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North York Borough Council ters easily into small pieces. 'ity to ban the controversial recently took a tentative step However. this View is denied‘bottles. has been sent to all towards banning non-returnable by Anthony Griffiths. executive municipalities in the province. bottles. by supporting a recom- vice-president of Consumers It urges co-operation in per- mendation of~ Kitchener City Glass Co. Ltd., Kipling Avenue, suading the government to leg- Councll that the use of the who claims that the glass used islate against the use of non- bottles be made illegal. for returnable and non-return- returnable bottles. and seems The North York Works De- able bottles is "identical." to be eliciting some response. The North York Works De- partment is to gather statistics over the next few months re- garding the disposal of non- returnable bottles, as are other metro boroughs, according to North York Works Commis- sioner Brian Ruddy. sioner Brian Ruddy. ties for littering and a‘more In addition, the Ontario Parks “mu” m“: “mm” W “‘° “‘""“““" “"“ °‘“‘" “"" WW“ 1 Bylaw 2402, a restricted area a 7’ The boroughs plan to meet rigid enforcement of litter con- Association is to urge the pm- our dog won’t ‘sxt’_when we tell her to? I vtzoning) bylaw which would In the fall to discuss the results. trol measures would curb the vincial Government to legislate We equally enjoyed the trapeze and trampolme lbring parts of Lots 6 and 7 in "There does seem to be a lot problem, he thinks. against the manufacture, dis- artists, the elephants and clowns, but the bears left .Concession 4 east at the corner of broken glass around of 3 “Cars aren’t banned because tribution and sale of no-deposit, us cold. Muzzled and yanked about on chains, there iof 14th Avenue and Concession type that splinters easily," Mr. people get killed in them, so non-refundable soft drink bot- - . - - - - - imals :5 under the same standards as Ruddy commented. why ban bottles because a few tles. A resolution to this effect 13 no pleasme m seemg these dlgmfled an ‘the North Don Mills Industrial Many people believe that people smash them?" he asks. was passed at the Association's, 19°kmg rldlcmous on mOtorblkes and Other contrap' Bylaw. non-returnable bottles are made A letter from Kitchener. so 16th annual conference in tlons- Three readings were given to of an inferior glass that splin-‘far the only Ontario municipal- Brantford, August 10. i (Continued on Page 12) Bylaw 2403 and it was passed. i'“Mimi\‘i‘m‘m‘i‘mml‘l‘u“WWWit“l“l\\“Mll““Nminim““l\“\\“\“\\““\“\“RMMWWl“!“ii\“\\\\l\m\\\\\“l\““\i\\\lll\“Nii“\mm“i““\“\“\\l\“\“\l\m“mliWW“l\l“lllli‘ll‘llii‘l‘lillmi““mulllllilumluitil‘\1\\“\ll\““l“lmNulllliliillilllillllliiiluitlilliilmullliiiilllulllliiilllliiilmmiHim““Huiin“mlNiINN“"WNWNilWmlmill“mWWWWill]ll!lmlullmillllmumflimlulu“!'P North York Frown: 0n Non-Returnable Bottles Now 'the Thornhill Village Trustees have themselves proposed to Mark- ham Township that it assume respon- sibility for .village roads, lights and garbage collection and will discuss a similar proposal with Vaughan. In doing so, they tacitly admit that the The Smith Report On Taxation makes wide recommendations con- cerning regional government and while no specific mention is made of police villages, with their responsi- bilities allocated elsewhere, there would be little reason for their con- tinuance. Corning closer to home. Vaughan Township during the past year has made proposals to both the Police Village of Maple and Thornhill which would, in effect, leave little reason for their continued existence. Are police villages obsolete? At a time when the term “regional government" is on everybody's lips, it would appear that they are. Cer- tainly the Ontario Government is encouraging regional governments to which police villages are the obvious antithesis. _ This fall the Department of Highways is to conduct a survey , of transportation needs in the northern fringe of Metro, according to a let- ter sent by the department in June to the Go-North Transit Committee. formed earlier in the year to press for a rail commuter service to link Northern York Coun- ty to Toronto. In its survey the depart- ment would be expected to consider the merits of a rail transit system as opposed to alternative transportation links, notably the far north extension of the Yonge Street subway or the expan- sion of the northbound high- way