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“‘th ‘May we on behalf of all Rich- mond Hillites say thank you to Chairman Robert Warner and his hard-working, imaginative and innovative committee who planned and carried out the many events of the year. Of course, the major highlight of the year’s activities style park to be enjoyed for many years by the residents of Rich- mond Hill. If we keep the spirit which made 1973 outstanding our fore- cast is that Richmond Hill will be the best town in Ontario in the future. American DST. CONCERN FELT The National Farmer Union protested to Premier William Davis by telegram January 2 against making daylight time mandatory in all municipali- ties. The farmers claimed the change to daylight time would ‘be only to accommo- I:l-lllllllllllllllllllllllllll“Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll1111llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Illlllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll‘1'l There are many people who de- serve the heartfelt thanks of every citizen â€" starting with Mayor William Lazenby, who gave leader- ship to the municipality through- out the strenuous year, at the sac- rifice of countless hours of time. He received the solid backing of other members of council and his selection of citizens for the Gen- tennial Committee proved indeed to be a wise one. Now we can look back on the busiest and most active year in Richmond Hill’s history with pride and pleasure. As the citi- zens of this town celebrated its 100th birthday throughout the year, a spirit of community inter- est was born, nourished and grew to a point never before seen in the municipality. It is our hope that this com- munity spirit will continue throughout the coming years, so that every citizen is aware that they live in a most progressive town and will help to develop it to its fullest potential. We trust that this burst of enthusiasm, co-oper- ation and participation is not to be confined to special years and that we do not have to wait another hundred years to see it again. The dental and health author- ities made their plea for fluorida- tion before the council a year ago. They were able then to convince costumes and rehearse for a three-day run as it is for longer runs, which, incidentally. are usually: more profitable. Following the law of dimin- ishing returns, the three-day run also means the actors get u..11thuiilll“mumlllllllllllllllllllllll“\ll\“lllllllllmllllllllhlll“llllllllllllllllllll“lllllmimmuth\“lllllllmlllllllllllll“lll“lll“llllllllllllll111ill“llllllllllllll“lllllllllllmlllmmlml“11ll“lmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlmlm~13 Frank Steele plays the rog- uish and aging lothario who charms the bride's mother out of her middle class inhibitions at a price we can only guess at. Both he and the mother, played by Ethel Codd, give convinc- -._-.._, ... VuAlLAul uuuasnu Drama Awards Festival. Tra~ ditionally the Curtain Club has fared well in this awards pro- gram and the play, the director and the cast have bee selected with the awards in mind. The play runs February 1-16. Moreover. Aurora's s m a l 1 population base of some 12,- 000 is a further handicap. It is just as hard to make sets and costumes and rehearse for a three-day run as it is for longer runs, which, incidentally, are usually more profitable. Undoubtedly the ra tepay er association feels there are enough citizens interested in the issue to warrant the holding of a public meeting. So long as this is so the town council should be prepared to open the lines of communica- tion. Unlike Richmond Hill Cur- tain Club which boasts its own well-equipped theatre, Aurora actors have to make do with borrowed premises in St. An~ drew's College. While the col~ lege offers a nice locale and the auditorium is very good, it is hard on any amateur group to work under this handicap. Difficulties often arise in set construction, lighting and dec- oration which are not present in club owned premises. JACK GALBRAITH The ratepayers should have been given a public information meeting on the question when they requested it early last year. 2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 10, 1974 By TOM DAVEY leeral's Drama Critic Theatre patrons from the Hill who braved the cold and snow last week to attend Theâ€" atre Aurora’s "Barefoot In The Park" were suitably rewarded. In a word, the comedy was magnificent. The South Thornhill Ratepay- ers’ Association is quite right in Rs inflstence upon further pubhc involvement in the question of choosing to fluoridate the Mark- ham Town water supply. Chair- man Jack Galbraith and his exec- utive committee were certainly correct in their recent repeat re- quest to the local municipal council. Aurora Players Hit With Barefoot Thornhill Ratepayers Need Fluoride Answers EMA 013132 liberal An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 '98â€"‘â€" U I, A Subscription Rate $6.00 per year; to United States $9.00; 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” II Was A Great Year He 1‘ husband, beautifully played by Gord Ness, tosses off a series of wickedly witty quips as the couple stagger from mis- fortune to calamity. Her cast of only six players manipulates Neil Simon‘s bril- liant dialogue to deft advant- age. Julie Wood gives a great performance as the scatter- brained Corrie Bratter, a newly- wed who rashly rents a sixth floor apartment with more enâ€" thusiasm