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j Under the heading “Improve he Library". R. F. Choate, ditor and manager reported at: 1 Richmond Hill owes much to women's institute. And an- ther debt is added to the al- ady long list by reason of the " orous manner in which the titute has come to grips with e problem of improving the ’ubllc library's facilities and quipment. 'As a matter of fact. there hould be no such "problem". additional $300 or $400. it estimated, would suffice to Re care of the more urgent _ d immediate needs. That the illage cannot readily provide 3 amount for such a purpose unthinkable. In quickening mmunity no force is so strong nd so persistent as that of an dequate library. arrow and trying limitations posed upon A. L. Phipps, the brarian. by lack of funds. e cultural development of a‘ iven by the library within the: In the library are some 5,000 volumes. There is a complete catalogue for only about 500. Full cataloging should be car- ried out by an expert on the duosdecimai system. The cost would approximate $200. of which the provincial govern- ment would grant $100. Additional space is needed for several purposes, such as: the establishment of a nucleus of a reference section. which could be built up as time goes on; a larger reading room. with Ia special corner for children; ishelving which would be within leasy reach, many books now being placed at about the same general altitude as “Haman‘s gallows." because of cramped :quarters. Provision should also be made for the repairing of damaged .books. Total grants to the library ‘525, Markham Township 515. Vaughan Township $10. village 4-10ths of a mill or $325; or all $465. For one room (in the mlttee. Every consideration demands that the library's equipment shall be kept abreast of the needs of a progressive com- munityâ€"and the burden of car- rying forward the improve- ments should not fall entirely upon the shoulders of the wom- len‘s institute. MARKHAM VILLAGE: A 10- room building, to adjoin Fran- klin Public School. was approv- ed last week by Markham Vil- lage Council. Total cost of the building, including land. arch- itect's fees and furnishings, will be $295,000. t t It It PICKERING: Final agreement ‘for the drawing up of plans for ‘a new municipal building in Pickering Township only awaits approval of township solicitors, township council said last week. Council passed a motion auth- Admirable service has beenmow are: province $90. county orizing the reeve and c1erk to sign after approval of the sol- ticitors. Estimated space to be joccupied by the building is 9,- 000 square feet. That the Richmond Hill Women's Institute contributed a large sum of money to help the local public library remodel space on the ground floor of the municipal hall to provide attractive quar'ters which were adequate for the day. about 12 years ago. is common knowledge. That the institute had assisted the library on at least one other occasion is recorded in the files of "The Liberal" of November 19. 1925. There are many indications that major changes are coming in munic- ipal administration in Ontario. There has been talk of the establishment of regional government and the abol- ition of many existing municipal boundaries. Modern facilities of com- munication make it abundantly clear that a municipal organization planned for the horse and buggy days is quite out of date today. There is a wide difference of opinion on what changes should take place but general agree- ment in view of continually increas- ing municipal taxation some improve- ments are an urgentnecessity. One of the suggestions made quite often is that the county councils should be abolished. It is therefore interesting to note that last week the Ontario Association of Counties asked the provincial cabinet to broaden the powers of county gov- ernment. In the interests of con- tinuing the county form of govern- ment the move was well taken as too much in recent years county councils have sought to unload re- sponsibilities on other levels of gov- ernment. As long as this trend continued county councils were simp- ly asking for their own disappear- ance. York County Council was a not- able exception and a few years ago faced up to the hospital bed shortage and took positive action with very satisfactory results. If more county Faced with the heavy demands of education, the competition for badly needed industrial and commercial assessment is extremely keen. With an average of 60% of every local tax dollar collected going to finance edu- cation, both elementary and second- Donald Murphy, managing director of Aurora Too], said industrial taxa- tion on his firm has risen about 700 per cgnt in the last 12 months. When A A “1-4. “Mum the firm moved to Newmarket more than a year ago. the yearly taxes were $302, he said. The company has moved to another building where it occupies similar space, and in the final quarter of 1964 taxes were $674, Mr. Murphy said. Two Newmarket f1rms Aurora Tool and Manufacturing Ltd. and Tenatronics Ltd. have both stated they will leave the town because of the high industrial taxation. The difficulty Newmarket is ex- periencing in holding certain of its industries in the face of an unfavour- able tax rate should be ample warning to other municipalities in the county of the dangers inherent in a soaring tax structure. Subscription Rate_§4.§0 pex“ ygpr High 'I'uxes And Industry “Authorized as second class mail THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Seek Stronger County Government Newmarket fi1~m544uror§ Flashback )n Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $5.