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Under provincial legislation creating York Region last Jan- uary 1 all town employees held tenure until the end of 1971 during the regional reorganiz- ation. The region plans to take over Kennedy Road from Highway 7 to Lake Simcoe. Warden and McGowan Avenues from Steeles Avenue to Bloomington Sideâ€" road and Leslie Street from Agreements to assume the readsztafieâ€""EC- will be drawn up Over a flve-flVeston. i year period. said Engineering'enue to; Commissioner Denne Bosworth. regional BAYVIEW ~EXTENSION ;f1f0m Ste West of Yonge Street. Bay-ISIdEI‘OBd View Avenue is to be assumed‘ EAE from Gomley Sideroad to Neuw The re market. South of Gormley Side-i Jurisdicti road Bay view is already-‘east-west a regional road. 115 to be . As an employee of the former Markham Township Hidaka was subject to being laid off Decem- ber 31 at the discretion of council. His resignation came after he and his lawyer were closeted in a committee room The bill assuming the roads is Keele Street north of King subject to provincial approval. City to the Aurora Sideroad is The roads will remain under‘also to be assumed by the reg- jurisdiction of the municipal- ion. lties until transfer t0 the region. Furthpr \x'nst H19 reginn will York Regional Council approved The 91h Line of Markham and a bill authorizing take over by§\Vhitclmrch - Siouffville is to the region of about 280 miles Of‘he assumed by the region from Township. town and villageSteeles Avenue to Highway '7 tends. land from Siouffville to Aurora Priorities for improvement ‘ Sidemada of these roads over a 10-)‘ea1‘i REGION TAKING DUFFERIN period were tentatively approv: W v s _ ed earlier. At its December 93 eSt Of Eonge trea' Buffer . . . in Street will become a re ional meeting council recewed a de-J g . road from Hi hway 7 to Kim tall“! news 5mm" and report Sideroad. At gpresent section: prepared by Mam) Consumngvsouth of Highway 7 and north of Engineers Margison and A5"!King Sideroad are regional sociates. roads. Markham Planning Head Kunio Hidaka Resigns From $1 9, 000 -A a Year Town Post At a meeting December 29. York Regional Council approved a bill authorizing take over by the region of about 280 miles of Township, town and Village roads. “I m‘ Regional Road'System In YorkI The resignation is effective March 1. It was accepted without objection by the council on a motion by Thornhill area Councillors James Jongeneel and Robert Adams. The Thornhill area’s third coun- cillor Roy Muldrew was the only council member absent from the meeting. A lawyer representing $19,000-a-year 53-year- old Markham Town Planning Director Kunio Hidaka handed Mr. Hidaka's resignation to Town Clerk Harry Crisp at the last 1971 meeting of the Mark- ham Town Council held December 21. ,VOL. 95, NO. 28 The proposal is being con- sidered by the York Region Council's social services com- mittee and could go before the region council as early as January 13. New provinmal grants pay- ing half the cost of family sun-nu xuuu m LU In: nonhuucu UJ the region. The Metro road in Georgina was formerly owned by the City of Toronto and for- med part of the right-of-way of; the Toronto Transportation sys- tem. Another 13 miles of road in the Lake Simcoe area. Bellhav- en Road. is to be assumed by the region. The 8th Line Ceme~. ues unm transler t0 the region. Further west. the re 'on will lgreements to assume the roads take over Jane suit and VIII be drawn up over. a fiYe‘ Weston Road from Steeles Av- ‘fal‘ Daljmd. said Engineering enue to Davis Drive. Also to go .ommissioner Denne Bosworth. regional is pine Valley Road BAYvngw EXTENSION from Steeles Avenue to Maple West of Yonge Street, Bay- “ideroad. ‘ iew Avenue is to be assumed1 EAST - WEST ROADS Pom Gormley Sideroad to New-l The region will also extend its aarikethSouth. of Gormle:1 Sidde-ijurisdiction over a number of ca ayVie w is rea y.east-west roads. Markham Road .