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“GOD BLESS THE CANADIANS” A letter appearing in a London newspaper recently ended with the words, “God bless the Canadians.” It was one of many communications appearing in the newspapers of England these days expressing gratitude to the Can- adian Red Cross Society for its contributions of food, cloth- ing and blankets to air-raid victims. The letter, written by an official of the Charity Or- ganization, official society handling relief in the distressed areas, said, “It was not only that the Canadian Red Cross supplies were just what we needed, but they reached us when the need was greatest. The people of Canada should know that their generosity has saved the lives of babies who might have suffered sadly from cold and hunger and it has given thousands of people a fresh start. God bless the Canadians.” _ . . . 0 n , _»_.‘- --~:nbnfl LIlL‘ uduauxauo. One story 1s quoted as typlcal of the cases assmted by the Canadian Red Cross. In one of London’s working class districts, mothers put their children to sleep in con- crete shelters. They were wrapped warmly in blankets sent from Canada. A bomb landed above, blew in the doors and walls. There were casualties and bad bruises and cuts. Escape seemed impossible, but finally the little company was pulled out by brave A.R.P. workers while bombs were still dropping and pieces of steel were flying around. a1 qulu. A greater shock faced the family. The row of houses that had been their home had been completely demolished. The women and children spent the night at a school. In the morning they were told to go to a nearby centre to collect clothing for themselves and the children. It was Canadian Red Cross clothing that. stood ready in bundles. Every mother remarked on its good quality. One woman, the wife of a builder, remarked frankly, “These are the best clothing my children have ever had.” , I_»:..... “AAA UCEL C1Ubuun5 m; Lu..u..».. “v..- - Many have been the comments on the use being made of Canadian Red Cross blankets, donated by the people of Canada, in London’s safe but uncomfortable draughty undergrounds. Canadian Red Cross officials have been walking day and night filling the demands which continue to pour in as families are left homeless and with no be- longings but the clothes they stand in. Britain’s great colonial empire is mobilising its strength in the battle for freedom. Everywhere is keen desire to en- list in the Army, Navy or Air Force. Round the SeVen Seas, British colonies are providing supplies indispensable to war effort. By the end of August 1940, total cash con- tributions from the peoples of the Colonial Empire to the general war effort were approximately 75 cents per head from the sixty million colonial peoples. In a fleet of lorries, a contingent from the Northern Rhodesia regiment made a mechanised “safari” of 2,000. iles from Lusaka to Nairobi in East Africa. Two-fifths of the total male European population of Kenya had enlisted in the East African forces as long ago as last May. 1 ,1,r_r__‘ .cann,‘ .“H'L-l an“- aév Mu quv AIL-“J Uganda has. formed a local defence force, with cen- tral officers’ training school and army motor driving school. 7 â€"â€"â€" . . H 1 l1 , nu... DbllUUl- The Tanganyika Naval Volunteer Force and the Tan- ganyika Air Defence are cooperating in coastal defence. Nigeria has compulsory military training for Euro- peans up to the age of 40. In Hong Kong all British residents of military age are enrolled in the Qolony’s defence forces. In both the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, British Europeans have either volunteered or been called up under special legislation. 1 , 1,4A,.' “A pay...“ wwfniiv’lamll-ritiusjrt’he terrvitorial force has been re-organ- ised. Skilled tradesmen have been recruited for service in the Middle East. I“ A ,,:.L ‘1. an“, -.-.....__ .._V.