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TU. 44105 or AV. 5-3316 So‘ thank the Indians, thank Col- umbusl thank the gardener and the farmer. Don't make the list too long or the thanks too detailed, because the corn won‘t wait and the tomato ripens by the minute. But do give fleeting thought to the fact that corn and tomatoes are among the enduring treasures native to this land. The Indians grew and ate them long before Europeans knew there was a North America. The colonists If August had no other reason for being. we would celebrate it as the time of the ripe tomato and the ready roasting ear. Both come to the table now in flavour and abundance that would make Lucullus envious. One reason August has no holidays as such is that sweet corn and gar- den-ripe tomatoes make every day a festival. Monday and Tuesday AM. to RM. TU. 4-1105 or AV. 5-3316 2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario: Thursday. August 29. 1963 But to Metro motorists and per- haps our Toronto traffic-brainwashed commuters, they LOOK like pedes- trian crosswalks and the automatic reaction of most drivers is to come to a halt Whenever anyone is perched on the curb ready to tackle oncoming traffic. The school crossings designated with broad white stripes at Lorne Avenue and Yonge, just north of the municipal buildings at Wright Street and again at Crosby Avenue are just that . . . crossings for young students to and from school. Unlike the white stripes that might make a. black cat a skunk, white lines across Richmond Hill’s main thoroughfare don’t make school crossjngs pedestrian crosswalks. HoWeGer, they are used as cross- walks and m some cases none too safely. --n-v--n“n-r~.a Wednesday 8:00 AM. to 5:00 PM. TU. 4-l|05 or AV. 5-3316 Although the police were well aware of the problem, they are also residents of the town, there was not much they could do to correct the situation. The only anti-noise by- law on the books of the town was one passed 90 years ago before the appearance on the scene of many of the present-day noise-makers. Among the many problems in- creased population and increased deâ€" velopment of Richmond Hill has brought is that of increased noise â€"â€" thoughtless neighbours with radios and TVs. barking dogs, noisy muf- flers, squealing tires and honking horns at all hours of the day and night, coupled with the noise from industrial development, have led to numerous complaints being received by Richmond Hill Police Department. Those days have been gone for the past seven years when unprece- dented development increased the population almost overnight to that of a good sized town. Now the pop- ulation of that little village has passâ€" ed the 18,000 mark if one is to be- lieve the sign on Yonge Street South. Once upon a time there was a peaceful little village just nine miles north of a big city. Quiet and con- tentment were prevalent and the sign at the south limits of the village ad- Vertised it as “Toronto’s highest and healthiest suburb.” 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 WANT AD SERVICE Make Crosswalk: Official In several noted incidents, and Noise Will Be Regulated "Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa" Just Phone An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 '9 215132 liberal August Corn is maize, if it really mat- ters. and the tomato is the tomatl, in the old Indian tongue. But in August corn is the sweet ear at its prime, like no other flavor in this world; and the tomato is rich, red, juicy succulence unmatched. Boil or roast the corn, hurry it to the table. butter it well, salt it judiciously and fleck it with pepper. Chill the tomato or, if you are the fortunate gardener himself, pluck it sun-warm. slice it, give it just a hint of salt and a breath of pepper. Then eat, feast, and forget the gods who sipped nec- tar. If the gods had ever tasted sweet corn at its prime or garden- ripe tomatoes, nectar would have gone begging came late to the feast, but their descendants have enjoyed it every August since. Feast, and be grateful. Next year’s roads committee in drawing up its annual budget might be well advised to study Metro cross- walks and their cost and with the addition of some proper signs make these crossings official. Surely it would be an expense that would be justified in its safety factor. Most of us are inherently lazy even if we do observe the traffic safety rules. We would prefer ta cross Yonge Street at feasibleipoints such as these rather than walk to the Centre Street lights as the mid. way point. And in the case of the older citizens, such convenient cross- ings are a health-saving factor. there are probably dozens in any given day, rear-end or near rear-end collisions occur at these points. This is a dangerous thing, from the point of property damage and from the point of that common minor-accident injury . . . the whip-lashed neck. Unfortunately the local by-law will be able to deal only in the speci- fic fields noted in the Ontario Mun- icipal Act. Some features of the City of Toronto antiâ€"noise by-law with which many citizens are fam- iliar can not be incorporated locally. To cover a wider range of noise- makers than is permitted by the On- tario Municipal Act, Toronto had its anti-noise law approved by a special bill in the Ontario Legislature. So many of these private bills have been taking up the time of the Legislature that they have been discontinued. Although only one letter from a ratepayer has been received by the committee, commending them for their efforts to restrict noise in the community, an anti-noise by-law is being discussed and approved by res- idents and business people. All are hopeful that the new by-law will be enforceable and will bring the noise down to a bearable level. This problem will soon be solved it is hoped â€"- members of the police committee of town council are pres- ently engaged in studying the anti- noise legislation in other municipal- ities. It is their intention to prepare a by-Iaw that will be applied effec- tively and can be enforced in the courts. The committee believes that it will be possible with the right by- law to restrict unnecessary noise. Thursday and Friday 9:00 AM. to 5:00 PM. TU. 4-1105 or AV. 5-3316 Saturday 9:00 AM. to 12:00 NOON TU. 4-1105 or AV. 5-3316 n.