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North York Township Reeve Nor- man Goodlhead recently called for strong leadership at the Ontario Go- vernment level to provide proper planning control and also tax incent- ives to owners who maintain produc- tive agricultural lands. He said un- controlled development is continually eating up this province’s fertile ag- ricultural areas while land unsuitable for agriculture is allowed to lie dor- mant and unproductive. High School Board Chairman Robert Ross said the 1963 budget is up slightly over 20% while enrol- ment has increased 16% and teach- ers salaries 24%. Last year teachers’ salaries accounted for 54% of the budget. This year it will be 56%. The most disturbing part of Mr. Ross’s remarks were that he could not offer any hope of a decrease in the future budget requirements of the board and that provincial grants will take care of only 28% of the budget this year. In 1962 the province’s contri- bution amounted to 29%. Obviously the present grant system of the R0- barts Government is quite inade- Concerned with the rising cost of education, a group of Markham Township residents living within the boundaries of School Area No. 3 recently met with representatives of their public school board and the York Central District High School Markham Township taxpayers served by the York Central Board have every reason to be concerned about the rising cost of secondary school education. Of the four muniâ€" cipalities in the high school district Markham received the greatest tax increase this year. Markham’s share of the high school district jumped 7.15 mills. This was followed by somewhat smaller increases in the other municipalities of Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Woodbridge. Board. He said the province has all the agencies needed to plan and stimu- late Such development. There is an unlimited supply of fresh water, a good system of modern highways and ample rail facilities. The plan could help eliminate air and water pollu- tion, he claims. The cities and towns would be located in desirable residen- tial environments, surrounded with open green areas. Reeve Goodhead advocates that satellite towns and cities be developâ€" ed in a radius of 50 to 100 miles from Metropolitan Toronto, in areas un- suited for agriculture. Among areas ideal for industry, commerce, and residential living he listed Caledon Hills, Forks of the Credit River, Muskoka, Orillia, Hali- burton and the Kawarthas, as well as the sand hills across the middle of York and Ontario Counties. He suggested future satellite cities and towns could be tied together with belts of services so surrounding farm areas would be maintained un- der reasonable economic conditions and tax free arrangements. Should you want to hike along Canada’s longest nature trail this summer you will be able to use about 150 miles of the Bruce Trail from Niagara Falls to Tobermory in the Bruce Peninsula, says the Christian Science Monitor, published in Boston, Massachusetts. The trail follows a rock escarp- ment which is the north-eastern edge of an ancient polar sea. It is a hilly region of farmland and forest. with breathtaking vistas of hidden valleys and blue water bays. The American publication calls the 280-mile long Bruce Trail a significant signpost in the growing “back to nature” movement among North American vacationers. Glaciers have left innumerable fossil deposits in the rich limestone ground. A varied life has grown up along the ancient seashore, with cool glens, sparkling waterfalls, and an abundance of Wild life. The Bruce Trail was started by conservation authorities, field nat- uralist clubs, youth organizations, and people interested in preserving some of Canada’s natural beauty for future generations. It is being operated on the basis of private landowners opening their grounds to hikers. As landowners come to agree- ment with the organizers, signs are being erected at nearby highways pointing to the nearest access spot for the trail. The Canadian Youth gostol Association has facilities Subscription Rate_ per “Authorized THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Qntario, Thursday, August 8, 1963 An Independent Education Tax Dollars Member Try The Bruce Trail as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa" uuwuv n av..-“ . â€"â€"~ "U L h‘ a $3.50 per year; to United States $4.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations 21' Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Editor and Publisher W. S. COOK, Managing Editor Weekly: Established 1878 '9 The vast expansion of the educa- tional requirements of this decade demand that every education dollar be spent on education. Mr. Ross esti- mated enrolment in the high school district will increase every year until 1969-70 when it will practically double itself. We shall have no money to spare at any level of gov- ernment for frills however desirable in themselves such frills may be. The frills must give way for class- rooms, laboratories and qualified instructors. quate,‘ with the main burden of the cost of education falling on the al- ready hard-pressed municipal tax- payer. During the present population explosion, the major emphasis in any school system should be on these basics. Building, administrative and operational costs should be carefully screened and regulated. In that way hard-earned tax dollars will be put to use educating our children. The councils for their part are often too ready to blame the rising level of taxation on the school boards. The councils, however, can show their good faith by regulating