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Doris FitzGerald, writing in The Liberal in 1967, said the southerly 200 acres of this property were part of the Crown grant to Abner Miles, Richmond Hill‘s firstfihotel and storekeeper. The first occupant and subsequent owner of the property was John Langstaff. his son-in-law, and the property remained in the possession of Whatever happens to the Langstaff Jail Farm in the future â€" be it included in the green belt, become a site for giant hydro towers “stalking through the land“, or a nature school â€" it already has had an interesting history. But I know they are Christmas shopping. Because that's what I‘m doing too. We blame it on the merchants who But I keep meeting these same peefile in the plazas. They pretend they are picking up a few things the kids need for schooL We all believe any move to start it any sooner is mere hyper-activity at best, or gross commercialism at worst. AVENUE Everyone I know agrees the Christmas season should not be open for discussion until Dec. 15. 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Open Evenings, LET US PLAY SANTA FOR YOU CHRISTMAS EVE David Jr. built a large brick home on a knoll overlooking the intersection of the Langstaff Road (Highway 7) and The elder Boyle also transferred to his son the easterly 105 acres of Lot 36, Con. 1, Vaughan Township (across Yonge Street) which he had bought in These 200 acres werg boru’gfihvtfi 1â€"11 1893 by_pavi}i_ Boyle Sr. for his son David. 1869 It was the site of several manufac- turing plants and the owners gave their name to the whole neighborhood. the Langstaff family for more than years. Why else are weddings such big occasions? November and December are full of just such difficult times. We've forgotten the events that require celebrations are those when only lots of friends can make them bearable. People who sell things can't help iking holidays when people buy things. It‘s our fault. We've let it happen. We‘ve let a fat man in a red suit take over. In fact there are lots of other things happening at this time of year that need celebrating more. start putting up decorations in early November. But it's not their fault. No. you begin at the beginning, as with all subjects. The subject, itself. isn‘t the basic, per se, it‘s what it im- With that. and her other admission to being one with Wells, who has long presided over the turmoil with deter- mined passivity. I knew I hadn't strayed too far off the path. after all. If you add French to the curriculum for example. â€" and the board had that chance last October, but voted against it â€" do you start at the conversational level? Then Trustee Dorothy Zajac of King wrote to The Liberal to say that. among other things. “basic education is for (sic) more than reading, writing and arithmetic," There had to be much more: art, music, French. Hadn’t strayed Home on knoll Need celebrations In the last election I voted for the mayor. This election I’m voting for Gord Rowe who has always supported my efforts in organizing community sports. I'm switching OOOOOOOOOOOOO presents If the adults knew it would be a holiday, I bet they would cheer and smile too. Leaf burner festival A suitable late October holiday would Yonge Street. He was justifiably proud of it, his 200 acres of fertile, well-managed far- mland, and his three orchards. He planned to pass the property on to his son, Morgan, to carry on the family tradition of good farming. But this was not to be. During the years between 1911 and 1913, his aging neighbors to the north and east â€" James Russell, Nathan Chapman, William Russell, George Quantz and Walter Quantz â€" found offers for their land made by the City of Toronto to be most attractive. They accepted. For certain everyone would be celebrating the event over a morning egg nog with their neighbors? We need Scraper Day. Why isn‘t there a festival to celebrate the first snow fall? Kids rush to the windows when it happens, and smile and cheer. What if, on that first dreadful morâ€" ning when there was frost on your windshield, you knew you could be an hour late for work. They would help us bear those little nasties of life that up to now we have suffered through in the loneliness of our own homes. Luckily, they eventually stopped the experiment when too many children started dreaming of wild-looking men As for music, does not the same apply there? You start at the bottom of the scale, as it were. As I recall. when they tried to make us all instant con- noisseurs in Grade 3 or 4 with music appreciation classes. which consisted of endless sessions of Bach and Schubert, et al, along with deep breathing commentary about how great they were, â€" “Can‘t you see that?" â€" they nearly killed our ap- preciation of that kind of music for all time, Tom Simpson parts. so that you have some equipment with which to tackle the wof‘ld of learning around you. Experiment ended Er RISCH On May 1, 1914, the family moved to Homewood Hall, an interesting older home in the