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Two Fires Two fires occurred in King and Vaughan vicinity recent’ly. The house and contents on the farm of Mr. H. Miller of Vaughan was com- pletely destroyed one night last week. The barns were saved with difficulty. According to reports Mr. and Mrs. Miller and son were forced out into the cold winter’s night clad in night attire. Having no telephone he‘lp was slow in arriving and when it did, all effort had to be put into saving the barn. Mr. Sloan, a neigh- bor, opened his fine home to the Killers and generous donations from the community provided them with Clothes and bedding. its"bountifu‘l Christmas packages. Harold Murray, carrier, took on an chm man to get the mail across. Ed Williams, a former Kettleby Postmaster, said he had never seen we like. ‘ King City P.O. worked ur-til 1.30 pm. distributing, and mail carriers were plenty late starting out. Parâ€" cels are making a record this year, and Christmas buying is a little on the upswing. Some merchants have found the trade was not partial to luxuries but the buying was gener- ally steady. Schomberg drugg‘ist, A. E. Stuckey, reported a very brisk business, definitely improved over last year. Record Mail For Christmas Christmas mail was the heaviest it has been for some time, according to Township postmasters. Monday's mail was the biggest ever. Harry Wood, carrier from Kleinburg‘ Nobleton, Schomberg and Lloydtown was unable to carry his assignment in the truck and was forced to hire an extra car. In all his years’ ex- perience the has not met with such a heavy service. Kettleby too had The frame house on the farm of Wilbert Bums took fire on Thurs- day forenoon. It is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W. Downey and three small children. Mr. Downey is in the em‘ ploy of Mr. Burns. Discovering the fire in. the roof, Mrs. Downey called to Mr. Harvey Folllctt who happen- ed to be nearby at his barn. The Folliotts notified W. Burns and neighbors .and help soon arrived. Councillor C. E. Walkington was one of the first to arrive with. a fire exfinguisher. Fortunately his timeâ€" ly aid saved the situation. The roof pas quite badly burned, and the Downeys are housing themselves in two rooms until repairs are made. A chimney fire is thought to be the cause. Schomberg Market Schomberg Christmas m a 1' k e t yielded an excellent turn over .last Wednesday; $4000 paid out by one bank and $2046 by the other bank. The average increase over last year was more than $400. Excellent wea- ther and fairly good roads made for good business all around. ngydtown' School, No. 15, held its Christmas entertainment on Friday WW”..me HALL’S 2 35/? mm: fi STA 77/ @N a Make the next 12 moxlths happy, snappy ones for your motor -â€" by using Hall’s Service Station gas and oil. OPPOSITE ORANGE HOME “Be Ready With Reddy Power” 3PAGE EIGHT King City News items last. Mr. and Mrs. Sawdon were recipients of gifts from the pupils and the community. They leave for Tottenham shortly where Mr. Saw- don will take over the principalship of the public school. The Lloydtown The Christmas entertainments are over for this year and very successâ€" ful they were. When Donald Cri-bar of Newmarket played the coronet at Eversley’ concert accompanied by Frances Ross, his solo numbers were a rare treat. Mr. Kenneth Davis has been proâ€" moted to Miningr Engineer’s work in Northern Ontario mines. Misses Clara, Shirley and Earlene Campbell were dancers at Purble- ville concert last week and Gloria danced at Schomlber'g commencement night. Kinghom school introduced talkies into the program. The rhythm band was excellent and a credit to the teacher. Miss Blanche Wellesley spent Sat- urday in Toronto. Pte. Kenneth Scott was hame from Niagara over the week-end. Laskay entertainment was exceed- ingly artistic and pretty this year. Snowball again presented essay prizes and Temperanceville gave a concert by light of the newly in- stalled electricity. Oak Ridges, Nobâ€" leton, West King], New| Scotland], Pottageville, King and many others did their festive share. Schomberg 'public and High drew large crowd; Betty Ball’s first concert in Whitâ€" church was counted excellent. We cannot cover all the events but we found the same joy and delight that the spirit of Christmas brlngs forth, in all parts of the township. God bless them, everyone! Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Ar‘low enter- tained on Christmas day; Mr. and Mrs. Alwin Simpson and daughters of Nashville, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simpson of Woodbrid-ge, Mrs. Jas. Arlow, Percy and William of Mono Mills. Mr. and Mrs. David McAllister of Toronto were holiday visitors at Mr. Fh‘ed Boys. Master Bruce Parker of Toronto has returned home after spending three weeks with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Folliott. Buy Canadian. Buy British, and Help Win the War. Mrs. William Bishop entertained Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Hollinshead of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Usher of Agincourt, Mrs. Bishop Sr. of Vellore. Mr. and Mrs. J. John Hill of Rydal Bank are visiting their parents Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hunter for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Scott and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hadwen and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Wat- son and Robert gathered at the Hun- ter home on Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Murray of Kettleby spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Folliott. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wells of Brad- ford visited at the Curtis home on Christmas. Rev. G. Lynd, Mrs. Lynd and fam- ily of Downsview were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Kyle on Wednesday. Mrs. Muir McDonald of Sydenham is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Boys of Whitby, Miss Winnifred Boys of T0â€" ronto, Miss 'E. 'I‘inline, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McCallum spent Christmas with Mrs. Wm. Boys. Wm. Baldwin. Mrs. McDonald was guest soloist at Laskay service on Sunday. Mr. Muir McDonald, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Baldwin and children of Brooklin were present at the Bald- win Christmas gathering. THE LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO Mr. and Mrs. A. Brillinger had many visitors on Christmas Day in- cluding Mr. and Mrs. MaoGregor land daughter Patricia Lyn, Mr. and lMrs. L. Shortt and son Paul. I The various Christmas entertain- ments are over for another year and Fthere is no doubt that they were a bigger and better succeSS than ever [before and the children having had a really splendid holiday will start the New Year off by getting down to regular duties. The annual Christmas Tree and entertginment in connection with Trinity Church Sunday School will be ‘held in Lawrence Memoria‘l Hall on Friday evening, December 27th at Friday evening, December 27th at 8 o’clock. A cordial invitation is ex- tended to everyone. The world's week of prayer will be observed in the several churches in Thornhill commencing January 6. The program of services will be an- nounced next week. Mr. Russell Virtue of Tyrone vis- ited a day last week with Mr. and Mrs. T. Eindlay. L.O.L. 91 with 22 tables in attend- ance.‘ First and second prizes were won by Miss Viola Robillard‘ and Mr. J. Ellacott. Several friends were entertainned on Christmas Day at the. home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ellacott, A very successful Euchre was held in the Victoria Hall on Monday ev- ening last under the auspices of Mr. and Mrs. S, Findlay enter- tained many guests on Christmas amongst whom were Miss Edna Patterson and Mr. Ben Dutton of Ingersoll. The Women‘s Institute met Mon- day evening at the home of Mrs. R. H. Neil and 14 beautiful Christmas baskets were packed for distribution among the needy and sick. The gen- erous contributions toward these baskets from local merchants and many others were very gratifying. in fact one generous doner paid the entire meat bill, and other generous contributions. enabled the Institute to enclose a large cut of Christmas cake in each basket. The Institute will resume their work meetings on Friday of next week, January 3rd, at the home of Mrs. Neil for rec0n- ditioning clothes to go overseas. Many young people from Thorn- hill United Church gathered at the home of Rev. E. A. Currie Christ- mas evening and spent a splendid time in sing song and‘ eaiety, as a matter of fact they had such a jolly time that many seemed to wish Christmas would come once a week. DANISH SUCCESSION The direct male line of the House of Oldenburg in Denmark became became extinct with the siixteenth king, Frederik VII, on November 15‘ 1863‘ The king died without direct heirs. The Great Powers of Europe signed a treaty at London on May 8. 1852. (by the terms of which the succession to the crown of Denmark was made over to Prince Christian of Schleswig-‘Holstein-Sonderburg- Glucksburg and to the direct male descendants to the union with the Princess Louise of Hesse Cassel, niece of King Christian VIII of Den- mark. The repetition of the names Frederik and Christian in the mem- bers of the royal family of Den- mark is due to a family law which requires that each son shall bear the name of either Frederik Chris- tian or Christian Frederik. By the same law the monarchs are crowned alternately as Frederik or Christian. The township of Innisfil in Simcoe County has now 3214 voters listed. The reeve of this township will have two votes at Countv Council next year now that the listed voters of the township exceed 3000. The town- ship has also a deputy-reeve who THORNHILL UNITED CHURCH A Welcome Awaits You Rev. Eldridge A. Currey, B.A., B.D.', Minister SERVICE OF IN‘TERJCESS'I‘ON 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3-1, 1940 Presbyterian Church “Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Chris- tian’s weapon, which no man knows or finds but only he who has the spirit of grace and of prayer.”