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With the whole populous stag- gering under ever-increasing tax burdens, it is admirable that the province should be searching for ways of making that burden less onerous, but why is it always the health, education and social ser- vices that get clobbered first? The effect of the tight lid on spending on education has been very evident in the unrest that has plagued our school system. Family service and family life centres con- tinue to provide vitally important services to individuals and families in distress, hanging on by the skin of their teeth, thanks to the dedi- cation of volunteers, community supporters and staff composed of incorrigible optimists. Now it is the day care centres, havens of security for the most vulnerable segment of the popula- tion. the very young and helpless, that are about to feel the crunch. Staff-child ratios are to be in- creased, volunteers encouraged to establish their own centres with no qualified staff, and no formal qualifications required for staff in after-school programs for six to nine-year-olds. In a statement published by Provincial Secretary For Social Development Margaret Birch in June, the Minister pointed out that this would have the effect of increasing capacity in existing centres from 30 to 50 percent above present registration and would encourage parents to make their own choice as to the kind of care each child should receive. First the ratios: increasing the number of children under 18 months to four from three and oneâ€"third per staff member might not be too bad. Hopefully the very young would spend a lot of time sleeping. But consider the escala- tion up the lines. increasing the ratio from eight to 12 children to one adult for the two to four-yearâ€" olds, and from 11 to 16 children for the five year olds! If this proposal had come from a man, we might understand it, but Mrs. Birch is a mother. No doubt she is an exceptional woman. She would not be where she is if she were not. And she may have exceptional children. But to the average person, no matter how well trained, how well qualified, these numbers are staggering, and the professionals have come out loud and clear in their opposition to the proposed changes. Even operators of private centres, who stand to benefit financially from the change, are opposed to it. Shari Shrifl For Day Care But Mrs. Birch is not suggest ing that all day care personnel be qualified. She proposed that only the supervisor need be a profes- sional, that more parents and volunteers become involved in day care programs. Such staff. she says, should be competent and ex- perienced, but what are the criteria for competence and ex- perience? Many co-operative nursery schools operate quite effectively with the assistance of volunteer mothers who give half a day two or three times a month, but how can a full-time day care centre operate with a staff largely or wholely composed of volunteers? Where will these volunteers come from? Mrs. Birch says that a day care centre operated solely by The community newspaper serving Richmond Hill, Thornhill. Oak Ridges, King City, Maple and Concord. MAIN OFFICE: 10101 Yonge St., Richmond Hill, L4G 1T7, Ont. Telephones 884-8177 and 881â€"3401 BRANCH OFFICE: 301 Markham Rd., Richmond Hill, L4G 1J2, Ont. Telephones 884-1105 and 881-3373 Established in 1878. The Liberal is published every Wednesday by Metrospan Publishing Limited - North Division, which also publishes The Banner in Aurora/Newmarket and the Woodbridge-V‘aughan News. K. J. Larone, President, Metrospan Publishing Limited J. G. Van Kampen, General Manager, North Division W. S. Cook, Publisher, The Liberal and The News THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Wednesday, July 31, 1974 Subscriptions: $7.00 by mail i home delivery 15¢ per copy. For subscriptions call 884-1105 Be prepared â€"â€" the motto of the Boy Scouts â€" has a message for everyone of us. In times of emergency, tele phone numbers which at other times are quite easy to find, become elusive and hide them- selves in the columns of fine print of the telephone directory. Aware of this the Bell Telephone Com- pany has provided space inside the front cover of the directory where each subscriber may list such emergency numbers as the fire department, police depart- ment, hospital and doctor: On receipt of a new directory, the first thing every subscriber should do is to list these numbers so that they are easily read in the spaces provided â€" and in good HICNA Be Prepared For All Emergencies 013132 liberal Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Second class mail registration number 0190 in Canada. $9.00 to U.S.A. Single copies and No mail delivery where carrier service exists. 