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W. S- OOOK, Editor But it is encouraging to note that Man is starting to outsmart the insects. He has developed a wide variety of chem- ical insecticides which are able to control 1: species. The simple hand sprayer V_ developed into great power sprayer: At one time the insect hordes pretty much had their own way. They stripped bare great areas of forest land and chewed up food crops on which millions of people were dependent. In their wake marched poverty, starvation and disease. It seem- ed that insects would eventually inherit the earth. School Boards have had a difficult task in attempting to fulfill their respon- sibilities and at the same time remain with- in the financial limits of the municipality. Conscientious school board trustees have been doing an admirable job in accepting the dual responsibility of educational re- quirements and municipal‘solvency‘. This has been quite a year for insects. Grasshoppers in certain areas of the prair- ies. Tent caterpillars in Ontario and Que- bec. Spruce budworms in the Maritimes. Locusts in Brazil, North Africa and south- ern Europe â€"- let alone the mosquitoes, house flies and black flies which seem al- ways with us. Councillors and Trustees feel the satura- tion point has been reached. May theor- ies have been put forward by harried indi- viduals and groups as possible solutions to this problem. These include a halt to any further increases in teachers’ salaries, streamlining administration through the ceation of Area Boards, and the curtailing of building costs by abandoning the trad- itional red brick school house in favour of frame built portables. North York township has built four so-called portable schools. These are frame buildings, with 3 Kindergarten, a Library, a Principal’s office, five other classrooms and washrooms. They are oil heated. costing between $58,000 and $60,- 000 each, or about one third the cost of permanent buildings, and they have affect- ed considerable savings for the township's In the hard-pressed municipalities sit- uated in the Toronto area skyrocketing taxes in many cases can be blamed on in- creased educational costs. One needs only to consider what per- centage of the yearly tax-take is. being spent on education to realize the demands today’s educational costs are making on the community. Toronto township esti- mates 48 per c_ent., East York tovynship 46 With the cost of building and main- taining schools, and paying teachers sal- aries now taking about fifty per cent of the Suburban Municipalities’ budgetnumerous ul‘euuv \- v-.- -7 If living in Whitchuroh Township, res- idents are instructed to call the local tele- phone exchange and say: “Fire Depart- ment.” Wait until the operator gives the alarm -â€" then give the location of the fire by lot and concession and the most access- ible road. If not on the Aurora or Stouff- ville exchanges ask for a through line to the proper exchange and give the informa- ‘tion as outlined above. The telephone companies concerned have agreed to give this service. Call only one fire department as additional help will be summoned by the chief answering the call. All toll charges will be charged to either township phone per cént. and Scérboro township 50 per cent, of this year’s tax revenues will go towards education. Naturally these steadily soaring costs are due to several factors. Part of the rising costs of education are due to an ex- panding population, a backlog in building, andt higher construction and operating 005 s. "1111b ubu., vvlluvvv ““rr~--~ ,, In Vaughan, Markham, King and Whitchurch Township the system is some- what varied. In Vaughan Township, 3 call to the Municipal ofl'ices, Maple 13W, will get the police, and one to Mr. Donald Allen at Maple 19R5 will reach the Fire Brigade. For Markham Township police the number to phone is Unionville 40, which is the Municipal offices, and for a fire call, Unionville 26w or 26J to M. A. K. Harrington, Eire _Ch‘i_ef..‘ ‘ ' l , L».. c..‘ JA- lLulLAAAb ow“, .. >.. . King Township is divided into two fire areas. The west side of the township is served by Schomberg Fire Brigade and the east by Aurora. It is sufficient to call the operator and ask for the Schomberg Fire Briggde‘ or the @n‘rora‘ Fire Erigade. ___._ -L i... “he. Our office has been called upon so many times to supply the telephone num- bers of the police and fire brigades for the surrounding districts that we have decided to look into the matter and seek a remedy for the situation. People, in general. are confused about the whole set-up and do not know under what name to look, for these emergency numbers. In Richmond Hill’s new dial telephone directory, the fire call is listed under FIRE EMERGENCY CALLS, the police under RICHMOND HILL VILLAGE. These two numbers are standard throughout the pro- vince, the only difference between Rich- mond Hill’s and other municipalities which have dial phones, being the Turner 4. Rich- mond Hill’s police number is Turner 4-2121 and the fire call is Turner 4-1323 where the call will be taken by either Fire Chief Alf. Stong, Russell Lynett, Wm. Neal or H. J. Mills Ltd., whoever _happens to be. on call. 4.