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mOrning inaUQUI‘aI Viewpoint from Mayor Schiller was quick to repent for not thinking of an evening meeting. He knew he had made a mistake a week before the So even though he got off to a slow start, the mayor may yet be known as David the tradition slayer. they want to straighten out deluded old male chauvinists. or decide such weighty issues as to who‘s going to wash and who‘s going to dry. So it seemed the proper place to be on the put an end to the Charade by making a couple of more pitches [or names. And if none was forthcoming to call a halt to nominations and give Chairman Wright back his gavel. ning excuement or entertainment tor the overflow crowd. which by this time was starting to wonder if there‘d be a bar. or just tea and cookies at the reception afterwards, And so even it Wright found his election been presented to the ladies on council. "Why. they were positively breath taking." said Mrs Rolling. "Gardenias every meeting. Mix Clerk." quipped back the chairman. mm"!!!llllllllllllllll"IIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllIIlllllllllllllllll|llllllIlllll|||llIIllllill||Il||llllllllllll||ll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|llllllllllll||l||Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllll|llllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIlllllll|IllllllIIIIIIIIII|lllllllllllllllll|lll|lllllllll|llllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllll||||lllllllllllllllllllllll|l|l|l||Illllllllllllllllllllllll||llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll uluac WIIU IIOVC Illuuc IIIIWILGIIL Lullâ€" tributions in the fields of science, art, religion, education, sports or business. The theme each year would be chosen by a joint committee of the Senate and House of Commons to be co-chaired by the Speakers of the two Houses. Parliament has taken no further action nunuuuaau uuyuuq u: y. you ux u gall-Anun gun“. 8 meeting (which includes Toronto. Aurora and Markham) for the establishment of the holiday. “The country needs this type of holiday," Khamissa said. "the Optimist Clubs are for it." Dave Fisher, president of the East Gwillimbury Club stated he intends to bring At that time I stated in the House. “The purpose of this bill is to establish Canada‘s 10th statutory holiday which will be.the only holiday break in our long winter season. The holiday will afford Canadians an op- portunity to pay tribute not only to our pioneers of the past 500 years but to ponent who pronounced the most eloquent tribute. Of him Sir Wilfrid Laurier said. “Sir John Macdonald now belongs to the ages, and it can be said with certainty the career which has just been closed is one of the most remarkable careers of this century. Before‘ His family and wife Shirley have the consolation of knowing. however, that his presence along with Canada‘s 1,100-man peacekeeping force in the Middle East, helped to prevent the outbreak of hostilities in that area, an outbreak which would have resulted in the death of thousands. IIIIIlllllllllllllllllfllllllIIllllllllIlllllllllllllllllIIIII|IIIIIlllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllIlllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllll|llllllllllllll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllIllllllllllllllllllllI|I|||lllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllIllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIllll|llllllllllllIlllIIIIIIllllllllIIIII|lllll|Illlll|lllll|IllllllllIllllllll"Illlllllllllll"Illllll"lllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllll 4 â€" THE LIBERAL. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1975 Markham election situation unique As Time points out, all this disorder could have been avoided While the story was about a situation in the United States, it could just as easily have been about one in York Region. And that one, of course, is the recent civic election, which at first saw Councillor Ron Moran of Markham 'edge out councillor Alma Walker by 15 votes. I As a result, Durkin has now petitioned the Senate to review the contested ballots, while Wyman has asked that thestate’s courts call a new election. if more peOple had 90’! cu? and voted, instead of ius’r the 49 percent that did. However, a recount three weeks later gave Mrs. Walker the lead by two points. As it stands now, Moran has indicated he will fight the matter all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. Slill, Councillor Moran, despite everything, look the oath of office last week and plans to lake his seat on both town and region councils. It seems last November Republican Congressman Louis C. Wyman was declared winner over Democrat John A. Durkin by 542 votes out of 236,140 cast. Basis