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It was suggested that if season tickets are to be sold another year and the rink is to continue to be a popular resort for winter recrea- tion, Council will have to make up its mind to be more generous in furnishing attractions (i. a. cam!- vals band music and good publicl~ ty) for the young people. 40 YEARS AGO April 10. 1913 A freight car standing on the siding at the Metropolitan Walt- ing Room ran down the grade Fri- day afternoon and through the lumber shed, the property of Mr. Trench. A cart was completely smashed, a covered wagon badly damaged along with other articles. Workmen on the job spent most wthe afternoon and night jacking up the car and getting it up on the tracks. The report given at the Council meeting on Tuesday evening by the manager of the skating rink showed that after all expenses had been paid, the building had netted 101- the village. during the past year considerably over $100. . Rev. W. Amos of Aurora will do- llver an address before the Mental and Moral Improvement Society In the Presbyterian Church on Friday evening April 15. 80 YEARS AGO April 7. 1893 Mr. Richard Wiles sowed five acres of Spring Wheat on Wednes- day, April 6. This is the first seed- ing we have heard of in this sec- tion. Thousands of cancer patients last year were assisted in many ways through the Ontario Division of the Society’s welfare program. Through its Units, it made provision for needy patients’ transportaâ€" tion to and from clinics for treatment; loaned special beds to facilitate in their Volunteers who work for cancer con- trol are touched by the plight of the pat- ient. Skilled in making ‘something for nothing’ they use salvaged materials to help in the preparation of cancer dress- ings. Last year more than 800,000 dress- mgs were distributed free to patients liv- ing in Ontario- They were prepared by literally hundreds of church groups and women’s clubs throughout the province and distributed by the local units of the Canadian Cancer Society which supplies the fillings required to make the dressings soft and absorbent. 2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, 'April 9, 1953 For anything which requires the sea- :soning and schooling that diplomacy de- mands, this is an amazing expansion. But still the government is hard pressed to meet the demands of a world which has discovered booming Canada and is anxious to swap envoys with her. There were five Canadian missions in 1939. There are 44 today. There could be considerably, more if Canada could meet the demand for them. Actually representation of Canada abroad can be traced back as far as 1880 But it was the Second World War which really planted the diplomatic mush- rooms in Ottawa launching an expansion which has multiplied nine-fold the number of Canadian missions abroad and the tiny group of 32 men who made up the nation’s diplomatic corps in 1939. ~ The External Affairs Department was created in 1909 but it was only in 1923 when Mr. Pearson was already a man of 26 â€" that Canada first asserted her right to negotiate and sign a treaty on her own. W. S- COOK. Editor The fact that a Canadian enjoys that kind of international prestige is symptom- atic of the startling change which has come over Canada in 'the past 14 years. Canada has become a significant diplom- atic force and where, only a short time ago, the major concern of the parliament and government of Canada was with domestic problems, now world problems, military, economic and diplomatic -â€" bulk large in the attention of ministers and parliament. No veto, however, can eclipse the position that Mike Pearson holds in the councils of the nations. He has been in the thick of every important international meeting in recent years. He attended the birth of the United Nations at San Franâ€" cisco in 1945, is an original member and former president of the council of‘the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Down in New York where the United Nations assembly has been meeting for months, Pearson presides over the wrang- les between Communist spokesmen and the representatives of the free nations, but for the deadlock between these two groups he would probably have been chosen for the biggest full time political Job in world pol- itics; secretary-general of the United Na- tions. The election, however, follows a- particular voting system called “the rule of unanimity” devised to insure that big power wishes prevail. Each big power has a veto on any choice and Russia said “No” to Pearson’s nomination. The name of Lester B. Pearson, the Methodist minister’s son from Toronto, is a headline maker in the metropolitan pa- pers of the world because he is in a unique position in the United Nations. 7" n I Excerpts from the files of The Liberal Home paper of the Richmond Hill district since 1878 " Way Back When” w An Independent Weekly â€" Established 1878 WRCUUT'fi Subscription Rate $2.50 per year; 10 the Umth States 53-00; 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” Cancer Patients Need Special Aid On The International Stage 01132 liberal Council opposition. with plans to remodel a Unionville residence belonging to the township for new township ofl‘ices. Some of Council feel that no expenditure that is not absolutely necessary should be considered for the duration of the war and wish to sell the house for $2,500. leaving the present offices to serve. AMarkham Township is proceed- ing, despite much local and partial ,._.