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2 THE LIBERAL; Richmond Hill, Ontario; Thursday, April 11. 1963 Easier Ends Winters Whims Some years ago, a man was standing before the window of an art store in Toronto where a picture of the Crucifixion of our Lord was on exhibition. As he gazed at the painting, he became conscious of the approach of another and, turning, saw a little lad looking intently at the picture also. Pointing to the pic- ture, the man asked the boy: “Do you know who that is?” “Yes”, came back the quick reply. “That’s our Saviour." With an evident desire to enlighten his companion, he con- tinued after a pause: “Those are the soldiers, the Roman soldiers”, and with a long-drawn sigh, “That woman crying there is His mother”. He waited, apparently for the man to question him further, thrust his hands into his pockets, and, in a reverent and subdued voice, added: "They killed Him, mister. Yes, sir, they killed Him". “Where did you learn all this?” asked the man. “At Sunday School” came the prompt reply. The man turned away with a little prayer of thankfulness for Sunday Schools, leaving the boy looking at the picture. He hadn’t walked a block before he heard the boy’s childish treble calling. He turned. The boy was running to- wards him excitedly. Suddenly up Went his hand and, with a triumph- ant sound in his voice, he said: “I wanted to tell you that He rose again! Yes, sir, He rose again and He lives now!" He rose again - triumphant over death! Not even the grave could hold Him. “He is risen” - those words kept pounding in the minds of Peter and John as they raced towards the tomb that first Easter Day. And when they saw the empty tomb, the stone miraculously rolled away and the grave clothes lying there, they knew with a certainty that nothing could ever destroy that their Lord was not dead but alive - risen - vic- torious over death. May their con- viction become the conviction of our lives. May we rejoice in His victory and take to heart the assurance that Acting on a recommendation of Deputy-reeve Stanley Tinker, town council last week instructed Indus- trial Commissioner Robert Langford to report directly to Mayor William Neal and Clerk Russell Lynett in any matters pertaining to the operation of his department. Richmond Hill has had no industrial commission since last February 21 when the com- mission headed by Chairman John Graham resigned en masse in protest against council’s failure to support them in their differences with Mr. Langford. At present a committee composed of Councillors Alex Campbell and Walter Scudds is busy investigating the operation of industrial commis- sions in other Ontario municipalities comparable in size to Richmond Hill. They will report their findings back to council. Council has been faced with an important issue since the resignation of its industrial commission. It in- volves clearly setting out the duties and responsibilities of both the com- Easter Sunday, April 14 and all its beautiful symbols will be more welcome than ever to Canadians this year because it signifies to most of us the coming of spring. March 21st may be the official first day of the season, but the Easter parade really makes us aware of the freshness and newness around us. This traditional celebration is not unique to our civilization. As a matter of fact, the Easter parade began not in New York but in ancient Rome. Though the Romans held elab- orate ceremonies and wore gay new clothes, they were celebrating the new year rather than Easter. New clothes were thought to bring the wearer good luck throughout the coming year. This, and many other of the ancient Roman customs spread to other parts of Europe and eventu- ally to the new world, and as Chris- tianity became prevalent. the ancient rites were transformed to conform to the new beliefs. These include the origin of to- day’s Easter egg. Ancient Greeks and Romans regarded the egg as the symbol of creation. Persian sun wor- shippers thought the world was hatched from an egg on the vernal equmox, or first day of spring. Our Industrial Commission An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 '0 \=/\" CULA‘ 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 An Easter Message by the Rev. H. R. Howden, Rector of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Thornhill. "Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa" “He Rose Again! 