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THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday. March 28, 1963 -School Association on March 18, in the school auditorium. A big hit with the audience as a humorous dance number tom the “Roaring Twenties" resented by the staff of Mac- {illop School. Also appreciated .;. as a skit by members of the Gurtain Club from their aut~ ,fimn revue. '9 Fun for the whole family was 311a theme of “Spring Freeze“, 'n variety night presented by zhe MacKillop Home and j\ . ~ n :: Spring Freeze $uccessful Event Aâ€" Songs by Mrs. E. L. Locking andaa trio of high school girls who had started singing under the direction of Miss Thomp- §on in MacKillop School round- ,d out the evening‘s program. :1 Reports are that everyone .unjoyed. themselves. and the fivening is considered to have 'Been very successful. x Taxpayers served by the York Central District High School Board know by now they are going to be: faced with a sizeable jump in the cost of secondary school education this year. The York Central Board is responsible for the high school system in the four municipalities of Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Mark- ham Townships and Woodbridge. The board has two schools in Richmond Hill and ‘one each in Thornhill and Woodbridge. The members of the board are appointed by the four mun- icipalities, the county and the public and separate school boards. Markham Township will be the hardest hit with a jump of approxim- ater 7.15 mills followed by Vaughan Township with an increase of 5 mills. Woodbridge is third with a jump of 4.27 mills and Richmond Hill is fourth with a figure of 3.29 mills. Our high school district in com- mon with so many other areas in this province is faced with an ever increasing need for more space. A new Langstaff school is planned for this year, while a two stage addition to the Bayview Secondary School is planned for 1965 and 1969. Future anticipated growth will call for new schools in 1967 and 1969. By 1970 enrollment in the high school district will reach an estimated 5,644 pupils. All this paints a frightening pic- ture for the homeowner, the small businessman and the farmer. The average citizen raising a family and trying to buy his home is already bending under the crushing burden of mounting taxation. He may well ask what does the future hold for him if some action is not taken by government to relieve the situation. In his appearance before Mark- ham Township Council last week, High School Chairman Robert Ross stated we can’t base education on the mill rate. “You aren’t going to build the best educational system by con‘ Taxpayers at election time hear a; great deal about old fashioned economy, and it is music to the ears of the tax~weary. However it’s pos~ siny true that municipal councils once elected cease to be as economy conscious as during election cam- paigns. This is unfortunate because in this day of rising costs and spiral- ling tax rates something must be done to hold the tax line. Ratepayers maybe should share some of the blame. Sometimes rate- payers make demands on council which mean increased taxes and are pretty insistent in their demands. Sometimes newspapers advocate policies which if carried to conclusion mean an inevitable boost in the tax ra e. ' It may be that we must accept a spiralling tax rate as part of our way of life and that there is nothing we can do but grin and bear it. If this is true home ownership and pro- perty ownership is getting to be a precgious undertaking. Ratepayers must bear in mind that if the tax increases are to end it may demand some sacrifice in that we will have to do without some services we have come to regard as essential. Council members and school trustees must bear in mind that the people are tax conscious not only at election time but all through the year and that they demand, not from choice but from necessity, that there be economy in public administration. Taxation has refiched propor- tions serious in the lives of many of our people, and 1f our economy is to survive we must do something about it. ' Citizens in the main are fair and they do not demand the impos- 'An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 4 \â€"Jâ€" \" c U I. h‘ 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 THOMAS W. LAZENBY, News Editor “Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa” Old Fashioned Economy Secondary School Costs 0131):: liberal The packages that contain our foods Are not conducive to pleasant moods. Before we can ever sit down to sup We have to be sure which is “right side up”; The labels of course are