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2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, June 14, 1951 Richmond Hill Trade Fair first held last year, was an outstanding success, ana there is every indicatiOn that this year’s Fair on Friday and Saturday of this week W111 not only live up to the records of last year, but will be in every sense bigger and better than ever. The Trade Fair sponsored by the Richmond Hill Business Men‘s Ass- ociation merits the support and whole-hearted co-operation of the people of the district. Seeing is be- lieving, and at this Fair Richmond Hill business people show what they have to offer in the way of goods and Sunday is Father’s Day. There will be the usual frivolous editorials, cartoons and neck-ties. The light-hearted approach has become both traditional and charac- teristic of the difference between the way we celebrate Father’s Day and the much more fullnhearted warmth we associate with Mother’s Day. There is an obvious reason for the distinction. The editorialists, cartoonists and jokesters are all fath- ers themselves. It is, therefore, nat- ural enough that they exploit the more sentimental adjectives when paying their annual tribute to the nation’s Mothers, and just as natural that they reach for the funny adjec- tives to cover their self-consciousiiess about the idea of taking Father's Day at all seriously. Behind this surface levity there is, however, a begrudging admission that when the laughs are all over at Dad’s expense, the basic idea of a small annual tribute to Fatherh0ud is worth at 1ea_st a passing nod. contemporaries, The Aurora Banner and the Newmarket Era and Express on winning two major awards in Weekly newspaper competition, and elsewhere in this issue we are pleased to announce that this «paper was awarded third place in the competi- tion "for weeklies in Ontario and Que- bec published in towns of 4,500 or Comical as he may look in his fa, _vourite bowler (long since outmoded), The annual competition is spon- sored by the Ontario-Quebec division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the results were an- nounced at the annual convention held less. Expansion of the armed services and of‘defence industries has ‘caused a labor shortage in some fields, par- ticularly agriculture, logging, and the skilled metal-working trades. As Canada’s defence program gains mo- mentum, shortages may be expected to grow. Yet unless the country is willing to undertake military con- scription and compulsory allocation of labor, it would be putting the cart be- fore the horse to institute national registration at this time. The rec- ommendation by the g0vernment’s Advisory Council on Manpower, that national registration is not needed at this time, is sound. Unless the gov- ernment was prepared to act upon such a registration, little would be accomplished. The information ob- Members of the Elmwood Park (West Section) Ratepayers Assoe- iation learned a lot about land- scaping their home surroundings at the June meeting last week. Speaker was Ernest Kohier 01 the Thornhili Horticultural Society. In a most interesting talk, Mr. Kohler described methods or soil preparation, establishing a. lawn, the various types of shrubs and shade trees most suitable for this area and also discussed flowers and vegetables. Members also heard that some progress is being made in install- ing‘ water meters in homes in the new water area. The master me- ter at Church St. S. and Markham Rd has been installed. They were also informed that the domestic rate would be 60¢ per 1,000 gals. (The village of Richmond Hill will charge the Township at the rate of 259 per 1,000 gallons as registered 'by thg master meter.) It was also said that it was understood that Landscaping Talk We extend congratulations to our '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. Telephone, Richmond Hill 9 there would be a service charge 0f $2 per qtiarter in addition to the gallonage levy. Engineers for the township were reported to be making preliminary sketches for the Palmer Ave. water area and for grading‘and gravell- in, of Ruggles and Lawrence Aves. Correspondence with the Town- ship Council regarding building by- laws was read. The Association had requested details on this mat- ter, mentioning the matte; of tem- porary residences in particular. The Council said that the Building In- spector had been requested to in- spect the area and report to Coun- cil on his .findings. A general meeting of the Oak Ridges and Lake Wilcox Ratepay- ers Associaton andthe Lake Wilcox Association will be held in the com- munity hall, Lake Wilcox, at 2 p. in. Sunday, June 17 for the purpose of nominating officers for the com- ing yeai‘ and discussing matters connected with the amalgamaton of the