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Ever since the numerous small boards, high school et a], were joined into the monster York County Board, back in 1969, there has been talk that the structure was simply unworkable. In those days, board members complained about the size of their jurisdiction; the rep from Thorâ€" nhill didn’t know much about Sutton, and likely didn’t care. That worked both ways. The suggestion of studying the York County Board of Education, with the possibility of altering its format, is a creditable one, if sanity is allowed to reign. That has been proved wrong. The York County Board of Education â€" expensive as it is â€" does work. When the first budget came down in April, 1969, with newcomer Sam Chapman seated at the head of the staff table, gasps were heard from Steeles Avenue to Lake Simcoe, when the figure â€" $30 million â€" was dumped into the public’s lap. Of course, the figure wasn’t much higher than the total of all the old boards put together; it was just that no one bothered to add them all up. Board members today are complaining about the same thing. But the tie between south and north is â€" as was predicted â€" closer today than in 1969. Regional government came along; regional police became a reality; a transit system, bus and rail, joined the huge area. All those systems and organizations are helping to shrink the size of York Region; and the Life in 2,000 AD. as seen during 7 934 On June 21, 1934, The Liberal reprinted from the American Weekly a forecast by Professor Pierre Deveaux, a French scientist, describing what domestic life will be like in 2,000 He forecast that the ordinary dwelling will be built. of thick plates of ground glass, divided by movable partitions to enable the householder to change the size and number of rooms. The partitions would be thick, soundproof and fireproof. The floor will resemble a pneumatic tire tub blown up to a very high pressure, he said, which would deaden footfalls and preserve fragile items dropped on it. Beds, cushions and divans will also be pneumatic, as stuffed mattresses have been discarded because they harbor germs and microbes. The garden will be covered by a giant glass cupola under which will flourish many varieties of exotic plants. The at- mosphere will be washed, moistened. ozonized, warmed or cooled ac- cording to the season, and treated-with health-giving and rejuvenating gases. Bath tubs and showers will have disappeared, being replaced by a “vapor lance". a mixture Sf ‘ YESTERDAYS A split York board won’t help education Editorial, Display. Classified Circulation Toronto customers The contents. both od'nor‘al and advertising of The chal, Richmond Hill are protoctod by copyright and mumvhofizodmispvohibflod. Suboaipn’on mat By mail 910.00 pet yam in Canada 020.00 our vast outside of Canada. By carrier. 30 cams my (our weeks. Single copy sales 20 can: No mail delivery whore carrier m exists. Second Class Mm'l Registration Number 0190. 10395 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill L4G 4Y6 Ontario PUBUSHER Joan a mus canon non mums The ubeval us published evevv Wednesday by Meuospan Community Newspapevs. a dleSIon ol Mellospan Pnnung E: Publishing Ltd, which also publishes The Bannel In Aurova~NewmavkeL The Woodbndge Vaughan News, and The Balm» Emevpnse. PAGE A4 .Libéral mmmu Hon Wallace ~ Editov Larry Johnston - News Edna! Fug! Simmon - Span: Edito: By MARY DAWSON Libéral of 90 per cent compressed air and 10 per cent lukewarm water in a mist. This will be very pleasant to the skin and will do away with the necessity of using soap. The kitchen will have been transformed into a laboratory where in- numerable utensils of porcelain and nickel are worked by electric current. Electric probes will determine the exact ripeness of fruits and vegetables, freshness of eggs and other in- struments will analyze milk, wine and oil. The motor car of that year would have no noisy motor under the hood but would fly along at 200 m.p.h. with perfect steadiness, he claimed. An electric “baker” will boil all disease germs out of the human system by infra-red rays, with no harmful effects. The French scientist foresaw the “television room", describing it as having a vast panel of ground glass on which the householder would call up motion pictures in color at pleasure. He forecast that it would play an important part in the private and political life of a citizen of 2,000. The driving energy would be received in radio-elegtric form from 884â€"8177 884-1105 881 -3373 Board of Education does its part as well. Back in December, teachers from Markham District High made it known they are unhappy with the job the board is doing and that different parts of the region might be better served‘by local school boards