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'I'IIey Deserve Better Than This I would hope that the teachers would begin right away to teach me to think in an intelligent manner, and by intelligently I mean logically and systematically. This would help me to avoid being betrayed by propaganda that relies for its effect on faculty reasoning or on blatant emotions. Why does anyone want to spend time going to high school? I’ve had students tell me they want an education to be qualified for a better job. I always say to them, what else do you expect of being qualified to make a living? So far, I haven’t received a satisfactory answer. It could be that I’m asking the wrong students for answers. Why don’t they know? I’ll tell~ you what I would expect if I were a student just starting secondary school. If you think I’m all wet, you can reply m this column. It is my opinion that they are caught up in the rush of day to day living that they fail to give serious thought to what may be the most import- ant questions of their life. So alright â€" you high schoolers are among the busiest people in the world. As you go from class to class and join in school activities, do you know why you're doing it and what you have a rightwto expect at school? 2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 28, 1967 Of course. life Hoes not only consist inwarriving at rational solutions to problems. In order to have a. full life, I‘ll need something else. (Continued on Page 14) Rambliiifflraand In wet weather the roads are a sea of mud, in dry weather they are a series of massive potholes, resemb- ling the aftermath of a World War II bombing raid, which toss the vehicles from side to side, sometimes end to end and often into the ditches ~â€"â€"and all this at a moderate rate of speed. When the dreadful condiâ€" tions are drawn to the attention of road authorities. potholes are patch- ed. but the patching material dis- appears at the next rainstorm. if it has not already been thrown out by the wheels of passing vehicles. Two secondary roads in this im- mediate vicinity have been slated for extensive improvement for some time now, although little work in that direction has been carried out. The only evidence that better things are to come sometime is the removal of beautiful mature trees from the roadside. Elgin Mills Sideroad. west from Yonge Street. and Bayview Avenue, north from Elgin Mills Sideroad, de- signed for horse and buggy traffic. are carrying heavy loads of motor vehicles every day and continuing to disintegrate to the point where the only suitable adjective to describe their condition is "shocking". It is understandable when major expenditures are planned for the near future in extensive roadbuilding operations that authorities would hesitate to spend large sums in re- The three major political parties have all nominated candidates. The Liberals have named Donald Deacon. a 47-year-old resident of Unionville Lying as it does on the border of Metro, it is subject to a great many pressures and problems all associ- ated with this huge urban complex to the south. The next four or five years, which is the usual term of office of a government. will be ex- tremely important in the life and development of this fringe area. All of the fringe municipalities borderâ€" ing on Metro are facing trying and challenging times as they attempt to meet the demands of an expand- ing school population, provide such essential services as water. sewers and roads to say nothing- of recrea- tion, social welfare, and the admin- istration of justice. It is obvious we need a strong voice at Queen’s Park. Voters in the new provincial riding of York Centre will be going to the polls on October 17 to elect a man to represent this area in the next sesâ€" sion of the Ontario Legislature. The new riding which was created by re- distribution serves the Southern York County municipalities of Mark- ham and Vaughan Townships. the Towns of Richmond Hill and the Villages of Woodbridge and Mark- ham. It has an estimated popula- tion of 58,607. Candidates And The Issues ‘Au ....uurv-.v.v--v . . ~ ‘7‘-“ 7-, .fl 7,, , , , ,, “ULA" 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” The World Of High School IF I WERE A STUDENT An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 0131): liberal by Elizabeth Kelson One of these ratepayers on Bay- view described the conditions as so bad at times that no emergency Vehicle would be able to reach their property. In fact last spring when she called a taxi to take her to the hospital she had to walk a quarter of a mile to the corner through mud that was up almost to her knees in places. Surely these ratepayers can expect to drive to and from their property without risking their lives and their vehicles, to have their friends visit them in comfort, to enjoy the priv- ilege of delivery service and to be certain that emergency vehicles can reach them when needed, until