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THE HOME ()I’ TIII'Z DISTRICT SINCE l VUI. LXX PAPER l STS 00090000090009.000000000906000006009090OGOQQOOOOétiEOO he W, Telephone Richmond Ilill 300 York County‘s Newest ai Doors open mm... VIVIAN BLAINE - PENNY BOND HARNV JAMES ' CARMEN MIRANDA WITH baby-hating baby-sitter! m ' ROBERT MAUREEN WHARA CLIFTON Slf‘rtNG SEE”- ER ea uusrc or uicu war: CORONER‘S INQL'EST FINDS MISS L. CLARKE FREE OF ALL BLAME 1N CHRISTMAS FIRE At the inquest held Tuesday, Jan- uary 18th, the jury, after careful in- vestigation agreed upon the follow- ing statement of finding: â€" "We the jury find that Harold Slater and John Blyth met their death, Sunday morning, December 26th between S and 8.30 21.111. at 45 Arnold St., Richmond Hill. llarold Slater and John b‘lyth met their death by asphyxiation and burns. Their death caused by fire which destroyed their home 43 Arnold St. We the jury absolve Miss Clarke from any'blaine in this matter arid we feel that Miss Clarke did everyâ€" thing in her power to save the chil- dren. We would also like to coinâ€" mend the I’ire Department for their courageous work." Foreman: Alan White; IA'raiik Barker, George Agar, Leon- ard Clement and Charles Graham. \\ as ll I) ‘ jurors: 6/sz Shows daily, Monday through Friday at 7 and 5) pm. Saturday: Matinee at 2 p.m. Continuous Show Sat. from 5 11.111. To-night â€" Thursday â€" “Slave Ship” Friday & Saturday â€" January 21 & 22 Monday &.Tuesday â€" January 24 & 25 YOU“. COME FACE TO FACE He's the WEBB. u. RAFAEISABATINIS 0 .720 1%5221fladgz/W cu“! BRENDA MARSHALL - DONALD CRISP ~ FLORA ROBSON ALAN HALE- DIRECTED av MICHAEL CU RTIZ scutu luv IV unwAno soc» serum 1, MILLER "Wilt. hill \hli. id Most Modern Hummus“ at (5:30 p.m. Doors open at 1:210 p.m. Doors open 4245 p.111. An Alson Production 20th CenturysFox News, Shorts I’RE‘WY ROL Frvnn/ DE RAINS . and a cast cl thousands Including one museum 6; WA‘N‘. lE-RELEASI IIOLSTEIN (‘Ll'II MET TL‘ESI).\Y The annual meeting of the York County IIolstein t'lub, one of the largest and most active agricultural organizations of its kind was held in the Masonic Hall at Richmond Hill (11 Tuesday. January 15th at 102230. The morning session featured the reports of the various officers in- cluding the salesman who has band- led ;i record number of sales during IRIS. The as usual at noun when 1\ei‘_\‘one had arsociation })l'-7\'ltlt‘rl a an opportunity to get acquainted be- ft re proceeding with the election and addresses that featurel the after- noon p .graniriic. .I. M. Fraser of Streetsville, President of the ('aii:1_ dian Holstein Iii-lesian .--\ssor-iat1on brought greetings from the p.1ietil organization and w:.s l‘ol‘owed by tire guest speaker. I". In. \\oife‘ II.S..\.. Agricultural Advisir of the t‘.l‘.ll. Mr. ‘i'olfe was formerly Assistant .I’rofessor of the Animal Husbandry lat the Ontario Agricultural College. ll'llL‘ll, 1 Lin ai y Board. Essentials. Unity: "in RICIIMUNI) Illl.l.. ONT. Tlll'RSllAY- .IAXI'ARY ‘ W. I, Celebrates Richmond Hill In J Non-EssenilalS. l ibcriy, Thirty-Sixth Birthday By Giving Cheque For $1752.54 To Library Some seventy-live members and: riieixds of Richmond Hill Women'sl Institute met on Iiriday evening iii tl_e Municipal itllltllllg‘ to celebrate its thirty-'sixth anniversary. After s1 11;: “(iod Save the King." Mrs. W. Sayers, president, read the Institute Creed. She their welcomed all present and spoke of the history of the Institute ovCi' the years, taking a: her theme “We cherish the past, we look to the future." all had Mrs. Aim .\chillivray, in her usual manner. soon had all par- .icipating And after having sung “Three Blind Mice" and “Why Can‘t My Goose Sing as Well with appropriate mo- tions, every present was ready to enter into the spirit of the even- rhaimiiig in action songs. :is Thy Goose" one ing. But first came two highlights. The members of the Library Board pres- ent: Mrs. R. I)._Little. Miss E. Izzardv Miss K. Ball and Mr. G. Yerex, were asked to come forward to receive a cheque for One Thousand, Seven Hun- dred and Fifty-two Dollars and Fifty- four cents. I11 asking Mrs. A. L. Phipps to assist in making this pre- sentation, Mrs. Sayers spoke of the many years of service given by the late Mr. A. I... Phipps as librarian. Mrs. I‘hipps said that this meeting was an outstanding event in the life orr Worrien‘s Institute. Not ali our hopes and aims have been real- ized. We had a vision of a Library Building with adequate space for our a prcper