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RILLIA: With a goal of 375 embers, the Chamber of Com- erce is conducting a one-day embership drive. 0 O t 0 ARRIE: A three-day spree of andalism by two fourteen-year- ld Orillia boys resulted in dam- ge to 100 unoccupied fish Shan- ies on Lake Simcoe ice and con- iderable destruction of equipment. I Q i ‘ RILLIA: Only two years old, rillia’s Brass Band won second lace in the Kiwanis Music Fes- ival held in Toronto recently. It 5 sponsored by the Oddfellows. O U I" D I IDLAND: Average cost per kil- watt hour for domestic Power consumers in Midland last year 'as 0.98 cents, lowest ever hit by he system and one of the lowest in the province. o o t I! BOWMANVILLE: 51 farms com- prising 6,500 acres, produced ap- proximately 2,300,000 pounds of tobacco in 1950 in Northumberland and Durham counties. Total val- ue of the crop was over $1,000,000. I b I ' AURORA: The Lions Club has presented a wheel chair to W. W. (Wilkie) Wilkinson, wellâ€"known local hockey player, who broke his back in a motor-cycle accident last summer and is now in Lyndhurst » Lodge rehabilitation hospital i Toronto. 3 O I: O NORTH YORK TWP.: Births out. numbered deaths ten to one in the township last year, with the stork making 2,007 visits. a e or n- . SUTTON: The village council has given its backing to a resolution adopted by a number of Ontario municipalities, asking the provin- cial government to grant a sub- sidy of one-third of the cost. of water and sewerage systems. 0 O t . WEST GWIILLIM‘BURY: Popula- tion of the township is now 2,331, Assessor Ross E. Bell states. Of these 135 are over seventy years of age. In 1836 the population was 1,305. It climbed steadily to a high point of 3.816 in 1850, then declined steadily until in 1913 it Was only 2,021. It has been grow- lng s‘lowly in recent years. 1! t '0 0| LINDSAY: An f‘across the board” increase has been given to all cit'ic employees with the exception of Board of Works employees. A committee of council will institute a graded system for this depart- ment. Policemen, firemen and all other employees were given raises of from $150 to $400. ##18 LINDSAY: 25 applications have been received for the position of chief of the Lindsay Fire Depart- ment. t t 0 O MAR‘KHAM: The Chamber of Commerce held its first annual banquet last week with Dr. J. W. Dnnlop, Director of Extension, University of Toronto, as guest speaker. I t t ‘ STOUFFVILLE: All teachers on the staff of the Stoufl’ville and Markham High Schools have been given an increase of $400 a year. Locations For War Industry InAreaSought ~ The search f0r_locations for war industries has spread to Richmond Hill, with the Municipal Division of the Trade and Industry Branch of the Province of Ontario asking for information regarding avail- able facilities. Information is required regard- ing industrial buildings or indus- _trics for sale in the community. Specific details needed are: Type of buildingfi ceiling heights; floor load; size and number of storeys; rail facilities; name and address of owner; name and address of agent, if any; approximate price; if 4 go. ing concern â€" type of manufactur- ing. Information along these lines should be sent, in the first instance to F. J. Picking, Director of Public Relations, Richmond Hill Business Men’s Association, clo The Liberal, Richmond Hill. 'â€" MARCH 12 -â€"â€" Monday, Langstaff Ratepayers Association (Mark- ham) Langstaff Card Company plant, No. 7 Highway 8 p.m. c1w36 MARCH 13 â€" Tuesday. The Rich- mond Hill Branch 375 Canadian Legion B.E.S.L. will hold its next regular meeting at the home of Mr. F. Titshall, May Ave, Stop 24A Yonge St. Veterans and memâ€" bers please note. *lw36 MARCH 13 â€"- Tuesday. Richmond Hill B & P Women will hold their dinner meeting at Summit View Drive-In at 6.30 p.m. dinner $1.35, Guest speaker, Dr. Helen Hogg of Dunlap Observatory. Members are asked to bring lady or gentleman ’ guests. c1w36 Coming Events 0hr VOLUME LXXII. NUMBER 36 New Weaving Industry Coming Space in the Grinnell Building south of Rich- mond Hill Post Office has been leased to Shamrock Textiles, a weaving concern formerly of Quebec, it is reported by Nelson Grin- nell, owner of the building. The firm plans to move its machinery to Richmond Hill at an early date, and expects to be in full opera- ation shortly. It is under- stood that six people will be employed to start With. 1,390 Licenses Issued Locally " In Three Days Will there be another last min- ute rush just before March 20, final date, under the extension an- nounced by the Department of Highways this week, for the se- curing of 1951 vehicle and opera- tor’s licenses? After the beating which they took last week Reeve William Neal, issuer of licenses for this district, and his family sincerely hope not. “It was the biggest year ever,” says the Reeve .