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But then he missed the point, as do all who pick out part of the Bible's message, like one or two leaves on a plant, and say “these leaves don’t look very much like a flower”. Be- cause from its very beginning. the Bible makes it pretty clear that it is apparently not God’s intention to inflict on ourselves an immortality of ourselves. For many of us this would be an even worse fate than might lie in store for Mr. Shaw. If you have a mind for this kind of thing, you might turn to the third chapter of Genesis, and read again the myth about man's “fall” in the legendary Garden of Eden. There with absolutely penetrating insight the author fashioned in story form for teaching purposes a conviction about the love and care of God. At first sight it wouldnot appear so, but a little attention to the detail of this story makes it clear that from the very beginning of the Biblical account of the “encounter” between God and man, God takes the initiative in meeting man’s need. (An Editorial from the Don Mills Mirror) Two authorities in the past week have given strong support to Metro expansion, north and east to include at least Vaughan, Markham and Pickering Townships and even fur- ther, possibly to Oak Ridges and be- yond. The first proposal Was a Metro Planning B o a 1' d recommendation based on a report requested of Metro Planning Commissioner Wojciech Wronski. It appears the only memâ€" ber of the board opposed to the rec- ommendation was North York‘s Con- troller Paul Hunt, for which he’s to be commended. Well, with all due respect to that wise gentleman, he may be right. An eternity spent by himself as he was, even enlightened continuously by the Shavian wit, might prove pulling to even the most seasoned of celestial citizens. This is as it should be for orderly development of the whole Metro reg- ion and to prevent the chaos that plagues other great urban areas of the world, the type of megalopolis that runs almost unbroken from Bos- ton through New York to Washing- ton. The board already has planning authority Over 13 municipalities around the fringe of Metro. Its jur- isdiction covers 720 square miles, compared with Metro’s 240. For one thing. only 12 of the board's 28 members are elected repâ€" resentatives of the people. The other 16 are appointees. And. as Controller Hunt pointed out at last week's meet- ing, fully half of the 28 board mem- bers had not yet been approved by the provincial government and were not legally permitted to vote. There are a lot of people these days who are not particularly enthusiastic about Easter because they are not particularly enthusiastic about life after death. They are rightly aware that this is what Easter is all about, at least in part, but they are not sure that they want to go on facing a con- tinued existencehif this one is already so full of problems and pain. They might go so far as to agree with George Bernard Shaw, who said that an immortality of himself would be intolerable even to himself. We do not question Mr. Wronski's or the board's abilities as “planners” in the usual context of urban plan- ning. But we do question their comp- etence in determining the kind of government we should have. The second voice heard last week was that of Frederick Gardiner. or “Big Daddy" as he is more affection- ater known in Metro. It was he. as first chairman, more than anyone else who made the Metro system of government the success it is today. Expansion Means No Control The Toronto Star carried a full page article by Mr. Gardiner which purported to give reasons why Metro should extend its boundaries. It was most impressive. But when we had finished reading, we found that Mr. Gardiner did not give one good reason for expanding Metro government jurisdiction. However he did give one important reason for not expanding that government, and we quote him: “We should always hear in mind that in a democratic system such as an“ Ahluvrvlluyngv ..v_---v V â€"~_-v~__~__-_ _-.- E", L “1 Subscription Rate $5.00 per year;'to United States $6.00: 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 “Second class mail, registration number 0190” THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, March '36, 1970 An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 '(‘EhB lihftal It is true that not much else is said about it in just those terms. but it does appear again at the end of the Bible in the last chapter. There it is in the presence of God, and its leaves are for the healing of the nations. In other words it is the possession of those whose lives have been restored and fulfilled. and which are realizing their potential. If we tend to hang onto life now. if we have an instinct for survival that makes us cling desperately onto what we have as mortal, surely we would feel even more strongly about holding onto a life that has