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‘_.__g;_.__ -L.-~.,_._...< THE HOME l’AI'Elt ADVERTISING IN OF THE DISTRICT THE LIBERAL SINCE 1878 GETS RESULTS liberal. Liberty; .In All Things, Charity". 1949 be “In ILSSGDLIHIS, Unity; RICHMOND HILL, ONT, THURSDAY. MAY 1.0. in Non-Essentials. -..â€"\. No. 47 VOL I XX _â€"..â€"â€"_____â€"â€" â€"..â€"_â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" FAIR CENTURY OLD NEXT TUESDAY .0.“000960900909090000000OOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOO”. O. m d‘ Fairs Of Yesterday Are Recalled By ‘Old-Timer’ W W. 02% , i . . ,fl’Mf . . _ As this IS the last issue of The Liberal to be issued prior to Telephone Richmond Hill 500 the Centennial Fair. we feel that our readers will be particularly interested in the following recollections of an “old-timer" who is York County's Newest and Most Modem playhouse one of Richmond Hill’s best known citizens and who has been very Shows daily, Monday through Friday at 7 and 9 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. largely responsible for the success which we are. sure the Fair Saturday: Matinee at 2 p.m. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. will attain. 1 While we should like to give him credit for the article he has Continuous Show Sat. from 5 p.m. Doors open 4:45 p.m. FRIDAY & SATURDAY â€" MAY 20 & 21 l“i'cm now until next Tuesday, May B-ltli, Agricultural Society directors and officers will deiihtltss be kieping their radios turned on and listening to the pols, for bed \\LI|Lll(‘l' is now the only thing that can react against the siictess of the (‘entinnial Fair on that date. Months of hard work and planning are reaching their culmination and, givtn favourable conditions. the e\ent should far exceed, in size and char- acter. any of the successful functions of previous years. The day will comirence with a parade which will leave the High School at 10.30. directed by I‘aradc Marshall A. Rice, and led by the Queen's York Rangers Band. Many decorated trucks, floats and cars are expected to particii ate. Up to the present date in 1948' he _Prizes will be given for the best man's period dress, the best woman's States, seventeen building permits period dress and also for decorated bicycles, tricycles and dull carriages. totalling $50,000 had been issued by The period costumes will be judged at the band stand at three in the after- hlS OIDCC- . lnoon, while others will be judged at the band stand immediately after the For the same period this year parade. twent’-six ermits have been issued . . . . with total; value of $105,000. A Dance Will be held in the Arena in the evening. with Leo Paxton's was a red letter day to us kids ~â€" Figures also reveal ownership orchestra providing the music. five cents a ride, and a second ride changes amounting to over ten per; . h for nothing if you were lucky enough cent of the property in the village'Thrce “mg CII'CUS lBuilding Permits Issued For 1949 Double Last Year Indicative of the rapid growth of Richmond Hill are figures recently released by Village Clerk Russell llynett. take this opportunity ofexpressing thanks on behalf of The Lib- eral and its readers. â€" Editor. The Fair Ground, before the purâ€" chase of the present Village Park was a two acre lot on Arnold Street, WWW. «WMOO”OOM”OMWW lMATlllliE AT 2 P SPECIAL MIDNIT‘E SHOW. MON., MAY 23. 12.05 -CONDEMNED TO A llVlNG. DEATH FOR A ERIME HE DID N0 COMI! ~. .Jllkllulmz §ijiacui specially requested that his name not be used. Nevertheless we V rlv - ‘ W)... MONDAY & TUESDAY â€" MAY 23 8; 24 .j;j’-"_‘f r PittiltllllllllS-tharles uni-"fin 2.9.. '“thllll llflllll - BURL IVES - GERALDINE WALL “Mil 2 one“ by mills KINE' ma by mBLllI BASStER : g E O 0 g O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 Q g 0 O O O O 0 0 6 O 6 O O O O O 0 O 0 O O O 0 0 O O O O 0 0 O 0 g g 0 O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 O O 0 O 0 O 0 O O O O O O O O O O O O 6 § § 0 O O O O O 0 g just west of the Greenholnie Apart- to spear the brass ring Irom itslSince the assessment roll was re“ The main reason for the Fair's existence â€" the Horse and Cattle ments, part of which has been in-l hanger on a post as