their roads are brought up to meet the standards demanded by the amount of _traffi_c_they carry. pairing these roads. But we feel that sufficient money should be spent to keep them in a reasonable state of repair and not the bare minimum that the public will toler- ate. This is false economy and serves only to upset the taxpayer. who sees his tax dollar being spent to provide good roads in other areas when he must drive over an obstacle coursa to reach his home. Transition periods always bring difficulties, but these can be minim- ized by good planning and good maintenance work to remove most of the unpleasantness -â€" and this with- out wasting money. At this crucial time in the history of our county every citizen should make it his business to become thorâ€" oughly familiar with the issues and meet the candidates before election day on October 17. These three young men are out meeting the vot- ers every day and welcome an oppor- tunity to discuss the issues with you. If you want to know where your can- didate will be today ’phone his com- mittee rooms. As responsible citizens in a dem- ocracy, it is our duty to acquaint our- selves with each candidate and his platform in order that we may asâ€" sure this riding the best possible representation at Queen’s Park in the years immediately ahead. as their standard bearer. A business- man, Mr. Deacon is a former member of Markham Township Council. The Conservative nominee is Lorne Wells, a 48-year-old resident of Maple. He is a former trustee on the Vaughan Township Public School Board. In private life he is a chart- ered accountant. James Norton. a 32-year-old union organizer with the United Steelworkers of America is the New Democratic choice. Mr. Norton is a resident of Unionville. This election marks the second at- tempt by Mr. Norton to win a seat at the senior level of government. He suffered defeat in the 1965 fed- eral election. All three candidates are family men. That PC Convention â€" A Retrospective Look Last year an attempt was made to start a concert band in Markham Village, with consid- erable progress‘ Dwindling at- tendance during the early sum- mer, however. forced the group to break up temporarily. Starting again for the new season. the band hopes to re- cruit 25 to 35 regular members. They will welcome any instru- ment players male or female. young or old. whether they have been playing for two years or for 20. Start Concert Band In Markham Village Practice and general meetings will be held Thursday nights at the Veterans‘ Hall, 7 Wash- ington Street. Markham, at 8 pm shavp. pm snanp. _ If the object is to For further informatlon racial pride at this late pleaAsAe» contact J. Van Poeckelcan be done better by c. u“, so LU uu Lcsulal ulcxuuclau They will welcome any instru- ment players male or female. young or old. whether they have been playing for two years or for 20. Practice and general meetings will be held Thursday nights at the Veterans‘ Hall, 7 Wash- ington Street, Markham. at 8 pm sharp. For further information please contact J. Van Poecke at 294-1559 or D. Brumby at 294-3724. .1759; the French in the spring The difference was that the‘of hope, helpfulness, thankful- British won in the autumn of‘ness or a deeply felt concern. it a: 1k a: of 1760. Montcalm's second-inâ€"iLASKAY: Unlike the western command. the Chevalier de‘community which climaxed its Levis. defeated Wolfe‘s second- Centennial sewage system PTO- in-command. James Murray. ject by burning its outhouses. after the British came out of the WI has recently added one Quebec for the battle in which to its century-old community positions were reversed. centre as part of its Centen- If the object is to soothe nial project. There has been racial pride at this late date it an outside “facility” for women can be done better by telling but none for men up to now. the whole truth, than by sup-.The WI has spent $1,200 in ren- pressing half of it. .ovation of the building. yum-w “mun-v. 0- van sucuxc can De uuue ueLLer uy wung Dur. none 101' men up to now. at 294-1559 or D. Brumby at the whole truth, than by sup- The WI has spent $1,200 in ran-l The Umted Nat_1°ns reconvened IaSt week Wlth 294-3724. pressing half of it. ‘ovation of the building. 