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Health Minister Predicts Growing Needs, Problems For Children’s Aid Society mat ueClSlon on tne‘iarger north site be deferred and considered in conjunction with a possible applica- tion for the Maple site. Even more serious reservations about the MacLaren Report were out- lined by Toronto’s Commissioner of Streets Harold Atyeo, chairman of the city’s committee of public works, in a report made to Toronto City Council last October. Mr. Atyeo flatly contradicts the MacLaren Report conclusion that landfill and incineration are the only Vs. - Ava-b v1xyv1 Jpllbb Au waste disposal and its financial as- pects. If and when Metro renews its ap- plication for the North Thackeray site and/or makes application for the Maple site, we would like to see these gentlemen called on for their more than informed opinions. Perhaps if Metro Works Com- mittee would ask the advice of this informed group. citizens of both .Metro and Vaughan could even be spared the expense of another lengthy OMB hearing entirely. The Highways Minister. if we analyze his actions. has turned out to be a fibber. He promised Sarnia that he would divulge the route of the London-Sarnia, Sarnia - Wallaceburg Highways by the end of January. This he has not done up to press time. Nor do we expect him to. The plain fact of the matter is that Ontario‘s Gov- ernment has become a Toronto- oriented affair where the boys in ivory towers dream pretty pictures of things to come with little or no thought to the prac- ‘tical applications. anu reeve or iViarKnam 'iown- iship before his death in 1963. :Muriel of whom we are writing,I retired in 1965 after 43 years[ with Ash Temple, a Toronto {dental supply firm, and is now working part time at the Thorn- hill Veterinary Clinic; Beta is |Mrs. Chris Morrow of Willow-i dale; Lucille is Mrs. E. T.| Pherrill, Thornhill, Loretta, at} home, has been with the Work-l lmen's Compensation Board for: }a good many years; Ross the‘ youngest son is with Honeywell Controls and he and his fam-' ily also live on John Street, tContnued on Page 14i grade 9. Kel progressed all the way from counsellor, assistant waterfront director, trip leader and p001 manager. He has experienced every job in the camp. . To help Kel will be some very well-trained counsellors. This is due to the exciting counsellor- in-training program. The counsellors come from almost everywhere in the district, Woodbridge, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Oak Ridges and Thorn- hill. Among this year’s counsellors are Carol Mac- Williams, Elizabeth Bone, Kip Berry. Fred Babcock, Ray Hunter, Sue Hibbard, Pat Wiley, Patti Jo (Continued on Page 14) you“? va c a a . u u a I . . . v v â€" and letls hearfifrrowm you lUniversity Women St Dr. J. Tuzo Wilson. geophy- sicist and principal of Erindale College, University of Toronto, outlined the theory of "Con- tinental drift" to members of the York County Club of the Canadian Federation of Univer- ,sity Women at a meeting. Feb- ruary 26, in the Richmond Hill Public Library. Dr. Wilson explained that this eMilitiaum“umtmuiiimunumuiumumuuiuimuuumtumuuuumululuunmiquumi1mmummuiuunimnuilumuumiuuimiuiiiiiinulmiuumumummiiiuuiiiinuniulmumuumimuumum“miiiiiiiiuiiiuuiuuuumuuiununuminimmmuummumIimuuumuuuuuinnuunuuiunmumunnuuniuuiimmiuiIimuiIuImuIuiimiumuuuuimwmmnniiiimumiuuiiuuuuiiiimuiiuiunuuuuniiiuuuuimiImuiunummuumummmquuiiiinuiunuuiiimuiniiiniiuuliiiuIiumnumnmumuiiiimiiuIiiiinIuunmuuuumun+1 Dr. Dymond added that although the work of social agencies is not yet perfect. advances made in recent years have been dramatic. The cold, impersonal insti- tutions such as orphanages and children’s shelters are gone and the unhappy label of “illegitimate” child" is no longer acceptable. "Our concern for children", said Dr. Dymond, "is one. thing we can be proud of." These observations were among the opening remarks by Ontario Health Minister Dr. Matthew Dymond, as he addressed the 33rd annual meeting of York County Children's Aid Society at Stuart Scott Public School in Newmarket. February 29. Dr. Dymond added that By GREG PETERS “We are living in paradox- ical times. . . . These years seem to be marked by a cal~ lous disregard for human life yet at the same time more care is being offered through social agencies than ever before." Even more serious reservations about the MacLaren Report were out- lined by Toronto’s Commissioner of Streets Harold Atyeo, chairman of the city’s committee of public works, in a report made to Toronto City Council last October. 