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m omer cases, parents paxu me wnme cost themselves. We agree with members of the board of education that such travel- ling can be very beneficial to young people â€" acquainting them directly with how other people live and with other people’s problems. We believe that they should be continued and parents VVlU'l IDBII' 8111311115135!“ 101' the task. We must also express the regret that we were born too early by many years to be included in the opportun- ities now being made available to students at all levels. We would have enjoyed them. we would have benefitted from them. chased by GO Transit in Sep- NEWMARKET â€"â€" The owner tember 1970 when commuter of an average home valued at bus service north from Toronto $20,000 here, this year will have was incorporated into the GO a $70.78 tax decreaseâ€"not quite system. enough to offset the extra $73. It is located at the corner of tax rebate withdrawn by the Yonge and Davis Drive or the provincial government. The junction of Highways 9 and 11 tax bill on a $20.00!) home and also serves the Gray Coach (public school supporter) will be and the local bus system. $579.10. tmlll“ll“m“\llllllllllhlllllllllllllllllllnlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“l“llllllIllllllllllllull“l“l\lllllll“\lllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllllI‘ll“lll“lllll“lllllllllllll“llllllll“llllllblllllllllllllllllllll“llllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllhllll111“l\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllll‘1' Joy Riders Still Bane 0f Bicycle Owners In Region Unfortunately nothing has been done about revising the ward pattern since then. It appears unlikely the council will now get into action after doing nothing about the matter for nearly two years. This even th0ugh a. municipal election looms December 4 and an enumeration of voters for the election is due September 5. vv The new Markham Town ended up with its largest ward having almost three times as many electors as its smallest. The ward boundaries were used in the last municipal elections held in 1970. The pattern of population growth in Markham has been such that the. imbalance of the ward pattern must have grown much worse in the past, two years. So Markham is moving into municipal election time with what most certainly is an inadequate ward system. It can expect to suffer for another two years at least from all the evils and dislocations that grow out of disproportionate repre- sentation in government! Markham Councillors missed the mark badly in late 1970 when they saw the presant town ward boundar- ies set. And municipal affairs at Queen's Park wasn’t watching as closely as it might have when the ward pattern was approved during the process of establishing regional government. That was a busy and confused time. Markham has six wards. Each ward elects one councillor. Two reg- ional councillors and the mayor are elected at large in a vote of all the electors, to make up the nine-member council that sits at Buttonville. The Thornhill area bounded by Highway 7, Yonge Street, Steeles Avenue and a line just west of Wood- bine Avenue (Don Mills Road) is divided approximately in half by a line just north of John Street to form twn wards. Ward One, the southerly Thornhill portion. was the most under-repre- sented in the 1970 election. It had 4,528 people on the vptgrs 1i_st._ Northern Thornhil] area's Ward Two had 2.476 recorded electors in 1970. Ward Three compriSes the Buttonville-Unionville area east to Concession 7 and in 1970 had 2.906 electors. Shortly after the. Second World War. a starkly realis- tic Italian movie called “The Bicycle Thief," made a re.- sounding impact on audi- ences throughout the world. as it portrayed the agony ex- perienced by a workman as he searched the city for his stolen bicycle. a machine vital to his livelihood. ln contrast, Ward Six had only 1,751 voters listed. Ward Six is the sparsely populated half of the town north of 16th Avenue. The east Old Markham Ward Four between Concession 7 and Highway 48 had 3,078 electors. West 01d But that was some 20 years ago and nowadays they make jokes, not movies. about that sort of thing. because bicycle thefts have reached such epidemic pm- portions that. in the long run people have found it easim to laugh than cry over the ritual of misfortune. 