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During the week before Christmas in every County newspaper busy people found time to publish appeals for our cause. Little groups of people chose gifts. wrapped them with loving care and sent them on their way to comfort the sick, lone and confused. Our own Whit Cross Volunteers in York‘ County planned and attended fourteen parties. including one‘ held at the Aurora Boys Home; and sent Christmas parcels to; six other boarding homes in the county. Noione can really lonely the men-tally how they appreciate at Christmas. Again to all who helped us It Christmas, many thanks from May I beg space in your col- umn; to thank you and your staff and the many warmheart- ed people in York County for the wonderful effort and re- sponse to our Christmas gifts campaign for the mentally ill. CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR MENTALLY ILL Dear Mr. Editor: As this newspaper has already pointed out, it is only a question of time before one of the shots which reverberate through local municipaL ities finds a billet in a human beinq - esoecially with the standard of marksmanship being as low as it ap- pears to be from the mortality among the pheasants. Then there will be an uproar, with some innocent having paid the price of safety. And a ban will be imposed immediately. what. if anything, will be sacrificed if a ban is imposed, in the interests of safety of people at large. A sur- vey conducted by conservation offic- ers reveals that the average kill per hunter was .52 birds - approximately half a bird a man. It would be ex- ceedingly interesting to find out how many shells per bird -or should we say half-bird - were used by each hunter. Our guess is that the figure would be high. ' Threats that hunting may be prohibited in Vaughan and Markham Townships will undoubtedly bring objections from sportsmen - or those posing thereas. Figures recently reâ€" leased by the Department of Lands and Forests raise a question as to 2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, January 11, 1962 Some time ago this newspaper pointed out the unsatisfactory, and sometimes embarrassing, situations which developed in connection with local charitable appeals. Many of the town’s residents, working in To- ronto, were expected to contribute to United Appeal coffers at their place of employment. They were also expected to support worth-while calls for funds in their home town. In many cases, it was pointed out, they could not benefit either direct- ly or indirectly by contributions to metropolitan activities. Mayor James Haggart has re- cently drawn attention to the same situation. In general, he has stress- ed the identical points made by this paper. Who said what first doesn’t mat- ter. What does count is that an air- ing is being given to a somewhat dif- ficult problem. The mayor has de- clared that he is willing to call meet- ings of those interested, or take whatever steps may be necessary, to rectify the situation, if at all poss- ible. He has suggested what is, in effect-La local United Appeal. That may be a bitnolfrrién over- simplification of ‘a difficult problem. It might help considerably in pre- However, this whole question of Richmond Hill’s future status lo- cated as it is on the fringe of Metro also has very important political con- notations. The provincial govern- ment has the final say as to whether or not the borders of Metro will be allowed to extend north of Steeles Avenue. It was this same government that created the Metro form of gov- ernment in 1953 and they are the ones that must now decide its future status. The three southern munici- palities of Richmond Hill, Markham and Vaughan should band together and present a united front afrainst any suggestion by certain Metro leaders that the province push Met- ro’s boundaries northward. The whole In his recent address, Richmond Hill Planner Harold Deeks stressed the need for adequate planning if the municipality is to retain its identity and remain outside of Metro. In ad- dition to good planning, sound bUSi- ness management of our local affairs is an important must. Slipshod busi- ness methods will only invite inter- ference into our town affairs by some senior level of government. However. this whole question of Richmond Hill’s future status 10- :ated as it is on the fringe of Metro 1180 has very important political con- iotations. The provincial govern- nent has the final say as to whether )r not the borders of Metro will be illowed to extend north of Steeles ivenue. It was this same government hat created the Metro form of gov- ernment in 1953 and they are the mes that must now decide its future tatus. The three southern munici- >alities of Richmond Hill, Markham nd Vaughan should band together nd present a united front against ny suggestion by certain Metro aaders that the province push Metâ€" a’s boundaries northward. The whole If we are to maintain our own system of local government then we must be prepared to take whatever steps are necessary to halt the intro- duction of the Metro form of govern- ment. Right now we have some measure of control over our local affairs, such wouldn’t be the case under some form of “super” govern- ment such as Metro. Richmond Hill. Markham and Vaughan would stand to lose their historic identity and individuality. Our local democratic institutions are part of our precious heritage and we should do all we can to preserve them. It should be made certain that the provincial