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Many friend's in this community were shoeked last Saturday morning- to hear of Miss M. Brown’s death.‘ Miss Brown spent all her girlhood days in this community receiving her Public School education at 8.8. No. 12. The deceased was well re- spected by those of this community as was evident by the number preâ€" sent at the cemetery on Monday. Our sympathy goes to her mother who is left alone. The Victoria Square Dramatic Club have entered the Dnamotic competition at Brougham which is being- held! Friday, February 2nd. A number of the young follk are planning to attend: the Richnniond‘ Hill Carnival on Thursday night. Friday night is the Toronto Centre North Presbytery Carnival at New- market. Our Young People are also planning to attend that. .Mr. Ken Seager of Toronto was a week-end guest at the Sandersoms. Mr. and Mrs. William Watson of Edlg‘eley ‘had tea with and Mrs. C. Sanderson on Monday evening. \Vord has been received that Ross Middleton has arrived at Aldershot, England, safe and sound. They were followed by 3 subs aml some of their escort managed to‘ get two of them, one missed» the boat by six feet. Let’s hope that 6 feet is as close as any of those weapoms come to him and that he may be returned to his friends and loved ones the same carefree chatpv as he left us. Miss Dorothy Vallitere andJ ..ttle neice Maryln Wallace had tea with Mr. and Mrs. B. Sanderson and family on» Friday night. The W.M.S. annual meeting of Toronto Centre Presbyterial held in College Street United Church on Tuesday, January 30th, was well atâ€" tended ‘by Victoria Ssuare Society. Mrs. R. Boynton, Mrs. W. Haig and Mrs. H. Smith acted as delegates. Others present were Mrs. MacDon- ald and Mrs. Lewis Nichols. The worship period at the evening serâ€" vice was in charge of Victoria Ssuare Mission Circle and those takâ€" ing part were Mrs. D. Gee, Misses Vera Nichols, Jean MacDonald and Mr. Stewart Martin spent Sunday at his: home with his father Mr. C. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. F. Constable of Vel- ]ore had tea with Mr. am! Mrs. A. Valliere on Sunday evening. VOL. LVIV. 300 SEATS ALL EVENING 25c. Old Time Skating hrty RICHMOND HILL ARENA Monday Ev’g, February 5th VICTORIA SQUARE NEWSY NOTES THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 2. 3 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR., MARGARET LOCKWOOD “ RULERS OF THE SEA ” WM. HENRY. LOUISE CAMPBELL “ EMERGENCY SQUAD ” ADDED â€" SATURDAY MATINEE ONLY JACKIE COOPER in “BOY SCOUTS TO RESCUE" CARTOONS. ETC. ADMISSION 25 CENTS PLAY THE NEW GAME OF TRUE - FALSE AT CAPITOL EVERY WED. AT 8.30 P.M. ENTERTAINING, EDUCATIONAL AND PROFITABLE CASH AWARDS TO WINNER THE COMMUNITY’S CLEARING HOUSEâ€" THE LIBERAL WANT ADS GET THOSE SKATES FROM THE ATTIC AND ENJOY OLD TIMERS NIGHT WES. MIDDLETON, Chairman Arena Commission Richard Green, Richard Dix, Brenda Joyce in “ HERE I AM A STRANGER ” Everyone from 21 to 81 Invited ALL WEEK, FEBRUARY 5th to 10th Hot Coffee Will Be Served First Showing in North Toronto DEANNA DURBIN in “ FIRST LOVE ” Commencing at 7.30 pm. ANOTHER The World"s Day of Prayer will Ibe held in Victoria Square Church on Friday afternoon, Felbruary 9th, at 2.30 o’clock. Everyone in the community is invited to be present. Gwen Smith. The society regrett- edl very much the absence of the President, Mrs. H. MoCague, who is ill. Very encouraging reports were presented at the annual meeting of the Richmond Hill United Church last week. The pastor, Rev. C. W. F‘olllett, [presided anr Mr. A. AE. Pletwmnan acted as secretary. The activities of the church were re- viewed as the leaders of the various departments submitted their reports and plans» and suggestions were ad- vanced: for the future. Givings to the Missionary and Maintenance Fun-d totalled $1034, an increase of $69 over the previonvs year. The Woâ€" men‘s Missionary Society, Evening Auxiliary and Mission Band reportâ€" ed an income of $526, thus making the total missionary givings of the church $1560. The Women’s Assoâ€" ciation raised the sum of $545, and the grand' total raised for aid pur-‘ poses was in the neighborhood of seven: thousand dollars. New Elders elected to the Session were Messrs. W. W. Trench, Ira Ram- er, Paul Angle and Rand Phipps, ‘which to the Board of Stewards ‘wene added Dr. John W. Wilson and Harry Sayers. The report .of Mr. ‘C. P. Wiley, clerk of session, showed that twentyiour new members had ’been: received into church fellowship during- the year, and that the at- tendance at the communion services ’was the highest of which the clerk "has any record. Also