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Councillor Andy Chateau- vert was released from hospi- tal for a few hours to attend the inaugural. He is recuperâ€" ating from recent major sur- gery. Clerk Russell Lynett, He reported that the OHC had recommended building a further 43 senior citizen units and 35 family housing units. At the request of council OHC has agreed the third senior building on the property on Dufferin Lane should house at least 70 units and construction will begin shortly. Each member of council was then given the oppor- tunity to introduce his or her guests and say a few words. Mayor Looks At Past, Future hall in the northern section of town. recreation facilities in Ozark Park, an arena for Richvale in 1974, a railway overpass on Markham Road and more sanitary disposal facilities. Dealing with the events of Centennial Year‘ Mayor La- zenby announced that he has entered the Lions-sponsored Beard Growing Contest. He noted that St. John's Angliâ€" can Church will be celebratâ€" ing its 125th anniversary this yearn Comparisons have been made between children who started school at age fiveand those who didn’t start until seven. After four months of schooling those who have been attending since they were five can’t be distinguished from those who’ve only been attending for four months. Doc- tors are beginning to discover that children’s eyes and ears are not well enough developed to benefit from reading instruction ’til they are at least seven years of age; in fact they suggest that harm may be done if visual and auditory discrim- ination is begun too early. And to top it off there has been shown that there is a correlation be- tween social-emotional adjustment and the age at which a child starts school â€" the younger they start the more likely they’ll be unstable. Which just goes to prove that maybe a warm secure family can do the best job of teaching young children. Perhaps the government should consider paying parents to keep their kids home rather than paying school boards to bus them off to junior and senior kindergartens. These radicals are amassing a formidible amount of evidence to support the view that probably the worst thing you should subject a child to is school. Dr. Blatz of the Toronto Insti- tute of Child Study used to say 30 years ago that every school should have an inscription over the door reading “Despair ye all who enter here.” No one listened to him because he wasn’t able to support such a wild statement with acceptable statistical proof. Such statistical data is begin- ning to appear. The United States Federal Department of Education spent millions on “Operation Head- start”, a programme for pre-schoolers in disad- vantaged areas. They finally quit because re- search failed to find any significant gains or advantages. - School boards have not been required to meet pupiluteacher ratio of private nursery schools either â€"- the cost would be prohibitive. (In priv- ate nursery schools they demand a trained teacher and two other adults for 15 children. Some boards are running junior kindergartens with 20 children and one teacher). In any case that’s how boards of education got into pre-school or junior kindergarten edu- cation. Late last spring the Toronto Boards in- structed their staff to accept three and four year olds in September. There were a few dis- senting voices but anything so obviously good for the people had to go through. Now that the dust and the din has subsided these dissenting voices are growing stronger. It all began with mothers working. Private nursery schools sprang up to meet the need of these mothers to have some place to put the kids. Some of these “schools” were being run in private homes in a converted room behind the basement furnace. Mothers were desperate and as long as the kids were kept in out of the rain they paid their money and shut their mouths. Fortunately the Provincial Government got into the act and began licensing these day-care centres and nursery schools. Their standards were very high and many of the worst operations were closed ‘ down. Parents of these evicted children were forced to look elsewhere. Since the government set the regulations which closed some day care centres, the parents began to demand that the government supply alterntive accommodation. The government has always been better at telling you how to do it rather than doing it themselves. 