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Believing that everything .possible was being done this perrhas counselled patience â€" has, indeed, done every- ng in its power to help guide an impatient public through a difficult days of reconstruction. Because of occupying position. where it can see many sidesof questions, it has lzed both desires and difficulties. This sn’t to suggest at The Liberal has, in any sense, been trying to “sit on ,e fence.” It has simply been trying to maintain a sane yd constructive view-point and to play fair with everybody ncerned. , But there~comes a time when every newspaper. if it is ) justify the faith which its readers place in it. must come it into the open. If it boasts about the “freedom of the Fess” it must. if it is any sort of a newspaper at all, realize le responsibilities which go into that freedom. . So today it is our very necessary duty, in the interests ; this community. to say that the state of affairs which ex~ ts with regard to our telephone service has reached the age of the fantastic. In fairness to a group of people whom we believe to be ling their best we want to an on rpnnvrl 0c sow-m. um. m... Its- frequent consultations with telephone company ex- utives have left it with the impression that they, too. are very much harassed group of individuals. War-born prob- s, nation-wide shortages, have created situations with hich even the most willing and able of administrators find L difficult to cope. The seconds tick on and on. They grow into eternities. ut‘ still there is no answer from the public utility â€"- the .ephone service â€" which links risk with rescue. Unfor- inately the fire doesn’t know that ‘â€" doesn’t make allow- ces. Its flaming fingers do not hesitate for one second. he fact that a telephone operator hasn’t answered means Othing to them. And while a frantic telephone bill payer ies "to get serx'icexlifie and property hang in the balance. And those agonizing minutes after fire has broken out 'when the services of the fire brigade may mean not Only 6 saving of property but the difierence between life and eath â€" can seem longer. If you want to know how long they really can appear to just imagine, for a moment, that fire has broken Out in OUR house. Go to your telephone to reach your fire deâ€" rtment, which is the first and obvious thing that you ould do. V. r.-‘._- o ‘1‘ an sauna-Au,»- This newspaper hasflhesitatedwfoi'ma long time before aking the decision that something must be said about the :ate of affairs which exists in this district today insofar as :lephone seerce IS concerned. But somehow or other in.spite of all that We are still rong for well-balanced, progressive municipal governments. .e still believe that an intimate knowledge of local affairs, ikindly approach to the problems of fellow-citizens. play a ighty part in what is sometimes called “municipal h0use~ eeping" â€" a part that forms a solid foundation for the ructure of democratic government which has been slowly; metimes painfully, builded through the years. Local municipal government has its faults, its failings. ometimes its slowness becomes irritating. Again one rec- izes that apparent slowness as a decent, sensible deter- ina‘t‘ion‘to think the problems out properly. , V-__.,. . Be that as it may, no better system has been devised to ate. And as election day looms over the horizon, we believe "lat'it is the duty of our citizens to recall these things â€" 3 realize that talk about democracy means little â€"â€" that ha}, really counts is a determination to make democracy "ork at its beginning by giving a little more than ordinary )nsideration to the qualities of the men who offer them- alves for municipal election and, above everything else, to at out and vote. Then we’ve watched bigotry, selfishness, ignorance, play eir part on the stage of municipal affairs. But, above all, we’ve seen one human quality â€"â€" kindness play an important part in governing the affairs of a mun- ipality. We have had a reeve lean over and whisper -â€" if it’s alright with you would you not mind‘ saying anyâ€" ing about Mrs. Blank’s affairs that we’ve been discussing. e’s had a hard time since Tom died and we wouldn’t want r to feel badly.” Somehow it seems to us, in this edgy world of to- y, that municipalities governed by men with that spirit e not likely to ‘go far wrong. i In a day and age when flowers of municipal bodies, es- ccially in Ontario, are becoming ever-increasingly restrict- ri by this, that, and ’tother provincial regulating body, there I an inclinaton to wonder whether local government has not ad its day. When it is recalled that control of expenditures .ips more and more out of the hands of local councils as :hool boards and other bodies demand sums in excess of all I;her expenditures of a municipality the question as to 'hether a council has any authority or control left arises. We have watched municipal councils operating for any years. We have, in turn, been appalled, thrilled, bor- 7, disappointed, enthusiastic. Sometimes we have wonder- ocal Telephone Service 1' what it’s all about -â€" at others felt a flash of enthusiasm ver the fact that the shop~worn phrase “Democracy at the rass-roots” is a little more than a mouth-filling over- Lorked cliche. Joe Doakes, the reeve, is a person â€" not a name known 1y togéis constituents through billboards, advertisements, wspa r reports. Bill Brown, the councillor, is a man who n be seen on Main Street