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rig‘LIBERAL, Richmond Hill. Ontario. Thursday. Aug. 31. 1967 Cite liberal An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Subscription Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $5.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa" Conservationists Should Improve Nol Muiiloie “Take. take. take and never give, Is this the way for me to live?” This was the question on the side of a small “mite box” used to col- lect pennies for missionaries and seen on many a grandmother’s dres- sing table a generation ago. It seems to us that this is a ques- tion that could well be asked of themselves by members of the ex- ecutive committee of the Metro Tor- onto and Region Conservation Auth- ority after their action last week in abandoning all principles of conser- vation and agreeing to Metro's turn- ing a beautiful Vaughan Township valley into a garbage dump. Here it was a case of Metro do- ing the “take. take. take“ with the "and Region” doing all the giving. If nothing else, the authority should certainly change its title and become in name as well as in fact, “Metro Toronto Conservation Auth- ority.” It was quite evident that it was Metro Toronto, and its wish to dispose of its garbage in the cheap- est possible way, that was being conserved, while the region most concerned, Vaughan Township. was not even given a civil hearing. The action of MTRCA Chairman Dr. Ross Lord was unbelievably churlish when Vaughan’s legal rep- resentative, James F. McCallum atâ€" tempted to present the township’s case. Gone was the velvet glove and the iron hand of Metro was clearly in evidence when. after having grac- iously permitted Metro’s engineers, solicitor and works commissioner to brainwash the meeting for three hours. he interrupted each pointMr. McCallum attempted to bring for- ward, objecting that they were “le- gal” arguments and within minutes of his first getting on his feet, stat- ed that he could only have five min- utes to speak. After about five such interrup- tiqns in as many minutes Dr. Lord advised Mr. McCallum that he would give him two more minutes. “I am much obliged. I will just sit down and get out of your way”. replied Mr. McCallum with icy politeness. Even more insulting to Vaughan. which had an expensive array of legal and engineering counsel on hand. having been advised that they would be able to make a presentat- ion. was the action of the represent- ative of its sister municipality, James Haggai-t. of Richmond Hill. Not only did Mr. Haggart urge the chairman to cut off Mr. McCalâ€" lum in mid-stream, when Vaughan’s representative on the e““':tive, Francis\Redelmeier, began his elo- quent plea for a retention c.” "‘* principles of conservation. Mr. Hag- gart suddenly found he had to leave the meeting. the first one to do so. Admittedly it was late â€" it was 6.15 before Mr. Redelmeier had a chance to speakâ€"but would anoth- er five minutes have mattered that much. Mr. Haggart? Surely this was the “unkindest cut of all”. For there can be no doubt about it that Vaughan â€"- and future gen- erations who will live in this area â€" are being stabbed in the back as surely as was Brutus. Here is a God-given valley. heav» ily timbered. long the haunt of bird- watchers, naturalists and small boys enjoying the fast-disappearing thrill of roughing it in the bush. If Met- ro has its way. the area will become a wasteland on which nothing but grasses will grow for a generation. Even the promised golf course could not be a possibility for 25 years as no clubhouse could be erected on the filled land for at least that period. Mr. Redelmeier pointed out on the map that the area surrounding the authority's 150 acres, which Metro also proposes to use, includes good farm land. market garden lands and first class homes in the $50 to $100 thousand bracket while the valley land could be put to any conserva- tion use. It seemed to him, and to us. a clear cut case of one municipality wishing to preserve an area for a superior use while another wanted to put it to an inferior use. Even if restored in the very best manner, it would not be as good as it is now. The Authority’s action of “ap- proving in principle” this travesty of the principles for which the body was constituted is even more unbe- lievable in the light of the fact that very close by are several man-made scars on the landscapeâ€"gravel pits â€" which it would be of benefit to hide. The whole thing smacks of bur- eaucratic arrogance. Was the obâ€" viously sincere Vice-President of James F. Maclaren Limited. Herbert Fennerty, who made the hour-long report to the conservation authority executive. really told to make a com- prehensive and impartial report on possible waste disposal plans? Or was he told “I want that Thackeray Site â€"- go and get it for me.” Probably no one wil‘ ever know, but meanwhile Metro citizens are paying the $175,000 for the report, while Vaughan’s equally overburd- ened residents will pay many thous- ands also in defending their mun- u“unity. One Nation Sea To See: The Hon. Alvin Hamilton is the only one of the nine contestants seeking the leadership of the Feder- al Conservative Party who has con- tinually opposed the two nation (deux nations) concept of Canada of which we hear so much today. In his speeches to convention delegates across Canada. including those from Quebec, Mr. Hamilton has vigorous- ly refuted this Balkanizing theory of Canada. which is, in reality, very destructive of our cherished dream of one nation from sea to sea. A former agriculture minister in the Diefenbaker Cabinet. Mr. Hamilton is a native of Saskatchewan. The Canadian people today are being bombarded continually in the daily press and TV about the special status of Quebec and the incessant demands of its provincial govern- ment and the separatists. Our pol- iticians have forgotten complc 'T about the other nine provinces which go to make up Canada and the histâ€" oric traditions and rights and privâ€" ileges of those of us who reside out- side Quebec. Leaders in all parties. Liberal. Conservative and New Democrat in varying degree â€"â€" are all guilty of this headlong rush to gain favor a- mong the French-Canadian populaâ€" tion. Now we have Ontario Premier John Robarts promising to establish a system of French secondary schools across the province. Mr. Robarts’ announcement comes just before an expected fall provincial election but at a time when provincial grants to our established public school system are most inadequate. The same Mr. Robarts has been telling the muni- cipalities he can't increase the pres- ent system of school grants. The chairmen of the two largest public school systems in Ontario have both been critical of the pre- mier‘s plans. Chairman William Ross of Toronto Board of Education. said the “costly” scheme would come at the expense of English-speaking schools which desperately need in- creased provincial grants. In Metro. provincial education grants amount to between 10 and 15 per cent of total costs but the prov-l ince will have to pay 70 to 80 per cent of the cost of the French-lan- guage schools. Ross said. He accused the premier of “pandâ€" ering for French votes" and said the scheme was “purely political." Chairman Barry Lowes of the Meâ€" tro School Board deplored any move that would result in further separaâ€" tion of students into groups based on religious or ethnic lines. “I have always felt we should be moving to- ward closer integration into one school system instead of setting up parallel systems", said Mr. Lowes. IN ADVERTISING. CIRCULATION and NEWS "THE IIBERAL" Home Paper of the District Since 1878 5' I Will!" » a? e’ ._,, g- g _ ‘JAUGHAH TWP. ‘A_. “fill, But We Insist” Nucleus 0f Trouble (Newmarket Era 8: Post) At a recent town council meeting. Councillor Tom Surg- eoner once again brought to light the problem of controlling loitering and the recurring mis- behaviour of a minority section of young people on Main Street. Mr. Surgeoner was right . . . and it is time something tang- ible was done about it. The language . . . which Is audible for blooks sometimes, is from the cesspool, and all of it does not stem from the male members of this “society”. Some of the girls have been running a pretty close race when it comes to a low in lang- uage. It is deplorable that decent citizens and even visitors to this community have to be faced with this type of hooliganism almost seven evenings a week in an area which is less than two blocks long. It appears useless to remind these “smart” young people that should they be arrested by police, the resultant sentence, if they are convicted, will be on record for the rest of their lives and could have an adverse effect on employment applica- tions and many other spheres of their adult life. Each summer. the situation gets worse and the solution more difficult, but as long as there is hair-splitting as to re- sponsibility these hoodlums will take over and disregard the rights of citizens to walk this section without hindrance. Councillor Surgeoner is speaking mainly from the mer- chants’ viewpoint, but town council, police, merchants and residents must think up an ans- wer soon to rid Newmarket of this little ghetto of filth and misbehaviour which has been going on far too long. nor should it be. acre tract stretching a mile and a half along the The Ex is not Expo. Nevertheless the good old CNE has been packing them in since 1878 and it prom- ises to do the same in 1967 while celebrating Can- ada’s first 100 years and its own 89th edition. The home of the CNE is on a beautiful 350 Rambling Around: by Elizabeth Kelson THE CNE MAY BE OLD BUT IT’S WEARING A NEW FACE Whoever said that