___g. 7 r 10 YEARS AGO April 22, 1943 The fourth Victory Loan Drive starts next Monday. The objective for North York has been set at $2,~ 150,000. luau-Au lllll A‘CWIUGIK' et and Whltchurch protesting the Local Option in Aurora are pre- paring to meet with the Provincial Secretary on the matter. (The Court declared some votes illegal. causing the slim majority to he lost. No additional vote can be taken for three years. the court ruled.) Temperance Delegations from Aurora}, Riqhmond Hill, Newmark- ‘ Changes are taking place at the Lorne Block (corner of Yonge and Arnold Sts.) Mr. Ransom has re- moved to his residence opposite the Rustic Inn property and the two south rooms in the Lorne Block are being fitted up for Mr. Norman Glass' gents furnishings. The Richmond Hill High School Alumnae will produce the play "Alice in Wonderland" in the Municipal Hall on April 30. care and comfort at home, togeiflier with sickroom equipment and the gift of special comforts. For patients forced to live at a distance from their homes in order to be near the treatment centre, volunteer groups from the Units in several clinics provide tea wagon service and arrange for the patients free admission to movies and other entertainment to help pass long dreary hours. The services to be rendered are unending, and growing! It’s a natural desire to assist a strick- en neighbor. To the Canadian Cancer So- ciety volunteers, cancer patients are their neighbors needing friendship, needing help. All phases of the fight to control cancer are being covered, not only in wel- fare service which helps those who have cancer now but in education, to protect the future cancer patients and in medical re- search to find a cure for this dread disease. ence 1 txons. It has also thrust the cabinet deeply into a new dimension of responsibility and brought such ministers as Mr. St. Laurent, Abbott of Finance, Claxton of Defence, Martin of Health to the international stage- Mr- St. Laurent has already been credited with fathering the Atlantic Pact. Mr. Abbott was only recently described by Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, R. A. B. Butler, as the “doyen of Finance Ministers’fi Mr. Claxton has assumed an unusual position in NATO because he is by far the most senior defence minister am- ong the 14 member nations. Mr. Martin is one .of the real veterans. His exneri- These post-war years, with the birth of UN. and the Atlantic Pact and with the steady evolution of the Commonwealth, have thrown open both the challenge and opportunities of international responsibil- ity in a way Canada has never before known. It has matured the diplomatic corps itself and produced a global vision of the Canadian as the same, quiet, ener- getic mediator who soothes division and keeps his eye on the ball. In this development, the emergence of Mr. Pearson as permanent and then poli- tical head of the Department as a member of the St. Laurent cabinet has perhaps been the outstanding fact. But the whole diplomatic service has grown steadily in stature until a non-Canadian Atlantic pact official said privately in Ottawa recently that Canada’s political-official teams that go into the international councils of the world are recognized and eulogized for their__sound and speedy judgment. The insistence of a separate identity at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the assertion of the right to make and sign her own treaties in 1923, all these were milestones. Then came the Second World War and the start of a growth that has placed Canadian missions in every major capitals, in every global region. The one big gap now is in the Middle East Erhere Canada is represented only in Tur- ey. It was in 1907 that the wheels began to turn. Sir Joseph Pope, undersecretary of state, recommended to a Royal Commis- sion that a separate Department of Exter- nal Affairs be established. One reason, he said, was that there wasn’t a single complete record of international corres- pondence in Ottawa- Two years later his wish was met but little happened for an- other decade. when the first High Commissioner was named to London and to 1882 when an Ag- ent-General was posted to Paris. Neither post, however, called for diplomatig: status. _...., ‘4‘.va a goes right back to tflé‘League of Na; ALVERNA SMITH, Associate Editor _~qu ‘4‘.“- ton of that community. The Kes- wick agency will service farm pro- perties for the area in association with the Company’s extensive farm agencies systems ,as well as the sale of summer property and resi- dential homes. j S. J. Carlisle, General Sales Manager for David McLean Limit- ed, Realtors, with head ofiices at Thornhill has announced the open- ing of an agency in the City of Oshawa, at 43 Bond Street W.. under the managership of M.0. Tindall. Mr. Tindall comes to the company with a great deal of real estate experience in both city and country properties.‘ This new agency will employ three salesmen to start, selling residential, rural and industrial properties. The McLean Company also re- ports the establishment of an ag- ency in the Village of Keswlck with the appointment of Ross Hea- ton of that communifv rm“. 1:... David McLean Ltd. Opens Oshawa Office We have them on hand in our JOB PR IN TIN G DEPARTMENT Hoy’s Your Supply Of Counter Check Books? :es or the fight to control g covered, not only in wel- lich helps those who have in education, to protect the The Liberal mr me area in association :- Company’s extensive farm s systems ,as well as the summer property and resi- fumun‘ UDIT :UREAU .IRCULATI‘ The powers and duties at the new Board are to receive and 'con- sider recommendations respecting the marking or commemoration of historic sites, the establishment of historic museums and the admin- istration of such places. There are five sites marked in Toronto but only one in North York. It is the cairn located just north of Richmond Hill at the Sum- mit, commemorating the events connected with the construction of Yonge Street, the military road and highway built in 1794-96 be- tween Lakes Ontario and Huron to promote the settlement of the pro- Vince. It is many years since the fed- eral government first recognized its responsibilities to honour and preserve historic sites and while progress has been slow we are hopeful of better things in the fu- ture. In 1919 an honourary his- toric sites board was appointed to advise the department in the se- lection of sites and events of na- tional importance and worthy of commemoration. Since 1919 this board has examined for their his- torical significance the circum- stances surrounding more than 1.