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x-u_â€"â€"â€"-â€" With the appointment last week of a five-man Industrial Commission for Richmond Hill, council has shown itself aware of great competition for in- dustry among municipalities' of our The Richmond Hill District High School Board is again finding itself in a particularly awkward position with regards accommodation of pupils in the face of boom-development. Al- though work on the new Trhornhill High School is just underway, the pro- posed enrollment for the Thornhill High School classes to be held for the next year at Richmond Hill is expected to be over 500. The Thornhill High School is plan- ned to accommodate 850 pupils at cap- acity but does not include a cafeteria and will have only a single gymnasium as two economy measures. However, a second gymnasium and a cafeteria will be eventually required to meet the needs of the school when it is operating at full capacity. ' At a recent Board meeting, Trus- tee W. R. Dean proposed that in face of an anticipated 175 students who will no longer,be accommodated at Weston Collegiate after September 1956, plus the present‘large enrollment, plus the ordinary increase which can‘be expect- ted in the next school year, that the School Board consider the addition of a cafeteria and a second gymnasium to Though hit harder and more con- tinuously by forest fires than for many years, Ontario was not alone in an un~ ‘precedented outbreak that swept liter- ally from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The roots of the scourge, aggravated chiefly by hot, dry weather, may go as far back as last fall. Everywhere, because of a long build-up, conditions were ripe for the rapid spread of fire, no matter how it was started, experts report. Ontario’s chief fire cause was dry lightning â€" woods-igniting bolts from clouds which falsely promised rain and delivered destruction instead. Sault Ste. Marie District Forester A. J. Herridge, of the Ontario Depart- ment of Lands and Forests, an author- ity on forest fires, has analyzed the cause-andâ€"eflect pattern of this sea- son’s holocaust. His district is part of the central region which had to be closed to bush travel completely when hazard mounted daily. He points out that rainfall during the summer of 1954 was near normal but that the autumn was quite dry and, as a result, the water table or level of ground water was lowered. The win- ter snows arrived before heavy frosts occurred so that the ground was not frozen to any depth. The payoff was to come the following year. “When the spring; thaw started,” says Mr. Herridge, “most of the result- ing water Was absorbed into the ground THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, 'August 18, 1955 Subscription Rate $2.50 per Hull’s Domestic Fuel Oils Our trucks are equipped with Government Inspected Printo-Meters for your protection. RICHMOND HILL‘ Ontario Not Alone In Fire Outbreak 7â€", -7" Telephone TUrner 4-1261 “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” 01L BURNER PARTS 8: SERVICE Editor An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 umcmmyfl ion 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 0E1): liberal High School Problems Se" Richmond Hill status. The Commission .has a job to do in selling Richmond Hill. It is their job to put the village across as a desirable place for industry to locate. .- Iv The appointment of the Commis- sion is the initial step in a program de- signed to encourage industrial develop- ment to balance the residential growth. Richmond Hill offers all the facil- ities industry wants. The village is able to provide the necessary services, water, sewers, etc., is close to a large city and has railway facilities. It is the hope of the Planning Board to de- velop a large labour pool by the build- ing of lower cost housing which would be another drawing card for industry. -The Commission is made up of men from all types of business and with their combined knowledge of the village and its possibilities, their work on the Commission will help to strike a balannce in our rapid growth. E. Williams, W. S. Symington and B. D. Brent, as members of Richmond Hill Industrial Commission, comes a further hope of attracting clean type industry. With the appoihtmént of Duhcan C. Smith, Arthur R. W. Uren, Mog'lgy increase the accommodation capacity right away. Mr. Dean pointed out that no more than 450 students per week could use the single gymnasium for regular Physical Education classes even with it being in use every hour of the school day. He added that the ad. dition‘made now while the school is still under construction would greatly re- duce costs and reduce the inconvenience of having to call for an addition in tivo years time. The Board, then, is faced with two possible solutions; that of adding a cafeteria and gym to Thornhill School in order that it might be used to near capacity right away or begin plans for the proposed new High School at Wood- bridge on a site which is under nego- tiation at the present. Both suggestions have their mer- its, but it is up to the Board to decide, and in a reasonably short time, what is to be done. A quick decision is a vital necessity in either case, whether or not it may be for an addition at Thornhill planned before building goes too far or plans for a new school at Woodbridge which require lengthy negotiations. rather than running off into the streams. At the same time, there were hot, dry winds for extended per- iods during the spring. “These winds evaporated large amounts of moisture from the wooded areas. The sum total of these factors was a very small spring run-off. “Water in streams and lakes did not reach normal spring or flood lev- els. Precipitation since has been below normal. The ground and stream wat- er levels have continued to be lowered through the combination of below nor mal precipitation and above normal temperatures. Ground vegetation has dried to the point where it can be said that almost everything in the bush will burn â€" and rapidly. This has been pro- ven. “Fires started by normal causaâ€" tive agencies in supposedly normal per- iods during the fire season, April 1 to October 31, always result in a difficult situation. The same fires during a. period when the moisture and fuel con- ditions are as described add to the dif- ficulties. To the “fires started by nor- mal causative agencies” add\20 to 25 fires started by one lightning storm and all_within approximately 24 hours, in ‘this district alone. “The result could be conservative- ly described as an extreme fire situa- tion both from the standpoint of occur- rence and conditions for spread.” ALVERNA SMITH, Associate Editor PHONE TU. 4-2061 manna‘ UDIT lmcuunofls UREAU I know that there is consid- erable criticism of such appeals â€"-no doubt without some reaâ€" son A but I am bound to say that the generous response of the public is a demonstration of warm-heartedness and good will. Many sneer at such appeals and say they are emot- ional, but what would human nature be without emotion; we 'would be hard and callous and nobody would want to get married.