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But what is education? Is it' merely giving a child instruction in a lot of unrelated facts about this world in which we live? What difference will it make to a chlld to know that two plus two equals tour. or that Australa is in the southern hemisphere. or that J ac- ques Cartier sailed from France for the New World in 1530. Is education just a matter of learn- lnz facts like these? Why do we educate our children? Is there any necess- ity for a person to spend up to thirteen years of his life, being instructed in subjects which the school regards basic. A small minoritywould probably say ‘no’. The ma- jority feels that education is just as necessary to human happiness as health. It is one of the things we feel justi- fied in paying million of dollars of tax money to maintain. We feel that our children should have the opportunity to learn, and thus be able to take their place in the world as reasonable citizens. Man was made to search after truth. He has an inquisitive spirit. He wants to know. There have been many defini- tions of education. One promin- ent educator writes. "Education is the study of the past which gives mastery over the present". This definition assumes that edu- cation aims to help a person make the best of his life. But immediately we have to ask, "What is life? What does it mean to live fully”. This ultimately forces us to face the whole mean- ing if human existence. Why are we here? Is there any purpose to life? If so, what is it? It is at this point that the Christian believes he has some- thing to say. The Bible teaches that God is the author of life, in- deed~He is Life. Thus, life can only have meaning when it is personally related to the living God in saving faith and obedient service. Real death is to be cut off from God. If this is true, how must we ‘view our educational system. Can the school fulfill its function â€"â€" fitting a person for life â€" it it ignores spiritual truth? This is a question which teachers and ed- ucators must take seriously. If the school room fails relate God to the curriculum. ow can the other facts of life have any meaning‘ except in a purely ma- terialistic way? The Christian conviction is that any philosophy of education which by-passes the living God. who has revealed Himself in the person and work of Jesus Christ. cannot properly educate a child to take his place in life. Education which ignores the religious nature of man can- not produce the noblest type of person. It may even result in the production of whit the Duke of Wellington called. "a race of clever devils". 0n the surface this seems.like sound advice. But. if we keep in mind. that life must be related to God. it it is to be full and sat- isfying, how can you divorce a child's education from the truth of God? Granted. the school room is not a Sunday school class. But neither is the Church school a place where a child is indoctrinated in religious sub- jects irrevelant to his whole way of life. The Church presents Je- sus Christ as the Saviour and Giver of new life. It is only when men are properly related to Christ that they feel they have found “the truth". But there are those who say that religious education is the duty of the home and the Church, and not the school. Leave educa- tion to the school. and, religion to the Church! This week, millions of children and young people made their way back to school. Teachers took their places in the classroom, and the “battle _of the books” began again. Now. if a child is brought up in a school system where Jesus Christ is never mentioned. ex- cept in the school pageant at Christmas, he is given the im- pression that Christ has nothing to do with the events of every 2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill. Ontario, Thursday; September 4,7 1958 To put it another way, Canadian weeklies have stood together as a fra- ternity since long before Confederation, enlarging their membership as the var- ious provinces came into being. Today the CWNA has 517 members from coast to coast representing every province and virtually every community. There are in Canada today, more than a dozen weekly newspapers that were charter members of the Canadian Press-Association when it was formed in 1859. A number of years ago the dailies and‘weeklies separated to form their own associations, and thus the CWNA and the Canadian Daily News- papers Association were born. Both groups of course, still retain member- ship in the century-old Canadian Press Association. When the Canadian Weekly News- papers Aslociation meets this week in Toronto for its 39th annual convention, delegates will have in mind that assocâ€" iation of weekly editors and publishers as a group is almost 100 years old. Next September, 1959, will see the 100th birthday of the founding of the Canad- ian Press Association which included