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Voters in the next municipal election in York Region may finally be able to go to the polls without feeling they’re at the North Pole. Last week, York Regional Council agreed to several changes in the election act, including one which would change polling day from the first Monday in December to the second Monday in November. At that time, the church was only a one-room rectangular, frame building called St. Luke’s. John Edey was the carpenter who built the church for the Roman Catholic parishioners in the Thornhill area. November Municipal elections Apple schnitzing, the making of chili sauce, pear preserving and wool The earliest part of the church at 15 Church Lane dates back to 1847. Voters in the next municipal election in York Region may finally be able to go to the polls without feeling they’re at the North Pole. Last week, York Regional Council agreed to several changes in the election act, including one which would change polling day from the first Monday in December to the second Monday in November. Among some of the other changes agreed to by council: nomination day is fixed as the Monday three weeks before polling day; also nominations may be filed with the clerk the week immediately precedin nomination day; a 1 qualified electors will be entitled to vote on money by-laws, rather than only owners of land and long- term tenants. It’s harvest time at Black Creek Since Pioneer housewives didn't have a local supermarket to provide fresh vegetables during the winter, they had to preserve enough of the crops grown over the summer, to ensure that their families would be well fed. Church dates back more than 725 years The church was enlarged, in 1853, with the addition to the rear of a Georgian-styled wing to ac- commodate the priest. This wing was later demolished when the brick house, to the north of the church, was built as the rectory. In the Weaver’s Shop, the Village Weaver can be seen making lengths of woolen material. In the Village homes, householders busily spin, embroider. dip candles and hook rugs. Costumed Villagers demonstrate such farm chores as flailing and winnowing â€" the time consuming work of separating the wheat from the chaff. This special Village program features the chores and skills associated with everyday living in a rural crossroads community in Ontario. prior to Con- federation. Black Creek Pioneer Village recalls the har- vest time activities of long past days, on weekends. in September, between 2 and 4 pm. By MERILYN McKELVEY (fifth in a series) all” Mm; comnmnity news dyeing are more of the activities that will be demonstrated by the Village staff, on weekends in September. Visitors to Black Creek Pioneer Village may explore more than 30 restored buildings, in- cluding homes, shops, a school, church, flour mill, print shop, blacksmith shop and the Half Way House Inn. The usual livestock and poultry, such as oxen, sheep, pigs. cattle, horses, guinea fowl and ducks, that might have been found in any pre Confederation commu- nity. are kept at Black Creek. Black Creek Pioneer Village, located at Jane Street and Steeles Avenue, southeast of Richmond Hill, is open seven days a week, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends and holidays, in September and October. For further in- formation, contact Metro Region Conservation at 661-6610. Visitors may also see the Dalziel Barn Museum, which is ac- tually a huge cantilever barnr built in 1809. The St. Luke’s Catholic congregation erected a new church and since 1972, the St. Vladimir's Ukranian Catholic congregation have held their services in this historic building. A new wing was added in 1947 and six years later the mural, which can be seen from the Lane, was hand painted on the front gable. It is the third oldest cemetery in Thornhill, with some very old graves. The cemetery is now closed and only those who already own lots may be buried there. To the south of the church is St. Luke’s Cemetery which began the same year that the church was constructed. The occupation of a candidate will still be shown on nomination papers or ballots. The committee had recom- mended against the proposal that the oc- cupation no longer be shown and was supported by council. HELPMA TE INFORMATION COMMUNITY CALENDAR 883-2234 SEPTEMBER 88: 11 When it comes to converting miles to kilometres, the best solution is not to do anything at Vail. At least that’s what York Regional Council was told last week after debating for more than an hour over the proper amounts of speed to post on various streets in the region. As a result, council will stick with those speeds listed in the automatic conversion program of existing speed limits to metric in kilometres per hour, and not make further revisions to those on their own. ' The matter was no. 34 on council’s engineering report, but was moved to near the top of the agenda because of a deputation from Richmond Hill. The latter, although small in number, was headed by Gunter Bellach, 147 Elgin Mills Rd. He presented a petition signed by 89 residents of Elgin Mills Rd. protesting the proposed changing of the speed limit from 30 miles an hour to 60 kilometres an hour, or 37.5 mph. The report had originally, recom- mended 70 kph, or 43.75 mph._ The engineering committee had recommended similar changes throughout the region, bringing with them similar complaints, from King, Markham, Whitchurch~Stouffville and East Gwillimbury. Most of the' recommendations represented a slight increase in miles an hour. The area 'covered woufd be from Bathurst St. west to Yonge St. on Elgin Mills. However, there was also the oc- casional recommendation that the existing speed be decreased, as in the area on Warden Ave, between the north limit of Highway 7 to about 700 feet south of 16th Ave. In presenting his petition, Bellach said he had had time only to contact about 85 per cent of the residents. Of those contacted, 83 per cent signed the petition, asking that the speed limit not be raised, but be converted to 50 KMP, the nearest equivalent to 30 mph, and itself a raise of one mpth “While we have a responsibility to pedestrians, we have a responsibility to motorists, too,” Twinney said. Former Regional Councillor Gordon Rowe had attempted to have it raised to 40 mph in 1975, but this also was turned down after residents petitioned against the move, he said. Engineering commissioner Bob Hodgson said motorists drove ac- cording to the condition of the road and as to how safe they felt, which was why he had originally suggested 70 kph. Bellach said council raised the speed limit from 30 mph to 35 mph in 1972 after a road widening. However, it had lowered it again because of protests from residents there. Bellach cited a lack of sidewalks, a growing residential area and the fact that Bathurst St. had since taken over from Elgin Mills