become immeas- urably more complete than what we have now. The Bible assumes that we would. And the effect of the risen Christ on the lives of his friends was such that they became excited about the prospect. Because there we read that after Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit of the forbidden tree, and it became obvious that man’s life was going to be a mixed bag of happiness and sad- ness. and hard work and pain, even at the best of times, that God said that this kind of life should NOT go on forever. And to make his point clear he drove Adam and Eve out of the garden, and prevented their re- turn by having the cherubim and a flaming sword guard the gate. Why? Because he didn’t want them to eat from the tree of life which was in the midst of the garden and live for- ever in the state in which they now were. One lifetime was enough of that! But the tree of life does not disappear from the pages of the Bible now as something that was a nice idea but unfortunately got lost in the shuffle. ours the closer the government is to the people the more democratic is the situation.” Easter bids us to open our eyes and stretch our imaginations. And to believe that in spite of human pro- gress. the best for all of us has still to come. ' Now we ask you, Mr. Gardiner, how close would Metro government be to the people of Aurora, Newmarket, Stouffville or Nobleton? The people in these communities The people in these communities and those in between â€" many of whom have fled from the stresses of city living â€" are entitled to form their own regional governments and control their own development. We have all seen only too clearly the problems that have developed in the great cities of the world, and especially those in the United States, because of their bigness. They be- come too big to control the slow rot of slum development and ghettos. We have that already in Toronto. Surely we’re not going to deliberately expand the area in which that kind of thing can happen. What we need is a system of green- belt barriers around the present Metro boundaries to stop urban sprawl in its tracks â€" a system such as that developed in Britain’s London metropolitan region. Natural growth of “Toronto” would be forced into new metropol- itan areas with regional arrange- The problems which Mr. Gardiner cited as leading to Metro government â€" problems which reached a crisis with water and sewer services â€" no longer exist. ments ments For example, the Ontario Water Resources Commission is now plan- ning water and sewer trunk services for Markham and Vaughan. These will be built with provincial financing paid back by the municipalities as they grow. With the advantage of hindsight and with existing regional agencies such as the OWRC, the Metro Conser- vation Authority and the Metro Plan- ning Board with its wide jurisdiction beyond Metro. we can prevent in the northern areas the kind of haphazard growth and problems which forced metropolitanization of Taronto and its suburbs. Metro is now Quite big enough, financially and in every other respect, to support any kind of big city aspir- ation. To make it bigger for the sake of bigness is just not sensible. We respect Mr. Gardiner and his grasp of Metro affairs. But perhaps he became too close to them to see that another way is possible for fur- ther expansion. between the Metro govern- By Rev. David McGuire Rector. St. Mary’s Angl Church n a puuno nu» sun-L v1. unlv Avuxa: vv above-water and under-water breathing and pro- gressively learn the basic movements of arms and legs that are combined to propel a person through the water. ‘ Training courses in swimming are offered by “Y”s, the Canadian Red Cross, many community rec- reation, departments and schools. To learn to swim you should enter one of the courses and follow the instructions of a skilled teacher, preferably'one that has been accredited by the Canadian Red Cross or the l‘Y,’. 4 Mrs. Joyce Eastwood of Thornhill was made a director of the North York Aquatic ~Club last year. (Continued on Page 14) Ivuvvn’ vv v; u.‘.wvv three-man commission recom- mends more money for MP5, every union and board of direc- tors will feel justified in asking for more wages and higher prices to ensure higher profits. Beaupre, a forceful persona- lity, should be ready to tell MPs they can‘t have more money while urging everyone else to take less. That the government should even allow an investigation of possible increases at this parti- cular moment shows a sense of timing so poor that its political advisers should be aghast. Deer Park and Forest Hill learning resources centre and the hours will be 1:30 to 5 pm. The central reference library on College Street already is open Sunday afternoons. Starting April 1, Deer Park, Bloor and Gladstone, Yorkville and George H. Locke branches will open Wednesday. The City Hall and Forest Hill