anything old can’t be good? The Ex is the oldest annual exhibition in the world â€" but with a new makeup. . ,s -s;.. Mr. Editor: published an account of Dr. Charles Magee‘s report to the Industrial and Commercial As- sociation of Vaughan. It is not my wish to detract 'from many worthwhile points raised by Dr. Magee. but I do itake offence that he would re- .sort to the favorite past-time of many â€" name~ca1ling I would think that his remarks are not conducive to harmoni- ous relationships. Dr. Magce. in his capacin must. on many occasions. make presentations to councils. plan- ners and planning boards. Surely. he must be aware that he might receive better co-op- stupid. inept. arrogant. and un- civil. Many members of councils Dr. Magee, professional, suc- cessful people who would like to be given credit for having a little knowledge. Politicians and neither do they think of businessmen, speculators, and developers and consultants as being all white. some. I believe that there are politicians who are intelligent. capable. and honest; and in my short life span, I have had the .pleasure of meeting many. DON WEST, Maple. **** ‘ DEDICATED YOUNG PEOPLE Dear Mr. Editor: We sincerely hope. that our town Centennial Pool is not closed. Having a family membership, we have spent many enjoyable hours during public and family swimming and feel that we are most fortunate in having such George M ayes 0n switch on the de Gaulle * it! urday night’s game with . . . Three To Get Ready Prime Minister Pear W5” ‘ i 5‘??? ‘37. ‘frw‘l “1 ?=%.:‘?-§!"4"%‘\THA,_ . - t w _, ‘ r ' -‘ - ' i‘ , 5 ,. In last week's Liberal. youi eration if he didn‘t call thch and planning boards are. like‘ and planners are not all black‘ Strange as it may snund tol . w ’3 «\3‘. .72., , . v . I ~ ‘ . . .4 i . . 1} 3'5; ‘ Alibi-.6. AD DR. MAGEE AND PLANNERS dedicated young people employ-l ,‘ed at our pool. Parents inter- ‘ested enough to go to the pool with their children. are aware ‘of the excellent job being done by Paul Wilson and his staff. ‘ We understand that Brian Paterson of the Red Cross Water Safety Division is in his early ltwenties. and it doesn't seem right that he should state in his recommendation people his own lage are not competent in operat- ing our Centennial Pool. . if it wasn't for young adults acting as life guards. counsellors etc, we are afraid there would not be any parks. pools or con- servation areas open in the sum- .mer. These jobs require young people that. are interested in children and devoted to their work. Yours truly, ‘ Mr. & Mrs. JOHN CLEPHAN, 429 Osiris Drive, Richmond Hill. t it a: :- WHY IS RED CROSS SO SLOW .‘ TO ACT? In regards to the news item in the August 17 issue of “The Lib- eral". we note that Brian Pater-l son of the Red Cross Waterl Safety Division. made several‘ recommendations to the coron-j er‘s jury regarding inadequate isafety measures at the Rich- mond Hill pool. Why were these recommenda- .tions not made three years ago. .‘when our pool opened? Red; Cross representatives have been ‘coming here for the past three 'years testing children in water safety. surely they have been aware of any lack of local safety precautions. Why must lt take a tragedy to, bring recommendations from those in authority. Yours truly. Mr. 8; Mrs. JOHN ROGERSON. I 433 Osiris Drive, Richmond Hill. Me Flip Side King Constantine’s Toronto visit was sort of a bit â€"-â€" with Greek Canad- ians demonstrating for HIS liberation. wk 1* >I< And, on the de Gaulle subject: After last Sat- the Alouettes, it would be pretty hard to convince the Toronto Argonauts that Montreal really needs any French aid. * i't * 1k k . . . And Folir To Go! son has delayed for 3 Dear Mr. Editor: I55 month the decision to allow Barrie’s Channel 3 to shore of Lake Ontario. The grounds and flower beds are well kept and well worth seeing. (Continued on Page 12) _lady Of The Stars Dedicated to DrfiHelen Hogg. Richmond Hill‘s honored Astronomer knock, No earth bound creature she. Who calls the stars her own, Whose universe embraces space. Serenity and peace shine in her face. The order in the universe she knows, And quiet is her soul with wonder, As God reveals to mortal man, Things kept secret since the world began. The seekers after truth we know shall find. For knowledge is made known to those who Filtering shining rays of light. _ To those of us who only see the night. Elizabeth Jeffrey Richmond Hill move to Toronto . . WBEN’s fall program lin wouldn’t want to miss. lers.” CKVR’s ’rogramming is protest 0 .er the Barrie s Barrie area. And significant proof 12-year-o‘l minds is to all they . . . Two hours of news? And what a location to us: P; lgrave . . . Or: (Continued . maybe he’s waiting to see e-up for something he Meanwhile WBEN - TV is rumored to be planw ning a change of name for its oldest program from “Meet The Millers” to “Say