0131):: liberal He lives now - not a dead hero but a. living Lord. That is what Eas- ter meant to the first Christians. He was alive - with His followers in the Garden, on the road to Emmaus, in the Upper Room, on the shore of Lake Galilee. It was all so real to them that they arose at dawn on the first day of each week in order that their first act might be to greet their Living Lord. May it be just as real to us now. May we, too, greet the Living Christ in His Church on Easter Day, know Him as our Savi- our and Lord, and experience the comfort, the strength and the joy that He alone can bring. He rose 'again and He lives now! If that is the meaning of Easter, then surely our immediate response will be to throw wide the door of our hearts to Him in welcome, to acclaim Him as King in the realm of our life. Surely our immediate response will be to take the action suggested by these words of the Rev. Leslie Weatherhead. “Can I hope that He will conquer the world, if He has not conquered my heart? Can I expect Him to establish world peace if the territories of my being are in tumult with one another and with Him? Can He change selfishness into un- selfishness, lust into purity, ill-tem- per into kindness, if I don’t surren- der my whole being to Him? No man can make a greater contribution to the problems that distress us in these days than in the silence of His spirit to abdicate in favour of Christ, to let Christ dictate his every action and his every attitude, and in the realm of his own life to make Christ King.” “He rose again and He lives now!” That is what Easter meant to the boy in our story. What does it mean to you? it brings us. It’s the assurance that what lies beyond this world is not the end of all things known, but the beginning of all things new. It’s the assurance of a Heavenly Home where one day we all will be reunited in the Family of God, never to be separated again. mission and the commissioner. A definite division of responsibility must exist between the two offices. Council must also decide to whom the industrial commissioner is to be made responsible. If we are to have an industrial commissioner then it seems only logical he should be made responsible to the chairman and the members of the commission. The question of added industrial assessment is of paramount import- ance to most municipalities through- out this province. It is one way to help the hard pressed home owner. Therefore council should give top priority to overhauling its present in- dustrial setup and setting a broad policy for the successful operation of the department. Our people will be waiting with interest the recommendations of Councillors Campbell and Scudds when they table their report with council. It will likely form the basis of a final solution to the differences between the commission and the commissioner. Though they were celebrating New Year rather than Easter, they ex- changed dyed eggs as good luck charms. Baby chicks represented the birth and hope of new life and played an important part in the pagan rites. The identification of rabbits with Easter originated more than 2.000 years ago. Children were not afraid of rabbits, and according to German mythology they were escorts for the goddess Eostra and chosen by the fairies to tell children spring had come to the woodlands. Our word Easter was apparently derived from the name of the goddess who magi- cally changed her pet bird into an Easter bunny. That is why the bun- ny builds a nest and produces colored eggs. These symbols evolved into part of the Christian Easter celebration. For a while, eggs were forbidden dur- ing Lent and then served on Easter Sunday. They were dyed red to sug- gest the color of Christ‘s blood. Often they were blessed by the Church. Then, messages were writ- ten on them and they became gifts to friends. The ultimate in Easter egg decoration was the Czarist Rus- sian practice of giving presents of jewelbstudded eggs. III I Rambling Around Rev. A. I. Higgins, B.A., B.D., was inducted as minister of Thornhill United Church on November 29th, 1962. He is a native of the Maritimes, and a graduate of Dalhousie University and Pine Hill Div- inity Hall. After service in the R.C.A.F., he had a pastorate in McKay United Church in Ottawa. Be- fore coming to Thornhilil, he was minister of First United Church in Victoria, BC, for seven years. “CANADA IS A WONDERFUL COUNTRY FROM COAST TO COAST” - - REV. A. I. HIGGINS “I would say that both coasts are very beautiful. The prairies are distinctive for their wide open spaces and have their own particular message, and Ontario is unmatched in the qualities of beauty and vitality,” declared the Rev. A. I. Higgins, minister of Thornhill United Church. “THE STONE ROLLED AWAY" By Rev. A. I. Higgins, B.A., B.D. Three women had anxiously awaited the first indications of dawn. They had very little sleep dur- ing the night. Their disturbed minds speculated about life after death and apparently had arrived at negative conclusions. As they were