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A Memorial Serving Humanity “This short book launches two careers: James Jackson's u a novelist and Baxter‘s as a publisher of. novels. Each seems to have got 03‘ to a satisfactory start. Not that Torthe Edge of Morning ls without faults, but tn. ra'um Local author James Jack- son of Altamira Road had his first novel published by the Baxter Publishing Company at Toronto last month. A recent issue of “The Liberal" featured Mr. Jackson's car- eer as an author, playwright and teacher. Following publication, his book was reviewed by Michael Hanlon in the Oct- ober 31 edition of the Globe Magazine and we reprint the review here for our readers. »mmmmmmumm“mummum“mmmummmmmmmmmummmmmnmmummu\munummnuulnn\m1mnmmumumunumum“11mmnunnnumnunuImumnmmm“muunnmmmmnun“11mm“\mmumuIn1mm“mumnunluuunuummmummuuumunmlmmnmmmlmmmumx #1 James Jackson Novel Said “Moving”, “Believable ” The new hospital was built and equipped with funds provided by grants from the federal and provinc- ial governments, York County and donations from corporations, service clubs and organizations and from more than eight thousand individual contributors. The hospital is built and operating but still carries a sub- stantial capital debt and needs many additional items of equipment. It Our new hospital which opened less than a year ago already has earned a high reputation for consid- erate and efficient care of the ill and injured. Already this year near- ly five thousand patients have re- ceived care at the new hospital which is filling a long-felt need in our com- munity. Elsewhere in this issue we report the presentation of a cheque for $1,800. for the furnishing of a hos- pital room by the Friendship Group in honour of the memory of a farmer member, the late Mrs. Emma Ed- munds. It was a fitting tribute by friends and associates to one who for many years as a resident of this community gave freely on behalf of many good works. The handsome donation has been greatfully acknowledged by the trus- tees of York Central Hospital and a plaque suitably inscribed has been placed in the room. As part of his plan to create as much chaos and confusion as possible Mr. Bailey circulated a letter through. out the township prior to the meeting calling on the populace to support his stand and attend the next meet- ing of council. However at the meet- ing Mr. Bryson didn’t have to resign and Mr. Bailey’s accusations were re- duced to the minor importance they Vaughan Council’s most vocal critic has struck again. In his latest ven- ture this self-appointed champion of good gavernment last week called for the resignation of Deputy-reeve J esse Bryson. Brian Bailey of Richvale attacked Mr. Bryson because of the failure of Planning Board Secretary John Hall to have the board’s min- utes brought up to date. Proper rec- ords of the meeting have been kept but not yet entered into the official minute bookâ€"hardly a charge ser- ious enough to impeach the deputy- reeve.. Mr. Hall, who succeeded fer- mer planning administrator Tom Gil- lings, has been especially busy assist- ing' m the reorganization of the plan- ning department. Planning Board Chairman is Allan Deacon. Mr. Bry- son is council’s rep1 esentatwe on that board. From the very outset the plan came under heavy fire from many ratepayers in the area. It was obvi- ous to everyone that the great ma- jority of the property owners con- cerned were diametrically opposed to the plan as presented by council. In an editorial this newspaper ques- tioned the wisdom of council in press- ing the venture when it so obviously lacked any real popular support The Municipal Board rendered the only decision possible in turning down the proposed southwest drain- age and road plan. The provincially appointed board informed town council last week of its decision to squash the plan in its entirety. Earl- ier rumors suggested the board might refer the matter to a vote of the rate- payers concerned as a means of settling the question. A Candidate For Vaughan y , ____V_..-_-....v~. -V.V V U I. “1 Subscription Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $5.50; 10c singre copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Publisher W. S. COOK, Managing Editor “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” THE LIBERAII, Richmond Hm, Onfarlo, Tfiursaay, Nov. 12, 1964 A Wise Decision An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Eb: liberal Where Jackson has been most successful is in telling a moving tale simply, despite the use of that frequently insurmountable technical ob- Itacle, the flashback. The characters concerned seem, with one exception. to be quite believable and, what's more, relevant. The excep- tion is the commanding of- ficer who too much resem- bles a straight man in one of those TV comedies about the lighter side of the US. service life. To the Edge of Morning is an economical, lucid study of the disintegration of a young man's soul in a trop- ical backwater o! the Second are not serious and don't in- terfere with what Jackson is saying. Hospitals everywhere are coming to occupy an increasingly important place in the life of our communities and more and more people are ex- pressdng interest and appreciation with regular gifts and donations. The needs of our home hospital have a special appeal for our good will and generosity at this season of the year as Christmas is approaching. Many are pleased not only