you slithered turned to the municipal office on 0c- shows _ will pmvide a Hump". three ring circus. A very lengthy list of corporated into the school grounds. and the remainder occupied by priv- ate houses. In those days kids were not ad- mitted free, but we used to hang around the gate waiting for one of the ticket-takers, who was very good to youngsters to let us pass in with- out paying. The bolder of us pushed our way close to the gate, but the shyer ones hung back, sometimes waiting until most of the afternoon was over before we were admitted. When we grew'a little older, we used to climb the school ground fence, then we were in because pan- els of the fence between the school lot and the Fair Ground were al- ways taken down and the school pro- perty used for exhibiting agriculture implements, buggies and wagons. At first before a rink was built on the east end of the old Fair Grounds, everything was exhibited in the open air: â€"â€" cattle were tied to fences, sheep and hogs were placed in pens, and poultry was shown in crates. No guarding fences surrounded the horse rings â€"â€" strange to say, so far as I remember, no one was ever hurt by a horse. Liquor was sold on the grounds in those early days. We had three ho- tels in the Village. 0n Fair Day all the stalls and all the hotel shed room were occupied, besides horses were tied to the fences in the yards behind the hotels, Completely filling them. In addition almost every stall, privately owned, housed horses of visutors to the Fair. Hotels Very Busy Needless to say the Hotel dining rooms were taxed to the utmost, and besides. before the churches began serving meals on the 24th in 1880, many householders entretained at meals friends who came from the country. There wasn‘t much rowdyism, but I remember a fight taking place on Yonge Street between people who were supposed to have a grudge and who posed as somewhat of a bruiser, fig‘hting there. The broken stones of the macadam with which the street was paved offered too ready missiles to some of the more reck- less, who threw them regardless of the bystanders. The forehead of one man, I remember seeing, received a nasty gash fully three inches long from a stray rock, but this is the only fight I can recall. Then the present park was pur chased â€" it has been added to twice and is now possibly three times its original area. To reach it from Yonge Street, Lorne Avenue was opened. A rink was built on the eastern end of the ground close to Church Street, which was torn down when the present curling rink was erected. The ground at one time boasted a At one time two of our churches around to the raucous tones of the mechanical musical machine, appar- Iently thought necessary as an awe- some type of attraction to little boys and girls. As long as horse and buggy days lasted stable space was at a prem- ium. There was no sound equip- ment for many years. A man with a 'stentorian voice rode astride a horse from hotel to hotel announcing the events as they came on. It was a treat to see them. even as it is now. the highly bred horses, gaily capar- isoned with well manicured gear, with sleek shining well curried hides, and beribboned manes and tails, prance their way along the street to the grounds as if proudly cons» icious that they were on exhibition and must show themselves off to good advantage. put on first class concerts in the evening after the Fair â€"â€" fifty cents a ticket â€"â€" an enormous price for those days â€"â€" but after a time these Were dropped because they evidently were not profitirble. Then the Fair Board operated :oncerts in the rink â€" a stage was erected at the north end, benches arrl chairs placed in the centre, and-"tiers of benches at the south. but idle acoustic proper- ties were terrible, so the order was not always too good, but everyone paid close attention singers. Exhibits Increase Yearly is a thing of the a time the Horse Racing past at our Fair. For Directors held tournaments for soc-l cer,’ baseball and basket ball; but i ready tober lst last year, and up to April] 30th this year, seventyâ€"four changes in ownership have been recorded. As there were 680 taxpayers recordedlevcnts are open for horse