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“The BNA Act in its philo-‘durin‘ laphy as well as form and con-llems tent reflect Canada as a rural.lRegio non-urban society based on a‘ Jan farming economy recently em-’d1rect erged from Colonial status,” Regio said Peter Oberlander of thc‘Bmis University of British Columbia.‘the a; a delegate to the recent Canaâ€" icipal dian Federation of Mayors and that Municipalities. 7 A _ [have 16 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 28. 1962 WNOW Obsofiete" Says Speaker? Two local municipal officials attended the 25th annual con- ference of the federation held Winnipeg June 11 to 15. The" were Floyd Perkins, vreeve of Richmond Hill, who anunmu as a commissioner to Warden W. Sellers of York County and Reeve Albert Rutherford of Vaughan Township, also at- tended as commissioner. There were 15 delegates from York County. Two seminars were of ‘. Frank Marlyn. director of the special interest to local Edmonton District Planning ntepayers. They discussed Commission. was a speaker du- Problems of Mixed Rural- ring the same seminar. He Urban Regions and The emphasized the problems ar- Future of Local Govern- lising from the rapid urbaniz- ment.”_ lation of Canada. Two discussion leaders spokei According to Mr. Marlyn, THU RS. FRIDAY SAT. JUNE 28-29-30 during the seminar on Prob- lems of Mixed Rulrxal-Urban Regions. James W. Wilson. executive director of the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of British Columbia. emphasized the artificiality of present mun- icipal boundaries. He stressed that in municipalities which have both urban and rural parts. a taxation policy must be developed which will per- mit the farmer to survive. He suggested highways and transportation lines should be used to effect a certain devel~ opmen-t pattern, since develop- ment usually follows lines of communication. To be effect- iv:. such lines of communica- tion must be planned on a re- gional basis, acording to Mr. Wilson. lVlany Oulstalldine Vaues (while steck lasts) Will Be Featured On The Sidewalk This Week End " £51135 iGordon Commission re- Live port. will be concentrated in and urban areas. of‘ Zediberta, Mr. Marlyn said ["1185 to 90 per cent of the pop-‘ In his own province of Al- that ,Sedtulation increase in the last 10 “ch years has been in the Edmonton lral‘and Calgary districts. lust: Jet-3 l and} bei vel~1 1013'! of ect- transportation. The city of Edmonton took 40 years to reach the first 100,000 in population, but only 13 years for the next 100,000, and eight years for the last 100,000. according to Mr. Marlyn. Mr. Marlyn also mentioned industrialization ica- and automation as problems of re- urban areas. The motor car Mr. has made it possible to separ- ate residential and industrial the areas, he said. 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Mr. Marlyn suggested that while some urban population is being absorbed in new down- town high density residential areas, more have moved into urban fringe areas. Such fringe Earea-s eat up farm land at the rate of 100 acres per 15,000 population. .he said. The speaker described the whole trend of urban growth. “It is apparent that we are not dealing with growth â€" such as a tree which each year adds a thin layer to its perimeter, but something more analogous to a stone dropped in water send- ing out waves of varying inten- sity from an area of impact." AS ILLUSTRATED Three speakers took part in the seminar on The Future of Local Government. Dr. H. Pe- 5 created threelter Oberlander of the Univer- the local gov-lsin of British Columbia dis- book. explain- cussed The Future of Local It has in-creas-lGovemmen-t in v{elation to Fed- hivgher educat- era‘l-Provincial-Municipal Rela- 1p the change tions. urban employ- It was Mr. Oberlander “th b.0004 m 32-42 51265. 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Canada‘s largest Cities to ex'the official must handle the Recent graduates of McMas- May 21, with a Bachelor of pand "1 recent yeaP5-_ Momma! problems himseu‘ even at the ter Universny and Brantford Arts degree. has not expanded SINCE 1919‘ fli . .1 ff" General Hospital but. ‘ .‘ Her sister Catherine gradu- . expense 0 is persona a airs. . 1 Vancouver Since 1929 and T01”- Nursxng were Margaret and‘ated June 6 from Brantford onto has added only 205 acres The chief problem confront- Catherine Turton.’ daughters of General Hospital School of since 1914- accordmg ‘0 Mr- in‘g town and rural municipal Mr. and Mrs. K. Turton, 207 Nursing. Davies. government. according to Mr. Mill St, Richmond Hill. Their. father. Kenneth Tur- Rural-Urban Relationships Baker. is a steadfast resistanccl Margaret graduated from ton is administrator “w the and the Future of Local Gov- .0 change. .McMastfl University. Hamilton 11m] mum” m.“ - V§.A V..:., ‘ ' I. V § JACK. FRASER “STORE é Richmond Heights Centre Open til 9 Thurs. and Fri. ll.| Mir. Baker described the pro- an ‘blem of the rural or small- of town government official who could not a‘ffort‘ to hire an ex- of pert to handle each of his mu- lx_ nicipality’s problems. Rather, lax the official must handle the L9 problems himself, even at the ’expense of his personal affairs. “t, Iernment was the topic of WA B. Baker. director of Saskatche- wan‘s Centre for Community Studies. In his speech. he emphasized the importance of defining the role of rural and urban government. He noted that many rur- al residents now demand urban services. Coupled with a decreasing rural po- pulation, these increasing demands placed severe fi- nancial stress on the rural municipal government. Mr. Baker said. CATHERINE TURTON Sisters Graduate MARGARET TURTON