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the tribune tkcrsdav sept 27 1973 5qna ht hbune established 188s ci1akles ii nolan publisher james thomas associate publisher and editor i robert mccalsland advertising director published every thursday bv inland publishing co limited at 54 main st stouhville ont tel 6402101 toronto phone 3611680 single copies 15e subscriptions 600 per veai in canada s1500 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian community newspapers association and ont ario aeekly newspapers assocfeloo second class mail registration number 0396 editorials separating chaff from straw since the introduction of the ottawa- sponsored local initiatives program lip and other supposed workoriented schemes this newspaper has been openly critical of its accomdlishments and for good reason for on many instances weve seen nothing accomplished a liberal giveaway at taxpayers expense it would be unfair to say that in a broad sense the program has no merit we feel it has or could have but each application must be properly investigated prior to approval and each project thoroughly examined prior to payment thats where the old scheme fell flat on its face federal authority was too far removed from the grass roots to separate the chaff from the straw hence the dead beats moved in and money was squandered all this is about to change committees are to be established at the municipal level to deal with applications and make recommendations barney danson mp yorknorth has already put the wheels in motion in his riding so too has norm cafik of ontario mayor gordon ratcliff reports this week that he has been contacted by mp sinclair stevens yorksimcoe with a similar thought in mind so it seems after countless editorials by this newspaper and others after continuous public outcries across the country the word has finally reached the men at the top now perhaps the deserving few will be suitably subsidized and the dead beats will be ignored election raceslow track sbr ujomdered my tmey call r crfjoe ol p disinterest and misunderstanding these two add up to the dullest election campaign in years the electorate in uxbridge twp ux- bridge town and the twp of scott go to the polls oct 1 that is if theyll be bothered to take the time pickering township voters do the same the majority wont it would appear that most ratepayers dont really understand whats going on some on the other hand resent it many dont care while local residents rest on their proverbial oars area and regional candidates have done nothing to rock the boat campaign meetings if any have been poorly ad vertised some candidates honestly admit theyve nothing to campaign about so it all boils down to who you know not what you know a rather haphazard method of electing people to positions of importance this pig in a poke arrangement falls in line with queens parks plan for selecting a name for the new region the powersthatbe have very generously turned this chore over to the people however in doing so they reduced the list down to four durham mclaughlin oshawa and pickering thats a tidy compact package but who in oshawa is goin to pick pickering and who in pickering is going to select mclaughlin and who in uxbridge or scott could care about either or all yes its an election race on a very slow track the horses are at the post but the fans have fallen asleep editors mail a community will die dear editor the new democratic party is holding the corset strings that hold in the liberal governments lust for absolute power under the basic democratic promise of represen tation by majority the minority rules and controls the destiny of canada that in itself might not be a bad thing often the minority thinks harder than the majority until it too becomes so powerful that the wishes of a minority cannot be contemplated or reviewed less the real power be lost by honest decision stouffville markham pickering ajax and oshawa are caught in such a power struggle right now four of these places are barely affected and one is terribly affected but who knows who will be more dreadfully affected in the end pickering is to get an airport a new city and several garbage dumps as well as a sewage plant at squires beach some 2000 homes will be expropriated and destroyed more than 8000 people will have to relocate elsewhere a community will die and canadian consumers will pay dearly for the privilege of buying them out paying for the building of an airport without proven need as well as for food produce that can no longer be grown within the airport and new city sites or around their perimeter jobs they will go to the specialists in airport and city buildings unless youre looking for work as sweepers cooks or waitresses let us return to the expropriated for a moment because their plight could be your plight tomorrow without a proved need for an airport and if youve made any study at all youll know that of over 50 original suggestions pickering wasnt included it didnt even come in the last four entries because it wasnt con sidered suitable or a bedroom suburb for metro toronto two governments backed 8000 people into a corner in so many words they told the ex propriated and the tobeexpropriated to shutup and giveup because the big they had made a decision for the expropriated this has meant all manner of people tramping through private properties fine if you really want to sell but abominably upsetting if you dont he loss oi all homes in the airport area on january 30 1973 when the deeds were transferred without consultation or compensation the loss of rights as protesters every word said in reason or anger is regarded as either radical or pop rehearsed the loss of rights as opinion setters the media takes the word of elected officials or civil servants over private citizen outrage loss of rights as homeowners the government will not say if your neigh bour has been bought out for more or less money than yourself a point that every other prospective homeowner can find out from the local registary office before buying or selling the loss of rights as cultured and polite people public works documents are frequently addressed without title or first name and the loss of rights as constituents of an elected representative at this moment expropriated people are a minority and hope they will remain this way no citizen of a free country should be put through the physical and mental distress that the taking of a home can mean to any single person let alone a few thousand the majority of this minority freely admit that they wouldnt feel as strongly if they hadnt been personally affected now theyre always going to be affected because the hurt goes very deep if the battle for pickering is lost canada will be the poorer for the loss the 8000 minority will have moved away 43000 acres of super productive farmland will have been paved over the 17 percent of canadians who fly can dash across the 401 to malton to catch an interchange flight and small children can read blue and gold historic plaques to know that here is where the william lyon mackenzie rebellion was played out stouffville markham ajax and oshawa will boom as sweepers cooks and waitresses move into new subdivisions and devour dehydrated plancten from the sea and petroleum product bacteria steaks theyll boom too as aircraft swoop over their homes to land in airport pickering as the north pickering development creeps northwards and to the east to accommodate the metropolis on the lake and they might wonder a little about the