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Roads in Spring Much Better Than They Used To Be THE LIBERAL', Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday. 'April 28, 1955 An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 \ IRCULATI « Subscription Rate $2.50 per year; to the United States 53.00;.5c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations w. s. coox. Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, M.P., Publisher ALVERNA SMITH, Associate Editor Telephone TUrner 4-1261 “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” Deserve Heavy Fine Alongwith the pressing problems of maintaining village roads in R1Ch¢ mond Hill during spring break-up, the question .of disappearing road-locks and lanterns has become an additional head- ache. In recent Weeks, a large number of lanterns used to warn motorists of washouts and barricades have vanish- ed from the village streets. In addition to the actual replace- ment cost of these lanterns, there is the element of a theft charge. which appar- ently has not been con51dered'by the culprits. But an even greater implica- tion arises from the fact that-a motor- ist could easily be killed by drivmg into a washout from which the barricade and warning lanterns have been remov- ed.\ The two latter elements could mean considerable unpleasantness for the guilty .ones. _ I Apparently it is pure mischief which has precipitated the entire mat- ter. Even after scotch-lite reflecting tape had been used to replace the stolen lanterns, the barricades were disturbed and the tape removed. As a last re- sort, the village road department has ordered luminous paint to be used as a warning. _ It is a sad commentary on life when pranksters must stoop to this dangerous practice. The Highway Traffic Act provides a heavy fine for jeopardizing human life by removmg road barricades and warnings, and it will certainly serve the culprits right if they are caught and fined heaVily. Farmers Might Sweeten Up Town Folk Ma le sugar time has come and is practically gone again, and much of the syrup made is already sold, comments the Durham Chronicle. . Children are taught in school ab- out maple sugar time and are told that Canada is one of the few countries in the world that has such _an industry. And yet, right here in a district where some trees still are tapped, there is scarcely a child that has ever seen the, syrup or the sugar cakes being made. The‘ maple sugar industry is pecu- liar to this country and every boy and girl should have at least one day a year 'n the sugar bush. . 1 It’s a real thrill, especially for a When ‘we start complaining about the condition of the country roads, left i with large holes, humps and heaves by the passing of winter, we need only think back a few decades to realize how fortunate motorists are today. Fifteen or twenty years ago travel was very difficult over many of our roads at this time of the year. Most springs would find many still banked high With snow in places and nothing but mud holes in yet other parts. Motor travel just was not attempted in many parts a quarter of a. century ago. Even on some of the better roads it would be necessary to town boy, to follow a horse and sleigh through the bush as the sap is gather- ed and then stand around the crackling fire where syrup is simmering in a great cauldron. It would be a generous gesture for the Federation of Agriculture or some farm group to organize a “Sugaring Off Day” next Spring and invite town kids out for a holiday. Such a day would do much to pro- mote a good feeling between town and country. But it would do more than that. It would give hundreds of young Canadians a practical understanding about a romantic industry that is other- wise just another lesson in a textbook. give the car a push through the old mudhole, perhaps to go find a fence rail or two to level up the back wheels and stick boards or stones under them to get traction enough to keep on gomg. Higher, well drained roads have solved most of those early problems, along with the present extensive sys. tern of snow plowing, of course. Even in recent years, lower roads have been badly broken up by the frost and lying waters. That is one of the reasons new roads are being built high above the surrounding ground levels. '_________________________ Richmond Hill Cadet To Receive Award AI Annual Corps Inspection The annual inspection of the Richmond Hill . District High School Cadet Corps will be held on the school grounds Wednes- day. May 4. at 11 em. The Inspecting Officer for the, day is Lt. Col. McGinnis of the Queen’s York Rangers. Also on the salut- ing platform during the march- past will be Capt. Haynes of Cen- tral Command. Principal Maj. A. S. Elson, Lt. J. H. Jensen .In- structor). Cadet