any day â€" a man who works or 8 his busines day in and day out with those whose votes ,nd him to council or turn him out of it. Because of that lose, every-day connection measurement of a man’s abilities V his fellbw ditizens is likely to be a very exact and pene- ating one. Thoughts of forthcoming elections prompt a few ob- ervations on the local g6vernment of our townships, our villâ€" ges, our towns, where the said “government of the peeple" a closer, a more personal affair, than it is in the greater )here of senior governments. A would-be councillor starts a little quiet canvassing find out how good his chances are. An incumbent, doubt- I of his hold on public opinion, suggests diffidently that he ight not be a. candidate this year and awaits reactions. ld-timers at the game begin laying their plans well in ad- ce. A general disinclination to “start something” in the ay of controversial matters makes itself apparent. ‘ All to what purpose?‘ So that once more “government E the people, by the people, for the people” may find exâ€" ression in the field where it comes closest to the immediate :tivities of those people -â€"_ the field of domestic affairs. Those minutes befqre the doctor reéches the scene of acpidfang can seem_ Very long. As the “So many days to Christmas" ads begin to .alfe their annual appearance so, seasonally, do thoughts agm to turn to municipal elections. ‘ur Municipal Government ‘ THE/LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1949 al ope rvice It that An Independent Weekly â€" Established 1878 Subscription Rate, $2.00 per year; To the United States $2.50 Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, M.P., Publisher ass to a. group of people whom We believe to be )est we want to go on record as saying that our not directed in any way, shape 01' form. against rators. We appreciate their desire to give the possible. ; still does not an. er the mmsfinn F. J. PICKING, Managing Editor 3113132 liberal not an. er the question go into that ffeeaom. 7 n 'y necessary duty, in the interest: that_ the state of affairs which ex It's a sermon remember same time that it represer thoughts of a man who’ proud of Canada) where piece of land? over (and It was impossible, too, to escape recalling another stanza of that fine old hymn and to hope, as one recalled it, t§hat its meaningand its spirit might guide this. our Dominion, in the centuries to come. “Praise to our God.‘though chas- tenings stern, Our evil dross shall throughly burn: Thy rod and staff, from age to age, Thinking back over the head- lines of the past twelve months â€" headlines which told of terror, of want, of persecution in many parts of the world it was impossible to escape from recalling over and ov- er. on this “out of this world” Oc- tober morning, that we live in a good land â€" a land which, in spite of all its wrongs, still has so many things right with it that it stands today as one of the few which Shakespeare’s words fit â€" “This blessed plot of earth.” ‘ If the words ,of a grand old hymn ever held any significance â€" and I don’t mind admitting that they have always held a lot for me â€" that significance was multiplied many times on this morning of Thanksgiving Day, 1949, as I explored one of the most beautiful pieces of Canada which I have ever seen. “Praise to our God. whose bounteous hand Prepared of old this glorious land: A garden fenced by silver sea: A people prosperous, strong and free.” It was impossible to look over the sweeping acres which I viewed this morning without those words coming to mind time and again. And all the more impact was giv_- en to them because those acres reflected the work of a man who is no a native born Canadian â€" a m n who had come to Canada seeking opportunity â€"- who by his courage and initiative had made good in the land of his adoption. Shall rule and The assurance that a dial service will be installed in 1951 are comforting only to a degree. They will help little if a serious emergency arises â€" if because of inadequate service life is lost. We hate to think of local business being condemned for another year to suffer the delays and frus- trations which have become an hour-to-hour occurrence In recent months. We’ll get mighty little satisfaction out of being able to say “I told you so” if an emergency does arise. That’s why this newspaper has decided to publicly urge the Bell Tele- phone Company to do something, and do it now, to improve the service under which this district is sufi'ering. ii Subscribers are being asked to pay, in hard-earned dol- lars and cents, for value which they do not receive. Busin- ess is being hampered. Tempers are run ragged. Lives are endangered. The progress of the district is being ser‘- iously retarded. 