going to the tomb they were speculating on who would roll away the stone. At last the darkness began to lift, and the stars faded. Soon the sun would throw its warm- ing rays across the hillside, “Very early in the morn- ing,” says Mark, “they came to the sepulchre." You could have seen their dark figures silhouetted against the grey of the dawn as they made their way towards Olivet. Doubt had not left their minds. They were talking about the difficulty of getting the stone rolled away, so they could enter the tomb. When they drew near, they saw to their amazement that the stone was rolled away and the tomb stood open. The women were startled. Here was a mystery . . . almost weird. To them it was like entering their home to find everything misplaced. Some mysterious unseen visitor had been there. They were thinking of life in past relationships, of home, pleasant days together and here they found life had future possi- bilities to it. Mrs. Higgins, is also a native of the Maritimes. She is the daughter of the late Captain E. Welch of the Merchant Marine. Rev. and Mrs. Higgins have two sons. A married son lives in Ottawa and the other son remains in Victoria. They have one grand- child. Rev. Higgins said that he was glad to be back in Ontario once more, and that he was enjoying his new charge at Thornhill immensely. â€" V Ai‘hund is honored 'to be the channel for the following Easter Message from the Rev. A. I. Higgins of Thornhili United Church. Here there is life in two dimensions: the mortal and the immortal. They had laid Jesus in a tomb and had laid a great stone across the opening. By that deed they had written “finis” on the tomb. And God startled them that first Easter morning with the as- surance that life was not done. That these earthly qualities had eternal value in them, that life was not folded away like a garment but had survival value. When the angel of God descended and rolled the stone away it wrote “ad finitum” on the tomb. Life was not done. Life on its grandest scale had only com- menced. We, today, can buttress that great dynamic with lesser arguments. This uri'verse has always turned out more wonderful than 0121' fairest dreams. When Henry Russell, Professor 0 Astronomy at Princeton university was interviewe 'by a reporter of the New York Times, he was ask . “Do you believe in im- mortality? Do you'belie e that the spirit lives on after the body dies?” “ ertainly, I do,” was the immediate answer. The r porter replied that it was rather strange for a scientist to say that. Then Pro- fessor Russell picked up a candle burning on the table and blew it out. “Now,” he said, “it looks as if the flame is gone, since I have blown it out. “But this very minute, that light is thousands of miles from here, and if we had instruments sufficiently delicate, we could detect that light in the universe and distinguish it from the light of the_stars.” We believe that personality has the power to achieve distinction. Every soul is precious in the sight of God. Every man is of infinite value. Dr. Fosdick’s words are true. “If there is no immortality then God is the greatest of all wasters.” Look at what happened to men who lived under the power of the resurrection belief. Tax collectors became hon- est; cowards became bold, and fishermen became evangelists and statesmen. We often say to bereav- ed persons, “Try to think of something else.” But we cannot think of something else. The personality of the one who has passed out comes back intruding on the memory. Lastly, we buttress our hope of survival with the sense of the Righteousness of God. Just as these days are telling us that we cannot live dishonest lives in a world whose moral law is honesty, or we cannot live in the spirit of ill-will in a world whose spirit is one of brotherhood, neither can We continue in sin when the fundamental laws are purity, so neither can we have the spirit of righteousness in the minds of people today budding forth into blossom, if the divine righteousness treats us like oyster shells to.be swept into the garbage after the ban- quet. D. L. Moody said to an audience once. “Some day you will read in the paper, that D. L. Moody is dead. Don’t believe a word of it. At that moment, I shall be more alive than I am now." So that stone rolled away; that empty tomb tells us that life has another sphere to it than what is circumscribed on this wandering island in the sky. “Because He lives, we shall live also.” to enjoy fast home delivery of “The Liberal” Many of your neighbors start each Thursday this interesting way . . . and you can, too. You’ll like the range and variety of “The Liberal”. It recognizes your interest in suburban as well as provincial problems, your