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“Hull“llll\\l\|\ll\“ll'\\lll||llllllll‘llll“t“\l\\llll\l\\l\\\lllll\lWW“! VOL. 93, NO. 28. I‘U,IVII“I -vvwl IIIIIBIII- III I VI l\ ‘VUIIE’ Guides Take To Air Waves To Expect February Announcement â€" Internal Boundaries Not Decided Ce'eb'ate 60‘“ Anniversary those who choose to stay School Board legal action. ‘payers. |Board $77.407, Stouffville DiS- The committee was opposed Election at home to put the finish. In the final analysis. some B usine ss Superintendent tFiCt High 5011001 1393111 $180.10. to the Niagara Region Act call-‘mond Hill I in: touches on snow sculp- municipalities came out ‘\rit11lGe01‘ge Ford pointed out that if and Markham DIStI‘ICt ngh ing for regional councxllors toiton, would 1' tures on their own front more than $199,000 on the cred- large surpluses were credited to l50h901 Board $69,188.. ‘be elected by general vote ot by populat lawns. it side of the ledger. ‘ while the 1970 tax bills, it would1 E1ght_of the public SChOO] the county at large. rather than county into The snow sculptures will others were as much as sespoolmake the 1971 levy appear un-lboal‘ds ended the 1968-69 school being appointed or elected from have to be i be judged and prizes in the hole. reasonably high. Conversely, to‘year with a credit balance: All- area municipalities. cipal bound: awarded, but to be eligible, One trustee enquired if charge the whole amount of avl‘ora $93,365, East G\\'illimbury The present county council isltion of flu the sculptors must notify the board did not have an 'sizcable deficit to ratepayers inl$199.963, King Township $92--icomposed of the reeves and de-wvould be (lit the committee of their in- obligation to question the iother municipalities nvould 381. Tonn of Markham $5,424,7puty-reeves of the various a local cor tention to enter the compe- awards. but Director Sam fereate serious discontent among Markham TOWIIShiP 5165-129i‘tou'ns. Villages and tounships council. It i tition. N Chapman assured him. «property owners who “Quid be; (Continued on Page III in the county. ‘Wal‘d Sl'SN’n ‘ l li'“Willililiiiiii“llilliiliiliiliiiliilililiillllllliiiilllllilliilliliiliiiiiilliiiliiililiiiliiillllllii“illlllillii“iiillliiiililllliiillillllliiillllllllililillllllllllliilllliillilillliillilillilllliiiiilllilililii“WilliiiiliililillllliillilliliilllillllliilllilllllilliilillllllllliilliillillilllillililllIiiilllililllililililiilllililiiilillllilliliilllililllll’iillllililllliillllillillliiilllllllllililiilliiiilliilliiilllillllllllillilllliilillliiillllil'lll' Municipalities To Spread Adjustments In School Taxes Over T hree. Year Period i By BOB MacDOUGALL - When Rev. Albert Higgins of Thornhill-Carrville United Churches left last month for a month’s holiday in Florida and then retirement in Victoria. BC, the com- munity lost one of its most respected and loved persons. For many. who now live richer lives because of the For Mr. Higgins it will mark the end of more than 40 active years in the Chris- tian ministry but the begin- ning of a period when â€" now free from routine minis- terial duties â€"- he can de- vote more time to pursue his calling of healing the sick through the powers of Christ. Mr. Higgins assumed the Rev. Albert Higgins Of T hornhill Retires After 40 Years Service In The Christian Ministry “spiritual healing“ ceived at his initia ial Sunday evening it will be a greatc ness. Regional Government In York County Don‘t remove these out- door Christmas Lights yet! Richmond Hill‘s second annual Winter Carnival is scheduled for February 6. 7. and 8 at the Mill Pond, and the carnival committee, headed by Ward 4 Coun- cillor Shaun Beg. s aims to make the Hill a “City of Lights" for the occasion. Students at the three secondary schools in the area are also getting into the act. and each school, Richmond Hill High, Bay- riew and Don Head Sec- ondary. are. busy selecting their five entries for the Snow Queen competition to take place on February 6. The students will be out in force within the next week. selling carnival but- tons bearing their own school colors. Sale of the buttons will help to finance the three day program, which will include snow- mobiling. skating and other