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No one can “Lead, carry or take any animal including dogs and cats into a town park unless it is an entry in a pet show or training school being held in the park. Any animal found in a town park shall be deemed to have been taken there by the owner or the person having custody _th§reof._’_’_ ‘ What startled Councillor Rowe was the realization that an owner wouldn’t be allowed to even take his dog through a park on leash. Something of a dastardly turn of affairs. This paper can certainly com- miserate with all those many innocents who have at some time in the past (and undoubtedly in the future) have been tripping along without a care in the world only to suddenly step on something unmentionable. It has happened to the writer. Not a pleasant sensation. The earth and the sky didn’t exactly collide at last week’s Rich- mond Hill Town Council meeting when second and third reading was given to an amending bylaw which prohibits dogs from municipal parks for all practical purposes. But a shudder must have surely run through the mind of all dog- lovers. Not to mention the dogs. AV 1 v..." The “dog” part of the bylaw was only one of a number pertain- ing to the parks but it was enough to cause Regional Councillor Gor- don Rowe to run a hand through his ample shock of pepper-and-salt hair with something like shock._ I‘vlzhig-‘fiai'éi-Edlér Elause in the amending bylaw respecting town parks said to “vyitz‘ , L,'L_ However, one would have to go along with Councillor Rowe’s gut feeling that prohibiting dogs from town parks even while on a leash with their master holding on to The recently released Metro Toronto Transportation Plan Re~ view points clearly to a number of the factors which are going to strongly influence the fate of this southern York Region area. The municipal planners and concerned citizens who want to guide our community development to the best goals might well take a good look at this new report. It predicts a Toronto commuter traffic crisis over the next seven years. The Metro configuration on our York Region’s southern boundary has tended to develop along the Lake Ontario shore from east to west in a band roughly controlled in width by the distance sewage would flow south into the lake unaided through a pipe by force of gravity. The distance of deve- lopment from the lake, however, is much wider in- the vicinity of Woodbridge than it is to the east at Markham-Pickering. So there is a build-up of develop- ment pressure, especially in south- ern Markham and also in Vaughan. Metro growth now is contained by the long-established Steeles Avenue boundary which especially to the west is close to the line at which sewage could no longer be drained off to the' south. But Steeles Avenue’s alignment gets much closer to the lake to the east. Now the huge multi-million- dollar sewer and water scheme up the R'ouge River Valley into Pic- kering-Markham and across to Richmond Hill and Vaughan Towns is almost an accomplished fact. It will be the pin that pricks the development bubble and releases the deluge northward. The provin- ce recognizes this fact in plunking down a satellite town plan on land taken from Pickering-Markham. This will create a large new municipality in the Region of Durham on the Rouge River drainage scheme. Plans are steadily going ahead and were recently shown to Markham Town Council. The Metro Toronto Transportaâ€" tion Plan Review outlines the commuter traffic and road comâ€" munication pressures now being felt and soon to come. It shows transportation forces now strongly press for urban development in the Highway 7 corridor from Wood- bridge through Concord, Langstaff and Thornhill largely vacant lands from Vaughan across Markham t0 Pickering. The review shows exploding development to the east of Metro in Mississauga is going to choke “n‘tia +‘-’-nӢ+€ps connecting that Pl Metro â€" Regional Traffic Crisis Is Imminent LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Wednesday, July 24, 1974 You Dirty Dog 013m liberal Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Second class mail registration number 0190 How many times have you seen a stately old man taking his pek- inese dog (also stately looking) through one of Richmond Hill’s fine parks on a breeze-kissed night. Something that causes one to pause and try to capture the mo- ment. Now he may bump into a policeman. It’s really difficult to imagine a town council going to such entremes. One can only speculate as what will happen next. Some- day they might erect fences and forbid people to go on the other side of them. They will have to watch the grass from the outside. the other end of is a bit much. Surely, the odd incident may occur but is this justification enough to make a blanket, swee - ing rejection of all dogs? We thin not. This smacks of one of those infamous Borough of Etobicoke bylaws of recent years. You know the kind. You can’t take a bath unless decently clothed. Something like that. Come to think of it. From the appearance of Richmond Hill parks after a