4 They did see, though, a golden opportunity to 1 place the responsibility for pre-school care on : someone else’s shoulders. The legislators auth- orized boards of education to open classes for. three and four year olds. They also provided ' sufficient grants so that these boards would be ‘ encouraged to jump into pre-school care. Of course regular classrooms would not meet the criteria demanded of private nursery schools so ‘ these requirements were dropped. I wrote some suggestions to parents a while back indicating what they should look for when visiting their child’s kindergarten. I said that if your child was relaxed, happy and involved that you had no worries. I think that I must qualify that statement. You see I’ve done some reading and thinking and as my wife can testify, the only time I become confused is when I try to think. But I persevered and I hope the follow- ing comments might cause some of you to think. Continued from page 1) From The Womb To The Tomb The 1973 inaugural pro- ceedings being completed. members of council. heads of departments and their guests adjourned to the Sum- mit Golf and Country Club and proceeded immediately to the duties assigned them. A bylaw to permit the borrowing of $4,700,000 was passed by council as its first official act. Mayor Lazenby explained that this is the total amount the town may borrow during the year. but does not expect to and never has borrowed the full amount. The mayor quoted from a report of a meeting held in 1857 to discuss incorpora- tion which closed with the words. “The proceedings having been brought to a close the committee adjournâ€" ed to the Richmond Hill Hotel. and proceeded immt.L diately to the duties assigned them." who has served the municip- ality in that capacity for al- most 36 years and who re- tires later this year, was unable to be present be cause of illness. Mr. Lynett is only the third man to have served as clerk of the munic- ipality in its 100 years, Mayor Lazenby noted. FIRST BYLA\V The council that sprays to- gether doesn't necessarily stay together, At least that's the way it appeared at the final meetâ€" ing of 1972 of York Regional Council December 28 as members debated long and lmtily over a planning comâ€" mittee recommendation on qpray irrigation in the H01- land Landing area. that only asked that the area be con- sidered and didn‘t commit it to the project as the council- lors seemed to feel. Or as former Councillor Donald Plaxton of Richmond Hill put it afterwards. “It must be some reflection on this council that it spends 40 minutes on a resolution that my colleague says makes no sense." Dead are Norman Under- wood, 27, of Main Street East, Stouffville and his wife Jean aged 25. Under- wood was dead at the crash scene and Mrs. Underwood died of injuries at Toronto General Hospital the next day. Their infant son named Kevin is being treated for a skull fracture in Metro‘s Hos- pital for Sick Children. The northbound Under- wood vehicle was in collision with a southbound vehicle driven by John Derksen, 43, of 105 Benjamin Boulevard. Scarboro. according to po- Mr. Plaxton was referring to G e o r gin a Councillor Robert Pollock's remarks Markham - Stouffville Couple Killed, Only Child Badly Hurt A young Markhamâ€"Stouff- ville couple was killed and their seven-month-old son, an only child, is in hospital with serious head injuries after a head~on crash Friday of last week at 10:30 pm on Highway 48 north of Vandorf Road in Whitchurch-Stouff- ville, according to Oak Ridges OPP Detachment. said Roman. Enter the new bylaw. trouble." s-mnmmumunmumm111mmm1lmmmuuummmmmumumw 'l‘lil‘l‘,\iltlull!ulllElllluliuluiluiuli“lllllllllllllllllulllulllllll“\lulmlllullmllulllllllllllllllll\\ll\lllll\lll\\ll|llllllll“lllllll|llllllllllill“lll“lll\lll\ll“llI“ll“llll“ll“lllulllllllllllllllllll“'5 More than $4,000 damage was done in a fire at Pine Grove Market, one of two major fires in the Town of Vaughan last week. Tiie fire started about 9; Owner of the building is‘bridge. ‘agc done were known. pm January 5 and destroyed William Cornish of the Pine The fire cccurrod in the d'liiillllllllmIii“lll“ii“ill!“imun“llll“l““mlliillllililliilllillliillll‘ 'iii!llliill\iilll!