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All right, just to show you I have the inside track on such things, my foot on the pulse and my hand on the acâ€" celerator, or however that saying goes, I shall give you my prediction. And I That is, I should be able to predict with some accuracy who its next chairman will be. In your article reporting on our recent fire, an impression was left our caretaker was somehow remiss in his duties by leaving “the building unat- tended and unlocked” during his lunch break. In fact, this simply is not so. We have left our building open during the daylight hours whether or not staff have been on hand so everyone so desirous could “enter, rest and pray”. Having covered York Region council for the past four years, I suppose I should have some idea of what‘s going to happen come the inaugural meeting. Jan. 13. Dear editor My heartiest thanks to the con- testants who had the courage and conviction to offer their time and energies to stand for what they believe is a very worthwhile cause. Secret board ballot is bad The result is not what is so sad, but the loss to the people of this area and its possible forthcoming results plus the tragic consequences that will possibly arise. In regard to the recent electiOn in Vaughan Town . . . I feel I am better off losing with the slate of four can- didates than winning with what was elected to council. As I have stated before. the loss is not theirs but the people of Maple initially, and in the long run the people of the town of Vaughan. JAMES DAVIS 21 Gosling Rd., Maple, Ont. Letters Sorry church lo cked Because the board has too many seats, it already is too hard for the public to keep watch on school affairs. The regional public school board shouldn’t be electing its chairman and vice-chairman by secret ballot. That’s what it did at the 1977 inaugural meeting this past week. When Mr. Shearer returned it was 3:35:33.” Wrong b u z‘ Wrigh t Letters to the editor are welcome and should be ad- dressed to The Editor. The Liberal, PO Box 390, Rich- mond Hill. 0nt.. [AC 4Y6. The writer's full name and address must be included. and telephone number if it is unlisted. Unsigned letters cannot be considered for publication. The Liberal reserves the right to edit all contributions. , The Ltbeval IS published evevy Wednesday by North Divnsaon, Wthh also publishes The 8a Vaughan News, and The Bolton Emevpnse PAGE A4 This secret ballot PUBLISHER J.G. VAN KAMPEN letters all}: Zl‘ibrral 10101 ange Sueel, Richmond Hull L4G 4Y6 Onlal Menospan Community Newspaoels meed me! In Aurova, Newmavkel The Woodbudge By Sharon Brain I got back nfy latest photographs today. The people who have heads all look slightly devilish, thanks to a strange quirk in my camera. Th'ey weren‘t great. There were too many shots of headless guests blocking the view of the Christmas tree. -Whenevei‘ I use a flash bulb, it happens. Red eyeballs! Had he not acted with such despatch and with some danger to himself, we would most certainly be without our old. historic church building today. I think there is something sinister about that camera. In candid shots, men are seen to be leering at women not related by marriage. Because E. A. James was the York County engineer, he was naturally deeply interested in the development of roads in what is now York Region. Prior to the formation (in 1791) of the Province of Upper Canada, com- munication between the new set- tlements in the vicinity of Niagara and the older settlements along the St. Lawrence was infrequent and irregular. It was attempted only by water. In the settlement of the province the pioneers followed the course of the lakes. bays. rivers and smaller streams. Wherever an Indian path was He wrote at length on that subject for The Liberal in 1926. Women who are perfectly, perfectly presentable seconds before, suddenly have slips showing three inches below their dresses. :::::::.'.: I Cam era 00/7310]?a c y Sweet young children put out their tongues the moment the shutter clicks. due to his quick and effective response to the fire which limited it to the Ser- vers‘ Room. James reported that road develop- ment in the county dates back to the closing years of the 18th century. And that prediction, based on deep reasoning powers, which, in turn, were formed from waking up suddenly just before crucial voting periods at several hundred meetings, is that the man who wins won't be the one the majority wanted, because those voting want those running to know that, while they really wanted them to win â€" don‘t turn the page. yet - their vote would have only caused them to lose, because they Such a secret ballot on an item of board business is the same as an illegal secret meeting, from the public point of view. hope I‘m completely wrong isolates the voters even further from their elected representatives. Now, due to this act of the arsonists, it will be necessary to keep the church Worse, from the trustee view, the board members are put in turmoil because they can never be sure who supports the leadership and who doesn’t. The old local school boards had a healthy tradition of electing officers openly. This better method disappeared after the formation of the regional board near the end of the last decade. The school board should return to the open vote system. It should abandon the sneaky secret ballot. Sinister camera My prediction WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1977 EDHOR HAROLD BLAINE yesterdays by mary dawson However, they had