for his appeal is that And ihal’s definilely wrong, proper care wasn’t taken of the even if il’s only wrong by a couple bailol boxes following the elec- Of voles or so. Only Hill holds However, a subsequent review put Wyman out in from by two. There may be a new holiday in Canada during the three month wintery period between New Year‘s Day and Easter if the Optimist Clubs of Canada get their wish. A recent article in Time magazine describes the battle of the recounts in a New Hampshire riding for a seat in the US. Sentate. Allthree bills were referred to the justice committee of the House of Commons which in turn recommended that a holiday â€" to be known as Heritage Day â€" should be proclaimed to fall on the third Monday of February each year. If the legislation had been passed, the date for the holiday this year would have been February 17. In the last Parliament, three bills were introduced (including one by myself ), proposing the establishment of such a new national holiday. 7 It was suggested a different subject, group or event should be singled out for recognition each year on Heritage Day. It could be the Fathers of Confederation one year; another year it might be the early explorers or our native peoples; while other years might be designated to honor those who have made important con- tributions in the fields of science, art, religion, education, sports or business. So far not many traditions around Richmond Hill council chambers have fallen like Goliath at the hands of little Mayor David. Mayor Schiller will have to wait two years to change the lime of the inaugural meel' 9, after muffing his chance 1’ is year. For years, it has been the tradition in The Hill to call an 11 am, Monday meeting. Originally, as the story goes, the time was established to accommodate the farmers who wanted time to finish the morning chores and get into their Sunday-go-to~meetin’ suit. But now with the state of the ecoKomy as it is, the farmers have daytime [obs to make ends meet and it is difficult to get time off â€" even for an auspicious occasion like the inaugural. Mayor Schiller was quick To repent for not thinking of an evening meeiing. He knew he had made a mistake a week before fhe KJ. LARONE PRESIDENT. Me'rospan Publushmg Limited 1010] Yonge Street, Richmond Hill. [AC 4Y6 Ontario PUBLISHER W.S. COOK EDITOR HAROLD BLAINE The Liberal is published every Wednesday by Metrospan Publishing Limited - North Division. which also publishes The Banner in Aurora-Newmarket and the Woodbridge Vaughan News. SINCLAIR STEVENS REPORTS 1113132 liberal SINCLAIR STEVENS MP YORK SIMCOE H is noi a pleasant sifua’rion. Moran, who is ouf, is in. This while Mrs. Walker, who is in, is out. Only 31.8 percent of the eligible Markham Town voters exercised their franchise. That doesn’t cover much territory and it’s a good bet, as expressed in the US. case, had more peOple voted they wouldn’t be battling these few votes back and forth in ping pong fashion until one or the other of the participants finally throws down the bat. The democratic process has taken a beating and two good people â€" both Councillor Moran and Councillor Walker served well on council â€" are still bat- tling. And will be battling for some time yet, over something that was supposed to have been settled way back on December 2. Time lamented the fact only 49 percent of the voters could be bothered to get out in New Hampshire. But that was a stampede compared to the puny turnout in Markham. As it is now, Supreme Court decision or no, there’s still a good possibility the person who does finally get the nod, may not be the same person that those 31.8 percent of the voters elected. Meanwhile, in the middle of a debate last week, Mayor Schiller casually pulled out his favorite pipe to light up. No one said anything. Only a few eyes zeroed in on a plaque which com- memorates the passing of Bylaw 88â€"73â€" to prohibit smoking in the chambers. inaugural when he read in the paper all the other York councils were meeting at night. So he has to get elected again next term to get another whack at this tradition. However it is likely the alter~ nate daytime council meetings of the previous administration will be done away with soon. In this respect Richmond Hill will be setting a good example for most other councils in York. "I’m not arguing they were tampered with,” Moran said. “I’m ius’t saying not enough caution was taken to prevent tampering.” Non, as is required under fhe municipal election ac’r. J.G. VAN KAMPEN GENERAL MANAGER He proposes that eventually the Optimist Clubs across Ontario and possibly Canada, petition Ottawa to institute the holiday. Markham too Bruce Russell of Stroud, president of the lnnisfil Club, intends to back up the Newmarket position at the Zone 9 