~. Cyprus had the distinctiOn of providing the first unit of colonial troops to arrive in France. Both Jews and Arabs in Palestine have enlisted in great numbers. , Volunteer forces in Bermuda were called up and ex- panded at the beginning of the war. In Trinidad, five times the number of men needed have applied for enlistment in the R.N.V.R. Jember Canadian Weekky Subscription $1.50 per year -~ Covering Canada’s Bes Advertising Rates on Application The Richmond Hill Horticultural Society which next week plans a Bridge and Euchre to raise funds for the work of the organization merits the support of the com; munity. Beautification projects in recent years include the improvement of the town park, flower beds at the Municipal Hall, and the attractive boulevard at the south entrance of the village. In addition to these very appar- ent improvements the Society has done much to add to the attractiveness of the community by fostering an in- terest in flowers and home beautification. Even in the stress of war time we must endeavour to keep active such organizations as the Horticultural Society. If they are to keep up the good work they must have the finan- cial support of the people of the community. Theee is no need to wait on the people to present petitions for a vote on the question as to whether the municipal councils to be elected in January shall serve one year or two. The people undoubtedly have the right to choose, and the councils should give them that right Without the necessity of petitions being circulated. Proâ€" vision should be made in every municipality for a vote on the issueâ€"Midland Free Press. War Savings Stamps on sale at the Banks, Post Of- fices and many places of. business offer a splendid oppor- tunity for citizens to make systematic savings and at the same time help in supplying the money to carry on the war against Hitlerism. Established 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RIGHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING C0., LTD J. Eachern Smith, Manager Member Canadian Weekky Nz’wspaper Association Subscription $1.50 per ye.“ -â€" To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban District PAGE TWO HORTICULTURISTS MERIT SUPPORT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 1940. PEOPLE MUST DECIDE ISSUE BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS “THE LIBERAL” AN EMPIRE AT WAR TELEPHONE 9 the first unit A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bdb Riddell at York County Hos- ;ital on October 4th (nee Muriel Thorpe) On Octobzr 10, a daugh¢er was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wide- man of Markham (nee Ruth Jenn- On Tuesday, October 22, a congra- tulation party will be given for Mr. 5nd Mrs. W. E. Barker of Temper- anceville in McDonald & Wells Hall, King, the occasion celebrating their recent marriage. All are welcome fcr cards and dancing. The Birthday Banquet given by} King Women’s Institute last weeki in McDonald & Wells’ Hall was qrite successful and a happy occa- sion for all. The hall and tables were decorated in the ‘nigh colours of autumn leaves and flowers. Mrs. R. Walker, the president, was toast- mistress. Toasts were given by Mrs. C. Stewart and: Mrs. W. Rolling and replied by Mrs. C. Marchant of .Schomberg and Rev. D. G. Davis. Mrs. Blanche Stoneâ€"Proctor gave fine vocal solos. In» her remarks, Mrs. Marchant, District Secretary, explained that King City W.I. stood first in its war work of the North York Institutes. Mayor J. M. Wal- ton of Aurora spoke on Historical Research, touching on local interest and the building up of family self respect in the study of local history. He congratulated the WI. on its great effort for the general welfare and uplift in the liVes of the ordin- ary people. “The ordinary house- wife,” he explained, “constitutes the soul of the community. Outside the church, no organization does more for our people than the Women’s Institutes. Mrs. Wells McDonald was respons- i-ble for the excellent convenershi'p of the banquet table and she also made the birthday cake which was served to the guests. Her daughter, Beth McDonald, made the artistic place cards. Serving the dinner were Misses Evelyn Wilson, Beth McDon- ald and Dorothy Armstrong. Mrs. Rawlings ably presided at the piano. Miss Elizabeth Tinline received many callers on October 10th, the :occasion rf bier 93rd birthday. Many ‘beautiful flowers, cards and gifts were received and all day the graâ€" cious hostess received old friends. 