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2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill. Ontario, Thursday. August 15, 196} Right-o, John. but before we unbutton our stiff upper lip, let's haveflgomething‘ to smile about. The long-awaited brief was tabled only after several months of research and study by the commit- tee. Messrs. Campbell and Scudds interviewed officials at Queen’s Park, Metro, and in a number of other municipalities comparable in size to Richmond Hill. Appointment of the committee followed Industrial Commissioner Robert Langford"s failure to co- operate with the former industrial commission. Mr. Lang'ford’s refusal to keep not only the members but the chairman informed of his acti- vities brought about the commis- eion’s resignation last February. The commission composed of private citizens who had volunteered their time and experience to assist in the struggle to gain added industrial as- sessment had no alternative, in the light of Mr. Langford’s attitude, but to resign. Since that time Mr. Lang- ford’s department has been under the direction of Mayor Neal and Clerk Russell Lynett. In their report Messrs. Camp- bell and Scudds cited the lack of municipally-owned industrial land as the main reason for dispensing with the services of the industrial com- missioner. The 24 acres owned by the municipality are all sold. Some “Smile in ’67,” says genial John, commissioner of the National Cen- tennial Administration. Mr. Fisher recently told a Montreal Rotary Club meeting, Can- adians should let down their hair, dance in the streets and be gay dur- ing Canada’s 100th birthday year and submerge their usual apathy, apologyiand caution. The centennial (a whole year‘s worth of fun and games for Canada) is exactly 40 months away. not a very long time in this frantic-paced age. Yet very few municipalities have given their preparations much thought, it would appear. The fed- eral government has dangled the carrot of centennial grants to worth- while municipal projects if they’re completed in 1967. John Fisher. at one time the Mr. Canada of tourism and efferves- cent and always amusing ambassa- dor of Canadiana wherever he roves, has gently admonished us taciturn citizens. With that financial incentive at least. and taking into consideration Mr. Fisher’s group will have a strong hand in what’s to be done on a nat- ional basis, area citizens could begin right now thinking of ways we can demonstrate our pride in and our awareness of our magnificent Can- adian heritage. Richmofid Hill's first settlers go back to 1797 and its incorporation as a. village to 1873_. We; 5mg steeped 2.. 1A!,J ‘ in history: muchfi Vorfr Whlclllfiswgegll collected by the local women’s insti< tutes as part of the national W.I. By a majority decision Rich- mond Hill Town Council has accept- ed the recommendations of its in- dustrial committee (Councillors Alec Campbell and Walter Scudds) call- ing for major changes in its indus- trial department. Mayor William Neal and Deputy-reeve Stanley Tinker supported Councillors Camp- bell and Scudds, thus ensuring coun- cil acceptance of the report.‘ P "if- Get Cracking On Centennial Subscription Rate_ per WISH YOU WEREN’T HERE We think that we shall never see A child performing on TV Without our wishing that instead The child Were home asleep in bed. BYE BYE BABY You’ve heard the old fable that maybe Parents sleep when their child never peeps, But it’s easy to sleep like a baby If you have a baby who sleeps. DEEP ARE THE ROOTS When planting hedges on your lawn, In this or any realm, If you love your neighbor as yourself, Don’t plant a Chinese elm. “Authorized An Poi - Pourri Cu L n“ on 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 Independent Weekly: Established 1878 ’9 Tithe itheral as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa" Robert D. Little Council’s decision to release its industrial commissioner is the first move by any recent administration in Richmond Hill to cut down on the high cost of government. Since the mid 50’s town taxpayers have seen the cost of local government steadin pyramiding year by year. Now at last we have a town council that is not afraid to call a halt to this steady rise and give the people some relief. Past councils have been too busy hiring experts and appointing directors of this and that depart- ment to give any real thought to the increasing burden of government. Richmond Hill has had enough “magic men”. What is needed is a little more common sense and some old-fashioned economy. Under the new set-up the in- dustrial department will become the responsibility of a three-member committee of council yet to be named. This committee will be as- sisted in its work by an advisory board composed of private citizens. The important work of attracting added industrial assessment will now become the direct responsibility of council who are the people’s elected representatives. 