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health and social services, costs about $12 a day as compared with $60 to $70 a day for a bed in an active treatment hospital. Fur- thermore, the home care service is fully funded by the province. York Central Hospital in Rich- mond Hill boasts a record for short average stay for patients, but a doetor cannot in good con- science release a patient from But this should not be the case. “It takes a very special sort of person to be a good homemaker,” says a Red Cross spokesman, and society should be made to realize this and to accord that person the degree of respect she deserves, whether she is occupied in her own home looking after her own family, or in someone elses home looking after their family. to the recovery of the said mare will be suitably re- warded." The prospectus of the York Ridings Gazette, also on dis- gators course, taught by spec- ialists from the OPP. RCMP, federal health and welfare department and the United States Bureau of Narcotics will be provided for the play, enthusiastically lists thirty-five members. the future aims and aspira- The drug enforcement un-l tions of that paper. In it the it is to form a part of a newl writers expressed this fervâ€" branch within the speciall ent belief: “Hanging a news- services section which willlpaper upon each milestonej and,of Canadian advancement is ‘but unfurling the flag of civ- also enforce liquor gambling laws. Sand and Gravel is limited to 100,000 tons and ends this September, he pointed out. After that the entire pit site will be rehabilitated with an evergreen planting. * no: * CEDARBRAE â€"- The bell of the Cedarbrae Community Hall is missing. It was evi- dently taken sometime be- tween June 5 and 16. It is estimated to be worth $200. Hilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll‘llllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllW‘lillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llll\llllllllllllllllll1llillllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllll1lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll~F Last week Metro Works Com- mittee was warned that Metro is heading for a garbage “night- mare” unless quick provincial approval is obtained to use landfill sites in Pickering and to haul garbage by rail to a site near Port Hope. Unless new dumps are found, Metro will have 435.000 tons of garbage left over next year and 720,000 extra tons in 1975. The Thackeray Landfill Site at Kipling and Steeles Avenue will be closed to industrial gar- bage haulers in October and re- ceive only municipality collect- ed garbage. By the end of 1974 the site will be completely filled and closed to further dumping. The industrial haulers, who will collect 368,000 tons of garbage this year. can continue to use a site in Scarboro. However. the congestion of 400 private trucks But it is hard to understand why, when Mr. Bevan knew the demands of his job, he would unâ€" dertake to sit on council, spend all that time getting to know the ropes, and then drop out. As it turned out, two of the slate, Bevan and Cameron, were elected to office, along with the remaining three incumbents and Ab Hollingshead, a former deputy- reeve of Woodbridge. Now after a little more than six months, Councillor Bevan has an- nounced that he’s going to retire at the end of August. His job as a high school administrator, he said, required his attention more. It is understandable that a job as demanding as a high school ad- ministrator would leave little extra time, especially for something as equally demanding as council work has become. The Keep Vaughan Green slate, consisting of Mike Bevan, James Cameron, Claire Coates and Bill King, promoted the idea that their intervention en bloc, would not only keep Vaughan Green, but devoid of any development higher than a curb stone. As if to assist them in their pledge, three of the incumbents di'dn’t stand for re-election; so it was four against three of the old guard, plus three newcomers.‘ If the Women’s Lib types are looking for a new cause, they might try to help dignify the im- age and status of the homemaker. No, wo do not mean “housewife”, we mean homemaker â€" one of the most essential occupations in our society today or any day. This group, which was spon- sored by the Kleinburg and Maple Ratepayers Associations, put up four candidates to challenge the establishment in the form of the then current council alleging, among other things, that the apartment-less town was about to become an apartment jungle. _ Last fall the province put a freeze on all new hospital con- struction and ordered hospitals to get rid of patients not in need of active treatment. Health Minister Richard Potter declared that there were approximately 1,200 to 1,500 hospital beds in the province that “we don’t feel are necessary there to provide active