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Publisher W. S. COOK, Managing Editor Items gleaned from files of “The Liberal", the home paper of this district since 1878. An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 In years 6009 By 013132 liberal In the library are some 5.000‘mlttee. volumes. There is a complete Every consideration demands catalogue for only about 500. that the library's equipment Full cataloging sh0u1d be car- shall be kept abreast of the rled out by an expert on the needs of a Drogresslve com- duo-declmal system. The cost munityâ€"and the burden of car- would approximate $200, of wing forward the improve- which the provincial govern-iments should not fall entirely ment would grant $100. tupon the shoulders of the wom- Addltlonal Space is needed‘en's institute. now are: province $90. county orizing the reeve and clerk to $25. Markham Township $15. sign after approval of the solâ€" Vaughan Township $10. villageiicitors. Estimated space to be 4-10ths of a mill or $325; or alljoccupied by the building is 9,- 3465. For one room (in the 000 square feet. councils faced up to existing prob- lems like York County met the hospital situation there would be less talk about abolishing the county system of government. The interesting brief presented by the Ontario Association of Counties to the cabinet states that the county government should be providing for the collection and treatment of sew- age, the distribution of water, gar- bage collection, hospital construction, police protection, education and many other public services. The brief states that the first step in modernizing the county system is to establish a county assessment system and make county planning mandatory. Both these questions have occupied the attention of York County Council. The committee recommended the abolition of police villages and separ- ated towns, which do not form part of county government. The com- mittee recommended that no towns be granted city status unless they are willing to remain in the county system and urged that as long term objective cities be brought back into county government. The brief requests additional finan- cial aid for municipalities, asking that the provincial grant on suburban roads be increased from 50 to 75 per cent and that the province pay 50 per cent of the cost of education. ary, councils are continually seeking ways and means to induce more and more industry to locate in their particular community. Not only does industry make a major contribution to the public treasury but it doesn’t produce more children to be educated. Before selecting a site for a new plant an industry, among other things, is going to give careful con- sideration to the prevailing tax struc- ture of the municipality in which it wishes to locate. A soaring tax rate is bound to work a hardship on any municipality seeking industry. a reasonable price and a satisfactory tax rate if they intend to make any real dent in the battle for industrial assessment. Poét Office Department, Ottawa” A municipality must carefully con- trol its residential development and the attendant need for additional schools if it is to keep itself compet- itive. An overbalance of residential development can only result in a high tax rate. A community must en- deavour to keep a proper balance between residential and commercial and industrial assessment. “"Mixhicipalities on the border of Metro must provide industrial land at masonic building) rent of $50 is paid. insurance of $1,500 must be carried and fuel is provided by the library board. A survey of the whole sit- uation is now being made by the institute and if means can be found to raise $300, a report to the library board will prob- ably be made by a special com- MARKHAM VlLLAGE: A 10- room building, to adjoin Fran- klin Public School. was approv- ed last week by Markham Vil- lage Council. Total cost of the building, including land. arch- itect's fees and furnishings, will Feb. 4, 1965 WALTER PITMAN DISCUSSES HIS APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF CIVICS In order to make part of the grade 10 history course come alive to the students at Langstaff Sec- ondary School, Walter Pitman, head of the history department has had a series of elected represent- atives speak to the students as part of the study of civics. He introduced this new appr’oach in,lhis history class because he felt that the civics course taught by text-book methods lacked any reality to the student. It was merely a memorization of insti- tutions . . . House of Commons, Senate, etc., with the number of members and so on. . . in some cases they are quite contemptuous of politics and politicans,” said Mr. Pitman. “It con- cerns me how our democratic system can survive if a generation arrives at the voting age with this attitude. I hope they will see that people in public life are on the whole, people of integrity and ability . . . but with the weakness of all of us." Last October, Vernon Singer, former reeve of North York Township and now MLA for York- Downsview spoke to the students concerning mun- icipal affairs. In December, John Addison MP, York North, addressed the grade 10 students on federal- provincial relations. The role of a member of the Ontario Legislature was explained by Donald Mac- Donald, Ontario NDP leader, on December 14. “It was very hard to make students realize that this was important to them, the fact that men and women gave life and blood to these institutions. It lacked any of the excitement of politics and did not help them to understand why government was such a difficult art to develop. I have had a feeling that students are not very much impressed by politicians “The aim of these talks 'is to help the students to realize that their elected representatives are human beings,” said Mr. Pitman. Has this approach ever been tried before? Mr. Pitman said that there have always been variations of the usual method. Speakers, films, film strips, etc., have always been used, but to his knowledge he has never known the course to be stretched over the (Continued on Page 12) Rambling around An important step to- ward an AmericamCana- dian Common Market has been taken in the treaty eliminating automobile tar- iffs signed by President Johnson and Prime Mini- ster Pearson. At the very least. their agreement does away with the distorted and wasteful practices dictated by the force of economic nation- alism. High tariffs and oth- er barriers obliged Cana< dian auto plants â€" most of which are subsidiaries