the cost of local government, calling a halt to residential development, and encour- aging added industrial assessment. Worst example of the gobbling up of prime agricultural land by housing developments is in the Nia- gara Peninsula where the best fruit- producing land in the country is be~ ing lost to production as farm after fertile farm is subdivided and waste land continues to lie dormant creat~ ing many eyesof‘es around the cent- res of population. The battle to keep taxes at a reasonable level must be a joint ef- fort by both councils and school boards working in harmony. Mr. Goodhead warned that On~ tario’s proposed Golden Horseshoe of development -- from Kingston to Niagara Falls around Lake Ontario â€" would turn out to be a millstone around the province’s neck, if proper planning _con_‘grol is_not exercised. Municipalities alone can not cont- rol sectional development sufficiently to prevent disaster. Such planning can come only from the provincial level, and Mr. Goodhead claims that at present the province is doing little about planning, recognizing what he called free enterprise’s love for the almighty dollar, Mr. Good- head made the challenging state- ment that it would require political fortitude of the highest order to im- plement the plan he suggests. He contends an official plan for Ontario could be formulated in sectional de- tail to ensure an orderly development program. Unless fertile farm land is pre- served to provide farm produce, the North York reeve contends that On- tario and Canada may find them- selves like many other parts of the world: unable to fill future "bread and butter,” needs. near Collingwood, and plans call for camping spots every 10 to 15 miles along the route. The southern 12 miles of the Bruce Trail are laid out near Queens- ton and access points will be estab- lished near Milton, Georgetown, Belfountain, Cheltenham, Credit Forks and Glen Cross. Farther north the trail passes Primrose, Homing Mills, Honeywood, Dunedin, Glen Huron and Singhampton, where it turns westward past Craigleith and Devils Glen. From rugged ter- rain between Owen Sound and Wiarton the blue waters of Georg- ian Bay are visible with many small waterfalls in this area. Past Wiarton the escarpment continues to Tober- mory. At Cape Croker the Indians have laid out more than 20 miles of the trail through their spectacular scenic countryside. Hikers ai'e required to close gates, clean up picnic sites and not to disturb grazing cattle, The Bruce Trail is to be complet- ed by 1967, Canada’s centennial year. Work was started on it two years ago, and each year sees more of it open to hikers, bird-watchers, painters, naturalists and just plain sightseers with cameras and binocu- lars who want to get away for a. while from the busy highways. Are you looking for something different to do on your vacation this year? Why not take a tip from our American cousins and walk a few miles along this lovely nature trail? Here's a recipe for a hot day: take your favourite chair and place under a shady tree, add a refreshing beverage, and re- lax with a book from the Lib- rary. Douglas Haig. the educated soldier, by John Terraine. (Hutchison) Field Marshall Earl Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British army in France from December 1915 to 1918‘ has often been criticized as a wasteful and inefficient general. Mr. Terraine, already a disting- uished military writer, has pro- duced in this military biogra- phy. a very able defence. He throws much light on the con- troversial battles of the Somme and Passchendaele, in 1916-17. and stresses the importance of Haig’s role in the offensives of 1918. Mr. Terraine contends that, in View of British inex~ perience and the lack of tech- nical means to overcome Ger- man defences cheaply, heavy losses were unavoidable. A very valuable but not a definitive biography. The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham-Smith (Musson) The Irish Famine of 1945-49, by its very nature a terrible and con-l troversial subject, is described with understanding and com- passion. and is analysed in this study which is the result of nine years’ research in two con- tinents. It shows how the fa- mine later affected some as- pects of international under- standing. for the Irish refugees who emigrated to the United States and Canada took with them a bitter resentment which tions of public in the genera- greatly influenced some sec- tions that followed. The Corridor. by Edmund Fuller (Random House) The author brings into reality the theme necessity of literature to There’s another CTV mixture of gasoline and alcohol in the co-sponsorng of this fall’s football games by B-A and Labatt’s. And then, when Imperial and Molson’s take over for the hockey season, we can all switch to winter grade. $18,000” How Liberal can a government get? The old jail farm at Langstaff would be turned into a Pinocchio-type pleasure island for dostructive adolescents if Toronto Controller Allan Lamport has his way. Lampy wants to fill the farm with equip- ment and buildings which the kids could destroy and wreck without fear of punishment - and that part would take all the pleasure out of it. From the August 3 Star Weekly cover: More About Liz Taylor: She’s going to take up knitting! . . Up until now she’s only been casting off. Soft drink manufacturers claim it’s just a coin- cidence that their Iow-calory drinks were “discover- ed” after sugar had doubled in price. That’s really sweet-talkin’ us, isn’t it? The new promoters of the Miss Canada contest promise that this year’s contest will be different. They are