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The Liberal, 23 Sep 1965, p. 2

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THAT OLD TIME RELIGION Dear Mr. Editor: In a recent issue of “The Lib- eral". Harry N. Toombs of Queensville had two things to say. I say "amen" when Mr.’ Toombs says we are all created in God‘s image. I would go on to say that God and we are partners in on-goinz creation. We accept the new discoveries of science. we must. also acccp'. the Spirit's urgings for us to discover new ways to speak God‘s truth which must always be fresh â€"- it can became stale. The reporter was using his preciate your editorial on “Stoplupsetting. it leaves both our, own words when he described the grade 8 students I was teaching as a “rustic band of guerillas". I cannot agree with Mr. Toombs when he says there isn’t any difference between Grandpa‘s religion and to-day's. Mr. Toombs contradicts himself when he‘says we are created in God's image (God the Crea- Metro Dumping." ‘fire department and our resi- We who live on Keele Street dents at a distinct disadvantage .all feel it is very unfair that if the property of any ratepay- Metro people are allowed to 61‘s in the area Should need 91'0- dump garbage on the highway. tection at the same time. This should be stopped by our some WEERS 380 I read in township council and it seems your paper of Norman Good- and editorials‘like yours that ityall concerned in the matter of can be brought to a halt, littering. One wonders how sin- Keep up the good work. cere these words were. As I tor). yet he says Grandpa‘s re- GORDON INGRAMMapte travel Highway 400 almost daily ligion is good enough and] t * * *- since Keele Street has been nothing new can be said oroMETRO‘S GIFT WRAPPED closed I follow trucks day after new ways of saying it. GARBAGE day that do not have tarpaulins, A person who wnites a letter Dear Mr. Editor: covering their loads. to the editor stating that: man We congratulate you on thel In the near future, Keele sources Commissmn, canaaian National Railways, and goodness knows who else have the author-‘ ity to tell our council who can} dump garbage at our feet? 1 May we hope that your conâ€" tinued, and in fact accelerated support will be available to the only through the ratepayers head‘s avowal to co-operate withtlpeople of Vaughan Township. Thank you. Yours sincerely, LORNE A. WELLS 42 Keele Street 5.. Maple. # t It # LET’S SAVE MAPLE 5Dear Mr. Editor: Congratulations from another hasheenshoro changed on greyfactivo coverage and cditoriaijsu'aet will re-open as a four very interested individual on Richmond Hill Council’s decision to continue to distribute a financial statement to taxpayers at the Nov- ember nomination meetings is a very wise one. Council based its decision, after a suggestion that the century- old,practice might be discontinued, on the fact that the town is going to a two-year term for council this December, a change approved by referendum in last year’s elections. we definitely approve of council’s decision, but suggest that a good look be taken at the traditional state- ment and an intelligent attempt be made to make it reflect a true picture of the town’s business which the av- erage ratepayer can understand. It is a ratepayer’s right to know how his money has been spent, but under the. present system it is the rare individual who can'digest the inform- ation contained in the type of financ- ial statement, made available after he or she arrives at the nomination meeting, in time to question the elected representatives, if questions are needed. Every year we urge ratepayers to attend these nomination meetings and- take an intelligent interest in the municipality’s affairs, both then and at the polls. Many times we have said that citizens as share- holders in the town should attend to get an accounting of public business conducted by their elected represent- atives. We are not surprised, how- ever. that many who have heeded our urgings and attended the nomination meetings have been left with a feeling of bewilderment and are disappointed with the meagre amount of real in- formation they received. Surely some attempt can be made to make this annual meeting of shareholders in our‘town, the tax« payers, more truly informative and In this issue the announcement that the Canadian Council on Hos- pital Accreditation has awarded ac- creditation status to York Central Hospital is gratifying news for all the people of this district and espec- ially for the thousands who have given generous support to the estab- lishment of a hospital in this district. We extend sincere congratulations to the board of trustees and members of the hospital association, Ad- ministrator G. J. Chatfield, Chief of Staff Dr. James Langstaff and mem- bers of the medical staff which now numbers sixty, Miss G. A. Gate- house, director of nursing and mem- bers of the nursing staff, volunteer hospital auxiliary workers, depart- ment heads and all associated in any way with the