<~..n.o.«-u.nâ€"i I have been a continual ad- vocate that this Liberal Governv ment should be business-like in administration and implement recommendations of the Glassco (Continued On Page 15) l' The basis of the plan is that {everyone in Canada should be gable to have a more generous ;retirement allowance as well ;as allowing the individual to itransport his pension from job to job. Since there is very little saving accrued by elderly people. this additional money will immediately enter thel economy in the form of extra‘ purchasing dollars. ‘ PAY RAISE ! I have received correspond-‘ ence on this matter and surpris-I ingly enough, very little of critâ€"‘ ical nature. with the exception of some people who felt that old age assistance should be‘1 raised an additional 510 beâ€"' fore a raise was granted to the M.P.'s. l. as your representative, along with 199 other members1 of the House of Commons voted for this legislation. only 10 members voted against it and included in the 10 were the D63 puty Leader of the Social‘ Credit Party. Mr. Real Caouette. and the Leader of the Conserv- ative Party. Mr. Diefenbaker. The Honourable Mitchell Sharp, Minister of Trade and Commerce, also announced reâ€" cently a further contract for the sale of Canadian wheat to China and Poland which will be a great benefit to farmers all across the Dominion. MUNICIPAL LOAN FUND The "Municipal Loan Fund" will supply funds in co-operatâ€" ion with municipalities of $600.â€" 000,000 for needed projects to provide employment. I have written to mayors and reeves of the various municipalities in the constituency of York North. enclosing a copy of the Munici- pal Loan and Development Fund. It is my sincere belief that great savings can be ac- crued to municipalities if this form of financing is employed. CONTRIBUTORY PORTABLE PENSION This legislation will be placed. before Parliament in the fall. A pension scheme was pledged by the Liberal Party during the‘ last election, and when imple-E mented will bring a $10 in-! crease in old age assistance.‘ This is going to be expensive! but a necessary step in the fur-' thering of social needs of the. Canadian people. t The Honourable George Mc- Ilraith. Minister of Transport, announced the twinning of the locks in the Welland Canal system which will expand the St. Lawrenc'e Seaway traffic by 60%. It is estimated that 6,000 jobs will be created over a five year period in the development of this necessary project. When speaking with people the feeling is evident. the coun- try is starting to move again. The July employment figures are encouraging, 6,742,000 Can- adians at work. 173.000 more than in fluly, 1 2. The people unemployed 2 3,000, down 15,000 from the previous July. It‘should be noted here that during July a 199,000 teenagers entered the labour force and an equal number were employed. in raw materials that originate in the province of Quebec. This scheme will closely parallel the Canada Development Corpora- tion with a capital of one bil- lion dollars which is proposed to come before Parliament in the fall session. I have discussed with insur- ance officials, a proposal to es- tablish a portable contributory old age pension scheme which when enacted will carry a $10. incnease in old age pen- sions. The purpose of this corpora- tion is to further in the secon- dary manufacturing industries more Canadian labour content While in Montreal. I also met with Mr. Filion, manager of the newly created General In- vestment Corporation of Que- bec which is a public and pri- vate company created by the Quebec Government to inte- grate industries in the province which are uneconomical and produce mergers that will allow the secondary manufacturers to compete successfully in world markets. I had the pleasure of attendâ€" ing the start of the construction site of Canada‘s World Fair in 1967. Prime Minister Pearson and Premier Lesage opened the site officially and I could not help but think when I was at- tending these ceremonies of the $585,000,000 that is to be‘ spent on this Fair. I am yet dissatisfied why Toronto did not make a serious bid. and it certainly reiterated the old ad- age. “Nothing Ventured. No- thing Gained". Parliament reconvenes Sep- tember 30 and it is my inten- tion before then to have visited all of the areas of our riding and speak to as many of my constituents as possible. This is the only way for your local member to be fully familiar with suggestions and problems} on both local and federal mat- ters. szecoml jéouqéfd . One of the deepest and dampest of Buffalo’s suburbs during their early-August flood was an area known as “Pine Hill”. A disgruntled ex-executive of the Seafarers In- ternationa} Union says that union czar Hal Banks fired him for refusing to do something against his principles. ' THE “NO COMMENT” CORNER Toronto’s electronic traffic-brain starts to take over control of the city’s traffic flow this month. Police officials say the first street to have its lights controlled will be Jarvis St. A meeting planned for earlier this month be- tween Richmond Hill’s Council and the town’s plan- ning board had to be cancelled because the planning board’s chairman Was on holidays. ’ A Broadway production of “It’s Never Too Late” is coming to Toronto for the September reopening of the