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Dinah Shore fans will enjoy her three new selections, while other musical numbers by popular at- tistes of the day maintain a mus- ical flow which is one of the pic- ture’s best features. A double bill awaits movie-go- ers at the Richmond Theatre on December 9 and 10. The screwy but ever-popular Laurel and Hardy form part of it. One of the continent's best- known voices â€" that of Charlie McCarthy â€"will be heard in the other half of the program. In Walt Disney’s “Fun and Fancy Free." Disney has brought in Edgar Bergen and little Luana Patten as living players, plus Bergen’s ven~ triloqual celebrities, Charlie Mc- Carthy and Mortimer Snerd, as well as his own Jiminy Cricket, to tie in the various fantastic di- versions that make up the picture, which is about seventy~five per cent a series of adventures by an- imated characters. Bergen narrates the “Bean- stalk” legend, as visualized in an- imation for Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Luana Pat- ten. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy are the active charac- ters who defy the giant, Willie, in rescuing a little musical dam- sel in distress. Dinah Shore does a similar narration chore for the “Bongo” exploit. Another neat job is done by Cliff Edwards, as the voice of tiny Jiminy Cricket. Two closely allied fables me pictured. “Mickey and the Bean- stalk” is a completely Disneyfied variant of the legend. “Bongo” adapted from a Sinclair Lewis whimsical story, tells about a run- away circus bear who found love and perilous adventure in his na- tive wilderness. "It Happened ‘On Fifth Avenue" showing at the Richmond on Decâ€" ember 12 and 13 is a gay com- edy starring Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles, Victor Moore and Gale Storm. Produced at a cost of $1,300,000 the picture reflects a fine combin- ation of timeliness, comedy and pathos. The story revolves around the habit of a hobo, played by Moore, who seasonally moves into boarded-up New York Imansions and Virginia country homes. His life becomes tangled in a web of strange events when, through a few streaks of generosity, he op- ens a, New York mansion to a large handful of homeless ex- GI’s and their wives and friends. When the owner of the mansion, his wife and daughter. played res- pectively by Charlie Ruggles, Ann Harding and Gale StormY are drawn into the house by a series of events, things really begin to happen. And romance reaches a high pitch when Gale Storm meets Don DeFore, one of the former servicemen. Moving along at good tempo and with many a moment of sus- pense, the picture reaches an un- expected climax. It also provides excellent territory in which Grant Mitchell, Edward Brophy, Alan Hale Jr., Cathy' Carter, Edward Ryan, Jr., Dorothea Kent, Arthur Hohl, "Anthony Sydes, Linda Lee Solomon, Abe Reynolds and Pat Goldin may parade their thespic talents in supporting roles. A synopsis of pictures to be shown locally’in the near future, for the information of movie-goers. One of England’s famous films will be shown in Richmond Hill on December 14 and 15 when “Jessy” makes its appearance at the Richmond Theatre. It brings to- gether again Margaret Lock- wood and Patricia Roe and marks the Technicolor debut of Britain’s No. 1 star. Millions of Margar- et Lockwood fans the world over welcome the opportunity of see- ing this beautiful actress high- lighted in colour. “Jassy” is based on Norah Lofts’ entertaining novel of the same name. It tells the story of a gipsy girl, Jassy, who has the gift of second sight. Jessy enters the story as a servant girl and ends as mistress of a fine old English mansion â€"â€"- a position she takes, however. only so that she can give the house back to the rightful owner whom she loves. “Jassy” gives Margaret Lock- wood a. fine part as the gipsy girl and Patricia Roc plays Dilys‘ the fickle daughter of the man Jassy hates but marries. Here’s DINAH SHORE, who will be seen in “Fun and b'ancy Free” I mond Theatre. at the Rich- VOLUME LXXI. NUMBER 23. In every municipality there’s usually one man to Whom everybody can turn when problems of civic “house-keeping” arise â€" and in the case of Richmond Hill it’s LES. BAKER, pictured above. ‘ ‘ u . n. -n 1 1,,_ r.