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VJ 1V0 \. Truer words were never spoken than those of that great American emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, who said: “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. Be honest, but hate no one; overturn a man’s wrong doing, but do not overturn him unless it must be done in overturning the wrong. Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand while he is right but part with him when he is wrong.” .Q ~ - '- ,,,‘l,_:l.'__ he is wrong." . No better conception could be given. It embodies every attribute a citizen should have and do. Your t0wn is the mirror of the citizenry itself and of you as one of them. It reflects yourself. Take pride then and honor yourself by improving the community in which you live. muuux uyuu UuAvaJ-vu v...“ -VVW,‘ , , , Every citizen plays his part. The impression the visitor carries away with him depends upon the individual and the more civic pride he has the better it is for the community. Take pride then, in your town, its institu- tions and societies; be interested in local enterprises for it is well to remember a town may be accurately guaged by its citizens. _ 1 h, 4L-.. LL“..- ‘1‘ LLAL TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR COMMUNITY What impression does a visitor to our community carry away with him? Is it one of pleasure caused by courtesy and hospitality extended to him or does he vow we are a churlish lot? Does he admire our streets, our stores, our houses, our public buildings, our methods of business, or does his experiences leave something to be desired? These questions are asked by the PictOn Gazette in an editorial in which it tries to emphasize the responsi- bility every citizen has in helping a community make a good impression. The questions might aptly be asked of Richmond Hill or any other York County community. Every community is wishful to leave a good impres- sion. Hence it behooves us to take stock of ourselves, or as the immortal Bobby Burns said, “See oursel’s as ithers see us.” We should turn the searchlight of introspective candor upon ourselves and learn the truth. - ' - I ' n mL , :____._\,_~:A_ ‘1‘“ YOU CAN BRING OUT SOMEONE’S BEST You have doubtless heard the tale of the old violin being put up at an auction. Someone bid $1. It was raised to $2 and then $3. The auctioneer was about to let it go when an old man in the rear call-ed out, “Hold on.” He came forward, picked up the old violin, wiped off the dust, tightened the strings and picked up the bow. Pre- sently he brought forth such soul stirring tunes that the hardest heart was softened. “Again, 7the auctioneer put it up. Someone bid a thou- sand dollars, another raised it to two and a third claimed it at three. That’s all some life near you needs, the touch of the right hand. You may not think that you matter much inthis old world. But to someone you are just the one Who can bring out their best and thereby stir forces into motion that will make your influence eternal. " rough and scared and apparently of little worth all the old violin needed to bring forth its true value was the touch of the right hand. Sometimes it takesV no more than a glance of encour- agement, a word of confidence, a hand upon the shoulder in a friendly sort of way. 7 _ Speaking of friends who had thus meant much to him and who had “gone on before” F. L. Hosmer once wrote: “And still their silent ministry Within my heart hath place, As when on earth they walked with me And met me face to face. “Their lives are made forever mine; What they to me have been Hath left henceforth its seal and sign Engraven deep within. Mine are they by an ownership Nor time nor death can free For God hath given to Love to keep \ It’s own eternally.” Richmond Hill Municipal Council table now has two vacant chairs and these vacancies together with the possi- bility of a long term for the council elected in January adds great importance to the coming municipal elections. The first vacancy was caused by the removal of councillor Alex Little to Weston and the death of Harold J. Mills now leaves another vacant chair. Both these men had long years of municipal experience and were ‘successful businessâ€"men enjoying the confidence and esteem of the ratepayers of the village. Their removal leaves a gap in the municipal council which will be hard to fill. The situ- ation is one which should have the serious consideration of every ratepayer in Richmond Hill and the vacancies are a challenge to our public spirited citizens to offer them- selves in the public service. In recent years there has been aregrettable tendancy for many people to be hesitant in entering municipal life. Doubtless it is a “thankless” job as it is so often labelled, but the community owes a debt of gratitude to those men who are willing to take on “the thankless jobs” of life. The Warden’s Banquet. an honored institution associâ€" ated with the municipal life of York County will be held in Toronto tonight. The 1939 Warden will be eulogized until he scarcely will know himself and no doubt he will be toasted as “the best Warden York County ever had” as have his scores of predecessors. We have heard success- ive Wardens thus referred to so often that it is surpris- ing the peak of perfection was not reached years ago. It is a delightful social gathering which is a mecca for munâ€" icipal leaders past and present and those privileged to atâ€" tend Will have an enjoyable time. Despite our dislike for County Councils as a part of our municipal system we expectto be present and join in the applause for the 1939 Warden. Mr. Gordon Harris of Weston. We will enjoy it because whatever we may say of county councils we have the utmost resnect for County