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United States centres, and a}; . DIED the time of his death was living in KERSWILLâ€"At the home of his Buffah- parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kers- H S WMENT will, th Concession Markham, on Wednesday, Feg. 14th, Ralph G. Ken‘s The annual commencement exercis- will in his 9th year. es at Richmond Hill high School will Funeral from the residence on Fri- be held Friday and Saturday evening day, Feb. 16th, at 2 p.m. Interment Feb. 23rd and 24th. at St. John’s Cemetery, Oak Ridges. John Powell, a. native son of Rich- mond Hill who won renown as one of the leading bandmasters in West- em New York passed away recently. He was well known: as a band leader in many United States centres, and ad: the time of his death was living in Buffalo. The Old Timers will hold their next skating party next Thursday evening Feb. 22nd. 1|] CAPITOLTHEA The funeral service held at the family residence at Buttonville, Wed- nesday afternoon, was very largely attended and the cortege to the Rich- mond Hill Cemetery where interment took place was one of the largest seen in this district. The service was conducted in an impressive manner by Rev. J. D. Cunningham of Rich- mond Hill Pmbyterian Church. The large number of floral tributes were evidence of the esteem and af. fection of a wide circle of friends. The pall bearers we're, J. Young, D. Brown, Les Hood, J. Calvert, D. Hood and Henry Hooper. The late Dr. Kelly survived by his Widow, formerly Elizabeth Dun.â€" can, one son Dr. George Kelly who has practiced with his father for a num- The Liberal joins with the people of this district in extending sincerest sympathy to the family in their be- reavement. Thg ladies of the co eIUOYmg‘ mmunity are a skating party at the Rich- m<‘md Hill arena this (Thursday) af- ber of years and one daughter Miss Drew Kelly. *- LATE DR. GEORGE F. KELLY York OOunrty lost one of its mOSt widely known citizens in the death on Monday of Dr. George F. Kelly of' Buttonville, Markham township. The late Dr. Kelly who was in his seventy fifth year had practiced as a veterinâ€" ary surgeon in this district for al- most half a century. In his wide- spread practice extending over a period of almost fifty years he came in close contact with the people and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. Recognized as an authority inl llength the request of the Women's his profeSSion his services were in keen demand! and his death on Mona day closed an active and busy life. Dr. Kelly with his spirited horses was- a familiar figure on the roads of this district long before the days of the motor cars and over good roads and bad, winter and summer, fair weather or stormy he pursued with an un- failing delrotion his chosen calling. This sense of duty to his profession made him carry on "his active pracâ€" tice almost to the end, although a couple of years ago he suffered a stroke. Going about as usual on Thursday last he suffered another stroke on retiring that evening. He "llppointed To Health Board At a special meeting of the muni- cipal council of Richmond Hill Village held Tuesday evening, James McLean was appointed as a member of the Board of Health for the year 1934. The members considered at some Institute grant of land f01- the erec- tion of the proposed new Library building. The local “’omen’s Insti- tute has had the erection of a new Library in the village in View for a number of years and it is understood they have on hand a considerable sum of money for this purpose. They requested that the council give as- surance that when the Institute was ready to construct the Library the necessary and would be provided south of the present municipal hall. The members of council unanimously passed the following resolution: “That this council views with favor never regained consciousness but just the request of the W.I. for permiSSion slept quietly until the end came Mon- to use sufficient land on Yonge St. day afternoon. ‘ isouth of present Municipal Building The funeral service held at the and agrees to do whatever is neces- family residence at Buttonville, Wed- sary to assist the carrying out of the nesday afternoon, was very largely ‘ enterprise.” D THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY 3 ays-- FEB. 15, 16, 17 Katharine Hepburn Joan Bennett Paul lucas ___1N.___._ .VOL. LV. Show opens 6 pm. Adults 25c. Children 10c to 7 p. 3333: lll‘ffiis. 4--DAYS--,‘ Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Berry Marie Dressler and Jean Harlow DINNER AT OLD TIMERS SKATING NATIVE SON PASSES SKATING PARTY OBITUARY TARZAN THE FEARLESS COl “YORK COUNTY’S NEWSIEST NEWSPAPER” “ LITTLE WOMEN ” Friday Night and Saturday Matinee Only REVIVAL FRIDAY AT 10:45 P. M. BING CROSBY JACK OAKIE and BURNS and ALLAN in MICKEY MOUSE PET STOREâ€"3, 10=°=O=0g0fi0 POPEYE FEBRUARY 4"DAYS'". 