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well I can’t get in the stores to-day so you’d better just send a mail order and you’ll get the stuff before I have to go to town again.” Or if his wife forgetting about this queer Wednes- day habit of our stores happens to go to town with him in order to buy a hat or dress what does she do when she finds the stores closed? Simply steps on the radial car and goes down I see by your issue of Nov- ember 25 that the Richmond Hill store-keepers may keep their stores open on Wednesday afternoon throughout December. This is a step in the right direction but for goodness sake why do they close early on Wed- nesday anyway? We can understand them doing so during the hot summer months when there are picnics and outdoor sports to be attended to but it is a very foolish By-law which in- sists upon the whole town going to sleep for half a working day every we_e_k during the winter as well. If the stores aim to please. the customers they go a very poor way about it by locking them out this way. Probably seventy-five per cent of the customers are from the rich farming district surrounding Richmond Hill and strange as it may seem farmers look upon Wednesday as an ordinary working day. If there is a load of grain ready to go to town that day it has to go regardless otthe stores be- ing closed. It makes good business for the mail order houses in Toronto as the farmer will say to his wife “ Editor, I am sorry to trouble you for space again as I stated last letter-I did not intend to write again. Bu‘L in watching the Dr. Jessthro and M; Hyde practice of the Reeve of Rich- mond Hill I notice in his last letter of camouflage he accuses me of mak- ing mis-statements. I will now re- mind the Reeve that I am able to prove every statement I made in my letter. Regarding the boys rotten- egging and the horse and rig. I will go with the reeve to the very people he made that statement to. He said at the same time that he had stop- ped the meetings at Arnold and Yonge Streets. He also stated that the constable would have taken me to court had he not prevented it. Beside above boast- ful statements remember his state- ments to the Star. “Had I been home there would have been a By-law pas- sed to prevent them and we can’t have them interfering with our merchants trade.” He stated to me in the clerk's office that, “We do not pass bylaws for the good of our health.” He stated that I did not tell the whole story of our interview and then refer- red tp his own weak excuse re the Sal- vation Army, I explained to the Reeve at the time that I had an un- derstanding with the captain weeks before and there was no case of pref- erence between us and the Army. Let me remind the Reeve that I proved to him by our two meetings following the meeting in which he and the con- stable made their rowdy and wretch- ed attempt to stop and even going to the extent of passing an invalid by- law He dare not summons me to court‘and if he had it would have been “my first summons or law-suit and heartily if I am ever drawn to court I hope that it will be for preaching the same Gospel that I preached at Arnold and Yonge. I know that no person living within sev- eral blocks of Arnold and Yonge will accuse me of hiding or whispering any part of my statements and my letter: speak for themselves. The Reeve should not cast such reflection on the intelligence of the members of the council as to say that the action was the result of investigation. He also mentioned danger. Personally I cannot see where the danger lay as my company were only armed with bibles and hymn books. He charges me with doing this, that and the other thing. This charge reminds me of the writing on the chinaman’s laundry parcels. In the meek ending of his letter he accuses me of depart- ing from the spirit of my Master by not co-operating with him. Let me refer him to Eph. 5-11, “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them." Let the Reeve side step as he will, he has already gone on rec- ord in the chronicles of Richmond Hill 1926 as following in the way of Jer- oboam. Thanking the Editor for space in this valuable paper. Richmond Hill Liberal. Sir:â€" Dear Editor:â€" Thinks Wednesday Afternoon Closing is Good Thing For Mail Order Houses‘â€"â€"Why Let Town Go To Sleep Half Day Every Week P â€" Richmond Hill Old Boy Is Coming Back To Held Street lVIeetings. Letters me The Peapfie Mr. Gillies Replies to the Reeve. Cheerfully as ever. COVERING CANADA’S BEST SUBURBAN DISTRICT VoL XLIX. Thornhill, Ont, November 29th, 1936 J. B. GILLIES Yoursâ€" I have been laying plans to visit the old town once more, since reading some of those letters I have decided to pa my visit soon, when I get there Iain going to shake hands with the reeve, make his acquaintance, go out on some cornen and preach the old-fashioned Gospel. You may put me in that old lock-up, over night, maybe longerâ€"but my mind is made up and I would kind-a-sort-a enjoy the experience for if I remember right, in the days gone by, all who {got into that two by four, always had meals, carried in good taste to lthem, that would suit meâ€" though I want it thoroughly understood. I do ’not take eggs in any form when I ,‘visit Richmond Hill. Now please turn out some night about 7 o’clock when you hear the town bell ringâ€" and hear a one-time Hill Boy who must preach the Gos- pel to eve_ry Creature. But with all her advantages‘ and all the publicity and boosting, you might give, I very ‘much fear for/the future of Richmond Hill, if you in any way hinder the preaching or teaching Aof God’s Word. I notice that the Council and rate- payers are organizing to boost the old town that is fine as Richmond Hill to my notion is certainly one of the finest situated places one could think of, high and drynin the country, yet with every advantage of the city. must be fine there now, Street cars, Railroad, good paved roads to and from the town. how fine it must be. It is to me a very pleasant pastime to picture some of those old time open air street meetings. A little band of Army Lads and Lasses telling the good old story of Jesus and his love. and many of the village folk stand- ing