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2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, fiursday, May 16. 1963 DON’T ABANDON KITTENS Hill regarding an Injury I re- Dear Mr. Editor: ceived on the faulty sidewalk The season has arrived when in front of the Mainprize Drug- I lose considerable faith in store. I walked from there as people - the season when in- far as the entrance to the mun- nocent little kittens are dl'OP- icipal hall where I reported my ped from cars passing through accident to Clerk R. Lynett who the town, or by thoughtless was standing with Foremani people generally. who are too Fred Bovaird and another. "kind". 'or too careless to deal gentleman at the street. with the matter otherwise I have been in Richmond Hill MYRTLE F. DOLAN most of the time since 1937! SUFFERS INJURY n SIDEWALK Dear Mr. Editor For over two war: I have been in touch with the clerk and town council of Richmond According to a news story carried in a Toronto daily last week, Harold Deeks, Richmond Hill’s plan- ning director. has finally come up with a solution to all the town’s problems. It’s all very simple. just build a tunnel under Yonge Street. Mr. Deeks is even so optimistic as to think the province would pay 90% of the total cost although he admits he has no idea as to just how much such a tunnel would cost or if the province would even faintly consider subsidizing his dream, let alone to the extent of 90%. In face of the many problems Ontario is facing to-day Premier John Robarts is more interested in investing provincial tax dollars in such things as schools, hospitals or a health plan - certainly not in a hole in the ground. This is not the first time Mr. Deeks has chosen to ignore his planning board and council and speak in public on important policy matters that should first be considered by these two bodies. The present admin- istration had just nicely taken office last January when Mr. Deeks in a speech before the local Rotary Club covered a wide range of‘ subjects many of which were policy matters falling under the domain of the people’s elected representatives. The news story also makes reference to the high rate of taxa- tion in Richmond Hill comparing it to other municipalities in Metro. Two members of different mun- Icipal councils fought for the tax- payer last week but both unfortun- ater were unsuccessful in their ef- forts to effect some real savings in their respective administrations. In Richmond Hill Councillor A1 White was the only member of town council to favour restricting the granting of three weeks’ holidays to those employees who had completed 10 years service with the municipal- ity. Instead council decided to ignore Mr. White’s suggestion and grant town employees three weeks’ holidays after just six years of service. In the opinion of this newspaper Councillor White was right. Three weeks’ holidays after 10 years ser- vice seems not only fair but in keep- ing with the average holiday period the vast majority of the taxpayers of this town receive in their em- ployment. In fact some taxpayers aren’t so fortunate as to receive three weeks' holidays after 10 years em- ployment. The level of fringe bene- fits a municipality provides should bear some relationship to the earn- ing power of the taxpayers â€" the people who have to foot the bill_. Saturday will be fair day in Richmond Hill. The Richmond Hill Agricultural Society will present their 114th annual spring fair and we hope people of the district in large numbers will attend this his- toric community event. The horse show with a full pro- gram of saddle and hurdle events as well as competitive classes for light and heavy horses will be the feature attraction. It will attract some of the very finest horses in Ontario and will be well worth seeing; In addi- tion to the horse show there will be a large exhibit of Jersey cattle and other livestock, and a number of at- tractions which should appeal to young and old. The midway will be complete with the usual rides and games and 'An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 43:46 U L a 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 dass mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa" In Markham Township, Coun- Holidays And Sick Pay Richmond let’s Go To The Fair Our Yonge St. Tunnel 013m liberal “Dear Mr. Editor.” 