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I THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, Nov. 1, 1951 SAM COOK, Editor Our unit was 36 strong and with us was Knobby, only eighteen years old, a telegraphist and a veteran with one year’s service. Knobby was only 14 when the war broke out and 'then just out of school. During those hectic days in June and July on the béaches Knobby was magnifiâ€" cent and his devotiOn to duty had to be ex- perienced to be appreciated. His quaint North Country humour during- some dark moments did wonders for the rest of us, Gloriously the colors of autumn trumâ€" pet the coming of the carnival of winter. Blazing in their brightness, the her- alds of skating, skiing and sleighing are racingalong the hills and diving deep in the still waters. Thronging' the way of the procession, the parental evergreens 'are pleased with the passing parade of the When the tin can was invented, the world’s food-processing industry experien- ced a major revolution. Today, another great development, is taking place â€" brought on by a fur buyer named Clarence Birdseye. During a trip to Labrador some years ago he noticed that meat and fish tasted as well after being'frozen as they did when fresh. This casual observation Was the start of a new industry which spread rapidly throughout the continent â€" the frozen foods industry. We were a pretty grim bunch as we went ashore from the landing craft onto the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, only seven and a half years ago to tackle the aggressor in his own back yard, part of a group who preceded thousands of others who had but one ideal â€" to stop aggress- ion. year. Rural'areas in Ontario served by The Bell Telephone Company of Canada now have a higher average of telephone de- velopment than the aVerage for either the rest of Canada or the United States. Two out of three country homes and business establishments in these areas now have telephones. This has been made possible by the addition of more than 40,â€" 000 rural telephones since 1945. For ev- ery five rural Bell telephones in 1945 there are now nine. ' ' AcrOss Canada are numerous locker plants containing anything from frozen caribou to T-bone steaks, and strawberries to corn on the cob. Householders are find- ing home-freezers indispensable “for storâ€" Jun-v On the playing fields, the white birch linesmen mark the progress of the games the leaves play, racing and swirling unt_il In the extension of telephone service through country areas in Ontario, 4,500 new rural telephone lines have been built. In building these and re-building others, the Bell Company has strung 7,000 miles 'An Independent Weekly â€" Established 1878 Subscription Rate $2.50 per year; to the United States $3.00 5c Single Copy Member Canadian Weekly N eWSpapers Association J. E. SMITH: M.P., Publisher 7â€"--. ~.-.â€".-- A , u,., n Autumn Heralds Fun OF Winter Rurel Telephone Service TED»: liberal u. "IVA-“J: u... u, .. uv, ALVfifiNA SMITH, Associate Editor Telephone, Richmond Hill 9 Frozen Knobby Assets We laid Knobby and his two comrades to rest in Ostend and as we did we‘ knew we had lost more than just part of the unit. Like many thousands of other comrades who were less fortunate than us Knobby died for an ideal. This idea] is what we ‘are all privileged to be living in today, al- though so many of us think some of the most trivial problems great hai'dships:_ ‘ I Birdseye had an important ally when he launched his “cold war” against food spoilage â€" the chemist. To obtain the low temperatures necessary to freeze foods solid, refrigerants other than ice were nec- essary. Chemicals like Freon, anhydrous ammonia,vmethylchloride and sulphur di- oxide are doing the job. though he made light of his own worries. Then Normandy was won and the un- it moved, following the retreat of the en- emy and it was in Belgium we lost Knobby when he‘and two others were killed by a land mine, in the sand dunes. The chemist went a step further, too. From his laboratory he brought a new plastic -â€" polythene â€" which is unaffected by extremely low temperatures. It is prov- ing to be an excellent material for pack- aging frozen foods to prevent them from dehydrating. a in‘g in-season fruits and vegetables from their own gardens or purchasd cheaply at . the local market. V 0 Memories are very short but don’t let us- forget Knobby and his comrades on November 11th. They didn’t forget us. they fall exhausted along the sidelines. Cheering the cloud-chased colors, the little birds scurry through the bushes de- lighting in a rainbow of refreshments while the blue-jays shriek their joy with the fun of the festival. - Bubpling with anticipation, the farm children search the shed for skates and skiis and sleds, and wish for snow. of telephone wire and placed 22,000 new, long-life telephone poles, according to in- formation contained in a leaflet issued by the company in connection with the Inter- national Plowing Match. 