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ORDER HELEN SIMPSON FLOWERS (At St. Clements) Telephone MAyfair 1145-6 Helen Simpson Lynett J. F. Lyn‘ DENTIST FORMERLY OF THORNHILL Announces that his office 15 now located -at the City Limits, North Toronto, directly opposite the Term- inal. over Liggett's Drug Store. Phone Office: HYland 9300 Immediatly North of Masonic Hall Phone 87 â€"â€" Richmond Hill Toronto Officeâ€"18 Toronto Street Phone Adelaide 5877 Barrister Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. A. Cameron MacNaughton, K.C. Alex M. MacNaug'hton tMcKinnon Building 19 Melinda Street, Toronto, Ontario 100 Main St 'Phone 126 Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Residence - - 18 Poyntz Ave. Lansing, Ont. Willowdale 308 Room 66, 18 Toronto St., Toronto Phone AD. 5877-8â€"53 TH‘O-RNHILL AND UNIONVILLE ALEXANDER MacGREGOR, K.C. ALBERT J. WIILSON, M.A. BARRISTERS 614 Confederation Life Building ELgin 5029_ Toronto DENTIST "LDNGE AND ARNOLD STREET PHONE 70 RICHMOND HILL 85 Richmond St. West Richmond Hill, Thursday forenoon Maple, Thursday afternoon Money to loan at Current Rate J03. Rabinowitch, BA. 191'. P. R. MacFarlane DENTIST Closed Wednesday all day GAS EXTRACTION â€" X-RAY Phone Woodbridge 172 BARRISTER, SOLICIT‘OR NOTARY PUBLIC SucceSSor to B. B. Jordan Ofl’ice 'Hours â€" Daily 10 to 5 p.111, Evenings â€"â€" Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays, 8 to 10 And by Appointment 40 Yonge St, Richmond Hill Phone Richmond Hill 229 MORTGAGE LO‘ANIS ARRANGED Toronto Ofiice \ Stuart P. Parker For All Occasions Phone orders delivered any where in North Yonge St. District BARRISTER SOLICITO‘R, NOTARY PUBLIC M acGregor & Wilson LANG, MIC’HENER. DAY & CRANSTON Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Richmond Hill, Telephone 15 Branch Offices at 2518 YONGE STREET Walter S. Jenkins Dr. M. J. Quigley Wright & Taylor M acN aughton & M acN au ghton THURSDAY AFTERNOON FUNERAL DIRECTORS AMBULANCE SERVICE Mathews, Stiver, Lyons & Vale 50 King St. W.. Toronto Waverley 2931 Dr. W. J. Mason N. L. MATHEWS, K.‘C. K. M. R. STIVER, B.A. B. E. Lyons B. A. JOSEPH VALE NEWMARKET OFFICES Barristers, Solicitors. etc. Wm. Cook, K. C. Ralph B. Gibson, K.C. J. A. Gibson to Office: 912 Federal Bldg Cook & Gibson T. C. Newman THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday Richmond Hill Every Notary Public Richmond Hill 3‘.) 36 Centre St. W 93 Yonge Street DENTAL LEGAL Public Hill 398J 6 Botsford St. Phone 120 Windows and Door Frames ‘3 Window Screens, Storm Sash 1d any Bathroom Cabinets, Cupboard g8 313- Doors, Berry Crates, Rose ' and Garden Trellis. EET Lawn Mowers Sharpened and ;) Repaired [145-5 Aub. Nichols F. Lynett Phone Richmond Hill 1341'31 Solicitor Aldridge SANITARY CONTRACTORS Septic Tanks, Disposal Plants, Slaughter Houses Pumped Out and Repaired \ Out of town ‘day or night emergency service Phone Willowdale Zone 8288 Thornhill 1971‘5 Dr. A. J. MacKinnon VETERINARY SURGEON Centre St. W. Richmond Hill Office phone 360W Res. 360J Licensed and Authorized for the Counties of York and Ontario Farm Stock, Implements, Household Furniture, Real Estate Sales a specialty. At Fair and Reasonable Rates Dual service for the price of one. Millikan P.0‘., phone Agincourt 52w3 Markham P.O., phone Markham 206 No sale too big or too small Dr. J. Sheppard With Dr. S. W. Armitage, Maple Small and Large Animals 26 Years Experience York County, Uxbridge and Picker ing Townships Farm Stock 'and Furniture Sales a Specialty Telephone Stouffville 7312 Address: Gormley P.O. Ken & Clarke Prentice Thornhill, Ont‘ From ‘the Toronto Conservatory of Music will accept _a number of pupils 1n Foil-flihfofmétion phone Mrs. Mylks 108 Yonge Street Phone Richmond Hill 58J Centre St. E. Richmond Hill Hours: 9-11 a.m.; 2-4 p.m.; 6-8 pm. ‘ Holidays and Sundays: Emergencies and appointments only Telephone 24 Richmond Hill Dr. Geo. A. Thompson MAPLE Phone Richmond Hill 1021‘13 Miss Sylvia Mecredy P I A N 0 Dr. Jas. R. Lang/staff ‘PIA‘NO, ORGAN and THEORY Accountants W. Ernest Lansdown & Co. Accountants â€" Auditors Suite 404 â€" 2229 Yonge St. TORONTO â€"â€" ELGIN 3810‘ 9â€"10 am Miss Alice Mecredy WOODWORKING U-lla.m.; 1â€"3 rum; 6-8 pm Sundays and Holidays by ' appointment only. Yonge Street Richmond Marguerite Boyle Official and Accredited Veterinarian AUCTIONEERS Elocution. Public Speaking, Dramatic Art Dr. R. A. Bigford VETERINARY Adelmo Melecci Dr. J. P. Wilson Dr. W. D. Howe “HOMEWOOD HALL” A. S. 