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Mr. and Mrs. R. Edmunds of Rich- mond) Hill attended the Candleâ€"Light service at St. Stephen’s Church on Christmas Eve. A large number enjoyed the im- pressive candle-light service in St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Christ- mas Eve. Miss Brown of Oak Ridges rendered a beautiful solo in: a black- out, and during- the number the lights were re-lit depicting the “light of the world” coming back, even though it; seems to be going out all over the war-torn world. An- other 5010 was given by Miss Bettie Mr. and Mrs. George Palmer, Lois and Dorothy, Mr. Edrwin Crook, L.A.'C. Framk Pace of the R.C.A.F. and T. Wooctward of the R.C.A.F., all of Kingston spent Christmas with Mrs. George Crook. Mrs. J. W. Thomas received- a Christmas message by telephone from Arizona, U.S.A., from Rand'ol‘ph Hoiles who is attending University there. Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Nixon spent Christmas with Mrs. Garrow in To- ronto. Mr. andI Mrs. Bruce McDonald spent Christmas at Beamswille with Mrs. McCrimmon and’ Mrs. R. Foote. Bill- Hoiles and Jack Crook each shot a red fox in the district this week. The Police Village Trustees are endeavouring to secure a s'L'te for a Fire Hall, and also are looking for a place to erect a new flag pole to replace the one which formerly stood on the athletic grounds. The corner of the new Mazple Villa has been suggested as a suiltalbl-e place for the new pole as it is felt it should be somewhere on the main street. A small crowd attended the an- nual naminzation meeting for the Police Village held Mon-day evening. The 1941 trustees, Willbert Cousins, W. J‘. Johnson and Joshua Manning were returned‘ by acclamation when the only other nominee Harry Chap- man, withdrew. We extend congratulations to Reeve Scott and members of the Township Council on receiving an accllamation. A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO @NE AND ALL Opening Dance?l VOL. LXU I. MA'I'INEE DAILY AT 2 P.M.â€"CONTINUOUS THURS. & SAT. EXTRA CARTOONS WED., THURS" FRI., SAT., DECEMBER 31, JANUARY 1, 2, TYRONE POWER, BETTY GRABLE in BUTTONVLLLE HALL (1%" Friday Ev’g, January 9th PHONE M0. 2172 New Year’s Eve at 11.30 BOB HOPE, PAULETTE GODDARD, EDWARD ARNOLD in “ NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH ” THE COMEDY OF THE SEASON MON., TUES.. WED.., THURS. JANUARY 5, 6, 7. 8 SPENCER TRACY, LANA TURNER, INGRID BERGMAN in “ DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE ” â€" â€"- â€" AND â€"- â€"â€" â€"- “ SAILORS 0N LEAVE ” “V25 GLACIER TRAILS AND OTHER SELECTED SHORTS “ BONITA GRANVILLE, RAY MacDONALD in “ DOWN IN SAN DIEGO ” Rus Creighton’s Orchestra Lunch Provided Admission 50c. per person A YANK IN THE R.A.F. ” MAPLE NEWSY NOTES CAPITOL THEATRE E 300 Seats All Evening 25c. MIDNIGHT SHOW â€"â€"-â€"ANDâ€"â€" mThe seriousness of the damage cannot be d‘ertenmin'ed, however, un- til) next sprint ,” he said: “Alternate thawing and! freezing «injures the cell walls: of the plants and} the heaving of the soil, breaks off the plant roots. Farmers prefer a steady win~ ‘ter with an abundance of snow, which protects the plants and pro- vides moisture during the early growing pveriuod’ in: the spring,” he said. Winter crops in York County may have been J‘amaged! (by the changeâ€" alble weather, W. M. Oockburn, York County Agnicul-tural Representative, declared on Monday. A very .pleasant social evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Ramsay December 23rd, when a number of friends gathered to welcome Lorne Well‘s of the RC. A.F., home on Christmas leave from Eastern Canada. It was a very fes~ tive, jolly evening of music, singing and! games orf all‘ kinds, after which a most delightful lunch was served by the hostess. A toast to Our Armed Forces was given] by Dr. Bigfords andl nobly responded to by Lome. Dr. Big-ford spoke of the great co-ordination of sea, air and land! forces and‘ the working out of one supreme command, so as these great forces, hereafter, shall be rat- edl their true value in order that they might work together in the closest harmony. On behalf of all present, very