2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, March 14, 1968 It was evident at the conclusion of the OMB hearing on the Thackeray sites however. that Chairman J. A. Kennedy had some reservations about the recommendations of the MacLaren Report. His decision was that the South Thackeray site should be made available to Metro (to which Vaughan had agreed initially) but that decision on the'larger north site be deferred and considered in conjunction with a possible applica- tion for the Maple site. The two Thackeray sites in Vaughan total better than 600 acres of land and Metro has now indicated that it will seek a 745-acre site near Maple. Last week, initial moves were made in the acquisition of three sites in Pickering Township. But Dr. Dymond warned Metro paid $175,000 for the report, said to be the most exhaustive study of waste disposal ever done in North America. and it was designed to cope with Metro’s garbage disposal problems for the next 20 years. The ultimate solution as set out in the report, is the establishment of a series of mammoth dump sites, all located conveniently (for Metro pol- iticians) outside Metro boundaries. During the course of the nine month long Ontario Municipal Board‘s “off again, on again” hearing last year into Metro’s application to establish two dump sites in Vaughan Township, the North and South Thackeray sites, much evidence was brought to light which discredited the much-vaunted MacLaren Report which was the basis of Metro’s appli- cation for the sites. The efficient planning is reflected in the new building which provides seating for 1,800 people, a comfortâ€" able mezzanine lounge on the second floor. with washrooms and canteen facilities and an equally large room on the ground floor which will be finished to provide facilities for meetings and social events. Storage space for the agricultural society has been provided under the seating on the east side and four dressing rooms with showers under the west side seating. But the greatest planning effic- iency is evident in the fact that levels of both rinks are the same, In the 18 months many people were involved in planning the build- ing and its financing and in bringing those plans to a successful conclus- ion, surmounting obstacles posed by the Weather and labor disputes. Since the first hockey players and skaters stepped onto the ice January 6. the new ice surface and the one in the old arena have been in use every available minute, proving that the new facility was greatly needed. Friday evening that new arena will berofficially opened. It was in June 1966 that Richmond Hill’s arena board approached’coun- ('il with a suggestion that a regula- tion-size arena could be erected beside the old arena at no cost to the taxpayer. vU L A“ 7 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” lei Experience Speak A Job Well Done An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 4 Tithe liberal Dr. Dymond said that he had been accused of favor- ing a totally medically ori- ented program but he em- phasized that this was not true. He stated that in a complete treatment, organic problems should be diag- nosed by mental health clinics first then other meth- ods could be employed. This integrated approach of medical psychological, and social services will form the core of eight regional diagnostic and treatment centres which will be estab- lished by the Department of Health, But Dr. Dymond stressed that legislation to that in the age of specialâ€" ization. when services are set up to deal with only cer- tain problems. it is vitally necessary to deal with the whole person. Dr. Dymond said that all social agencies must coâ€"operate and co-ord- inate their efforts to avoid the fragmentation and alienâ€" ation that can occur if a person is treated only as a great number of diagnoses. Mr. Atyeo and the other borough engineers who were so critical of the MacLaren Report recommendations are all men of long experience in waste disposal and its financial as- pects. If and when Metro renews its ap- plication for the North Thackeray site and/or makes application for the Maple site, we would like to see these gentlemen called on for their more than informed