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And it is just this area that Mr, Houghton would like to "iv-s even more time to, if returned to the board. Mr. Hou hton, a resident of Oak Ri ges, and an 11- year teacher of special edu- cation for those with learn- ing disabilities at Lewis Beattie Secondary School in North York. has represented the Richmond Hill area on the board. “I would like to see local trustees involved in local school problems, more than having to be involved in committees all over the re- gion." Robert Houghton, a mem- ber of York County Board of Education for the past four years, will seek re- election again this Decem- ber 2. he told “The Liberal“ this week. It was too easy to sit up in Aurora, for example, and arbitrarily decide what was Funeral services for Ian General Hospital. Jones, 22, of 19th Avenue, Metro Police are asking Richmond Hill, who was evewitnesses to come for- killed in a triple fatality ward. automobile crash, September Besides his parents, Jones 15. were held at Marshall is survived by a brother. Funeral Home Tuesday Michel, and a sister, Wendy. afternoon, fOIIOWed by * * * cremation. Two other area people Jones, who is the son of Roy and Edith Jones. was a passenger in a car driven by Brian Wilson, 24. a stud- ent in residence at York University. Their car was in collision with another vehicle at Steeles Avenue West and Hilda Avenue. According to police a car driven by Richard Taylor, 18. of Greenwood Drive, Willowdale. went out of con- trol while westbound on Steeles, flipped over and slid into the eastbound lane and the path of the Wilson car. 5 Region Residents Dead In 3 Accidents Wilson died later in the day at Branson Hospital. His wife, Linda, 21. was killed in the accident. Mr. Taylor received mul- tiple injuries and was in fair condition in North York VOL. 98, NO. 12. Houghton fair condition in North York Icartoid artery. ‘ | ROBERT HOUGHTON iomcer B'rian 'Baiie§_"" g:\\l\mmlllllll“lll“llllllll“ml““mumnm1“\llllllm“llulull\mlll“nl!illull\lllilllllmlluull1mm“mull\1l1\lul\“Illl1lllll\\1\l\1\l\lmll\l\l\\lll\“mull“\mumuu““\llllllllmlmlllli\mlullllullmlml1mmllmllll\llllmu“llllllll“ll\lllllll\lll\lll\llll\\lll'11 governments as well as many of the people who have been part of the growth of York Central since the earliest organizational days in 1960. The official ceremonies begin at 1:30 pm and all our citizens are cordially in- vitedt to attend this important community even . This memorable occasion will be the cul- lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillIll“\llml“mull!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllRlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllllllllllllllllll~t‘ The public is warmly invited to attend this historic community event October 3. Fol- lowing the ceremonies, ltours will be contin- uous throughout the afternoon from 2 to 4 pm and in the evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm with refreshments served at the end of each tour, a token of welcome to all from the Langstaff Wing of York Central Hospital. .1 .5 .= 2’ - .= _."' .â€" It’s season opening time for Cubs, Scouts, Brownies and Guides all over York Region. The Maple Cub and Scout group committee really “did the occasion up golden” Wednesday of last week with a Family Corn Roast accomp- Thursday, October 3 will be a great day for Southern York in general and for York Central Hospital in particular. Since its inception in 1960, the hospital has passed through infancy and adolescent growth and now matures as a 404 bed facility. The facility has been planned to serve the ever-growing needs of the ever-growing pop- ulations of the Towns of Richmond Hill, Vaughan and-Markham and all the villages and communities therein for years to come. On this day Lieutenant Governor _Pau1ine McGibbon will cut the broad red ribbon with the same shears used at the official opening of the original 126 bed hospital on» November 28, 1963. Honored guests will include representa- tives of the federal, provincial and municipal governments as well as many of the people who have been part of the growth of York Central since the earliest organizational days in 1960. The official ceremonies begin at 1:30 pm and all our citizens are cordially in- vited to attend this important community event. Tours Will Follow Oct. 3 Opening Local Haspital’s Langstaff Wing Nothing Does It Better Than C om NEW FACES NEEDED “We need fresh people who are willing to accept changes and not always be on the defensive about poli- cies that are often out- dated,” he said. test for the county. It was important. to think of the people and programs in the trustee’s immediate area and be aware of what was going on there. Several veterans of the board have signified that they will not run again this year, and Mr. Houghton feels the possibility of. some new faces is a good one. Houghton said the two areas were quite separate; if anything, there was an ad- vantage to it, as he was able to “see it from both sides." Was there any conflict in being both a teacher and a trustee? Two other area people were killed in weekend accidents. Nova Lonesberry, 37. of RR 1, King. was killed when struck by a car while walk- ing across Highway 11, just north of Barrie, September 14. Mrs. Lonesberry is sur- vived