â€" and his experience goes back some sixteen or seventeen years. He attributed the enhanced bus- iness to the greatly increased number of residents in the district and to the fact that many more people than usual came from Tor- onto to secure their licenses here. While out-ofâ€"towners had, like 10â€" cal residents, a considerable wait they still figuredthat they got their plates a lot quicker than they would have done in Toronto and, several of them said,'with a great deal more comfort. Jammed to the doors on the Saturday, Monday and Tuesday preceding the February 28 dead- line, the Neal establishment is- sued 1,390 car licenses in the three days and, of course, in every case at least one operator's permit. That figure includes only passen- ger car licenses. Added to it should be, to get a complete pic- ture, the number of commercial and dual-purpose licenses -â€" a not inconsiderable amount. Biggest day was the Tuesday, when 560 passenger car licenses were issued, plus operator’s permits. The “Sold Out” sign nearly had to be hung out. Chauffeur’s ll- censes actually were out of stock at one time. A rush supply of extended. The old music hall song â€" “Ev- erybody works bdt father” would not have been quite in keeping. Necessary amendment would have been “Everybody works WITH father.” Mrs. Neal, sons Bill and Sandy dug in to help handle the big rush. York County Folk School Planned For Snider Home York County Folk School will be held at the home of Mr. Paul Snider, Keele St., one mile south of No. 7 Highway, March 15 to 18, with registration at 6 o’clock on Thursday evening. The theme of the school is “The Community: Your Place In It.” The leader will be Mr. Earle Web- ster of Oshawa and speakers will include Mr. C. H. Hodge, editor of the Farmers Magazine, Mrs. E. Armstrong, president North York Women's Institute, Mrs. E. A. Kearney, Mrs. J. N. Stephenson, Mrs. C. A. Agnew. Applications should be sent to Mr. Paul Snider, R. R. 1 Maple. MARCH 14 â€"- Wednesday. Euchre and crokinole in Community Hall, Victoria Square, sponsored by W. I. Ladies please provide. c1w36 MARH 14 â€"- Wednesday. St. Pat- rick’s dance, sponsored by Maple Lions Club. Music by Chas. Han- nigan and this Mountaineers in Ma- Music 9 to 1 o’- c1w36 pe Concert Hall. clock. Admission 75c. . MARCH 21 â€" Wednesday Young Adult Group presents sound pic- tures, “Life of Christ" and “The First Easter" at United Church, 8.15 p.m. Admission: Adults J5c; children 25c. *2w36 APRIL 7 â€"- Saturday. The evening group of the WA. of the United Church are holding a baking sale in the Sunday School rooms. c1w36 driver’s permits had to he brought in. Car plates would have run out if the dead-line hadn’t been "In Essentials, Unity} Liberal. In Non-essentIaIs, Liberty; In all Things, Charity." RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 81h 1951 Long Search Ends Hall For Scouts An Group Committee Chairman Anno Lions Club Makes Worthwhile Gift Judging from the look Neal’s face, the smile that Tom Taylor is registering and the interest that Councillor Floyd Perkins is exhibit- ing, it must have been quite a “crack” that School Trustee Ed. Butlin was mak- ing when the picture above was taken. Note the somewhat dour the firemen’s faces, though. have been about them? The occasion was last Thursday’s on Reeve Bill Deputy Reeve expression on Could it President Mel. cillor Floyd Perkins, Reeve William Neal. Deputy Reeve Tom Taylor, School Board Chairman (and fireman) Jim Pollard, Fire Chief Bert Cook, Village Clerk and fire truck driver, “Curly” Lynett, Firemen Lions Club meeting, when that organiza- tion presented a muchâ€"needed piece of equipment to the firemen â€"- a resuscitator Shown in the picture are Lions Club Maltby, Ed. Butlin, Coun- Jim Grainger, Ken. Blanchard and Bill Horner. Insurance