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The Liberal, 24 Feb 1972, p. 2

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When the Gamble Family last year made this gift of land, the whole sit- uation fairly snowballed and exploded to the‘ benefit of Richmond Hill. Winter works money became sud- denly available and thousands upon thousands of dollars are to come to the town' free, because people are now given employment in the winter “season. The gift has multiplied itself to the point where Richmond Hill will now have this Sports facility without a cent of cost to the taxâ€" payers. And many workers in the area have jobs when they would otherwise have been idle. We want to enunciate here the heartfelt appreciation we are sure the people of the community feel to- ward the several generations of this long~time Oak Ridges area family. And this we do by saying “Thank you very ’much.”' - .1-,, A“- -_......L J-A JV“ .1 - 7' But more than this we want to review for the citizens just what a really wonderful thing it turns out this family did for the community when it gave a piece of land to the town for park and recreation pur- poses. At the same time we must all remind ourselves of the work of those who recognized the need for recreation facilities‘and made the need known. They worked hard and contributed in their way! too. Had the Gamble family not made the land gift, the town would never have been in a position to take ad- vantage of the Winter works oppor- tunity. As it happens, the same thing came about for the local association that aids retarded children. Land some time ago was given to Markham for a hospital and related facilities. As a result, the association for the retarded had land in hand. Now’ the comm’unit;r is, getting another badly needed social facility because it was ready to use winter work gift funds. So when we say our'thanks to our local Gamble Family for making our Oak Ridges Arena possible, the same thing goes to the man who made that land available in Markham. He is Arthur Latcham of Stouffville, a philanthropist whose gifts are a byword in Whitchurch-Stouffville. Thanks to the happy philanthropy of the Gamble Family a new and very badly needed community skating arena is in the process of rising from its foundations in the Oak Ridges area â€" the newly annexed part of our town. .1, As Richmond Hill Mayor William Lazenby says, if we hadn’t had these free gifts of land, we would probably never have had the facilities at all. 01' if we did have them, it ‘would have been at tremendous local tax cost. If in the past few months the towns of Vaughan, Markham or Richmond Hill had received another such gift of land, or had assembled It is wonderful what elections do to governments in our democratic process. With an election expected later this year the Liberal Adminis- tration of Pierre Trudeau is making valiant efforts to put its best foot forward before having to face the judgment of the Canadian peOple. In an overhaul of his Cabinet Mr. Trudeau has shunted three of his major liabilities, Benson in Finance, Mackasey in Labor and Basford in Consumer Affairs into other port- folios. These three gentlemen had become very controversial and were obvious political liabilities to the re-election of a Liberal Government. No sooner had Mr. Trudeau’s new appointees settled into their new posts than they had started to pour oil on the troubled waters. John Turner, the new Finance Minister speaking at the Western Canada meeting of provincial treas- urers, said Ottawa must begin doing something for the middle class and the small businessman. After ignor- ing the middle class and saddling him with a soaring tax rate and Social- ist red tape for the past four years the Trudeau Administration, on the eve of a general election, has sud- denly rediscovered the dominant group in Canadian society â€" the mid- dle class. The same can be said of the western farmer. Desperate to improve their poor showing on the Prairies, Ottawa has promised to introduce an improved plan of pay- ments for the hard-pressed wheat producers. ' Martin O’Connell. the new Labor Minister, has indicated he will review the contrOVersial part of Mackasey’s Subscription Rate $6.00 per THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 24, 1972 Happy Gift Of land An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 *c‘fi‘on Rate $6.00 per year; to United States $7.00; 15¢ single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations _ Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association ublished by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher “Second class mail, registration number 0190” Baiting The Hook Tithe liberal Well, we now know we have at least several such great citizens. We said then in the June 24 ediâ€" torial that Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Markham have one great com- manding need, the need for land for public purposes. “It’s needed in little chunks, big pieces and large tracts. The population in the past decade has grown enormously and the provision of land for all kinds of parks and recreation, athletic fields, squares, libraries and gardens has lagged. And the rate of popula- tion growth shows no signs of slow- ing down. Every inch of ground even now can only be had at a premium. Surely in this day and age we aren’t without citizens of greatness, means, goodwill