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‘2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hm, Thur-5.. July 22, 1954 W. S. COOK, Editor Concerning the 50-mile-per-hour limit, the committee commends the Min- ister of Highways for not increasing this so far despite pressure put uoon him. The committee also said the Min- ister should be encouraged to maintain this stand “until such time as accidents on the highways haVe been materially reduced." Tho Ontario Safety League has made the strongest possible recommend- ation that there be no increase in the present 50-mile-per-hour speed limit in Ontario. The recommendation has been pas- sed to a select committee appointed by the Ontario Legislature to review the general subject of highway safety. The safety people say‘ that many summer highway accidents are caused by fatigue. Your reflexes slow down, even if your car doesn‘t. Accidents can be preVented then if you take precau- tions to overcome fatigue. Vacations spent in Ontario's Niag- an Peninsula, Algonquin Park, Musko- ka, Kawartha Lakes or even a few miles outside your own backyard are suppos- ed to improve health. rest bodies and minds and help you to live longer. Un- fortunately, too often, these vacations and in tragedy. Last year more than 3,000 people were killed on Canadian highWays, nearly 1,100 of them in the provinCe of Ontario alone. Most people today drive cars. When they go off on a holiday, they pack Mum and Dad, children and pets into the family “chariot” and head for the open road. Usually unacoustomed to long drives and frequently tired from over- WOrk in offices and factories, most va- cationists are in a hurry to reach their favourite, summer spot. And so, every year our highway accident rate in- creases, and there are more and more highway fatalities, especially on sum- mer holiday week-ends. Ontario Safety League officials, al- armed at this increaing death toll, have drawn up simple rules which, if followed, may help save your life this summer. However, the report suggests an engineering study be made of the speed of traffic on controlled access highways, with the objective of learning if it is advisable to increase maximum speeds on these routes only. The wisest thing to do is to accus- tOm your skin to sun in gradual doses, increasing the time each day. In this way a tan is built up and the‘ skin is pro- tected from the sun's rays. Over expos- ure. however, can be' serious. Acids caused by the burning of the sun are ir- Synonqmous with summer vaca- tioning and for that matter any sum- mer activities, in a good' case of sun- burn. There are those who don't burn easily but for the majority of people, 1 sunburn can be a painful eXperience. It has become an acknowledged fact that a Sunburn is a real burn and for that reason needs the same care and immediate attention that would be giv- en to a burn from a stove or the iron or from a bonfire. In so many cases. sun- burn is neglected until it reaches the painful stage, when more serious effects may be noticed. The Rouge, Duffin,‘Highland and Petticoat Creeks Conservation Authori- ty set up in April this year is interested in all natural resource problems in a widely defined area including sections of Markham, Vaughan, King, Whitchurch, Scarboro, Uxbridge and Pickering town‘ ships. These important problems in~ clude the control of soil erosion. farm pond and small dam construction, the setting aside as public lands of sections of our stream valleys, the clean-up of sources of pollution, the elimination of flood hazards and a more efficient use of ground and surface waters within the area. 7 I In a fact-packed 27-page closely typed statement which embodies the re- uu vu- This is a challenging prog’ram of public service and those who give lea- dership in such an important work mer- it the support and co-operation of the people of the district. The purpose of the Authority which is supported by funds voted by the various municipalities and the pro- “Authoflzed as second class W An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Subscription Rate 82.50 per year; to the United States $3.00; 5c Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, M.P., Publisher How To Have R.D.H.P. Conservation Authority Speed Limit High Enough @3139 liberal It's A Real Burn Telephone TUmer 4-1261 lass mail, Poet Ofiice Department, Ottawa" The Safety League’s committee of experts also has a word of commenda- tion for commercial truck drivers. It describes the safety efl’o‘rts of truck firms and trucking safety groups as a fine example of what can be done in the matter of improved highway safety. Said the committee: “In those sec- tions of the province with the greatest mileage of roads through open country where it might be anticipated increased speed limits would be in order, the in- crease in motor vehicle accidents in 1952 from 1951 were considerably in advance of the total Ontario increase of 6.5 per cent, ranging from 10.2 per cent to 39.3 per cent increase". sults of research into speed zoning through Canada and the US, the Safe- ty League committee gives reasons for its opposition to a general increase in present legal speed limits. Among these is the fact that the accident record has recently worsened in areas where there are appeals at present for a higher legal speed. 