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held with Miss Dorothy Valliere in temperance talk which further im- On Sunday evening- a very inter- esting “Young People’s” meeting was held with Miss Dorothy VClliere in charge. Mrs. Willows gave a read- ing and the Williamson brothers Last Wednesday afternoon the W. M.S. held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Annie Mortson. There was a very gratifying atten- dance of thirty-eight and a very in- teresting programme was given. The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. Chas. Smith. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boynton, Jim and David spent the week-end at Fenelon Falls with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boynton. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Agar accom- panied Mrs. Bruce and family to Caledon on Saturday to visit friends. 'While there they had the pleasure of viewing the Caledon Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Thes. Porter and daughter Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Watson and family spent Sunday af- ternoon with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Robertson. On Tuesday night another game is ‘being played at Unionville between Millikan and Richmond Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fawcett and little daughter, Joanne, are spending a few days at the home of her sister and brother-in-Iaw, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Mortson. A very decisive game of baseball was played at Milliken on Saturday evening last between Milliken- and Silver Stream, the former Winning 23-1. A most successful reunion was held at Ratcliffe’s Park on Saturday afâ€" ternoon when about five hundred of Mr. Pike’s former pu'pils gathered to- gether to do him honour. Mr. Pike, now over eighty, had the unique ex- perience of teaching four genera- tions in the schoolhouse at Bethesda. Mr. H. F. Collard, Mrs. Herman Mortson, Mrs. Herman Fawcett of Melbourne were pupils of Mr. Pike and they, with their families, attend- ed the reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Sisler of Le- vlack, Ont., spent Tuesday at the home of the Iatter’s sister, Mrs. H. D. McCague. Masters Alex. and Ike Williamson have returned home after spending a very pleasant week in Nashville, Ont., at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Agar. On Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 26, at 2.15 p.m. at the Victoria Square United Church, the W.M.S. will enâ€" tertain the “Baby Band” members and mothers, also the Mission Band and the Associate members of the W.M.S. There is to be an interest- ing program with graduation of sevâ€" eral Baby Band members to the Mis- sion Band. Further announcement on Sunday. And the weatherman is still with- holding the promise of rain! Well, anyway, we were thankful for the shower on Sunday morning. “Every- thing comes to them who wait,” so let us wait in patience and be thankâ€" ful that “all” is not lost as is the case in many places out West. {4 VICTORIA SQUARE NEWSY NOTES AND ON THE SAME PROGRAM lUNEiLANGjin Every Saturday Night IMPORTANT NEWS VOL. LVI. MON., TUES., WED., AUGUST 24-25-26 Miriam Hopkins-Merle Oberon-Joel McCrea AIR CONDITIONED CAPITOL “ “YORK COUNTY’S NEWSIEST NEWSPAPER NEXT THURS., FRI., SAT., AUGUST 27-28-29 Ronald Colman - Claudette Colbert UNDER TWO FLAGS THE HOUSE OF 1000 CANDLES PARAMOUNT NEWS _In._. ome Out (if the Pantry” “ THESE THREE “ THURS., FRI., SAT., AUGUST 20-21-22 Jack Buchanan - Fay Wray J. .l U .l_JYOnge at Castlefield M0. 2172 COOL AND COMFORTABLE PARKING FOR 200 CARS ADDED ATTRACTION IN in DIED LOWERY, Williamâ€"Passed peace- fully into rest Aug. 16th, William Lowery, beloved husbandl of Annie Davidson, 106 Pemberton Avenue, Willowdtale, formerly of Richmond Hill. Service was held Wednesday, Au- gust 19th at his late residence, 2.30 (D.S.T.). Interment followed in Richmond Hill Cemetery. Richmond Hill won first prize at the Mixed Twilight tournament at Unionville Wednesday evening. The prize Winning rink Which was the only entry in the tournament to Win three games was: Mrs. J. A. Greene, J. A. Greene, Mrs. E. T. Stephens, Garfield Yerex skip. The men re- ceived clocks and the ladies blank- ets as prizes. Skip Gid Moodie is representing