5 or 881-3373. “ I o ‘ volunteers, charging no fee, will not be under government control. So where could such centres ope- rate? Obviously only in areas where mothers do not really need to earn their daily bread, where they can give their time gratis at their own convenience. Operators of licensed publicly sponsored day care centres have come out in opposition to the use of volunteers in large numbers. They welcome volunteers as helpers, but feel the children will be short changed if they have to depend upon too many untrained people for care, pointing out that day care is not just baby-sitting. it is an educational experience that can only be adequately met by quali- fied personnel. As sociologists, psychologists, bargain hunters and rush-hour traffic victims well know, crowd- ing has an adverse affect on behavior patterns of even the most mature and civilized. So what can we expect of children? In an overcrowded schoolroom the ag- gressively inclined become more aggressive, seeking attention. The shy become withdrawn. What, then, of the tots in day care, the most sensitive of creatures, in these early and very important years of their lives if they are denied the close relationships with individual adults that they crave and desperately need? It is commendable that priori- ties are being given to handi- capped children, children of low income families who might have to resort to welfare if day care were not available, and to centres that may be established in un- occupied school rooms, churches, and other facilities available in the community. The Ministry has made almost $1 million in grants available to groups serving handi- capped children and to parent- participating day nurseries, and no one is suggesting that day care should be provided free. To the best of our knowledge it never has been in Ontario. People are willing to pay, and have been paying, according to their means. It is also commendable that non- profit organizations wishing to expand or establish day care pro- grams will be eligibile for capital assistance grants, but it is fright- ening to contemplate the quality of care that could result if these facilities are overcrowded and understaffed. It was just such conditions that prompted the pro- vince to tighten its regulations re- garding day care in the first place. As Mrs. Birch points out, changes in our society, the grow- ing participation by women in the labor force, make is necessary to expand day care services in the province, but let us not go back into the dark ages of the 505 and before when overworked an d underpaid people with little or no formal training herded children in and out of whatever facilities were available. It would be helpful if Mrs. Birch would make public the findings of the task force that worked for two years to assess and determine day care facilities and needs. We might then be better able to assess the merits of the proposals she is now making for day care in the future. large, legible numbers that can be read at a glance. If you have a personal phone directory, put them in the front of it also. Better still, type or write them legibly on a piece of paper which has contact glue backing and attach to the phone in the hollow between the two cradles or on the base. They will then be right there for your use if you need them and we hope you never do. This simple precautionary step will save confusion at a time when, because an emergency has arisen, you are not thinking as clearly as you would normally and insure that the help you need arrives with the least possible delay. Hill, Thornhill. Oak Ridges, Participation of conserva- tion authorities in the pro- vince’s student employment program .has made 1,400 jobs available to youth this ‘summer, working on a vari- ety of projects from mid- June to early September. Since 1971 more than 5.400 secondary school stu- dents have helped to clean up the province each sum- mer under the auspices of Projects SWEEP, short for Students Working in an Ev- nironment Enhanced Pro- gram. Last year Project SWEEP, implemented by Ontario's 38 conservation authorities and co-ordinated through the Ministry of Natural Re- sources‘ Conservation Au- thorities Branch, Queen's Park, became part of Ex- perience ‘73, the collective name for all student pro- grams administered by the province‘s youth secretari- at. thorities Branch, Queen‘s Park, became part of Ex-. perience ‘73, the collective name for all student pro- grams administered by the province‘s youth secretari- at. l Commenting on the con-iEXPENDl'l‘URE CEILINGS servation authorities' in- volvement, Minister of Nap tural Resources Leo Bemierl said, “The fact that so many} of our young people, both? boys and girls, have been} involved in SWEEP sincel its inception three years ago shows an enthusiastic, interest in improving thei environment which I hopel will continue to grow with. each succeeding year. On- tario‘s conservation authori-1 ties are to be commended} for contributing to this ‘ worthwhile program." | Dear Mr. Editor â€" I would like to correct the last sentence in your front page news story of July 17.; “School Costs Bump Expen-‘ diture Ceilings". “Lone dis- senter" â€" to the report of the special committee on ceilings and weighting fac- tors â€"- “was Trustee Mar- garet Coburn who said she couldn't support the re- moval of the expenditure ceilings." On the contrary, I dissen- ted because I do not at this time support the CONTINU- 1Carnegie Hall and Notre Dame University. Unlike most live albums which generally end up being disasters due .*0 poor engineering, Live pRhymin' is to the contrary. . {While most live albums have the board should now take‘sound .