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Free Textbooks In High Schools Such legislation couldn‘t be enacted before next year. In the meantime Township Reeve Robert Speck sug- gestfx holding up developers’ plans as a stop-gap 'méasure price for school sites School boards are Alarmed by the rising cost of school sites, municipal legislators in that township have decided to seek provincial legislation making such contributions mandatory after the township’s board of education re- ported to council it is faced with the prospect of buying school sites at $20,000 an acre. The legislation will be similar to that which now requires developers to donate five per cent of land for parks or the equivalent in cash. Township Council that developers should be required to donate school sites or make a cash payment in lieu of them has much merit and will bea}: close study by all concerned. Planning Bd. And Annexation An American magazine pointed out recently that producers of bottled foods and detergents have been forced to use different-sized tops on large and small bottles. When the tops were the same size, people switched the price-marked caps to get the larger size at a lower price. Many items â€" such as ball-point pens â€" must often be sold from displays with locking devices. When they aren’t many are stolen. Nor is shoplifting confined to the young or the poor. offenders are of all ages and come from all levels of society. Many do it for “kicks” get- ting a vicarious thrill out of putting something over on somebody. Some months ago Police Chief R. P. Robbins estimated that loss from shoplifting in Richmond Hill could amount to $30,000 a year. This is rather shocking information to the average shopper in the town, who has to pay for the unprlncipled be- haviour of a. few people. Merchants cannot absorb such a loss and stay in business and so in the end all customers have to pay for the dis- honest few because the losses are absorbed in the cost of the goods we all buy. Should Provide School Sites During the Christmas vacation period delegates at the Ontario Se- condary School Teachers’ Federation expressed concern that the plan may limit the use of texts in schools and that school boards might select them on the basis of price rather than quality. The federation contends the new textbook grant could lend to restrict the number of texts since once a book was approved for a course it would have a virtual mo- nopoly and other publishers would not try to compete with it. Spokesmen fo'r the federation said "We’re in favour of relief to the parent as long as it is not at the Recent announcement by the On- tario Government that free text- books would be issued -to grade 9 and 10 students in 1964, and to higher grades by 1966, was greeted with approval by parents who find the cost of textbooks for their children a decided burden. against such a move Roneni “Mn- ments by both Mayor Thomas Broad- hurst and Reeve James Haggart have emphasized the need for the town to consider expanding its pre- sent boundaries. Mayor Broadhurst has suggested that planning board try and l‘eCOulmy... . . ther or noi. the town “should expand or not, and if so in what direction", while Reeve Haggart has called for a “crash program” based on annex- ation. Mayor Broadhurst and Reeve Haggart, together with former c0- uncillor John MacDiarmid. are the new members serving on the planning board for the coming year. Although the planning board is going to be made a focal poInt of any future annexation scheme, the final decision will have to be made It would now appear that the town planning board is going to be made the key to any future plan for annexation in Richmond Hill. The board is very quickly being put in the position where it is going to ""' ‘o revommend either for or Supermarkets also suffer loss from Subscription Rate $3.50 per 'HE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario. Thursday, Jan. 23rd. 1964 yocenfi proposal by Toronto "Authorized as second class An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 4327â€"4“ Ln on Rate $3.50 per year; to United States $4.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Editor and Publisher W. S. COOK, Managing Editor II’s Expensive until 'a fixed is reached. often bitterly 013132 liberal mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa." criticized for spending large sums for sites for school buildings -â€"- but they are forced to provide accommo- dation for the children who live in the homes built on the land which has been developed by subdividers. Such buildings must be erected in a reasonably central location where they are accessible to the children in the subdivision â€" and if the only land available has a market price of $20,000 they must pay it. Since the subdivider’s development creates the need for schools then it is only reasonable that he should contribute substantially to the cost of providing accommodation for school children. As council are loath to part with any portion of lot se- verance fees to help with provision of educational facilities, the only way in which the burden on the taxpayers for school construction can be lessen~ ed is for an assessment to be made against the developer who creates the need. This information will no doubt be very familiar to a few people in this area, but will be amazing to the great majority who shop in Rich- mond Hill. If only a few offenders realize that they, as well as the rest of us, must make up for store losses, perhaps local losses may be cut to a minimum and all local