Richmond Hill club in. the provincial championship games in Toronto to- day.' Skip George Walwin won the weekly local mixed tournament Mon- dJay night. Six rinks competed in two very enjoyable games. The wine ning rink was: Mrs. L. H. Clement, J. A. Greene, Morley Hall, George WalWin. Richmond Hill was represented by four entries at the mixed‘ dou‘bles at Agincourt Tuesday‘ evening. Gar. Yerex and Mrs. J. A. Greene chalk- ed up three Wins and won the second prize for the tournament. Other Richmond Hill entries were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kerswill, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stephens, Mrs. J. E. Smith and G Walwin. Richmond Hill Won Davis Cup at Newmarket Tournament Richmond Hill won the Davis Tro- phy at; the Newmarket tournament on Wednesday when skip A. A. Eden’s rink ended play with a re- cord of 3 wins, a score of 54 and a plus oi 4. Skip A. Binns of New- market won second, skip Smith of Kew Beach 3rd, skip Lougheed, Kew Beach fourth and" skip Budd of New- market fifth. Twentyâ€"nine rinks competed including 3 from Richmond Hill. The local rinks were: J. E. Smith, F. J. Mansbridge, Wes Well- man, A. A. Eden skip; A. G. Savage, The Davis Trophy, donated by the late Hon. E. J. Davis, has been in competition since 1924. It was won the first year by Richmond Hill club, the rink being J. K. Agnew, James McLean, Rev. Battersby, Gid Moodie skip. Since that time it has been won three times by High Park, twice by Stouffville, and once by Uxbridge, Riverdale, Oaklands, Oakwood, and now for the coming year will rest in Richmond Hill. It is noteable that never once has it been won. by a Newmarket rink. pressed upon her audience the neâ€" cessity of fighting the “Liquor” traffic. P. G. Hill, E. T. Stephens, A. "E; Glass skip; George Fuller, C. P. Wiley, G. Walwin, G. Moodie skip. BOWLING NOTES THEATRE RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO THURSDAY. AUGUST 20th, 1936 PEACH TEA AUG. 28TH A Peach Tea will be held at the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church under the auspices of the Women’s Association Friday, August 28. Tea serveti from 5 p.m. Admission 25 cents. Isobel Ainslie (Can. H.), Madeleine Rumble (Geom.), Audrey Smith, Eric Wilson (Alg.). ~ Ruth Angle (Phys., Chem.), Wm. Kroetsch (Anc. H., Chem.), Harold Sanderson (Anc. H., Lat). Molly Campbell (Lat), Jack Wat- kins (2001.). Beatrice Frisby, Alma Farquhar- son (Geog.), Peter Megdonal, Doug- las Sanders (Alg.), Stewart Tyndall (Br. Hist), Kenneth Wark (Lat). FORM II T0 III On account of success at Lower and Middle School Departmental ex- aminations recently published, the following promotions have been made in addition to those announced at the close of the spring term: Three splend‘id prizes will be giv- en away free to the holders of the lucky number admission tickets. The first prize is a car radio valued at $55, second $15 and third $10. Tic- kets are now on sale and may be secured from members of the band, a number of others who are assistâ€" ing and} at The Liberal Office. There Will be three novelty prizes. One to the largest family at the dance, one for the most recently wedded couple, and one for the per- son Who comes the longest distance to the event. ADDITIONAL PROMOTIONS RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL Present at the meeting on the inâ€" vitation of the reeve were several local contractors who discussed with the council the present. housing shortage. The Reeve will confer this week with Premier Hepburn re the provincial government’s housing plans. As an added attraction little Jackie Perkins, four year old singing star of CFRB will appear in person and give several selections. Miss Mary Barrett, outstanding juvenile enter- tainer and' popular winner of many amateur contests, will entertain with her novelty dances. The largest Midway in the history of the Street Dance will be operat- ing this year and there will be ample opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of games. Discussing the local water situa- tion the members of council spent considerable time studying recom- mendations re plans to supplement the present supply. Reports to coun- cil indicate that there would be little difficulty in securing an ample sup- ply from wells. It was decided