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AURORA â€" A total of 385 people expressed their desire to hold a drop-in centre at Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School recently. They got their wish. “We needed concrete evidence for It", said Councillor Norm Stewart. “and now we have it". Outside lighting maintenance Equipped with ladder work All commercial, residential and industrial wiring. Hydro elec- trical modernization plan avail~ nble I Engineering 889-6662 By Competent Tradesman Prices on request or by hour R. P. (Bob) ROSS 130 Centre St. W. - 884-1788 Joscelyn, Laughlin, Harper, Tory & Associates Chartered Accountantn 121 Yonge Street North Richmond Hill. Ont. 884-4474-5 91 Geneva Street St. Catharines. Ont. - 884-1177 Mister Transmission Ltd. 177 YONGE ST. N. RICHMOND HILL LEONARD R. ROSENBERG 85 ASSOCIATES Design Drawings Remodelling Plans Construction Advisory Free Estimates CALL PEB ROBERTS COMPANY 884-6253 Brian H. Cowen CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Finlay Electric 16 THE LIBERAL} Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 15, 1972 Construction Consultants SPECIAL MACHINERY GENERAL REPAIRS Life Time Guarantee Automatic Sfiecialists Electrical Construction md Maintenance PROMPT SERVICE CALL ANYTIME 73 CENTRE ST. EAST RICHMOND HILL 884-1993 Electrical Contractors Leno’s Machine Shop BOX 333 RICHMOND HILL Auto Trans‘mussuon 55 Yonge Street North Phone: 889-8275 884-8651 FREE ESTIMATES Call any tima Chartered Accountants 887-5720 - 889-2741 84 Yonge St. S. Aurora, Ontario GRANT ELECTRIC CUSTOM WORK STEAMFITTING WELDING Carpentry r Chartered Accountants 881-2509 884-9691 884-6663 Insurance - Mortgages Fire, Auto and Liability Motor Vehicle Finance Service TELEPHONE 727-9488-9 Barrow Insurance Servuces ltd. Ernie Brock & Son 17 Queen St. E. Toronto 363. l Fur Storage " FUR CLEANING MODERN COLD STORAGE F R E E PICK-UP AND DELIVERY Repairs - Restyling - Alterations 5931 YONGE ST.. WILLOWDALE (at Cummer) 225-0801 or 225-4442 Serving in the Willowdale - Thornhill and Richmond Hill Areas Since 1960‘ TREES ARE OUR BUSINESS H. Van Dyke - Aborist COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE Bus. 832-2621 or 832-2445 Res. 832-1224 889-0506 Authorized Consumers’ Gas Contractors FURNACES â€" WATER HEATERS AND ' AIR CONDITIONING Richmond Hill Tree Service & Forestry Co. Ltd. Roy V. Bick Insurance Ltd. Complete Insurance Service Danray & Associates Rear 47 Yonge Aurora, 01 HEATING and Air Conditioning Fire. Auto and Liability 15 Yonge Street N. 884-1551 - 88-1-1219 Res. 727-2737 HEATING 25 Grandview Ave. Thornhill 889-1379 24 hour service to all of York County Have your phone answered automatically 24 hours a day flnsafune ofigngzand 'orner Agency Limited Kirby Brock Maple, Ont. Insurance 881-1322 Electronics R. J. (BOB) DALE PHONE Forestry 884-7774 FINN FURS CO. LTD. MAC Heating Co. - 884-7977 52 Street S Ontario 363-3959 1 AURORAâ€"The. Aurora Parks and Recreation Committee wants to continue discussion before deciding on the fate of a proposed artificial ice sur- face in Aurora. A letter writ- ten by Donald Glass. chairman of the Lions Club Projects Committee, indicated the stud- ies had been made for construcy ting the surface on the grounds of St. Andrew's College. Hauling 884-1013 364-2625 RUMBLE TRANSPORT [Office Supplies Sporting Goods 225 Yonge Street South Richmond Hill, 884-1213 Local and Long Distance A. W. Kirchen, O. 17 Yonge St. N Richmond Hill 7571 YONGE STREET THORNHILL - 889-0805 Service centre for all makes of lawn and garden equip- ment. Free pickup and delivery. l Sporting Goods Eric’s Cycle and Sports Shop C.C.M. & Raleigh Bicycles 16 Yonge Street North RICHMOND HILL 884-9295 884-9298 Furniture. Office Supplies, Social Stationery Summer Hours Monday to Friday 9 am. to 5 pm. Closed Saturday during July and August only P.C.V. Class A. C. and H. Optometrists THE LAWN MOWER SHOP DAILY SERVICE RICHMOND HILL T0 TORONTO Repairs to All Makes A Complete Line of H. B. FISHER Office Supplies Lawnmower Repans Trucking By Appointment 884-3962 Wherever Elsa Neil goes she is a living example of a most enthusiastic historian on the “Early History Of Canada”; for she believes social history should be taught ‘visually’. And how better, but through Canadiana projects. Long before Upper Canada Village. or Black Creek Pioneer Village were built, Mrs. Neil was lec- turing for the provincial government on Canadiana. During 1954 she lectured from Cornwall to Sarnia. Her subject? “Treasures In Our Attic". Invited guests are welcomed into its serene at- mosphere. But the Neils have learned