branches are already open Wednesdays. Provision for this improved service has been made in the library board’s 1970 budget. now before the city‘s executive committee for approval. Perhaps one of the most important contributions to music in this country made by the Singers is the encouragement and promotion they have given to Canadian composers. With grants from the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, the Atkinson Founda- tion and Metropolitan Toronto, they have been able to commission original compositions, which have subsequently been published and performed by the Singers. Harry Freedman and John Beckw1th are among the well-known composers who have been commissioned, and with a grant from the Centennial Commission, Oscar Morowetz and Jean Papineau- Couture, with the collaboration of the Music Centre, (Continued on Page 14) a?ll\ll“llllililllllllllllllllllllllillllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllillllllillllllllillilllillilllllllllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllll“lllllllll“llill“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliillllllllllllllllllllillii“llllllilllllllllllllillllillllllliilillillllllilll\lllllll““llllllllllllllllllllllilltill“lllllllllllll“lllllillllilllllllillllllllliii“illllllllllllllllllllllllililillllll“illllllillllllllllillllllllllllilillllllllllllllllllillillllllllllilillllllllllllilllllllllilllllllllllilllll~F _- - “- on“ 35am Swimming is one of the most popular sports in Canada today. It is also one of the most useful. With the growing interest in water sports such as boating and sailing, fishing and swimming, it is of increasing importance that every Canadian man, woman and child know how to swim in a safe adequate manner. . Far too many people lose their lives in Canada each year from drowning. One of the most effective ways of reducing this mortality rate is learning of basic water skills by all potential swimmers as well as knowing the rules of water safety. Not only is swimming essential as a means of saving lives due to water mishaps, it is an excellent activity for developing general physical fitness and body conditioning. - Swimming exercises practically every muscle of the body and frequently it is used as a method of therapy in the re-education of muscles that have been injured and weakened. Above all, swimming is fun. It is a sport that is practised by millions of North Americans in lakes, pools, seashores, small streams and rivers every year. It is a wonderful recreational outlet for both young and old, providing both pleasure and exercise in diving, synchronized swimming, skin diving, water games, life saving and competitive swimming. Al- though swimming had been restricted in the past by climatic conditions, the increasing number of indoor pools is making swimming a year round activity. Can anyone swim? With practice and training, practically any person, young and old alike, can master the basic skills of swimming and become a proficient swimmer. Rambling Around With practice and training anyone can over- come the fear of the water, learn to co-ordinate above-water and under-water breathing and pro- gressively learn the basic movements of arms and legs that are combined to propel a person through the water. Training courses in swimming are offered by “Y”s, the Canadian Red Cross, many community rec- reation. departments and schools. To learn to swim you should enter one of the courses and follow the instructions of a skilled teacher, preferably'one that has been accredited by the Canadian Red Cross or the Compact Garbage -â€" Latest Solid-Waste Disposal Method Your contribution will send. urgently needed food and medicines now . . . and will help provide medical centres and schools for vital reha- .t!/-’i§\\\i bilitation in Nigeria. (The matter of garbage disposal is a preSSing pro- blem in most North Ameri- can communities. A Cam- bridge, Massachusetts firm has a new approach on how to handle the mountains of waste. This feature story appear- ed in a recent issue of the international n e w s p a p e r. The Christian Science Moni- tor â€"- Editor). Trash â€"- you could burn it, bury it. shred it. pulverize it, grind it, cqmpost it â€" and now. at last. an American company will compact it for you. In a discard society that throws away a staggering 360 million tons of solid waste per year, Reclamation Systems, Inc.. is offering to reduce this kind of bulk to 10 percent of its former size. At present there are two major methods of disposing of solid wastes: land disposal and incineration. An esti- mated 92 percent of all‘solid wastes is dumped at land- disposal sites, only six per- HELP UNICEF HELP NIGERIA‘S CHILDREN Canadian UNICEF Committee Learn To Swim Send your donation to L‘NICEF. 