weekfilies as well as daily newspapers. FACTS and FAITH A Weekly Comment 011 Christian Life And Action - By Calvin H. Chambers â€" Am Independent Weeky: Established 1878 V\â€"-â€"â€"â€"/ Subscription Rate $3.50 per year; to United States $4.00; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association .1. E. SMITH, Publisher W. S. COOK, Managing Editor Telephone TUrner 4-1105 “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” Threshold Of 100 Years Eh: lihtral Answering criticism by mem- bers of Richmond Hill town coun- cil concerning the delay in the County of York taking over Markham Road, Warden Fred D. Armstrong issued a statement this week. The statement by the warden makes it clear that the understanding on the County's assumption of the road in Janu- ary of this year was that Rich- mond Hil‘ agreed to be respons~ ible for maintenance until Janu- ary 1959. He also stated the County will not stand for stop signs or traffic restrictions. day life. By the time he reaches high school, he may even look upon Christianity as “kids stuff". to the fact that the God who made the world according to di- vine plan also made him, and has a plan and purpose for his life, if he will fit into it. It is only when we give our children a God-centered education that they will leave high school with "a sense of direction, and a desire to make a contribution to life â€" not “just a living"! Answers ,7 Criticism Warden Says No Stop Signs For Markham Road “Due to so many wild state- ments coming from Richmond Hill, regarding the County road. east of Yonge Street, known as the Markham road, we, the County, are accused of assuming same in 1957 and up until this fall of 1958 no action has been taken. Th( ;e are the facts: A child should be educated in such a way that he comes to be- lieve in God as the author of all truth. He should be introduced The statement by Wardefi Arm- strong is as follows: (1) The Markhamrrbiéawivas re- commended in 1957 by Richmond Hill's very capable reeve Tom Taylor, who put forth a lot of ef- fort. (2) In January 1958 the County council agreed to assume the road but Richmond Hill was to main- tain the same until January 1959. (3) The Toronto and York Road Commission plays- no part until it becomes a Toronto and York road and that request has not been made as yet. (4) There will be no stop signs anywhere along the said road that would defeat the purpose of t" artery. Furthermore if it is necessary to erect signs the road \'.'ill.go back to Richmond Hill on January lst. 1959. as we don't want another Yonge Street which is all stop signs and approximate- And lest we be thought ungrateful, may we say as we have before, that the faithful subscriber is still the key- stone of a newspaper’s being. It can be truly said that there are men and women on the staffs of daily newspapers, in radio and‘TV work and in the advertising world, and for that matter, in all walks of life, who can take more than a passing interest in the CWNA annual get-together, for many of them got their start on the hometown weekly. Because of this they are strong boosters, conscious of the im- portance of the weekly in many small communities. Like all conventions the OWN A get- together will have its social side when delegates will greet old friends and make new ones. But over and through these pleasures ..Will run the serious thread of discussion in the interests of members and the public. Delegates to this week’s conven- tion will come from far away New- foundland and from Vancouver Island. They will meet to discuss common prob- lems in publishing Canada’s well read weeklies. Fallen Elm on Yonge Causes Power Failure West Side Of Town ly all 30 mile zones The Mayor of Richmond Hill recommends to abolish County council, which is impossible. If he had attended county council when he was Deputy reeve he would have known the need of them They operate five very neces- sary departments which are: (1) The Children's Aid, who do a marvelous job. ‘ (2) The Health Unit from which his municipality receives the greater portion of the bud- get. for the reason that a sub- division requires 85% of ser- vices. (3) The Home for the Aged. (4) The Juvenile and Family Court. (5) The county road system which Richmond Hill would have to continue contributing to even if they did secede from the county. And lastly, Richmond Hill would have to build their own jail." Fred Bovaird, Town Road Foreman, said Sunday’s storm caused the usual flooding on Neal Drive, Beverley Acres. and natural sinkage in sew- age system in some newer subdivisions, but there was no wind damage reported although the wind blew the odd branch in town down at the height of the storm. The photos of the new Richmond Hill water tower. and the Junior Chamber of Commerce officers‘which ap- peared on our front page last week wereâ€"like most of the news photos which appear in The Liberalâ€"by Lager- quist. The Lagerquist Studio is located at 93 Yonge St. South, Richmond Hill. Richmond Hill Hydro Sup- erintendent Vern Snider said that a Hydro breakdown on the west side of town, for an hour and a half last Sun~ day afternoon, was caused when an ancient elm tree on the lawn in front of Mr. Mat- thew Patton’s home, H’way 11 at Elgin Mills, was blown down across the hydro wires which supply power to that side of town. Narrow Escape 'John “Scotty” Robertson. 