-.] IHE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, Aug. 14, 1952 3'5» 2‘ An Independent Weekly â€" Established 1878 WWW? Subscription Rate $2.50 per year; to the United States $3.00; 5c Single Copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH. M.P-, Publisher Telephone TUrner 4- 1261 “Authorized as second class mail, Post Ofiice Department. Ottawa” The Insects Are On The March The High Cost OF Education 013m liberal ire And Police Calls Lessons from these pioneer ventures in large-scale pest control indicate that careful planning, preparation and co-oper- ation are necessary to achieve successful results. If this is done, there need be lit- tle fear of devastating insect plagues in Canada. The counter offensive against insects has merely begun. The successful spray- ing this summer of 200,000 acres of bud- worm infested forest in New Brunswick to save 2,000,000 cords of pulp wood is indeed encouraging. Almost $2,500,000 was spent in the last three years in the states of Washington and Oregon to save $63,000,- 000 worth of timber (Douglas fir and white spruce) against the same scourge. has developed into great power sprayers. capable of covering large insect-infested areas. For coverage of forests and jungâ€" les he uses fleets of airplanes and helicop- ters. One of the main di'awbacks to por- table schools is they must be built out of current funds, not through debentures. This means extra taxes temporarily. Complaints have been heard as well, of the speed firemen travel on their way to the fire hall Speed is most important in a case like this, and we often wonder if those who complain would want the fire- men to drive thirty miles an hour, or with- in whatever the speed limit is, if their houses were burning down. The safety of children and other pedestrians is unques- tioned, but firemen are instructed to get to the fire truck as soon as they can, without accident or injury. taxpayers. However they may create pro- blems of their own when they reach the end of their life span in about 15 years and have to be replaced. But they have taken the pressure off taxpayers of today. Toronto Township is another munici- pality intending to make use of portable school rooms to keep costs down. Officials there estimate they can be built, complete with heating and washrooms for $7,000 each. They can be moved, to follow the population, if the pressure for school rooms is eased in one section and increases in another. Their oheapness and their mobility~make portables attractive to hard- pressed school boards. In Toronto township a newly estab- lished Board of Education is expected to bring some tax relief next year. The dis- trict formerly had eleven separate public school sections, some of which were hard hit by education taxes. Trustees predict that the equalization of school taxes in the area â€" a single school tax in place of el- even separate levies â€" will mean lower school taxes for residents in eight of the eleven sections, with two remaining about the same, and one having a higher rate. v; I my--. We heard recently of complaints to firemen for not answering a fire call or “I called you several times before you an- swered.” When the truth became known, it was not the fault of the firemen but of the caller, who had been dialing the wrong number. This is particularly annglying to volunteer firemen who are often ca led out of their beds about one o’clock in the morn- ing and who, like everyone else, appreciate a word of encouragement. However, it is not only the people who are at fault. A few of the tOWn fathers slipped up as well. Reeve Taylor of Rich; mond Hill, took his own survey at a recent council meeting and found that he wa the only one who knew the police and fir: numbers. Clerk Lynett was able to give the correct ones, but he had a decided ad- vantage over everyone else as he is a mem- ber of the Fire Brigade. Some feel the creation of an Area Board will help to keep costs down by hold- ing the lines on teachers’ salaries. With the establishment of an Area Board school sections would no longer bid against each other to attract teachers. Certain responsible municipal ofiicxals hold the opinion the Province will have to come to the aid of the municipalities as far as school costs are concerned and that the Provincial Government will have to inter- vene and make some arrangements by which they assume a greater share of the cost of education. Everyone realizes an immediate and satisfactory solution to the problem is nec- essary but the big question is who can sup- ply the magic formula. at Aurora 8OR03 or Stoufi‘ville 46R15. ' As a result of the many enquiries we received re these emergency calls, we took a telephone survey of people in the district. It went something like this â€" “This is the Liberal office calling. We're taking a sur- vey in your district to determine what per- centage of the people know the number of the police and the fire call.” Most of our customers were rather dubious at first but after a short conversa- tion they took us seriously. The results were just what we anticipated. After a. running barrage of phone calls to ten peo- ple in each district of Thornhill, Richmond Hill, Maple, Richvale, Elgin Mills, Oak Rid~ ges, King and Union‘v‘ille, and still more . ‘1 ,, _.._..L.'