there to read, And after an hour the food is freed; You punch in here and you pull out; there, (And'half of the flakes go up in the air). It takes a man and a boy or two To break a' cellophane wrap in two. “Just slip in your thumb and it opens free" â€"- Brother, you said it â€" you’re telling me, But I’m tired of reading your‘soothing words, And distinctly tell you they’re for the birds. My thumbs are scarred like a century tree, And my cheerful humour is gone from me. “Cut here to open and find the spout”, '(And surprise yourself at what comes out!) And here, where the letters are raised in Braille Is the line where I break my fingernail. Come Over For Breakfast Toronto’s morning newspaper commented, “the vast expansion in the educational requirements of this decade demand that every tax dollar collected for education be spent on education. We shall have no money to spare, at any level of government, for frills however desirable ,in them- selves such frills may be.” These 8X< tras must make way for classrooms, laboratories and qualified instruc- tors. “These are the meat and pota- toes of education; we shall have to wait for the desserts.” Many feel that the trustees’ as- smiation took the wrong approach in attempting to involve the federal government in what is essentially a provincial matter; that our educa- tional needs must remain the res- ponsibility of the provinces. Until some solution is found to relieve the present difficulties trustees must prepare themselves for stringent ec- onomies in order that what money is available will be spent only on essen- tial educational needs. sidering costs.” Everyone wants to see improvement in our educational system but at the same time some serious thought must be given to the person who must foot the bill. A school system must evolve in relat- ionship to the taxpayers' ability to bear the costs. Recently the Canadian School Trustees Association descended on the federal government to demand federal action in what the association views as a rapidly developing crisis in Canadian education. The associa- tion pointed out that costs would double between 1960 and 1970, and that provincial governments, to say nothing of the municipalities, were running out of money. It urged all governments to set aside further so- cial legislation until provision had been made to provide for the educa- tional needs of both young and older Canadians. However when those occupying positions in the public service start to be treated on a scale far better than that enjoyed by the great majority of those who work to sup- ply their pay, it’s something alto- gether different and something should be done about it. Hard pressed taxpayers hardly can be blamed for objecting to pay- ing those in public service higher wages with more holidays and more frills than they themselves are able to enjoy. Over in the neighbouring Vil- lage of Stoui‘fville members of the district high school board sharply criticized the Ontario Teachers’ Fed- eration for pushing salary demands beyond the limit of the taxpayers’ ability to pay. In our neighbouring village taxes this year will increase by almost ten mills over 1962 due largely to increased education costs. “It’s absolutely unjust what the fed- eration is doing to the school boards” said Merlyn Baker, a board member. “They’ve got us over a barrel” re- marked the chairman of the board. sible of their public representatives nor do they expect those in the public service to be mistreated or denied a fair return for their services. Where’s it going to lead us and where is it going to end, are ques- tions asked seriously by the home owners and taxpayers of Ontario. Some change in the division of the tax load is long over-due, but until this legislative change comes we must have representatives in public office who can say “no.” There is an urgent need for all- year-round old fashioned economy in all branches of public administration. Robert D. Little ~S)eCOI’lJ jAOMGA [.4 . Today we read about car thieves. Back In our issue of February 1899 the news was of horse thieves. "The Liberal" reported "Samuel McClure lot 13 concession 8, Vaughan. told county police that a bay horse, a black square box buggy, set of single harness and a buffalo robe worth $50 had been stolen from his stable. The February 5th issue. 