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School Board meeting was pro- ceeding smoothly June 27. when suddenly someone noticed that item 25 on the list of capital equipment to be purchased was a $35 pickle jar. the gi'apliy (locks was pickle liar ,\’o. THE LIBERAL. Richmond Hill. Ontario. Thursday, July 11. 1968 El): liberal An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 '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" Early Solution Needed The York Central District High School Board and the four councils concerned are facing a real crisis with the news that an extra $800,000 in debentures are needed if the pro- posed Don Head Secondary School is to be built on schedule. When tenders were opened last week for the 600 pupil school it was found that the total cost would now be $300,000 more than the total of the local debentures and provincial grants already approved for the building. As forecast. costs have risen con- siderably since the school was first proposed by the board in December 1964. The school has increased in cost. from $3.500 per pupil space to $4.100. The whole sad story of this school since its inception over three years ago provides a stinging indictment of the Robarts Government and its failure to provide either leadership or sufficient financial resources in council-school board relations and education costs. Negotiations be- tween the councils and the high school board has been a long drawn- out affair and now with the need for an extra 3300.000 the school could easily be delayed further. It is a classic case of what is hap- pening in so many communities ac- rOSS Ontario today. On the one hand, the councils. hard-pressed to find money for badly needed community projects other than education, are touchy over the repeated demands of school trustees for more and more money when the major share of local taxes is already going towards the support of education. On the other hand, school trustees are endeavoring to build an educational system to meet the challenge of a rapidly changing world. In the case of the Don Head School. instead of stepping in and speeding up negotiations. Queen’s Park as usual. adopted a “hands-off” policy. The situation was allowed to drift until finally a 75% grant under the federal-provincial vocational training plan was lost. The grants were phased out in March 3]. 1967 and all the approvals were not received from the municipalities in time. Secondary school education in Southern York County is going through an extremely demanding period in its history. Former Board Chairman John Honsberger speaking at a joint meet- ing of councils in 1966 stated that a new school or a major addition would be needed every two years for the next decade. What has the province done to alleviate this problem? Its chief economist H. I. Macdonald warned in March 1965 of “unimag- ined expense” for education in the years ahead. The province has increased its grants somewhat but for the main part the problem is un- solved. The municipalities are still short of funds and the school boards have the responsibility of providing educational facilities. There is often a lack of understanding between the councils and school boards, and the province remains aloof. The municipalities can assist the situation in a real way by directly controlling residential development in their communities. New housing obviously means that school boards. both elementary and secondary, will have to provide extra facilities to meet the growth. Trustee John Mc- Kay in February 1966 told Markham Township Council bluntly, “if you are not prepared to support school de- bentures you shouldn’t sign subdiv- ision agreements”. We hope a. spirit of goodwill and mutual understanding will prevail be- tween the councils and the high school trustees when they meet to discuss the additional $300,000 in de- bentures needed for the Don Head School. Only in such an atmosphere can there be any hope that the prob- lem can be resolved. Chief Survives Real 'l'esl .Former Conservative Leader John Diefenbaker was at his best at the Ottawa press conference he held fol- lowing the June 25 election. Alâ€" though the conference was held ostensibly to discuss Mr. Diefen- baker's forthcoming trip to Scotland. it was really an opportunity for him to tick off the Tory leadership for its inept handling of the campaign. Of all the senior party people who contested the leadership last Sep- tember only Stanfield. Diefenbaker and George Hees survived the Tru- deau tide. Mr. Diefenbaker’s arch enemy Dalton Camp again went down to defeat while the man he ousted from the party leadership was win- ning handily in Prince Albert. some- thing he has been doing continuously since 1040. The party that was so ready to “dump” the old chief did even worse under its new leadership, dropping 23 seats. A great deal of what Mr. Diefen- baker said at his press conference makes sense. Of all the