1’ We know that it is tough fer the telephone company. But it calls for a little of the “let’s do it anyway in spite of the fact that it can’t be done” spirit which rose superiof to emergencies in war-time. , ~ The plain fact remains that the citizens of Richmond Hill and vicinity are payng top rates for their telephones and are getting in return a service which, in the kindest terms, can only be descrbed as archaic. . Less than twenty miles awa from one of the most modern telephone installations in t e world we are receiving for our money a type 'of service which would be a disgrace to the days. when the telephone was a novelty. Mentioned in a recent issue of The Liberal was the fourth license plate ever issued in the province of Ontario. Now the property of C. M. Chandler of King, it was orig- inally issued to his father, W. Howard Chandler and cov- ered a 1903 Cadillac. Through the courtesy of Mr. Chandler it is now on display in The Liberal’s office window. Hold- ing it for the photographer is Miss Alverna Smith. L . isn’t a place one has dreds of miles to s: I) W From The Hvflltop A COLUMN OF VIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS man who’s very ada) where is this Euide our heri- rea to see mon hink that r at the sents the (By F. J. Picking) Well. let’é get away from Thoflhill for a few minutes and back to the old stamping ground, Richmond Hill. Some time ago I suggested that our “village fath- ers" might give some attention to having those highway signs at the entrances to the village rectified as to figures. The reason that this Incidentally, Mr. Kojola has asked me to say that he’ll be very glad to see any local residents who would like to drop in and take a look at the club and the grounds. For those who are proud of their own district and its progress, and Who want to see something fine that man and nature have wrought together, I recommend a visit. But don’t eat there. That is. don’t eat there if you’re like our respected MP. and publisher, Jack Smith. who’s all cock-a-hoop these days because the dieting is begin- ning to take effect. But if you’re like me, with a few pounds to win back after a session in hospital, it's alright. Only drawback was that I had to turn down a second turkey dinner at my landlady’s place. Joker of that is. though, that I’m not going home until late and if the cat gets blamed in the morning because somebody's been at the carcass, can I help it? From a run-down, weed-grown piece of property he has evolved a setting which is one ~that this district should be proud of. Its rolling terrain, its hills blazoning with the colours of autumn, its trim and well-kept greens and fairways provide a picture that made me glad that I'd taken time out to go and look at it. There are spots on that course that even the vaunted Seignory Club cannot excel, beautiful as that place is. This piece of land, to get back to it, is the site of the New Up- lands Golf and Country\ Club at Thornhill. And, my advice is â€" don’t go bothering driving a hun- dred miles to see some beauty spot until you have taken a. few min- utes to see the gorgeous piece of scenery that’s been transformed into one of the nicest golf courses I ever saw by William Kojola. (That’s pronounced Kayolo, in case you want to know.) if this is a Thornhill issue. There’s a lengthy piece of copy about the new swimming pool there -â€"- an- other about the old hotel â€" still another about the United Church anniversary. However, I don’t think that anybody is going to object to our southern neighbours â€" and very good friends â€" hav- ing a special 'little place in the sun for once. They’ve earned it. As I mentioned earlier, this seems to be a Thornhill issue, so I mighLas well go the whole hog. My purpose in doing so is to pay a tribute to the small but live popâ€" ulation of that village and the work they have done in providing the first unit of their community centre, a swimming pool. Espec- ially commendable is the common sense attitude which has Prevaile'l â€" an attitude which will result in previding not only public enter- tainment, swimming instruction for the younger generation, but also a very worth-while protection against fire. Nice going, Thorn- hill and Lions. ' of the household is joining the staff (if this paper and, like many other people coming to the Hill, is facing that awful problem of housing. Naturally. a small house or apartment would be preferred but, in order to get settled down, they’re willing to takeflanything reasonable. If any of my readers can give any’ help naturally it would be very much appreciated. Just call the Liberal, please, if you can manage to get a line and have any suggestions to offer. Talking of population, our fig- ures are likely to be increased by three shortly. The three will be a. Royal‘ Navy than who spent Six years on service; his wife, who served as a member of the Wom- en‘s Royal Naval Service, and their five year old child. The head hadn’t been attended to, I was told, was that they were waiting for the correct figures which would come as a result of the assessor’s report â€"â€" and it’s a sound reason. But now that those figures are avail- able I suggest that quick action to have “1450” replaced by “1950" is very much in order. There’s little point in worrying about a couple of dozen‘but when the figures are out by a quarter of the population there’s some sense in making a correction. Hold-back of 15% of the contractor’s account was author- ized by Newmarket town council on account of faulty construction of sidewalks which the bill cov- ered. Two addition sets of stop lights have been suggested for Newmar- ket -â€" one at Main and Water Sts. and the other-*at Main and Davis Drive. Reeve Evans sad the mat- ter would be taken up with the County Council. Zoning of Sutton into residential, commercial and industrial areas is receiving the” attention of the village council. A representative of the Ontario Department of Planning and Development recent- ly conferred with the council on the subject. A new hydro cessitated by the 25 to 60 cycle, is ora. Building permits issued in Lindsay for the first nine months of 1949 totalled $915,650. Includ- e in the