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Guest Editorialâ€" A hospital has become an accepted part of our society. and no citizen can feel comfortable with the shortage of hospital beds in this district. No com- munity such as ours is complete withâ€" out adequate hospital facilities. At present a large percentage of our people needing hospital care must go outside the County to Toronto Hos- pitals. These outside institutions are over-crowded and have not facilities to take care of their own people. The re- sult is that» people in our district need- ing hospital care have to go on a long waiting list, and must wait three or four months for a hospital bed. It’s all very well to line un for a ticket to a movie house or a ball game, but it's just not satisfactory to be for- ced to line up for «a hospital bed. Sick- ness i no respecter of persons, and sometimes strikes with startling sud- denness. xDelay often may be danger- ous, costly and sometimes fatal. Unfortunately we have only one small hospital located at Newmarket with 113 beds. This is only a quarter of the minimum requirement for our population. _A _ _ York County is a rich and pros- perous county. It boasts fertile agri- cultural lands and well equipped and prosperous farms. It has many fine towns and villages with considerable industry and many thriving commer- cial enterprises. York’s population is well over 100,000 and citizens here en- joy a standard of living second to none in the whole world. York County boasts many valuable assets. We have fine well equipped schools, many beautiful churches, splendid parks and recreational facili- ties, modern homes, and in fact almost everything that goes with a good life in this land of plenty and prosperity. The perennial question of a rail- Way commuter service for the fringe areas has once again been raised. Tor- onto Township Councilhas asked its development committee to study a re- quest for commuter service submitted to council by Malton Councillor Frank McKechnie. Mr. McKechnie told coun- cil if a commuter service was available people who now drive to work in Tor- onto would leave their cars at home. For some time now people through- out the fringe areas have been calling on the government owned C.N.R. and the privately owned C.P.R. to provide a commuter service similar to those available in many parts of the United States. Repeated representations have been made to government and railway ofiicials asking for the inauguration of such a service. So far these pleas have fallen on deaf ears. An advanced system of public transportation is the only real answer to the paralyzing rush of cars that hit In pioneer days almost every ac- tivity was an occasion for a bee. The logging bee was the most typical of pioneer co-operation. All the settlers living Within a radius of fifteen miles brought oxen and implements to assist in the enormous task of clearing the virgin land. After the logs were haul- ed away and burned, the stumps had to be removed from the land. This qalled for a “stumping bee”. SQme of (By Elizabeth Kelson) Pioneer Village in the Black Creek Conservation Area has made me cons- cious of pioneer life. One of the most notable characteristics of pioneer times was the spirit of co-operation. Differ- ences in opinions, religion and politics disappeared when trouble loomed on the horizon. In case of fire, neighbors would offer time and money to repair damage (which they could scarcely afâ€" ford in those days); in sickness. har- vests were rescued by a band of con- cerned farmers and their wives left their own households to render the nec- essary aid. It was co-operation that really made pioneer life bearable. Roads were built by the subscription and labour of those who lived in the district; settlers took turns in getting mail and supplies for each other; but the most remark- able effort at co-operation was the “bee” or gathering of neighbors to help with the farm work. All bees provided enâ€" tertainment and fellowship as well as hard work. Besides large quantities of food and drink, it was customary to provide a dance as the main amusement. York County's THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, August 25, 1960 Railway Commuter Service The need for more hospital beds in Subscription Rate $3.50 per year; to United States $4.50; 10c single (:1 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association .1. E. SMITH, Editor and Publisher MONA ROBERTSON. Associate Editor “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Pioneer Days At present there are two ways to get the hospital beds we need. We can pass the hat in a fund raising drive, or have the money raised by debentures and paid by ailevy over the whole county. We regard hospital accommodation as a necessity which should be provided for by public levy the same as educa- tion, police protection, or public high- ways. Citizens of York County are face to face with a crisis as far as hospital acccommodation is concerned. We have- n’t