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Want Council Take Back Markham Rd. (Continued from page 1) a successful municipal official out west who made it a policy to tell any ratepayei- who approach- ed him seeking a firm answer re- garding a petition or leading questiOn. “If it’s in the best in- terest of the municipality I am for it If it is not. I am against it." This, said the mayor. sent the ratepayer happily on his way -but on reflection the petitioner wondered just what the official’s marvelous solution to his problem had really been, "When this council was elected.” Mayor Tom’ lin continued‘ “it promised to look into this water problem and itvvhars proceeded aé quickly as possible. I urge that any further deiny be brought to a minimum.‘f Councillor Bradstock suggested that Councillors Haggart and Pat- u'son hold their motion in abeyance, with the understanding that Councillor Haggart could meet wlth (112»- englneers and inâ€" vestigate the mattervof prices re water-softening. A vote was then taken on the motion which was passed by Co‘uncillors Haggart, Paterson and Brudstock with Deputy-reeve Plaxtou and Councillor Tinker registering opposition. The engi- neers and Councillor Haggart ~ DOUBT MASTERED BY COMMITMENT There are many things In daily life which lead us to doubt the reality of God. The trials, “uUbIES, disappointments, suffer- lngs and bereavements of life of- ten cloud the vision of God. Death is perhaps the sharpest challenge to faith. Doubt and unbellef spring from many sources, and are evidence of our imperfect moral and spiritual naâ€" ture. How often have we felt like the man ln the Bible who said to Jesus, “Lord. I believe. but. help Thou my unbelief." Doubt can be readily overcome if we keep several things in mind. In the first place. hon- est doubts are nothing to be ashamed of. as long as “e do not embalm them. and refuse to take steps to be rid of them. The per- son who boasts of his doubts and displays than like a collection of butterflies, is not an honest do'lbter. Many people act like the great American literary critic Gamiliel Bradford. who once said that he had never read the New Testament for fear of changing some of his long held views. Doubt can never be overcomeif we do not open our minds and seek the truth where it is to be round. Doubt is often the result of resisting the truth of God: Some- times people assert that they cannot believe certain things in Christianity because they don't square with reason. What is of- ten meant is that if they ac- cepted the _radical claims made .Lv,uvu uuu;;yu .un. _.-..°..-_'.. waste to our living and working places was $967 million, more than enough to build two seaways. The indirect loss to the national economy was perhaps ten times this amount. By royal proclamation the week of October 5-11 has been set aside as Fire Prevention Week. The proclamation made in the name of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of Canada, appeals to all citizens to curb careless causes of fire which last year claimed a record toll of human life and properpy waste. The shocking story is told by 1957 provincial reports: a total of 640 lives and a direct property loss of $134,700,- 000. Both figures are an all~time high. The massive proportions of the toll over a decade are set out by the proc- lamation: 5,337 lives and an estimated 16,000 Scarred and disfigured. The “Nairâ€"d6 the figures include forest fire waste. - The tragedy is that most of the 686,202 fires in the decade were caused by human carelessness and neglect of simple rules of fire safety and common- sense. b.» Jesus Christ 3 revolutionaryl change would take place in their“ llves. Doubts are often used as "smoke screens". Some people will do almost anything to es~ cape from an encounter with th God who comes not only to save but to iudge. Religion can e.:n be used as an escape moch- 'alism by \vhichwve try to hide the real issue of our lack of fellowship with the God we pro- fess to believe in. We set up 'soul barriers‘ against the truth. because we do not want to get too serious with anything which might (theme the pattern of our lives. can only under t Chr A Weekly Comment On FACTS and FAITH Subscription Rate $3.50 per THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, October M By Calvin H. Chambers â€" anity teaches that doubt be overcome as we sur~ he right to be our own “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Christian Life Fire Prevention Week V v.â€"â€"‘â€" _..