Lt Col. Bruce Blackburn, and a member of the School Board . Following the inspection and the salute, there will be a pro- gramme of military exercises in- cluding Bren-gun drill, rifle care and drill, signal demonstrations. band selections by the cadet band and dances by the girls. During the ceremony, the In- specting Officer will present the Strathcona Award to Cadet Lt. Albert Naylor for best rifle shot in the entire corps. It is expected that the Cadet Parade will march through Rich- mond Hill at about 12.30 p.m. Send Motion To School Board Richvale Parents Object To Frequent Changes In Staff At a meeting of Richvale Home and School Association held on April 20, a motion presented by Mrs. R. F. Paul and seconded by Mrs. Earl Lambert. that its new ly appointed representative to the Area Home and School Com- mitt... J. McCarthy, approach the Area Board regarding the “incessant changing of teachers, particularly principals. at Rich- vale School to the detriment of the welfare and progress of stu- dents," was unanimously passed. A brief resume of pomts of dissension was discussed and was concluded with the decis- ion, “Whereas all other schools in the area have been allocated principals. there was no mention of Richvale’s new principal. It is felt that different methods of teaching, supervision and school routine call for adjustment ev- ery time the teachers change. Mr. Bursey gave a report of the meeting of all Home and School representatives with the Board last month. nominating committee consisting of Mrs. Craigie for the north end, and Mrs. J. J. Taylor for the south will take care of the nomina- tions for next year's executive. Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Fryer \\'lll convene the euchre to be held on May 13 to aSSist in. raismg money for the scholarship fund. Mr. Kinzlnger introduced Mr. Hugh Martin, Mu5ic supervisor for the Area, who explained to the audience how he trained the children in singing. Grades 3 and 4 were present and gene a recital of two-part harmoni. \ar- lotions on scales, and sequen- tials. They also gave. a demon- stration of sight Singing. and a selection of songs. A school inu- si‘cal concert. on an outside me is planned for sometime in June. Mrs. Buckley, the school's public health nurse. spoke on the new Salk polio vaccine and inoculations, which Grades 1 and 2 have already started. Prize Winners The boys of Grades 7 and 8. have been building bird houses during the winter months, with their new wood-working tools and 14 have been finished and some already have early occu- pants. The boys had spent a great deal of time and shown excellent workmanship and for their efforts three prizes were ofiered‘ for the best bird-houses. The prizes were subscriptions to Canadian Nature magazine, and winners were Grant Fryer, Ter- ry Johnson and William John- son. The school also oflered a special prize to Wayne Lambert for an out-standing model con- taining 24 rooms. Accepted For Cadet Camp Bruce Blackburn, 18-year- old Grade 13 student at Rich- mond Hill District High School has been accepted from this area to attend the National Cadet Camp at Band this summer. Bruce is a senior officer in the High School Corps and is a member of the Royal Regi- ment of Canada. He will spend two weeks at Camp Ipperwash. follow- ed by three weeks at the Bivouac Camp near Cas- cade Mountain ,Banfi, Alber- ta. Bruce is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alf Blackburn, Yongehurst Rd. Editorial Comment RISING SCHOOL COSTS MAJOR MUNICIPAL BURDEN . The municipalities, not the provinces. are shouldering an increasing share of the rising burden of education costs, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation indicated in a survey report is- sued recently. Aaccording to the report es- timates indicate that the pro- portion of provincial tax dol- lars allocated to education has shown virtually no change since 1946. but that the proportion of municipal expenditure on education has jumped to 35 per cent from 29. George C. Croskery, Secret- ary of the Teachers' Federa- tion, said in commenting on the report: . “It becomes increasingly clear that education costs on the municipal level are reach- ing a point where greater assis- tance must be obtained from the senior administrations." While overall outlays for ed- ucation have increased both for provinces and municipalities, the Teachers' Federation estim- ated that the percentage pro- portion bf total provincial ex- penditures allocated to educaâ€" tion has shown virtually no change since 1946, when it was about 1/8 per cent. This Iraqui teacher is not telling children to say “cheese’ to have Deplores Actions of Highway Department Dear Mr. Editor: To most Ontario citizens. the recent Highways