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The closing meeting of the Y.P.U. was held on Friday evening, May 16 with a banquet in the SS. room. Aibout fifty members and friends were present. A very enjoyable dinner was served by the ladies of the WA. A short sing son-g fol- lowed under the leadership o£ Max'- garet Fockler. The toast to the King was propOSed by the president Marion Watson and' responded to by singing the National Anthem; to the church proposed by Hugh Todd, re- sponded‘ to by Rev. C. E. Fockler; to the ladies, proposed by Art Shaw, The annual meeting and election of officers of the Women’s Institute was held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Earlv Palmer. The annual report of the flower and sick committee was given by Mrs. Alfred Jones. The financial report given by the secretaryâ€"treasurer, Evelyn Forrest, showed a bank balance of $113.42. The roll call prize was- presented to Mrs. D. Allen. Lunch was served by the hostess and com~ mittee and a social time spent. Off- icers for 1941-42 are: President, Mrs. T. F. Jackson; lst Viceâ€"Pres, Mrs. T. O. Nixon; 2nd Vice-Pres, Mrs. A. E. Snider; Sec.-T1‘eas., Miss Eveâ€" lyn Forrest; Asst. Sec.-Treas., Mrs. J. McMahon; District Director, Mrs. A. E. Snider; Directors, Mrs. V. Orr,- Mrs. A. Jones, Mrs. E. T. Wade; Auditors, Mrs. F. P. Rumlble and Mrs. F. S. Rumble; Flower and Sick Com., Mrs. Earl Pallmer, Mrs. J. Mc- Mahon; Standing and Historical Re- search Com., Mrs. F. S. Rumble; Health, Mrs. A. Forrest; Community Activities, Mrs. M. PaLmel‘; Educa- tion, Mrs. Gordon Watson; Home Economics, Mrs. Roy Kefifer; Can- adian Industries and Agriculture, Mrs. W. Orr; Publicity, Mrs. D. Al- len; Current Events, Mrs. W. Noible; Pianist, Mrs. E. T. Wade; Assistant Pianist, Mrs. W. Noble. Miss Myrtle Keflfer of Newmarf ket spent several days this week at’“ her home here. Mrs. R. Foote and daughter June Anne of Beamsville spent last week at the home of her sister Mrs Bruce McDonald. Rev. and Mrs. J. R. MoCrimvmon of Beamsville spent Saturday at the home of their daughter Mrs. Bruce McDonald. The United' Church 8.8. are hold- ing anniversary services on Sunday, June lst at 11 21.111. and 7.30 pm. Further announcement of these ser- vices will be made later. Mrs. Wm. Thomas and Mr. W. Hoiles attend-ed convocation w‘iich ‘was held in Grant Hall, Queen’s Uni- versity, Kingston Saturday, Mav 17 when Mr. Randolph Hoiles, B.A., re- ceived his MA. degree in Geology “Mrs. G. Crooks accompanied Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Hoiles to Kingston and visited Edwin Crooks, who is a patient in Kingston General Hospitâ€" al, and Mr. and Mrs. George Palmâ€" er. The Teston and Hope Red Cross Unit No. 6 will meet in Teston Unit- ed) Church S.S. room on Wednesday afternoon, May 28th at 1.30 p.m. standard time. Members are asked to come early as there are two quilts to be quilted at this meeting. MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT FAIR SATURDAY VOL. LXII. ADDED CARTOONS AND SERIAL FOR SAT. MATINEE BOYS AND GIRLS! WIN A SWEATER AT 10 V0 CONTEST SATURDAY AT 3 RM. PHONE MO. 2172 MONDAY, TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 - 27 JAMES (‘AGNEY - OLIVIA DE HAVILAND in “ STRAWBERRY BLONDE ” â€" ALSO â€" “ SHADOW ON THE STAIRS ” With FRIEDA INESCOURT - PAUL CAVANAGH 28 THE COMMUNITY’S CLEARING HOUSEâ€" THE LIBERAL WANT ADS ROBERT YOUNG - RANDOLPH SCOTT in “ WESTERN UNION ” IN TECHNICOLOR _ ALSOâ€" FRANK MORGAN - BILLIE BURKE in “ HULLABALOO ” MAPLE NEWSY NOTES FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 23 - 24 CAPITOL THEATRE E 300 Seats All Evening 25c. A. M. Gibson, Toronto District Postal Director was the speaker at the regular meeting of the Richmond Hill Lions Club last Thursday even- ing. Reviewing the postal history of Canada the speaker pointed out that the first Post Office was open- ed in Canada in 1857, and today there are over 12,500 Post Offices serving the people of Canada. The first rural mail delivery was in 1903 and today in Canada there are over 4600 mail routes serving the rural sections of the Dominion. The in- troduction of Air Mail has speedihr developed since first introduced in 1927, and today there are eleven mails daily from the