govern- ment fully understands and appre- ciates our feelings on this important subject. ls United Appeal The Answer ‘ ' "U I. 5" 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. COOK. Managing Editor F. J. PlCKING, News Editor linnrized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa" ls Half A Bird Worth It! The Province And Metro An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 “Dear Mr. Editor ” Ehe liberal know how ill are or such gifts The pending sale of the Lang~ staff Industrial Farm. now being ‘offered by the City of Toronto, is certainly of immediate con- ‘cern to every resident of the Town of Richmond Hill. I am writing to ask you if there is‘ any group or organization in‘ the town that is making any; move to assure that this larger well-located tract of land is sub-} jected to the type of develop- ment which will be of maximum economic benefit to the resi-y dents of the town. I realize thatrirhis tract is lo- cated beyond the immediate PROPERTY.) Mr. W. James Haggart Office of the Mayor Dear Mr. Mayor: mu... mum. ucuuu anuuauun. Jurisdiction of the town. How-' ‘ Mrs. W. John Large ever, the potential economic im- Vaughan TWD- portance of its development can LETTER be overlooked only with grave (THE FOLLOWING risk. l do hope that all is beina WAS “’RlTTEN :11? done that it is possible to do t3 325:5 EUfggngN CHURCH‘ assure beneficial .development Tfi‘EIL Fol-$3M located (astride rail and high- your mental health association. Mrs. W. John Large Vaughan Twp. It’s time to ban hunting, so-call- ed, in local municipalities. Is the risk worth anything else - at half-a-bird a hunter? And if we’re challenged by one of the “hunters” to a “pistols and coffee” gathering in the grey dawn for taking this stand, it would not appear that we have too much to fear, if the pheasant average is any indication of marksmanship prowess. The plain, simple fact of the mat- ter is that hundreds of hunters roam field and bush in search of pheasants every fall. They loose shots by the thousands. Municipalities use the money of taxpayers whose lives and property are endangered, to buy pheasants for the “hunters” to pot at. Equally, those municipalities make money on the sale of hunting licenses. And, finally, the fact stands that the “hunters” in question are not hunters in the true sense of the word but, in the great majority of cases, simply men roaming about with guns which they do not know how to handle, damaging other people’s property in the process and paying little attention to posted signs. Richmond Hill has one very good example of the benefits of coâ€"ordina- tion in connection with welfare work - the services rendered so efficiently and yet humanely by the co-ordinat- ing committee which handles welfare work for the town’s service clubs. Perhaps another equally satisfactory solution can be found for the broader field of kindly help to others. ' A “united appeal” is not just as simple as it looks. Those who have had anything to do with such efforts know that the problems are many and varied. But if some plan could be devised by which harried house- holders could regularize their help to fellow human beings in distress, knowing what they should give, where they should give, and that what they give is doing what they intend it to do, a constructive step would have been taken. venting overâ€"lapping of local appeals, but it might not quite answer the puzzled wage-earner’s problem of where and what he should give. Nevertheless, the getting together of those concerned with appeals to the public might, through discussion, bring out some worth-while sugges- tions. It would be worth trying, any- way. Metro setup is in a state 0'. ..ax and indecision. A new chairman must be found to replace Fred Gardiner and a decision made as to the future sta- tus of the 13 municipalities that con- stitute Metro at present. Richmond Hill, Markham and Vaughan with one voice should tell the province that they are strongly opposed to any sug- gestion that Metro be allowed to annex any area north of Steeles Ave. ___c.. way communication) as a poten- tial industrial “park.” While such use of the tract would not directly improve the tax base in our town, the greatly increas- ed employment opportunities for town residents would indirectly benefit even the tax base. On the other hand, utilization of this tract for residential build- ing would tend to further de- flate the residential real es- tate market in our town. Whether you share or disap- prove my ideas, I should be grateful to have your reaction to my comments. jurisdiction of Cordially yours. Albert E. Myers, Pastor St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Richmond Hill The weather on the winter John Lu bird census, December 30th, was ed to the perfect -- wind about 10 miles, ienty am temperature varying from 10 de- a specia grees to 25 degrees, snow unâ€".America Each season brings its plea- sures, even winter with its end- less stretches of snow and ice. When the wind is screeching and howling like this past week- end too many people huddle closely in their warm houses in- stead of dressing adequately and braving the elements. You are; more apt to see on stormy days. the birds in larger flocks inI the more sheltered areas. They also tend to hover near the var» ious feeding stations and make tnany of us wonder when they will ever stop eating. Accord- ing to an item in “Outdoor Life" if a human family had bird-like appetites the daily grocery list‘ would include something like 50 loaves of bread. 