Department scandal is. by now. a thing of the past. However. to many indignant home-owners on Yonge St. between Aurora and Toronto ,this same Department is responsible for another equ- ally grave and scandalous state of affairs. It all began early last Fall when workmen from the High- ways Department could be seen daily. at widely separated points on Yonge St. engaged in cutting down healthy. living trees. None that I stopped to examine were either dead or dying and what possible excuse there could have been for such wanton destruction is (or, more correctly. “'35) hard to imagine. Soon, in place of beautiful. shady trees along the roadside. there was nothing but barren and empty space. And then, early this Spring an event occurred that showed. perhaps, that there may have been a method in this apparent madness. Directly across the road from my home where un- til last fall some five or six lovely sugar maples enhanced the view a huge and ugly dou~ hie bill-board has been erected. Is there any significance in the fact that.had these trees not been cut down the sign would be almost hidden from view? Travel south from this point and within half a mile you will see no less than nine large. re- cently erected billâ€"boards. Is it no more than coincidence that in several cases, large stumps of trees are all that remain of ,what would have proven to be an obstruction to the clear reading of these signs? Unless immediate action is taken, it is apparent that be- fore too long the traveller on Yonge St., will no longer en- joy the beauty and shelter of lovely old trees. but will instead be subjected to a constant bar- rage of flamboyant advertising â€" the most pleasing of Nat- ure's beauties sacrificied to the pressure of Big Business. Those trees already destroys ed are, unfortunately, irreplac- eable. But no time must be lost in preventing further des- truction. The hideous signs should be removed and be ban- ned in the future from lands adjacent to the highway. It is to be hoped that indig- nant citizens will protest to their Member of the Ontario Legislature demanding atten- tion to this matter while yet a few trees remain standing. Very truly yours, JAMES EGAN. Oak Ridges Questions General Conditions In Richmond Hill Dear Mr. Editor: Some time ago an editorial appeared in your/paper entit- led ‘fThe Little Town” quoting " from Dorothy Thompson's re- evaluation of America‘s small towns. Many complimentary things were said re small towns and in an indirect way one felt the Editor was assum- ing that Richmond Hill had all the qualities pointed out by Miss Thompson, of many little towns in America, such as com- - fort, cleanliness, coziness. etc.; also that little towns UNDER- TAKE reforms not vote for them as they do in great cities and lastly that small towns have produced great writers and ar- tists. Let us examine these points and see how they apply to Rich- mond Hill â€" Little Town. Ma- ny residents have comfortable homes. but what comforts does the village supply for the resi~ dents. There are no parking facilities and there are no pub- lic washrooms. There are no benches at bus stops to rest on , while waiting for transporta- tion. Cleanliness and coziness might be taken together. Let.- us stand on Yonge St.. say at Centre St., and look north and then south (east and west too if you wish.) What do you see? Not cleanliness. For one thing you see mud boulevards; eith- er dust is rising from them or Vaughan Clarifies Police Charges (Continued from page I) to relieve them of this growing responsibility. In the new set-up, former Chief Bone who has been with the township force for four years will act as a senior officer and William Adams will continue in township service as a constable. It is expected that the township will be seeking a new chief in ' i their picture taken. He is instructing them on the proper pronun- ciation of a word in Arabic. Photograph was taken in a community school set up on the outskirts of Bagdad with the technical assistance of a United Nations expert in community development. Children in this school are taught to read and write. as well as simple but effi- cient methods of agriculture. handicrafts. hygiene and good social habits. Two community devciopmcnt centers have been set up near Bagdad with LIN. aidâ€"one in El-Doura and another in Iii-Tannin. Dear Mister Editor they are a quagmire of slippery unsightly muck. Today's. yes- terday's and in fact last year's candy wrappers. cigarette box- es and garbage is deposiied there by the citizens. If a breeze is blowing this accumu- lated filth on the street will be swirling around your ankles. There is no street cleaning in Richmond Hill and private and business people certainly don't exert themsel- ves with a broom although it