hospital operation. Ac- creditation, the hallmark of effic- iency and competence in the hospital world is not attained by any individ- ual effort. It is the result of dedi- cated team work in which everyone associated with the hospital program plays a part. Vaughan Residents Still Amused Over Conditions In Twp. Dumps Accreditation is granted by the Canadian Council on Accreditation, an independent organization with representatives from the Canadian Hospital Association, the Canadian Medical Association and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Accreditation is granted only to hospitals that meet a rigorous set of standards of patient care and there is a thorough inspection and Subscription RateԤ4.5f) per More Information Please “Authorized as second class mail, fHE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Congratulations To York Central Hospital :ion Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $5.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher An Independent Tithe liberal matter will next be calling his mother's moral life into ques- tion. Such an old-time religion is not good enough! Sincerely. VAUGHAN COUNCIL SHOULD STOP DUMPING Dear Mr. Editor: As a taxpayer in the Town- ship of Vaughan. living on Keele Street North, Maple.Iap- preciate your editorial on “Stop ‘ will next be calling his‘support “The Liberal" has givenllane speedway. As an elected r’s moral life into ques-l Such an old-time religion. good enough! ncerely. THE REV. MacKAY. Associate Minister. Richmond Hill United Church. 1 t a w AUGHAN COUNCIL ‘ULD STOP DUMPING Mr. Editor: a taxpayer in the Town- of Vaughan. living on Street North, Maple. I ap- te your editorial on “Stop Dumping." HARRY E. to' the battle Vaughan Town- ship residents are waging against the evident intent of all Metropolitan Toronto munici- palities to send us their gar- bage. gift wrapped or otherwise. For years, as a resident of Maple. I have listened to the wail of the fire siren, day and night. as our volunteer firemen are called out to fight an illegal fire started to make room for more garbage. This of course is at the expense of leisure time for our volunteer firemen and our pocket books. What is more upsetting. it leaves both our {fire department and our resi- representative of the people of Vaughan Township in public school matters I view with alarm the hazards imposed upon the safety of our children by hundreds of trucks racing through the township daily. “The Liberal" has served the community for eighty-seven years as your former Publisher J. E. Smith points out, and I |suggest diligently and fearless- ly. Do you not read your paper with alarm in Page 1 of last Thursday’s issue when you re- port that Ontario Water Re- sources Commission, Canadian National Railways, and goodness Weekly: Established 1878 Post Office Department, Ottawa” useful. A condensed financial report couched in accounting terms and a three minute talk by council mem- bers really gives little information to interested persons. In the sand- wich filling between thanks to the nominators and season’s greetings, there can be little meat of real in- formation or detail. If taxpayers’ money is used for expenses they have every right to know the details of what is consid- ered to fall into this category. The financial statement they receive should give detailed information and a complete picture of the year’s business up to nomination time. -..V..,v- _ -_V, If an adequate time allowance for each member of council to give at least a minimum accounting of his or her term of office is not possible under the present system, where nominations for the public and sep- arate school boards and for council are held at the same time and place, then the solution could lie in holding separate nominations for council and school board. At future nomination meetings we believe opportunity should be given for questions from the audience. True, this may extend an already lengthy session, but in the interest of goOd understanding between the electors and their elected represent- atives, such provision would play a. major role. Too long has it been said that the majority of people are indifferent about what happens in their municâ€" ipal government. We maintain the great majority of taxpayers do care, and we suggest the others should get interested soon to safeguard their right to know what is going on. Another council can easily rescind the decision of the 1965 council, and accounting in the future will take place only every two years. close observation by independent and highly qualified inspectors covering allphases of hospital opergsivonn. Le§s 'York Central’s achievement in gaining accreditation after less than two years in operation is, We believe, a record for all Canada. A hospital cannot make application until it has been in operation for a year. At the end of the first year’s operation the board of trustees made application for accreditation. The examination and inspections were made in