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2‘ THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario. Thursday, April 18, 1963 Government And Technology The plan also substituted an an- nual $1,000 salary for council mem- bers in place of the $20. fee per meeting they have been receiving. Several other council committees will continue to operate independently of the two committees. Speaking in support of the new modified form of county administration, Warden Rob- ~ert Speck said it would ease his :workloald considerably. Not so many years. ago elected members of parliament found no great difficulty in comprehending to a sufficient extent the technology or art inherent in situations that arose before parliament. As elected rep- resentatives of the people, therefore, they were capable of dealing with most issues with which they were confronted. Today, however, due to the almost incredible advances that have been made by science and tech- nology in recent years, advances that have affected to a greater or lesser extent every conceivable field of en- deavor, it would be futile for mem- bers of parliament to attempt to com- prehend the mass of technical detail inextricably associated with many matters that come before the House for legislation. » The county council system is looked on with mixed feelings by the people of this province. Its strongest critlcism has come from the rapidly growing suburban areas adjacent to our large urban centres. In these areas a cumbersome county system built on geographic lines has often frustrated the wishes of a. large number of the people it is suppos- In an address to the Profession- a1 Institute of the Public Service of Canada, Lord Amory, British High Commissioner to Canada and one time Chancellor of the Exchequer said that democratic parliaments the world over were in danger of losing control of their affairs to a growing horde of professional managers in the civil service. That the affairs of government are being handed over in increasing degree to committees, boards, com- missions and the like is due in large part to the growing complexity of the eqciety in which we live. To any observer of government affairs there is little doubt there would be any disagreement with Lord Amory’s observation. , Before legislation can be passed in such cases technical details must be analysed and resolved. It is by reason of this requirement that is- sues which hitherto may well have been dealt With in parliament are to- day passed on to the growing horde of professional civil servants to which Lord Amory referred. This horde of professional civil servants are trained in the many and varied Arts and sciences which today are pro-requisite to a full understanding 0! many problems which must be dealt with in parliament, not only at Agriculture, legislation, plan- ning and development. property and welfare will be dealt with by an ad- ministration committee. The scope of the present finance committee, augmented by additional members, has been broadened to include educa- tion, assessment equalization and hospitalization. Under the plan the two committees will meet one full day each month prior to the regular meeting of county council and make recommendations on all matters to come before council. An important experiment in county government that could have a profound effect on the future of such government in Ontario began in Peel County this month. In Feb- ruary'Peel County Council approved the introduction of a modified form of county government. Under the plan the ten existing committees of county council have been incorporat- ed into two new committees. streamlining County Council 'An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 '0 \=/\' c0 I. 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 THOMAS W. LAZENBY, News Editor “Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa" 013132 liberal Looking for a new home to live and grow in? Any changes that might stream- line government, cut away. some of the red tape. and make it more vig- orous and effective are surely worth considering. A large body of tax- payers does not understand how county council operates, or the part it plays in the overall governing pro- cess. The Peel changes should not only simplify the administration but also help the average citizen to bet- ter understand the county role in government. Change does not always come easily, but sincere public officials are always willing to accept new ways and means that will assist them to discharge more effectively their duties and responsibilities. The Peel experiment, which has just nicely gotten underway, may well herald a new era in county gov- ernment in Ontario. Governments, like individuals, must move and march with the times and if reform doesn’t come from within, then in a democratic society the people will force a change. the national level but at the. provinâ€" cial and municipal levels as well. As pointed out by Lord Amory: these men are not monsters or una scrupulous men but they have be- come “so skillful, and seething and indispensable, and their techniques so intricate and