airport at Mal- ton. Mr. Gibson told of the new methods of transporting soldiers’ mail via the air routes. To consen'e space and redluce weight, soldiers’ letters are photographed andl carried by plane in film form; and redevel- oped to their natural size before de- livery. In this way thousands of letters are carriedI in the very small space of a roll of film. The address by the District Director of Mail Ser- vices was very much enjoyed by the members and’ several questions were asked and cheerfully answered. TICKET OFFICE PAINTED The ticket office at the Fair Grounds was brightened this Week with a new coat of paint in prepar- ation for Fair Day next Saturday. The anniversary services of Maple Unitedl Sunday School will be held on Sunday, June 151:, at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. D.S.T. Rev. E. R. McLean. General Secretary of the Ontario Religious Education Council will be guest speaker at both of these sev- vices. Special music is being ar- ranged and in the evening the male choir of St. Clair Avenue United Church Bible Class will the in atâ€" tendance. Mr. and Mrs. E. Tate and‘ two sons Harvey and- Neil. of Stouffville, Mrs. M. J. Houck and Miss Edna H-ouok of Cashel spent Sunday, May 18th thh Mr. and Mrs. P. Puter- baugh and family of Maple in honor of Irene’s birthday anniversary. On Sunday, May 25th, at 11 am. D.S.T. the United Sunday School are to have the pleasure of having Mrs. Mary Thomtas speak about her mis- sionary work in Korea. Congratulations to Elinor Oliver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Oliver, who received' her diploma at Normal School on her year’s work. responded to by Dorothy Keffer; to the Union, proposed‘ ‘by Robert; Ma"- ritt andI responded to by Marion Wat- son. A piano solo iby Margaret, Ramsay was much enjoyed! and‘ Mr James Stevens sang- two solos. The guest speaker, Mr. Kenneth Part‘ ridge, K.-C., of Brampton gave a challenging! address on the tone “Following the Gleam". Beryl Le- Grice read the Y.P. paper, Vox Populi. The meeting came to a close with the singing of Auld Lang Syne and the Mizpah: benediction. DISTRICT POSTAL DIRECTOR SPEAKER AT LIONS CLUB @ “ E E ,. um MIL -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Y onge at Castlefield “In'Essentials, Unity; In Non-Essentials, Liberty; In All Things, Charity”. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO THURSDAY, MAY '22nd. 1941. Bouquet of garden flowers in small container, complete, height not to ex- ceed 8 inches, Mrs. Bales, Mrs. C. Graham; Bouquet of Garden Flow- ers in a large bowl, Mrs. Phipps, Mrs. A. J. Hume; Bouquet of Gap den Flowers in a basket, Mr. J. A. Bales; Rock garden blooms, arranged effectively, Mrs. James; Tulips, col- lection of 2", Mrs. J. P. Wilson; In- dividual branch of shrub in bloom, Mrs. A. J. Hume, Mr. James. Tulips, striped or novelty, indivi- dual, Mrs. J. P. Wilson; Tulips, striped or novelty, collection of 6, Mrs. C. Graham, ‘Mrs. J. P. Wilson, Tulips, Cottage, individual, Miss C. Ball; Tulips, Cottage, collection of 6, Miss C. Ball; prize for the best tulip at the show selected by judge from above, Mrs. C. Graham. Narcissus, individual, J. Martin, Mrs. James; Narcissus, individual cluster, Mrs. Jam-es, Mrs. C. Gra- ham; Narcissi, any variety, 6 alike or different, J. Martin, Mrs. James; Lilac, individual single {bloom or cluster, Mrs. Phipps, Mrs. J. A. Bales; Lilac, collection of 8, at least 2 varieties, Mrs. Phipps, Mrs. J. A. Bales; display of Lily-ofâ€"the-Valley, arranged with other garden flowers, Mrs. James, Mrs. J. P. Wilson. Tulips, Darwin, individual, Mrs. (3'. 