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Ontario’s great experiment in governmental streamlining has begun with excellent material. In Robert Welch, Allan and Bert Lawrence and Darcy Mc- Keough, Premier William Davis has chosen strong, knowledge- able men for these important posts. Each man will be responsible for a specific grouping of de- partments with related respon- sibilities. The job, as the pre- mier described it, as co-ordina- tion. 1 For example, it will be Mr. Welch’s function to pull toâ€" gether the many diverse policies of ministries answerable for universities. education. health, housing, and social and famin services, in his capacity as prov- incial secretary for social dev- elopment. Each department would remain the individual res- ponsibility, of a separate mini- ster. Mll\ll“mm“l“WWIllll“WWIIlllllll“llll\\lll1ll\llllll\l\lllllll\l\ll Captains Of The Cabinet Bert Lawrence has been as- signed to co-ordinate resources development; Allan Lawrence. justice and related departments; Mr. McKeough, financial and inter-governmental affairs. There’s always a chance that Mr. Davis’ attempt to achieve a more workable government could. backfire. The first team could become just one more lay- er of bureaucracy. one more place to pass a buck. But that isn’t likely because of the cali- bre of the men chosen for the new assignments and because the premier obviously intends to make the system work. LogicalLv, it should work well. In the phenomenal growth of government, an almost inevit- able result of Ontario‘s incred- ible development. post-war pre- miers have inherited a bureau- cratic monster too big for any one man to comprehend. much less control. Even the cabinet. bigger than the council of a major city, is a basically un- '\u'eldy mechanism, with the premier’s office the only co- ordinating agency for 21 differ- ent departments. Now. the demanding task of co-ordinating the Ontario Gov- ernment’s policies in widely divergent fields will be shared by the premier and the secre- taries he has chosen. Founded before Confederation, both organizations were in the be- ginning basically evangelical. Over the century there have been many changes, and the Y’s bridge differ- ent faiths all over the world. Seek- ing to fill the need where they find it, YMCA’s and YWCA’s are different things in different places and to different people. In our urban-oriented society the Y continues its successful and popu- lar programs of keep-fit, swimming, camping and clubroom activities such as bridge and crafts and art. It is also concerned with the problems arising from this urbanism, technol- ogical change and social tension that touch the lives of all of us. Gone are the days when the YMCA was “for men only” and the YWCA “for women only”. To the majority of people in the Richmond Hill area the YWCA is simply the “Y”. Hus- bands and Wives enrol for Yoga and for bridge. Families take part in swimming classes . Boys and girls enjoy the art classes and group guitar lessons. But all of these are just the tip of the iceberg. Members of the “Y” devote many hours to its interna- tional World Service project, raising This week is “Y Week” in Canada. YW'CA’s and YMCA’s all across the country are celebrating more than 100 years of dedication to the spirit- ual, social, recreational and physical needs of people of all ages. Already with financial and moral encouragement from the province, local organizations in Old Markham- Unionville and Thornhill-Richmond Hill have established successful work- ing family service centres on a limited scale. These twa centres have been utilized to capacity by the public and have shown such a program is needed and wanted. These pilot centres have also won acceptance in the schools and within community groups where much preâ€" ventive social work has been done. A network of five offices is pro- posed, our Southern York area to be served from Old Markham, Richmond Hill and Nobleton. Our York Regional Council has been asked to enter into a family service centre program with staff paid one-half by the province. Office costs in each area would be paid by public subscription or by local towns and townships. (Hamilton Spectator) The “Y"'s Changing Image ‘4‘; .Luuyrv..v-ynâ€" u y‘aua - “Mvw-InoI-thnv‘u‘ .‘u-v " U L A‘ Subscription Rate $6.00 per year; to United States $7.00; 15¢ single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill; Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 20, 1972 Good Idea “Second class mail, registration number 0190” An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Gib: liberal w x.