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l The announcement that a Safety mm, uncil will be organized in Richmond " . ill should be good news for everyone. ometimes it is charged that in this Vodern age we are overburdened with ganizations, but one to promote safe- I, most certainly is one that will be elcomed. The yearly toll in life and property e to accidents is so enormous, that ‘1 organization aiming to reduce this filless loss is worthy of public sup- » Safety Councils are doing a com- : fendable work in other communities ' Q can do the same in Richmond Hill. .- _,1__-1 -ALHAIN “.01 u vou- “v .1... ~.._....- 7 .« organization of school patrols and education in our schools, homes, ~ - community at large is an activity is sure to pay dividends. ,viour governments are showing a ‘j ' endable increasing interest in the " of safety. but to be most suc- 11.50119 VJ- :- u u u - v , v--. A municipal council is on sound ground in licencing taxi-cabs. pool rooms and public eating places, but we suggest they should be very careful in extending licencing and municipal con- trol to all business. The council should remember too that licencing to be useful and effective entails more than a by-law and the col- lection of a licence fee. Licencing places a very definite responsibility on the per- son or business receiving a licence, and places another equally important respon- sibility on the body issuing the licence. ~ _ A 13““ “HUI-VA .VJ - ‘3’: We want no part of a police state Eire a man’s licence to do business and ‘ fa living for himself and his family Richmond Hill is a rapidly growing municipality, but it is doubtful if even our continually increasing stature as the largest town in York County neces- sitates municipal council action to lic- ence “m‘enageries, wax works, wild ani- mals, natural or artificial curiosities, freaks of nature, etc.” a a VA“__' DAUlou u.- v-n, ~-_ If the municipality passes a licen- cing by-law it should make sure it has the organization for adequate enforce- ment. Morover it should have a licencing body with semi-judicial standing and authority. - ‘- ALAL_ In opening the Road Safety Work- shop Conference last Wednesday at Toronto, Transport Minister Yaremko stated that fatalities in Ontario for the first seven months of this year have been cut by 2.6 per cent â€" and injuries are down by 2.3 per cent. - ~ 1 v "is" Eéiaeht", he concluded, “that the task of reducing the ifrequep- cy and severity of motor vehicle acci. dents is not a hopeless one.” And he predicted that with continued vigilance and an increase of safety efforts, “we can look forward to even greater re- ductions in the years that lie ahead.” Referring to the demerit system in Ontario, Allan G. MacNab, assistant deputy minister of transport, said it is hoped to institute a permanent driver's license number. thus enabling the De- An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 \â€"â€"â€"-J Subscription Rate $3.50 per year; to United States $4.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Publisher W. S. COOK. Managing Editor MONA ROBERTSON, Associate Editor “Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa” LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ont, Demeril Sysiem Proves IIs Worth licensing By-I-uw Safety Thursday, September 24, 1959 can be cancelled by the whim of any official. People have substantial invest- ments in business and if they are re- quired to have a licence from the mun- icipality which can be revoked at will, there must be adequate protection for our citizens with the right of appeal to an independent tribunal. While we have every confidence in the ability and fair- ness of the present members, we do not think as a matter of principle that lic- encing' power should be vested for all time with the municipal council. We suggest that council take a careful second look at the licencing by-law and reduce it to the necessities. We agree that where there is need there should be licencing regulations but we see no merit in cluttering up the local statutes with legislation just for the sake of saying we have a licencing‘ by- law like Metropolitan Toronto. 4â€"- . _..