The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Seneca Appoints Councillor, Planner To Committee Two people from the Re- gion of York have been ap- pointed to the advisory com- mittee of Seneca College's faculty of public administra- tion. The new appointees are Mrs. Jean Smith of Kes- wick. a former township councillor. and Gordon Brush of the area. services branch of the regional plan- ning department. Public administration is a diploma course and is de signed to prepare students Until recently this was relatively simple. Research in urban. subur- Mn and rural areas has shown that “X” number of houses, town- houses, apartments, produced “Y” number of children to be educated. Then came the Pill and a dramatic drop in hirthrate. The prognos- ticators found their graphs and charts had to be completely re- vised. York (‘ounty Board of Educa- tion and York County Roman Catholic School Boards, like all boards in the prm’ince, are obliged to submit a five year forecast of anticipated school population and building: programs to the Ministry of qucation. Extremely dollar conscious since its inception in 1969, the York County Board of Education found thatfi number of secondary schools Next as land values in York sky- rocketed the bottom fell out of the real estate market. and subdivis- ion plans forwarded to school boards by municipalities to help the boards in assessment of future needs were shelved indefinitely, or were completed but failed to attract the buyers and the child- ren the boards had made provision for. â€" Sutton, Newmarket, Aurora, Stouffville, Markham â€" had vac- ant classrooms while elementary schools were bulging at the seams. So the board moved a number of grade 8 classes and some grade 7 classes into the secondary schools. As the Minister says, element- ary school enrolment in Ontario is falling dramatically and will con- tinue to do so over the next five or six years. Predicting a decrease of about 148,000 elementary school pupils by 1979, the minister is justifiably anxious to avoid waste- ful duplication of services. In future, said Wells, every school board will have to fully justify any new accommodation it wishes to build, with the onus on all boards to assess each situation with care before considering new construction. The Minister’s assertion that a major hindrance to good relation- ships between school boards seems In his memo to boards of educa- tion, Wells pointed out that in September, a situation in down- town Toronto involving transfer of a number of pupils from public schools to Roman.Catholic Schools became critical, resulting in vacant classrooms in certain schools and severe overcrowding in others. (GUEST EDITORIAL â€" NEW YORK TIMES) Much has been written about the ideal of metropolitan area govern- ment in this overwhelmingly met- ropolitan nationâ€"and almost as much about the suburban resist- ance that makes it so unattainable. A valuable product of the fading Scott Commission, which has been studying the problems of govern- ing this city, is a task force report that proposes to approach metrol- itanism not by a simple geopolit- ical spread but on a function-by- function basis. Leading educators in the Region of York are in full accord with Education Minister Thomas Wells in his dictum released November 20 setting up new guidelines for the construction of public and Roman Catholic schools in the province. The report, written by Edward Costikyan and Maxwell Lehman, shows a healthy appreciation of “the enormous resistance in sub- urban areas against co-operation with New York City.” But the task force is not paralyzed by that political fact of life. Nor should it be. Wherever regionalism has taken root â€" in Toronto, Canada, and in the Twin Cities of Minnes- ota in particular â€" the impulse has come not from the agonies of the inner city but from a decline in the quality of life in the suburbs themselves. That deterioration is slowly but surely occurring in the suburban reaches of New York. Deplorable transit, shrinking water supply, a swift and continuing loss of open spaces, difficulties in disposing of solid wastes, air and water pollu- tionâ€"all these and other problems RNA @5132 liberal Boards Musl Co-op eruie THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 7, 1972 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 “Second class mail, registration number 0190 An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Metro limited The advisory committee is made up of elected offi- cials and administrators and other prominent people in government. Their function is to advise the college on course content, relevance and trends in various levels of government. It is not merely an honorary function, smvs Bowman Andrews, course director and a solici- for careers in public and civil service up to mid- management level. In View of Wells’ assertion that the primary objective of his Min- istry is to ensure that, despite any changes, the proper care and edu- cation of the children involved is Hodge echoes York County Board’s Director of Education Sam Chapman in his reaction to the Minister’s announcement. “There is no reas‘on why we would not welcome the kind of position the Minister has taken," Chapman told “The Liberal". “If the time comes when space is available we will welcome the opportunity to share it with the other board. Mean- while we have tried to share any- thing that is shareable." Catholic Board. Of its 200 class- rooms about half a dozen are not in use, and these are in areas where increases in population are anticipated. Even before the county boards were formed, the two boards were sharing certain facilities in the southerly part of the region â€" such as guidance and psychology services. This sharing now covers the region and in the past year the two boards reached an agreement on sharing an audio- visual centre. Such services are paid on a per-pupil basis. There is daily communication and sharing of human as well as physical resources. 