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Whether or not change in tune, the The Toronto Star observed that this presentation indicated the Assoc- iation of Ontario Mayors and Reeves has changed its tune somewhat about municipal corruption since last sum- mer. “Then,” added the Star, “ the association placidly seemed to assume that councillors were honest just be- cause they had been elected." The association not only welcomed the law passed by the legislature that disqua‘lifies a member of municipal council who fails to disclose a conflict of interest it asked stiff fines for err- ing council members. In a brief to the legislative com- mittee on municipal law the Associ- ation of Ontario Mayors and Reeves this week advocated heavy penalties in the form of fines in addition to dis- qualification for municipal council members deliberately using their pos- ition for financial gain. Hon. John Diefenbaker is sure to make a forceful presentation of the issues and his pleas for endorse- ment will be eloquen't if not always convincing. The main challenge to the present government will come from the Liberal party under the lea- dership of Hon. L. B. Pearson, Nobel peace prize winner, and statesman with world-wide reputation. The new Democratic party under T. C. Douglas, former Saskatchewan prem- ier, will be making its first appeal to the Canadian public and the Social Credit party candidates will contest a number of constituencies. In York North constituency three candidates now are in the field. C. A. Gathers, Progressive Conservative candidate is well known throughout the riding he has represented since 1957. John Addison, a young and successful business man of Kimr Township is the Liberal candidate and Stanley Hall of Newmarket will carry the banner for the New Dem- ocratic Party. All three candidates The Diefenbaker government first elected with a slim majority in 1957 was re-elected with a record sweep across the nation in 1958. Now the time has come to again appeal to the people and the main issue must be the record of the government. The record of the government while in office must be considered in the light of the alternative offered by the other contending parties. A national election is important business for every elector, and the policies, leaders and candidates of all the parties should have the careful consideration of all Canadians. Canada’s national election date, Monday, June 18th, is a little more than four weeks away, and as the date nears interest which right now would appear to leave much to be desired, undoubtedly will increase. With the acquisition bf th'e town park for fair purposes, with its one- third mile track for trotting and pac- In 1835, and for some years after that date, the fair was held on a two acre lot on Arnold Street, with ex- hibits lining the fences. Also lining the fences (on the outside) were small boys, for children were not ad- mitted free until recent years. Be- fore the day was over most of these youngsters were to be found inside the grounds, having slipped over or under the fence when officials were busy elsewhere. Liquor was sold on the grounds in those early days. FAIR. Not so in Richmond Hill, for the 113th successive year, Richmond Hill will celebrate Victoria Day in the gait-game way. by attending THE In many communities, the sud- den awakening to the roar of gun- powder exploding between two anvila as well as the traditional afternoon of sports for children and grown-ups alike, topped off by harness-racing, live only in the memories of those citizens who are now middle-aged and older. The present generation has acquired another long week-end to spend at the family cottage and on traffic-clogged roads. Among the many changes the automobile has brought to our way of life is the celebration of the first “summer” holiday, Victoria Day. Even the date itself has been chang- ed from the 24th of May to the preâ€" ceding Monday, which this year falls on May let. An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 ‘P \â€"â€"J(‘U L 3“ 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 Fair Day Is Local Tradition THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontarfo, Thursday, May 17, 1962 "Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa." Know Your Candidates Conflict Of Interest filth: liberal it represents a representations The Ontario Legislature will have strong public support if it ac- cepts the recommendation of the As- sociation of Ontarlo Mayan. and Reeves. ' There have been distressing revel- ations of questionable actions by municipal representatives and inves- tigations in different parts of