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Despite occasional opposition from various trustees that it was all too expensive, the board eventually agreed to a request from Areas 3 and 4 that it help them form a choir made up of a selected group of grade 6 to 13 students from all public and separate schools in the county. The Family Y‘s dirty crafts program at the historic Burr House on Carrville Road is an unqualified success with the small fry. Expressions tell the tale. left to right, as Missy Burnie. (‘arrville Road. Lori McLean. Duncan Road, and Eileen McGowan. Duncan Road. paint pumpkins for Hallowe’en. Dirty crafts slopping success Bernie Gould had an orange nose and two orange hands. Bernie is also an innovator. Rather than confine the orange to Using 10 fingers may seem basic, but the children at this session are much more creative. “I'm keeping one hand clean just in case." said 9- year-old Heather Sawyer. When it came time to roll up, however, Heather‘s floppy sleeve was on the clean-hand side. She had to use the wet orange hand to confine the culprit. By Jim Irving The halls will be alive with the sound of music this year, as a result of a move by York County Board of Education last week. By Marilyn McDonald First pour a gob of gooey blue stuff on the paper. Then dump in a lump of orange paint. After that smush it around for a while with 10 fingers. A total of $4,000 was requested for the choir, with $2,500 of it coming from a possible night school grant, and the remainder from headquarters reserve. The motion for the choir was made by Trustee MargaretCoburn of King, and seconded by Robert gollllghton of Richmond 1 . Mrs. Coburn, in answer to a question by Trustee Gary Adamson of Markham, said the $4,000 was required to pay for a conductor ~ and for materials. Members would provide their own transportation. Another Markham Trustee, Doreen Quirk, said that, if there was no pay involved, there would be no grants, so the board wouldn’t save. That was the formula for creating a Hallowe‘en pumpkin at the Saturday morning Dirty Crafts session in the Rowland Burr Craft House on Carrville Rd. She-said they hoped “to get the best conductor po§sible." r ‘ Trustee Adamson said that, as the program would not be extra- curricular, he was against it. It might be “educationally sound, but I think we've got many music people who would give their time. I think teachers would like to be involved." he said. Board approves choir grant She said there weren't the circle for the pum- pkin, Bernie who is 6, covered the entire paper with orange paint and scratched the pumpkin shape out of the wet color with his fingerna_il. Trustee Keith Hargrave of Georgina, himself a music teacher, said the teachers had heavy enough loads now. Also, a vocal music program was of a dif- ferent nature; it couldn't be compared in any form with a physical education one, for example. lKathleen Cafnpbell, “almost nine" got her shirt “from dad". Trustee Donald Cameron of Vaughan, wondered if the board paid a teacher to conduct. would they then get “into the policy" of gaying teachers overtime. “I don‘t see why we're selecting students. We don’t select students for night class.” he said. He said he couldn't support “something that's going to a selected group." If they were going to have someone qualified to teach music, they should have a volunteer. “No comment," said Mr. Hargrave. He then pointed out they needed a selected group, because “it’s not just a sing song." They had high standards to meet. If clothes are the mark of the man, the “paint shirts“ worn by these artists showed definitive taste in design and c_u_t. Peter MacDonald. “eight-and-a-half not eight”, wore a rather splend_id old army shirt. Eileen McGowan, age 7, covered up with a faded but obviously once very pretty nightgown. I “If‘s froth Ireland said Eileen. “And I'm five to-day declared Ciara. It's funny about those paint shirts, though. There seemed to be paint just about everywhere except on them. enough people in the high schools with the talent for choral conducting. Mrs. Coburn said night school teachers would be paid, and the York ap- pointment would be regognized as such.» William Laird of Georgina‘, termed the proposal “a nickle-and- dime-situation,” and they were “going to nickle and dime themselves to death." With that he turned to fellow Trustee Hargrave and suggested he volunteer. Eileen came to Canada from Ireland just about a year ago. Her sister Ciara was with her. Trustee Chris McMonagle of Markham, said they were “looking for another person en- tirely;” someone outside the schools. There was a loud crash as seven-year-old Missy Burnie‘s chair collapsed underneath her. Missy got up giggling with a few more orange smudges to her credit. Sima Phillips looked on from under her orange eyebrows. Sima‘s eyebrows are six years old and so is the rest of her. Instructor Ethel Goode defined Dirty Crafts as “anything that’s messy and gooey." Lori McLean, age 10, carefully described the glue and stone paintings and the pencil holders they had made out of popsicle sticks. “We Hope something useful comes out of our fun." said Ethel. Heather Sawyer said she was going to use most of the things she made for Christmas presents. When asked what she had to say about the Dirty Crafts, Emma Lancaster who is “almost eight". replied. “Nothing.” The board also ap- proved a motion by Trustee Houghton to provide $1,500 toward supporting a Lake Wilcox Public School youth program, from January 1, to June 30, 1976. There was one proviso, however. It was also agreed that staff evaluate the program and report back to the board by June 1, in an effort to consider future support. Trustee Quirk agreed. “You don't let everybody on a football field," she said, getting in the last word. She was t06 busy FRIDAY OCT. 24th AT 8 PM. SATURDAY OCT. 25th AT 9.30 AM. 1.30 PM. 7.30 PM. SUNDAY DCT. 26th AT 10 AM. 11 AM. 7 PM. At Weldrick Road Baptist Church The old fashioned country church on the edge of the city Rev James Soward, Associate with Dr. Jerry Falwell, at Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Va. heard on television, channel 2. Buffalo, NY. every Sunday at 8:30 am. will be speaking and singing in every service. â€" Meet us where Weldrick Rd. meets Bat/lurst St. ‘REV. JAMES SOWARD HEAR REV. GARDINER GENTHY Dr. Jerry Falwell and the Liberty College Singers, will hold a New York Spectacular “1 Love America" program, at the Niagara Falls International Convention Center. Niagara Falls, N.Y. on Monday, Oct. 27. at 7 RM. If interested in going on a chartered bus. phone 884-7859. Phooo by H099 274 WELDRICK ROAD, RICHMOND HILL. ONT. REV. B. T. 