\lllli\llli\lllilllillllllllliiilliillllillllillliillliill“11ll“llllilllillllililllilllllllilllllllll“\lllll\l\\lll\\lll\lllliillllilllilllil\lll“Illlilllllllllillllllli“lll“ll“illlilllliilllilllliilllllimll'2a Spray Irrigation Project Keeps York Councillors In Big Muddle Snowmobile Races Anger Markham “I guess I must have gotten at least 60 phone calls the day after the races took place,“ he said. The races being the controv- ersial ones staged at the Markâ€" ham Agricultural Society Fairâ€" grounds. They had been held to more- or-lcss test the reaction of area residents. The reaction was vocal. Markham Council had receivâ€" cd complaints over plans to stage the races prior to the New Year but had been powerâ€" less to do anything about them due to the lack of any bylaw prohibiting races. "We were powerless to do anything because the agricul- tural society had approved tho races and our noise bylaw is only in from 9 pm to 6 am." said Roman. Madkham Mayor Anthony R0â€" man got the message about the unpopularily of snowmobile racing in the Old Town of Markham park recently the hard way. Fire of unknown origin swept through the Pine Grove Market, Campbell Avenue in the Pine Grove area of Vaughan last week,’ causing more than $4,000 damage. Building Complete Write-Off In Mid Evening Vaughan Fire Mrs. Underwood is sur- vived by her son. her par- ents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Al- mond of Markham. several brothers and a sister: Robert, Ralph, Russell, Nancy (Mrs. Larry Casimirl. James and Thomas. Mr. Underwood is surviv- ed: by his son. his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Under- wood of Markham. several sisters and a brother: Shirley IMrs. David Joudreyl. Darâ€" lene ers. Clarence Joud- rey', Dorothy (Mrs. Art Ver- Meurs‘. Stephen and Yvonne. that the resolution was in- accurate in stating that the planning committee recom- mends to council that the Holland Landing area be considered. The project. as outlined in a report of the engineering committee. based on a joint report of the latter and the planning committee, said that some 46 communities had been evaluated as po- tential sites requiring sew- age treatment facilities on the basis of existing sanitary conditions, growth rate. long and short term solutions, and availability of alternative methods of treatment either now or within a reasonable period. After an assessment of all potential sites was made, a detailed analysis of present sewage and water supply conditions was carried out in lice. Derksen was released from Scarboro Hospital after treatment of minor injuries. The crash was investigated by Provincial Constable Bob Spano. Funeral service for the Undorwoods was to be held Tuesday afternoon at the Dixon Funeral Home, 166 Main Street North, Markham with interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Markham. a shop and two apartments before it was brought under control by Vaughan Fire Department. It was not known what started it. He concluded by stating: “You could say the people spoke out loud and clear on this issue. We all got the mes- sage.“ Roman met with the town clerk and solicitor to prepare a bylaw banning organized rac- ing in the municipality and it was high on the agenda last week at the initial meeting for 1973 of the new council. It passed unanimously! “Of course," said Mr. Ro- man. “the bylaw won‘t be offi- cial until it‘s approved by the Ministry of Transport and Com- munications which might take a few weeks." Roman noted that the noise caused by the races was particâ€" ularly 10le due to the “modiâ€" fied type of machines used. It was also quite foggy at the time and this seemed to make the noise factor an even greater one." It was a different story after the phone calls started pouring in. Said Mayor Gladys Roll- ings of East Gwil‘limbury, “All we ask is that the resolution be adopted. I see no reason why it can't. If any problems arise. they can easily be taken care of." Councillor Ray Twinney of Newmarket said that he found it hard to agree with the planning committee until it got more information. If the spraying wasn't two communities. the report stated. It said that a final recom- mendation could not be made at this time because the retention period neces- sary had not been resolved between the region and the Ministry of the Environment. “You‘re more naive than I thought you were.” said Mayor Illingworth. Both Mayor Williams and Councillor James Jongeneel of Markham pointed out that the recommendation said that Holland Landing was only being considered for the project. The planning committee} should stick with planning! and not sewers. was Mr. Illingworth‘s c o m m e n t. Council should keep any op-‘ tions open until it received: the information it needed. from the Ministry of the Enml vironment. “We're not in a position to say Holland Landing’s the place". Mr. Illingworth said. The report said that the retention period depended upon climatic conditions, freezing cycles, the size of the retention lagoon varying