- tion combined business with pleasure during its December meeting. Pat Bourgeois, President of the Association hosted the meeting at his home. Newly-elected provincial candidate Des Newman was in attendance. The date has been set for the Annual Meeting of the Association which will be held on Wednesday, January 15, at 8 p.m. at Harwood Secondary School, Ajax. To date, two. people have an- nounced their intention to seek the presidency. They are Keith Scott of Scott Township and Georgia Bren- don of Port Perry. The inaugural meeting of the Provincial Riding Associa- tion of Ontario South will also be held at Harwood Secondary School on Wed- nesday, January 29, at 8 p.m. Guest speakers for both meet- ings will be announced soon. Delegates to the annual meeting of the Liberal Party of Ontario in Windsor, Febru- ary 7, 8 and 9 were elected at the Provincial nomination meeting in November. They are John Coates, Jin and Ann Farquhar, Nora Geraghty, Rita Law and Anita Brooks. Federal delegates will be elected at the annual meeting on January 15. Most of the business at the executive meeting centred a- round the constitution for the two associations. After the business meeting the executive forgot about politics and shared the joys of the festive season. FOR THE BEST IN RUBBER STAMPS AND QUALITY PRINTING QUALI-PRINT 151 BROCK STREET NORTH WHITBY, niq[ARIO or e)ý)W!M31 bottle of the best Italian wine and Irish coffee. When our waiter arrived with the bill, it came to thirty three dollars and cents. The tip came to four dollars on top of that. Ali in all, the total expense for the privilège of dining out came to approximately forty dollars. Well, that's what I call an "inexpensive" place. Though, I must agree the food was good. As soon as the dinner was over, ny newfound friend said she felt "very tired" and wanted to go home. I sug- gested that the night was still young and that there was no real wish to retire. "Oh1, l'm alvQys tired on Friday nights" said my date. I agreed that Fridays were not really the best nights for going out - at least from a financial standpoint. Needless to say, I learned my lesson about those "little inexpensive" dining places in Toronto. Housing Policy 0K The Town of Whitby's first-phase Statement of Housing Policy lias been approved by the Ministry of' Housing, Housing Minister Donald R. Irvine announced The Statement shows the number of units of housing, of varying types and costs, which Whitby expects to be provided in the town in the next three years. The Minister's general ap- proval allows Whitby Council to submit applications for funding and site acquisition for its municipal land assem- bly program, and to buy land to be used in the Community Sponsored (non-profit) Hous- ing Program. Mr. Irvine's general appro- val of the Whitby housing policy statement was accom- panied by comments of con- cern on some of the content of the statement. In a letter to Mayor Des- mond Newman, Mr. Irvine noted that more than 60 per cent of Whitby's population have family incornes of less than S15,000 a year, while only 37 per cent of the new housing units targeted by Town Council for the next three years is intended to serve this income group. "We had hoped that you would place as much empha- sis as possible on the provision of accommodation for lower-income families," Mr. Irvine said. "With this in mind, we hope that you will ensure tliat the current ser- vicing capacity of the Town will be utilized in a manner to provide a broad mix of housing." The Minister said the Town's targets for new units to be built under several pro- grams of the Ministry of Housing seem acceptable. But Mr. Irvine said he was "concerned" that only 500 units are targeted for the next thrce years under the Ontario Housing Action Program, for families with incornes between $14,500 and $20,000. "This coupled with the OIIAP units projected for accommodation of families in , the $8,000 to $14,500 in. cone bracket, will probably result in fewer than 1,000 housing units to be construct- ed under the Ontario Housing Action Program for those income groups." Under OHAP, the Ministry makes per unit grants and infrastructure loans to muni- cipalities, and provides below-market interest mort- gages to builders, to encour- age acceleration of the approval and construction of more moderate-priced family housing units. Mr. Irvine said that while the Community Sponsored Housing Program is suited to meet the needs of those in the $8,000 to $14,000 income range, "its impact should be greater in the range of incomes below $8,000," and that "perhaps it would be advisable to consider this during the planning stages for this type of housing." Under the Comnunity Sponsored Housing Program, the Ministry provides grants to local community or muni- cipal non-profit housing corp- orations to allow them to re- duce mortgage payments. and thus reduce rents for tenants. In return. the non-profit group agrees to provide up to 25 per cent of its units for low-incorne fanilies on the local assisted-housing waiting list, Mr. Irvine commended Whitby Council for its intent to undertake innovations in servicing standards and hous- ing design. "To the extent that these will serve lo reduce housing cost, I will give them every support." le said. The Minister said he hopes Whitby Council will prepare a more comprehensive state- ment of housing policy "in order to resolve a few of the issues which have arisen in the Phase I Statement." The Ministry has funds available to help municipalities prepare such a "Phase I 1l" Statement. r ~ZcrZE7' 0 I ou The C OÀ We way. 0,4 can gi you w run ou style your hair your Need suggestions? We ve them. 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