large gathering of people it might not be a bad idea. There’s not a dog around that can create as much mess (sort of) as your average stroller through _the park. Someone should test this bylaw immediately. One is doubtful whe- ther it would hold up under any Canadian Bill of Rights investiga- tion. So, hats off to Councillor Rowe. After all, someone has to speak up for those dirty dogs. In the meanwhile, sir, keep your dog far away from town parks. There’s plenty of lawn elsewhere to keep any respectable dog in a reason- ably happy frame of mind. Just keep him off mine. area to Toronto. And it says the thousands of future new Metro workers must look to the north to our area for residential space during the next seven years. The review predicts a traffic crisis which will exert a tremendous pressure on this area. It has the potential force behind it to steam roller over local dreams, hopes, considerations and plans. It would take our fate out of our hands. The review contradicts the province’s Toronto-Centred Reâ€" gion Plan which generally would seem to protect the indigenous interests of this area. The report says the TCR Plan has already grossly underestimated the num- ber of jobs being created in the Toronto downtown core and the number of commuters to come from outside Metro. It says the TCR Plan might better be scrap- ped or violated, than upheld. This endangers the TCR Plan upon which until now it appeared Vaughan, Markham and Richmond Hill could rely to contain Metro’s northward growth. The review says it makes better transporta- tion sense to intensely develop the Highway 7 corrider from Wood- bridge to Markham. This is be- cause of the new availability of highways and sewers, along with the large scale private assembly of land for development that has taken place in the ribbon across north of Steeles Avenue. A delightful an d welcome harbinger seen in the review is the prediction that there will soon be an end to the creation of new Metro jobs that draw increasing numbers of commuters from this area. Also welcome is the conclu- sion that the main solution to the immediate commuter traffic crisis will necessarily be a big switch to public transit of various kinds. The review indicates job creat- inE industry and commerce after 1981 will have to be located outside the present Metro configuration to be accessible to workers and find land sites. It is a bright prospect for the local municipal economies to see tax base broaden- ing commerce and industry being drawn or driven to local industrial parks. Even now, forward looking employers would be well-advised to be seeking industrial and com- mercial development sites in this area where housing, water. and sewer services are soon to be plentiful. The local municipal plan- ners should be preparing to welcome them. Hill, Thornhill, Oak Ridges For those who didn‘t al- ready know, Grease is a rock and roll musical which brings back the life style of teenagers in the 1950’s. It was in that era that guys had short hair, greased back in- to ducktails. They wore lea- ther jackets, turned up their shirt collars and rolled their shirt sleeves up. The girls in this era wore their boyfriends' jackets, teased their hair, pierced their ears and wore bobby socks long skirts and crinolines. The 1950’s was actually a special era for teenagers and the play, Grease, presents it well. Instead of worrying about such things as the A- bomb, inflation and pollu- tion, the teenagers then worried about such trite things as "who was going to be at the Friday night sock-hop" or “will the old custom car make it to the drive-in Saturday night?” ' Gerry Diver of Willowdale, an active member of the local Curtain Club, just recently musically directed the Red Barn theatre’s production, “Berlin to Broadway”. A great succeSS, the show may be touring throughout Canada and the United States as Gerry contemplates other such offers as a result of her recent success. Royal Alex, the recoru, Grease (of the original Broadway cast), is all that is left for Torontonians and fellow northmen, to remem- ber the play by. The album, Grease (MGM ISE-34 0C), is surprisingly refreshing, considering that it brings back the music of the 50‘s. For. unlike the simple, repetitious and over- played music (of the 50’s) that many have heard in the past three or four years (by Sha Na Na and other such wavy; years of operation the Stouff- ville Toronto CNR commuter service hauls up to 200 pas- sengers daily it is reported. The system started with one 90-passenger unit and now has three. It leaves Stouff- ville at 7:10 am and arrives in Toronto at 8:05. The re- turn trips leaves Toronto at 5:20 and arrives here at 6:15. A group in Lindsay and Ux- bridge are asking to have the service extended to municipalities. A. v1.1.4...