treatment care.” The minister said patients occu- pying these beds.could be cared for at less cost in convalescent hospitals or nursing homes, and Dr. Bette Stephenson, president- elect of the Canadian Medical As- sociation, suggested that more and better home care is necessary to relieve the desperate shortage of hospital beds. Back in the dreary days of Dec- ember during election time when the campaigners’ promises were as crisp as the weather, no group of candidates was more vocal about its plans for the area than the Keep Vaughan Green slate. But who is to provide that home care? In 1972 York Regional Council approved a budget of $26,400 for salaries for the home care pro- gram in the region, and the bud- get estimate for home care in 1973 has been set at 839,300. Home care, said Dr. Owen Sling- erland, regional commissioner of health and social services, costs about $12 a day as compared with $60 to $70 a day for a bed in an active treatment hospital. Fur- thermore, the home care service is fully fiunded by the province. Strangulation 0n Waste Is Continent-Wide Problem HOSpiIuI OI- Homemaker? Did the Keep Viaughan Green $6M Cline liberal u THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 28, 1973 Resigning In Mid-1' erm 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. Division of Burlington Printing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher “Second class mail, registration number 0190" An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 trying to crowd into that site will make operation impossible it is claimed and could lead to industries closing doxm because they can't get rid of their gar- bage. Metro is not the only city threatened by strangulation on its own waste, the problem is nationwide and continentwide. American cities are also smoth- ering in garbage and nearly half of them will run out of places to dump their trash within five years, a major study has found. Cities, it reports. are annually accumulating a trash heap of 250 million tons: 28 billion bot- tles, 48 billion cans. four mil- lion tons of plastic. 30 million tons of paper, 100 million tires and more than three million junk cars. The trouble is. according to the study, that what we are The next counéillor-to-be should have this well instilled in him beâ€" fore he decides to stand for the job. Come September, council will have'to decide whether to appoint a successor, or hold an election. But however they determine it, whoever plans to stand should make sure he knows what’s ahead of him. Belonging to council is not just a casual pastime, it’s a time con- suming and often monotonous job. But whether the moments are mainly monotonous or mildly re- warding, or both, the job is a lot more than just attending a couple of committee meetings and one council meeting every other week: It means being on call at all odd hours of the day and night, and usually results in just as many brickbats as bouquets. Or maybe he didn‘t know just how much time being a member of council required, and felt he could handle both jobs at once. Obviously he learned in a hurry, for after just six months. he has found it too taxing. But it does seem strange that he didn’t go into all this beforehand. slate know all along that there was a possibility that Mr. Bevan might have to bow out at some early stage if he got elected? Did Mr. Bevan know himself? He must have had some inkling of the heavy chore ahead of him, but as a good citizen of Kleinburg, he may have felt that the most important thing was to get a foot in the door and this could only be done by putting forth a strong slate to do battle against the res- ident menaces on council. Mr. Bevan has been a capable councillor and has made considerâ€" able contribution to the area. But he might have contributed more in the long run if he had decided not to stand back in Dec- ember. hospital until he is sure the patient is well, or will receive proper aftercare at home, and if you have ever tried to get your- self or a relative into a conval- escent hospital, you know that there is often a long waiting list at these institutions. Few people these days, with so many women working outside the home, have a friend or relative who can provide the home care needed by a convalescent patient still under doctor’s care, so the homemaker â€"- a mature, intelli- gent person capable of coping with the sick and responding in an emergency, is essential to the wellbeing of our society. The Red Cross in York adver- tises regularly for homemakers: “Satisfying and rewarding work with sick and elderly. Uniform ‘provided. Good remuneration. Phone 895-1341 or write 22 Pros- pect Street, Newmarket.” And why do they advertise so often? Because they simply cannot get enough homemakers to meet the demand. Private agencies, too, are reg- ular advertisers for homemakers and babyâ€"sitters. They get a great responseâ€"from prospective clients, but not from women who want to be homemakers. 