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Etc.) 2 3 3 i ‘OOOOOOOOOMOOQOOOOOOOOOé Richmond Hill think it Daily Service 10 Aurora from King, Nobleton, Schomberg Saturday Night King 10 Aurora Coaches for all Occasions 0“ 09600099 REFRIGERATION REPAIR SERVICE 1t Kitchen cupboards a s Alterations, Etc Interior Trim Commercial and Domestic All Makes King P.0- Phone 2616 King e caught so 1t protection mount to wh: flent happen: GORDON CHALK ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR PHONE SCHOMBERG 69 J. Albert Hewitt ARCHITECT Mem. R.A.I.C. Highland Lane, Richmond Hill Telephpnc Richmond Hill 3-12J th UH petty arance LANGDON’S COACHLINES INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS $76.05 $56.00 $86.75 B. MOUNTJOY Phone Thornhill 2151'4 CARPEN TRY Forth Electric Richmond Hill. Ont. Telephone 87 Farm & House Wiring; A. F. Savage lNSl~ RANCH AGENT INSURANCE ised ance Roy V. Bick REAL ESTA'] INSURANCE \Vl' LANGSTAFF 1i me tease Al time or other with The cost is a mum it will cost if an ac )IISU m at hould ‘ and Kane STATE 2rials would be se the amounts 1r owners who appen to them or other with- ost is a minor Telephone 118 ire hazar review th specialty 1H In plain words, something big is happening. An enormous transition is taking place. Country is giving way to city, rapidly, inexorably. Like it or not, the big city is spilling over and, in the way‘of all big cities, is finding- living space outside its limits for its inhabitants. . The signs are there for those who will read them. Building activities, trafl'ic, business growth, all add their evidence. Sure, there’s what is known as the “five o’clock rush” in the city. But how many people will believe that it exists right in our own com- munity, that the waves of rush hour trafl’ic roll right into our own area ? Stand'on Yonge Street, north or south of Richmond Hill, before and‘ after city business hours, and watch south of Richmond Hill, before and after city business hours, and watch the increased density of traffic if you need the answer. It isn’t incidental traffic at all, but the mass movement of those who, working in the city, are today in rapidly increasing numbers, making their homes in this area. Where population goes, there bus- ines follows. Take chain stores, for example. .They are not in the habit of making too many costly mistakes "Oh, yes, you should see the way new buildings are going up along there.” But, with his foot hard down on the accelerator, he fails to take time to notice the building going on along our side roads. Joined with him are more than a few of our own citizens who do not see what is going on unâ€" der their own eyes. And in very few places is the old order changing as rapidly as it is in this district north of Toronto â€"â€" this district which we call “home.” Strangely enough, there aplpeal‘s'to he a general unawareness of the mag- nitude of the change and of its im- plications. “There’s quite a lot of building going on,” is a common ob- servation. “Good building lots are becoming hard to get," a man will tell you. “Did you see the big fig- ures for building permits in North York last year?” another will ask. But by and largd the questions and comments are casual and bear little indication of any study of cause and effect. The cause is not hard to find. Un- leSs they dump a lot more tin cans and garbage in the harbour Toronto ,isn’t going to go much further south until they start putting the buildings on stilts. East and West the big city seems to have reached reasonable li-m- its in its expansion. Only the north â€" the long- neglected north â€" is left and today that north is coming into its own. What is the effect? Let’s answer that by stating that this writer told a group of scoffing friends a couple 01' years ago that it was only a matter of a short time before the city crept up to Richmond Hill. “Not in your lifetime," they said. Yet today they Believe it or not, many unu man) a writer with years of experience has found himselfi in the same predicaâ€" ment. That first sheet of copy pape1 in the typewriter is apt to retain its virgin freshness for a long time. This writer might just as well con. l'ess right at the beginning that he has been suffering the pangs of lit- erary child-birth for the last hour 01 so. Invited by Editor J. E. Smith, M.P., of the Liberal to contribute a weekly column to the paper, he has neen wondering- where to start. “Don’t put J. V. McAree of the Globe and Mail out of business,” said Editor Smith, with his tongue in his cheek. Not much fear of displacing the famous “J.V.” from his high place in Canadian journalism. But, week by week, this columnist will endeavour to review the local scene with, at times, a venture into wider fields. So, with that introductory bow our readers, we go on to the job. Wherever you may be going you huve to start from home. And, in the case of this first column, espec- ially at the start of a new year, “home” seems a particularly approp- “home” seems a particularly approp- riate subject. In this case the word home is used in' its broad sense, to include Rich- mond Hill and its environs. can stand on the very spot where they did their doubting and, a short distance north of the Hill, a few yards in from Yonge Street count five new houses almost within the prover- bial stone’s throw. All through the district the same situation exists. The casual, unob- servant traveller up Yonge Street notes some changes. Sure, quite a few new houses have gone up along the Street. True, stores in Thorn- hill, Richmond: Hill, have had their faces lifted. 