to proceed at once with the installation of a new heating system at the waterworks pump house and work has already started on a fence around the in- take basin to prevent contamination. A record crowd is expected at Richmond Hill’s annual Street Dance next Wednesday evening, August 26. Rus Creighton and his Hay Balers have been engaged to provide the music for the evening and this in itself will be a real treat. This dance band is recognized as one of the outstanding oldI tiine dance orches- tras of Canada and their weekly pro- grams over the radio are very popu- lar. Street Dance Next Wednesday “There are no empty houses in Richmond Hill at the present time and there have been many people who would like to have come here to live but could not secure suitable residences,” said Reeve J. A. Greene at a special meeting of the council held Tuesday evening. The Reeve urged that members of council, con- tractors, local citizens and all interâ€" ested should get together to try to promote building activity in the vill- age. The: houses, he said, would meet the need for residences and would provide work for our unem- ployed. Houses Scarce fintarie Premier The Reeve Urges To Speak At The Building Boom Mulock Picnic “In Essentials, Unity; In Non-essentials, Liberty; In All Things, Charity” FORM III .TO IV FORM IV T0 V FORM I TO II Of a bright and- happy disposition her loss will be keenly felt by a large circle of relatives and friends. She had been a resident of Weston for the last thirty years. Her sisâ€" ter, Mrs. George Sims, predeceased her ten years ago and her husband died in 1931. LATE MRS. ALEX. SIMS The death of Agnes Wilkje New- ton, widow of the late Alex. F. Sims occurred suddenly on August 14th at her late residence, Weston, Ontario. The daughter of the late James Newton, .she was the last surviving member of the Newton family of Elâ€" gin Mills. After receiving her edu- cation at Richmond Hill Public and High schools she taught in various schools for twenty years having been a teacher in Parkdale Public School for a period of twelve years. Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn, On- tario’s Premier will honor the occa- sion by his presence and as the spea- ker for, the day will have a very interesting and special message for the people of North York. Mr. Hep- burn on Saturday will complete a speaking tour of the province and his message will be of especial in- terest to everyone. Under the Hep- burn administration Ontario is steadily marching towards a balanc- ed budget and on Saturd‘ay “Mitch” will give the people of North York a review of provincial affairs. Mr. Mulock has extended a most cordial invitation to every resident of the riding, young and old to be his guests at this annual picnic and one of the largest crowds ever to attend a picnic in this part of On- tario is expected at Woodbridge On Saturday. In addition to Premier Hepburn several other figures prom- inent in the Ontario and Dominion affairs will attend. In addition to the speaking there will be a monster program of sports and attractions. Four bands will pro- vide music and among the bands taking part will be the Richmond' Hill Trumpet Band. There will be a Men’s and Ladies’ Softball tourna- ment, and entries should be made at once to Mr. Fred Thompson, New- market, telephone 606. All those taking part must be from the riding of North York. A special prize will be given for the oldest person attending the pic- nic and a beautiful radio will be given free to the holder of the lucky number program. In the evening there will be a Street Dance in Woodâ€" bridge to which everyone is cordial- 1y invited. There will be a Horseshoe Pitchâ€" ing contest under the supervision of Mr. J. S. McNair of Vaughan Town- ship, and a big program of races and events for young and old. Of special interest to the kiddies will be an interesting contest for which a handsome Shetland Pony and several other prizes will be giv- en. Some boy or girl from North York is going to Win this Shetland host to the people of the riding of North York at the annual Mulock Picnic. This annual picnic sponsor- ed‘ by Bill Mulock has steadily grown in popularity and Saturday several thousand Will gather at the Wood- bridge Fair grounds to enjoy the splendid program and attractions. Pony. There