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2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill. Ontario, Thursday, Aug. 19, 1971 The many new home units built in recent years in the Thornhill area of Markham have contributed large sums of money in lot and apartment development fees. and this is the first real return the area has receiv- ed for this money. We understand the municipality has enough money in this fund to pay for its share of the cost, without issuing debentures or levying a cent of extra taxes. So Thornhill had it coming. It is interesting to look at the his- tory of this project and to speculate on the overall quality and adequacy of the recreation facilities in Thorn- hill. Are they anywhere close in being adequate? What is the prior- The pool is to have six swimming competition lanes acceptable accord- ing to Olympic standards. A last minute change was the switch to metric standards. The pool is ex- pected to be still in use long after the metric system of measurement has become general. The John Graves Simcoe Memor- ial Foundation is urging all Ontario municipalities to change the name of the holiday traditionally held on the first Monday in August to Sim- cne Day, in recognition of the contâ€" ribution to the settlement of this area by John Graves Simcoe, Lieut- enant-Governor of Upper Canada in the. last decade of the eighteenth century. So the water area will be 25 met- res long, or about seven feet longer than the 75 feet recommended as a minimum by the citizens’ advisory committee. It will serve the school during school hours, and the whole community at other times. Now that: Civic Holiday for 1971 has passed into oblivion without fan- fare in Richmond Hill. it might be well to consider giving this annual holiday a name with a little more meaning. settler who could prove himself a. professing Christian. capable of man- ual labor. and a law-abiding citizen of the country in which he last re- sided. And the settlers came -â€" from Bringing this swimming pool idea to reality and having construction included immediately in the Thorn- lea Secondary School addition plans. is indeed a triumph for the whole community. This is really a major breakthrough and a first for the new regional Town of Markham and the new Region of York, as Mayor 'Anthony Roman aptly stated as the final agreement was approved in council the other night. Swimming is widely accepted as the best all- around athletic activity and a pool is a good alternative/to an extra gymnasium in a school. Thornlea will be the first York Region school so equipped. This year the City of Toronto pas- sed such a proclamation and the Borough of North York is on record as favoring the name change. Indeed this area owes its entire character to Governor Simcoe. It. was under his aegis that Yonge Street was surveyed by Augustus Jones and slashed out by the Queen's Rangers. Simcoe travelled its full length from York to Penetanguishâ€" one (it was planned as a military road between the two forts) passing through Richmond Hill on his way north. On his southward journey. he strayed from the blazed trail in the vicinity of “The Summit" and wandered southward somewhere to the east of the road-to-be to the vic- inity of Thornhill. Murkhum's Thornhill Triumph It was Simcoe who laid out the pat- tern of York County, which is still apparent â€" mile and a quarter con- cessions. 200 acre farms. These farm lots were offered free to any Much credit also is due to the Markham Parks and Recreation Com- mittees over the past three years, and to Chairman Don Reid of North 'l‘hornhill and his hard working cit- izens’ advisory committee. Especially to be commended are the Thornhill area elected represent- atives, Trustee John MacKay, Trus- tee Louise Aimone, Ward One Coun- cillor Robert Adams, Ward Two Councillor Roy Muldrew, and Reg- ional Councillor James Jongeneel. A great deal of goodwill and hard work has been contributed to this success by the members of both of these public bodies, their advisors and staffs. A much needed Thornhill area swimming pool at last is certain. rl‘he York County Board of Educa- tion and the Markham Town Coun- cil have cut all the red tape and ir- oned out all the details. --.. -..“Vry..uy..- .. VV...J . ...~-..~.-_..