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Fire Eric Kierans Best Solution: Mismanagement Post Office Dept. Conser5‘ati5e Postal Ileath Macquarrie ough, PEII said December while speaking in the House of Commons removal of master-General Kierans perhaps be a better solving the way of the post office than making it a Crown corporation. Mr. Kierans has said government is considering the a‘ Postâ€" would 0f1 "111ismanagement" consultants’ report. tabled Decâ€" 11 in the recomtnends ember which post office corporation. M11. Macquarrie statement it appears. that said Commons, the be made a Crown “we are now at a stage where conditions and prospects are so bad that a Crown corporation is being rc- comtnendcd as a way out.” But. the report. Kates, Marwick and of Toronto. did not prepared by Company “irrevoc- ably demonstrate that there is anything inherent in the strucâ€" ture of a Crown corporation to guarantee successful opera- tions." ‘Petnliaps instead of estab- lishing yet another Cr'own c101- pot‘ation, changing the minister might be a progressive and remedial move." While the 111i11iste11 had pre- dicted his adjustments to rates and services would reduce the post office's deficit to $40,000.- 000 for this year. the report forecast. a deficit of $240,000,- 000 by 1975-76. The postmaster-general ltad “worsened the situation byl stubbornly clinging to his er- lots of polity judgment." New Class Opens For Small Group I'Continued from Page 1) Only children ages 7 to 10 serve the survey, Ito-integration and only children of average stream who 51 hile the child is still at the‘ are not doing as well as could Scott School. were included in or abo5e a511e1age ability in a. _ ; IIIllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllltllIlllllllllllllIltllllllllll {teacher reasonably be expected in thel regular classtooms were con- sidered. Files and reports front other agencies. such as the Sick Children's llospital. Sutherland Clinic, etc. were also used to make the selections. Children requiring specializ- ed instruction fall into two major categories disabilities and auditory -vc1bal motor with ties. Mr. Hallman Hadfield asked if anything was 111ep01ted â€" those with visual-lbeing planned for older child- those 1en. disabiIi-l there are resource peisons in The children in the latter two of their lar‘gei schools, and C M t I c Illllll'.llItllllllllllltlIllllllllIIIIllltilllllll'tIIlltllIllllllllllllllllllttllltlIll 1 il-lillsbor-l 1 2 Observer Takes 14 Days To Reach Quebec The following news story appeared in a recent issue ‘ of the Hartland New Bruns- wick Observerâ€" Here's yet another exam- ple of Postmaster General Eric Kicrans' so-called “ex- cellent" mail service in Canada! , An Observer subscriber In Roxboro, Quebec . . . whose last Observer took fourteen days to go from Hartland to Quebec has written The Observer as follows: “Dear Sir: The Observer has been fourteen days on the road from Hartland to my home in Roxboro. Que- bec. The post office tells me that it must be some fault of the post office in Hartland. I doubt that. “I wonder if it took the stage coach fourteen days to go from Hartland to Quebec â€" but. of course. those horses are very old now. “So hope you get this letter before Christmas. If not, I wish you all a Happy New Year." Street, Roxboro, Quebec. will be invited to obâ€" in the SLD class. into the main-, will start 11 i 111 education Mr. Hallman reported that parents of these children have spent from $100 to $3,466 for assessment of the children and for at- I tendance at a special Rich- mond Hill Clinic. In four cases the amount spent was greater than $1,500. Newmarket Trustee Jack‘ He was told that in Metro And the letter is signed 1, Mrs. Shirley Reeve, 70-16th ’ MR. AND Hill East, SJ. Institute. group tend to be quiet and pas-1 that several Tork County Sec- sive They are likely overlooked by an inexpe1ienced more teacher. 