leadership hopefuls last September he and he alone had opposed the “deux nations" concept. a concept that spelt disaster for the Stanfield forces. Mr. Dief- enbaker was severely criticized at the leadership convention by the Quebec wing of the party for his uncomp- romising stand for a strong united Canada. Among his most vocal crit- ics was Paul Trepanier. the retiring national president, and now a twice defeated Tory candidate in Quebec. Events proved Mr. Diefenbaker right as Prime Minister Trudeau used the theme of one Canada with no special status for Quebec with telling effect across the country. Even in Quebec both the Liberals and the Creditistes. the two parties that. stood for a strong central governâ€" ment. all but wiped out the Tories and their allies the Union Nationale. The Conservatives are now reduced to four seats in Quebec â€"â€" under Mr. The Richmond Hill Public 84603. For other Everyone checked their lists explained that and sure onoiich, hidden anion: tioned by filing cabinet: and geo- Grant Nig/is wander} Phil/e far a flurried moment confused trustees which school would ask for such a thing. and why. For that matter. 535 does seem a little stiff for a pickle jar. The matter was straightened out when Trustee David Service Grant principal of \lcConazliy School. and was meant to he used as a Diefenbaker who was supposed to be hated in that province. the Tories captured seven seats in 1965. He can no longer be blamed for the party’s failure to win seats in Metropolitan Toronto. If urban dwellers had failed to understand Mr. Diefenbaker they understood others less. “I never understood urbaniza- tion.” said he, quoting his critics. “Apparently the present Conservative policy was developed on a Chinese laundry ticket.” Today the headquarters of the parties are manned by bright young men who are supposed to be experts on running smart, slick campaigns. An example of their thinking is the questionnaire that was sent out to all the Conservative candidates. Mr. Diefenbaker poked fun at one ques- tion that asked for the candidate's main criticisms of the Liberal Gov- ernment‘s five years in office. then allowed only three lines for an answer. His favorite question was: “Have you ever had a heart attack, cancer or nervous breakdown?” Fortunately for the Liberals. the Tory leadership refused to listen to Mr. Diefenbaker and his chief lieu- tenant Gordon Churchill and their call for a snap election when the minority Liberal Government of Les- ter Pearson was experiencing real difficulty in its inept handling of a tax bill earlier this year. Yet Mr. Trudeau turned around and called an election in April and with a clever handling of issues swept into power with the first majority government we have had since 1958. By a cruel turn of events Mr. Dief- enbaker was pilloried and humiliated by the Camp forces last September. Now he can return to Parliament in triumph with the one basic satisfac- tion that he can at least do something his critics couldn't do. and that is to get elected. which of course is basic to the whole democratic process. container for a asked each clean projector parts. ter word for it." Mr. said. was reqmsi- approved Chairman Nighswandei‘. motion to the purchase substance to "It's not actually a pickle jar. but they couldn't think of a bet- Service Later when the entire list was Deena Simpson observed. "We'll carry equipment. even the pickle jar." John Tate (left) and brother Frank, 3. r many years of hydro service. Tate Bro them He re 95 Years H ydro Service Onlari what may he a record for Hydro Hydro and the Toronto a: Yor Two brothers have compileditinuous service with service. They have. worked for Radial Railway Co.. His hroihe Ontario Hydro and a power company. the power ser-.47 ycars vice. of which with Ontario Hydr (Ontario Hydro Photo) esident of Richmond Hill reminisce about their oi Jack Tale. who will retire on k November l this year. had scrv l‘ied as a lineman. then a subâ€" radialiF‘rank R. Tate. also had OVPl‘Jorpman with the former Bond “Lake rural power district. In was eventually and the Toronto & York RadialfJuiy 1930' he, was transferred taken over by the CommiSSlon»iRall\\'RY Companl'- Flank T3t9~ to the Keswick rural power dis- for nearly 95 years. sistant manager of Sutton areapHe. had been a general lin has had over 47 years of con-lforeman. In the Sp oiliglii By JOAN HAROLD Entering the Court House Theatre in Niagara on-the-Lake for the first time somehow reminded me of the very early days of the Stratford Festival â€" the days when it was all still new and exciting and striving for permanence in Canada’ cultural life. Nobody can deny the architectural beauty and overall success of the Shakespearean Festival, but the old original tent even on a hot sultry night with hail stones bouncing off the canvas with deafening thuds, created for me a certain glamour and excitement that I have never felt in the new theatre. Weren’t