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Next week from April 24-30, we are asked to make a personal sacrifice, in tangible form, in order to help in this good cause. Mayor Ken Tomlin of Rich- mond Hill heartily endorses this “Help the Refugees” fund, and all donations sent to him will be channeled‘ to the right sources for Refugee Relief. But we, in Richmbnd Hill, can go one step further â€" and follow King City’s noble example of brotherliness. ' Did you knov_v that if a committee formed in Richmond Hill could raise just vide a house and furniture and assure the Refugee Committee that a job for the head of the refugee household was awaiting here â€"â€" the family of our town’s choice could come from the hor- ror of Camp Oerrel, in Germany, to this King City has taken the initiative in this area â€" and is making all ar- rangements to save a refugee family from a decaying West German camp, as their humane part in observing World Refugee Year. SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS, pro- In its annual highway safety booklet, The Travelers Insurance Com- panies pointed out that the “army of suffering humanity growa, more rapid- ly every year. It is made up of the in- jured and the dead, the heedless and the innocent, the young and the old. Since the automobile first appeared on the American scene. these ranks of the crippled and the dead have included more than 60,000,000 of us.” Most ac- cidents can be prevented by courtesy and common sense. Thus careful driv- ing can be considered a moral issue. The Luckless Legion is a silent, haunted army. We erect no monuments to it. No grim reminders mar the sleek of the roads and the highways which are its field of battle. V. A newspaper headline, perhaps, marks the induction of the latest recruit. Then silence. Sil- ent suffering. A lifetime of pain. Or the silent memories of those who mourn More than 2,800,000 Americans were drafted into the Luckless Legion of automobile casualties in 1959. Austerity. Week April 24-30 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario. Thursday, April 21, 1960 I959 I959 I958 I951 I956 1956 1955 I954 I954 I953 I953 I953 MANY MORE TO CHOOSE FROM. EVERY CAR IS A REAL GOOD ONE. WE DID NOT PUT THE PRICE IN BECAUSE WE ARE OPEN TO REASONABLE OFFERS. WE HAVE TO KEEP THESE USED CARS ROLLING BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING SO MANY IN ON NEW An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 "\â€"â€"/ 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, Editor and Publisher MONA ROBERTSON. Associate Editor ‘ “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” AND HERE IS A DANDY AND IT IS A HARD TO GET MODEL 1955 FORD Country 9 Pass. Station Wagon with the big Thunderbird motor, automatic transmis- sion and radio. There are only 36,000 genuine miles on this one. ‘ REMEMBER THERE IS NO HIGH PRESSURE SELLING AND NO GIMMICKS JUST PLAIN HONEST REPRESENTATION OF EVERY CAR NEW 0R USED. GIVE US A CHANCE TO PROVE THIS. THAT IS ALL WE ASK. SO DROP IN TO 5435 YONGE ST. BA. 5 - 7101 NORTH TOWNE Automobile The Home of Hillman, Sunbeam and Volvo Cars JUST NORTH OF THE NORTHTOWN SHOPPING CENTRE The luckless legion Hillman, Sunbeams and Volvo’s AUSTIN VAUXHALL CRESTA Radio FORD 4 DOO'I' Customline Automatic Radio STUDEBAKER SILVER HAWK PONTIAC Deluxe CONSUI. DODGE Hardtop Radio HILLMAN 4 Door FORD Customline PONTIAC, 2 To Choose From ‘ CHEVROLET 3T0 Choose From STUDEBAKER With' Overdrive Eb: lihcral ° ; Next week we ask you, and your children, before you help yourself to luxuries, such as candies, smokes or bottled beverages â€" stay your hand, and think for a moment of families who have lived for years in a former prison camp â€" with 18 wooden barracks hous- ing 323 persons . . . and of this num- ber, there are 35 little children under the age of 6 . . . and 65 children up to the age of 14. They have never known a normal home. Then there are the 13 refugees over 65 years of age, who can ni) longer work, of which 5 are crip- p es: And for every dollar contributed the West German Government has pro- mised some communities who are taking in refugees (Toronto is taking 98) to provide an additional $1.40. fair country of ours? The government will