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1195119 J‘ Harm.“ fmm?”[Centennial Exhibition idisplay equipment. WhltChurCh Township councn' Kingcraft will present “5' There will also be a displai lorv assessor and Clerk. “559d first Centennial exhibition early of the, best ceramics and cerami {max December 8 after suite“ in the new year- From Jan-lie sculpture being made at pres "'18 111 health for two yearsi He'uary 18 to January 39 the studiolent by outstanding Ontarir lived 0“ RR 3 Newmarket and will be open to the public everylcrattsmen. This exhibit con was in his 75th year- ' day including Saturday 811d:tains 60 m 70 pieces of stone Mr. Harper was born on Con- Sunday from 2-4 pm and Friday ware, earthenware and name cession 6 Markham Township evenings from 8 to 10 pm. No lain‘ illustrating various tech and attended Ringwood Public visitors will be allowed on the niques such as throwing. coi School and Markham District afternoon of January 25 85 and slab construction- High School. He farmed on the Kingcraft will hold its general Examples showing the variou: A“ A:- .I-..-I_.....-..4 ....4 HM He is survived by his wife, the former Alta French, and two daughters. Mrs. Albert Rid- ley (Gladys) and Mrs. William Proctor (Irene) both of RR 3 Newmarket; two sisters. Mrs. Douglas Booth of Stouffville and Irene in Toronto and eizbt grandchildren. A son. Roy. a brother. Walter. and a sister, Margaret. predeceased him. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. Norman Rowan of Queensville Baptist Church in the chapel of Roadhouse and Rose. Newmarket, December 10 with interment in the Pine Or- chard Cemetery. The exhibit on texture and color is a selection of rugs and co-ordinated drapery and up- holstery fabrics designed and executed by the Ontario hand- weavers and spinners. This exhibition amply demon- strates the resurgence of weav- ing as a major craft on the pro- vincial scene. It shows the place of craftsmanship. the beau- ty of texture and vibrant color in relation to the many machine made objects in our homes to- day. The handweaver can pro- duce a fabric. traditional or modern. ornate or simple. to complement every decor. There are 30 pieces of weaving and Former Assessor Les Harper Dies After six years of trying to have a drainage problem in their area corrected. Alf Hinton. 118 Melrose, and Raymond La- Fond, 65 John, got prompt action at the December 12 meet- ing of King City Village Trus- tees. V Six-Year-Old Drainage Problems‘ Will Get Immediate Attention} King City Delegation After six years of trying to have a drainage problem in their area corrected. Alf Hinton, 118 Melrose, and Raymond' La- Fond. 65 John, got prompt action at the December 12 meet- ing of King City Village Trus- tees. . They were concerned with water which pours through a culvert at the corner of; Melrose and John and over the embank- ment to the creek below and is causing erosion of major pro- portions. it away from the properties? Back filling will have to wait‘ until suitable fill is available. It was estimated about 100 foot of culvert will be necessary for this and it is proposed to re- place the culvent under the road with a 12“ one. ‘ The creek at the foot of this embankment is the same one which crosses Springhill Road and eventually makes its way to the Humber. Mr. Hinton acted as smokes-i Oak Ridges Parents Mr. Hinton acted as spokes-1 man and said that four yearm ago Mr. LaFond had secured; several truckloads of broken‘ concrete which he had placed to slow the water and carry it tn the foot of the embankment which is approximately 30 feet high. On a visit to the. trustees four years ago they were told that money had been allotted and the corner would be rebuilt in the spring. ‘ In the spring a work crew dug a drainage ditch to the em-i bankment, which missed the concrete placed by Mr. LaFond and the result has been the Wearing of a new ditch, he said. Recent rains and a burst water main in the area have caused the erosion to proceed apace and the area affected is now 30 feet wide and approximately four feet deep. wide and approximately four feet deep. Mr. Hinton claimed that tree roots have been undermined up to a foot and a half and sev- eral trees on the embankment will probably not survive the spring thaw. “Through the years I have spent many hours getting rid of the swamp conditions and the cattails on my property and de- veloping a good lawn. With the last flood 1000 feet of my back lawn is now, under a foot of mud‘" Mr. Hinton stated. He described the 10" culvert as being almost half-full of gra- vel. Next spring it will be frozen solid and you can't thaw gravel with a steamer. he claimed. Be- hind the culvert, he described the ditch as three feet deep and a menace to children. Trustees agreed to consult Township Roads Superintend- ent Tom Arlidge- immediately to see‘if remedial work could