0N TOWN Hill I have been in Richmond Hill most of the time since 1937 and my first trip to a doctor here was an Xray on my foot; Naturally when I hurt it I didn't run to the doctor as I thought it only a sprain. Naturally when I hurt itIdidn't 2 when I phoned regarding run to the doctor as I thought same after the first operation it only a sprain. Inn my foot. I was advised that Since then I ha” ht‘en inlthe town had insurance and to the hospital at three different send a letter with all particu- tlmes for operation on this Ioot.| (Continued on Page 15) Mr. Deeks has been unable to offer any practical solution to many of the complex problems facing this municipality. Now we have his latest dream of a tunnel under Yonge Street. What Richmond Hill needs is a little more common sense and less controversy. This type of publicity, the same reference appeared in an earlier planning story, does nothing in a positive way to help solve our problems. Stories of this kind in the large Metropolitan press only serve to frighten away every level of tax- payer whether it's residential, com- mercial or indtlstrial from settling in Richmond'Hill. Mr. Deeks has swamped local planning and development in a sea of red tape and created disappoint- ment and ill feeling among some townspeople which is most unfortu- nate in a community. Planning Board Chairman Cecil Williams was right when he said the board is badly in need of better public relations and a better public image. Mr. Deeks was hired as planning director in November 1961 at a salary of $8,500. Fortunately council had enough courage to say no to a further raise of $500 this year. The planning board budget for 1963 is $18,165. We would suggest it’s high time council make a careful re,- appraisal of the office of planning director in relationship to its value if any, to the municipality. cillor Al Sumner fought alone in a vain attempt to put a ceiling on the length of time the municipality will pay’ sick leave to a police officer who is off duty because of an accident or illness. As in the case of Councillor White, Mr. Sumner too was unsuc- cessful in his efforts to place a fair limit on the municipality’s respon- Sibility to its_pol-ice officers, During the present era of soar- ing taxation councils would be well advised not only to preach economy but also to practice it in everyday administration of their affhirs. Councils are prone to place the blame for high taxes on another level of government when they could show their sincerity by exercising some old fashioned economy in their own op- erations. It’s alright to ask the province to increase its grants or accept a greater responsibility in some aspect of government, but at the same time the municipalities should show their good faitli by seeing that their people receive full value for every tax dollar collected and spent. Everybody agrees taxes are too high, so, let’s start doing something about it by introducing some real economies at the local level. everywhere there will be the atmos- phere and charm of the country fair. This is an attraction which in many communities has passed from the scene of living and the fact that our fair has continued for over a century should be a matter of considerable local pride. President Lloyd Beatty and his fellow officers and directors have worked hard to prepare an attractive program for the 114th annual fair and in their efforts on behalf of an honored Richmond Hill- institution they merit the whole-hearted sup. port of all our citizens. One of the best ways to boost the fair is to attend and bring along: members of the family, especially boys and girls. Let‘s go to the fair Saturday. I have always been a great walker but now I can only walk when I force myself to and I doubt if my foot will ever be right again. I have asked Richmond Hill council several questions but they will not answer them. Why? Here are the questions. 1 Why didn't the clerk tell me to send my report in writ- ing the day I told him I in- jured my foot? (This was just after I received the injury. “ Rambling Around The annual Richmond Hill Spring Fair will be in full swing, Saturday, May 18, and there’s no place like a fair to have a good family outing_ our own Richmond Hill Fair is sponsored by the Richmond Hill Agricultural Society which was founded in 1849. The president of the Richmond Hill Agricultural Society is Lloyd Beatty of Markham Township . . . lst vice-president is_ Graeme Bales, R.R.2, AGormley . . . 