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the tribune thvjosdaj oct j u7s wxi wtifaxm dos i i i i l bernard editor established 1888 charles h nolan publisher pubiiibdwytburtdaymmmaliisustoahvllonttelm2ltl barke beacock toronto pkoae mlimo sutgle copies nc snbkriptions u w per yejr in adiertisine maaaeer cuudsimebewlmrmmbro audit bureau of circulation canadian conraunhy newspapers as ialko and ontario weekly newspapers association second class nuil registration number mm 7sk the tribune is one el the inland pumishina co limited group of suburban newspapers which includes the aaxwhitbypickeruig news advertiser brampton guardian burlington post etobkoke caiette atarkham economist and sun newmarkevaurora era oakville beaver oshawa this week and misslssauga news blft offer made on library site the town is now considering purchasing the schell property directly north of the newly acquired municipal parking lot on main st as a site for the new library the town must first check with the south lake simcoe conservation authority as the proposed site is on flood plain land and a purchase agreement has to be negotiated with the present owners the three acre site is an excellent choice it is central has ample parking space which can be placed adjacent to the existing lot and will eventually become a prestige location rechannelization will enhance the area making it into a parklike green belt which could be connected by footpatns to the proposed dulverton subdivision to the north there has been some talk the library will be designed to accommodate some social ac tivities such as arts and crafts programs the library building could and should draw people from all parts of the municipality and it is to be hoped will help keep the downtown business section viable in spite of the in creased competition from outlaying plazas the old brillinger home in the west end was the other site under serious con sideration the idea was to use the basic structure and remodel if for use as a library this scenario has two obvious flaws the charm and integrity of the house would have been destroyed and the library would have to be designed to fit in with the existing structure rather than having a building planned to fulfill the specific requirements of the library if council seriously wishes to preserve this house they could take the same action as metropolitan toronto there buildings believed to be of significant worth have been declared historical sites and their destruction is forbidden the library would appear to be well on schedule as stouffvilles 1977 centennial project why was secrecy necessary two important archaelogical discoveries on pickering airport property were an nounced recently they are the draper site headquartered at the glasgow schoolhouse and also the white site both are the remains of sixteenth century huron indian villages at the draper site the up to 15 acres of land tell the story of indians who lived far med and fought in this area 500 years ago among other things their living ac commodations agricultural products and in terpersonal relationships are illuminated through artifacts located there another fascinating but gruesome detail concerns torture and cannibalism that was evidently practiced there however besides its scientific value the site has a certain political significance as well because it was located on land slated for use in the drainage system for the airport artifacts were being dug up and salvaged at breakneck speed project director bill finlayson says that a site that large would traditionally take 10 summers to dig but because it was due to be destroyed by april 30 of next year we had to work fast during the two summers that crews worked there bulldozers were used to clear off topsoil so that an artifacts close to the surface were lost a ministry of transport spokesman told another newspaper that the artifacts were on display to the public at the altona headquarters and their importance could have been assessed by anyone who wanted to know mr finlayson however denies this and told us the headquarters were closed to the public all summer the reason he gave which may have some validity is that having to handle a flow of spectators would have further complicated the precarious project to a dangerous extent our own visits to the headquarters this past summer also left the unmistakeable impression that snooping around was not permitted other direct inquiries into what was being found also went unanswered in our opinion they should have been in fact both the importance of the site and the methods being used there should have been- part of the public discussion concerning the airport from the very beginning hopefully now that a halt m the airport has been called the full care and time necessary for this kind of project will be exercised j v lower limits not enough there used to be a slogan used by highway safety promotions that speed kills and while this is true to some extent the lowering of speed limits on arterial roads just as woodbine ave seems to us to be the wrong approach certainly that stretch of road north of the gormley rd to just south of vandorf has had its share v accidents but totus the problem isriot of excessive speed only five of 58 accidents along that road could be credjted to speeding the problem s is peculiar to two- lane arterial roads such as woodbine ave and highway 48 involves people who are im patient when following a long line of traffic most of these people travel 70 mph anyway the constant passing of one car after another tends to create very bad situations often a person becomes impatient and will pass in a situation that turns out to be fatal to us this is wrong perhaps stricter enforcement of such speed limits provide the key if the traffic is moving along briskly at 60 mph then it is safe enough the impatient driver wanting to travel 70 to 80 mph is the real menace to our way of thinking lowering of the speed limit on such arterial roads increases frustration for commuters who are already hardpressed i cancellation after column dropped dear sir t will you please discontinue sending the tribune to us as of now we subscribed in the first place because of the article entitled fragments by mrs powell it was a great disappointment to us when it was discontinued furthermore the tribune