â€"â€"Mai'tin Luther. “Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.”â€" Job 3227. Sunday, Dec. 29th 10 ampâ€"Sunday School. Lesson topic, Jesus Requires Faithfulness. Golden text, “To whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be 1‘equired.”â€"â€"Luke 12:48. 11 a.m.â€"â€"Morning Worship. Holy Communion. You are invited to worship with us on this occasion. “He was known to them in the break- ing of bread."â€"4Luke 24:35. 7 p.m.â€"Evening worship. Service will be conducted and sermon will be delivered by the Rev. C. W. Barrett of Woodbridge United Church. Thornhill District News ‘ It was agreed fhat the association would assist in financinghlthie organ- ization of such a nut and would co- operate with other agricultural asso- cxations of the county in obtaining the membership of the county's farm population in the unit. The action of the plowmen follow- ed similar expressions of opinion ad- vanced by farmer members of the County Council at its November session and' by officers of the Peel Milk Producers’ Association late last ; month. I The annual match of the associa- ltion will be held in Toronto Town- ship next year, on farms to be se- lected by the executIVc. William Hostrawser, Malton, was "re-elected president, and other offi- cers elected were as follows: Hon. Presidents, Jack Speers, W. J. Lowe, J. M. Dolson, Alex. McKinney, Jr., Russell Wilson, M. W. Carter, Herb- ert Ruston; vice-presidents, Elisha Parkinson, Brampton; E. C. Cation, Brampton; Arthur ‘flnev, Malton; s-ecretary-treasurer, C. D. Graham, Brampton; directors, Chinguacousy Townshio, H. A. Dolson, David Craig, T. H. Elliott, W. J. Fraser; Toronto Township, Arthur Viney, Fred Lawrence, Herbert Black, Wil- liam McCaug‘herty; Allbion Township, Stanley Wilson, Ed. WilsOn, Henry Wilson, Wilton Downev; Toronto Gore Township, Arthur Julian. John Erwin, Robert Gardhouse. Ira Cham‘ pline; Caledon Township, Watson Wiggins, John Willis, Harrv Laugh- lin-, Carman Parkinson; Brampton, Elisha Parkinson, Charles O’Hara.â€" Telegram. Brampton, Dec. 9â€"Estab1ishment of a unit of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Peel County was unanimously supported by members of 'the Peel County Plowmen’s As- sociation at their annual meeting on Saturday. General Constantine Asks Chaplains to Limit Sermons, Ban Dirges and Make Rites Cheerful. PADRES URGED TO INJECT ‘PEP’ INTO SERVICES Put a little pep and life into hymn tunes and select hymns with a lilt, was the advice of Major-General C. F. Constantine, D.S.O., commanding officer of Military District No. 2, at his first meeting with 65 chap- lains of this district at a luncheon in the Boulevard Club. The luncheon was arranged by Col. the Rev. G. O. Fallis, C.B.E., D.D., senior chaplain of the district. The general was introduced to the gathering by Col. Fallis, and a toast to him was proposed by Major the Rev. Father John Knox, Catholic chaplain. In opening his remarks, Gen. Con- stantine, said that no sermon, if ser- mon there must be, should exceed seven minutes, and he urged that they make their talks interesting and not based on scriptural texts but on happenings ofAthe day. “Make your church service as bright and cheery as possible,” he said. “Too often our military church services include old hymns that, when the band gets through, almost become a funeral dirge. Get hold of your bandmaster and see that he puts a little pep in things.” He said that the padre could ren- der invaluable assistance to his com- manding officer because 01‘ the conâ€" fidence he would hold with the men. He did not mean, however, he ex- plained, that they were to tell tales out of school. “Play with your men, but don’t ever be where you’re not wanted,” he advised. “Get the confidence of your men and be-helpful to them. It is the little things outside your regular duties that count. Never tackle a man an religion when you first meet him. Wait until he gets to know you. He’ll open up goon enough. Germany has taken nearly 9,000,- 000 cows, pigs and chickens over and above normal from Denmark as food. Mr. Hoover thinks the British block- ade should be raised so that Den- mark‘s shortage could be made up. So do the Nazisâ€"(From the Port Arthur News-Chronicle.) WOULD FORM AGRICULTURE UNIT 1N PEEL ‘ “One of the biggest problems you will have is in dealing with young officers. You will find them ready to raise the devil all around when off duty. A proper padre is the only man who can handle them.” >unty Plowmen's Associatio dorses Plan Already Appl‘ov Council and Milk Producers 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 eel“ |@// Sales Books HOOVER’S SUPPORT Association En- ly Approved by New Year Greetings Buy War Savings Stamps Five hundred medical examina- tions per day! ENery one to be painstakingly thorough and unusual- ly