'ti‘al'anteed, it would be a mistake to assume that the citizens of York will be paying less for educa- tion. Major costs such as teachers” salaries, b u i 1 d i n g maintenance, transportation, and in t e r e st charges on outstanding debentures make up the greatest part of the budget of both hoards. And just last year, the York County Board was recognized in- ternationally as a board that counts its pennies while still providing quality education. The Organiza- tion for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris was making a study of an innovative school board and an innovative school in several countries. In Canada, the board chosen was the York County Board, and the school, Thornlea Secondary School in Thornhill. And while c0sts of edu- cation have increased all over the province, the increase per capita in York has been substantially less than all comparable boards. Both boards ha cautious in building tendent Joe Hodge These are not grounds for comâ€" placency, however, and the public as well as the Ministry of Educa- tion will be keeping a watchful eye on the spending programs of the two boards during the coming year. to be a si: communicat York, say 1 two boards are growing more acute by the year. They must in the end per- suade the most reluctant anti-New Yorker that at least some of the aspects of a metropolitan area can be dealt with only by a metropoli- tan agency. It is to the credit of the task force that it attempts to lay the groundwork for such a realign- ment not by posing an academic ideal but by suggesting concrete divisions of the region for concrete purposes. A transportation region, for example, would comprise a great commuter circle taking in much of northern New Jersey, New York north to Dutchess County and east to Suffolk and a good slice of western and south- central Connecticut. A water sup- ply and distribution region would involve a different area and so would regions for air quality con- trol, solid waste disposal and other common problems. How these special-purpose reg- ional agencies would be financed, to whom they would be answerable and how â€" these are to be the subjects of a subsequent report by the same commission. Its recom- mendation will be all the more in- teresting for involving the legal complexities of a tri-state area. If it can be shown that metropoli- tanism â€" even on this limited functional basis â€" is feasible for New York, it should be feasible anywhere in the country. simple ration ' the I tor. Committee members contribute considerable ef- fort and work. According to Seneca offi- cials. public administration is the field of the future in terms of opportunity, due to changes in the role and structure of government â€" such as regional government. The college hopes soon to be able to offer a program of in-service training in this area as well as the present course. a lack does men V have of the Roman ' its 200 class- dozen are not are in areas population are 11 before the says not vho been effective apphIin head the Superiri- a Roman 30 class- very Concern for agriculture l'md disappearing under the cmr-rclo blight of urban life My name is Cathy Schoe- lcr. I attend Thornhill See- ondary School. I am 14 years old and am in grade 9. I am prompted to write because of the news story which appeared in your is- sue of November 30 about the bequest cf 3200.000 to Thornhill for a library. park. bandstand and picnic grounds. I realize that you do not control this bequest. but you can explain our problem to those who do have control. Dear Mr. Editor $200,000 is a lot of money and Thornhill has a good park and library. What we need is a youth centre! As you probably know. in the summer the kids hang around the parks and when it gets too cold they hang around the Towne and Coun- trye Mall. A youth centre would stop this since it would give kids a place to go to be with others of their own age and friends It would provide occupation for their bodies and their minds. One of a number of winners at the second annual plow-- intr match banquet at Victoria Square Thursday night of last week was John Sheridan of RR 1. Stouffville. Mr. Sheridan is shown (third from left) receivingr the Eaton Hall Trophy as well as watch presented by the E. Eaton (‘ompany of Canada. left to right is Guest Speaker Dick Hilliard, Ontario What would there be at a youth centre? There would be a cafeter- ia for short order lunches and hot chocolate for warm- in): up after tobogzaning at Thornhill Golf Course or skating at Thornhill Pond. There would be a juke-box and dancing area. Other pos- sibilities arc indoor sports. arts and crafts and of course just a place to sit and talk or watch TV. A while ago