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PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1975, WHITBY FREE PRESS w hitby Voice of the County Town Mike Bt SERVING OVER 26,000 READERS. hiby Free Press finc. Bt ulle H arilaid, The Free Press Building urgess, Publisher-Managing Editor. 121 Brock Street North, Editor. Wfilty, Ontario, Asisistailt Editor- Blake PUrclY Contrbutinq Editot ,JIM Quail Productioni ManaMer Marge Burgess Staff Ari tsf Sharon Bcnson Display Advertisiinq Manager .Robin Lyoi, Class fîid Manaqer -Shelly Crowley. Box 206, WhItby Mallinq Permit No. 2941 Phone 6686ttt: Toronto Li e 282-1004 Thank You In most levels of government, politicians usually hear complaints rather than plaudits for their actions. When politicians receive praise from a member of the public, they usually treasure it. A letter, sent recently to members of Whitby Council, should bring a smile to faces of the town's administrators. Helen Winter has thanked council for purchasing the Colborne Street School property for the pur- pose of a senior citizens' apartment building. In a letter to Mayor Des Newman, she said "I would like to congratulate you and the council of the town of Whitby for your deep concern for our senior citizens and your far-sightedness". "How wrong it would have been for this ideally located property to have fallen into the hands of developers for other purposes," Mrs. Winter feels. Instead, council's "Commendable action has saved it for the use of our citizens," she added. Mrs. Winter believes that "this proposed use will be very much in keeping with the past history of the land, which for many years has served our community as an education centre and can now function in another socially beneficial way." "I understand that the town will take possession of the subject land in June of this year, and 1 would earnestly seek your support and that of ail councillors to press on immediately in your negot- iations with Ontario Housing for their purchase of the site for an apartment building for seniors," she pleaded. Mrs. Winter thinks that the property is perfectly suited for a senior citizens' apartmentbecause of "its proximity to shopping, public transportation, library, churches, clubs and associations, financial institutions, restaurants, post office, etc." "'Meals on Wheels', a co-operative community service by several local churches, are prepared in the kitchen of St. Mark's United Church, which is situated just across the street," she added. Mrs. Winter feels that the entire parcel of land should be retained for the proposed building since "it would provide access and parking and would permit park-like landscaping around the building itself. Future expansion room would be assured." She believes the apartment is needed bocause, "in these days of rampant inflation, our older citi- zens are victimized by high rents and galloping prices for every commodity they require. Many of them live in substandard accomodation far from the centre of town." Mrs. Winter thinks that the Centre and Green Street apartments, which provide a total of 97 units bring "comfort and happiness to some of our people," but adds that "many still wait for decent affordable living space. Five years rolled by bef ore the Green Street building became a reality, during which time waiting people died disappointed. Let us learn from our experience'and work harmoni- ously toward building needed facilities now." She points out that many neighbouring munici- palities have apartments for senior citizens but "there appears to be a lack of accomodation in the old town of Whitby - an area which shows signs of expanding rapidly." "In this year when our town is embarking on the building of a new municipal building for its administration, we would do well to reflect upon Prime Minister Trudeau's goal for Canada - a just society. May Whitby be inspired to contribute to his achievement of that objective by dermonstrating in this practical way our concern for some of Canada's aging citizens." Free Press Praised r il ear Mike; Ajax newspaper (Whitby I enjoy your news- edition) as their inter- a per and feel it does an view with -the Corridor a ccurata job of reporting. Area Ratepayer's Assoc-r n the other hand I have lation contained many L ilvin about a rival discrepancies. They did i Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby took the Adjudicator's Award as runner-up to Central in the Durham Region Drama Festival. Left to right, front row are Patricia Kenny, Sarah Farquhar, Princie Elliott and Roxanne MacDonald. Second Some Changes Made Our many loyal followers over the years will have noticed changes in the Free Press.....some subtle, some quite radical, but all we hope have been progressively improving our Whitby news- paper. With this issue we have introduced our new logo which we feel depicts 'Whitby' historically. The original Whitby on the east coast of England was the victim of many raids by the Viking longboats and has many associations with the Vikings who settled there.....hence the 'Viking boat' logo. The Whitby Free Press, now in our fifth year in Whitby, has been 'gearing-up' for an expansion to keep in tune with the growing needs of the Whitby residents. Our immediate plans include major equipment purchases, and an increase in the size of our newspaper. Our editorial policy will continue to be one of honest impartial FACTUAL reporting with editor- ial opinions left to the editorial page. And need- less-to-say BECAUSE the Free Press is OWNED and OPERATED 95% by Whitby residents (only 2 out of over 40 employees are NOT Whitby residents) we feel their input can't help but reflect the feelings (and fears) of their community..... Whitby. not adhere to the actual nterview but editorial- zed with their own ideas. Af ter reading the article in this one issue and knowing how incor- rect it was how can I believe anything printed n this Ajax paper? Many thanks Mike, we do enjoy your paper and wish you all the success in the future. Sincerely, Mary McEachern 125 Northview Whitby, Ontario row, from left are Ms. Metes, Nicole Adderley, Paula Richards, Jennifer Brice and David Schatzky, adjudicator. In the back is Karen Dorey. Free Press Photo by Gisele Sequin Explain Development It had to happen sooner or later. Despite all the talk about development in Brooklin, noone really stopped to tell the town's inhabitants why. Why was this town picked as the site for a new city? Well, last week at a public meeting in Ashburn someone finally spilled the beans. Dr. Peter Cave, a Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto who lectures at Scarborough College, gave the area's residents a detailed outline of how Brooklin was picked as a site for a major city in the future. The outline detailed a two-level government which included a belt of cities bordering the shore- lin. of Lake Ontario with a similar line of large communities to the north, separated by a parkway belt from the nearby centres. However, Brooklin wasn't mentioned in any of these plans, according to Dr. Cave. Brooklin was considered in the Oshawa Area Planning and Development Study (OAPADS) of 1968 and 1970. Brooklin wasn't mentioned as a potential growth site at this point. The first discussion paper pre- dicted a terrific growth for Oshawa but added that planners had to .find a place for the remaining people expected by the year 2000. It was at this time that Brooklin was mentioned as a site for 85,000 people. So, Brooklinites you know why you have been chosen as a new city of the future. Thank you Dr. Cave Ladies College Runners Up 9