2nd vice-president is Art McKeown from Vaughan Township and secretary is Derrick Wallbanks of Richmond Hill. This fair is financed by grants from the province and York County and it is supported by Richmond Hill, Markham and Vaughan. Some individ- uals and corporations also donate t0ward it. The events will be worth coming to see. The midway rides and the sideshows will provide an atmosphere of color and festivity. The York County Jersey Show is sponsored by the Jersey Cattle Club of York County and the hunter and jumper competi- tion is recognized by the Canadian Horseshow Association. Come and see these fine horses in action. The Dairy Princess Competition is a main event also. If you like pitching horseshoes, come along and try your luck! It‘s a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon, and at the same time back up the hard- working members of the Richmond Hill Agricultural Societv. ‘ Diane said that as Central Ontario Dairy Prin- cess, she has learned more about the dairy industry. The production of whole milk and milk products is ever changing and improving. The consumer can rest assured that he is getting the best for his money when he buys Ontario dairy products. Diane hopes to be a good influence upon those who know little or nothing about the dairy industry. By doing this, dairy farming and the resulting products may receive some advertising. Diane believes that good adver- tising is the nucleus of success, and that her job as a dairy princess is to draw attention to the industry for its betterment. For the last two years, the tall and very attrac- tive daughter of Eldon and Kathleen Fierheller has had the time of her life. Diane has been Dairy Princess for Central Ontario since 1961. Since then, Diane has become a good public relations woman for the dairy industry. She attended banquets, appear- ed at the openings of various stores and businesses; attended conventions, and all because she represents the dairy farmer of Ontario, and the processors and distributors of the various dairy products. “I have been given the rare privilege," declared Diane, “to speak to the public, to meet new people from every walk of life and most important to be able to boast of my heritage and my way of life.” How does a girl get to be a dairy princess? Diane explains: “Ontario,” she says, “is divided into five areas. The county dairy princess in each area at- taining the highest score in the preliminaries be- comes‘regional princess. A girl wit enters gthe dairy princess competition must be 17 t - 6 years’old, live on a farm, or be the daughter of a *armer. The York County competition is held at the Richmond Hill Fair. After being chosen as the county dairy princess, she goes to the C.N.E. Forty-five girls enter the competition. In the preliminaries, five girls compete at a time. One girl is chosen from each five. Then she goes on to the semi-finals and competes against three or four other girls. The last step, she competes again and the winner becomes the Dairy Princess of Ontario.” Diane lives at EldonLea Farm, Edgeley, with her parents, brother Douglas and sister Jane. She is a student of Thornhill Secondary School and a mem- ber of the Thornhill United Church. Diane has many hobbies. She likes to ride horses, fish and hunt. She enjoys basketball and volleyball at the high school. In the summer, she does some water skiing. She de- signs clothes and sews (Diane makes most of her clothes). She also enjoys cooking and reading. (Her favorite authors are Hemingway, Hardy and Du- maurier.) Diane has plenty of ambition too. She plans to attend the Toronto Teachers’ College and the Ontario College of Art. (She wants to be an art sup- ervisor.) She would like to be the Ontario Dairy Princess for 1963 and Canadian Dairy Princess in 1964, and last but not least, she wants to travel anywhere and everywhere. Diane has been deep in 4-H work for some time now. She was a member of the homemaking club for three years. Her leaders were Mrs. Eldon Fier- heller and Mrs. Paul Snider. She has been a member of. the Woodbridge Calf Club for four years. The leaders of this club are E. Pembleton, Don Head Farms, Harold Clapp, Fraserdale Farms and Carl Boynton. Meetings are held once a month from April to October. Diane’s chosen breed is Holstein, and the reason she joined the calf club was to learn how to care for, judge and gain more knowledge of showing Holstein dairy cattle. “My experiences in 4â€"H have been invaluable to me,” said Diane. “It taught me to value the advice and