there listening to the message, freely given, and in the audience gathered there you could often by the light of the smoking torches see the pleasant face of the reeve Mr. Pugsâ€" ley enjoying the serviée along with the restâ€"It would not have been well for the boy or man either who would be so low and mean as to drop a high cast or otherwise egg into that sacr‘ed circle, and the able reeve to see it or hear of it. There were few nights in the year the Salvation Army did not hold their open air service, Hallowe’en the same as other nights, and I well know, be- cause I was one of the boysâ€" that ,they were never rotten-egged And eggs were very cheap at the time, I can’t for the.1ife of me understand why Richmond Hill is letting the eggs get to such a stage as rotten and eggs so scarce and high in price, it must be bad management, I have been told bad management will produce bad eggs, who is looking after the eggs, anyway? town to do her purchasing! And a customer lost this way is sometimes hard to regain. If the Ratepayers’ Association will look into this they will find that one way to boost Richmond Hill is to keep the stores running full blast every. week day. Or at least, to let those store keepers who are anxious ‘0 oblige the buffing public keep their places open. Let those who dont mind losing customers close every afternoon if they want to. Your sincerely I have for quite a number of years looked each week with longing and delight for my old home town paâ€" perâ€"The Liberalâ€" dear old Rich- mond’ Hill how I would love to see it again, with the same streets, build- ings and old friends as were there over 35 years ago. i I can remember as if ’twas yester- day, the Salvation Army first coming to Richmond Hill, few in number. Marching down the street, (Yonge Street) and singing salvation songs beating time on drum and tambourine stopping on corner or in front of the hotels holding a short open-air song, prayer, and fellowship service, it was a common thing for some good old Methodist Saintâ€"“with which the village was dotted at that time”â€"step out on the street, mingle with the Ar- my and testify t6 the Eaving péwiefiéf Jesus Christ Are those saints all gone? Have none others taken their place? Thinking of the Old Folks At Home Dear Editor:â€" It has been with delight, also re- gret, I read, Letters From The Peo- ple. Was much hurt to learn how those in authority made such a bold effort to stop preaching the Gospel in the streets of my home village. Am wondering which of those streets I cal} remember so well, is Arnold St. Vancouver, B. C., November 22, 1926. A FARMER’S WIFE S. O. ANXIOUS “In Essentials, Unity; In Non-essentials, Liberty; In All Things, Charity.” H. Wilder, soliciting financial re- lief for George Ellis now suffering from a malignant disease. Mrs. A1- ice Case, regarding dog tax. A number of bills and road accounts were ' presented. Resolutions were passed instructing the Treasurer to Ipay the following bills etc. as pres- ‘cnted, viz.,â€"â€"H. Pegg, for valuing isheep, $2.00; Wm. Botham, Dragging |roads, Div. 3, $3.10; J. Walker. cut- ting weeds, Div. 4, 34.80; E. Madill, repairing culvert, Div. 9, $4.30; G. W. Baker, repairing culvert and haulâ€" ing gravel, T. L. S. in Con. 3, $10.00; G, L. Bingham, Grading & repairing bridge, Div. 33, $10.20; E. N. Penrose )Cutting weeds, Div. 5, $4.92; Wm. Coppin, Dragging roads, Div. 30, $17. 19; A Heise, Dragging roads, Div. 6, $6.39; D. L. Stouf’fer, Hauling and placing culvert, Div. 34,. $6.40; W. H. Chapman, placing culvert and drag- ging roads, Div. 19, $22.50; Henry Widdifield, 22 days, road supt., $132.00. ' Authorized the Reeve to have Geo- rge Ellis of Vivian placed in Hospit- al for treatment. Instructing the Treasurer to accept the sum of Six dollars from H. Wid- difield, road supt. being- the amount of excess error in account, C. Connor. Council adjourned to meet again according to Statute on Dec. 15th next, at 10 o’clock am. for general business. Members all present, the reeve in the chair. Minutes of the last meet- ing/ were read and confirmed. Communications were received from: Mrs. H. Spence regarding removal of water from ditch in front of her prop- erty at Wilcox Lake. There is an infinite amount of sat- isfaction in turning your car into a garage where it wil be looked after by expert mechanics and not inexperâ€" ienced youths. Such a garage is that of Wilson & Hargraves, 3419 Yonge Street, at Teddington Park, “just at the top of the hill.” Whether it is a general overhaul or just a tuning up after a hard summer, you may rest assured it will be properly looked after and at a reasonable cost. Wil- son and Hargraves are also well equ- ipped in the matter of tires and other accessories. They are prepared also to undertake welding of all kinds, battery repairs, in fact their estabâ€" lishment may be called the “Complete Garage.” Leave your car in this well located garage and have it repaired while you do your shoppingâ€"Phone Hudson 6960. Regular meeting of Whitchurch Township Council was held at the Township Hall, Vandorf, Saturday, November 27th. RICHMOND HILL, ONT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926 LEON J. LADNER. M.P. ,Though returned at the lam elec- tion to the Federal seat for Van- couver South, he is said to have thrown his hat into the ring of pro- vincial politics to opyose Hon. W. J. Bowser for the leadership of the Consmtive Quiz-m British WHITCHURCH COUNCIL. THE “COMPLETE GARAGE” COUNTRY PLEASURES In the autumn evenings When home-work is done, Round the big, old fireplace The children have such fun. Grandad tells them. storiesâ€" “When I was a boy,” Till their simple, modern Pleasures seem to cloy, Shootin’ bears and’ wildcats, Gee, bet that was fun! Nowadays won’t even let A feller have a gun! Then we make some pop-corn, Roast some apples too, Dad gets out his fiddle And plays songs old and new. In this day of madness Simple things are best, Simple country pleasures, Quiet country rest. W ~ 7 .- v.- w .- mums Rightâ€"The Cum Field, which took the shore end from the big cable ship Colonic. Below [elfâ€"Mr. S. H. 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