'Graham, Mrs. J. P. Wilson; Tulips», Darwin, collection of 6, Mrs. J. A. Bales, Mrs. J. P. Wilson; Tulips, Breeder, individual, Mrs. C. Graham, Mrs. J. P. Wilson; Tulips, Breeder, collection of 6, Mrs. C. Graham, Mrs. J. P. Wilson. PRIZE WINNERS AT TULIP SHOW The following were prize winners at the Tulip Show held Wednesday, May let, by the Richmond Hill Horticultural Society: ‘ York County, like all other d'is- tricts across the Dominion, is pre- paring to do its‘ full share in “pro- viding the tools” to finish the job. An organization has [been set up under the able leadership of Capt. Aubrey Davis of Newmarket and every community in North York will be well organized} in the drive to put the Victory Loan over the top. Administration and Finance. Comâ€" mittee: H. L. Trapp, Toronto; H. J. Reidh Toronto; W. C. Bell, Newmar- ket; H. E. Lamfbert, Nerwmark‘et. Sales Committee: Ambrey Dlavis Newmarket, Ont., (Chairman); R. H Corner, Pefferlaw, Ont; Major A A. McKenzie, Woodsbridvge, Ont; Wn' Sis‘man, Aurora, Ont. Pmblicity Committee: M ofrfatt Cocklburn, Newmarket, Ont, (Chair- man); J. M. Walton, Aurora, Ont: C. E. Lundy, Aurora, Ont; A. B. Nolan, Stouffville, Ont.; A. C. West, Newmarket, 0nt.; Andrew He’bb, Newmarket, 0nt.; J. E. Smith, Rich- mond Hill, Ont.; M. Williams, Mark- ham, Ont.; V. H. Sheppardl, Sutton. Special Names Committee: Aubrey Davis, Newmarket, Ont; R. H. Corn- er, Pefferlaw, Ont.;,Major A. A. MacKenzie, Woodbrid‘ge, Ont.; Wm. Sisman. Aurora, Ont. The following committee organiza- tion has been appointed for North York: Resolute and fired with the high spirit of patriotic endeavour the peo- ple of Canada Welcome the forthâ€" coming Victory Loan as a personal opportunity to “do something" real in the war. Not with battleâ€"dress and weapons of our gallant troops but armed with dollars and rescurces the great citizens army is swinging into action. Money is needed to keep up the supply of ships, planes, guns and tanks, to keep the flow of war equipment flowing in ever-increas- ing quantity to our gallant forces, the defenders of our wayâ€"ofâ€"lifc. Every dollar you lendl, rbrings near- er the d<ay of victory. PLAN VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN IN NORTH YORK Favored with delightful weather the official opening- of the Richmond Hill Bowling Clubwas‘ held‘ Monday evening. There ‘were thirty-two present and- a very enjoyable tour- nament was enjoyed. Several new members were present andf many others have intima'ted that they plan to take up the game this year. New members will be made very‘welcome and the club officers ask anyone in- terested to take this as an invitaâ€" tion to come down to the green any time. The greens are open for play any time, and mixed! tournaments for local memfbers are held‘ every Monday and Thursday evening. Skip Morley Hall displayedl mid-season form Monday night to annex the first prize. The rink was: Mrs. J. Martin, Mrs. Chatterley, James Grainger and Morley B. Hall skip. “Bob” Moodrie, chairman of the greens committee, was congratulatâ€" ed by the members on the' excellent condition of the greens. The usual Thursday night games will be played tonight starting at 7.30 pm. Mrs. George Chadwick, Church Street, RichmondJ Hill, who is in the Toronto Genera? Hospital suffering from injuries‘ received in a motor ‘accident in North Toronto Tuesday evening, is reported this morning as progressing favorably. Mrs. Chad- wick suffered a broken arm as well as cuts and bruises when the car she was driving was in collision with a car driven ‘by W. McMillan, St. Clair Ave., Toronto, at the intersec- tion of Jedlburg'h Road and Metrese Avenue.» Mrs. Chadrwiok‘s car was thrown on itswside against a tree at the southâ€"west corner and citi- zens and police were abOut twenty minutes freeing the injured woman. She was rushed) to the General Hos- pital, and-.vher.mlavn-y friends will be pleased' to know'theat ‘there are no serious injuries 1other than the blkk- en' arrn,"an’d"’lt 'isi'fihopedi she will be aible'to return home soon. The Chad? wick car ‘Was’wiéry badly wrecked. The afternoon program also will include a military display by the Jueen’s York Rangers, Ladies Soft- ball, races for the children and mangr feature attractions. J. S. McNair, in charge of concessions, reports the midway will have all the usual fea« tures and the nigh-t attraction is the big Wrestling Show in the Arena starting at 9 o’clock. The Horse Show this year prom- ises to be one of the best in many years. Entries have been coming in in large numbers during the past week and the showing of the vari- ous classes in the ring will be in- teresting with the keen competition anticipated. Entries are from prom- inent horsemen in this district, anti many centres throughout York and neighlbouring counties. Entries have been receivedl from points as far dis- tant as Kitchener. President