much time to make up our minds as what we are going to do about it. Un- due delay may mean that many will suffer and some may die because of the lack of hospital accommodation. However, it is a crisis which must be faced. There is litth to be accomplish- ed by suggesting that hospital construc- titm should be financed by sweepstakes. Desrable though this might be the sim- ple fact is that it is not permitted by law in Canada. Neither does it do much to provide hospital beds to suggest that the federal and provincial governments should shoulder a larger share of the capital costs. A recent report by the two existing Hospital Boards recommended a sub- stantial addition to the hospital at Newmarket and the construction of a new hospital at Richmond Hill. The amount of local financing required is in the neighbourhood of six million dol- lars. This is a large sum, and municipal reperesentatives are hesitant to assume such a substantial obligation in the face of already increasing tax levies. our large urban centres each working day. Clogged arteries and limited park- ing facilities are the bane of every motorist. Public transportation can take different forms. Bus and subway systems are the more common forms; York County is urgent, and should have the serious concern and attention of all our citizens. It is the responsibility of everyone but is a special problem for elected representatives. The majority of the municipalities adjacent to Metro are served by rail lines which could easily be converted to a commuter service. A metro Wide service of this kind would aid tremend- ously in cutting down on the traffic problems facing authorities today. It would also eliminate traffic snarls dur- ing the rush hours and soothe frayed nerves. Senior and Metro government of- ficials should confer with the railroads in an endeavour to find some solution to the problem. There are obstacles fac- ing the inauguration of such a service but surely with determination and fore- sight such a badly needed service can become a reality. the stumps were chopped out and oth- ers dragged out by oxen, and many were burned out. The few remaining stump fences in Canada are a reminder of the old time stumping bee. The raising bee is one that has survived to present times. Grist mills, saw mills, houses, churches, stores and barns were raised by the united efforts of the inhabitants. There were numerous other occas- ions when the'settlers assembled from far and near to help with the farm work . . . and at the same time to enjoy themselves. They were hauling bees, ploughing bees; bees at hay-cutting and harvest time; bees to build stone or rail fences. Butchering day was a busy time, when several pigs and some cattle were dressed in one day. Among the women, there were paring bees, preserving bees. quilting bees and spinning and weaving bees. Dried corn and pumpkin were important sources of pioneer food . . . so the corn husking bee and the pumpkin bee were favorites with young and old. In addition to the bees which had work as their main purpose, there were “house warmings”, spelling bees, maple sugar eating bees and other oc- casions when no work was done. Except among families who disapproved of dan- cing and music, the invariable end of every bee was a dance in the house or the barn. In the pioneer period, the bee lightâ€" ened the burdens of severe and unre- mitting toil, of privations and hardships by providing socialitv and diversion that was as necessary to the life of the people as the work accomplished. ; 10c single copy in the Christian Science Monito} after a study of Russian educa- tion. Why? Because there soon will be no more peasants in the U.S.S.R. Khrushchev‘s successors will be highly trained. thoroughly indoc- trinated Communists. such as the mass directed educational system in that country is turning out today Moscow Education Centre Moscow is the centre of an educational network which reach- es into every corner of the USSR. In that city alone some 400,000 students are in universi- ties and special education insti- tutes. Moscow University gradu- ates 40.0‘00 specialists from its forty colleges each year. In Len- ingrad sixty educational insti- tutes have more than 100,000 students. In every city, in fact, there are educational institutions for higher specialization. And these Russian schools are not fly-by-night‘ affairs but could be termed luxurious; study rooms are large, libraries are abundant- ly stocked, dormitory rooms are carpeted. and 96% of the stu- dents are fully sustained by state scholarships. Mr. White says the Russian universities are up with the best in the United States. He compared the Academy of Sci- ences to the Massachusetts Insti« tute of Technology, ,the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Califor- nia Institute of Technology, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute rolled into one. Here the sput- niks were developed. Before being accepted for higher education the Soviet boy or girl, of