and pony owners. on the original roll this indicates an ownership change of over ten per cent. Velloreâ€"Jr. Farmers Successful As Actors The Junior Farmers and Junior Institute should be very grateful to the members of the Junior Farmers who have worked so hard at the presentation of the play “A Pair of Countr Kids," for through their efforts at least $500. will be turned over to those organizations this year. The play has been named as one of the best ever presented in many localities and its success has been due to the excellent way in which each player has portrayed his or her part and the co-opcration which has been displayed. Since last December the young acâ€" to the COmiC tors have spent at least two nights a week in practise or presentation. “A Pair of Country Kids” has al- been presented twenty-five and two more engagements At least five times, have yet to be filled. animal ShOWS and SUCh games do nOtlplaces had to be refused due to the so they we had combination Then make a good were discontinued. polo games have given place to Hunters and Jumpers in a special ring which at-, but‘ Agriculture and Carriage ltract considerable attention, still the horses come in increasing numbers -â€" last year we had the largest num-‘ ber of horse entries in the history of the Fair â€" we expect more this year so that the three rings will have all they can accommodate. Our Fair is becoming more and lmore widely known. This year .'e have had applications for prize lists from as far west as London, from .Georgetown and Grand Valley on lthe North and from Montreal, Quebec and St. John, New Brun- swick, on the east. This year, the oneâ€"hundredth an-, niversary of the Society’s organiza- tion will open its celebration with a parade, which will assemble at the High School at 10.30 in the morning 'An excellent Band, the Queen’s York Rangers, will lead the procession andl dispense music during the day on the grounds. that the parade will prove very at- tractive as they have promises of floats, trucks and private cars to for seine time, wnich‘ The Board is confident‘ busy season. The final presentation of the sea- son will be given in Vellore Hall n W‘ednesday, June 1st, and it is hop- ed that a bumper attendance will make the last show a real success. There will be entertainment between acts and refreshments will be pro- vided. 'Building In Vaug‘iian IKeeps Rapid Growth New construction in Vaughan Township continues at an unprece- dented i'ate, according to figures re- leased by H. C. H. Miller, township building inspector, and slightly exâ€" ceed those of last year to the same date. 71 building permits were issued to the end of April, totalling 8311,- 100. The figures by months are as fol- lows: events is scheduled and is listed in detail in the Society‘s programme. Many special trophies and prizes are to be competed for. No less than thirty-two A ‘special class for Guernsey calves is being scnsored by the York Simcoe Guernsey Breeders Association and the York County Jersey Club will hold its sixth annual show in CO-V opei'atiOn with tie Fair. All in all, it looks as if Richmond Hill citizens need not travel far from home to find tle'r fun on May 24th. To Take Part In Centennial Fair Parade Veteran of many fairs in years long before many present Richmond Hill residents were born is the ancient vehicle pictured above. It .will ap- pear again in the parade which is to open the Centennial Fair on May 24th. From r870 to 1805, before the radial line and the present bus system were dreamed of, it served as Richmond Hill's means of communication with Tt;ioi.to, to which it made daily trips. Immediate Attention Necessary To Assessment, Planning Problems glteove Griffin Tells Councillors Immediate attention to problems was discussed at length. It was de- such as assessment and planning, in}cided that the easterly extension of order to avoid heavy and unnecessary the street should he proceeded with expenses and “messes” in the futurc'and that this part should be 66 feet was urged upon Markham Township! wide. Action to acquire necessary’ Council by Reeve Vern Griffin at the land will be proceeded with, failing regular meeting held on May 16th. which