__- If Richmond Hill is to have a full. scale licencing by-law to control all bus- iness operations, then we should have a. Licence Commission to guarantee the rights of our citizens, and we should have machinery to enforce the provis- ions of the by-law. Otherwise we are only extracting extra money from busi- ness people under false pretenses. cessful any campaign must have the in- terest and co-operation of the great body of citizens. Anything to awaken this individual responsibility for public safety is to be commended, and we be- lieve a Safety Council can make 3. worth- while contribution to this end. There was ready assurance of sup- port and co-operation at the preliminary meeting held recently under the spon- sorship of the Junior Chamber of Com- merce, and Mayor K. W. Tomlin who presided gave prbmise of the support and assistance of the municipal admin- istration and officials. We trust all organizations and cit- izens generally, young and old will en- list in the safety army and give the new organization enthusiastic and active support. A Safety Council in Richmond Hill can do a useful job and we wish it every success. Remember, the life you save' may be your own. partment of Transport to keep a better check on offending motorists. England already has such a check system for a three-year period at least, since that is the time element in the issuing of driv- ers’ licenses over there. Biggest factor so far in the success of the demerit system is: statistics show a 25 per cent reduction in the number of prosecutions in the second quarter of this year as compared to 11 per cent in 1958. How many driving licenses have been suspended in the first four months’ operation of the demerit system in On. tario? Six. And here’s a bouquet for the fairer sex â€" NONE BELONGED T0 W0- See Richvale Ornamental Iron Works For Stair & Porch Rails, Grilles & Gratings, Fire Escapes Portable Welding & Repairs HAULED ANYWHERE} ANYTIME ‘ FRESH WATER Phone AV. 5-4421 Frank Evison ELGIN MILLS TU. 4-2728 ‘RCULATIO‘I‘ The practice of teaching re- ligious education in the schools of Ontario. has come under se-‘ vere attack from both religious and non-religious leaders. It has been clearly stated that any at- tempt to teach religion in the schools, denies the essential free- dom of man to choose what he will believe. The school room. it is argued, has been often used as a place where many clergyman seek to inculcate their ‘brand' of Christianity into the minds of young people unable to answ-r back. All of this is supposed to lead to frustration of the [real purpose _of education. u ...,_I While it will be freely admitted that religious education in the schools presents some thorny pro- blem, I believe that the good it} does, far outweighs any of the adverse criticism it may deserve. The purpose of religious educa-. tion as clearly defined by the} Department of Education, is to present the facts of the Hebrew-Christian faith as understood by the Protestant denominations within the Canadian Council of Churches. It is obvious to anyone who has taken the time to read the materials prepared by the Department of Religious Educa- tion, that they are neither sectar- ian nor one sided. The stories of the Bible are presented for the various ages in form easily under- stood and grasped by the pupil. The Bible is permitted to speak for itself. The child is given an insight into the basis of the Chris- tian Faith without being told he must believe. As for the matter of religious freedom, the pupil who does not want to remain in the class room during the religious education period is free to leave. Ministers everywhere witness to the fact that rarely do children leave, simply because they find the sub- ject of such engrossing interest. The protestant minister has en- ough common sense and apprecia- tion of ethics to keep him from making converts to his particular denomination. There is enough harmony and agreement among the denominations on the essen- tials of the Christian Faith to make it possible to present the message of the Bible without danger of proselytiging. ” "C.-- -â€" What are the alternatives? It has been suggested the Church school and home are the only places to teach religion. But what kind of effect does this have upon the minds of the young. If child- ren are educated in our schools as though God did not exist and the Christian Faith has nothing to do with the business of learning and living, what kind of an impression does it make upon them. If relig- ion is not taught in the schools as a regular weekly subject, some other provision at least should be made in the school hours, to give children and young people the opportunity to attend courses on religious education; .â€" 1,,4 ---_°.