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2.9 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, Oct. 16, 19 During this time of local and in- ternational_piowing matches, a very interesting fact has come to our at- tention, it is that the provincial as- sociation had its beginnings in our district. Ontario Plowmens’ Association First Organized At Richmond Hill For many years after the prov- ince. of Ontario was settled. indivi- dual districts held their mm plow- ing'matches but nowhere was there more interest centred than in the townships of York County. It is fitting that the provincial organiz- ation which was to grow so large should have its start in this area. In 1910. a group of enthusiastic men gathered in Richmond Hill and formed the first Ontario Plow- men's Association and the first match under its auspices was held at Sunnybrook Farm on the out- skirts of Toronto in 1913. There were few entries in the hand plow 3w. s. COOK. Editor Mun Pvt nu... v- A--_c,.,,,, public service groups, the “New Year” for them, would be an appropriate time for those organizations which have not adopt- ed a standard procedure to make their New Year's “resolution" right now. In any public body, the chairman is the main support but even the best of pres- idents and chairmen have been known to 'go down because of the lack of standard by which to conduct their meetings. The one standard which is before us all, is the government or “Parliamentary” system which may be seen in action and which has prgyen its worth for many years. ,, ,1__._I_'__.I _..-LAM The New Year is usually the time to make resolutions and it seems that during this period_ of reorganization of clubs and “1v ,d. 17“..7’ 4‘1..- Recent very costly outbreaks of live- stock disease in a number of countries have emphasized the truth of the old dictum that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The widespread foot-and- mouth epizootic alone was recently estim« ated to have caused an ecomomic loss to- talling at last $500 millions in the various countries affected. In Canada the cost has been heavy, not merely the direct costs of fiighting disease and compensating own- ers for slaughtered animals. but also be- cause of the loss of normal market outlets. While the United States livestock industry, by precautionary measures, has been suc- cessful in keeping free of foot-and-mouth infection, other diseases have made serious inroads. Hog cholera has long been con- sidered Public Enemy No. 1 by U.S. swine producers. This year~severe outbreaks of two other serious diseases â€" Anthrax and vesicular exanthema â€" have caused sub- stantial losses. While th eresponsibility of coping with While the responsibility of coping with wid’espread outbreaks of contagious ani- mal health agencies, co-operation by indi- viduals engaged in the production and mar- keting of livestock is essential. Rapid mo- dern methodstof transportation and com- municationphave revolutionized marketing methods. At the same time the opportun- ity for a rapid spread of infection from diseased to healthy animals has been grea- 'VP'hvé-n-xgin prcgirrilrt in a staridérdized system An Independent Weekly â€" Established 1878 WRWU"? 2-50 per year; to the United States 83 00; 5c Single Copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly New-spapers Association #7 __....__ -. .. Subscription Rate $ Telephone TUrner 4 1261 “Authorized as second class mail, PoSt Ofiice Department. ()1taw”a Reducing Livestock Disease Losses Gibb liberal 'IITET'S'MITH. 'M.p., Puplgggg; classes and only one tractor and only a few hundred people were in attendance, but by 1916 there were 30 hand plows and 25 tractors. Arrangements were made for the International Match in Ottawa in 1918 but an epidemic of “flu" caus- ed it to be cancelled for that year. Meanwhile the Ontario group surg- ed ahead and at the meet in Bram- pton in 1924 there were 117 hand plow entries and 91 tractors and attendance during the (our days went over the 70,000 mark. The event was drawing more entries and crowds every year. In recent years since the war, enthusiasm has increased and peo- ple travel many miles to see both the international. provincial and regional matches. Added features now include junior groups and large displays of farm implements. Procedure It should be quickly realized that mee- tings at which the motions are not proper- ly voted on or rescinded if rewording is necessary are thrown into hopeless chaos and the resolutions may be considered void. is, of course, to simplify the general busi- ness of a meeting to the point where the average layman can conduct a meeting with a degree of confidence and With a minâ€" imum of confusion. Any motions made, seconded and passed according to a recog- nized standard also have a backing of le- While some animal diseases are most readily spread by actual contact with in- fected animals, it has been clearly estab- lished that the active virus of some diseas- es may~be spread by a number of carriers, including vehicles, clothing, feed, birds, etc. For his own protection every livestock producer and shippe1 should be as alert as possible 1n reducing p‘otential sou1ces of 111- fection. Take, for example trucks which are used 1n shipping