737 Church Street, Toronto, or to your neareSl: Chartered Bank. cent of which meets United States Public Health Service standards. The preponder- ance of the remaining eight percent of solid wastes is in- cinerated, Even the most up-toâ€"date incinerators, however, pro- duce only 80 percent reduc- tion in material. The residue must still be disposed of at land sites-and some wastes, such as tin cans, are un- affected. In addition, many of the existing incinerators do not meet present air-pol- lution standards. With these drawbacks in existing solid-waste-disposal techniques, much research has gone into developing new solutions to the problem. Now Reclamation Systems. a publicly owned company in Cambridge. is about to go into productive battle in the solid<waste war. Starting this May, the company will accept paper, metals, wood, yard trimmings, garbage. plastics. glass â€"â€" everything e x c e p t rubber tires â€" from municipalv industrial, and residential sources. by Elizabeth Kelson Dear Mr. Editor “We must beware of trying tolDear Mr. Editor: build a society in which noâ€" I am deeply concerned about body counts for anything ex- the change of name of Wood- cept a politician or an offi- land Junior Public School to ciai. a society where enter- the Sand Public School. To me prise gains no \reward, and the new name is not appropriate thrift no privileges.“ and the original one was a as quoted by: beautiful and highly appropriate Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill one. Rather than progressing from This new name gives the im- 1943, our times show a regres- pression the school is located in slon. a desert instead of in an attrac- The following is an excerpt from the Goderich Signal-Star, dated November 25, 1943. What is I am convinced that the only reason We have not met with disaster before this time, is due to the fact. that the moral, spiritual and physical fibre foundation upon which this country and society was built can take a great deal of stress befOre it collapses, BUT it can be broken through neglect and constant tearing down. No longer is it just “BEWARE”, now it is “How do we stop it". RICHARD LAWSON WOLF BOUNTY Dear Mr. Editor: Instead of paying bounty to the stupid brutal louts who spent 90 minutes running down a “small brush wolf” with two snowmobiles, the court should have fined them $200 for cruelty to animals. And the Department of Lands and Forests staff members who‘ paid this bounty should be fired“ ALLERTON CUSHMAN Dog Creek, British Columbia. (The Toronto men who chased a bush wolf with a snowmobile on Lake Simcoe recently until it dropped from exhaustion have been charged with wilfully causing unnecessary pain, suf- fering and injury to an animal. M Ps Expected To Fight Inflation The charge was ordered by fo: Peter Rickaby, acting chief ca Crown Attorney of York County, sp after he talked with the Provin-ltai cial Police Detachment at Breâ€"ifo chin which investigated the! Case. It was laid by Superin- by tendent Wallace Koegler of‘by Now Beaupre is one of a threeâ€"man commission which will recommend any changes in salaries or expenses for Mem- bers of Parliament, including ministers, it deems appropriate. wmmumuuuummuuuuummumunuumuuuummumm l 0 l'lgnli i “This system has been suc- ' ‘cessfully operated in the United Inflation ‘States, but as far as we know it (Ottawa Journal) will be the first time such ser~ Three weeks ago T. N. Beau-‘vice has been provided in any pre, president of Domtar, Ltd. public library in Western On- was one of 250 businessmen tario,” said the chairman of the who promised the Prices and St. Thomas Public Library Incomes Commission that they Board. would keep down price increa- “It should increase the read- ses to customers to less than ing of books in the city, which the actual cost increases to is our reason for existence. And them. ’to some extent it will take the That was their contribution to fighting inflation. MP5 on $18,000 a year ($6,000 tax free), with various privileges in free travel and free telephone calls, are not among the poor. The government they keep in power begs and demands Cana- dians to exercise restraint in wage and salary demands. If the three-man commission recom- mends more money for MP5, every union and board of direc- tors will feel justified in asking for more wages and higher prices to ensure higher profits. Beaupre, a forceful persona- lity, should be ready to tell MPs they can't have more money while urging everyone else to take less. INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE? It is the natural desire to make your own way, as far as your ability will take you; an instinct that has brought to this continent the highest standard of life enjoyed by any people on earth. It is the spirit of democracy on the march. Collection trucks will be weighed in when they arrive at the fully automated plant here; tonnage data will be relayed to the accounting department for future billing. Refuse will be dumped onto a 