.... vuvn 5cm, .Lqu5 a...“ v“ in Vaughan and Markham Townships, we found that approximately 90 per cent. of the people called, did not know their police or fire numbers. ALVEfiNA SMIT_H, Associate Editor liamun‘ UDIT RUREAU .mcuu‘nofl: Le Compte de Chalus. on the other hand. took more interest in his new holdings in Vaughan and Markham Townships (Lots 58 and 60 in Vaughan and 54, 55 and 58 in Markham) than did many of the French settlers. The Chalus were an extremely wealthy family and they brought much money to Up- per Canada along with their ideas of etiquette and social rank. It is said that Madame 1a Comptesse was never seen except in full drool Chevalier Auguste Bointon re- ceived lot 48 Markham Township. Concession 1. now part of Rich- mond Hill. His patent bears the date 1807. On the site of the LT. B. 8: 0. Home. Lot 53. was the grant of le Compte de Puisaye. He was a rich landowner in Normandy and was able to escape with many valuables and therefore he per- formed only the least of settlement duties. that of building a few log shacks on the land. The rest of the time was spent in society in York. Regardless of unfavourable wea- ther there was a very good attend- ance at the branch‘s first annual picnic at Woodland Park, August 10. Fortunately the weather clear- ed and the program of sports was entered into by young and old. After the French revolution, the French aristocracy found it necess- ary to flee for their lives. Many went to Great Britain and were as- sisted to settle in her colonies by being given land grants amounting to thousands of acres. Several of these French gentlemen settled in the vicinity of Richmond Hi1}. Among them were Rene Augustus. Compte de Chalus, Jean Louis, V1- compte de Chalus. 1e Compte de Puisaye. Quetton St. George and Augustus Bointon. The Richmond Hill Branch No. 375 took second place in the horse shoe pitching contest held invNew- market, Saturday, August 9. The Branch sports officer Comrade Jack Adams hopes to organize a team for the youths of the branch. C.N.E. Warriors’ Day is Saturday, August 23. Free admission tickets are now available to veterans and their families of Richmond Hill and District from the following, J. D. Sanders, Richmond St., Rich- mond Hill, Frank Titshall, May Ave, Richmond Hill, Gervis Hues- tis Sr., 218A Oak Ave, Richvale, secretary, 259 Oak Ave, Richvale. As in the past veterans and their families will receive free admiss- ion to the ONE. on Warrior's Day which includes a ducat to the at- ternoon grandstand show‘ Only veterans. allowed in the parade (excepting bandsmen). CHICORY Chicory receives the doubtful honour of being a Weed of the Week by virtue of the untold losses it causes in forage, grain and pas- ture crops according to W. S. Young. Fieldman for the Crops Branch. Ontario Department of Agriculture. This weed is wide- spread and provides Severe com- petition for moisture and plant food in all of these crops. Mr. Young suggests that in corn or cereal grains 2-4,D be used at the rate of one half-pound per ac- re. This will usually kill the top of the chicory but further treat- ment will be necessary to kill the roots. In grains that are seeded down, 2-4, D should not be used, as it will damage or kill the clover and cultivation will give the most practical control. However, if the Chicory in these fields grows in isolated patches, these areas may be sprayed without affecting much of the clover. It is easily recognized by its many branched stems covered with bright blue flowers. These stems, often reaching a height of four feet. are almost leafless and arise from a group of dandelion-shaped leaves spread out on the ground. The long tap root of this perennial makes it difficult to control through cultivation. Unfortun- ately, when the tops are cut off. this tap root continues to produce more stems . However, on roadsides and other areas which cannot be cultivated, excellent control has been achiev- ed with 2-4, D Sprays. A good kill can be obtained by using 1 1b. of 2-4,D acid per acre. The most satisfactory results have been ob- tained when the weed is treated at the full leaf stage or just before flowering. Mr. Young recommends the use of short rotations for the best con- trol of Chicory. However, he adds that eradication can also be achiev- ed with deep fall plowing followed by a row or cultivated crop the following year. This cultivation will eventually weaken the root and kill the plant. THE LEGIONNAIRES Branch 375 CanadianLegion, B.E.S.L. Richmond Hill ' THE FRENCH REFUGEES 73 AléER‘TST ‘5?“qu fionaefivfi . (31511131 /...