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2 @NA 013132 liberal An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 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. W. S. COOK, Publisher “Second class mail, registration number 0190” THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 13, 1973 0““) p § / I 0 n . I ‘Pc UL d O 1 A‘ Appoint Roy Gemmill Warcl 3 Councillor The tragedy of the accidental death of Charles Stewart has left his seat at Richmond Hill Councrl table vacant and the other mem- bers of council with an important decision to be made. There are two methods of fill- ing the vacant Ward 3 chair â€"â€" by holding another election or by appointment. We believe that a decision to hold another election would only delay the filling of the seat un- necessarily and deprive voters in Ward 3 of direct representation on council. From past experience we can foresee only a small percent- age of the voters turning out to a winter election. On a previous océasion in such an election (to fill a vacancy on the school board when no candidate qualified in Ward 1) a mere three percent of the eligible voters visited the polls. RAY GEMMILL We commend Mayor William Lazenby and Regional Councillor Lois Hancey for their expressed willingness to act on behalf of these voters, and we know they will do everything possible if con- tacted, but both are very busy people fulfilling the duties of their own senior offices, so there should be as little delay as possible in selecting a successor for Mr. Stewart. Council may appoint the unsuc- cessful candidate in the last elec- tion, but is not required to do so. Ray Gemmill of 227 Ruggles Avenue South sought election in Ward 3 in December 1972 and polled 546 votes to Mr. Stewart’s 568. We believe that Mr. Gem- mill should be appointed to the vacant seat, since he has expressed an interest in serving his fellow residents of that area and since he is a resident of the ward. The precedent for this type of appointment has already been set in the Regional Municipality of York. Aurora Council has already appointed the top two unsuccessful candidates in last December’s election for council to fill vacant seats and Vaughan Council has appointed the top unsuccessful council candidate to fill a vacancy. We are aware that members of council are anxious to know the feeling of the electors in Ward 3 on this issue and suggest that our readers let any of the other eight members know how they feel be- fore the first of the year, when they will have to make their de- cision. Either Rail Transit Or Ottawa's Excuse Urged on by citizen demand here in York Region, the province sev- eral years ago studied the poten- tial of railroad lines for commuter service to Metro. At that time the studies pointed to the Canadian National line through Richmond Hill and Thornhill as the best to pick. The province set out to bring about the service but drew back when it faced what were found to be prohibitive financial charges by federal Crown agency, Cana- dian National Railroad. So we re- cently saw, the start of GO bus service as the best available alterâ€" ' native. But the potential for rail ser- vice is still there and the public demand for it keeps growing. Earlier this year Thornhill citizens voiced their hopes for rail com- muter service through Thornhill. This was when Markham Town held a public hearing before start- ing its local transit system. Last year public demand brought the federal government to the point of ooerating an experimental service through Maple. The merits of the results continue to be argued. It was with pleased surprise, then, that we noted last week’s reports of federal reconsideration for the Richmond Hill rail com- muter service to Union Station with stops at Thornlea, Finch Avenue and York Mills Road. The responsible minister in the Tru- deau Cabinet, Transport’s Jean Marchand, says he is seriously considering the paying 0f some of the costs of launching our long awaited rail commuter service. No doubt this is a result of growing citizen demand and the recent pilgrimage to Ottawa of Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey and Provincial T r a n s p o r t Minister Gordon Carton. The Trudeau Government must provide this and other Metro Toronto areas with rail commuter service or be able to prove Ottawa isn’t discriminating against us in favor of the Montreal urban area. Montreal has 108 commuter train services compared to Toronto’s six operated by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railroads. Canadian National, the federally owned and regulated rail operator, subsidized Montreal rail com- muters in the amount of $2,400,000 last year. We want the Trudeau Govern- ment to give us the rail com- muter service proven to be needed here. If we don’t get it, there certainly has to be a better explanation than heretofore forth- coming. Otherwise we are con- vinced it is obvious where the blame for this area’s lack of com- muter rail service must lie. _â€"___._â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€" llllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIllllIIlllIIIIlIIIIIIIIllIllllllllllllllllllllllll Call It Flag Day (Ottawa Citizen) The real reason for a statu- APARTMENT DWELLERS NOT SECOND CLASS Dear Mr. Editorâ€" When my landlord crowns the top of my Christmas Tree in my apartment lobby with a harsh reminder sign re- garding rents due (the sign appeared December 1 for December rentsl. I think, I know, it is time to register protest regarding callous, de- grading treatment of apart- ment building tenants. And also as an aside, to point out, that to the building owner, the “crowning star” is rent. High on my list for human dignity and the willingness for all people regardless of position or weath to com- municate, when mutual mat- ters arise. I resent the fact that the owner of my apartment build- ing is a “shadow figure" â€" carefully protected by the