by her husband, Larry, two sons, John and Michael, and her mother. Mrs. Mar- garet James. Funeral services were held at the Thompson Fun- eral Home. Aurora, on Tues- day, with interment in King City Cemetery. A Newmarket man, Macur- rie Nagorian, 52, was killed when he slipped while using a power-saw at his cottage near Huntsville. The saw slit his throat. severing the cartoid artery. Says Local Issues Come First However, the board of ;; Public Libral' tfi‘eet ’ y Ont. (~44; “For too long, we haven’t been listening to the teachers." Houghton said. "We’ve got to have both sides and come up with solu- tions that will work." ‘ Had not taing a teacher rtended to prejudice his "views when York ‘C‘ounty ,secondary school teachers went out on strike for six weeks earlier this year? Houghton 'doesn’t think so. He said he had instead been in a position to get the feeling of both sides, attending meetings of both trustees and teachers. EDUCATION IS . Both groups went “off on tangents.” he said. “My job was to bring them back . . . I couldn’t live with them sometimes as trustees and sometimes as teachers.” education shouldn’t be made up of teachers. but of people from all w_alks of life to fully round it out. “Providing what’s really essential within the limits of our finances and the prob- lem of population. Each child is an individual, and when we accept that, then we’re going to have a sys- tem that works." tial?" to supply information; the role of the trustees was to “go through it with a fine tooth comb and come up with the answers." How did he define education ? The role} of the teachers was to make suggestions and mination of plans, rejections, steps forward, set-backs, noise, confusion, planning, design- ing and the gradual growth and development over the past five years of a splendid modern and efficient structure to be known as the Langstaff Wing. The wing is named in warm respect and regard for the Langstaff Family which has provided six doctors who have cared for the people of the community for more than a cent- ury. The smaller brick building which for 11 years was the centre for medical care in the area, now retiring modestly into the back- ground, will soon re-manifest itself as a con- tinuing care and geriatric centre. What was “really essen- anying registration at the Community Centre. Here the steaming mouth-watering fall del- icacy is received with anticipation by (left to right) Danny Munshaw, Neil Geddes, David Price and David Black. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1974 “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" “It‘s not just a matter of money," Houghton‘said, “but a matter of the right kind of program, teachers with qualifications. and the right kind of facilities. “I hope the day will come when parents stop trying to brainwash their ‘children- into the wrong areas.” A father of three, with one child starting school this year, Houghton’s wife, Marion, is a former elemen- tary special education school teacher, and between the two of them, are “interested in getting the best educa- tion possible for those in York County." “Education is having a child happy with what he wants in life. Society ~looks down on a child who wants to be an engineer on the railroad. We try to force him to get a higher educa- tion, instead of seeing where his ability lies and then guiding him. Progressive Conservative Candidate Stephen Roman spent $108,759. an increase from the $92,000 he spent in his previous unsuccessful campaign. His previous spending was the largest of any riding in Canada. It isn't yet known if the larger amount he spent July 8 was the greatest of any candi- date a second time. Official ‘returns now filed by candidates show a total of almost $173.000 was spent on campaigns in the recent federal elections here in the constituency of York North. Winning candidate for the Liberal Party, now Urban Affairs Minister Barney Danson, spend $41,825. The New Democratic Party Can- didate James Reid spent only $2,929. Social Credit Party Candidate Victor Upeslacis said he spent no money on the campaign and therefore submitted no statement. says Returning 3 Candidates Spent $173,000 In July 8 Federal Election (Photo by Claus Plock) The ratepayers hired a lawyer and went over the heads of town council sev- eral months ago after a majority of town council, refused requests and peti- tions for redistribution. The council also refused to refer ratepayer petitions to the OMB for adjudication. The Thomhill area of Markham has more than half the town's population but has only two of the six ward seats on council. mulllllll“lllllll1l111lllllllllullllllllllllllll“\llflulllllllnlllmll Decision was reserved Thursday by the Mun- icipal Board after two days of hearings on an application by seven Thornhill ratepayer associa- tions for a more equitable redistribution of ward boundaries in Markham Town. The ratepayers asked the OMB to order the town to pay their legal costs. Shopping at the new Hillcrest Mall paid off in more ways than one for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Given, 25 Meadow- crest Road, Toronto. They were winners of the Mall’s Grand Opening prize two-week trip for two to Acapulco plus $1,000 in cash. The winning ticket was pulled from the barrel by Local Peek At. Yonge