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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, J UJLY 18, 1984, PAGE 13 Town treasary earned $22.35 from every phone Iast year Bell Canada' paid a $24,055.35; business, number of Bell-owned estimated total ty). In 1983 Bell's capital billion. total of $487,80346 in $5,457.66; gross receip- telephones in use. ($950,000): moving In the Oshawa area expenditures were more Bell had 10,51 municipal taxes in 1983 ts, $458,090.45. In 1984 Bell's gross existing facilities to ac- Bell employs 633 people than $1.13 billion. This customers in the loca as a resuit of telecom- The gross receipts tax receipts tax to be paid commodate road with a total payroll of year's total is expected exchange at the end o munications operations is a levy of five per cent locally will be widenings; new sub- about $17.2 million. to be more than $1.3 1983. in its Whitby exchange. of all telecomn- $503,882.80. Last year divisions; Brock St.'5S. In addition Bell spent munications revenue each phone leased.from grade separation. A *1ax îd e c u r s lt $300,000 to maintain and derived from Bell Bell generated $22.35 in (These figures do not brd e cuie u t upgrade telephone ser- operations in Ontario revenue to the local include a $2.6 million The following are the Walter Michael, Bill Findlay, Grant An- vice in the exchange. the previous year and municipality. cost to Bell in 1983 and results of the "Team-of- Baker and Lloyd Peel, drews, and Ken and The 1983 tax payrnen- apportioned to each ex- Highlights of 1983 ex- 1984 to introduce Traffic Four" Championship 1612; Peter Lipscombe, Joanne Marden, 14Y2. ta are: real estate change based on its penditures: facilities for Operator Position held last week at the Ian Coats and Keith and The Ajax Bridge Club ___________________________ new subdivisions; Systemn (TOPS) long Ajax Bridge Club, as Diane Balcombe, 16; meets every Tuesday a modernizing existing distance calling in reported by J.D. Mar- Mike Fernley, Franklini 7:30 p.m. at the St. An- facilities. Durham Region and tell, club manager. Wu and Harry and Vina drew's Community Cen- B t e n .Highlights of 1984 Northumberland Coun- Allan Doucette, Marks; 15½1/; and, Jack tre. 45 Exeter Rd., Ajax. You and Me By RUTH COLES The soumis of summer are with us again, some very pleasant, others not so but quite the opposite. Two years ago, I talked with someone at the town office about the deafeming, earspliting noise from the steel factory. From then on the sound was P Z R E T N lessened to a great degree. Last year, when I called the message was, "well if you live in an industrial area you have to expect this sort of thing. " We don't live in an industrial area even though we may not be1414 N O I PD UT too far from it. This proximity is possible if you live in a small town. IH140S We realize the siren is necessary for safety's sake W T AORS but does it have to be s0 loud? No doubt the doors at the plant are wide open all night to cool the buildingFI RN off and the doors are massive which means the TH E CAR ET FIR WITH FRESHNESS THATS noise bas lots of space to escape. A high, shrill out- burst of sound at regular intervalsmgijht and day are BUIIT IN T I AST!I I1I RV tD( SLI /(&PA STAM discomfortmng to say the least.TO i Train whistles are a part of country living and en- joyed by rnany. Before a storm the sound is inten- sified as are bird calîs.ilIVs LECRPNYO Between the east wind, the train whistles *and the F i T R ~ IDCR YO birds we hardly need a weather man. The north wind brings sounds of 401. There is rarely a luli Soin many twn-orprthwi arand stis epnte * OOI PROTECTION wt cnha rksbut s0 far no metal hitting metal. wiH a Fr h water temperature down but increases it on the THE CAPET FIRE WIT other side. The American networks publish the * SAIN PROTTECAPETFIREONT water temperatures in the summer. A few weeks FRESHNESSTHAT'S BUIIT IN TO LAST ago Lake Ontario was 67 degrees. * WIEA R PROTECTION *Why don't we do this he.re? Why shouldn't it be a part of the overail picture? So will our resident * STATIC SH OCK PROTECTION weather man, Dave, try to do something about this? If he jogs in the morming how about a jog to the har- bour docks with awater thermometer in hand? ThePRC IN EA SAECO NGMD U UT result under these circumstances might be as poor RC IN EA S A ECO NG M D U U T as my attempts because I don't go out far enoughsoD NTDEAC ME NN W & and this does not always give a correct reading. S O I D L Y ' O EI O "Tail" ships and to many the whole thing nothing much to write home about. If it ever happons again I Tm 4 .l N ! Lv et's hope they have been able to learn frompast SII L). 'n iD K N* mristakes. Had they been routed in a different man- ner as they sailed from east to west many people____________________ could have seen them in'comfort. A&il the ahabot rpiving to th ha ske cae dollars roll in. What about the cost of gas? How many Canadians will drive across our country this summer? With the "RitEM EB R high cost of accommodation and food the burden- -4 becomes heavy. To know our own country is a must AFTER 25 VEARS 0F HONEST BUSINESS for young and old alike. This should be part of a D D O TE I H A EY UC NT U T child's education so they may learu what many D D O T R 1 H A EY U C N T U T adults have neglected to do. Regional différences are great and to ha understood need to ha experien- ced and sen. How about that glass of wine before dinner? We D O'0D D & SOt*jkU T E ' must ha the laugbing stock of the world when it cornes toprice and lets flot blarne it on puritan ism B O D O M L as in days of yore. When buying wine the rstaurateur 'pays the tax. Each glass is taxed 104l BYRON ST. S.,WLITBV thereafter as it is poured for the customer. Do youUJ'ElIUST realize what this means in terms of tax which is 6 82 7 counted in dollars? It tsabeautlful day and the gardelbeckols. No Urne for thoughts of taxes and such; more produc- tive to pull weeds. -«-"7, -,7