li\ estock. Calls f1 om farm to farm and f1om faim to stockya1ds and packing plants p1esent oppo1tunities for spreading disease unless reasonable precautions are observed and insisted upon. Frequent thorough cleaning and disinfec- fection of public and private cauiers may greatly reduce the hazard. gality A government leaflet or a public lib- rary will supply all the necessary informa- tion on “Parliamentary" procedure. Now is the time to make this resolution, make it and stick with it. tly widened. The incidence of such diseases as bru- cellosis, tuberculosis, anthrax and shipping fever in cattle; rhinitis, tuberculosis, chol- era and erysipelas in swine, tuberculosis and Newcastle in poutry; and entertoxem- ia and ketosis in sheep, makes it highly necessary for everyone in the livestock in- dustry to be alert in recognizing not only the presence of the disease itself but also possible avenues of infection. Good com- mon sense methods of sanitation are rela- tively cheap and simple compared with the potential economic loss in widespread out- breaks. Scouts and Cubs of Rich- mond Hill collected about eight tons of paper in their recent drive in the village and would like through this newspaper to thank all who made it poss- ible, with particular thanks to those who tied their papers into bundles. When tied this way it saves the paper from blowing about and littering the streets. Special thanks is also ex- pressed to Norman Bradshaw of Bradshaw Motors and R. D. Little & Son, who loaned trucks to pick up the papers, and to Mr. Taylor of Taylor‘s Saw Mill for donating his gar- age as a storage point until the waste paper company could pick up the papers. A paper collection on the east side of the village is planned for the near future. Scout Paper Collection lumun‘ ‘uon' Jacuunofls UREAU High School Magazine Subsc. Campaign Starts Next Week By Quintin Wight If you happen to open your front door next week, or the week after. and find a disreputable char- acter, don't run and hide. it's only one of the Richmond Hill District High School students trying to sell you a subscription to a mag- azine. Yes. once again the pupils at the High School are thrusting them- selves into the business world. try- ing to scrape up some money for their athletic and stage equipment. Of late the various clubs and coun- cils have been hampered by a lack of finances and in order to some- what alleviate this empty feeling in the pocketbook. the students have once more taken up the sword of salesmanship. Of all subscriptions sold. the school averages some 30 per cent of the cash. The student who scratches on your door some morning or evening. benefits in- directly from this percentage, be- Electrical Contractbrs Hear Interesting Talk Mr. Gibson of the Georgetown manufa'cturing firm of Arrow. Hart and Hagerman, was the guest speaâ€" ker at the October meeting of the Electrical Contractors of Ontario local 48 held in Bettles Coffee Shop, Richmond Hill. Mr. Gibson gave the large turnout an interest- ing lecture on wiring devices. Pre- sident Carl Taylor thanked the speaker. Mr. Taylor also gave a report on the recently held Annual Ontario Convention of the Association which he attended as local 48's representative. MARKHAM : The new St. An- drew's United Church building was dedicated October 5. When at college I attended my first lecture on psychology with trepidation and misgiving. The word was not in such general use as now and I hardly knew what it meant. But the professor began the course of lectures by saying we were about to begin the study of a subject of great importance and one destined to grow in signi- ficance year by year. I know now he was right. Any survey of books written during the past thirty or forty years will show how large, a place the subject of mental processes has in our lives. One day over forty years ago. I was in a city on the Atlantic sea- g?\\\l\lll\l\ll\ll\\\l\l\llllllll\l\ll\lll\llll\lll\l“R\““\l\\l\l\l\\\ll\\\l\\ml'F2 g TODAY'S QUOTATION mm board. The rain poured down in orrents! it couldn't have been more depressing. I met a sailor who was‘ on the ship which had just brought us across the Atlantic. I don't knbw if he had read that sentence in a book or thought it up for himself but I have said it to myself hundreds of times. Where we have our homes; how much we possess and a score of other things we think important are all second- ary factors; we live in our minds; that is a major truth. This explains at least some of the mysteries of life. It accounts for the fact that some who are fab- ulously wealthy are unhappy and dissatisfied and others. poor as church mice or chronic invallds, are supremely content. Isn't this an awful day?” I said. He replied: “Why should it bother us; after all we live in our minds.” ii-Iélén Kellér, once wrote a book with this title: “The World I Live In 1843. a gentleman by the name of Thomas Kinnear resided in Vaughan Twp.. about a mile north of Richmond Hill. As he was a gentleman of means. he lived in a dignified fashion and had a house of a much better quality than many of his neighbours who were still struggling to get estab- lished. His housekeeper was an attrac- tive woman by the name of Nancy Montgomery and the servants were James McDermott, 20 years of age, and Grace Marks. about 16 years old. Both were Irish by birth and had been in Canada only a few years. These two were extremely jealous â€"-â€" MdDermott of Mr. Klnâ€" near's possessions and Grace Marks of the difference made between her and the housekeeper. In their jealousy. they became very careless about their work and so were given notice to leave, On the afternoon of July 27. 