and‘fo‘resight,” we said. We also said in that editorial, “We can think of no more exciting and jOyous report to bring to our readers than an announcement that one of our local towns has been given 30 acres for an athletic grounds and community centre in a suitable place, or perhaps an endowed site for botannical gardens. (We picked that 30-acre figure for a major commun- ity athletic grounds because we seemed to remember it was the figure suggested for such a case in the National Capital Planning Commis- sion recreation study published some years ago). suitable land for public use, it is probably certain a large day nursery for working mothers would have been built. It would have been just like that being built in Newmarket under winter'works and provincial grants at little or no cost to local taxpayers. It would have been on the same basis as the Oak Ridges arena, we are told reliably: taxpayers. It would have been on the same basis as the Oak Ridges arena, we are told reliablyl On June 24 of last year in an editorial we asked, “Has Southern York Region any leading citizens who want to make a long-lasting com- munity contribution and help fill a public need?” ‘ And now in the Gamble Family and in Mr. Latcham we have some such who have stood up. And it was indeed with great happiness we told the stories of the wonderful results of their philanthropy on our front page. But let us not stop here. Only a start has been made. Our York Region towns need many more such gifts 'and the communities must make much greater efforts in working out needs and plans if we are to have the kind of place to live that we could have, and should have. And ch'en in that June editorial we said, “Great citizens, please stand The Gamble Family’s gift was a terrific donation, and as the mayor says, .the fruit of this gift will help to unify the community. Cannot a more united community do more? We are sure it can. proposed labor code which would per- mit a union to call a strike in the middle of a legal contract if technol~ ogical change is involved. Basford’s Competition Act has been shelved for further study and evaluation. Speaking in Toronto Editor Peter Newman forecast Prime Minister Trudeau will fight the election in English Canada by promising to adOpt a tough line in handling his native Quebec and the French- Canadian question, It is to be hoped the Canadian people will not be mis- led by this same approach he so suc- cessfully employed in the 1968 con- frontation and, that the Conserva- tives will not again promote their dis- astrous “deux nations.” During the past four years Mr. Trudeau has poured millions of tax dollars into his native province. The English speaking provinces have 'been called upon time and time again to placate Quebec’s incessant demands for a greater share of the federal tax dollars as the price of staying in Confederation. For example, Ottawa reports that Quebec has received the “lion’s share" of the federal grants for this year’s winter works program. Up until the end of January some $20 million had been spent in Quebec compared with only $37 million in the other nine provinces. It doesn’t matter whether you turn from grants to Cabinet appointments â€" Quebec has received preferential treatment from the arrogant Mr. Trudeau. And if any English speaking Canadian dares question his policies. he simply passes him off as a “bigot” of no consequence. y” Approximately 1,650 Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, Rovers and mmuuuumumummumuumumumuumummmmuumumm Mocking . Democracy The party, of course, doesn’t see it that way. It says it want-s to clear away deadwood, to get candidates who will be more ac- tive in caucus, and more' res- ponsive to their supporters. If so, it’s using the wrong means. (Ottawa Citizen) The Liberal Party’s intended purge of 20\ Federal Members of Parliament in the Montreal area makes a mockery of one democratic principle: the'right of a constituency association to nominate, without interference frOm the centre. This principle gives some assurance that a member will feel his first resp- onsibility is to his constituents. He must, as a practical polit- icia-n reconcile this with his re- sponsibility to the party’s cen- tral office. But if he owes his nomination and -â€" given a safe seat -â€"â€" Ihis election to the cen- sponsibility to the party’s cen- tral office. But if he owes his nomination and -â€" given a safe seat â€"-â€" his election to the cen- tral office alone, his obligation to his constituents diminishes. lmuuuummmunuum1m1muuuummnuuummuuuuunumu an. cauy everything looks real. Wlllbc LIUUUD cue IIIUVILLE “J, lf we could only stop more often 1n our busy days and rest, see all this beauty, even on a winter morning it also has its best. LYDIA HACHMER, 95 Cartier Crescent, Richmond Hill. tibia to our senior citizens could mean an indefinite stay in York Central Hospital. Could the tenants in the of- fending building with the huge Slgn on the roof convince their landlord that good housekeep- ing also includes keeping the sidewalk clear of ice and snow? ROBERT THOMPSON, 1'l3 Trayborn Drive, Richmond Hill. * it * *‘* The Mixed Blessings travelled over 1,500 miles last year and during January and February this year, singing sometimes twice a week. But Mrs. Carson has had to cut engagement dates to three per month now. She feels that though the MBs are willing to sing at the drop of an invitation, they cannot keep up with their schools and homework and family life under too heavy a schedule. 