opinions. Mr. Atyeo further reveals that when Metro Works Commissioner Ross Clark called a meeting of bor- ough works commissioners last June, it was the unanimous opinion of this group that more emphasis should be placed on incineration than was rec- ommended in the MacLaren Report, although of course Mr. Clark did not reveal this at the then current OMB hearing. The only feature which justifies the landfill method of disposal is the immediate cost factor, Mr. Atyeo has concluded and even in full knowledge of the costs involved. he remains firmly convinced that incineration should be given preference over land- fill schemes. Even more damning is his state- ment that the report recommends the use for landfill sites of fine agri- cultural lands and'thatjwhen filled “these lands cannot FOR CENTUR- IES be used for agriculture or devel- opment.” He points out that the so-called “sanitary landfill” method of waste disposal, that is. garbage dumps. bring the associated three evils of water, ground and air pollution and insists that “to date no satisfactory means of control has been found to eliminate any of these conditions”. prggtical_methods of waste disposal. Also to be honored and thanked is the arena building committee, which has been constantly active in plan- ning, in supervising construction and in watching expenditures, to see that the town received value for ever)r dollar spent. Members of this hard- working committee are: Chairman George Chassie, Jack Hollowell, Douglas M core, David Harvey, Thomas Graham, Stewart Gill, Graeme Bales and council represent- atives John MacDiarmid and William Lazenby, secretary. The public will be able to see all of these features and the many others at the official opening of the arena Friday evening. At that time, too, they can pay tribute to the town’s arena board, which conceived the original plan: Elgin Barrow. Brydon Ellis. Jack Hollowell. Allan Bales, Bill McVean, Eric Charity, Deputy-reeve Floyd Perkins and Councillor William Lazenbv. organization with separate entrances and the connectmg passageways closed. permitting easy transfer of ice- making equipment from one ice surface to the other at the north end. Similar passageways at the south end link the two arenas. This permits both ice surfaces to be used for an event with access to both arenas from one entrance. Or each arena may be used by a different The report of the Exec- utive Director D. C. Van Camp also indicated the growing need for CAS serv- ices, and outlined the high- lights and problems which confronted the society in what Mr. Van Camp termed a “very busy year". A most satisfying project for the society last year. said Mr. Van Camp, was the signing of a lease for new Commenting on the future of agencies such as the CAS, Dr. Dymond said that al- though centralization of au- thority has some advantages in reducing duplicated serv- ices. when dealing with the problems of children, the need for CAS services will continue to grow. He cited the continual need of skilled social workers as an indica- tion that the job is becomâ€" ing larger. bring the full range of fac- ilities into a regional centre could not be accomplished without support and involve- ment of the community. \1ID The Sarnia Gazette fears an overpowering Toronto inâ€" fluence in the Ontario Legis- lature: The job of Jim Bullbrook MLA, will not only be to let Sarnia be heard. but to join forces with the many other “non - Toronto" communities which are getting fed up with diminished rights and autocra- tic boards. ~ The Ontario Municipal Board for one, the Water Resources Commission for another are samples of .appointed boards from which there is no appeal. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Dean and their oldest child John came to Canada from Yorkshire about 1855. Their journey be- gan with danger and discour- agement because the first ship on which they sailed foundered off the coast of England. How- ever a month later they em- barked again and eventually made their way safely to This may not be a record in some rural communities. but we believe it is in Thornhill to- day. From her family home she can look across a beautiful ravine to the farm once owned by her great grandfather Mat- thew Dean, and which in earl- ier times was part of the prop- erty on which Allan McNab built both a saw and a flour? mill in 1820. Miss Muriel Dean is a fourth generation resident on John Street. Thornhill. More un- usual however is the fact that she still lives in the house in which she was born 64 years ago. § Window 00 Me Past 3 accommodations in spacious offices centrally located at 288 Cawthra Boulevard in Newmarket. The new cen- tre inspired the publicity .