Councillors, who in the main are a fine lot of fellows giving honest and sinâ€" cere public service to their respective municipalities. Estabfished 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RIGHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING 00., LTD. J. Eachern Smith, Manager Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.50 per year 6 To the Unite‘d States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban District Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 PAGE TWO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, 1939. TWO COUNCIL VACANCIES THE WARDEN’S BANQUET “THE LIBERAL” PRESS OPPOSES BAN ON MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Hon. Eric Cress, Provincial Min- ister of Public Welfare, has stated that the press and public are definâ€" itely behind the government’s move to place a moratorium on Municipal election for at least two years, and possibly for the duration of the war. This contention would hardly ’be suptported in the number of pleb- iscites which are being held thrOugh». out the Province, together with the fact that many municipal councils have openly expressed opposition w the measure. The original inten- tion of the measure, according to Mr. Cross, was to save municipalh ties the expense of an annual elec- tion, but now, it w0uld look as, though it is the first move to take away [powers of legislation from small communities. Their powers have gradually been removed over the past several years. The privilege which the elector has, of going to the polls once a year and choosing those candidates he or she consider best qualified to conduct municipal business, is tradi- tionally a part of our democratic system. To remove that privilege, would just lbe taking- away some; thing for which our forefathers fought, and fought hard. There are innumerable objections to the plac- ing of a council in office for an indefinite period, chief of which is the possibility of a group of ill- qualisfied mien slipping into office. They could carelessly spend more money at one sitting, than half a dozen elections would cost. For in- stance, in Need, it costs less than three cents per person to conduct a municipal election. If a council is placed in office for the duration of the war, without having to face the ratepayers at an annual nomin- ation meeting, they could put the municipality in a mos: embarrass- ing position financially by spending money too freely. In some instances, the Municipal Board has. been fenced to step in and control the finances of various towns in the Province. We want no more of that sort of thing. Municipalities are just now getting on their feet and the pro- posal to elect a council for the balâ€" ance of the war, which may be for a period of three, four, or five years, is ill-advised and ill-timed; Mr. Cross states the weekly press is 'behind the measure. We receive fifty exchanges in this office and have yet to see one which has flat- footedly supported the moratorium. Certainly the opinions expressed in the editorials in newspapers all over the Province do not support the re- marks of the Minister of Welfare.â€" Tweed News. WHY A MANDATORY MORATOR- IUM 0N MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Ilmpetuous Premier Helplburn can start a hot discussion any old time. He’s done it again in his sudden announcement regarding dfsallowing' municipal elections for any shorter period than two years, and possibly for the “Duration.” There is plenty of contr‘oversy about this move. The law as it stands provides for annual elections. Those who object to this unheralded change seem to feel that it should have occurred only by the will of the people and by parlia- mentary action. By now electors all over Ontario have been notified that the men whom they select on School Boards and for Municipal Councils in the New Year will sit for the duration of the war and for not less than two years even if hros- tilities cease 'before that. If this had lbeen definite legisla- tion passed in the usual way through the House, making a 1mm- year term obligatory permanently, the move might well have been re- garded as a sensible reform, and one with a good deal to recommeno lit. But as a mandatory war-time measure, isn’t it a bit fishy to claim it. But as a mandatory warâ€"time measure, isn’t it a bit fishy to clatm that it’s to save money“? And‘ what about our surrender of one more inch .or all of democratic liberty? All such things ought to be done in order. But the l)ell has rung. It’s a warning to all of us to take particular care what bodies we vote into office for 1940, because we may have them in continuous office for years ahead. Therefore let us select wisely and well.â€"â€"Elora Express. SHOULD CONTINUE ELECTIONS any aft nd- of the war :ny toa kindly The decree ‘vernment Views of Others on Timely Topics he LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO 631‘ last we SSUGC mc the Ontario a 3’ )l‘e voting- CHAKLE until the Tom 9 received Dated at Unionville ural mun- August 24th, 1939. 31‘ icipalities. It is just another pr!- vilege gone, taken away from us by a government which no doubt ’boasts of its democratic principle. To- us, it is plain autocracy. In an editon'al on Saturday the Tononto Globe and Mail, comment ‘ing editorially, in which the cost saving was the principal argument, said: “Compared with these objec- tives, other considerations carry 'little weight.” We cannot take this point of view. The Globe and Mail may speak for 'the cities of Ontario, but not for ‘the townships and! urban municiâ€" palities. Ontario’s financial diff!