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Once again Richmond Hill Lions have undertaken the task of distributing Easter Seals in Richmond Hill. The seals, with an accompanying self-addresâ€" sed envelope for your donation to this worthy cause. are al~ ready in the mail. This year the responsible committee is headed by Lion Gerry Ste- houwer. Easter Seal Campaign For Crippled Children Underway A portion of the money raised in this campaign remains in the community to aid children who are suffering from physical dis- abilities. The remainder goes‘ to help the work of the Ontario‘ Society for Crippled Children. which stretches forth strong hands to help the weak and the unfortunate. This society offers one of the finest rehabilitation pro- grams of the world. There was a, time when little or nothing There are apparently a number of King Town ratepayers who are under the impression that their municipal council no longer holds council meet- ings open to the public. At least this was the suggestion broached at the last open council meeting by one of the councillors. The Ottawa students. who like so many students in our universities are out of touch with the real world outside their ivory lowers. loudly applauded Mr. Larue-Langlois‘ re- marks. The murder was no laughing: matter to Mr. Laporte's widow or to the members of his family. ln the audience cheering every emotion- al outburst of this Quebec terrorist were two members of the Socialist New Democratic Party â€" Mrs. Gayle Nystrom the wife of a New Demo- cratic MP serving in the House of Commons and Michael Cassidy, an Ottawa alderman and a. recently It was also suggested that this impression had been conveyed by press reports which have been critâ€" icizing council for holding closed comâ€" mittee meetings. Not for closed or non-existent council meetings. It’s hard to believe that anyone with the least possible knowledge of municipal affairs could conceivably be so gullible as to believe this. The crux of the matter is that King entered 1971 under the new regional government setup with reâ€" drawn boundaries as well as a mostly new council. Only returnee from 1970 was Ken Mactaggart who moved up from deputy-reeve to beâ€" come the municipality’s first mayor. King, as a few municipalities in York County had been doing, decided to conduct most of its business in committee. As a result, council meetings tended to be formality ses- sions with a stamp of approval or disapproval with a minimum of the in-fighting usually involved in reach- ing a decision. All the in-fighting to date has been mainly confined to the committee meetings â€" closed to the press and public. These people treat the cold-blooded murder of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte in comic vein. Last week one of their followers, Quebec Leftist Jacques Larue-Langlois, ad- dressing students of Carleton and Ottawa Universities in the nation's capital, had the sheer audacity to re- fer to Mr. Laporte’s murder by sayâ€" ing, "I have not killed any minister â€"not yet”. Until recently Mr. Larue-Langlois was 3 CBC producer. being paid by the Canadian taxpayer while he goes across the land preach- ing hatred and revolutionary violence. This‘ newspaper. of course, feels that the “why” of council decisions (as well as the individual’s reason for reaching his opinion) should be revealed to the public. This means the press (which is the only voice for the majority of ratepayers) maintains it should be allowed to sit in on committees. It agrees that private matters reâ€" lating to personnel decisions, or any other personal matter not immedâ€" iater affecting the public, should be taboo as far as reporting is con- cerned. But all else should be fair game. Public business is public business. The councillors are directly respon- sible to the people who put them there and their decisions. the “why” of their decisions, should be made public knowledge. How long are the Canadian people going to countenance the rantings of the Communist-led radical left? This irresponsible minority, openly preaching the violent overthrow of our democratic institutions, should be pulled up short once and for all. Why Not Open Committee Meetings? Subscription Rate $5.00 per year; to United States $6.00: 15c 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’.’ Challenge leftist Radicals THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill. Ontario, Thursday. March 18. 