peace that once was little pickering the quiet countryside of simple people who looked for peace and of fered so much to their neighbours in the way of produce anne wans tall rr2 claremont sugar and spice inflation everywhereeven in england by bill smiley one last column about impressions of england and if youre already sick of them turn to the classified ads cost a holiday in england used to be relatively inexpensive what with lower wages and food costs not no more costs have soared all over europe and britain is no ex ception you can still have a cheap holiday there if you want to squeeze every pence just as you can in canada but thats no fun on holidays in the lovely old town of chester we paid about 15 for a room without bath but break fast was included good seats in london theatres cost from 8 to 10 meals in a posh restaurant are about the same prices as in canada preposterous best place to eat is in the pubs where at reasonable cost you can get a hunk of french bread and good cheese or a plate of bangers sausage a slice of veal and ham pie or a hot steak and kidney pie ice if you are accustomed to ice in your drinks in hot weather either forget it or be prepared to fight for it order a dry martini and sit back waiting for something icecold and uplifting what youll get is a glass of lukewarm vermouth a concoction designed to send you screaming into the arms of the local wctu we arrived in edinburgh hot tired and dusty after a sevenhour train ride struggled with luggage cab and got to our hotel room after riding up in the littlest elevator in the world no more than four persons or 600 pounds i was intrigued by the thought of what would happen if four 200pounders got on anyway when the porter arrived with our bags we were stretched out dying for a cold drink i asked him to bring some ice ice oh yes ice yessir ten minutes later he returned toting a huge silver tray bedecked with a sparkling white napkin the piece de resistance rested inlhe centre of the tray a wine goblet with four tiny ice cubes in it we roared he was bewildered wed ordered ice hadnt we hed brought ice courtesy canadians and americans are friendly souls on the whole but our manners are not always exactly polished we were struck by the courtesy and friendliness of the brits at bus stops for example there is no elbowpunching of old ladies no sly kicks on the ankles no everymanforhimself attitude there is a politeness which though pained at times is very evident theres an old tradition fostered by movies and novels that the english are ex tremely reticent to the point of stuffiness on trains theyre supposed to retire behind their papers indicating each others presence by no more than the occasional grunt or dirty look why its just the opposite theyll go on and on and on explaining things being kindly and helpful until sometimes when youre exhausted and dont feel like gabbing you wish the old grumpy stereotype were true only once did i have a slight un pleasantness and it was my fault we were catching a train and were late sweating under the luggage and with our carriage what looked like a quarter of a mile away i looked wildly around for a porter the only one i could see was helping an elderly crippled lady out of a wheelchair to get on the train i dropped my bags gave trie porter a hand at helping her up then slufig my luggage into the wheelchair and went beetling down the platform pushing it we arrived and i started to unload my luggage from the wheelchair to put it on the train a rather stern railway official looked at my wife whod been galloping along behind me looked back down the platform and spoke no no thatll have to go in the baggage van i didnt know why as it hadnt happened before but with two minutes to go i didnjt care we put the bags in the van and he started to fold the wheelchair and put it in jl said oh no that belongs here he turned purple he had been looking over my shoulder fov the invalid probably expecting an old soul op a stretcher it was the wheelchair that had tp go into the baggage van not the bags he had been completely baffled by this example of canadian enterprise was em barrassed by his error and therefore grew a bit black in the countenance i apologized with a very sincere look and offered to run thie chair back down the platform but he gritteel something about the train leaving and another phrase or two i didnt quite catch but which definitely contained the word bloody roaming around i ve reached the autumn of my years by jim thomas vr i 3 its that time of year the leaves are on the turn and the frost is on the pumpkin you know when i think about it and id rather not the season is very similar to my own stage in life im beginning to turn a little around the edges and sunday morning while peering sleepily into the mirror i spotted two gray hairs yes like it or not im edging into autumn too but what does one do about it is there a solutiion to the ageing process surely theres one scientist in the universe with sufficient skills to produce a pill that would allow each of us to mark time for awhile idstayat44 someone else at 21 another at 60 and so on imagine the demand the lineup at widdifields aikens and houstons would stretch from ringwood to lincolnville ladies first of course a few would be trampled to death in the stampede to the fountain of youth but what the heck theyd never be missed thered be a few other problems too minor ones maybe but problems just the same for example oneills would go broke for lack of clientele the country would soon be bankrupt and wed all eventually starve or suffocate but well its something to think about anyway but with respect to the ageing process there is a marked similarity between growing older and the changing of the seasons spring we might say ranges from birth to 21 summer from 21 to 40 autumn from 40 to 65 and winter from 65 on we try to postpone the latter as long as possible even when its no longer practical take my own place for example if you should happen to pass by at an early hour in the morning any morning this month and probably next youll see a strange kind of sight for every flower from my wifes treasured salvia to my pots of petunias wears a nightcap something to protect each from the cold weve been doing this now for the past fourteen years and despite all kinds of strange looks and queries well never stop that is unless we run out of covers thats what happened last thursday while jean was attending choir practice and i was left in charge i tried to do the job up right one hundred percent coverage with not a single leaf or petal left exposed but i encountered problems before i was halfway finished i ran out of towels at least the extended beach variety so like the ingenious male that i am i resorted to the next best thing one pair of winter woollies flap closed a couple of work shirts a housecoat blankets nighties sweaters everything i could find and lucky i did for that particular night the tem perature dipped way below freezing a record they say however come morning things warmed up considerably when my wife discovered her personals glistening in the sun in fourteen years ive never seen her move so fast i just stood there dumbfounded and held the door while the items flew it wasnt so much my undies her housecoat or even the nighties that caused her concern but two pair of lace panties draped over my petunias in full view of the neighbours that was too much i so there goes my effort at preserving youth and nature i hope it snows tomorrow u i sir h i-fi-