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v They didn’t realize that the raft ‘sank when it was forpedoed by a sub- marine after a rousing battle, that qflge castaways were victims of a. ne- . Occasionally the newspapers re« ‘cord their exploits, but the reporters mever do them justice. Recent stor- ies told of two boys being fished out Of a lake when their home-made raft Sank and of three others marooned on a flood-swept island or lost in the bush. 1‘ Those reporters must have for- gotten their own boyhood. They miss- 'ed the point entirely. As far as their parents are con- ‘eerned; Spring is a terrible time of Year for youngsters getting into mis- chief. But for the youngsters, it’s "a wonderful time for adventure. 'f.‘ Last week 68 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies throughout the “world, with more than 100,000,000 k‘gnemberS observed International Red Cross Day which was also‘the 1231'd anniversary of the birth of Henri {Dunanh founder of the Red Cross movement. _‘ It waS in 1859 that the 31â€"year- "01d Genevese banker stood on a hill overlooking Solferino in Italy and ‘ aped in horror at the sight below. that he saw stirred him deeply 411d inspired him to devote the lemainder of his life to the organization of some {international body that would do ev- " Despite the tremendous amount 'of advertising that has been expend- fed in the past few years by both the 'provincial and federal governments gto bring more tourists to Ontario, the {pace of highway building has no: be- gun to measure up to the tempo of ‘ Perhaps there’s a good reason for it but there seems to be an un- conscionable delay on the part of the [Department of Highways in con- struction of the new four-lane highâ€" =*Way that is expected to carry a heavy burden oi: traffic from the Tor- bnto area north to Barrie. The delay is emphatically brought home to Richmond Hill at this time of the year as the tourists get on the move and No. 11 highway is jammed withtrafiic particularly on Sundays and holidays. ELZ'TTHE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, May 17, 1951 Frost and heavily-loaded vehicles form a potent combination which catf- s'es considerable damage to Ontarlo’s highways each year, and little is known by the average motorist of the Amount of work involved in repairing this damage so that tourists and oth- ers may have smooth travelling dur ihg the summer months. ‘7 Some interesting figures are con- tained in a report which has been re- ceived by Reeve William Neal giifrom the Toronto Transportation Commis- ion outlining in detail operation of North Yonge railways since its incep- tion in 1930. The ups and downs that eonfronted business during the de- pression years, and the more recent business expansion of the area all are reflected in the balance sheet over the years of the railroad and later the bus line. :; Women’s Institutes in Ontario §were first founded in Stoney Creek in 1897 but over that fifty plus span of life, they have built up a member- ’ship of 47,250 in the province, accord- ing to a booklet issued recently by (the Federated Women’s Institutes for Ontario. f. In the rural communities of On- :lzario and in the townsand villages 'too, the Women’s Institute is a“vital force in the feminine life of the com- ;munity and it has been dubbed as .. In its first full year of operation by the municipalities, 1931, system took it on the chin for a loss of $5,- 104.96 which was absorbed by the municipalities; it came back to rec- ‘ord a profit of $2,627.67 the next year although revenues were down ., This task devolves upon the shoulders of the engineering branch of the Ontario Department of High- Ways. It is started just as soon as the weather permits â€"â€" usually in the spring â€" although in some sections of the province, where the weather is more rigorous and the snowfall heav- Women's Institutes - A Force For Good An Independent Weekly â€" Established 1878 Subscription Rate, $2.00 per year; To the United States $2.50 Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Amiation J. E. SMITH, M.P., Publisher Telephone, Richmond Hill 9 Get On' With The Highway 013132 liberal To the discerning eye, events of great moment occur daily within hail. After all, it takes a lot of imag- ination for a boy to convince himself that he’s Superman or the Lone Ran- ger when he can’t fly or find a horse to ride. But anyone with the right stuff in him can summon up a horde of pirates as soon as he gets a sniff of unfrozen water. Finn” enter into successful cornpeti'. tion with the comic-book fare oi the younger generation. (Barrie Examiner) farious gang of pirates and the boys in the bush were on the point of dis- covering a lost cache of uramum when thelr rescuers Interfered. From that scene of carnage where men lay dying sprang the Red Cross whose essentially humanitarian activity has spread around the world to 68 countries and whose millions of members are constantly endeaVOring to create a closer brotherhood. ' For this is the time or year when “Treasurg Island” and “Huckleberry From'that desire to succor the wounded on the field of battle the Red Cross has grown to the greatest v01â€" untary organization in the world and born. erything possible to aid the wounded in wartime. Even the Queen Elizabeth Way from Toronto to the Niagara border has not been completed yet athOugh it was started years ago. Only a two-lane highway has been built so far from Niagara to the Peace Bridge although