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a while for, physical training or little plays or manual art.” How about it? Can such an appeal leave us untouch- ed? Can .the humblest resident of the village say: “It‘s not up to me; it’s a job for the village council,” and not feel something within that tells him he’s shirking his duty? If 8. Richmond Hill boy should some day get into trouble and wind up in the hands of the police, will we be able to say that we did our best to save him by providing him with wholesome amusement for his leisure hours? {problem for every man ahd woman in the village. And it is, we submit, an urgent problem, one to which we should all address ourselves at once. The council of Vaughan township has turned down the request of 19 service station operators for a by-law regu- lating the hours of sale. The issues involved are of genu- ine magnitude. It is by no means a question of whether the service station operator should be Willing to wait upon the convenience of the motorist who does not choose to buy his gasoline within certain hours or whether the mot- orist should govern his purchases to suit the convenience of the service station operator. It is something much more important.» THOSE STREET NAMES AGAIN "Street names that live,” was the title of an editorial in last week’s issue of The Liberal, and apparently we could have selected few theses more provocative than we did when we raised the question of changing the names of some of the streets in the village. A few of the views expressed are reported elsewhere in this issue. Many others were given off-handedly in street conversations. Summing them up, the conclusion seems inescapable that public opinion, in large measure, favors a municipal survey of the subject, and possibly eventual action based thereon. Little if any disagreement is voiced with the opinion of a reader we have already quoted to the effect that: “By emphasizing the deeds and heroism of our own day rather than of the dead past we can infuse greater patriotism and more vital and abiding love of our heritage of freedom It is not exclusively a prGolem for school board or vill- age council that the three young veteljans_ enuhpiate. _It’§ Municipal councils now have the power to enact by- laWS restricting the hours of business of retail establish- ments. Many of the councils, as was the case in this in- stance with the township of Vaughan, do not care to exer- cise these powers. It is argued that the trend of such re- strictive legislation is to curb the freedom of a merchant, to deny him the privilege of putting as much effort and time into his business as he may please. The other View, of course, is that the man who is a “glutton for punish- ment” and who does not object to spending a long day at his business is offering unfair competition to his brother who probably advocates an eight hour day for himself and his employees, The reeve of ~Vaughan told the service station peti- tioners that they should be able to reach an agreement among themselves as to the hours they will remain open. That may be, but there are some operators possiny who would not care to enter into such an agreement. Should they be compelled to adhere to a plan they do not like or pay a police court fine for nOn-adherence? Councillor J. A. Dick predicted that the situation will right itself In time and everyone hopes this will be the case. .7 They are our own boys, youths of our village who went abroao to tight for us, and now that they have returned and have had a chance to look around, they come to us, as their elders, and say in effect :â€" “Won’t you do something to make Richmond Hill a better place for young people? We do not ask for ourselves. We will be busy with our studies and with other duties, but we do think the boys and girls of today ought to get a break. We have no plan on which We want you to spend money. We just want you to make the things we have in the village now available for today’s kids. We know you are going to build a fine recreation centre, but by the time it is ready some of our kids won’t be kids any longer. FROM THE HEARTS 0F â€"â€" ‘THE KIDS’ Breathes there in Richmond Hill a man or woman with nail so dead that he or she will not be stirred, and not only stirred but moved to a resolution to act and act promptly, by the appeal of the three young veterans, Cpl. Chester Unger, Pte. Frank Moorley and Sergt. Jim Butler, which is published elsewhere in this issue of The Liberal. The experience of Toronto with respect to such by- laws has not been altogether pleasant. Some years ago, for example, it was decided that grocers should close their stores early in the evening,, but that fruit merchants, havâ€" ing a highly perishable commodity, should be allowed to remain open almost as long as they pleased, save on Sat- urday nights, so that they would suffer a minimum of merchandise losses. Some fruit dealers at once put teas, coffees, all kinds of canned goods and other grocery staples on their shelves, and thus offered what was called unfair competition to the grocers who were obliged to close. As a result scores of prosecutions followed, and no one felt happy about it. An Independent Weekly â€"- Established 1878 Subscription Rate, $1.50 per year; To the United States $2.00 Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Editor PAGE ." \VO is; “You may ask: ‘What do you want us to do?’ Well, we’ll reply by telling you what the kids are now privi- leged to do: Stand on the street corners hour after hour, dropping into a store occasionally to treat themâ€" selves to a soft drink; hitch hike to Wilcox Lake for a swim or. to the city to see a show. That just about sums up all the Richmond Hill kids of today have a chance to do. “We will do anything you set us to do to help solve this problem, and we know every boy in the Hill will do so, too. We have an arena. Suppose, you let us use it once a week or so for a bit of fun. A new amplifying system was installed last year, and there are records which could be used as an orchestra for a dance. Then there is the Masonic hall. If the village asked for it for us, perhaps we could have it once in “Perhaps the war made us grow up faster than we might otherwise have grown, and perhaps we have adult minds and an adult sense of responsibility. But no one knows our Richmond Hill boys and girls better than we do, and we know they don't want to get into mischief and won’t get into mischief if they get an opportunity of occupying their leisure decently. LE GALIZING BUSINESS HOURS fiURSDAY, AUGUST 16th, 1945. “THE LIBERAL” A bingo was held this week at the home of Mr. W. W. A. Mathews on No. 7 highway. The bingo was a great success and the sum of $30.00 was realized for the Langstaff Ath- letic Club. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Math- ews, Mr. Morris and all those who worked so hard to make the affair such a success. This week one of our oldest neigh- bors in this community passed away in her 83rd year. Mrs. Geo. Howell will be sadly missed by all of us who knew her so well. Surviving are two sons and one daughter, Wal- ter of Colliingwood, George of Langâ€" staff? and Mrs. Th-os. White of Lang- sta . Mr. Morris of Langstaff returned home from overseas this week. He served in the R.C.A.F. and was welâ€" comed home by his wife and two sons, Ronald and John: Leslie Hughes of Garden Ave. is home once again, this time to stay. Leslie has seen many parts of the 'world with the Merchant Navy. His last trip took him down through the Philippines in the South Pacific. He brought home many souvenirs, most- lyAJapanese. A There isn’t much news this week regarding the Langstaff softball club. We took a ball team I!) to play the patients of the Ontario hos- pital. We won’t mention the score but that isn’t important. They were very grateful to us for coming up and we feel privileged that we cOuld in a small way supply entertainment for these men who are not as fortun- ate as We are. Thanks for letting us come boys, hope to see you again soon. We were all pleased to see an- other one of our boys return home from abroad this week, Jimmy Read of Oak Ave., Richvvale and formerly of Langstaff. Jimmy served with the Irish Regiment of Canada in Italy. Miss June Macdonald and Miss Joyce Hurd of Toronto spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. William Bowen of Langstaff. Anyone having any news or an- nouncements of interest we would appreciate it if you would leave it at the Langstaff post office. Education in China has gone for- ward despite the war. Comparing the 1937 and 1943 figures it is seen that the number of universities and technical colleges increased by al- most 50 per cent While the number of students increased more than 100 per cent. Two local boys have left us in quest of travel and adventure. Bill Chinery and Victor Richardson start- ed last Thursday to hitch hike to Edmonton, Alta. to work in the grain fields. From there they hope to eventually get to Yellow Knife to spend the winter working in the mines. The very best of luck bOys, we think you will need it. _ Langstaff Highlights THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND W our streets by their names?” It is perhaps unfortunate that council is required to consider such a proposal only on a petition of taxpayers. A citizen or group of citizens must give time and effort to the production of such a petition to effect municipal attention, and, naturally, only matters of pressing urgency or personal concern will impel the average citizen to de- vote his energies to the preparation of a brief for presen- tation to the public authority. Councillors, of course, may of their own volition initiate changes, improvements and movements, and so to our village councillors we would c0m- mend the views of citizens set forth in this issue. WHERE IS THIS PETITION, AND WHY? J. M. McDonald, clerk of Vaughan township, reported at the last meeting of Vaughan council that he has re- ceived no word from the