-___ 777;. -w . . a . V . . _ _ V . _ v _ . _ . . _ . _ _ . NOW it is winter, so cold with ice and snow. this tyne 70f “nuts and Bolts: childwthat he is writing down â€"-John MacRae. tribme to the well being 0f “5 I feel for all the bipdsJ they look so cold_ education its due publicity. A many more digits than he needs School Daze Column) $113531“ :10: 11151:] "so the Sam" I Wish for rin number of worthy comments â€" particularly zeros and the * * * * ac 10“ ° “rse ‘3 - for all the mi to come’ appeared in this particular artâ€" repetition of his answer (as IS JACK ALRIGHT? PerhaPS? I h ,n an b h ’ . ' icle. but I must protest the 20 + 2 and 22). The third and Dear Mr. Editor: ROBERT THOMPSON. _ ope We 9 appy agam treatment of the division algorâ€" most elegant stage of solution Another year, another 365 173 Trayborn Drive, In the light summer breeze. ithm. This method of long div- would then be: days, have slipped by and all Richmond Hill. :i'lll“ill“lll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\\l\l\l\l\llllllllllllllll\\\\l\\1\\\|\\lllllllllllllllllllllillllllllil\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllw llllillllllllllllllllll111“llllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllmill“\lllllllllllllll\l\l\l| fllllllllllllllll\\l\\llllllllull“ill“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllillllllllllillllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“mmlll“lllllllllllllulllllllullmullllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'F (Judy Purvis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Purvis, 85 Bridgeport Street, Rich- mond Hill sent the following report to us from her teach- ing post in the Ontario North at a point northwest of Thun- der Bay and not far from the Manitoba border. Miss Purvis attended Richmond Hill High School and graduated from Macdonald College at St. Anne‘s. Quebec. She taught physical education for about four years at Hudson, Que- bec and for two years at Willowdale. In September. 1969, she went to Weagamow Lake where she wrote this report. but recently she moved 80 miles further north to a two-room school at King- fisher Lake â€" Editor). .4 Wis/1 0n .4 Winter Day Richmond Hill Girl Finds Excitement Teaching In Far North By JUDY PURVIS One of the most frighten- The tree would be my home, so sheltered with leaves so green, They also would play and move in the wind with me. And I would have many friends, flying and singing with me in the tree. 95 Cartier Crescent, Richmond Hill. I’d like to be a bird, so light and free, I would fly high, high up in the sky. My movements would be gentle in the light summer breeze, very softly I would glide down and sit in a tree. Up on a branch I would sit and sing the song of love and peace, I would sing in the light summer breeze. People would look up to me, they would stop and listen to the happiness I bring. By LYDIA HACHMER During “Y Week”, January 17 to 23, the YMs and YWs of Canada are emphasizing the importance of emerg- ing as a dynamic social force in the community they serve outside their buildings. The theme is “PeOple . . . Helping Change Happen” for Canad- ian “Y Week”, 1972. Support your local “Y” through membership and participation. On the home front, the YWCA of Richmond Hill is studying the needs of the area. Two current stud- ies deal with latchkey children and mothers who do not speak English. The people at the “Y” want to know how many children go home to empty houses at lunch time and after school. They want to know how they can help. Altogether it looks to us as if the region council would be “missing the boat” if it fails to grasp this oppor- tunity to establish a family life centre network as proposed in the brief recently submitted from the Thornhill- Richmond Hill and Old Markham - Unionville organizations. funds to assist less affluent groups in other countries where “Y” workers teach homemaking skills to mothers and occupational skills‘ to young men and women. They are also concerned about the mothers who are becoming alienated from their families because the children learn English at school and on the street, and their husbands learn English from fellow workers. How many such mothers are there in this area, and how can the “Y” help them? We hope the regional council will act in a positive way to this sugges- tion. Markham Family Life Centre Execu- tive Director Mario Bartoletti has ably demonstrated his motto that “you don’t get bo'rn knowing how to live together . . . you have to learn.” Initiation of the family life centre program here has been given strong and active support by local clergy- men. Probably no greater endorseâ€" ment could be given than that of these churchmen who are among those most often called upon for help by families in distress. It is a time of change, of