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PAGE 8 ESPANOLA -- The Ontario Water. Resources had better take care of problems closer tu home before picking on North- ern Ontario on matters of poilu- tion. This was the contention of some members cf Espanola Town Council in reaction to a recent statement by Donald JJ. Collins. chairman of the Ontario Water Resources Commissicn re- cently. In his statement, Collins referred to Espanola's Eddy Forest Products mill as one of the worst offenders in. pollution of Ontario waterways. "T think this was a bit of ill- advised publicity. The genile- man referred to Espanola be- fore the second world war as being an area which had good fishing and in which the tourist industry was flourishing. I would imagine today the tour- ist industry in our area is 10 times what it was in that period. The story made it sound as if Espanola was now being avoid- ed by tourists like the Devil avoids holy water," said coun- cillor Les McCarthy. DECEMBER 17th. TERRACE. BAY NEWS ESPANOLA COUNCIL BACKS COMPANY ON OWRC WATER POLLUTION COMPLAINT - continued from page I ....- "Mayor .Leo Foucault also added, "You can bet your sweet life the tourist dollar at that time was damned ,skinny." The mayor went on to add in rather harsh voice, "If the OWRC was so smart with all its wisdom and engineers then why in hell didn't they start a five - year program. Before they start into the North country they had better take a Jook around Southern Ontario, I have been there and the Lake Erie area is far far worse than anything to be found here. It'S like kick- ing a man when he's down. This company is fairly new here and I know personally that $80,000 bas been spent on equipment to combat pollution here by this company. I. agree. Something had to be done about pollution but we must also be realisiic and reasonable about this and not go around suggesting 'he closing down of mills which em- ploy thousands of people. The mayor said a letter had been written by himself to the Eddy Forest Products offering council's help in any way pos- sible. RESERVE SPACE NOW SAVE YOURSELF TIME AND MONEY GREET YOUR FRIENDS IN ve NEW CHRISTMAS EDITION The Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion DECEMBER 4 1969 LEGION AUXILIARY TO HAVE CHRISTMAS TREE DRAW Branch 223, Terrace Bay held their regular meeting at the Legion Hall on Sunday evening. President Mrs. S. Ballentine chaired the meeting. Minutes were read - cont'd page 10 .....-.