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Whitby Free Press, 15 Jun 1972, p. 2

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Page 2, Thursday, June 15, 1972, WHITBY FREE PRESS Ed îtorUiI'Coflh119sment $20 Worth of Sunshine With the thousands of dollars being poured i n t o the improvident programs currently run by LIP do-gooders, it is refreshing indeed to see a local organ- ization spearhead a program which is concre te. T h e work of t h e Whi tby YMCA not o f t e n publticized because of t h e very nature of its often bland assistance, is sincerely going about the sad business of t r y in g to raise funds to send sixty underprivileged Whitby children to its Summer Day Camp. Jus t $20 can send a childtotwo weeks of fresh air and sunshine at the ideal 75-acre Heber Down Conservat- ion area. For some families $20 for such a reason isout of the question when there is still milk and bread to buy for the entire family. And it is sometimes easy toforget, with the thousands being made so readily available to Satanist cuits and homosexual groups, that $20 is stil 1 hard comeby for families on welfaretosend a small son or daughter to summer camp. The Y i s hop ing to send sixty of these underprivileged, chit1dren to day camp where, along with the children of more affluent families, they can receive guidance and counselling i n a program w h i c h includes swimming instruction, spo r t s, hiking, crafts, nature lore, o v ernight camps and cook outs as well as indoor programs for rainy days. Any comp assionate Whitbyite can a p p r e c iate the concrete value of this YMCA program. But if you are sincere about your appreciation, you can per- h ap s convince your club o r family to send $20 to the Y's cause. That $ 2 0 will be no ordinary gift- i t represents $20 worth of fresh air an d sunshine for an underprivileged Whitby child! POLL DAY DEC. 4th Dur in g the five weeks immediately f o t 1 ow ing Labour Day, an annual en- umeration carried out by the Assessment Commissionerwill gather a preliminary t ist of el ectors for the December Whitby elec tion. A I1 local government elections will beheld on the same day, the first Mon- day in December, and when Whi tby goes to thepolls this time, itwill be to choose a council for 2, not 3 years. M a n d a tory advance polis are to be heldby ail municipalities on the Monday andSaturday, seven and two days res- p e c t i v e 1ly before polling day wi th an extended period provided for the filing of nominations with the returning offi- cer and a new procedure at local gov- ernment elections which will1 require the s i g n in g of each nomination p a per by ten electors. \/oting by proxy is to be allowed in the case of disabl ed persons and by stu- dents attending educational institutions. Do you know something we don't? iewstips. Cali 668-6111 READER'S FORUM READER'S FORUM is a weekly feature f or the readers of the Whitby Free Press. AI 1 questions must be signed and del ivered to Box 206, Whitby. Questions need not be of a political nature but must be of a local nature. THE WHITBY FREE PRESS 1 (Voice of the County Town) Hometown paper of Whitby, Brooklin, Myrtie and Ashburn. Published every Thursday in and for the people of Whitby. Offices - 301Byron St. S. Whitby Mail Phone Publisher Editor Editorial Staff Display Advertising Circulation - Box 206. Whitby - 668-6111 - W. Bill'Durkee - Judy Durkee - J. Quail - Ron Winstanley - Barry Schroeder READER'S FORUM At a special meeting of council, Coun- cillor Gerry Emm said that the proposed municipal-policecomplex first origina- te d in 1970 when the staff "came to us indicated they were working in cramped conditi ons."I Can Councillor Emm be more speci f ic and enlightenme who s p e c i f i cally instigated the idea for a new town hall ? Harry lnkpen, Whitby. Answer TheWhitby Free Press editor spoke to Councillor Gerry Emm on Wednesday, J u n e 14. Councillor Emm indicated he would be pleased to answer your ques- tion a t a later time number 1, because he would I i k e to give it more thought, and # 2, because he would like to have a copy of your letter sent to him so th a t he could p er sonally send you a detailed letter which would probably bel too long to publish in the newspaper. Question I would like the Whitby Free Press to pose a question in its 'Reader's Forum' for me. I would like this question dir- ected toeither the pol ice department or th e meter man. Why is i t that certain p e r sons in Whitby can park from 9:00 ta 4:00 in the downtown of Whitby with- out ever donating a nickle to the park- ing metre without ever getting a traffic ticket, whi le others get a ticket for just stopping long enough for picking up a p a c k a ge at a downtown store. I can s u b s t a ntiate my claims about the 9 to 4 'free parker' with witnesses, dates, etc. C. Marshall, Whitby. "You're hired!" 0

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