1971 An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 013m liberal was done for a crippled child unless his parents had the money to pay for his treat- ment. The Ontario Society for Crippled Children. with your help, has changed all that. Nowadays no crippled child The Communists and their fellow travellers feed on weak governments who are afraid to act and assert the basic rights of the majority. Can- ada today needs strong, right-win}: leadership by men of national stature who are not afraid to act and bring a quick end to these wandering “salesmen” who openly advocate a policy of murder and the mass des- truction of public and private prop- erty as the first step in the planned introduction of a rigid Socialist society. It is only too convenient to air dirty laundry in private where no particular council can become em- barrassed and perhaps, heaven for- bid. lose its popularity. Closed meetings are a temptation, whether or not it is so, to bury unpleasantries if possible. Such is not the case in the new Town of Whitchurch - Stouffville which conducts planning meetings in the public eye. Council meets as a planning committee, in public, reaches decisions and then goes into a meeting of council and approves or disapproves decisions just made in planning committee. Radicals of Mr. Larue-Langlois’ stripe, while pretending to abhor Mr. Laporte’s murder, actually defend such bizarre acts. Again let us quote from Mr. Larue-Langlois’ Ottawa speech, “that the Laporte killing was not necessarily bad, tactically. since the average Quebec Worker identified Mr. Laporte as the enemy, a member of a corrupt, repressive capitalist elite”. It would be interesting to know just what, if anything, Mr. Larue-Langlois and his ilk have contributed to society. Mr. Laporte was a devoted family man, a working newspaper man and a minister of the crown â€"â€" all solid accomplish- ments. Would it not be so much simpler. really just a case of public relations? And, really, when did politicians. even municipal politicians. start car- ing little or not at all about public relations? One more point: Vaughan Town also meets in committee (which they say is open to the public and press) but presents clearly documented reports to the press as to what went on in com- mittee. One particular sore point as far as this newspaper is concerned lies in the fact that planning boards under the old council were open to the press. Now that the boards have become a committee of council lthey are closed. Why? Good question. Does this not seem much more democratic? Why doesn’t King do this? Have planning matters changed so much that they no longer can be discussed before the press? Copies are made available to the press. In King, to date, one hears only skimpy remarks as to what happened and for the most part is left wondering what it's all about. 1f council insists on meeting in committee in private, would it be asking too much that complete reports be made available to the press which could then provide rate- payers with more complete informa- tion on what had transpired? Second hand, but still more complete. Public relations alone (which at the moment seem to be shaky) would be better served. What is wrong with public relations â€" good public relations? nominated NDP candidate in the next provincial election. This further proves that the Socialist New Demoâ€" cratic Party which seeks a mandate to handle our affairs is riddled with adherents and sympathizers of the radical left. need go without the help that will make him into a per- son capable of leading a use- ful life. The Society of Crippled Children came into being in 1922 when 10 Rotary Clubs got together to assist 75 handiâ€" capped youngsters. Today. 230i service clubs in Ontario are as-‘ sisting more than 14.500 crip- pled boys and girls throughoutI the province. The campaign runs from March 11 to April 11. There is no better way of making the miracle of spring than to cont- ribute your dollars to the kind of work which is each year performing the equally joyful miracle of placing a formerly helpless youngster on two strong legs. Support Easter Seals and see what your dollars can do! A good case in point was tho address by a Toronto investi- gator to the local industrial management club. , He said among other things: 0 That more than 90 per cent of all whiplash claims in auto- mobile accidents are fraudulent to some degree. (Brampton Daily Times) One often gets the impres- sion. listening to security and investigations officers talk {hat they’ve long ago come to the conclusion that there‘s a thief hiding under every bed. 0 And that an industrial thief can get away_ with thefts for an average of three years and two months before being caught. We’re tempted to conclude that it takes a suspicious nature to be an industrial investigator. The statement on whiplash in- juries, for example. The rea- son that anyone would pick a whiplash injury to defraud an insurance company is because it is so difficult to disprove. Using the same yardstick. We wonder just how an investigator can conclude that 90 per cent of claims are fraudulent. How do you prove it? If there is any substance to the statements. we are drawn a frightening picture of every business. every industry, being infested with plotting, schem- ing employees, half of whose income is derived from petty thefts from the assembly line or removals from the cash drawers. 