Goodbye To The Mil- One significant indication of the quality of that. in all the letters of tation mOVing to Toronto, we have "et to see any letters of protest from the that TV viewers DO have be seen in the fact that many of he letters of protest are from viewers who expect a Toronto-area Channel 3 will interfere with ,totters have been built- ALL Buf‘alo stations: Two, Four AND Seven! The 13arrie station would have to give up its CBC affi’iation for the Toronto move and. so far, an promise is a daily two hours of news Oh, a horror show, eh? for what they want to do Pall Grave! on Page 12) Leadership Race Senator McCutcheon Aided By Don Martyn One of the men behind the .man at the Senator Wallace Mc- Cutcheon's leadership commit. tee rooms in Toronto these days is a well known figure in York lCounty. His name is Donald Martyn and he's taking time off from .teaching at York University to act as assistant campaign man- lager in Senator McCutcheon‘s bid to become the leader of the lFederal Conservative Party in 1September. DONALD MARTYN Mr. Martyn, who lives at Sulâ€" ton. ran on the federal ticket for the Conservatives in Novem- ber 1965 in the former riding of York North. He was defeated by Liberal John Addison. He also sought his party’s nomination earlier this year for the new provincial riding of York North but was badly deâ€" feated by William Hodgson of King Township. Why is he helping Senator McCutcheon? “He assisted me in my cam- paign in 1965," Mr. Martyn said. "and I'm returning the favor in Mr. McCutcheon's bid to become party leader. “I’ve known him for a num- ber of years and have travelled with him in Quebec and the Maritime‘s." Senator McCutchepn was ap- pointed to the‘Upper House in August of 1962 by former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and served in his cabinet until the fall of the government in 1963. He won the nomination for the new federal riding of York Simcoe at the Tory nomination meeting held June 14 in New- market. He is a former Toronto mil- ‘lionaire industrialist associated with the E. P. Taylor empire. He now owns a farm in Whit- ;church Township. The McCutcheon Committee Rooms are also boasting petite, blonde Felicity Cochrane who is running the women's end of things. Felicity ran and was defeated as the Parkdale Conservative candidate in 1965. CLAREMONT: Official opening of the Claremont Centennial Project, a park. will be held next month. A new refreshment booth. picnic shelter and teeter- *ItIklk BETHESDA: Harvey Clenden- ning. 95, passed away recently at Brierbush Hospital, Stouff- ville. One of a family of seven he was widely known for his horsehoe pitching ability. He was one of the best outdoor lacrosse players in the country and a star football player. I d‘llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIlllIll“IllIIIIlllllllIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllII“IllIllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“’ '““llllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllIIlllllllIllllllllIllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllillIllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII" Tory Organizer Comments On Leadership Convention (The following feature story - on the September leadership convention of the Federal Progressive C o n servative Party was written by Arthur Smoke a prominent local member of the party. A resi- dent of Richmond Hill Mr. Smoke has held many exeâ€" cutive positions with the county Tory organization. At present he is president of the Richmond Hill Men's PC As- sociation and serves on both the York Centre provincial and the North York federal Tory Organizationsâ€"Editor) *irwkrk No matter what your poli- tical persuasion may be. most responsible and thoughtful Canadians will be watching the September GEORGE HEES Leading Contender Conservative L e a d e rship Convention with much inter- est as the successful aspirant will in all likelihood be prime minister one day, like it or not. Much importance can be related to this convention for another reason. Many people have felt for some time that a strong two-party system is much preferred to minority government and splinter parties. Should we someday succeed in having a distinct party of the right and one of the left. the new leader of the Conservative Party will be carrying the banner for a much larger section of the populace than the leader of any of our parties does at the present time. With leadership goes re- sponsibility and the dele- gates to this convention have a mighty big weight on their shoulders - at least it is to be hoped that this is the al- personal charm and sales- manship. There‘s nothing the Conservatives could use more right now than an El- mer Wheeler. that salesmen's salesman. Hees appeals to the male â€" being an alum- nus of the Toronto Argos during the latter's hey-day; he‘s