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Guest Editorial By Elizabeth Kelson The Bible has given us a saying . . . “A little child shall lead them.” In this day of turmoil and doubt where every occasion is an opportunity for intellec- tual argument, perhaps again . . . “A little child shall lead them” . - . a little mongoloid child. Mongoloid babies are lovely chidren and it is hard for any parent to realize that these children are not as “finished” as normal children. Physically, the mongoloid children vary a great deal. In some the condition is very pronounced, in others it is very slight. The most important thing to know is that they are physically weaker than other children and that they mustn’t be pushed in any way. Their babyhood and childhood is prolonged as long as possible so that their bodies are given every chance to develop and grow. The mongoloid children have great powers of imitation. and it is in this faculty that lie their greatest chance for progress and development and it is the responsibility of those who care for them to see that what they see and hear is worth imitating. The reason for this is because their imitative now- ers are such that they put everything they see into immediate action. The most important thing to re- member is that it is not the destiny or the nature of mongoloid children to be clever. Their real capacities lie in other directions. They have complete confidence in other people and are cer- tain of the fundamental goodness of all _ It is being run off on an 1835 vin- tage printing press which was used in preâ€"Confederation days. The press was donated to the Authority along with other printing equipment by Edwin W. Brown, notary public and printer, of Woodbridge, Ont.. for the establish- ment of an old-time printing shop in the P_i_oneer Village. The first issue of the "Pioneer Press” carries such dissimilar items as herbs and their use in cooking; incor- poraton of Holland Landing; an account of the Prince of Wales’ visit to New- market in 1860: a feature on the hard- ships of travelling by steerage from Called the “Pioneer Press", the four-page newspaper is being published by the Metropolitan Toronto & Region Conservation Authority at its Pioneer Village in northwest suburban Toronto. A novel newspaper which believes that old news is the best news is being published in Metro Toronto. 4 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, October 20, 1960 The occasion of Newqpaper Week seems an opportune time to pay our tribute to the faithful and efficient ser- vice rendered by our reporters and cor- respondents in the'many communities Newspaper Week 1960 finds “The Liberal” with a record high circulation and more than thirty thousand readers every week. Our circulation is all paid, and our circulation figures are backed by the independent audit of the nation’s recognized authority. A.B.C. (Audit Bureau of Circulation) membership and the regular audit of our circulation fig- ures give our advertisers the kind of guaranteed coverage which responsible buyers of advertising demand today. "The Liberal” is recognized as one of Canada’s leading weeklies, and adver- tisers who patronize its columns receive prestige coverage because their adver- tising message is carried into the homes every week and read by people who pay ’9 get the paper. During this long period “The Lib- eral" has been the Home Paper of this district, and recognition of public ap- proval is the constant growth of the paper which has kept page with the development of the town and district. The home newspaper plays an im- pOrtant role in the life of a commun- ity, and “The Liberal” ls proud of its record of service extending more than eighty-two years. This Is “Newspaper Week" and while the practice of setting aside cer- tain weeks for one kind of observance or another, may be somewhat over- done, there is widespread support for community tribute to the press. 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 Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH. Editor and Publisher W. S. COOKâ€"Managing Editor MONA ROBERTSON. Associate Editor “Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa” Old Time ‘ Newspaper Undersiandi’ng Mental Retardation Newspaper Week (EBB liberal " persons or things. Their gifts are enor- mous powers of inner warmth and sym- pathy which is often ignored because they are given no opportunity to culti- vate them. They have a capacity for utter forgiveness. They forget easily and thus they forgive easily. A Mongo- loid’s approach to life is essentially good and natural; for him there are no intel- lectual arguments to be thrashed out or cold calculations to be made. Instead he accepts what life has to offer him, instinctively knowing its tme value and acting accordingly. For us, this true and natural approach to life is extreme- ly difficult because we have become so hard and intellectual in outlook. The great tragedy of the lives of the mongol children lies in the fact that we (so- called normal human beings) fail to live up to their unquestioning belief in us. Can we learn love? Forgiveness? Acceptance‘of life? Observe the char- acter of the mongoloid children. Our