the plans are for a iourâ€" lane route the same as for the rest of the highway. Getting nearer home, one Wuuld think that the Department of High- ways wouldleave no stone untumed the publicity campaign. Despite steadily increasing traffic, very few arterial highways have been built in the past few years and though s0me new routes are projected or under construction such as the one to the west of Richmond Hill, slow morion are the only words that can adequate- ly describe the progress of the work. “The Rural Women’s University.” Non-sectarian, it is always interested in the community programs of a municipality and usually contributes materially towards bringing such programs to fruition. Specifically the Institutes aim to develop a more abundant life for the rural people of Ontario by Nevertheless, the engineering branch wastes no time in putting the highways back into good shape for the gigantic traffic volume they ac- commodate every summer. (2) developing happier and more useful citizens ' ‘ Readying For Summer ier, it is sometimes June before the Work can get gnder “fey. The deep depression years Irom 1933 to 1936 were tough ones for the traction company with end-of-the- year statements appearing in red fig- ures, the worst being in 1936 when the line lost $2,972.32. . Since that time, however, the line has constant- ly been in the black with high pro- fit of nearly $60,000 being recorded in 1946 with last year’s net being $33,- 611.62. Profits are divided among the municipalities in this proportion: North York 55 per cent, Richmond Hill 23 percent and Markham and Vaughan Townships 11 per cent each. There are such things as guard rails to repair, pavement to patch, zones to be painted, signs to be re- paired or‘replaced. Ditches have to be cleaned out and catch-basins and seWers to be freed. The branch vir- tually employs its own garbage dis- posal unit, not only in the cleaning out of ditches, but in cleaning up the roadside parks which have won the $15,000 over the previous year. A wave of economy must have been on however, because expenses were way down and the line was able to absorb the revenue losses and still come Out in the black. ers‘ Marking A Birthday That day the Red Cross was (1) developing better‘ homemak- Guest Editorial rofitable Operation The newspapers simply don’t know what they’re missing. . Incredible feats of endurance are performed by bicycle-mounted heroes who have stagnated with inactivity since' the beginnings of the spring thaw fOrestaIled their efforts to fire the goal that won the Stanley Cup. Hard-eyed law officers shoot it out with desperadoes in every back alley barely subduing their last out- law in time to arrive home for sup- per. Scouts fearlessly scale trees, despite withering bursts of enemy fire to reconnoitre the surrounding land- scape, suflFering skinned knees and lacerated trousers in the line of duty. The Canadian Red Cross with its more than 1300 branches, has expan- ded along with its sister societies un- til today it is accepted as a part of Canada’s national life. Outstanding among its many services is the Blood Transfusion Service which, active for four years in civilian and military hospitals, has now been called upon to provide blood and blood products for Canada’s armed forces. while one of its prime functions is still to assist the wounded and cap- tured in wartime, it also renders a multitude of other services, all in- tended to benefit mankind. ing distance of eéery Czinadian home. (3) stimulating and training leaders Granted that construction of the new Barrie route may take some tour- ist trade away from Richmond Hill, it probably wouldn’t mean much of a decrease and perhaps the gain by eas- ing the traffic problem might offset any possible losses. With heavy traf- fic on the highways, the motorist is usually inclined to keep right on go- ing rather than stop at smaller mun- icipalities along the way. to push through any route that would relieve the traffic pressure on No. 11 highway. Feeding as it does the vast vacationland of Muskoka and north- ern and eastern Ontario, it is one of the most important routes in the province insofar as tourist traffic is concerned. And no one who lives along this route can gainsay the fact that it is woefully inadequate for the heavy burden it is carrying. ellers. (4) encouraging appreciation of the things near at hand Among the concrete works of the Institute are the compiling of Tweed- smuir histories in localities whexe a branch is in existence. Such a his-‘ tory is. being compiled in Richmond Hill and the job is now under way 0th- meticulously gathering the facts here to provide an authentic record. commendation of thousands upon thousands of tourists and local trav- Thousands of tons of sand are spread each winter on hazardous sec- tions of the highways and all this has to be cleared off just as soon as the weather will permit. Another job that falls on the shoulders of the branch is the planting of trees along the highways â€"- almost 50,000 of them each year. Profits will probably be down this year as increased operating expenses have been eating into increased gross income which is 300 percent greater than it was in 1931, the gross last year approximating slightly under $300,000. All in all, the bus line has been providing a creditable record of ser- vice to these communities along Yonge St. and at the same time turn-~ ing in a profit for the municipal treas- uries. Service could be improved, however â€"â€" an express bus service right into downtown Toronto would certainly be a boon to bus commuters in the areaâ€"it would probably be a boon also to the bus lines Wnich would probably get greatly increased patronage if such a service were av- ailable. So, with the putting away of winter equipment, the engineering branch swings right into the job of getting the highways ready for sum- mer travellers. WNW“ll\1“ll\l\m\lllllll“Illllllll\\\“ml\“1ml\lll\1\“\1\\\l\ll“l1“l\\lll\l\l\\\1\ll\\1l“\\\ll\“\“11mm“WWI“Milllll\l\“llll\\l\l\l\\\ll\\\\\\\l\l\\l\“fi film““\“llllnmllll!ll““ll\“mullllllfllllllllmulllll\“WNW“mlmllmlllmmmlllll\\\\\lllll\l\l\ml\ll\\\l\““ll“llll\“mll“Illllilll\\l\\ll\l\\\“lll\llll 1'. 