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wnat mey mlgnt do if they get THANK too close to the house. It is this type of animal thati carries rabies to house pets. stock and people. Why should The other day I went over to see friends on Concession 7 Vaughan. The wife told her husband she had noticed the dogs were back again. When we asked what dogs, we were told that five or six dogs roam around their place and those of their neighbors and have no collars or tags. The husband has to scare them away with a few shots in the air once or twice a day as he is afraid of what they might do if they get too close to the house. i phoned Mr. Ryan to tell him the raccoon was dead and ask him what I should do. He told me to put the body in a pail and within the next few days he would pick it up. However. he never did show up and I had to bury the dead raccoon in the field behind the house. if the animal was- sick raind' might attack the children, to §hoot It â€"â€" which I did. Again Six months later I discovered a raccoon which appeared to be ill. Again I phoned Mr. Ryan and again I received the same answer. This time I phoned the police who gave me permission. A few years ago I phoned Mr. Ryan about a police dog getting into our garage. This dog was uncollared and appear- ed to be far from tame. I was afraid of what it might do to my three small sons. He gave me the same old pitch. “Catch it. chain it up and I will be around to pick it up." Dear Mr. Editor: I read in last week's issue of "The Liberal" that Canine Con- trol Officer James Ryan gave out 82 summonses to dog own- ers whose pets are on the loose at night. It really surprised me that Mr. Ryan has been so active as my experience with him has been: “You catch it. chain it up and I will drop around to pick it up." MAPLE RESIDENT CRITI- CIZES CANINE CONTROL A Southern Six Board of Educa- tion would not meet such opposition however, as the idea of the complete political amalgamation of these mun- icipalities, Vaughan and Markham Township, the Town of Richmond Such a solution too would no doubt find much readier political accept- ance â€" the chairman of the Water- loo-Oxford High School Board rec- ently referred to the county board of education legislation as similar to some of Hitler’s. Perth, Oxford and Waterloo Counties have said that the change to county school boards should take place gradually over a period of five to 10 years. It would also tie in neatly with the suggestion here for a Southern Six board of education as York Central District High School Board already serves the area with the exception of the Villages of Stouffville and Markham whose boards each operate a single high school. This suggestion has considerable merit in that the board would be comprised of municipalities which are already accustomed to and have the machinery for, co-operating with each other for educational purposes. Similar briefs and resolutions have been forwarded to Education Minis- ter Davis from various parts of the province. A resolution passed by Perth County and endorsed by Elgin and Huron Counties has suggested that school administrative areas should be no larger than present high school districts except under special circumstances. Details of the plan are of partic- ular interest in this area where sev- eral school boards have sent in briefs requesting two boards of education for York County, one for the South- ern Six and one for the balance of the county. ' Following Premier John Robarts unveiling of the new legislation last November 14. a white paper was promised for January 10. This how- ever, did not appear. Following the reading of a speech for Education Minister William Davis at Niagara Falls January 16 by Assistant Super- intendent of Education G. H. Wald- rum, the document was to be avail- able last week. The week came and went however, with no further news. In the absence (up to the time of this writing) of any details of the proposed new county school systems, both school boards and municipal officials are left in a most unsatis- factory state of confusion, completely up in the air in fact. -Au -uuvrv..‘.v..v Hwy--.“ . _-â€"v.v_e~â€"_-‘ __i- “ULA" Subscription Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $6.00; 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 LIBERAL, Richmond Hill], Ontario. Thursday, Feb. I. 1968 An Insufferable Delay :1. Again The phone rang all day Sun- tell him day and Monday with calls from and ask members of the Richmond Hill He told Senior Citizens' Club. of which An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Tithe liberal Richmond Hill has unfortun~ ater received a lot of bad pub- licity in recent months. while maybe the acts of kindness of people in the community have often been left unmentioned. We were all quite stunned by the overwhelming goodness of all these people. which helped considerably to soften the blow sustained by the actual disaster. To Richmond Hill 1 say: she is a member, and other friends and neighbors. offering a home, clothing. furniture. etc. The response from the com- munity was so tremendous that l have been moved to write a thank you through these