July and this week the certificate of ac- creditation was hung in the hospital lobby. The award will be recognized by a feature article extensively illus- trated in a coming issue of the na- tionally distributed magazine, Hos- pital Administration in Canada. ,fl‘fghhalf of the-hospi‘ialsl'ln Canada Have been awarded accreditation. Accreditation is not awarded for excellence in any one department. It is granted only when every phase of the hospital operation and every de- tail of patient care meets the high standards set by the national body. Accreditation is the community’s as- surance that the local hospital is meeting in a satisfactory manner the high standards set for Canadian hos- pitals and that everyone at the hos- pital is doing a good job. It is grat- ifying that York Central, not yet two years old, has earned this coveted award, and it is reassuring that this high standard of hospital care is at the service of our sick and injured. Sept. 23, 1965 \«ID Chief Advocates County-Wide Police Force; More Efficient MacDqu Ottawa Report Lester Pearson and John Diefenbaker face each other once again in an election battle that will almost surely be the last one for them, and perhaps for both. The two men are meeting in campaign combat for the fourth time. The only previ- ous Canadian leaders who have fought it out so often were Robert Borden and Wil- fred Laurier, who met in four elections in the early years of this century. wMéy'we Hope that your con?l Maple United Church, Maple tinned, and in fact accelerated? a: a- t a: support will be availagle to ‘the: DESPITE PROMISES The Borden-Laurier con- frontations were spread over 13 years. The Pearson-Dief- enbaker meetings have taken place within seven years, in 1958, 1962, 1963 and now in 1965. A fifth and record-break- ing battle is not likely be- tween these two men, no matter what the result of the November election. If Mr. Pearson wins a solid victory, Mr. Diefenbaker will With the issue of reg- ional governments much to the forefront at the present time, the extension of’this to regional services natur- ally follows. The question of a county- wide police force is one which has been discussed in various places and var- ious times. Some time ago York County Council spon- sored an inquiry into the possibility of a county po- lice force but the matter was subsequently dropped. A plea for the introduc- tion of county police forces was recently made by Chief Thomas Living- stone of the Waterloo Township Police Force, in the Kitchener area. The rapid expansion of cities, towns and villages into rural areas is creating a need for more adequate policing/1 he said, and this could b3 done with a uni- fied poliCe force. “When people call the police they are not con- It’s Pearson And Dief Again. “It’s A Great Idea . . . But What Does It Say? Yours sincerely, LORNE A. WELLS 42 Keele Street 5.. Maple. 749440; i WE LCQME The many people of Maple} who are concerned about this: catastrophe will do everything possible to encourage the reeve and the councillors of our township to: put a stop to the commercial “dumping” of Ear- bage in the vicinity of out once Ibea-utiful village. your excellent editorial “Stop‘men of the committee which Metro Dumping". We apprec- is attempting to clean up this iate your continued support in “mess”, feel very strongly our endeavour to prevent the about it. We shall do every- continuation of this “blight”. thing in our power to promote The manv Deonle of Maple further action. who are concerned about this Since I have begun investi- catastrophe will do everything gating this situation I have possible to encourage the reeve been amazed at the utter dis-l and the councillors of our regard the principals of the township to: put a stop to the dumping operations seem to commercial “dumping” of gar- have for the residents of Maple bage in the vicinity of our once Village, in fact all of Vaughan beautiful village. ’TOWfiShip. A group of Vaughan I join with my fellow clergylresidents was taken on a tour in expressing my earnest proâ€" of inspection of the dumping test against those who are resâ€" area about August 18. They ponsible for this flagant flaun- were assured that same even- ting of the wishes of the citiz- ing that “to the best of our ens of our community. ability all garbage trucks must Most sincerely. be covered on and after August REV. RALPH C. WILLIAMS,16, 1965". Since that date when cerned with the insignia on his shoulder," he said. “All they want is a policemanâ€" and a good one.” Chief Livingstone felt too that the boundaries be- tween different communâ€" ities and police forces was confusing to the public and that sometimes even the policemen had trouble determining exactly where they; were. no doubt yield to pressures within his own party to give up the Conservative leader ship. V I} Mr. Diefenbaker should win, Mr. Pearson would re- tire almost immediately. Maple United Church, Maple.'I have been going to and from * it * * ’work, I have collected a