friction between age groups, of social and economic fragmentation, of pollution and unemployment, of emotional idealism. ing moments in my life dev- eloped into one of the most exciting and rewarding ex- periences. Stepping out of the small Cessna 180 after a 202-mile flight due north of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, I was met by almost the entire populaâ€" tion of some 400 Cree-Ojib- way Indians at the Round Lake Settlement, situated on Weagamow Lake. I now can understand the giggles and murmurs of the people in- specting another new teach‘ er. The safest thing I thought to do was to smile and laugh with them. At a week's orientation course in the latter part of August at the University of Western Ontario, all teachers new to the Department of Indian Affrairs were briefed xEIS Dog licences are issued by a special office in the town hall and hours are from 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. As my husband and I both work from 9 am to 6 pm Mon- day through Friday. when do we get a chance to pick up the licence. Are the powers-that-be trying to make it so hard for the tax- payers to pay their dog licence so that they can issue sum- monses when payment is over- due and thereby make more money? TIME CONSUMING JOB Dear Mr. Editor: I have lived in Richmond Hill for 14 years, and up until now found it very convenient to drop into the police station either during the day or evening to buy a licence for my dog. But this year things have changed and the working man pays again â€"â€"-not only in in- convenience but in the increase from $3 to $4 in the yearly lic- ence for a male dog. But the increase is nothing compared to the silly proceduce that has been set up. Dog licences are issued by a special office in the town hall ision was one of the host of‘ new techniques which arrived with the advent of the so- called “new math”. It, like the others, was designed to help the child “understand” what he was doing, and. I believe, has ful-‘ filled, to a certain extent, this prophecy. The fact which needs clarification in Mr. MacRae‘s article is that this method must never be allowed to be the final or only method of long division.‘ In explaining the particular ex- ample which he uSes: 24>528, Mr. MacRae states “accept any answer” â€" and so his solution is 24)528 10 240 I have lived in Richmond Hill for 14 years, and up until now found it very convenient to drop into the police station either during the day or evening to buy a licence for my dog. Hoxvever, yesterday I gave up my lunch period, drove 10 miles and managed to find the right office on my first try. The clerk took all particulars then sent me to another office way down the corridor to pay the cashier. Then I had to take my receipt back to the first office to get the dog tag. Thisiis a prolonged waste of time which I do not have. Dear Mr. Editor I read with interest the art- icle “School Daze” with the subtitle “Mathematics Is A New Language For Children”, in your December 30 edition. You are to be commended for giving this type of “nuts and bolts" education its due publicity. A number of worthy comments appeared in this particular art- icle, but I must protest the treatment of the division algor- ithm. This method of long div- MATHEMATICS THE NEW LANGUAGE FOR CHILDREN lalre Wilcox Residents Appreciate Wildwood library by a crew of experienced consultants. We were enlight- ened on general, and in some cases, particular difficulties in teaching in an Indian com- munity. The major problem in edu- cation is the fact that when the children arrive in kind- ergarten at the age of four, they 'know no English. We as teachers must first of all establish a communication system. In the early grades it is partly English and partly Cree. combined with a lot of arm waving and head nodâ€" ding. The school in Round Lake presently consists of four classrooms â€" three in one building and one set apart. The one apart was the orig- inal one-room school built 13 MRS. E. OHLIS, 156 Lawrence Avenue, Richmond Hill. The branch library is open from 1 to 6 pm each Wednesday and from 9 am to 5 pm each Saturday. A story hour is held Wednesday afternoons from 2:30 to 3 pm for preâ€"school children. The telephone number is 773-5533. ‘ A well-appreciated addition to the community of Lake Wilcox is the Wildwood Branch of the Richmond Hill Public Library which welcomed its first patrons, including Allen Gore (left) and Ernie Ensor (right) seen above with Library Assistant In Charge Mrs. Josie Fleming, December 1. The branch library, located in a portable classroom made available by York County Board of Education adjacent to the Lake Wilcox School, has a large collection of paperback books