with the length of the reten- tion period. However. in a report of the planning committee, chaired by Vaughan Mayor Garnet Williams. it recom- mended that the Holland Landing area, “on the basis of information available to the planning committee, is being considered for spray irrigation." Vaughan and Woodbridge Firemen were also called to put out a fire at W'eston Products, Highway 7, Wood- bridge. A motion by Mayor Dick11 Illingworth of Aurora thati both reports be tabled, waSI lost. ? Grove area Mr. Mann said he per- sonally had not received any complaints and felt that holding races that were organized would bring some logic out of the current chaos. “People run their snowmo- biles there anyway." he said. Mr. Mann assured his main aim was to “keep peace" but felt at the same time that con- trolled racing on the weekend wouldn’t cause too much trouble." ‘ It was on December 19 that the snowmobile racing question started the ball rolling. Markham Fair Board Member Gerry Mann appeared before council informing it of inten- tions to stage snowmobile races in the park. He said he was appearing be- fore council in the wake of a number of complaints by area residents over plans to stage the races during the winter. It was pointed out that 12 objections had been registered plus a petition signed by 28 people. being done for evebybody who had sewage problems, why was it even being done?" was the way New- market Mayor Robert For- han assessed the situation. “Sooner or later. council was going to have to decide where to carry it out”. said Mayor Anthony Roman of Markham. STOUFFVILLE: Rather than utilizing the Blooming? ton Road as a bypass routel around Stouffville. council‘ will press for constructionl of an alternate artery to thei south, linking Highway 48 with Concession 10, with feeder roads leading on to; Main Street. 1 Councillor Plaxton said that the report was “simply reflecting the opinion of staff at this time." STOUFFVILLE: The local fire brigade responded to 92 calls in 1972 â€" 69 of these were in the town, sev- en in Markham, 13 in Uxâ€" bridge Township, two in Pickering Township and one in Richmond Hill. Revenue earned totalled $12,480 and the brigade donated $160 to the Muscular Dystrophy As- somation. northwest corner of the? building between 11:30 and‘ Neither the cause of the fire nor the amount of dam- age done were known. Councillor Pollock‘s mo- tion that the wording of the original resolution be chang- ed from “recommends to council” to “wishes to noti- fy council" that the Holland Landing area is being con- sidered. was carried. as was the amended motion. 12 midnight, January 6 PETER SMITH York Home T.V. 889-1646 . u‘noto 03' av Besides wiping out the shop, the fire destroyed two apartments in the building. The fire occurred about 9 pm January 4. The building is owned by William Cornish of the Pine Grove area. WORKS IN A DRAWER Color TV from GET YOUR Three new Local Initiative Programs in the York He- ‘gzion have been approved by Ottawa according to Barney Danson MP, York North. They includeâ€" :lmaginative York Projects “Win Federal Grant Support Other goals of the project is identifying gaps in com- munity service and bringing individuals and organizations together to meet the needs of the community. It will also be training volunteers to operate the service and fill gaps in it. The projects will orovide Richmond Hill with a central information service and with a means of identify- ing areas that need atten- tion. Helpmate Information, lo- cated in the basement of the Richmond Hill Public Lib- rary. 884-2727. This local source of information is sponsored by the town's social planning council and is spearheaded by Rev. George Young and Mrs. Margaret Southwell. Three people are employ- ed to provide information and a referral service for the town and vicinity. The fed- eral contribution will be $9,126. John Baumnard. RR 2 King. is leading a project sponsored jointly by the United and Anglican Church- es of Canada which will re- store small local churches in the area. Five laborers and tradesmen will be employed in the work and the project will receive a grant of $15.