trying to get Lorne Greene away from Bonanza to be a judge - possibly because the only different kind of a fight they could have on the Show would be a gun fight. Brendan Beehan is going to become a father - and reform! The hard-drinking Irish playwright says he plans to hold an initial celebration of the event and then go on the wagon to meet his new responsi- bilities. For Brendan, this could mean sobering up in time to help junior with his grade 13 homework. India charged last week that China is again building up military strength along their border and warned of the danger of a new outbreak of fighting . . . So far, all the China-India “outbreaks of fight~ ing” have been like those outbreaks between Liston and Patterson. A survey of Canadian coffee-drinking habits has revealed the peculiarity that home-made coffee tends to increase in strength with the age of the housewife . . . Which could explain why so many young wives can never make coffee “like mother makes it”. Question Of The Week When Richmond Hill’s 90-year-old anti-noise bylaw is updated to cover modern conditions will council sneak in a clause limiting the noise from res- idents demanding it be enforced? Christine Keeler has contracted with a Danish film firm to star in The Christine Keeler Story. It will be a movie of her life . . . In Sinerama? : Have You Read These? 0 BY RICHMOND HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY BD. . He knows the why, the when and the where 0f Washington’s crossing the Delaware. He can tell you the year, and the very morn, When Mary, Queen of the Scots, was born. He can name a song when you play a chord, And total the goals that the “Rocket” scored; He remembers the weather in “thirty-two”, And the date of the battle of Waterloo. He can name for years the parties in power, And quote from Shakespeare hour by hour. Dates are his forte, but sad to say, He always forgets his wife’s birthday! Robert D. Little QCOI’L by George Mayes Q Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. Sorry, I Forgot 6! 47405743,. . :3 portray the dignity of man real- istically. As his wife fights for her life after a pregnancy com- plication, Malcolm Adamson paces the hospital corridor and reviews their marriage. Ina deft weaving together of Adamson’s present situation and his mem- ories, Fuller draws a picture of the growth through both error and love of an abinding union. Night and Silence, Who Is Here? by Pamela Hansford Johnson. (Scribner) In a light. amusing comedy, a noted Eng- lish novelist satirizes manners and morals among research scholars in a New England lib- eral arts college and among the Eastern rich through the per- son of a gay and somewhat ir- responsibe visiting Fellow from England named Matthew Pryor. Pryar‘s difficulties with American eating. drinking, and living habits. with the press, and with departmental politics create laughable complications. His personal quest for satisfy- ing. remunerative work is hap- pily solved in the end with the prospect of marriage to an ag- ing but eligible rich American. Photo Finish. an adventure in biography in three acts. by Peter Ustinov. (Little) The cul- tivated wit which characterized the author's Romanoff and Jul- iet. reappears here in a wry assessment of the battles of the sexes and the difficulty of un- derstanding between the gen- erations. A very old writer en- tertains in his siekroom young. middle-aged. and elderly to- gether with the intimates of these periods in his past and re- appraises his life. Summer hours unchanged Monday to Friday 9 «.m. to 9 pm. Saturday 9 to 6 Closed Wednesday If a story is properly. and convincingly told there should be no need to rehash it or discuss it with the child. Perhaps I am prejudiced in this because I never tell a story to teach a lesson. I des- pise “sweet little stories" with lessons or morals. Anyone who has read any folk tales will know that the values in these are usually sound, and despite the grim episodes which these sometimes contain, every- thing usually comes out as we would wish in the end. The child can usually grasp the point of the story without it being pointed out to him by the teller. This only insults his intelligence. If the child has failed to grasp it, then the story was not suited to his age group to begin with. Children love to act out a story after it has been told to them and this is a wonderful way to see if the child has understood it and will not spoil his enjoyment of the story as end- less discussion often does. Some story-tellers have great success with dra- matic gestures, changes of voice etc. when telling a story successfully. I find the well planned pause, the change of facial expression, the use of a loud or soft voice, works best with me to denote atmosphere in a story. I never change the difficult words in a story to easy ones so the child will understand them. I don’t stop to explain things as I go along. Children are smarter than we think, and can under- stand words from the context. Some parents object to the violence in folk tales and will only tell children the version in which Little Red Riding Hood’s wolf does not eat grandmother. Unless the child is overly imaginative or has person- ality problems of some kind, this violence does not bother him. Think of the things they watch on TV, watch a group of five-year-olds playing with guns. I usually try to use a light tone of voice when I‘m telling this part of a story and keep a smile on my face. As for humour in the story, children love it! Especially in a group! Story-telling is one of the few entertainments that children enjoy in a