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The joint report of two Hospital Boards presented to York County Coun- cil was most graciously received and County Council members have shown commendable interest and concern ab- out the Hospital problem. Concensus of comments indicated agreement that the report was clear and concise and based on the best information available after Most of our citizens now contribute to Hospital Insurance and therefore are paying for hospital maintenance. It's just plain common sense that we might just as well have the Hospital accommo- dation within our own County boundar- ies and within reasonable reach of our peoplf: an exhaustive survey by recognized au- thorities. The report is a lengthy one which merits careful study by Council mem- bers and citizens generally, and County Council wisely postponed a decision to allow for such study and consideration. The number one problem in provid- ing the people of York County with hos- pitalization is the cost of building and equipping the necessary Hospitals. In Ireland this need is taken care of by the operation of the Irish Sweepstakes. In some countries Hospitals are built from the proceeds of lotteries. In some provinces there is a'special sales tax, in others a tax on meals. We must be realistic and face up to the fact that none of the foregoing methods are av- ailable to the people of York County. because such methods are not permitted by theilayvs of our land. We have two alternatives, 3 can- vass for funds or the plan suggested by the joint committee that the funds nec- essary in addition to the government grants, be debentured and paid for over a period of years by a special tax levy War the whole County. Richmond Hill Town Council, at a recent meeting, decided that the Munici- pal Building would be flood-lighted per. manently, rather than just at Christ- mas. Action was taken as a result of a suggestion made to the Hydro Commis- sion by members of the Yonge Street Business and professional Association, which has a committee working on im- proved lighting and decorations for the down-town area. Decision of Council'was a wise and constructive one. Cost of maintaining permanent flood-lighting is next to no- thing. The results are far-reaching. The town has a particularly good-look- ing “Head Office”, worthy of a bit of extra display. The new lighting will help to make Richmond Hill even more attractive to the tens of thousands who pass through it at night. The move is in keeping with the steady growth of the toWn. Yonge Street business men, in re- cent weeks, have 'shown a distinct awareness of the value of lighting' their premises. Undoubtedly lighting pays With seventeen months operation behind it, the Ontario Hospital Insur- ance plan has demonstrated that the cost of hospital care can be met with- out families financial chaos or hospitals showing large operating deficits. Every month since it started, the plan has paid more than 80,000 hospital bills totalling over $13 million a month. The introduction of the hospital insurance plan by the Ontario Hospital Services Commission on January 1, 1959, was one of the most important government measures taken by this province in many years. Through it, over 93 per cent of our residents are no longer fearful of what an enforced stay in hospital will cost. Also there is the fact that the Commission. composed of experts in the hospital field, doctors, and laymen, is conducting the most in- The happiest man in the world is the common everyday chap who has a. little money as he goes along, but does not strive to get a corner on the local out-put, and is a slave neither to am- bition nor society. He loves his God and his fellowman; thinks “there is no place like home”, the haven of rest; prefers the company of his family to The need for Hospifial accommodation York Coimiy Hosm Ial Plan THE LIBERAL. Richmond Hill, Ontariq, Thursday, June 9, 1960 An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 _Lâ€"/ Subscription Rate $3.50 per year: to United States $4.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadign Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Editor and Publisher MONA ROBERTSON. Associate Editor “Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa” lighis Pay Dividends I-Iosp‘ii'al insurance The Happiest Man WWW!" in York County is urgent and if we are going to have hospital care when need- ed, we must decide which method of raising the money is preferable. n.‘ We think the great majority of the people of York County agree with the Hospital Committee that the only fair method is to raise the money for Hos- pital needs by a tax levy. ,IHLA _A_L Through the years We have become pretty accustomed to credit buying where it concerns motor cars, washing machines, T.V., and many other_of the necessities and luxuries of everyâ€"day livo ing. If the County decides to issue de- bentures for new Hospital beds we are simnly buying our hospital care on cred- it. We could decide to wait until we had saved up six million dollars and then build the necessary hospitals, but it would be at the expense of a lot of in- convenience and suffering. rAV... -.,.