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,,,,,_°__ u-.. “His”, "1»an auu uuu e conductor’s coin-box, and that they are entitled to at ast the same amount‘of consideration as an animal being ipped to market. . , As we have pointed out before, a great deal of respon- ility rests on the shoulders of municipal leaders, partic- arly those reeves who form the board of directors of the ansportation system. With a new agreement between the T.C.- and municipalities up for consideration, we believe at it is or paramount importance to this district that they ould guard the rights not only of their municipalities and prayers, but also those Whose money in the way of fares reps the buses on a profitable operating basis. The money that .goes into the bus system cofl'ers is good. vvu' 1e service given in return for it shduld be Vorfreqhé‘l' Etan- .rd. u wvulu uvuuuu.’ uc ICCU' Ed, the final result will, we believe, be considered very ad- ntageous. It must be emphasized, however, that these pleasing evelopments must not lead to self-complacency and smug- ess. All mightbe well, or comparatively well, at the ioment. But it is the firm belief of this paper, as express- l emphatically at the time of the bus vote, that people are are important than hogs-or cheques, In other words, we alieve that the utmost in comfort and good service is due Lose whose mon y goes through theAticket wicket and into A --...L.-L_.J,, , News of an improved bus service during evening rush urs will bring a great deal of satisfaction to those whose oney has made recent glowing financial statements possible. he fact that ‘a tWenty minute rush hour service to Rich- tterment of the service. Equally satisfactory, too, is the announcement of the ms which have been received for the old radial tracks and 1uipment. While, up to the time tenders were opened, Jere was some little doubt as towhat could actually be real- -.‘l 11.- n I I It is regrettable but true that the men who served to- 2, her in the ranks of Canada’s armed forces have not al- Ws been able to get along together as well in days of peace : they.did in the stress and strain of war days. Naturally we do not expect them to see eye to eye on subjects, even in connection with their own affairs and 3 plans of their associations. That would be expecting a ' too much of human nature. Fortunately, however, they e in the long run been able to agree‘ on main principles :3 to put them into effect for the good of themselves and country which they served. . Such a demonstration was the one given by our local -' rans during the Remembrance Day period. The spirit ood will which was made very evident during that time, the way in which various organizations co-operated durâ€" ‘ their meetings and Observances was something of which be proud. The time when various associations would : e nothing to do with each other seems to have passed, he way in which groups from within and without the dis- ,t teamed up during the November 11 period is any crit- n. -‘?That,'we believe, is as it should be, and it is a distinct urce of satisfaction to be able to record that such a har-I onious state of affairs exists in this area. i 'atisfaction â€" But Not Complacency hy members of the Public School Board are showing a firmendable foresight which may react largely to the bene- of taxpayers in the future and which. in any event, is ‘. icative of a. desire to carry out timely planning rather n waiting until the condition of affairs forces action. .A 3 .Day by day it becomes more evident that the growth of Emulation in this vicinity is more than a passing phase. Nth that growth comes an increased school population Iiich, whether we like it or not, will have to be provided 5.5 It becomes equally evident that possible sites for mother chool are becoming scarcer with each passing week. Lgfis not suggested that another public school will have to acbuilt in the very near future but it does become increas- gly obvious that the problem will not be as long deferred {appeared a short time ago. 3 In deciding to look into the situation without further 3'1 The action of members of the Richmond Hill Public ch00] Board in appointing a committee to investigate poss- Jle sites for a second public school, if and when needed, is as to be commended. '1 We do believe that we are justified in pointing out, ever that the matter is one of considerable importance to 6 whole community and deserves the most careful study those who are entitled to vote in the forthcoming pleb- te. The subject is perhaps a little broader than the im- ét, important as it may be, upon the individual property er and we feel sure that the question will be studied ith that factor in mind. l 3' On this important question we feel that something as air as possible to a one hundred per cent expression of op- iibn should be given and we urge all voters to mark their allots on election day in order that the incoming council hay have a clear mandate one way or the other. ’imely Planning 2:, On the other hand it would be equally sound to point fithat the present system of septic tanks has many grave dvantages both to home-owner and general public â€" :t the installation of sewers is something which must avitably come sooner or later â€" that public health is en- ngered by the lack of a proper system and that municipal ‘(Zelopment is hampered until a system is installed. ,. Arguments, both pro and con, could be developed at h but, as we have pointed out, we do not believe that y fall within our present scope. ; The 'village council has acted wisely in giving taxpayers information as to the cost of the system and particular- ; isely in reducing that cost to common, understandable fins by its illustrations of what the figures mean to the dividual taxpayer. 