F. S. Tyndall ant! Vice-president R. L. Stiver, chairman of the Horse classes are very optimistic concern- ing the Horse Show this year. Mr. O. D. Robinson who directs Saddle and Hurdle events assures us this morning that some of the best horses in the. province will be competing in the jumping events. Meet your friends at the Fair on Saturday. LOOK FOR LARGE ENTRY IN HORSE SHOW SATURDAY Saturday, May 24th will be like “Old Home Week" celebration in Richmond Hill as people from far and near come here for the 92nd annual Richmond“ Hill Fair. It’s a great day for renewing old ac- quaintances, and there will be many re-unions of oldI friends- and aissoci- ates, many who haven't seen each other since “last twenty-fourth". MRS. CHAD‘VICK INJURED [N MOTOR ACCIDENT IS PRO- GiiESSING FAVORABLY BOWLING NOTES a meeting, and how about joining this organization. You: can carry 0.1 on the other fellow"vs quarter, but your’s would help to lift the Insti- tute to a higher and' better level, so how about a little co-operation.. We have heard’ the District Annual is to be on Wednesday, June 4th at Richmond Hill. Perhaps we will re- ceive more definite word before our regular meeting, which will be June Mr. and Mrs. Criplps of Milton, Mr. and Mrs. Cree of Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. Rolph Perkins; Eloise and Coral all were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald? Pickering. The Mission Circle meets on Fri- day evening, May 23rd] at. the home of Mrs. Cecil Nichols. All the junâ€" ior girls of the community are in- vited to attend. The executive of the J.W.I. met at the home of Mrs. Martin Styrmc on Monday evening to plan the pro- gram fOr the coming year. There are several items entirely new for this year so plan now not to miss Mr. Percy Hagerm‘an was another outâ€"ofâ€"town guest. We are always glad to welcome home the old bays and girls of our community. The W.M.S. services were well at- tended' on Sunday, there being; 86 out in the afternoon when Rev. J. C. McKay, a returned missionary from India, brought the message with Miss Burwashs of Agincourt rendering two spllendid' solos. In the evening there were 75 present to hear Mrs. J. C. McKay who brought a very educational address on the lives of the folk of India. We were also favoured with two lovely solos by our own Miss Peggy McKay. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Boynton and Miss Stoven all of Port Perry were_ Sund’ay visitors in the town calling on several old friends. SATURDAY NIGHT, MAY 24 B I G WRESTLING SHOW See the Wrestlers Saturday Night VICTORIA SQUARE NEWSY NOTES Richmond Hill Arena THREE THRILLING BUUTS Commencing 9 p.m. D.S.T. PAST MASTERS’ NIGHT AT RICHMOND LODGE W. Bro. W. A. Wright who re- cently celebrated his eighty-third birthday received the hearty congra- tulations of his brethren in Masonry, when Wednesday evening on the pc- casion of the annual Past Masters’ Night at Richmond Lodge he occu- pied' the Chair of the Worshipful' Master. Following the exemplifica- tion of the third degree W. Bro. Wright was warmly congratulatedl on the able manner in which he carried out the work of the evening. W. Bro. Wright was Worshipful Mas- ter of Richmond Lodge in 1915. 0th- er Past Masters who occupied chairs for the evening and assisted in the work we’re: W. Bro. L. A. Hill, W. Bro. E. R. Metcaltfe, W. Bro. A. E. Glass, W. Bro. W. G. BaldOck, W. Bro. D. M. Chamney, W. Bro. J. E'. Smith, V.W. Bro. T. H. Trench, W. Bro. A. A. Eden, Bro. J. R. Herring‘ton, W. Bro. J.'A. Monk- man, W. Bro. Carl Swanson and W. Bro. J. C. Murphy. The W.A. convention provedI to be quite successful. About 150 guests were served at dinner after a very interesting and educational morning session on our own work through business and reports, which usually takes up the morning session. In the afternoon we were very fortun- ate in having, Rev. Harold Young to speak to us on “0111' Bible”. It is too bad more from the surroundâ€" ing country did.I not hear him, as most of our guests were from To- ronto, folk who can take a street car and hear these ministers of whom we hear a. lot albout. 3rd. We hope we will have more word by next week. However, plan to attend, whether a. member or not. No. 47