incomprehensible”, that parliaments may lose the cap- acity or desire to interfere. The danger as we see it is not that professional civil servants have any desire to become our masters. but rather that politicians, wearied, bored and frustrated with the mass of incomprehensible technical detail that must of necessity be considered in processing much of today’s legis- lation will adopt the attitude so well summed up in the phrasa ‘Let George Do It’, that is the professional civil servant. York, like Peel, is experiencing growing pains and this is especially true in the three large southern municipalities of Richmond Hill, Markham and Vaughan. The prob- lems of these municipalities are al- together different from the northern municipalities of Georgina, Sutton and the Gwillimburies. No stronger indictment of the county system of government can be made than its failure to pave BayviewAAvenue. Although there are many in- stances in which the transference of business from the floor of the House into the hands of professionally trained civil servants is justified, there is a, growing fear on the part of some observers that the practice may become too readily resorted to by members of parliament with the inherent danger that our profession- al civil servants may become our masters. ed to be representing. Our reeves and deputies could very well study the Peel experiment and consider the feasibility of introducing a similar modified form of government in our own County of York. This is the attitude that must be guarded against by our members of parliament and if in the course of their duties as the elected represen- tatives of the people the technology of the 20th century looms larger and larger~ in legislative matters then they must be prepared to scrutinize closer and closer the proposals sub- mitted by their technical advisers. What may appear as logical legisla- tion from the viewpoint of the tech- nical mind may be far removed from what constitutes good legislation on behalf of the public. The public wel- fare must remain in the hands of the politician who must be ever vigilant against letting it slip into the hands of committees, boards or commis- sions comprised of technical advis- ers. you looking in the right place? in "The Liberal" you will each Thursday find valuable information in the real estate column Through "Liberal" :11st- ed Real Estate Brokers you will also be able to find just the lovely new home or apartment you are looking for, Then as now the advertising columns of "The Liberal" were generously patronized and served as a market place far ,the people of the district. Ev- ery imaginable service was ad- vertised. The issue of April 9th 1899 carried an ad for L. Innes 8; Sons about their Flour Mill. Products advertised included flour, cracked wheat, wheat grits, and grinding and chop- ping grain Was a specialty of the house. Richmond Hill boasted some fast stepping horses in the old days. A news item in an 1899 issue stated that John Palmer’s "Kitty R" won the 2.25 race in Bellevilie. John Palmer was a prominent citizen of the early days and the father of Wesley Palmer of Bayview Ave. and grandfather of Doug Palmer of Schomberg who today has an extensive racing stable at old Woodbine. t a an a An item in the Maple news stated that the Kickapoo Medi- shop on Yonge Street in Rich- mond Hill has been in the Ran- som family for a long time. and the passing years have wit- nessed not only many modern innovations but considerable change in the price schedule. In “The Liberal" issue of A- pril 6th. 1899, Mose Ransom, grandfather of Stan Ransom the present proprietor, ad- vertised a tonsorial special. He offered for $1.00 a ticket good for one haircut and twelve shaves. The shop then was lo- cated in the Lorne Block. EH’YvifiEh' "ffié" Lilierarl" â€"was‘ ‘recorded the death of a pioneer first published. "The Liberal" files of 1899 boasted of the achievement of the government of the day in introducing penny postage. It recalled in most interesting manner that not long ago all postal rates were computed on a basis of distance. A letter from Richmond Hill to Thorn- hill could be sent for four and a half pence. To send the same letter to Kingston would cost 9 pence. and to Halifax two shil- lings and 9 pence. Our issue of April 19th. 1899 William Munshaw at Langstaff. He was born in the autumn of 1827 on the lot first settled by his grandfather Balser Mun- shaw in 1796. t t t :k The advent of open voting in town. village. township and county councils was recorded in an issue of “The Liberal" in March 1899. It. was stated that Andrew Patullo of Oxford has introduced a bill in the Ontario Legislature having as The old files of this news- paper are the history of Rich- mond Hill. and in large meas- ure tell the story of Canada since 1878 which was the year in which “The Liberal" was first published. We often wonder why people always referred to "the good old days". One reason might be an ad in an 1899 issue which offered first quality yellow su- gar at 28 pounds for $1.00. “India is a land that promises to the stranger, who has just arrived, a multitude of experiences, some