'Why not build the sought-after Richmond Hill pool as a 1967 project and take advantage of the grants? Mr. Perkins has been pooh-poohed over his idea because it doesn’t seem to fill the immediate need for a pool but at least his idea is economically sound and a project that would be a solid tribute to Canada’s birthday. But unless someone takes a good grip on some of these ideas and the countless others, spearheads a. committee and gets cracking, the day will be upon us and we won't be laughing at all. Another citizen has suggested a Yonge Street parade north from Steeles Avenue of all the modes of transportation from birch bark canoe (up the Don, not Yonge St), Indian travois, horseback, Conestoga wagon, stagecoach, electric radial. street car and today’s bus as part of the 1967 fun. Perhaps a good neighbor policy joining Richmond Hill with her sis- ter townships of Vaughan and Mark- ham to plan for the major events would not be out of order to suggest. Reeve Floyd Perkins also has an idea. 80 acres of industrial land still re- maining are held by private inter- ests. Even Reeve Floyd Perkins and Councillor Al. White, who opposed Mr. Langford’s immediate dismissal, advocated that he be kept on only until the end of this year. In sever- ing their connection with the indus- trial commissioner, council has been more than fair and generous. Mr. Langford will receive a salary settle- ment including his two weeks’ vaca- tion up until October 151:. l A reception will be held at 5:30 pm. prior to the dinner [catered by St. Matthew's United Church women. District Lions Refresher Course Here August 2| Lions Club presidents and secretaries from the 46 branch- es in Sub-District A-7 will meet Aug. 21 in Richmond Hill for a refresher course. The district comprises clubs in York County District Gover- nor Dr. H. H. MacKay with Past. District Governor Earl Bagsley are making arrangements for the dinner meeting to be held at the Centre St. Lions Hall. It is the third time the “school” has been held here. Dr. MacKay said speakers with considerable experience in the club will outline to both presidents and secretaries the responsibilities of their indivi- dual jobs. At least 100 are ex- pected. {Flashback It was a big day in the north Yonge district. All work was suspended so anxious were people along the route to wit- ness the electric trolley make its initial trip.The electric cars started to make regular trips on Monday, August 15th and five trips are made daily. A car for the northern terminus left Toronto with a number of pas- sengers and officials. A stop‘ was made at the new power house at Bond Lake. and Aur- ora four miles further north was made in 12 minutes and Newmarket was reached in an- other quarter hour. The return trip was fast, the distance bet- ween Newmarket and Toronto about 25 miles, being covered in an hour and fifteen minutes. The fare for the round trip From Our Issue of August l7th, 1899 Last Saturday the Metropol- itan Trolley car made its first trip from the south terminal at the CPR tracks in North Toronto, through Thornhill and Richmond Hill to the northern terminal at Newmarket. This was just 46 years after the first steam train trip in Canada which was from Toronto through Concord and Maple to Aurora on May 16th, 1853. And, after all these years of presenting his Memory Music Hall on the CBC, the Piccadilly Club’s Gerald Peters finally gave a lot of English-Canadians something to really remember. . . You could almost say that the club operated on a rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul basis â€" except that the “Peters” wasn’t Gerald. After all these years of smelling Richmond Hill's roses, Markham seems to have acquired a smell of its own â€" the Amalco plant . . . . We can at least give credit to our ex-Industrial Commissioner for NOT bringing that one to the Hill. The Diefenbaker dog “Happy” has been destroy- ed because he “turned vicious” and started biting Diefenbakers. . . This, for ex-Prime Minister John, must have been almost the last straw. A Star story on the new Queensway Cathedral commences with the question: “How do you start a church from scratch?” This is like the question of the egg or the chicken: Which comes first, the bite or the scratch? . . . And the big question is who to put the bite on. Canadian representatives signed the nuclear test- ban treaty in Moscow, London and Washington. . . . Just imagine all the places where we could have signed it if we had any nuclear tests to be banned! We don’t know where the Dominion government gets its statistics from, but it seemed a little. odd when the news that our costâ€"ofâ€"living index had reached a new high came out on the same day as a story that recent raids by the RCMP had raised dope prices. Government agriculturists are busy out in Sask- atchewan gathering seed from freak two-headed wheat in the hope that they can develop it and double our wheat crop. . . . If they succeed we’d better speed up those slow boats to China or we’ll be engulfed by our own “Yellow Peril.” The New Democratic Party has offered to give the French “equal rights in all Canada” . . .But, con- sidering the status of the N.D.P. in all Quebec, shouldn’t it sort of be the other way around? Never let your right hand know . . . Faith-healer Oral Roberts, who says the Power of God courses through his right hand, concludes his performances with an appeal for $10 contribut- lOl‘lS. From Ottawa “A spokesman informed reporters that it was long standing policy that all elevator operators in the parliament buildings had to be bil- ingual. He said this policy would be carried out im- mediately.” This boy has been up and down too often. 