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A kitten was born at a farm one ’] ladle east of Faust, Alta., with five res 11093 on one front foot, six on the Le): other, and six and! seven toes, re:- thr erly, on the rear feet. ‘ A Butier §C0uncill0r 1940 WOOOOOM00“WOOOMOOON¢60990099606006M o 3 ELECTION DAY, MONDAY. JANUARY 151, 19-10 In “Hovmewood Hal (63311253? the Owen A. Smin Studio) ELOCUTION ‘21:! DRAMATIC __T0___ RICHMOND HELL 1940 COUNCEL WILL BE APPRECIATED Progress Consist ent with MARGUERITE BOYLE PAGE EIGHT TRENCH ELECTION DAY. MONDAY, JANUARY lst, 1940 Experienced, Tried and Trusted, he will restore confidence in municipal administration at this critical time ELECTION Vote to Elect James Economy Reeve for 1940 THOMAS H. ART YOUR VOTE T0 ELECT DAY Thornhill ELECT ELECTORS OF RICHMOND HILL ELECTION DAY, MONDAY, JANUARY lst, 1940 MON DAY The Bishop of Cologne was ar- rested recently. He had taken as text for a sermon: “The lie Iimps through the land.” “Your sermon was against Dr. 'JoflHbels," he was told. “You know “Yes,” raplied the bishop; “but I didn’t know he lied.” A newspaper account of the inciâ€" iPnt concludes: “The bishop is a limped JANUARY ma n ELECTION DAY, MONDAY, JANUARY lst, 1940 To the Electors of Richmond Hill; Reeve for'1940 “CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK” ied‘ the bisnop lst RE-ELECT 1940 “but I candidate for council for 1940. He said he thought his practical know. ledge of building and construction work and- his past municipal ex- perience might be 07f some assistâ€" ance to the coming council. During his tenm on council a drain was built on Roseview Avenue to clear cil. Ht said ne hoped a ture time Mr. Hill might resume ms activities in resum e life. Wesley Midvd‘leton, a former memâ€" ber of council for a period‘ of a1- n’tcyst five years declared himself a up R. E. E-d‘munds declined a coun- til nomination 'but stated that he bonsider‘e‘d‘ it a duty and privilege to serve the community in any capa- city. sistance from the municipality and‘ *al'so pfay the game with the tax- payers who are paying for it. was not, not in favor of lawsuits,” he said. “I think there are much better and cheaper Ways of settling differâ€" ences.” He said he had been as- cuse-d of being hard [boiled with 'those‘ on relief. My policy he said‘ is to play the game with those who "may for the time being need as- Dr. J. P. Wivlls‘on said that after long and thoughtful omwsidveration he- had consented to be a candidate for council. During his twenty years as a citizen here it had always been his aim to idate for re-election. H aute to Mr. Hlinl’s spiend and his fzne record as c the waterwdrks committe THE LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO Continued fi'om Page 1) J. R. Herrington who nominated P. C. Hill spoke on his behalf ex- >l_aimng- that Mr. Hill has been iii Tic hospitai and unable to take pai? n the coming election or be a cand- 3‘ one asn’t COSTLY LAWSUITS UNDER HUT FIRE AT NOMINATION MEETING any favor ainage pl“ y lawsuit vor of 1m do his bie to promote the council. During il a drain was Avenue to clear ablerm and there over it. “I’m He paid 1; mild quaiiti cnanzman municlpfl 111 E position t for m'unic his orpinit 1 have the who is g: pal affair me to the try my 1) 'ity as I and other ' I .have be Hill." sai i L. H. c School bc ‘would bs thought ‘ expressed would be ‘ possible i ferring‘ t 1 ences of ive lawsr in there wasting < “Elbert iwas criti councii c their re should he ‘When th 1 sisted in i running ithe first Ito sto-D 0””.99099.0000090.9000OOOOOOQOO”MOOOOOOOW”OWNv E "Interests and welfare of the comâ€" ‘n‘Junitvy and if he could do this by' serving on the council he would be glad of that opportunity. “In pracâ€" tilqing medicine he said we finst diagnCSe the case and“ then proceed' with the treatment. I think we can approach the village problems in the same way and probably there is a similarity to our medical problems. We sv-metin".xas have to treat head‘â€" aches in our practice and I believe there are some headaches in mun- licipal life. Lately in Richmond Hill 'we seem to have had an epidemic- iovf “legalitis” or lawsuititis” or something- of that nature. “I don’t- think it should 'be necessary to be "hit on the head with a $2500 club “to make you realize there is some- thing wrong with the fellow who is contmlaining,” he said. He felt lthat careful study of the situation hand the application of best methods- io-f treatment might still “save the patient withourt involving the village in too nriuch exrpenvse.” He felt treat. lment by the application of “com- Hnmm: sense” would clear up some of the present headaches in municipal affairs in Richmond Hill. He; said- lit was his observation that there Twas nlenty of scope for improve- ment in our village and that the gmakixng of these improvements wouldI ‘give needled employment in em. :s'truetive work. i1‘939 council in passing the car ‘Wretckzing thy-law. “It is not the Sight of any council,” he said, “to idegprive any man of the Godugiven §right to earn his daily bread.” Law lsuits should be a last resort andl besides being expensive they are a ibladl thing in the community, caus- iing strife and dissension. A res-i- ident of the village for 15 years he ‘could not agree with those who said! . {a tenant should not sit on COunvcil. Tenants sit on the school board, he i said and no one seems to think anyâ€" thing about it. He asked which is. the better citizen, the property own- er making $40 a week who pays $98 in taxes and spends all his money in Toronto, or the ten-ant making $20 a week who spends 99 per cent of his money in the inI- age. The tenant .he says pays taxes indirectly through rent. One ne- cessary qualification of a councillor is a desire to. (be of service to man'â€" ldind. He stated he would be a candidate for council and if elect. ed would give of his lbest in the service of the muurr'cipeliw and espeâ€" cially would try to improve the lot at“ the young people. R. D. Little who has completed six years as a mem‘ber of the Board' of Education and Public School 1 Trustee Board of which he has been chairman announced: that he would: be a candidate for council. “Until Itwo weeks ago I had no thought of ‘I'unning for council," he said, “but so many ratepayers have urged me ito stand that I have dec’ded to be a candidate.” He expressed his op- position to the proposed long term for municipal councillors and said in his opinion the ratepayers should thave the annual .privilege of saying who is goiitg to administer municiâ€" pal affairs. “If the ratepayers elect me to the office of councillor I will try my best to serve the commune 'ity as I have on the schobl board and other organizations with which ' I .have been associated in Richmond Hill." said Mr. Little. I __._â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"-â€".____44A ovvvvvvmvvvvvvvvvvv V I James Butler, candidate for cil made an ‘aLoqu-ent plea for CH leadership to face the pm of .our young people. New i tries are neededI to give an James Butler, candidate for coun: cil made an eloquent plea for cowh- cil leadership to face the problems of .our young people. New indusâ€" tries are neededI to give elrlployh ment to these young people he said and] he quotecl an instance of an in- dustry recentlry located in a ne‘ail‘oy bo‘wn' which he thought could have been securedl for Richmond Hill if properly“ approached. He thought it was important these elected to council sheuld‘ n‘ot mistake their own opinions for pwblic opinion. He was very critical of :the action of the 1939 council in passing the car L. H. Clement, nominated for both school board and council said he would be a candidate where he thought he was most needed. He expressed the hope that ratepayers would: be careful to elect the best possible council next Monday. Reâ€" ferring to the unfortunate experiâ€" ences of the past year with expensâ€" ive lawsuits he said' “we need men z with a little sense to stop our money.” rt Bone, nominated for reefie ideal of the 1939 reeve and’ concerning the lawsuits. On .'ecord I don’t think they have an acclamation he said. they were beaten they per. .n carrying on the case and - up the expense. Even on Bay the judge told tht'n it and: go home, but they kept on until the expenses mounted sky.high. I am not anxious to enter municipal life he seid‘ but as a tax- payer I want to voice my oprposi- tion to this kind of work on the part of our council. The nominations were as foilows: For Reeve: Wilbert Bone, nominated by J. A. Bowes, seconded by W. E. Lunau; Thomas H. Trench, nominat- ed by Wm. Neal, seconded by L. H. Clement; J. A. Greene, nominated 3y Hall seconde Clement ended by J. R. Herringmn; P. C Hill, nominated by J. R. Herrington seconded by J. E. Smith; Dr. J. P Wilson, nominated by J. R. Herr ing‘ton. seconded by J. E. Smith Wm. Neal, nominated by L. B. Teet zel, seconded by F. S. Tyndall Christian Nelson, nominated by F Schissler, seconded by Ja-mes E S'k-eele. For School ’1'1‘us1 ney, nominated by ended by L. A. I nominated by D. i‘leton ended by nominated nominated For Councillor cminated by Hel ttle Art Hopper COUNCILLOR FOR RICHMOND HILL FOR 1940 CHRISTIAN NELSON ELECTION DAY, MONDAY, JANUARY lst, 1940 :‘111 YOURS FOR STRICT ATTENTION TO CIVIC BUSINESS Litfl nat To the Electors of Richmond Hill Your Support is Respectfully Solicited for Wishing you one and all the Compliments of the Season Hill ‘con Smith; Richard tcd 8.111 e Chamney, se-c Y. B. Tracy Hill, seconde: mith, se ,‘uncan ( A. Eden R. D. Littl THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28th, 1939. 3y 3_V .11; R. D. Hill, secâ€" seconde Edmund: Butlel con dve ha) by R. D. Little; L. H. Clement, nomâ€" inated by A. A. Eden, seconded! by R. D. Little; Duncan Kerr, nomin- ated- by T. H. Trench, seconded by i W. L. CLARK Remlectedv Markham Township | Councillor for the comrng term. PUPILS ACCEPTED FOR Violin, ’Cello, Trumpet Trombone THEORY, HARMONY AND INSTRUMENTATION Homes Visited Hill WELLIAM Councillor for 1940 PERCY A. DRURY VOTE TO ELECT Liberal Office