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The business for the afternoon was made as brief as possible as'a fuiIl program was pr‘ovided. Mrs. John Brown gave a most interesting and educational address, using as the title of her story, “If I cannot do great, I can do small things in! a great way.” Her story centered aâ€" round the life of the great w0man scientist Mdme Curi, the discoverer of radium. The new grader purchased by Markham township is expected to arrive for work any time now, and ratepayers are looking for big things in road improvement when the new equipment gets working. Richnfond Hill Presbyterian W.M. S. will be guests of Markham So- ciety Friday afternoon at their an- nual Easter meeting. The last game of a series of eu- chres given by York County Veter- ans Markham Township B.ranch, was held in the Township Hall, Unionâ€" villle, on Thursday, April 7th. There were 32 tables and every one spent; a very pleasant evening. The prize winners were: Menâ€"lst, Mr. R. Kerswel]; 2nd, Mr. C. Hoop- er; 3rd, Mr. R. Boyington; 4t‘h, Mr. J. Clark. I‘mdiesâ€"lst, Mis-s R. Mac- Pherson; 2nd, Mrs. F. Minton; 3rd, Mrs. J. Hood; 4th, Mrls. Ross Brill- inger; Special prize for low scoreâ€" Mr. H. Budd. The winners of the grand prizes, presented to those having the high- esrt total score in the four euchres were: Menâ€"Mr. M. Finley, Mr. D. Gramrt. LadieSQMrs. 0. Cox, Mrs. W. Clark. The District President was present and gave a brief address. Mrs. Gra- ham also added a few words of en- couragement and praised the mem- bers of the Unienville branch for their capabilities. Several violin duets were enj'oyed during the af- ternoonâ€"Miss Elizabeth Hopper and Miss Vellda Perkins, Miss Shirley Brown and Miss Denison, accompan- ied by Mrs. J. W. Perkins, all pupils of Miss Denison. THURSDAY, APRIL let, 1938. The winners: in the lucky draw were Miss R. Allen, Mrs. F. Stiver, Mr. T. Can-uthers, Mrs. Cline Burr, Mrs. Geo. Kelly, Mr. Ben Cox, and Mrs. R. Brillinger. The members of the Veterans Asâ€" socia’cion wish to thank everyone for their support at these euc‘hres, and hope that when they start next sea- son the same generous supp‘ort will follow them again. A committee was chosen to make inquiries about renting the wam Hall for our meetings in the com»- ing seasoq. The maetinlg closed by Singing God Save the King, after which a delightful tea was served by the fol- lowing ladiesâ€"Mrs. T. Barker, Mrs. C. E. Stiver and Mrs. E. Appleton. (Midland Free Press) Now they are trying to introduce bridge cards with five suits, though the average man finds it hard en~ ough to get two suitsâ€"one for Sunâ€" day wear. The regular monthly meeting of the W1. was held Thursday, April 7th, at the home of Mrs. J. W. Per- kins. The four-th annual banquet of the Markham Branch of the York Coutu- ty Veterans was held Wednesday ev- ening in the United Church Hall at Markham. Veterans and their wives enjoyed a delightful program a fea- tui'e' of whichfi was a talk by Jim Hunter, of Toronto. Markham township farmers are busy at spring work. Fall wheat looks exceptionally good and seedls look promising. (Picton Times) The public would not object to pay- img' $2.50 for a radio license if it included a chance fio win a sweep- srtake. UNIONVILLE are the best Counter Check Books made in Canada. They cost no more than ordinary books and always give satisfaction. We are agents and will be pleased to quote you on any style or quantity required. See Your Home Printer First Orders taken at THE LIBERAL OFFICE TOUGH ON THE MAN A TIP TO THE 0.110 ear Sales Books @f/ If Evelyn’s hustbanud Could have 'b-een in the back seat with her inâ€" stead of that imp Bolb MacArthur the nice young man I’d picked for Henrietta, getting- hilariously better acquainted while Ray and I took turns driving and fuming in frontâ€" ‘Lorts of ifs. ‘V I wondered What possible attrac- gfiion I c‘ould ever have supposed our (place had for any one, even