1 (Contlnued on Page 14) a-uummumnuummum\\mumuuunmmmm1mmuumumuunmummmuunuunuuum\uuuuuuu\ummuumuuuuumuumumumun““mmunuummummmnumuuuuuuuuuumuuuuuuIlnunumuuuummumu“\uuuuuuuuumulmumm\uuuumumlullummmum“mummuml\\\lmuumuuuuuummuuumua: The following background story on the September lead~ ership convention of the Federal Tory Party that elected Nova Scotia Premier Robert Stanfield Party leader was written by Arthur Smoke. a prominent local member of the party. He was a keen observer during the four day convention held in Toronto. A resident of Rich- mond Hill, Mr. Smoke has held many executive posi- tions with the county Tory organization. At present he is president of the Richmond Hill Men‘s PC Association and serves on both the York Centre prm’incial and North York Federal Tory Organi- nationâ€"Editor) \1ID In each case one army ap- proached Quebec along the high ground upstream from the Citadel. In each case the commander inside the city de- cided that Quebec‘s walls were too weak to withstand siege and came out to meet the at- itacker. In each case the at- ]tacking army, coming from the west. won the battle. Casual- ‘ties in both battles were nearly {equaL The obvious, but not very convincing answer is that Canâ€" adians of French origin may be sensitive about the result of the fighting on September 13, 1759. An imported British gen- eral, Wolfe, defeated an im- portant French general, Mont- calm. An ostrich-like attitude to- ward history is self-defeating, in just the same way as the same attitude is self-defeating when applied to the current history we call news. What we need is not less of the truth, but more. The 18th-century contest for possession of Canada is a per- feet example of the way our school texts err by saying too little, rather than too much. The Battle of the Plains falls into its right place in the rec- ord if the story places it in bal- ance with the Battle of Ste. Foy, April 28. 1760. The two battles -were fought over the same ground by the same armies. The tactical prob- lems met by the two com- manders were similar. As an independent news- paper in a free country we get used to occasional tangles with people who, for reasons of their own, would like to sup- preSs the news. In the news- suppression league this booklet wins first prize. Why suppress news that is 208 years old? ‘ (Kitchener-Waterloo Record) We see by the news that a federal government-sponsored booklet, which purports to give a review of Canadian history, has omitted mention of the Battle of the Plains of Abra- ham. ' of builtâ€"in baby sitters. I would like to suggest that the municipality. while acting on the permissive legislation of the provincial government with respect to day nurseries. at the same time expand homemaker services which are expected to be coming under the same 80/ 20% sharing formula shortly. There is now a climate of favorable opinion for social utilities such as day care cen- tres, homemaker and nursing services. Our elected represen- Ostrich View of History The same day this editorial appeared, the Globe and Mail reported an interview with Bar- bara Chisholm, executive dir- ector of the Victoria Day Nurs- ery in Metro Toronto. She had just taken part in a study tour of ten Scandinavian and Europ- ean countries. Miss Chisholm said that no country she visited felt it had enough day care services. She said that “the post-war upsurge in industrial development and subsequent rush of families from rural areas to the city has created the present dilemma. Families discovered the wife had to work to meet the higher cost of city living and the traditional fam- ily baby sitters. grandparents, were back on the farm.” Does this not describe the Canadian situation as well? Richmond Hill and district has, in addition, the “rush of fami- lies" from urban as well as rural areas, with the same lack of builtâ€"in baby sitters. I am prompted to comment on the advice of your poetic and practical editorial on day care services (“The Liberal". Sepâ€" tember 14. 1967). When you wrote “Do noble deeds, not dream them all day long." you might have added “ Start day care centres. where some chil- dren do belong." This is the feeling of some of the so-called observers who follow the trends and topics of a political nature. And not so much because of who the Tories picked at the recently concluded con- vention but more as a result of the saturation coverage the parties‘ top personalities received from all major news media. All major candidates pro- jected positive images and even the lightly regarded John MacLean of Brockville proved that he who can If the election to be held in Ontario next month were to be federal and nation- wide. the Conservatives would form the next gov- ernment in Ottawa. I would suggest that another one be held to raise money so that every child in town can play hockey in our new arena. The doubled fee this year means that many youngsters. particularly where “there are more than one in a family of modest means, cannot partici- pate. AURORA: The old Yonge Street Meeting House of the Quakers still continues in use. From May until the end of October each “first day” morn- ing at 11 am the little group of Friends gather in silence. seek- ing God‘s guidance. One or more worshippers may break the silence to share a message of hope, helpfulness, thankful- ness or a deeply felt concern. Is it possible, even at this late date, since negotiations have stalled somewhat that the sale might be postponed until after the December elections? Yours faithfully. N. ROY CLIFTON, I recently attended the man. ster bingo held September 15 and found out that everyone in Richmond Hill likes