0n the other with visual-motor hand. children difficulties tend to be much more obvious Clinic of the Richmond Hill in the classroom. However, the auditory-verbal group are the most difficult to handle in the regular classroom situation. The new class will include five children with auditory-vetWGordon McInt51e pointed out bal problems, on with evisualâ€" that there is no provision in motor disabilities and two with p105incia1 statutes for the boardi .Education‘s n1i\ed disabilities. When it is consideted that a pupil is teady to 111etuin to his discussed further at a meeting home school the childs home of the boa1d in Janua151. 1 0”.” 3 O O 3 O 3 O l O O 3 O O O O O O to be ondary Schools have one or remedial teache1s ‘staff. n1 I Richmond Hill Liberal FEATURING York County’s Largest Real Estate Marketplace “The Liberal” publishes more real estate advert- isements than any other York County weekly. PHONE 884-1105 or 884-1983 FOR FAST ACTION "he committee toid the trus- tees that the Richmond Hill Area Branch of the Canadian Association for Children with Learning Disabilities has ap- pealed to the board for financial suppo1t, but Associate Director to provide such aid. The committee 11ep01t will be: Parker to William Albert Gallienne. MRS. local Wedding Of Interest Our Lady Queen of the World Roman Catholic Church. onRecommend I970 Committee After honeymooning in Quebec City and the Laurentians, Mrs. Galllienne are now living in Toronto. WILLIAM GALLIENNE Richmond was the setting for the August 16 wedding of Mary Evelyn The nuptial mass was con-celebrated by Father Francis Robinson, Father Peter Mason and Father Paul Brennan The bride is the daughter of Mrs. William Parker and the late Mrs. Parker of Osiris Drive and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gallienne of North Taylor Mills Drive, all of Richmond Hill. The bride is in her third year of studies at the University of Toronto and the groom is in his third year at Ryerson Polytechnical M 1‘. and Study After Hours Use OI Schdols A committee on the use of schools should not be used as a"catcha11"for all requests that come to the board of edu-l cation 1‘01 use of schools dc- elared York County Board of committee on thel use of schools in its final 11eâ€"‘ port to the board at a meeting on December 16. 1 “I hope that a similar com- mittee will be set up in the new year“. said Vaughan Trus-, ‘tee Ross .lolliffe. chairman of. the committee, but, he added, a committee of'this type should not be asked to interpret 011 justify board policy unless specifically directed how and why. The committee tan intoi strong criticism in many mun-1 icipalities where community groups had been accustomed to 1using the schools free of chaige mg 0f travel films. the board fo1 i O O O O O O O 0 O FREE DELIVERY FREE DELIVERY 0 O O O O O 0 g . O O O O 6 meetings and social activâ€" ,ities. County board policy re- quires that these groups work through municipal 11e- creation committees. but 1 many areas do not have I such recreation commit- ‘ tees and groups such as the Scouts and Guides found themselves confront- ed with rental charges far beyond their means to pa y. Although the rentals charged lamounted only to the cost of lcaretaking services plus addit ional heat electricity. etc. some organizations 55e1e on‘ the 5erge of disbanding when FREE DELIVERY ON DRYCLEANING AND SHIRT LAUNDRY FREE DELIVERY ltl FlEleI > r s >1 A I II r 5. AH > 2 CALL 884- 4411 7» 1\\\\\\\%\\\\\ 3 i 1. 1:: ‘1 S E < 198 YONGE ST.\ \’ RILHMOND HILL l1Rlll‘. tilll.l\ 1.111 FREF. DF LI\F.R1 FRET. ‘ DEL 15 1 RV ‘munity '1nunicipalities of 1and to consider the advisability‘1 ordinate the service". the board instituted an emerg- ency clause permitting them to : use the schools at a flat rate of $25 from September 1969 to June 1970. When it was set up in June, the committee was directed “to discuss use of schools by com- organizations and rec- reation authorities in the 141 the county of a county organization to 00-“ In what M11. Jolliffe describâ€" ed as a “transitional situation”, the committee has been con- fronted with many comprom- ises. Following a recent meeting of delegates f10m the Rota1y Club of Richmond Hill asking ‘fo1 special c0nside1ation re garding’ rental fees fo1 showâ€" agIeed that an additional ent- e1gency clause should be added to its policy on use of schools: To charge the full cost inâ€" 101 act- king organizations i5ities designed to