- ' ' v 1 regional road. lis to be assumed from Wood- $532311? bgeiigéngegigi 3:321 The region plans to take over blue AVenue (formerly DOD about 5 5 miles iennedy Road from Higth '7 Mms Roam 93“ to Highway 48 In the schomberg area 0 Lake Simcoe. Warden andranfi Elsin Mills Road from Don Schomberg's Main Street will bé IcCowan Avenues from Steeles Mlus Road west to Klemburg- assumed bv the region So will Avenue to Bloomington Side- Aurora Sideroad will become the Llovdtown Road (Kin oad and Leslie Street from-a regional road from Dufferin Street). . g lers to the shoulders of the dev-1 acnuuu LILOJUJ. uuuuu‘y an: southeast Vaughan in two weeks. An early morning blaze Among the major innovations during Hidaka‘s period of service was a svstem of heavily in-JD . . a . . . e mb 19 d creased planning applicationisl'ggo‘ogg damalg‘: gantfgtffiizifi fees which shifted the cost of“ . town planning from the taxpay-,Sgg4g9glaingtgzimtry Club at The old lie-storev brick; elopers. The fee schedule wasi ‘ . - aimed at providing enoughlhorne destro) ed in the blaze be- :longed to Giuseppe D'Angela of planning staff and facilities in; . V_ _ 9 Markham to keep ahead of. and‘285 coacfifleigsA‘ggfiglflglg: _ . , ‘view expemte de\ elopment‘ lEmilio Carlesimo of 283 Cocks- However. Hidaka‘s repeated field Avenue. They bought the requests to council for addit- property in 1965 and had com- ional planning staff went largely;plete new wiring installed. unheeded. Hidaka himself recâ€";The house itself was insured eived substantial increases inyl’lans are to build a new dwel-l pay. Iling on the property which is 35 “‘ illllllllllullulululllulluulllulllluuuuillluuulllumuuuluuuuuw Hill Firefighters Answer Cat Call Richmond Bil! firefight- ers had a cat call last week. A Richvale area woman Monday morning drove up to the town firehall coni- plaining she kept hearing a cat calling. Firefighters investigated and found the woman’s frightened two-month old two - days - missing Persian kitten wedged into a tiny space between the car bat- tery and a front wheel. lllClllUCl UL Lllbuuluuu 11111. a. ning Board, Rotary Club and Branch 375 Royal Canadian Le- gion. He was also a member 0! the 137th Battalion Association and a charter and 50-year mem- ber of Bedford Lodge AF&AM. Toronto. The funeral was held Wed- nesday from the Trull Funeral Home in Toronto. The service was conducted by Rev. William wur Smith of York Mills-Oriole Un-x ited Church and a Masonic ser- vice was held by Bedford Lodge the previous evening. Cremation followed the private family ser- vice and interment was in Maple cemetery. AUUI‘AMB u .......... v .. .- . kets although the CN would sell its own tickets for Train 990. According to Mr. Medcof, if .‘patronage develops. extra cars can be added to reduce the cost per person carried, which might ‘produce a profit. It is also proposed to utilize ‘school buses a5 a feeder service for the trains. Mr. Medcof re- ports. “The buses would deliver passengers to the rail stations and then go out on their school pickups. This would mean provâ€" ision of extra service at mini- mum cost." He said some local jbus companies have already expressed interest. l l thrush. generally fou only in the mountains British Columbia. It s spotted by Gerry Ben: and his party. Covering a radius of miles from The Royal ( tario Museum, the watch also counted a Harlem drake at Centre Island. T breed belongs on the Atl tic or Pacific coastal w era, another extreme r ity in this area. They coi ted a total of 33,610 birds 91 different species. incl ing 1,102 Canada Get double any previous cont iiWilmllllllmlfllllllllllfi“llllllllllllllllllllllllllml“lll“lllilllllllllllllllllll“lilillllllill“ lllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllilllllilllllllillllilllllllllllllllllIllllilllllllllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllillllllll1“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilIll“lililllllllll“l\llllllllllilllllllllllllllmull“ Imull“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillll|llllillll“llllllllllUlllllililllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllll“lllull““\lllllllllllllll ‘lillllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllilllllull“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllill“llllll‘llllllllllllilimlllllllllllllllllillill“llllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllll Markham, Richmond Hill Propose Regional Network Of Five Family Life Centres ing to a brief. submitted to the regional council from 10- cal family servxce organiza- tions in Markham and