4-. Don’t bass on hills or curves â€"- and don’t cut in. 5. Don’t be a bumper chaser. Stay 100 feet or so behind the car ahead. 6. Don’t drive after drinking. 17 out of 100 drivers involved in fatal ac- cidents last year had been'drinking â€"- not coffee. 8. Keep your car windows open and breathe deeply. ' 9. Drink coffee or some similar “alertness” beverage every two hours. 10. Stop to exrcise if you feel drowsy, or rest if you are sleepy. 11. Change drivers every two hour if possible; ' 12. Don’t engage in heated conver- sation with other occupants â€"â€" they may take your mind off the road. V Obey ’these rules, the Ontario Safe- ty League says. and you will have a happy vacation and come back alive. .7. Always dim your headlights when foilowing or approaching another car. u ritating and somewhat poisonous. The pain of sunburn may be par- tially relived by counteracting the acids with a solution of one teaspoonful of baking soda to a pint of warm water, keeping this on the burned area with a saturated cloth. Castor oil, vaseline, or one of the numerous lotions and skin creams now on the market will prevent the skin from drying out, but in the case of cracked or blistered skin, only baking soda should be used. If a severe case of nausea and headache occurs after over-exposure to the sun, 3. physician should be consulted. C. R. Purcell _of Scarboro Twp. is chairman of the Authority and local members include: Edward Logan, Whit- church Twp., Douglas Wessley, King Twp., Ex-reeve Win Timbers and John A. Howard, Markham Twp., James Reid and William J. Agar of Vaughan Twp. This is what they suggest you do. 1. Start trips when restea, not af- ter a day’s work. 2. Take along a thermos of hot cof- fee. It will be useful if you travel at night or if you are on those long high- way stretches where eating places are few and far betWeen. 3. Drive according to conditions. Sometimes it’s safer to drive slower than posted speed limit-s: In order not to spoil your vacation this year because of a painful sunburn acquired the first day, learn to take the sun gradually or better still. try to get a tan before you go to the beach. A healtfiy tain is envied by every- one, a bad sunburn by no one. In order to provide the Authority with a blueprint of a conservation pro- gram, the Conservation Branch of the Department of Planning this summer is conducting an - investigation and will submit to the Authority a de- tailed report on the conservation meas- ures that should be followed. These studies include land use,.flood control, forestry,, wildlife and recreation. vincial grant is to develop a co-ordin- ated program for flood control and soil, water and forest conservation meas- ures. The prevention of pollutidn and the development of some types of re- creational areas are also responsibili- ties of the Conservation Authority. acation And Live ALVERNA SMITH, Associate Editor $3.00; 5c Single Copy assault your Incuunofls 0C REA. Public Opinion: All of Huronia was a hospital in a very real sense. yet the only hospital building which Ste. Marie could offer its pros- pective donne, surgeon Francois Gendron. was a 40 by 44 foot structure in the most southerly section of the Indian compound. built of horizotal planks insuâ€" lated with clay, and heated by a large hearth. Desiring ‘Only God It was small wonder, there- fore that Father Barthelemy Vimont wrote from Quebec: “Here is what increases our astonishment. Another young surgeon. well versed in his art, and well known in the Hospital at Orleans. where he has given proof of his virtue and of his competence, has chosen to take the place qf his comrade 1Gou- pill: he has crossed into New France; and I, seeing him on The Jesuits, as Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jury point out, were themselves puzzled. The Hurons “observed with some sort of reason." Father Lalemant pon- dered, “that. since our arrival in their land, those who had been the nearest to us. happen- ed to be the most ruined by the disease and that whole villages of those who had first received us now appear uttterly exterm- inated. It has happened very of- ten and has been remarked more than one hundred times. that where we were most wel- come, where we baptized most people, there it was in fact where they died the most." The fact was, as the Jurya write. that the priests. their helpers. and the French that settled with them, although im- mune themselves to diseases common in Europe for generaâ€" tions. carried with them the germs against which the Indians had no resistance. First prize at the Lions Street Dance this year is $100. cash. There are nine other prizes valued at $100. Richmond Hill and district experienced the worst hall storm in the memory of the old- est residents last Sunday after- noon when considerable damage was done to crops. gardens, greenhouses and fruit trees, Hall stones, some 2” in diam- eter fell and this was followed by a two-hour electrical. wind and rain storm. After the arrival of the French. epidemica of the white man's diseases raged continu- ously. Influenza, dysentry, and smallpox ravaged the Indian vll- lages. And to the simple-mind- ed Hurons, aroused by their medicine men, a disease not quickly cured was caused by evil spells or curses Death Followed Priests Richmon‘d Roses greenhouses were badly damaged when 4,100 panes of glass valued at $2.000 were broken. Bedford Park greenhouses suffered a $500 loss and H. J. Mills Ltd. a similar loss. Lightning set several fires and wind and rain cauSed con- Iiderable damage to property. . JULY 24. 