‘OW.WO”0WOWQ Mi. MATTHEW DYMOND Ontario Health Minister Weekly Views 01’ The News And the Ontario Department of Transport has this reminder for parents too: make sure your children know and follow the traffic safety rules . . . look both ways before you cross the street . . . keep out from between parked cars . . . ride your bike safely, obey signs and signals . . . play games in a safe place away from traffic . . . walk, don’t run, when ybu leave the curb . . . walk facing traffic where there are no sidewalks. There‘s a new school holiday this year . . . the week of March 18 to 22 . . . replacing the traditional Easter week holiday. Drivers are advised to be on the alert for carefree children like the little girl above. She’s so intent on retrieving her ball that she’s forgotten the danger of running out from between parked cars. Member of old Thornhill family has unique record By Doris M. Fitzgerald It's School Holiday Time Wilfred R. the eldest of their six children was a successful flour and feed merchant, and served the community as Thornhill Village Trustee, chairman of the York Central District High School Board, Markham Township Councillor, and reeve of Markham Town- ship before his death in 1963. :Muriel of whom we are writing. retired in 1965 after 43 years‘ with Ash Temple, 3 Toronto dental supply firm, and is now working part time at the Thorn- hill Veterinary Clinic; Beta is Mrs. Chris Morrow of Willow- dale; Lucille is Mrs. E. T.| Pherrill, Thornhill, Loretta, at? home, has been with the Work-l men's Compensation Board for‘ }a good many years; Ross the’ youngest son is with Honeywell Matthew Dean‘s eldest son John William became a drover and wholesale butcher and in time was joined in business by his own son William A. In 1892 John Dean bought the large comfortable house at the edge of the ravine on John St. It was probably almost 50 years old then and has been remod- elled several times in the in- terim. John Dean vacated this house in favor of his son Wil- liam and his bride Edith May Caseley who celebrated their golden wedding there. Mr. McCullough bought some additional land and created a beautiful country estate which he did not live many years to enjoy. The next owner Dr. E. E. Shouldice of the Shoul- dice Surgery also died and his executors recently sold a large acreage to real estate develop- ers. Later he took up farming on Concession 2. Vaughan Town- ship, just north of what is now Steeles Avenue. After Mr. Brunskill’s death his extensive properties were divided and put up for sale and Matthew Dean bought the “north farm" comprised of 91 acres for $4,400 in 1880. Matthew died in 1901 and one of his younger sons, Major, operated the farm until 1937 when he sold out to George McCullough, publisher of the Globe and Mail. Thornhill where Mr. Deafi found employment at John Brunskill’s Pomona Mills on John Street. A second major prOJecl was completed in October 1967 with the establishment of a group home for teenage boys. This home, which has been set up in Bogartown. Operates as both a foster home and treatment centre for disturbed boys. Mr. Van Camp said that public awareness was nec- essarily a continuing effort and suggested that the pub‘ licity committee strengthen its efforts to supply informa- tion throughout the county in 1968. committee to initiate a county-wide competition to develop a new letterhead for the society. The committee eventually combined two ideas from some 48 entries to produce a meaningful de- sign for the society‘s letterâ€" head. Mr. Van Camp reported that the social work staff had also been very active during 1967. A total 'of 266 families. involving 631 children. were given help major project 1n presenting the financial report for the year, Treas- urer Sheldon Walker of East Gwillimbury announced that the society had overspent the budget forecast for 1967 by some 842.000. Mr. Walker stated. "We can make no apologies for the nverexpen- diture in child care costs while the society assisted 168 unmarried mothers and 35 of the putative fathers were given