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Whitby Brooklin Local groups a r e gearing up to an organi zed meet- ing which is being s t age d to inform the public of the Whitby area of its rights in opposing the Federal-Pro- v i n c i a 1 govern- me nt's new prop- osed international ai rport. The groups, one r e presentative of W h itby, one rep- r e sen ta t i ve of Brook lin, which have been meeting w i th organ ized POP (People op- poses Planes) gr oups from sur- rounding municip- al ities, will con- verge with smaller local groups to p r e sent factually based information they have been gather ing in the interim following the announcement of the proposed airport site. T h e g roups are primarily opposed to the airport's i m m e diate threat to the environmer and are questior in g the real nee for a second air port. A network o young peopi closely associate w i th both groups i branching out t embrace loca s t u dents who ar con cerned wit Join Airport Fight ! nt the ecological as- _1. pects of a jet air- ~d port east of Metro. RepresentatiVes of both groups in- f clu de well1 knownI local names in-.! e eC I uding Dr. Don-j d aid Warne, an ýS Engl ish teacher at to Anderson Coll1egi - il ate, who is head- e ing the hitby h group. Con Page 16 WHITBY FREE PRESS (Voicle of the County Town) BOX 206, WHITBY. ONT. Volume 2, FREE HOME Nurrber 12 Thursday, March 23, 1972 DEUVERY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING, many Whitby people took advantage of the balmier weather and went for a stroll or a pleasant drive. Whitby's Deputy Reeve John Goodwin turned his fancy to something more practical and capitalized on the warm sunshine by washing the family car. Kathy Thomas, one of the young people involved in the local environment fight.