- 000 sites. It has declared 623 of these to be of national importance. Already 429 historic sites have been marked or acquired. Terms: Cash. No reserve. Sale at 3.30 pm. on the prem- ises. Purchaser to have a reasonable time to remove building. This building is situated on the east side of Yonge St., immediately south of the Richmond Theatre in the vill- age of Richmond Hill. The Royal Commission on Na- tional Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences recommend- ed-a more comprehensive program of preserving and marking histor- ic sites. The constitution of the Board under the authority of an Act of Parliament will give full recognition to the importance of its function. The Building is a solid brick building approx. 50x40, 3 storeys high. good timbers and material, flooring, joists, studs .etc., consisting of a number of rooms together with one practically new oil burner and hot air furnace with heat runs. The object of the Bill is to pro- vide {or the placing of the Historic Sites Board of Canada on a statu- tory basis. An advisory board has been in existence for sorhe time and with the co-operation of gov- ernment has carried on a most commendable work. Public interest in the Board has increased greatly in recent years and there has been a quickening appreciation of the need for more extensive activity. WEDNESDAY, April 22, 1953 As Canadians we sometimes are criticized for our apparent lack of national spirit and our lack of ap- preciation for the historic signi- ficance of places and events. How- ver. in the House this week an- other Nova Scotian, Hon. Robert H. Winters, voiced the same sen- timents as the illustrious Howe and introduced legislation to es- tablish the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Of Valuable Solid Brick Building known as the Grand Central Hotel, Richmond Hill, Ontario M â€" \ BY... J.E. SMITH ' NJ. NORTH YORK A famous Canadian statesman of the Confederation era once said that “a wise nation preserves its records, gathers up its monumentS, decorates the tombs of its illus- trious dead, repairs its great pub- lic structures and fosters national pride and love of country by per- petual reference to the sacrifices and glories of the past." The Bill defines an historic Office TUrner 4-1241 Auction Sale KEN & CLARKE PRENTICE, Auctioneers PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE RICHMOND AMUSEMENT CO. LTD. missuser Any contractor who is finding difiiculty in making ends meet and feels his remuneration is out of line with costs of giving the ser- vice can have his contract review- ed. I will be most happy for the opportunity of lending any poss- ible assistance to any who wish to refer their case to me. I wish to thank the rural mail carriers in North York who have discussed this problem with me or written me their views and sug- gestions. Their co-operation has been most helpful and much ap- preciated. We hope the measure will re- sult in more equitable treatment for the rural mail couriers of Can- ada, and in this I am sure we will have the, whole-hearted support and endorsation of the people. There is such a great difference in conditions of the rural mail con- tracts in a country so widespread and diversified as Canada that it is impossible to set any definite schedule of payment. Road condi- tions, train schedules, number of boxes and many other factors en- ter into the work and cost of the different contracts. The new legâ€" islation gives the Postmaster Gen- eral authority to take all these and other factors into consideration and make adjustments where war- ranted. Under the new legislation the Postmaster General is empowered to revise contracts where the con- tractor is trying to do a job at too low a figure in these days of ris- ing costs. I This Parliament has been giving a lot of thought and study to the problems of the rural mall man. As a result the government has in- troduced legislation designed to improve conditions, and it has been generally accepted by all parties and by the rural mall couriers as- sociatlon. In all the public services of Canada there are no more faithful public servants than: the rural mail couriers, and in the main there are none more poorly paid. This con- dition is due not to the wishes of the government. nor certainly not the wish of the people served by rural routes. It ls the result of the tender system of letting con- tracts. Canada’s Post Office Department in the fiscal year 1952-53 expend- ed $6,375,000. for rural mail ser- vices. This was an increase over the previous year of more than $450,000. Canadians we appreciarter it}; greatness of the legacy our history has left us to cherish and preserve. Rural Mall Supported by all parties here the Bill recognizes the need for per- manency in this important phase of our National growth and devel- opment. It demonstrates that as place as a site. building or other place of National interest or sig- nificance, and power is given to suitably mark such places and pro- vide for their care and preserva- tion. ‘ Res. 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