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miles (the latter equalling the Olym- pic marathon course length) and con- sumed many hours. The hats of all older people, who find a six block journey beyond their walking cap- acity, should be doffed to these enthusiastic youngsters. Without detracting in any way from the accomplishments of the young students or from their contri- butions to charities, we wonder why two schools in York County chose to walk for the Metro~based United Appeal, whose services extend only as far north as Steeles Avenue and are seldom, if ever, available to res- idents of York County. The Metro United Appeal already benefits sub- At the: present time, the York County Branch of the Canadian Men- tal Health Association is seeking do- nations which will enable them to build a residential treatment centre for children and the York Central AssociatiOn for Mentally Retarded is in the planning stages of a home for the mentally retarded, which will also require financial support from the community. There are many other established welfare groups which could use a helping hand in financing their programs. This money will be spent in York County to ben. efit residents of York County and not for the benefit of those living south of Steeles Avenue. since they accomplished what they dld strictly Dy their own efforts in the face of complete and absolute ignorance by fellow athletes and other Canadians. Even on October 30, only two days after Tom Gayford, Jim Elder and Jim Day landed at Malton, the papers and television were again void of “horsey” news. ' . If Canadians want our equestrian team to .main- tain its present Olympic standard, we are gomg to have to get behind them with our support, both patriotically and financially and show them and other prospective young riders that we really.do want continued success in this the most demanding and difficult of sports. Yours sincerely, HILARY A. BALMER. 74 Lundy’s Lane, Newmarket, Ont. aru lVlel’Lyiuau Wuu um.) {bluxlv .. u-..v.‘, V_ V . man and his paintings. Merryman immersed-.him- self in Wyeth’s thought and reveals the ‘qua11t1es of Wyeth’s pictures as only the artist hlmself could know them. As I examined the reproductions I was aston- ished at their utter realism. These were no ordin- ary paintings. I was made aware of texture ma way that I had never been before. I saw texture in a wooden floor, the fur of a cat, a woman's hair, the skin of a man, in the husks of corn and every picture had this quality of living texture. There was more, something very rare and prec- ‘ ious. There was meaning and timelessness. (I just can’t get over these artists who say that paintings shouldn’t have meaning. If beauty is a feeling then it has meaning of some kind, according to me.) 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The lack of day care facili- ties in the City of London Ontario has been termed a "social crisis" by a leading London pediatrician, Dr. John McKim. clinical direc- tor of the Children‘s Psy- chiatric Research Institute. in a recent issue of the Lon- don Free Press. ~' 01"".1’ ' Arguments advanced in Opposition to Mrs. Rollings’ resolution were weak in the extreme. “It would cause confusion". “They would be old news and forgotten by the time council meetings were called". “We would have to know four weeks be- fore when county council is going to have a meeting”, were some of the “reasons” given that committee re- ports could not be circulated before council sessions. These are reasons? At the same session at which the board of education bylaw was dis- cussed county councillors were asked to approve the report of the warden and commissioners which included a decision on embarking on an elec- tronic bookkeeping system which will require a machine rental of $615 per month and two pages of procedural bylaw amendments, many with diffi- V While we haVe no doubt that all the members of York County Council would declare themselves whole- heartedly in favor of progress, they certainly seem opposed to change. Last week, county council once again voted down a resolution that committee reports be circulated among members at least two days beâ€" fore sessions. Such a resolution was roposed almost four years ago by ichmond Hill Reeve Donald Plaxton. This year’s resolution came from E a s t Gwillimbury Deputy â€" reeve Gladys Rolling. ‘Mrs. Rolling pointed out that the day before. council members had been required to vote on a recom- mendation to rescind the bylaw setting up the County board of edu- cation, a matter of vital importance to the entire county. Having seen the recommendation and the arguâ€" ments and figures supporting it only minutes before, however, few coun- cillors were prepared to vote intelli- gently on it, she argued. . It was accompanied by two long pages of statistical information on county assessment and mill rate figures the import of which obviously could not be grasped on cursory reading. Dr. McKim estimates that London needs seven times its present number of child day care placements to serve its 2,000 children of working mothers. At present. it is estimated that there are only about 250 “full day care" openings in the city: A federal- department of labor report made two years ago confirms Dr. McKim‘s estimate. It indicated that at that time the city had 2.000 London Day Care Situation “sole support" families. that is, families where either a mother or father was living More than once in the past few weeks we have been reminded that the great majority of our young people are already very good citizens. They may wear long hair. may dis- card their shoes in