â€" the very essence from whence the YCBE was derived. If trustees are leaning in that direction, we suggest they study all the ramifications before coming to a final decision. Lord knows, this Region will need all the unification it can get to keep Metropolitan Toronto inside its Steeles Avenue boundaries. And even now, it’s a battle that York is losing. But John Stephens, Separate School representative from Thomhill, touched on a point when others were babbling on about studying the board piece by piece and going over it with a fine toothed comb. Possibly the board seeks to study itself to find out if it can be split into two boards . . . one for the south and the other for the north. . Aside from the incredible expense (imagine paying TWO Directors of Education salaries), such a move would only tend to tear the Region apart. He pointed out the regional board system is designed for the regional system of government; meaning you’d have to redefine at least two levels of government before you begin to effect any change in this province’s school system. Really a waste of time, in his words. Meuoepen Community Newspapers publishes The Richmond Hill/Thomhill Liberal, The Bannet, The Oakvl'lle Journal Record. The Halton Corsumet, The Missisauge Tunes, The Etobieoko Mamet/Guardian, The Embicoke Consumer. The North York Mirror, The Mom. Yak Consumer, The Satan Mina, The Scarboro Cornurnet, The Woodbridge 8 Vaughan News and The Bohon Enterprise. John C. Fergus, Pub|isher Ray Padley Jr. Advertising Directov Novman Stundaty Production Manage! Den‘n O‘Mm - Circulation Directov Rosa Reynolds - Accounts Wednesday, April 11, 1979 ME TROSPAN METBOSPAN - NOR“! DNISION 5" “ UA-r mimic... A distant stations charged by solar radiation. Car springs would also have disappeared, he said, being replaced by huge tires inflated only to 10 pounds. Forty-four years of the 66 years have passed. Do you believe we will achieve this “Utopia in the 21 years remaining until 2000 A.D.? Roads would become luminous at night being treated by a chemical substance which will store up energy from the sun. The cars will also be lumino\us all over and will not require head or tail lights. The methods of growing whole chickens and other meat producing animals will have been given up, replaced by the artificial culture of live flesh in each home’s laboratory. Pieces of meat will be placed in a lukewarm, nutritive salt fluid which corresponds to blood. The grafts will develop rapidly and furnish a reasonable amount of meat in a sanitary, e c o n o m i c a n d humanitarian manner. Bread, sugar and vegetables will be replaced by succulent substitutes obtained from the cellulose of certain tropical fruits. BOCZNA I am thinking seriously about having another contest. This time around I want all of you to send in your best reasons why I should go to Jamaica for about a month or so. Keep the ideas simple, folks, and, if you feel so inclined, slip a few‘ bucks into the envelope along with your entry so that I can have one heck of a good time. All entries become the property of me and none can be returned. The first prize winner of the contest will, with a friend, accompany me to Toronto International airport and have the fun and pleasure of waving goodbye to me as I walk down the jetway to my waiting flight, The Eecond place winner can bring 10 friends and the third may invite up to 20. In the event of a tie, all entrants can come to Malton and bid me bon voyage and then beat it back to the comfort of their cars. Neat idea . . . Huh? I knew you’d love it! WEATHER The fact that I feel that I might be to blame for all of this crummy weather has really been bothering me since last Suddenly, in a flash, I slammed the receiver down before the first ring, and gathered _my thoughts. MUST I picked up the phone and began dialing the office number. Not much to do today, anyhow, I mused, thinking about spending a few quiet hours at home. They’ll never miss It was so windy Friday morning, my living_ room floor was shud- dering. T’were no day for man nor beast. I MUST éo to work iodanyimply - vnm By RON WALLACE Liberal Editor 0f blowing snows and robins froze What a way to shape up... Tri Bell Club LIBERAL SPRINKLINGS Ever have one of those days? Thursday WEIGHTED The hundred kilowatchamacallit winds of last Friday almost caused me to cancel my latest diet. The last time that the westerlies blew that hard was several years back when 1 weighed-in at 235 pounds of screaming steel. I found little difficulty negotiating the open spaces between my car and the office door when those of lesser stature were hanging onto to whatever they could find lest they disappear forever. This time around I had a problem or three when it came to keeping my feet on good old terra firma. I tell