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Recently we had major changes in this country by the Trudeau Government aimed at reducing the jail population. A- .4- ..-.‘ .1 Then January 10 and 11 a fright- ful death came to two innocent people in separate Ontario inci- dents. In each case death was at the hands of someone who would probably have been behind bars except for the abortive attempts being madeat penal reform. One of the dead is a Toronto policeman. The other is a man who resided near Wallaceburg. One killer was free under the new bail laws and '-the other escaped during a prison rehabilitation activity. ‘ Over recent months there have been other such incidents reported. Some involved death. Others in- volved various crimes ranging all the way- from simple escape to robbery and near fatal injury. "'i‘h'é“s£6riés have been. terrible, frightening and grotesque. Indeed, truth is stranger than? fiction. _ "71‘vl-1‘esvé two “recent killings by criminals caught, but allowed at large, underli_ne 331 _sit_u.ation Ihgt Qécfi'nd deeply disturbing. It is evident the public is also appre- hensive. The job of the police has been made much more difficult, at least on the face of the matter during the short run. They catch a crook or a maniac and have to let him loose. Or else the courts let him loose. Then sometimes the freed criminal repeats his crime, even to The ruling hierarchy of the Trudeau Liberals in their headlong rush to give succor to their fallen comrades have insulted the Can- adian electorate. Some 12vLiberals, Members of Parliament who were rejected by the voters of their ridings in the October 30 general election, have been appointed by the minority Trudeau Government to non-elective paid positions in Ottawa. These defeated politic- ians have been hired at public expense at salaries ranging from lS-Year-Old Ballantrae Girl Dies Of Drugs Lois Wallace. 18, of Bal- lantrae. died in York County Hospital in Newmarket. Jan- uary 16, 12 hours after be- ing admitted for treatment of an overdose of MDA. a hal- lucinogenic drug known as the “love drug." laiuulc. 01. an v; u.» u-Jv That same even-mg. York address. Regional Police detectivesi " possession of narcotics as a ency runneui uvu. omcu â€"~ . . result of a raid on a cottage the government should [have people llke you and and Ontario Provincial 130-! They appeared in Newmar- at Claremont. was Marth care for me all the days of iothers to help us in our lice seized hundreds of cap-{ket Provincial Court last Stacey, 18. m life. And 1 win dwell {battle against odds. sules of MDA in a house on} week and were remanded A small quantity of hash- in a fool’s paradise for- ; FREDERICK MASON, Concession 6 in Whitchurch- 1 until January 27. ish was seized in the raid. ever." 3 Lake Wilcox. I?“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllll illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\\\llllllll ’3 $17,500 to $35,000 a year. Mem- bers of Parliament receive $26,000 éiyear, $8,000 of which is tax free. Parliamentary Secretarys receive $30,000, S8,00_0_tax free. QNA 05b: itheral THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Jan There are probably less than 100 users of hard drugs in the Region of York. Deputy Police Chief Robert Hood. said last week. While reports from Metro To- ronto show about 3,000 known users of heroin and a growing problem with younger people taking it up all the time, Deputy Hood said there was no great problem with the drug in the region. Police Say No Serious Drug Hazard In York Thesé boliticians have been He said that most sellers gravitate to heavily-populated areas and the users follow. Deputy Hood said that last year. there were only 125 people charged under both the Narcotics Control Act and the Food and Drug (Non-Narcotic) Act, with a total of 75 convic- tions registered. One of these was for heroin, Drug talk among the youth themselves had decreased con- siderably. They were realizing Trudeau's Crime Mess \â€"â€"d ULA Subscription Rate $6.00 per year; to United States $7.00; 15¢ Single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Division of Burlington Printing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher “Second class mail, registration number 0190” An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 7c By JIM IRVING JOHN ROBERTS Liberal Patronage Stouffvlle, in one of three In a raids. ‘ Steele, Arrested as a result and charged with trafficking in a restricted drug were Jutta Manthau, 22, Bryan Grainge. 19. and Robert Bal- lamore. 21. all of the above address. D la 6 ti o P r it was not necessarily the thing to do“. r “fhére are an awful lot of intelligent kids who can think for themselves.