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TOWN 3V8 no ome BSOR Can any man be blamed if ajs able to make his working pital go farther than his mas- Your paper, published Octo- ‘r‘7. had as a headline - BUSI- ESS TAX CRACKDOWN BY A mass gluacoma survey was held in Hamilton on September 25 and 26, the first in that area. About 5,000 people availed themselves of the op- portunity to have their eyes tested for this disease, which is responsible for 10% of the blindness in Canada, and about 2% of these reacted posi- tively to the simple test. Glaucoma primarily affects per- sons over 40 years of age and can be controlled if caught early. lHowaver, onset of the disease produces symp- toms so slightâ€"a halo effect around lights and possibly some slight itch- ingâ€"that most victims are unaware they have it until they are stricken with a sudden, smashing pain. Us- ually by the time this happens dam- age to the eye is so great that vision [cannot be saved. office should be arbitrarily extended Without any reference to the voters. And that is exactly what Mr. Palmer was advocating. Fortunately the other members of council were wise enough to refer the matter to the people for a decision. ‘ Before election day the ratepayers will be hearing the usual shopworn Glaucoma is caused by a restric- tion of the runoff of fluid within the eyeball with resulting pressure and damage to the optic nerve. This _ We wouldn‘t call such action cour- ageous, we would call it shocking. It is shocking to the extent that an elected representative of the people would even suggest that his term of pressure is revealed by a small in- strument placed on the eyelids. An earlier mass survey was held in Scarboro Township this spring. Out of a total of 17,883 persons test- ed. it was found 572 had symptoms of the disease. This was the first sur- vey of its kind ever made in Canada. ,The survey in Scarboro was con- ducted jointly by the CNIB, the Scarboro Health Department and a group of doctors at the Scarboro Gen- eral Hospital who incorporated them- selves into the Scarboro Medical- Surgical Foundation for the purpose of receiving research grants. An off-shoot benefit of the survey is that the 30 general practitioners trained to do the tests for the month-long survey will incorporate these tests By a 3-2 vote Markham Township Council has decided to follow the lead of many other York County munici- palities and seek public endorsement of a two-year term for council. Sup- porting the move to a longer tern} were Reeve Charles Hooper and Councillors Cleary Palmer and Allan Sumner. Deputy - reeve Stewart Rumble and Councillor Charles Hoo- ver both favored retaining the pres- ent one-year term which really in- cludes a provision for a two-year term through an acclamation. people Without first ascertaining their wishes on the subject; The Ward 2 representative said council should have “enough courage” to in- troduce the two-year term without the formality of a plebiscite. When the voters go to the polls on December 6 they will be asked to approve a two-year term free from any elections. But if council had listened to Mr. Cleary Palmer they would have ignored the electors and imposed a. two-year term on the Do Subscription Rater$4.5_0 pet: yggr otified tax M THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday xes or else, says coun- it not have at its dis- ew copies of The Muni- ct. Forgetting for a that the reeve is a law- lgzest the act will say me any new regulations iforced. the public must led and a by-law ap- n co ncil. Such by-law t be l(acted upon till it 1 presented. discussed. Id approved. Another Two-Year 'l'erm without fear or shame, [ am one of those mer- )r businessmen. who yet paid the 1965 busi- â€"â€"- but not for the iven by Reeve Donald Authorized as second class mail, jitor Glaucoma Survey Hen-e? Protests Tax Crackdown should know practice of law tax bill is like act â€" the tax- )n Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $5.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association ublished by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher 31‘ ' for some 0 receive he taxes will be Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Tithe liberal his This leads me to think that my. or the powers-that-be's. un- derstanding of the English lan- guage. needs some updating. I take two meanings from this. First. I can pay the amount due. or I can pay 3% interest on the money till December 1 of this year. collected in three instalments, June 1, August 1. November 1." 