-..,. Wu The commlttee refiort points out that a nine million dollar bgildjng proâ€" gram is needed now to provide the peop- le of the County with required Hospital accommodation. Of this amount approx- imately one third will be paid by grants from the provincial and federal govern- ments. This is a problem not only for mun- icipal representatives and County Coun- cil. It is a real problem for all people of the County, and we believe that after a serious and thoughtful consideration of the whole matter they wiil agree with the Hospital Committee report. We must face up now to the fact that we must pay for Hospital accommodation. The only alternative is to find a way to stop all sickness and injuries from acci- dents. Remember in the next twelve months one family in three will require some kind of Hospital care. If something isn’t done soon. the needed care just will not be available. dividends, not only through its attrac- tiveness to the night Window-shopper who can ‘be tempted back during day- light business hours. but also in ‘selling’ Richmond Hill as a whole to the thous- ands who travel up and down “Ontario’s Main Street” â€" No. 11 Highway. High on its hilltop, the town enjoys a. com- manding position. Its setting is such that night lighting has a value far be- yond the average. While speaking of lights, it’s per- haps only proper to mention one public building which certainly does not fall into the class which earns dividends through additional lighting but which, through making use of it, is playing a part in making night-time Richmond Hill more alive and interesting. For some time now. St. Mary’s Anglican Church has provided a bright spot during even- ing hours, with its Yonge Street asnect and spire effectively illuminated. Those resnonsible have set an example which might, in the interests of the commun- itv as a whole, well be followed by others. tensive research into Ontario’s real hos- pital needs and at the same time guid- ing the most active program of hospital construction this province has ever ex- perienced. The insurance plan is not a welfare program. As with other insurance we carry â€"- life, fire, automobile, etc. -- we must personally assume certain res- ponsibilities to keep insured. These en- tail such things as prompt payment of premiums, taking the proper action when entering or leaving an insured group, and making sure that our children are registered on their own within 30 days after they reach age 19. Hospital Insurance has proven ‘a great benefit to the people of Ontario, but we still face the problem of making sure that Hospital beds are available when needed. that of anyone else; never has to sit up nights to poultice his conscience; believes in the doctrine of “live and let live”, and. when he encounters one of the needy, he does not stutter with his pocketbook. The plain man is happy to be satisfied and does not spend the rest of his life wishing for things four sizes too large for him. I wish to express appeciation to our Town Council for their public service in positions of great responsibility. I want to make a suggestion for a different set up for the pay- ment of taxes from last year. In- stalments are alright. but there is no encouragement for payment only as instalments become due. TAX PAYMENTS Dear Mr. Editor:- Why not give the taxpayer a break and allow a liberal dis- count on the whole amount_pay- able. I think a great many could and would take advantage thus relieving the town of large in- terest charges. Some tomâ€"ms and townships al- lowed 3 per cent on above basis David Miller is a very special person who enjoys being just one of the gang. ' David has a rare blood disease called haemophilia which pre- vents regular school attendance, for the bumps and bruises in a day's activities by most ten year old boys cause David to bleed easily, and his blood- does not clot at a normal rate. Just a month ago he returned to his home on Glen Cameron Ave. in Markham Township after six weeks in the Hospital for Sick Children where he underwent numerous blood transfusions after he hurt his knee. The knee is still in a cast down to his ankle to keep him from moving the leg and starting up the bleeding However, such a stay in the hospital is a natural part of David’s life and he says he really enjoys his visits to the hospital. “We have lots of fun with six children in one room,” confides David who is an alert youngster, quick to respond to his surround- ings, “We make lots of‘ things.” His mother, Mts. A. Miller, proudly showed a well-woven, decorative basket David \had con~ structed recently. An elementary teacher on the hospital staff comes around to help the children, who are able, with their lessons. “There are two teachers.” said David. “One for girls and one for boys." Two Way Unit Vs. Visiting Teacher When David lived in North York township a visiting teacher came to instruct him three times a week for a short part of the day, and he was on his own in beween times. Being a special boy, yétkone who is able mentally and emo- tionally to stay with his own class if given the chance, the School Boar of T.S.A. No. 1, Markham town hip decided he should have that chance. In February on the recom- mendation of Supervising Princi- pal E. J. Sand the board of trusâ€" tees agreed to: install a Bell Tele- phone Homelnstruction Unit in his home and in the Grade 4 classroom he would normally at- tend. Today David sits on his bed, or when he is ready to discard his cast at his desk, and for all in- tents and purposes is part of the class’s daily routine Due to the bout in the hospital David had to wait six‘weeks to use his new outfit but early last month he started flicking the dial which put him in contact wit the rest of his classmates in Miss Evelyn Clark's room at Hender- son Ave. Publc School. When he wants to ask Miss Clark a question, or she wants an answer from him, he does so by again flipping the controls to “out.” At recess David takes his own time out “from the grind” but is ready for the class to start when the bell rings. In general he' follows along with the class work, reading, spelling. social studies, arith- “Making Restitution” Quite often the Gospel of un- limited forgiveness has been criticized for making salvation cheap and easy. It