1n Metro alone, so far this yeu‘ some 3.500 thefts have been reported. And these have occurred despite the machines being swathed in chains 1nd locks that even old Houdini might have given up on. Travel as a learning experience has proved valuable to York County stud~ ents in the past. A recent decision of the board of education to assess the value of establishing regular student trips to areas in Canada and other countries may Well lead to more and more trips for more and more young ApeOple: r Trips to Great Britain, the Med- iterranean, Africa. Mexico and Jam- aica have been taken by groups of students in the past few years at their own expense. In some cases the money needed to see that all members of a class participated was raised thrOugh a series of projects. In other cases, parents paid the whole cost themselves. ' The. thieves. however. are not dismayed by the abund- Subscription Rate $6.00 per THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario. Thursday, July 20, RNA @1332 liberal Travel Is A Great Teacher Redraw Markham Wards By JIM IRVING An luuupcuucuo vv Guns] . uauuusnnssvu ‘vlLI \ U L A‘ tion 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 “Second class mail, registration number 0190“ An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 ance of protective devices on the vehicles, coming well equipped to their task with clippers to snip the chains and number punches to alter the serial numbers. However. the fact remains bhat the chances of losing your bike in Metro are so bad that mandatory equip- ment for cyclists. besides pant clips and the usual as- sortment of locks, now in- cludes enough money to get home on. And about the only way a bicyclist can be certain when he leaves home that he's not going to have his bike stolen before he gets back. is if he‘ doesn't get off until he does. Once home and inside the house. haw- ever. his chances grow dun again. That may be a slight ex- aggeration of the situation. but the latter is bad enough in many communities that some, such :5 Ottawa. have formed special bicycle theft squads. It hasn’t quite reached Markham Ward Five, from Highway 48 to the Ontario County boundary, had 2,772 electors. Throwing the situation even more out of balance is the probability that many new Markham residents weren’t on the voting rolls in 1970 because the enumeration machinery fell apart during the regional government re- organization. Old election rolls were used after municipal clerks made the best effort they could to bring them “10:0 date. --. 4‘ ‘,‘II 1 1 Thornhill’s Ward One probably had the most new residential growth and therefore also had the chance of having the most new citizens missed in the voting, while already being the most under-represented in the coun- cil’s ward system. The Thornhill area had one-third of Markham’s ward seats on council. It is the fastest growing area and under the Toronto-Centred Region Plan is scheduled to have several times the population of the rest of Markham in the near future. If Thornhill area doesn’t now have more than half Markham's total popula- tion, then it certainly will have by the subsequent election time two years from now in 1974. Markham should revise its wards to give Thornhill area half the six ward seats in time for the municipal elections this December 4 if it is at all possible â€" and if the town is to have a fair and equitable ward patâ€" tern. If this can’t be done, then it should certainly be done immediately after the next election and not for- gotten about and neglected as it has been in the past two years since the last vote. There is some consolation for the under-represented areas of the town in the way Markham Council is or- ganized. The large majority of voters can bring its influence to bear on the mayor and two regional councillors whb are elected at lérge by the voters of all wards. Since these three non-ward mem- bers of council can heavily influence the balance of power and are sensi- tive to the majority. especially on the larger issues, there is at least some representational weight that can be balanced against the abusas arising from the poor ward system. Still, this is only a safeguard and is no excuse for ignoring the need to draw new Markham ward boundaries to give all the town’s citizens a fully fair and equal representation in their local municipal council. expanded. We doubt very much that the York Board of Education or any other such board, under the ceilings im- posed on expenditures by the Depart- ment of Education, will be able to find the funds to underwrite the cost of such travels. In fact we don’t think they should ask the ratepayers to provide the funds. The experience of organizing and conducting money-raising events to help defray the costs is another val- uable learning experience. If the desire to participate in the trips is great enough, the young people may well surprise the educators and their parents with their enthusiasm for the task. that point in the Region of York yet. but some definite precautions are being taken. Chief of these is an index system organized by the poâ€" lice safety branch. Police distributed cards to all pub- lic schools in the region, requesting bike owners to fill them out giving a com- plete description of their vec hicles. including serial num~ hers and any other identify- ing marks on them. So far the response has been overwhelming with some 30.000 cards being re- turned. Staff Inspector Fred Ma- son of the Richmond Hill Division. said police expect. ed about 10,000 cards back. And even though the sudden deluge means extra work far them. they‘re not complain- ing; the card system should prove invaluable in helping retrieve any lost or stolen bicycles. So far. both 1n Richmond Hill and throughout the reâ€" 20. 