0n the back of the same bill, it A penalty of 3 percentum (3%) will be added if payment is not made within 20 days after each instalment becomes due. The collector of taxes has no author- ity to waive or alter penalty for any reason.“ I would like to ask council why it has taken them eight months to wake up to the fact that $21,000 of taxes has been in arrears for more than two years. Didn't you realize you are actually asking the taxpay- ers to pay an extra $1,680 this says, “NOTE: Instalments shall be paid in order of due dates. So until the by-law has been’eration with big problems but passed and written into the taxiknowing how to make the best bill. I don't believe the courts‘use of my money is not one of could uphold the reeve‘s threat them. of sending in the bailiff with, T0 gfl baCk to Why I have powers to distrain. while therelnot Paid my business tax. I reâ€" is still three months out of the fer to the fact that the tax bill year to go. .If this old-fashion- gives me the choice of two ed tax bill is brought up to‘plaus â€" pay my taxes on the date. literally. then we willldue date 01‘ Day 3‘? interest on abide by its regulations. lthe money. An old Scottish say- I would like to ask counciliing is. take care of the pennies, why it has taken them eightithe pounds look after them- Post Office Department, Ottaw into their standard physical examin- ation of patientsoner 40. ‘ In Hamilton, the survey was con- ducted by 12 eye specialists assisted by more than 100 volunteers. It was sponsored by the physicians, the Hamilton Kinsmen Club, the Red Cross and the CNIB. i In May, when we reported on the first of these surveys; ‘e suggested that a glaucoma surve‘ should be carried out in York co y, If even 12, instead of the esti ated 1,200 people, based on a popul tion of 40,- 000 people over 40, were rescued from a life of blindness, it would be worth while. The findings of the Hamilton survey only serve to increase our conviction that such a survey would be of utmost benefit to a large seg- ment of the county’s population. Newmarket introduced the two- year term in 1964. Several weeks ago a group of taxpayers 'in that town petitioned council for a return to annual elections, and their request received the support of some mem- bers of council. Democracy works best when it is closest to the people. Dr. Murray suggested the York County Medical Society and some of the service clubs and churches could interest themselves in promoting a mass glaucoma survey in York Coun- ty. Such a survey would be a real benefit to our people. This spring York County MOH Dr. R. B. Murray agreed whole-heartedly that such a survey would be bene- ficial. No professional groups in the county have interested themselves in the matter, he reported, and the York County Health Unit is kept busy with their comprehensive immuniza- tion program for infants and child- ren, eye and ear testing in public schools and TB testing in high schools. They don’t have enough staff to embark on a glaucoma sur- vey, the MOH stated, “but would be delighted to cooperate with any group who would take up the pro- ject.” arguments why our politicians should be allowed a longer term of office. Councillor Sumner has already menâ€" tioned one of the usual arguments in support of the two-year term. During the first few months of the year council is relatively inactive because it is busy getting organized. In their eagerness to rush into further security from elections our politicians seem to forget that the term of office has nothing to do with the kind of government they give the people. A two-year term is no guarantee of efficient, productive ad- ministration any more than majority government is a guarantee of good administration. A great number of Vaughan Township residents are very disturbed over the garbage sit- uation that exists in their municipal- ity. There is no election in Vaughan this December so the people will have to wait another whole year before they will have a democratic opportun- ity to register their feelings on this important local issue. an If a council has the support of the people it will be accorded an acclama- tion and there is no real need for an election every year. With a poor and unpopular administration one year is too long but two are intol- erable. In this oasa, the $100, which is my bill for 1965, used in my business at a profit of 10% per month, has earned for me (Continued On Page 12) Oct. 21. 