favor of bare feet, grow sideburns, beards and moustaches â€"â€" but they are not hip- pies or yippies. They are intensely interested in their communities, in their country and in the world. Hundreds of them have joined in walkathons for worthy causes. in- cluding UNICEF, Retarded Child- ren’s Association and the United Appeal, and accepted their blisters and aching joints as part of their contribution. Their jaunt to Toron- to’s City Hall ranged from 16 to 26 miles (the latter equalling the Olym- pic marathon course length) and con- sumed many hours. The hats of all older people, who find a six block journey beyond their walking cap- acity, should be doffed to these enthusiastic youngsters. Young People Assisi Needy Subscription Rate $4.50 per THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, “Authorized as second $3â€"_J=“7U I. b“ tion Rate $4.50 per year; ta 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 V An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 (Eh: liberal alone with children and hav- ing to raise them as well as earn a living. Another London doctor. Reinhold Riese. director of the child guidance clinic at War Memorial Children‘s Hospital has termed the situ~ ation in London "terrible". He insists that where moth- ers have to “farm out" their children to private sitters. "great numbers are being damaged by the total ab- sence of any form of stimu- lation vital to children of school age." Such children. says Dr. Riese. are getting a negative start in life." class Dr. McKim reports fre- quently going into homes and finding it “crowded with small children who were get- ting little or no active stim- ulation." He stresses that day care must be more than a baby sitting service. It would provide for the health, mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” Ontario, Thursday’ Needed cult to grasp implications. At the next day’s session, members were required to vote on a finance committee report containing five pages of statistical information. This report, including approval of $9 mil- lion dollars worth of school deben- tures, was approved without a single question beihg yaisecl. u an. . ’ While we don’t doubt the efficiency and ability of the finance committee and staff members who prepared the finance committee report, surely other members of county council should have had at least a few quer- ies. Or were they intimidated by the pages of figures with which they were confronted so suddenly and despaired of asking intelligent ques- tions on such short notice? A report of the welfare committee containing: figures on case history totals did bring objections from Mrs. Alma Walker, doughty reeve of Markham Village, that welfare fig- ures for her municipality were padded. This developed into a long hassle â€"â€" all of which could have been avoided had Mrs. Walker seen the report earlier and had time to check what the figures meant. It is certainly obvious from the point of view of even a casual observer, that the work of county council could be accomplished much more quickly, with less argument and contention, if council members were more fully informed on matters they are required to discuss. Early circ- ulation of committee reports would certainly afford them an opportunity (whether or not they would take. it) of becoming informed, at least slightly, prior to council meetings and would certainly save a lot of time. . It is the refusal of York County Council to make such elementary and innocuous reforms which has caused the wholesale loss of faith in the effectiveness of this level of govern- ment. Indeed, there are many who, because of this type of thi g, insist that county governments hould be stantially from residents of the county who are employed in the five‘ boroughs. If and when a United Appeal is organized in the Southern Six mun- icipalities of York County, then this money will be available for use in the home areas of the donors. To this end Richmond Hill and District Soc- ial Planning Council is working on establishing a United Appeal} abolished entirely. Until their efforts in this direction are successful we believe that Metro should be able to look after its own charitable needs and monies raised by residents of York County should be directed to charities in the county or to those which serve the needy of the world. education and sacial de- velopment of the youngster. London's director of pub- lic health nursing. Mrs. Dorothy Mumby reports that she too sees. almost daily. the need for more day care centres, ,especially subsidiz- ed ones. Mrs. Mumby notes too that while sometimes a mother does not need to work for financial reasons, some mothers function much bet- ter at home after having worked outside during the day. Some who have become "psychotic" need a work "breather" away from their homes. she suggests. London Alderman Marvin Recker, chairman of the ser- vice and policy committee of the Family and Children's Services of London and Mid- dlesex looks on day care cen- tres as a direct means of keeping people off welfare. NOV. 149 Dear Mr. Editor: Although I did not personally read “The Lib- eral” article on the coverage of the Olympic Games Equestrian events, I understand that it was ex- tremely well written. I would however, like to submit a letter sent out to the three Toronto dailies, the CBC, the Aurora Banner and the Newmarket Era regarding the general coverage), of equestrian events during the 19th Olympiad . . . Well at last, the horsemen finally reached news- worthy note but they certainly had to accomplish the highest athletic peak to do so. During this Olympics, television, radio and