Rich- mond Hill. Family life service centIES are proposed for five locat- ions in York Region. accord- Members of the Thornhill Peewees get the consolation hand-shake and trophy from Richmond Hill' Lions’ George Chassie Wednesday night of last week shortly after they dropped a 7-2 game to Ottawa in the “B” championship. Looking on are Thornhill‘s Alan Ralph and Goalie Randy Paul“. Another Thornhill player shown to the extreme left was unidentified. Occasion was the wind-up of the first annual Richmond Hill Rosetown Invitational Peewee Hockey Tournament sponsored by the Lions Club of Richmond Hill Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the last week of the year. Grand champion was a team from Oshawa. An individ- ual award was made to each boy on the losing Thornhill team as well as to the winners. (Detailed results of the tournament will be found on Page 9 of this issue.) 3v HAL BL! T horn/1i” Pee wees. . Almost But Not Quite Public Likrnry, 24 yr: ht Jt., Rich-min”? Hill . .g $19,000-a-year 53-year- ng Director Kunio Hidaka . ignation to Town Clerk 971 meeting of the Mark- ecember 21. fective March 1. It was by the council on a motion tors James Jongeneel and irnhill area’s third counâ€" the only council member during two adjournments of the meeting. In moving that Hidaka's res- ignation be accepted with re-{‘ gret. Planning Committee Chair- man and Regional Councillor Jongeneel said he wanted to wish the planning director well at his future employment. He said he would express the sent- iments of himself and the plan- ‘ning committee to Hidaka later. .i‘cy Planning Branch of the De- with the members of council! No explanation for the resignation was given by Hidaka. Markham Mayor Anthony Roman nor several other members of council questioned by “The Liberal." Hidaka joined the Markham Township staff on August 1. 1968 after completing a period of postgraduate study in Wash- ington, DC. Before that he was employed by the Commun- partment of Municipal Affairs. Regional Councillor Jongen- eel said the private meeting to. discuss the resignation wasl held at Planner Hidaka‘s reâ€"I quest. “The resignation was ai things. and I guess Mr. Hidaka. saw the writing on the wall,” said Jongeneel. He added that he was refer-l» ring to the long-term trend in ' the new York Region toward - centralization of plan tions in the regional a tion at Newmarket. 1 regions towns with ning to do. He noted 1 ham had already sur; limits for developme the provincial govern] ners for the area. Jongeneel said t] ity of Planner . work wasn’t in ques it was unlikely tl would continue to man of Hidaka’s h ibre. He denied Hid fired, saying, “Hi have refused . ..it decision. not ours." combination of a whole lot of}._ , ~ The region will also emend its Jurisdiction over a number of east-west roads. Markham Road is to be assumed from Wood- bme Avenue (formerly Don Further west. the region will take over Jane Street and Weston Road from Steeles Av- enue to Davis Drive. A151) to go regional is Pine Valley Road from Steeles Avenue to Maple Steeles Avenue to Newmarket the program. Office costs would continue to be paid by local town and township The regional council is be- ing asked to pay the other half of the cost of staif for service centre staff are now available. officials of Thom- hill â€" Richmond Hill Area Famin Services and the Markham Family Life Centre told a press conference, The conference was held Thurs- day of last week at St. And‘ rew’s Presbyterian Church. Main Street North in Mark- ham. Mulock Drive in Newmarket Markham 10“ manner will be assumed by the region from Leslie Street to Bathurst Councillor Bud Bonner said Street. and Vivian Sideroad will deaka‘s resignation was sub- be taken Over from WOOdbine mitted as a result of a decision Avenue to Highway 48. by the whole council. “The NORTHERN ROADS council as a whole decided that In the northerly Part Of the certain changes had to be made region. 11 miles of Queensville in the staff set-up and Mr. Road is to become a regional‘Hidaka submitted his resigna- I‘Oad. and 10 miles 0f the 01d tion as a result," said Bonner. In the northerly part of the region. 