1965 “There are 24,605 cases of blindness actually registered in Canada." Dr. Mathieu says, of which 1,456 are due to alterations of the cornea. And a full-scale research program is the only way of restoring “useful vision" to any of these nearly 15-hund- red corneal victims. Dr. Mathieu says a group of New York researchers re- cently made an; amazing dis- covery in the field of corneal transplants that has caused a reversal of a former medi~ cal belief. Dr. Mathieu says intensive research is beinz conducted in the United States and many European countries. But it is “about non-existent" in Canada “except for what is being done at the Banting Institute in Toronto under the direction of Dr. P. K. Basu. Dr. Michel Mathieu of Montreal's Hospital Maison- neuve says there are skilled wouldâ€"be researchers in his city “who would very much desire to carry on eye re- search but whose intentions are paralyzed by the lack of available space". He made the comment in an article in the current issue of "HEALTH" magazine, the biâ€"monthly publication of the Health League of Canada. Charges are now being made that the six Q‘ue- bec Social Credit MP’s were bribed to support the Liberals in forming a government. The $25,000 figure mentioned doesn’t come under the heading of “Funny Money”. ' Election officials across Canada are alarmed at the number of citizens who are refusing to allow enumerators to even put their names on the voting lists. . . . Probably feeling that the vote they should “exercise” has been over-exercised of late. Without going into the truth of all the various charges against the government, we’d say the stock denial, “Not to our knowledge . . .” makes them at least guilty of the offence of stupidity. A lack of space in which to carry on the work is thwart- ing research in eye disorders in Canada. Meanwhile, at a Toronto meeting of the Six Nations Indians, tribesmen were being urged not to vote in the election. . . . Just act like the white men, brother. And Rhodesia is threatening to leave the Com- monwealth over Britain’s insistence that the Blacks be ALLOWED to vote. . . . We hear that, in Rhodes- ian elections a “class” person is frowned upon if he even marks his ballot with a black pencil. Second Thoughts 50% 0f Blindness Is Said Preventabléâ€"z Markham Township Council Will Seek Two-Year Term If we could only understand That Faith and Love walk hand in hand For Peace to come and light the day For this, Oh God! is what I pray” â€"MARY WAY The manager of the not so strike~bound BA re- (Continued on Page 12) I’m all alone, and yet I find A million scenes within my mind 0f days I knew when Peace was King Oh God on high, Let Freedom Ring!! Bring back the birds to reign the skies Bring back the light to Mothers’ eyesâ€" Bring back “our boys” and let us know That you are near where e’er we go. BY GEORGE MAYES Yesterday’s news‘; is Inot necessarily dead _ My Prayer 15’ Grandview Ave. Highland Park Nearly 50 percent of blind cases in Canada could have been prevented. Susan J. Hennighausen of the Canad- ian National Institute for the Blind said last Friday. But the amazing discovery, Dr. Matieu says. “is that the best results in regard to transparency were in those where the donor - or treated- cells had survived. This fact changes very much our ac- qUired concept of the mat- ter." Dr. Mahieu points out that a great deal of research is necessary to follow up this discovery. Little is known on Why the eyes of some pati- ents accept the transplanted corneas while in other‘cases they are rejected or function improperly. Only an intensive research Program, he says, can over- come the many gaps in medi- cal knowledge in this im- portant area. The researchers implanted corneas treated with a radio,- active substance into the eyes of a group of rabbits, then studies the animal‘s re- actions to the operation for as long as 30 months. In some cases, all of the special- ly-treated cells of the trails- planted cornea had disappear- ed and been replaced with the rabbit's own cells. It had been believed that this was the most favorable occur- rence in transplants. One of them was a book on glaucoma to alert the public She addressed the annual meeting of the Toronto Wo- men's Auxiliary to the CNIB at the Ontario division‘s BaY- view Avenue headquarters. The policy of blindness prevention has been cohsid- ered just as important as blindness rehabilitation since the institutute was set up, she said. Prevention pro- jects included clinics in areas where there are no resident oculists. the eye bank, and fellowships for men studying ophthalmology. The eye bank has helped those who would have been blind because of corneal dis- eases and accidents to the outermost layer of the eye. "In Ontario alone. 