some case work service. The total number of children in the care of the society was reduced from 228 to 220 during the year and those in boarding homes dropped from 172 to 153. In addition, 73 children were adopted during the year. The personnel committee. said Mr. Van Camp, was very active in 1967 because of numerous staff resigna- tions. Some five resignations were accepted and the prob- lem of staff shortage was ac- centuated through illness. Kel progressed all the way from counsellor, assistant waterfront director, trip leader and p001 manager. He has experienced every job in the camp. Kel Tonner. a physical education teacher at Langstaff Secondary is a graduate of Richmond Hill High and McMaster University. He has been a familiar figure on Richildaca camp grounds since grade 9. “Most camps hire specialists to take charge of activities. We think our camp is unique in the fact that our 32-member staff is home-grown. Most of thestaff have grown into the knowledge of camp activities since their early high school days. A good example is Kel Tonner who will direct activities at Richildaca this summer,” said Bill. , “In that first year,” said Bill, “I was assisted by Alan Bathurst, then a teacher at Richmond Hill High School. The camp operated under the recrea- tion committee and was subsidized by them until 1959.” From then on, Jean and Bill carried on alone. They formed a limited company “Richildaca Camps Limited” and moved to a 25-acre site at Kettleby in King Township. Camp with the Babcocks is a family venture and they all work together to satisfy a common desire to bring the joys of camp life within the reach of every child. ‘ As they look back over their 10 years at Rich- ildaca they have no regret because their philosophy of camp life has borne fruit. At first, the'camp was assisted by the Rich- mond Hill Rotary Club with a grant of $400 to pur- chase supplies and equipment. It was 1957' when Jean and Bill Babcock looked about Richmond Hill and discovered no place for young children to enjoy happy summer activities. They had a young son so they decided to start a day camp. In due course, the Richmond Hill day camp became Richildaca, a name coined by Jean and Bill. Rambling around KEL TONNER, STAFF. and CAMPERS ' Total expenditures for the year were $389,834 with rev- enue from the County of York amounting to $11,010 and a sum of $278,834 com- ing from the province‘ Mr. Walker broke down the ex- penditures to show that 45c of each dollar spent went for direct child care costs including board, clothing. health and education; 32c of each dollar went for other specific costs and protection services: administration costs remained the same as in 1966 at 23c of each dollar. other than to say that we were a little too conserva- tive in our forecasting. not anticipating an increase of some 11,500 days of care. plus the spiralling costs of maintaining children in outâ€" side treatment institutions." A total of 83.502 days' care were given to children in 1967. Mrs. A. Gresham, secret- ary of the CAS. read the report of the nominating On February 26 the trustees reversed their initial decision of absolute refusal. Its consent for the use of the Richmond Hill High School Auditorium. however, was hedged about by a one-nightâ€"only clause and the demand for a $1,000 bond. sat- isfactory to the board. l Shocked surprise was ex: lpressed in numerous letters: ltelephone calls and by word ofl lmouth to our group at the fboard's use of derogatory terms. 3m reference to a group of which, by its own admission. it; knew little or nothing. The trustees‘ epithets of1 ‘crackpots". "anarchists" and‘ “some off-beat organizatiOn",‘ as well as its arbitrary decision! to refuse the use of school faci- lities to our group, brought comments in the press and on TV. None of these, to my know- ledge, was unfavorable to the York Committee. none was fav- orable to the board. It appears a clear case of a shot that mis-l fired. l As a member of the York Committee To End The War In Vietnam, I feel this organiza- tion would be remiss in failing to acknowledge the unsolicited, but free and favorable publicity provided for us by the York Central District High School Board. HIGH SCHOOL BOARD AND CIVIL RIGHTS Dear Mr. Editor: by Elizabeth Kelson ! “They can kill them in college Efrom overwork or permanently 'damage their lives from emo- tional strain