that during ‘the year the pastor had- served' Com,â€" ‘munrilon to twentyâ€"two members in their homes. Not the least interesting and en- ‘jOyafble feature of the evening was the delightful supper served [by the ladies prior to the transaction of business. Both as to the quaility ‘of the menu, as well as the number in attendance, it was pronounced “one of the best ye .” The officials lof the church are deeply appreciat- ive of the splendid contribution made by the ladies toward such an en- joyable evening. UNITED CHURCH ANNUAL MEETING LUCKY NUMBER PRIZES PARKING “In Essentials. Unity; RICHMOND HILL, ‘ Mrs. J. Curzon, knitting conlvenor, reported 165 pairs of socks, 14 pairs of wristlets, 7 scarves and 3 sweat- ers shipped to headquarters. 8 pairs socks have been given out to local buys and the supply of kniflted; artâ€" icles completed ready for shipmenrt consists of 22 pairs of socks, 9 wristlets, 4 palivs of half mitts, 3 scarves and 1 Balaclava cap. There is a supply of 210 lbs. of wool on hand, purchased) before the last rise in the price of wool. Report of Annual Meeting ‘The annual meeting of the Rich- mend Hill Red Cross Society was held in the Red Cross Wonk Room on Thursday evening, January 25th at 8 p.m., Mrs. P. C. Hill, the presi- d‘en/t, presiding. In a shout adldress Mrs. Hill gave a resume of the past f .m' and a half months" work and thanked the executive and mermlbem for their helpful co-opeiration since the organization oif the society. Mrs. Hill reported four shipments of socks and hospital supplies sent to headquarters, three Chni'srtmas boxes sent overseas, and mentioned marry acts of seririrce given freely by memv rbers and friends of the society. M115. Hdll reported $455.71 spent on wool, $207.52 spent on sewing supplies. Complete receipts to Jan. 25th, $915.94. Complete expenses, $841.08, leaving a bank balance of $74.86. SPLENDID WORK OF RIBRMDND HILL RED CROSS SUSIETY SHOWN IN THE REPORTS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING ‘Mrs. Tuck, conrvenvOr of sewing, reported fiflteen bolts of material purchased at a cost of $20152. From this 517 articles, including gorwnls, pyjamas, pillow cases, triangles, 'bowels and sheets have been made, and 473 of these articles have al. ready been senrt to headquarters. Mus. McLatchy puresenrted the fol- lowing treasurer’s report showing the receipts and expenditures of the society up to December 3lst, 1939. '(It might be meted] in passing that total receipts to December 31 were 8726.57, and not, as inicori'ecfily ap- peared in the Monday evening edli- tion of the Daily Star, a balance on hand of $726.57.) CANADIAN RED CROSS RICHMOND HELL BRANICIH Receipts up to Dec. 31, 1939 Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2187.39 Memfbership Fees . . . . . . . . . . 30.50 W001 Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.86 Royal Motion Pictures . . . . . 39.00 Receipts re sade at Mrs. Plewman's . . . . . . . . . . . Frolic , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glee Club Frolnic Receipts Petty Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. P. C. Hill Re-Elected Presidentâ€"Financial Statement Shows $726.57 Raised For War Work in Four Months Expenditures up to Dec. 31, 1939 Supplies purchased . . . . . . . . $348.61 Overseas borxes . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.38 Royal Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00 Frolic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.95 Cleaning Room . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50 Petty Cash- fou' current ex- penses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.03 Cash in Bank Aud'ited and Approved> (Signal) F. Hoover. Election of officer-s resulted in the following executive to hold office for 1940: Hon. Pres., Dr. Lillian Langstaff; Pres., Mrs. P. C. Hill; ViceePres.“ MN. Walker Hall; Sec, Mrs. James Lanrgstaiff; Treas., Mrs. Violet M. McLatchy; Board of Directors: Adâ€" visory Conrvenors, Mrs. J. A. Greene, Mrs. Jolm Sheardown; Knitting con- venors, Mrs. J. Curzon, Mrs. N. C. McGilfibon, Mrs. Walker Hall; Sew- ing convenors, Mrs. H. J. Tuck, Mrs. F. W. Hall, Mrs. Robt. En-dean, Mrs. ‘ O. L. Wright, L. Stong; Pub- licity lconrvenor, Mrs. J. E. Smith. ‘Mr. J. A. Greene spoke a few words of appreciation of the good work done by the members and friends of the Richmond Hill Red Cross Society since its inaugural meeting on. September 8th, 1939. The sum of fifty dollars was vot- ed by the Richmond Hill Red Crossl Society to be sent to Canadian Red | Cross Headquarters. Mrs. P. G. Hill and Mrs. O. L In Non-essentials. Liberty; In All Thmfgg