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----. ....... ULLE‘UL “10V unnnnvulnvuu a PLCOD The saine fines would apply to trustees conference for Wednesday afternoon in Rich- who locked out teachers or who refused to mond Hill to help further clarify the situation. 5 mama“\lmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmlmmmummmnmn\mmuumnunmmuuumuummmuuuu1l\\\\ullu\ummumuummnun\uumuuummmmmmummmmmmmmuunmmmm45 _ If emergency legislation now before the Legislature making proposed teachers’ strikes 7 illegal, doesn’t go through, schools in York i: Region would re-open January 7, instead of 4 January 3, ’h'ustee John Honsberger, chair- man of the York County Board of Education salary negotiating committee, told a meeting -- of the board Monday night. Chairman David Schiller was obviously distressed at the response of the public to the meeting which 'had been advertised as a public meeting. Including the chair- men and two reporters, just 14 people turned out. NEED GREAT Yet as the meeting pro- gressed it became obvious that the quality of the pub- lic representation far out- weighed the numbers. for al- most without exception the people present represented large bodies of concerned ci- tizens â€"- churches, service clubs. children's aid. York Regional Department of So- cial and Family Services, Back in 1969, Shawn Beggs, recuperating from surgery, came up with the idea of a Winter Carnival on the Mill Pond â€" and procee- ded to give substance to his dream and put on the finest winter entertainment [in the area. Every year since then â€" for five consecutive win- ters â€" he has headed the committee which struggled against the elements to pre- sent what 'has become the highlight of the winter sea- son. .r. _..., .- “uni. Shawn would be the first Carnival should not be al- to admit that he would not lowed to die. have been able to cope with In the meantime “The Li- the task without the effi- beral" joins with the resi- cient help of his wife, Anja. dents of Richmond Hill in Nobody will ever know the saying “Thanks for a job - ‘ -‘ countless hours she spent in well done," to Mr. and Mrs.] DAVID SCHILLE] taking care of the details for Beggs. ' Is There A Need? Ellllllll11llllll“llllllllll“l1111lllll1111“ll“lll“I“ll““Illl“lllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllll11“lllllllllllllllllllm“\lllllllllllllll““mumllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllllll“lllllllllllmllll ; In recognition and appreciation of their donations of $100 or more to the current Richmond Hill and District YWCA campaign for funds, more than 40 couples were in- vited to the Y’s Second Century Ball at Thornhill Golf and Country Club on December 5. Pictured above (left) Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warner are received by (left to right) YWCA Executive Director Doreen Wright and Robert Emergency Housing Needed Here? Yes VOL. 97, N0. 24. The meeting called by the Soeial Planning Council of Richmond Hill and Area discussed the need, the type of housing, location, funding of physical facilities, utilities, emergency food, emergency clothing, duration and cost of providing a housing unit or units (house or apartment) which would he available in timeiof crisis â€" eviction, fire, etc. By MARGARET LADE Is emergency housing needed in the Region of York, and specifically in,the Town of Richmond Hill, was the question confronting a public meeting at Don Head Secondary School on Vaughan Road November 29. The consensus of the meeting to the need was an overwhelming, “Yes”, and many points of view were put forward by the audience. Mr. Honsberger said the two original back-to-school days - January 3 and 4 - would be made professional development days, with the time being used to help get the schools ready in case the strike goes on. The emergency legislation, as introduced by Education Minister Thomas Wells, Monday afternoon, declares void the November 30 let- ters of resignations handed in by 7,800 teach- ers â€" 667 in York â€" in contract disputes with 17 school boards. The bill, which calls for compulsory arb- itration, also provides for fines of not less than $200 and not more than $500 for each teacher for each day a strike lasts. York Schools Will Still Open If Proposed Strike Legislation Fails Winter Carnival Needs YOU Century Ball Highlights "Y" Fund Raising Campaign 31.1.1 Publi" Chairman Schiller‘s con- cern for the “little response when there is so great a need" abated as those few present put forward positive and relevant ideas, showing an obvious concern within the groups they represented to serve those of the com- munity caught in emergency situations. Topics for discussion were drawn from a study under- taken by HI. 'I‘he Helpmate volunteers had contacted 33 churches between Steeles Avenue and Bloomington Sideroad. taking in the But times change and the Beggs have found that they will no longer be able to give the necessary leader- ship to the Winter Carnival, and that someone else will have to take over. If any public-spirited citizen with a flair for organization, a vivid imagination, the ability to work with others and to get others working, is willing to undertake this task, he (or she) is asked to let Mr. Beggs know. The Winter Carnival should not be al- lowed to die. Helpmate-Information. the Richmond Hill Fire Depart- ment, etc, which no one else had time ibrarY: A number of churches reâ€" ported no calls fpr emergen- cy aid during the past year, others had one or two, Thornhill Presbyterian had four, Holy Trinity Anglican in Thorn-hill had five, and St. Paul's United in Lake Wilcox between 12 and 15. 