0 That, “thievery” from in- dustry and business by employ- ees is running at an all time high. Somehow. it's just a bit tough to accept, but the speaker did warn that commercial thefts are hard to trace and that no- body wants to get involved when they know a fellow em- ployee is bilking their company; llllllulllllllllllll|llll\llllllll|“llllm‘llulll\lllllllmlll‘lllullIllllllllflfl Thief U nder Every Red? i0 get involved on their behalf. 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(Continued on Page 14) intelligence, abilities and incli- r:\“lillmlmlililiiiilll“lllllllllil“\“lillllllllllll\lllilllulllllil“lulunuilllllllIi““Milli!I1m“!lllilll\l\\ll\\\ll\\ll\lllllllllllillllllllliiiillllllllllllliliilllllllllll“illl\lllllllliillllllllllllilllllllIll“llllllilllllll“Iilllllllililllllllllmlillllllllulllililllllililllllllllllllillllllli“lulllillilllllllllil4' So. of course. commercial and industrial firms rely on people with suspicious minds to get involved on their behalf. 3“munumumummmmmummuuu1nmumummmmmmnunmmmmmmuunwmuuummmnuummmmummummummu!numumnnmummmunuuulmumunmun“uuuuummumuuumnmmlminimummuumummmummuuumluumum“4' _ ___________ Public demonstrations of “sugaring-off” began at Bruce’s Mill Conservation Area last weekend and will continue daily from Saturday to the end of the school’s winter break, March 28. There will also be demonstrations on the two weekends following.- The area will be open to the public from 10 am to 4 pm on these days, and. maple syrup and pancakes will be available, weather perrpitting. . Even though the weather man has chosen to ignore it. spring is on the way. The sap is running in the woodlotsg of the, Region of Yogi: The clinic offers a varied program for the learning disabled child. It is a. parent co-operative clinic established in donated space in the Richmond Hill United Church. The clinic supplies remedial help in the areas of academic, language development and motor skills. In the above piétufe Chapter Regent. Mrs. JamesWOutred is presenting the cheque to Chairman Phil Nimmnns of the trustees Ym‘k Educational Clinic Recently Richmond Rose Chapter IODE was happy to contribute a cheque for $350 to the York Educational Clinic, for Children with Learn- ing Disabilities, Richmond Hill. Metro Conservation Authorfiy has ar- ranged two schedules, one for the general public and another for school groups. Maple syrup and sugar were being made by Canadian Indians long before the first white man came to North America, and it was the common source of sugar until after the American Civil War when cane sugar became cheap enough to use. The sugar maple beech woodlots in the Bruce's Mill area is typical of woodlots through- out the region. While the main tree species are sugar maple and beech, others such as hemlock. ironwood, basswood, white ash and black cherry are common. yuv vv .......... The sap flows in all trees in late Winter and spring, and syrup of a kind could probably be made from most types. however maples produce the tastiest sugar. with sugar maples being the best followed by black maple, red maple and Help For learning Disability Clinic Sap ’8 AeRunning And There Will Be Maple Syrup At Bruce’s Mill Noise! The first thing that hits you as you enter the territory of the Curtain Club Junior Drama Class, is noise. It hit me and as I stepped up to a good vantage point, I could see the source of this high decibel level. Sixteen youngsters, ranging in age from nine to thirteen, were bouncing around the stage in frenzied joy. Then came the order “Hold onto yourselves. You’re a volatile mass and if you don’t ld yourselves together you’ll explde into a million pieces.” With this, all the young actors clenched themselves and one wee boy lay down on the floor in a perfect fetal position, another girl wrapped her arms about herself and shut her eyes tightly. For about thirty seconds all was quiet and the exercise came to an end. Art Sinukoff is the man behind those directions and he seems to be in four places at once through all this. In charge of junior drama at the club this year, he takes his job very seriously and devotes many hours to it. But the thing that impresses me about him is â€" he didn’t lose his patience even once â€"â€" and believe me there is ample opportunity. What does he get out of it? First, he says it keeps him young. Second, he feels someone must tell young people to be themselves. There is a place for each of them and he wants these youngsters to understand that. What do the