'After all, home- making is by present standards a pretty low-status occupation. throwing away doesn't really go away at allâ€"it has to be put someplace. Our wastefulness is reaching crisis proportions. While the amount of solid waste discarded has doubled in the last 50 years. it has doubled ‘in the cities in the last 20 years. The future looks even bleaker. mainly because of the fascina- tion with packaging. which the study predicts will have in- creased 63% by 1976. Ninety percent of all packaging is tossed on the trash heap. American federal policies and regulations aimed at protection of the nation‘s air and water have produced immense waste disposal consequences for cities. Both the increase of semi-liquid sludges and the prohibition against incineration in major cities have raised the land re- In Honor Of Richmond Hill Centennial OPP Drug Squad Aid law Enforcement In honor of Richmond Hill's Centennial, the Toron- to-Dominion Bank at the Display Old Handbills, Posters As of July 1. the OPP will assume increased responsi- bility for drug-law enforce- ment, Solicitor General John Yaremko announced this week. To effect this change in policy a thirty-five man drug squad will be formed, which will enable OPP offic- ers to handle investigations, lay charges and process ex- hibits formerly in the hands of the RCMP. The creation of the new enforcement capacity is due to an increase in drug seiz- ures, the connection between drug abuse and other crim- inal activity, and an aware- ness of the potential danger to health in the widespread use of narcotics and drugs. The units intend to concen- trate on the more serious drug offences, such as traf- ficking and importing. with the emphasis on hard nar- cotics such as heroine and cocaine. The officers will be work- ing with RCMP and munic- ipal police officers in joint forces operations throughout the province. They will be located at Metro Toronto, Windsor. Sarnia, London, Kitchener. Hamilton, Orillia, Peterboro. Oshawa, King- ston, Ottawa, Sudbury, Thun- der Bay and Kenora. A two week drug investi- gators course, taught by spec- ialists from the OPP. RCMP, federal health and welfare department and the United States Bureau of Narcotics will be provided for the thirty-five members. On June 14, at Charles Howitt Public School, Mrs. Grace Leslie was honored for her outstanding service as a teacher in the Richvale community. Teachers who had worked with her, former students, friends, and parents made a special effort to show their appreciation at this time of her retirement from teaching. Throughout 26 years of teaching in this area, she has found it a profession of varied experiences. There have been joys, disappointments, and happy times in this process of helping children along to a greater level of awareness. “The greatest reward”, Mrs. Leslie says, “comes in discovering that it has been all worth while”, as she can see that many of her students have grown up to become good citizens in the area. Gifts were presented as a token of admiration. Her colleagues gave her a crystal Liqueur Decanter set, with six glasses, Principal Ralph Brown is shown above making the presentation. The School Community Association gave her a matching silver tray, for which she gave sgecial thanks. _To be sure, Mrs. Leslie will be missed but she has promised to return and visit, and perhaps even help if she is available. Good Luck Grace, and best wishes in your next career! Teacher Retires After 26 Years quirements for municipal dis- posal significantly, the report says. Federal laws also close off the best alternative solution -â€" resource recovery. These poli- cies favor the use of virgin ma- terials and discourage. even penalize. the use of recycled ma- terials. An estimated 16-24% of the solid waste is potentially re- usable, it is claimed. American cities now spend $6 billion an- nually to destroy waste. al- though the waste metals alone would be worth $5 million. However, the market for re- cycled material is small. For a nation facing inevitable re- source scarcity. already evident in the shortage of petroleum products it is highly significant that current federal policy shows no awareness of the reâ€" lationship between the genera- tion and disposal of solid corner of Yonge and Centre Streets is currently display- ing a number of old hand- bills and posters, dating back to 1852. These docu- ments, which were photo- copied from government ar- chives, provide a fascinat- ing glimpse into the charac- ter of Richmond Hill in the 1800's. Much is revealed about the citizen‘s lifestyles and values through the na- ture of the meetings, and the kinds of entertainment that they attended. The earliest poster is an advertisement for the Yonge Street Agricultural Society’s Spring Show, where prizes