120-foot-long conveyor belt, which feeds it into a hopper. The material v.1‘ll then be forced into hydrau- lically operated presses, de- veloped by the Lombard Cor- poration in Y o u n gtsow’n, Ohio. EXerting 4.4 million pounds of pressure, the presses compact the waste into a block 16 inches high by four feet square. The blocks are ejected from the chamber onto a holding device which accu- mulates three bales before sending them on to an auto- matic steel-strapping ma- chine, which binds them to- gether into a four-foot cube. A monorail system will take the baled blocks to wait- ing railroad cars, which will carry them to a sanitary- landfill site in the Western part of the state The capacity of the plant, operating on two shifts, is 3 Patrick Drive, Aurora. It was reported that the two men chased the animal for 90 minutes on the ice surface be- fore killing it. March 9 the De- partment of Lands and Forest agreed to pay a $25 bounty on the animal. described by them as a coyote â€" Editor). York County Branch of the On- tario Humane Society. The two men Gordon Small of Drive and Alvin Bathurst Street. I realize that the county board of education m'shes to honor the late Eilert‘ Sand, and I acknowledge the fact that Mr. Sand made a big contribution to education in this area. but the trustees could haVe selected an- other school for the purpose. This new name gives the im- pression the school is located in a desert instead of in an attrac- tive woodlahd setting. How about 16th Avenue â€"â€" that‘s not a very melodic name? PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORTER In the age of the “Mini” we now have the laundromat mini- branch library, a new approach to the public library service to be tried out in St. Thomas, Ontario. ‘ The St. Thomas City Public Library Board and paperback book dealer Western Ontario Distributors Ltd. of London, have reached an agreement with a local laundromat opera- tor, Fred Lysiuk of Srimcoe. Mini-Branch Libraries Tried In Laundromats With the co-operation of Mr. Lysiuk a rack of paperback books selected by the St. Thomas Public Library staff, will be placed in a laundromat in the city’s Homedale Plaza Shopping Centre. Part of tfie cost will be paid by the public library and part by the book distributor. The book firm will provide the book rack and has promised a special price for the initial supply of paperbacks. The selection will include books for children, as well as for their parents. Short stories can be read while the washer is spinning. A longer book may be taken home, to be returned the following week. “It should increase the read- ing of books in the city, which is our reason for existence. And to some extent it will take the pressure off our cramped quar- ters. If it works in Homedale, other locations could be con- sidered. The Homedale depot should be in operation within a month.” he said. The branches selected are Deer Park and Forest Hill learning resources centre and the hours will be 1:30 to 5 pm. The central reference library on College Street already is open Sunday afternoons. It is planned to open two of Toronto‘s 23 public library branches Sunday afternoons starting in September. Chief Librarian Harry Campbell an- nounced last week. Starting April 1, Deer Park, Bloor and Gladstone, Yorkville and George H. Locke branches will open Wednesday. The City Hall and Forest Hill branches are already open Wednesdays. Sunday Afternoons take less than two minutes to compact and bind. Esti- mated disposal charges range from $7 to $8 a ton. 2,000’ tons a day. The aver- age bale will weigh from 4,000 to 6,000 pounds and The principle of compac- tion of solid waste is not new. The Tezuka Kosan Com- pany in Japan has been pro- ducing compression bales for land and sea disp0sal {or several years. A pilot pro- gram was also conducted in Chicago for the American Public Works Association. But this will be the first commercial American ven‘ ture of its type. “We've got the jump on every other company," says Joseph La Barbara. president of Reclamations Systems, “by raising the money ourselves. We’re not waiting for the government to foot the bill." The name Reclamation Systems comes from the land-renewal aspects of the operation at the landfill site. Like building blocks, the compacted bales can be fit- ted snugly against each other by bulldozers to con- NAB ME CHANGE charged ,are Duncanwoods St. John of Can Heath bind their Lord in helpless defeat? ‘ Then suddenly Jesus, their risen Lord stands And shows them the marks of the nails in His hands, They see Him, they feel Him, His teaching they’ve heard. “He liveth for ever, is true to His W 0rd.” This world seems to be in a similar plight All crowding around a pitiful sight, Their “God” is now dead! To whom shall they go ‘ To save from these gloomy distresses and woe? But Christ is the Living Solution so real Awaiting the Day