Rates To Drop 12%lIE€lUleentOnHand-“'- .I‘n' peaceviand war. “Canada needs the Thornhill Residents Told RE” GROSS Progress in getting financial as- sistance for the proposed program of village improvements had been made, Trustees W‘ilf. Dean and John MacNeil told Thornhill rate- payers at a meeting held last Mon- day. The program, as previously stated, involves the paving of John Street, estimated to cost $6,500, expenditure of $6,000 over five years for gravel, the installation of a culvert on Brooke Street, exten- sion of sidewalks and similar act- ivities. The Department of Highways had made certain promises with re- gard to sharing the cost, Mr. Dean told the audience. In January, said Mr. Dean the trustees lhad asked the townships of Vaughan and Markham to get to- gether regarding improved light- ting but no action had yet been taken. He said that Reeve Hostâ€" rawser had said that Vaughan was willing to join when Markham called a meeting Total cost of all the improve- ments being considered would be $29,190, of which $15,000 would be repaid by subsidies. The trustees were anxious to get to work, they reported. Financing might ‘be by way of five year debentures. Trustee John MacNeil reported on the visit of a committee to the Ontario Fire Marshal when a subâ€" sidy for a fire truck and equip- ment were discussed. This, it was stated, would be 35% on the first ThornhiII Lions Hear D. Hogg Thornhill and District Lions Club were entertained at their February 5th dinner meeting by Tom McGee of Richvale, who in four vocal num~ bers won the sustained applause of the Club members. Tom was acâ€" companied on the piano by Lion Ted Murphy, who has replaced Lion Harvey Sheppard as the official club pianist. Mr. Stan Elson, Principal of the Richmond Hill District High School introduced one of his pupils, Dav- id Hagg, who recounted his exper- iences during a recent visit to New York and the League of Nations sessions at Lake Success. David was one of eleven young people sent by the Lions to visit the Lea- gue of Nations and judging from David’s report their time was very well spent. The Directors of the Club and heads of committees of the Lions are reminded of the special meet- ing to be held at Lion Ty Snow- den’s home on Monday at 8 o’clock. year and 25% of the cost of opâ€" eration Location of a fire hall was discussed by those present at the meeting. It was also stated that the Fire Underwriters had Written that insurance rates would be reduced by 12 per cent if stan- dard equipment was available in the area. 'A A suggestion was made that signs at the entrance to the vill- age should advertise its facilities to tourists. Possibility of having speed limits lowered to 30 miles per hour, where 50 mile limits are in existence near the village, was also discussed. Trustee Dean commended the Lions Club for its civic interest illustrated by the proposed instal- ation of street signs. The trus- tees had voted $100 towards this work. The question of numbering houses in the village was also con- sidered. and the Red Cross needs y_o_ur help! In The Window This Week With Education Week being observed The Liber- al is this week glad to to one of the district’s ed- ucational establishments -â€" Jefferson Public School. Being displayed is leath- er work produced by the school’s students under the supervision of Principal Green. The high quality of the work is a credit both to Mr. Green and his pupils and is worthy of a “look- see” by district residents. Ice Cause Of Sunday Crash At Summit-Students Escape Seven University of Toronto students had a narrow escape at Summit on Sunday night when the car in which they were riding hit a patch of ice on No. 11 High- way and turned over on its side. As the vehicle was being righted another car hit the same sheet 0! ice and swung across the highway. It was rammed by a third car, with property damage of 3600 be- ing caused. Occupants of all three cars were uninjured. Drivers in- volved were: Donald J. Eckl, Un- iversity of Toronto student; John Jamieson, Dynevor Road, Forest Hill; Frank E. Thorn, Lauder Avenue, Toronto. Fast Run-Fire Out First A fast run was made by nich-I mond Hill firemen last Saturday when a car caught fire on Yonge Street near Lorne Avenue. A passerby noticed smoke coming from the vehicle, phoned the bri- gade, which