we all a little sad when We received a tatty piece of canvas in the mail to remind us of the pioneer days of Tom Patterson? Now that the Shaw Festival after five years of steady progress has established a building fund, the days of the Court House Theatre are numbered, and yet it is so perfectly in keeping with the little town of Niagara-on-the-Lake steeped in Canada’s earliest history. Perhaps one day a postscript will be added to the historic plaque that informs us that this is where the first provincial parliament was formed in 1792 by Colonel John Graves Simcoe. It may tell us that here the theatre of Canada took a giant stride forward when Brian Doherty created the Shaw Festival in 1962. One can imagine the inadequacies of the pres- ent theatre from the production side of things, but for the audience there are only minor discomforts. Entering and leaving are slightly hampered by having to filter through narrow halls and staircases, and once in the theatre I must confess to a few uneasy moments when I was unable to spot well marked fire exits â€" and the wooden chairs arranged in tiers something like the Curtain Club, even though they were fitted with pads. did become a little uncomfortable after three hours. And this brings me to the play â€" George Bernard Shaw's “Heartbreak House”, considered by many including Shaw himself to be his greatest play. Unless one is a Shaw addict who resents one single word of his philosophies being deleted, one longs‘ especially in be Metro, with a population of which would accommodate be- (Continued on Page 12) d‘ llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\l\llll\\\\\\ll\\\\\\\llllll\lllllllllllllllllllll\\l\lllll\l\lllllllllll‘lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“ llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllilIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIll“llllllllllllllllllllll'l is resident. of Richmond Hill. i John Douglas “Jack” Tate. asâ€"iiiovv 80 years old and retired. 5 trict now Sutton area. as gen- eral foreman. He held that posiâ€" 9 tion until his appointment in 1956 as assistant area manager. v~ ‘- Jack Tate and his charming wife and daughter are residents of Sutton. He has been prominent in community and club affairs for many years. He was a direc- tor of Sutton Agricultural Soc- iety for a number of years and was president for ten years. Frank Tate. who looks like a vigorous man in his sixties and has perfect eyesight and hear- ing. is very alert and walks with a springy step despite his eighty years. He began his carâ€"i ‘eer with the Toronto & Yorki ‘Radial Railway Co. in 1905 and‘ became a line foreman in 1908.? .When hydro took over the power service of this formeri lrailway. he was made a linei foreman. In 1948. Frank Tate .was promoter] to general fore-i 3mm and continued in that posi-. tion until the end of 1952 whenl ‘he retired. Frank Tate has been a wid-l lower for the past eleven years and lives alone on Church Street South in Richmond Hill. He has a daughter and two grandchildren in Ottawa and frequently drives his own car there to visit them. He has never drank or smok- ed. His philosophy for living a long life is "plenty of hard work.” l 1The following article on the far reaching MTARTS study written by William Newman MLA (Conservative) for On- tario South appeared in a re- cent Tribune. The study and its future im- plications are of special inter- est to all residents of York Countyâ€"â€"Editori. The Metropolitan Toronto and Region Transportation Study (MTARTS) was tabled in the Legislature, June 13. by Irwin Haskett, Minister of Transport. At the same time the report was presented to sev- eral hundred persons. repre- senting municipal and other in- terests in the region at a meet- ing in the Queen Elizabeth Building, Toronto. Premier and addtessed the gathering. He pointed out that the On- tario Government was respon- sible for the orderly develop- ment of the resources and wealth of the province and for carefully planning the use of our land. The Premier stated that the publication of the MTARTS Re- ports represents the completion of the first stage of an import- ant planning process for the rich region of Southern Ontario surrounding Metropolitan To- ronto. It has already borne fruit in the establishment of the GO commuter or rapid transit ser- vice, which was a special por- tion of the study. * * * 4: Goal Plan One calls for a giant, lake-oriented regional city stretching from Oshawa to Hamilton. l The centre of the area would 2.750.000 at the core and an- other 1.5 million in the sur- Slate Parkway Belt And Country Residences For County Of York issue of the Stouffville. John Robarts was in attendance. [rounding Metro fringe. As “terw minal cities.” Hamilton would .have a population of 695.000 and Oshawa would contain 430,000 persons. This is one of four plans pro- posed by the study. Between Hamilton and Toronto. there would be three “corridor cities" Burlington l295,0001 Oakville (430.000,l and Port Credit (500.