the province have revealed some startling disclosures. The current Crime Probe with evidence of thousand dollar bribes in flower pots is giving serious thinking citizens considerable an- xiety and concern. Such things we always associated with gangland ac- tivities in the big cities south of the border. Now it is coming out that strange things happen pretty close to home. made this week by the association asking for stiff fines in addition to disqualification for failure to disclose conflict of interest will have whole- hearted support throughout the prov- ince. Democracy is at its best when the electorate is alive and interested. Your candidates will be better candi- dates and your representatives will be better representatives if you show an interest in your own public business. All candidates have headquarters and committee rooms throughout the rid- ing where you can enquire about any issue or make an appointment to meet the candidate. Remember, Can- ada’s business is your business. This election show your interest by con- tacting your candidate and discuss- ing the issues of the election. We are sure your interest and concern will be welcomed by all the candidates, and you will be in a better position to make your choice on June 18th. This is a large riding and while there will be the usual meetings, ral- lies and door-to-door visitations it will be quite impossible for any can- didate to meet all the people. If any- one has a problem of major concern we suggest that you do not hesitate to get in touch with one or all the candidates and get their views. Can- didates irrespective of their particu- lar political label welcome enquiries from citizens and always are inter- ested in your queries andropinions. Everyone should take an inter- est in the election. study the issues and get to know the policies of the parties and the qualifications of the candidates. The issues are many and varied and we are sure all the con- testants would welcome the oppor- tunity of discussing any or all of them with the electors. are men of honor and reputation and along with possibly other starters will seek the votes of the eleotors on June 18th. All are carrying on ac- tive campaigns and between now and election day will make themselves and their respectiveipiatforms known to many of our people. With the co-operation of the weatherman (rain has fallen on six fair days only, and snow on one, in 113 years). the 1962 Richmond Hill Fair should prove to be as popular a holiday pastime for residents of this district as it has beenjfor more than a century. From 1880 until about ten years ago. while father and the kids went to the fair grounds, mother made her way to her church laden with has- kets containing the products of a day’s work at her baking board and range. For, to feed the hungry hun- dreds from the popular fair and horse show. all churches served noon and evening meals, and the lucky diners feasted on the cooking of the "best cooks in town.” For some years each church presented an evening concert on fair day, but their popularity waned and so they were discontinued. The agricultural society replaced them with a concert held in the arena, which gave way to an evening of dancing in the arena. This too has disappearedwith the changing times. Attractions of other years fea- tured soccer, baseball and basketball, which proved not too popular with the horses, and so were dropped from the program. This year softball re- turns to the program with a game scheduled under the, lights at 8 pm. ing harness races, the three hotels in the vicinity did a land office busi- ness. It is recorded that a man with a stentorian voice rode on horseback from hotel to hotel calling out the events as they were scheduled. l No grass was ever greener than the place where you were born. There was no finer sunset and there’ll be no fairer dawn. The little garden bed was always filled with bloom and color, and in your recollections, seasons never saw it duller. No room was ever cosier than that which youth remembers, no fire of later years has ever held more glowing embers. And that is why a child should have the best that you can give to make a precious memory for so long as it shall live. Affection, joy and under- standing in the early years will be repaid in middle age and shine through later tears. One of the most pleasing shocks you can have is the sight of a strange new visitor from Birdland. Imagine how thrilled you’d be if you saw a bright red cardinal in your backyard. That’s what happened to Mrs. Terry Goodwin of Thornridge Avenue in Thorn- hill. She saw this brilliant newcomer Sitting jauntily on her honeysuckle bush. To any bird lover this would be a. real highlight in the day. _.