19, 20, 21,22 EGE HUMOR 0:0 l Reeve Greene informed the council {that the Library Board was still com sidering moving from the present quarters to the Municipal Building. Councillor Mills remarked that it was ltoo bad they hadn’t moved into the 'MunTicipal Building two years ago. ‘ It’s a shame to have a fine room like : the one available here going to waste 'he said. This view was shared" by all members of council. iJas. McLean Appointed To Health Board The annual convention of the Onâ€" tario Horticultural Association will be held in the King- Edward Hotel, Toronto, on Thursday and Friday of this week to which a cordial invita- tion is extended to all. On Thursday evening a banquet will be held to which tickets may be secured for $1.00 Both days splendid lectures will be given and valuable information re- ceived by all who‘attend. Mrs. A. L. Phipps, Mrs. Warwick and Mr. James McLean are the delegates appointed from the local society and it is hoped that all other members who can posâ€" sibly arrange it may attend one or more of these sessions. On Tuesday evening, Feb. 20th, the regular meeting will be held in the High School when reports of the convention will be given by the deleâ€" gates. All members are urged to at- tend and to all others interested a most cordial invitation is extended. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY NOTES NEWS THEATRE 0=0=0l=0 MO. 2172 iastlefield “In Essentials. Unity; In Non-essentiais. Liberty; [12 11/ Things. Charity." Keg: William Allchurch. I have always could look every man in the face to- n, on found Mr. Maxwell 3 very good man. day. I have never received one cent _ Kems Reeve Padget. Could he be better? from the township which I have not . Mr. Allchurch. Not around Mark- honestly earned. He referred to one grflggtham township. . of the road foremen who spoke Ridges_ Reeve Padget. If we’ve attained against him coming to him asking {GHQ RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15th. 1934 James Jarvis. There is nothing against Mr. Maxwell as a road superâ€" intendent as far as I can see. David Boyd. Mr. Maxwell is a gentleman. I have no fault to find with him. J. G. Wideman. I am perfectly satisfied. Lewis Grove. I found him very efficient. R. J. D‘uffield. Everything is very satisfactory as far as I am concerned ' Clarence Wideman. I am well satisfied. I have no complaints. Mr. Buchanan. He is efficient and a good man as far as my experience has been. Mr. Stonehouse saidl he found Mr. Maxwehl very efficient and he thought he was a good man for the job. Robert Agar stated that he had no complaints whatever against Mr. Max well. He laid out the work, told me what to do and I did it as best I could, said Mr. Agar. R. J. Cunningham was the first called. He stated he found, Mr. Max- well a very efficient and capable of- ficial. He was careful and economical and gave him all the assistance and supervision necessary. In opening the enquiry Reeve Pad- get stated that the meeting was call- ed by resolution to hear complaints against the road superintendent. There were a number of rumors abroad and the council wanted to get the whole story, and for that pur- pose would call on all the road fore- men. In the evidence given before the council a great deal was said, the hearing lasting from about 2 p.m. until almost 6 o’clock. Much that was said was of a petty nature and irrelevant to the discussion and: unâ€" fortunately there were some personal references interjected into the eVidence Out of all the evidence it would be difficult to pick out any definite com- plaints against the roads superinten. dent, which were in any way substan- tilated. 0n the other hand the great majority of the evidence pointed to the fact that Mr. Maxwell was a capable road official and his work was quite acceptable to the depart- ment engineers whoins-pect the work in the township. The investigation concerning com- iplaints against the road superinten- ‘dent in Markham township was conâ€" ducted by the municipal council Mon- day afternoon. Reeve George B. Padget presided and an audience ‘which half filled the council chamber listened in on the proceedings. 'The crowd was apparently expecting to hear some fireworks but the enquiry failed to t'eveal any substantial charges against the official and only two of the thirteen road foremen em- ployed by the township had any complaint to make. Eleven of the road foremen were unanimous in de- claring that they found Mr. Maxwell a capable, efficient and economical official. They told the council they found him painstaking in his work and in carrying out his» duties and that he gave them supervision and assistance which they felt was his duty as road superintendent. Mr. G. Bennett 3. road foreman of the east side of the township stated that hé did not find the road superintendent efficient and Mr. Forsythe a former road foreman made similar complaint Mr. D. Shadlock, one of the present foreman, made a mild critisism of the official. Mr. Higgins, Depart- ment of Highways engineer in charge of this district, stated that he had found Mr. Maxwell 9. very capable official, always willing to co-operate and carry out