the assurance that, if they pooled their votes with five others and voted for the one that nobody really wanted â€" you could follow it if you put down your drink for a minute â€" they would at least keep the candidate that both their groups didn‘t want, from getting in, and â€" and â€" and it‘s also the easy way out. No one could get a seat over the wing every time she travels. She must work at it. I suspect she is attempting a, She says modestly that she is really trying to capture the view from the plane window. But we know better. Some of her more dramatic efforts are those in which the sun catches the metal and produces a glare that reduces the photo to a blaze of light. only knew of two others who planned to vote for them, too. She has taken pictures of all makes and models of plane wings, in all weather, on route to and from all sorts of destinations. locked at all times when staff are not present. We deeply regret this move and many will suffer the loss of freedom of access due to the actions of those involved. ROBERT GRISDALE, Rector, Holy Trinity Church, Thornhill, Ont. My mother is rarely allowed access to a camera. She seems to have an affinity for the wings of airplanes. At first this was accomplished by the early settlers working in groups or singly. But everyone seems to have certain problems to surmount when they get a camera in their hands. found, it was pursued. up new r1 Necessarily the creation of roads highways through the dense forest by cutting and Cm burning trees was gradual. “m “M When settlers took up their land on me mom“ 0‘ the Humber- lots remote from the water, paths When they followed these rivers to would be formed to the nearest their headwaters they found Indian navigable waterway. These wandered portages connecting them with the about to avoid natural obstacles. headwaters of the Holland River which In time the fontnaths became emptiedinto Lake Simcoe' Then attention was given to straightening the road, levelling hills, grading and bridging streams. In time the footpaths became widened for horsemen and later for vehicles. Who does that give the crown to? The Later pub1_ic funds were used to open ) Footpath t0 road Paths formed It’s G arfie/d "Mr. BOARD OF EDUCATION!...That's not the story you told In the meantime, she is only allowed to take pictures once she had reached her destination. But what is more comfortable than the old status quo on a Thursday af- ternoon? Both for those times when nobody feels like working and also for those times you want to push your favorite project against all odds; and any kind of disciplined leadership from the top will only keep debate in line and, had you only done limited homework the night before, any chances of success to a minimum. That is why I say Chairman Wright, awkward, unsure, unknowledgeable and definitely out of place at the head of the mass, will be back to slow things down for another two years. A good fellow, Mr. Wright. But he's still back there as reeve of East Gwillimbury, filling his pipe between resolutions and cups of coffee around the council meeting stove. thematic essay on travel by air Instead he concentrated on the less photographed sections of the parade. Like the drum majorettes! When he travelled, he never once took a palm tree’s picture. But we have a record on film of all the bathing suit styles of the last 20 years. up new roads and to improve existing Council, if it’s not afraid of hurting a few feelings here and there, will vote the chairman out, and install either Bob Adams of Markham, or Bob Forhan of Newmarket. The first settlers found an Indian trail connecting the mouth of the Don with the mouth of the Humber. John Graves Simcoe, lieutenant- govemor of the new province, laid out a system of roads radiating from Little York. Never once was he tempted to take a picture of Santa. No doubt he felt everyone had seen the old fellow already. present chairman. For only Garfield Wright qualifies as the one that nobody wants. That is, if they‘re at all honest about it. He had in mind the military requirements of the province. These included Yonge Street. Kingston Road and Dundas Street. In 1794 the building of Yonge Street was begun. Surveyor Augustus Jones My father-in-law‘s approach is also thematic. For many years he took his camera and kids to the Santa Claus Parade. That's what council should do and is Connected rivers Now father-I'n-Iaw What they should GEL-92 The camera merely records what the He and my father-in-law have more eye observes. ' in common than they care to admit. 30 men of the York Rangers cut down trees to mark the route. Each mile they chose a large tree to be marked as a milepost. It formed a link in the short route from Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay by way of Lake Simcoe and the Severn River. In fact, even last Friday Forhan was seen having lunch with George Timp- son, the new mayor of Aurora, at the Black Hawk Inn in Richmond Hill. That is thanks to his light bar, an eye- searing piece of equipment that hyp notizes his subject the moment it is turned on. uy Lual. l He then must remind the subject that better lookj these are “moving” pictures. We all - find ourselves twitching and gesturing $551512; 1:3th bscenely to satisfy his desire for ac- g go" For exam He also has a zoom lens he loves to If focus on distant women in bathing suits. your led the way probably what it would do if the ballot were in secret. And by that, I don’t mean in camera. It's not so much the public that