newspapers all virt- ually ignored the existence of our fine equestrians until on October 27, our jumping team won the cov- eted Olympic Gold Medal. Suddenly all of Canada focused its attention and enthusiasm on our three champion riders. I am sure that at that historic moment all Canadians felt proud that we at last could stand with the world’s finest. All VHeINSWr-nved'ie'gave excellent coverage of this last day of triumph, down to the final moment 0f the victory ceremony. Said “Terrible”; Termed Social Crisis‘ But what about the rest of our equestrian teams? We here at home hardly even received as much as verbal mention of their standings. How can we expect success if no one in the home front offers a little encouragement. Canadians are fickle!!! The only time anyone notices is if our teams win. Even then equestrian coverage is lim- itéd to the back or women’s sections of the papers. I feel strongly that the horsemen and women who competed on our dressage, three day event and jumping teams all deServe a great deal of credit since they accomplished what they did strictly by their own efforts in the face of complete and absolute ignorance by fellow athletes and other Canadians. Even on October 30, only two days after Tom Gayford, Jim Elder and Jim Day landed at Malton, the papers and television were again void of “horsey” news. ' If Canadians want our equestrian team to mam- tain its present Olympic standard, we are going to have to get behind them with our Support, both patriotically and financially and show them and other prospective young riders that we really do want continued success in this the most demanding and difficult of sports. “It might cost a little public money to subsidize them but it would cost a lot more to pay them total welfare which is often the only alterna- tive." he said.’ Dr. McKim. however. feels it is a mistake to equate day care centres with welfare and sees the need for several types of centres each satis- fying the need of children from different social back- grounds. University students with children, for instance, and he estimates there are several hundred in London, are among the poorest on the economic ladder and should have a day care cen- tre. he says. Privately operated nurser- ies are said to be losing pro- positions. They cannot charge more than $15 per week and lose money. pani- cularly during the summer months. One such nursery This is YWCA Week in Richmond Hill, as this active group begins its drive for $10,000 to keep present programs alive and add new ones. Above Mrs. Johanna Bailey with the advice of Roy Austin refinishes a coffee table in the furniture refinishing class held every Tuesday evening at 25 Yonge Street North. This is just one of the 60 recreational activities provided by the local “Y” for all ages â€" male and female. CRITICIZES LACK OF SUPPORT FOR OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN TEAM 60 Recreational Activities At "Y" had to close this year be- cause of financial troubles and found half the parents unable to pay the $16 a week A movement is on foot to encourage churches to make their facilities. which are often idle during the week, available for day care cen- tres. Bishop Cronyn Memoru ial Church has recently trans- formed unused church hall space into a nursery which will soon serve 50 children of working mothers. The church‘s front lawn will be- come the playground area and 55.000 has been raised to get the project underway. fee Mrs. James Murray, chair- man of the social welfare committee. of the London Council of Women who is working with the Umted CommJnity Services to find more nursery facilities. states people must be edu- The other day I returned some books to the Thornhill branch of the Markham Public Library. Mrs. Allan Sumner. the chief librarian, directed my attention to The Work of Andrew Wyeth. This is a personal document of the art and environment of America’s foremost living painter. With the pur- chase of The Work of Andrew Wyeth, theThornhill library was given two reproductions which will not be available to the public. Mrs. Sumner said: “This work is so popular with our library patrons that we have ordered a second copy for circulation. As far as I know, ours is the only library in the district which has this first edition.” w "'fiwn find this star attraction flanked by the two reproductions on a table in the art section of the library. we.» .-.,-..-., . From my own viewpoint, I felt that the care that has gone into the preparation of this work is truly extraordinary. No comparable effort on so large a scale in the field of truly fine painting can be found in the United States and possibly in Rambling Arquqd Canada. This last statement is part of the text of Rich- ard Merryman who has made a study of Wyeth the man and his paintings. Merryman immersed. him- self in Wyeth’s thought and reveals the .qualities of Wyeth’s pictures as only the artist himself c0uld know them. Y .A ,A,LAA_ cated to the fact that. whlle many women work to have a car of their own. many more work to put a meal on the table. In contrast. a municipally operated day care centre opened in Sarnia over a year ago proved a “real asset" to the city’s welfare departâ€" ment, it is reported. "It has proven an excel- lent tool for the rehabilita- tion and reestablishment of people," says Graham Reid, director of the city's com- munity and family services department. Mr. Reid insists that the nursery more than pays for itself “intangibly” by keeping many who would otherwise be on costly relief out earning a living. The centre was opened in a St. Andrew’s' Presbyierian Church building. About