“ he said. He said that in the use of marijuana, there were not so many incidents now of the S'oung people “freaking out". He said that many youngsters will still continue to try mari- juana. and will drop it after giving it a try. On the other hand there will always be the confirmed smokers. A graphic example of that occurred in Provincial Court in Richmond Hill recently, where three youths convicted of being in possession of the illegal drug. all indicated they would con- tinue to smoke it. regardless of how many times they were pull- ed in and fined. Their attitude was typical of many young people. in that they don't take the business of smok- ing marijuana seriously; if it‘s legal to indulge in liquor. why appointed to a variety of positions mainly as consultants or assist- ants to high ranking members of the Liberal Party. Included in these appointees is John Roberts, the defeated MP for York Simcoe, who has joined the personal staff of Prime Minister Trudeau. A former civil servant who was defeated after one term in Parlia- ment Mr. Roberts served as exec- utive assistant to Forestry Minister Maurice Sauve during the Pearson years. His former boss, Mr. Sauve, will be remembered as the Pearson the point of killing a law enforce- ment officer, as has just happened. On the one side we have these terrible killings. There is another side. We are told large numbers of convicts were given leaves from jail during Christmas and only a tiny handful failed to return as required. We are told the Canadian penal system in the past has failed to rehabilitate and that we have one of the largest jail populations of any country around. This large jail population is economically wasteful, costing us a lot of money, it is said. Cabinet Minister who despite strong local protests moved Ot- tawa’s forestry laboratories from Maple to Sault Ste. Marie. But these innocent victims are dead. The v1ct1ms of lesser crimes have suffered no less. If the argument for penal re- form is solid, then we must have adopted the wrong reform meth- ods. Killers who will kill again mustn’t be let loose in any circum- stances. Prime Minister Trudeau is allow- ing these defeated politicians to be a charge against the Canadian taxpayer despite their rejection by their fellow citizens in their own bailiwicks. One would ques- tion the wisdom of their advice to the government. After all, they were part of the Trudeau Adminis- tration which dissipated its strength during the four years from 1968. What advice did they give the government in caucus and in the House when they were on the firing line as MP’s? Their defeat may have improved their vision. We wonder. Criminal Code matters are the responsibility of the federal gov- ernment. The recent changes in the bail laws and the penitentiary system were legislated by the present Liberal Trudeau Govern- ment. They are the ones who have created this mess. The Tru- deau penal reforms need reform by people who know what they’re doing â€" by a new government that knows what it’s doing and can hold the confidence of the Can- adian pe0p1e. The Canadian people rendered their verdict on October 30 and it ill behooves the Trudeau Lib- erals to shelter the party faithful who fell by the wayside out of the public purse. In a second raid, Frank Steele, 20, Whitchurch- Stouffville. was arrested in a raid at his home and charg- ed with trafficking in narco- tics. Seized Was half a pound of hashish. Arrested and charged with possession of narcotics as a result of a raid on a cottage at Claremont. was Marth Stacey. 18. “in . 25, 1973 not "grass", seems to be the consensus. Should it then be legalized? No. says Deputy Hood, the police were generally against its legalization. And while not dogmatic about it. he lists three reasons why the drug is still considered a narcotic; it makes its users more accident prone. through the feeling of irresponsibility it induces. and it tends to breed criminal activity. So far as comparing its use with that of liquor, Deputy Hood said he was not qualified to say which was the more harmful. He said that the users of marijuana in the region didn't come from any particular seg- ment of society. but from all over. available. “If you want it. there’s no problem finding it." He said that the police and Also. the drug was always The buildings were locat- ed at the Richmond Street end of the property. At the Mill Street end was a stor- age yard for logs. From there they travelled on a trolley drawn over tracks by a chain into the open saw shed in the foreground of the picture, in front of which are stacks of squared timber. In the left background is a square tap building which housed the company's of- fices and a band saw on the ground floor and the sash and door department on the second floor. In the white building in the centre (with a water tank on the roof) were located the boiler room and dry kiln. John Innes collected the distilled water which dripped from the kiln to use in his amateur photoâ€" graphy. tThe following letter by Lake W-ilcox resident Fred- erick Mason has been for- warded to Sinclair Stevens MP, York Simcoe and for- mer Prime Minister John Diefenbaker) Dear Mr. Editorâ€" It has come to my attenâ€" tion that any person not resident in Canada for 20 years prior to 1947 (British Subject) is not a Canadian Oitizen. There are several points I would like cleared up, if you would be so good as to help me, residents of Richmond Hill in the early days of the village were the Innes Mills, located south of the Mill Pond between Mill and Richâ€" mond Streets. The above photo was taken in I came to Canada Iage 9 years) in 1929, with my parâ€" ents, now deceased. from England. where I and my parents were born. It was understood that after seven years. Canadian Citizenship was automatic. IV joind the nonâ€"permanent nmmuumuuummmumuuuuuuuuummummmmuuu T‘he' tall building in the A Cambridge University Medical Society student wrote this parody on the 23rd Psalm: “The government is my shepherd, therefore 1 need not work. It alloweth me to lie down on a good job. It leadeth me beside still factories. It destroyeth my initiative. It