__- -â€" The contention of most Protest- ant ministers is that children should be given the opportunity to hear for themselves what the Church teaches concerning the important issues'of life. Religious education in the school on a voluntary basis provides children with the opportunity to hear what the Christian Faith is all about. The School can help to present the facts; the Church school can {eri'pret' those facts. Another Hero Of Richmond Heights (By Rev. Calvin Chambers) RELGIOUS EDUCATION BORN WESLEY GARFIELD BOTTRELL on a cold December day at Toronto in the year ??? the owner of Bottrell’s Hardware on Richmond Heights Plaza oper- ates a very modern store. He at- tended Borden Street Public School and Elliott Business Col- lege. dwar- During World War 1 he volun- teered for overseas duty with the R.C.H.A. of Kingston, Ontario and spent a total of four years abroad. Three and a half of these years saw him in the front line as a :ignalman. He suffered shell shock and mustard gas injuries. Mr. Wesley Garfield Bottrell has worked at the hardware busi- ness all his life since leaving school, covering all phases of the business, but mostly as a travel]- ing salesman. After 32 years calling on builders and contractors he decid- ed to settle down in a business of his own and wisely chose a rapid- ly growing town with a brilliant future-Richmond Hill. Mr. Bottrell comes of Welsh} and Irish stock and has been mar- ried 36 years. His wife Louise comes from Newfoundland and assists her husband in the man- agement of the store. Mr. Bottrell, a Canadian born is a fifth gener- ation native of this country. His hobbies include 5-pin bowling and the odd' game of_ golf. ._â€".,. The store on Richmond Heights Plaza is divided into sections con- taining Tools, Builders Hardware, Sports Goods, Plumbing 8: Drap- ery, Garden Tools, Brushes, Cleaning Supplies, Housewares and gifts et_c.‘ . . g 3,, ,p a“... ,___ _.e. Decorated in pastel shades of yellow, blues, green etc, it is most attractive while the display is modern and convenient. Displays are set out on the walls, on cen- tral shelves and fittings, with a floor lined in linoleum squares and the whole lighted by day- light lighting running the length of the fifty foot deep store. Mr. Bottrell and Louise have built up a rare reputation for old style but still popular friend- liness and courtesy to customers, and their genuine interest in their visitors' requirements and the trouble to which they are prepar- ed to go to satisify the customer whas won them many good friends. Facts and Faith Talked With Krushchev's Son- In-Law! Aunl " u-.. w--â€" 80 insensitive to threats and crises that scare headlines seem almost trite and meaningless. We scarcely trouble ourselves to read what follows. Like the oyster2 we have a way of accomodating ourselves to irritating elements in our environment. Fourteen years of atom bombs and ballistic missiles seem practically to have immunized us to the imminent dangers that threaten the human race with extinction. Paul Delmer OUR GENERATION SEEMS DOOMED to live with wars and rumors of wars. _In fapt,_we havg beggme Thus, even a warning from the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe goes almost unnoticed. Addressing 650 delegates from fourteen NATO nations at the Atlantic Congress recently,Gen- eral Lauris Norstad warned that the greatest danger to the peace of the world today is a war by error. The price of ag- gression has become so great, he said, that a deliberate decis- ion by any nation to provoke a major war is most improbable. The real danger is that a minor probing action here or there might get out of hand like a small fire in dry tinder during a high wind-as a result of miscalculation. There is also the possibility that the time may come when a meteor or some other innocent object reflected on a radar screen in the far north might be mistaken for an approaching ballistic missile with a hydrogen warhead. It is not impossible that this error might spark a chain reaction of fear with the desire for survival, and that someone somewhere might push the fatal button that would plunge the world into the abyss of nuclear war. Recently I read a book called “Faith and Freedom" by the British economist, Barbara Ward. "Surely no previous age has known the sense of foreboding that hangs over the modern world,“ she writes. “Men have walked through their own cities and seen in one night damage which the Goths and the Vandals could hardly have inflicted in fifty years. Ahead of them lies the risk of other and worse destructions, of atomic destruction which might blast the fertility of the soil and twist the biological forms of human life. And, short of complete physical catastrophe, another horror has been conjured up in the shape of social orders so inhuman that they seem better fitted to termites than to men and women.” ‘ I wonder what Barbara Ward thinks about Russia’s achieve- ment in reaching the moon with a rocket. The Hammer and Sickle now files up there -â€" the emblem of an atheist country has been the first to travel through outer space to land on another planet. Is this a portent? Once before in human history men strove to reach th heav- ens. The Bible tells us about it. “Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name . . ." And the Lord said, “. . . and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do." Gen. 11, Verses 4 to 6. 