- Weed Of The Week 1952 Series weedsmuir History ARTICLE ‘ food in Ontario. There were other French refu- gees who lived ln the section call- ed Pulsaye Town north of Elgin Mills. They settled this part of the country because it reminded them of their homeland and they thought if it could grow such beau- tiful pines, it could surely grow grapes. But they were poor farm- ers for a pioneer settlement and as soon as the Restoration made it possible to return to their home- and, they either abandoned or gave away their lands in Upper Canada. The farms soon became overgrown and were taken over by squatters resulting in years of law suits be- fore ownership could be establlsh- ed. and she demanded and received the deference of a queen. Her disâ€" play of jewels surpassed anything possessed by the most wealthy in Upper Canada. La Vicompte de Chalus, Jean Louis, went into partnership with Quetton St. George who owned the land around Bond’s and Wilcox Lakes. (He adopted the name St. George because he landed in Eng- land ou that day.) They opened a place of business between Niagara and Queenston, selling groceries and dry-goods for “cash only." When the refugees left Canada at the beginning of the Restoration, Chalus gave his property to his faithful servant Michael Saigeon, descendants of whom still live near Maple. The satisfaction of a religious service depends largely upon the fervour of congregational singing. This is not intended to underrate renditions by choirs which do much to enrich services but when the leader of a service says: “Let us all sing." he often intends it as a mlld rebuke. Personally. I love to hear people sing lustily even if. like myself, they are often out of tune. I can still remember the days when as a youngster I hung onto one half of a hymnbook while my mother gently poked me in the ribs and said: “Sing up." In this case. as you know. posts were placed to temporarily prevent the use of this land as a right-of- way pending a final decision by council. Councillor LeMasurier states that “council put up posts that were subsequently knocked down.” However this was done by an unauthorized person 6r persons unknown and not by order of coun. cil. Councillor LeMasurier states that “he knows of taxpayers who have been complaining about their roads for a year, and still nothing has been done." If six loads of gra- vel were applied to the roads in For a period of seven months, to- gether with other members of council I have been the object of petty criticism and abuse which has served no useful purpose, but has cost the taxpayers so much valuable time and money, that the business of council and essential projects have been delayed, in some cases, beyond hope of ac- complishment in the current year. Apparently there is no end to the length that councillor LeMasurier will go in order to further the pol- itical ambition that he professes not to have. To begin with I will answer the letter of this so called “stormy petrel” which was published on July 17. Is it possible that there are taxpayers interested in the welfare of Markham Township, who are so gullible as to believe that for the sum of ten dollars the road committee will supply six loads of gravel together with cal- cium chloride as a top dressing? I sincerely hope not! To begin with this gravel was not placed on pri- vate property, Mr. Taxpayer. but. I emphasize was placed on town- ship property. Now if a public spirited taxpayer should send council I cash contribution to be applied for township use even though this is irregular the money will be accepted and faithfully ap- plied as it was in this particular case, or returned to the donor. Did you know? â€" In the year 1814 price controls were set on It seems strange that one of the greatest hymn-writers who ever lived. one whose inspiring hymns are sung by millions every week. was a little man so frail and deli- cate that his life was often despair- ed of. His name was Isaac Watts “And my spirit hath re- _‘ joiced in God my Saviour." a-mmmmnumlnm\\\\\uu\\mmnmmnmnumnmnmmmn WWW and he was born at Southampton, England, in July, 1674. As a baby he was sick and puny and through- out life he remained sq small in stature that he seemed little more than a dwarf. As a pastor. Isaac Watts was greatly loved by the congregation although his health was such that for days, often for weeks at a time. he was confined to his room. When, because of advancing years, Dr. Chauncery retired, Isaac Watts be- came minister in his place. and his eagerness to serve the people made such demands upon his strength that from time to time he was completely prostrated. When these ailments came it was his custom to write pastoral letters which were read to the congrega- tion, and the tenderness and cour- age of the chronic sufferer were a constant source of wonder to the i3: mmllllInl\n\mumu\u\\m\u\\mmmummmmunmummmw g TODAY’S QUOTATION TO THE TAXPAYERS OF MARKHAM TOWNSHIP Dear Mr. Editor: Our quotation today from the Magnificat: “My soul dBth magnify the Lord LET US ALL SUNG ”Dear Mister Editor" ’AT-CHER w1fl6? "”“"‘I""3\M -. .. Yes Mr. James I have political ambitions. To try and clean up some of what I believe are very ponr business practices in our township. i You will see from the above facts the manner in which Mr. James has voted. He admits in his letter that accepting $10.00 “is irregular” yet he sponsors a mo- tion to investigate the hiring of a dlfierent auditor after our present one points out some of our poor bookkeeping practices. The audi- tor is the man who checks irregu- larities. Judging from the way Mr. James voted he apparently does not want us to have any in- formation about what is going on in the road department with re- gard to money matters or construc- Yet council at the same meeting were quite willing to pass resolu- tions asking for monthly reports from the Plumbing, Building and Police departments. Resolved that a committee be appointed from council members to report on the efficiency of our office filing systems, methods of conducting business. etc. Against this motion Mr. James. C. Hooper, W. Timbers. 