col- umns. My mother-in-law was one of ce the four families who lost pr everything they possessed in w‘ the fire which burned down the i1) Charlton Hardware building m January 21. Although she has re only lived in the Hill for less th than three years, within hours!qu the Richmond Hill branch ofst the Red Cross and the welfarena committee came through withlsu offers of assistance of every”0 kind. . Dear Mr. Editor Mr. Ryan has the equipment and the experience to handle these stray animals and to pro- tect us and our children from them. He is paid to take the risk, we are not. Yours sincerely, WILLIAM GARTHWAITE, 25 Keele Street South. Maple. elderly people have to risk being bitten in attempting to catch these dogs, and chain them up, so that the man who is paid to do this job can come and pick them up. YOU INDEED Yours sincerely ILSE M. THOMPSON 7 Walton Street. Maple. THANK YOU Teachers will no doubt seek similar positions. What teacher living in the southern part of York County would like to be sent 40 miles away to teach in Sutton, say? Rather than chance this, many will no doubt seek employment in Metro, and who could blame them? So let us have the answers Mr. Robarts -â€" and quickly. The prolonged delay in revealing details of the legislation and whether or not more than one board per coun- ty will be permitted is intolerable. It must be particularly distressing to employees of present boards, super- intendents, business administrators and the like who wonder whether they will have jobs next year. Many will no doubt put an end to the un- certainty by seeking employment with larger metropolitan boards which will not be affected by the new legislation. Thus, while a Southern Six Board of Education would at the outset have just a little over 20,000 element- ary and secondary school students in its care, within a decade it could con- ceivably have too many students for one board to cope with. We feel, however, that the most important consideration is the inev- itable growth which will take place in the southern portion of the county over the next 10 or 20 years. The 1966 population of the Southern Six was 68,000, that of the rest of the county 62,000. However, Vaughan Township officials estimated recently that that section of the township east of Highway 400 would have a populaâ€" tion of 261,000 in 20 years while Markham Township predicted a pop- ulation of 100,000. The Vaughan brief also astuter pointed out that if this latter event did take place, that is the absorption of part of the Southern Six into Metro, York Countv would lose val- uable assessment which would have a detrimental effect on the education of all children in the county. As it was pointed out to Mr. Davis in the brief sent by Vaughan Town- ship School Board, the residents of this area desire to retain their polit- ical, social and economic integrity rather than have their southern boundaries gradually swallowed up by land-hungry Metro. Hill and the Villages of Woodbridge, Markham and Stouffville has been explored for over a year, has been recommended by York County Plan- ning Consultant Conroy Dowson and is being actively pursued by at least three of the six. E; ill ch er 3E to. n- at Glaze storms are normal to Ontario. occurring most years in varying degree, and the natâ€" ural forests and native trees have developed in this climate and have survived. All icing except the most severe will do little in an untouched forest ex- cept give the trees a heavy pruning by removing dead or weakened branches. In a heav- ily thinned stand or where trees are out in the open and receive most of the force of the wind. the damage can be quite severe and even large branches can be ripped off. 0r- lnamental and exotic trees can suffer even more, and damage to orchards can be long lasting. Conifers are frequently in- jured more seriously than hard- wood trees. If their single ter- |minal shoot is broken it means a permanent crook in the stem and perhaps a fork with two or more stems. You have probably seen this in Christmas Trees and a glaze storm may have _ been the cause. The storms which Southern Ontario has experienced this winter have been severe and caused considerable damage. The sheer weight of ice will break many twigs and even large branches. Little help can be given most trees, but for the smaller ones some of the ice can be gently knocked off to lessen the weight on the branches. Usually it is best to leave the trees alone to recover naturally. on the branches before much damage is done. Often it is a wind following the glaze storm that causes trouble and breaks limbs. Branches and trees will usually recover from a fairly severe bending although some. notably white birch, are quite susceptible to permanent bend- mg. Trees Can Stand Lot Ice And Snow Damage Trees are tough, reports the Department of Lands and For- ests. A lot of ice can build up NEED GOOD WORKERS? GET ’EM FAST BY USING LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS \1ID The four storey apartment building with its 56 suites that are heated all-electrically has proved very popular. it was re- ported that the Ontario Housing Corporation has been swamped with applications. and the en- tire accommodation has been filled by eager senior citizen applicants. A modern, attractive. all- electric apartment building has been built as rental housing accommodation for senior citi- zens on Dufferin Street in Richmond Hill. And we see where local poet laureate R. D. Little was writing to the Toronto editors complaining that women smoking in offices waste too much time lighting their cigarettes . . . Tsk. tsk! No gentleman is R. D. A gent should never lag In lighting a lady's fag. Where, oh where is his chiv-al-ree'.’ Also on the local scene: we see where objections are being raised that a new shopping plaza on Crosby Avenue would increase traffic tie-ups at the stop light for the liquor store . . . and make it almost impossible for we weak-willed types to get past it! And speaking of idiocy: How about the United Auto Workers at Chrysler’s Windsor plant who, having been given wage parity with US. workers, went on strike just because the company asked them for a bit of work parity? Or, without a thought like an i-di-ought! Word comes from Grenoble, France, that Can- adian girls at the 1968 Winter Olympics are being given saliva tests to prove they are females. Ha! Some saliva tests! Those French Playboys are con- ning the kids with a new name for their French kissing! Danes and Americans joined last week in searching Greenland for four H-bombs missing from a crashed U.S. plane, with other nations offering their help. . . . Sort of an international 4-H club. Last week’s editorial page carried Letters to the Editor suggesting that main opposition to a name change for South Taylor Mills Drive was objec- tions to the alternate, Tower Road . . . AND a pos- sible solution in an item about a new locally-written thesaurus with the apt title: In Other Words. George Mayes 0n ~â€" Latest bit of bilingual idiocy is a Quebec mem- ber’s bill in Parliament for a law to have govern- ment graded meat stamped in both English and French. . . . So O.K.! Let’s make a deal: They can have their meat stamped in French if they‘ll put it on the menu in English! Guess we needn’t worry too much about the Asian situation, though. With the rest of the world on the verge of losing its head, our Parliament still seems chiefly concerned with whether or not the Hon. Paul Martin dyes the hair on his. See where that Royal Commission on the Status of Women spent $218,946.16 in its first 15 days. Well, they seem to have found the Status $ymbol all right. . . . And that sixteen cents? Well, there was that lunch at the Chateau when the gals left a tip for the waiter. . . . It WOULD be nice to get away from our Can- adian winter for a while . . . But Korea?? There are a number of interâ€" This attractive four storey apartment building contains 56 suites that are all-electrically heated. The building provides rental housing for senior citizens on Dufferin Street, in Richmond Hill. The accommodation was so popular that the Ontario Housing Corporation was swamped with applications. Senior Citizens Housing Serves Real Need A silver coat, by nature sent, To brighten winter’s land. No greater landscape have I seen By any artist’s hand. The far flung drifts of purest snow Hold beauty unsurpassed â€" But we poor humans strain and fret And clear the drive at last” We’ve little time, or so we say, Tho’ there’s so much to see, Such glory here before our eyes In nature’s artistry. Scratching, scraping on the roof, The hands of our willow tree With icy fingers beckon now, “Come out and look at me." Me mp Side (Continued on Page 14) Joan MacDonald, 170 Duncan Road, Richvale. The apartment is built of solid masonry construction with an attractive brick facing. The building is thoroughly insulated throughout with rigid insula- esting features in this apart- ment development for senior citizens. The HOME project at Richmond Hill contains ap- proximately 8,800 sq ft. on each of the four floors of the apart- ment building. Therefore, the 56 suites are quite spacious in their accommodation. The structure has no basement and is built on concrete slabs. Thoroughly insulated Time ‘\\x \\ § Each of the 56 suites in the apartment building has unob- trusive base-board electric heat- ing units. This provides warm even heat with no drafts. There are thermostats in each room of every suite for efficient con- trol of the heat. trol of the heat. The total heating load for the entire apartment building amounts to 242 kilowatts. The lighting load itotals 33 kilowatts. tion. two inches in the walls and three and a half inches in the roof. There are double win- dows in each apartment. Mrs. Haworth and Mrs. Monagle say that this type of child through no fault of his own, has often been called lazy or rated as an underachiever by his teacher. The child’s troubles usually begin with the first day of school. “The difference is," she said, “a person who can’t carry a tune can still read, write and commun- icate and get by but the child who cannot read or speak correctly suffers a grave handicap." “In short,” said Mrs. Haworth, “These children can be harmed physically or psychologically in a way that would never be allowed to happen