shoppers will benefit The magazine also reported that people steal premiums from cans, boxes and packages on grocery shel- ves, leaving behind a torn wrapper and an item that can’t be sold. Lip- sticks and other small items have to be fastened to oversized cards to make it harder to slip them into a pocket or handbag without paying for them. a year to repair damages caused by careless people who casually tramp out cigarettes on carpets, leave them burning on formica countertops in washrooms, and throw waste mate- rial into toilet bowls, causing them to overflow. Theatres, hotels and other public places pay out thousands of dollars carts that people simply push off and never return, or have to pay extra help to scour the neighbour- hood to retrieve from driveways, roadsides and ditches. Toronto Trustee William Ross is trying to rally Ontario school boards to fight any move by the teachers to curb the government’s free text- book plan. He claims that in Toronto teachers have had virtually a free hand in selecting texts and as many as eight different editions of some works in English courses have been specified in recent years. This has meant that it has been economically impossible for retailers to stock these texts and delays have occurred in students securing the prescribed edition of certain literary works included in their courses. This paper has repeatedly advo- cated that textbooks be provided for students and feels although the teachers’ objections have m‘ierit pro- per safeguards in graht regulations can obviate any of the dangers they have mentioned. expense of the quality of the teach- ing the student gets.” No council has yet been able to devise a painless, inexpensive annex- ation scheme. With the results of past experience still fresh in their memories, many Richmond Hill re- sidents would have to be presented with some very convincing facts and figures before they would be willing to accept a similar plan again. UL wcen in the buflding of the ne“r Langstaff Secondary Schooland the addifion to the Bayvie“' Secondary SchooL Richmond Hill Was the centre of a wi‘de~open annexation policy in the "WW: which at one time made us the fastest growing town in Canada. However this so called “progress” and “growth” also brought with it higher taxes, the need for more schools and a soaring debenture debt. The effect of this expansion can still by members of council who are the people’s elected representatives. A planning board can recommend a certain course of action but the full responsibility for either adopting or rejecting that policy lies with council. granddaughter, Jana. Lee Gardner, borfi December 29, 1963. “This morning Hal dedicated to us. We motor- ed up magnificent Cedar Canyon. It seemed to me that in every direction the valleys and mountains beckoned us on, just a little further, just a few more miles. This is really quite an experience for an easterner. Every so often the car stopped and we Would spend some time looking out over the shining mountains and endless valleys. They stretched for miles and miles before your very eyes. The brick red of some of the mountains stand out in startling contrast to the greyness of the others. This beautiful canyon road leads to Cedar Breaks National Monument located on Cedar Moun- tain at 10,000 feet. Cedar Breaks is an enormous painted cliff hardly equalled for variety of color. The first Sunday in March will be set aside once more for this humanitarian cause. This is a fine chance for family fun and help the March of Dimes too. Keeping a journal of a trip is fun and so I will share some of my fun with you from time to time. This item is from it. At first, all bowling alleys in Ontario used to set aside a day a year and give the proceeds of the bowling to the March of Dimes, but now A.B.C. is the only alley that has continued to do so. The Prices have kept this date with the March of Dimes for the last ten years and faithfully gave the pro- ceeds to it from one day of bowling. Pauline Price also bakes cakes and raffles them off and the money collected is, added to the fund. The Prices have always been interested in help- ing polio victims. It wrings their hearts to See children anywhere crippled by this dreadful disease. When they lived in Toronto, they saw many children afflicted in this manner. They appreciate the fact that their own children are well and happy and feel it their privilege to,help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Mrs. Price 'enjoys her life so much that she can hardly bear to miss a day away from the Bowling Alley and she thinks that Richmond Hill] is the finest town in Ontario. “It makes me happy to see someone else happy and enjoying themselves. Frank and I love the fa- milies that come here. It is just like a real com- munity." Pauline Price is enthusiastic about bowling business and declares that it is a game to make peoplg happy and it makes her happy top. Pauline says that she works iii the bowling alley right along with her husband seven days a week. “We do everything together,” she said. The Prices have three sons, all married. Frank and Robert live in Willowdale and Ronald lives in Rich- mond Hill. They also have an adopted daughter, Kathy, who is married and lives in Richmond Hill. Bowling Is A Happy Business At A.B.C. With Frank And Pauline Price Many people are familiar with the A.B.C. Bowl- ing Alley in Richmond Hill and many probably have the pleasure of knowing lovable Pauline Price and her husband Frank. Although the A.B.C. Bowl- ing Alley has been operating since 1953, the