25 lbs; hamâ€" burger, 30 doughnuts. 10 lbs; of spinach, six heads of lettuce: and a gallon of ice cream! The Northern Shrike was seen just finishing his dinner of a house sparrow; a Sharpâ€"shinned Hawk glided over the pond area, prob- ably looking for a stray mouse which might have ventured a- bove the crusty. icy snow; a' Sparrow Hawk was hard-pressed for food and pounced on anoth- er house sparrow instead of his usual mouse; the Pileated Wood-' pecker wasn‘t quite as badly in- convenienced by the storm ~- one place where he could pos- sibly be seen was in Redelâ€" meier’s bush on Vaughan Side-w road. All of which brings up the controversial question as to the pronunciation of pileated. The dictionary (and most peoâ€"I ple) agree that it takes the long' "i" since the word comes from the latin “pi-le-us” meaning' a cap. Therefore it should NOT be pronounced pill-eated. t Controller Summervi left on all night for shee sounds a little fantastic another controller to ask ' did the sheep sleep '3" slapped his leg country-s pulled their wool over the An Ottawa 1 General Vanier for Year’s levee . . . VS a little. appreciate it A Paris report says: An angry cyclone of words is swirling over the relative merits of a bridge or a tunnel to England. The tunnel is favored but obvious- ly despite the French reputation, it won’t be a tunnel oflove. ****** v VA. u u .uuu. for the thousands offls’fahwihgs who roost Gore Park . . . And in Januarv, Hm afar-“h As a result of the dog-meat disclosures, food experts advise that the only real safeguard against tainted meat is to cook it until it is nearly crisp. . . . And we wonder in how many homes this will be pointed to as proof of feminine intuition. The next Russian space-step is to send a dog around the moon after first landing an “automatic device” on it. . . . Like,_ an automatic tree-planter? A Montreal man, arrested in Toronto for a drink- ing violation, told the constable he wished to make a statement: He had two wives! . . . His “statement” could be construed as either an explanation of his condition â€" or the first chance he’: had m an, A Toronto sporting goods firm advertises a ski- rentai service with “insurance optional”. . . . On the skis, or the skiers ‘? "Carrier pigeons are unfeasible for inter-univer- sity communication,” says a McMaster delegate to the Canadian University Press Conference, “but a lot of pigeons hang around McMaster doing nothing.” . . . So they need more statues on the campus? The Scarboro planning has approved the building of a beer~parlor next to the site of a proposed high school . . . It seems more likely to be a pub-like school. QCOI’I Hamilton’s. aldermen have OK’d Staff member Mr. J. Munro-Cape (left) presents the new Armstrong’s Jew Principal F. W. Morrow of the Richmond Hill High School. This beautiful trophy annually to the house with the highest academic achievement. The students of tl ided into four groups or houses. Each student receives one point for his house for every percentage point above 50 per cent on his three term reports. The house with the highest number end of the school year will be awarded the trophy. Nature Notes Proving that yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. By Richmond Hill Naturalists the first chance he’s to tziz-lk‘ [as 01 starlings who roost in their And in January, the starlings might or serving hot rum punch at hi5 Well, all he had to do was blow on it minister has criticized Governor- 1er\'ille‘s report‘ that lights were sheep at the Royal Winter Fair stic unless he was counting on ask the straight-line: “And how r eyes!" Richmond Hill High School Traphy The observers all met at the home of Dr. Lillian Langstaff, enjoyed a delicious cup of cof- fee and the list was completed under the able direction of John Lurnn. It will be forward- ed to the National Audubon Soc- ielty and will be published in a special report for all North A snowy owl had been seen on December 23rd but wasn’t observed on either census day. A red-breasted nutha-toh and winter Wren appeared on the 24th list but not on the 30th. On December 24th the To- ronto census took place in this area with a smaller radius and only three observers. A total of 30 species were seen. It was outstanding because, for the first time on a southern Ontar- io count. the yellow-bellied sap- sucker seen in Dr. )i-Ielen Hogg’s‘ garden and a Mary redpoll,‘ seen by Mr. and Mrs. O. Devitt were recorded. derfoot, four inches, visibility clear and continuous sunshine. On such fine days the birds are more scattered which often makes the total count a little lower. There were 11 parties with a total of 33 observer: plus lsix feeding stations reporting. lThe total amount of miles cov- ered in the 15 mile radius, with Yonge St. and Gormley Side- road as the centre, was 434, of which 388 miles were by car and 46 miles by walking. 44 species were seen, making a total of 3,601 birds. House spar- row brought the largest total ~- 801. second, blackâ€"capped chick- adee, 643 and third, evening grosbeak, 441. For the first time our records included gos- hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, barr- ed owl and rufous towhee. There was a count of one for marsh hawk, kingfisher, flicker, robin, sparrow & pileated woodpecker.l w UL Lne nicnmonu r1111 nlgn school. This beautiful trophy will be presehted with the highest academic achievement. The students of the school are div- n._ L-..,.,.