council worries about in such matters, it's its fellow members. It would prefer to please them all. Only a few are liable to give their vote without feeling they have betrayed one of the gang. A vote for the present chairman then gives everyone a chance to get off the hook. In the meantime, the two declared candidates for Wright's job â€" Adams and Forhan â€" continue to insist they more or less have it wrapped up. Whether Mayor Forhan was wooing him for his vote, though, I don’t know. My brother is a specialist in that most difficult of arts, the home movie‘ But there are still enough un- committed councillors, plus a few who say they have made up their minds but who are keeping silent until the big day, to make it quite a bit less than a fait accompli where those two are con- cerned. His children have been accustomed to this since they were babies. Whenever the light goes on and the camera whirls, they do too. a 7 . . . . 1 7 t f ‘ The last timelsaw 1t, it had lost all Its Yoslgé Egg; sogg‘gggmffigg'xbjgg limbs. The trunk was badly riddled with bone of York County". dlsease- Yonge Street's development is Yonge Street was laid out as a por- characteristic of other roads in the tage road between Lakes Ontario and county. Simcoe. - Yonze’s various relocations at York I couldn’t see who picked up the check. He wins the award as the family’s most obnoxious photographer. One of these, a large elm, remained colonizatioh were not overlooked. standing in North Thornhill until a few Farm lots of 200 acres each were laid years ago. 0u£ along the road. This was an inland route which would Lunch with Forhan Most obnoxious Thornhi/l marker me!... '0 “7t ‘20 De J If; r It goes something like this: a certain prince was trying to find a princess who was disguised as an ordinary peasant girl. By Lynda Nykor You remember the fairy-tale about the princess and the pea, don’t you? The prince‘s clever mother figured the sure way to find which of the many peasant girls in the vicinity was the true princess was to make all of them sleep on a stack of mattresses with a tiny hard pea underneath. Only the delicate hide of one of the girls was bothered by the pea. and voila! that one was, of course, the princess. Quality will out. Markham ’s legume Now. right here in Markham we‘ve got a reasonable facsimile of this obstructing little legume in the form of a report prepared by Ward 2 Councillor Stan Daurio. Stan got a reputation as a hard worker during his first term on council. He put a lot of extra time and effort into preparing a report. It shows how council operations could be reorganized and streamlined. His main concern centered around meetings that get so bogged down decisions are often made far into the wee small hours. not be harassed by our southern neigh- bors. For farms, too Yonge’s various relocations at York Mills. Thornhill, Jefferson, Aurora and Holland Landing have enabled students to trace the progress of highway transportation and the commercial development of the district, Mr. James said. “A community like this has sophisticated needs, and the kind of council we’ve had has been less than adequate at meeting them." Single-handedly, s'tan tried to change all that. He says, though, he’s been a voice in tlgz wilderness. Well, I do, but better, if you know what I mean. If you don’t, then you’ve never had your Eicture taken. While opened up primarily as a military measure and with military labor, its possibilities as a means of He wants to see council adopt a more formalized structure. This will limit discussion of most items to a certain length of time. Having to approve things like a day off for a municipal employee cuts into councillors’ valuable time, too. Full day meeting Stan has also recommended that instead of a monthly afternoon meeting, a full day-long meeting should be held with council keeping attendance records. For éxample, take a look at the picture at the top of this column. Now, I hope you don’t think I really look like that. long Stan suggested department heads should be given the authority to make these kinds of decisions. ‘ He recommended some committees, like works or property, be made up of fewer than the full council complement of 10. This is to ease the load. There's such an abundance of material to be read for every committee meeting, he says. that often there isn’t enough time left to intelligently formulate policy. This community. Stan says, particularly the Thornhill area he represents, is one of the fastest growing in the country. He pays for the film, takes the pic- ture, watches it develop, and then has to give it away. Everyone loves a picture of himself. People never think they take a really good picture. By that they mean they are much better looking than the silly looking Per§oh in_ the snap shot giving that Unlike the princess, Markham councillors laid down on this report and slept like babies. Stan is bitterly disappointed the rest of his report got a reception best described as thundering silence. Born loser One friend has a Polaroid camera Byti he nevgr gets any pictures from it That page was the one that recommended salary increases, in line with the AIB guidelines, to attract candidates of stature and ability. He feels his finest shSts were totally ignored. Only one page out of his 25-page report got any response at all from his fellow-councillors. scisions are ofl ee small hours Alertness and ng since left. feel «2mg Limit debate Befléf'é'féff Iynda's lashes efficiency then around d down into the have