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Here's a recycling idea; let‘s make April recycling m_onth._ Each Week we have two or three new recyclers. It would be beneficial to all Letters Markham (‘ouncil is girding its corporate loins to sell a slice of our bir- thright for a mess of pottage. “It is slated for demolition. The building is a lost cause." That’s the conclusion of Ron Moran a councillor for the Town of Markham, on the prospects of saving the house identified as 288 John Street. It’s a conâ€" clusion confirmed by a colleague, Councillor Ron Dancey. It‘s a big. old. redâ€"brick house set among trees and lawns east of the sprawling, flat-top complex of shoe boxes known as the Thornhill Community Centre. The Burton family. associated with the Robert Simpson Company. owned the house and the land until the Town of Markham bought the property. Town selling slice of our birthright Markham decided against building the (‘ommunity Centre to complement the old house. Instead, the house was kept separate and rented out to Town em- ployees. 'Now Markham wants to make a trade. The developer who wants to carpet the corner in concrete for another plaza. covets the un- productive space now occupied by a brick house. trees and lawns at 288 John. Markham covets property owned by the developer. “Unfortunately. there‘s no interest among council members to save the building.“ said Councillor Dancey. Evidently a number of councillors have had a look at the property and‘ according to Mr. Dancey. decided Like Esau, Markham Council is. in this case, governed by expediency. It wants to trade away a slice of birthright â€" yours and mine Supermarket column ’right on’, she says I certainly enjoy Bob Rice‘s column which he supposedly writes when he comes down to earth. His March 28 article “Behind the Supermarket Scenes“ is right on. r The supermarket scene, like he writes it up, has become a laughable matter. It‘s better to laugh than cry. they say. TEere's nothing quite like it. You meet your friends and neighbors in the supermarket and everyone hates shopping so much that they all drop their coupons and laugh if you personally con- We often hear the verted your neighbors comment ‘I'm glad you and friends to recycling. are doing so well, but I They do not recycle hear other Depots are because they do not un- folding. derstand what it means. This month the if you personally con- verted your neighbors and friends to recycling. that the old house is nothing spgcia!. It evidently never occurred to these self- appointed experts to solicit the opinion of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee for the Town of Markham. Council appointed the committee in 1974. Council underwrites the (‘ommittee's expenses. Council expects the Committee to act as guardians and watchdogs of the Town‘s cultural heritage. Council depends on the Committee to compile an inventory of buildings of historical and architectural signific- ance. Yet nobody bothered to ask Mr. Ernest Annau, Committee Chairman and head of his own ar- chitectural firm, “Is 288 John Street on your committee's inventory? Is the building of historical and arâ€" chitectural significan- The answers, had anyone bothered to ask, would have been an unequivocal. “Yes” to both questions. “After all," they reasoned, “the town owns the building. We don’t have to designate it to make it safe. We need to concentrate our energies on the hot spots. Council will never deny an ap- plication for designation of a historically and architecturally signifi- Mr. Ernest Annau and members of his LACA Committee may be forgiven if they feel their rear draftin exposed by Council‘s chill in- difference to the role they are expected to perform. Committee members have been fighting rearguard actions to save, threatened buildings. They thought the Burton house was safe. about the articles they are certainly smart enough to leave on the shelves. And by the way, Bob Rice, be sure to warn your wife and friends to check those expiry dates on various products, especially the ones on SALE, supposedly. I actually saw at a local supermarket Eskimo Ice Cream Treats on sale in February with an October 31 expiry date. I couldn't believe my eyes. Everyone is looking for some kind of treats for the kids. but I sincerely cant building which is owned by the town itself Right? No. Wrong. Mr. Annau didn’t know that the Burton house was slated for demolition. When he did find out, it wasn‘t through Council; it was through the Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill. The Society was trying to establish whether the building might be secured from the Town as a headquarters building for York-Summit District Scouts. The fate of the Burton house was not general knowledge until Andrew Meles, of the Society, spoke to Mr. Ron Moran. It was news to the Society. It was news to Mr. Annau. too. Anyone who feels any sense of commitment to the Heritage Act or the terms under which Local Architectural Conserv- ation Advisory Com- mittees operate must feel betrayed by Council’s cavalier attitude to the Burton house. It‘s almost as if Council meekly stacks muskets and troops sedately below every time boarders scale the