half the mothers of the 42 chil- dren attending are able to The Wonderful Work 0f Andrew Wyeth pay the full s3‘pefi‘day Ifee. The City of Woodstock plans to open a day care cen- tre December 1. patterned after that of Samia. It cost about $6.000 to renovate and equip a church building. Priority will be given to chil- dren of mothers who must work but there will also be some families paying the full $3 per day fee. In Chatham. the May Court Club has offered to buy a building and urged the city'to establish a simi- lar centre. Richmond Hill Town Council_recently agreed to subsidize a day care centre here and a board of directors was recently appointed to bring it into being. The cen- tre has been a project for the past two years of the Social Planning Council of Richmond Hill and District. (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) by Elizabeth Kelson “Food That Really Schmecks; Mennonite Country Cooking”. Mouth watering delights such as Sour-cream Salads, Potato Dumplings and Shofly Pie: re- cipes handed down through generations of Waterloo County families. Edna» Staebler, "Our Life In The Highlands". Traces the development. of the Queen’s life from the efferves- cent joy of her married life through to the maturity of her later years, and painting a por- trait of the beauties of High- land life. Victoria. Queen of Great Britain “The Electric K001 - Aid Acid Test”. A graphic and detailed illumination of the very process of primary religious experience and development of .the 400 horsepower energy. freedom and abundance of postwar Am- erica. Tom Wolfe. "Distemper Of Our Times” A frank recreation of the mark of events that danced darkLv across the Canadian political stage between 1963 and 1968. ‘ Peter Newman. “The Transplanted Heart”, The incredible story of the epic heart. transplant operations by Professor Christiaan Barnard and his team. “I Live With Birds". For nearly 40 years Roy Ivor has {Yangtze Pagoda It was cloudy on the night of November 2 at the Richmond Hill High School Commencement, but the moon shone momentarily, illuminating E. B. Cox, internationally renowned sculptor, as he undraped his work purchased by the York 1’ Central District High School Board in honor of Centennial year. The piece, which stands outside the main entrance to the school, is as the artist says creative work should be, “food for the mind”, and well worth a trip down Wright Street to see for yourself. The auditorium of the school was attractively decorated in the school colors, all the speeches were brief and tothe point, and obviously everyone enjoyed sharing this proud evening with Principal George Domina, the staff, and graduating students. There were some inspiring moments too. Miss Edna Izzard who was head of the English Depart- ment from 1930 to 1962, quoted from Stephen Spender when she presented the Donald Leno Mem- orial Scholarship for highest standing in grade 13 Modern Languages to Penny Grieve, "and the Mary Banting Izzard Scholarship for proficiency in English and History to Susan Rogers. Missvlzzard said that Mr. Leno and her mother had a great gift in common â€" that of being able to spread joy and courage in the face of great difficulties. Stephen Spender's words seem most apt. . “I think continually of those who are truly great . . . Who in their lives fought for life. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the‘sun ‘ And left the vivid air signed with their honor.” Other special awards were: The Morley Kinnee Plaque for highest standing in grade 13 English â€" presented to Lynne Freeman and Penny Grieve by James Jackson. The Frank S. Hogg Memorial Scholarship for highest standing in grade 13 Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry â€"â€" presented to Donald Harrower by Dr. Helen Hogg. The State Farm Insurance Scholarship â€" pre- sented to Janice Grainger by John McKenzie. In 1119 Spoilighft YANGTZE PAGODA TAVERN Eye pressed to glass. he tuned the sight, And viewed with hope, his mammoth workâ€"â€" Ten million moving flecks of light That floated in a sea of dark. Then, caref’lly, with his listening beam, Each dusty particle he read, In search of Life. his fondest scheme, And heard a voice cry, “God is dead!” BUSINESSMEN’S LUNCHEONS T be Great Scientist Richmond Hill High School Commencement Dr_ Christian Barnard Ranging from 90c to $2.25 Choice of Chinese or Canadian food ENTERTAINMENT WED. TO SAT. CATERING TO ALL KINDS OF BANQUETS & PARTIES New Fall Reading Richmond Hill Public Library (Continued _on Page 19 RV JOAN HAROLD DINING lOUNGE Reservations phone 884-4278 devoted his life to living with. caring for and studying a vast array of Canadian wild birds. According to him traits such as a reasoning power. sense of humor and a need to give and receive affection are not uncom- mon among the tiny creatures. Hance Roy Ivor. “The SST: Here It Comes, Ready or Not”. The author shows how the supersonic trans- port could revolutionize not only flight, but the whole idea of travel. Don Dwiggins_ “The Elizabeth; Passage of a Queen“. The lore. the history. the life of a great ocean linerâ€"- last of a kind is revealed in rich detail through a day by day account of her voyage 424. Leonard Stevens. “Call Them Canadians“. Here are the Canadians . . . young and old, anxious and serene. the lonely and the loved ones. Here, for the first time in the history of our country is an in- timate photographic look at the ‘people of Canada. __ "The Algiers Motel Incident". John Hersey. “The Sexual Wilderness”. Vance Packard. “Aristotle Onassis". Willi Frischauer. “The Exploring Church”. Frederick Franck. National' Film Board. M. Maxwell