reading room with other facilities which go with a lib- i'aiy lltilldlllgult is to help equip a li- brary room that we are now donating: the funds that have been accumulated through the years. Suppers, plays, bridges, and teas have been the means used to raise the money. This money has been very carefully guarded and put out in bonds. Always it was kept as a separate fund. She paid tribute to the older members who had so diligently for this fund and also to those who in more recent years had become members and have generously and graciously supported our library fund. Mrs. Phipps felt that having this project had kept the Women's Institute a healthy, happy r) f books. worked and progressive organization. She thought we should be thankful to have a Library Room and on the ground floor. There books on travel. history, biography, mythology, as well fiction and many current maga- zines aie available. She spoke of the well qualified Library Board and the splendid Librarian. Then to Mrs. Lit-'i tle she said â€" “I speak the unanimous voice of our Institute â€" and take great pleasure in asking you to ac-i cept this cheque, donated to the pur- pose for which it was raised." Mrs. It. 1). Little in accepting the cheque' from Mrs. O. L. \Vright said that the1 Library Board could not have under-l taken the task of creating a new Li- brary in the Municipal Building if they had not had the assurance that this money was available. They hope when the Library is completed to have s nnething tangible to show that the Women’s Institute members help- ed provide. Miss Collins of the W. I. Depart- ment, presented Mrs. Norman Class and Dr. Lillian Langstaff who were charter members with an Institute I’in, A third charter member, Mrs. R. Cooper, was not able to be pres- ent, through illness. Mrs. A. E. Plcwlllali, Mrs. Jerry Smith, Mrs. G. Yerex, Mrs. G. Irwin. Mrs. W. Mylks. and Mrs. R. Endean, faithful mem- bers over the years, were also pre- scnted with an Institute Pin and Mrs. A. L. Phipps with a history of the Women's Institutes of Oiitarioâ€"-“Fifâ€" ty Years Achievement" â€" which is just off the press. EIH These were each accompanied by a card on which was written a brief skctch of the way in which they had served the Institute. Mrs. Sayers presented Miss Collins with a bouquet of Richmond Hill hoses as a slight token of appreciation. Mrs. P. ('. lIill congratulated the! \‘Ionicn's Institute on the gift to the She said it would be a great lift to them and she knew it irpresentcd a tremendous amount of \\V(31‘l{ I0 I'illSU >L'L'll it SUI“. All off to make I‘ar s ercarion from paper plates and iibbens and bows of crepe paper, plus present paired ll .1 few pins and great ingenuity. These hats when completed, modeled before the judges. Mrs. Scott Fergus- ~n. Mrs. J. Smith and Dr. Lillian Langstall’ who awarded prizes: first, Mr». C. Clarke and Miss Barker; WC l't‘ MarkhamTownship Candi Asks, , for second, Mrs. A. I’altgi and Mrs. J, Dewsbury; third, Mrs. P. W. Will- iams and Mrs. W. ll. Iiiiy; hon. miiitien, Mrs. A. laden and Mrs. Tate. A skit “Why Grow Old" enacted by Mrs. .I. Pollard and Mrs. W. llor- ner. brought many laughs as it uii- i'olded so true to life. A mysterious Richmond Ilill'~ own Barbara Ann entertained with her rollerskate act keeping her and. ience in roars of laughter told of her experiences in trying t1 get to the W. 1. meeting. After wandering Down by the, Old Mill Stream" with Mrs. .\lc(lillivrziy and helping “Peter Rabbit" flick tllc fly from his ear, all present enjoyed a social half-hour â€" Mrs. Tate, Mrs. H. Sanderson and Mrs. D. MacKillo] being hostesses and Mrs. (l. Irwin and Mrs. A. L. Phipps pOuring tea. The next meeting of the Women': Institute will be held on Thursday February 10th, when a film on Re- creation from the Ontario Depart- ment of Education will be shown and when all women in the community will he very welcome. as sbt â€".,â€"â€".-._ A woman spends the first part of her life looking for a husband and the last part wondering where he is. I‘lllll‘i'fi. Charity": ._..