payithAeir fare; During the balance of 1960 the Luckless Legion will be meeting in our community . . . . on a stretch of high- way, in a hospital room, in the morgue. You alone will know when the meeting is near â€" in the temptation to beat down a little harder on the gas, to beat the darkness home, to test your reflexes when they are dulled by sleep or alco- hol, to jaywalk on crowded streets. to forget caution when weather and road conditions are bad. Won’t you help make Austerity Week a success â€" not only for those so unfortunate â€" but for your own spiri- tual uplift too During the rest of the year, and everytime you are behind the wheel of a car, remember that the Luckless Le- gion is looking for recruits. Don’t be one. Statistics, pledges, and slogans do not seem to change us. Something more is needed; the resurging conviction that driving is a moral issue. when the dead are laid to rest. More- over, in the rising curve of injuries lies the greatest waste of property and hu- man resources of a nation. Behind the line of a country’s efforts towards nat- ional progress, the Luckless Legion stands as a vast fifth column. This has been a busy week for trustees, teachers, and the public attending the centennial conven- tion of the Ontario Educational Association. What an exciting and eventful century for public ed- ucation it has been. Actually it. was 115 years ago that Dr. Egerton Ryerson was ap- pointed by the Legislature to~ es- tablish a free and universal school system in Ontario. To bring the time close to our minds I’d like to recall that it was in 1846 a hewed log schogl-house‘ 30’ by 30’. was built at Cary-ville in Vau- ghan township. The names of several teachers are mentioned in the memoirs of Jonathan Baker of Vaughan township. One who especially merits a touch oi immortality is a young man by the name of Neil McKinnon. He was a classmate of the prominent Vaughan pion- eer, and Mr. Baker records the efforts of young Neil to obtain an education in order to become a teacher. He rotated schools a- round Concord, Sherwood and Maplewhenever he heard of an itinerant schoolmaster in the neighborhood who was well ver- sed in grammar. But his school- ing, as everyone else’s of his time, was always irregular. A month here, three months there, and back to the haying ,or whatever urgent task of the season was at hand. To carry out the comparison, the predecessor of the Ontario Educational Association and the present Carrville school can claim the same birth year, 1860. York County Teacher; About 120 persons were said to have been present at that in- itial meeting in 1860. It seems almost a miracle to me that so many far seeing and enthusiastic teachers were able to get together at that time. Remember the home- steaders of Ontario had had lit- tle opportunity to get their child- ren educated, and consequently a poorly-educated populace had produced ill-prepared teachers. Often the teachers were hard put even to keep a few steps ahead of their pupils. There were of course a few private schools, and down in the southern end of the second con- cession of Vaughan the Pennsyl- vania Dutch had a German School in the 1830’s. A York County teacher, Robert Alexander of Newmarket, con- ceived the idea of a provincial teachers’ association after at- tending the New York State tea- chers' convention in 1860. It is due to his initiative that the Tea- chers’ Association of Canada West was formed in the next year. Later other allied groups. such as trustees, were taken in and the name Ontario Educational Ass’oc- iation was adopted in 1894. But when the log school house :was built at Carrville in 1846 it was Neil McKinnon who became its first teacher, and so he con- tinued for seven years. A Lovely Sight Can‘ you picture the rustic scene? The fresh log building in a setting of pines and cedars. How lovely it must have looked. And Typewriters - Ad‘din: Machine- SALES - SERVICE - RENTALS 'your office machine snecialist’ 88 Baker Ave.. Richmond Hill Specializing in Purebred Cattle, Farm Stock, Furniture and Implements We personally handle all sale bills and advertising. Phone Gormley 5311 Gormley, Ont. THEY CELEBRATE CENTENNIALS THIS YEAR (By Jane Fort Manning) Day or Evenings TU. 