Maker has given to these children an abundance of positive attributes. They offer them to us freely and without measure. Let us not reject what they have to offer or underrate the message that is sent by them. An artist’s sketch of one of “the splendid toll gates in use in the im- proved road system of ’T‘anada West serving the growing traffic needs of the area” is also carried in the news- paper. Chairman of the pioneer‘ printing committee resoonsible for the news- paper’s publication is Werden Leavens, of Bolton, who is editor of the Bolton Enterorise and also president of the The Annual Bazaar for Retarded Children will take place at the Thorn- haven School, corner of Centre Street East and Sussex, Rlchmond Hill. The time: Saturday, October 29, 1 p.111. to 10 Canadian Weekly Newspaper Aséoéié: tion. There is also an advertisement car- ried by the Toronto, Grey & Bruce Railway listing new schedules for the trip between Woodbridge and Toronto, and noting that “only two live fowl per passenger permitted”. England to Lower Canada in 1832; re- cipes for the making of such Pennsyl- vania German dishes as Shoo-Fly Pie, sauerbraten, fastnachts (yeast dough- nutsl and apple butter. That’s the reason for the growth and increased demand for the home weekly and that’s why advertising in the home weekly is rated tops by dis- criminating and successful advertisers. One writer has expressed the has- is of public interest in the weekly newspaper in these terms: “the average reader is lost without his home paper. He can learn about events in Laos, Vietnam, London, Moscow or Red China in any town he visits. but when it comes to keeping tabs on the girl next door, or the kid around the corner, there’s no substitute~ for the local paper”. At a time when people are very conscious of the need of industry it should be remembered the home paper is a. sizeable industry providing local employment. The home weekly recording all the local news has ‘become recognized as a semi-public and community institution, extending through its own community each week carrying the happenings within the area which find refreshing ‘iinterest in the hearts of its eager rea- ers. which make up this district. Many of our correspondents have served loyally over a period of many years, at the same time they have rendered a valu- able service to their respective communiâ€" ties in publicizing the activities of or- ganizations and recording community progress. Actually this constitutes an historical record of the development of many enterprising communities, one that is of great value. ncuu'nofls Some time ago town council talked of regulating licencing or prohibiting the practice of de- livering hand-bills to our doors. I favor free enterprise and would put nothing in the way of a man earning an honest dollar, but I do register objection to the mot- ley and suspicious individuals who from time to time tramp over my lawn and flower bed to throw some piece of so-called ad- vertising on my steps or lawn. Some people sure must have a lot of money to waste, if others treat such matters the same as I do. It goes. unread, into the gar- bage. I frankly am nervous about these men prowling on my prop. erty and trust some action may be taken to regulate their ac- tions. Every one should carry a well displayed license number so if there are complaints they can be identified. I am a newcomer to the district; and I want to tell you that 1 have, found your paper must helpful.i The news and information is most interesting and I want to tell you, that I consult its advertisingi columns for all my needs. Your; town impresses us as a good place ' to live, and a good place to deal: I have found the stores attrac- tive, the merchants more than obliging. and the prices just as attractive and sometimes better than in the city where we used to live. DISGUSTED WITH THROW-AWAYS Dear Mr. Editor:- of what citizens spend on the things they can purchase as in- dividuals, and what they spend on those that can only be pur- chased collectively. The former include expensive cars, superflu- ous electric gadgets. furs, Jew- ellery, alcohol etc. The latter in- clude sanitation, police protec- tion. water, road maintenance. li- braries etc. Citizens are _extrav~ agent to a large degree in pur- chasing the former but are ex- tremely parsimonious when buy- ing the latter. The price of cars, gasoline and alcohol etc. can be raised without protest, or with a shrug of the shoulders blaming inflation, but the taxpayers kick like steers if the mill rate is raised one cent. Consequently politicians and town officials have to use various devices to try and hold the taxline. In fact be- fore an election, many politicians promise lower taxes in an_ effort to be elected - this mind you dur- inr; periods of inflation when com mon sense exposes the tax reduc~ tion plank in the party platform as pure unadulterated baloney. Only one politician in our life- .