expropriation will be consid- Recording himself as strongly ag- el'ed- _ ainst the present system of assess- Gl'avelllng 0f WWDShlP Toads W315 ment, which he describes as “dictaâ€" PI'OCC’e‘llngv It W35 reported. With if?" torial and unequal," Reeve Griffin ur- ‘0 fifteen tl'UCkS Steadlly engaged m ged consultation with experts in or- haunt”! gl'a‘Wl- Laying .Of calculi“ del. to pwvide the instanation of a chloride would follow immediately system which would lead to proper, “PO” the completl‘m 0f gl‘avellmg- w In 0 n s i M: i l- lucod Joan goes overseas to save our boys . . . and saves "1. one Marlene wanted hr herself. .. you're in for the laugh race track one-third of a mile in .. . . .. o- ’ circumference, and there were some palltlc‘pale' qhe 01d Thompson Bus innualy ' i I ' ' ' I ' i ' i ' ' ' i i ' I Silwgoo etualized assessments. he was authâ€" â€"- V - ., M very good trotting. heats. A low which _plied between the Village and February . . . . . l . . . . . . . . . . so4,o-25 1., ' __1 t , V .t. .t the 'l ' " I : '. picket fence at one time ran around the Clty diilly bffmle the bu'ldmg Mal't‘h - - - - - - - - » - - v - - - - - v - - 591-600 “lined. b“ count] 0 m eh lgd e Maple Creek LOdge “ i l the inSide Of the track Of the Radlal Railway m” be '0" April 5142 675 >lluat10n and report back. | w . . . ‘ . I ‘ V V H . t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ‘ . I . ) ,_ , \ > .- can “an... n... Rule “W13”? .bt ahf°¥Th°M teem" - w a r - wane! “themed “*0 Rm Sold By George Dowe Ls" “ °’- 5"“9’ A~ MW" ' M t. d d d A e“ deal”??? t E ' 'C’boligdmflil to investigate a concrete scheme for H " “3,0 (ou’of one 'h s d ; . one one a gran stan stoo POSSGSSiOH 0 1e US, re ui ant ' ‘ . , . . . . w _ 00 or: , just south of the ,mwlmg gm] dos redecorated it. To obtain a paime, Fair Parade Details my... planning and to lawn back. To Toronto orseman A CENIURY-FOX SNCQRE IRIUMPN' fromThe OpeningRoer... fib‘lbe 'fi'nalScream... ._ lts'lhefimniestfi'dure . " You've Ever Seen! -. 90699009MOO”...OOOOWNNMOOOMMOOO””WONNO mo ALWAYS NIWVS AND ;\ CARTOON .. escrow-wows waxwoooeow ¢~$C>+~W$W¢4~eea O 9 O O O O 6 0 O O O O O O O O O 0 O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 O O 0 O O O O O O 0 O O Q 0 O O 0 O O O O 0 O O 0 O 0 0 6 6 O O O 0 6 O 0 0 9 6 0 6 O O O 0 O 6 0 Q l \‘câ€"llt to the northern fence. It nad no roof. L'nder it sewing and fancy work and other easily movable ar ticles were shown. There were re peated criticisms that the same ar ticles came to the Fair year after year; but one year the weather man stepped in and it rained a great par of the day: the floor of the grain stand was far from rain proof and much of the ladies‘ exhibits were. never shown again at this or any other fair â€" the rain fixed that. In the one hundred years of the opera- tion of the Fair the Board has had to cope with rainy weather on only three or tour days: one 24th. how- tver. there was a flurry of snow. We‘ll have a mighty good Fair this year if the weather is propitious. so ‘ you have any pull with the weaâ€" ther man. use it for the Fair. The new park. even though it was suiroundcd by a high board fence was easily accessible to us kids. for we could either climb the fence or crawl under it where the boards did not quite reach the ground. (if tourst. the modern kid wouldn't do such a thing â€" at any rate he d.>es :‘o: have to. he is admitted free. (little were tied to the fence in ‘l.t- new park at first and pigs and; movable built sl'eep were shown in The rinks as they used showing ladieC h> \\'tll 'd.‘ sc‘lliii‘l exhibits. peth. “'61? “’81P (‘liurches Staged t‘oncerts We had no midway for a lone time, a maybe it was just as well. The ad- r.