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Recentiy, Richmond Hill and Mark- ham Township councils set a definite policy to. be followed during the present negotiations with the Toronto Transit Commission. Both these municipalities have agreed that a system of ‘feeder lines may be'started in North York, providing they do not adversely affiéct the North Yonge line. Vaughan Town- ship, on the other hand, has expressed a greater interest in service than in the profits and a member of council has ad- vocated that the owners agree. to the breaking of the agreement as the T.T.C. requestsi While service is an important fac- tor in the successful operation of the line, the owners should not lose sight of the fact that for many years, the taxpayers have made up the deficit on the operation of the line. .It is only re- cently that any profit has accrued and has been returned as a dividend to tax- payers and now the municipalities are being asked in effect to give up this source of revenue for the sake of North York whose share of the line has been absorbed by the T.T.C. In recent weeks, North York has sent out a plea to the other municipalities asking for more co-operation to permit the establish- ment of feeder lines. ’w v- -v. The high school board in declining to accept a 59% - 41% ratio as between the province and the local taxpayer re- quested its Finance Committee to re- consider the estimates. It was hoped to further reduce the share borne by the local taxpayer and increase the prov- ince’s portion. When reâ€"presented Mon- day the committee had further reduced the ratio to 55% - 45%. This year’s high school budget is an excellent examp'e of what a group of trustees can do when they are really determined to give the property owner a better deal and place more of the financial responsibil- ity on the shoulders of the provincial government. The high school board is to be congratulated on its efforts in this respect. In considering the matter of feed- er lines, Richmond Hill council in par- At a time when the Richmond Hill District High School Board is making dn+orminnd eflorts’ to reduce the share of its 1957 budget to be borne by the local taxpayer, public school supporters in Richmond Hill were disappointed to learn last week that they will have to bear 77 per cent of this year’s public school budget. The province will only pay 23 percent of the total cost. , A1r41t.-.'__ Rotarians, Lions, Kiwanians and the rest of the service club members al- ways seem to be busy attending lunch- eon meetings and conventions and play- ing practical jokes on one another in hotel lobbies. But . . behind all their ‘madness’ is a method. And for some 35 years they have been so dedicated to helping the handicapped child that they have become, aslone official of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children put it, “the backbone of our work.” Without the backing of Ontario’s 218 service clubs and their all-out pro- motiOn of the annual Easter Seal sale, the Society and its great and complex work could not function. It was back in Windsor, Ont., in 1922 when a few physicians and surg- eons with the members of 10 service clubs became appalled at the number of unattended cases of crippled children in Ontario and decided to do something positive about it. They formed the On- tario Society for Crippled Children With the snow finally gone in the fields and disappearing in the bush, the most hazardous time of the year for grass fires is here. The dead grass of last year dries out rapidly in the sunny days of spring. This grass hasn’t had time to rot as yet or become overtopped with new green grass, so anything can happen on a windy day if any of us are careless. Watch your matches, cigar- ettes and pipe heels. A small fire may not appear serious to you â€"â€" just some dead grass burning. but it can soon be a big fire, burning fields, brush, someone’s house or barns, or even YOURS. Eb: liberal ‘ 9 An Independent Weekly: Established 12 W Anlndependent Weekly: Established 1878 W‘ Subscription Rate 83.50 per year; to United States $4.00; 10: single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, M.P., Publisher The public school budget has climb- .W. S. COOK, Managing Editor After a fire, people are heard to say, THE LIBERAL‘, Richmond Hm, Ontario, Thursday, March‘ 28, 1957 causun us FOR YOUR. .. JOB PRINTING REQUIREMENTS Telephone TUmer‘4-1105 “Authorized as second class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa" Fine Workmanship â€" Reasonable Prices ropcrty Owners ShOUld Seek T.T.C. Assurance Service Clubs Back Drive “The Liberal” - TU. 4-1105 Beware OF Grass Fires DONALD S. LENO, Associate Editor ticular might also explore the possibil- ity of a feeder line service in Richmond Hill. The attempt to operate a local bus service has proven unsatisfactory and some town residents must walk as far as two miles to get to public transport- ation. These people are in as much need of extra facilities as the North York area and are as much entitled to it, be- ing shareholders in the line. The interest shown in the plea of North York for added facilities is very commendable and shows that the nor- thern municipalities are willing to co- operate. But they must have a definite assurance that the installation of feed- er lines will not have a detrimental ef- fect on the present profitable operation of the North Yonge system. A member of Richmond