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liBlind Employment Supervisor ” "Jo Speak To Local Lions Club Jane Reycraft in the senior game collected 8 points while Lois Wright in the junior game tossed in 9 points. Both teams owe much of their Hill Girls Sports Richmond Hill girls were the guests of Aurora last Thursday. Both teams played well with Rich~ mond Hill having a slight edge over Aurora. The final outcome in the junior game was Richmond Hill 15, Aurora 7. In the senior game the local girls took top hon- OUI‘S- Score 13â€"11 for Richmond On February 10,‘ the Athletic Societies will sponsor a dance, “Cupid’s Capers.” Music will be provided by records. Admission 35c. Dancing 8.45 till 11.45. Growth of rural areas and ex- pansion of population, providing opportunities for larger work, has led among other things to the div- ision of the Toronto Presbyterial of the Women’s Missionary Soc- iety of the Presbyterian Church into an East and West Presbyteria] corresponding to the boundaries of Presbytery, east of Bathurst street or the 2nd concession is known as East Presbyterial, and west of Bathurst the Western div- ision. Locally that means terri- tory of section four formerly in charge of Mrs. L. W. Zuefelt of Richmond Hill and Mrs. T. L. Williams of King is split. Mrs. Zuefelt and Mrs. M. E. R. Boud-I Opening the meeting, Father McGinn emphasized the fact that trustees had a heavy responsibility and that the meetings of the board were public affairs. Trustees present were Mesdames E. G. Hill, secretary of the board; Russell Fox and McCullough; Messrs. A long discussion on financial matters featured the first meeting of the trustees of Richmond Hill Separate School, held on January 25, with Father F. McGinn in the chair. Arrangements for the is- sue of further debentures for the purpose of regularizing the board's financial position were made. Growth Leads To W.M.S. Area Division Financial Matters And School Routine Debated By Trustees Of Separate School E A few months later, Mr. Will- iamson gave up mixed farming and joined his family in British golumbia. During the next two years he gradually became accus- tomed to living in a world of dark- ness and spent most of his time helping in orchards and doing gen- eral work about the buildings and became quite an expert repairing gasoline motors. He also gained considerable experience with log- ging equipment, mill and water- power machinery. Mr. William- son tells many hair-raising tales while logging with his brother during the few years he spent at that occupation. In the spring of the year, when logging occupa‘ e post flew into and pierced his ight eye. Before medical atten- ‘on could be given, inflammation ad set in and two years later he ecame totally blind. pie accident which eventually 'gaused his loss of sight. While emoving a section of fencing, a taple which was extracted from ‘Ee Blind. | ‘ {gln the Spring of 1918 while nching in southern Saskatchewâ€" a, Lindsay Williamson met with ‘Richmond Hill Lions Club celâ€" ,rates White-Cane Week at its regular meeting on Thursday fight, when it plays host to guest beaker, Mr. Lindsay G. William- an, Supervisor of Employment, ,7 nadian National Institute for iii This leaves the Hill still up Mien in first place with Stouffville. fl‘onight the Hill returns to Aur- ;"ra to play the last game in the ,fichedule before the playdowns. ,1 Richmond Hill stands a very good chance of winning out in its :Last Friday night the Young :banadians met Aurora at our 10- '531 Arena. The ice was fast and 50th teams played good hockey. here were very fzw penalties on hither side and although the score $35 9 to 1 for the locals the,play mn’t seem too one sided. Aurora 1 ’d plenty of chances and Atkin- §n played the best game this sea. ‘on to hold them out. Scorers for the Hill were: Van Dyke 1, {faul Atkinson 1, Charles 3. {\Charles played real heads up . Vockey all evening and was “John- lHy on the spot” when the puck yfi/BS around Aurora net), Hart 1. '. omlinson 1, Youngerburg 1, and grainger 1. l I Ioflal Youngsters, Stouffville, Io Battle