concern over rising taxa- tion, the crisis in education, your curiosity about 8 new play or the activities in your church. _ There’s no end to the world of useful, informative, interesting reading you’ll find every Thursday in “The Liberal”. To order home delivery service in Rich- mond Hill just call TU. 4-1105. IF YOU LIVE IN RICHMOND HILL OR DISTRICT DIAL TU. 4-1105 BY ELIZABETH KELSON fficoncl jAougAld . Our “Letters From The Peo- ple" department. is one of the most popular features of “The Liberal” which has been the home paper of Richmond Hill and surrounding district since 1878. ' It is an interesting experi‘ ence to leaf through the old volumes of this newspaper and live again the life of this comâ€"‘ munity. Of course much is changed but there are some things which seem never to change. One is the complaint about high taxes. Recent let- ters have complained about the continually increasing tax rate and the mounting levy for county administration. Leafing through the old files we find similar letters dating back to our earliest days. For instance in our issue of March 25th, 1899. just 64 years ago Hesse A. Nichols, an im- portant local citizen wrote complaining of the tax increase at the local and county level. It seemed the complaints dif- fered from today only in the size of the figures. The letter complained that at the annual nomination meeting the rate- payers were not given enough of detailed information regard- ing village business. Even way back in 1899 the complaint was. and we quote from the latter “our taxes are too high and we have very lit- tle to show for them". How of- ten have we heard that lament down through the years. The terrifying advances in taxation, especially for educa- tion was illustrated in a com- parative statement published in The Music Box... Wonder if the new record collection at our pub- lic library will have any tapes available? . . . Or is it just a circulating library? _ Figures released by the Dairy Council of Can- ada show Alberta leads all of Canada in ice-cream consumption . . . Well, a_t l‘eastrkits still cow country. Metro’s offer of $1,000-a-bed hospital grants was termed ridiculous by the chairman of Welleser Hospital. He says hospital beds cost $18-$20,000 each .‘ . . And no wonder the patients get bed-sores â€"â€" that’s a lot of scratch! The old established firm of Penman's Ltd. is in a flap over the falling market for long underwear. We'd suggest they call them Capris and women would likely buy them for outerwear. Medical students at the Toronto Western Hos- pital are learning surgery by TV. A camera in the operating room brings them a large-screen color close-up of the actual operation. The high point of the Show is in the “closing” moments when they wait for the announcement: “This program came to you ‘live‘ . . .” A Washington report on the increasing inci- dence of eye injuries from champagne corks says it was first noticed in West Berlin where doctors cal- culated a plastic champagne cork could hit you in fâ€"â€"â€"â€" the eye with more force than a tire blowing out on PLEASE a Volkswagen . . . and anyone who has ever been hit in the eye by a Volkswagen tire knows what THAT | M1 can be like! | Please Note: The head of the Metro Planning Board’s traffic division suggests suburbanites might rent small cars from the city which could be hooked onto arterial conveyor belts for rapid transit to the city and back. He says he saw the scheme in a publication for civic employees . . . 0n the comic page? Seven hundred Scarboro housewives who used sample plastic garbage bags for a month voted 88.5 per cent in favor of them being easier to handle than garbage cans . . . This leaves 11.5 per cent who find it easier to handle a husband. On Tuesday evening April 16th at St. Stephen's Church in Maple a recital of note will be held by Douglas Bod- le. organist and choirmaster of St. Andrew‘s Church in Toronto. Mr. Bodle will also have with him a group of his church choir members so it will most certainly be an ev- ening to take In and one you really shouldn't miss. After twn months on the coffee-circuit. if you asked John Addison M.P. what the “MP.” stands for, he might earnestly say: “Milk Please.” Organ & Choral Recital There have been several such recitals in the past at St. Stephens and Mrs. Vera Kirkland tells me that it is hoped a series of such high calibre affairs can be con- tinued. Now it can be told: Honest Ed’s Pink Elephant was just an ordinary elephant until Ed hired those Put-Pants-On-Him pickets to make him blush with embarrassment. Mr. Bodle is known as one of Toronto's leading choral musicians and brought with him a very high reputation some years ago when he mo- ved here from Winnipeg. This of course would place him extremely high in the level of Canadian organists and St. Stephen's Church is to be congratulated on being able to obtain the services of such a talented musician. A word about the organ here in St. Stephen's is fit- ting since the instrument would have to be of a certain standard before good musicâ€" Items gleaned from files of “The Liberal", the home paper of this district since 1878. Q Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. 