1899. of "The Richmond Hill Liberal" reported municipal officers for the year as follows: Richmond Hill - Reeve. P. G. Savage. Councillors John Palmer, T. H, Trench, William Innes. David Hill. Clocks like this one pictured “The Liberal" reported “Dr. above are prized keepsakes in Langstaff is making improve- many York County homes. The ments to his premises, having one shown here is reproduced erected a windmill and a large from an advertisement in The tank some time ago. he now is Richmond Hill Liberal of Feb- converting his driving shed in- ruary 19th. 1899. It is an eight to a wash house so his rigs may day model, strikes the hour and be washed by water forced half hour and although it was down through hose from the only guaranteed for ten years overhead tank". many similar models are keep-I * * * * ing good time today. Sale price Minutes of Vaughan Town- in 1899. $2.50 each. ship Council recorded motions Toronto - Mayor. John Shaw Vaughan Twp.. Reeve AA Bry- son, Councillors J. N. Boyle, J H. Kirby, D. Malloy and D Watson. Markham Twp. - Reeve. J‘ Lawrie. Councillors J. Dimma‘ J. Eckhardt, A. Summerfeldt‘ A. Quantz. Senate reform was an issue even in those days. This issue reported that Sir Wilfrid Laur- ier "was in favor of reforming the Senate to provide that in any difference arising out of matters of legislation that a joint vote of the members of the Housa of Commons and the Senate be taken and the ma- jority settle the question. Prime Minister Diefenbaker is now talking ab out a “second five-year plan for economic develop- ment" . . . THIS second thought we don‘t need. Wasn’t it lucky that Richmond Hill Police were able to round up those 35 horses, which were run- ning around town, before they got over onto Bayview and broke their legs? The hardest-working people in the country right now are probably the “instant crowd” on the Diefen- baker campaign train -â€" with the Prime Minister making more whistle-stops than a peanut vendor. A court decision that residential election signs are now legal in Etobicoke brought the announcement from a candidate that hundreds of NDP signs would now sprout from the lawns of party faithful's . . . and there goes the fertilizer market in Etobicoke. Gamblers who had been “linked” with that dis- missed OPP inspector would probably agree with the Roach report that his “usefulness had ended”. Salary increases recommended by Richmond Hill’s Planning Board for its director and his staff could be construed as a case of misdirected effort. It gets a little confusing to learn that Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is an admirer of Socred leader Robert Thompson, who has to admire his co-leader Real Caouette, who admires Benito Mussolini, who thought Ethiopians were admirable targets to warm- up on for World War II. Women’s fashions this spring are described as “the little boy look” . . . And now, which washroom will they use? With Vaughan Township calling its liquor vote within 60 days of the federal election (to use the federal lists) it could be called, appropriately, a. hangover vote. ' A Liberal MPP suggests that the Ontario Racing Commission must be following the horses to Florida. He questions their $17,202 expenses. saying they wouldn’t spend that much just visiting Ontario tracks . . . But nobody “just visits" Ontario tracks. Kids are sure maturing fast these days if we can believe that “Liberal” heading: Our Senior Citi- zens Mark Fifth Anniversary. Police Chief Robert Robbins says he had his leg broken in a hockey game when he was hit on the head by the puck . . . It must have been taken down and used against him. Items gleaned from files of “The Liberal”. the home paper of this district since 1878. Q Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. 311 (firms @011: fly Obi? Minutes of Vaughan Town- ship Council recorded motions fixing the remuneration of offl- cials as follows: council mem- bers $2.00 per day; assessors $65 per annum: returning of- ficers and poll clerks $2.00 per day; caretaker of the town hall $12 per annum; constables for election $1.00 per day. The pretty girl who uses slang. To conversation gives a tang. Too strong for me. How could I ever take to wife A girl who says. “You bet your The maiden who remarks: “Well Say”. Is quite devoid of fascination in my eyes, And when you hear one say, “That‘s right" I take my hat and say good night. With shocked surprise. Too bad the wrlter of this poem couldn't drop round to day. life" For guarantee? However.charming she may be. No slangy girl could be for me. A. proper wife. Do you suppose that I would dead" Not on your life wed. A girl who'd say “Oh go fall â€"â€"From “The Liberal“. January 1898 The Slangy Girl by George Mayes lThe Music Box... I am one of those unfortun- ate residents. in that my prop- erty does abut Bayview and having bronchial trouble, came to Richmond Hill on my doc- tor's advice to move to a high- er altitude, however. if nothing