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LIONS EXTRAH J. O’Brien, Curate of Church of St. Mary Immaculate, Richmond Hill met instant death when struck by a mot- or car as he alighted from a North bound street car. The body of the late priest who served as curate here for ’the past year has \been resting at the Rectory and tonight will be removed to St. Paul’s Church, Tor- onto, in preparation for the funeral Friday morning. A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated at St. Paul’s tomorrow morning at ten-thirty and‘ interment will be in the priest’s plot at St. Augustine’s Seminary, King- ston Road. The district was shocked by an- other sad fatality about midnight Monday, April 30th when Rev. C. Instantly Killed When Struck By Auto As He Alighted From Street Car REV. C. J. O’BRIEN FUNERAL FRIDAY Kenneth Petl‘ie of the R.A.F., Camp Borden, driver of the car which struck Father O’Brien was arrested by Constable Howard Jackman, and as he will face a criminal charge no inquest was ordered by Coroner Dr. J. P. Wilson after consultation with chief coroner Dr. Smirlie Lawson. Father O’Brien was struck just as he stepped from the car, and Miss Bavbara Shoebotham of the| High School staff who was immediately Feature Attraction at Richmond Hill Fair VOL. LVIV. ,Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Forsyth and one of their' many ors who are coming to Richmond Hill Fair, Friday, May of the many feature agtractions. Phone MO. 21 72 THE COMMUNITY’S CLEARING HOUSEâ€" THE LIBERAL WANT ADS PAUL MUNI in “ WE ARE NOT ALONE ” â€"_ ALSO â€" JAMES STEPHENSON - MARGO STEVENSON in “ CALLING PHILO VANCE ” FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 3 - 4 THE DEAD END KIDS in “ ON DRESS PARADE ” â€" AND â€" FRANK MORGAN - ANN MORRISS in “ HENRY GOES ARIZONA ” ADDED SHORTS FOR SATURDAY MATINEE WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, MAY 8 - 9 MONDAY 8; TUESDAY. MAY 6 - 7 SPENCER TRACY - HEDY LAMARR in “ I TAKE THIS WOMAN ” â€" AND â€" JACKIE COOPER - BETTY FIELDS in “ SEVENTEEN ” CAPITOL THEATRE 300 Seats All Evening 25c. following narrowly missed being struck. The force of the impact hurled the body some thirty feet and death was said to be instantaneous. Father O’Brien was born in Done- gal, Ireland, and came to Canada while still a youth. He was educat- ed in St. Paul’s separate school, St. Michael’s college and St. Augustine‘s seminary. Before being appointed curate in Richmond Hill in June, 1939, he had served for several years as assistant at St. Gregory’s church, Oshawa. He is survived by his fath- er and mother and two sisters, Cath- erine and "Mary, all of Regent St., Toronto. TREE SPRAYING TIME Those wanting trees sprayed this spring are asked to get in touch with T. H. Trench or John Martin, secretary of the Horticultural SOci- ety, at once. Yonge at Castlefield 1g puppet act- 24th as one x "111 Essentials, Unity; In waxfy: In All flings, Chanty" ;5 | RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THUR (By Lion Dr. J. P. Wilson) In considering means of being of service and feeling that good health is the greatest asset of the commun- ity the club decided on a health sur- vey of the local public school child- ren. A trained public health nurse was secured for this work and in- structions given to pick out parti- cularly any unhealthy conditions which might be corrected. Recom- mendations were made to the par- ents by the nurse covering her find- ings. Generally, parents were co- operative-and much corrective work was done. In a number of cases, investigated and approved, the club financed the procedures recommend- ed by the nurse. It is very gratiâ€"l fying to the club to know their asâ€" sistance is appreciated as evidenced by the letters received from grate- ful parents. It should be noted how- ever that it is not the purpose of ithe Lions Club to a5sume the reâ€" sponsibilities and obligations of par- ients in general in carrying out the [recommendations of the Public Health nurse. Only such cases as are urgently needing attention and in which it is financially impossible for the parents to give the necess- ary attention the club gladly gives that assistance. In this way the club has made it possible for eight- een children to have infected tOnsils and adenoids removed thus aSSuring them against the handicap of ill health from this source. In three cases vision defects were brought to the attention of the club. These were examined by eye spe- cialists and the glasses prescribed were provided by the club. In her survey the nurse noted sev» eral children underweight and sug- gested extra milk for these. For such cases as might properly be conâ€" sidered for the attention of the club over a thousand pints of milk have been supplied at the schools during the past winter. The results of this phase of the club's work has been most gratifying. Contâ€"ributions have also been made to the Public School welfare fund, the High School welfare fund, the Red Cross