3 well known long time resi- dent of Richmond Hill is in Dunlap Clinic, Toronto. re- coverlng from severe burns suffered when his improvised shelter shed near the C.N.R. was destroyed by fire early last Friday morning. Some- one saw smoke and rang the fire alarm and firemen ar- rived in time to save the oc- cupant. “Scotty” was a fam~ iliar figure on Yonge Street as he read his paper on one of the benches. Local fire- men have taken a kindly in- terest in providing him with the necessities Photos By Lagerquist IRCULATIONS On Sunday, August 31. at 2 pm. a power cut-off occurred during a heavy storm, at 3 pm. the sewage man was checking the installation for signs of a back- up. If a gas driven stand-by pump had been installed he would not be forced to remain on call 365 days a year in case of a power cut-ofi. Two years ago council was ap- proached concerning a stand-by pump for the pump house, evas- ive action by council and devel- opers‘ engineer was taken and an apparent intent of installation was made, sufficient to say that residents were satisfied that the protection of a stand-by pump against flooding during Hydro cut-offs was assured. and no fur- ther action was taken. Why are our own residents not considered before bringing in more people to overload our sew- age system which would be ade- quate if the rules and regulations of our town were adhered to, in- stead we find the developers' en- gineer looking two ways and do- ing nothing for council and ev- erything for the developer. Pre- venting the town engineer from acting for any developer could stop a recurrence of such an error. Suggests Stand-By Pump Dear Mr. Editor: Just one more evasion of tax- payers‘ rights by council .xand builders is the sewage installa- tion in Pleasantville. Now the town must spend $2,- 000 of taxpayers' money to rec- tify one more oversight in a developers‘ favour. Maybe this situation combined with the box drain situation on the east side of town might force a glimmering of reason into our town fathers. and make them look a little closer at the next offer made to put Richmond Hill on the spot. Obviously it is high time ac- tion be taken for the ratepayers, instead of the ratepayers being taken by any developer who cares to wave a plan before council who seem to be hypnotized into giving way on any contentious point. All persons having claims against the Estate of -MATTIE ELIZA HARRISON, late of the Town of Bi mond Hill, in the County of ork, deceased, who died on or about the 6th day of April, 1958, are hereby notified to send in to the'undersigned on or before the 25th day of Novem- ber 1958, full particulars of their claims. ‘ Immediately after the said last mentioned date, the assets of the said estate will be distributed amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to claims of which the undersigned shall then have notice. ario, this 28th day of August, 1958. v “Dear Mr. Editor” Notice To Creditors AND' OTHERS IN THE ESTATE OF MATTIE ELIZA HARRISON w-.o"n.‘¢_o< anywhere in the district from 12 noon to midnight. 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CANADA’S FINEST CHINESE CUISINE by Cicely Thomson Last week in this column I was concerned with the Victorian Order of Nurses and the background or foun- dation, of sacrifice, determination and leadership that had been bequeathed to the order by the women of its early beginnings. From the few pioneer nurses of the early 19005 who went about their district nursing care. the VON has grown until today’s army 0f nurses last year paid over a million visits to more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand patients, in the same year in- creasing the nursing staff by 22. Richmond Hill has become one of the 118 commun- ities across Canada that benefit by the skilled at-home nursing of the -V.0. N. services. Last spring, when Mrs. Malcolm Thomson, now chairman of the local board was seeking for skilled nursing care for her mother, She was asked by a Toronto friend why she didn’t have a V.O.N. come in. Dr. Langstaff informed her that their services extended only to the limits of Metropolitan Toronto. She then telephoned their headquarters in Toronto, making a general inquiry as to what would be necess- ary if Biphmondjâ€"Iill wgntec‘i tine flull-tifne seg‘vicespf v...