1972 Dear Mr. Editorâ€" The front page story "Catho- lic Trustees Say Abortion Moral Issue". in the July 13 issue of “The Liberal”. made a serious error in stating that “Abortions are permitted before the 20th week of the period of gesta- tion". Our Canadian Criminal Code gives no time limit for the per- formance of an abortion. Al- though most, doctors prefer not to do an abortion after 16-20 weeks of pregnancy. legally, ‘they are free to perform an abortion until the moment be- fore the baby is born. Canada is” the onls; country in the civilized world which does not 517 Commute Daily Newmarket GO Bus An average 433 people board- ed commuter buses at the New- market GO station each day during 1971. a recent report of “News On The G0” states. So far in 1972 the average daily boardings have increased to 517. In comparison the GO Station at Port Credit boarded an aver- age of 1,530 passengers a day last year. "me Newmarket GO Station is located in a former gasoline service station and is a com- plete terminal operation. In ad- ‘dition to a large waiting room and restroom facilities there are drivers’ rooms. ticket office, dispatcher’s office and garage space for nine buses. In all the building area coVers 13,000 square feet â€"~ better than a quarter of an acre. Your July 13 issue carried a story covering most of. the comments contained in a statement I recently made regarding sewage treatment facilities in Richâ€" mond Hill. Your reporter failed to mention my oftâ€" repeated suggestion, that until sewage and water services are brought up to :1 sufficient standard “This council should adopt a policy of allowing within the old town limits (pitta-1971) only such growth as it is legally required to allow, and cease for the interim the processing of Official Plan and zoning amend- ments to any higher density”. The modern structure and four-acre lot. providing paved parking for 78 cars, (which will be doubled this year), was pur- chased by GO Transit in Sep- tember 1970 when commuter bus service north from Toronto was incorporated into the GO system. Dear Mr. Editor any“ a... vv v.-- My statement concluded by saying that it was my firm belief that present sewage treatment and water production facilities dictated such a position not merely as a prudent, but an essential one. DAVID SCHILLER, Councillor, Ward 2. It is located at the corner of Yonge and Davis Drive or the junction of Highways 9 and 11 and also serves the Gray Coach and the local bus system. 0n the one rainy day of summer vacation. Campers set out for this new sensation. Camping it’s called. That’s the name of the game. Though many don’t come back just quite the same. They reach their first campsite late that night. And secure their tent to the ground nice and tight They attempt a campfire in the pouring rain. But end up eating cold beans and bread - plain. Diapers for baby, toys for the kids. Pots and pans, their covers and lids. Sleeping bags, toothbrushes, pets and clocks. Boxes and books, and tons of warm socks. After a week of lots of such fun, Daddy and Mommy are ready to run. “I’ll race you”, says Daddy and they begin to pack. So ends the vacation just like that! Don’t get me wrong, I think camping is great, But the fun part of it is up to fate! gion, stolen bikes have been mostly a thing of joyâ€"rid- ing. where legâ€"weary pedes- trians have latched onto the machines, and used them as a means of getting to their homes or other destinations. and then abandoning them nearby. In Richmond Hill so far this year. police have re- covered 47 of 64 bikes re- ported stolen. And many of those still missing. were only recently reported. CONTROL GROWTH UNTIL WATER SERVICE ADEQUATE Only two people. both ju- veniles, have been prosecutâ€" ed in Richmond Hill since January 1. for taking bi- cycles without the owners“ permission. Both were con- Victed of joy-riding and were put an probation. 