when in woe or in weal. We’ll hear Him and know Him and watch Him again ‘ Bring light to the hopeless and make Heaven plain. A RTIâ€"IUR ARNOT 1n darkness, desperate, depressed and dismayed, Delurded, deceived. deserted, betrayed!!! They thought they had found the Deliverer Himself Their crucified visions now dead as Himself. Their God and their Comfort, their Heaven destrOyec Their life and their love now empty and void, For did they not see Him both beaten and slain, How could they trust in Him ever again? They crowded their room and barred all the doors. What mercy expect in their desperate Cause? Their Leader now buried what hope could there be For all they had loved and trusted was HE? And HE spoke of Heaven and warned them of Hell, That Heaven where He and they too would dwell. But what kind of Heaven had He left to them now? Just Hell with its violence, murder and row! But never did He let them down in their need, Can it be true that He cannot heed? Though Death seal His lips and ties hand and feet, uuv u “v..- Toronto has the distinction of having produced the only professional choir in North America, the Festival Singers. Founded in 1954 by their director, Elmer Iseler, as a small choral group, in fact. one consisting of only three voices, the choir now num- bers 38, and has been described as the most potent force in Canadian music. It is the work of such a choir which lends validity to Vaughan Williams’ sun».- "Wu Vv.-v...,.|, __. a musician w 0 had at his command the use of the, finest voices. Perfection in choral singing is rare, but when achieved the experience is_ind.eed joyful. I am sure that most of us have been involved in choral singing at some time in our lives, whether in school or church, many going on to become mem- bers of choral societies. From my own experience, I have uSually felt that this is a lot more fun for the singers than the listeners. Vaughan Williams, the English composer, described a choir as “An orchestra of the most perfect instruments given to man”, but this was obviously the definition of an idealist, and comment. vv A matter of pride to local readers is the fact that Tenor Rollin Burkholder comes from Richmond Hill], and Bass Singer Roger Hobbs from Thomhill. Near neighbors from Willowdale are Soprano Lil- lian Weichel and Tenor Peter M§C0p_pinl._ “mu. 1 Viva-v- v"... _-, Such is the reputation of the Festival Singers that composers and artists of the calibre of Igor Stravinsky, Sir Ernest MacMillan and Glenn Gould are associated with the group. The choir is used frequently by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for the televising of the works of both the older masters and contemporary composers, and forms the professional core of the oldest and largest musical organization in Toronto, the Mendelssohn Choir. With the latter group, the Singers work on the large choral works, such as Beethoven's Missa Sol- emnis or the War Requiem of Britten. H 1-,i,._ lnihe Spoilighi: serve landfill space. After two layers of bales are laid, the area will be sealed off with a 6-inch layer of dirt. When the landfill site is com- pleted. it can be used for a recreational area or golf course. Mr. La Barbara pulls out a sample bale of compacted wastes for visitors to his of- fice to back up his point that the finished product will have no odors and will not cause a problem with rats, mice, and other infestation. The plant will be operated like a solid-waste super- market. the president ex‘ plains, lwith services open to everyone on a first-come basis. As soon as the initial plant is operative, the firm plans to finance and construct similar facilities for munici- palities throughout the coun- try. The prospects of sea dis- posal are also being explored. Blacks would be wrapped in a plastic material to keep pafticles from floating off and would be dumped off (Dr. Arnot is the minister of Richmond Hill Baptist Church) By MARY MONKS Toronto’s Festival Singers aster, I970 the continental shelf. Dis- posal costs at sea are esti- mated to be even less than sanitary landfill. Many solid-waste specia- lists will be watching this first commercial compaction plant with keen interest. Dr. Melvin First at Har- vard's School of Public Health says, “Compaction makes sense insofar as it conserves landfill space." But he does caution that compact techniques may have unseen problems, particulan 1y if bales are disposed at sea where gas formation could well burst the packag- ing, allowing particles to rise to the surface. of Solid Waste Management in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, says compaction is one of several new processes in the solid- waste field which is going to take hold. “Compaction may be best in terms of volume reduction, but its success will be a matter of the competitive costs of a1- tematives." Earl J. Anderson, regional representative of the Bureau