heart of Thornhill. Mr. Boyle was deeply concerned about the fate of his 20-year-old driving mare, May, so gave her to an elderly gentleman near Aurora. u~rv11 u H vul Then firessfi're was brought to bear on the Boyles â€" with an offer of $39,000 for the 200 acres and a threat of ex- propriation if the offer was not ac- cepted. Althoughe Boyle Sr. hired the best legal talent in the city, he was un- successful in fighting city hall. We 'need to have a little more awareness of the potential pleasures of our lives. Why are there no Snow Tire Parties? Surely when everyone gets theirs on, that‘s worth celebrating. People with asthmE could leave tille cogptry for: the day. But Leaf Burning is fun, so why not celebrate it? If it all took place on one day, the fire department could cruise the streets awarding prizes to: the house with the smokiest fire, the person most likely to burn down his home, the dog with the most singed tail and so on. Now Leaf Burners ddflitflgneakily, knowing they risk the wrath of the neighbours and @he fire department. be? phe Leaf Burners' Festival Ant/freeze dance That could perhaps be coupled with So. let's hope the board doesn‘t spend the first part of its term jamming everything it can think of into the curriculum in an effort to see what constitutes the basics, and the second part trying to see what child belongs where. The fact that your child is the gentlest soul there and will experience wincing pain when the teacher, or one of his pals, single some out for ridicule, or example â€" will only add to any further As for art. unless you have a natural talent for it. is it anything other than frustrating when it becomes a serious subject and you find yourself diligently striving to make a circle out of a square? astride bass fiddles. instead of having their slumbers interrupted by the more benevolent countenances of Dracula and Dr. Frankenstein's playmate. _§)(_p[opr/}ation threat The expropriated Boyle land became the nucleus of the 790-acre jail farm. A large brick building was erected to house the inmates and administrative offices and the large residence at the May was deeply attached to her former owner and home. Three years later she managed to escape from her new home. later she managed to escape from her During World War 2 the property was new home. used as an Ontario Hospital. But it has The horse made her way back to the been vacant smce the hospltal closed a . couple of decades ago. Boyle farm on the Vaughan snde of . Yonge where Morgan Boyle was _The Boyle farm on the west Slde of farming_ Egggge was sold for a subdivision in n_ A _ __A 7 ' 'l I ‘ All the hugging Think of all the hugging that would go 0n_ gt tllat party. Everyone would {)ug Voâ€"fi _t.h'eir best snowsuits and head out for a street dance to celebrate the arrival of our most famous season. The sensitive teacher can spot a kindred soul and that gives her extra It‘s there that the child gathers momentum to look beyond his own yard and head off to kindergarten for the first time, more with a spirit of ad- venture than of adversity. u. "n. vwslllllllls. But‘whether it bébbiés a strength or a weakness in his life is a matter of his home. It‘s there that the feeling of love and loving is first kindled. It‘s there that the sense of self-esteem and security gets Ha fnntknld its foothold Merely t6 keép warm, of course He will always have that kind of sensitivity. because it's not something that‘s acquired at school, or at home; it's part of the child from the beginning. 12m Illkn‘knâ€" :. L- U, burden of being apart Became jail farm L 0 ving kin d/ed THE LIBERAL. Wednesday. December 1. 1976 â€" A-5 Ten years later the two-storey post office and general store, built by Boyle in 1914, was demolished to make way for road reconstruction. David Boyle served as postmaster at Langstaff from 1902 to 1927. corner became the home of governor of the jail. Instead, it would be a quick and merry holiday. Any opposed? Hopefully, with all that extra free labor, the price of toys would go down and Christmas wouldn't be such a pain in the credit card. \f-oqld 'stay By the time we were all rested up from these festivities. Christmas would be here. No one would expect home made ornaments on the Christmas tree. No one would have time to worry about Christmas cards, or presents for people you only see once a year. She is there to teach the rudiments of those homely. old subjects; those old subjects that give every child a chance to start off equally at at least one stage of their lives. That is very basic. Or would you have them skip that step and teach him how to shake hands instead? Those basics that will help him cope with this new world. have to come from home. There, the parents can be literate, or illiterate; just so long as they‘re not afraid to take the child‘s hand when it‘s extended. direction in dealing with him. But then the sensitive teacher can do that with all her students, even though her role is basically that of teacher and not psychologist. Basics from home the