meeting. Meanwhile, Aurora president Omar Khamissa intends to press at a similar Zone 8 meeting (which includes Toronto, Aurora and Markham) for the establishment of the holiday. “The country needs this type of holiday," Khamissa said. "the Optimist Clubs are for it." Clubs get interested The Optimist Clubs. hearing of the proposal, have prepared a Heritage Day planning guide which describes the types of activity that could take place in Canada each year. Bill Leedham of Queensville, president of the Newmarket Optimist Club. states he intends to raise the matter at the February 1 Zone 9 meeting of local clubs which in- clude Newmarket. East Gwillimbury, Innisfil. Barrie. Keswick, Midland and North Bay. on the matter North Division Region Optimist Clubs gt all out for Heritage Day There was a kind of combined carnival and cathedral-like atmosphere at the beginning of the inaugural meeting of York Regional Council last week in Newmarket. IllIIII|IIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllll|llll|llIII|Illll|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllll|III|Illl|||l|l||lll|||l|||l|l|II|l|||||lll||||||||||l|l||ll|II|ll||llllllll|Ill|llll||||||III|||I|Illllll||IlllIlIll|ll|l|llll|lil|l|llllllllllllll|||lll||ll|||||l|llll||l|||||l|ll|ll|ll|l|lll|l|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|IIIHIII|llIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllll‘ X bit of solemnin mixed with occasional hustle. and the whole place lined with wall» to-wall people. So it made the chambers. which usually have all the atmosphere of an outback railroad depot. less gray than usual, less forbidding, less intolerant, The place instead was more like a theatre on the eve of the opening night of a long» awaited play; all those people, and all looking so prepossessing. The men had their hair combed and wore jackets â€" some members of the press gallery almost went unrecognized for a moment because of this sudden slip into respectability on their parts â€"- and the women appeared freshly coiffed and sparkling in the way only women can when they want to straighten out deluded old male chauvinists. or decide such weighty issues as to who's going to wash and who's going to dry. kGNV 'NIVOV ONV 'NIVSV CINV 'NIVQV CINV 'NIV‘DV ONV 'NIVOV CINV 'NIVOV ONV 'NIVOV the regional desk BY JIM IRVING Jon» 8.61YGA» V's/75‘ In addition to possibly holding prayer breakfasts. parades, dances, and fireworks displays. the clubs believe citizens‘ programs could be organized which would include presentations of awards to local Citizens of the Year. There could be community clean-up projects‘ essay con- tests, art contests and even a Miss Heritage contest. All to make us a little prouder of Canada. In their planning guide. the Optimist Clubs hope to be able to participate along with civic. church, fraternal and social groups in local Observances of Heritage Day, They point out such activity will help to accomplish one of the purposes of the Optimist Clubs â€" the promotion of patriotism. ' the matter up at their meeting on January On February 23. 1973‘ I introduced a bill proposing the establishment of Discovery Day. afternoon of January 10; obviously something was going to happen But it never did. Oh‘ a color guard from the Queen‘s Own Rangers did its best to scrape off some of the plaster from the ceiling with the top of its flagpoles. And later, Chairman Garfield Wright managed to place Councillor Bob Adams of Markham, in the Town Vaughan when he introduced himr But the big battle many people thought was going to take place for chairman. and which they had all come to see, never got past the wishful thinking stage. Chairman Wright‘s name was the only one put forward. And even though there was a lot of throat clearing and doodling with their pencils by the other council members. no more was said. This until finally Councillor Mrs. Lois Hancey got up and suggested Bob Vernon the clerk. who was acting chairman, put an end to the Charade by making a couple of more pitches for names. And if none was forthcoming to call a halt to nominations and give Chairman Wright back his gavel. ’ Gardenias for the ladies .every meeting, Mr. Clerk If there was one father of Confederation it was Sir John A. Macdonald. When Sir John A. died in 1891. wearied in the service of his country, it was his French-speaking op- ponent who pronounced the most eloquent tribute. Speaking of heritage, Saturday marked the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sir John A. Macdonald who was born in Glasgow on Januaary 11 in 1815. just five months before Wellington and Napoleon met at Waterloo. At the age of 29, Sir John A. became a member of the legislature He was in public life for nearly half a century, a cabinet minister for 30 years and prime minister