is now a member of a chain of weekly publications this seems to me to be a step toward a monopoly the local touch could wane lornemwideman scarboro editors note the tribune is one of 10 newspapers comprising inland publishing co j it was purchased by inland some 10 years ago local gossip is good news dear sir t x during a recent visit to the home of my daughter who lives in your community i had the pleasure of reading several issues of the tribune i would just like to tell you and your readers how much i admired your attractive newspaper which is indeed a credit to your lovely and friendly town h however 1 could not help but notice letters to the editor which complained about the publication of local gossip i suspect that the writers jof these letters cannot comprehend the trueyalueof the tribune in this age of large and sophisticated daily wspapers n i it n 1 grjaw upon a farm near simcoe ontario and i can still remember how much everyone in my family enjoyed our weekly newspaper every friday night we would gather around the table in the kitchen which was heated by a wood stove in those days and listen to my father read from the newspaper while he sat in the yellow light of a coaloil lamp both young and old were able to learn about all of the local affairs and we would laugh with delight when we heard my father read out the names of our friends and relatives now i am a senior citizen seventysix years young and not as able to get around as i once was but i still subscribe to the simcoe newspaper when my copy arrives in the mail i am always reminded of the words froin the book of proverbs as cold waters to a thirsty soul so is good news from a far country prov 2525 i am sure that most of your readers ap preciate your newspaper which is a very excellent one in my opinion i thought that you would enjoy abetter from a visitor to your community who found so much good news in the tribune joyce jamieson hamilton ont dont take dogs to parks reader dear sir re your article on the problem of loose dogs and cats in our town sept 25 1975 i agree with your suggestions with one ex ception please please dont send people to our parks with these animals ithatswere our older children go to play and your daughter soon will too our parks should not be polluted either j i would suggest that anyone walking a dog on property other than his own should pick up after his pet and dispose of it on his own property cats should not be allowed to run v loose to scratch and foul up neighbors gar dens either mrs ejones loretta cresc n c so his the wa v vw vsal bible thought i for the week from the living bible teacher these spies said we know you tell the truth no matter what you arent influenced by the opinions and desires of men but sincerely teach the ways of god now tell us is it right to pay taxes to rome or not jesus saw their trick and said show me a coin and ill tell you when they handed it to him he asked whose picture and title is this on the they replied the emperors all right he said if it is hisgive it to him but everything that belongs to god must be given to god mark 121417 1 sugar and spice thankfulness at thanksgiving by bill smiley perhaps with thanksgiving in the air its as good a time as any to make a personal inventory of what we have to be thankful for if anything maybe youd like to join me substituting your minuses for mine your pluses for mine on second thought i havent really a single minus oh there are a lot of little nuisances arthritis in my foot rambling bursitis in shoulders knees and neck dewlaps a few less teeth than id like but everybody has these things if we didnt we wouldnt appreciate how great it is when the pains clear up for ajfew days or the fact that theres always plenty of good grubjo mumble with those ancient molars i do have some negative thankfuls im glad i am by choice not living in a city with everything that entails in the line of human harassment dirt traffic crowds coldness especially when i can as right now look out my window and see the yellow october sun- blazing into the gaudy flamboyance of- the maples and a little further off the blue of clean unpolluted water and know that if i stepped outside the air would be champagne not cheap scented wine im glad i dont have six children two of them almost brought the old lady and me to our knees economically and emotionally im grateful that i havent got stuck into some job that i loathe as so many men have what could be more souldestroying than hating to go towork every morning im glad inf not sick or feeble or pot bellied or hamhanded or tightfisted even though i ambbwlegged forgetful and sometimes after a sharp exchange with my wife have a ringing in my ears l those are just a few of the negative v 1 thankfuls they are vastly outweighted to the point where it is no contest by the positive thankfuls i couldnt begin to list them in this space but will touch on a few of the highlights im extremely grateful even though it should last only a few more years that despite the machinations of the oil companies and the stupidity and shortsightedness of our leaders i can still turnup the thermostat on a cold morning and know that i and mine will not shiver through the day i am extremely thankful that i am not a young man recently married mortgaged to the ears for life in an effort to provide a roof and food for a family its taken 30 years of slaving on the old plantation toting many a barge and lifting many a bale but i own my own house and dont owe anybody a nickel and im grateful another thing to be thankful for is the fatherly benevolence of pierre trudeau and his gang i use the word gang advisedly they and their provincial and municipal henchmen are content with separating me from only about half of every dollar i make and there is no indication yet that they will shortly want an arm and a leg each year as additional tribute only a few toes and fingers im very thankful that i live in canada its a magnificent country a people who could be magnificent but refuse- and they dont throw you in jail for speaking disparagingly of the gang in power they havent got enough jails and who wold pay the rent im happy with my immediate family though thousands wouldnt be my son is a failure in the ordinary middleclass sense he has never made more than 2000 a year has no home except ours