147 corneal transplants were per- formed last year", she said. The national eye service department went ahead in 1962 when the E. A. Baker Foundation for Prevention of Blindness was set up. “Some very exciting things have taken place through funds made available from the foundation." ,_ “v---” r--. Sometimes work is done individually. For ex- ample, one of the girls made a house out of popsicle sticks and burlap. She made the trees from sponges. To further impress the Thanksgiving theme on their minds, slides telling the story of the pilgrim fathers were shown to them. Other themes are chosen to suit the current interest or season. Safety week is coming up and they will spend at least two weeks on this. Then comes Hallowe’en, etc. .Sibce last septembe: Lorayne has been work- ing with Mrs. Webb, the principal of Thornhaven as a relief teacher. Although it wasn’t required of her, Lorayne attended the special summer course with the trainable retarded which involves speech work and methods and psychology. Mrs. Laidman takes charge of the senior girls twice a week. A typical day at Thlornhaven with Lorayne and the girl‘s goes something like this. Beginning with assembly and a short period of basketball, the class settles down to work out their chosen theme. The one recently chosen was Thanks- giving. They made figures of the pilgrim fathers. They made these puritan ladies and gentlemen and the Indians of that era out of construction paper. Some routines are daily as are health and hygiene instruction and others have special days. One routine task is setting the table for lunch and in this the children take turns. Their lunch takes half an hour and another half hour is spent in play before they return to the classroom. Every Monday V“..- -_ “v ....v..uuwv\ax who haire other wonderful: déivoted Rachel's in Mary Rumball, Erica Simcoe, Dorothy Madden, Mary Anne Bakerdand ‘Mtfs.~1'sobel _ V‘Lebb. Miss HennighauSen, nation- al supervisor prevention of blindness and eye service de- partment, said 10 percent of Canada‘s registered blind cannot see because of glau- coma - a disease that can be controlled through early di- agnosis and treatment. “ There is a new craft teacher at Thornhaven. Her name is Lorayne Laidman, talented as all get out and blessed with a good measure of jollity in her makeup. That is good. It is something to be with someone who simply brims over with the joy of living, a quality that spills over on others, and fort- unately now on the lucky children at Thornhaven A Day At Thornhaven With Lorayne Laidman (Continued on Page 12) Fins/week On the principle that everyâ€" The Stocks arrithing is fair in war. their char- June 28. 1797. am acters were judged according Abner Miles hotel to the standpoint of the viewer. their Slippers 3 ha The Royalists considered them butter for one s loyal, courageous and heroic; threepence and a L the Americans saw them as for two shillings am cruel. vindictive and blood- Yonge Street at t‘ thirsty, and told many tales of an unbroken fore their atrocities. Lake Ontario and I Mr. Harrison reported hear- and the Indian tr: ing a story that at the Battle otwhat was to become Cherryvale, the Rangers were Hill was trodden onl assisted by Indians. The Indian of the Northwest Co chief. seeing the merciless the natives. Shortly cruelty of some of the soldiers, survey- crews comp rushed up to Colonel Butler, in work and John SI the midst of the fighting. and Lot 48, for which I shouted, “Call off your blood- title in 1808. hounds. We Indians are bad The 1888 report enough. but we are ashamed of that the Stacks did you... 1n-..u._____1 n,, .