“ 4...». why... de ulcuucruarvc, ulc uUaLu said the students regressed from a stage where they could put themselves into somebodv else‘s shoes when tested in grade 7, to a lower ego-centred stage in grade 8 testing. This latter stage is usually associated with groups of children from 5 to 7 years old, whereas most grade 8 students are abwt 13. The board report sugges- those‘ted several reasons for the drop in moral reasoning nuenced the children, oe- cause of its increasing re- velations of moral break- down in high places. NEWMARKET: P r o p e r ty taxes on most average 'homes of Newmarket public school supporters will d e c r e a s e $10.90 this year. and will drop a substantial $47.58 on the average homes of Roman Catholic school supporters. An average home is taken as assessed at $20,000. auuut u, ..... most drivers, who “are simply not qualified to drive a high-powered car at the speeds which prevail on our super-highways” don‘t know the dangers they face. Whatever the arguments concerning whether it is really speed that' results in the most accidents, there can surely be no doubt that reducing the limits, at least on our super highways, would be wise and beneficial in the long run. SHARON: Senior citizen in East Gwillimbury are re ponding very slowly to a l’e cent questionnaire sent on by the Ontario Housing Au thority to determine th need. It is estimated ther are about 500 seniors in th municipality. A similar su vey five years ago showed no enough interest or need to senior citizen housing bu council has received sever petitions asking for them i the past few years. :i'lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllill“illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllilllll1lllllll“ll1llllllllllllllllllllllllnllllllllllllllillllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllillill“l\lllllllllllllllll“tilllllllll\llll\llllllllllllll“mumill“lllllllllllllliilllilllllll light”. Arid now that the musical play, Grease, has finished its successful run at the Royal Alex, the record, Grease (of the original Broadway cast), is all that is left for Torontonians and fellow northmen, to remem- ber the play by. IN THE SPOTLIGHT BY VICKERY COOK This is perhaps a slightly exaggerated. but nevertheless, apt description of an exceed- ingly talented lady living in the midst of quiet suburbia just south of Richmond Hill. She is Mrs. Geraldine (Gerry) Diver of 383 Hrllywood Avenue in Wil- lowdale. - Mrs. Diver has had a remark- able and colorful career in the entertainment business. Music- ally, she is extremely talented, completing her first musical at the age of 12. By the age of 14 Mrs. Diver had her own radio program in Massachusetts and for two years wrote her own con- tinuity for it. The program was concerned with musical apprec- iation, with drama on radio taking on another part of her career. She has directed choirs, played for an orchestra in Palm Beach. Florida, taught voice on the side and sang for the Robert Shaw Chorale in New York. (Mrs. Diver. personally, has formally studied music for two and a half to three years). She also played in a symphony in New Haven. Conneticut. Editing films. accompanying musical directors and playing for ‘car- barets, acting in such shows as the CBC's “Police Surgeon" and doing four star bits in movies in California, not to mention a few commercials, are all includ- ‘d in Gerry Diver‘s extensive range of experience. Mr<. Diver, on top of all this. frainrd to be a physio-therapist 1n *rdcr that she might not be financially dependent on show business and subsequently not leave herself open to be classi- fied as, ‘a starving. young enter- tainer.‘ As a physioâ€"therapist she was in charge of a clinic with her job terminating for the summer months. This was most convenient as this enabled her to take part in summer stock. This took Gerry to such places as New York. Massachu- setts, Palm Beach, Florida, and ROCK TALK Eor more details on this story, read “Spot- Gerry Diver Musical Director Housewife By Day By PAUL JONES Grease groups formed or brought back from the past), the music from Grease is easy to take and is all part of a story which makes the songs worthwhile listening to. The story, lyrics and music were written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, while the musical supervision and orchestrations were provided by Michael Leonard. The consistency of clear tone and high quality in the vo- cals (provided by, to mention a few, Adrienne Barbeau, Barry ‘Bostwick, Carole De- mas, Tim Meyers and Alan Paul) makes Grease (MGM) an excellent album. The strongest feature of the album is that it almost has you wishing you were part of it, or at least part of the 1950‘s where life seems less complicated. But either way, Grease is an album which deserves to be in anyone's record collection. STOUFFVILLE: After three a number of New Ehgland states. Mrs. Diver attributes her lack of disillusionment with the theatre to her independence of it. Her participation in the enter- tainment field is merely, “a lab- or of love." The only real portion of her business with which Mrs. Diver is disheartened is with the commercial industry and the atn‘osphere surrounding it. She sat that they're like cattle calls where aspiring but at the same time, suffering actors of all ages attend in the continuing hope that they will 'be “discovered.” She is a strong supporter of Canada Council grants and ad- vocates that they should be more extensive and should have been started long ago. An actor, and his colleagues, should be subsidized. “BERLIN T0 BROADWAY” Gerry Diver's position as mus- ical director of the Red Barn theatre's production “Berlin to Broadway" by Kurt Weill, just ended as did the play. From all accounts it was a great success with the possibility of it going on tour in Canada and the United States. McKenzie Porter of the Tor- onto Star had great praise for “Berlin to Broadway” and Mrs. Diver. An excerpt from the re- view follows: “Few songs are more diffi- tult to play and sing than Weill’s. The scores are stip- pled with sharps and flats, the melodies arise unpredictany from groupings of closely cluttered notes. and the the- mes depend for success on the assumption that only artists of outstanding sensitivity and ac- complishment will dare to tackle them. “If he were alive today Kurt Weill would not be disap- pointed with the Red Barn production's musical director, conductor and first piano player Geraldine Diver. Dear Mr. Editorâ€" Your story in the July 10 issue of “The Liberal” en- titled “Day of Rest Needed for Human Reasons" which mentions that the Ontario Government published a Green Paper on Sunday as a common day of rest has brought deep concern where your article stated: “One group responding to this request is composed of the 20 bishops of the Catholic Conference of Ontario who are pressing firmly for the retention of Sunday as a common day of rest". "They understand that any new provincial legislation would be secular. not religious". If this is so why not any day? Why use the religious rest day passed by Constan- tine the Great in Rome AD. 321? Is Constantine more powerful than God? His law rules the world today, where is God's law when He created the world and left us an example of resting from all his work on the seventh day? Speaking of Sunday as a common day of rest, the bishops said, “It would be reckless and disruptive to cast aside this heritage of the western world lightly". My question is, hasn’t it been reckless and disruptive to cast aside the greater heritage given to man directly from God Himself at creation when by example God rested on the seventh day. God blessed the seventh day, and God sanctified the seventh day. Genesis 2:2-3. Every Easter the Christian Church identifies the Lord's Day. Luke 23:54-56; Luke 24:1 â€"“And that day was the preparation" and the Sab- bath drew on. And the women also, which came with Him from Galilee, fol- lowed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and now His body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment, Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepul- chre, bringing the spices which they had prepare-d and certain others with them.” SUNPfAY OF BEST 3 On the preparation day School Report Shows Regression Moral Reasoning Power Children Warning that its report was inconclusive, the board said the students regressed from a stage where they could put themselves into somehow else’s shoes when tested in grade 7, to a lower ego-centred stage in grade 8 testing. This latter stage is usually associated with groups of children from 5 to 7 years old, whereas most grade 8 students are abmt 13. An unanticipated regres- sion in moral reasoning power the older they get, has been shown by two groups of public schools students in the region, York County Board of Education reported recently. Lamentation “With four other instrumen- talists, Ms. Dlver firmly grasps. the mood of disgust and lamentation in Weill's Berlin works of the early Thirties. the mood imbued by the economic chaos, political Weakness and moral decad- ence that led ~to the rise of Adolf Hitler." Mrs. Diver was saying that they had only ten days in which to prepare and rehearse the music and choreography for the production â€" consequently there were a lot of late nights. A day starting at 9:30 am and ending at 11:30 pm, was not unusual. From this production she learned that one has to be com- pletely prepared before the ac- tual rehearsal period begins. Mrs. Diver spent three weeks in four public libraries researching Kurt Weill and his work. It’s. a tremendous responsibility but Can be very satisfying as I’m sure is the case with Geraldine Diver. Gerry has been made many offers for future productions from all areas following her mus- ical direction of "Berlin to Broadway.” She has been asked to collaborate in the writing of a Canadian musical and to direct a private production of, “The King and I,” to accompany four singers, to be artistic director for a summer theatre, and the possibility of “Berlin to Broad- way" touring still remains. The beauty of all this is that she can choose exactly what she wants to do. Mrs. Diver emphasized the importance of connections and what can stem from them. It is obvious that “Berlin to Broad- way” was. besides a challenge to direct musically, an oppor- tunity for exposure. However, this isn’t the first time that this has happened to