to play this game. I know there were not just one or two people responsible for the success of this affair, but that hundreds were in- volved. Surely providing healthful recreation for our young people and teaching them to be good sports is a worthwhile cause. How about it? in the proportion which good planning recommends, and which ~â€" once sold â€" cannot possibly be regained. Our suc- cessors may wonder whether the welfare of their children might not perhaps have been worth the mil or two saved. Let them know that some of us today feel the same, and spoke what we could, but were ignored. WANTS MORE BINGO Dear Mr. Editor: But this must not blind us to its short~sightedness in dispos- ing of the only flat grassed part of it for building lots. It is likely too late now. but poster- ity (which will without doubt wonder what we were at) should be advised that some of us saw that this land which sold irre- vocably without any thOught for their needs, could have been used to provide a very charming approach to the treed area. such as is found in some Toronto parks; or it could have been used to provide parking for those visiting the woods; or an area with public tables, which are used quite often around the southern end of the Mill Pond; and it seems to have escaped the council that there is no place in this end of town for boys to play football but on the streets. Any one or a combination of these uses will strike our sucâ€" cessors in this town as very obvious applications for a piece of flat grassy land, which was actually in the town's pos‘ session, and which is rarely to be found in in our subdivisions Let it he said without quali- fication that Richmond Hill Town Council deserves the greatest commendation for its purchase of the Polish Park. at such a good price. SAVE POLISH PARK FOR THE PEOPLE Dear Mr. Editor: The suggestion in the editor- ial of Wing in a day care cen- tre with the need of the hos- pital for staff or the needs of the young people for training, sounds excellent. Yours sincerely. MRS. C. PERCIVAL, 128 Elgin Street. Thornhill. Speak confidently and effec- tively in public merits at- tention â€" if not in the presâ€" ent. the future for sure. Mr. MacLean has reportedly had offers to run in six differ- ent constituencies in the next federal election. Progressive Conservatives as a whole must have con- vinced the skeptics that they are a force to be reckoned with if the many and varied leadership candidates are representative of the party as a whole, and indicative of the quality of nominees in the 265 ridings across the country. Of course they won‘t field that many top- flight candidates for office as the troops are never quite up to the calibre of the MRS. HARRY COX, Apartment 302, 165 Colborne St., Richmond Hill. 105 Wood Lane, Richmond Hill. Initial impéths for the now-in-progress build- ing' was started in 1963 by The Richmond Hill Senior Citizens who appointed a committee to \li\ll\\11\1\11\1\\\\“\\“liii“lil“\lllulmllllllllllll\llllillll111ill\1“11mlllllllillillluliiiifl““\“limmlilllllllllllll“!l|NiIi““\lllllillllllllll“lll E E E E a. |llll“|H“lllll‘llllllulkllll‘l ‘5 \\\\\\l\l\ll\l\lllllllllllll““\“lllllmllll\l\l\llllI1ll1“llllll\llllll|llllllllllllllml“ll\\lllll\llll“lm\\l\lll\ll1111l\ll“l|lllu\\l1\l“llllll“\ll\\lllllllll\lllllll\l\\\l\\l\\l\\l\\lll“l“I““lNllllllllllelRlll », . \ \’\*\\ Mmumumlmlmmnum .1. George Mayes 0n - And Ontario Hydro is promising the possibility of an old-fashioned Christmas this year as a result of summer-long construction strikes. That is, old- fashioned â€" like candles! Ah, those smart politicians! Did you notice the way the party leaders all rushed off to Northern Ontario to complete their northern campaigning before the cold weather sets in? Last week marked the 50th anniversary of our income tax â€" introduced in 1917 as a TEMPOR- ARY wartime measure. This could be another example of Parkinson’s Law â€" with the world’s wars expanding to keep ahead of the taxes. The presence of Company of Young Canadians representatives in Yorkville can be explained by: (a) CYC workers ('3) were recently recalled from Indian reservations because “they couldn’t find any young Indians â€" they had all gone to the city.” With talk of Christmas in the air look for a come-back this year of that old hit “All I Want For Christmas Is My TWO Front Teeth” . . . by Frank Sinatra. (b) According to Toronto Controller Allan Lamport, Yorkville is an old Indian word 'meaning Hippie-hunting grounds. If we were to believe the headlines in the dailies and the pipe-smoking profes- sional correspondents and analysts on TV and radio, we could be excused for thinking there was only one province (or state?) in the country. At times you would hardly have known there was a contest between per- sonalities taking place. The other nine provinces should have demanded equal time! To get a true assessment of the phoney and really non-existant issue of “deux- nations” you had to talk to French-Canadians in the prlvacy of a room where no one was trying to “'00 or particularly impress anyone generals In Richmond Hill Senior Citizens' Home To Be Finished By November Deputy-reeve Floyd Perkins, chairman of the works committee, said that cost to the town of securing the right of way “has been prac- tically nil.” He also said the municipality is hoping to install a storm sewer outlet to Pugsley along the Dufferin extension in conjunction with the sen- ior citizen project. The sforrh sewer is tied in with the rede- velopment of Yonge Street but would be more expensive to install atra later date. 7 “It would likely be a 48~inch storm sewer and we’ll receive grants from’the province up to a 27-inch Vsize pipelf Other bids included Renzetti Construction at $19,695; T & D Contracting Co., at $17,232; and John Bailey at $15,185. Ontario Housing Corporation is deveIIOping the project in co-operation with the federal gov- ernment at no cost to Richmond Hill as regards the actual building except that taxes in excess of $25 per suite will be rebated. The 66-foot roadway is a necessary first step to the installation of the basic services. A 66-foot road is also required by the province for subsidy purposes. TheSG-unit structure â€" located on the Duf- ferin Street East extension at Church Street â€"-â€" has been under the hammer since late 1966. Cost to the town will be confined to the extension of water and sewer services to the property line of the site and the provisions of hydro services. Tenders for the sanitary sewer services Were recelved from four Toronto area firms with council selecting Alcan-Colony at a figure of $15,736.80, 7 Also in the wrap-up stages is the acquisition of land for the extension and establishment of the road allowance on the Dufferin Street East extension to Pugsley Avenue. Four years of seemingly inch-by-inch pro- gress is slated to end November 1 when Rich- mond Hill’s senior citizens’ building will open for occupancy. \ V ._ - \\ W \ Me Flip Side By FRED SIMPSON NEW SENIOR CITIZENS' BUILDING GRADUALLY TAKES SHAPE else. Fear not they would say â€"- and with justifica- tion. And to think that Donald Gordon started it all four years ago when he made the innocent remark that there was not one French-Canadian suitably qualified to become a vice- president of the CNR. Gor- don, like C. D. Howe before him was an innocent ball- oon-pricker and not too re- sponsive to political niceties. If Donald did nothing more he brought a number of self-conscious Habitants out of their shell â€" made them realize that if they wanted something they had to earn it themselves. and as indi- v1duals. And as a result of Continued on Page 14 ll\l\l\\ll|ll|“ilullllllmlll“111mlH“I!lllllll“l111M““lllllllllflllllltlllllllllllllllllulllllllillllllllullllllullmmllI!“llllmlllllllillllllllllllmll4* LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS-Get Results-8844105 study the possibilities. In late 1964 new legislation provided that the federal government would assume 90 percent of the costs and the province the remaining 10 percent. Taking up the working-torch from there on was Councillor William Lazenby and his indusâ€" trial committee which commenced prolonged and often frustrating negotiations with the OHC in March of 1965. A major portion of the delay was due to the staff changeover at the OHC with the original man handling the project resigning from the department. The proposal then lay dormant until a new appointee finally took over. Room rentals are based on an individual’s gross income. Property owners are not eligible. The spokesman said that persons applying for space are usually in the 65-or-older bracket but “we do have cases where a person has run into difficulties in his early fifties. Again, it’s based on a needs factor.” But the break through finally came in Dec- ember of last year when an exhuberant Mr. Laz- enby announced tenders would be opened within a few weeks. This was approximately 14 months after an OHC official had stated tenders would “likely be ready to be called in a month and a half.” Council has already passed a byl-aw rezoning the site to allow apartment dwellings as well as the planned minimum 25 percentrparking, An OHC spokesman ihformed“‘The Liberal” that persons eligible must live within the bound- aries of Richmond Hill. Anyone interested in applying for accommo- dations can do so by contacting the tenant place- ment department of the OHC in Toronto. When an application is received OHC pays a visit to the party concerned to study living con- ditions where they may be over-crowded or in- adequate in some other manner. The’three-storey apartment building will be composed of bachelor and one bedroom units, all fire proof. Applications will be accepted from persons over the age of 50. “Contractor is Minuk Construction and En- gineers Ltd., Toronto. 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