children get out of it? When I asked that question â€"- wow â€" all sixteen started to answer at once. “It’s the one place I can be me and nobody gets mad at me” or “Relaxation, I just feel so good when I’m here” or "I want to be an actress and this is really helping”. It sounds to me as though Art is getting through. In’rhe Spotlight If You Don’t Hold Yourselves Together, You’ll Explode -Into A Million Pieces By BONNIE SHEPPARD (Photo by Stuart‘s Studio) silver maple. Tapping is done when the days are warm and sunny and the nights are cold. The sap may continue to flow intermittently for a month, or it may last for only about ten days. 7 Trees are tapped by drilling a hole about two inches into the tree, with a slight upward slant. A spile, or spout is tapped into the hole. and on a good .sap day. sap will flow almost immed- iately. The sap may be caught in a bucket hung on the spile, or fed into a network of plastic tubing which carries it to the sugar house. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup. The Bruce‘s Mill area is named after the Bruce family who operated the grist mill there from 1843 until 1962. It is located two miles east of Don Mills Road on the Gormley-Stouffville Road. Parking fee is $1. In the old fashioned method, sap is collected in wooden buckets, then thickened bv boiling it in a large black iron kettle. In the modern method, sap is carried to a central point through a network of plastic tubing, then processed in a modern evaporator to produce a high quality of uniform taste and color. Visitors rfiay observe both modern and old fashioned methods of sap collecting and syrup making. For further information contact the con- servation authority offices at 630-9780. shown of the The free man recognizes that his freedoms are restricted by his own nature, temperament. intelligence, abilities and incli- (Editor‘s Note â€" In the fol- lowing letter addressed to Min- ister of Municipal Affairs Dal- ton Bales at Queen‘s Park, Mrs. Ann Brooks. 41 Birch Avenue. Richvale. calls the new Minis- ter’s attention to some inequi- ties between ratepayers in one municipality as the result of having regional government forced upon this area.) Dear Sir: As you know. the Hon. Darcy dissent-against the McKeough from Ontario's corn means nonwiolem belt of Kent County. in his assembly; freedom great wisdom. saw fit to remove home and abroad: us from Vaughan Township and perty and dispose leave us as foundlings on Rich-[choosm to work to mond Hill‘s doorstep. without‘our own ability. de the privilege of making aability for comm chnice by vote, iwards: to bargain i Minimum $10.00 for 9,000 gal- lons. next 50,000 gallons at forty cents per thousand. balance at thirty-three cents perthousand. In addition we pay and have paid frontage charges to cover maintenance. interest on deben- tures. etc. We also paid for our meters when installed. OGarbage Collection Our pickup is performed by a private company for $7.00 quarterly. Richmond Hill ~â€"- on tax bill rate of $3.60 per capita. These are. only a couple of items that show the differences that arise when a section of one municipality is handed to an- other without adequate intelli- gent pre-planning. After paying taxes since 1942 to a township. it is like Pandora‘s Box â€" the deeper one digs, the worse the While citizens l'eeI beneath the continuing assault of inter- nally provoked conflict. we are also intimidated by the very es- tablishment that proclaims free- dom and democracy while mov- ing closer and closer to the Big Brother bureaucracy of Socia- lism. How did it happen? Largely because we forgot that freedom is not free â€" that the cost is eternal vigilance. We have for- gotten that freedom is not a gift of government â€" but a gift of God; that it does not mean freedom from responsibility but the freedom to stand as a man accountable for his actions. It does not mean the freedom to push other people around or to elect public officials to do the pushing for us! Freedom is not an abstract or an ideal, but a human right which must operate from the premise of doing what we ought to do because we want to do it. not because we are ordered to do it. Now certain inequalities are in evidence: oWater Rates (three months billing) Town of Richmond Hill oAnnexed portion of Vaug- han Township (Richvale Dis- tricl) mess becomes. I am writing to you as this was initiated by a Conservative Government and our member is now a Liberal, and is there- fore divorced from the formula used by Mr. McKeough and the cabinet to put this system into effect. Possibly with a provincial election we may get the affairs straightened out. Dear Mr. Editor Forty-five cents per thousand gallons on first 10,000 gallons then thirty-five cents per thous- and on balance. plus $2.00 per meter. Yovur views on the matter will be appreciated. FREEDOM AND S‘OCIALISM HIGH COST REGIONAL GOVERNMENT ANN BROOKS. 