- culties have been hatched in the cit- ies, not in the country. The city has been the “slicker”, and the counâ€" try the “sucker”, no dou‘bt, but if anybody thinks there is much monex squandered around the township or small bowh council tables he is dead wrong. We might go so far as: to say that most of our municipal councils out here in the sticks are “penurious”. You can't fool Fanmâ€" er John very much if it is going to cost him more taxes. Opportunities may have been» lost in unban com- munities, but there has also been a considerable amount saved Iby this same penvuriousne-ss. Town andi townâ€" shrisp councils don’t throw any money away. Again, different from the cities, there are a goodl many acclamations in the country, something- that is rare in the larger centres, where municipal politicsr hets in. There Is no politics in the smaller centres. 'Out here where we are not very smart, we vote for the man we think is best fitted for the job. II he fools us, or if we have been misâ€" ‘taken, we turn him out at the next 'ellecrtion. It is true, also, that we occasionally get one of those “stufb- 'born” fellows on, our council boards. |I-Ie usually doesn’t last long. We 'ulon’t mean that we don’t like men 'with a strong mind, either. There 'is a difference between a strong 'mindI and plain obvstinacy. And the 'rural voter soon gets wise to these 'fiellows. Then we sometimes get the, other kindi of councillor, the kind who is always contrary. The kind, who, if he got an itch in- the seat of his pants WOuld scratch his head just so as to not give in. We get rid of those fellows, too. But the ideal council! Well, they may stay in for years! We don’t need any governments out in this country to 'tell us when to hold an election. We know that much ourselves, and‘ knomr it much better than somebody 'in the Parliament Buildings, or In flown-town Toronto who is ‘beset 'each year with office-Chasers trying 35.0 get into the council who don't know anything about their council excepting what some candidate 'tells them at election time1 No, sir, we respnt lhis govern- mental interference wltn our mun- :icipal rights. If we people in the country don’t want an election, We won’t have one; if we do, well, now we can’t have one, and all became .of a bad pipe-du'ea‘m somebody had down in Toronto, where they usual- ly do it wrong, judged from a rural point of View. Let the Ontario Gov- ernment give us our elections. Let us have something. They have tak- en nearly everything from us now as it is. Country people don’t like it.â€"-Durham Chronicle. TREASURER’S SALE OF LANDS IN ARREARS OF TAXES By virtue of a warrant issued by the Reeve of the Township of Mark; ham dated the 17th day of August 1939 and to me directed, command- ing me to proceed with the collec- tion of arrears of taxes, together with the fees and expenses, I hereby give notice that the list of lands liable to be gold has been prepared, and is being published in the On- tario Gazette under the date of September 2nd, 1939, and‘ that, un- less the said arrears of taxes and ecsts are sooner paid, I shall, on the 7th day of December 1939 proceed to sell the said lands to. discharge the said arrears of taxes and the charges thereon. The sale will be held on the above date at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon in the Township Hall, Unionville. The adjourned sale, if one is ne- cessary, will be held on Thursday, 2lst day of December, 1939, at the same hour and the same place. Copies of said list may be had at my office. TOWNSHIP OF MARKHAM CHARLES HOOVER, Township Treasurer. Among the announcements Sun- day Mr. Davis mentioned the suc- cess of the POW] Supper. The re- ceip-t's were $361.00 and after ex- penses were taken the handsome sum of $195.47 was left in the treas- ury. Tlh-e attendance at the supper after toll was taken was: 750. “Living in Expectation” was the theme of a very interesvung' and in» structive semen by the pastor, Rev. D. Davis on Sunday. The text for his remarks was from Luke 3:25. ‘ Y.P.U. on Sunday evening Was in: charge of convenor Eddie Jameg who took for his subject “Remain? brance Day”. Another interesting item of the program was a poem' read! by Hadvvven Kyle. There was a fair a‘tendance. E. Yorke, Maple, got out of control north of Will Marwood’s gateway and crossing from the left side ‘1' the road ended up in the ditch on‘ the right side almost overturning: Atfter much digging the truck wasJ finally got out by Frank Robson’s: tow truck. As church was dismiss» ed] many on learning went down to the scene of the mishap. New Books at Thornhill Library While traveliing up the 5th line Sunday morning a truck ownedv by The Rosary, Barclay; The Patriot, l Buck; Jalna, De la Roche; Silas Marner, Eliot; Wildfire, Grey; Wo- men and? Children Last, Nichols; They Wanted) to Live, Roberts; Lord Jim, Conrad’; Sorrell‘ and] Son, Deep- ing; Black Narcissus, Godden-; Des~ tiny Island, Hale; Mother of th'e‘ Bride, Rosman; The Woman in the‘ Hall, Stern; The Brandons, Thirkell. JUVENILE The Princess Elizabeth, 'Aclandl; Ladd’ie’s Way, Cowen; Her Majesty Runs Away, Elias; A Little Child’s Life of Jesus, Steedman; Adventures in the Air, Wallace; Blazing Nerw Trails, Wallace; Master of the Moun- tain, Deane; Three Comrades in Fiji, Deane; Secret of the Brown Shed, Evans; At the Sign of the Red Cross, Green; Wits in the Wind, Lumsden; Every Child Should Know, Myths; Tri lymph-ant Pimp-em els, Middleton; To-morrow’s House, 0’- Neil; Fernlhill Adventures, Pitt; The Deerslayer, Cooper; Two Years Before the Mast, Dana; Tanglewood‘ Tales, Hawthorne; Bi‘ggles & 00., Johns; Biggles Flies East, Johns; ‘The Children of the New Forest, Marryat; Anne of Ingle‘s'id-e, Mont- gomery; Coot Clulb, Ransome; Fairy Tales, Perrault: Gulliver’s Travels, Swift; Mary Poppins Comes Back, Travers; Scottie, Walker. 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