her. She Vand her husband were Jesus was crucified, the 6th day of the week, at Easter time we call it Good Friday. Jesus rested in the tomb the sabbath day according to the commandments. This being the 7th day of the week. The following day Jesus arose, we call this day Easter Sun- day. There can be no doubt to bible readers that the seventh day sabbath is the day set aside by God as the day when all secular work should cease as He said in His commandments and did by his example of rest at the end of his six days of work ;at creation. In the seventh paragraph of “‘Day of Rest Needed For Human Reasons" one reason given for Sunday as a day of rest was: “a measure of freedom and serenity". Where would be the freedom and serenity for those who observe such day of rest on a different day because of bible teachings? Wouldn't such people be forced to obey legislation otherwise be tried by the law and convicted as common criminals? There- fore, I can only conclude that such a law would be‘damag- ing to a set of religious people. Christ left this earth giv- ing authority to His apostles to carry on His teachings but never anywhere in the Bible has he given authority to the church or apostles to change His laws or teachings. “Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but to fulfil". Mat- thew 5217. If Sunday as a rest day would be passed by legislation as secular not religious, and the bishops have no other motive why are they pressing firmly for Sunday? The book of Daniel is being fulfilled right here in this respect according to the bible but only those who read it will know. I do respect the laws of this government. I do hope that legislation will pass laws that will not affect those who are now very law abiding. power among the grade 8 students. It said that age 13 might be a time of transition and adolescent confusion, when a greater self interest comes into play, Also, such outside factors as Watergate, may have in- fluenced the children. be- cause of its increasing re- velations of moral break- down in high piaces. Star By Night . . . . . . P. BORSOS, 74 Langstaff Road, Thornhill. once taking a trip on an ocean liner. Even though this trip started out as purely one of leisure. Mrs. Diver finished the trip as the ship's musician with special priveleges allotted her in appreciation for her entertain- ment. Some passengers, on hearing Geraldine’s work. invited her and her husband to stay with them in their home in England. The home was Chatsfields House and the gracious couple, a Duke and Duchess. They spent a most enjoyable seven days there. In the past few years Gerry Diver hasn't let herself become too involved in entertainment because she wanted to be home during the important years to look after their now 11-year-old daughter, Alison. But now she feels that Alison has reached the age where mother doesn’t always have to be at home. Gerry’s husband, Gordon Diver, is another very talented man in the theatre who has spent two years in New York involved with the stage and has very success- fully directed numerous plays. COMMUNITY THEATRE Both the Divers consider community theatre. like our local Curtain Club, an import- ant element in any town. Mrs. Diver commented on the abund- ance of theatres in England and of the high quality and stand- ards of each, in not only class- ical plays but also in experi- mental ones. There is so much one can learn via community theatre. It is where future talent is being cultivated and enriched in prep- aration for greater productions. Such organizations should be given the support of the town itself. ' Gordon and Gerry Diver are both active members in the Curtain Club. Gordon directed “Candida” and “Billy Liar" and Gerry. “Halfway Up a Tree." Mrs. Diver is scheduled to direct “Summertime and the liv- ing is easy"â€"We sometimes forget that everyone is not on vacation. In fact many people need your help as a volunteer if they are going to enjoy summer at all. Some very exciting programs just can't function without volun- teers to help carry them out. For example, a recreational program for inner city Child‘; ren emphasizing outdoor edu- cation and recreation is being held at several centres in and just outside Metro. Minimum age for this program is 18, although anyone who is younger and has a special skill to offer will be con- sidered. Volunteers are need- ed as drivers, swimming supervisors. drama techni- cians and so on. The pro- gram operates seven days a week â€" evenings too. If you have an hour to spare â€"â€" and no doubt a valuable skill to offer call the Volunteer Pep Up Your Summer â€" Be A Volunteer nn\mlllnumummlmummummummmnunmumuumw Speed Limits 0n H lghways In an effort to conserve petroleum products some parts of the United States recently imposed speed li- mits as low as 55 miles an hour. Since then there has been time to assess the re- sults. Apart from economy m fuel usage, the investiga- tors report that most drivers seem quite pleased with the lower speed limit. It is also being claimed that the death rate on highways subject to the lower