winter sports. There will be competi- tions for all ages. even for those who choose to stay at home to put. the finish- ing touches on snow sculp- tures on their own front lawns. The snow sculptures will be judged a n d prizes awarded. but to be eligible. the sculptors must notify the committee of their in- tention to enter the compe- tition. Winter Carnival Festival Lights Following a naval tradition, the youngest cadet of the local Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps “Patriot” became the commanding officer for the Christmas Dinner held December 22. Thirteen-year-old Darryl Condy, who has been a sea cadet for a year, was the young, lad chosen for this honor. ‘He carried off his duties as commanding officer with assurance, giving evi- dence that the sea cadets develop leadership qualities in their members. Darryl is seen above on â€"the right ivifh Commanding Officer Lieutenant (N) David Elli- son of the corps. Danryl lives on Beaverton Road and Lt. Ellison on Maple Avenue. 35 because of the healing" they re- his initiated spec- local Sea Cadets Fol/ow Na val Tradition mug services reater embti- ‘Iu'blic Library 24 W'I'iffht Str, Rich: and Hill: 5 June 6‘5-M-9‘1I‘0' ume 1~nhil The question debated by the board was whether to credit and charge the respective muni- cipalities on their next bill, or to spread the gains and losses over a three year period. l The board of arbitration, Lawyer William Errington, QC, of Newmarket, Charles Boyd, a Newmarket Real Estate agent and Richmond Hill Auditor Stewart Joscelyn CA, took into consideration such things as the surplus or deficit of each form- er board, lands and buildings not used as schools, vehicles owned, prepaid audit and insurâ€" ance fees. consumable supplies, 1reserve funds, teachers‘ salary adjustments. vacant school sit- ,es. tax write-offs, retirement gratuities. capital surplus or deficit, a Vaughan Township Public School Board Hydro acâ€" count and an Aurora Public School Board legal action. In the final analysis, some municipalities came out with more than $199,000 on the cred- it side of the ledger. while others were as much as $65,000 in the hole. One trustee enquired if the board did not have an obligation to question the awards. but Director Sam Chapman assured him. es. tax write-offs gratuities. capital deficit, a Vaugha The ghost of school years past is still rising to haunt the new York County Board of Education. At its meeting on December 16, the board was presented with a report of a board of arbitration set up to 1e\iew the assets and liabilities of the 21 aiea boaid vs hich administeied school affaiis in the county up to the end of 1968. Some municipalities ended up with money in the bank while others are faced with substantial deficits which will have to be made up from local tax levies. Mr. Higgins also started the men‘s club at Thomhill United in 1966. A native of the Maritimes. Mr. Higgins was born in Brookfield. XS. in 190-}. He received his early educatinn Church in Victoria where he had served since 1955. and atlenaed He explained, “This award is a matter of law. and the York County Board of Education has no choice in it.” If the arbiters had not been able to agree. he said, they could have turned the matter over to the Municipal Board for a final decision. THREE YEARS TO PAY Although the arbitrators had no power to indicate how the money will be recovered or re- turned to the various munici- palities, they did recommend that the board consider spread- ing the surplus or deficit over a two or three year period to lessen the impact on the tax- payers. B u s i n e s s Superintendent George Ford pointed out that if large surpluses were credited to the 1970 tax bills, it would make the 1971 levy appear unâ€" reasonably high. Conversely. to charge the whole amount of a sizeable deficit to ratepayers in other municipalities grould create serious discontent among property owners who would be school in Truro, NS. Later he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Following ordination Mr. Higgins went to Middleton, N.S.. where he assumed his first pastorship at St. John's United Church. He remained at St. John's for four years movmg to Wesley Memorial Church in