Widening Local municipal officials are being given a look at some plans for the con- troversial widening of Yonge Street through Thornhill from Steeles Avenue to central Rich- mond Hill. Markham Town Council has received an invitation from the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications to attend an informal presentation of the preliminary design scheme from Steeles to Vaughan Road Monday at 2 pm at the Ministry’s building, 350 Dufferin Street, Metro. Education Minister Thomas Wells’ statement last year that “there should be a bilingual school in every area" in Ontario, to allow those who want to attend lube opportunity to do so, has presented York County Board of Education with a challenge. “We wish our six-year- old son to receive 'his edu- cation in the French lan- guage so that he will have an opportunity to partici- pate as an adult in more phases of our country’s life than he would if he were educated in Eng- lish,” Mrs. McCallu‘m wrote. Mrs. Joan McCallum, 26 Alcaine Court, Th'o'mhill, in a letter to the board this week, asked consid- eration be given to oper- ating :a Fren-ch- language elementary s u m m e r school in 1975 in line with the minister’s remarks. WANT FRENCH MILIEU She said this goal seem- ed closer to realization with Mr. Wells' state- Alleges T hornhill Citizen Appeal Is Premature To Consider French Summer School Markham Fights Ward Redistribution After Thornhill Request Hillcrest Grand Prize Winners Bound For Acapulco South Thornhill Ward 1, below Green Lane and the Toronto Ladies Golf Club is the worst off, having twice the population of any other town ward. The rThornhill area of Mark- ham is bounded by Steeles Avenue, Yonge Street, Highway 7 and the High- way 404 right-of-way on the east side of Simonston. Lawyer Eric Murray, QC, represented the following Thornhill area taxpayer organizations: Association of New Leslie Area Home- owners, German Mills Rate- payer Association, York Condominium Owners. Fair- way Heights Ratepayer Asso- ciation, Bayview Fairways Association, Baywood Rate- payer Association and South Thornhill Ratepayer Asso- ciation. Ratcpayer Lawler Murray began the summation of his appeal case to the board late Thursday with a quotation from a front page headline story from the May 29 edi- tion of “The Liberal” which he said succinctly put for- ward the situation as follows; “In Markham where the Clear Grits political move- ment was founded more' than a century ago the fight for ‘rep by pop‘ and other ment, buf- the board's subsequent plan of ar- ranging 2‘0 minutes‘ in- struction a day in French for some pupils, was un- likely to develop fluency in the language for young children; Mrs. McCallum suggest- ed the board seek a fed- eral grant to cover the extra expenses of a sum- mer school program in French. “I understand there is a desire at this level of government to develop second - language instruction programs in areas other than the na- tional capital," she said. She said she hoped the board would “continue to explore every possibility for providing instruction” in both official languages for various ages ’of stu- dents. The board agreed to a motion by Trustee Doreen Quirk of Markham to re- fer t-he matter to the staff for a feasibility report as soon as possible. FEDERAL GRANT HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 reforms in the then two Canadas, the town council last week turned down a South Thornhill ratepayer petition for equality of re- presentation according to population in the municipal ward system. George Brown of ‘The Globe' must have turned over in his grave." Applicant lawyer Murray also quoted from the terms of reference of recent fed- eral and provincial electoral redistribution commission to show the legislators of the nation set out a limit in variation from riding to rid- ing of 25 percent below or above the overall average. Then he pointed to the pres- ent variation in Markham Markham Council Votes 6-3 Against Third Thqrnhill Ward NATIONAL PRECEDENTS An opportunity to have a last nunute change of heart on re-diVision of wards to give Thornnill greater equal- ity of ward representation was turned down by Mark- nam Town Council at its regular meeting Tuesday of last week. The same group of coun- cillors last spring defeated a motion on re-division and blocked a petition of Thorn- nill ratepayers. These coun- cnllors refused to give T-horn- hill greater equality or to have the issue adjudicated by the Municipal Board, thus causing the amalgamated ratepayer associations to hire a lawyer to take legal action before the OMB. Tuesday’s council meeting was on the eve of the OMB hearing. South Thornhill Councillor Gary Kay of Aberfeldy Crescent made a strong plea for the principle of representation by popula- lion as basic to democracy. This is a highly controversial issue which appears likely to dominate the coming Mark- ham election campaign. MULDREW’S SUPPORT Kavy's motion was seconded by North Thornhill’s Ward 2 Councillor Roy Muldrew of Romfield Circuit. It asked for council to declare it wouldn‘t oppose the severing of Ward 1 in half along Bay- view Avenue to create a new German Millsâ€"New Leslie Two council members elected at large and who will face Thornhill voters again December 2, again stood against redistribution of wards