will also be and lollypops free for all ten. Next Saturday, August 22nd, all roads will lead to Woodbridge when W. P. Mulock, K.C., M.P., will be M! The People of North York Invited To Be Guests of Federal Member OBITUARY ice cream the child- *********$. Crops in Vaughan are far from being an average yield. Several have threshed and with the exception of early grain, other yields are very disappointing. Some of the late grain is not worth threshing. Services at the United Church Sun- day evening will be in charge of the Sunday School. Mr. A. R. Hassard of Toronto will be the guest speaker and there will be special music by members of the Sunday School. Government testing of cattle herds is well under way throughout the township. Some herds are standing up well under the tests, while in others a great many have failed to pass the examinations. The regular monthly meeting of Maple Women’s Institute was held at the home of Mrs. N. Hoiles August 12, the President, Mrs. Robeson, in the chair, there being a .good attend- ance. After the business part of the meeting was [conducted a program was given consisting of a paper on Training Future Housekeepers, a pi- ano duet by Mrs. E. Wade and Miss Minnie Line and a reading by Mrs. Jenningsâ€"Thankful. The ladies then went out on the lawn where they played two yames, one seeing which lady could kick her shoe the farthest,- Which was won by Mrs. Devries, and the other a race carrying a peanut on a small wooden spoon won by Mrs. William Orr and Mrs. S. P. Rumble. The meeting was closed by singing God Save the King. Lunch was served on the lawn by the hos- tess and committee in charge and a social half hour spent. Vaughan Township will be on hol- iday Saturday next when a great many from this district will attend the annual Mulock picnic at Wood- bridge. THANSPORTATION T0 MULOCK PICNIC A truck to provide transportaâ€" tion to the MULOCK PICNIC at Woodbridge Saturday afternoon will leave The Liberal Office, Richmond Hill, at 1 p.m. D.S.T. HOW TO MAKE ICED TEA Infuse six heaping teaspoons of Salado Black Tea In a plat of fresh bollan water. After six minutes strain liquid into two-quut container. While hot, add 1‘/2 cups of granulated sugar and the juice of 2 lemons. Stir well until or I: dissolved ,- fill container with cold water. Do not allow tea to cool before a ding the cold water; otherwise liquid will become cloudy. Serve Wld’l chlpped Ice. MAP LE Miss Marjorie Stone underwent an operation on her tonsils on Wednes- day in the Western Hopsital. A large crowd gathered in McDon- ald and Wells Hall on Monday evenâ€" ing in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Dunâ€" can Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dew. On behalf of the Charivari boys Mrs. J. Archibald read the ad- dress. Messrs. Mervin Wilson and “Doc” Gordon presented each couple with a beautiful tea wagon. The evening was spent in dancing with Mr. Alfred Gillham at the violin and two of Catania’s orchestra at piano and drum. Lunch was served and everyone reported an excellent ever.- mg. Friday evening a number of friends gathered at the home of Mrs. V. Gates to present Mrs. A. Archiâ€" bald (nee Dorothy Dew) With a Kifr chen Shower. Mrs. M. Winter returned home last week-end after spending two weeks in Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Duncan Thompson returned on Friday from her vacation spent in Muskoka. Miss Lena Egan left on Monday for a two weeks’ vacation in Musâ€" koka. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dew and Mr. and Mrs. A. Archibald spent the week-end at Priceville visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. O’Dell Mr. and Mrs. Dew remaining for a week. Miss A. Folliott of Saskatchewan is visiting her sister Mrs. H. Folliâ€" ott. Mrs. (Rev.) Lunau of Toronto mu newed old acquaintances in the vill- age a. few days last week. A number from this community at- tended the Laskay Field Day on Saturday. 1Wedding bells are again ringing in the community. Mulock Picnic at Woodbridge Sat- urday, August 22nd. The regular W.M.S. meeting of the United Church took place on Thurs- day afternoon in the S. S. Room of the church, Mrs. Crossley and Mrs. Brown being hostesses. SINGLE COPY 5c. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE KING CITY No. 0