3m £25m @011: fly “The Liberal". comparing ex- penses of 1899 with the year 1878 when this newspaper first appeared as the home paper for the community. The total amounts levied in taxation on the property own- ers of Richmond Hill is shown in the following statement: Levy for County ... . Levy village purposes High School tax . . .. Public School tax Railway tax . . . . . . . . County tax . . . . . . . . . . $298.08 Village levy . . . . . . . . . . 943.00 Public Library . . . . . . . 84.00 High School debenture 193.37 High School maintenance 262.50 Public School . . . . . . . . 840.00 In the year of 1899 the reeve of Rlchmond Hill was Peter Gould Savage, who operated a general store on the west side of Yonge Street on present site of McConaghy Public School. He was the grandfather of his‘ namesake, local insurance reâ€" presentative Peter Gould Sav- age, and father of William C, Savage who resides on Centre St. East. County increase 120 per cent Village increase 16 per cent. High School 30 per cent. Public School increase 100 per cent. ians would even consider ap- pearing in concert. The or- gan is a tribute to Canadian craftsmen and it might be surprising to know that we here in Canada do have an excellent field though small. of expert piano and organ makers. Kney and Bright of London. Ontario, were the builders in this case and it does warrant attention when Canadian artists perform on Canadian made instruments. There is to be no admis- sion charge for this concert but a collection will be taken up for the building fund of a new parish hall so urgently needed. Time is 8.15 pm. and it is Tuesday night. April 16, at St. Stephens Church in Ma- ple. York Concert. Society Presents another of its subscription concerts on Ap- ril 18 at Eaton Auditorium. Soloist will be Leonard Rose who will be heard in the Boccherini Violincello Con- certo and also Saint-Saens Violincello Concerto, so this is a splendid opportunity to fill up on ‘cello music. Tick- ets may be obtained locally by George Mayel Year 1878 Year 1898 Total Total $1607.70 $2611.95 $130.50 811.30 200.55 420.80 44.55 Richmond Hill. Ontario Whone TU. 4-1212 '\(‘ in Richmond Mon. â€" “PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" WED. â€" “TOMBOY AND THE CHAMP” FRI. â€" “BEST OF ENEMIES" SAT. â€"~ 3 STOOGES “HAVE ROCKET WILL from The Allegro. Richmond Hill. Gould as an Organist The ever surprising Glen Gould has recently finished a recording of Bach‘s The Art of the Fugue. Volume one only at the moment and it contains Fugues 1 to 9. Mr. Gould made the record- ing on the organ of All Saints‘ Church in Toronto and copies are now released PLEASEfiNOTE DURING EASTER WEEK MATINEES AT 2 PM. SAT on the Columbia Mastev works series. Monaural ML 5738. Stereo MS 6338. Beethoven Still Beats All h t l n rts in the VCIIUOH Ul mt: ‘uuuuuls yynuw Ué’fcsh‘ffwrihact°o§ez 903 cow setbacks. Council is seeking a certs played by 271 orchcs_ meeting With the bu11der. tras Beethoven was still in * “‘ "‘ * front by having a total of 889 STOUFFVILLE: Constable Or- performances.. He‘ll make land Keating has been engaged the hit Parade Yet. Mozart as police chief for the village. had 709. Tschaikowsky 496. He has eight years police ex- Wagner 370, Haydn 335 and perience and has been a mem- Bach came in sixth with a ber of the Orillia Police Force. total of 276. Canadians ran He will commence his duties very well when you consider May 1, that John Welnzweig 1Fac- ‘ OPEN SUNDAY CONTINUOUS FROM 5 PM. KW'M 313$?! Saturday Matinee, April 13, 2 pm. " MYSTERIOUS ISLAND" Fri., Sat, Sun. â€" April 12, 13, 14 emTUl.‘ 4-121; ' FREE PARKING AT REAR 0F THEATRE : Mon., Tues., Wed., last complete show 8.30 pm. TRAVEL" plus cartoons also By W. Ray Stephens AURORA: The new building of Aurora Tank and Welding on Wellington Street East has been built with an eight foot contra- vention of the building bylaw setbacks. Council is seeking a meeting with the builder. also Canadian Music Educator- Association Convention wlll be held in Halifax April 16 to 19 so our next news letter will probably come from the city of con- trasts, if I can borrow a typewriter and find the time. uhy of music. Toronto) had 11 and Harry Somers also of Toronto with 6.