7 :5 In other words, we feel that the decision as to whether phmond Hill should have a sewerage system or not is def- tely the business of those who must pay for it. It would ‘:easy to find arguments both for and against the installa- of a system. The expenditure of the large amount of H5,000 by a comparatively small number of citizens, even fiugh that expenditure is spread over a long term, might uponsidered as an argument against it. Ike Sewerage Plebiscite I‘We do not believe in telling other people how to spend .9in own money. woperation Among Veterans 5THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, Nov. 17, 1949 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 F. J. PICKING, Managing Editor 1E1): liberal believe, be considered very ad- Will furnish Room to der To bring us lines: The trivia mg recent years, a re( the fact that it is just serve God and man by the ordinary tasks of any other way. That is why one of popular hymns is Joh: morning song which co Earth’s crammed with heaven And every common bush afire with God, , But only he who sees takes off his ‘ . shoes. One writer says that when gold ‘was first discovered in California it seemed reasonable to suppose that gold lay very deep in the bow. els of the earth. Very deep drill- ing- was resorted to but the results were not satisfactory. Deep drill- ing proved an expensive failure: It was then discovered that by far the most valuable deposits were near a hand, almost on the sur- face. In their eagerness to pene- trate the great depths men had overlooked the gold which was near the surface. This paSSage from the Book of Proverbs shows how prone men have ever been to undervalue that which is near. “Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding, but the‘ eyes of a fool are in' the ends of the earth,” .There has been, especially durâ€" ing recent years, a recognition of The'vast majority, of people spend their lives doing very hum- ble and obscure things, and in the very nature of the case this must be so. Abraham Lincoln said that God must love common people be- cause he made so many of them. That is a fact which must be borne in mind. What is needed is a. fuller appreciation of the truth that true dignity does not' mean separation from the common things of everyday life, that nothing need be common or unclean, that home, toil and every daily duty can be made worthwhile. COMMONPLACE THINGS However, the government had to face the fact that the housing shortage is still acute in some sec- tions of Canada and therefore re- tain rEntal control, but ht the same time take steps to extend some re- lief to owners of property who were suffering from discrimina- tion.‘ It is just another step along the road to complete decon- trol, which likely will come before very long unless the proVinces de- cide to step into the housing con- trol field. The whole matter of whether or not control of housing is within federal jurisdiction at this time has been submitted to Naturally they do not suit ev- eryone and the opposition parties have béen very critical of govern- ment action. A few years ago there were government controls on wages, and prices on a wide range of goods. These controls have now disap- peared, leaving rental control the sole survivor of the major controls. Having abandoned other controls the government decided that the time had come for a modification of rental control regulations. The relaxing of regulations gov- erning rent control caused quite a furore here last week. The move was in line with government policy to relinquish controls, but to de- control in a gradual and orderly manner. The present Combines Commis- sioner, F. A. McGregor, resigned due to a difference with the gov- ernment over his report on the op- erations of the milling industry, is well known to many in North York, He was for many years private secretary to Mackenzie King and campaigned; with the former premier in North York on many occasions. ' Rent Control The question of the operation of combines first came before Parlia- ment back in 1889 when there'was some question as to the operations of those engaged in the sale of oatmeal, sugar, stoves and binder twine. The first anti-combines Act was passed in that year. There have been many changes in the Act, but the problem of combating price-fixing against the public in- terest is still with us as evidenced by the amendments ’now being considered. The Minister of Justice has in- troduced amendments to the pres- ent combines’ Investigation Act. The Bill proposes a number of clauses intended to remove certain procedural difficulties which have hampered the enforcement of the Act in the past. The whole aim of the Amendments is to plug holes which have in the past made successful prosecutions difficult. Combines have been the subject of a lot of consideration here this week. Not combines used'in har- vesting crops, but combines in restraint of trade, and combines which by monopoly seek to exploit the public. rou ally nearer Gu is John Keble’s which contains the \\' e the common ght to as possible to doing well life as in the most 0TTAWA LETTER by “Jack” Smith, North York “Very few have the opportur of being