Moncton, N.B.. in 1935, He stayed there until the entry REV. ALBERT HIGGINS After graduating from Dal- housie the young ministerâ€" to-be took theology training at Pine Hill Divinity Hall in Halifax and in his grad- uation year he took top standing in Hebrew. Theol- ogy and Public Speaking. For awhile he preached in North Salem, Uniacke and Rowden Mines in Nova Scot- ia and on the Labrador Coast. He returned to Sackville, New Brunswick, in 1931 and was ordained by the Mari- times Conference. “This ls a judgment and not open to question. There is no higher court to which it may be appealed." Mm whim “In Essentials L'mty; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things (.‘hariLy” RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. JANUARY 8. 1970 bearing the brunt of the deficits built up by the former boards. The trustees agreed that awards be distributed over a three year period. Meanwhile, Mr. Ford was asked to bring a report to the board showing the impact on the board‘s budget if the awards were all made in 1970, and if they were spread over three years, Some of the former boards were left in a bad financial position at the end of 1968 be- cause of commitments for new school sites and buildings, while others built up reserves by sell- ing off unused one and two roomed school houses and cut- ting back on normal build-up in inventory. Municipalities will be credi- ted or debited for their share of the costs of maintaining the six district high school boards as well as for the fourteen pub- lic school areas. Three high school districts have money coming back to them: Aurora District High School Board $19,067, Newmar- ket District High School Board $35,298, and York Central Disâ€" trict High School Board $10,308. CREDIT EIGHT BOARDS . Three others are in the redâ€" Sutton District High School Board $77.407, Stouffville Dis- trict High School Board $18,010, and Markham District High School Board $69,188. of Canada into the Second World War when he joined the Chaplain Services of the RCAF with the rank of Photo by Stuart's Studio) l However. in last week's pro- lnouncement. Mr. McKeough »stated: “Yonge Street provides Ius with one of the worst ex- :amples we can find of strip de- ivelopment. Part of the prob- llem could be that Markham "Township ends on the east side of Yonge Street and Vaughan Township on the west side. The same condition exists for King and Whitchurch Township's." Richmond Hill Town Council had suggested that the town was the logical growth point for the corridor stretching from Steeles Avenue to the Vaughan- King, Markham - Whitchurch Townline with the eastern boundary at the proposed High- way 407 and the western rat a point between Dufferin and Keele Streets. Still to be settled. accordingiand in others a combination of to the Ministe1 is the consoli- local g1oups and commissions dation of several of the 14 me being used. Y01k County municipalities and Coupled to M1. \IcKeough's a gene1al 1ealignment of local plans {01 regional governments municipal bounda1ies palticu-laiound Memo is his decision larly along the Yonge Streeheiterated last week to lemme corridor. MMeho planning contlol f1 om Richmond Hill Town Council the hinge a1eas. Mr. McKeough said placing Yonge Street within one muni- cipality might be a solution. He noted this could involve either a one-mile westerly ex- tension of Markham or a oneâ€" mile easterly extension of. Vaughan. ummumuuummmmumummuuuumunnmmumumuiumw See Editorial on Page 2 kllllllllllllll\lll\|l\\ll\\ll“lull}lll“llRlull“!ll“Illllllmlllllllllllllllll“ It is expected that Mr. Mc- Keough will be presenting his regional government proposals in February, in time to imple- ment them on January 1, 1M1, which has been the Minister‘s target date since the idea of regional government for this edunty was broached. Plans for regional govern- ment in several areas of the province are maturing, but only in York County has the provin- cial government been the plan- ning agency. In others com- missions have been set up, in Oshawa-Whitby the study is beâ€" ing carried out by local groups With regional government al. most imminent, York County Council is giving careful con- sideration to area representa- tion