of which cause him to rejoice and others that are deeply disturbing. India is truly a land of con- trasts. Here you will find the ancient and the mod- ern; the beautiful and the barren; the rich and the poor; magnificent structuresand flimsy mud huts; balmy breezes and searng heat of summer, and along with this, the inviting aroma of oriental spices and the stench of lanes and alleys. THE LESSON OF THE TELUGU PEOPLE BY REV. EMIL LANGE, B.A., B.D. FORWARD â€" The Rev. Emil Lange, B.A., B.D., is pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at Maple. He is a graduate from Waterloo Lutheran University and seminar. He was pastor of the Hei- delbergsEr-bsville Parish, after which Rev. and Mrs. Lange were called by the church to serve as mission- aries to India. They worked among the Telugu- speaking people of Andhra-Pradesh for six years before returning to Ontario. Rev. and Mrs. Lange have four'children, James 15. Sharon 12;‘i;1eather 9, and David 6. In his own words, the Rev. Emil Lange shares with the readers some of his deeply moving experiences among the Telugu-speaking people. Our work began 365 miles north of Madras in the State of Andhraâ€"Pradesh. We had to learn a strange new language and our first year was spent learning to huff and puff at some of the aspirated words taken over from the ancient Sanskrit. Our teacher, a Brahmin pundit. was very patient with us as we learned the Telugu language which is often said to be the “Italian” of the East. Occasionally, when we tried to carry on a conversation with the people, we would notice the listener smiling broadly or even suppressing a laugh, leaving us to wonder if we had made a mistake. It seemed as if we were in the same position as our Indian friends who were learning English. One of these introduced an American visitor to a group of Indian people with these words, “We are happy to have you in our middle.” This sort of thing can happen quite inno. cently when one is learning a new language. Our experience with living in a poor Indian village has led us to re-evaluate the meaning of a much used term, “The necessities of life.” Here, it is a privilege for a man to earn enough to supply his family with rice. One of the natives expressed it in this way, “What after all is necessity?” and almost in the same breath answered his own question by saying, “a loin cloth and a pot of rice.” Our first assignment of work was in an area known better as the “Agency”. This is a very back- ward region, full of towering hills and isolated val- leys, jungles, and small plots of land carved out of the rugged terrain. It is inhabited by both hill tribes and wild animals. Our task was to manage 21 misâ€"‘ sion schools, one higher elementary school, and a. boarding home for boys and another for girls. To this were added duties towards a parish consisting of 20 congregations. It was necessary to cover an area of some 50 X 80 square miles of territory where there were few roads and many of the villages could only be reached on foot. In spite of the extreme poverty one meets in such a heavily populated area of the world, we were very much impressed with the friendliness that was shown to visitors and strangers. One is never sent away without food and lodging, and on occasion, the villagers themselves. suffered numerous inconven- iences that they might honor their guest. The schools in our region were simple palm- leaf sheds, the roof of which had to be replaced every two years. Most of these sheds had no walls and it was not surprising to‘ find a dog chasing a cat into the midst of a group of studying children. The children Squatted on mats made from palm leaves, or on planks that we were able to supply them. Often the older children would have to bring their baby brothers or sisters into the classroom and care for them because father and mother were both working in the fields. There were times when the first grad- ers would learn to write the Telugu alphabet on what could best be described as “magic slates” . . . . a pile of sand placed before each child. The sand (Continued on page 12), Rambling Around Items gleaied from files of “The Liberal”, the home paper of this district since 1878. 1m 332m @0113 33y BY ELIZABETH KELSON cine Co. would spend a couple of weeks in the village and provide concerts at the com- munity hall. The principal clause in the bill provided that whenever a division is taken in a munici- pal council either on the ap- pointment of an official. elect- ion of a warden or other pre- siding officer or upon a bylaw or resolution for any other purpose each member of coun- cil present and voting shall an- nounce his vote upon the ques- tion openly and individually in council and the clerk shall re- cord the same. and no vote shall be taken by ballot or by any other method of secret vot- ing, and every vote so taken shall be void and of no effect. The Stan Ransom barber shop on Yonge Street In Rich- mond Hill has been in the Ran- som family for a long time, and the passing years have wit- nessed not only many modern innovations but considerable change in the price schedule. The advent of open