great, but all ca1 be t! honest and faithful.” Nothing is more striking in the teaching of Jesus, than his recog- nition of humble and lowly people who did their tasks as unto God: the widow who gave her two mites to the treasury and the man who made full use of the one talent he had. There is something for our encouragement in the thotight that, as the former Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, said: “All ser- vice ranks the same with God." on them and blessed them_ When his disciples wrangled about ores- tige and position and greatness, he took a: little child and set him i‘l th midst of them and said “Who- soever shall humble himself as this littleâ€" child the same is greatest in the kindom of‘heaven.” It was an altogether new conception of dignity and one which not only became a stumbling-block to his contemporaries but has only been imperfectly understood ever since. Jesus moved from first to last among the common things of life. It is small wonder that in his day many were staggered into incred- ulity which soon became bitter hostility. It has been said that probably King Solomon never stopped to notice a little child. He would have considered it beneath his dignity and nobody would have expected him to forget him- self so far. Jesus took the child- ren in his arms, put his hands up- " Jesus fulfilled none of the pop- ular expectations. He was born in a manger and brought up in the home of a village carpenter. His mother was a humble peasant wo- man of Nazareth and throughout ‘his life Jesus knew poverty and toil. “He slept in huts where poor men lay; he won his difficult bread as poor men win it. His friends and disciples were fisher; men, the princes of the nation knew him not. When he lifted his hands to bless the multitude they were the hands of a. workman dis- figured by daily toil. ‘ There was an increase too, in the number of voters who actually Noted. Nearly 75 per cent of the eligible voters cast their ballots, .roughly one percent more than in 1945 and slightly higher than the long-term average. voters, about 900,000 more thain in 1945. A total of 54,600 ballots were rejected, 4,463 fewer than in 1945. A record number of Canadians â€" 5,903,570 -- voted in the June 27 Federal Election, Nelson Cas- tonguay, the Chief Electoral 0f- ficer reported to the House this week. That was roughly 600,000 more than voted in the 1945 elec- tion. Canada’s growing manufactur- ing industries had their biggest year in history in 1948. They turned out products with a gross ‘_value of $11,800,877,000 â€"â€"nearly $950 for every man, wo- man and child in the country. The value of production was 17 per cent higher than in 1947, itself a record year. Record Vote Our quotation today 15 by Sam I Smiles: The budget debate ended with some considerable suddeness last week. The Abbott budget was ad- opted by the House without a for- mal division, and while the offic- ial opposition presented an am- endment they did not even ask for a vote of the members. This was as far as can be ascertained the first time in history of Parliament that a budget was adopted with- out even the formality of a vote. Industrial Expansion Some recent Dominion-Provin- cial conferences have not been too successful but we hope the 1950 conference will be less political and get down to the serious bus- iness of facing our national prob- lems without too much concern for provincialism or political ad- vantage. Budget Adopted AFTERNMN The constitutional changes be- fore parliament propose to give the Parliament of Canada the right and power to amend our constitu~ tion on federal matters The constitutional changes which in- volve matters under federal juris- diction will be discussed at Dom- inion-Provincial Conference which will'commence January 10. Representatives of all ten prov- inces will attend for conference with representatives of the Gov- ernment of Canada. the supreme court for a ruling. The government takes the view that a housing- emergency still ex- ists in Canada and therefore the federal government is justified in acting under the War Measures Act as long as the provinces re- fuse to assume the responsibility. If this view is upheld by the Sup- reme Court federal control will likely continue at least through 1950‘ Dominion Conference DR.AREHER’WALLAEE There, were 7,893,425 eligible true, Trained in engineering, he took up that work when he came to Canada and followed it until his retirement three years ago. He and Mrs. Leno, the former Elizabeth C. Floyd, have three sons and one daughter. Cyril and Floyd are in Toronto and Stanley is at Elgin Mills. Doris is at home. Seven grandchildren joined them in the celebration of their fiftieth anniversary. ' The photo of Mr. and Mrs. Leno, like all others in the “Know Your Neighbour” series, was taken by Edmund Soame, The Studio, 1720 Avenue Road. Before going to sea he had, following a family tradition, served some time in. one of England’s famed volunteer forces, the Hertfordshire Yeomanry. There he won prizes for the “best mounted man” and for swordsmanship and shooting. Adventures in those early days before steam began to rule the ocean courses were plentiful. There was, for instance, the time when adverse winds carried his ship off course to the lonely island of Tristran da Acunha, fifteen hundred miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope where, hove to for a couple of days, the crew bartered with the eighty- two persons who then made up