Hill council cautioned dur- ing the policy discussion against the possibility that the T.T.C. which oper- ates the northern bus would hook up the feeder operations with it and there- by make the North Yonge bus absorb any deficit. The T.T.C. has already ad- mitted that in most instances feeder lines do not pay for themselves. It should be definitely stipulated in any agreement the local municipalities make in the form of concessions to the exist- ing agreement that the present finan. cial status of the line will not be jeop- ardized r"v 'â€"~ ‘V In a period of rising municipal tax- ation it was hoped a more equitable bal- ance could be struck between the share to be borne by the province and the local residents. The educational system is a partnership arrangement between the province and the municipalities, and school boards should make a deter- mined effort to capitalize to the fullest extent on any monies paid through the provincial grant system. This is especâ€" ially true at a time when real estate taxes have been climbing steadily and show no signs of levelling off. When preparing its budget a board should lay particular stress on those items eligible for provincial grant while curtailing within reason any expenditures the province refuses to subsidize. Of course the problem would solve itself if Queen’s Park could see its way clear to increase and expand its present grant system and thus give the local tax yer more relief from the crushing bu en of taxation. Which today needs $700,000 to properly look after its growing case load of some 11,000 handicapped youngsters across the province. ed to a record high of $389,679.90. This is a jump of $151,154.90 over the 1956 figure: In 1956 the province paid 22% of the total outlay and the local tax- payers a whppping 78%. Share Too High Months before Easter, in every city, village and hamlet where ‘a service club exists, members start whopping up en- thusiasm as only service club men can do. Using Easter Seals at their media, they flood the mails with them and tirelessly follow through with their 10- cal canvasses until the final goal is reached. “Oh it didn’t do much damage, it only burned bush and didn‘t get near any buildings.” Service club members comprise nearly 100 per cent of the Society’s dir- ectorate . ._ . the committees of the So- ciety’s five summer camps are service club members . . . the orthopaedic sur- geons who spend untold hours operating on crippled children’s legs and arms are mostly service club men.. A . A . What about the bush it burned? How many dollars all through the years were tied up in that standing wood and the yearly interest that would have been obtained if the money had been invested elsewhere? How about all those yearly taxes and the work that the tax money could have,done if used in some other way? Small wonder, then, that the ser- vice clubs and the Society operate in a. sort of partnership and that the whole affair is dedicated to a rehabilitation program second to none in the world. The-co-operation of everybody is necessary to control the destructive scourge of fires which not only destroy timber but wildlife and the fertility of the soil. luluul‘ UDIT UREAU fl liE’fiVx‘E- Yyfi'S/E’Li; E~S’ l W //1_B:Y / /11,u” Suggest April Date Discuss Building Plans as the tentative date for the holding of a joint meeting of representatives of the four mun- icipalities (Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Woodbridge) which constitute the High School District, to discuss the Board’s proposed building programme for 1957. The immediate object- ive is an addition to the Rich- mond Hill School and a new school at Woodbridge. Building Committee Chairman J. Howes, who is the Woodbridge repre- sentative on the Board, stated his committee had already inter- viewed Markham and Vaughan Councils preparatory to the hold- ing of a joint meeting and is due to meet Woodbridge Council this week. They hope to confer with Richmond Hill Council very shortly. The Richmond Hill District High School Board in session on Monday set Wednesgiay, April 17, High School Board Trustee M. Kinnee, who togeth- er with Messrs. H. Hayhoe and P. Macfarlane are Vaughan’s representatives on the High School Board, stated Vaughan Council had requested a meet- ing with its representatives some time ago to discuss overall costs and policy. Mr. Kinnee stated he had requested Council to delay the meeting until such time as the budget had been’ strut-k. Markham Township Council met with its three rep- resentatives, Messrs. S. Rumble, W. Middleton and H. Collard, in January to discuss matters of a similar nature. Gyms and Cafeterias In a general discussion of building, Trustee R. Wood' of Richmond Hill asked if the Board is obliged to build gyms and caf- eterias for its schools. “No”, re- plied Chairman Tamblyn. “But the Department of Education states that we must teach physi- cal education”, remarked Trustee Reeve Taylor Endorses Cancer Society Campaign "As Reeve of Richmond Hill I have no hesitation in endors- ing the campaign for funds of the Ontario Division of the Cana- dian Cancer Society” Reeve W. J. Taylor told the Liberal this week. “And in so doing I am in the very best of company because the national campaign of this Society has been endorsed by His Excellency the Governor Gener- al of Canada. the Minister of Health and Welfare, as well as by business. labour and medical leaders across the