Prices moved to Richmond Hill in 1956; Pauline says that she works i the bowling alley right along with her husband seven days a A "FAMILY COMPACT"? Dear Mr. Editor: Mayor Broadhurst thinks that the planning board is the place to start for a guide as to where the town is going: “The board should recommend to us wheth- er the town should do this or that. should expand or not. and arising, or perhaps it was mere- if so in what direction." ly a choice of the devil they ‘ There were three nominationslknew over the devil they didn't. vsome extent with the Metro- politan plan â€"- he was rejected;1 the other had one year's ex-l perience on planning board. and on council at the same time as the current mayor and reeve â€" he was appointed. One may be excused for wondering whether a “Family Compact" isl Q Yesterday‘s news is not necessarily c Well. it looks like Metro’s police dep: has decided to make-do with the men it has increase its revenue by doubling the cost paltry 826,000 parking tickets they are issue. * * * * * * And Metro Chairman William Allen is 1 to have opened the first 1964 Metro Council with a “blistering attack” on those whn There were three nominations' knew b‘ééi'ihé‘ae‘v'ii theli‘did‘nv'tfl. for two open places on the I trust that the services and planning board this year. Mr. knowledge of the loser will not Sayers did a fine job last year be neglected in the planning and was returned. Of the other of this community. two, one was an architectural Yours very lrul.V. draftsman. highly commended D. F. C. Fayie‘ by the planning department of 17 Elizabeth St. N., North York. and familiar to! Richmond Hill. Well . . . the writer of this column has kept her promise to you. She has concentrated on things pertaining to the community in the hope that some of the great offices in the community will be better appreciated. In 1963, this column had an article from your mayor, Mr. William Neal on municipal government; town planning by Planning Director Ron Forrest of Markham Township. Mr. Harold Sanderson gave you insight into the workings of the Richmond Hill Public School Board and you have been informed about the varied duties of your community recreational director, Mrs. Jean Thom- son. Last November and December there was a series of articles on your various volunteer organizations. The surface of this vast field of municipal activities has hardly been scratched and I hope to be able to give you some more interesting stories obtained from your community’s public servants. Public spi- rited people are worthy of this recognition and the community should be kept aware of the great things that are being done for them. At the same time, the public should be aware of what the community should expect from the holders of these offices. Rambling Around T0 JANA LEE Dear little child when I saw you there Lying in your crystal crib... I thought This day a holy miracle was wrought In the form of you. I watched your hair Curling darkly on your brow... your eyes Were limpid pools... your skin like down. Your tiny face expressed a 'mild surprise At first . . . and then you made a. little frown Was it a memory you left so far behind A lingering dream of some enchanted place? Dear... never mind! This World too is kind So wear a smile upon your darling face! Let’s Keep Thinking About Our Communities The following verge I d~edic_ate t9 my gear little Several iterfis -déal MI. [I grant] by Elizabeth Kelson Even the horse-drawn vehlc- les of those days found the roads impassable. Percy and Lloyd Hill, of David Hill Com- pany. in making their Victoria Square trip on the fourth day after the storm got snow-bound near Headford and had to walk home the following day. The bakery wagon had a similar ex- perience at Patterson Tuesday night The MetrOpolitan Railway used a rotary snow plow to clear its tracks, but residents along Yonge Street were not very happy about the "new- fangled" snow clearer. They had good reason to complain, for it is recorded that windows were broken by the blown snow in four properties. owned by Messrs. Glover, Hill. Hopper and Hume. Church services had been cancelled and schools were poorly attended. Owing to the storm the annual high school concert was postponed. Rural areas were without mail service for five days and sleighs came to Richmond Hill to pick up mail to Aurora and Newmarket on Saturday. After four days the mail bags for these places were shipped to Richmond Hill, but the Metropolitan cars Were‘ not able to go any farther north“ After another four days thei tracks were cleared as far as‘ Newmarket. i “A real old-fashioned Canadian winter" hit this area at the beginning of February 1908. playing havoc with trans- portation and services. The storm struck on Tuesday. "Liberal" rural correspond- experiences of a group of young ents recorded that roads had people from Victoria Square who been rendered impassable and became storm-bound at a party. sleighs and cutters had been The reports leave the reader forced to take to the fields in with the impression that the many Cases. writer was hpinp hmofinna 91mm Flashback Current Question â€"â€" They’re making -these computers more human every day! The Departme tional Revenue has been testing a new brain which would be able to check our t â€"- except that it finds our present tax for: too complicated. BAKER ELECTRONIC SERVICE Why did the Ontario Government ris ‘unpopuâ€" iarity by raising the liquor :taxes when it could have â€"â€" at the present time â€" been hai'ed as an indirect benefactor by raising tobacco ta 