--.... Les knows his district well. Born at Carrville, he has spent all his life in the area, with the exception of the time he was working for his community “in another capacity â€"â€" that of a member of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps over- seas in the first Great War. Since his early days -â€" and he started to work immedâ€" iately he left public school â€" Les has been engaged with machinery and construction activities of one kind and an- other â€" and that makes him a “natural” for his present im- portant job â€" that of superintendent of Richmond Hill’s waterworks system and of the Works Department. He has lived in Richmond Hill for twenty-seven years. The first twenty he was looking after maintenance for the Bedford Park Floral Company and the last Seven he has spent in the village’s service. Garnering the largest vote ever polled for a Public School trustee; Trustee Len Clement headed the list of successful candidates when voters selected three trustees at the annual elections on December Clement, Armstrong 8; Barber Are Elected To School Board Up for re-election, Mr. Clement had 545 votes. Second on the list was Trustee Andrew Armstrong, Misses Barbara Allen, Alice and Rita Milnean, Judith Ann Nichols and Master Maurice Carnival, all pupils of the Mary Green School of Dancing, entertained with a Gypsy dance and a tap dance â€" “Winter Wonderland.” They and their accompanist were presented with boooches by Mary Harrison and Audrey Thompson on behalf of the society. Thornhill Horticulturists Finish Season With Social The Thornhill Horticultural So- ciety completed the year’s pro- gram with a social evening on No- vember 29. ‘ The well-known and popular lec- turer, Mr. John Clarke, illustrated his talk with pictures of beautiful gardens. Mrs. Clarke accom- panied her husband and was pres- sented with a cup and saucer as a slight token of appreciation Of what Mr. and Mrs. Clarke have done for horticulture locally. , Prizes were presented‘to Mrs. Horton, Mrs. Dolan, Mrs. Pherrill, Mrs. Henley, Miss Clubine, Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Suter, Miss Dean, Mrs. Bone, Mrs. Banks and Mrs. Ham- ilton. Voters of Woodbridge, like their compatriots in Richmond Hill, de- cided at the municipal elections on December 5 a. sewerage system was a necessity. The T. Eaton trophy was pre- sented by Mr. P. Bone to Mrs. Woodbridge Voters Record Approval Of Sewer System Voting on a suggested $230,000 proposition, they recorded 109 for and 98 against. “Where prices meet purses” â€" in the classified ad. section. Tele- phone yours to Richmond Hill 9. Know Your Neighbour (Continued on page. 2) also seeking re-election, with the large count of 461. In the third place was Albert Barber, new member of the board, who had 394 votes. These were the three elec- ted. Two candidates making their first try for public office were John Williamson, who had 238 votes and Marwood Cunningham with 280. Horton for the highest number of points obtained for the season and Mrs. Dolan received a tray which was presented by the Thornhill Horticultural Society. Ten juniors also received awards. A recent graduate of Earl Haig Collegiate, Mr. Ian Finnan, was introduced by Mr. T. Pherril to the audience. Mr. Finnan is a splen- did magician and held the atten- tion of the ,audience throughout his display of tricks which ended with taking a real live bunny from his hat. Mr. Burke moved a. vote of thanks to the artists and those who worked to make it a successâ€" ful meeting. Refreshments gave an opportunity for friendly chat- ter. Name Architects For High School $360,000 Building Definite steps towards the $360,- 000 addition to Richmond Hill High School were taken at the Board’s regular meeting when Page and Steele of Toronto were appointed architects. It is hoped to have two rooms of the eight room and gymnasium addition completed by the fall of 1950. The new addition when com- pleted will contain a commercial room, a library-class room, an art- geography room, a home econom- ics room, a shop room, one for sewing and two regular class Sketch plans are to be drawn up immediately for approval by the local trustees and the Ontario De- partment of Education. rooms These capacity ditional mg? “In Essentials, Unity: In Non-Essentials, Liberty; In All Things, Charity.” pupils, making a total will provide for