Royal Ale andra Theatre . . . If it hadn’t been for Honest E it would have been interesting to see them presenting it on a parking lot . . . And, just as a second thought on the reopening: Wonder if Honest himself will personally take charge of the lost and found office? Oshawa’s Emergency Measures Organization is waging _war this week on the city’s starlings . . . Which sort of proves, despite what some people think, that the EMO is not FOR the birds. HEAD-COUNTING BEGINS IN YORK NORTH AUGUST 26 Heading on a pre-election story in last week’s “Liberal”. Doesn’t this form of enumerating give the other parties an unfair advantage - with all their two-headed supporters? Ontario’s former Liquor Commissioner, Allan Grossman, has been appointed Minister of Reform Institutions . . . Now there’s progressive Conservat- ism! Going from bars to bars. And a small item in the Star’s massive coverage of the Anglican Congress said there were 320 report- ers covering the convention . . . Wonder where the other 20 were from? ‘And, While our new liquor boss, G. Harry Shep- pard, may not be a politician in the usual sense, as Board Chairman of IBM, he qualifies for the PC’s as a big THINKer. The Anglicans may have monopolized paper space over the last few weeks but you have to admit that those Buddhist monks made the hottest news. Here in this space the wheat grew tall, And the lilacs bloomed by the garden wall; By yonder lane was a field of corn, And a barn that sheltered the newly born. A rail fence staggered along this line While the bluebirds sang in the morning's shine; The cattle came with the early stars To the water trough by the pasture bars. Then the tractors came on a day in June, And the ’dozers whined each morn and noon; Now far as the eye can see are rows Of bungalows and bungalows. As we arrived at 6.45 am. our reserved room would not be vacated for a few hours so we were Eiven a room in one of the towers to rest until our room was ready. Three meals are served daily in the large dining room In the great halls, with carved winding staircases. paintings of dead and gone notables look down on wall to wall carpeting. One large painting is of Queen Anne which she personally presented to Sir Donatus O’Brien, first Baronet. The castle is 150 years old and was originally built by the O'Brien fam- ily. In June of this year it was opened to tourists after being completely modernized. There is ac- commodation f o r 50 peopie, each room with private bath. With the weather in our favour the TCA DCB was only 41/: hours flying from Montreal to Shannon where we landed in the customary Irish rain at 5.45 am. Via taxi over winding walled roads we drove eight miles to the small town of Newmarket- on-Fergus and shortly thereafter passed through the impressive gates 0f Dromoland Castle which is situated on a high rise of ground in a wooded area of several hundred acres. Sharing his experiences with our readers, Mr. R. D. Little. who with his wife is on a tour of Great Britain and Continental Europe. write: from Ire- land: A CASTLE IN IRELAND Castle In Ireland . Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. The Old Order Changeth TU. 4-1105 ASK ABOUT OUR gumdlau Ll/fl 0M? P. S. The heat was turned on before we left the castle. Only one fly in the. oint- ment, to heat loving Can- adians the rooms seem chilly although accepted as normal by local resi- dents. There is a complete hot water heating (oil) system but it is not consid- ered necessary to turn it on in August. The bath- rooms are electrically heated, however, and in the halls and sitting rooms are wood burning fire- places. On Sunday morning we join our friends Dr. and Mrs. McBain at Shannon airport and with a car and driver start a four day tour of southern Ireland. ending In Dublin. Apparently the owners are encouraged by busi- ness to date as a smaller castle nearby is in the process of being modern- lzed and the staff are housed in another build- lng. The trees are magnifi- cent, many evergreens not familiar to me. and great copper beeches. Flower arrangements are every- where ln the halls and sitting rooms - mostly roses, dahllas and sweet peas which seem to thrive here. (dinner at 8 p.m.\. It is very attractive with dark red walls and black panel- ling and through the 20- foot high windows there is a delightful view of the lake in which the guests are invited to fish for trout. I have no proof that they are catching any. flew: 00Il CARRIER SERVICE by George Mayes Robert D. Little With the coming of the Olympics in 1964. the Japanese have been filled with a national fervour to be hospitable and fluent enough to be good guides. Con- sequently the best-selling book for months on the book-list was HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH. A sad fact of Japanese society which has a particular effect in schools is that many- schools are now co-educational but family tradition still controls the process of dat- ing and marriage. Many young people who go through school together and who would like to get married later cannot do so because their husbands and wives are arranged for them by their parents. And they. not wishing to break family traditions and not wish- ing to face life separated from each other often com- mit suicide. Book stores are very popular. One retail store in Tokyo is six stories high and it sells nothing but books. Thousands of other book stores are found throughout the city as frequently as we might find a cigar store in Canada. A common practise in book stores is to allow the students to read books if they don’t sit down. As a result most bookstores are very crowded with students. Those who can’t afford to purchase books or find them available in over-used libraries return daily to do their studying while standingr up. Most Japanese