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A Combination hotel and store was opened by Abner Miles in 1802 on Lot 45 Markham Town- ship Mr. Miles died in 1806 and the establishment became a pri- vate home. The second hotel was .builticording to Mr. Harrison. by David Bridgeford on thei Untli 1850 Yonge Street had north-east corner of Yonge andlnot been macadamized north of Centre Streets. He operated it Lymburner's Corners lCarrvilie for several years, catering to‘Road). In that year a govern- the military and tourists, theniment grant was received to con- turned it into a private resi-Itinue the macadam road north- ‘dence when he decided to de-lwards. Many of the laborers, of totemls time to farming. several nationalities. boarded at The first frame building in this hotel and the drinking and The first frame building in this hotel and the drinking an( the settlement was a large hotel fighting were something extra built on the land now occupied ordinary. by Elmo Snider‘s home. 1031 The men were paid their “as au .- wu- Vun If there is this strong demand. it makes us wonder why manufacturers find it necessary to advertise the toys to the point of nausea. The conclus- ion is inescapable that much of the demand is created by toy manu- facturers themselves. _ In our childhood, it was cowboys and Indians who skulked among the lilac bushes; in pioneer times it was no doubt rebels and loyalists who fought it out among the hay ricks: and earlier still, roundheads and cavaliers clashed halbergs among the hollyhocks. vv.y u -v- On the one side are ranged various Women's groups and concerned par- ents while on the other side are toy manufacturers who claim they only manufacture war toys because there is 'a. strong demand for them. 1 vavun v- .. The conclusion is also inescapable, however, that youngsters, blood- thirsty little creatures that they are, enjoy games of physical conquest and “Bang! Bang! You're dead!” has been their happy cry for gen- erations. We suspect that what alarms par- ents today is not only that war itself has become so deadly not only for armies but for whole populations and is brought so terrifyingly near by the daily papers, but that the war toys themselves appear so authentic and look just as deadly as their real What appears likely to be an annual controversy for some years to come is once again raging, with battle lines drawn up and flags wavingâ€"whether or not children should be given war toys for Christmas. It was a bleak fall day with a cold rain teeming in a steady downpour, but hundreds of people stood in line to enter a. church basement in Palm- erston, a small Ontario town, centre of a farming community. What event could be important enough to bring out at least 90% of the population? V The answef was a “frée health checkup.” In the Western Ontario county of Wellington, in which Palmerston is situated. the local health unit struck on a novel solution to persuading people to take advantage of modern diagnostic facilities. With a few exceptions, early diagnosis of most diseases means rapid and complete recovery with the aid of modern drugs and treatments. If recovery is not possible, progress of the disease may be halted and kept in check, giv- ing patients the opportunity to con- tinue to live active, reasonably healthy lives. Palmerston was only one location for the county-wide checkup. four other clmlcs were also operated. The multiple mass screening is the first ever held in Canada for adults although there have been diabetic, tuberculosis and glaucoma surveys in other areas. The high turnout of about 90% of the adults among the 10,000 popula- tion of the county is the result of thorough advance planning, accord- ing to Dr. B. T. Dale. the county med- ical officer of health. Organized through the health unit, .the survey was run with the co-operâ€" ation of the local branches of the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canad- ian Diabetic Association, the Ontario Heart Foundation and the tubercu- losis association. More than 800 women volunteers canvassed every home in advance. They were trained. provided with pamphlets and mater- ial to leave at the homes they visited and were given question and answer sheets to help them answer queries. They were encouraged to get the answers to unexpected questions from the doctor or the health staff. Each cani'asser visited five or six ho‘mes. explaining the purpose of the Subscription Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $5.50; 10c single Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottaw THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill Befler Health Services Flashback As soon as Yonge Street became passable for vehicles the necessity for hotels md halfway houses soon became apparent. William Harrison noted in his historical sketches which appeared in “The Liberal“ in 1888. An Independent Guns For Gifts? In Year: Gone 8y 013m liberal Yonge Street South. With drive- e- Saturday afternoons and shed and stables it covered a spent most of their money in a wide stretch of frontage and was general carousal Saturday night in use in the early years of the and Sunday. 