41 Birch Avenue. Richvale. llliiMlillIllllit“itI“!Mill\ttlillllllfllllliillillml Again. field trips, visual and other resources are a wonderful opportunity to Show our chil- dren another aspect of life that many, unfortunately. do not get from the home experience. Any method by which children‘s minds and enthusiasms can be stimulated should be encourag- ed. There is no way understand- ing on the part of teachers can be equated with lack of disci- pline. From what I have seen of the school which my children attend, and I have three, in grades 3, 4, and 5. I would say that the majority of teachers give more than is required of them as teachers. Further, I do know that when discipline is re- quired, there is generally no lack of it. Most children do tend to respect their teachers who are fair: a person with a rigid attitude to discipline is feared. not respected. As a consequence. a rigid disciplinarian is not 11 yea“. To in say th with an his tax year. course. the sai am pe there differei many commit ject of in pro] place. What was the the sto has ta familie: dren ar $10,000 any hre can prc BAR] York Ottav Our schools should rightly be, ‘and are. academically oriented. Social problems. health atti- tudes. moral and public proâ€"‘ blems do play some part in school education. However, what kind of a battle can be waged in the schools against indiffer- ence in the home? When atten-l tion is focused at school on dis- cipline. social responsibility andi respect for others. just to have the child return to a home en- tain Club's present location are necessarily a limiting factor, I do not agree with Mr. Mitchell that they should adopt a policy of restricting their productions accordingly. Had this policy been adopted in the past we [would have missed such gems as “The Beaux Stratagem”. STANLEY CHURTON. 4.93 Rosewell Avenue. Toronto 310. at a: at a: vironment where a like focus isI FEDERAL TAX PROPOSALS absent, why blame our school Dear Mr. Editor: system? And it is precisely be- I was interested in the ‘rhe- as”- l...“- A classroom can never be a substitute for a good home. Anyone who believes that all teaching outside the sphere of academics, from health to social awareness, from drugs to sex should be taught in the schools and not -be touched upon in the home. is, of course, abrogating their responsibility as a parent. The reverse should be the norm; that is, the school should only have to play a supporting role. nations: that his freewill per-' mits him to wallow in the gutter or to reach for the stars. That while justice demands that we yield a measure of our freedom likely to elicit. good re- sponse from his c h a r g e 5. On the other hand. when a good relationship is established be- tween teacher and classroom. a to the State when it can betteriwith the reward for good work maintain the good order of society. it cannot be bought at the expense of any man's free- dom â€" by government equaliza- tion, government philanthropy or government redistribution. Freedom means the right to worship as we please; to vote as we please; to dissent and to dissent against the dissenters. It means non-violent freedom of assembly; freedom to travel at home and abroad: to own pro- perty and dispose of it as we choose: to work to the extent of our own ability. desire and cap- ability for commensorate re- being the teacher‘s pleasure land consequently the child‘st and the response to poor effort an urging to do better. school becomes a challenge and yes. mother. even a pleasure. While I do not mean to imply'that all teachers fall into this blessed category. I do believe that most do. if only because it has pro- ven to be a better method of reaching students. On the whole. I can sincerely say that my husband and I be- lieve our children to be in pretty capable hands while not at home. and when they are at cause of the apathy at home that there is a growing need for schools to play a larger part in teaching children what should come from their parents. even before school age. As an interested parent and taxpayer. I could not agree more with the fact brough out in the letter. published in the March 4, edition of “The Lib- eral". entitled “Educational Sys- tem Needs Changes": that chil- dren at large are woefully lack- ing in public conscience; some- thing that is best taught in the early. most formative years. However, I do not think that this instruction should come largely from our schools. If an accusing finger should be point- ed. let it be at the many parents who are shirking their moral and private duties to their off- spring. home and abroad: to own pro- On the whole. I can sincerely perty and dispose of it as we say that