(of ‘nS‘r‘Fmems and full responsibility for its V°ca1.5”“ a“.°°“s‘5te“”a“ge; decisions on expenditures, and 1“ leavmg the "0st and should only be controll- Cheers and 399139“? t? a dun ed by the provincial govern-imam LIV“; Rhymm ‘5 (“me ment at the grant level. "thePPPQS‘te due t9 the fine Your reporter usually I.e_‘engineering of Phil Bamone. Ports fairly. and I am sureiUtmt‘l}I thedapfplausfi ‘5 gag: - ,~v ,a eenoeac son, he 51mph didnt catCh my«hard to believe that the statement. , _ _ MARGARET COBURN_ songs are being recorded live, and not in the confines of a King Trustee, i 1 studio. York county The 12 songs which appear Board of Education. on this album are America, Schomberg. Me And Julio Down By The Paul Simon is backed up by ‘ Urubamba. a South American ‘band. which gives to these ,the same sound they were ‘popular for on the original ‘ recordings. ~ On the songs. Mother And Child Reunion, Loves Me Like A Rock, Bridge Over Troubled Waters and Sounds Of Silence. Paul is backed up by the Jessy Dixon Sing- ers. Their pop-gospel style of singing seems to strengthen Paul‘s old material and yet at the same time gives it a new feeling. Liva Rhymin' is another fine album for Paul Simon and it's his third successful album which will surely mean his having more suc- cess in the future. launCluIlg. an: UIIAILHILJ an that they do not know where or when to go. Perhaps in the list of coming events which are available at information bur- eaus and elsewhere some mention might be made of planned boat launchings. It is realized that often date: cannot be fixed in advance. Sometimes. too. there must be last minute changes. But some effort is indicated. A launching is part of life by the seashore and to witness one could be a highlight of many a person's visit to Nova Scotia. JOB HUNTING? The best place to start looking is where the best jobs are offered . . . Liberal Classified! :i'\llllllllllllllill“\“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“l“llll“lllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlll“llllllllllllllllllll““\lllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll‘.lllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\lllll“\llllllllllll\l\\\\l\l\l\l'F IN THE SPOTLIGHT For the fourth consecutive year, the Ford Motor Company of Canada has helped provide employment for young people by lending trucks to the province for use in its SWEEP Con- servation Summer Job Program. About 1,500 are a part of this year’s SWEEP (Students Working in an Environmental Enhancement Program), working in the 38 conservation areas across Ontario, cleaning up picnic sites, road- sides and shorelines, building new picnic sites, nature trails and working on conservation studies, information and educational programs. Eérly in June Ford turned over -1407 white vans and pick-ups with a retail value of almost $700,000 for use in transporting crews, equip- Ford Trucks Help Provide Summer Jobs For Y out/1 Society appears to have new problems and crises arising daily, as our bureaucracy becomes more bureaucratic, our pollution more concentrated. and inflation continues to escalate. The past’s unshaking faith in its church, government. country, and even its fellow man is no longer so unshaking. Many consider our values and moral standards to be degenerating drastically and a fe;\;'5;17z;lv'iiéd‘e}tremists predict the world's eventual selfâ€"des- lruction. From what appears to be society’s desire to revert to 'the good ol‘ days', arises fashions from the Thirties and Forties along with the music and the romantic movies. all of which invariably ended with every- thing turning out well. â€"â€" “living happily ever after". with the vil- lain receiving just punishment or at best ‘seeing the light‘. and the hero ‘getting his man“ - and the girl he loves. Cities, not unlike Toronto, are continually expanding their borders. swallowing up the once small towns. Developers buy and sell up land and builders seem to cram as many homes on a lot as passibleâ€"we all bear witness to that. Suburbia is filled with homes where the architecture of one home is not unlike its neighbor's and its design is gear- ed toward the economy of space. rather than what's pleasing to the eye. Many people take Sunday jaunts to the country in their ‘economy car' and stare and marvel out the window at the familiar Ontario farms and gen- erally red-brick farmhouses with the sometimes white ginger- breading and large verandas. Well. the developers haven‘t gotten hold of all the land arcund Richmond Hill. for on Bayview Avenue. just north of Elgin Mills Road East. are locat» ed several homes and farms sit- uated on large acreages of land. One of these farms, in partic- ular. has a fascinating history, as the farm basically, still stands it BY VICKERY COOK did over time hundred AH Suburbia What Has Become 0f Ye? The purpose behind both lhis work, the youth secre- Experience and SWEEP are‘tariat points out, could not employment opportunities‘ be undertaken without the and incentives, plus develop- co-operation of Ford of ment of programs that pro-; Canada which has lent the vide a constructive serviceiproject a number of trucks to communities involved. \nince 1971 for the SWEEP In SWEEP the work vari- es under the various autho- rities. Basically, however, it consists of such tasks as the general clean-up of road- sides. stream banks and un- official dumps to recons- truction 0f pioneer villages and the initial development of new conservation areas. 