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It sells at $4.50 for hard cover and $3.50 for soft cover. llllll\lll\lllllllllllllulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllllll'3 One of Canada’s greatest gifts to the world is the des- crip‘tion often given of the Women’s Institute, which celebrated its 75th birthday February 12 at a luncheon at the Royal York Hotel in To- ronto. Guest speaker was Mrs. Olive Farquharson of England, president of the Associated Country Women of the World, the interna- tional association of Wom- Women ’s Institutes, Canada ’3 en’s Institutes in 64 coun- tries. The organization now has six and a half million members. 7 It all began in a very small way in 1897 in the little vil- lage of Stoney Creek, not far from Hamilton, which then had a population of only a few hundred. The South Wentworth Farmers’ Institute, which served the surroundihg farm- ing community, was then a flourishing organization. Each year it held a ladies’ night. When the program commit- tee met that year, Erland Lee. suggested that they in- vite Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless to speak at the ladies night, setting a precedent (for up to that time the speakers had always been men sup- plied by the Department of Agriculture to speak on ag- ricultural subjects). It seems so silent outside‘ looking out from a warm home, it is winter and it is cold. And yet how peaceful, the earth it looks still and calm. There is no wind, the sky is in its clearest blue, around us the glittering, silvery snow, it feels restful, as if nothing moves. But there is life, one can see, already White clouds are moving by, everything looks real. If we could only stop more often in our busy days and rest, see all this beauty, even on a winter morning it also has its best. Scout Area Hobby Show Feb. 26 Winter Morning their leaders are registered in the district and it is expected there will be more than 800 entries on display in the show, all the way from Yukon sleds ‘to home baking. In the afternoon the'anterâ€" oom will feature live displays and movies and refreshments will be served. The 24 groups in the district will be competing for the George Harvey Memorial Tro- phy, the various Scout Troups will compete for the Tara Lynn Bullen' Trophy and the Cub Packs will compete for a tro- I realize that the money mar- ket has dwindled and business is off pace in some areas, but ICY SIDEWALKS PEDESTRIAN HAZARD Dear Mr. Editor: Mrs. Headless had rec- ently lost a two-year-old son through feeding him impure milk. She claimed she had been improperly informed and determined to see that other young mothers did not suffer the same tragedy had undertaken to get domestic science taught to all girls in high schools. This had led her to speak at a farmers’ meeting at the Ontario Agri- cultural College in Guelph, attended by Mr. Lee. Al- though he was determined to have Mrs. Hoodless speak on ladies’ night, his co‘lieagues in the farmers’ institute did not agree. They argued that woman’s place was in the home â€" and not on a public platform. So it was agreed at the committee meeting to secure the regular government speaker for the event. Mr. Lee was left in charge of the rest of the program. He then extended a personal invita- tion to Mrs. Hoodless to ad- dress the farmers and their wives. The government speaker spoke on the care and feed- ing of calves â€"â€" but Mrs. Hoodless declared there was a greater need for informa- tion on the care and feeding of infants. It is reported never considered that our In the picture above is Cub Walter Volk who is putting the finishing touches on his entry ifor the show. He livesat Pem- berton Road, Richvale. phy, also a memorial to Tara Lynn Bullen. Chairman of the show com- mittee this year is Herb Mc- Guffin of lst Langstaff. He and his committee assure par-T ents and friends of Scouting that the show will be well worth spending a couple of hours viewing. Judging will take place in the forenoon and the doors will be opened to the public between 1 and 6 pm. It is of little consolation that any ‘resident who slips and falls on the icy pavement will receive instant treatment from the doctors in the building, or that the Xâ€"ray office is but. a few steps inside the doorway. After all, a chap with a broken tibia could lie on the sidewalk for hours before some of our citizens would notice. To point Put the more serious aspects of the situation is to focus on the fact that many many of our older citizens use the Dufferin Street route to reach their meeting quarters in the Legion Plaza. A busted tibia to our senior citizens could mean an indefinite stay in York Central Hospital. medical world was in need of more business. How else can you explain the treacherous condition of the sidewalk on Dufferin Street that runs adjacent ' to the medical building on the corner of Yonge Street North. Could the tenants in the of- fending building with the huge sign on the roof convince their landlord that good housekeep- ing also includes keeping the sidewalk clear of ice and snow? that she suggested that wom- en should have an organiza- tion similar to the men’s Farmers’ Institute and at the close of her address Mr. Lee asked how many women