'Among these was Miss Selina Rob- inson of Maple, herself an honour- able age. Miss Tinline performed these honours unassisted, capable to the. last degree, in her hospitable home, and! it was not until late in the evening that she gently closed the birthday door on the last of her callers. On Sunday, October 13th, Mrs. Elizabeth Keffe‘i‘ celebrated her 89th birthday at her niece’s‘p Mrs. T. B. Smeltzer’s at Laskay. A family din- ner party at noon, more guests at the tea hour and in the evening made the day a full one. The candles on the birthday cake given’ by her niece, Mrs. Ash, countedl up to 89. Mrs. Keffer received many presents and cards and felicitations from friends in other parts. She is quite well and, continues as usual with her expert piecing and‘ quilt making. Rev. Dr. Gordon Agnew, West China, will be the preacher on Oc- tober 20th at Las‘k-ay United Church anniversary day; on Oct. 23 a hot fowl supper and exceHent var- iety program from talented mem- bers of Fairlawn United Church, To- ronto. On October 20th Nobleton Angli- can Church will observe Thanksgivâ€" ing Services with Rev. Dr. K. C. Evans, Phd., of Trinity College, as preacher. Cameron Walkington, King City, 0nt., announces that he has taken over the entire insurance business of the late W. J. Mc- Allister, and is now devoting his whole time to Insurance agency work. Prompt and Efficient Service is Assured, and the patronage of the people of the district is respectfully solicited. CAMERON E. WALKINGTON King City INSURANCE LIFE. FIRE. ACCIDENT. SICKNESS PLATE GLASS, AUTOMOBILE BURGLARY, GUARANTEE BONDS SPECIAL RATES TO FARMERS ANNOUNCEMENT ON ALL CARS TARIFF & NONTARIFF CO’S A. G. Savage LIBERAL, RICHMOND HIEL. ONTARIO King City District News Old Post Office Richmond Hill Phone King 4213 Mrs. J. S. Lawson entertained St. Andrew's W.M.S., Strange, at her home last week. Rev. Mr. Burch gave the principal address. Schomberg Institute are arranging a plan whereby waste materials con- vertible for war materials, will be assembled. No areas have been set aside in the town park and to these people will take scrap iron, tin, rubber etc.; every available household waste. Mrs. A. F. Kay explained the value of such mater- ial to the war effort and household- ers can use their own cars for trans- portation disposal. A October 3'0;ch is the‘date of Ket- tleby Turkey Supper in the Parish Hall of Christ Church. The Story of the Bear performing bears used to travel up and down England for the amuse- ment of the people. They still travel around the vill- ages and towns of Balkan countries with their gypsy bear leaders who, to a limited extent, are licensed so long as they keep their bears in good condition. ‘ - -- - 17-... In Buchareslt, Rumania, Year custom for bears to into the city, where the street corners and wish a Happy New Year by sh for a few coins.' AVA u -VV Benne, the capital of Switzerland, was named after these animals, be- cause the Baren (bears) once wand- ered over the site of the~present city, and the city’s crest still eat- ries the lpicture of a bear. However, bears died out in Switzerland in the eighteen-sixties and so Carpathian bears are sent regularly to stock the Berne bear»pit. There have ‘been no wild bears in the British Isles since the time of the Norman Conquest, nearly '800 years ago. In Arctic countries the bear re- places the cow. He gives food, clothing and oil for the lamps. The natives of Siberia and Alaska and ‘the Ainu of Northern Japan wor- ship the bear as the God of Plenty. In some other countries, though, Ihpam have not been treated so well. In some other ,coumrles, tnu‘ugu, Ibearsa have not been treated so well. In England, for instance, “bear bait- ing” by dogs was a sport that was carried on for 700 years â€"â€" from 1135 to 1885. .- Plays by wandering troupes of ac- tors were the fashion in the old days in England and were intensely popular, yet Queen Victoria forbade plays to be performed on Thursdays lest they interfere with the bear- lbaiting. Indeed, the town of Bever- ley once sold its: Town Bible in her reign in order to replace the bear kept for the baiting, when it died just before the Annual Fair. ‘ In the Western states of America bears are often trapped when they thrust their heads into a tree trunk to eat the wild honey, of which they are particularly fond. A hole is made in the trunk, and once the bear has pushed his head in he cannot get it out again. But the bear is a goodâ€"natured animal which, with a little patience, can be taught all kinds of parlour tricks. The \brown bear loves to dance to music and in Alaska is trained to pull sledges. Until the end of the last century, The phrase “licking into shape” originally came from the common belief that the mother-bear licked her cwbs into shape. In Northern countries the bear gorges himself all the Fall and hiibernates for three months in the winter. During this period, the baby bears are born and they are not properly shaped, and because the mother-bear licks her young- 21 great deal, 'people thought she was “licking them into shape”. If any members of.the Bank of Canada or the Foreign Exchange Control Board are sufficiently pleb- ian to use toothpieks, we have a problem for them. Next time they are in one of the Canadian National hotels, we suggest they look care- fully at the paper wrapper in which the toothpicks are encased. It says, “Canadian National System” on One side. But, on the other side, it says, “Printed in U.S.A.”