on the Regional Council which will replace the present county council. A debate on the subject was triggered at the December meeting of the county council when the planning committee brought in a recommendation that representatives to the Re- gional Council be elected in- directly from the area munici- palities. Ward System Suggested The Face of Ontario will never be the same again, when Municipal Affairs DaiLy Mclieough finishes with his restructuring of municipal governments into 1egional gmelnments. Last week Mr. McKeough announced that the Depa1tment of Municipal Affaiis th1ee weeks ago completed discussions with e1e1y municipality in Y01k Countv and found only the Village of Woodbiidge wanting to join Metio. He l said that village would like to become pa1t of Etobicoke The division of responsibility between a futule Y01k County Regional Gove1nment and the local civic administrations has been settled, M1. McKeough said. Plan For York Regional Elections For the next two years after his enlistment he was stationed at Summerside, P.E.I., Victoriaville. Quebec and Rockcliffe in Ottawa. tesx of the A1med Forces {01 the pilg1image and 1p.- union of the squadlon. “hile then; he officiated at the memorial service held in Lincoln Cathedral, JuLy 27, in memory of the 87 men of the squadron who were killed in action. Squadron Leade He also officiated at the dedication of the. 410 Night Fighter Squadron Crest and given to St. Clements - Danes Church in London. the offic- Ial Royal Air Force Church of England. In 1943 he sailed for Eng- land where he was appointed chaplain to 410 Night Fight- er Squadron. a formation designated to protect London against Luftwaffe attacks. Mr. Higgins was among me many who returned to England this summer. cour- tesy of the Armed Forces, Mr. McKeough said in 1968 that, after the creation of re- gional municipalities in the‘ fringe areas around Metro, 1.116“ existing 720-square mile Metroi planning area would shrink to; the 240-square mile area of; Metro itself. i This statement was re- . peated again last week to l emphasize his stand that the province is not prepar- ed to let Metro control the destiny of municipalities beyond the 240-square-mile Metro boundary. “Metro has enough on its plate without reaching into York or Ontario Counties." the Minister said. However he did indicate that an east- erly extension of the Scar- boro boundary to take in the West Rouge area of Pickering Township might be permitted. Mr. McKeough said only the province and regional govern- ment structure would have the resources and ability to estab- lish the pattern of development beyond Metro. He advocated large amounts of green space between Metro and other ur- banized areas. Acting on the assumption that Municipal Affairs Min i s t e r Darcy McKeough intends to im- plement regional government effective January 1. 1971. the tcommittee took exception to the Niagara Region Act which calls for regional councillors to be elected by general vote. The committee recommended that under York County re- gional government, the head of the municipality and as many councillors in accordance with population; sit both on the lower tier and the regional tier. The Minister stated he did‘of Markham and Vaughan and not agree with some land own-'with reservations by Richmond ers and civic planners that Met- Hill , If it is implemented all ro could provide water and1existing municipal water and sewerage [or Vaughan andlSewerage disposal would also be Markham Townships before theitaken over by OWRC without Ontario Water Resources Com-[compensation They would con- mission. It was because of dis- tinue to be used until the plan cussions on water and sewer- could be implemented. age with Markham and Vaugh- Estimated cost of watei'undei‘ an that Metro Chairman Albert the OWRC proposal will be 70 age with Markham and Vaugh- Estimated cost of water under an that Metro Chairman Albert the OWRC proposal will be 70 Campbell recently told “The,cents per 1,000 gallons â€" at Liberal” that close planninglleast twice the present cost in and political relationships wereithe town which would have to necessary between Metlo andlbe passed on to the consumer. its neighbors He pointed outlSewage