would attend if he called a meeting to organize a Wom- en’s Institute. All 30 women present stood. One hundred women at- tended the organizational meeting held February 19, 1897, with Mrs. Hoodless again the guest speaker â€"â€" and so the Women’s Insti- tute was born. Mr. Lee was named the first chairman. Since .then, the WI has grown and grown. First the Ontario Department of Agri- culture. realizing its value to the farm wife, sent capable women into the yet unorgan- ized sections of the province, to arouse interest and get groups underway. The idea then spread across Canada. crossed the Atlantic to Great Britain, crept south of the border into the United States. and eventually throughout the world. Although it is still fulfill- ing its original function â€" to present educational and cultural programs to help women better themselves as homemakers and citizens and Probably the most popular “group” in York Region these days is the youthful folk choral organ- ization, the Mixed Blessings whose headquarters are at St. John’s Anglican Church, Jefferson, in the Parish of Oak Ridges The group began quietly in 1969. They made their first appearance on the chancel steps in St. John’s at a Sunday morning family service (family services are held every second month.) I was there on that first, momentous occasion â€" and I will con- fess now that it was a bit of a shock to hear a rock choral group singing (albeit it was religious rock) during the church service! But despite my initial trepidation â€"â€" it was such an innovation into the formal ritual of my church! I simply enjoyed the spontaneous, joyful and moving songs the Mixed Blessings sang!- Now, three years later, the MB’s are recognized as youthful interpreters on: “How to serve and worship God in song and story” -â€" as well as in their daily school and family life. It is beautiful to see and a joy to hear the Mixed Blessings wherever they may be. Mrs. Graham Carson, Richmond Hill north, has led the group since its inception. She told us those who join are grade 7 and up students. Ten of the original members are still with the M35 and they have picked up another five along the way. Most are now in York Region secondary schools from King City to Richmond Hill south. Mrs. Carson looks after her large family of songsters not only as a musical leader but from the spiritual and physical aspects too. But, Mrs. Carson says, she also “gives them their heads”. In other words, if they wish to make adaptations or changes (some of their popular offerings are songs you’ve heard to different words on the hit parades) the whole group works weeks to present them as joyous Christian messages. For instance “A Place In The Sun” becomes “A Place With The Son.” “Instead of running from God, the Mixed Blessings are running to God,” she told us. In 1119 Spoilighi: Every encouragement to write their own melodies and lyrics is given. One of their most stirring chorales is “Rush” composed by John Gerber (a Bayview Secondary student and member). “Rush” portrays descriptions of the rush of sounds about us as: “Water rushing by . . . ” and indicates how all sounds and senses “sing of grace” and are “sung to God.” (lll‘eCLUl‘ auu BdCll Jubwuce W‘ The Mixed Blessings is composed of as many as two, sometimes three members of a family. The be reported to the board“ Gerbers â€"hJohn, guitarist and composer with his sister Heat er, vocalist; the Strivers -â€" Ron, guitar- ' ‘ ist and sisters Kathie and Debbie, singers; the Lockes HIStoncal Area Map Dan, Billie and Sue; the Marshes -â€" Janet and Cheryl, . singers. Eddie Davidson (like the Strivers a student On Sale [Mary from King City Secondary), Lynda Earl (Richmond Hill High and one of the 1972 Princessesat the A map of the Town of Ric Winter Carnival) and Cindy Wilton. m°nd H111 [and 3 1301110“ 0‘ t} _ .. . 'T‘num nf Vaughan) has he: Bass guitar player is Kent Butler, who attends the Brantford School For The Blind but comes home for rehearsals and joins the MBs in their singing en- gagements as often as possible.- omov-.---.-~ ‘ One of the most enlightening notes regarding the work this young folk group is doing, is the fact they never charge a fee to sing â€"- not even for expenses. But a bike-athon held a year ago in May, netted them $300 for new equipment and a concert held in their own church, St. John’s, added $80.00 to their expense account. Parents and friends volunteer transportation. - u - - , ,,,n___1.~ v-..-.~rv- -".____ And becafise of their joyful singing presenta- tion other similar groups are starting up on their own in York Region. Gift To World - 75 Years Old (Hap) David Wilson is lead guitarist. David is also a talented artist whose line drawings were shown last fall at the Richmond Hill Library. _7 As rural communities be- come urbanized the WI be- comes less attractive to the young women of the com- munity. The older women carry on for as long as pos- sible â€" but when all have served in all offices and when advancing years have made leadership in commun- ity activities a very tiring role, they disband. But in truly rural areas, they flour- ish still. Unhappily the Stoney Creek Women‘s Institute, that first one, is now facing the inevitable. The town’s population has groxm to 8,193 and the membership is growing older, the youngest now being 52. to use their leadership abil- ities in the community and beyond â€" in many develop- ing countries, its role is changing in its native coun- try. } _ Individual institutes have been responsible for devel- opment of municipal parks, provision of life-saving equip- ment, starting local libraries and giving them support as they struggled to keep their doors open, organizing and u lgut the influence of the WI will be felt for many generations By MONA A. ROBERTSON Come Let Us Make A Joyful Sound . .. 