â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€" EDWARD BI‘TIJN of Richmond Hill who has been appointed general W. Well known citizen [finance Cor- it ‘ has hair- of Republic _)l)l'éliltlll Limited». Toronto, been announced by (Iordon D. ley. president of the Company. Mr. Butlin brings to his new post twenty-seven years business exper- ience in Toronto. For eighteen year. with the firm of Hanrbly, Peaker and Trent members of the Toronto Stock exchange. he was junior partner for seven years of that period. For the past nine years he has been associat-1 ed with the Industrial Acceptance! Corporation and Canadian Acceptance Corporation in the finance field. The Liberal joins with Ed‘s many friends in this district in extending him best wishes for success his new undertaking. nanager in For Replacement 0f Road Supt. HANDLINGf 0F SNOW-PLOWING IN NEW YEARS STORM DISI’LEASEI) COUNCIL Markham township council in reg- ular session Monday afternoon, Lin- animously agreed to, apply to the On- tario Dcpartmetn' 3; Highways for the replacement of W. L. Clark as road superintendent. The unanimous resolutiion followed a lengthy dis- cussion of the plowing of the roads over the New Year holiday, and a conference with Road Supt. Clark and Harold Cowie who has been up. erating the equipment. I The township road superintendent is engaged by the municipality but as half his salary is paid by the provincial department the province must be agreeable and sanction all appointments. Councillor Harry Barber took the chair to conduct the investigation into the condition of township roads rafter the New Year’s storm, which has given the council members great concern and which was first discussed at the last regular meeting. Councillor Rae demanded to know whether Mr. Clark was aware that his phone was out of order all New Year's day when the Reeve, members of Council and ratepayers had tried to contact him. The Road Superinâ€" tendent declared that he had not re- alized this until Saturday evening. Councillor Rae then questioned whether the roads had been inspected at all on Saturday, and Clark replied that it had always been the policy not to plough wvhile itivvas still snow- ing. Mr. Rae pointed out that ii the 6th concession a deep drift bloek- ed the entire road, but with this ex-y ception the thoroughfare was clear. If this one drift could have been re- moved, transportation could have continued without interruption. Reeve Griffin and Councillor Bar-, ber both told how they had attemp- ted to get in touch with Mr. Clark, without success on the morning of New Year's day, but had assumed that the equipment was on the road, until it was brought to their atten- tion that the machines were still in the township shed. After trying to locate some of the other men in he Road Department, the Reeve finally reached Harold Cowie, around 5 o’- clock iii the evening at his mother's ‘ benefit to the immediate area. Reeve home, who went on the job at once. The old and new graders ploughed all , night, but Clark asserted. that these machines did not do as much actual work as the plough that went out early in the morning when it had stopped snowing. Rae demanded to! know whrther the drivers had been, asked to stand by for orders, when told by Clark to home until it had stopped snowing. Mr. Clark asâ€" serted that that had been the under- standing. but that all had out New Year’s dinner. \Vhen Robein Rae enquired as to what the other districts had done 0' (>0 gone during the emergency, it was estab- l contractors. lished that the county ploughs had been out continuously during the storms. Harold Cowie appeared before the board for questioning and confirmed Mr. Clark’s story that the men had been told to go home until it had stopped snowing. He was reporting for duty when lc riot the men going off duty. It was the opinion of Reeve Griffin and Council thait the men should have been issued orders to be on call. “In an emergency a man should nor. rely. on a policy. but should use his head,” commented Robert Rae. Council decided to take rmmtdiate actirii to apply to the Deaprtinent of Highways for the replacement of the Road Superintendent, in unanimous resolution by the five members of council. Reeve Verne Griffin presided and all members attended the meeting. W. R. Groskuith prcsented estimates for culverts, road and street signs. lHe quoted reflector lights at the low figures of 513.50 apiece for road signs and Me for street signs. Councillor Wicks suggested that efiort be made to identity No. 7 Highway and some of the more important sub- divisions. Of special interest, from the cOr- respoiidence read by Clerk Iloovcr was an invitation by the Ontario Government to send one or more p0- lice constables to the Toronto Ar- inourics for a six weeks course in the newest methods in police train- ing. The National Lumber Company to be located at Steele‘s Ave. and Yonge St. had made a verbal agreement to make a