-.. ‘ U I, A‘ Subscription Rate $5.00 per year; to United States $6.00; 15¢ Single copy - Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publiéher “Second class mail, registration number 0190" How About Simcoe Day? An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 @3112 liberal The amount of land reouired is directly related to population dens- ity. Apartments need more public land around them than single fam- ily dwellings. Up ‘to now this is where the planning has broken down. Apartments are built after single family dwellings are built and after a community has been established. This almost seems to be a fixed pat- tern followed by developers. The community ends up being choked for space. The residents are faced with either enduring the situation, or digging down to “pay through the nose” for developed land. The planners should remember the need for recreation isn’t only for the young. There must also be space, facilities and program for ad- ults and the aged. A tremendous variety of facilities must be provid- ed. The new Markham Town in its first year has made a fine step for- ward with the swimming pool pro- ject at Thornlea School. May it go on to bigger and better things. And the settlers came â€"â€" from Great Britain. from the United States, from Germany. Many of the Queen‘s Rangers who .came to the area with Simcoe when, in 1792. he selected the site of the present Tor- onto as the location of his govern- ment, took up land grants along the new road, on their retirement. According to Richmond Hill Lib- rarian Patricia Hart in her 1967 History of York North. Simcoe laid down certain duties which had to be performed by the settlers over a two year period. “These included clearing the land for cultivation. building a log or frame house at least 16 by 20 feet with a shingle roof. and fencing 10 acres of land. All timber across the width of the lot had to be cut, with 33 feet levelled off for half a pub- lic road." People come to Markham to raise their families outside the congestion of Metro. Indeed, Thornhill probably has more golf courses, clubs and other private recreation facilities than do most communities. There are, we think, three as- pects to recreation planning. The first is to prepare for the orderly acquisition of adequate and suitable land. The second aspect is the pro- vision of money to develop and plan the right facilities on the land ac- quired. The third is to plan and de- velop a program. It is important not merely to con- centrate on one of these aspects or one kind of activity, and forget about the total picture. To Simcoe fell the task of naming townships along the road â€"- Vaughâ€" an, Markham. Whitchurch (and Yonge) honored men in the British Government of the day. The Gwil- limburys bear Mrs. Simcoe's maiden name, the Simcoe County Townships of Tiny. Floss and Tay the names of her pet dogs. and Georgina was named for the reigning monarch. So, we feel that giving him a day, once a year, mhy give it a special meaning, and serve to keep the ac- complishments of this great man alive in the area he served so well. Thornhill does not have commun- ity skating facilities, either indoor or outdoor, as far as we can recall. Nor can we recall seeing any amount of ball fields or athletic track, or just open spaces of grassy field for free play of an)r sport. What is needed now and What will be needed in 10 years, or in 30 years? What should c0me next? Does Thornhill need a recreation study? Now where, for instance, does the proposed second Thornhill public library fit? This project is almost to the stage the pool had reached only a short time ago. This pool certainly was needed and the people showed they supportâ€" ed it. However, the decision to build it would seem to have been an isoâ€" lated political one. In public, at least, there was little evidence of a comprehensive plan or overall study of community recreation needs. ity of need? What should come next? Should the builders of new homes pay more, or should there be a levy on existing real estate? By BONNIE SHEPPARD The Garret Gallery And Country Magic -o-.. r _r .7. But then Harold used to work a team of horses hope that Help Mate will biz ham". Mr. Porter also noted. two-:seEI-ester courrsrer 'm’mear'l fioiérdhoffleducat'iofi $14,000 tho up in Thornloe and he knows the feeling, through “BIPEd ['0 COHtinUEH. the .lagter as he Pomted OUt that the DPP- and process ln group inlerafz- price paid for the land adjacent . letter, Slgned by Dr. Wllllam posed budget was for work 1n tionl. Most courses begm 1mm the Luxury Homes Subdivi- (Contlnued on Page 12) Shaw, read. Dr. Shaw is chieflRichmond Hill only. September. lsion 10 years ago. Il-ll“llllllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllll“llllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllI||llllllIllllllllllllllllllllINN“\llllllllllllllllllllll“!Ill“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllmmmlllllllMMm'7 Harold Howarth has lived on that same spot on Bathurst Street for close to twenty-five years and he runs the Garret