two associations. WILL MEET SUNDAY services. That such goods and ser- vices are as good or better than of- fered anywhere we have no doubt, but on this occasion the busmess people invite everyone to come aown to the Richmond Hill arena as often as possible on Friday and Saturuay and see for themselves. T ere will be displays of almost every ine of merchandise and in ad- dition many feature entertainment attractions, beautiful floral displays and hundreds of lucky number prizes will go to lucky ticket holders. The array of lucky ticket prizes is in it- self a collection worth seeing and cer- or incongruous as he may seem in his new beach-robe (the very height of fashion), and willing as he so often is to allow the female of the species her unnatural claim to the bright plumage â€" he is still the Head 01 the Family, the Bread-Winner, the Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court of Do- mestic Relations. His rewards are small, but Im- portant. He is the “pater families” of a small world which he calls home and Family. Here he has the pleas- ant fiction if not the actual fact of power, authority, the final word. In the larger world he may have none of these things. More likely than not he is the victim of them in all his work- ing hours at office or factoryâ€"a fact by the way which explains why he so seldom abuses his power and author- ity at home. If he is a farmer, of course, he has the great intangible asset, never fully understood by city fathers, of exercising the traditional prerogatives of his estate in all his hours more fully than the Chairman of the largest Board. The Era & Express, published at Newmarket, won the Walter Legge Memorial Trophy for the best all round weekly in the two provinces, and The Banner, published at Aurora, the Stephenson Memorial Trophy for the best weekly published in towns of 4500 or less. in Montreal last week. Congratulations . . . It is one 01 his cutest tricka‘to pretend that he actually has no auth- A national registration would classify each Canadian as to occupa- tion, with a View to directing indivi. duals either into the armed forces- or into essential work. It is not needed in order to obtain information on the country’s labor requirements, for much of this information is already obtainable through the National Em- ployment Service. The newspapers are judged by a board of examiners with competition points being awarded for general news coverage, typography, features, photos, advertising, general make-up, etc. (Ottawa Morning Citizen) tained would not even be of much use in a future emergency, for the em- ployment picture continually changes. If Canada could not meet its pres- ent defence commitments without conscription, or if the country became engaged in all-out war, then the com- pulsory direction of labor would no doubt become necessary, and national registration would be needed. Men isit The Trade Fair To win prizes requires enterprise Guest Editorial ather’s Day Untold‘resources of metals and hydroelectric power are now being uncovered in the Quebec and Labrador Saguenay country, stretching north from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Hudson Strait. Appraising the Saguen- ay jackpot, in a June Reader’s Digest article condensed from New Liberty, Keith Munro says the area has becor..e the world's largest producer of i luminum and has the greatest known deposits of titanium. The region’s poten- tial of hydroelectric power, and perhaps of iron-ore resources, are unsurpassed. Canadian and US. companies are today bisecting the Saguenay country with a 360-mile railroad costing $100,000,000, primarily to bring out iron" ore. Shorter spurs of track will tap titanium de- posits. At-the northern end of the 360-mi’le stretch lies Burnt Vast Resources In North tainly worth winning. The Trade Fair is a community project designed to foster a healthy and active interest in local busmess and as such merits the support of all interested'in community betterment. The best way to support the Fair now is to talk it up to your friends and neighbours and invite friends from other communities to attend. The best way to support the Fair Friday and Saturday is to attend as often as possible. You will be made very welcome by Richmond Hill busi- ness people and we know you will not be disappointed. ority whatever at home. His partner in the dualâ€"monarchy of the family dons the mantle of imperialism with more flair than he does, and he senses that the psychological uplift of the purple does her far more good than it would ever do him. ,. Hence the fiction of Father as The Little Man, a fiction which he not only invented but keeps alive with a cunning obstinacy. It solves a 105 of problems, saves a heap of argument. We are thinking, of course, of the North