'I'own Will Have New Industrial Sel - llp The committee will be allowed to hire personnel to assist with industrial purposes and its budget will be approved each year by council as are other town departments but shall not exceed an amount as laid down by provincial statute. Its chairman is to be an flntethmom.u Purpose of the industrial committee which will be formed by the mayor, two councillors and which will possibly have an advisory body of interested towns people was outlined as “to maintain and extend the industrial expansion of the town as an integral part of a balanced community.” With the release last week of Industrial Commis- sioner Robert Langford, Councillors Walter Scudds and Alex Campbell pre- sented Richmond Hill Council with the ground rules for a new industrial committee. Q Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. Items gleaned from files of “The Liberal”, the home paper of this district since 1878. 3m gears @011: 1319 room. This is merely an experi- ment to see if the oil will keep the dust down at a reasonable cost. Councillor John H. San- derson who did the sprinkling says the cost could probably be met by a frontage tax of two cents per foot for property owners on both sides of Yonge Street. From Our Issue of August 12th, 1909 ‘ Richmond Hill is getting more like a city every day. We now sprinkle our streets with crude petroleum oil instead of ordinary well water used by such small towns as Aurora and Newmarket. Village council this week has given an application of road oil to Yonge Street bet- ween the Post Office crossing and the Metropolitan Waiting from Newmarket to Toronto $1.25 and from Aurora $1.10 Only the chairman or a person designated by the chairman will be allowed to make information re- leases. The‘hotel, stables and out- buildings at Brown's Corners, half mile south of Buttonville were burned to the ground last Thursday. The owner Mr. Brown had $1.000 insurance on the buildings and $500 on the contentslt is not likely the hotel will be rebuilt. (It wasn't). “Because some business enterprises wish to conduct new development in secre- cy or semi-secrecy, it is hoped the committee will endeavour to make council and the general public ful- ly aware oi’ the workings of the industrial committee without ugsetttng this de- licate bala cc," the report, said. under the chairman’s sign- ature must be forwarded to the town’s finance commit- tee for payment. Meetings will be open to the public unless at the re- quest of a specific enter- prise that they should be held "in camera". The committee's chair- man will be required to re- port to council after each meeting and only on the advice of his fellow memb- ers may he withhold all or a partial content of matters discussed (excluding finan- ce). However, minutes of the meeting taken by a designated secretary shall contain all matters discus- sed. by George Mayel Wrrr‘v Generally speaking, the muskrat is a quiet peaceable animal. With several neighbors, he lives in his watery home minding his own business and never seeming to have misunderstandings with other creatures. He would rather dive than fight. His ene- mies are the sharp-clawed hawks by day, and the keen-eyed owls by night. He is more afraid of the otter than anyone else. (The occasional otter and mink are seen on this shore). The muskrat can only escape the otter by getting into the nearest bank- hole where the larger animal cannot enter. The mink is also an enemy. He has all the aquatic powers of the muskrat and is able with his long slim body to pursue his_victim far into the winding depths of the tunnel. Communities of muskrats build highways through the growths of aquatic weeds. Some lead to open water and some to the feeding spots and per- haps several to the home lodge. The biggest sellers are the lamp bases, made in 150 different patterns, in five basic shapes. mostly cone and tear drop. Glazes are plain, patterned, hand- painted, carved, and experiments in water-color are continuous. The Bostlund family is a happy family. They work hard and relax with music as a family group. In this family, “togetherness” is not just a word» it is a reality. By the way, the Star carried a splendid picture of the artistic and music-loving Bostlund family. It showed Gunnar and his six child- ren