Society, the Juvenile hockey club and the Christmas bas- ket fund. These various interests of the local Lions Club are mention- ed not in any sense of boasting but rather with a deep feeling of grati- tude that this service club found it possible in so many ways to be of service in our community. SPEECH DEFECT CLASSES (By Lion Dr. Jim Langstaff) At the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto a new type 0f speech training has been developed. Some children, who are apparently normal otherwise, do not learn to talk prop- ei‘ly. Thorough examination does not reveal any abnormality of mouth, tongue, throat, vocal cords or hear- ing; but they cannot produce a com- prehensible form of speech, although they understand What is said to them and react with average intelligence. These children are usually brought These children are usually brought for treatment when they are ap- proaching the school age. They often Lions’ Code of Citizenship and Patriotism THE LIONS’ CLUB IS A SERVICE CLUB To reaffirm my belief in the government of a free people whose inspiration is wisdom, whose greatest cause is justice, and whose noblest objects are peace and liberty; ever remembering our slogan: ‘LIBERTY, INTELLIGENCE, OUR NATION’S SAFETY.’ Our slogan, “Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation’s Safety”, enqbraces and fulfflls the three stages of dernoc- racy. political equality. The second is Intelligence â€"â€" mutual understanding; agreements involving all; laws which are agreements made by and with the consent of the governed, and individuals who have political equality and individual freedom. Then comes the third phase, Our Nation’s Safety â€" A widespread education to produce the leaders from a- mong those who have individual freedom and political equality, intelligence, and mutual understanding. These will lead the people and interpret and administer laws with intelligence, wisdom, mercy and justice. The first stage is Liberty â€"- individual freedom and come from large families where little attention, has been paid to their difficulties .in pronunciation. Such cases have always presented a prob- lem, but it is only recently that a satisfactory treatment has been de- veloped. This treatment, as carried on at the Hospital for Sick Child- ren, Consists of three classes weekly, where ghe children ,are laboriously taught how to shape the mouth and tongue to make the various sounds correctly. The Richmond Hill Lions Club has made it possible for one local child to attend these classes fOr the past six months. The almost incredible transformation in this child’s speech has been very" gratifying to the Lions“ LIONS’ DENTAL REPORT (By Lion Dr. W. J. Mason) The Lions Club,, having made a health survey of the pupils of Rich- mond Hill Public School, undertook the dental work of a number of the children. V Some of these children in their early “teens” had yet to have their first dental work done, consequently various stages of decay were found in their teeth, some children having a few teeth to 'be restored to a nor- mal healthy‘state, others having up to 17 decayed teeth in their mouth. A sound and healthy body is es- sential for every growing child, therefore through the efforts of the Lions Club by its health survey ‘éov- ering a check on the Public School children’s tonsils, eyes and teeth, the club are rendering- a very valuable service. The Lions Club to date have re- stored the health (If over 100 teeth and have extracted about 25 teeth, which have decayed beyond repair. IS IT TRUE? Five golden voiced members of the Richmond Hill Lions CllJJb attended a banquet at the King Edward Hotel Toronto last Thursday evening in honor of one of the big-wigs of Lionism. One vocal number by the quartette, Lloyd Hill, Dr. J. P. Wil- son, Bob Little and Paul Angle with Len Clement on the tuning fork re- sulted in an attractive offer from a large corporation for a radio con- tract. At the time of going to press the report could not .be verified but it is reported they will appear as the “Awful Awmonizers". ~~ WOMEN’S INSTITUTE The regular meeting of the W0- men’s Institute will be held in the Municipal Hall on Thursday, May 9, at 3 pm]. An interesting feature of this meeting will be material brought by the Thornhill ladies who attend- ed the recent course in meat icook- ery sponsored by the Women’s In- stitute. Recipes and literature will be given away ITEMS OMITTED An interesting review of Red Cross Activities in Richmond Hill, past and present, intended for this issue will appear in next week’s Lib- eral. ' RSDAY K, MAY 2nd, 1940. “ THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT ” With ALLAN JONES - MARY MARTIN â€" ALSO â€".