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3 I had seen similar engravings as a small child in our home 'back in 1934-35, when my gather edited. reported, solicit- ed, and printed his own four page journal, “The New Deal". There was one drawer in lather’s large desk that housed dozen or more of these etch- ngs. There were console radios, IMJmoliticians and appliances all‘“‘faithfully reproduced in iminiature with the text under- jneath in reverse. At the time of these writings. Toronto was fielebrating at "Centennial" of it’s own but not the prosperous Zone Canada enjoys io-day. The following "reflections" Jtarted to form a little over a ‘Iweek‘eago. when I popped into lhuth Calverley's most interest- jlng studio in Richmond Hill End espied an old photo-engrav- ing. If you have ever had the opportunity of seeing anything of this nature. you will already flow that everything is etched on leopper in reverse. Like TAlice" I felt the curiosity in e take hold. and with the aid 1? 3 looking glass. I was able 1m decipher the text under the etching. g‘l‘hrgugh the Looking Glass , People were hungry, jobs were at a premium and 'on the “whole people were generally disgruntled. They were de- ‘manding a "New Deal” which jmust have been the source of tath'ér’s title for his paper. The Liberals were on the upsweep :and'Mitch Hepburn was a name .I heard quite often. I have only :two copies of the scores that must have been printed. and 'when I scan the yellow pages, 7seelng names that are now part ,of our history, I am transported jto my own small "wonderland". In January 1935, Sir William Mulock celebrated his Slst birthday. the Prince of Wales, the now Duke of Windsor. was thinking of selling his ranch in Alberta. Labor Minister :Last week another plastic- alareparty was held â€" and gain the attendance was small. owever, an enjoyable evening as spent ending with several 'nds of euchre. High scorer has Charlotte Brockton and low «carer was Mary Lahey. Mrs. man Peters won a “Krispâ€"it" donated by the demonstrator, 3nd Mrs. Lil Atcheson won the ancy towel set, donated by Mrs. . .eters. *7 The committee is searching 1391- the reason functions at the ~h_all are so poorly attended. This niall is being purchased so that ’giake Wilcox residents will have ;,a community centre, a place of gen own for bingos. euchres, ‘zaars, etc. and where youth :fgroups can be accommodated. ‘Committee members have tried lust about everything to arouse terest. but every event brings :put only the same small group wpf devoted people. mas parties, so please let your correspondent know when so I may let the rest of the people know what is going on in the community. We are glad to see Mrs. Don- na Clyde out of hospital and getting around again. Mrs. Clyde was in a car accident just about a year ago and was in a coma for several months. The Clydes have a lovely young. daughter born since Mrs} Clyde‘s accident and are now: living on Moray Avenue near Mr. Clyde’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Clyde. Mrs. Clyde Senior has cared for baby Dawn since her birth. It is a happy occasion to see this family re-united. Donna still returns to hospital twice a week for therapy and is making a slow but constant recovery. ADDITIONAL KING NEWS l“. nnng- a Au Revoir Dinner ‘ About 70 friends of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Comfort gathered at Our Lady of the Annunciation Separate School November 25 to say farewell to them. Mr. land Mrs. Comfort have been proprietors and operators of the wheel's! store at the corner of North Road and Bayview N$Yel'me, Lake Wilcox for sever- g; years and because of Mr.: omfort’s ill health have had to 3 out. They are now residing - .‘Richmond Hill. _I;.jAfter a delicious chicken sup- prepared by Mrs. Simone‘ . r. gravest and Mrs. Hazel Ryan find other ladies, the Comforts mere presented with a glass vase thd a purse of money from their :jnany friends. Accompanying :the gift were best wishes for Tawny years of good health and continuation of friendships v ere. {fake Wilcox Recreation :,_.Members of the Lake Wilcox fiecreation Committee held a fibristmas Bazaar and tea re- gently. Attendance was very disappointing after the number Chi hours of preparation put in fly the ladies. 