to give dona- tions in their lifetime but also pro- vide in their wills for a bequest to the home hospital. Donations like that of the Friend- ship Group are twice blessed. They are a fitting memorial for a departed friend and make a commendable con- tribution to our community effort for the comfort and healing of the sick. Questioned during this latest ep- isode, Mr. Bailey said he had no intention of seeking election to coun- cil in December. We heartily suggest Mr. Bailey stand for election and at last give the people of Vaughan an opportunity to rule on the validity of his many charges. For too long he has peppered council from the safetv of the sidelines. If things are reallv as bad in Vaughan as Mr. Bailey would lead us to believe then his first duty as a citizen is to enter the pole itical arena and seek a mandate from his peers. Nomination day in Vaughan is November 30. therefore is most gratifying and en- couraging that there is a continuing interest in the giving of funds to enable this important community work to carry on, and the trustees to plan for further extending the use- fulness of the hospital. Donations like this one in memory of Mrs. Ed- munds are indeed fitting memorials. For years to come the room furnished by the Friendship Group will be the scene of dedicated ministry by nurses and doctors in the mission of mercy and healing. This is not the first time Mr. Bailey has sallied forth in a reckless and irresponsible manner spewing charg- es right and left. In the final anal- ysis he has never been able to sub- stantiate any of his claims against council. It wasn’t too long ago that Mr. Bailey was telling council that Vaughan should secede from the county (as if such a decision were theirs alone) and that he had set up a cammittee to study the matter. That was the last the public ever heard of Mr. Bailey’s ideas on sec- ession. deserved fmm the start One of the most unfortunate as- pects of the Whole matter is the fact that the $40,000 spent by successive councils dating back to 1956 on enâ€" gineering studies for the southwest area will have to be borne by all the taxpayers of Richmond Hill. Whether the proposal had any real merit or not is not the main question. In a democratic society the will of the people is supreme and a govern- ment ignores it at its peril. In this case the people made their feelings known but council chose to ignore them. Fortunately the Municipal Board did not commit the same error. among the people to be affected by its outcome. Still a majority of council persisted until finally after a great many verbal battles the Mun- icipal Board has rendered the whole scheme null and void. Gil Kramer, a young Cana- adian bomber pilot, is post- ed to an airfield in the jungle of Ceylon, where the heat is oppressive, the fauna frightening, the food intol- erable and futility rampant. The only occupations of the inhabitants are drinking and a total devotion to lethargy. Kramer tries to withstand the appalling conditions, to remain his own master and not succumb to the sickness that afilicts the base. He ctruggles to keep flying. but planes are scarce. He fights with the engineering officer and feel: cheated when the World War. .It shows how an eager. alert person is consumed by the apathy around him and' is led to self-destruction. Gradually he gives in. He spends most of his time in the mess drinking with the other ofiicers. ‘When re- sponsibility is thrust upon him. he rejects it. He is physically ill and emotional- ly distraught, and when he decides to take on a role as a leader he learns that his hero friend has been given the job. When his friend crashes, he feels responsible. Finally he volunteers for a reconnaissance flight, realâ€" izing that it's just a make- work project and that it won’t make any difierence to C0 doesn’t back him. He learns of a friend who is in the thick of fighting and has become a hero. while he himself might as well be re- tired. residents' basements in his own ward. I must ask. is this showing the right kind of interest to the ratepayers in his own ward? Naturally I am fully aware that a councillor must also have the interests of the town at heart as well, but severe problems existing in his own ward must of necessity receive priority in his thoughts. The second point I would refer to was my expectations at thecouncil meeting on Nov- ember 2. when I fully expected Mr. Scudds to immediately make representation that the money allocated to the defeated southwest program be made The reason for the rejection of the southwest plan by the Ontario Municipal Board may have been based not so much on the brief presented by the homeowners association, or the histrionics of Mr. J. F. Mc- Callum, Q.C., but on the inept presentation of the town’s case. Be that as it may, we are still left with the fascina- ting reason given by the board for rejection (“The Liberal" (November 5.) “While it appears to this board from the evidence pre- sented that the improvements are desirable in the long run.