1 ceilings." On the contrary. I’dissen- l ted because I do qqt at this In one area students have been demolishing a house. in another painting play- ground equipment. Much of I would like to correct the last sentence in your front page news story of‘July 17. “School Costs Bump Expen- diture Ceilings". “Lone dis- senter" â€" to the report of the special committee on ceilings and weighting fac- tors â€" “was Trustee Mar- garet Coburn who said she couldn't support the re- years ago. The farm is the home of Mrs. Robert Campbell and her three children. Sharon, Bob and Pat, land five cats). PAST OWNERS The land was originally bought by Jacob Heise in 1840 and ap- proximately ten years later, in 1850, he built the farmhouse and the barn on the land. Several people owned the farm before the Campbell family acquired it. and many of those names are unknown, but one family that is talked of still is the Hoad Fam- ily. These owners are particu- larly remembered for the fire that occurred while they were there. Charlie Road. a son in the family. was at home alone one evening while his father 'was helping a neighbor with chores of some sort. The fire started in the barn and totally destroyed it except for the stone founda- tion which is still standing today. Eight horses and all of their cattle perished and the bones were thrown in a gravel pit which is located just north of the barn. The barn was rebuilt and has weathered all other storms very well right up to the present day. screen door is shut and each step made is subdued and is heard in other parts of the house as a quiet murmur. Mrs. Campbell commented on the fact that she rarely ever goes to Black Creek Pioneer Village without feeling right at home. The fireplace, the high ceil- ing and the thick. substantial walls are all there. Mrs. Camp- bell has resurrected many of the antiques from their attic, most of which the family uses every day to eat on or sit in or merely admire. There's an old rocking chair in the corner of one room and two washstands in anothel and solid bed posts and frames in the bedrooms. The walls in the dining room. which was or- iginally the kitchen, are all pine The dining room table is large and also made of pine and wa: bought from the Hart Houst library several years ago. Mrs Campbell’s mother-in-law, whei living there herself, realize( that someone had blocked in th1 fireplace at one point, appar ently because it had becomi obsolete with the invention 0 the iron stove and moreove created an unwanted draught 4,4 u.:.. n... k‘nnlrnr‘ The Campbell Family bought the farm in April. 1924. and has owned it ever since. The farm has been actively farmed by the same family until ten years ago when Mr. Robert Campbell died. The cattle (dairy cow's) were sold at that time and 65 acres rented out to neighbors for farming purposes, Their orchard. how- ever, is still producing MacIntosh and Spy apples as Bob tends to them each year along with 20 to 30 chickens in the barn. Mrs. Campbell farms half an acre of vegetable garden where a patch of sweet corn is growing this year under the watchful eye of Bob. The house itself is extremely well kept and literally filled with antiques. A feeling of stepping into the past is felt as you walk up the stone pathway, canopied with trees. to the side door and into the cool, quiet home that has that pleasantly old atmosphere and that lovely smell which is apparent in all farmhouses of this nature. The program This year a total of 140 I By PAUL JONES | trucks are on loan: 70 half- ton pickups, 30 vans and 40 The Lwe Rhymm’ Simon one-and-oneâ€"half-ton stake } trucks. The vehicles werei Since Paul Simon hastakenischool Yard, Mother And DiCk€d up at an OffiCial Dre-'3 solo career. he has had Child Reunion, Loves Me sentation in Ford‘s centrallthree albums released. These Like A Rock, Bridge Over office building in Oakvme are Paul Simon (1972‘). There Troubled Water. The Sound June 7- They were accfl’ted Goes Rhymin‘ Simon (1973),‘or Silence, American Tune. by William FOSter- ASS‘Stant and his latest release. Live Jesus Is The Answer. The Deputy Minister of Natural - Rhymin’ Columbia PC 32355. Boxer, E1 Condor Pasa. Dun- Resources for SOUthem on'l thmin' is a live albumican and Homeward Bound. ment and. materials throughout the large areas administered by the various conservation authorities. Symbolic keys were turned over to Premier William Davis (left) by President Roy Bennett of Ford Canada. Looking on is Dennis Trimbell, Minister Without Portfolio, who is responsible for the Youth Secretariat. The money saved by having loan of the trucks allowed SWEEP Conservation to hire an addi- tional 200 young people, said Mr. Trimble. The entire Ontario Experience ’74 program will provide close to 7,400 young people in fields ranging from the environment and social ser- vices to education and recreation. ceilings because I believe the board