bestill done this fall. “Immedi- ately” mean-t while the meeting was still in session. Village Sec- retary Jock Thompson contacted the roads superintendent. who promised to see what could be done. Trustees suggested piping the water from the culvert well down the embankment to direct Leading the dissenters on thelE transportation point was Robert Dion. Gallagher Street, Oakf Ridges. “ Mr. Dion asked the board to“ provide two-way bus transpor-lE ‘tation stating it would only; most 34 a day. i ‘ “Two-way bus transportation- lis provided." he said, “forL' 'higher grades and older childfi‘ 'ren who are in a far better pos-lI ition to hitch-hike one way than; fiveâ€"year-old children." ‘ Mr. Pierpoint explained it was the board‘s current policy not to provide. spec- ific bus transportation. to kindergarten children in the township because “of the cost proposition." "We have buses for grades 1 to 8 children," he said, “and it's been the pol- icy to transport kinder- garten children where there is room on the buses.” Mr. Pierpoint said that in; order to transport kindergarten, children in particular buses it‘; would require scheduling them; at different times than the‘ higher grades. "There are some 300 miles of road to cover in the township." he said. "with kindergarten .children scattered all over and '\\'e felt costs were pretty high “Through the years I havei spent many hours getting rid‘ of the swamp conditions and the nail-ails on my property and de- veloping a good lawn. With the last flood 1.000 {oat of my back lawn is now, under a foot of Hindi" Mr. Hinton siated. He described the 10" culvert as being almost half-full of gra- vel. Next spring it will be frozen‘ solid and you can't thaw gravel with a steamer. he claimed. Be- hind the culvert, he described the ditch as three feet deep and a menace to children. Trustees agreed to consult Township Roads Superintend- ent Tom Arlidge immediately 0. R. Lions Plan Annual Christmas Baskets 8. New Year's Eve Dance Community support is asked! by the Oak Ridges Lions Club and other organizations in theI community in the form of dona- tions for the annual distribu- tion of Christmas food baskets to needy families in this area. Last year almost 50 baskets were: filled and delivered and it is. expected that the need will bei as great. if not greater. Your; donations will be most appreâ€"* ciated. Please phone Lion Treas- urer Charlie Conner at 773-5591. for‘further information. The Lions and theHoly Name Society are also planning a New Year‘s Eve Ball in the gymnas- ium of the parish hall on Bond Avenue. Proceeds of this event will bOOst the Oak Ridges and District Arena Fund. The Tune Twisters. a 10cal ban¢ will supply the music and there will be a buffet lunch. KING CITY, LAKE WILCOX Tickets or further information THE LIBERAL, Riehmond Hill. Ontario. Thursday, Dec. 22. 1966 ------' â€"--- wnu uc uynu u. “u. runws day including Saturday andltains 60 m 70 pieces of stone- The King Branch of the can- 1 0“ COH- Sunday from 2-4 pm and Friday ware‘ earthenware and porce-‘CPI‘ society held its December Township evenings from 8 to 10 pm. No lain, illustrating various tech-meeting at the home of Mrs. rd Public visitors will be allowed on the niques such as throwing, coil Leonard Redman with Mrs. .v v. u....,.. ‘ District afternoon of January 25 as and slab construction. Raymond LaFond presiding. ad on the Kingcraft will hold its general Examples showing the various Placemats, favors and fancy meeting. stages of development and the felt stockings were made for his wife, The exhibit on texture and mcihods of construction will patients at the Princess Margarâ€" mL:_ at» 1' “alum Tknen will kn RAH“- Luc cMuuLu Uu Ithl‘blflah n...“ . ......... v. _.__, color is a selection of rugs and accompany this egfib'ig" This‘et Lodge co-ordinated drapery and up- unusual exhibition reflects the ered be holstery fabrics designed and increasing interest and appreciâ€" gOOd use executed by the Ontario hand- ation of fine ceramics today. members weavers and spinners. These trgvelling exhibitions was fQJO They were especially annoyed at the board's failure to provide two-way bus transportation to and from Eversley. The bus takes the children to Eversley but leaves it up to the parents to get the children home. Socially Speaking King City King Township Public School Board Chairman Geoffrey Pierpoint was in the kindergarten “hot seat” last week. ‘ uvwv 0.... - Applying the heat was an angry group of parents unhappy about the transferring of 16 child- ren from the Oak Ridges kindergarten classes to Eversley School about three miles away. are available from Dave Car- ruthers, Eric Findeisen. Henry Natale, John Boyle or Mike Cas- sidy. This gives you an opportun-l ity to have a good time with, your friends and neighbors as; You say goodbye to the old year» and welcome 1967. At the same, time