and a small reference collection for both adult and juvenile readers. Inter-library loan facilities are available, so that practically any book desired by a. resident of that area may be obtained in a short space of time. 0 22 By the way, this is rather a conservative solution to some I have seen by students who use the “accept any answer” zip- proach! After a child has gained experience with this method and fully understands what he is doing, he should be encouraged, yes, even forced into making more aceurate esti- mates of his answer. That is, instead of estimating “how many 24’s in 528?” as 10, he should see that 20 is a more ac- curate quotient. Thus at this second stage of development, his solution might be: 24)528 20 480 0 22 When the student has mas- tered this method, he is ready to move into the third and final stage â€" the much-dreaded “bring down the next number” method. The bilious attacks re- ferred to by Mr. MacRae can be avoided by pointing out to the child that he is writing down many more digits than he needs â€" particularly zeros and the repetition of his answer (as 20 + 2 and 22). The third and most elegant stage of solution would then be: years ago. Two more class- rooms were completed in Dec- ember to accommodate 167 children. The school has ev~ ery modern convenience of a "southern" school, from movie projectors and tape recorders to microscopes and steam tables. This equipment is a must for teaching Eng- lish as a second language. Library books are plentiful and at last an effort is being made to secure readers and teaching aids geared to the environment of these chil- dren rather than a city one. I am most fortunate to have the aid of an Indian girl from the village to act as a kindergarten assistant in my class of 37 kindergarten and grade 1 pupils. Janosa went to school in the settle- 288 240 48 School. Newmarket) (Dear Mr. Rosevear: Thank you for your letter re- garding my column on mathe- matics. I’m pleased to think we are very nearly in complete agreement. I too, would intro- duce the abbreviated algorism as the last stage of the division process but only as you say “When the student has mastered (the last difficult) method” of stage one and two. which stranger resembles “old math”! An algorithm, simply, is a method or technique for solving a problem. In mathematics we use many different algorithms. The most practical method is the fastest method â€" although this is not always the way stud- ents initially meet the prob- lem. Unfortunately, many of these techniques have been abused, both at the elementary and secondary school level, with the advent of the “new math”. But as teachers gain experience with some of them, we begin to sort the “wheat from the chaff” and hopefully in a few years we will bring the pendulum back to a middle of the road approach. DAVID ROSEVEAR, RR 3, King, (Head of Mathematics I found it an interesting sug- gestion that a child be "forced" to make a more accurate estim- ate. Most students with whom I’ve been involved, if they can be shown an easier way requir- ing less time and effort, need little coercion. ment and attended high school in Dryden, after which she took a teachers’ aid course in Toronto. Round Lake Student Department, Huron Heights Secondary 20528 48 22 Perhaps a new phraseology is required. Instead of “I’m a1- right Jack”, how about asking “Is Jack alright"? Perhaps, ve could consider our neighbors’ feelings, not just our feelings towards our neigh- bors? Perhaps, we can become in- volved in activities that con- tribute to the well being of us all, and not just to the satis- faction of ourselves. Perhaps? ROBERT THOMPSON, 173 Traybom Drive, Richmond Hill. We look to the United Na- tions to find the solution to gain world peace. We expect the Ottawa types to keep Can- ada strong and healthy. From our local system we demand the necessities and comforts of life . . . but what are we, the citi- zens of Richmond Hill, expected to contribute? Mind you, 1971 was not a year that we should hold high with pride. Bangladesh, the Pakinstani r e f u g e e s, Belfast bombings, the Attica and King- ston Penitentiary riots, crowd the world scene. Closer to home we witnessed an increase in Metro murders and manslaughters, an appall- ing record of automobile deaths and injuries, and an abundance of the “I’m alright Jack” atti- tude that aggravates and dis- mays. Somehow, it does not seem logical that our energies were meant to be expended on the making of a buck, the skidding of a ski-doc, or begoggling the boob tube. For sure, indifference, self- ishness and intolerance are not the means whereby we can con- tribute towards a better year in ’72'. Surely there was meant, for us all, more