leadeth me in the path of a parasite for politic’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of laziness and deficit- spending, I will fear no evil, for the government is with me. It prepareth an economic Utopia for me, by appropriating the earn- ings of my grandchildren. It filleth my head with false security. My ineffici- ency runneth over. Surely the government should care for me all the days of le'I‘ISH SUBJECTâ€" CANADIAN CITIZEN T0 The Welfare State! \NMES MILLS RICHMOND H1LL Offering emploympqg__9ppor£unities to the amployment opportunities to the 1908 and clearly depicts the extensive installa- ichmond Hill in the early days tion, including the saw mill. planing mill and were the Innes Mills, located grist mill. These continued in operation until Iill Pond between Mill and Rich- well into the 20’s. The above photo was taken in Early Mills Played Important Role courts could only do so much in curbing the use of marijuana, and that parents could do as much as anyone in educating their children about its dangers. However, ‘the parents' argu- ments were sometimes watered down by their own indulgence in liquor. he said. In a federal study of drug use in the United States, it was concluded that the govern- ment was more likely to yield long-range positive results by dropping its “failure-r i d d e n quest" for a young society free from drug use. Telling the young not to smoke marijuana because it is illegal. calls the law into ques- tion, not marijuana, the report said. The report, however. is still being studied by the Departâ€" ment of Health. Education and Welfare and no approval or re- jection of the findings is 9x- pected for some time yet. right background is the grist mill. Behind it was a bridge over the creek leading to a pig pen, a horse stable, and two sheds for lumber storage. Other lum- ber was stored in piles to the left front of the saw shed and Mr. Innes was probably standing on one of these when he took the picture. 'éehind 'the officé-sash and door building, and across a road, was another lumber shed. The slender smokestack was replaced by a big brick stack that had to have an extension built on the top. according to Mrs. Carol In- nes Proctor of North Van- couver who loaned us the picture. - The third man from the left has been identified as Harry Innes and the second active militia (RCASC) in 1934, went overseas ‘active) in 1939-1945, joined the re- serve in 1947, and in 1951 went active again with the Canadian Intelligence Corp (Montreal). Upon discharge, I again went on reserve (“C“ Squadron, QYR). I was told by the recruiting officer at initial enlistment. that being a British Subject (as were all Canadians) I was a Can-‘ adian Citizen lNaturalizedi Canadian). Why, after being' told by a government offiâ€" cial (army), that I was a Canadian Citizen â€" is that citizenship being revoked, as it well is? What crime or subversive act have I comâ€" mitted? Is my wife, who was born in Canada, of English par- ents, (who were strongly pro-Canadian) a Canadian Citizen or an alien, being married to one who under- stands that he is no longer a citizen? In my opinion. it is as‘ stupid 21 law as the one which a former Liberal Prime Minister helped make, when he granted the Indian, Canadian Citizenship, who, God Bless Him, has more right to demand that ALL of foreign extraction be imade citizens of a country, \governed by a party who Icould be no worse than a dictatorship. Thank God. we have people like you and others to help us in our battle against odds. ‘ FREDERICK MASON, I am not the only person involved. There are surely many thousands like Ine. If this is true, and we have no vote in forthcom- ing elections, then the party (political) responsible for assinine ruling stands to lose many votes. It is not the fact that we are asking something for nothing, but the ethics in- volved. man from the father, William of our readers to name others John Innes was also builder and architect for many build- ings. both in this district and in Toronto‘ Examples of his lathe Spotlight You know before we became apartment- dwellers . . . or owned modern suburban homes with small gardens . . . it was the seed catalogue which stirred our imagination with the thought of spring and balmy breezes and sunshine. Now many of us escape for a little while at least to sunnier climes, simply because the world is shrinking, due to man’s invention of jets and superjets. n , I AL _.- M- uurv-.,v But how would this be . . . for a real change of scene and weather and our imagination . . . treasure hunting for pirate gold, in the tropics? _ Last weekend I spent a memorable afternoon with two good friends (members of the Richvale Writers’ Group), Ann and Ian McBean, (pro- nounced McBain) in their lovely Thornhill home on John Street. We sat around in front of a blazing log fire, sipping tea and eating toasted crumpets. In the background (or sideground) at least a dozen canaries accompanied us with their sweet trilling songs. For Ann and Ian have built an avairy along one whole side of their large “downstairs” sitting room. A beautiful touch of nature indoors. We chatted about 100 and one different things, including some of Ian’s adven- tures, which have taken him all over the world during the past 30 years. In imagination we travelled to Petsamo, on the Finish-Russian Border, where at the age of 16, Ian’s adventurous career began. His parents