In Hockey Play-offs Highschool Highlights By Harold 'Mills Star of the senior battle was Jim Reycraft, getting 14 points. Sil Stefi'an also played one of his better games and got 7 points. For the juniors Gordon Burbridge with 10 pts. and Scott Latimer with 6 pts. were stars. Ralph Smith also turned in a good game al- though not getting- many points. Seniorr Game: Richmond Hill 33 Pickering 17. Junior Game: Richmond Hill 29 Pickering 15. Last Monday Pickering College invaded the Richmond Hill High School for junior and senior, bas- ketball games. Richmond Hill came out on top twice winning both games. In the two games the scores were: Richmond Hill will play host to Newman-hat on Thursday, Februar 3. The future looks bright for tl‘g Richmond Hill girls’ teams with COSSA playoffs just a few weeks away. Boys‘ Sports success to their coaches. Davies and Silvio Stetfan. reau, Newmarket, are now district vice presidents of section four to include Sutton, Newmarket, Aur- ora, Richmond Hill, Thornhill and Willowdale societies. Mrs. C. H. Bowman,‘ Maple, remains a dis- trict vice president of section three which now includes Eversley, Strange and King-Bess. In the former district comprising- Maple, St. Pauls and Knox Vaughan, Woodbridge, Bolton and Nashville. Mrs. T. L. Williams is now a dis- trict vice president of section three working with Mrs. Bowman, and under West Presbyterial presi- dent, Mrs. A. S. Curr, the former president of the whole Toronto Presbyterial. A hot argument about school routine developed, with certain parents complaining about mat- ters such as deportment of th children, toilet facilities, etc. committee to investigate and re- port back was named. Father F. McGinn was re-elect- ed chairman of the board for the current year. The appointment of a treasurer to the board was laid-over until a later meeting, a strong division of opinion making itself apparent, with trustees sharply divided be- tween two nominees. Clive Bettles and Paul Dubois, in addition to Father McGinn. Today, Mr. Williamson is Nat- ional Supervisor of Employment for the C.N.I.B. He has been successfully placing blind people in factories, while others are op- erating concession, stands, or man- aging lunch stands and cafeter- ias. It is his work to prove to the prospective ‘employer that blind workmen are just as efiic- ient as the sighted, and with a ‘lower percentage of accidents. Mr. Williamson believes if you give a blind person employment, place him where he can be self-support- ing and independent, blindness is not a tragedy but only an initial handicap. In 1928, Mr. Williamson decided to go to Vancouver to‘ work for The Canadian National Institute for the Blind. For two years he worked in the Broom Shop of the ‘Institute and at the end of that time he was given an opportunity to go to Toronto to train as a Placement worker. tions were discontinued and other plans were made for summer ac- tivities he commenced to manu- facture wooden irrigation water pipes and built a water wheel. This business was carried on un- til competition became too keen to make it profitable. During the five years he operated this mill, he did not meet with one accident even. though he worked with aug- ers, buzz-saws, wiring machines and reamers. 'The second game of the play- downs will be played‘ in Stoufiville on February 13. Friday night at the Arena, Rich- mond Hill plays the first game of the playdowns against Stoufi‘ville. Game time 8 o’clock. The play- downs consist of each team play- ing at home once with goals to count. These two matches will be tightly contested as Stoufi‘ville have lost only one game in their schedule and so has Richmond Hill. Fans will see two teams very evenly matched. group which will mean that the team goes on to play with the win- ners of other groups in Ontario. Considering that the boy have had no practices at all because of the lack of ice due to weather condi- tions, they have done well to go along as far as they have. With practice they will show up much better. Tim Saul, the coach, de- serves a lot of credit to have the boys playing the