country," he added. No one needs to be told of the need for money to carry on the fight against cancer. Almost everyone of us has some personal experience with this disease. It strikes young and old alike. and last year caused the death of more than 20.000 Canadians, What is being done to fight it? Well . . . right here in this district, as Well as in hundreds of othcrs across the Dominion. volunteer workers are raising money for cancer research. We treat cancer patients Know mat the sooner cancer sufferers re- port. their symptoms the better the chance of a cure by radiation or surgery. So, these Cancer Society volunteers are actually helping to save lives by teaching the facts about cancer. We can help them with our dollars. Their slogan is “Fight Cancer with a Check-up and a Cheque." By so doing. we will be guarding our own health and helping to save the lives of. others BACKWARD AND FORWARD The end of the year is a good time to take stock and it is nat- ural that we should ask our- selves what the world is coming to. Sometimes we get pessimis- tic and again occasionally hope- ful, but we must take long views. I have often told the story of a remarkable old lady who lived part of her life in Newcastle-on-Tyne in England â€" about ten miles from where I was born and brought up. Here is the story. She remembered her cousins and brothers being severely flogged for minor offenses. She wrote: “I have known my boy cousin to return from school black and blue from bruises in- Lying on her back (for she became bedridden towards the end) she surveyed the century through which she had lived. In her book she asked and an- swered the question of what was the most wonderful change she had seen in one hundred years. Her answer was, “The changed attitude of adults to- ward children.” A few years ago Elizabeth Haldane passed on in the north of England. She was born in April, 1825, and died in May. 1925. The old lady was remark- able. not only because of her great age, but because in the closing years of her life she wrote a book which was a rec- ord of the hundred years through whichshghad lived. Later she saw the introduc- tion of other methods of trans- portation: tricycles, bicycles, motor cars, and airplanes. It was a century of progress and discovery. She was keenly in- terested in radio, which made its appearance not long before her death. Her mind was clear to the end. The Archbishop of York, who Visited her often, said, “Old age to her was not one of increasing weal-mess, but rather one of ever-growing spir- itual power.” In that book Mrs. Haldane wrote of the changes of the cen- tury 1825-1925. It was a period of great change. She spent most of her life in Newcastle-on- Tyne where George Stephenson invented the first locomotive and was busily engaged in im- proving it when she was a girl. She could recall the determined opposition to the first “travell- ing engines." Kinnee. “There are still a great many high schools throughout the Province without gyms", stated Trustee Middleton. It is expected legislationvnow before the provincial legislature will be passed this session to make it obigatory for municipal councils to rule on any proposed high school building programme within a sixty-day period. A motion moved and seconded by Trustee H. Sayers and M. Kin- nee to grant both Richmond Hill and Thornhill principals an ex- tra $150 per annum in addition to their previous increases was defeated. This would be similar to the $150 recently granted de- partment heads. The Board turned down a re- quest from the Cadet Corps for consideration of the establish- ment of a rifle range. .22 rifles would be used. Cost of such a project was estimated at any- where between $1.000 and $3,000. There was also the question of adequate supervision while target practice, was being carried on. The Trustees granted a re- quest from Mr. E. Tanquay on behalf of the Young People of Thornhill Presbyterian Church to rent the Thornhill gym on Saturday nights. Permission was also granted to Mr. J. Fletcher to use the playing field at the Richmond Hill School in the evening for use by the St. Mary’s Anglican Church Boys’ Club. The Club intends to enter a soccer team in the Toronto and District Church Soccer League this spring On motion of Trustee Middle- ton, the Board will set an 11 o’- clock curfew on all future meet- ings. Meetings are scheduled to start at 8 o’clock. Hitherto, board meetings have often extended in- to the early hours of the morn- ing. If necessary. the number of monthly meetings will be in- creased from one to two. have all been greatly heartened by the success that science has had against polio and other dis- eases in the recent past and we can feel assured that some day research will conquer cancer. But it will be a long hard pull requiring the co-operation of every one of us. Besides raising money for re- search, Cancer Society volun- teers carry on an education pro- gramme and give assistance to cancer patients right here in our own community. Doctors who treat cancer patients know that the sooner cancer sufferers re- port their symptoms the better the chance of a cure by radiation or surgery. So, these Cancer Society volunteers are actually helping to save lives by teaching the facts about cancer. We can help them with our dollars. flicted by the cane, while a school chum lived for three days. hiding in a chimney, in fear of the master's treatment. A girl