‘ there is not sufficient evidence of immediate need or general Firstly. it was very upsetting ‘to myself and the residents of ‘Ward 1 when it was announced that our own Ward 1 councillor Walter Scudds, gave his support to the works program on the southwest side of Richmond Hill. which involved a cost in excess of $800,000 and which ‘was overwhelmingly contested at its inception by the tax- ‘payers in the area, and whose ‘objection was upheld at the lrecent hearing. Most import- ‘ant is the fact that regardless ‘of this unanimous objection ‘Councillor Scudds still support- ed the program which resulted in an expenditure of $40,000 in public funds which is now lost money. All this when the councillor has a very urgent problem as the storm sewers. ditches and sewage disposal back up to depths of 11 inches in residents' basements in his own ward. the pre this nex pee his moi abl< mo: pas: ting plai gen tim and pay Dee of I must ask. is this showing the right kind of interest to the ratepayers in his own ward? Naturally I am fully aware that a councillor must also have the interests of the town at heart as well, but severe problems existing in his own ward must of necessity receive priority in his thoughts. With Quebec’s present aggressive attitude, there are grounds for a second thought in the report of the defence department’s shuffle to eliminate 73 militia units which says: “Ontario will be hardest hit.” Wonder how- the six Southern statesâ€"the oply ones garnered by Goldwaterâ€"are going to llke riding in the back of the national bus? But you can’t ignore the rather frightening fact that 26,000,000 Americans DID, in their hearts, KNOW he was right. . . . despite a Democrat slogan switch telling them: “In your brain, you know he’s insane.” and “In your guts, you know he's nuts.” . . we’re glad we could pass. Apparently the “White Backlash” vote ex- pected by the Republican Party turned into a “Right Backlash”. The Republican press secretary says Sen. Gold- water delayed his post-election statement until the next day because he wanted to say the “right thing”. . . ._S_ee, he’s changing already. The Russians w_ere' quite hippy to see a Johnson victory. After Khrushchev’s “We’ll bury you” tgreat they were afraid the Americans would Barry t em. Toronto’s United Appeal officials (who were dubious about doing it) have decided to accept the money raised by Ryerson students in their recent beer-athonâ€"if the money is still available. . .Or, if it hasn’t been spent in the spirit in which it was g wen After The Brawl Was Overâ€" Sen. Goldwater blame: newspaper inaccuracies for his downfall. As an example, he points to the way they put his score under the heading of a “Pop- ular Vote”. The American voters are a bit different than we Canadians. They voted, as we often do, not so much FOR the Democrats as AGAINST the Re- publicans. . . . But in their case, the Republicans weren’t even in power! R0ck salt for the roads is up to $8.40 per top this year. This, for the motorist cum taxpayer, IS really rubbing it in. Hundreds of rats are running wild in the Reg- ency Acres Subdivision in Aurora. (Aurorats?) One resident says they moved in under a dog house in his yard and he has moved the houSe several times but the rats follow it. . . . It loaks like the d-ogtless dog house has replaced the TV-less TV antenna as a status symbol. Montreal’s World’s Fair has signed a no-strike pact with labor for the fair’s duration. Now all Expo ’67 needs is a no- strike pact with potential visitors who wouldn’t expose themselves to separ- atist violence. 1 Last week it was Bolivia that had the coup to change its gavernment. With these coups taking place somewhere every week or so it looks like the whole world is going coup-coup. Second ”mug/Its . Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead Our Readers Write Of The South west Plan, Hello we 'en, And Police Constable Air force life is obviously not a strange one to Jack- son. He enlisted in the RCAF in 1942, served over- seas and was discharged as a flight lieutenant in 1945 with a DFC. He is new director of extension and re- search at the RCAF Stafl College in Toronto, and lives with his wife and five child- ren in Richmond Hill." At times To the Edge of Morning is redolent of scenes from White Cargo. but it is a rewarding novel to read. It conveys the sense of oppression Kramer obviously feels and it of- fers his problem without be- ing in the least pretentious. the war if he doesn’t come back. “While It appears to this board from the evidence pre- sented that the improvements are desirable in the long run. there is not sufficient evidence of immediate need or general the southwest program. However, maybe I was too premature as regards time, if this be so then at the next meeting 1 reasonably ex- pect to hear Mr. Scudds make It would be, I am quite sure, more logical and more accept- able to all residents of Rich- mond Hill, if a motion was passed through council reques- ting an overall works program plan dealing with the most ur- gent problems first, at the same time giving details of cost, etc., and presenting same to the tax- payers for their consideration. I. H. MANSBRIDGE, President Elgin Park Rate- payers Association. TOWN’S CASE WAS POORLY PRESENTED Dear Mr. Editor:â€" BY GEORGE MAYES â€"Michael Hanlon [ Voting is a part of our democratic way ,of life. How can we as citizens use this voting power wisely and well. It seems more and more as we go to the polls to cast our ballot we are voting for images rather than real people. One reason is that many of us do not know the candidates and if we do its mostly by hearsay and we do not always evaluate the candidate properly in our own mind. Is there any way we might possibly get to know them? In her new book “People Are Power” recently published by the Harvest Publishing company, Dorothy Hender- son