disposal \\ould also be that NIetlo should have some at a much highel (ost. Election at large said Rich- mond Hill Reeve Donald Plax- ton, would mean representation by population. dividing the county into wards which might have to be drawn aCl'0$ muni- cipal boundaries, that the func- tion of the regional council would be different from that of a local council or a county council. It would resemble the ward system as designated by After leaving his post in London in May, 1944 Squad- ron Leader Higgins proceed- ed to Southeast Asia to be- come the official chaplain of the RCAF in India and Cey- Ion. Now that he’s retired (effective December 31) Mr. Higgins plans to indulge a little more in two of his favorite hobbies: woodwork- ing and sailing. It. was while here that he served for a time as the official chaplain of Lord Louis Mountbatten in Kan- omclal chaplam of Louis Mountbatten in (13'. CeyIOn. Higgins returned to Canada and to Ottawa where he assumed the pastorship oi MacKay United Church From there he went to We toria and then to Thomhill Although he would be first to admit that he's not a mas- ter craftsman Mr. Higgins has made some fine furn- itr When 0n. the war ended Mr. returned to Canada Ottawa where he the pastorship of regional councill Trustees to the Roman Catlw-lministration‘ by Clerk Russell of the problem, that other erent f1om that of|lic Sepamle School Board amllynett the members and the meetings, perhaps weelkend icil 01‘ a county. elected on an a1ca basis In guests \\1ll 1et11e to the Tho1n- workshops. panel discus- auld resemble t|1e,thei1 local suppo1tel',s “1th hill Count1y Club whe1e 3 1e-’ sions and seminars will as designated by! IContinued 011 Page 3| lception and dinnei “ill {0110“ ‘ follow. iflllllll‘illllllllllllllllll“llillllllllllllllulllllllllllllillllllllilllli'llll\llllllllllllllllllll|\l|ll\llllll\Il|llllllllll|lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllll“Illlllllulllllllllllllllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'l‘ .V. "meu'u 1 its plate g into York inties.” the However he at an east- )f the Scar- to take in ge area of lship might lcontlol of planning in neighbm- ing aieas so that a sufficient supply of water and adequate sewerage disposal facilities could be made available when and where needed. The OWRC proposes to pro- vide trunk sewer and waterâ€" mains across Pickering. Scar- boro', Markham and Vaughan ‘townships to take care of pm- said only the‘jected growth. Richmond Hill :ional govern-‘ and the Toun of Markham ould have the would also be solved by these ility to estab- lines. The OWRC plan is me- fdevelopment dicated on a supply of water He advocatedifrom Metro and a sewerage HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 mains across Pickering. Scar-I Provincial commissioners and hero, Markham and Vaughanjmembers of the national coun- townships to take care of pro-icil will be in the audience. and jected growth. Richmond Hill‘fo.llow1ng the performance. and the Town of Markhamimembers of the Richmond Hill would also be served by‘these West Girl Guide Association lines. The OWRC plan is pre-‘will quickly convert the stage dicated on a supply of wateriinto a buffet setting to provide from Metro and a sewerage{refreshments complete with treatment plant on Lake Ontarioflbiffhday cake for the 500 mem- The plan has been approvedibel'S of the invited audience, in principle by the townships" Local Guidel‘s assisting will of Markham and Vaughan andzinclude Mrs. Jean Babcock of with reservations by Richmondlthe National Camping Commit- Hill. If it is implemented allitee. York Area Commissioner existing municipal water andiMI'S- Magion'Currie, an_d_Gu1d: the York County Board of Edu- cation. worm uuuumoury. rown 01; . - - . - -_ Markham. Newmarket, Stouffâ€"Etrytllvlllfi S£:?V3;?g\g:sl 22:02:15! ville and Whitchurch, Suttonlfm. awhile “'ith Mayor William and Georgina all have one trus'lLazenby‘s firm of Allencourt tee 0“ the board. _ JPharmacy. He was Mr. Lazen- Richmond Hill and Kmg'by’s nominator in his first bid Township have two trusteestr public office in the 1960 and the townships of Markhamltown elections. and Vaughan have three. One, The inaugural will be held at Roman