-_ . Some people :lune _b'efox:e-Christ. anything to es- encounter with mes not only to re. Religion can an escape mech- .we try to hide at our lack of the God we pro- in. We set up gainsl the truth. not want to get anything which It is this final anguish of spirit in which we .let go of ourselves and reach out to Him. that {-10 "f- comes the Only Way. He is in- evitable. We may still have many quesiions to ask. We may still feel there is much we '10 not know not understand. But somehow. the problems are mini- mized in the encounter of one's soul with Christ. In this state of spiritual despair, as we cast y An Independent Weeky: Established 1878 | Rate $3.50 per year; to United States $4.00; 10c Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Publisher W. S. COOK. Managing Editor Telephone 'l‘Urner 4-1105 And Action 1113b»: liberal will now arrange a meeting with various suppliers to compile their estimated costs for supplies and equipment as well as building costs. in the )meantime the bids for tenders Will be held up since the net result of this meeting may, or may not mean, (1) the hoped for lower-cost of iron re- moval and water-softening which may be conducive to carrying out this program at once. rather than waiting for several years or. (2) that the estimated cost will be prohibitive to having a water softening program at this time and that only the plan for iron removal and removal of odour in the water will go forward in- stead. - Councillor Paterson stated that if the town succeeds in having a water-softening plan it will be tha only municipality in the province to send 60% of water- softened water down the drain. since industry and such other water-consuming items as lawns and gardens use that amount. residences use only 40%, he maintained. Correspondence v-.---.._.v_.V,, Replying to a letter from Mr. R. Markham of Elmwood Avenue, council passed a bylaw proclaim- ing the week of October 5~11 as masters. We must confess that we have been guilty of the orig- inal sin. which is self centred pride and rebellion. The Chris- tian Church. in its best and higlm est moments. has always claim- ed that faith and reason are not against each other. It is only when we make our own sinful and corupted reasoning powers the sole arbitrator in things of faith. and we fall prey to ldoubt. It. is not faith which conflicts with reason. but self. centred pride. Dean Inge writes. “Faith is not the sacrifice of our reasoning powers. but only the realization that our reason cannot take us everywhere." If we want to overcome the doubts of life which molest our inner peace. we must not run away from God. For enry s on we take toward Him. He will ta e ten toward us. But our search must not be merely with our ‘heads' but with our ‘hearts'. God says. “If ye shall» seek me with a whole heart, ye shall surely find Me." ‘ Faith ultimately has to do with‘ our personal relationship to God. and not with the many problems which arise. such as the reason for pain and suffering, the meaning of death. there is such a thing as predestination, what about the after lift. Faith is generated in us as we abandon a irselves to a personal God who has made it possible for us to come to Him, because He has first of all come to us. in Christ. Real faith and not just intellec- .tual belief. is born in us. when we find ourselves stripped of ever) rag of excuse and deprived lof every support. We stand .Vuyu vul. nu suns, yum. 5n. :omes the Only Way. He is in- evitable. Wt may still have many questions to ask. We may still feel there is much we '10 not know nor understand. But somehow. the problems are mini- mized in the encounter of one's soul with Christ. In this state of spiritual despair. as we cast ourselves and our doubts upon God. the dark clouds dispell and we find ourselves coming alive in the presence of Him, who is the Light of the world. Twelve applications have been received for the position of Town Engineer and the personnel committee is to meet with the mayor sometime later this week to go through the letters, prior to interviewing applicants. Mar Water Lawns Now Councillor Bradstock moved the recinding of the bylaw re lawnâ€"watering to which the mayor replied. “With the hope that it won't have to be placed again next. year.“ This is the 'message for Fire Pre- vention Week from Canada's fire ser- vices, a force of 27,000 fire fighters, pro- fessional and volunteer. The message is high-lighted at Fire Prevention Week but it holds fpr every day of the year in every place of Canada. hAnym (111711! All LVMLJ r I w v v v â€" v _ v 7 7 , The message is: DON’T GIVE FIRE A PLACE TO START. And, giv- ing voice to the hapless victims, espec- ially children, women and elderly folk: DON’T LEAVE US ALONE WITH THE HAZARDS OF FIRE. . 1.11.1.1 1L;;u¢a;vu~ v- Grimly underlymg the situation is the disgraceful fact that, per capita, Canada’s fire loss is one of the world’s worst, if not the worst. If more people thought in terms of more and larger ash trays for smokers in the home, Canada’s fire fighters say, the fewer would-be the number of small fires. And even small fires can mean disaster; - .. L.A_A_ )hvln Thg four seasons of fire prevention: Spring’s .clqan-up. Summer’s dryness. Autumn’s get-ready. Winter’s hot fires. the our run Jaycee Meek. Arnold and Yonge St. Mayor Tomlin said that there has bécn much discussion and 'several queries from individuals regarding the re-building of the property known as the Arnold building at the corner of Yonge St. and Arnold Ave. In