best wishes were ex- tended to Lorne for the coming year. A euchre will be held in the Ma- s-onlic Hall, Wednesday evening, Jan. 9th under the auspices of the Maple W.I.' Fowl will be given for. lst and 2nd prizes. There will be fou-r lucky frame prizes aml there will also be a freeze-out. Come and! enjoy the fun. CHANGEABLE WEATHER HARD ON CROPS Walker of King. The candles in the body of the church were lit by the two sidesm-en, H. Bryan and» Jackson Cook. The United; Church choir as- sisted in the service for which the church was attractively d'ecorateti. Yongé at Castlefield “In Essentials, Unity; In Non-Essentials, Liberty; In 7A1} Things, Charity”. 'Coumcillor Dr. J. P. Wilson, chair- man of the Waterworks- Commission, appealed to the citizens to coâ€"op- erate and pay their ‘bills for public services promptly. “We can cut the water off if the bill isn’t paid, he said, “but it would be much nicer if the people would pay up promptly. During the year there were seven new water services installed and- an extension of the main- some 452 feet on Vaughan Road. There had been an acute water shortage last summer and the council had found a new source of supply which it is hoped will meet the demands of the vill- age. He thanked the 99 per cent of the citizens who last summer co- operated by refraining to use water for lawns and gardens. The odd one Councillor Wes Middlleton said; he had served seven years on council and,a:s he looked back he could‘ see that he mad-e some mistakes, but he at all times did what he thought was in the best interests of the village. He said the past two years had not been easy ones. There had been difficult problems and[ while they mightn’t be completely solved weva't least can see daylight through the woods. He pointed out that the contract price for the Centre Street sewer was less than $80-00 to which would be added costs for land' and engineering which might bring it up another thousand: dollars. In...oth- er years the village spent large sums for law costs and hadi nothing to show for it. I think it is better to spen'i this money and have some- thing- for our money. Reeve Trench gave a very inter- esting and‘ detailed' statement of vil- lage finances and reported that while a year ago the village had‘ an overdraft of $4000, this was wiped out and today there is a credit bal- ance of $1722. The Reeve pointed out that approximately ninety per cent of the tax levy is for uncon- trollable expenditure, that is for schools, debentures and‘ fixed charges. This year the requisitiOn for school purposes was $1800 high- er than last year, but even with this there had been- a tax reduction and the council had’ lived within its budget and finished) the year with a surplus. The Reeve dealt in detail with the projects which have engaged the attention of council including the search for a more adequate water sup-ply and the trunk sewer being constructed on‘ Centre Street East. This latter undertaking is to clear up the situation which has cost the village so much in past years in 181W costs. The serwer is being constructed so that it will be a useful and valuable village asset he said. 'The attendance at the nomination meeting was small, in fact the small-est in many years. Reeve Thomas H. Trench who has been Reeve since 1940 and previously served] seven years Years in the same office, was» the only nominee for the office of Reeve for 1942. Wesley Middleton, Dr. J. P. Wilson, R. D. Little and William Neal, members of council since 1940 were the only nominations for councillors. For school trustee. L. H. Clement, Dun-, can M. Chamney and Duncan Kerr, former members of the BoardI were returned, no other names being placed in nomination. I All members of Richmoncl Hill council were elected D0y accl‘amation at the annual nomination meeting held in» the Municipal Hall Monday evening. In the absence through illness of Mr. A. J. Hume the Village Clerk, J. E. Smith presided over the nomination proceedings. The chairman commented on the fact that in‘ thirty-seven years as village clerk this was the first nomination meeting Mr. Hume had' missedl which is a record which can be equalled by few municipal officials“ in On- tario. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JANUARY REEVE T. H. TRENCH AND ALL OF COUNCIL REâ€"ELECTED FOR 1942 School Trustees Re-elected â€" Small Attendance at Annual Nomination Meeting Monday Night Councillor Wes Mitdldlieton, chair- man of the Arena Commission, ad- vised The Liberal that it is hoped to halve skating at Richmond Hill rink Saturday night. UnleSS there is a very sud-den change to cold weather there will 'be no skating for New Year’s. The child‘ren of St. Mary’s Angli- can- Church held! their annual Christ- mas Tree on Tuesday of last week. Supp-er was: served, after which Santa Claus appeared and presented each ohiid' with a gift. Instead of the usual prime the chifldrenv receiv- ing- highest marks received War Savings Stamps. Mr. B. Watford gave each child a (hex of chocolates and entertained: the gathering with moving pictures. All reported a very happy evening. Trustee P. E. Angle, Chairman of the Boardi, added‘ words of tnibute for the late L. A. Him and com- menvdled am members of the board [for their ’faithful‘ performance of their duties. “Trustee Duncan Kerr who has «been: a member for the past two years said' that it had! been a plea- sure to serve on‘ the board and‘ that at all times he hadJ tried‘ to do his d‘udzy to the school and the taxpay- ers. HOPE FOR Councillor Williani Neal was un- avoidaby absent from the nomina- tion meeting rbut the report of his department of streets anudfisidewalks was CO’Vel‘Ed‘ by the other members of council, Trustee D. M. Chamnvey thanked the electors for reâ€"election and paid tribute to the fine service rendered to- the schools- |by the late Lloyd‘ A. Hill, former chairman of the board whose passing was a great loss to the board during the year. Mr. Cham- ney Valso commend-ed the teachers, pupils and caretaker for the fine war effort being carried( on at the Pub- Lic School. They’re doing a fine job and we congratulate them, said the speaker. water put in. Councillor R. D. Little, chairman of the Electric Light Department d‘eclared' that the village was saving from: $600 to $800 per year by the present system of having the Hydro service the sysrt-em in: comparison to the former .policy of having an elec- trician engaged by the village. At the-end of November there was only $17.50 arrears in, electric light ac- counts comparedl with $440 in June 1940 when the new system was adopted. Wil'bvrt Bone objected to the charge of the municipality of $1.00 per foot for} digging a new water service. He claimed{ the charge was excessive, andl if lowered would be more of an intcenrti‘ve to have the water put in. water users be said. Dr. Wilson also advocates the setting up of a reserve fund in; the waterworks d‘e- partment for replacement of mach.in~ ery and equipment. he said disregarded! our appeal which was manifestly unfair. New equip- ment has been installed at the wat- erworks in an endeavour to elim- inate any trace of marshy taste on the water. This was done at a very small cost. The waterworks depart- ment had a substantial1 surplus on its operation and he advocated an increase in the hydrant rental charged the municipality by the wat- erworks department. The present 104w hydrranrt rental is unfair to the ST. MARY’S CHRISTMAS TREE SKATING SATURDAY lst, 1942 Municipal councils in Woodbridge, Aurora. andl Whi‘fichunc‘he Township were all reâ€"elected by acclamation Monday. Reerve Toole of Whibchurch is mentioned as» likely choice as 1942 York Gounrty Warden. L0.L. OFFICERS ELECTED Election and installation of off- icers of Victoria, LiO.L. 2368 was held in the Orange Hal-l, Richmond Hill, Monday evening. The cere- mony of installation was performed‘ by Wor. Bro. G‘ W. Cox, District Master of Cenitre York District. and associate officers. Officers for 1942 are: Wor. Master, Wor. Bro. R. H. Kane (re-elected); Dep. Master, Bro. Lloyd Beatty; Chaplain, Wor. Bro. Rev. W. F. Wrixoru; Rec. Sec., Wor. Bro. Fredâ€" Hopper; Fin. Sec., Wor. Bro. A. Harwkes; Treasurer, Wor. Bro. W, TyndJall‘I; Marshal, Wor. Bro. J. Sanders; First Lech, Bro. M. C'hedmy; Depds. Lect, Wor. Bro. R. J. Beaitty; lst Committee,“ Bro. J. Orr; 2nd Com., Wor. Bro. R. Libb; 3rd' Com., Wor. Bro. A. Hawkes; 4th Com., Bro. W. Scrivener; 5th Com., Bro. L. Beatty; Auditors, Wor. Bro. Diblb, Bro. Scrivener; Hall Com., Wor. Bros. Hopper, Tyndall, Kane; Sick Com., Wor. Bro. Kane, Bro. L. Beatty, Wor. Bro. Rev. W. F. Wrix- VAUGHAN HAS PAID BOUNTY ’ 0N FORTY-FOUR FOXES Vaughan Township, which was the first Ontario municipality to offer a bounty for killing foxes. has so far paid‘ $2.00 each for forty-four foxes killed in the Township. Coun- cil‘ took the action as farmers were complaining of the raid1 on fowl by the foxes. Many of the foxes being killed‘ are young ones; on Markham Township Council was elected for a two year term a year ago and there was no nomination meeting this year, but in! accordance with the Act a [public meeting of the ratepayers was called‘ MOnd‘ay to hear the members of coun-Cil' speak and' hear the financial report. Bills were posted up calling the public meeting but Monday afternoon all that turned[ up were the Reeve and members of council, the Boat Sup- erintendent, two road foremen, a member of the Board of Health, the Constable and the Hall: caretaker. No speeches were heami, and“ the abâ€" sence of the ratepayers was testi- mony in support of the argument advanced a year ago that adoption of the two year term would tend to lessen: interest in municipal affairs. Charlie Graham, Church Street, Richmond Hilk shot a red‘ fox in Vaughan Town-ship this week. {fl-0.0.0.1“..u- - -u-a- .0- -u- >- p.‘ 0 rb-o-n-o-o-o-.o-O-o.o.0.¢ .a .1 -0- .0. >.< .4 N0 SPEECHES HEARD AT MARKHAM TOWNSHIP PUBLIC MEETING COUNCILS RE-ELECTED yonge St. at (Elenioresl “(17.77 * llUdson 5437 NEW YEAR’S EVE MIDNIGHT SHOW MONDAY. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 “ When Ladies- Meet ” THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 SHOT A FOX “ Life Begins With Andy Hardy \Vith WILLIAM LUDIGAN, MARIS \VRIXON NOVELTY \Vith JOAN CRAWFORD, ROBERT TAYLOR With MICKEY ROONEY, JUDY GARLAND With ARTHUR KENNEDY, JOAN PERRY Case of the Black Cat “ Strange Alibi ” REGULAR PRICES â€"â€"â€"ANDâ€"â€" Master; Nelson Buchanan is the proud Owner of a. new pony these days. Mr. Ralph Boynt.on and daughter Vera are the only two entitled“ to a prize this year for regular attend: anee (50 Sundays) in the Sunday School. The Christmas concert was well attended on Christmas Eve and old Santa must have had a heavy load in order to bring all the gifts that were placed at the foot of the tree. The evening is always one to be; remembered by the young folk of bhe Sunday School. IMr. Herb Sanderson, Mr. Harold Sanderson and Miss Sayers, all of Richmond Hill, accompanied] by tvlvo lads of the R.C.A.F. from Manning Pool who were formerly from Mani- tclba and Rhode Island spent Saturâ€" day afternoon at Mr. Bert Sander- son’s. We are sorry to hear of the ill- ness of little Vera Nlich-ols of Temp- erancerville. Ho-pe she will soon be able to be home from the hospital. Next Friday evening, January 2 the Sunday Schooi willr hold their annual: meeting to elect the new officers: for 1942. Everyone is asked to be present who are interested- in the Sunday School work. Choir prac- tice will be held at the close of the meeting. Miss McCausland’ is spending while with her .parents here. Mr. Donald‘ Boy-1e spent Christmas at this home in Long Branch. Mr. Roger Britnell spent Christ- mras at his home in Toronto. Misses Viola, Ruby and Margaret Avisron, Miss Peggy McKay, Mrs. Jim Paul, Mr. Isaac Williamson we're all home over the week-end and: were present at the regular ser- vice. Also Mr. Harvey Attwood who is spending a few days wmh- his aunt Mrs. Willows. Misses Vera Boyn'ton and Mabel Sanderson spent Saturday with Mrs. Ratcliff-ev and Mrs. Nichols. IMi'ss Vera Nichols had‘ a quilting on, Tuesday afternoon. er. HeII‘o Marritt spent Christâ€" mas at Keswick. There were eighty presenrt at the church service on Sunday. CUTTING GRASS ON CHRISTMAS DAY Convincing evidence of a 1941 Green Christmas was observed at Victoria Square on Christmas Day when. Mr. L. G. Stouten- burg was seen: pushing his lawn mower. “The grass om the lawn Victoria Square No. 27.