‘ pon Don could have 1d chuckled: “They by George Mayes a mass hot-foot point for his house for eyegyflperpehtage point that he receives - -vv-, "nu u; yvyulal anmruua- tion he is to serveenother term for 1962. Markham and Vaughan Townships go on in an or- derly manner without undue taxation which he feels would be an intolerable burden to the people. Mr. Dean’s personal philosophy is a simple one in theory but very difficult to put into practice. He believes in the golden rule: “Do unto others that which you would have them do unto you.” Serving the public came natural to the Dean men of past generations. The late W. A. Dean, father of Wilfred Dean, was a former trustee of Thornhill Vill- age, and his son inherited his liking for public service. W. R.’s first long stretch of public life came when he was appointed secretary of the Field Day Association of Thornhill. He held this post for five years. He was trustee of the Village of Thornhill from 1951 to 1955, and served as chairman. He served on the York Cen- tral District High School Board for eight years, and the last year, 1956, as chairman of the board. One of his proudest possessions is the certificate of merit that was presented to him when he resigned from the board. It was public and lasting recognition for his years of faithful and conscientious service to the cause of education in his own area. He was elected Deputy-Reeve of Markham Township in 1957 and served three years in this capacity. He was elected Reeve of Markham in 1961, and by popular acclama- tiOl’l he is to serve another 'rmam ‘Fnr‘ 10m) In, his younger days Wilfred Dean followed the Scouting movement keenly, became a Queen Scout, and finally assistant Scoutmaster to a Thornhill Troop. His youthful interest in Scouting paved the way for his deep interest in the Oddfellows Lodge where he has been an honored member for 38 years. He served this lodge in all its offices right up to the final culmination of his appointment as Grand Master of Oddfellows for the Province of Ontario. He was the proud originator of the C.P.T. Campaign which is dedicated to stamp out by means of money and re- search, the dreaded scourges of cancer, polio and tuberculosis. He carried on this same devotion for the welfare of, others in the Masonic Lodge where he was a member for 18 years. Mr. Dean has this to say about lodges in general: “Their function is for ser- vice and to help raise the standard of character for men and women. They promulgate services that sub- dues prejudices .and shows men and women at their best.” Wilfred Dean is one of the best known personal- ities of our area. There are many reasonsfor this. In the first place, he belongs to an old well-established Thornhill family and he, himself, is a member of the fourth generation of Deans. He grew up in the Village of Thornhill, went to school, and took part in commu- nity activities from his earliest days. He is a Thorn- hill business man who has operated as a feed mer- chant for the district for 28 years, and as the district grew and expanded he became a handler of suburban supplies as well. Tolstoi said: “It is pleasant to dream of eternity, but for an honest man it is enough to have lived his life doing his work.” The purpose of work is the pr0~ duction of things in use and services to enjoy. But to discharge its responsibilities, work must have certain qualities. It must be honest, useful and cheerful. Work is helpful to our minds. It is the best outlook for our anger, and the truest escape from self-pity and self-centredness. There is a very special kind of joy in rest after work. A word of warning should be issued here. There is such a sin as that of being over- busy. Working is only a part of life, and one should not be so eager in the pursuit of his job, that he sac- rifices everything else to it. We need to cultivate an inner harmony between the work which is necessary to our survival and the other things of life such as the enjoyment of our family and the development of our intelligence. v A V.-V.rc- rv...v .uuu .u. ;\,\a\,nvco house with the highest number of points at the FLOORS SANDED. STAINS REMOVED WAXED We specialize in all types of floors Complete professional work ...Free information, estimates on floors. Janitor Services and Supplies PHONE TU. 4 - 37M By Elizabeth Kelson MAN NEEDS WORK TO BE HAPPY W. R. DEAN - REEVE 0F MARKHAM s RICHMOND HILL "/4! COMMERCIAL CLEANERS 13 new Armstgor‘lg’s Jewellers Trophy to é/illg 0.0.0.4---.0-"mr "POI/U1 Phone TUrner 4.1212 \ \1 “ “‘ ' FREE PARKING AT REAR OF THEATRE ENJOY SUNDAY MOVIES SUNDAY, JANUARY 14 Continuous from 5:30 pm. Also Mon., Tues., Jan. 15-16 from 7 pm PLEASE NOTE: FRI., LAST COMPLETE SHOW, 8:30 P.M. SATURDAY, CONTINUOUS FROM 6:00 PM. SATURDAY MATINEE 2:00 PM. Ir. Richmond ~ KNEE ntchsowiPHER HNCH'ROGER MOOREI TECHMCOLOR‘ Human w WARNER IROI LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS-GetResults-TU. 4-110 I. RADIATION MONITORING 2. RESCUE SERVICE COURSES IN RICHMOND HILL COUNTY OF YORK .MONITORING COURSE Publlc Library - January 17 RESCUE COURSE Public Library - January 15 FULL PARTICULARS FROM â€" E. J. COWELL 208 S. Taylor E. J. COWELL 208 S. Taylor Mills Richmond Hill, TU.~ 4--1070 Town Clerk Richmond Hill Coâ€"ordinator E.M.O. Newmarket, T’W. 5â€"8081 My recent illness wasn‘t: pleasant experi- ence, but it was lightened by the flood of mes- sageet cards and gifts which came my way. My sincere tfianks to many firiiéifids the kindnesses shown to me during a trying period. 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