â€"(From the Windsor Daily Star.) IT \VASN’T FAIR It was the time Bobbie saw his first football match. When he got home his mother asked him how he liked it. “It was good and it was funny,” he said. ' “So you thought it was good?" “Yes. I liked watchin the twen- ty-two men kicking the §a11 about.” “But what was funny about it?” she asked him. osnv guy“ “Tlle littl-éwrâ€"rlan who ran all over the place whistling and shouting be- caugeuhe couldn’t get a kick at the a -’! MINOR EXCHANGE PROBLEM Rumania, it is a New r bears to 'be brought where they stand at and wish the citizens {ear by shaking hands Women in France are forbidden to use make-up of any- kind â€" this in the country which has sent powder and lipstick all over the world. Puilders of Britain’s bombers, like their aircraft, are in the news. Brisâ€" tol Aeroplane Company, makers of Blenheim lbomlbers which wreak havoc in Germany and enemy-occu- pied territories every night, have in~ creased their trading profit by $1,- 346,920 in the past business yearâ€" but their shareholders are actually worse off. For the Government takes- all the increase and an addi- tional $220,000 as well, in Excess Profits Duty. Germans can’t even use soap with safety nowadays. The newspaper Boersen Zeitung prints a warning by the President of the Berlin police cautioning .people against mixing “sawa”, an ersatz (substitute) soap with hot water because it explodes! British soldiers now get an extra Sixpence (120.) per day, increasing their daily pay to about 57 cents. This makes the British Tommy the highest paid European soldier, but still far behind Dominion soldiers (Canada, $1.30 daily; New Zealand, $1.35; Australia, $1.27). Sh-ock from a bomb explosion re- stored to J. Brooker, an ex-soldier, the sight he lost in the last war. His first: act after regaining his' eye- sright was to do the shopping for his wife who became seriously ill as a result; of the same bombing. The RAF. ace pilot, Flight-Lieu-l tenant Robert Voas Jeff, who was the first British pilot to down a Nazi bomber in France, has just been officially posted as missing. The news arrived just a week after he had‘ received the Distinguished Flying Cross and bar, and 11 days before his wedding date..His uncle, Col. Douglas Thompson, D.S.0., M.C., is a prisoner of war in Germ- any, as also is the col-onel’s son. Searching investigation is being made in various parts of Britain arbout reports of light- signals being flashed from the ground to airplanes just; .before bombs are dropped. One flashed from a room in a London block of flats overlooking an impor- tant railway line. The occupant was found to be a German refugee who arrived from Berlin little more than a year ago. Keep your chin up â€"- there’ll al- ways be an England. Interesting War Sidelights Goodrich Tires and Tubes Oak Ridges P.O. Phone 12 ELECTRIC WIRING AND REPAIRS ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES, SALES AND SERVICE Cities Service Garage For Everything Electrical, Consult .A. BONNICK SEE US FOR Electrical Contractor M. P. MALTBY 29 Yonge Street- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17Eh, 1940. TREASURER'S SALE OF LA IN ARREARS OF TAXES By virtue of a warrant issued by the Reeve of the Township of Mark- ham dated the 19th day of August. 1940, 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 land! liable to be sold has been prepared. and is being published in the 011- tario Gazette under the date of Sep- tember 7th, 1940, and that, unleu the said arrears of taxes and com are sooner paid, I shall, on the HE day of December, 1940, proceed to sell the said lands to discharge tho said arrears of taxes and the charge. thereon. The sale will be held on the MO date at the hour of 10 o’clock h the forenoon in the Township Han. Unionville. The adjourned sale, if one in no- cessary, will be held on Thursday, 26th day of December, 1940, It til. same hour and the same place. Copies of said list may be had at my office. Dated at Unionville, August 19th, 1940. 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