Gallery. What startedout as a hobby for Mrs. Howarth has now become a full time occupation for Harold. He's a man with an easy stride and a soft manner that puts one at ease im- mediately “Oh yes,” he chuckles, as one hand strokes the back of his head, “She was taking art lessons from Otto Grebze down on Pemberton and I guess I became too much of an art critic . so she handed me the brush and said, “Here, you have a go.” That was fifteen years ago and Harold hasn’t lookâ€" ed back. He too enrolled in Mr. Grebze’s art class and continued with him for two years. His hobby grew and grew until four years ago he opened the Garret Gallery full time to the public. As we walked through the grounds and looked at his pictures under the trees, Harold explained that he saw art as more than technical facility; per- haps a mood. He searched for the words and it was easy to see that what Harold was trying to say meant more to him than just another interview, He went on to say that perhaps only one out of ten of his paintings is successful in his mind â€"â€" one out of ten with that little extra something. Perhaps this explains the variation that marks his style. In order to catch the feeling of a team of work horses, Harold uses broad strokes and deep tones; but the painting sitting next to it is a delicate vase of flow- ers. Those two have worked. Treat yourself to a leisurely hour one sunny day and drive up Bathurst Street to the Garret Gallery, about one half mile north of Maple Sideroad. It’s one of those places you see on the road and each time you drive past, you promise yourself that one day you must stop. I’ve been doing this for about a year and finally last Sunday, the promise was carried out. (Many Canadians. if not all, are deeply concerned about the large amount of foreign capital invested in our basic industries and the resulting control by non- Canadians. Most of this cap- ital and control comes from the United States and the area of most concern is that the profits of Canadian in- dustry are siphoned off to bolster another economy. V e r m o n t is primarily owned and controlled by out-of-stale interests and is simply a "colony" of the metropolitan world that sur- rounds it. That was the gist of an ec- onomic report made by a Prof. Lee Webb at Goddard Col- lege in Plainfield. He wrote: That we are not alone in our concern about “outsid- ers” owning our resources. is evident in the following ar- ticle from a recent issue of The Christian Science Moni- tor which concerns the State of Vermont in New England. â€"- Editor‘. ’ “Vermont‘s industry, its land, and its resources are owned and controlled by nut - of - staters. These out-of-staters’ should not be mistaken for the tourists who might own a summer camp on a heautiful Ver- Even Vermont Protests Out Of State Investments In me Sp" {flight Members of the Canadian Progress Club (YorkWCentral)express deep appreciation to all those who participated in the walkathon â€"- walkers, sponsors and those who helped in many ways to make “Operation Daybreak” a successful event. It was a project well done. In the above picture are seen (left to right) Walkethon Chairman Norm Terry; Canadian Progress Club President Norm Derry; Madame George Vanier, Daybreak patron; Mrs. Keiller MacKay, member of the board of Daybreak; and Steven Newroth, Daybreak’s director, during a symbolic cheque presentation. The Canadian Progress Club (York Central), a small group of dedicated young men who organized and sponsored the walkathon, announced this ‘week that a total of $17,865 has been received and this represents approximately 80% of the total pledged. “The money is important,” commented Norm Terry, chairman of the walkathon committee, “but over and above that is the realization that together we joined hands to help those less fortunate than ourselves.” I Because of the successful Operation Daybreak Walkathon in April, the Daybreak residence is now under construction and can be seen by visiting this home for the adult retarded which is located in Richmond Hill on Yonge Street north of Elgin Mills Road. "Opera tion Daybreak " Raised $ I 7,865 For Residence mont lake. but they are the Boston, New York. Philadel- phia. and Chicago-based banks, insurance compan- ies, and corporations that make up American corporate capitalism” ‘COLONIES‘ LISTED Professor Webb's repor‘t called Vermont a "colony" and listed other such colonies as Maine, Northern New Ham- pshire. and Northern New York. a very rich state. But the wealth produced in Vermont cannot be used to develop the state because it is siph- oned off by the big corpora- tions which own the indust- rial and commercial enter- prises. that: o Out-of-state firms and holding companies own the great majority of Vermont‘s large industries and manu- facturing concerns. 