11 miles of Queensville Road is to become a regional road. and 10 miles of the old Metro road is to be assumed by the region. The Metro road in Georgina was formerly owned by the City of Toronto and for- med part of the right-ofâ€"way of the Toronto Transportation sys- tem. en Road. is to be assumed by the region. The 8th Line Ceme~ tery Road in Georgina will also be assumed by the region for about 5.5 mlles. He added that he was refer- ring to the long-term trend in the new York Region toward Street to the Peel County boun dary west of Hammertown. Langstaff Road will be as- sumed by the region from Bath- urst Street to Keele Street. Car- l'ville Road will become a reg- ional road from Yonge Sreet to Bayview Avenue. “Schools should change from the three R's to the four R‘s â€" reading, waiting. arithmetic and relationships", he said. Gathered with Bartoletti for the press conference were President Bill Dodds, 276 Lu- “You don't get bom know- ing how to live together . . . you have to learn“. Markham Family Life Centre Execu- tive Director Mario Bartolet- ti told the press conference. councils. or through local donations. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1972 centralization of planning func- tions in the regional administra- tion at Newmarket. leaving the region‘s towns with less plan- ning to do. He noted that Mark- ham had already surpassed the limits for development set by the provincial government plan- ners for the area. Jongeneel said the qual» ity of Planner Hidaka’s work wasn’t in question, but: it was unlikely the town would continue to need a man of Hidaka’s high cal- ibre. He denied Hidaka was fired, saying, “He could have refused...“ was his been operatin cas Street. Richmond Him and Vice-President Dr. Rob- ert Alexander of Wild Cher; ry Lane. Thornhill. repreâ€" senting Thornhill-Richmond Hill Area Family Services. Local offices are proposed for Thornhill-Richmond Hill, Markham, Keswick â€" Sutton, Newmarket. and Nobleton- Bolton. Each office would cost $25,000 to $27,000 a year to operate and would be op- en five days and two even- ings a week. KUNIO Markham The Markham (Bhoto by Jack Blanchard) 4n Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” HIDAKA. 53 Town Planner office he full tune A young f am 1 1 y away{ visiting and with o u t fire insurance lost all their household possessions, in- cluding Christmas presents, in a fire Sunday afternoon th des â€" royed their rented preâ€"Con- federation home at 8066 Duf- ferin Street in the Concord area of Vaughan Town. The Lonero‘s lived at the Witty Farm for about three years. Then they were away for six months and sublet the place to the Ginsberg’s. When they returned to the area they rent- ed the nearby home built by the Hiram White family that came to Vaughan from Vermont in 1818. Included in the fire loss were some paintings by a brother. one cat overcome by smoke, and one of the family cars left par- ked in the garage. One cat got out and lived, while the dog was away with the family. The Lon- ero's lived at that address since September. There was evidence of a break-in before the 316300 fire and the Fire Marshal‘s office has been called in to investigate. Vaughan Fire Chief James Dav- idson told "The leeral.” Carol and Lawrence Loneroâ€" with their two-year-old daugh- ter, large dog and one surviving cat â€"- are staying with friends Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ginsberg at the old Witty Farm on Dufâ€" ferm Street. 'north of their burnt-out home, RR 2.. Maple. telephone 889â€"0597. NEED RURAL HOME Mrsr Lonero said at press time the family is looking for another rural home in the area where they can keep their large dog. They want a place close to the Thornhlll nursery school their daughter attends. Mr. Lon. ero is a provincial government employee and Mrs. Lonero attends York University. The Lonero Family likes the Langstaff neighborhood. “We'VP, been on a farm so long new. we're adjusted to that sort of life and wouldn‘t be so happy in an apartment." says Mrs. Lon- ero. - Fire Chief Davidson said the Richmond Hill firefighters fire alarm came at 2:04 pm and had only one fire call last week firefighters were at the scene and it “"85 a false alarm Dec- for about 316 hours. It was the ember 23 at 11:23 am seem"! malor Sunday , me miuumuuu1mumnuummummuuummmunmmuuuuuumuuu southeast Vaughan 