you will be supporting a‘ group of people who are in- tensely interested in providing an arena where the young people of the community can enjoy healthful recreation during the lwinter season. ’ Three new members were welcomed into the local Lions Club at the recent ladies‘ night at the Ridge Inn. They are Gary Smith. Russ Andrus and Art Borrassa. The Lions and their guests enjoyed a pre-dinner hos- pitality hour. dinner and danc- ing. Accordion music was proâ€" lvided by President Eric Findei- isen and Dennis Garbutt. There will also be a display of the best ceramics and ceram- ic sculpture being made at pres- ent by outstanding Ontario These travelling exhibitions are supplied by the Art Insti- tute of Ontario. Kingcrafts will augment these exhibitions with demonstrations of hooking, weaving and ceramics by vari- ous members. Future two weeks exhibitions‘ to be sponsored by the group in- clude nineteenth century Ontar-‘ io needlework and the intimate prospect (Canadian painting 1840-1920) which will be featur- ed in April. In May cities of Canada will be presented. also early Ontario architecture. King United All classes of King City Unit ed Ohurch school participated in the annual Christmas Con- cert held December 9 at the church. Master of ceremonies was Warren McKendry. Also attending were Kenneth Bronston, chairman of the Christian education department and Church School Superin- tendent Glen Ferguson. Miss Susan Young opened the pro-% \gram with a poem of “Wel- lcome". Sandra Feindell and Donald Munroe gave recitations. Several skits were performed and thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. OAK RIDGES "The Liberal" is always pleased to publish items of Interest regarding people and events in the Oak Ridge: - Lake‘ Wilcox and King City districts. Our news corres- pondent in Oak Ridges - Lake Wilcox is Mrs. Lillian Atoheson, Wildwood Avenue. 773-5479, in King City Mrs. Lee Aspden. 833-5679. ' - The play‘was under the dir! ection of Gillian Ball, who per- forms at. the Aurora Drama Workshop. Gillian played the part of the girl while Canon Costigan played the minister. Mrs. William Yeager played Mary' and Robert, Sillcnx por- trayed Joseph. Mrs. A. E. Bam- ford played Elizabeth Noel Winston. Herod and George O’Hara. Jacob, the shepherd. Two other shepherds were William Long and Arnold _ Bamford. the direction of Mrs. Gregory Paul. The church also observed White Gift Sunday with gifts of canned goods. powdered milk. baby food and money. Cancer Society et Lodge. These will be deliv- ered before- Christmas. also good used clothing donated by members of the group.- A lunch was enjoyed by all. All Saints Anglican Adults and children of King City All Saints Anglican pre- sented a nativity play. “L0! The Star" at the church. The three kings were por-' trayed by John Baker..William Ward and William Weis. Others taking part included John Whal- ley, Pat Winston, George Ben- nett, Marilyn Baratt. Diane Halal ris, Diana Sillcox, Cheryl Saun- ders. LilaThirston. Lee Ann Barnard, Pamela Robb, Julie Arnold. Teresa Sherwood. Phil- ippa Harris. Patricia Walker, Janette Robb. Susanne Fidler, Stephanie King. Brian Shaw. Eric White. Gary White. Paul 3' I‘ll“lllll“!l“\\llllllllllllulllllmlllllllllll‘l‘lllllll111m“lllllllllllullllllllm|“\“llllllllflnlnllll1111“I“lllll“lullflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lll1“\lllllllll‘llllllmllllllllll‘lml mumuunuun\mmm ummluuumunnumlmmnnuuumlmumuuuu1mmmmunnnImununumnumummu“mmmuu\l1lmuuuuummmumuuuuuumuuuu 'P Donald Findlay Attacks King City Water Policy Oak Ridges Board of Trade has decided to dissolve due to lack of interest on the part of ‘ business people in the area. The ‘board had been revived earlier in the year. Members decided that funds on hand will be con- verted into shares in the Oak ' Ridges and District Arena Lim- ' ited. "Final Payment ' The final payment on St. ; Paul‘s United Church Manse ‘ has been paid, it was announced ' at the recent annual dinner for : members of the UCW and their guests. President Mr. W. Mit- chell outlined the year’s events, :1-“lulu\lllllllllll\llllllll““llllllumnmllllll“lllllullllmllllll“llllmm“lullmum“ll“llmum““m1lll“llllmll“lllllllllllllflfllllllllllllnl“I“l\lllllllll\“mlllllllllllllllllflllll\llllllllllll\l\\\lllllllllllllll\ll\llllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmuulllllllllll“lllllll“llll\\lll“ll1“llullll\llllllllll\l\lllll\llllullllllllll-F Board of Trade King City Village Trustees were in receipt of two letters from former-Trustee Donald Findlay. local lawyer. at their meeting held December 12. One letter commended the present trustees for their action in giving assurance to the township council of in- tent to raise the money for the village's share of cost of the railway grade separation over a period of three years. “I am only one voice but I would like to express my