1’: The committee now has choc- late bars for sale. proceeds for _ e building fund. They will 3: on sale at the hall during e holiday season. .x. h Become a rreal citizen of the community and join your neigh- bors at events in the Lake Wil- cox Recreation Hall. Wildwood :Av’enue. opposite the Lake Wil- mx Public School. mother and Son Banquet t» A )ather unique evening was Rent by Oak Ridges Cubs and eirmmthers recently when the‘ fiackT' entertained with a series iii skits and games. One skit involved Constable David King Q‘f the Oak Ridges OPP Detach- finentand proved very informa- five. Bicycle safety was ex~ hilained by the constable and an imaginary ride was taken to Molland Landing and back, with *Qfl‘ie whys and wherefores of ‘Qhand signals. courtesy of the 19331. etc. being explained. Oak Ridges and lake Wilcox News I 'Games for the mothers were led by Fred Lynn, who also KING CITY, OAK RIDGES lAKE WILCOX "The Liberal" is always pleased to publish i interest regarding people and events in the Oak 2 Lake Wilcox and King City districts. Our news pondent in Oak Ridges - Lake Wilcox is Mrs. Atelieson, Wildwood Avenue. 773-5479.- in Ki‘ THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 7, 1967 Socially Speaking King” City Arthur Roebuck was fighting for a 44 hour work week, and Lord Baden-Powell was con- templating a Visit to Canada the following spring. I could reflect endlessly. but I realize that reflections, like beauty. are in the eyes of the beholder. The Aurora Highlands Golf Club was the scene of the an- nual YCHA (Newmarket) Ball, on the evening of November 24. Prior to the dancing, the guests were served a delicious but roast beef dinner and after were entertained at poolside by‘ a display of synchronized swim- ming. From the King area, Dr. and Mrs. Jim McPhee, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Paul. and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ferguson. In the same party were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jones of Nobleton and Mr. and Mrs. John Masters of Etoâ€" bicoke. Lieutenant - Governor Earl Rowe and Mrs. Rowe, Gormley. Senator Wallace Mc- Cutcheon and Mrs. McCutch- eon. and Newmarket Mayor An- drew Doak were also in attend- ance. Graduation at King Secondary Hospital Auxiliary Ball I attended the sixth gradua- tion exercises at the King City Secondary School on the even-‘ ing of November 24, not as a} reporter but just another par-‘ ent. As you watched the young people as they walked to the stage to receive their various honors, scholarships, and dip- tomas, one could not help but notice that marvellous vitality that seems to be bestowed on the young, yet in their youthful appearance there was an un- mistakable look of growing maturity. Whether your role is is in the capacity of parent or teacher, you should feel proud for a job well done, the en- couragement and understanding must have been there over the years, it was evident that night. To the students, whether your President Mrs. Isobel Plews, ladies’ auxiliary, introduced Mrs. Shirley Fifield, auxilary area representatives for York Sum- mit, who explained the necessity of the organization. spoke on Scouting and stressed the assistance an auxiliary could give. Three boys were invested during the evening: Eddie John- son. Steve Sayers and Wally Grohman. Mrs. Plews thanked the ladies for attending and also for their recent help in a roving bake sale that proved very successful. About People Birthday wishes are extended to Carol Orton, 1'7, November 28, Paula Kenedy for November 30, Charlotte Brockton Decem- ber 1, Dot Wayne December 4, Brian Connithome December 5. Marie Bachlowa December 6, Christine Hunter December 1, [Duncan Ramage 3) December 5. Anniversary, best wishes are sent to Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Post. A speedy recovery is wished for those still in hospital, with congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. David Draper, Wilcox Road. on the birth of a baby girl recently. Santa Claus is on his way and will visit the Lake Wilcox Rec- reation Hall. December 16, with a gift for the children. Many organizations will have Christ- mas parties, so please let your correspondent know when so I {may let the rest of the people know what is going on in the community. ADDITIONAL KING NEWS ON PAGE 8 TB CHRISTMAS SEALS CHRISTMAS SEALS FIGHT TB the number one infectious disease buy plans include a continuance of your education, or if some of you are facing the working world. I can only wish you all the best in life and success in whatever you pursue. CGIT A candlelight service will be held in the United Church on the evening of December 10 at 7.30 and a most interesting program In the Christmas vein will be