7 Good telephone service means a lot to farm families, the company recognizes. It keeps them in touch with neighbors and relatives, with stores and‘service people. It links the farm with the town, and proâ€" tects life and property. “We intend “to keep on working hard until we have put, in the new lines and equipment still needed to give good tele- phone service to every farm family that “gages it," the Bell Company’s leaflet cori- c u es. The hale and hearty revel in the fun of fall and prepare to welcome winter. There was keen interest in the British elections, and a new gov- ernment at Westminster at this time is a matter of great import here at Ottawa. ~ The international situation is of such major concern these days, that apart altogether from politi- cal considerations there is some- thing heartening in the news that the great Churchill will again have an authoritative voice in the world affairs. Elections are very much the business of the people directly con- cerned and cast the ballots, never- theless I must confess one could discern here a considerable amount of satisfaction with the results. It is quite within the realm of poss- ibility that the change will have far-reaching importance in shap- ing world history. I think we all hope that under Churchill Britain will regain economic stability and her former place of leadership in the world. Pensions It was a. momentous hour in Can‘- ada’s history when the new legis- lation was presnted this week. It was a great honor and privilege to have some small part in framing this legislation and I know the feeling of satisfaction which I felt is shared by all people of the rid- ing. It demonstrates our progress as a nation and our adherenCe to the‘ principles of social justice. It is introduced at a time when the weight of national and intern?!» ional responsibilities for joining in firm measures to preserve our way of life lies heavily on all our peop- 1e. This measure marks our res- olute determination to give new meaning and value to our cherish- ed concepts and to press forward toward our ideal of social better- ment. v The main purpose of the present, session was to pass legislation providing universal pensions for all at the age of seventy. Recently two men died in whom I was greatly interested. One of them was the American novelist Sinclair Lewis. His books were widely read and he won the Nobel prize in literature for his vivid and cynical novels about life and people in the United States; es- pecially in the middle west. His books, “Babbitt”, “Elmer Gantry”, “Main Street", and the others all had the same sarcastic attitude and made readers feel that there were many worthless people abroad; vapid, empty and hypocritical. He ap'peared to have very little res- pect, much less admiration, for fellow citizens. To a reviewer he said: “I don’t know what to say about anything, I’m not a reform- er of any kind and I really don’t care about anything.” He died in a nursing home in Rome, Italy, last January. Our quotation today is a say- ing by Mark Rutherford: “Blessed are they who heal us of our self-despisings." tl-llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllfllllllhlll ; spent in his company were totalled up it would extend to many months. I think I pnderstood him as far as it is possible for one man to under- stand another. Taking him all in all he gave himself to the service of others to an extent I have never known excelled â€"â€" probably not equalled. llllllllllllllllllllllllllll Wlllfilm The other man was Rev. D1". Peter Bryce who passed away on November 30, 1950. He was for over forty years my most intim- ate friend and if all the hours I He was responsible for so many difficult enterprises of service and goodwill that to even name them would use up what space I have in this column. He was Moderator of the United Church from 1936-1938 and during the last twelve years of his life, minister of the Metropol- itan Church in Toronto. But he was no denominationalist. He be- longed to that noble army of peop- le.who try their best to make this a better world in which to live. He combined, to an extent I have never known, deep spiritual living with a keen interest in everyday affairs. I once heard him say to a large congregation of people who were having a hard time to make ends meet: S‘If you come to the prayer-meeting on Wednesday ev- ening I’ll tell you about our coal