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Earlier this year county council by a wide margin refused to pro- vide sufficient funds in its 1963 bud- get to cover the cost of paving that busy mile and a quarter of Bayview Avenue extending from Markham Road to the Elgin Mills Sideroad. Strong efforts last January and Feb- ruary by Mayor William Neal and members of town council saw the Toronto and York Roads Commission agreeing to pave the mile and a quarter in questiOn this year pro- vided county council voted the nec- essary $56,000 which was its share of the project._ In county council Richmond Hill’s resolution received support of only Markham Township and Markham Village. The remaining 11 municipa- lities in the county all voted in the negative. As a compromise county vuv Total cost of the paving has been esthnated at $224,000.’The province vvould be responsible for 509% of this figure or $112900. The rmnahfing $112,000 would be divided equally between the county and Metro. The five member Toronto and York Roads Commission is made up of represen- tatives of the province. Metro and the county. Next Sunday the people of Rich- mond Hill and surrounding district will pay solemn tribute to those brave sons of this area who gave their lives in defence of freedom. A fitting service will be held at the cenotaph on Yonge Street South and veterans of Canada’s wars will pa- rade. This year the Royal Canadian Legion will be selling poppies in the town Thursday and Friday evenings and all day Saturday. Citizens are urged to buy a poppy and wear it in honom' of those who made the supreme sacrifice for their country. *7; The association of the poppy with remembrance of war dead was not new when it was adopted in Canada in 1921. At least one hundred and ten years before a correspondent wrote of how thickly poppies grew over the graves of the dead. He was speaking of the Flanders campaign of the Napoleonic war. But a Canadian medical officer was chiefly responsible for Canada’s adoption of the poppy symbol. John McCrae of Guelph was a member of the Canadian Medical Corps. An artillery veteran, of the Boer War, he had the eye of a gunner, the hand of a surgeon and the soul of a poet when he went into the line at Ypres on April 22,_ 1915. THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, That’s the afternoon the enemy first used poison gas. For seventeen days and nights the allies repulsed wave after wave of attackers while One of the chief criticisms of subdivision developments in the past has been that all trees have been brutally uprooted by the subdividers, leaving behind rows and rows of box like homes without a. vestige of shade. Subscription Rate_ §3.§0 per If a policyr now under conside- ration by Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board is adopted. approval of future residential subdivisions will carry a proviso that at least one tree per lot be provided, either by retaining existing trees or by planting a new tree on each lot prior to occupancy. The size and type of any new_ tree would be specified by the municipality concerned. Of 13 municipalities in Metro Toronto only two, Etobicoke and North York have a standard policy regarding trees in new residential subdivisions. Action required of the subdivider in Etobicoke is that existing trees on land to be sub- divided may not be removed without township permission. Where no trees exist a contribution of $8.80 per lot is required of the subdivider toward the provision of trees. These trees Early November is a no man's land of withered leaves and chill winds. It carries yesterday's de- flated promise of summer and tomorrow‘s threat of winter. It‘s a moody actor strutting on an empty stage of memories. The watcher sees it an from his window looking through the screen and shiv- ering slightly with the cur- “Authorized BY FRED SIMPSON Pave Buyview In '64 An ulucpcuucnu n u...” . ._--V ___7,,_ , ‘ u L “W 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 Remembrance Day An Early November From A Window An as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” Spare The Trees Independent Weekly: Established 1878 whiz liberal tains whenever the breeze stirs. Tomorrow he will have to get busy and put the rest of the storm-windows on. But today he’s a watcher taking inventory and placing I debit here and a credit there. Some day he may draw up a balance sheet and see how it all comes out. Below his window a squir- rel makes its appearance and peers around for an extra morsel o1 food. He has just Ontario, Thursday, Nov. 7th. council agreed to assume for main- tenance purposes Bayview and three other roads. The county assumed responsibility for Bayview from Markham Road to the Markham- Whitchurch Townline, effective on May 1. However the county maintenance program on Bayview has been in- adequate simply because it failed to vote sufficient funds to do the work properly. Richmond Hill is the largest town in the county and the second largest contributor to county govern- ment. This year town taxpayers paid $210,493 into county coffers. The whole sad story of Bayview must be taken as a strong indictment of our present system of county government. It has shown itself to be unable to meet the challenge of rapidly changing suburban areas. Richmond Hill’s two representatives on county council Reeve Floyd Per- kins and Deputy-reeve Stanley Tinker plan to raise the issue of Bayview again at the November session of county council. This newspaper hopes the county will meet its responsibili- ties and vote the necessary funds so that Bayview may finally be paved in 1964. Working from a dressing station, Lt.