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The members of York County Council at the December session approved a recommendation of the; Legislative comâ€" mittee advocating that legislation be passed providing that municipal councils be elected for a two year term. While there are some good arguments in favor of such a plan the suggestion would look better coming from the ratepayers rather than from the municipal representatives. The mem- bers of York County council are apparently quite well satis- fied with themselves and undoubtedly might llke to evade the responsibility of facing the electors every January. However, the present system of electing representatives every year appears quite satisfactory to the ratepayers and is likely to continue for a long time. One year is 'not long for a good representative but it is obviously quite too long to retain a poor representative, and the opportunity of re~ jecting the services of a'municipal councillor or, reeve every year should not be denied the taxpayer. A representative giving good service should have nothing-to fear from the present system. Aside from the recreational value of sports, they have also the effect of uniting a town and giving young and old a common interest. Financially, sports find it difficult going in small towns, but they contribute to the life of the community much that is worth-while. In the first place, sports such as hockey, curling, skat- ing, etc., in winter; baseball, softball, lacrosse, etc., in' sum- mer, provide an outlet for the surplus energy of young and older folks, While at the same time they prove a source of entertainment for large numbers of spectators. In small communities these events are often the principal form of recreation. They are clean, healthful sports, and; if kept free of crooked practices, are an asset to any community. The old proverb to the effect that idleness breeds mis- chief applies to the state as well as to the individual. The community that fails to provide means of pleasure and recreation is a fertile field for crime, and will find its standards of living reduced to a low level. At this time of year, when winter sports are just in the offing, those who follow the ins and outs of sport organi- zations may feel inclined to ask themselves if it pays to encourage sports in small towns. From the financial stand- point, of course, the answer is decidedly in the negative, but there are other things to be taken into consideration. For, after all, most priceless gifts one can give another, cost nothing, but make the recipient rich and the giver blessedâ€"A friendly smile, a kindly nod, a helping hand, a c'heery word,â€"These are some of the little jewels We may have for the taking and give without stint or apologyâ€"little gifts from a great philosophy. If we can radiate the sunshine of one or more of these attributes of the Spirit, we are rich indeed, though poor. May we continue to have faith in ourselves, faith in our fellows, faith in our future. May we continue to hope and watch and patiently await the dawn of the new day, and carry throughout the whole year the cheery spirit we so abundantly possess each Christmas Day. So long as we have these we should not worry need- lessly about the tempting, tinseled trinkets which we are too poor to give and too proud to receive, for this is but a pretty custom. There is something greater, deeper, nobler than this; something as enduring as memory. This is the spirit of the Season, implanted in the hearts and minds of men to be re-born each Christmas day; and this spirit has five namesâ€"Love, Charity, Friendliness, Kindliness, Cheer- iness. Thus we do prove to ourselves and the world that we still cherish the faith of our fathers, that we do adhere con- sciously or unconsciously, to the Philosophy emanating from the manger in Bethlehem; and that, even in our ad- versity and perplexity, we still stand upon the two great gundation stones of this wonderful philosophyâ€"Faith and ope. There is still restlessness among the people; there is distress among the nations; still is that strange paradox of want amidst plenty a reality. But we are a peculiar peo- ple and undaunted, again hope for a brighter, happier and more prosperous day next Christmas. One year ago, We hoped this Christmas would find us more prosperous, more able to follow the custom of gift- giving and gift-receiving, and with that hope one year ago we proved our faith in ourselves, in our friends, in our future, in our country. Now that the~day is here, we find unrealized the thing we so hopefully visualized. And at no time in the history of the world, since the dawn of the first Christmas day, has mankind been in greater need of peace and goodwill and understanding among men of all nations, than now. i Our