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D=0$0=01 ozo=o=o=o=o=o=m Richmond Hill Canadian Bank 0 Commerce F. HOOVER, Manager Compliments of .o=o=o=o=o=6 Ontario 10:9 May I take advantage of the is- sue of The Lions’ Liberal to call pubâ€" lic attention to the need for immediâ€" ate action on the part of our town authorities to protect those who use Yonge Street. The number of accidents on Yonge Street in Richmond Hill is appalling and no desire for a declining tax rate should longer postpone action to protect life on this extremely hazardous stretch of highway. Life in a modern war zone is comâ€" paratively safe compared to Yonge Street in Richmond Hill. In the first place it is very poorly lighted and cars, trucks, busses and all kinds of motor vehicles tear through this town as if they were on a speedway and pedestrians jump like a lot of scared cats in a desperate attempt to keep on living and remain outside the hospital emergency wards. Hundreds of our children use Yonge Street every day going to school and surely merit some pro- tection. How many more lives must be sacrificed before we get it? A better lighted Yonge Street, and a strict enforcement of traffic reguâ€" lations arerneeded now in Richmond Hill to replace the present excuse of street lighting and no attempt at all in traffic regulation enforcement. It was thrilling and I listened spell-bound while the International President told the story of a “poor” lionâ€"in fact a poor citizen. He was wealthy but could not be described: as “one who merits the respect of intelligent men,”â€"“the love of little children,” and the club was about to “drop” him wnen something happen- ed! One day his usual little news- boy was missing! At first he thought only of the inconvenience to himself, then his irritation changed to con- cern for the boy (all unwittingly he had, you see, developed an affection for someone!) When he found that the lad was to go to an orphanage because his grandmother found it im- possible to support him with her small income and his meagre earn- ings, thevLion took him into his off-n ice and finally into his home. ' On examination day the missed drill took all the joy from the Lions banquet: I was convinced that the Mistress was right. I looked down the list of subjects and felt equal to none of them. As I read them Over frenziedly a second time one stood out as though in bold face type â€" “Opportunity Knocks". As fast as I could think I wrote up the Presiâ€" dent’s speech. When the results came out I read: English Composition, first class hOn- ours. Editor, The Liberal Sir:-â€"â€"~ URGES NEED OF TRAFFIC CON- TROL ON YONGE STREET IN RiijiilVIOND HILL With the approach of the busy season I hope the members of our town council will give this most imâ€" portant matter their immediate at- tention. Then came the time when the club, known to me as “local”, got the District Convention and my father, president of the club, redoubled his efforts for the success of that and Lionism in general. He was reward- ed by being elected District Gover- nor. My sorrow lay in the fact that I was due back in school from a pre- examination holiday on the morning before the President's banquet. Against the wishes of the school mis- tress, who warned me that I would miss a drill in English CompOSition, my worst subject, (I knew one rule: Accordingly, also, besides, hence, however, moreover, nevertheless, so, still, thus, then, therefore and yet are all preceded by a semiâ€"colon), my parents agreed that I should stay home and attend the banquet. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.â€"Pope. WHAT LIUNISM DID FOR ME Long before becomeing a Lioness I was a “Cub”, reared in the tradi- tion of Lionism. I lived through the term of office of the Canadian In- ternational Presidbnt, watched» my father York for the Canadian char- ter.’ I read the Lion’s Magazine and heard tales of What Lionism had done for Lions and others; yet, al- ways I asked myself “What Has Lionism Done for Me?” The old ship of state has to look out for submarines, toe. Letters From Ihe People That is what Lionism did for me! .A-n Unso wlicited: Testimonial by Margaret Heard THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO SAFETY SEEKER “let us put Mr. Crow on Bill's ver- andah." Youthlike they leaped the fence and quietly carried the scare- crow across the road and discreetly tiptoeing up the steps and across the verandah, stood it in as human a pos- ture as possible against the door so that it seemed to be peering through the glass. Then they rapped a few times until they could hear bill mov- ing and stealthily descending saying, “Who's there?" In a short time Bill reached the door, and with revolver pointed in his hand kept saying, “Who’s there, speak or I’ll shoot." But, as he received no reply, he quietly withdrew, and the boys be- gan to think that their joke would .have no further