type of hockey they are. Llrs In games played with Aurora on January 25, Richmond Hill defeat- ed Aurora Junior B 23-15; and on January 24 Richmond Hill Junior A were defeated 13-28. Leading scorers are: Junior B: Bert Morby, 13 pts.; Howard Avison, 5 pts. Junior A: Gord. Burbridge, 27 pts., Scott Latimer, 11 pts. Senior: Jim Reycraft, 24 pts.; Peter Tobias, 16 pts.; Sil Steffan, 12 pts. Turn thos: unwanzcd items into cash. Dispose of them by tele- Maple 70r4 phoning Richmond Hill 9 and in- serting a classified ad~ 1W Richmond Hill With the increase of fire hazards property owners should review their insurance policies, and due to the increased cost of materials would be well advised -to increase the amounts of insurance. Also car owners who think it will never happen to them 1e caught some time or other without protection. The cost is a minor amount to what it ‘will cost if an accident happens. Storm & Screen Windows Combination Storm & Screen Doors Installed if requested Electrical 4 Contractor Wiring and Repairs Phone Richmond Hill 427M Bargister, Soligitor, Notary Public Mortgage Loans Arranged Office’Hours â€"- Daily 10 tp 5 pm. Evenings â€" Tuesday, Wednesday, 8 to 10 And by Appointment 40 Yonge, Richmond Hill Ph. 229 Bruce Jones.“ is leaving on Wed- nesday evening to relieve at the Walkers Stores in Woodstock. William S. Hodge of Montreal spent the week end with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hodge before leaving for Goose Bay, where he expects -to be >stationed in the near future. Rev. H. E. Taylor has been ap- pointed rector of the Anglican Church at Hearst, Ontario. Rev. Taylor was formerly on the stafl‘ of the Department of Lands and Forests, Maple. He left there to take up the position of Principal of Bishop Horden School, at Moose Factory, Moosonee.- He has been in ill health for some time, and it is hoped the change of climate will prove beneficial. Mrs. Annie Lawrie, who has been ill in St. Michael’s Hespital, Toronto, has returned home and is progreSSing favourably. Mrs. William Weir received painful injuries when struck by a car owned and driven by Edward Jones of the 6th concession of Vaughan, on Friday evening, Jan- uary 27. The accident occurred near W. J. Johnson’s Butcher Shop on Maple sideroad. Hope United Church Sunday School and Junior Choir are spon- soring a play in Maple Concert Hall on Wednesday evening, Feb- ruary 15, at 8.30 pm. The play is a comedy presented by the Punchinello Players. It has been entered in the Central Ontario Drama. Festival. The author is E. Douglas Cooper, and the firoducer is A. Maynard Robinson. Mr. Robinson is a cousin of the late Rev. Stanley Robinson, for many year's Presbyterian minister in Maple. . A in INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS J. Rabinowitch, BA. FRANK ELLIOTT Hope United Church Musicians of outstanding ability favored witl. several numbers. Bryan Booth played his guitar and sang; Eric Rickman presented many numbers on the flute, both classcal and popular; Mrs. George Calder accompanied by Mrs. Roy Clegg sang two secular and one sacred number. After the musical items, a contest was held and ‘31e meeting concluded with the Miz- pah benediction. The Maple Young People’s Un- ion held its regular/meeting in the Sunday School of the United Church on Thursday, January 25. Mrs. Verna Fletcher acted as con- venor for National night. Under her guidance an excellent program was presented. In the opening de- votional exercise and topic pres- entation she was assisted by the Misse‘s Mary Carson, Jean Morby and Margaret Wiltshire. . Correspondent: Mrs. D. Allen ROY SIMPSON A. G. Savage INSURANCE AGENT Maple 80 r13 MAPLE Consult Telephone 118 JOSEPH BORON For free demonstra- tion without any obli- gation whatsoever The new BAGLESS Vacuum Cleaner Sensationally new LADIES! HERE IT IS! W. Ness, Stop 17 Yonge Street (first house south of the rectory) on Monday, January 3-0, from 7.30 to 9.30. The classes are open to men as well as women and as in- dividual attention is given,_ the basic instruction will be repeateu as students join. Enquiries