2. May 2, 1952 Moved by A. James, seconded by C. Hooper. Resolved that council instruct our auditor to set up our budget in such a way that council could have a monthly report from the treasurer as to what funds have been spent and what funds are av- ailable for expenditure. This is in accordance with the auditor's let- ter dated April 8. 1952. Resolu- tion not carried â€" opposed Mr. James. C. Hooper. W. Timbers. 4. July 28. 1952 Moved by A. LeMasurier, sec- onded by A. Lennie._ in the road department gard to money matters or tion. That the Township of Markham investigate the hiring of a differ- ent auditor. Resolution carried with A. LeMasurier opposing. 3. July 28, 1952 Moved by A. LeMasurier, sec- onded by A. Lennie. That council receive a written monthly progress report from the Road Superintendent regarding finances and construction sched- ules. Resolution not carried â€" Opposed Mr. James, C. Hooper. W. Tlmbers. congregation. Even when he was racked with pain, Isaac Watts man- aged to maintain a peace of mind and calmness which breathes in all his hymns. In reply to Deputy Reeve James’ letter in which he expounded a great many personal opinions may I give you some FACTS. These are several resolutions taken from the minute book which you may verify by inspecting the records at the Township office. Note how each member voted. 1. March 31, 1952. Resolution moved by A. LeMas- urier, seconded by A. Lennie. Few people who sing the hymns of Isaac Watts will ever know the circumstances under which many of them were written. Here and there however. the effect of his sickness is seen. In 1706 the con- dition of his health was such that he went to Southampton for rest and change. One day while there he gazed across the gulf to smil- ing fields beyond. and one of his most beautiful hymns was compos- ed at that time. The first verse especially, reveals the longing or this much tried sufferer: There is a land of pure delight Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. question they would contribute little to the value of these roads. a mere drop in the bucket â€" just another mole-hill made into a mountain. In this instance it was not a case of road construction but merely to spread this gravel and calcium in order to satisfy the ma- jority of taxpayers in the district in question. So, Mr. Taxpayer. you see, the road committee did not make this land into a roadway for the sum of ten dollars as stated by councillor LeMasurier. After reading councillor LeMasurier's letters to the press the taxpayer is left with no doubt whatsoever, that he is the exponent of economy in this municipal council that he has the welfare of the taxpayers at heart. If this is so. why did coun- cillor LeMasurier at a council mee- ting on July 7 publicly advise a Mrs. Ross the complainant in this Johnson Ave. controversy to dis- regard appeals to council, to see her lawyer and sue Markham Township. Does this indicate that he is serving in the best in- terests of Markham Township? A. James, Chairman of Roads Committee. Deputy-Reeve. to compose something better? said his father. It was this thoug. which first started him to writr hymns for congregational singing and from that day until his deat many years after. he continued tt write hymns and today a larger number of his hymns are in con- stant use than of any other hymn- writer. In spite of his sickness, no other nllan did more to make public worâ€" ship bright and inspiring than Is- aac Watts. The church services of his day were often so solemn as to be depressing. The congrega- tions sang psalm's only. and the tunes were generally dull and life- less. One day Isaac was return- ing from a service with his father when he bitterly complained about the singing. ”Why don't you tr: Editor. The Liberal. Sir: â€" He died on the afternoon of No- vember 25, 1748, and was buried in Bunhill Fields Cemetery, not far from the resting place of Sushan- nah Wesley. and within a few steps of Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe. No one would have thought that the tiny baby, born in 1674, would live to pass his seventy-fourth birthday. but he did so and millions of people are grate- ful for his noble life. REPLIES T0 DEPUTY-REEVE Telephone TUrner 4-1351 Wednesday & Thursday -; August 20 & 21 1.12 Richmond Vengeance-Mad Red:';ins [In A Death Rampage! Please note last complete show Wed. & Thurs., August 20, 21, 8.30 pm. Friday & Saturday â€" August 15 & 16 Monday & Tuesday â€" August 18 & l9 Matinee Wednsday, August 20, 2 plus éfound!