is .ar'gued that if all a person must.do is repent of his sins and believe in Christ, that this opens the door to ace and easy living. When we look into the New Testament, we discover that Christian forgiveness is not cheap and easy. There is not the slight- est suggestion that a person may continue to sin wilftu and then presume upon the grace and goodness of God to wipe out his sin. True committment to Christ always results in a changed life. with a new desire to do the will of God. Being reconciled to God means that we must also make restitution, where possible, to those we have wronged. This fact is clearly seen in Paul’s wonderful intimate letter to Philemon. This wealthy Philip- pian Christian had a slave who ran away from him to the great city of Rome. Onesimus, the slave, had probably stolen from his master and thus was guilty of an unpardonalfle prime as far as the Roman Empire in those days was concerned. But, in Rome, this run-away SlaVe came under the influence of the Apos- tle Paul. Through the preaching of the Gospel, he had come to Christ and had found forgiveness of his sin. But this was not the end of the matter. Paul knew that Onesimus had a responsibil- ity to his master, and so he en- couraged him to return. This was an exceedinly hard thing to do, but Paul aided Onesimus by writ. in: this letter. explaining the -- Qpealzing [Jerdonallg â€" HOME INSTRUCTION UNIT PROVES VALUABLE (By Jane Fort Manning) ‘ FACTS and FAI'I'I-l â€" By Calvin H. Chambers â€" A weekly Comment On _ Christian Life And Action “Dear Mr. Editor” last year with a good respoqse Tfiénking you'for theâ€"valuable space. -r,,, A 48th Year Taxpayer Note; Richmond Hill now gives a discount for pre-payment of taxes. One per cent discount on second instalment, and 2 per cent on the third when payment of the whole amount of the cur- rent year's taxes is made on or before June 20th. Editor. Dear Mr. Editor:- I was shocked to read in your last issue that our planners were holding up a large commercial development on Yonge Street on the pretext this property at metic, but so far he hasn’t done too much art work though his copy of a dinosaur was right up with the best I saw! For the few times he can’t join in completely with the class, Miss Clark has marked out special work he can do, ' But David is adept‘wlth hand- crafts and had a fine array of plastic airplanes he has construct- ed. He also enjoys reading and a well-filled bookcase stands near his bed. When asked what he liked best, David answered, “airplanes and horses.” ‘ Principal Alan Martindale, of Henderson School. who was also visiting David, then told him about the wonderful Shetland pony he and his nine brothers and sisters had owned as young- sters. The pony was also enjoyed by the boys and girls of‘ the neighborhood. Principal Martjndale asked Mrs. Miller which she felt was of the mast benefit to David, the visit- ing teacher or the instruction unit. Mrs. Miller told him that she felt‘her son would be able to keep up with his grade better with the Heme Instruction Unit, as he had the continuous pres- ence of a teacher and not just several times a week. Classmates Help ’ How does it affect a class of thirty-one Grade 4 and Sets to be joined suddenly by a class- mate who in reality is several blocks away? Each day now one of the chil- dren from his Grade 4 picks up Da’vid's workbook and at the same time.leaves another one which Miss Clark has already corrected, and in which she has also written any necessary instructions. According to Miss Clark the effect has been all to the good. Each child seems to sense that sudden or unnecessary noises can be startling. or even prevent one from hearing. over the air, and as a group the class is quieter and more well-behaved than be- fore the event of the unit. “All pull for David getting the right answers to questions I ask him, for they all "want to make up for any lost time.’ ‘said Miss Clark. “It has made them more considerate and thoughtful of others. I believé.” As always with children the first week was a bit unsettling, getting used to a new gadget, and various members didn’t miss any opportunity to try to make their individual presences felt to David. But now the unit is viewed more soberly, and there is a quiet pride in being in the class which has the Home Instruction Unit. There is a special thrill in being asked to visit a well-order- ed, busy classroom, and an extra special delight to know a bright, ambitious youngster, who hopes someday to be an engineer. is being helped to lay a good foun- dation of knowledge even though it requires some ingenuity on the part of the school trustees and staff to achieve. whole situation to Philemon. He makes it clear that Onesimus is now a brother in the Lord, and therefore related to Philemon in the spirit. He is to serve 'the Lord by serving Philemon’s household. His conversion to Christ has giv- en him a desire to put things right as far as his relationship to Philemon is concerned: Thus, we see that true conver- sion leads to restitution. When Jesus dined with the infamous publican, Zacheus, the impact of Christ’s love compelled this much hated man to say, “whatever I have taken falsely, I shall return four fold.” When the woman, tak- en in adultery, found that no one took up stones to kill her, Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn thee. Go and sin no more." Where-ever the free grace of God’s forgiveness has been ac- cepted, it has always led men to make amends for the evil they have done. Men who have stolen have tried to give back yvhat they have taken. Young people who have cheated in school have con- fessed their sin to their teach- ers. People who have lied have confessed to the