network. Perturbed at the high cost of keep- ing Ontario roads free of litter, the Department of Highways has launched a campaign to persuade the public to be more considerate in its disposal of waste. Last year the department spent over $750,000 cleaning up the mess left behind on the province’s 13,000 miles of high- ways and 1,700 roadside picnic areas. At present the highways linking Toronto to the north are barely adequate. They are all busy thoroughfares, easily clogged with traffic Wabsone “’ Litter is not only costly to re- move, it is unsightly while it lies around and it can be dangerous. Re- cent concern over the disposal of non-refundable bottles has brought to light numerous instances of perâ€" sons, particularly children, being cut by broken glass from these bottles. Every year there are cases of people being injured by cans, bottles and other material thrown from cars, and lighted cigarettes tossed away by the thoughtless are notorious causes of fires. The Department of Highway's campaign to make people more aware of the evils of litter is a All “lucpcuucuu "yum; . “wee-yum...“ -v.- V ‘ U L 5" 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. Aug Should Consider Rail Transit For Northern Commuters Fine Those On The Way Out? An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Tithe liberal Mr. Griffiths believes the blame for smashed bottles and bottles strewn in parks and on beaches should be attached to litterbugs and not to non~re- turnable bottles. Heavier penal- ties for littering and a more rigid enforcement of litter con- trol measures would curb the problem. he thinks. in parts With the papula- tion of centres north of Metro expected to increase greatly in the next decade. steps must be taken soon to improve the transportation links between Toronto and the rest of the county. Population projections for 1980 by the York County Planning Office, Newmarket. are: Richmond Hill 27.300 (against 19,343 in 1967), Aur- ora 15.770 (10.421 in 1967). Newmarket 13,200 (9,148). East Gwillimbury Township 22,420 (12936), Vaughan Township 37.240 (18,419), Markham Township 31.450 (13.300I. Some decision will there- fore have to be made by the Ontario Government in the notâ€"distant-future on how to improve the links with Met- ro, and because of financial considerations, it may well linen-bugs ! village should disappear as a mun- icipal entity as with the exception of care of sidewalks and partial respons- ibility for the village park, the trus- tees would have no remaining tasks. Talk too of amalgamation and/or annexation of the Metro fringe areas certainly leads to the conclusion that police villages would have no place in the resulting enlarged municipal- ity. Further, this move has aroused the interest of a neighboring village and Unionville Trustees have asked to receive a copy of the agreement be- tween Markham Township an d Thornhill when it is finalized. While many of us may regret these developments, it must be accepted that “the order changeth” and many things dear to our hearts in the past “yield place to the new”. At the same time, however, we would like to see a determined atâ€" tempt made to retain the charm and atmosphere of our quiet villages. Let‘s not get them filled up with high rise apartments with all the attend- ant stresses of high density living. much-needed, worthy effort, but gentle persuasion alone will not be enough to bring about a reduction in the thousands of tons of litter that are strewn every week along the highways and byways of On- tario. The American and other tourists who visit here every year Will’not be much exposed to the de- partment’s publicity, and there are always those who couldn’t care less. Fines of up to $50 can be imposed for littering the highways. The de- partment could put some teeth in its campaign by reminding the pub- lic of this penalty and by instruct- ing traffic police to be particularly alert for litterbugs and to fine of- fenders heavily.