answering these queries he stated, “Council has no power whatsoever to interfere with a private owner’s building and the town has no choice but to meet with such an owner's request for a building permit if a building may be safely re-constructed. Consequently it should be made very clear this building (damâ€" aged earlier this year by firel is still constructionally sound. And there is no reason why a build- ing permit should not be issued.” Council regretfully but firmly turned ‘down the petition of a subdivider who made application for water and sewage facilities to be supplied by the town of Richmond Hill for a 150 acres proposed subdivision on the west side of Yonge Sts. in the Elgin Mills area. Councillor Haggart moved at once to state, “The town should not extend its serv- ices outside the 'town limits,” Mayor Tomlin said the existing boundaries of Richmond Hill where the only territory that could have services since, "we don’t even know yet if we can ever get a plant on the west side of town." ; Vandalism “.5 r--....- _, -,, Council, the mayor concluded, is not a panicea for.all ills. Request Turned Down A letter to Deputy-rceve Plax- Lon from the school board rev porting damages to school prop- erty during the summer and since school opened September 2nd, was passed along to Councillor Haggart for discussion with the Richmond Hill School _ Board. Councillor Haggart will also take along andther ratepayer‘s letter, this one dealing with the young- sters bicycling through the Bay- view Plaza Shopping Centre, and which stated that they were en- dangering their lives, as well as the lives of motorists. Deputy- reeve Plaxton urged the co-opâ€" eration of parents and all adults living in the vicinity of schools or play areas to ease the prob- lem of vandalism. Debenturc Approval Request Following the reading of a re- quest from the public school board for the council‘s approval of debentures in the amount of $130,000 for the addition of five classrooms for Beverley Acres School. Deputy-reeve Plaxton moved that the building com- mittee and the school board he invited to attend next Monday night's council meeting to discuss me various costs which brought e debenture up to this large figure. Councillor Paterson point- ed out it averaged $36,000 a classroom. Tenders Clerk R. Lynett was instruct- ed by council to call for tenders for the installation of a gas pump at the municipal building on Pugsley Ave. Ditching Foreman of the town water~ works 1“. Bovaird and S. Caicis resorted to council that Phase 1 of. the ditching program at Beverley Acres was in process of completion. It was also noted that Cartier Crescent is to have black top and sand work done as soon as possible. Town Engineer ; 10c single copy Ottawa” 2, 1958 MEMIER‘ UDIT f UREAU ,IRCULATIQNS Tucked away very inconspicu- ously in your last week’s news story about the new sewage dis- posal plant was a very significant paragraph. _ It told of council’s long range plans for further expansion and the possibility of another sew. age disposal plant at Pleasant- ville’s doorstep to take care of this new expansion. I noted that Water Resources Commission officials said a good deal of time and study is needed to determine if a sewage disposal plant can be located in the west part of town._ Dear Mr. Editor ~â€" “Dear Mr. Editor” I wonder who wants the expan- sion. I would have thought it would be a wise policy to solve our many existing problems be- fore embarking on any more ex. pansion of town‘borders. We soon will have a municipal election and I hope aspiring can- didates will state in clear black and white just where they stand on this question of further ex- pansion. We have many acres of vacant industrial land now and I can see no possible need or ex~ cuse for further expansion other than to satisfy the wishes of land speculators: I hope all ratepayers read care- fully your paper and take note and warning of someone‘s expenâ€" sive dreams of further expansion. “civisn We found advertising in “The Liberal” most effective for rent- ing our house. The first box re- ply we opened was from people who were delighted with the house. Finds “The Liberal" Excellent Medium Dear Mr. Editor: A surprising number of other enquiries were received and we could have rented it several times over_ Dear Mr. Editor Last wee-end I, with my family had the privilege and ple‘asure oi touring our wonderqu new ad- dition to Richmond Hill United Church. The outstanding work- manship. spacious and modern kitchens and washrooms, magnit- icent auditorium, beautiful vestry abundent classrooms. the finest of trim, seemed to make a dream come true and realize our efforts and denials were not in vain. As we gazed at this beauty I wondered would our auditorium ring with laughter from our youngsters. playing, perhaps bad- minton, basketball and dancing? Would it answer the problem of keeping our sixteen year old and up, interested in the Church, or would the majority leave‘ coming back later with their own youngâ€" sters