than forethought. But Theatre Aurora overcame these inherent hazards to pro- duce a hilariously funny show which kept the audience in stitches. Audrey Rowlands, the direc- tor, is well known to Hill the- atregoers as she has directed and acted in,Aurora, Newmar- ket and Richmond Hill. less experience on stage than their theatrical colleagues on the Hill. Also to be thanked is the Loyal True Blue and Orange Home whose generosity will provide a passive style park to be enjoyed for many years by the residents of Rich- mond Hi1]. A special thank you is also due Chief Librarian Patricia Hart, who served on the Centennial Com- mittee, and preserved for future generations the history of Rich- mOnd Hill, through two books (the second to be released in the near future). The first named and located most of the more than a century old buildings in the town, so that interested persons could do their own historic tours. ' Thanks are also due to the serv- ice clubs for their many con- tributions, the firefighters, the churches, the musical groups, the schools, the senior citizens and hundreds of individual citizens for their efforts to make 1973 a mem- orable year. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. At the CNE, Richmond Hill Day Was a smashing success which brought the town much favorable publicity. was the old~home week in June with its parade, the best ever in this community, the dances, the “Concert In The Park”, church services, etc. So the town council’s failure to comply with the ratepayer request for involvement doesn’t appear likely to have any very serious consequences in the long run. There is still plenty of time for study, provision of information, meetings and argument. But the ratepayers shouldn’t be kept wait- ing unnecessarily. At the same time the question is probably larger than a local one. Fluoridation is a responsi- bility of the new regional munic- ipality and as yet the York Region municipal corporation has no leg- islative authority to act. Nobody yet knows whether the regional council could, or would, decide to fluoridate the water it supplies to any one local town or neighbor- hood. It may have to be a decis~ ion taken for the region as a whole. ‘ ‘ Of course participation 1 in a public panel discussion will require a further extra effort by the dental, medical and public health people. But on the other hand, failure to put forth this effort is likely to be adversely interpreted by the ratepayers and generate opposition. But on the public health me: directly affects citizen. So the I right to hear a re ation like the ( sented to council. the council, by a large The fluoridation is: explosive history. 0fte been a tendency for than light to be gener question. affects So the hear a I 1e other hand measure of this otner hand any easure of this kind 3 each and every ratepayers have a responsible explan- __one already pre- large majority on issue has . Often there h ' for more he generated on t ‘fiD Watch out for a major effort in this play as it is the club's entry in the Central Ontario Drama Awards Festival. Tra- ditionally the Curtain Club has fared well in this awards pro- gram and the play, the director and the cast have bee selected with the awards in mind. The play runs February 1-16. Meanwhile Richmond Hill Curtain Club is rehearsing hard for its next play “Everything In The Garden" by Edward Al- bee. Ralph McKim, as' the tele- phone man, and Phil Knibs, as the delivery man, get a sur- prising amount of laughter for the short time they are on stage But then, it is a theat- rical dictum that there are no small parts â€" only small ac- tors. This show proves that Aurora has a strong theatrical pulse which towns twice its size might envy. Like the director, Mr. Steele is well known in the Hill for his character roles in local plays. ing portrayals in a situation which could easily have lapsed into a theatrical cliche. has heat the The CBC receives all its programs taped or else shmvs are preâ€"released and can be replayed in Canada at any time; The Toronto Stock Ex- change could open at 9 am, rather than 10 am to remain in step with American ex- changes and would experi- ence no problems with the American DST. Air Canada felt few sched- uling problems would be ex- perienced if Ontario remained on standard time for the rest of the winter; 4 Gray Coach, major connect- or bus line to the US would merely advise passengers to leave earlier for US connec- tions. Other economic factors cited were transportation, television scheduling, time- tables and- uniformity of stcck exchange hours in New York and Toronto. FEW PROBLEMS However, it was learned that Strongest advocate of the proposal was Industry and Toqrism NSnister Clau "Bennett, \v o wanted the move for commercial rea- sons. The proposal was made in response to requests from several industries, which claimed they would be seri- ously affected if they were out of step with parent firms or associates in the U.S.A. Hurray, for Canadian inde- pendence! Another battle has been won by the Ontario Cabinet's decision not to fol- low the United States into year-round daylight saving. CHANGED MIND Ontario‘ Treasurer John White. who originally was one of the strongest propon- ents of the year-round day- light saving proposal, changed his mind last week. Public reaction. while light, raised enough questions to make him reconsider. Daylight Saving Time Decision Is Left To Municipalities The first New Year baby born at York Central Hospital arrived at 12:20 am Thursday, the third day of 1974. Newborn Adam Lee Hook, eight pounds, is shown with his mother Mrs. Phyllis Hook of 5775 Yonge Street, Willowdale. Unimpressed with the picture taking proceedings, baby Adam snoozed right through it all. He is the great nephew of this newspaper’s Crestwood Road area local news correspondent. The parents Mr.