it was rumorâ€" ed that the old Presbyterian Church on Yonge Street, near Highway 7B. was to be turned into a youth cen- tre. but I suppose this was just another politician‘s promise. I think this an ideal area for a youth cen- tre where the Thornhillians and young people from surâ€" rounding areas could take advantage of it. So pleasehas a favor to the young people of this area. read this letter care- fully and if it is possible to use the money for a youth centre. a large number would benefit from it and be very grateful. The youth of Thornhill will always remem- ber you. Eatons of Canada Junior Championship Trophy for the best plowed land by a junior competitor over 14 using a mounted plow with two 'or more) furrows to Wes Jarvis. Agincourt. win-. ner King and Vaughan Plow- ing Match; and Michael‘ Grove. RR 1 Stouffville. to be removed from its mem- hership roll‘ I did not wish to remain a member of a church which does not have reverence and regard for ALL human life before and after birth. 1Mrs.l LALLAH CALDWELL 173 North Taylor Mills Drive. Richmond Hill. \.(|ll n, uuyypu up us» Lluluyllv v; .u. 'l< * * * * “Finally. after I had started the wheels rolling to bring all my living relatives out of the country, the President announced he did not mean “citizens”. way to Canada.” Nizar told me how he and his family and (Continued on Page 18) on.--“ . But it was too late, we were on our Hospital. served on township council, as clerk of session of St. A n d r e w 's Presbyterian Church and executive direc- tcr of the Ajax and Pickering He was known throughout C a n a d a. the USA. and South America as a breeder of outstanding Ayrshires. i‘i“illlillilllillillllllllllllill“Iill“llllillillllllilillllilllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliilllillllllllillliillllillllllllll -lliilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllillllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllil“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllilllllllllllllilllllllllllllllill“llllllllllllllllllllllilllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllm'F THORNHILL NEEDS YOUTH CENTRE Mrs. Coburn termed the trip. which is to be undertaken March 15 to March 27 next year with classes from Stouffville. District Secondary School. 'in- termediate divisioni Aurora Senior Public School. Mark 11 Public School, Unionville, plus a group of nine students from several area schools, “uneco- nomical“. A coming trip to Mexico for 132 grade 7 and 8 students in York County public schools, which is to serve as a prototype for future trips. was criticized by Trustee Margaret Coburn of King at a meeting of the county board of education November She also objected to the $3.- 500. which staff had suggested be extracted from the field trip budget, for contingency purâ€" poses. Coburn Scores Student Mexico Trip As Uneconomical By FRED SIMPSON 1 BMW Mr. Editor: 1 The United Church of Canâ€" }?da is against bringing back ’1he death penalty, yet con- idones the killing of thou- :sands of unborn children every year through abortion. Whore is'the logic in such | thinking? wa 5 expressed Thursday night of last week by a pro- vincial government agricul- turo officinl‘ If it is impnssiblo to use the money in this way be- causo of specific terms of the bequest I would appre- ciato a letter to this effect. I would then know you car- ed enough to read my letter. CATHY SCHOELER. 56 'l‘hornbank Road. Thornhill. This lottcr' is written to protest what. in our opinion. is a new, all-time low in the ever-increasing attempt to stimulate sales through poor lastv advertising. The reference is. of course, to the various billboards throughout the town which proclaim, “Wise Men Shop At Richmond Heights“. While we could hardly be classified as religious fana- tics. we do find these signs cxtremely offensive and in- sulting. Needless to say we are two “Wise Men“ who will find it extremely difficult to shop at Richmond Heights while this type of advertising is evident. WISE MEN! Dear Mr. Editorâ€" It is wrong says the United Church. for a human being. created by God. to be put to death for a crime he has committed. However, on the other hand. this same church does not seem to see the wrong when innocent unborn children are killed to Day for the physical pleasure of two people. Until recently I was an ac- tive member of the United Church. but. very regretfully I wrote asking for my name to be removed from its mem- hership roll. I did not wish to remain a member of a church which does not have reverence and regard for ALL human life â€" before and after birth. tMrs.’ LALLAH CALDWELL REGARD FOR ALL LIFE BUD 8: PEG RENSHAW 87 Rockport Crescent. Richmond Hill. Trophy Time At Plowing Banquet In its report. the staff said that the elementary field trip budget would be underspent by about 375000. Mrs. Coburn said she thought extended field trips had their benefits. but the “minimum of children who were fortunate to go. shouldn‘t be subsidized by thrse who can‘t." She said that. for children of 11 and 12 years of age. their own country was a “good startâ€" ing point." Mr:. Coburn said she thought there were more economical ways to finance the trip. and didn‘t think the board could justify taking $3 500 from the field trip budget. Cost of the tour, $220 plus $50 “pocket money", is to be paid by the parents of the students. However. as some parents Hilliard pointed to the in- creasing amount of farm land “which in our lifetime in our province has already ended up under asphalt and con- crete never to be returned to ‘ts former state except at a 1romond0us expense". He referred briefly to the "rammed 43.000 acre Picker- ing Airport site. notin‘z it contained some of the top grade alriculturo land in thel area. I mvn's Aswciation at Victoria Square Community Hall. It was attended by 238 people. "There is some way we have to create a situation whereby the industrial and agricultural industries in the province can live together and prosper." he said, “be- came the most prized farm- land in the countrv is locatâ€" ed in the southern half of the nrouince running from York Region through to London and Chatham. This area also has the best climate for farming‘C He said the very fact that this is also the area of a great and growing industrial base is “causing a lot of conâ€" corn and debate today as to what the future is going to bring us." Hilliard also brought a lot of nostalgia to the banquet, having been assistant agriâ€" culture representative for York County in the early 1940‘s. The speaker was thanked by Art Mitchell. York He- gional Director. Ontario Plowmen's Association. He waq introduced by A1 Wall, Agriculture Representative, Region of York. AWARDS, TROPHIES A number of awards and trophies were presented at the banquet to winners of the various past season plow- ing matches. They included: Eatons of Canada Junior Championship Trophy for the best plowed land by a junior competitor over 14 using a mounted plow with two 'or more) furrows to Wes Jarvis. Agincourt. win- ner King and Vaughan Plow- ing Match; and Michael Grove. RR 1 Stouffville. LOSING BEST LAND A service club had indicated an interest. although no money had been raised from this source yet. and one school was plan- ning a fund-raising scheme. it was reported. have “voiced concern" over the cost of the trip, other means are being considered to help the “underprivileged,” the staff re- port stated. Trustee Morley Kinnee, who supported the resolution calling for the $3.500 contingency fund. said he believed the service clubs would be “delighted to enter into this scheme." Trustee Mariane Gillan of Suttbn. said she thought it was “too much too soon" for the young students on this partic- ular type of trip. Sam Chapman, director of IPhoto by Stuart's Studiol Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food; Ken Brown of Richmond Hill who was MC for the night; Mr. Sheridan, and Gerald Walker, former farm‘ manager at Eaton Hall Farm, who presented the trophy. It was presented to the winner of a special class open to residents of the Region of York. International Harvester Company of Canada Trophy S‘outh. Richmond Hill. King and Vaughan Plowing Match: and Carl Timbersv RR 4 Stouffvillo. North York Plow- inu Match. ‘l'l.\‘()n. F‘touff.‘illo East York- King and Vaughan Plowing notch: and to Lloyd Grove. RR 1. Slouffvillo. North Y rk Pl “int! Match. HI‘ I. WINNER Guarani} Trust Company of Canada Trophy for best plowed land hv a resident of the Plowmen's Association. Stouffvillo. to John Sheri- dan. RR 1. Stouffvillc: East Yrrk Plowing Match: Ken Brown. 97 Yonge Street Vnnghnn Plowing M: Horb Jarvi<. Agincou York Plowing Match * =l< it Head table guests Mrs. Annie COCkbl‘ ’of the former ag ' representative for County. the late iCockburn: Al Wall . Wall. Art Mitchell 4 Mitchell of Sutton: l bors. Stouffvillcz Wright. York Reflio lathe Spoilighf‘ North York Plowing Match. EQSO Champions Special for hcst l)10\\'(‘(l [and in Two Fur- rmv Tractor Utility Classes Mounth levs. to Ken Fer- October 13, 1972, is a date marked indelibly in the memory of Nizar and Yasmin Jinka, their two lovely little daughters, Farah 21,2 and Naina 11;: and his mother, Sakinabai. For that is the (lay Air Canada touched down at Montreal Air- port with a passenger list of 160 Ugandians from Nizar's home town, Campala. I visited the Jinka Family in their new home in Richmond Hill and here is their story to date. “My wife and I were at a Saturday evening coffee party when the ultimatum, ‘All British Asians must leave the country within 90 days’, was announced on TV. It was such a shock I personally did not believe it could happen!” Nizar told me. He explained to me that Uganda is one of those countries where things may disrupt â€" causing a major upheaval â€"â€" then settle down later. “But when, within a week, a second pro- nouncement was made, that, ‘All Asian citizens holding 3 Uganda passport must leave’ . . . I told my wife we must arrange to leave.” Over and over again Nizar repeated to Yasmin, “It just can’t happen â€" we are citizens of this country." By MONA ROBERTSON Welcome To Canada Trustee Deena Simpson of Richmond Hill, who supported the motion. said that. if they were going to wait until they could send everyone. nobody would ever go. Trustee Louise Aimone of Markham said she felt the younger children needed a trip of the Mexican kind before they took on the “air of blaseness of older children." Mrs. Coburn said the trip could be just as well taken at the grade 9 and 10 level. education said the board was trying to learn how to move solid groups. so that ultimately everyone in grade 7 could "look forward to this