Charity" BNTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY lst, 1940. $726.57 $726.57 17.05 281.02 45.75 15.00 505 .47 22 1 .10 Wright were appointed as RichmOnd Hill delegates to the meeting of the National Council to be heldl shortly in Toronto. Fair Board Held Annual Meeting Harry Charles was re-elected' for 1his third term as President of the Richmond! Hill Agricultural Society at: the annual meeting held in the Municipal Hall, Tuesday evening. Reports of the past year’s activities showed that in addition to the an» nual spring fair the Society spon- sored a Crop Competition, a Farm L'mrprove-ment Contest and co_operat_ edI int staging: the Counitv Seed) Fair. Similar activities in the interests of the Agricultural community are planmedi for th-i-s year and flh-e first will be the County Seed; Fair which will be held here in‘ the near future. F. S. Tyndall was elected) as Lst vicepl'e‘s‘idemt, and R. L. Stiver chosen as second vice-president. Director-s elemed were as follows: Relbelrt W Scott, T. H. Trench, Mor- gan Boyle, J. S. McNail‘. R. L. Sti- ver, F. .S. Tyndiall, L. H. Clement, Cameron Mc‘Taggart, Har'y Chanles, O. D. Robinson, William l\Ieal. Wes»â€" leyv Middleton. The Society plans to ask permission from the Depart- ment of Agriculture to increase the number on the dtirrectorate. 'The classes in Agriculture andv‘ Home Economics conducted by the York County branch of the Ontario Dept. of Agriculture at Schomberg during the month of January, conâ€" cluded] their four weeks of study with a banquet on: Friday evening, January 2‘6th. W. M. 'Coc-k‘burn, Ag. ricultural Representative for York County, who was in charge of the course, announced that therewas a total envohment of 102 with 67 in the boys" class andl 35 in the .girls’ class and that despite cold weather, the boys had an average attendance of 53 and the girls 30. This is an unusually high average for a course of this nature and was the largest in the Province. I The toast to the Home Econorm ‘ics class was proposed by Walter McLean: and responded. to by their President, Helen Hodgson. The Ag- ricultural class was toasted by Betty McEwen and her class members and acknowledged by Lorne Brown, the boys’ President. The guest speaker for the banquet was S. B. Stothers of Arthur, Agri- cultural Representative fOr Wellingâ€" ton County, and his ready Irish humor was neatly blended with his discussion of the outlook of the young people of the farm. Eniteiu taimment was furnished! by Harry Matson playing “the guitar and har- monica and Rachel Proctor \gave a humorous reading. Kenneth Leonard, Vice-Pres. of the tboys’ class, proposed the toast to “Our Guests.” which was respond- ed: to by M1ts.'E. Pearson, Pres. of the Schmmlberg‘ W.I. and Kenneth Holmes, Pres. of the Agricultural Society, and Reeve Thos. McMunchy of King who after congratulating the young folks on» their splendid attendance record, presented the toastmaster, W. M. Cockibul'n, with a resolution from County Council expressing the appreciation of that 'body of the work being done by the Agricultural Representative, not on- ly in promoting this work among the young people but also for his unrtiring efforts on behalf of agri- culture throughout the County. ‘The staff assisting Mr. 'Cookburn‘! was compOSeda of Donald Bell, B.S.A., of Barrie; Miss J. R. McDiarmid of Almonte and Miss Helen Hulet of Norwich. Co-operative play promotion .is being carriedv on at Newmarkat With- groups of that town and Mount A1- ‘ Due to bad‘ weather creating very rpoor driving conditions the local meam assigned to compete in the Ontario Association District Annual Competitions held at Midland, Janu- arv 20th. Was dbligedv‘to cancel trip. ' Next 'I‘uesdav eveninq- two teams from Mount Albert will visit here to engage two local groups. Will all club members kindlv note and be 'on handw~ bert SCHOMBERG SHORT COURSE CLASSES VOLLEY BALL CLUB NOTES W mwowuomouowumm Mrs. Nelson Thompson of Tamil)- erameville visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Woods on Tues- day' off last week. Mrs. McCaI‘lum, Mrs. Willis and Miss Jessie Monlcrman of King visitâ€" ecb on Sunday with Mrs. C‘. Ball. Mrs. J. R. MoCrimmon, Mrs. L. Laver, Mrs. M. J. Kinn‘ee, Mrs. A. Forest, Mrs. Norman, Mrs. C. Ball} attended the ammal meeting of To- ronxto Centre Preslbyterial held in College Street United! Church on Tuesday. Friends will be sorry to hear Mrs. Bert Jackson had the misfortune to ‘break her arm and wish her a speedy recovery. ' tMrs. Amelia Bailey of Toronto is spending a flew days at the home of her d'aughrter-imlww, Mrs. George Bailey. week attending a Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Presi- ‘d‘emts of the Women’s Mivssionary‘ 'Societies of all synodls of the Unified| ‘Lutheran Church m the UnitedI "States and Canada. I Mrs. (Rev.) E. Huenergaufl is thisl | I 'The annual World Day of Prayer will be observed; in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Maple, Friday, February 9th at 3 pm. Memlbervs of missionary societies of the vari- ous churches are participating in- the service andl a cordial imitation is extend'eal to all ladies of the com- munity to join with them in this service. There will be a coast-toâ€" coast broadcast over the CBC. in connection with this World Day of Prayer on Thursday, February 8th at 4.15 pm. an address on the subject “Paiinrtâ€" 'ings and Poetry” followed by sev- ‘eral- solos by Mrs. Rolbt. Marritt. The skating party held at Richmond Hill arena last Wednesday evening, January 24th, was greatly enjoyed. Refreshments consisting of tomato soup and crackers were served in the SS. hall. The Y.P.U. cast is presenting their play “An Adopted‘[ Cinderella” at Ivsling'ton, Thursd'ay and Friday evenings, February lst ‘and 2nd. Mrs. R. Foote and Miss Ruth Mac- ************ ation nomination which will be the opening meeting of the North York election campaign. It is a certainty that Col. W. P. Mulock, the sitting member, will be re-n-ominated and a]. ready he has been deluged! with messages from citizens in all parts of the riding irrespective of their former political affiliaâ€" tions assuring him of their sup- port for re-election-. POOCCOtQIOUOOOOOO )k 1: a: a: * :1: )I: 1: a: :f: a: a: O The Red Cmss needs your supâ€" port. Become a member today. Mrs. C. G. Currie of Toronto spent the week-end with Mrs. Geo. Bailey and famyiily. The Y.P.U. meeting was held in the 5.8. room Monday evening. The meeting was under the leadership of Edwin Crook, Chriistian Fellowship convenor. MI". I. B. Musselman-gave A pancake supper will be heldl in St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Par. ish Hall Tuesday, February 6th at 5.30 p.m. Quality That Satisfies MAPLE NEWSY NOTES SINGLE COPIES 5:. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Crimlmon of Toronto spent the week.- end with their parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. R. MaoCriunmon. On Monday, January 29th, St. Paul’s and) St. Andrew’s Y..P. Guild met at the home of Mr. and: Mrs. 'L. McNeil. The meeting openeti with. a worship period folflaw- ed) by a group discussion on “‘The- Making of a. Christian". The topic, “Money anti how a Christian: should’ apply it in- his life”, was taken by Bruce Constable. The next meeting will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ‘J. Constable. Everyone welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Foster and daughter spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mathewson. We extend congratulations to M. and Mrs. A. C. Robinson who last Saturday, January 27th celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary. Oyer fiifty enjoyed the skating party of Hope school held at A11- rora arena Wednesday evening, Jan. 24th. After the skating was fin- ished everyone went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac McQuarrie where hot refreshments were great- ly enjoyed 'by all. Games were played‘ after the refreshments. .C‘...‘..IO...“.. * a; * x * ii: 1: * 11¢ i: a: * 5,: -X<-X-**-X- NORTH YORK NOMINATION DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED EARLY NEXT \VEEK Announcement will be made ‘ early next week of the date of the North York Liberal Associâ€" ation nomination which will fbe the North York election caimfpalgn. It is a certainty that Col. W. P. will be messages from citizens in all parts of the riding irrespective of lnheir former political affilia_ ’ tions assuring- him of their sup- port for re-election. potttouauooconosu opening meeting of the i Mulock. the sitting- memfber, ' re-n-ominiated and a]. ‘ ready he has 'been deluged) with ' $ t It :1 q: a; * 1. x: a: 1. a 2i a: .1 x: a 1. O Mr. and Mrs. W. H-oiles attended a dinner and bridge at the home of Mr. andI Mrs. W. Harri-s, Toronto, Last Saturday evenllng. We corn- gratu'late Mr. Hoiles on, bringing home the lst pnize. - Lenten Services will be held in‘ 'Zion Lutheran Chunch every Wedâ€" nesday evening at 8 o’clock [beg-insp- -ing with Ash Wednesday, February '7th\. All are cordially invited. Mr. and‘ Mrs. Gray of Toronto visited with Mr. and! Mrs. C. J. Robeson; on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Thomas and Mrs‘ Wm. 01‘1" viSIited Monday, Jan. 29th with their aunts, Misses L. and M. Thomas, of EtOibfiCO'ke. No. 31.