group. They watch TV alone, they read by themselves, even in the movies, the lights are out and the child is to all intents and purposes alone. But in a group lis- tening to a story, he becomes part of the group. He laughs when they do, he shudders as others shudder, and he establishes a rapport with the others which he seldom does in any other situation. This prepares him to some extent for other audience groups in which he will be part of as an adult. The difficulties of story-telling are few. It’s easy to find a story to tell and a child or a group of chil- dren to tell it to. The greatest hurdle to be faced by would-be-story-tellers is their fear that they cannot do it and a selfâ€"consciousness that won’t let them try. Once this has been overcome, the rest is easy. The rewards of story-telling are many and mostly personal. It is the best way that I know of establish- ing an easy relationship with a child or group ofI children. Not only that, but the research done by the : story-teller in finding a story to tell, will reward him with a good background in folk-lore and in folk- Phone TU. 4-1212 “it; M “w AIR CONDITIONED By Refrigeration for Your Comfort ‘ “FREE Parking at Rear of Theatre” Unless Otherwise Noted During July and Angus; Mon., Thurs, Fri., lst Show at 7 pm. . Saturdays at 6 p.m. , Matmees, Wed., Sat. and Holidays at 2 pm. literature Which he would not likely get in any other "A" AI?" 111111117 COTTAGE NEWS The sudden appearance in the woods of a red bird with black wings and tail is one of the most startling things I know. It’s almost dazzling brilliant red and black plumage outlined sharply against the dark green of summer foliage, is nothing less than startling to an observer who is sensitive to color con- trasts. It is a remarkable red-letter day when one sees this gaudy reminder of what nature can do when she is in the mood to produce striking effects. The scarlet tanager spends little time in plain sight but spends much of his time in tree tops where he gives the observer only exasperatingly brief glimpses of his radiant apparel. His call note from these places is characteristic and emphatic. It is not unlike the robin’s call. There is a lazy, drowsy buzz to this beau- tiful bird’s voice which one can only liken to a giant bumblebee’s; the unobtrusive music speaks of sum- mer’s peace and rest; soft zephyrs blowing over the hemlocks and pines and the tinkling shallows of woodland brooks. way. I‘m-“"”1.n.u.fi-~----d In the early spring, the tanager is busy picking up grubs, ants, ground-beetles and earthworms. But as the season advances, he shows his preference for trees, and for the remainder of his stay, he is found in the woods and orchards. Here his chief occupation is hunting caterpillars. These leafâ€"rolling caterpillars, he carefully extracts from the_ rolled up leaves. He is also very destructive to the gypsy moth and beetles of all kinds. This bird is also known by other names such as black-winged redbird; firebird; Can- ada tanager or scarlet sparrow. MORE ABOUT THE ART OF STORY-TELLING . . . By Callie Israel +++++++++++++ Rambling Around BY ELIZABETH KELSON glxira Extra Mafinees EPLUS WALT DISNEY'S DANUBE iAid For Smoke-rs; Crosby Park. which will be: situated on a four acre lot on; Crosby Road east of NewkirkJ is being levelled at present. i When Newkirk Road extens- ion was built. part of the a- greement with the cantractor was that earth removed from the road allowance would be placed on the park site and lev- ‘elled. However. at the time the road work was being done. the park land was too wet to permit the work to be undertaken. The earth was stockpiled on town property south of Centre St. East and Newkirk Road. and Crosby Park Is Levelled Want to stop smoking? Have you tried many times and failed? Help in breaking the habit will be available in Sep- tember. Members of the medical staff of North York Branson Hospital have announced that starting September 15 a series of meetings wil] be held in Northvlew Heights Collegiate based on the renowned “5 Day Plan" to help smokers give up the habit. The “5 Day Plan" is the product of a collaboration be- tween Dr. J. Wayne McFarland. eminent research scientist and medical practitioner and E. J. Falkenberg, psychologist and social worker. In 1959 a test was conducted with a group of high school students in Mas- sachusetts with outstanding success. Following this success the two men began to teach others their method and tens of thousands of smokers have given up the habit as a result. The North York lectures will begin \at Northview Heights Collegiate September 15 and will continue nightly until September 19. It is hoped that other seminars will be held throughout Metro‘ Current public awareness of the dangers involved in smoking should make these lectures very popular. m R chmofil Richmond Hill, Ontario Phone TU. 4-1212 '\C' Sat., August 10 at 10 am. and 2 pm. Mon., Aug 12 and Wed. Aug. 14, 2 p.m. Thurs., Fri., Mon., Tues., Wed., lst Show 7 pm. Last Complete Show 9.10 pm. Saturday Continuous from 6 pm. Last Complete Show 9 pm. Starting Thurs., Aug. 8 FOR ONE WEEK Please Note IT'S Further development of the park area will have to await this approval. Next step will be to let out tenders for seeding. according to the parks board. The board also Vreports that nine dead trees in the central town park will be removed by the Richmond Hill Tree Ser- vice. Wedding YANGTZE PAGO-DA RESTAURANT AV.5-4303 - 5-3036 AVAILABLE WEEK-ENDS 0R WEEK DAYS Located Just North of Richmond Heights Plaza on Yonge Street. 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