present civilization was rocked in the cradle of this philosophy and nourished on the truths it teaches. In our maturity we are'rocked by individualism, nationalism, international jealousies and race hatred. One wonders sometimes if, after all, the experiences of the passing cen- turies haVe taught us much or little of the eloquence of that refrain so joyously sung when Christ was born â€" “Peace on Earth, Goodâ€"Will Toward Men.” Christmas is not only the birthday of the Christ bht the birthday of the greatest teacher of the greatest phil- osophy the world has ever known. Christmas! What a day to conjure with! Always a day to look forward to with joyful anticipaâ€" tion, ever a day to look back upon with cherished memories. Among all the christian nations of the world, in all their recorded histories, in all their legends, in all their traditions, no other day stands out so gloriously nor means more to mankind. TWO YEAR TERMS FOR MUNICIPAL COUNCILS J. Eachern Smith. Man-«aver Member Canadian Weekly Newspapex Association Subscription $1.50 per year â€"- To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban District. Advertising Rates on Application. TELrnHONE 9 PAGE TWO Ettablished 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ‘XT RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO.. LTD. DO SPORTS PAY IN SMALL TOWNS? THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13th, 1934 THE LIBERAL LITTLE GIFTS The Milk Control Board of Ontario has insufficient power to control the various distributing companies or to settle milk wars which flare up periodically. The controversy in Hamilton, for example, has been in progress for a considerable time and all efforts to effect a settlement have so far failed. The action of co- oper- ative firms in making rebates to con- sumers has aroused a storm of proâ€" test from other dairies and it is reâ€" ported that one or two small dairies have been forced to the wall as a result of the dividends paid back to consumers. There are more front-page stories in Ontario, daily newspapers when the premier is at the helm than there are when he is absent, but. develop- ments am Parliament Buildings dur- ing the past few days reveal the itrend of government policy along Iwidely different lines, and for this reason they have attracted wide at- Itention. to the Tl-amtc‘amda Highway and! Announcement of the proposal to arterial roads have been ironed out,‘ama1'galnabe a number 0f muniCipal- the Department of Northern Devexlopâ€" ities adjacent to the city of Windsor ment is proceeding to establish road and create a greater Windsor with a. camps at stragetic points in the north i pOP‘UIatiOII’ 0f over 100,000 was One Of Approximately 40,000 men will work the features of the news- stories in these camps. emanating fmm Queen’s Park. In For years the milk problem hm‘lprosperous times the Border Cities confronted government authorities. went 0“ a Spending splurge which and all attempts to settle the con- threw them into the wrong side of troversies between producer and. dig. the ledger when the crash came and tributor and among. the distributors money became hard t0 get But themselves have proved abortive! despite bankruptcy, these muniCiPal- Now the Hepburn Government isrlities Still COHfiJl‘ued 1'0 Operate under tackling 'the Situation. and Actingsseparate municipal councils with all Premier Han-y Nixon has announced the duplication of services that this that the government is consireding entails. The City of Windsar was the distribution of milk as a public Willing to widen its boundaries to in- utility. This would entail the setting elude the“: muniCipahtieS and a move- of prices between the producer and ment was set in motion which had its the distributor and between the dis- culmination in' the recent announce- t‘ributor and the consumer. The ment- provinces of Manitoba and Alberta The amalgamation Will be g00d have such a law in effect and it has news to bondhOldeTS as there isi a worked out successfully. 1)“ng PI‘OSpeCt t$0 these ban‘lfl‘upt Cash. relief is to be extended to unorganized territories in Northern Ontario and a, zoning scheme for the entire province has been devised. Now that the differences between the Provincial and Dominion Governâ€" ments as to financial contributions to the TransuC‘anxada Highway and arterial roads have been ironed out, the Department of Northern Develop- ment is proceeding to establish road camps at s‘tragetic points in the north Approximately 40,000 men will work in these camps. First and foremost, there is the unemployment relief problem which still continues to hold first place in public interest. Fer the guarded stabements issued from time to time by Hon. David Croll, MinTstei' of Wei- fare, it is apparent that the govern- ment is proceeding