‘ Richmond Hill Town Council on motion of Councillor William Laz- enby has taken a step in the right direction to counter the growing problem of litter in the town by preparing a bylaw that would pro- vide a stiff fine on anyone found littering streets or public places. Mayor Thomas Broadhurst has cit- ed as an example of the beneficial effect of such a measure, the sparkl- in , waste-free condition of streets in everly Hills, L05 Angeles, where that municipality provides $500 fines for infractions of its anti-litter bylaw, which according to the mayor, is rigidly enforced. We hope it won’t be long before Richmond Hill has its own anti-lit- ter measure in force. it won’t be long before in has its own anti-lit- in force. turnable Bottles , ity to ban the bottles, has been sent to all municipalities in the province._ It urges co-operation in per- suading the government to leg- islate against the use of non- returnable bottles, and seems to be eliciting some response. Already the Association of On- tario Mayors and Reeves has condemned the bottles. stating that they invite destruction on sidewalks and streets and are a safety hazard. In addition, the Ontario Parks Association is to urge the proâ€" controversial i uvu. ru- 1.... v- -â€".V V c The El Shamaly Shrine Club who presented the Hanneford circus for four performances last Sunday and Monday in aid of crippled children, must have worried that the heat would send everyone out of town looking for a swim, but there was a fair sized audience which happily found the Richmond Hill Arena a cool place to be, and the circus a high calibre and fast-moving entertainment. It started on the dot of tw0 o’clock after a group of clowns kept the excited children sitting happily in their seats, while their equally excited parents rushed about buying pop, candy-floss, and balloons -â€" well, isn’t the circus for children of all ages? The first act after the overture filled the one large centre ring with an array of the most adorable, high spirited dogs, ponies, and monkeys which cavorted happily, doing the most amazing tricks. My five year old daughter reflected my own thoughts when she turned to me solemnly and said, “How come our dog won’t ‘sit’ when we tell her to?” have to choose between the establishment of a northerly GO system and the eventual extension of the subway sys- tem to Steeles Avenue. By 1972 the Yonge Street subway is due to reach Shep- pard Avenue, construction work on the extensiou hav- ing already begun. A fur- ther extension to Finch Av- enue is being considered by the Toronto Transit Commis- sion due to the existence there of parking space on hydro lands for some 4.000 cars. As growth continues north and south of Steeles Avenue, pressure will later build up for an extension to Steeles. This would be a boon to com- muters north of Metro, but subway extensions cost a pricey $20 million a mile to build. and it may be pre- ferred to set up instead a 15. 1968 guunuulmmum\unmmunumuumnup“\ummumwmm\mmgmmmmumk\mmmmummmmnmmmmmmmm“\muulmumuuummmnmnummmnmnnnuum\munnmulmuummmm\mmmummumm“um\umummummu~g The Hanneford horses stood under a canvas awning protected from the hot sun, as the cicadas in the trees overhead buzzed frantically as if to tell us that we were all mad to be going to the circus in an 85 degree temperature -â€" but the immaculately groomed and be-plumed animals calmly swished their tails and waited patiently for the familiar oom-pa-pa of the overture. ~- ' 1 ,,,LAAI L1-.. We equally enjoyed the trapeze and trampoline artists, the elephants and clowns, but the bears left us cold. Muzzled and yanked about on chains, there is no pleasure in seeing these dignified animals looking ridiculous on motorbikes and other contrap- tions. northerly rail transit service. for which there already ex- ists a rail track. In the United States there is at least one city. Cleve- land. where rail transit is considered the desirable sol- ution to mass transportation. According to a recent ar- ticle in the Christian Science Monitor. the Cleveland Transit System (CTS) is in the process of completing a four mile extension to the city airport at a cost of $14 million, and is planning fu- ture extensions of its net- work to five suburban areas at an estimated cost of $200 million. None of this money is likely to be provided by subsidies. so the expansions would apparently have to be financed out of profits. The CTS operates with conspicuous success. Since 1942 its books have shown only three deficits, the last in 1958 In addition to the CTS plans. a wealthy Cleveland suburb. Shaker Heights. is also intending to extend ils own successful rapid transit system. The Cleveland Transit Sys~ term. as well as that in Shaker Heights. embraces a number of so-called “park 'n ride" stations. where free parking is provided for com- muters. The CTS stations serve ten communities and attract 60,000 passengers a day. the article