speed limit has dropped dramatically. Always sensitive to the more dramatic aspects of American experience, the Ontario Government has been impressed by these facts. Queen's Park has an- nounced that its own re- search into the relationship between speed and traffic deaths will be completed this month. The Minister of Transportation and Commu- nications John Rhodes, has noted that “New York has reported a dramatic reduc- tion in fatal accidents. But they‘re not able to say posi- tively whether it’s the re- sult of the lower speed li- mits or whether fewer miles are being driven by fewer cars." Highway 401 is one of the main objects of the plans of the Ontario Government, along with 427. On these highways the 70 mile-an- hour limit prevails. When the limit was raised in Octo- ber, 1968 from 60 to ‘70 miles an hour these columns ob- served that ”The trouble with the modern automobile is that it can travel very fast without making any fuss about it." This means that most drivers, who “are simply not qualified to drive a high-powered car at the speeds which prevail on our super-highways” don‘t know the dangers they face. Whatever the arguments concerning whether it is really speed that' results in the most accidents, there can surely be no doubt that reducing the limits, at least on our super highways, would be wise and beneficial in the long run. (Kingston Whig-Standard) “The Gingerbread Lady." by Neil Simon in the coming year at the Curtain Club. Considering the Diver's avid interest in the theatre. Gordon and Gerry met rather approp- riately, This meeting was when they were both involved in the production, “The Lady's Not For Burning.” by Christopher Fry. Gordon Diver was born in Montreal and Gerry in the State of Massachusetts. In Gerry‘s opinion, con- temporary music and musicals for the most part, are overrated and sometimes virtu- ally tuneless. She commented on how rarely she leaves a theatre, humming a tune from its pro duction. or even remembering it. Gerry is, however. delighted with the nostalgia cycle that we are experiencing now and the re- version to the sounds of the big bands. She and her husband both agree that this nostalgia is merely “filling in a gap". They predict a synthesisâ€"a synthesis of the music of the Thirties and Forties and that of contempor- ary music to create something modern, unique and melodic. They explain that it's not a re- jection of the new, it's a re- jection of poor music. Gerry Diver finds the theatre world in Toronto exciting. “It's bursting out at the seams!" It’s what New York was thirty years ago. Toronto is a thrilling place to be. Gerry and Gordon Diver are certainly a very talented couple whose interest in the theatre is invariably to the audience's ben- efit. Mrs. Diver anticipates an exciting and action filled year as her enthusiasm and love for music and the stage generates and almost ‘spills over‘ to cap- ture the attention of all who meet her and fill them with the same kind of excitement. and delight. Her enthusiasm is al- most “bursting out at the seams"! Centre-North York at 222- 2551 and find out a little more about this program. Many of our senior citizens do very well on their own‘ However it can be difficult to get out to shop â€"- or to see a friend; and some are terribly lonely. Just a little time once a week could make such a difference to one at the wonderful people â€" who‘ after all. have made our world the exciting place it is today. ' Summer is the best time of the year for so many 01 us, but sometimes we find ourselves just a little bored Too much sun, too much tennis. too many barbecues . . . . . Come on â€" get lnvolv ed and share your time! An hour or a day. indoors or out. with people of any age â€"- whatever “turns YOU on". Just call the Volunteer Centre-North York. We can find the right spot for you YOU'LL FEEL RICHER FOE IT. The centre at 145 Sheppard Avenue East. 222-2551. is open 9 am to 8 pm Mondayl Tuesday to Friday 9 am to 5 GEORGE SINCLAIR Ex "Liberal" Writer Dies In 89th Year Still remembered for the council news and articles he wrote for “The Liberal" in the late l940's. John George Sinclair passed away July 10 just three days before his 89th birthday, at York County Hospital, Newmarket, following a brief illness. Publisher of “The Liberal" during George Sinclair's tern of employment here was the late Jack Smith. From here he moved 1:: Aurora where he and hi! wife, Blanche, lived to th! present. He worked for a time for the Aurora “Ban! ner", then the Newmarke1 “Era and Express". Born in Embleton nea \Iewcastle, England, he at tended Oxford University an was author of a number 0 books published in Englan in the 19205. He was concern ed with prevailing social in justices and the main them of his writing centred aroun the appalling coal mlnin conditions and abuses per taining to industrial insu-r ance practices. In 1962 and 1963 Mr. Sin- clair served on Aurora Coun‘ cil under Mayor Keith Nisbet an experience he enjoyed greatly. He is survived by his wife} and only son. Russell, and hi wife, Eleanor, of Thornhill.