0 The state‘s biggest single landowner is the St. Regis Paper Company. a New York corporation which holds most. of the undeveloped timberland in the northeast corner of the stale. called the northeast kingdom. 0 Of all the state's impon’ Professor Webb said al- though Vermont is consider- ed a poor state. it is actually Mr. Webb‘s report showed Mr. Porter's request was backed by letters from the York County Children's Aid Society and the York Central Hospital Mental Health Serv- ice. "Help Mate performs a unique and vital function as the only local information ser- 'vice regarding all available community facilities. It also puts the lay volunteer with a specific service .to offer in touch with the person in need of that services Further. it is an unusually inexpensive ag- ency to operate. being itself manned by volunteers. For these reasons we earnestly hope that Help Mate will be helped to continue", the latter letter, signed by Dr. William Shaw, read. a good used cloth securing rides for ' people, providing baby sitting and l “The response has ing", he said. “He the hot line betwet professional on the and the people in t] ity with skills ant help." “During the past need. to develop t has been proven. satellite service is t in the Town of Va one is being seriOI ered for the Town ham". Mr. Porter as he pointed out tl posed budget was i Dr. Shaw is chieflRichmond Hill only It was also suggested to Dav- id Porter, who placed Help Mate's request for a yearly grant of $1,020 before council that financial assistance be sought from the provincial and/ or federal governments. Mr. Porter, who is chairman of Help Mate Services, is an at- tendance counsellor with the York County Board of Ed‘uca-‘ tion. Described by Mayor Wil- liam Lazenby as “an involved citizen whose greatest asset is in getting others involved and making things happen". Mr. Porter has been active in the Richmond Hill Social Planning Council since its inception. This group was responsible for setting up the local day care centre as well as establishing: Help Mate, securing Big Broth- ers and generally helping to improve the life of the com- munity. Richmond Hill Town Council decided at its August 9 meet- ing that it will back Help Mate, a telephone service which dispenses information to the public of existing community services, in an appeal to the Regional Council of York Heal- th and Welfare Services for a grant to permit it to remain in business. Has Proved Need Help Mate Gets Council Backing In Seeking Funds From Region Mr. Webb said the only benefit many such companâ€" ies yield to Vermonters is the chance to earn a mini- mum wage by doing a men- ial job. 0 The state‘s two largest power companies. the Cenâ€" tral Vermont Public.Service Corporation and the Green Mountain Power Corpora- tion. have huge blocks of stock controlled by out-of- state banks and investment companies Mr. Webb said Vermont officials own a tiny fraction of these utilities. which control 85 percent of the electricity used in the state 0 The dairy industry. while locally owned. sees most of its profits go out of state. ultimately benefiting inter- national corporations and MARGINAL BENEFIT SEEN o Out-ofâ€"state companies have bought many Vermont ski complexes in the past 10 years. ant mineral resources, only the marble quarries in Proc- tor remain owned by Ver- mont - based corporations. Granite. slate. and other mineral interests are owned by out-ofâ€"state firms. "agribusiness" firms such as Ralston - Purina and the Volunteers were sought and found and a telephone answer- ing service established with the help of Richmond- Hill Un-, ited Church. Invitations to seek the help of Help Mate were is- sued to all individuals and ag- encies encountering problems. in the Town of Vaughan and one is being seriously consid- ered for the Town of Mark- ham", Mr. Porter also noted, as he pointed out that the pro- posed budget was for work in In an attempt to blend the strengths of the professional and layman. Richmond Hill and District Social Planning Coun- cil created HelpiMate in May, 1970. TfTNâ€"isrdesigned to meet Wneeds of a sophisticated so- ciety, recognizing the fact that the small band of professionals could not eope with all the needs of modern society unless the community is willing ,to‘ help. i He listed among the servicesl provided. finding homes for] nine‘ young people, setting up a good used clothing centre, securing rides for handicapped people, providing emergency baby sitting and homemakers. “The response has been amaz- ing", he