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WWWWW The Liberal is recognized as one of the Newsiest Home Papers in the Province of Ontario. Eight to twelve pages, all home print, it carries all the news of the entire district and our circulation is increasing every weekâ€"Subscribe to-day. Richmond Hill We thank you for your liberal patronage and trust that all enjoy the pleasure of the Holiday-Time. To our many customers and friends we extend our best w1shes for a very Merry Christmas. Richmond Hill Christmas Greetings Richmond Hill AGENT FORBEATTY WHITE CAP ELECTRIC WASHER Richmond Hill He wishes to thank his customers for their Patronage for the Past ,Y ear and hopes to be favored with the continuance of the same for the coming year. Just Arrived And 'We Invite You To Come In Andâ€" â€" Look Them Over â€"- ‘ Vol. XLIX. .Another Shipment of McClary’s Famous Stoves- “Ted” Grainger BAR BER HOCKEY STICKS â€" SKATES â€" SLEIGHS Extend the Compliments of The Season. When old Santa Claus. Down your chimney will come This is what we hope he will do :â€" May he leave a full measure Of good Christmas pleasu‘re All tied up and labelled for you! Electric Light Bulbsâ€"22 cents eachâ€"5 for- $1.00 The Superior Store W. cc SAVAGE To My Many Customérs and Friends $1.50 PER YEAR THE NORTH END MEAT MARKET General Hardware and Sporting Goods A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR THE SEASON’S BEST GREETINGS TO ALL Hopper . N. Cooper HARDWARE Extends To All Dealers In . Brafihwaite Ontario. Ontario Ontario. Ontario. Mfié “In Essentials, Unity; In Non-essentials. Liberty; In All Things. Charity,” A Good Yield Intimation was made in the Libâ€" eral regarding some good yields of alfalfa a few Weeks ago. Mr. Val- liere’s yield was 175 bus. from four- teen acres. Can any of our readers report a better yield. Answer To Urbanite Mr. Editor one of your correspon- dents asks why children in the city are healthier than those in the coun- The Sunday School decided’to buy the fowl for Christmas dinners for the children of the Orange Orphan- age. "Mr. John Holmes of Meaford has been spending a few days with old friends here. The Young-'People of the Sunday School are preparing a Sacred Can- tata to be rendered on Christmas Eve. Rev. Mr. Sellers of Unionville is to occupy our pulpit for both the ser- vices on December 26. -The pupils of No. 7 are holding their closing exercises on Tuesday December 21 at 1.30 pm. They are inviting to assist them Rev. Messrs. Haig, Wall, Winger, Heise. The lat- ter has spent some years in India in school work in connection with the missions of the Tunkard Church. The friends of the children are? invited to be present to encourage the little folk. Preparationé are being made to hold several QhIistmas entertainments in our communitj}. The pupils of No. 6 Markham will entertain on Monday afternoon of next week. A mixed program will be rendered. r Correspondent GiVes Answer To ‘ Urbénite The young people have enjoyed a few evenings skating- on the open rink in Mr. John Mortson’s pond. In the course of ti few weeks they ex- pect to erect a one-story buildingfat the edge of the rink. ' Victoria Square RICHMOND HILL, ONT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1926 iinmL Anniversary services were held at Brown’s Corners United Church on Sunday. The morning service was conducted by Dr. Moore secretary of the Conference. Unionville choir sup- plying the music. In the evening Dr. Arnott, secretary of Foreign Mission gave a very helpful talk on Missions. A solo was given by Mr. Eaton, the pastor and‘the Buttonville choir re- dered some choice selections. Scripter. Don’t forget the concerts, at tlié, school. Tuesday evening, December 21 and at the church Brown’s corners Wednesday evening, December 22. The late Mr. Galloway of Union- ville who died of heart failure near his home was laid to rest in the cem- etery of the former Methodist church on Saturday, December 11th. A large number attended the ‘dancee'l’wp‘e' held in the Hall on Dec. 9th. Macâ€"‘ Donald’s orchestra was in attendance. Mr. Walton is holding a sale of wedneSday evening in the sunday milch cows, pigs and feed on Friday'School room of the Newtqnbrbok December 17. I The Pollyanna bazaar held last Churnh “In: vnru :nr‘r-ncgfnl Sir Roger Babson the greatest au- thority on this continent states that the country children are filling the big positions in the commercial, p91- itical and financial world today. Be- cause physically, morally and spirit- ually they are the most fit. Now Mr. Urbanite I have lived both in the city and in the country and let me have one of the “delicate country children” when a days work is to be done. Af- ter all is not the ability to do ones duty the real test of health. an agricultural country. Neverthe- less its author is an urbanite. try. Might I suggest that the auth- or of that statement of a “supposed” ifact ‘is an urbanite. Anothezj state- ment equally as absurd says “ manual labor is a waste of the finer spirits.” And this in our school text books in BUTTONVILLE Mrs. G. Shaw, Mrs. E. R. Yofing and Mrs. J. L. Caines