American Father. Europeans tell us that they find him imposmble to understand. They keep saying that we let our women-folk dominate us. “In Europe it is difierent. We keep women in their place.” Perhaps. But we North Ameri- can Fathers think we also do a pretty fair job of keeping our women in their place. And if it is high on a pedestal at times, if it takes all we can earn in a day or a week or a year to keep them there, if it is idealistic, atavistic, maternalistic â€"â€" we are content. on the part of the publishers and the co-operation and the best effort of loyal staff members, contributors, cor- respondents and readers. Sure, we’ll settle for a neck-tié on Sunday. It is noteworthy that three ma- jor prize winners in a competition Op- en to the two provinces of Ontrio and Quebec should come from this immed- iate district in the County of York.. Again congratulations to our con- temporaries on Winning first awards, and to our staff, contributors, and cor- respondents thanks for 10yal co-oper- ation whioh enabled us to win such a high rating among the weeklies of two provinces. not engaged in‘essential occupations would be directed into the armed for- ces or into defence plants. But this stage is far from being reached. In the first three months of 1951, about 26,000 immigrants entered Canada. This is twice as many as in the same period in 1950. As manufacturing in some lines declines, due to overstock- ing, credit restrictions and shortages of materials, workers are being di- verted into more essential industries. The Labor Department estimates that at least 100,000 persons will be look- ing for work in Canada during the summer. The need for the regimen- tation that goes with compulsory registration of labor is not apparent. Until it is, national registration seems unnecessary. We think we know what we're do- Creek, once nothing, now the capital of Canada’s new mineral empire. By the time the railroad gets there in 1954 it will find mines ready to deliver, for men and machines are now using flown in. Ten million tons of ore a year are expected. Grand Falls, in Labrador, is one of the world's biggest catar- acts, with a potential five million horsepower (equal to three Niag- aras). The smaller Muskrat Falls, a hundred miles east of Grand, is capable o£ developing one and a half million horsepowâ€" er. Eventually this tremendous force will provide energy for mining, hauling and smelting ore and for pulp mills. Saguenay ore runs as high as 69 percent iron, the article says. and most of it lies right under the moss, ready for open-pit min- mg. Within two weeks after receiving an appeal to aid famine-stricken India, United Nations staff members had contributed over $11,000 to buy grain for India. Here, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Director of the UN. Trusteeship Division and Chairman of the UN. Secretariat’s Com- mittee for Food Relief to India, presents a check to George E. H. Marshall of UNICEF. Looking on, from left to right, are: T. A. Raman of India, Secretary of the UN. Secretariat Committee for Food Relief to India; UN. Secretary-General Trygve Lie, and Assistant Secretary-General Shamaldharee Lall, also of India. The administrative plan: for the application of this new old age security program are already going forward. Registration forms with respect to the un‘ver- sal pensions plan are being pre- pared and it is proposed to have the necessary supplies of these forms printed within the next few weeks. A small amount of ‘uddi- tional staff will very shortly be recruited to deal with applications for the universal pensions which will be administered by the fed- eral authorities. Canada is to provide a pension of y-“ Livhunly :0 all at the age of 70 without a means test. Reg- istration for the new pension will commence throughout the coun- try on July 1. This was announ- ced in the House this week by Prime Minister St. Laurent. The government will also short- ly introduce legislation to enable it to make agreements with the provinces to provide old age se- curity to persons in need between the ages of 65 and 70 years. The reading public 13 Increas- ingly attracted to autobiography. Readers want to know what life has taught men and women and if the lessons have value for them. It is a healthy sign of the times. ' One thing is clear; of those who contemplate their career, nearly all agree that life has been strewn with blessings in disguise; experiences which at the time seemed crushing and devastating but which, seen after the lapse of years, proved to be stepping- stones to a better life. What one wrote of history can be applied to individual lives: “The crooked lives of history are the master- strokes of God.” When Edison was a twelve- year-old boy, he became greatly interested