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Teenagers And Their Problems 2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 20, 1963 When questioned why we were omitted, welfare officials at Queen’s Park said they had selected certain widely separated papers in order to cover as much of the province as possible. If this was the case, then Why did they choose a cluster of three weeklies in the Aurora-New- market area and ignore the heavily populated southern part of the county? The towns of Aurora and Newmarket are within three miles of each other. Not satisfied with one newspaper in Newmarket, the prov- ince inserted it in both Newmarket papers. It seems a rather odd coincidence that the publishers of both the Au- rare and Newmarket papers are sup- porters of the present provincial gov- ernment. Both Dr. James Johnston, Any who may have the idea that our courts of justice are hard-hearted and without feeling would be encour- aged by the story in the Metro press recently of a magistrate who offered his friendship to a 17-year-old immi- grant in court for car theft. In passâ€" ing suspended sentence on the 17- year-old youth, the magistrate said: “If at any time in the future you feel youhave a problem and haven’t a friend, you come to my office and we’ll work out the problem. Don’t ever say again that you have no friends or that there are no friends or people interested in you,” advised the magistrate. The magistrate, who has earned province-wide recognition for his work on the bench, especially in the field of teenage and juvenile cases, is James Butler, a long-time highly esteemed citizen of Richmond Hill. To those who have known him dur- ing his nearly 40 years as a resident of Richmond Hill, it is no surprise that he has earned this reputation. Throughout his lifetime he has been interested in people, and particularly young people, and as a citizen of this community has excelled in many branches of public service and always has been untiring in his interest in the welfare and problems of youth. It is gratifying to his friends that in the larger field as a police magistrate he is making such an outstanding contribution in the law courts of our province. Among the newspapers receiving this advertisement were the Aurora. “Banner”, Newmarket “Era & Ex- press” and the Newmarket “Post”. This newspaper did not receive the advertisement. Commenting on the problem of teenagers and the handling of their cases by Magistrate Butler, the Star Weekly in a recent editorial said: It's time we stopped treating teenagers as either fragile china needing the most delicate handling, or incipient toughs needing reforma- tory. Magistrate James Butler gave a useful lesson against the kid-glove treatment last month in a Scarboro (Ont.) court. Some 50 teenagers had been milling about a thoroughfare there, blocking motor traffic and cursing pedestrians. He convicted 11 of them of causing a disturbance. On May 29th the Ontario Depart- ment of Public Welfare inserted a quarter-page advertisement, in a number of Ontario newspapers, out- lining changes in the legislation cov- ering widows’ allowances. The ad- vertisement appeared over the joint signatures of Premier John Robarts and Welfare Minister Louis Cecile. One mother complained her boy had “nowhere to go.” Magistrate Butler asked her: “Why didn’t he go to the youth centre?" The mother replied: “Oh, that’s half a mile away.” Magistrate Butler scathing- ly said: “Perhaps we should provide them with taxis,” remarking at the same time that Scarboro had “the best recreational facilities of any place I know.” In contrast, there is the attitude. prevalent in too many bosoms, that young people are worse than they ever were, and that the only proper treatment is to slap them down. 'An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 4 \= 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 on MONDAY and TUESDAY 'I'Il. 4-1105 or AV. 5-3316 "Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa" ~ EXTENDED WANT AD SERVICE Province Plays Politics 05h»: liberal Many teenagers detest the term “teenager” because it sounds like a bad word. They resent the implica- tion that all of their age group are black sheep or on the way to becom- ing delinquent. And there are many communities, particularly suburbs of large cities, where there is, in fact, “nothing to do,” except get into troubleâ€"because parents are unconcerned or too busy and civil officials add policemen to the force rather than recreational facilities to the parks, The “teenage problem” has been magnified out of all proportion, by overly anxious parents beating their breasts and news headlines about “teenage crime”, “teenage loitering”, “teenage drinking”. They can rightly point to the fact that most young people act in a re- sponsible, self-controlled way; to the many thousands in Scouts, church groups, debating societies, healthy athletics; to the majority who drive better and more sanely than their parents, and neither drink nor smoke. Since his election as leader, Pre- mier John Robarts has gone to great lengths to present a pleasing image based on fair play to the people of this province. ‘The era of Mr. Frost’s heavy-handed patronage is supposed to be ended in Ontario. It would seem, however, that