that “show places” are too often sought after and it is too late to contemplate the thought of having to build or renovate, or refurbish another retirement haven. How they left this house and went on a world tour, coming back to Canada to live in Oakville (where Mrs. Neil arranged the 1967 Oakville Mus- eum â€"- including an authentic 1867 children’s nursery for the Centennial project of the University Women’s Club â€" is another story. But it leads on to the finding of the Colbourne Street home, which Mrs. Neil states, “Will never be opened to the public. This is Harry’s and my retirement home -â€" and it is to remain privately ours.” “With dowel, mortise and tendon, loving pat- ience and gentle persuasion â€" and beeswax â€"â€" we worked to fulfil this house of our dreams", Mrs. Neil told us‘. ~ Sometime in the 1950’s Elsa Neil was inspired to build a log cabin home, on John Street, Thornhill. The Neils found a three-quarter acre lot on John Street, surrounded on three sides by the Don Valley and the Don River. Elsa Neil discovered a one hundred year old barn in Woodbridge. She had it dismantled. Log by log and board by board it was sawed and planed to specifications (hers) at Rowtly Bros. Mill (one of the last water mills in this area), at Brooklin, Ontario. The floors in this second log cabin house (now owned by Mrs. Douglas Storms), are three-inch thick planks, 18 to 22 inches wide. Originally these planks were_the barn’s threshing-floor. The first house, on Georgian Bay, was a log cabin summer house and planned as a retirement home. But those plans changed as the five children grew older and the Neils moved to Yonge Street, Thornhill. (Now the home of Doris Fitzgerald, Thornhill's historical writer). Speaking with fondness of her hobby -â€" the restoring of old houses â€"-â€" Mrs. Neil said, “Every- thing we’ve bought to complete former houses has been old and discouraged, until we have fixed them up”. For until 12 years ago, Elsa Neil did all the “fixing up” herself. Stripping antiques “which ap- peared like magic. I would ‘think’ of something I needed â€"â€" the ’phone would ring and someone would be offering to sell or give it to me,” she reminisced. To walk into a “Neil” home is to walk into sunâ€" shine. Strangely enough it was a rainâ€"drenched day in May, outside, when we visited the Colborne Street house. But there was a “glow” of colqr indoors that enfolded us in its snug, uncluttered warmth. The glow came from the soft sheen of beeswax -â€" pol- ished cupboards, pine floors, tables and chairs which ranged from the colour of honey to creamy pine and colonial maple. Each item in each room compliment- ing the eye, as did the pewter, brass, silver and glass- ware . . . carefully, and almost discreetly placed to allow the viewer to “rest” his gaze . . . winking and blinking in a salute to the 20th Century from cent- uries of past use. “However,” Mrs. Neil pointed out, “that was just one part of my life. I would prefer to talk about my “houses” which were restorations too.” She then described four houses which have meant much in her life; in three of which she raised her five children. in an atmosphere filled with tradition and colourful beauty. Beauty which can only be found in the warm tones and graceful, yet practical lines of Canadian furniture and furnishings of by- gone days. (Continued from Page 2) Schmidt. In order to make its restoration as auth- entic as possible, Mrs. Neil chose British Columbia hand-split shingles for the roof. “These shingles are random and very long”,/Mrs. Neil told us, “so they are very close to the original ones, built to last 100 years.” Incidentally, these shingles are used now on most buildings in provincial conservation areas. and consultant for a four- month period. During the greater part of the year the burden of administration fell on the board of directors, Program Director Gwen Hal- liday and the small staff at the office and resale shop of the YWCA at 25 Yonge Street 'North. Membership for the year totalled 444 senior members. 203 junior members and six contributing members. The majority of the memberships were in Richmond Hill and Thornhill, although some came from North York, King, d-llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllll1llIIlllllllllllllllIlllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllillllllllllllll\lllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllulllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllI“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“WMll\\\l\l\\l\\l\l\\l\ll\llllll- T m: service provided with dayâ€" time programs give young mothers a break away from the tots. Is this sufficient justifica- tion for the “Y”? Mrs. Wright asked. Courses of every kind are offered in secondary schools and com- munity colleges. One can play tennis without belong- ing to the “Y”. One can swim locally without a "Y" connection. Children may go to other camps. and there are sports activities in the schools. The difference, M r s. s.