â€" \000). V l A high-speed rail and high- way system would traverse the lakeshore corridor and would speed commuters from the cen- tral city to smaller regional shopping and residential areas. Industries would be scattered along the corridor to provide la wide range of employment op- portunities. The whole regionah ,megalopolis would stretch back from the lake for five miles to corridor called a {Parkway Belt." This belt would provide the northerly Jitransportation route to relieve pressure on the high-density southern routes. It would pro- ‘vide a convenient. readily acces- sible outlet for the casual famâ€". lily picnic. as well as space for outdoor sports areas. Beyond the Parkway Belt. the study sees a ring of fine homes and cottage districts called “Country Residence” areas .which would be within 50 miles of Lake Ontario. These areas .in quiet highland settings would. .‘be near wooded areas and lakes land streams. Each would be accessible to the central city by ihighways and rail lines and would be connected by county iand township roads. The report designates some' 23 localities north of Metro as ‘country residence areas. each of 'a second l itween 15.000 and 25.000 resi-l ‘dents. ikdmbling Around“ by Elizabeth Kelson Markham All Set For Summer Recreation “We're not going to he a glorified baby sitting service." said Sid Armatage. Markham's personable recreation director for the summer. "We want children to come because they want to come. We will try to give them a varied program with plenty of challenge and hope they will learn something at the same time." Mr. Armatage said that his job was not to run a program but to get people interested in working at it. He would like young persons interested in play- ground activities to phone him at his headquarters, the North Thornhill Community Centre. 889-8811. The playground activities are held at five different areas, Crosby Park in Unionville and four elementary schools. Henderson Avenue, Woodland, Bayview Glen and Royal Orchard. The supervisors on the playground areas are young people of the highest calibre. They are Karen Heenan. of Henderson Avenue. Linda Mc- Cartney of Woodland. Jan Farquahson of Royal Orchard and Rosemary Leek of Bayview Glen.’ These leaders have. attended a training course at a North York playground June ‘34 to ‘26. The playgrounds are open for action from July 3 to August 15. t i ll! * * A VARIED BUT LOOSEIA’f STRUCTURED PROGRAM The program will be set. up for children six to 15 years. Children should have at least one year at elementary school. Plans are not made this year, to include pre-schoolers in a regular playground program because they are unfamiliar with group program situations which require self-discipline. “Perhaps another year,” said Mr. Armatage. “There just isn’t enough staff at present.” The actual program runs Monday through Friday from 9.30 am to 12. Children go home to lunch. come back at 1 pm and stay until 4.30. “The programs will be in keeping with the needs of the children," said Mr. Armatage. “There will be active games and quiet periods, playtime, drama, arts and crafts, sports, hikes and many other activities.” Mr. Armatage said that along with his play- ground supervisors he hoped to interest boys and girls from 12 to 14 years of age. “We hope to have lots of activity for that age group and the more of them that come out the better.” This invitation is for boys and girls who have no alternative but to sit around all day. _ There is a registration fee. The first member of the family will pay a straight $2 and each additional member will pay $1. The registration forms have been sent out to each of the playgrounds and registrations took place there, Tuesday, July 2 from 10 am to noon. The activities began the fol- lowing day. Once a week there will be a special event. usually on Friday. It could be anything from a hike to a carnival. In case of cold. wet weather, playground activ. ities will be cancelled. If the weather clears up by noon. activities will be resumed. In the event of rain occurring after the program is begun. the children will be sent home immediately or retained under shelter until a break occurs and then sent home. it all * * * THE QUESTIONS PARENTS ASK Is the playground program compulsory? No. it isn’t. Children can come when they like and leave anytime they like. If they are going away for a week or so. it would be nice if they let their instruc- tors know but they are free to go to other activities. Daily registrations are maintained to keep track of the number of children attending the program. Do children have to make a choice between swimming and playground activities? No. Children can come back for part of the morning. go fora swimming lesson and then come back and rejom the program. If a child drops the program after a week or so does he get his money