complete. Each child to be pro- vided with a full data chart and a written recommendation as to diet and any treatment or medicine re- quired. Not since the Infantile Paralysis epidemic of 1937 has the Hospital been asked to rise to such an emer- gency. Although the situation de- veloped like a bolt from the blue, arrangements were quickly com- pleted. As we all know now, the number of British children sent to Canada this summer did not reach nearly the proportions expected. Conse- quently, the organization that had been set up at the Hospital was not used to the limit of its capacity. Nevertheless practically e v e r y British war guest child passing through Toronto received a com- plete examination with recommen- dations as to treatment. No charge was made for this service. > This is just another of the oc- casions during its unusual career of public service when the Hospital has been fully prepared to meet an . This is just casions during public service has been fully emergency. PARALYSIS STRIKES AGAIN It is only a few weeks ago that newspaper headlines startled the people of Ontario with the an- nouncement that six members of a single family had been stricken with Infantile Paralysis â€" the dreaded Poliomyelitis.‘ One member of the family had to be taken to Toronto in an Iron Lungâ€"his only chance for life. Despite the fact that a large moving van was the only vehicle obtainable which was suit- able for moving the equipment with the youngster already receiving treatment within it. arrangements were quickly made to bring the patient to The I-‘ospital for Sick Children. 1 "'i‘ih’arf’s the job The Hospital for Sick Children was asked to handle early this summer! Hospital’s Capacity For Service Demonstrated By Extra War Burden Health of British War Guest Children Guarded Without Charge The festive season affords us once again the opportunity of exchanging warm greetings and good wishes with friends both near and far. It seems a cruel thing that at this most joyous of all the seasons of the year we should find our world torn with brutal conflict, and our hearts are full of sympathy at this time for our British cous- ins in the Motherland who are bearing such suff- ering at the hands of a wicked aggressor. How- ever out of this clash between the forces of good and the forces of evil we are confident there will come a new and brighter dawn before which all shadows of ugly hate and oppression must flee. I sincerely trust that for every citizen of Rich- mond Hill this will prove to be a Happy and Pros- perous New Year and express the hope that the Giver of all good gifts will extend his bounty to our people during the coming year, and will permit all of us to do our duty towards our fellow-cit- izens, our community and our country. 5 In this greeting we especially think of boys from this community now in His Majesty’s forces, serving our country in Canada or overseas, and our prayers are for their good health and safe return. Thomas H. Trench THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26th, 1940. Reeve A chance for health and happiness is the greatest possible Christmas gift to children. Every hour of every day and night some emergency mUSt be met. The life of a child. precious to some family, is at stake. It is only when a number of similar cases occur at the same time that the work be- comes “news.” and can be called to the attention of the public by the press in a spectacular manner. Nevertheless, the work goes on hour after hour until the days and months and years total decqcles of service But this is just typical of the ser- vice The Hospital for Sick Children has rendered the childre? of this Province for 65 years. to the Province Every emergency situation creates costs which mount up far beyond the normal provisions of govern- ment and municipal grants. But, unlike most other hospitals, The Hospital for Sick Children has no large group of Private Ward beds from which to draw extra revenue which can be applied to Public Ward service. I No help is received from the fund collected by the Toronto Federation for Community Service, as patients are taken from all over the Prov- ince. This worthy Institution, which ac- cepts its little patients regardless of race. creed or financial circum- stance, has just started its annual Christmas appeal for funds to enâ€" able its work to be continued in just as effective a manner as in the past. Those who have investigated all agree that The Hospital for Sick Children makes most careful use of charitable donations and bequestsâ€" a world-wide recognition for ef- ficiency and economical operation has been earned. Your gift should be mailed to the Appeal Secretary. The Hospital for Sick Children. 67 College street. To- romo, VAt firesent. 414 of the 434 beds are in Public Wards. Sick and crippled children must be given medical attention and hos- pital care no matter what their cir- cumstance. No one would deny them this right. Ynevéc'ifi}; “éfiiflldrenr of the