for 20 years, reawaken interest in discovery, both present and future. Both Newfoundland and the Yukon have such a holiday. This bill lets the rest of Canada catch up.” Heritage Day is a similar concept. The Optimist Clubs may succeed in rekindling enthusiasm for the establish- ment of this holiday. Let‘s hope so. Mr. Wright acted suitably humble about the vote, calling the moment “electrifying”, as if he hadn't really expected the honor. And then he proceeded to pull out an ll-page speech of acceptance from his pocket. in which he predicted the region would con- tinue to blossom like the Garden of Eden. although at a more belt-tightening pace. After that, it was all a bit anti-climactic. Councillor Adams fired what turned out to be a dribbler‘ after the chairman had finished his address. criticizing Mr. Wright for discussing a possible site for a new regional building on his own. It was a decision that rested with council. Adams said. It was a good reply by the chairman, but it also was the kind of nonâ€"combative rejoinder that ruled out any kind of begin- ning excitement or entertainment for the overflow crowd, which by this time was starting to wonder if there‘d be a bar. or just tea and cookies at the reception afterwards. "No question about it." answered Wright immediately, leaving Adams standing there tugging at his ear. Opinion "electrifying". that same sort of electricity didn‘t exactly raée through the crowd: But maybe that‘s not so bad either. Perhaps there shouldn't be too great an air of expectancy where such things are con- cerned, Maybe if the members of council just heed the words of Reverend Robert Shorten of Richmond Hill United Church. who gave the invocation. that will provide its own sort of spark. ML Shorten stréssed the servant aspect of the work, something that is all too often forgotten by our "public servants.“ 'Fhey are‘lhere lo-serve: if they ever have doubts about their roles. they can check Romans and Matthew And besides. the meeting did end on a positive note. with Mr. Wright showing he can {in that big chair when he wantsf Recently the body of another who gave of himself in the service of his country â€" Corporal Robert Wayne Miller of Aurora, one of three Canadians killed on Christmas Eve while on peacekeeping duty in Egypt â€" was returned to Aurora. Wayne's father. Les Miller, met the plane carrying the body at Malton. accompanied by Councillor Norman Stewart of Aurora, Col. F. A. Tilston VC. Bruce Heise. president of the Aurora Legion and myself. An honor guard from Downsview Military Base was present to pay tribute. As the body was transferred from the plane in a casket draped with the Canadian flag. I felt how unfortunate it was that a young Canadian should lose his life in what appears to have been an unfortunate traffic accident. That was when Mayor Mrs. Gladys Rolling of East Gwillimbury got up to thank whoever it was for the gardenias which had been presented to the ladies on council. "Why. they were positively breath taking.” said Mrs. Rolling. "Gardenias every meeting. Mr. Clerk,“ quipped back the chairman the grave of him who, above all, was the father of Confederation, let not grief be barren grief." Parents who want their young children to avoid drug and alcohol abuse in later life should spank them occasionally, send them to church, and not let them drink alcohol until they are at least fifteen years old. (From The Journal of the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario) These are the recom~ mendations of Dr. Forrest Es Tennant, Jr.. an MD and Ph.D. professor of epidemiology, University of California at‘Los Angeles. Spanking and church beat drugs Most of the men who did not use drugs or alcohol went to church regularly as children or were spanked occasionally. Another factor that correlated was drinking at an early age, before fifteen. The advice may sound oldâ€" fashioned but is based on results of Dr. Tennant’s study of more than 5.000 young US. soldiers. Out of a battery of pOSSible factors. these three were the only ones that correlated and Dr. Tennant thinks authorities should reCUmmend that parents discipline their children accordingly. To sceptics he says: “Show me your data." At the beginning of the study. Dr. Tennant expected results would bear out the idea that if children were taught to play a lot of games and participate in sports. they would build self-esteem that would help them refrain from drinking in later life. But this was not the case. According to the data, Childhood games, parents’ drinking habits, marital bliss and a number of similar factors did not correlate with use of drugs and made absolutely no difference. Approximately 70 per ceht of those who did not use drugs went to church as children or were spanked occasionally.