iaise 1110H931.lemeati0n 155ith the exception. at the dis- tionally organized service clubs 1ep1esentati5es eluding ov‘e1head to profit ma- authorities ROSS JOLLIFFE No Funds For Recreation of recreation in the county areas are still committees without th a t ha5e the autho1 1151 to replesent [1131M eietion of the di111ect01.of 1121- the community. When such committees 511whe1e the fund raising project established they may apply to lhas c1earl51 recognized cultur- lal values. and 5511he1e the1e is Department of Education supporting evidence to show funds so raised are expended not fo1 the advantage of ‘membeIs but the cultural de5- elopment of the schools and of use of in 511011 cases that the committee appointed covel {01 1970 should hme as one of 1555555515155555555555155555555551555551555555111511555555555555555551515555555555555511 kemla Fund 1the community; lthe cha1ge made will ‘1c1ea1l5 lecognizable additional icosts as in item 2 abo5e’. them {2 sets out the Schedule of charges for gymnasia. auditor- ia, cafeteria. classrooms, etc). 5K >i< is x During September and Octo- ber the committee met with Markham Resident Is Ont. Hydro Manager1 A resident with his wife and of the Town of, two children Markham. Michael Crompton is the manager of Ontario Hydro‘s recently created Ncwmarket Area. Headquarters for this office are now under eontruc- tion on )Ittlock Drive. Newmar- ket. .\lr. Crompton joined On- tario Hydro's engineering staff in 1948 and is a graduate of the University of British Colâ€" umbia. He is lst vice-president of Markham Rotary Club. mem- ber of the board of managers of St. A n d r e 55' ‘ s Presbyterian Church, Markham and member of Ontario Hydro‘s Toastmast- ers‘ Club. WANT EXTRA INCOME? A temporary job may be the bournc. Town of Markham ‘ answer. Read the Help Wanted King Trustee T‘avid Bachle5 'Columns in “The Liberal" every Newmarket T1151"ee Jack H (I week tor .iOb opportunitieC field and ,5111151'2 Trustee lxcitl tornuz‘nout \ork Count}. the‘ 1 1 but, a1el In Aurora New Secondary School To Open Se 1 A new secondary school is scheduled to open in Au- 1'ora in September. 1972. York County Board of Education agreed Decem- ber 16 that the school origi- nally planned by the for- mer Aurora District High School Board. will be built on Wellington Street West, 1 just west of Aurora Senior ‘1 School. Capacity of the new 1 school will be 1.260 pupils. ' but it is expected that for at least the first year, part of the school will be occuâ€" pied by senior elementary school pupils. Next September about 194 junior school students will be housed in portables located on the grounds of the four junior schools and the one senior school in Aurora. There is already lSuggest Major A lengthy list) of tecommen- dations to the 1970 Richmond Hill Town Council was present- ed b5 council‘s fire and bylaws icommittee at the Decembe1.15 council meeting These recom- ‘mendations contain important Isuggestions for the future de- ‘velopment, of the town's fireâ€" 1fighting department. 1 it) Thgt the fire chief be :authorized to obtain a repott on 1the bearing capacity of the‘ lfootings and walls of the presâ€"1 ent fire hall: man Councillor Lois Hancey 11eâ€" Lported estimated cost of this linspection would be between $25 and $501: (21 The fire chief also be authorized to obtain plans and storey to the fire hall for re- commendation to the 1970 com- 11mittee: 131 That it be recommended to the 1970 council that three permanent firemen be added to the department next year; 14) That the committee agrees I551ith the Canadian Association ‘of Fire Chiefs Inc., that for a 1population of up to 20.000 “people, the fire chief's salary: differential should be 50% 111019 than that of a first class fireman and recommends this be the committee; (5) That the 1970 fire com- mittee study the five year cap- /. 1IllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllll\IlllllllIIlillIllIlllllItllllIllllllllllllllllllllllll Markham May Seek New Bus Terms The ten year agreement between Markham Town- ship and the Toronto Trans- portation Commission ends this month and the town- ship will be studying a new contract perhaps with an eye to boosting its share of surplus revenue. Under the terms of the existing agreement; Mark- ham Township, Vaughan Township and Richmond Hill own the franchise for the Yonge Street bus ser- vice, operated for them by the TTC. The town owns 1 50 percent of the franchise ‘ and each of the townships 25 percent. When the current agree- ment expires Markham and Vaughan will each re- ceive 31.160 and Richmond Hill $2,320. Tile surplus funds were derived from I an overcharge of interest and a small operating prof- it. 1 the 1119c1eation branch of the Since the contract was for drawn up in 1960 tremend- grants which are not available ous growth has affected I0 boards 0f education. the three municipalities In its final report to the which might give rise to a boa1d, the committee on the more equitable distribution schools recommended of revenue. its tasks the question. The ex- . 5 tent to which the York County 1Town Fire Department In I970 (committee Chair-1 1quotations for adding a second implemented by the 1970‘ THE LIBERAL. Richmond Hill, ptember ’72 one portable at the senior school and one at a junior school. As new homes in the \Vimpey Subdivision are occupied. more pupils are 1 moving into the area. and 1‘ it is expected that by Sept- ember 1971 the student population of the com- munity will have increased 1 by 674~470 at the junior ‘this entire matter." le5el and 200 at the senior elementary level . The board is planning to have a new junior school ‘ open for September 1971. I and a new senior school ready for use in September 1973. I The junior school. to be I located in the \Vimpey Sub- ' division. will accomodate 500 ehlidren. No site has yet been chosen for the I proposed new senior school. Additions To ital forecast prior to the setting‘ of the 1970 budget; The fire chief was instructed1 by the committee to prepare his1 1969 report to council anti his. preliminary budget for the 1970‘ committee. Also for the early attention ,of the incoming council is a recommendation from the tran-1 sportation and parking commit- tee 5Committee Chairman Ivan} Mansbridget that a one year contract renewable annually,‘ based on the previous agree- ment. be negotiated with the Toronto Transit Commission re- garding the North Yonge Bus‘ Line. It is also recommended that a meeting on this subject be arranged with Markham and‘ Vaughan Townships. The franchise for this bus line is owned 50!“: by Richmond Hill and 25% each by Markham and I Vaughan Townships. It . was described by Deputy- reeve Floyd Perkins as having been the lifeline between Toronto and Rich mond Hill. “This franchise could be very valuable in the future." he maintain- ed. “and I wouldn’t like us to take a chance on losing I it " I The TTC operates the bus service for the local municipali- ties on the basis of an agree- ment which has been for a per- iod of 10 years. The present agreement expires on the last day of this year â€"â€" but the TTC did not notify town council un- til two weeks ago, ‘tention will be sought until a inew agreement can be negotiat- ed. it. was decided. so an ex-‘ The committee also recom- fmended. and council accepted the recommendation that a 1meeting be arranged with the 1TTC regarding the impact of the new pro5incially operated G0 Commuter service scl1edul-‘ ed for 1970 on the North Yonge Bus Line. BOYS AND GIRLS Make regular pocket money on1 a Liberal paper route. Estaby lished route may be available Carrier Circulation. 884-1105. DMINU VENTS in your area. Phone Glen Pratt,‘ ' I MILLWOOD Recreation Ltd. Open swimming at Slater‘s lnâ€"j door Pool. Don Mills Rd. at Van-. dorf, Saturday and Sundayi afternoons from 1:30 p.111. tol 4:30 pm. tfc16 .5 >r w * JANUARY 4. SUNDAY 10-6. Antiques show and sale, Lions’ Hall 106 Centre Street East, Richmond Hill. Furniture china.l glass, sil5'1,ei jewelle1y,bras51 pictur.es Sale held first Sunday every month. Donation to Len-‘1 Ontario, (Continued from every Page 1) Mr. Plaxton said there Were. also social and moral implications stating that “you just cannot turn peo- ple out of basement apart- ments in mid-winter. This Would create a very serious social problem." He agreed that, the town had an obligation to take when a bylaw suggested that a fine Mr. no appreciable chance would Thursday, Jan. I, 1070 single violator to a Sup- would create a .11emc Court Judge. action here already," be said. was broken but this "in cases such as problem should settle the people, were forced to Plaxton also argued that find new places." 