to a blind or crippled child.” So a child suffering from a minimal brain dysfunction, and this simply means that the brain in not functioning in the normal manner, can be helped with proper educational methods. Mrs. Haworth said it was only recently that the perceptually handicapped child was considered to have a separate affliction with a peculiar cluster of symptoms of his own. No-one until recently had probed deeply enough into children with emotional and perceptual handicaps to realize that these child- ren were greater problems to themselves than to teachers and parents. In the past, the ideal child, from the teacher’s standpoint was one who gave the least trouble and never had to be spoken to for misconduct or awk- wardness of any kind. Now that we realize that there is no such thing as an ideal child, the thinking that considered the acting-out child as a disciplinary problem must give way to change. Chris MoMoinagle said you could compare the inability to cope with symbol systems w1th the inability to carry a tune. According to the manual on brain dysfunction issued by the Ontario association, minimal brain dysfunctions are deviations in the nervous system functions which may lead to a wide variety of dis- abilities. These range in severity from the most subtle alteration of complex thought processes to the grossest mental and motor handicap. Their nature depends on the individual’s basic inheritance, the impact on his nervous system of any harmful or post-natal factors, and the age at which such factors may have been operative. The effect of such deviations is markedly influenced by the interaction of the child with his physical and social environment and by his training and education. This is the age of the specialist. All members of a modern medical team are specialists. Each has a special diagnostic idiom, and though each is part of a team, there is difficulty in reaching com- plete understanding. How confusing for them and how confusing for readers. Take that expression, perceptually handicapped as an example. “A perceptually handicapped child is one who is suffering from a minimal brain dysfunction,” said Mrs. Haworth. THE PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILD Since Mrs. Chris McMonagle is the president of the Canadian Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, and Mrs. W. A. Haworth is president of the association’s Richmond Hill chapter, I contacted them to get some light on the subject. They can do this because they keep in touch with the experts in this particular field, that of perceptually handicapped children. What Do You Mean When You Say . . ? It seems I’m forever running to the dictionary these days. More and more, medical and psycholog- ical terms are creeping into what I thought was every day language. And I’m not only running to the dictionary, I’m running to the experts to find out what he means when he says . . . ‘ Weiialked about the newly formed York Educa- tional Clinic held in the Richmond Hill United Church. Rambling Around The hot water supply for the (Continued on Page 14) ~-.~\ k‘ \\ \W %/ “This would seem to be a new trend and is a most pleasant and appropriate way Lo house senior citizens," Mr. Cook said. Chairman Sam Cook of Rich- mond Hill Hydro said that these comfortable electrically heated suites in a modern, all-electric apartment building provide imaginative rental housing ac~ commodation for senior citizens. [deal For Senior Citizens \\\\\\\\\\\\\\§ (Ontario Hydro Photo) by Elizabeth Kelson x\\\\)\\\ Additional information can be obtained in university place- ment offices, the Forest Re- search Laboratory. Box 490, Sault Ste. Marie, from the Pub- lic Service Commission, Box 8, The Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto‘ The federal civil service has launched a campaign to recruit 60 university students in the biological sciences to assist in summer research programs for the Department of Forestry and Rural Development at Sault Ste. Marie and Maple. This program is part of a national scheme to involve 400 university students working in forestry establishments on pro« jects such as forest and insect pathology, forest ecology. silvi- culture and fire research. De- pending on qualifications. sal- aries will range 'from $300 to $640 per month and allowances are provided for travel and field assignments. national scheme to involve 400 university students working in forestry establishments on pro« jects such as forest and insect pathology, forest ecology, silvi- culture and fire research. De- pending on qualifications. sal- aries will range 'from $300 to $640 per month and allowances are provided for travel and field assignments. Students will gain valuable experience and perhaps find continuing employment with the department after gradua- tion. Additional information can be obtained in university place- ment ofi‘ices. the Forest Re- search Laboratory, Box 490, Sault Ste. Marie, from the Pub- lic Service Commission, Box 8, The Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto. We elect men and women to our local councils for the ex- press purpose of discussing and deciding upon those issues which