4-1745 See portable models at ‘Wight’: Pharmacy’ ALVIN S. FARMER DAYLIGHT SAVING Whereas the Town Council, by resolution has authorized me to issue a proclamation requesting the citizens to observe a period of Daylight Sav- ing for the current year, commencing at 2 o’clock am. on Sunday, April 24. To carry out this request of the Town Coun- cil it will be necessary that all clocks and watches be advanced one hour at 2 o’clock a.m. on Sunday, April 24. The Town Council most respectfully asks the hearty co-operation of all citizens in making a success of this movement for the public benefit. Proclaimed pursuant to the instructions of the Town Council. I. H SIMS APRIL 24”: Licensed Auctioneer for ‘ YORK AND ONTARIO COUNTIES 36 YEARS EXPERIENCE D/aea/zing RICHMOND HILL PROCLAMATION GOD SAVE THE QUEEN pendona/fy how inspiring it must have been to the pioneer souls to feel at last their children would have the opportunity to regularly learn reading, writing and arithmetic. Jonathan Baker has fortunately left us a heart-warming glimpse of the young people from five years to twenty-three years seat- ed on the wooden benches, some doing sums, others struggling with grammar. He tells us there was only one geography, and it belonged to the teacher, but he says, ‘fThey were nevertheless in geography all in one classyfrom the youngestAtq the oldest.” A list of scholars who attended school that winter of 1846 was left by Mr. Baker and you Will recognize many of the names as being carried by descendants who still live in Vaughan township, some even attend school at Carr- ville today. They were: Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, Martha, Jesse, Hugh and John Bennett; Mary, Isaac and Phoebe Baker; Eve, Jonathan and Peter Baker; Mar- garet, George, Jacob and: John Cober; David and Arthur Tenny- son. Mary, Jane, Hannah and Hen- ry Kirby; John and Michael Kurtz: Catharine, Elizabeth Ann and Julia Ann Frank, John, Velie Julia Ann Schoolcraft; Edward Braithwaite; James and Robert Kilfedder, Luke O’Brien, Daniel Reaman, Jacob Hilts, Elizabeth Hickly, Nicholas Reaman, William Burr, William Scholfield, William Cook, William and Edmund Sea- ger George and_Fanny Atkinson. There are not as many child- ren attending school as in former years. The section which once ex- tended from Yonge St. nearly to Keele St., and from Langstaff Road nearly to Maple sideroad had shrunk before the new school township wide area was formed last year, to west of Bathurst St. to Dufferin St. and from half way to Langstaff Road to just past Carrville Road on the north. And most of the land is farmland, and farm families are so much smaller these days. But the century old school is thriving and many hundreds of former students are encircling the date June 18th, 1960, to come back and pay homage to their Alma Mater. I believe that the original building was pdrtially burned. Anyway in 1860 a larger one-room school was erected. A portion of the first building was retained, however. The school in the last decade has been covered *with red insul-bric, but the old‘ bell rings in the belfry to call the children in to class. There is still a woods surrounding the school, and the pupils have to walk up a country road lined part of the way with a forest. Water is pump- ed into a bucket for drinkinglbut inside the school are modern desks, a hi-fi set, a very good li- brary, and individual textbooks aplenty for each child. Not As Many Children A little school perched on the edge of a great metropolis â€" in her,somehow one can fathom the spirit that has led man to’ sur- mount a multitude of vicissitudes to seek an education. All popular make: on hand Special Studentn’ Rates K. W. TOMLIN, Mayor. “Dear Mr. Editor” Dear Mr. Editor:- Duringour absence from the house on Wednesday, April 13. a fire started due to a defect in the furnace. I was notified in Belle- ville and, on arriving home after the firemen had left. found the house, especially the floors, in good condition in spite of fire- men going through opening win- dows to alleviate smoke damage. I also noticed a mop and broom 'were the only things out of place. A neighbour told me the Fire Chief asked for these and clean- ed up after the fire. For this act of courtesy, 131115 the prompt and thorough dowsing of the fire. I want to thank our firemen. and in particular, our Fire Chief, am. commend them tor their thoughtfulness and regard :oi property. ' " ' - l Also. our sincere thailks to our friends and neighbours. 