figure is the sum of $ 00,000. for an industrial plant. A recent announcement by the local assessor that Stoufi'ville had 99 widows and spinsters and an equal number of widoWers and bachelors created quite a lot of at- tention and resulted in a consid- erable number of letters and tele- phone calls to the Stoufi‘ville Tri- bune and to other parties in the town. If a public utilities commission were formed residents would re- ceive better service, said Reeve Charles ReeSOr of Markham at a recent meeting of Markham and District Chamber of Commerce. Several members expressed their agreement. Fire of unknown origin, which caused damage estimated at $4,500 destroyed the interior of the RCA NRC School Sergeants’ Mess at Camp Borden recently. Four buildings, each containing six apartments, have been com- pleted by the Robinson Cotton Mills near their plant at Wood- brldge. Plans for seventeen more buildings containing sixty-eight apartments are being held in abeyance -pending some type of municipal sewage disposal. A survey conducted by the 0r- illia Board of Trade to see if local merchants and members of the organization favoured installation of parking meters on the main street brought replies from 45% of those questio ed. 86 were in favour â€" 65 opposed. 62 retail- ers among the group voted 33 for â€"â€" 29 against. The Office Specialty Manufac- turing Company has awarded the contract for the construction of their new plant which is to be built on thirty acres of land re- cently purchased by them on High- way No. 11 near Holland Landing. The new building will have a floor area of 30,000 square feet. The world's largest manufac- turer of paper cups and nested containers, Lily-Tulip Cup Cor- poration is erecting a half million dollar plant in Scarboro township. Changeover from 25 cycle to 60 cycle power began in Scarboro township on October 5. Work was effected speedily, with cus- tomers being without refrigera- tion, etc, for only a few hours. News Of Our Neighbours sub-station, ne- changeover from planned for Aur- suicide is thinking constantly on unpleasant subjects â€"- it will sap your mind and deplete your cap- acity. Learn to reject thoughts which get you down,” Such thoughts come and seek admit- tance; resentment, bitterness and even hatred. They need not be admitted and if they are turned away they will come only rarely, and finally not at all. We all create mental habits and our thoughts follow brain tracks just “The art of happy living is close- ly connected with the art of con- trolling one’s thoughts. The cause of much despondency and even of Yet one of‘the surest ways to keep the ~mind healthy is to be hospitable to new ideas. Once the mind is closed to new ideas old age has set in and death is not far behind. Some of the health- iest-minded people we have ever known have been over four score years; their minds were young because they welcomed new ideas and that kept them fresh and eager, and they are greatly loved by young people. And thoughtâ€"control is possible. The late Dr. Frank Crane said: There is a story told of a man who was so stubborn that each morning he prayed: “0 Lord, I hope I’m always right, for I’m an awful hard man to turn.” Note that the story is about a man, not a woman. We are thinking just now of another condition which may come to any of us; a stiffness of mental joints which we can con 01. It is not to be wondered at that people who have lived fifty or sixty years and often more, should be “set in their ways.” One of the diseases from which middle-aged people suffer is har- dening of the arteries. It is a physical condition; a hardening of the mental tissue. There may not be much more of this trouble now than before, but we hear more about it. It has become a. subject of considerable research, and if such studies lessen the ail- ment, that is all to the good. Some yeas ago the government purchased the large, Edwards property located on the banks of the Ottawa river. It has for some time been rented to the Australian government and used as a lega- tion. The government will ask Parliament at this session for funds to rehabilitate this house for the use of Mr. St. Laurent and succeeding Prime Ministers. The house is beautifully situated and will be an official residence which will be a credit to Canada. Trans-Canada Highway A trans-Canada highway has been a. dream of Canadians for a There has been for some time a growing feeling that this country like others should provide a. home in Ottawa for the Prime Minister. It is felt we should have an ot’t'ic- ial Prime Minister’s residence here cOrresponding with the fam- ous No. 10 Downing Stret in Lon- don. This week Trade Minister Howe acting Prime Minister dur- ing the absence of Mr. St. Laur- ent announced that the govern- ment has decided to make provis- ion for such a residence. No one can foretell what rec- ommendations the Royal Commis- sion will make, but even if it should recommend an increased fee the Government would not be obliged to accept the recommend- ation. It might be that the Royal Commission will recommend that radio broadcasting is so much a part of our national life, and con- tributes so much to our national welfare that any expense in con- nection therewith should be paid out of general revenue. If such a recommendation were made it might or might not be adopted by the government. There ‘definitely will be no change in the present radio license fee until the Royal Commission has reported to the