19th century. This hotel was the The road ran so close to the scene of pretty lively times, acâ€" building that it laid bare the cording to Mr. Harrison. foundation and necessitated Untli 1850 Yonge Street had_a platform along the entire not been macadamized north of front. six feet above the road Lymburner‘s Corners (Carrville surface. From that platform sev- Road). In that year a govern- eral drunks fell to the road re- ment grant was received to con- ceiving severe injuries â€" a few Weekly: Established 187 Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 16, 1965 a child, hearing as it does the stamp of approval for the activity for'which lthe weapon is intended. carries with it a much deeper psychological sig- nificance than did parental indiffer- ence towards our old fashioned cow- boy forays. As to whether or not such toys should be given at Christmas, the theme of which always used to be “peace on earth. good will towards men", how would parents who buy their children war toys like to see them taken to church? It has been the custom of Rev. D. T. Evans of Thornhill Presbyterian Church for several years to hold a special Christmas Dav service each year and to invite children to bring with them their favorite new toy. Let’s hope he doesn’t get mown down in the crossfire. counterparts. A small boy playing with a stick of wood which becomes in turn a pistol, a rifle or a sword as his fancy dictates doesn’t present nearly the horrifying aspect as does one decked out in jungle green, equipped with a helmet and a super-weapon, the exact replica of which is scouring the jungles of Vietnam at this very moment. Maybe we should just hope that all the gun-happy youngsters will be like the grade 4 boy in Ottawa who when asked his opinion on war toys promised “When I grow up I will try not to buy a real one and if I do I will shoot myself.” And surely putting such a weapon, even a mock one, into the hands of survey, leaving the explanatory ma- terial and small bottles for urine specimens. At the clinics, blood pressure was measured by registered nurses and chest X-rays carried out in mobile equipment provided by the Ontario Department of Health. Abnormal- ities detected were reported to the patient’s private doctor, who will call the patient back for a further check unless he is already treating the con- dition. P All records are confidential. Results So far are: about 2% with a high blood sugar level (indicating possible diabetes) and about 10% with high blood pressure. Urine tests have also shown abnormal albumin count in some people, indicating kidney disease. Xâ€"ray results have not yet been released, but earlier sur- veys indicate that lung tumors are present on the average in one person in every 500. Dr. Dale said he organized the sur- vey because an increasing proportion of the population is over 60. Detec- tion of disease early, with rapid treatment, can help older persons maintain health and independence longer. The Wellington County survey was an overwhelming success, indicating clearly that people â€" and particular- ly older people â€" are more willing to undergo free periodic medical exam- inations when all checks and tests are looked after in a single clinic, rather than to attend clinics carrying out tests for one specific complaint. Comprehensive clinics worked well in Wellington County â€" they could also work well in York County. We would suggest to MOH Dr. R. B. Murray and his staff that an intens- ive study of the Wellington project be made, the program adapted to this county and put into effect sometime in the near future. Such a program could pay large dividends in detect- ing illnesses before they become established, and give residents of this county a greater chance of living reasonably healthy and productive wes. ceiving severe anurles â€" a few resulting in death. As the stan- ing of the road proceeded north the hotel remained the gather- ing‘place for the pay bosses and men. It finally was burned lo the ground in ISTI in what was Continued on Page 16 10c single copy i I III I ’I II The trip through the Erie Canal was. just one . lock after another. Stopping points along the way 1 TWO separate reports 0f the Pas-t Week ClalmEd (Continued on Page 16) i (Continued on Page 16) gulllluuunmumummnuiumiululmm\uli\nullImmmumuumnIlnuIIl1nuulli“nuuu1m1lmuuuuuuuuummuuuuuunumummunilIl1iu1luiuu1uulIutlll\mlluulInu1numnnun\lunnumuummuuumumumumummmumumnummuunmmuuuuumuug2 Aboard The Cruiser, N eptunaire, With Allan 