'Dhirty-one of the 33 church- es said they would be wil- l-ing to help in whatever way the-y could. Thomhill and Richmond Hill area-s. They also contacted; ser- vice cl-u‘bs, health units, the Department of Social and Family Services, Children’s Aid, police and fire depart- ments. - The five service clubs con- tacted all agreed they would help in cases of emergency and reported 13 calls for the past year. The Mr. Honsberger also announced a press conference for Wednesday afternoon in Rich- mond Hill to help further clarify the situation. Another five were being redrafted for further consideration. Mr. Honsberger said that seven of the 667 teacher resignations that had been received, were invalid. However, the board was offer- ing those seven the right to terminate their agreements under their contracts. One representative of the teachers’ com- mittee had stated that the meetings were beginning “to show some momentum,” Mr. Honsberger said. This momentum, however, consisted of discussion on 80 items, 16 of which the two sides had agreed on. lawyers are considering ways of the legislation in the courts. In his remarks to the board berger said the tw0 negotiating had had nine meetings so far, W one scheduled for Tuesday night. One representative of the tea mittee had stated that the mee Ontario Téac lawyers are c the legislation implement binding arbitration Geoffrey Wilkinson, pri Ontario Teachers Federati1 31 CHURCHES WOULD HELP RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1973 Wright, YWCA President Claudine Wallace and Rev. William Wallace, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Plaxton, host and hostess for the evening. ' . Following an excellent dinner, the sponsors” and their guests danced to the music of the Howard Gallagher Trio, who play regularly at the King Edward Hotel. Convenors were Mrs. Maureen McGraw and Mrs. Edith Bumfield. [The first two buses were LEE built and ready for delivery 3‘1? last week, says Muldrew. luummuu mmman\1m\nmunnu\\m\muummmuu1muumuumu\\\mm\g FedVerzition “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" Public acceptance of Mark- ham 'I‘own's new Thorn‘hill, Unionville and Old Markham local transit bus service 'is so good that full Saturday service for shoppers is being added in :time for the last two weeks before Christmas, saYS Ward 2 (North Thom- hill) Councillor Roy Muld- rew of Romfielvd Circuit. Saturday service starts this week from 9 am Ito 6 pm With the same routes and the same frequency as on week days, says Transit Com- m-imee Chairm'an Muldre'w. (See advertisement, page 20). Asked why Saturday ser- vice is being started now, Muldrew said, “We can’t get along without it. The service is going over better than we thought, with over 900 riders a day. After a month we’re already at about 60 percent of the usage level required. We will more than hit our goal." The police and fire de- partments reported no di- rect calls for help in finding emergency hou‘sing, but Richmond Hill Eire Ohief Robert Kennedy told the meeting ‘that in cases where the need was obvious. his department referred families to the appropriate agencies. Fat-her Francis Robinson of Our Lady Queen of The World Roman Catholic Church in Richmond Hill said that cases of need that Markham Transit Such Success They Add Saturday Buses There is still a defith and it's a little hig‘her nhan ex- pected because leased buses are being used temporarily. Costs will drop when the new town-owned buses a-r- rive in the next few weeks. health units had four calls, the Department of Social and Family Services 100 calls and the Children's Aid 10.; president in the first L and r week, 5 With uses ar- I weeks. es were delivery WOULD RESTRICT SERVICE Mr. Mirrlees was opposed to Richmond Hill “inheri- ting” destitute families from o t h e r municipalities. He pointed out that there were subsidized apartments in ’I‘homhill. that perhaps one unit might be made avail-able to regional agencies for (Continued on Page 24) umuuummumuumuummumum“unumuuuluuuumu Mr. Schiller said the cons- titution of the Social Plan- ning Council covered Ric'h- mond Hill and area, but the boundaries of “area” had not been spelled out. came to the attention of R0- man Catholic Churches were referred to the St. Vincent d-e Pa-ul Society, that it would have the' records of emergency calls received and would be the one dis- pensing assistance in such cases. Bill Mirrlees of Richmond Hill Lions reported “quite a number" of calls for fumi- ture. He cited one case where a family had a bed, but no mattress. They were supplied with mattress, bed- ding and kitchen furniture. He asked how far-reaching the emergency housing pro- ject would be. Would it be confined to Richmond Hill, or would Richmond Hill be called upOn to assist families from Georgina, etc. Regional Welfare Worker Warren Hall said that if his department reported 100 emergency cases the public could be assured that they were legitimate. “We check them out and do the best we can to help." WELFARE CASES TOP LIST The question arose as to how many calls for help were authentic cases of need. The board has argued that it can’t afford to con- tinue to pay for qualifica- tions