presided over the booths of candy, fancy work and home cooking. During the evening a program was greatly enjoyed. AV. J vu- Violin solo by Miss Marjorie Lewis ‘ several delightful readings by Miss I The annual Christmas tree and en- Mary patterson of Lansing Vocal ter’tainment of the United Church will ibe held on Wednesday, December 22, at 8 o’clock. A good program is be- ing prepared consisting of dialogues, yrecitations, drills tableaus, and chor- â€"â€" 1 uses. solo by Miss Eva'Tthas, piano solo by Miss Irene Kilford and Miss J. Milbum. The Newtonbrook friends wish to extend their deepest sympathy to Mr. Richard Simpson of Thomhill owing to the sudden death of his fath- er Mr .James Simpson of Toronto. Church was very successful The Annual Sunday School Enter- tainment will take place in Newton- brook United Church on Friday ev- ening, December 17 at 8 p.m. A good program is being prepared. The special feature of the program is a cantata entitled “The _Circle of Fame” which will be put on by the Young people. Mr. Young is recovering slowly and his many friends hope he will soon be out again. Owing to the illness of Rev. E. K. Young, Pastor of the United Church the ‘Rev. N. St. John of West United church, Toronto former pastor here occupied the pulpit in the morning and Rev. ,Rae of Willowdale took the services in the evening. Newtonbrook Parents, do not forget the Public School Christmas tree and entertainâ€" ment to be held on Tuesday evening, December 215t at 8 o’clock. The children have a good program in store for you. The well-known, “Ye Olde Tyme Village Quartette” will sing, next Sunday afternoon, December 19th at Thomhill Presbyterian Church. Monday night, December 20th, will be a big night in the Y. P. S. of the United Church. Mrs. Luesby, Social and literary vice-president has plan- ned a very interesting program. There will be a contest on “Thornhill” and valuable prizes will be given, in addition to that there will be several musical numbers and readings. Re- freshments will be served. Members if you know anything about Thornhill do not fail to be present. The men‘s curling club held their annual meeting last week the follow- ing officers were elected:â€"Honorary president, Mr. David Boyle; President Mr. Richard Simpson, vice-breaident, Mr. George Fuller; Secretary, Mr. William Riddle; Treasurer, Mix/Al- bert Pearson, Managing Committee, Mr. Joe Teeson, Fred Echlin and Mr. George Fuller. Mr. B. R. Strangways, Pastor of the United Church preached a very eloquent sermon last Sunday evening tothe men of the congregation. He brought out many significant facts in connection with the Christmas spirit as applicable to the lives of present day young _men.' There was a very splendid representation of men and boys of the village present. I The regular monthly meeting of the Womens’ Institute was held at the home of Mrs. G. R. Goulding, on Thursday, December 9th, twenty-five members being present. It was an- nounced at the last meeting there would be a shower of toys for Christ- mas in aid of York Cottage, Will- owdale, the response at this meeting was very generous. Mrs. E. R. Young of Newtonbrook addressed the meet- ing taking for her topic, “Christmas Giving," the origin of the Christmas tree and the yulelog. Everyone en- joyed Mrs. Young's instructive talk. Mrs. John Francis and Mrs. Herdman gave interesting readings and all the ladies joined in community singing. The report of the annual convention was given by several ladies of the In- lstitute. Refreshments were served and a social hour spent. The Jan- uary meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. O. D. Bales, Lansing. Much-.sympathy is extended to Mr. Richard Simspon in the recent ber- eavement of the loss of his father, Mr. Edward Simpson who died very suddenly last Sunday evening while attending service in the Bathurst Street United Church. However they decided that the neg- ative side was superior and there- fore gave them the. vexdiete The at.- tendance was the largest of any meet-1 ing this fall, and everyone was well pleased with the evening’s program. The Liberal plant is equipped to do all kinds of commercial and general printing and can attend to all orders promptly and at reasonable prices. The Y. P. S. of the£United Church held their most successful [meeting of the present season, last Monday night, December 13th. The item of most interest on the evenings program was the first league debate. The subject of the debate wasâ€"“Resolved that poverty rather than riches tends to develop character,” the affirmative side being upheld by Mr. Ralph Johns the leader, and Mrs. W. Luesby, Miss Norma Ground and Floyd Davis. The negative side was Neil McDonald, leader, Miss Lillian Francis, Craig McDonald and Ila Brillinger. The argument presented was very inter- esting and amusing and the Judges, Mrs. George Stokes, Mr. A. W. Gal- braith and Mr .B H. Eaton, had no difficulty in arriving at a decision. Mr .and Mrs.‘C. Clubine and Dr. Campbell of Bradford spent Monday with Mrs. James Wells, ThornhilL (Special to the Liberal) Thornhill PRINTING No. 25