club.” ~ g“11mmnmmmmmunmnmumm“m\uumnuumuuuuuu~23 TODAY’S QUOTATION “MW mum Nothing could be more charcter- istic of him; prayer and a coal club; the spiritual and the tempor- al. He knew people had to eat and be clothed and that it was unreasv onable to expect them to be serene and satisfied if they lacked life’s necessities. ‘That was why he was so intensely interested in MotherS’ Allowances, Fresh Air Camps and the Workmen’s Compensation Act. When some told him to preach the Gospel and leave social legislation alone, he replied: “This is the Gos- pel; there is no real distinction beâ€" tween temporal and spiritual af- fairl; they go hand in hand." DEBUNKING REVERSED AFTER ’ K ( ,,, __4¢fli_ivl:.wl'i {CCU- flT’l‘AWA LETTER by Jack Smith', MP. North York . DR. Aizcuen WAl ACE Z115 - .. I, «.1. m «I'u‘ We now have in Canada in ad- dition to the universal pension for all at the age of seventy, the Un- employment Insurance Act, the Veterans Charter and the Family Allowance Act. In addition we have an over-all Health program which provides extensive service:' at public expense by and for th [people of Canada. These forward steps have been a natural development of a national consciousness of our responsibil- ities as our brother’s keeper. They have been the inevitable response to a growing awareness of social need among our people, to an ever increasing acceptance of the prin- ciples of social justice, and to an enlarging sense of social respon- sibility on the part of Canadians, in common with like-minded people in other democratic countries of lthe world. The new old age security legis- lation represents the culmination of many years of public concern and government action with respect to the needs of our senior citizens. Exactly twenty-four years ago the first old age pension cheque was paid in|Canada. It is a far cry from those days to the present. The quarter century that has e1- apsed since then' has taken us through a great economic depress- ion, a second world war, and foll- owing that years of international tension. Registration has been‘ proceed- ing in a very satisfactory manner. Proof of age is essential, and if any of our people have difficulty in this regard if they write me I will be glad to be of asssistance in searching records here. Sofne times the necessary regulations seem‘ irksome but it is a big undertak- ing and responsibility to do this job and the officials are doing the best they can under the circumâ€" stanCes. It is hoped that every- thing will be in shape for the first cheques to go out early in the New Year. But the chief distinction between Sinclair Lewis [and Peter Bryce was that whereas Lewis debunked people; made them feel he despised them and that they didn’t amount to much, Dr. Bryce had tremendous respect and admiration for all; ev- en those who had lost faith in themselves. He made the humblest feel that they were great in the sight of God. There couldn’t be a greater contrast in attitudes to his and the novelist’s. For fourteen years he ministered to people who lived in very humble homes -â€"~ many in tar-paper covered shacks. He was not concerned as to whether they attended his church or not. In hundreds of cases he helped those who never entered a church. They were in need and that was a letter of introduction to him. In the for- ty-six years I knew him I cannot remember hearing him speak scornfully of anyone. He could be indignant when he saw cruelty and injustice but never scornful or inv different. His funeral was one of the lug. est ever held in Toronto; and every religious denomination was repre- sented, for he belonged to all the people.‘ Judged by some stand- ards he was not a great preacher; certainly not of the oratorical type. But he had something to say and he could say it in away that deep- ly moved his listeners. It; moved them because they knew behind it all there was a man of strong con- victions\and ‘a tender loving heart. It is not often that God sends such a man among us. (New York Herald Tribune) Incessantly and in strident tones it has been dinned into our ears that there are Communists in our midst; Perhaps it can be whisper- ed that Stalin has some regular, American standard, stock owning capitalists in, his own bailiwick. No louder than a whisper, of course, for if this should come too plainly to the ears of the Russian over- lords these capitalists might be hunted down and liquidated with the same murderous fury that was visited upon millions of kulaks. Stalin’s Capitalists One of our great corporations -â€" United States Steel -â€" makes the somewhat. startling‘ disclosure that there are Russians who own almost 500 shares in all of its ‘com- mon and preferredstock. There is nothing unique about this, and it may well be that quite a few of our 500,000 corporations have shareholders domiciled in Commun- ist countries. On second thought it may not be necessary to speak guardedly ab- out these stock-owning heretics. There is, most certainly, no way in which American dividend cheques can be cashed behind the Iron Curtain without official sanc- tion. All governments behind :he Iron Curtain are avid seekers for dollars, and they doubtless look upon dollar dividend cheques with typical disregard of individual rights. “THE BATTLE AT SAN DE RONTO” Back in the seventeenth century the cavalry were having trouble with the Indians. 