that aren't being used. while the OSS'I'F claims the board is trying to save money in the wrong places. This is similar to the secondary teachers’ con- cern about job categoriza- tion, Which calls for a teacher to be paid one ca- tegory lower where he is assigned a teaching pro- gram, that for more than 50 percent of his teaching time is an area of the cur- riculum other than that in which his category is based. they be of their rather t they do‘ Monday afternoon, the teachers held a meeting at the Odeon Theatre in Newmarket and by an 802-5 vote, reaffirmed their rejection of the latest board of education salary offer, presented in June. Nelson Lambert, presi- dent of the Association of Federations of the York Elementary Teachers, said the group had now reques- ted the assistance of the provincial federation for the second step of salary negotiations. Main issue at stake is the teachers’ demand that they be paid on the basis of their job qualifications, rather than for the job York County teachers are f the footsteps a leagues in the schools. Public School Teachers Next? (Photo by Susan Samila) 1ty elementary : following in s of their col- the secondary demand that on the basis qualifications, for the job : York rs, said reques- of the “Planning has to start somewhere,” she continued. “Because of applications com- ing in we (the planning com- mittee) decided that a study should be made to determine whether we should continue to allow strip development along our main thoroughfare or have some type of new development in the new town of Richmond Hill. This report was done by very competent students under the direction of Mr. Rimon.” As a result, it said it would not ask for the power to grant con- sents on land severances, but would only ask to' monitor them. The region met in a special session Thursday to discuss Treasurer John White’s proposals, which followed numerous pleas from regional governments across the province to be given greater control over urban planning. Under Mr. White’s new legislation, regional goverm ments would have the right to approve subdivisions, of- ficial development plans, zoning bylaws, condominiums and the Official Plans of local municipalities under the conitrol of regional coun- cils. In a session rthat began in the morning and ended in mid afternoon. council spent most of its time debating whether it should intrude in the territory of local com- mittees of adjustment. an also whether it should de‘ with the recommendations 4 all before its own officiy plan was approved. Planning Commissiom Murray Pound. who used series of flow charts to e: North Yonge Corridor Hearing Elgin Mills T0 Bond Lake Area Regional Councillor Lois Hancey. who chaired the meeting in the absence of Councillor David Stephenson. pointed out that land use policies will be developed from such studies as this, “It’s up to council to adopt policies based on this study.” The report points out that that section of Yonge Street lies partly in Zone 1 and partly in Zone 2 of the Tor- onto-Centred Plan for Devel- opment and explained the purposes of the study as an examination of the policies of land use and where necessary to replace them with guide- lines for future development in the area. The report recommends maintenance of the land use in its present form â€"â€" mainly agriculture, recreation and open space. Planning direc- tor Hesse Rimon noted that pressures for development necessitated a review of pres- ent land use policies in this area. Councillor William Corcor- an criticized the lack of pro- tection for a farmer who wants to sell his property for development and cannot be- cause of zoning. Councillor Andy Chateauvert agreed, “I believe we should include compensation for those not able to sell to a developer.” A land use study of the North Yonge Corri- dor, a 700-foot wide strip on both sides of High- way 11 from Elgin Mills Road north to Bond Lake was carried out by three of the four students (all doing post-graduate studies) who worked for Richmond Hill during the summer months. The study was first presented to council’s planning committee headed by Councillor David Stephen- son in August and referred for further study. It came back for discussion at the meeting of the whole council as a planning committee December “Very good!” said an admiring Santa as he examined an entry in his coloring contest contained in last week's issue of “The Liberal”. Santa had just arrived at Richmond Heights Centre on a fire truck, escorted by Firefighters Rick Lazenby and Gerry MacMullin and had begun to greet his young friends in his trailer By JIM IRVING York Regional C0_uncil last week, while approving most of the recommendations concernmg the shift of power to the municipalities from the province in matters of planning, agreed that the status quo should not be completely bypassed in one area at least. Region Likes Powers The report recommends to Would Leave Granting 0f Consents At Local Level ‘ , x HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Recognizing the existence of development, he noted that the stretch of highway frontage from Elgin Mills Road to Naughton Drive will The planning director as- sured members of council that it was intended to get public reaction as part of the study. However, he es« timated that between 70 and 90% of land owners in the area are not drawing their livelihood from agricultural production, He