3? Toronto has reached its golden age, according to a York University professor. Fifty years from now, he told a recent Board of Trade meeting, when the new subway and city hall are finished, Toronto will be past its best... Well, we don’t like to ques~ tion the professor, but is he talking about the SAME swbway and city hall? The “New Canadian Army Show” being pro- duced by Jack Arthur'should fall into the amusin, ‘â€"~but-â€"â€"confusin’ category. It is designed to stimu- late military recruiting â€" at a time the Department of National Defence is planning extensive cutbacks in military strength. It will be seen locally at the Royal Alexandra and, the story says, the show will be free... Unless you’re a taxpayer. The O.P.P. have finally taken out a warrant for the operator of the great Piggyl‘and swindle â€" two years after it collapsed. Piggyland, the news story recalls for us, was started as a project for armchair farmers... and apparently finished as a project for armchair police. mews neaamg on the prime minister’s visit to our “second motherland": Pearson tells De Gaulle Canada wants stronger French ties... Yes, espe- cially IN Canada! I A “Smokers Anonymous" club in Hamilton reports the case of one man who managed to break the habit by sitting in churches for hours on end because he knew he couldn’t smoke inside... Just like riding into Toronto on the T.T.C. â€"- except for the diesel fumes. In the women’s news: Plunging necklines are back and â€"â€" as a result of the cigarette report â€" it is now fashionably acceptable to smoke a pipe in public. The combination, as any pipe smoker knows, should be good for a lot of action when their pipes start popping hot sparks. The United States is urging Canada to join the Federation of American States. Canada’s presence in the organization. they say. would have helped in the Panama crisis. . . Well, there certainly would not have been any trouble over the raising of OUR flag! ‘ And Metro Chairman William Allen is reported to have opened the first 1964 Metro Council session with a “blistering attack” on those who favour scrapping the Metro system of government. . . and the chairman’s $28,000 job. Items gleaned from files of “The Liberal”. the home paper of this district since 1878. In Year: Gone By News heading on the BY GEORGE MAYES . Yesterday‘s news is not necessarily dead 'l' R 0 II B I. E ? CALL BA. I - 0485 AN R.E.T.A. MEMBER with the 'zoughb . . . The programme of Richmond Hill skating rink called for senior hockey on Monday and Wednesday. with the ladies participating for an hour. and gents for two hours. Junior hockey occupied the rink for an hour on Thursday and skaters Thursday and Saturday evenv ings. Curlers had the use of the‘ ice Tuesday afternoon and ev-‘ ening and at'any time when 11‘ was not otherwise engaged. |‘ Skating Programme The next week's issue recordâ€" ed the illness of Herb Boynton from “too much colonization exposure" and in a list of sug~ gested officers for the party his name is found as medical health officer. Other names mentioned are R. Perkins. W. Bruce. A. Nichols, L. Perkins and C. Brumwell. Stouffville's inns were crowd- ed, but the group had encugh "Nichols" to secure accommoda- tion. Saturday morning they struggled home, the girls seated comfortably in the sleigh warm- ed by heated bricks, the boys tramping through the heavy snow. ‘ Party." the correspondent noted it included cooks. butchers, glovers. miners. mininers; (arm- ers, two teachers and enough children for a graded school. with the impression that the writer was being facetious about the whole thing â€" and that there must be another story he- hind what is recorded. Calling the group the “Victo- ria Square Annual Colonization Metrg’s police department testing a new electronic 2 to check our tax returns present tax forms entirely ;e computers more and TherDepartment of Na- . . . and of the able to Plus A fiffififififlfié m1 HAPPENS mm mm RICHMOND HILL, ONT Phone TU. 4-1212 LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS-Get Results-TUA-IIDS SATURDAY and SUNDAY Cont}nuvoi{§?rnn1 6 MONDAY TO FRIDAY 151 Show at 7 pm. MATINEEHSATUARDAYS & Holidays at 2 9.1 Keeping Up With The You Know What! . Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Jan. 26-27-28-29 WUUNE-BARBARAEflfN-SIEVEfflRRESI The car that he owns he thought was a honey: The service returned him was tops for his mon The mileage is small and the paint is still shi The tires aren't worn and the motor’s not whi But alas. his old faithful has changed over mi; The friend of his travels is under a blight; It’s dated, decrepit, scarce able to toddle. A neighbour drove up in a sixty-four model! Robert D. Little See Canar With y Scrunpiay by R00 SERUNG - Band on the MMI 'Ewl Com. Evil Go'byWFlfl' h, -,.. :0 am PWr Roam L 1.5mm .Pmm p, mum DEXTER - A ClmmaScopI awaUZZ Kuun~ammmm-nmw2om “ ' GIN-wens COLOR by D! LUKE harm by. \- WM HAHN-13mmminmmmomsmm Did you In the bush countryof Kenya“The Lion" stands forthe Male of Males...taking what he wants. This isthe story oftwu such men...each fightw ingforthe same woman...eachtryingto claim her childâ€"who called them both father! Mon. Tues. Wed. Last complete Show The above times Thurs. Fri. Sat. January 23-24-25 Recommended as Adult Entertainment Recommended as Adult Entertainment Enjoy Sunday Movies This Sunday and every Sunday PLEASE NOTE I"... effective unless otherwise advertised thought was a honey: was tops for his money; the paint is still shiny, l the motor’s not whiny; .has changgdA over night, mm: mm TEETHUGMAN 30 p.m