list DESPITE PROMISES ‘of truck numbers and names GARBAGE TRUCKS which, to use an old expression. REMAIN UNCOVERED is “as long as your arm". On Dear Mr. Editor; ,September 11 at approximately It has been most gratifyin2310.40 am, 11.05 am and 1.15 pm to see that the people of other I saw three trucks with no ap- munjcipalitjes think .the people parent means for covering of Maple have just cause toloads travel north on Keele feel perturbed over the garbage Street through Maple. Two of situation. I appreciated your these were loaded with scrap timer editorial and assure you wood and some pieces could ‘t-hat I. as one o: the co-chair-.d.rop tron: each. A >single telephone num- ber could be arranged for the one force, be said and this too would help to elim- inate confusion created by the several numbers for in- dividual forces. ' If the election should re- sult in deadlock, it's quite probable that both major parties would quickly seek and find new leaders. This, then, is probably the last round in the personal and political conflict that has dominated the last seven years of Canadianrpolitics. The chief also felt that the larger force would make possible the improve- ment of police standards by continued education of of- ficers and longer probation periods. As the campaign began, both men seemed in the best of health, despite their ages. They were ready for the fray, even though Mr. Dief- enbaker celebrated his 70th birthday on September 18, while Mr. Pearson was 68 on April 23. "The podic’g allege at Aylmer is a fine thing but I do not feel that gradua- tion from the school should mean the end if we are The eight-week campaign with long hours and relentâ€" less travel is arduous for anyone. But neither Mr. RATE PM:st going to raise the police- man to a professional standard", he said. He recommended a train- ing program within the de- partment and that officers should take courses at uni- versities which they could attend in their time off duty. Interrogation was one of the fields in which spec- ialists are needed. he felt, and stressed too that better informed officers were needed acting as witnesses in court. “It is only proper that any officer who denies anyone of his freedom should have a good know- ledge of what he is doing," emphasized Chief Living- stone. He also felt that the pro- bationary period for police- men should be extended from the present one year to three. In that time the department ‘ would: be able to evaluate the officer and he would have time to de- cide whether he wanted to continue in police work. Pearson nor Mr. Diefenbaker showed any hesitation about getting 01% the mark. That was evident on the night of September 7, when Mr. Pearson announced dis- solution of Parliament. It was the first time Parliament had been dissolved on tele- vision, live, no less, and Mr. Diefenbaker followed im- mediately on screen. The Opposition Leader had no real knowledge that the Prime Minister was going to call an election, though most people were fairly certain he would. At any rate, Mr. Dief- enbaker was not at a loss for words. He blasted the Prime Min- ister for calling an election before the parliamentary re- distribution of ridings. He said Mr. Pearson was afraid to meet Parliament, afraid to face non-confidence motions for his failure to clean up the mess in government. (Continued on Page 12) ?,) 159an 700091515 E John Diefenbaker â€" " Last week‘s news, being concerned mainly with the election, was -â€" with a little license â€" much more quotable than notablel For example: Toronto Householders (living in the shadow of high- rise construction) â€" “Into each life some crane must fall.” The Dominion Meteorological Bureau â€" “This sum- mer has been the worst summer since 1929.” (And THIS pronouncement we CAN believe I") Tely Leonard “ I’m going Because, 5 which he I dayâ€"s of reviewing the new season’s TV shows) â€" “N0 COLUMN UNTIL NEXT WEEK â€" MR. BLACKBURN IS ILL." 36,400 Young Americans (caught in the biggest draft since Korea) â€" “Well, here today â€"- Saigon to- marrow!” US. Navy Aquanauts (in the Swan Lake spirit over a porpoise being trained as a messenger between their California aquadome and the surface) â€" “What time’s the next porpoise ?" Holland Landf from Toronto brates . . . ??‘ FLASHBACK "All persons claiming to hold ‘land in the Town of York, hav- ing been required to cut and burn all the brush and to fall all the standing trees on the said lots, you will be pleased to report to me without delay the numbers of the particular lots on which this has not been done. “Take a course at night school? I’m too old for such things.” I heard one middle-aged grandmother say this rather wistfully to a friend. I also heard the friend’s reply. She said, “Nonsense! Haven’t you heard that educators nowadays have discovered that older people can learn just as well as the younger ones, when they put their mind to it. Besides, haven’t I heard you say many times. that you would like to study painting? Now’s your chance.” 