7 How true this is today too! The Soviets have made a name and now nothing will be restrained .to them, “which they have imagined to do". But did God permit the a'nciehts toycomplete their project? No, He did not! The Bible completes the picture with the words . . ’ "the Lord scattered them abrqed‘from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left- ofi'to build the city." (Verse 8.) Today the leaders of the. worlds find great protagonists meet and discuss how to 'prevent the war' and bloodshed and crisis which cast their shadows over the future. We must all hope they will have some measure of success ‘but in any case, God is still in control of earth and spgé‘e‘, flan will go only sbyflfa!‘ as He permits. ‘ ‘ i ‘ There is still much of néture‘lwhfch we cannot control. Mr. Krushchev himself spoke at léugth"'_on the subject of “climate” both natural and political.~ Hegadxlnltted that the weather was one thing he could not control, Tiltlxough‘ they have tried and do break up storm clouds to preservetcro‘ps from destruction. I was interested to note that besides his wife and some of his children, Mr. Krushchev is accompanied, by his son-in-law, Alexei Adjubey. I talked with Mr. Adjubfig‘fhrabout two hours one ev- ening while I was in Moscow '1'” chtober. He is editor of "Izvestia," after “Pravda', the mstkimportant and influential journal in the Soviet Union. Adjubey is' of average height, rather stocky in build with sandy hair â€"- rather like Mr. Sandys, the son-in-law of Sir Winston Churchill. Adjubey understands Eng- lish almost perfectly. But he can speak very little of the language. His foreign editor spoke perfect English ahd acted as interpreter. However. each time the interpreter began to translate my words to Adjubey, the latter would indicate that he had understood perfectly. But then the interpreter would have to translate Ad- jubey’s words to me with Alexei sometimes entering just a word or two in English. He was very frank in answering questions, very friendly and a charming host. He denied however that he had any personal influence with Krushchev â€" which I doubted then and doubt now. He is very often with his father-in-law, they vacation together on the Black Sea, and when the party returns to the USSR in the next few days, it will be Adjubey who will direct the entire national reportage of the Soviet party's American tour. ON THE LOCAL FRONT this week, I have to report that FRED WISE, owner of Town & Country Food Marketers on Markham Road is, still as busy as ever. The company continues to expand. During the Canadian National Exhibition where they were represented, orders for 200 freezers were collected. The wonderful three day “Dollar Days" organized by Rich- mond Heights Plaza was a huge success. The merchants wish to thank all concerned and the public in particular. Bigger and bet- ter “Dollar Days" for the future are now being planned. Patti-Lu and the new TV Centre, both on Yonge Street, en- joyed successful openings. Shelton-Mansell Motors at the open- ing of their new station in Richmond Hill came over big. And Allencourt Plaza is very definitely on the local map. Brought in on a wave of well-planned publicity and advertising. the Plaza merchants are fortunate to have the imaginative IGA Foodliner in their midst. This company told me, “We will be right there with the other merchants whenever there is any promotion or other interesting event". Make a point to see the Beauty Contest on the Plaza tomorrow night when the most beautiful entrant will be elected “Miss Allencourt, 1959". Her prize? Two hundred dol- lars cash! Richmond Hill TUrner 4-1312 24 Elizabeth St. N. Richmond Hill HERBERT R. BUTT Dependable Associated With Service Telephone 4 Wellington St. E. Toronto ‘Toronto I EMpire 2-3456 I Telephone - - TU. 4-1105 NW Telephone TUmer 4-1212 1 ll "' ' FREE PARKING REAR OF THEATRE liberal Classifieds BRING RESULTS Thurs., Fri., Sat, September 24, 25, 26 ‘ TWO MEN--...THE MEMORYOF ONE WOMAN ‘ on a mission that left no margin formercy! Show Times 7 and 9 pm. Continuous from 6 pm. 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