- .....u,\. 0‘! ulcul auu muucu. Peoble sat up etfaâ€"ighter and there was a general brightening of spirits. I’m sure everyone felt better after that. Suph is‘ the power of laughter. LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU Rabelais has been credited with saying, “The ability to laugh is one property that is peculiar to man.” Laughter may be said to be a universal lang- uage for though you may not understand a man’s language, you can always laugh with him. Everyone recognizes and understands the laughter that springs from a joyous heart. No matter how hard your lot may seem, a laugh will clear your mind from the pressing cares of the day and you will find your doubts and fears will vanish‘too. 'Many peOple have a deep desire to laugh. Most of the people I know read all the jokes, quips and amusing stories in the magazine before going back to read the rest. Comedy on radio and screen are well known and widely listened to in- dicating that people desire to laugh. Jokes that make you chuckle have a lifting, lilting power. They spread a buoyancy and lightness of heart all around. One day, I was in a crowded bus station. I never saw so many bored and impatient people. Into this heavy drooping atmosphere came two men. They were talking together. Suddenly one of them threw back his head and laughed heartily. Do you know what happened? Everyone turned to them and smiled. h_-_1, I I U,.,_v._ “UV. ...u,u uguvvlus. 11.6]. labile]: says that she’s so good at drawing that he intends to give her a special course in commercial art. Last November, Sandra and her father made a trip to Nashville, Tennessee, the country music cap- ital of the world. Art Locke of Steele’s Avenue, who writes and arranges her material went along too. It was during her first recording that “Stonewall Jack- son,” one of Columbia’s top recording stars in the country field dropped into the studio to hear her sing. Impressed with her talent, he contacted the Columbia Recording Company who auditioned her, and immediately signed her up. The record that was cut was “Date With Loneliness". Now that Sandra is steadily on the way to stardom in the field of wes- tern and country music, it may be that there will be more records by her. We shall be following your career with a great deal of interest, Sandra! . . v . n u u null UVCL URDL and for the CBC raidio'asywell as CK'EB in Oshawa, and CKVR in Barrie. Her TV performances have been seen on Channel 3 at Barrie, and Channels 9 and 6 in Toronto. She was a guest on the popular show, "Country Hoedown.” Recently she was interviewed over CKEY. About three years ago she appeared with Hank Snow, famous singer of western songs. She has guest- ed at Crang Plaza on the corner of Wilson and Jane. This place has guest artists from all over the United States and Canada. In spite of all this experience in show business, Sandra still has to buckle down to the disciplin of going to school. [Besides practising a number 3f songs faithfully etery day, she studies the Spanish guitar and likes drawing. Her father -n..- A.I._L ,1 a SANDRA CELSIE - - POPULAR COUNTRY-STYLE SINGER I’ve been purposely tuning into CKEY and CHUM to hear “Date With Loneliness” and “The Poorest Girl In Town”. These songs which are rapidly be- coming popular around these parts are sung by young and talented Sandra Celsie of Elgin Mills. Sandra is only 13 and according to her father, Mr. A. Celsie, has been singing even before she could walk. Mr. Celsie, a former countryâ€"style singer himself, used to sing Baby Sandra to sleep with western ballads. When she grew older, she learned to sing with her father, and she also liked to sing along with the west- ern music on the radio. With a background like this it is no wonder that Sandra developed a natural ability to sing freely before company and at parties. Soon she became in great demand as an entertainer. She has taken part in amateur shows, and sang for a benefit that was held for the Retarded Children about three years ago. She has sung over CKEY nu.‘ t-.. LL nun _..â€"°- w‘iunnv' w snvc bu 1)ch- ent and future generefiens a vivid picture of the con- tributions made by these pioneer men and women to our Canadian Heritage. Black Creek Pioneer Village is designed to re: create the progression of a society from an early ag- ricultural settler to the. village sqgire, _to give to pres- nnf- oval lint-u..