presented by the CGIT. The idea behind this presenta- tion originated with the girls in the CGIT in Western Can- ada. and it should prove to be a thought-provoking evening. How does moder‘n youth take this business of Christmas? . . commercially, spiritually? How do they celebrate, and what do they have to say? In addition to the traditional Christmas carols, two delightful renditions of Harry Belafonte’s “West Indian Baby Boy" and Borning Day" will be perform- ed by the girls. Under the dir- ection of Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Bar- rie, Mrs. Stonehouse and Mrs. Henderson. these girls have worked very hard over the past weeks to bring you something you will be sure to enjoy during this festive season. Reminders Need a Christmas Tree . . . The group committee of the Cubs and Scouts in the King area have some dandies for sale at -the town park this Fri- day and Saturday. The All Saints Anglican Church Play- ers’ presentation of “Coventry Nativity Play” will be perform- “The Liberal" is always pleased to publish items of interest regarding people and events in the Oak Ridges - Lake Wilcox and King City districts. Our neWs corres- pondent in Oak Ridges - Lake Wilcox is Mrs. Lillian Awheson, Wildwood Avenue, 773-5479,- in King City Mrs. Theo Dawson, 773-5448. Nine Years On Council Lesson In Frustration After all council candi- dates had been heard at the November 24 Whit- church Township nomina- tion meeting at Vandorf. retiring Reeve Ross Far- quharson was invited to speak. Taking point by point all the issues raised by the candidates, he at- tacked them in a bitter and sarcastic speech. All council meetings were open to the public, he said, but few attended them, although on occas- ion because of time spent hearing ratepayers, council had been forced to begin its regular business after 11 pm and continued long after midnight. He stated that it would be detrimental to have a solicitor at all council meet- ings as suggested by one candidate, and reminded those present “You would have to pay for it." He stated, however, that a new township solicitor had been engaged nine days prevâ€" iously, in the person of Ian Rogers of Toronto. Similarly, he pointed out that if an engineer were hired he would need an office, which would have to be built and would also require a secretary. This would add at least one and a half to two mills to the tax bill, be suggested. He agreed with the sug~ gestion made by candidate Patrick Cashman that a full time reeve was needed but TAKE NOTICE that a public meeting of the supporters of THE COMBINED ROMAN CATH- OLIC SEPARATE SCHOOLS, TOWNSHIP OF KING, will be held on Wednesday, the 13th day of December, 1967, at the hour of 8 pm. at Sacred Heart School, R.R. No. 1, King, for the nomination and election of two trustees to the Board of C.R.C.S.S. KING. DATED at King, Ontario, this lst day of Dec- ember, 1967. PUBLIC Whitchurch Reeve Retires ed in 14th century costume and dialect this Sunday evening (the 10th) at the church starting at '7 pm. King WI The November meeting of the WI was held at the home of Mrs. A. Knight. The roll call was answered as each mem- ber gave a health rule one would emphasize to a child. The branch received an invita- tion to sponsor another hydro show time cooking school, to be held early in 1968. The damage done to the WI park bench on Hallowe’en night was discussed. and it was de- cided that with the welcome help of Mr. E. Monroe, the bench could be restored with- out replacing the boards. King Village Trustees had ofâ€" fered to replace the boards. Mrs. H. Radcliffe made a re- quest for information concern- ing the 4H clubs and members to put in the Tweedsmuir Hisv tory. Achievement day for the 4H clubs is being held at the Maple Community Centre on December 9. An excellent report from the Central Ontario Area Conven- tion of the FWIO (November 1, 2 and 3) was given by Mrs. B. R. Hall. It was decided that members would be taking gifts to their Christmas meeting for patients at the Ontario Hos- pital. A group of members pre- sented a skit, showing the changing dress and the role of women in the home from the 1800’s to this day. Following the meeting, lunch was served by the committee. stated “You won’t get any- one to work full time (as reeve) and run their own business too for $2,000 per year. “It takes staff to do it,” he said. “We need it but my pocket is empty. How about yours?” With respect to closer communication with coun- cil, he also asked bitterly “Why don’t