capital ii‘vestment in a wa- ter supply system that would be of I Griffin thought that any further exâ€" pLi,se should be born by that section of Markham Township which would stand to gain by the installation of the system. The Lumber Company should also contribute towards the road improvement in the new district that will open 11p. Regarding road improvements in the Township, Reeve Griffin stated that the municipality had not the time nor the equipment to attend to all the work required the on side ‘ roads, and found it necessary to put Si'lllL‘ of the repairs in the hands of He suggested that when ‘ a price be given on road mending, it be in such a that it be acceptaile to a contractor. The probâ€" lem of supplying till for road c1ii_ verts has become acute, he explained. since \\"[h the rapid growth of the given way L‘t)llllllllllll)', SO llléllly IIL‘\\' OIlL‘S \\'t‘l'0r required. Even though the culverts in some case were privately paid for, the cost of labour and providing gra- .you stay with roses. I G E TS I l .uivrjn' ' THE LIBERAL I‘ISING [N R ESLLTS No. ‘ From The Hilltop .\ ('(IIA‘MN OI“ \‘II‘ZWS (Ily I“. A N I) OBSERVATIONS Picking) “What is Richmond IIill's biggest‘ industry I asked seven people that question. last week. The answers ranged all' the way from the jocular one givenI bv Clive Bottles. who promptly saidI “Bettle's Coffee Shop, of course." to “The Ilydio," I guess." One iii- dividual even named a store on Yonge Street which, in order to obviate lo- cal jealousies, had better be name- less. Not until I asked the seventh per- son did I get the correct answer] Yet the industry in question is one which brings: in the better part of a million dollars to the Hill every‘ year. Doesn't that seem to give sLme point to my contention of last week H that at times (and I include myself) we don‘t see what is going employed in the three establishments. Most of them are heads of families. Taking the generally accepted figure or four to the family of every wage- earner, it is easy to calculate that practically one-fifth of the popula- tion of Richmond Hill is directly de- pendent on roses. The effect on local stores and other businesses shouldn‘t be hard to figure, especially when it is realized that the annual payroll of those whose vocation is growing roses in Richmond Hill amounts to nearly a quarter of a million dollars. Big indeed are the figures which make this branch of floriculture the Hill’s biggest industry. From the retailers all across the Dominion who buy Richmond Hill roses for resale to their customers came six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars in on right under our own noses? 1948. And, you householders who What is this big industry 2’ It's fuss and fume over that. annual coal one which makes Richmond Hill cer-i bill _ how would you like to have to taiiily the second, if not the first, in its field in the Dominion â€"~ the lgrowing of roses. Brampton, it is true, has its big producer, the Dale Estate, with its rour hundred employees. but, in ad- dition to roses, many other flowers are grown. It’s just a question whe- ther or not Richmond Hill is Carra- da‘s largest rose growing centre but it is the spot where the largest nuin- ber of roses exclusively is grown. I staiited out to write'a story about rose growing. The proper way to get the facts seemed to be to go to the three big local growers â€"â€" H. J. Mills, Ltd.. Bedford Park Floral (70.. Ltd, and Richmond Roses, Ltd. Be- fore a long and interesting tour had ended a lot of preconceived ideas had been knocked out of my head and, on top of that, I found that PEOP- LEithat ever-interesting subjectâ€" were beginning to push roses into the background. A All of which is another way of saying that I uncovered a story of eiitployerstpnployge i'elatiofis'. that: would make many a larger company, ’ with its personnel department, iits endeavour to avoid a heavy labour turnover, its dozen and one schemes for keeping employees happy and ef- ficient, green with envy. t seems that when you start with roses as a way of earning a living Unions are un- known in the Hill’s rose-growing es- tablishments so are strikes. The ‘drit'tLr" â€" the man who works for months before getting itchy feet â€"- rare. Periods of employ- ment of twenty and twenty-five years are common. Take, for instance, Jim Ellis of H. J. Mills, Ltd. Jim, a grower with that company, has been on the payroll since 1013. John Beresford, chief shipper for the Bedâ€" Iord Park Floral Company, and as- sistant to the manager, has beer. a member of the staff for twenty- seven years. Other instances of long service are numerous. Horne-owners. tax-payers, solid and self-respecting citizens, these men form a popula- tion backbone that means much to the community in which they live. How is all this achieved? Apparâ€" ently, as I saw irt, not by any com- plicated labour codes but simply by straightforward and friendly man- to_nian relationships and respect of human rights. Simple â€" but it seems to work. A Big Factor Richmond Hill‘s rose growers form an important part of their commun- ity. Well over one hundred men are it few is £1. .