“ a V0. Nurse. The regional director, Miss Catherine Ross made an appointment to meet Mrs. Thomson, Dr. J. Wynne, Mr. Ken Tomlin, Dr. and Mrs. J. Langstaff and Dr. Lillian Langstaff, following which she then met with all the doctors in the town and returned in October for ten days speaking to as many organizations as poss- ible on the Order and what it could mean to those of us who are in need of skilled nursing care in our homes, whether for a chronic invalid, a boy’s damaged knee or for a newborn baby bathing routine! 07h, the last evvening o'f Miss Ross’s visit a public meeting was held in the Lions’ Hall, chaired by our now- mayor M1; Tomlin, and a provi§iogal bpgrd‘ was. elected. The financial set-up for all districts has been ar- ranged on a three-fold system: first a canvas of the en- tire community desiring the service, then a donation from the municipal council, and thirdly the fees paid by the patients. For the canvass, the Lions’ Club, the Kinsmen and the Rotary took over, contacting the busi- nessmen and householders. Several handsome gifts of $25.00 swelled the pot which totalled four thousand dollars, and A. V. Roe sent $340.00 from their welfare fund. The municipal council granted $2,000.00 and R. D. Little and Son gave the use of a car for one year. In addition to all these sums the provincial government grant of 10c per call is made. The charge per visit is $2.00 locally, although the cost throughout the province averages $2.48. \ _ _ _ . , _ Wéwaisb have to thank the women’s institute and the catholic women’s group who made the aprons for the nurse to wear. In her pleasant office in the Hydro section of the Municipal Hall, Miss Woodbyrne makes up her reports nightly. She must attend all the local board meetings to give detailed reports, no names, as well as reporting directly to Ottawa. In cases where the family is not able to meet the full fee per Visit, she must make the decision as to what partial payment, if any, should be paid. _ ‘_ _ In addition to the average seven to eight visits a day in Richmond Hill she receives many requests from surrounding districts, such as Maple, but in order for these communities to make use of the V.O.N. in Rich- mond Hill these communities must have their councils contact the local board and arrange a suitable donation from their council to make up the difference between the $2.00 charge and the cost of the service. While in the early days it seemed, from looking at the reports, that a V0. Nurse was expected to work until she dropped, now we are able to see to it that our nurse works an average working week, with a very capable relief nurse, Mrs. Willock, to take over so that we have a seven-day service. The full-time employment of another nurse would depend not only on the need of the community but also on the amount raised in the annual canvass. Miss Woodbyrne meets her patients away from the environment of the hospital ward: she has the challenge of working with the family as well for the benefit of her charge. Whenever I see her on her rounds I am fill- ed with a sense of thankfulness that she is here for our need . . . remembering the times in the past when her nursing care would have made all the difference to our family. ' Miss Woodburyne reiterated to me the broad aims of the service which are threefold: to give bedside nurs- ing care with health teaching in the home on a visit basis; to assist in the prevention of diseases; to assist in the education of future public health personnel, in fact the V.O.N. offers bursaries for nurses wishing to train in the public health field: 7 She is on call 24 hours a day although only emer- gency calls are attended at night. The phone answering service would otherwise have cost us over $300. a year. UNIONVILLE, IN THE TOWSHIP OF MARKHAM, LOT 12 AND 13, CONCESSIONS V AND VI Sealed tenders marked as'to contents, and ad- dressed to the Clerk, Township of Markham, R. R. No. 2 Gormley, Ontario, will be received until 5 o’clock p.m. E.D.S.T., Monday, September 22, 1958, for the improvement of Main Street in the Police Village of Unionville from the C.N.R. crossing north some 1800 feet, to an existing concrete bridge, including storm drainage. - Information for Tenderers, Forms of Tender, Ag- reement and Bond, Plans and Specifications may be obtained on or after Tuesday, September 9, 1958, at the office of the Consulting Engineers, H. A. Babcock and Company Limited, 119 Isabella Street, Toronto 5. A marked cheque in the amount of $25.00 payable to H. A. Babcock Company Limited will be required in deposit. The deposit will be refunded upon return of the Plans and Specifications. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. H. C. T. CRISP, Clerk Township of Markham, R. R. No. 2 Gormley, Ontario H. A. BABCOCK & COMPANY LIMITED Consulting Engineers TOWNSHIP OF MARKHAM Contract No.ll47 TENDERS FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT AND STORM DRAINAGE. 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