or they can kill »them by not allowing them to {get a job and lead a successful ilife unless they are willing to {submit themselves to college. [And they can kill them in Viet- Inam if all else fails to break ithem. University Women Study Continental Drift “I just keep counting the years and the months and the hours and the minutes and the endless seconds until I can get out of this rat race. I don’t even get intellectually stimulated anymore. lnu CVCl'y Llllll‘: I. lcau lllc ydPCl I see somebody else I know who got killed â€"â€" I’m getting sick lot it. “The other week Dave's neigh- bor got killed over there. Now, as I suppose you've heard they’re drafting Marines in April along with the biggest call-up for the army they’ve had in quite some time. I just know they’ll get him right away and send him.off to be killed. No- body gives a damn anymOre about young ‘people. “They can kill them in college: from overwork or permanently: damage their lives from emo-3 tional strain or they can kill them by not allowing them to get a job and lead a successful life unless they are willing tOl :uhmit themselves to 0011829.:‘ HIGH PRAISE ron SYMPHONY CONCERT Dear Mr. Editor: Last Thursday's concert by ‘the Richmond Hill Symphony Orchestra deserves the highest ,commendation and should be looked at as an important mile- ‘stone in the cultural life of the community. To organize an en- semble of 68 musicians and form completely the well bal- anced sections of strings, wood- .wind, brass and percussion to perform the works of the great classical composers is something Richmond Hill should be proud of as it places us in the leading position orchestrally for towns in Canada under 25,000, and with many towns and cities over that population. nusseu DUyllLUn, vv uualu Fish, Mrs. M. Gillan. Mrs. A. Gresham and Floyd Perkins; for two years, Joseph Fry, Mrs. Norn Garriock, York North MLA William Hodg- son, Mrs. Ross Jolliffe and Dr. Donald Stevens; for one year. Mrs. Bruce Davis, Mrs. Violet MacNaughton. Rev. Robert McNaught, Sheldon Walker and Garfield Wright. As there were no further nominations from the floor, these nominees were declarâ€" ed elected. ' As evidence that the contin- ents have -moved, Dr. Wilson compared the coastlines at great land masses to the edges of a torn newspaper; not only !the edges of the paper coincide, 1but the type is identical too. lThe coastlines of Africa and [South America appear to have once fitted together like a jig- saw puzzle, said Dr. Wilson, and ‘he noted that I’I,Ck samples xtaken from Nova Scotia and :Scotland are identical. : Dr. Wilson has travelled . widelv over the seven r-nnl'in. We have been hearing a lot about tension among students tin the colleges and the univer- sities of the United States I thought your readers might be interested in reading extracts from a letter written by a young lady attending a univer- sity over there. I will also give a few re- marks made by a lady who has a son in a college there. I wish especially to draw this to the attention of those people among us who believe that we should‘ all be right behind the United; States, and to point out thatl there are vast numbers over! there who do not approve of‘ itheir government's action in‘ ,Vietnam. l son, Mrs. Ross Jolliffe and Dr. Donald Stevens; for one year. Mrs. Bruce Davis, Mrs, Violet MacNaughton. Rev. Robert McNaught, Sheldon Walker and Garfield Wright. Appointed to the board of directors for 1968 by York County Council are Reeve of Markham Village, Mrs. Alma Walker, Newmarket Deputy-reeve Clare Salis- bury, Aurora Deputy-reeve Jack Williamson and Stouff- ville Deputy-reeve William Parsons QC. Mrs. Clarence Kellam has also been ap- pointed to the board by the women‘s institute. committee. Nominated to the board for three years were Russell Boynton, William Fish, Mrs. M. Gillan, Mrs. A. Gresham and Floyd Perkins; for two years. Joseph Fry. Mrs. Norn Garriock, York North MLA William Hodg- From the young lady:â€" “I‘ve been sort of depressed lately and I've been doing a lot of thinking about my future. Dave (her young man) got his draft classification last week â€" he's l-A. I’m so worried about him. With all the kids here in the hall talking about Vietnam I1nd every time I read the paper I see somebody else I know who got killed â€"â€" I’m getting sick of it. In the past they have express- ed themselves in such a