WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1977, PAGE 5 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Whitby may lose its name on post mark yaciainsap aK EDITOR'S NOTE Last year a group of Whitby citizens contacted Ontario Riding MP Norm Cafik to express their con- cern about mail originat- ing from Whitby not always bearing the Whitby cancellation. Mrs. Mae Phair, Mrs. Kay Hutchings, Mrs. Mary Reed and Mrs. Fran Townsend distributed j petitions throughout Whitby and obtained about 600 signatures of people asking that the Whitby post mark be used and retained for mail originating from Whitby. The Corridor Area Ratepayers' Association supported their efforts and the intent of the petition. The following are letters received by John Buchanan, former presi- dent of the Corridor Area Ratepayers' Association. The first is written to Mr. Buchanan by Mr. Cafik and the second letter is from Postmaster- General Jean-Jacques Blais to Mr. Cafik, regard- ing the status of the post office operations in Whitby. Dear Mr. Buchanan: I now enclose a copy of a letter I have received from the' Honourable Jean-Jacques Blais, Postmaster General Canada, in respect to the Petition for a Whitby Postmark. I hope you will find this letter to be a satis- factory response to the Petition. You will note on the second page of this letter, the Postmaster General would welcomne suggestions for a geo- graphic name which would be acceptable to all areas within the newly amalgamated service area. If your organization has any suggestions for such a namne, I should be happy to transmit these to the Postrmaster General. If I can be of any further help in this or any other matter, please do not hesitate to contact my office. With best personal good wishes, I am Yours sincerely, Norn Cafik, M.P. Ontario Riding Dear Mr. Cafik: I refer to previous correspondence concern- ing representations made to you by residents of Whitby with respect to the postmarking of mail originating from their community. First, I should explain that Whitby is no longer a post office but has been, for some time now, a postal station under the jurisdiction of the Oshawa Post Office. Nevertheless, although mail posted in Whitby is taken to Oshawa for processing, on receipt there it is first cancelled with a Whitby postmark and every effort is made to ensure that no other postmark or marking of another post office is placed on such mail. Plans are underway to mechanize and upgrade the mail processing facility at our Oshawa office with operational use of that equipment being scheduled for the latter part of 1977. To obtain maximum benefit from that equipment, consideration will have to be given to some change in procedures, icluding possibly the use of a postal code postmark on all originating mail handled at the mechanized plant. However, I shoild stress that no decision has yet been made in this regard. Because it will be extremely difficult in the u new plant to continue to postmark mail from Whitby separately from other mail processed there, other than putting the name of another comunity', we have two alternatives open to us; either we find a geogra- phic name which would be acceptable to all areas within the newly amal- gamated service area, or we use the postal code of the mail processing plant as the identifier on the cancellation stamp. I1 would therefore welcorne your suggestion of an accepted name for the postal area. In either case, metered mail would be allowed to carry the Whitby post- mark. I am sorry for delay in providing above information. Yours sincerely, Jean-Jacques Blais, P.C., M.P. Changes negative to, creative tension Philosophy of life is in Scripture Dear Sir: Listening to Dr. George Blake, Oshawa General Hospital, speak- ing, March 31, on Stress and Your Mental Health, I agree with the need for bodily fitness, emotional development, intellectual alertness, and spiritual progress -- all intended to change negative to creative tension. Since, however, the proponents of psychology and psychiatry belong to various schools of thought, these disciplines, like social science, philoso- phy, et al., cannot be regarded as exact sciences. It gave me sone satis- faction that the doctor at least mentioned the phrase "philosophy of life", tho' its connota- tions can be vague. His statement that man is conposed of body, mind, and spirit could have included "soul" and "conscience". Here one must admit that the wards above are not always easy to define, except by con- text, as, e.g., in Scripture. It was also gratifying to hear Dr. Blake refer to the religious or spirtual side of health. Yet theologically, religion is of works, not of grace. And true spirituality, in which the Holy Spirit and the total man are involved, is succinctly expressed in Lk. 10:27. The trouble with modern secularist psyc- hology, including panthe- istic yogic or transcen- dental meditation (TM), is that it deals with symptoms rather than causes. It treats, as F.A. Schaeffer remarks, guilt feelings, but not objective guilt. People also seldom distinguish between rationalism (humanism) and rationality (consis- tent reasoning). C. Jung was right for basing an increase in neuroses on the decline of 'religious' life. Man, with his loss of valid absolutes, finds hirm- self alienated from the personal-infinite . Creator and fron himsef. IHe can, however, receive free and guaranteed mental and spiritual health by believing in the true truth of such verses as Ps. 27:1; 119:165; Is. 41:10; Mt. 11:28; 2 Cor. 5:17; Ph. 4:7. Finally, for indepen- dent thinkers I can highly recommend Schaeffer's hard-hitting "The God Who Is There", C. Pinnock's iconoclastic "Set Forth Your Case", and "Christianity for the lh y Tough-minded", (really for non-Christians) edited by J. W. Montgomery. The Brooklin Spring Fair Dance will be hosted by Group '74 again this year. The dance last year was well attended and very successful. Brooklin Memorial Arena will be the place, on Saturday June 4 from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m. Music will be provided by DJ Otto Kameka and there will be a buffet lunch, door prizes and bar privileges. Tickets are $8.00 per couple. It would be a good idea to buy your tickets well in advance - they will certainly be in greater demand as the fair time draws nearer. For further information or tickets please call either Darlene Byng at 655-4204 or Maureen Martens at 655-4635. Group '74 still have some of their prize winning cook- books available for $1.75 each. To purchase one of these you may contact any Group '74 member or Linda Tripp at 655-4993. Dian Berkers, zone commander for thé Brooklin area Canadian Cancer Society would like to pass along a special thankyou to everyone who participated in the Cancer Çampaign this year - particularly area canvassers and team captains Marg Andrews and Mary Forbes. Area residents responded generously to this year's appeal. Have a good week. Valerie 655-4317. Friday, May 13 - lst Brooklin cubs garage sale, home of Fran Schell, 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14 - Brooklin Scouts paper drive - bundles out in plain view of road before 9 a.m. please. Saturday, May 14 - Annual. Birthday Dinner at the Brookliri Legion 6 p.m. Saturday, May 14- Brooklin Square Dancers Open Meeting, Oddfellows Hall, Brooklin, 8 p.m. No charge. Sunday, May 15 -' Brooklin Legion holding annual annual elections, 1:15 p.m. Friday, May 20 - Play euchre at the Ashburn Com- munity Centre 8 p.m. Adults 50 cents, Students 25 cents. LA CONT BEAUTY LO ARE PLEASED TO A that Mr. Geoffrey formerly of Sear's Beauty Salon has joined our staff MR. GEOFFREY styles hair with elegant ease. He has the latest training in all areas of cut-styling & perming. 119 Green' St. 668-9262 the the John W. Knott 17 Quebec St. Oshawa 'r 'ESSA UNGE NNOUNCE loi.estvaTour edw y ause rne May 14 -15 TOUR INCLUDES: * Return transportation by Voyageur Bus Lines * One nite's accommodation at Holiday Inn Centre * Tour of Ottawa's tulip areas * Experimental Farm featuring 1200 acres of flower beds 8 ornamental gardens * Admission to Old Ft. 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