study two languages extensively. When a student graduates from high school he must have studied English for eight years. As a result he can read and write English as fluently as our own students but he is unable to express a single idea verbally. The teachers who teach the English cannot speak it fluently either. and this is a real problem in Japanese language teaching. The schools in Japan are not very pleasant build- ings. They are for the most part, run down, dusty and lacking in adequate facilities. The teachers are perhaps the most highly respected group of citizens in the country, and usually command an exaggerated ; respect in their schools and communities. The Japâ€" anese word for “teacher” is used when speaking to all highly revered men in the society regardless of their profession, such as we might use the term “Your Honour”. You could compare the respect given to a Japanese teacher with the respect a congregation gives to their minister while in church on Sunday morning. Class discipline is never a problem there for the students have already been taught at home that they must respect their teachers. There is less time for athletics and there is very little socializing with other students. However the effect of Western influence is being felt here too. In the larger cities, there are hundreds of coffee houses who entertain an ever-increasing teen-age audience with American rock and roll music. These are sung in English by Japanese singers who can’t speak any other English ‘ exoept the lyrics for the songihev have learned. _ Lost Safari Plus COLOR CARTOONS I Mon., Tues., Wed., 3 Sept. 2 - 3 - 4 V _ Yverré Hssmn GEORGE MIMIEUX Cumulus N Refuse { 4* m Cal { AUNE MACMAHON/ ELIZABETH Ant» 5 mgummmmRoams manor - By Jerry Diakiw To a visitor in Japan, the education of children there appears very different from that of our own country. The system of education that is in effect in Japan is actually a product of the American occu- pation of Japan following the second World War. The difference is really not in the system but the way in which the students live and study within it. All Jap- anese students wear uniforms. This is true whether it be in the primary school or university. The uni- forms are very military in appearance and are exact- ly the same for all students. In fact, the only way you can distinguish a high school student from a un- iversity student or determine which institution of learning the student attends is by a small insignia on the collar of the uniform. Another interesting feature of their schooling is the amount of time given to visiting points of national interest. No matter what time of year or where in Japan, thousands of students can be seen milling around in the most im- portant national areas. One would be almost inclined to wonder when the students attend school. The fact is that every student at some time during the school year goes on a specially planned trip with his class or school for a period up to two weeks. By the time a student has graduated from high school, he has travelled to nearly all the main attractions of Japan. An educated boy or girl who can generate and com- municate ideas in an understanding and competent fashion will have better hope for reasonable achieve- ment and security. I think that the great scientist Albert Einstein summed it up admirably: He said, “The school should always have as its aim that the young man or woman leave it as a harmonious person- ality, not as a specialist. This in my opinion is true in a certain sense even for technical schools . . . The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed fore- most, not the acquisition of special knowledge.” He said again: “It is essential that the student acquire an understanding and a lively feeling for values. He must acquire a vivid sense of the beautiful and of the morally good. Otherwise he â€"- with his special- ized knowledge â€" more closely resembles a well-train- ed dog than a harmoniously developed person.” Without sufficient education they cannot hope to understand the modern world, its people and what goes on in it. They couldn’t effectively handle them- selves with poise in a hostile world which is certainly not as friendly as their home, school or church. and possibly the community. They would have difficulty in bringing objective insights to their' own problems or those of others. It would be difficult to achieve understanding and a reasonable peace of mind with- out knowing what everything is all about and how it got that way. I believe that the education of the future must be more than learning facts or a blue print to get a good job. It must include development of character and personality. It is neces‘sary to encourage proper frames of mind, sound thinking and good judgment. A GOOD EDUCATION IS A MUST FOR MODERN YOUTH As the years go by, it is quite evident that we can no longer use a horse and buggy approach in a world of jet planes, super highways, space travel and nuclear warheads. There was a time when a good education wasn’t as important as a man’s desire to clear land, plough a field and establish a home and family. All the ground work has been accomplished and for some time now the average girl and boy growing up are painfully aware of the new problems facing them in the modern world. From now on, there will be nothing but bridges to cross, and the most important one will be. the great bridge of the right kind of education to suit a particular individual. Never in all history has it been so important for people to think clearly and constructively. I do not believe it is necessary for everyone to have a univ- ersity education, but the education they have should be liberal enough so they can understand their times. 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