is going to be done about this road. I like many others. will be forced to try to dispose of my property and move else- where. For the past three years, and I understand longer. promises have been made, that this road would be paved and thereby ending the inhaling of calcium dust. ] Having recently moved into rlhe_ district. I‘was appalled at lthe condition of Bayview Av- I wish to protest the decision of the York County Council or whoever is responsible for the paving of Bayview Ave., north, from Markham Rd. to Elgin Mills Sideroad. This road is a disgrace to'any part of York County, also a health menace to the residents whose property abuts Bayview. It is impossible to enjoy fresh clean air or to hang out a wash- ing (without having to do it over again and. dry it in the basement). I am sure that if the York County had an air pollution department they would rate this area as having the highest health detriment in the county. Dear Editor I, personally would advocate, if Bayview is not paved this year, close this part of the road and eliminate the calcium dust and give us residents a chance to breathe clean fresh air. Will you please use your in- fluence to get this matter re- opened in order to get this de- cision reversed. Writing this article for the annual Cancer cam- paign means more to me than ever before. For I too, have had to see someone I loved struck down by the scourge of cancer. I know now, just how much I would like to see this disease conquered once and for all. I fully believe that research is the key to the cancer problem. And research takes money. You can help by giving generously when your volunteer comes around for your donation. The Canadian Cancer Society is the only national health agency fighting cancer through research, education, and ser- vices to patients. Its sole source of funds is volun- tary gifts from the public. Your local branches of the Canadian Cancer Society will be placing daffo- dils in the churches to mark the beginning of the campaign on March 31st. NEW RATEPAYERS ASSOC Dear Mr. Editor: The story of the close association of the daf- fodil and the Canadian Cancer Society goes back 13 years. In the spring of 1949, a group of dedicated volunteers decided to decorate the tables of a cancer tea with daffodils . . . the gathering was a very great success, and much comment was heard about the bright yellow flowers. It seemed to several of the volunteers who worked longest in the ranks of the society, that the very spring-like nature of the daffodils . . . its sense of hope and renewed life it brings each year . . . represented precisely the feel« ing they wanted to bring to their work of serving the cancer patient. Six years passed by, and then one day at lunch, the same small group of volunteers discussed the possibility of having a “Daffodil Day" at the beginning of the Canadian Cancer Campaign month of April. Two faithful members of the society promptly ordered and paid for 5,000 daffodils from Vancouver, and a group of prison camp buddies from the second world war, spent hours sorting them. and cutting the stems and shipping them out across Toronto. Volun- teers in their yellow smocks were stationed in various restaurants in the city, and on that first “Daffodil Day” everyone of the 5,000 blooms were gratefully accepted by the public, and many were paid for vol- untarily. From then on, Toronto began its yearly camp ign on “Daffodil Day”. The prison camp bud- dies till sort and cut, and the flowers are sold by the v lunteers. Soon Ottawa, Montreal, and Calgary start, d a “Daffodil Day". Today, daffodils are almost universal as an insignia of the Canadian Cancer So- ciety as the caduceus, gracing bulletins, table nap- kins, notes and almost every springtime meeting. And now we have the daffodils adding their sunny splendor in the churches to help remind us of the great job that lies ahead, and not only the job, but the wonderful hope that is symbolized by them. “FIGURE SKATING IS GOOD FOR CHILDREN” -- BARBARA HANNAH Just about this time, the Richmond Hill Figure Skating Club will be winding up another successful season of teaching the young fry how to perform on (Continued on Page 5) Rambling Around And Amongst Other Things Taking up the pen for this column on Saturday afternoon, I just happened to turn on the radio (a rare event these days) and heard the voice of Milton Cross the commentator for the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany. How many years has this voice been associated with Metropolitan Opera? Think back to almost 'way back then‘. I can recall it from as far back as 1937 when first opera interested