0n the morning of June the tenth at four o’clock, there was heard the pounding of horse hoofs and the yelling of In- dian warriors. Coming down the main street of San de Ronto, the Indians shot everyone in sight. Immediately the cavalry started shooting and it was not long until the Indians fled from these train- ed men. There was one man called Jim Barren who organized the cavalry in this town. He trained about three hundred men to use guns and how to fight. In the town there was a traitor who was sellingirifles to the Indians for gold dust. Bar- ren and his men caught up with the traitor who was hiding in his mountain cave. He was taken back to town where he was going to be hung at midnight. When the In; ians heard of this they came to e rescue of their friend. The cav- Ah‘y were caught by surprise ant Jere soon wiped out of San d: Ronto. ' Then the natives moved right in and claimed the village as theii home. But the Cavalry never gave 4p hope of getting it back. They started to make war on the In,- dians once again and they went in with one thousand men and soon had overcome the intruders. Since then there has never been trouble with the Indians in that part of the country. - David McLean “imited Realtors, Thornhill, report considerable real estate activity in all surrounding areas. Amongst recent sales re- ported froni the Thornhlll office is the home of Pierce Robinson 11 Thomhill which was purchased by Miss Lucy McCurdy, formerly of New York and Florida. Miss Mc- Curdy intends making a few a1- terations and plans to reside in Thornhill. DICHVALE DUBLIC SCHOOL David McLean Ltd. Sells District Homes Mr. and Mrs. T. Lambert of-Tor- onto have moved into their new home at 189 Spruce Avenue, Rich- vale, which thev Vi"'-"“*~"" 1' Mr. and Mrs. George Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Him-4“. _ .. ing into their home on Centre m: West Richmond Hill, formerly owned by Mrs. Maude Miller who is moving to Toronto. ’ fl The home of Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Rowe, Fairview Avenue, Lang‘- stafl’, has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs_. George Stringer of Tor- onto. Mr. Rowe has been trans- ferred by his company to Vancou- ver. The property. of Mr. George Tudge, Fairview Avenue, Lang~ staff, has been purchased by Mr. H. M. Newton of the inspection staff of the Imperial Bank of Qan- ada having been transferred here from Welland, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Tudge have moved into their recently completed house in the Langstafl' area. A new addition to the staff of David McLean Limited is Mr. J. Stanley VWatson of Woodbriage, Ontario, who has had considerable experience in the Real Estate busi- ness. Mr. Watson is a. lifelong resident of the village, and is qual- ified to give completely efficient service. These transactions are only a few of the many which have gone through David McLean Limited in the past weeks and certainly indi- cate that continued interest in the locality is as« strong as ever. Anyone having any claim against the estate of JENNIE MURRAY CAMPBELL, late .of the Village of Thornhill, in the County of York, Widow, who died on or about the 10th day of November, 1950, must file the same with the undersigned not later than the 26th day of Nov- ember, 1951, after which complete distribution may be made by the Administrators, having regard only to the claims filed. _ Notice To Creditors AND OTHERS In the estate'of ALBERT JEF- FERY, Deceased ALL PERSONS having claims against the Estate of Albert Jeff- ery, late of the Township of Mario ham, reitred builder, who died on or about the 11th day of April, 1947, are hereby notified to send particulars of same to the under- signed on or before the 22nd day of November, 1951, afte: which date the Estate will be distributed, with regard only to the claims of which the undersigned shall then have notice, and the undersigned will not be liable to any person of whose claim they shall not then have notice. 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