should now take full responsibility for its decisions on expenditures, and should only be controll- ed by the provincial govern- ment at the grant level. Your reporter usually re- ports fairly. and I am sure he simply didn't catch my statement. MARGARET COBURN. The fireplace, the high ceil- ing and the thick. substantial walls are all there. Mrs. Camp- bell has resurrected many of the antiques from their attic. most of which the family uses every day to eat on or sit in or merely admire. There's an old rocking chair in the corner of one room and two washstands in another and solid bed posts and frames in the bedrooms. The walls in the dining room. which was or- iginally the kitchen, are all pine. The dining room table is large and also made of pine and was bought from the Hart House library several years ago. Mrs. Campbell’s mother-in-law, when living there herself, realized that someone had blocked in the fireplace at one point. appar- ently because it had become obsolete with the invention of the iron stove and moreover created an unwanted draught. 0n realizing this, the blockade was quickly removed and behind was found a red-brick fireplace with the original wrought-iron pot-hanging-rod still attached. Later Mr. Campbell found (in the gravel pit) the original wrought-iron pot and posts all of which have been retrieved from the gravel pit and returned to their former surroundings to create a rather rustic and cer- tainly decorative picture. The basement or cellar is an example of the original defin- ition of a cellar instead of being a modern extension of the living space. It has an earthen floor and is superb for the storing of vegetables. FARLEY MOWAT There are two attic rooms where Bill. Mrs. Campbell's brother-in-law. had a secluded hideaway as a child. He and his friend, now the well-known Can- adian author. Farley Mowat. used to play there for long per- iods of time. Scraps of poems and verses, written by Farley. tario. from David Welch. vehicle sales manager for Ford. are Paul Simon (1972.). There Goes Rhymin‘ Simon (1973), and his latest release. Live Rhymin' Columbia PC 32855. Rhymin’ is a live album which was recorded. in parts, from Paul's performanch at ROCK TALK BBBBBBBBBBB were once regularly found in the hideaway by the other children. Mr. Campbell had two brothers and three sisters, all of whom attended Richmond Hill High School. The six children re- ceived their public school educa- tion in a small. one-room school house on the third Concession where Sharon, Bob and Pat attended as well. For Sharon and Bob. the two eldest, it was still a one-room school house with eight grades when they were there. but by the time Pat started, additions had been built on. All three attended Bayview Secondary School for their high school education. The Campbell house was [built from individually made bricks from a pink clay found in the Don Valley. Through the years there have been only a few alterations in the house architecturally. Some of the Campbell ancestors re- placed all but two of the paned windows with solid glass ones in order to make cleaning easier. The hired men's bedrooms which are located on the main floor were changed. One was transformed into a study and the other, adjoining the pantry, was made into the new kitchen Vwith the wall separating the pantry and the second hired man’s bed- room, removed. to allow more kitchen area. The original kit- chen area became a spacious dining room. In one corner of the present dining room is a little groove or hollow in the floor where a rocking chair sat for years, ever to leave its mark. In another corner of the same room was found an area that was rather greasy and buttery. This was discovered to be the place where a cream separating machine was located and the substance, through the years. penetrated the woodwork in that area At one time. Mrs. Campbell has been told. there was a ver- anda surrounding three sides of the houseâ€"now it is only on one side of the house with a balcony on the front, adjacent to Mrs. Campbell's second floor bedroom that looks out onto the ‘159 Students Are Active ;In The SWORD Program More than 1,200 students are employed this summer in the Province of Ontario in a program called SWORD. or more precisely, Students Working On Resource De- velopment, one of a number of summer programs crea- ted by the provincial gov- ernment to provide interest- ing, meaningful and pro- ductive summer employment for students. SWORD students perform a very important and active function and their contribu- tions and endeavors are very} valuable to the Ministry. Some of the students in this area are working out ‘of the Maple District Office ‘on Dufferin Street and are conducting a survey of pits and quarries as far north as Bradford. Others are imaking a dam survey. still iothers are doing a survey ‘of Lake Simcoe and others iare busy on a stream and In the Central Region. with offices at 10,670 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill 152 students are at work help- ing to manage and develop natural resources in addi- tion to the normal summer student requirements of the Ministry of Natural Resour- ces. BRADFORD: This town will not be affected by the wire shortage which has stopped installation of new electrical service to cottage owners in the area by Ontario Hydro. unless the owners can supply‘ their own wire to connect the building to power lines. The suspension has been caused by a world-wide shortage of triplex wire. The local public utilities commission has en- ough triplex wire in stock for ‘the next year. Troubled Water. The Sound Of Silence, American Tune. Jesus Is The Answer, The Boxer, E1 Condor Pasa. Dun- can and Homeward Bound. 