for us. v Indoors we had no better luck. Evelyn didn’t care to play contract. I"; would be hard to say what pstarted "the trouble. If it hadn’t Tai‘ned, the car wouldn’t have run: into all the disasters and delays known to a stormy night on coun- 'try roads. ing \Wd arrived at our farm three flours late, to be greeted by Eve- Lyrfs husband, totally demoraldzed be worry. He had' a waiting-for- the-remains expression. “Evelyn, you’re late!” he said flat- ly, looking very mid-Ocean. “Oh, but it was such fun!” said Evelyn, and introduced Bab. Saturday it had settled down to 'a good steady rain. How we man- aged to drag through that day I don't know. Desperately we trai-pâ€" sed over the place and showed our treasures. Horses? Blah! Tennis! courts? Ugh! They drid look pretty «sad, with ‘little pools gathering om I thought I’d plan a perfect house party just once. I was tired of the excess men wnh'o all flocked around one woman or sat up till all hours over their highballs, getting morbid over the state of the nation. And? tired of extra) Women who knew all about China and how to raise child- So I planned it out like a cross- word puzzle. Evelyn and Howard ‘Grant, a handsome young married' couple who had rushed around too' madly in New York to get acquaint- ed With each other; my incomparâ€" anle little cousin, Henrietta, and a nice young man to amuse herâ€"and] me and Ray as hosts, and the small but flawless gathering was com- -p1ete. am In) And that devil, Bofb MacArthur, looked politely right through my pre’tty cousin and slid away to ml. to Evelyn. ren Well, we g‘ot into the house some how and there was poor little Cou- sin Henrietta. She’d been pretend~ ing to read a formidable-looking book and she was simply starved because she hadn’t dared to eat 'on account of Howard pacing up and down and waiting for the ‘1-exmain‘s‘. There wasn’t much left of the ev- ening by the time we’d had a pickup supper. I remember having the im- pression that Evelyn had‘ Bob on a leashâ€"he trailed her with that alert, pleased expression so disrtinctly can- me. That'é the 'way it started and 'that’s the way it went on. I began to look at Henrietta with a More critical eye, perhaps she 'wasn’t so attractive after all. Neither, quite suddenly, did Bblb. They loved to walk in the rain. How- axrd was left to make a fourth, play- ing with a fury that scared two hundred dollars’ worth of lessons out of me. them. The Grants were certainly not hit- fi‘ng it off. Most of the friction must have taken place in my inno- cent blue-anldâ€"silver bedroom, but on One uhfqrtunat-e occasion I heard Howard growling something ab'out “that puppy” and Evelyn answering that he was at least agreeable. By that time there was no quesâ€" tion in my mind but that they were referring to that nice young man, Bob MacArthur. My crosswork week-end certainly had‘ its cross i Words. , Sunday, at last the sun shone. Every one came to breakfast at the same time; that was, something new. There was a convalescent at- tempt at good fellomship, a sort of “well, well, it was only a. little show- er” attitude. There was also the happy thought that it was to be our last day t'oâ€" gether. Of counee Bofb didn't seem to know there was anything wrong. It was his bright thought that it? would be a swell idea to "start the day with a bit of target practice. “Henrietta, I bet no one cam out- shoot'you.” Ray offered, thankful that there was something the poor kid‘ could shine\at. “Get out the pistols and we’ll set up the target.” The setting up was no light job. Ray and Howard got the dirty old target standard out of the barn and struggled with it across the field; The groundl was ‘still pretty muddy. “Where’s Bob? He might give us a hand,” Ray complained. And Where was he, indeed? I’dltownship, on the farm where M] been trailing along in an executiveRutherford spent his younger days Some one must have slipped vit- my coffee that morn~ I opened my eyes and saw