1n Ottawa recently, convlc- Lions of bike stealing against two youths found with cut- ters and punches, resulted in $150 fines or 15 days. while another youth got 14 days in jail. No TIME LIMIT 0N ABORTIONS it (bicycle them isn't Summer Vacation provide a time limit after which an abortion cannot be perform- eddone of the many reasons we Canadians should clamor for tightening of our abortion law. The therapeutic abortion committee must consist of not less than THREE qualified medical practitioners. rather than five as stated in the same article. Airport Site Historic Buildings To Be Saved Provincial Treasurer Darcy McKeough says buildings of historical importance in the Pickering - Markham Interna- tional Airport site area will be preserved. He said in a press statement issued recently that a Joint Historical Preservation Con ordinating Committee is being formed to identify any histori- cally significant buildings on the airport site or on the adjacent new town site. When such buildings can’t remain where they are, they will be considered for removal to suitable sites elsewhere. The oral history of the area is being gathered this summer by two uniVersity students using tape recorders. This re- cording project was suggested by the Pickering Historical So- ciety and is being carried out under the auspices of the Ar- chives nf Ontario. The historic buildings selec- tion committee is to include representatives of the Ontario Heritage Foundation. North Pickering Development Project. McKeough’s department, and the Toronto Airports Projects team of the federal Ministry of Transport. CHRISTINE BROWN, (Age 12), Keele Street, Maple. serious yet." Staff Inspector Mason said. “Much of it is joy-riding by young people. who like to try out. 10-speed models." Region of York Deputy Police Chief Hood said bike thefts were on the increase in this area, but. as in Rich- mond Hill were mostly taken to provide a quick means of transportation and not for lmick resale as in Metro and other areas. Although the deputy chief didn't have any figures on the number of stolen bi- cycles. he said that the June sale for all unclaimed bikes for the area listed 145. So. even though the situa- tion here isn't drastic yet. police are stressing the im- portance of locking your Ve‘ hicle at all times. Otherwise that old refrain about a bi- cycle built for twa won't AP- ply to the two-seater, but will refer to the ovmer who rides his bike one place and to the other person waiting around to ride it elsewhere as soon as he puts it down. MRSA MARY BARRY. 384 Tyneview Lane. Richmond Hill. Ever say to yourself, "I could write better than that!” â€" after reading a badly written novel? In Richmond Hill we have a new authoress â€"â€" who not only said that â€" but did just that, and, consequently wrote her ‘first’ book. (fFirst’V, because she already has a commission to wrlte a second novel.) We were visiting Heather Smith Hurst. auth- oress, wife of Walter Smithhurst, Church Street South, Richmond Hill. enjoying coffee in the Smithhurst's very elegant sitting room â€"- where damask and velvet compliment each other in a bevy of gorgeous colors. We admired the Queen Anne chairs, the checkered table of burnished chestnut- colored wood, a chess game set out. waiting for the first “move”; scanned the open bookshelves, con- taining antique-bOund, as well as the latest “modern” books; noted the fireplace, ready for kindling â€"- and oil paintings gleaming softly. We felt trans- ported for a little while â€"â€" away from the hustle and bustle of ‘ordinary’ living: We were in another time and place as we discussed Heather Smith Hurst's novel, “Dark Is My Destiny”. Daily Demonstrations Corn Broom Making Demonstrations of pioneer corn broom making are being held every day this summer in the Dalziel Barn at Black Creek Pioneer Village. In the pioneer days. farmers often grew their own broom corn to supply their family with brushes, but there was also a thriving in d u s t r y making brooms about the mid 1850’s. One man could make between five and eight dozen brooms in a day working with a simple broom-making machine. which is the type being demonstrated at the village. The brooms are used in the village to keep the buildings clean and are also sold in the village's general store. 1111119 Spotlight Now a first novel is a beautiful and wonderful thing. It is especially wanderful (for the reader) if it has been written with naturalness and leving care. The plot of DIMD rings so “true” â€" to the reader â€"â€" we asked Heather if it was in any way autobiographical. To which she replied. “Not in any way. Wales was chosen as the setting, but I have never lived there.” The publisher (Avalon). has no outlet in Canada â€" so the rights have been sold to Dell Books. who will bring it out in paperback for distribution in Canada sometime later this year. We’re always interested in hearing not only “how” a book came to be written but also, how long it took to complete, and to find a publisher. The daily broom-making dem- onstrations are being carried out by students who are work- ing at Black Creek Pioneer Village under the Ontario Gov- ernment’s SWEEP Program which was set up to provide summer