type of experi- ence". Russ Rees. a teacher at Dr. W_ Williams Secondary for host piou'ed land in a utility class Usian a mounted plow «three or more furrows! to Ted Smith. RR 4. Sunder- land. East. York-King and Vnnghnn Plowing Match: and Herb Jarvi<. Azincourt. North Musical entertainment was provided by Mary and Bud Loggett of Sutton. Head table cucsts included Mrs. Annie Cockburn. wife of the former agriculture representative for York County. the late “Moff” Cockburn: Al Wall and Mrs. Wall. Art Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell of Sutton: Win Tim- bcrs. Slouffvillc: Garfield Wright. York Region Chair- man and Ken and Mrs'. Brown. Brown was master of ceremonies for the eve- ning. School in Aurora. who will be one of the leaders on the trip, said that. in a similar trip last year with 14 and 15-year olds. the children adapted‘ well to their surroundings and were kept busy learning. sketching and drawing. The children were in a “con- stant state of wonderment and realized there were other ways or life." he said. Mr. Rees said he didn't think the relative youthfulness of the students was important. From a behavioral point of view, they were easier to get along with than the older ones. He said they got a “frame of reference" so they could eval- uate their own way of life. The board approved the res- olution. with only Trustees Coburn and Gillan opposing it. At the core of the proâ€" gram will be networks of quiet, perhaps even silent. automated. electrically pow- ered, elevated vehicles to be built in Toronto, Hamilton land Ottawa over the next iten years at a cost of $1.3 billion. The system will be able to carry up to 20.000 persons an hour on any one line. about half that of a subway but far exceeding the 6.000 an hour for a bus line. Costs are considerably under that of expressways and less than half that of subways. Because they can be built above city streets or along hydro and railway rights of way, they will not linvolve the expressways' massive destruction of neigh- I borhoods. Nor will they. like 1expressways, foul the air. Several types of operation are being considered ior the two-mile test track to be bllilt in Toronto next year. Most intriguing is a German Idesign for a train that will float about an inch above a concrete bed on a magnetic ‘cushion. Movement will also be magnetic. with power supplied by a linear induc- tion motor. The train can reach a speed of 95 miles an hour without a moving part in its drive chain. lis just getting started. Any isystcm. however, that is de- lsigned to move people 'tand lperhaps freightl quickly and iqniotlv. reduce air pollution and <avc money can‘t go far wrong if the engineers know what they are talking about. ‘Vlontreal will be watching Toronto with more than ueual interest. Such an elaborate system naturally would be inappro- Ipriatc for small municipali- ties which will be encour- 'a;zcd to experiment with dial-a-bus and other inno- vations. Mr. Davis's inteâ€" lgrated program also includes ,75 per cent subsidies for 1studies of staggered work I hours. computer - controlled traffic lights. and other 1mcthcds of reducing con- 1gestion. 1 PICKERING â€" H a r r y 1 Boyes. chairman of the dairy Cattle committee of the Royal Winter Fair. died November 1 14 a few hours after appear- {ing in the show ring at the [Coliseum He was 76. He l‘served on township council. las clerk of session of St. I A n d r e w 's Presbyterian IChurch and executive direc- , ter of the Ajax and Pickering Hospital] He was known I throughout C a n a d a. the jU.SA. and South America as ‘a breeder of outstanding Ayrshires. “Illllllllhlllllnll“llllIlllllll“\llllllllNlllllllllllllllullllllllll‘ll Premier William Davis has come up with an imaginative and revolutionary plan for moving people around On- tario‘s cities. It is revolution- ary in Twentieth Century North America because it re- veals very little interest in moving automobiles and no interest whatever in encour- aging themâ€"it is a “people- first" transportation policy. “We now have before us." the premier said, “a unique opportunity to move forward from pollution and bumper- to-bumper traffic jams." Al- most too good to be true. Moving People nmmmmmmmum:mmuumuun\u1m\mmummmumr ‘No one yet knows how many drivers the new trans- it system will lure from their cars. because it hasn't really been tried. Denver has embarked on a similar "personal rapid transit" sys- tem, but construction there lNNlSFIL â€" Irene Wil- ‘wehhv onerates this town- :hin's 24â€"hour a day. seven days a week. answering servâ€" ‘ce at a cost to the taxpayers of only $11,000 annually. She has three assistants. They summon the fire and police departments. ambul- ances, resuscitators. and are responsible for a dozen burg- lar alarm systems. Mrs. Wil- loushby will continue until March. but finds the job too Ereat a tie. NEWMARKETâ€"The Unit- ed Church has hired a team of researchers from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute to helo determine the best development for a lS-acre of church-owned parcel of land in the town‘s northend. The nrrrerty was purchased in 1969 for a retirement com- munity. but since senior citi- zens are already well-served throueh a wide variety of facilities. a proper need must be justified before the church seeks funding for the project. (Montreal Gazette)