- _A__,,, The village is located 15 miles from the geograph- ic centre of York County West. The early land grants in this area were equally distributed between the Queen’s York Rangers, Church Reserves, Pennsyl- vania German settlers and Scottish settlers. The latter two groups received some crowu grants, but for the most part they purchased lands from the Queen's York Rangers. The village followed the political philosophy of William Lyon Mackenzie and at a later date were fol- lowers of George Brown. The former allegiance is understandable because the farmers of this area im- migrated from the United States and Scotland, and although they were loyal to the crown in the war of 1812, they had grievances with the government and the Family Compact. The predominant religions of the area were Presbyterian, Lutheran, Methodist and Mennonites. IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT BLACK CREEK PIONEER VILLAGE BLACK CREEK VILLAGE is intended to rep- resent an early Ontario cross-road village. The vill- age is a community of 18 or 20 buildings which de- veloped around saw-mills established as early as 1809. The village also serves as a commercial centre for the productive farmland surrounding it. VISIT FROM A CARDINAL CHILDHOOD MEMORIES By Elisabeth Kelson Wig 'I’Ol/Ul E.M.O. An active Interest was taken in removing obscene literature from news stands. Knitting. sewing and used cloth- ing were collected to aid the missions and Catholic liter- ature was sent to India. British West Indies and western Can- ada. scholarships were set up and Girl Guides and Brownie packs were organized. 1 The yearly president‘s report lshowed members active in Red Dress blood donor clinics. can- vassers for the cancer and men- tal health society, volunteers for driving for retarded child- ren schools, visits to the homes for the aged and volunteer work {or the Catholic Child- ren's Aid. The leadership courses were well attended and three first aid cour_ses “(ere set up for A family pilgrimage to Mary Lake in King has been planned for June. 24th. Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Leonard J. Wall, S.T.D. with dialogue instruction 'by Rev. Father C. J. Cerronne in ‘the Church of the Holy Mar-i tyrs of Japan. The eight parish councils were represented and two new presidents. Mrs. R. Bell. St. Patricks Church, Mark- ham and Mrs. V. De Marco, St. Lukes, Thornhill, were Intro-l duced to Athe meeting. ‘, The sprlr County Reg the C.W.L. at Bradford C.W.l.. Parish Councils Community Activities I should like to thank "The Liberal" on behalf of the Cur- tain Club for their kindness in givingus such complete cover- age of all our activities over the past year. Their help and support is very much appreciat- ed by the club. Yours sincerely. Mrs. Dorothy Painter. I have not written this letter to undertermine or belittle Mr. Frank Murphy who is an avid hockey enthusiast. However. it would be regretful to end a most successful hockey season on such a sour note. CURTAIN CLUB Dear Mr. Editor: The parents who regular attended the games received glowing satisfaction watchir their sons perform, and all agreed their boys profited 100% from an experience never to be forgotten. is common practice throughou Canada and serves a two-fol purpose (a) to balance the hous league teams preventing lor sided competition (b) producin a team of the highest caiibrt Would we want anything 105' than the best to represent OU' town? If we are to have teams tr represent Richmond Hill i other towns and cities, it is nr cessary to “steal” the stars fror the house league. This metho Secondly the coach â€" The Sing Alongs record is a tribute to Earl Methe and it is unbe- lievable the change that took place in this team in the few months of the hockey season. It was unfortunate that in ONE instance three games were scheduled in one day. The coach did everything in his power to have the third game re-scheduled but was unsuc- cessful. When he talked of call- ing off this final playoff game in the Clancy Series (automat- ically losing by default) both the players and parents urged him to at least attempt it. I fully endorse Ron Craine's con- gratulations to Mr. Methe. Thirdly the R.H.H.A. â€"â€" every child who registers with the association has an equal opportunity in every respect. Each team including the Sing Alongs, play once a week at the town arena. All additiona' games by the All-Stars were financed by the parents am transportation to out-ofâ€"towr games was supplied by them. LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS PHONE TU. 4-1105 0R AV. 5-3316 As for'the num'bér of pract- ises during the season, the total was ONE. I have seen my son play a full game at an arena, then ‘come “home and lmmediatelv put his skates back on and play with all-out effort on our own rlnk until dark, begrudgingly