to start again? May these rooms go beyond the adage of “Beauty is only skin deep” and make them warm, friendly, and may the auditorium be jammed each evening with youth engaged in sport, young- ster’s roblems and I am sure God would bless our efforts a thousand fold. Dear Mr. Editor -vâ€"qrfifiu. . What makes a slum? Most of us associate slums with crowded cities; tenements teeming with people, side by side with industry with its smoke and squalor, no place for the children to play and, - perhaps, what is more important â€"-- no privacy. Many of us in the subdivisions of Rich- mond Hill moved here to escape the crowds and smoke of Toronto. You can imagine my cancern than, when an acquaintance from a neighboring subdivision, re- marked that he was moving, be- cause the neighborhood was de- teriorating into a slum. How/ is it possible for a subdivision not ‘more than two or thrce years old and still growing, with absolute- 1y no industry, to become a slum? There are no crowds â€" or are there? If more than one family is occupying a six room bunga- low, then that house is crowded. Now we live in a neighborhood that is supposed to be restricted to one -family dwellings. There is a by-law to this effect with a penalty of $300.00 for infringe~ ment. Nevertheless there are many bungalows in this area sheltering two families. Most of us close our eyes to this if the families are both adult, or if th:re is only one family with children: but if both families have children, it becomes a very different problem. The schools are already crowded. with some of the classes staggered. Suppose 10, or 20 for that matter. more families, encouraged by the fact that others are renting space to families with children. were to also rent rooms to families with children. The schools would be unable to build fast enough to cope with the increase. In the meantime the one family taxpay- er would be helping to pay the extra taxes for the other fellow's tenants, as well as suffering the inconvenience. We are all too familiar with unemployment. sickness and the problems assoc- iated with them. If a family in desperation to meet a crisis rents to the first family that applies for rooms, and that family has children, we would sympathize, if it were a temporary measure. But consider the following: Sees No Need For Further Expaluion New‘mchmond Hm United Church Addition Wants One Family Dwelling Bylaw Enforced 'Three families in week room bungalow. The owners, parents of three children, both work. The three children of the own- ers attend school as does one of the tenant's children. While the parents work the children are left “in the care" of one of the‘ tenants. The children have been locked out and forced to use the great outdoors for a bathroom. The sympathetic neighbours find themselves in the impossible pos~ ition of tolerating these children, at the same time trying to teach their own little tots not to des~ pise them. but punish their own if they copy the revolting habits their playmates have picked up Yours truly. Mary N. Northway 42 Glem Elm Ave., Tqronto, Ont. Mother of sii. by Cicely Thomson Now that we are to have a public meeting to consi- der the pros and cons of developing a park in the mill pond area, I sincerely hope that apathy will not keep away people who feel that such an area would not only be nice to have but be an asset to the town. v0. 9 U0 111v» nu uu-u uuv wy n... “NV-.. v- I was interested. to note the Professor Hines of Washington, speaking last week at a workshop confer- ence on social group work in Toronto, said that apathy and segmentation were the reason for a great many pub- lic projects not reaching fulfillment. Apathy, he said, stemmed from the failure of past projects to be real- ized and segmentation from the feeling of one group that unless it dominated another group it would not survive. Speaking of park development he said that the mere creation of park land was not enough . . . that the presence of lawn and flowers and trees did not make a park worthwhile to the community, it was the social uses to which that park could be put that gave it mean- ing . . . the children who would run and play there, the people who take their picnic lunches there in warm spring days . . . Certainly the time seems very favorable for us to consider the creation of a park in the mill pond area . . where the acreage for the present development is not. too large, but where there is considerable land to the north that can be reserved for the future. The conser- vation authority have presented a detailed plan for the area whereby the authority would undertake half the cost and Richmond Hill would have to find a similar amount, equivalent to the cost of one six room bungalow. While this in itself, $15,000, is not inconsiderable from the taxpayers’ point of view, a little more than a dollar each, the gain in intangible values is far higher than usually stem from such expenditure. ,How well I remember Helen Arthur speaking on Red Cross work in