‘time promised “blood, sweat and tears,” and it IS a grave pity that he has no disciples who are willing to talk "turkey" and call; a spade a spade. ‘ Let us stop the erroneous thinking that bad roads, insuf- ficient schools, poor sanitation and all the other things that'be- devil as are caused by govern- ment and municipal elected members, and place the blame on our own shoulders for being parsimonious in purchasing the things we have to do collectively. A realization of this simple fact will do much to improve our soc- iety, and perhaps may even re- sult in finding the money to pur- chase books for our public li- brary. I enjoyed your editorial point- ing out that council members are busy people. They’re not very busy when they take it on them- selves to refuse a licence for a LIKES HOME PAPER AND LOCAL STORES Dear Mr. Editor:- Dear Mr. Editor.- gas station on Yonge St. I don't live in the area and have no di- rect interest whatsoever but I don’t think council should con- cern themselves about the secur- ity of the investment. When a problem like this one arises the superficial thinkers lay the blame on the ree’ve and councillors, believing that they should go back to school and take a refresher course in simlpe ar- ithmetic, but the actual cause goes far deeper than juggling the annual budget. It can be traced to one of the grave inconsisten- cies of our society, the imbalance 71 “Dear Mr. Editor” . Two years ago I settled in Richmond Hill after living in the West and was agreeably sur- prued to find that you had the best library I have visited in towns of comparative size. This was the old library on Yonge Street and when I heard that a new library of modern construc- UOn was bang hunt and laMr saw its interior and used its fac- ilities, my opinion of the pro- gressiveness of Richmond Hill was opfinflsfic and enthuflasfic. You can imagine the let-down and dmappoinnnent engendered when I read in the Idberal at budget tune that no funds were available for new books. The in- congrufiy of the sfiuafion could be summed up by describing it as: “Richmond Hill builds new Inodern Hbrary but B too broke to buy books” Dea It wee at t key trac ! pou mer hart There is a town problem ex- isting which needs far more m~ alytical thinking and constructive ac'lon than it has received so far. This matter is the non-ex: istence of funds for our public library to purchase new books due to Council's action in not ap- propriating money for this pur- pose. Dear Mister Editor:â€" Price of Cars, Gasoline, Drinks, Jewellery Go Up In Price With Only a Shrug From Public But When The Taxes Rise Kick Like Steers - Tax Reduction Planks Unadulterated Baloney FREE ENTERPRISES Anxious Householder 467 Windhurrsrtr Gate. Yours truly, Henry C. Hall Richmond Hill, Ont: October 11th, 1960 Newcomer Ratepayer AURORA â€"- Mayor James Mur- ray has suggested that to keep up with the times and safeguard its autonomy, Aurora should seek t annex parts of King and Whit- church Townships. This would make Aurora two and a half miles square, tripling the town’s acreage to 4.000 from 1,400. Present population Is 7,000. Ten thousand citizens are seen as the population need. For far too long too many sub- jects of vital public interest have failed to capture public atten- tion. It’s good to see that one problem of urgent importance to the whole townâ€"and I repeat that word “whole” â€"- has gained not only active altention but also expressions of opinion. Let’s have more of them. That‘s democracy at work. Incidentally, the Letters to the Editor in your last issue re the suggested parking ban on Yonge Street made interesting reading, whether one agreed with all the opinions expressed by writers or not. The most heartening aspect of the situation was the fact that so many readers displayed active interest, both pro and con. Mat- ters of this sort, brought into the open, get a going-over which, more often than not, helps lead to a fair and workable solution. The best pro‘of of success is given by the fact that a similar event will be staged at the end of October. The event saw the down-town area, with its ‘acilities for han- dling every kind of service and merchandising, enjoying three of the best business days for many months The publicity which “The Liberal” gave, plus its well-read advertising, undoubtediy made a major contribution to that suc. cess. * Members of the Yonge Street Business and Professional Asso- ciation wish to express their thanks to “The Liberal" for the thorough coverage given to the recent Dollar Days project. key games and other similar at- tractions. The money that is poured into this kind of amuse- ment certainly doesn't look like hard times, but just try and raise money for some good cause at home. I was amazed to read that the budget for one of the Big Four Football clubs is more than $600,000. a year. This is big bus- iness, and while I have nothing against football or any good clean sport I think the big business of professionalism should have some concern for thoughtful citizens. Amateur Dear Mr. Editor: It Is puzzling to me to witness week after week capacity crowds fit the races, fqotb_all games, hoc- Dear Mr. Editor:- Dear Mr. Editor:- The C. B. C. is hard up for a program when they featured Red Russia's Khruschev on Close-up. Canadians pay hundreds of thous- ands of dollars In hard-earned taxes to support the C. B. C. and surely expect more than that the national network be turned over for propaganda to