1924 Another mixed local bowling tournament was held on the green Monday evening’ The prize winners were: R. Johnson, G. Lasher. E. Barker, A. E. Glass, Mrs. Glass. H. Little, 1“. E. Sims and George Gee. Special prizes were given to Mrs. Kerswlll, Mrs. Wright. P. C. Hill and 1}. G. Savage. Mr. Harry Legge and Mr. J. A. Greene have generously donated two beautiful silver cups to be competed for in lo- cal bowling tournaments‘ Only the year before the first young surgeon to dedicate his services to the Huron mission. Rene Goupil. had been captured by the Iroquois and mercilessly slain. Tragedy had struck on the 35-year-old Goupil’s first trip upwards with Fr. Joques, and Guillaume Couture. Yet Huronia cried out for I physician. by W. H. Cranston Editor and Publisher Midland Free Press-Herald PART I] Richmona Hill Park is one of the mined «mph; pound; F‘Irst Doctor Slain H uronia’s- W hile Surgeon “Frankly, I've got my man. I need something to get a bigger share of the pay check." “Way Back When Excerpts fr0m the files of The Liberal Home paper of the Rlchmond Hlll district since 1878 JULY 27, 1939 $1 31551” LY 8401 I ER In... me, a. Mam. Int, '01“ m «man Although constantly in dan- ger from both Huron medicine men whose superstitions he fought with medical fact, and from the invading Iroquois, Francois Gendron was held in high esteem by most of the Hu- rons and, in no small part. by reason of his unfailing courage. Danger to him was a constant challenge and opportunity, and his was an ever-heartening ex- ample in those dying years at Ste Marie when a tiny fort, 900 miles by water and land from its home base at Quebec, saw its hopes consumed in a series of Iroquois fires. After that terrible winte; on Christian Island when Ste. Marie had been consigned to ashes. Gendron returned with the remaining priests and a few Huron Indians to Quebec, and thence set sail for France on August 23. 1650. The description of Ste. Marie of the 18 or 19 Jesuit priests who then had their headquart- ers there. and of the outlying villages to nearly all of which he made personal visits, are among the most accurate of ,which we have record. Wrote First Of Niagara It is from his letter that we learn that Lake lsiaragui was 6 miles in circumference. His is the first accurate description recorded of Niagara Falls and there is good reason to believe from his letters that he jour- neyed himself to Lakes Erie and Ontario as well as exploring much of Lake Huron. on the map for tourists. Two large motor cars were driven in Monday and tents erected. The visitors were on their way from West Virginia to Wauba< shene. ‘ For the first time in about 60 years the Orangemen in this section of the country held ,their annual celebration in Richmond Hill. Many of the business places and residences were neatly decorated and festive arches were erected at Lorne Ave. and at the park entrance. Seven years later on August 15, 1650, with the curtain drop- ped on the Huron tragedy. Father Ragueneau appraised the work of Father Vimont's asâ€" tonishing young surgeon. say- ing that Gendron “ministered to both the French and the In- dians with extraordinary char- ity in all their sicknesses. He performed excellent cures, in number He lived in great hum- ility. and practiced every virtue, without wages, without gain, purely for the love of God," Trained Observer But not only did Francois Gendron serve as physician at Ste. Marie, the pallisaded Abode of Peace beside Wye Lake which the Hurons called Isiaragui, Donne Gendron was also a com- petent observer and skilled re- corder of his adopted land. Schedules leaving ti-avellers with as long as a 2-hour wait for another car have also been criticized. JULY 12. 1906 The skating rink was again struck by lightning Sunday af- ternoon but fortunately It did not take fire. Local citizens feel that the Metropolitan Railway could re- duce the fare from Richmond Hill to Bond Lake park from 25c return to 15¢ return and still make a good profit: This year the village Metho- dist Sunday School will make an excursion via the Metropoli- tan railway to NeWmarket. stop- ping for a_ picniq at Bond Lake the point of going up to the Hurons, representing to him all the erils into which he was abou to plunge. ‘I foresee all that.