-Col. McCrae dressed hundreds of wounded, never taking off his clothes for the entire seventeen days. Someâ€" times the dead or wounded actually rolled down the bank from above into the dugout. Sometimes, while awaiting the arrival of batches of wounded, he would watch the men at work in the burial plots. which were rapidly filling up. sustaining great Iosges. These are the words which are enshrined in the hearts of all soldiers. McCrae was their voice. The poem circulated as a folk song circulates, by word of mouth. Men learned it with their hearts. The poem speaks of Flanders fields. But the subject is universal: the fear of the dead that they will be forgotten, that their death will have been in vain. McCrae came out of Ypres with thirteen lines scrawled on a scrap of paper. The lines were a igoem which started, “In Flanders fields the pop- ies blow.. ” The spirit of true remembrance symbolized by the poppy must be our eternal answer which believes these fears. Buy a poppy from the Legion this weekend and wear it with pride and as an acknowledgement that we are not forgetful of these young men “who grow not old as we who are left grow old.” are planted only on the road allow ance. In North York existing trees are to be maintained whenever possible. Three municipalities may require that, in case of “reversed frontage” lots, trees be provided as a screening device. At a recent meeting of Richmond Hill Town Council Deputy-reeve Tinker commented that had such a provision been in force seven years ago, it would have been a boon to the east side of Richmond Hill. Here the trees were ruthlessly re- moved, and the purchasers of homes in that area have had to purchase trees to add a bit of shade to their property. In some cases fast growing Manitoba maples and willows have been planted, which create problems when their roots seek and clog drains. Richmond Hill Council accepted in principle the recommendation of Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board in this respect. It is hoped that such a provision will be included in any further local residential develop- ment. completed his own inventory and has found the cupboard still lacking enough food for the winter. A cat sniffs his way around the corner of the house and pauses with one paw poised daintin in the air. The squirrel spots him, sits up on his hind quarters. sniffs ton. and decides to make a strategic withdrawal mm] the coast is clear. He does so up the nearest tree In voluntary association we find one of the best means of education in the democratic way of life. A local society is composed of members who manifest their practical interests by contributions of time, personal service and the raising of money. Of special importance are the great functions of voluntary associations to experiment and blaze trails which later may be followed and perfected by the community or government; to stimulate, to check, to contribute a balance of social power, to co-operate with government efforts, to vitalize civic interests, to develop the whole field of community organiza- tion and institutional co-operation and to build up an informed public opinion and guide it into effective channels. The Important Role of the Volunteer in the Community Rambling Around Not all voluntary associations are for the relief of need, treatment of the ill, and the custody of the deserted. Some are for participation in and encouragement of the arts; some are for govern- ment, religious organizations and social agencies. Some are for peace and freedom from war. Much of the work of voluntary organizations gets done by teams of people working on boards and committees. The volunteer is one who is not content merely to change as the world around him changes. He wishes to be in the vanguard of a movement for improvement. For the next month or so, this column will concern itself with the vast contributions to the community and society by the volunteer in our district. In order to understand the workings of some of these volunteer organizations, let’s tune in on what the executives of some of our local organiz- ations have to say about their work. First to Thornhill and the local branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. The president of this branch is Mrs. Douglas Cram, Secretary Mrs. M. J. Walker, Chairman of the Women’s Service Committee Mrs. Ed. Percival, and Mrs. John MacKay, Chairman of the transportation committee. Their information reveals that the Thornhill branch covers an area bounded by Steeles Avenue on the south, Langstaff on the north and east to Bayview Avenue and to Bathurst Street on the west. They have a group of volunteer drivers who transport persons requiring treatment to the Prin- cess Margaret Hospital or Branson Hospital when- ever needed. Because of living so close to the city, they are able to drive patients who might otherwise have to remain at the hospital for tre \ment. There is always a need for more drivers an Mrs. John MacKay would be pleased to