said. “Help Mate is the hot line between the paid professional on the firing line and the people in the commun- ity with skills and time to help." “During the past year the need.to develop this service has been proven. In fact a satellite service is being set up Volunteers have set up a complete file of services avail- able. They receive training by the Children's Aid Society. public health department and mental health services. so that they may serve with confidence and competence, Mr. Porter ex- plained. ’ of psychiatry of health service of pita]. One of the first to go, Mr. Webb said. was the Jones 8.: Lamson, Incorporated, in Springfield. which was bought up by Textron. a multi-billion-dollar corpora- tion based in Providence. RI. Bryant Grinder Corpora- tion also of Springfield. is a subsidiary of the Ex-Cell-O Corporation of Detroit. while the Pneumo Dynamics Mach- ine Tool Group in Windsor TRANSPORT ACCELERATED , 0 Interstate Highways 89 and 91. which state officials had hoped would develop the state economically, are helping to further colonize the state by permitting the easy transport of raw mat- erials to Vermont's cheap labor market and the quick exportation from the state of the goods and wealth produ- ced in Vermont. Mr. Webb pointed out that. all but one of the major machine - tool plants in Southern Vermont are owned’ by out-ofâ€"state cor- porations. He said the Fel- lows Gear Shaper Corpora- tion in Springfield is the only remaining locally owned machine-tool plant. G r e y h o u n d Corporation. which owns Armour & Com- pany. the mental the local hos- | At the York Campus. Keele Street and Steeles Avenue, the centre for continuing education lists courses in principles of supervision, theory and proc- ess in group interaction. at hu- man relations laboratory. tech- nical aids to teaching, man and his environment. principles of business law. finance. market- ‘ing. prepartory college mathe- matics, computer concepts. management accounting many others. A program booklet describing and maintain it all year round so everyone could benefit â€"-Air Canada included? It is about time somebody realized there are a lot of peo‘ ple in this country who are over 25, and they are the ones paying the bills. What's that old saw about the man who pays the piper? Well someday. and that day isn't far off, the taxpayer is going to demand a and tune to his likinz. almumumnui\mmmmmmunmmummnmmmmm all the courses, and individual BRADFORD â€" This town is to course brochures are available have a new two-acre park, with at' the university, 4700 Keele the acquisition of a site pur- Street./ Downsview 463, tele- chased 10 years ago by the for- phone 635-2501. Fees range mer local public school board. from $40 up to $296 (for the The town will pay the county two-semester course in theory board of education $14,000 the and process in group interac- price paid for the land adjacent tionl. Most courses begin inito the Luxury Homes Subdivi- Septembcr. lsion 10 years ago. Some of the courses are, how- ever. accredited by boards of education. private institutions and associations, leading to certificate status. Some courses -â€" the living theatre, effective public speakâ€" ing, principles of supervision, the peoples and politics of East Asia, effective reading, busin- ess law for engineers. writing workshop, creative writing and various language programs â€" will be offered at the universi- ty's Glendon Campus at Bayâ€" view and Lawrence Avenues. The course on oriental antiques will be offered at the North York Library in Willowdale. Youth And Gambling In York Evening Program More than 40 non-degree courses are ‘being offered this fall and winter at York Univer- sity, ranging from the people and politics of East Asia to the youth scene and a' conference on various aspects of gambling. The centre for continuing ed- ucation was established in 1966 by the university to comple- ment the part time degree stuâ€" dies offered by York's Atkinson College. Its purpose is to pro- vide continuing education for people in all walks of life. and in most of the courses offered there is no examination. Nor is it necessary to be a high school graduate. Mr. Webb charged that the ski industry has done little to improve the ec- onomic conditions in sur- rounding communities. say- ing: 7‘Generally it has been nut-ofâ€"state-controlled rest» aurant, motel, and other serâ€" Vice facilities that dominate the ski areas. firms own 13 of the 15 plants employing more than 500 persons and 23 of the 31 plants employing mere than 250 persons. The professor said four out of the five plants em- ploying more than 1.000 per- sons are owned by out-of- stare