1843. Thomas Kinnear rode into Toronto to draw some bank dividends due in order to pay the two servants. The following day they killed Nancy Montgomery and concealed her body in a tub in the cellar. When Kinnear returned from the city, they informed him that the housekeeper had gone to Toronto by stage coach. That evening he was shot through the heart and his body was also hidden in the cellar. The two murders then packed all the valuables in the house into a light wagon and taking Kinnear‘s keys and money set out for Tor- onto where they took I boat for ‘3-mnmuummunmuummummumuuu“munmumummxmm Our quotation today is by Geoffrey Chaucer: “My mind to me 3 Kingdom is." WE LIVE IN OUR MINDS THE KINNEAR MURDER 'weeo’smuir History ARTICLE 8 cause though no cold, hard cash enters his pockets. it does provide him with footballs for his athletic activities, with new effects for his dramatic yearnings. and with var- ious other htings for his various other things. The Curtis Publishing Company. who's magazines he is handling also'donate to the three forms showing the highest average mon- etary input a percentage of their own money with which to have a party. For each salesman selling $30 worth of subscriptions, there is a certificate of salesmanship. signed by the president of the company. and by Principal A. S. Elson of the High School. These certificates are a help in applying for a job in later years. It is hoped by the students and all concerned that the response to this year's campaign will equal or exceed that of last year, which net- ted them the honour of being the second highest in Canada in sales. Your subscription money will proâ€" vide you with years of pleasure. and the students at the high school with the means to make their en- vironment a better one for eachers and-pupils alike. In.” Think of it, a woman blind and deaf, with only three senses instead of five; she had to build her world by sensations of touch, helped by taste and smell. Yet with these terrific limitations she has become keenly alive to the beauty of nature and, in the main, has been a very happy woman. By her books she has brought encourage- ment and! inspiration to millions. Think of it; deaf and dumb but happy. One of the most dramatic scenes in the New Testament is the ac- count of Paul's trial before King Agrippa (Acts 26). Here was a king. reigning in Oriental splen- dour. with much that we think makes for happiness, while before him stood Paul. chained, accused, in poor health and threatened with execution. In the Seventeenth Century one of the true saints of France was the poet and mystic. Madam Guyon. Like the English John Bunyan. she spent much of her life in a filthy dungeon where surroundings might easily have crushed her spirit â€" but they did not. From behind prison walls she continued to send out poetry which reflected the radiance of her sweet spirit. We know now that Paul felt sor- ry for Agrippa. In a moving speech he said he wished the King was in his place “except these bonds." Think of it; a prisoner sorry for his judge; a man despised and .hated by many yet possessed of such inward happiness that he yearned to see the proud king share the same deep peace. bound, My heart’s at liberty. Oh, it is good to soar These bolts and bars above To Thee whose purposes I adore Whose providence I love: And in Thy mighty will to find The joy, the freedom, of the wind Here are two stanzas: My cage confines me round. Abroad I cannot fly; But though my wing is closely Lewiston. hoping to make good their escape into the United Stgtgs. The murder was discovered by James Newton and Capt. Francis Boyd who came to call on the foll- owing Sunday. On making en- quiries in Toronto they learned that F. C. Capreol had seen the culprits in the city and that they had taken the boat to Lewiston. The High Bailiff, Kingsmill, char- tered a boat in which to pursue them and at Niagara Falls the couple .were arrested on a charge of murder and returned to Toron- to. They were tried on November 3 and 4 and were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. After the trial ,each made a voluntary confession in which they tried to throw the blame on the other. On November 20, 1843. McDermott was hanged. The sentence ofâ€" Grace Marks was commuted to life-im- prisonment. She served some \ears in Kingston Penitentiary but was later moved to the Asylum in Toronto. After thirty years she was pardoned and she went to New York where she changed her name and later married. Did you know? â€" The first trial by jury in the Home District was held on April 11, 1810. Thomas Stoyles. of Richmond Hill, was on the jury and James Fulton. esq., was among the Justices of the Peace on the bench on the occas- lon. These gruesome happenings took plac eon Lot 53, Con. 1 Vaughan. on the land known as the Blain Farm. Visitors to the first