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pae 4 the tribune thursday december 7 1972 cna he trifaxm established 1sss chahles il solas publisher 0 james thomas associate publisher and editor kobebt mccacsland advertising manager published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 54 main st stouffville ont tel 102101 siigle copies 15c subscriptions s600 per year in canada 1000 elsewhere jhrolrr of audit bureau of circulation canadian community newspapers association and ontario weekly news papers association second class mail registration number 0s96 editorial politics to the people at this point in time the success of municipal candidates either seeking election or re election is not known the outcome at the polls exceeds this newspapers editorial page deadline however regardless of results it must be apparent to everyone that relations between the politicians and the people the elected and the electorate must change since the introduction of regional government and the creation of larger area municipalities the individual ratepayer has looked on himself as a nonentity a little cog in a big wheel a voice in the wilderness at that with a few minor exceptions is the part he has played a nothing part however with the introduction of the 1972 campaign these shackles were torn apart as candidates particularly first timers in the field pointed to the com munications gap that had occurred during the past two years we heard it repeated many times in markham it was said in whitchurch stouffville too up until now if a ratepayer or a group of ratepayers had a problem he or they were expected to appear by ap pointment before council or planning committee where the complaint was heard if the resident lived in vandorf the point of contact was stouffville if he lived at mongolia he travelled to but- tonville even more frustrating has been the policy with regard to education delegations must go to aurora all this is due to change and its about time the council chambers will remain in stouffville and buttonville the administration offices york county board of education will stay in aurora but the councillors and trustees will not operate solely from within these ivory towers rather they will circulate among the people learn of their problems and attempt to arrive at solutions this is the kind of personal service now being demanded of ward representatives and educators and they just better deliver for if they dont come 1974 the electorate will be out looking for people minded politicans who will fanning flames of discontent most working canadians are going to take a dim view of the federal govern ments increase in the unemployment insurance allowance they know they are already being gouged by this tax to pay for those who have no intention of working as long as the government keeps paying if the new minister were to talk with people at every level of society he would find few groups who are not bitter over cases they know themselves and which they judge to be exploitation of the money from this giant tax fund the flames of discontent have been fanned as well by the large welfare sums paid out to young people who through some adolescent whim have decided to leave home and live off the work of others the system is so geared that people who have worked only as summer replacements during vacation periods or who are swelling the sales force at christmas rush periods people who have no intention of working a full year even if jobs are available may enlarge their comforts at the expense of workers it is also geared so that wives with husbands making very good incomes can enjoy a brief fling at some minor endeavor knowing there is no work for her for a full year and she can collect her 100 the fact that her husband is making a fully adequate income is not considered in assessing her need for any benefits the former minister mr mackasey who continued to cling to his giveaway ideas was told time and time again in no uncertain terms that canadians as a whole did not share his enthusiasm in fact they resented his stand bitterly- the new minister mr andras has certainly not done his homework and is not taking note of the swell of resentment against these payout tactics when he announces that those who work are to be taxed even more to pay for this blun dering fund such operations as this sent the liberals staggering into a minority position in the recent election and if the new government does not come up with a cure it will certainly go down the drain the next time around eliiow mail the editor the barrie commuter train is a success commuters are happy despite the lack of feeder service and inadequate stops business is booming the first wednesday 113 rode the second week 170 the third week 207 and business is still increasing this is better than the stouffville commuter train started in june 1971 and the peter borough commuter train that has run for many years the public is happy with about 200 riding per day this means about 130 cars removed from the clogged and polluted mongolia public school ss no 22 markham township twenty years ago 19s2 mongolia public school s s no 22 markham twp had an enrollment of 33 pupils the teacher rear was miss florence king the children are rear row left to right marianne palmer kathleen betz albert brownsberger