‘ As an old Scotch proverb has it: “It is better for a pot to boil over than not to boil at all.”. I have not much faith in people without senti~ ment and’ emotion. MEN OF GOODWILL Among the many programs 0n radio or television are sev- eral .which raise money for people who are in serious trouble, and need financial help. ,There is a never-ending stream of people who are will- ing to make their troubles :known in an almost frantic ap- peal for/help. I remember a man asking me to marry him on a Wednes- day afternoon. He said: “That is my half-day off and I would not want to lose half-a-days pay for the sake of getting married." That poor bride! The plain truth is that there are always a vast number of people who are having a hard time; unexpected sickness. ac- cidents and other misfortunes cause desparate situations, and while there are grounds for criticism, on the whole, thou- sands of needy people have been greatly helped. We have to meet life in a practical way and like the Good Samaritan, we must do good when the op- portunity presents itself., We all Hear so much and read so much about the sinis- ter side of life, that we ignore the vast amount of kindness and warm sympathy which "Give me something fo wash +he gold dusf oum‘ of my +hroail" AUGUST 31. 1950 Residents of Doncaster have demanded to know what ac- tiion is to be taken by Mark- ham Township to Clea; up building by-law violations, dogs at large and- garbage disposal. “Unless I enforce the law. this court would go on record as contributing to shack de- velopment in Vaughan Town: ship,” said Magistrate Kirk- patrick in York County Police Court last week. A number of Vaughan residents appeared in court charged with building by-law infractions. His Hon- our's statement was made in reply to appeals for leniency by those charged. , The woodwork is being re- painted at the Public School. The new paint combined with the attractive lawns will pres- ent an attractive ‘exterior to the pupils "when they return to the grind on September 533 A motor accident on Yonge Street caused confusion for 50 minutes this week. The delay was caused as the village con- stable was on his day off. It took some time to secure the attention of a Provincial Pol- ice officer. « “Way Back When” Residents of the Elmwood Excerpts from the files of The Liberal Home paper of the Richmond Hill district since 1878 FRIGDAIRE Was We Guarantee and‘Service Everything We Sell Paris Auto Supply Ltd. RICHMOND HILL - TUrner 4-1541 SALES 8: SERVICE finds expression every day. Whenever the public is con- vinced that there is genuine need, there will be a response; neither creed nor colour or any class distinction makes any difference. There is something in human nature which res‘ ponds to real need; this is the most practical form of religion. and the most worth-while. No doubt as time goes on, new methods of helping the unfor- tunate will be discovered but we are.living today, and must not waste time discussing the- cries. Some take the attitude that the more you do for others the more ungrateful they become. I don't believe that except in rare cases. When William Penn went from England 'to es- tablish his Quaker settlement in what is now Pennsylvania. the previous settlers had fought constantly with the native In- dians. There was such antag- onism that no life was safe. and bitter hatred prevailed. Penn met the Indians with love and trust in his heart and with no firearms in his hands. He ac- cepted their word of honour and gave his pledge to them. Commenting on what hap- pened, the historian Macaulay wrote: “William Penn conquered the Indians by his faith in them. He will always be remembered as a law-maker who, in an age of bitter persecution. respect- ed the dignity of even savages. and made religious liberty a cornerstone of his policy.” William Penn lived before his time but it paid off, for no drop of Quaker blood was ever shed by an Indian. Our quotation today is by Frank Crane: , subdivision need water right away, an emphatic delegation told Markham Townshipvcoun- cil this week. The delegation brushed aside council sugges- tions that the water was too dear from Richmond Hill. It was pointed out that as many as 16 families were using one well. Mac Clement has left for Scotland where he will play on the Scotland Ice Hockey Asâ€" sociation team. 52 swimmers passed Red Cross swimming tests at the Thornhill Pool recently. Business Men’s Luncheon $ 1.00 ‘ For A Quick And Appetizing .Lunch Try The Beautiful FOUR WINDS Steeles Ave. West Between Bathurst And Dufferin ‘ "Be a spendthrift in love: the more you give away, the more you will have." BA 1â€"1677 Editorial Comment Survey of TV political broad- casts during recent election campaign in UK reveals that not more than 15 per cent of television set owners listened to speeches of Prime Minister Sir Anthony Fden, and even fewer bothered to listen to speeches of Labnr party bigwigs Attlee and Morrison. If UK experience in political television broadcasts proves to set a pattern. it will be merely a case of history repeating it- self. Neither radio nor TV has turned out to be an acceptable substitute for the printed word or for personal platform ap- pearances when it’comes to pol- itical campaigns. DT TAWA Good going Friday, Aug 19 to Saturday, August 27, inclusive; Return Limitâ€"August 29 CARL E. HILL, M.D., M.O.H‘ Today a person at sixty still has. on the average, a quarter of his life yet to live. .Should this quarter not hold the same potential for happiness as any of the earlier years? Happiness I is ‘Dound up with economic and psychol- ogical security. The latter depends to a great extent on the feeling of being use- ful or worth something. Dur-‘ ing the working years. people derive this sense of worth, as well as a sense of achievement, and an oppor- tunity to be with friends, in the course of their daily work. Leisure-time can provide the necessary ingredients for psychological security in later years. However, it is necessary to prepare for this time by developing interests outside and parallel to the ordinary business of making a living. FARE AND ONE-HALF FOR THE EXHIBITION DEPT. OF HEALTH TWP. OF NORTH YORK Full lnfermallon from any age!!! 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