you do it?” On the matter of commercial and industrial assessment, he said: “We all want in- dustrial and commercial assessment but I don’t want it near me and you don’t want it near you.” In conclusion, he stated that his nine years’ service on council and as reeve were “a real lesson in frus- tration.” There will be new mem- bers on council, he said, “and I am going to get up at the next nomination meeting and be a real stinker and ask, ‘Well, what did you do about it?” As’far as the candidates were concerned, council had done nothing, he said and added “I will certainly look for lots of action in the next two years.” Mr. Farquharson advised that that night's meeting was the 150th one he had attended this year and stated that his years on council were an experience he would never forget, that he wouldn’t want to have done without but that “I wouldn’t want any more." NOTICE Council In For 2 Years: Acclamdi‘ion |1mul\nluu\m1nl\mnnu1lumuumumum“u\“mn\mm\n\nnnmmnumnmwmm“nummum1\uuummmmmummm1ummmumI1mmmnmmmumumgmmmmmmummn\tumummm\m“uummmml\m“munu“nuImnnnnmummm\mum“I\“umn\*2mnuummmmumlmun“|“mutualmum“-l "It seems ridiculous and incredible that after two years in a township of 15.000 people there is only one new candidate willing to run for council. “Things are not all that well in King." With these words Murray Sheardown of Nobleton scrubbed his name from the 1968-69 King Township list of nominations November 28 before 300 persons in the Nobleton Community Centre. Result: Acclamations across the board for the present council for the next two years. Returned are Reeve Gor- don Cook; Deputy - reeve Kenneth Mactaggart; and Councillors Gordon Rnwe. Cyril Flinders and Ernest Crossland. Providing a sharp contrast to the clean sweep of coun- cil was the looming battle for the five positions open on .the public school area board with four new candi- dates being nominated along with the four returning in- cumbents (See story else- where on this page). And it was the question of education policy that struck the most sparks last week as councillors ranged over a wide area of past ac- complishments during their past two-year tenure. Reeve Cook looked to the setting up of the proposed county board of education (as recently announced by Premier Robarts) in 1969 which will eliminate the King Public School Board. “I feel that with the com- ing of this county board: in January of 1969 we should be prepared to move for- ward together in other fields as well." Mr. Cook suggested that some thought should be given to creating a county planning board which would work in conjunction with local planning boards. He felt planning must be co-or- dinated. The reeve was critical of provincial proposals to assess farm land at market value as suggested in the Smith Report on Taxation. “This could be suicidal to the farmers. Under this sys- tem our farm assessments would go up and our school grants go down and the municipality as a whole would be the loser." Mr. Cook stated he had heard a “lot of complaints about high taxes but I have to pay them myself." He cited figures which re- vealed that King’s mill rate was on a par or even lower than neighboring rural muni- cipalities. _“The rate in King for farm and residential taxes is 92 The map reproduced below shows the revised boundaries of the several polling subdivisions for the municipal elections within the Township of King. , Any voter who has difficulty in determining the subdivision within which he has a vote, should call the Clerk’s Office at 833-5321. mills which is identical with Whitchurch Township’s 92 mills except for the Oak Ridges area which has 96 mills. “Vaughan Township, with all its industry. has a 109 mill rate. Markham Town- ship which is closely akin to our situation has a rate of 111 mills. This should give you some idea of how we stand with our sister muni- cipalities.” The reeve said that coun- cil for the past two years “has operated on a pay as you go policy as much as possible with the exception of school debentures and certain extensions to our water system." He also said that poor roads were a continuing problem in King “but it was our council which introduced a road needs study -â€" 50 per- cent of which is paid by the Department of Highways -â€" which should be completed in February. “We do need a long-range planning program for roads but it must be financed ac- cording to priority," he said. Deputy-reeve Mactaggart dwelled briefly on schools "which cost a lot of money especially for transportation