have Dont forget to mark February 14 in your engagement book to at- tend the entertainment to be put on by the school children for the Save the Children Fund. 51y goodbye to these weak. always tired feelings. depression and nervousness due to w ek. thin blood. Get up Ieellng fresh, be DeDDY all ay, have plenty oi vitality left over by evening. Take Ostrex. Contains iron. vitamin Bl. calcium. phosphorus ior blood building. body strengthening stimulation. lnvigoratee system: improves appetite. digestive powers. Costa little. New "get acquainted" size onl 600. Try Ostrex Tonic Tablets for new. nor- mn Dev. vim. vigor. this very day. At all druggists. Leathercraft Classes There are no reports of hockey; games due to the unsportsmanlik weather. Better luck for next is- sue, we hope. The seéond of theLeathercraft Classes directed by Miss Barbara Howard was held at the home of Weak, Tired, Nervous, Pepless Men, Women The Thompsons came to Lang- staff about a. year and a half ago, when they bought Mr. Abells prop- erty, next door to Mr. Charlie MattheWs on No. 7 Highway. Langstatf School ' v The community shares the pride which must be felt by Mr. and Mrs. Claire Thompson and Mar- shall at the way their 17-year-oiu daughter and sister stuck to her post during'the dangerous fire in Thornhill last week. Shirley was on duty alone as night operator.at the Bell Telephone Office and coolly handled the witchboard by herself until several of the other girls arrived. The girls kept on with their work although ' the front of their building was burn- ing and the heat was intense but were finally ordered out by police, and very fortunately, as a short time after the window did what had been feared, fell in over the switchboard. Filter flueen The theme of the January Mem- bership meeting was “Sports.” It was well attended, with Miss Bar- ber, Home Economist, as speaker. Mrs. H. Suter, was a guest. Al- so a guest was Miss Betty Wool- ner who is now a‘member. Miss Shirley Thompson and Miss Joan Hick were in charge of the pro- gramme. I, Whose~goose likes whose gan- ders well enough to fly over the housetops on Church Street? This Week’s Mystery: Local Heroine The next meeting of the Lang- staff Junior Women’s Institute will be held at the home of Miss Joan Hicks on Wednesday, February 8 at 8 o’clock. For Roll Call each. member will name a courtesy which she appreciates. Jacklyn Cooke and Kay Orr will serve lunch. . The Langstafl" Junior Women's Institute are living up to their motto, “Home and Country”. Last Friday evening when Patterson Lodge, Thornhill, entertained their wives at a party and buffet lunch, the girls assisted the Thornhill W. I. by serving coffee to more than 150 members and guests. Junior W.I. Keep Friday, Feb’ruary 10 for the first play-off game and watch for more details of it in next week’s issue. to 1. Of these Tommy White scored 1 and Morty Charles 3. Don Watt got an assist and a foot in- jury which kept him off the ice for the last period. - The Richmond Hill Young Can- adians defeated Aurora last Fri- day at Richmond Hill by 9 goals to 1. Of these Tommy White Ge} New Vim, Vigor, Vitality phone Maple 70r4 Amazi'ngly different â€"â€" LANGSTAFF NEWS CORRESPONDENT -â€" MRS. S. W. WORSDALE Tommy White Telephone Thornhill 257112 MiSs Shirley Thompson and her mother entertained at a shower held Thursday, January 6, in hon- our of Mr. and Mrs. Len Bean at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claire Thompson, No. 7 Highway. Mrs. Bean was formerly Miss Rosie Churchill of Richvale and her mar- riage took place December 31,'two weeks after the arrival of Mr. » ean’s parents from England. Guests at the shower included the bride’s mother, Mrs. Churchill, brother Ernie and cousin Neal and the Misses Rita Hodgson, Kay Orr, Joyce Suter, Peggy Reid, Lois ‘Boyes, Laura Hislop and Shirley Thompson who was bridesmaid. Marshall Thompson was also pres- ent as moral support for Ernie and Neal. - Want a good attendance at that concert or bazaar or whatever it may be? Then try an insertion in the “Coming Events" column of The Liberal. It