the present Con- servative government is still quietly dedicated to that very policy. This is nonsense. It’s too bad the word “teenager” was invented. It used to be that young people grow- ing up were merely young people growing up; juveniles with some personal problems common to any sapient being midway between pup- pyhood and adulthood. The publisher of this newspaper is the former federal Liberal MP for this riding and our managing editor is president of the county Liberal association. The province, it would appear, has inserted the advertise- ments on purely political basis. They were given to newspapers which are known to be sympathetic to the pres- ent provincial administration. In adopting this narrow political bias, Queen’s Park ignored 8. large num- ber of its citizens residing in the three most populous municipalities in this county. Richmond Hill alone is the largest town in the county, to say nothing of the Townships of Markham and Vaughan, yet the ad- vertisement was not published in this area. There have been teenagers since the sons of Adam, and some of them have been good guys (and girls), some bad. Cain “raised Cain” (as the old-fashioned term about wild youth goes); Abel, Adam’s second son who was slain bv Cain, was righteous, the Bible tells us. Let’s recognize the extremes and be prepared to deal with them with firm understanding. But let’s not forget that the vast majority of young people, as were their parents and their parents’ parents before them, are pretty good offspring. publisher of the Aurora “Banner”, and Mr. Ian Baxter, publisher of the Newmarket “Era and Express”, are on the county executive of the York North Progressive Conservative As- sociation. There may be some young people, however, who relish the teenage label. They seem to think it gives them special status, warranting spe- cial treatment for them as a unique category of the human animal. In and around large cities there are special problems requiring organ- ized youth centres, and other volun- tary and public services for juveniles. In this era, too, young people tend to grow old too quickly, their social environment outpacing their emo- tional development. In all cases, par- ents have and should accept respon- sibility for guidance and discipline. But let’s not go overboard about teenagers. Remember, they are teen- agers for only seven of their 70 years. The rest of society matters. 8 AM. to 9 PM. Mr. Thompson revealed that he had been inter- ested in the night stars ever since he was a teen- ager. At that time he lived in Bermuda. He used binoculars to View the stars which seemed much closer there than if he had been near the noise and distraction of the big city. Also the moderate tem- perature enabled him to observe the stars all year long. : f 7 ’ y. mg A Raymond Thompson’s big interest in life is to help children to develop a love for the study of as- tronomy. His own children aren’t the only ones that he interests in the stars . . . last year, Mr. Thompson brought home a half dozen grade 6 students each month from the Weston school where he teaches. The children all go out and make observations in the telescope in the cold observatory. It can’t be heated because heat interferes with clear vision. His big telescope is of Japanese make and it is housed in the clapboard observatory with the dome roof. Mr. Thompson built the observatory out of materials that cost him $250. Last year he spent 4 6 hours out in the observatory, over 133 days. So e can keep in touch with his family, he had an intercom set up in the kitchen. RAYMOND THOMPSON TEACHES CHILDREN TO LOVE THE STARS Raymond Thompson and his family have lived in Maple for 10 years. His wife Ilse is a cellist in the Richmond Hill Symphony Orchestra. His son David, 7, and daughter Judy 5, are just as interested in astronomy as their father. They have literally grown up studying the stars. COMMUNITIES ARE THE HANDIWORK OF PEOPLE A collection of houses, shops and factories, may be as small as a hamlet or as big as a metropolis. It may not be the most beautiful in Canada, or the most efficient, or the most dignified by public buildings and statues, but it can aspire to be a lovable com- munity. Its men and women can make it so. We have a large number of cultures represented in the area and this merging of cultures contributes to the richness and diversity of life. The varied folkways, languages and customs and ideals can be shared, so that the community is the handiwork of of all. If someone were to ask the question: ‘What sort of community are you trying to build?” the answer might be something like this: The people in our ideal community are alert to community interests and are ready to seize opportunities for civic better- ment, groups and workers communicate readin so that the people are not working at cross-purposes; everyone takes pride in co-operative achievement and joyfully accepts civic responsibility; the organ- izations have aims that are clearly stated, ardently pursued and efficiently carried out. It has been said that the municipalities become good communi- ties more by the positive actions of good men and woinen than by the repression or extermination of ev1 . We have to make constant adjustments. All our institutions