PAGE 4,WEUNESDAY,APRII 10, 1075, WHITBY FREE PRESS ~3~whitby Voice of the County Towfl Servl Mike Burgess, ing Over 27,,000 Readers.r Published every Wodnesday', Whithy Free Press ic. Bruo H ar 1a1,1d, Pre siden t Ttie Freec Press Building Pulse-aaigEditor. 121 Brock Street North, rUJISIe~IIui9ui Whitby, Ontario, Assistant Eclitor -- l3laku Purdy Con tribu ting Editor' -- Jim Quail Production Manager'- Marje Burgess gisplay Adv ertising Manager - Robin Lyon Ciassified Manager- Shelley Cro)wlcy Box 206, Whilby Mailing Permit No. 2941 Phione 668-6111: Toronto Lunie 282-1004 editorial w' page Society should give eiders more respect In today's youtfi orientated society, it would seem that those of the younger generation have shunned, rejected, rebelled, and alienated those whom are older. The apathetic feelings shown to- ward the aged are quite evident. It is as though the young have deluded themselves with the misconoeption that they wilI be exempt tram aiod age. It is flot apparent that we have castthem f rom our daily activities, by having piaced our senior citizens in homes for the aged, where they remain idle and unwanted until death? This brings ta my mmnd the saying, out of sight out of mmnd. The truth of the matter is that we are excluding them for the reason, that perhaps, they are constant reminders of where we are destined. The television media, magazines, fashion and even drinking establishments, are interested only in the young. What of the elderiy?Do we continue ta ignore and isolate them, 'or do we rearrange aur social ideals 50 that they may take an active part in society once more? 1 myself, arn in favour ot the latter. Is it not true, that, as we live, we eprec and tram experience we learn and ta be Iearned is ta be wise? It is then presurnable that the young can gain much kriowledge and wisdlom tram the elderly, about lite. For have flot the elderly been where the young are now? Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519> worked as an architect and engineer for French King Louise XII tram 1506-1513, which would put him atthe ages 54 ta 61, and then t ram the ages 61 ta 63, worked for Pope Leo X, and also painted the young, St. John The Baptist. 1 In the succeeding years, tram 1515 until his death in' 1519, he painted, sculp- tured, and taught, which would make him 67 at Ihis time ot death, which is considerably old when compared ta today'sstandards. I wander how many young people realize the the despairity and the loneliness aur senior citizens feel, atter being exiled by their families. Do these places for the aged, then take on the meaning senior citizens home, or rather dumping grounds for persons who have becomne unwillingly old. Jesus Christ once said "Judge that ye be judged not' . Is that not what we are doaing when we judge aur senior citizens as useless, senile and has- beens; for it is inevitable.that ail of us, who are now young, will one day be old and in the autumn of aur lives? A quotation tram a poster entitled, Desiderata tound in aid Saint Paul's Church, Baltim are, dated 1692, goes as tollows, "Take kindly the counicil of years gracetully surrendering the things of Dear Sir; In your April 2Md edition you featured on the front page an opinion POil of 'Prominent Brookîin businessmen' Your article states that you posed three ques- tions ta Messrs Bragg, Carsan and McCoy. In printing their replies, it is noteworthy that none of these gentlemen an- swered you r second question which was: "Do you think the majority of Brooklin citizens support or oppose development?' Perhaps I arn wrong and the subjects of your polI did reply -ta this I E22~$P w' question, but in any event you did not print their answers.. 1 respectfully suggest that your question was badly put. There is more than one 'kind of developmnert and the real question is what kind of developmnent would a majority of citizens be for or against? Speaking for myself and, 1 suspect, a great many Brookliners (and, indeed citizens of ail of Whitby), I arn opposed to any kind of develop- ment which would be preponderautly resident- iai and flot supported by an appropriate a- lette rs box 206 whitby maunt ot new industrial assessment. There has been much taîk of Brooklin having a popu- lation not substantially Iess than the present total population of ail at Whitby. Quite obviously if this were ta occur without a 100% increase in Whitby's industrial! commercial assessmerit, then the burden of taxes on the homeowner would increase ta un- bearable proportions. A Brooklin of 20,000 peo- pie would theoretically require an almost 100% increale in Whitby's pres- ent range of municipal services - new schools, police and tire protection etc. ad infinitum - and if the lions share of the added tax burden had ta be shouldered by residen- tial taxpayers, there would be many who sim- ply couldn't afford to live here anymore. If Whitby Council is interested in providing sound municipal manage- ment, it must take steps to regulate the issuance of residential building permits Sa that an appro- priate balance between residential and industrial assessment is maintained. Let us not become just another dormitory su- burb of Toronto and Oshawa., Please Whitby! Don't tali into the samne trap that has forced so many Ontario municipal- ities into the ultra-high tax bracket. Vours very truly, Eryan Collins, i '). Box 194 b: aoklin, Ontario Don [ovelock right according to -reader Dear Sir; .In response ta your editorial.' of April 2nd; it seems ta, me that Mr. Lovelock may have been right in resîgning his posi- tion. This man seemns ta have the courage ta stand up and defend his convic- tions, whe n the others were against him. That in itselt, is rare among politicians. More power .to hlm. He might even be a good candidate for Mayor - next time around. About that survey ot the moneymen up there in Brooklin, let us here it now t ram the common taxpayer. I think Mr. Lovelock made the right move. Sincerelyf L. Canner Sr. 1002 Centre St. N. Whitby, Ontaria Survey. criticized wriote 9