for the school of 230 ad- RICHMOND HILL, ONT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1949 Reeve-Elect Win. Timbers Now Solitary Survivor Of 1949 Markham Council Many Upsets Feature Elections Sewerage Installation Approved ham Township Cou from the voting on In consequence the uty Reeve, Winfred be the only membe council who served body when he take reeve for the comin; A complete turnover of Mark- ham Township Council resulted from the voting on December 5. In consequence the present Dep- uty Reeve, Winfred Timbers, will be the only member of the 1950 council who served on the 1949 body when he takes his seat as reeve for the coming year. Wrest- ing the seat from the present in- cumbent, Reeve Vern. W. .Grifi‘m, Mr. Timbers scored an 831 maj- ority. He secured a big majority in the" eastern part of the tnvn- ship. Change Leaders He is the well-knewn Albert Jones of Elgin Mills who, as a young man, started. work at New- tonbr'ook in 1893 â€" four years be- fore he was married â€" on the old Metropolitan line and followed it through for a good many miles as it was built towards Newmarket and Lake Si-mcoe points. The memory of at least one man in the Richmond Hill area goes back a long way as he sees the 01d radial track which he helped to lay being removed by methods un- dreamed of when he worked on its installation. Sees Removal Of Radial Lne He Helped Lay'56 Years Ago In the removal of the old tracks from Yonge Street citizens of Richmond Hill are getting a first- hand demonstration of a modern innovation which has come into being as municipality after munic- ipality has decided to scrap its cars and turn to other forms of transportation. Some years ago removal of car tracks meant complete tearing up of a street and the relaying of a new road surface. Time and cost were both major factors in the old method of track removal. BusineSS and traffic were hampered. Minimum Interference , But, with today’s system, dis- ruption is reduced to a minimum. The Niagara Peninsula firm, Ker- rio’s Welding Works, which is do- ing the job in the Hill, has reduced it to a science. Kerrios, incidentally, are sub- contractors who are working for the firm which bought the tracks, A. A. Merrilees and Co., of Toron. to. The firm which is laying the asphalt in the place of the old tracks is also a. sub-contracting concern. All this work is costing the village nothing â€"â€" the job is part of the contract under which the Merrilee's concern bought the old tracks. The removal procedure is com- paratively simple. \First a small trench is excavated on the outside of each rail. Rubble is removed. Then a machine designed by Ker- rios goes into operation and cuts the bead from each rail simultan- eously. The oxy-acetylene torches which 'do the job are mounted on a two-wheel chassis which travels along the rails. Preceding the cutter are a truck and trailer which carry the cylinders which feed the machine, a generating plant which produces the elec- tricity required and a dozen and one other pieces of equipment in- cidental to the operation. The base of the track is left in the ground and is covered by the asphalt laying crew which £91- Iows the cutters. Rail is being removed at the rate of approximately six hundred feet a day. The contractors say that they can run up as high as a thousand feet a day in warmer weather. The firm which is doing the work, Kerrio’s Welding Works, has been operating for thirty A11 three of the 1949 council‘.ors, Results of election in ca] municipalities will found on page 2 of this sue. Election Results fimmk Harry Barber, Robert Rae, and Fred Wicks, who Were aiming at the deputy reeveship, were con- siderably outdistanced by Dalton Rumney, who polled 1126 votes against a combined total for the other three of 1038. W. L. Clark pulled the second biggest vote of the day, gaining 1445. The other three striving for council mem- bership, Charles H. Hooper, Al- fred E. James and Nelson Find- lay, ran a neck and neck race with Findlay, the loser, only 23 votes behind the next highest man, James, who in turn \“as only 28 votes behind Charles H. Hooper. years. It claims that its meth- od saves approximately 50% of the rail removal cost and that it salvages 65% of the steel rail. It will operate as far as the south- ern limits of Richmond Hill. The remainder