are undergoing change, rendered necess- ary, by the progressive civilization of mankind. Fix- ations in social patterns have to be replaced by a willingness to explore. New conditions have brought new needs, and only the community whose people are guided by intelligent awareness of its needs and a determination to meet them can preserve the good- ness it has. It is a job for people with faith. Mr. Thompson is president of the Royal Astro- nomical Society of‘ Canada, Toronto centre, a mem- ber of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, and associated with lunar and planetary observers. His other deep interest is a love for music. He plays the violin and is an accomplished organist and choirmaster. He shares his Wife’s interest in the Richmond Hill Symphony Orchestra A It wasn’t until he moved to Maple that he began to make his own telescopes. So far he has made three. Many of his students have made telescopes under his supervision at a fraction of the cost of a. good purchased one. It costs $25 to make your own telescope and $75 to make a really good one. Mr. Thompson finds that the practical side of astronomy attracts the interest of the slower learners while the theory and mathematics seem to challenge the brighter students. He is glad to share his skill with the children because he believes that in helping them to develop an interest in astronomy he is open- ing their minds to truth and sowing the seeds for a future emotional attachment to the stars. His own feeling about astronomy is that both amateur and professional have an emotional and religious feeling toward the stars. Along with this beauty, there is usually a beast about. A week or so ago, I set out a box of tin cans to be taken away to the garbage dump. On one of my frequent trips out of the cottage door, I noticed the box overturned and all the tins scattered about. I picked them up again and put them back in the box. (I was mentally blaming certain careless boys.) I no sooner got back into the cottage when “bang” something went again. Then I heard a terrific rat- tling of cans and a scufiling about. This time, I looked out of the window, and saw a huge skunk having the time of his life butting,r the box and cans about with the end of his nose. This in broad day- light tool “We realize how fantastically insignificant we are when we look at the stars. It does something to your whole perspective of life,” he said. Mr. Thomp- son said that the general feeling among professional astronomers now is that there are possibly many thousands of intelligent races existing on other planets in the universe. “The more we know aboutastronomy and other sciences,” he said, “the more we will be able to dispel the superstition that is so prevalent today.” Accord- ing to Mr. Thompson, the great progress made in the last 100 years is due to photography and the inven- tion of the spectroscope. He said: “They have ac- complished an enormous amount in the last ten years with radio astronomy. With the new radio telescope, it has literally opened up a new window in the universe.” BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AT THE SUMMER COTTAGE One of the nicest things about that first spring trip to the summer cottage is the complete change of environment. The woods have a nice, clean ever- green smell and the floor of the woods is carpeted with “bunchberry” and white violets. Painted tril- Iiums and pink moccasin are raising their pretty heads everywhere. +++++++++++++ Rambling Around BY ELIZABETH KELSON There was a big flood back in 1894. “The Liberal" in our issue of May 24th of that year had this to say about the storm which caused considerable da- mage. “The rain storm contin- ued without cessation for fully one hundred hours. more than four full days. The greatest damage was in the valley of the Don River. The Brunskill Mill dam east of Thornhill gave way. then that of H. B. Schmidt and further down the paper mills of Taylor Brothers was submerged in water up to the second storey. At the Don Mills 100 men will be thrown out of employment for a week or more. It is said to be the most severe rain storm since 1878. On Monday afternoon the Don river rose ten feet and the flats in some places were inundated for more than a mile on either side. In Richmond Hill the rain found its way into many houses and some cellars were flooded but further than that no particular damage has been reported.” Items gleaned from files of “The Liberal", the home paper of this district since 1878. BIG STORM 69 YEARS AGOIBoard of Health. Mer Slew“! jAouqfild . COMPLAIN ABOUT SLAUGHTER HOUSE The issue of May 31st, 1894, contained an account of a meetlng of the Richmond Hill A motorist driving south to work, or going in a northerly direction home has to resort to by-pass routes, not intended as such, to reach home before their collars wilt or their en- gines steam up . . . or their tempers fray. Yonge St. has become a stalemate to work-bound travel- Residents in the Richmond Hill area who wqu in the city have travelled Yonge St. for the past 150 years. When it was a corduroy road their oxen and drays hauled luggage, wares and people to the Inns that dotted the main streets. Today Richmond Hill resi- dents pay gasoline and motor license taxes to the