â€" “ OUTSIDE THESE WALLS ” With DOLORES COSTELLA - MICHAEL WHALEN i WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY. MAY 8 - 9 0 § PARAMOUNT NEWS Stop! Look! Listen and Come! To hear the Toll Brothers give their travelogue on “Hiking Through South America", an evening’s enter- tainmenc that is highly recommend- ed to be both entertaining and edu-‘ cational. This evening will be a 2- hour program of motion pictures in Kodachrome and black and White and over 100 still views in colour all taken by these two brothers on their hiking 'trip through Central and South America from February 1938 to April 1939.. Be sure and bring the children, they are sure to like it. The proceeds are in aid of the choir. Mr. H. C. Bennett has purchased a new home a short distance west of Aurora kmown as Mrs. Dunn’s property named “Dunworthy”. The family expect to move there some- time during this summer. We welcome to our neighborhood Mr; and Mrs. Arnold Mortson. They are living on the farm formerly own- ed by Mr. J. Cober on the 3rd con- cession. I’m sure the community would be pleased +0 welcome them both at our church and other com- munity activities. We are sorry to hear that Mr. Mount has left our community. He will be greatly missed in the choir and Young People's services. Mrs. M. Nichols and her daughter Mrs. Ratcliffe motored to Vineland last Wednesday to visit Mrs. Anson Nichols and family. Mrs. D. Rumney, Mrs. J. Snider, Mrs. M. Jarvis and Miss Mabel San- derson motored to Wexford last Wed- nesday to the East York Summary Day, which proved to be very inter- esting, looking over the exhibits of meat dishes, seeing a butcher cut up half a beef and explaining the different cuts, the way to choose young, tender, cheap meat in accord- ance with the need. The W.A. supper last Wednesday was fairly well attended, and what was thought to be no program at one time, proved to be an excellent one, if not the best secured from our own members. Sunday visitors at the afternoon church services were Miss Wilma Forrester of Cashel, Mr. Isaac Will- iamson of Pickering College and Master Billy Beatty of Richmond Hill, Mr. and Mrs. John Leece of Maple. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sanderson called on Mrs. Harvey Quantz of Rin-gwood last Thursday. Oh Boy! What a smile that Harry has. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. H. Barber on the birth of a son last Sunday evening. The Junior Institute and Farmers held a‘ social in the Community Hall on Tuesday evening, progressive eu- chre and crokinole being played for the first half of the entertainment. Prizes were awarded as follows: Eu- chre, Ladies, lst, Mrs. Wilfred Ferg- uson; Consolation, Mrs. M. Jarvis; VICTORIA SQUARE NEWSY NOTES Gentlemen, lst, Mr. Harold Wellman; Consolation, Mr. Norman Martin. Crokinole, Ladies, lst, Miss Eloise Perkins; Consolation, Miss Shirley Sanderson; Gentlemen, lst, Mr. Ms- Roberts; Consolation, Mr. Harold Klinck. SINGLE COPIES be. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE After the games were over lunch was served after which the lucky draw was made for the‘ Institute’s set of dishes, the seventh ticket drawn to be the lucky one. Miss Connie Rumney came forward and picked the tickets, the 7th ticket bearing- the name of Mr. Geo. Well- man. I’m sure the Institute would like to thank the public for buying these tickets and helping them along financially. We still had another interesting item at our party, that of a presen- tation of kitchen enamelware to MI. and Mrs. Wilfred Ferguson (nee Edna Chadwick). Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson in a few well chosen words thanked the young people for the useful gift, and asked one and all to visit them any time it was convenient. Then Messrs. George Wellman, Dalton Rumney, Fred Mc'Roberts, Andrew Forsen favored us with some music and an hour or two of dancing was enjoyed by those present. Sunday, May 5th the W.M.S. are holding their annual church services afternoon and evening. In the af- ternoon at 2.30 Rev. and Mrs. Bur- bridge of Korea will speak and their children will sing in Korean. Mrs. Harrington of Unionville will also sing. In the evening at 7.30 they will show slides of Korea. “The Lost Church” will 'be pre- sented in the Church Friday, May 3rd at 8 pm. by Melville United Church under the auspices of the W.M.S. The regular monthly meeting of the W.M.S. will be held next Wed- nesday, May 8th at 2 pm. in the church. The theme “My Missionary Responsibility” and there will be a missionary quiz. Several of the members of the local Society attend- ed the W.M.S. Rally at King last Tuesday. LIONS LIBERAL STAFF Editor-in-chief: Lion Bob Little. I Editorial Committee: Lions James Stewart, Jack Heard, Jack Smith, Frank Hogg and Wick Trench. Features: Lions Paul Angle, Rev. W. F. Wrixon, Dr. Jim Lang-staff, Dr. J. P. Wilson, Dr. Walter Mason, Dick Edmunds. Advertising: Lions Lloyd Hill (chair- man), Len Clement, J. A. Greene, 1. D. Rainer, R. Paris, Bill Cotton, Ted Mansbridge. News: Lions Allan Bales, Fred Hoo- ver, Henry Austin, Y. B. Tracy, Dr. R. K. Young, Cyril Baker, Bob Craigie, Geo. Walwin. Technical Adviser: Lion Jack Smith. (Note: The above list includes all the members of the Richmond Hill Lions Club). No. 44.