outcome, when sud- denly they saw Bill, who had come out of the back door, make his way to the verandah, revolver carefully poised, and repeating again and again as he guardedl‘y approached the scarecrow, “Who’s there, speak or ,I’ll shoot.” On getting close to the scarecrow he mad-e a sudden lunge and grabbed it by the collar only to realize that a very silly prac- tical joke had been perpetrated on him. In a stage whisper he spoke to his wife, “Mary, open the door," which she did, saying “What is it, William?" “Hist, Mary,” he replied, don’t make any noise.” Then Bill picked up the scarecrow and carried it across the road and heaved it over the fence where it lit almost on the three boys who lay hidden in a plot of long grass. How the boys used to laugh as they related over and over again the trick which they played on poor Bill. IF YOU WERE BLIND What would you do if you were blind? Twenty years ago the an- swerjo that question would have been'simple; you would do nothing. Unless you were' a very exceptional person there would be nothing for you to do. Today, the answer to the question is still simple, but it would mean that if there were any possibility of finding you employ- ment, of teaching you Braille read- ing and writing, of teaching you typing, of recovering your sight, of securing a pension for you, or of helping you in any way over the obvious difficulties which blindness involves, the wheels would be set in motion to bring about the desired result. Through the Canadian National Institute for the Blind there are now, in Ontario 295‘ men and women earning a livelihood, and there are hundreds more who, through train- ing and facilities provided by the In- stitute, find it possible to make a few dollars a week by engaging in home handicrafts. In the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Canada has an organ- ization which has attained a position of world-wide prominence owing to the manner in which it has dealt with the problem of blindness and the prevention of blindness. It is enabled to carry on this great work through the support given it by pub- lic and private subscriptions. It is a work‘ in which everyone, with sight,xisi entitled to...share. .In order to give the citizens'of Richmond Hill an opportunity to do their share, a tag day is being held on Saturday, May 4th. The Institute has no paid canvassers. The right of the blind to a human standard of living, is dependent on the support given The Canadian National Institute for the Blind by willing helpers. It wasn’t Hallowe’en, but a beau- tiful, bright moonlight Summer’s night some fifty years ago, when three Richmond Hill adolescents who, according to their years, should have arrived at the age of decent con- sideration, were making their way home at a rather late‘hour. One of them spotted a scarecrmv in a gar- den near the street along which they were passing. “Say,” he exclaimed, The possibility of becoming blind does not often occupy the attention of people whose eyesight is good. Yet, blindness does come.to about one in every one thousand of Can- ada’s population. There are actu- ally registered with The Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the names of ten thousand, eight hundred and twentyâ€"one men, women and children. There is a faint possibil- ity that your name may, one day, appear on that register. Omitted Fifty MASSEY-HARRIS AGENT Farm Implements, Machinery and Repairs Telephone Richmond HiH 39 Beatty Farm Equipment Charles Graham Years Ago (By Lion “Wyc” Trgnch) fi--“-----“--_---_---l The Lions Code of Ethics Bedford Park Floral Co. Limited 1. To show my faith in the worthiness of my v0- cation by industrious application to the end that I may merit a reputation for quality of service. 2. To seek success and to demand all fair remun- eration or profit as my just due, but to accept no pro- fit or success at the price of my own self-respect lost because of unfair advantage taken or because of quesâ€" tionable acts on my part. 5. To hold friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship exists not on account of the service performed by one to another, but that true friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given. 3. To 1'emembe1fl,that in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down another’s; to be loyal to my glients or customi‘s,and true to myself. 4. Whenever a doubt'éi‘ises as to the fight or eth- ics of my position or actlon towards my fellow men, to resolve such doubt against myself. 6. Always to bear in mind my obligations as a cit- izen to my nation, my state and my community, and to give to them my unswerving loyalty in word, act and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor and means. ~ NORTH YONGE ST. SERVICE STATION ano YOUNG’S B.A. PRODUCTS GOODYEAR TIRES AND ACCESSORIES Compliments of COMPLIMENTS 0F RICHMOND HILL |>.<>.o.o.o.o.0.0.o.o-o.u THURSDAY. MAY 2nd, 1940. RICHMOND HILL