pulled up at. the spot exactly nine minutes later. In the meantime a bus driver had exting- uished the flames with his exting- uisher. Canadian Education Week Canadian Education Week is this year being ob- served from March 4 to March 10. Knowing the in- terest of so many of its readers in the all-important sub- ject of education, The Liberal is this week devoting spec- . ial space to the subject. On page 4 of this issue will be found descriptive ar- ticles bearing on education, together with compositions by local students and articles by teachers. “Education Is Everybodys Business,” is the slogan for Education Week. Believing this, The Liberal is hopeful that its contribution may be of some value to parents, teachers and students and, indeed, to all who recognize the import of the week. Offer $1,000 Per Acre i. Expropriation Proceedings To Start Village Public School Board Decides “It would be wise for us to act now so that future boards won’t be up against the problem that we are now,” said Pub- lic School Trustee Andy Armstrong at a special meeting of the board last Thursday when, with only Trustee Len Cle- ment dissenting, a decision to proceed with expropriation of eight acres of the Hausman property at the northern village limits for a new school site was reached. The board acting on the advice of an adjudicator employed by it, is offering $1,000 an acre for the land in question. Previously sale value of the land ‘had been sug- gested by one trustee as $2,000 per acre. Before reaching its decision to proceed with expropriation proc- esses the board considered a sugâ€" gestion that land on Centre Street East, amounting to 1.8 acres, be purchased. Athough no definite price was quoted it was said to be on the market at $5,000. The proposal for its purchase came from Mr. Hausman and fol- lowed a decision reached by the board at its last meeting to allow further time before taking pro- ceedings in order to permit him to suggest an alternative site, if one could be found. Trustees decided that the land, which had been con- sidered in the board’s lengthy search for a site during recent months, was not large enough, was not satisfactory for the pur- pose required and that its price was out of line. "Yes," said Trustee Clement when asked by Trustee Armstrong if he thought the board would be wrong if it bought a site now. Pressed for his reasons, he said, “Because a war may come.” “We should wait,” he asserted, adding that “we are being criticized now because we would have to cut weeds." Pointing out that the board had a definite responsibility to the ratepayers and to the children for whose education it was responsible, Chairman James Pollard recalled the criticism which was leVelled when the first site of three acres on which the present school stands was purchased and a six room school erected. He emphasized the growth of population and the poss- ibility of having to pay even high- er rates for land in the future. “Look at the lights,” said Trus- tee Armstrong. “If you want to see What is happening just take a look southward at nights and see what is happening as houses and people pour into the district." He asserted that the board must be ready for that flood. “I can understand Mr. haus- man’s position,” said Mr. Arm- strong. “This board has no desire to take his land 01' to spoil his home, but we have the majority of the people to consider.” Agreeing with the majority, Trustee Ed Butlin said â€" “The purpose of this meeting is to con- sider if Mr. Hausman has been able to offer an alternative. We have given him that opportunity with every wish to be co-operative and courteous. As he has failed to suggest anything we should proceed at once.” “We should have saved money if we had bought the Hausman property at $2,000 a year ago,” asserted Trustee Clement. He suggested that there were objec- tions by the village council to the action contemplated. “What we are concerned with,” Trustee Arm- strong told him. “is that we get the right site at the right price and that people know what we are doing." The debate ended with instruc- tions being given by the board to have its solicitor proceed with ex- propriation proceedings. Trustee Clement being the sole dissenter when the motion was put. HOME PAPER d Cubs Now Cert They prOVide the answer to many problemsâ€"those