of the track is being removed by machines which pull it from the ties. Work started gum the southern end of the line 251d, at the time of writing, re- moval has taken place well north of Willowdale. Pictured above is Richmond Hill’s reeve for 1950 -- JOHN A. GREENE, who will return to civic duties with which he is thoroughly' familiar. He enters on a third session as the village’s reeve when he takes office in Jan- uary. A resident of Richmond Hill since 1912, Mr. Greene has served for many years on council and was reeve in 1933 to 1939 inclusive and again in 1943. Vaughan Council Decide To Seek Further Facts About Health Unit Settlement of assets and liabil- ities covering- the portion of Vaughan Township annexed to the village of Woodbridge is to be- arranged at an early meeting between the councils of the two corporations, it was agreed at a recent meeting of the Vaughan Township council. Discussing the agreement be- tween the municipalities of Vau- ghan, Markham, North York, Richmond Hill and the T. T. C. relative to the operation of the North Yonge buses, councillors took exception to the limiting of the franchise to the Gray Coach Lines only in the event that the present buses ceased to operate for any reason. was taken under was taken under consideration at a later meeting of the reeves of (Th BACK AGAIN matter A. Rutherford Tops Vaughan Council Slate Unlike its two sister municipal- ities, Vaughan Township had a very quiet and sedate election day on December 5. With no particular points at is- sue, and with the reeve and deputy returned by acclamation, the vot- ers had the job of choosing three councillors“ They returned Albert Rutherford at the top of the poll with 816 votes and sent that old war-horse of Municipal affairs, James Robson, back with 656 votes. To fill the vacancy caused by the withdrawal of Carl Shaw they put in William J. Agar, giv- ing him 628 votes. Unsuccessful candidates were Cyril G‘. ,Baker, in fourth place with 505 vdtes. Russell Rowntree secured 436 and Herbert Phelps chalked up a score of 203. Advised that the villages of Woodbridge and Richmond Hill had entered the nine-municipality arrangement providing for the set- ting up of a joint health unit, the council gave instructions that fur- ther particulars of the unit should be secured. Complaints of odours from a drain through Maple were consid- ered by the council. No action was taken pending a meeting with owners of the property where the drain was located. H. C. H. Miller, building inspec- tor of the township, outlined steps taken with regard to persons liv- ing in temporary accommodation to which council gave'its approv- al. 5 municipalities and T. T. C. offic- ials. EDITOR.) ' Sixty-one calls were an- swered-by the Richmond Hill Fire Brigade during the past year, it was dis- closed when members of the brigade held their an- nual meeting on December 6. Seventeen of the calls were in the municipality and forty-four outside. Firemen Handle Sixty-one Calls Close Contest In Fight For Hi|| Council Seats Heavy Vote Recorded 835 voters out of a possible 1297 went to the polls to vote for 1950’s reeve â€",a percentage of 64.3. At last year’s election 61.2 per cent of those entitled to vote exercised their franchise. If the number of times Richmond Hill telephone opera- tors had to say “Number Nine is still busy” is any indication then interest in local municipal elections reached a very high point. From a few minutes after seven o’clock, when the first returns were received from King Township, until long past one o’clock on the morning of December 6 The Liberal’s office telephone knew never an idle second. Further indication of the mounting interest in civic af- fairs is conveyed by the size of the vote cast. 596 voters expressed their opinion on the installation of a sewerage system in Richmond Hill out of a possible 825, representing a 69% vote. w "5' A decisive majorty marked X on the “Yes” section of the ballot which asked whether they were in favour of the council giving con- sideration to the installation of a sewerage system in Richmond Hill. Final vote was 334 for and 261 against â€" a majority of 73. One of the major surprises of the election in Richmond Hill was Top honours in the world of cattle and sheep came to Rich- mond Hill when Don Head Farms exhibits