Government â€"â€" and expressing an opinion as a private member and in no sense speaking for the Gov- ernment, I would say that there is little likelihood of any increase in the radio license fee, and I am hopeful that before long the pres- ent fee will be completely abolish- ed. P. M.’s Residence The whole matter of Radio Broadcasting in Canada is now under review by a Royal Commis- sion, and in a brief submitted by the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration it was suggested that the Radio fee be increased to $5.00. I have received letters from many constituents who are con- cerned by news reports of the possibility of an increase in ii- cense fees for radio receiving sets. I have answered all these letters but in case others are sim- ilarly concerned I wish to assure all that so far there has been no official suggestion that the Gov- ernment is considering any such move. 0TTAWA LETTER "Jack" Smith, MP North Yoik‘ Our quotation to-day is a. sible slogan: “If you want to a. better world, start in your community." Some people sniff at that but not I. A friend of mine, who crit- icizes service clubs, says the men behave like children. No doubt he is right, but isn’t there a say- ing of Jesus thatiwe must become like little children? And bursts of exuberant good nature help to keep minds healthy. The other evening I was present at a service club. About sixty men, mostly middle-aged, had a wonderful time. They slapped each other on the back, used Christian names and roared hilariously at feeble jokes. Above all, don’t get sorry for yourself. The world is full of people who meet hardships and seeming disaster, but 'they keep their minds healthy and refuse to become bitter or cynical or self- pitying. There is a passage in the Bible, Written twenty-five or twenty- seVen centuries ago, which reads: “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” (Proverbs 17:22.) The writer of that verse was not afraid of cheerfulness. He knew it was a spiritual tonic and he wanted to develop his sense of humour and have others cultivate their’s also. A sense of humour is a sign of a healthy mind. Some well-mean, ing' people have supposed that a hearty laugh indicated shallow- ness. That is a great mistake. It some sobersides would laugh more â€" they would be easier to live with and do more good. The famous Scottish writer Dr. John Watson (Ian Maclaren) used to say that he never knew trouble to break out in a family where the parents teased the children in a good-natured way. We feel sure there wouldn’t be many divorces if married couples cultivated a good sense of humour. Good humour oils the machinery. as an engine keeps to the rails. We hear a lot about bad habits and these can be steadin built up and made permanent. During the Session I will be at my ofl'ice in Richmond Hill every Saturday for the convenience of constituents who may want to see me personally. ..The largest majority gained by any candidate in the last elec- tion ivas won by the Prime Min- ister, Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent. His majority in QueLec East was 17,956. The smallest majority was in Annapolis-Kings, Nova Scotia, where A.'A. Elderkin, Liberal, won by five votes. AFTERNMN In the general election on June 27, 344 candidates lost their $200. deposit by failing to poll one half of the vote of the winning candi- date. C.C.F. losses were 119, Conâ€" servative 101, and Union of Elec- tors 52. Record Majority Fifteen women were candidates for Parliament in the June 27 e1- ection and all were defeated. Five women have held seats in the Commons. Miss Agnes MacPhaiI was elected as a Progressive for East Grey in 1921 to be the first of her sex to represent a Canadian Constituency. Mrs. George Black respresented Yukon from 1935 to 1940 when her husband a Conser- vative was absent due to illness. Mrs. Dorise Neilson, United Prog- ressive won Battleford North in 1940 and Mrs. Cora Casselman, Liberal was elected in a 1941 by- election in Edmonton East. Both were defeated in 1945. Mrs. Strum, C.C.F., was a membcr of the 20th Parliament but was defeated on June 27. Lost Deposits The party standing in the House of Commons following the June 27th election was: Liberals 193, Progressive Conservatives 41, C. 0.1“. 13, Social Credit 10, Inde- pendents 4, Ind. Liberal 1, Total 262. Resignations due to appoint- ments have already accounted for vacancies, and death has caused two more. The by-elections to fill the 8 vacancies will be held October 24. Women in Parliament ‘ DR. AREHER’WALLMZE ed many years ago and back in the thirties some work was done in some of the provinces. Then came the war and the project was forgotten for a few years. Now it is coming to the fore again and it is hoped to take a real worth- while forward step at this session. The actual work will be done by the provinces but the Federal government can play an impor- tant part by supplying some of the necessary millions. The day may not .be far distant when one will be able to drive from the At- lantic to the Pacific on a smooth ribbon of modern highway, all on Canadian soil. It is a dream worth dreaming and one which merits general support of Canadians ev- erywhere. _ Party Standing long time. It was first mention- sen- have own G. C. “Don” Chalk KING Phone 26r5 WOW Commercial and Domestic All mak_es guaranteed. Refrigerators, Domestic, Deep Freezers, Walk-ins and Counters in stock. 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