gathered around Lotte who is playing the lute to accompany their Danish folk-songs. I think the muskrat is a fascinating animal to watch. Nearby the cottage, we see him swimming among the lily pads or chewing off the tops of the water reeds. On one occasion, we have seen him swimming across the lake. A sheet of water is his best friend. On its broad surface he can travel where- ever he likes. Its reeds and rootlets, growing all around form his bill of fare. Should an enemy appear he es- capes by merely plunging beneath the surface. If an enemy presses him, he seeks safety in a hole in the bank and vanishes amid a cloud of muddy water. In spite of all this water travelling, his coat is always dry, for he has two coats; his top coat is of a hard shiny brown hair, and below is another one of thick grey wool. The Bostlunds experienced some difficulty when they first came to Canada. They first occupied a winterized cottage at Jackson’s Point, Lake Simcoe; lived at Sutton where Mr. Bostlund operated an aer- ial photography business. Then they moved to Oak Ridges and started up their ceramic business. Small Louise makes plump little pottery girls with pigtails which she sells for 25 cents. Morton, 20, helps in the production of lamp bases and sells and delivers fin- ished stoneware to New York, Montreal, Toronto and other cities. Susanne, 16,‘ makes filament-wound glass fibre lampshades. Mr. Bostlund spent two years per- fecting this development. Peter, 17, is going to Dus- seldorf soon to establish a European outlet for the family’s products. Ole, 14, and Kristine, 13, help in the workshop when they are not going to_school. The muskrat does not live entirely on vegetable matter. He knows where the clams are lurking in the mud at the bottom. Many times I’ve found two shells of a clam lying side by side without the hinges. It's a. good guess to believe that a. muskrat was the culprit. The Bostlunds are a Danish-Canadian family who operate a thriving business making ceramic lamps and stoneware vases, bowls and other pieces. They have a 30 by 80 barn which they use as a work. shop. According to the article, this wooden barn is centred on a pie-shaped two acre lot with a stream. The building had formerly been used as a snake-oil factory before the Bvostlunds moved in five years ago. Lotte Bostlund is a graduate of the Royal Aca- demy of Art, Copenhagen and she designs, decorates and carves the stoneware made by her husband. It is interesting to note that this small family firm was invited to represent Canada at two foreign trade fairs: one in Cologne, Germany last February, the other will be in Dallas, Texas, next October. It is a great pleasure to discover the interesting people in one’s own locality. Sometimes this is ac- complished by direct interview; by listening to people who love to share special knowledge with you about their interesting friends and acquaintances; sometimes you follow the large metropolitan dailies and weeklies, and you find that they have given con- siderable space to a local stdry. Like the one written by Eric Haworth about the Bostlund family of Oak Ridges in the July 27th issue of the Star Weekly. The Bostlunds came to Canada from Copen- hagen with their five children (Louise, 6, was born in Canada) in 1952 after their ceramic insulator fact- ory employing 75 people burned down. Gunnar Best. lund, a 45 year-old electrical engineer has over twenty years experience with ceramics. The emergency message from the embassy to the Canadian Red Cross states that for many reasons the task of locating Canadians in the disaster area is complicated. One reason is that most of them were tourists, who left little or no trace of their where- abouts. There is also little known information about tourists other than names which are often mis- spelled as a result of translation. The majority of missing Canadians are of Yugoslav origin and bear common Yugoslav names, which make them partic- ularly difficult to locate. The Canadian Embassy has asked that in View of the circumstances, all Can- adians throughout the nation who have heard from relatives visiting Yugoslavia in the past ten days or who have been informed that they are safe and well, should contact the Canadian Red Cross Society im- mediately and pass on all details. The embassy requested the Red Cross to forward without delay all information received through this appeal. Please contact: Mrs. Betty Dugan, director, public relations dept. WA. 3-6692. CANADIAN REI) CROSS SOCIETY NEEDS YOUR HELP . . . TO TRACE MISSING YUGOSLAVIAN TOURISTS The Canadian Embassy in Belgrade has issued an urgent appeal to Canadians to assist in the tracmg of tourists believed to be in the Yugoslavian earth- quake area. THE HAPPY CERAMIC ARTISTS OF OAK RIDGES . . . THE BOSTLUND FAMILY COTTAGE NEWS +++++++++++++L Rambling Around BY ELIZABETH KELSON “Symposium On Popular Songs‘ AURORA: Students of Dr. G. W. 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