‘ and Mrs. Roy Hook are former Thornhill residents. The grandparents are Mrs. Olive St. John of Centre Street, Thornhill and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hook of 65 Arnold Avenue, Thornhill. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hook of 26 Elizabeth Street, Thornhill are great grandparents. First I974 Baby At YCH Energy Minister Darcy McKeough has stated that Ontario’s energy saving would be minimal. Federal Energy Minister Donald Macdonald said the move to year-round DST would result in greater consumption of home heating Concern about the school children boarding buses as early as seven o'clock in the mcrning on roads in the north end of the Region of York, where bears and wolves have been reported on occas- ion, was expressed by Busi- ness Administrator Percy Laframboise of the York County Separate School Board to “The Liberal” in mid- Dccember. OPPOSITION Strongest opposition to the move has come from the par- ents of rural school children. They were very worried about their children having to catch school buses in morning darkness. The telegram suggested that if certain businesses found it more convenient to be in the same time as their parent companies in the US, they could solve their prob- lem “by ch ‘nging their office hours to co respond and thud accommodate their so-called needs without disrupting thousands of residents of rural Ontario.” date the money market be- tween here and New York Czty. but it would be made at the expense and inconveni- ence of a majority of Ontario residents. The group also noted that thousands of school children would be forced to board school buses and travel over often treach- crous roads in the early morning darkness. The new Mississauga District Office is located on the fifth floor, UNIVAC Building 55 City Centre Drive. Mississauga. Ontario Ministry of Health A new Ontario Health Insurance Plan office is now open to serve residents‘ physicians. and practitioners in the following Counties: New health insurance office serves district residents Ontario Hahon Muskoka Dufferin Telephone: (416) 275-2730 Office hours: 8:00 am. to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday Mailing address PO. Box 7020 Muss»ssauga LSA 3M1 York (excluding Metropolitan Toronto) Simcoe Peel oil. People would get up at the coldest time of the day - the hour before dawnâ€"and turn the thermostats up. TRIED IN BRITAIN Year-round DST was adopt- ed in Britain in 1968 and abandoned in 1971 as un- workable. Chief among the arguments which led to the latter decision was the safety of children and workers leav- ing home in the dark to go to schools and jobs. During the three-year experiment, some children were killed going to school on dark mornings and a government report con- firmed there was greater danger in children going to school in the dark. But the same report also found that accidents in the late after- noon, when the children were returning home, were down considerably. ' DAYS GETTING LONGER Since the sun has begun its return trip from the south the days are lengthening â€"it rises a little earlier every morning and sets a little later every night. Therefore any saving or extra use of fuel would be spread over only a very few Weeks. ' U.S.A.‘ ADOPTS The U.S.A. went on day- light saving Sunday with the White House claiming that shifting an hour of daylight from the morning to the eve- ning could reduce demands. on electricity and heating by‘ as much as three percent, mostly in the northern states. The Americans also claim} the move could save as muchl as 150,000 barrels of oil a‘ day, “will mean only a mini- mum of inconvenience and will involve equal participa- tinn by all." (Photo by Stuart's Studio) Shops such as Nancy’s, which specialize in unique handcrafted goods, are especially valuable in an age of mass manufacturing, when it is dif- ficult to find original creations in a bright setting and for a reasonable cost. Although the shop is very small, Nancy is planning on holding arts and craft classes there in the future. The class sizes will of course be limited, and the teachers will be local artists. A painting class. designed for beginners who need guidance in what to paint and in what medium, will be taught by Ann Lamure. It will be held twice a week from 7 - 9:30 for a period of four weeks at a cost of 815. Classes in crocheting and macrame will probably be scheduled for later on in the year. In selecting what to buy, she goes by her own taste, some of her favorite items being wooden toys that “really bring out the kids’ im- aginations,” and jewellery by Rafael that “men like as much as women.” Crocheted jewellery, and bracelets out of braided string, rope and satin are also available. In 1119 Spotlight So far business has been great, according to Nancy, but better than that, she really enjoys meeting and talking with her customers. “I’ve learned a lot from them.” ' Perhaps the most consistently popular items in the store are the inexpensive beads, which come in all sizes and shapes. “Some people make their living selling candy or cigarettes. I make mine selling beads.” vu- ~u 5...