'Ask him about Willow- dale, Lansing, and he will tell you "Oh, yes, you should see the way new buildings are going: up along there." But, with his foot hard down on the “The old order changeth, yielding place to new,” said Tennyson in one of his most famous poems. You knew what y but, oh, how hard.it After the first few your ideas started after that it wasn’- {emember that special letter you cation MK II From The Hilltop write n whay you wanted to 5a.», hard it was to get going. 1'st few words, however, tarth to crystallize and A COLUMN OF VIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS . (By F. J. Picking) When you see n’t suc many and man) 11 hard sled lon 32:0 tions which only time can answer. Whatever those answers may be one fact is certain â€" and that is that new problems and responsibilities face our local governing bodies. Take roads alone. It is no secret â€" and this is not written in a sense of un- due criticism â€" that our local roads have in the past lacked much in the way of attention and repair. Even under yesterday’s conditions they compared unfavoura‘bly with many districts in Ontario.’ For tomorrow’s needs they are entirely inadequah. Danger spots exist by the dozen and it is remarkable that so far there have not been, especially to the north of the Hill, more serious and fatal accidents. As a matter of fact it is to be wondered at that residents of some areas have suffered as patiently as they have for so long. Their in- direct taxation, in the way of spoiled and damaged produce and vehicles, has been high. A rapidly growing district demands, above all things, good roads and it seems that one of the major responsibilities for our; 10. cal governments in this new order of things is the provision and maintenâ€" ance of such. I you can today â€" big signs in vacant fields on Avenue Rom, Bathurst and other streets announcing the future construction of large stores your bet that population is spreading in this direction is backed by the opinion of experts. ‘ Drive out of Toronto at night. As you reach the crest of the slope down mto Thornhill look over the valley. S.e the hundreds on hundreds of twinkling lights filling the space where, as this writer remembers it three decades ago, only the occasional house stood. house stood. Yes, the indications are there for those who will see. Whether the change is desirable or not is an open question. That it brings new probâ€" .ems is unquestionable. But that it is inevitable is plain for those who read the signs which today are so ob- vious. Can’t you hear the cry: “Oh, but that means increasing our taxes.” And the next one: “We came out of the city to get away from high taxes and now we’re going to face them in the country.” ' It doesn’t necessarily follow that taxes need be inordinately increased. The fact remains that if we are to have good roads and other necessary local improvements they must be paid for. But, on the other hand, the growth of population with its con- sequent distribution of the financial load among that many more taxpay- 'ers should in itself, at least for a long time to come, militate against a heavily increased taxation rate. Un- questiona‘bly certain recent local mun- icipal election results were definitely affected by the resentment of tax- payers over bad roads. Be that as it may, the fact remains that our local situation is one which commands interest. ’Tis dramatic to read in the daily papers about the growth of a new town near the min- ei‘al deposrts of Great Bear Lake â€" the upspringing of another live com- munity at the site of a power proâ€" ject â€" the coming into being of an- other Yellowknife in a newly discov- ered mining area. Here at our own door the same thing is happening. Perhaps not so spectacularlyAbut just as inevitably the onward march of a gneat and growing country is bring- ing to these towns, villages and town- ships of ours the bricks and mortar of the big cities and the problems of those whose welfare as our citizens is all-important. WWWWOOOQ Woonooo To some the transition spells op- portunity â€"â€" to some regret over the passing of the “good old days.” Will a lovely countryside â€"- one of the most beautiful pieces of rural Ontarâ€" '.0 â€" suffer as a city ereeps into its fields and-byways? 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