the populationof the island. Another inchent outsanding in his book of memories is the time his ship caught fire in the far south Atlantic and he and his shipmates were in Open boats for four days before being picked up and landed on the Falkland Islands, scene of one of the great naval battles of the first Great War. v. (Continued from page 1) realities to him. Taking up a sea career he had sailed round Cape Horn in full-rigged sail- ing ships and barques. Valparaiso, Callao, Iquique, Antofagasta, Buenos Aires, Monte Video, Rio de Janiero, a score of other harbours with the glamour of tropical names had become ports of call to him at an early age. Coal from Swansea, nitrates from the ‘west coast of South America, hides and tallow, baled wool and many other cargoes were only a few of the products of one country and another which he helped transport around the globe to their ultimate destinations. Believed frightened into shallow water by Icons and ducks, hun- dreds of thousands of small fish were observed in the past few days swarming at several points on the Barrie Waterfront. Barrie seems to be an excellent spot for Easter lilies. Doug Ste- vens, 123 Collier St., grew such a plant 14 inches high with a bloom five inches in length and about four inches in diameter, It was first planted in the garden, ‘ but brought in and potted before the frost. (According to Town Planning Board figures, value of 1949 build- ing in Barrie is $1,846,445, while the figure for all of 1948 was $744,820. The number of property owners has jumped accordingly, showing an increase of 453 over 1948. Scientists are investigating fur- ther this new method of controll- ing malaria-carrying mosquitoes. They already know that if a fe- male’s wing-hum is below or above normal pitch male mosquitoes ig- nore her. They reproduced with a. tuning fork the wing-tones of a flying fe- male mosquito. An amorous male mosquito nearby dived on the tun- ing fork.‘ But when the scientist cut off teh antennae of the male mosquito â€" the organs through which he heard the female hum â€" the male mosquito shunned both female and the tuning fork. South African scientists carry- ing out research into insect control and the wiping out of malaria have played havoc wth a, mosqui- to's love life. New Canadian citizens receiving citizen papers in Simcoe Coun- ty in October' totalled 23, including three from Barrie. The applicants’ countries of origin totalled 12. There have been 32 other appli- cants during the year, some of them passed and some of them pending. The tail of the beaver, when properly cooked, has been consid- ereda delicacy since the first set- tlement of North America. A link with Canada’s early days was uncovered during the altera- tion work at the Tally Ho Inn and Restaurant in Sutton when Jack Russ, the proprietor, found an old newspaper page of the “Montreal Star" of 1878, laid between layers of wall. Many people have been greatly interested in the news and ‘ads’ of the old issue. At the time, the Star had an issue of 20,000, as compared with today’s circulation of several hundred thousand. White elephant stalls at church bazaars may do a booming busin- ess once this story goes the rounds. A woman at a recent church ba- zaar in Victoria BC. sorted through some trinkets on a miscel- laneous counter and noticed a large, old-fashioned brooch priced at 15 cents. She bought the ar- ticle and then took it to a jeweller to have it valued. The jeweller found it to be of solid white 18K gold with a setting of 10 fine dia- monds, He valued it at $150. While working in the gravel pit on concesion 11, lot 7, in Brad- ford district, Mr. Ernest Hodgson unearthed a piece of metal which when cleaned up, proved to be a coffin plate bearing the inscription ‘Ida Reynolds, aged 5 months, died March 8, 1885.” The nail holes are in the plate. An amateur radio operator from Edmonton, J. W. McClure, has had words with a Russian behind the iron curtain, Trying out a mobile transmitter, McClure spoke by ra- dio with the Russian who informed his Canadian listener that the weather in his district was cool. Coin Collection: Harry Lennox, who now looks after Barrie’s park- ing meters, is daily adding to his unusual coin collection. To date this year the meters have released coins from Portugal, Italy, Ger- many, Holland, and England. There have also been 84 bingo slugs, 25 slot machine tokens, one wartime meat token, 48 washers, and one button. News Of Our Neighbours Know Your Neighbour My idea is by no fieans a new one. Our Horticultural Society has given definite and prior ex- pression to it and its p‘zms along these lines are very much to be commended. ‘ For once, however, I'm going to be on the “yes” side of the debate and say that I think that we have a. grand and glorious opportumty right here to do a bit of that im- proving, ‘ I And from there we go on to an argument as to whether man can improve on nature or not â€" an age-old argument that has never been settled to the complete satis- faction of everybody. For us, of course, that means the friendly slopes of North York, with a beauty all their own. Per- haps they haven’t the majesty of the Laurentians â€" the grandeur of the Rockies, but in their own way they have a. charm that is hard to equal. So one could go on, mile after mile, from this height to the next â€" from the hills of the Halibut- ton Highlands to the Mountain at Hamilton -â€"â€" from the top of the long slope leading up to Orange- ville, with