does the job for you at low cost. Telephone Rich- mond Hill 9. Many of us will be thinking of Mrs. George White when she goes into Western Hospital ,on Febru- ary 8 for her operation the follow- ing day. Mrs. White will prob- ably he in hospital about ten days. Garden Avenue residents and others also hope to see five other ladies around and quite well soon. They are Mr. S. Madelena whose arm is still in a cast from the ac- cident she had last month, and Mrs. F. Bickmore who was in bed all last week but who got up for a while on Monday. Coveyduck was a consistently hard worker in all community projects in the “good old days” and is still very active; it is the hope of neigh- bors, near and not-so-near, that their good wishes will make her present having to stay put more bearable. The many friends of Mrs. Tom Coveyduck, one of Langstaff’s best known residents, wish her a speedy convalescence following the accident she had about two weeks ago when she fell and injured both arms. The stitches are now out of the cut on one arm but. the oth- er is badly sprained and will prob- ably be painful for some time. Mrs. Mrs. Doris Wild, Detroit, Mich.’ spent last week as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mathews at “Stonehaven, No. 7 Highway. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edney of Bradford have been spending the past two weeks with their daugh- ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Holt, No. 7 Highway. Visitors to their home the previous week- end were Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ed- ney, Mr. flack Edhey, MiSS Elean- nr Edney and Miss Barbara Rennie all of Agincourt, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Styan of Richmond Hill and Miss Phyllis Edney of Toronto. been made by school children, but due to the space available, class- es will have to be limited to high school age and adults for the time being. Lang§talf Social and Personal Phone Thornhill 257r12 29 YONGE ST. MEL MALTBY CITIES SERTa’ICE GARAGE AUSTIN SALES and SERVICE - Phone 12 I - - R Aurora Motors Proudly Announces that MELVILLE P. MALTBY Has Been Appointed Austin Dealer For Richmond Hill And District. (Authorized by Austin Ontario Motors.) COMES TO MEL MALTBY t In the middle of the afteijnoon traffic was so dense that move- ment was halted on the open high- way for many minutes at a time. Several drivers reported taking an hour or more to travel from Tor- ontu city limits to Richmond Hill. Three provincial police were re- quired at Thornhill during the 8f! ternoon to direct traffic. With the scene of the Thornhill fire the mecca. for many tourists, traffic on No. 11 highway last Sunday was reminiscent of mid- summer conditions. Both north and southbound traffic moved in a steady stream throughout the day- light hours, with, at times, cars piled up in solid blocks for long distances. . Midsummer Traffic Volume Follows Fire At Thornhill RICHMOND HILL Telephone 18 F. Y. W. Brathwaite Hardware RICHMOND HILL ‘ Clearance Sale SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINTS ENAMELS â€" STAINS â€" VARNISHES 25 Per Cent Off For Two Weeks Only THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, Feb. 2, 1950 EMMEICHVALE FLORIST i 99.99.94 I Richmond Hill Electrical Shop 82 YONGE â€" PHONE 296 i i 3 i g i 00609900999 Funeral Designs â€" Wedding Bouquets Our Specialty Mixed Bouquets City and Suburban Delivery Flowers wired anywhere in Canada and U.S.A. Phone Richmond Hill 533W ooooouooooooooooopoomuowm ONO”””NO”OOOWOW W Classes commence at 9.30 am. Class Lessons 50c per hr. Private Lessons â€" $1.00 per hour. Children’s Dancing â€" Ballet â€" Tap Classes will open at St. Mary’s Separate School, Richmond Hill, on Saturday, February 4, 1950. They will be conducted'by Mrs. Norman Squires, graduate of the Chalif School of Dancing, New York City, recent head of a successful school at St. John’s, Newfoundland. ELECTRIE WlRlNG & REPAIRS GILSON HOT AIR FURNACES AND OIL BURNERS For further information telephone Mrs. Squires, RICHMOND HILL SCHOOL OF DANCING Richmond Hill~‘249r3 RICHMOND HILL We Deliver