my husband and I be. choose: to work to the extent of lieve our children to be in our own ability. desire and cap- Pretty capable hands While not ability for commensorate re- at home. and when they are at. wards; to bargain for goods and home with us. we will continue services in a free market and to teach them to the best of our to “build a better mousetrap" ability. to be worthwhile and without arbitory government in- happy members of the society terference and limitation of our in which we live. resourcefulness. In conclusion. then. while I Freedom means the right to handle our own earnings and tools: to select our own friends, partners and associates; to direct the education of our own children and the medication of our own bodies. Freedom springs from the soil of eternal and unchanging truths which are not. subject to human pragmatism. Unfortun- ately. when man becomes apa- thetic nr indifferent to his heri- tage of freedom, his enemies move in quickly with the shack- les of slavery. Today. we stand at the cross- roads of courage and confidence. cowardice and captivity. One can only wonder which way we will choose. CLASSROOM NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HOME Dear Mr. Editor: Come and speak up in favour of your age group and interest group York County Branch, Canadian Mental Health Association TUESDAY, MARCH 23rd 8:00 PM. In The Auditorium AURORA COMMUNITY CENTRE Aurora Heights Drive “What recreation and leisure-time programs do we want in York Region?” PUBLIC FORUM PATRICIA YOUNG. 1030 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver, BC. You are cordially invited to YOUNG, ‘ The playwright does request | Avenue, a mere suggestion of locale as B.C. ‘regards the different scenes but II think the club was wise to N0 ‘elaborate on this somewhat. l‘HE HOMEI‘The Devil's Advocate”. as Mr. iMitchell himself appreciates, is parent, and a terribly difficult play to “keep not agree moving." I think the sets helped brough out the play to keep moving, the In conclusion, then. while I right to do agree that discipline and ngs and social awareness seem to be a friends, growing problem. and a con- tes; to cern to all. I disagree with your our own writer‘s contention that respon- yiovc. What I wanted to highlight was that there are two sides to the story and the government has taken the position that families with dependent chil- dren and low incomes, ie under $10,000. are most deserving of any break that our tax system can provide. BARNETT J. DANSON, MP. York North, Ottawa. It might be interesting to note that a married couple with two dependent children with the same income will have a de- crease of $127 a year but if that income were doubled to $8,000. the decrease would only be $83 a year. To be fair myself. I must also say that the single taxpayer with an $8.000 income will have his taxes increased by $124 a year. This all assumes, of course. that the legislation is the same as the proposals. I am personally convinced that there will be some substantial differences as a result of the. many representations to our committee, which was the ob- ject of presenting the reform in proposal form in the first place. - - 1 A, L:-L1J~l\& likely to elicit, a good re- sponse from his c h a r g e 5. On the other hand. when a good relationship is established be- tween teacher and classroom, with the reward for good work Whilst accepting that the physical restrictions of the Cut- tain Club's present location are necessarily a limiting factor, I do not agree with Mr. Mitchell that they should adopt a policy of restricting their productions accordingly. Had this policy been adopted in the past we Would have missed such gems print of the article from the Regina Leader-Post in your February 25 edition in which it is suggested that the tax re- form proposals intend soaking a single person earning $3,900 a year. I don't have the figures for $3,900 a year but under the proposals. the increase for a single person with an income of $4,000 will be $13 more than at present. ,‘ blackouts were very fleeting after all, and the backdrop cer- tainly created the requisite at- mosphere for the scenes in which it was used. sibility for this problem lies with our educators. Dear Mr. Editor: Having just read Geoffrey Mitchell's review lynul‘ issue of February 25) of the Curtain Club's production of Dore Schary's "The Devil's Advocate" I feel that he is making heavy weather in his criticism of the sets. In any case. if. after the pre- vious play with its tedious dia- logue and sparse set. “The Devil‘s Advocate" had been pro- duced with sparse sets. we would have begun to wonder whether the club set and pro- perty department were flat broke or on strike. “THE DEVIL‘S ADVOCATE” 216 Neal Drive. Richmond Hill. RITA ROSENFELD, the