Korea, commenting on how important the Koreans felt it was that the little‘dirty starving children should be) made to smile even before their rags and filth were re moved from them. At first this was incomprehensible to the American workers who understandably were concerned primarily_with the body‘s welfdre amidst the horrors of privation and disease that were rampant in the aftermath of war. But the Korean, who if he had his choice of two meals a day, or one meal a day and laughter, would take the latter because that feeds his spirit, feels that to put the smile on the child’s face comes before the hard scrubbing. Which sounds a long way from our mill pond park . . . but it isn’t in thought, because such a park is com- parable to a smile on the town’s face for every citizen to respond to. I go along with Councillor Joseph Pater- son who said in a council meeting this month-“I thinlg Dun "nu Nun“ “u u. vvmu _.7 ,9 , we should be doing the town a great injustice if we did not avail ourselvess of this opportunity.” ‘ This opportunity, truly, will demand sacrifice on the part of a few, six property owners on the east side of the road would have to give up 7 5 feet of their land. but perhaps they will think of the many whose locations are not so fortunate, and take pleasure in the sacrifice. Indeed some of the lots in the vicinity, while having good frontage, lack depth and therefore playing space for children. The creation of park land to the south of the pond for one thing would give Pleasantville a sum- mer playground area for their youngsters. On the other hand some of us regard the tangle of wild shrubs and trees as a haven for birds . . . but I do not feel that the conservation authority will spoil the area for the interesting and beneficial little feather- ed creatures. The town has now grown to such a size that to try to keep that area for a wilderness would be depriving too many people of the delights that a care- fully planned park can give us all. As in “Salad Days" where the young couple reluctantly faced growing up, we must remind each other “we mustn’t look back". At any rate council has shown great foresight in their enthusiastic approach to the project, and in our way we will be able to class ourselves with Vancouver and its magnificent Stanley Park. (However did it sur~ vive as a park through Vancouver’s early boom days? . . . now Vancouverites are too proud of it to dream of spoiling it.) We will join Victoria with its beautful Beacon Hill Park, and Stratford whose forethought re- garding the area on either side of the Avon turned their town from just another little industrial town in Ontario into a fit setting for the exciting Shakespearian Fes. tival. . Of course the public opinion expressed at the meet- ing on October 8 will have to be favorable and .back up our council’s feelings on the subject in order that we may be the benefators to our children and grandchildren that the men of the turn of the century were to the cities I have mentioned. I for one hope that the groups and individuals who go to that meeting will en. dorse the councillors’ feeling unqualifiedly . . A. we do have a beauty spot now, and it can be a beauty spot that will uplift the hearts of thousands in our generation and younger ones, if we can see the potentialities, not from our own point of View who have enjoyed the seren- ity of the acres of water and wish them unchanged. but, ' can envision what will happen to this water and the acres around it if we turn down the conservation pro- posal and leave the land to its own devices. Let’s not be apathetic. because’ of shameful neglect? Is it any wonder they want to move? The trouble is, the newcomers will not remain long in such an‘ environment. and this will go on until someone indifferent or the same, moves in to stay, In this way slums ‘are born. It takes time but it happens. Perhaps I am un- reasonable. but it seems to me it a man wants to turn his home in- to a building, for the strict pur- pose of making money. he should at least pay a business tax. There is a remedy for this of course but it means the ratepayers would have to insist that the by- law either be enforced or else that homeowners wishing to rent to families with children, be tax- ed in proportion, which would make it no longer profitable. The sooner something is done the better for I should hate to move from . . . . My brick bu With the me I should not me it’s Sure it's mine while I pay the interest. Oh there isn't a rug on the floor. And the furniture, ugh! we de- plore, But the fresh air, oh gee! Thank the Lord that it's free. ’11 my brick bungalow in the North. With apologies to the author of “My Little Grey Home in the West Over Jig/[Z Om iZBa/e SELL, BUY. BARTER THROUGH LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS l‘HONE TU. 4-1105 Yours truly, One Alarmed Ratepayer bungalow mortgage. repine‘ mine while in t etc., for is to me it 5 home in- strlct pur- , he shou)d tax. 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