'During the bleak years of World Wars I and II the In- stitutes gave leadership in their communities by pro- moting home gardens, send- ing food and clothing to bombed out victims, running a canning centre where do- nations of fruits and vege- tables were preserved for use in military hospitals. If: for no other reason, the WI will be remembered by generations to come as the preservers of local his- tory. When Lord Tweedsmuir was Canada’s Governor-Gen- eral his wife, Lady Tweeds- muir, realized that a great deal of Canada’s history had never been written and was doomed to die with the re- maining few survivors of the pioneer periods in many Credited to the Federated Women’s Institutes of On- tario is a campaign which brought about the introduc- tion of the school nurse, Hot lunches for children in rural schools, free milk for school children, immunization ag- ainst childhood diseases, all were campaigns waged dilig- ently and successfully over the years. conducting clinics for ton- silectomies, sponsoring school health inspections and pro- grams; I l\1\\\ll\lllflill\l\l“l\ll“\l\|1\\\\l\l\\l\\l\ll\“IRWINl1\l\\l\k\\\\\\\\\\\l Leslie Ann Graham Scholarship ANN““lll“l“l\\\ll\\l\\\ll\\l\l\l\\\\\“\“l\\l“ll“ml\\l\l\\\\\l\lll\\\\\\\l York County Board Amends Leave Policy York County Board of Ed- ucation in the latter part of January made a minor amend- mem to its policy on educational and sabbatical leave. This 'amen- dment had previously received the approval of principals in the county system. The policy (before amendâ€" ment) granted sabbatical leave to “exceptional teachers who have given excellent service to the board over a considerable period of time." It was not des- igned to permit teachers to ob- tain higher qualifications en- titling them to increased sal- ary, but as supplementing the board's professional develop. lment program. It states the board will try to reassign a teacher returning from sabbatical or educational leave to the same school in the same position, but cannot guar- antee this. The amendment adds that when a teacher is receiving a responsibility allowance (as a department head. principal, etc.) he or she will be guaran- teed a teaching position ONLY on return. In some instances When leave of absence is granted, however, the position vacated may be fil- led on an acting basis and the employee will return to the pos- ition. Such arrangements may be made at the discretion of the director and each instance will be reported to the board. A map of the Town of Rich- mond Hill (and a portion of the Town of Vaughan) has been prepared by Willowdale Artist Ted Chirnside. The map in- cludes the names of all 1878 property owners within the new extended boundaries of the town, plus the concession bet- ween B'athurst and Dufferin Street of Vaughan from High‘ way 7 to the CFRB Sideroad. The maps are on sale at Richmond Hill Public Library at $2 each and we are certain will prove invaluable for all stu- dents of history and particular- ly for schools.‘ Around the map are interest- ing historical pictures and notes, which will make 'it a treasured wall hanging for any resident of this area. The proposal for a “Les- lie Ann Graham Memorial Scholarship” for grade 13 students was accepted Mon- day night of last week by York County Board of Ed- ucation trustees. Miss Graham. the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Graham of 53 Vaughan Road. Richmond Hill, was killed in an automobile ac- cident in July 1970 near Lindsay. Her parents informed the board by letter that they would like to establish I scholarship in her memory. The scholarship will be awarded to the student “in grade 13 who, in the op- inion of his teacher has shown the highest achieve- ment in grade 13 history.” The award will consist of a suitable plaque to be placed on a wall in the school plus a miniature and a cheque for $100 to the recipient. sections of ,the country. She suggested ’that the WI could perform a great service for its country if it undertook the task of collecting all this material and preserving it for posterity. an excellent job of research- ing every possible source of information. They are also keeping these records up to date. The WI members welcom- ed the task and have done The Tweedsmuir History of Richmond Hill, prepared by the local WI before its demise a decade ago, is an example which is practically the only source of historical information in the town. It is in safe-keeping at Rich- mond Hill Public Library. Dr. Elmore Reaman, who wrote the History of Vaughan Township, released last year, found the Tweedsmuir Hist~ ories collected by the WIs in that township of incalcu- lable assistance. “For Home and Country” has been the motto of the WI since its earliest year! â€"â€" the members in the past 75 years have followed that motto and present and fu- ture members will continue to follow it for the benefit of us all.

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