than conflict, in- tolerance, and selfishness? Are curling and golf tournaments, hockey weekends, and evenings at a local watering hole to be the sum total of our 1972 ef- forts? the promises and hopes of 1971 are replaced by new utopian exâ€" pectations for 1972. Some of the thrill of “roughing it" disappeared when I saw the accommoda- tion for the teachers. I share a fully equipped three-bed- room bungalow with another female teacher. The houses and newly constructed motel units in some settlements and reserves are fully furnished. They are equipped with gas stoves. oil heat and electric- ity supplied by a diesel gen- erator. Personal belongings and linen are all you need, although a few extras along the hobby line are a real as- set. I heard the term “environ- mental shock” used repeat- edly before I came up north and I think I became im- mune to it. The greatest (Continued on Page 12) (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) lnihe Spotlight Macrame â€" The ancient way of tying knots in string to create lacy patterns for wall hangings, belts, bags, etc., without using an instrument other than your hands. Oil Painting and Sketching â€"- Inquire regarding availability of these classes. All the above classes with the exception of the oil painting, commence January 25 or 26; so if you want to join, make that telephone call now. Essie, who has some beautiful examples of her art on display in her Essex Avenue home, has her own kiln, which other teachers and groups in the Hill use. Her husband and son assist her in creating beautiful molds for ceramic pieces. Mrs. McMullen says she has room for eight pupils. They do have to put a dollar in the “kitty” each week, but this money goes to buy supplies for the group, such as under- glaze and “one strokes” (a highly concentrated underglaze for fine‘detail work. The kitty money also supplies the student with greenware â€"- which is molding clay. Also, Roy Craven, did you know in Richmond Hill, the YWCA does not mean “for women only”? If you call 884-4811 (the “Y” itself is at 25 Yonge St. North in Richmond Hill), you will learn all you want to know about the following creative art classes: Crafts â€"â€" The “Y” says, “Discover your talents . . . be creative”. “Guitar â€" Group lessons are held weekly with well known Instructor Mark Crawford. Yoga â€" This is a class more and more men are entering and enjoying. Beautiful form of “art” for training the body and enriching the mind. Alel Molema, instructor. ' Decoupage â€" “An ancient art of glueing paper designs on wooden boxes, plaques, furniture, etc.” Mrs. Norma Booth, instructor. There is a fee charged for each class, at the YWCA, but it .is not very much and it includes mem- bership in a worldwide movement which has helped many people to a fuller, richer and more creative life in the arts. We read with intermt Roy Craven’s Letter To The Editor of “The Liberal” in the issue of January 6. Mr. Craven asked, where in Richmond Hill our young people may go to develop their creative gen- ius. Here are some answers which we hope may prove helpful. If there are other sources,for artists, available to youth, please drop me a line and I will include them in a future column. Classes would be from 7 ~ 9:30 pm one evening a week. Essie McMullen says she will meet with a group of interested young people and between them theyllwill discuss an evening for art work, suitable to a . We shggest you read last week’s column for further information on this group and then, if inter- ested, call Mrs. Jean Thompson at 884-8100. Mrs. Essie McMullen (884-3580), is a certified teacher of ceramics who is so interested in young people she gives free lessons one or two evenings weekly. The “Young Folk” of Richmond Hill United Church, an inter-denominational group who like to sing, play an instrument, recite poetry or act, invite others to join them too. ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RELOCATION OF THEIR PRACTICE OF LAW FROM THORNHILL TO ASSOCIATES REALTY CREDIT LIMITED The amount you can borrow is limited only by the equity you have in your home. $5,000, $10,000, maybe $25,000 or more. If you’re buying your house, you’re eligible for a special Homeowner Loan at Associates any time you need cash. That means we may be able to give you a better dad. Lower rates . . . or longer terms . . . or even both. So if you have high-interest debts outstanding, or if you need cash for a second car, a boat, or any other good reason, talk to Associates about a low-interest Homeowner Loan. See how much better offyou'll beâ€" long-term. Special deals for homeowners at Associates . . NOTICE .. By MONA A. 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