'Whyard Once it was Long John Silver bound for fabled Treasure Island. Now, it is Allan Whyard, a modern treasure hunter, who may never find the gold that is said to lie hidden in the waters of the sunny Bahamas, but will surely bring home a treasure trove of experiences to relate to his friends for months to come. It all came about when Allan, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Whyard, Elgin Street, Thornhill, met a chap doing computer programming with him at Masseyâ€"Ferguson. He was Bill Clark, a fellow Bachelor of Science. It seems that Bill already had plenty of treas- ure, a new bride and a beafitiful 30 foot cabin cruiser called the Neptunaire, drydocked at Gibraltar, Mich- igan. One more thing was needed to complete his happiness and that was a long cruise before he finally settled down into domesticity. He broached the subject to Al, and found immediateenthusiasm. Things began to move as plans were made and re- sources pooled for the event. On September 1, the Neptunaire, with Allan Whyard and Bill and Helen Clark aboard, began the first knot of a long and watery journey from 3. Gibraltar dock. The Neptunaire which was to be their home for several months was equipped with many comforts including a record player, a TV set, and a freezer in the galley. The real prima donna of the trip was the diesel motor which Was to give them considerable trouble along the way. Rambling Around It was bad weather ahead as they sailed across Lake Erie on the way to Buffalo. Mr. and-Mrs. Whyard were waiting there to see the adventurous trio off. The motor had already given considerable trouble and Allan admitted to feeling dirty and smelly most of the time until he got it working properly. “You don’t worry about that after a while.” He also managed quite a beard but shaved it off. It wasn’t worth all the scratching, he said. Kim“munnummmmmmunnmuumummm\nmummnmmmumu\mmImmmmmm1“mImmlmumummnummImmunummmImmuumuumumIlumlulmmumumm“umumnumnulmuIlmummmmummnnunumun“mmllmll\l\ll\ul\|\\ a A quiet but dramatic salvage operation of emotionally disturbed children has been in pr0~ gress in 87 elementary schools in New York City for the past five years. While the program was not kept secret, the demand was so great that no public announcement was made about it until recently. The Junior Guidance classes. as they are called, now serve 2,500 children and are designed for very withdrawn children, who may appear quiet, model children in the classroom but in fact are so withdrawn they learn nothing; and for more obvious troublemakers, unable to con« trol their aggressiveness and disruptive behav~ iour. The program operates in three areas: second and third grade classes with 15 children, 10 of whom are withdrawn youngsters and the balance disruptive and aggressive; classes in early grades made of of 10 boys, who may enter in September, December or March and who are so wild and disturbing that they would otherwise be sus- pended; and “vestibule” classes which hold small groups of youngsters for short periods to explore the basis of their disruptive behaviour. The program is said to be the most extensive and intensive of any public school program for disturbed children in the US, although numbers are still small. Louis Hay, the clinical adminis- trator of the program stated that by the most conservative estimate, about five percent. or 30,000 of the 600.000 elementary school children in the city have emotional difficulties requiring New York Aids Disturbed Children Shaun’s last orthopaedic operation forced him to stay in bed for quite some time. It is important for patients like Shaun to keep busy while they are recovering from these operations. Shaun takes his school lessons in bed and is often involved in one of many occupa- tional therapy‘proiects. These proiects range from coloring books for the younger patients to basket weaving and mosaics for some of the older children. You can help these children by sending your Christmas donation to The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto 2, Ontario. SHAUN GETS SOME HELP by Elizabeth Kelson Africa’s Negro Republics have threatened to lRICHMOND HILL, ONT. declare war on Great Britain unless it sends troops into Rhodesia by December 15. This would almost be as laughable as “The Mouse That Roared,” except that we notice Prime Minister Harold Wilson has arranged to be over here visiting Ottawa on the 19th. ‘Phone 884-1212 Enjoy Sun Thig gnndav an The only news of interest on the Gemini 7 flight last week was that Astronaut Frank Borman had developed a cold and was sneezing; but ground con- trol says this is nothing to worry about. We dis- agree. In a weightless state, the retro-effect of a good healthy sneeze could set a man to bouncing around the walls for a. week. Oak Ridges Lions recently held a draw for a snow