and couldnt produce the proverbial pot but he is working with ultrapoor peasants in a south american country trying to make a better life for them eating their food catching their diseases and im proud of him my daughter after adventures in the sub culture that make me shudder still knocked them dead with her writing in a university course got her degree is in fourth year of a second degree in music has had a baby and is about to produce a sister for pokey my grandbaby who is a whipperdipper like all grandbabies not bad for a rotten kid my wife careful now buster watch it is still a smashing looking woman though a granny an excellent cook great company and is becoming virtually serene she hasnt thrown anything at me for nearly two years except a wet dishcloth or something like that it used to be plates of food telephones eat ons catalogue you name it she did actually throw my typewriter downstairs last year when i made some mild remark about the bad temper she used to have but she didnt throw it at me thats progress i like my job working with kids who are at least alive not just going through the motions like sojmany of their elders lhave a few friends whom i cherish a few enemies chiefly the town engineer who does not cherish me and a host of likeable contemporaries and acquaintances my blood pressure is great i dont wear glasses my heart hasnt given me a bad knock im chipper as the average eighty- yearold woman and im already at work on the book i didnt get around to writing last summer or the one before or- its just great to be alive and i offer my sincere thanks to god or whoever is responsible for it how about you m u ottawa report new montreal airport unjustified for a generation federal authorities will attempt to justify the opening of the new 500 million montreal international airport at mirabel this month this airport the largest in the world is a mistake governments rarely admit their mistakes instead air travellers in the montreal area and throughout the country will be asked to warp their travel plans to justify this colossus certainly i believe prime minister trudeau will be disappointed in his prediction that torontonians will be down here on their knees when they see mirabel in fact montreallers dont seem to be down on their knees either there were only 20000 out to see the airport at its public opening rather than the anticipated 100000- i was in montreal last weekend when the new facility was officially opened it was surprisinghow little enthusiasm there was among montreallers for this project in a city which still dumps its raw sewage into the st lawrence river it is difficult to understand why top priority had to be given to the con struction of this superport it is particularly difficult to rationalize the development when the increase in air travel has begun to level off due partly to rising costs and partly to changing travel v habits 1 the mirabel literature points out that in 1974 more than 35 million travellers passed through canadian airports and montreal handled 20 per cent of this traffic the brochure does not mention however that chicagos0hare airport alone handled well over 35 million passengers last year on a land area oniehththe size of mirabel a montreal air canada official quipped toronto t be the great winner out of mirabel- international travellers will go i through toronto rather than put up with the f frustraiinjhatmontreal a 4 while it is intended mirabel will be the international airport existing facilities at dorval nearer to montreal will be used exclusively for domestic and north american flights most passengers arriving at mirabel from europe will have to take a bus 35 miles to dorval to catch a connecting flight to such points as winnipeg vancouver and quebec city the reverse also is true for passengers from such points who wish to use montreal as their point of departure for europe airlines have stated that they will not book connecting flights if a change is required between dorval and mirabel with a time difference of less than two and one half hours if this time delay is not lessened it may be in future that a traveller from europe will cross the atlantic in approximately two and one half hours aboard the concorde but will then have to spend another two and one half hours working his way from mirabel to his connecting flight at dorval this inconvenience is why industry spokesman believe passengers given a choice between toronto and montreal for beginning by sinclair stevens i or ending at european flight will chose toronto montreallers who wish to drive to mirabel have a 35 mile trip that takes up to one hour on existing roads bus service from montreal to mirabel is expected to cost 500 one way compared to 275 the present fair between downtown montreal and dorval cab fares are expected to handle about 37 million passengers about one third the number that will likely pass through malton in all likelihood federal authorities having so much committed in mirabel will eventually close down dorval in order to give the new airport extra business in the meantime mirabel will be known as the smallest international airport in the world in terms of passenger volume while having the largest land area no american city is currently daring to build such a facility the most unfortunate aspect at the gala opening was when police chose to lob a tear gas cannister into a group of about 300 demonstrators who rightly or wrongly were on hand to protest the opening f 30 years ago this week excerpts from the tribune from october 11 1945 chas r pycock who left town wed nesday last armed with a passport tickets and loaded with his luggage bound for his native british soil decided at the last moment that canada was good enough for home making up his mind enroute from toronto to montreal reaching the royal city he forthwith purchased a ticket for stouffville and returned next day and is now back on the farm on the 10th of whitchurch with his former employer sylvester pollard while the train rolled onward charlie sat in tears thinking of the happiness of but a few short years now bound for bristol england read the ticket on his hat vn but once he reached old montreal charlie changed all that he got another cardboard that brought him back next day to work again for ves pollard in the corn fields and the hay