__i;?,-,.-¢.‘,,-~-fi , __ From Halifax to vancouVey,‘,y\said"‘. put up the hundred thousand dollars which forms the yearly coal ,bill of the three Richmond Hill, rose growing concerns? And how \Vbuld you like to have the buy the 14 miles of VIIch which it takes for supports for the bushes in one house â€" and one house only -â€" of the H. J. Mills Company? Or the 21,000 feet of lumber for benches which the same house re- quires? Or the sixty-six big water- ing faucets for the same house? Then remember that that is only One greenhouse of the sixteen operated by that company â€" two of them 450 feet long and 50 feet wide. The mathematically minded can do their own computing- of the total square footage of glass â€" the amount of paint required â€"- the tonnage of fer- , tilizers, and so 011. I All Across Canada There are over 40,000 bushes in thel houses of the Bedfordr Park Floral Company alone and, in 19418, that organization shipped out over one million roses. Where did they . , . s. 8;), Paul Angle, Managing Director 'of the company. “Vancouver,” said I in amazement, recalling all those highly'colomed and enticing advertisements publish- ed by railway companies and travel bureaux. “Why, I thought that they grew roses ‘out there in February.” Bang went one of those preconceived ideas of mine when I learned that, in pre-Americandollar-conservation days, B.C., the much-touted Pacific province, imported its roses from Oregon“ Today, thanks to the so- called “austerity” programme. Rich- mond Hill gets some part of the bus- iness. “The prairie provinces take fifty per cent of our output," James Poll- ard, Managing; Director of H. J. Mills. Ltd., told me. This veteran of the Tlst Battery in the First Great War, who has been with his company, for twenty-nine years, placed Mon- treal as the biggest customer city, Toronto second, with Winnipeg, Re-- giiia, Edmoniton, all important rose- buying centres. Incidentally, another war veteran, this time of the second “scrap” is taking an active part in the firm’s affairs. He is Harold Mills, son of the founder of the com.- pany. If you had asked me yesterday when most roses were bought and sold chances are I would have told you quite confidently that of course Christmas would head the list, with (Continued on page 3) {Crop Improvement Assoc. To Hold Annual Meeting COUNTY SEED FAI'R TO BE HELD IN NEWMA'RKET One of the most enthusiastic org- anizations throughout Ontario, the Crop Improvement Association was only organized about ten years 2130 ai.d the York County branch which llIiS been very active is holding its meeting in the board room A 1'1 iculrural Representativc‘s Ncwmai'ket on Tuesday. January 35th. 011 two occasions re- cently ‘this group has overflowed their proposed meeting place so their secretary, W .M. Cockburn says he will have another hall ready if the walls in his quarters begin to bulge. Commencing with a draw at 10.30, meetings now have a reputaâ€" R’ne. There will annual of the Uilitée at these tion of starting on vel for fill was becoming prohibitive. be interesting discussions of the re- (Continued on. page .2) sults of the various high-yield crop competitions which have been sponâ€" sored by the Association in recent years with husking corn added to the list this year. Guest speaker will be Dr. G. P. McRostie, Professor of Field Hus- bandry and head of that department at the O.A.C., Guelph. It is antici- pated there will be a number of questions pertaining to some of the newer cash crops and President M. C. Macklin of Agincourt is looking forward to a large attendance. Plans will also be launched for the annual County Seed hair which is to be held in Newmarket this year for the first time. A Bacon Show is being plan- ned in connection with the seed fair when it is hoped to have bacon car- casses in competition from every township. I