discusses this very question. She believes that one way would be to follow carefully the actions of the members of government while they are in power. By watching their actions and speeches and by ex- pressing our support or displeasure we assist/ them to represent us better. Once these candidates are elected the voting public is not absolved from re- sponsibility. Democracy’s way of overcoming ap- athy is through education and this is often a long drawn out process but it must be done somehow. We must learn to distinguish between truth and falsehood. We should encourage public discussion of vital issues by insisting on factual reporting. At all levels of society we must learn to select our leaders wisely because it often happens that leaders often win and hold position without the consent of the majority. The reason. Majorities are often too lazy to become informed or too indifferent to speak their minds. The voting public would do well to listen and read more aboutgovernment and politics (Continued on Page 16) December Is Election Month December is the month of elections. Police villages, townships and other municipal govern- ments have set their election dates. Why are we going to vote and what are some of the questions we must ask ourselves. Does it matter who we vote for anyway? Dear Mr. Editor:â€" Rambling Around The roblns linger, but now they gather in flocks. fatten on late fare and are restless on chilly mornings and dark days. Some of them will resist the im- pulse, find food and shelter in the swampy thickets and brushy woodlands and spend the winter. But most of them will be gone in There is no iixeds date for most migrations, but one can tell the hour of the season, if not of the day. by watching the birds. Some of the warblers start moving south by August. and most of the swallows have gone by September, The blackblrds start mov= in: out before the autumn equinox, and before Octob- er’s frosty nights have blackened the garden the flickers have made ready to take off for warmer places. ST. MARY'S ANGLICAN CHURCH The Migrants The action of the town coun- cil in publicizing the conduct of a young constable and sev- erely reprimanding him for firing a harmless shot in the air when trying to flush out a suspect hiding in a parking lot is dne of the things which does not encourage intelligent and courageous young men to join the force. A young rookie constable cannot remember all the reg- ulations in an emergency and has to resort to common sense. His action in firing up in the air could harm no one. not even a sparrow. and why his “crime" was so terrible that our reeve wants him fired is beyond my understanding. another few weeks, follow- ing the sun to more hospit- able areas. They are the restless ones now. Perhaps they see the restless ducks that still haunt the coves of upland ponds and sing- gish streams but take flight at any excuse. The geese, which seem to have a special weather sense. will wait I while longer. They have already moved down from the far north, and one of these nights, when there is“; ring around the moon or high- flung mate’s tails in the sky, the flocks will begin to line out, gabbling in the moonlight, long necks pointed south. When the geese have gone it will be the late hour of autumn, the silence broken only by chickadees and the winter sparrows, waiting for the juncos and winter itself. by Elizabeth Kelson â€"N.Y. Times Saturday Matinees at 12 noon, 2 and 4 Sunday Matinees at 1.30 and 3.15 pm. Thurs., Fri, Mon., Tues. Wed. Nov. 12- 13- 16- 17- 18 Show starts at 7p ..m “The Cardinal” at 8 p..m only Sat. “The Caldinal” shown at 6 and 9 pm Sun. “The Caldinal” shown at 5 and 8 pm. the mistake. k I would suggest to those w To publicize the harmless caused this publicity to lea mistake and blow it up as a the biblical lesson: “Ye who serious and stupid action with without sin cast the first stone our reeve urging his discharge Your truly, might break the constable‘s HENRY C. HALL. spirit and make him regret not 467 Windhhrst an. Our young constable should have been handled better psy- chologically with the police chief explaining the regulation and telling him not to repeat the mistake. testing against police brutality, and the police commissioner who had common sense didn’t charge the constables with breaking regulations. RICHMOND HILL, ONT. Phone TU. 4-1212 m WWW“ man. ROWSHNHQER. CAROL LYNLEY.” W VALLONE. ”HM SAXON. JOSEF HEINRAD. BURGESS MEREDITH. on: MW DOROTHY GISH. TULLIO CARMINATI. MAGGIE McNAMARA. BILL HAYEs.‘ czar. KmAWAYA-n JOHN HUSTONMGLENNON AMBobby(MaIse)nndhlaAdaerI/Itq mum." IV mun 0°11“. USED Bl “I! mlunom INT SELL" IV In" W m nun»: .7 Juan IOINS. 'IODUCTIOI DISIHIO IY' LYLE menu. WWMID IV In. mm mm 1'; PEQEUCID O DIISCYEU. FT 011° mama” M Bursting upon our BIG SCREEN in all ‘ ‘ the colors of the rainbow... n prize-winning blue ribbon treat for old and young. alike! Here's something for the whole family to see together! ' A The Management. A SPECIAL Sat., Sun, Nov. 14-15 MA TINEES ONL Y MATINEE EVERY SATURDAY AND HOLIDA AT 2 P.M. ENJOY SUNDAY MOVIES THJ SUNDAY AND EVERY SUNDA CONTINUOUS FROM 5 RM. Starting Thurs., Nov. 12 . FOR ONE WEEK PLEASE NOTE Certainly there is no em: agement for intelligent yo prospects to Join the fore they know that our local 130 taking up politics where r. takes are looked upon as r tine and buried witho publicity. cians will publicize eQe} slight infraction of regulati 467 Windhhrst Gate