were to be awarded for the best dairy products, farm implements, fat cattle, etc. Underneath, in bold black lettering is a warning, “No Politics", followed by a pat- riotic “God Save The Queen.” Another advertisement, printed by the York Herald in 1859 tells of a “Grand Entertainment", featuring a lecture on temperance by Rev. Oulette of St. Michael’s Cathedral. along with “pieces recited by several children, selected for the occasion.” At the bottom of the page the public was informed that there were “no pains spared to make this a highly in- structive and moral enter- tainment." One poster. printed by “The Liberal" in 1880, gives a detailed description of a sixteen hand bay mare, stolen from the Rev. P. Addison. It offers: “Any person giving information which will lead to the recovery of the said mare will be suitably re- warded." In Canada we may still be a little better off, but the hand- writing is on the wall, that nat- ural resources are non-renew- able. once expended they are gone forever and the time to start to conserve them is now. Some small efforts are being made to recycle waste material, usually by the concerned young people who will have to live with the fact of resource deple- tion. Reclamation of waste mate- rials can be an expensive busi- ness and few firms are equipped to handle themâ€"but when the choice is between complete de pletion within the foreseeable future and preservation of some portion of our natural resources for generations to come â€" ex- pense should be a minor con- sideration. wastes and the deple‘tion of national resources. ilization over the achieve- ment of manhood and forti- tude." Chairman of the carnival committee William Pugsley a former reeve, also advertis- ed a Grand Masquerade, first of the season in 1891. Ad- mission was a mere 10 cents, but for some reason, people with blackened faces, or with cotton batting or paper trimming were not to be ad- mitted on the ice. In 1893. the Aurora Ban- ner advertised a “Prohibi- tion Plebiscite Convention for the County of York”, the purpose of which was to “Get out the largest vote possible." In order to help achieve this goal, the Rev. H. Matthews urged, “Let all Friends of Temperance Rally for God, Home, and Coun- try." Some of the more exciting entertainments in 1891 in- cluded a Blood and Fire Sal- vation Army Presentation of C o 1 o r s. by Commissioner Coombs, and a lecture on “The Foundation of Success" by J. Roberts, Esq., Saratoga, N.Y. Admission for the latter was “Ladies free, Gentlemen 10 cents.” All in all, the display pro- vides today’s Richmond Hill residents with a revealing view of this community's past. KING TWP â€" Joker's Hill owner Murray Koffler has quashed council’s fears of a major expansion of the sand pit on his property. His agreement with Gormley Sand and Gravel is limited to 100,000 tons and ends this September, he pointed out. After that the entire pit site will be rehabilitated with an evergreen planting. (Photo by Neale Harvey) Your issue of June 21, car- ried two articles on Page 3 under the headings “Parents Say Will Withdraw Child- ren" and “Houghton Fails In Bid For K-8 At Howitt". The articles concern some parents in South Richvale who do not want their child- ren leaving Charles Howitt Public School after complet- ing grade 5 and going on to Roselawn Senior School to complete grades 6, 7 and 8 before entering the second- ary school of their choice. GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM Dear Mr. Editorâ€" I as a parent from North Richvale who have had three children leave Ross Doan‘ Public School after complet- ing grade 5 and go on to Roselawn Senior School with the first commencing her third year as the second will join her at Langstafi‘ this September and the third will go into grade 7 in Roselawn I can say I am not happy with every aspect at any of the schools but do feel that Roselawn has provided my children, and indeed all the children who have attended there, with an experience that they would not have gained had they stayed in Ross Doan or at any other school from kindergarten to grade 8. This experience in my opinion has been ben- eficial and greatly assisted in the transition from pub- lic school to secondary school. Next as member of the Roselawn Association (home and school) I would like to say that the inferences made in the articles are entirely unfair to the school, the children (who no one seems to be really concerning themselves with) and the staff at Roselawn. Over the years I have found the staff at Roselawn to be devoted, willing and always only too ready to give of their own time and efforts to the bet- terment of the students. When this same issue arose at Ross Doan in 1970 the parents there did not fly off half cocked talking about not sending their children to Roselawn or using them as pawns at the school doors in September to