jim oliver melville cox bill palmer bernard reesor donna brown fern maskell zella sweet gordon byers howard cowan centre row left to right billy henley kenneth zeller joim gilham kenneth barkey beverley silverthom evelyn doner dorin girourd ann barkey susan bur- chell marian mcdowell joan foote front row left to right john rennie teddy beaumont george brownsberger jim mcdowell glenn barkey david taylor ross maskell murray reesor paul gilham david winn highways cn is happy too relying upon a 10000000 federal grant the service has been turned into a cn gravy train on nov 20 the four coach train was practically full with 232 riders in the 256 seats from barrie 19 newmarket 88 aurora 72 and maple 53 fare receipts for the day were about 56655 but cn charged the government about 277000 the train should be continued and the charges made by cn should be in vestigated john c medcof mount albert dear jim our sincere thanks to you and the tribune for helping us to find a good home for blackie we received calls from as far as keswick aurora kettleby uxbridge pickering and claremont so the paper really covers a wide area the home we chose for him is in whitchurch and he has a teenage boy for a companion thanks again hazel peacock markham the tribune i wish to renew our tribune for another year we look forward to it every week it takes about a week to get here and it keeps us in touch with news around stouffville in fact i think we appreciate it more now than we did when we lived near stouffville all the best to our friends back home mr and mrs ben talbot the laurels wantage road rostock nr didcot berkshire england dear sir in recent months we have heard much on the issue of wage and price control on the surface the recommendation appears sound but looking deeper into the ramifications of the scheme one 3whjnt the daily x race to toronto a by jim thomas every morning five days a week a stream of cars pour through stouffville en route to toronto the drivers and their sleepy eyed passengers are commonly referred to as commuters the positions they hold are many and varied the westward procession usually starts around 630 am and lasts about an hour depending in part on the condition of the weather and the road f but despite this monday through friday rat race its seldom one hears these folks complain 1 mean complain to the point of considering a switch to something more local they seem to look on it as a way of life some life i wouldnt trade my four block jaunl for all the high salaried white collared jobs in the world i why because i ventured into the concrete jungle last thursday its a nightmare a nerve shattering nightmare i dont care if i ever go back again i my ultimate destination was the four j- seasons sheraton hotel on queen near york the site of the current airport hearings i tell you extransport minister don jamieson knew what he was doing when he picked that spot about the only means of access is by helicopter and the parking problem its ten times worse than stouffville i swear i made at least twentyfive circuits of the subcity hall compound before spotting an empty space and i wasnt alone other motorists just as frustrated as i were following the exact same route hoping and praying that at the proper moment someone would pop out so they could pop in for this service i paid 125 my ultimate location level was ff4 and as i raced for the stairs i saw a sign that read be sure and remember your section so there i was all afternoon mumbling over and over to myself ff- 4 ff4 ff4 folks sitting nearby probably thought i was going a little dotty the session concluded i returned to the site and pushed the handoperated elevator for f however for some reason or other it stopped at dj creating still further confusion i com- pleted the remaining downward flights on foot but if getting in was difficult and getting back was bad the getting out was terrifying the exit sign said dundas but i ended up on chestnut not only had i never heard of the street i had no idea whether i was headed north south eas or west but at 5 pm you dont pull onto the shoulder and call to some farmer across the line fence for directions city folk dont tolerate that kind of thing right or wrong you just follow the leader my leader fortunately was a compassionate soul he led me onto the gardiner expressway and home freep it was six oclock on the nose when i turned into my driveway seventyfive minutes from downtown not bad for an amateur but i was a nervous wreck worn out exhausted but just think hundreds of people endure this torture trek five times a week commuting to and from thats a weeks work in itself begins to wonder who and what will be controlled does the term wage include salaries professional fees dividends and other sources of income and what prices would be controlled would they be essentials like food or would they include profits rents cars clothing taxes and appliances sinclair stevens mp yorksimcoe favors the adoption of wage and price control i feel he should explain further what this term really means if he refers only to control on wages and certain consumer goods then it would be grossly unfair merely to catch the little fish and allow fhe larger species to escape the net tjj perhaps this is the tory version of the just society adam johnstone i stouffville rr1