Howâ€" ard clutching his empty hand; she’ had shot the gun right out of it. IEvelan still standing there, looked [rather foolish. capacity and Henrietta had her guns! and ammunition laid out in an ord- erly fashion on a table near the house. “Hi Bolb!” shouted Ray. “There he is,” Henrietta called‘ back, pointing- barnwards‘. And there th’ose irresponsible id- iots wereâ€"they'd stayed behind at the barn. Bob was riding bareback and looking friskier than my sadi- dle horse, who’d been shut up in the barn for three days. Evelyn. was admiring. Howard made a sudden irritated attempt to get out from under the end of the standard and sat down in the mud. Henrietta» went to fetch' the culprits, but we had to finish our target setting without them. ' When they sauntered up to the loading tanIe, Evelyn laughed. “Howard, you look simply ridicu- lous! You must have been» wallowing" And them it happened. “Ridiculous? He raised the gun‘ in his hand, slowly until it was aim- ed exactly at her pretty'face. “I’ have seem-ed ridiculous to you for a long time nowâ€"and I’m getting‘ tired of it!” There was a nasty chill in his voice. We sflood inanely helpless before that gun. Henrietta, already’ sighting at the target looked/upâ€" Then came the shot. I closed my- eyes and felt very sick. But it was Henrietta who spoke. “Easy, my lad! iid I graze your finger. Nothing much. But you simply can’t aim guns at people! The damn thing- might have gone off.” “I thought perhaps; you might really be jealous of Bob,” Henrietta| was saying. “But you see, he’s enâ€" gaged to me. Now I’ll clean up that finger." That Messed little minx. S'he’d' “CYCI' set eyes on Bob ’MacArthur ' “M‘ ve=k-end. The Grants left as soon as they could throw their things together. Henrietta must have shot the or'n-l eriness out of them. Evelyn acted; as though she walked from a dream and Howard‘ was .all solicitude. The rest of us drove back to town: in the late afternoon. and Ebb and‘ Henrietta kept the back seat almost as, gay as on that stormy night wit“ Evelyn. Bob simply had a happy‘ nature. For several weeks we’ve had no one at the farm but Ray’s stray' cronies. Ask me anything you like about the state of the nati‘on. 1‘ never ‘have any bright ideas about! Week-ends. They were embarrassedâ€"Bob arid Henrietta â€" when I found them' lunching at Sardi’s yesterday. Hem rietta staid: “Pretend.- nothing!” said Bob. “Do: you think I’d dare turn down such a good shot?” “He has to pretend to be engagâ€" ed to me for a While or poor Hew- ardl might :be jeal‘ous all over a- The Odeath occurred in. a. Toronto hospital on March lst of William Clarr, King Township farmer. He was in his 54th year and died after a short illness from pneumonia. Mr. Carr was born on the 8th Line of King, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Carr, and lived all his life in the district. His wife predeceased him nineteen years ago. Surviving are three sons, Stephen, Verner and Arthur, all at home; also a brother, Herb. Carr, of Schomberg, and two sisters, Mrs. Sydney Douglas, of Nobleton, and Mrs. Sarah Prest, of Tottenham. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. F. V. Abbott and interment followed at King City ce- ‘ metery. Everyone has certain good quali- ties, even though in some they are harder to detect than in others. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford were married 50 years on April 11th. A store in Stayner was broken in- to on the night oprpril 8th. This was the 13th time that this store had been entered during the past seven: months. Caledon farmers are puzzled over a circular which they received re- cently through the mail. It read: “Wanted to buy, good, heabthy dead horses”. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Rutherford have taken up residence in Alibion township, on the farm where Mr. the mud!” THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO WILLIAM CARR cher sled he is Tuesday : A pleece‘men shooted a ‘b‘andet sevral times & places & Pa Hm: it in the paper that 3 of the Woohds was fartle but the other 1 wood‘dent kill him. Now the ed‘itur is about 1/2 sore at Pa & I wander how come. stam'merers in; sed what do lem tlhat for. got sarr 'him hm and sh'o How ab b-orry 5 j-oak am dem d0! 1n Okla. and. Tex. So when we all et supper at the pesterent last nite and tube waiteress brot Pa a stake that wassent hardly cooked nonne & sed they cooked thene Iby ellectrissfihy and is it too rare. Pa sed t‘o her Well I have saw a 1000 cows hurt ‘worser‘n this get up 80 walk off. Kind-y give this meet another sl‘nock. He knows how he wants his stake and gets it. I say he does. Sunday: In the class at S. S. this a. m. the S. S. teecher aislt who can4 tell what is a. sin of omishem and Jake up and re- plide It are~the sin you otto of com- ‘ mited and didden't. Take off-en thinks he knows sum thing: when he ‘dossent. He issent none to brite. Monday : And 3’03]: and laft dem does at Thursday: told you but in Okla. and Friday : A old gentelmen was watching us kids pracbis B. B. this p. m. & was: behind the ketdher & Blisters was in 1he pitchers b‘ox & wildern a south paw. 1 of his curvsl hit the vi‘seter on the hed. Down he went & when! he got up agen he sed What was its lisenSe No. I supose he thot Biiiis'ters hit him with a otto- miobeel. Saturday: A Pot of us kids went to the woods and I took Jane. When we got there she spent all the time with other kids and I sed to her I was a fool when I brot her. She sed she n‘ode it at the time but had to come with some 'boddie. I bleeve she ment it as a dirty crack but I fiofit anctly get its meening. Ile fig- ger it out tho. The first rural mail route in Can- ada was established on October 10, 1908 between Hamilton and Ancas- ter, a distance of seven miles and serving 37 boxes. Mrs. Mary Adams, a resident on the King-Vaughan Townline. \cel'e- brated her 83rd birthday on March 2‘6‘th. She lives on a section of the farm on which she was ‘born. W‘edne‘ SLATS’ DIARY same c how c Sh'Ort l ' about (By Oliver N. Warren) ‘srday: 9 off 0 r could 't & he a‘y: Dont know if but Pa us'e t'o be a and Tex. So when r at the pesterent. 1: waiteress brot Pa 4 sent hardly cooked cooked theve Iby elle< NVADING the domain of the mountain goats, adventure-lov- ing Canadians and Americans Will tramp the Sky-Line Trail in the Yoho Valley district of the Canaâ€" dian Rockies this summer from August 5 to 8. The Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies have a unique organization. It is open to the World at large. The only qualifications are a love of beauty, a sturdy pair of boots, and the will to leave the main roads for the undiscovered charms of the back country. Indications are that a gay band of adventurers will invade the beautiful Yoho Valley this sum- Hikers Prepare for Rockies’ Sky-Line Trails sed I. hartin ae sed tall m my wise Dont 'Kr ,. today and when he were left the tee- Pres. of a school for the big citty. Blisters enney :b'ody want to Th 01: I Monday : And ‘Bhisters aint so 'muah briber than Jake are. A mam from the big citty addT-est are school 01: up Unkel mam man kel Hen. m» be b4 t can‘t ‘t n who v Unkel s Witch crax good both 1 be do wants seen ' 69:0; g PHONE 10 RICHMOND HILL - i QOOOMMWO¢OWQWWM WMOM QOOOOOOONOOMWOONWNNM W W”WOGOW”MW“O”MOO0 9: A GOOD SUPPLY OF No. 21 BARLEY AND VELVET BARLEY No. 1 VICTORY AND BANNER OATS The above is a good heavy grain Also RED CLOVER. 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This type of holiday, so unusual and yet so inexpensive because of the organization formed by hiking enthusiasts, is attracting more people every year. TL: secretary-treasurer, J. Murray Gibbon, Windsor Station, Mont» real, reports that the number of inquiries already received in- dicates that there will be a record turnâ€"out of old and new members this year. The picture’ layout shows highlights of a. typical hiker PAGE SEVEN