5 Richmond Hill Public Schoél Choirs Rlflumllll I“! '1‘ MN The announcement by Trade Minister Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe concerning the trade agreements resulting from the Torquay con- ference was an. important feacure of the week in Parliament. rllhe Minister. announced. that long standing trade barriers between Canada and the United States have been lowered on a long list of items. Canada cbtained re- ductions on some 480 items and granted reductions of tarifi on 261 items. Defence estimates have been occupying much of the attention of the House. In his Statement to, Parliament, the Minister em- phasized the fact that the whole object of‘ the great defence pro- gram is to preservethe security of our country. It is better far to prevent a war, than to have to fight a war to victory. Our primary responsibility is the de- fence of our country against dir- ect attack. All ' Canadians I think agree that the best place to defend Canada is far away from our shores as possible, but they also reaJize we cannot do it alone and that we must nave allies with whom we plan and work. So far as we can, we must continue to strengthen the dem- ocracy which is the object as well as one of the main bulwarks of our defence. The Minister re- affirmed the government’s inten- tion to do everything we can to improve the level of our society, raise the standard of living md enlarge freedom and opportunity throughout our own country and the world. Agricultural Department . The Department of Agricuuure renders a wide variety of services to Canadian Agriculture. An im- portant branch is the Experimen- tal Farms Service. The function of the EAperi- mental Farms Service is to “con- duct experimental work in agri- Important as the. annOunce- ment is in itself, it is regarded as, encou'ragingly significant of a, world trend towards a lower- ing of tariff barriers, and a more freehinterchan-ge of world com- merce. Defence Program Children must be six years old on or before December 31, 1951, and live within the three-mile school area. Birth certificates must be presented at time of registration. Registration of children wishing to attend St. Mary’s Separate School Will be held in the school on June 18,1951, in the afternoon. telephone 33 For a dessert that a" the Famin will enjoy get a packageof' . ‘ S . " nellson 5 Ice cream at Clarke's pharmacy SEPARATE SCHOOL , REGISTRATION THURSDAY, MAY 17 â€" FRIDAY, MAY 18 St. Mary’s Separate School Board. Spring Festival ' OF Music 8 o’clock in "the auditorium Admisison 35c at the door Children under 12 20c (WTAWA LETTER Jack‘ Sm’fth, North York culture, and 'to make the results available for application by Can- adian farmers. Established in 1886 this Service, also known. as Dominion Experimental Farms, has been intimately associated with progressive developments in Canadian farming for 63 years. Thoughout Canada the Experi- mental Farms have participated in the building up of the nation’s agricultural industry. The work of the Experimental Farms Service is conducted on the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, Headquarters 01 the Service, and on 27 Branch Exper- imental Farms and Stations loc- ated in the principal agricultur- al districts of Canada. Each of the Branch Farms is provided with land, stafl" and equipment for experimental work on the type of agriculture prevailing in its district. In addition, work of a more local nature is conducted on Substations, while the results of experiments and research are given local testing and demon- stration on a network of Illus- tration Stations. Co-ordination and supervision of experimental work is effected by the Director of the Service, assisted by ten Divisions, with headquarters on the Central Farm at Ottawa. Each Division deals with a speci- fic branch of Experimental Farms work; as follows: Animal Hus- bandry; Bees; Cereals; Field Husbandry; Soils and Agricul- tural Engineering; Forage Crops} Fibre Crops; Horticulture; ulus- trations Stations; Poultry Tobacco. a Experimental Farms andsta- tions are the principal units of the Service. By “Experimental Farm” is denoted one of the five original units established in 1886, all subsequent Branch Farms be- ing designated as “Experimental Stations”, The originalyExperi- mental Farms are located-at Ot- tawa, 0nt., Nappan, N.S., Bran.- don, Man., Indian Head, Sash, and Agassiz, B. C. i . i During 1950 Experimental Farms work was in progress on the Central Farm at Ottawa on 27 Branch Farms and Stations, 20 Substations and 207 Illustra- tion Stations. - richmond hi” Shows Daily at 7 and 9 pan. Saturdays & holidays continuous fromvfipgm’ FREE PARKING AT REAR OF THEATRE Entrance from ChurchStreet. _W_alkway on north side a! 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