re- actionary manner that I am careful when writing to speak only of family matters. These two letters came as a surprise to me. In case anyone quickly says that I would only know persons in the United States whose opinions are acceptable to my- self, let me assure you that these letters are from relatives. VIETNAM WAR DEPRESSES U.S. COLLEGE STUDENTS Dear MIX Editor: The board's pronouncement came as a great surprise to the York Committee's members, of whom by far the greater num- ber are taxpayers who support the York Central District High School Board. The trustees' de- cision can scarcely reflect fav- orably on their humanitarian involvement with the suffering and death toll among Americans and Vietnamese. nor set them1 up as defenders of civil rights. (Mrs) A. VOCKEROTH, 21 Ida Street. ‘ Thornhill. uwuycaun ,y . We can’t return your letters. Sharpen your pencils â€"â€" and let's hear from you. °.v...n. .v 3., JV“. u--. “7 All letters must bear the writer‘s name and address. although a pen~name will be used in the paper it re- quested and at the editor's discretion. The editor reserves the right to cut or publish portions of letters if necessary. 7 WE GET LETTERS â€"- and we want more. If you have a comment on a current event, an anecdote to relate, grouse to get off your chesg, drop/us. a line. ,, 1 , 4;--.“ This movement is possible, said Dr. Wilson, because under- neath the hard, outer crust of the earth's shell the core is quite plastic. Dr. Wilson ex- plained that a ridge in the cen- tre of each ocean, such as the Atlantic ridge which extends from Greenland to the Azores, occurs when the molten inner mass breaks through the ocean floor. Dr. Wilson has travelled widely over the seven contin- ents and has written a book "One Chinese Moon" on his trip to the Orient. Mrs. Muriel Clarke, chairman of the Scarboro Board of Edu- cation, and member of the board of governors of Centen- nial College. Scarboro will speak March 25, about the “New Curriculum", The meetâ€" ing he held in Gordon Maclaren Auditorium of the Richmond theory, which was first put forward in 1958, attempts to ac- count for the movement of con- tinental land masses which are estimated to move on an aver- age of three centimetres a year but occasionally may travel up to 20 feet during an earthquake. Having' attended many sym- phony concerts since I first heard my first one in the Albert Hall, London, and later in New York City, Cleveland, Winnipeg and Toronto, it was with a cer- tain amount of trepidition I at- tended Thursday’s concert be- cause of the choice of an all gin the twentieth century and it Fis time we stopped in our track: and learned to live together peaceably in this small planet. lThe wars I’ve lived through have only left more problem than they ever solved and that is why I remain. I Yours faithfully, A Pacifist "He says what is the use of living in a country where they would rather blow your brains out than have you use them. He also said he felt sorry for the Vietnamese for those people aren't saved from anything if a bomb drops on them.” My own opinion is that those old codgers who want war should be the ones to go and fight it. I‘m an old woman and there has been some kind of war some place as far back as [ can remember. This is not a natural state for mankind. We have gone wrong And from the mother of a son who is in college:â€" “Richard writes that he is so discouraged. He'll not be able to fulfill his wish for graduate school for deferments are now given only to medical or minis»- lry students. "It must be a hell of a worry for all the young guys in fine United States. I don‘t see how they can stand it. “Seriously don‘t worry about me. I'll be all right. I'm not going to commit suicide ~â€"- I'm extremely levelheaded. It's just that lately I've been wondering what life is for." “Ginny didn‘t hear from Cliff 1in Vietnam) all week and she is depressed too. Really the work here isn't what is bother- ing me. it's just that I'm wor- ried about Dave being sent to Vietnam. I guess you can un- derstand that. “My power of concentration is zero. I can be reading for an hour and then suddenly realize that I haven't gotten a thing out of it because my mind has been so far away. xk March 25, w Curriculum", he held in Gordc itm'ium of the Contnued on Page 14) mum ibrary HELEN CLIFTON. ‘MI‘S. N. Roy Clif-ton) 105 Wood Lane, Richmond Hill.