hear from anyone. Her telephone number is 285-1635. The patients are so appreciative of being picked up at their home, driven for treatment and returned home again. Cancer dressings made by local women are available to anyone needing them. Numerous visits are made to out-patients in the area, sometimes taking a gift from the gift cupboard in Richmond Hill which the ladies of the Thornhilrl Women’s Institute help to keep supplied. During the month of April, 3 complete canvass of the area is made to raise money and inform residents of the import- ance of early diagnosis. Numerous volunteers give of their time to help during the annual campaign in April. Now to Richmond Hill‘and Mrs. Norman Todd, chairman of the March of Dimes campaign in the Richmond Hill-Richvale area. She says that most of her volunteers consist of marching mothers during the time of the annual canvass in January. The captain of the marching mothers is a volunteer and her job is to make sure that every home within her district will be visited on the night of the canvass. In larger districts, the captain will have a lieutenant or perhaps two who will act as the captain’s assistants; or they may split the district between them. Some captains may need several lieutenants. Mrs. Todd has a list of 225 volunteers for her organization, a branch of the rehabilitation foundation for the disabled. The executive is also voluntary. To assist Mrs. Todd is Vice-Chairman Mrs. J. Derrick, Secretary Mrs. Bert Tyson; Treasurer Don Ross of the Bank of Montreal, Industrial Chairman Mrs. Beth Peterkin, and Miss Mabel Mackie handles the publicity. The purpose of this great work is to provide funds for the foundation to assist in the rehabilit- ation of adult men and women, 19 years of age and up, who have been physically disabled by accident or by disease of the musculo-skeletal system. The membership of the foundation consists of volunteer committees throughout Ontario. These are repre- sented by elected delegates to district branch boards and each branch is represented by a delegate appointed to the medical advisory committee for the province. All members of local committees, branch board, provincial board of directors, medical advisory committee, and special committees of the board are voluntary. And Mrs. Todd says if you would like to know what it costs to run the annual campaign for funds, it is only seven cents on the dollar. (Next Week .. The Volunteer Work of our Senior Citizens and the Canadian Mental Health Association, York County Branch.) The cat continues across the yard. It's his turn to be startled now as the neighâ€" bour's boy lets out a war- whoop and comes crashing and crackling over the brown carpet of leaves. The cat dis- appears around the corner of the house with the boy in hot pursuit. hot pursuit. The landscape is silent and empty again. a little darker and cooler. The steely-blue slur is grayer. the outline of trees a deep er black. The watcher stirs restless- ]y and moves as if to switch on a light but changes his mind. He'll wait for a mom- ent Across the way a door opens and a man steps out. He recognizes him as one of the persons rooming in the house on the corner. The man is probably on his way (Continued On Page 18) by Elizabeth Kelson Flashback What a Well-dressed Mountielmrse wore in 1903 in the Yukon is described in a letter written by J. J. Mahony. a Richmond Hill native serving in the force in the Yukon, published in the November 26. 1903 issue of "The Liberal". He reports that each const- table was issued a hat that cost $7 every two years. a fur cap and fur coat. pea-jacket. mitts. three pair of riding pants 3 year. three pair of riding boots. one pair of low boots. two pairs of moccasins. two pairs of long black stockings. four pairs of short stockings. two suits of underwear and two shirts. is up to its knees in mud, and at other times it is. climbing over rocks. You never. see a soul from one end of the trip to the other. only some Indians, and you do not know when a bear or other wild animal is going to make a grab at you". the young policeman wrote. “When the winter comes we use dogs for patrolling. seven dogs in a team. You will be running along without hearing a sound. when suddenly the wolves begin howling away off in the bush, probably six or seven miles away. They come closer and closer until they For working hours the scar- let jacket had already been replaced by a navy one, it is‘ evident as the writer describes his outfit as a light brown hat with wide brim. blue coat, blue riding pants with a yellow stripe on the leg. and brown riding boots. spurs and gloves. One of the nicest ocean trips in the world. said Constable Mahony. was the 1.000 miles from Vancouver to Skagway. There he transferred to the Whitehorse and Yukon train which climbed 2.400 feet to the Whitehorse Pass within 20 miles of the Alaskan town. The writer was stationed at| a post of the North West Mounted Police 22 miles from Whitehorse. His duties includ- ed a weekly patrol over 124 miles of “a terrible" mountain trail. In winter the patrol was made by dog sled, in summer on horseback. “Sometimes the ~579C0I’l6l jAO“GA[J |Dear Mr. Editor David Coon, chairman of the attorney-general’s panel on obscene literature, complains that pros- ecutions instituted by his panel are often