blower. The lucky winner of the blower was a Toronto man â€"â€" who lives in an apartment. Meanwhile, Gemini 6 was being sent up AFTER Gemini 7 â€" prompting the thought that these astro- nauts have gone astroâ€"nuts. In the row over whether the federal govern- ment or the provinces should control, Canada’s Esk- imos, we see Where the Eskimos at Fort Chimo, Quebec, have agreed to accept aid from Quebec provided they continue to receive aid from Ottawa. : . . Which, it would seem, indicates that lthey have already come under the French influence. Toronto police are setting a watch for souvenir hunters who have been stripping the old city hall of its door knobs. We disagree with this too. Just leave them alone and it would solve the problem of what to do with the old place. Second Timmy/its A Miss In The Motor â€" _ British petrol stations are having the equiv- alent of an American gas war and some station operators are reported to be enticing customers with bikini-clad girl attendants. . . . And we can just see a bikini-babe asking the chap in the sports car, “Fill it" up?” . . . And the chap in the sports car answering appreciativer -â€" and with a level gaze â€"â€" “You certainly do, honey. You certainly do 1” The United States has joined Canada in taking economic action against Rhodesia . . . feeling appar- ently, that it is wrong to deny the Negroes a vote â€"â€" instead of just making it difficult for them. special attention. Four out of 10 children in first and second grade qualify for the classes, Mr. Hay informed the annual meeting of the National Association for Mental Health this fall, but there is only room for the most desperately disturbed. In all three categories of the program, there are three teachers for two classes with the third teacher acting as emergency help and relief man and parent contact. A part-time guidance coun- sellor and a psychiatrist meet with the teachers once weekly and the counsellor talks with parents individually at any time and twice a month in groups. Arriving and departing early and spending the lunch hour in their own room, the children in the special classes have little contact with the rest of the school although other children are said to accept them on the playground without comment. There has been no formal evaluation of the program yet, beyond its obvious value in provid- ing an education for youngsters who were unable to learn before. However, George Loukides, a guidance counsellor who has been with the program for four years, estimates that about one third of the children return to regular classes and do well; about one third go on to special high schools for disturbed children which, however, provide more of a holding operation than a therapeutic educa- tion; and one third are found to be too sick to benefit from even the most individualized school cla O Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead At. Your Richmond Hill Public Library THE APPLE OF HIS EYE By Gerard Robichaud Set in a small Maine milltown in the early twenties, this is the warm and funny story of an orphan boy and the week that not only changed his life but gave meaning to the life of his guardian, Uncle Victor. THE HONEY BADGER By Robert Ruark The honey badger is traditionally a small animal of evil manner. and is the symbol in the life of the central character. Set in the expensive bistros and luxury apartments in New York and bombed out London, this is a probing study of our unhappy confused times and values. THE GOLDEN EAGLE By Robert Murphy The author of the popular 1964 nature novel “The Pond" has again written a story around the life of a wild creature. This is the story of Kira. the golden eagle, and her short. ex- citing but tragic life as hunters killed or captured first her brother. then her father and finally Kira herself. The superb drawings for the book were done by John Schoenherr, who illustrated “Rascal”. POLICE BLOTTER By Robert L. Pike New York is the scene for the many cases that come across the desk of the 52nd Precinct’s Lt. Clancy in a single week. The strain and struggle of the officer‘s life come alive in this unusual novel. ’l‘he humanitarian nonconformist author of "Giiowinz up absurd" expounds here on the rise and the stultifying effects of excessive centralization and depersonalizations ln gov- ernment, business, education, and all spheres of American life. THE SUSPENDED DRAWING ROOM By S. N. Behrman A collection of articles. all beautifully written. The first, from which the book's title is taken. is a view of London in 1944 after the bombings. There‘s a very amusing sketch of Robert Emment Sherwaod, and there are profiles of Chaim Weismann, Bernard Shaw, Ferenc Molnar and others. BY GEORGE MAYES Boole Fare PEOPLE 0R PERSONNEL By Paul Goodman Ir. 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