firms, while out-nf-state Mr. Webb said the largest granite quarries in the world, in Barre/and Bethe]. were recently taken over by Nortek Company. a land dev- eloper and manufacturing conglomerate based in Provi- dence, R.I. And he added in a study of the largest manufactur- ing plants in the state. it was found that the two plants which employ more than 2,000 people are owned by out-of-staters. is owned by a Cleyeland corporation. (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) SKI INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTED "A lot of people are getting emotional about litter. but. as in many other areas. not too many are doing anything about this problem. We decided to do something and we hope that other people will get the habit." Young People Fight Litter, Set Example That's how Ma'lton Bus Driver Henry La Rouche. he prefers just plain Henry. sums up the activities of a group of children he organized in the Brampton area to clean up litter. and who have now become known as “Brampton's Little Litter Pat- r01”. “There are about five chiL dren I can really count on to do the litter cleanup work." Henry says. “We are just plain citi- zens doing our bit." It is about time somebody realized there are a lot of peo‘ ple in this country who are over 25, and they are the one: paying the bills. What's that old saw about the man who pays the piper? Well someday. and that day isn't far off, the taxpayer is going to demand a tune to his likinz. One of the big cleanup jobs with which the group helps is at the Clairevilie Conservation Area of the Metro Conservation Authority. The patrol cleans up a section each Monday morning before the area open: to the public at 10 am. Half-fare ticket to Europe this summer â€" for those under 25 of course. Another beautiful idea. Here we have the height of the tourist season. the only 1time the airline probably makes a buck on its overseas flight, and good old Air Canada alien- ates the responsible citizen by, in effect, putting him at the back of the bus. Yes. travel is mind-expnnding and it's ridiculous to have those monsters shuffling back and forth across the Atlantic half empty. But why limit the ex- perience of visiting another nation to those under 25? What's wrong with the rest of us who after all keep Air Can- ada aloft in the off-periods? In« stead of offering a generous half-fare ticket to the young. why not strike a happy medium and maintain it all year round so everyone could benefit â€"-Air Canada included? The patrol's litter pickup ac~ tivities have not been confined just to the Metro region how- ever. The group ‘has helped clean up areas at Wasaga Beach. and also picked up litter at the Brampton Flower Festival grounds. At the flowers festival tickets were made available for free rides on the midway which Henry then distributed to the children in recognition of their efforts in keeping the grounds free of litter. "Once the other children n the fair saw what was going on they came over and wanted to collect litter too." Henry recalls with a smile. “Pretty soon there were 50 young people running around cleaning up and there wasn't enough litter to go around." “We know darn well that it is not just a matter of picking up litter after people. but also setting an example that counts." Henry states. The professor argued that big business started buying Vermont industries because the state is a mecca for low- wage employees. He said poor farmers. forced off the land, and young housewives, trying to supplement their husband's low incomes, have kept Vermont's wages lower than the average. Both Republicnn Gov. Deane Davis and 'his pre- decessor. Democratic Gov. Philip Hoff. tried to prevent the situation and failed, Mr. Webb said. "It's a situation which devu sloped over which no one has any control," he said. Along this line. he has ob‘ tained about 80 forty-five gallon drums and 125 twenty-five gallon drums for use us litter receptacles in the conservation authority’s areas. The group has painted "please" and “thank you" on the drums to encourage people to use them. Air Canada And The Young Inumuummuu\Imnutummuuunmmmwuwmm He said that Vermont in- dustries and wholesalers have been able to get. con- tracts to supply the ski res- orts ,and he said most of the tramway and the ski-lift equipment is ordered from European countries. FARMERS SHIFT JOBS Mr. Webb said that while areas like Mt. Mansfiel , now owned by Arthur Watson. a major stockholder in IBM and President le- on's Ambassador to France, appear to aid the local com- munitles, they are actually “enclaves” of high develop- ment in the otherwise poor surrounding territory. (Listowel Banner)