full sail ahead with a. policy to standardize and cor- relate all relief systems in the prov- ince, allowing sufficient latitude, however, to meet the needs of indi- vidual municipalities. With Premier Hepburn thousands of miles from his» busy office, the hum of political machinery at Queen’s Park has taken on a somewhat slower tempo but the week’s news still main- taifis its interesting- character. Hepburn Government May Make Milk Public Utility PREMIER ENJOYING WELL-EARNED HOLIDAY As the young folks say now-a-days, “He couldltake it.” He came to show us how, NOW and FOREVER. “Go ye therefore into all the world and tell this good news to every creature.” “I came into the world that I might bear witness to the truth.”â€"-John 18:37. “I am come a light into the world.”â€"40hn 12:46. “I am the way, the truth, the life.”â€"â€"John 14:6. “I came that in me ye might have peace. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”â€"John 16:33. When facing a worse ordeal of physical, mental and spiritual torture than you or I will ever be called upon to face he said, in the majesty of his inner God-harmonized calmness, “In the world ye too shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, be of GOOD CHEER, I have overcome the world.” Here is sound advice and troubles antidote packed into one sentence. 12 :47. “I came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.”â€" Matt. 20:28. “Therefore,. all things, whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so unto them, for this is the law and the prophets.”â€"Matt. 7:12. “I came to seek and to save the lost.”â€"Luke 19:10. “I came to call sinners to repentance.”â€"Mark 2:17. “I came not to judge the world, but to save it.”â€"-John “I came that ye might have life and have it more abundantly.”â€"John 10:10. " “I am come in my Father’s name.”â€"John 5:34. “I came from God, nor came I myself. He sent me.” â€"John 4:34. “I came to fulfill the law.”â€"Matt. 5:17. “I came to do the will of Him that sent me.”â€"John 4 :34 “He has consecrated me to preach the gospel (good news) to the poor. He sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”â€"Luke 4:18. Nineteen hundred and thirty Christmasses have come and gone since Jesus Christ “came to earth a little baby thing that made a woman cry.” Why did he come? Let’s ask Him. THE LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO WHY CHRIST CAME By John Edwin Price From the Department of Health ‘comes the announcement that in future all appointments to Ontario mental hospitals will be on the basis .of examinations and that “political ipull” will have no bearing- on the (choice of physicians. This announce- iment from Hon. Dr. J. A. Faulkner, [Minister of Health, is long overdue. It is well known that “pull” has been iinsm‘umental in gaining positions for idoctors, apart entirely from the ques- tion or merit and; fitmest for the Ipositions. But if we should consume more things to provide more jobs, must we also have more diseases to proâ€" vide more work for doctors? The amalgamation will be good news to bondholders as there is: a. bright pmspect to these bankrupt municipalities redeeming their 0in- gations in due course now that the heavy cost of government is soon to be materially reduced. " There is urgent need at the present ‘time for addit‘onal hospital accommo- dation and- it is reported that presâ€" sure is being brought to bear on the government to enlarge existing facil- ities at Ontario hospitals. The need for more accommodatiom is believed to be one of the reasons why the De- partment of Health is anxious to in- augurate the examination system for candidates so that there will be suf- ficient well-trained men on hand when expansion takes place. PLUMBING AND TINSMITHING If the Hepburn Government passes legislation at the next session to make milk distribution a public utility, it means, in effect, that the Milk Con-‘ trol Board will go in for price-fixing, always considered a dlangerous ex. periment. But it is admitted that something must be done and only legislative action can bring remedies. A. C. HENDERSON Thornhill, Ontario Hot Water Heating and General Repairs MleA at your farm Work guaranteed and charges moderaté FOR, FULL PARTICULARS APPLY Richmond Hill R. R. 1 o COR. YONGE ST. & N H NO. 7 HIGHWAY o o PHONE THORNHILL 95 ADANAC Steres INVESTMENT SECURITIES , CAN. NAT’L. EXPRESS MONEY ORDER OFFICE GEORGE S. MOORE Announces that he is now equipped to do RICHMOND HILL, ONT. 93 YONGE STREET PARFUMERIE MELBA OF CANADA, LTD . . . . TORONTO ROLLED OATS, 5 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ICING SUGAR, 3 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AYLMER CATSUP, 8 oz. bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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