me. Milton Cross. Another voice is Richard Evans. the spoken word of the Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir. Ev- ery Sunday for how many “Dear Mr. Editor” (By Elizabeth Kelson) DAFFODILS AND THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY DUST FROM BAYVIEW IS UNHEALTHY Thanking you. B. W. Osborne, Richmond Hill Especially having read the letters this week in “The Lib- eral” from people who have lived here a number of years, my own personal view is that if there is a ratepayers' associ- ation in this district they should challenge the council to a meeting to finally decide the issue of Bayview - not wait un- til some child has been badly injured. enue. I can Well understand the people’s feeling on this mat- ter. I. for one think I was with it for years. STABLE GOVERNMENT Dear Mr. Editor: The biggest red herring be- ing dangled before the elector- ate in the current campaign is that we must vote Liberal to produce a stable government. The argument that to vote for a splinter party is to “throw away" one‘s vote is sheer non- sense, for the very essence of democracy is that the citizen should examine the issues on hand and vote acording to his reason and conscience. Since both the major parties have been tried and found to be in- adequate to the problems fac- ing the country, of what use is it to try to back a winner if the prize is not worth having? years? Voices as familiar to good music lovers as is Fos- ter Hewitt's to hockey. and how many years has Foster been at it. Come war, peace, television. atomic bombs or what have we. there is com- fort in the fact that these voices are almost eternal to some of us. John Stanley. whose folks operate the Allegro Music Shop. is rehearsing a small combo for future work here in the Hill. John plays drums and is working out with piano and guitar. Picking up some hay and straw last week end at Bill Mr. J. T. i 271 McCo Richmond wouldn't like to going to put up the next seven Powe onvey Hill Drive Phone TU. 4-1212 Open Sunday . Continuous from 2pm Richmond Hill, Ontario Sunday â€" “The Interns” 2, 6 & 9.45; “HMS Defiant” 4 & 8 pm. PLEASE NOTE FEATURES SHOWN Fri., Mon., Tues.. Wed.. Thurs. â€" ‘ “The Interns” at 9.15 p.m.; “HMS Defiant” at 7.15 pm. Saturday â€"- ' “The Interns” 6.20 & 10 p.m.; “HMS Defiant” at 8.20 ALE GUINNESS DIRK BOGARDE 2:: ANTHONY QUAYLE DEE Mitchell's farm in Oak Rid- ges we called in on John Larkin‘s automotive supply store there and had a short chat. John plays the viola with the Richmond Hill Symphony Orchestra and is also one of. the executive. Mixing motors with music. We‘ll have to look into John‘s life and see what it's all about. (Hay and straw? Well. the boys have a Welsh pony named Topsy at Gram dads in Elgin Mills and hay and straw is part of the op- eration). An interesting aftermath to the article at Christmas time about Italy 1944. was the contact again with some of the wandering minstrels at that particular time. Of 27 bandsmen we have locat- ed about 15. New York. London. England. Vancou- ver, Ottawa. Stratford. Ha- mllton and a place called Cartwright. Manitoba. Lots of memories - almost '20 years - reunion - where's Joe? - There was one fel- low we called Blg A.D. af- ter his first initials. He was 21 and about 6 ft. 1“ at that time. Never walked but n1- MIEHAH L‘ BMLAN H BUDDY m EHSEN St “H.M.S. DEFIAN'I'" Saturday Matinee March 30 2 PM. ONLY FREE PARKING AT REAR 0F THEATRE Starting Friday, March 29 Through Thursday, April 4 2 BIG HITS SUN” PARKE fi'lvwfinn -- ' JAMES [MacAHflfllH [IFFMWE IDBEHTSUN w my \VAlASISTEVENS Recommended Adult Entertainment ONE WEEK - plus - MN V b, 7 7,. MwLEWLSaIMT-Acw.mm By W. Ray Stephens W mun ways ran ~ up stairs and down - jump up trees and did Tarzan acts all the time - now. as Ed. Sullivan would say. he‘s really big - 6 ft. 4 in.. 350 lbs., and a sergeant on the Ottawa Police Force. A friend says that Big A.D. can still run over you on the first 100 yards. Could pick up his BBb tuba with one hand. Mrs. Illtyd Harris of Aur- ora is busy working on a choral program to be held in conjunction with the Rich- mond Hill Symphony Or- chestra in a combined con- cert at Aurora in early May; Rod Smith is busy working on the details. Up Newmarket way, Frank Carr of Bells Corners is also very busy preparing for another concert by the above orchestra on April 7th at Greenacres Manor. Frank also plays in the orchestra and is another of the execu- tive, Busy people indeed. Art Burgin. the conductor says that a special string group will be playing at the Richmond Hill Horticulture (Continued On Page 16) AMUMBIAWMM "‘"u'x'vfi, , mm may “M W“