discloses. Parking is provided for 7,000 cars. According to CTS Re- search Director George Ihn- it, these passengers come from ten suburban commun- ities which average less than 212 persons per écre. "That should answer those people Only about seven percent of the cest of signal installation would be apportioned to the two municipalities. The balance would be shared by the Ontario Department of Highways and the Board of Transport’s grade crossing fund. Reeve Stewart Rumble asked Engineer Dusan Miklas about York County's intentions re- garding the townline, “When will the county take over?” Mr. Miklas replied, “Not this year or next. I’m afraid, with the county’s new ‘needs’ study coming up." Storm Sewer Tenders Twelve tenders for the Elgin Street storm sewer in Thornhill were opened and displayed a wide variation. ranging from a low of $112,487.05 submitted by Cafagna Bros. Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto, to a high of $302,056 submitted by Domenic Contracting Ltd.. Toronto. The sewer will provide drain- age in the Elgin-Dudley area. 534 feet on Dudley Avenue and 680 feet on Elgin Street. Bylaws Council gave two readings to Bylaw 2402. a restricted area (zoning) bylaw which would bring parts of Lots 6 and 7 in Concession 4 east at the corner of 14th Avenue and Concession 5 under the same standards as the North Don Mills Industrial Bylaw. who say you have to have a high density to justify rapid transit." he is quoted as say- ing. One of the results of this successful commuter service is that a large number of cars are now left at home or at “park 'n ride" stations. thereby freeing Cleveland highways of traffic. Factors accounting for the strong “park ’n ride" pat- ronage of the Cleveland sys- tem are apparently the com- fort and speed of trains. allied to a lack of prejudice against mass transit. In late 1967 the CTS added to its rolling st0ck 20 new air-con- ditioned trains capable of doing 60 mph. If a rapid rail system can be a success in Cleveland it can be a success elsewhere too. perhaps even in York County. Council passed general ac- counts for July in the amount of $262,311.32; welfare $2,214.- 40: road $63,186.56. Council also agreed to raise the allowance for mileage of private cars for personnel on township business to 15¢ per mile. uummnum\uulmmumuuuuumuuumml\l\\muuummmuuu Mental Illness Is Shunned Problem (London Free Press) Governments respond to pub« lic opinion. and very little else. In few fields is this more evi- dent than in that of mental health. Except when the anguish ofl mental illness is personally ex-i perienced by a family. people’‘ are generally indifferent. They tend to regard such tragedy as someone else's problem, differ ing somehow from other illness and social trouble, and to cat- egorize it as an unpleasant bus- iness to be isolated and hidden from conscience in institutional buildings. ' The public gets worked up about the shacking results of mental health neglect, as dem- onstrated in family tragedy ~ particularly as it affnhts c“""- ren â€" and social crimes. But people fail to relate the eftect to the cause. George Rohn, administration director for the Canadian Men- tal Health Association, says this country’s mentally-ill are un- derprivileged because such ill- ness is "the most neglected of all the health problems in Can- ada.” Governments. he said, re- gard mental illness as a com- modity to be deported to an institution and forgotten. But effective treatment means, not custodial care. but rehabil. itative treatment and research which, in sum. simply mean: involvement. Canada‘s 70.000 mental pa- tients represent only those who are acutely ill. There is a far greater number of tortured suf- ferers whose problems are un- recognized. or who have no- where to turn because society doesn't really care enough to provide all that it could for helping them. Until enough people do, and grow genuinely concerned, gov- ernment action will remain in- adequate. Whether generated from a selfish desire for self protection, or from compassion for helpless victims. aroused public opinion is essential be- fore effort equals potential in alleviating untold distress. GS 1968 BENEFICIAL FINANCE CO Get more moneyat Ben- I eficial. Call up . . . or come to where the money is . . . now. You'll be surprised how much more you can get YORK CENTRAL HOSPITAL Come to where the money Want $5000? 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