support of the understanding reached by the present trus. tees relating to future years," Mr. Findlay wrote. The other letter. however. expressed Mr. Findlay's disr tress at the recommendation by trustees to King Town- ship Council that. the acquir- ing of No. 3 Well site should he proceeded with on an ar- bitration basis. Mr. Findlay pointed out that the property owner has By MARY DAWSON Oak Ridge: And take Wilcox Ne w: were Mrs‘ D. Carruthers, H. Larsen. Paul Telgi-n, Marion Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. A. Judge, Mark Hawken, L. Rick- ward. A Christmas cake door prize was donated by Mrs. Lar- sen. ' With only two shopping days Sympathy of the community left before Christmas we hope is.extended to Mrs. Siemon Tol- everyone is ready with the man and family in the death re- goodies baked. the gifts wrap- cently of Mr. Tolman. Well ped up and all chores attended knewn artist and antique dealer to. so that everyone may enjoy in 03k Ridges for many years. the festivities, including mother. Mr. Tolman suffered a heart at- indicated a desire to obtain a very large sum of money for the site. but that he also has indicated that if he ob- tained completion ‘of a sub- division agreement with King Township along stand. ard lines. he .will donate the site in_ question and even make an additional site avail- able for a further well. if .re- quired, We do wish everyori}: a very tack from which he did not re- merry Christmas and a happy cover: He will be greatly missed New Year and add a wish that‘in the community The lawyer forecast that a sum in five figures might be set in arbitration pro- ceedings. He also pointed out that such a settlement might be followed in a year or two by completion of a subdivision agreement with King Township. resulting in the money having been paid. along with heavy law costs of the proceedings and then it would be found it was not necessary to .follow that course. The third paragraph of Mr. Findlay's letter was in¢om- prehensible to this reporter. and apparently to the trus- g everyone has a very happy hol- iday. It is our sincere hope that no tragedies mar this hol- iday time and that all children receive the gifts they are wish- ing for. Sympathy tees. but it seemed to indi- cate that he felt the town- ship would have trouble in expropriation proceedings. Commenting on this letter on behalf of the trustees. Chairman Peter Williams reported the trustees had not seen it before the-meeting and felt that it required more study. However *he had four comments to make. OThe trustees have not recommended to township to go to arbitration unless nego- tiations fail. in fact they are very anxious that negotia- tions will result in a fair price being set for the land. "Only in the event agree- ment cannot be reached on a fair price will the town- ship proceed to arbitration. We made this quite clear and township agreed."*Mr. Wil- liams stated. O“I think it‘s necessary to remind everyone that our water supply suffers from rather serious limitations of various kinds. In order to bringthe system up to stand- ard. large expenditures. reaching hundreds of thous- ands of dollars, will be neces- sary." he continued. “We be~ lieve it would be completely irresponsible to agree to sup- ply an area outside the vil- lage without having some idea of where the money is coming from to fix the water system. So far nobody has been able to come up with the answer to how we can avoid a huge burden of debt on the people now within the vil- lage. O“It should be very clearly realized that the policy the trustees have adopted doesn‘t in any way say this village cannot supply water outside the village limits. If we can find a way to solve our prob- lems, according to Proctor and Redfern. we can supply a community with a population around 7,000 people from the present aquifer," Mr. Wil- liams stated emphatically. FIRE CALLS For Ambulance call above numbers TOWNSHIP OF KING Effective January lat. 1967 Call these numbers for fire or if Long Distance Dial 0 and ask for Zenith-60800 Residents of 833-5213 O‘There are other people who for years have been hold- ing land adjacent to the vil- lage for subdivision purposes and it's pretty obvious if it were decided to develop in one particular area there could be some problems." the chairman noted. “Our view is that it would be better if development could be planned and the whole village prop- erly planned. Future development should be placed in areas which for planning reasons seem to be the choice ones. The practi- cal way of approaching de- velopment is in view of the financial problems inherent in the development of our water supply. It‘s feasible. if proper planning is used. that enough water could be pro- vided if cost of expanding and improving the water sup- ply could be found without causing long - range debt problems," Mr. Williams con- cluded.