cousin of mine was pun- ished by being locked up in a barn and fed on bread and water." The Haldanes were quite well-to-do people, so we can only guess at the treatment handed out to less fortunate children. wuaunmmmunummmummumlmw Our quotation today is by Dr. Samuel: “Hope is like the sun, as we walk to- ward lt, the shadows fall behind." mmmmmnmmm Emmmnmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfi She goes on to say that the same severity was used in re- ligious training. It was a “wedge of torture and an instrument of cruelty. We were watched con- tinually and our actions con- strued to mean what we had .never dreamed. At family wor- ship prayers were directed at us, rather than to the Almighty." When she was fourteen, Eliza- beth had a sharp attack of rheumatism, and seventy-five years later she still rememberâ€" ed the doctor’s visit. He entered the room wearing a bright green coat with brass buttons, cordur- oy trousers. top boots and car- rying a riding whip in his hand. He asked her if she would like to be ‘Bluided.”’ She meekly answered “Yes.” He bound her arm tightly Iand with very old and crude instruments proceed- ed to bleed her. After two un- successful attempts he finally succeeded in getting a basin of blood. She did recover. but there was no babying during convalescene. It was not thought the proper thing for young people to use warm water, and so, although it was a severe winter and water froze in her room, she had to break the ice and do her best. There are depressing things in modern life, but here is an encouraging fact. It is a far better world for children than it has ever been. Elizabeth Hal- dane was right. The brutal me- thods of the past â€" due chiefly to ignorance -â€" are passing, and there is a sincere effort on the part of adults to do what Jesus did when “He took a lit- tle child and set him in the midst of them.” Toronto man who was elected President of the Ontario Divis- ion Red Cross at the Annual Meeting, March let. Mr. Passmore is Associate Professor of the Ontario College of Education in charge of teach- er training in Physical Health Education for men. He was born and raised in Hamilton and now lives at Jefferson. He was edu- cated at Central Collegiate. Ham- ilton. and holds the following degrees: BA. from McMaster University; B.P.H.E. from the University of Toronto; Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto. For four years he was with the Royal Canadian Air Force, retiring with the rank of Squardon Leader. Ald. Don Summerville said he was concerned with the volume of sewage which might be pump- ed into the main Metro sewage plant at Ashbridge’s Bay. Immed- iate effect of Metro agreement for a connection, he said, would benefit land speculators. “Some subdivider' has been likely stuck with a lot of land. Now he can unload it at a handsome profit." Metro Supply Water Markham -Vaughan Metro council Tuesday agreed to negotiate an agreement with Markham and Vaughan town- ships for an eventual connection with the Metro sewer system for 30,000 residents in the .southern part 9f both townships. Fred G. Gardiner. Metro chair- man, said Metro could not “build an iron curtain” about itself and “forget about what is going on beyond its northern boundary at Steeles Ave.” If Metro failed to try to control the development by such an agreement. Mr. Gardiner said, the developers and the townships might obtain permission for a package sewage plant which would pour effluent into the Don river. As Chairma’n, Ontario Division Red Cross Water Safety Commit- tee. he prepared the first Water Safety Manual for Red Cross. He'has long been identified with Red Cross, holding these posts: Chairman of Water Safety Committee; Vice-President of Ontario Division. Chairman of the Branch Liaison Committee; President-Elect. Subdividers would prefer to pay for a package plant than be tied down to an agreement to pay for nearly two miles of main sewer, Mr. Gardiner said. Entire cost of the connection and en- largement of Metro plants would be 'paid by the subdividers through the two townships. No connection would be possible be- fore 1959. Council approved negotiations between Metro, the two town- ships, and the Ontario depart- ‘ment of planning and develop- ment. Terms of any agreement are tolbe returned to Metro coun- cil for approval. Now available in Beverley Acres, Richmond Acres. Al- lancourt. Glenbrae and Pleas- antville Subdivisions For service telephone your Carrier Boy or THE LIBERAL Markham Police Catch 65 Speeders Markham Township Police caught 65 Speeders Friday at- ternoon at Victoria Square with their speed trap. ‘11: must have been the spring weather," said Chief C. Wideman. “It’s the most we have caught speeding in a long time in a single after- noon." Markham Township receiv- ed word this week that the Ontario Water Resources Commission has agreed to purchase the $410,000 in wa- ter debentures from Mark- ham Township to finance the development of Water Area No. 1. The water area extends from Steeles Avenue on the south to No. 7 High- way on the north. With today’s tight money market, the municipality de- cided to sell the water de- bentures through this gov- ernment agency rather than wait any longer trying to locate a buyer on the open market. Carrier Service For Weekly Delivery of The Liberal TUrner 4-1 105 Gov’t Agency Buys Water Debentures J. H. 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