- Lot 48‘s first owner was JohnI C. Stocks. and Mr. Harrison' recorded that people who had known him reported that child- ren were afraid to meet him and older people tried to avoid him as he walked about the set- tlement. “Always restless. ill at ease and wandering aimlessly about, sometimes he would seem to be fighting with an invisible foe and would send out his cane with a sword-like sweep, or use it as a bayonet". However, some of the most ~â€" prominent. exemplary and de- A voted men among the first mem~ bers of the Methodist Church at‘ bers of the Methodist Church at‘ the Head of the Lake (Niagarm had belonged to Butler‘s Rang- ers. Lot 48's first owner was John C. Stooks. and Mr. Harrison recorded that people who had In A grant has been made to the Hospital for Sick Child~ ren for research into ambly- opia. an eye condition found in children. Miss Hennighauâ€" sen said: “If a child with this condition is not picked up early in life â€"â€" before he reaches school age. the sight of the perfectly normal eye can be lost.” One project helped a Lab- rador doctor. He identifield a new lesion of the cornea which is widespread in the Arctic and causes blindness. It affects 80 percent of all men In the north over 40 years old and is thought to be’caused by severe weather conditions. The foundation provided the doctor with a necessary expensive instru- ment for thorough eye exam- inations. Because prevention and re- search are linked, the found- ation has given funds for such research projects as op- »tic nerve degeneration, glau- coma and metabolism of the cornea. She stressed, however, that no prevention program can hope to succeed unless there are enough trained person- nel to examine, treat, and operate. The foundation gives a fellowship each year to an Ontario university and one in the Maritimes to help doctors wishing to specialize in oph- thalmology. to the danger of the disease The first settler of Lot 48 Vaughan Township. was a former member of Butler‘s Rangers. a British military corps organized (luringr the American Revolution. to harass the enemy in every possible raid. William Harrison wrote in “The Liberal“ on November 8. 1888. In years Gone By by Elizabeth Kelson i told many tales of,an unbroken forest between mes. Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe. rison reported hear- and the Indian trail through that at the Battle otwhat was to become Richmond the Rangers were Hill was trodden only by agents Indians. The Indian of the Northwest Company and mg the merciless the natives. Shortly thereafter some of the soldiers, survey- crews completed their to Colonel Butler, in work and John Stocks drew of the fighting. and Lot 48, for which he received a," m ormng Abner Miles hotel. bought for 'iewer. their suppers a half pound of them butter for one shilling and wrote; threepence and a loaf of bread em as for two shillings and Sixpence. blood- Yonge Street at that time was Sun., lst show 5 p.m., last complete show 8 pm. Mon., Tues., Wed., 1st show 7 p.m., last complete show 8.30 pm. RICHMOND HILL, ONT Phone 884-1212 Fri., first show 7 p.m., last complete show 8.30 pm. Sat, cont. from 6 p.m., last complete show 9 pm. fifilfii-GMOHM CINDYCaRothYMUMY JOHNWIHIHMS'JHCKKRUSCHGN I.”onth “Miami; Ajed Kohlmarmch MRS-1mm DEREK-ALDO RAY ARTHUR O’CONNELL com BY The Stocks arrived in (Continued On Page 12) MATINEE SAT., OCT. 23, 2 RM. ONLY SUNDAY, OCT. 24 Mon., Tues., Wed., Oct. 25-26-27 AIR CONDITIONED FOR YOUR COMFORT Enjoy Sunday Movies This Sunday and Every Sunday Continuous from 5 pm. “Dear rigifle" 1797: ang put upna'i Recommended Adult Entertainment Thurs., Oct. 21 only “SAPPHIRE” Fri., Sat, Oct. 22-23 Films of Note Present in Cinemascope Color yucubyu ‘ suggested Stouffville not appearing 1h:- v: com «Dule Muscat! Please Note Please Note York Plus l'lllmllmllIl““lll“Illll“lullllllllll‘llllllll“lllllllll\l\ll“lllll\“null numummnmmmmmnummun1mmumuunmumunu“mum STOUFFVILLE: Norman Baker of Rose Avenue, has been Engaged as manager of the Stouffville Public Utilities fill- ing the vacancy resulting from the death of Elmer Daniels. [Mm SHH'eWnon SINGERS LAUREN "BEE Mommas The main problem about such similarity. the sociol- ogist pointed out. was that people. did not learn from each other. The cultural develop- ment of children who live in a typical suburb suffers because of the homogeneity of the neighborhood. a Southern Methodist Uni- versity sociologist believes. Dr. Bruce Pringle noted at the first session of a new Dallas College course on “The (‘ity Dweller". that the residents were all in about the same income bracket. the same age, same family size and of similar occupations. JACK Produced and new by IAURY DEXTER Wnflen by HARRY SPtlDINE In Minted Pmdm 1m Mm Released by 20th Century-Fm Children In Suburbs Suffer From Sameness ROD MOLLY Plus _GENE