affect us intimately and personally. We want our rep- resentatives to sit down and employ their thinking capacities without the distraction of sec- ond thoughts about how the political ball will bounce when they express their opinions. Party politics is a necessary tool of provincial and federal governments where fairly large numbers of representatives must of necessity align themselves pro and con on major issues. Without this system our upper levels of government might be- come so chaotic that no pro- gress would ever be made. Such is far from the case. however, in local government. When townshipâ€"wide boards were organized a few years ago. Markham Township was allow- ed to haVe two boards instead of the regulation one board, and it has worked out very well. At the time of Mr. Robarts’ an- nouncement. these two boards were in the process of coming together voluntarily. Efforts are therefore being made to persuade the Department of Education to establish the two boards instead of one, at least in the initial period. within its OWn boundaries. be- lieves that the present municiâ€" pal organization within the ridâ€" ing is not adequate to cope with the demands of a rapidly ex- panding area a dj a ce nt to Metro. The council recently passed a resolution suggesting the other municipalities of a like mind join it in petitioning the Minister of Municipal Afâ€" fairs to assist in developing plans for a reorganization of the overall area. If we wish to have some voice in the form of our municipal government, such ‘a step is now imperative. Many planning the change which is proposed to be effective at the beginning of 1969. In the meantime. many trus- tees are of the opinion that the County of York should at this stage be divided into two area boards. Some of the reasons given for this include the fact that the Southern Six munici- palities with their proximity to Metro have been experiencing an unusually sharp increase in classroom requirements. In the last year there was a 42 percent increase in primary school class- rooms. In addition, the Southern Six have already been (to-operating through a voluntary organiza- tion known as the York South Regional Education Committee. Most trustees from the northern‘ half of the county seem to sharei this opinion that two boards should be permitted for at least the early years. A meeting was held late in December in Richmond Hill. at which Vaughan and Markham Townships and the Town of. Richmond Hill and the Village of Markham disclosed their es- timates of these figures. At the meeting, John Bower, deputy planning commissioner of Met- ro. gave information on Metro's estimates of the development following which the representa- tives of the municipalities de- cided to give further considera- tion to their estimates and forâ€" ward them to the OWRC before the end of January. Armed with these figures the commis- sion believes it can quickly pro- vide cost figures which the municipalities need before com- mitting themselves to the pro- ject. AREA MUNICIPAL REORGANIZATION The Town of Richmond Hill being nearly fully developed Student Researchers Forestry Experience Maynard Hallman. the area superintendent for the Depart- ment of Education reported to the gathering that the govern- ment expected to publish some guide-lines early in January which would assist trustees in planning the change which is proposed to be effective at the beginning of 1969. COUNTY EDUCATION Premier Robarts‘ announce- ment in November of the pro- pOSal to institute County Boards of Education came as a sur- prize to most people including many in the Department of Education who first learned of it in the following morning's paper. As a result, consider- able confusion has arisen and in December all the trustees in York County held a meeting to discuss the situation. MODERN HEATED . . . Rumble Transport 884-1013 889-6192 WAREHOUSE STORAGE COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL HOUSEHOLD 94 NEWKIRK ROAD 3 - Richmond Hill - Toronto - 364-2625 Don Deacon Reports (Wingham Advance Times) Thomas Wells, Minister With- out Portfolio in the Ontario Cabinet, made the statement last week that party politics should be fully operable in municipal councils. There's a man we cannot agree with. AREA MUNICIPAL REORGANIZATION The Town of Richmond Hill being nearly fully developed within its own boundaries. be- lieves that the present municiâ€" pal organization within the rirlâ€" ing is not adequate to cope with the demands of a rapidly ex- panding area adjacent to Metro. The council recently passed a resolution suggesting the other municipalities of a like mind join it in petitioning OWRC The Ontario Water Resources Commission held a meeting with representatives of the Southern Six a few weeks ago and disclosed preliminary plans for the provision of water and sewage facilities in the riding as requested by the Southern Six some 18 months ago. When asked about the per capita cost of installing the facilities outâ€" lined, the commission said it could not give figures until it. had a reliable estimate of the population in 20 years‘ time. 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