‘ he said to me; ‘if my deâ€" signs tended me only to the earth .your words would give me terror; but my heart, desir- ing only God. fears nothing more . A team of horses belonging to Mr. Win Hart of Temperance~ ville broke away from the Pal- mer House shed on Tuesday and were not caught until they rea- ched the 2nd concession of Vau- ghan west of Elgin Mills near the J. S. McNair farm. Mondaékm (To be continued) Thursday’s Chuckle In spite of very poor hemm he is one of the happiest men alive. He meets difficulties and opposition with a smile and re- fuses to be downhearted. He has seen life r, 1.1: u: " â€" where surroundings are terribly depressing, and where men and women. and even children, are sad. Kagawa believes that the gospel of love alone can reme~ dy these conditions. and because that faith is so strong in his soul he refuses to be discour- aged. iTAKlNG N0 CHANCE WITH THE MELTING POT “Arerrl’rtr you going to have any In appearance Kagawa is short of stature. and he dresses in the ordinary garb of a wor;:in<j- man. He 'contracted a disease of the eyes from the sick man ti. _. whom he shared his bed, and ever since his eyes have been weak and painful. Someâ€" times he has suffered the com- plete loss of sight He always carried in his pocket a small lens which he places to his eye when he wishes to read. His weight does not exceed 110 pounds, and all his life he has fought against .tuberculosis. Yet this little man is one of the most impressive and effective speakers in the world, and his influence for good has gone out to every corner of the earth. ~munummmmmmmumumnuuiuimmmummmiw TODAY'S QUOTATION i - He tried every plan he could think of to help the people of the slums. He did not scold them for their habits of living; his heart ached for them, for he understood how the crushing burden of poverty lay upon their unhappy lives. He opened night schools; he began sewing class- es, 3 brush factory, cheap eat- inghouses, a lodginghouse, and a dozen other enterprises which he thought would relieve dis- tress and bring happiness into the lives of the people. With it all he never ceased to preach the love of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. in the hearts of both visitors and vanquished. Although he lost many friends even in the Christian church itself, he nev- er ceased to oppose violr-‘Me. He is opposed to m‘“ only weapon is the gospel a! love. more asked a year for 1 haven't had past five yea "Begorra, Pat. “1 saw every fifth Pat ‘ every York Although threatened with tu- berculosis Kagawa went'to live in Shinkawa. His activity was astonishing. He often preached to laborers at the water front at five o’clock in the morning, and he was there again to teach and preach in the evening. He vis- ited the poor and unfortunate, nursed the sick, and even as- sisted in burying the dead. 01- ten he gave away his own food and such clothing as he could spare. and lived on so little mon- ey that his friends feared his health would break. Kagawa has always been very much opposed to war as a means of settling disputes. His keen mind and his loving heart convinced him that wars did not really settle anything but left feelings of hate and bitterness By Dr. Archer Wallace I TOYOHIKO KAGAWA If a list was made of those men who have loved and served humanity. Toyohiko Kagawa would certainly be among them. He was born at Kobe, on July 10.1888. His father died when Toyohiko was very young, but a wealthy uncle took the father- less boy and sent him to the best schools ,so that he had every educational advantage. At the age of nine he Went to a Buddhist temple. where he stu- died the teachings of Confu- cius. He was very anxious to study the English language, and he joined the Bible class of a Christian missionary from the United States named Dr. Harry Myers. Although his chief purpose in joining the Bible class was to learn English, Toyohiko Ka- gawa became very greatly in- terested in the teachings of Je- sus and was converted to Chris- tianity. His uncle. who was the richest man in the province of Awe .had intended making the boy his heir; but when his ne- phew became a Christian. be promptly disinherited him and refused to have anything more to do with him. Sunday Afternoon :mrmmmu“mummmaxmmmuumuuuummmmn; IF *1) WANT ‘RD SELL THAT TRASH up N THE ATTIC- OR EVEN THE WHOLE HOUSE ~JU$T TRY AN AD IN 'ME PAPER. from one of Kagawa'l books: “I have m everywhere." children “You for fou had 31 e years w in t] 1 child Jew.” ren, Pat,'.’" )u began w four years, i any more iii mum I ‘ through," the papers (1 born in sanctuary well, , now e for ve any friend 1, one w you or the New said that Please note last complete show Monday :8 Tuesday, 8.30 pm. Telephane TUmer 4-1212 Red Skelton TOWN GAL. ...the fun she had and the men she fooled! ' ONLY -â€" Saturday, July 24 â€" ONLY she had and the men she fooled! Wednesday, Thursday â€"â€" July 28, 29 ThursdayfiggFriday â€" Jfiy 22 & 23 mmwmmuwmlwummm. Monday, plus One of M.G.M.’s Finest “BRIGHT ROAD” Please note last compc'ete Show flursday & Friday â€" 8.30 pm. Matinee Wednesday at 2 p.m. PAUL DOUGLAS 30:” mawmxwmmw Tuesday â€"â€" July 26, 27 yum plus “H‘A‘L'F A HER’O’“ Mt ‘