taking a few minutes out to eat supper. He was not alone and it is quite obvious that most young hockey players cannot get enough of the _sport. Firstly the young players wâ€" The majority of last week’s article dealt with the strain on our boys due to all the extra hockey. When you consider the hockey season lasted 26 weeks and 59 games were played lin- cluding exhibition games) this averages to approximately two games per week. Unlike pro hockey. these games were straight time lasting 60 minutes (m-any only 40 minutes). Out oi‘ this hour each boy would play approximately 20 minutes with test time in between. However. if you have ever attended a‘ game. you will have noticed the} bench is seldom used. the play- ers stand at the rail eagerly! watching the play and asking: the coach to put them out next. Their enthusiasm is overwhelm- ing. J. Clark. (formerly) 85 Centre St. East Regarding the letter by F. .Murphy in last week's Liberal “Are We Exploiting Our Young Hockey Players.” I believe the facts stated have been mis- construed and need clarifying. In fairness to everyone con- cerned â€" the young players. c‘oach, hockey association and the Town rdvaiEfi-EKITC-i‘vfiilfl‘i would like to present the other Sid; of the story. READER REPLIES HOCKEY CHANGES BY MR. FRANK MURPHY Dear Mr. Editor: spring m( Regional W.L. was ’90” Mr. galilor Secretari. 368 Fesserton Road Activities‘ ' I sting of Yorkr ‘ fl Committee of recently held ‘I7“‘I-III‘I\' EFRANK fissmi p D 1 “Hilnunlnln BEFTIdefikEi Phone 285-1071 "‘ )QCOIIJ jAoqul Hill A Toronto hairdresser â€" sentenced to a year in jail for theft from a former employer â€"- described himself as one of Canada’s top-10 hair stylists . . . Now, if they could just get rid of the other nine, we might start going to the movies again. ‘ Some residents of Elgin Mills have reportedly, for years, been carrying all their water a quarter- mile or more â€" six days a week . . . 0n the seventh, they can stay home and drain their Hisfnrn Soviet cosmonaut Titov says he while orbiting Earth to cause him to existence of God . . . Being firmly cor entiy, that the Russians also invonfnfl u...ub us. an auuullc missile from a U.S.Vsuhina;inve beneath the Pacific says the warhead was dropped "right in the pickle barrel.” This sounds reasonably impressive until you realize, on second thought, that the entire Pacific Ocean is brine. A Telegram circulation offer promises brides “a cookbook that will last a lifetime” . . . Which really isn’t much of a promise at all, without some guarantee as to how long the lifetime would be with the possibly lethal combination of the book’s recipes and bridal cooking. R. R. 1 Willowdale HU. 5-1313 Ml Toronto Scottiéh regiment and llve 3237;}? was “tickled pink.” Well, beggin’ your pardon Colonel Thomson, sir, but the sporran is supposed to be IVA‘IK A_ LI, (\va - worn on the OUTside GARDEN CENTRE Publisher Roy Thomson, who buys newspapers like newspapers, wore a kilt for the first time when he was recently_ made an Honorary Colonel of the A published invitation to meet Liberal leader Pearson at the farm of John Addison offers, as one of the inducements, the promise of cold chicken . . . And hot-wish bones? See Our Display of Box Plants Including Potted Begonias. Geran- lums, Impatiens. Petunins and many . . . . . . . . . . . . others “For The Best Each Springtime” This PUMPED and CLEANED Complete Septic Tank Repair Service Accurate Septic Tank Service You can't. say our Prime Minister isn't, a man who can learn by experience. This time he is only promising that there will he FEWER jobless if he is elected. YONGE ST. at THORNHILL West Side. l; mile south of No. 7 Highwa: PARTY '62 DURING MAY by George Mayes O Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. GEO. KEITH 8: SONS ‘ ___._ A. u “UL: “1 Due Or vice-versa, if you are an amateur painter. 124 KING STREET EAST. TORONTO Seed Merchants Since 1866 stay home anvd drraihvghéii' is QLEAN UP â€"- PAINT UP WEEK in the PROUDLY PRESENTS nonauL 'l'itov says he saw nothing Earth to cause him to believe in the d . . . Being firmly convinced. appar- Russians also invented the Universe. a . Grass Seeds 0 Flower Seeds . Vegetable Seeds Q. Garden Tools 8: Equipment 9 . Hardy Rose Bushes . Ornamental Evergreens . Flowering Shrubs Peat Moss Fertilizers A Garden Furniture Bird Houses and Baths bstabllsueu L878 126 Yonge St. N., Richmond Hill Dug/([5 firing of an atomic beneath the Pacific "right in the pickle impressive until you ME. 5-1000 Starts Fri,. May 25 at 7:30 Sunday, May 20 Continuous Sunday from 6 pm. also Mon., Tues.. 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