3 ‘Basement Apartments Said Illegal : He added that if approved it “50 percent in- crease in density throughout a third of the whole area.” I 11 :51 >11 >:= I ‘ But Cable. 21 former assessor and an owne1 of one of the Itour-ple\es in dispute said that ‘basement apa1tment d55‘1elleIS total mound a thousand people in Richmond Hill. ‘“"11he1e is a housing shortage “And would create a terrible if this number of many of them elderly. get out and It was a few months ago result frotn allowing the base- that members of the local plan- ment apartments to be tented‘ning and noted that none of the res- the numbc1 'idents in the area plained. “It‘s 111'59 information." hel ‘said. “that the only complain- home board began to consider of housing bylaws had com- that were being broken by res- idents. Maj01 eotnplaint was that a owner would just go ants 55e1e town council and theiahead and do what he wanted planning boar.d " Planning Board Member Har- travening Bylaw 1000 011 old Whillans 1no matter whether he was con- not. c1011nteted Mr. lNo eff01ts 55e1e being made to Plaxton s arguments claiming.’ it even app1oach the. building in- ‘\\'RS an 0b\IOUS zoning \WIOIEI- ‘tion." He said the town must force its bylaws or point in "cn~ there's no having any. 'l‘own |council and its planning board is responsible for planning in: the town. That's why you have zoning bylaws. to assure the municipality will be developed properly." Mr. Whillans said the town‘s bylaw definitely set a mavimum standard allow- ing only four~plex housing and to approve two base- ment apartments would make it a six-plex situa- tion which “is definitely in violation of the bylaw and our planning principals for the area." IACKPOT $500 ‘plexes on Elmdale Court spector The for pe1mission board requested the building inspector investigate the problem. He did with the result that the four. four- re- ceived notices that they had broken the bylaw. Mr. Plaxton told “The Liberal" that "some sensi- ble and practical solution must be found other than throwing people out of their residences." He said the problem was now back in council‘s hands. TURN SPARE ROOM INTO SPARE CASH BY USING RICHMOND HILL LIONS CLUB BINGO MONDAY, JANUARY 5 LIONS I-IAI.I. 106 Centre St. East STARTING TLME â€" 8 PM. Early Birds [LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS 7.40 p.m. 56 NUMBERS TO QUICKEN THE CURE HAVE YOUR DOCTOR CALL L. & S. DISPENSARY 6369 Yonge St. (lst St. S. of Steeles) Open 9 am. Monday through Saturday Low, Low PRICES 225-7 719 Midnight Round Table Room NOW APPEARING THE RE VIVALS featuring Sara Delrai Join your friends for an evening of r-elaXation and dancing in this ' beautiful new room : "-RIC‘HWND‘; INN 110111 Richmond Hill Board is prepared to go to pro-I ' vide recreation facilities manded 011 requested by community." de- . the It also recommended that a 1' ’ study desirability and feasibility integrating recreational public library facilities campus sites to make school system of the community. His committee. said Mr. Jolliffe. had met with the councils of Markham and Vaughan Townships and with delegations from New- market and East Gw‘illim- bury to discuss use of schools for recreation. in- cluding construction and 111aintc11ancc of swimming pools and skating rinks which could be used by both school and commun- ity groups. The discussions were very useful. said Mr. Jol- liffe. “But it will likely be a long time before any- thing concrete eomes out of these discussions." Members of the 1969 commit- )Ierna Col- tce were Trustee Nts‘ocr. should be made into the of and into the . the focal point 29 Yonge St. WA FROM LET’S F00 5. OPEN Friday 9 AM. to 9 PM. I wvwvvvmvvvvvvvvvw AMA "'1 RICHMOND HILL Saturdiy 9 AM. to 6 PM. WE WISH TO THANK ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR VALUED PATRONAGE THROUGHOUT I969 MANAGEMENT AND STAFF IIIIII