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The actual number of non-instructional days is decided by the local school board. Thornhill area schools have only Rename school for Markham coâ€"founder The motion was made by Chairman Donald Sim, and seconded by Doreen Quirk, both of Markham. In speaking to the motion, Sim pointed out that, besides his role as founder of Markham, Berczy had a painting in Canada's National Gallery, designed the first bridge across the Don River and was the co- founder of the City of York. Yet. there was not one permanent memorial in Markham to his memory, the chairman said, unless you counted a street between the Ninth Line and Highway 7. “on which no one lives." He felt that way because of the reasons given. The recurring reason was that it would cost a lot. However. that wasn’t true; the name change could be “phased in gradually," at little or no cost. He said that 1,200 questionnaires were sent out to parents in the area. informing them of the proposed change and asking for their opinion on it. “If this were a poll, 11d say the people had spoken,“ Sim said. “But I don't feel it is a poll.“ The returns listed 64 in favor, 97 against and 31 with no opinion. riptions knowing 9:30 pm complement the latest Delta Optical has one frames in Metro: Chris Metzler and Jacques! rlele optical service am riptions accurately. C( knowing you are in th‘ There was also an 1144;| 1-7373 you Sat at every service airvie Rev. Gardiner Gentry, Louisville, Ky. Associate Dr. W. Beebe, authority on Bus Ministry, and children’s church, founder of Beth Haven Bus Directors School. will join with Mr. Soward, Sat. Oct. 25, in a Bible School Workers Conference. 30 latest clothing fashions? is one of the most outstanding Christian Dior, Silhouette, ques Fath to name a few. They cc and guarantee the filling of Consu the can Mall care 106 491 0 name a h antee the f Delta Opli of experts :00 pm. nine so-called PD and PA days. A copy of an Ontario Ministry of Education survey forwarded to the Parents Council revealed statistics showing a favorable response to the program by the parents questioned. Erika Thomson won- dered about the wording of the survey and the percentages quoted. Women’s day at York U element that thought the name “Berczy” was “goofy.” Sim said he didn‘t think that was a valid reason. Another reason given was that the board‘s policy was against naming schools for people. The chairman said he wasn't aware of that policy, and proceeded to list three schools in Markham â€" William Markham â€" William Armstrong. Roy Crosby and James Robinson â€" which were named that way. The two dissenters to the motion were Trustees Chris McMonagale of Markham and Douglas Allen of Richmond Hill. Laura Ontario Status ( A panel discussion, Where Are The Women At York?, was followed by the showing of series of films of different eras in various walks of life. The men also had their say in a presentation on Men’s Liberation with Howard Buchbinder of Atkinson social science division. A slide show, Women In India, was presented by Sudha Thakkar. The program ended with a concert featuring feminist singer Rita MacNeil. 1115 How “cou'ld parents a Sabia io Council ; of Women panel dis1 official opening of Women‘s Centre, University, on Mon ing( 1! an She related an example of how she feels the program benefits both teacher and pupil. j u d g e w h e t h e 1‘ Professional Develop- ment days were valuable by the wording of the survey?" she asked. TPC president Michael Bailey agreed with Mrs. Thomson saying he felt it was “definitely a biased survey". The teachers at one school had become concerned over the disruptive behavior patterns of the students. Through discussion they became aware the problem was most noticable late in the af- ternoon. They concluded the children were returning to the classroom tired and overstimulated from the afternoon recess. The recess was cancelled and according to Mrs. MacDonald the ex- periment resulted in more attentive pupils. Mother and former teacher Margaret MacDonald said she makes use of the PD days to take her children to events not available or too crowded on the weekends. Another teacher who preferred to remain unidentified because J Carpet Villa cuts the price of all hroadloom inventory! The prices reduced to rock-bottom ! Save 25% to 50% off all bruadloom inventory! “I‘m still teaching", had taught previously under the old system when discussion was part of each school day. “Now if I have a problem. I have to wait for one of the PD days.“ the teacher said. The unidentified teacher, also a parent, felt it was good for the teachers to get together, but “they don‘t need 12 days out of the teaching year“. Ed Direnfeld, treasurer of the Parents Council, wondered why teachers can‘t use their vacation periods for professional development and ac- tivity. “They‘re paid for a full year, they should use the full year." he said. “We can't afford to take away instructional time from the students.“ President Michael Bailey called for some concrete resolutions. The 350â€"member Thornhill Parents Council now has four resolutions before the York County Board of Education. Members decided to defer a decision until more information was obtained and to ask the board to supply agendas of professional development days held during the past year in Thornhill area schools. THE LIBERAL. Wednesday. Oct. 22. 1975 â€" A-3