annual Richmond Hill Community Fair at the Lions Hall Friday and Saturday are assured of a large and interesting exhibi- tion. To mention just a few in the hobby section. Fred Hoover will exhibit a labelled collec- tion of sea shells, Charles Bancroft will show his unique collection of miniature jugs, and also on exhibit will be a what-not by Stan Ransom. In the Art section the North York Art Club is showing six pictures by amateur painters. Don’t miss the Fair, Friday and Saturday. Fair Features I should like to reply to the ab- ove questions through the medium of your paper. In my opinion the answer to the above is “YES" in all cases. The only conclusions I ‘ arrived at from reading your letter is (1) you must be all-fired scared of the one member you mention. particularly in view of one mem- ber having only one vote, which should in no way hinder your plans when the other three mem- bers are voting with you, and. (2) your P.S. is a ridiculously weak at- tempt to strengthen your letter. I draw your attention a definition of “neutral" from Webster's Diction- ary â€"- “Indifferent, taking no part on either side in a contest, neither very good or very bad]: Re: Markham Twp Dear Mr. Editor: A letter appeared in the last ed- ition of your paper. over the signa- ture of Mr. James. Deputy-Reeve of Markham Township, who asks “What do you think?" regarding the following questions. -â€" (1) “Is the council as stupid as one of our members would have you believe?” â€" (2) “Do you feel that we, as a council. are trying to bankrupt the municipality?" â€" (3) “Do you think it is possible that we are always wrong?”. My ofiinion expressed above may be the result of my mental dull- ness. ,but I have been a taxpayer in this township for over 20 years. carrying on farming and other bus- iness activities and am keenly in- terested in remaining. Now I have extended you the courtesy of a reply to your letter, I ask the same courtesy on your part in replying to the following questions. (a) Is your interest in Markham Township based only on the ,fact of your being a resident? (b) Are you building a new home in Pickering Township? “ONE OFVTHE GUYS WHO PAYS Dear Mr. Editor ~ Usifxéhthe figures of Deputy- Reeve A. James in his letter to you October 9 1952pre Township Gar- age. Paid from 1952 taxes . . $20,000.00 All.“ -. -7, Grant - Dept. Highways $20 000. 00 Total ......... Contractor‘s price Long before the “adverse pubâ€" licity", the approval of the Board of Education re - Twp. Markham revised application - proposed ex» penditure of $193,000 for Thornlea School dated April 23, 1952. may I quote from said approval “In including $6,000.00 for the costs of debentures, it is assumed that Markham Council is contemplat- ing that the debenturesin the am- ount of $193,000 will realize only $186,000." So the debentures were ready to be sold at par?_ As to his questions in the first paragraph it seems to me the present arkham Council has not the required “timber" so necess- ary for good sound government. even if one member does “hoop’er” up occasionally, wit one other member trying to “he nie" a hand to quiet him down and to stop him acting like one of the “james” boys, whenever a certain other member tries to take his “lemasurierl’ (Signed) Kathleen James. Thornhill, (no relation) Concord Resident Stricken On Way To Plowing Match On his way to attend. the Inter- national Plowing Match at Carp, Mel. Snider. Concord. called to visit his sister. Kathleen and while there was suddenly stricken ill and removed to Bellevllle General Hospital where he underwent a serious operation. The latest report is that he is progressing favorably and expects to return home next week. “Where prxces meet purses” â€" in the classified ad. section. Tele phone yours to TUrner 4-1261. TOWNSHIP OF MARKHAM County of York PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that a court of Revision of the Assessment Roll for the Township of Markham will be held in the Council Chambers. Unionville. on Wednesday. November 5. 1952. at 1.30 pm. to hear and adjudicate upon all complaints against the As- sessment Roll of the Municipality of the Township of Markham for the year 1953. All parties interest- ed are requested to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Dated at Unionville October 14. “Dear Mr. Editor" Re: Markham Twp. Debenture Debt Court Of Revision 1952. Charles Hoover. Clerk Township of Markham Municipality of the THE SHOT” . . . . $40,000.00 . . . . $35,000.00 $5,000.00 999999 Telephone TUrner 4-1212 n; Richmond Wednesday & Thursday â€"â€" October 22 & 23 With spies, whacks and assorted weird characters . . . no? to Friday & Saturday â€" October 17 & 18 Monday & Tuesday â€" October 20 & ‘21 The! fouign legion brood of man! The. "Beau Gosh" brand of gunmen! TECHNIGOLUR mention some real! WW (II "In": The. “Bean Gene" brand of greatness! fun-and- music It's a fun-and- music sensation! Rhythm . . . glitter . . . color! \V SAMUEL ’ GULDWYN'S _/ ’7. P/fl “(mum-I DANA * novel wuafions //\ DINAH DANA SHORE ANRREWS calm by wmmmm - mun-1m .mfluhw GILBERT RMAND - KIERUN MUURE - GEORGE IIIBIAS JUDY [AWRANBE lam Pm )1 WWW III!!! III "All WIS - mom )1 “N“ “I Im‘nmml ' ”Wihmmu“ - ‘mm It's a fun-and- music sensation! Rhythm...