poop deck of the ship of state. Council’s action invariably leaves the citizenry walking the plank into a spreading sea of asphalt ringed by high rises. Who needs it? If you want to keep Council on deck fighting our battles instead of spiking all the guns â€" be at the Thornhill Com- munity Centre at Bayview and John on Thursday. April 19, for a public meeting on paving a plaza between John and Green Lane. At present, nobody seems to be listening. Bring a drum. hope no one bought I guess if the Nuclear Power problem doesn‘t get us, just maybe if supermarkets are not living up to a human responsibility, maybe they will finish us off. them I wonder how many cases of supposed virus and flu diagnosis are maybe food sold long aftercit should have been. Keep up the good work, Bob, we need all the laughs we can get. Marlene Turner I47 Chassie St., Richmond Hill Patrick Trant. President Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill Recycling Council of Ontario will officially be born. Our Chairman, Mike Wheeler, is a Director on that Council, a helpful factor to York Region. This Council will hopefully find and help create new markets for recyclable materials, such as newspaper. Hopefully they will find a market for telephone books. which we presently cannot accept, simply because we cannot sell them. I have again started receiving calls re same. With the strength and assistance of this Council, hopefully new depots will open. I was led to believe depots were to open in Uxbridge and Markham, but I have not heard anything further. If your recycling is reducing your garbage considerably. perhaps you could take the time to write a letter to Mayor Dave Schiller, your local councillor, or the works department, and let them know it does make a difference. Also. many people find they are burning more in their fireplaces in the winter and composting, by the influence of con- servation and recycling. It is a growing lifestyle. I was asked that biting question again this week: “What do you do with all the money you make at the Regrettably, when we had our third and Happy Birthday in October, 1978, both local newspapers were given our financial I would like to take this opportunity to thank Millie Stewart, Bruce Hogg and Marilyn McDonald for their generous support and their cooperation. Through their fine work they have enabled us to try and reach our ultimate objective, to wipe out cancer through research and to help the individual in our com- munity who is presently battling to control cancer. Our campaign goal for this year is $58,000 and we feel confident that we shall obtain this due to the effort put forth by your newspaper and many others. She thanks our staffers Sterling Trust Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Erickson as manager of its Markham branch. Mr. Erickson, an Associate of the Trust Companies Associa- tion, has extensive experience in the trust industry as well as several years' experience working for a Canadian char- tered bank. In his new position he will be responsible for business development in York Region, particularly in the conâ€" sumer loan and mortgage areas. Depot'?)‘_ KEN ERICKSON Sulanne Timperon. Publicity Chairman. Richmond Hill & District Unit Sit backand watch your green figures for publication, but neither published them for some reason or even mentioned same. At that time we had shipped over 500 tons of recyclable material earning approximately $14,000. Expenses briefly were fireproofing paper rqom â€" $900, plus electrical work, regular hydro bills, office supplies, a $300 cardboard baler and a large portion towards the truck to increase recycling; which is our XS II Steel Radial BR78»13 25.88 35.88 32.88 Sta-Waugh 3585 Lawrence Ava E Comm 0! erlham Ru 131-1441 Summoner: 4566 Kingston Ra Eu! 0! Mommas-ac 284-4787 Snow Tire changeover and balance specual Your Family Auto Man - puts his n_ame on you! Invmce. Vow Fumflv Auto mun WI” penonul Iy xugn m; name 10 you! mvome ll’a his ‘OK‘ lhav I“ onus and Imam me! my mgh nanomas one stoo service suoermarts A regulated man 0! Famny Auto le Your Family Auto Man put his name on your mvmce. 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Nothing put in your garbage should be useable by someone else. There are ' many community groups in the Hill holding rummage and garage sales. Théy wvill even pick it up: so why don‘t you start 45.88 Eloblcokt 7791M Ounnsway West 0! Royal Von nu 25‘4133 (most cars wixhjhis coupon) THE LIBERAL, Wednesday, April 11, 1979 â€" Lawn & Garden Products GR78-15 Hampton ‘88 Queen SI E ‘57-‘18‘ Ilch "III “505 Vonga SI 8840212 7734727 63.88 B.F.GOodrich Iuvllnglon 2145 meaw SI 532-8“)! 0mm. :30 Spoon Rd ERGO-13 to think about others, just a little bit more. When the old CN station gets moved to 18th Avenue and Leslie, why don't you bring your empty bottles, etc., and come out of a Saturday morning for a look at YOUR recycling depot. Marlene Turner. Secretary, Richmond Hill Recycling Committee ED. NOTE: The ultimate in recycling must be the CN station itself. Fifi: _ Crab Grass Doctor Radial T/A RWL ARGO-13. - 5m (mqmu q Hnmlllon 1259 Upper James SI 383-2”! 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