the desk- thumping Russian clown. Congratulations to our council on the fine new Markham Road. Let's make sure it doesn‘t turn Into a speedway for reckless mo- torists. We want good roads but we love our children. Dear Mr. Editorzo You get best mine for your advertising dollar by advertising in the HOME PAPER, the medium with PROVEN readership. That’s where many throw-away advertising cir- culars land, without being read. READERSHIP is the true yardstick to measure advertising value. MEMBER Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association MEMBER Audit Bureau of Circulation Don’t Throw Your Money in the Waste Paper Basket. ©NLY READERSHP . . . . mum's THE LIBERAL CRITICAL 0F C.B.C. PROGRAM All Paid Circulation fi'u L A‘ Phone TU. 4-1105 - AV. 5-3316 FOOTBALL IS BIG BUSINESS DOLLAR DAY SUCCESS GET OUT THE RADAR F. J. Picking, President, Yonge Street Business and Professional Assn. Home Paper of the District Since 1878 Canada First Worried Fourth: Let God deepen your faith. Sometimes the elderly per- son tends to feel alone and for- saken. He may even feel that God has forgotten and no longer cares. But this is not true. God is still vitally c.-ncerned about us, regardless of our age, He can still use us. What a vital prayer ministry many elderly folk carry on in later years. Unable to take as active at part in the life of the church as they once did, they bolster up the work of the church and the advance of Christ’s kingdom by their prayers. And let us remember that prayer is the most important and signifi- can work of the Christian. Nothâ€" ing is accomplished without it. And how useful a person can be in the service of Christ, if prayer is made a definite part of our daily activity. Our old folk have this privilege of being “prayer warriors” for the kingdom. Old age can be a time of joyous relaxation, especially if it is re- membered that Christ has given eternal life to all who believe, “and they shall never perish, no man can pluck them out of this hand.” Just as autumn has 3 won- derful beauty of color that fills the heart with praise. so old age can have a rich beauty. full of peace and tranquility if we are permitting God to let this time in life be what He can make it. Third Continue to do useful things. Sometimes this is not always possible if poor health has had its toll. But if there is a measure of well being, old age can be one of the most creative times in life. We need only think of such peonle as Winston Churchill, Grandma Moses, Mrs. Roosevelt and many others, who have still made a contribution to life in the sunset years of life. The great Christian John Wesley was still active in the ministry of Christ in his eighties. Second: Keep interested in Life. Some of r.he most interest- ing people I know are old folk whose concern for the whole of life has remained fresh and vi- brant. World affairs, people and places, church life, interest in young people and children, still play a real part in their lives. To keep young in spirit one must stay on the line of discovery. First: Accept the fact. There is nothing gained by running away from the fact that if we are spared to live, we shall all know old age. A noted British pyscholo- gist. Dr. J. A. Hadfield has this to say, “A woman of fifty years stays young if, when her children have grown up and left home. she advances to the next stage of her development and lets her inter; ests broaden out to include the whole community." Is there any- thing more pathetic than a woman who is obviously well on in life, still acting and dressing as though she were still in her gay twenties. Learning to face the fact that old age has many things to offer us which cannot be found in youth, should keep us from that hyprocrisy of trying to be something that we aren't. GROW OLD GRACEFULLY The problem of growing old is one which troubles many people. including youth. There is a cer- tain dread of facing the declining years. There is the almost uni- versal feeling that old age is a period of aimless futility, where nothing challenges. where nothing is of any interest. It is a known fact that for many old people it is a time of bitterness and tra- gedy. But the Bible and the message of Christianity has the key to handling the problems of old age. so that no one should fear or dread this time of life. For the Christian, old age can be one of healthy and heartening signifi- cance. But‘ if this is to be so, cer- tain things must be faced. A Weekly Comment 011 Christian Life and Action â€" By Calvin H. Chambers â€" Faith Facts and Phone TUrner 4-1212 HOPE LARGE \, a, STEPHEN BOYD -suzv PARKER MARTHA HYER-RIANE BAKER 'BRIAR RHERNE- ROBERT EVANS AOMRHA'FIEEK . JUANBRAWFRRR Mug.mm “AMANDA 7W Typewriters - Adding Machines SALES - SEEVICE - RENTALS ‘yom' office machine speciallst’ MLMW 6v“! Shir; MICHAEL mew . [MIYN WILLIAMS - CECIL PARKER . ALEXANIIER KIOXEM VIRGINIA McKENNA - Sc...” may by me mam . om.“ b, mm mm Mon., Tues., Wed. - October 24, 25, 26 88 Baker Ave.. Richmond Hill 9l44 YONGE ST. RICHVALE BAKER SALES 8. SERVICE Ltd. Bat-Sela by HAMMflNfl INNES Day or Evenings TU. 4-1745 ee portable models at ‘Wight’s Pharmacy’ L. H. 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