instructions. Mr. Hig- gins said that as a mad superintendent he considered him equally as good as any with whom he had any dealings. No definite action was taken by the council and at the conclusion of the hearing of the evidence Reeve Padgert announced that the matter of passing the by-law appointing the road superintendent and fixing his salary would be considered at the next regular meeting. Majority of Road Foremen and Department Officials Pay Tribute to Present Official’s Efficiency ~â€"Two Road Foremen Fudge Complaints Markham TWp. Enquiry Re Road Superintendent Fails 7 To Reveal Any Sensations Mr. Maxwell in his testimony stated that he had alwayq done his best for the township. He believedI in a square deal for everyone and he could look every man in the face to- day. I have never received one cent from the township which I have not honestly earned. He referred to one of the mad foremen who spoke Mr. Forsyth, a former road fore- man who quit the job last summer, testified that in his opinion Mr. Max- well was not an efficient road super- intendent. I staked out all my own road except one little bit. He very seldom saw Mr. Maxwell, in fact only' spoke once to him since last February He received no orders until well on in the summer he received a written order sent with a trucker. When he received that he quit as he thought it time for a show down. He had heard the remark made that you would need a search warrant to find Markham’s road .superintendient. Mr. D. Shadlock, a road foreman, stated that two years ago when the road foreman’s-pay was cut down he was told by Mr. Maxwell to put in extra time whether he was on the road or not as others did. Mr. Max- well flatly denied that he ever made the statement and challenged any road foneman to state that he ever put in extra time for them. Mr. Max- well pointed: out Mr. Shadllock was hard of hearing and must have mis- understood his remark.‘ Mr. Shad- lock said in his exper‘ienoédhe hadn't seen much of Mr. Maxwell as road foneman. Mr. Bennett stated that all were not used alike in the construction of culverts at gateways. Some had gravel put on for nothing and some paid for it. His favorites got away without playing for it. Mr. Maxwell denied that there was any discrim- ination in this matter and stated all were used alike. Mr. Bennett said he didn’t think it fair for the township to be paying Mr. Maxwell who spent so much time running around to plowing matches. He claimed that a year ago last October he spent three weeks on jury and was away seven- teen days at plowing matches. perfection We are pretty well off. James Reesor. I have no com- plaints. I’ve found his very efficient. Mr. G. Bennett said he didn’t find Mr. Maxwell very efficient. He said he couldn’t lay out the work to be done aml when he would call on him to do it he would tell him to go ahead “as you know more about it than I do.” Questioned by Mr. Higgins of the Department of Highways, Mr. Bet- nett stated he had been road fore- man for about eight years. Mr. Higgins commented that probably Mr. Maxwell was justified in placing that much confidence in a man who had been on the job that length of time. Mr. Bennett told of one case Where he was instructed to put in a culvert in a laneway and had refused to do it as Mr. Maxwell instructed that a 6 inch tile be put in which he as road foreman considered too small. The six inch tile was put in and the owner of the farm served by the culvert testified that no tile at all was need- ed as for any water to run through it, it would have to run 11p hill. Mr. Maxwellâ€"“I wasn‘t three weeks on jury and I wasn’t away- 17 days at plowing matches. Mr. Bennett made further referenc- es to Mr. Maxwell‘s accounts for his work but pressed by Mr. Higgins to make a definite statement would not say that there was anything wrong with them. Reeve Padget drew the attention of the road superintendent to a hole in a culvert on the third concession which had gone unrepairedr since last August. Mr. Bennett presénted 51 petition which was presented to council in February 1933 signed‘ by some 200 ratepayers who asked\ for Mr. Maxâ€" well’s dismissal. Mm. Higgins asked :COunci] What action was taken with the petition. Reeve Padget said that a revision was made in Mr. Maxwell’s salary, and he was engaged at so much per hour. As the gym {will not be available for the next two weeks owing to High School Commencement exer- cises the next date that volley ball will be carried on will be Tuesday, March 6th. It expected a date for this will be decided on early. At present, team led by Mr. Bert Cook and Mr. Bennett are showing best foa'm of play and highest scores. The Club have an invitation to en- gage a. team at Newmarket. Ad- vantage will be taken of this opporâ€" tunity at an early date it is expecteti. It is the desire of the Executive that a. get acquainted match be ar- ranged between a team comprising mermbem of the School Board and that of Thornhjll. The mid-wintea' schedule commenc- ed early in January is