of American companies â€" to undertake small and costly production runs and to manufacture parts that could have been bought more cheaply in the United States. Now, they will be able to follow more ration- al procedures. with bene- fits in greater stability for the industry and lower prices for Canadian con- sumers. Common Mar/(at Ahead P In reaching an agreement renouncing nationalism, the President and Mr. Pearson are demonstrating a wil- lingness to work for a much broader liberalization of trade between their own countries and with the rest "Sorry To See You leave Town, Sir" of the world. The auto treaty is. in fact. a trial run for the Kennedy round trade negotiations and for a closer economic partner- ship with Canada. It will involve adjust- ment problems as produc- tion is realigned so that each country handles what it can do best The task is made easier by the com- mon management of many companies, but retraining programs supported by public funds will have to be established for displac- ed workers on both sides of the border. Clearly, continued co-op- eration will be needed to forge closer economic links between this country and Canada. Both have much to gain from further measur- es to liberalize trade and rationalize production. but the United States, with its vast preponderance of eco- nomic power, must take care to avoid exerting that power in ways that rekin- dle the flames of Canadian nationalism. The path to the Common Market must be wide enough for both countries to travel at the same pace. N£WNAKK£7 INN/J W5 â€"â€"New York Times by Elizabeth Kelson The US and Canada are engaged in a wheat price war. Reductions of as much as 13c have brought the price of spring wheat down to around $1.85 per bushel on the world market . . . That’s $1.84 point 9, Canadian. “ “ The civil service federation recommends that the government and industry should sponsor French and English language-training classes during work- ing hours and pay extra allowances to employees who use both languages in their work. (This wouldn’t quite be a case where something was lost in trans- lation.) The Modern Scene - The wife half of the Telegram’s husbandâ€"and- wife reporting team, leaving to open a news bureau in Moscow, says she shudders to think of what it will mean to take their nine-month son to a country without diaper services. The news, Northern Miner version: Flooding at the Little Bay, Nfld., copper mine of Atlantic Coast Copper, on the weekend caused the death of four men. A raise from the 1350-foot level was being driven when water from an unchartered area flooded the stope. By Monday the area had been pumped out and work was proceeding. There was no interruption to production. Metro Chairman Allen says a survey of Metro’s parks shows thatâ€"due to modern hard-to-mark build- ing materialsâ€"the writing of washroom poetry is becoming a lost art. (And, as Mr. Allen would have to admit, in Metro, the art of building washrooms isn’t exactly flourishing either.) We don’t know from where the owner of the new Honey Pot Ski Resort near Maple got the name for it, but we do feel reasonably certain that the gentleman was never enlisted in the US. Army. MONTREALâ€"L’affaire Dupuis has. triggered one of the most extensive RCMP investlgalions In Quebec’s history. One good thing about the Dorion enquiry (well, anyway, one thing) is that the names involved give our local TV and radio announcers an opportunity to familiarize themselves with French phonetics. Reading the news is like an exercise in amoral French. An informant from the RCMP said “we are going to check Dupuis from the day he was born". . . . Yes, we suppose Lester has told them, with Yvon, that would be “about as fur as they can go”. Even with its missing segments, there was something magnificently symbolic in seeing Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral cortege as transmitted via Telstar. The reflected signal, from earth to satelite and return could have beenâ€"from his view- pointâ€"a final, greatest-ever, “V”. Second thoughts . Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead (A bit of) HELP WANTEDâ€"â€" Young man grade 11-12 a bit; industrious to train for re- sponsible position with grow- ing firm in Scarboro . . . That Was The Week That Was . . Winston Churchill’s DIED The Dorion enquiry into the allegations of attempted bribâ€" ery and coercion has soft-ped- alled the news about other bi- zarre happenings in Ottawa and too little publicity has been given to the mystery of how the US coin dealers are getting the vast majority of the 1965 mint proof sets while genuine Can- adian collectors have had their orders returned without the en- velopes being opened and stgmped “quota over-subscrib- e On December 31 many US. coin dealers arrived in Ottawa and they had one thing in com- mon, carrying suitcases packed with hundreds of orders, each with different names to com- ply with the regulations of one order per person. At midnight the-y lined up at mail boxes and packed them full. These orders were given preference and gen- uine Canadian.coliectors mail- ing orders from distant points have had their orders returned. Last September an announce- ment was made by the governâ€" ment that the price of 1965 proof sets would be raised from $3.00 to $4.00, and that orders would be limited to five sets per person. and that when orders for 2.000.000 sets were reached no more would be accepted. Also no orders would be ac- cepted prior to January 1. Dear Mr. Editor Canadian collectors will of course be able to obtain a 1965 set to complete their collections by ordering them from the U.S.A. at a price which will be as high as $10, $12. or $15, plus exchange thus adding to the deficit trade balance now exist- ing. CANADIAN COIN COLLECTORS AND 1965 PROOF SETS BY GEORGE MAYES The preference to US coin Dear Mr. Editor dealers needs explaining as rumours are flying about that a certain amount of skuldug- gery was perpetrated to favor the coin dealers, some of them who Were well heeled. 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