voting in town. village, township and county councils was recorded in an issue of “The Liberal" in March 1899. It, was stated that Andrew Patullo of Oxford has introduced a bill in the Ontario Legislature having as its object the elimination of the ballot in municipal govern- ment business. Listen, Les. How about making our boy Addispn 3 . your new Minister of Transport so we can get trams l to Toronto! The Music Box . .. Honest, when we, remarked on Mr. Diefenbaker making more whistle-stops than a peanut vendor, we never anticipated that election-day heading: P.M. Votes At Peanut Vendor’s. A police visit to a Bayview laundromat resulted in two local husbands being charged with having a beer while waiting for their wash . . . Apparently, in laundromats, even sippin’ suds have their deter- gents. Sir Winston Churchill has been officially declar- ed an honorary US. citizen It is not expected that the honor will be extended to ALL Conservative ex- prime minsters. With the horse season here again, the Toronto papers are all using the word “picks” as a noun for the daily selection of their racing writers . . . And, on their record to date. these boys will have a real problem with a. head cold. The Ontario Agricultural College is going to spend $1,300,000 for a new poultry college. . . . That should certainly give us more egg-heads! In Newmarket, a photographic dealer is selling tires and oil in protest over some Esso stations sell- ing cameras. These are only the “Franchised Deal- ers”. Or, as he might put it: the Esso B’s. We don’t know how;the ethnic vote went, but 1 Ellen Fairclough could consider her activities as Minister of Immigration were something of political suicide â€" after being beaten by a Liberal opponent named Macaluso. Metro Police are willing to take over the duties of the Toronto Harbour Police â€" but they don’t want to become involved in providing lifeguards and water patrols . . . So what are they going to do until the fishing season opens? So it turns out that Prime Minister Diefenbaker was right in saying the papers were unfair to him. Look at the way they were expecting him to make up his mind in eight days when they know he wasn’t able to do it in eight months! No Comment Dept. Among the flashes from the film front is the word that Richard Burton’s next picture will be “Becket”, in which he will play a saint. Canada's servicemen’s vote proved that, although they don’t have “A” weapons, they know how to use their “B” weapon. (Like in “Ballot”.) A Matter of Recreation Again we appear in print to defend the word “Cul- ture” as a simple and honâ€" est form of recreation where local activities are concern- ed. It has been said again that such groups as the Richmond Hill Symphony Orchestra in particular, have been designated with the horrid thought of be- ing "cultural" and explana- tions are again in order to explain and define the term without any frightening re- sults. Recreation should com- bine at least two forms of activities. the physical and the so-called cultural, but the isolation of any one agâ€" ainst the other is by no means fair. Now. where physical re- creation is concerned the majority being physically minded naturally classify music and arts as beyond the reach of recreation. and thus must be under the in- fluence of, to speak plainly. a bunch of long hairs. So, where a recreation has an overbalance of musicians. artists and. shall we say the cultural specimens, the gen- eral opinion is that the physical classification must be labelled muscular. Now both are wrong if this opinion exists and whilst there might be a fair share of long hairs and mus- cular individuals, it is also fair to contend that the ma- jority are evenly balanced people. We will contend that. However, just to bal- ance the wheel again it beâ€" comes necessary to take out one's dictionary (or pop over the back fence and borrow a neighbour’s) and look at the words â€" CULTURE and RECREATION. â€" a quite common feeling exists that recreation can only be attained by some form of athletic exhaustion caused by running around some dusty baseball dia- mond or a few smashing rounds of ping-pong. Let it be known that I have no aversion to sports. quite to the contrary, but We must not be overwhelm- ed by the assumption that every kid who swings and misses on the home plate will eventually aspire to be ‘the future generation‘. There is also the matter of the mind. you know - the upstairs level, the attic, the area of concentration, of ..*CULTURE - "care given to the growth and develop- ment of animals and plants.