compared the zoning policies of Vaughan and Markham Townships to which this area belonged un- til the beginning of 1971. The differences are very clear, he said. On the east side (formerly in Markham) only open spaces and institu- tional uses prevail. On the west side there are all kinds of rundown commercial out- lets. “The east side has a superior land use pattern as a compliment to what we have south of the former Richmond Hill boundary." In a session ohat began in the morning and ended in mild afternoon. council spent most of its time debating whether it should intrude in the territory of local com- council that no further com- mercial development be per- mitted in the study strip. but that existing commercial esâ€" tablishments be encouraged to upgrade their facilities. It also recommends extensive landscaping, deep setbacks and shrubbery plantings to improve the appearance of Yonge Street. Regional Councillor Gor- don Rowe strongly recom- mended that the people involved in the study area be invited “to come and hear you (Mr. Rimon) spell it out.” He favored public input in the same fashion as is being encouraged in the Lake Wilcox and South Yonge Corridor studies. Councillor Chateauvert felt that some points needed clearing up before a public meeting is held. mittees of adjustment. and also whether it should deal wi¢h the recommendations at all before its own official plan was approved. Plannring Commissioner Murray Pound. who used a series of flow charts to ex- be considered an extension of the urban centre. It will be zoned commercial on both sides. He went on to point out that upgrading of existing commercial establishments will occur when applications for new buildings or exten- sions to existing buildings are received. “This whole country was developed by strip develop- ment," stated Councillor Cor- coran. “And by Jov,_ we've done a pretty fair jo 50f it." The report also named three development areas. already in existence. and all primarily residential â€" Jefferson, 19th Avenue and Yonge, and the northeast corner of Yonge and the Gormley Sideroad. “We have to make certain assumptions," stated Mr. Ri- mon. “I don’t think we can establish that full services will be available to this cor- ridor for some years. We have no indication of time, as yet, When services are avail- able we will have to take another look at the official plan and zoning." References made to speci- fic businesses in the area of the study brought criticism from some councillors. It was agreed that these should be removed before the report is made public. It was also agreed that the opinion of the town's solicitor Tom Fra- ser would be obtained before a public meeting is held. ‘lll““ll“lllllllulllullllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Only Canadian At Nobel Awards President and executive producer of the film com- pany Burg Productions, Kramreiter is jointly res- ponsible for a film series on Nobel Prize winners of the world. The series is sponsored by Sweden, France, Australia and Ger- many for world-wide dis- tribution. A long time Thornhill resident Antony Kramrei- ter of 217 Arnold Avenue was to be the only Cana- dian guest attending the Nobel Prize award cere- monies in Sweden Mon- day. He left here for the event on the weekend and was to return yesterday. 7 In the pictuâ€"re with him is Joan Vemer while his helper, Betty McKinnon, is seen in the background. home last Saturday. He is there Monday to Friday from 1 to 4 and 6-9 pm and on Satur- days from 10-5 pm. plain the procedure, said the first drafit was 12 to 14 months awaw from being ready for submission to council. WHY WAIT? Mr. Anthony Roman of Markham said *he couldn't see any benefits in waiting for the Official Plan. Why couldn't the region assume the new powers at that time, dealing with them on the basis of area Official Plans. Dr. Arnold Arai Again President YCAMR For I974 The association has re-or- ganized its committees and three have been appointed. The direct services commit- tee will be responsible for operation and maintenance of programming, preparation of the annual budget and re- viewing it quarterly. The in- direct services committee will be reponsi-ble for the operation of all support ser- vices: and a finance and ad- ministration committee res- ponsible for carrying on the financial, administration and personnel policy of the asso- ciation in an effective and Mr. Pound said that, if council wished to assume the powers immediately, it could be done. Dr. Arnold Arai will again head the Board of Directors of the York Central Associ- ation for the Mentally Re- tarded as president for 1974. Don Hodgson will be first vice-president, Mrs. Ann Whittingham second vice- president, Bill Jones comp- troller and Fulton Watters past President. Other, mem- ber of the board of directors will be Warren Bailie, Glyn Bancroft, Bob Cage, Mrs. Catherine Carter, Mrs. Lois Hancey, Mrs. Valerie Clar- brough, Miss Lea’h Stephen- son, Bert Lovie, Paul Min- gay, Mrs. Leona Rowan. Ed Neale and Mrs. Penny Prid- dy. The association operates Hope Haven Nursery in Richmond Hill, which 'has 16 pre-school children enrolled and six on the waiting list; ARC Industries, a sheltered workshop for adults, with 60 trainees; and High Point in Markham. a residence with a family atmosphere. efficient manner PRICE 15¢ PER COPY (Continued on Page 3) MURRAY POUND . . . Explains Process (Photo by Fawn)