0 A ..nv VV y..th r-.______ Now is your chance indeed, not only for paint- ing, but for many other useful courses which are soon to be available to the general public. The back-to-school movement is affecting all of us, ad« ults and young people alike, from the unskilled worker to the big executive; from the drop-out who wished he’d stayed in school, at least until he got his grade 12, to the grandmother who would like to learn something about oil painting. Night school courses will be offered in the sub- jects listed in the advertisement appearing in this week’s issue of “The Liberal” at Bayview and Thornhill Secondary Schools and Woodbridge High Rambling Around As one of the committee, I'I wish to again thank you and trust you will confinue to help us in this cause by further use of the columns of “The Lib- eral". Probably by this means, public sentiment will reach such a peak that the municipal au- thorities will take appropriate action to “throw (the stinking mess), out of Vaughan Town- ‘ship". ‘ ‘ of 1he columns eral". Probably public sentimept Ubuvun. Registration should be made in persion at these schools Monday. Tuesday or Wednesday, September 27, 28 or 29; time 7 pm to 9 pm. (Continued on Page 12) Vaughan Township Council “13' seems more concerned with the can interests of Norman Goodhead d9!“ than the interests of the people 9161 of Vaughan Township they were elected to represent and the 18m unhappy residents of Maple. t1? School. THE GOODHEAD DUMP Dear Mr. Editor: Thank you for your editorial of August 26 regarding the de- plorable situation we in Maple are faced with due to the Good- head Dump. Any further publicity you may give to this miserable situ- ation will, I am sure, be greatly appreciated by the people of Vaughan Township. MRS. G. A. H. GRIERSON York Central District High School Board Offers Wide Selection Of Night School Courses O Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead - Yours very truly, ANDREW E. SNIDER, Maple On December 19. 1800, the surveyor-general’s office in- structed John Stegman to inspect Yonge Street and report on its condition, William Harrison recorded in 1888. The authorizing letter read: TV Columnist Bob Blackburn (after only three In years Gone By ‘Red” Kelly MP â€" “I’m not going to run. 5 to skate.” (This, we hope, is definite. seeing Red on the ice one often wonders IS doing. doesn’t one?) ‘7‘)" lg Boy (who claims two older boys set him afire) â€"â€" .“A city cele- (Continued on Page 12) committee, I aank you and ntinue to help by further use of “The Lib- by this means, will reach such municipal au- te appropriate (the stinking aughan Town- ruly, JIDER, Maple k * EAD DUMP your editorial :arding the de- 1 we in Maple toe to the Good- nship Council erned with the man Goodhead s of the people [ship they were :sent and the ts of Maple. publicity you miserable situ- ;ure, be greatly the people of lip. H. GRIERSON Maple. After reporting conditions in the Township of North York (then part of the very large Township of York) Stegman re- ferred to Lot 33 Vaughan, “Clearing completed with no house and nothing done to the street. On the Markham side clearing has been done on the south half but nothing on the north. At Lot 37 Vaughan. the clearing has been complied with, but large trees and logs have been left on the street, no fence and a small log house. At Lot 55 Vaughan, the clear- ing is complied with, the street cht and logs not burnt, and a very bad place in the road." As there is no unfavorable reâ€" port of the Lots which make up Richmond Hill itself. Lots .45 to 50 in Markham and 44 to 49 in Vaughan, we may assume {that the early settlers here had [carried out the provisions un- der which they had received their land. Mr. Stegman winds up his lengthy report: “Sir, this is the itrue condition of Yonee Street lwhen examined by me. and I am indeed sorry to have to re- port that the most ancient in- 1habitants of Yonge Street have ‘been most neglectful in this lrespect. I have reason to be- (Continued On Page 12) I For Hees a jolly good fellow!” "D. W. Smith. Acting Surveyor General" Mr. Stegman began his re- port. dated 1801, by stating “tha-t from the Town of York to Poplar Plains (later York- ville and now in the central core of Toronto) the road is cut, and that as yet the greater part of said distance is not possible for any carriage what- ‘ever, on account of logs which \Iie in the street.” BY GEORGE MAYES by Elizabeth Kelson Phone: TUrner 4-1212 FREE PARKING AT REAR ‘ Saturday Matinee 2 p.m. \ only ." Thurs., Fri., lst show ’7 p.m.. last complete show 8.30 pm. Sat., cont. from 6 pm. last complete show 9 pm. “OUTLAWS IS COMING1 Thurs., Fri., Sat. Sept. 23-24-25 /oL PLEASE NOTE Mon., Tues., Wed., lst show 7 p.m.. last completo show 8.30 p.m. FL»: m’-â€"-\Jâ€"â€" PLEASE NOTE‘ TOGETHER “YUUNG DIlllHBEH" MACH ROBERT OORRAO 'JOHN ASHLEY-VICTOR IUOIO OAR TERRANOVA' MARY ANN MORLEY ' ' 'finn TEE FIRST TIME! 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