-._..-_, a..- â€" does “put its money where its mouth is". Civic leaders have spoken highly of the "Y", of the im- portance of voluntary parti- cipation in community life. of concern for young men and women in the teen years. People outside Rchmond Hill itself, in many parts of the region, have spoken of need for leadership in initiating programs that could be car- ried forward by local people. at t 7)! With transportation a problem. should activities be centered in the old town, or .ul picyaung ule report. said Mrs. Wallace. the com- mittee had gone out into the community to determine need. Finance Chairman Mrs. Edith Burniield told the meeting that the study had been approached in a gen- eral feeling of despair be- cause of the lack of funds. “We almost thought of fold- ing up, but we decided we must go on." Without its many willing and able volunâ€" teers, she said, the "Y" would have been unable to function. The focus on program ea programs for girls of elementary school age. girls in teens or high school age. women as people. pre-school- ers. women as mothers, wo- men as single parents, woâ€" men as cultural strangers. women without dependents. There are many more or- ganized programs available in the community for boys, the committee found, than there are for girls. * 3k I? Questions from the audi- ence brought forward two areas needing more con- sideration â€"â€" the need for greater involvement of teen- Richmond Hill Regional Councillor Donald Plaxton advised the members to step up the campaign for aselst- ance from the community. The YWCA in York doesn't have the resotu'ces of a unit- ed fund as the YWCA and YMCA in Metro have. And it was inevitable that the “Y” in Richmond Hill‘should get to a point where it cannot on its own raise enough money to meet its needs. The “Y”. said Plaxton, is providing a valuable service to the com- munity and the time has come when it must turn to the municipality for support. Administration of the "Y" suffered somewhat by the resignation in March of Executive Director Verna Harries. In September Rae Abernethy was engaged as part time executive director and consultant for a four- month period. During the greater part of the year the burden of administration fell on the board of directors, Program Director Gwen Hai- liday and the small staff at the office and resale shop of the YWCA at 25 Yonge Street 'North. The “Ways and Means" committee added to the treasury with a treasure and and trivia sale. skate and hockey exchange, China Tea. tag day. bridge. and men‘s luncheon and fashion show. Also rummage sales in January and June netted $110. (Continued From Page 1) year. Hours of the shop were extended to include mornings as well as after- noons and all day Wednes- day. Records show 750 cus- tomers bought clothing with 400 people monthly using the shop to help stretch their family clothing budget. Vol- unteel‘s were added to streamline pricing of incom- ing clothes and get them on the racks sooner for sale. In The Spotlight YWCA Looking To Uncertain Future Reporting on program. Mrs. Wright told the meeting over 2,000 women and girls. men and boys. participated in YWCA programs in 1971. Programs she said are de- signed to provide opportuniâ€" ties to learn skills, to learn to use and enjoy leisure time to meet others in ‘the community. to escape bore- dom and loneliness, to rel- ease tension. Programs offer young people opportunities to work in leadership capa- city. and the baby sitting service provided with dayâ€" time programs giwe young mothers 3 break away from the tots. Maple. Oak Ridges. Mark- ham, T o r o n t o, Gormley, Agincourt. N e w m a r k e t, Unionville. Weston. Aurora. Buttonville. Concord. Schum- berg and Nashville. A disappointing return from campaign letters was reported. From a total of 1,224 letters sent to adult members, special names. pro- fessional people, 5 e r v i c e clubs. business and indus- try just 137 donations total- ling $2,658 were received. JUST 2 Minutes NorTh of Hwy. 7 WE APPRECIATE THE COUNTIESS ENQUIRIES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SFOR THIS NEW COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICA. ITIONS FOR PURCHASE FOR OUR HOMES. Civic leaders have spoken highly of the "Y", of the im- portance of voluntary parti- cipation in community life, of concern for young men and women in the teen years. People outside Rchmond Hill itself, in many parts of the region, have spoken of need for leadership in initiating programs that could be car- ried forward by local people. To ensure that this philo- sophy is carried out through program, the "Y" employs staff dedicated to the "Y" purpose. Even though dol- lars are inadequate, Mrs. Wright continued, the “Y” does “put its money where its mouth is". Leadership potential is spotted in YWCA classes. is encouraged and developed. People so involved may be directed to other community volunteer tasks. Persons may gain confidence to enter the paid labor market, or they may be encouraged to take on administrative re- sponsibilities. Self-deter- mination, and community development has always been a goal of “Y” program ac- tivities, said Mrs. Wright. Wright said. is that “Y” programs and activities are planned. implemented and evaluated by volunteers â€"- community people who feel they know what they want and need and who want to have a hand in working out the answers. YORK CENTRAL HOSPITAL (c/n York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill) Memorial Fund ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT TheirSoles Office Is NowOpen In Our Safes Office is located on the west side of Yonge St. just 2 minutes nor’rh of Hwy. 7. SALES OFFICE-OPEN DAILY H A.M.-9 P.M., WEEKENDS H AM.-6 PM FOR INFORMATION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT! CADILLAC HOMES The urgent question. said Mrs. Wallace, is "Can the ‘Y' in this region continue?" The situation is critical, and if it is to survive it must go to the community at large for support. In preparing the report, said Mrs. Wallace. the com- mittee had gone out into the community to determine need. In introducing the focus study. Mrs. Claudine Wal- lace. chairman of the task force committee. thanked Miss Abernathy who initiated the study and provided early leadership and Mrs. Grace Jackson of the National YW CA who gave her services as a consultant. should they be taken to the people? Does the YWCA stay in the core of Richmond Hill. does it grow with the expanding town, does it go into apartments. does it go into all areas of the region? asked Mrs. Wright. The has never lacked good will or drive, she concluded, but it lacks equipment, staff. publicity, space. It must look to the community for sup- port if it is to survive. WHICH ARE PRICED FROM 881â€"2252 F ASSOC :3 $33,495 AND E g r73 rs Questions from the audi- ence brought forward two areas needing more con- sideration ~ the need for Recommended areas of program development includ- ed programs for girls of elementary school age. girls in teens or high school age. women as people. pre-school- ers. women as mothers, wo- men as single parents, wo- men as cultural strangers. women without dependents. There are many more or- ganized programs available in the community for boys‘ the committee found, than there are for girls. pointed to many areas that should concern the “Y”: con- tinuance of present program of clubs and classes; lack of public transportation to ac- tivities which keeps young mothers and senior citizens from participating; concern for latch key children at lunch time and after school: teenage programs; and pro- grams, club and social activ- ities for handicapped people; community services to new- comers: increased program- ming for children seven to 12; and baby sitting service for the public. The “Y” should look furth- er into decentralization of programs. assess ways and means of assisting communi- ties to organize activities to meet their needs. investigate possible use of available rec- reational areas in apartment buildings. study housing needs and establish priorities regarding programming. As Needs Change ATES Community and municipal leaders were invited to attend the meeting. Ther- were representatives from the Social Planning Council. Parents Without Partners. the town Ind the region. Mrs. Wallace conceded that in many instancas the YWCA is very weak on mem- hership interpretation. in in- terpreting what it means to be a member of a world wide organization. in meeting its responsibilities in w o r l d service. age members in progrlm planning and decision mak- ing. The YWCA should take a good look at its commitâ€" ment to youth, said Mrs. Jackson. to see if youth is sufficiently involved in pro- gram planning. Although the younger members do not. have a vote. said Mrs. Jackâ€" son, In many cases they have done wonderful work in grass roots programs.