'Joyce And Bruce Cottrell, .whose prompt action ‘averted a more serious ,fire. ’ Dear Mr. Editor:- As a recently arrived resident of this fine town I have been most impressed by the active community'life here. Such organ- izations as the Curtain Club, Na- turalists, Curling and Horticul- tural Society are of great benefit to all of us. However I have not been able to locate a Camera Club here, and as an enthusiastic amateur photographer I feel that such an organization might be valuable. Perhaps there may be others who would agree. ‘ We have read the Liberal for several years â€" and it fills a most valuable role in the com- munity. Dear Mr. Editor:- The advantage to the commun- ity of a University in the district is enormous. Thousands of hours are was?- ed in transportation not to men- tion the disastrous effect on the nervous system, whilst tra'velling to and from Toronto rpgularly. A Students from outlying vill- ages who cannot live away from home whilst studying will be able to take advantage of this higher education and goodness knOWS. in the state of this world today I hope you will see your way clear to fight to have auspicious York University here in our midst. We‘râ€"zéeamélil the available braih power which only our trained youth can give u_§_. Dear Mr. Editor "nun. M-.. . ‘May I, through the pages of “The Liberal,” express the deep appreciation of the Richmond Hill Public Library Board to all those who contributed their time and efforts in making the cele- bration of Canadian Library Week in Richmond Hill a notable occasion. Congratulations are in order for the other members of the 10- cal committee. Miss Edna Izzard, Mrs. H. Endean, Mr. D. H. Storms, and Mr. R. D. Little. Mayor Ken Tomlin, kindly con- sented to act as Honorary Chair- man for Richmond Hill and pro- claimed the observance of Li- brary Week to all in Richmond Hill. The Library Board is pleased and grateful for these public- spirited citizens of Richmond Hill who contributed to the suc- cess of Canadian Library Week. Fred C. Israel, Secretary, Richmond Hill Public Library Board We extend our appreciation to the Principals of the Richmond Hill Schools, the store managers, and the many others who accept- ed and displayed our advertising thmpughout _ th_e Town. _ We Would like to express our appreciation to Dr. Lillian C. Langstaff and her committee for their earnest activities. Dr. Lang- staff was the very capable Chair- man of the local committee. We would like to mention also the great public support that we re- ceived from Mr. Jack Smith of “The Liberal," and Mr. John Graham of Radio station CJRH. These gentleman were most gen- erous with their time and ser- vices in aiding in the promotion of Canadian Library Week. COIN OPERATED LAUNDRY ALLENCOURT CENTRE Markham 8. Bayview ' mmrmarmmmwmhi‘mfimm um? COIN OPERATED Wash 25: Dry IO: Ask: About Camera Club Appreciates Work of Firemen 456 South Paliser Cres., Richmond Hill, Ont. April 16. 1960 Supports University Expresses Thank: Yours sincerely. Isobel G. Cheltenham Doncrest Rd., Langstaff ‘ G. MacKenzie 305 Richmond St. Yours truly, A. T. Ross Adult Entertainment Please note Mon. to Thurs. last complete show 9.15 pm. Phone TUrner 4-1212 ‘ u v ' FREE PARKING REAR 0F THEATRE 4 DAYS STARTING MON., APRIL 25 TO THURS, APRIL 28 will be effective in. Vaughan Township J. MCDONALD PROCLAMATION 2*A.M. SUNDAY, APRIL 24 Friday, April 22, Matinee 2 pm. only JANET lEIGH “0M DIM ‘ 8mm Play by JOHN PATRICK and “THUR SHEEKMAN - Based on the lam by “HES JONES ' In W 1nd IETIOGOLOI ' Mud by VINCENTE MINNELH momma»... DORIS JACK ERNIE DAY ’ LEMMON ‘ KOVAGS mmFm-bouuqnnomum-Mnmwmummunâ€" Mummy-mun“ .mmmm.mmm DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME In accordance with a resolution of Council “SAFARI” Continuous Daily from 7 pm. (6 pm. on Saturdays) Saturday, Children’s Matinee 2 pm. TOWNSHIP OF VAUGHAN Friday, Saturday - April 22, 23 Clerk GOD SAVE THE QUE-EN mum-.111“ GUEST STARS JOHN PERRY Reeve