0n the songs, The Boxer, Duncan and El Condor Pasa Paul Simon is backed up by Urubamba. a South American band. which gives to these the same sound they were popular for on the original recordings. - On the songs, Mother And Child Reunion, Loves Me Like A Rock. Bridge Over Troubled Waters and Sounds Of Silence. Paul is backed up by the Jessy Dixon Sing- ers. Their pop-gospel style of singing seems to strengthen Paul’s old material and yet at the same time gives it a new feeling. beautiful, rolling hills of fam- land, still unharmed by suburbia. Other than those few changes, the home is unaltered. In the dining room stands a one hundred year-old cradle where Mrs. Campbell's aunts and uncles (by marriage) were rocked, not to mention her own children as well. In the winter the home con- sumes quite a lot of oilâ€"more than the average home. with the occasional snowed-in driveway. This is more serious than one might imagine as their laneway ml,l_ Upstairs is a spacious hall with an old, distinguished paint- ing of yet another Robert Camp- bell of three generations ago. is a quarter of a mile long. This occurs only periodically how- ever. as large evergreens line both sides of the lane'way, 15 feet from the edge on each side and act as a screen or shield from blowing snow. The Campbell's are great naturalists and conservationists and even have a bird that visits them regularly. The bird is a cardinal and seems to be infat- uated with its own reflection as it repeatedly taps its beak against the window. Not only this. but they have deer as neighbors in their backyard. Students are also employ- ed in the program at Sib- balds' Point Provincial Park on a fuel wood study. Others are at work in the Caledon area doing an environmen- tal cleanup of the Credit Forks and others are work- ing in the Vivian Fox-set. Still others are employed in clerical work in the of. fice in Richmond Hill. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllllllllllllllllllllm Ever See a ‘ Boat Launched? (Halifax Chronicle-Herald) There are few occasions more exciting than the laun- ching of a newly-built boat. The festive mood of the flags 1 and bunting, the solemnity of the christening and the sus- penseful moments as the craft begins to move down the ways combine to give the observer a feeling of rare exhilaration. lake survey of Lake Onta- rio. All of the Campbell's enjoy and appreciate their nineteenth Century home, secluded in what can still be classified as rural Richmond Hill. A visitor real- izes immediately the bareness and lack of character encom- passing so many of our stain- less steel, made-to-order. econ- omy-sized homes, for which we pay phenomenal prices. Then his imagination. begins to wander perhaps rather idealistically, re- constructing a day in the life of a nineteenth or even twentieth Century farmer occupying the Campbell homestead and wish- ing he c0uld have experienced such a simple but, at the same time, hard-working life, where televisions weren't blaring. cars weren’t polluting and where mature trees and greenery were not something of a rarity. It is the sort of thing which happens quite frequently in Nova Scotia. especially at this time of year when the boat,- yards are completing their winter's work in time for a new season of sailing. Trim lined yachts, as well as the stalwart Cape Island boats of the fishermen, are being launched in numbers which would surprise one if the total were known. Wooden ships, built in the yards which are to be found all around our coast by crafts- men using skills practiced for generations, are still much in demand. Nova Scotia’s boat building industry continues to be a viable and important business. An unfortunate feature of the matter is that so few persons ever have an oppor- tunity to witness a launch- ing. People who work on a boat, and their families, the owner and a group of immediate friends and indi- viduals living in the neigh- borhood. usually are the audience. Sometimes. too. that is enough, especially when space is limited. Be- sides. a ship yard is not always the safest of places for the uninitiated. Perhaps in the list of coming events which are available at information bur- eaus and elsewhere some mention might be made of planned boat launchings. It is realized that often date: cannot be fixed in advance. Sometimes. too. there must be last minute changes. But some effort is indicated. A launching is part of life by the seashore and to witness one could be a highlight of many a person's visit to Nova ‘Scotia. Nevertheless. there are people in the provihce and guests from beyond our bord- ers who would like to see a launching. The difficulty is that they do not know where or when to go.