its glorious view of the rolling terrain which ends at Lake Ontario’s shores, to the hills near Ottawa with their magical view of a nation’s capital. And, like Moses on the mount, they could see from all of these and from many more, another “promised land.” But all roads lead back at last to their beginnings, and to “the hills of home.” And from the hill at Huntsville still another lovely vista of lakes and trees and sky reveals itself to those who fake the trouble to leave the highway for a moment -to glimpse the beauty that is there. There's another spot not so far away from Pembroke where once more from the top of a hill lovely Ontario unfolds itself. From the crest at Killaloe lakes and river blend in a panorama of beauty which those viewing i‘. would talk which those viewing it would talk had travelled to a. far land to see it. There's a spot; on that road where, suddenly, one comes to the brow of a. hill and sees, in a breath-taking second, the sweep of Georgian Bay â€" the long line of limestone clifl’s that edge the Bruce Peninsula -â€" the islands of White Cloud and Hay and Grif- fiths lying far below on their pillow of azure water. It isn’t the cement ribbon which cbnnects the two municipalities â€"- the road maintained by the On- tario Department of Highways. It’s a back road which runs through the little village of Kem- ble -â€" a road which skirts the edges of the Sound, of Colpoys Bay, a road which, for sheer beau- ty, is hard to equal anywhere in a province which in far from lack- ing in scenic attractions. There’s a road between Owen Sound and Wiarton unknown to a lot of tourists and, indeed, to a lot of Ontarians. An international art show composed of some 200 members of the United Nations Secretariat was 1 UN. Headquarters, Lake Success, N. Y. Visitors to t] of which are shown here, were invited to contrib International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICI entitled them to win one of a zroun of nictures dm From The Hilltop A COLUMN 0F VIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS (By F. J. Picking) U.N. Staff Holds Benefit Art Show u. "u. v.11. Emergency Fund (UNICrEIS. Their gifts of a group of pictures donated by artists. :he Hill. Let’s have some comments and suggestions. if any. The VJEW'B of members of the Horticultural So- ciety would of course be particul- arly welcome. Maybe I’m “but- ting in.” If so that must he laid to a pride in this place and a de- sire to see it on top of the Heap. Well, anyway, it helped nll up the column for this week, didn't it? But here’s hoping that this idea helps to fill up vacant spaces with flowers -â€" not words, z, N. Y. Visitors to tiliggx-lfigiltzvggme invited t9 contribute to the UN. Right no” I’m pot prepared to give the answer. All that I am dpmg is auvanmng an [idn that I think would be of real benefit to Is it a. Horticultural Society job, or has that hard-working or- ganization abeady got among}: on its hands? Could a depactnént of that society be set up to do this extra job? if the desire exists to do the job it; can ani win be done. It's my belief that there are many cit- izens with love of flowers in their heart, and a desire to beautify “Meir home ‘town, who couLl and wruld get hgether to do it. Count me in for 01». How‘ is it to be done in Rich- mond Hill? Well, without charge or obligation, as they say in the ‘ads, here’s the idea. There are many spots in the Hill where that "long-lasting and effective flower, .the petunia, would grow well, In fact, I think my horticultural friends will agree, any yacant piece of ground will provide it with a home. Let’s fill up those empty places along Yonge Street with petunias and, from early summer until the snow flies. pro-1 vide a blaze of colour which will earn the title I have suggested -- “The garden of Yonge S‘J‘eet." Naturally, the practical side of the question, the dollars and cents one, has to be considered. But right there I’m going to say that It can be done; There are many who wili remember that St. Thom- as was once called the "Railway City” and deserved the reputation that; the name implied. Smoky, dirty, it was transformed by one man who saw a vision and, by en- listing the co-operation of citizens, earned for his home town the name of the “Flower City." Our natural setting is a lovely one. It has no spectacular ap- peal â€"- but it does lend itself to an outstanding opportunity to pro- vide a spot of beauty that could make Richmond Hill the by-word of a province. These plans envisage, as readers of The Liberal are well aware, the beautification of certain properties in the village such as the grounds of the Municipal Hall, and the en- trances to the Hill. Excellent as they are, they don’t go far enough Frankly, I think that those ef- forts have got to be backed up by EVERY citizen in order to make Richmond Hill what I feel it can and should be â€" the “garden of Yonge Street.” â€" and that’s by n3 means t3; Society’s fault. he'd resentfy ii egghibits by so Phone Richmond Hill 191 Phone 188 Richmond Hill CI! OUR DEMONSTRATION NOW! HALL’S SERVICE STATION Keep Poultry Drinking Water JONES COAL, CO. RADIANT-CIRCULATOR Radiates and Circulatea, Both at Same Time. Gives Warm Floorsâ€"Long Warm Air ’I‘ravgl at Floor Level! Automatic Fuel Control, Dru: Control, Low Flame Fuel Saver: Delivers 11.000 Cu. Ft. 0! Warm Mr Per Hour. . . by using Proper Size Fuel Here's a COLEMAN Furnaces vary. 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