- 054. Another $15,603 will be forthcoming for work on Woodlands Trail Camp. near Ballantrae. This project which will improve camping facilities is sponsored by the Boy Scouts of C a n a d a Greater Toronto Region. An enriching p r o g r a m through art. language! development. music. physical ‘ development, science and creative play will be the re- Work/Will be clearing trees and bush to provide more space in two Scout camps, renovating sleeping accom- modation in three villages, improving q u a r t e r s for younger children. clearing a firebreak on the north prop- erty line and widening roads for moving equipme nt through the camps. THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 11, 1973 DOWNSTAIRS MICKEY’S PLACE BUFFET LUNCH Let _u§_ entertain you! fig‘ Ricllwgeond ’ MOTOR Inn HOTEL AL. MATTHEWS This Week â€" “WISHBONE’ Serve yourself $ 2 delicious hot beef, sal O to a great meal desserts, beverage 69 YONGE ST. S. RICHMOND HILL 884-1101 George Moore. 49. of the Concord area, suffered acute internal bleeding while visit- ing in Huntsville, and be- cause of the severity of his condition was unable to be moved by road transporta- tion. sult of a LIP grant in the South Thornhill area. Imagi- native and dedicated parents will operate the Parkview PreSchool at Henderson Avenue Public School. The program will employ six people in a pre-school pro- gram for children three to five years old. A Vaughan resident. who was rushed to Toronto Gen- eral Hospital last week by Canadian Forces helicopter from Huntsville. was report- ed to be in “fair condition” Wednesday by hospital auth- orities, Emergency Flight Victim Said "Fair" As a result. a call was put into the Armed Forces base at Ottawa, which sent out a Voyaguer helicopter from 450 Squadron. According to an Armed Forces spokesman, the heli- copter left Huntsville at 3:55 pm Tuesday and arrived at the rooftop landing pad at Toronto Sick Childen's Hos- pital at 4:55 pm. \vhereya receiving team from Toronto General Hospital was waiting to remove Mr; Moore to the neighboring hospital. The driving forces are Mrs. Karen Zech and Mrs. Leona FeDuke of 85 Henderson Avenue. JACKPOT $500 - 52 No.'s MONDAY, JANUARY 15th Early Birds 7:45 p.m. 20 REGULAR GAMES â€"- 3 SPECIAL GAMES RICHMOND HILL LIONS CLUB f’sfé‘flifl LIONS I-IAI.I. (Photo by Fawn) 106 Centre St. East STARTING TIME â€" 8 PM. DAILY 12 Noon - 2 P,M. UPSTAIRS BINGO delicious hot beef, salads. desserts, beverages The 1 Mr. Hunter, who was nom- inated by Trustee Warren Bailie of Richmond Hill, Mrs. Colboume was a trustee of the Markham Vil- lage Public School Board for six years. serving two years as chairman. As a member of the York County Board. she served as chairman of the communica- tions committee and a mem- ber of the liaison committee. Mr. Hunter. a general in- surance agent, is married, with two children. JANUARY 15. MONDAY. 8 pm â€" Family euchre, Our Lady Queen of the World Church, Bayview and Crosby Avenues. Admission $1. 60TH Wedding Anniversary “Open House" to honour Mr. and Mrs. Ed Robson of King City, at Teston United Church, Saturday, January 20, 1973, 1:30 pm to 5 pm. Everyone welcome. No gifts please. c2w28 He has also served as sec- retary-treasurer of the for- mer SS 4 in King Township from 1940 to 1964. A mother of three. Mrs. Colbourne was a resident of Markham for 12 years. where she was active in church and community organizations. Last year. besides being vice-chairman. he served as chairman of the committee on programs and costs. THE FILM “Civilization”, in series, will be shown in the Richmond Hill Public Lib- rary every Monday at 8 pm commencing January 15. 1973, until April 9. For more information please call 884- 9288. c1w28 A lifetime resident of King Township, Mr. Hunter was a member of Aurora District High Board from 1954 to 1968, and chairman from 1966 to 1967. During that time he represented the board on the interim school organization committee. Marvin Hunter of King Township, who served last year as viceâ€"president of York County Board of Edu- cation. was named chairman Monday night at the inaug- ural meeting of the board. Secnding the nomin‘ation was Trustee Mariane Gillan of Sutton. was unopposed in his elec- tion. Seconding the nomination for Mr. Hunter was Trustee Margaret Coburn of King. Also unopposed in the election for Vice-Chairman was Trustee Mema Col- bourne of Mount Albert. who was nominated by Trustee Morley Kinnee of Vaughan. Sawtv ,Sch,°,°'s Marvin Hunter Board Chairman We have 9.463_ready-made picture frames in most styles, sizes and finishes at 50‘? OFF. All framed, hanging pictures are 50% OFF the price marked on them. We do Custom Framing at very little ad- ditional cost. 102 Doncaster Ave., 889-4346 Open 9 ‘til 6 Mon., Tues.. Wed., Thurs., Fri.. Sat. Turn right lst light north of Yonge and Steeles. 50% ' PICTURE 50% 0“? FRAMES OFF HOUSE OF 10,000 PICTURE FRAMES SELL YOURW UNWANTABLES PHONE 884-1105 c1w28