“ (We must take the liberty of translation by including hu- man beings.) ment of mind or body after toil or weariness.” Still. there are those without dic- tionaries, or even neigh- bours with dictionaries, So *RECREATION - “refresh- . Yesterday's news is not necessarily dead. oug thought and all that mind- maklng matter. There's the recreation of folks too old and creaky to hike around second base in high, or bend over picking up fluffed ping- pong balls. Many young- sters too turn to various forms of recreation such as music. arts and what-not if available so the fields are full on both sides of the fence and the gate in the middle should be big enough to let anyone through if they wish. For a local orchestra. if a community is fortunate enough to have one, offers a relaxing hobby. Players of all sorts. good. bad and out of tune. welcome the oppor- tunity to leave the kitchens. the officE‘. barns. garage. the boss and other forms of daily sufferings just to en- joy a fcw weekly hours of music, be it as it may. From this pastime many benefit and concerts are part of the giving. Who attends concerts? Well. to date in Richmond Hill the newly formed or- chcstl‘a has given two con- certs this season to a total of some 700 interested peo- ple. From an orchestra of 50 this can be seen that there are more than rela- tives coming out. So far this year when one also adds up the recent concert in Newmarket. more than 1,000 people turned out to three concerts. and have been ask- ed to contribute nothing but their attendance. They have not been forced into coming and neither have they been solicited. (yet). What does it all cost? Nothing you say? In an orchestra uch as the above mentioned one you can roughty estimate the value of the total instru- ment stock up to $10,000 (not counting the Stradsl. A good music library start with would cost up $1.000. And who pays for all of this? Why the dear old or- chestra members themselves by bringing their own horns and digging up the music from centres where music can be obtained for such purposes. Say $500.00. Buy some music as well and give the leader a few odd pennies for his trouble. Most leaders usually turn back their re- ‘wards by purchasing new music anyway. Say $100.00 - Well this might pay half of the an- nual rent for the rehearsal room. What would a grant do? and how much? Say $250.00 - All the rent and about one-fifth of what the leader usually pays out of his own pocket to keep the pot boiling. Say $1,000.00. Annually, t } also Mon.,_Tues., Wed., Thurs., 12°22? Avr1122+,23,%4225_ And. 3 real WVh‘aivhappened tâ€"dfhe man of vi‘olencq 1 ' in whose place Christ was cruclfiedL ‘1 CONTINUOUS FROM 5P.M. ‘STARTS SUNDAY, APRIL 21 AT 5pm. Richmond Hill. Ontario Phone TU. 4.1212 rm "The Chairmaker And The Boys" Please Note: Thurs., Fri., last complete show 8.30 p.121. it would help support an or chestra. But amateur orchestras never ask for $1,000.00. These monies can be rais- ed by concerts. rummage sales. bingo games and the selling of subscriptions. by donations and various other means. The hardest part is in the beginning when the struggle to construct starts. Imagine a local ball team turning up with full equip- ment of some 510.000. This would of course be the mort- gage on the ball park as well. And can any local ath- letic entertainment draw 1,000 people in three games? No madam. I still like sports. so don't call me 'a long hair. In my neighbour- hood the kids all ask me to throw the ball high in the sky because I'm the cham- pion ('3). although I can per- form this act only every sec- ond week after my back gets reset. I am one of the few musicians with a concave chest because hack in old Pile of Bones. Sask.. I was a whizz baseball catcher be- fore the days of chest pro- tectors. Every kid over five feet, 10 inches. with a long swing belted me across the wind shell before missing the ball on the return swing. I was brought up in the same hockey school as Howe. ANTHONY QUINN u mehu flmbmdm SILVANA MANGANOo ARTHUR KENNEDanTY J HARRY ANDREWS o VIT'I‘ORIO GASSMAN JACK PALANCE° ERNEST BORGNINE H-mwnmmmrumuflm.uqumlu “MW'LMFE ' my MATINEE FRI., APRIL 19, 2 RM. mammnmomumrmm MATINEE SAT., APRIL 20, 2 PM. “3 Stooges Have Rocket” Thurs., Fri., Sat, April 18, 19, 20 VHILARIOUB MIXTURE OF MISSILES AND er’fiifiGJN/ifiKRIIAN'fi'fiEWSwWom munu Hlll. Ufllaflfl ; TU. 4-1212 FREE PARKING AT REAR 0F THEATRE WMDMDEUKMWS mummyflmw «MAW - plus - IKIUUB MIAIUNE Ur mucou- w H"- MICHAEL OPEN SUNDAY “Best of Enemies” AMEDEO - plus - By W. Ray Stephens Armstrong and other great stick handlers. Hundreds of stick-swinging kids on a sheet of ice, then somgom threw in a puck. Guys like Armstrong and Howe came out with the puck but it wll years after before I ova! actually saw one for real. Also I played in a band. Bnys"band. then In“) the big band and also with tho local Pile of Bones Sympho- ll_\'. (‘uliure in me was two acres of potatoes to be hoed. topped. dc-bugged and (la- ally picked. Wagner was fit. name or the Germanâ€"Cann- dian chap on the next street who owned two husky deal. and a sled. until they had to be destroyed for bltlnfl everybody they could‘ My first known musical title was (‘hu-(‘hin Chow and It was the nickname given to I happy Chinese boy who played alto sax u only I happy Chinese boy could. so whether it was being batted fnr two bases across the chest. searching for the ever elusive puck or trying to sit in with the ‘big folk' in the local orchestra it w“ all recreation and fun. This was before the word "Culture" came lnto beln . Come to think of it, ” e- crcation" was also an un- known word HARRY IN THEIR FIR“ ‘7 FULL-LING {x Q FEATURE {TV mementos“? 112W FILM"!