as a bypass road for Richmond Hill, as reasons for opposing the change. Engineering committee chairman Ray Twinney of Newmarket, said the committee had spent three hours going over the report and had dealt with “all aspects.” Speed conversion People were using Elgin Mills to get to Bathurst and to bypass the business section of Richmond Hill. Richmond Hill’s quarterly blood donor's clinic will be held at York Central Hospital from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Elgin Mills residents stop proposed increase Wednesday, August 31 1977 Road speeds in York should be set by the government’s automatic conversion tables, with no alternatives, Schiller said. All three Richmond Hill represen- tatives on council â€" Mayor David Schiller and councillors Lois Hancey and Lou Wainwright, supported the deputation. Vaughan Mayor Garnet Williams said there had to be some way to get between Yonge and Bayview. If more houses went in on Elgin Mills without Mrs. Hancey said, that, while she appreciated the technical aspects in- volved, the welfare of the residents had to be considered. Wainwright said he couldn‘t accept the increase‘ The Town of Vaughan will try to get a private bill through the Ontario legislature concerning the Thomhill-Vaughan plan. The town wants jurisdiction over an agreement between developers to provide parkland in Thornhill- Vaughan seeks Private Bill Library plans dance lessons Call 226-2862 to register, or sign on at the circulation desk. By JUNE ABBOTT Get out your dancing slippers and sign up for the Scottish Country Dancing at the Thornhill Community Centre Library, commencing Saturday, September 10. Lessons, which are free, are open to children aged five and up and will be held at least twice a month from 10.30 am. for an hour. MULTILINGUAL Multilingual Biblioservice is a service provided by the National Library of Canada and consists of book deposits for public libraries in a wide range of foreign languages: Chinese, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Maltese, Polish, Por- tugese, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian. The branches of Markham Public Libraries have a complete list of all deposits and can obtain titles for you from other libraries through Interâ€"Library Loan. The Community Centre Branch Library has deposits in Dutch, Hungarian, Italian and Spanish. Other books in all the languages are located in other libraries throughout the Central Ontario Regional Library System. Children’s librarian, Sharon Morley, herself a member of a Weston dancing team, will lead the dance. Recruitment of new cadets. boys and girls at 7 p.m. at the Legion. 371 Ohio Road. Call 884-4521. Vaughan, the plan to house 75,000 people. The developers association has ap- proached the town about dividing the costs of parks, school sites and road widenings among them without regard to whose land it is on. 14 Town solicitor, Tom “Let everybody go 75 mileé an hour." interjected Mayor Margaret Britnell of King. sidewalks, “then it‘s bad planning.” Mrs. Britnell had requested a three- mile portion of King Side Road, also slated to go up to 37.5 mph, be lowered to 31.5 mph, the relative kph speed for 30 mph. A subsequent amendment by Mayor Schiller stating that no speed limit under the metric conversion program exceed that of the automatic conversion of the existing speed limit to that of kilometres per hour, was carried. However, it and another amendment by the mayor calling for the “distances now in effect” to remain as they are, with the distances in the proposed by- law to be adjusted accordingly, were both lost when the amended motion was Girl Guides feature a fashion show at 1:30 p.m. held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Redelmeier, 1078 Major Mackenzie Drive. Call 884-7775. Recruitment drive for 30 Big Brothers starting in October. Call 727-1251. 15 PRE-SCHOOL The library’s pre-school French program will be offered this fall, beginning September 12, scheduled as follows: Monday and Tuesday at 9:30 am. and 10: 15 am. and Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 pm. It is the type of program any child would enjoy. Those interested are asked to call the library at 226-2862. Comments on type and quality of books provided are welcomed. v Incidentally, Markham Public Libraries also has its own collection of French and Italian books. The classes will be conducted by Mrs. Barbara Rosen, an experienced teacher who has taught at North York. It is hoped to have not more than 10 children in each class to ensure adequate attention to each child. Children aged from three to five are eligible to attend. Fraser advised that the town lacked the authority over the agreement. All are half-hour classes and will con- tinue for 13 weeks. ' In either case, the fee must be paid on or before the first session. The emphasis will be on fun and in- formal learning of basic vocabulary through conversation, stories, games and music. The developers want to avoid cash payments, and would hand over all the land involved in the agreement at no cost to the town. The fee for 26 sessions is $39 which may be paid in person at the library, or by means of a cheque made out and mailed to The Town of Markham Public Libraries. Councillors wondered how high a percentage of A Monte Carlo night will be held at St. L u k e ’ s R o m a n Catholic Church from 8 pm. to 1 a.m. in the Thornhill Community Centre. Call 889-3418. E v e r y F r i d a y evening at 8:30. the Alcoholics Anonymous meet at St. Mary's Church. voted on The motion lost its momentum after Regional solicitor Ted Oakes ad- dressed council. No by-iaw was required if they weren't changing the speed limit, he said. “If you don't do anything, the automatic conversion will take place, as soon as the (road) signs are posted,” Oakes said. “Maybe after all this time, that‘s the move we should take," said Mayor Schiller A subsequent motion by Councillor Twinney that council abide by the conversion table and deal with in- dividual requests at committee, was carried. Sign conversions are to be completed by Sept. 30. 883-2234 Section C “If it is 100 per cent, great. If it is 50 per cent there is no way that we should approve it," said Councillor Dave Fraser. Planning director John Dewar said he thought it would be about 75 per cent of the total. the total requirements would be involved. Thornhill Village Jubilee Festival celebrating 19th century Thornhill. From I to5 p.m. in the old village spread over 15 sites. The Busy Bees camping club are holding a camp out. Call 884-4274. The Kleinburg Binder Twine Festival takes place from noon to midnight on the main street of the village. Admission is 82 but children under 12 and anyone in an old time costume is ad- mitted free. Elderberry Hills will host the 4th annual International Horse Show and the Canadian Jumping Derby today and tomorrow. 10