“ crafts store, carrying a wide variety of hand made goods. There are, for example, macrame wallhangings, metal sculptures, wool and embroid- ery thread, cushions and hand woven cloth. Elgin Court cards and post cards also available, are very popular. ‘ According to Nancy, local residents come into the shop, and often, as the result of a con- versation, offer to bring in some of their own crafts, which she readily accepts. “One woman brought in some hand knitted children’s clothes, another glass figurines . . . it just sort of snow- balls.” her own 5 Like a lot questioned interests 11 something The ] The moonlight falls upon the cloth of white That covers rolling fields and tree and hill; A watchdog’s voice disturbs the quiet night, Another answers and then all is still. The frozen fronds bend down along the creek The snowy owl has ceased his eerie call; The stately hemlocks crown the distant peak As night has wrapped the valley in its shawl. A lonely farmhouse sheds a beacon light Wherein a troubled one may lie awake Not knowing that the lovely face of night Might for an instant sooth a sorrow’s ache, As winter bends above the sleeping land, And paints a picture with a Master Hand. ’ Seneca's Finch Campus is also offering January admission in many day diploma programs. For information call 491-5050, Ext. 397 Part-time courses in English and Cornmunications. Liberal Studies and Visual Arts are also available. For further information on all programs, contact the Campus Registrar at 884-9901, Ext. 244/245 Got your Grade 12? Or perhaps you're a mature student 19 or over? Either way, you can start college on January 14 at Seneca's King Campus. Check this list of challenging programs: Business Administration 4 or 6 Semesters Secretary-Executive, Legal,or Medical 4 Semesters Food and Beverage Control 4 Semesters Recreation Facilities Management 4 Semesters Underwater Skills 2 Semesters Early Childhood EduCation 4 Semesters Two own By DIANA COOK “The Hobbique” Offers Unique Handcrafted Goods ml? months ago, Nancy Madeiros opened shop in the Richmond Heights Centre. )t of people, she had for a long time d working in an office when her real lay elsewhere, and finally decided to do 3* about it. ‘ Hobbique is essentially an arts and Winter Nig/It bique is essentially an arts and carrying a wide variety of hand There are, for example, macrame metal sculptures, wool and embroid- OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY SENECA COLLEGE DUFFERIN STREET NORTH RR3 KING CITY ONTARIO 884-9901 54 Arnold Street, Richmond Hill. ROBERT D. LITTLE, 40rBSemeaem :m 4Sememem 4Semeaem 4Semefiem ZSemeMem 4Sememem A classified ad in .“The Liberal" is a good way to turn out-grown or unneeded items into cash. It's easy to order your ad. Just phone 884-1105-6 for direct-line FOR FAST RESULTS. In the last days of 1973, no empty chauvinism or mere custom could have command- ed such a large audience for the Queen‘s Christmas Mes- sage. She shows leadership, she is credible. she gives hope. ‘ “I believe that Christmas should remind us that the qualities of the human spirit are more important than ma- terial gain. Christ taught lov‘e and charity and that we should‘ show humanity and compassion at all times and in all situations.” Her words are simple, at a time when our ears are bat- tered by new jargon, flowery phrases that mean nothing and the manipulations of image makers. Cynical 20th Century hu- mans recognize in the Queen, Queen of Canada, leader of the Commonwealth and titu- lar head of the Church of England. a person worthy of respect. When she says “real happi- ness . . . comes from serving and thinking of others", her listeners know she sets the same high standard for her- self. "We are constantly being told that we live in a chang- ing world and that we need} to adapt to changing condi- tions. But this is only part of the truth and I am sure that all parents seeing their chil- dren getting married are re- minded of the continuity of human life." As a living bearer of Brit- ish tradition, a keen student of history and a person who has seen more of the world than most of us ever will, the Queen reminds us that man- kind has suffered before and survived. She speaks to a worl wounded by discrimination hunger. terrorism. greed, war self interest. torture and in justice. Many so-called world statesmen have been revealed as corrupt and shallow. guilty of sins from deceit to mur- der. When the Queen spealc about her family, she reache: both those who possess ant cherish close family life am those who hunger for tha‘ warmth and support. When she mentions th Commonwealth a n d h o membership in it has “q subtle influence on the rela-‘ tions between its leaders'fl she speaks from 20 years 0! personal acquaint nce with those leaders and he events they shape. But the Queen writes th speech herself, summonin her depth of experience i world affairs and her stron senses of duty and compa sion to avoid words the would ring false. The message could so eas ily career along on an im perial route, ~slop over int sentimentality. trot an old fashioned course or float big and out of touch. What is it about the Queen Christmas Day Message the prods millions of Commoy wealth citizens to pause du] ing hectic holiday celebrz tions and listen? A Credible Leader SEE OUR WANT ADS. (Hamilton Spectator)