government for the improvement of the roads leading to their homes. REFUGEES 0N YONG-E ST. Dear Mr. Editor: Who is a refugee? . . . Some- one escaping from a condition that has become or is becoming unbearable. Residents of this northern Metro area who commute each day to the city, are more than aware of the term and also the conditions they are subjected to each day. No Comment Departmentâ€" Educators must find some way to reduce the confusion in English words which may have several sounds or spellings â€" According to Taronto’s Educa- tion Director. Dr. Z. S. Phimister. “Those books shouldn’t be sold in the Hill,” said the chief, innocently. “There are a lot of people like me living in Vaughan Township,” he said, dryly. “Our plans for Richmond Hill include a traffic tunnel under Yonge St., said Harold, dreamily. “We are represented by the legal firm of Fasken, Calvin, Mackenzie, Williston and Swackhammer,” the Legionnaire said, breathlessly. Those bargains in booze now being offered at the L.C.B.0. stores are described at “just a routine stock clearing of some slow-moving lines”. . . . And brother, they’ve GOT slow-moving lines! Britain’s Prime Minister Macmillan has often been described as looking like he was smelling some- thing. . . . And now we know what it was! That new 11% sales tax on building materials sort of takes the edge off the federal government’s subsidy of $500 for winter-built houses. . . . Unless you’re an Eskimo. The “Continental” style is believed to be re- sponsible for the appearance in the stores of a variety of girdle-like undergarments for men. They give a man a “North” American look when he has a “South” American shape. “People are calling me to complain about lawn- mowers waking them up on Sunday mornings,” said Bill sleepily. It's a little late to suggest it, but those revivals from Spring Thaw being presented at Vancouver’s 6th International Festival could have been titled: Second Thawts. “I believe we have reached a communion of minds,” says Liquor Commissioner Allan Grossman on the problem of TV beer commercials which would be satisfactory to his board, the B.B.G., and the brewers. (A communion of the minds happens most readin when heads are clinked together.) Let’s keep OUR Swifties localâ€" Provincial Health Minister Dymond advises par- ents to set a good example by not letting their chil- dren see them smoking. . . . So now it’s Dad who has to sneak out behind the barn. . . . Barn? Dear Mr. Editor . Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. 3m gears @011: {By oug‘ Hill' Will Board of Health. Members were W. H. Pugsley, Mathew Teefy and Mathew McNair. The main item of business was consideration of a petition signed by eight ratepayers complaining about Henry Hop- per’s slaughter house. BAND SERENADE Back in 1894 Teston had a brass band. “The Liberal" of June 7th. 1894 reported that the Teston Band under the leadership of Mr. S. Walker serenaded the genial proprietor of the Richardson House, Maple. Their fine music was much appreciated and the host of Richardson House treated the musicians generously after which several speeches were made. LAID CORNER STONE Our issue of June 21st, 1894‘ reported "the corner stone of the new Roman Catholic Church in Richmond Hill was laid by His Grace Archbishop Walsh on Sunday June 17th. He was assisted by the Parish Priest Father McMahon. Father Teefy of St. Michael’s College preached an eloquent sermon taking as his,text St. Luke. Chapter II, verse 14 - Glory to God In The Highest, And On Earth Peace To Men Of Good In the last few weeks, the Ontario Government announced widening of 401 to 16 lanes to expedite traffic movement. Motorists today are using these streets as an alternative route north to escape the hope- less jumble on Yonge St. . . . they are also refugees. What’s wrong with Yonge St Must we remain refugees? lers. It’s like down-town New York, with traffic entering from every street, every shop- ping centre, every cross-walk. To offer a solution for cor- rection of this mish-mash in- volving increasing jams, why can’t we dip into the provincial funds and provide a widened Yonge St. . . . a wide enough expressway to accommodate the many citizens who pay their way and are entitled to a bit of consideration on the road. The civil defeqse organiza- tion has organized a street pat- tern for escape from the city in the case of A-atpack. Bayview: and Bathurst are the two de- signated northern arteries.‘ These are for refugees. But Toronto hasn't yet grown that big and the traffic prob- lems could be easily solved. by George Maye- WEARY MOTORIST In Richmond Richmond Hill, Ontario Phone TU. 4-1212 '\\‘ FORD ERNEST .. ,mBURGNINE CINEMASCOPE I ' £51233 3mm Please Note Thurs., Fri., Last Complete Show 8.30 pm. Matinee Saturday 2 PM. Only Please Note Sunday, lst Show 4.45. Last Complete Show 8.20 Mon, Tues, Wed. Last Complete Show 8.30 pm. The The This is the land where long ago The cowboy sang to his “ole” banjo; From painted mesas the tribes looked down On the dusty streets of a frontier town; 0n the sloping walls of’ the canyon’s room The Saguaro Cacti and Yuccas bloom, But the lone cowboy and the thundering herd Are 'as obsolete here as the Dodo Bird. 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