should be noted that the west side of Yonge is by far the worst. Some merchants and private citizens on the east side do make an effort to keep the sidewalk clean. In the bus- iness section where a private residence remains many of these are unpainted and unkept with the usual litter of paper and junk on a miserable lawn. For those who do try to keep a neat and clean appearance on Yonge St. it must be a discour- aging aspect to see close at hand so much untidiness. Proceeding into the residen- tial districts you see a number of average nice homes, but ev- en if residents do have an in- terest in a lawn the unkept boulevards and ditches hardly make this village an outstand- ing example of beauty. Considering the item that small towns produce men and women of high artistic calibre. We know that Richmond Hill can lay no claim to a native son or daughter having achieved exceptional fame in the world of art. letters or science. Also it should be pointed out that genes of genius are inherited and cannot be directly attrib- uted to the fresher air in Lit- tle Towns. What exactly have we in Richmond Hill to crow about, to be proud of? Have we any- thing preserved historically? No. Have we. for instance, a model playground for children to show a tourist? No. Have we an outstanding building, home or estate that we might point to with pride? Have we a municipal golf course, swim- ming pool. auditorium. ice rink, etc, etc? No. Have we a beautiful park with carefully tended trees, shrubs and gar- dens to enjoy from season to season? Emphatically no. I beg of you Mr. Editor and rea- ders to tell me of anything at all outstanding or excep- tional in Richmond Hill that would set us apart or even bring us up to the standard set out in Dorothy Thompson’s ar- ticle and taken up in an Editor- ial in the Liberal entitled "Lit- tle Towns." We could have a beautiful village and some municipal profects which, in the case of the latter are always credited. eventually. with the payment of good dividends) if the Council with the help of the citizens would make the effort. True it would be a large effort but what chance for this Council to immortaliz‘e themselves by in- vestigating some aesthetic im- prdvaments in this Village. One reads of the latest effort of Council to destroy the last remaining spot of green grass in this Village around the Mun- icipal Offices. Could this be considered a reform that Coun- cil intends to UNDERTAKE? (You mentioned Mr. Editor that Little Towns UNDERTAKE re- forms). Perhaps one could also consider a reform which has been undertaken by the Coun- cil around the Mill St. Pond where junk, rubble and garbage have been dumped for years. A beautiful area of green grass and trees into a garbage dump. Some reform! Summing up Mr. Editor I don‘t think Miss Thompson's article on the Little Towns in America apply to us. We must not take a pat on the back for something we have yet to ach- ieve. In closing I must say that this village is fortunate in hav- ing a newspaper such as the Liberal where one may express personal opinions. Why don’t more people use this organ, this voice of the people, to ex- press their views? Yours faithfully. John Citizen the near future. Oil Tenders Tanders for approximately 75,000 gallons of asphalt primer were opened .at the meeting and the tender awarded to J. K. Beamish at a price of 22.3c, oth- er tender prices were 22.6c, 22.7c and 23c. Gravel tenders were awarded to Stouffville Sand and Gravel Co.. for 10,000 cubic yards at $2.10 and to Crestline Contract- ing Co.. Ltd.. Weston for 5,000 cubic yards at $2.03 Council ex- pressed concern over the in- crease in costs for gravel. A fig- ure of $25,000 was budgeted for in ‘55 based on last years figures, however it now appears that gravel will cost in the neigh- bourhood of $31,000. Let Bridge Tender Council awarded the tender for the new Kleinburg Bridge to Percy M. Finigan Construction at a tender price of $28,247. This was the lowest tender in the sev- en bids received. The highest was for $49,389. Council moved acceptance of the tender con- tingent on a letter from the con- tractor regarding ihe proposed finishing dale and the clarifica- tion of several unit-prices. The three tenders let will be subject to final approval by the Depart- ment of Highways and the On- tario Municipal Board. A letter was received from Dr. R, M. King of the York County Health Unit regarding the Up- lands Garden Subdivision. Dr. King recommended that approv- al be withheld until sanitary sewers were installed. “Let's get the water we need first before we start talking sewers in that area." commented Reeve Mc- Murchy. Council took no action on the matter. on Yonge St. , .. 0,,- “5*.”â€" . 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