dismissed when magistrates flip quickly through publications presented in court and feel they’re similar to ones they read in barbershops so there's nothing wrong with them . . . So he’ll just have to find a court with a bald-headed magistrate. And a Whitby magistrate registered a drunk driving conviction after hearing testimony that- samples of the suspect's breath, preserved in two plastic bags, later tested at 1.6 parts alcohol in one bag and 1.9 in the other. Which leaves us sort of wondering what happened between bags? “We’re not at war. Why nuclear arms?" asked Real Caouette at a Ste. Croix, Que., supper spon- sored by his supporters . . . Wonder if Mr. Caouet- te’s home town of Rouyn has a fire department? AVANT-GARDE PLAYERS Dear Mr. Editor: : An event of some importance; took place last Friday evening‘ in the basement theatre of St.: Mary’s Anglican Church. A young new group of actors cal: ling themselves the Avant- Garde Players presented their; first offering to the public in] three short one act plays en- titled "A Night of Farce". This reviewer is not concerned with the finer points of their pre- sentation, ability, and overall direction of this evening's enâ€" tertainment. but found it a ‘most stimulating and reward- llng experience to sit in the ‘audience and watch a group of ‘talented youngsters perform so lintelligently and with such en- ‘thusiam. British citizens were told last week that they must discontinue the practice of keeping live goats and chickens in their homes . . . This is the sort of thing that happens when you get an ex-Lord for a prime minister. TOronto has been blasted as the ugliest city in Canada by Alan Jarvis, national director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts. “But”, he says, “the city does have a few fine features, such as: the Don Valley Parkway, the Don Mills industrial sites and the Flemingdon Park residential devel- opment . . . Give yourself two points if you can guess Wliere Mr. Jarvis lives. A new Metro bylaw prevents garbagemen from picking up household furniture unless it is in a container or tied up in bundles of less than 50 pounds . . . Well, that’s one way for the city to get a lot of new sidewalk cafes. _ At a time when many people are complaining about the de- cadence of our youth, it gave this reviewer a much needed lift to see so many young people engaged in such a worthwhile pursuit. American longshoremen who formerly refused to work Canadian C.M.U. ships are now said to be pre- pared to refuse to work ANY Canadian ship . . . Particularly the Trustee-ship. _ The whole cast under the able direction and guidance of Brad Bellis. are to be congrat- ulated on providing an even- ing‘s entertainment which was memorable for its excellent (Continued on page 9) How to succeed in life withoqt even thinking - I’v v"- -V- -__ Marcel Chaput, leader of the separatist Quebec Republic party plans to raise a million dollars a year for his party, by offering contributors a 25-fold re- turn on their money, when Quebec becomes a repub- lic. So, if we had a Quebec-size family and took Real Caouette’s $100-per-person and loaned it to Chaput . . '. . The Doukhobor Sons of Freedom are said to have ended their hunger strike at the Mountain prison in Agassiz, B.C., after 103 days of fasting . . . And THAT sounds a little hard to swallow. Items gleaned from files of “The Liberal", the home paper of this district since 1878. In Year: Gone By , by George Ma; . Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. oug a sound. when suddenly the wolves begin howling away off in the bush. probably six or seven miles away. They come closer and closer until they get into sight. but they very seldom attack a fellow unless they are long without food. Nevertheless they keep very close to a traveller. Towards ‘spring. they bunch up and run 'in packs and are very fierce. They would not think twice about grabbing you then". the young man continued: “When the winter comes we use dogs for patrolling. seven dogs in a team. You will be running along without hearing "It gets very cold here.l sometimes 75 and 80 degrees} below zero. We have to cook our own meals here and I have learned how to bake bread. cakes and pies, and am getting to be quite a cook. You have to be able to do everything in the'force â€"â€" ride a wild horse, shoe a horse. pack one, build your own house, cook your own meals and act as policeman â€" but it is not a bad job after all. We have kind of an easy time and gets lots to eat and wear", the 1903 Mountie re- ported. Monday to Saturduy 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. Special Rates For Wedding Receptions and Banquet: YANGTZE PAGODA ' .‘ Chicken mushroom and vegetables :1- mond, chicken ball pineapple, plain fried rice $1.55 Soup or tomato juice. club steak Ired brand', mash- ed potatoes & cole :12“: 31.35 AV.5-4303 - 5-3036 Banquet BUSINESSMEN'S Special Luncheon RESTAURANT FOR RESERVATIONS Sample Menu Sweet & sour Spare fibs, chicken chop suey 8: plain fried Price 51-35 Soup or tomato juice. club steak «red brand), mash- ed potatoes & cole slaw $1.35 menu on request Mayel 11:; Richmond Richmond Hill, Ontario Phone TU. 4-1212 WC THIS SUNDA Y and. EVERY SUNDAY Continuous From 5:30 pm. Saturday Matinee, Nov. 9 - 2 pm. 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