in making chemical ex- periments. Some of these tests were not enjoyable. For instance, he persuaded his chum that if he took enough Seidlitz powders, the gas generated would enable him to fly. The b0y tried the experi~ ment with disastrous results. The list of those whose appar- ent misfortunes turned out to be for the best, is a. very long one and includes many of the most illustrious people who ever lived. From among them‘ let us take the case of Thomas A. Edison. Still keen on experiments and anxious to earn enough money with which to buy chemicals, Ed- ison persuaded his parents to all- ow him to sell newspapers and magazines on the train that ran between Port Huron and Detroit. He also sold bread, candy and fruit, and soon he was able to buy all the chemicals he needed. At this time a, seemingly for- tunate thing happened. His in. terest in chemical and electical experiments was so keen that he had secured permission to use part of a car as a laboratory; and as the train journeys were long, he spent many hours in that car. One day a. sudden jolting caused a stick of phosphorus to fall from the shelf to the floor, where it burst into flames and set fire to the car. The conductor, Why was a quick-tempered man, boxed Edi- son’s ears so soundly that the lad became deaf â€" an infirmity which remained with him thoughout life. The conductor was so enraged that he put the boy and hi.. en- tire laboratory 03 when the train 1|” U.N. Staff Buys Food for India flTTAWA LETTER by Jack Smith, North York Arrangements are now being discussed with the varioue prov- incial governments to take from their present old age pensions records the information which will be required to pay the uni- versal pension after January 1. 1952, to the approximately 300,- 000 persons now receiving old age pensions under'the previous leg- islation. For these persons. no additional applications for the un- iversal pension will be required. The government wishes to ue in a position to commence as soon as possible after July 1, registration of the others â€" probably some 400,000 persons â€"- seventy years of age or over who are 'not at present receiving old age‘ pen-. sions. The Department of Na- tional Health and Welfare plans in the six months, between July 1 of this year and January 1, 1952, to deal with these applica- tions through the present family allowance offices with the small additions to staff which are con- templated, and to have their rec- ords in shape to enable payments to be made in the first month of the new calendar year. reached Mount. Clemens. was a umiliating experience for Edison, but he was by no means discouraged. Once more he fit- ted up his laboratory at home and resumed his experiments. There were many protests from some members of the family who fear- ed chemical experiments, but his mother had great faith in him and met objections by saying: Thomas is all right. Nothing will happen to him, God is taking care of him.” His‘e‘xpulsion from the train Edison’s delicate health and his slowness at school had seemed a severe handicap. Now added to this was deafness, wvhich threat- ened to make his progress in life harder than ever. It was um'ust for the conductor to hit young Edison as he did but the deafness which resulted had its compensations. He was able to concentrate on his inventive work, so that he became knoWn the world over as “The Wizard of Invention." When he was well advanced in years, this is what he wrote about his affliction: “This deafness has been a great advan- tage to me in many ways. When in a telegraph ofiice I could hear only the instrument directly on the table at which I sat, and un- like the other operators I was not bothered by the other instruments . . . Again, my nerves have been preserved intact. Broadway is as quiet to me as a country village is to a. person with normal hear- ingln The experience of Edison was not unusual, but because he was so famous the facts are well- known. There is nothing new in all this but it is something of which we need to remind ourselves again and again. What a. devout Jew wrote years ago is a common ex- perience: “It is good for me that I have been afilicted.” (Psalm 119:71). One of the most valu- able functions of religion is to help us take long views of life. What can happen to others may well happen to us. This know- ledge should check our impatience and relieve our despair. Our quotation today is by OH- ver Goldsmith. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising levery time we fall.” ‘ Shows Daily at 7 and 9 pm. Saturdays & holidays continuous from 6 p.m. FREE PARKING AT REAR OF THEATRE Entrance from Church Street. Walkway on north side of Theatre Building Saturday: Matinee at 2 pm. 11,-. 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