progressing favorably. Due to unavoidable de- lays necessitating postponement of certain matches however, the mo- gram will not be concluded until next month. It was pointed out that the byJaw which will be passed at the next meet- ing must have the approval of the Minister of Highways. In discussing the salary which might be paid Reeve Padgett said he always questioned the right of the department to have any say in the matter of the salary paid. Following the hearing of the evi- dence the Reeve stated the council would take up the by-law appointing a road superintendent at the next regular meeting. Reeve Padget invited anyone pres- end: to come forward with any com- paints they might have. This is a wide open enquiry, he said and we 'want to be fair to everyone and the ratepayers. ,If you have anything to say this is the place to say it. Deputy-Reeve Clark pointed out that; it was good business for the township to spend $600 on a road superintendent’s salary and get a. government subsidy of $6,400 rather than do without the road superinten- dent and the government subsidy and return to statute labor. In answer Reeve Padget pointed out that it was necessary to have a. road superintendent to qualify to re- ceive the Ontario government subsidy of 40 per cent. The township re- ceived as government subsidy on last year’s work about $6,400.00. that a certain man to whom he was not friendly be not given work on the road. That man. is the support of a family of nine and yet this: foreman stated\ if I gave this man work he would- work against me. Referring to his jury duty he said he served 14 days and was not away at plowing matches over 5 or 6 days. Every day he was away he made up for it by extra work at night. Ex-ReeVe Lapp suggested the pos- sibility of doing Without the services of a road superintendent. JOE E. BROWN Comedy »â€"râ€" Use Yourlmagination NEWS NOVELTY DEVIL HORSE No.6 Saturday Matinee Only News ‘:‘ Y M d' M SheDoneHImWrong' ‘1"0ve"y:u e NOVELTYâ€"PRICISION S onof a Sailor I ‘FEMAI NOVELTYâ€"DUTCH GUIANA VOLLY BALL CLUB NOTES THE HOME OF HIGH CLASS ENTERTAINMENT YONGE AND GLEN FOREST SATURDAY MA’I'ENEE AT 2.30 P.M. EVENINGS 7:00 & 9:00 Where “Capitol Entertainment” Reigns Bedford Theatre Mae West DUCK SOUP FOUR MARX BROS. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY FEB. 21, 22 FRIDAY and SATURDAY FEB. 16, 17 MONDAY, TUESDAY, ‘. High Fidelity Sound There was no school Friday or Tuesday, owing to the cold and snow, tlme teacher did not; get there. Mr. and Mrs. L. Adkins and chilâ€" dren Joyce and‘ Jimmie of Toronto spent Sunday with her panents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Vanderberg. Mrs. Pleasant has come to make her home with her son-inâ€"law, Mr. W. Bone, since the death of her husband. Next Monday evening, Feb. 19th, a. set of Missionary slides will be shown at Brown’s Comers Y.P.S. The annual social evening of the J .W.I. will be held Tuesday evening, Feb. 20th, at the home of Miss Cora Hooper. Each member is requested to bring a gentleman. The evening will be spent in progressive euchre and other games. In spite of the sub-zero weather a goodly number of Agincourt Young People visited Brown’s Corners Y.P. S. last Wednesday evening. Aginâ€" court Y.P.S. took charge of the worâ€" ship service following which they were emertained at a Valentine Party Miss Nora Burns has spent a week at Elgin Mills waiting on her sister, Mrs. Albert; Phillips, who has been seriously ill, but is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Burn-s spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Burns. Mr. A. Bowes and Miss Ruth Bowes of Concord spent Tuesday of last week with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Keys. A very pleasant evening was spent on Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrsn Geo. Palmer when the winners in the progressive games were Mrs. A. Mortson, Mrs. J. Hutchinson, Mr. A. Wilson and Mr. T. O. Nixon. Mrs. L. Kay of Kurora spent Sit. urday with Mr. and Mrs. W. Cousins. .A large company attended the skating party on Saturday last. Supâ€" per was served in the Masonic Hall on the return from the Arena. The World’s Day of Prayer will be observed in St. Andrew’s Church on Friday afternoon when the congre- gations from the different churches will take part; in the services. The choir of Hope United Church had charge of the musical part of the anniversary service at Teston on Sun- day evening. The monthly meeting of the WA. of St. Stephen’s Church was held on Thursday last at the home of Mrs. H. Jackson. A splendid supper was served after the work of the after- The L.O.L. and L.O.B.A. of King and Vaughan will hold a. Progressive Euchre Party in the Masonic Hall on Friday evening, Feb. 23rd. Prizes will be given and refreshments served. Proceeds for the benefit of the Orange Orphanage. Single Copy be $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Ruth Chatterton ‘FEMALES’ STANLEY LUPINO and THELMA TODD BUTTON VILLE CARRV lLLE MAPLE FEB. 19, 20 No. 33