Catholic Separate School 11 am Monday morning at the SUPPOI‘tEI‘ is elected to the"council chambers. Following board from the county at large. the swearing-in of the new ad- Board of education trustees are elected by residents of each area, with the number of frus- tees to be elected depending upon the population of the municipality they will represent. A total of 18 are elected for a two year term‘ Trustees to the Roman Catho- lic Separate School Board are elected on an area basis by their local supporters, with (Continued on Page 31 Aurora. E 21 st Gwillimbury. North Gwillimbury, Town of Markham. Newmarket, Stouffâ€" ville and Whitchurch, Sutton and Georgina all have one trus- tee on the board, mahogany and walnut office desks, two of which are now in the offices of Thornhill United. Those - who enter the nar‘thex of the church may not; have known that the birch bookcase there was made by their pastor, too. ege" of handling the orig- inal Biuenose. In Southeast Asia he skipâ€" ped boats of the Royal Yacht Squadron of Madras, India, and in Ottawa he built his nwn boat the ‘(Leona” named after his wife. The couple were married the year of his ordination in 1931. Mrs. Higgins was the former Leona Welch. daugh- ter of Mrs. and Captain R. E. Welch. , With such an ardent sail- Mr. Higgins became inte ested in sailing in 19:: while on the Labrador coa and in 1935 had the privi are excellent. Minister Municipal Affairs DARCY McKEOUGH 1th entf no V 1 com; In approaching the Canadian 3 plan Association of Broadcasters. ‘said Mrs. Thomson in an inâ€" under terv1ew “We “ere tiying be 70 find some way of making a‘ On January 14, at 7.15 pm, radio stations from coast to coast will join in a nation-wide salute to the 300,000 girls of the Guides, Brownies and Ran- gers in celebrating the Dia- mond Jubilee of the Girl Guides of Canada. The stations were approach- ed rather hesitantly. says Mrs. Cicel Thomson, 87 Vaughan Road, Richmond Hill, who is honorary secretary of the National Girl Guides, and ‘the response has been “fantas- January 14 ‘ Rev. Ernest Lowin, minister "of St. Andrew's Anglican ‘Church, Thistletown and Fath- 1er Francis Robinson, parish lpriest of Our Lady Queen Of ‘The World Roman Catholic ‘('hurch, Bayview Avenue North will represent the local clergy at the Monday morning inaug- ‘ural of the 1970-71 Richmond Hill Town Council. A former resident of Rich- mond Hill, Mr. Lowin was an active lay member of St. Gab- riel’s Anglican Church prior to 1his decision to leave the busi- ness world and enter the Ang- ‘lican ministry. He was ordain- led in 1967 and appointed curate ‘at Christ Church, Deer Park, Toronto. By the first of January. 120 radio stations from every province, the Yukon and Northwest Territories h a d agreed to join in the nation- wide salute to members and leaders of the Girl Guides and their brother association, the Boy Scouts of Canada. A pageant including the his- tory of Guiding will be presen- ted before Chief Commissioner Mrs. Victoria Clysdale of St. Mary‘s. Ontario, members of the executive council of the Girl Guides and members and leaders of Guides and Scouts‘ Guides from Willowdale and Brownies from downtown Tor- onto will participate in musical and dramatic productions, and slides and protections will be used to aid in portraying "The Faces of Our Diamond": “Fac- ets of the Past,” “Symbols of the Present,” and “Promise of the Future”. Locally, the National 60311 Birthday Party will be held at Hart House Theatre on' the Un- iversity of Toronto campus. Provincial commissionms and “111 1191 01111 \\',ay eat-h glrl members of the national coun- “111 be using this time to re- cil “ill be in the audience, and “111111 the plomise she made ro.llow1n g the performancefiat her enrolment." members of the Richmond HillI 1111s Thomson. “ho is in West Girl Guide Association change of production says the will quicklx conveit the stage 11311 House play will open into a buffet setting to prmidc “1111 the “110 5311111.; and end 1efreshmcnts complete with with the 11-111“); party, birthday cake for the 500 111c1n-' The nation-wide 1711110 honk- be1s of the invited audience up was arranged, said Mrs. Local Guideis assisting “ill Thomson 101101111“ 1111 explor- include VHS- Jean Babcock 0‘ atom! chat with John Graham. the National Camping Comxnit-;president of Richmond Hill tee York Aiea (‘ommissioner 331110 Station CFGM Which Mrs. \iznion Cuirie, and Guid-j 1,111 be calming the progiam. ers and Guides £10m Richmond Other highlights of the year Hill West. .. 