experience of true showmen; to see the value of proper farm manage- ment and the value of improving a dairy herd.” Diane has also learned the value of the early training of children in the basics of farming and home-making and that farm children are not the “poor kids that can’t do anything." The fact is that they are intell- igent. mature and highly responsible for their age mainly because they have been given responsibility from an early age in the form of caring for pets and doing household chores. This training is carried on into adolescence and adulthood to form responsible ‘ citizens. ‘ Life on the farm has made Diane a true daugh- ter of the land. She realizes that farming is some- thing more than a mere existence. It is a way of life. It; is a highly organized, highly mechanical industry and a long way from the pioneer farm. Today, a modern farmer, must know about farm man- agement, understand proper breeding programs, proper use of the land for high production and proper feeding of stock for a definite purpose. A farmer must have a shrewd business mind to compete. He must love the land so much that the bad things fade into nothingness as soon as the new crop is harvested or a heifer brings a good price. Above all. he must have unflagging hope and patience when “the going gets rough.” Diane thinks that farming is a good life, and Booker T. Washington said: "No race can prosper 'til it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field, as in writing a poem." THERE’LL BE FUN FOR YOU AT THE RICHMOND HILL FAIR “IT‘S FUN BEING A DAIRY PRINCESS DIANE FIERHELLER BY ELIZABETH KELSON SCOI’HI 3401/1 1: they fight FOR integration and in Quebec they fight . AGAINST it. ‘ The Music Box... Well, as far as drinking is concerned, it will still be a case of Vaughan for the road. We don't like to suggest that Planning Director Harold Deeks is in a rut, but the story on his pro- posal to tunnel Yonge Street traffic under the Hill makes mention of his experience in planning MINING towns. RCMP officers searched for a bbmb on the Prime Minister’s plane when it landed from London . . . but it turned out that Charlotte Whitton was on a separate flight. Police Chief Robbins says no intimidation is used in asking shopkeepers to withdraw books he disap- proves of from their displays . . . And those army sergeants were always nice about it when they called for volunteers. 0n the 601h Day of Decision the Prime Minister said to me â€" Canada’s folk singers are overlooking opportunity again. With a bit of music, the press count-up on our new government could be another “Partridge in 3. Pear Tree”. And that small-time Toronto bookmaker must have had some second thoughts about coincidences when, after being arrested with $100 in his wallet he was fined $100 â€" by a magistrate who is also chairman of the racing commission. We know it's just coincidence but Sir Winston Churchill DID announce his retirement from politics at the same time as Toronto bricklayers announced they expect to get $3.05 an hour. Canadian voters are said to have set two new records m the recent electlon . . . LP records? Welfare officers in general will have some sec- ond thoughts on their social status if they noticed that remark by a Whitby magistrate. After regis- tering a conviction for indecent telephone calls, he added: “. . . no one. not even a welfare officer, has to put up with that? Thank You Woodbridge Festival A couple of columns ago we mentioned the fact that the York Music Festival (Woodbridge) had asked Richmond Hill Town Coun- oil for a donation. In 1961 the council parted with $10 but this time. as a caution~ ary move. it was passed along to the finance com~ mittee for ‘further thought' hence the 'penny for your thoughts' item in this col- umn. Philip Thomson Clark is retiring after 28 years of government service. If the name isn’t familiar, he is Ontario’s comptroller of revenue and is better known as “Mr. Sales Tax" . . . amongst other names. Now we are pleased to sea JANIS NICHOLLS of Rich- A story on King City‘s unwanted railroad station says it experienced its final moment of glory when former Prime Minister Diefenbaker made a. cam- paign stop . . . And you might say the feeling was mutual. mond Hill. receive an award of $25 from the Woodbridge festival for winning first place in the piano class under 14 years. This is a scholarship. Whatever we did in council about this great financial problem I‘ve not heard. but