were in India where his father was connected with a merchant banking house. Ian was born in Cochin of Scottish-Welsh parents, and was a student at that time at Clifton College, England. Hearing of an Arctic expedition, dauntless Ian approached the leader of the survey crew from the Royal Geographical Society and offered his services as a “strong, untiring, bullock” . . . “All I could offer the expedition since they were all skilled and professional explorers". ,__J uv a u n n . They were set down on sea ice, 900 miles from base (Frobisher Bay) with tents, sleeping bags, food and radio . . . and a campfire stove. They stayed seven and a half months on the Baird Peninsula west of Baffin Island. “Not in condi- tions one finds there today”, Ian told me. “Today this is an industrialized area boasting all the emenities of home, including modern bars.” u“ gun-n.“ uA-u r-v--~_.V_ Ian was signed on, and off to Petsamo and the Arctic. Late for the autumn term, when he finally returned to college, he had to do some tall explaining to be accepted back into his school. Continuing our “travels” . . . we visited the Mojave, Sahara and Nevada Deserts, all places Ian has explored or flown over. . . . He is also a flyer having served with the RAF during Work: L uuvnu5 uvL'uu u....-. -.._ __,, My 7 - War 2. Ian has theories about deep rivers which have gone “underground” in many elevated des- erts throughout the world, and which could solve the water shortages in many countries. . . . He also told me of heavy minerals, silver, tin, copper, platinum that lie in dormant pools of wealth in these hidden stream beds. bllvuv AMUVAA uv- -v. Ahother delight-ftlwl';étory’ was his tale about his stint on the Dew Line . . . and that came about just after he arrived in Canada to live, in 1955. Luau. Just off the plane, Ian attended a cocktail party in Montreal, where he met a director of the Foundation Company . . . responsible for building part of the line. Asked bluntly, “Ever had any experience in the north”, Ian replied, “Yes, I was in the Arctic during the summer when I was 16." Shortly thereafter, Ian, and three companions, including a radio operator, a camp cook . . . and a first aid man . . . were off in ahwar surplus Dakota (DC3) . . . for the far nort . And then he told me of his second exped- ition: to Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean and a search for buried treasure . . . as the fire con- tinued to crackle and the birds twittered away unheeded. My fiext column will take you to the tropics and another adventure of Ian McBean. By MONA ROBERTSON A Cure For Winter Doldrums right as his Innes. Some may be able lasting workmanship may still be seen in many homes in Richmond Hill and sur- rounding area. in the core of the McConaghy Public School and the core of the municipal offices, built as a high school in 1897. | lDidn '1‘ Know That! muuuuumm“munnunmmmmunnumm“\mmnumnw Get After The Litterers Surely by now the public should be fully aware of the harmful environmental as pects of littering; the mes- sage has certainly been pushed across to people in numerous ways. But, as has been shown in the Sault, there are still people who will scar a landscape through garbage dumping. or aband- oning junked vehicles, or thoughtlessly dropped litter, no matter how much the antiâ€"littering message is blared out at them. So, if by now these people haven‘t got the mesage. is another $150,- 000 worth of messages going to make a difference? It’s hardly likely. (News of the Richmond Hill Public Library System) Let's have a story-time! Parents, baby-sitters, you might like to know there are: Pre-School Programmes in all Branches Richmond Hill Library - Wed. afternoon, 2:30 - 3:15 Wildwood (Oak Ridges) - Wed. afternoon. 1:30 - 2:00 Richvale - Tuesday morning. 10:30 - 11:15 The little ones who come regularly get to know each other. and get a feeling that it's “their school". General Story flour # I‘M_.1- a ucucn a: win" .1 lllll This is for all children up to and including Grade 6. Richmond Hill Library only - Saturday morning, 10:30 - 11:15‘ they include an easflto-make crafit It is unfortunate, but what does appear to be called for is not so much new anti- littering legislation as en- forcement of the present legislation in this area. For those people who litter on the highways. or who dump garbage where they are not supposed to. there are penal- ties. Then let -those penalties be appliedâ€"and maybe the t‘unds raised from these pen- alties could be used to put over more of the anti-litter message. rather than using taxpayer money. There is no charge for these Programmes. and usually (Sault Daily Star) YORK CENTRAL HOSPITAL Enjoy prepaid vacafion RICHMOND HILL Enjoy a carefree, prepaid vacation and save money, too! Each pay day put a portion of your vacation money into a V and G special savings account that will pay you five percent interest. Draw this fund out at vacation time. The generous interest your money will have earned for you is your bonus for thinking ahead. Start your prepaid vacation fund today . . .at Victoria and Grey. Office Hours: VICTORM and GREY V101 UIUII and unul TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 G. A. WAKELIN, MANAGER 121 YONGE ST. N. m/o York bédtral Hospital. Richmond Hill) Memorial Fund The senior Trust Company devoted emirer Ia serving the people of Ontario. 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