7 ,., , (Continued on Page 3) Agsociét-ion ofv B1oadcaste1s1111111111111111111111ll1111l111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 f§§€1eÂ¥fs3~132°133233 1131:2111"- “Speed City” Drug find so_me \\a_\ of mixing “a Film At Wrixon Clergy, Reception M1 Hall Sunday Night On the question of d1ugs Mondays Town Meet; young people seem to be 1 much better informed than Rev. Ernest Lowin, ministen their parents. says Rev. 0f 5‘ Andle\\s “11131103“ David McGuire, rector of Church 1‘histlet0\\n and Fath- St. Mary's Anglican Church, 91' Francis Robinson, palish} Richmond Hill. Both of his sons own their own boats and operate them trom Victoria, BC. Ralph is a commodore of the Tur- kev Head Yacht Squadron there and Glenn is a rear- admiral. Next summer Ralph plans a year-long cruise in the South Pacific with his 50- foot sloop and Mr. Higgins and his wife intend to spend the Christmas of 1970 in Tahiti where they will join up with the party. Mr. Higgins will help sail the boat the 4,000 miles back to Victoria where with two boats to look after and three houses to make furni- ture for (he‘s bought a house in Victoria) he will have plenty to keep him busy. Mn Hi the boat back to ‘ Although he is retii'ed the Thornhill minister expects he will be called upon from L of January. 120 IS I‘ 1‘ 0 In every 6 Y u k 0 n a n (l Territories h a d moaningful- m-dedicalion of what the principles of Guiding s l a n d for. something that would involve every girl in the Guide movement." Canada‘s first Girl Guide Company was founded in St. Catliai‘ines, Ontario, in 1910 with 21 members. Today, there are 300.000 members in com- panies and packs, including those on foreign soil where Guiding is carried on for the daughters of Canadian Armed Forces abroad. There are sev- eral Guide Companies and Brow- nie Packs in Germany. The nation-wide radio tribule to be spoken in Canadian Guid- ing Communities al 7:15 pm local time will read: J'Tonighl we salute the 300,- 000 Girl Guides in Canada who are marking their Diamond Jubilee across the nation. Let us join them in their sparkling chain and honor their 60 years or servme for Canadian girls and wish them many more years of fun, fellowship and ad- venture. mandments of Christ, to preach the Gospel, to heal the sick and go about doing good. “This is the essence of the church’s program in the world today and has been for 2,000-odd years,” he said. ‘It “as in this fulfilment that I did the \v01k of spil- itual healing." M1 Higgins believes he is especially endowed to carry out the program of spiritual healing and has trained himself to be sensitively Mr. Higgins believes he is especially endowed to carry out the program of spiritual healing and has trained himself to be sensitively aware of the presence of Christ about “us" now. He believes that the power of healing that was Christ's can flow through him and heal the physically and em- otionally sick of today. He says he has done this sev- eral times with success. After the interview with "The Liberal" Mr. Higgins left his home to go to a A special meeting, there- fore, has been planned for January 11 when the film. “Speed City” will be shown. Made by the Can- adian Broadcasting Corpor- ation for viewing on tele- vision, the film tells the story of a girl hooked on "speet". an addictive and deadly drug. A Richmond Hill man. Ted Milligan, who works with the Addiction Re- search Foundation. will he on hand to answer ques- tions following the meet- ing. which will begin at 7:45 pm and will take place in Wrixon Hall. Yonge Street South, behind the church. Although young people are also invited to attend, the meeting is aimed chief- ly at adults. Mr. McGuire says that he expects it will be merely an introduction to a more complete study of the problem, that other meetings. perhaps weekend workshops. panel discusâ€" sions and seminars will follow. Jffel PER COPY 10c from cance i011