effusive, approachable. and out-going. The ladies are attracted by the good looks and his magnetic personal- ity. Whether he could run the country or not is not a factor his backers will tell you. because the country tor province or municipality for that matter) is being run by the civil service bureauc- racy regardless of who sits on top of the pyramid. O DUFF ROBLIN: Though a latter-day saint (smaIISl is thoroughly bilingual and has successfully led a pro- vince with a B-B culture without the expense of a 8-H commission. Geography is titude they have as they in his favor but the last Man- make their deliberations. itoba premier to try and Let us hope that the 2.400 buck the Liberal dynasty. delegates tiring-makers if you wishl think beyond per~ John Bracken, went the way of that widow‘s twin sons we sonal aggrandizemeni and used to hear about. choose not necessarily the You remember‘ one so“ most ‘deserving’ candidate joined the navy and the bu} the one “'h°~ 3“ thmgs other became vice-president being equal, would make the of the us. _ poor mother be“ Prlme mmis‘” â€"“ be' â€" she never heard from cause he‘ll be only a ballot either of them again But box away from the position. Some frequently and re- cently expressed opinions across the province on the leading candidates may be synoptised as follows: 0 GEORGE HEES: The best vote-catcher the Tories have because of his great Roblin could be a very ac- ceptable candidate. ODAVIE FULTON: Com- mands as much respect in the Tory Party as any man has exer attained in any line of endeavor. He has the education ‘Rhodes Scholar. the Wit and charm which adâ€" mirably fits him for a weighty position. He along with some others, namely Bees and Dalton Camp. has been unfairly criticized for forsaking the incumbent leader of the party. These critics must base all their arguments on ‘what‘s not white is automatically black’. as though they'd never seen a rainbow. Davie may not be the best vote-catcher but if he ever does make the grade we'll have a well-run country. 0 ROBERT STANFIELD: Would be a distant fourth in most people's mind. Just be- cause he can keep you warm in winter with his BVD's in Nova Scotia is not necessar- ily a criterion as to how well he'd fare in the mighty cold Ottawa Valley. The man has been a great success in his own back yard. but because you were a successful mayor in Petcrboro doesn't mean you could automatically cope with problems of Metropoliâ€" tan Toronto. 0 ALVIN HAMILTON: ls sincere and dedicated and helps give the leadership convention some balance in that no one else from his province will be a candidate! Alvin's claim to fame is his salesmanship and if Mitchell Sharp and Robert Winters were delegates they should certainly support Alvie as the latter has contributed much to the success of the two present ministers. Hamilton‘s influence. not unlike that of the other lightweight contenders. will he fell during the third and fourth ballots when the dele- gates get down to some seri- ous politicking. 0 DONALD FLEMING: Is equally as well-educated as Davie Fulton but there the similarity ends as do Fleming’s chances. Al- though held in as high es- teem in his profession (law) as in the party he would be a flop as a votecatcher out- side his middle class royal- ist riding of Eglinton. Can- ada's Thomas Dewey ran be- hind Dief and Fulton in the leadership race in 1956 and few can see him making a comeback now. 0 SENATOR WALLACE McCUTCHEON: Should he be running on a joint ticket with a Dalton Camp would rdmireb’" "“"’ 'hc latter half of the Progressive Con- servative motto of having the “Vision to Create and the Courage to Retain". While Dalton is busy visual- izing the future lmayhc not without some accuracy and common sensel the Senator speaks much good sense in suggesting that individuals' rights should transcend all else â€"â€" providing of course other individuals aren't having their own rights abrogated. Unfortunately for the Squire of Gormley not enough people believe in flood conservative principles so most of his utterances fall on deaf ears. And of course the Senator Is about 30 years late in making his big move. These days a man should engazP himself in politics almosl beâ€" fore he buys his first razor. if he is serious about goin! to the top. 0 MIKE STARR: Is a sell- made man and anyone carryâ€" ing the Tory banner in a labor oriented riding such as Oshawa and for as long as he deserves the highest accolades the party can af- ford him â€"â€" short of the leadership, that is. But Mike by his candidacy now. is get- ting much free and favor- able publicity for the next general election in his own riding. and he is showing his astuteness in so doing. The grand old man of the party, John Diefenbaker. will succumb to Olive's pleadings and step asxde graciously. 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