Department of Highways relative to land for sidewalks on Yonge St. Perhaps Mr. McKenzie, North York’s member in the legislature, would, if he were asked, employ his good offices in speeding up a reply. Certainly there should be nothing of greater importance before the Department of Highways than the safety of little children on their way to and from school. These children live south of the Hill, and in getting to school here their lives ate daily endangered by heavy Yonge St. traffic. Nothing ornate in the form of a sidewalk is asked â€" all that is wanted is a path on Yonge St. on which they can walk in safety. . in the school children of today and tomorrow. Why not then let us keep the names of those who mean something in our day before our young people? Why not let us call Indeed, the association has become a centre of activity for not only veterans and their activities, but it has be- come also and promises to continue a highly influential agency for the promotion ofA community well being. It is encouraging, therefore, to note that the young veterans of today are joining with their comrades of a quarter of a century ago in furthering ideals well worth preserving, and we have no hesitation in recommending to all the youths of this district, returning from o'verSeas or from camps throughout the Dominion, that they con- sider seriously the advantage of membership in the asso- ciation. And the subject is not a new one. Two or three years ago. Mr. Fred Stapely, a resident of May Ave, Richvale, initiated a petition for a sidewalk. It was largely signed, forwarded to the Vaughan township council and later to the Department of Highways at Queen’s Park. What has become of it seems a mystery. Certainly if it is in the pigeon hole of the desk of one of Col. Drew’s officials it should be brought out at once. Schools are soon to open, and, pending some action, the lives of these little ones Will LET THE YOUNG VETS JOIN, T00 Richmond Hill and Vaughan Township Veterans’ As- sociation is an organization that has never lacked vitality or shown a disposition to accept unchallenged conditions that might be detrimental to the interests of the men and women who have served Canada and the Empire in war. again_ be in danger. EDUCATION IN CHINA from the Toronto Conservatory Io! Music will accept la number of palms 1n PIANO, ORGAN and EHEORY Fol'iri'flfgfinéfiroinfibhone Mrs. Mylka. 108 YongeStz-eet Phone Rlchmond Hill 58.! Telephone Mrs. Mylks, Richmond Hill 58J or Thornhill 7r4 Adelmo M elecci Alice M ecredy PIANO TEACHER MUSICAL No person may move to and rent or occupy family quarters in any of these congested areas without a permit from the Administrator of Emergency Shelter. Every person who rents or occupies family quarters in any of these districts contrary to the order, commits an offence and, in addition to other penalties, will be required to vacate the shelter and the district at his own expense. WA RN] NG ! VICTORIA VANCOUVER NEW WESTMINSTER WINNIPEG (Issued and-x flu annuity oi the Emergency Shelter Eegulafiona Before making arrangements to vacate you: present home, be sure that you have other accommodation and a permit to occupy it. Applications for permits should be addressed to the Administrator of Emergency Shelter in the area to which you plan to move. IS NEEDED NOW...II‘ WE ARE TO SAVE OUR LATE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES YOUR HELP Will You Lend a Hand? Thousands of Tons are Ready for Harvest AGE......... I WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM.......« NEAREST RAILWAY STATION NEAREST BUS STOP ................. Accommodation in in camps supervised by the Y.W.C.A. or Y.M.C.A.â€"but you must bring sheets and blankets. DOMINION-PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE ON FARM LABOUR AGRICULTURE . LABOUR - EDUCATION Food is preciousâ€"let‘s not waste it through lack of help! Now. in addition to our own needs. we must also help feed the millions of starving people in liberated Europe. This is, a tremendous task. but it can be done. IFâ€"we all do our share. This is the last harvesting emergency we are liable to meet this yearâ€"so let's all pitch in and do a real Job! Help will be needed from August 20th through to October 20th. Fill in coupon below and mail TODAY! For four weeks' service, transportation will be paid one way. For full season (August 20th to October 20th) transportation will be paid both ways. amt. FREE TRANSPORTATION DNTARID December 19, 1944 PHONE.......... POST OFFICE THURSDAY. AUGUST 16th, 1945. HAMILTON TORONTO OTTAWA HULL Oxdar-inâ€"Councl] P.C. 9439, (Date) MENâ€"Every possible man-hour MUST be put in. The need is desperate. Volunteer your services TODAY! available I be used. 1' coupon and WOMEN DAY! BOYS AND GIRLSâ€" T0.. Thousands ure neudcd. Any High School student willing to work on a farm has permission and is requested by the Min- ister of Education. to remain out of school fbr the month of Sep- tember. (Date) und can ill in the mail TO- very ESâ€"SN