superintendent and property manager. As an "out-in-the- open" president of a com- )any, I am prepared at all times to represent my com- panyâ€"I do not hide. I accept the responsibilities of my position. As apartment living be- comes an economic and ‘herefore social necessity it is important that guide-rules of conduct be firmly estab- lished for both tenant and building owner (the term “landlord” is to me oppres- sive, and too clearly states he is lord over me). The provin- cial government should ex- pect yet another responsibilâ€" ity, the quality of living, not just the safe running of ele- vators, h e a It h standards. parking, etc. Should these offensive signs continue I believe it would be wise to see whether they legally contravene ouri human rights laws as laid down by our legislators es- tablishing personal rights. I do not submit to being walked on by thoughtless people. Visitors to my apart-’ ment think we are all a bunch of financial delin- quents in our building. If our owner is so con- cerned about his cash flow, I suggest there are other methods that can be used. A sledge hammer is not neces- sary when a selective tack hammer could be used. A short note is all that is re- quired, or come out of your: “shadow” and meet people. l the ‘ BRUCE PIERCE. Apartment 506, 7471 Yonge Street, Thornhill. tory holiday in mid-February is simply to have a break during the long period be- tween New Year‘s Day and Good Friday. But the work ethic being what it is, a holi- day for its own sake can't be publicly admitted. Hence the House of Commons Justice Committee will recommend that the holiday be named after someone or something. The likeliest candidate is Flag Day. to be observed on the first Monday after Feb- ruary 15, when Canada's flag twas first raised in 1965. The name is supported both by Liberals and New Democrats on the committee, and could provide an occasion for pat- iriotic rhetoric as well as a .day off work. This is a pow-- erful combination. If it weren‘t for the work ethic, we could give the real rt .ur the holiday by calling it something like winter break. But flag day will do. fen ‘ llllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\l\llllllllllfillllllllllllll SUTTON â€"- Whitefish, lake trout and shallowater ciscoe . will be spawning on the grav- ,elly shoals of Lake Simcoe this month. Short days and windy. cold evenings stimu- late spawning. It is estimated about 100,000 adult Whitefish should be spawning. The Presbyterian is one of the Hill citizen of the area. was shared by various Church in Richmond earliest Presbyterian Churches in the York Region. A frame church was erected as early as 1821 on land donated by James Miles, a popular and public-minded The building became a reality through the co-operation an-d diligence of all the villagers regardless of their faith. Upon completion it denominations. Rev. William Jenkins was the first min- (By Ethel Snow and Estelle Barker) Presbyterian Church, Richmond Hill ister, who was well known for his missionary work in the surrounding countryside and who served the church for twenty-six years. was a long way to Rev. Jenkins’ Church at Richmond Hill, but for many years the young peOple of surrounding areas went in pairs, quartettes and sextettes and were generally all married before the party returned. The church sketched was built in 1880 under the ministry of Rev. Isaac Campbell. It ' Own ical aberration? sentative of those who of our political system. Are we political party. for most of us, to find then be made known to If it seems like a chore to stop and consider, to take an evening a month to meet with a group of your neighbors on your street, just ask a Greek or a Chilean what they would give for the privilege. ***** berton Road for Ward 6 Richmond Hill; and M House, Gormley for Wa Helpmate had no names By DIANA COOK Interest Should Start In Are the democracies of the West an histor- ls the idea of one man, one vote, the rule of law and the lawmaker as repre- the past '2 These questions may seem very theor- etical compared to the concrete problems which beset us so overwhelmingly today, but the answer that each of us makes will determine the survival Too few of us, caught up in our daily rou- tines and responsibilities, can find the time to take an active interest in how we are governed -â€" many are not even activer affiliated with any survival of democracy, if, at best, we manage to “make it to the polls every four years?” Although it may not be feasible to read Hansard, listen to debates at Queen’s Park, or, or regional council meetings, where then do we find a place for involvement? The most convenient and the most immed- iate place to begin is in your ward association. Regardless of age or occupation, if you reside in this town at this time, then you are respon- sible for its present and its future. ment of how fast we grow or how quickly we strangle in our own traffic should be made, along with your neighbors, and that judgment must If you are interested in becoming part of your local ward’s ratepayers association, Help- mate Information, (884-2727) has provided this list of active members from each ward whom you may contact: Derek Evelyn (884â€"1286), 148 Pemâ€" sky, 40 Maryvale Crescent, Thornhill, for Ward 6 South; Doug Dison, Gormley Sideroad, RR 1, Rowe of Oak Ridges and Michael Cote, from BAIF. Gordon Mackenzie, 305 Richmond Street, Richmond Hill, is the representative for Ward 4. Ward elected him a thing of entitled to hope for the the time to attend local Your judg- those who represent us. North; Steven Zukotynâ€" rs. Anne Gold, Laxdale rd 5; as well as Gordon from Wards 1, 2 or 3. People planning to travel to Quebec or France, or just wanting to learn French for personal satisfaction, can now sign up for daytime classes at Seneca College's king Campus in January. The classes will meet twice. a week beginners .rill meet from 10 am to 12 1 noon on Tuesdays and T h u r s d a y 5. classes are scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays .‘rom 12 noon to 2 pm. There will also be evening classes for beginners on Monday and from 7:30 to 9:30 pm and :or intermediates on Tues- days and Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. Everyone registering in the conversa- tional French program at Seneca King is tested 50 that they may get maximum be- icfit from their classes. Under direction of Kathe- “ne Kclls. who holds both an MA and bachelor of edu- cation degree in French, the Conversationalist French Program At Seneca King Intermediate 3 Wednesdays I French program at Seneca is grouing rapidly. During the past summer. French Speaking students 1 from Quebec came to Seneca ‘King for a two-week pro- gram to learn English, while lstudents in Seneca's Flight iServiccs program spend ten idays each winter in QUEbeC :improving their French. Plans are also being de- veloped for a spring trip to France as an optional extra, lfor those part-time adults who may wish to further ‘practiceand consolidate their learning. 1 Seneca King‘s French lan- ‘guage lab is also used ex- tensively by full-time college students, and two classes of part-time adults have been ‘using the audio visual lab this fall. For further information about the conversational‘ lFrench course call 884-9901. ‘ or for toll free calls outside Schools Open To Parents Under New Education Act Parents wishing to visit the schools their children attend and trustees who wish to get inside schools in their own board area will soon no longer have to wait for an invitation or seek permission from the principal. The new Consolidated Edu- cation Act, which was given first reading in the Legisla- ture this month, is more a refinement of five acts, than an introduction of major pol- icy change, said Education Minister Thomas Wells in introducing the new Act. The consolidation, he said, removes duplication, ambip- guities and obsolete referen- ces in the five acts it will replace: the Ministry of Edu- cation Act, the Schools Ad- ministration Act, the Public Schools Act, the Separate Schools Act and the Second- ary School and Board of Edu- cation Act. It will be less complex and therefore much easier to use. In it. parents and trustees will be designated as school visitors and will be able to visit a school at any time. This designaton was previâ€" ously limited to clergyman and members of the Legisla- ture, The constitutional position and special identity of the Roman Catholic Schools has been retained in the consoli- dation. says Mr. Wells. It re- quires that, to be eligible for election as a Roman Catholic School Board trustee a per- son must be a resident of the region of the board for which he is seeking election, and he must be a separate school elector. In a news release to the press, Mr. Wells said that‘ between now and the next session of the Legislature â€"â€" after the Christmas break â€" the Ministry will welcome comments and suggestions about the new act before it is given second and third read- ing and thus becomes law. At the same time. the act will also be given thorough study by the Legislature‘s Standing Committee on Social Development. Advisory Group Change In Rezoning Procedure A strong protest against any changes in administrat- ive procedure to speed up zoning bylaw applications which may affect the ability of the public to present their views on such applica- tions has been lodged with the clerk of the municipal- ity by the Citizens‘ Advisory Board to the Planning Comâ€" mittee of Richmond Hill Council. The protest bears the signature of Co-Chair- man Pat Bedford, Marylo Graham and Buster Ver- meulen. The protest cites the case of Zadrevec and the Town of Brampton heard in the Divisional Court of Ontario June 26 last year, which brought the ruling that natâ€" ural justice requires a mun- icipal council to give notice and hold a hearing over a matter affecting the rights of ratepayers. it further noted that the report of the Select Com- mittee on the Municipal Board, 1972, recommended that amendments should be made in the appropriate statute to require all munic- ipalities to involve the pub- lic in local decision-making by these means: 0 Before a council finally determines an issue involv- ing planning or capital ex- penditure its intentions to do so should be made known in a public notice written in plain language. 0 At the same time the municipality should release all relevant information and reports. 0 Before the issue is voted on, ratepayers should have a full opportunity not only to present their views but also to obtain full infor- mation from the municipal- ity at a public hearing. The Citizens Advisory Group therefore request that the council’s planning com- mittee recommend that the town council adopt the rec- ommendations of the select committee and make no changes in administrative procedures that are not in keeping with those recom- mendations. Some weeks ago, Planning Director Hesse Rimon rec- ommended to council that to speed up the handling of‘: the region call Zenith 31200 bylaws for rezoning, council Makes Protest give three readings and send the bylaw on to the Minister for consideration at the same time as it is circulated to the concerned ratepayers (within 400 feet). Comments and objections of these rate- payers along with council’s comments on them would be forwarded to the Min- ister. The circulation after a third reading is required by the Municipal Act. Regional Councillor Lois Hancey proposed an amend- ment that the bylaw be circ- ulated after the second read- ing by council for comments and objections. That these would be analyzed an-d con- sidered prior to the third reading and the required cir- culation. This amendment carried and the matter was referred to the planning committee to come up with the proper wording for the motion. FOR ASSISTANCE WITH I G. 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