inexpensive insertions “hich help you find the lostâ€"put 1m. in touch with hu_\crs and sellers, as occasion requires. I‘hcyre easy to place. Just telephone Richmond Ilill 9. OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 snces lohn Sheardown Property On Centre StreetO make its window available I phoned Prospect of Richmond Hill Scouts and Cubs acquiring a. badlyâ€"needed and long hoped for home 01’ their own‘, are ex- ceedingly brlght, according to a statement relcased by Herb. Butt, Chairman of the GrOup An option has been secured on the Sheardown property on Centre Street East, located near the Shep- pard and Gill Lumber Company yards. It was formerly used for cement storage and is a two-storey cement block building with a met- al clad roof. Size of the building is 35 by 50 feet. The grounds are large enough, says Mr. Butt, for two hockey cushions, field sports or for camping. Price of the property is said to be $3,500, with Mrs. Sheardown making a special contribution to the welfare of the village’s boys by quoting the com- mittee a price much lower than that formerly asked. The building will be renovated by the Scout; and Cubs themselves, with members of the Group Com- mittee helping. Enthusiastic fa- thers of many boys have already' volunteered to give a hand. Those connected with the scout movement have been working stea- dily for some time raising funds, with the Mothers Auxiliary play- ing a special part in this activity. A campaign for the additional funds needed is to be run, with $5,- 000 set as the goal. The committee recently looked at at a. down-town building which it was thought could. be. moved to Richmond Hill and re-erected here. Further study revealed this to be impracticable. The village coun- cil had expressed its interest in this projection, promising to help with the securing of a site. Chairman of the building com- mittee, which has been conducting Oak RidgesgLionsSetUp Civil Defence Committee A Civil Defence Committee has been set up by the Oak Ridges Lions Club. Appointed as chair- man is Ron. Mackintosh, who has power to select his five members. Mr. Mackintosh is no stranger to civil defence as he served 4 years during the last war, after the evacuation from Dunkirk, as Div- isional Fire Transport Officer, Na- tional Fire Services, at Manches- ter, England. Committee. negotiations, is Jack Rice, who is also vice-chairman of the Group Committee. Serving with him are Bill Wilson and Duncan Smith. Newly appointed officers of the Group Committee incude E. Croth, secretary. Village Clerk Russell Lynett is back in his old, position of treasurer. Maple Singers Retan Trophy Because_ of its third successive- victory Maple Public School Triple Trio will retain the shield which 11: won at the Kiwanis Music Festival. The girls taking part were from the senior room and were Helen Calder, Ruth Weir Catherine John. son, Marilyn Downey, Grethe Dahl, Marilyn Watson, Carol Downing, Peggy Joslyn, Madeline Brown. Their number was the “Christmas Hymn.” Their conductor was Mrs. Verna Fletcher. Powell Road Hfome & School ‘ Appoints Committee Leaders The first official meeting of the Powell Road Home and School As- sociation, despite inclement weath. er drew a good attendance. The meeting opened with Mr. Bob Fisher, the president, extending a. sincere welcome to all those pres- ent. Mrs. LcMasurier, vice-presi- dent of York Council Home and School for the North Area gave 'n interesting talk. Mr._ C. D. Howitt, Inspector for 10cal schools, discussed the school system of today and told how it is intended to bring out the best in every child. Mr. Learn, princi- pal of the school showed a film which the parents enjoyed. The following convenorship posts were filled: publication, Mrs. Bow; social, Mrs. St. John; press, Mrs. Bigelow; health, Mrs. Winnett; programmes, Mrs. McAlpine; mem- bership, Mrs. Sanders. "Know Your Neighbour" With Education Week being observed from March 4 to March 10 it is altogether fitting that this week’s “neighbou1”’_should be connected with education. He is A. S. ELSON, principal of Richmond Hlll’s rapidly grow- ing High School. The story of his career appears on the Editorial Page of this issue. The photograph of Mr. Elson, like others in the “Know Your Neighbour” series, was taken by Edmund Soame, The Studio, 1720 Avenue Road.