course, completes sec- ondary school. Then all must work for two years. They can choose the type of work they want to do â€" in the field, the factories, con- struction, distribution, produc- tion, engineering, etc. Following the compulsory work period a comprehensive selection examin- ation is taken to determine indi- vidual fitness and qualification for higher education. Some, of course, are weeded out and are given jobs. Others are sent to special training centres and be- come skilled technicians. The intellectuals go on to higher education. Communism’s Power Plants Nikita S. Khrushchev will prob- ably be the last peasant to achieve topmost leadership in the Soviet Unipn. gays Nate _White reporting Lenin maintained that through technical competence communism will win the world. Lack Here Being Told (Here in Ontario we’re hearing warning signals that the Universi- y of Toronto cannot accommodate all the high school graduates who are eligible (over 60% passing in Grade 13) who want to enroll there this year! Officials say that they cannot accommodate 13,000 studentsâ€"that just over 12,000 can be taken care of. Remember the war-time babies are not quite ready for university either but will be in the next few years. (What then?) Within the life of the Christ- ian Church there are a great number of forms used in our wor- ship services. We have every- thing from the ultra simplicity of the Quaker meeting house to the elaborate liturgy of the R0- man Catholic or Greek Orthodox Churches. There seems to be no uniformity and no possibility of overcoming this problem. This naturally leads us to ask. "Is there any acceptable way to worship God, or is one man’s method just as good as the next?” Perhaps the story of Cain and Albel will provide us with some c ue. The writer of the Book of Hebrews in his great chapter on the heroes of the Faith (chapter II) tells us that “Abel offered unto God a more acceptable sac- rifice than Cain’s." What did Ab- el offer to God? He presented in sacrifice an animal which had been chosen from his flocks. The animal was killed and offered up upon an altar, being fully con- sumed by fire. It was a complete sacrifice, and in this act of wor- ship. Abel believed that God ful- ly atoned for his sin and accepted him as a just man. On the other hand, Cain, we are told, offered to God the fruit and vegetables he had produced on his land. But we read that these were unac- ceptable. Why? Because they did not speak adequately of his need to be reconcilled to God because of his sin. Cain offered the work of his own hands, instead of a heart full of faith. This then is the basis of true worship as far as the Bible is concerned. Our acts of devotion are only acceptable to God when they are permeated by a sense of our great need for forgiveness and cleansing, which can only be given to us by the mercy of God. We cannot win or earn God’s forgiveness. All we can do is accept it. God is pleased to accept us when there is a due regard for the serious nature of our Sin, and our willingness to be restor- ed to fellowship with Him. This is seen fully in the cross of Christ, there our Lord took sin seriously. and offered Himself as a sacrifice for the sin of all men. Those who come to God, not trusting in their own god works, as Cain did. but in Christ and His finished work, can be assured that they are accepted to God. “The power plants of World This is a fact that must be em- FACTS and FAI'I'I-I Acceptable Worship Christian Life Angi Action A weekly Comment On -â€" By Calvin 11. Chambers â€" Diced/dug [Jerdonal Russia’s Educated Masses (By Jane Fort Manning) Communism," Mr. White calls the universities. “The university student is the ‘elect’ class of the so-called Soviet classless society.” But it must‘ not be assumed that the education they receive is a course in how to propagate materialism only, no, they re- ceive a fine university education and are permitted to go into and develop any specialty they choose. After university graduation the Soviet citizen is expected to conâ€" tinually study and upgrade him- self. It is, said new ideas are respected as long as these “ideas can be turned into hard physical accomplishment.” The chief booby trap in the system, says Mr. White, appears to be many educated bosses. con- sidering the internal struggle for power which is in constant mo- tion. "Too many young Lenins may one day confront each other. “EDUCATED MASSES, WITH- OUT SPIRITUAL RESTRAINT; ARE A NEW THING IN THE WORLD. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF ANYTHING,” THE WRITER CONTENDS. HOW WE IN THE WEST MUST BECOME AWARE OF HIS DANGER, NOT ONLY FROM THE EAST BUT FROM WITHIN OURSELVES. How long has been battle for the spiritual concepts of truth and freedom. Are we lnculcating our young people with the burn- ing desire to maintain individual dignity, to allow an individual to develop spiritually without coer- cion, and to have government based on law and order. We do not want for ourselves, or our children, manipulation by the government, or anybody else, in the cause of material progress. . . . How they will resolve their personal ambitions, their deter- mination to control the world may be rocks on which they will wreck themselves.” At the same time we cannot dig our heels in and simply main- tain the status quo; we have a long way to go before we get a perfect educational system, if ever we reach such a goal. But, speaking personally, neither the state nor its educational system is the be-alll or end-all of exist- ence. And we must not fall into a trap of belittling the power of an educated populace. What if Canada had spent the $15.8 bil- lion she has poured into defense the past ten years on pure re- search and the continuing educa- ti n of he; adult population? Agult education? Yes, it is con- sidered the last frontier in edu- cation and this month and the first part of September six major international conferences are be- ing held on adult education, five of. these are to be in Canada. Albeit we are faced with a dynamic, brilliant people with a burning zeal to propagate and extend their way of life, and to those who have been deprived it especially holds out enticements The. communists expect to ac- complish their goals through edu- cation. phasized today. We have seen a great re-surgence in church at- tendance in recent years, partic- ularly in suburban areas. There is a tendancy to imagine that we are doing God a favour by atten-. ding Church and taking part in‘ the life of the Church. Our ser- vices are quite often judged suc- cessful if there is a good congre- gation and a well filled offering plate. Thus we reveal that we are like Cain. who trusted in his own efforts to please God in worship. But, God was only pleased with Abel, whose worship was offered up to God in faith. What God wants from us today is true worship based entirely on our trust in Him as one who forgives sin and cleanses the hu- man heart. If our trust in such a God compels us to seek Him in worship, through effort to please God. our coming to church is as valueless as Cain’s offerings. Sim- ple trust in God as the One who truly forgives the humble and penitent sinner is the first and most fundamental requirement of true worship. 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It always seems that somebody else wins at a “Lucky Draw," but let me tell you. it is a very pleasant sensation to be the winner. And more particularly when the prize is a Polaroid Land Camera. Good luck to you and to the sponsors - our local merchants, who do a grand job serving us all in Richmond Hill. Sincerely Bill Leishman 190 Centre Street West Firemen were called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. McRae, Garden Ave., on the morning of Friday, August 12th. Mrs. McRae was away at their summer cot- tage and Mr. McRae had left for work. Extensive damage was done to the kitchen but the exact cause of the fire has not been deter- mined. Socials Friends and neighbours of Deb- bie Harris, Garden Ave., are sor- ry to learn she has to spend a month in Branson Hospital un- der observation for rheumatic fever. Debbie would like to hear from any of her friends who could send her a card or maybe some comic books. etc. 'Callista Henderson of Garden’ Ave., has got started on this project by holding a dog show on Saturday morning. She charged 5c admission, pro- ceeds of which is being spent on comic books and cut-outs to send to Debbie. John Glassey and Eliz- abeth Henderson were the judges and apart from doing a very worthWhile job, everyone. young and old, had lots of fun. Mark-Vaun W. I. “:Dear mm guitar ” Fire Barbara Glassey has been vis- iting with her grandmother in Rockwood, Ont. for the past few days. - Mr. and Mrs. Elliott and fam- ily, No. 7 Highway returned home on Saturday, August 13, after spending a two-week vacation at Hermit Island, Maine U.S.A. The roll call will be a Table Centre from the home garden. Every member is asked to bring a friend and introduce her. This meeting is to be a Social and Contest Evening commencing with the Annual Roll Call of the Tables Centres. There will also be an Essay Contest, subject be- ing “My Summer Activities." This should prove to be a very enjoyable evening. Ladies are reminded to bring their dressed dolls to this meeting. The first meeting of the fall season for the Mark-Vaun W.!'. will be held on Thursday, Sep- tember lst at the home of Mrs. Page, Garden Ave._ Mildred Maclaren, have or- ected a barricade on part of Lot No. 8, Plan 3267, Rich- mond Hill, at the westerly limits of Highland Lane for the period of August 24, 1960, to August 26, 1960. . All persons are hereby ad- vised that the land beyond the said barricade is private property. TAKE NOTICE that I, 22 INDUSTRIAL ROAD RICHMOND HILL CUT THAT RAGWEED MILDRED MACLAREN, LANGSTAFF Correspondent: Mrs. B. Lepkey Phone AVenue 5-3489 Richmond Hill merry pollen Owner Phone ‘l‘Urner 4-1212 n; Rlcbnwun THE SHOW FOR THE . 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