force an issue. They investigated the two systems, discussed same, voted on the issue and then acted in the favor of the ma- jority. How many parents does Joseph Dineley repre- sent? Has he ever spoken to anyone at Roselawn? How sincere are his efforts in dealing with the educational 4 YONGE ST. SOUTH Richmond Hill Hydro Electric Commission SAM COOK, CHAIRMAN BRYDON ELLIS, MANAGER This booklet can help you to use electricity more effectively sense to use it wisely. That's why your Hydro has produced this bookletâ€"a simple guide to suggest ways you can save on the use of electricity and other forms of energy in your home Ask your Hydro for your free copy. Although we have enough electricity in Ontario to meet all our present needs, it still makes good s) stem? What has he or any of his group done to improve the environment in the area? As for Trustee Robert iloughton what does he want K-B, the present system or [(-87 He seems to blow from pillar to post and back to pillar. I can only suggest that as a -trustee he should investigate. listen to both sides. make a decision and stay with it. As a member of the com- munity I would like to ask Mr. Dineley's group and each member of the board of education (in particular the mar-«knees A‘AA‘AI‘ :“l‘m D:-\“ As the Chairman of GUARD (Group U n i t e d Against. Rural Dumping) an organization formed to fight garbage dumping in Halton County. and as an executive committee member of the Garbage Coalition of Ontar- io. a coalition of over thirty groups I assure you, you have friends. the cost to you. nothing. no dues, no commit- ments politically. If any one individual or any group wishes to organize and bene- fit from the experience of '‘ur and other groups. call or write me. As a member of the com- munity I would like to ask Mr. Dineley's group and each member of the board of education (in particular the members elected from Rich- mond Hill). What has any one of you done to rectify the deplorable conditions that exist at Roselawn Senior School? A school that had reasonable facilities before the arrival on the scene of} the great land sharks known‘ as BAIF. For one full school year the children in this school have had no recrea- tional facilities. after all BAIF needed their soccer field and their baseball dia- mond to build houses for people to live in to send children to Roselawn and in exchange they got a farm- er’s field which no one seems to care about â€" result â€" the children do their phys- ical education on the streets and the overflow prior to school. on their breaks and after school, where else. on the street. Is this conduc- ive to good behavior? Is this fair to the staff? God help the children, no one else seems to want to. not even our elected representatives. Shame on Mr. Dineley. Shame on Mr. Houghton. Get to the root of the prob- lem and stop making noises and inferences to satisfy your own ego without really accomplishing anything. Trustinsz that you will give eome consideration to allow- imz your readers to see some opposing opinions. I remain This is an open letter to the people of Maple and the Richmond Hill area. “You are the next in line to re- ceive Toronto’s garbage." Be ready, be prepared. Enivron- ment Minister James Auld stated in a letter to Esques- ing Township Council earlier this year that these bales of garbage are not harmless as claimed. WILL ASSIST GARBAGE FIGHT Dear Mr. Editorâ€" ALLAN EVELYN, 150 Pemberton Road. Richmond Hill. your hydro 884-4466 KEEP METRO'S GARBAGE OUT Dear Mr. Editorâ€" The people of Maple will, I believe. give their full sup- port to the Vaughan Town Council should the latter be determined to resist the ef- forts to dump Metro garbage in the Maple quarries. The people of York will support the regional govern- ment and the people of On- tario will support the provin- cial government â€"- we must have legislation. which will curb the proliferation of garbage and make recycling mandatory! HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DANCE Dear Mr. Editorâ€" When presiding over an examination at Richmond Hill High School on a rec- ent Wednesday, I was asked to give out announcements for Homecoming Week, and I learnt with some surprise that in the two days’ time there was to be 3 Richmond Hill High School Reunion Dance at the town arena. Inquiries around the school did not elicit anyone who, despite the occasional men- tion in “The Liberal", knew much more about the "Reâ€" union" than I did. Perhaps the committee was reluctant to involve th e school in a function which was occurring at the height of examinations. However, it was a little like reading in the paper that your wife and children were meeting down- town to celebrate Father's Day, and wondering why you had not been invited. WILLIAM JOHNSON RR 2, Rockwood. N. ROY CLIFTON, 105 Woodlane. Richmond Hill. TOM CONNOLLY, 10122 Keele Street, Maple.