111 two] "I [numb-"1‘17"". Young Family Homeless’ Had No Fire Insurance The proposed 2ew network of locally incorporated fam- The Thornhill - Richmond Hill Family Service Centre has been operating two years on a part time basis mi? of the Richmond Hill church offices. It has increased its operations from four hours a week to 16 hours a week since it opened. since March 1970 as a proâ€" vincial pilot project with provincial research funds and local donations. It start- ed on a part time basis in 1968. A total of 51 rabid wild and domestic animal cases have been confirmed in Region of York since July 1. Besides this several hu- mans who have been in These clinics have been organized by the federal Department of Agriculture. Health of Animals Branch in co-operation with Reg- ion of York, the Regional Health Unit. the County Board of Education and local municipal authorities. Free rabies vaccination cLinics for dogs and cats are planned for 18 loca- tions in the Region of York beginning January 24 in the Schomberg - Nobleton area and continuing at other locations until Feb- ruary 3. The complete list of dates and places was not available at pness time. but it is known that a clinic will be held in Aurora Jan- uary 25. These clinics will be manned by local veter- inarian practitioners. LOST PAINTINGS. CAT Free Rabies Clinics Scheduled For York lot detached from the origma] Hiram White farm. The fine old stone farmhouse built by the‘ White family still stands with the farm buildings further back from’quferin Street. \ LONG HOSE LlNE There was about $200 build- ing damage and $50 damage to contents in another Concord fire December 26 at, 8:52 am at the Burlington residence. 51 Hillâ€" side Drive The fire was blamed on a portable electric heater cord. Wiring in the engine of i was damaged in a fire at I am December 29 at 55 Do: ter Avenue. Thornhlll. The belonged to Peter Lord 0 Pancrest Drive. Willowdale To fight the fire four pumps: 3“ fire trucks were used. along fr! with a water tanker truck and m, the rescue truck. Fire :Chief Wt Davidson said 4200 feet of fire th hose was laid to pump water m; in relays from the nearest hy- Dt drant in front of the Concord In Public School. [m There was no serious damage at noon December 22 in an oven fire that brought Vaughan fire- fighters to the Burns residence at. 20 Davidson Drive in Wood- bridge. The Vaughan Fire Depart- ment had a rescue call Decem- ber 26 at 7:17am to Major Mackenzie Drive and Jane Street to help free persons 1n- jured in a fatal motor vehicle accident. Mrs. Am05 Baker. a neighbor and local historian, says the house that burned was probabâ€" ly built as a retirement home some time after the Hiram White-family came from Ver~ mont in 1818. Members of the family lived in it for about 100 years, owning it until the 1920‘s. For a long time it was occupied by Miss Sarah White who died in 1939. Her sister Ida IMrs. John Ash) died at the age of 97 at Palmerston last years The house was purchased and occupied for many years by the Bentley family. The control of rabies is the reSponsibility of the Health of Animals Branch and all suspected cases in this region are to be re- ferred to the veterinarian in charge. The phone num- ber is 889-9134. Although rabies vaccine: tion will not eradicate the disease. good control in domestic animals is obtain- ed providing a high per- centage of animals is vac- cinated annually. Other effective control measures include avoidance of wild animal handling and elim- ination of strays. contact \uth rabid animals have had to undergo the Pasteur treatment, which is effective in most cases in war-ding off the disease. There is no known cure for rabies in humans. Dog and cat owners are urged by the department‘s officials to present their pets for vaccination at the clinic held in their munici- pality The major problem now being handled by the new family service centres invol- ve marriage. said Dr. Alex» ander. Next comes family budget and debt manageâ€" ment. Third problem in import- ance are families vn‘th probâ€" fly service centres would have etaff working under the co-ordination of York Region CommiSSioner of Social and Family Services Dr. Owen Slingerland, the press con- ference was told. to the town firehall