employment for high school and university students. Heather Smithhurst explained that about five years ago â€"â€"- when she was an executive secretary in Toronto â€"â€" she picked up a book which caused ‘her to vow she would try her own hand at writing a novel. A novel that would not only have a believable plot â€"â€" but that would also be written in good English! The outline of her book called then, “One More Grave To Fill” â€"- (her publisher changed it. and her last name to Smith Hurst for aesthetic reasons). took her one or two months of spare time five years ago Then other things intervened â€"â€" the major one being the renovation of the Church Street South residence by her husband Walter, well-known consult- ant decorator who designed and inspired their beaut- iful “new” home. I Her ‘book’ in draft only was filed away. But about a year ago, Heather started on it again. In three menths of working in the pleasant (Continued on Page 14) By MONA A. ROBERTSON Bright Is Her Future X 1. The Province of Ontario appointed Dr. Omond Solandt, under the Public Inquiries Act by Order-in-Council OC-2053/72 dated the let of June, 1972, “to inqmre into the transmission of power from Nautika to Pickering.” ' 2. Conmnssioner Solandt has requested Ontario Hydro to file a written technical report, pertaining to this matter, and to present an oral summary of the report to interested parties, at a public hearing on July Slst, 1972. 4. Any other interested party who wishes to make oral representations at the subsequent hearing, either personally or through a representative, should indicate his intent to do so in writing, to the Secretary, on or before August 14th, 1972. 3. Any other interestal party who wishes to present a brief, should file a copy of such a brief with the Secretary on or before August 14th, 1972. Such party will be given an opportunity to speak to his brief at a sub- sequent public hearing. 5. Commissioner Solandt will hold further public hearings on August 21, 22 and 23 (and on such additional days as may be required), in order that interested parties may have an opportunity to ask questions of Ontario Hydro, and to present evidence. 6. The public hearings on July 31, August 21, 22 and 23, 1972, will be held in the Ontario Room (South), 2nd floor MacDonald Block (900 Bay St.), Toronto, commencing at 9:30 am. T o accommodate special circumstances, and unique local concerns, Commissioner Solandt will consider requests, by interested parties, to hold additional public hearings in other parts of Ontario, either day or evening sessions. All such requests should be filed with the Secretary on or before 14 August, 1972. For further information, please contact Notice of public hearings into the transmission of power from Nanticoke to Pickering James Shanton Secretary The Solandt Commission 9th Floor, Ferguson Block Queen’s Park, Toronto Through th e courtesy of and powders including Red Jal- Mayor William Lazenby. pat- app. lpecac. Sem: contra. Merc- 1‘ons of the town public library ury with chalk. Jeweller's rouge. have the opportunity to enjoy and an imposing glass Jar yet. another display. one in a capped with a measuring 81355- series of unusual and interest- for dispensing hair oil. :ng collections that, are present- Several decorated mortar and ed monthly in the library shaw- pestle sets are on display In- case. eluding an Austrian or South During the middle ages the Tyrol piece. delicately inscribed application of the term apotheâ€" and dating back to the late cary became restricted to those 1700's. During the middle ages the application of the term apathe- cary became restricted to those who prepared and sold drugs, and in keeping with the pro-l fession of pharmacist. the Mayor has gathered a notable collection of artistically decor- ated apothecary jar's. both porc- elain and glass. that once graced the shelves of pharmacies. con- taining exotic sounding potions E'ERRA‘I:"R‘IEFFIEBREXE 1: for complete information 1 I x! Accredited Member - Ontario Camping I ‘ Association ‘ \EAS“““““!“‘ RICHMOND HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY Mayor’s Collection Library Display YORK CENTRAL HOSPITAL JULY 31 - AUGUST 11 Co-ed Day Camp and Boys Resident Camp KETTLEBY, ONTARIO No Vacancies In July (c/n York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill) AUGUST 14 - AUGUST 25 Co-ed Day Camp and Girls Resident Camp PHONE 884 - 2844 Memorial Fund and powders including Red Jal~ app. Ipecac. Sem: contra. Merc- ury with chalk. Jeweller's rouge. and an imposing glass _ jar Smaller items included sam- ples of pills. Unaments, Han- son’s corn salve. dySpepsla tab- lets. and. guaranteed to cure all that ails you. "Red pill: for pale and weak women"! ":5: gggcifigéifiz 'éollectinn. and one that you should not miss on your next library visit.