it is probably deep in some corner being ‘thought' about. Pleasant Music In Pleasantville Monday. May 6. was music night in Pleasantviiie Public School and a very large assortment of patronizing parents assembled to hear an even larger assortment of children entertain them. A play. the junior choir, senior girls' choir, senior choir and piano solos were the fare of the evening. Principle Denis Middleton welcomed one and all and Graham Shantz. music Instructor and a member of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, led the classes throughout the evening in the choral singing. You In Your Small Corner Q Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. We may not write a symphony; We may not take command Of an army or a cruiser, And the rulers of the land May not stoop to ask our counsel, But it’s mighty fine to know That we cheered a troubled brother In the hour of his woe. lt It’s given to but few of us To scale the peaks of fame, But history has recorded That a fine unblemished name May carry down the ages And the trail has grown dim, Life’s book will hold a shining page For those who walked with Him, And did for all humanity, Each day throughout the year, The tender things - the thoughtful things - That lay within their sphere. For the quiet remerhbered few Who always did the kindly things That were at hand to do. When comes the long day’s waning, an iniegrate World we live in: In Alabama oug â€"â€" Robert D. Little Elizabeth Turton accom- panied for most of the numbers and played a very fine solo 'Allegretto‘ by Haydni Her work as an accompanist however excel- led and she will find her- self quite busy in future. A most impressive pianist as well was Loris Adamson of grade 4. At that young age Loris shows great promise. The choral work as a whole was very well done and many were the com- ments about the excellent way in which the various singing groups performed so capably under the direc- tion of Mr. Shantz. The Schubert Music Club of Sherbrook. Que., cele- brated the 100th anniver- say of the death of the great composer with a varied musical programme ranging from Bach to Broadway - but no Schubert! Orchestra Concludes Second Season By invitation of the Aurora Centennial Committee. the Richmond Hill Symphony Orchestra put on its final concert of the season in the auditorium of the G. W.y Williams Secondary School‘; on May 6. l Schubert Without Schubeit As in the past. an almost capacity audience attended proving once again that this type of entertainment has a very large following. and it isn't necessarily as one would anticipate. People who like music and when there‘s the chance to hear it live, right on the doorstep, they by George Mnyes Richmond Hill. Ontario Phone 'I‘U. 4-1212 '\C' m Richmond After Sunday Midnite Show 12:05 make sure of going along. The Trinity Choral Society under the skillful guidance of Mrs. Illtydd Harris. set a high standard of musical performance throughout the evening. Accompanied by the orchestra for ‘F10cks in Pastures Green Abiding‘ was an outstanding combination. Without the orchestra Mrs. Harris conducted the group in “Three Madrigals of the Tudor period." ‘Creations CONTINUOUS FROM 5 PM. m. MIRISCH (30mm ELViS DE lUXE umno mm; "POCKETFUI. OF MIRACLES" Holiday Muiinees Kid Galahad Shown At 5.20 and 9.20 p.m. Pocketful Of Miracles Shown at 7.00 pm. 0 Starting Thurs, May 16 thru Wed, May 22, 1963 Thurs, Fri, Sat. â€"â€" Mon, Tues, Wed, May16-17-18-20-21-22 PANAVISION' COLOR Please Note Show Times For This Programme FREE PARKING AT REAR 0F THEATRE AN ALLIED unsts PICTURE ' ,WJUUD 0'1“th Recommended Adult Entertainment At 2 p.111. Sat. and Mon., May 18 and 20 “1W M "'1'" "VI"! 1HIATRI GLENN FORD BHIE DAVIS HOPE [ANGIE ARIHUR O'CONNEll Shown at 6.30 and 10.20 pm. "KID GALAHAD" 2 Big Horror Features "KID GALAHAD" SWINGINGI LOVING! SINGING 6 BIG SONG HITSl OPEN SUNDAY Showu at 8.00 pm. Only SUNDAY â€"â€" plus â€"â€" %‘ Pocketful ;. of Miracles :':¢<\ t%.!-’ 0-1. u FRANK CAPRA'S 7);; n _ _IÂ¥_nfl__l By W. Ray Stephens I-Iymn,‘ and English tradi- tional tune ‘My Pretty Maid' and ‘Greensleeves‘ with one excellent bit of baritone solo work by Ted McClenney in a Cornish sea song. the 'Mormaid.‘ ARTHUR BURGIN opened the orchestra] portion of the programme by conducting the Frescabaldi ‘Toccata' then the strings played well in the Haydn ‘Serenadet‘ \E\\\\\E Continued on Page 15) JACQUES BERGERAC Mm: Aha on (In RCA Victor EP Ronni Only uc'vli