com- of a car at 10:39 Doncas- The car HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 of 41 Obitua ry SIowStartOnWinterWork Although statistics availablel accounted only Mr welfare re- cipients up to the end of Octo- ber. the region‘s Commissioner of Health and Social Services Dr. Owen Slingerland said fig- ures have remained much the same into December. He said. however. that a decline is an- ticipated in the year-end report as municipal winter works pro- grams gain momentum. The requested service would provide one train each way per day for five days a week on the Barrie - Toronto line through Maple. It would serve King City, Aurora, Newmarket, Brad- ford and Lefroy. Harding Pk. Developer John Edgar Teetzel Developer of Richmond Hill‘s Harding Park and Glenbrae Subdivisions. John Edgar Teet- zel. passed away at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto. December 20, He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Louise Harding of Richmond Hill. Born in High- gate. Ontario. he was the last surviving member of his fam- ily, Another service would use the line from Richmond Hill to the Union Station. The Line from Markham to Union Station $19,000 FOR FIVE DAYS Cost of the chartered trains gate. Ontario. he was the last surviving member of his fam- ily. for the five-day period would be A graduate of the College ofy$19,000 (exclusive of the bar Pharmacy, he was also a formerlcarS) with the chartering group member of Richmond Hill Plan- issuing ‘and selling its own tic- ning Board, Rotary Club and kets although the CN would sell Branch 375 Royal Canadian Le- its own tickets for Train 990. If tentative approval of the grant is received. an admini- strative board to set policy will he set up. It will include repres- entatives from the GO North Committee. York Regional Council. Simcoe County Council and municipal councils in Bar- rie. Bradford. Newmarket‘ Au- rora. Richmond Hill and Metro. The report submitted by Wel- fare Administrator Bilton Mac- Donald showed 235 employable heads of families on the welfare rolls and 724 employahle de- pendants. Another 323 unem- playable heads of families and 783 unemployable dependants were listed. There were also Trial Period GO North Trains If Federal Grant Is Approved Mr. Medcof is a Toronto law- yer who lives in Mount Albert and Mr. Sillcox is a Toronto broker who lives in King Tmm~ ship. 122 employable single people and 225 unemployable single Medcof & Sillcox Propose By MARGARET LADE Less than two percent of the population of the Region of York is, receiving public welfare, accord« ing to a report submitted to the regional council on December 29. The majority of these â€" 2,065 â€"- are heads of families and their dependants. The region’s welfare budget for 1971 was, however. more than $100,000 overspent in the first 11 months of the year. The centres have handled drug problem cases. said Dr. Alexander, but drug cases never exceeded the number of alcohol problem cases. ev- en when the drug situation was at its height a year ago. The number of drug prob- lem cases at the Thornhill~ Richmond Hill Family Ser- vice Centre has dropped sigâ€" nificantly in recent months. he said. There was at least a transient switch by youth to alcohol from drugs when 15m children. These are of. ten referrals from schools. Welfare $100,000 Over Budget people on the list. Another 122 patients in nursing homes and five foster children brought the total for October to 2,539 for the region. The report showed 245 cases closed and 445 new applicants. Of the region‘s population of 156,205. just 1.67 percent were receiving general assistance. Aurora Mayor Richard Illingâ€" worth pointed to recent reports of a decline in welfare applica- tions in Metro. “They expect to end the year with a surplus.” said Illingworth. "Have we had the same decline? There are still more than 1,000 out of work in York. Can we anticipate a decrease?” he asked. He was assured that. as local The Barrie train would con- sist of six coaches. the Rich- mond Hill one of four coaches and the Markham train of three coaches. with a possibility of a bar car on the evening train on the first two routes. the drinking age 'was drop- ped to 18. But the hard core drug addicts are still active, said