truth. people who have slandered others have sought their forgiveness. Salva- tion is not cheap and easy. It compels us by the inner compul- sion of Christ’s love to bridge the gulf which has separated us from others because of our sin, and thus robbed our own hearts of peace. A Christian can never know the fulness of God’s grace until he is wiléing to make a- mends for the» evil he has done. When this effort accompanies his repentance. t joy of forgive- ness flood! his soul. SHOULD ENCOURAGE BUILDING Yonge and Wright should be re- tained for some glorified city square. I understand this was the ad- vice of a planning consultant. If taxpayers are paying good money for this kind the advice I think it's just wasting good money which might better be spent fix- ing our roads. Planning is necessary and all to the good but let’s be realistic. Our continually mounting tax rate is a matter of real concern. As you so truly stated in a recent editorial the only answer is in- creased commercial and indus- trial assessment. I would like to see our public representatives give more atteno tion and show more concern for people interested in investing money here. Let's have planning. but please â€" no roadblocks in the path of commercial and in- dustrial growth. Dear Mr. Editor:- I am sure many of your read- ers recall the days when if we got a strapping at school we would get another‘when we got home. But times change. Today, the teacher who strikes a student is apt to feel the entire class rise up in puerile wrath. The par- ents, instead of administering an- other licking, are likely to com- plain to the school board that their sweet litle son was strap- ped. ‘ llvlvv‘w- ommendation made by York County assessor Ed. Jones, Au- rora’s equalized assessment re- commended is some $12,249,000 compared with Newmarket’s $12,015,622. This is 'the first time that Aurora has topped its neighbour in assessment on which the county levy will be based. The recommendations will lbe studied at the June sesslon of York County Cpuncll. The trend to avoid corporal punishment at all costs in all _cases has, we believe, gone too far.~ Not so many years ago the child psychologists were warning mothers (and fathers) that it was harmful to spank a baby. Mothers who tried to follow through on this advice became nervous wrecks. Eventually most mothers learned there is nothing so good for the soul (baby’s and mother’s) as a flat hand applied to the padded spot provided by nature: V In the life of a growing child, too, there are occasions when such therapy is demanded. Some little hellions will persist in taunting theii' elders until they get their share of corporal at- tention. EXPRESSES THANKS Dear Mr. 'Editor:- I I would like to thank all the wonderful people, who came to our aid when we had the fire. Especially the ladies for bringing tea, coffee, and things to eat, while working for the men and cofpany, who were helping to clean up the very dirty rubble left by the fire, also for trying to make a place for us to live again. A special thanks should be given to the girls and boys who helped too. One Lady was on the job very soon, hunting up things for us to wear. Many thanks, the lady will know who, we do thank her very much. Also all those who donated other things too,"inâ€" eluding money, which will be very gratefully acoepted, when things are straightened out with those who have this in hand. If I can help these very good peo- ple in any way. I will be only too pleased to do so. I am sorry I was tardy in putting this in “‘The Liberal,” but there has been so many things to do, and I had to goxa few times to the hospital Clinic, which took time and the time soon went by. Also a big thanks to The President of the Ratepayers Ass., for all the running about he has done. For such a new association they all really out shone themselves. We give a big thanks from the bot- tom of our hearts for all your wonderful help, without which, we would not have got very far. Yours truly, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Slingsby Roads In Elmwood Area Dear Mr. Editor: If the 'Town Engineer claims the roads in Beverley Acres are not constructed according to the basic plans of the town, the tax- payers in the Elmwood and Hard- ing Park area would like to know what the town has in mind for our roads. The town promised the taxpay- ers in this district properly drained ditches and hard surfac- ed roads upon completion of the sewer installations. Gentlemen This is the second summer that we have tolerated dusty and bumpy roads. It has however one blessing. Traffic on Elmwood would not dare exceed the speed of ten M.P.H. or the motorist would ruin his car. This includes Chrysler Products Mr. Mayor. If the town is accusing Mr. Bailey of not agreeing to his con- tract in regards to road standards they are living in a glass house and throwing ston_es._ _ People who used to cut the towns ditches with their power lawn mowers in order to make the street look more attractive, refuse to do so anymore because of the mud, stone and boulders movlng in from the roads. We are urged to get out and vote, get to know your candl- dates for public office. But one despairs when letters and phone calls to council members bring promises but no action. One council member promised faith- fully that all roads would be hard capped last October. But unfortunately winter came as us- ual and spoiled all the glans. . It is now June 9, so before win- ter sets in .again lets get on with the job or have council tell us why all these delays. AURORA â€" Accoyding to gec- " b‘iichégiéfe not properly drain- ed if 2 and 3 inches of water re- main after a rain storm. 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