scored sucdesses at the International Livestock Exposit- ion at Chicago. At the big show, at which the continent’s best animals compete, Don Head, with Barbara Bando- Iier of Don Head, captured second prize for Senior Calf in the Ab- erdeen Angus section. Before being sold it captured another award for Don Head Farms when, with a full sister, Blackbird of Don Head 215t, the two animals won second prize for the best pair of calves. A considerable number of other awards were captured by Don Head, every animal being entered winning a. prize. Top prize money was also won by Don Head sheep, one animal winning the award for Champion DECEMBER 9 â€" Friday, a euchre will be held in St. Mary’s Cath- olic parish hall, star-ting at 8.30 pm. Convenors are Mrs. S. Mor- iarty and Mrs. Derek Andrews. c1w23 Don Head Animals Meet, Beat, Continent’s Best | Command Highest Price The animal was later sold for $11,000, top price paid for any beast at the show’s Angus sale. Buyer was Omhard Hill Farms of Enid, Oklahoma. DECEMBER 9 â€" Friday, Decem- ber 9y St. Mary’s Anglican Sunday School Christmas Concert and Tree in the Public School Auditor- ium, Richmond Hill. 4w20 DECEMBER 10 â€" Combination bridge, euchre, cribbage and bingo contest in aid of completion of Richvale Community Hall, at the Richvale School. 1w21 DECEMBER 11 â€"â€" The Richmond Hill High School Music Club, un- der the direction of Miss Lola Jones, will be in charge of the music next Sunday evening, Dec- ember 11, in the Richmond Hill United Church. c1w23 DECEMBER 12 â€" The fortnight- DECEMBER 15 â€"â€" The regular monthly meeting of the'Women’s 1y euchre of the Buttonville Wo- men’s Institute will be held in the hall on Monday, December 12, at 8.30 pm. Admission 35c. Lunch provided. ‘1w23 HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 oming Events the defeat of Councillor Ken. Tomlin, who was nosed out by a, scant twelve votes by Councillor Tom Taylor and newcomer Floyd Perkins. Running for a third term, Reeve Percy C. Hill met de- feat at the hands of John A. Greene who, atfer a. considerable number of years as reeve in the past, staged a decisive come-back, Topping the poll for councillors, Wes\Midd1eton rolled up the size- able vote of 594, with Councillor Cec. Mabley running :1 close sec- ond, eleven votes behind. Full figures of all votes appear on another page of this issue. Ram in the Southdown class, while the reserve championship for ewes was also won by a Southdown be- longing to the same farm. Prizes worth over $300. were won_ by Mrs. Frank Barnett, who is now living south of the village,‘ on radio program “Fun Parade" recently. The question, which had been running for five weeks with: out being answered properly, was, in general termsâ€" “What is full of holes â€" you see it and yet you don‘t?” The answer given correct.- ly by Mrs. Barnett was â€" “A. movie film.” Clothes, gloves, an electric fan and many other items made up the list of prizes won by Mrs. Barnett. Association of Richmond Hill Prea- byterian Church will be held on Thursday, December 15, at 3 p.111. at the home of Mrs. H.H. MacKay, 5 Arnold Street. A cordial invi- tation is extended to all the ladies of the congregation. c1w23 Firsi prize for a pen of lambs was another honour added to Don} Head’s impressive list. DECEMBER 16 -â€" Presentation and dance, Friday, December 16, Laskay Hall for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Glass. Ladies provide. Every- one welcome. c1w23 DECEMBER 16 â€" In the Muffin: ipal Hall at 8 p.m., the reg lar meeting of the RichmondiHill Wing RCAF‘ Association. Guest speaker: Gregory Clark, noted writer, speaker, broadcaster, sportsmd‘n and veteran of two World Wars. Exâ€"Air Force per- sonnel and members of RCAF' Regular invited to attend and join the Wing. Members having appli- cation forms a_re asked to bring them, filled out,'to this meeting, so we can send in a good membership with our application for the Chap ter. c1w23 minton Club Ne' dance at Aurora Denny Berri and } per couple. Ew Many Prizes Reward Mrs. Frank Barnett DECEMBER 31 ean handle it for you â€" speedily â€" smartly. Tele- poster â€" The Liberal'a Job Printing Depar.:ment phone Richmond Hill 9. From a postcard to I 1 â€" Aurora Bad- New Years Eve ‘01}; High School, d his orchestra. $4. Everyone welcome. c3w23