back? Sorry. the $2 is a set fee for every child regardless of attendance. (Continued on Page 12) Hungry Vietnamese Children Supported By Local Couples For $16 a month you can help to lessen â€"â€" even if only a little â€" the misery of one Vietnamese girl. one human. struggling to survive one more hour in an ugly world she never asked for or made. That ugliness might be It might be Vietnam or any other underdeveloped country in the world. At least two families in the Richmond Hill area are currently doing their share to lessen the miseries of un- derdeveloped children by way of contributing money to the Foster Parents Plan of Canada in Montreal. They are Mr. and Mrs. E. R. T. Park of 260 Weldi‘ick Road. Richvale and Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Little of 54 Arn- old Street. The Parks â€" comprisinE children. Robert. 16 and Bar- bara. l8 at home â€"â€" have been the foster-parents of Nguyen Thi Thu Thanh. Thanh is a Vietnamese girl described as a “most appeal- ing little miss. having soft brown hair and a fair com- plexion and dark eyes." The Parks have been con- tributing monthly payments to Thanh for almost a year now and up until a few months ago were exchanging letters regularly. “We haven‘t heard from her for quite awhile now." *‘v said 16-year-old Robert. "Of course. she‘s in the midst of ~ the fighting there and she m Ell ' 'hance to NGl'YEN THI Tin' THANH 1 ‘ n“ “a 9 a L urzle She micht even be Supported by the Parks dead" war. hunger. death or. as too often the case. a combination of all three. Does Thanh really need help? Thanh's father served two years in the South Vietnam- ese Army at a salary of $34.53 a month. He develop- ed an infection in the liver and was taken into a military hospital. He died two months later on May 22. 1967. The mother was paid an indemnity of $69.06 from the father's service unit and used it to start a small business. She peddles fruit from door to door bringing home 86 cents profit at the end of a day. The family lives in Saiâ€" gon. Thanh attends the first class of public primary school for two hours a day. She has learned to read and write letters in the short time she has been in school. She has three younger chil- dren. Thanh lives in the back of a house in an area measuring 10 feet by 15 feet. The con- struction consists of iron on the roof. walls of wood and floor of beaten earth. The furniture: a bed. a table and small chest for storing left-m er food. The Li"2es haxe sponso- ed n.ne~‘.cai‘-old Ngu‘ en Thi De since Octohe of 1007. The role of foster pared< isn't a new one for them. They've been faster parents since 1945 to children living in France. Lithuania. Greece. Italy. and now Vietnam. Cost of sponsoring Thi De is $17 monthly or $204 an- nually. Of this amount 98 is a monthly cash payment with the balance administered by the plan in the form of food. clothing. and educational costs. Thi De lives in Hue and is one of a family of five. She is now back in second grade at school after being forced to drop out because of financial difficulties. Thi De. u ho would like to become a dressmaker some day. is described as "clever. polite and quite attractive, with a round face and in- telligent dark eyes." Her father has bad health. He‘s employed as a coolie for 68 cents a day. Every moment is a danger- ous one in Hue with the Viet Cong lurking every- where. Thi De liies in a small. dilapidated hut. containing meagre essentials and rest on an earthen floor She correspond: \llill the Lorie: every month wri'in: he" min lotto}; Our ARC/WHYlWH Era le'r tei‘s." Mrs. Little said, “is warm and clase. Thi De and her brothers attend school when possible although they often lack books. decent clothing and even a decent meal. “Despite suffering and hardships. the family shows great determination to better their lives," Mrs. Little said. More than 9.000 children in nine underdeveloped coun- tries are now being cared for through Foster Parents Plan by individuals and groups in Canada. They contribute $16 monthly to the child's sup- port and exchange letters each month with translations both ways supplied by the plan. Canadians who are foster parents include former Prime Ministers Lester Pear- son and John Diefenbaker. and Opposition Leader Rob- ert Stanfield. and many other well known persons. They also include many ordinary people with love in their hearts and a need to share it with others less for- tunate. From the Slfi monthly conâ€" lhe (hlld rcr-e .cs iiibiition. _ iaso wipporl plus (10mins. medicines school foc:_ pir There i< a fullmme flli'fi‘i‘lflr and trained social workers to look after the welfare of the children in each of the nine countries where the plan operatesâ€"Korea. Hong Kong. Vietnam, Greece, Col- ombia. Ecuador. Peru, Bra- zil and the Philippines. Further information may be obtained by writing Fos- ier Parents Plan. PO Box 65. Station “B” Montreal. NGI'YEN TH! DF‘ Supported by the Littles