ya gang, those 15 pounds sure make one heck of a difference. If I hadn’t done that column a couplah weeks back about Spring arriving, if I hadn’t picked on our cherished leader, Grand Poobah Wallace, if I had ignored the first robin sightings in Richmond Hill, ifI hadn’t ordered that 100 lb. bag ofsheepmanure, if. . .if. . . if. . . Today â€" the heck with the weather â€"â€" today is the day I’ve been looking forward to all week. Beth Slaney of “Beth Slaney Public Relations” had designed this incredible invitation offering everything from squash matches to whirlpool baths at the soon-tabeâ€" officiallyopened Tri-Bell Club on Bathurst Street, north of Highway 7. Today is the â€" hold your breath â€" “The Tri-Bell Country Club Gala Preview”. In newspaper circles, they’re called ‘free-bies’, I think. And there aren’t too many of them anymore. ’ WEATHER 2 “Toronto weather office By BOB RICE you “Snow? Whattaya talkin‘ about?” “You know, Don. . .the funny white stuff that I see falling all around me. . .sticking to the ground. . . covering my car. .that snow!" “Window‘?. . .what window. . .we don’t have any windows here at Atmosphere Canada. . . .why the heck would we need any windows in the building." “Goodbye Don. ." “See ya Bob." ‘U‘C’mon Don. . . .haven’t you looked out the window. .IT’S SNOWING FOR GOSH SAKES!H “Gee Bob, we’re calling for partly cloudy skies. . .risk of light drizzle and a temperature around nine degrees. . .Celsius, that is." v “Well Don. .it’s about this snow. . .how long is it gonna last and w NDSOR how much do you think we’ll get?” Imngigration “0h hello Bob_ what’s new?” bULmyuN: um unmvmnn ur' “We”, _you know what it’s like. .up and down. . down and up." HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE “Yeah. .I know. . .what can I do for WINTER CARNIVAL IS ON AGAIN AS vmfl" ORIGINALLY PLANNED. REFRESHMENTS Wrapped around the various events were various delightful refreshments, which seemed to spring up at you from everywhere. “Uh. .hi Don, it’s Bob Rice calling Specializing in racquet ball and squash &(I asked, but I never did find out the difference), the club also boasts four indoor tennis courts. And it has just about everything else you could imagine. The few media types, however, received the royal treatment from hosts Ernie Lustig, Saul Korman and Mel Richmond. Nearly 600 showed up Saturday to participate in the various events, then on Sunday, close to 900 were on hand for the official opening. Some locals included in the Sunday guest list were Police Chief Bruce Crawford; Mayor David Schiller; Recreation biggies Dave Hamilton and Lynton Friedberg; MLA Alf Stong; MP Barney Dan- son; and former MP of the old York- Simcoe riding John Roberts. 7 About 100 people Sflowed up Friday, most of them members of the club. The Tri-Bell Club â€" a $5 million palace â€" was preparing to greet some 2,000 visitors over the weekend, and the media reps on Friday were first. While the weather failed to stop yours truly and the world’s greatest sportswriter, Fred Simpson, it did play havoc with the city press. '31 As of midnight Sunday, customs officials had recorded the crossing of three momrhomes, four station wagons, a rusty Ford pickup and one motorbike. One motorist interviewed stated. .“I gotta be outa my cottin’ pickin’ mind.” WINDSOR â€" Custom and Immigration officials are at a loss to explain the mere trickle of Canadians returning from the south over the past weekend. Extra staff had been called in Saturday in anticipation of a heavy workload as Ontario vacationers were expected to clog border crossing points on their way home to fine Spring weather. (Liberal photo by Bruce Hogg) Annual dues are $800. Before you start choking on that, consider the initiation pays not only your fees but every member of your family as well, including in-laws and out-laws. That makes the price seem a little more reasonable. And the cost, you say? Well, Tri- Bell is presently having a sale. If you act now, initiation will cost $3,500. This Sunday, however, the price goes up to $4,000. It is not â€" contiary to popular belief â€" restricted to the Jewish community. Never has been, they said. 40 YEARS OLD The Tri-Bell Club is more than 40 years old, getting its start in the Trinityâ€"Bellwoods area of the Big Smoke. That’s where the name came from: TRInity-BELLwoods. Presently it has a membership of some 400 families (about 2,000 people) and can add another 100 families before reaching capacity. Bunny Diamond, Sharon Lustig and Aileen Goodfield talked about the dub and its requirements. But, to get in, two members of the club must sponsor you. And if you’re tardy and don’t act until after May 15, it’ll cost you WEATHER3 BULLETIN: THE CHAMBER OF No, I won’t be joining a nice place. WEATHER 4 but it is