and teachers. “But we want our children to have a good education GORDON COOK King Chief Magistrate LAMB THE MOVER LTD. 127 BIRCH AVE. - THORNHILL PHONE 889-4911_-2-3 LOCAL 0R LONG DISTANCE MOVING Contact TOWNSHIP OF KING and so it's up 1o us to pro- vide the money. We don't want to go back to one room classrooms." As chairman of the coun- cil’s road committee, he re- viewed the amounts of work and money spent by the township in improving roads over the past two years and pledged continuing efforts to upgrade the system. Councillor Gordon Rowe touched on the sensitive school board-council wrangle over a new addition to the King City Senior School stating he was "very disâ€" turbed" at being accused of exhibiting a “pathological unwillingness to understand the situation or facts as pre- sented to us by the school board. “I can hold my head up high with anyone." he said and went on to show his vital interest in education by ex- plaining he was the father of a daughter now teaching in Brockville as well as the father of a handicapped child. “I’m tremendously involv- ed in education," he said. “and I don’t like it when re- sponsible people make re- marks against other people who are also responsible. I don’t have to take a back seat to anyone.” He said that there were also other essential services to be paid for in the town- ship and “it’s a relevant fact that our taxpayers have reached the limit in their ability to pay for essential services and education. “I feel we should continue to attempt to derive funds from other sources in order to meet our growing educa- tional demands " Mr. Rowe also called for a program to encourage indus- trial assessment in the town- ship “instead of just sitting back and Waiting until Metro turns us into a bedroom dormitory.” “There are a lot of diffi- culties to contend with but there are also a lot of bene- fits. It‘s about time we start- ed to show some initiative in this direction. We can‘t be ostriches forever and bury our heads in the sand.” Councillor Flinders prais- ed the volunteer fire brigade setup in the township and that the protection costs the municipality less than $20.- 000. ' “Compare this to Vaughan Township," he said, “which has four full time men and pays close to $80,000 a year. “Our police villages," he said. “supply all the fire equipment and quarters at no cost to the township which pays for the service." He said the time would come when fulltime fire pro- tection would be necessary “but in the meantime we're getting adequate protection at a very reasonable cost." Councillor Crossland also referred to the school battle and assured one and all that “I’m vitally concerned with education. After all I have seven children going through KENNETH MacTAC-GART Second Term Thank you for the acclamation accorded me as your reeve for 1968-69. , I will do my best to warrant the confidence you have placed in me. Electors of King Township Gordon COO/l the system “I feel the calibre of our teachers is equal to or bet- ter than 111 any other muni- cipality in the province. They're doing an excellent job and I see nothing wrong with our present system." He pointed out the spirall- ing education costs and said that “we have to walk be- fore we run. “I’m concerned about the fantastic cost of school conâ€" struction and I feel this mat- ter should be looked into." Mr. Crossland also felt paying $90,000 to provide transportation for school children was a costly figuro and efforts should be mad; to 11 down He concluded by saying that council had given a con- troversial resolution â€" which offered $300,000 to the school board if it would build additions on several schools but not on the King Senior School -â€"â€"- consider- able thought before passing it. “We made a recommenda- tion to the board as to how council felt on the matter. Instead of just saying ‘yes' or ‘no' to the application we acted as mature adults in making a suggestion which we felt would be suitable to the trustees." He said that the school board’s “own lawyer stated we had a right to make such a policy." Mr. Crossland was refer- ring to the school board's charges that council had no right to tell it Where to build schools but only to reply with a "yes" or "no" to a. money request. BoaId Chairman Genffrey Pierpoint had said earlier he agreed with council’s right to raise money but disagreed with it telling the board where to'build its schools. “After all." he said, “we don’t tell council what to do with its garbage." keep additional cost!