Tuesday. They were Mayor Anthony Roman of Victoria Square and Regional Councillor Harry CriSp of Henderson Avenue. South Thornhill. Also against redistribu- tion again Tuesday in the recorded council vote was a declared regional coun- cil candidate who faces Thornhill voters December 2. Dickson’s Hill - Victoria Square Ward 6 Candidate Street < . area ward Bayview Fairways Richmond Hill Mayor William Lazenby and the presentation was made by David House (above left), manager of Hillcrest Mall, on behalf of Calladine and Baldry, travel agents, and the Merchants’ Association of Hillcrest Mall. where the population of the the only near precedent for largest South Thornhill the case raised by Thornhill ward is 600 percent greater ratepayers. The other of the than that in the smallest. two OMB members sitting at rural Victoria Square â€" the hearing was Bedford Cachet Country Club - Ball, Dickson Hill ward 6. Murray argued that Murray admitted that if the board didn't accept "rep by pop" as the main guide for ward distribution, “then I’m out in left field." OMB Member and Hear- ing Chairman Armour McCrae earlier indicated the board generally regarded the preservation of a sep- arate rural ward with elected representation as basic in any ward distribution it ordered in annexation cases. These cases apparently are Rod Moran. Regional Coun- cillor Robert Adams of Ida Street, Thomhill con- tinued to support redistri- bution. adding his vote to that of Kay and Muldrew. But all the rest of council combined to turn down the motion six to three. Also voting against redis- tribution were Unionville Ward 3 Councillor Mrs. Carole Bell of Tuscay Court. already a declared candidate for reelection in her ward; Ward 4 Old Markham West Councillor Bud Bonner of 18 Gladiax‘tor Road; and Old Markham East Ward 5 Coun- cillor Mrs. Alma Walker of 25 Princess Street. Unless the OMB orders redistribution, it appears the only way Thornhill can have ward representation equality via the ballot box is to use its predominance of numbers to elect at-large candidates for the mayoralty and two regional seats who will prom- ise a re-division and will use their decisive majority weight in council to support the two Thornhill ward coun- cillors on the issue. As things stand it appears this would have to mean the ous- ting of Regional Councillor Crisp and Mayor Roman as well as the defeat of de- clared regional candidates Moran and Harold Lawrie of eastern Markham. The new regional Town of hdarkhanl includes that part of the Thornhill postal area north of Steeles Avenue, east of Yonge Street and south of Highway 7. THORNHHL PREDOMINATES The Thornhin area ‘has more than half of Markham's population but' has only two of the six ward seats on councfl. South Thornhfll Ward 1 has more than twice as rnany people as any other ward. It is bounded by Yonge Street, the Toronto Ladies' Golf Club. Steeles Avenue and the Highway 404 right- of-way which runs along the east side of Simonston Boul- evard. 10142 YONGE ST. “Fitted to your Eye Dactor’s Prescription” Gordon S. Wood GLASSES PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS RICHMOND HILL PRICE 15¢ PER COPY Murray argued that special interests such as the rural or. any. other element, should only' get special con- sideration where this can be done without undue injury to others. He said Markham Council is taking the attitude the Thornhill area musn’t get control of the town. but that Thornhill isn't asking for control. but only for fair representation. 2 New Candidates Markham Ward 5 Two candidates have an- nounced they will seek elec- tion in Markham Town Ward 5, 'that area in the southeast corner of vhe municipality between Highway 48 and the Durham Region boundary. The council seat for this area is currently held by Mrs. Alma Walker of 25 Princess Street, a former un- successful mayoralty candi- date in the new regional town and a former mayor of the Old Town of Mark- ham. New provincial con. flict of interest legislation is reported to have made it impossible for Mrs. Walk- er to run again while keep- ing her job with the region- al welfare office. She hasn't: yet declared her intentions. Burton. who moved to Old Markham from Locust Hill in the airport zone 2L6 years ago.is the father of 10 chlh dren. . “mumn\l11m\\1u\\\xuuunmummunmunmmummuuu The new candidates are Tony Baggio of 16th Avenue, RR 1, Stouffville and Bill Burton, 41 Church Street, Markham. Baggio is a pro-- fessional engineer who lives between Concession 10 and the York-Durham boundary and declares flhis area set aside by the province for the new international airport has been neglected by the town: On a motion proposed by Regional Councillor Lois Hancey and approved by council, the vacancy will be filled by an appli- cant from Ward 3, which has not been represented on the committee in recent years. Residents from Ward 3 Richmond Hill who are Willing to serve on the town’s parks and recrea- tion committee are asked to so indicate by letter addressed to the council. There is a vacancy on this committee due to the re- sigation of Barry Bing- ham, because of other pressures, it was reported at the council meeting September 16. Ward 3 To Get Seat 0n Parks THORNHILL BRUNT Why should Thornhill (Continued on Page 3) (Photo by Susan Samilal 884-1955