‘ vii; I In the parade will be seen handiwork. .41.; ., first Me: :‘v-Geâ€"Reuxid. who could reproduce the original designs with which the vehicle was painted created a problem. None was apparently available in Toronto. so the T.T.C. invited Mr. Ashford Wright to repaint the bus; it is really“ well worth seeing. men women wearing: very old fash- clothing, and decorated bicy- cles, decorated tricycles and decorâ€" ated doll's carriages", which will be indeed at the Fair, and cash prizes awarded. This year‘s Fair will be well worth seeing and will be a marked event in the history of Richmond Ilill. Pnd ioned sHardwâ€"‘are AWholesalers Firm Locates In Hill Another new business establish- ment has been added to the consid- erable number which hare come to Richmond Hill and district in recent months. hardware business in the building owned by Miss Grant on Yonge :5". arm from Midlanl Owen Sound and to stores in the and Orillia to ,Guelph. The liLl>lD€>\. wholesale only. will be attended to by Kenneth A. West as local representative. Special attention will he toys. a complete line or which 111g carried by the new fir-“.1. i which is '< mu This time it is Evans and \\‘e",i who have commenced a wholesale Stock l> l-eing caii'ieli tiieie for sill" igS cent,» in all other paid L k‘ "lit Fail 4‘ one The Parade on Ithe morning of Fair Day, Tuesday, May 24, 1049, will assemble at the High School at 10.30 o‘clock and will proceed from there to Benson Avenue. then to Yonge Street, south to Markham Road. to Church Street along to the Fair Grounds. It will be led by the Queen's York Band. which is one of the outstandingr bands of the (‘ity of Toronto. R a it go r A conveyance will be provided for. the entrants for the Period Dress Competitions. The entrants in the Decorated Bi- cycle Contest will assemble at the High School. but the entrants the Decorated Tricycle and the Dec- orated Doll~' Carriages will assemble at :hc Post Office â€" il1l>. became the children in the two latter con- tests small. and might aie likely to be Iind the walk from the ra:hei lung. The prich for the Bic} Tricycles and Doll‘s t'aiiiages wif: be for each of these â€" SEN-0. $1.00. .30 ceiit>. and St'lliltil r-lcs. t‘i‘lllt‘rl.‘ entrants. l> the a Past I‘rvsxltn: and has been an enthusiasâ€" Mr. J. S. McNaii'. I‘l'PN'lt‘El. w l: .i niarv and has l> tic .‘llL‘llli'L‘i nt‘ Thy Tm -.. U“.l"c?:. lken at more to High . perti- The township already has had con- sultations with Dr. Faludi, town planning consultant, who has offered to prepare a master plan of the townâ€" ship, on a two year basis. at a rea- sonable cost. It was pointed out ti council that unless immediate stepsl were taken the growth of populationI in the township would create condi- tions which it would be both costly and diflicult to remedy in a i'cwl years. l’ropcrt) l’urchase L'rged In‘mediutc action leadingr to the ac- propcrty for township urged by the .quisition of t purposes was teen; fol-lwhu pointed out that the rapidly in- creasing values of land would force extra cxpenditmcs oi: the township unless action was ta»' site in the fut ire . .w l provide a 1m . futurv town: An Hilly! of 5.3.05“ for tile olri t'i‘A‘l- ip buildian ship hall was t'HIlrldf‘l'Qd ivy munch, considered the and made a counter pioprvsal when. annmnt insuf- l'lL':tll‘ of $2.300. cash. oi $2.250. cash iii'l: . ithe privilege of usn,r the hall four lillllc> yearly. Hon-t Widening and improvenitnt of El- zin Strect. ,‘(tlltl‘l of Thornhill. '»\l]it'll had been. «dour-it‘d in 3v certain in“ l l oiiiieis at memos; meetings. Maple Creek Lodge, well knowr entertainment centre at Elgin Side Road and Bathurst Streets, has been sold by owner George P. Dowe ti George Kellough, wellâ€"known horse- man of Toronto. Mr. Kcllough will not operate the Lodge as a commercial propositicn but will make his home and keep his horses there. In addition to the Lodge, he has bought one hundred and ten acres. Mr. Dowc is retaining the south farm, running through to Dufferin Street, and intends to continue making his home in the district. He is, he reports, busy with his electric- al equipment business at Richvale which is employing sixty-five hands at the present time. Mention Of Old Coin Produces Older One Mention in a recent issue of The l.l‘i"l'dl of an L'ppcr ('anada half- nennj.‘ dated 1‘20 found on the Ncill farm at Jefferson brought a quick response from (i. Mallory of Len- in»; Aacniic, {ichnionll Hill. Mr. Mallory la.» sent in a similar clan. but dated loll. which was plmientwl up in hi~ garden on Len- rox Arenuc. \\'l‘.!t‘li was originally part of the homestead of the I’almer family. The 1327 Year old coin is in a fair slate. of p1€:¢‘l"~'atll.>n.