Dr. Alexander. At first the centres were handling about 80 per cent marital problems. but this is now down to about 45 per cent. The number of cases of other kinds of family problems has increased. There are more cases invol- ving teenage offenders and problems with children. The centres deal with some families whose members have been before the courts. JOHN MEDCOF G0 North Application SAVE up TO 321/470 Yonge HRIETY REHT=A=GAR Choice Franchises Available 223=6692 municipalities get then- winter works programs under way. the number of employable people on welfare should diminish. East Gwillimbury M a y o r Gladys Rolling said people on welfare are often discouraged from taking jobs because they get more on welfare than they can earn at unskilled jobs. She asked if it was possible for the region or the municipal coun- cils to subsidize wages so that those who wanted to work could do so without ending up with less money than they would be getting if they con- tinued to sit at home and col- lect welfare payments. Georgina Mayor George Ema rowzs assured her that if work is available and people on wel- fare refuse to take it they are cut off welfare. However. if the job offered would pay less than the person was receiving on Welfare. the department does not insist that he take it, particularly if he is the head of a family with several, de- pendants. Mrs. Rolling cited the case of a man who wants very much to go to work but cannot afford to do so because the only jobs available pay less than he is getting on Welfare. "He has a large family," said Mrs. Rollo mg. It is not just people on wel- fare. said Mayor mingworth. Many employers are complain- ing that people are not inter. ested in working. They are better off on welfare. The CAS in the region has a decreasing case load and is now in a position to after its services to the welfare depart- ment. Dr. Burrows told coun- oil. It could be called upon to investigate specific problems. This applies to many groups, admitted Dr. Burrows. Wo- men on mothers’ allowance are often in the same position. Workers complain about taxes, said Dr. Burrows, but these peo- ple are taxed up to 100 percent. If they make $10 over the amâ€" ount allowed for recipients of public assistance they must pay $10 back to the government. There is no incentive for them to work. St. at Steeles Ave. (B? STATION) Council was not willing to support a resolution from the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham calling on the province to amend the Wei- fare Act as it concerns people aged 16 to 18 and processing these under the Child Welfare Act. It did. however, approve a recommendation from Dr. Bur- rows that social workers from the local Children's Aid Society be asked to assist in assessing “elfare applications from young people in the region Where young people are con‘ cemed. said Dr. Burrows. there are often gray areas and social workers are better qualified to assess these than the welfare workers. Before a person in this age group can qualify for Welfare, it is necessary to investigate Ill!“lllll“mull“\llilllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllluHull!!! Courses for newlyweds and for those planning marriage have been one of the most evident activities carried out recently by the family life centre staff. Now there are also some agâ€" ed people coming to the cen- tres. including women with problems of growing age and oldsters worrying about wills. housing. etc. Work has steadily increas- ed. The number of persons counselled at Markham was (Continuen on Page 13) An extremely rare v15!- tor to King Township was noted during the annual Christmas Bird Count by Toronto bird watchers rec- ently. The bird was a varied thrush. generally found only in the mountains of British Columbia. It was spotted by Gerry Bennet and his party. Covering a radius of 30 miles from The Royal On- tario Museum, the watchers also counted a Harlequin drake at Centre Island. This breed belongs on the Atlan- tic or Pacific coastal wat- ers. another extreme rar- ity in this area. They coun- Oed a total of 33.610 birds of 91 different species. includ- lng 1,102 Canada Geese, double any previous count. Rare Christmas Guest Counted King PRICE 150 PER COPY (Continued on Page 3 Mil-F